The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1839. We understand that a very select party of the thick and thin supporters of the present mana gers (?) of the estate of CHAMBERS and SON, the late Bankers, in Bond-street, was held this morning at the house of Mr. GROOM, 3, Hen rietta-street, Cavendish-square. After reading the invitation to the favoured few, which we subjoin, we pity that man's mental vision who does not at once perceive that the real design of the private conclave is, if possible, to strangle the inconvenient resolution of the public meetinL , of the creditors at the Opera House, on Friday, the 27th Septem ber last. At that meeting it was resolved to appoint three additional assignees, thereby to infuse new life and vigour into the tor pid mass of incompetence which, under the name of Assignees and Solicitors to the estate of CHAMBERS and SON, has prevented one s ingle sixpence of the enormous sum of upwards of two hundred thousand pounds, which the Official As sign.ee, in reply to Mr. LESLIE, declared, at the last meeting at the Opera House, they had re ceived, from reaching the hands of the unfortunate creditors of this estate : "''6, Carey -street, Linco:n's Inn, Oct. 3. O, CHAMBERS AND SON. " Sir,—Tba" RE ai you on the subject of n e es are desirous of conferring with the appointment of colleagues in their trust, in pursuance of the resolution of the late mee ting of the creditors that fitt is a ma t ter o f ser i o us con cern to the creditors a persons should be selected, and measures to secure y c( 1 3 3 , V of such importance ought to be deliber s a e te o l affairs thirLoered. The assignees have lajoured in the unexampled diffi- Vlcarndithey feel they diffi culties and the gravest responsibility;u little (mor e( creditors for their have a fair claim uponthe princip a l to and irksome service, towards rendering as as possihie their future duties. We thuerut.s. instructed us trust we may depend upon your attendance at a meetingre of prin cipal creditors, which the assignees have to convene, to be held at the house of Mr, of the assignees), No. 3, Henrietta -street, Cavendish square, square, on Tuesday next, the Sth inst., at eleven o'Cl'osiell: very precisely. " We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, " MAYHEW, JOHNSTON, and MAYHEw . , , We seriously caution the creditors of this shame. fully mismanaged property not to be entrapped b, \ proceedings emanating from any private conclave whatever. Public meetings are the proper sources from whence should originate the necessary regula tions for conducting, beneficially to the creditors, the great mass of property still unrealized on thi s bankruptcy, however inconvenient those meetings may prove to the few. We upon this, as upon all other occasions, prefer the interest of the many. .EIT.EN LNG EDITION NEW NOVEL BY MISS BURNEY. Now re ady at all the Lib raries, in 3 vols. post 8v0.,: T HE ROMANCE OF PRIVATE LIFE, BY MISS BURNEY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE DAGUERREOTYPE. Now published, the Second Edition, with Six Engravings, price 2s. 6d., HISTORY and PRACTICE of PHOTO GENIC DRA WING, on the true principles of the Dague rreotype, with the new method of DIORAMIC P AIN T IN G, secrets purchased by the French Government, and by their command published for the benefit of the Arts and Manu factures. Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, By J. S. MENIES, LL. D., Hon. Member of the Royal Scottish Academy of Fine Arts, &c. Smith, Oder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. AVALUABLE GOLD CHRONOME TER, No. 4.054, Jewelled, and of the best description, by Arnold and Dent, will be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. OXENHAM and SON, at their Rooms, 353, Ox ford-street, on FRMAY next, at Three o'Clock , by direction of the Executors of a Gentleman, deceased. TO THE INHABITAN O W TS OF THE WARD OF DGATE. GENTLEMEN', APRECEPT has been issued for the election of an Alderman for this Ward, in the place of my highly-esteemed friend , the la te Geor g e Scholey, Esq. I beg re pectfully to offer myself to you - notice as a candidate to such ceed him in that honourable and responsible office. If, through your favour, I should be successful in ambleth ject of my ambition , I p led g e m y self to devote my h abilities to the performance of the important dutie office, with the utmost zeal and punctuality; and, s of the having seceded from business , entirely to devote my time to the per formance of the Aldermanic duties. The pleasing approbation of my services, as one of the Sheriffs of the City of London, gives me some encouragemcnt Ward of Dow ate will to hope that my fellow resid ents in the g not deem me obtrusive in thus appealing to them for their fur ther confidence and support. The Election is fixed by the Precept for Saturday, the 12th instant, at Ten o'clock precisely. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, JOHN JOHNSON. 7, Scot's-yard, Bush-lane, Bth October, 1839. EIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of AIONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive. PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from TWENTY POUNDS and upwards to THREE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, and TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS. THEATRE VOYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MAN A GE MENT OF MADAME V. 'THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, CCT. 8, 1839, Will be repeated Shakspere's Comedy of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. The Scenery entirely new, painted by Mr. Grieve, Mr. T. Grieve, and Mr. W. Orieve. Ferdinand, King of Navarre, Mr. Cooper ; Biron, Mr. An derson, Longaville, Mr. Fitzjames, Dumain, Mr. J. Vining, Lords, attending on the King; Boyet, Mr. F. Matthews, Mercade, Mr. W. Payne, Lords, attending on the Princess of France; Don Adriano de Armado, (a fantastical Spaniard,) Mr. Harley; Sir Nathaniel, (a Curate,) Mr. Meadows; Holofernes, (a Schoolmaster,) Mr. Bartley; Dull, (a Consta ble,) Mr. Granby ; Costard, (a (lown,) Mr. Keeley ; Moth, PPage, to Armado,) Miss Lee ; Forester, Mr. C. J. Smith ; rincess of France, Mrs. Nisbet; Rosaline, Madame Vestris, Maria, Miss E. Phillips, Katharine, Miss Charles, Ladies at tending on tile Princess; Jaquenetta, (a Country Wench) Mrs. Humby ; Ver, or Spring, Miss Rainforth ; Hiems, or Winter, Mr. S. Jones. Officers and others, Attendants on the King and Princess, Messrs. Brace, Butler, Collett, Connell, Charles, Davis, Furness, Horton, Hodges, Hughes, Fredericks, Ker ridge, Williamson, Young, Gibson, Ireland, Ridgway. Mes dames Beden, A. Baden, Beresford, Cummins, Charlton, Col lett, Bailey, Emden, Goward, Jackson, A. Jackson, Lane, Fairbrother, Gibson, Ryals, Charlton, Fenton, Kendall, E. Kendall, A. Lee, Massa% Platt, Paris. After which (first time at this Theatre). the Farce of NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Admiral Kingston, Mr. W. Farren ; Lieutenant Kingston, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mrs. Colonel Pontifex, Mrs. Orger ; Miss Mortimer, Madame Vestris. To-morrow Love's Labour's Lost, with Alive and Merry. On Thursday, The School for Scandal, with The Ringdoves. On Friday, Love's Labour's Lost, with Alive and Merry. On Saturday, (the 2d Olympic Night), Sons and Systems, Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, Patter versus Clatter, and The Loan of a Lover. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, is. ; Gallery, ls. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Netter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private. Boxes to bu had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Combination of Talent. The Proprietor has engaged Messrs. Butler, Elton, and Dow ton, for a limited number of Nights. THIS EVENING, OcT. 8. Hill be presented Shakspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Butler; lago, Mr. Elton ; Desdemena, Mrs. H. Vining; Emilia, Miss:Grant. After which, the laughable Farce of MONSIEUR TON SON. Monsieur Morblieu, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with the new and original Nautical Drama, called ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Saville; Annie Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining; Bona, Miss Martin. To-morrow, Henry the Fourth. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. UNDER HER MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. ERUPTION OF HECLA.