The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Airs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant !! ! Ta attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of ‘. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents it se lf by s i mp l y stating that it will be repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING-, SEPT. 12, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, &utters, and Keeley; Miss E. Chapin, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woellidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss 'Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To concludo with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesgre Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha teeters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli ige, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reeds, &c., &c. PRICES OF A ISSIO N.—Balcony Poxes. 4:.; Upper Boxes, 34.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, eel . Second Price—B a l c o n y B oxe s, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is M I .; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the it sic my I'ier (holding eight persons), Ta o Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guir The Box. i:fice is open tYom Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Privrietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows, and Re-engagemcnt of the wonders of Mr. Carter, the American Lion King. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 1 2, Will be re2eated the French Equestrian Military Spectacle of tha LION OF CH E DESERT ANDT HE FRENCH IN MOROCCO. Abdallah, the Outcast Ara,, Mr. Carter. New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the new Eluestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the rccent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast e(250 Lanterns. acting and stage..nirmager, Mr. W I) Broaclfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. IMMENSE ATTRACTION. MADAME VESTRIS AND MR. CHARLES MATHEWS, FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 12, Will be performed USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr C. Mathews. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER, versus CLA'TTER. Captain Patter, Mr. C. Mathews. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box_ since, Oro n Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 12, Will be performed THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN. Marteau, 11. tr .1 Hudson Kirby, as originally performed by him in New Y After which, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK; or, The Lad that knew how many Beans made Five. Jollibuffa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. To cone ude with the Comic Opera of NO SONG, NJ SUPPER! Frederick, Mr. Binge. Private Family Boxes, LI is. Od. and LI Ils. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EXTRAORDINARY AND NOVEL ATTRACTIONS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and Td UltS DAY, throughout the Sea Eon, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties " - THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Daum' and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled protuction is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the mo,t wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehielc for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, co be fully appreciated. Beethoven's celebrated Battle Sinfonia, de criptive o f an En gagement between the Fren c h an d EnglisaArm.es. The Evening PROMENADE ( ONCERTS on Mon'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays zoncucted try Mr. Godfrey , are up , .n a scale of more than usual excellence; hut words fail in doing Justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE O} LONDON. Its fearful cnaracteristics: are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that :2outldiv. the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraltive lounge in or near the tretrofoli‘. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Half-past Four— Concert at Half.past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. 'Wm:Rance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Lint SIIILLTNG Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collacticn of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a Cost of WAN.) guineas, and to completely illastrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro 4rhistory, via.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and .iTTIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR VPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, The Foreign Princes, Ambassadms, and their Ladies, WS% many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine Mures, Sec., his orevions almost incre Ilble number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and multitude ni valuable Relict. and other enriosities, in this most , o3iructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Natioua: Museum. Mary thousand have insilected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS save stated that it cugh to be seen by every one. The price of adinis- Usti is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to seen only at the "Egyptian MIL" Piccadilly, daily ft om Tea till MAI. TEE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 64; Noon, 63. lisuomETEß, 30.1.—W0m, W.N.W. Ncrra.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is nasally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. IK3rning 31 minutes after 1 I Evening 51 minutes after 1 4 0. , ', .. 46, '• , ; • s o aTi i • Ar4 - i . ,I. 100 , ° r : •-, , . 1..• •Ab .‘• l 1 ";; -' 4" .-,.- A A.',`-, 4,doc.>!, A , 7 , ~..;:•,..• ~.,, r , ~4 .., i '- , -..;,.."__,, 407. ~ .. ~',.... ....4. ,- -, •110 S ' _,,,,. , a , ' h i., -- ' ',, . lEn, • •-, ,- _ , , t, 0 IT 4 ,t, Ink SECOND EDITION. ' l 4*. toning L:.,itlt LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1844. The accounts from China, brought by her MA JESTY'S steamer Driver to Bombay, and incorporated in an article in the Bombay Times of the 19th of July, received by the last Overland Mail, contain some passages of an important, and, as we think, a most unpleasant character. We subjoin an extract : "The visit of the French frigate Alcmene to Chusan and Shanghae had occasioned much excitement amongst the Chinese along the coast, so that it was considered eminently desirable that a strong naval force should be kept in the north for the protection of British life and property against the outbreaks of the mob. The Ame rican and French men-of-war Brandywine, St. Louis. Cleopatra, and Alcmene, had arrived almost simulta neouslp in the Chinese waters. It is in no spirit of jealous exclusiveness that we entertain the most serious appre lensions of disturbance arising from the presence of foreigners whose conduct towards men of different man ners from themselves has always been petulant, irri tating, and overbearing. What business the French have in risking the peace of their neighbours by scatter ing their ships over the world for the gratification of national vanity, we cannot discover. We will venture to affirm that the gross value of their entire trade within the tropics would not pay by half the maintenance of tin men-of-war dodging about in the torrid zone on pre tence of protecting it." The same writer remarks that he had thought the matter (the presence and :interference of other Eu ropean vessels besides the English ones at the ports newly conceded to the resort of English commerce) "had been settled, by the provisions of the supple mentary treaty," that nothing can be more calcu lated to produce " embroilment and turmoil" than French and American interference with a people of whom they know nothing, whose prejudices they can neither appreciate nor respect, and whom they even exceed in vainglorious boasting ;—that at Canton, the excitement of the mob, and their aversion for fo reigners, had again broken out in acts of violence, 'which were exasperated by the accidental elevation of an arrow as the weather index-point on the top of a flagstaff before the residence of the United States Consul ;—that whilst under the direction of that ' gentleman a party of sailors were hauling down this obnoxious index, a part of the mob had precipitated themselves hi into the square, and threatened mischief appears, however, to have been averted. It is fltch:ler stated, in a letter from Hong-Kong of the 19th of July, that a native mob had not only broken into the squar e of the American Factory, but had actually endeavoured to pull down the American standard; that they were successfully resisted; but that a Chinese, an innocent be ent and unconcerned shop keeper, who happen e d looking on at the time, was unfortunately shot, and that, at ten at night, the Chinese soldiers entered the square, and clear e d it ; that the populace remained, however, very violent; ,h "And Canton was placarded with threatening notices - that the factories would be attacked and Chinese authorities appear to have no power whatever over the mob, and it seems t o be thought, that unless r some strong and decided