The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER il, 1844. T HEATRE, ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. cause Mr. ORES is " virtuoui , " shall there be " no Under the Management ot Mrs. KEEL Ey. more cakes and ale " at Gr-Ntsend? We have no p.t- Another great Achievement Successf , ll Triumphant ! ! l To attempt toeulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava- tience with such pharisaical cant ! We have ever gansa of "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for 1 _ Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ,• the Manage- strenuously protested against it, and shall ever con neat, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it wit be tinue to protest, for to interfere with the harmless repeated every Evening! THIS EVENINS, SEPT. 11, Sabbath recreations of the people, is the very worst Will be repeated a New Dram; entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, . Vining, means that can be adopted for promoting a religious Emery, F. • lathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss E. f ee li ng among them. If their amusements be such as Chapin, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss are It variance with propriety and social order; if ~ roves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an vainly Original, and much b. nor than they tend to produce a breach of the peace, and rouse ew, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burleseee Extra. aganza, founded on tho celebrated Eastern fale, in the Arabi .n evil passions among those who engage in them , then, Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THIS WON. DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very let them be put a stop to, since common sense and extensive Ne Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha- i tuners by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, l justice alike call for their discontinuance ; but if they J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli ,ge Miss I be manifestly inoffensive, and render those happy E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Hi s James, Miss C arson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &e. and contented who would otherwise be devoured by PRICES OF ADMlS:qol.4.—Balcony Sores. 41.; Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 2s_ _,.'• Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B o xes, 2s . ; sp l een and ennui, then, so far is it from being the duty Upper Boxes. Is. (id.; Pit, V. Private Boxes on trio rt,iicony Tier ama istrate to endeavour to (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second of g put an end to them, 'ller (bolding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private that it is his duty rather to encourage, or at any rate Boxes on the Pit fier (holding six persons), One Guir ea. The Box. slice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the dl rec. to abstain from all petty and vexatious interference Lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. with, them. A Sunday crusade against railways, steam-boats, wherries, the baker's oven, and the old woman's fruit-stall, never yet made a people religious, and never will make them so. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor ai,d Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows, and Re-engagement of the wonders of Mr. Carter, the American Lion King. THIS EVENING, SEPT. ii, Will be repeated the French Equestrian Military Spectacle of the LION OF THE DESERT AND THE FRENCH IN MOROL'CO. Abdallah, the Outcast Ara'', Mr. Carter. New Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with the new Equestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dimes, Appointments, to realise the rt cent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. ;cling and stagearimager, Mr. W D. Broadfoot. Box-otllce open from Eleven till Five. Lessons i■ thw Art of Riding ►y Mr. R. Smith. In giving insertion, in another column, to a copy of the petition of 1,240 inhabitants of Reading, in cluding ministers of all denominations, freeholders, &c., " against sending out British soldiers to foreign and colonial countries," we are anxious to disclaim, distinctly, any concurrence in the views of the peti tioners, or the prayer which is founded on those views. Whilst we have, by republishing this docu ment, rendered a well-merited homage to the purity andbenevolence of the motives which have dictated its preparation, we must be allowed to express an opinion that it proceeds upon assumptions the most illo gical, facts the most perverted, and a policy the most in sane which Parliament was ever appealed to to sanction. The " objection" these petitioners take to be con sistent should have been taken in limine. They should have denounced the profession of the soldier altogether, and in the first instance. It might then have been competent to them to adduce this incidental liability of the service, as a cumulative argument, to illustrate the inherent or inevitable tendencies of a soldier's occupation to subject him, in their own words, " to services so dreadful, and attended with such a frightful sacrifice of human life." But the petitioners, afraid to propound this doctrine of original iniquity in the soldier's trade, turn round upon his employers, and challenge as an intolerable cruelty that which we shall demonstrate to be an inseparable, necessary, unavoidable liability of his professional existence. We, for our parts, detest war in the abstract, and therefore deplore the dire neces sity which requires, for the preservation of states, of the civil liberties and privileges of their subjects, and of their political rank among nations, the maintenance and encouragement of those public servants whom social theorists and pseudo-philanthropists delight to designate as " legalised homicides." But practical sufferings and physical injury, national degradation and individual bondage—the loss of property, and the mockery and repudiation of all the laws, usages, and immunities which may be pleaded—vainly pleaded— against its violation—these are experiences more sharp, bitter, and potential, than the finest abstract principles that ever were announced, can be consola tory to those who are made to pass under the yoke of a conquering enemy. It may be a source of honest pride to certain denominations of Christians, con sistently to uphold the doctrine of peace and universal harmony among all classes of men. And when the bad passions of our nature shall have been eradicated by centuries of ameliorated institutions, and the wider diffusion of all the lights of morals and religion ;—when Kings shall acquit themselves, as faithful trustees for the interests of their people, and their people shall fulfil the reciprocal condition of the great contract of go vernment by devoting themselves with disinterested good faith to their duties to Kings ;—when one nation shall respect the rights of another without speculating on any conditioni of weakness or decay for chances of its own eggrandiseinent at the expense or the ruin of its compeer; then—and not till then— war may cease with the necessity for guarding against treason or violence, fraud or perfidy. But, alas ! this golden age is yet far distant we maintain armies and navies, as well as legislatures and churches—effective services of national offence and defence, as well as liberty of conscience and argu ment in polemical divinity and political controversy. War, therefore, may be malum per se, even where it secures victory for the right ; but what is peace, where it shall only confirm and invigorate power to the wrong ? What is the condition of a humbled and enslaved people under the grinding oppression and insults of their warlike conquerors, to have them selves eschewed and protested against war, " upon principle ?" They turn from such bootless contem plations of ethical maxims which they have fallen into whilst attempting to uphold against the unreasoning arguments of artillery and bayonets, and raise the cry of despair common to all in their unfortunate condi tion. Vat cictia 1" The Reading petitioners are deeply Concerned at the practice of sending our soldiers to foreign and colonial countries, because, among other reasona, " a large proportion of the troops so sent abroad are ycung men who have left civil pursuits through the oppres sion on industry." Would these young men remain ing here, still engaged in civil pursuits, have dimi nished that " oppression on industry ?" Is it not clear that their departure from a market already over peopled must have proportionably lightened it? But it is urged, moreover, that these poor fellows " have entered the army, ignorant of the sufferings attendant on military life." Doubtless could they know these beforehand, by any intelligence of instinct or pro- f phecy, nine out of every ten men would decline the ser vice. What then ? We have shown that if war is not good, nay, if it be bad in itself, it is . an unavoidable necessity, at present, incident to our imperfect nature and more imperfect institutions. Now it is pretty evident that if we must have war, it is better to be prepared, than not prepared, to wage it ; and that of the two conditions, of those who beat and those who are beaten in hostile operations, the former is certainly to be taken for choice. All these considerations result in confirming our own impression that in this instance as in others, " where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise;" so that it is well that our young military aspirants are ignorant of all the sufferings of the lot they select. How far the statistics of the petitioners are correct, that, during the last three years, 12,000 natives of the United Kingdom have perished in the British dependencies and adja cent countries ; that the annual mortality of 1,000 European soldiers, under thirty years of age, sta tioned in Jamaica is upwards of 140, the average of similar ages and numbers in Great Britain showing a mortality of only fifteen ; and that in various gar risons of India, China, and Bermuda, deaths are so frightfully numerous, that, comparatively speaking, few British soldiers ever return home alive from these settlements :—how far these statements are borne out by authenticated data we cannot, at this moment, undertake to examine. If the allegations be founded on facts, they are calcu lated to excite in every mind feelings of the utmost pain and regret, though, taking the aggregate of these DAYIDGE"a ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. IMMENSE ATTRACTION. MADAME VESTRIS AND MR. CHARLES MATHEWS, FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 11, Will be performed USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr C. Mathews. After which, THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyk, Mr, Charles Mathews; Gertrude, Madame Vestris. T• be followed by the Farce to of TWO IN THE MORNING, Newp?nny, Mr. Vale ; Stranger, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with the RENT DAY. