The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION'. Now Ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., wish Plates, VICTORIES of the BRITISH ARMY, By the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. MR. THEODORE HOOK'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., B IRTHS, DEATHS, and MARRIAGES. By the Author of " Jack Brag," " Maxwell," " The Parson's Daughter," &c. " Full of all the striking characteristics of Mr. Hook's wit, and irresistible humour."—Atlas. " The most powerful and impressive of all Mr. Hook's no vels. Among the mirthful ' sayings ' and meritorious ' doings' of Mr. Theodore Hook, his Births, Deaths, and Marriages,' should hold a high, if not the highest place."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. IJIS Mthe ha,.ing ajes A tb , THcRi K sE I D NG and of GT P JA R R U AN S T S E I E A r; DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining - LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIEU• TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI OUS to giving any order; the PROSPECTUS and PAR. TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P.C. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. A RISE IN THE PRICE of the SHARES for the NEXT DISTRIBUTION will very soon take place, there being only few of them on hand, and nearly all cleared off. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SErr. 5. Will be presented an entirely new and original Nautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred. Mrs. H. Vining. After which (16th time) the successful Nautical Drama of • BEN BOATSWAIN ; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS. Ben Bowling, Mr. T. P. Cooke. • To conclude with, DIANE DE CHIVRI, THE BLIND GIRL Leonard Ashton, Mr. E. F. Saville; Diane de Chivri, Mrs. H. Vining. ROYAL SURRY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIIiiEPT'aiVisAGE. THIS EVENING, Si r. 5, GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM- PETRES, By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment, Conducted by Mr, Godfrey. Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Light KONIAPHOSTIC, Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter. And the ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA. Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six. In eompiianee with the incessant requests to secure places for •iewing the Eruption a number of reserved seats have been erected, which may be engaged by previous application at the Walwerth entrance. HIGH WATER AT I.ONDoN BRIDGE TO-MORROW Merning 571 minutes after 0.1 Evening ... 22minutes after I ~ -.4 r , C"." *l • , • Z' .311-X+ LONDON : THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1339. The Town Council of Birmingham have passed a resolution very strongly condemning the new Police Act for that town, and giving a history of its origin, rather different from that generally pre valent. According to Mr. STURGE, the Town Council never applied for a police; but the MAYOR, without using the name of the Town Council, wrote a letter, stating that the loan of 10,0001., to enable the Magistrates to establish a police, would be useful. On that hint the Ministers brought in their Bill ; and on the hint of Sir ROBERT PEEL placed the police under a Commissioner appointed by the Crown. The Town Council are almost unanimous in reprobating the measure and in requesting that the London Police may be re moved. Mr. STURGE, who proposed the resolution and took the lead in promoting the meeting, read communications which h e had received from seve ral persons connected with other Corporations, condemning the measure and encouraging opposi tion to it. In his speech he went so far as to ex • press a doubt whether or not he would nay the rates levied under the Act, in which he was fol lowed by Mr. SALT and other members of the Town Council. It is not only the unrepresented or the Chartists, therefore, who talk of opposing the law, but those who are represented in Parl.ament, and, possess authority in Corporations. They say no- Abing of arming—they mean to act legally—that is, they will use one part of our incongruous, contra dictory laws to defeat the other part; but their plain and avowed design is that for which the Chartists have been punished—a consp . racy to bring the law into contempt. Nor is the law the only thing which is assailed. The Committee of the North American Colonial Association have formally protested against the exertion of her M AJESTY'S prerogative in appoint ing Mr. P. THONISON Governor of Canada. They told Lord MELBOURNE that it was their solemn conviction the opinions of Mr. THOMSON would deprive him of that confidence, without which it would be impossible for him to administer the Government of the Colonies with advantage or safety. They openly remonstrated against this exercise of the prerogative, and failing in their ap plication to Lord MELBOURNE, they are getting up an address to the QUEEN, to be signed by the shipowners, merchants, and traders of London. The Morning Chronicle calls the conduct of the North American Colonial Association most inso lent. But, insolent or not, they beard her :AA JESTY'S Ministers, and deny to her MAJESTY he free exercise of her prerogative in choosing ~voom she likes to fill the office of Governor-Gene ral of Canada. The merchants tell her MA- J,EST"): in their address, that— They .‘mve, learned with the utmost alarm and dismay, thatyour Y.Tajesty has been pleased to appoint to the highly important and diflicult office of Governer-Gtneral, one who has had no experience whatever in -olonial Government, who is necessarily unacquainted with the habits, feelings, and customs of the people whom he is to govern ; and who, kt.ove al:, from the course which he has utt!ortunately bikett tim - ughout the whole of his public lite, in opposition to the ilveres:s of the cslonists, is almost universally he lit..yed by ttiern to be the determined enertly of colonial connection. After expressing their conviction that they know they are dig what is unusual, if not wrong, and the,r regret at the course they are obliged to take, they add,— We are, however, so thoroughly impressed wi:h the conviction that the arrival of the Right Hon. Charies PoulAt Then:son is Canada, as Governor-General, woFld create an extensive and dangerous degree of exasperation in the p.rblic mind—would induce a general opinion that is is the intention of your Yojestv's Government to sever the connection of the North American co/oaies with Ibis country—aud would cause some desperate course to be adopted that could only terminaze in a violent disruption of that connec tion, tisst we are impelled by a sense of duty to your ilieje.sty and to on.r country—by the feelings of humanity and a trlisiderilton for the Lives and properties of the colo nists, many of whom ate connected by the ties of blood and interest with som , ,' t f thee:" who now address your 111.jesty —by regard for the pecuniary interest of ourselves and o hers in this country who have large pr,:p.rtics invested in toe Norlit American Colonies, and in British shipping and mAnufacturu, which would he serionsTy injured by the lose of the extensive and growing trade of these colonies—most eirneistly to pray that your M: , jesty will be pleased to avert the dan,,:er3 which we anticipate, by cancelling theappoint tient in question. Mr. l'Homsor,r, therefore, will possibly not go to Canada, and the authors of the remonstrance and addr ess , shots themselves as determinedly hostile to the prerogativ e , when it appears to be inimical to their views and interests, as the Chartists are to the iaws. r Tbey supply anoth e r exam pl e o f men judging for themselves and disregarding prerogative and Liw, when respect and obedience appear not to serve their own purpose. If the Association, and the merchants and traders here, may be considered as expressing with tolerable accuracy the feelings of the Colonists, Mr. P. Ti tomsoN''s task will be one from which a man must he very ambitious and very bold not to shrink. To be sent to a Co lway, of which the inhabitants ar e p rejudiced against hits, is a fate which his worst enemies have no cause to envy. We are glad to see by a Minute of the Board o f Treasury, dated August 23d, that the first step has been taken to bring into operation the U n if orm Penny Postage. . The minute show a laud able desire to obtain as much information as pos sible, and to make the change as advantageous as possible to the public. Artists, men of science, and the public in general, are invited to point out how the stamp may best be brought into use with the greatest convenience to the public—the greatest security against forgery—the greatest facility of being checked and distinguished at the Post-office, and the least expense. Judging from the communications we have received on the subject, we should suppose that the Treasury will be over whelmed with communications, and from the mass ____ _ we hope that something will be selected of eminent advantage. lAmongst the operations of the New Police Act, i we notice that it has already been directed against the audience and performers of a minor theatre. The