The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-25 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. COURT CIE:Ci;.L.I.n. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Hon. W. Cooper left the Castle yesterday, and the Hon. Miss Paget took her departure to-day. The review of the troops in the Home Park did not take place to-day, as was intended, the weather proving eery unfavourable. The Royal Dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Hill, Hon. Miss Pitt, Ron. Misses Lyttleton, Col. Reid of the Life Guards, Col. Townsend of the 1-Ith. Col. Brown of the Rifles, Major Irton, Captain Hill, Captain Fletcher, Lady LyttletoA, Lady C. Dundas, Hon. Miss Cocks, Lady C. Barring ton, Baroness Lehzcn, Viscount Falkland Count Kole- Wrath, Baron Alvensleben, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir F. Stovin, Lord A. Paget, and the Hon. Coi. Grey. Lady Anne Maria Dawson, ister of the Earl of P ortarlington, has been appointed a Lady of the Bed chamber to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Mr. Hudson and • Mr. Proctor had an interview wish the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the tobacco trade. The Lord Chancellor came to town yesterday from his residence at Copse Hill. The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from Genera Napier, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial•office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Sierra Lecne. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGEN CE• ARRIVALS. Captain and Mrs. Hamilton Ward, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville.strcet, from Wiesbaden; Gen. Murray-, at ditto ; the Hon. Col. Leicester Stanhope, C. B. ; Lord Western, from Felix Hall, Essex; the Hon. Wm. Bathurst ; Lord and Lady Lyttleton; the Hon. Major and Lady Augusta Baring; Lord and Lady Sydney ; Lord John Fitzroy; Lady Mary Keith, at Mivart's Hotel, Brooke -street, from Scotland; the Hon, W. Cowp'r, 1 ! 1 Stanhope street, from Windsor Castle ; Viscount Vtl hers, in Berkeley -square, from Cambric4reshire ; Count Baptiste Metaxa, from Cheltenham ; the Hon. Captain and Lady Mary Hood, in Hanover-square, from East. n ampbtead Park, Berks; Lord Lynedoch, in Stratton street, from Herts; Lord and Lady Langdale ; Lord Denman; Colonel Hornby ; the Hon. Col. Geo. Anson ; Sir John and Lady Coleridge; Admiral Sir Edward c?drington, G. C. B. ; M m . Si r Geo. 11artin, G. C B. ; Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shiel ; M r . D e H orse y, M. P. ; pght Hon. Sir Henry Parnell, M. P. ; Lord and Lady 4el nima Eliot ; Lieutenant- Col. Yorke ; Right Hon. Sir Alexander Johnstone ; Lord Carrington ; Right Hon. Sir J ohn Bosanquet; Mrs. Wescomb, Miss Wescomb, Miss Bullock, and Mr. Douglas, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from the Grove, Witham. Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Bythe s ea, at ditto, f rom S tap l e -hill, F res hfi e ld, B a th ; Count E sterhazy, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. Macfarlane, at ditto, fr ont Liverpool • Mr. Campbell, at ditto, from ditto; Le bile de S a ll o , and ' M. Cotonna, at ditto, from the Con tinent. DEPARTURES. Mrs. Sherburg, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville atreet, for Warwick; Mr. Butt and the Misses Edwards, ~,,f ro m ditto, for Stone, near Newcastle ; Capt a i n an d M rs . '-;righton, from ditto; the Marquis of Salisbury and Lori C ranborne, for Hatfield House ; the Countess de Solis, ,or Dover; Lieutenant-C o l one l R a ik es ; U . A s h ton, 'IN. ; Colonel and Mrs. Ogden, at Long's Hotel, Bond :greet, for Liverpool; Mr. Halkett, from ditto, for So- Inerset ; Mr. and Mrs. Scarficld, from ditto, for the Con. tinent ; Mr. Armstrong, from ditto, for Paris; Mr. :3 kearatine, from ditto, for ditto; Lord Lyttleton, from l'iliVart's Hotel, Brook -street, for his seat, Hagley Palk, Worcestershire ; the Duchess of Bedford, from ditto, for Oakley House, Bedfordshire ; Lord S.y and Sole, from di tto, on a tour • the Hon. Fra nc i s an d M rs. B ar i ng, f rom ditto, for Brighton; Lord Cremorne, from his house, in reat Stanhope.street, for Dawson-grove, Ireland; Sir Jc 41n Campbell, for the north: Vice-Admiral Sir William H all Gage; Lord Abergavenny, for Eridge Castle; Lady liCalcolm, for Warfield Lodge ; Mrs. Vesey, for Hampton eourt Palace ; Robert Gordon, Esq , M.P., for Dorset a hire ; Mr. Escourt, M. P., and Miss Eatcourt, for Rome ; 4:Major and Mrs. Montagu, for Paris ; Mr. Tepden Hodges, 0 r Kent ; the Duke of illmitros, for Buchanan Castle, ; Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, fur Cromer; Mr. Vernon Smith, M. P , for Northamptonshi re; Willi am Iglscton, Esq., for Norfolk. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess 1 ttf Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge "ill arrive at Cambridge House on Monday next, from C liatsworth, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE OF a_kMBRIDGE,—His Royal Highness is expected at C umbridge House on Tuesday next, from a tour of 4 7 ltrly two years on the Continent. Orders have been 4 .„ 4 en to prepare for his reception o n th a t d ay , an d t h e Du ke and Duchess of Cambridge have arranged to be 41 t own to welcome their son. f ~ ' , Vhe D u k e an d D uc h ess o f S omerset rema i n at 'toxier H ouse , t h e i r seat i n D evon, and will probably ~‘ u in Lin th ere unt il J anuary, when the Noble Duke and A-) 'hese return to town for the season. m • Tie Count ess D owager of Carnwath has arrived L . `"`" from Ayrshire, Where her Ladyship has been stay ~.. me since the festivities of Egliaton. T ile Countess of Jersey is visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, during the visit of their Roy a l Highnesses the Duke and Duchess and Princess j t!lgus!a of Cambridge. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury left Addington Park, his seat near Croydon, on Wednesday noreit.---, for Stanmer Park, the seat of the Earl and ~‘'out.tess of Chichester, in Sussex. His Grace was to l 'ave consecrated a new church in that neighbourhood esterday morning. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, have left ' C hesterfield House for the Earl's hunting,- box, in Not ' lingharnshire, where the Earl and Countess intend to I ;Pass th e w i nter, the intended sojourn at Paris being Igiten up. Lord Ashburton has left the Grange, the family !eat in Hants, for a tour of his recently purchased estates 'al Devonshire. His Lordship returns to Hampshire -next week. .ARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Tuesday jest, at Hanmer, Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, brother ..°I. the Marquis of Lothian, to Miss Hanmer, sister .43 1 Sir J o h n Hanmer, Bart. The Rev. John Murray ' °lRe „ . i 4 ted at the ceremony, and a select party was present '4", tar, solemnisation. , IN Ere POLICE ARRANGENIENT S .—a I Thurs day instructions to the following effect were issued to all the divisions of police. The duties of providing bag gage waggons or other conveyances for troops, and of teilfetting soldiers, are in future to be undertaken by the 'elation-house and the s u p er i n t en d ents are to keep in every station-'hou se in their respective districts accurate lists 'Of the p ersons f rom w h om baggage-waggons, &e., are 1 0 be obtained, and of licensed victuallers and others 'upon w h om sol di ers arc to be billetted, specifying in the Batter cases the places at which soldiers are already quar tered. Very precise directions are given for ensuring a fair and equal distribution of the burden amongst those fable to it, and for so keepi ng th e li sts t h at upon t h e ap plication of the military at the station-house their quarters W ill be ascertained without further difficulty. These idsuties have hitherto been performed by parochial con ',,43les under the orders of the high-constable in every ' 4 ' 3 ttict. In another matter it is directed, that brokers i ' 44 t iPpraisers, as well as all constables, must now be e - : ° " 1 in by the Commissioners of Police or their offie li" ;1 7, : . copies of the New Testament and of the Hebrew ''.a are to be kept at the station-houses, and in every cgs ''' of distraint a police constable or officer sent to the , it l ' i et e to , t , swear the appraiser to a just valuation of the - e ° ls ° "' seized. The appraiser, if a Catholic, to be sworn ,i o r ° ,: l a testament marked with the cross ; and if a ,' 0 - '`uPon the Bible, in the appointed form. L D T-1 t ....RIMY REDIVI vus.