—THIS WEEK. Positively the Last Two Nights ! At the suggestion of numerous Visitors desirous of still fur ther opportunities of witnessing this surpassingly magnificent and amazing portraiture of nature's grandest and most awful phenomena,' it will be repeated; for positively the two last times This Evenisg and Thursday, Oct. 8 and 10. Commencing precisely at Half-past Seven. Previous to which Mr. H. Carter will exhibit the Magical effects produced by his New Koniaphostic , or " Lime Light." Admission, Is.—Feeding of the Cal nivera at Four o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning...... 55 minutes after 2. I Evening ... 14 minutes atter O. ' e . 74 q A .77 un+ What the Tory journals call another Great Pro testant Meeting was held at Liverpool on Friday; but it was only the tail of the Manchester meeting of the preceding week, and though it might be more lengthy it was weaker than the head. The Tory epithet Great applied to such meetings means a couple of score of parsons, a few respectable lay dupes, and a mob of about two thousand, indiscri minately collected. The recent experience of Mr. BURNS and the Revivals in Scotland was not re quired to convince us that the weaker sex form a favourite congregation for fanatics, and give them the most support. In all times the priests have sought to conquer the men by first subduing the women. We are not surprised, therefore, to learn from the Liverpool Albion, that the Great Protestant Meeting at Liverpool on Friday, was composed chiefly of women and children. As a political demonstration, such an account deprives it of all importance, and at once makes the rhodo montade of the Tories appear eminently ridiculous. There are some things, however, in connection with the meeting, which are not unworthy of re mark. At present there is considerable distress and considerable discontent in the land. The army has been increased, and a new species of police force has' been ordained. Though the Chartists are hushed, Chartism is not dead. A good deal of alarm is felt at our prospects for the winter. What the clergy ought to do in such a case was done lately by the good Bishop of NORWICH. He gave valuable counsel „to the poor. Far from fol lowing such an example, the M'NEILES and O'SULLIVANS, who are still the leaders of this Great Protestant Meeting of English people, and in England—not in Ireland—pass resolu tions about Protestant ascendancy, and speak fiery words, as far as nonsense can be fiery, in order to kindle furious political and religious passions in their auditory. Again, the Reverend MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN was the hero of the day, and spoke a long politica phillipic, that might have been cut from the leaders of the Times or the Standard. Again, Mr. APNEILE harangued against the religion of our ancestors, and of seven millions of our fellow subjects, and of all Christendom, during a period of upwards of ten centuries. When there are so many causes of contention and strife amongst us, arising from political institutions, from social laws, ill under stood, from the wretched poverty of some, and the un due wealth of others, it should be the especial busi ness of the clergy to soothe those contentions, the causes of which they are unable to remove. That is at present their duty. Such is now their mis sion ; hut, with a total forgetfulness of what is re quired of them, of what they are sent for, those of the Great Protestant Association, go about from place to place with all uncharitableness, blow ing up, perhaps unavoidable, contentions, into hot and furious strife. Mr. M'NEILE appears to have felt some castiga tion from the Press ; and those writers who do not howl for Protestant ascendancy as he howls, he denounces as utterly incapable of understanding what " Christian patriotism" means. The inordi nate greediness of the priesthood, who continually prostitute the sacred name of religion to gratify their own lust of pelf and power, has naturally called forth much censure. To get rid of that, Mr. M'NEILE denounced those who have attacked him as incapable of appreciating the softer and en nobling feelings of human nature. So he takes refuge in calumny, when the hypocritical motives and conduct of his order are deservedly exposed. When he uttered his denunciation, and Mr. O'S tvAN his political phillipic, it would have become them to notice of what persons their auditory consisted. It adds to their turpitude, in kindling religious and political strife, that they en deavour to make women the copartners of their wickedness. Their audience was composed chiefly of females, and they were not ashamed to endeavour to excite in them the passions that are hateful in men. To females and children the Rev. Mr. M'NEILE addresed his denunciations of Catholic ism, and the Rev. Mr. O'SULLIVAN his political sermon against the Government. There was one reasonable thing said at the Meeting. The Chairman, a Rev. Dr. TATTE SHALL, described the Pusevites to be almost as bad as the Romans " It was well known," he said, " that of late some pub. lications had issued from a place which they ought to look up to as the centre of all that was orthodox in religion. Publications had issued from individuals—he would not blame the whole body for the faults of a few—in the Uni. versity of Oxford, which were more than tainted with Roman Catholic principles. It was not too much to say that doubt and discredit had been thrown upon the suffi ciency of the Scriptures as the exclusive rule of faith and practice for the Christian : traditionary lore was exalted beyond its proper limit—the right of private judgment, which was connected with the sacred duty of reading the Scriptures, was much undervalued, if not set at nought, and the great doctrine of justification by faith—the key stone of all Christianity—was tampered with." Ministers, he added, wou'd justify their con duct in favouring Catholics by the doctrines taught at Oxford. Amongst the Anglican priesthood there is no union and no harmony ; and if they had fully established the ascendancy of the Anglican Church, for which they are now striving, they would then necessarily continue the strife in order to establish the ascendancy of some one of the sects into which they are split. The community will perhaps think it will be as well to remain as we are, and not to call on the State to put down Catholicism in order next to put down Dissent. We direct attention to the letter of a well-in formed Correspondent as to the effects of allowing silver to be a legal tender, so far as that would operate in preventing the exportation of the precious metals. On this point we do differ from our Cor respondent. N'Ve have not the slightest doubt, that were silver, or even copper, made the standard to morrow, and paper were issued to excess, the metal would be banished from circulation. But it was not on that ground we recommended the use of silver in large payments, but to give present relief to com mercial men, to get rid of one obnoxious legal false hood, and to take one step towards establishing a safe and a sound currency. Another reason we have for it is, that it will e able our merchants to deal more on the squateiwith those of other countries. At present our more valuable standard has the effect, as all bargains ar e made in the money of each country, of compelling our merchants to give more commodities, and re ceive less, for a given quantity of the standard of value, or a given amount of gold and silver, than they would have to give and receive were the stan dard of value here, as it is on the Continent, the cheapest metal. Moreover, as we observed on Friday, the price of gold is measured by silver, and what was meant by gold being dearer in Hamburg than in England is, it was worth more silver. Now, the effect of making payments in silver here, would be to enhance the utility, and the value of that metal here, to cause a demand for it from Hamburg and other places, and consequently to raise its relative value there as well as here. Gold, measured in s il v er, would become cheaper in Hamburg, and the employment we have recommended of silver would, we believe, have the effect of bringing back (Told if nut counteracted by an increased issue ' of paper, as well as supplying an abundant silver currency- Our Correspondent says that if the paper money continues to be depreciated, we shall he obliged to give an additional value to silver, and make tokens of our silver coin, as was done during the Bank depreciation. But we supposed, though we may be misinformed, that such is the case now. It is clone, we