The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-16 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., post Avo., TH E FREE L ANCE. ♦N HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By D. M`CARTHY, Esq. Author of "Massaniello." " This story throughout is alive with battle and incident. We have battles, sieges, skirmishes, and a constant succession of welting in cidents. The love passages between Reginald, He hero of the tale, and a young Italian girl of humble birth, relieve by their softness the sterner features of the narrative."—Sun. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant !!! To attempt toeulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage. meat, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, SEPT. 1 1 . Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss E. Chapin, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss (Proves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. r,eeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New. Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. %apnea, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Sm. Principal cha teeters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier. and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli age, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mx s James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF A MISS I 0 N.—Balcony Boxes. 4;. • Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, Sts.*; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, Is. ; Upper Boxes, Is. M.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the tt iir, my 'tier (holding eight persons). Too Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (bolding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Glair en The Box- Xtice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc non of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor ard Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows, and Re-engagement of the wonders of Mr. Carter, the American Lion Nine for this Week and next. MIS EVENING, SEPT. Will be repeated the French cque'trian Milita , y Spectacle of the LION OF "THE DESERT, or, THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO. Abdallah, the Outcast Arah, Mr. Carter. New Scenes of the Circle To conclude with the new E l uestrian, Militrry and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WA tt , or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Sce-iery, DielsStil, Appointments. &c., to realise the r. cent lnumphs of Enzland'F Army and N 3 v. Feast et 2.50 Lanterns. vcting and stage.an rnager, Mr. W 11 Broadtnot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in th- Art of Riding av Mr. R. Smith. D AVI DOE'S ROYAL SURREY ' 1-11 , ATRE First Appearmce these Two Years of Mr. G. W Id. THIS EVENING, sEvr. 16, Will he performed THE PROTECTOR; or, THE REBEL'S GAUNTLET. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, Hicks, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. R. Honner, &c. After which, THE ROAD OF LIFE. ttupported by Messrs. G. Wild, R. Honner, Neville, Rogers, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terrey,tec To concludiWith THE ARTFUL DODGE. In which Messrs. G. Wild, lohnsou, Rogers, and Miss E. Terry will perform. Places and Private Boxes to De had of Mr. Kerschner, a. Use Box. office, fro n Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. • THIS EVENING, SEPT. M. Will be performed Shakspeare's 1 ragedy of HA AI LET. Hamlet, Mr. J. Hudson Kirby; Gertrude, Mrs. W. West; Ophelia, Vincent. After which, JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK ; or, The Lad that knew how many Beans made Five. Jollibutfa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. With an Ethiopian Entertainment by the celebrated AMERICAN SOUTBRIIN MINSTRELS, introducing the most beautfal of their NatiVe Melodies. To conc.ude with the Comic Opera of Nfil SONG, N J SUPPER! Frederick, Mr. Binge. Private ramily Boxes, I Is. Od. and XI Ils. Bd. STRAND THEATIF THIS EVENING, SEPT Ifi, Will be performed MA RTIN CH UZ Z L f. Young Martin Churtlewit, Mr. R aloe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr A ttwood, Montague flag, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. Biddies Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, NORMA Norma, Mr. Paul Bedfird ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright-; Mho, Miss E. Sta .ley. To conclude with an Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, twin; an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedlord; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Misi E. Stanl:y. ROYAL. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, EXTRAORDINARY AND NOVEL ATTRAt TIONS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T URS bAY, ahroug.irout the Scaron, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS-FEEDING OF TIIE ANIMALS-UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON In the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Denson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all tormer oiecedent ; the artist, the amateur, 'the casual observer are artitruck with its extraordivay beauty ind fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the qu,et Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be hilly appreciated. Beethoven's celebrated Battle Sinfonia, descriptive of an En gagement between the French and Englis - i Arrives. The Evening PROMENADE f ONCERTS on Mondays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays conuucted uy Mr. Godfrey. are urn a scale of more than usual excellence; oilt words fail in doing justice to the awful renresentation of THE GREAT FIRE 01 , Li /NDON. Its fearful chiracteristics arc truthfully nourtrayed, hut at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, ilia , delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclaniations, and admit that :.'olitiby t :he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The ftudens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, Mid combining so many and interesting features, arc by far benign attraotive lounge in or near the metro,rolis. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at H. , lf-past Four— Concert at Half-past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. Adudttance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. • z 111 ILLING Admission IMPORTANT NOTICE to THE NAPOLEON MU -EUII, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have heeu formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of alnborate research, at a cost of 60,0040 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro- Dean history, viz.—CIIARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and WEIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., end the F.MPEROR WOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, luring the las' and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellingtosr. ;he Foreign Princes, Ambsas 41.)rs, an.i their Ladies, iso mauv - anti the Pro .ruster-Tits- recently hten able to Inziesse, by several very fine .etnrek. Ste., his orerions abnost in, • e !Limber ani variety of 'ASS. Work of Art, 3n3 multitude valuable Relic•„ and other 4eriojities, in this must motive nd. as hundreds have said it ought to be, s Nrationa: M. iseum. y toonsand have ins,?ected it, and TTIIIITY PRINCIi'AL EDF! Ong n the PUBLIC PRESS stf,ted thl it cagh *o be seen by every nye. The price ot !•ecliice' I) ON E SHILLING. A i'oi, l .9N ',I USE UM is to • • seen only at tne v.gyptian ; ;10:v urn Tea t'll Tusk .111,..-1,11 ,...4=7117111.20=10.20m. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • W believe the New Railway Act wilt come into opera. Lion On the 10th of October. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, SEPT. 14. __ "i 9 N.a.momErEn., Lowest. 33 ; Highest 70 ; Noon, 68, BAROMETER. 30 17.—Wucn, S.W. v"and..—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the fr,ezing point, and 55 temperate. In Baromotters fair is tltially placed opposite 30, and rain at 22 HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ... 0 min,itc,,,after 4 I Eveniue ... 29 minutes after 4 , % ir .)4 Is. '' ( ' It rV , ~ fl r , rytt 0.1..,, , , , - t i ,... .› .. ._ .., t ., 1% ...--:,, .... , ..... , ..,.-.,,,., • . 1 1 tr .„ .i e .--77..,___1i t i..: •.. ”IF,v %I'rogrb,..' 3 Ls• • .4 vOg . ~ ,t GIS` f.... , htir . - . ' - . • .."3".',) . ,, - - ----. .411 0; A, 4 [l. , ,tV • r>.