—Drury-laneTheatre tb ° h e' opened on Saturday by Mr. Hammond, late st ° In wager of the Strand Theatre. He has for i r ,: e.4l weeks had more than a hundred workmen rout -14°14 every dirty corner of the establishment, and has fi rvt as_t , .succeeded in . cleansing this Augean stable. The , tit . "Diem that strikes attention is the stage e this is e t , 1/ :e l Y new, and instead of the old circular or half th°tln e'happ, it is now brought fire feet farther towards lic) inksch;ence, and in a direct line with the extreme th, the reby brineinff the performers into the body of :"nse. To effec't t7his improvement two seats of the p u i ) ,?r Parts elf them, are necessarily sacrificed, but the th it must derive all the advantages of the alteration, op t gives the singer. or actor of weak voice a fair 43,Portunit m yof being heard. The new stage was laid dere --.. d r. Brecknell, of the Strand, and may be consi tOrn a ch ef d'cruvre, the thousand pieces of which it ie le„h e l:4) sed being as true a . s the best made biliard table. cam stalls in the dress circle are of stamped moreen, teij ere d Expressly for the purpose from Leeds. The % vat s in front of' all the boxes are of crimson striped, and . th e °r ed silk taberet. Every door in the house, of which , otl e are upwards o f fif t y, has been covered with criin are e n i r,h , except. the Queen's state apartments, which . siEl ;,', ght scarlet. In the lobbies and the splendid en v we noticed the various lounges and ottomans are ' tol e red • with rich green damask, trimmed with gold v „ tir ed cold. Messrs. Burnett, of the Piazza, Co t:,:i-itgarden, executed the work, and supplied the ma teli4,2 o f the foregoing ; whilst Mr. Foulkes, of . Ruie• thox - ; i.r e , t. w° understand, will decorate the private th e s • The cupola of this beautiful building is one , 1 lehi4finst chaste description, and being.nove cleansed, Z r land i i i t has not been for the last sixteen years, the eel• 0 ,, --e r - sheds a fine light upon the classic figures rife R lio --ANDSONIE MEN OF A not h erPAßlS.-- " i3 - e irt Publication is forthcoming. The success of the ti o , 1 " Femmes de Paris" has given rise to a competi th '.and a pendant to it is about to be published_ under e title of ii 1 . first tai t ih e . Les Beaux Hommes de Paris. " The G a d, r " is' to contain the portrait of M. Theophile th e ` v et', the literateur who for the Antinous of passes %iPital. I leee e.,_ remesee-___ ; AL CIPHR ON. Illooone, London, 1839. " Besides " Alciphron," which is an ori g inal poem, this elegant little volume contains the "pi curean," a romance written in poetic prose, and published about twelve years since. We cannot rank " Alciphron" among the happiest of Mr. floore's productions. It is as polished as ivory, and studded with brilliant imagery ; but it is defi cient in human interest, and there is a general mo notony in its style, of which the reader too soon begins to weary. The author is never so success• ful as in short lyric effusions. His genius cannot remain long on the wing, as was manifested in his elaborate poem the g‘ Loves of the Angels," which, amid much that was beautiful, contained, long and heavy passages, exceedingly languid in their character, notwithstanding the pains be stowed on them. " Alciphron" is another instance in point ; it frequently flags, and were it not for the bright flashes of fancy with which it is occasionally irradiated, would be read quite as a task. The volume is ffot up in a style of uncommon elegance, and the illustrations by Turner arc worthy of the pencil of the most poetical painter of the day, with the sole exception of Martin. JACK SHEPPARD. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1539. The romance of Jack Sheppard is here com pleted, and it is due to Mr. Ainsworth to say, that he has maintained the interest of his narrative throughout with unflagging spirit. Incident fol lows incident in rapid succession, till we take leave of the " unfortunate" hero at the foot of Tyburn tree, whose last moments—and more particularly, the account of the rescue by Biueskin at the foot of Holborn-hill, which is frustrated by the inter y9ntion of Jonathan Wild—are described with a miauteness and vigour that wear all the semb!ance of roality. But by far the best portion of the tale is that wherein the circumstances attending Jack's last extraordinary escape from the condemned hold at Newgate, are detailed; here kir. Ainsworth has put forth all his powers, and has been worthily as siqed by Cruikshank, whose Plates in illustration of this incident, are full of that truthful spirit with which he inforces all his sketches. The dialogue in the condemned cell of Newgate between Jack Sheppard, and his remarkable visitors, Figg, the prize-fighter, Sir James Thornhill and Hogarth, the artists, and Gay the poet, is not devoid of discrimination, but we think that the characters of the different speakers might have been brought out with more effect. However, the chapter reads plea santly and trippingly, and will, we doubt not, be a favourite with the majority of readers. Of Cruik shank's numerous illustrations, we cannot speak too favourably. They are executed with much skill and liveliness, as if the artist had a hearty re lish of his task : and even the more serious and tragic sketches—such as the murder of Sir Roland Trenchaid by Jonathan Wild and his Jew myrmi don—evince graphic abilities of a high and rare or der. Mr. Ainsworth, we perceive, is about to bring the renowned Guy Faux on the tapir. If he he as successful with this new romance, as he has been with his present one—which, we hear, is a great favourite with its numerous readers—he will have no cause to complain of neglect on the part of the public. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Alincinf , hne, and comparing th e same aga i nst that, of Foreign Sagars' London, October 25, 1839. The Gazette of this evening will quote the Per Cwt. average price of British Plantation Mus covado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at The actual quantity of Sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 19th instant, accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the West India Sugar Brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parlia ment, and on which the above price is computed, consisted of 1,227 hhds. 101 tierces, and 123 barrels ; and not of 2,000 hhds., as estimated in the market. The great difference, on many occasions, between the number of hhds. actually sold and the number estimated to have been sold, has given rise to a variety of remarks in Mincing-lane, principally with a view to establish the accuracy of those who collect daily reports of sales, for publication. Amongst other things it has been hinted that the brokers neglect to make correct reports ; that sales of Sugar are effected which are not included in their statements. We cannot for a moment credit rumours of such a character—the Sugar Brokers of Mincing-lane are notoriously as respectable a class of persons as any who transact business in the City of Lon don, a set of men who scorn equivocation of any kind, and consequently are most unlikely to infringe any law, particularly one which aPplies itnmediately to their vo cations; besides the Act is.itriperative, and inflicts a pe nalty of five pounds for each hogshead of Sugar omitted to be returned, which p4nalty may be recovered by any common informer, the law having provided that on the payment of the fee of one shilling, the book in which these returns are entered by the Clerk of the Grocers' Company, may be inspected by any person ; and that a conviction may be obtained before the City Magistrates, upon the testirrony of one credible witness; but, as we ha . ve before stated, we are assured that the Brokers of Mincing-lane, as a class, stand far too high to need the provision of a penalty in the Act to compel them to this duty, and that the error, which is so evident, arises from the bustle and confuLion natural to markets, which too frequently prevents collectors of the sales following up their task with accuracy. The best descriptions of Manilla Sugar, all of which are raised by free labour, have with difficulty realised 225. 6d. per cwt. ; this week the average price of them may be taken at 21s. per cwt„ being 17s. 3d. per cwt. less than the average price of West India Sugar. Our Correspondent, whose letter under the signature of a Jamaica Proprietor, we inserted in The Sun on the 22d inst., instead of showing good reasons for main taining West India Sugar at an excess of 16s. per cwt. above all other kinds of Sugar, only proves that Jamaica is governed by vicious laws, but which instead, as re gards colonial produce, of operating prejudicially upon the colonists, secure to them the monopoly of the best market in the world for Sugar. The Jamaica proprie tary are unscathed ; the taxes raised in their island, whether as our Correspondent states, directly for the payment of exorbitant salaries, keepir'e in repair the Government buildings, for canals and roads, and for otherwise improving the estates of a few influential pro prietors, or indirectly, for the protection of the shipping or other classes of various denominations, foreign to Ja maica interests, and which together he estimates as equivalent to a charge of 13s. per cwt. on all the Sugar exported from Jamaica—supposing the charge to amount to 13s. per cwt.