charge appears to have been, pit 3d., gallery 2d. It is plain that the frequenters of the place. therefore, must be the poor. It is, in truth, against that class of persons that all the provisions of the New Police Act are directed. Not one of its sections or clauses affect the opulent. The Legislature has, in fact, taken the poorer classes under its special tutelage, and it must follow out the principle through all the ramifications of social life. It must prescribe all their duties, and see that they perform them. In a despotic government like that of China, the scheme might be feasible, but our government is a government of the middle classes, and it will be for their purposes that the lower classes will be degraded to mere machines. But the middle classes generally have no other object in view than to make money ; they know nothing of the means to promote the general welfare, and the people therefore will be degraded into the puppets or ma chines of a mo s t sor did s y s t em . Th o u g h a s much in love with order and regularity as our fellows, we cannot look on the factitious order obtained by such means with any approbation. They will make a host of administrators necessary, and the dispositions of the power classes will be soured and embittered against the other classes beyond the hope of reconciliation or cure. In the olden time the nobility and gentry mixed in the sports of the people, and invited them to their own games. Even in our boyish days the mass of that rural population who are now poachers followed _the squire's hounds, and were we:come assistants in running down the game. Now all the amusements of the poor are restricted or suppressed, to gratify a puritan zeal in those above them, who appear to envy the honest hearty joyousness which they are too fastidious to share. If such be the motives, as we believe they are, for many of our Police re strictions, it cannot be expected that envy and in tolerant zeal, which in private life are injurious, can produce national prosperity when embodied into laws. A rumour has prevailed for some days that if the pressure in the money market does not abate speedily, there will be an issue of one-pound notes. This can, and probably will, be done by an Order in Council, if the drain on the Bank for gold to the Continent continues. We cannot see why such a course should not have been adopted long ago. In Ireland and Scotland one-pound notes are allowed to circulate, but are pro hibited in England to the great annoyance of the commercial and agricultural interests. In Scotland the system of issuing small paper has been of great advantage, and so much are the cau tious and clear-sighted people of that country con vinced of its utility that an attempt on the part of the Legislature some years ago to abrogate it, produced a universal excitement which, if not allayed by the concession of the Government, would have led to a cry for repeal, not so loud, perhaps, but more pow erful, and more to be dreaded than any that the Pre cursor Society has yet raised. The people there know that the banks are 'perfectly secure—they in fact prefer paper to gold, and a run on banks for specie is as rare as an earthquake. If this system is good for Scotland, why should it not be good for England, if the banking system here were placed on a proper footing ? It is evident from the finan cial derangements which take place in England periodically, and which ruin thousands who have ample property to meet all their engagements, but who cannot convert it into gold on a sudden pressure, that some steps must be taken by next Session to provide a remedy. It is an utter absur dity to make gold, considering how small is the amount in circulation throughout the whole world, the representative of the enormous wealth of England. It appears by the report of the proceedings of the Convention, given in another part of The Sun, that this body is about to be dissolved. What was yesterday- said makes it !lithe apparent that the dissensions amongst its members are of old stand ing, and are quite incurable. Should another Con vention, which is talked of, ever be elected, a de finite and more limited idea of what it can accom plish than was formed by the members of the still existing body, may be of essential service to it. Although the House of Commons represents only one-sixth of the people, a proscription of many years extends its .authority our the whole nation. The power of the Parliament is as much obeyed by the unrepresented as by the represented. Such cannot, however, be the case with the Con vention, though the members appear to suppose it may, and act as if those whom they do not repre sent were to be as obedient to their commands as those who voluntarily submit to their leadership. They can, however, scarcely control their own constituents, and the rest of the community laugh at their power. It will be wise for them in future, therefore, to confine their authority, if they have any, to those who elect them, and not seek to extend it over those who own them not. By so limiting their functions, and not attempting, nor even talking of coercing others, they may effect some good. They may organise their constituents into a separate power, and, after the successful example of Mr. O'CoNNEr.L, may advocate a repeal of the union which now exists be tween the different classes, and may win for , their canttituents some more advan tages of the social union than they now enjoy. The main principle of the future conduct of the Convention should be to confine its exertions to its own constituents, by which it may effect more good, and provoke less hostility. Moderation has of late found favour in their eyes. The leaders of the Chartists are sensible that they lost a golden oppor tunity by not rallying with the middle classes to procure the repeal of the Corn-laws. They now say that this is to be their battle-cry. Let them act on that principle, and if they can raise them selves into a separate body, they may perhaps sti pulate some advantages for themselves. The dissolution of the Precursor Society is a prudent measure. It had no distinct or practical object in view. It could not be rendered instru mental in working out for Ireland those amend 'ilts in her civil and political institutions which arc necessary to her social well-being, and which should, therefore, be the great aim of the Irish Reformers. The reason which Mr. O'CoNNELL assigns for the breaking up of this short-lived Association is, that it has been put under the ban of excommunication by the Government. The Government, he states, had proclaimed its deter mination that no member of the Precursor Society should obtain any of its countenance or patronage, and had thus so crippled the exertions of the Pre cursors that little or no benefit was to be expected from them. This, by the way, is not a proof that ' the Government is so slavishly bound to do O'CoN NELL's bidding as our Tory Contemporaries would have the public believe. The arbitrary and des potic ruler of the QUEEN'S Ministers, as he is re presented by the Orange Press on both sides of the water to be, would hardly have permitted so favourite a plan to be rendered null and void by his obse quious servants. But be that as it may, Precur sorism exists no more, and we are glad of it. We are still more glad to find that the energy and influence which were thrown away upon the inde finite objects of the defunct Society are to be turned into a channel where they cannot fail to produce the most beneficial results. The establishment of a Reform Registry Association is an excellent idea, capable of being realized to almost any practical extent, and embracing the co-operation of men of all shades of Liberal opinion. The Lord Lieutenant himself may without blame become a member of such an Association. To watch over the registra tion of the electors in the various counties of Ire land—to guard the register against the intrusion of unqualified persons—to urge on the indifferent and encourage the timid to claim the privilege of enrol ling_ th emse l ve s i n th e li s t of th e i r coun t r y' s defen law ders—these are objects equally in harmony with ,with good or d er , an d w ith the spirit of th e Constituti on . These are objects in the prosecution of which all good men of all ranks may join—in the prosecution o f which it is th e bounden duty of all good Irishm en to '4r. join. K no wing the energy which O'CoNNELL with which he canPoinsssepsisrees,hiasntfloltlloieweerns,thNuvseiaasrme sanguine in our anticipation that the new Associa tion, organized, as we doubt not it will be, on a most efficient plan, will produce incalculable advan tage the Liberal cause in Ireland, and will conse quently tend greatly to promote the best interests of the Irish people. By the arrival of the packet ship Virginian, at Liverpool yesterday in 21 days from New York, we have received a file of American Papers to the 14th ult. inclusive—being three days later than the last arrivals. Business was then rather dull, partly in consequence of the extreme caution of the Banks, and partly from most of the leading mer chants having gone to recreate themselves at diffe rent watering