-qc- LeNDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, .1844 The experimental war brigs at Portsmouth are pro ceeding rapidly, we are told, with their manning. The Water Witch has already completed her com plement ; another is in the same condition ; a third h:s entered, in a few hours, half the number of hands she requires. This looks well ;—nay, it is a very im portant, as well as encouraging fact,—so far as it goes. But it is only a small portion of the vast machine which it is indispensable to have immediately in com plete working order, throughout all its ramifications --it is but a fraction of the combined powers that every passing day makes it of more essential conse quence to have ready for development at a moment's notice. A dozen gun-brigs, as a nucleus for such a renovated force as our scandalously dismantled navy would want in the event of an European war, are of little more present efficiency, in relation to the object to be accomplished, than a dozen buckets of water would count to as a supply towards the extinction of a conflagration in Portsmouth Dock- yard. The only comfort is, that we have the proof, in either case, that the supply is at hand—c:vailable—r:Ti reqrlily afforded, .hen properly demanded. But why will not tile Admiralty go more boldly and largely to work ? Instead of these gun-brigs, why did not they Pits into commission just so many ships-of-the of the first. second, end thiyil elessf9 ? Men c-;-111 always b e resimnient of oar's clearl in a mr:kll written, manly better— for .service in 'a large man-of.'-r, , ar than in F4rnl-r craft, 'e'speciallY - 1 , /he' re they have the onnortunity knowing that, they will he under the command of OrnCerg , who havo aequireg a popular , reputation in tha:pt9foisicin. Th e AJlmlralty • have ••imagmed. that should any' moreover, could not - y disastrous chance re kindle the flame of war between France an d G reat Brita;n, we should have an enemy's fleet of cock oats, sloops, and brigs to encounter. At any rate The French Government have made a very different hind of demonstration in their recently equipped squadron ; and whatever opinions may be entertained of the display of French naval tactics in the bombard ment, of Tangiers and the battering down of the de fences of Mogadore ; nobody imag=nes that these ope rations were effected by metal not heavier than that to Or 14-gun brigs. in a little pamphlet, which has just been published 11 7 it nta x kr, and is tid, , d, " Some Observations on the Present State of the Navy," we find the same grounds of apprehension and expediency as signed to justify' the instant adoption of some more remedial and vigorous proceedings on the part of the Admiralty in re-establishing and invigorating the eifiei , ?nt strength of our navel arm, which we have of late, on In many occasions, ventured to urge upon the attc-etion of the Government. But the " Obserations” comprise some incidentally noticed details which we may profitably, per , recur to for Ottk present purpose. The course a 11 aU rir.•:ll showori the other d ) enter more rea THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, i 844. for such energetic effects, as we advocate, in the re suscitation of our naval staff, as we will call it, is the more strongly put by this writer—inasmuch as he carefully di,plays the opportunities we have already neglected ; and the positive indications and warn ings that have been given of the insidious designs that were afoot against the supremacy of our flag upon the seas. He argues that the reduction of this force, coincidently with a state of affairs obviously demanding increased vigilance and exertion, is quite unaccountable ; but that to have passed through the crisis which so lately overtook us without being in volved in hostilities should not blind us to the fact " that the solid security for peace no longer exists." " That in more quarters than one, unfriendly feelings towards us, and an aggressive spirit are plainly appa rcnt, whilst questions are already pending, and others t-o likely to arise, both with France and America, of which no one can predict the issue." Now, it is this consideration—this hypothesis of a possibly approximating conflict, which appears to us to warrant our recurrence to this all-important sub ject. Let us not be charged with lightly or mis chievously discussing inflammatory topics on mere assumptions and visionary data. There have been overt acts of offensive petulence, and indiscreet escapades of latent malevolence, and unpremeditated expressions of rankling' animosity developed in the proceedings and counsels of some of our " very good friends," within the last six months, that do away with all necessity for any excessive abstinence on our part, in alluding to the results which they have had a tendency to bring about. In the face of all these significant intima- ' tions, the Government of a Property-tax Premier (whose first ambition seems to be a party triumph over his predecessors, by the eduction of a surplus revenue, out of the additional taxation, he has most unconstitutionally imposed upon the people—whose second, or even some lower pitched ambition on his easy sliding scale of political principle, is the restora tion of the British navy to its former massive strength and dignity); this Government, we say, has been guilty of the delinquency imputed to it in the fol lowing passage of these " Observations." It would seem that nine is the cabalistic number with a Tory Cabinet for line-of-battle ships to be kept in com- mission. For "At no period during the last nearly thirty years of peace, has the aspect of affairt been more menacing, than it has been of late, whilst it is equally certain that dur ing no portion of that time, even in seasons of the most profound security, had the naval defences of this country been allowed to fall so low, except indeed under the short Tory interregnum of 1834, when, from a return made to Parliament, there appear to have been, as at present, only nine line-of-battle ships in commission. But when I say that we have even nine ships of the line in com mission, it must not be supposed that muck more than half that number could by any effort be made available for combined operations. Three, the Cornwallis, the Agincourt, and the Illustrious, are the flag-ships on very distant stations ; a fourth, the Collingwood, is under or ders to proceed with the flag of Sir George Seymour to the Pacific. There remain then, the three flag-ships of our home ports, viz., the St. Vincent, the Caledonia, and the Queen ; in the Mediterranean, the Formidable, blaring the flag of Sir Edward Owen ; and finally, the Albion, recently also attacked to Sir Edward Owen's command. It will thus be seen that, without resorting to the aid of the three guard-ships of our home ports, we have available for general service in the Mediterranean, or elsewhere, but two line-of-battle ships ; and that we could not muster a poor squadron of five sail of the line without leaving the shores of England unprotected by a single ship." It is well to know our own deficiencies. The first, immeasurably the first maritime Power in the world, has two line-of-battle ships only in the Mediterra nean, and five might be combined into a squadron, by denuding our great arsenals and ports of their pro tecting guard-ships. Now let us see what is the preparation, and what is the, force of France. "We find," says the writer, arrayed in the Mediterranean " A French force of twelve sail of the line, to which a still further addition of two ships has, we are told, lately been directed. Is this a position in which it is safe to leave the country ? We lately heard indeed from our most passive First Lord of the Admiralty, that he saw nothing in the equipment of a French squadron of exercise, which could require the presence of a Bri tish fleet in the Mediterranean. A French squadron of exercise forsooth ! I admit that the name of the thing is most harmless ; but such misnomers are not new, and IN hen I see a formidable armament prepared, I care but little how it may have been christened. This, so called. squadron of exercise, has not even made a show of as- sembling for the practice of evolutions ; it is equipped and prepared for active service ; a portion of it is ac tually employed in active warfare, and is backed by a powerful reserve, ready to support it, if needful, against all foreign interference. What, then, is the object of this great effort of naval preparation on the side of France ? No such amount of force was required for the operations in cont.nzpitti,n. agairr,t, Mor-:eo ; vnd lie must be wilfully blind who does not perceive that it has uttoeu forth against England alone. Ido not mean to say, nor do I at all imagine, that this has been done with any design of coming to an open rupture with us ; but Ido mean, that the Government of France was de termined to take advantage of our weakness, in order to obtain for itself such superiority at sea, as should ena ble it, for the time at least, to bid defiance to British re monstrance or intervention," The pamphleteer proceeds to show that " every increase of the fleet of France has been met with a corresponding reduction of ours." Does France commission new ships ? We instantly pay off a corresponding number of ours. That the scale of our naval establishments is not regulated by financial considerations alone, he remarks, is shown by the successive votes on the naval estimates for the last three years. In 1842-43, with a deficient revenue, a vote was taken for no less than 32,000 men and boys, exclusive of marines, for the service of the fleet. In 1843-44, with an increased revenue (ani taxation), these numbers were reduced to 28,500 ; and for the present year, with a still increased surplus revenue, a vote is taken for only 25,500. The writer thus puts the other alternative : " Was the strength of our navy, then to be determined with any reference to the state of our foreign relations, or to the amount of force exhibited by other nations ? This hypothesis, too, must fail us like the last. The present Government inherited from their predecessors a fleet of twenty-six ships of the line; an amount of force leaving ample scope for reduction ; there being no longer any question pending between this country and France, since the successful termination of our operations on the coast of Syria, and the Treaty of 1841 between the Great Powers and Turkey. In January, 1843, however, our fleet still numbered eighteen ships of the line; and even through the autumn of that year, a lth oug h L or d Ashburton, ;by hi s treaty of Washington, had relieved us from all immediate danger on the side of America, and when, so far from having anything to dread from the hostile temper of France, we heard of nothing but the cordial relations of the two countries, and the affec tionate greetings of their two Sovereigns at the Chateau d'Eu. Yet even in this season of submission, of con fidence, and courtship, it appears from the Navy List of July, 1843, that we retained no less than fifteen line-of battle ships in commission. Towards the close of that year, however, the formidable progress of French in- trigue in Spain, calculated, one might have thought, to alarm the vigilance of our Government, and to call for the presence of a British squadron on the Spanish coast, seems to have prompted a further reduction of our fleet, sufficient to give France the absolute command of the Mediterranean ; and we accordingly find, in the Navy List of January, 1844, only eleven line-of-battle ships in commission. Then followed the French outrage in Ota heite ; the Prince de Joinville's expedition to the coast of Morocco • the rapid and menacing equ ip ment o f a large Freud; fleet. and a state of feverish excitement both in thi, country and in Fiance, that might at any moment involve us in war. All this, strangely enough, seems but to have added to the impatience of the Admi ralty for the extinction of our fleet. More ships were hastened home to be paid off ; and we have now left but five sail of the line available in Europe, against a French force of twelve or fourteen line-of-battle ships in the Mediterranean." And now for the explanation how it happens that our men of war are so thinly manned, when even the vote of men and marines, for the present year, is " effectively smaller than that which enabled the late Government, in 1838 and 1839, to maintain a force of eighteen or twenty sail of the line." He says— " It is not of the want of men, but of their misap plication, that we have to complain ; and the public may learn, with some surprise, that, with a vote for twenty-five thousand men and boys, scarcely more than five thousand of this number are now employed in line of-battle ships. The remainder are either cooped up in harbour in the ships in ordinary, or are frittered away in vessels of inferior classes, stuffed most incon- veniently full of more men than they can properly em ploy or accommodate." Here, for the present, we must pause. But there is yet " stuff" enough—and of a good wholesome kind, too--i n the " Observations," to induce us to commend another " taste " of it in the course of a day or two. Whil ' in common with the most enthusiastic of as friends and a d m i rers, we heartily rejoice at Mr. O'CoNNELL's liberation from an imprisonment to which he ought never to have been subjected, and are quite as anxious as he himself can be, to see the attention of Government turned in a conciliatory and considerate spirit towards Ireland, yet we are as far as ever from approving of his resolution to renew the :igitation of the Repeal question, more especially when we bear in mind the announcement made by Sir ROBERT PEEL towards the close of the last ses sion, to the effect that, during the recess, he would de. vise some remedial measures which he trusted would tend to allay the discontents that have so long been rife in the sister country. The earnest manner in which the Premier, usually so cold and reserved, expressed himself on this subject, and the marked favour with which his remarks were received by all parties in the House of Commons, with the exception of a few ' sulky, intolerant Tories ;—these considerations should, we think, have,had some weight with Mr. O'CONNELL, and induced him to pause awhile in the work of agi tation, until he should have ascertained the extent, and bearing, and efficiency, of the Ministerial reme dies. Sir R. P.ax.r. having once before taken Ireland by surprise, in the matter of Catholic Emancipation, who could declare with any• , certainty that he would not astonish her a second time by the enlarged nature of his concessions ? At any rate the experiment of a temporary halt in the Repeal agitation was well worth making, if only to satisfy the public notions of equity, by giving Ministers fair play ; and not with-. standing his emphatic declarations in the Dublin Con ciliation Hall on MOnday last, we should not be at all surprised were . Mr. O'CoNNELL gradually to dis continue the Repeal agitation, or if not exactly dis continue it, at least moderate its vehemence, until he should be fully in possession of the remedial measures of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Difficult as this may appear to be, on the first view of the case, there is, neverthe less, no doubt that it is in Mr. O'CoNNELL's power to do it, for his countrymen regard him at this mo ment with more respect, confidence, and affection, if possible, than ever, and seem to take a pride in blindly obeying his commands to the letter, under a strong and unalterable conviction that he is the best judge of what is good for their interests, and will never advise them to adopt any step but such as may be benefi cial to them. As regards his proposal of endea vouring to procure the impeachment of the Irish Judges who tried and sentenced him to, what is now proved to have been an illegal imprison ment, we think he acts quite rightly in bringing the matter under the notice of Parliament ; indeed, it is his bounden duty to do so, for a great Constitutional question is involved in the result of the decision of the House of Commons on the subject. Not less do we approve of Mr. O'CormELL's inten tion to visit in person the principal • towns and cities of England, a month or two previously to the assem bling of Parliament, in order to explain the details of his case, and show the rank injustice that has been in flicted on the " convicted conspirators," as they were insolently—and as it now appears, falsely—called. Too much publicity cannot possibly be given to such harsh and unwarrantable proceedings as the Irish Judges were geilty of; and hundreds will listen with avidity to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's recapitulation of the circumstances of the case, who may have perused them with comparative indifference when recorded in the columns of the daily , press. In the justice and pro priety of these two propositions of Mr. O'CONNELL we cordially concur ; and we think :we can assure him that, when he comes among Englishmen ; explains frankly and boldly. the nature and ex tent of the injustice of which he has for three months past been made the victim ; and appeals to their cordial sympathies in his favour; his appeal will be warmly and generally responded to, even by those who may happen to disapprove of his politics, for there is nothing that John Bull more warmly resents than an act of injustice, no matter how exalted be the authority that perpetrates it, nor how specious the legal forms under the sanction of which it is perpetrated. Madrid papers, of the 6th, have been received. It is stated in some of them that the convention between Spain and Morocco, accepted by the QUERN, had been forwarded to Tangiers, for the signature of the EMPEROR. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA was to arrive at Madrid on the 9th. Some apprehensions were enter tained of a Carlist movement, and some excitement caused by the sudden disappearance of General ZuanANo from his place of retreat, near Logrono. On the Madridßourse, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 27i for 60 days, and the Floating Debt at 611. The. Paris papers are chiefly occupied with Indian news, and discussions• on the state of Ireland, and the Otaheite affair, but the articles in general are desti tute, of interest. Preparations are in progress for the nrney of Louts. Putraarn to England. The Con stityti(mnel says=“. Orders have. been given for the ING ' S embarkation at Trep..nt on October 8. The will remain five days in England, and will be a , 'ompanied by M. GUM; and probably Marshal SorLr. We learn from Cherbourg that the Colibri has arrived there, with the splendid furniture of the Gomer, for the Kina's use on his voyage to England.' It is not at all probable, however, that his MAJESTY %ill be accompanied by Marshal Slum; who is now old and infirm, and, from all accounts, desirous of repose. The Duke of MONTPENSIIII will accom pany his father, on a special invitation from the Qualm of England. It is also said, besides GUIZOT, Admiral MACKAU, Count de MONTALIVET, Baron FAIN, his MAJESTY'S Secretary, and some general officers, will form his suite. Most of the Paris papers:publish the order issued by Admiral Sir EDWARD OWEN, relative to the letters which appeared in the Times on the -movements of the French fleet. The Ministerial journals express satisfaction at the course adopted '-by the gallant Admiral, but others, and especially the Commerce and National, only appear to rise in their demands. Nothing will satisfy them but the appointment of a court-martial to try the delinquents. "It now re mains to be seen," says that mischievous journal, the National, " whether this indirect- blame be sufficient. If they, wish to avoid individual collisions, the French Government and the English Goverment will no doubt understand that the just susceptibilities of our seamen require more. The intention of the Warspite officers has been to inflict a deep wound on the honour of the French navy. They must answer for their dastardly intentions—they must answer for them before their superiors, or before those whom they have insulted. If, then, the English Govern ment wish to prevent our officers doing themselves justice it must do it itself, and do it to them fully ; that is to say, it is its duty to bring to a court martial those wretched calumniators, who have not had even the courage to sign their calumnies. We shall see." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " The law passed last session relative to the northern line of railroad having authorised the Minister of Public Works to treat for one from Boulogne to Amiens, by Abbeville and Etapl es , w i t h pecun i ary a id from the Go vernment, and stated that all the other conditions should be regulated by Royal Ordonnance, the Moniteur of this day publishes an Ordotpance, dated the 9th, announcing that the clauses and conditions on which the contract is to be made are drawn up and published, but they are not -given by the Moniteur. They may, of course, be seen at the Ministry of Public Works. " The Minister of Public Works is about to inspect all the great Government- undertakings in the eastern and western departments. M. Dumont will be on hii tour about a month. " • " A letter from Canton, of June 17, announces that M. Ratti Menton left China on May 18, to return to Europe. M. de Jancigny left Macao on the 27th for Singapore, and thence for Batavia. M. de Lagren6e had not arrived at the date of this letter. M. de Becourt was remaining at Macao. Since the departure of M. de Challaye, no French flag floated over the factory, nor had any one occupied the . Consider residence. The season was so far advanced that if M. de Legren‘a did arrive, the mission of which he was the head, could not reach Pekin before the end of the year. The American Minister was at Macao, holding conferences with the Imperial Commissioner Be-Ying." We read in the Commerce " The Sardinian Cabinet has just, it is said, been mo dified in the following manner :—M. Gallina, Minister of Finance and the Interior, leaves the Council, and is to be appointed President of the Archives ; Chevalier Revelli will take his place in the Finance Department, and M. Desembrois in the Interior. In addition, M. Calvi, who occupied the place of the King's Peocureur- General, is named Director-General of Customs, and M. T lion Revel de St. Andrea succeeds him as D rector- General. This change which took place, it is sa d, last week on the King's return from his seat at Ranonigi, attracts public attention, particularly when Amami seeks to get the Customs' Union adopted by the St ties of Italy. It is not yet known what system the new Mi nister, Chevalier Revelli, will follow. M. Gallina sought to draw closer to France, and it is he who negotiat.td the treaty of commerce lately concluded between that country and Sardinia." The last accounts from Venice announce the ar rival there of the Duke DE BORDEAUX, accompanied by the Count DE LEvis. Several personages of dis tinction are stated to have come from France to pay their respects to his Royal Highness. Among them ,are named Baron HYDE DE NEUVILLE, Minister of the Marine under the Restoration ; Generals LA Toth FOIBBAC and D'HauirouL; and the Viscount DE . SAINT PRIEST; formerly Ambassador from France to Berlin, and also to Madrid ; all of whom are said to he lodged by the PRINCB in his own hotel. Ile was expected to leave Venice for Prochdorf on the lith inst. The Universal German Gazette states that Sir R. GORDON, the British Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, has followed Prince Mirrniaracu to Trieste. Count DH FLAitatiT, the French A - Mbassador to Aus tria, has returned from the waters of Carlsbad to the capital, to receive the Princess CLEMENTINE of Or leans, who was expected there on her way from Hun gary back to France. In the course of her tour her Royal Highness visited the territories of her father in-law, Prince. FERDINAND Of Saxe Gotha. She was received in Hungary by the whole of the" nobility with the highest testimonies of esteem. A letter from Alexandria, of the 29th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : " The Viceroy is entirely recovered from his indispo sition ; he has resumed his habitual s e r en ity, an d i s occupied as usual with business in its slightest details ; he gives a most gracious reception to all those whom he consents to see. The Consuls are frequently admitted into his . presence.. His Highness has allowed Ilasloum Bey, the Eavoy of the Porte, to depart. He left Alex andria on the 22d for Constantinople, bearing with him marks olthe Pacha's munificence. The new Consul of Russia, M. Folk, has had his official audience with the customary ceremonies ; but the new functionary, whether through ignorance, or intentionally, ill responded to the favourable reception which was given him. It is the custom, that on the official presentation of a new Consul, a sabre of honour and a richly-caparisoned horse should be presented to him from his Highness. This took place on the reception of M. Folk ; but, on quitting the palace, this Consul made one of his footmen mount the horse and gird on the sabre. This impropriety has militated much against the Consul, who put the finishing bhw to his want of respect in abandoning to his footmen the sabre and the horse. Probably tjoe custom will be speedily abolished. Since my last: letter of the 19th, other vessels of war have arrived here, with a Russian brig, and the American frigate the Cumberland. Ibra him Pacha has gone to Lower Egypt, to inspect his estates." TAB BOURSE—Txuasmor, SEPT. 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Frenchriveperesats,exdly 119 SO •• 119 SO .. 119 SO .. 119 80 Four-and-a-Half.... 111 75 .. ll] 75 .. 11l 75 •• 11l 75 Fours., ex div...... 102 40 .. 102 40 .. 102 40 .. 102 40 Three per Cents..... 81 70 .. 81 70 .. 81 60 .. 81 65 Bank of France Loftin. Bank, I,ooof. Shares I CBO ..1080 ..1080 ..1080 5,000 t. Bharess9ss ••5055 ..5055 ..5055 Belgian Bank. . : Belgian Fives, 1840 1051 .. 1051 1051 .. 1051 1842 •••••..• 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Spanish Threes •• . 341 311 .. 341 341 Active •• ••••• •• .• •• 311 .. 32 .. 311 .. 32 POlll'o ••• •• 61 .. 61 .. 61 .. 61 Neapolitai• • .. 98 be .. 98 50 98 50 .. 98 58 Roman ' .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Verss.llles,R.B. 387 50 .. 387 50 •• 387 50 .. 387 50 L.B •.. . ... Rouen •• •• ••••••• .• Rosen to Havre Orleans ...... • 900 .. 990 •• 987 50 .. 987 50 Strasburg to • •• 257 50 .. 267 50 •• 253 75 .. 253 75 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, SEPTEMBER 15. St. Germain Versailles, N.B. • • .... „ 390 390 .. 387 SO . • 387 50 255 .. 255 .. 255 .. 255 Rotten .••• 990 990 .. 987 50 • 987 50 Rosen to Havre 755 .. 755 • •• 752 50 .. 752 50 Orleans •• • • •• ..... •• •• •• •• 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 986 25 .. 986 25 Strasburg to Bale 257 60 .. 257 50 .. 252 50 .. 253 75 Avignon to Marseilles— .• AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. By the arrivaref the Royal Mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, we have New York papers to the Ist, and Boston to the 2d inst., inclusive. She brings about fifty passengers. The Acadia left this port on 4th of August, and arrived ai Boston, after a passage of constant head winds, in thirteen days. We are much pleased to find, from the Boston Daily Adver tiser, that the passengers, on their arrival at Boston, presented the Acadia's new captain with a handsome tea service of plate, which was accompanied by a complimentary- letter, signed by all the passengers, and headed by ex-Governor Davies, of America, one of the passengers. We are additionally pleased to find that he has been honoured with a similar compli ment by his passengers on his homeward passage. The Acadia sailed again for Liverpool on the Ist of September, about one o'clock, passed and boarded the Hibernia, off the Lighthouse, at two, and obtained a copy of Willson and Smith's European Times," which contained the news of Queen Victoria's accouchement, and the movement of France upon Tangiers. The Hibernia would reach Boston at three o'clock, in a twelve days' passage, and as there were two engine expresses in readiness at Boston, the one for New York and the other for Montreal, the -news which the tijbernia toolCout (August 20) would be published in New York, with that ne the Great (August 17), as Adams and Co.'s express, per th e Acadia, reported that, up to five P. nt. on Saturday, nothing had been heard of the Great Western being off New York. The arrival of these two steam-ships on this occasion, had, for some days past, excited great interest in New York and Boston. When in lat. 50 deg. 2 min. N.,10n. 32 deg. 6 min. W., on Monday night, about nine o'clock, passed the Britannia hence , for Boston:; exchanged rocket and blueolight signals, and a salute of gun,. She was running with a fair wind, light sea, and was then five days out. The political news brought by the Acadia is .not important. Mr. President Tyler had withdrawn from contesting the next Presidency, and had thrown his influence into the democratic scale, which, however, will, it is believed, have but little effect in the result of the approaching contest. Large meetings are now holding in all parts of the Union, and the general opinion is that Clay will occupy the Chair for the ensuing term ; it will not, however, be obtained without being purchased at the sacrifice of a large amount of cash and principles. It is reported at New York, upon the authority of the Washington correspondent of the Sun, that, at a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, it had been de termined upon to call an extra session of Congress. It is further stated that England has taken the 4,000,000 dollars loan of Mexico, for the purpose of facilitating a war between the two Governments. This is given as a reason for calling the extra session. Captain Barstow, of the Cambridge, from Liver pool,picking Honfl eur , F rance , up the crew of a French at fishingN e w Yscho o ner o A r , t enr,of on the 12th of August, in kit. 44 36, lon. 53. They had been separated from their vessel thirty-six hours, by a violent gale of wind and thick fog. When they boarded the Cambridge, they judged themselves to be sixty miles from their vessel. They were utterly destitute of provisions and water. We deeply regret to report two distressing acci dents at the Falls of Niagara. The P one, in the death Philadelphia named company with a named Thompson. of H e a wasgentleman on n a f r visito m at t the hi Falls, friend of ours, resident in Liverpool, who returned in the Acadia. Mr. Thompson disappeared suddenly, and is supposed to have perished in the cataract. In company with one or two other Ipntlemen, he had passed behind the sheet of water, and, on coming out, lingered about the rock which overhangs the abyss. He was heard to say that he wished to go where no one else had ever been. He was soon missed, and all search proved unavailing. It is conjectured that a sudden dash of water swept him from the dangerous position to which he had ventured; The other relates to the unfortunate death of a young lady. She was in company with a party of friends and relatives, and while attempting to gather some shrubs growing on the brink of the precipice near the Museum, lost her balance, and with a loud shriek fell. When taken up she was alive, but in sensible. Able medical aid, which was promptly rendered, was unavailing; and she died in about three hours. These sad events throw a damp over the visitors, who are very numerous at this interesting spot. TREMENDOUS HURRICANE AND FLOOD IN WIS CONSIN TERRITORY. —We learn from the Green Bay Republican that on the Bth instant a hurricane, ac companied with rain and hail, swept over Brown and Calmut counties with such fury, that in the space of twenty minutes property was destroyed to the value of 20,000 dollars. Houses, barns, bridges, fences and trees were scatt ere d and tossed about like chaff; an d in many pl aces th e crops of every kind were flattened and destroyed. T rees, four and five inches in dia meter, were twi s t e d off at Duck Cree k , an d a t Suamico River a ll t h e large trees, for the di stance o f half a mile in the direction of the Bay shore were either torn up or bl own down. Every br id ge b etween Twin Rivers and G r a y swept away. In business matt ers the appearance was generally favourable. The i mports at New Yor k d ur i ng th e Bay and Fond du Luc, were month of August was greater than ever known, and the heavy , stock of imported goods had already lowered prices. In the staple article of cotton we annex a report, published by . a New York broker ' for transmission by the Acadia, dat e d August 29:—The unsettled tone of our market, allud e d to, in my last circular, per Caledonia, of 14th i nst., cont i nue d un til WQ were placed in possession.of dates from Liverpool to 4th inst., per Acadia, on the 19th inst. Holders assumed a firmer position, on the receipt of these advices, and generally demanded a small advance; this, however, was not acceded to by purchasers, and the business transacted consequently was limited ; the market was again fully supplied at previous rates on the second day, and some disposition to press sales was mani fested; this has resulted in a reduction of one-eighth to a quarter of a cent. on the lower grades, with which the market has been more fully supplied. Holders of finer cottons are generally unwilling sellers, even at the above extreme quotations, and some factors still refuse to submit a bale at present rates, considering that the coming crop does Eo'. present indications of a very large yield, although the plant is unusually strong and forward. Sales for the week ending 17th instant, 2,800 bales ; for the week ending 24th instant, 3,800 bales ; since, to this date, 2,400, with a firmer tone, at the present quota tions. Receipts of the new crop at New Orleans, 640 bales up to 20th instant ; a few small parcels have also reached this city, from Charleston. P.S.—The inquiry, which has been moderate, has resulted in sales to the extent of 1,400 bales, since noon of Thursday, and has been freely met by holders in small parcels, there being hut few lists in the mar ket, which are held rather firmly, at quotations. Freights are still tending upwards ; some few en gagements were made yesterday at 5-16 d. for square bales to Liverpool, and as the packet of the 6th is full, and the succeeding one nearly so, the rate will not probably be lower. The Grain market, also, exhibits very little change. Prices of Flour and 'Wheat are firm, but sales are small. The crop of Western New York is more abundant than ever before. Western Flour is selling at 4,12 f to 4,25 dolls, per bbl.; and Southern a shade higher. At Buffalo, a great Wheat market, 70 and 71 cents. is paid for wheat. We have no transactions of any importance to no tice in Ashes. The prices are as last quoted—for Pots 4 184, and 4 50 dolls. fur Pearls. In Provisions a very dull business was transacted, at prices ranging as yesterday. We quote Mess Pork 9 621 dolls. ; Prime 8a 8 121 dolls. ; Mess Beef 5 25 a 5 621 dolls., and Prime 3 25 dolls. The prices of Stocks during the last fortnight have been subject to some fluctuation, but they are not materially changed, not now that the season with its heat, and the absence from the city of many business men would warrant. Indeed, all dividend paying stocks are firm. the Executive power for aid to alleviate their neces sities. 'We hope that the Government will come promptly and generously to the rescue. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town on Saturday morning, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Witley Court, Worcester shire. Her Royal Highness left her residence Cla rence House, St. James's, for the Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway at a quarter past nine o'clock, and took her departure from the station attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, and Sir George Couper, Bart. Miss PEEL. — Accounts were received in town on Saturday morning from Drayton Manor, that this young lady was going on favourably. Further ac counts were received yesterday that Miss Peel was very much better. Dispatches frem the Governor of the Mauritius were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Lord Stanley has arrived at Wi se t an , near B aw t ry, on a visit to Earl Spencer, from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. The Marquis of Granby, the.. Earl of Effingham, and Viscount liawarden, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. [he Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. Dispatches from the Governors of Jamaica and the other West India colonies, from the Governor of Canada and the other North American provinces, from the Governor of New South Wales, from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Go vernor of Sierra Leone, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE PIMLICO SLATE WORKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A little misapprehension appears to hare arisen as regards the report of the " Pimlico Slate Works" in your paper of the 11th instant, which it seems Mr. Magnus is anxious should be corrected. It should be clearly understood it is not his works that I have to sell, but the Cwmorthin, Slate Quarry, in Merionethshire, which is under the control of Mr. Chorley, with whom this mistake entirely rests. