The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

both co were Pe r " wring the stay [titer, that t at touch ed a indulgeli ce " same cifility nett, too , thi't 0 we / 0 " t° Al r u ss N t in COeSt , " 5 3 at Che rb°ur :,; defenc e, forts- against the Cb , er ; ( plain of i lialif receivel . that eeg'el rs o dtbe ,ape this re.: polish in Ci;! i part}' in t L i insta °t ' , s re. e f co llectio n) j lerst°' Is ti n .` tho cto It 1 . • o mun icipal bute with ro division iv: „ sOUI D ' 1 th e the On held, i nt like this T chattered and him by . her 0 ten Yc! rs l . • ig b een 11 ir sentence ;tb, and oa.o collectedl .r. ;, t lo t rse ti 0: f ,b, ail at all c , t ebi ; of J° t Price ift l ' le o f lu ke „t her - MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. iThere was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool d ay' yester ,, the accounts from the United States being favourable for p , cr ops. Sales, 3,000 to 4,000 bales, all to the trade. rices were withoht change. Shares were active, and still SI g up. mni:isaindnyy, fcoirtizens have heard with regret that Mr. John many years an alderman, and in turn Lord he of London, departed this life on the 23d instant, at ttle !tdyanced age of on - the side As a magistrate, 418,peteCIS10113 were usually on the side of mercy. i he arrivals from the Coloni es t o -d ay are a ll o f o ld d ates. prircelieiimsrker for C onso l s h as rather advanced to-day, the ~ aving rallied to 98, both for Money and the Account. ',, Pre mium on E xc h equer Bills has been done at 445. 465., 14 1 for India Bonds at 595. ; India Stock, 266. InAotslooothe Foreign Funds there have been but half-a-dozen tik _Kl s this morning. The Portuguese Converted were per vi,! at 60, . '11,,,,, 72 2 Spanish Five per Cents. at 26%; the Three -- ` B. at 371 ,4 . 2 ; and the Equador Bonds at 4%. :, aedsettlement in the Railwa Share Market can scarcely ,7_ 6 1 to have been vet completed; the transactions have '''!'sequently this morning scarcely come up to the average Pouat 6ltlTlBll FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Auns 97% 98 97% 98 Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860... Indi Doa St .30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 11 3-16 ock l ndia Bonds 1 266 ,000/ 59 D itto under 1.0001 59 r, Co nsols for A ccount Axehooeo/. qu .er Bills, 134 d, iiAd. 1, 44 46 pm. Disoo/. r, ************** " ***** •all•• ****** .. ******** ---- •• •• 45 46 pm. ~. tto B .. ~46 44 pm, PRICE PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ce n t Ditto C onver t e d S p a n i i t s o h 3 Bo p n er ds c , o s n p t er Cent, 1840 3 26 7% 1 / 2 Dut D c t h 2% r per Cents 8 4 kIIS EquadoIXESS DONE IN o It ,c A L I o LVi c ' L AY SHARES AT ONE PER SHARE. ,C,... RAILWAYS. PAID. 2 - ptigh, Coleraine Portrush 1% ktelerd and Tavis ' tock „ ... 1%.• ••• 274 to --"I ingharn and Oxford 11,11111e1ion ................. . • 2 ~ ... to Cal and Exeter to 15 1 4 16 l s edonia n .. 5 o zi , tt o Ext .............................. 214 4ZI4••• to sr ..., to 7, ondge and Lincoln to 5 chi:alto, N ew ...... .. ............. 1% 21i4 to 00, er and Holyhead l5 anadti,easliteurneaton, Bir., ee, , ' •••. ................. ... a • C qtro a p .................. 1.!.4 43 3 3 g 11,........... tt t oo o :3% b . v 3, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2% 4it to !rett Ranch. (Remington's) 2 3 / 4 2 3 / %••• to tzect Xerthem ... .. 2% j4 to 22% 22 / 2 7 ;4 ht:.ra_Counties .. .. .......... 14/. 165 a . 6 814 p... to - Z u Aow .................... 41 . "-- ..».. to D Union 20 1 ) : 0 , n _. ................. 114 ..„ to , _ '_,l,r_ .xtension • 41 4 44... to s;,"-nuUnion(Notting.SzLynn) 1% 230: . : „,. to 1 rest South and W. ( Irish)... 15 ..... 2I 6A to ureat North of E 1 d ..... 100 t o 160% at G b tf, sv e Ile, •.. ... 1 .". a . 11 ......:.. : 0 162 Ditt o O t e r ,r ll .................. 91% ...... to • is hares .............. 50 Leliqtto Fif t h s .. . 20 2 3 / 4 ,6 P to , .eester and liedford ......... 225. 4 p to t,liceeter and Tarnworth 42s. t altile(trol and Leeds Direct... 2% 220 5% ...... .... tt: —2lB bittl a nd 13irrningham —11)° Lond on o li Shares ... ..... - ..... 2 7334 Ca and Brighton.. ..... ... 50 to tokion and Croydon 131. 15a. 9d. 23 N pdon, Cheltenham, Oxford, 2% to I,'l°llcoster, and Hereford... IV 6 %%••• to L7 9 % 1 and Y0rk...,..... ...... 2t , to n•w v Ditto 4% L O O - arwck, Kidderminster 21 ...... 41% to I f ,. got, Salisbury & Yeovil 2 A 90 ... .. to 92 ;cheater and BiriniEghin n 40 17 ,iebwitt t x q ie u ez a p rt g er o s ia.r . ters .... . ... ... .c.. 2425 .... ..... 6 1 3 6 1 A tto to o _6 1 5 5 16 b i . t . ar Ington 4un 55 „e tto .L\ ew Brandling •t, 'Nags and Berwick 'tweastle, D u rh am, and Lan. 4% to N 1, %hire •lunction . 1 % 3% to tirtwark,Sheffield and Boston 2% iall„Bierkit ..... ex ' Dalkeith & 15 26 ..„. ort i , en ., .. .... ........... 0 • .., , 414 to Isz li o t itr.tti e nt ~,!, & Direct . Dover gt....... 43A 7, p to - auordshire pton, Banbury and to 6 0 tipeltenhain • ' ' .. 2 lei 1514 to 1434 ctas,lnrd and Worcester ...... . 21 0.• • 2 to i l l oc r ° : 128 : 1 114 ` i tt 0 : 41 ,1 W ° a n en i t t h ed :l tw Yl t i ' a r y Bt e l c r .e t e h .. ............ ... a . . in . 520 21 1 4 ... . . 41 6 . ........ 11 4 $ h r tish Midland ....... .... 1 1 to aws Wolver.,liou.7l .......... 2%--- 2 i L p " A re w ,.. E orne & Trent Val. Union. 228. ••• - 4 . 7 . to tiotit earsetshir lidland 2%71 IL pto •—' kuthil 'Midlan... 223... ... , i l ' to Witi; ;E,44tern an . d . l3C;;;: ..... 33% •*-- -iya to IV 4t '' e '• and Cheltenham... 1%...... - ...crford, W and to livaleutia exford, 1% 2V) to e leh Mid! ..................... 24 ... 4 4 Wilt and .................... 5 3/4 wrl,Stnerset, & Weymouth 2 /s --•• i v Yoraier' Shrews., & Crewe Um 1% •••••• ' N to bi,aild North Midland .. 50 •••-• 303/ to "fe• Extension ............ Ili .. /4 to "12 - to 12% tic)ratittle6-11i ri n l ti tl i i i nidshAill . ir - i . °e - 11R . 5 . E .. i . ........ 15 8 5 1 8 1 . LW 2 %.„ to `4(etaLN, 0r,th.e.r.n...; ........ ;a .. n . c .. ; to t) "“iite s) ...... , .. 3% to •- t. 0. Do. (Rommel' ) 2 •••••• ~ to -•-• sna g — K . 0. ... 3 .•... . .... 2 ....•• 26360' to t) 'r-r L. ............. 4 ...... i Q-1, ....• to ''''. Ilea iege.. • ..... 0 4* and B ordeaux 4 •••••• ''' to pa.,Pier ••• ... - 1 p _ 1 rid ....................... 38 4 d•-• .' to 2 l'ai"lll(ll,,,YollB(Laffitte) ... 2 pi: Itild Lyons (Calon's)... 2 •• • • t o 42 ,s P ' a nd Rou 20 4 1 3 /4 •• •• • to arisscsA en . ....... ..... Do, (ptrasbUrg(Gannern's) 2 •••-• 23, to 8514 ePe de L'Est) 2 8i to weatrvehoianda Re use en. .................. 2 MINE. ,3, 5 ... t o .4 kat d e l Itonte, Unregistered aLtit Is XET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) ZIALT AZ A.licivaTs. dittZtlitilt, ta).--Coarse Meadow Hay, 4110 to 4/ 15s ; _u!e_rti 3 l . Clov e ' 1 16 a to 5/ •, fine Upland ditto, 51 35 t° 11 16s ; Wh ea l; ay, 4/ 153 to 61 •, Oat Straw, 11 14s to doll, at i'ltraw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. Traderather (li4etortOztter.l:4l4l3trsato, etrlnt the above quotations. 51-43°1/ 514sars; fin e M e u ea p d l ow d lia d y it , to 4 , / 5 1 1 0s 6s to t t/ ; 51 us 1 e o f s ul ; Wv ,1 4 7, 4/ 155 3 t 6/ : n ot Straw, 1/ 13s to 1/ 143 ; w trt e and trade somewhat heavy. o to 1/ 16s per load. Supply but mo 41er, Ail relLa, PEL—Coarse Meadow ditto, 5s to 4/ 15s; C love r --to, 4/ 16s to 5/ • fine Upland 5! 3s to 51 8o; beater Sao, 4/ s t 15s to 6i 6s; A. Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1! 16s to s i "'and r aw, 1/ 16s to 11 18s per load. steady de -sse, at l ate rates It Alead ' -N Per lo*dlv,and ew Clover 4/ Hay 31 lO s t o 4/ los, a ta1 13 1342/Ae• COLONIAL. . At .•--There has been a good business done in British higkeerti(ll about 1,800 hhds having been sold atr, O n ly ha t e t rl ees, and the market is generally firm. un'yv_-_,_ l 'ae 1, - , and 364 barrels 29 casks Foreign Muse° au. , tath,, 7ea brouglit to auction, which found buyers at %elf . 'c'wer Prices for both descriptions, only low to l'arr els, they afford little guide to the m - arketi but being loW Rood white Benares Bengal brought 53s to 565, and !Iltatit.e g°°4 to yellow Porto Rico, 23s to 24s eil- The , - ast an'a we British Plantation landed last week at the 1,2 35 and west India Docks was 6,102 hhda, I,gso Orrels : and there were taken for home c?nsumP same 662 tiei t .c o e n s, Plac e , i ', (lB , 154 tierces, 356 barrels. The stock in the E 1 ittst' 115,_,504 hhds, 1,770 tierces, 2,709 barrels. . an 4 'est i n .-- ,,,''ne quantity landed last week at the East a t ake n (0 - ' l , l Docks was 1 068 puns 21 hhds. There wen! 12s rio r name co nsumption 140 puns 9 hhds, and expor!f_c! 141 113 1 43 29 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10 / 64 - ) A L,rAL' ° " b it it. TRA I N 43 • • is 4 ls t o . ...., r , 8 6d. 4 t°4:47.--. ` *' C . 3d 4ls 6d per cwt. on the spot, Itethi t3 ,. at market is steady without any particular Ll io LoNlrb'S SHIPPING—( and hazy. b it box, SEPT. 30.—Wind S.W. , light breeze _ . rrd. THIS DAY.) AerA,ET. hid S.W. to W.S.W.,modera . A Col rertinson, South Seas • Eleanor Lancastlr'Baker; : fl , l' k e ; Skepton Johnson , ditto ; Claudia,Peele, De merar a Ellis, •4 1 , ej`ergow, St. ' John's, iNew Brunswick ; Emma, .uarli -e ; Mary Mitcheson, Mitcheson, Ber E bic m e •, 24 Grace oprip",,Airth, Madeira. • 0 p i: LymoTu, SEPT. 2 8.—Anthony, Klon_n_p te ß n a a t . av An. ia. d. her li.e. onTsmouTit, SEPT. 28.—Alert, St. He' GE ,jestya steamer Eclair, Africa. . for phraNYANAGE, SEPT. 28 . —Serena, Godrich, Buenos Ayres, 1141 aburgh. -I,,vv v.t eao, S EPT. 27.—Arrd. Snowdrop, Bale, Charlotte 1.4 ‘ ... br4l., R P°O„, LI Sn'T • 29 . —Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. . Am -0,14` - 6 -:, isershurS't, S . alanha Bay; Windermere, N..... •aba, sailed July 17 ; Milicite, Wright, William!, AT"' 11runswik • erthshire, Drake, ditto, sat John Calraw°64' 13albern eY, Cape of Good Hope. Off p ort,___ and b Ann Paley, Agenoria, Colonist, Edward 16-cPm-Y__ St. John's, 1 4cle h \ 6la ul or Dorchester. The Glenview of Belfast (ti . an ue .. r (104 4 - '' ;es fallen in with on the 25th inst., long. D 17' a ed at geeC fallen The Glenview, Salter, of Belfast, clear b ;'° 'or Liverpool on the 23d ult. 'D f ., LIII. • SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Ann, Maxwell, Trinidad. a. Rat i o; -lIATI SEpT. 26 .