mea,ures are taken by us thert will be no safety for either life or property at Canton." In all this there is much food for reflection—p oss i. Hy some ground for apprehension. "With regard to the visits of the Alcmene and the other French ships of war to Chusan and Shanghae, we remarked, at the time their sailing was ostentatiously announced b . ) the organs of the French Government, that we thought their destination had been projected in the Worst possible taste. The over-eager avidity with which the opportunity was seized for a flimsily concealed design of creeping along in the wake of our victorious cruizers, to reap any possible advan tage which the peaceful and honourable close of our operations might have left open to the designs of others who had no sort of share in the previous fight ing, hard s hi ps , an d sacrifices, by dint of which we ]had consummated the settlement of our existing relations with China —will be well remembered by our readers, They will fully participate in the deprecations of the r rriier in the Bombay 3. We are not aware, however, of any authority or right which we pos sessed, had the French previously, even, enacted the tragi-comic burletta of their descent upon Otaheite, to question the " business of the latter," whilst we were negotiating the Pottinger Treaty, " in risking the peace of their neighbours," by playing off their squadrons in the waters of China, or elsewhere, " for the gratification of national vanity." If, without any trade to defray the cost of such extravagant follies they will perpetrate them in those distant seas, they must pay the penalty of a favourite caprice—as private individuals do—by standing the brunt of dispropor tionate charges. But how far their mode of indulging this caprice may put in jeopardy the security of life and property with our own subjects, resident within the same regions, is a matter for our legitimate considera tion, and abundant justification for any precautionary measures which the depositories of British authority there may think fit, in the exercise of their official responsibility, to adopt. We are, therefore, fully alive to all the dangers that may accrue from unfortu nate collisions between the native Chinese, and the crews of American and French, or other European ships. Perhaps it is to be regretted that the Pottin ger Treaty conta'ned no effectual stipulations against the admission of other flags into the stipulated Chinese ports, except on terms less favourable than those which we had won for ourselves; but it is not certain that such stipulations could have been, under the circumstances, insisted on by our Plenipotentiary ; or that, if granted to his demands and representations, they would have been ratified by our Government at home. The case of American interests in China, and the manner in which any mal-administration of them, or any dis sensions between subjects of the United States and those of the Celestial Empire, might compromise the rights and privileges, the property and security of British subjects, living within the EMPEROR'S domi nions—presents additional features of difficulty, and will demand more circumspection in the dealing with, than even the possible objects or results of the French quadron off the Chinese coasts. These additional features consist in the long establishment of the United States Factory, and the extent and variety of the trade carried on by American speculators with the Chinese at Canton ;—in the identity of their lan guage and manners with our own ; and even in the similarity of their costume with our's, this last ele ment of resemblance being far from an insignificant one in the eyes of an Asiatic people. How are they to distinguish between the subjects of a flag with stripes and those of a fl?g with crosses, in the confu sion and resentment of a popular melee ? And yet, on the fact and correctness of this distinction, may be hazarded the valuable lives of English residents and their families in China—the security of their property —or the inviolability of their personal liberty in those ports where we may not have at hand a sufficient protective force. We are glad to find that at Canton, after the affair of the weathercock, which we have above alluded to (and where, probably, it may turn out that the un designed offence committed by the American Consul was the adoption of a figure hostile and defying in the eyes of a semi-barbarous and Tartar-governed people, namely, an arrow), a very proper step was taken by the resident foreign gentry (English, Ame rican, &c.) They issued a placard, strongly incul cating the maintenance of a good feeling to, and a good understanding with, the natives. Of course our accredited authorities on the spot must be the best and most competent judges of the course to be taken under such emergencies as have so recently happened, and may so soon again break out. But we may, without presumption, express a hope that it will be a standing principle, for the future, in their admi nistrative and executive proceedings, sedulously to keep up in every Government act, proclamation, order, police regulation, &c., &c., a clear and explicit distinction—an exclusive identification —of English rights, interests, and responsibilities also, as contra distinguished from those of every other foreign na tion, having established relations in the Chinese ter ritory. The Chinese themselves will be the first to recognise the propriety of these distinctive arrange ments ; and their natural good sense, as well as their respect for tranquillity and order, and their disci plined observance of them, will make them not merely willing observers of, but active auxiliaries in, enforcing arrangements which, whilst they will pro tect the peaceful foreigner, conforming to the requi sitions of those who represent his own Government, and to the laws of the empire wherein they are esta blished, will not afford the dangerous shelter of diffi culty and confusion in identifying offenders against those laws, to any parties under English jurisdiction. The proposal for making free public parks and walks in the neighbourhood of Manchester and Sal ford for the recreation of the labouring classes, is fast increasing in favour with people of all ranks in that populous district. The manufacturers, in particular, who have been so often accused by the monopolists of indifference towards the comforts of the operatives in their employ, are taking up the matter with great zeal, and have already handed in subscriptions to a considerable amount—the surest guarantees for their sincerity in the cause. Sir ROBERT PERL, too—who owes so many obligations to the industry of the Manchester working-classes, of which to his credit be it said, he is not unmindful—has contributed the mu- nificent sum of one thousand pounds ; so that the scheme thus fairly set a going and under the most fortunate auspices --for the Premier's approbation is " a tower of strength"—will not henceforth be allowed to slumber, but within a short space of time will be successfully accomplished. We must confess, notwithstanding its obvious simplicity, which :we fear will not recom mend it to those who maintain crotchety theories on the subject of the improvement of the humbler orders of society, and who are apt to turn with philosophic contempt from all plans but such as are abstruse and impracticable—notwithstanding, we say, the obvious Simplicity of this scheme of public paths and walks, we entertain the most sanguine anticipations as to its results, and are confidently of opinion that it will do more to raise and refine the character of the opera tive classes than all the churches and con venticles that could be erected, were one to be built in every street and square and alley of Manchester. Health has more to do with religion and morality than may be imagined when the body is in a sound state from the combined operation of daily fresh air and exercise, it imparts its genial, bracing tone to the mind, which is conse quently full of cheerful thoughts, and grateful emo tions—the soil most favourable to the growth of virtue ; but when, on the contrary, the body is en feebled by the pressure of disease arising from in ability to get a mouthful of pure air, the mind, almost of necessity, takes the same sickly tone, and becomes jaundiced, splenetic, and a prey to feelings and reflections of the most injurious tendency. To make the operative classes happy and contented with their lot, we must give them health ; and to give them health, we must furnish them with the means of daily enjoying a country walk, and ex changing the stifling atmosphere of the fac tory for the fresh, invigorating winds of Heaven. The establishment of public parks will place these inestimable blessings within their reach. Hence there is no question of the day in which the statesman, the patriot, and the philanthropist are bound to take a deeper interest. Bat not only will this scheme be attended with the most favourable results as regards the health of the working commu nity, but it will be still further beneficial, inasmuch as it will tend to bring all classes of society in Man chester and its neighbourhood much more in contact with