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CONTENTS Advances since the Peace--Lord Malmesbury's Diary and Cor respondenee—Mrs. Shelley's Rambles in Italy—Life of Lord Chan cellor Eldon—True Origin of olypsles—Autobiography of a Living Writer—Character of the Americans—The Cycle of Nature—lmpor tance of Trifles—Memoranda by a Public Character of Eminence— royal Etiquette—Monuments to the Great—The Old Edinburgh Re- Tiewers—lllnts to Lawyers—lmperfections of Science, &c. . . . - London : Hayward - and Adam, 48, Paternoster-row ; and J. Menzies,- Ecllnbur4ll. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Will OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3el, with the same Talented Company that has hitherto obtained such rpularity and distinguished patronage, with a revived Comedy, a Comic Drama, and a Popular Farce. Box-otlice to be Opened on S aturday, the 28th instant. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. W.II OPEN forthe SEASON, under the Management of Madame CELESTE, on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 'IS. During the recess the Theatre has been entirely repainted and decorated in the rnoit costly and elegant style by Mr. T. Ireland and assistants, the Boxes so arranged as to give a perfect view of the stage, and in every department strict attention paid to the coment and convenience of the public, rnd perfect ventilation throughout the Theatre. A splen did new ch .ndelier in glass has been introduced at considerable ex - pens*, executed by Mr. Phillips. Also, a new curtain, and a new act drop designed and paint d by Mr C. Marshall. I%ew Manage. glint, Old Favourites, and New Pieces. LISP OF COMPANY. Madame Ce'este Miss A ngelyne Mr. 0. Smith Mrs. Tates Miss Maurice Mr. Wilkinson Mrs. Fitswilliam Miss Lona&le Mr. C. Selby Miss Woolgar Miss Fleming Mr. Cowe 1 Mrs. F. Mathews Miss Simpson Mr. M aynard Miss Chaplin Miss Johnson Mr. Worrell Miss E. Harding Mies Bell Mr. Cullenford Bliss Vernon Miss Taylor Mr. Sandals Miss Thimes Mr. Hudson Mr. Cooper Miss Worrace Mr. Wright Mr. Lindon Mrs. Glenny Mr. Paul Bedford Mr. Sylvester Miss Brooks Mr. C. Dibdin Pitt Mr. Glenny Miss Jones M r . J . Vi n i ng M r. Mi tchenson Miss Schmidt Mr. Lambert Mr. Fenton. Prompter, Mr. Gallot; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. llitellon.—Box-odice will be opened on Thursday next, from Eleven till F our . P r i vate Boxes to b e h ad at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA: HOUSE. Mader the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant ! ! I T o attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps fo r Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage. meat, therefore, contents Itself by simply stating that it will be tepezted every Erem-- TH 4I I O I EVENING, SEPT. 24, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emory, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss E. Chaplin, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss roves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than ew, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaginae, founded an the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian !fights' Entertainment, entitled ALAI)DIN AND THE WON. DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, tec. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. .Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI is James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, Sic., rte. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 45.; Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 25.:; Gallery, 6d. Second Price--Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boise, Is. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier bolding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second 11ev (b on eatin g eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes the Pit fler (holding six persons), One Guirea• -The Box.ollice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Sig Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.' htly overflows and Re-engagement of the wonders of Mr. C a rte r , the Amerlean Lion King for this Week. Tills EVENING, SEPT. 24, Will be repeated the French Equestrian Military Spectacle of the 2.10 N OF THE DESERT, or. THE FRENCH I 1 MOROCCO. Abdallals, the Outcast Arab, Mr. Carter. New Scenes of the Circle. To Conclude with the new Eluestrian, Military and Naval 2 3ectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of moy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, be., so realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast SIM Lanterns. kcting and stage mans Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box.gettlee open from Eleven till F ive. ger Lessons in the Aft of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. --DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. /manse Success of the " Protector" and " The Roakof Life"— Continued Engagement of Mr. G. Wild. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 24, Will be performed THE PROTECTOR,- or, THE REBEL'S GAUNTLET. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, /ticks, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. R. Honner, &c. After which, THE ROAD OF LIFE. Supported by Messrs. G. Wild, R. Bonner, Neville, Rogers, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Terrey, &c. To conclude with ANGELS AND LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild will perform his Original Character. Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. 4411ce, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. VENING, SEPT. 24, Will be perform ed G U Y MANNERING. Colonel Mannering, Mr. Osbaldiston; Henry Bertram, Mr. Binge; Lucy Bertram, Miss Vincent; Julia Mannering, Miss Louisa Lyons; Meg Merrilies, Mrs. W. West. With on Ethiopian Entertainment by the celebrated AMERICAN SOUTHERN MINST RELS, introducing the most beautful of their . Native Melodies. After which, A DEAD SHOT. M r . Timid, Mr. .1. Herbert ; Louisa Lovetrick, Miss Vincent. Ti conclude with GIOVANNI IN LONDON. Don Giovanni, Miss Louisa Lyons ,• Leporello, Mr. J. Herbert. Private family Boxes, Al Is. Od. and Al I Is. ad. STRAND THEATRE'. Will be performedTHlS EVENING, SEPT. 24, MA RTIN CHUZZLEWI r. Young Martin Chuislewit, Mr. Ranoe ; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffir; Jonas C.husslewit Mr. A ttwood ; Montague Tigg, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. Biddies ; Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Clamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary TI -HE Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, KINKS, BAGMAN. Supported by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, and Miss E. Stakley. To conclude with an Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanasar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Pttneess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. LAS' WEEK BUT TWO. EXTRAORDINY NOVEL ATTRACTION On MONDAY, TU AR ESDA AND Y, WEDNESDAY, and To-I URSD & AY, throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME Painted by Dawson and Telinn. The settsition caused by this unrivalled prodgction is beyond all lbtmer precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer ail struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in prohouncing it the moot wondernil ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle fur the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa. Nous Lake, to be hilly appreciated. Beethoven's celebrated Battle Sinfonia, descriptive of an En ga_gement between the Fren c h and Englis' i Armies. Me Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Moneays. Tues.. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays commend uy Mr. Godfrey, are urn a scale of more than usual excellence; hut words fail In doingjuatice to the awful representation of THE OREM' FIRE Ok LONDON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayeil, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, Coat delight is predominant over terror; and the 'thousands w hat ho nightly crowd the Gard ens h ail i t with acclamations, and admit t Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless - triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect etate.eud annbining so many and interesting features, are by far Ott most attractive lounge in or near the nretronlio. • 'Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Half-past Four-- Concert at Half-past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. LAST WEEK.—TILE NAPOLEON MUSEUM. The Manager begs respectfully to Inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Ilse Public, that the very Extensive and Magnificent -NAPOLEON NUSEUM will CLOSE on SATURDAY NErr, the 28th instant. The Admlrsion is One Shilling. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, September 21, 1844. THE WEATHER.—STN OFFICE, SEPT. 24. Ttnautommß, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 61; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30.