understand, to the extent of about five per cent. by the Mint regulation declaring that an ounce of gold is worth only as much silver as is contained in nearly 785., when it is worth more : and it is done, we understand, to the extent of about six per cent. additional by the high seigniorag e levied on t h e silver coin. A shilling is not, in fact, the twentieth part of a sovereign in value, but . a token of the twentieth part. this is, in our of dollars brought opinion, b g r r o e u a g t h e t vil. The owners of the million Mexico, will never to E ca n r g rv ian. to be coined, when they can send them to cent, purchase cheaper themd the o t t o her the day Mintf ro m than sovereigns the w ‘ r,ith ean nearly I%•o apne(ritibleun; them at the Mint. As long, - too, as our silver coins continue mere tokens, the three or four million dollars expected from the Pacific, of which the Morning Post told us yesterday, will he of ino use in relieving the wants and necessities of our com- THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1839. merciat men. We have alreauy toKens enougn ; we hear of no want of small change ; but if silver ceased to be a token—if it were a real representa tive of venue in all payments above 1/. or 51., the whole of the silver lately imported, and expected to be imported, would swell the amount of our circula tion, and, being also the chief circulating medium of the Continent, would tend to equalize our cur rency and the currency of our neighbours. We wish to observe that in desiring to see the Mint lie abolished, we do not wish to see another established in its room. We do not ask that the ounce of gold should be declared worth 865., or any other quantity of silver ; but let both metals find their level in the market. A good deal is said about a standard of value. There can be no such thing. If value were a constant quantity like a degree on the surface of the earth, or like the tendency of bodies to the centre of the earth, then we might have a standard of value, as we have a standard of linear extension and of weight. But as the value of all commodities, including the precious metals and labour, continually varies, there is and can be no such thing as a standard of value, and the attempt to establish one, being false in principle, leads to continual mischief in prac tice. We know not that Governments have ever done the least particle of good by interfering with money, which is the offspring of commerce, not of political institutions, though Sovereigns claim it as their exclusive prerogative ; but we know that they have in an immense number of instances, al most as numerous as the times they have meddled with the currency, done an incovceivable quantity of mischief. We wish them therefore to in terfere with it as little as possible. Probably their interference would be reduced to a minimum were that scheme of a currency adopted which was sometime ago recommended in our Journal, of merely dividing the precious metals into convenient portions by weight, such as ounces, half, arid quarter ounces, of gold and silver, the Government certifying by their stamp that these pieces were of such a weight and a certain fineness, and then leaving, as at pre sent, the supply of these metals to commerce, and the determination of the value of one and both relatively to each other, as relatively to all other commodities, to the higgling of the market. Such a currency would seem to us the most simple, the most certain, the most safe, and the most useful ; and to contribute to bring such a currency into use, we recommended the present adoption of silver by weight in payments beyond a pound sterling. We will not now go any further into this sub ject, having merely thrown out these hints to stimulate investigation. We quite agree with our Correspondent in his remarks on the Bank of England, to the cupidity of which shameless corporation, in great part, the commercial prosperity of the country has been sacrificed. Let us conclude by remarking, that the currency will most probably be a subject for discussion next Session, that attempts will be made to improve it ; but that such at tempts never can be successful unless they proceed on correct and true principles ; we nay indeed say the same of almost all reforms. It is our misfortune that the diseases of the State have been treated by mere political quacks, who have been, we are afraid, profoundly ignorant, or profoundly for getful, of the general principles of society. Unless these be known, and unless the future of society be appreciated, all law- making, whether it regulate currency or corn, must be arrant bungling. • Letters from Constantinople, of the 17th, advices from Alexandria of the 16th, and Smyrna papers of the 19th ult. have just been received. On the 14th, the Hydra steamer arrived at Constantinople, with despatches for Lord PONSONBY, from the British Government. They were conveyed to Tenedos by the Gorgon, which there joined the fleet as an addition to Admiral STOPFORD'S squadron. HAFIZ PACHA, and the Pacha of KONIAH, had both arrived at Constantinople, so that the report of their defection turns out to be entirely unfounded. Though the SULTAN had not sent the late Generalissimo o his army the usual reward of unsuccessful va — rolir among the Osmanlis, namely the bow-string, it was feared that maters would go hard with him unless he could account to the Porto for a large amount of treasure remitted to him immediately before the unfortunate engagement at Nezib. The Oriental question was apparently making no progress. On the 11th REDSCHID PACHA communicated to the Divan the result of a private conference with Lord PONSONBY and Admiral ROUSSIN, said to be to the effect that England and France would maintain the integrity of the Ot toman Empire, and guarantee to the Porte the re storation of the fleet. This, in fact, is the old story over again. The Echo de l' Orient, of the 14th ult., quotes the following as the declaration of the British Ambassador at the Court of Austria, which has been adopted and exchanged by the Cabinets of Paris and Vienna : " DECLARATION. " I declare, in the name of my Court, that it is resolved to maintain the integrity and independence of the Otto man empire under the reigning dynasty, and, as a neces sary consequence of this declaration, that it will not seek to desire any advantage from the actual state of things with the view of obtaining any acquisition of territory or of any exclusive influence. My Government expect with confidence that this declaration will be adopted by the other Courts of Europe, its friends and allies, who have already supplied on this occasion proofs of the wisdom and disinterestedness of their views, and amongst the first (en premiere ligne) by his Imperial and Royal Apostolical Majesty, to whom the honour of the initiative of this propo sition is due." For the news brought by these arrivals from Alex andria, we refer to letters which will be found in another part of The Sun. It is clear that matters cannot go on much longer as they are, without producing important results. England and France are evidently not entirely agreed as to the line of policy which they ought to pursue, and Russia is, we are assured, moving heaven and earth to break up an alliance fatal to her views. Last year over tures were made to France ; now the advances are a!l. towards England. How deplorable that the French Cabinet cannot be made to perceive that their existence, and that of the dynasty which they serve, in a great measure depend upon the closeness of the friendly alliance between this country an d France ! The accounts from Madrid Are of the 29th ult., but they are unimportant. The " Chivalrous Count D'ESPAGNE," as the,Tory papers style that Carlist Chief, has opened negociations with the QUEEN'S Government for the surrender of himself and his troops. There were 119 Deputies assem bled, so that three more were only wanted to com plete an Assembly competent fot all legisklutive purposes. • THE MARKETS._ THIS DAY.) i BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies of most kinds were good, and so was trade-prices much as before. Turbot Bs. to 20s. ; Cod 2s. to 10s. ; Salmon Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters ls. to 4s. ; Whitings 6d. to Is. ; and Haddocks Is. to 2s. 6d. ; Oysters 12s. to 40s. per bushel. HAY MARKET. There was a middling supply of Hay. The demand was equal to it, and prices were somewhat lower. Hay, 50s. to 955. ; Clover, 80s. to 120 s. ; Straw, .w 335. to 425. