The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-11 00:00:00

E N INC 4 EDITION. TO THE WORTHY INHABITANTS OF THE WARD OF DOW GATE. _ _ TM PR ESSED with feelings of t he dee p est grad tulle for the warm, spontaneous, and general expression which I have received of your best wishes for my repre senting you in the Court of Aldermen of this great City, I must confess my inability to thank you according to the die t ates of my heart, whilst it is as highly gratifying to me to find that there is no reason to believe I shall be opposed in Ehe important object of becoming your Alderman. I have, the more closely to identify myself with your local interests, become ari inhabitant of your truly respectable Ward ; in which I hope that, so long as life and health are spared, I may be able to render an important part. of my suit and service as a resident Magistrate, and present a more ready access to my fellow-residents and constituents, in the exercise of such personal duties amongst them as may he required for the due performance of the high office to which I aspire. Permit me most earnestly to solicit the distinguished favour of your personal attendance on my behalf, at the Wardmote, to be holden at Tallow-chandlers' Hall, before the Hight Ho nourable the Lord Mayor, on SATURDAY, the 12th instant, when his Lordship will take the Char, at Ten o'Clock in the forenoon precisely, and when, by your suffrages in my favour, you will consummate the kindly feelings which you have mani fested towards me by electing me as your Alderman; and I trust you will enable me to have the proud satisfaction of re flecting, in after life, that your choice has been net only inde . pendent but unanimous. With the “iceatest deference, I the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful and obliged servant, JOHN - JOHNSON. 7, Scot's-yard, Bush-lane, 10th October, 1839. STEAM BETWEEN BRISTOL AND NEW YORK. E GREAT WESTER N, Licut , q)atit JAMES HOSKEN, R.N., Commander, will SAIL from BRISTOL, for NEW YORK, on SA.TukoAY, the 19th instant ; on which day, steamers to convey the passengers on board will leave Cumberland Basin at Half-past One o'Clock, She is intended to sail from New York on the 16th of November. Spare luggage to have the word " Below" upon it. All other luggage the number of the state-room. Application for Freight to be made t o C. CLAXTON, at the Company's Office, Bristol. Rate of collecting the same at New York, 4 dollars 80 cents. per pound sterling. The whole to be in Bristol by Wednesday, the 16th inst., at latest. October 7, 1839. THE PEOPLE'S J :URNAL. WORKING MEN OF LONDON, ORDER SHE CHARTER NEWSPAPER of SUN . DAY NEXT, full of information, both interesting and important to the Working Classes, especially those who belong to Trade and Political Societies, with all the News of the Week. THE CHARTER is the ONLY LONDON PAPER con (lucted by WORKING .MEN, and boldly, but rationally as serting their rights. No Working Man should be without a c opy of this Paper. rise LONDON DISPATCH and OPERATIVE having been discontinued, the Committee of Management pledge Viemselves to make THE CHARTER worthy the support Gf the Workirg Classes and the Public generally. Orders received by all Newsmen. An early Edition on Fri day, in time for Post. Office, 16, Catherine-street, Strand. DR. DAVY'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in Two Vols. Bvo., illustrated by numerous En gravings. Price It. 10s. bound in cloth. R ESEARCHES, PHYSIOLOGICAL and ANATOMICAL. By JOHN DAVY, M.D., F.R.S. The principal subjects treated of are Animal Electricity— Animal Heat—The Temperature of different Animals—Pneu mathorax in connexion s it the Absorption of Gases by Serous and Mucous Membranes—The Properties of the Blood in Health and Disease—The Properties of different Animal Textures—The Putrefactive Process—The Preservation of Anatomical Preparations—The Effects of the Poison of cer tain Serpents—The Structure of the Heart of Batrachian Animals, &c. Smith, Elder, and Co., 0, Coruhill. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. ITIS EVENING, FRIDAY, Cm 11, 1839, , Will be repeated Shakspere's Comedy of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. The Scenery entirely new, painted by Mr. Grieve, Mr. T, Grieve, and Mr.W.Grieve. _ _ . Ferdinand, King of Navarre, Mr. Cooper ; Biron, Mr. An derson, Longaville, Mr. Fitzjames, Dumain, Mr. J. Vining, Lords, attending on the King ; Boyet, Mr. F. Matthews, Mercade, Mr. W. Payne, Lords, attending on the Princess of France; Don Adriano de Armado, (a fantastical Spaniard,) Mr. Harley; Sir Nathaniel, (a Curate,) Mr. Meadows; Holofernes, (a Schoolmaster,) Mr. Bartley ; Dull, (a Consta ble,) Mr. Granby ; Costard, (a Clown,) Mr. Keeley ; .Moth, (Page to Armado,) Miss Lee ; Forester, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Princess of France, Mrs. Nisbet ; Rosaline, 11: dame Vestris, Maria, Miss E. Phillips, Katharine, Miss Charles, Ladies at tending on the Princess; Jaquenetta, (a Country Wench) Mrs. Humby ; Ver, or Spring, Miss Rainforth ; Hiems, or Winter, Mr. S. Jones. Officers and others, Attendants on the King and Princess, Messrs. Brace, Butler, Collett, Connell, Charles, Davis, Furness, Horton, Hodges, Hughes, Fredericks, Ker ridge, Williamson, Young, Gibson, Ireland, Ridgway. Mes dames Boden, A. Boden, Beresford, Cummins, Charlton ' Col lett, Bailey, Emden, Goward, Jackson, A. Jackson, Lane, Fairbrother, Gibson, Ryals, Charlton, Fenton, Kendall, E. Kendall, A. Lee, Massalt, Platt, Paris. To conclude with the New Farce, in Two Acts, called ALIVE AND MERRY. Mr. Samuel Perkins, Mr. W. Farrsn. Frank Saunders, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Luke Sharp, Mr. Bartley. Patrick Day, Mr. Brougham. Waiter, Mr. W. H. Payne. Servant, Mr. Korridge. Miss Penelope Perkins, Mrs. Orger. Bella, Mrs. Humby. Landlady, Mrs. Emden. Te.stiorraw, (the 2d Olympia Night), Sons and Systems, Paint Ileart Never Won Fair Lady, Patter versus Clatter, and The Loan of a Lover. . _ _ On Monday, Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Leon, Mr. G. Vandenhoff (his first appearance on the stage), with Naval Engagements. thosa Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, 53. ; Second Price, :Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances t• commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at tho ➢ox-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets Loy be bad upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Combination of Talent. The Proprietor has engaged Mossri. Butler, Elton, and Dow ton, for a limited number of Nights. THIS EVENING, OCT. Will be prevented Shakspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Butler ; lago, Mr. Elton ; Desdemona, Mrs. Vining ; - Emilia, Miss:Grant. After which, the laughable Farce of AIONSIEUR TONSON. Monsieur Morblieu, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with the new and original Nautical Drama, called ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Simile; Annie Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining; Bona, Miss Martin. V 444 " .'i7;"r• k , ....., , 1 ,, .. ?.5- ,n 4 ~ , 1 *k . .- - > 5,.,. • . 4 :Li __ . ...- - , Wb fl+ THE 9GN, _LONDON, FRIDAY, " - OCTOBER 11, 1839. LO N DON FRIDAY, OCTOIER 11, 1839. A very brief notice of the Revenue Tables, which will be found elsewhere, will suffice. The public will see with satisfaction that the innate springs of the national prosperity are so powerful that they overcome the affliction of a bad harvest, and the suicidal policy of the Corn-laws. The in crease of the Revenue on the quarter is, on the w h o le, 293,2221., but more than that is derived from the Customs ; on Stamps, Taxes, the Post. offieg, and Crown Lands, there is a decrease to the amount of 96,5141. There is a small increase on the Excise of 19,200/. ; but our Foreign Trade is the principal source of the still growing Revenue., On the Stamps the decrease is 51,752/. ; on the Taxes, 16,7621. ; on the Poit-office, 3,000/. ; and on the Crown Lands, 25,0001.'The late check which traffic has received perhaps accounts for the decrease in these branches, and as the worst is new, according to all accounts, over, as money is hecoring easier, we may expect that on the next quarter-there will be no such decrease. On jite whole' yin the increase is 1,713,9711., which is gratifyingsO far as it goes, but not sufficient, we ar e afratd;to Meet the increasing exigences of the State. But ae, rrect judgment of the progressive im provement of the Revenue may be formed by ex tending our view. to a comparison of the present Quarter and Year with the produce in tile Iwo pre ceding. years. compari. WCshall confine th e on to the head of Ordinary fi evenue, as that may p considered the fairest,.though no t t he most favourable, view we might take. Ici the Quarter ending the 10Lh of October, 1837, the receipt of Or dinary Revenue in G r e at Brit a i n £ was In the Quarter ending Oct. 10, 1838 12,126,127 And . i l n the Quarter ending Oct. 10, 1835' Showing a n Increase in the present Quaiter, above that in 1837, of . £874,192 And in making • th© comparison of the annual amount of the Ordinary Revenue in the last three yearl, it - will appear that— In the'} , ear endine; the 10th of Octc- £ hilr,•lB37,'.it was . . -, 070 9 2" . • In tbe year ending Oct. 10-, 183 C • . 