—Arrd. Feroina, Hanriet, t Ta wTk. coß e• Ski. 26th, Enterprise, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Well l' SEA 27.--Wind fresh.—Arrd. Royal W i lliam , \ h s ' kaeldanha Bay ; Sandford, Sinclair, Rio Grande , Du x rey, Honduras. sT,,bElt, EFT. 27.—Arrd. Hector, Saldanha Bay. f oro tiver,„l'Tottl3, SEPT. 27.-- The Mars, Dickenson' r , 24 th " D ` t ° Riga, struck on Rock Patrick outside the_ . et:4st., was assisted off without damage, and prneeed n ed. of Pre,Stil,(lTT, SEPT. 2 7.—The Helen Anna, Dawr or ' in 1t 0 , 3 b • rOin St. John's, Nev Brunswick, rY dangerous situation , e° me e a tl a l i o n r : 'r daandisi Cow,. • PAlziol.„Rl7,• 29.---WindW.—Arrd. Gurli, Batavia. I,,.rie. k.:leut ta . it is feared anc will 11ElaTz,—'1' °Eft- 2(l— Harriet. Mann, Saldanhaßay toad, ~L, SEPT. 29.—Wind S W light.—Arrd. Ennerdal e, ;11114.ielii ; h 1 , —raki Tripp, Quebc. LO, Fisher, ' Jamaica '' ; Hornby, Alle n, 4 0 _; : 8 E A, SEPT. 28.—Arrd. Canadian, Pomeroy, Cuba. t.tu rox, EPr. 26.—Arrd. Tagus, Smith, QuebeF- _ i, St. 41 , 8 1,4" r. 27....._"wine s.w.__Arrd. J. W. collmiwouu pLo dye W 8 ' N.B. 29th ; Indian, English, Saldanha Bay. , !VIING BREAKWATER NEAR BRIGHTON. z. ti,l,Lsain Taylor has addressed a letter to the Committee of th::: „ • contradicting the statement of a shipowner at Hove, it th e n!equenee of th e , lit e i,'Leoule breakwater near that place wls in an unsafe state timbergales having torn off portions t xbibit..., _ • • Captain Taylor mentions that the light --. on the breakwater is at his own expense. W IN , I.d to be seneaTa CATIIEDRAL. We are g.- A l Able m e A7e, to state that at least one result of the late meeting or l be a benefit Aoth r nceeingical Institute at Winchester hill d that in ket PtNie• The Very Rev, Dean Gamier has tin .., nre the cathedral morninl►all be open to the public from nine n afternoo 1 44,4°7°4 in the morning, and two till four in the 1:414 111:41r 13re‘tiotil ti 40 4110 t the daily services. .-. , `~'~.. -, THE SUN, LONDON,-T-U-E-SDAY EVENING, SETTEMBER 30, 1845 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MOWDAT.—The Queen walked for some time. and joined the Royal Family in their early morning airing. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princessßoyal, and the Princess Alice, were taken to-day on their ponies in the pleasure-grounds adjoining the Palace. The unfavourable state of the weather has prevented the Royal Family from leaving the Castle this afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. John and Mrs. Bloomfield took their departure from the Castle this morning. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gar dens yesterday, from a visit to Sir William Middleton, at his seat, Shrubland Park, near Ipswich. Baron de Brunnow, the Prussian Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and from the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Go vernor of the Mauritius. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAn'ERsALL's-YESTERDAY. Another flat day, and only five of the Cesarewitch nags in anything like force, viz., Jenny Wren, The Baron, Wee Pet, General Pollock, and Boarding-school Miss, of which lot the first and fourth only were looking upwards at the close. Very little disposition was shown to back Kent's lot, or My Mary, and the outlay on the horses quoted was in small sums : GRAND DUKE MICHAEL STAKES. Even on Lord Stradbroke's Ides. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Kent's lot 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary 12 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren 16 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Etwall's AEgis 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss -30 to 1 taken freely 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock 30 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware—taken -30 to 1 agst Mr. Clifton's Nottingham—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude 30 to 1 agst Mr. Martin's Devil's Dust 30 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid GORTON RACES—SATURDAY. The Gorton Cup of 50 sovs , added to a Handicap of 10 sevs. each, 5 ft. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. J. Thompson's b c Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Bayley named b h Xanthus, 5 yrs 2 Lord Eglinton's b f Bretwalda, 3 yrs Mr. T. Flintoff's b f Princess Royal, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Lillie's br g Director, 4 yrs The Champagne Stakes of 10 soya, each, with 30 added; for two yrs old colts, 7st 51b ; fillies, 7st 21b ; three yrs old, 9st ; fillies, Bst 111 b. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Cranstone's ch c Cranebrook, 2 yrs (Francis) 1 Mr. Dawson's b c Lord Harry, 2 yrs 2 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's br f Miracle, 3 yrs The Innkeepers' Purse of 15 sovs. ' added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for beaten horses. Heats, one mile and a distance. Captain Carter's ch f April Noddy, 4 y-rs Mr. J. Thompson's b g Hudibras, aged Mr. Skelton's ch g Father Mathew, aged Match for 50 sous. Once round and a distance. Mr. W. Holland's br pony Matilda Mr. Foyle's b pony Lady Sarah 2 (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NOTTINGHAM RACES.—MoNDAT. A Plate of 501. for maiden horses, &c. ; horses that have started three times witlout winning allowed 3Ths. ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The second to receive 10 sovs. ; and the winner to be sold for 1001. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. E. Peel's ch f Francis, 3 yrs (H. Bradley) 1 1 Mr. Walker's br g The Nobbler, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. P. Nicol's br gby Giovanni . . The Two Year oia - Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners once before start ing, 31bs ; twice, 51bs extra. Mr. W. R. Ramsay's b c Inglewood (Neale) 1 Lord Chesterfield's c by Don John, out of Gameless ...... 2 The Chesterfield Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, with 70 ;added. The second to save his stake. Twice round. Mr. Wormsld's b c Pedometer, 4 yrs (Longstaff) 1 Mr. J. Thompson's br c Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Cooke's Yellow Boy, 3 yrs 3 A Plate of 601. for three - years old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 200/., if demanded, &c. ; and the second to receive 101. Heats, a mile and three quarters. Mr. Raworth's b c Idolatry Mr. Clegg's b g Step-and-Fetch-it NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. The Trial Stakes—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, aged—Duke of Portland's ch f, by Beiram, out of Ruth, 3 yrs—and Mr. Coape's Energy, 3 yrs. The Buckenham Stakes—The following have paid :—Mr. Wreford, jun.'s, West Countryman, and Mr. Wreford, jun.'s, Wooden Wall. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes—Seaman, Leopold, Pulce, and Pug, are scratched. The Hopeful Stakes—Five only, viz. :—Snake, Madcap, Pawnbroker, Chamois, and Cuckoo, are left in. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) " WHAN Docroßs DISAGREE," &c.—The Learned Com missioner was occupied a considerable time in hearing ar guments in support of a summons granted under the Act 1 and 2 Victoria. The party summoned must, according to the Act, either pay the whole or part of the debt, and enter into security to try the question at law, or be made bankrupt. The question has been several times specially argued be fore one or the other of the Learned Commissioners, who have widely differed in opinion as to the construction of the Act. A very few days ago a well-known public character, whose tongue had exceeded credit on many occasions, declared that the Act of 1 and 2 Victoria had been repealed by the 7th and Bth ; but the Learned Commissioner (Pane) asked how a man accustomed to drawing beer could draw conclusions on ques tions of law. The debtor said he would quote " Archbold's Practice." The Learned Commissioner said Archbold might be right, or he might be wrong; it was a mere matter of opinion among professional men, and he should, therefore, adjudge i hat the defendant should be made bankrupt, as he did not pay the debt,,but dared dispute it. In the present instance the person against whom the sum mons was granted carried, and still carries on busi ness in an extensive way as a lace-merchant, but was summoned for a small sum of fifty-four pounds. His attorney protested altogether against the process. He said it was most arbitrary and unjust—that his client was as sub stantial a man in trade as any in the city of London—that he was prepared to make an affidavit that he had a good de fence to the action—and that, as it was an arbitary act, the debtor was entitled to the most liberal interpretation of it in his favour. Now the affidavit set forth that his client was indebted for "goods sold." In the schedule of the Act, and in Archbold it was laid down that there must be a full copy of the account. The creditor's solicitor said it was a copy of the ledger, and invoices were delivered with the goods; there could not be better particulars; even in common law they would not be required. In some instances two pennyworth of pins might be an item. He submitted that the affidavit would be sufficient to support the petitioning creditor's debt on opening the fiat. The COMMISSIONER said it was true it would, yet the term goods, &c., were not very definite. The plaintiff's attorney submitted that as there had been no distinct rule laid down to thereverse of his argument, that the learned Commissioner was bound to accord with the pre cedents laid before him. The defendant's attorney said his client was perfectly sol vent, and it would be libellous to make an assertion to the contrary, he could pay 20s. in the pound to all his creditors, and was then ready, and he (the attorney) would join in an affidavit, that he believed there was a good defence in law to any suit. The COMMISSIONER said, that on such an affidavit being made, the case was taken out of the statute. The defendant's attorney applied for the names of the parties making the affidavit in reply, The plaintiff's attorney refused to give them up. The COMMISSIONER said that he had no power to order it if, however it was filed for .ulterior proceedings, an office copy could be got. (Before Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE FRIEND. This insolvent, who appeared a mere boy, had carried on business as a grocer at Canterbury, in