—WEND, N.E. Notes.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is xually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY. lbrntng ". 0 minutes after 0 I Evening ... 2G minutes after 0 SECOND EDITION: It is long 'since we have perused a record of the acts of any public body with feelings of indignation much more intense than those which have been ex cited in us by the conduct of the Poor-law Commis sioners in the matter of the Master of the Bradfield Union Workhouse. In recurring to the facts con nected with their treatment of the individual elected, by vete of the board of guardians of Bradfield, to that office, it will be unnecessary for us to charac terise proceedings which will tell their own tale, and carry their own comment to the mind of every un prejudiced person under whose notice they may be brought. But we should be wanting in our duty as public journalists, were we not to denounce, in the strongest and most emphatic manner, not so much the arbitrary and insulting manner as the unconstitutional principle of the conduct adopted by the Commissioners in this affair. It is nothing to urge in their vindication that, in the New Poor-law Act itself, the powers complained of are clearly vested in the Board at Somerset House. There has not been a session of Parliament, for many years past, in the course of which some flagrant blunder of detail, or some anomaly at common law, or some violation of the constitutional rights of the subject, has not been in corporated into the preamble or enactments of more than one statute, which, on that account, it has been found necessary to repeal, or " alter and amend" by an Act, remedial or explana tory, in a subsequent session. From the careless and mischievous hurry with which Bills of all kinds are dispatched at the approach of a recess or a dissolution—especially in the House of Commons-- poor-law legislation has certainly enjoyed no peculiar exemption. Were this not the fact, it would be im possible to understand how Parliament could have overlooked, in the existing New Poor-law the as sumption of a right of control over private judgment —an unquestionable infallibility—of official opinion, which at this time of day none but the Grand Llama of TWEET, the Pope of ROME, or the black King of the Ashantees claim to exercise to the extent in sisted upon by the Somerset House junta. For what are the facts ? In brief, that in the month of April last, in consequence of a vacancy occurring in the office of union workhouse master for the Brad field union (Berks), the guardians proceeded to elect a qualified person thereto, by an unanimous vote of a board of twenty-eight ; that their appointment in this instance was for a term of three months upon trial ; that the Commissioners having objected to the election, as in due course reported to them, on the grounds that the party elected (a Mr. BRANGWIN) was " an inexperienced man," and that " his affairs were in an unsettled state ;" the guardians remon strated that he could not be justly considered as " in experienced," because he had been for five years an active member of their own board, bore a high cha racter there, and was greatly respected by all who knew him, and that he was not amenable to the im putation on account of his affairs, since he had met his creditors in a most handsome manner, and they were fully satisfied, under the circumstances, with his composition of 15s. in the pound. And what ensued on this remonstrance ? The Commissioners withdrew their objection to BRANGWIN on the score of pecuniary embarrassments ; but without condescending to assign any reason for their order, directed ' the guardians to proceed to a fresh election. Let it not be forgotten, in estimating the character of this freak of official impertinence, that this board of guardians necessarily consists of elected rate payers interested in, and conversant with the business of their own locality, the moral characters and busi ness-talents of their co-parishioners, or ratepayers, and neigbours; that they give their services in the administration of their strictly local trust gratui tously; that the Poor-law Commissioners are (to their own singular satisfaction) fixtures in a certain desecrated portion of Somerset House, London, re ceiving for the discharge of their duties, performances of this kind included, extremely ample salaries. So the Bradfield guardians, conceiving that it was more than probable they were more competent judges (being on the spot, and having personal, and even official knowledge of the man) than the Poor -law Commissioners could be of the eligibility of BRANGWIN for the office of master, adhered to their former resolution in his favour. The " Great Council of Three," exasperated at the contumacy of these guardians, on th e 28th of May fulminated a "bull," th reatening to proceed against BEANO WIN, and actu a ll y "i ncapacitate him from holding any office under thei r commission there after, if he persisted in holding office a n y l onger. " BRANGWIN, like a half-penitent king of old, worn out by the thundering invitations from the holy father, to resign his crown into the hands of the successor of St. PETER, resigned his appointment. The board proceeded, as they had done in the first instance, to ad- We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. All the Opposition papers continue to animadvert on the treaty with Morocco, which, says the Constitu tionnel, M. GUIZOT will have difficulty in defending, even in the opinion of his friends. The Constitu tionnel and the National also comment upon the nar rative extracted from the Sidney Morning Herald, and entitled "Tyranny of the French at Otaheite," which appeared in the London papers of Thursday. On this other occasion the French authorities at Otaheite are proclaimed quite infallible. There is some truth in the following observations of the Constitutionnel, on the subject of the French occupation of Otaheite : " What is certain is, that Otaheite—that conquest which M. Guizot wished to make, but which he has not dared to complete—is, become, thanks to the skilfulness of our own statesmen, a source of embarrassment and misfortune for us, of danger for our soldiers, and of diffi culty and disgrace for our officers." , In the course of a long article on the subject of Ireland the Journal des Debats has the following observations on what will probably be the ultimate result of the acquittal of O'CoaNELL:—" The acquittal of the Irish prisoners is no. doubt a grave event, which may produce great changes in the relative situation of parties, but we do not believe that it has i weakened the union between England and Ireland. We think quite the contrary. it has been a serious check for the Tory Ministry, but at the same time it has a reconciliation and an approach to union between the Irish and a great political party in England itself." With regard to the report that a coalition was about to take place between the Whigs and Repealers, one of the conditions of which was the granting a federal union, the Journal des Debats says :—"We do not believe it—the Whigs would take good care not to announce any such intention. 1 .. 1 ( ~,,,,, ~,. ~ .011' &VI • to, _ i ..;, , ,f,-. 4ar. • Ail i k : ,-/, ( -,7,4•400 1 A , . ~, , T .:' , 'l_, . - r• mitt' v ~, v .. , -.---, z , ~,,,,.. z,",, ,, •.,. . - i nn ~ blennt LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 We quote the following singul ar complaint from an evening Contemporary of yesterday We h ave sometimes thought, and provincial communications have confirmed our impressions, that the Royal Family 'of late divest themselves a little too en tirely of what the French call representation' throughout their provincial progresses. It is not of course to be expected that her MAJESTY should sub mit to pompous and triumphal doings immediately after, the fatigues of sea-voyages ; or allow the atra aura of Court ceremonial to pursue her to Blair Athol. However, in our humble but very loyal view, the disappointment expressed so often that the QUEEN appears to all her remoter subjects just like any other lady,' is not altogether without some ground and without some claim on attention. We have had long letters on former occasions in grievous complaint of her MAJESTY'S fast trains, and of her plain straw bonnet. 