places. President VAN BUREN and Mr. CLAY, the candidate for the Presidency, with several of the leading Statesmen of the Union, were at Saratoga springs", which had in consequence become the focus of political intrigue. The Countess of WESTMORELAND was likewise there, and from her rank excited no little curiosity among the Republican visitors. Letters were received in Philadelphia from Vera Cruz, stating that though the demand for European goods was very great, thei e was no supply, and that the paucity of foreign shipping was amazing. The Florida war had actively recommenced. The whole number of Seminole Indians remaining in the Peninsula is estimzted at from 800 to 1,000. Several Journals recommend their utter extermina tion. We regret to state that the whites are imi tating the barbarities of the savages, and that the use of the scalping knife is not wholly confined to the red Indian. We find no news of any importance from the Canadas in these Papers. Subjoined is the latest commercial intelligence : NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Auo. 12. There is a little relief in the Money Market, but it is trifling. The rate of exchange on England is below that requiring any shipments of specie, which has caused a fall in silver. Gold commands vo premium. The little relief expressed has a favourable effect on stocks, which continue to improve. This is packet-day, and bills on London have fallen to 1084 a 109, and there are more sellers than buyers. The demand is quite moderate. The Philadelphia North American, in adverting to a statement from Bicknell's Reporter, viz., that the United States Bank had closed brokers' accounts, states the facts to be these : " That a broker in New York established a branch in Philadelphia, and opened an account with the Bank of the United States. The bank, finding this account used for the mere purpose of depositing the notes of other banks on one side of their office to be drawn out in their own on the other, and not receiving from the account the slightest benefit iu return, did what any man of business would do, declined continuing this particular account. Their notes are the only Philadelphia paper which is uniformly received et par in New York, and as a remittance of them was the great object for which this account was used, the bank Ce dined keeping it." The Detroit Advertiser of the 7th says no favourable change can take place in business matters there till after the harvest, which promises to be abundant beyond prece • dent. Iris estimated that the entire circulation of the bank in Michigan at the present time does not exceed 150,000 dollars. About the same amount is supposed to be in circulation of bills on New York, Canada, and Ohio banks. Every branch of business is languishing for want of a currency._ _ . STOCK S. —MONDAY, P.M.—Stocks have improved con siderably. Delaware and Harlem continue to advance, and everything on the list is better. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 50 Shares United States Bank S 3 d 1101 25 do. North AmeriCan Trust Co 734 10 do. American Exchange Bank 50 do. Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., cash 67 5 do. Bank of Commerce full stock 100 50 do. American Trust Company 50 do. Vicksburg Bank 15 do. Bank of Kentucky cash 77,1- 5 do. Morris Canal Company 20 do. Long Island Fire Insurance Co. 9O 50 do. Mohawk Railroad 5,41 `-'4 50 do. Paterson Railroad b. 10 days 53 7 do. Stonington Railroad 50 do. Harlem Railroad .S. 30 days 461 50 do. Long Island Railroad 5l 30 do. Canton Co., Baltimore SPECIE —SaIes at the Stock Board this morning of 20,000 Mexican dollars, at 11 per cent. premium, seller one week. There was a tolerable fair business transacted at the Stock Exchange this morning, the sales showing a slight decline in prices. United States Bank fell -; North American Trust Company ; Kentucky Bank and Canton Company f ; and • Mohawk Railroad, and Delaware and Hudson, each I t per cent. ; Vicksburg Bank closed at an improvement of i per cent. since Saturday. Letters from Constantinople of the 14th ult. have arrived. They contain no political news, as the answer of MEHEMET ALI had not then reached the Porte. The houses destroyed by the late fire are estimated at 2,500. Dutch, Belgian, anil German Papers, have beeil ieceiyed this morning, but they contain no news o any engrossing political interest. Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the 27th ult., have reached us. In cnnsequence of the good .news from the Northern 'Provinces, the Five per Cents. Active rose on the previous day from 222 to 26 for cash, and to 292 at sixty days. We have received with these papers copies of addresses from the Spanish patriots to Lord CLARENDON, for which we may perhaps find room in our Second Edition. The French journals of Tuesday confirm the news previously received of the failure of the nego ciations between Generals MAROTO and EspAn- TERO. At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the Government caused the following telegraphic de spatch, just received from Bayonne, to be posted on the Bourse : " Maroto and Espartero had not como to an under standing at an interview they had together on the 26th ult., between llngara and Villareal. Since that time, however, Maroto and Don Carlos are separated, although without any positive or open quarrel. Don Carlos is at Lanz, and disposes of all the Navarrese battalions. Those of Alava incline also to his side. The others obey Ma. roto." The first effect of this despatch was to cause a decline of per cent. in the Spanish funds. The fall would have been still greater but for the general conviction that the peaceable settlement of the question was only delayed, and that no further hostilities on a great scale would take place. MArtoTo's conduct is a riddle to every party. The Journal des Debuts, in order to place it in an intelligible light, publishes a summary of the late events in Spain from the 25th to the 29th ult., of which we shall endeavour to give an abstract :—On the 25th the schism arose between Don CARLOS and MA RO TO on the occasion of the review, of which the details appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Don CA RLOs left the ground in a rage before the review was half over, because the troops in cheering him, chem.(' also their General. The day following, IVIAROTO at tended a conference of Carlist Generals at 'Villa real, where he proposed to them a plan for the paci fication of Spain. The Generals insisted, among other conditions, that the article of a marriage be tween the young Queen and the son of Don CAR- LOS should not be relinquished. MAROTO expressed his fears that it would not be conceded, as it had been already refused, but promised to communicate with EsPARTERO on the sub ject. One officer denounced this as treason, but the conference broke up without any further act of violence. On the 27th EspARTERO de clared the conditions of the Carlist conference inad ►nissible, and made a forward movement upon Elorrio and Bergara at the head of a strong force. MAROTO, unable to oppose him, marched with his division to Aspeitia, in order to cover Tolosa. Don CARLOS, not comprehending this movement, raised the cry that he was betrayed, and fled in the utmost terror from Bergara. On the 28th he crossed Guipuzcoa, and continued his flight through the valley of the Borund - a. It was supposed that he was making for Estella, but the more probable opinion is that his design was to join CABRERA in Arragon. Nothing could be more ludicrous than the fear he manifested in his flight. Neither journals nor letters have been received from London. _ _ _ _ The Dover packet was detained by bad weather. The Tenips, under the head of " Secret News from the Chateau of Eu," says—" A letter front Eu informs us that the report of a change of Ministers is whispered among the inmates of the Palace. This change is said to be preparing for the °peeing of the Session, when the Foreign Department will be restored to Count Mole, and the Interior given to M. 'Tiers, and Marshal Soult again becomes Minister of War, leAvine• him the nominal Pre sident of the Council, where it is hoped there will be three to oue against him to keep him in check. Thus, while the party of the left centre of the Mi nistry thinks of strengthening itself iu a manner by which it would approximate to the left of the Chamber, that by just concessions it would meet with support and sympathy, a combination is premeditated elsewhere to defeat its pro jects; if the reports are to be trusted, M. Passe would be got rid of, and succeeded by M. Duchatel, M. Teste by M. Dupin, and M. Dufaute would also be set aside." • The Tenips discussing the probability of these reports concludes by declaring that itf does not believe them enti tled to any credit. —La Gazette de France. The accounts from the 4 Ratier are full of contradictions. Some affirm that a treaty has been concluded between Maroto, Espartero, Lord John Hay, and Don Carlos. Others say that nothing is decided, but every body reckons 1 on peace. As for the movement of troops, the details I which we receive only add to the obscurity in which all ' THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1839. that passes in the provinces is involved, and we will merely add the following lines, extracted from the Phare of Bay onne :—" It seems certain that Marotn and arpartero have entered Tolosa together. and that Do❑ Carlos has taken refuge at Estella. We look, for the confirmation of these important statements.