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LAST SERIES. On Monday next, the 21st inst., in 2 vols., post Ivo. T"ATT A C H E; or, SAM SLICK IN ENGLAND. Completing the Sayings and Doings of Mr. Slick. By the Author of " The Clockmaker." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. Just ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with 21 Illustrations ACROSS THE DESERT; A JOURNEY FROM CEYLON TO MARSEILLES. Comprising SKETCHES of ADEN, the RED SEA, LOWER fiTPT, MALTA, SICILY, and ITALY. By MAJOR and MRS. GEORGE DARBY GRIFFITII. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 1.1, Will be perferrned a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnbeim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoot, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Bias Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR, ainrati, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu I Medose, Miss Clara Webster; Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, Mille. Adele Dumilatre. True Box.otce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons • THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 18, Will be repeated Vanbrugh's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. Adapted to the present Period. The Principal Charaoters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren, Buckstone and C. :Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. E. Yarnokl. Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Glover. After which, will he produced a New Comic Drama, founded on 110 Caesar de Maui, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING . darks the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. To cceclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE 3rl 1 .nBI.E RIG. John Ginger. Mr. Buckstone, Ssm Shindy, Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. ClitTerd. ecchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), 51. each. First Price—Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery. Is. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Boxes, 3s ; es. ; Gallery, 15. ; Upper Gallery. Cd. Doors opened at Ilalf.past Six. Performance commence at !..ercn. p n vate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Plac to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box-office, from Ten till rae o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 18, x1. :11 be performed an entirely New Drama, entitled C/ESAR DE BAZA N L or, Love and Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; ceow " 101 lean, Mr. Websb r ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. After ~ 4 ich, a New Eccentric Mythological Sur!esque, called TELE if A C. 9 U 8 ; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Ma ,..pso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cow ell. To tbnewed . by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOls. 7 Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bed?hrd, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Prompter Mr. () allot; :'rincipal Painter, Mr Pitt ; Leader of the , Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-oa.' r e open from Eleven tilt Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theata.and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRO..OXFORD-ST E ET. LESSEE. Mr. J. 2a MADDOX. THIS EVENING, OL woER 18, Will b 9 perform. d THE SY REN. Print.; ual Characters by Messrs. Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Leffler Allen o indiWfdlle. Nau. To conclude with the New Drama, called DON C/ESA R DB BAZAN. Don Carer, Mr. Wallack ; Charleir the ecomi, Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countesi di Rotondo, Mre. Fo.broke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Deets Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2a. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boaes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two ffulneas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half rat Six and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and l• rte Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 18, WI Ibe performed THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Yarn°ld, and Keeley, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Comic Scene, called OUTGENERALED; or, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs. Ilartley, Miss Walcott. To which will be added THE FOST OF HONOUR, In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To be followed by an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand t aiatic, Romantic, Mela. Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. events, feu on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabi a n Nights' En ment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON. DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, .1. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli Ige, Miss Grove , Miss Arden, Miu Turner, MI ,a James, kc., &c. ]*ICES OF A DllllSSlON.—Balcony Boxes, 4a.; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Pit, b.'} Gallery, 6d . Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Bo xes, Is. bd.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a..HaIL Private lifter on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea• The Bez.aftiee is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the dirca lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 18, Win be i eerformed Lord Byron's Equestrian and Dramatic Spec. tacle MAZEPFA, AND THE V. ILD HORSE, with all its Original Effects. New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War. Hors of Palestine. Acting and stage.maaager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-ofllee open from Eleven till give. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER IS, Wtll be repeated a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF BATTLE. Supported by the whole Company, with New Scenery and Splendid Appointments. After which the Wontlerful Performances of ,the CHIARINI FAMILY on the C,orde Elagique. To concluoe wide PREOCIMPTIVE EVIDENCE. Places and Private Boxes to be hay,{ of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. °Rice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBEi r ts P. performed JULIUS C/ESAR. Marc A.9ton y, Mr. James ; Marcus Brutus, Mr. Graham • Caius Cassius , Mr. Dale. A A which, BLUE DEVILS, in wh ich Mr. Dale a.lti Miss Ha zillion will periarm. To conclude with MIDAS. Aga°, Miss Louisa Lyons. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and .£1 Ile. 6d. THE WEATHER.—SUN OYFICZ, Oar. 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 54; Noon, 50. Benomwrita, 29.78.—Wnen, N.W. Tara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is atually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. MOM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 4 minutes after 6 I Evening ... 33 minutes atter 6. • * . , • A da., 7. :Ai t r aggprw, " ..• a. . *TN:- SECOND EDITION: N . trtning >" l ' Mt LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1844. On Wednesday last, a public meeting, at which the Earl of RADNOR presided, was held at Highworth, for the purpose of taking into consideration the dis tress of the working classes. At this meeting several stern home truths were told, which appeared to make a deep impression on all who heard them ; and it was further remarkable, as showing the keen sense which the labourers entertain of their present forlorn con dition ; their perfect consciousness that they are not treated as they should be, by their superiors ; and the exemplary patience with which, notwithstanding this conviction, they bear their privations. Occasionally, however, a bitter feeling of indignation was exhibited by those of the humbler classes who attended the meeting ; and when one of the speakers observed— " The gentry ought to come forward and see to the poor; if their horse or their foxhound was ill, the doctor would be sent for, and the fine generous animal would be cared for and physicked. But if men—men made in the image of God, with wives and children, whose cheeks met together from starvation —came to them, they would not give them a bit of bread. They knew that the people were starving, yet they would attend to their horse or their dog, but they would do nothing for the honest, industrious working-man ;"—when, we say, one of the speakers expressed himself in this blunt, energetic manner, the indignant murmurs of his hearers proved how strong was the conviction they entertained of the truth and force of his remarks. For our own part, however, we are by no means dis posed to go the extreme lengths of Mr. EDRIDGE. We do not acknowledge the strict justice of his cen sures upon the gentry. We do not believe that the poor are treated by them with such callous, insulting indifference as he would have us sup pose ; their treatment, indeed, is far —very far from what it should be ; still it is more considerate and kindly than it has been for ma ny years past ; and we think we can detect grow ing symptoms, on the part of the higher and middle classes, of an earnest wish to ameliorate the condition of the humbler orders, and raise them in the social scale. The spirit that prevailed at the late agricul tural meetings—the favour shown to the allotment system by many of our great landowners—the public subscriptions raised in