—the payment is neither more nor less than a loan of money, to be returned to the Payers with enormous interest at a future day in the price the mother country pays them for their Sugar, &c. ; in other words, the British community pay all the Ja maica taxation in the money the monopoly compels them' to pay for colonial produce—and the Jamaica pro prietors escape untaxed. It is therefore palpable to common sense, that so long as this country fortifies Ja maica with the means to defray the direct and indirect taxation of which our Correspondent complains, the white populatien will not exert themselves •to alter or improse the laws, however wicked and scandalous they may be. We at home have so many jobs to contend against and counteract that it can scarcely be expected we should fight the Jamaica man's battles for him ; no, he must put his own shoulder to the wheel. We readily credit our Correspondent's description of the rascality of the job laws, which a long reign of Toryism have engrafted on the Jamaica Constitution ; but as the colonists will not vindicate their right to be equally and impartially taxed—and that merely for the sake of re venue—it behoves the people at home to compel them to abate the nuisance, and that they will most effectu ally accomplish by firmly demanding the abolition of a monopoly which operates as a curse on the many both in Great Britain and in Jamaica. Our remarks apply of course to all our Sugar colonies, as well as to Ja maica ; we have particularized the latter, because our immediate notice is attracted to that island by the sig nature of our Correspondent, who, besides the two heads of expense already noticed, sets forth a third, as a reason why we should pay a higher price for his than for fbreign Sugar ; he accuses the merchants and con signees of extravagant charges for the management and sale of his Sugar ; to that we reply, let him make his arrangements as the foreign Sugar-growers do; he has the power so to do, the excess of charge should there fore be his loss, not our's. We shall advert more par ticularly on another occasion to his complaints on this ground. The South-Eastern Railway is proceeding very satisfactorily in th e ne i g hb our h ood of Tunbr i dge, an d every effort is made to forward the work towards Lon don, so as to meet the Brighton line near Merstham where the two will join. The cuttings at Penshurs, Old Park and Chiddingstone, which are the principal works on this line of railway, except in the neighbour hood of Dover, are now considerably advanced ; and it i s expected that the lino will be opened down to Tun bridge, simultaneously with the Brighton line to Mors tham.—Brighton Gazette. BASE COIN.—The counterfeit sovereigns in circulation are supposed to contain ab out one-third platina and copper, the remainder gold of an inferior quality, to the value of about 13s. in each sovereign. These counterfeits are well executed, but have no sound. 1 - V' . `;,,. 7 77 7 : T - , 1 ". -7. 1 : F, N ` OXFORD, OCT. 24.—A Congregation was this day holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred Masters of Arts.—Rev. Thomas Yard, Exeter Col lege ; Rev. William R. Tucker, Wadham College ; George Mellish, University College ; Frederick Dau beny, Brazencose College ; Hart Eth e l s t one , Brazen nose College. Bachelors of Arts.—George Addison, Magdalen Hall; Arthur Henry Anson, Balliol College. Incorporation.—Mr. Cope, Magdalen Hall, from Trinity College, Dublin. The Rrgius Professor of Hebrew has given notice that he will continue his Lectures on the Psalms, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at two o'clock, during the present Term. The RTgius Professor of Medicine has issued notice of a Course of Lectures on Anatomy ; to commence on Monday, the 28th instant, at two o'clock. The Professor of Chemistry has given notice that he will commence his Lectures on Tuesday, the 29th inst., at eight o'clock in the evening, in the Laboratory. Professor of Moral Philosophy has announced a continuation of his Lectures on the Republic of Plato, en 'Thursdays and Saturdays, at nine o'clock in the morning, in the Hall of Exeter College. The Professor of Political Economy will resume his Lectures on Colonisation, on Tuesday, the 29th inst., rind three following days, at two o'clock. The Sedlian Reader in Natural Philosophy will con tinue his Lectures on Newton's Principia, Wednesday, 30th instant, at two o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Elsdale, of Corpus Christi College, has resigned the Head Master.bip of Manchester Free Grammar School, from indisposition. The Rev. E. A. Davis, of St. John's College, has been appointed to the Curacy of Martley, Worcester shire. The Rev. Peter G. Blencowe, late Fellow of Wad ham College, has been presented to the Rectory of Putley, Herefordshire, by the Bishop of Hereford. The Rev. Chas. A Ogilvie, late Fellow of Balrol College, has been presented by the Bishop of Hereford to the Rectory of Ros,, Herefi)rdshire. SPORTING te`I•ELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. The attention of the " select circle" assembled in the after noon at Hyde Park-corner, was almost exclusively to the Cambridgeshire Stakes, which, as the quotations below will testify, underwent three or four changes of some moment. The principal one affected Scott's two; a strong feeling in favour lletmanof Platoff- havi ng h a d an a d verse e ff ect on Mickleton Maid, inasmuch that, before the betting closed, 3 to I was laid against her, and only sto 2 offered against the horse. Opera's advance Was not less rapid—nine points less than were offered on Monday having been taken two or three times. Lanercost colt was, nominally, a better favourite ; but the " demand" was not by any means brisk. Little or nothing was done on the Derby. Latest odds : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 2 ag , t Hetman Platoff—taken, and aft. offered 3 to 1 agst Mickleton Maid—taken 6 to 1 agst Opera 10 to 1 agst Lanercoit 20 to 1 agst Roscius THE DERBY. 33 to 1 agst Maroon—taken 40 to 1 agst Lucetta colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Bokhara—taken 50 to 1 agst Sophocles—taken STAFFORD RACES.-TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round and a dis. Mr. Fowler's br m Prudence, 4 yrs (Calloway) 0 1 1 Mr. Worthington's b c Northenden, 4yrs, Bst 71b ... 1 2 2 Mr. Collins', b m Query, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. Turner's g r g Ji m 'Crow, 5 yrs, 9st .. 0 0 dr Mr. Knox's ch li George, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Hack Stakes of 50 sovs value Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Dawson's Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, II st Mc. Peake's b m Jane, 5 yrs, list Mr. Spilthury's b m Daisy, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 0 2 0 Four others started, but were not placed. Daisy walked over for a fourth heat, the first and second having been objected to. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, and 25 added ; for maiden horses, &c. Heats, one mile and a distance. (11 Subs. ) Mr. Martin's b f Juvenile, 3 yrs ... . (Arthur) 0 0 1 1 Sir. Moss's bl c Ascanius, 4 yrs, Bst 1 Ilb ... ...... 0 0 2 2 Mr. Skerratt's bm by Zinganee, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb 0 0 0 3 Mr. King's b f Tivy, 3 yrs, 7st I 11b Mr. Flintoff's b f Elegance, 3 yrs, 7st. I llb Five others started, but were not placed. The second was a dead heat between Ascanius and Tivy. WEDNESDAY'. Sweepstakes of 3 sous each, and 25 added, for all ages. The winner to be sold for 1001, &c. Mile and a half heats. Ten subs. Mr. Fowler's Prudence, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ( Calloway) 1 I Mr. Moss's b m Frailty, 4 yrs, 84 51b Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 4 vrs, Bst. 71b ... 3 3 Mr. Turner's Jim Crow, 5 yrs, Bst 13Ib 0 4 Mr. Ogden's St. Leonard, 4 yrs, Bst Mb Mr. Cowley's b f Bustle, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 bd Mr. Collins's b m Query, 4 yrs The Cavalry Stakes of 50 sovs value. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Shelley's hr m Shall-I-come-soon-enough, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Hay.kin's, 6 yrs, list 121 b . _ Three others started, but were not placed. Hurdle Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with a Purse added, for all horses. Mile and a quarter heats, with four leaps in each heat. Me. Godwin's d m Duenna, aged, 12st. 61b Mr. James's b g Lansquenet, 6 yrs, 12st 61b. Mr. Careless's b g Powick, 5 yrs, I Ist 31b I3ucephalus, 6 yrs, 12st 21b, and Sarah, aged, I2st 11b, were not placed. A RC H IM ED ES & QUEEN of the EAST. On Thursday (yesterday) the splendid new steam ship, the Queen of the East, 800 tons burthen, built by Messrs. Curling and Young, for the Hon. East East India Company, fitted with engines of 110 horse power each by Messrs. Seaward, the celebrated en gineers of Mill-wall, left her moorings at Blackwall at 20 minutes past 11, and proceeded down the river against a strong flood tide and wind. The Archi• merles, wishing to try her speed with so fine a vessel, left her moorings at the same time, and in passing through Bugaby's Hole, the Queen was obliged to ease her engines in consequence of the numerous craft floating up the river—Archimedes not wishing to take undue advantage of her Majesty, very politely stopped his engines and allowed her to come up within two lengths, when both made the best of their way to the Halt-way House (about eight miles), by which time the Archimedes was upwards of three-quarters of a mile a-head, when the helm was put hard a-starboard, and about he came in twice his length. On meeting her Majesty the Archimedes doffed his bunting in com pliment, and fired two guns. It is worthy of remark, the superiority of the Queen,both in tonnage and power, and the acknowledged perfection of Messrs. Seaward's engines, could give but slight hopes of the Archimedes even holding way with the Queen of the East, but the result of this day has proved these matters are not alto gether founded on theoretical calculations. COURT OF CCMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of bu- SIIICSS. THE DESIGNS FOR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. Mr. HEPPELL wished to be informed by the Chair man of the Royal Exchange Committee whether the documents which have appeared in the newspapers stating that three architects were appointed umpires in the matter of competition relative to the plans for the Royal Exchange, and that' the Committee had called upon these three architects to form a design themselves, were genuine? - Mr. R. L. JONES said that he had not compared the newspaper accounts with the original, but he believed them to he correct. Mr. HEPPELL begged also to be informed whether these three gentlemen had had the delicacy, good taste, and sense of justice, to accept this offer. Mr. R. L. JoNEs--We have not yet received their answer. Deputy GODSON gave notice, in the absence of Mr. Anderton, of a motion declaratory of the ineligibility of any person who had not paid twenty shillings in the pound to his creditors, or who had been guilty of fraud or misdemeanor, to the situation of Remembrancer, Comptroller, City Solicitor, or other officer annually chosen. After a report had been read recommending that the offices of City Solicitor and Comptroller of the Bridge House should be separated, the Lord Mayor announced that on that day week the election for the office of City Solicitor would take place. On a motion made by Mr. WHEELER for bringing in a Bill to reduce the number of 'Common Councilmen in Bridge Ward, a division took place, and the motion was carried by a majority of 60 to 46. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Among the many Jack Sheppard' already before the public, at al most all the Minors in the metropolis, we must not omit noticing the very amusing and successful adapta tion from Mr. Ainsworth's novel at this theatre. The cast was excellent. Miss Vincent enacted Jack Shep pard with great spirit and vivacity. She, however, hardly looked the character. Blueskin, Jonathan Wild's factotum, was very ably represented by Mr. Dunn ; and Mr. Gardiner, late of the St. James's, made an excellent Owen 'wood, the carpenter of Wych street. Setting aside the questionable morality of con verting a highwayman into a hero, and representing on the stage burglaries and murders, we say candidly that Jack Sheppard will doubtless have a long run with our play-going friends in the City. A DEVOTED LOVER.—What will not a man do that is really in love ? What would not lat that time have done for Jemima ? Had she but said the word, I would have encountered a legion of tigers ; I would have essayed to discover a passage to the North Pole ; I would have voyaged round the world in a fish ing-boat ; I would have traversed the continent of America on all fours; I would have scaled the highest point of Mont Blanc, and vegetated a month, or longer, amidst its eternal snows ; I would have approached nearer than ever human being did before, the crater of Mount Etna ; nay, I would have dashed into it, if I had thought there were any chance of getting out again,- 1 would have done all this, and a million ti mes m ore; anything--everything, in short, 'within the range of pos sibility, for Jemima.—Walks and Wanderings in the World of Literature, by the Author of " The Great Metropolis," 4.c. StIN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1839. ITY NEWS: MONEY MA (THURSDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—It would appear by the accounts from Holland that the loan contract between the United States Bank and the house of Hope and Co., which was broken off by the dishonour of the bills in Paris, is about to be renewed. This is made known, however, in rather an unusual form, being an intiotation merely that the consent of the Dutch Government to zilch a contract has been granted, which consent, it is ob vious, must have been obtained, if at all essential in the case, at the time when the original negotiation was on foot. The formal announcement of it now, which ap pears in the Dutch papers received yesterday, must have been made probably with same motive, and whe ther it was so or not, it is certain that the matter was so mixed up in the private accounts with subjects con tained in the speech of the King of Holland, as to create an impression at first, that this was a topic of importance enough to have occupied the attention of the Assembly of the States-General itself. This sort of flaurisla is not considered in tl:e citydas a very encouraging mode of introduction for such an operation, and it has caused with the wary and cautious, a class which the sufferings of the time have made a very numerous one, some suspicion of the whole transac tion. We have accordingly heard doubts very freely expressed whether this is an additional loan to that for 800,000/. recently raised in London, or whether it is another form of the same operation, towards which Messrs. Hope and Co. are to stand in the character of contractors. The account of the transaction which more readily obtains belief is, that as the so-called loan in London represents the post notes over due which it is not convenient to pay, and which have been re- . newed on very extravagant terms, the transaction in Holland is most likely of the same description, and wili representthe American post notes and bands over due and circulating on the Continent. It brings no new funds, consequently, in aid of the United States Bank, but gives increased weight to a debt which remains at some future day to be provided for. POST.—The Bank Directors held their weekly Court to-day, but they broke up at an unusually early hour, and we do not learn that they had any matter of importance before them. The Dublin Evening Post (the paper which, it may be recollected, gives the Bank of England " credit for all manner of imprOprieties") continues to record in its columns its unqualified appro bation of the course the Directors are pursuing at the present juncture. In the last number of our Irish Con temporary we find the following observations It is easy to abuse the Bank, and easy to abuse the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These are topics by which popularity may readily be earned. Bat neither the Trea sury nor the Bank could control the weather. Neither could give us two good harvests successive, nor prevent the occurrence of bad ones. These untoward circum stances it is which have placed both in difficulty. Again, neither had the Treasury nor the Bank anything to do with the operations of the United States in cotton, or Batik bonds, or Pennsylvania State stock. They could not control the speculating mania in America, nor could they, had they been so minded, induce Mr. Hottinguer, of ilasre, or Mr. Hope, of Amsterdam. to give currency to the post bills of Bidd!e's bank. These are among ;he causes of our present embarrassments—causes which we may take the liberty of repeating no power in England, poetical or commercial, could control, or even influence." It is satisfactory to see that the explanations given of the motives by which the Bank Directors have been governed in their late proceedings are beginning at length to be well understood ►n the remotest parts of the empire, and that the indiscriminate carpings of the Metropolitan Press at the efforts made by them to re store the equilibrium of the exchanges are no longer viewed with approbation even by the most violent (under ordinary circumstances) and uncomprom►s►ng of their opponents. The Manchester Papers received in town this mor ning represent the condition of the manufacturing popu `atio❑ as being again very unpromising. There was still the same absence of demand for goods that has existed for the last two or three weeks, and prices were gra dually declining. In yarn generally there was on Tues day a fall of id. to per pound, while printing cloths were from 14-d. to 3d. per piece lower than on that day week. It seems to be almost inexplicable that, at the present. reduced rates, there should be no symptom of a demand for British fabrics on the part of the Continental houses, and that, for the continued importation into this country of their bread stuffs, nothing will suffice, in payment, bat that which we can just now so ill afford to part with —namely, gold and silver. It would be imagined that there must, at all events, be a disposition to take some of the finer descriptio n of manufactures from us, so much as the continental farmer must have been en riched by the corn speculators of England ; and the circumstance that the reverse of this is the case proves but too plainly the truth of what we have frequently endeavoured to impress upon the minds of the public, namely, that in looking any longer to them for a market for their goods our manufacturers may look in vain. The Germans and Belgians are now so far advaned in manufacturing skill, and their establishments have be cGrne so much extended, that there can be no doubt that for the time to come all their wants will be readily supplied without having recourse to the foreigner. The Liverpool letters report a decline in cotton of Per lb. since Friday last. We are glad to see this as the article is still much to high. The system of working on short time is again resorted to at Man chester, and we are told unless there should be a change for the better with regard to demand, within a few weeks, of which there is no great prospect, it will become general throuhout the district. This reduction ,in the price of the raw material .led to in ere.-.sed purchases, and we are willing to, hope that it may prove a benefit to the unfortunate operatives. To be put on short time at this season of the year, when the wants of families are upon the increase, cannot but be productive of the greatest misery to many. HERALD. —Ther e are no nev;features in the Money Market, the British Funds are not only firm, but they have further improved in their market value. Consols have advanced to 90i a money and 901 a9l for account. The Three-and , a-Half per Cent. Re duced Annuities are 97i- a 7 1, and-the New Three-and a-Half per C en t s . 