each other than they have yet been. In the coarse of his evening walks in the park, when the day's toil is at an end, it will frequently happen that the operative will meet his employer; and gradually, as each sees more of the other, the hauteur of th e one an d t h e di strust o f t h e ot h er will abate, and feelings of mutual respect will grow i s t o both. and It up betw een t h em, productive of the happiest conse ( ce isthe dis s t e in p c a t ra c t l i a o s n ses— of rich c se h pa a r n a. d poor, nen ofhigh low into tion which was unknown in England before the Re volutiou of 1688—that has done so much mischief to society, and rendered popular legislation a task of such difficulty ; and we gladly hail, therefore, as an improved sign of the times, every attempt that . s made to throw down this a b sur d wall of l ernarca tion, and bring the different orders and degrees of people, who go to make up our com plicated social system , free l y and fairly face co face with each other. It is by no means a matter of course that the poor man should distrust the rich man, and the latter regard the former 45 his inevit able enemy. It is the odious, paltry system of Exclu siveness, which for the best part of a century has been yearly on the increase among us, that has brought about this injurious state of things; and never will it be well with England till rank and wealth have learned to abate something of their pride and assumption, and to recognise the social claims of humanity, no matter whether it be clad in a smock frock or a fustian jacket, and call itself an operative or a labourer. Madrid journals, of the 4th inst , announce that the differences between Spain and Morocco have been adjusted. The conditions, according to the Heraldo, are as follow :—" The Arab who caused the Spanish Vice-Consul to be assassinated is to be severely punished. Our Government will receive indemnities for all the acts of piracy which have been committed on Spanish vessels. Two leagues of territory are to bo granted to Spain beyond the lines of Ceuta. The Spanish flag shall be saluted by the Morocco cannon." It is thought that the Government will not heaitate to ratify this arrangement, which will appear imme diately in the Gazette. The troops which were as sembled to form part of the Morocco expedition are already ordered to march back into the interior. This conclusion of our differences with the Emperor of Morocco is generally attributed to the good offices and intervention of Mr. BuLw]sa. The elections in the twelve districts of Madrid continued favourable to the Government candidates, among whom are MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, ALCALA GALIANO, the Duke DE CASTRO TERRENO, the Mar quis DE MIRAFLORES, &c. The leaders of the Pro gresista party had given up the contest in despair : so it is extremely probable that NAEVAEZ will have a Parliament sufficiently pliable to register any act, however unconstitutional. He and his colleagues, of course, will obtain an indemnity for all their illegal deeds since the abrupt dissolution of the last Cortes. The Three per Cents. were done at 271 at sixty days; the Floating Debt at 61 at sixty days ; and the Coupons at 251 at sixty days. The Prince DE JOIN VILLE has forwarded another long dispatch to Admiral MACKAU, the Minister of Marine, giving numerous details of the attacks on Tangiers and .\ logadore. The publication of this document, so long after the bombardment, has taken the good people of Paris by surprise. Some believe that it is the first dispatch with emendations and additions, others that it has been drawn up by authority to put to shame those jealous Englishmen who would allow the French no merit in silencing the forts of Tangiers. For our selves, we see nothing new or extraordinary in the details, but are nevertheless glad that they afford great satisfaction to the French. " The French cannon," says the Constitutionnel, " which have battered down the walls of Mogadore, has at the same time silenced the insolent remarks of the English press on our action at Tangiers. The affairs of Mogadore and lily are the peremptory reply of our seamen and soldiers to their unworthy calumniators. Unfortunately we have not similar answers to return when the English compare with pride the all-powerful action of their Parliament to the limited action of our Chambers, and the con stitutional independence of their Ministers to that of ours, who are always as it were in leading strings. When the English tell this to us, a country of repre sentative institutions, a country which consequently ought to have the will and the means to make use of its own physical energy in its government, it must be acknowledged that such language is humiliating in the highest degree to a free people." The National thus accounts for the publication of the dispatch, taking care, of course, to show bad feel ing towards England and M. GUIZOT :—" The dis patches just published from the Prince DB JOINVILLE, although they give us nothing new, are yet a com plete, though tardy, reply to the insolent and stupid letters of the officers of the Warspite. Our sailors had been amply revenged by the contempt with which these calumnies had been received in France. They nevertheless met with a kind of support in the silence observed by the Government on the first operations of the fleet. It would appear that his report con tained some political remarks which were not favour able to England, and a fresh report has been ob tained, which might be published without giving offence to the particular friends of M. GUIZOT. This report again mentions that the Prince had been for bidden to take possession of Tangiers, and this pro hibition extended also to the other places on the coast. What the result of this line of policy will be time will show." The Revue de Paris, which, from the precision with which it gives sayings and doings in the British Cabinet, would make the world believe that it has a reporter standing behind the President's chair, gives the following as matters of fact : " We have received curious details respecting the de liberation of the English Ministers, in consequence of which the arrangement of the Otaheite affair was con cluded. It appears that the question of war was first put and debated, and that the discussion left in the minds of the majority of the Ministers a conviction that it was impossible for England, at the present moment, to go to war. This impossibility being acknowledged, the mem bers of the Cabinet agreed as to the interest which Eng lish policy had in the maintenance of M. Guizot's Mi nistry. That consideration contributed in making it accept the terms proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is said that the Queen interfered actively with regard to her Ministers, in order to give a pacific solution to the quarrel. Commodore Toup Nicolas, and the commander of the French forces in the South Seas, are the arbitrators of the indemnity to be accorded by M. Guizot to the missionary Pritchard. The English Ministry make this indemnity an important portion of the arrangement. It reckons upon this condition to jus tify to the Parliament the assurance given by Sir Robert Peel, that the honour of England would be taken care of. He sees, and with reason, in this indemnity, a recognition of the injustice done to Mr. Pritchard." We subjoin some miscellaneous extsacts from the Continental papers. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Pres burg, of the 31st ult., which gives some details of a sitting of the Chamber of the Magnates of Hungary. It says : " The sitting of the Magnates of the 28th was exceed ingly important. It turned on the reform demanded by the free cities and supported by the Chamber of the States. The latter body insisted on the reform which the upper Chamber opposed, strongly denying the right of the other Chamber to use such language as they em ployed with respect to them. Count J. de Palffy, the head of the Opposition, maintained that the Magnates had no right to interfere, and impede the progress of the democratic feeling, denying also that a set of men, igno rant, in debt, and servile, could be reckoned a real aris tocracy. Count Teleky went still farther, and moved that the Upper Chamber should be abolished altogether, as being animated with sentiments hostile to the nation and the Constitution. On this, a great uproar arose, and the Palatine who filled the President's chair endea voured to obtain silence, but ineffectually. Count Otto Zichy even reproached the Conservative party with the troubles which had recently taken place in Bohemia. In the end, the propositions of the States were rejected." A letter from Hamburgh, in the Journal de Franc fort, says : " A fortune of a million and a half sterling has jug been inherited by a poor workman of Altona, in the employ of MM. Baur. The Governor of Demerara lately wrote to Lord Stanley,i mentioning that an indi vidual had just died in the colony who had, in 1790, left in the bank of Altona a capital which would now amount to a million and a half, and that his son lived in that city, and was entitled to the whole amount. Colonel Hodges, the English