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.—Pests, TUESDAY, SEPT. 3. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price Belgian 5 per Cents ll2 55 ... 112 53 ... 112 40 ... !i2 40 4 per Cents lO3 20 1, 3 20 ... 103 30 ... 103 '.:11 3 per Cents .. 5) 60 ... 81 70 ... SO 60 ... ;-0 70 Bank of trance 27SI _271)0 ...2750 ...2750 Lzflitte Bark 1.009 f. 5,10 if Sh 5225 _5225 ...5225 ...5225 B e l g ian 3 per Cents 7l 75 71 75 ... _7l 75 ... _7l 75 Bank — 735 ... SOO ... 785 ... SCO Spanish Ac.ive 144; ... 25 ... 2i6 ... 2344 1 Passive 5 '... 6 ... 56 ... 51; 2 Portuguese 3 per Cents sea;.olitsn • lOl 15 ... 101 15 ... 101 15 ... 101 15 Roman _ ..10‘.12 1 6_,.. 102 2 N ... 1026 ... 162% 'RAILWAY SfiAßa. St. Germain Versailles, B. B 5 BO ... 594) ... 572 50 ... 972 50 L.B 325 ... 330 ... 329 7T 3 :327 5 , 1 Havre Strasburg to Bale 3 ,7 50 „, 3u7 50 ..:3.1 50 ... 567 50 Montpellier to Cette 377 50 ... 377 51 ... 377 50 ... 377 50 LiELOIAN r ElNDS—ButiesaLe, Sim*. 3. Actual Debt, 234. per Cent. Rothschild's Lonn, 5 per Cent l, 14. Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. 71% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent — Society of Commerce, 4 & c .; per Cent. Bank of Be;gium, 5 per Cent 73 National Society ...... Erussels Papers, Sept. 3. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 3. Money. Bills, Actual Debt, 2 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Svattic,4;i per Cent.... 96 06 W Ditto, ditto, a!,4 per cent Bl 81 w Commercial Company, 4 , , per cent I72W 172% Ditto (1802 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1857, 9 per cent. Loan 1637, f.) per cant. lO w 100 Exchange on London, One month l2 05 Two months —Dutch Papers, Sept. 3. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, SEPT. variable.—Arrived the Mary Tayler, Williams, from Calcutta. Sailed the Lady East, Robinson, for Bombay •' Indiana, P ar k er , M aur i t i us; Pa ragon, Cook, Cape of Good Hope; Astoria, Saute, New Orleans, with the rest of the outward bound. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4.—Wind N. N. W. --Arrived the Virginian, Harris, from New York—sailed the 13th uh. ; Christy Jane, Labrador; Lucy Sharp, M'Fea,2 St. Petersburgh. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Wind N. W. to W.—Sailed the Duke of Argyle, Bristow, for Madras; Samson, Sturges, New York. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Wind W. N. w. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 3. --Arrived the Jane and Mary Sampson, from Trieste. SCILLY, AUG 4.—Arrived Emma, Percival, Gibraltar. NEWPORT, SEPT. 3._ Arrived the Ureven, Anderson from Restigouche. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 4. —Off port, the Bolton, Young from Bombay. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CRO DON RAILWAY. An inquisition was taken before C. J. Cartarr, Esq. and a respectable jury, at the Dartmouth Arms, Sydenham, at six o'clock on Monday evening, and ad journed at nine until three o'clock on Tuesday, when the Jury again assembled, pursuant to their recognizances, to investigate the circumstances of the death of Ellen Murphy, a remarkably fine young woman, aged twenty one, a servant in the employ of Mr. Thomas Coulson, of Forest Wood, superintendent of the works of the London and Croydon railway, who was found shock ingly mutilated on Sunday evening. After the Jury were sworn, they proceeded to view the body of the deceased, which lay in a back room of the above house. The spectacle which the body pre sented was appalling, the right side of her skull being completely battered in, her neck broken, and her right foot nearly severed in two, besides other extensive in juries which could not be correctly ascertained in con sequence of the corpse being covered with blood. Mr. Thomas Coulson said he saw the deceased, who was a girl of exemplary character, and bad lived with him for two months, standing without her bonnet on the bridge crossing the railway, opposite his house, at half past seven o'clock on Sunday night. He had occ&sion to absent himself for about an hour, and on his return Mrs. Coulson expressed great uneasiness at the de ceased's absence, upon which he sent a watchman in search of her, and in a few minutes he returned with the melancholy tidings that she was lying dead within thirty feet of the bridge. The body was immediately removed, under his direction, to the Dartmouth Arms. By the Coroner—Witness was privileged to walk up the line, but he had on all occasions been extremely cautious in doing so, and had repeatedly given his ser vants injunctions not to approach the railway. On Sunday three females called upon the deceased, and he had understood that she had imprudently ventured'with her friends up the line near as far as New Cross, when they were met by a policeman, who ordered them off. James BassetWbne ofthe Company's servants, stated' that he saw the deceased, whom he knew, and three others proceeding along the railway just before eight on Sunday evening. He told the deceased that she was in danger as a train was cowing down the inclined plane towards Croydon, upon which the deceased aid her friends crossed over to the London side, and shortly after, seeing the up-train coming towards her, she again crossed to the opposite side, and seemed to be aware how to avoid danger. Witness told her she had no business on the line, and he saw nothing more of her until he was sent in search of her by Mr. Coulson at nine o'clock, when he discovered her a lifeless corpse and nearly bent double. In his opinion she must have teen struck by the London train in endeavouring to cross the line to get to her master's house. By the Coroner.—Witness observed a splash of blood on Monday morning four yards to the south-east of where he found the body. A number of other witnesses were examined, from whose testimony it appeared that Thomas Miles, one of the railway police, met the deceased and three females between New-cross and Brockley-bridge, where the de ceased, in answer to his questions, stated that her mas ter had given her leave to go down the line. He or dered the three females off, and accompanied the de ceased to the extremity of his beat towards her master's house, and within 250 yards of the steps leading to it. He was of opinion that it must have been the last train but one from Croydon that did the mischief. Mr. James Seaman, the superintendent of the police, was in the train in question and did not feel the shock, nor had he been able to ascertain if there was any blood upon the engines, tenders, or carriages belonging to the Company. In the course of the inquiry it was stated that, upon a red signal being hoisted the train immediately stopped, and a white light was a signal for all being clear, but it was likewise elicited that upon the trains going down the inclined planes, in ordar to check the speed, it was necessary to open the furnace doors, which caused such a blaze of light that it was impossible for the persons on the engines or tenders to see 20 yards before them on a dark night. All the remaining witnesses that were in and on the train referred to, deposed that they did not feel any shock ; and it was stated by the engineer that the acci dent might have occurred without their feeling it, as the engine itself was 13 tons, besides the additional weight created by the impetus of travelling at the rate of 30 miles an hour with the train behind it. At this stage of the proceedings it was mentioned that some men had been seen larking with the deceased, and the inquest was adjourned. The British Queen steam-ship passed in front o f Brighton on Monday on her way to Portsmouth, on her second voyage to New York.—Brighton Guardian. Her Majesty's new steamer Medusa, intended for the morning line of packets between Liverpool and Dublin, proceeded on an experimental trip to Kingstown, under the command of Lieut. Philipps, who has been ap pointed to her from the Lucifer, accompanied by Captain Bevis, her Majesty's agent in Liverpool. Sbe accom plished her return passage in the unparalleled shirt time of nine hours and 38 minutes. from pier to pier, and this under many disadvanta.qeouseircumstances, having to con tend with a very heavy, beam sea, and her engines being new and stiff, and falling short by nearly a revolution per minute of their proper speed. We understand she was frequently going 13 knots per log, and had she been fa voured by a spring tide, her passage would scarcely have exceeded nine hours. She, and her vister ship, the Mer ha, were modelled by Sir W. Symonds, and their machi nery, which has proved to be of the very first order, was constructed at the celebrated foundry of our townsmen, Fawcett, Preston, and Co. They are of about 900 tons burden, and 320 horse power, and, owing to their great beam, have admirable accommodations. The size and the strength of these vessels, their power whether under can vass or steam, and the circumstance of their passing the perilous navigation at the entrance of our river by daylight, a matter of great consideration at all seasons, but particu larly in the winter, have left the public nothing to desire.