The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-29 00:00:00

771 e publication of Tux SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 13 minutes past Three o'clock. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock. 3 per Cent. Red. — 3 per Cent. Cons ..... 9 8% 3_34 per Ditto Red........... .............. New 3% per Cent. 9 : lWi New 3 per Cent .... . ... Bank LongAnnuitiegto expire Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, 1850 -- Jan. 5. 1880 Jan. 5, ISSN.... April 5, 1880' Jan. 5, 1870 Omnium Pm. - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — 1 Belgian Bonds —_ Ditto Account . .•....... Brazilian Bonds SI% I Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, )824 24% 3% Ditto Account ....... ......... Danish Bonds. 75 5 Ditto Account — Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1.925 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent..., Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stoek Ditto Bonds ISouth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, £l, OOO par 2 pm. (Ditto 500 par 3 pm. Ditto Small [ Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — pm i Bank Stock for Account — India Stock for Account — Consols for Acconnt 8870 Olig, 874 9 I .. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds .. 50% 1% 50% Ditto Account 50%14 Ditto, 3 per cent. 33% 3 Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 18:12 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1534...9.3% 4% 3 , 4% Ditto Account —.23% % I 4i 3%% French, 5 per cent........., —f. —c. 4 per cent........... —f. —c. _ 3 per cent. —c. Exchange —c. Dutch, 2k per cent. 52 4/ %1,4 Ditto Account 527i% ag Ditto, 5 per cent 10 13411 Ditte Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Pail. Calcutta and Suagur Railway Company Pai 2 Eastern Counties Railway 1 London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O Manchester South Union Railway Company 2 N , rth Midland Railway Company 5 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 • British North American Bank London and Westminster Bank 2O Per Share. )% 1 21% 3% 10 9% 10 - 2.14. 3 • PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 27. 3 per Cent. Consols ... ............ SS Grand Canal Deb, 6 per cent Ditto Reduced .................. Ditto, 4 per cent 6O 3% per Cent. Stock... ........... 97 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, IMO ............... 97 City of Dublin Steam Co. 113% S% per Cent. Debentures 91% National Insurance Co. :35 Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock 271 per cent Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Carthagena 0 1 Dublin... 1 Flanders MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. I France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Guern.&Jersay 0 0 Malta 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Holland 1 0 Ostend 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mnrning... ...... 8 minutes after 5 I Evening 30 minutes after 5. HAMBURG, AUGITST 26, 1836. O UR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURG, and any person having to remit money to us, is requested to observe that by Hamburgh Steamer a letter containing one Bank Note, be it 301. 60/. 901., or any higher amount whatever, is liable to double postage only ; but 30/. for instance remitted in three Ten Pound Notes, or in Six Five Pound Notes, would by far encrease the postage. It will, therefore, be advisable for any one, having to re mit money to Hamburg, to be particular in remitting the whole amount in one note. HEINE BROTHERS. ~~~~ ~. ~~; 41.1`if ( kL i ,"1/Y, ~~a "{lJ~~=~_> _ I ?, SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1836. COMMON HALL.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1836. Whatever the Tory Journals may say to the con trary, the question of Peerage Reform is making rapid head-way. With the exception of a very few, all the Liberal Members who have as yet addressed their con ti stituents, have spoken of it as an event that must ine vitably take place, if the Lords do rot obviate the ne cessity, by adopting a more enlightened system of Legislation. Of this, however, we have not the slightest hopes ; hence we agree in opinion with Mr. WILLIAMS, that the people cannot bestir themselves too actively on the subject. In ad dressing his Coventry constituents yesterday, this gentleman, alluding to Peerage Reform, said " It now became an important question, what was to be done in a state of affairs like this, when the two Houses of Parliament were in direct oppo sition to each other. If the House of Lords pro ceeded in their present course, it must be self-evident that it would be impossible to proceed further in the various Reforms which the people required, as the fruits of the Reform Bill. Of all Governments the oligarchical was the worst, and the House of Lords was a decided oligarchy. Was it to be endured that two hundred and fifty of these Lords should set at nought the wants and wishes of twenty-four millions of the most intelligent people in the world ? Would they be satisfied to allow these 2.50 individuals to refuse every Reform expected from them ? The question then was, how was the House of Lords to be brought to work for the people, instead of against them ? The KING was accountable for his actions through his Ministers —the Commons were responsible for theirs—but the House of Lords was the only party that was not so ; and he asked them whether they would submit to have the efforts of the House of Commons, and Reforms of the most important nature, rendered nugatory by this portion of the Legislature ? If they desired to prevent the continuance of this state of things, the only mode of proceeding was to reform the House of Lords, and that could only be done by the people themselves." Just such language as this was held lately at Somersetshire, East Cornwall, and Waterford, by gentlemen of the first consideration in their respective counties ; of keen political foresight ; and who have hitherto refrained from any allusion to a Reform in the Lords, in the hope that that House might be induced to sae its error, and retrace its steps. Finding, how ever, their hopes disappointed, they have now come manfully forward with an express declaration, that the time has arrived, when it becomes the bounden duty of the people to consider what steps they should take in order to accelerate the progress of Peerage Reform_ for it is one of those vital questions the consideration of which can no longer be postponed with safety. Thus the ball is at length fairly on the roll. Stop it, who can I It was not to be expected that the proceedings which took place in the city of Waterford on Thursday last would escape attack from the hired ruffians of a faction too degraded to have any scruple about the means which it employs to attain its ends. All that was re spectable either in point of wealth, character, or talent, in the county of Waterford, joined in bestowing a well merited honour on Mr. VILLIERS STUART, the Lord Lieutenant of that great county. Here we see a gen tleman of the highest official rank, of great wealth, of extensive influence, but of moderate sentiments in po litics hitherto, standing forward on a great public occasion, and denouncing with a force of argument and eloquence but rarely witnessed, the conduct of the House of Lords during the late session of Parliament. This was not to be passed over by the Tory hacks. It was too well calculated to counteract their base efforts to deceive the public with respect to the necessity of, and desire for, Peerage Refor m , now so generally admitted and expressed, not to come under their condemnation. Was Mr. STUART to b e allowed, for instance, to utter with impunity such truths as this ? " There was a time most assuredly, when the higher orders of this country, being sole depositaries of learning, of wealth, and of politi cal information, were necessarily intrusted, conjointly with the Monarch, with the sole direction of the affairs of the - commonwealth ; it was both fitting and proper that they who possessed exclusive know ledge should likewise be possessed of its attribute, ex clusive power ; but is it not as preposterous to insist upon retaining the monopoly of power when the mono poly of education has passed away, as it would be in that parent who should endeavour to restrain in leading strings his offspring, after that offspring had arrived at the full maturity of their intellect ?