The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. dONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY ii:VgNING.) TIMES.—It is understood that the Bank Directors have refused to rescind or modify their recent order, by which all bills drawn by or bearing thz indorsement ;I f such banks, whether public or 'private, as issue their own notes, are excluded from discount by the 131- At of England. This is the practice to be adhered to in fu ture, whatever the respectability of the other names maybe which appear on such bills. This must be taken by the public as the commencement of that hostility be tween the other banks of issue and the Bank of Eng land, the approach of which has been indicated by fre quent acts and intimations on the part of the latter. The deputation of hankers from Lancashire, which was adverted to last week as having come up for the purpose of trying to change th e d e t erm i nat i on o f t h e Bank Directors, has left town consequently without having effected that object, and a few days will show t'Jat the wealthy merchants and traders of the great manufacturing districts are not disposed to acquiesce quietly,in any such interdict. It is remarkable that banks which do not issue their own notes, but circulate those of the Bank of England, and do not come there fore, in appearance, within the range of the practice ob jected to, are moving, in concert with the banks which do issue their own notes, to get it rescinded. It is ob vious, that neither any trader nor bank in that district, whose business is extensive, can be wholly removed be yond its operation, as bills of all descriptions are con stantly passing from one hand to another, and among them some of the objectionable bills mnst occasionally be found, so that persons of the best credit may sud denly be cut eff from resources on which they had re lied as certain—a contingency which every merchant cannot but regard with apprehension, and as a wanton and capricious addition to the dangers with which com merce is constantly surrounded. What adds to the very strong feeling on this sub ject among the bankers and traders of the north is the conviction that they arc made in this matter to pay the penalty, not of their own imprudences, but of those of the Bank Directors, who, having locked up their capital in inconvertible securities fur the sake of a large profit, are unable with safety to themselves to afford that assistance to commerce in case of need, which would be the sole redeeming quality in their monopoly, and are now compelled for their own protection, instead of assisting, to de stroy it. Some foretaste of the feeling in the manufacturing districts may be gathered from what passed at a meet ing of the proprietors of the Bank of Manchester held in the course of last week, when the result, too, of the deputation to London was not known. In the report submitted by the Directors to the meeting above referred ti - .e following passages occur : " Through a period of commercial embarrassment and depression of trade, the proceedings of this institu tion have been steadily and uniformly conducted with a view to promote the important interests committed to its care. The monetary concerns of this country being so intimately connected with its trade and prosperity, ' the value of every description of property being tlepen dunt on the administration:of the currency, the Directors deem it desirable to call the attention of the proprietors to some circumstances deeply affecting their interests, not only as stockholders, but as merchants, manufac turers, and traders. Within the past seven years there have been three distinct periods in which the industry of the country has been paralyzed by sudden and violent changes in the value of property. These occurrences clearly indicate the necessity for inquiry into the operation of the laws relating to our monetary system, in order to secure such a revision thereof as will place the standard of value upon a mere certain and uniform basis. " Hitherto the Directors of this bank, in their re ports to the proprietors, have avoided any allusion to the principles upon which the Bank of England has usually acted. But the resolution recently adopted by that Company, and now in operation, of refusing to dis count any bills drawn or endorsed by private and joint stock banks of issue, is one of such an extraorainary character, that the Directors cannot allow it to pass without observation. The decision on the part of the Bank of England must create great dissatisfaction in a powerful and influential body throughout the kingdom ; and, as it involves important consequences to the com mercial community, it will require much circumspec tion on the part of those whose interests are at stake, in the adoption of any measures which may be considered necessary to counteract its effects. " The Directors of this Bank are not prepared or dis posed to compromise or surrender any of these great or independent principles upon which it has been conducted for so many years, and the proprietors r.nay confide in their employing whatever experience or, judgment they possess to prevent the measures of 4 .:be Bank of Eng land from operating injuriously to y'ur interests." The further progress of this 4 ,:eering will be watched with much interest in Lom:Y. 4 which does not wholly escape the consequences of 'this exclusive system. The public, on the whole, ar e to look for benefit rather than otherwise from the, contest. POST.--We un.aeTstand that the Stock Exchange Committee have come to the determination, in the ease of Mr. W. Ta7.,Aor, of which we gave the particulars three or four days since, of excluding the defaulter, and putting his name on the black list. This course seems to be no more than proper under the circumstances ; but we believe the friends of Mr. Taylor are making an effat to prevent it by an assurance that explanations may presently be made which will render such a mea sure wholly unnecessary. We shall be glad to hear, for the credit of the individual, and, we may add, for that of the Stock Exchange also, that some arrange ment is entered into which will be satisfactory to all the parties concerned. There appear certainly to be many extenuatinz circumstances connected with this unfortu nate business. CHRONICLE.—In the English Stock Market the transactions were limited. The payment of the October dividends having commenced to-day (Monday), it was thought that mor e i nvestments would have been made, although the jobbers and brokers were, of course, much engaged in making up their accounts prior to the set tlement in Consols to-morrow, and in preparing for that in the foreign house on, "Wednesday. The dividends have not as yet produced any very perceptible effect on the value of money, which, in the discount houses in Lombard -street, is still held at 6 per cent. and com mission, and the continuation on Consols being from 5 to J 4 per cent, At the opening the markets generally showed much firmness, but became flat in the course of the day, in cransequence of several large sales having been effecte-,11, and closed heavily. HER' - -- A L D.—honey has been somewhat more in re quest v, the Discount Markets to-day, whilst on the Stock Lxe l .tang e there has been a considerable scarcity of it ; may be accounted for, by the fact that the arrange ment of the English and Foreign accounts fall so closely together. The greatest proportion of the business which has been effected in either department of the Stock Exchange has evidently arisen out of the usual prepa rations for the settlement. The features which the English Stock Market has presented during the past account have been alternately of the Bull and Bear cha racter, and the Contango remains at about per cent. on Consols. The settling of the Foreign Market will, probably, exhibit somewhat of the Bull character, at present the continuation on Spanish Stock is per cent. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The demand for goods in the Piece Halls or Saturday, was considered slack, but on Tuesday there was a visible improvement, and the wool market WES in consequence rather firmer. We regret, how ever, to learn that some of the principal manufacturers ctscharged a portion of their hands on Saturday night. BRADFORD MARKET.—Ti'e attendance of mer chants, &c., at our market on Thursday, was scanty, and the demand for goods hunted, but former rates were sustained. The Yarn market shared the general depression, and nothing else worthy of note occurred. There was an improved demand fur the coarser qualities of wool, but the finer sorts were nearly unsaleable, and comparatively little looked at. The market may, however, on the whole, be considered nearly an average one. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, Ocr. B.—We are not able to rep or t so goof ; a mar k e t to-day as last week, a ge nera l uncertainty a n d wan t of confidence being felt, which pre vented many sales ; and we have reason to state, that in many cases goo d s were so ld a t ; sacrifice. The news from America, the state of the money market, and the absence of some large buyers, proiuced an unfavourable effect. o.. In n ew goods, prices are tolerably steady ; but in styles and superfines, cost price cannot be realise I Much depenas on the weather ; and now that we are favoured in that reipeat, hopes are entertained that a short time witnes s a b eneficial change. During the week, an average business has been done in the ware houses. Work is not quite so plentiful, and some firms are working short hours, BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE. --it is withipleasure that we hare an opportunity of statin g that the linen trade of this place is at present brisk, all hands are well em plo3ed, and many of the drill houses arc working long hours. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, OCT. 11.—The stock in all kinds of country combing Wools at market con_ tinuoc so exceedingly light as not to be equal t o t h e very - scanty demand ; and consequently , for what little s offered, a shade better prices are held out for. Clothing Wools may be bought on rather cheaper terms. Blanket Wools are without alteration. The following epitaph, commemorating an in ) stance of remarkable fecundity, is stated by Pennant , in his '' Journey to Snowdon" :—" Here lyeth the body of Nicholas Hoskins, of Conway, Gent., who, l was the 41st child of his father, \. illiam Hoskins, Esq., by Alice, his wife, and the father of twenty-seven I children, who died the ')oth day of March, 1637." The coming of age of the Hon. Haves St Led gcr, eldest son of Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile, was celebrated with great rejoicings on the family es- I • ta,tes in Ireland on Tuesday. .r....imum......................k LONDON: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, Is3s. It has ever been considered creditable to the country and honourable to the Navy that our old and distinguished officers have been rewarded by the promotion of their offspring and friends. The service was and still is honoured by the names of PELLEW, TROUBRIDGE, COCHRANE, HAM MOND, PARKER, &c. &c., all of whom received promotion almost as soon as they were breeched, and certainly over the heads of many score older officers. Their success excited no murmurs in the Navy, as it was looked on as a reward of merit in their parents and a stimulus to all. The promo- tions which galled the Navy were those of the scions of nobility—the CURZONS, the BERES FORDS, the PAGETS, the CADOGANS, and PER CIES, who, having no connection whatever with the service, were thrust over the heads of veterans, and nominally into the command of ships which they were obliged to leave in the hands of rough nurses, who were sent to take care of them. Now the Tory press has throughout argued the question of the appointment of Admiral FLEMING, as if he were one of the latter, when the truth is that he is one of the former, and deserves nearly the same respect as iF shown to the TROLTBRIDGES and PELLEWS of the present day. Lord KEITH, a distinguished Admiral, who commanded at the Cape of Good Hope, in Egypt, and the Channel fleet, had no sons of his own, and he turned his patronage on his nephew. The rapid and early promotion of Admiral FLEMING was due to his relationship to Lord KEITH, and is as honourable to him and the service as the early and rapid promotion of the sons of Lord EXMOUTH or Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE. The Tory Journals, indeed, would make their readers believe that Admiral FLEMING was promoted for electioneering services to the Whigs ; and the Times gravely tells the officers that they must henceforth gain their epaulets at the polling booths, and must there win the spurs of knighthood and the spoils of victory. 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THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, CCT. 14, 1839, Will be performed Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE. Michael Perez, Mr. Charles Mathews; Leon, Mr. G. Van• denhoff (his second appearance on the stage) ; Cacafogo, Mr, Bartley ; Estifania, Mrs. Nisbett ; 01(1 Woman, Mr. F. Mat. thews ; Daughter, Mr. Meadows, _ After which, DR. DILWORTH. Dr. Dilworth, Mr. W. Farren ; Syntax, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs, Dilworth, Mrs. Urger, _ _ To conclude with, THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Capt. Amersfort,_Mr. J. Vining; Peter Spyk, Mr. Keeley Ernestine, Miss Lee; Gertrude, Mada . me Vestris. Te-meriew, Artaxerxes, Artabanes, Mr. Borrani (his first appearance en the English stage), Mandane, Miss Austin (her first appearance on the stage), with The Scape Goat, and Alive and Merry. Ou Thursday, The School for Scandal, with The Ringdoves. On Friday, a Popular Opera, and other Entertainments. Oa :Saturday, (the Third 'Olympic Night), The Two Fi garos, The Bengal Tiger, One Hour, and other Entertainments. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, Ss. ; Second Price, 2.5. 6d. ; Pit, Ss. ; Second Price, N. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to lie 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 lie had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Re-engagement of Mr. T. P. Cooke for Six Nights More , All the Revivals having met with the most complete success, is respectfully announced that Messrs. Butler and Eltoa wi appear every Evening this Week. THIS EVENING, OCT. 15, Will be presented Shakspeare's Tragedy of JULIUS CiES AR. Brutus, Mr. Butler; Cassius, Mr. Elton; Marc Antony, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Portia, Mrs. H. Vining. To eonelude with the new and original Nautical Drama, called ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining; Bona, Miss Martin. To-morrow, The Avenger, with William Tell, and Ben the Boatswain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW Morning 4B minutes after 7. 1 Evening ... 