— Liverpool Standard. BAIL CASES.--In the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Wednesday, Commissioner Bowen sat to take bail cases. There were twenty five town cases and one country case. The number of applications made since the rising of the Court for the vacation have amounted to eighty-one, and, with the exception of a few instances, the parties have been discharged on sureties. The Commis sioners have appointed further days, and by sitting in the vacation have carried out the humane provision. It has been the means of restoring a very considerab!e number to their occupations, instead of keeping them idle for some weeks, and vitiating their nrineipies. MAGISTERIAL CHANGES.—At Bow-street Police Court on Tuesday a communication was received from Lord John Russell, acquainting the sitting Magis trate that Mr. Hall, of Hatton-garden Police Court, has been appointed Chi e f Magistrate, with a salary of 1,200/. a-year, in the roo m o f Si r F. Roe, resigned ; and Mr. Jar dine, the Barrister, second Magistrate, with a similar salary, in the room of Mr. Minsbull, who retires on a superan nuated allowance. Mr. Twyford, who has been a police Magistrate seventeen year. continues to officiate as third Magistrate, with a salary of 1,0001. a-year. A Corres pondent states that Mr. Boyce Combo, of Lambeth -street, has been appointed to Hatton-garden, vice Mr. Hall, pro_ motel/ as above; M r . G reenwoo d, of the Thames-police, to Hatton-garden, vice M r . B ene tt, who retires ; Mr. H. G. Codd. of Worship -street, to Marylebone Police-office, vice Mr. Hoskins, who retires; and that Messrs. Chambers nod Conant, of Marlborough -street, and Mr. White, of Queen square, also retire. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 3 NEW REFORM REGISTRY ASSOCIA (lON. meeimg was held this day, pursuant to the requisi tion of Mr. O'Cumill, for the purpose cf forming an as sociation for promoting the liberal registry throughout Ireland. fhc chair wa3 tekeri by Sir M. L. AemAN, Bart., M.P. Mr. O'CONNELL said that it was a matter of great con gratulation to the Irish people that the influential gentlemen who formed the Reform Reg:stry Association were ready to come forward to join them in their exertions. It was cot his desire to form a new body whilst another, with similar ob jects, was in being. He simply a iheti to revive, as far as practicable, the Reform Registry Association of Ireland.— The revired Society would be pledged to nothing but the registry; they should neither be repcalers nor anti-rtpealers —no man should mention the word " repeal" at the meetings of the new body. The Precursors had lodged 1,000/. and upwards in his hands, so that they would have a good sum to begin with. His own subscrip tion would be 20/., being for himself and the three members of his family who were in 'Parliament, and he hoped that every Liberal Member would contribute towards their finances. He would propose that every man paying 11. should be a member of the new Society, and that 5/. should enthle him to be a member of the committee. He men tioz.ed several places in Ireland where it was certain that if the next registry were duly attended to they would put out the Tories. Mr. O'Connell concluded his speech by moving the formation of a Society on the conditions stated, and a second resolution to the effect, that such bo /y should have no connexion e7hatever with any other political body whatever.— Passed. Several gentlemen were then admitted members of tl:e New Association, and several subscri f fons were announced. THE LORD LIEUTENANT. His Excellelicy has nearly recovered from a recent ill n-ss, which rendered it necessary to postpone his intended visit to his scat in the County Waterford. ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF WATERFORD The Sheriffs have appointed Friday next, the 6th inst., for holding a special Court for the election of a Member of Parliament, in the room of Thomas Wyse, Esq,. It is not apprehended that any opposition will be offered to the re-election of that Finn. Gentleman. THE WEATHER. In consequence of the continuance of heavy rains, the wheat crops in the neigilbourlicod of Dublin have sus t,incd very great and irreparable injury. In several places, even where the corn is not lodged, the grain has begun to sprout in the car; and there is besides a vast quantity wholly destroyed by what is called " the black ball." Oats, which are a most luxuriant crop. have net vet received any material damage; and potatoes are roost abundant. MEETING TO ADDRESS THE LORD LIE UTE NANT. On Thursday last " ono of the mast numerous and respectable meetings we ever witnessed," says the Water ford Mail, a violent Tory paper, " was held in the Town hall, to address the Lord Lieutenant on his intended visit to this city." The address wa3 presented to his Excellency on Satur day, cn his arrival in Waterford. He was entertained on that day and yesterday, at the Palace, by the Bishop of Cashel (Dr. Sandes), and proceeds this day to his family residence at Somerville. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Per the Week ended Aug. al, 1:39, made up from the Returns of the Insi.ectors in the intferent Cities and Towns in Engiana and wales, per linperial Quarter. Whet 7i S. 1 Od. j Oats Barley 'al's. Ild. 1 Rye I:4IPratIAL AGGMEGATE AVEEACES OF THE t'7,7( WElitS PRECF.DING. Whnat 7ll 4d. t Oats ....... 335. Id. I nye DITTiES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat, (s. M. I 040 Bar:ey 43. 104. ! Rye THE MARKETS.---(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were tolerable supplies, and a moderate business done, Turbot, os. to 18s. ; Cod, Is. 6d. to 10s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 61. ; Beef, 70. to 80. Mutton, 70. to 80. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; 7d. to Bid. per lb. Of vegetables a fair supply. Prices much as pre. vious]y quoted. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies of good Fish were very moderate. The ma , •ket was not what is called a " sweet market." Turbot ss. to 18s. ; Cod Is. 6d. to Bs. ; good Salmon Is. 3d. to ls. 6d. per lb. ; Lobsters 9d. to 3s. ; Whitings 3d. to 6d. ; Haddocks Bd. to Is. d. SPIRIT MARKET. Little doing in Spirits. Proof Leeward Rum, 3s. 4d. ; good Jamaica, 4s. 8. ; Brandy, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Geneva, Is. Bd. ; and British Corn Spirits, 10s. 3d. HAY MARKETS. The markets were but moderately supplied, and there was a middling demand. New Hay, 60s. to 755. Old Hay, 80s. to. 105 s. Clover, 80s. to 1203. Straw, 365. to 425. per load. COLONIAL MARKET. There is:very little doing. Prices mach as before. British Plantation Sugar sold steauily at previous rates, say 575. to 60s. for brown ; 60s. to 635. for middling ; and 675. for fine. 1,500 bags Manila went at 16s. to 20s. Nothing doing in Coffee, Cocoa, Rice, or Spices. LVWNEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE 0 CLOCK. LiVERPOOL COTTON MAkKET. WEDNESDAY.-We have again to report a dull market for Cotton, and a decline in Ami , rican descriptiohs of fully kcl. per lb. There has been submitted for sale 2,500 bales, including 200 taken for export. By the packet-ship Virginian, arrived from New York, Papers have been received to the 14th of August, which do not contain much news of importance, with the excep tion that; the exchange on England has receded from Bto 9; United States Bank Shares, 110. The private letters received this morning represent commercial affairs to be in an exceedingly dull state, with a great scarcity of money, and discounts at 2 per cent. per month. We have received the Dutch Papers by the Batavier steamer ! , arrived this morning, of the 3d September, bring ing the Dutch prices of the 2d September, Two-and-a- Hall per Cents., 54 3-16 to Five per Cents., loli; Discounts, 5 per cent. THE FUNDS. Tail being the day of the weekly meeting of the Bank Directors, it is generally expected that a notice will be given, ex.tending their usual accommodation to the com mercial community in discounting ; report says that their advances will be limited to bills of exchange at the present rate of 6 Fer cent. This goodwill on the part of the Di rectors appears to have been anticipated yesterday by money be con,ing plentiful in the house and market at the rate of about 4i to 5 per cent. discount. Consols, both for Money and the Account, are a shade lower. This morning they closed at 9041 s for Money ; for Accoo.nt, 904 touched 91 ; opened at for Money, 90 ; for Account, 901 ; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bask Stack, Three per Cent. Reduced, shut; India Stock, 247 248. In tile Foreign Market Spanish Active, which was buoyant 'in the course of yesterday, eird reached 244, re ceded in the afternoon to 23i- -;, owing to information being received that the negociations had been broken off be tween Espartero and Maroto, likewise of Spanish having receded at Paris 1 per cent. This morning Spanish may be quoted at 231; Deferred 10+; Pasive, 53. i; Brazilian, 773. 