The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

.d. This n rought tor ad in the tor, e in what reN, aw s everal th li h. The Sheep i .ed them ; r observatiow istance has or oth in 1)0 011 it has b ,e , in this coun ts) e care and s l l ' From chang e " ght, and yel tl inquiry 1 !°, Lsts, on be* xpression, 0 .1 ; al their Wu' consequenq , t the butebe'", 'he supplies! of 40 Bet: of fair salmi'' e importati u r. amou nted"' o previous! Sheep. 764 232 330 • 1,326 head zing dis allock suPP",, y ear , the .1• t : ring's mark to ver recollect 0- quality 0 0 of the WAS iou'" au,'„` cood r4b e speaking, wimest Se°A costly disposv, le of all Dal 1 per Sibs, ° P , etiectia# of depressl 'stershire, )0 short he ll — a Ili hridgesh i :, - from efords, Run 1300 of Ws'', polled Sep. The nu e' ) say large. ices about eV; and at ugh the supell sled ex vel e / al 2d to 4cl Porkers u e o ,' Te almost° 8 . &I: 1 ' 5 6 itto... 3 n g gig ditto.. 9 a ethers 3 10 it woo l 5 B 0 3 8 cn I,eachlB ..„ 00000 0 0 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND VUtatt 1 4; tnton. " Who runs may read." l'o2.2sztlztr. Louis Philippe left St. Cloud for Fontainbleau on — ri daY, accomp an i e d b y C ount d e M onts li vet , an d wa s Fl return to Paris on Sunday evening. His Majesty, it Is said, intend s to give fetes in that splendid residence Ott the occasion of the marriage of the Duke d'Aumale. The ordonnance fur the re organisation of the Poly rink kScho o l i s compose d of s i xt) - one art i c l es , repro ducinging the principal regu l a ti ons o f th e ordonnance of Oct, e ' 30, 1832. The Commission appointed by the Mi nistry for the re-organisation has preserved all the ele ments Which h ave ren d ere d t h e S c h oo l so ce l e brated. The principal innovation relates to the intervention of re Acad emy of Sciences, which is no longer to have a ntrect presentation for professorships, &e. The School euntinues to be subject to military discipline, and the Ituliztils are t o reta i n their un i torm. Noth i ng i s sa id o f Z,expulsi ons on account of the late insubordination., le Paris C our t o f A ss i ze, a f ter h av i ng b een e n gaged for l . six days with th e t r i a l o f a b an d o f no t . less than; forty-one thieves, nearly all of them of the lowest grade, 1 ; 14 just p ronounced its judgment upon the pr i soners. very few of th em were acquitted ; and the others, some O * hem were livi ng i n a state of concubinage with the I L eaders o f t h e gang, received sentence to various terms of Imprisonment ; in some cases with hard labour for ten, fifteen, or twenty years. Lenoir, a receiver, who had Pr e some time b een li v i ng i n apparen t res p ec t a bility as a Jwilar:illieabr,zs.. sentenced to five years' imprisonment, with ,The 25th o f t h e present month is f i xe d f or t h e open i ng of tt.e E ng li sh plays at the noise Itaiien, and every thing kligurs most favourably fur the success of the en terprise. Nothing can exceed the good feeling manifested g ene rally by the P ar i s p ress i n f avour o f the undertaking, a fe eling onginating doubtless in acknowledgment of the m°ntficent encouragement given _to the dramatic art of atre in France L by on N d l o r n ..Mitchell, as director of the French the: - The p r i ce of bread in Paris, for the first fortn i g h t o f the Present month, is fixed at 32 centimes the -kilo erernme for the first quality, about 44:1. the 41b. loaf. We learn from Presburg that the Hungarian Diet has ehine to a resolution that the nobility shall contribute a the towards the expenditure of the State, but that ra Lne Governm ent i s Dot to have the application of the ▪ ir n y • The am ount o f sti b s id y i s on ly eq ual to 250,0001., ' is a very small sum, considering the immense atonal possessions of some of the nobles. .„,_ Madrid j ournal g i ves the fo ll ow i ng name s as being Carlos the numerous distingu i she d part i sans o f Don 41trflosovvf theh o have di e d i n ex il e ; v i z . Father Altemir, Ge- Ord er a the Cordeliers ; Counsellors Gil , . a nzano, Baron de Juras Reales, and storan ; Generals *t"hev L ia reiaeraend Llang ostera ; an d l a t e ly, at Lyons, the Cure The Earle"ralr—lPASllU°26.4"l": Staffordshirenf Harrowby has returned to Sandon Hall he a l t h • visc,ofrom and Harrogate, in grea imroved n Lady Frances S andon and p family. I r r e ir i sta Y i ngwith the Noble Earl. On Thursday the 6 06 ' e aS Presid ent of the S ta ff or d s hi re A u xiliary B ible tY, presided at the annual meeting at Stafford. The Earl of Erroll has arrived in town from Slains teftstie, Aberdeenshire. The Countess and Ladies Hay ave left th e Castle for the season and are now making isits on their way to the metropolis. oLord and Lady Alexander Russell, Lord Alexander nhox, and m os t o f t h e guests o f t h e D u k e an d Du c h e ss Richmond, at Gordon Castle, left the ducal seat last Pub vreek for th e south. The Duke ' s tenantry cele b rated b y Public dinners the birth of the daughter of the Earl and Countess of March at Fochabers, and the Strathaven and Clenlivat tenantry dined at Tomintoul. The Earl of Devon is daily expected to reach Powder : Castle, his Lordship's seat in Devonshire, from Irelatzd, where the Noble and Learned Earl has been 14 , gageci since the close of th e l ate par li amentary sess i on A.,h the investigations bef o r e th e tenure o f l and commis ""- Lord acid Lady Courtenay are at the c a stl e , but le ave sho rt l y for Molt, near Salcombe. The Earl of Lichfield, who is staying with the Coun tels and family at Naples for the winter, has consider ably improved in health. Lord and Lady Ashley, on returning to town from : inn sor Castle, goGiles's, the Earl of Shaftes ury's seat in Dorsetshire, where a family party is about to Assemble. Loll Henry Bentinck arrived at Lincoln last week 131 his shooting box in the Highlands fur the hunting -ca se% v, The Hon. George Herbert, third son of tbe Earl of 41316 - 8 , has just entered St. John's College, Cambridge. • efraticiaszaosiststrao, Admiral Mackan, French Minister of Marine, has writte n a very handsome letter to Sir Charles Rowley ; t i l l _ Ln king him and the English o ffi cers at Portsmoutsh thefo mLaettention and urbanity they displayed towards the 11 of the French navy, on occasion o We visit.the he funeral of the Countess Berkeley is appointed for b e ph, when the mortal remains a the Countess are to sited in Cranford Church. ti t ;,r Galw a y Vi n di cator says, that in consequenc e of enuo ,, ll , b},ic _attention which has been drawn to the tal k t adaptation of Galway to answer as a pac...e ft tion for 13 ritish intercourse with America, Govern tlent has ordered her Majesty's war steamer the Cyclops, o r a ,P t4 in Austen, to proceed to this port for the purpose ' n sPectin he bay, and reporting the result to the A dru g t ira,lty. thewA the M anchester municipal elections, in eleven o f datescards th ere was no opposition, and all the cand i- retu x i ,rued were Liberals. The total result was 13 erals and 3 Con servat i ves e l ec ted. portable w i n d i nstrument, adapted for s i gna l s on : 4 ` w aYe, and also f or t h e use o f t h e po li ce , or game . eepers, was submitted, o through C 1 on. 1 wylde, to the in sPectio n of P r i nce Albert on Saturday, by Mr. . -t :ard Portesus, one of the band of the Scotch Fusilier rds. Beal Highness was pleased to express 415 approbation of the inven tion. About 5,000 acres of Dartmoor have been purchased a company, w h o h ave already fenced and drained vparto f it, and calculate on letting the whole at 10s. ptr ' acr e- Hitherto the land has been waste. • ....„,, a n w active opp os i t i on to the Kendal and Windermere ay has sprung up in the locality which it In- Aten_nedto traverse. At a public meeting held the other Professor Wilson in the chair, resolutions were 1 1 7, 4 14 pledging those present to oppose the railway by Swfinagnd subscriptions were entered into to cagy that object into effect. ta e; h ri a: l y: t 'l the n3 : ol 4 lo n returns from the Small-pox Hospi duj!) "PP ears that thee has been admitted 496 patients na otiti ! ten montlio, averaging fifty patients per the year 11,7" ere has not b een so large an admission since On S at 81, except in 1838, w h en the number was 712. A rt of arday the R ev. Joseph Pullen d e li vere d t h e Gresh lec am eaaceoreurse of l ectures on astronoulY, at the rn Celle "ree are z ge, Basinghall-st ree t, City. Thez,f3 farces, and it would be well if they cou 1 aotae e stfu ,Y with alt oget h er, an d t h e money applied to Mr,y ee P Ileurpopurposes.'ering Irish Solicitor-General, has been suf- Leatinrurn ill ness for some weeks past. He went to deei v i o :th, eta subsequently to Buxton, in the hope of turned to ;,.9efit from the watershas d a l r!- Ik thgatow is not at all better than he had left it. Ilea „ r auteatasnast:rince Albert, et)11/0NEss'AIESTY'S VISI - T TO THE MARQUIS AND MAR. : u'Lighll ea E XETER.—IIer Majesty and his Royal earl (34 sor cat Present determined upon, will leave Wind aMording to the arrange thence Tuesday morning, the 12th instant In , the Y hour, for Slough. proceeding Iv av carriage of the Great Western Rail svler.