20 minutes atter S. • 14, • 11'.. " 11 11101% ' • • p 4 . • .1 5 . Zhe THE SUN, LONDON, TtTESDAY, OCTOBER 15 1839. and if Admiral FLEMING have served long, and have always attended to his duties: he is as deserving of his recent •ArN'Ci►,rment as any of his competitors, if any man of distinguished services had been overlooked or slighted, if any Admiral had applied for the situation and been refused, much more de serving than Admiral FLEMING, there would have been some reason for all the fine writing which has been wasted on an ordinary occurrence ; but no such great man has been overlooked or slighted. We know that the Tories* point to Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, the hero of Washington, the de stroyer of a defenceless city, their manager, not to say jobber,* of the Navy ; but though it galls them that this thick-and-thin partizan should be set aside, that the berth he coveted and designed for himself, should it be vacant when his party was in power, should be bestowed on another, his grievous disappointment, and the disappointment of the hungry crew he is associated with, much rejoices us. The whole secret of the Tory wrath, gentle reader, consists in this, that the Whig par tizan Admiral FLEMING is preferred to the Tory partizan Admiral COCKBURN. How much of the virtuous indignation is blown up by the disap pointed Tory Admiral, we must leave those behind the curtain—alias the broad sheets of the Times and the Standard—to tell. 4 ' These two words were incorrectly printed " Times' and "robber" in our Morning Edition. Without giving credit to one-tenth of the ru mours in circulation about the unanimity of the views of Great Britain and Russia respecting the settlement of the Oriental question, we may be permitted to intimate an apprehension that there is more truth in them than is likely to meet with the approbation of the people of this country. The manner in which the foreign policy of Eng land has been conducted for the last six years would not certainly justify us in lightly question ing either the patriotism or the sagacity of Lord PALMERSTON. By the humane and inexpensive substitution of protocols for cannon balls, he suc ceeded in spite of the Tories, in giving stability to the Throne of Belgium ; the share which he has had in the pacification of the Peninsula, and the extent to which he has contributed to po pularize the British name in every part of Spain, are national services never to be forgotten ; while his able exposure of the designs, and spirited denunciation of the conduct of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh at Teheran, Herat, and Cabul, lately submitted to Parliament, prove that his vigilance is not restricted to the political aspect of Eu rope. But Lord PALMERSTON has committed some blunders in the course of his Adminis tration, and, as in the settlement of the question between Turkey and Egypt one false step may may lead to the most fatal results, without a possi bility of retrieval, we cannot sufficiently express the anxiety we feel, lest England should be betrayed into being an accomplice to the destruction, while intending only to figure as a supporter, of the in. tegrity of the Ottoman Empire. Statements have gone abroad, to the effect that the CZAR, zealous on all occasions to render unsolicited ser vices to his faithful allies, and desirous, if possible, to spare the pockets of JOHN . BULL, of whose dislike of taxation he professes to have the most accurate knowledge, has proposed to transport at once from twenty to fifty thousand Russian troops from Odessa to Constantinople, and thus, at his own charge, defend the Turkish capital against IBRAHIM PACHA and the army of the VICEROY. It is further stated, on we know not what autho rity, that his Imperial MAJESTY represented that the adoption of this plan would leave the British and French fleets at liberty to proceed to Alexandria, and either compel MEHEMET ALI to restore the fleet or blockade the coast, and if they pleased bombard the town into the bargain. This would be defending, the Ottoman Empire with a vengeance. Let Rus sia once be permitted to constitute herself sole guardian of Constantinople, and there is an end of the power of the Turks in Europe. NICHOLAs may then, when he chooses, remove his Court from the banks of the Neva to the shores of the Bospho rus. We do not here contend that a Russian army in possession of Constantinople would enable the CZAR to set the hostility of England and France at defiance. To make sure of the ultimate downfall of the power of the Porte in Europe, it would be enough for Russia to rendir her visible and sole protection of that power familiar to the Turks themselves. Her main design at present is o establish her influence at Constantinople—to tami liarize the Turkish populace with notions of her 'greatness, her friendship for the SULTAN, and her invincibility. To do Oils effectually, she knows that she must contrive to get there without the presence of an English and French squadron in the Sea of Marmora. It is not possible that designs so ob vious, so entirely consonant with the whole oriental policy of Russia, can escape the vigilance of our Noble Foreign Secretary. Lord PALMERSTON knows right well that to commit the SULTAN to the protection of NICHOLAS would be to commit the lamb to the care of the wolf ; and we feel assured, notwithstanding the rumours alluded to, that he will not, on an occasion so important, lose sight of what is due to the honour and interest of this countr The Morning Post has, we perceive, after taking due time for consideration, resolved that it ought not to be satisfied with the statement lately published by Sir JAMES CLARK. That state ment seems, in the opinion of all right-thinkin g per sons, to have set the question so indelicately, so in judiciously, and—with respect to Lady FLORA HASTINGS—so unfeelingly agitated by the Morn in°. Post, at rest for ever. Of Sir JAMES CLARK'S own conduct, to which it mainly relates, it is also considered, on all hands, a most satisfac tory defence. That the daily labours of our Contemporary for so many months should have been thus rendered of none effect, by a single stroke of Sir JAMES CLARK'S pen, cannot be to him a subject of very' , pleasing c o nt em pl a ti on . S t ill l ess agreeable, We ` apprehend, does he find the reflection that he must in future be regarded in the light of a convicted slanderer of the very worst description, namely, the suborned instrument of other slanderers, against whom there now lies a strong presump tion that they have fabricated written evidence, and even tampered with the oaths of foreign menials, to give the semblance of truth to their infamous attacks upon the reputation of innocent and un offending persons. It is, we repeat, by no means an enviable thing for a public Journalist to be placed in such a position as this, and we are there fore not surprised that he should endeavour to re move some portion of that load of obloquy which he has heaped upon his own head. That the efforts of our Contemporary will be confined within the bounds prescribed by truth and justice, it would be idle to expect. He has given too many proofs of late, of the readiness with which he can set both at defiance, to leave any room for the hope that he will in future be guided by their dictates. Indeed the manner in which he has com menced his tardy operations against Sir JAMES CLARK'S plain, truth-disclosing narrative, while it indicates the little dependence he has for success on the weapons he employs, shows also that in the use of them he is bound by no scruples of conscience.. He devotes a whole column on Saturday last to tl'ic task of examining the reason assigned by Sir JAMES for not sooner noticing the calumnies whir h he had circulated against him, and of pouring c 'tit upon him the most unmeasured abuse. Yesten lay and to-day he vainly occupies himself in nibbT ing and carping at a sentence . here an d t h ere i n t h e s t a tement ; but so far from Invalidating any pant of it it, he has given additional strength by the miser able feebleness of his word-catching criticism. The reason of the delay with which he finds so much fault, must appear to every unbiassed mind completely satisfactory. The intercourse which takes place between medical men and their patients, particularly in such cases as that in question, is, and