The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

Just ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with 21 Illustrations, A JOURNEY ACROSS THE DESERT; FROM CEYLON TO MARSEILLES. Comprising SKETCHES of ADEN, the RED SEA, LOWEIS EGYPT, MALTA, SICILY, and ITALY. By MAJOR and MRS. GEORGE DARBY GRIFFITH. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. YOUNG ENGLAND OR, THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE. This new Paper will be published as soon as the necessary prepara tions shall have been made. Communications for the Editor, from all who are anxious to co• operate in this design, are requested to be addressed to the Publisher, Richard Bentley, 8, New Burllngton-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Y Olm U mediatel G y, in 3 vols., post Bvo., N L 0 V E. By MRS. TROLLOPR. Authoress of "The Vlear of Wrexhill," "The Widow Barnaby," &c. Also now ready, at all the Libraries, 1. ARTHUR ARUNDEL. A Tale of the English Revolution. By the Author of " Brambletye House," &c. 3 vols. 2. PARSONS and WIDOWS. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." Sec. 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Of:TORER 16, Will be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled FHE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Berrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Conrad, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu s Medora, Miss Clara Webster ,• Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, Mdlle. Adele Dumilatre. The Box.ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes. Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 16, Will be repeated Vanbrugh's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY. Adapted to the present Period. The Principal Characters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren, Buckstone, and C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. E. Yarnold, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs. Glover. _ After which, will be produced a New Comic Drama, founded on Den Cesar de Bazan, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE IHI MBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone , Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes ss. ; Pit, Se.. Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'Clock —Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half past Six, Pe, formance commence at seven. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 16, Will be performed an entirely New Drama, entitled C/ESAR DE BAZ AN ; or, Love and Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Caesar de B izan, Mr. Webster ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Eccentric Mythologieal Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, titr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon .— Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 16, Will be perform d THE SYREN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Leffler, Allen,and Mlle. Nau. To conclude with an Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light. Abanazar, Mr. Walt. , n ; Aladdin, Mr. Oxberry ; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. nium Boxes, Two Oiliness and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 16, Will be performed the Comic Scene, called OUTGENERALED. or, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs. alartley, Miss Walcott. To be' follewed by an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra vaganza' founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabi in Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, .1. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Weolli Miss Grove, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Mi ,s James, &c. &c. After which, an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters I , y Mr. Keeley, Mr. Wigan, Miss Walcott, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF A DMlSSlON.—lialcony Boxes, 4t, ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s.*; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'Der holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second er (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persona), One Guinea* The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Cevent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER IS, Will be performed Lord Byron's Equestrian and Dramatic Spec tacle of MAZEPPA, AND THE WILD HORSE, with all its Original Effects. _ New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with THE BLOOD-RED KNIGHT; or, The War. riors of Palestine. Acting and stale.rnansgeT, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till I. Lemons in the Art o f Riding by Mr. R. Smith. iRREY THEATRE DAVIDGE'S RO' THIS EV Will be repeated a New BATTLE. Supported by t and Splendid Appointments. After which, the Wonderful Performances of the CHIARIN FAMILY on the Corde Elastique. To concluoe with PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. pTOBER 16, 'ma, entitled THE EVE OF Company, with New Scenery THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, OCT. 15. TdICRMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 64; Noon, 57, BAROMETER, 29.13.—Wnm, S.W. Nora.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... '23 minutes after 4 I Evening ... 47 minutes alter 4. -4,--• ... -.4 ' tr.,. , ..,!•,-...... - • , ki wi ~, ~... . i -.. ~,,..., s vf eV I . MA L. -.4 - i-. • k -.V. 9 P 4' 411,•% ' • '','"? ' lli ' e .. ; ' -'l. --- All fit ' " s , ?* ..-.-; jugy.,,Fis im .l ll •.• it -2'; :\ -,....5, Ir.-. • . 4 , '*- 1 ` (di .- ' ' 7:7s' 4 lP.joik - ; - , ; -„ 4, ••• E' / r •MO : .. ,, ICEEM i ltr' , •1,77` . , „._ u ,Y 1 „,.............. *to. , cintin LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1844, We have already directed the attention of our rea ders to some among the more prominent items of the Revenue accounts for the year and the quarter ended 10th instant. But there are still some important features connected with the results stated in this re markable document, which call for grave considera tion. These will be now touched upon, in no desire to disparage the general importance and encouraging aspect of a statement which brings out an aggregate of increase on the revenue of this year, as compared with its predecessor, ending 10th of October, 1843, of 1,39.5,3491.; and on the corresponding quarters of the two years, also in favour of this, by 520,944/. In analysing this increase, we find that, in a single year, the Customs (amounting to the enormous net product of 20,243,5051.) have improved by the increased sum of 1,723,165/.—equivalent to the whole revenue of three or four German principalities with " reigning houses." Can we fairly attribute this vast increase of Customs' Revenue to a corresponding development and expansion of our foreign trade ? We cannot be lieve it, though we acknowledge, with;high gratifica tion, our conviction that the trade of the country has received, within the last twelve months, a most extraordinary impulse. But a moment's calculation will show that, without allowing for any reduction on the total tariff of Customs' Duties, in the interval, or for the probability that there may have been a decrease in the Imports and Exports of the higher rated commodities; an increase of 1,723,165/. on one branch of fiscal revenue of 20,243,5051.; must be ap preciated on data of this kind. The total value of our Exports, last year, was, in round numbers, 131,000,000/. ; and of our Imports, say 68,000,000/. ; together, 191,000,000/. ; and the total Revenue of Customs netted thereon to 18,520,340/. Therefore the total amount of our Exports and Imports, together, this year, should be upwards of 2 12,000,0001., cal culated on the increased product of Customs. Now, we cannot bring ourselves to imagine that there has been any such accumulation in the transactions of our general commerce as would represent this in creased aggregate of 21,000,0001. on Exports and Imports. Besides, had there been any such incredible ad ♦ance in the extent of our general dealings, as this calculation would infer, it must have been diffused throughout, and made itself sensibly felt, in all the great branches of our productive and material in dustry. No department can have much languished for want of full employment and active demand. There must have been no strikes, no furnaces put out, no mills discontinued, no factories shut up, no fisheries deserted, no shipping dismantled, no la bourers discontinued, no looms unemployed, no surplus supply, and no diminished markets of in dustrial occupation. In proportion as this whole some state of things has prevailed, capital must have been called into new employment, wages must have circulated, and consumption of exciseable commodi ties must have largely increased: It would afford us no pleasure—and the reader as little gratification to contrast, with this hypothesis, the real picture of affairs in sonie of the northern and western districts of this kingdom ; or to follow out the inferences to which the poor-law