-7,-'PanY to Paddington. From that terminus, a ad t" •rayal carriaes will be in waiting, the Queen ii:)the rekee, attended by a military escort, will .e,eed to we Ruston square station . of the Birmingham atsciltiwonay, 'which is by a special train to the Ronde abo ut ante st,awt:onich is sixty miles from the metropolis, and thi s f° rtY miles distant from Burghley floase• At the royal carriages will be _in attend c Msts,,t? of her Majesty to the residence of th being r ' - ' s of Exeter. Detachments of cavalry, relays stati the Red at different points of the road throughout Stamford whole lin e of route from the railway station to ti araf ° l- d, will form her Majesty's escort to Burghley . °llB e. It is not improbable, however, that her Ma 'CV may travel by the railway to Weedon (nine miles ,Yond Roade) and from that station in the royal car ',ages. to Burghley. -03,_1112 Maus. ---- SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.—The tninsular Company's steam-packet, Pasha, arrived in tie docks at 11 o'clock, a.m., this day, and landed the t ve braltar and Peninsular mails, which were forwarded to 'tbdon by the one o ' clock train. She left Gibraltar on the 2 . ..NI Of October, Cadiz on the 26th, Lisbon on the 28th, aovl Operto on the 29th. The Pasha has only five pa ss , agars, and a small fruit cargo. The following vessels wer.,' at Gibraltar:—Her Majesty'sl` ship Scout, batch frigates' 1. - thyti and Pallas, and brig snelbeid, banish brig, stea Inor Hekla, Swedish corvette Carlskrona, schooner rAigle, aki;strian corvette Ad is ; at Cadiz, C SPanish b r i g SebebtanS, French b r i g V al i ance, steamer and astor; at Lisbon her M a j esty ' s s hi p A lbi on, French brig Voltage. The R oya l W est I n di a mail pack e t T ay, Captafti Sharpe, left h er moor i ngs In the river, and steaofed out upon her out ward voyage at two o' c l oc k a . m . t hi s day, after re ceiving the mails, which were unusually large, for South America and the West Indies. The Tay takes out 72 Passengers, several of whom are for Madeira, also 1,450 bottles of quicksil ver , an d a large number of parcels. Sunday, Nov. 3. v The Great Li verpoo l , Capt. 'Cloud, N M for Al exandria with the India and China mails , also 29 xPass eng erst.and a f u ll cargo o f Manchester goods. Joins LANGAN, THE EX-PUGILIST.—Mr. John 1 - .oo gan, better known in the sporting world as " Jack lacar;ae,” who in the prize -fighting ring some years ago f t , tight a pitched battle with Spring, last week purchased Thornton-ball estate for 9,0001. The property is situate near to the domain of Sir Maa;ey Stanley, Bart.,. of Hooton, near Ches ter. Langan ha; amassed a considerable sum of money in the business of k ‘ rf hotel-keeper near to the Liverpool Docks, and from his good nonduct retires into private life Much respected by his fellow-citizens. Jack, who has lade his money chiefly by the sale of distilled liquid, hi AS this week forwarded no less a sum than 601 for tb t ' relief of the distresses of Father Mathew. 'T. CLEMENT DANES, STRAND.—The sum realised for t 'le seats in the churchyard of the above parish,. to view . the royal procession, on the 28th October, after all exp els , ses having been paid, amounted to 311., which has bee s k Dpropriated for the benefit of the parochial chari ties,.....\ Villittni Cull and William Wilkinson, church -warden% t ; David Boobbyer, treasurer. PIP 6 9. I 3 Elsi#S.l• 0 14 0 these ni . s , d e, the ttra i le it h quality. . errwecorlol3o d Mutton te l , ‘ previous ro declined 0 1 0 casts and sb. sided imps, lvance in P,j 7 have r 4. ci• 1° ; 2 4 5 0 2 9 . 3 g Calves.' 14' 2t —"" 20 tr b ..... rig..... 1: 0 • 60 gio go so 20 so 70 no 40 j 6 7; 290 425 ow 145 relit r. I • 5, 0 2. - qrs. I • 3 4 - Foreign s;j fllportant, 04 , Z) belt' in std 'ooi is a o_ 4 5. The in3Qe-,1 c hiefly fr' CX.33 0 . ?otatoeg sti tons; in gra n tolerably her kiDds ET. as ' most Jai de early eYer) 0 11. ations art g o, r ,,, k ussex ati e ker. The althoug h 20w a very re !es cannOSA scarce, $ l ll, ther aboY o sprine, 0 . k al i) ea Cash' • LTIVS S ' mi i A . the In" g 4i, vember' 1 :0 revisal 0 4#0 n. Thi 3 / 0 0 , of obje cts u to th e, ic ee corrarl e ,,H" 'ec t ° a w this pi -, eo r ed e very 1 0 mporlat!,, ° natinuatl"— ,otatoeS d cy i e rtY objec.# o 10 0 6th' o f the qur if of that ' II 'tit _ , redUCO Lo pe w hy of h" r. P. at Au be :tbi t , ch shc i tle& • I saut o e alreso9o3l4, If See e gbg nite ototato, 500, 00° the quanti„:jeff 10 07 E" law I° ' „ or then DIA per„f goject ° f 1a bete' • long ° off' 5 not bet the 01$° o'c•- i n ch f °r a Y 9 ' w0r 0.4 day - ' t •esolve E)2111 be " 1 to .r, - 11 I,ohirtYe 0 Lt thel,7 l , it for fib' c o vio v i ell 1;13 the rty t hsl3 t,res l4 n . l a ter - t o, twore the . of 'bon • ,troc dler r. 31. ..., 102 0 3A 10 04 1036 •• t. CO* 16 , , 10 9 N. 10d vi srA ye , rdAY e f r ol ac ape'' , _, , T o th novr,h ' - e CO" it 0 1 Lich ° 0 0' pers . s o ts :st did MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIIIEE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were to a moderate extent, and at steady rates, and 4,000 bales changed hands, inclusive of 1,000 on speculation. — There was no alteration in Shares. The minor French lines were still in request. Bristol and Gloucester, 434; Chester and Birkenhead, 4; Churnet Valley, 3i-; Direct Northern, 21 9s. Bd.; Dublin and Cashel, 9; Eastern Counties, 13 1 1; Ditto, Perpetual, No. I, 3/. 12s. 4d.; Ely and Bedford, 1/. 6s. 91; Glasgow and Greem;clc, 124; Grand Junction, 206; Ditto, Halves, 1034; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 324; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 36i; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 241; Midland Coun ties, 1074; Newcastle and Darlington, 484; North Union, 1304; Sheffie'd and Manchester, 9w-; South. Eastern, 424; Ditto, New, 151; Trent Valley, 84; York and Scarborough, 40; Lyons and Avignon, 21. Bs. 6d; Paris an.d Lyons, 24; Ditto and Orleans, 391; Paris and Rouen, 40; Ditto and Strasburg, 2 1. ss. 6d.; Strasburg and Bale, 10-i; Orleans,Tours, and Bordeaux, 31. 16s. 3d. Sambre aril Meuse, 24. Among the more important signs of the times, as connected with the affairs of Ireland, and the more rapid development of its resources, natural and acquired, is the extension of railways between the principal parts of the island. And it must be gratifying to all those who really have the welfare of Ireland at heart to find, now that the lerviiur forrepeal has received a check from the princi pal agitator himself in favour of federalism, that parties of ww.lth and importance are stepping forward to encourage rapidity of intercourse in Ireland by means of railways. Blink the fact however we may, the moneyed men of this part of the United Kingdom have for years hesitated to connect themselves with nearly all the im portant plans that have been brought forward to im prove the condition of the people of the sister isle. What a new state of things, under hope of poli tical quietude and increased industry, will prevail in this country ! The proof is that our capitalists are now anxious to support plans for the formation of railways, &c., in Ireland, and that ere long, under favourable cir cumstances, a portion of the surplus money of the richer classes of England will be invested in property in Ireland—a desideratum long looked for on the other side of the Channel. The private commercial accounts received to-day from India and China are not of much interest. Money was more plentiful, and the prospects of trade good. The Consol Market has not been firm this morning, Money being in request for commercial purposes. The expectation, too, that the new loan for the French Go vernment for about 12,000,0001., the adjudication for which is expected to be made to-morrow, rather tends to tighten the Money Market. No doubt the loan, if brought out by an influential firm in the City, would be eagerly subscribed for, as investments in new rail ways are not so much sought after as they were. Consols for Money have been quoted at 994, and for the Account at 994 to par. The premium on Exche quer bills is again lower, viz., at 645. The Commis sioners took Consols to-day at 994. Bank Stock opened at 2044 and is now 4 per cent. lower. An improvement has taken place in the Converted Portuguese Bonds this morning, from 524 to 534 4 ; Spanish Actives have been sold at 231 ; the Three per Cents. at 35 ; the Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. at 624 ; Colombian at 14 ; and Mexican at 34k. The New Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 4 to 4 per cent. premium, but there is scarcely any of it in the market. In Railway Shares there has not been much busi ness done to-day. In general, prices are rather lower lian at the close of last week. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock.... .......,............................... 204% 204 3 per Cent.. Reduced Annuities 99% 99 3 per Cent. Coniols. Anna 9 97ii% New 314 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... ..... Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Bonds,l,ooU Ditto under 1,000...............:... ....... ............. 