ought to be, strictly confidential. No medical man, therefore, is justified in removing the veil of secrecy, from that intercourse, but under circum stances of the most pressing urgency. This Sir JAMES CLARK felt, and as long as the calumnious attacks to which he was subjected in the Post, were " anonymous or unauthorised," he preferred suffering all that such attacks could make him suffer to repelling them by a disclosure, which might have been construed into a violation of professional duty. When, however, the statement of the Marquis of HASTINGS appeared, the case was altered. Then, not vague insinuations, but specific charges, were made against him ;and these charges, sanctioned by the authority of a man of high station, and the nearest kinsman of Lady FLORA, he took the li berty of viewing in a different light from the anony mous scurrility of the Morning Post. He then judged, and most people will think that he judged rightly, that he was no longer bound in honour to conceal the circumstances which had come to his knowledge in his professional capacity, but the dis closure of which had become necessary to the vin dication of his professional character. The Morning Post will not allow that there is any truth or probability in this assertion of Sir JAMES'S as to the cause of his delaying his justifi cation, calls him all the names it can cull from the vocabulary of Billingsgate, and swears that his real reason for not noticing sooner the accusations 'brought against him, was the consciousness that he could not do so with safety while Lady FLORA was alive ! We are not informed, however, why Sir JAMES'S statement was not published im mediately after that Lady's death ? Why it should have been delayed so long beyond that period, our Contemporary does not condescend to tell us, and here there seems to be a little gap in his logic. The complacent conclusion at which he finally arrives is, that not a word of Sir JAMES CLARK'S statement is to be believed where it is not corrobo rated by other testimony ! Were this charitable conclusion a sound one, there would remain, as we shall probably take the trouble of showing, enough t o vindicate him, and more than enough to exhibit some of the principal actors on the opposite side neither in a very amiable nor very estimable point of view. In the mean time we direct the attention of our readers to a very able article on this subject from our Northern Contemporary the Scotsman, which will be found in another column. In another part of the paper will be found an interesting letter on the tyrannical system which prevails near the Castle of Clumber. The Noble owner boasts that he can and will do what he likes with his own, but it appears that neither innkeepers nor schoolmasters, nor even bellmen, are allowed the same privilege at Worksop, and that a stranger who could claim the liberty of speech to dispel ignorance would, in the heart of England, be subjected to Lynch law. Hdd Mr. PAULTON persisted in addressing the crowd, he would to a certainty have been treated as the slave-holding republicans treat emancipators in Virginia and the Carolinas. Could there be a better proof than this that the landlords and their vassals are afraid that reason would prevail, and that they see no chance of preserving the monopoly except by brute force ? The Augsburg Gazelle of the 9th inst. contains a letter from Alexandria, dated the 16th ult., in which MEHEMET ALI is represented as more than ever resolved not to abate one jot of his pre tensions. The letter states that one of the Pasha's couriers arrived on the 14th at Alexan dria from Constantinople, bringing letters to the Viceroy from the SULTAN, the Sultana VALIDE, the Grand Vizier CHOSREW, and HALIL PACIIA. The two Ministers in their letters earnestly en treat the Viceroy to restore the fleet, and over whelm him with titles and compliments. • They style him the father of the Turkish Empire, faithful servant of Allah and the Prophet, sword of Islamism, defender of the Caliph and the Caliphate, whose patriotis m will never permit the dismemberment of the Empir e , w hi c h wou ld in fallibly take place were he to persist in detain ing the Ottoman fleet at Alexandria. The writer further states that the letters of the SULTAN and his Mother satisfied MEHEMET ALI that they both detested CHOSREW, his old enemy, and convinced at last that the whole Turkish Empire was in his favour, he sent off couriers on the 16th with orders to IBRAHIM to march at once upon Constantinople. IBRAHIM, it was said, had issued proclamations setting forth that he fought under the banners of the Prophet to restore the glory of Islamism, and that all Europe was consequently against him. The Suabian Mercury, of the 10th, has a letter from Trieste, which states that MEHEMET ALI has succeeded in bringing over to his side nearly all the Turkish Governors of the Asiatic Provinces, and that the sudden appear ance of IBRAHIM at Constantinople was dreaded by all classes of the people. Still it was rumoured that they would rather see IBRAHIM in possession of the Capital than owe their deliverance to the presence of a combined British and French squa -dron in the basin of the Golden Horn. This is not improbable, as the Moolahs, Imaums, and Dervishes, fill the heads of an ignorant and fa natical people with the notion that the Government forfeited the favour of Allah and the protection of the Prophet by entering into alliances with the Christians, and accepting favours from them. Though MEHEMET ALI is at heart no more a Mussulman than he is a Jew or an Arminian, lie is too clever to peril his popularity by shocking the prejudices of the least enlightened of the true believers. A letter from Tenedos of the 27th ult. states that the Austrian Admiral had sent letters to Ad mirals LALANDE and STOPFORD, informing them that he had received orders from his Government to join them with his squadron, consisting of two frigate s , two c orvettes, two brigs, an d a steamer, and to act in concert with them for the settlement of the Eastern question. The same letter states that Admiral LALANDE had received orders by the Ranvier steamer to proceed to Con stantinople, and take some steps to induce the Porte to allow the combined fleet to winter in the Sea of Marmora. This is the sum total of the news from the East received this morning. We give the sub stance of it without comment, and without holding ourselves responsible for its correctness. The discontent of the Biscayan provinces is daily in creasing, I n spite of the fueros, t h e preservation of which his been guaranteed to them, Espartero appoints ayunta mientos chosen by himself, and (what perhaps causes still more irritation) he declares all the ord i nations made by the Bi s h op of Leon to be null and void, so that the exercise of the sacredotal functions is suspended in a great tni.ny places. It would be difficult, says our correspondent, to expr ess t h e indignation which these violent measures have excited among the inhabitants of Biscay and Na. varre. 44 The Madrid journals publish the most inconsistent ae , counts respecting the Count de Morella and the move ments of his a rmy . Some preten d that he has entered Catalonia to join the Count d'Espagne, and probabl y to attempt with hi m some grand mi li tary operation. Others, and these are doubtless the best informed, affirm that Ca brera is fortifying himself in Aragon, and that he has in spired his soldiers with extraordinary enthusiasm. This last statement agrees with the accounts which we have ourselves re ce i ve d and published. "—Gazette de France. " TOULON, OCT. B.