returns, at home—the memorials of our planters and proprietors in the West Indies, and our other colonial possessions—would infallibly lead us. Suffice it to say, that the Revenue returns exhibit, under the head of Excise (always the great test of the means of consumption in the labouring masses of the country), a slight decrease on the pre sent quarter as compared with its correspondent in 1843, and on the whole year an increase by no means proportionate to such an actual increase of Customs as has been realised, or such an increase of our general commerce as the hypothetical average we have struck, supposes. The Customs' Improvement must, therefore, be traced to other causes. We are willing to attribute it to that from which The Sun has so often predicted that results of this gratifying nature would ensue—namely, an increased, though tardy, vigilance, on the part of the controlling autho rities of the Board of that Department, and the con sequent check upon that destructive system of fiscal frauds and depredations which their supineness or imbecility has allowed, for so many years, to prevail with almost perfect impunity. Then we must always remember, that of the vast aggregate of this year's net Revenue, 50,741,6221., no less an item than 5,148,7401. has been contributed, in the thirtieth year of profound peace, by that scandalous enormity of financial tinkering, Sir R. PEEL'S property-tax. We doubt whether even the modesty of the Premier will venture to take any credit for the astonishing yield of this con trivance for depleting the plethoric pockets of JOHN BULL beyond the degree of assurance which sustained him in prosecuting such a scheme for replenishing his Exchequer, in lieu of the more legitimate, more pro ductive, more statesmanlike, more certain, but less onward course, of striking off from trade the shackles imposed by prejudice, and riveted by monopoly. Sir ROBERT is a political SANGRADO ; and so long as his robust patient retains strength enough to bear his experiments, he will not want a whole college of sucking empirics of his own school to applaud him to the skies as the first of practitioners. But we look with confidence to a coming day of better sense, and awakened indignation, on the part of the most closely-fleeced people in Europe. Sir ROBERT- ST... JOHN-L ONG•PEEL has been allowed his nostrum of counter-irritation long enough. It is high time the people should be relieved from his plaster ! We did not expect to be so soon called upon, after our recent notice of the encroachments in the course of silent, but gradual, perpetration in Epping Forest, to protest against the meditated spoliation of Hamp stead Heath. These offences against public feeling, and the healthful recreation of the public, are be coming as daring as they are frequent; and the re probation of public opinion must be expressed in a tone proportionably emphatic and decided. There is a Sir THOMAS MARYON WiLsori—a Baronet, and Lord of the Manor of Hampstead in this metro politan county—whose name has been often before the public, since the year 1829, in a litigious, annoying sort of association with a persevering scheme for inclosing that still unspoiled and beauti ful heath, which occupies the most interesting por tion of the gentle heights that invest, as it were, the northern boundary of London. On the part of this proprietor the attempts have been many, and hitherto fruitless, to wheedle the House of Commons out of a convenient Private Bill, giving him authority for closing up footpaths, and dismantling common-land, and grubbing up green lanes, and levelling wild little patches of copse, that have afforded pleasant resort, and healthful exercise, and breathing-ground and room for rambling, to so many generations of the cooped-up population of the dusky metropolis. It appears, that notwithstanding the protestations made to Parliament on the occasion we speak of, that Sir THOMAS had no intention of encroaching upon " the heath," his meaning and purpose being merely " to encircle the same with squares, streets, and courts ;" he has now commenced the preliminary operations of his abominable building nuisance, by breaking ground upon the heath itself. We have already stated in The Sun, that this amiable Baronet employed, last week, some eighty men in levelling the hedges that have hitherto divided the various fields, unfortunately his property, lying between Highgate and the Vale of Health. The copyholders located on or near the heath are greatly alarmed for the safety of their own rights, as well as the integrity of the heath for its present purposes of quiet and healthful enjoyment. The Earl of MANSFIELD, owning in Caen Wood the most beautiful estate both for timber and scenery, within the same easy walk from the capital, is about to find his sylvan glades overlooked by a huge ceme tery. This noble and accomplished person must sym pathise, we imagine, in thegrievances experienced by the Hampstead copyholders and other residents, and the London public at large. We hope his Lordship will give the powerful aid of his influence and authority to the determined opposition which is being organised to the sordid attempt (we must so designate it) of Sir THOMAS WILSON. The defeat of such an attempt we shall be disposed to regard in the light of a great public victory over an offensive pretension of private monopoly. It is a sad thing—as mere matter of taste —to find a gentleman of large landed property in other localities, so wanting in a taste for the pic turesque, as to be obstinately bent on the desecration of this favourite district. It is a pitiful thing to see a gentleman of ample fortune persisting, against the remonstrances and entreaties of those whom he should glory in retaining as attached tenants or respect ful neighbours—in the invidious endeavour to oust them of advantages which the custom of the manor, and a prescription that we have no doubt will yet be found an invincible obstacle to his design, have alike conceded to them and their predecessors. But it would be a surprising, and much to be deplored con clu)ion, indeed, if, despite of the spirit, exertions, and means of the Committee who represent, and vigorously uphold the interests of the copyholders in this in stance, Sir THOMAS WILSON were to be allowed to make good his very unwise, unbecoming, and unpo pular plans of building appropriation. Let him thus occupy Hampstead Heath, and the people will be next year walled out of Kennington Common, warned off Blackheath, and taken up as trespassers if found on Wormwood Scrubbs. The speech recently delivered by Mr. DISRAELI at the Bingley Allotment meeting may be regarded as the confession of faith of " Young England"—so far, at least, as the opinions of this sanguine and enthu siastic body of Reformers have yet acquired definite ness and consistency. There is nothing in the re- forms which they advocate at all at variance with common sense, notwithstanding their comprehensive character; nor—so far as we can perceive—do they enunciate one single sentiment to which the Whig as well as the Tory may not subscribe with equal cordiality, provided each can be induced to abate something of his party prejudices—a difficult matter we grant—and regard the question in the calm, en larged spirit of the philanthropist and statesman. For what are the objects which " Young England" professes to have in view ? Simply these. First, to bring the different classes of society into more active and harmonious fellowship with each other than they have been for years, and, by so doing, to restore a healthy feeling of nationality among us ; and, secondly, to raise the humbler orders from the abject condition in which they have been too long permitted to re main ; to imbue them with a sense of self-respect by showing them their importance in the social scale, and how they may be influential, or the reverse, ac cording to the course of conduct they pursue. "What we desire is this," said Mr. DISRAELI, " that Eng land should become once more a nation, and not a mere collection of classes, who seem to think that they have nothing in common, no interest which it behoves all of them to unite together for, and no pursuit which it is the duty of all of them at the same time to cultivate.