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. But very little passing, and prices much as they were be fore, Proof Leeward Rum, 3s. 7JI ; Good Jamaica, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. Brandy of middling quality, 3s. to 4s. 2d. Geneva, ls. 10d. ; and British Corn Spirits, 10s. ld. to 10s. 2d. per gallon. excites a good deal of interest in the political circles of Paris. The usual time for opening the annual Session of the French Chambers is the Ist November, but the Commerce states that the Cabinet has resolved not to prorogue them before the latter part of Decem ber. This determination on the part of the Cabi net is very loudly complained of by the Liberal press. " VITTORIA, SEPT, 24.—The insurgents continued to come by hundreds to this city to declare their submission. There were still wanting some Members of the Junta of Alava, they came on Saturday to make their submission, and brought with them the papers. registers, &c. The partisan chief, Basabe, has likewise made his submission with his adherents, so that it may be said there does not remain a single insurgent in the province of Alava. The people are in full joy in consequence of the hope which the liberals hold out to them, that their fueros will be pre served. This concession is absolutely necessary to satisfy the people, and to obtain a solid and durable peace."— Journal des Debats. " We have received the ll'loniteur Algerien of the 28th of September, which gives an account of the arrival of the Duke of Orleans on board the Phare steam-boat. Repeated salutes of the batteries announced the entrance of his Royal Highness into the port, where all the vessels were immediately dressed. " The Marshal Governor-General, accompanied by the Lieutenant-General commanding the Division, proceeded to the Navy Office to receive the Prince. The African Militia and the troops of the line were drawn up on both sides of the way to the Hotel of the Government, where apartments were prepared for the Prince. At noon his Royal Highness received in succession the compliments of the civil, judicial, and military authorities, and soon after wards gave audience to the Foreign Consuls. His Royal Highness is in perfect health. On the 28th the city gave a ball in his honour. " A deplorable accident has occurred almost opposite to St. Germain-sur- Ay, and in sight of the inhabitants. Fifteen Englishmen from Jersey, who had come on busi ness to the fair of Lefray, reimbarked in the little harbour of St. Germain to return to Jersey. They had got out to sea in the small vessel which brought them, when the wind suddenly arose with great violence. A few moments afterwards an enormous wave broke over the boat and sunk it. It was absolutely impossible to afford any assistance, and all the fifteen persons perished with the crew, the number of which is unknown. —Constitutionnel. CARLOW ELECTION PETITION.—The minutes of evidence, and the proceedings in this case, have been printed by order of the House of Commons, and are just published in two folio volumes, of more than a thou sand pages eaeh. The Committee sat for ten weeks— examined above a hundred witnesses, and the questions ar,d answers recorded amount to fifty-eight thousand oue hundred and eight. What sense is there in making the nation pay for the publication of such a mass of rubbish ? _ We are assured there will be no opposition for he Aldermanie gown in the ward of Dowgate, the other candidates - having given way to the stronger claims of John Johnson, Esq., who obtained so much approbation when filling the office of Sheriff of the City of London. He is a resident of the ward. `~'"~i We some time ago informed our readers that the Queen had been graciously pleased to direct that the debts of her late Royal father, the Duke of Kent, should be liquidated from her Majesty's privy purse. We have since learned that this payment has been effected, and that the creditors of his late Royal High ness have presented an address to her Majesty, through Sir Henry Wheatley, expressing their grateful sense of this proof of her Majesty's spontaneous liberality.— Times. ARREST OF YOUNG MURAT.—M. Cass, the American Envoy, has received from the American States Consul at Florence the news of the arrest in Tuscany, by order of the Austrian police, of M. Lucien Murat, son of the ex-Queen of Naples, who had some time ago crossed France in order to settle the affairs of his mother's succession. The news has stopped M. Achille Murat, his eldest brother, who had come from London to Paris with the special permission of the French Government. M. A. Murat is a naturalized citizen of the United States, where he has married a grand-niece of Washington, and is the owner of a fine estate in Florida.—Paris Print. CORN IN FRANCE.—The Moniteur states that the reduction in wheat has been at from I franc .50c. to Q francs the hectolitre and a half, at Brie, Pithiviers, Melun, and Roye, and that a fall, or rather a tendency towards a fall, has been manifested in the eastern, cen tral, and western departments. In the last direction the diminution has been most marked at Nantes and Saumur. The quotations remain at their height in the southern markets, and particularly at Bordeaux. THE VINTAGE IN FRANCE.—The accounts of the vintage, which commenced several days ago, in dif ferent parts of France, are favourable, and it is said that the wine will be of good quality. A letter from Cha teauroux states that, where the vines were not attacked by cold, they yield abundantly. From Sancerre, we learn that the grapes are fully ripe, and that the rains which fell lately, instead of injuring have swelled them out, and rendered them much more produc;ive than was expected. In this part of the country the wine will, it is said, be rather less in quantity, but equal are quality to that of 1834. The accounts from Bordeaux is equally favourable. Many of the growers of Medoc state that the grapes have attained full maturity, and will yield very fine wine. SUPPLY OF MEN TO THE FRENCH ARMY...—. Between the years 1791 and 1838, inclusive, the amount of men drafted for the maintenance of the French army was 13,392,000. Under the expiring Monarchy, from 1791 to 1792, 1,270,000 men were supplied ; from the Bth March, 1793, to the 22d August, 1798, there were 5,992,000 under the Directory, from 1798 to 1799, 860,000 ; under the Empire from the sth August, 1804 to 1814, 3,865,000 ; under the Re storation, from 1818 to the 28th July, 1830, 722,000 ; lastly, under the younger branch of the Bourbons, from the I 1 th December, 1830, to 1838 inclusive, 640,000. From these statements the average yearly supply of men would appear to have been 291,317. A large number of Englishmen who had taken service in Don Carlos's army have within the last few days passed though Rennes, returning to England by St. Mato and Jerssy.—French Paper. Germany has recently lost one of her most learned writers upon music in the person of M. Gott fried Theodore von Weber, who died last month at Crcutznach, in Prussia, at the age of fifty-four. M. von Weber was a near relation of the celebrated Carl Maria von Weber. Notwithstanding his avocations as State Attorney-General in the High Court of Appeal of Darmstadt, be has left eighteen works on music, among which his " Theory of Composition" is considered the best published on that subject in Germany, He had also taken an active part in the editing of the musical periodical which is published at Dresden under the title of " Saint Cecilia." FONTAINEBLEAU FACETLFE.---Odry has made his adieu to the camp of Fontainebleau in brilliant style. .After, several other calembourgs, the other evening, he .asked his interlocutor on the stage, " Mon cher ami, quel est le pays ou l'on pause le mieux les chevaux ?... En France, its sent bien traites ; au camp de Fontaine bleau surtout, on lea pause a merveille...Mais, en An gleterre I" And, not being answered, he added, "Tu me demandes pourquoi ? C'est qu'i Londres, au coin des rues, sur tousles murs, on lit sans cesse ces mois— Honi soil qui mai y pence 1" Among the quaint in scriptions over the doors of the kitchens of the camp at Fontainebleau occurs the following " Que le vent souffle au nord, ou qu'il souffl C'est toujours du bouilli, mais jamais du roti." SUlClDE.—'three persons (two females and a male) were on Monday held to bail by the Union hall police Magistrates for attempting to drown themselves ie the river. One of them had selected London Bridge, a second Waterloo, and the third some intermediate spot, from which to put an end to themselves. FlRES.