The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-02 00:00:00

14`VENI - NrG 14',' DI TION. cially as it really belongs to the former kingdom, who to avoid bickering with her neighbour on the other side of the Pyrennees, and to give the world a lasting proof of her magnanimity, has always al lowed Spain to occupy it, as if really a part of the Spanish territorry. But the National, which we have never known to omit an opportunity for traducing England, takes occasion, in a long article, in that Journal of Wednesday, headed " The English in Afghanistan," to represent us as equally aiming at a real sovereignty in Central Asia and Spain. Of the acrimony with which the National inveighs against English ambition, and French Cowardice, for not effectually checking that ambi tion, a tolerably fair idea may be formed from the following passage : " In the course of the last session one of the Minis ters questioned as to the occupation by the English Navy of some of the ports of the Cantabrian coast, replied The Government and British subjects are creditors of Spain for considerable sums ; the Ministry take securities ; the ports which are occupied are pledges, which we shall not give up until after the full payment of all our claims.' The question was an at tack directed by the spirit of party ; the Tory orator who had provoked the reply was silent. In England, opinions are still when political conquest or spoliation is proposed ; for it is really a conquest that is intended. Half-a century may elapse before the accounts of the English creditors can be verified and acknowledged, and Spain have paid the capital of her debt. Dur g this tim , mistress of the two best ports of the Spaniati peninsula —ports situated at the extreme points—England, by opening Gibraltar and Passages to contraband trade, will Inundate Spain with her goods, and monopolize to the profit of her trade an immense market, which a frontier of more than 80 leagues ought to offer to our manufac tures and trade. England consults her interests in seek ing thus on all points of the globe for elements of strength, means of influence, and markets ; but vt ith what disgust and shame ought we not to be filled at this spec tacle of a Government like ours, which tolerates around it and against it the most insolent usurpations, which suffers itself to be despoiled on every point, without a word of complaint, and which in its degradation and cowardice has not even courage to protest against an armed invaion of an important fortified point placed upon its extreme frontier ?" Our answer to this bitter invective is very brief, ' and very conclusive. There has been no difference between the British and French Governments about the evacuation of Passages. So much for the foundation of this controversy. In the next place, no British Minister ever uttered the words which the National feigns to quote ; nor were they ever spoken within the walls of the British Parliament. And, thirdly, it was never at any time intended by our Government to keep Passages for a single day after the suppression of the Carlist rebellion in the Peninsula. This is placed beyond dispute by the fact, that when our troops took possession of San Sebastian for the Queen of SPAIN, our Govern ment offered, with a view to remove all occa sion of jealousy, to allow France alone to occupy Passages. This was refused, to save expense, France at that time being indisposed to aid the Spanish Government by the outlay of a single sous. While we were wasting blood and treasure in support of Spanish independence, not a syllable of complaint was uttered, not a suspicion hinted by the French Republican Press, but the instant there appears a prospect of sheathing the sword a cry of occupation is raised, and we are warned to pack up our wounded, pocket our empty purses, and be off. And this is Fre►,ch Republi can liberality and gratitude to the generous nation that has given a Constitution to King-and-Priest ridden Spairt I But we care not.. We sought a noble reward, and we shall not lose it. But, what must be still more mortifying to the National, the Courrier Francais of Wednesday acknowledges that it was misinformed; that the. English are willing to evacuate Pas- Nes, and indirectly ascribes the blunder of a contrary impression to M. SEBASTIANI, the French Ambassador, at the Court of London. " Many difficulties," says that Journal, " would be avoided between the two countries, by intrusting to a more capable and liberal Minister the repre 4tatation of our Government at the British Court. M• SEBASTIAN! is the man of the Court ; he O beys blindly an influence which is not that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and hence arise causes of a coldness which could not have been suspected. The English, who see clearly in poli tics, are beginning to despair of the sincerity of the French alliance, so long as the system of per sonal government shall be in honour and practice in France." The inclemency of the weather was remarkable in Paris on Wednesday. It snowed nearly all gay ; and the mails from London were in arrear. There is no domestic news of any interest in the Paris Journals. Notice has been published for navigators that the Small light on the highest rock of the Heaux de Brehat, in the Cotes du Nord, lat. 48 deg. 54m. N., and long. 5 deg. 25m. W., of Paris, will be s upp res s e d from Ist Febru ary , 1841, and replaced by a lighthouse of the first order, with a fixed light, to be lighted all night, in th e new tower, built at 200 yards S.E. of the tempo rary one. The focus of this light will be at 45 yards above high-water at spring tides, and in fine weather will be visible at a distance of seven marine leagues. If we may believe a report which is spread on the Spanish frontier, Cabrera believes himself sufficiently Strong against the 50,000 men under Espartero, to de tach from his army a division, to be commanded by 13 almaseda, and which should either carry the war into Castille, or penetrate into the northern provinces, and again raise the Royal standard, which treason has pulled d own. As the accounts assign this twofold object to too expedition in question, they require to be explained 44 d confirmed. If the fact is as represented, it would prove that Cabrera has great confidence in the courage °f his soldiers, and in the measures of defence which he has adopted. The Russian Ambassador at Rome has just presented to th e Holy See a note, which states that his Majesty t he Emperor, taking into consideration the remonstrance Il fhis Holiness, had resolved that in future one or more Bishop s should serve as a channel of communication between the Cabinet of St. Petersburg and the Pond ueal Government in affairs in which religion is con cerned. It had been provisionally decided that all c orrespondence of an ecclesiastical authority with Rome Should be communicated to the Minister for Foreign affairs. This note has thrown the Holy See into great Perplexity, and it is thought that the allocution which Ns to be delivered by the Pope in a secret consistory, Will be adjourned, because it is felt to be prudent not to hasten measures, the effect of which might be for ever the separation of the Holy Sec from the Catho lies in 11 " .—Le Constitutionncl. BOURSE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30. .. ‘as. first Highest LiT ic c e st . L,_ , _ . French 5 per Cents ............ Price Price . ... p il ri i ce. ... 1 ; 0 95 ... 1 7 1 " : : 3 per tents . 85 .. a; so ... 81 ~5 Bank of trance..,, nn f . p. 430 ... 81 ... 2870 ...2870 I.alfitte Bank 1,000 E; . g 1;:: .. : vi m g • .. 28 ~.' •. . 5 106 i •••106a ...Kb .., , Belg:an 5 per Cents ............ Bank 71075N ... 1 7 0 7 1 5 5 i .. . .. 1 7 ( 7 4 5 54 ...... 10 75 15, Cuipoo 4 ---- ..... - 46 25 ... 47 50 .... 46 25 ... 47 50 Dutch 2}4 per Cents 53 Spanish Ae.ive... ......... ..0,.% ... 3 5 0 3 4 .. . ... 3 5 4 : , 1 5.6 ....: 3 5 3 . ‘ i Passive iii "• 7 % ... 7;i 7% New inferred ... 13 13 ... 13 Old Deferred B% ... EN 7' 1 , 8 w 10, ... 103 .20 .:: to: b i — ::: 103 20 new.olitan Roman 113% ••• 103 3 i ... 103% • .., 103% RAILWAY SHARE:, St. Germain Versailles, R. 13 507 t 0 ... 5300 n 7 50.. . 507 50 .. 5u7 50 avre LB BOO " ... . i'9B 75 ;•98 75 992 55 ... 992 50 ... 