90 Consol. for Account .........4........................ 99% 100 Exchequer Bills.. I%d. 116 d. h001.......1................»:.' ..«.«.»» 65 64 pm. Ditto 5nia11.....0 . r oo•-• ..... 9n 4 Ditto Adverti s ed +- FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bends. ........ ................ ....... .. ..... 14 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cen t ......... ... ........ ... ..... 34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. .... - •... Ditto Converted Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto for tne Account 23% Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account .....".-."......." 35 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43 Ditto Deferred.. .... . Dutch 2% per Cents.. .... .............. ....... ..... Dutch 5 per Cent 5......................... ..... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE Bristol and Exeter ........ -........ 70 ..... .... 75 Bristol and Gloucester 3O ..... .... 42 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 ..».....6%% ... to Chur..et Valley ..•»................ - Etsiern Counties ................... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... .... 60 Ely and Bedford -.... ..... 1% Greats Southern and Western] 5 lO% to (Ireland) Great Western ....................... 75 »•-•••" 141......... to 140 Ditto % Shares ...........,......... 00 ..»•«•• 87 86 to 87 Hull and Selby London and Birmingham. lOO ... ... . to Ditto New Thirds .......... ........ 2 36% to London and 81ackwa11...........—. 16% ...... 6 to London and Brighton ............... 50 ......... 47 London and Greenwich 12% ...... 9%% ... to London and York 2% 3% % to Midland ..... ......... Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ......... 48 434 Norwich and Brandon Portsmouth Direct ................ 1 . South Eastern and Dover Ditto New .......... ................ .. 4 Y ar mouth and Norwich 2O ..... .... 25%% ... to Ynrk and North Midland ..« 5O ......... ..... .... to Ditto Selby Scrip C en tral of France (Ma5terma ............. n'5) 9 ....... Ditto Constituted Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ......... 3%....•• to Paris and Lyons 2 - p arisan d R0uen....................... 20 ..... .... 39% 38% to 39% 39 Pails and Stra bourg London Joint Stock PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, OCT. 31. 3 per Cent. Console 99% Three and a Quarter St ock~.. Ditto New, Ib3o 3 1 % per Cent. Debentures — Lo g Annuities Bank Stock Grand Canal Debenture s,6 p er Cent. Royal Canal Stock '79% 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures 4 per Cent. City O e hentures ... Kingstown Railway Debentures 10935 LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and K. Railway go % D ro gheda Ditto...- 'lo Great Southern and Western 5 . ...... .. 9% Dublin and Cachet d itto Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% ..... 3% 4% Athlone Railway .. 2% Hibernian sank 2535 10 13% Royal Bank ...... National Insurance ............ 25 ..... .... 34 Patriotic ditto 7 Mining Company of 1re1an . d ."........." Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company lOO Ditto Ditto 5O 52% Ditto Difto. 1836 - . 5O 52 British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company Limerick Extension Railway MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 2.—We con tinue to have a fair inquiry for Stock, and prices remain '..10 steady.—Manchester and Leeds, 1 13 ; Di t t i O r , k H e Al f e a S d h a a r e n s d , 48 ; Sheffield and Manchester , 984 ; B - 1 4anchester 7. Birmingham and Preston, 84 ; Bolton, ,_ _. , f 6 ri d d .o 7 and d l d .i e n r c s o fi l e n m , 2 a 2 n i d ; • w i ga i?,- d an .n d !,, a i r v o e r r d po 2 6l s , s s Sheff Lincoln, 2 ; Trent NfOeY , gi; West Yorkshire, 94 9; ield, 44; N.Lnchestor a nd Buxton, 2;Sheffield and I to C 2 a s m s . b Manchester and Liverpool .r.,!4trict Bank, 101. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE BOYS of IsE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, GREENWICH. -011 Saturday, at two o'clock, the boys of this institution, comprising the upper and lower schools, amounting in number to eight hundred pupils, assembled in front of the building im mediately adjacent to the Victoria and Albert ship sloop of war (which has been erected therein for naval prac tice), to receive a splendid set of colours (four in number) as a reward for good conduct and great pro gress in their studies.' There were present the Go vernor, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., the Lieutenant-Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., Lieutenant Rouse, Captain Superintendent of the schools, Captains Simpson, Dayell, and Garrett, Lieut. and Adjutant Rivers, and a party of elegantly attired ladies, Mr. E. Riddell, head master of the nautical school, Rev. John Hill, head master of the upper school, and Mr. E. Hughes, head master of the lower school. The weather being very wet, the Governor directed Captain Rouse to march the schools to the Painted Hall, where they assembled at half-past two, preceded by the excellent little band of the establishment, in full military order. The Governor, Sir Robert Stopford, then presented the colours with a suitable and feeling address, explaining to them the facred and honourable duty which they imposed, and that, shorld they be called upon, on some future day, to defend the honour and in terests of their country, they would not be found want ing. The Governor explained to them that the Lords of the Admiralty had directed the colours to be presented to them as a reward for good service, and zealous atten tion to their studies. After the ceremony of presenting the colours, the Admiral handed twenty-four silver medals to as many boys who had distinguished them selves in their respective duties in gymnastics and school acquirements. The medals are nearly the size of a crown piece ; on one side is a portrait of the immortal Nelson, and on the obverse is the following inscription : —" Palmam qui meruit ferat—Greenwich Hospital School." The successful scholars thanked the Gallant Admiral for the honour conferred upon them, bowed, and retired. This is the first set of colours presented to the schools. EXPLOSION OF GAS AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—AII explosion of gas, by which a young woman was seriously injured, occurred on Friday night last in Astley's Theatre. Shortly after six o'clock the daughter of Mrs. Chapman, the keeper of the saluon in front of the house, went into a small room ad joining the box lobby, for the purpose of getting a basket of fruit, taking with her a lighted can dle. Immediately an explosion of a large body of gas, which had escaped from a pipe running through the room, took place, and the poor girl was severely burnt on the neck, arms, hands, and face. .She was in stantly removed home, and still remains in a state of great danger. Previously to his visit to England, says one of the Paris journals, Louis Philippe paid a visit to M. Horace Vernet, for am? purpose of looking at the large painting of the taking of the iSinala, which that c`rament artist is executing. After paying spp3o compliment to M. ;"c.n at, the King said that the gendarme in the foreground was perfect portrait. " Yes , Sir e, " re p lied the p ainter, " isichomberi is a brave soldier of the Empire, whose name has been prominent during the whole of the war in Africa. I thought h,?. had obtained the Cross of the Legion of Honour, which had bepn long solicited for him; but I have learned this morning with regret that this is not the ease, and therefore I must efface it." " No, ' said the King, " I authorise you to keep it in." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4 1844. OVERLAND MAIL! INDIA AND CHINA: (From the Times.) We have received the Bombay mail of the Ist of October. The news which it brings is not very re markable. The chief intelligence relates to disturbances in the southern Mahratta country, which has been some time in a disturbed state. Some of the malcontents seized two of the strong hill forts, where they hoisted the standard of revolt against the Raja of Kholapore. They consist chiefly of Arab troops, who placed themselves under some bold leaders, and bade de fiance to the Raja and his allies. A force was sent by the British authorities to disperse them. It con sisted of 50 artillerymen and troops, amounting to about 1,200 men, under the command of Colonel Wallace, of the Madras army. An attack is said to have taken place on one of the forts, in which the rebels defended themselves stoutly with their long guns. Some soldiers were wounded on the side of the British, for the hill forts from their position are difficult•of access. The British were subsequently firing and throwing shells into the first fort, which is situate about 25 miles from Belgaum. The other is 18 miles further off. The Bombay Government was on the alert in making arrangements for having its disposable regi ments ready for any emergency that might arise. Lieut.