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Box. Glace, fre u Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SEPT. Will be pet fermed Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. J. Hudson Kirby; Gertrude, Mrs. W. West; Ophelia, Miss Vincent. After which, JACK AND THE BEAN.STALK ; or, The Lad that knew bow many Beans mad* Five. Jollibufra, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. Toponclude with the favourite burletta called MAID or WIFE Rakes ell, Mr. Seaman : Beady, Mr. John Herbert ; Lady Rake- R:11, Miss Hamilton; Fanny (with Songs), Miss Louisa Lyons. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and XI I Is. 6d. tiOY A L SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EX MAORDINARY AND NOVEL AITRAI TIONS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and Td URS DAY. throughout the Searon, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE averages of military mortality in connexion with the extended amount of the military force on which tho per tentage is to be reckoned, we might be justified in arguing, perhaps, that the results are not so ap - - - - palling in their disproportion to the mean mor tality in civil occupations, as the petitioners imagine. But when the latter entreat the House of Commons "as trustees of the people," not to sanction any money votes on account of, or authorise, any fur ther embarkations of, troops of the United King . dom, "to our colonial and foreign possessions,"— , we must be permitted to ask what is the alterna tive they contemplate ? That we should throw up our commerce ? We could not maintain it for one twelvemonth without our colonies. That we should abandon our colonies? We could not exist in our inational i n t egr i ty or independence for two years with- out them. To say nothing of the solemn, the beneficent, the ennobling destiny which Providence has charged us with the duty of fulfilling to human civilisation, in retaining the dominion over and administering the I government of so vast a colonial empire, —scattered I through both hemispheres, diffused over every quar teree of the globe, assembling und er t h e paternal pro: tin of o u flag, races of almost every var i ety of to r exchanging the s pi ces and rich greatproducts (i the ocean spoils MA the ) 7 f the of tropics man ; f o r peltry of the Poles—the infinite abundance of natural fruits and treasures yielded by one temprate region for the industrial manufactures and the productions of art and luxury yielded by another; to say nothing of all this—colonies to our commerce—commerce to our colonies—both to our national force and indepen dence—our national force and independence to the peace, the happiness, and the permanency of all civilised States and institutions,—have, each to the other, inde• feasible and absolute relations, the preservation of which, in all their strength and harmony, is an object cheaply purchased, indeed, by the maintenance of an adequate army, and the constant supply of periodical reliefs to those detachments which are stationed in our " colonies and foreign dependencies," even under all the disadvantages inaccurately (as we think) as sumed by the Reading petitioners. All the Paris journals of Sunday contain articles on the QUEEN'S Speech, and the settlement of the Ota heite affair. The Opposition papers are in a tower ing passion with M. GUIZOT for having yielded one iota to Sir ROBERT Plum ; and one of them madly declares that never before did France submit to such a disgrace. Let us see on what grounds this com plaint rests. The Journal des Debats, the organ of the French Government, says the two Cabinets have come to an understanding, on the subject which leaves the honour of both untouched. Some time since it was announced that Mr. PRITCHARD was to be sent back to Otaheite, and the vessel which was to carry him to his destination was ready to sail. At another time it was said that M. Guizor had consented to recal the Governor, M. BRUAT, and Captain D'Aunicar. But the facts are — Mr. PRITCHARD will not return to Otaheite, M.BitTaT will retain his post, and Captain D'Avninrir alone be recalled." The French Government," it adds, " has main tained with energy the right of its officers to remove a turbulent foreigner from the settlement, yet this will not prevent the Opposition from exclaiming against such infamy and such cowardice. The Government has blamed an act which it was just and proper to blame; the violent manner in which Mr. PRITCHARD was ar rested and his close confinement. The right of removal is one thing, the manner in which it may be effected is another. Mr. PRITCHARD, in having been sum marily expelled, may have suffered not only in person but in property, and if such is the case, an indemnity will be granted. These are the conditions of the arrange ment, an illusory satisfaction for the English Opposition, and. an enormous concession for the French Opposition► but in reality an equitable arrangement, which does equal honour to those who offered it, and those who accepted it. Thus the two Cabinets have a claim to the gratitude of men of sense—'they have not allowed themselves to be stupified by the clamours which were poured forth against them. They have exa mined the affair, as it really exists, with a sincere desire to grant reciprocally what was just. The false point of honour was thrown entirely out of view, and true dignity satisfied." If these are the conditions of the arrangement, with what reason can the French Opposition complain ? England has yielded more than France. Mr. PRITCHARD has been banished from the island after a cruel and unnecessary im prisonment. M. BRUAT remains, and Captain D'AUrnGNY is simply recalled. But the fact is, these journals wish for a universal war, and they would exclaim against the French Government with equal fury had it agreed to any terms of peace, however humiliating for England. The following extract from the National is a cimen of the rage displayed by the war journals : " Thus the sacrifice is complete. That disgrace which the friends of the Government declared to be im possible, which even its enemies thought improbable, has fallen upon France. Weary from indignation, we have only to bow down our heads, and to lament with the bitterest anguish over the fall of our country. Yes ! amidst the tumult of feelings which this new humilia tion awakens in our heart, that which predominates is not anger—it is grief. This act is one calculated by its very nature to provoke against the Government a re-ac tion so violent, so terrible ; that they dared not have perpetrated it, had they not felt assured that the heart of the country was frozen—that greatness of feeling was extinct—that its arms were invincibly enchained. The series of humiliations which we have suffered for the last fourteen years is long and lamentable. But there is not one of them which can be compared to this. In 1840, it was before united Europe that we retired. Now, we bend before England alone. In 1840 it was in the cause of a foreign prince whom we had abandoned—now, been content:lea tnen the rlgnt of shit -3411 - Int-was paramount to that of the Pasha of Egypt—now it is im possible to deny but that right is entirely on our side. And we abandon our right—we sacrifice the honour of our flag—for what ? To preserve the insolent and pre carious favour of England. "It was formerly the glory of France to uphold the law of nations against the violence of England. If war has become more humane—if some notions of justice have made their way among the laws which regulate in ternational relations, the glory of it is due to us. It is our blood which has sealed all these conquests of civili sation over barbarism. Now it is our shame which seals the triumph of force over right. That immense moral force which extended over the world—which op pressors found everywhere before them—which carried France on to victory, has disappeared now—or has passed into other hands. But is it possible that France resigns herself to such a fall ? Can all those sentiments which formed her greatness be so weakened that she remains unmoved. If we give way again this time, the secret of our weakness is apparent. The world will think that, in order to obtain from us every possible 'species of concession, it is sufficient to menace us with war. If this is truly the fact—if France is really an accomplice in the cowardice of the men who govern her—if the hour of her decline is irrevocably come—ah ! let us curse our past glory, let us curse the grandeur of our recollections. The higher the fortunes of vrance have been, the deeper is now her abasement." The Commerce, though in a more calm an d digni fied manoor, blames the French Government for the concession; snd M. TRIERS' journal, the constitu tionnel, thus clot , " a few brief remarks on the hutni liation of France :-^" No explanation is given as to the details of this ar?aogement, but we know with too much certainty that the reprimand of one of our officers is the price of this a d of conciliation, and that for the second time within the last six months, ,herself hefore Mr. I France has yielded, and humbled PRITCHARD. TREATY - OF COMMERCE.