992 50 ...; iii 2 b 0 iiiies Letters and Papers from Madrid, o f the 23d, confirm the announcement of the French Telegraph relati ve to the adoption of the Fueros Bill, by t h e Senate, by a majority of 73 votes against 6, with out any amendment. The Cabinet question was not wholly set at rest. The:prevailing opinion was that the following appointments would take place : -- President of the Council and Foreign Affairs, Senor OLOZAGA ; Minister of War, General ALAN; of the Interior, Senor SANCHO ; of }inance, Senor CANTER° ; of Grace and Jus tice, Senor CORTINO ; and of Marine, Senor n J OSE SANT OS D E LA HERA. On the 23 d tile debatedini theor the Address to the T hrone was pene Chamber of Deputies by Senor G o NzALEs ALONZO, who began by moving th e following amendment, which was signed by several Deputies of the ultra-Liberal party : , a :: All our eff or t s w ill prove unava ili ng if Ministers n not one and the same object in view ; and no Ad rninistration i s pract i cable unless it; b e h omogenou s, formed on a constitution a l basis, and have in view the "elraro of the country.' Letters had been received in Madrid, stating that - ESPARTERO was within a few leagues of Mo rella, and that the war might be hourly ex pected to commence. The following summary of the contents of letters and journals received this morning contains the latest news from that quar- ter : Accounts from Saragossa to the 24th of October state that the Duke of Victoria, at the head of his army, advanced into the interior of the country, where the Queen's troops had not penetrated since the siege of Morella. He is expected to be this day, the 23d, near the above place, in the environs of which the faction have united their forces. Cabrera appears furious and defies the Queen's troops, and imagines that he sees traitors everywhere, that want to take his life. A few days ago a person brought him a letter, and on approaching him he took him for an assassin, and caused him to be arrested, when he called for a hatchet, and at one blow took his head off. 11..! is surrounded day and night by a guard composed of 100 brigands. A report prevailed that the Governor of Morella had refused the entrance of Cabrera into that pace ; this is void of truth, but it is certain that hostile dispositions are manifested against him in several of his battalions. The grand convoy has arrived from Madrid, as well as three battalions and a squadron arriving from Tudela. Accounts from Valencia state that the guarda costa (the Pluton) had captured a smuggling vessel laden with cloth, and other articles, for Cabrera. This V-SSel was captured after an obstinate engagement ; her equipage consisted of 49 men and 12 p,,ssengers. The captain and several of her men were killed in the engagement. On Cabrera receiving intelligence that a conspiracy was forming at Morella to give the place up to the Queen's troops, he immediately proc ee d e d t o the above fortress, where he ordered several chiefs to be shot. THE RODEN INQUIRY.-Mr. Leahy, Barrister-at law, has just published an Abstract, or rather condensed Report of an investigation, which gave rise to 30,000 questions and answers, and which occupies in the ori ginal 1,336 folio pages. His object has been to pre sent the most important portions of the enormous mass in a tangible form, and to give an impartial view of the whole bearings of the charge against Lord Normanby, and the evidence applicable to it. The evidence is classed under distinct heads, and the answers, or the sub stance of the answers, are given as nearly as possible in the original words. To those who have a fancy for the history of Ribandism it must form an useful manual. It must be useful also to the Nobleman whose conduct was impugned, as Lord Brougham admitted that the evidence constituted a perfect labrynth, out of which it would be impossible for the Marquis of Normanby him self to find his way without the assistance of an abstract. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—The great degree of flatness and unsettled state of prices in our reports of Friday last, was increased during the following day, when the anxiety to sell was only relieved by still lower prices being conceded ; since then our current rates have attracted a more general demand from the trade, but though the consumer purchases more freely, little or no improvement is made upon prices, nor can we expect that such will be the case until we receive more cheering accounts from the manufacturing districts, and have some positive assurance of permanent relief in money matters ; the latter is yet attended by a great degree of uncertainty, and the reports from the former are by no means encouraging. Speculators have taken 4,000 bales of American, and exporters 3,100 bales of American and 100 Surat. A good demand to day ; the market steady at id. advance on the middle classes of American, from the lowest point. Brazil and Surat a little easier in price. Sales about 4,000 bales of all kinds. We still continue without arrivals, with the excep tion of one French mail, owing to the North Easterly winds of Wednesday, which prevents the shipping com ing in from the Westward. This causes a very great scarcity of intelligence, and more particularly from the United States, which is most anxiously looked for. It appears that in the afternoon of yesterday money be came less plentiful than for several days past, but there was no cause assigned for this turn in the Money Market. The Foreign Exchanges were heavy yesterday after noon, and with the exception of Messrs. Baring, who drew on Paris, it is stated, to the amount of 200,0001., there was nothing done of consequence. Some fears are entertained that in the course of next week a large amount of silver and gold will be exported. THE FUNDS. Consols which left off on Thursday at 901 1 Money, and 904 -3- for the Account, oFen.2d this morning 908 Money, for the Account was rather lower, 90s ; Ex chequer Bills 5 3 discount ; Bank Stock 180 181 ; India Stock 2471 In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues heavy. Closed on Thursday at 283- 29*, at present 288 ; Portuguese 331 34 ; Colombian 31i- ; Bra zilian 73i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., .51 8 Most of the prices in the Foreign Market are lower. the Diario di Roma of the 19th, announces the arrival of the Duchess de Berri at Rome, from Naples. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01 4 2; O'CLIOCK Bank Stock lBok India Stock 3 per Cent. Rod. lli,yi% Ditto Bonds II 6 dis. I per Cent. Cons. V., per Cent .. .. - . Old Annuities 67% Ditto Red. 974 4 7 i New Ditto - New 34 per Cent.... 98 % , 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1701 - New ii per Cent. Bank Long Ainuities toexpire 1 Ditto 501 . 4 7 dis .Ims. 11, 1860. 13 11-16% , Ditto Smith 5 3 6 dis Oct. 10, NA... ..... . ---, Ditto Commercial - Jau. b, Isllti - i Ditto Advertised „.... - Jan. 5, 1880 - Bank Stock for Account ... - April 5, 1880. - India Stock for Account ... - Jan. 5. 1871) -, Consos for Account lllii% PRICBS OF FORNIttN FUNDS THIS DAB AT ONE O'CLOCK• Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto kecount .• Ditto Account 3.14 i 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Duo Accot, t Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian 8cnd5,1F24...... —, Spanish Bonds 28N, y,, ttliff,Y, Ditto Account 11 t li I , Ditto Account t.0 % 14 Y,, AS Danish Bonds Ditto Account — DeErred 1.2 %M.% Greek Bonds...' French, 5 per cent Ditto Bonds, 16% — - 4 per cent. Ditto Account --- 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — ; Dutch, ..2! , ,i per cent. 51N% Ditto, 6 per Cent. ', Ditto Account s lBjs , r Ditto Account Neapolitan —. Ditto Acc0unt.............. CR ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI.CCK.. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 65 Lolls/on and South Western ... N a-th •lidland Railway i oinpany , 85 West Durham Ra Iway Company 4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAT Amsterdam Lk. ), 61 , ,' 2 ~ , , i)...a.a, 4B ' , itto, at sight Rotterdam `, U l2 7 !Genoa :25 tilD ... SO 79 1N ....... An twerp... Hamburg. M.B. 13 IN AI tuna.-- • l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 ........... 3 Ms 25 7ii Marseilles ' 25 70 fl ou rd eau x Frankfort on Maine, ELM. 151 W Fetersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us SB Berlin Vienna, effective fi...3 M lO 7 rricate ditto lO 8 Madrid 3664 Cadiz.... Bilboa Barcelona 'l6 Seville 36 Milan—, . Venice 47 Naples Palermo per oz. 1204 Lisbon 533i OForto 534 Rio Janeiro 25 Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia 4h PRICE O 1 BULLION, per ()Z. Portugal Gold, c0in.....e:0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars... 3 17 9 New Doubloons ....... ... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10% Silver in Bars HALF-PAST OZ'th. The following is a statement of the quantity of grain, meal, and flour imported into the United Kingdom dur ing the month ended Oct. 10, 1839, the quantities upon which duties have been paid for home consumption during the same month, and the quantities remaining in warehouse at the close thereof : Quarters. From foreign countries Quantities entered for consumption Remaining in Custom-house Total from Foreign Countries—Wheat Meal or Flour, Barley Meal, Oat Meal, Rye Meal, India Mcal, and Bean Meal 67,297 Bushels. Quantities entered for consumption 129,630 Remaining in warehouse, foreign We have received a third edition of the Liverpool Standard, with the close of the Municipal Election. Close of the poll-6 Liberals, and 11 Conservatives. The Batavier steamer has arrived from Holland, which ought to have been h ere on W e d nes d ay ; t h e delay was owing to her having got upon a bank near the Briel. Her papers from Amsterdam are of old dates. _ _ The continual rain during the whole of the morning cast a gloom on the City as well as on commercial af fairs, and speculation in the various funds. in conse quence of which Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 904 for the Ac count, at present 90i, with little doing ; Money, 90.1 ; Exchequer Bills have receded, 5 3 6 5 dis. ; India Bonds have also receded, 3 6 ; Bank Stock, 1801 ; India Stock, lower, 0 4S1 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds heavy , and re ceded from 28i. to 28} ; Portuguese also lower, 331 ; Three per Cents. t.. 5 ,2i ; Colombian 31 ; Mexican alsolower,lave b 3O e l- e ; n B razilian i;at present 73 ; Dutch Two-and - a - Half per Cents , receded from 51A-5 .) they ;to rli are 98 Five per Cents. No further arr i va l s or reports to communicate. lower N Lo-IF G( _,orris -.eorge Paget and William Lennox have left Beaudesert for Brighton. The Hon. Charles Weld Forester, of the 12th Lancers, is daily expected at Chesterfield House from Brighton ; he will proceed im me di ately into Northamp tonshire for the winter, there to join his noble brother in-law, who has commenced the hunting season. The Earl of Pembroke, Lord Ossulston, Mr. Massey Stan ley. &c., will join the hunt this year. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea arrived at Eastwell Park, their seat nearArlec .or-,Kent, on Tuesday last, from a tour of the German baths. 'We ar© happy to add the Countess has received much bene fit from the visit to Baden, &c. VIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1839. CHANCERY COURT-.(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Lord Chancellor, after signifying her Majesty's gracious approval of the Lord Mayor Elect (Sir Chapman Mar shall), entertained the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel to breakfast, at his Lordship's residence in Bruton-street, and from thence his Lord ship, accompanied by his Learned Guests, proceeded in State to Westminster, to open the Courts. His Lordship, in taking his seat, shortly before two o'clock, was attended by the Master of the Rolls, the Vice- Chancellor, and Masters Farrar and Lynch. a mandamus should not issue against the assistant Tithe Commissioners, compelling them to hear an appli cation made upon the subject of altering the tithes of Cliffe according t o a certa i n averag e, as directed by the Act of Parliament. A rule was granted last term, but some doubts were entertained whe ther the refusal of the Con , r9issioners was suffi ciently distinct. That point was now perfectly clear. Another point was that the Commissioners pro posed to take into their consideration a report pre sented by them to the two Houses of Parliament, which if no steps were taken by either House would become the law of the land. It turned out that that report was not made until after the time within which it was required to be made, by the Acts of Parliament. He submitted that the Commissioners had no right to adopt that report, and that they ought to act upon the clauses of the Act, without reference to the report. His Lordship granted a rule nisi. opportunity of bearing testimony to the extreme civility both of the men of the fire brigade and of the police force, and to their readiness in affOrding every informa tion in their power. JUDGMENTS DURING THE RECESS. The Lotto CHANCELLOR stated, on taking his seat, that it was his intenti o n t o s t a te, in open Court, his reasons for the different judgments he had sent to the parties during the long vacation. The Court then proceeded wi th motions. ROLL'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the ROLLS took his seat in the Roll's Court, Westminster, at half-past one o'clock. IN RE RUGBY SCHOOL. Mr. PEMBERTON stated that in this case his Lord ship had disposed of most of the points, but had reserved his judgment upon one point, in order that it might be seen whether some regulation could not be in troduced by the Trustees which would supersede the necessity of any order of the Court. He (Mr. P.) was now ,nstructed to state that nothing had yet been done by the Trustees, and to ask that it might be put in the paper for Thursday or Friday next to be dis posed of. Mr. KINDERSLEY wns instructed to consent to that course being adopted. The MASTER of the ROLLS—Let it be in the paper next Friday morning. \VELFORD V. STAINETHROP AND OTHERS. Mr. KEANE applied in this else that the defendant, William Robson, who had been taken upon an attach mqnt lor not putting in his answer, might be turned over to the Fleet. The MASTER of the ROLLS to the defendant—Why have you not put in your answer? Defendant—l tunic no means. lam a poor man, and have a wife and children to support. The MAsTER, of the Rou,s—Are you willing to put in your answer,? Defenthint—Yes, my Lord. The MASTER of the ROLLS—WeII, you must go to the Fleet for the present. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor did not take his seat in his Court at Westminster to-day till nearly two o'clock, this being the first day of Michaelmas Term, and his Honour having, as usual, to breakfast with the Lord Chancellor and the other Judges. On his Honour taking his seat the Court proceeded :o hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Michaelmas Term the Court was opened with the usual formalities. At half-past one the Judges took their seats on the bench. LIEEL.-THE QUEEN V. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, on behalf of Ad miral Sir J:lhn Ommaney, for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Alaric Attila Watts, the proprietor and publisher of the United Service Gazette. It was for a libel upon Adm. Ommaney, of such a character that if true, would wholly unfit.him for any office under the Crown. It charged him with having deliberately, and from the most sordid motives, insulted a lady of the most exalted station, and reverenced as much for her virtues as for her rank— he meant Queen Adelaide, the Queen Dowager. It appeared from the affidavits of Sir John Ommaney and Earl Howe, that in the month of April last, it was ex pected that her Majesty Queen Adelaide would come to the Tagus on her way from Malta to England. Admiral Ommaney, whose squadron was stationed there, sent. a ship of war to conduct the Hastings, in which vessel her Majesty was, into the Tagus, and as soon as the Hastings appeared in sight with the royal flag flying, there was a royal salute of twenty-one guns fired from the whole of the English ships in the Tagus, and Admiral Ommaney immediately sent an officer on board the Hastings, wishing to know when he should have the honour of waiting . upon her Ma ‘ kty, to pay his respects and receive her commands. Her Majesty re plied, as soon as the Hastings came to anchor. When the Hastings came to anchor, Admiral Ommaney, with all the officers of his squadron, went on board in un dress uniform, according to the usual etiquette on such occasions. The party was introduced to her Majesty by Earl Howe, and Sir John Omnpney's further atten dance was then dispensed with. A frigate and ship of war were stationed by the Admiral close to the Has tings, and her Majesty subsequently expressed a wish that he should not come so tar every morning, as the Hastings could communicate by signal anything her Majesty wished to convey to him. In the course ofa few days Admiral Ommaney and the officers of the squadron had the honour of dining with her Majesty—they were then in full uniform. When the Hastings was leaving the Tagus her Majesty requested that the usual salute might be dispensed with. As soon as the vessel was under way, however, the usual Royal salute of 21 guns was fired, and the ships of war in the river conveyed the Hastings a considerable way beyond the limits of the station, and her Majesty expressed her entire satisfaction at the conduct of Admiral Om maney and the officers. Notwithstanding all that, there appeared in a Hampshire paper a statement that Admiral Ommaney had waited upon her Majesty, with the intention of treating her disrespectfully, in plain ' clothes, and omitted the royal salute on the arrival and departure of the Hastings. The statement was ex pressed in such a way as did not call for any interference on the part of Admiral Oinmaney, although it was wholly unfounded ; but, upon the Gth July last, there ap ' peered in the