the mixed character of a cheap " mixed tea and tobacco dealer," had preferred presenting his petition as a " tobacco merchant," ' having bought " six pounds" of that commodity and retailed it. He had received some money on the day he filed his petition. Is was about the sum covering necessary costs, and he paid it " to a friendly creditor." The Learned COMMISSIONER said the case must be ad journed for the present. LITERATURE. THE AUTOBIOGRAPB Y and CORRESPON DENCE of Sir SIMONDS D'EWES, Bait . during the Reigns of Janes I. and Charles I. 2 Vols, These volumes contain a great deal of gossip about the D'Ewes family, of little or no interest to the general reader ; b u t thi s i s i ntersperse d w i t h occasional narratives of the public events of the day, including the foolish visit of " Baby Charles and Steenie" to the Court of Spain, the death of the modern Solomon, the acces sion of his son, and one of the first of his great arbi trary ordinances, the levying of ship-money. Speaking of that illegal impost, Sir D'Ewes, who,was strongly op posed to the Established Church on account of its lean ing towards Popery, and at the same time favourable to the reigning dynasty, says—" At home the liberty of the subjects of England received the most deadly and fatal blow it had been sensible of in five hundred years last past; for writs were issued the summer foregoing to all the sheriffs of England to levy great sums of money in all the counties of the same kingdom and Wales, under pretext and colour to provide ships for the defence of the kingdom, although we were now in peace with all the world, and the royal fleet was, never stronger or in better case. In a ll my lif e I ne ver saw so many sa d faces in England as this new taxation, called ship-money, occasioned." The author, however, did not live to see the end of that rising against the Crown, of which this was one of the great causes. The fallowing is the account of the murder of Villiers. Most of our readers are aware that the Duke had gone down to Portsmouth to supedotend the fleet which was collected at that place for the re!ii.f and victualling of }Oche:le:— " Some of his friends had advised him, how generally he was hated in England, and how needful it would be for his greater safety to wear some coat of mail or some other secret armour : which the Duke slighting, said, ' It needs not; there are no Roman spirits left.' August 23d, being Satur day, the Duke having eaten his breakfast between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, in one Mr. Mason's house in Portsmouth, was then hosting away to the King, who lay at Keswick, some five miles distant, to have some speedy conference with him. Being come to the further part of the entry leading out of the parlour into the hall of the house, he had there some conference with Sir Thomas Frier, Knt., a colonel, and stooping down in taking his leave of him, John Felton, a gentleman, having watched his opportunity, thrust a long knife with a white haft he had secretly about him with great strength and violence into his breast. under his left pap, cutting the diaphragm and lungs, and piercing the very heart itself. The Duke, having re ceived the stroke, instantly clapping his right hand on his sword-hilt, cried out, 'Gods wounds! the villain bath killed me.' Some report his last words otherwise, little differing for substance from these : and it might have been wished that his end had not been so sudden, nor bis last words mixed with so impious an expression. He was attended by many noblemen and leaders, yet none could see or prevent the stroke. His Duchess and the Countess of Anglesey, the wife of Christopher Villiers, Earl of Anglesey, bis younger brother, being in an upper room, and hearing the noise in the hall, into which they had carried the Duke, ran presently to a gallery that looked down into it, and there beholding the Duke's blood gush out abundantly from his breast, nose, and mouth (with which his speech after those his first words had been immediately stopped), they broke out into pitiful out cries, and raised great lamentation. He pulled out the knife himself, and being carried by his servants unto the table that stood in the same hall, having struggled with death near upon a quarter of an hour, at length he gave up the ghost about ten of the clock the same forenoon, and lay a long time after he was dead upon the hall table there. Mr. Felton, that gave him the deadly wound, was a gentleman of a very ancient family of gentry in Suffolk, very valorous, and of a stout spirit." The depraved state of the Church, which may be re garded as another cause of the excitement against the Government, is well described in the subjoined para graph. It is true to the letter, and it is painful to add that the description would answer very well for the present day. The followers of Laud and the Puseyites are of the same stamp:— " I can honour and esteem a virtuous or learned Papist, who, being educated in that religion, supposeth it to be the truth. But for men to call themselves Protestants, as Bishop Laud, Bishop Wren, and their wicked adherents, to swallow up the preferments of our Church, to inveigh against Popery in word only, and in the main to project and plot the ruin of the truth and Gospel, to maintain and publish the most gross and feculent errors of the Romish synagogue, to cause God's day to be profaned, his public service to be poisoned by idolatry and superstition, his faithful and painful ministers to be censured, suspended, deprived, and exiled, and to threaten a speedy ruin to the power of godliness,—this my soul abhors as the highest step of wickedness and of prevarication against God and his honour. I cannot but account the Pope, the Cardinals, and Jesuits themselves saints, in comparison of these men. For as a few traitors within a besieged city are of a greater danger for the ruin of it than a whale army without, so doubtless what Theodore Beza saith of the Pseudo-Lutherans of Germany is true of these men, that they do no less impudently and furiously weaken and under mine the Gospel of truth, than if they were hired by the Pope himself at great rates." SURGICAL AND PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES OF THE HUMAN FOOT; with Instructions for their Treatment. To which is added, Advice :on theManagenzent of the Hand. By John Eisenberg, author of "Practical Expositiin of the Human Foot.' Mr. Eisenberg has been long known to the public as a skilful and scientific chiropodist. His experience in the treatment of diseases of the feet has been extensive, and he has here presented us with the result of that ex perience, in a clear and lucid treatise, which all who read can understand, and which is written with an accuracy of style and language which one would hardly expect to meet with in the works of a foreigner. The followi observations, inculcating the necessity of exercising ju dicious discrimination in the choice of boots and shoes, strike us as well worthy an attentive perusal. " The lower extremities with us are destined to be confined in leathern cases, sometimes from the knees to the toes; these are made without much regard to the different struc ture of individuals ;'all that the most intelligent of the shoe mArpre of tho day think of is. the length and breadth uf the foot ; some of them, it is true, make a last, not from the foot, but from the boot, instead of modelling the foot, and from thence making the shoe. To this idea we are so much ac customed that we often buy what we require in the most in discriminate manner; we go into the first shoe-shop that presents itself to our view, and purchase a ready-made pair of shoes, quite satisfied if they are long enough and do not pinch at the sides; the flexibility of the material is little thought of, and still less is any attention paid to the natural form of each foot, for what fits one is supposed to be equally well adapted to all. This is, however, a fearful mistake, for which a thoughtless person has often to undergo great incon venience, painful annoyance, and even temporary lameness. The great desideratum i= to leave the foot to its natural action, to incumber it as little as possible, and not to place it in immediate contact with hard unyielding materials; and , should there be any defects, to have them carefully remedied, or the best means taken to obviate them." The book, which is published in 4t0., is got up in most luxurious manner, with wide margin, gilt edges , and embossed covers. It presents quite an aristocratical appearance. THE REAL PROPERTY STATUTES of the 8 and 9 Victoria, w tit Introduction, Notes, Forms, and Index. By George S. Allnutt, Esq , Barrister-at - Law. Important innovations iii the law affecting real pro perty have been made by the Legislature during the past session. Whether the good intended will be pro duced or not remains to be proved; but, after theexample of the Act of the previous session, we are by no means sanguine as to the beneficial results of the new statutes. Mr. Allnutt has done much service to the profession by collecting and editing these statutes, and the work appears to have been got up with great care and ability. The notes will furnish a u se f u l p rac ti c al guide to solicitors in deciding upon the cases in which they may with safety adopt the benefits which have been offered by the Legislature. In the introduction, Mr. Allnutt states an objection to the use cf the forms provided by the "Act for facilitating the granting of certain Leases," which we do not remember to have met with elsewhere. He says:—" Hitherto in most cases leases could be read and understood by the parties themselves without re sorting to their legal advisers, but, as it is not to be pre sumed that the Act will be in their possession, they must, where a lease has been drawn under the Act, seek assistance for the purpose of understanding words which are to have an effect far beyond their natural meaning." In this remark we entirely concur, and we fear that this is not the only case in which the lawyers will benefit by these attempted improvements in favour of their clients. three children with him, and told us, with a truly thank ful air, that he had at length escaped from New York, and was going to Herkimer county, where he owned a little patch of land, and could raise his own potatoes. Enviable fortune, indeed ! He said he had tried it faith fully for years—worked early and late—half