The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-24 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. MDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTHIS. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, CCT. 24, 1839, Will be performed Sherid:in's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn ; S.r Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Harley; Joseph Sur face, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Crabtree, Mr. Meadows ; Moses, Mr. Keeley ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Orger ; Maria, Miss Lee. After which (ehird time at this Theatre), the Farce of THE RINGDOVES. Sir Harry Ringdove, Mr. F. Matthews; Harry Ringdove, Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Longclackit, Mrs. Orger ; Ce cilia, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Artaxerxes, with The Scape Goat, and The Two Figaros. On Saturday, (the Fourth Olympic Night), You Can't Marry Your Grandmother, Advice Gratis, One Hour, and A Quiet Day. Dress Boxes, is; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, •3s. 'id. ; I'it, 3s. ; Second Price, 2A. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, OCT. 24, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD Illustrating all Crttikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant, Mt s. Laws, &c. _ _ To conclude with the Comic Drama entitled THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A " COUNTRY READER." would attain his object much more satisfactorily by applying directly to the gentleman himself, who, we have no doubt, would give an immediate answer. HIGH WATEIt AT _LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning 4S minutes atter 3. Evening ... 9 minutes atter 4. NI I / 4 123.7 A • ;;Qtet,"4 Z : be 2 LONDON: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1839. We perceive with regret, by the accounts from Manchester, that the markets continue unfav our able, and that prices are falling, and the prospects of the manufacturers are becoming more gloomy. Notwithstanding the momentary abundance of money in the City, there is a general impression that prices will fall still lower, which deepens the gloom. To us the apprehension of a fall in prices, as abounding in evil, seems very strange, and of itself to indicate that some erroneous principle is at I the bottom of our political and commercial regula -1 tions. It will not, therefore, be considered inap propriate that we should now make a few observa tions on the subject of prices. The great end and aim of all the valuable inven tions of human ingenuity is to save labour, or enable 1 man to obtain goods at a less cost. The spade and the plough, the wind corn mill and the spinning Imule, as well as the application of steam-engines to propel vessels, with all the countless contrivances of rean's skill, from a sewing -needle to a steam ship, all subserve this great purpose of supplying the wants of man by a diminution of toil. Since zny records have been kept man has made a pro gressive advancement in the great art of lessening his toil by skilful inventions. In fact, before the use of records is know n , the process goes on, for spears and hooks to uestroy game and fish are found amongst barbarians wholly unacquainted with let ters. if we are entitled, from the numerous facts ll we observe of bodies tending towards the centre of the earth, to speak of gravity as a law of nature, in spite of the numerous apparent, but explicable exceptions to it, surely we are also entitled to de-' sctibe this continual progress in invention, and the ' continual desire to lessen labour, of which our nu merous and s pl en did i nventions are the visible proofs 4 RS a law of nature. We affirm, then r iArats- it ;y a law of nature that social man or society should go on continually inventing machines to lessen labour. But all price is ultimately paid by labour, and the further result of these continual inventions—the consequence of this law of nature, is that the price of commodities, or the cost of production, has a continued ten dency to decrease. That such has been the case since the peace has been notorious. All the inge nuity and skill of our most skilful artizans and en- Igineers, the wh o l e o f t h at which we may call the 1 practical mind of the nation, has been intent, du -1 ing the last quarter of a century, on simplifying the processes of production, on inventing new and more productive instruments, and on bringing all kinds of commodities, not excluding those of agriculture, to market by means of a less quan tity of labour or at a less cost of produc tion. Is it to be supposed that all these ex ' ertions are fruitless, and these struggles vain ; or must we conclude that it is also a law of na ture—the inseparable consequence of the other law we have referred to, that as the cost of produc tion falls, so price must fall in the progress of so ciety ? We conclude that the fall of prices, which so fills our manufacturers with apprehension, is the necessary consequenc e of their exertions and their own ingenuity, and of that perpetual striving after improvement which is natural to each man in his sphere. If this be so, should not the merchants and manufacturers look for such a result, and take their measures accordingly ? If they were to look forward with this principle as a guide, would they not find much advantage from that fall of prices, which they continually endeavour to bring about, which would extend the use of all kinds of commodities to an ever-widening body of consumers, and compensate the smaller price by a more extensive demand ? That the effective de mand has not been co-extensive with the reduc, tion in price, is, perhaps, the source of the appre. hensions which are now continually felt from a fal of prices. The only exception to this general principle— the only objection we have ever heard to the doc trine—that the cost of production and the price of commodities have a continual tendency to fall,—is, that the increase of population, forcing society to have recourse to worse and worse soils, causes us to procure the necessary sup plies of food at a continually increasing expense. But if this be true in the long run, which we deny, the fact at present is, that our necessary supplies of fo od could be obtained, through the instrumentality of our cheaply made cloths and cutlery from the vast continents of Europe and America at a far cheaper rate than food was ever before supplied to the human race. So true is this, that we make and maintain, at a great cost of misery and min, a stringent and unpopular law to prevent our people from') obtaining their food at the smallest possible cost of production. The exception to the general doctrine, which we have mentioned, does not exist therefore, at this moment, and the law of nature we have adverted to now holds as true in regard to food as in regard to cotton, cloth, or cutlery. Another remarkable consequence flows f rom this doctrine. As all the producers of commodities exert themselves, and task their ingenuity to pro duce them at the least cost, while they are all de- sirous of selling them in the best markets, th ere is a perpetual tendency in all the markets of the com mercial world to an equalization of prices. Thus the Germans and Hungarians would willingly send us their corn, and bring down the price of corn in our markets nearly to a level to that in their own ; while we are willing to send them our manu- Witted goods, and bring down the • f woollens prices 'of aiid-tvtons in Germany to a level with their price in ~• /'_~; ~%; ti~q) 1 L ---/- 1,,„ f r-. 