---On Monday the treaty of commerce and navigation between her Majesty and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, had been laid before Parliament, was printed. The t,` 012 3' was signed at Schwerin in May, and the ratification e changed on the 10th of August last, at Dobberan. There are eight articles in the treaty, and three con taining the accession of the Grand Duke to the treaty of commerce. The vessels of the respective Powers are to be subjected to the same charges as national vessels. All articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the two countries are to pay the same duties, whether exported or imported in vessels of Mecklenburgh-Schwe rin or in British vessels. The following is an extract from the sth article :—" In consideration of British ves sels, together with their cargoes, being by the laws of Meeklenburgh-Schwerin admitted to enter into the ports of the Grand Duchy of Nfecklenburgh-Schwerin when coming from the ports of all countries, and in considera tion of British trade and navigation with Mecklenburgh- Schwerin being placed upon the footing of the most favoured nations, having regard also to the facility which the application of steam-power to inland navigation affords for the conveyance of produce and merchandise of all kinds up and down rivers, and to the new opening which may by these means he given to the trade and navigation between the United Kingdom and her Britannic Majesty's posses sions abroad on the one hand, and the Grand Duchy of Afeeklenburgh-Schwerin on the other, it is agreed that vessels of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, together with their cargoes, consisting of all such goods as for the time being may or can be legally imported into the United Kingdom and her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad by the said vessels, from any port of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, shall, when coming from the ports of Barth, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wolgast, and Stettin, or from the ports in the Trave Elbe, the Trave, and the Oder, be admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom and of her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad, on the same terms as if the ports from which such vessels,may come as aforesaid were within the dominions of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin; and such vessels shall be permitted to import such goods as aforesaid upon the same terms on which such goods might be imported if coming from ports of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin; and also that such vessels proceeding from the United Kingdom or her Britannic Majesty's possessions abroad to the ports aforesaid, shall be treated as retnrning to a port of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin." Gold Coin to Sydney 44 Mauritius Bask Stock 9, — s lD th i t t t t o o 8 0 0 1d nd A 5 n ......... t . i 92 p m. 3 .3 3 pe r s i) e per r Cent, e e i n i t. Cent. ll Con e .ed lied . . ... .. 7. .. : ...7.: ..... ,Ditto New Annuities - New 3% per Cent. llia[, Bills 1.000/. I%d, 76 pm. New 5 per Cent........ ........ ._ D!tto 5001. Long Annuities to expire 1.,,,'0 5ci4511,......... Jan Itltso Bank s to jk for Acct.... 2 00 % • Oct. 1859......... - t • ••••••••• V93 ‘ , Jan. MO ..... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian. 5 per Cent ..,,.»„ jPortuguese,s per Cent ..... 83 Belgian, 5 per Cent ..... ....... Ditto, New Ditto — iw C o o re l e o xei m ka b n i l a ,s n is ,: sr pe p C nct en 7 t . . t ...... Brazilian Bonds ........ ... 86% Prussian, 5 per Cent . ..... Buenos Ayres ,.6 per C. - 1 Y... Russian, 5 per Cen t ." -- "*" 118 ' Chiller], 6 per Cent .... .Ditto, Metallic."... ..... 23% Ditto, 1624 ... ~,,,, ,,.,,.«..... ,Ditte, 3 per Cent 34!4 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent... Ditto Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent ... 90 Frenc ' h, 5 per Cent....... —t --c. ,Exchange ••.. .......... ..•• --f. .-4, Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 . .. " ,Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 62% Dublin and Cashel, per Cent. ......—f. —c P " vign . 18 Z. 6 per Cent 24% Ditto. 5 per Cent ..........100% SHARES. 13 3 i Spanish. 5 per Cent 10% 11% Eastern Counties (23 paid) .... ..... Great North of England , 100 paid 6% Lancaster and Carlisle. 5 paid 220 London and Birmingham (Stock) Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich ( 121. 15s. 41. paid) ) 1.1% Uncial and South Western (411. 6s. Od. paid 7B Ditto'Eighths (15s. paid) London - and Croydon (Trunk) Manchester and Leedl (70 paid i 1 - 1 Ditto New,Quarters ( 2 paid) 106 Midland Counties 100 paid) 4B Newcastle and Dar)ingron Junction . 11 paid 57 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) ls;a Norwich and Brandon. 6 paid . ..... ...... 20 Yarmouth and Norwich (IS paid) . 11 Rouen and Havre, Iu paid COURSE OF - EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 S 2 Leghorn 3O SO Rotterdam ...... 2 U. 12 6 Genoa 25 15 Antwerp ............... 25 55 Milan Mamburgh M.B. 15 13i Venice Alton* .............. . ... 13 14 Naples 47 M D Pa il t Lo s e , i 3 l 3 le d ts s ay . o . n s :t ai hs g , ht... . ' 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 8 6 0 5 0 391 111 65 t 55 Bow - demi' -23 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23 23 90 RoLPiipasoolber Oporto Palermo, par os Petersburgh, 3 Us.- . 37 Berlin - ' ' 7 NewYork,2ldys sight Vienna, rf e- te• B. 3X ' 1 52 Philadelphia — Trieste, ditto ... ...... .1 53 TRICILS or suLmow,, TSB ox. Madrid ' 30 Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9 Cadia ' 361 Portugal Gold Coin 317 11 Buenos Ayres Una° 36 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 Barcelona ... ~, - 3ll New DoHare 0 4 10 Seville — Silver in Bars 0 4 111 2"%—pai 'd French. 3 A. serious accident occurred yesterday, between ten sind eleven, to a Mr. Bennett, of 54, Vauxhall-walk, while driving a friend and two ladies in a four-wheel carriage. After passing over Westminster-bridge from the Surrey side, the horse, it appears, which Mr. Ben nett was driving, shied at something on the road, and started off at full speed down Bridge-street ; in taking :► sudden turn from which towards the Houses of Parlia- inept, the near wheel caught the kerb-stone, and threw the carriage over with frightful velocity upon the newly macadamised road. The whole party were carried away in an insensible state to the Westminster Hospital, and received immediate attention from the surgeon. Upon inquiry there we learned that Mr. Bennett's collar-bone was broken, and his body very severely bruised. The two ladies presented an alarming appearance, being Oreadfully cut about their heads and faces, through coming in contact with the loose stones ; it was for ome time thought that the youngest of the ladies was dead, but we have since been informed that, although in a dangerous state, yet she has partially recovered. The horse,wite ultimately stopped without further mischief. ' We have to acknowledge the receipt of an extra ordinary edition of The Sun, of Wednesday, containing a lengthened and, admirable report of the proceedings in the House of Lords on that day, and of the triumphant issue. This, again, is but the last of many similar favours derived from the same source, for which we, and our Irish contemporaries generally , must feel bo un d to be aincgrely grateful.—Wexford Independent. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. There was a slight rally in the English Stocks, Con sols closirg at 994 to 994 for Money, and 99i, 4 for Account. Exchequer Bills were 775. to 755. prem!um. Sparish continued firm. The Five per Cents. were 23 to * ; and the Three per Cents., 331 to 34i- 1. Mexican were 354 to 36. Brazil Stock was at 86i. Dut:l Bonds remained fiim. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Dublin and Cashel, 7i to 81; Great North of England, 22 to 20; Lancaster and Carlisle, 11; Bir mingham, 120; South 'Western, 361 ; Croydon, 3i; London and York, li; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 94; Midland, 6; Newcastle and Darlington, 27; Northern and Eastern, 12 to 4; Norwich and Brandon, 9; Yar mouth and Norwich, 9i; and Rouen and Havre, 91 prem. Eastern Counties have been 11; Brighton, 21; Green wich, 31 to 4 ; and Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 26 discount. Australasia Bank, New Shares, were 9 premium; and Commercial of London, par. The Foreign Exchanges were generally firm, at about the rates of last post-day. 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 China Specie to China (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool was rather active yesterday, and prices were rather firmer. About 7,000 bags wore sold, of which speculators took 500 American, and exporters 500 American and 500 Surat.