—lt is said that orders have been given for the greater part of the men-of-war stationed on the coasts of Spain to return to the port of Toulon, and that they will be disarmed. The crews will be landed to be incorporated in the division, and then embark on &;a - 101 the ships of the line which are now fitting out. This measure will make it possible to complete the crews of these ships, two of which, the Alger and the Marengo, are to be ready to put to sea at the end of the month. —Le Commerce. King LOUIS PHILIPPE, like a priicient father of a large family, takes advantage of every favour able circumstance to settle his children comfortably in the world, and we are therefore not surprised to learn from the French journals received to-day, that the settlement of the Spanish question has inspired him with hopes of providing a Royal Consort for one of the little Dukes at the Tuilleries. His first move in this business was to unite his second son, the Duke of NEmoun,s, with one of the daughters of the Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA ; but though the QUEEN REGENT highly approved of this alliance, the Commerce states that something or other has happened to prevent it for the present. Whether this disappointment will interfere with the designs of the KING upon the hand of ISABELLA the SECOND of Spain, we know not ; but judging from experience we may be allowed to doubt the benefit to a nation of matrimonial alliances, though deemed of such importance by Sovereigns. The ties of consanguinity rarely influence the policy of great nations ; and a Prince who would wisely govern his subjects would be stronger, and his friendship more sought after, were he to choose a washer woman for his consort, than if he governed ill, and could boast of matrimonial alliances with half the great Potentates of Europe. Kings avoid a tot tering throne as expeditiously as rats run from a falling house. Besides, family compacts and alliances are very apt to beget jealousies among other Powers, which more than neutralize their ad vantages even at the best. Of this truth the his tory of no country furnishes so many examples as that of France. The accounts from Madrid are of the 6th inst., but they are unimportant. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. The supplies were equal to the demand, and prices steady. Turbot, bs. to 30s. ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. ; Good Salmon. Is. 6d. t• 2s. per lb. ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. Beef, 7d. ;o 80.; Mutton, 70. to 80. ; Veal, id. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to 80. per lb. CITY FISH MARKET. The supplies were fair, and the demand good; prices much as last quoted. Turbot, Bs. to 30s. Good Salmon. Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. Lobsters, lOd. to 3s. 6d. Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel. Whitings, 6d. to Is. ; and Haddocks, Is. to 2s. 6d. HAYMARKETS. The supplies were fair, and the demand brisk, rather than otherwise; prices unaltered. Hay, 50s. to 955. ; Clover, 803. to 120 s. Straw, 325. to 425. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. But little passing in any kind of Spirits. Proof Leewards Rum is 3s. 7d. ; G.iod Jamaica ss. 6d. to 6s. ; Brandy 10s. to ss. 6d. ; Geneva Is. 10d., and Britisl4 Corn Spirits rather lower, the price being 10s. 2d. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) DEAL, OCT. 14.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Folk stern, Balls, from New Zealand ; Woodmanstern, Hind. marsh, Mauritius; Countess Durham, Stowe, Newfound land; Report, Gibbons, Oporto; Dee, Westward. Ar rived from the River and sailed the Java, Duthee, for South Australia; Hertsey, Lonsdale, Cape of Good Hope; Halcyon, Lochlan, Jamaica; Egham, Finlay, Gibraltar; Torn, Westward. Sailed the whole of the outward bound, except the New York packet, for Monte Video ; Laura, Algoa Bay. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14.—Wind S.S. W.—Sailed the Reliance, Howell, for Honduras ; Susan King, M'Larem, St. Vincent's; St. Nicholas, Kradsdorff, Kamschatka. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 14. —Wind S. S. W —Arrived the Vulture steamer, from Cork, for London ; Hercules steamer, from London, for Cork ; Devonshire steamer, ditto, for Dublin. FALMOUTH, Om 13. Wind S. S. W. to S. strong breezes. —Arrived the Aquaforte, Cherburg, from Newfoundland, with loss of foremast; Freedom, Cox, Meganissey, Venice; Eliza Thomas, Asman, Swansea; Henry, ditto. Put back, the Experiment, Christofferm, Pernambuco. BRISTOL. Ocr. 14 —Arrived the Actif, from Nantes; Betsey, Odessa. The Jane and Barbara, bound toOdessa, was spoken 20th ult., about 100 miles east of Gibralter, by the Betsy, arrived off Bristol. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 14.—Arrived the Rosa, Bulwer, from St. Petersburg ; Diligent, Bessock, Nantes; Vin cent, Vilet, Maranbaln SWANSEA, OCT. 13. Arrived the Cockermouth, Castle, from Cuba ; Melantho, ditto. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14. —Wind S., fresh.—Arrived the Sheridan, De Peyston, from New York. Sailed the 4th ult. the Camperlign, Pritchard, bound to New South Wales, has put back leaky, with loss of foretopmast, &c. THE ARCHIMEDES STEAMER. On Monday morning the three -masted steam-schooner the Archimedes, fitted up anew for the purpose of de monstrating the advantages of the Archimedes screw as a propeller, proceeded down the river from London bridge, on an experimental trip. The weather was most favourable, and a great number of amateurs, scientific and practical, availed themselves of the liberal invitation of the proprietors to witness the progress,nay, we may now confidently say, the success of the invention. The Archimedes has, since the accident to the boilers, been refitted with every attention to safety as well as efficiency by Miller and Ravenhill, of Blackwall, and now presents an admirable specimen of a sea steamer, being calculated both for steaming and sailing on prin ciples which afford all the practical desiderata of each mode of progression. The vessel started at a quarter Past eleven amidst the huz zas o f t h e watermen, over joyed to witness the advent of a steamer that raised no waves for their annoyance, and, indeed, scarcely left more disturbance in her wake than a sailing vessel. A lubberly lighterman, who came up the river with wind and tide in his favour, contrived to bring his empty the Archimedes, broadside foremost somewhere in the latitude he bow of f London s ll te o e ck, and rsma ofcourse nc could d hrin wasg his i‘ w wh a n l kcd hard into," a b - p or e t: was clean cut between the beams and above the water-line, so the barge floated off without further con troversy. At Purfiset the speed o f th e vesse l was accu rately tried while passing the " measured mile" marked out by order of the Admiralty on the southern coast. Against wind and tide the Archimedes performed the mile in nine minutes five seconds. Turned round (which was done with the greatest facility and in a very small circle), and steaming up the river with wind and tide, the same mile was performed in four minutes and a half. A third experiment down the river again against wind and tide required nine minutes and 52 seconds. The engine was during these trials making between 22 and 23 strokes per minute, each of which produced 53 revolutions of the propelling screw working in the " dead wood" of the vessel, im mediately in front of the stern-post. The log thrown at the turn of the tide indicated a rate of nine knots. The most unqualified satisfaction was ex pressed by all on board at this performance, considering that the Archimedes has been fitted up as a sea-going vessel drawing 10.1 feet, and not intended to exhibit in competition with sharp and shallow river craft. Even on this experimental trip the rigging was decidedly an obstacle when the wind was ahead, for no sails were set, though the vessel is fully calculated to proceed with them alone, if needful. The engines were much ad mired, and Massie's pumps which (strange yet true) cannot be choked excited considerable attention both by the quantity of water they could elevate, and the ease with which they could be worked. Still further improvements are in progress, by one of which (in the shape of the stem itself) Mr. Smith, the inventor, ex pects to be able to realise two additional miles per hour. SOMNAMBULISM.