—(Hear.) Yet this is Conservatism—this is the very end, and aim, and object of the Conservative principle—namely, to re tain in the hands of the patrician order the nearest possible approximation to that extent of power which it possessed in the olden time, and to admit to the leastivossible share in self-government the other orders of the community.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.") No, no ; these sentiments were too just, and found too ready acceptance with those to whom they were addressed, to please those to whom they applied. The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have been received. Their contents are interesting. The news of the defeat of GOMEZ by Brigadier-General ALAIX, mentioned in our City article of yesterday, is confirmed. The intelligence was conveyed to the French Government by telegraph from Bayonne. The Christinos came up with the rebels between La Venta del Pinar and Villa Vijedo, in the vicinity of Villa Robledo. They charged the enemy with great fury. In a few hours the field of battle was completely strewed with dead bodies. The Carlists were soon overpowered, and fled on all sides, leaving 1,360 pri soners, two field-pieces, and all their baggage and stores, in the hands of the QUEEN'S troops. Several detachments were ordered to pursue the fugitives, of whom it was supposed that very few could escape, as sections of the Constitutional Army surrounded them on all sides. By this one successful stroke has ALAIX terminated the possibility of Don CARLOS'S projected descent upon Madrid. To add to the mortification of the Usurper, it now appears that the reported capture ofße quena by GOMEZ—upon which we commented in such severe terms, a few days since, charging the QUEEN'S Generals with cowardice or worse—was a mere fabrica tion. GOMEZ arrived on the 7th at Utiel, within two hours march of Requena. He remained there to the 13th, and in the interim was joined by CABRERA, QUILEZ and SERRADOR at the head of their bands. When the rebel chiefs had united their forces, GOMEZ, at the head of 7,000 men, attacked Requena at three different points at the same moment. The garrison was wholly composed of National Guards, but it behaved nobly. The enemy was repulsed on every side, and after two or three unsuc cessful attempts, GomEz thought it most prudent to withdraw from the town altogether. , He, however, took care to circulate a rumour, which he contrived should reach Madrid on the morning of the 16th, to the effect that Requena had been pillaged by his troops. The defeat of GOMEZ, after his junction with the bands of CABRERA, QUILEZ, and SERRADOR, is one of the severest blows the Pretender has yet received. We do not suppose that he will be now in any hurry to cross the Ebro. The Paris Journals continue to treat of the Swiss question as one which may yet be amicably adjusted. The Cantons of St. Gall and Friburg, having voted for the Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the affair of CONSEIL, fresh difficulties are thrown in the way of a peaceable arrangement. The Swiss Vorort will now be compelled, by the interna tional law of the federal Cantons, to communi cate the Report of the Commission to the French Government, and France has already declared that she will resent the presentation of the Report as au insult to her honour. We confess we see no means of getting rid of the difficulty, unless by referring the whole affair to foreign arbitration. Letters and papers from Madrid to the 22d inst. have been received. The capital was tranquil. Ge neral It oDIL arrived there on the 21st, bringing dis patches confirming the defeat of GOMEZ ; and on the same day set out for the army of the centre. All classes of Spaniards repose unbounded confidence in the new Ministry. `We have received Brussels and German papers this morning. Extracts from them will be found in ano ther part of The Sun. The advices from Cracow are particularly deserving of attention. We do not credit the account, which we have copied from a French Journal, of the attempt to assassinate the Emperor of RUSSIA. Between 8 and 9 o'clock yesterday morning consi derable excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Ken sington -crescent, by the discovery of a large dog of the spaniel breed running along the high road in a highly rabid state. It was first observed near the Hand and Flower public-house, opposite Lee's nursery-ground, where it bit a valuable little terrier belonging to Mr. Jones, a gentleman residing in the crescent. It was immediately pursued by several persons with sticks, pitchforks, &c., through the crescent, biting at every thing which came in its vs ay, and being headed at the corner of the road it took to the gardens at the rear of the crescent, where it attacked a dog belonging to a gentleman named Morrison. It then proceeded in the direction of the Kensing ton-canal, but while pursued down Warwick -street, we regret to state, it flew at a young man named Wilson, who was pass ing along, and bit him severely in the hand. Instantly after wards it seized a little girl named Emma Green, about four years of age, who was standing at its parents' door, whose nose it bit completely through. The rabid animal then faced its pursuers, whom it kept at bay for several minutes ; and there is no doubt it would have done considerable more mis chief had not Mr. Ralph, a carpenter, residing in Vale-place, opportunely come up with a gun and shot it dead. The per sons bitten were immediately conveyed to the residence of Mr. Parkins, a surgeon, near the spot, when their wounds were cauterized and the dogs bitten were destroyed. On Tuesday night a gentleman in walking along Kent-street, Southwark, was observed to fall down suddenly on the pavement. Sergeant Woodhouse, of the M division, immediately ran to his assistance, and, with the help of a man, conveyed him to the Castle public-house in the same street, where, medical assistance having been procured, he was bled, but died under the operation. By a card found in the de ceased's pocket it was ascertained that his name is Captain Kopp. There was found in his possession 2/. 