United Service Gazette a paragraph, which was the subject of the present complaint. First, there was what purported to be an extract from a Hampshire paper, stating that their former assertion of Admiral Ommaney not having saluted the Queen Dowager was denied, but that it appeared he was in undress, instead of plain clothes. Then followed a note from the Editor of the United Service Gazelle, stating that " it was a part of the duty, if not the only duty, of the ancient driveller to insult the Queen Dowager. He knew that his insolence to that distinguished lady would gratify the Minto gang at home." These base charges were fully denied by Sir J. Ommaney in his affidavit, and he would read for their Lordships also a copy of a letter written by command of her Majesty to Lady Ommaney, in reference to that most unfounded charge. It was dated the Bth July : " Madam,--I cannot allow a post to leave this place without obeying the command of Queen Adelaide, and hastening to express the annoyance her Majesty has felt at reading in the newspapers the shameful attack made on Sir John Ommaney. There never was a more abominable falsehood than the whole story. The Queen commands me to assure you that nothing could be more kind and attentive than Sir John's demeanour during, her Majesty's stay in the Tagus. That he was parti cularly anxious to mark such attention, by directing a part of the squadron to drop down to Belem from their usual anchorage, and afterwards attend her Mc jesty a considerable way to sea, and that Sir John and all his officers, both in their costume and in firing their usual salutes did everythin g in their power to pay honour to their visitor. Queen Adelaide is most anxi ous that you should receive the most speedy refutation on the part of her Majesty, of these abominable slan ders, and anxiously hopes the statement I have made will prove quite satisfactory to your feelings, and those of the Admiral. LI have the honour to be, " Your Ladyship's very faithful Servant, " Gopsall, July 17th. " HO WE." " To Lady Onimanney. COURT.—Take a Rule. It is rumoured in Westminster Hall that Mr. Ser geant Taltourd will be the new Judge. , COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT.—lmmediately on the Judges taking their seats, Lord Chief Justice TYNDAL called on Mr. Serjeant WILDE, who proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of himself and the other Sergeants of the Court, against a late innovation on the ancient practice and constitution of the Court in the admission indiscriminately of the gen tlemen at the bar to plead therein ; thereby violating the exclusive privilege of the Sergeants. The innova tion had been made by a warrant under the sign manual of the late Sovereign—a warrant which had come down upon their Lordships and on the Sergeants by surprise— to which the Sergeants had not from motives of respect to the Crown at the time objected—and which their Lordships, acting on the impulse of the moment, had ordered to be recorded. This warrant had since been admitted, before the Privy Council, by the Attor ney-General and the Solicitor-General, to be illegal. The practice of the Court in relation to the Sergeants —who were as ancient as the law itself—could only be legally altered by an Act of Parliament. The Learned Sergeant's argument, which was list ened to with great attention by a crowded court, lasted till nearly half-past two, when The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said the subject was of such vast importance, that the Court would carefully consider it. Meantime the practice would be continued as usual. BAIL. COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, who presides in this Court during the present ' Term, took hi s seat on t h e B enc h about ball-past one o clock. THE QUEEN V. THE TITHE CO3I3IISSIONER6. Sir F. PoLLocs: moved for a rule to show cause why MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) Richard John Rogers, a chimney sweep, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, by John Forrester, charged with having for a considerable time carried on an ex tensive system of swindling. Mr. George Simon, of the firm of Lightley and Simon, 128, Fenchurch-street, commercial agents, stated that the prisoner had been employed to sweep the flues of the packets belonging to the Antwerp Steam-packet Company, and that he had obtained large sums of money by presenting notes purporting to be signed by the Engineer. George Thomas, clerk to Messrs. Lightley and Simons, proved the payment of two bills produced, dated the 11 th and 18th October. The following is a verbatim copy of the bill bearing the last date :- 18 October 1839 _ " This is to satisfy that R. Rogers as swept the flues and scaled the funnel and repaired four bridges of the Princess Vixtoria. £4 16s. Od. " JOHN NICHOLSON." _ . John Nicholson, the engineer, stated that he believed he had not signed the bills, although the signatures re sembled his. The charge, it appeared, ought to have been about six shillings. The LORD MAYOR--I suspect the prisoner first be gan by adding a figure of 1 to the shillings, and finding that succeed, he then proceeded to make pounds ; and if he had not been detected, he would probably have soon got to tens. Forrester here handed to his Lordship an immensely large card, the reading of which afforded considerable amusement. He described himself as " nightman to his late Majesty," which he explained by stating that he served his time with the place sweep. The LORD MAYOR—I see that you undertake "to do foreign and Scotch vessels." What do you mean by " doing" them ?—(Laughter.) - Prisoner—Sweeping the flues. . _ The LORD 111 Avon.—It looks very much like a " do." You also state that you sweep flues and funnels on reasonable terms." Putting 4/. Is. to 6s, is anything but reasonable. The prisoner was then committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Henry Hoffman and James Simmons, two persons of fashionable exterior, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long, the Sitting Magistrate, on the following charge : Police constable No. 156 of the C division stated that about 12 o'clock last night he was proceeding on duty along Rupert-street, Haymarket, when he saw the de fendants, who were walking arm in arm, and were evi dently very much intoxicated, assault two females, who were passing quietly by them ; and on witness inter fering, the defendant Simmons struck him twice over the head with a heavy knobbed stick—(it was pro duced, and was certainly a very formidable weapon) —and knocked him down. On getting up he was again knocked down by the defendant Hoffman. Others of the force having come to his assistance, the de fendants were secured and taken to Vine-street station house, where Simmons commenced a furious attack on Police Constable No. 153, and bruised him sorely about the face. The defendants both pleaded intoxication. Mr. LONG said the assault was a very gross and un provoked one in either case, and he should therefore fine each of the defendants 51. The defendant, Simmons, begged hard for mitigation of the penalties. The sum, he said, was a severe one to be called upon to pay for a street brawl. The defendants were removed from the bar. DREADFUL EXPLOSION. LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES. About half-past seven o'clock last evening, the neigh bourhood of Buckingham Palace, Pimlico, and West minster, was alarmed by a loud rumbling noise, which shook the buildings to their foundations ; the terrified inhabitants rushing from their dwellings into the streets, believing it to be the shock of an earthquake. Scarcely, however, had a minute elapsed before myriads of sparks were observed rising into the air, in the direction of William-street, and hundreds of persons hastened to the spot, when the house of Mr. Harding, firework-maker, No. 10i in that street, was found to be one body of fire from top to bottom. For some minutes it was most dangerous to approach the building, on account of the numerous rockets and other fireworks which con tinually discharged themselves from the parlour win dows. Several persons, however, got to windward, and, with a window-shutter which they tore down, bat tered in the front door. The whole interior, however, was one body of fire, which prevented their entrance, and the flames soon shot through the roof, and illuminated the atmosphere for miles round. Within five minutes after the fire was discovered, the large engine from the brewery of Messrs. Elliott and Co. was brought to the spot by a large body of the men belonging to that firm, followed almost imme diately by one belonging to the brigade from the Horse ferry-road. There being a plentiful supply of water they were instantly got into operation. but so powerful were the flames, and the sparks