Charg6 d'Affairs, was directed to examine into the matter, and the result is, that the son of the deceased being dead, the brother of the former is considered the heir. He has chosen an able lawyer to act for him, expressing his intention to continue in his position of a workman until this colossal fortune shall be handed over to him." The Observateur Suisse states that the Prince DR METTBRNICH has very recently declared the deter mination of his Government to see the independence of Switzerland established on a firm basis, and to recognise no distinction of parties. We give the following from Ancona, 28th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette : " Three weeks ago a cutter, which left Malta under the Greek flag, and which sailed in the direction of Corfu, had on board some persons who are suspected of ha vino kept up relations with the committee of the party called Young Italy in London. we now learn that these incorrigible enemies of the public peace are preparing for a new expedition against the Roman States. Salva tore Feta, who is charged with the execution of this pro ject, was on board the cutter. He has for his mission to receive into pay some Albanian brigands on the coast of Gr9ece, and to attempt with them a landing on some favourable point. It is stated, from Calabria, that a captain, who was in the Neapolitan service, is endea vouring to get up a revolt. The authorities, notwith standing their vigilance and activity, hav e n o t been able to arrest him. There reigns in the Romagna, and par ticularly at Forti and Imola, a certain degree of agita tion, but the naass of the population is perfectly tran quil. They know well what they have to expect from the malcontents ; they are aware to what the anarchical and fanatical spirit of these misled men might conduct them. Considerable sums of money have been lately sent from Marseilles to Corfu and Calabria, for the agents of the committee of Young Italy at London." The same journal contains a letter from Naples, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 12 1844. innouncing that the Government of the Two Sicilies is at present revising its tariffs, with a view to dimi nishing the duties now pressing on foreign exports. The letter adds that the Neapolitan Cabinet has re nounced all hope of concluding an advantageous treaty with France, England, and Spain, but that it was on the point of entering into negotiations with the Zollverein. THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, SEPT. 10. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perCsnts, ex div 119 85 .. 120 .• 119 75 .. 120 Fours., ex div— •• •• 102 40 •• 102 40 .. 102 40 .. 102 40 Three per Cents••• •• 8 1 75 .. 81 85 .. 81 65 • • al 85 Bank of France .•.•••• 3070 .•3070 • • 3070 .. 3070 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. SharesiC2o —lOBO ..1080 ..1080 5,000 f. Sharesso6o ..5060 .. 5060 ..5060 Belean Bank ..• • .• •• •• •• • • 655 • • 65$ .. 650 .. 650 iielean Fives, 1840 lO5 • • 1051 .. ICS .. 1051 1842 .• •• •• 108 •• 108 .. 108 108 Dutch Two and-a-Half .• •• • 621 • • 62* • • 6 9 . 62* ipanish Threes.... •••• • • • • 34$ .. 34} .. 341 .. 34* Active Old Deferred ••• • • • 7 •• .. 7 .. Portuguese Five per Cents • • 44i • • 44/ .. 441 .. 441 Neapeltan.......••••• • •• 9$ 5 0 •• 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 Ronan .. . . 1041 •• 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHILREB. - Gt. Germain ...... ........ 942 50 .. 542 50 .. 946 .. 940 Versailles, .. 385 • • 386 25 .. 385 .. 386 25 L.E •• • • • • ••• • • • 2 55 • • 255 .. 253 75 .. 253 75 Rouen • • •••• • • •• 290 • • 990 .. 990 .. 990 Rouen to Havro•••• Orleans Strasburg to Bale•• •• .• 251 25 .. 267 50 .. 281 25 .. 257 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. •••• 765 •• 767 50 . 765 •. 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, SEPTEMBER 15. St. Germain Versailles,lt.B.•• LIS.— •• .• ...... 253 75 .. 253 75 .. 253 75 .. 253 75 Roney . • ___ Rouen to Havre•• 760 760 .. 760 .. 760 Orleans .. 987 50 .. 995 .. 937 50 .. 995 Strasburg to Bale.. •. • ..... 252 25 • • 260 .. 251 25 .. 266 Avignon to Marseilles • • • • • • 763 7 5 .. 765 .. 763 75 .. 765 THIS DAY'S NEWS. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) There were a great number of cases of insolvency upon the paper this day, but the greater part of them were unopposed, and the others contained nothing of general interest. IN THE MATTER OF PETER CLARY. The insolvent, who applied for his final order, was opposed by Mr. Sturgeon on behalf of a creditor, Mr. Bean, for the amount of 241. 10s. The Learned COUNSEL said he was instructed to op pose the insolvent, on the ground that the debt with Mr. Bean had been contracted under a misrepresentation. As the better mode of testing the case, he would at once question the insolvent. • Mr. HORRY objected that, by the spirit of the Act, the insolvent was not to be subjected to a second examination without the creditor first showing cause why he should lee so. It was to be inferred that he bad satisfied his Honour and the creditors at his first examination. The objection was overruled by the Learned Com missioner, and the insolvent was examined. He had been a French-polisher, but as by the operation of the ii come-tax families had been obliged to retrench their expenses he was in consequence thrown out of employ ment. Under these circumstances he commenced silk weaving, and was recommended to the opposing creditor for the raw material. He dealt with him some time, paying various sums from week to week, until at last, in consequence of a lot of goods proving unsaleable, he was obliged to stop payment. lie denied that he had repre sented to Mr. Bean that be held leases of certain pro perties, or was in possession of valuable pictures.—The final order was granted. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL and Common Juries.) CORDER V. CAMPBELL AND WIFE. Mr. Baldwin appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Charnock for the defendants. This was an action to recover the sum of 121. 15s. for work and labour done under the following circumstances: —The plaintiff is a portrait painter, residing and car rying on his profession at No. 7, Queen's-row, Pimlico. The defendant is a publican, carying on business at the Yorkshire Grey, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea. In the summer of 1843 the wife of the defendant, then Mrs. Gould, a widow, and then the proprietress of the Old Swan, Chelsea, employed the plaintiff to paint her own portrait, her daughters, and that of her late husband, which he was to enlarge from a small miniature portrait of him in her possession. The work, it appeared, was performed in workmanlike manner, with the exception of the por trait of the lady, which she stated was " too fat," and that she " wanted to be made a little thinner." The defence was that Mrs. Gould was not married to her present husband (the defendant) after the commence ment of the action, and not until after the portraits were finished and in her possession. After considerable dis cussion, the Learned Under-Sheriff suggested that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff, with liberty to enter a nonsuit. The parties, having consulted, a verdict was entered acccordingly. UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Charles Wilson, a well-dressed young man, was charged before Mr. Cottingham with stealing a gold watch, value 351., the property of Mr. Morton, of Southampton-street, Strand. The complainant stated, that on the preceding evening he went to the Surrey Theatre, and while waiting at the pit entrance, there being a crowd of persons there at the time, he noticed the prisoner standing by his side. After a little time the prisoner asked him what o'clock it was, and he (complainant) pulled his watch out of his waist coat pocket and told him. When he returned the watch to his pocket he felt a snap, and immediately missed the watch, which was attached to a gold chain round his neck, and he missed the prisoner from his side, and went after him, and found him walking de liberately away. The complainant added that he ob served the prisoner talking in a low tone of voice to some other persons near him at the time of the robbery, and he gave him into custody. When the prisoner was questioned, he said that he was a tailor at Woolwich, and came up to go to the Surrey Theatre ; that he stood near Mr. Morton at the pit entrance, and finding the place was so crowded he (the prisoner) walked out , with the intention of going to the Victoria Theatre, and that he did not leave as alleged to escape detection, for he had done nothing that he was afraid of. _ _ Mr. COTTINGHAM said that a serious robbery bad been committed, and that it was his duty to reman d t h e pri soner until further inquiries were made on the subject. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Mr. David Gallico, an interpreter of foreign lan • guages, made application to Mr. Hardwick, the presid ing Magistrate, stating that a most determined attempt had been made to assasinate a Mr. Charles Victor, a French artist, residing at No. 46, Ring-street, Soho square, who had been stabbed in six places in the public street, and was now at home in a state of great suffering, and his life in danger. Mr. Gallico then went on to state that between ten and eleven o'clock on Tuesday night last a slight quarrel ensued in the coffee-room of the Prince Albert Tavern, in Lisle-street, Leicester-square, between Mr. Victor and a Pole, a professor of languages. Mr. Victor shortly afterwards left the tavern with his antagonist, and on getting into the street the altercation between them was renewed, and me nacing gestures with the fist were made use of by both parties. The Pole was then observed to draw a knife out of his coat pocket and stab Air. Victor on the left side of the head, the point of the blade striking against the skull bone with great force. Mr. Victor defended himself as well as he was able, but in the Ecuffle that en sued he received a cut transversely across the right eye, and two stabs of considerable depth on the left cheek. His assailant then broke away from him and made his escape, Police-constable Thomas Middleton, No. 189 of the C division, came up at the instant and rendered Mr. Vic tor, whose clothing was completely saturated with his blood, every assistance in his power. On unloosening his vest, he was found to have received two more stabs (the most dangerous of his wounds) in the chest. Sur gical aid was instantly procured, and eventually Mr. Victor was removed to his residence. Mr. liAanwicx directed Gibbett, one of the police constables attached to the Court, to immediately inves tigate the matter. MISS PEEL.—The accounts received in town this morning relative to the health of this young lady . are more favourable. Sir Charles Clark, the medical attendant, left Drayt on M anor yester d ay, th e danger to Miss Peel h av i ng a b ated, and the s y m ptoms gene rally being imp rove d . The inquiries at Si r R. reel's private residence to-day were very numerous. 1 BRIGHTON, SEPT. 11.—The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken a carriage drive this morning, soon after ten o'clock, on the cliffs. Their Royal wereHigh wneisllselceshaavnegße of t i out for t b ou t an h our . Count Nesselrode hey and the Baro rni n g e hhe tssaoiSrhneeenabel has ac txht h o2, continue at Pegg's Royal York Hotel, und er th e medical superintendence of D r. F ranz. The im provement wroughtfiotnhdeayoann aCount e extraordinaryvsipsietci t a o lespecially. EarTl De lavvarr, at Buckhurst Park, in Sussex, where they pur pose remaining a short time prior to their departure for London. According to present arrangements the Count will visit Portsmouth before he leaves this country. The town is filling very fast with fashionable company. Among the latest arrivals of distinction are the Countess of Kinnoull and family, in Brunswick-square ; the Earl of Beauchamp, at the Albion Hotel, where the Countess is daily expected from Worthing . ; Sir Francis and Lady Lawley, in Eastern -terrace : Admiral Sir Charles and Colonel Rowley and Lord and Lady Lurgan, at the Norfolk Hotel, where the Countess of Kilmorey, Lady Selina Needham and the Hon. Colonel Needham, are staying. The Countess has just taken a house in Bruns wick-square. The Countess of Glengall continues to occupy apartments at the Bristol Hotel, from whence Lady lleytesbury recently took her departure forlreland APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We understand, from the best authority, that the Hon. Mrs. Craven, the lovely and accomplished neice to the late Mrs. Fitzherbert, is very shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar by the Marquis de la Force, grandson to the Duke de la Force, and heir to his large property and ancient title. The family is nearly allied to the house of Orleans, and bears one of the most ancient as well as historical names of France. The marriage is to teke place in Paris, during the course of the present month.— Post. DEATH.—The Venerable Archdeacon Bathurst, we regret to hear, expired last night, about ei‘n, at No. 11, Promenade 'Villa., at a very advanewd age. This venerable clergyman had been for some time in a declining state of health, and arrived here about a fort night since.—.Cheltenham Examiner. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - (THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 12.—Wind frcsh breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Arrd. Toronto, Champlin, New York. Sid. Queen, Calcutta. Off, Sylph, £read well, Antigua ; Agnes, Burgess, Jamaica. SHOREHAM, SEPT. 1 I.—Arrd. George, Foley, Quebec. COWES, SEPT 11.—Arrd. Thalia, Ichaboe. DEAL, SEPT. 11.-A. nt. IV ind W.N.W. to N.N.W.; P.N. N.N.E. 10. P.m., N.W.—Arrd. Duke of Wellington, Cole, China ; Lady Howden, Manilla ; Devonshire, Stevens, Batavia ; Needands, India, ditto for Amster dam ; Edward, Java for Rotterdam ' • Benares Gilki sin and Jagar, Reddington, Calcutta ; Fatima, Hawsen. Rio for Altona •, Maria Christina, Voss, Porto Rico for ditto ; Hayle, Lampson, Laguna for St. Petersburgh ; Panthea, New York for ditto. Sid. Sir Robert Peel, Hobart Town ; Wm. Wise, Port Adelaide ; Mary Ann, Ichaboe ; Bethea, Rio ; Hendrick Hudson, New York. OFF TORBAY.—Bombay, Finley, China, sailed from St. Helena, July 20. OFF DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Andes, Smith, Bahia. FALMOUTH SEPT. 11.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Elizabeth Baynon, Lower, Macao. Off, Baltasara, Kuton, Valparaiso ; Ocean, de Rita, Port Republican, sailed July 31, and sailed for Antwerp. OFF PENZANCE, SEPT. 10.—Sultana, Lyall, Sydney, New South Wales. OFF SCILLY, SEPT. 7.—Emma of Hamburgl', for Cowes. ILFRACOMBE, SEPT. 11.—AlTd. Union, Newport, for Liverpool, with damage, &c., having been in coataa with a schooner, supposed of Buxhaven, which lost bow - sprit, but proceeded. BRISTOL, SEPT. 10.—Sid. James Daly, Bristol ; William, Quebec. SWANSEA, SEPT. 9.—Sid. Cobrero, Cuba. MILFORD, SEPT. 10.—Arrd, Bristol, Sierra Leone. ABERDWEY, SEPT. 10.—Arrd. Fury, Glaister, Quebec. LLAMNADOCK, SEPT. B.—The scliOoner Maii;,ret, of Bristol, was brought into Whiteford Bury River, last night, where she now lies much injured. BANGOEWEUYEE, APRIL 1 s.—Proteus (whaler), of Sydney ; first and second mate and one man drowned. OFF THE START.—Elizabeth, Hamburgh, for Cape of Good Hope and China. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 10.—Sid. Precursor, steamer, Calcutta ; Circuvative, Cape of Good Hope ; Hazelugg, Miramichi. OFF SCILLY, SEPT. 3.—Sophie, Batavia, for flamburgh. OFF BIDEFGOD, SEPT. 10.—Arab, Bowe, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUNDALK, SEPT. 9.—Sld. Alexander, St. John's, N.B. LivEttrooL, SEPT. 11.—Wind W.N.W., light.--Acrd, Echo, Dunlop, Trinidad ; Hope, Robertson, Quebec, Sld. Windermere, Africa ; Student, Pernambuco ; Sus. E. Howell, Baltimore ; Roscius, New York ; Alemplus, New York ; Caiihnesshire, Halifax ; George Ramsey, Quebec ; Royal William, Montreal. Off. Isabella, Singapore, an American ship, supposed New York pac ket, off 16th ult. CORN AVERAGES. yr.:NEttAL AVERAGE PRICES OF hlllflSll Com., For the Week ended Sept. 7, 1e44. made up from the Returns of the Inspector, ,n the different Cities and Towns in Englan•s and Wales, per Imperial Quarter Wheat......... 6d. Oats ..... 20a. 5.1.1 Beans 3Bs. Id 13.rley 3ss. 9d. Rye ........ 34s 4d Pease 33s. lOd ♦VERAGES OF THE L•ST SIR WEEKS. Weeks ending IWSEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. j TEASE _._. _._..„_r_______. 1- Aug. 3... 5l 0 34 10 20 3 37 6 34 7 36 5 10 5B 10 34 6 20 1 35 9 35 0 34 2 17 49 1 34 6 20 0 35 11 35 7 33 7 24 4O 4 33 3 10 4 36 8 35 10 34 0 31 Sept. 7 ...... IMPERIAL AGO/LEGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS Wheat... ..... 495. 9d. I Oats Barley 34a 6.1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat : 20. ocl. Oats Barley .......... 41. Od. I Rye MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SAY ATALNXiiTS. SMITnFIELD.—Coarse Meadow flay, 31 15s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/ 18s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 to 518 s ; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A mode rate supply. Trade tolerably steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3118 s to 4/10s; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 513 s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 6/; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1/ 10s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 105 to 11 12s per load. Sup ply good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 4/10s; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to Si 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load Trade throughout rather dull, at the above quotations. MEAT MARXETS. SOUTHALL, SEPT 11. —Prime Beasts and Sheep, though in full average supply, commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's prices. In other kinds of stock, the numbers of which were not to say extensive, compara tively little business was doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s Ed; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Supply :—Beasts, 50; Sheep and Lambs, 3,004; Calves, 60 ; Pigs, 52. ROMFORD, SEPT. 11.