42,645,549 And iri tilcryjcz i r ending 0ct.11),1839 44,086,681 Shoioling an increase in the present year, ahwe tho year 1'37, cf . . 41 5 459 The national resources, notwithstanding the various 1 errors of our economical policy, which sundry mo nopolists will at present allow no Ministry to re medy, are happily still extending. No Corn-laws, no Bank monopoly, no restriction on industry can . , in fact, subdue the unwearying diligence, enterprize, and skill of the people, who increase in knoWledge and art as they grow in numbers. On the w hole, we are happy to see our anticipations more than realized, both by the increase on the quarter and on the year. We yesterday drew attention to the palpable false statement made by the very Protestant, and very pure Earl of RODEN, in the House of Lords, on the 20th of March, and in the face of the country, for a base and wicked purpose. Such a circum stance in relation to the present charges against the Government of Ireland, deserves much consi deration. If the very head of the Orange sect will bear false testimony, is there one of the subalterns, one of his vassals, who will decline or refuse to follow the example ? What can the public believe, but that the mass of the accusa tions against the Catholic Irish are, like this false statement, the product of religious zeal, which hallows every vice, to the saint, that serves to attain his end ? This, however, is not the only consideration connected with the subject. It is high time that the community commenced an investigation into the public morality of their law-makers, who try to conceal their own vices, by continually making new enactments against those of the humbler classes. When we said, yesterday, that the crime of the Earl of RODEN was as great as many of the crimes for which men suffer the penalties of the law, we meant if possible to make good the as sertion. Look, then, at the situation of the Earl of RODEN, and take him as a type of his order. All his wants provided for, he is under no temptation to commit theft or burglary. He would not steal a snuff-box, or coachman's coat. Placed by fortune in an exalted rank, mankind bowing obsequiously before him, and scores of domestics running almost unbidden to do his will, it would only be sheer in sanity that could prompt him to commit a savage murder. Respected, or almost reverenced, as a quasi saint, uniting in his own person considerable wealth and rank, commanding every thing that can gratify either body or mind, it would be morally impossible that he should be guilty of any of the actions which the law punishes in the poor, the degraded, and the wretched portions of society. We must try his conduct by his circumstances, not by the circum stances of an outcast, bred up in the alleys and courts of the metropolis, ignorant every morning of his life how he will get subsistence for the day. Comparing his situation and his temptations to those of mean scoundrels, we have no hesitation in assert ing that his attempt to deceive the Peers and the country by what he said concerning the murder of Mr. R EYNOLDS, is as base and flagitious an act as burglary or highway robbery in the case of one of the degraded outcasts who end their lives at the Old Bailey. It was a wretched trick, worthy of the meanest pettifogger ; but, being prletised in the House of Lords, and in the face of the public, by a Legislator, who can scarcely commit any common crime, is, we affirm, a great outrage against morality. We stigmatize it as it deserves, because it is neces sary for the sake of public morals to beget amongst public men a more rigid regard to truth and honesty. The community now suffers far less from the want of knowledge and skill in our lawmakers than from want of virtue. We were much pleased to see that the Times of Tuesday took a similar view, and proposes, in re spect to the Orangemen and Ribbonmen of Ire land, and in order to cherish a correct moral sense in the nation, to discriminate carefully' between the mere party processions of the former and the or ganised secret conspiracy of the latter. Its correct sense of justice, and the high moral feeling to which it is, we presume, not now awakened for the first time, will of course not allow it to forget that the Orangemen are, and long have been, one and all, a great and cruel band of oppressors—cowardly and scoundrelly inflicting a grievous tyranny on the bulk of the Irish by the aid of the bayonets and artillery of England ; and it will not forget that the conspiring Ribbonmen, one and all, belong to the oppressed and beaten-down people. It will of course not forget that the lies and the cruelties of the Orangemen were for the preservation of an odious tyranny, and that the devices of the Rib bonmen were suggested to them by the necessity of concealing their plans to obtain redress, or to strike for vengeance, from the powerful and united oppressors. If the Times forgets not these, it will do a good service to society by its endeavours to prevent moral distinctions from being confounded. With the Times engaged in such a work,, and the Tories engaged in a virtuous crusade against job bing the Navy—a practice that we never will de fend, though it was the constant custom of the Tories—we cannot avoid concluding th , tt society is destined to make a great improvement. Whatever may be the practices of men in officc, as long as the Tories are excluded .from office, jt,bbing and corruption will not find in the Press a single advocate. During the war the Tories were justly condemned for making the Navy a means of providing for the sons and dependents of the Tory nobility. Three times as many officers were appointed as the country could require, and three-fourths of the dead weight consists of pensions or annuities to those whose only merit was having a Tory connection. Bitter were the complaints during war that merit was neg lected, and all the best appointments, the best sta tions, the best ships, with speedy promotion, were bestowed on those who could influence a vote in Parliament, or could claim relationship to a cousin of the First Lord. That system was too palpably in jurious, and too deservedly cursed, to allow us eve r to be its advocates under any circumstances. If nothing better, therefore, can be said to justify Admiral-FLEmiNG's appointment to be Governor of Greenwich Hospital than that it squares with the former practices of the Tories, that proves it to be utterly reprehensible. Those practices. Were, by the common consent of all persons who considered the subject, reprobated, and we see no reason why they should not be reprobated in the Wligs. Is it, however, true, that the appointment of Admiral FLEMING is a reprehensible job? He is an Admiral of the Blue, and to that station the Whigs had no hand in promoting him. If he passed through all the subord inate ranks of the service without merit , all that is due to th e Tories. On the accession of the Whi g s to office, they f oun d him a Fla-officer, and as a Flag-officer they have employed him. Neither as a Captain nor as an Admiral has aught ever been whispered aainst his reputation. He has been much employed, but has had no opportunity of distinguishing himself. Why, very lew of the living race of Admirals, after a peace of twenty-four