'We were witnesses to decided disappointment last year on the part of Young Bristol,' when Prince Ale. WERT came to launcl - . the Great Britain in a plain black coat and white waistcoat, just like any other gentleman ! Provincial spectators under- vertise for candidates ; and, lo ! the indestructible BRANGWIN was :igain unanimously elected by a board of eighteen irreclaimable guardians. There was a voice of anger, as yet "not loud but deep," in Somer set House. he Great Council, however, concealed for a time eaeir terrible resentment. They merely issued, on, the 18th of June, an order for BRANGWIN'S dismissal, and a polite "request" to the guardians to proceed to the election of another master, in his stead, at their earliest convenience. On that day week, the 25th, they once more announced their re solution to take legal proceedings against him, if he should presume to continue in office after the 2d of July then ensuing. Some interviews and corres pondence on this subject now ensued between the guardians and Mr. PALMER, M.P. for Reading; and the latter " being satisfied," it is said, " that the Poor-law Commissioners had been influenced by pri vate" information given to them, desired BRANGWIN not to resign, as he once more offered to do, but to re tain his situation temporarily. On the 9th of July the inexorable Commissioners renewed their threats, accompanied with the intimation, that if he persisted in keeping his office they would stop the payment of any salary to him accruing from it. After further correspondence with Mr. PALMER, the board requested of a Mr. Hoexprson to be favoured with any information re flecting on BRANGWIN, which he had brought before the Commissioners. This request was forwarded in a letter. That letter remains —unanswered. Bat what followed will not, we predict, remain unnoticed, so soon as Parliament shall have re -assembled for the dispatch of business. Up to this point, the highest offence of the board had been, that, whether among those who replied to their advertisement there were no stray German Prince 3, among the host of foreigners who are now perambulating England, or no specula tive pauper-dietarians of rank and station adequate to satisfy the expectations of the fastidious Commission ers, and themselves ambitious of this magnificent ap pointment--or for what other reason soever—Bnalso- WIN, the guardians' own choice, was always the favourite and the elected candidate. But now the guardians dared to . " appeal unto CAISAR.I They insolently asked to be admitted into the presence of Poor-law " Commissioners" —that more dignified abstraction than Majesty itself. "On the 20th of July the board wrote to the Poor-law Commissioners, offering a deputa tion to wait on them at any time or place they might appoint, to explain, and endeavour to come to an ar rangement. On the 30th July, the Commissioners again refused to sanction the appointment, or to receive a deputation of guardians to explain—when the board passed a resolution not to elect another master until the charges against Mr. BRANGWIN were made known and proved." H,er . eupon an Assistant Poor law Commissioner attended the board, and announced the nature of his instructions from the Great Coun cil of Three, by summoning the high delinquent BRANGWIN before the Bench of Reading Magistrates, who convicted him of the high crime of having dis obeyed the commands of " Commissionery," and fined him in the penalty of —one farthing 1 BRAND- I WIN in his turn solicits advice from the board, and they order him to remain in the house and officiate as master. On the 27th August a motion at the board to replace him by electing some other master falls to the ground without even a se conder. On the 10th September the High Commis sioners of Poor-law, by order under their great seal, command the board to proceed to such election within one month, or failing therein, to answer proceedings to be instituted against them in the Court of Queen's Bench. Under these circumstances, there was a public meeting held in the Town-hall of Reading on Saturday last, at which resolutions were unanimously come to, expressive of unqualified approbation of the course adopted by the Bradfield guardians of the views entertained of the conduct of the Commissioners, and the course to be adopted as to further communi cations, &c., in this matter, and Y of sympathy with Mr. BRANGWIN, on whose behalf a subscription has been opened. stand this tasteful and unassuming style .idtist as little as those habituated to splendours unders'tand the pro vincial appetite for them." In reply to this odd com plaint, we may observe that her MAJESTY is not bound to cater to the vulgar taste for gew-gaw splen dours on the part of " provincial, spectators." It forms no portion of her duty to do violence to her own simple, unassuming habits, d, an trick herself out on every occasion in :all the ostentatious paraphernalia of Royalty, mraly in order to gratify those who hare no other no tion of a Queen, than that she should differfroln every other lady in the land in point of external finery. The more these coarse, vulgar ideas of royal dignity are discouraged, the better, for Heaven knows we have had enough of them; and a world of mischief they have been the means of inflicting on the corn- munity by disseminating principles of false taste, and encouraging the most absurd, ruinous extravagance ! Look, for instance, at the memorable " Regency of GEORGE the FOURTH." Throughout that showy and artificial period, expense and finery of attire were carried to the greatest height ; nature and simplicity were studiously kept in the back ground ; dress—balls—dinners—and tawdry ceremonials of all sorts were the order of the day; and the " First Gentleman in Europe" was never so much in his element as when busied with the con coction of some new wasteful extravagance, such as his notorious Regency fete, when, among other idle follies, gold and silver fishes were seen disporting in tiny streams of water that meandered through the supper tables These puerilities would have been harmless, however ridiculous, enough, if they had been confined exclusively to the Prince. But, unfor tunately, the folly became contagious ; the rich cour tiers adopted the example of their Royal Master; the middle classes—always so prone to imi tate their aristocratic superiors —followed in the same track, and the consequence was, the ruin of hundreds, we almost say thousands, and the general dissemination of the falsest principles of taste and feeling. But the evil did not stop here. Royalty, of course, must be furnished with the means 01 pampering its ostentatious love of show, and the result was, that John Bull was saddled with a load of taxa tion, heavy enough to break the back of Atlas, whicb, Mr. CANNING coolly observed, was merely" maintain ing the decent splendour of the Court." Infinitely to her credit, her MAJESTY has set her face against this order of things. She does not allow the splendour of her State to degenerate into mere ostentatious frip pery, and knows how to be munificent without being extravagant. Above all, she is endeavouring to restore in her Court, and generally among her sub jects, a taste for nature and simplicity—two things which have much more to do with the moral tone of a nation than superficial people would imagine ? Her "plain straw bonnet," and Prince ALBERT'S "plain black coat and white waistcoat" may shock the vulgar prejudices of those who would always desire to see Royalty dressed out in holiday costume, as we see it in RICHARDSON'S show-booth at Greenwich fair; but all persons of judgment, feeling, and real, not spu rious, notions of refinement, will rejoice to see their young SOVEREIGN desirous to be distinguished among her subjects, not by her external finery, but by her innate good taste, and her nice and healthful appreciation of nature and simplicity. To the credit of the Scotch, be it said, their notions on this subject are far more sound than those of our evening Contemporary's provincial correspondents, for we learn by the last accounts from Blair Athol, that "the simple and graceful affability with which the QUEEN dispenses with the stately trammels and ceremonies of a Court, have excited the liveliest en thusiasm among her Highland subjects; her tranquil and modest seclusion, in fact, has produced an im mense effect on the Scottish people generally, and her popularity has increased tenfold since her resi dence at Blair Athol." We have been thus particular in commenting on the various stages of this case from a conviction that it cannot fail to awaken public attention throughout the country to the dangerous and oppressive powers vested—by a very defective law—in a very absurdly constituted Commission, and their inevitable tendency to result in excesses of this ridiculous, but at the same time overweening, insolent, and intolerable character, The speeches of Mr. MArnEws, Mr. WALTER, and Mr. ALLNUTT, were, at the Reading meeting, temperate, manly, and most effective. Accounts from Madrid of the 16th of September have been received. The Gazette of that day pub lishes the royal decree appointing M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA Minister of Foreign Affairs. The appoint ment is dated the 21st of August. This antedating the appointment saves M. MARTINEZ DE LA Rose from the necessity of again presenting himself before his constituents for re-election. The Castellano is of opinion that the Cabinet, thus constituted, would open the Cortes, but that the moment the wish of the majority became known, a new Administration would be formed under the auspices of M. MARTINEZ DR LA ROSA. According to the Globo, General NARVAEZ had repeatedly offered to hini the Presidency of the Council, which he had obstinately declined accepting. The same official organ contains the nomination of General PAVIA to the post of Captain-General of Navarre. A long circular letter to the political chiefs is also published in the journals, whereby the Home Minis. ter expresses the Government's determination to chas tise such as shall manifest, in the elections, any princi ples hostile to the QUEEN'S Government. The Gazette further announces an economical re form in the War Department, General NARVAEZ having resolved that in future there should be kept up only eighteen regiments of cavalry, consisting each of 562 men and 422 horses, the total being 10,116 men and 7,596 horses, with 108 individuals of the staff. A letter from Gibraltar, on the subject of the nego tiations between France and Morocco appears in the Heraldo. From it we learn, that in the course of the negotiations, some difficulties appeared, but they were overcome by the co-operation of the worthy British Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr. BULWER. The Duke de GLucKsuxac, was shortly expected at Madrid, where Mr. BULWER was to arrive on the evening of the 16th. On the 11th the latter was at Tariffs with Mr. PEEL. All the accounts received from that place, Cadiz, Algeciras, and Gibraltar, concur in stating that the conclusion of peace between France and Morocco was principally due to Mr. B uLWER'S exertions. MADRID BOLZA 7 SEPT. 16.—Three per Cents., 27 at sixty days; Five per Cents, 20,1 at sixty days; Floating Debt of the Treasury, 63# at sixty days ; Provisional Debt, 5 5-32 at sixty days. Exchange-- London, 374. 7.11 E SUN, EONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, _SEPTEMBER 24, 1 'We are tempted to beleve that it is their adversaries who have originated tie report, knowing well that it will be an infallible mans of preventing them from obtaining power, or of immediately ousting them, if by chance they should regain it." The Journal du.Cher publishes the following speech, purporting tD have been addressed by the KING to M. LAROCEIEFOUCAULD LIANCOURT, who presented to him, as President of the Society of Christian Morality, various addresses forwarded to him by the English and American Societies for the Preservation of Peace : " I am happy to receive these addresses, and feel par ticularly gratified to find that our American friends should do justice to tie pains I have taken to maintain the general peace of Europe. There is no advantage in making war, even when a nation has attained the object for which it has fought, because ultimately the losses are always greater than fie gains. I have ever professed that principle : when I was in America, 40 years ago, I was often asked to propose toasts at public dinners, and I almost invari a bly ex p resse d the wish that universal ' and permanent peace should exist among all nations. I was then exiled from my country, and my anxious desire was that it should enjoy peace and happiness. This is what caused me to adopt that salutary precept. I could not then forsee that I should be called upon one day to exert my influence and act myself in favour of that great cause. May the Almighty accord me the mainte nance of peace ! War appears to me a male diction ; and war in Europe, between civilised nations, I regard as an absurdity ; if the smaller states desired it we should prevent them, and as peace between the great powers becomes daily more consolidated, I hope, if I live a few years longer, that a general war in Europe will have bo come impossible." The Siecle comments, in severe terms, on this speech. " A Sovereign," says that paper, " should not be made to speak the language of the Abbe de St. Pierre, for there are circumstances in which the most generous sentiments are unseasonable." The Presse has an article strongly urging the Go vernment to prepare for a war with England, by lessening the cost of the army and increasing the efficiency of the navy. This diminution of the army seems recommended for the purpose of preventing the formation of any European alliance against Fr- The article concludes in these words : " There is nothing more simple than to maintain an army which would cost less, and to prepare a navy which would . protect us better,—to diminish one without weakening it, and to increase the other without raising the amount of the budget ; to calm the just mistrust of all powers who regulate their effective force by ours, and to restrain the arrogance of England ; to give in this manner a new pledge for the consolidation of peace, which has no stronger partisan than ourselves, not ex cepting the Minister a n d th e a d vocates of peace at any price." BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A PROBABLE STORY. —A little boy named Henry Thompson was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with having in his possession six pounds weight of tobacco, supposed to have been stolen. The officer who took the boy into custody, said he saw him last night in Clare-market with the bundle in his possession, which he seemed particularly anxious to con ceal. The officer went up tohim and questioned him, and his suspicions being confirmed by the boy's answers, he took him into custody. The boy in his defence said that he was coming home last night from the Adelaide Gallery, when he was met by a gentleman in a brown coat, who asked him to take care of the tobacco till to-morrow, and in the mean time endeavour to sell it. Ile had never seen the gentleman before, and the gentleman did not ask for his (prisoner's) address. In answer to a question from the Magistrate the pri soner said he lived in Field-lane. —(Laughter.) Mr. JARDINE remanded him till Friday. .NION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Harriot Thorp, a dwarf, was charged before Mr. Cot tingham with taking laudanum for the purpose of de stroying herself. It appeared that on Tuesday night a policeman found the defendant lying asleep on the step of a door. He awoke her with difficulty, and she then told him she had taken laudanum; when he took her to the hospital, and the stomach-pump having been used, it was brought away, and she recovered. In reply to Mr. COTTINGHAM, the defendant said that she was a native of Bristol, at which place she joined a travelling showman, and exhibited as a dwarf in his caravan at the different fairs throughout the country; that she had been lately exhibiting at Chelms ford, and that the business being slack, the man she was with sent her up to London, saying that he would soon follow her. She had but little money on her arrival, and this being expended she was driven to want, and obtained a little work, but this failing she was at last reduced to a state of destitution, and while in that con dition bought some laudanum and swallowed it to put an end to her misery. The MAGISTRATE having condemned the conduct of the chemist in selling the defendant such a quantity of laudanum, said that as she had showed such a deternima tion to destroy herself ho could not let her go at large without some person came forward, and was bound for her future good behaviour.—She was then locked up. ice. L The Moniteur contains a dispatch from Rear-Ad miral GOURBEYRE, Governor of Guadaloupe, in which the damage occasioned by the late fire at La Bas seterre is estimated at 2,500,000 f. It had been as certained that the fire broke out accidentally, and that no lives were lost. THIS DAY'S NEWS. LOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 2 4.--Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeze land fine. CORY, SEPT. 21.—Arrd. Prince Albert, Stewart, Callao ; Aurora, Scott, Quebec. Ski. Albion and Bache, M'Evers, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.E., fine.—Arrd. Leda, Ruaike, Matanzas for Antwerp. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Off, Jairo, Baltic for Havannah. HARWICH, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Aquatic, Ramsgate for Newcastle, with loss of mainmast ; Johanne, Copenhagen for Nantes, leaky, and with other damage.) OPP PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2 0.—Marys, Borth America. OFF PORTLAND, SEPT. 22 .—Finlatre, Quebec. OrE KINSALE, SEPT. 20 . — Fortitude, Read, Mer cury, Jold, Africa. STRANGFORD, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Arab, Quebec. The Lord Oriel, sailed from Newport for Jersey, Ist ult., was in Penarth Roads 2d inst., and has not since been heard of. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Heywood, Simonds, Old Calabra, left June 30th, Fer nando Po July 15 ; Susan, Campbell, and Sarah, Atkin son, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Paragon, Bell, Que bec. Sld. 22, Booth, Columbia River ; Hope, New Orleans ; Adumdack, New York. 23, Sarah Bell, La Guayra ; Brenda, Montreal. PERNAMDUCO.—Arrd. previous to Aug. 13th, Gwalior, Edwards, London, for Bombay, with loss of topmasts. The Petrel Packet, from Rio, had not arrived at Per nambuco up to Aug. 12. OFF KINSALE.