7 We do not differ from our Correspondent, Mr. `VERB, in preferrin g a National Bank note to the bank notes of individuals, but we dislike the Bank of England, because it is not a Na tional Bank. The Directors of that Corpora tion are ail merchants or bankers. We ob jected to its interference -with the paper of other banks, because that was converting the mo nopoly, with which it has been endowed for national purposes, into an instrument for damaging rival bodies. We hare before said, that were it a per fectly private body we should never trouble our selves about its mode of managing its business. A Correspondent who writes to us on " Custom- House Vexations," asks us to point out some means by which the present inconvenient, degrading, and useless Custom-house regulations might be ob viated, and to this we auswer--Let the examination take place immediately on the arrival of the vessel at the Custom-house. The number of foreign ves sels —nay, even the number of passengers that ar rive weekly, are known to a certainty, and the delay takes place solely in consequence of the mal atlu.;....;...T.ecian of tha Custom-laause authorities, We believe the establishment is fully competent to dispatch the business as quickly as luggage is transferred from one railway train to another, and all that is wanting is an impulse from the Board of Trade. The Commissioners of Customs will not budge an inch unless the Government urge them on —the Government can control them, and we therefore attribute the whole evil to the sluggish ness of Mr. POULETT THOMSON while Presi dent of the Board of Trade. His successor is a man of more energy, and the vast numbers that travel for pleasure, information, and busi ness, therefore, look to him for the abatement of a nuisance which is a disgrace to a country re nowned for the rapidity and well arranged system of its commercial transactions. Are we not justified in calling it a disgrace that a man engaged in im portant commercial transactions should be detained at the London Custom-house five hours for his papers--during which time, according to the new mode of travelling, he could go from London to Birmingham ? In a Morning Contemporary another instance is given of the reckless negligence and indolence of the Custom-house authorities. It is so gross that, if we did not know these gentlemen well, we should doubt the fact. A merchant received an invoice of a parcel from New York by the Great Western, containing articles intended for early delivery. He had sent repeatedly to the Custom-house, and at last ascertained that it could not be cleared till this evening. The sufferer may well ask, What use it is for these steam-vessels to tear away across the Atlantic in twelve or thirteen days, if parcels after wards are detained in the Custom•house for half that time ? W e have inserted elsewhere an article from the Cambridge Advertiser on the subject of Popular Education as conducted in that town, to which we invite the attention of our readers. We deemed it necessary to animadvert last week on the neglect of the moral and religious interests of the poor, mani fested by the %lembers of the University of Cam bridge, who, while suf f iciently anxious to secure to themselves and their institution all possible advan tages from education, left the poorer classes of the community around them, and in their own locality, to grope their way through the world in the dark ness of ignorance, a prey to the vices and miseries which naturally accompany such a state. As a proof of this awful neglect, we stated the lamentable fact so emphatically dwelt upon by the Learned Recorder of the Borough, that of the twelve unfortunate persons waiting their trial in the gaol, only one individual could read and write well, while the others could perform even these elemental ope rations either imperfectly or not at all. It now appears, as we then surmised, that this disgraceful state of things is owing to the illiberality, as well as to the indifference of the so-called National Church. 'We now learn that the school which has been established in connexion with the " National Society" is so nationally con ducted, that every one not a member of the Ch urc h of England is driven from it. But this is not all. Not only do the manager s of this school limit its advantages to members of g their o wn commun i on , b u t ever y thin that the most venomous political and religious bigotry can devise has been done to prevent the poor from de riving the blessings of education from any other quarter. A local print, the tool and mouth piece of the Cambridge Tories, and consequently the fit instrument for giving effect to their rancorous hostility to every thing that has for its object to enlighten the minds, and improve the condition of the working classes, has used its most malignant exertions to prejudice the people of Cambridge I against the establishment of another school, which I Manchester. The same facts are true of America. But 'this natural tendency, the result of the law of nature we have adverted tr , ,, 'IS thwarted and impeded by Corn-latch here and tariffs there, which mock the noble exertions of the producers. 'nth' own efforts to feed and clothe mankind cheaply-- their perpetual exertions to supply commodities at the least possible cost—end in min to themselves ; so that they dread, as at present, every fall in the price of what they have to sell. The presumed exception we have mentiened to I the general law 'seems to us to supply a solution of what now appears almost an enigma. The manu facturer or the agriculturist can only be prevented from injuring himself by his laudable endeavours to clothe and feed men cheaply by finding a continually extending demand for his produce. Such a demand can only be the consequence of a continual increase of population. The only source, according to the Economists, of a tendency of prices to rise, is the increase of people, and that increase is 'stopped-- cut off by the barbarous law which, in one country, cuts short the - supply of food, and stops its indefinite increase, and in another diverts industry from producing cheap food to producing dear clothing and cutlery. The laws which prevent the increase of food in England and on the continent of Europe are the causes by which the fall of price, which the producer labours to effect, becomes ruinous to himself. The intention of those who make these barbarous laws is to counteract, so far as the cost of producing cloth and cutlery on the Continent, and corn in England, is concerned, the laws of nature to which we have adverted. They wish to keep up the cost of producing corn here, and cotton and cutlery there, and prevent that fall in prices which the ingenuity and skill of the great bulk of the human race are continually endeavouring to effect. Their policy is as short-sighted as it is wicked. They cannot stop the exertions of ingenuity and skill ; in fact they endeavour to promote them; they offer bounties on agricultural and manufacturing improvement, and at the same time they prevent the growth of the population, which alone can prevent those ex ertions being ruinous. As that growth counte racts the tendency of prices to fall, their laws, in fact, defeat their own object. The more we exa mine the commercial regulations of nations, the more we are convinced of the profound truth of Dr. FRANKLIN'S remark, that " an assembly of great men making such regulations is the greatest fool on earth." Perhaps, indeed, an exception should be made of the nations who suffer such a great fool so to sport with their best interests ; who see that great fool, as in these instances, plainly en deavouring to counteract a great law of nature, and then stupidly wonder why they are not prosperous and contented. THE. SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY,_ OCTOBER 24. 