years, have had. A correspondent of the Times supplies a list of Admirals who have been so fortunate, and with the exceptions of Sir GRAHAM MOORE, Sir H. TROLLOPS, Sir S. SMITH, and Sir PHILIP DURHAM, not one of them, we believe, was distinguish in any way than that had other cotmnand a line of battle h the . cood fortune to butengagements. itis one net s in one of the great dsouchnota m depreciate an a s L that ,ir dD m u er s it : DONALD never shared, and yet he was , :ne of the officers most distinguished for talent, hntvery, and 't n 7,73.1 r,f7,- , • to have attained the top of his profession, and be known as an excellent officer, without ever having had an opportunity to distinguish himself'. Lord I COLLINGWOOD was little known till the battle of Trafalgar, except that he was one of the Captains of the First of June whom Lord HowE did not particularly recommend to the Admiralty. • We believe he was refused a me dal. Sir RICHARD KEATS, as brave and excellent an officer, according* to report, as ever 0 stepped on a quarter-deck, had but one opportu nity, we believe, - through his whole career—and that was late in the war—to prove that he really merited the high reputation lie had acquired. Thus, we do not think it sufficient to condemn the appoint ment of Admiral FLEMING, to say that he has not been fortunate enough to acquire medals and ho nours. We believe to the public at large he is nearly as well known as any one of the Admirals mentioned by the correspondent of the Times. If he have served long and served well—if he have placed himself in the way of acquiring distinction, but have not been so fortunate as to get it, he is rather to be pitied than blamed. If he had not been distinguished as a politician, we should never have heard from the Tories that he was not distin guished as an officer. We do not praise the ap pointment, but certainly our Tory Contemporaries censure it much more because Admiral FLENIING is a Whig than because he is unworthy, from his rank and his services, to hold the office. A report will be found elsewhere in our columns of the proceedings which took place at Bishop PHILLPOTTS' 64 Visitation" on Monday last. There was a pretty considerable muster of the clergy, allured, no doubt, by the expectation of a regular set-to between the Bishop and the Rector of Feniton. It appears, however, that PHILLPOTTS had all the talk to himself, Mr. HEAD having been mobbed by the time-serving creatures of the Right Rev. Prelate, and preventLd from giving utterance to the protest which he had prepared against those passages of the " charge," which reflected upon him, as well as against the principles on which his Diocesan acts in the discharge of his episcopal functions. This was hardly giving the Rev. Gentle man fair play, but he has gained all he had in view, by the publication of the Protest, which will be found in another column. It is a document of some interest, breathing, as it does, a fearless spirit of resistance to what the author conceives to be gross spiritual tyranny in an ecclesiastical superior, and a fixed determination to follow, at all hazards, the dictates of conscience. Mr. HEAD'S capital mistake is this, that he imagines himself entitled to plead the rights of conscience in such a case as this. From his situation as the the minister of a Church, established by Act of Parliament, and held together by articles, creeds, and canons, he can have no other rights than that particular Church has thought proper to allow him. He asserts that he has Scripture on his side. So we think he has ; but of what avail is Scripture against the canons ? They forbid him to interpret Scripture in his own way. The right of private judgment they do not acknowledge. 'When, therefore, he relies on the 6th Article, which declares that " whatever is not proved by Scripture is not required of any man to be believed," the question is not, as he seems to think, what can be proved by Scripture, and what cannot—nothing of the kind. That article merely implies that everything in the articles, creeds, &c., of the Church of England can be proved from Scrip ture. It takes this for granted, and neither he nor any other person must question the truth of that assumption. Thus his appeal to the Articles against the Prayer-book and the Canons cannot be sustained. Still less can his appeal to the Scriptures against the standards of the Church. We greatly fear he is doomed to pay the penalty for thinking for himself, which others have done before him—exclusion trom the pale of the Establishment. When JACK and MARTIN appealed to their fa ther's Will against the usurpations of PETER, and declared their inability to see that a loaf of bread contained in itself the quintescence of beef, mutton, veal, fish, fowl, and custard, PETER flew into a rage, d—d their souls for squeamish, obstinate, sons of —, and kicked them out of the house. This is the treatment in store for the _refractory Rector of Feniton. But to a mind like his this will be no punishment. There seems to be an absolute rage at present among Coroners, particularly those for London and the neighbourhood, to hold inquests. No private family is safe from the intrusion of some county or parochial authority ; and the public, therefore, will be glad to see that the question has been taken up by the Middlesex Magistrates, and a Committee appointed with a view to an abatement of the evil. The single fact, that in one half of the inquests held in Middlesex, the verdict is " natural death," will show to what an extent this inquisitorial power is carried. Though the noise made by Mr. `VAS LEY lately, has attracted public notice to this nui sance, he is not more to blame than his brother Coroners. In 1836, at inquests held by Mr. BAKER and Mr. STIRLING, the verdicts of " na tural death" were only about 37 per cent., while, in the course of the present year, the proportion has been 50 per cent. in inquests held by all the three Coroners, and in many of these a post mortem examination had taken place. Why should the feelings of relatives be outraged in this way, and timid females horrified by the dread of these ex aminations after death ? The office of Coroner was not created for such purposes, but solely for inquiry when suspicion exists that the deceased may have died by unfair means. As it is executed at pre sent the inquiry is not an inquest but an inquisition, unnecessarily exposing human frailties, and throw ing open to the gaze of the public the privacy of domestic life. In the northern part of the island the system hay been long discontinued, and no in.. convenience or concealment of guilt has been the result. A public officer, the Procurator Fiscal, institutes an impartial and strict inquiry when grounds exist for it, and at the same time in a way the least hurtful to the feelings of rela tives. The difference between the institutions of two countries so long connected as England and Scotland, forms a remarkable anomaly. In the former coroner's inquests, grand juries, bishops, and a currency without small notes, are considere neces sary to her very existence ; while the Scotch believe, and verify their belief by practice, that all these are only mere incumbrances, and contribute neither to the morality, religion, nor financial security of the kingdom. Letters and papers from Madrid of the 4th inst. have been duly received. On the Ist the Marquis DE ItUM IGNY, the newly-appointed French Ambas sador to the Court of Spain, was received by the QUEEN REGENT, to whom he presented his cre dentials, accompanied by an address, which, if written by his Excellency, proves him not to be deficient in imaginative powers. M. DE RU. MIONY began by congratulating her MAJESTY, in the name of his SOVEREIGN, " sina rely and affectionately," on the fortunate events which had just taken place, and which he assured her would ,‘ render for ever glorious the reign" of her august daughter. lie next described the transition from the profoundest grief to the greatest joy of the K I NG his Master, and all France, when they first received intelligence of the " union of all Spaniards under the only emblem which could cause the an. ci , nt g l or y of the country to revive; after which, entering a Utak, more into particulars, he described the vctories of the Duke DE LA VICTORIA, and