78 ;. Porcuguese, 301; Colombian, 31A- 32; Mcx;can, 271 28; Belgian 102+ 103 ; Dutch 7 1'wo-and-a-Half per Cents., 54-4- Five per Ccnts., 1034. Consols arc now for the Au: count, 90:t. Piaci IS OF STOCKS TEIIS Bank Stock.. 3 per Cent. tied. DAY AT oYE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds .._ - 4 6 inn _ 3 per Cent. Cons. 40k 5i 4 ! South Sea Stoc' - 3!., per Cet tt - Old Annuities Bl9 I)itto lied.. ........... ............. ~. --New Ditto New 3k, pei - Co. , 97.;%, j 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 1iz.,, , 5 fief ( 'cot. -1 Exch. Bills, .€l,OOO 7 9 7 pm. dal': '. Long Annuitiez toexpire I Ditto... 501) ... 9 7 pus. Jan. 5, 113.30 .......... -Ditto Small 2O ... 9 7 pm. Oct. In, 113 , 9 1 i 1-16% Ditto Commercial — dis. ..%n. 5, 11430 ls i Ditto Advertised ..... pm. Jan. 5, 11 60 _ Bank Stock tbr Account ~186! 6 . April 5, 11 ISO — India Stnak for Account ... 2:9% ..1.7.ii. 5. 11;70 ---I Consos for Account 99%;i; 3i PRICEI OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Brm,is — Peraviln Bonds — Belgian Ro! ids • Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds Brazilian Bands Ditto .Aec.ount • Ditto, 3 per Cent. Buenos ti , rx es Bonds Ditto A.4:l.iutit ......... Chilian Bon,. -' Prussian Bonds — D tto Ac: u t Columbian hionds ' Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Columbian floods, 1824. , Spanish Bonds.. 23% 3 1% Ditto Ace mnt 3l i i Ditto Account.... 22 1 % 3% 3 1 ,4 Danish Bonds Ditto Act ;ount -. ,- Greek Bonds...—. — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto front , s, 1825 — 4 per cent. ..... —f. —c. Ditto 4cca unt —, 3 per cent....... —l. —c. Mexican pet ids, 5 per Cent — Exchange.... --1.--c, Ditto ACCOLII" ' Dutch, 2% per cent 54 Ditto, 6 per Cent 28% • Ditto Account — Ditto Arco tint 2B %14 Ditto, 5 per cent IC3% Neapolitan Ditto Account.... ...... PRICEB OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Great Westetn Ilailway Company 65 6034 Ditto New Br 18 il Lin Rai hva v Loo , :on and Birmingham Railway Company qn ' 138 ,-, Ditto New Shares L 011,1014 ariC. Croydon Railway Company l4/. ISs. 64. 101 i N rt i midllnd Itailway Company 75 IS National Bank of Ireland Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES O. IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 3. 3 per ...:ent. Consols 3% per Celt% Stock ... Ditto Reduced - Ditto New, 1530 ...,..... 9iir., City of Dublin Steam Comp. - 3l par Cent. Debentures... 89% National Insurance Company - Bank Stock ... - i City Debenture;, 4 per cent. - .. .. . ...- . . Grand Canal Stock R;)3 al Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. Very little business has been doing in either of the Markets during the morning. Money continues easy in the house, and can be obtained at 5 per cent. for commer cial purposes, or onEmerchants' bills at 6 per cent. Consols may be quoted at present 90:f for the Account; Money, 901; Exchequer Bills, 7 prem. ; India Bonds, 4 G prem. ; Bank Stock, shut; Three per Cents. Reduced, shut ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, shut. lit the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 234TPortu guese, 30 ; Three per Cents., 201 ; Colombian, Danish, 74; Mexican, 28,1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 54 7 1-; Five per eeriest, 11)24.. THREE 0' CLOCK. BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPT. 5, 1839. The Governor and Comi.aay of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive a pplications for loans, upon deposit of approved bills of exchange, nit having more than six months to run. Such loans to be repaid on or before the 18th October next, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and to be fur SUMS 11 t lees than 2,000/eaci - . Spanish has improved to 231,1. NATIONAL CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) Tho Cortv,l&o:-, -at to-clay et Ten o'Ciock. M.., Flo,t in the Mr. SmAtrr, the S2eretary, read a letter from Dr. Fletcher, stating it to be his opinion that tl:e Convention had already sat too long, and &chi:iv, again to join it, in asmuch as he thought he should be enabled to do a great deal more good for the cause they advocated by remaining among his constituents than by joining the Convention in Loudon. A letter was also read from Mr. Phillips, of the Secretary of State's office, in answer to one writ ten by the Secretary of the Cenvestion, in which Mr. Phillips stated that the proper course to be pursued would he for the Secretary to transmit the ad dresses that were in his possession to the Home Office, in order that they might be presented to - her Majesty in the usual course. Letters were also read from Bath, Portsea, and other places, approving of the proceedings of the Convention, and wishing them success. IRISH MISSION. Mr. LOWREY then proceeded to report his mission to Dublin. He stated that on arriving in that city, on findine that a meeting could not be convened till the Tuesday foc i . lowing, he entered into a communication with Mr. Clanceyo That on the meeting taking place, the room was filled with O'Connelites. That a Mr. Ray, whom Mr. O'Con. nell called his " dear friend," was there, and also a Mr. Murphy. That at their instigation a number of coal. heavers attended the meeting, for the purpose of creating an uproar, and preventing its object from being carried into effect. Murphy called upon those present not to allow cny Chartist to speak, but to turn them out of the room ; that he (Mr. Lowrey) begged of the Chairman to obtain a hearing for him, which he exerted himself to effect, but the noise and confusion that was raised prevented him from accomplishing it. The tables were broken, the utmost scene of confusion prevailed, and some person caught him ( Mr. Lowrey) by the collar, and dragged him out of the room. From the accounts given in the Newspapers it appeared as if the Trades Union had been instrumental in putting down the meeting, but such was not the fact—that had been accomplished by a parcel of bludgeon men,—( Cries of " Shame." Another meeting had been advertised, but that also failed in consequence of the violence of the O'Connell party, who attended for the purpose .of decrying the Chartists. At that meeting it was stated that no person would be allowed to speak on behalf of the Chartists unless he produced his certificate that he was a member of the Convention, and a delegate, and that if he should produce it, there were two policemen present ready to take him into custody.—( Cries of " Shame.") It was the opinion of the friends of the Chartists that the Convention had done a great deal of good, a n d th e genera l f ee li ng i n D u bli n was that the Chartists should have fair play. The opinion of Mr. O'Higgins, a great friend to the cause, was, that in stead of getting up meetings in Dublin, Chartism should be. left to work its own way for a while, and upon his (Mr Lowrey) asking him if he thought he could do any good by visiting some of the towns in the north of I-eland, he thought it would be better not to do so, but he considered that no opportunity should be let pass by of impre , sing upon the minds of the people of Ireland that the Charter was as much for their good as it was for that of the people of England. That was the only way to convince the people that those who advocated the Charter acted from principle, and by that means he felt convinced the power of O'Connell over them would be considerably reduced. THE COUNCIL. Mr. BURNS moved that a Committee of five should be appointed to investigate and report on the proceedings of the Council appointed by the Convention to remain in London till the re-assembling of it. Mr. NERSOM seconded the motion. Mr. CARPENTER thought the better course to pursue would he, that the minutes of the proceedings of the Council should b e rea d t o th e C onven ti on , an d that it should either reject or confirm those minutes. Dr. TAYLOR considered the suction proposed by Mr. Burns a very proper one, because he should feel it to be his duty to express, in the strongest terms, his objections to sonic of the proceedings of the Council. Indeed, if What had been stated in the Newspwers was correct, he felt strongly inclined to Oppose everything they had done. After a few words from Mr. PITKEITHLEY and Mr. SKEFFINGTON, Mr. CARPENTER said that as the Council had been accused openly an opportunity ought to be afforded to them openly to meet those accusations : unless, there fore, Mr. Burns modified his resolution, he should move as an amendment, that the minutes of the Council should be read and confirmed. Mr. BURNS said he would withdraw his motion. Motion withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. CARPENTER, the minutes of the Council were read seriatum, which occupied nearly half an hour. Mr. CARPENTER moved that the minutes be confirmed, which was seconded by Mr. O'CONNOR. Dr. TAYLOR opposed the confirmation of the minutes. On the Ist of July the Convention delegated to a Council its power, which he did not think the Convention had any light to do. But before the Convention adjourned, it was decided that 21. a week should be paid to the members of V:e Convention. On the 6th of August the Council voted for their own breeches pocket an increase of salary, and of course that vote was passed unanimously ; but it was a li~tle curious th 4 neither the name of the mover nor seconder of the resolution was given in the minute. He could not allow such an act as that to pass by without the strongest reprobation. He wculd therefore move as an amendment that a Committee be appointed to inquire into these cir- eumstanees, and in partieuiar whether any power had been given to the Council to fix their own salary, or whether it had not been fixed by the Convention at 2/. a week.