—There was a fair business doing in Shares, at steady rates, except Dover, which were rather lower. Dublin and Belfast Junction, 34 ; Ditto and Cashel, 84 ; Grand Junction, Half, 108 ; Great Western, Fifths, 26i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 204 ; Ditto, Quarters, 51 ; London and York, 44 ; Manchster and Leeds, ex div., 1234 ; Ditto and Birmingham, 52 ; Midland, 107 ; Sheffield aid Manchester, 924 ; South-Eastern, 39i ; Ditto, New, 124 ; Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Paris and Rouen, 39k ; Newcastle and Berwick, ‘q. The Gibraltar Chronicle received this morning states as follows : " There having been a question of certain letters, com promising the Spanish Consul-General in a plot to per suade some refugees, resident in Gibraltar, to quit the fortress, in order to have them seized and shot on enter ing Spain, we have much pleasure (without entering into the question of whatever blame may or may not attach to Spanish agents, or others, on much lighter accounts) in being able to say that this particular report, founded on a partial know ledge of a portion of the papers above alluded to, is not borne out by the general and complete infor mation that has been given to us of this correspondence ; and we state this with peculiar satisfaction, because such a plot would - be as repugnant to all our ideas of justice and humanity as to those we have entertained of Mr. Estefani, who enjoys the reputation of a gentleman and a man of honour. ' The intimation which we gave yesterday under this head that a forgery had been discovered at the Bank of England in the transfer of stock appears well-founded. Late in the day some of the facts connected with the delinquency transpired. It was done by the connivance of a clerkf nameof B, wh the Reduced_Threepeor, o Cents, a forged ts. transfer o office of. . document,sidentified the party selling the . Stock as the real owner. The amount is stated at from 8,0001. to 8,200/. Stoek Bank notes were taken for the Stock, and these soon converted into gold. The delinquent clerk and his coadjutor have, it is believed, left the country; the former, having asked for leave of absence, not re turning in the time allowed, his department was hauled over, and the forgery and transfer discovered. It is stated that the party who connived with the Bank clerk has been connected with the Customs. A party whom we have just conversed with, and who arrived last night from a tour in Scotland, describes the prpgress of the harvest there as most satisfactory. Fine weather in most quarters of the North came just in time to prevent injury being done to the crops. The general yield, it is confidently believed, will be a full average. The Consol Market has been somewhat heavy this morning. The Bull party does not like the order of fresh troops for Ireland. The Commissioners bought .5,000/. Consols at 994. For the Account the price must baclr to 994—a fall of one-half per cent. on yesterday's highest twine. The present value of Consols for Ac count is 69i. It has just been mentioned to us, that the fraudulent transfer already referred to, was in the Three per, Cent. ,Consols, and not in the Three per Cent. Re duced. The delinquents are far off, and the probability is that the Corporation will be the loser. Bank Stock is at 2004, Exchequer Bills at 755. premium, and India Bonds at 945. premium. A slight decline has taken place in the speculative Foreign Funds to-day. Spanish Console have receded to 224; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 624; Por tuguese Converted to 46; Spanish Three per Cents. to 34; and Colombian ex Venezuela to 13t. The demand for Railway Shares has been rather in active to-day. The Shares of the General Steam Na, vigation Company have advanced to 294 or 154 prem Joint-stock Bank Shares are nominally the same us yes , terday. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Oficial List.) n.r_cent.. Consols. Annuities...... 5011 az tz Ditto 30 Years, :[are 6-.lls India ...... Ditto under .......... ....... 94 Bank Stock for Account •••• 2OO Consols for Account ........ ......... ...... 0143 4 % India Stock for Account ........ Exchequer Bills, I%d. 154 d 0001. 77 75 pm. '77 75 pm. Date 77 . 4 Ditto A.dvertised" * " ..... ..""""" PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN DS Al' ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. .... ............«.« 13% Mexican Bonds, 1937, 5 per Cent. . .. Ditto for the Account ...... ............ 35% Ditto Deferred Stock 15% perraguede Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... Ditto Converted . ......... 48 Russian. Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent Spanish 'Bonds. Five per Ceat 1840... -.1% Ditto Passive Bonds. .......... ....... " a 5 , Dutch Ditto c e per g ntc . C ... e ; 316.41% Ditto for the 'Account --"*"."'"'"*""" " 34 Dutch 234 per Cents ............ PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE • O'CLOCK. IAILWAYS. NJ). Pit SIAM Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 .." .... . 113..„..... to 111 34 Bristol and Exeter . ....... ......... 70 to Bristol and Gloucester .............. .30 .... Chester and Holyhead ...... 5 to Dublin and CaslieL..... ........ 34 "*" " 1%% to Eastern Counties .... 23 to Ditto New Registered...„, ad:" . "" to Great Western ....... 75 lsl Ditto 54 Shares ........ ...... 50 1111}4 Ditte Fifths l2 London and;Birmingham..... ..., lOO ..... *" .21954 218" to 219 25 London and Brighton 474 . to 47 Londonl"4l -° D "nn 1 :d : to t : o •non 'l4aaaL E nn dno i dS g dah h nG3llsl th li.Nrua ce em s ot . t t tittt i ▪ 7113( 7634 London and Croydon ............... 13% ......• 173( Midl a nd Counties ..... 100 Bi rm i n gham and Derby ...,. 100 Newcastle anti DarlingtonJunct. 21 41 1 4 North British Is N o rwich and Brandon ...... South Eastern and Dover ......... No p rt it h t e o rn sc a r nd ip Eastern „ ............. 0 11 5 5 6 % 33%14% to Dthititteo N 4 ew Shares.... .......... ..... 5 .. .. .. .. to o rs 5 Terk and North Midland 2 a ' a '" Ditto Selby Scrip .............. . Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaui I . isand 90 .. ... ...... ly4 to Par .. sg% to STOCK EXCEANGB, Sxrr. 9. —The market has been active, and late prices are well main 'Mined. Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 44 ; Churnet Valley, 2 e ; Huddersfield and Manchester, 24 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 123 122/ ex div. ; ditto Quarters, 114 ex die. ; I ', l 7:4nehester and Birmingham, 52i 53 ex div. Sheffield an Ea ci ste ;V 90 ; South D e von, Gi ; South York and L on d on , 44 44 ; York and .. , 3 .o l 73 cl4s n t , c i r, 8 Selby, Ss't . iPt 37 ' CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. stone, 822 ; to nova*, 375 ; to Ramsgate, .58 ; to London, 278. HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS DOWN CHANNEL. SHIERNESS, SEPT. 9.—The royal squadron passed down Sea Reach at twelve at mid-day. A royal salute was fired from her Majesty's ship Ocean, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White. HARWWH, SEPT. 9.—The royal yacht was abreast of the Gunfleet beacon at 2 30 P.M. At 3 off this port, Ayhen a salute was fired from Languard Fort, and the colours hoisted at the Town-hall and at the Trinity- house station. The yacht beat all the other vessels while viewed from the heights, and was in sight two hours. ALDBOROUGH, SEPT. 9.—At 5 15 P.M., off port, the Queen and her attendants. Calm, with an easterly swell. Her Majesty's steamer made signals, but they were not understood.—Shipping Gazette. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOT LAND. (From the Dundee Advertiser.) PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF ROYALTY.— The Town Council and Harbour Trustees of Dundee are bestirring themselves in a proper spirit in preparing for the anticipated visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert. Satisfaction is generally expressed at the liberal manner in which the Harbour Trustees have voted funds to meet the necessary expenses. Apart from public indications of a loyal and public spirit, we understand that about a hundred of our young citizens are forming themselves into a body to guard the Royal party through the town —in other words, to constitute a Royal Native Body Guard. The citizens generally are animated with the most lively feelings in anticipation of the " eventful day." Much advice is tendered as to the mode of he ralding the progress of the Royal squadron, when it approaches our immediate locality. It appears that, through the instrumentality of David Hunter, Esq., of Blackness, arrangements will be made to fire Royal salutes at Carnoustie. It is besides recommended that salutes should be fired from Broughty Castle and Ferry- Port-on-Craig, and that bonfires should blaze on all the neighbouring heights. Altogether, there is no doubt that the public display will be honourable to the district, and worthy of the august occasion—the congregated thousands appearirg in their best dresses to greet the arrival of Britain's illustrious Sovereign. We understand that a communication has been re ceived by the Secretary to the Trinity House of Dundee, stating that it is expected the members of the House will pilot her Majesty into Tay. The Directors of the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company have very handsomely placed the steamer Perth at the dis posal of the Master and Brethren of the House, for this duty. ROYAL VlSlT.—Yesterday morning, Mr. Paterson, Union-street, received an order from Blair Castle, to forward immediately a large quantity of fruit, in anti cipation of her Majesty's visit there in the course of next week. We also understand from a letter shown to us by Mr. Paterson, that improvements ar e in p rogress at the Castle for the better accommodation and comfort of the Royal Household. PREVIOUS ROYAL VISITS TO DllNDEE.