occasioned by the salt petre, &c., on the premises, that the men holding the branches were compelled to keep some distance from the building. Some persons who had approached the rear of the premises from Castle-lane heard a low moaning noise proceeding from the yard, and on entering it they found Mrs. Harding lying in a most deplorable condition, burnt nearly from head to foot. She was im mediately placed on a shutter, and carried to the West minster Hospital, where she lies with scarcely any hopes of her recovery. The flames by that time had extended themselves over the house No. 10, and it was feared the whole of the adjoining houses would be burnt. The engine of the brigade from the Chandos-street station, closely followed by that belonging to the Grosvenor place district, the West of Engiand, the County, and five or six other engines of the brigade, however, ar rived, and poured a vast body of water on the flames which, about nine o'clock, were so far subdued as to allay all apprehension of their extending further. As soon as the confusion had in a slight degree sub sided, inquiries began to be made as to the fate of the inmates, both houses, which are the property of a lady named Hardy, being let out in tenements, and it was found that the house, No. 10i, in which the explosion took place, was inhabited by five families—viz., Mr. and Mrs. Harding on the basement , Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and two sons on the first floor ; a soldier, whose wife died on the previous afternoon, and whose corpse now lies in the ruins on the second floor ; a woman named Hitchins, and in the attics another named Jen kins. How many of the different families were at home at the moment of the awful occurrence, had not, whe n our informant left, been correctly ascertained. Mrs. Hanson, however, stated that she had not l e f t the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Harding five minutes before the explosion took place. At that time she left in the parlours Mr. Harding, who had only that after noon'being liberated from Tothill-fields prison, having been committed by the Magistrates of Queen-square in default of paying a penalty of 40s. for illegally selling fireworks, Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Hitchins, a son of Mr. Hanson, aged fifteen years, and three other lads whose names could not be ascertained, the whole engaged in makin g fireworks. M rs . H anso n can not tell how she escaped , but she believes that she rushed down stairs and out at the back door, at the instant on hearing the explosion, h er son G eorge , w h o was up stairs with her jumping out of the window. The distress of Mrs. Hanson as to the fate of her other son was most poignant, she having been to the Westminster Hospital and ascertained that the only sufferer brought in there had been Mrs. Harding, ( FURT HER PARTICULARS, Tills DAY. ) Workmen were activ el y en g a ged during the greater part of the morning in di gg in g am ong the ruins. They explosion ' which w as l y i ng a corpse in the e have succeeded in fin din g sev en bodies, among them mh t ng of atthe btoh bodies et l is d m i soldier's are those the ttiro to o l: p l ace. The re maining sof one woman, two men, and three boys. One of the bodies is supposed to be that of Harding himself ; but they are all so dreadfully burned that it is impossible to recognize them. The head, in almost every instance, is totally consumed, and in all the features are completely destroyed ; the hands, also, in most cases, are consumed. From the position it appears as though the unfortunate persons at the mo ment of the explosion must have raised their hands to their heads, and have been death struck in that position. The lower part of the bodies do not appear to have suf fered so severely, probably from being less exposed to the effects of the explosion. Mrs. Harding, who was last evening removed to the Westminster Hospital, is, we understand, since dead. An inquest will be held at seven o'clock this evening on the bodies, which are at prese n t lyin g at a house next to the one destroyed. The men of the fire brigade have their bodies in charge ; and several policemen are in attendance to preserve or ' der. The house, we understand, is insured. The street was crowded during the whole day with persons anxious to inspect the ruins, and get a sight of the bo dies, but none were admitted to view the latter, except gentlemen connected with tha press ; and we take this THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT -GARDEN. The very wet morning caused trade to be very dull, and the market to be comparatively thin. The supplies were very good. Foreign Fruit was very plentiful. New Potatoes, Id. per lb. ; French Beans, 2s. 6d. per sieve; Peas, 3s. 6d. per sieve ; Spi nach, is. 6d. per sieve ; Cabbages, 6d. per dozen ; Cucumbers, Is. 6d. to 4s. per sieve ; Apples, 4s. 6d. to 12s. per bushel ; Lemons, 4s. to 12s. per 100; Oranges, 10s. per 100 ; Turnips, 3d. per bunch; Brocoli, 6d. to Is. per bundle; Carrots, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per dozen; Onions, Is. 6d. per sieve; Celery, 9d. to s. 6d. per bundle; Plants, gd. to Is. per dozen ; Pine Apples, 10s. 6d. to 30s. each according to size and quality. HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were few supples except Fish, which were very scarce and dear. Turbot Bs. to 30s. ; Cod ss. to 21s. ; Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters Is. to 4s. 6d; Beef 71d. to hd. ; Mutton 71d. to 8 d. ; Veal Bd. to 9d. ; Pork 7d. to tic'. Vege tables were very fresh and good, and prices much as before. NE tVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of Town- killed Meat was large, but of Country killed was rather small, the quality generally ♦ery good. Trade was very dull, and prices had a tendency downwards. A large quantity left unsold. Beef, 2s. I►►d. to 3s. 8d ; Mutton, js. 2d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Tur key Poults, 4s. to is. ; Geese, 4s. to 6s. 6d. ; Pigeons, 4d. to 7d. ; Hares, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Leverets, Is. to 2s. ; Black Game, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Snipes., 6d. to Is. ; Rabbits, 9d. to Is. tid. ; Ted, 3d. to 6d. ; Grouse, 2s. to 3s; Wild Ducks, Is. 9d. ; Pheasants, 3s. to 4s. ; Fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. (id. ; Lggs dull of sale, at ss. 6d. to 7s. per 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. _ Fish of all kinds very scarce, the demand not very brisk, and prices very high. Turbot, 86. to 30s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 215.; good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d.; Soles, 10d. to 3s. and 4s. per pair ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel; Whitings, sd. to 10d., and Haddocks, Is. to 2s, 6d. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. Country Meat xas in large supply ; Town not so much so; trade heavy. beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Alutton, 3s. to 4s. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. t o 4 s. 1 0 d . ; V eal, 3 ,. 4d. to 4s. Bd. HAY MARKETS. The supplies good, but the very wet weather rendered sales very difficult, and prices were easier. Hay, 50s. to 955. ; Clover, 80s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 30g. to 425. per load. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. I.—Wind E. S. S strong breezes. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind east, very squally.—Ar rived the Waterwitch, Amy, Denis, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with a collier brig this morning in Seaford Roads. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind N. E. strong gale.—Ar rived the Claudine, Brewer, Madras ; Despateh, Price, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind E. to E. N. E. strorg gales.—Arrived the Marmion, Harrison, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Nov. I.—Strong breeze from the East. Sailed thel Camoens, Wilson, Trinidad ; Amy, Johnstone, New Orleans ; Sheffield, Allen, New York ; Columbine, Mason, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Reliance, D un l ey , Ceara; Myrtle, Farren, Terceira ; Sophia, Laguva, Palermo. SALCOMBE, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Azores packet, Peters, from Denia ; Rhoda, Matthews, ditto. HOLYHEAD, OCT. 31.—Arrived Diadem, Power, Odessa. LIMERICK, OCT. 24.—Arrived the Alfred, Walker, from Davis's Straits. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—lt has blown a heavy gale all last night, and to-day at East. PENZANCE, OCT. 31.—The Albert, Ricordel, from Liverpool to Nantes, in consequence of the cargo shifting, capsized and sank, the 28th inst., off Holyhead. Crew saved. BERWICK, OCT. 30.