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, GEORGE ROBINS. Covent-garden, Sept. 14, 1844. SUPPLEMENT TO THE ~ LONDON GAZETTE." A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, which was published on Saturday evening, contains the Orders in Council for carrying into effect the treaties of commerce with Austria, Hanover, Olden burgh, Mecklenburgh Schewrin, and Mecklenburgh Strelitz—and also Orders in Council creating certain " districts for spiritual purposes" under the provisions of the " Act to make better provision for the spiritual care of populous places." NORTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) The removal of Lord Stanley to the House of Peers has created a vacancy in the representation of the northern division of the county of Lancaster. The move is a sudden one, but not wholly unloolsed for. Lord Stanley has long been evidently in the shade, and waning " into the sear and yellow leaf " on the Treasury benches. All parties have antici pated for him, sooner or later, the fate of a Brougham, from the moment when he first abjured his Whig principles, and took the apostate's chance with. his Tory enemies : and this career the inmates of the Derby Dilly have well nigh run. Between Sir James Graham and his Lordship there has been a rivalry of recanting, an "alacrity in sinking," as Falstaff would say. Shade after shade has gone over the bright fame of Lord Stanley, until the whole has deepened into Tartarian black. Brow-beaten, muzzled, repressed to the third rank by Peel, forced to play second fiddle to Mr. Gladstone, what is Lord Stanley now ? A man, avoided and distrusted by his party, without the gravity, solidity, or self-control of a statesman, fit only to waste his energies in exhibitions of harmless impotence or spite in the House of Lords. It has long been no secret that Sir Robert Peel wished to get rid of him, as heartily, at least, as he did to get quit of Lord Ellenborough. Both ge niuses kept the Premier in constant uneasiness, and a state of nervousness which, whenever the Noble Se. cretary fur the Colonies was on his legs in the House of Commons, was painfully visible to all, notwith standing every attempt to conceal it. Lord Stanley's career has clearly proved that it is folly to expect to work out democratic reforms by aristocratic instruments. The Liberalism of early youth with them is not an earnest deep• seated love of freedom, but a showy sentimentality,—half vanity, half love of popularity. With men like Lord Stan ley, Sir Francis Burdett, and Sir James Graham, the more worldly feelings soon preponderate, or mo tives even of pique acquire an undue ascendancy over their minds. The secession of Lord Stanley from the Whig Cabinet can only be attributed to these feelings, as was evident from the bitterness with which he as sailed his former colleagues. During the greater part of last session he was condemned to inglorious silence, or confined to squabbling with West Indians about Coolies and African immigrants. Lancashire has got rid of him, and we congratulate its electors. We hope that the Parliamentary con nexion, which his Lordship tells us is only suspended, may be totally severed, for we lament that the county should ever have countenanced by its support political aspostacy in its representative. His Lordship's part ing address to the electors shows that his family in terest will be bestowed upon a supporter of monopoly, the corn-laws, and Toryism generally, and it magna nimously denounces a hitherto undiscovered sect of innovators, who court change merely for its own sake, and without the slightest prospective view of benefit. Mr. Talbot Clifton is the candidate whom the Tories have been graciously pleased to palm upon the electors of the northern division. To judge from this gentleman's address, he will be all things to all men : a champion of agriculture, an enlightened friend of commerce and manufactures, a patron to the poor, whom he "regards equally with their wealthy neigh bours," and a devoted servant of the Church. Who is there that can find fault with such a representative ? What class is left out of his calculations ? Simply, the people ! How does he propose to confer such inestimable blessings ? Simply, by keeping things as they are ! But things as they are do not, unfor tunately, operate in the manner desiderated, and, therefore, there is a hole in Mr. Clifton's logic. The fact is, the address is a very milk-and-water affair, worthy of the character of its author. No one would suspect from it that Mr. Clifton is an ex- Catholic, an ex-Liberal, or, at all events, the son of a Liberal. He has made as many turns as Lord Stanley, and may " turn and turn again," if he gets into Parliament. North Lancashire will become notorious as a spindle for weathercocks. The Tory candidate comes recommended by two influences which of all others deserve to be repressed in this county—by religious bigotry and commercial monopoly. Whoever remembers that the Catholic communion numbers in its ranks more than one hun dred millions of souls, probably more than all other Christian churches together, ought not, in the pre sent state of Ireland, to sanction a sentence of pro scription against them by the election of their enemies to be Members of Parliament. Is it righteous to for get that Time, the greatest of reformers, has exerted his silent, purifying power on the Catholics as well as on ourselves ? Monopoly is the exclusive privilege of one mat over all others to buy or to sell. In whatever co an try it exists it produces nothing but devastation. Exclusive privileges ruin the old and the new world. In the midst of several millions of unfortunate wretches there arises the proud heads of some extor tioners, gorged with riches, and exulting over the misery of all. We ask how long we are to be ex posed to the contempt and ridicule of our neighbours for our corn-laws ? Let the men of Lancashire look at the small numbers of the agriculturists given in the new census, and say whether they will consent - to be the victims of a declining minority, if there is the smallest chance of raising a champion in their favour. We have not yet heard whether the Liberals in tend to bring forward a candidate at all to oppose Mr. Clifton. Application has been made to Mr. Charles Towneley, bat the result was not known in Liver pool when we went to press. The register is in such an unfavourable position that, in all probability, the Tory will be allowed to walk over the course. Had the new register come into operation, the result world have been different ; and, no doubt, Lord Stanley had an eye to that circumstance by timing his retirement as he did just before the prorogation. One day latex, and there could have been no election till February, or,. at all events, until the meeting of Parliament. The nomination will take place on Friday next, the 20th instant, in the Shire-hall at Lancaster. that MAJESTY'S VOYAGE.—(Extract of a private letter from a gentleman on board the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, dated " Off Dundee, Wednesday morning, Sept. 11," and received at Windsor yesterday afternoon.) —" We arrived here this morning shortly before four o'clock, after a moat delightful trip from Woolwich. Her Majesty, thank God, is in excellent health, with her spirits as buoyant as the noble barque which brought us safely to Scotia's shores. Her Majesty and the Princess Royal enjoyed the voyage amazingly. I cannot say as much, I regret to observe, for the Prince. His Royal Highness suffered considerably from the effects of sea sickness ; a visitation which the Prince Consort is rarely exempt from while at sea. It is rather unfortunate, the Court being still in mourning for the Prince's father, that her Majesty will not be enabled to compliment her Scottish subjects by wearing the Tartan." THE ATTEMPT AT MURDER ON THE ESTATE OF SIR F. BATHURST.—A description of George Whitlock, alias llead, and George Head, was on Friday forwarded to the police at Bow-street, those parties having lately shot at, and wounded, Stephen Whitlock, woodman to Sir F. 11. 11. Bathurst, Bart., while returning from Salis bury to Fitton, and when near Clarendon-wood, A re ward of 51. is offered for their apprehension. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Bills on London 1094 to 110 Bills on France Bills on Amsterdam Bills on Hamburgh 351 to 35 Bills on Bremen - Exchange on England is steady at 9 3.4 to 10. At this rate specie will be shipped in small amounts, and we find that about one million in silver, mostly in Mexican dollars, have been shipped from this port and Boston during the month. We are of opinion that exchange will range from 9 1.2 to 10 during Septem ber, and that another million of silver will be exported. PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 30, FIVE P.M.