first to osi - n travel by a road closed for six years by a civil war, 1 along the whole extent of , Which his ears were feasted with shouts of joy, triumph, and devotion to a QUEEN, whom all Frenchmen, as well as all Spaniards, revered, esteemed, and loved. To this glowing eulogium the REGENT returned a suitable reply. Spain, she said, could never forget the generous succour afforded her by France, and it would be next to impossible for the Most Christian KING to have selected a person so worthy to re present him at her daughter's Court as his Excel lency the Marquis DE . RUNIGNY. How the Ministers in attendance, who well knew how often Marshal Sour, T had been vainly reminded that there was such a document in existence as the Quadruple Treaty, contrived to maintain their gravity during this scene, we do not know. Placed in such a position, we fear that the dread of violating the rigid etiquette of the Spanish Court would hardly keep us from laughing outright at an exhibition so truly farcical. A new project of law relative to the fueros was presented to the Cortes during the sitting of the 4th inst. It was signed by Senors CALATRAVA, OLOZAGA, SANCHO, CABALLERO, LABORDA, CORTINA, and several other Members of the ultra- Liberal party. It was received with profound silence, and runs as follows : Art. 1. The fueros which the Basque provinces and Navarre possessed at the close of the last reign, and which are not opposed to the constitution and the unity of the monarchy, are re-established. " Art. 2. To carry this measure into execution the Government shall propose to the Cortes, with all possible dispatch, the modifications which arc to be made in the lueros alluded to, in order to place them in harmony with the tundamental law of the State, and to reconcile the interests of the inhabitants of these provinces with the general good of the 3ation. " Art. 3. In the mean time, and without prejudice to the continued operation of the constitution of the mo narchy in these provinces, the same as in the rest of the kingdom, the Government shall forthwith establish in these provinces the regime of those fueros, which relate to corporations and interior economical administration, pro viding always that this be done in conformity with the basis or principle stated in the Ist article, and reporting progress to the Cortes. " Art 4. If, before the promulgation of the law to which allusion is made in the second article, there should be any necessity for increasing the army, the Basque provinces and Navarre shall contribute their quota to the same in the manner they shall consider most convenient, without the necessity of resorting to a quinta, or con scription." _ _ It was stated in the political circles of Madrid that from sixty to seventy Deputies would vote for the substitution of this project of law for the one recommended by the Fueros Committee: There is no other news of the slightest importance in the Madrid Papers. The Augsburg Gazette, of the 6th inst., pub lishes a letter from Constantinople, dated the 18th ult., which states that the triumvirate in the Divan, which it was thought might be depended upon, bears within itself the elements of dissolution. KHOSREW PACHA, the Grand Vizier, is reported to be entirely in favour of Russsia ; the REts EF FENDI leans towards the English alliance, and the Seraskier, HALIL PACHA, the Sultan's brother in-law, is a sort of political weathercock, having no fixed principles. The letter, moreover, states that the Maritime Powers could not agree among themselves as to the settlement of the ques tion. France would not listen to any measure for the coercion of MEHEMET ALI, and Russia had de clared that she was for the employment of force. The writer is of opinion, that England ought to unite with Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and leave France to herself ; adding, however, that this must be preceded by a recognition of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi." "On the other hand," con tinues the writer of this letter, " France would join with England against Russia, if the London Cabinet would resolve to act with forbearance towards MEHEMET ALL England will therefore be obliged considerably to modify her plans, one way or the other, if she would depend on the co operation of either Russia or France." If England accept the Russian alliance she sacrifices her right to enter the Black Sea ; if that of France, she will secure the overland passage to India. In this state of the question it is not to be wondered at that the greatest anxiety is felt at Constan tinople to learn the ultimate intentions of the Cabinet of Great Britain. Bets were taken that before a month the British fleet would come to anchor in the Sea of Marmora, and of course the French squadron will not suffer it to proceed alone to Constantinople. We, for our own part, offer no comment upon these rumours ; nor would it serve any useful purpose to express at present any decided opinion as to the line of policy which the Government ought to adopt, save that we are de cidedly in favour of Lhe passage of the Bosphorus by the fleet, and as decidedly opposed to the idea of any recognition of the Treaty of Unkiar Skilessi. It is rumoured to-day that MEHEMET ALI has consented to restore the Turkish fleet, on condition that certain pecuniary demands, said to be very moderate, are complied with by the SULTAN. In consequence of this concession on the part of the VICEROY, the British steamer Rhadainantbus is reported to have left Alexandria for the mouth of the Dardannelles, to apprise the English and French fleets of the circumstance, and thus prevent their taking,any hostile measure for the restitution of the Ottoman fleet. All this is exceedingly impro bible, except so far as regards the mere sailing of the steamer. That MEHEMET ALI is distressed for money is well known, but that to obtain a tem po] ary relief he would give up the fleet, without ob taining the guarantees for which only he holds it, is very unlikely. There is no news of any political interest in the Paris Journals of Wednesday. Though the late heavy rains had caused considerable damage the price of corn continued to decline. On the Bourse the Act of Amnesty presented to the Chambers by the Spanish Government was exceedingly well re ceived, and inspired great confidence in the wisdom of the Spanish Government. Cardinal the Duke d'lsoard, former Bishop of Auch, who had b en appointed to the Archiepiscopal see of Lyons on the death of Cardinal Fesch, died in Paris on Monday last. The Infante Don Sebastian had, at his own request, received his passports, and left Bourges for Italy on Sun day, the 6th instant. An Italian refugee, M. Pierre Fusco, has been ordered to leave Paris within twenty-four hours. The Duke de Fitzjames arrived at Bourges on Saturday, and had the honour, as well as the Baron de Sepmanville, of being received by Don Carlos. The Marquis de Dreux Breze has written to Don Carlos, te put the ch iteau of Brae at the disposal of his Royal Highness. M. Hy de de Neuville has ofired the Prince the use of his residence at Etang, near Se:ices-re. The marriage of the Hereditary Grand Doke of Russia with the Princess Mary of Hesse Darmstadt seems to be decided on. The following is an interesting anecdote en the subject : " There sprung up some years since. it i 3 not known how, some doubts as to the birth of the Princess Mary of Hesse Darmstadt—doubts which had effect even on the mind of her father, and alienated somewhat from his af feetions his lovely daughter, now not more than fifteen. Hence when the heir to the Russian throne undertook his pilgrimage in search of a wife through Germany, t o review the young Princesses of the numerous Sovereign families, the name of the Princess of Hesse Darmstadt was omitted on his list. After having travelled from princi pality to principality in search of beauty—dark and fairs.