—Would any man ten years ago, nay, ten months ago, have talked of England's pea santry being a bold peasantry, their country's pride ? Not a man would have had the audacity. Yet the phrase was in every body's mouth. We are asked what we want. We have no mystery in telling what we want. We want to put an end to that system of political and social exclusiveness which we believe to be the bane of this country. Where there is exclu siveness there cannot be sympathy ; where there is no sympathy we hold that no society can be safe." Never was there a sounder truth than is contained in this last sentence. Unfortu nately, however, it is a truth that has been lost sight of for the last fifty years and upwards by our 1 legislators, who too much engrossed with mere party politics, and -the consideration of partial instead of general interests, have governed upon class-principles and allowed the many t o s hift f or themselves, while ' they devoted their attention almost exclusively to the few. The consequence of this one-sided system of • policy has been, that the unprivileged—if we may use such a term—have gradually become more and more estranged from the privileged orders of the community; the line of demarcation between them has grown broader and wider, concurrently with the growth of wealth and luxury ; spoiled and rendered supercilious by the numerous advantages of their position and the favour shown them by the Legisla ture, the higher—and more especially the middle— classes have come by degrees to look on the poor and the humble, if not with contempt, at least with indifference, and the latter sensitively alive to the neglect shown them by their superiors, have lost all feeling of respect and attachment for them, and may now be said to constitute an isolated body, having no views in common with those of the rest of the community—jealous, sullen, distrustful, bound together by a sense of mutual•injury—and re garding as oppressors those whom, under better treat ment, they would gladly have recognised as friends Now it is the object of Young England to put an end to this disastrous state of things ; and by effecting a reconciliation between the privileged and the unprivi leged orders of society, and destroying the selfish system of castes, to restore that generous spirit of nationality which was once the prime boast of this country, but which for years past can scarcely be said to have had any existence at all. In a word, Nationality is the chief—the fundamental article of the creed of Young England. Give fair play to all parties—give all an interest in maintaining law and order, and cherishing a proud and ennobling love of country. Think that the poor have affections as well as the rich, and legislate in accordance with this conviction. Surely there is nothing vague —nothing mystical—nothing extravagant here ! At any rate, however much the selfish, the prejudiced, and the narrow-minded, who have no faith in humanity, and are insensible to all generous and ele vated emotions—however much these men may sneer at the views and sentiments of Young England as being Quixotic and Utopian in their character, one thing is certain—namely, that they are rapidly gain ing on the attention of the community, as any one may see who reads the speeches delivered at the late agricultural meetings, and marks the stir that is now making in many of our great manufacturing towns respecting the formation of parks and walks for the recreation of the working classes. Accounts from Madrid of the 7th inst. state that though the public peace had not been disturbed, great excitement prevailed. Reports of conspiracies and a change of Ministry were published in some of the journals, and contradicted in others. The fol lowing persons had been named as the probable suc cessors of part of the present Cabinet :—M. OR LANDO, Minister of Finance ; OLIVAN, Minister of the Interior ; and BENAVIDES, for Justice. The Castellano says the reports deserve no more credit than various other rumours which are circulated, and which have no foundation. The same journal pub lishes the following letter respecting the sinking of , the Spanish war schooner by the signal battery of Gibraltar " ALGESIRAS, OCT. 2.—Yesterday, at six P.m., the English battery of Europa Point sunk our war•-schooner Rayo, commanded by Capt. Santiago Ofer. The captain and all his men were fortunately enabled to- escape, thanks to the assistance of a Portuguese vessel, -which happened to be near the schooner, and which hastened to succour her the moment it perceived the signals, for our charitable allies did not even send out a boat•ta save our seamen. The motives assigned for (this unfortunate event are these :—The schooner, which had beisted-Spst nish colours, was pursuing a smuggling, boat which, dreading capture, was proceeding to:the port •of -Gibral tar. The captain of the schoonero apprehending that the boat would escape him, placed himself between the batte ries of the Europa Point and the smugglers, in order to compel the latter to go out to sea, where he might cap ttlre them. When the English perceived the ma noeuvre, they fired a shot at the schooner. As the captain fancied that it was meant to make him loosen his flag, although he had already hoisted, he set about lowering and raising it, thinking that it had not been seen ; he also let out the royal flag on the fore mast, to show that the vessel belonged to the Royal Navy, and that it was under the command of an officer of that department ; but those demonstrations were use less, and the battery continued to fire on the Rayo, which had abandoned the pursuit of the smuggler, and which was awaiting the armed boat sent to board it. The lat• ter returned, considering the impossibility of continuing the pursuit. Captain Santiago, seeing that the firing continued, steered from the land, but a shot unfortu nately struck the side of the vessel, which filled with water in every direction ; and, despite every effort to save her, sunk so rapidly that the crew had but time enough to leap into the boats of a Portuguese vessel, which saved and brought them to our port. " I have just learnt that when the English perceived that the schooner was sinking, they sent out some boats in order to save the crew ; but Captain Santiago, trans ported with anger and indignation, and with the noble pride of an offended Spaniard, declined the assistance, declaring that, after the barbarous treatment the Eng lish had just inflicted on him, he preferred being drowned, with his whole crew, to being indebted to them for his life. That brave officer is in the deepest affliction." The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid Bourse of the 7th inst. at 27 7-16 for cash, and 27f at 60 days ; the Five per Cents., at 201 at 60 days. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday, which were delayed beyond the usual hour of arrival by the stormy weather in the Channel. They are chiefly occupied with details of the proceedings at Windsor Castle, and with leading articles on the KING'S visit, but we find little new in them. The writers in the Opposition journals are still exerting themselves to stir up their countrymen against Eng land; and one of them, the Siecle, has seized upon a fresh subject, the right of search, to excite the na tional jealousy. We attach little importance to the statements contained in the article, but give it as a new specimen of the bad feeling which pervades that journal. " Lord ABERDEEN," it says, " did not ap pear at Windsor on the Bth. He was not at Ports mouth with the Duke of WELLINGTON, nor at Wind sor with Sir ROBERT PEEL. The British Foreign Minister accompanied Queen VICTORIA to the Chateau d'Eu, when she came to partake of LOUIS PHILIPPE'S hospitality, but now that Louis PHILIPPE is the guest of the Queen of ENGLAND, where the presence of M. GUIZOT would appear to call for that of Lord ABERDEEN, the indispensable Minister is absent on the first day, and on the second only appears in company with Sir ROBERT PEEL, Lord LYND HURST, and the Duke of WELLINGTON. This reserve, which we believe to be systematical, has been differently explained. The following is the probable version. It is known that a sufficiently grave diffe rence of opinion showed itself in the English Cabinet with respect to the events in Otaheite. Lord ABER DEEN and Lord STANLEY were of opinion that Eng land should accept the satisfaction offered by M. GUIZOT : Sir R. PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON, who were more compromised in that affair by the speeches in Parliament, thought the terms offered were not sufficient. M. GUIZOT go t them to agree by promising an indemnity to Mr. 