98t a money. Bank Stock has been done at 1791, but closed at 179 money. India Stock at one time was 2464, but receded t0' 0 451 money. The transfer value of the unfunded debt continues to fluctuate considerably. It is now considered by experienced persons that the defection in the results of our harvest has, as we have before intimated, been much over-rated, and this is ac counted for by the great disposition which some of the Larger speculators in different grain have during the past ten days evinced t o get out o f stoc k , an d , in con s:luence of the reduction which has followed these cir cumstances, the of f icial amount of duty upon foreign wheat on importation has advanced to 15s. Bd. per e q l t e la o rt n er, wh l% e , heh ti hito raisesll proves moneytlalatt it is a asaerifice. convenient Exehe xeh q,ueir paper of the largest class are 1 a 3 dis. of the second par a 2 dis. of the smallest 1 a 3 pm. In the Foreign Market there has not been much spe culation, but most of the securities have advanced upon the morning quotations. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) Subjoined to this article is a letter from an intelligent young officer of Sir Robert Stopford's squadron, which, though of old date, contains some observations, of more or Ices interest, respecting- the combined British and French fleet, and the feelings which are most likely prevalent throughout both on the subject of their mor tifying inactivity. Both squadrons have for a consider able period been anchored in Basika Bay, near the entrance of the Dardanelles ; but as the gallant autho r of the letter referred to expresses himself, .‘ Yet with all this force" (viz. 20 sail of the line—ll English and French), we cannot bear that it is likely we have any thing to do." No, indeed! Nor can we guess that. without the prospect of some accidental " turn up," unlocked for by the wise Ministers who have collected such a fleet, but dare not use it, there will be anything more attempted on the part of Great Britain than might be very well achieved by a fleet of Russian men-of-war, which, as Admiral Fleming has assured us, and therefore must be true, is always made of " past board." We have never hesitated to declare our opinion that it is the grossest absurdity to expect a " settle ment," or even a suspension for any considerable time, of the difficulties in which the affairs of Turkey and Egypt have been enveloped by the muddy and flounder ing diplomacy of such persons as Lord Palmerston and his ineffectual underling at Constantinople. What, therefore, it is a mere absurdity to expect, it is an im pudent and offensive humbug to promise, and such we ' do unfeignedly consider the boasts and assurances of our honest Foreign Secretary, that the five great Powers of Europe are about " to settle by negotiation, the ques tions now at issue in the East. Settle what ? And in what sense ? And for how many months, or weeks, or even days ? Wh e re the interests at stake are altogether secondary, or such as admit of adjustment by prelimi nary explanation, and when explained by compromise_ that is, mutuci concession—or where the opposing par ties have equal means of resistance, and are alike fairly disposed, we can understand the truth or reason ableness of undertaking positively to settle them by the intervention of diplomatists. But is such the case as between Great Britain and the other Go vernments which concern themselves in the poli tical relations of the east of Europe? Is it a matter of secondary interest to France whether she succeeds or does not succeed in the enforcement of such measures as may secure to her the. dominion of the whole north ern coast of Africa, including the eventual sovereignty of Egypt, and command of the trade of further Asia by the Red Sea ? Is it a secondary interest for Russia, whether or not she now' succeeds in wresting irretriev ably from the other maritime Powers, and from Great Britain especially, all means of free access to, and com merce with, the cities and embouchures of the Danube, the eastern shores of the Black Sea, and the coasts of the Turkish empire ? We would ask, are purposes such as these—entestained notoriously, nay avowedly, by the two great Powers alluded to —are they of . a character to be relinquished by either France or Russia at the instance, that is, at the supplication, of Lord Pal . - mcrston ? Can they be made the, subjects of cont.: promise ? If so, where are the materials of compro mise on the part of England ? What can England be called upon to concede ! What has she to concede but some territory, or possession, or established right which constitutes a portion of the recognized law and long-existing status quo of Europe ? When England, which is without an army, and labours under a Govern ment so mean and effeminate, that it trembles to employ her fleet .on active service—when Austria, which is without a fleet, and fears to embroil her army with the Muscovites—when these two are the only Powers which really dread war—a war, too, whereby the status quo might be endangered, but, above all things, a war waged by their adversaries for the express purpose of overturn ing the status quo ; and when, of the two ambitious powers—viz., France and Russia—France is pushed to tts verge of the precipice by the encroaching and aggres iive eagerness of her own people, while Russia seeks but to consummate and to realize a scheme of master policy throUgh which to obtain the sole thing she wants, namely, a mlritime 'outlet for - her produce • and a • flan grasp of the Mediterranean—is it' not an insult to any sound understanding to be told that a condition of affairs so intricate, so threatening, and thorny, which it. has becom e the obvious business of the two boldest litigants to perplex still more, by violence or intimidation—is it use say, a mere outrage: upon common sense to affirm that such a contest can be, and will be, deter mined accoriling to the wishes'of' that party whiCh has least the pow er of resisting the attacks it deprecates, or of defending- the immutability of the system to which it clings ? No one will have the audacity to affirm, that either France or Russia is likely to abandon the schemes of a,ggrondizernent on which each has been re solved for more ,than half n century, out of deference to a mere expression of repugnance on the part of rivals Whom' it is felt by both of these projectors to be their interest to weaken, restrain, and humble. Nor will env one dare suspect that " negociation" by the Melbourne Cabinet means anything beyond :nere "entreaty." We ask the blindest partizan of the Ministry whether they or any of them indulge the most shadowy dream of Lord Palmerston hold ing out to Russia on one side, or to' Francs on the other, the alternative of acquiescence in, his diplomatic proposals, or of war with England ? Why, the Minis ters cf those Powers would laugh outright at the very hint of a menace by Lord Palmerston. They know that he would as soon eat his own fingers off as talk seriously of going to war, The only question, therefore, at St. Petersburg or at Paris is as to the most convenient hour for executing their respective purpose. They need not, they do not, clash. with each. other, though the policy of both is in direct collision with that of Eng land. With 60,000 men in Africa, what has France to Fear from the England of 1839? Or why sh ou ld s h e disturb eld Mehemet Ali,. who is obviously but her warming-pan, while now o between 70 and 80 years of age, be is employed in smoothing the way to a future and not distant occupation of Egypt by whoever may then be Sovereign (whether real or nominal) of the French nation ? With a fleet and army which wait but the signal to pounce upon Constantinople, what has Russia to apprehend from England, whose small squadron has for so many weeks been moored at the wrong side of the Dardanelles, manifestly chained down to that disgrace r.' anchorage by the terrors of the feeble and heartless Government which sends it forth to be a diplomatii; pageant, not an instrument of war? .Why, had there been anything but "idle wind" in contemplation of our Downing-street bullies, they would months ago - have told the Diaen, `.