clad and half fed his family, and almost ruined his own health— in the hope that something would turn up. But he had given it up. He used to get 2s. 6d. a pair for making ladies' gaiter-boots, and said this was the usual price paid for good second•rate work. He lived in a sort of shed, in the rear of a wooden-house, and paid for his room four dollars a month. He could make from eight to ten pairs of gaiters in a week, if he had steady em ployment—but this he seldom had. In winter, when work is slack and expenses much increased, the em ployers come and offer even lower prices —and they are compelled to accept them. Oh, he said he was glad to think he was already so far from that "bard-hearted city." There are often several hundred journeymen in New York who have no regular situations, and of those who have work, a great number do not receive, on the aver age, over three and a half and four dollars per week. How they live we have attempted to show. But, Of course, there are a few very skilful and taste ful workmen who get more. They are employed on the choicest work, and receive for the first quality of ladies' gaiters four or five shillings per pair. A man makes of these a pair in a day. A skin of French patent leather costs $2,50, and will cut six or seven nairs of foxings. The Satin Francaise costs eleven shillings per yard, which cuts three pairs ; the binding and closing costs fifty cents, or five shillings per pair—and the boots are sold to the customers for $3. This, of course, relates to the finest kind of custom-work. ROMANCE IN THE ALMS-HOUSES. MISFORTUNES OF A MISER.--Much gossip has been indulged in for some days past in this city, arising out of a serious loss that has befallen an old woman named Anne Woodward, an inmate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This individual has been a recipient of the benefits of the above cha ritable institution for a period of about thirteen years, and at the time of her election some of her disap pointed competitors stated to the Committee of Trustees that she was possessed of wealth. This, however, she so lemnly denied, and on being elected into this most com fortable and benevolent asylum, she fell on her knees, and implored the blessing of the Almighty upon the trustees for having saved her from perishing of starvation. It now appears that the old creature acted the part of a shameless hypocrite and a fradulent impostor on a most praise. worthy institution ; for it has just transpired that at the time of her election, when she affected to be in a state of abject misery, she possessed a fortune sufficient to maintain her in decency and comfort to the end of her days. Her wealth has, however, now taken to itself wings, i for by the default and embarrassments of a gentleman n whom she placed trust, she has sustained the loss of her se cret hoard, to the extent, it is stated, of considerably more than a thousand pounds. The history of the old woman, as it has been told to us, is a somewhat curious one. She is now about 80 years of age. Several years ago she bestowed her affections upon a man named Wood ward, who accepted them rather reluctantly, shebeing, we believe, considerably his senior; but as she was very urgent in her courtship, and had, moreover, the reputa tion of possessing a well-stocked purse, Woodward surrendered himself to the impetuo s ity o f her wooing, and married her at Newent. After the marriage she de clared she had not a shilling in the world; and in prouf of this she practised such a system of rigid economy in her household arrangements, that she very nearly starved her husband to death. They entered upon a lodging-house in Cheltenham, but her husband, not relishing the idea of being attenuated to a walking skeleton, determined to seek his fortune elsewhere alone, and by mutual agree ment a separation took place, the husband wending his way to London, in the hope of enjoying once more the luxury of a full meal, and his wife remaining behind as lodging-house-keeper at Cheltenham. She, however, soon followed his ex ample, sold off her goods, and departed also, no one knew whither, and for a number of years nothing more was seen or heard of her. In process of time her hus band was gathered to his fathers, and then, as if she had dropped from the clouds, his widow again made her appearance on the scene, and succeeded in persuading the dispensers of charity in Gloucester that she was a fit and proper object for admission into the hospital of St. Bartholomew. H e re s h e b ecame a rec ipient of five shillings and sixpence per week, with house-rent free, and other perquisites; but ber parsi monious disposition accompanied her into tbis retreat, and it is supposed that she contrived to save and hoard up at least the one-half of her weekly allowance. It has now transpired that at the time of her admission into the hospital, she had a large sum of money invested in Government securities, but in a fictitious name; a step which she is supposed to have resorted to, in order to pre vent her husband's heirs from laying claim to any part of i Lately, the state of her affairs was communicated in con fidence to a gentleman held in much esteem in this city and neighbourhood, but whose pecuniary embarrass ments unfortunately caused him in this instance to fall a victim to temptation. It was felt by some of the old woman's nearest relatives, who expected to be benefit e d by h er will, and who well knew how her money was deposited, that after her death some difficulty might be experienced in obtaining payment of Government Stock sum - ling in a fictitious name ; and the gentleman above alluded to, it is stated, advised that the Stock should be sold out and re-invested. The selling-out was accom plished by him on her behalf, but the re-invest ment was postponed, and finally, the affairs of the gentleman have become so involved that he has left the country, and the old woman's long-cherished secret store (of some 1,2001. it is said) has vanished. Still, uotwithsiandlng the magnitude of hor loss, she receives, and probably deserves, but little sympathy ; for, with ample means to exist in independence, she has for thir teen years been eating the bread of charity, and by so doing has for the whole of that period been perpetrating a gross fraud, and has stood in the way of really de serving objects being benefited by benevolence which was intended for the unfortunate and destitute.— Glou cestet Journal. Ebttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. PriHE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and 1. NE WC AS TLE-U PON-TY NE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. George Hudson, Esq., M.P. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. Donald Maclean, Esq., M.P. C. Allhusen, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne George Ashlin, Esq., London James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester William Clayton, Esq., Preston T. It. Wilson France, Esq., Itawcliffe Hall, Lancashire John Hartley, Esq., Catteral Hall, Settle Jon. Hayne, Esq., London Patrick Kilgour, Esq., Woodside, Aberdeenshire William Nicol, Esq., Liverpool B. Oliveira, Esq., London Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester Charles Turner, Esq., Liverpool Charles Wardell, Esq., London W. A. S. Westoby, Esq., London Nicholas Wood, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ENGINEERS. Robert Stephenson, Esq. ►OLICITORS. Messrs. Burchell, Kilgour, and Parson, 47, Parliament-street, West minster Henry Toogood, Esq., 22, Parliament-street, Westminster Messrs. Rawstone and Wilson, Preston. SEcurrsity--W. H. Ingrain, Esq. The Directors have tho satisfaction of announcing to the Share holders that the Parliamentary plans and sections arc in a state of great forwardness, and that arrangements are in progress for an ac tive canvass of the landowners wills a view to explain the object and course of the line, and to secure their co-operation. By order of the Board, W. H. INGRAM, Seeretary 22, Farliament-street, Westminster, Sept. 29th, 1845 T. S. Harrison, Esq. THE FUNDS.-(CLOSING PRICES.) ORB CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3 per Cent. Cont.ols Annuities 9874 98 9794 98 98 LongAnnuitiestoexvireJan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 11:60 India Stock 266 India Bonds, 1,000/ 59 . . Ditto under 1,0031................ 59 62 Consols for Account - ..... -...... 98 11 3-16 266 59 62 981 h Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 44 46 pm. 46 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 88 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. _ _ Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... — Ditto, Account...... ............ 32% Portuguese 5 per Cedts. — Ditto, Converted 6 0 1,E 601 Ditto Account — 60 '74 Ditto, 4 per Cent — 59% Ditto, Account 6O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... ........ Belgian 4% per Cent. — 98% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Equador Ditto, 4 per Cent. Cert.'lic — Ditto, Account 97 1 / 2 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING lIAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2 1 / 2 21,.. Bideford andTavistock... 1% 2 l /2 2% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O B B l /2 ..... ... 88 1 / 2 x div Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1 % ... 5% Do. New Cheater and Holyhead... 15 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l /1 4 3 / 4 1 /4 4% Cornwall Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 3% Z 713...... On' Direct Manchester (Remington's) Direct Northern Dublin and Galway..... 4 Eastern Counties 141 165...... 22% 22%...... 23 Ditto New 4/. 16s. Eastern Union — Ditto Extension . East Lincolnshire Grand Union l% 4%% 4% Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England..loo .216 Ditto New Great Western BO ... . ..162 160%, 160% Ditto % Shares 5O .. ... 91% 91% Ditto Fifths Hounslow Western ..... 2 Leicester and Bedford... 22& 2% % p 3 p Leicester and Tamworth 495. Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% ...x. 5%% 5% London and Birmingilmloo .220 218 2lB Do. Quarters. London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 23% ........ .. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and York 2%..... 6%% 6% London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% 4 l / 2... ......... ... 4% London Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ....... ..... 