—The Prince Leopold, Wells, from Cardiff to Goole, has been towed round from Holy Island, to repair. The Angel de la Guarder, from Santander to London, drove at Spithead but brought up. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Vampire, of Portsmouth, for Quebec; Miramichi. Newport, to America, by the Trade, Plowes, arrived at Milford. Samarang, Abbot, Liverpool to Batavia, 16th July, lat. 36 S., lon. 6 E., by the 0 wen Glendower, arrived at Madras. Adelaide, Havre to New York, Bth inst., lon. 42. Independence, Liverpool to New York, 12th inst., lon. 32, by the Maria, Wilson, ar rived in Seaford Roads. Ariel, of Jersey, from New foundland, 9th inst., lat. 37, lon. 29, by the Fulmer, Has well, arrived at Plymouth. Bengalee Hamlin, Calcutta to the Clyde, lat. 17, lon. 85 E., had experienced severe gales. for 22 days, by the Wiliam, Shand, arrived rt Calcutta. RUSSIA. WAR PREPARATIONS. The correspondent of the Commerce, at St. Peters burg, writes on the 17th inst.—" Military preparations are urged on to the utmost ; the 14th corps, commanded by General Rudiger, has been moved into Bessarabia, and the Gth, under General Kaisaroff, has received orders to proceed by forced marches to Kiew, to rein force the reserve of the southern army. General Kai saroff himself, and Major-General Annekoff, the Chief of his Staff, are called to St. Petersburg to receive instructions from the Emperor himself. The Minister of 'War has this morning ordered the se cond brigade of the second division of dragoons to hold itself in readiness to go to Sebastopol. It is remarked that the Government is sending the greatest part of the dragoons to the Army of the South, because as they fight both as horse and foot soldiers, they may, in case of need, act with the infantry, a force of which the orientals in general have greater dread than of all the cavalry in the world. The Emperor has called to St. Petersburg Prince Bagration of Imerethia, a Georgian by birth, and son of the general of that name who was killed in 1812. It is said that he is to be entrusted with a confidential mission to the Shah of Persia, whom the Emperor persists in preserving as an ally in case of a war in the East. This Prince is expected to set out for Tehran in the course of this month. An Aide-de- Camp of General Federoff has brought us news of the arrival of Prince Frederick at Smyrna, to take the command of the Austrian squadron now tin der Admiral Bandeira. The Emperor immediately de clared that if this intelligence wore confirmed, he would appoint his second son, the Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaiewitsch, who is Grand Admiral of Russia, Com mander-in-Chief of the Fleet in the Black Sea. The official journals of St. Petersburg express the greatest satisfaction at the re-establishment of a good under standing between the Russian Government and the Khan of Khiwa. This Prince has ransomed 80 Rus sian prisoners from the Turcomans, and sent them to Oremburg without demanding restitution of the money paid, an action regarded among the people of Asia as one of the strongest proofs of sincere friendship." THEATRE RU YAL, DRURY-LANE. The first part of King Henry the Fourth was re presented at this theatre last evening, the part of Sir John Falstaff by Mr. Hackett, who has transferred his services from the Adelphi to this house. The character of Falstaff is perhaps the most difficult to perform in the whole range of the comic drama, and one which has suf fered largely from the misconceptions of by-gone actors, misconceptions which have now become traditional, and claim a standing as matters of prescription. Any one who will take the trouble of reading the character, and attending to the stage direc tions, as written by Shakspeare, will at once per ceive that his Falstaff is a witty and licentious gentk man ; a willing butt to a certain extent, because he knows well that, whenever .he chooses, in the witty warfare, he can turn the tables on his opponent, and repay him his onn with usury—a privileged character, somewhat of a hu mourist, but still a well-bred gentleman. Shakspeare has taken particular pains to impress this on his readers by informing them that he had been page to John of Gaunt—had been on intimate terms with Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and yet this cha racter, the Sheridan of his day, has been for ages past represented as a gross and vulgar buffoon. We had hoped that Mr. Hackett would have restored the Falstaff of Shakspeare—but he contented himself with following in the footsteps of his predecessors, and giving us the conventional Falstaff. Mr. Elton was the Hotspur, and a gallant Hotspur he made. Mr. Mars ton was a gentlemanly and graceful Prince, but some what too ponderous in the delivery of the dialogue. The performances concluded with the Fairy Lake. HOP INTELLIGENCE. CANTERBURY.—Good Kent Hops have realised ex cellent prices. The late Sir Henry Oxenden's produce obtained 6/. Bs. (pockets.) Other growths of this neighbourhood have varied from 5/. 12s. to Si. The good hop is in great demand ; the inferior sorts meet a heavy sale. HOP DUTY.—The collection of the Hop duty in East Kent will take place as follows :—At Wye, Nov. 15 ; Ashford, Nov. 16 ; Cranbrook, Nov. 10 ; Goud hurst, Nov. '2O ; Tenterton, Nov. 21 ; Faversham, Nov. 22 ; Canterbury, Nov. 23 and '25 ; Sandwich, Nov. 26. SUSSEX.—The Collector of Excise for Sussex will attend at the following places to collect the last pay ment of Hop duty of the growth of the year 1838. viz., at Lewes, Nov. 15 ; Battle, Nov. 18 ; Rye, Nov. 20 Wadhurst, Nov. 21 ; Tonbridge Wells, Nov. 22. It is a remarkable coincidence that the unfortu nate man Harding, who was killed last evening by the explosion of fire-works, should have been liberated only yesterday morning from prison, where he had been confined for selling these dangerous play-things. This is the second person engaged in the trade who within a few months has fallen a victim to it in London. OXFORD-STREET EXPERIMENTAL WOOD PAVING.—On Friday the settlement of this almost in terminable question was completed. Out of the many co mpetitors for laying down specimens of wood pave ment within the space allotted by the Vestry of St. Marylebone for the additional experiment in Oxford street, but one party has acceded to the terms of the Vestry to do the same at their own expense and risk. A contract has been effected by the Marylebone Vestry with Sir Burgess Comae and Mr. Lamie Murray, on , behalf of " The Metropolitan Wood Paving Company; to lay down four thousand yards in the space frpm Charles-street to Wells -street, after the mode invented by the Count de Lisle, called the stereotomy of the cube. The whole of this contemplated work is to be complete on or before the Ist of February next. MAGAZINES CONTINUED. MONTHLY ZWRUNICLE. The great fault of the present Number is, not that its articles are bad, but that there is too few of them. They should have been shorter and more varied. " Emigration in Ireland," for instance, might have been advantageously compressed into half the space, for the theme possesses not an atom of novelty, having long since been worn as thread bare as one of Joe Miller's best jokes. But the essay on "Martin Luther and the Reformation" is not a sentence too long, being penned, con more, by one to whom the character of the great Reformer has evidently long been a theme for speculation. The account of Luther's first visit to Rome, whither he came from the seclusion of his humble study ; and of his disappointment and disgust at the pomp and luxury which he there witnessed among the Princes of the Church—these details are well told ; and not less so, the brief description of Erasmus' rapures when he, too, for the first time visited the Imperial city. But this great scholar's enthusiasm is easily accounted for. Of course he would be delighted with Rome from the stirring classical associations linked with her name ; but the great secret of his admiration was, we sus pect, the prodigious mob of titled, illustrious, and influential individuals with whom he there came into contact. Notwithstanding his vast learning, Erasmus, like Goethe, was weak enough to reve rence titles, without reference to the characters of those who bore them. He was an absolute wor shipper of crowned heads, and had not strength of mind enough to rate at their fitting worth the honied courtesies which flowed from patrician lips. At Rome, he found a splendid mob of peers and princes, with and without brains ; and was as much delighted with them, as he was with the compli mentary speeches and letters of our Seventh and Eighth Henrys. We quote from this article on Luther, the introductory: stanzas of a poem tran slated from the German of Jean Paul Richter. It is entitled " A Dream," and, to our thinking, there is something very impressive—not