125., besides a silver snuff-box, pocket-book, and a gold brooch, set with bril liants. It has been since ascertained that the unfortunate de ceased had just arrived from abroad, and that he had only come up from Gravesend the same afternoon. _ _ On Monday last, just after the bell had rung for the start of the last race, a carriage and pair, which h a d b een im prudently l e ft ou t s id e the course whilst the postilion went up to the rails to have a nearer view of the approaching contest, set off at full speed, to the great danger of the spectators. The horses took a circuit of at least a mile and a half in circumference, followed by an immense number of people on foot and on horseback, and the race which took place at the moment was almost entirely neglected. The horses still con tinued at the top of their speed, followed by an immense field of horse and foot, and actually performed the circuit of the in terior of the common three separate times before they were captured, which was accomplished without injury to the car riage or to any one, two men only being knocked down, but not hurt.' 1 his circumstance was the object of great interest to the ladies and gentlemen occupying the stand, and more particularly so as nearly half an hour elapsed before the car riage could be recaptured.—Doncaster Chronicle. An Auvergnat, named Rucq , and his wife, both up wards of fifty years of age, had a quarrel a few days ago, which became so violent that the virago beat her husband so dreadfully with a candlestick and the handle of a broom, that though he was rescued from her hands and carried to the Hotel Dieu, he died of the injuries he received. The murderess has been arrested. The bloody shirt of the victim, with the instruments of her crime, are in the hands of the police. A SCIENTIFIC GARDENER.—The Duke of Northumberland some time ago received through Prince Lieven, as a present from the Emperor of Russia, a few specimens of a rare, indeed unique, species of s trawberry. The ori g inal w a s f rom th e C aucasus . I n fl avour it partook of the richness of the cultivated kind, with that delicious aroma whi c h on l y b e l ongs to the w i ld ; i n colour it was of a snow y w hiteness. His Grace, as is w e ll kn own , i s muc h a tt a ched to the study of botany, and valued the imperial present far be yond it s intrinsic worth. A corner of the kitchen garden was set apart for the culture of the interesting exotic, which yielded fruit in abunda nce , and during its short season the rech e r c he collations at Sion House frequently included two or three golden salvers of the much esteemed fruit, rendered doubly interesting from its rude and wintry habitat, and the high sta tion of its donor. His Grace's old gardener, who planted the strawberries, died, and was succeeded temporarily by one of the new-fanglcd sort, ' ycleped " scientific. " This youth set about reforming" w i th a vengeance, and commenced operations with the k itchen garden. "What !wild strawb err i es his Grace' s too, growing unde r very nose; this will never do ;" and, suiting t he acti on to the wor d, the reforming garener" with ruthless hand s plucked u p the whole of his master's pet strawberries root and branch, and threw them like weeds over the garden wall. His Grace's regret is i ncrease d by the circumstance that there is not a single s p ec i men now left in England ; and he says that in future he will look more sharply after scientific gardeners.—Morning Paper. A Common Hall was held this morning, according to an nual custom, for the election of a Lord Mayor for the ensu ing year. The Lord Mayor, the new Sheriffs, and Messrs. Aldermen Kelly, Winchester, and Sir C. Marshall, arrived at the Hall at near twelve o'clock, and, according to custom, walked in procession, attended by the City-officers, to the church of St. Lawrence, where the service was performed by the Lord Mayor's chaplain. The cortege returned at one o'clock, when the Recorder said the Hall was convened for the purpose of choosing a Chief Magistrate for the ensuing year, one of the most valuable privileges enjoyed by the City. The Aldermen then retired to their own Court, when the Common Sergeant read over the names of those Aldermen below the Chair. Alderman Kelly's name, which was first upon the list, was received with loud acclamations, and on the Hall being asked for a show of hands, all were held up for him, and the Sheriffs declared that Aldermen Kelly and Cowan had been elected to be returned to the Court of Aldermen. The Sheriffs retired to make the return to the Court of Aldermen. In a few minutes, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and other officers returned, when the Recorder reported that the election of the Aldermen had fallen on Alderman Kelly, which announcement was received with loud cheers. The worthy Alderman appeared on the hustings, and took upon himself the office to which he had been elected by having the gold chain put round his neck. The worthy Alderman re turned his warm acknowledgments for the honour conferred upon him, and he promised to do all in his power to maintain tte dignity of the office to which they had elected him. He promised that upon all occasions he would give every facility to the Livery to lay their sentiments before the public. —( Cheers.) The thanks of the Hall were voted to the late Sheriffs and the Under- Sheriffs in very flattering terms, and suitable acknowledgments having been made, the Hall was declared dissolved. MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. (THIS DAY.) COUNTY DAY ' . —A meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates took place to-day, at the Session-House, Clerkenwell, for the despatch of the business connected with the county. Colonel Clitheroe in the ciair. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. On the motion of Mr. BALLANTINE, seconded by Dr. Ro- BINSON, Mr. Sergeant Adams was unanimously re-elected Chairman until the February Sessions. The Learned Ser geant then took his seat, after thanking the Court for the honour conferred upon him. _ _ The minutes of the last Court were then read and con firmed. The Report of the Visiting Justices as to the state of the House of Correction and the New Prison, Clerken well, were received and adopted. The additional rates to be allowed under the Mutiny Act for the use of carriages for the conveyance of his Majesty's forces, were fixed. A letter was received from Mr. Smith,Vestry Clerk of White chapel, complaining of the mode adopted of collecting the rates in that parish, and suggesting that the same mode should be adopted for the collection of the rates, as was adopted in the police force. Mr. Smith also complained of the injustice of the system adopted towards those parishes who had paid the county rate regularly. The Government offices in Whitehall were among the parties in arrear for the county rate. The CHAIRMAN believed there was a question still depend ing, as to whether the Government offices were liable to pay the county rates. Mr. BALLANTINE wished to know whether Government offices were rated in the books. Mr. ALLEN stated that they were ; they had been demanded, and payment refused. He believed that the ques tion of the liability of the Government offices would come shortly before a court of law. The ground on which the re fusal to pay had been made, was that Whitehall was extra parochial. The Attorney and Solicitor-Generals had given it as their opinion, that these offices were not liable. The CHAIRMAN directed that the Clerk of the Peace should return an answer to the letter, stating that under the circum stances of the case, the Court