-Colonel Wyllie, of the 21st Bombay Native Infantry, who had taken his passage by the steamer, was ordered to stop and join his regiment. The steamers were in Bombay harbour under or ders to be ready to remove troops at a moment's notice. Nothing serious was apprehended, but the Govern ment is acting with prudence in being prepared to meet every difficulty. Serious riots took place at Surat on the 29th of August, in consequence of the popular dissatisfaction on account of the increase of the salt-tax from half a rupee to one rupee (25.) per maund of 801 b. Troops were promptly sent there by the Government, and the disturbances ceased. The Supreme Government subsequently ordered, by virtue of instructions from the Court of Directors, that the increased duty should be in the Bombay Presidency only the sum of one quarter of a rupee (6d.) per maund. This arrange ment has apparently pacified the people, although there were petitions made against the tax. In Sinde tranquillity prevailed, and the health of the troops, with the exception of one or two stations (Sukkur and Shirkarpore), was very good. The climate in general in September was highly agreeable, and half the prejudices excited against the possession of the Indus by the outcry of some designing per sons had vanished. It was even reported \ that there was an intention of making it an integral part of the Bombay Presidency, and of increasing the Bombay army so as to be able to maintain the British rule in Sinde. There have been blunders committed by the troops there. Captain Mackenzie, at the head of some cavalry, in pursuing the Belochee robbers, came on a body of armed men ; they were said to be Ryots, who had gone out to attack the Belochees. His cavalry cut them to pieces. This fact has been exaggerated, as if the troops did not spare their own friends. Sir Charles Napier was proceeding to Upper Sinde, in order to regulate its affairs on a proper basis. An inquiry had been instituted into the conduct of Colonel Moseley, of the 64th Bengal Native Infantry, on account of the late mutiny, but the results were not published. Six of the thirty-eight soldiers concerned in that disgraceful affair had paid the penalty of their lives ; the others were variously punished. The 78th Highlanders were proceeding to Sukkur to relieve her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, which regi ment will, it is expected, proceed without delay to Europe. In the Punjaub confusion and anarchy prevailed Heera Singh governed at Lahore, in the name o the young Maharajah Dhuleep. He was engaged in collecting a force to combat with his own uncle, Ghoolab Singh, and with the widow of Suchet Singh, the brother of Ghoolab, who was anxious to punish Heera for the late dastardly murder of her gallant husband, Suchet Singh. There appears to be an apprehension on the British frontiers that some of those conflicting parties will enter the British territory, or that of the protected Sikhs, our allies, where the interference of the Bri tish Indian army will become imperative. Notwith standing the policy of the present Governor-General, Sir H. Hardinge, is supposed to be altogether pacific, he, like former British rulers, must conform to cir cumstances, and be ready to defend or to attack. It was rumoured that Sir H. Harding. would soon pro ceed to the north-west, in order to confer with the Commander-in-Chief of India, who was at Simla, and perhaps even with Sir Charles Napier, the Go vernor of Sinde. It is useless to disguise from public view the po litical propriety of the British dominion being esta blished in the Punjaub, the possession of which fertile country is necessary to the security of India, as being the chief gate through which all past invaders by land have entered. The country is at present a prey to civil discord, and without any efficient Go vernment ; for the Prime Minister and his relatives were the disputants, and the descendant of Runjeet Singh was but a mere puppet in their hands. The Government of Affghanistan, as administered by Dhost Mahommed, was in the usual state of t'4rutoil ; conspiracies, revolts, and skirmishes about the revenue kept that chief in continual employment. The ex-chief of Jeitpore, Pareechut, and his two relatives and chief supporters, Puhlwan Singh and Kummode Singh, both leaders of the rebels who lately kept the Bundelkund districts in a distracted state, had offered to make terms with the British ; but after some parleying with the second, the negotiations are said to be broken off, to the dissatisfaction of the troops, who are likely to he harassed in chasing those bandits and their followers through the moun tainous districts. The new rulers at Gwalior, although appointed under the British, are busied in peculations, and in oppressing the Ryots and Zemindars, subject to them. The object of those rulers being to gather money as soon as they can, they care not about the means they use for that purpose. It was thought that the British authorities would have to compel them to adopt another course. The unfortunate Christians who were formerly employed by the Gwalior Govern ment, having been turned adrift, were in great dis tress, and a subscription had been raised for their relief, under the protection of the Lieut.-Governor of the North-Western provinces. There was considerable excitement in Bombay relative to the approaching trial of Aloo p aroo , one of the heads of the Bunder gang, and who is accused of being involved in the burning of the Belvi dere ship. His trial was fixed for the 7th of October. He had been arrested at Jinjeera, a small island eighty miles south of Bombay, where he lay concealed for some mouths, but he was surrendered by the Raja on the requisition of the Bombay Go vernment. The advantages of steamers being fully recognised at Bombay, several companies had started for building steam-vessels for the coasting-trade, &c. The news from China comes down to the beginning of August. Trade was dull at Canton, but extending itself in the newly-opened ports. An express arrived (just as our dispatch was leav ily) from Belgaum with the following important in. teiiigence The Governor summUnßa the Council to meet this afternoon at Parell. The steamers are in ii;f!cliness, and it is expected that some European troops will be sent off, as the Deputy Quartermaster -General of the army has been sent for to attend the Council. It is said that the company of artillery that lately went to Surat will be sent to Vingorla, in order to proceed from thence to Belgaum. • It is expected, notwithstanding, that the forts will be reduced before the Bombay troops arrive. MONEY MARKET.-T he Government Securities have varied but little during the month. The present quota tions are : Rupees. 5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 lO9 4 per cent. Loan of 1832-33 lO5 to 106 4 per cent. Loan of 1835-36 99i to 100 5 per cent. Loan of 1841-42 llO to 1101 4 per cent. Loan of 1842-43 99 to 100 EXCHANGE.—On England has not maintained the rates of last month. The principal operations have been at Is. 10d. to ls. 101-3., and the present rates may be quoted at Is. 10d. to Is. Hid. for six months' bills, and Is. 9d. for thirty days' bills. On Calcutta at thirty days' sight at par—on Madras at sixty days' sight 101 rs. ; and on China at sixty days' sight 219 to 220 rs. per 100 dolls. BANKS.—Bombay Bank Shares are quota at present at 52 to 33 per cent. premium, and those of the Bank of Western India at 43 to 44 per cent. Sovereigns, each.... Bank Notes, per .£ 11 Rs. 2 Ann 11 0 ALEXANDRIA. OCT. 24.---The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steam-boat Delta, of 60-horse power, arrived here on the 20th inst., in four days, under steam from Malta --in precisely the same number of hours as the Oriental. It now remains to be seen whether the Superintendent of the Peninsula and Oriental Com pany will obtain permission to place the Delta on the Nile. There is little doubt that great exertions will be made, and that certain parties ivill use their in fluence at Court to prevent it. Mr. Bourne's mission remains in statu quo. The Iberia steamer left yesterday morning for Malta. On the 17th inst. the decision in the case of a leading British mercantile house in this place versus the late Boghos Bey was given in favour of the former. The object was to recover a certain sum of money, and interest thereon, advanced to Boghos Bey many years ago. It is doubted whether there will be sufficient assets from Boghos Bey's estate to pay the whole amount of the claims, which are numerous, and which, with the accumulation of in terest, are rather considerable. It is to be hoped, however, that his Highness Mehemet Ali, in honour of his late very faithful servant, will undertake to pay his debts, or, that Pietro Youssouff, his brother, who has made an immense fortune at Trieste, chiefly through his connexions with Boghos Bey, will come forward and liquidate his debts. The Marquis de la Valette, French Consul-General in Egypt, has suddenly made up his mind to leave for England by the Oriental. _ _ The Victoria steamer reached Suez on the 21st inst., with the Bombay mails of the Ist. The Oriental leaves this afternoon for Malta and England. MALTA, OCT. 28. General Sir George Pollock arrived at Calcutta on the evening of the 18th of September, and took his seat in Council, in the place of the lion. W. W. Bird. The forthcoming crop of indigo is confidently esti mated at Calcutta at 140,000 maunds. DR. WOLFF. Notwithstanding the lamentable account of this intrepid man's continued imprisonment, which has appeared in the London papers, I believe I may an nounce to you with the fullest degree of assurance and correctness, that the Rev. Gentleman has left his dungeon, and arrived at Moosh, a place half way be tween Bokhara and Adrianople. I have strong reasons for supposing that he has even reached that latter place, but cannot affirm that. The latest letters from Tre bisond give the intelligence that he was expected there about the 24th of November, and they are written by " persons in authority" who are little likely to mis lead the public.—Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, Nov. 2. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yr olds; colts, Bit 71bA. fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. D.M. (4 Subs.) Lord George Bentinck cby Slane, out of Jason's dam 1 Mr. Dawson's Teresa Mr. Payee's Audrey Mr. Thomas's Omphale Betting-2 to 1 agst Audrey, 2to 1 agst the SlaNe colt, and sto 2 agst Terese. Omphale led for half a mile, and was then beaten ; the others went on abreast into the cords, when the Slane colt obtained the lead, kept it, and won cleverly by a length ; the third beaten a length. Omphale was tailed off. The winner was claimed. A Sweepstakes of 10 soy& each, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 7lb, fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for .S 0 sovs. D.M. (3 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen... ... Mr. Hesseltine's Jessie Hatnmond Mr. Ford's Fallacy . Colonel Peel's Sister to Cameleon Lord G. Bentinck's Duke of Cornwall Betting-7 to 4 agst Jessy Hammond (taken), sto 2 agst Duke of Cornwall, 4 to 1 agst Sister to Camehon, and 7to 2 agst Fair Helen colt. The Fair llelen colt made all the running, won cleverly by a length, and was claimed ' • the third was beaten a head from the second. Match, 50, h ft. Last three qurrters of R.M.—Mr. Cooper's Hartshorn, ist 131 b (Nat), beat Lord E. Rus sell's Nat, Bst 71b. Betting-3 to lon Hartshorn. Won oy six lengths. Match, 50, h ft. T.Y.C.—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, 11b, received from Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rom .brd's Cob, Bst 41b. Match, 100, h ft. D.M.—Duke of Bedford's Panther, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Robinson), beat Mr. Payne's Walpole, 3 yrs, Bst 31b. Betting-5 to 4on Walpole, who made all the running, but was beaten on the post by a head. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; two yrs old, 64 71b ; three, Bst 51b ; four, B,t 101 b ; five, and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 sovs. First half of Ab. M. (6 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Duke of Cornwall, 2 yrs (Abdale) 1 Mr. Stebbings's fby Physician, Mary Ann, 2 yrs 2 Duke of Bedford's c by Liverpool, 3 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's Proof Print, 5 yrs Betting-6 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinck's two, 2to 1 agst Mary Ann filly, and 5 to 2 agst Princess Victoria filly.—Won very easy by a length ;Ithe Princess Victoria filly a bad third, and Proof Print beaten off. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, three yrs old, ist 91b; four yrs, Bst 31b ; five yrs and upwards, Bst 81b. The winner to be sold for 400 sovs. First half of Ab. M. (7 Subs.) Col. Peel's Garry Owen, aged (Chapple) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, 4 yrs . .... 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Shelley's Prince of Wales, 3 yrs—Lord Chester field's Cockfighter, 3 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's Chatham, 5 yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs. Betting-2 to 1 agat Garry Owen, 3to 1 agst Bishop of Romford's Cob, 4 to 1 agst Prince of Wales, and 5 to 1 agst any other. Prince of Wales went off at score, and made the running to the cords, where Bishop of Romford's Cob took it up, Garry Owen waiting on him; the latter came a few lengths from home, and won un the post by a head. Prince of Wales a gcod third. Match 100; T.M. M.—Mr. Payne's Mania, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Nat), beat Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b. Betting-5 to 4on Mania. Won easy by a length. Match 200, h ft. Ab. M.—Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs, Bst ( fempleman), beat Lord G. Bentinck's All round-my-Hat, 3 yrs, 7st 51b. Even betting. Won in a canter by two lengths. A. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three years, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 21b ; five and upwards, Bst 71b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. D.M. NIL Beresford's The Altered One (F. Butler) 1 bit. Payne's Queen Mab, 5 yrs 2 Lord G. Bentinck's c, by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs Mr. Dawson's Teresa, 3 yrs... Betting-6 to 4 agst The Altered One, and 2to 1 agst Queen Mab. Queen Mab made play, followed by the Thebes colt and Sir Abstrupus, The Altered One lying off. The Thebes colt and Sir Abstrupus were beaten at the T.Y.C. post, and The Altered One joining Queen Mab, ran home with her, and won by a head. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, for three years olds and upwards ; those who declared forfeit by nine o'clock the same evening paid 5 sovs., to go to the se cond. T.Y.C. (14 Subs., 3of whom declared.) Mr. H. T. Worley's Example, 3 yrs, ist 51b...(Mann) 1 Duke of Rutland's fby Beiram, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Mr. Meiklani's Philip, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Captain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, Bst 51b —Mr. Gratwicke's Needful, 3 yrs, 7st 101b--Mr. Death's Isleworth, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr. Shelley's Five times-Five, 4 yrs, 7st alb—Lord Miltown's Anonyme, 4 yrs, 7st—Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, 3) rs, 6st. Betting-7 to 4 agst Five-times-Five, 7 to 2 agst fiddly Winks, 4 to I agst Example, 5 to 1 agst Sir Abstrupus. Needful went away with the lead, but in less than 200 yards was deprived of it by Example and Philip, the mare leading. The Manto filly came at the cords, and, in the run in, beat Philip for the second by half a length, but never caught Example, who improved her lead in the last three or four strides, and won by a length. Match, 200, h ft. D.l.—Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, tged, 6st 131 b, received forfeit from Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a allagh, 3 yrs, Bst. Although the matches between Foig-a-ballagh and Na: worth and Bishop of Romford's Cob and Garry Owen went off in forfeits, there was more than a sufficiency of sport for such a day. The rain descended without intermis. don from daybreak until nightfall, and not one in ten amt had the courage to brave it escaped a drenching. The meeting, on the whole, has exceeded our expecta tions ; and for sport, company, and the general interest it excited, may be pronounced unequalled. That " the roads," as well as the immediate neighbourhood, has been benefited to more than an ordinary extent, is proved by the fact, that between the Saturday before the meeting and its close, taking double journeys into account, no less than 700 pairs of horses have been out from the various posting establishments between Hoeke rill and Newmarket. The meeting may be said to have closed this day, but an attempt will be made to " knock up" a few races for Monday ; and a match between Oak ley, 9st 61b, and Walpole, sst 71b, is already on paper. We suspect, however, that the old horse will receive ; and unless a change in the weather takcs I lace, that the embryo " November Meeting" will be a failure. THE RATAN AFFAIR. On Friday night the report on this inquiry was made public. The following is a copy : " The Stewards of the Jocky Club, assisted by the Duke of Beaufort and Colonel Peel, having investigated the charges brought forward against S. Rogers and J. Braham, and heard their statements, as well as the evi dence of various witnesses, and the account given by Mr. Crommelin and Mr. Ives of their share in the trans action of betting for Rogers and Braham against Ratan for the late Derby race, are of opinion that the transac tion originated in an agreement between S. Rogers and J. Braham to bet both ways about Ratan, under the im pression that the parties whom they might commission to bet for them against the horse would be influenced by their representations of the impossibility of his winning, to lay such sums of money against him as to prevent their appearing on the settling day. S. Rogers and J. Braham confess that they received a largo portion of the money won by laying against Ratan, although it was not their intention to pay if the horse had won. Their conduct during the whole proceeding was of such a nature as to merit the severest punishment in the power of the Jockey Club to inflict. The Committee has further to observe, that although the conspiracy to bet large sums against Ratan originated with Rogers and Braham, and that no inducement was held out to them by any party to prevent the horse from winning, yet it would have been difficult for them to have carried their plan into execution, unless persons of influence had been found to execute their commissions. " The Committee cannot express too strongly their opinion of the impropriety of gentlemen betting large sums of money for jockeys or for parties intrusted with the charge of race-horses. " The Committee recommend that S. Rogers and J. Braham be warned off all the property ever which the Jockey Club has any control, and that S. Rogers be prevented from training horses or riding at Newmarket, or at any place where the rules of the Jockey Club are in force; and that the Stewards of all other races be ap prised of this resolution, in order that they may adopt a similar course. (Signed) " STRADBROKE, Chairman. Newmarket, Oct. 30, 1844." (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. (CONCLUDED.) MONDAY.