to say, sublime—in its imagery : Methought I slept within a churchyard old, Beneath a baleful yew one eventide, Where to the silence of his region cold Death had long gathered man's ephemeral race ; And on my sleep a frightful dream was rolled. As I lay dreaming in that charnel place The steeple clock, with downward rolling wheel, And iron tongue, Time's slow and heavy pace Tolled forth, and I awoke at that dread peal, Then vainly looked aloft in the night heaven For sunlight :—but eclipse did quite conceal Its glory with the moon : all graves were riven And chat nel doors were swung by hands unseen, And o'er the walls were flitting shadows driven. Though no corporeal forms did intervene. And others upwards stretch'd in the pale air, And none lay sleeping now but babes serene. The cope of heaven in folds immense did wear A grey and sultry mist—a giant shade Was drawing down like vapour closer there. Above I heard a distant fall, as made By some great avalanche; whilst in earth's womb A boundless earthquake's steps did retrograde Afar, and then anon would near entomb The wavering pile, which up and down would rock. The line we have marked in Italics conveys a truly spectral and ghastly idea to the mind, like some of the images in Coleridge's " Ancient Ma riner." An ordinary poet, not content with thus throwing out a hint for the imagination to work upon, would have given, after the fashion of Ho race Walpole and Monk Lewis, a minute descrip tion of the phantom forms that " swung" open the "charnel doors." From occasional peculiarities in the style, we suspect that this article is from the pen of Mr. Carlyle. " The Walpurgis Night "is a very indifferent translation from the Witch scene in Faust. After Shelley, who has done it so admir ably, no one should have attempted the task. " Foreign Statesmen of our Time" is too condem natory of M. Thiers, who is represented as little better than a shuttlecock, bandied about from party to party just as they please. We have read his " History of the French Revolution," but do not remember that he speaks disparagingly of the " people," as the Reviewer asserts. How could he, indeed, when the hero of his history is Dan ton ? " Commercial Policy of Engleind," is a useful, statistic article. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The Editor of this periodical has adopted the plan of the " Portrait Gallery," which Fraser has lately laid aside, after following it up for some years with spirit ; and proposes in his future Numbers to give us rortraits of the ablest Irish authors of the day. " Dr. Anster" is the subject of the present sketch, of whose merits as a likeness we cannot speak, as we are unacquainted with the original. The Doctor is the author of a translation of Goethe's Faustus, which, we believe, is considered by those competent to judge, the best poetic trans lation that has yet appeared. " Marryat's Diary in America" is a clever notice of a work which if it be not very instructive, is at any rate very amusing. " Confessions of Harry Lorrequer" gives an inte resting account of a visit paid to the opera at Stras- burg. There is always much spirit and vivacity in these sketches, which, however, are not always free from the national failing of exaggeration. The " Haunted" is an eloquent piece of versification from the pen of Miss A. Browne. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. A fair enough average Number, in which little or nothing, in the way of Indian intelligence, is omitted, that may be interesting to the class of readers to whom this periodical is chiefly addressed. The tale entitled the " Enchanted Island," is a reprint from a tale that appeared a month or two since in Bentley's Miscellany. REPTON'S LANDSCAPE GARD.ENING. A republication, under the auspices of Mr. Loudon, of one of the most valuable works of its kind in the language. The Part before us, which is the fifth, contains several clever wood-cuts. TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, Effingham Wilson, l3ishopsgale-street. . . We hail, with unfeigned satisfaction, the appear ance of the first number of a work which was much wanted, and which, We confidently anticipate, will receive from the public that encouragement which its importance deserves. The object which the promoters of the undertakin g have in view, is to disseminate among th e people correct notions of Religious and Christian Liberty, by the republica• tion, at a cheap rate, of the best tracts of the ablest writers on the subject. " Each tract" we arc told in the preface, " will he complete in itself, hav ing a separate title-page ; but the series will be ar ranged for a volume." The Editor pledges himself that the reprints shall be accurate copies of the first and best editions. The first number con tains Milton's celebrated treatise, entitled '' Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes, showing that is not lawful for any powers on earth to compel in matters of religion." To those who are acquainted with the writings of Milton it is almost superfluous to say that as a close and powerful reasoner he never was surpassed, if ever equalled. In this work he had a subject dear to his heart, and worthy of his talents. He has accordingly brought to bear upon it, with irresistible effect, the whole power of an unrivalled mind, illuminated by a thorough know ledge of the Scriptures, and deeply imbued with the spirit of the Christian religion. The result of this labour of love was an unanswerable defence of re ligious liberty, which he left as a precious legacy to after times. At no time could such a legacy be more przed—at no time could public attention be more seasonably called to it. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST. —The anthorities of this establishment have appointed the sth, Gth, and 7th days of this month for a public examination of the young gentlemen educated at this College prior to the winter vacation. Woor.wlcir, FRIDAY.--Mr. Smart Fullager, converter at Pembroke, is appointed converter at this yard. vice Turner, deceased. The Firebrand left here on Tuesday mor nin g , for Dun g eness, to tow the Hercules round. L i g htnin g , steamer, left here on Tuesday, for Inverne ss. Firefl y , steamer, is expe c t e d to leave here with Lieutenant-General Maister and suite, about the 15th instant, for the West Indies.— G /To:iv/eh Gazelle. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilli am arr i ve d e y v i n er athe weeks.past T fro u m esd a ay t i o a u s r t oant t‘hVeiltcononHtinoeuts,te,,oerarsl her Ladyship was safely delivered of a son, hi s mother, is going when the on charmi ng l y who, with last letters were received in town. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will, we un derstand, shortly honour Sir Robert Peel with a visit at Drayton Manor, in this county.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. The Marquis Bellune, son of Marshal Victor, arrived at Mivart's Hotel, yesterday, from Paris. 2 - ' EVENING EDITIO - . IMPROVEMENT OF NEI RIVER AND COWES HARBO ass (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ";\';•..,.:*.. Sir John Rennie's Report commences with deiaarsvi- f -12 .1 ' tion of the Medina, which at Newport at low spring tid es , h e says, scarce l y excee d s e i g h t i nc h es ;'thfdl S K;{ NT cre as a h t a o lf t t belowvelve inches Newport deep a may alm os t b e terme d d ry ; t h e same at neap t id es . A t it increasest Hurslake, more t h an h a l f a m il e b elow N ewport, i t in esng. t o Atnt.nnt on fe emtle and six inches,and gradually increases to fourteen feet at low water of spring tides, before it reaches Cowes Ferr • Previous to entering the Bay (Cowes Harbour), it decreases to thirteen feet, and • sixteen feet six inches at neaps. This is from a regular " j rnal kept by Mr. Fulton, one of Si r J o h n ' s assistants. Or dinary springs rise 11 feet 6 inches at Cowes, and 11 feet 6 inches at Newport ; extraordinary 7 feet at Newport, and 13 feet 6 inches at Cowes. The w idth above Cowes is 1,000 feet, when it suddenly contracts itself at the Ferry to 350 feet. The principal defects in the naviga tion are between Newport and the Folly, which is a distance of about 2 miles. To remedy this evil, various plans have been suggested ; first, to form a dam and lock at Cowes Ferry to secure the outer harbour and convert the river into a basin of still water, and render it navigable to Newport by the class of vessels required—cost 58,7001., besides which all the mills would be destroyed ; the owners and occupiers must, therefore, receive compensation ; there would be much delay at the lock ; and when the wind was not favour able, men, horses, or steam must be employed to track the vessels up and down. Cowes Harbour would also suffer for want of the backwater. Second Plan.