2% 4 ll 4% Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Newcastle and Darling- _ _ ton Junction —25 ...... 63 1 4 65 ...... .. 65 Do. New Brandling 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 2O Newcastle Durham, and Lancashire Junction.. . 1% 4% 4 Newark, Sheffield, and , . Boston ... •••••• ******** 2%•• ••• 5%••• ••••• 00000 N. British (ex Dalkeith _ __ and Hawick) l5 ..... 26 N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 3 / 4 .... 4 1 4 North Staffordshire 425....... 4A% p. Northampton, Banbury, _ and Cheltenham Oxford, Gosport, Ports. mouth, & Southamptn 425. — ... ... 2% p Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 ,4 l6 15 1 4 l6 LA... 16% Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 2% P 614 2 Preston and Wyre Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%. ... 43 ,4 4 34' 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 8 3 / 4 ... ........ ... 8% Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union e p Somersetshire Midland 2% 4% 4 /s South Midland 22s 7 l/is l A p 71,4 p South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 43 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Warwick & Cheltenham 1% 3 14 3 14 Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1%..... 4% 4% York and North Midland 50 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares .. 25 Do. Extension lq 3 0 3% .. 30 3 / 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 12 3 / 4 12A 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 12 3 / 4 .. Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France D o. Laffitte's) ( do. Rosamel's) 3 2 ...... % 3% Luxembourg... Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux Over Yssel 413 s 4d li i p .. . ..... •. . % p Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris & Lyons, (Caton's) 2 ...... 23' 2% Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) ..... Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ...... 2 3 / 4 2 3/ Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 7 3 / 4 West Flanders .. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - Sin,—The First October Newmarket Meeting for sport is decidedly not first-rate, yet it equals, if not surpasses, many of its predecessors. It commences on Tuesday with, as usual, the Trial Stakes, the winner of which I think Lord G. Ben tinck will furnish. Colonel Peel will win the Buckenham Stakes with Queen Anne. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes will bring out the following, viz.: Wood Pigeon, colt by Jerry out of Turquoise, colt by Slane out of Cobweb, Leopard, Idas, Sir Francis, Worthless, and perhaps Pug and sister to Ma Mie. Now of these I consider sister to Ma Mie, Sir Francis, Leopard, and Cobweb colt to have not the shadow of a chance. W orthless and Pug have a respectable outside chance, nothing more. The race will lay entirely between the Turquoise colt, Wood Pigeon, and Idas, which I expect will be rather close, giving a slight preference to Idas. The Hopeful Stakes looks well for Cuckoo or Princess Alice, Mr. Gratwicke's filly being close up at the finish. The match between Prologue, Bst. 131 b., and Collingwood, sst. 131 b., will be won by the former. On Wednesday, Kent's stable will carry off the St. Leger Stakes. _ _ _ _ _ _ Colonel Peel's Garry Owen will receive forfeit from Lord Maidstone's Arcanus, or should the match be run, it will go to the former for a certainty. On Thursday, Tug-Net, or the colt by Slane, out of Volup tuary, will make sure of the Rutland Stakes. The 50 Sovs. Stakes to Ides, Faunae finishing a good second. • In the match between Captain Phelus and Collingwood over the T.Y.C.,1 expect the latter will be very near winning. 1 am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Monday, 2 P.M. P.S. Jenny Wren, Pantasa, I-am-not-awsre, and Wee Pet, are my pick for the Cesarewitch Stakes, the first and third being in splendid trim, Jenny Wren will be near winning this stake, if well on the day. Semiseria, Nottingham, Croton Oil, and Mongrel are the best " in " for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, all four being in first-rate condition. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama, entitled the Rover's Secret, being another version of the French piece on which Clarisse is founded, was produced here last evening with the most decided success. The piece was very strongly cast. Mrs. H. Vining sustained the character of the heroine with great power; and Mr. H. Hughes, as the foreman of the yard, and Mr. Hicks, as Mar tial, were both excellent. The Laroche of Mr. Fredericks was very good. and Mr. S. Cowell, by his humorous vagaries, as Barbillon, the diver, kept the audience in a roar the whole time he was on the stage. The scenery, by Brunning, was beautiful, and the Rover's Secret will no doubt become a mcst popular Surrey piece. The house was crowded. FORTIFYING SIIBERNESS.—The fortifications of this garrison are to be considerably strengthened, and 70 guns are to be immediately placed on the old batteries. A detachment of the Royal Sappers and Miners has commenced work on the south side, near the drawbridge, by throwing out the mud and clay from the adjoining moat, also raising it higher, and a large number of masons has also been set to work to complete the job. The greatest activity prevails throughout the whole of the official departments, which leads the inhabitants to think that a'• storm is brewing." RAILWAYS v. UNIVKRaITIES.—It has been the fashion with a certain clique, to denominate the labourers, who are employed in forming railways, "untutored savages." We understand that the Bangor police have reported to the magistrates, that eight or ten collegians, who, for some weeks, had been located in that city, had been more riotous and disorderly, and had given them more trouble, and, to many of the respectable inhabitants, more annoyance, than all the six or seven hundred labourers employed within Bangor parish, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway. We trust that the parties referred to had only assumed the name , of collegians. It would be highly discreditable to either Ox ford or Cambridge to send out students, whose conduct would not bear a favourable comparison with that of railway bk bourers.—Carnarvon Herald. EXPLOSION OF GAS AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT.- On Monday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, the inhabitants of Fleet-street and its vicinity were alarmed by a loud report and smashing of glass, while smoke and flame were seen to issue from East Temple Chambers, in White friars-street. It appears that that the housekeeper on going in as usual to prepare the rooms, perceived a strong smell of gas, and called a lad, who came into the room with a lighted candle. Immediately a loud report took place, and the room and furniture were quickly on fire. The Farringdon-street engine was speedily on the spot, and the firemen succeeded in confining the flames to the room in which the explosion oc curred. We regret to add, that the unfortunate woman was severely burnt, while her cloths were destroyed. She now lies in a very dangerous state. nhe poor boy was also in jured by the fire, but not so severely. The escape of gas which caused the accident is supposed to have arisen from its not having been turned. off at the main. he Univ, rsel Prussian Gazette states that the crops in Western Prussia were not considered this year to be even of an average character. The rye had given but a small return, and the wheat and oats harvest was every where indifferent. In the districts of Schlochau, Konitz, and Lobau, Stub., and Rosemberg, great damage was done by a violent hail-storm on the night of July 8; and the lower localities, borderiug the Vistula, bad suffered greatly from the inundation of that river. The hay and clover crop, however, was everywhere satisfactory, if not for quantity at least for quality. The potato crop did not promise well. • PAINFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, be tween three and four o'clock, as the son of Mr. Wilson, 15, Gardoer's-crescent, an interesting youth, about seven years of age, was amusing himself, with two other companions, at the commencement of the extension tunnel of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway, one of the wheels of a waggon, weighing nearly six tons, which was employed in conveying bricks a few yards into the interior, passed over his right leg, which produced a very severe and serious fracture of the smaller bone, and a deep incision. It appears that the boy had been walking on the rails in front of the waggon, which was propelled by two men, at an ordinary walking pace, but more rapidly than he was moving, and hence came in colli sion with him, and threw him beneath the wheel. He also received a slight contusion on the head, supposed to have been produced by the fall. He was instantly conveyed home, where Dr. Menzies and two other medical gentlemen were in attendance, but what may be the result it is impossible to divine, as he is in a somewhat precarious condition.—Edin burgh Witness of Saturday. OUR MANCHESTER GOODS SUPERSEDED.—Se veraI French artists have arrived in Egypt, to organise the new manufactory for printing calicoes, which are intended to supersedethe English printed Manchester goods that country has hitherto been supplied withe—Hampslare Advertiser. DT RE MAJOR. In this case an insolvent came up for his protection order, so as to enable him to take the benefit of the new Act. _ _ Mr. HUGHES appeared to support the application (which would rescue the insolvent from further incarceration). The question was whether a party in custody on an attach. ment for contempt in not paying costs was entitled to the benefit of the Act? He contended that directly costs were taxed they became part of the debt. The Learned CommissioNEß—Yes, but it is not a debt re covered by judgment, and this act does not satisfy it. Application refused. CLERKEN WELL.-(THISD AY.) A man named Jeffries was charged with embezzling 1/. lls. 2d., which he had received from Mr. Atkinson, of 24, Old Bonthstreet, for his mistress, Mrs. Jones, fishmonger, a Amwell-street, Clerkenwell. _ _ _ In August list the prosecutrix sent two baskets of fish to Mr. Atkinson, who at once paid to the prisoner the cost for the same, amounting to the before-mentioned sum. The accused afterwards got intoxicated, and spent the money, and has since been wandering about in want of common ne cessaries.