— the Hereditary Prince reached Hesse Darmstadt, pleased to repose in a Court which contained, as it appeared from his list, no marriageable Princess. At a Court circle, after the presentations were over, the Grand Duke suddenly re marked in a corner of the saloon a young lady clothed ir. simple white, and, like a Cinderella, unnoticed. The Russian Prince inquired of the Grand Duke who she was, and his Royal Highness replied, with some embarraisment, that it was his daughter, the Princess Mary. l'he Rus sian Prieee, -.truck with the beauty and simplicity of the Psincess, instantly went up and accosted her, and in a few hours was enamoured enough to despatch a courier to St. Petersburg, to say that his choice was irrevocably made." The Duke of Orleans, on his arrival at Algiers, had more than one harangue to listen to with patience. i n that of the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the speaker dwelt on the state of commerce, which is not so flourishing as might be wished, and said that there had latterly been some indications of monopole. The state of agriculture, too, is not satisfactory. The Prince, in his an3wer, held out the hope that the Government would take su i eh measnr" 9 a 9 '" 'tc nn F„- , ss ssei et esisess: added his Royal Highness, "the monopoly of which you coin plain is a fact which does not entirely depend on the Fre;:ch Government, it is inherent in the state of the interior of the country. The only means to destroy it would be war, but you know that war would be more fatal than the pre sent state of things." But at the same time that the Prince uses this pacific language, the Eclaire de la Mediterranee published the following letter from Algiers. dated 28th September : " We now know positively that Ai,d-el-Kader will not accept the additional articles to the treaty of La Tafna, ue gociated and signed by Mouloud Ben Arach and our Go vernor. The difficulties respecting the boundaries of our pasessions in the western provinces t main as they were. France cannot give way to the obstinacy of the Emir ; accordingly an expedition is spoken of as near at hand. Marshal Valee, it is true, would rather defer taking the field to a future time, but the Ministry and the Duke Of Orleans are resolved upon it. We may therefore expect the arrival of fresh troops from France ; the army in Africa has been so much weakened by sickness, that it would not furnish a corps for an expedition. Hence it is thought that the Duke of Orleans will make a longer stay than was contemplated at first. After visiting all the points that we occupy, he will doubtless undertake the expedition to Constantine, through the Beleans, and the occupation of the fort of [lamas. _ _ _ It has long been perceived that the cx•Bey Ahmed has, established the centre of his intrigues in the little town of Raffre, between Constantine and Tunis; from which point he endeavours to disturb the tranquillity of the provinces It is Effirmed that the Marshal intends to occupy Raffre, while waiting till he shall be able to march against ilan:za. The Governor seems to intend to put off the exuedition across the Beleans only to wait for the forces wbiel are indispensable, and to render it decisise by striking a great blow.—Le Commerce and Le Con,stitutionnel. The Courrier Francais sass that the Duke of Leuch tenberg has obtained from the . K;ng of Bavaria permission to suppress the Napoleon Eagle in his coat of arms, and to substitute the two-headed Bugle of Russia for it. This is a strange proceeding in the son of Prince Eugene, and has doubtless been required by the Emperor Nichola4.— Gazette de France. BRUSSELS, OCT. 9. —The averk. , ,3 price of wheat last week was 241. 43e. ; and that of ry, 14f. 03c. The ex portation of wheat is prohibited, the mportation duty ft ec. Rye is liable to a duty of 21f. 50c. !ier hectolitre on . m• portation, and of 25c. on expc ration The Emancipolicn says--" It results from the into , rie, 'hat we have made, that we were well informed 3eiter ‘.,y, when we st•ited that a Northern Power had i , urchl,ed the establishment of Mr. Cockerill. This Power is ltrussia ; and, as we said, the purchase-money 1,314 millions of francs. " We must add, however, that not all of the establ sh ments of Mr. Cockerill are purchased, but only the iron, manufactory and the works of Seruing." Admiral Drummond arrived at Antwerp on the 17th, on board the Antwerpen ste.itrier, from London. He is come with his family to settle in Bei t :ium. BOURSE.--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9. first tiigLest Lowest Last Pric, ince. Price. Price French 5 per Cents 1:0 7 , ... 11 , .. 70 ... 110 55 ... 1 010 4y, per Cents lO4 50 ... Ills 50 ... 104 51 ... 101 50 4 per Cents lOl .5 ... 1 . 1 45 ... 101 45 ... 101 45 3 per Cents ...... Bank of trance 2BlO _oB' 0 ...2810 —.2810 Laltitte Batik I,loof. Sh 1057 5:...1057 59 ...1057 50 —1057 50 5 , 0 0 0 1 . • Sh 5215 —.5215 ...5215 ...5215 Belgian 5 per Cents lOll, ... 101% ... 1 0 1 N ... 101,‘ Bank 773 .77i ... 775 ... 775 Spanish Active . 211,i .. ... :il l i i ... 31 i 8 ... 04 Passive 8 ... 8! ... 75 ... 6 New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents 5 per Cents. 33 ... :35 ... 33 ... 35 :lea, olitan Roman II3 ... 11 - .0% ... 103 , /, ...1P3% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R, B 520 ... 5: . 20 ... 520 ... 520 L.B. 3uo ... :-02 50 ... 300 ... 300 Havre • 991 :i5 ... 941 25 ... 991 25 ... 991 25 Strasburg to Bale .. 311 25 ... 3il 25 ... 310 ... 310 Montpellier to Cette 375 ... 7;5 ... 372 50 ... 37.2 50 Bordeaux to La leste 350 ... 3910 ~ 380 ... 380 riELtiIAN 1 , UNDS—Bauesus, OCT. 9 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant l, 1 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per - Cent. — ::., per Cent. 7l Loan of City, 1832, 4 pet Cent- Society of Commerce, 4,,,per Cent llO% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...„ ........... National Society . DUTCH FUNDS.—Amsmaimm, OCT. 8. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. . lOl 1013 i Azror t Si. mile, .1g per cent.... ............ .. 94 t 05 Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 79 79 , ,4 Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent..- D , tto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1537, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cant. Exchange on London, One month l2 02 , /, Two nitnths AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vnv-INA, SEPT 30 Five per Cents. Matallives , Fear per Cents.... ............ ... Three par Cents. . 81% 8.tr.1 , . Shares —Allgerieine Zcztung, Oct 5 HAMBURG BORSEN HA LLE, OCT. 5. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. t Bank Shares An 10-Russian Loan 1(•6!13 105% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series — Russian 3 per Cent. Hop and t;o. 3d and 4th Se, i. s Ditto in Certificates Dutch ~ ctual Debt, 2y pe Cent 52 Ditto 5 per Ceti' Polish Bonds New . icket Anglo- i iiiiisti Loan, 3 per Cent ......... 71 7014 Norwegian ;man, 1534, 4 per Cent.... lOl4 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.--BENLIN. OCT. 5. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4V per cent 103% 103 Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 per cent 102% 102% blxchange on. London, three montl.l 6 20% —Prussia» State Gazette. Oct 6. T RE NAVY.-The only ship which is actively preparing for commission at Portsmouth is the magnifi cent new three-decker, Queen, to mount 110 guns, said to be the largest ship in the navy. She will be commis• sioned. about the end of November for the flag of the new Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. The Sapphire, 20, fitted for the conveyance of troops, will hoist the pendant this week. The Rattlesnake troop ship is ready for departure in t'ae first place to the river, and thence to the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and East Indies. It is expected that she will take out the depot of the 18th regiment. Report gives the command of the Sapphire to Mr. Robert Yule, master of the flag ship Britannia. The Jupiter troop-ship, Mr. Poulton, master, whose arrival in England was looked for this month, will, by the last letters, not reach Spithead until the new year, her services being required to convey troops to the Persian Gulf, and also to the Burmese coast. Lieut. Courtney Hayes, 1835, late of the In constant, is advanced to the rank of Commander, as an acknowledgement of the services rendered by his late father, Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C. 8., to that impor tant science, naval architecture. The Dublin, 50, and Madagascar, 44, have been hauled into dock, prepa ratory to being commissioned. It is understood that Admiral Sir Robert Stopford has required three large attached to Revenge,to thofie 78, Capt. the Hon. fleet. The Alfred, 50, ifsri frigates t preparing. obea T W. NVal dg since e fo r r a m v e e , n,h which has been de e v en s ve sp ry at u ched to Cork some nsuecessful. Lettertime s report that, at one of her rendezvous at Limerick and Wexford, only ten seamen had been induced to join her. She is ordered to return to Spithead.