some of our leading provincial towns for the formation of public walks and parks— and still more, the active stir now making by that compact band of zealous social Reformers, who cal themselves " Young England ;"—all these are signs and tokens not to be mistaken, that the nobility and gentry are at length awakening to the necessity of improving the condition of the ignorant and impoverished masses. The midnight torch of Swing has, we suspect, assisted not a little to bring them to a determinatiou in this matter. When the farmer's hay-rick is in a blaze, the thing is be c.oming. too seriou s f or mere superf i cial considera tion ; assumes a direct personal importance—narn tea res cuptur panes cum praximus ardet—and this, no doubt, i; one of th e many causes that have in- ' duced the upper classes to investigate the condition ' of the masses, with a view to see what can be done fpr their improvement. However, be the motives of the former what they may, we hail their present altered tone as an omen of auspicious import; and trust that the day is not far distant when the poor fend the oppressed shall no longer have occasion to complain that they aro neglected by the rich and the influential. In the Herald of this morning app ars some deli cious twaddle—quite a treat in its way—on the subject of the sayings and doings of her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT at East Cowes. It seems that on Thurs day last—memorable day I—the il'ustrious couple "strolled to the sea-side, which surrounds the grounds attached to Osborne House," and there indulged them selves " in watching the sinuous course of the vessels majestically gliding up the waters, or in exploring the beach for curiosities." Our Contemporary does not tell us what were the " curiosities" which the QUEEN and the Parfet; expected to find on the sands ; but leaves us quite in the dark on the matter, which is a pity, for it sets conjecture on the gui vine, only to tantalize and disappoint it. While searching for these annonymous " curiosities," her most gracious MAJESTY unluckily got off " the hard beach into the softer sand," the consequence of which was—as the Herald quaintly assures us—" that her feet up to the ancles became im beded." Shocked at this catastrophe, " his Royal Highness was immediately by her MAJESTY'S side ;" but she—greatly, as it appears, to the astonishment and admiration of our Contemporary— "making amusement of the occurrence, laughingly retraced her steps." The Herald is particular in telling his readers that the QUEEN laughed at the calamity which had befallen her ancles, fearing that otherwise their loyal sensibilities might have re ceived painfrom theibelief that she had wept, and that the PRINCE from sheer sympathy had mingled his tears with hers. " Meanwhile," continues the Herald, " Colonel BOUVERIE came up, and to him, as to others, it was a matter of surprise and remark that the lady and gentleman, watching the sea arm-in arm on the strand, apparently two private persons, should be the beloved Monarch of England, and her illustrious Consort." We do not wonder at the surprise of the gallant Colonel and his companions ! It was indeed a legitimate subject for astonishment, to see the QUEEN and PRINCE, looking just like any other people, and " watching the sea" just as any other people might have done ! We wonder the be holders of this strange spectacle did not go off in a swoon, out of the very excess of their wonder ! But the richest bit is to come. " Having got on board the royal yacht, her MAJESTY ordered that they should start on a short cruise, and during it a shower of rain came on ; but it was received very good-humouredly, and, as a matter of course." Wonderful I Our Contemporary, no doubt, expected that the QUEEN would have been quite in dignant with the atmosphere for presuming to rain upon Royalty, and duck the LORD'S Anointed instead of which—to his ineffable astonishment—she' took the drenching quite "as a matter of course"— just as if she could not help it ! Really it is high time that all this ,nonsensical twaddle about the daily movements of the QUEEN should be put a stop to. It cannot but be highly distasteful to her, desirous, as she evidently is, to enjoy for a time the blessings of privacy and retirement. There is nothing more perfect in the whole of our udicial institutions than the system under which, in theory, the criminal jurisdiction of this country is administered. We will not be tempted by then mart ness of the antithesis to say " that there is nothing, in practice, which can be much worse ;" but we must protest against some of the crying vices that have crept into that administration, as being calcu lated to mar the primary objects it was intended to accomplish. The subject, however, is much too large a one for the purposes of incidental discussion, here ; nor should we have adverted to it, at all, but for its relation to a very remarkable case under the present administration of the criminal law of Scot land, to which our attention has been pointedly di rected by an article in the Scotch Reformers' Gazette. We have no desire to be hypercritical as to the occasional exercises of any discretionary authority in modifying the ordinary forms, or even in qualifying the penal decrees, of criminal justice, with which the law and practice of the Constitution may have in vested certain recognised public functionaries. But we shall ever be disposed to regard with a jealous eye any proceedings, on the part of those officers, which may appear either to exceed the fair construc tion to be put upon the extreme limits of that dis cretionary power, or to travel out of the class of cases to which, alone, the Constitution originally meant that it should be applied. These limits we hold to be comprised ,within lines large, broad, and well-defined. They never can have been designed to exceed either the scope of the whole Executive power of the State, or the extent of the privileges of the Crown in its interference with the action of that Executive. Now, we are bold to maintain that neither the one nor the other of these could be put in motion, in England, Wales, or Ireland, for the pur pose of withdrawing from trial, under a capital in dictment, a party who had been accused of two appalling murders ; taken up on these charges ; re committed on a first, and subjected to four subse quent examinations, before the Sheriff of the dis trict; detained and imprisoned at the instance of her accuser, the public prosecutor, not only pending the mooting of certain technical pleas of exception argued by her counsel before a higher court (which deter mined these against her, and remitted the cause), but altogether for a period of no less than three hundred and twenty-eight days. Yet all this, and more, it would seem, may be done with impunity by the Lord advocate of Scotland. After attaching so much weight to the allegations of guilt propounded against such a delinquent, as (in the words of a letter ad dressed by Mr. R. WALLACE, M.P. for Greenock, to the Scottish journal above• mentioned) to have, first, formally accused her, and afterwards "summoned and collected in Glasgow no fewer than seventy-five witnesses from the surrounding counties, as well as from the remote district of Jura, in support of the indictment," the Lord Advocate permits her libera tion, without bringing her at all to a trial before a jury, and flatly refuses to give, in his return to the House of Commons, of papers connected with this mysterious affair, his reasons for having thus removed the case out of the cognisance of the criminal courts of her country ! It is a painful and invidious duty to press on pub- lie attention the imputed delinquencies of a party who has already been brought before the tribunals of justice, has suffered a long imprisonment, and now is, whether rightfully or otherwise, at liberty. Nevertheless, we must not shrink from the duty of concurring, with our northern Contemporary, in thus adverting (we use his language) " to the extraordinary return just brought out under the authority of the House of Commons, on a motion of the indefatigable Member for Greenock (Mr. WALLACE), in the case of a woman of the name of MACIARLAN, in the adjacent county of Renfrew, who was accused of two very aggravating acts of murder, by means of poison, in that county— the one victim so murdered being, we understand, her own husband, and the other a poor old woman, their neighbour." We, of course, can only put these facts—and we do so hypothetically—as the case raised in the some- what loosely-drawn, yet very strong indictment, against MARY MACFARLAN, or TAYLOR, signed " DAVID MILNE, A.D.," a copy of which forms the main feature of the Parliamentary return. To this latter document, however, is appended a hideous " inventory of articles referred to in the preceding indictment," consisting of earthen jars, and wide mouthed phials and tin boxes, with the exhumated stomachs and intestines of the two poisoned victims, and theirlanalysed contents, including portions of the fatal " white powder" (oxide of arsenic), libelled as the immediate cause of their deaths. The Reformers' Gazette thus epitomises the story : "Mrs. Macfarlan was a woman—a very respectable woman, we may admit—arraigned, publicly accused, by the Lord Advocate, of two separate and most appalling acts of murder. She was