—During the last week no fewer than forty fires happened in the metropolis and its adjacent vjcinities. The extent of property destroyed is very grea't, amounting to several thousand pounds sterling, about one-half of which is insured. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. --011 Monday morning as a butcher named Martin, with another man, was banging upon a hook the carcase of a sheep they had been slaughtering in Newgate-market, the carcase slipped from its hold, when .jartin in his attempt to seize it fell upon his companion's knife, the blade of which ran into his right arm between the shoulder and elbow, separating the arteries. He was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and it is feared amputation of the limb will be obliged to be had recourse to. THE TEA TRADE, 'MONDAY. —The deliveries of this article, in consequence of the approaching public sales, rather fell off last week, amounting only to 360,6001b 5 . At the auctions, which commenced to. day, 2 ,605,0581b5. are to be offered. As far as they have proceeded the biddings have been brisk and the attendanc e numerous • 12,000 packages were offered, and 4,000 sold. ; 1,000 were afterwards taken by private contract. The range of prices was Id. per lb. higher for all descriptions. BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.---The first granite stone, weighing eight tons, of the last pier requiring to be re-clothed was laid on the first instant ; so these te dious works, and the inconveniences caused by the ob structions, may shortly be expected to be terminated. On Wednesday the Duke of Buccleuch, accompanied by Lord William Thynne and Mr. Walker, the engi neer, descended the long steep ladders into the cof ferdam, to the depth of many feet under the bed of the river, and thirty feet under high water, and appeared to derive pleasure from an examination of the state and quality of the old and new work, and the means adopted for securing the foundations and the new facing the piers and arches with granite. The Tweed salmon fishings, we regret to state, continue very unproductive. The number of what are called beach trouts, which usually enter the river from the sea at this period in great abundance, is this year remarkably limited. The season, which closes on Tues day week, will be found to have been an exceedingly poor one throughout.—Berwick Warder. The French journals of Sunday speak in a less , despondent tone of the prospectii„ye state of 4he country during the winter. From several depart ments accounts were received that the harvest was much better than had been anticipal`d. Of corn there was an average crop, and the vintage was abundant, and of the finest quality. The vine growers had not experienced so fine a harvest since 1834. Still the commercial distress was very great in the interior, owing to extensive failures, which obliged several of the banks to contract their operations. The camp at Fontainbleau was broken up on Friday, after being reviewed by the KING. Though the weather was unfavourable, most of the Royal Family, the Foreign Ambassadors, and several of the great Officers of State, were present. The KING, with his own hand, distributed to officers and men about forty decorations. The Commission appointed to consider the question of the transmission of offices, met at the Chancellrie on Saturday. M. TESTE, Keeper of the Seals, presided. The following are the ques tions which were submitted to its consideration : " 1. Ought not more rigorous conditions for fitness, and more proportioned to the importance of the different orders of Ministerial offices, be imposed for admission? " 2. Ought not certain penalties, independent of the present discipline, to put down the abuse of those holding offices, and giving themselves up entirely to other business, b e imposed ; and ought not more rigorous limits be assigned to their functions ? 3 . would it not be proper to fix a period before which no titular can give up his charge, and his successor shall be refused admission ? " 4. In case the Government should make use of their right to create fresh offices, where the increase of business requires them, shall these new offices be hereditary, or shall they be only for life, and not transferable ?" The appointment of an Ambassador to the Porte TEA SALE—SEcoNn DAT. The sale was tolerably well attended—about one-third of what was put up sold—prices, except fine Congous, which were id. to lid per lb., higher than the previous rates ; other kinds as before. INDIGO SALE. The public sale of Indigo, consisting of 6,841 chests, com menced. There was a good attendance of the trade, and a tolerably fair sale; prices ruled much as before. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, OCT. 7. 7 —Wind E N.E. LIVERPOOL, OcT. 7.—Wind variable. Off port the Sheffield, Allen, from New York. Sailed the Neptune, Donald, for Valparaiso; Regalia, Cobb, Trinidad; Mars, Castles, New Orleans; Azores picket, Triggs, Alicant. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Wind E. N.E.—Arrived the Ariadne, Aire, from Odessa. Sailed the Berkshire, Clarkson, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 6. —Wind variable. FALMCIUMH, OCT. 6. —Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.— Arrived the Experiment, from Hamburg, leaky, bound to Pernambuco. OFF THE WIGHT, OCT. 7.—The Dorothea, Craig, from Grenada. MILFORD, OCT. 6.—Sailed the Aanel Von Kingsber gen, Martins, for Batavia; William and Elizabeth, Tay lor, Miramichi. CORK, OCT. 5. —Off port the Ann, Smith, for Prince Edward's Island, with loss of main boon and sails split. H U LL, OCT. 7.—Wind W.—Arrived the Westmore land, Yonge, from Miramichi; Freundschaft, Greehter, Memel. SHEERNESS, OCT. 7.—The vessel on shore on the Nore Sand is the Brankenmoor, Sharp, from St. Peters. burgh, bound to London. It is expected she will be got off. MARYPORT, OCT. 6.—The Isabella, Garrett, which sailed from here on the 30th ult., sprung a leak, and sank off the Mull of Galloway on the 2d instant ; crew saved. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. — The Celt, from St. Croix, to Liverpool, on the 11th ult., lat. 35, lon. 58, by the Dorothea, Craig, arrived off the Wight ; Liverpool steamer, from Liverpool to New York, on the 26th ult., lat. 60, lon. 22. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—We have had a good demand for Cotton to-day, and the quota tions of last Friday have been fully supported ; the transactions reach 4,000 bags, of which 500 have been taken for export. The Sheffield, from New York, off port, of the 13th. The Liverpool steamer, Liverpool to New York, was spoken 26th September, lat. 50, long. 22, five days out. The Lord Huntly, of Chepstow, is on shore in Wick low Bay, and is likely to be a total wreck.—Dublin, Oct. .5. From New Brunswick papers received to the Ist of September :—" The Provincial Legislature has been summoned to meet at Fredickton, for the despatch of business, on Tuesday, 10th proximo. The compliance of his Excellency with the request of our citizens, was prompt as it was kind and considerate. " On Wednesday last was launched, from the yard of Messrs. Smith, the splendid ship Glengarry, of 1,055 tons ; this beautiful vessel was built for Mr. Alexander Yeats, of this city, as she is the largest ship, and al lowed by disinterested judges to be the best ship that has graced our port, reflects the highest credit on the builders. Launched on Wednesday last, from the ship yard of Messrs. Ruddock, Portland, a splendid new ship, named the New York, of ten hundred tons burthen. " Another splendid and first-class ship of 900 tons, called the Ben Nevis, built for Mr. John Walker of this city, was launched on Wednesday from Mr. George Thompson's building yard, Portland. " We learn that a very severe storm of thunder and lightning was experienced at Amherst, Nova Scotia, last week. The same storm was likewise felt in parts of this Province." A letter received at Havre from Buenos Ayres has the following postscript :—" The widow of the late Pre sident of the Chamber ,of Deputies is dead. This unfor tunate blockade is the cause of all evil, and will ruin us, since for these fifteen months all European mer chandise is at an exorbitant price. Bread is at trebl e price. Wine is very scarce, and most people are_ obliged to drink water. Most of the merchants hav e sent their principal clerks to Monte Video to transac business there. We are surrounded with misery, owin g to Rosas being supported by two or three great ones and several assassins." Arrivals this morning, a French mail. Ship letters rrom Grenada and Trinidad. THE FUNDS. With regard to the singular transfer of stock which we mentioned yesterday, the prevailing opinion this morning at the Stock Exchange is, that the stock must be given up. It is expected that some kind of arrange ment between the parties will take place, for the stock being detained at the Bank, it will not be available to either party. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 904 i for Money, and 901 1 for the Ac count, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 4 2dis. ; in India Bonds nothing done ; India Stock 2464 2474. Bank Stock for the opening, 1854 1864. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing ; Spa nish Active as it closed 30-,i- -a ; Portuguese same as they left off, 364 ; Three per Cents, 244 25 ; Brazilian 73 74 ; Colombian 32-4 ; 1 ; Mexican, 321 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 54 ; Five per Cents. 1001 101 1 . We have very few arrivals this morning, consequently there is a general dearth of intelligence. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY IndiaS toc AT ONE O'CLOCK. . k — Sank stock -- : Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5..... ....... 90,kx,34 s z tt Ai ta u =ek V.., per Cent 3 i c ,, w ,. Di t Cent. t. Si o Annuities, 17,51 Ditto 14 /i e t w3 \3.ed 4p . e .. .. Per .. . - , i 74 N 8 ,h New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £l,l O 4 ds. Ditto 500... 3 1 dis. ' Bank Long Annuities toe x p ire Jan. 5, 18 60 ................. Ditto Small 11. m. Oct. 10, 1850 Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... pin. Jan. 5, IEBO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. IVO —l Consos for Account VA PRICES OF' FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK* Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds -• Ditto New Bonds ...... .. Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Dtto Accou t Columbian Bonds —; Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 16,24.... 32 1 ,i i Spanish Bonds 30 1 , li Ditto Account 3'% , Ditto Account, Danish Bonds —1 French, per cent....... —f. l - 74. n. i Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1625 — --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account — --- :3 pee neut..... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent 26% -- Exchange. —f —c : ~, Ditto Account —l Dutch, '- 7lg per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account s'-a Ditto Account 32N 4.1,i ; Ditto, 5 per cent lOl L. 4 Neapolitan — Ditto Account.... ...... -'--- PRICES OF' SHARES THI:3 DA'' , AT ONE O'CLOCK. Faid. Per Share. Brighton Railway London and Croydon Railway Company l4/. 15s. Cid. 1113; Ditto Scrip HALF-PAST ONE. The operations during the course of the morning, both in the British and Foreign markets, have been of minor importance, and very little has been doing in either of the Funds. Consols done, to the present time, at the opening prices of 9011 Money , and 90a 1 for Account ; Exche quer Bills, 4 dis. ; nothing done in India Bonds or Bank Stock. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 301 ; Por tuguese, a little lower, 361 ; Colombian, 32+ ; Mexican, 261 ; Danish, 751 ; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. ; 531 ; Five per Cents., 1011. It is expected that the Committee of the Stock Ex change will meet at three o'clock, to take into con sideration the extraordinary event which took place yesterday afternoon with respect to the transfer of five thousand pounds Consols, which was not paid for by a certain broker, late last night. It was reported that a relation of the broker had come forward to settle the affair. We learn that a quantit the Continent at the Bank CLOSING maristi Hank Ntock 3 per Cent licd 3 per Cent Cc.n. 90 3 ,4 3t4 per Cent. Re' , New 3;4 per Cent 97 IA New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 FO REIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent '02% Brazilian Bonds _ Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent _ Chilian, 6 per rent _ Coloinb , an, 6 per cent 'O% Ditto, ;824 Vi, , , Dar ish, 3 per cent ... 73:;i Creek 80-nds, 1825, 5 per et. -- Mexican, 5 per cent 2 6 IA Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 — Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent.,„ — SHARES. Great Western Railway 61% Ditto New Shares .............. Lon, on and Brighton Railway ....................... 17% London and Birmingham Runway 142 London and Croydon Railway (Truni,) 9%. Ditto Scrip ........................ 1 Manchester and ...... Railway ........... 6 Ditto ditto Extension :y of gold has arrived from 1 1 this morning. PRICES I FUNDS India St ick Ditto Bonds I ;itto Old Annuities — Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000 1 '),l 3 tlis Ditto 50 , 1 i dis . Ditto 5001 1 pm. Bank Stock for Opg — India Stock for Act. '248 Consols for Act ...,. 90 3 4 N FUNDS l'ortugcese Bonds, sper cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian. 5 per cent — Russian Bond!, 5 per cent llo'. Ditto, Metallic. 'Spanish, 3 per cent 30% Ditto, Deferred . French, S per cent Exchange French, Ziper cent ')etch,Ditto, —f —c —f. —c. 5 2 11 1)c c r en c t e . n .. ..... cent... .................... 1.03.7‘;4' According to the Gazelle de "ranee a Prussian and a Russian diplomatic amt at present stopping at Bo urges. ALEXANDRIA. SEPT. 16, 1839.—We wait with 14reat anxiety the arrival of news from Europe ; though from all we observe, the Paella is likely to profit l►ttle by the extraordinary moderation he has exhibited—a mo deration which, displayed in the full tide of success, ought to obtain for him the friendly opinion of Europe. Nobody doubts that he might, if he pleased, march upon Constantinople, and be every where received with open arms, for the Mus selman population regard him as theh saviour, and they look with natural distrust upon all the Chris tian Powers, who, one after another, have conspired to tear away, fragment after fragment of the Ottoman empire, about whose integrity they talk so much. Russia, whose whole history is a history of spolia ations of Islamism ; England, the destroyer of the Mahomedan power in India, and of late the cap turer of Aden in Arabia ; Austria, the invader, and th ___e now possessor, of the old provinces of Turkey on the Danube ; France, the despoiler of Algiers I It is somewhat too much for these great Powers to be perpetually parading their affection for the Os manlis—they having each in turn appropriated a portion of the Mahomedan spoils. If the great Powers who, in violation of all inter national law, have chosen to prevent an amicable settlement between two branches of the great Mus sulman family, propose to Mehemet Ali reasonable conditions, he is too wise to reject them. But if they suppose he is to be trifled with—if, in igno rance (and they are grossly ignorant) of the state of Mahomedan feeling, they push him to extremi ties, he will most assuredly fling himself upon the people, and who can foretell the issue ? Perhaps an Etuopean war. Nothing can be so false as the news spread by the hired press of Smyrna as to the state of Syria. The return of the Turks to Syria would be re garded as a fatal calamity. What would the Syrian Christians say, if the universal toleration of the Viceroy, were now supplanted by the old bigotry, persecution, and cruelty of the Turkish Pachas ? Quite as unfounded are the statements as to the discontent of the Turkish fleet. Between it and the Egyptians their exists a perfect fraternity. The reception of Mehemet Ali by the Turkish seamen, is always enthusiastic. What has been called the defection of the Paella, was the unanimous impulse of the whole fleet, which represents the nationality of the Mussulmans, and looks to the Viceroy as having the great mission to consolidate the empire. The Sud of Marseilles has the following cone spondence : " ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 16.