—The Stock Market was rather flat to-day, and prices of most descriptions declined :-6,000 dolls. Pensylvania Fives changed hands at 711 ; 450 shares Wilmington R at 23 ; 100 shares United States Bank, at 81; 275 shares Girard Bank, at 11 1. At the Second . Board, 50 shares Girard Bank at 111 ; 500 dolls. Pennsylvania Fives at 711 ; 20 Wil mington R. at 231 ; United States Bank closed at 84 t.) 81 ; Girard, 111 to 111 ; Vicksburg, 71 to 8 ; Pennsylvania Bank, 250 to 254 ; Philadelphia Bank, 105 to 106 ; Reading Railroad Bonds, 67; Pennsylvania Fives, 71 to 71t. CANADA. The news from Canada is unimportant. The Mon treal Courser asserts in a late number that the Go vernor-General had formed his Cabinet. It also re ports that the present Ministry do not think it ad visable that the existing Parliament should be again called together; although it is tolerably certain that they would command a majority of eight or ten mem bers. The crops through the provices are abundant, the weather fine, business good, the people peaceable, arid everything appears satisfactory. Toronto had been visited by a large and destructive fire. It was reported in town yesterday evening that his Excellency the Governor-General has contem plated an Administration. Mr. Morris is spoken of as the Receiver-General, Mr. Merritt as Inspector-General ; Mr. D. B. Pa pineau as Commissioner of Crown Lands ; Mr. Cha bot, Member for Quebec, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Mere dith are variously spoken of as Attorneys and Solici tors-General. It is said that in case either of the latter gentlemen accept office, a vacancy will be made for them at three Rivers, by the retirement of Mr. Grieves. We have also heard it stated that Mr. Sherwood will be Solicitor-General for Canada West. Tha Sherbrooke Gazette says that a meeting was held in Sherbrooke on the 19th inst., at which it was resolved to carry out a long-talked of project of estab lishing a cotton factory at that village. A subscrip tion was opened for 25,000 dolls., in shares of 100 dolls. each ; 150 were taken up on the spot, leaving 100 open. A gentleman from Massachusetts, acquainted with the manufacture, subscribed 2,000 dolls. A building will be erected this fall, 40 by 80 feet, three stories high, on the site of the old saw mill, just below the Magog-bridge. The British American Land Company has given a choice of a water privi lege, with the use of it rent free for twenty years. Machinery is to be employed to drive 1,000 spindl e s, canahl• df turning out 300,000 yards of cotton cloth per-annum. In addition to the cotton factory, knitting machines are to be set going for the manufacture of woollen drawers, shirts, stockings, &c.; and arrangements have been made for making sewing silk from the raw material. We regret to learn that the strike among the Irish labourers on the Beauharnois canal, is of a more deeply disgraceful nature than we first anticipated, for they not ,only have refused to work themselves, but, by force of arms, are compelling a number of French Canadians, who were employed on the line to abandon the work. Some of the contractors hare made repre sentations to the Board of Works, protesting that they are forced by bodies of riotous men to stop their works, and that, unless they are protected by a suffi cient military force, they cannot resume their labour. Common labourers are now receiving three shil lings a day, but they have turned out for 3s. 6d., and some of them want 4s. The Gazette thinks that 33. 6d. is not an unreasonable price for a day's work, but we believe we are correct in saying that it is an unprecendented price in Canada, and we doubt whe ther contractors will receive money enough on their contracts to pay it. Taking into consideration the low price of provisions of every kind, wages are de cidedly high at 3s. a day for common labourers. But we fear that it is not the rate of wages which occa sions these difficulties every two or three months, but the same spirit which was conspicuous among the same class of persons on the canals and railroads.of the United States, and which has finally brought upon them the hatred of the American nation. No civi lised community can have two opinions on such dis graceful conduct. Montreal Herald. QUEBEC, AUG. 12.—The season still continues ex traordinary. Some hay was got in on Saturday, but it again rained during the night and yesterday morn ing. Some wheat was rusted in the alternate sun shine and showers which prevailed during the whol(' of last week. It has been remarked that wild fruit of every description has not come to maturity this season, or is smaller and of an inferior quality; and it is to be apprehended that the cultivated crops may have suffered from the same influence, although they gene rally appear luxuriant. The apples are small and at tacked by worms or insects, and smaller fruits in the gardens have suffered by too much wet.—Gazette. GREAT FIRE AT TORONTO.—We learns from Mr. Smead, of the Canada Express , who left T o ro n t o a t half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, that a most destructive fire was raging. It broke out in Metcalf and Cheney's iron foundry in Lot-street which was consumed with three dwellings. From thence it communicated with a large brick block of dwellings in Young street, which was in flames when Mr. Smead left. The wind was strong from the east, and the fire had caught a number of times on the west side of Young-street, but by great exertions of the citizens was got under. Serious apprehensions, however, were felt that it would get the mastery; if so, the destruction of property would have been im mense.—Buffalo Corn. Ade. (Correspondence of the United States Gazette.) SAN FERNANDO.—How unfortunate has been the year 1844 for Venezuela! what evils have we suf fered, and how much more are we yet to suffer before this fatal year is sepulchered in the abyss of time! All are absorbed in the last misfortune that has pros trated us, the new deluge. that has submerged and devastated San Fernando ! San Fernando may now be said not to exist. The river begun to rise in May last, and continued until it covered the entire surface of the land ; and in spite of our most efficient, active, and constant efforts to save ourselves, by opposing barriers and dikes to the force of the waters, the Apure has at last reached the height of two yards above the general level of the land, and has inun dated the entire community. The houses have also been flooded in all parts, and, notwithstanding we exerted our individual endeavours to oppose the ad vance of the waters by now intrenchments, they have been filled to the height of two, four, and six feet; some have wasted away and fallen, while those that remain, alth oug h th ey st ill resist the dashing of the waters, must eventually submit to their power and fall. The streets are so many rivers, in which the rapid current is scoring and penetrating deeper; already deep wells and ditches are formed, which, after the waters have retired to the bed of the river, will re ' quire much earth, much time, And many thousands of dollars to obliterate and level. There are now no houses, no estates, no seed time ; all has been levelled and *destroyed by the fury of the inundation ; nor have wo even a place in which to bury the dead; should the flood con tinue a month longer, we shall see the dead bodies of men, women, and children, with those of the wild beasts of the mountains, and dom'stie ani mals, all floating together upon the de\ vastating waters. The inhabitants of this province a5)11 ;e4 to MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) A moderate business was done in Cotton at Liverrl yes:erday at ste a dy ra t es . S a l es 4,000 bales.--T tr . WAS no feature of importance in Shares. Dover/ were in request, but Brighton rather easier. Birminthils l and Gloucester, 112; Chester and Birkenhead, 32 ; Owe ter and Holyhead, 6i ; Dublin and Cashel, 10; Dublin and Belfast, 54 ; Grand Junction, Half, 88; ; London and Birmingham, 215 ; Manchester and Bir• mingham, Quarters, 1 1 • Manchester and Leedh 4 Half, 521 ; Midland Counties, 107 ; N or th Union, 126 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 94 ; South-East ern, 394 ex. div. ; Ditto, New, 12f ; Ulster, 381 ; Lyon' and Avignon, 2 1-10; Paris and Lyons, 21. 169. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 39. General attention has been excited to the return under the new Bank Charter Bank Act, of the position or the Bank of England, and which from its interest w. gife under this head, although, from the new arrangernen.tv it will not allow of our making the ordinary compel' son. The immense circulation of the Bank, the return being for a week only, is now more clearly shown, 'and is within 10,000,000/. of the whole amount of notes is sued in the month ending 17th ult., by all the Banks of the kingdom. The total stock of bullion is rather over 15,000,0001., bu this, it will be seen, is divided. now be tween the issue and banking departments. The part' culars are as follows : An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vie' toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, th e 7th day of September, 1844. ISSUE DRPARTMENT. Notes issued ... 