— His opinion was that the Council were bound to refund to the Convention whatever they had received beyond the 21. The Committee could also ascertain what sums had been draon by the members of the Council, in accord ance with the vote of the 6th of August. Mr. BURNS seconded the amendment. Mr. O'CONNOR said there had been a difference of opinion in the Council a 3 to the policy of increasing their salary. He had opposed the vote, and had stated tha , . the subject would be brought before the Convention, and that the Council would have to answer for that vote. How ever he was glad to find that was the only item which the Doctor had in the slightest degree pointed out as being im proper. Dr. TAYLOR—Oh, I shall mention others presently. Mr. O'CONNOR thought the Doctor had closed his case. Dr. TAYLOR—Not at all. Mr. O'CONNOR said the Doctor could not be allowed to place himself in the situation of au auditor or a judge, who could as often as he pleased make charges and challenges— he ought to bring forward the whole of his charges at once. He ( Mr. O'Connor) was prepared to stand up in justification of the acts of the Council as connected uith the Convention, although he certainly could not defend the voting of money to themselves beyond what the resolution of the Convention itself authorised.—(Cees of " Hear, hear.") If Doctor Taylor would move for a general committee directing their particular atten tion to that question, but allowing them to report on the whole proceedings, he would offer no objection to it, and he believed ae whole of the members of the Council would at once accede to such a motion. Dr. TAYLOR said he should also like to know how far the Convention had the power to delegate any authority to Mr. Lowrey to act in Ireland, and in particular to ap point Mr. Hennessy, not a member of the Convention, to accompany him, allowing Mr. H. a salary.—( Hear, hear.) No person, not a member of the Convention ought to be paid out of the funds for agitating in Ireland. Mr. O'CoNNon thought the better way would be at once to appoint a general Committee. Mr. CARPENTEI/ believed the discussion was proceeding on a wrong assumption altogether. As far as he under stood the minutes, the Council had not voted money to its Members or to anybody else. Dr. TAYLOR—What is the minute of the Gth August ? Mr. CARPENTER..—" That on a reconsideration of the vote of yesterday" (that he did not understand, for there was no minute of that vote), " appointing the salary of the Delegates going into the country, it was resolved that such vote did not affect the members of the Council, but that they should receive the same amount of salary which had been paid to them by their constituents." Dr. TAYLOR—When their • salary was more than two pounds ? Mr. CARPENTER—That Ido not know. Ido not know that that resolution was ever acted on. It appears to me it was not. Dr. TAYLOR—We must have a Committee to inquire whether it vas or not. Mr. BUSSEY thought the better way would be to have the Various items paid by the Convention read over. Mr. LowaEy would support the appointment of the Comm' ttee. Mr. BURNS said the vote which the Convention came to respecting the salaries of members was a piece of busy in termeddling between Delegates and their constituents. •He did not want anything from the Convention ; his con stituents would support him ; but if the Convention decided that Delegates should not receive salaries from their constituents he would not receive anything less than the salary his constituents would have allowed him. Mr. PITKEITIILIa had objected to paying the Council more than 21. a week. Mr. O'CONNOR explained that he had, when the money was voted, stated his intention to bring the matter before the Convention. Mr. PITKEITHLRY complained of a sum of 9/. having been paid to Mr. M'Crae, to send him back to Scotland, after he had been in London a week, when he (Mr. P.) could have acted as a member of the Council, without putting the Convention to any extra expense. A long and desultory conversation took place, which ended in Doctor TAYLOR'S e xclaiming, " Does not this show the necessity of a Committee ?"—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNOR, as a member of the Council, would most decidedly vote for the appointment of a Committee. Mr. NEEsost also supported the amendment, because he believed the matter would be settled in a shorter time than by discussing it in the way they bad been doing for the last two hours. The motion for the appointment of a Committee of five e to investigate the accounts of the Co uncil was then carried unanim ously. The following members were the n apvo i nted to form the Committee a : Nlnd Mr. Nes r. Bu ssey, Nolmr, , . Jas. Tayl or , D M r. r , I.'aCAYIRrP' ur. Richards,ENTEß suggested that Mr. Pitkeithley be Added to the Committee, which was agreed to. SIMULTANEOUS TORCIIILIGHT MEETING. WOLSTENHOLME then brought forward a motion of which he had given notice that the recommendation in the address of the Council, dated 12th of August —namely, to petition her Majesty to appoint a national holiday for the discussion of the grievances of the people; or, in the event of her not doing so, to appoint a time for simul taneous torch-light meetings throughout the country, be acted upon. It appeared to him that the Council had alio gether forgotten that suggestion. Mr. O'CoNNott said he had not forgotten the suggestion which had been introduced into the address on his recom mendation.- lie had been always an advocate for turch- i light meetings, a n d h e b e li eve d t h ey h a d d one less h am and more good than almost any other species of agitation. EVEN ENT G EDITION. They were attended by ten times the number of persons who attended the daylight meetings, because the factory I ,heurer, weal l not be allowed by their trui!ers to attend meetings during the hours of labour. Torchlight meetings were not illegal by law ; they had been merely declared iiicgal by a 'Whig proclamation ; but if there was an aedress to the local authorities in the first instance reuesting them to cell such meeting, and in the event of their refusal let the hou se h o ld ers sign a requisitio . n to call a meeting, there could be no question of its legality in such case. Even the Attorney-G-neral, although at Chester, and elsewhere, he bad declared these meetings illegal, Lad on a former occasion justified them, and con tended for their legality. He had even attended many of them himself. It had always been the constitutiomit right of Englishmen to meet and discuss their grievances, and he trusted the suggestion would be acted upon. Dr. TAYLOR—IS it in the power of , the Queen to ap point a national holiday ? The CHAIRMAN—Any person can do so ; but the ques tion is, will the people act upon the recommendation ? Mr. BussEv said there was another recommendation in the Address, to call upon her Mjesty to dismiss her pre sent Ministers, which had not been acted upon. Mr. O'CONNOR said the Address had been carried by the Council unanimously, and it was for the Convention to carry out the suggestion, if they approved of it. With regard to the torch-light meetings, it was his ( Mr.O'Con - nor's) intention to hold a great numb e r ver y so on, 1 0 addressing the conAituency of Yorkshire. PETITIONS TO THE QUEEN. It was then proposed and agre,d to that Mr. Smart, the Secretary, be requested to transmit the petitions to the Queen, praying for the dismissal of her present Ministers, &c., to the Secretary of State, in accordance with the letter of Mr. Phillips, of the Home Office. Dr. TAYLOR gave notice that he should to-morrow move that the document, entitled " The Thirty-nine Articles," containing a declaration of the rights of the people ac cording to the ancient laws and customs of England, be ;Adopted and circulated by the Convention. The Convention then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS• (WEDNESDAY EVENING. ) T IME S.