1839 should embrace the children of Churchmen and Dissenters, without any of those Nectalian distiric;. tions which are new by tit: Chicirith Made tli meant. of tienyilig ethication to the poor. The cry ingdelity and atheism has been raised against the British and Foreign School Society by this unprincipled organ of an unprincipled clique. Mr. TOrPNEL, of the _Admiralty, has been ap pointed a Lord of the Treasury, in the place of Lord SEYMOUR. The Honourable Gentleman represented Ipswich for some time, and has gone down to canvass the Liberal Electors of Devonport, with every prospect of success. The men of Devonport are staunch Reformers. Letters from Constantinople of the 2d inst. have been received, but they bring no account of any progress having been made in the way of definitely settling the Oriental question. The Council of War appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Turkish officers at the battle of Nezib, has so lemnly acquitted the Commander-in-chief, HAFIZ PACHA, of all blame, and the SULTAN has re instated him in his rank of Generalissimo of the armies of Asia Minor. IZZET PACHA and So- LYMA N PACHA were reprimanded by the Presi dent for having neglected to bring up their divisions when summoned, which neglect greatly contributed to the loss of the battle. But,as was statod in the first accounts of the defeat of the Turks by the Egyptians, it appears that the real traitor wasa Prussian officer, who was known to be in the pay of Russia, and who entered the Tuikish army with the intention of effecting its demoralization, and subsequent de struction. When this statement first reached us, we discredited it ; but it appears that it was fully proved to the satisfaction of the Council of War. The name of the Prussian officer thus disgracefully connected with the defeat of the Turkish army is Baron TINKE, whose instructions HAFIZ PACHA proved that he had been commanded by the late SULTAN to follow, although he frequently had reason to be persuaded they were ruinous to the service. Madrid Journals of the 15th inst., state that the Fueros Committee, appointed by the Senate, though composed of only five members, presented on the previous day no fewer than three reports to the Chamber I It is, however, but right to observe that they all harmonise pretty well with the report adopted by the Deputies, the amendments and al terations being little more than mere verbalisms. The news from Arragon and La Mancha, re ceived in Madrid, was heart-rending. Never were more barbarous atrocities committed than were daily perpetrated, in the shape of reprisals, by Car lists and Christinos. Women were publicly flogged, and otherwise shamefully abused. in the most public manner. A party of Christino officers were seized, while travelling to join the army, by the monster PALILLOS, and every one of them put to death. CABRERA, suspecting the fidelity of his Chief Secretary, caused him and twenty-three other officers to be shot without any form of ttial. The Journal des Debats of Tuesday replies at great length to the arguments of its French Con temporaries against granting passports to Don CARLOS. The Debats affects to regard the in fluence of CARLOS as entirely at an end in the Peninsula ; and thought it admits the abstract right of the Government to detain in custody any per son dangerous to the peace of France and her allies, it pleads in justification of the proposed liberation of the Pretender, the presumed circum stance that his detention till the termination of the civil commotions in Spain, might be tantamount to imprisonment for life. It further assumes as a fact a hoax advanced by the Temps, to the effect that the QUEEN REGENT and the British Cabinet jointly demanded the liberation of the Pretender, upon which it grounds its strongest arguments in support of its views. Now this is altogether very disingenuous, and very unworthy. a Journal au re spectable as the Debats. In , whose name is the civil war in Spain carried on ? Whose standarc, does CABRERA and the Count D'ESPAGNE un furl in treasonable opposition to the Constitutional Government ? Surely that of CARLOS. And does not the very fact prove that the dangerous in fluence of the Pretender is not wholly extinct in Spain ? Were CABRERA to invite his deluded followers to swear allegiance to himself instead of Don CARLOS, of the thousands of his armed ad herents not ten would be found who would hesitate an instant to shoot him on the spot. As to the chances of the civil war continuing during the life time of the Pretender, it will be time enough to begin to alculate upon them when a reasonable time has been allowed ESPARTERO to crush the rebellion in Arragon and Valencia. The French Government, we are confident, would not d are to insult the common sense and the justice of mankind by avowing that it feels more acutely the necessity of restraining the movements of a bloodthirsty pro fligate Prince, than the massacre of hundreds of un offending Spanish peasants. More innocent blood has already been shed in the Peninsula than half the Royal Dynasties in Europe are worth. If the people were truly wise they would adopt the policy of that best-regulated of social communities, the bee-hive. When a strange queen-bee enters a hive, the workers at once summon the Queen Regnant to dispute her right to ex ercise sovereignty within her dominion. A mortal combat ensues between the royal rivals, in which no subject, whether worker or drone, ever takes a part. They rightly apprehend that it is no busi ness of theirs to fight the battles of Royalty ; but as soon as one of the Queens is killed they readily recognise the survivor as their sovereign. Were. a policy somewhat similar adopted among mankind, the desolating sword would soon be converted into a ploughshare. One of the journals announces that Marshal SOULT has ordered Lieutenant-Colonel SENILRES, formerly the French Commissioner at EsrA R . TERO'S head-quarters, to proceed to Madrid, at a moment's notice. He is supposed to be charged with some highly important mission. There is no domestic news of the slightest im portance in the French journals of Tuesday. The Courrier Francais has another ankle on the Com mercial relations between England and France, the substance of which will appear in The Sun of to morrow, as we have not space for it in our columns of to-day. We announced some days ago the departure of M. Routhier, for London, in the character of Counsel of the inhabit a nt s o f V er d un, who are creditors of the Eng lish Government, f or th e sum of thr ee millions jive hun dred thousand francs, in consequence of the residence of the prisoners of war. The deputation of that town, consisting of Messrs. Quintin, Masse. Leoret, and Tribonee, have just been received at the Foreign-office by Lord Palmerston. The deputation was received with marked attention, and the language of M. Routhier, who spoke in the name of all, was worthy of the importance ofthis entirely national cause, and of the incontestable rights of one of the prin cipal towns of France. Bayd Bey; dt which *eie thoti d the giedt.6lfiteit of §tdie; and Which the fihltan also heinotfred with Ms pfei t+hi•i6; Og+. 4d xs.A , . first Highest crvest Price Price. Price Price. French 5 per Cent 5.......... 1:0 85 ... 110 90 ... 110 85 ... 1.090 4 per Cent 5,,,.,,.,,,,, 101 :0 11 , 1 50 ... 101 59 ... 101 So 3 per Cent..........., 81 55 ~. 81 ... 81 55 ... 81 70 llo,nk Of erallre 2835 ...29:35 —.2833 Latlitte Bank 5,000 f. Sh 5215 ...5215 ...5212 50 —.52 . 2 50 1,900 f. Sh _foe s _lO6O ...1060 Belgian 5 per Cents ex. div lOl X ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% Bank .................. 720 740 720 ... 535 Spanish Ac ive .............. ... ... 30% 3014 Passive .................. 7 5 1 ... ... 7 % Old Deterred Portuguese 3 per Cents 2414 2 4 1 xi 24!4 ... 24 1 i lea: olitan Roman 113% 103% ... 103% ... 1g3% RAILW A Y SHARE ~ Versailles, It. 8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 515 ... 515 70 ... 515 515 70 L.B. ............... 305 ... 205 300 ••• 306 Havre Orleans . Strasburg to Bale ........... 307 50 ... 303 75 ... 397 50 ... 208 75 Montpellier to Cette The Dutch Papers of yesterday, received this morning, state that accounts have reached the Hague announcing the dangerous illness of the Empress of RUSSIA. Her Imperial Majesty has been for several months in a very delicate state of health. DUTCH FU NDS.—AmsTRanAm, OCT. 22 ' ey. i Actual Debt, `2% per Cent 52 115. Ditto, ditto 5 per c ent A mort Svudic,4Y4 per cent 92 .131 4 Ditto, ditto, 3Y2 per cent 77 77;4 Commercial Company, 4 1 , per cent l7l 172 U p ~3 D•tt , (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent. Dit to 7, 5 per c en t , Loa! , Fix, 5 per cent. Skis/ 5? ;/y Exchange on London, One month l2 II Two months —Dutch Papers, Oct. 23. OE AN 1. U NDS—linussEr.s, ()cr. 22. Actual Debt, N per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant l Ol Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Tent.... -- Loan of City, 1832, 4 3 per per Cent. O5 Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent ll4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 6i46 National Society. Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Oct. 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS _VIENNA, Ocr 14 Five per Cents. Metalliques -.% Four per Cents. .................. 107 , Three per Cents. Bank Shares ..._Augelncine &dung, Oct. i i. 153; HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, OLT. Is. Austrian 5 per Cents. 3 4 Bank Shares 1051510 10534 1508 It An 10-Russian Loan les ussim 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate 101► 101 106% Inscription, Ist SeriG, Russian 5 per Cent. Hop! and Co. 3d and 4th Se ............................... Ditto in Certificates ................................ 11„, 06% I)utch dual Debt, 234 Pe Cent •5 l LOA Ditto 5 per Cent 19!4 Polish Bond. New i icket Norwegian Lean, 15:34 , 4 per Cent...... t iy s S, ankh, New 3 per Cents. 25 21% PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-136KLIN. OCT. 18. !cut. Bills. Money. St. Schuh!. Sch., 4 1 6 per cent /03% 101% l'ru.sian English Loan, IRRI, 4 per cent ICU 162% •xchange on London, three months 6 2UI. —.Prussian State Gazette, Oct. .9. TREATMENT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A letter, addressed to a gentleman who has taken great interest in the case of my friend, Lovett, has reached town, which contains a few facts worthy of public notice ; and I solicit yonr permission, Mr. Editor, to state these facts to the public. The great respect and esteem in which Mr. Lovett is held by all who know him, should have entitled him to better treatment ; but. what will the public say to the fact, that Messrs. Lovett and Collins (whose character for integrity and private worth stands equally high with that of my friend), are allowed no animal food, but doomed to dine upon potatoes the whole week, except on Sundays. An application of their's to the magis trates, to be allowed to spend sixpence a d a y, h as b een refu-ed ; but th e h ars h ness and injustice of the magis trates does not stop at physical privation. Mr. Lovett wrote a letter of consolation to his aged mother ; and incredible as it may a ppear, the letter was withheld, on the disgraceful pretext that some portion of the lan guage was improper. So that a letter to an aged pa. rent, from a dutiful and affectionate son, is intercepted, and the letter is prevented from reaching its destination, to gratify the malignant feelings of these administrators of justice. The public, indeed, believe that the severity of Messrs. Lovett and Collins's sentence has been greatly relaxed, and a considerable number of persons have an idea that they were long since removed to the debtors' side of the prison. It is necessary, therefore, to unde ceive them. Messrs. Lovett and Collins are still treated with the most unwarrantable severity and injustice. Independently of their miserable dietary, and of their letters being detained on paltry and unmanly pretexts, the Chaplain of the prison has refused to let Mr. Lovett peruse Tait's Magazine, on the ground that it sometimes contains revolutionary articles. - Now, Mr. Editor, I consider that the public should be made acquainted with the names of the Magistrates and Chaplain who could act thus disgracefully towards the brave and honest men now unfortunately in their custody ; and I am quite sure that if the public arouse themselves, and do their duty, such cruelty and injus tice to political prisoners will no longer be tolerated. I am, Mr. Editor, your humble servant. October 24,1839. H. HETHERINGTON. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. (tHiSpAii.l This ifeitig the day to which Parliartient ttag pro. s;6e . (l, two O'clock, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis Of ilormahVy; tind . Viscount Falkland, took their seats in the House of Ltd ti 4 fotr Majesty's Commis sioners for a further prorogation. The Commons having been summoned, were reple'a stilted at the bar by Mr. Rickman, the Second Clerk, and the Messengers ; Mr. Wakley being the only Member present. The Commission having been read, the Lord Chno• cellor declared the Parliament to be further prorogued till Thursday, the 12th December. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The New York packet ship Mediator, Captain Champlin, of the Ist instant, has arrived at Ports mouth ; old date. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—WC have had a good demand for Cotton to-day, at a reduc tion of id. per lb. on American descriptions, from our quotations of Friday last. Exporters have taken .500 bags—sales, .5,000 bags. We have received the Halifax papers to the Ist of October : PROROGATION OF THE ASSEMBLY. is FREDRICTON, 21ST SEPT.—Yesterday at two o'clock his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor pro ceeded in the usual state to Province Building, and having commanded the attendance of the House of As sembly, the Members appeared, with the Speaker at their head, who addressed his Excellency in the fol lowing words : " May it please your Excellency, " The Assembly have this Session almost exclu sively directed their close attention to the several ob jects recommended in your Excellency's opening' speech. Bills have passed which in their operation can not fail to give much greater security than heretofore to property in St. John's, thereby improving the com mercial credit of that enterprising and rapidly-increasing city. ‘‘ In order to give more early effect to measures adopted by the Legislature, and to afford relief to many of the sufferers by the late destructive fire, the Assembly have passed a Bill authorizing your Excel lency to make loans for encouraging the erection of brick and stone buildings. In this Bill provision is made for raising the sum required, by the issue of Provincial de bentures, and, therefore, not interfering in the slightest degree with the useful appropriations for the public service." The Speaker then presented the Bill for his Excel lency's approval, which, with four others passed during the present Session, were agreed to, after which his Excellency closed the Session with the following speech : " Mr. President and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " The expectations t‘hich I had entertained in calling you together, have not been disappointed. The mea sures which you have presented for my approval, and which have become law, are calculated to satisfy the wishes of the country, and I am sanguine in the hope that this short Session will be hereafter looked back to by the people of the Province, as most deeply con nected with the best interests of its commercial capital, and, consequently, with those of the Province at large. "In now closing the Session, it only remains for me to assure you that no delay shall take place on the part. of the Executive Government in giving effect to the legis lative measures which have been adopted, and I take my leave of you with the expressions of my sincere de sire that the brief interval which may elapse before we again meet in Provincial Parliament may be marked by a continuance of the tranquil and prosperous state of public affairs which now happly prevails throughout the province. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. Several Journals have stated that the Government would assemble the Chambers before the fixed ordinary time of its meeting. The Ministerial Journal, however, says it is impossible to assemble the Chambers before the second Tuesday in November. Owing to the dullness of the weather, and the scanty intelligence from the Continent, the various funds are in an inactive state at present. Money, both in and out of the house, continues plen tiful at a moderate rate for accounts. We have several arrivals this morning, some of them of old dates, and those of recent do not convey any intelligence of importance. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the quotations they left off yesterday, at 901 -a for Money, and for the Ac , count 90i i. The bad weather damps the spirit for speculation. Exchequer 8a15., 3 to 1 dLicount ; Bank Stock, 178 k 179} ; India Stock, 245 247. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues steady at 291 -g- ; Portuguese, same as it closed, 351 36 ; Three per Cents. 241 i- ; Colombian 821 ; Mexican, 31i 32 ; Brazilian 71i 721 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents, as they left off. .524 i ; Five per Cents. 100,t- ; Spanish Passive, 7i t ; Deferred, 134. Scarce anything doing in either of the Markets. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock l79:fi 9 ; India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. SS% 1 Ditto Bonds I per Cent. Cons. 3 ..? per Cent.... ..... ....... ...... —1 Old Annuities ..• Ditto Red. 9 7% , New Ditto New 3% per Cent 98% 1,4 1 3 per Cent. Annuities 1751 New 5 per Cent. -- Bank Long Annuities toexoire Ditto 500 par '2 ds. Jan. 5, 1860. l3 11-16 5 Ditto Small ......... ..... 2 I 3 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial — Jan. 1, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880. — India /Rock for Account ... 24714 Jan. 5. 1870 — Consos for Account 905,3f, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account itrazilian Bonds - Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds —; Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Accou t Colombian Bonds — , Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824.... % —, Spanish Bonds 29!4% Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Zia% Danish Bonds Ditto Aecotint — Deferred l3 Greek Bonds... — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bends, 1825 — ----- 4 per cent. f. —c. Ditto Account — ----- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. ---- Exchange. 2sf. 40 -. Ditto Account , Dutch, 23 per cent _____ ... Ditto, 6 per Cent. 32% , Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan. Ditto Account ..--...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CIA, CK. Brighton Railway Paid. '3O Per Share.l6% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS , DUBL IN, OCTOBER 22. 3 per Cent. Consols 3% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 3% per Cent. Debent ures ... 90%; National Insurance Company Bank Stock — City Debentures, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock H4LF-PAST ONE. A report prevails that news of some importance has been received from Spain this morning, at the Spanish Ambassador's, but the particulars are not known as yet. The statement is, that one of Cabrera's Generals has gone over to Espartero. In consequence of the above report, Spanish, which was in the early part of the morning at 298 to I, has got up to 29i1 8. Consols have improved from 90i 4 to 908 for the Acciunt ; Money 901. Exchequer Bills, Ito 3 dis. ; Bank Stock, rather lower, 179, have been 179 i ; India Stock also lower, 2.163 2-151. In the Foreign Market Spanish may be quoted at 291 ; Portuguese also improved from 354 to 36i s ; Brazilian, 7Ji ; Mexican, 32}; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents., 100 i. No further arrivals. --,---- SENTENCE ON MR. HARMAN, THE CHAR TIST.-At the Marlborough Michaelmas Quarter Ses sions, George Harman, aged 31 years, was charged with having published and circulated a seditious and inflam• matory placard and handbills C' To the Chartists of Wiltshire") at Trowbridge. The Court was crammed, and in addition to the presence of William Prowting Roberts, Solicitor at Bath, who was charged at the late summer assizes with unlawfully and riotously as ssembling at Trowbridge, and who then traversed his trial till the Lent assizes of 1840, there , were several other Chartists from Bradford and Trowbridge present. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Chairman sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment in the county gaol at Fisherton, and at the expiration of that time to enter into recognizances in a large amount to keep the peace for twelve months. Great uneasiness was occasioned here on Tues day, by a report which prevailed of Lord Brougham's death. Such was the confident minuteness of the tale, that it was even said that Lady Brougham, who is now residing in Brunswick -terrace, had received an express notifying the melancholy intelligence.—Brkr i hlon Ga zelle. BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—King Leopold arrived at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 17th, in the afternoon. His Majesty stopped half an hour at the I'4,st-office. The civil and military authorities paid their respects to his Majesty. The Convention concluded between the Belgian and French Governments for opening the canal of L'Espierre, has been ratified by the two Govern ments, and the ratifications were exchanged at Paris on the 16th of this month. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER —Yes terday morning, about half•past six, George Moody, aged 19 years, a bargeman, accidentally fell overboard from a craft, lying in the Thames off Cheyne-wakl, and was carried away by the tide and drowned. Sir John Campbell and Lady Stratheden arrived in London on nursdav, from the Continent. The Attorney-General was expected in Edinburgh yester day, and will dine with the Society of High Constables on Friday.—Eveni ng Paper. LOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY DEAL, OCT. 23 —Wind S S.E., fresh. —Sailed the Marlborough, Bridge, for Jamaica; Glenbervie, Black, New Zealand, Earl Grey, Sydney. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 2 3.--Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Tamerlane, Smith. from Quebec; Halifax, fll'Clear, Halifax ; Myrtle, Forest, Anaxibia; Neno, Jones, Denia, Sailed the Malay, Galbraith, for the Mauritius; England, Gardner, Mobile; Charles Humberstone, Marshall, Sa vannah ; Scotland, Black, Charleston ; William Goddard, Potter, Boston; Lulieka, Scott, Smyrna. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23 —Wind S. to S. S. E.--Ar rived her Majesty's ship Scout, from the Cape—sailed Aug. 29 ; St. Helena, 12th inst., and Ascension, 17th; Mediator, Champion, New York. PLtmourft, OCT. 2 3.—Wind S. by W.—Arrived the Fly, Gibbs, Dundrop ; Pring, Labrador. ..------., THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFOiD MARKET. Supplies good. Prices steady. Turbot, Bs. to 30s. ; Cod, Is. 6d. to I2s. ; Salmon (crimped), 3s. per lb. Beef, 7d. to 81d. ; Mutton, lid. to Bfrd. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to 810. Vegetables as last queted. CITY FISH MARKET. Good Supplies, and a fair demand ; prices as last quoted. Turbot, Vs. to 30s. ; Cod, 2s. to 12s. ; Crimped Salmon, 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Soles, Bd. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Oyster-, 12s. to 403, per bushel ; Whitings, sd. to 10d., and Haddocks, Is. to 2s. 6d. PROVISION MARKETS. The Butter trade iv inactive ; the best Irish, 92e. to 945. Fine Dutch, 1003. to 102. Lard, 625. Bacon, 545. to 575. per cwt. Y ES. The supply was moHAderate, and MAR th K T e demand limited; prices rather lowe r . Hay, 503. to 90s. ; Clover, SOs. to 115 s. ; straw, 325. to 423. per load. CH AND GERMAN PAPERS. BERLIN, OCT. 13 . —Archbishop Dunin, after tra velling between 400 and 500 miles, has arrived at the fortress of Colberg, and has had a residence as signed him in a well-guarded house. As he was re quired to take an oath that he would not return to his diocese without the King's permission, and he not only decidedly refused to take such an oath, but de clared that he thought it is duty to return as soon as he had an opportunity, measures have been taken to guard him with the greatest strictness. TRERIZOND, SEPT. 1 1.