could not interfere. In answer to a question from Mr. Ballantine, the Treasurer of the County stated that the parish of St. Pancras was greatly in arrear with their rates, and that proceedings had been taken to recover them. - Sir C. FORBES complained of the remuneration to the turn keys, the consequence of which was the eternal change of those officers, much to the inconvenience of the keeper of the county gaol. lie thought their remuneration ought to be increased. Mr. STOCKS objected to the increase of any remuneration to the turnkeys. _ _ Mr. BAKER said the reason the county had been deprived of so many turnkeys was, that Government had had so many situations to give away lately. The subject was under discussion when our reporter left. A German journal states that the excavations at Athens are being carried on with great perseverance. Among other discoveries there have been found, in different broken fragments of an inscription, a species of account of the ex penses of the sculptured ornaments of a temple which appears to have been the Erectheon. It bears the signature of the architect, whose name was Archiolochus of Agryle, and has hitherto been buried in oblivion. The names of numerous sculptors are inserted, with the price of their works. Two modellers in wax were employed in making models of the rosettes and acanthus leaves in bronze. Kcontract was made with a painter named Dionysiodori, to paint in caustic 113 feet of the mouldings of the architrave, at the rate of a pentobolon a foot ; 116 leaves of gold for gilding the bronze ornaments cost as many drachmas ; the person who supplied this gold was a citizen of Melita, named Douis ; the lead for fastening the figures cost ten drachmas. On demolishing a battery which masked the entrance to the Propylaea, the original ascending way, or steps by which they were approached, was uncovered. The road was made in ridges, so that the horses might go up and down without slipping. The steps for those on foot were in part demolished when the battery was erected, but they may now be restored. While at work in re-establishing the co lumns of the Parthenon, a fragment of the frieze was found in a fine state of preservation. It represented three of the twelve seated deities which adorned the middle of the frieze above the eastern entrance. Near this bas.relief was found a re markably fine seat or throne of white marble, the back of which is ornamented with a winged figure covered iiith drapery, and which is probably one of the seats in which, according to Herodotus, the priestess of Minerva was accustomed to take her place. These two fine fragments were enclosed between the columns of the peristylo and those of the pronaos. In other parts of this ancient city fragments of statues and tombs of different eras have been found. Thus have been brought to light some sarcophagi in marble, on which are sculptured bacchanals and other figures, but which in barbarous times have evidently been broken open and made to receive other bodies than those for which they were originally intended. In one of these sarcophagi, twelve skeletons were found. Thus Athens may still hope to form a splendid museum of her own antiquities. Our account of the murder of Mrs. Scottowe and the suicide of M. Martel, whose name, however, proves to be Des martel, was borrowed from the Journal du Loiret. The same journal, however, in its last number has given further details, which place the affair in a very different light. From these it appears that Mrs. Scottowe was the daughter of a butcher, at Orleans, and was taken to wife by Mr. Scottowe after a. very close intimacy. The husband became jealous, and frequently used his wife so ill, that she was at times obliged to fly to her family for refuge. Mrs. Scottowe, how ever, it is stated, for a long time gave her husband no real cause for his suspicions or ill-treatment, until he formed a friendship with M. Desmartel, of Nogent-sur-Vernisson, a young man of prepossessing person and manners and distin guished talents, but of loose conduct. An attachment aros e between him and Mrs. Scottowe, which soon excited the jea lousy of the husband. Violent scenes ensued, and at one time Desmartel challenged Mr. Scottowe to meet him in a duel. This rupture, however, was healed, and about a fortnight ago the two gentlemen went together to Paris; here, it is said, their former animosity again broke out, and it is even asserted that Mr. Scottowe was so alarmed for his personal safety that he never was without the company of a particular friend. At last, on Thursday evening, M. Desmartel suddenly left Paris, and riding post, reached the Chateau des Muids the next morning about 9 o'clock. At 10 he was dead, and Mrs. Scottowe mortally wounded. When the room was entered, a double barrelled pistol lay by the side of the lady, both bar rels having been evidently recently discharged ; the ball of one having entered the body of Desmartel, in the region of the heart, and that of the other had penetrated the breast of the lady. By the side of M. Desmartel was another pistol, with the charge still in it. This induced a belief that Mrs. Scottowe alone had fired. She lived lived till 5 o'clock the same day, and then died in dreadful convulsions, but without having uttered a word on the subject of the catastrophe. Two letters were found in the pocket-book of M. Desmartel, one addressed to his father, announcing his approaching death, and the other to Mr. Scottowe, telling him on his return be would find only two corpses. Mr. Scottowe arrived the next morning as before stated. Mrs. Scottowe and Desmartel were both 28 years of age.—Galignani's Messenger. The - nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine rail-roads already contemplated in America, are to have one more added to their number, which is to be through the valley of Connecticut river.—New York Paper. The following anecdote regarding Robert Gordon, the founder of Gordon's Hospital, in Aberdeen, is a curio sity. It is introduced in the description of the institution : " When he wanted to warm himself, he had a basket filled with stones, which he slung over his shoulder and carried up and down the room till he grew sufficiently warm. He used very sparingly the meet common necessaries of life. Loaves of oatmeal, with a little skimmed milk, were his ordinary fare ; or, when he would regale himself, a little poor cheese and butter. Like other misers, he could relish a good dinner at t h e expense of another; and it was of a fever with which he was seized the day after he dined with a friend, that he died." MAIDSTONE.---It is now certain that the crop o hops is a short and inferior one, although the colour in many instances is not so bad as was anticipated. The poor pickers have had a dreadful season, both from bad weather and slight earnings. Various opinions are entertained as to the probable amount of the duty, but everything must now be speculative, and its early announcement will set the question at rest. In Ticehurst, Wadhurst, Mayfield, Burwash, and Etchingham, several plantations have finished picking, and othe rs will c l o se during the ensuing week ; but in all i nstances the crop i s very deficient in quantity, and the duty is not expected to exceed 160,0001. The colour is not so much injured as might have been anticipated from the strong winds. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi lippsthal, and attended by Lady Clinton and Mademoiselle D'Este, arrived in town shortly before one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The King arrived at St. James's Palace soon after one o'clock, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, from Windsor Castle. His Majesty hold an Investiture of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. Sir Harris Nicholas, Chancellor of the Order, and Sir C. Douglas, King of Arms, having been robed by Mr. Hunter in their respective mantles, and wearing their badges, entered the royal closet. Major-General Sir Henry F. Bouverie, Governor of Malta, was introduced, and was invested by the King with the ribband and badge of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Mi chael and St. George. Sir Henry afterwards kissed hands. Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart ment, Viscount Ashbrook, Lord in Waiting, and Vice-Admi ral Sir Charles Rowley, Groom in Waiting, were present at the ceremony. Captain R. Cogan, Indian navy, was presented to his Ma jesty by Viscount Palmerston. The King gave an audience to Lord Glenelg. The Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday. The Judge Advocate General had on audience of the King, to submit to his Majesty the proceedings of some courts martial. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi lippsthal, and attended by Lady Clinton and Madlle. D'Este, left St. James's at half-past four o'clock for Windsor Castle. His Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Conyngham Viscount Palmerston, Sir W. Parker, Sir W. Woods, Sir J. Hill, Sir J. Woolmore, and Sir J. Macdonald. The King left town soon after six o'clock, attended by Sir H. Tayloil'on his return to Windsor Castle. The Vi4count and Viscountess Fordwich are now at Pansanger, the seat of the Earl Cowper, enjoying the society of a few select friends. Lady Mary Vyner is still at Wrest Park, in Bed fordshire, where her Ladyship will probably remain until the return of the Earl and Countess de Grey from Newby Hall, in Yorkshire, which is expected to take place about the close of the ensuing month. The Hon. Mr. Rous and the Stradbroke family ar• Tired in town yesterday from a tour. The Hon. Colonel W. Stradford is entertaining a family party at Addington Place, in Kent. Sir V. Brabazon, M.P., has arrived at his seat, Newpark, near Swinford, Mayo. _ _ Mr. Endersby, who purchased the mansion and park called Clare Hall, in Essex, the ancient seat of the Barons of that name, is making great improvements there. The place was the abode of the illustrious House of Bourbon when they first arrived from France, at the commencement of the first revolutionary war. Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Con stantinople, is shortly expected in England, on leave from his diplomatic duties. The sports of the field have commenced with great success at Chatsworth. The Earl and Countess of Burling ton, Mr. and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Earl of Newburgh, the Hon. Captain Cooper, and the Hon. William Lascelles, are among the visitants. The Russian Princess Trubetzkoy and Count Du long have left the Clarendon Hotel, where they remained a few days only for Brighton ; thence they cross to Dieppe, on their way to Paris. M. Butaneiff, the Russian Minister to the Ottoman Porte, has left the Turkish capital for Odessa, on his way to St. Petersburg. The French Ambassador and Madame Sebastiani are expected at Manchester House, on Monday or Tuesday next, from Paris. The French Envoys receive only half their salaries while en conge from their posts. Rumour is current that there is likely to be a va cancy on the Bench in the Courts of Law before November Term, which will be filled by the present Solicitor-General, who will be succeeded by Sergeant Wilde. _ _ The case for the prosecution in the Court martial at Woolwich, on Lieut. Bellairs was closed yesterday, after which the Court adjourned. We abstain from giving the case until the conclusion. LORD BROUGHAM.—We are glad to learn, and have much pleasure in communicating the fact to our readers, which wo do on the authority of a letter received from that distinguished nobleman by a gentleman in town yesterday, that his health is again quite restored ; and we are sure it will be gratifying to all classes of Reformers to know that his Lord ship would have visited Glasgow this season, but for his having determined to avoid all risk of periling his health until the meeting of Parliament, when it is his intention to resume his place in the House of Lords. That the Reform Ministry very much require the aid of his powerful eloquence in that assembly has of late been rendered too apparent, and although his Lord ship's claims have been shamefully overlooked, we feel assured he will, nevertheless, give his best aid to the Melbourne Ad ministration, and teach the Tories, headed by Lord Lyndhurst, that although in the last session of Parliament they gave a practical illustration of the truth of the proverb— " Weel kens the mouse When the cat's frae the house"— they shall not do so with impunity in the neat. —Glasgow Chronicle. The Archbishop of York has returned to Bishop thorp Palace, Yorkshire, from a visit to his diocese. Lady Elizabeth Vernon Harcourt is now there to receive company, and among those expected is the Countess de Grey. The Earl of Enniskillen will see company next month at Florence Court, Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Cork have arrived a Bath. Madame Caradori Allan has accepted an engage ment to sing at the Liverpool Festival, in some of the pieces that were selected for the late Madame Malibran. The Com mittee are making other arrangements to compensate for the loss occasioned by the lamented Malibran's death. We perceive that Madam Sala, who made so suc cessful a debut a few weeks back at the Colosseum, is engaged at the St. James's Theatre, where she will appear this evening in two new characters. The line which Madame Sala has adopted, is that of Mrs. Glover and Mrs. Devonport, to which, from what we have already seen of her comic powers, we doubt not she will do full justice. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. The influence which this mysterious doctrine formerly held in the world is well re membered by many persons now living. Its operation •apon weak minds often led to results of the most extraordinary na ture, and to unparalleled and startling developments of cha racter. The writer of the new work of fiction, entitled " Vandeleur," has availed himself of this marvellous agency, which is altogether new to romance, and has produced a work which, in unusual situation and strange incident, may vie with " Frankenstein." The Marquis of Granby arrived at the Carlton Hotel, on Tuesday, from Belvoir Castle. The Duke of Rut land, after paying a short visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, proceeded to Belvoir Castle until the first Octo ber meeting at Newmarket. Earl de Grey has arrived at Newby Hall, near Bo roughbridge, from Bedfordshire, to review the York shire Hussars, of which his Lordship is Colonel. The review will take place next week, when the mansion will be the scene of splendid festivity. Lord and Lady Canterbury are settled for the winter in Paris. Lord Lowther, who is also in the French metro polis, accompanied Lord and Lady C. and family to the Aca demie Royale a few evenings since, to see Taglioni