—We had rather an inactive in. quiry for each kind of stock to-day, yet prices were generally supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6cl to 4s 6d ; Veal, Es 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, SEPT. 10.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 6d per 81bi. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EAST SURREY RACES.—(YESTERDAY.) The East Surrey Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 15 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. (6 Subs.) Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 6 yrs, 10st 31b 3 1 1 Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs, 9st 41b Mr. Wilson's Dart, 6 yrs, 9st Mr. Dixon's Capsicum, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 2 0 0 The, first and second heats were won easy; third, won by a neck. The Trotting Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each and 20 added, Heats, twice round and a distance. (3 Subsi -- Mr. Burke's Blackbird, lOst (Owner) 1 2 1 Mr. Williams's Number One, lOst 71b Mr. Andrew's Merry Legs, 9st Won easy. Match against Time, 50 to 20—Burke galloped .a pony . three miles in seven minutes and 34 seconds, carrying 10 stone. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ABINGDON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Marcham Park Stakes of 35 sous. each, with 40 added, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second saves his stakes. Two miles. Mr. Wreford's Franchise, 5 yrs (West) 1 Mr. Hook's Una, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Herbert's Ajax, 6 yrs.... Mr. Thornton's Pine Apple, 4 yrs The following were not placed :—Sir S. Spry's Sub duer, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Dixon's Glendower, 4 yrs—Mr. Pryse's Jack Cade, 3 yrs—Mr. M. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 3 yrs. The Berkshire Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 15 added ; winner to be sold for 80/. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs (Pettit) 1 1 Mr. Southby's Brenna, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Palmer nd Preistnitz, aged Mr. Vernon nd Egypte, 5 yrs Mr. Scott's The Whaler, 4 yrs 0 0 The Pusey Horn Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added, for three-yrs-old 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b • 5 yrs, Bst 11 lb ; 6 yrs, 9st llb ; and aged, 9 st 41 b. Winner to be sold for 2001, &c. Two miles. Mr. F. Clarke's Arcanus, 5 yrs (Sly) 1 Mr. Prye's Jack Cade, 3 yrs Mr. J. Day's fby Bubastes, out of Zelinda, 3 yrs...bolted LICHFIELD RACES---WZDNESDA L Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. T. Y. C. Mr. Skerratt's Sister to Lydia, 2 yrs (Arthur) 1 Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian, 2 yrs Mr. Copeland's Assay, 3 yrs The Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each and 20 added, one mile, were won in two heath by Mr. Holford's Pickwick, aged (Stagg), beating Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs, and Mr. J. Eyke's Heads or Tails, 6 yrs. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. Denham's Harriet, 3 yrs (Denman) 1 1 Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Flintoff's The Exciseman, 4 yrs Mr. Wilson's The Disowned, 4 yrs A Sweepstakes of 3 soy& each, with 20 added, wi nner to be sold for 200 L, gentlemen riders, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Shirley's Nonsuch, 5 yrs (Captain Peel), beating Tamworth, 6 yrs. LEICESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Leicestershire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 75 added. Twice round and a disiance. Mr. D. Cook's What, 4 y rs (Hutchi nson ) 1 Mr. Berrington's rather ' Mathew 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Pache named Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs—Mr Toke's Er mangardis, 6 yrs—Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs—and Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 5 yrs. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added. Heats, once round and in. Mr. Ongley's Seaweed, 3 yrs (Crouch) 2 1 1 Mr. Brown's Village Lass. 5 yrs 3 2 dr Mr. D. Cook's What, 4 yrs 0.... 1 dr MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total num ber of deaths during the week ending Saturday, Sept. 7, was 915, exceeding those of the, previous week by 117, and the average of five summers by 15. The in crease has taken place chiefly among that class of diseases called epidemic, endemic, and contagious. The deaths caused by scarlatina are unusually great, the number being 99, average 39, and of those all, except one, were under 15 years of age. Small-pox, too, has been very fatal, the number being 49 —average, 11 ; typhus, 39 ; average, 28. Deaths from pneumonia, consumption, and diseases of the lungs are considerably below the average. The following is the analysis of the list of violent deaths :—fracture or contusion, seven cases, of which four were by falls, one by a carriage, and two not stated how caused. Drowning, seven cases, of which three were suicides, two accidental, and two not stated. Burns, three cases. Murder, two cases. Hanging, one case —suicide. And scald, one case. Total, thirteen males and eight females. The fall of rain in inches was 0.19. CRICKET. Yesterday a match which created much interest was played at the Copenhagen ground. Islington, between 11 players of the Islington Albion Club and 22 players of the I4lington Junior Club. The 22 players took their innings first, and scored 110 runs. The 11 players then went in, and obtained 112 runs, thus beating their 22 opponents by two runs, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A good business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday at firm rates. Sales 1,200 bales American, and the total 7,000 bales.—South-Eastern and Dover Shares were rather better, and a fair business was dune in railways. Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter, 27i; Bristol and Gloucester, 561 ; Chester and Wrexham, 41; Dublin and Belfast, 4 6-20 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 664; Glasgow and Greenock, 12} ; Grand Junction, Quarter, 394 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 354; London and York, 48; Midland Counties, 107; North British, 5i ; Sheffield and Manchester, 934 ; South- Eastern, 38f ; Ditto Ne w , 12 ; Y or k an d N ort h Midland, 104 i ; York and Selby, 37 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 14s. The delay in the arrival of the West India mail has caused some uneasiness, as it is now four clays over due. In the Sydney papers received this morning to the 3d of May, there are many details relative to the affair at . Otaheite which has not yet appeared in the published accounts from that quarter, connected, with the late opera tions of the French against it. It is scarcely known here that many of our countrymen who have settled in Australia hare had a constant commercial communica tion with Otaheite and the other islands, of a standing equal to a quarter of a century. The bod3 . of the resi dent Protestant missionaries in the Georgian Islands addressed the Governor of the French posses sions in the South Pacific Ocean, declining an interview that had been asked to discuss af fairs upon three grounds :—First, that the changes or occupation was coltrary to the great law of equity be tween man and man, nation and nation. Secondly, that to accept the invitation would, in the estimation of man kind, amount to a compromise ; and thirdly, that though exhorting the people to peaceable obedience, they had never intended to recognise French authority. M. Bruat eventually promised his protection to the missionaries. There appears to be a considerable degree of excite ment in the colony on the subject of the fixity of the tenure of land on the frontier, a proclamation on the sub ject having been issued by the Governor, which had given great disapprobation on this matter. The accounts from Port Philip received to-day are not of interest. The Funds are dull, Consols 99i 4 for Money, and 9913- for Account. Exchequer Bills 765. to 745. prem. The Foreign investments still have rather a firm ap pearance. Spanish Five per Cents. are 238, and the Three per Cents. 341 to 8 ; Mexican are 358, and Bra zilian 87 to 874. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 62* to 8 ; Portuguese Converted being 46. The Railway Shares have not been much dealt in, and exhibit, with one or two exceptions, a want of buoyancy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9934 India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000••••••••••••• 0000000000000 ••••••••••••• 91 Consols for Account 0 00 00 00 99%% Exchequer Bills, 110. 154 d. 1 0001. 00000 76 74 pm. oo •• •••••••••• 74 70 ow Ditto Small ............ 74 pm. Ditto Advertised — FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account. B7 Mexican Bonds, 1 337, 5 per Cent. ...... 35% Ditto Deferred Stock 15% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Ditto Converted 46 Spanish Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840 23% Ditto Three per Cent. .........».».».».» 