—The following most extra ordinary case of somnambulism has been communicated to us by the patient himself, whose credibility we have no reason to question, though it may tax pretty severely the credulity of our readers. On the evening of Thurs day, a commercial traveller, having taken up his abode for the night (as he supposed, though it turned out other wise), in Wallace's Inn, Let ham, about midnight, as he imagines, in a fit of somnambulism, leaped over a second floor window, and immediately took co his travels through the fields, in no more ample garb than that in which he had gone to sleep. He proceeded on and on, as if impelled by some overruling power, conscious, in a considerable measure, of what was passing around him, but totally unable to resist his fate. The first conspi cous object he feels assured of having passed is the Hopetoun monument, on the top of the Mounthiil, about two miles from where he started. About two miles farther he is conscious of having forded a consi derable stream, he thinks the Eden, near Russell-mill, where he had been on business beforehand ; and his active powers of action only returned to him as he found himself near Melville gates, three miles farther on, just about daybreak. He here found himself covered with mud and mire, fatigued, and miserably cold ; and, with all the haste in his power, now returned to his dormi tory, which he had involuntarily left on so untoward a nocturnal ramble.—Fifesltire Herald. A Fox HUNT IN OXFORD-STREET.---Mon- clay afternoon, about three o'clock, a considerable deal of amusement was created in Oxford-street by the fol lowing occurrence fine young fox, belonging to Mr. Fendall, a butcher, in Woodstock -street, made its escape from the back part of the premises, and, passing through the shop, bent its progress t.wards Maryle bone-lane ; after many twistings and turnings Reynard, who was followed by a number of persons with several dogs in full cry, at length took refuge in the loft, of some livery stables in time to, prevent any injury being in flitted on him by his canine enemies, and was soon after wards restored to his owner. A REAL REVIVAL.—The Synod of Aber deen, by a majority of nine, have resolved to overture the General Assembly "to rescind the Veto Act, to dismiss the Committee appointed to confer with Govern ment to get the Veto sanctioned by law, and to instruct Presbyteries to proceed in filling up vacancies according to the old regulation." This is a real Revival, it is a clear indication of returning sense on the part of the Synod. The wild party who have been carrying every thing with a high hand for years back have met with a check which, we trust, will teach them a little prudence and moderation.—Aberdeen Herald. FIRE DAMP.—IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.— Professor Graham, at the meeting of the British Asso ciation made an important practical suggestion, which may be the means of saving many lives. He observed that the after damp, or carbonic acid, left in the atmos phere of a mine atter an explosion, is supposed to occa sion in many instances a greater loss of life than the explosion ; at the same time it renders assistance im practicable ; in many cases, the oxygen of the air is not exhausted by the explosion, although from the presence of five or ten per cent of carbonic acid it is rendered irrespirable. The atmosphere will be rendered respi rable by withdrawing carbonic acid, and he suggested a method by which this might be effected. He found that a mixture of slaked lime and pounded Glauber's salts, in equal proportions, has a singular avidity for carbonic acid, and that air might be completely purified from that deleterious gas by inhaling it through a cushion of not more than an inch in thickness, filled with that mixture, which could be done without difficulty. This lime filter would be an additional source of secu rity wherever the safety lamp is necessary, and it s h ou ld be invariably employed by persons who descend into a mine to afford assistance to the sufferers. , O FFENCE AGAINST THE FACTOR Y ACT.— On Friday, a man named Richard Fairhurst, who had been employed as schoolmaster for the children in the mill of Messrs. Hugh Shaw and Co , in Butler -street, Manchester, was charged . at the N ew B a il ey, i n that t own by Mr. Horner, inspector of th e f actor i es, for g i v i n g a false certificate as t o th e l engt h of time during which the children attended school. An arrangement had been made with Mes srs . Sh aw and Co., that for their convenience the children under thirteen years -f age should attend . the scho o l t wo h ours and a half five out of the six, and not attend on Saturday ; the regulation, according t o th e F actory Act being that such y children should a tt en d sc h ool every day for two ' hours. Fairhurst, the s c h oo l master, had given certificates that the children in Messrs. Shaw and Co.'s factory had attended school two hours and a half, when in fact they bad atte n d e d on l y two hours. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, and he was, in consequence of the recommendation of Mr. Horner, sentenced to only six days' imprisonmmt. I'oIONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS. WTI, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The intelligence from New York by the packet ship, Sheridan,to the 25th ult, states that the Money Market has not improved, that the information taken out by the British Queen continued to have an unfavourable effect, and Stocks were heavy. At New Orleans money was so scarce that from 2 to 5 per cent., per month, was given. Some fear was entertained that the Bank would probably suspend specie payments before long. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY. -We hare had a dull market for Cotton to-day, without change from Friday's prices. The sale 3,ooo a ,bags to the trade, We have received Quebec papers of the 19th September, and Montreal papers to the 22d September. The former are void of interest, the latter states, from the Toronto Herald, that it hears from undoubted autho rity that several of the miscreants who risked their all in piratical attempts on Upper Canada, are now banding themselves together with a determination to retrieve their pecuniary losses by acts of piracy ; and their plan is, at some early and well understood period, to take passage at various ports on board the steamer, Great Britain, to overpower the crew and passengers, and Plunder the towns on the lake. COMMERCIAL.—" A number of Upper Canada mer chants have made their appearance in town this week, and business is beginning to revive. Exchange.