‘ We come not to deceive but to Protect you ; and as a piogf of it, we now enter the Dardanelles us your friends, and we challenge Russia to . stir an i nc h b eyon d t h e guns of Sebastopol. " Had the Fie weak-minded men comprehended- their own position, or that of England, or known how to negotiate in the only way by which peace can ulti mately he . preserved, they wouid not have presented notes, but broadsides, and announced to Turkey as well as Russia, " Here, here are my negotiators." Would language like this have entailed a risk of war ? Quite the contrary. There was then no neccesi y for further appeals to arms, or if there had been, on what 'vantage ground should we have fought ? We had then the unbroken force of Turkey for our ally. The atten tion of the Porte would have been diverted from the fatal side of Egypt, and the crushing battle of Nezib would have been spared. The fleet of the Grand Seignor would have been preserved entire. Mehemet Ali would have beheld in the French movements an object of jealousy more alarming to his Egyptian em pire than any occurrences to the north of the Helles pont, whether Muscovite or British ; and the contin gency of a general war would have become hourly more remote, instead of being, as it now appears, more immediate and terrible, than at any former period. According to the view which we have taken of the spirit in which Lord Palmerston negotiates, it would assuredly have been cheaper, and quite as useful, to save the equipment and manning of a fleet which is palpably'not designed N. anything more formidable than " pasteboard" service. Why, Admiral Fleming is the proper man to serve in conjunction with Lord POnsonhy—not a veteran cock of the prize ring, like old Stopford. But it all amounts to this —are we one bit nearer a pacific " settlement" at this minute, of the questions raised by Russian and French ambition, than we were three years ago ? Is there an increased—is there not a much diminished chance of eventually avoiding war, than there was three years ago ? We have made preparation§, but they are preparations to yield ; we have made demonstrations, but they are demonstra tions of terror ; and the worst is, that neither by con cession nor humiliation can we henceforth escape the result of, at best, a patched up, not an:adjusted quar rel. We shall have incurred substantial waste, as well as the reproach of inefficiency ; and contempt, as well as bloodshed. Her Majesty's Ship ----, Baaika Bay, Sept., 1839. As I promised when in England, I send you some ac. count of our movements out here, though I certainly had hoped to be able to write you something better worth hear ing, for we all expected at least to force the passage of the Dardanelles. Our fleet now here under Sir Robert Stopford consists of 11 sail of the line—viz. ' Princess Ch ar l otte , R o d ney , Vanguard, Asia, Ganges, Powerful, Bellerophon, Minden, Incmlacable, Pembroke, and Talavera ; three large steamers.—viz., Gorgon, Rhadamanthus, and Hydra, Castor frigate, Tyne, and Hazard. Daphne gone to Syria ; Dido at Smyrna. The French have nine sail of the line under Rear- Admirals Lalande . and Dc la SLAW ; the former in the Jena, the latter in the Montebello,, a small three-decker. The names are—Jena, Montebello, Hercule, Trident, Triton, Genereux, Diademe, Santi Petri, and Jupiter; two frigates, and a steamer. Yet, with all this force, we cannot hear that it is likely we shall have any thing to do. From what I' can perceive on shore about here, the French are not lil:ed, but the English very much. There is new a report at Stamboul amongst the Turks that the Capitan Pacha gave up the fleet with the connivance of the English Admiral: as be was out of the way at the time, this of course is untrue, and indeed ridicu• lou3y as the Sultan's death came so suddenly, that no plans could have been prepared beforehand. The French squadron are in most qualities inferior to curs ; their ships are certainly large, and all have guns on their gangways—the Montebello also. The Hercule is an immense ship and in good order; she carries a hundred guns `and is larger than our Rodney which is the same as a St. Vincent cut down—viz., 205 feet on the lower deck, and 53. feet beam. But most of their ships are hogged, and when they get under way, which they often do for exercise, they appear in no sort' of order or discipline, and, if it blows at all, they "generally manage to split some few sails. We have little or no intercourse with them. Our squadron is really suilerb,.and in capital gunnery order. Not a day pass es but some ship or other, and often five or six at a time, are practising a target. (From the Herald.) 'Phe opponents of the Corn-laws are busied in des canting on the 'gloomy prospects of our trade, and in seeking to connect the evil; that impended over our commerce, with the operation of that system which pre : . vents.the English a . griculturiit f rom * b e i ng supp l anted in English markets by the foreign corn grower. 'The Sun of last night observes : " We perceive with regret, by the accounts from Man chester, that the markets continue unfavourable, and that prices arc falling, and the prospects of the manufacturers are becoming more glootny. Notwithstanding the momen tary abundance of money in this city,lhere is a general ira preseioa that prices will fall still lower, which deepens the gloom. To us the apprehension of a fall in prices, a s abounding in evil, seems very strange, and of itself to indi cate that some erroneous principle is at the bottom of our political and commercial regulations. " The presumed exception we have mentioned to the general law seems to us to supply a solution of what now appears .almost an enigma. The manufacturer or the agriculturist can only be prevented from injuring himself by his laudable endeavours td clothe and feed men chiefly by finding a contiaullly exter.ding demand for his produce. Such a demand can only be the consequence of a conti nual increase of population. The only source, according to the economists, of a tendency of prices to rise, is the increase of people, and that increase is stopped—cut off' by the barbarous low which, in one country, cuts short the supply of food, and stops its indefinite increase, and in another prevents industry from producing cheap food to producing dear clothing and cutlery. The laws which prevent the increase of food in England and on the Conti nent of Europe, are the causes by which the fall of price, which the producer labours to affect, become ruinous to himself. " The intention of those who make these barbarous laws is to counteract, so far as the cost of producing cloth and cutlery on the Continent, and corn in England, is con cerned, the laws of nature to which we have adverted. They wish . to keep up the cost of producing corn here, and cotton and cutlery there, and prevent that fall in prices which the ingenuity and skill of the great hulk of the human race are continually endeavouring to effect. Their policy is as short-sighted as it is wicked." Th e " wish to keep up the cost of corn," on the one hand, and of " cotton and cutlery," on the other, is a wish most beneficial in its tendencies and in its operation. The classes who produce corn, and cotton, and cutlers•, have an obvious interest in keeping the prices of their respective products high ; and all the other orders of producers have precisely the same interest — inasmuch as the influences which suffice to keep up the --..-...............w••1• 1 prices of cutlery, and cotton, and corn, sustain th e prices 9 f all the o th er pro d ucts o f industry. The whole body of producers have a common interest in high prices. The " fall in prices" to which our Contempo rary adverts, is a result that can be advantageous only to the moneyed classes, and to idle consumers. Every general fall in prices adds to the power of money, and to the enjoyments of the idle. Every general fall in prices tends, on the contrary, to depress the whole or der of producers--that order, for whose benefit, in an especial manner, it is desirable that all legislation should be devised. In virtue of ; the fact, that the Cora-laws tend to keep up the general level of prices, the Corn la ws are entitled in an especial manner to the support of all who desire that labour should receive a fair reward. (From the Morning Advertiser.) In suppressin g physical force demonstrations and in cendiary attacks upon property, the Government dis charged a duty which it would have been criminal to have neglected, and however severe might have been the measures necessary to effect these objects, the paramount feeling of the country would have been in favour of their application. But now; when tranquillity is restored, alien public opinion, a correct appreciatio n of the agen cies by whi c h our i nstitutious are to be improved, and a national sense of-propriety, have suppressed even more effectually. than the measures of the Government all in surrectionary, violence, when the, instigators of forcible app . liances are suffering by incarceration the. penalty of their errors and their crimes, we consider it most injudi cious to aggravate their punishment by any undue priva vation through magisterial vindictiveness .. We-are indu c ed t o ma k e these remarks b y a er tyranny. lette r w hi c h we have seen in - an Evening Contemporary, in which it is ' stated "that Messrs. Lovett and Collins are allowed no animal food, but doomed to dine upon potatoes the whole week, except on Sundays ;" that " an application of theirs to the Magistrates to be allowed to spend six pence a day, had been refused ;" that a letter of conso lation frcim Mr: Lovett to his mother was" withheld, on the grounds that some portion of the language was improper ;'" and that " the Cliaplain of the,prison has refused to let Mr. Lovett peruse - Tait's Magazine, on the grohnd that it sometimes contains revolutionary ar ticles." If these allegations be true, we have no hesi tation in pronouncing them to be almost as well calcu lated to excite a re-action in favour of the Chartists, as the physical force demonstrations were to arouse public feeling and their suppression. It is not the vengeance but the preventio n of crim e which is the object of the law, and tranquillity having been re:eored, and there being no necessity for example, public opinion will revolt against any wanton in fliction on those suffering incarceration for political of fences. The lave awarded them impriSonment, but it did not place restrictions on the quality or quantity of their food ; it did not, neither did the necessities of the case, forbid them to spend sixpence a day ; it did not, neither did the circumstances of the time, make it necessary to seize upon, examine, and