seized, taken up, and actually incarcerated for a length of time, at the instance of the Lord Advocate or the Procurator Fiscal of the bounds, on those charges. She underwent the ordeal of four or five examinations before the Sheriff of the district. She was transmitted from Paisley to Glasgow to undergo trial at our Glasgow assizes, under an indictment for murder, in which the issue to her was an issue of life or death, guilty or not guilty. But, after sixty or seventy witnesses were in attendance, at the instance of the Lord Advocate, to give evidence at these assizes— to determine apparently the fate of the accused, some technical objections or other were started. The case on these technical objections W a 3 remitted to the Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. That Court did not entertain the objections. On the contrary, that High Court re pelled the objections—found them to be of no avail to the accused. And yet, after all this formality had taken place —after the accused was committed on anew warrant—after she was kept in prison at the expense of the country, on The interests of criminal justice in Scotland ; the professional character (deservedly high and honour able as it is) of the Lord Advocate ; and the legalpre rimptions which the woman, MACTARLAN, can now plead in her own vindication from the charges origi nally preferred against her, and the personal wrongs she must therefore be assumed to have endured in consequence;--alike demand such explanations from the responsible officer of the Crown in Scotland, as are thus insisted on. The Madrid journals of the 11th are chiefly filled with details respecting the opening of the Cortes, and comments on the QUEEN'S speech. They possess, however, no interest. A supplement of the Gazette of the 11th announces to those interested in the public stocks, that the junta named by the royal decree of the 13th of March, 1837, as directors of the National Sinking Fund, is prepared to burn and annul bonds to the amount of 400,120,000 reals of the Five per Cent. Stock, and giving thirty days' notice to parties who may have any claims upon these bonds. The Gazette then contains the following decree from the Minister of Finance, for the conversion of the Float ing Debt of the Treasury into Three per Cent. Stock : " Art. 1. The conversion into consolidated Three per Cent. Stock, ordered by royal decree of 26th June for the holders of Government contracts, is hereby ex tended to the inscriptions of the floating :debt of the Treasury. " Art. 2. The conversion is to be made at the rate of forty per cent., or at the rate of 250 reels of nominal value in bonds, for every 100 reels of inscriptions. " Art. 3. The said inscriptions shall not be entitled to the four per cent. interest, hitherto allowed after the Ist July last. " Art. 4. The produce of the salt and the stamp duties, mortgaged for the payment of the Centralized Floating Debt, shall enter into the public Treasury from the date of the liquidations of the month of September last, and shall be devoted to the payment of the obligations of the State. " Art. 5. The holders of the inscriptions of the Float ing Centralised Debt shall be subject to all the other conditions established by the decrees of the 26th June. "Art. 6. The Government will submit to the Cortes the dispositions contained in this decree." The following gossip about the young QUEEN is given by a correspondent of the Journal des Debate at Madrid : " The Queen is much grown, and though she is thin ner, her constitution has evidently gained strength. Her forebead, her eyes, her smiles, and, above all, her voiee, and also her deportment, are those of her mother, whom she seeks to imitate. Since the unfortunate occurrence of last year, her Majesty never transacts business with more than one of her Ministers being in the presence ; but two of them always attend her in her cabinet. She is said to display a great aptitude for business, conferring at length with her Ministers, and almost always in important cases requiring the papers to be left with her, that she may consider them maturely before she comes to a decision. She takes pride in showing courage and resolution. On their return from Barcelona the two Queens having been very ill, from the usual effects of a sea voyage, they, on landing at Tarragona, d e t erm i ne d t o ma k e th rest of the journey by land, as far as Valencia. As their equipages were not there, they set out incognito in one of the diligences, accompanied only by General Narvaez and Count Vista Allegria, Under Secretary to the Minister of War. On passing at nightfall through Maestrargo, the scene of one of the most terrible of Cabrera's ex ploits, General Narvaez perceived some horsemen in the distance, whom ho suspected might be a party of rebels, who had recently infested the country. He and the Se cretary alighted to examine them more closely. Hap pily, they proved to be only a band of muleteers. On the Queen's return to Madrid, one of the grand officers , of her household asked her if she was not frightened at Maestrargo ? 'Frightened I' exclaimed the Queen, looking proudly at him, No ;I am like my mother, I atm never afraid !' Her Majesty has an excellent me mory, retaining the whole chronology of ancient and modern history, of which she has given many remark able proofs in this respect as well as in others. She never forgets the name of a person she has once known. She is perhaps the only person in Spain who can repeat by heart the whole of the Constitution of 1837, and also all the rules and orders of the two Chambers, of which she is a strict observant." Accounts from France state that the KING arrived at Eu on Tuesday evening, in excellent health. The Paris journals, of Tuesday evening, publish the fol lowing telegraphic dispatches, announcing his safe arrival in his own dominions :- 1 " CALAIS, OCT. 15, SEVEN A.m.--The weather has not permitted the KING to embark at Portsmouth. He came from that town to Dover by the railroad. His MAJESTY arrived at Dover this morning at three o'clock, and is to embark at noon for Calais." " CALAIS, OCT. 15, HALF-PAST THREE P.M.—The KING landed at three o'clock. He has reviewed the National Guard, and received the civil and military authorities. He was received with the most lively enthusiasm by the entire population. His MAJESTY has left for Eu." The papers bring no news of importance. The principal topic to which they advert, is still the KING'S visit to England ; and as we hope the subject is now nearly exhausted, and this may be regarded as the winding up of the discussions on a very remarkable event, a few more extracts from them will not be con sidered out of place. The Presse, a journal supposed to be under the influence of Queen CHRISTINA, has had very few articles on the subject, though it evidently had regarded the visit with jealousy. At last, however, it breaks forth in good earnest in these words :—" The presentation of an address at Windsor by the Corporation of the City of London, is certainly a manifestation of great value, as a personal homage rendered to the character of the former refugee at Twickenham, the present KING of the FRENCH. But to attribute to that manifestation, as is done this morning by the Journal des Debals, an immense political importance is to fall, according to usage, into exaggeration and fawning. To keep within the bounds of truth and prudence, it is necessary to dis tinguish between the sentiments which ally the two SOVEREIGNS, the sentiments which draw the two Cabinets together, and the rivalities which seperate the two countries. These rivalities have existed at all times, and henceforth cannot but increase. To hope, or to suppose, that they can be allayed by fine speeches, would be a gross deception. 'What sen. Bible man could partake in the illusion, especially a times when the constitution of the State were in question, when the existence of Ministers is dependent on the fluctuating voices of majorities, and when the two Cabinets may very probably not be animated with the same feelings as those which might continue to exist between the two SOVERBIGICS. Unfortunately the cordial and pacific phrases which have been ex changed at Portsmouth and Windsor, will not pre vent the agents of the two countries, wherever they may be together, from disagreeing and becoming, rivals. They will not diminish the and con- , tempt of the British nary. They will not prevent the inveterate sentiments of hostility, the auspicious jealousy, and the insolent disdain which we have re cently seen bursting forth at Otaheite and Gibraltar, in the whole conduct of the Consuls PRITCHARD and ROBERTWILSON, in the speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL himself, and, to go back to 1840, in the insulting propositions of Lord PALMERSTON, and in the diplo matic dispatches of Mr. BuLwER, from being at bottom the true sentiments of the English nation with regard to us, as soon as she shall receive on our part the smallest resistance or the most involuntary opposition. Did the enthusiastic reception given to Marshal SoimT in 1838 prevent the signature, two years after, of the treaty of the loth of July ? Yes, there is one certain means of making the two countries live:in mutual peace, and to make their union cordial and durable. It is to accept frankly the supremacy of Great Britain, to content ourselves with the rank of a second-rate power, to consider it quite right that England, which has already snatched from us Upper and Lower Canada, Acadia, Terra Nova, Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Kitts, Tobago, St. Lucie, the Isle of France, and New Zealand, this capital el.'erge for several sr iont b s, it turns out that the w Ad t h v o c u 'gate or his Depr rtes, f or w h om he i s an swerable, t:making an i Y subsequent statement or explanation whate\ ver to the p üblic, in any court of j us tice or otherwise, allows the prisoner accused of these at .ttual. tr i a l at all. Tho prison doors aggravating and most . horrib ,l e cr i mes , to s li p t h roug h hi s ftel • the co un t ry h as b een start l e d a fi r n e g o e p r s e , n w ed i t h t o out h e ra,ny and a and alarmed by these cr "roles of blqud and violence, or horrid depravity impute dto her, sheis allowed to walk at large, as if nothing of tl le kind had. 