—Walpole pays forfeit in his match with Oakley. The Stakes on the list for to-day have not filled. THE BRAZILIAN TARIFF.—Sir Robert Peel and his coadjutors, instead of removing the restrictions on the mercantile enterprise of this country, appear to de light in throwing stumbling-blocks in its way. Our commercial circle has been gradually narrowing. and our foreign influence declining. Not many years ago the Spa nish Government was swayed in its proceedings by Great Britain. Since that period Spain has fallen away, and is totally independent. Portugal is in precisely the same position, and France refuses to have any treaty with us. From the centre of Europe, Prussia and all Germany ap pear resolved to exclude us, and even pensioned Bel • gium follows in the track. In order that we may be shut out from continental America, the Brazilians have acted on the principle adopted by the United States, and issued a tariff which has been sent to this country by a special messenger.—Lancaster Guardian. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—This society re commences proceedines on Wednesday night, with the Israel in Egypt of Handel. The whole of last season glided away without one performance of this immortal work. The amende honorable is now made in selecting it for the opening of the present campaign. Are we to have it in the form which Handel gave it—or is its sub lime continuity to be broken by the introduction of irrelevant songs and duets ? Let us hope for the best ; Let us confide in the gradual but easily discernible provement of the public e st n or taste, ati whichosof h is d a tt l i , l s y pbe m oatrt o hhe r eeotno com mentators hi the fasti dious and seveke. R primitive form have lately become popular, stage and in the library. Colley Cibber and have for ever lost their repute. Shakspeare, It has been discovered, was a bettet man t h an any of them, and wanted neither their improvements nor their explanations, Why.Sh equal of a • may we n o t h ope for a similar re:- toration for the eq 4eare—Hardel 7 , —Musical Examiner. Hia Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Meek- . lenburgh Strelit z em b arked early on Saturday morning, on hoard the General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet C`4leilenia, Captain Phillips, for Hamburgh. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert went in the morning in a pony car riage to the riding-school for equestrian exercise, at tended by Colonels Arbuthnot and Wylde. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl arrived at the Castle from town in the afternoon on a visit to the Queen. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented the Royal family from being taken out for their ac customed airings. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Lord Portman, arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. A portable wind instrument, adapted for signals on railways, and also for the use of the police, or game keepers, was submitted, through Colonel Wylde, to the inspection of Prince Albert yesterday, by Mr. Richard Portesus, one of the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards. His Royal Highness was pleased to express his approbation of the invention. The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratis law. and Sir George Couper. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band after wards attended in the Castle, and performed the re mainder of the evening. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert walked for some time in the Home Park and pleasure grounds adjacent to the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing to-day on the Terrace and the grounds around the Castle. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service to-day in the private chapel of the Castle. The Holy Com munion was afterwards administered. The llon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Philippstahl visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House this morning. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected, yesterday, a sketch representing the opening of the Royal Ex change, which Mr. Louis Haghe, by command, had the honour of submitting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were graciously pleased to express their approbation. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Satur day, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz left Kew on Friday even ing, for the Continent. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl left Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on Saturday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen bourg Strelitz arrived in town from Kew on Satur day. Their Royal Hignesses returned to Kew in the evening. The Earl of Lincoln left town on Saturday on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, and: the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. _ _ _ The Rev. Dr. Maddy preached the sermon yester day in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Marquis of Winchester and Lord Parker were among the no bility present. Lord and Lady Ashley left town for Windsor Castle on Saturday. Dispatches for the Governor of llong-Kong, Ceylon, and Malta, were sent off from the Colonial office on Saturday evening. T HE QUERN'S VISIT TO NORTHAMPTON: OUT readers will learn with inexpressible delight that our de servedly beloved and popular Queen will pass through this town on her way to Burghley, on Tuesday, the 12th instant. It is understood that the Lord Lieutenant and the High Sheriff will meet her Majesty and Prince Albert at Weedon. The royal visit to Burghley is not expected to exceed three days. It is not improbable that her Majesty, in her way back to Windsor, may pass through Peterborough, where the preceptor of her youth is now the much honoured and esteemed Bishop. We have been ' led to understand that at, or previous to her Majesty's 1 arrival at Kettering, the troop of Yeomanry under the command of Captain Maunsell, M.P., will probably have the honour of becoming her Dlajestv's escort. An ex pression used by her Majesty on Monday last, wherein she declares that the " relief of the indigent, the ad vancement of science, and the extension of commerce, were objects near to her heart," together with the ex ample of Prince Albert in his encouragement, as a farmer, of agriculture, show the real blessings which peace and a mild reign are producing upon the country, and upon man's affections and feelings. A county meet ing, we hear, will be called by the High Sheriff, when we shall witness the first public declaration of loyalty with which her Majesty's arrival will be greeted. We will only repeat the hope we expressed last week, that in this town the example of her Majesty should be fol lowed by a " relief of the indigent," so that the poorest family in our streets may have a happy home on the day when their kind-hearted qneen honours their town with her presence.—/Vorthampeon Herald. BRISTOf. SUGAR MARKET, WOV. I.—The sales of t h e week are limited to 5(10 hhda. West India and 030 Bengala, without alteration in prices. No transactions reported in Mouritinv, The demand for rum has rather Islackened, but former rates are fully supported. Refined goods are scarce, and the trade are glad to parchase at the present moderate rates for forlyard deliirery. Crusheil • and pieces in good' deins:nd.—Bristol Mercury, CHINA. The Sainarang has been fired upon by a French 'man-of- r war. We. have not been able to ascertain particulars, but we vouch for the truth of the report which . has reached u s . C ap t a i n G ee r e would do well were be to publish the facts of the case. Indeed, the French are every where offering indignity and insult to the British flag. Though we deprecate war, we cannot put up any longer with such insolence. — Bombay Courier. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ;From the Overland Price Current, October 1.) THE MARKET.