withhold a letter from a pri soner to his mother, on the vague pretext that the " lan guage was improper ;" neither did it sanction the pre vention of a prisoner from reading an able, interesting, and instructive periodicahon the equally vague grounds that the " articles were sometimes revolutionary." If these oppressive restrictions were imposed with a view of operating a salutary. effect on the prisoner's mind, the result will woefully disappoint the intention. In stead of teaching the offenders to eespeet such a system, it will teach them to contemn the law ; instead of act ing as an example, it will enlist public sympathies in favour of the sufferers ; and when the period of punish ment shall have transpired, the prisoners will come forth upon society unteclaimed, and more dangerous from being exasperated at their aggravated inflictions. Not hay ing positive evidence of the facts before us, we con tnnt ourselves with thus calling attention to the subject. It is one in which the public is entitled to the fullest in formation, and, waiting any further evidence which either the magistrates or the prisoners feel disposed to offer, we reserve all further commentary. (From the Morning Post.) It will be seen, by two paragraphs in another part of our Paper, that the Globe announces some Minis terial changes. According to these statements, Lord Clarendon is to be Lord Privy Seal, with a seat in the Cabinet; and Mr. Henry tuffnell, hitherto Private Secretary to Lord Minto, is to be a junior Lord of the Treasury. There can be no doubt that the Minis try will become essentially stronger by these additions. Supposing Lord Clarendon to be well informed on gene ral subjects as he showed himself to be during the last session of Parliament on the situation and circumstances of the Basque Provinces, he must prove a valuable auxiliary. Mr. Tetra, too, if he should succeed 'in gettirr , into Parliament —which is by no means certain we dare say, be very useful in the performance of the dutias now principally devolving on Whig Lords of the Treasnry. That is, we think it probable he may he able, with care and a little attention, to carry, red, blue, or green, morocco boxes into and out of the House, and occasionally to carry three or four oranges when, any of his superiors is about to be delivered of a speech. We do not know that it is any proof of particular good fortune to have been selected for the discharge of these important employments ; but it is fortunate for Mr. Tufnell that he chances not to be already a Member of the House of Commons. His appointment, in that case, would have been a very doubtful affair. It is one thing for her Majesty's popular Ministers to try to Cain a sear in Parliament : to run the risk of losing one would have been quite another thing. DINNER TO MR. o'CONNELL AT mALLow. • MALLOW, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 2 O'CLOCK, A.M. This entertainment has just concluded. Mr. O'Con nell entered the town about three o'clock, having been received by a large multitude of persons at some distance upon the Cork road. On his arrival he briefly addressed the assembled multitude, who amounted to many thou sands. The dinner took place in the ball-room of the King's Arms Hotel ; nearly three hundred persons were present, and the gallery was occupied by ladies. Soon after seven o'clock the chairwas taken by Daniel Clanchy, • EFq. ; on his right sat Mr. O'Connell, Mr. G. S. Barry, M.P., Mr. F. Beamish, M.P. ; and on his left Sir D. J. Norreys, Bart., M.P., Mr. E. B. Roche, M.P., Mr. Broddle, J.P., Mr. Franks, J.P., Mr. Madden, J.P., Dr. Lennhan, J.P., &c. After the cloth was withdrawn, The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that the first toast on his list was the health of the Queen.--(Cheers.) They had now a Sovereign who knew of no distinction be tween any classes of her subjects—who was the first to do justice to Ireland—to give to it an impartial govern ment—and to keep down the Tory oligarchy, who would lord it over prince and people. She had shown her love for Ireland by the choice of her Ministers. The toast was drunk with the usual honours. The CHAIRMAN next would propose to them, " The Duchess of Kent, the mother and instructress of the Queen."—(Loud cheers.) The next toast was, " The Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family."--( Loud applause.) The CHAIRMAN had now come to the toast of " The People," which, although it had not been placed first, was nevertheless one of primary importance. The doc trine of the divine right of Kings had been long since exploded, and the revolutions ofFrance, America, and Ireland effectually proved the majesty of the people, and that legislatures Must keep up with the. march of popu lar intelligence and the necessities of the people, or po pular convulsions would inevitably take place which would end in the triumph of the people.—(Loud cheers.) Another doctrine —the finality of Reform—had recently been put forth ; but the phrase contradicted itself—for finality and reform were terms inconsistent with each other.—(Hear, hear.) If the people of Ireland wanted justice, they must depend on their own energies.— (Hear, hear.) Let them, therefore, crowd to the registry.—( H ear , h ear. ) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland."--(Applause) The CHAIRMAN bad now to call their attention to the all-absorbing toast of the evening —the health of their illustrious guest, the father of the people.—(Loud cheers.) The sincere warm feelings of his heart, be would render most expressive by his silence ; but he was placed in the situation he 'occupied for the purpose of giving expression to those feelings — feelings which were excited by a sense of the benefits that great man had conferred upon his country at a time when it was supposed they were unattainable save with the aid of physical force, but which they happily and securely en joyed by means of the matchless talent, the unwearied energy, and unequalled patriotism of one man.—(Loud applause.) They now saw justice impartially admi eisterel, and that which had been a sanguinary bench made pure.—(Bear.) The circuits of the judges were now journeys of pleasure rather than for the purposes of gaol delivery ; the Tories were displaced from power, and the iron sceptre of persecution had been snatched from the hands of their Viceroys — (Loud cheers)- - -and where now, he would ask, were the tens of th ousan d s o f t roo p s t h a t h a d been foun d necessary to support Tory oppression ? The,,y l a nwde re gone, and where ? To pacify disturbed Eo (Cheers)—nay, and at the very time when Lord Ire land there was n o security for life or property. freedom." The Liberator of Roden's Committee was sitting to prove that in would concluded by giving He them ' i ring. Ireland, T he toastan d the friend d runk of t f universalh loud cheering. e e Mr. O'CONNELL rose amidst renewed cheers, and was,which heby couldendeavouring attempt i t s o ait s l ho th w er h e is w a a r s at h it u u t d o e n , eawndaY in that to be useful.—(Cheers.) They had achieved a great deal, but the crisis of their fate had arrived, and if they did not go forward they must inevitably :etrograde,— (Hear, h ear .) Ireland had never so many e nem i es • her enemies had never been so concentrated or malignant as they were at the present moment.—( Hear, hear.) They had all beard what his respe c t e d f r i end had said concerning the judges, although he had said nothing of a ssistant-barristers ; but he (Mr. O'Connell) - would say, without alluding to any one individual, for in fact their name was legion, that assistant -barristers might, whilst they assumed all the solemnity of rel:gion and 1 stern morality, be as terrific monsters as ever abused power for 'party purposes—(Hear, hear, hear)—and EVENING EDITION. t hey might believe him that they would never see Justice thoroughly purified so long as the franchise ab m in ecl e e n . was at the mercy of political partisans.—(Cries of " Hea r . b ear. " ) And what were their p ros p ec t s o f a re L ie l s f they looked them ed to side. fo r m T i h d e • Wa l c l moi e nt a i:n r o . ee ) ucdtt eb:e rr i sfohlvoreewirtehn it Lords were their sworn enemies. —(Cries of Hear, bea n: t i ni t.: particularly_r hoaidr. rc,).de botO'Connell) u e e ilo evidencel .6 king " wtehhaoaesndsßoennotiel madeemn Com rui et ee. Some u ci '' r i e e l. ex amined for the purpose of knowing who it was 'a . not for the life of him discover ° chem.— ji l t :A'. laugh. he set to see who were to he. his lovalselh u t t s l l ' i ll e ellev 0f But Lords returnwan a t o n h n i r s o s a u n t i tj z e n c d t — c i n t a a s v p a i r s a t e r; e that the l-I° could s )eagainst Ireland. on hit-11,dt:— The men of the greatest talent had joined-in •it—llord Broughem I See the stain that -, wretch-Ihr he would- call him by his right name—lead east: up (Hear, hear.) There was the Duke of ‘Vellington, who 1 .had carried bis despotic feelings to such ail extent that ; he had c a ll e d th e county meetings, wLieli bud beei n ;; as sembled some ti me s i nce , " mere farc es ;" and who had praised the rotten boroughs as the best possibl e syStem I of representation that could exist—(Hears -heitri—and yet Lord Brougham kad praised the Duke of ,Welline ., ton, and had said, in his presence, that he (idle Duke of Wellingten), had the greatest respect for the law and constitutional rights of the people.