34% is Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dutch 2)4 per Cents 6 2 1/4% Dutch 5 per Cents lou% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAY/. PAIL PC! Silk RE. Bristol and Exeter ........ 70 Bristol and Gloucester 3O 54% to Dublin and Cashel. ... 9)4 1 34... to Eastern Counties ..... ... ....... 25 ...... .- ,_ to Ditto New Registered . 'Sl. is . 4:..... 13 Great North of England Great Western 00000000 •••••••••••••••• r iii 149 .. Hull and Selby 6$ to ... Ditto % Stares London and Brighton .' ....... ...... $0 ......... 47% 4 to London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% 7l ........ to 77% London and Croydon London and York Manchester and Birmingham ... 4u Midland Counties lOO 1053( Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 North British South Devon .... ... 5 ..... .... 1g South Eastern and Dover 33% 38%% ... to Ditto New Whitehaven and Maryport Yarmouth and Norwich lB 28% to Ditto New 5 l2 to York and North Midland Ditto 34 Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch _ Ditto Selby Scrip . _ Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ...... 2% 1 4 .to Paris and Orleans . 28%34% . to Fernand Rouen ..... ..... 20 ......... SS% to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 11. —We have had a fair amount of business done, but generally lower prices have been accepted. Barnsley Junction, 3:1; Blackburn and Preston, 8k; Churnet Valley, 3 5-16 ; Great North of England, 121; London and York, 4,1 7-16 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 6/; Manches ter and Birmingham, Quarters, 54 4s. 3d.; Manchester and Buxton, 2k; Sheffield and Manchester, 93; Trent Valley, 8i; Boulogne and Amiens, 2k ; Manchester Assurance, 11k. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 7th of September, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five years. Epidemic,Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 266 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat B7 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 134 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 25 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 7B 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l3 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles lO 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c ... 2 1 Old Age, or Natural Decay 57 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... Deaths from all Causes ... DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. Weekly Average of Five Years. Consumption... 129 147 Scarlatina 99 34 Pneumonia .-........ 5l 79 Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............ lB 35 looping Cough l2 33 Typhus 39 31 ... Sin - all Pox 49 15 Disease of the Heart Measles 26 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain 9 9 Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths 1 15 DISTRICTS. - West North 162 171 Central . 148 188 East 205 207 South 243 242 Total 00000 • •••••• ••••• 915 946 ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICIL—Within the last fortnight, a number of hands, to the extent of about twenty blacksmiths and a similar number of men for the carriage and the laboratory departments, have been en gaged to work from four to six months certain, to com plete the works in progress for rendering the vessels of war, and war steamers, and works at the outports in a perfect and efficient state, according to instructions emanating from the Lords Commissieners of the Admi ralty, and several workmen in these departments are still required to complete the order within a limited time. A report prevailed at the latter end of last week that the nineteen brass howitzers said to be missing, had been recast without being entered ; but a printed bill, subsequently issued, offering a reward of 100/. for in formation leading to the detection of the parties guilty of breaking them up or abstracting them from the Royal Arsenal, must remove any impression that they were recast for Government purposes without being entered on any of the books of the departments. The nineteen howitzers of 2i cwt. of brass or gun metal are not the only articles unaccounted for, as four Coehorns, a species of ordnance of the same kind of metal, and weighing 1i cwt. each, were abstracted from the wharf of the Royal Arsenal some time ago, and although every search and inquiry was made relative to them, no information could ever be obtained to lead to their restoration, or the detection of the parties who must have removed them, whether for an innocent or felonious purpose. At an inquest held yesterday on the body of a child aged 2i years, who in the temporary absence of the mother, and dressed only in her night-gown, ap proached the grate so near as to set it on fire, and was in consequence nearly roasted alive, and died in three or four hours after, the Coroner remarked, that strange though it seemed, children were frequently burnt to death by the ignition of so light a garment as a cotton night-gown. The surest remedy possible for burns, par ticularly as a first application, was pure flour, when it could be had, and no family should be without some. TITHE COMMUTATION.—Yesterday a Parliamen tary document, which was moved for by Mr. Manners Sutton, was -printed, embracing returns of all agree ments for the commutation of tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the several counties of England and Wales, from the Ist of January to the Ist of July last, specifying also in each case the amount of rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes, and showing whether the same be payable to appro priators, impropriators, or clerical incumbents ; of all awards for the commutation of tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the several counties of England and Wales in the same period ; A nd also of all appointments of rent-charges in the period mentioned. It appears that under the first branch — agreements for the commutation of tithes which have been confirmed by the Commissioners—the balance of increase was 6911. 17s. Oid., which, with the increase in former returns of 54,7221. 2s. lid., makes the total increase 55,4641., so that in England and Wales " rent charges" will be the term used, instead of the ancient word " tithe," which existed from the earliest period, and was provided for the support of the clergy. By the second head —the awards for the commutation of tithes confirmed by the C o mmissioners—it is stated, that in England and Wales the total rent-charges of the present return were 92,3601 6s. 51d. ; the total rent-charges of id. ; and the t o t a l rent charges, e 9 t 4 u 8 7 3 , 2 8 1. 5 5 6 5 , 3 . 7 5 1. 1 19s. der u 1 return was made of all apportrenments confirmed by the lithe Commissione): , in the period ov .ix months ending 'l a an d o ver the same period t h e two ot h er a Sir John Brooke Pechell, Bart., continues muc h branches i l es a h st av ; e reference. indisposed, at his residence, in Hill-street. SilfiiiriiAßY OF NEWS AND Vupitt Optnten. " Who runs may read." POILIEXON. The National observes—" That Louis Philippe should wish to leave France and pay a visit to Queen Victoria i s a question which regards his Ministers ; but it if generally considered by the public that this fancy is ill timed. It is considered that the travellers might choose another period for their exchange of politeness, than the very moment when Sir Robert Peel, Lord Aberdeen, and, the Duke of Wellington, held the most eccentric 0 0 gross language towards our country in the presence of the British Parliament, when, thanks to the timidity of our governors, the English Cabinet has ioflicted on the dignity of France the most sanguinary affront, and at moment when throughout the English press, at pub meetings, and in the Parliament, the most violent calum nie s and invectives are lavished on our navy." Baron d'Anu'law, the Minister of Baden, Baron de, Drachenfels, Miniser of Hesse, and M. Weyland, audiences of the King on Monday, at which they r'e senteclthe replies of their Sovereigns to the notification of the birth of the Duke d'Aleneon. On Saturday the annual funeral service, in commeor ration of the late King and Queen of Naples, was pet" formed in the presence of the Queen of the French in th e Church of Neuilly. The Prefect of the Seine has just left Paris to pass 0 month at his estate of Rambuteau. The Marquis de La morelie supplies his place ad interim.: The Prefect of Police has issued a circular to th e Mayors of the department of the Seine, relative to th e , New Game-law, calling on them to inform the save r. ' keepers and agents under their authority, that licences under the old law are to be considered in force until the year for which they were granted shall have fully elapsed. Lieutenant Besson, who was in command of the Groell" land, is to appear before a court-martial. The Moniteur Beige publishes a decree by the King of the Belgians, dated the 7th inst., e by which, as a cens quence of a recent treaty with the German Custom; Union (Zollverein) it is ordered that, in future, Prussia ° vessels in Belgian ports shall pay only the same duties 0. 