—Caen de Lun, Kendall, Calcutta. ALDROROUGH, SEPT. 24.—The figure-head of a large ship, the bust of a man with his arms folded, was picked up yesterday. NEWPORT, SEPT. 21.—Sld. General Wolf, Demerara. DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN, SEPT. 21.—A large dis masted ship, on her beam ends, in tow of a steamer, was seen 21st inst., about 20 miles off this island by the Neath tender, arrived here. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE GISTRATION. —(THIS DAY.) (Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq.) The revision of the list of voters for St. Mary's dis trict was proceeded with at the sitting of the Court this morning. The names of several persons were struck off the list, who either had not resided twelve months at their places of abode or had removed. Sir George Quentin, of- 11, Great Cumberland-street, was objected to by both parties, on the ground that he was a foreigner. It appeared that Sir George had re peatedly written to both the Liberals and Conservatives, stating that he was disqualified to rote from his being a native of Germany, his name, however, had as regu larly been placed on the list of voters for the last two or three years by the overseers. His name was expunged. Sir Edward Scott, of 45, Bryanstone-square, was objected to by both parties, on the ground that, although the landlord, he was not the occupier of the house in question, which was let,. furnished.—Objection allowed. The name of Sir James Sutherland was objected to, on similar grounds, and was allowed. The name of Digby William Baron Middleton was objected to, as being an English Peer, and his name was erased by the Revising Barrister. Several persons who claimed, had their names placed on the register. The revision of the list of voters for the Christ Church district was then proceeded with. Considerable discussion then ensued, with respect to a typographical mistake in the list, which had been cor rected after it had been placed on the church doors, by Mr. Watts, the assistant vestry clerk. The REVISING BARRISTER said this was an irregular mode of proceeding, as the list ought to have been cor rected before it was placed on the church doors. The name of Robert Edward Broughton, of No. 1, Meleomb-place, one of the magistrates of Clerkenwell Police-office, was objected to, as the nature of his office disqualified him from voting, and his name was expunged. Samuel Colver, of No. 39, Earl-street, East, was ob jected to by the Conservatives, on the ground that he had not paid his assessed taxes, and that he had removed. A collector said Colver was relieved of the payment of his assessed taxes last year on the score of poverty, and he had not paid them since April last. The poor -rates had been paid. Mr. Greenwood said the 26th section of the Act did not, in his opinion, apply to persons who had been re lieved of their assessed taxes. The words in the section were " shall have paid their assessed taxes," and, in his opinion, the non-payment of the taxes disqualified a person front voting. Mr. Ivimey said no taxes could be due if a person had been relieved of them. The REVISING BARRISTER said he should reserve his decision.--The Court then adjourned until to-morrow. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEAT MILELXI3TS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 4s ; Useful ditto, 41 6s to 4/ 18s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ to 5/5s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 10s per load. The best Meadow Hay sold steadily, at full prices ; but, otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/10s; Useful ditto, 41 I2s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 51 2s to Si 8s • Clover Hay, 41 103 to 61; Oat Straw, 1 7s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw,Osl2s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather dull. Prices about stationary. WHITECRAPEL.—Coarso Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4155; Useful ditto, 416 s to 4l 17s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 18s to Si 5s ; Clover Hay, 41 12s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. A full average supply, and a st ea dy d emand. COLONIALS. Sucan.—Holders of British Plantation have accepted rather lower prices for the inferior descriptions, and the market is rather heavy, about 600 hhds having been sold. The public sales have only offered 9,697 bags Mauritius, all of which found buyers at 43s to 54s for very low to fine brown, and low to fine yellow at 54s 6d to 665, being for the better sorts rather dearer, whilst the low descrip tions must be quoted 6d to is cheaper. The only trans actions which have taken place, privately, worth reporting, consisted of a cargo ofyellow and brown Havannah, which has been sold afloat at 19s 9d, deliverable at a near port, on the Continent. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,833 hhds 366 tierces 675 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,308 hhds 173 tierces 132 barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,674 hhds 2,005 trcs 2,381 barrels. COFFEE.-592 bags Ceylon and 485 bales Mocha of fered by auction were nearly all taken in at 57s for good ord Ceylon, 66s to 75s for fine to fine fine ord ditto British Plantation kind, and 56s to 72s for ord broken to mid clean garbled Mocha, being about previous prices, but at which there were not purchasers. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 499 puns 3 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 92 puns 17 hlids, and ex ported 98 puns 16 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,357 puns 2,140 hhds. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s ad for old, and 41s 6d to 41s 9d for new, per cwt, on the spot ; and town 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market is dull, as there are public sales to-morrow. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Deputy Judge Alums.) This morning the second September session com menced at the Sessions-house, Hick's Mall. The ca lendar contains 44 prisoners fur trial, 37 charged with felony, and 7 with assaults. Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, rose and said he wished to address a few observations to the Court respecting him self before the commencement of the regular business. At the last sitting of the Court when Mr. Walesby pre sided a prisoner named Fish alleged that he was not ready to take his trial in consequence of his (Mr. Lea is) having neglected to deliver a brief to counsel, although he had received the instructions and necessary fees, and the Chairman had passed a vote of censure on his con duct. lie begged to assure the Court that he was never employed by the prisoner, and knew nothing what ever of the transaction, and Mr. Payne had informed him that the brief was delivered without the name of an attorney to it. The Judge said Mr. Lewis's respectability was so well known that he considered Mr. Lewis could not be guilty of the neglect ascribed to him, and had he been on the bench at the time the matter would have been cleared up at once. Several barristers bore testimony to the punctuality and respectability of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis expressed himself perfectly satisfied and retired. ROBBERY AT LORD DILLON'B.--301/7/ Kcrry, aged 30, was indicted for stealing two silver spoons, value 205., the property of Charles Viscount Dillon. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was apprehended at his lodgings on another charge, when the two spoons, the property of Lord Dillon, were found. The prisoner was in the service of a florist, and was in the habit of going to Lord Dillon's to attend to the plants. The butler to Lord Dillon proved that the plate was counted in April lastand found correct, but on examining it on the 19th August, the day after the prisoner was apprehended, the spoons were found two short. The spoons were produced and identified, having his Lordship's crest engraved upon them. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. A shawl, gold peneil case, two spoons, and other pro. perty were found upon hi m . Sentence—Seven years' transportation. GUILDHA.LL.