'PRITCHARD. Not withstanding the temporary re-establishment of good feeling, two tendencies of very different natures have shown themselves stronger and stronger with regard to France in the English Cabinet. Lord ABERDEEN is for concessions. He thinks that to be the only way of preserving in the French Cabinet the representative of England—M. Guizor. Sir R. PEEL, on the contrary, considering the attacks upon the part of the Whigs to which these concessions would expose him, will not make the smallest sacrifice to the safety of the man of Ghent. Like a true Englishman, he looks first, and, above all other con derations, to his own safety. It has been often said that the KING'S visit to Windsor had. a political ob ject. There is some truth in the report. Not that M. GUIZOT has gone, as has been reported, to solicit the recognition of our sovereignty in .Algiers. That would be to throw doubt upon our rights, and to en courage foreign powers to trample upon us. In spite of our abasement M. GUIZOT cannot commit that fault, which the presence of Louis PHILIPPE in England has still further aggravatnd. We believe rather, as is believed in London, that M. GUIZOT is soliciting a modification of the treaties which regulate the right of search, while he declares that it is neces sary in order to give him a supporta;ble attitude next session. Even if England were to yield upon that point, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would not rise in our opinions. .1S o success can do away with dis grace : should M. GUIZOT obtain a modification of some clauses in the right of search tra aty, every one will know that he has already paid th e price by the humiliating compromise to which the `Otaheite affair has given rise, and by the ridicule )us. and foolish treaty of Tangiers, which the English themselves have laughed at. But M. GUIZOT will obtain nothing. For fear that Lord ABERDEEN should zshow himself well disposed, Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON keep him at a distance. The more the French Government endeavour to give a- political THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1844. colour to the KING'S visit, the more the English Cabinet labours to strip it of that character, and to reduce it to an exchange of politeness between Sove reigns." . _ _ The accounts received at Paris from Madrid, are anything but favourable ; and some serious com motion is evidently anticipated by parties who should be well informed. The Presse, generally supposed to be influenced by the QUEEN-MOTHER, contains the following : " It is impossible not to admit that the last accounts from Spain are of a most serious character. The mo derate party, 'which had no enemies to combat, and which had disarmed, not the hatred of all parties, but their hands, and which was the most difficult matter to accomplish, is on the eve of dividing amongst themselves. A report is current at Madrid that there is an opposition being organised against the Ministry, or rather against certain members , of the Ministry, at the head of which is placed General Narvaez, who, it is said, will be com missioned to form and to preside over the new Cabinet. This report, the truth of which was at first doubted, has lately acquired a certain strength, and forms almost the sole subject of conversation amongst politicians. Those who are acquainted with General Narvaez will find it difficult to believe the accusation made against him, but will consider it as a calumnious invention of his enemies. Under existing Circumstances a change of Ministry would necessarily induce a change of policy, and such a change would be a censure on the course pursued by the mode rate party since their advent to power. The fact is, therefore, evidently impossible. Neither can we com prehend what more distinguished statesman than Martinez de la Rosa could be found to fill the office of Minister for Foreign Affairs.; who could be foundmore active and more firm than M. Fidel for the Home-office, or a more effi cient or honourable Minister of Finance than M. Mon. We are aware, howe.ver, that on two questions—the re. form of the Constitution and the suspension of the sale of the property of the clergy—the most enlightened and most conscientious of the moderate party are divided. The first of these projects has received the formal approba tion of the party represented by the journal, the Herald°. There are others who consider that there is something more pressing than to change the preamble of the Con stitution. This party is represented by the journal, the Globo. Whatever r ,may be the result of the measures which have caused this deplorable division it is not the work of any partiCular measure, but of the entire Cabi net. The responsitality of those acts does not attach more to M. Pichtllhan to General Narvaez. We shall soon know the titifh of those reports. The Cortes are assembled, and there each party may freely explain themselves." At TORTONI'S, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 82f. 40c. A good deal of business was done in R4ilroad Shares. The Bordeaux Rail way rose to 100 f. ,above par ; Vierzon 175 f. above par. The Orleans Railway was at 1,025 to 1,0271. THE KING OE. FRENCH.—Louis Philippe em barked on board a; French steamer:(at Dover about eleven o'clock yesterday, for Calais. He was accom panied by the English steamer, Princess Alice, and though the weather was very tempestuous, and the sea high, he reached Calais in less than three hours. PORTSMOUTII 7 , TUESDAY. — At eight o'clock this morning the royal- yacht, the Victoria and Albert, left the harbour under a salute of artillery, com mencing with the Victory, dressed in flags, and with manned yards, quickly followed by the batteries on shore, the French steamers Pluton and Caiman, the brigs, and the large ships of war, both French and English, at anchor at Spithead ; all the vessels were beautifully decorated with flags—both French and British ensigns waved in unison. The French ships Inflexible and Belle Poule fired their salutes in a new manner; and certainly it added much to the roaring of the cannon. They fired at least eight guns at the same instant. The roar from this species of firing made the other guns sound like musketry. At nine the royal yacht neared the Gomer, when she stopped her engine, the, royal barge was manned, and the Queen and Prince Albert, attended lay the Admiralty Lords;. viiited the Gomer. On her arrival on board, she vas received by Admiral La Susse and the officers. The royal standard was hoisted at the main-top-gal lant-mast 'head of the Gomer, the yards manned, and royal l Sifittes poured forth their thunder from the Inflexible; 90; Belle Poule, 60; and the steamers. Pluton ;and Caiman, which was returned by all the Britigh 'squadron and the batteries. The Queen re mained on board the Gomer upwards of an hour She then went in her barge to the Victoria and Al bert, and proceeded, at a slow rate, through the line of ships. On her leaving the Gomer she was again saluted by the French ships, which was returned by the English. All the ships manned yards as the royal steamer passed them in succession, and the three deckers manned their gunwales, a line of men stand ing on the hammock nettings, from the righthead to the poop. The marines were also under arms on the poops of the ships, who presented , arms as the Victoria passed them, their bands playing " God save the Queen." After passing the line of ships, full speed was put on the royal steamer, and she was soon out of sight on her way to Cowes. The French King's sailing yacht, the Reine Amelie, was towed out of harbour by the Echo steamer, and an chored near the Gomer; the Kestrel, Lord Yar borough's yacht, was likewise towed out, and took part in the saluting business. Numbers of other yachts were likewise under weigh; and a variety of steamers, all gaily dressed in flags, were sailing and steaming about Spithead. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Yesterday afternoon, the weather continuing unfavourable, the Royal Family were prevented from taking their usual airings. This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a pony carriage, preceded by out riders. The royal party returned to the Castle at a quarter before eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken out in the forenoon in the walks adjoining the Castle. We have authority to state that a paragraph which has lately gone the round of the newspapers with re spect to the Prin6e Leinengen, is totally devoid of foundation :so far as Prince Leinengen, the son o f h er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his family, are concerned. At the period when the occurrence in question is reported to have taken place at May ence, his Serene Highness was residing on his estates at Hohenburg, in Bavaria. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, on leaving Frogmore House, on Monday morning, went to Kew, to the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and remained to lunch with their Royal Highnesses and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The Royal Duchess afterwards proceeded to Kew. His serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left Marlborough House yesterday on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Witley Court, Worcestershire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived at Cam bridge House yesterday morning. Their Royal High nesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. Lord Ellenborough had an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday. Captain Ramsay, R.N., Vice -Chairman of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway through Fife, ac companied by Mr. Grainger and Mr. Webster, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the business of that undertaking. His Excellency the American Minister, and the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Michael Ellison, and Mr. R. J. Gainsford, on the part of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, transacted business yesterday at the Board of Trade. A deputation, consisting of Mr. John Gott, Chair main, and Mr. Joseph Bruoke, Director ; Mr. Atkin son and Mr. Hesp, Solicitors ; and Mr. Grainger, Engineer, of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction Railway, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir James Graham; had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. • Mr. William Rand and Mr. Murgatroyd, Directors of the West Yorkshire Railway, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade yesterday. Dispatches from the .Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North Ame rican provinces, were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office. . Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall gardens yesterday afternoon, for Brighton. A deputation from the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, consisting of Mr. H. C. Marshall, Chairman ; Mr. Newman Cash and Mr. W. Williams Brown, Direc tors ; Mr. Eddison, Solicitor; and Mr. Grainger, Engineer, had an interview :'with the Earl of - Dal housie yesterday. - , HUMANITY CHAIR, ST.-,ANDREW'S. —We are gra tified to learn that Mr. Pyper, of the High School, Edin burgh, and long esteemed as an gminent classical teacher, has been appointed to the shore chair by the Duke of Portland, the patron. This,pAection, in which his Grace was solely guided by the very preponderating testimony in favour of Mr. Pyper, is.yrelt calculated to sustain the fame of this ancient Univergity i ; but as the Lord Pro vost has hinted, the task will n A t be so easy to procure an adequate successor to MT. 'yper in the High School. —Caledonian Mercury. QUICK PASSAGE.—The Lady Milton, at Liverpool from Quebec, made the passage out to, and from Quebec home, in sixty-three days. , THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVM-r—Just forty years ago Mr. Trevethick, a mining engineer, constructed the first locomotive engine at Merthyr Tydvil, and applied it suc cessfully to the traction of coal and coke,—Cambrian. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING, 4 O'CLOCK. The British and North American mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived in the Mersey last night, after a passage of thirteen days from Boston. She brings about fifty passengers, and the mails from Canada and the United States. By this arrival we have New York papers to the Ist inst., five days later than those brought by the Sea, at this port to-day. The most important news by this arrival is from Mexico, which is described in the following extract from a New Orleans paper : The Mexican schooner Fortuna arrived at New Or leans on the 19th inst., from Vera Cruz, which port she left on the Bth ; and we copy from the Picayune a sum mary of the intelligence received by that vessel. It is of great interest and importance. The first and most important news which we have re ceived is, that the town of Matamoras has been de stroyed by a hurricane. It occurred on the night of the 4th ult., and was more tremendous in its effects than the hurricanes of 1835 and 1837. More than two-thirds of the houses of the city were prostrated, and the remainder were more or less injured. As to the extent of the loss of life we are not accurately informed. The correspon dent of El Censor de Vera Cruz estimates the loss at above two hundred souls. The direst destruction, how ever, so far as we can learn, was at the two mouths of the Rio Grande, some thirty miles below the city of Matamoras. Here scarcely any were saved. In writing of Matamoras, the editors have nothing to mitigate the extent of its ruin. They describe it as a beautiful city, abounding in luxurious habitations, and provided not only with the necessaries of life, but many of its most refined luxuries. In a moment, as it were, every thing was laid waste. We cannot do better than to copy portions of the Courier's translations from El Diario del Gobierno, being the report of the first Alcade of the city to the General Government : " Except the houses of Don Pedro Jose de la Gaza, of Donna Juana Perea, and the new church, there is not a building which is not much damaged or which is not a heap oeruins. The following persons have perished in the crash, an infant son of Don Mariano Aguado, an artillery soldier; three women are badly wounded, but still survive. "Among those buildings are the artillery barracks and the hospital Malta, containing nearly 100 sick, the wall of the prison, and half of the wall of the grave-yard. To tell everything in one word—the greater part of the population are compelled to live in shantees built among the ruins of their houses. I leave your Excellency to imagine the miserable condition of all sorts of i produne growing in the fields. " The sick were carried to-day to the barracks of the sappers : the park to the church, which has lost one tower and half of another, the cannon to the lower story of the consistorial houses—prisoners of all kinds have been well guarded, and but one has escaped." l 7 The most active measures were taken at once for th e relief of the sufferers, and a general subscription was about to be opened for the purpose. But to pass to other matters. Our new Minister to Mexico, ex-Governor Shannon of Ohio, has reached his destination, but, we are sorry, to say, minus his ready money, and anything he may have had about his person. On his route between Vera Cruz and the capital, the stage in which he was a passenger was waylaid, and the Minister robbed of whatever he had about him. A fine commentary this upon the effi ciency of a Government about to send some thousands of men into the field against Texas. The intelligence is confirmed that General Ampudia —the man who Mr. Cheeves says in his eloquent letter has put himself beyond the pale of civilisation—is to command the forces destined to act against Texas. He has been at the capital, where we almost hoped he would not dare venture after the atrocities of Tobasco, and left for his command. One of the pleasantest features of the news we ,re ceived yesterday from Mexico, was the release of the following individuals confined at Perote, viz. :—Captain W. Ryon, Col. W. F. Wilson, the famous and efficient old sheriff of Galveston Island, Wallace James Arm strong, and Thomas Tatem. The same day that the news of the release of the prisoners was communicated to them, the prison was visited by the Hon. Mr. Shannon, then on his way to Mexico. Of course, he was most: warmly welcomed. He inquired particulary into the' circumstances of each of the prisoners, and into the mode of treatment which they received. Most sincerely do we hope that, through his intervention, the Mexican Government may be induced to extend its clemency to the remaining prisoners there. It may appear rather singular that while Mr. Shannon was humanely acquainting himself with the state of the prisoners at Perote, he received from the Governor of the castle an order for his protection on the road to Puebla. As it turned out, the escort failed near Puebla, and the robbery took place which we have mentioned above. The treatment received by the Perote prisoners would seem to vary very much. While some of them are compelled to work, coupled in chains, like beasts of burden, others are allowed very great indul gence—for prisoners. One of the latter writes us a truly touching letter, in which he announces the de parture of those who were released. They were all known to be in circumstances of present embarrassment, and almost of indigence, and the poor prisoners who were left behind, failed not to contribute the last mite of their little all to afford to their more fortunate com rades the means to reach their homes. Such an incident is honourable to humanity. The feelings of the prisoners towards the Government of Texas, we hardly need say, are deeply embittered. They deem themselves forsaken by the sole Government to which they owe allegiance, and in fighting whose battles they were made prisoners ; and yet they breathe nothing but enthusiastic regard fur the " lone star." But we must recur to this theme and others when we have more room. As to the preparations which Mexico is making for the invasion of Texas, we can learn very little of a de finite nature. That active operations are going on in enlisting and equipping troops, there is no doubt. But our personal informants, and our correspondents, seem to question whether the conquest of Texas be the object in view. There would seem to be but one other, and that is plainly indicated in some of our letters—to make Santa Anna dictator. But this is a subject on which we shall not be long left in the dark. All the papers we receive from Vera Cruz are clothed in mourning, for the wife of Santa Anna. She appears to have been held in the highest personal esteem, inde pendent of her elevated rank. The fever had almost entirely abated at Vera Cruz when the Fortuna left. Our informant heard nothing of it. The British sloop of war Inconstant, and the Rose, which lately visited us, and two Spanish brigs were the only vessels of war at Vera Cruz. New York, Philadelphia, and other cities on the seaboard, had been visited by a dreadful storm. Montreal also seems to have been visited by the same gale. Our advices from New Orleans afford us the satis faction of stating that the health of that city is most favourably reported. The Picayune says— " It is a source of great gratification to us to be able to say, as we feel confidently assured we may, that the health of this city was never better at this season of the year. There is no pretext for saying that there is an epidemic, and in many years of residence here we do not recal one in which we have heard of so little sickness. We trust sincerely that it may continue so, and that business may revive at an early date." NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, SEPT. 30. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. , 99i 43 4 t 42 13i $20,000 Ohio Sixes 5,000 Illinois 835 Farmers' Loan 100 North American Trust 50 United States Bank 25 Canton b3o 46 10 Mohawk... 62 100 Harlem . 25 Long Island . 83 1 4 , 150 shares Long Island 100 Paterson 125 Ditto 100 Stonington 293 Nor. and Wor. 7l 50 New Haven 6 Western R. 25 Hudson and Berkshire l5 50 Reading R. The operations at the Board of Brokers' this morning were to a fair extent. State Stocks were firm, with the exception of Pennsylvania Fives, which fell off 1 per cent ; Norwich and Worcester Railroad advanced 11 per cent. • Farmers' Loan, 1 ; and Stonington Railroad, Canton dompany declined k ; Delaware and Hudson, ; New Jersey Railroad, 1 ; Harlem Railroad, ; and Long Island Railroad, per cent. At the Public Stock Exchange, Farmers' Loan im proved 1, and Norwich and Worcester Railroad, 11 ; Canton Company declined 1, and Long Island Railroad * per cent. Foreign Exchange was in active demand, and exten sive operations were made in sterling at 110, and in francs at 5 20. The supply was moderate. Money is easy—loans " on call" are made at 4 to 5 per cent., and discounts at 5 to 6 per cent per annum. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 29. Operations at the Stock Exchange on Saturday were to a pretty fair amount. About 1,200 shares Wilming ton Railroad changed hands at 241, 241, and 241 ; 2,000 dolls. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Loan at 691 ; 2,000 dolls. Reading Railroad at 71/ ; 4,100 Philadel phia County Fives, 1880, at 93 ; 1,500 Lehigh Mortgage Loan at 67 ; 50 shares United States Bank at 81 ; 10 Mechanics' Bank, at 261. Closing Prices.—Ban of North America, 370 ; Penn sylvania Bank, 253 a 254 ; Philadelphia Bank, 1064 a 1071 ; Girard Bank, 11/ a 111 ; United States Bank, 88 a 81 ; Reading Railroad Bonds, 711 a 71 4 ; Phila delphia City Fives 105 ; Pennsylvania Fives 711 a 72. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE Poo On Monday a committee meeting on the subject of the baths and wash-houses for the use of the poor in the crowded parts of the metropolis, took place at the Man sion -house, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, in the chair, preparatory to the public meeting in the Egyptian-hall, this day. Archdeacon Samuel Wilberforce, Mr. Wakley, Lord Dudley Stuart, Dr. Russell, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, and others will, it is expected, address the meeting, which will no doubt be very numerously attended. The Lord Mayor will take the chair precisely at two o'clock. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Consols close a trifle better, 991 to 100* ; but the Bears, profiting by rumours of important dispatches re ceived by Louis Philippe from Spain, have made a bit of a stir in the market to-day. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 1021 to 102. Bank Stock was 205 to Spanish was at about previous rates, 23+ 1, and 341 4. Colombian were at 14+. Russian obtained 119 1 . Dutch Two-and-a-Half per C e nt s . were mar k e d 621 1. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 141 ; Great Western, 693 ; Ditto, Half, 38 to 1 ; Lancaster and Car lisle, 31 ; Birmingham, 113 ; South Western, 32* to 33e ; Croydon, 21. 1 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 11 ; Northern and Eastern, Quarter Shares, 41 to 41 ; Ports mouth Direct, 3 ; Central of France, 2 ; B ou l ogne and Amiens, 2+ to ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 21 to 1 ; Paris and Orleans, 194- ; Paris and Rouen, 19/ ; and Paris and Strasburgh, 1 premium. Caledonian have been A i to le, and Brighton 21 discount. The foreign exchanges were steady this afternoon on the principal continental cities. Trieste was barely so good, but Paris and Antwerp were firmer. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last:— Silver Coin to Rotterdam BO,OOO oz. Silver Bars to Hamburgh The accounts from America are more satisfactory. Good remittances have been made, with fresh orders for the spring trade. _ (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 5,000 bales, viz., 1,000 Surat, at 24d. to 3fd, 500 Egyptian at 6d. to 7d., 400 Pernambuco, and the rest American.—Shares were good, and a large business was done in Railways. Birmingham and Gloucest er , 1051 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 451; Dublin and Drogheda, 71; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern Counties, 14 ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 3s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Ayr, 64i ; Great Western, 145 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 201 ; London and Birmingham, 212:; London and York, 4 ; Direct North ern, 2/. 17s. ; Midland Counties, 110 ; North British, 54 ; North Union, 123 ; South-Eastern, 41 ; Lyons and Avignon, 21.85. 6d ; Paris and Strasbourg, 21. 6s. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 38 ; Central of France, 31. 16s. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 141. 2s. 6d. By the Britannia steamer advices of a late date, to the 3d instant, have come to hand from the United States, but as the delivery of letters has but just taken place, we can only refer for the general news to the papers, which appear in an other part of The Sun, remarking by the way that busi ness was moderately active, and that the prices were not so favourable probably as the English exporters had hoped, because of the too heavy supplies. By direct arrivals we have files of papers, and letters have been received to June 12th, from Western Australia, and June 4th, from Port Phillip. In the former colony the Freemantle Whaling Company had commenced opera tions with every chance of success. The quantity of oil expected to be secured by the close of the season was two to three tons. The colonists very justly express their surprise at the investment of so much British capital in foreign railways and other speculations which might prove very hazardous in the event of war, while the Australian settlements cannot extract even a small portion of our huge surplus capital. The colony of Western Australia, however, does not seem, financially speaking, in a very favourable position, or at least the Government income was too small for the ex penditure, and retrenchment was the order of the day. At Port Philip another great separation meeting, the object being to have a governor and legislature indepen dent of Sydney, had been held, and all the leading men appear to have taken ih it. The advocacy of the press in the motheTeeilet t ryTiearnestly solicited, and we think the colonistn,inakfrAt .11, very good case for their independence 4. ahlthir colony, instead o f b e i ng more directly governed,l4.2 ; thelparent State. There must be jealousies in one settlemeht having to administer the government of a rising, rival, such as Port Philip as suredly is. The Scotch bankers appear by all accounts to be sup ported in their opposition to any change in the note sys tem north of the Tweed by the people themselves, seldom disposed to aid the views of monopolists, and therefore not likely of their own free will, to convene meetings in support of the continued circulation of paper in which they have not implicit confidence. The bankers make out a strong case in reference to the security from mer cantile revulsions hitherto enjoyed by Scotland, The English Stock market has taken a very decided turn, and is to a per cent. worse than yesterday morn ing, arising in a great measure, as we believe, from the state of the six weeks' account to be settled on Thursday, but the arrangements for which are now in progress. Consols have been done as low as 998 to 100* for Money, and 100 to 1004 for Account. Exchequer Bills have been marked 755. to 775. premium, continuing steady therefore. The Reduced Three per Cents. are 99* to I, and the New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. 102 to 1021. Bank Stock has been 205 to 206, and India Stock 288. The foreign investments have been very quiet, as the settlement occupies most attention. Spanish Five per Cents. are flat at 23e, and the Three per Cents. at 34 1 4 . Mexican are 34* to f. Brazilian Stock realises 85 to 85i. Austrian Bonds are 1151, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 62k. The Railway Shares have been steady generally, but with very little doing, except in the French lines, which continue brisk and buoyant in price. PRICSE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock •.o . o 0000000 «....