—OBSERVATIONS. BOMBAY, OCT. 1. The monsoon is now drawing to a close, and has, on the whole, been very favourable for agricultural opera tions in most districts; but, notwithstanding this favour able circumstance, which usually gives an impetus to commercial operations, the demand for imports has not been equal to that expected, and buyers are yet unwilling to purchase largely, except at low prices. METALS.—The sales of metals of all kinds during the month have been very limited. We have been informed that 3,500 cwt. of copper have been sold, to arrive, at the following prices :—Braziers at 52irs. to 524r5., tile at 471r5., sheathing at 50rs. to 50irs., and raised bottoms at 55rs. per cwt., being a little below the quotations of last month. The importations have been rather large in the last two months. Of iron very few sales have been reported ; holders are generally firm in their demand for advanced prices, but the dealers do not seem inclined to submit to them ; the quotations of last n:onth are there fore continued, but they are nominal. Lead was sold about three weeks ago at lOirs. per cwt., but the de mand was not great, and that rate cannot now be ob tained. Spelter has been sold at 15irs. for 141 b., and 15rs. for 40 to 601 b. plates, and prices are firm. The following are among the sales of the month, and are reported for insertion : COPPER. Per Cwt. 100 cwt. Tile Copper at Rs. 48 0 300 cwt. ditto 49 0 362 cwt. Braziers 951 cwt. Sheathing 200 cwt. Raised Bottoms 55 0 770 cwt. Sheet IRON. Per Candy. 20 tons Round Nail Rod Rs. 47 0 55 tons Square ditto 20 tons English 152 tons ditto 23 8 Per Cwt. 600 cwt. Sheet ditto Rs. 6 0 200 cwt. Hoop 7 cwt. Chains 9 cwt. Anchors 7 oto 8 6 750 cwt. Hoop (rusted) 4 2 SPELTER. Per Cwt. ....... Rs. 15 0 15 4 15 8 Per Cwt. 215 cwt. Sheet Rs. 10 12 600 cwt. Pig lO 8 1,460 cwt ..................... 30 cwt 100 cwt LEAD. COTTON MANUFACTURES.. —Grey and bleached mada polams have been in fair demand, and an advance of 1 to 2 annas per piece on last month's prices obtained for the better qualities. Grey long-cloths, are also in good request, but for all qualities prices are unremunerative, and for bleached there is very little inquiry. Of grey domestics there have been but few sales reported, but the prices of last month have been maintained. Bleached jaconets are scarcely inquired for, and the prices offered for them are considerably below those obtained last sea son. Grey have been in fair demand, but prices have been barely supported. Grey and bleached mulls are in good demand. Lappets have been freely sold at last month's prices, and are in good request. Prints have been more inquired for than for several months past, and large sales have been made, but the prices gene rally obtained are not above those previously ruling. An advance of 4 to 8 annas per piece is obtainable , for Turkey red plain cambrics and mulls. Some sales of Turkey red handkerchiefs have been reported at about former prices. YARNS.—Large sales of twist were made early in the month, and there was a fair demand for all numbers of water and mule, except 20's, at improved rates, but this demand has abated, and prices have given way a little. The present quotations, however, equal those of last month. There is a scarcity of Nos. 60 to 80. Orange Yarn declined early in' the month, in consequence of large importations, to 13 annas per lb., at which sales were made. Of Turkey Red Yarn no sales have been reported, and the prices offered will not remunerate shippers. The following are the sales of twist : per lb. MITI:F. TWIST. Annas. ... 34,0001 b. at 61 • 58,0001 b. at 61 to 7 • 85,7101 b. at 7 to 8 5.16 ... 125,0001 b. at 81 to 8,1 ▪ B,loolb. at 8i • 81,2001 b. at 10 to 10i ▪ 22,0001 b. at 12i to 12i WATER TWIST. No. 16 to 26 ... 24,5001 b. at 7 No. 20 57,2001 b. at to 7 No. 20 22 24 26 B,ooolb. at 7 1 No. 22 ••• 1,200113. at 7 No. 30 ... 149,0001 b. at 8} to 84 ORANGE TWIST. 11,6001 b. at 13 No. 14 to 24 No. 20 No. 30 No. 40 No. 48 No. 50 No. 60 No. 20 to 60 GREEN TWIST. 8001 b. at 11i ans. per lb. WOOLLENS.—The f o ll ow i ng are the only sales of woollens reported for i nser ti on : _ _ R. A. Per yard. 2,700 yards habit cloth, at 2 10 24 pieces scarlet cloth, at l9to 2 7 5,400 yards flannel 0 8i to 0 10 2,312 yards ditto, at MARINE STORES.—W e have no sales to quote under this head, nor any alteration in prices. COCHINEAL—A sale of I,ooolb. at 22-rf. per lb. is the only one we have heard of during the month. SAFFRON of fine quality is scarce and in good demand; inferior is in limited request. The following sales have been reported for insertion : 661 b ..................... at Re. 291 per lb. 821 b at Rs. 26 to 26,i per lb. llolb .................. at Rs. 22k. BOTTLES.—The following sales of bottles have been reported, viz., 140 gross quarts at 1 rs. 2 annas per dozen ; 51 gross pints, at 141 annas per dozen ; and 25 gross soda water bottles, at 121 annas per dozen. BEER.—A sale of 180 hhds. Tennent's beer, at 40rs. per hhd. has been reported ; also 50 hhds. of Saunders's, at sOrs. per hhd. ; and 40 hhds. Ganat's, at 40rs, SPlRlTs.—Brandy of good quality is in demand, and stocks are light ; a sale of 14 hhds. has been reported at 2irs, per gallon. EASTERN PRODUCE. COTTON. —The price of almost all sorts of cotton has advanced since our last publication.—Broach and Surat, 1 to 2rs. ; Dhollera and Oomrawuttie, 4 to srs. per candy ; of Compta there is none in the market. COFFEE. —Largo supplies of Mocha coffee were re ceived direct last week, and considerable purchases have been made by th e native merchants f or shipment to England, at ou r q uotation of 9 i rs. p er maund. Oi the Bebora r supply has been very sm a ll t hi s season , an d nd in the bazaar. GUAIS.—AthIng may be quoted at 65 to 85re. per cwt. There is a very sm all q uantit y now h ere , and for the good there is n the o t a m qualities the dealers are asking extreme rates. Arabic we quote at 25rs. to 28rs. per cwt., but these rates are nominal, there being but little or none here. Supplies are expected in the course of a month. Olibanum is also very scarce, and may be quoted almost nominal at 12rs. to 1 tirs. per cwt. IvOßY._we quote large at 95 rs., and small at 50 to 75 rs. per maun d, but these rates are almost nominal, as there is scarcely any in the market. Large supplies ought to be received shortly from Zanzibar and the Mozambique, as this is the season when they come for ward in the greatest quantity. OPIUM has continued firm at the quotations of last month, 1,495 rs. per chest. PEPPER.—Bhutcoll may be quoted at 66 rs., and Malabar at 55 rs. per candy. The stock at present in the Bazaar is very trifling, but as the Malabar coast is now open, supplies will soon be received. Wool..—There is not, we believe, a single candy in the market at present. There will be small supplies coming from Sinde, Meekran, and Merwar, in about a month, but there will not be any quantity received until Decem ber or January. Present quotations are of course nomi nal, but we htfve no doubt the dealers will demand high rates when supplies are received, in consequence of the favourable ft.ecniints of the English marliet. znins.—Preights have fluctuated since the dis patch of the last mail between 565. and 65ti, ner ton. but are now steady at 60s. to 655. for London, and 555. to 60s. fox Liverpool. No engagements have lately been made either for the Clyde or for China. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEEN RAILWAY. This undertaking, fully sanctioned by the eminent engineer, Mr. Cubitt, and by the names of the most influential nobility and gentry residing in and offi cially connected with the district, is now again before the public. At a meeting of the landholders and turnpike trustees of the county of Aberdeen (con taining about 200,000 inhabitants), Mr. Cubitt's line was, by a unanimous resolution, approved of. The Aberdeen Railway leads directly through populous towns and districts to Edinburgh and Glasgow, the two largest and most important towns in Scotland from which new lines of railway are in progress, both in the east and west of England. The distance from Aberdeen to London will be performed in one day, or less than twenty-four hours! We have seen a statement of the population of the district, from which it is evident that the Aberdeen Railway has the elements of a good traffic, and when the railway from Inverness joins it at the nothern terminus, the trade must be very much increased. We have no fear of the Sotch railways ; the manage anent and expense are on a much more economical footing than in the southern parts of the kingdom. and we understand this line not only to be unopposed, but capable of being executed at a less cost than usual. _ _ The following is an extract from Mr. Cubitt's report:-- " After a careful consideration of the whole sub ject, and a comparison of the several lines and sections, together with all the circumstances and projects, pre sent and prospective, the result of my investigation is —to recommend for adoption a line of railway from Aberdeen, passing very near Montrose and 13rech1n to Friockheim and Guthrie, points about half way in the Arbroath and Forfar Railway ; the description and particulars of which, as to its course, lengths, gradients, curves, &c., will be fuund in the form of an appendix at the end hereof. " The objects