'taken place." Mr. WALLACE, in 11 7 is letter to. our provincial Con temporary, states that ' this case -came under the official cognisance of three Depute Advocates. We quite agree w ith him, that, " Some cause for the conceals nent there must be, and if no good one cars be assigned, is natural, and will be justifiable, to impute one of a conh'ary nature. Common justice required, for the sake of everything which is sacred in the administration of the law, that this case should have gone before the only convetent tribunal, to try all such ina'tters, viz., a jury, by whose deliberate verdict alone, after suck an appalling indictment, could the accused be restored to society with an unblemished character, whit h, fbr anything that is properly before the public, she is still entitled to, and bas only to blame the public admit iistrators of the law, and their unjustifiable silence, for being left in the questionable predicament she has been placed in." _ THE' .SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1844. " This Corporation, so important . by the private posi .,ion of each of its members, and also by the influence of the burgesses of London, by which it is elected, has heretofore limited itself to the reception within the city itself of the foreign Sovereigns who sojourned in Eng land. It never on any former occasion quitted the limits of the commonalty till this occasion of the visit of his Majesty to Queeu Victoria. The departure, too, of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for Windsor has{ been considered by all serious minds as a most significant event. To have induced the Corporation of London to break through a rule consecrated by immemorial custom, required in fact that the elite of the English population should have pronounced itself strongly in favour of Franca, and that the deference and veneration felt for ow- Sovereign should be carried to the highest pitch." The French Funds on Wednesday were very firm. The Five per Cents. which rose five centimes, closed at 118 f. 60c., and the Threes at 82f. 40c. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per C3nts .. •• 107 25 •• 107 25 .. 107 25 .. 107 25 Three per Cents••• •• 82 20 82 40 .. 82 20 .. 82 40 Bank of France 3055 "3055 ..3050 .•3030 Lento Bank, I,ooof. Shareslll3 50 ..1112 50 ••1112 50 ••1112 50 5,000 f. Sharesso4s —5045 ..5045 —5045 Belgian Fives,lß 3l •• 180 ........ 103 f .. 103 f .. 103 f .. 1031 Spanish Passive .• • ••• •••• •• 6 •• 6 .. 6 Active •• •• •• •• •••• 32 1 •• 32/ •• 32f .. 321 Threes ••• • • • •"• •• 35 f •• .. 35; 3,54 Portuguese Five per Cents .• 4 91 .. 50f 491 •• 50f .. 88 70 .. 98 70 9 8 7 0 98 70 Roman •• ...... ......... 1051 .. 1051 .. 1051 •• 1051 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R . 8........„ .• n 7 50 .. 397 50 •• 397 50 •• 397 60 L.8.......••••••2 8 2 50 .. 290 .• 282 50 .. 286 25 ru, R u ti e e . n n • t 0 . . 0 . H. . By r .. a 1 1 207 0 726 1 627 0 55253 ;1 1 7207 0 5826 1 012 0 7 255 500 1 1 2207 0 8761 1 067 0 5 2550 1 1 7207 0 8862 1 0,0 0 15 Orleans •• •• •• • • • 25 7SO . 2 9 8 1 2 7 5 5 0 0 2 9 8 2 6 0 25 2 9 8 1 2 7 5 5 0 0 2 9 8 2 3 0 75 A M Y ar rII M AR es ES FOR SETTLING, 16Tu OF OC TOBER. S k t vign r ß as A b ol ur ni, g ltov 101 0 ..1015 .. 1010 ..1015 S y t e . r3awe,,, Germai n Rouen to Havre••• •• 1020 ••1021 25 ..1020 .•1021 25 Strasburg to Bale 277 50 .. 278 75 .. 277 50 .. 278 75 Avignon to Marseilles .. RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 31. V ersa illes, R.B 4OO .. 400 .. 400 .. 400 282 20 •• 290 .. 282 50 .. 283 75 1012 50 ..1015 ..1012 50 —lOl2 Rouen to 11avre............ 766 25 .. 767 50 .. 766 25 ..'LO,_ 50 Orleans •• •••.1023 75 •• 10 23 75 ..1020 ..1020 Strasburg to Bale•••• • - 278 75 .• 280 .• 278 75 .• 280 Avignon to Marseilles•••••• 77 8 75 .. 781 52 .. 780: .. 781 25 TROTTING MATCH FOR 251. A SlDE.—Yesterday the admirers of fast trot ting were g ra tifi e d b y the match between Mr. Barton 's well-known horse, Diamond, and Mr. M'Clue's horse, being decided. The terms of the match were to trot twenty miles in harness on a turnpike road, and the usual rules of trotting to be complied with. Tho locality selected was upon five miles of ground on the Godstone road. The horses appeared at the starting place harnessed to match-carts, and entered upon the contest, performing five miles in twenty-three minutes ; they turned together, and concluded ten miles in forty - eine minutes, Mr. M'Clue being three hundred yards in advance. The horses were then pulled up, and having been refreshed and rubbed down, occupying only fifteen minutes, they resumed the match, going away at a lively pace, and concluded another five miles in twenty three minutes, Mr. M'Clue being two minutes in advance. They turned for the winning goal, and at the seventeenth mile Mr. M'Clue's horse broke into a gallop and was turned, which enabled Mr. Barton to take the lead, which he maintained the remaining distance, and came in the winner by five hundred yank. The horses were ably driven, and appeared not the least distressed at the con clusion. The twenty miles were accomplished in one hundred and three minutes, including stoppages. SALE OF A CHURCH LlVlNG.—Yesterday the sale by auction of the important church preferment, consist ing of the advowson, and next presentation to St. Neots, Suffolk, took place at the Auction Mart. It was described as being worth twelve years' purchase, at the sum of 8,0001. The annual income was stated to be, after deducting 1331. 6s. Bd. for poor rates, tie., 7101., in addition to which the glebe comprised 43 acres, 2 roods, and 30 perches of excellent land, with a parsonage house. The real income derived from the commutation, value of the glebe land, and surplice fees was derived as follows : —from tithes, 7801. 10s., glebe land 801., and surplice fees 201., which were subject to the deductions above stated. The living is situated about nine miles from the market town of Bury of St. Edmund's, and five from Stowmarket, and is known in the immediate locality, as " Itattlesden." The number of acres is about 3,200, and the Rev. James Baker, who is 75 years of age, is the in cumb?at. The property was put up at 5,000 guineas, and after an animated competition, was knocked down at 6,600 guineas. SUDDEN DEATH OF A PAUPER IN THE EDMONTON UNION. —Late on Wednesday evening Mr. Ili ggS, Co roner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held an inquest in the Edmonton Union Workhouse, on the body of Henry Guest, aged 75, for several years an inmate. It appeared by the evidence that deceased was an exceedingly hearty man for his age, and that on Saturday, having eaten his dinner as usual, he arose from table, and, whilst walking in the sitting hall, dropped dead, without exhibiting any previous signs of the sudden termination of his existence. Jr. Hammond, the union surgeon, opened the body, and discovered the cause of death to be rupture of the heart itself. Verdict, " Natural death." ST. Niisiais's.—On Saturday, when the Rapid coach was passing through St. Ninian's, and coming down the steep descent in that village, where it is next to impossible to prevent the horses from going a little quicker, it went right into the centre of a drove of sheep pent together in that narrow place, where it was in vain for them to attempt to escape, and overthrew seven of them, several being killed on the spot, and the others maimed and bruised. The drivers of the sheep, acting zealously for their masters' interest, seized the horses and detained the coach until they received satisfaction for the loss sustained, for which they are to b© com mended. --Stirling Journal. who has taken from Spain, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Cam peachy, Honduras, the Bahamas, Trinidad, and the Falkland Islands ; from Holland, Demerara, Berbice, Esequibo, and the Cape of Good Hope; from Turkey, the lonian Islands ; from the order of Malta, Malta and Gozo, &c. &c., should also take exclusive pos session of all the other points on the globe, and all the other markets which its navy or its commerce have not yet got, that we should renounce all right to place our flag on even the smallest islet, that we should at its instigation bring confusion into our colonies, while we at the same time retarded the day marked out for the emancipation of the negroes, to reduce our navy while we kept up an exorbitant and ruinous army; to occasion every now and then to continental Europe some fears respecting the continuance of peace, and thereby retard the progress of industry, and bring about commercial crises, and, in short, to give it every trouble in fomenting revolution, as it is doing at the present moment in Spain. These are the terms upon which it may be reckoned that the understanding between the two countries will not be less cordial than that between the two Sovereigns. Let us cease to be rivals, and there will be no obstacle to our being allies." The Constitutionnel regards all the compliments paid to the KING and the French people as mere imi tations of French politeness, meaning nothing. We wish these haters of England would follow the example in place of denouncing Englishmen as cut throats in Otaheite. The following are its spiteful remarks : " The King of the French has been the object of every attention in England. We are grateful for it to the English nation and its Government. In fact, if these speeches, addresses and royal fetes, have . 