—The disturbances in Taurus seem to have had no further results. The Georgians settled at Erzeroum write that the ringleaders have been so severely punished that the whole population is quite humbled, and that there is no reason to fear a repetition of those scenes. Letters of the 26th of August, direct from Taurus, confirm this statement, and add that several Georgians who had fled to Tiflis bad now returned to Taurus, yet perfect tranquillity does not seem to be restored in Persia. In the province of Mazanderan there are said to be the greatest discon tents, and caravans scarcely ventnre to take the road from Taurus to Teheran, as both travellers and the sol diers on their march are everywhere plundered. It was said that the Shah intended to go to Shiraz with his troops assembled at Teheran, but this seems uncertain. Zeitung, Oct. 18. THE HAGUE, OCT. 21.—His Majesty has been pleased to appoint M. A. Geuness to be President of the First Chamber of the States General during the present Session. Lord Palmerston provod by his answers that he had examined this just claim, and that there is every rea son to believe that it will be possible to obtain the no mination of a mixed commission, which shall be in structed to proceed to the liquidation of the accounts. RIAL VOYAGE OF THE HON. EAST IN- This mode, which is in harmony with the execution of DIA COMPANY'S WAR STEAMER CLEOPATRA.--O il the treaties, has been propo se d t o th e E ng li s h Govern. Tuesday, this splendid vessel (lately launched from Mr. ment by Marshal Soult, President of the Council of Pitcher's, Northfle c t Dock-yard), left her moorings at Ministers. Blackwell, on the v o yage. She proceeded t o The N arra t eur o f St. G a ll says, t h at t h e authorities Greenhithe, a n d although ial rawing 14 feet of wat er , of the U pper V a l a i s h ave app li e d to the King of Sar- positively contri ve d to pass the y fleetest Graves en d dinia, and also to the French Ambassador, to obtain packets. Th e eng i nes, w hi c h were constructed by their separatio n from the Helvetic Confederation.— Messrs. Maudesley and C o mpany, worked beautifully, Constitutionnel, and have deservedly excited the admiration of all who BRUSSEL S , OCT. 20.—Baron D:eskin having co rn - I have seen them. On her return to her moorings, a pleted his diplomatic mission to several German Courts ' sumptuous entertainment was given on board by Lieut. has returned Brussels Saunders, R,,,1V. ,. The Baron de Behr, Minister of Belgium at Con- party, who separated highly gratified with the day's the respected Commander, to a select stantinople, had his first audie nce of th e Sult an on the excursion: Th e cost o f th e copper boilers alone will, 27th September. CONSTANTINO PLE 1 amount t o nearly 20,0001., and it will require 100,0001 OCT. 20.—Mirza Deschafer, the 1 to cover the tot a l ou tl ay on this magnificent vessel. Persian Minister to the Ottoman Po r t e , se t ou t on th e i MR. WA DKLEY.—The . ember for 25th of last month, on l eave o f absence, for chisond, i b ury, and Co rone r for the wester n division of Middl e F sex, whence he means to go to Persia. D ur i ng hi s absence j has positively teh ise d to g i ve information to the repor- th e business of the Embassy will b e cond uc t e d by ' ters for the publi c p ress , w h e n and where inquests in hi s Mirza Massud, the Secretary. On the 28th th e Sulta n district are to be held. The reason assigned by the Co- too k u p his residence for the winter in th e o ld Seraglio roner for withholdi ng inf o r ma tion is, that injustice has of Topkapu. On the, day before ye s t er d ay a di nner b een done him by the repeated Attacks made on him was given at San Stefano, by the Beruteh an N aa i re by the editors of the newspaper pre.ss.—Mornin g Post.. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY ) MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.-11 7 m. Calvert, aged 11, described in the calendar as a labourer, was indicted for the windl murder of Wm. Aldridge, a policeman of the R division, on the 9'tlt of September, and William Pine, John Pine, and John Burke ; were indicted for widing and abetting Calvert in the committal of the of fence. The pri,oners were also charged with a similar offence upon the Coroner's inquisition. Mr. Chambers conducted the case for the prosecu• tion, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantyne defended the pri- soners. Mr. CLARKSON stated thl gaSe tO the Jury, and called the following witnesses Mrs. Hubble resided at Deptford, and kept the Navy Arths there. On Sunday evening, the 29th of Septem ber, saw John Pine in her tap-room, together with two other of the prisoners, they called for a pot of ale, and their conduct being extremely disorderly, witness asked them to go out ; one went out very quietly, but Pine and the other stopped for ten minutes, but afterwards left in consequence of witness speaking to a policeman of the name of Stevens. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Stevens, the policeman, refused to come in. The disorderly conduct of which she complained was bad language. She thought the policeman might have got them out if he had come in. The other two left very quietly afterwards. George Stevens was a constable in the metropolitan police force. On the evening of Sunday, the 29th of September, was on duty in New King-street, Deptford. While there Mrs. Hubble requested him to come to her house, which he refused. Afterwards he heard a shouting, which appeared to come from the Dock-yard gates. He there saw Pine wrestling with a man named Carey ; there were several other persons there. Upon seeing this witness asked Pine to go home, when he said he would see him d-.-d first. Witness then said, if he did not he must take him to the station-house. Pine and Carey then proceeded along the New-road, wrestling, and the crowd consider ably increased. Witness then went up to them again, asking them to go home, upon which John Pine struck him, and witness immediately collared him ; upon this the deceased, Aldridge, came to his assistance. Pine was extremely violent, and made several attempts to es cape, in which they were assisted by the mob. Wit ness then struck Pine twice with his staff for his own protection. A man of the name of Carey then came up and pulled down a rail, with great difficulty. Wit ness and the deceased got Pine to the toll-gate, where the mob had greatly increased, and they began to throw stones ; two other officers then came up, and all four of them with the greatest difficulty attempted to get Pine into the toll-house, but could not do it for the mob. Witness and Aldridge lost their hats ; after great difficulty succeeded in get ting Pine as far as the Telegraph public house. When they arrived there witness heard a stone strike Al dridge on the back of the head-, which caused him to loose the prisoner, and cry out " Oh, my poor head." Witness saw Wm. Pine, one of the prisoners, close to the deceased, when he was struck with the stone and fell ; he was very active in exciting the mob. Witness also saw William Calvert, the prisoner, at the toll-house, he was shouting and exciting the mob. By Mr. Baron GURNEY—The distance from the place where he first took Pine to the Telegraph was about 400 yards. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARRSON.—The orders to the policemen are not to go into public-houses where there is a complaint of disturbance, unless it is serious. When he was asked to go to Mrs. Hubble's he did not hear any disturbance. Knew Pine before this transaction. The place where the distur bance took place was thickly populated with ven ders of fire-wood ; could not say whether the mob had assaulted them before he struck Pine. At that time he was on one side and Aldridge on the other of him ; Pine kicked him befor he struck him. The prisoners appeared to have been drinking, but they were not drunk. When Mrs. Hubble applied to him he said when the men came out of her house, if they raised a disturbance, it would then be his duty to take them into custody. When the deceased fell Wm. Pine was about two yards from him. Joseph Buckmaster, also a police constable, corrobo rated the evidence of the last witness. When they were near the Telegraph he heard John Pine say to the mob " Get out your knives, you --." The language of Pine was bad in the extreme. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTYNE—Did not see any knives taken out by the mob from the beginning to the end of the affair. Re-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS.—At this time there was a great noise, and the stones were flying about in all directions. This took place in consequence of Pine crying out " Pelt the -- with stones." George Baker, a policeman, recollected Pine being in the custody of a brother officer, near the toll-house, Deptford, on Sunday, the 29th of September. There was a great mob there, and they were attempting to rescue the prisoner. Oa his coming up, John Pine cried out " Here is another fat —, if bad a knife I would stick him." Witness saw Burke strike Aldridge with a stone, near the Telegraph, at the back part of the head, crying out, " There, you -- ; how do you like that ?" Aldridge went on with his prisoner Pine, and afterwards witness saw a large stone hurled at him, which knocked him down, and caused him to cry out, " Oh, my poor head !" Aldridge had no het on then. Witness also saw Burke and Wm. Pine kick the deceased violently on the thigh. Witness was struck several times himself. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—When witness came up, Stevens, Buckmaster, and the deceased had John Pine in custody. When Pine told the mob to throw stones, he said, " Do it gently, or you will hit us as well as the police." Wm. Brookman was a messenger in the Victualling Department of the Dock-yard at Deptford. Resided near the toll-gate. He witnessed the disturbance that took place on Sunday, the 29th of September. When he first saw the disturbance, two policemen had taken John Pine into custody. The mob cried out " Give it them," and called the police bad names. The police had the greatest difficulty in getting Pine for ward. Witness saw a man fling a stone at one of the police, but he could not tell who it was. The conduct of the police towards the prisoner Pine was very good ; he never saw them strike him. James Woolverton was a timber dealer, residing at Deptford. On Sunday, the 29th of September, he saw a great mob of people fighting with the police, whom, he considered, acted towards them with great forbearance. Samuel Holmes, who resides near Deptford, saw the disturbance that had been referred to by the other wit ness. Saw John Pine in the custody of one of the po lice, who attempted to escape. At that time the mob was small, but before they got to the toll-house it had considerably increased. Witness saw several stones thrown at the police, who acted with great forbearance. Francis John Hall, one of the Overseers of Dept ford, witnessed the disturbance that had taken place. He noticed the conduct both of the police and the mob, that of the latter was very violent, but the po lice were extremely forbearing. The keeper of the tollgate at Deptford gave similar evidence. James Richards, the pot boy of the Rodney Arms, saw Calvert and John Pine in the crowd near the Telegraph, on Sunday, the •?9th of September. They were crying out to the mob, "Go it, go it." He also saw several stones thrown. Saw a person of the name of Woolmer there. Edward Woolmer worked at Mr. Fletcher's wool yard in Deptford. Was in the road between the toll gate and the Telegraph when the police had John Pine in custody. The stones were flying about in all direc tions. When witness was by the Telegraph he saw Calvert pick up a stone and throw it at the deceased. It struck him under the ear. Aldridge staggered two or three paces, and fell down at the step of a door. James Hairside, a policeman of the R division, who came up to the assistance of the other police, saw Burke and Wm. Pine in the crowd, their conduct was violent in the extreme. Charles Hampton, a miller, residing at Deptford, stated that Aldridge after he was wounded came to the step of the door ; he was bleeding very much ; and after he was taken into witness's house the police surgeon was sent for. Betty White saw Aldridge fall down on the steps at Mr. Hampton's door : he was bleeding very much. Witness was sure he did not strike his head against the step when he fell. He was perfectly sensible when he was taken into the house, end he then stated how he bad been ill-used. Hannah Richardson gave similar testimony. Mr. Edward Downing was surgeon to the R division of police. Was called to see Aldridge on the night of the 29th of September, at the house of Mr. Richardson. He was then lying on the carpet, and complained of great pain behind the ear, where there was a severe wound. Witness gave him some brandy anct water, and asked him if he would go to the hospital ; he said he would rather go home, and was taken there on a stretcher. Witness attended him again about three o'clock in the morning, when he found him sinking fast, and he died in an hour afterwards. After death witness and a nother surgeon examined the body. H e attributed death to the fracture of the external plate of the skull ; there was no less than three quarters of a pound of blood between the skull and the Ara mater. The wound might have been inflicted by a stone. This was the ca , e for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up. The Jury reti re d, an d after an ' absence of an hour returned a verdict of Guilty of Manslaughter aglinst all the prisoners. Thorwaldsen, the great Danish sculptor, returned to Copenhagen on the 7th instant, as we learn by a let ter from that city, after an excursion into the interior of D enmar k . He was expected to embark on the 17th in the Havre packet, in its way from St Petersburg, to pay a short visit to Paris, and thence to return to Rome. EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Th e review of the troops 2 , tati ? ned here, which was expected to take place to day in the Home Park, was put off until to-morrow. In expectation of the review taking place the North Terrace of the Castle appeared &ranged with specta tors this morning. Th e morn ing sca,% dull, and it rained smartly as the troops left the ground. The Duchess of Bedford left the Castle this morn mg, and Lady Lyttleton is cxp,cted to ,arrive this eveti ingnt the Castle to succeed her Grace a.s the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. The Hon, Misses Lyttleton will accompany her Ladyship on a visit to the Queen. The Princess Augusta took an airing in a carriage yesterday, to Kensington. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, visited Vis count Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morn ing-, from Windsor Castle. 'rue Noble Viscount left town in the afternoon, on his return to Windsor Castle. Despatches from Governor Light, at British Guian a ' were received yesterday at the Foreign Office. - - POSTPONEMENT OF THE GRA" REVIEW BY HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVE NING.--Cons.l, -16 disappointment was experienced to day in conse,quen ce of the Grand Review, whi c h was announced to talc : place this mornin g , no t com ng o ff. The i 4t ow Light Dragoons (who arr i v ed frpm Houns l about noon), the 2d Life Guards, and the Brigade, 2(1 Rifle B • de, took up their p os itions in the H erne Park shortly a ft er 12 o ' c l oc k, an d soon after wards the three regiments formed into line to receive her Majesty, who was then momentarily expected, with the two Princes, Ernest and Albert of Saxe-Cob ourg,P and accompanied by a numerous re ti nue on horse back and in carriages. A messenger, however, from th e Castle arrived on the ground a little before el' o'clock, when it was communicated to the Colonel' of the respective regiments, that the very u nf r vourable state of the we at h er (a drizzling rf at this time having set in) would prevent t l e Queen appearing on the ground on horse hoe as her Majesty intended, and was most desirons of doing ; and that, therefore, the review would 1 1 postponed till the same h our t o - morrow . The seco e Life Guards and Rifle Brig a d e i mme di a t e ly marched ta their barracks, and the 14th Dragoons proceeded Hounslow, with orders to be on the g" e n , to-morrow shortly after twelve o'clock. The. the trances to the Park were thrown open t'' =„ a public (tickets of a d m i ss i on u p on t hi s oc casion h .avi ; been dispensed with), an d severa l h un d re ds of perri p who were present, an d many f rom L on d on an d 6 11 _ 1 11 " bouring towns, retu rne d h ome great l y di sa ppoint; to We arc most happy to state (although a rutrw' r . the contrary was very p reva l en t i n Wi n dsor this afted noon) that her Majesty is in most excellent health, be that the state of the weather was th e on ly cause elf t postponement of the review. 