—To cut a canal from Cowes Ferry to Newport, perfectly independent of the ricer—cost 71,1781., or from the Folly (what Folly!) 51,250/., with locks, &c. Third Plan—Erect a lock at Weir, at the Folly, 50,140/., and compensation to the millers, brewers, &c. Plan the last.—Straighten and deepen the present channel between the Folly and Newport, by dredging or hand excavation, to the depth of six feet at low water of Sring tides. The first expense would only amount to 19,1201., and only a dredging machine would I be required to keep it clear afterwards ; then there i must be added the expense of quays, wharfs, and roads, in the vicinity of Captain Shopher's house, near Newport. Cowes harbour is a small bay formed by the mouth of the Medina river, commencing at Cowes Ferry, at the south, and terminated by the Solent sea on the north ; at the Ferry it is 350 feet wide ; the channel, or deep water, formed by the river, is onlyon the West side, being 100 yards wide at the Ferry at low water, and 300 yards opposite Cowes Castle. Depth at the Ferry at low water of spring tides, 13 feet, it then increases to 18 feet, and decreases at the bar to 9 feet 6, and again rapidly increases on entering the Solent (Cowes Road stead), to sor 6 fathoms. At spring tides, the offing current runs at about 24 miles per hour, and at neaps, at about two-thirds that velocity. Cowes Roads is ex tremely safe, and the holding ground good, and well pro tected against all winds. The harbour is injured by the , sudden contraction and improper (Erection of the chan nel at the Ferry, together with the irregular line of quays on the West Cowes shore. Both flood and ebb are checked in their velocity, and become too weak to hold in suspension the alluvial matters with which they are charged, or to scour away the deposit which accu mulates in the channel. To correct this, Sir John recommends removal of the projecting ship-yard on the west side of Cowes Ferry and also a portion of the pro jecting quay immediately below it, and from thence to form one regular uniform and continued line of quays, with proper slips and landing place, to West Cowes Castle, removing also a portion of the Fountain's lantalng jetties, and on the east side to form a jetty in a line nearly parallel to the quays on the west side, from the ferry to opposite the Fountain quay, this jetty need not be carried above half tide ; he also mentions other im provements, but as he considers the expence of the quay too great, he has not calculated it, but recommends only the building of a low wall jetty, at East Cowes, and removing the banks and bar in the harbour by means of an efficient dredging machine, the expense of which he calculates at about 14,0001. The quay on the west side to be carried on as funds can be procured for that purpose. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight has been called by the Mayor of Newport, for the Gth of November to take the report into considera tion, and The Sun being the principal London paper taken in in the island, I have taken the liberty of send ing you an e xtract of the report, and you will very much oblige your numerous readers by inserting it. Newport, Oct. 31, 1839. 1111;.NICIPAL ELECTIONS. LINCOLN, Nov. I. The Tories have not this year dared to show their strength, knowing, if they did, their exertions, as here tofore, must end in a total defeat. At nine o'clock the polling booths at the Guildhall and Sessions' House were opened according to the provisions of the Munici pal Reform Act, and clerks were in attendance to per form their duty, but not a vote was recorded in favour of any person in the Tory interest. The following are the persons elected. BRIDGE WARD. Wm. Curtis Bell, maltster William Gresham, tailor George• Calder, tailor I 'Anselm Odling, draper s This gentleman was elected in the room of Janica Hill, who has left the town. MINSTER WARD. John Norton, draper I T. Bainbridge, schoolmaster Robert Dawber, merchant The whole of the above are Radicals. POOLE, NOVEMBER 1. CLOSE OF TILE POLL. NORTH WARD. Reformers. 1 Tories. Williamson, John Adey, William Trew, Anthony lll Parr, Richard W. ... 70 Conway, George SOUTH WARD. _ . Reformers. Tories. Penney, George Mullett, Edward I Lankes:cr, John In c onsequence of the conduct of the late Revising Court the Reformers were thrown back upon the old list, n otwithstanding which they have most nobly met and beats n their adversaries in both Wards. Baron and Baroness Dimsdale and Miss Dims dale arrived at t'aris at the close of the past week from a tour in Normandy• Major-Genctal Sir William and Lady Gomm left town yesterday afternoon for Portsmouth, to em bark for the West Indies. " Love rules the Camp, the Court, the Grove." So sings the Bard ; and according to the theatrical an nouncements, lie appears likely to rule at Covent-gar de l next week, for we perceive that Mr. Sheridan Knowles's play, bearing that expressive tit! , , is to be produced on Monday, The genius of the dramatist is a guarantee that the tender passion n ill be pourtrayed with a high perception, and the talents of Miss Ellen Tree and M idame Vcstris assure us of having the sub ject treated with all the sentiment and grace of which the fair sex are capable. DELAY ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAT.—On Friday morning the five o'c:ock train did not reach its destination at Euston-grove till nine o'clock, in consequence of an accident to the engine. NOVEMBER WEATHER.—We have to-day a pleasant cemb:eatioa of rain and fog. November is dark and dreary, and the atmosphere is saturated with moisture. The comparative warmth of the season is owing to the heat given out by the condensation of va pour into rain, &c. Some years ago there was a con tinual drizzling rain generally throughout the month, but of late years we have comparatively much fine weather in November and many clear days, and the re mark is certainly well founded teat, within t‘le last thirty years, there has been , it a ti great ieisA 7T.Rh Theatre, t l_ r t e e ,r_ric are n enter tainments alteration in the in climate, and November is no longer calle d suicide month. Tl i E the opening JAMES'S i of , Sil full rehearsal, INladllc. Guischard end Monsieur vain having arrived from Paris. The interior of the house has been decorated in a costly manner, and the private boxes hung in French merino. ROYAL. AND NOBLE CRICKETERS.—RoyaI and Noble personages have not seldom handled the bat right well. Not to go back to the days of Edward the Second, lately alluded ert)u,sii;saate(o:trieliteGci t alep o devno , eturtk i g: i bbi ee o eieo r ioergtnfh e r fia v elap e n, even to those of Oliver but I know not on i Fourth rdyipi:uc)ertrtev were ,Idoenrasetnoadbnocdtar both cgglkreoecaoat least 1 may c oties l gb l asabuerrioevi (saidxteire; brothers one of tt this activity rendered them well fitted for it. Amongst our Nobles of somewhat lesser dignity, besides many already mentioned, there have been, and still are, not a few ex pert cricketers ; amongst the best of whom at present are the Grim s to ns an d Mr. Frederick Ponsonby.. The Duke of Dorset, Lords Tankerville and Suffield, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Aboyne and his brethren, &c., are, or have been, all able players or va luable patrons of the sport. Lord Hillsborough, though he seldom plays, is one of the best of his coun trytnen, the Irish, and in person is one of the finest men amongst our present Aristocracy. But all our coroneted beads, present or past, must uncover and bow before that of the (old) Lord Frederick Beauclerk, one of the very finest cricketers who ever took bat in hand. Without any disparagement either to his sons or ne phews, none of them promise to be worthy to carry his bat ; and indeed his various merits, if divided, might well furnish forth a dozen such players as the best of our younger Nobles. —Old Sporting Magazine for No vember. FIRE AT BRONIPTON.—On Friday morning an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mrs. Char lotte Baxter, an extensive laundress, residing at N 0.22, Queen's -gardens, Brompton, and did great damage. It originated in the overheating of a stove in the laundry. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning a female, re siding in Carlisle-street, Lisson-grove, threw herself out of the attic window into the yard, and from the injuries sustained, almost instantly expired. e of hey that V t° ,s►tY And ,cing tho' nine its J 0 ities lexP cbs l rood clot rian S El" illg' nod O r ca n. OW ° e th e yn at Go' f the in to?. ,f de 'mot it be at 0- ef t gg 4 nec 0 0 Lcall life. 'way s rivi n g I Go- - . bat a t r, an d of igatfr~it t heir t over . rig? ; tb - el •r r oot s „ or 'f o ot' 40 01 " ;‘, tb o . I . „ to , p irc CiPlc; it t b° , ;OS. t se' the the ec tsf vine :on e J3' 51i' nee•