—The transactions of the Bank of England in exchanges are producing the effects which were anticipated from then], in deranging more or less all the other money markets of Europe. This is apparent more particularly in the accounts from the northern cities, where a great rise in the rate of interest and in the value of money has been suddenly brought about. Comparatively to ours these are very limited markets, and however good the quality of the paper thrown upon them, such a large increase of the amount, from causes distinct from the ordinary operations of commerce, could not but produce per plexity and embarrassment. Had the trade with England pursued its regular course, and had the balance. due to them been remitted in builion instead of these artificial bills of exchange, their situations would have been wholly different. Thus it is, as has often been. stated before. that the errors of the administration of the Bank of England arc visited not only upon themselves and upon this country, but more or less upon the whole world; and thus the general argument for a revision and reform of it is incalculably strengthened. Foreign mer chants, in fact, watch its movements with no less care and solicitude than our own, and contract or expand their dealings with our traders, accordingly as they find them under the influence of the restrictive measures of the Bank. The merchants of all countries would therefore hail with pleasure any beneficial change in the monetary system of England, Money was much culer in the Stock Exchange to-day, and might readily be had on Consols at the rate of 5 per cent. Some saLs of Consuls were made early in the day on account of the Bank, as believed, for Friday next, at 90 ; but the market improved subsequently, and they closed at 90,E to s for Money, and 90Z- sellers for Account. Bank Stock shut today, preparatory to the dividend. India. Stock was 248 to 50 ; Exchequer Bills 7s. to 9s. prem. POST.—The Enelish securities advanced rather ma terially in value to-daY, a circumstance which is accounted for on a variety of grounds. The quotations have been influenced to some extent by the actual removal from the Money Market of the strain which was felt so severely by speculators in the beginning of the week. It was, how ever, very generally reported in the neighbourhood of the Stock Exchange that the Bank Directors bad come to an arrangement in the course of the morning for affording the commercial interests the accommodation usually ex tended to them at this period of the year, and that a notification upon the subject would make its appear ance to-morrow (Thursday). The advances will, it 15 said, be limited to bills of exchange, the present rate of 6 per cent. interest being continued. These are the parti culars which have been in circulation out of doors, and we dare say they will be found to be not very far from the truth. The Bank Directors cannot well receive the large a mount of revenue which will be falling into their hands on Go vernment account during the next five weeks without taking the steps commonly (we believe we may say invariably) adopted for putting a portion of it again in circulation. This would he what is called "starving" the public, end the effect would, i n a ll p ro b a bili ty , b e t h at o f bringing on a panic. It is, perhaps, yet doubtful what may be the precise course taken by th e Di rectors f or g iving the requisite relief. The circumstances of the times are peculiar, and it is possible that the plans even of the Committe° may not be fully determined upon until after the Board shall have assembled to-morrow. It is certain that nothing positive can bo known of the deci sion which will then be come to by the Directors at large. ' Still another reason has been assigned for the more buoyant condition of the Stock Market; and it is no doubt one which is based on a good foundation. We allude to the more auspicious state of the weather. With a few mote days like the present the corn crops will all have bee,“ cartied, and it is conside re d not b y any means unfavou rab l e to our banking system that their quality should prove sam e " what inferior. We speak of course with reference to the averages, which will necessarily be forced down by th e , " , bringing to market of a l ower d escr i pt i on o f gra i n ; an d there be only an abundance of it, of which there is every prospect, any fresh foreign importations will be needless► and gold will the more speedily flow back into the coffers of the Bank. DISSOLUTION OF THE PRE- CURSOR SOCIETY. DUBLIN, Siti.r. 2. This day a meeting of the Precursor Society was held in the Corn Exchange, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of considering the propriety of dissolving them selves, and of receiving the report of Committee on the practicability of forming a Retorm Registry Association. Mr. O ' CONNELL rose to propose that the Precursor So ciety be considered dissolved. The time for such disso lution, he was of opinion, had arrived ; but he felt it his duty to make such statements as would satisfy that body that he was right. Atter putting this motion, if it passed, he should ascend the platform and address his constituents en the course which it would be advisable for them to pursue. Before he would enter on tile subject or the Repeal of the Union—(Loud cheers)—he would call the attention of the meeting and of the honest tradesmen of Dublin to an Act which was calculated to injure their character and the trade of the country. He elluded to the late gross and savage assault on Mr. Ver seboyle. That gentleman had accepted a Government contract, and, instead of being permitted to carry out his undertaking, he was assailed elid nearly murdered in the presence of his family. Such conduct was calculated to drive trade out of the country, and those really go od and industrious tradesmen should lend their assist ance to discover the perpetrators of this outrage and bring them to justice. Now, with reference to the objects which brought the Precursor Society into being, he would say that every one of them stiil existed. It was useless to be trying to reason with the English people ; they took up one notion, and no dog ever held a bone more firmly than did John Bull. The Irish people wished to reason with the English ; they wished to show them: calmly and deliberately, what injustice they were suffering under. In England the Established Church was the church of the great majority of the people ; in Scotland the ma t jority of the people professed the same religion with the church whom they were bound to support; but in Ireland the great bulk of the people were bound to support in luxury the church of one-tenth of the population. Why, then, should, the Irish people rest satisfied until they were put upon the same footing with the people of England and Scotland ? They did not want to have the temporalities transfessed to the clergy of the people. He knew well that the ministers of religion were never improved by the independent pos session of affluence. Ho could riot bring this question before the House of Commons ; there would have bee' e little use in doing so. With such legislators as they bred to address, nothing could be expected. The House of Commons certainly- passed the Corporation Bill, but then there was Lord Lyndhurst in the Lords, who we b s ever ready to destroy every Bill that was sent into that House. That House did not refuse the mess, but th e y s pat in it, and made it so disgusting that it could not be afterwards received. That very bad Judge, and " my to Ireland, was the leader of the English of', garc h y to all their effort s to keep this country subjection. Yes, Lord Ly n dh urst was as bad a Judge as ever sa t on the bench. Hi s decision in the case of Small v. Ate-- wood, on which an immense sum of me,ney depended, vat* : so completely wrong that it was at once scouted by the' House of Lords, and was altered in every particular. Mo. O'Connell again referred to the fact of the Ministry re"' &sing to permit him to bring in a Bill to extend the fran chise of the Irish people. What hopes, then, had the Precursor Society of obtaining justice from the British Parliament? These were but some of the reasons why the Precursor Society should he dissolved, with a view of reorganizing a body better calculated to procure justice for Ireland. He had prepared a report embodying the rea sons, which he would read. The Hun, Gentleman then read the report, which was afterwards adopted. The CHAIRMAN put the question of dissolution, which was unanimously carried. The proceedings terminated by Mr. O'Connell skin I that on to-morrow an eriti ely new Society would be forme , 1, for the purpose of aiding in the registration of voters ; ! I explained that they would hold no opinions as a society, in , common with him, upon the question of Repeal—at,ter which he went on to give his own views upon that meas.urc• Silk handkerchiefs, a la Van Amburgh, ; ate now selling at Paris, representing that celebrated tamtrof animals and his wild beasts. A dreadful accident occurred at noon on Satur- , day, between Reculvcr and Herne Bay. A party of visitor.% to the Bay, consisting of two ladies, a gentleman and ' ll . youth, w ere out in a pleasure b oat. Opp•. , site BishYP"'). stone, and about a mile from shore, they were passed 1 4) 4 Margate boat, and in a minute or two afterwards -Nero' missed. The Mlrgate crew tacked, and they observeo' the boy and the boatman struggling in the water; they got than into the boat, together with the ladies and p,-en- z, ticman, and conveyed them with all speed to the Bay - The youth and the boatman recovered, but in ate othe r three persons life was extinct. —Kentish Gazette, . I ~ - r A