—The Banks furnish bills on London at 10i per cent. prem. The notes of all banks in Upper Canada are taken by the banks at Montreal at one per cent. discount, and will no doubt be soon at par, as they will without doubt resume specie payments early in November." We copy the following from a letter dated the River St. Clair (Canada), Aug. " Sir,—On this unfortunate frontier there is now a total stand put to all enterprise and im provement ; not a man dare expend a farthing either in purchase of land or the establishment of a state, lest in one instant his house should be burnt over his head ' • or in the other, the goods in hi s shop s hould go to enrich the villains on the American side. I am led to make these remarks by the fact that no fewer than four robberies have within this last month been com mitted here, in an extent of twelve miles—one to the amount of nearly 300 dollars, another 100, the others smaller in amount ; but still serious in the ex treme when the generally limited means of the set tlers are considered. These robberies have in two instances been clearly traced to the opposite side of the river, and we are at a loss to ascertain whether those outrages are preludes to the same system of vexa tious and treacherous border warfare which last summer and autumn nearly ruined the country. Whatever may be the cause, the effect is fatal, and unless steps be speedily taken, to remedy the evil, all the respectable inhabitants, in fact, all those who have anything to lose, must leave this frontier. " The force now assembled for its defence, consists of 40 men, and their limited number renders it impossible that they should do so successfully." We do not hear as yet of the arrival of the British Queen steamer from New York ; in all probability she might be detained a day or two at New York. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in the British Market, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in arranging their accounts against to-morrow, which is paying and receiving day for the various differences. The extreme fluctuation during this account is about 2 to 4 per cent. No doubt is entertained that an easy settlement will take place,and all will go off well, although money is rather in demand. Consols, which left off yesterday at 9018 both for Money and the Account, opened rather heavy this morning at 90-a4 Money, and for the Account 911-1- (November Account) ; Exchequer Bills, 2 dis count to par ; Bank Stock,:lBoi 1811 ex.:div. ; India Stock, 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed yesterday at 314, at present not quite so good, 30i 31 ; Portuguese 37k, also lower ; Three per Cents., 251 ; Brazilian, 722 731 ; Colombian, 33} ; Mexican, 32i ; Dutch 'l' wo-and. Half per Centi., 53} ; Five per Cents., 1011 8. rittubs 4 - JrSTOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied. B6ii 7 04% 3 per Cent. Cons. a-, per Cent DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock - Old Annuities Ditto Red. .......... % 1 4% New 3% per Cent 98 NaV4! New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, 1860 13 13-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1660 New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1711 SB4 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 2 'lit. par Ditto 500.., 2 pm. Ditto Small O pin. Ditto Commercial aid Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. IBM —l Congos for Account 5 1 .14 .4 LA PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DA'ii AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Accuu. t Columbian Bonds — , Ditto Account — Ditto Account ....___ Date Metallic _ . Columbian Bonds, MN. ...32 3 a 56 Spanish Bonds ... 31 SON: Ditto Account 3 OA Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto Account — • Deferred (.4 reek Bonds, -;. French, 5 pet cent. —c Ditto Bonds, lie 23 — --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account ---- 3 por cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. --- Exchange. -I. —,. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan —• Ditto Account....... ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per ah.ire, Great Western Railway Company 65 61 Brighton Railway lO Ili York and North Midland Railway Company 31 riS HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour the settling of the Consol ♦ccount is going off well, with no other feature in the m irket worth attention. The account turns out to be a Bull one, with a scarcity of money in the market ; full 6 per cent. can be obtained from day to day. Great disappointment is experienced by the various merchants connected with the United States at the non-arrival of the British Queen, which was expected this morning. Accounts from Chili state that the President in his opening speech to the Chambers, stated that the Re public was desirous of doing justice to the foreign bondholders, and that an agent has been sent to Lon don to obtain an honourable adjustment. Consols may be quoted at present 914 for Novem ber Account ; for Money receded to 90i, have been at 90Z- in the morning. Exchequer Bills, 2 dis. to par ; in Bank Stock nothing done ; India Bonds, 2 discount, 2 prem. _ _ * ln the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active, 31 to 31f ; Passi•e, 7 ; Deferred, 14. - ; Por tuguese, 371 ; Three per Cents., 25i ; Colombian, 334 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i ; Five per Cents., 1014. OLE BULL.—This celebrated violinist has just contracted an engagement with M. Duponchel for several concerts at the Academie Royale in Paris. Ole Bull has just returned from Russia, after having received most gracious marks of the Emperor's favour. The Tweed Salmon fishing, with nets, closes on Tuesday next, for the season, which we believe has been one of the worst for several years. It is legal to take salmon with the rod till the 7th of next month. Berwick Advertiser. EVENTAT(; EDiTtON. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Sessions of the Peace for the county of Mid dlesex commenced this day at the Sessions' House in Clerkenwell-green, Mr. Sergeant Adams in the chair. The Grand Jury having been sworn, were addressed . by the Chairman, and then retired to perform them . duties, the Court in the meanwhile proceeding to the trial of the cases which had been adjourned from the last Sessions. _ . • KNOCKING OUT A MAN'S EYE.—Matthew Benjamin Wilson, a commercial traveller, and John Barnett, a cabinet-maker, both respectably attired young mesh were charged Kith assaulting Robert Brownring, on the 26th of June last. Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution, I*. Clarkson appearing for the prisoner, Barnett, and *I% Chadwick Jones for Wilson. The prosecutor stated that he resided in Wellington street, Goswell- road, and that on the evening in question , about twelve o'clock, as he was returning home, close to his own door, he met the prisoners and another man, who made use of some abusive expressions to him ; that he remonstrated with them on abusing a man who had sons and daughters as old as they were, whereupon Wilson said " I know you have daughters, for I keep one of them as my mistress," upon which the prosecutor threatened to knock him down if he- repeated his insulting language ; the prisoner Wilson then said, " Every gentleman keeps a woman, and I keep your daughter," upon which the prosecutor struck at him and shoved him off the curb-stone, whereupon Barnett and the other jumped upon the prosecutor and held his arms, whilst Wilson hit him a tremendous blow on the face, which forced his eye from the socket, burst the eyeball, and has consequently deprived him of sight for life. The prosecutor was cross-examined by the Counsel for the defence, with a view of showing he was intoxi cated, but nothing material was elicited. Mr. Clarkson, for ,Barnett, contended that be bad merely held the prosecutor after seeing a blow struck with a view to prevent further mischief. Mr. Chadwick Jones for Wilson, after express in g his sorrow at the consequences of the blow which b ad been inflicted, contended that as the prosecutor had struck the first blow, Wilson was merely acting in self defence, and therefore was entitled to an acquittal. The CHAIRMAN summed up, and the Jury found both prisoners guilty. The CHAIRMAN having animadverted in very severe terms on the gross, filthy, and unmanly language la which the prisoner Wilson had indulged previous to the assault, sentenced him to pay a fine of five pounds, and Barnett to pay a fine of ten shillings. The prisoners paid the fines i mm ediately, and le f t the Court. GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.), CHARGE OF FORGERY.