—Passing over the fugitive visits of several Princes of the Stuart line, above two hundred years have elapsed since Dundee has been honoured by the presence of royalty. The last crowned Monarch seen in its streets was James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England. About fourteen years after his accession to the English throne, James, as he informed his Scottish subjects in a proclamation, began to experience " a salmon-tyke instinct—a great and na tural longing to see our native soyle and placi of our birth and breeding." In 1617, James, says Wilson, " began his journey with the spring, warming the country, as he went, with the glories of the Court ; taking such recreations by the way as might best be guile the days, and cut them shorter, but lengthen the nights (contrary to the seasons) ; for what with hawk ing, hunting, and horse-racing, the days quickly ran away, and the nights, with feasting, masqueing, and dancing, were the more extended." After his reception on the 16th of May, at Edinburgh, James proceeded by Linlithgow and Dumfermline to Falkland, where he arrived on the 19th, " and once more enlivened,, with the sounds of his hunting horn, that noble park which had been his favourite scene of amusement in youth. On the 22d, he went to Kinnaird, the seat of Sir John Livingstone, where he spent eight days, probably in the sylvan sports. On the 30th he advanced to Dundee, and was welcomed by the town clerk, in a panegyrical speech, and by two Latin poems." To the disappointment of the inhabitants of Aberdeen, who had also made preparations for his reception, Dundee was the northern termination of the Royal progress, on account of the necessity of the King's returning to Edinburgh in time to prepare for the meeting of Parliament. The last visit of the Queen, the heautiful and unfor tunate Mary, in 1563, does not appear to have been, by any means, so agreeable to the inhabitants of Dundee as the one now expected. It is thus quaintly recorded by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottio in his Chronicles : " Att this time, their was ane parliament p roc l a i me d to the second of September. Vpoun the aught day of Julij preceiding, the queine was married with my lord Darnely, in Edinburgh, in the Abbey of Hollirudhous, with great pomp sad triumph, quhair the most pairt of the nobilitie was present, except my lord Hamiltoun, quhy was governour to the queine in her minoritie, the earles of Ardgyle, Rothus, and Murray. And their was 1.0 cnairge Mame to cum to Edinburgh to the queine, quhilk they refuissed, and war put to the home." . . . . . " Vpoun the 12 day of September, the king and queine maid the eerie of Lennox luftennent of the wast borderis, and thairefter cam to Stirling, Fyfe, and Dun die, and tuik sundrie gentlemen of Fyfe and Angus to put them in waird, for airt and pairt with the forsaidis lordis who war at the home. Vpoun. the 20 day of Sep tember, the king and queine cam to Sanct Johnstoun, and maid ordouris and statutis their. Att this tyme, the king and queine went to Edinburgh to ane coursall." It being understood that her Majesty will land at Dundee on Wednesday the 11th current, the Banks in town will be shut on that day. (From a Second Edition of the Dundee Advertiser.) FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. THE ROYAL VISIT. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are expected to arrive here early on Wednesday. Sir Neil Douglas, Com mander of the Forces in Scotland, will be in Dundee on Tuesday to make the necessary military arrangements. The royal party are to be escorted from Dundee to Blair Castle by a body guard of the Sixtieth Royal Rifle corps. At a meeting of the Joint Committees of the Town Council and Harbour Trustees, held at one o'clock to day, it was agreed immediately to proceed with the pre parations for her Majesty's landing and reception. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, at Fenton's Hotel, St. Jaraes's-street, from a visit to the Earl of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk, N.B. ; Montagu E. N. Parker, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; Mr. Spencer De Horsey, from the Isle of Wight ; the Hon. Mrs. Adolphus Capel, at the York Hotel, Albemarle -street, from a visit to Lord and Lady Maynard, at Eastow Lodge, Essex ; Poolcy, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Captain Francis Seymour, in Ficcadilly. DEPARTURES.' The Earl of Fingall and the Hon. Messrs. Plunkett, from the York Hotel, Albemarle-street, for the Conti nent ; Lady Nugent, from ditto, for ditto ; the Hon. Captaiu and Mrs. O'Grady, from ditto, for Ireland ; J. Ashley Warre, E sq ., f rom Lowndes-square, for West Cliff; Ramsgate. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from the George Hotel, Portsmouth, on a tour ; the Earl of Durham, on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle, N. 8., from Lambton Castle ; the Earl of Ilcbes ter, from Cowes, oti a cruise in the Petrel yacht ; the Countess of Kilmorey, from Leamington Spa, for Brigh ton ; Lord Brougham, from the Clarendon Hotel, Lea mington Spa, for Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. ELICTION FOR CHAMBIRLAIN.--At three o'clock yesterday the numbers were :—Mr. Alderman Brown, 2,101 ; Ur. Heppe!, 61. THE ENGLISH NAVY.—Those who feel any solici tude (and who does not?) for the strength and efficiency of our naval service will be glad to see that the Admi ralty has at last decided on commissioning a number of brigs, which, although not of themselves constituting a very efficient force, supply the means of manning larger vessels, if ever their services should be required. For this tardy deference to the reiterated opinions of men who were the best -qualified to Judge of the interests of the service, we may take some slight credit to ourselves, for we have never ceased to remonstrate against the ab surd parsimony which crippled the number of our effec tive ships, and left us unprepared against any suddtn emergency which might occur. It is not any apprehen. ion of a collision with France or any other country that renders us so keenly alive t ) the evils produced by a nig gardly economy in the administration of our marine. In the case of war, indeed, its effects are quickly and painfully felt ; for then it is almost impossible to man a number of large ships with competent crews at a mo ment's notice ; and the mischief is nearly as great in time of peace ; for whenever the Admiralty determine to commission one or two ships beyond the usual num ber, the great efforts which it is requisite to make on, the spur of the moment in order to procure men, and the length of time which necessarily elapses before the crews are completed, stamp on the preparation an im portance far beyond the urgencies of the case, and give rise to a vague and groundless, but often a most inju- Hone, alarm, We are convinced, and wish that the Government were equally convinced, that the most cer tain and honourable method of preventing unnecessary squabbles and dishonourable compromises is to be pre pared beforehand with a strong and effective armament; and we arc glad to see some signs, however tardy, of this conviction on the part of those upon whom the protec tion of our national interests and the guardianship of °Lir national honour primarily devolve.— Timer. DISTRESSING DEPRIVATION.--A daughter of Mr. Stephen Stephens, smith, of Llandilo-fawr town, named Anne, aged ten years, died after a few hours' illness on Sunday, the Ist instant, at ten o'clock, also Thomas, a son, aged three years, at three o'clock of the same day ; and on Tuesday, the 3d inst., David, another son, aged six years. On Wednesday the three were buried in the same grave in Llandilo Churchyard. Thus, suddenly Mr. Stephens was deprived of all his children, w h o , a f ew hours previous were pictures of innocence and health:— Cambrian. DEATH OF REAR•ADMIRAL BARON DE RAIGEN FIELD.—This gallant officer expired at his seat in Kent on Saturday last, in his 74th year. The Baron entered the British navy as far back as April, 1783, and retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral on the 10th of January, 1837. Kis commission as Post-Captain is dated April 9, 1802. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitc Optitton. " Tilo runs may read." rozaiazr. The Paris papers of Sunday bring no additional intel ligence from the coast of Africa, and are chiefly occupied with comments on the settlement of the Otaheite affair. On Saturday the King received the Spanish'Ambassa dor, the Russian Minister, the Count de Sainte-Aulaire, and Admirals Jacob and Wiilaumez. His Majesty was expected to set out for Eu in about a week. During the sojourn of the Court at that place, he will proceed to Dieppe to assist at the inauguration of the statue erected there to Duquesne. The heat at Paris on Sunday was very oppressive. At two o'clock the thermometer in the shade marked 80 degrees. The Queen of Holland intends to remain for some time longer at Weimar, on a visit to the Grand Ducal family. A letter from Alexandria, August 19, in the Augsburg Gazette, says—" Ibrahim, who is still at Cairo, has con voked all the Provincial Governors, to deliberate on the means of ameliorating the lot of theFellahs. Semi Pacha sails to-morrow for Malta, and thence to Tuscany, to take sea-baths. We have now lying here an Austrian man of war and a French one." The Konigsburg Gazette gives at great length the ac count of the ceremonies on the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the University of that city, which commenced on the Ist of September. His Majesty, who has been for thirty-six years the proctor of the University, was pleased to issue a proclamation ap proving of the plan for a new building, of which his Majesty laid the first stone. At this ceremony his Ma jesty addressed the numerous assembly present in a very impressive speech, in which he expressed his confident expectation that his wishes would be fulfilled, with the Divine blessing, and the aid of the faithful care of the teachers, in the noble sentiments of the youth committed to their care; he invited them, while he was striking the foundation-stone with the hammer, "to salute with their heartfelt and joyous buzzes this focus of light for our Nath." A letter from Dresden, dated Aug. 31, says, after the long-continued unfavourable weather of rain, cold, and storm, we hoped for a tine autumn, but the hope does not seem likely to be realised. We already see many birds of passage, which in general do not arrive till the end of September. The prospect of the harvest in the mountains is, therefore, very melancholy. LAW AND !OLIO'. At the Surrey Sessions Lord Cranley, on of the Earl of Onslow; S. Nicholson, Esq., of Waverley Abbey, near Farnham; and W. H. Gatniel Farmer, Esq., of Nonsuch Park, near Ewell, qualified, and were sworn in by Mr. Onslow, the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, and took their seats on the bench as Magistrates of the county. A man named Legg, for stealing a quantity of cut clover, of the value of one penny, was sentenced, at these sessions, to seven days' solitary confinement. A decent-lookinc , man, about forty years of age, who gave his name Robert Wilkinson, was charged upon his Own confession, at Guildhall, with stealing a pair of sheets from one of the cheap lodging-houses in West -street, Smithfield. The prisoner had made the confession in a drunken fit overnight, and positively denied its truth when he became sober in the morning, and there being no, other evidence against him he was discharged. Mr. Murphy, the gentleman who has been several times remanded from Clerkenwell, on a charge of having killed a man at Highgate, by driving over him, was finally discharged. At Lambeth-street, three German sugar-bakere, named Ellers, Marken, and Miller, charged with assault ing a countryman of their own, named Rosenburgh, in so brutal a manner as to place his life in great danger, were remanded until Friday next. A dastardly fellow, named John Hartley, was com mitted for two months, in default of payment of two pe nalties of 50s. each, fur knocking down two young wo men, total strangers to him, whom he chanced to meet in the street. _ _ George Walker, described as a coal and corn-mer chant, in Blackfriars-road,lwas brought before Mr. Traill, at Union-hall, for re-examination, charged with fraudu lently obtaining 301. of Aaron Smith, on a bill of ex change. The prisoner had accepted the bill in question, and on the faith of his representation that he was 23 years of age, the prosecutor had discounted it. The bill WAS dishonoured, an action was brought, the prisoner pleaded infancy, and obtained a verdict. Mr. Traill held him to bail to answer the charge at the next sessions for the. Central Criminal Court. A warrant was granted at Greenwich by Mr. Cotting ham (who sat for Mr. Jeremy) to a widow lady, against Captain Spratly, of the Cyrus, South Seaman, for un lawfully leaving her son behind, at a Dutch settlement in the South Seas, during a whaling voyage in March last. Osborne, T 61, the warrant officer of the Hammer smith Court, informed the Magistrate, that a man named Benjamin Bolton, against whom he held a warrant, had committed suicide. The warrant was directed to be cancelled. At Gravesend a man named Bradshaw was fined 5s fur weighing people on a Sunday. Thomas Thompson, who has been several times re manslaiwe. DU% _43 OMIT -PARZZONANZII. Her 111aj4r4theQue;rific,Waiei-51itefed by Earl Howe and Lady Georgiana Curzon, Hon. Lady Clinton, and Miss Seymour, and the immediate members of her Majesty's court, arrived at Witley Court yesterday after noon, the greater part of the household having arrived from Bushy-park and Marlborough House oil Thursday and Friday last. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy have left Sion House, Isleworth, for Leam ington Spa, where the Noble Duke purposes to stay some weeks. Viscount and Viscountess Duncan have arrived at Camperdnwn Castle near Dundee. Trio Earl of Rosebery has arrised at Dalmeny Park, near Edinburgh, from his seat in Hertfordshire. Viscount Howick, left town early in the last week to visit the Earl and Countess Grey, at Howick Hall, Northumberland. The Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox attended a district agricultural meeting at Huntley, North Britain, on Saturday. The Earl of March and Colonel Rotten, whe have been among the guests of his Grace the Duke of Richmond at Gordon Castle for some time past, have left that princely residence for London. Viscount and Viscountess Milton have arrived at Earl Fitzwilliam's seat in Yorkshire, after having ♦isited the Earl and Countess of Morton at Dalmahoy Castle, and Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie, at their seat in Boss•shire. The Dowager Countess of Lauderdale and a select party are visiting Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour, at Whitinghame House, near Dunbar. Lord John Manners has left his sporting quarters in the Highlands for the South. Lady Vernon and family, who arrived from the Con tinent last week, have gone to Leamington, Warwick shire. The Earl of Shrewsbury and family arrived in Bir mingham on Saturday last at Dee's Royal Hotel, and in the course of the clay visited the Roman Catholic Bishop. On Sunday morning the Noble Earl and family attended high mass in the Cathedral, on which occasion there was a numerous and highly respectable congregation, many of whom were, for the first time, gratified by seeing his Lordship, who had been so munificent a contributor towards the erection of the church in which they were assembled. =ISO anizauraorrs. During the past week a painful degree of alarm has been created in some parts of Bedfordshire, owing to the revival of those incendiary outrages which spread dis may throughout the district last winter. Mr. Halford, who was for a number of seasons a re spected member of the Olympic corps, under the man agement of Mr. G. Wild, had a benefit on Monday at the St. James's Theatre, which was exceedingly well at tended. Major-General Sir Hercules Pakenhazn, Lieutenant- Governot of Portsmouth, brother to the late Duchess of Wellington, is spoken of as lik e ly to succeed to the Colonelcy Of the regiment vacant by the demise of the late Lord Keane. We learn that it is more than probable the Queen will hold a levee and drawing-room at Holyrood Palace, on her return from the Highlands ; and that the royal yacht will be ordered round to the Clyde, from which place her Majesty will sail on her return to England. Mr. Templeton has been performing at several places in Scotland, accompanied by Brewitt ; and Mr. Lover has given his Irish lectures at Bangor, Beaumaris, Car narvon, &c., with success. The Duke of Beaufort (Intrepid cutter) and Mr. Lumley were elected members of the Royal Yacht Squa dron on Friday last. Anew church has been erected at Burton-upon-Trent, and will be consecrated on Wednesday, the lith instant, by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. A large number of the nobility and principal families of the neighbourhood have signified their intention to be present, and at a col lation, which will be given to the Lord Bishop imme diately after the services of the day, the Most Hon. the Marquis of Anglesey will fireside. The church will be called " Christ Church." The Soho steamer arrived at Blackwell yesterday morning, from Antwerp, with several families of distinc tion, and upwards of 2,000 baskets of walnuts. On ,coming up past Erith the Soho me t th e royal squadron, on thew passage to Scotland. Mi. John Parry has been singing during the past week at Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Brecon, &c., in South Wales, with the greatest success. Mr. Wilson has been giving his Scottish entertain ments with great success, ,at several towns in Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. North Lancashire contains 254 townships, and the number of votes on the present register is 10,337. Th ere are eleven p o lli ng districts and places—namely, Black burn, Burnley, Chorley, Garstang, Hawkshead, Kirk ham, Lancaster, Poulton, Preston, Ulverston, and Whalley. Th e coun t y court f or t h e e l ect i on of knights for the northern division is held in the Shire Hall (or Nisi Prius court) Lancaster, Prince and Princess Biron and General Eden arrived in London on Monday morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Venezuela, from Ostend, after a quick passage. The, passenger traffic between France and England for the week ending the sth inst., was—by Poulogne, 2,982 passengers, 8 horses, and 11 carriages ; by Calais, 612 passengers,:6 horses, and 5 carriages. The corres ponding period of 1843 gave—by Boulogne, 2,481 pas sengers ;• by Calais, 802. •Of these 2,982 Boulogne passengers, there came by Folkestone, 650 ; by Dover, 398 ; by Ramsgate, 45 ; by London, 375 ; to Felice- ANIMALSUNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Tallinn. The e. nation caused by this unrivalled production la beyond all former prosvdent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea. tion, and are unanimous in prmouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle tnr the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the.cains stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa eiou. Lake, to be Cully appreciated. Beethoven's celebrated Battle Sinfonia ' de.criptive •f au 1.1- gagement between the French and English Armes. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon:!ays, Tues. days, Wednesdays ' and Thursdays comucted uy Mr. Godfrey, are up on .1 scale of more than usual excellence; ; , tit words fail m stoing justice to the awful renresentation of THE GREAT FIRE 01' LONDON. Its fearful :t iractenstics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same lime so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic A rt, rite* del:ght it predominant over terror; and the Thousands matte nightly ct (tied the Gardens bail it with acclamations, and admit that st.ufbity, :be Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Widens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect State, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far 4be most Affective lounge in or near the iretroisoli•. Doors open at Nine—Feeding 01 the Animals at HAM/fast Four— Coneert at 11,11f.past Five.—Contagration at Dusk. Admittance, Cont. Solling. lOWAY INDIANS, at VAUXHALL GARDENS. Equestrian, Archery, Ba 1 Play, and other Fetes, THIS DAY. Mr. Catlin, having made arrangements for these famous and spia. dolts graunds, will turn the Fourteen loway Indians loose for a few days, where they can he seen to great adrantage in all the freedom of ta*est life. Their tents pitched, forming a picturesque encampment, iin front of which they will give the 'War and other Dances, the Ball .Play, Target Shooting, and Riding; the whole party of men on horse back, on their own saddles, of splendid construction,. in a spacious ground, and fully equipped for the chace or war, with shield and 'quiver, - bow and lance, as seen in the native wilds and prairies of Ameries..• The Exhibition will continue from Three o'clock till Six. Doors open at Half,past Two. Admittance 0114 Shilling. Schools half price. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. 4, PIII,LING Admissionto NAPOLEON MU - EV34, the most magnificent and extensive Collodion of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to h..t\ . e been formed by Ono Person: during Twenty-five years of tborate research, at a cost o f go . ooo guineas, and to completely ill rate, in the most in 'tractive and interesting manner, the most important part of Enro poau history. viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and 431T1S XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR %POLEON. In 1121. This unique Museum has been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke o. Welllnctou, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an .I their Ladles, 'too, litany thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro fircator has recently been able to Mai mse, by several very flue utetures, Scc.. his previous almost Incredible number and variety of USS.. Works of Art, and a multitude s 1 valuable Relief, and other eariositles, In this most ~ i siructivo rnd. as hundreds have said it ou.;bt to be, it Nations.: Museum. 34., ,, y thousand have Imhfeeted It, :and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS the PUBLIC PRESS Nave stated tact It ouch to he seen by every one. Tha price of MIDIS `Um Is reduced to ONE SHILL THE WEATHER.—►SUN OPFICE, SEPT. 10. katJAOMETER, Lowest, 56 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 65 BAROMETXR, 29 94.—WIND, N.W. Num.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the fr••ezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is wilally platen,' opposite 30, and rain at 29. iiloll WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAY. M,►miug ... 12 minuted atter 0 Evening ... 12 minutes after 1 . . • ',,:, V , . '‘‘... '7.• ,I , • 4-le i • ' > if , • A „,...,, , ..) . ...: 4140 .' 0 ' 7 1..E.-_," :: ...JP i lok ... , . I ' . .itiii - ~, 4' . ' ** " I ' 7... • 4.11111111111 L A • .- 11 r , : t j t - - . - TirwitA li , to ~..,. .ItwErriP,42.m- :. , r• _. _- . ttt I.ONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTESOER 11, 1844. The spirit of St. Andrew-Agnewism, notwithstand ing the numerous public rebuffs it has received, and the ridicule with which it has been treated, by the more rational portion of the community, is far from being yet extinct among us, but even now and then gives such unquestionable indications of vitality as satisfies us that it needs only a little encouragement to become as active a nuisance as ever. It is not a fortnight since a respectable individual named GRANT was convicted at Brighton of having sold newspapers on Sunday, notwithstanding that the practice is a common one in the metropolis and many other of our great towns and cities ; and has been so far from injuring either the religious and moral feelings of the people, that it has, in fact, been productive of consi derable benefit, by keeping some hundreds employed in pleasant and instructive reading during those hours which they might otherwise, from the want of such harmless occupation, have spent in the coffee-room or the gin-palace. It is nut a fortnight, we repeat, since this conviction of an unoffending tradesman took place at Brighton ; and no later than last week, the magisterial authorities of Gravesend, resolved not to be behindhand with their Sussex brethren, enacted a farce of a somewhat similar character. The leading incidents in this egregious farce are as follows ::- WILLIAM BRADSHAW, a poulterer, was charged in the Police-court with having pursued on Sunday, the Ist instant, his ordinary occupation of weighing people for money. Inspector OXLEY stated that he saw the defendant on that day weighing several persons in a machine on Windmill-hill, for which he received the sum of one penny from each indi vidual, and consequently he believed this to be his ordinary occupation. In defence, it was urged by the accused's solicitor, that he was a poulterer by vo cation, and that his weighing-machine was merely a harmless mode of amusing himself and others on the day in qu es ti on . Thi s d e f ence, regarded even in a legal view, to say nothing of its common sense re commendations, ought to have been successful, since the l aw Only pr o hibi ts people from following their ordinaq callin g on the Sabbath, and makes no refe rence to their extra-or dinary Occupations or amuse ments. The argument, however, th was overru l e d b y zeal the magist are rate, w atho, xc n ess , of his his puritanical d , decld th he Would co case of Sunday trading or Sabbath brenaechveruynit7llovth the regene rated scandal of it was for ever rem oved from the town of Gravesend ; and the n d esce ndingfrom generals to particulars, the august official concluded by fining 'the defendant five shillings and costs. W e cannot imagine a more absurd conviction than this, or one less likely to answer the purpose which the magistrate professes to have in view. Surely he cannot seriously mean to put his threat into execu tion ! If he be really resolved to convict all those who are found guilty of following their ordinary vocation on the Sabbath, Heaven help the doomed inhabitants of Gravesend! What is to become of the Sunday steam-boat travelling to and from that un happy town ? What, of its numerous publicans, its proprietors of tea-gardens, its hotel-keepers, and all that large class who derive no slight portion of their ,income by catering to the tastes of the shoals of. I r_ • i*iv, in whose eyes a Sunday pleasure excur- ' 3141 - to ravesend is a matter of no slight moment ? eoc - Areall * these to btsubjected to harassing annoyances : an _. (l persectAtions t li , ecause the magi s t er i a l au th or i t i es 4ii ut th e town happen to be fanatically disposed? 8e .... . . . . . , .....0 - LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lora' ox, SEPT. 10.—Winel N.W., moderate and eh udy, DEAL. SEPT. 9.—Wi n d E.S . E . to N . N.E. and Si —And. Jeannette, Halfoi,,e. Batavia, for Be,, Prince of Wales , Wilson, Calcutta, for Shiel"". , Lalla Rookh, Algoa Bay ; Montezuma, I ', Swan, Boston ; Stokesby, St. John's, New : ' ' Protomelia, Calcutta. RAMSGATE, SEPT. 9.—Arrd. Henrietta, No r .* Exeter, with damage, having been in contact brig. Abbotsford last night, off the Foreland• T A PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Wind N.E.—Ar id..._, lc s, London, and sailed for China ; Persian, !ium - ;„ Sydney, with loss of topmast in a squall ; 1 4 11 ° - '. don, for Calcutta ; Concordia, Swansea, fa r s hip with damage, having been in contact with a Brighton. 1 , n ' t o SO °l4 1 KINGSTOWN, SEPT. s.—A rr d. Sout-am, - -ll' New Brunswick. IV ° DONEGAL, SEPT. 6.—Acrd. Ann, Hendersoll; QatO GALWAY, SEPT. 6.—Arrd. Clarence, Thomas , f e lo NEWPORT, SEPT. 7.—Sli. Garrow, Jamaica I ship, New York. I 01 0 LEITH, SEPT. 7.—The Fer gus ; o f H u ll, gal, /00 the Pentland Frith on the ni g ht o f 4th inst., -led the following tide. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 9.—Wind N., light.--AtTY A Short, Calcutta ; Magnificence, Whitty, 130111 1"0PL nice, Cundy, Coquembo, sld. May 19 ; Janth e s Se St. Stephen's. Sid. Resolution, Maranhao, 'pee, Syers, St. Thomas ; Fl ora , L at h am , I re lab.,.°; ; ' doab, Philadelphi a • Parana, Montreal ; De - thr foundland. Off, Kingston, Burt, Calcutta ; 5° Africa ; Rosalind. _ • , • „,. Its 10 , OTT BALTIMORE, SEPT . Pr. s.—Mequests, " London. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Wind N.E., reoaeri- Lively, Martin, Al goa B ay ; O cean, A nt i gu a. ve i, BRISTOL, SEPT. 9.—Arrd. R an d a ll, Smith, t f. PO HULL, SEPT. 7.—Sid. Eli za b et h H o ld e rness, '.'" ,New Brunswi c k. • 1 OFT PORTLAND, S EPT . 7.—lda, Russeu, 111° 0 for Hamburgh l Koning William, Rocquette. f ool OFF CAPE CLEA R . —C ar ib, C a l cutta for Live" ..