—(THIs DAY.) John Smith, alias ''ansom, was placed before Sir Peter Laurie, on a charge of stealing a horse. Mr. Wolfe attendsd to defend him. Lambert, a constable of the detective police said, that on Friday last be went to Dixon's Repository, Barbican, and observed a bay eob, which he thought answered the description of one advertised in the Police Gazette, as stolen from Ealing. The clerk could not inform him who the person was from whom 'the cob had been re ceived, but stated that he would call again very shortly. He (Lambert) then requested, that when the person called again he should be detained until he could be seen by witness. This was done, and as he gave a wrong name, and could not satisfactorily account for the possession of the animal, he was taken into custody. Witness had written to Ealing, and the owner of the stolen animal came to town yesterday, when it was ascertained that, though the cob resembled his very much, yet it was not the same animal. him ? Lambert—l wi s h hi m remanded for a week, for I Mr. Voolfe—Then,i n l fact, y ou h ave no c h arge aga i nst have ascertained that b e i s . a returned—l believe an es caped convict ; and on his person I found a watch and chain, which I have every reason to believe was stolen from premises in Colchester, which happened to be on fire. I shall write to that place, and also advertise the the cob in the Gazette, Mr. Woolfe trusted, that as . the prisoner had been in custody since Friday last, he would not be detained longer at the mere request of the constable. At all events, if the magistrate were inclined to remand him for that time, he (Mr. Woolfe) hoped that the constable wuuld verify upon oath that he had good cause for de manding the delay. Sir PETER LA.URIE was no admirsr of oaths, and he hoped the time would soon come when a simple declara tion would be considered sufficient. If the constable really wished the remand, and thought he could prove his case, he (Sir P. Laurie) would at once accede to it. Lambert was very pertain that the facts would turn out as he bad stated.—The prisoner was then remanded for a week. BREAK DOWN OF A RAILWAY MAIL TRAIN.-- This morning the Rugby and other mails did not reach the General Post-office, in St. Martin's-le -Grand until past seven o'clock, being two hours behind time. Great anxiety was felt on the subject, and, on the arrival of the mail, it was made known that, early in the morning, the axle-tree of one of the railway carriages had broken down, Rear Chesterfield, and caused the delay. From inquiries of the passengers, it appears that no bodily injury of any moment was sustained by any person. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAIIENT.—Between seven and eight o'clock this morning, -Edward Carter, one of the masons' labourers, employed in the building of the New Houses of Parlia ment, while at work on a scaffold, about thirty feet high, overbalanced himself and fell to the ground on to a heap of stone rubbish. When raised up blood was profusely gushing from his mouth and ears ; he was immediately conveyed to the new Westminster Hospital, and was found to be suffering from injury of the brain of such a severe nature that his surviving is utterly despaired of. The unfortunate man was about thirty-two years of age and has a wife and two children. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS. —Yesterday the great foo-trace between John Smith, the London champion, and Benjamin Badcock, of Bir mingham, came off at the Beehive cricket-ground, Wel wortl, in the presence of an immense number of specta tors. Both men had obtained great notoriety as pedes trians, and much interest was created. The contested distance was 440 yards, and in whi c h th ere were 12 hurdles placed at equal distances, over which the men were to leap. In betting sto 4 were laid on Smith, and money to a very large amount was pending the result of this contest. The usual preliminaries being adjusted, the men appeared at the starting-flag, and the signal being made the men entered into the contest with great speed. Smith was the first to clear the nearer hurdle, closely pursued by Badcock, and at 200 yards the men were in equal positions ; it was quite manifest that Smith had superiority in speed, while Badcock excelled in leaping the hurdles. A. spirited race ensued the re maining distance, both competitors making strenuous efforts for the winning goal, and running together to the last hurdle, which they bounded over with elasticity. and, after an admirable contest, Badcock cam - .h, ein t. winner, beating his opponent by two yards. The Lon , doners parted with their money in great dismay, which the Birmingham fancy pocketed with great alacrity. CASE Or LIEUTENANT PUDDICOMBE.—We have seen a letter from Lieutenant Puddicombe to a brother officer, dated Hawlbowline, near Cork, in which he states that, since his liberation on bail, he has been called upon by Lieutenant -Colonel Burton to tender his immediate resignation, a demand with which he refused to comply, as he felt confident that he should, at his approaching trial, which was to take place in Dublin, be enabled to prove satisfactorily his complete and entire innocence of the foul crime laid to his charge. KIRESANTON.—On Sunday morning last this place presented a novel and awful appearance, the highway and adjoining fields being inundated to the depth of some feet. Almost all the grain that was out was saved by great exertions, but in a damaged condition. It may be mentioned as a somewhat curious Circumstance, that Anthony Myers, the parish clerk of Whicham, who is well nigh fourscore years old, had to be conveyed to his hebdomadal duties in a boat for up wards of half a mile. Worthy old Anthony, in spite of the unusual mode of locomotion ho had been cempelled to use, performed the functions of his office with his well-known ability. He electrified the congregation, however, when the usual prayer was being offered up for the preservation "of all that travel by land or by water," by suddenly making the response at the very top of his sonorous voice, before the minister had con cluded the sentence, Honest Anthony's ideas were evidently running upon the dangers he had so recently incurred in his voyage.--Lancaster Guardian. Lord Wharncliffe and the officers of the First 'West York Yeomanry Cavalry have accepted an invitation from the Mayor and Corporation of Doncaster, to dine with them , at the Mansion - house, On Saturday next. Bank Stock 3 per Cent- Red 3 per Cent. Cons. 336 per Cont. Red New 3% per Cent. New 5 per Cent, Long Annuities to expire Jan RitiO Oct. 1859 Jan. 18 60 — FOREIGN •gi ..... Ditto Registered (8/6s 8d paid) . ...... 13, Edinburgh and Glasg ow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Lond Loodon and om and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 4% Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 47 South Devon, 5 paid ............. . Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid ) York and North Midland (50 paid) lO3 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ............. Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, I pa . .. ..... 51% id l% THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE This splendid national establishment-opens for the season on Monday next. Mr. Bunn, the only ma nager who, for years p as t h as made rury-lane an swer, continues, we are happy to say, to be the lessee. His name is a guarantee that whatever is done there will be well done. Opera and ballet are to be the leading features, and, judging from the success of last season, as contrasted with the failures of i - several preceding seasons, we think Mr. Bunn is right in confining his attention to the musical drama. Drury-lane will become the Grand English Opera House—the Academie Royale de Musique of Eng land. WeTerocive that Duprez will again appear at Drury-lane during the present season ; Madame Anna Thillon is also engaged, and the services of Madame Balfe, Miss Delcy, Burdini, Weiss, and. King, have also been secured in addition to those of the favourites of last season. Adele Dumilatre is to be the deesse of the ballet, with Planquet, Clara Webster, and a host of favourites to support her. Mademoiselle Maria from the French Opera, and .Mademoiselle Finart from the Madrid Opera, both of whom are new to an English public, are also engaged; and a provisional engagement has been entered into with Carlotta Grisi. Petipa and Montessu are also engaged, and last though not least Wieland. Mr. Bunn opens with a more efficient ballet corps than has ever before been assembled within the walls of an English theatre. Indeed we doubt whether there is at the present moment any Continental theatre which comes at all near to Drury-lane, in the strength of its corps de ballet. Among the novelties we are promised the the new ballet of the Corsaire. Auber's new opera La Sirene, Donizetti's Anna Bolena, a new opera by Benedict, and a new opera by Balfe ; besides various revivals, including, we are happy to see, Robert le Diable and Les Huguenots. Benedict resumes the musical direction, with Tully -as chorus -mast er . Th e Grieves reign supreme in the scenic department and Cooper is stage manager, while the general management of the whole is under the direction of Mr. Bunn. We prognosticate for old Drury a season which shall surpass in brilliancy, success,. and profit, even the last, which is acknowledged to have been the most successful season for years. • • UNFORTUNATE AND SINGULAR OCCURRENCR.