0 Belgian vessels ; that the Customs' duties on wines of the union shall be reduced to fifty centimes per hectolitre in cask, and two francs per hectolitre in bottle ; the excise duty also to be reduced 25 per cent., and the import duty on silk manufactures of the Zollverein to be reduced 2 0 per cent. A Madrid journal states that a quarry of lithographic stone of the best quality has just been discovered at Xl' rallet, in Catalonia. On the 3d inst., at eight in the morning, a pilot-bee t of Antwerp fell in with what appeared to be a raft, pilot-beat a considerable distance from the shore off Walcheren , and having nine mei. , on it. On approaching, it Wee found that the supposed raft was one of the platfortat made upon faggots which are used for the repair tg dykes. The master of the pilot-boat rescued the ref¢ from their perilous position, and learned from them the" 24 hours previously they had left with two boats to transport their platform to a dyke which had been in" jured, but that the wind had got up strong from the land, and forced them out to sea. Their boats had bee n swamped, and their only means of saving themselves from immediate drowning wax their platform. Tho r , would probably have perished in a few hours, as the s e was getting very rough. They had been without O w rishment of any kind for 24 hours. The Havre journals of Monday inform us that on th e , preceding afternoon that town was visited by a storm at extraordinary violence. The wind was so high the _, considerable damage was done to some of the house's and the rain subsequently fell in such abundance he even carriages could not circulate in some of the str eeP, and the cellars of the houses were filled with water. The Cologne Gazette contains the following letter fro?! Berlin, of the Ist September:—" A great uneasiness 1' felt for the corn trade of the Baltic provinces, and esP e t i cially for the trade of Dantzic, where immense quaj ties of wheat are accumulated, which cannot be disp os e ,, of except in case of a bad harvest in England ; but, al%r e is better this year than it has been for a long time, r,„., merchants of Dantzic being obliged to keep their et': are threatened with considerable losses. One house '"'"to already failed for 180,000 dollars, and it is feared tb sre several others, and more considerable houses, will 611 the same fate." MAW AND POLICE. On Wednesday the first order of affiliation under the recent Act of Parliament was made at Queen-square Police-court. The putative father of the child 0 1 Joseph Edgely, a young linen-draper's assistant, Or in ing at Nantwich, in Cheshire, who was summon ed show cause why an order of 2s. 6d. per week should 5° be made upon him for its maintenance. After the w ow : had given her evidence, the solicitor for the defendenJ said he did not consider there was the description confirmatory testimony required produced in this Wei Mr. Burrell thought the case clearly made out, u u should adjudge the defendant to make an allowance ; wards the maintenance of the child. Mr. Edwards, 01 chief clerk, inquired the amount ? Mr. Burrell said 3 must be 2s. 6d. per week. The object of the Legislat tire in mentioning this sum, had clearly been with a vie/ W put part of the onus on the mother of the child. fendant was further adjudged to pay the sum of 31. 17 travelling expenses of the officer to Nantwich, an d other costs. A number of individuals, omnibus proprietors and re; sidents of Kensington, waited on Mr. Hardwick, at Mlle; borough-street-o ffi ce, to intercede for a mitigatio n of Lull sentence on William Mills, a driver of one of the Brix °, omnibuses, who was sentenced to the treadmill for on month, for racing with Foulkes, the driver of a lens% ton omnibus. Mr. Hardwick said he saw no motive modifying his judgment. The case was a very bad ?I'l r arid the defendants had not attempted to palliate the i r offence, but had pleaded guilty lit once. The Pu u ,, n , safety had been greatly endangered by the reckless o ut duct of omnibus-drivers, and as penalties were P2l ef t of a common fund, he had determined to try w hat e imprisonment would have. COUNT-WASZIONAZILII. do The Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Willough b9 _,4 Eresby, has joined Lady Willoughby de Eresby_..ral'' family at Grinisthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, from 1)1 17r, mond Castle, Perthshire, her Majesty . and Prince Al";s6 not being expected to visit that ancient baroni al s during their present visit to Scotland. A 00 The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans have arriv'Lie, a visit to the Earl and Countess of Morley, at S al Devon, from a short visit to Lady Rolle, at Bicton. the Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford are entertaining IJ, Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady Jane Fitzgkrertla; and Lord Otho Fitzgerald, and a select party, a t - 4 " head Court, Somerset. ;11 thi s The Lord Bkhop of Gloucester and Bristol vv . de ti week enter upon the occupation of the palace p ro P r od for him in the village of Stapleton, three mile s t Bristol, by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. GrLen,te• • provements and additions have been made in till r r e si' muses since they were purchased for the Episn ol3 " dente. 81Z8023416113911017/I. af The amalgamation of the London and York Curepro.fe with the Boston, Lincoln, and Wakefield RailwsY,%.,," c o pany, was formally ratified on Tuesday. In cotolu l '" it with the arrangement entered into on this occasic'ecio has been determined that the trunk line of the Tito/ and York Railway shall pass from Doncaster hY to York, and that a branch shall be made from "' caster to Wakefield, and another from Lincoln, tale banks of the Foss and Witham, to Boston. The 13 „ - riog appear to be fully aware of the importance of sehco-dics, the assistance of these two powerful and wealthy as in fire days since the announcement of their hal e re . thrown their interest into the London and York, °Nos mainder of the whole capital of 5,000, 0004 has subscribed. s the On Sunday last the passenger traffic of what be sta. Brandling Junction Railway was transferred t° th-etr tion of the Newcastle and Dar lingtOn Railway , in d Gr ltine' field, Gateshead, and the name of the Brandling tion Railway no longer appears in the time-bills, nriago " The silly crusade," says the Brighton Gu ar o ces' " against Sunday-trading is at an end. A slight e e sion has been made, the acceptance of which waslittle tated by prudence; and so the matter ends wi th wry credit to those who originated it, if we except the r oo t. ness and address with which they have beaten 9 , r e a ct' On Wednesday, a very numerous and highly r es r f o o able meeting of the medical and surgical held at the public office, Birmingham, to take into a re sideration the Bill lately introduced by Sir J su ne st wet. ham, on medical reform. Amongst those Pre s . asst' Dr. Fletcher, Mr. Thomas Chavasse. Mr. Pye Ch, r av a lor , Mr. Saunders, Mr. Hadley, Mr. Laurence, r. Tay Mr. G. Elkington, Mr. Ryland, Mr. Partridge' JO Parsons, Mr. Holbeach, Mr. Wickendon, P r o ' Or Davies, Dr. Mackay, and several gentlemen frF oarli pa rtie ro di. surrounding district. The speakers dwelt profession _O, on the encouragement given to the sale of qu ack on° cines, and unskilful persons being permitted to quack prescriptions. A petition to the Souses of Pa roST sof against certain portions of the Bill was then ogre' after which the meeting separated. Royal General Dispensary, was held on WednesclaJteet, The usual quarterly meeting of the Governor! the board-room of the dispensary, in Aldersgstelnate! City ; the Rev. E. D. Legh in the chair. The 93 , 1 A na of the last general meeting having been a pprove" It confirmed, the report was read by the seeretl:thatt stated that during the past quarter no less a n um ber th at 3,000 patients had been admitted to particiPa te m ong s. benefits of the Institution. During that period , a fv the poorer and more destitute class, an extraordina'" crease in cases of fever was remarked. tir Sbir EFFECTS OF THE LATE STOEM.--The s tew ,/ Leeds, which arrived at Hull from Haniburgh on -U . ' t he night, the 30th ult., fell in on Wednesday atternoone iio, 28th, between the Elbe and Heligoland, Ivith th fro o ricum barque Massencombe, of Newbury po o rt, ed b et Havannah, at anchor and dismasted, and t w on° safely into Cuxhaven. A very flattering letter of_ _ t o was addressed by the passengers in the Leeds to uali' he ir Mowle, and most respectably signed, expresshlastero admiration of his intrepedity and humanity. -- Counties Herald. _ t ote° "Zia; DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL _The C oo of the Loyti . ; National Repeal AssoCiation, havf f or priated 251. as iLpir subscription to the fund lu THE • HAGUE, SEPT. Pl." - g th e purpose. nio wing, or Prince of Prussia arrived here y 0 terdaY ~ ,- s V oce., half past ten o'clock, and alighted at th e ~; I;Pruo° l 7o his Excellency Count Von Konigsmark, t" s ta ple Ambasador. His Royal . Highness left the eight o'clock this morning. tle,near ..,.. The Duchess of Manchester continues qig:glc by an attack of fever at Tandrageo C:as where the family are staying -Hs Royal High_ne....s,_. 0.