«.»...... 0000000000 206 t'os 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Coniols. Anns New N per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... 00000 124 1-16 India Stock , 000000000000 00000 296 India Bonds, 0000000000000 Ditto under 1 ,0 0 0...••••..••••••••••....••••.......” 96 South Sea Stock. 116( Consol • for Account ... ....„.«.».„.«.„.„.«.».. 100X6 Exchequer Bills. 1 d. 11,4 d. 1,0001. 75 77 pin. 0000000 75 77 pm. Ditto 5ma11.......... .........77 75 77 pm. Ditto Advertised. 0000 . 000000 — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent il44 --- Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......... B5 Ditto for the Account. 85% Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. B3 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ••••••• .343 % Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 5 04i% Spanish Bonds,, Five per Cent 1840 234 Ditto Three per Cent. ...................... Dutch 2% per Cents 62% Dutch 5 per Cent 5......................... ....... . PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester...... 100 ....... 104 to 105% Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......... 444 Caledonian Chester and H01yhead............... 5 ••••••••• 7% to Churnet Valley ........ ••••••••••• ..... 2 ... 44 % ... to Dublin and Cashel. Edinburgh and Glasgow ...........• 50 •............ 62 Great Western .... ....... ......m.... 75 Ditto % Shares ....... ....... ........ 50 ......... 87% Hull and Selby ....... - ...... ........ 50 London and Birmingham. IOO London and Brighton ............. 50 ....... 46% London and Y0rk.....„.„.„.„..... 2% Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... 50_.,.. Dit o 4 Shares 2 ........ 2% ~..... to Midland Counties - .. " .......... Birmingham and Derby........... 100 ...... ... 80% Northern and Eastern .... ....... ... 45 to Ditto Scrip 25 35% to South Eastern and Dover ..... -.. 32% York and North Midland ........• 50 ~.......106 to 105% Ditto % Shares 25 52% to La Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Central of France 2 ... ••••• 3%% to Orleans. Tours, and Bourdeaux} I .... 3%% 4 to 3 .. ••• (d'Anthouazd's Company) Paris and 0r1ean5.•..... .......... •••• 20 Parisand R0uen........................ 20 ......... 3916 — .• .•• to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 14.—There has been an extensive business done, and mostly at higher prices.—Barnsley Junction, 51 f•' Caledonian, 4 3-16; Churnet Valley, 4 5-16; Eastern Counties, 14; Huddersfield and Manchester, q i - 9-16; Lancaster and Preston, 31; London and York, 3i; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 31 prem.; Bury and Rossen dale, 51; Manchester and Birmingham, 511; Sheffield l and Lincolnshire, 2f; Sheffield and Manchester, 97 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 131; Southport and Euxton, 3 ; South-Eastern, 404; York and North Midland, 106 ; York and Selby, 43 prem.; Boulogne and Amien s , 4. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank ...... ..ex dlv 205% Indian Stock ........ 288% 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds ..... pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red — Ditto New Annuities ... New SU per Cent. lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,0001.1%d... 77 pm. New 5 per Cent......„. ..... Ditto 5011............«.. 77 prn. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 77 pm. lan 1860 12% 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Consols for Act. 99% Jan. 1860 lndia Stock for Acct FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese , 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent. .... ...... 'Ditto, New Ditto _ Brazilian Bonds — !Prussian, 5 per Cent _ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 'Russian, 5 per Cent Chinon, 6 per Cent ............ Ditto, Metallic ...„ ...... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824......„ ............... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — , Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per Cent c. Greek, 18k.5, 5 per Cent Exchange —L -. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 62% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — %Ditto, 5 per Cent ........ 98% SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian (5 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid BB% Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid... 13% London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk)........... .............. Manchester and Birmingham Central of France, 2 paid 4 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 psid ... ........... 4% Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ..... 39% 3% Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid THE NEW METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT.—The Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests have just issued a notice that they have appointed Sir Robert Smirke, Jam's Pennethorne, Esq., and Thomas Cubitt, Esq., to constitute with the official referees a Board for the examination of persons who may present themselves for the purpose of obtaining certificates of qualification for the office of District Surveyor within the limits of the New Metropolitan Building Act. All communica tions for the said examiners are to be addressed to the Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings, at his office, No. 3, Trafalgar-square.—From the Builder. DINNER IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR LIEBIG...abe public dinner in honour of Dr. Justus Liebig, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen, which has been for some time in contemplation, took place last night in the Trades' Hall. The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Winton occupied the chair, supported by Professor Liebig, the Lord Provost, Lord Blantyre, &c. The croupiers were James Oswald, Esq., M.P., and John Tennant, Esq. The Hall was filled by one of the most respectable and intelligent audiences we ever saw as sembled in Glasgow on any occasion.—Glasgow Satur day Post. MARY OF N AND ittatt ft ptnto 0. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Accounts from A vallon state that portra its of . 1 , 1 1 Philippe, Marsh a l V au b an , Marshal Davoust. and G ene t i c totetown. were d epos i te d i n the H ote l d e Ville of t 0... town. M. D u pi n , sen ., an d t h e P r i nce o f Eckmulk present at the ceremony. to the T e h n e dor s Journa l ept edinesbeDr,ewbahtsenhtahse inhabitants advises from o had re-entered that town, after expelling the Na b Y be , who had taken possession of it. At Ra,bat, and Tangiers, trade, which had been for some Wu interrupted, was recovering its activity. President The quarrel between Baron Seguier, First Presi tf of the Court Royal of Paris, and the Paris laveYer s ' about to be adjustel The Court is to resume its sitt!eg, in a few days, when Baron Seguier will express , 111 . e r brief address, his affection for the bar, and the batonnt of the avocats will reply in an equally conciliatory to' e 'd The Rhenish Observer announces that the Gran Duke of Oldenburgh had determined to grant a rep sentative constitution to his subjects. IVff moroogcscdo A treaty of commerce has been entered into bar/ Hanover and D enmar k, w hi c h i s to b e immediatelf rat`: fled. It gives great mutual advantages to the shiPP° of both countries. A letter from Co ns t an ti nop l e , o f t h e 25th of SePt e :; ber, mentions that a fi re h a d b ro k en out nea r the ba z . ,„a in that city, whi c h d es t roye d upwar d s o f 100 houses "" 500 shops. wolf Letters from Algesiras c on fi rm th e accou nts prevl .eg m received of the si n ki ng o f th e R ayo, a ga lli o t, belonging to the Spanish G overnment , b y t h e guns a t GibraL tsr .4. and declare that th e S pan i s h vesse l did s h ow her 0 1( 1 1 4 The Moniteur announces that the "adjudication 10 the branch r a il wa y f rom A m i ens to B ou l ogne will place on the 15th of this month. ived. New York paper s of th e 26th tilt. have been ree e o f The Canadian Parli amen t was t o meet on the 22 the October. A riot had taken place at Cobourg 12th of September, between the students of the CTig e there, who are inimi ca l t o Si r Ch ar l es M etca lf e , env inhabitants of the place, who are friendly to hire• ho se day of the riot was Si r Ch ar l es ' s bi rt h-d ay , in honour a flag was hoisted. Thi s b egan th e riot, w— c was, however, unaccompanied with and i erious result' LAW .111 MD POZICZ., . r getl At Marlborough-street, three persons were elina tf .. with creating a disturbance in Regent-street on Satt", v ;i t The first p-rson charged gave his name John C° ll ll of law student. He had been bailed out by the Ea r Caledoit and the Hon. Charles Grimston, Captains in 6 . Guard , . The other defendants were Edward Slcia ° o Butler and William Hebell. After evidence of the fil e ur had been heard, Mr. Maltby said, for two assaults 10 mitted by Conway on the constables he should inflict s iA ; e r, of 5/. and of 5/ a ddi t i ona l f or ass i st i ng to rescue t he 5n'":,,, 6 , He should fi ne Ski nner Si. f or t h e assau l t on the pom and Hebell 40s. The fines were all paid. ,h e rt ' James Fores man , a sa il or , b e l ong i ng to the sw;a and Isabella brig, at present lying in the Commo n Dock, was finally exam i ne d at L am b et h- s treet, n': t h charge of cutting and wounding Richard Brewer , ; 1 0 1 f intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and committed for trial. At the Gravesend Police- cour t, on M on d a y, twea„ t i r ; six convictions for the misd emeanour o f t o uting l i ; e0 signed by Messrs. Oak es an d Sp encer ( t h e y having wi or previously signed by Mr. Staff, the Mayor), to b e t he warded, being app ea led aga i ns t, b y th e c lerk n' 0 1 court to the clerk of the pea c e, fo r h ear i ng on appa l ' the General Sessions of the Peace for Maidstone. 