—He was fully committed to Neu-gate. Two fellows, named Carroll and Tooney, were charged as follows :—Sergeant 37, of the E division, said that while on duty in Regent-square on Monday night, he saw the pri soners conduct themselves most insultingly to females He remonstrated with them, and they then commenced a feroci ous attack on them, and would have injured him most dread fully had not some neighbours kindly interfered on his behalf. They were committed to the House of Correction tor 14 days. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. The following list shows how each Alderman voted at the election of Lord Mayor on Sept. 29, 1845 : For Mr. Alderman Wood. For Mr. Alderman Johnson. Sir John Key Sir Claudius S. Hunter Mr. Alderman Farebrother Sir Pct.'. Laurie fl ft Kelly Mr. Alderman Copeland Sir Chapman Marshall ~ Wilson Sir John Pixie The Lord Mayor Gibbs Mr. Alderman Humphery Mr. Alderman Johnson Sir William Magnay Sir G. Carroll Mr. Alderman Wood Sir J. Duke If Pt Hunter Mr. Alderman Farncomb „ Challis „ „ Musgrove „ „ H. Hughes Sidney Absent. Mr. Alderman Lucas If n Thompson t 1 /9 Hooper f, t, Moon THE ROUND TOWER/3.—MT. G. Petrie, after a long research, has come to the following results :—" 1. That the towers are of Christian and ecclesiastical origin, and were erected at various periods between the sth and 13th cen turies. 2. That they were designed to answer, at least, a twofold use, namely, to serve as belfries, and as keeps, or places of strength, in which the sacred utensils, books, relics, and other valuables, were deposited, and into which the ec clesiastics, to whom they belonged, could retire for security in cases of a sudden predatory attack. 3. That they were probably also used, when occasion required, as beacons and watch-towers " SUICIDE IN A WATER-BUTT.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Rose and Crown, Rose-street, Soho, on the body of Ann Foxwell, aged fifty-eight. The deceased, a widow, carried on the business of a turner and stand-maker, at No. 24, Crown-street. She had been very unsettled, and at times depressed in spirits since the death of her husband, eleven months since, and would frequently ex claim, " That there was no one in the world she cared for," and " that there was nothing worth living for." On Satur day morning last, at twenty minutes past seven o'clock, her sister left her in bed, and a quarter of an hour after she was found by her foreman in the water-butt in the back kitchen, her feet upwards. On being taken out she was , quite dead. The top of the water-butt being within a foot of the ce:ling, she must have had some trouble in effecting her object. Ver dict " Temporary insanity." MILITARY MOVEMENTS AT PORTSMOUTH....4t has been decided to enlarge the Cambridge Barracks, and for this purpose the Theatre Royal and the houses at the upper part of the High-street, Portsmouth, together with those facing the ramparts on the south of the High-street, will be taken down as soon as the Government can obtain possession of them. The space thus obtained will provide one of the finest sites in the town for this object, and as the property is not occupied by persons in business, no inconvenience is likely to result from the procedure. The building now occupied as the Portsmouth workhouse, which will be vacated in a few weeks, the inmates being about to be removed to the new union house, will be purchased by the Government for the purpose of enlarging the Colewort Barracks, the wish of the authorities being that each of these barracks may contain 1,200 men, besides the necessary accommodation for the officers of such a large number. It is also stated, that upon the completion of the above the Forehouse Barracks, which adjoins the one occupied by the Royal Marines, will be added to the latter establishment, thus providing additional room for that branch of the service.—Hampshire Independent. The newspapers of New York are full of ovations of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. A larger audience was as sembled upon the occasion of the benefit of Mr. Charles Kean than had ever been witnessed at the Park Theatre. One journal states that it was a sea of heads from the pit to the back seat of the fourth tier. More money had been re • ceived at the treasury during their engagement than had been taken during a similar number of performances for twenty-five years. Eleven nights have realised to these artistes 1,0001. THE NEW IRONWORKS IN SCOTLAND.—The for ward state of the ironworks, which were commenced in spring, gives promise of some new brands of pig iron being very soon brought into this market. At Kinneil there are four furnaces completed, and arrangements are making to have them blown in during, next month, or early in Novem ber. It is not more than six or seven months since the foun dation of this work was laid, which for rapidity of erection is, we believe, unequalled in the history of the iron trade. Eg linton and Lugar are also progressing rapidly to completion, and it is expected will be in blast little later than Kinneil. It will be some time longer before any of the works in Fife shire can come into operation ; but, from the well-known activity of the enterprising proprietor of the Forth works, there is little doubt that the spring of 1846 will witness the production of metal in this new field on an extensive scale. Other two new ironworks are talked of for the purpose of supplying parties who have hitherto been purchasers of pigs. One of those is certain to go on, and we expect to be able, in a short time, to notice the commencement of opera tions.— Scotch Reformers' Gazette. DISTRICT ASYLUM, ST. GEORGE'S, SOUTHWARK.— Yesterday a meeting of the rate-payers of St. George's, South wark, was held in the vestry-room, for the purpose of taking into consideration an order of the Poor-law Commissioners to combine with other parties to erect an asylum for the temporary relief of the poor and destitute, and for supplying them with work. The Rev. Mr. Horton, the rector, pre sided.:Mr. Matthews moved a resolution to the effect—" that the parishioners contemplated with alarm the junction of that parish with others in the forming of a union which only tended to carry out the system of centralisation, and deprived the rate-payers of control over their own officers—that it would entail vast additional expense, and strongly recom mended that every resistance should be offered to It both by the guardians nominated over it and the parish generally." The motion having been seconded, Mr. Boxer observed, that Mr. Hall, the Poor-law Commissioner, had shown more humanity at the meeting than most of the supporters of the poor-law, for he expressed his regret that the only relief that could be afforded would be food and a night's lodging. If the asylum were established it would be a sign-post for the dissolute and idle who would flock to it. St. George's could not afford it, for independent of 10,0001. for building the asylum, it would require 2,0001. a-year for the working of this most objectionable prcposaL The resolution was carried unanimously, and after the usual vote of thanks to the Rev. Chairman, the meeting broke up. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday afteenoon, about three o'clo ck, as Ellen Brooks, parlour - maid to Samwell, Esq., of anterbury-street, Lambeth, was running down the kitchen stairs, she slipped and fell, when a carving knife she had in her hand at the time entered her right thigh, and in flicted a frightful wound; she also broke four of her ribs by the fall. Medical assistance was obtained, but it was some time before the flow of blood was stopped, the wound in the thigh having divided an artery. DISTRESSED CONDITION OF THE • SHOEMAKERS OF NEW YORK. (From the Ne w Y or k Tribune.) There is no class of mechanics who average so grea t an amount of work for so little money as the jo urne y men shoemakers. The number of journeymen out of employment is also large, and out of all just proportion. There are hundreds of them in the city constantly wan dering from shop to shop in search of work, while many of them have families in a state of absolute want. One by one the articles of their furniture have been sold to supply bread which the dishearteiwd workman could not earn, and at last the family are turned out of their miserable garret or cellar because they cannot pay their rent. Even those who work fare badly enough ; as to deprive life and i t g in h d t a I :h ge of breath. But for those entirely out of situations the case is still worse. We have been in more than fifty ofa evmearxoinfgthseamveltivhee in m e s r u e ci p i r a iv vi i i , a 3 , cellars, in different parts of the city, each inhabited by a shoemaker and his family. The floor is made of rough plank laid ogf c a o b u o r v s e e n th o e y s a u r r tl fa p e r e iv o i- f loosely down, and the ceiling is not quite so high as P a i t an strug g les d a wide, down o wnl deso late fire-place yawns in the centre to the right of the en leges of any kind. The miserable room is lighted only a tall man. The walls are d lpi a rt r t( k tileecl trance. Therein the steep and rotting stairs. r .n this apartment often live the man with his wrork•bench, his wife six children of and five or bthyeagrsohuanlldo,wansadsh bpyatrhtley all ages ; and per haps a palsied grandfather or grandmother, and often both. In one cor ner is a squalid bed, and the room elsewhere is occupied 1 7 the work ben c h, a cradle made from a dry-goo s i. oox, two or three broken and seatless chairs, a stewpan, and a kettle. Here is the whole of that thing so noble in the abstract, so lofty in the destiny intended for it, so full of every source of joy and gladness—a family of human beings. Here they work—here they cook, they eat, they sleep, they pray—if to p r ay they have not forgotten. They procure a little something to eat by the chance jobs of gentlemen's or children's mend ing brought in by the rich people above ground i n the neighbourhood, who are not celebrated for paying a poor c obbler . hi g h p r i ces . Now this picture is faithfully drawn—not over-coloured in any one particular. We have written nothing that we have not seen over and over again with our own eyes. We permitted our correspondent to state his case in a former number, in his own laugdage. It is doubt less well as far as it go es ; but it does not touch the dark shades in the condition of the shoemakers in this city. They are the worst paid, and live the least like life of all men who have spent years in learning trades that they 'ht know how to live. We met recently, going might up t he Hudson, a journeyman shoema , p ker ale and ila d wi th unremitting toil. Ile had his wife and haggard • MINE. Real del Monte Unregd. 