„ f icl T, ) PETITION TO PARLIAI , .-- - , 0 F AGAINST SENDING SOLDIERS,,VS , REIGN AND ,COLONIAL COUN- 1. "019,, A petition from 1,240 of the inhabitants c) , ing, including ministers of various denomintt o ,f, a large number of freeholders and other elec" - 9 Pa t I lately sent to London for presentation to so . The petition is as follows: :,,YF o T o th e C ommons o f G reat B r i ta i n an d I re land . liament assembled fO r " The petition of the und e r s i gne d i n h a bitants o and neighbourhood A V Respectfully sheweth, " That your petitioners observe with deep CO the practice continues of sending soldiers f n j kingdoms to various foreign and colonial station s' b,l " That a large proportion of the troops r i pol consist of young men who have left their ci '1, 11 ,!, through the oppression on industry, and einctoth army, ignorant of the sufferings attendant 00 life. beh ere efel t , " That your petitioners a r e i n f orme d and h during the last three y ears , or th erea bout, tPo perished in the British dependencies and' adio! e ves ol tries upwards of twelve thousand soldiers, ns° United Kingdom. , tb' 0 0 " That the annual mort a lity am ong on e ,tsliil European soldiers, under thirty years of age!. or ty in Jamaica, is upward s o f one h un d re d andAtiaa iii i that in the various garrison s i n India, y „so At Bermuda, the deaths are f ea rf u lly numeroil L s eo r comparatively few British soldi er s from' I P 0 meats ever return home. ces iiO i i, " Your petitioners desire to express their of ei o that no Government has a right to requir e o b t services so dreadful, and att en d e d with 5 / sacrifice of human life. Cot os 9 " They, therefore, beseech the House of by 61 as the trustees of the people—not to sanctiL ° loo o 4 of money or otherwise, any further emu'''.ce troops from the United Kingdom to foreign w" countries." 0 1 4 . abe t/t e ' Boy DROWNED.—On Sunday las t, e a or e . ' o'clock, a little b o y name d B r i ggs , a b o ut se l lat ,, Al years of age, wa s d rowne d i n t h e Clyde, • e g ts:l below the old bridge. H e h a d b een atten 3 k ll e l e s i the river, immediately underneath one of w 0 110 , 1 0 the bridge, on the south side, and having . te rb e d carried away by the stre a m i n t o th e smooth w t. : 0 0;0 A small boat with severa l i n di v id ua l s in it 'Lod be near the spot at the time, and those on 'roe i y an ineffectual effurt to save him. One ° bo ld J ~ stretched out his hand and a ll but caught .il l 9 drowning boy ; he missed him, however, 7, 0 640/ diately the poor fellow sunk. The circo ol : ho lV observed by a number of people from th e r o ( 11 10 4 formed the impression that the boat's c ta igbs o ", exert themselves so energetically as they ce ad._s done, and they were in consequence loudly t he FY One thing is certain, that the appetrAnce e` 0 004 the scene of the accident prevented some r o i a ts . ,; rushing at first into the river to the boy's ~,, t oes 2 no doubt was entertained that it would be ' - er ttiv A t? saving him. The moment he sank, howey t esrof four men stripped, and swimming to the T his e rof most strenuous exertions to bring him up. ho ly ..rte, however, found un ava il ing , t h e b o dy j re bably been carried quickly down the chafn e i r ige Ile tortunate boy was the son of a man nans` - ' e std merly resident in Gorbals, but who sconded, on being charged with the murder of "• t o the nailer.—Glasgow Nat lona f pen ti:3l.ki SAVINGS'-BANKS.—At the presen. , .60 1 , which was passed on the 9th ult. is under the n i; 0 1 0 , sometim iv tion of the managers of several savings de l 1 subject of the rate of interest to be allowed totbe.loooool The interest payable to trustees is to be tit 0, 4 1 0 . , 31. ss. per cent., and by trustees to deposit ° :,, e o f f 0„ to exceed 3/. Os. 10,1. per cent," the differelTrasal I a year in every 100/. being allowed to the c uts' er the expenses o f th e respect i ve es t a blislue o ice fij ii understood that a goo d d ea l o f di vers ity of 1,0 j 1 .4 o er veils with managers, and that the absenc e 4 a d sum to be allo we d to depositors will cause * r c aospe! confusion. It is said that the savingscball ks sets / 1" to depositors 31. Os. 10d. per cent., as tb e . o ver en li allowed by the National Debt-o ffi ce would nr r s ainroll expenses, and that 21. 18s. 4d. would be a ; Al i‘ o'o o , allowed as interest to depositors, which ril e ' es eb e br of t , dered, would yield an immense sum W o w e .a el*, amount deposited consists of a large sum, 7 0 oo. o r within their grasp a number of fractional t s b ll :atte e r i tor„, o l they would pay no interest, but reap of the same. It would have been much to der Government had fixed the sum to be pat,, t o ss'ho?,ll for of all persons those who have rtc ol °,7s a ge, !tilt banks to provide for what they call their 01 i ,..„. 00 . 40 0 1 . not be left in any doubt of their rights Vet:, e ali or c e l i t Parliament. The provision mentioned ° vete obes l operation on the 20th of November next. ~ f i s r o o f sections in the Act- By t h e s t h sec tion D r , p that in the rules of every savings'-bank eve oft therein shall, owe in every year at least' b e sai' l e sir posit-book to be prod uce d at t h e o ffi c e of t Too, 01 0 tution for the purpose of being examined' si n gs' co d of rules, to b e ma d e or amen d e d by the sl o to pe ll f are to be submitted to Mr. Tidd Pratt, ~T h tion, o bi one copy, and to send the other to the - oa :t h ei office. The practice of depositing rules v " - -141 the peace is now repealed. -L a te fl n r eloTt f : EKTRAGHPINART FPRTITTJDE.---- o h 4., 0 0 1 4 _,/ . evening Mr, Payne held au inquest tit ogo l g° l o Hospital on the body of Frederick Coea` e : r uns" ce tl'„ six, late engineer to the Belfast stearabol v ides t ist' L tween London and Calais. It appeared ie., a bes, 4 oß' on the morning of the 24th, as the vesselio.-tot de b 011 ing her moorings at Calais, deceased Was ta pesi v ;ef! ing into the engtne-room, when his ifirl,,, S ; SPu b bl;, 1 1 /. iron grating, distant six inches from the P9,oel t li ti , 0 into the room with his right leg doubled i b e Pr i c ‘ lY The consequence was severe fr acture 0 f w are oot e l bone of the limb. The mate not being s ~ on , 0 01 e., severe nature of the injury, did not put 7 0. bei: t. " 15 but dreading some accident to the vess e . l i , ro ugh, / v ert a ward voyage, entreated him to work her "'jot, '0 i ; did so, and on the vessel arriving in the r Di boll t poi (the injury having been augmented by his tp tW ee p , the engine during the voyage) was retPreoutation, . 4 hospital, and underwent immediate snip 0 0 16 operation did not succeed from the fir s '„,' ae r e a ll bs fr.,,, died on Thursday evening last. The C °l- a der ' e iW r i the courageous patience of the deceased 1 1 f i v/ 04 e, he must have endured during the labours ( L, p 90 9,., o Or and trusted the owners of the vessel and ‘ l l l , iviau,„, by it on the occasion would not forget n s f e rdiC' ~, large family, which it appeared he bad. ' li d cidental Death, d° i , 50 , THE MOORS.—Partridge shooting, is oil or thought of here that no active preparatioennot y et for the Ist of September. Our fields ar e ouselptlf ciently clear of crop to give room for th is" sP i p .4 but we bear that there is abundance of , 1 7 1 1 , goo; and vigorous on the wing. At 8ean, 4) . ,, r t ' lle hs fis Esq., bagged 25 brace in a few hours. bens -"` o T o ol there is no further intelligence of stated 01 ! ies of 1,001 4 , been shot ; but judging from the quantlA ti , e fel t ill P . ; which daily make their entrance and W I ; twist s ee r veyance to and from Inverness, the , ni!l vo . to . yielding abundance to those able and wl"4,wier',i OP the scorching rays of the sun.-Inverness 'd or poi; 0 HARVEST WAGES AT KELso.- - At t heo . Monday morning last for hiring shearers; Wer e • great attendance of Irish reapers. Wag e 1 ,0 1 12s, to 130.—Border W a t c h, 00 s . O O, jd SUPPOSED MURDER, NII tR LLANDII•°*, ari l boil last, in a fi eld belonging to the farm of Rq..,,, tbe_f tll the parish of Llandilo-fawr, Carmarthensne;sat 40111 of a girl, about eighteen years of age (a s at frifg a O f house), was discovered dead, and her flu% oe' / cut, A. b o ut forty yards from her bodY. ~ OP 10 x i found, supposed to be the weapon by w hiP a e o tal , , b i, cic deed was accomplished. The knife, when ~ ,40c 0 ' 1., 1 marks of blood u p on i t , b ut was qu ite clean, i r 's J 0 eff cumstance is rather remarkable. A coron esdon ~ , , , t , i , on Tuesday, and was adjourned to Wed° 4 511 verdict of "-Wilf u l Murder,`' against j et som e , a ft , sons unkown was returned.—Cambrian. 0 .01 1 1• 0 1 1 1 PRESENT mom LOUIS PHILIPPE TO , 11 _ A lite • —The Monarch steam-vessel, which arr o o y ell fd f . 0 0 Harm on Thursday morning, brought .. ta li e P lo t . ingly handsome Char. a . -bane, similar t‘ ) ,, i 7jast )d 11 the Royal family during the Queen's vf e co tirss a nd the Chateau d'Eu. It appears that, in ' th e fibiliVilaety, numerous excursions made by King Louis o . 0, the et tie s , his Royal guests in the neighlipurhood*. those cou its oo til_ often expressed her admiration of tu u ; d i a tel e and social vehicles ; and the King, a t ta rs irnes_ aa gudev return to Paris, ordered this one to be. ul' e w as t , 0, present to her Majesty. The Char-1 . 1;?! 1 ,7 0 ., drir e fr; at the pier, and immediately left fo r . w in d the c 0 . 5,04) : post-horses, the vehicle being too h igh it w ed ea by railway, as, when placed upon a t Iff sh i re PA" go under the arches and tunnels.—Han i F dent. PI fol th, QI im to, Inc PE sta thi at, 1~1, M, dir