—illicmel Ralph, who last week remanded on a ch a r ge o f having paid thWreae forged bankers' bills to Mr. Myers, of Wentworth - str eet, Whitechapel, rag-merchant, was this morning brought up for further examination. Mr. Yates attended on behalf of the prosecutor, an d Mr. Humphries for the prisoner. Mr. Yates having re-stated the case in nearly the ga l " terms as last week, called Edward Kelly, clerk to Mr. Myers, who deposed e that on Thursday, the 3d o f J anuar y, t h e prisoner Cain n tity to his employer's w are h ouse an d purc h ase d a q ua of army cuttin gs , & c ., t o t h e amount o f 201. 6 s. Del " and tendered in p a ym en t a bill o f t h e Birmingh am Borough Bank for 201., leaving a b a l ance due of 6s. 9d. On the 10th he came again, and purchased to the amount of 141. 18s. 5d., paying a similar bill for 171. Ws., re ceiving the balance in cash. On the 24th the prisoner wife paid another bill for 201. Mr. Humphries objected to any evidence being g ene into on that bill. By Mr. Alderman PIRIE—We had no dealings with the prisoner before for cash except on one occasion, when he paid a bill which was duly honoured. Th e bills now paid had been dishonoured. Mr. Payne inquired what evidence there was to prove these bills forgeries. Mr. Yates said he had made enquiries at Birming ham, and could find no such persons as the drawers. Mr. Payne said there ought to be some person from Birmingham to prove that fact. • Mr. Humphries submitted that the prisoner ought to be discharged, as there had already been ample time to make proper inquiry. Mr. Alderman PIRIE said he certainly should not discharge the prisoner at present, but would reMana him in order to procure the attendance of the parties from Birmingham. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Richard Trall" k ' a master butcher, residing in Grosvenor Market, was charged on a Magistrate's warrant obtained at this dß _ e aos .e yesterday against him, for assaulting police consta bl e No. 162, C division, and attempting to rescue a p risoner out of his charge. The offence took place in a drunk er ' spree on Saturday night. The defendant pleaded a n oblivous state. Mr. GREENWOOD said that drunken persons s hould not interrupt the execution of the law. The defendan t must pay a fine of 405., or be committed for twenty-eee days. The fine was immediately paid. EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.--A respectable married woman, named Catharine Cavan, was fined 10s. for be ing found drunk in Regent-street at ball-past eleven o'clock last night, and incapable of taking care of her self. The defendant seemed heartily ashamed of her folly, and left the office with her husband, evidently dreading his reproaches. UNION-HALL-( THIS DAY.) SA 'AGE ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Robinson a cabinet maker, was brought this day before Mr JEREMY, the presiding Magistrate, charged by James Storer, a porter, at the King's Head, Blackfriars-road, with most savagelY assaulting him last night about seven o'clock. From the evidence of Storer, it appeared that yester day afternoon, at four o'clock, Robinson was at the house of Mr. Ives who keeps the King's Head, in the Blackfriar's-road, drunk, and act ing like a madman. Mr. Ives desired him to leave the place, which he refused to do, and after a great deal of difficulty, with the assistance of Storer, he was expelled the house, to which lie returned again at seven o'clock. and immediately upon seeing Storer he flew at him like a tiger, tore his waistcoat, and bit his thigh so dread fully as to render it necessary for him to obtain m edical advice. Robinson conducted himself in so outrageous a manner that it required no less than seven persons to secure him. Robinson's wife had stated that when h e had anything to drink he was more like a madman than a rational being, and it was her firm belief if he c ont l 7 need to take exciting liquors the result would be that he must be sent to Bedlam. Mr. JEREMY said that as the assault complained of was about as brutal as any that had ever come und it re , his notice he should fine Robinson 20s. for the assault' and he twist also pay the like sum for the damage he had occasioned. The amount was immediately paid. NEW HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL' WORKS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the fol lowing new Historical and Biographical Works, which can be had of all Booksellers :-1. The Life and Tunes of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, by his Son, Henry Grattan, Esq., M.P., 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait-----• Captain O'Brien's Adventures during the Late 1871 " . ' from 1804 to 1827, 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrat ions --3' Memoirs of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, and alb!, Court and Times of Queen Anne, by Mrs. Thomson. vols. Bvo.-4. The Life, Correspondence, and posthu mous Writings of M. G. Lewis, Author of " T he Monk," &c., 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait-5. The Co' s eluding Volumes (3 and 4) of the Diary of the Tim es of George IV., containing more Letters of Que en ` l6 { mP roline, &c.-6. The Life and Cors ondenee ° Washington, by Jared Sparks, 2 vols. Bvo, with rot.- trait-7. Dr. Vaughan's Olt .er C romw ell and His Times, illustrated in a Series of Letters by the dis t 7 guished Persons of the Period, 2 vols. Bvo., with 131 ; - ; Portrait-9. traits-8. Dr. Jenuer's Life and Correspondence, by 8v Dr. o. Baron, sy i with 9 p . ublished complete, in 2 'I imp s, a Seri • es of Original Letters by the most 01P Queen Elizabeth. and ta,,er with tinguished P ersons o f the Period, 2 vols. Bv o., ortraits--10. Th e Lif e an d C orrespon dence of E9T P St. Vincent, by Captain Brenton, It N., 2 vols. 8 "," with P ortra i t —A n d 11. T he A uto bi ogra phy of J osef i t Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798. Edited 13 7 T. Crofton Croker, Esq. 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, &c. COCKFIGHT AT HANWORTH.—DES PKRATO AFFRAY.—Monday, at the Brentford Petty Sessions; a stout man d resse d in a smock-frock, name d Bober Hedges, was brought in the custody rill of one of the mounted patrol, from Leatherhead, S urr ey, for ex a e nation on a c h arge of having been concerned with others r in a most desperate attack on Piper , Wyllie, and & li t _ officers of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty' Animals, at a Cockfight, which took pl ace at Ha i "; ' worth, near Hounslow, on the 17th of April ( Eas . t, Monday), 1838. Mr. Thomas , the Secretary of' t!s, Society, was in attendance , an d informed the I‘l l 3 eath b a trates that Piper had died s ince the affray, his t, re. . beyond doubt accelerated b y the in j uries he Centr al ceived, and lie produced a ce rtificate from the 0 Criminal Court to the effect that the prisoner stood to- Criminal dieted for cutting ride wounding Piper and Wyllie, on which charge lie pyd his committal. The I.3ene l . said, under those circumstances their duty was to corn s-lid, mit him to Newgate, which was accordingly done. , ROYALTY IN A CONVENT. — It is ailinneu that the Queen Dowager of Sardinia has come eto the ing ie resolution of w ;thdrawing from the world, and nd her days in a convent. Her Ma j esty is said to ho I .! already return ed to the order of the Jesuits, to who om oi r; formerly belonged, die - Villa Ruffinella, s e _ 1. M ou nt Tusculum , w hi ch is her property , and where . she now -resides. - —.me/