4% 5 4 ...... COURSE OF EXCHi Amsterdam CF. 12 94 Ditto, at sight l2 74 Rotterdam 2U. 12 10 Antwerp 26 15 Hambnrgh M.B. 1314} Alton* — LNGE—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar... ..... Leghorn ..... 50 65 Genoa . Venice ..... Naples ...... 391 Palermo, per os l2o* Lisbon ......... 5 3 * 0p0rt0.. : .. s3i Rio Janeiro Bahia . Buenos Ay; ea NewYork.22dyssight Philadelphia MICAS or BULLION, PER OZ Foreign Gold s bars../.3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 4 111 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles 26 5 Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine l2O Petersburgh, 3Us Berlin Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36/ Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona — Saville — THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, SErr. 27,4845. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. W. F. Forbes to be Page of Honour to her MitiestY, vice Wilson. . _ Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. R. L. Surtees, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; G. Hud son, Esq., M.P., to be ditto, Sept. 19. C N o o nr hu is m si b o e n rl b a y nd th m e i L li o ti r a_c d Lie . u A te . na m nt on o e f k ,rth Esq r vice Surtees, deceased , Aug. 20 . Cap tain,toberbleand. r f y So c m av e a rs h e y ts — hi l re. v. H. West Commission somerse b t y R th e e gi L m o e rd nt L o ie f u l te_ e n o a na nt an o S. George, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Browne, promoted, Aug. 12. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 19. The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Conynsharn Tyndal, hut., Lord Chief Justice of her Disuesty's Court of Common Mess, has appointed Henry Kent Norris, of Devizes, in the county oofAreexblscoNicim'iuitltpittels)tne; Gent. to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for t o f o n o r 0 f t b h m e e ob t afykfii fines egs marrieda t n l ide women, eo a cn c oi k le : en i or, recoveries, under theef o n r t acknowledgments the Perpetual substitution se passedtut i modes of assurance, in and for the county of Wilts. - • BANKRUPTS. --- Robert Hughes, upholsterer, Piccadilly, to surrender Oct. 10, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Baukruptev- Turquand, official assignee, 01(1 Jewry-chambers ; Dtiffi Castle-street, llolborn. George Alfred Paine, clock maker, High-street, Blooms bury, Oct. 10, at twelve, and Nov. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street, City; Hilleary, Fenchurch.street, William Webber, grocer, Catherington, Hampshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur- - , NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS. The following extracts are from a lately published work on " New Zealand," by a Mr. Brown, and inserted in the New Zealand Journal : "To the speculator and man of large capital, New Zealand presents at this moment the most tempting pros pects, almost too much so for his prudence to withstand. "Already two copper mines in the neighbourhood of Auckland have been opened, and the results are in the highest degree satisfactory, ore being obtainable of the best quality, and at so trifling an expense, that there are no accounts of mines in any other part of the word in this respect to be com pared with them. In fact, the operation can not be termed mining at all—it is only quarry ing and blasting, the ore being almost at the very sur face. Some idea of the facility of procuring the ore may be formed from the fact, that miners are at present work ing one of the mines referred to, and have undertaken to produce the ore, properly cleaned and sorted, fit for shipment, at the rates of 4L per ton for the third quality, 61. for the second, and 81. for the finest ; and at these rates there is every appearance of their realising a small fortune for themselves in the course of two years, for which period it is understood their contract extends. They would realise enormous Rages at the lowest rate of 4/. for all qualities, if the ore continues to be procured as easily as hitherto. About ten or twelve men, in the course of six weeks, actually quarried out sixty tons, thirty of which were shipped to Sydney, and thirty tons to England. Nor is the ore of an ordinary quality ; the analysis of some samples from the mine referred to shows upwards of 50 per cent. of pure copper. " Manganese is equally abundant, and is found within 15 miles of Auckland. Considerable quantities have already been shipped to England, some of which has re alised 71. per ton. The expense of quarrying this has been 10s. per ton. " Many places on the coast, both northward to the Bay of Islands, and southward towards the East Cape, afford indications both of copper and manganese ; and it may easily be supposed that the utmost eagerness is manifested to become the fortunate purchaser of these mines. While the obstructions to the free purchase of lands continued, no one even thought of taking the trouble to look for these treasures ; but now that the natives are permitted to dispose of their lands, there scarcely passes a week without a party setting off in some direction, on a voyage of discovery, " The very natives have become infected with the mania, and are nearly as expert judges of copper or man ganese as the settlers, and may be seen going abo u t w ith fragments of stone and bodies of nitric acid, for the pur pose of testing its composition, They serve to keep the settlers in a perpetual excitement, by pretending to have discovered copper or manganese upon their lands, and no little money is spent in fruitless expeditions to prove the fact. In some cases, the eagerness of the settlers outruns their prudence, and they are induced, by the solicitations of the natives, to purchase land before seeing it, fearing some more reckless speculator may otherwise secure the prize ; but it is needless to say that they are almost sure of losing their money, as the specimen of the ore shown to them has, in all probability, been taken from the mines at the Great Barrier, or from the island of Kawau. Tho natives seem to discover, with singular acuteness, the weak points in the character of the person they are deal ing with, and never fail to work upon them with great dexterity. Where knowledge is equal on both sides, the settlers are no match for the natives in buying and selling, as the latter concentrate, in the smallest affair, their whole soul, and never lose sight of their own inte rest for a moment. " Besides copper and manganese, tin, lead, and nickel are reported to have been discovered. Coal abounds in various places on the Middle Island; it has also been seen near Manakao, and indications of it are to be met with near the Bay of Islands, but no mine has yet been opened on the North Island. A shaft was sunk at Mauharangi, (near the Kawau copper mine), but having been under taken by a person without means, the work was aban doned, after sinking about eighty feet. Rock salt has been discovered in the neighbourhood of Mercury Bay ; and alum and nitre near the medicinal springs at the Roturua lakes. Sulphur is found in vast quantities, about the East Cape, and has already been shipped to England, though it did not, it is believed, realise a good price ; but sulphur, of a very superior description, has lately been discovered, in purity nearly equal to the rolled sulphur of commerce. Specimens of this article hare been sent to England in the Boling. Various other minerals have been found, but are less worthy of notice, as they do nut appear to be available at present as exports." Tu IVES.—No pilchards have, been seen from the hills duringthe week. Mackerel are very plentiful on the coast, but the weather has prevented the boats from driving. Two boats went out on Tuesday night, and caught about 2,000 each, which were sold at 12s. per 120. FOWEY.—Very few fish have been taken here this week.— West Briton, rr and, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Low, (nap cary-lane ; Ford, Portsea. James Rayner, licensed victualler, Bougham, Norfolk, Oct. 8, at eleven, and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bniik ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall- strut ; Wit kin, Furnival's Inn. Samuel Manning, stone-mason, Newman-street, Oxford street, Oct.. 14, at one, and Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-Luild ings ; Sutcliffe, New Bridge-street. George Edward Noone, engineer, East-street, Manchester square, Oct. 8, at half-past one, and Nov. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Bevan, Old Jewry. John Gibson, oilman, Motcombe-street, Be!grave-sr;a:lm Oct. 22, at two, and Nov. 12, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-building-; Taylor and Caisson, Great James-street, Bedford-row. Richard Freeman, hosier, Edward-street, Portman-Equare. Oct. 15, at twelve, and Nov. 11, at one, at the Court 11 Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-sti eel ; Reed, Iridy-street, Cheapside. James Thompson and John Thompson, stock brokers. Liwir. Oct. 15, and Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District C. art Fearne, official assignee, Lends; Williamson and Hill, Gray"; Inn, London; Carisss, Leeds. James Warwick, merchant, Hall of Commerce, Thread needle-street, City, Oct 8 and Nov. 12, at two, at tl.e Com t of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street- buildings ; Yenning and Co., Tokenhouse-yard. Eliza Barry, victualler, Bristol, Oct. 8, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, eflic;al assignee, Bristol ; White, Eyre, and Co., Bedford-row ;NA . and C. Bevan, Bristol. Wil.ia Jarman, chemist, Wigton, Cumberland, Oct. half- past eleven, and Nov. 18, at one, at the Newcast.!c• upon-Tyne District Ci , art. Bakttr, official assignee, Nev.-. castle-upon-Tyne ; Gra-, Staple lan, London ; Lazenby. Wigton; Ingledew, Newcastle-upon-'line. Robert Shanklin ' druggist, SaltO r d, O c t. 13 , an d N ov. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester Dist, ict Court. Pott, t fficrat assignee, Manchester; Norris, Allen, an d Si mpson, Bartlett's building's, Holborn ; Norris, Manchester. John Hughes, provision dealer, Manchester, Oct 17 and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkrer, and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tida well, Manchester. Thomas Roberts, commission agent, Liverpool, Oct. 13, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Milton and Nealor, Southampton-buildings, London; Smith, Liverpool. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Sept. 30.) SUGAR.—To-day, an increased desire was shown to pur chase West India Sugar, the demand was extensive, and a larger quantity was taken fur the outports. The private purchases amounted to the immense quantity of 1660 hhds and tierces, and the rates obtained were fully equal to those of Friday, indeed in some cases strong working and the lower sorts of yellow brought 6d advance. REFINED.—To-day prices ruled firm for fined Sugar, and the demand was good from the home trade; brown grocery lumps at 65s to 665, and Standard lumps 66s 6d to 67s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar further declined in value, 39s to 40s having been taken for first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon several inquiries existed pri vately for Mauritius Sugar, but at present the quantity in the market is small, and the rates paid were ratter above those previously quoted. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal was much sought after, and as the rates paid were rather above those before quoted, the supply has becethe inadequate for the de mand. Brown sorts were purchased with increased freedom at 38s to 42s for low and middling; of grainy yellow some parcels were sold at very full rates. Of Madras 1511 t ags, a superior parcel, were submitted to public competition, and sold at high rates. Mor.Ass - Es.—The demand has been brisk for West India, and rather higher rates were paid; the sales reached 600 puncheons nearly all new Antigua, very fine at 24s to 24s 6d. and fine at 23s 6d per cwt. Hors.—ln the value little variation has taken place, but the amount of business transacted has been small. At the Worcester market new Hops were sold at 6/. 15s. per cwt, but the quality was not first rate. The duty for the king dom is estimated at 170,0001, and the Worcester duty at 10,000/. FOREIGN.—To-day there was little disposition shown to purchase Foreign Sugar ; at public sale 91 chests of Bahia were sold, but at a decline on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of any sort of Coffee. Ceylon of good ordinary pale quality moved off slowly by private treaty at 47s to 48s per cwt. TEA.—lmporters manifest firmness, and have refrained from offering any at public sale although the large quantity of 46,718 pkgs arrived during the past week, and further arrivals being near at hand ; duty was paid on 471,5191 b during that period. In Congou large purchases have been made in all descriptions, and the rates paid are fully equal to those previously quoted. In Pouchong a good busin ess has been transacted at firm rates. Twankay has m e t with e creased attention, and prices are on the ascendancy. For Young Hyson merchants are unable to obtain any advance. Hyson has been extensively dealt in. Gunpowder has met with a good sale. Of Imperial several parcels have been dis posed of. The business done in Caper has baen at stiffer rates. In Orange Pekoe the operations are upon a more extended scale. For Plain Oorauge Black leaf and flowery Pekoe the demand is improving. RICE. —Of Bengal several parcels have arrived. Mad ras is little wanted, and may be purchased at 17s to 20s per cwt. Of Java there is still little in the market, but few inquiries have prevailed, Carolina has been purchased with caution at 36s to 40s for home consumption, and at 33s to 35s for exportation. Patna moved off slowly at 25s to 27s per cwt. SPICES.—There has been less inquiry after Cassia Lignea, but in the value little variation has occurred. The market has become quiet for Black Pepper. White is wanted and brings 4d to 7d by private treaty. The advanced rates are fully supported for Nutmegs. Of /dace some parcels have been sold at late rates. Cloves are held with firmness, but there is a pause in the demand. The better qualities of Cinnamon still continue to be much wanted, and command last sale's rates. For Pimento much inquiry has existed, and buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates. For Jamaica Ginger there has been brisker demand. COCRINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with less atten tion, and two parcels offered at public sale amounting to 139 bags of Honduras Silvers were only partly sold at a decline of Id per lb for the inferior sorts, but the better kinds went at former prices. Sriarrs.—To-dry Jamaica Rum was cought niter, and the parcels sold were at full rates, but good and tine sorts are 3-et the most in request. For proof L eewar d is lld to is 11%d paid, and is 10d to Is 10%d for proof Calcutta with certifi cate, FRUIT.—For new 'Valencia Raisins the demand has been extensive at 43s per cwt, and the market has again been nearly cleared ; the value of old is 38s to 395. Of new Patras Currants the market has been nearly cleared at 495, for old 56s to 48s taken, and 44s to 45s for Zante andCephalmia. New Turkey Pulled Figs and Sultana has been pu rc h ase d at 80s. New Muscatel Raisins have been selling boxes, layers at 70s, half boxes ditto 80s. For New Jordan Almonds 12i 12s asked. In old Red Smyrna Raisins large purchases have been made, but at the reduced rates of 36s to 37s per cwt. OnS.—Although there are sellers of Seal at further reduced rates, still the trade have operated with caution. The market has a dull appearance for Cod, and further reduced prices are taken. The business transacted privately in Southern has been to a small extent, and at rather lower rates; Sperm is less in request, but in. the value little variation has taken place. Although there are sellers of Linseed Oil at the moderate rates of 23s 3d to 23s 6d per cwt, still the home trade operate with caution. Rape Oil has been sold to some extent, pale at 36s to 36s 6d, and prowl . ' 355. to 35i 6d. Cocoa Nut is wanted, and prices are fully , as high as last quoted. In Palm several plates .lt've been made pri vately, and prices rule , e Oil has been in lively request, and prices are 4d.. 7 ancing. TALLow.—The market has a firm appearance for all de.. scriptions of Tallow, the stock is still less than for some years,„ whilst the consumption is much greater ; still prices rule under those of 1844 at this time. Russian has been in extensive request on the spot for town and country consump tion, and the rates paid are a shade above those previously quoted. Home made Tallow has been in excellent request. All other kinds have been sold with more freedom, and stiffer rates are paid. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY._ (By EXPRESS.) Trial Stakes. Oakley Hopeful Stakes. Madcap - 1 Cuckoo Chamois a Grand Duke Michael Stakes. t.. ...... 1 Turquoise colt Idas v ............... 2 Cobweb colt ...................... 3 ENLARGEMENT OE T 1 " OissEevEß."—During the past six months the Coserver' has given an epitome of rail.. way informatior 4 many of the articles original, and not at. tainable by any other journal. With a view to extend such authenticated information more in detail Mr. Clement purpoine increasing the size of the Observer to that of the Times. This important enlargement will take place the last Sunday in October, without any increase of price, which will remain at sixpence. The Observer is regularly pub fished at five o'clock on Sunday mornings. The Monday's edition, which is best adapted for readers abroad and country subscribers, is published at four o'clock every Moaday afternoon. THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following New Works, which can now be had of all booksellers :—.I. Vol. 5 of M. Thiers's History of the Consulate and the Empire, Translated by D. Forbes 1 Campbell, Esq., with the sanction and approval of the author, Bvo., 55.-2. Vol. 4 of the Nelson Letters and Dis patches.-3. A Third Edition of the Crescent and the Cross. by Eliot Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., with Illustrations, ale. bound.--4. Lady Hester S tanho p e's Mem oirs , Related by Eaa., M.P.-6. A Second Edition of Revelations of Herself, 8 vols., with Illustration, 31s. fd. bound.-5. A, T. M. Hughes, with numerous additions, 2 vols.. i ii th los P e o , r F t7 sq. t , s 2 , 28s. bou nd. Third Edition of Sybil, or the Two N a ti ons , by B. Spain,Dis ral i , by 21s. bound.—'7. The Diary and Memoirs of Sophia Doroth ea , C , o Th nso e rt .ro o u f n G g eo i r ,r g e e t, l l . l , d 2 6 ;ls b ., y B C vo . . L , w . .-8. Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart, commonly 11 with Portrait, '24s. bound. DEATH OF SiR CHARLES GORDON or DAIMON. —Wo regret to state that Sir Charles Gordon, the well-known and highly-respected secretary of the Highland and Agri cultural Society, died at his house, No. 6, Albyn-place, on Thursday evening last. Sir Charles, we understand, was in the fifty-third year of his age, and bad held the impotent situation of secretary of the Highland Society for upwards of twenty years. He received the honour of knighthood front William the Fourth, in 1336 He had long been in a delicate state of health, though, we understand, Lis death was very unexpected at the last.—Edinburgh If;iness. DEATH OF THE DOWAC.EI3 MARCHIONESS OF BIIRADALBANE.—We have just learned that the Dowager ' Marchioness of Breadsfoane died at Langton House, on Thursday evening las;t. Her ladyship, who was daughter of David Gavin, F.:sq., of Langton, married to John, fourth Earl of Bread.albane, in 1793, and was considerably advanced In ,vears.—Edinburgh Witness. BATTLE CHURCH.—On cleansing and scraping the old wash from the walls of Battle Church, previous to their being re-washed, the walls are discovered to be full of paint lugs, of a very ancient and curious character, some of thent very well executed, which appear to have been done during the reign of one of the Edwards, or probably before. his en thoroughly ehilreh ,cas ST r . e A. -o rl pe N n E e ' d s C fo i r tu D n i c vi t n i, e S s u er n v o ic .— e, h Y m e . s in te g ry d b a e repaired and decorated both externally and internally. "•, ~~t- -- : - :' :~~; isto ti ; ha' ' g of ' o er° 1 1, ' IP , : ditto TO • de al° age