in the new ballet. The Earl of Pembroke's evening parties at Rome are said to have cost 5001. a night. We almost doubt whe ther such profuseness might in the end benefit our community ; but still it would be as well if a little of such enormous wealth were spent at home. The Earl of Durham is to wear the decoration of the Order of the Sauveur, conferred on him by the young King of Greece. His Lordship also has been invested with one of the most distinguished Russian Orders, which the Em peror contemplated conferring on him on the occasion of the Noble Earl's first mission to St. Petersburg, when he was a Member of the Cabinet. Lord Clements is sojourning at the Bishop of Derry's seat at Bloomfield, where the Hon. George and Mrs. Ponsonby have arrived from Chatsworth. Lord Dunsany, ,vith a select party of fashionabl e s, are being entertained by the Earl :of Bandon in a most sumptuous manner. The Hon. Randall Plunkett has just arrived. M. Thiers arrived at Rome on the 18th instant. On the 16th ult. the young Count de Montalem bert, Peer of France, was married at Trelon to Mdlle. Anna de Merode, daughter of Count de Merode, Belgian Minister of State. Among the numerous company assembled on the occasion were Count Plater, and the Marquis de Grammont and his Lady, sister to the late General Lafayette. The Lord Mayor deserves great credit for the zeal and promptitude which he has shown in endeavouring to pre vent the sale of the poisoned articles saved from the late fire in Tooley-street; and it is to be hoped that effectual means will be taken to second his laudable endeavours. This is one of the instances in which a man ought not to be allowed " to do what he will with his own." The Dowager Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of the King of Saxony, accompanied by two Princesses ; and the two sisters of the King of Saxony, accompanied by a numerous suite, went through Bourg, on the 22d instant, on their way from Dresden to Marseilles, where they are to embark. The Duke of Dorset, and Earl and Countess Dela warre, have been on a v i s it t o th e C oun t ess of Plymouth at Knowle. The Marquis Conyngham and family arrived at Dudley House, in Park-lane, on Monday ; the Marchioness is also come up to town with amended health. The Earl and Countess of Warwick, accompanied by Lady C. Neild, have left Parson's Hotel, Ramsgate, after sojourning th ere f or n ear a mont h. Th e f o llowing are the re cent arrivals :—The Dowager Countess of Erroll, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Lady Dallas, Lady Burdett, Lady J. W. Martin, Sir Charles and Lady Sullivan, Lady H. Ashburn ham, Lady E. Ashburnham, Miss Dallas, the Rev. Mr. Ord, Lady Emma Hay, Lady Fanny Hay, Lady Fraser and family, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wetherall, Captain and Mrs. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Barkley, Mrs. Pilkington, Mr. Langham, Mrs. F. Turn er , M r . B eauv ill e , M r . M ar ti n , Miss Makay, r. and Mrs. Ford, &c. LITERATURE. QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. C'XIIL J. Murray, London, 1836. With the exception of the tame and elaborate article on the "Last Session," which we noticed on Tuesday in The Sun, the present Number of the " Quarterly Review" is as interesting as any that has appeared for years. Its great merit is, that it does not appeal, like the " 'Westminster," to a coterie, but to the public. It has Essays to suit every taste, except the diseased one of the quack Utilitarian. The first article, which we conjecture, from the nature of the subject, to be the production of Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty, is a well digested abstract of the late expeditions on the river Amazon, and has only one defect, namely, that it is nearly, if not altogether silent, on the subject of the dimensions and general character of this famous stream. We are told indeed that its banks are in many places clothed with vast woods, wherein serpents of enormous size are found, and that after its junction with the Madeira, it becomes " more like a sea than a river ;" but of the general character and width of its main channel, of its depth, of the flow of its current, and of the sudden storms to which we have heard it is liable, we are told little or nothing. However, if the Reviewer is silent on this subject, he expatiates with considerable minuteness on the peculiarities of the magnificent scenery to be met with among the Cordil leras—scenery to which, we firmly believe, the world can show no parallel. Captain Hall, we remember, in his delightful travels in South America, was equally copious and instructive on this theme. We should not omit to mention that in the article on the Ama zons, the Reviewer gives an extraordinary narrative of the sufferings of a French lady, who sailed down it many hundred miles, with a small party of friends and relatives, for the purpose of joining her husband, then residing in some savage district on its banks, in the course of which voyage we are told— " The canoe, deprived of its helmsman, soon became un manageable, and was swamped, but the river being narrow the party all got on shore. Being only five or six days from Andoas, the Frenchman and his companion determined to make their way by land to that place, promising most faithfully that, in the course of a fortnight at farthest, a boat properly manned should be sent to bring the rest thither. Five-and twenty days, however, having passed away without any tidings of release, they set about constructing a raft in the best man ner they could—placed themselves, their effects, and what provisions had been saved from the canoe, upon it, and launched into the stream. The raft, being carried down it at random, soon struck against a sunken tree, upset, and all their goods went to the bottom, themselves escaping with difficulty. Madame Godin twice sunk, but was saved by the exertions of her brothers. " Their whole property, with every article of provisions, being destroyed by this accident, nothing now remained for them but to traverse on foot the bank of the river, in the hope of reaching the missionary station of Andoas. The long long coarse grass, the thick shrubbery, and the multitude of creeping plants greatly impeding their progress, and the banks, moreover, winding so as much to prolong the journey, they determined to strike into the wood, in the hope of thereby shortening the distance; but in this attempt they were soon completely bewildered. Excessively fatigued from for cing their way through a thick forest, barely pervious even to its natives, their feet torn by briars and thorns, no sustenance remaining, oppressed by hunger and thirst, their only re source consisted in some seeds, wild fuits, and the palm cabbage. At length, utterly worn out and exhausted, the lady's companions laid themselves down on the ground, from whence they were doomed never to rise again. There,' says M. Godin, they were destined to wait for their last moments ; and in the course of three or four days the men all expired, the one after the other.' Madame Go din, stretched by the side of the dead bodies of her brothers and servants, remained eight-and-forty hours in a state of stupor and delirium. At length a merciful Providence, which decreed her preservation, gave her courage and strength to crawl along, and to seek for the safety which awaited her. She was almost naked ; her clothes, torn