—Brighton Gazette. BANQUET AT THE MA NSION HOUSE—. The Lord Mayor and the Lady M .yoress again opened their hospitable mansion, on Tuesday evening, for the entertainment of their fellow-citizens, and to give to se veral foreigners of distinction, now in this country, some idea of the manner in which the city of London can support its character for hosp:tality. The marshal and other officers appeared in their ful state dresses, and preceded the company to ti.e splendidly fitted-up ban qeetting room. RiCh catidelabra, containing a profu sion of wax-lights, were added to - .he usual display of gas. The whole of the city plate, as well as the Lord Mayor's private plate, covered the tables, which were adorned with other decorations, useful as well as orna mental, for they groaned under all the delicacies of the season. Tire dinner was intended for Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren, the son and the daughter-in-law of the Pre sident of the United States. Mr. Van Buren was, however, unable to accept the invitation in consequence of pressing engagements. On the right of the Lord Mayor sat the Hon. Daniel Webster, a Member of the Senate of the United States ; on the left of his Lord ship sat Alexander Stewart, Esq., a Member of the House of Legislature of Nova Scotia. Amongst the company was observed several merchants and bankers, the Deputy and Common Council of the ward of Cas tlebaynard, and some of the inhabitants of that ward, not of the Corporation, several clergymen, and other gentlemen. VAN AMBURGH.—The lion reputed untame able, which several journals have already mentioned, and which has been recently sent by M. Titus, of New York, to London, and thence to Paris, whither it ar rived on the 2d inst., will be submitted to public cu riosity in the cages of M. Van Amburgh, and by his side, in to-morrow's representation. M. Van Amburgh will, therefore, have employed but five days in taming that ferccious animal. The authem ic dates of the ani mal's departure and arrival e admit of no doubt as to the sincerity of the experiment.—Paris Paper. The audience at the Theatre of the Porte Saint Martin was last night much alarmed by tce following incident :—M. Van Amburgh was beginning his exarcises, with a young lion, when by some accident he hurt him, and the ani mal turning sharply round wounded him in the leg so as to produce a slight loss of blood, but M. Van Amburgh considered it so little worthy of net!ee that he continued his performance,. and actually put his head into 'the animal's mouth afterwards, nor was the representation interrupted. But after the fall of the curtain the au dience called loudly for the appearance of Van Am burgh, and the Director came forward to announce that he was then in the hands of the surgeons, and conse quently unable to appear ; nor wilt he, we understand, be able to perform to-night. We may take this oppor tunity of saying that M. Van Aieburgh's experiment with the new lion, on Monday everang, succeeded per fectiy.— Gatignani of Wedneelay. Early on Tuesday morning, a fire was discovered in the engtie room of the Dehlin Steam Packet M -..5-cury. cury. Two lire engines having b , en speedily brought to the spot, under charge of Captain Miller, the fire was soon extinguisned ; but n o t, we regret to state, until an unfortunate individ ua l l ost his li'e. It appears that owieg to the death of a child of one of the firemen, a sub in uiills Pt the At...lnger had fallen asleep in the engine room.jtue that Onie w the alarmasprocured ba e' Dublin,a s found nd it iri, he w dead at the foot of th e s t a i r . Medical aid was procured but without ega c t, The yes. Cl v': little damaged a is thought't VVENING EDITIO" LLOYD'S SHIPP] NG-(THIS DAY.) 1 PALACE COURT-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, OCT. W.—Wind S.S. W.—S fled the Pilgrim, Esson, Rio Janeiro ; Undaunted, Haman, ditto ; West minster, Moon, New York. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Fal con, Matthews, Pernambuco; Ophclia White, Wood, St. Andrews, New Brunswick; Leander, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Neptune, Web s ter, Pi c t ou; O x f or d, Rath hone, New York Sailed the Competitor, Pritchard, New South Wales; Eliza Johnstone, Petit], Pernambuco; Gratitude, Harvey, Hayti; Erin-go. brae), Lumpton, St. Thomas's; Mary Ann, 8r0,,n, Newfoundland: Off port, the Napier, from Philadelphia; Plata, Monte Video. SCILLY, OCT. 6 —Sailed Alicia, Pigeon. Miramichi. BRISTOL, OCT. W.—Arrived the Anna, Jones, from St. Vit.cc•nt's. MACKENZIE V. COCKBURN. This action was brought by Mr. Mackenzie, a Scotch. ale brewer, against the defendant, who had formerly carried on business as a licensed-victualler, at the Rose. and Crown, Parson's -street, Ratcliffe Highway, to re cover the sum of 61. 10s., the price of three barrels of ale. The only witness called in support of the plaintiff's case was a man named Gould, who stated that he was in the employ of the plaintiff, as town traveller, and that the defendant had given him the order for the three barrels, hut that no one was present at the time such order was given. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 10.—Arrived the Carolina, Ahuns, 'rorn Rigs. CARDlFF.—Arrived the Queen Victoria, Hutchinson, From Quebec. For the defendant two respectable witnesses were called, who positively swore they were dining in the bar of the Rose and Crown on the dAy the order for the three barrels of ale was given ; that Gould solicitt.d the defend ant, who was about to take the house and business, for an order ; but that , she referred him to tier son in-law, Mr. Roberts, the son of Mr. Roberts, the Queen's coachman, who was then the landlord of the house ; that Roberts gave Gould the order for the ale, and that the bill wils made out in the name of Roberts, who had since, n consequence of pecuniary difficulties, let the house and business to the defendant, and gone out as steward in a vessel to Gibialtar. The question, therefore, was to whom was credit for the ale given ? The LEARNED JUDGE, having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff for the full amount. NEWPORT, OCT. 9 —Arrived the Marianna, Rucl , els, 'rem Memel. DUBLIN, OCT. 9—Arrivcd the Martin, Muller, from Quebec. _ _ CORK, OCT. 8 —Arrived the Piirson, Richardson, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Arigerona, Gillard, Nvw foundland. VESSELS SP(iKEST WITH. —Tlie Kent, from Liverpool to Miramiclii, 25th ult, lat. 44, len. 38, by the Lapwing. arrived at Liverpool; Ludlow, from London, 13th ult., off Magdalen River ; Jessie, from Liverpool to Pug wash, 24th ult., lat. 45, ion. 40, by the Calcutta, arrived at Li verpool ; Wanderer, from Newcastle to Halifax, 24th ult., lat. 44, lon. 45; Trafalgar, from Quebec, sth instant, lat. 50, lon. 18, by the Parton, Richardson, arrived at Cork; a steamer, supposed the Liverpool, was passed, '29th ult., lat. 49, lon. 30, by the AugProna, arrived at Cork; Thetis, London to Quebec, and Tottenham, from Waterford, 10th ult., off Cape Rosas ; Argus, from Cadiz to Gaspe, 15th ult., lat. 57, lon 46, by the Angerona, arrived at Liver pool ; Sophia, from Liverpool to Bahia, 7th inst. lat. 50, lon. 10, by the Rapid, Thomas, arrived at Liverpool; Hesperus, from Liverpool to Jamaica, 7 inst., lat. 51, lon. 14, by the Oxford, Rathbone, arrived at Liverpool; Re becca, froni Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 14th ult. ; William Ash, from Exeter to Richebucto, off Mag dalen Islands. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUNT (THIS DAY. ) Charm Henry, a furniture dealer, and grocer and cheesetnonger, who had carried on business at Brighton, was brought up this. morning to receive the judgment of the Court. . , The case of the insolvent was heard yesterday, when he was opposed, on the part of a host of creditors, who complained that he had obtained large quantities of goods froni them, and sold them not under the cost price, but considerably under what he had undertaken to pay for them: The insolvent, in his examination, gave the most strange answers to the questions that were put to him. He declared, upon his honour, and for the life of him, that he could not tell the names of his bail ; that he had not sent the goods he had re eel-Jed from his creditors back to them, because be did not like to put them to the expense of carriage, and added that it was not his custom to do so. That he came to London, and while sipping his coffee was disturbed by the intrusion of a sheriff's officer, who took him to durance vile, from which he was soon re leased by parties becoming bail for him, but what the names of those parties were, although relations, be could not tell for the life of him. It appeared that the insolvent's debts were upwards of 800/., and that he had contracted them within a very short period. He ha d obtained soap from four of the opposing creditors, and had sold large quantities under the market price. Mr. Woodroffe, and Mr. Cooke were heard in aggra vation and mitigation of punishment. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN, in giving judgment, ob served, that although the mariner in which the insolvent had given his evidence was singular and unaccountab le in the extreme, that was no ground on which to Pro nounce a severe judgment. Ail that the Court had to do was to proceed upon the evidence that had been ad duced against the insolvent, and from that evidence it was clear that the insolvent had obtained large quanti ties of goods, which he had sold under the usual price. The insolvent must, therefore, be remanded for the full period allowed by the discretionary clause, viz. , s is months from the vesting order. The insolvent,. ' oll° had been out on bail, was then remanded to prison. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL N E Iv CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—We continue to experience a fair demand for cotton at about the prices of last Friday. To-day's sales 4,000 bugs, 500 of which have been taken for export. The Lapwing, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, sailed from Maracaibo the 23d August ; 12th Septem ber, in lat. 34 30, long. 66, experienced a tremendous gale from N.N.E. ; same day passed a brig of about 200 tons, with both topmasts gone ; 25th September, in lat. 44, long. 35, spoke the Kent, from Liverpool to Mirimachi. From New Brunswick Papers received to the Bth of September : " The Provincial Legislature meets on Tuesday next, and the session, which is intended to be a short one, having been called for a special purpose, is likely to be productive of measures of great importance to St. John's. On Saturday last we were visited by a very heavy storm of wind and rain from the N.E., which it was much feared at the time would seriously injure some of the crops. The fine weather which followed on Stinday and the.next day or two has, however, raised most of the grain, which was prostrated, and it is thought that scarcely any damage has been sustained. " St. John's Savings Bank deposits in August wei e 384/. ss. 6d., withdrawn in ditto, 511/. 6d. " Price of Flour 455. superfine, per barrel, and 225, 6(1. per cwt. ; fine 425., and 21s. 31.-per cwt. ; mic dlings 205., and 10s. per cwt. We hare received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date from Brussels, of the Bth October. It is stated that the late disorders which took place at Ghent have caused the authorities of the large towns to re double their vigilance. It appears that on Monday last a society which held the fete of Zellich, and, ac cording to the custom of the preceding year, were re turning to Brussels, with their flags flying, and lighted flambeaux, were impeded entering Brussels in triumph. During a part'of yesterday the troops in garrison, sta tioned at different parts of the town, towards the night were doubled, but no arrests took place. There is no later accounts from Ghent than that received yesterday, Oct. 8 ; consequently all remained quiet there. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) The statement of the public revenue has been pub lisr ed, and according to which we observe there has been an increase on the quarter compared with the cor responding quarter of last year. There is also an in crease on the year ending the 10th October, 1839, compared with the year ending 10th October, 1838, of 1,713,9711. Arrivals this morning—French mail, and one from Ostend. Ship letters from Pernambuco. New York, Sept. 19, by the Oxford, old date. THE FUNDS. The usual weekly meeting of the Bank Directors took place yesterday, and, in consequence of the lateness of the hour they broke up (past four o'clock), various re ports were in circulation ; at length it turned out that the mountain was in labour with a mouse, no notice appeared, nor did anything transpire in respect to their discussions. At a late hour yesterday afternoon it was stated that some new modification of tha plan for placing the affairs of the United States Bank on a secure basis had been projected. Bonds were to be issued by the United States Bank, redeemable in three or five years, the State Bonds of Pennsylvania to be handed over as a security. The Report of the quarter's revenue has caused the British Market to continue firm ; it is generally looked upon to be favourable. Consols opened this morning at 961 i for Money ; for Account, 901 buyers ; for the November Account, 911 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 to 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 18.513- 1861 ; India Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active improved to ; Portuguese, 371 ; Three per Cents., 251 ; Belgian, 1021 1031 ; Brazilian, 721 731 ; Colombian, 321 a ; Mexican, 3'2 1 ; Dutch Two-and•a-half per Cents, 53fk s ; Five per Cents. 1001 1011. PRICES uF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01+ , 1.; O'CLOCK. Bank Stock -....... .....,... __ ... ... 3 per Cent. Red. B93c, 3 ( 3 per Cent. C0n5......... 90% % 3!,,, per Cent i Ditto Red. New 3Y6 per Cent... .. ..... 97U %% New 5 per Cent. .98 ) 2% Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, 1860 13 12-16% , Oct. 10, 1859.......... —.13 1-16 i Jan. 5, 1860............. 14% 1-.0 Jan. 5, MO — April 5, 1880 — ____ Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £1,000... 1 2 d s. Ditto 500 par Ditto Small 5 2 6 l m. Ditto Commercial dis Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account Ja . n. 5.1870 -1 Consos for Account -- 90%. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANFE. With a moderate arrival of all descriptions of Grain this week, there has been little business transacted in the trail! since Monday. Wheat at last quotations. Barley, being go? In dling in quality, sold heavily, and Is. per quarter low er. other Grain no variation. There has been a dull sale fo r Flo" this week, and ship parcels were offered on rather lower tertost ARRIVALS Wheat. Harley. oats. r' u. English 4,SUllqrs I 4,780 ,irs I,lo3gis '— Irishl Foreign 87,00 SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of cattle was unusually small, especially of Sheep.: of which there were but 4,000. Trade extremely dull, !o e t, withstanding the smallness of the supply, and Be ef and V. a astained a decline, the former of 2d., and the latter of full 4i3,. (he stone. Mutton not in any great request, but unaltearF,,tr Young Porkers, as usual at this time of the year , sold re , d:::1 0 at good prices. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 4 s. 6(1. to ss. _ n Head of Cattle at Market—Beasts, 5 03 ; s hee p ,. 4,00" Pigs, 409 ; Calves, 225. CITY FISH.MARKET. to Fair supplies and prices generally lower. Turbot,B . . 30s. ; Cod, 2s. to Bs.; Good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per Lobsters, 10d..t0 3s. Cd. ' • So es, 6d. to 3r. per pair ; 12s. to 40s. per bushel; Whitings, 6d. to Is. ; and Backto7 Is. to 2s. 6d. HOP AND SEED MARKET. uotea This Market was generally flat, an d p r i c es much as on Monday. Linseed tolerably brisk, and fetched 400. t 0 O o fTCToOt Cotton, , S p A r l ; , n E w . p y Nothing done in Hops. • Five thousand bales C)ut —I Su rat, were up to public sale. The sale was fiat, and prices rated inuc before ; where altered they were lower. LITERARY PIRA CI ES.