that will be obtained by the adoption of this line are— " 1. A communication with the south by the shortest length of new railway to be made ; and, " 2. The least interference with existing railway interests, the Arbroath and Forfar and Dundee and Arbroath Companies having, as I understand, under taken to alter the guage of their lines to the usual 4 feet 8A- inch guage, in order to suit and work with the intended guage of the Aberdeen line and that of the great leading lines to the south. "The distance by this new line from Aberdeen to the Arbroath and Forfar lines will be 50i miles, and from the points of junction to these places will be about seven miles to each respectively, or 57i miles from Aberdeen to either, being as regards Forfar only 11 mile, or thereabouts, farther than by a direct line from Aberdeen to Forfar, via Brechin, a difference far more than compensated for, in my judgme n t, by a near approach to the port and town of Montrose, and a saving of 5i miles, of a more expensive main line of new railway, besides a difference of 4 miles' saving in the construction of branch lines to form a communi cation between Montrose and Brechin, " Under all the circumstances of the ease, therefore, I have no hesitation in recommending the adoption of the line above stated as being that 'best calculated to secure to the Company the benefit of the most favour able communication with the south.' " Statement of the population of some of the prin cipal towns of Scotland which will be connected upon the formation of the Aberdeen Railway :—Aberdeen, 75,013—Stonehaven, s,279—M on t rose , 15,094 Ereehin, 7,soo—Forfar, 9 ,6 l 7—Arbroath, 17,489 Dundee, 65,087—Perth, 19 ,225—Kirkaldy, 5,261 — Stirling, B,3ol—Edinburgh, 165,270—Glasgow, 282,490. Total, 675,686." NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. The foundation of the viaduct over the Tyne at East Linton is begun to be dug on the south side of the river. It crosses where the Linton distillery stood, which has been dismantled for some years, and will now be wholly removed to make room for the course of the railway. WILTS AND SOMERSET RA;-.WAY. A numerous and influential mez-ting was held at Weymouth on Wednesday, including depuiations from Southampton, 13ridp or t, an d t h e Great Western Company. ( olonel /lenders:in, the Mayor of Southampton, brought forward the subject of a pro posed line, to be called the Salisbury and Dorsetshire Railway, for the purpose of connecting the eastern and southern parts of Dorsetshire • with the grand railway system of the kingdom. Mr. Hayter, M.P., contended for the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, as affbrding the best facility of communica tion with the north of England, and as most con ducive to the interests of Weymouth. After a lengthened and able discussion, resolutions in favour of the latter were carried by large majorities..—.. Bristol Mirror. FEARFUL CONFLAGRA,TION AT STRATHAN - EN, FonTv HOUSES DEsraovvas•—Yesterday forenoon, ~..bout twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in this quiet little town, about 16 S.E. of Glasgow, by which upwards of forty houses, with a brewery and tan-work, were burned to the ground, nearly one hundred poor families thrown destitute into the street, and the annihilation of the entire town seriously threatened. We have heard several versions of the origin of the fire—one to the effect that it was occasioned by a poacher recklessly throwing a parcel of gunpowder into the fire-place of a house where he had been visiting ; another, that it arose from a child having lighted some chips of wood which communicated with the bedding in the house of a person named Hamilton ; and a third, that it occurred from a boy drying somegunpowder near afire-place. Which of these versions is the right, we are in the meantime at a loss to say with correctness ; eertain it is, however, that about the time we have mentioned, the conflagration commenced at the south end of the town, a little away beyond a place named Todd's Hill, where the houses are nearly all covered with thatch, and where the popula tion are chiefly weavers, that the wind, being high at the time, and blowing from the south-east, rapidly spread the flames from house to house on both sides of the street, until in the space of a few hours, notwithstanding the efforts of a body of the inhabitants who turned out to check the flames, about forty houses were com pletely destroyed, in addition :to the brewery of Mr. Valiance, and the large tan-work of Mr. Semple, where it is alleged not less than 2,000/. worth of property has been consumed. The fire in its pro gress, which was fearfully rapid, spread terror and dismay on all hands. As house by house crumbled before the devouring element, the inhabitants in the vicinity of the burning got out their furniture to the street, where it lay in confused heaps until the houses from whirl it had just been removed shared in the general eattogrophe, So apprehensive were the shopkeepers thst the entire town would be burned up, that number s of them at the Cross, which is some distance from the place where the fire originated, emptied their stock of goods into the street, and awaited with terror the approach of the flames. The scene, as witnessed by people at a dis tance, is described as awfully grand and imposing. Kirkhill, which is about half a mile from the town, was clustered with hundreds of spectators, inhabitants of the other end of Strathaven (who certainly would have been better employed in lending a hand to stay the progress of the fire), but who for a time seemed lost in wonder at the fearful majesty of the sight. Not so the more spirited and shore interested portion of the inhabitants. Headed by the Rev. Mr. M'Lay, Relief clergyman ; Mr. Tennent, banker ; Messrs. Currie, Reid, and others, two large bodies of active men pro. cured pails and other vesselseapable of conte!,ning water, and forming two chains from the scene (.2 the fire to the nearest places fur procuring a . si; i fty of water, they worked away without intermu,sion for several hours, one party handing on the p:tils filled with water, and the other returning them empty, until finding these means unavailing in extinguishing the flames, they adopted the plan of pulling down two or three buildings in the line of street, which had the desired effect of stopping its further progress. The loss of property by the fire has been very considerable, and is the more to be lamented, as few of the houses of the sufferers were in sured, and the sufferers themselves are-mostly of the poorest and most industrious part of the community. Some accounts state that about 53 houses in all have been destroyed, and 104 families deprived of the means of livelihood, or made dependent for shelter and support upon friends, relations, and neighbours. It is calculated that from fifty to sixty looms with webs, principally be. longing to Glasgow manufacturers, have been consumed, and it will take a long time, indeed, before the loss to the operative weavers can be made up. No such conflagration has been known in this part of the country for many years, and it has created amongst all classes the deepest sorrow and regret.—Glasgerc Saturday Post. At a meeting of the Edinburgh town council, held on Friday, Mr. John M'Millan, High School, Glasgow, was elected, by a majority of 20 votes to 12, master of the High School, Edinburgh, in the room of Dr. Pyper. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY AT A DISTILLERY:. For some days past great excitement has prevailed et the east-end of the town, in consequence of some sweep i n ° measures having been adopted by her Ma. jest s Commissioners of Excise towards Messrs. Smith, distillers, Whitechapel. It will be remembered that some time since nearly 3,000 gallons of spirits were seized by the officers of Excise, but after some time is great quantity was returned, although Crown meg: e d• transpired in the ings were instituted against Messrs. Smith tq rec o ver heavy penalties against them. In the b,,,,inning. o f the ration of the same WAS week some suspicious circumstances do u fee t Th e roaerrs pipe around p t ned w e ' e th p a r t e a s same establishment, and inform conveyed Exeis n oaf r t s h e t C o o: e m a i v s a s i t ot it engaged number of labourers we c: rohes, who found several e h f undr g e r g s' aged to accompany the extending along nearly the whole ront of arordthe counting houses and private residence . 3v r. George Smith, about two feet from I whim, is stated, were impregnatedwith • • spirit, and used for the 1 purpose of s e c re tly re d uc i ng th e i r s t oc k. T he workmen engaged on the occasion have let the pipes exposed to public view. The solicitors and chief of of Excise have been in daily communication with her Majesty'' lawl authorities, and it was rumoured that the Excise Commissioners would go so for as to seize the whole of the distillery, plant, &c., which is estimated to be worth nearly 200,0001. On inquiry, however, this even. ing at the police station, Arbour-square, Inspector Shaw, of the H division, stated that he had received no fresh instructions on the subject. —Sunday Paper.