—( Hear, hear_) i Next, when a grant o f 30,0001, was m a d e f or national education, Lord Brougham, who had been the advocate of free education, had now declared that the clergy of the Established Church should have the care of the education of the youth of these kingdoms.—(Hear, and groans.) But the last and worst thing of which he (Mr.O'Cormell) had to complain, was with reference to the packing of juries. Lord Brougham was the partisan ofjurs-packing. t . and had impeached a Judge because, when , Attorney- General he had put an end to that abominable system. —(Hear, hear.) How were they cif in the Commons ? They had there a small majority, hut the bulk was equally against thetn.—(Hear, hear) They had cem p!ained to him to-day of the impediments which were thrown in the way of the registry. They complained i, of the exaggerated value of the franchise, and that what' ,t was called 101. was compelled -to be mode 20/. They I Complained of that which was comparatively the annihi- I lathy) of. the franchise ; but what remedy - did they hope for, or what correction did they expect? .The House of Comm Ons might pass a Bill by a majority. The Lords, from motives of decency, would give it a first reading, but on the second it would go out head foremost. .In .f . .tet, there was no hope there for Ire land.—( Hear, bear.) It was his business to speak out plainly. There was no hope in an English House of. Lords or Commons. All they wanted was to realise the Union, and that there should be no differenc e be tween England was regulated, and a majority ° of the Irish people should not be compelled to support the church of the minority. In England the church of the majo rity was supported by the State, and in Scotland also ; hut God forbid that the Church of Ireland should ever be supported by the State.—(Cheers.) But they de- - sired another matter also, that the majority should not be compelled to support the church of the minority, and until that was procured Ireland would not hava obtained. justice.—(Hear, hear.) Tinra. were other matters of detail also, and aaionnst them they wanted the corporate reform which England possessed. Let them look to the state cf the franchise. When he had mentioned, som e time since, that nineteen per cent. of the adults of England possessed the franchise, whereas but fiee.per cent, of the adults in Ireland poieessed it, he had been met by the scoundrels or ti:c 2 hues and of f the London press, tw o said to reply that a union bad taken piece between the countries, and that they were both under the operation of the same law, which might still inflict a hardship on one particular spot.—(l-lear, p hear.) But the law was not the same in both coun tries, for in England they had the 40s. trancise, and i f 1 they give that to Ireland then they might exclaim against him for statinn that Ireland bad but five per ceet. of her population who possessed the franchise. Let this be given, and what answer would be left to tine reseals of toe Tory press to give them reason to o'otne hint and his religion ?—(Hear.) Party strengt.,, accoinubled in England by the hatred of the religien, and of the people of Ireland.—( Hear.) He did trot esaggcrate. He had stated the situation in which They were placed, one in which some persons might, tell them to despair ; but he would not tell them so, nor would he, :Ike Fe , lrg-us O'Connor, tell them to use the torch and the danger. —( Hear.) No ; the world . had advanced DOT to such a sate of civilization that no poiitiwil change could be , ffected by foreible moans.—(Near.) Now, there was a morel electric fluid abroad, which in an instant ran through all metes bosoms at a single shock. That elec tric power was public opinion.—( Hear.) He was the apostle of testa l combination—th e force of juoice and truth, the magic of being its the right, and the streeeth of their enemies being in the wrong.—..(Mears) These were the features oi his political creed.—( Hear.) He wee a1T. , : : .0 eu his iniz&ati to agitnte anti cazite the petvie of Ireland. Ilea wt's about neei t , to att(mpt to realize the Union. Loud cheers.) It was impossible that this could be - done without a moral convulsion in England ; l;ut if the people of England would not do ' it for them, the people of Ireland would do it fOi- ti.em selves.--(Loud cheers.) There haci -beep great ob stacles to etnitneipatioo ; the Lords were. Sjkainst it—the Tories were against it—the army' arid_navy,__ a o ti le churches of Ettgland,•lreland, nod coti...no, were against it—nay, many of their own vire, agz,ibst it, for did they • not recollect - the familiar phrase of the e Orange Pa ilits ?"—( Hear, beer, -hear.) But there had been one thing more against it which was set stronger than all— the struggle for emancipation had the' air oha'Sectarien contest, but they hail •vindicated it 'front “the - disgrace which would have attached to it if they laatl,etterupted to achieve power for the purpose of putting down another i religious persuasion. (Bean) Upon that. principle '• they had gained emancipation—thus had that ' battle been fought, and thus they had sueceeded.—(Hear.) Now, whet they had done once they could do again, and it would he the easier done because this was the secone. time of essay.—(Hear.) The only choice, then, they had was the alternative of submitting to Eniisli 'ty ranny, to be and look submissive—for his own part, however, he did not know where he should borrow such a look—or to appeal to the Irish people and their inf.C= . rent virtue, constancy, and religious firmness ; a people who had been constant to the religion they heileved . to be true, in spite of poverty, of the scaffold, the dun- '• geon, and the gaol. He was for keeping the Whigs in as long as possible, and any Irishman must be base who would not do so.—(Hear, hear.) He recollected that he had raised a laugh at Drecheda, when lie stated. that his plan for keeping the Whigs in office resetubled the motive that induced Paddy to stuff his old hat into the broken pane of glass for the purpose of mew:Sing it —it could not let in the light, but it kept out n'ne cold, —(Shouts of laughter.) He then was for keeping the Whigs in at the worst.—(Hear.) He ?ailed. upon them all then to.join him, to join one another, •as the 'rec. Lica' apostles of his sect, and to gu flora roan to man, and from house to house, to 'persuade, induce, and excite those wbb can, to register their votes. Let every effort be used for that purpose, anti let no man say he cannot serve his country ; let him try, and he will find that he can dO so. He need not caution them as to il legal associations n they, were all gone—all amputated. —(Hear, hear.) 'fhv moment the beamed a paternal Government had shone upon Ireland, in that : moment was thawed that frost-bound bigotry which had pro moted illegal associations and political combinations. Ireland could not continue in her present state of de gradation. . Nine millions of inhabitants were upon her soil—a constant, brav e , generous an d enduring people. •. He laughed to scorn, then, those who talked of their i weakness. Spain, whilst she endured all the contests I by which she was harrassed, had not 10,000,000 of peo ple. Portugal had been independent for centuries, and had not 2,000,000. The poptilafon of Norway or . Sweden did not amount to that. Holland, in all her • strength, had but 2,500,000 ; Belgium, in her straits, l but ess 4 1. , ) 0 i g 0 0 0 t3, 0 1 (L0 d . a e The t m l n sl r i e n Loud. cheers.) p c f_ ru s e t l .i , b . j f: c it t l s l- . . He had felt shackled whilst, Why, then, should Ireland desp ! ir ?.--,( ia, with a rit i§. to serve the g th o a f n P t7,o s i st p h O e Ministry, he had been silent on the Repeal. ; and h e 'ne it, he fr.,. conscious felt himself free when, by advocati r , he was serving both them and the country, —(Ch eers.) Mr. O'CONNELL shortly after rose, and, proposed the health of their Chairman. 9 i i 2 - N returned thanks. TI ...1-IAILLAIA , c 'fatHealth of the Members o f Parliament present" was then proposed, arid received with applauSe. Mr. Ban ItY referred his constituents to his Parliamen tary conduct, and urged the people to register their votes. Mr. Rocrin voted for Minist ers on the same grounds as Mr. O'Connell bad stated he supported theta ; but h e was willing to vote against them, if by so doing they could he sure of getting a more Liberal Government. He declared himself a Repealer.—(Thie declaration was received with loud applause.) A number of other speeches were made before the meeting separated. P APIS MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, OCT. 23. MERCHANDISE._ST—irits of Wine have declined slightly ; the present price is 190 f. for the hbd. It is in great demand. MAr.stiLEs,—Olive oil is plentiful, but not much doing in this article ; the first quality being Glf. per hhd. The sale of Soap was, of, course, unfavourably influenced by the little demand for oil. The prices were 41f. and 42f. per cwt., for credit, and 34f. for cash. e t n he n c o w a t ir ; iv i a i ls av fo a r nri a ah m , on 6 t ,. h l: prices have risen accord-' SUGAR.—Seventy-eight quintals of PorAto Reaircro..:jaawst Sugar ‘vere sold at 32f. per quintal. I t C i s o m F F u E c E h . wanted,' f he(rfien ea h 3 a ,d v 9 e 3t b hf c .e ingly. St. logo Dyewoods are scarce. Campeachy is is raucb de -B.od eirs a _Wheat maintains its former price arrived from Laguna sold at 12f. the cwt. m3nd, and The Corn Market has recovered a little fro m its late depression. Prices had improved. fetches IGf. to 17f. the hectolitre.--illor rung Herald.