—On Monday, the 9th instant, as a married woman, named Davies, from Gov;lon, was proceeding on her way from that place to Abergavenny, and was passing through the wicket gate, opening from the fields near Pengrwllod on to the bridge, an adder, which was lying coiled up by the side of the path/ray, sprung at her and fastened itself to her arm. The terrified woman succeeded in shaking it off, and ran onwards as, fast as she could, but what was her horror to. find, when she paused to take breath, that the reptile was in swift pursuit of her, and had well nigh reached her, when fortunately a man came up and suc ceeded in destroying it. Afterwards, the nest of the adder was found, containing eighteen young ones. The woman, who was in a delicate state when the accident occurred, has not yet recovered, and now lies in a dan geroui condition.--Here, Times, MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEW WS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, at former prices. Business was very dull. Specu lators took 200 and exporters 300 bales. Saks, 20 bales of Pernams, at 54d., 800 bales of Surat a' 21d. to 31d., 360 Maranham at 51d., and tie American. —Shares were rather dull. Birmingha, and Gloucester were 103 ; Chester and Birkenheae 324 ; Dublin and Cashel, 10i ; Eastern Counties, No. 2, 184 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1-5 ; Ditto and Greenock 121 ; Grand Junction 213; Ditto New, Quar. ters, 39 ; Great North of England,New, 141; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 35k; London and Birming,ham 321. Shares, 36 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 24 ; London and York, 41 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 5 Manchester and Leeds, 1221; Midland Counties, 107 Ditto, Fifths, 3/. ls, 6d. ; Norwich and Brandon, 7 South-Eastern, 381 ; Trent Valley, 94. The arrivals in the Thames continue exceeding numerous, and the river presents a very annimated ap• pearance from the crowded lines of vessels and the num ber of ships still coining in. This is a time of year when usually the number of ships coming home is greater than at any other season, and the steamers experience some difficulty in navigating at any speed from the .Tower up to Blackwall. It might have been supposed under such circumstances that the railway would have offered far greater inducements and facilities for the transmission of goods than would really appear to be the ease. Among other complaints we have heard a very general one of the extreme shallowness of the river at low water, arising in a great measure, as is said, from the more free current under the new London bridge. It — is stated in a letter from Liverpool, posted at the North and South American Coffee-house, that up to the 12th of August the packet had not arrived at Per nambuco from Rio de Janiero, and was ther e f ore s till supposed to ha ve b een detainedfor some special purpose. A really admirable epitome of " Counting House" practice, of which scarcely one previously existed that could be fully relied upon, has been compiled by Mr. Tate, under the revision of some of our most experienced merchants, the only proper judges in such cases ; and we may assert, as practical men, that the information upon commercial valuations, the Stocks, standarding of gold and silver, regulations for the coinage of gold and silver, marine insurances, exchanges and invoices, and account sales, is both complete and accurate. The Funds are today tolerably well supported, and this, too, in the absence of any operations of magnitude.. In fact, the market is extremely quiet, although the Hebrews are again in attendance. Consols for immediate transfer realise f? 9 .4. to 99i; and for time are 991 f. Ex chequer Bills have been 745. to 765. premium. East India Stock is firm at 284:1; Bank Stock at 2071 to 208:i; and South Sea Stock at 1154-. The Foreign Investments have been rather flatter. Spanish Active Bonds have realised 234 to 23i, the Three per Cents. 34i to 34 and the Passive si. Mexi can have been 36- . 4- for Money, and 37 to 37i for Account. Brazil Bonds have touched 90 ; Colombian are 14-h. to 141, being heavy ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 62k to 621. For Shares there is not much demand, but in some cases there is an appearance of rather more firmness. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K. (From the Offic. S per Cent. Console. Annuities List ) 99 74 % India Stock t 28434 South Sea Stock 115% Bank Stock for Ac coun t 208% 207% Console for Account ..,. 99% Exchequer Bills, 130. 130. 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ..'• •••••••••••• 74 76 pm. 5001... 0000 .................... •.... •••••• .. 74 71 pm. Ditto imall ............ 74 76 pm. Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds.l4 3{,% Mexican Bonds, J 837, 5 per Cent. •..... 36% Ditto for the Account 37% Spanish Bonds, Five per C en t 1840 23%% Ditto Passive Bonds. ....... ....... Ditto Three per Cent ......... ................ Ditto for the Account Dutch 2% per Cents 62% 34 Dutch 5 per Cents lOO ift, l l l % PRICES OF SHARE THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER &JAME. Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto New 17% 2534% ... to Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Chichester and Brighton Eastern Counties ... ....... ...... 25 Ditto New Registered. Si. 6s. Bcl .. ...... 1 3 Grand Junction lOO ... ...... 213 Great Western ...... ........ ......... 75 144% Ditto 34 Shares Ditto Fifths. Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham London and Blackwall.... ......... .. 16% . ...... 6% London and Brighton 5O ......... 47% ..... to 46% London and Greenwich .... .... London and Greenwich (Pr e f erence ) 18% London and South West e rn Ditto Eighths Ai ....... 2%34 .., to London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 —. ... . 49% Midland Counties ......... ........... . 100 Birmingham and Derby..,.. ...... 100 North British Norwich and Brandon alla Yarmouth and Norwi c h Ditto New 5. .. ..... I. to York and North Midland .... Boulogne and Amiens 2 2%%%... to Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeauxl 1 1% to ....• (d'Anthouard's Co mpany ) i Parisand R0uen.......•....... ..... i 29 ••-.,,,. 3834 s• ••• to •••• MANCHESTER; STOCK E XCHANGE , SEPT. 23.—We have had an animated market, and prices firmer. Bornsby Junction, 4 15-16 ; Blackurn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3 13-16 15-16 ; B r i s t o l an d Gl oucester, 47f ; Churnet Valley, 4.3 i ; Eastern Counties Perpet ua l, No. 2,19 s. ; Hudderseld and Manchester, .21. 18s. ; Lancaster and Preston Three-quarter Shares, 264 ex div. ; Leeds, Dewsbury-, and Manchester, 53 5-16 ; London and Y or k, 4k ; M anchester and Birmingham, 49, 1 ; Manchest er and Buxton, 2 3-16 ; T rent V a ll ey, loi ; Boulogne and Amiens, 2t ; Manchester and Sal rord Waterworks, 60. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Indian Stock 2 84% Ditto Ponds ... ....... Ditto Old Annuities IDitto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 134 d 76 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 76 pm. Bank Stock for Acct 207% Consols for Act. 99% India Stock for Acct 1 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... !Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — (Ditto, New Ditto ............... _ Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent...... Chllian, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Metallic ...... ..... . «a.. Colombian,. -- 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 ......... ............. .. Ditto, 3 per Cent 3ll/;i Cuba Bonds, 6 par Cent — 'Ditto, Deferred .................. Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .............. ... _ f. _ c. Mexican, 5 per Cent SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ............. 103% Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid . .......... 5 , 4 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid................. 5% Dublin and Cashel, id ........................ 10% Eastern Counties (M paid) .. SUMMARY OF NEWI AND rest' Pubfix OPtutou♦ " Who runs may read." COIINT-71 5 .4.2M10NAL1M11. ctecl The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are eh — pol in town this wee k f rom. I re l an d . Th e Noble too and Countess p rocee d f or th w i t h to t h e i r se at, Ve Park, for th shooting seaso n. The Earl e and Countess Amherst are at Pr esent staying at the Belle Vue Hotel, Aberystwitli. r • o f Lady and Mi ss Fi e ldi ng , th e mot h er an d sistt on the Countess of M oun t Ed gcum b e , are at prese i t a visit to the N o bl e E ar l an d "Countess, a -l e ' Edgcumbe. ton Lord Shelton and Lord Nugent are at pretn est , a visit to Lord Brougham, at Brougham Hall, moreland. Lord and Lady Prudhoe have a rr i ve d a t their sheot Stanwick, near Richmond, f or th e sea s on , a fter a 5 tour on the Continent. henry and Sir, Augustus and Lady F os t er , Sir Ifen"„long 4ady Webster, M r . J us ti ce Maul; &c., ar e 7,1 1 0). he company at present sojourning at Bouraer e e d to Major-Gener a l Si r D u dl ey Hill h as retu h r e con.' s seat, High Cliff House, near Lyme, from t" anent. .. • indis - Admiral Sir. Charles Rowley, who has ber n y to posed for a lengthened period, is, we are u ,r,,P t r i' l in state, sufficiently recovered to return to his "-- es' the course of this week. I •vg Sir Thomas and Lady Wilde, on Saturday e ye1 ,.., 1 l ; last, left B roug h am H a ll, w h ere t h ey h a d beeo n si ing a few d a y s w ith L or d an d L a d y Broug n ' Hamilton, in Scotland. . 