'for their ob ject to place a certain salve on our recent wounds, and to console by satisfactions of pure vanity, our offended interests and dignity, at least they are acts of politeness, and we prefer them on the part of England to rude be haviour. Oar Ministerial journals are, it is true, highly ridiculous in their enthusiasm. The King has the Order of the Garter, neither more nor less than Louis XVIII. and Charles X., his predecessors 1 Behold him altoge ther in the rank of legitimate Kings 1 He can wear, like them, on days of ceremony, a garter on his left leg, and display before the eyes of ambassadors this present of Queen Victoria I The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London, rode three or four leagues in their carriages, dressed in their crimson robes, to congratulate the King on the policy of his Mi nistry, and to recommend him to continue that policy, in the interest of humanity 1 What happiness for France I What a political event 1 But it is not the fault of England that our Ministerial journals are ridi culous. Our neighbours, judging of our nation by its Government, have taken it into their heads that appear ance is everything to our eyes, that the bottom of mat ters is of little importance to us, and that forms alone occupy us. They go direct to the useful, the true, the positive, but they imagine that we are a formalist people, and that we regard no other interests than those cf our !self-love. They serve us, therefore, ac cording to our taste, and we ought to be grateful to them for their desire to please us. In Morocco, we have the glory of Isly; they have the treaty of Tan giers. At Otaheite, they get our throats cut and expel us ; but at London they compliment us, and place us in their addresses above all the great warriors in his tory. They have obtained the disavowal of M. d'Aubigny and the indemnity of Mr. Pritchard, but the Aldermen of London visit the King in their crimson robes. Have we not all that is suitable for us ? However, our Minis ters make the King declare that peace is the greatest in terest of nations, as if independence, the integrity of the territory, national honour, and the grandeur of the country, were not interests still more precious than peace, of which we know better than any others how to recognise the value. The King is recommended to pro claim the coming of perpetual peace, that dream which the head of a great nation ought never to declare aloud in a foreign country. This definition of the entente cordiale is in fine suggested to the King ; a platonic friendship between France and England, in which France demands nothing from England, nor England anything from France ; a vain definition, for such an alliance im plies an absolute statu quo, a complete fixity in the world, or else it is not a real alliance. All this the English ap plaud with the utmost gravity, and continue to proceed towards their object, of acting everywhere without us and against us if necessary. They pay us in coin which they suppose is suitable for us, and they flatter our vanity for the greater edvantage of England." The Globe thus adverts to the address from the Corporation of London : THIS DAY'S NEWS. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 12.—The average price of wheat las , week was 19f. 18c., and that of rye 10f. 50c. per hoc. tolitre. Madame Bunsen, the lady of the Minister Plenipo tentiary of Prussia at the Court of Great Britain, has arrived at Brussels with his family. Count Aluclinaere, Governor of East Flanders, is come to Brussels, having been sent for, as it is said, to take part in the deliberations of the Council, relative to the speech from the throne to be delivered at the opening of the Chambers. The official part of the Prussian Gazette has tho fo, lowing announcement : " His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, on going to visit a building on the Babelsberg, had a fall, and broke both the bones of the forearm joints above the wrist. Dr. NViess, the physician of the Regiment, im mediately arrived, and did what was necessary, and his Royal Highness is in a very satisfactory state this evening. (Signed) " Da. DIEFFENBACH. " Du. SCHONLEIN. " Da. WIESS. "Babolsberg, Oct. 10, 1644," BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausseLs, Oar. 14. Aetna Debt, 9% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent l O2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9BU Three per Cent.... ...... Thirty-seven Milli ns, slitter ( 1840 ) I US% 1844 ..... ................... 101 1 4 Loan of City, 1343, Four per Cent 102% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6014 Issue of 1841 —Brussels Papers, Oct. I. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vramts, OCT 10. Five per Cents. Metalliques .......... 110 1 ,4 Four per Cents. lO O l4 Three per Cents. 76 Bank Shares dllgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 13. INSOLVENT COURT—(THIS DAY) THE SPANISH CLAIMS. -IN RE CHAS. WM. KING. The insolvent in this case described himself as an agent for the Spanish Government ' • he had al so b een a dealer in wine ; an d was engaged by several of the un fortunate soldiers who served in Spain in the Legion. The names of nearly two hundred creditors appeared in his schedule, several of whom claimed for sums not ex ceeding one pound or thirty shillings. It appeared from the evidence of M. Zulueta, and a number of other witnesses and creditors who appeared to prove debts, that the insolvent, under the character of an agent for the Spanish Government, got a number of " Libranze" from several of those who had claims in right of military seryitade for that Government, which through the medium of M. Zulueta were negotiated at Cadiz, Badajos, and other pro v i nc i a l b an k s i n S pa i n. It was urged by counsel on behalf of the great body of the opposing creditors, that the insolvent had been guilty of the grossest and most heartless fraud upon those poor people, many of whom were in the greatest distress, and that ho had received nearly twelve months ago the greater part of those claims through the instrumentality of Mr. Zulueta. The creditors had received direct in formation through Viscount Canning and the English Government, that the greater part of the money had. been paid by the Commission for the liquidation of the claims of the Spanish Legion. The representatives of several of the claimants ap peared in Court, and stated that they had never received notice of the insolvent's intention to apply for his dis charge under the Act, and amongst them were several poor women, the wives and mothers of those who served in Spain, whose demands did not amount to 2/. After a lengthened discussion between the counsel on each side, the case was ordered to stand adjourned to Thursday the 9th of January. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Thomas Veal and Henry Tay lor, were brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with assaulting police-constable A 43, while in the execution of his duty. The officer stated that the prisoners were making a noise in Whitehall last night, and when remonstrated with they refused to desist. He took them into custody, and then they struck him. The prisoners had nothing to say in their defence, and Mr. JARDINE said these assaults must be put a stop to, and sentenced the prisoners to fourteen days' impri sonment each. Prisoner Veal—Oh, Sir, cannot you make it a fine ? I have a little money, and I will gladly pay a fine. Mr. JARDISE—NO; I shall not alter my decision. The prisoners were then locked up. Shortly afterwards an elderly man applied to the Ma gistrate on their behalf. He said that the prisoner Veal's mother and brother had died a few days ago, and were to be buried this very day. He had to take care of his sister, a little girl, who had no other friend to depend upon. The funeral had been delayed in conse quence of the prisoner's absence, and no one knowing where he was. Mr. JARDINE said, that under these circumstances he would remit the sentence, and take the applicant as bail for the prisoners' good behaviour. They were then again brought forward, and severely admonished by the ➢iagistrate and discharged. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY, - - CORN-EXCHANGE -FRIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very limited scale, hence the show of samples of that grain here was small. The de mand ruled rather active, at full prices. In Foreign Wheat only a moderate business was doing, yet previous rates were supported The show of Barley being small, and the malsters mostly in full work, the sale for the finest qualities was brisk, at very full quotations. In other kinds comparatively little was doing. The best Malt was quite as dear, while all other articles of grain supported their previous value. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. Earley. Oats. Eng1i5h.......... 2,f/70 qrs. 1,100 qrs. 150 Irish.... ....... -- - MOO gm Foreign...". -- 430 -. Malt. 100 Qrs. SMITHFIZI.D. Our market was, on the whole, fairly supplied with Beasts as to numbers, but their general quality was very inferior. The primest Scots, &c., commanded a steady sale, at full prices, but otherwise the Beef trade was dull. We had on show 72 Oxen and Cows from Rotter dam, and 120 Scots from Aberdeen. The numbers of Sheep being small, the Mutton trade was active, and the quotations had in some instances an upward ten dency. In Calves a good business was doing, at an im provement of 2d per Blbs. The Pork trade was firm, at fully Monday's prices. Mulch Cows sold slowly at from 161 to 18110 s each. Fleur 2,1130 Per 81bs. to sink the effaL s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ... . . 2 6 2 8 Secondqualityditto... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 210 3 2 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 3 6 8 8 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Southdown blethers 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c...„ 3lO 4 0 Ditto out of the wool -- Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 2 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditt0...... 4 4 4 6 Small Porkers. 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, estll 18 0 33 0 Quarter oldPigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep ..... 2 8 3 0 Lamb 5.......... 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKBT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 821 4,2 W f 248 J 330 24131VGAT33 AND LEADZNHALL. We had fair average supplies of Meat on sale here, while the demand was steady, at full prices. At per stone, ry the Carcase. s. d.tos.d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 2 8 middling." 2 8 210 --- middling 210 9 4 -- prime large ~.... 9 0 3 2 prime ..... 3 6 3 prime small 3 4 9 6 Pork, large 3 0 3 6 Veal ........»....„........ 3 4 4 4 —small. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Although the supplies of new Hops on offer are exten sive, the demand for the finest parcels is active, at some what improved currencies. In other kinds, as well as in the best yearlings, a fair business is doing, at full prices. The Duty is still called at 130,0001. Sussex pockets, 6/ lOs to 71 10s. ; Wealds, 6/ 18s to 81; Mid Kent, 8/ to 10/ lOs ; East Kent, 717 s to 815 s ; c h o i ce d o., 101 to 121; FaishamB, 10/ to 10110 s. COLONIAL Scrams.—There has been a tolerably firm market for British Plantation, and the sales of the week to last night are about 1,700 hhds and trcs. There have been 143 hhds 7 trcs liarbadoes sold at 63a to 64s 6d for fine yellow, and 54s to 55s 6d for hard. - REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been: 73s 6d to 74s per cwt. _ __ EAST INDlA.—There has not been much done in Bengal or Mauritius ; 2,295 bags of the former were taken in at 45s for low heavy brown, and 48s for low yellow. Privately white has been the sort in most re quest. The private purchases of Mauritius have been at full prices generally. As another auction part of 986 bags Bengal sold at 40s to 473 for damp, and 40s to 46s for washed. FOREIGN.-371 cases 158 chests 92 bags and 2 boxca Bahia partly found buyers at 21s to 24s 6d for sound white, and 18s to 20s for brown and grey, and 414 bags Jars at 19s to 20s for sound, and 17s to 20s for damp and washed. COFFEE.—The market generally has been dull. At auction, 83 casks 8 brls Jamaica partly sold at 79s to 80s for mid„and 50s to 66s fur fine and fine fine ord. Do minica was mostly taken in at 56s to 60s for fine ord. Mocha, 334 bales was taken in at 70s for mid mixed yellow. Ceylon, 812 bags partly sold at 51s 6d to 52s for good ord; 53s to 53s 6d for very good ord; and at 59s to 60s for Pea berry. Foreign sorts have been quiet. Cocos. —West India is firm, and there is not much offering. RICE.—The demand for Bengal is good, and full rates are asked. Mid white Ils 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE. —There has not been much doing. SPICES. —Pimento has been firm at 4id to 4id per lb for mid, but Pepper went lower, 8,594 bags Sumatra at 2}d to per lb; Cassia Lignea has also been sold rather lower, low to good ord at 50s 6d to 56s per cwt. RUM.—The market is steady. Leewards has been sold at 2s 5d per gallon for proof. INDIGO.—The public sales have been daily in progress, and have been going off rather firmly. Bengal has been at 2s Gd to 5s 10d, Madras at 2s to 3s Bd, and Kurrah at Is 8d to 4s 10d per lb. Altogether, 11,600 chests have been passed. COTTON.—The market has been quiet. TEA.—This article is flat. Public sales of about 41,500 packages commenced 3esterday ; but out of 16,600 offered, only 1,400 found buyers. For Congou there was scarcely a bidder, and Hyson declined Id to 5d per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been is fair demand, at 41s per cwt on the spot for old, and 41s Gd for new. The Earl of Stradbroke has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Newmarket, on his wily to lienham Hun, Suffolk. FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent ...... Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds ...... . ........ ,Prussian, 5 per Cent ..... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... ;Russian, 5 per Cent — Chilian, 6 per Cent ............ Ditto, Metallic . ........... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 .....—. ............. Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent — ;French, 5 per Cent —t. —c. Greek, 18k5, 5 per Cent...... I Exchange —f. —C. Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... , French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... 'Dutch, 2% per Cent...... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 25% Ditto, 5 per Cent ......... FOREIG SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid 4% Eastern Counties (23 paid) .... ..... Eastern Union, 5 paid 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12) paid) Ely and Bedford, 1 paid . l% Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto 'Jew Shares ( 5 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Hull and Selby, 50 paid 65% Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) London and South Western (411. 64. 10d. paid) London and York, 2% paid 3% Midland Counties (100 paid) IOS • Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid. 47% Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid Ditto, New Shares Sheffield and Lincoln hire, DA paid Central of France, 2 paid 3 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ....... .......... ~. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind westerly, fresh breeze,:fine. RAMSGATE, OCT. 17.—The Alex. Robertson, from London to Ichaboe, was run into, 16th inst., in the Gulls Stream, by a light collier (name unknown), had larboard bow stove, and sustained other damage, and will be towed back to London and repaired. HASTINGS, OCT. 17.—Arrd. John Calvin, Bombay. DEAL, OCT. 16.—Wind A.M. N.W. by W. ; P.M. W.N.W. 10 P.M. W.—Arrd. Brothers, South Seas ; Duchess of Argyll, Tait, and Hong-Kong, Dodds, Cal cutta ; Berkshire, Clarkson, Caroline. Williams, and John Calvin, Knox, Bombay; Amelia, Teesdale, Buenos Ayres ; Africanus, Iremonger, Gambia ; Ruth, Alde barun, Adeline and Henrietta, and Sophia, Quebec. Sid. Slanis Castle, New Zealand ; Countess of Minto, Cape of Good Hope ; Helen, Tobago ; Traveller, Barbadoes; Thomas, Mercury Island, and the greater part of the outward bound. FOWEY, OCT. 17.—The Royal Adelaide, which ar rived here 15th inst. from Quebec, sprung her foremast and lost some sails on the 9th inst. SWANSEA, OCT. 16.—S1d. Alexander Harvey, Cuba. COWES, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Passenger, Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind W. to N.W., strong, and squally.—Arrd. Linnet packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed Aug. 25, Bahia sth ult., Pernambuco 13th, on freight 15,0001. in gold and diamonds. Sld. Janet, Mauritius, John Renwick, Bermuda. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind N.N.W., fresh._Arrd. Buenos Ayreans, Calcutta. Sld. Eliza, Cornish, Port Republicain. Put back, Walton, for Trinidad. CORK, OCT. 15.—Arrd. Tantivy, Doning, Ichaboe. Sld. Kate Kearney, Jamaica ; British Queen and Yar mouth, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Rose, Gibb, Valparaiso. LEITH, OCT. 14.—Sld. Catharine Jamieson, Sydney. CROOKHAVEN, OCT. 14.—The brigantine Emma, Kemp, of Liverpool, from Morocco to Cork, which was supposed to have foundered 12th inst., off Cape Clear, has been brought in here dismasted, and with four feet water in her hold, and only one man on board, the rest of the crew having abandoned her.—(See Ship News of yesterday.) HARWICH, OCT. 17.