in tatters by the thorns and briars, scarcely afforded her any covering ; she had cut the shoes from her dead brother's feet, and attached their soles to her own. " It was on the ninth or tenth day (uncertain which) after this only surviving sufferer had quitted the place where she had beheld her brothers and domestics breathe their last, that she succeeded in reaching once more the shore of the Bor bonasa. M. Godin says, what may well be believed—' The remembrance of the long and horrible spectacle of which she had been the witness, the horror of the solitude, increased by the darkness of the nights in the wilderness—the terror of death constantly before her eyes—a terror which every moment must have augmented—had made such an impression on her constitution, as to cause her hair to become grey.' " " Hall's Schloss Hainfeld" is a notice of an interest ing volume which we reviewed some weeks since. In this volume Captain Hall expressed his firm conviction that the Countess of Purgstall was the original from which Sir Walter Scott painted his inimitable portrait of Diana Vernon, but the Reviewer has considerable doubt of this, and gives arguments in support of his disbelief which have also made us sceptical. " Tocque ville on the State of America," is evidently the result of much pains-taking. We object, however, to the spirit of the article, which, as regards its brief allu sions to the " Romish Priesthood," is sophistical, not to say absurd, in a high degree. The " Mountain Decameron" is a kindly notice of a book which we are delighted to see has found favour in the eyes of a Quarterly Reviewer. A more spirit-stirring col lection of tales—more full of character, drawn with the strictest regard to local truth—more poetic in its descriptions—more high-toned in its occasional reflections—and more deeply imbued with tragic power— has not been published since the " Bride "Hleesr,mwithViciiicaro"n once e n read, par t e i f cu L la a r in , m i e s rm on e e o"' Of T th h o e se tales, are never forgotten. The last scene of this ro mance is as impassioned and as sternly tragic, as even old Fountaine's terrific sketch of the banquet of " Atreus and Thyestes." Mr. Downes however has much to rectify ere he can take rank among the great novelists of his country. His offences against good taste are innumerable ; his imagination too is con stantly running away with him ; but he has energy and pathos that convince us in every page, that we are in the presence of a man of first-rate ability, in his line. Let him take warning by poor Maturin, and eschew those faults which have made " Melmoth," despite its vivid fancy and deep feeling, a sealed book to posterity. " Latham on Diseases of the Chest," is full of interesting, many of them novel, facts re specting the nature of that peculiarly English malady, consumption. The " Downfall of Heathenism" con tains nothing very striking or original. THE DOCTRINE OF PARTICULAR PROVI• DENCE ILLUSTRATED AND DEFENDED. Br alfalfa], PILKINGTON, Lats Captain, Corps of Royal Engineers. Effingham Wilson, London, 1836. These reminiscenses of the life of Captain Pilking ton are amongst the most extraordinary we remember to have read. There is nothing very surprising in the conversion of a man from Deism to the fullest belief in the doctrines of Christianity ; neither is there anything remarkable in the fact that converts from infidelity are generally more rigid in the observance of acts inculcated by the spirit of true religion, than those who never doubted its divine origin : but there is something so very extraordinary in the circumstances attendant upon Captain Pilkington's conversion—in the severe trials to which he was subsequently exposed--in the crowd of misfortunes that beset him on all sides, that it is im possible to read this narrative of them without feelings of strong sympathy and commiseration. Though our opinions upon religious subjects are as different from Captain Pilkington's as are those of an Armenian from a Protestant, nevertheless we are quite willing to give him the amplest credit for piety and sincerity. We condemn his enthusiasm, but we respect the motives in which it originates. We lose sight of the petty distinctions of jarring sectaries in reviewing the struggles of the man amid the horrors of expected destitution, and the agonies of the Christian beset on all sides with the terrors of doubt and despair. A summary of the author's life is the best, and, we trust for him, the most useful criticism that we can pronounce upon his book : Captain Pilkington was born in Ireland in 1785. At an early age he entered Trinity College, Dublin/ which he left in 1804, having obtained a co mmissi° . in the Corp s o f R oya l E ng i neers . The scenes w hiea he witnessed d ur i ng t h e I r i s h re b e lli on of 1798 had had the effect of making hi m an i n fidel—as be coul d not reconcile with Ch r i s ti an pr i nc i p l es an d profession s the brutal slaughter of one sect b y ano th e r. The year afte r he joined the army, he pr ocee ded to the W es t Indie s, _ and after a servic e o f some years he obtained the rank of Captain. In 1814 " his services we re dispensed with," in consequence of his having brought a superior officer t o a trial by Court Martia l on a charge of fraud. He subsequently obtained the aPI: he pointment of Chi e f Ci v il Engineer on the A frican coast, and having th en t a k en to hi m self a wife , f settled for some ti me a t Si erra L eone . Desirous of making a fort une by t ra d e , h e purc h a sed a ve ssel : manned her, and p rocee d e d hi mse lf t o several p laces on the African c oas t. H e was we ll received by some of the Kin gs , an d was i n a fair way 17 f _ of his vessel and cargo by s hip wrec k, reduced luel . to a state of utter pen ur y. It was a b ou t this time, °r .. rather before it, that h a pp en i ng to b e p re sent at a se as mon preached by a R oman C a th o li c Bi s hop s he W so struck with th e argumen t s o f t h e P r elate, aa :e think seriously of b ecom i ng a Ch r i st i an . ilis who appears to h ave b een an exce ll en t woman ee ' conded his efforts, an d i n a s h ort t i me he entered . 5 upon a new co urse o f lif e . Th e rema ins of b realizing his most sangu i ne h opes , when the _ property hardly sufficed to carry himself and hls family to Engl an d, w h ere f or two years h e s uffeteu 1 . all that extreme p over ty can i n fli ct . Af ter se veral to less applicati ons t o th e G overnment, h e obtained the appointment of L ec t urer f or t h e L a b ourer 's Frien ti Society, and in this capacity he seems to hav e till ; versed the greater p ar t o f E ng l an d. Hi s book lea T , e us ignorant of hi s means o f o b ta i n i ng subsistence at the time when it was p ut to press ; but as he tells s in the preface th a t it conta i ns but half of his 031111, scripts, we presume a few months will put us in e s ; session of anoth er vo l ume d eta ili ng t h e pres ent asp ect of his affairs. Such is the substance of the book whose title we have prefixed to thi s not i ce . Th e aut h or declares o himself the enemy o f war i n every s h ape , and would ll prefer death its e lf t o t h e re - acceptance o f a rni. commission. His n o ti ons are t h ose o f an e nthusl e at times labouring und er s t rong d e l us i on ; but in t main he appears a se ns ibl e , we ll- mean i ng ma ny w h°s a heart is much b e tt er th an hi s h ea d. W e r ecomin en se him as an useful instrument to the notice of th ° a Societies which have for their object the religious an moral improvement of the poor. SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOY'S DEAL, SEPT. 28.