28,351,295 Go vernmen td e bt AA Other securities 2,9844 . u" Gold coin and bullion Silver bullion £28,351,295! M. MA] Dated the 13th day of Sop 228,851, 90 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Itember, 1844. BANKING D: ;PAItTMEXT. Proprietors'capi tal Hest 3,564,729 Public deposits (including Ex chequer,savings' banks, Commis sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend ac counts) Other deposits 8,644,348 Seven day and other bills 1,030,15 G orcrnment 'seen rities (inelud ingllead Weight Annuity) Other securitiea 7,83 5 , 614 Notes Gold and stiver coin £31,423,240. £31,423, 240 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 12th day of September, 1844. Later accounts from the Mauritius add nothing of te r " ticular interest to our previous information. The Funds are to-day steady, but there is not mach busine,s doing. Consols realise 99i for Money, and 99i 4 for Account. Exchequer Bills are 745. to 7 6 ' premium. India Stock is 283- ; and Bank Stock O r Account 201 to • „, The Foreign Investments have been genera fly 1 9 4 . Spanish Actives realise 24* i; the Three per Cents '„ to 35i ; and Mexican 35i to -7,-. Russian are 1 1 ° Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 62*. The Railway Shares are rather cheaper in most i ll. stances, as the quotations below will show. • PRICES OF BRITISH k UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities New 3%, per Cent. Annuities lOl4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. -- Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. ISBO. India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo 93 . Ditto under 1,000 96 • Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account ..... ..... „ ...... 911%. - • Exchequer Bills, I%d. 1 }id. 10004 76 pm. ...... ..... 75 pat Ditto Small - ....... ..... 74 76 pm. Ditto Advertised - - PRICES' OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CL°Ct. - Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ ........ 13%A. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent .l .. Spanish Bonds, Fire per Cent 1840...........,„ 24 Dittolor the Account 24 Ditto . Passive Bonds. Ditto Three per Cent. ..... Ditto for the Account Dutch 214 per Cents ...... ....... .......... Dutch 5 per Cents. lOOlO PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. rAill. PAZ inaall• Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..... ... 111... ..... to t. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings... 5 ........ 4% ..... . 10 : Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian 2 ... ..... ~ , i ...... t• 1 1 4% ••• t° Chester and Holyhead Chichester and Brighton Dublin and Cashel.... ......... ..... 214 10}6...••• 1° '- Eastern Counties ..... ..... ........ 25 - ....... .. 'to .-- Ditto New Register : et! al. Os. M. • 13!b ••..•. to Great North of England lOO - •• .... to --' Ditto New b 14..- ..... T o Oreat Western -- Ditto Fifths ~ ..... Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birming 4 1ham lOO 2 London and Brighton - -. . t . u London and Greenwich . ...... ..... 12N , ........... .t 5,..: 3....: London and Greenwich (Preference) 18N ...... 2 %.:: i; ,Ti London and South Western London and York . ......... Manchester and Birmingham ............ to ° - 7, 71 Midland Counties Birmingham and Derby IOO 100 to 48 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunet. ,21 .. Sheffield and Manchester South Devon South Eastern and Dover - 9 tO to -:,-,,,,; York and Werth Midland Ditto 14 Shares 25 - Ditto Selby Scrip Boulogne and Amiens Paris and Rouen 2O 23% ..... Ur •-• PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Sem 12. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and a half Stock ...... - Ditto New, le3o 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Debenture' Bank Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures 9t/hi 4 per Cent City Debentures LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda Ditto... PA1D....... PER ..................... 60 Dublin and Cashel ditto Hibernian Bank 25% ...... 32 * Royal Bank ... National Insurance Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland.... Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto Ditto Difto, 1830 British and Irish Steam Company Steam Ship Building Company MANCHESTER STOCKEXCHANGE, SEPT. 15 ' is still a g o od bu s in ess d o i ng i u th e ne w lines Av-sl vaneed prices. Barnsley Junction, ChurtleZ-0: ley, 3 15-16 4; Ea s t ern C o unti es Perpetual , 6 d, ; 19s. 6d ; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2 • 55 '• a nd Huddersfield and Manchester, 2 15-16 ; 1-4" 11 " 11- dit;° York, 5-a • Manchester and 13irmingliam,. 52 L ; jcld Quarters, ; Manchester and Leeds, 122 ; 6 ,,, a 4l : ke ra and Manchester, 94 ; ditto Q uar ters, 13i ; South-D . ", 39 cum div.; Trent Valley, 81- CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. 0834 0 Bank Stock — Indian Stack... ........... . oii .1 per Cent. Red 1 per Cent. Cons. ..... 3% per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities .. 76 - P New 3% per Cent lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,000/. /%d ••' 7 , 1 - 1 4 ' . .., New 5 per Cent. , Ditto 500/ ... ..... ..... it; 1"" Long Annuities to expire I Ditto Small. ....... . ..... o f Tan Itioo Bank Stock for Acct.... 9Y y Oct. 1859 (Consols for Act ••••• ...., Jan. 1860. ....... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent ...• :...., Belgian, 5 per Cent — ;Ditto, New Ditto... .......... . . , Brazilian Bonds .... ...... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent.... .... --- , Chllian, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Metallic ...... ...... ..... ;Ale Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824...... ~..... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred........... . : .. ...t. Danish, 3 per Cent c h, 5 per Cent.... ....,,. ....i. Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Exchange ...............••' ,t . ~...0 Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2g per Cent.......,r,7.; Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ...... ''''' ' SHARES. i t ll in 1 Birmgham and Gloucester (100 paid)... Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 5 3 44; Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian, 5 paid Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ... ' 5 Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (Si 6s 8,1 paid) ..................... 5, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid . .................... -- Great North of England, 100 paid .................. ~ Ditto New Shares ( paid) ........................... 1 4 Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 251 Ditto Filths, 12 paid ' 6% Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 2O London and Birmingham (Stock) ... Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 44.)... London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid) ...... .!;' V. 3% Diito, Preference or Privilege, X;8 17s 2d psi 79 London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. Paid)." 4N Lynn and Ely, 1!4 paid Manchester and Birmingham Midland Counties (100 paid) ..... i,' :,, Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid ...... 'T South Devon, 5 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto New shares, 4 paid ... ................... Trent Valley, 2 paid l O4 York and North Midland (50 paid) .................... Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ......................••••• $7 York and Selby Scrip. paid .............. . ........... . it Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ..... .. Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ... ......... . ...... .. ......... '" 51 London and York, 2% paid DUTCH MAIL. c i a left THE HAGUE, SarT. 11.—The Prince of i rus-- fo r the Hague yesterday evening at eight o'clock for A kmsterdam, from which place we understand he ,T,c, to pay a visit to the King of Hanover . We announced, some days ago, the severe punb-ail memu inflicted by the police magistrate of Unl 6 1 at wring Lchidon, on three individuals, for haring for6og coupcns - of the public debt of the Nether lands, be r a, interest at 5 per cent. We are n ow able toll Ow municate the satisfactory intellig ence that , i ts forged couvons, as well as the copper-plate toeu.,dr, making them, have been delivered, at London, toci.og:re Meers, agent to the house of Vanden HCfr°P , at , in the possession .of that house. Thus , a ll the I'loll that have been cii-culatcd, and repeated in Iwo journals, respecting the supposed circulation of forged coupons, are provtd to be false. owing THE HAGUE, SEPT. 13.—We make the extract from the Java papers, received to -day jr . an . " BATAvIA, MAY 7.—Accounts from Maca thre e nounce nounce the arrival on the 26th of February', er_ cha nt boats, bringing the crew of the Belgian iner, f u et brig the Charles, Captain', Hoed, which vessel: euvriver from Singapore to Manilla, ran aground off t n qoit, Coety, on the coast of Borneo, in the Nacas.ar and was attacked by pirates. • folio ..k.. ......... SU Jew, . k„ GrU tti a t ' j Rni '- ~ ! O