—8 y the last packet-boat M. Cochelet, Consul-General of France, received instructions from Marshal Soult to inform Mehemet Ali that France could not sup port his excessive pretensions without causing an European war ; consequently she engages him to confine his claims to the concessions which have been made to him, and to restore the Turkish fleet, ' as, when France had promised to defend the Vice roy when he was attacked, against all honour and justice, by the Ottoman army, it was to defend the status quo, which has given way to another situa tion of affairs. M. Cochelet is besides charged to assure the Viceroy that France will not participate in the hostile demonstrations which might be made against him, and that she would even oppose by arms the invasion of Egypt by any European Power. Mehemet Ali, who was still indisposed when he received this notification, was much affected by it, and the determination he will take cannot be anticipated. • " P.S. It is now affirmed (8 o'clock P.m.) that the Viceroy has as yet given no reply to M. Coche let. M. Caille, Marshal Soult's aide•de-camp, is still here, and will not depart by this packet." THEATRES. COVENT- GARDEN. _ . " Love's Labours Lost" was again played here last night. The costume (as we have before intimated), the decorations, and scenery, were everything that the most fastidious could desire ; and it is evident that the kind of excellence which characterised Madame's former theatrical management will be seen at the larger and more splendid house over which her taste and tact preside. SURREY. Th., sea pieces produced here draw crowded houses, and Brick-eyed Susan. as well as Armstrong the Skip w, Ebt,if we mistake not, will have a long run. These drainauc sketches have in them all the elements of popularity, for they appeal powerfully to the sympathies of the spectator. The Advertiser notices the dramatic tableaux displayed at the Surrey in the following terms :—" Tom Cooke, in a strong and affecting ap peal to justice and humanity, excites popular indignation against those oruel proceedings under which the best defenders of the land have been put to death, tortured, degraded, and used worse than the most brutal planters in the colonies would use their slaves. Our navy at the present day, according to that oracle on naval affairs, the biographer of Admiral Lord Anson,. is in the most efficient state ; but where will he find seamen, glowing with love of the service, ready to sacrifice life under their old commanders, made dear to them by recollection of former kindness? Few, indeed, feel that regard. The discipline, not the service, is the object of dread. In Haines's nautical drama, entitled Armstrong the Ship wright, that discipline is clearly explained and con demned. It is, however, but one of the many instances of systematic cruelty. A nob le-hearted, free-born Eng lishman is forcibly impressed i nto the service. He saves his captain's life ; is beloved by his shipmates, and in a moment of inebriety is struck by a young midshipman. In a state of excitement, on receiving a blow from a boy, he returns it. He is consequently condemned by a court-martial to suffer death at the yard-arm. His cap tain interferes to save his life, and succeeds, but the utmost mercy he can obtain is, to be flogged round tho fleet at Spithead. The working of such a sentence upon the mind of an honest, respectable man is well expressed by T. P. Cooke. It is the agony which many victims in the navy have endured. He is loudly and deservedly applauded by the audience. The features of this drama are recognised by all who are familiar with the service. It developcs a true but painful picture of the navy as it was conducted, under Pitt and Melville, in the reign of George the Third." The Earl of Durham arrived at Lambton Castle, on Wednesday, from Mu!grave Castle, where his Lordship had stopped on his way from the_ South, on a visit to the Marquis of Normanby.—Dur/iant Chronicle. The second son of the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal to her Majesty) expired last night. The death of this amiable and accomplished youth has plunged the family into the depths of grief. THE SPEAKER'S HOUSE.—The Commission : , ers of Woods and Forests 'slave taken one of the spacious new mansions in Eaton•square, adjoining Lord Frede rick Fitzclarenee's house, for the future official residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons. The Right Hon. Gentleman will take possession of his new mansion after Christmas, when he will give up his present resi dence in Eaton-place. Mr. Cubitt, the Marquis of Westminster's builder, is constructing two additional apartments, namely, a dining room, where the Speaker will give his Parliamentary dinners next season, and a drawing-room, in the Speaker's new house, by the direc tion of the Commissioners. Dr. Bowring has arrived in town from his com mercial mission to the German States. _ _ MULGRAVE CASTLE.—On the afternoon of Sunday last, Lord Durham and suite arrived at Mul grave Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Normanby. It was reported he was to come by the railway, and the result was that between three and four hundred persons had assembled at and near the railway station, Whitby, to give his Lordship a hearty welcome to Old Whitby. On his Lordship, however, reaching Pickering, and finding that the railway did not ply on Sundays, he had to post it the other road, which caused him to miss Whitby altogether. On this being made known to the anxious assemblage, they bad to return to their homes very much disappointed. We have no hesitation in saying, had they known, they would have met him at Sleightsbridge, or even at the tunnel, their anxiety was so great to have a sight of his Lordship.— York Herald. ROGUE MONEY.—The Act 2d and 3d of Vic toria, c. 65, entitled An Act to amend the mode of Assessing the Rogue M one y in Scotlan d , and to ex tend the purposes of such Assessment," was, at a meet ing of Commissioners of Supply for the county of Rox burgh, held at Jedburgh on Tuesday last, laid on the table. • The Sheriff! we observe, contemplates riots at all events. He thought it preferable to have few men, r egularly drilled in their duty (most valiant Commodore ra ther than the present mode of Special Constables!! --Kelso Chronicle. AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY.--Notwith standing the boasted comfort of the peasantry the rustic rogues appear less sen s ibl e o f th e a d vantages th e y en joy than might be expected—perhaps the price of bread has something to do with their ignorant impatience under the blessings of low wages and dear food — blessings bestowed by the beneficent Corn-laws. The country papers contain numerous accounts of incen diary fires, sheep-stealing and robberies, with a fair l quantity of other offences against the per son, as well as the property of their neighbours. When will the farmers and the " farmers' friends" take a common sense view of the mischievous and most cruel Corn-law fallacy ? EVF.NrINTG 141.DITION. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT. (THISD A George Corbett Goldsmid, the son of Mr. Goldsmid of the Stock Exchange, whose case was before the Court yesterday, was again brought up to-day. The case was adjourned from yesterday till to-day for the purpose of enabling the insolvent to file certain accounts connected with a coal commission business which the insolvent , had carried on. He was opposed by a Mr. Medee, a cigar -dealer, carrying on business in the Haymarket, to whom he was indebted to the extent of nearly 201. for cigars, cigar cases, pipes, snuff boxes, and other things. In the course of the proceed 'alae's it was stated that the elder Mr. Goldsmid had offered to pay the bona fide creditors of his son, but had refused to be answerable for the debts of those who had recklessly given credit to the insolvent, as the facility they had given his son to get in debt, had been his ruin. The debts of the insolvent amounted altogether to between 5001. and 6001., of which about 3001. were bonalide. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, this morning, the ac counts having been filed, declared the insolvent who had been out on bail, entitled to the benefit of the Act, and ordered him to be discharged. ACCOMMODATION BlLLS.—James Smith, a baker, who had carried on business at Windsor, was brought up on his petition to be discharged. The insolvent was opposed by a Mr. Lea, a cheesemonger, in Great Russell -street, Coveat-garden. It appeared from the statements of Mr. Lea, that the insolvent had accepted a bill for the accommodation of his brother for 251., for which Mr. Lea as an act of kindness, had given hint the full amount in cash. That bid had never been paid, and of this Mr. Lea complained, as it had been admitted by the insolvent, that he had received under a will through his wife, 5001. The insolvent declared that his brother bad assured him, that the bill had been paid, which he believed to be the fact, up to the time when Mr. Lea applied to him about i► four months afterwards, when he was not in circumstances to enable him to pay the bill. Mr. Lea said he should not have appeared to op pose the insolvent if the debt had been incurred for goods out of his shop, but he considered it extremely hard that he should lose twenty-five pounds hard cash, by a transaction which had not benefited him a farthing. The insolvent in answer to a question from the Court stated that be was not aware where his brother was to be found. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the insolvent's brother must be produced, and for that purpose be should remand the ease to Friday. The insolvent who had been out on bail, was then remanded. A pretty strong proof that the complain t of Mr. Lea was well founded. GUILDHALL -(THIS DAY.) Thomas Buswin, a porter at the Courier OPT, was charged, before Mr. Alderman Harmer, with having conducted himself in a disorderly manner in the street. Mr. John Chamberlain, of 164, Fleet-street, stated, th it he was passing Anderton's Coffee-house, yester day, when the prisoner who had a parcel of news papers on his back ran violently against him. He at . first thought it an accident, but the prisoner almost immediately ran against 'two females, one of wile ° was nearly knocked under a carriage. On complaT ing to the prisoner that his conduct was exceedingl improper, he became very abusive and proceeded oa his course, knocking down a boy on his way. He was ultimately given into custody. He (Mr. Chamberlain) came forward entirely on public grounds. The prisonerin his defence said he did no such thing. Mr. Alderman HARMER—Do you think this gen* tleman would hate taken the trouble of coming here, if your conduct had not been such as he describes. If you want to be expeditious you must go into the road and not among the passengers on the pavement. The worthy Alderman said he should fine him ss but if brought up again on a similar charge, be would be fined 51. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.--- On Tuesday night last, some scoundrel,ln order, as is supposed, to wreak his hellish vengeance on the Com pany, placed a sleeper across the rails, about two or three miles on the Birmingham side of Wolverton, by which the lives of all the passengers travelling from London by the five o'clock train were endangered. The engine, from its weight and velocity, passed over the wood without losing the rail, and the next coach to it with breaking the axletree. The passengers, by this sudden jerk, were thrown from their seats, but escaped • without any injury. Four or five of the next carriages also passed over without damag e, but the mail, which was the centre carriage, was thrown off, and for n ear I. a mile dragged over the chains and other impediment! n the road. A gentleman who was in the mail describes the motion as most awful, the carriage pitching forward every moment, throwing the passengers with great vio lence against the sides end roof. The guard was thrown off into a ditch, and, though stunned by the fall, escaped without any serious injury. From some cause or other the engineer was unable to stop the train for nearly a mile, when it was discovered that the mail coach and the second class coach next the engine were so much injured that they could not proceed ; nor could they, with all the efforts of the engineers and other persons about the train, be removed out of the way. After a lapse of about two hours, and with the aid of another engine from Wolverton, the train proceeded, leaving the two damaged carriages behind.—Northampton Herald. THE NEW FAITH.—The Tory papers have crowded their columns during the past week with a re port of what they call a Great Protestant Meeting" at Manchester. The intolerant and intolerable language used by the speakers at this assembly far exceeded in brutality anything uttered by the Chartists in their mo ments of excitement, but it seems that sedition is pri vileged among certain classes, and only to be punished when spoken by the poor. The zeal of this meeting was ostensibly directed against Popery ; but its real objects were political. The tone of the speeches be trayed the fact that religion was there, as it has been in ail ages of the worid, made merely the engine for party purposes. Loud and vehement was the outcry against the progress of Popery.—Senzerset County Chronicle. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday after noon a waterman named Norman and his son were row ing up the river in a boat containing a quantity of beds and boxes belonging to various Custom-house officers , when the steam-ship Antwerpen passed them on her wait down the river, and the swell caused by her was so great that the surf washed ever Norman's boat and imme diately swamped her, and both father and son were placed in a most perilous situation. The two Normans, who were struggling in the water far apart from each other, were picked up by some seamen in two boats which put off from the pier near Rotherhithe Platforn3, off' which place the occurrence happened. A great pot*. tion of the property was picked up by tw o Thames police constables. THE FARMER'S REAL FRIENDS. -Meetings like those at Richmond and Guisborough are, of all the . plans that could be devised, the best for securing 01.1: " protection" for the English fanner, which aristocrat!_ cupidity and poverty-striken indolence vainly expect derive from the Corn-laws. In Associations such as.e b ' honour to the North Riding of Yorkshire, the Eng l . ls , farmer stands upon his own defence, boldly comPe tlii _. with his foreign neighbour in the common field of en with terprise and ingenuity, and looking for profits and . P1 . ,. ° 41 perity, not in monopolies and excessive prices, hc:_, l the increased production, consequent upon tale9t,n the increased consumption, which cheap producti.od by variably commands. What a contrast is anod e , _ a the speeches of the Duke of Buckingham at Brill, the Earl of Zetland at Richmond, during the last T: ce clays—what an instructive illustration of the at: o r:c oy between the real and the pretended friends t British farmer.—Gateshead Observer. The musical world of Paris are in raptures wit,h,. a new tenor singer, who has just made h is debut at at Opera Comique. He was leader of th e orchestr'nri_ that theatre, hut having given much satisf actionin a the vate concerts, was induced to turn his atten tion stage. Some of the notes of his voice are quite tottvirili ordinary. Many good judges of music say that be soon be a formidable opponent to Duprez. bi t ion Baron Dupotet gave another public ex-L a t of his experiments on animal magnetism on FridgarY the Athenee. On this occasion some extra the the things occurred. One female was so affected hY,oung fluid that it required six persons to hold her. A e ' As man also was affected to about an equal degret.i 11 jeece, no suspicion of collusion was entertained b y the a . .. c i o g M. Dupotet has made a great step to wards con the hitherto incredulous.—Letter fl orn Paris. On DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT'_a w t Thursday last, about 12 o'clock , a frightfulh cu rr o , occurred at the iron foundry of M essrs. Smit,.n6 ! a ..ste ne, and Co., at Leamington. A tremendous grier o lishing weighing two tons, used for the p ur p ose 0 fe Lir stoves, and worked by Amin, suddenly burst lied 01 , parts, one of which, by the force of the steam a rtitin n* chincry, was driven through two wooden P c , _ w an broke a lathe-bed in its way, and then stru _ empl oyed Ezra Rutter, t levieral on the whosepr ebmoi,sieys was afaturner, yo y ar rapidity of its passage to the distance of se a ueo' L e C e lathe, composed of two pieces of o coot s _ e t be breaking, in its destructive course, ironthe bedl of idi rau thickness. The unfortunme man was cru h . t cl, 1 " tie most dreadful manner, and when the body was I ,e s u be fa verdict of "it vitearsdaai,triatinladtedrectourrposeed A a coroner's inquest, w . a ideri tal yes Leamington . w E Chr onicle. ED . ping the 111°I. • that of of Wednesday last, so great was the fall oEL L f rain expectedly WEED. —Durin g the course of the forenoon the Tweed unesy cio d i es swelled to such a height that a quantity of lore to different individuals in the ta .L.. ., b a d svvele°pntgfitr'ogm the channel on the Anna, where they bad been laid out to bleach. The loss sustained bY lost individuals has been considerable. One sustained nearly two dozen men's linen shirts, notwitas, rev eet every eff irt was made, at great personal risk , tf i ifeji7aa• them being carried down by the current.—Ke s ;~ ... f