—Wind S. W. D squ .) ally.—Arrivea fi e the River and remai n , th e Eliza, D ' outhwaite, for the '74 of Good Hope ' • Melantho, H a dl ess ; C e li a , B r oraby,.; r , Knox, for Berbice. Arrived and proceeded for the 111 the the Harbinger, ' Gales, from C a l cu tt a ; M ary, Mill er , fr°, l l„.. / South Seas • Duke of Manch es t er , --, and United 1 " 1 ° dom, —, from Jamaica. • el di e PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind W. S. W.—..A 17w p . Sceptre, Barcl a y, f rom S t . D om i ngo. Arrived f ro m J . ' don the Nautilus, Luckie, for Demerara. No sailing „ g o. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.. Wind W. S. W. —No W l ' Sailed none. , th 6 FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wi n d S.W . to W._firr.,- Gambia, M'Cormack, from Gambia. Arrived from 14°11 ,00 the Manchester, IVl'Kell ar , f or O porto, &c., and sa il e d. sailed the Spey packet, for Lisbon. Cs% GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 28. Arrived the Elizabeth, from Jamaica. 10 1, STANGATE CREEK, SEPT. 28. —Arrived the —ow land, Trail, from Leghorn. COWES, SEPT. 28.—Arriv e d th e C eres, Tritson, from ijv hia, and Oberon, Williams, from Fayal, leaky. ft° . DUBLIN, SEPT. 26.—Arriv e d t h e Welcome, DaviS, Trinidad. SG CORK, SEPT. 26.—Arrived the Traveller, from „ r r Domingo • Scotsman, Brim e y, f rom H onduras ; Ann, 04 '; e e from St. John's, New Brunswick; Ocean, Fishley, from horn ; and Voada, Musquito, St. Übe's. fro ° DUNDEE, SEPT. 26.—Arriv e d th e E ag l e , M atthews , St. Petersburgh ; and Argo, Cunningham, from Riga. 6. 0 0 CLYDE, SEPT. 26.—Arrived the Margaret, Allen, Grenada. The Integrity, La m b, f rom Compose* to Liverpool' /iv on shore on Florida Reef on the 15th ult. 111 51 ' The James, fro m M onte Vi deo, is supposed to be off t lis gate ; and Glamalier, from Valparaiso, at Swansea; a IIP Diadem, from Colombia, off Margate. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY•) CITY, TWEAVE 09 CL 0 01 ;01 Our arrivals this morning, are the French Dut r c h ' o att Flanders m a il s ; w ith s hi p -l etters f rom Canton, St. v ll2 Bahia, H avanna h, J ama i ca , S out h Seas, and Valpara i so ' do e, York, Ist Sept. ; Calcutta, 11th April ; Cape of Good 18th July. Most of the latter are of old dates. THE FUNDS. 11 ' Consols, which closed yesterd a y a t 88 k for the, A c " ,o ite opened this morning at 884 l„ ; at present, 881, 89 for theos count; Money, 884 k ; Exchequer Bills par. 2 pron. ; 0.4: Bonds, 3 5; Bank Stock, 207 208 ; India Stock, 25'1_ 4 0° In consequence of the def ea t o f G enera l Gormez, the rii 1 0 Active Bonds have advanced fro m th e c l os i ng prices of WO 241- ; Passive, 7/ ; Deferred, ioli ; Portv,guese, 50;00; per Cents., 32 i 33 4 ; Colombian, 23 24; Mexican, ' Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i 0) 1# Great anxiety is expressed f o r th e arr i va l o f t he mail, which is hourly expected. DUTCH FUNDS—Mimes/al, Szpr. 26. ~,. Money. - 11 "',7 Actual Debt, 21¢ per Cent. 49 ps, A Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Syndic, 434 per cent 92 gm Ditto, ditto, 13% per cent. 73 ,•",,,u Commercial Company, 4% p er cen t 174 ',•' Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 1./5 Two months ll 95 —Dutch Papers, Sept. 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS... —VIENN A Sire? 14. Fire per Cents. Metalli ques ' • lOl Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 13 4 53i —Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 19. ~,, ni(i...., HALF-PAS-I - fe ' We are informed that the French Government h a b o ' Oll ceived a notification from the Spanish Governmen t t,i t he_,,, o % the meeting of the Cortes the new Constitution wi ll 1 5- dified, and that a Chamber of Peers will be adopte u f ,' ob, 0 0 which the French Ambassador immediately has given great satisfaction to the King of the Fr e ;ded t o proee - Madrid. 8 / 9 A far Consols continue steady a t 88k f or M oney, an d 885 135 P" the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 2; India Bonds, 4 ; Stock, 207 208; India Stock, 2541 255-. i : e Spanish Active continues 23 4 24 ; Passive, 7-1, 4 A Der err 5- ' ; 0; to i I ; Portuguese, 50k 51-i; Three per Cents, 5 ' 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 52-1. 0 TTHREETHREEC"-- CL , Console for the Account, 881 89. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICE S ' BRITISH FUNDS.' India Stock .......... •••",.....• ...• Ditto Bonds ...!••• ....... ••• . ••••• •••• South Sea Stock ... ................ . Ditto Old Annuities ....• . ... ...!:;pl. Ditto New Annuitiez .... .... r i p ro Ex. Bills, 10004.... ....... ....... id* Ditto 500/........... ...... ••„,. ...... . Ditto 5001. ..........• .....,...• Bank Stock for Opg• '• .. , ..... India Stock for Act .... _,„.. Consols for Act. ..... ...., FUNDS. r ee° 5 0 P3rtuguese Bonds, 5 pe r ..... Ditto, New Ditto. ................ 1 ,„ 4 Prussian. 5 per cent. . . C ; ot. „ .... ~ ... u . Russian - Bends, 5 per ....... •• ~.. Ditto, Metallic ............. ....: 4 Spanish, 5 per cenL ...... .... „ t 9 , 7, Ditto. Consolidated. ..... . ; .;;, 1 Omnium .................................. French, 5 per cent ..... •••• ....f.,,c. Exchange .................. ••• ~.4.0 i French, 3 per cen t ...... ..........._,'" Dutch, 2i per cent. ...... ....wit.. Ditto, 5 - Int. ...• • Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 89% 3 per Cent. Cons BB% 3;,, per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red 9B New 3% per Cent 97% 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1850 Jan. 1860 l4 15-16 FOREIG/ Austrian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent 4l Colombian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, 1831 Danish, 3 per cent 7514 Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. — Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per cent. per cei SHARES. London and Brighton Railway (Gibbs's) ............... London and Croydon Railway .............................••" 50 .4 O ne South Eastern and Dover Railway .. ...................... o , cif• No other variations in the Prices of Sh ares s i nce our List, . fa Yesterday morning,at espeCip g 3 s es" female, named Ricketts, who resided at 2 6, 7., ,:se an early hour, a r 3 e v , prised at finding herself a 1... street, Battle-bridge, put a period to her existence w oss following manner. It appears that the deceased, Ivbeihsbit at times rather eccentric in her conduct, was in tlle A 1 1 ' 14 of sleeping with another woman named Connell,. lin — tigo si on the previous night, at 11 o'clock, they re!.ired as so ro to bed ; in the morning Mrs. Connell on awaking W u ss e 0' rious rooms in the 1, one, • , the hack y ards 11 ou t, she went inco _ .. . t _ she sa w • a on. of shoes, and a rushlight partly bu r .; sb' on a chair which was placed close by the water-babwor for" gave an alarm, and on the butt being examined the.. qu ite tunate deceased was discovered at the bottom of . 1 : 1 00 dead, having to all appearance been immersed in the fai into which she had thrown herself for some WO; between 40 and 50 years of age. alpand after searching t" bore I