61r. retre Sir John and Lady O g l ev i e , th e Hon. and Lady Petre, his mother, are g the distra" guished visitors at Greystoke Castle, amon the seat of g enii Howard, Esq. „ a • a The Hon. Colonel Lowth er i s a t present PaY7 at visit to H. Clift on , E sq., M . P ., hi s son -in-law' Lytham Hall, and Li eu t enan t L ow th e r, of the ''," r Guards, the Galla n t C o l one l' s e ld es t son , is at Levi t `" Castle, the seat of the Earl of Lonsdale. maltsezza..o.rntmr..s. A deputation of the electors of the ward of Porto ken have waited on, and endeavoured to prevail 1 3°11 several respectable inhabitants of their ward to 010 forward and off e r them se l ves as can did ates a t the IV,: proaching election, assuring the m th a t if they di d sA they would be ce r t a i n o f success , b u t no t - one coal. be found. Great excitement has been caused in Reading an d Neighbourhood, by a prophecy of some fanatics that the end of he world will be in the course have pro- of this year. Their frequent preachings m i n ded per duced most mischievous effects on veak sons, not wholly confined to the uneducated ranks,te and several ministers have thought it expedient s warn their flocks from the pulpit against the delusion of these presumptuous pseudo-prophets. n The lovers of antiquity will be gratified to leer that the King of Naples, with the view of perpetualif wan dering preserving the Alfresco paintings, disinterred frorn the ruins of Pompeii, the lustre of whose colours are d known to fade on exposure to the air, has employ ed artists of the greatest celebrity to imitate them on walls of his own palace at Naples. On the afternoon of Thursday last, the inha bitants of the quiet village of Sedgvvick, near Kendal, were thrown into a state of extreme excitement by the explosion of the powder-mills of J. Wakefield, f]sql. which, we regret to say, was attended with the loss or life. The unfortunate individual who met this un timely end was a n - ran of the name of Willisor Stewartson, who was employed in one of th e mills, and has left a wife and a family of six children to lament their loss. We are happy to state that tlie charitable in the neighbourhood have subscribed handsomely for the maintenance of the afflicted farailY; , The obstructions hitherto in the way of Colonel. Tynte's claim to the Wh ar t on peerage, are understoo d to be so far removed, that it is expected he w ill be to • called the Upper House by the title of Baro n ~.. Wharton, in a few — months. - Mr. Forsayeth has received his appointmen t to the recordership of Cork. Yesterday a very respectable meeting of the in ha ' bitants ofßridge-street, Blackfriars, and of the adja cent parishes of St. Anne's St. Andrew by the Wardrobe and Bridewell precinct, was held at Rad ley's Hotel, Bridge-street, for the purpose of adopting . measures to prevent the establishment of an infirnuiri for the cure of cutaneous diseases, es is Proposed " be done in this loottlitx. romaxsz.7.-r. The King o f th e F renc h and Maclaine Adew e i do, o accompanied by G enera l s R um i gny and Amar d, e t Neuilly on Satu r d a y, f or S t. Cloud. Ills pal est and her R o y a l highness retu rne d t o th e Palar o 7 Neuilly at seven o ' c l oc k. Th e Ki ng granted o audience to M. Ilarel, author of the " Discouri s s je ' Voltaire," w hi c h was crowned by the Made° 13 , Francaise. • The Constitutionnel says that M. Mauboussof all attaché of the Consulate at Tangiers, has been s r i ; pointed t em p orary C onsu l- general, and that 3. 1 .,_; I ,` e Ilion is to b e p romo t e d t o a hi g h er o f f i ce. The Du of Glucksb e r g i s on hi s return to Paris, as b e arer the treaty of peace. A person, named Busquet, died on Saturday' o f the Rue St. Honore, in the eighty-second year e, his age. This m an h a d amassed a small tbr°"e (luring the Revolution, by selling in the streels ert celebrated journal, known by the title of v Duchesne. The' vintage -had commenced in the Bean) lu Die The grapes are f u ll r i pe, an d i n a most per f ec t 8 to of preservation. The late rains have caused them fill considerably, and the wine crop will, it is more abundant than was expected. The quality i s o f be excellent, and, consequently, a fall ;11 the pa ce wine mr,y be expected. st The Toulonnais of the 19th instant bnruunces s t the Prince de J o i nv ill e was d a il y expecte d in r.),,e harbour, where every preparation was m ide to him a triumphal reception. The same journal states that Abl-el_K a der encamped with his dierain the valley of the %% r at io l . Azha, between A uc hd a h ana l Teza, 20 leagues ir the Algerian frontier. i ° Some serious riots h ave t a k en 'ace at Verviers, Belgium, in c onsequence o f a depcision come to 1)1, the Commissioners of Hospitals at Verviers, to r i . oo the Hospital "de l a P rov id ence " un d er the direct,,l of the Society of J esu it s ; an i mmense fermen ta oo t ' was the consequen ce . Th e peop l e assem bl e d i n B rest numbers, and attacked th e h ouses o f some of tbe - principal citizens. Tranquility was, however,,. stored on its being a nnounce d th a t th e authorin had revoked the o fte ns i ve d ec i s i on, an d b y the io s account all was again quiet. fro The Augsburgh G aze tt e pu bli s h es a letter tbe Athens of the 7th inst., in which it is stated that ce , elections commenc e d th a t wee k are going on Pe s . o ably. The res u lt wou ld not be known till the folk ) bt ing day. The Ch am b er was to meet i n a fortlg er , from the date of th e l a tt er . I t was state d that d i , tt i, ences had arisen b e t ween MM M etaxa an d Col e which were not likely to be appeased: . of Letters from B a y onne spea k o f the pro b a bilq o a new outbreak in Sp a i n . Th e Lib era l s an d Caro A have, it seems coalesced against the Moderados . o considerable portio n o f th e army h as b een ga ined, a a series of pronunciamentos are expected to folloW• 24.51:97 AND POLXCZ. so° A Frenchman named Jacques Besset, for eet , time carrying on business in Fenchurch's r r ier under the firm of Pricener and general vi chants, was yesterday brought before Co.,ie Lord of at the Mansion House, charged with the offee e mw fraudulent bankr u pt cy . lie was committed Prep s ratory to being sent to France. Eliza 'Moore, charged at the Guildhall I ` 4 „, re tempting suicide by drinking laudanum, Yfr" mended by Sir Peter Laurie. 6 10 At Clerkenwell, William Griffiths, who deg, himself as a sur geon , res idi ng i n Gerrard- str eet" r I of lington, was char ge d w ith k noc ki ng at t h e at oat the house, 71, St. J o h n ' s - s t reet, Clerkenwell, wl"Tbs lawful excuse, and making an alarm of ' , Fire. w ss prisoner, who pleaded d run k enness as an e xcuse ' fined is. `the Adele Dupierre was f u lly comm i tte d f ro m t he 1 borough on a charge of illegally pawning shoe s ' property of Mr. Van Bever, her employer. _ o we' At the same police-court, William Nash, r ri. constable C 100, was fined 31. or one month's I le sonment, for a wanton and unprovoked assault s , Mrs. O'Conn o r. A s th e l a d y was walk i ng in bcio dilly, she was, without any provocation having given, rudely seized and s h a k en b y the pOlicenlani or e At Union-hall, Mich ae l S u lli van was b rou ght he llo Mr. Cottingham, - c h arge d w i t h woun di ng police viit b Murphy, L di v i s i on , b y s t r iki ng hi m on the healkot. a poker. The M ag i s t ra t e th en i n fli c t e d a file ° itte d on the prisoner, an d i n d e f au l t o f paymen t co min him for two months. mil li There was a thr onge d a tt en d ance at Hammers aa to hear the exami n ati on o f fi ve persons, who had' t he the previous day, been taken into custody bY'„ e a police at Kensington, on a charge of being conce,t':,,ht in causing the death of George Benson in 'a D e v ii, which took place on Sunday morning near the bas d of the Kensington Canal. The case was rernan de until Thursday. er Mr. Sinclair Bl ue , a surgeon, of High-str ee t ' a P t the lar, aged 29, was brought before Mr. BroderiP! croa l e s Thames office, on a ch arge o f assau l t i ng in a ver y b ru t a l manner, with being drun k, it op creating a di s t ur b ance i n t h e public streets' f Gin' peared from th e ev id ence, t h at at the corner eouleo, lane Mr. Bl ue h a d run - a - muck at sever al w:. s and severely ill-treated th ree o f th em . the fence he said th a t h e h a d been first attacked by ;c k women, who pushed aga i ns t hi m, an d tried O t P t i o his pocket. H e was h e ld to. bail to aPPe ar sessions. threenfa with ar an( of cor Wit] Coi and JeWc spcx j duce day Lad ease; soma to vi ChM] (rilt burl acme i Pat Only havin kedil lic e tibken ken( diach r fortui forme Ward Lastul ou • ari ha,