-The Master of th e . Rolls on the 10th i nst . was p l ease d t o grant an inj un ' non at the instance of Mr. Bentley, of Nivi Burlingw street, against M essrs . F os t er an d Hextall, of Ca therin su e eet, Strand, to restrain the publication of a work ' entitled " The H ea d sman ," the copyright of whie l " 5° far as respects G rea t Brit a in and Ireland , had been purchased by Mr. Bentley for a considerable suru--- thtii establishint , the copyright of that p o p ular autho! within the United•' to Kingdom. We understand that It is the intention of Mr. Bentley and Mr. Cooper take. legal proceedings against other parties wh o have becas pirating the copyright of several other of his previou publications, under the erroneous impression that they were at liberty so to do, in consequenc e of those wocuit. having been also published in America.—[lt is high time these literary piracies were put a stop to. 1 -. " c sm a ll d e alers who perpetuate teem, and thereby inJur the lawful profits of the owners of the works thus sbaiDe : fully pirated, and who h ave p aid I.lrge sums fort co pyrieht of many of them, lia.e been too long lowed to escape with impunity —ED. SUN.] v . fair DREADFUL FIRE.--Tilis mottling , anon', o'clock, a fire broke out in the sho p of Mr. Labour, a Snuff merchant , Granby row, St. George's-in-tile. gin FAist es, and betel ,. the Welelo.e4quaro anti el' County en could reach t he s p ot, the c n, . n 's (1. ;in -I i two houses . j oining had i g nited, and this furniture, stock, Ste , wer e in a short time totally crnstijoed Two of the p ves;artie only are insUrA in the Pheenix Fire office. No li a ,Vere lost. T l'e origin of the fire is at present unknow6., Four sisters s at *down to tea lately, at an h os p as' i n this neighbourlinoci, wA- 1:t 1,, , ‘l,. d ~,,,,,,i to , -ge n Ash 7 Near FRACAS AT THE PICCADILLY SALOON.---JohU Christie, a young man of gentlemanly appearance and manners, and dressed in the highest style of fashion, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, the sitting Magistrate, charged with having created a disturbance at two o'clock this morning at the " Royal Saloon, Piccadilly, and violently assaulting Mr. John Ward, by knocking one of his front teeth down his throat. The complainant, whose face bore evident testirnonY of a rough visitation of some sort or other, stated that at the hour named this morning, he was standing at his shop door (a cigar divan and billiard•room adjoin ing the Royal Saloon) when he heard some gentlemen quarrelling in the street, and a hat was thrown into his shop ; he picked it up, and was taking it to the door to hand it to the owner, when the defendant, made a rush at him from the street, and striking him with all, his force on the mouth, knocked out his tooth, which went down his throat ; his lips were also severely lace" rated by the blow. A policeman who was s tandinc , t he and saw the assault committed, collared and se cured defendant, after an effectual attempt at resistana• u Mr. LONG (to the defendant)—What answer do yo u make to this charge ? Defendant—l have been grossly ill-used in that den of gamblers. I was attacked, overpowered, and brutally ill-used. I have two gentlemen here who were with me at the time. A Mr. Bell said, we were attacked and set upon by the whole gang, waiters and all, and beaten severely. Mr. LONG—But was Mr. Ward one of the parry who assaulted you ? Mr. Bell—l believe he did, but I will not take two* . myself to swear to the fact. Mr. LONG—I will put a stop to this ruffianly prac tice of assaultiag peaceable persons. I fine tile 4e fendant 40s. The fine was instantly paid. HATTON-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY•) STABBING A POLICEMAN.—James Rippen, remanded from this day week, on a charge of stabbing, was again placed at the bar ; the complainant, who seemed very, weak and faint from loss of blood, being sufficiently re covered to attend. He stated that his name was John Bullock, and that he was a police constable, 116 G. On Thursday night, the 3d instant, he was sent for to the Cart and. Horses public-house, and the prisoner was given into his charge by Mr. J. King. He told prisoner ne must come to the station-house. The prisoner walked very deliberately with witness to the street- , door, and then turned reund and plunged as knife into witness's cheek, at the same time placing his foot be tween witness's legs to try to trip him. Witness threw him on the floor. Prisoner resisted violently. Assistance came, and the prisoner was taken to the station-house, and witness was taken to a surgeon's. Several other witnesses were examined, who corro borated the testimony already given, and the prisoner, was committed for trial. i oil'," PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account - - Portuguese Bonds . — i Ditto New Bonds --- Ditto Account 37% %lii tF Ditto, 3 per Cent. 4.2 5 ,4 h I Ditto Account 25%% -H Prussian Bonds — Dtto Accou t — Russian Bonds, 1E32/ lll% Columbian Bonds 31% r Ditto Account Ditto Account Z } Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824.... —1 Spanish Bonds 111% 1U I Ditto Account —l Ditto Account. ...30A, 1 ii, I I ,f, Danish Bonds Ditto Account —, Del rred ll% (reek Bonds —l French, 5 per cent....... —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 16254 — 4 per cent. — f. —c. Ditto Account — --- 3 per cent. ll —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — --- Exchange. —l. —r, Ditto Account Dutch, 2N, per cent. 53%3's Ditto, 6 per Cent. 32 1 ,1% , Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan. —, Ditto Acc0unt........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 65 _ . .... Ditto New . Brighton Railway On. on and Birmingham Railway Company... 90 142 S British North American Bank HALF-PAST ONE. During the course of the morning, little has been doing in the British or Foreign Markets, owing no doubt to the great scarcity of continental intelligence, as well as from the other quarters of the globe. Money is not quite so easy in the Stock Exchange as it has been for these few days past. The dividends will be paid on Monday to the public, and this day on Bank Stock; when, in all probability, money will be obtained with more facility, particularly by the tradespeople. Nothing further has transpired, to the present time, respecting the affairs of the United States Bank. We have received the Hamburg mail Of the Bth of October, with papers of the same date. Exchange on London has risen "i schilling-13.3 ; Gold the same as per last mail-432 ; Metalliqucs, 1054; Bank Shares lower, 1,508. Consols may be quoted at present 90a Money, for Account, 901 ; Reduced, 89i ex. div. ; Exchequer Bills, 1 2 discount ; B an k Stock, 181, ex . div. In the Foreign M a rket Spanish Active lower, 31k, have been 31-1- ; Portuguese, ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents, 53i ; Colombian , 31 *; Mexican, S 2 ; Brazilian nothing doing. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH Ban's Stock 181 ( 3 per Cer.'; Pei 3 itor CcW, 3Y4 Cet)•. Nevi pet' .1 .... ....., 93,6 New 5 tic; CC.' ......... Long A, 'Clic , o cx ; .ive .................. 13% Oct. Itis9 . ................. 13 11-15 Jan leti'J .................. H 1-16 FUNDS Indiu Stack Ditto Bonds Ditto Ann , t;Zies Ditto New Annuities rx. Ems, 1,0001 •,+ 2 dis Ditto 50 ,, / 2 d Ditto 500/ 3 pal Bank Stock for Opg India Stock for A c t ....... Consols for Act • I." 2078 FOREIci N FUNDS Austrian. 5 per cent — Portuguese ,lond s , s per cent. 68% 10. A 1.)1. , ,0 dew Ditto .... ........... 37% B o igian, sper cent r. v. I;an Bonds Pr uss i an, 5 per cent jsl ' l ' c l- iIOS Ayr .s, 6 per cert — Russian Eoncl,., 5 per e t nt....lllN chni4n, 6 per tent , Ditto, Metallic. Coloinblan, (i• per cen• 3A. Soiltrs;i. 5 per "et ,. 31% Ditto, ISA Darri , :li. 3 per C2ili ...... ......... --. , Franci), 5 par cent.......... —l. —t. Greek 1: ands, lb.r), sper 6". Exchange - —1 —c 31e7zic—n, 5 per cent............ French, 3 per cent _r. —c. moo, (i per cent., 1825. ........ 13:4i, hitch, •.4i per cent. Ferny i:r.11,1825,ti per cent..... Ditto, 5 per cent. lOl SHARES Bristol and Exeter Railway Eastern Counties llatlw4y Great Western Railway Ditto New 'Shares 91% 9',k I !,4 I I