00 Timothy Regan, who appeared with his face sli a , t o and discoloured from b ru i ses recen tly inflicted, ~"c e. brought before Mr. Ballantin e , a t th e Th a mes ro • office, charged with committi ng an i n d ecen t outrage ° j a r , young female. The prisoner made no defence, an d his Ballantine committed hi m i n d e f au lt o f b a il to ta"e trial at the Essex Quarter Sessions. COURT—rAsiemoN.azzag. a ric• The King of the Fr enc h was p reven t e d from etnu, fte r ing at Portsmouth o n M on d a y by roug h wea ther. ec t waiting between two and three hours, seeing no progir of an abatement of the gale, his Majesty set out forl),'",i, don, and thence proceeded by the South-Eastern 11;;,4 way to Dover, in order to cross the Channel and t wo at Treport or Boulogn e . Hi s M a j es ty a t half-p O - 5 '.„00 in the mornin g reac h e d D over , w h ere h e w as to re'" for the night.- Her Majesty the Q ue e n an d P r i nce Alb e rt after takieof leave of Louis Philippe at Portsmouth, em barked i t ie board the royal yacht, a n d nex t morn i n g, s hould weather be favourable, proce e d t o th e I se of NV'S" - to The Marquis of Angles e y, w h o came express i f th e town from Beaudesert, Staffordshire, to be present r of investiture of the King of th e F renc h, a t the chaP_ter his the garter, left Uxbridge Hou se o n Saturday, b ridge country country .seat. Lord Alfred Paget has left 111 House to join his regiment at Dudley. t iter sr ° The Countess of March and her infant cla u %d. ir both progressing as favourably as could be (35e9regothnan' The Earl of Falmouth has returned to vi re th e Cornwall, from th e f am ily sea t i n Berk lie Dowager Countess is residing. The Earl of Gosford and Lady Olivia Acheson - a arrived at Gosford Castle, county Armagh, froth Continent. Viscount Hawarden, at the expiration of his duties,,,l Lord in Waiting to the Qu een , l e ft f or I re l an d , to vi his estates in that country. sie Lord and Lady Kinnaird and f am ily arr i ve d a t TO I L t „, Priory, their romantic seat in P er th s hi re , on F r iday A for the winter. Lord Bexley has gone to St. Leon ar d' s - o n-Sea, froo his seat in Kent, the Nobl e L or d h av i ng d er ived ce )n , 9 B derable benefit last year by h is resi d ence a t that war'. resort. Lord Torrington, Lady C o lli e r, Captain Henry 11 =-, ° ; P e o .: R.N., Mrs. a n d th e Mi sses P ower , M rs . Theophilus C l and Singleton, Esq., are the latest arrivals at 1 1 9 Isle of Wight. eed Lord Calthorpe and the Hon. Miss Calthorpe Pr i r r a., to Brighton the week after next, f o r th e w i n ter, his - ` 4° ship having taken Byham House for a term. ISCELLAN IS. sty The provincial papers from almost every q uarter . 0 % nounce severe storms, sometimes with thunder, de r a i g e the list week. In Ir e l a nd th e y did gre at ( 10133 7 a ci The Cork Examiner of the 12th sa y s :—" We haveh e .,r , of considerable damage b e i ng cause d i n th e neigh hood of this city by the floods w hi c h h ave succeeded tlf, late heavy rains. One of th e b r id ges on the Ma l l ° to road has been carried away, and vehicles have 1 143 ,t. take a considerable round in consequence. A resP`", able correspondent, writing from Castletownroche, saY a , s ' Three bridges and four houses were swept await seven acres of land inundated.' " glee The Adelaide Gallery on M on d a y even i ng was O P - „ f el for the season with an ent er t a i nment o f a ra ther n o t es description, namely, the fi rs t o f "A S er i es o f Lec t e tl ' e ct on the Popular Dances o f a ll N a ti ons ." T o give of to the illustrations of these lectures, the pro priett. o , the establishment h as no t on ly engage d seve ral d is f lor guished dancers, b u t h e h as a l so remo d e ll e d the inte of the Gallery, so as to enable the illustrators to be' ample room for the exhibitions. 1, A very handsome, altho u gh not 'very spacious, c.. 1 1., o f has recently been erected on the heath, w ithin sig'" y the Farnborough station on the South-Western Rai' vi t o. where her Majesty meets the rail from Windsor Cos 0 The edifice, which is now ready for consecrati on, th intended for the use of the inhabitants of Cove and Sall Hawley. The negotiation of the Dubli n T own C ounc il With t -0 ° Hibernian Bank has been success f u l, an d th e interes t u er 31,1071 has been reduced from six per cent. to four P g. cent., effecting a saving of 6221. ; and that on 71,°9 0 f from five per cent. to four per cent., effecting a sa vil ioo 7101', so that the annual amount saved to the corpors' is 1,332/: t he The late Mr. Thomas Brueton, of Bilston, saY,g :to Birmingham G aze tt e , a ft er l eav i ng numerous legaer f ," 0 his relatives, 5001. to the Wesleyan Chapel at Dl' s , and considerable sums to various chapels belon g $ to the " Primitive Methodi s t s ," h as directed tla the residue of his property, which it is sup will amount to upwards of 20,0001., shall be ec i ll ti divided between the British and Foreign Bible Soeieasf, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the London 3 ' - `, b , sionary Society, the Wolverhampton Dispensary , f :4 Birmingham General Hospital, the Queen's HosP"; s Birmingham, and the Asylum for the De a f and Dum b Edg A baston. most dreadful fire broke out on Mondaynight, av o to , nine o'clock, in the wOrks of the New Cross station, 0, the South Eastern Railway, which destroyed the oetag,. ° o f containing four or five locomotive engines, a mou e ' to tenders, and other property. It also communicated 4 the fitting house, which contained a great quanta,' of machinery and valuable materials. The other par t g o r the station were with great difficulty saved from the 140 vouring element. The damage is computed at 1 1 Pr ill of 25,000/. • .g A HIGH TIDE.—BRIGHTON, M ONDAT: 'Dun the whole of yesterday the wind blew a heavy gale ltog the south-west, and as night set in the fishermen tv t - he the precaution to haul up their light boats uP °ll h ich cliff, and it was fortunate they did s o , as the sea ivL io washed the base of the cliff mu s t h ave ca rried tll' t away. The storm raged incessantly during the g by the rain fell in torrents, and was accompanieubo thunder and lightning. The violence of the gale,„ o ts slightly abated, but there is too m uc h sea for the u'i t he to venture out, and not a vessel is to be descried in offing. Louis Philippe will be a bold sailor if lie /re tures across the Channel in such a gale as this. r CURE FOR CHOLERA.—When the labourers -. prl t h ployed in the salt pits of Salsburg were attacked w i l o cholera, they were restored by being pl u nged into th e salt water baths. The dark skin became red again' t he pulse, heat of the skin, and consciousness re t ur ned j e o f suppressed urinary secretion re-app ea r e d, a nd the e the patient was saved.—Medical Times. MORE INCENDIARISM.— Inform a ti on wa s on Mon day to forwarded to Bow-street Police-office, for circulatio n ot the other o ffi ces, that on the night of Friday la s t ' of about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out on the pren lls 7,A Mr. Thomas Graham, joiner and builder , Bridge - s t ,,, lc cot Bolton, which there is every reason to beieve was r fo r sinned by evil disposed persons. A reward of .. 5 ,9" fur the discovery of the parties has been offered by -'" r , r ) t n• bert Moscrop, agent to the County Fire-o ffi ce, 10 °r: c o with an intimation that any accomplice giving evwe-re that may lead to conviction will receive the abov e ward. ung Don't be in a hurry t o " pop t h e ques ti o n," Y e nt y gentleman. A friend o f ours courted a l a d y for twe e "t; eight years, and then married her. She turned ont:ed, be a perfect virago, but died in two y ea r s after the" t i v g ding. " Now," said o ur f r i en d, in a self-grat u i , ifl oa o ti ne, " see what I escap e d by long courtship. —"*.“ Mesonger. .., CLE A tude, pl Zeal co. The las It i s ( NEWA 411 11 0 :: C r e. id 51 '04 1 . , Cl:l 'l ath e 141 1 1 47erl c a l~b i n th e 111 r ,Wt h qy Ive"4e:eat " rs `l4 h oax SUM EWS