'dem CUSTOM-HOUSE VEXATIONS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU-N; annoy' ances have taken so much int eres t in the su--61.: ances which are inflicted on the public by the Ga s To house regulations, that I venture to trouble P u pl y an account of what happened to me on Monday arrival from H am b urg , b y t h e steam -b a st 14e ,P, 0 t- 0 ) We had made an ex cee di ng ly qu i c k passage 7 - t he and landed at th e C us t om -h ouse at ten o 'clock al ere morning. Not the most trifling article of luggal; e ,r. a we allowed to bring on shore ; all, bags with dirty &c., were locked in the hold, and afterwards brought*; shore by the Cust o m-h ouse p eop l e . The passeng e ig ladies and gentlemen, had to wait until it p leased t v boatmen, porters, and c l e rk s o f the establishment th., brirg on shore and sort the luggage. At lengt h was done, and the passengers were called in, three 8 (1 ° 5. three, to be present at the searching of their own gt i ,,d My name was one of the first on the list, and l "" t h but few things to be searched ; yet, when I at l e f il , left the Custom-house, it was past one o'clock, and quite sure that at least one more hour must have elpiP".„ before all the luggage had been opened and searched. Ny e , I will not touch on the more important question, w` 1 1 " ther such a proceeding, such an infringing on the berty of private individuals, be just or expedient, could, I am sure, satisfactorily prove not to be the c as- n i• but I will merely ask whether, if such an inspecti° l3 l ,, the property of individuals be necessary at all, it ',- equally unavoidable that the annoyance of such 14- 9 enormous delay should be added to the first grievance I am not at all acquainted with the internal arrange . inents of the Custom-house, but it appears to m e that ; practice such as this must procure immense advantag, to the public at large, to compensate for this excerssitlee nay, almost unbearable evil to individuals. 13Y b fa are greater number of the passengers from Ham burg are commercial men, whose time is valuable under any other good ; and I confess, that 1 na anot ance stand how they have until now put up with a cur which certainly could, and ought to be diseollti ntie ni As a means for preventing smuggling, the Cust°t to Wens house regulations are evidently totally ine ffi cient , w -e eto ble annoyance .. falls heavily upon honest r espe persons, who must bear the indi g nity of r e ; ing their luggage pulled a b o ut a n d injured hel or n ; their faces, while less conscientious persons, ef there will always b e many u n der c ircumstances su e ' ° a these, bring many v a luable things on shore unm oleste by the officers, whom they know bow to o utwit• would ld In these days, when everybody travels , Y" c „ render the public an important service if y ou ve point out some means by which the present incon nient, degrading, and—worse than all—useless Custorir house regulations might be obviated or abolished. n • • POPULAR EDUCATION. The Sun of Thursday last, alluding to the obser; cations which we made last week upon the R e corde r charge to the Grand Jury at Cambridg e , con tains so l n e very severe remarks upon the want of education Or n bited amongst a population dw e lli ng a t th e ga t e s 0; : " richly endowed University. We have n o h es it a tion "" declaring that a want of education appearing in age ° days among the lower classes, implies a neglect of 11 ,1 5° ' rious nature on the part of the ind e p en d en t an d 0 0. ent portion of society. We could wish that neglect was the only ingredien in the case before us ; we have not merely ne glect t . ° complain of, but the most virulent and illiberal op,r' l i tion. They who have the man a gement of the Nail °ll , 3 . School in Cambridge, having determined to c t) o , duct it upon such n a rro w and illiberal P ri es ciples, as to drive out every one who j 5 n o . a member of the Church of England, it wa s ° l i p. sidered necessary, by some of the most influential ',_ habitants of the town, that steps should supply the lamentable want of education existing 1 1 ,1c1 a large and increasing population. A meeting wa s an d for this purpose in the spring of the present year ; coo , resolutions were passed for establishing a school in nexion with the British and Foreign School Soci?rtil, No sooner was this done than forth came all the i v o t , lence and slander of the Tories. A choice morsel the token from the Cambridge Chronicle, representirl tet t be takenovi; British and Foreign School Society, which is sulW° r ie b, and patronised by the present excellent Bishop of N °r.v : nt as an establishment of infidels and atheists ; wa4 to every house in the town, to excite, by means of a slangbe of falsehoods, a prejudi ce i n t h e m i n d o f th e public , a nGt "_„ n 1 to frustrate the abov e praiseworthy and charitable c v ;, I deavours. Truth an d justice will ever prevail o f such base virulence as this. We appeal to al l ° L , Ir i e ; low-townsmen who are sens ibl e o f t h e benefits of (.'ucri cation, who have sha re d th ose pleasures and blessol d which it is capable of confe rr i ng , to step forwa rd ' a o st by their assistance to hasten the completion of this ` D oe necessary work. Education is all that convitutes the wide distinction between the civilized man an d s e savage. It is the light by whi c h man steers his eousr e through the tortuous p a th o f life ; an d i s enabled to e o and to fix his hopes beyond it. I gnorance and darkrnrse;.. are one and the same thing ; th ere f ore i t i s that's ranee and crime are ever found associated tog We have received from our Reporter the Gaol dars of the past Sessions for the Counties of Cam b , r r i t d e g . e r; Huntingdon, and Bedford. The first contains 'P . :I prisoners for trial ; four of them under sixteen years oad age, and only One is described as being able to read write well. The Huntingdon Calendar, contain 4: sixteen prisoners, omits to describe the state of eau t . ; tion of ethecr.aieri, the prisoners. The Bedford Calendar contaenl)., t\s,;Teenty prisoners, and only one can read and write w to will undertake to , say that this would be food be the case, or nearly so, if we were to inquire int o , , . a b n i t j . other thr ee a dj o i n i ng count i es ; t h us pract:cally ex' ing the alliance between ignorance and crime. Cambridge Advertiser. Viscount Maidstone, M.P., is making a toured visits in the Highlands. His Lordship is not e%Pe ct to return to town until after Christmas. On Saturday, the 12th inst., Lord son and heir was christened in the chapel in k.Ventwo House, in the presence of the family an d a number gt visitors, by Lord Fitzwilliam's chaplain, th e Rev• Upton.—Sheffield Independent. WEST KENT AGRICULTURALASSOCIATIOI:I: rtil —A meeting of the members of this Association te place at Bromley, on Tuesday , to c e lebrate the ni°cllr teenth anniversary of the Society , which ha s the n°un ha of being the parent of all s imilar institutions in the co; try. After a ploughing match, in which great s.kill displayed, the mem bers dined to g ether at the Whl"t Hart, G. W. Norman, Esq., in the chair. A eve greasi n umber of country g entlemen wer e present, and z r ,,, speeches were m ade, the chief tendency of which sva9 `i; encourage a gricultural associations, and to avoid on su e occasions all allusion to politics. A COITIMISSIOII has been appointed to proceed • •tO Paris, and resume negotiations f or a commercial treat). with France. Mr. Bulwer and M r . M.Gregor ar c the Commissioners.