—A loaded sloop, from Mistley to Gloucester, with beans and barley, grounded this morn ing on the West Rocks, but got off without damage, and proceeded. YARMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Friendship, Rye to Sheilds, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stancheons, &c., having been in contact with a barque in the Gulls. NEW THEATRE IN SHOREDITCII.—Within the last few days several houses in High-street, Shoreditch, im mediately opposite the terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, have been pulled down for the construction of a spacious theatre, which will be under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee, at present manager of the Pavilion Theatre. A circus of 120 feet in circumference is to be formed, and the stage will be larger than any in London, not even excepting those of the patent theatres. The works have already commenced, and the theatre is ex pected to be ready early in the spring of the next year. The Eastern Counties Company, we find, intend to start, on Monday next, a train composed of third-class carriages only, to leave London early in the morning for Colchester, and return to town late in the evening, for the poorer classes, who, in pursuance of the recent Act of Parliament, are to be charged only one penny per mile. A similar train will traverse the Cambridge line daily.--Chelmsford Chronicle. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, all but 300 for export, being to the trade.—Shares were steady, and a fair business was transacted. Cale donian, 4 ' • Chester and Holyhead, 71 ; D u bli n an d Bel fast, 43- ; Eastern Counties, 131. I6s. 3d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 235. ; Grand Junction, 208 ; Ditto, Half, 1034 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 130 ; Lancaster and Preston, 44 ; London and Birmingham, 2121 ' • Ditto, Quarter, 24 ; Lo n d on an d B r i g h ton, 47 f ; Lynn and Ely, 3i ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, s t i ; Midland Counties, Fifths, 3 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 4 ; North British, 51. 16s. 3d. ; Preston and Wyre, 19i ; Sheffield and Manchester, 1004 ; South-Eastern, 401 ; Ditto, New, 131 ; Ulster, 38+ ; Paris and Lyons, 2,-} ; Paris and Orleans, 390 ; Paris and Rouen, 391 ; Or leans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 71s. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4- ; Central of France, 4, The contents of the new Brazilian Treaty, as com municated by the packet just received from Rio, are considered by the merchants of the City as not being quite so objectionable as the outlines received a few days back. We believe there is no question but that the terms of the new tariff will be carried out, but as to the Treaty, not a word is said about the completion of the new Commercial Treaty between this country and the Emperor of the Brazils. No doubt, however, the new special Envoy, the Marquis of Abrontes, who has just arrived, is commissioned with full power to carry out the intentions of the Ministry at Rio Janerio, in this and other respects. The date of the commercial letters re ceived from Rio are not later than those before received. The arrivals this morning are but few, and the ad vices arc destitute of news of interest. This is the pay •day in the Consol market. The losses have been liquidated without any apparent difficulty. Consols for Money have receded from 100- to 100+, and for the Account to 100. We hear that capital is be coming more and more in request for mercantile purposes. It could not be better employed, as specu lation in produce of all kinds is at present car ried on to a very small amount. The great bulk of the public and private sales for some time past have been for bona fide consumption. The rate of in terest has advanced a shade. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been firm at 1021. Exchequer Bills are quoted at 73 to 75 premium. Bank Stock at 206, and India Stock at 95 premium. The Commis sioners took 10,0001. Consols at 100 k to-day. Spanish Bonds have been pretty steady to-day at 35N0 for the Three per Cents., and 24~ 4 for the Consols. The decree for funding the floating debt of Spain ought to have had a contrary effect, for most unquestionably the Spanish Minister of Finance, whoever he may be, will meet the demands of the home creditors ere the de mands of foreigners will be thought of. Dutch Stock has advanced ; Portuguese, Austrian, and Russian Bonds have been in request ; Mexican Five per Cents. are at 341 ; Brazilian Five per Cents. remain at 851. A slight improvement is noticed in some of the Rail way Shares this morning. The Great Western Fifths have realised 144 to- prem. ; the Manchesterand Leeds, 81 to 83 prem. ; the Manchester and Birmingham, 12 prem. ; the Boulogne and Amiens, 3 prem. ; and the Paris and Orleans 20 prem. The Australasian Bank Shares are at 8 prem. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock . , ....... ............ 205% tO6 3 per Cent. Reduced . Annuities 2 9%% 3 per Cent. Coniols. Anns New 3% per Cent. Annuities 102%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860...,•.„. »• India Stock2BB% India 80nd5,1,000....... ..... 95 Ditto under 1,000„„.„..... ......... 95 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account ... •.......... Consols for Account ........ Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d 1,0001. ..... 73 75 pm. 5001.. ..... 73 75 pm. Ditto • ..... .......... 73 75 pm; Ditto Advertised. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lO4 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..... 34% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per C ent llB% Spanish Bonds, Fi ve p er C ent 1840............ , 24% Ditto for the Account 24%% Ditto Three per Cent, 35% Ditto for the Account 35%%% Dutch 2% per Cents. — .... ....... Ditto for the Account 62% Dutch 5 per Cents...— 9 84 % Ditto for the Account. 98% PRICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS, PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ........ 10534 to Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester 9O 43% 43... to 44 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead ...... ......... 5 .... ..... 7% Churnet Valley Dublin and Belfast Junction...—. 234 5 to Great Southern and Western/ (lreland) 5 1234 ...... to Great Western ..... ......... ..... 75 Ditto 34 Shares Ditto 12 ......... 2634 4 London and Brighton. . 50 .. 47% London and Greenwich (Preference) 18 % . to London and Croydon ......... 13% ...... 16% London and York ... 234 334 to Lynn and Ely 1 Manchester and Leeds Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ..« 5134 Midland Counties ...—.. . . ...... ... 100 to Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 Norwich and Brandon Ditto New South Eastern and Dover ..... 3234 Ditto New York and North Midland ........ 50 Ditto Scarbore' Branch ..... 10 Ditto Selby Scrip .. ... ..... 49% 47 is 49 Central of France Boulogne and Amiens 2 ..... to 5 Orleans, Tours. and Bourdeauxl 1 ..... 3% (d'Anthou ard's Company) j Paris and Orleans 2O ........ 39% ..... to 40 Parisand Rouen. ....«.».«.«....«« 20 40 to 39% CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock ex div. 206 Indian Stock 237% 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 334 per Cent. Red 'Ditto New Annuities New 33( per Cent. 102% Ex, Bills, 1,0001. 134 d... 73 pm New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small... ..... Jan, 1860 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... 21634 Oct. 1859 ll 15-16 Consols for Act. .. ...... 100% Jan. MO l2 5-16 India Stock for Acct... • • SPORTING INTELLIGi ' NEE (RECEIVED THIS DAY. ) ~ I ~T. NEWMARKET—THURSDAY NI LATEST BETTING. 5 to 4 on Foi g c - A a r:l b ß a a i l i a n g o h E ( s o u EA K s t E T s. he A lt 15 to 1 agst Golden Rule (tak en) 5 u _ 15 to 1 agst The Cure 18 to 1 ags t Even DERBY. 1 10 to I agst Col. Peel's lot 130 to 1 a gst Cun v- R Bt o s l T ag a° 10 to 1 agst Alarm—taken I Ranger—t -- „, • 17 to 1 agst Kedger (40 to 1 agst J.Wif vol t 17 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 1 40 to 1 agst 25 to 1 agst Seaman 1 50 to 1 agst Basti°,llo,CciJ' 25 to 1 agst Minikin c 50 to 1 agst Lair" 25 to 1 agst Newsmonger—t, pen—taken 4130 .0 30 to 1 agstFitz-Allen—t 50 to 1 agst Glear-tivit) 33 to 1 agst Rebecca c.—t. l looo to 15 agst ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY'. ly Handicap. T.Y.C.—Discord, Ost—Buzz' 6s Dr. Hill, 6st 41b—Vol au Vent, Est 21b. or Handicap for two and three yrs old.—Pria ce,, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—f, by Laurel, out of Christina, 101b—Example, 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Great 91b--The Attorney, 2 yrs, 7sf—Mary Anne 111')',5, 6st 111b—Fair Helen colt, 2 yrs, Est 91b—Fall$G,611 6st 71b—Sister to Devil-among-the-Tailor s,2sl lo —Corinthian Tom, 2 yrs, Est 21h—Zahra, 2 yrs' —Petrowna, 2 yrs, sst. L or d 0 ‘ ,,1 Prendergast.—All Lord Eglinton's jg • log s r. Seakale, Cobweb, Arthur, Seaman, di jog Gossamer, Nutbourue, Th e Prior, and eJ are scratched. V P latches.—Espoir, hysalis, the Cobweb colt, Laurence have paid. AY' CHESTERFIELD RACES.—TnuBssP The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 sovs., added to of f ; stakes of 5 sovs. each, second to save his round' winner winner to be sold for 80/. Heats, once a distance. Mr. Halford's Pickwick, aged ............ (Bradlel' I 1i Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 4 rs ............... Conspirator, 4 yrs, and Jamie .. Yalshavit g i g 4 . not placed. sv Y ' Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 the second to save his stake. Heats, (.0 1 ‘.• 0 Mr. Heap's Staley, 3 yrs Mr. Wildman's Coheiress, 4 ° 1 yrs ............ 5 Captain Harcourt's fbr Inheritor, 3 yrs Mr. Flintoff's Countess of Lichfield, 4 yrs 2 5 0 4 ' , Mr. Waring's Saul, aged l„ The Handicap Poney race was won by i• CARLISLE RACES —WEnfOsta,'o The Gold Cup, by Subs. of 10 guineas each. A' and . a quarter. Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn,. -VP -6 yrs ........•rad, Maiden Plate of 501. Heats twice rou'', Mr. Williams' c by Liverpool,out 'of Molesldo dam, 4 yrs ................ ...... .......... (PY ) Mr. Moore's Bagatelle, 4 yrs Captain Meade's Squib, aged .............................. WELSHPOOL RACES.—TorsDO' o , , ,4 The Tradesmen's Plate of 20/., added tooifl of 2 sovs each, one mile and a half, was O ri . f ),: i heats, by Mr. Sparrow's Deception, 4 yrs (staav ing Mr. T. Griffith's Great Western, and threc 'l4 The Borough Plate of 20/. was won by 311. ' Brilliana, beating two others. The Selling Stakes of 2 sovs each, and 20 ' tv Ol d round, were won in two heats, by Mr. Smith me. A ' WEDNESDAY. a dd ect' The Tally-ho St a ke s o f 5 so y a eac h, a nd 20 6`.--‘ twice round and a distance. , 0 Mr. Morris's Brilli ana , 3 y rs (Griffiths) 0 i Mr. E. Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs .................. 0 Mr. J. Smith's Go-forget-me, 4 yrs ............ is The Innkeepers' Purse of 20 sous . was v lsoP ' heats, by Deception, b ea ti ng b c by uerbet two others. HUNTING APPOINTMENT,S,O . !1 The Earl of Harewood's h oun d s , Mon. -"'"yro A Wed., Paper-mill B a r ; F r i , T oc k w ith, borough's hounds, Mon., Bradley ; Wed' , 9 5 1 ; 7i College Fri., Croxby Lake, 11.—Mr. Loniv Tues., Gure Farm ; Fri, Knock Knoll, 1 1 . . at olef, ton's hounds, Mon., Uffington Hill ; Tues., r bf , the-Hill ; Thurs., Manthorpe ; Sat., Little D,i ll t, Mr. Deane's hounds, Tues., Bewley Down; •c' p ' e l;,„ Down.—Mr. Trelewny's hounds, 'Tues., 10 , 1 1 p ej Ivybridge, 101.—Tiverton hounds, Mon., ss- top ji g Park ; Wed., Castle-ne-Roche ; Fri., We nument. DERBYSHIRE SESSION (From the Derby Reporter.) 7, CROWN COURT—THURSDAY, Oc*Fficc,,.,' CONVICTION (F A CLERGYMAN FOR A A t hj9 ASSAULT UPON A CHILD.—The c ourt opene d j ing at half -past nine, and proceeded to try Alphonsus Wni. Henry Rose, aged 32, c' g oir having, on the 27th of September, at Gloss*,bere4 one Martha Thornl e y, w ith i nten t then and air lently and ag a i ns t h er w ill , f e l on i ous ly and - to o 4 carnally to know and abuse her, P Mr. WILDMA N o p ene d t h e case for the 1.0 01 ,0 ; tion, by stating that th e d e f en d an t was II c o lfeec e l the Church of Engl an d, an d th a t the a t er which he was charg e d was one o f sl_,lV:;:e o f 7 nature. The prosecutrix w as o f th e teau e ' h oe bees years, and the offen ce was a ll ege d to home'i witted while defendant was on his Cb 9 l having assisted at a s erv i ce connec t e d - t res t tit which he was a minister. The Learnc. , co rti would not offer unnecessary evidence to the A dierit would at once state that the first count of the had been abandoned, and thus the seriOt s e t, u is more iq the charge was done away. He had, as a ho l ladefl to the conclusion—after the most careful co 6e the evidence--especially that of the medi" - gio man who had examined the female, that the a ti os,3i in the first count could not be borne out, 0 ( 1 1 00, this reason that count was abandoned, an flitPd permission of the court they would proeeeld charge of common assault only. He would a" we father of the child had that morning refused a 00 0 0 4 of money from defendant to abandon the proSe c olili i Defendant, by advice of his counsel, Mr• tv icl9 pleaded Guilty, and the L earne d Gentleman the jury at some len g th i n an un d er t on e, but 0 0 4, not catch the purport of his observations. , D eee , e The Learned CHAIRMAN, in passing se?r„„ s ei" the defendant that h e wou ld not di s t re ss DP - 04 4) shock the ears of th ose w h o h ear d hi m by w t ' h e reverting to the revolting c i rcums t ances con iv n e b c ei i,2 the offence of whi c h h e h a d b een guilty. "be r Ot ever, he looked i n t o th e age o f t h e f ema le, t 0 ,1001 profession to which the defendant belonged , fact that he w as , a t th e ti me o f the conicais,,s-teil,„,! offence, returning from a serv i ce cono7 the Church of E ng l an d, h e cou ld not 1"".,,, more shocking or revolting case. Thes Gentleman proceeded to state that he it d WI the first count had b een a b an d one d, a s - 1 3 0 'V gone into and substantiated, it would have becOt bP to have added hard labour to the p u nishise„ ti e d 1 7 V about to award. He should not have regre t !d o e:f far as it would have personally affected deft Leo{' he should have regretted the extra disgrace l ic e fession of which he was a member. The sent e- , 0 07 Court was—that he be imprisoned in the 019 " sr, for twelve calend ar mon th s . —[W e un d ers tand 11. were two other charges of the same shockilia hanging over the head of this clerical culprit.] of The Hon. Spencer Cowper, youngest so tio c o o countess Palmerston, is suffering from an alf t , c ,', - co ° eyes. The Hon. Gentleman has been obligee town to consult Mr. Alexander, the eminent c:fAifol l if o A Macon journal of Saturday says :',, h , c 0n , 00 month ago a young man o f 18, res idi ng at "" c l 11 1/ bit in the littl e fi nger b y a cat w hi ch b e l o ege b i tgi The animal then j um p e d out o f the wie d°/v s ef e :jo street, and meeting a boy in its way bit ler n a telol The inhabitants o f th e quarter, j udging the - as be mad, purs ue d an d ki l l e d i t. The two Pella, wounded wer e i mme di ate l y atten d ed to, and -of medics having b een a d m i n i stere d , a ll d ang er ap sidered over. Last week, however, the young , t fol ./ plained o f soreness i n t h e throat, and went "irftig.PO4/ next morning he was found by his family 1 heirs' convulsions, and on me di ca l a id b e i ng ca lled bi f e le pronounced to be labouring under an attack 0 4 vil J t y at phobia. He was removed once to the hosPt o 0 he has since di e d. Th e b oy h as remained Wei' . 13 present time." na 0 i'o APPALLING ACClDENT.—Yesterday, a - 9 4 e 0-,fi l s Hardford, being engaged in brewing for a ge%hovoo Sloane -street, and iu the act of pouring se nl s t,4l); liquor from the copper into the mash-tub, tbe j oi which the tub stood suddenly broke down, an d s ooPto which contained between eighty and ninety googol , boiling liquor, was precipitated forward, ke °c o f unfortunate man down, and the principal Pe rt ff o rte ti t iol, liquor flowing over the lower part of the 11 "', e n, 0 P man's body, scalded him in so shocking 0) ,!',.„" Ile°, r e' on removing his clothes, large pieces of flesh ' - yily ri r a nd be efe Assistance was immediately rendered, moved in a deplorable condition, and enduri n g 00 ciating sufferings, to the hospital. g RUNNING M ATCH FOR F IVE POUNDS A'ee Wednesday the qu ar t er o f a m il e f oot r ace, b e l i dit i f i lt Smith, and Wa rw i c k o f E psom , came o ff net" . " t „ Sin:Ao Head, Batt ersea , w h en , a f ter a s h arp conles o came off the winner, beating his opponent by 11 ands There were many spectators. Se ° glb' UNUSUAL.—At Berwick, or rather .oca et . 4. Fishery, near that town, a sturgeon, of six f eet le ° ,,o and of the weight of 3ist., was taken in the Swear tvj; It is very rarely that the sturgeon comes ota r leo rivers. In the Thames they are occasional ], " c m, tvo i e and being considered a "Royal fish," are geD i e r „ ) 4 o ie to the Palace as a rarity. The take of sa lin t - of f- 0 ,0 1 Berwick waters is small, owing to the we n ,.p" ao 9 ,lef Trout are in abundance in the river, but the aeb so clear, from the dryness of the season, that t' G 0 can make little cf it. o 0 - „e PROPOSED NEW ROAD FROM HUNGERFO.--,. te TO KENNINGTON.—It is in contemplation to creo st op;i o street or line of road from the terminus of the tbe t° o sion-bridge, in the Belvidere road, Lambeth,,tnoileil road commencing at the Asylum, leading to J.: er go 0 0 and Vauxhall. Yesterday, the surveyors we r t hol 4 oo in measuring the line of road, and ascertaini n gfrore h th e of the prop er ty th roug h w hi ch i t w ill pgss' roeVeet, terminus, the ro a d w ill cross t h e Y or k- ro ad, t l -str Lower Ma rs h, an d emerge at t h e corner o f Oak ley . 4 1 in a direct li ne w i t h the Kenninton-road. 0 0 ; A few days a go , " the boots" at one of the.f, g fo r d inns at Ca s tl e Donington, after being teilscofe ip considerabl e time, was at length accidentallf, tre e dd perched on o ne o f t h e hi g h est b ranc h e s of a a see i n or the garden, fast asleep. It appears that he ha t hae he ah for the purpose of getting some fruit, b ut mediately reclined himself in the arms of for e' - 0 0 1 where he remained iu unconscious i n securiti i . s e 5 0 0' four hours. Th e s i ngu l ar i ty o f t h e circulos' bad c ol drew together a number o f s p ec t a tors, wi l trOn l siderable difficulty in extri c ati ng th e young ID"- perilous iituaticu—Nottingliam ,Review.