The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was in a dull state, but without any decided change in prices. Exporters took 700 bales, inclusive of which the sales were, 3,500 bales.—A large business was done in Rail way Shares, but still the market had a droopinr , appear ance. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1071 ; Caledonian, 1 1 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 334 ; Ditto and Wrex ham, ; Dublin and Belfast, 54- ; Edinburgh, Leith, and GraiW.ii. Pr.,l'.2ronce, 61 ; (31 , 1:47) ,, r and Dumfries, I+ ; Glasgow and Gi',E-Tiwk ijrt•ft-r;.nee, 2/. O. 6d ; Great I North of England, 1224 ;Great \-Vi,siern, One-Eighth, 12 p ram. ; Li verpoul „nil Manchester. Net,344 ; Lon don and Birmingham, 216 ; )itt., Quarter, 244 ; Lon don and York, 5:1 ; Lynn and Ely, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 51 ; Midland Counties, 107 ; North Union Branch, 764 ; Scottish Central, 2/. Bs. 6d.; Sheffield and Manchester. Quarter, 131. 16s. 3d ; South- Eastern, 3Si ; Ditto, New, 12 ; Trent Valey, 94 ; Ulster, 374 ex div. ; Lyons and Avignon, 21. 2s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, ; Paris and Rouen, 384. izolrtg. w e n rearenot any late colonial arrivals to notice this e are glad again to notice the fact, that the entries of vessels, with full cargoes, into the port of London, are very large indeed. The same may be said with respect to Liverpool, Hull, and Goole. A con siderable quantity of wheat and flour is coming in from the United States and Canada. The arrivals from the West Indies of sugar, rum, &c., are also very large in ,deed. Th e i mpartat i on o f ta ll ow f rom S y d ney i s now Decor/ling an important article of freight. Its quality is e xceedingly good. Th e timber trade at Liverpool seems to have been very active lately, and which must be of considerable i mportance to our colonies. A broker's report states, that since our report on the 2d instant., the arrivals have L b een 25 ves se l s , 12,308 ton s regi s t er , v i z .-11 from Que bec, 7 from St. John, and 7, chiefly laden with d e al s , from other ports. The market has continued firm, and !learly the whole have been readily sold on arrival. The latest sales in Quebec have been at 174-d. to 174c1. and 18 d- per foot ; four cargoes of St. John, of 20 inches average, have been sold at 21d. to 214c1. per foot. Other de scriptions are also in demand, but there are no sales to report. Thu English Securities opened firmly this morning, but the business doing is very small. Consols for imme diate transfer have been 991 to 994, and for time 994 E xchequer Bills have been at the premium of 765. to 745. T he East India Bonds are 92 premium. Bank Stock for T he is 207 to 2071, and India Stock realises 2841. Lie Commissioners gave 99. i for Consols. The news from Madrid, as from Lisbon, alludes to re trenchments in the Government expenditure, and 'which it is hoped will not only be talked of, but carried Out.. I n the meant i me w h en new l oans are b roac h e d , we may consider that we have proof positive of the re - i T urces or revenue of the country being inadequate to t „"„ expenditure, and we cannot but regard that as an un favourable position. The Spanish Bonds have been at again, the Five per Cents. at 231, and the Three Per Cents. at 341 to 1, the Passive Stock has been 144 1 the Deferred 13,1 to +. Mexican Bonds have rallied a little from yesterday's depression, and are 364 for the 4etivus. t The Share investments still present a dull appearance, e . l . atively to the activity which prevailed a week or two r v it- Even the new lines have this morning been in ;ea demand, though some of them continue at high kt e . ,a- Trent Valley are Bto 74, South Devon 4to 44-, I te a London and York 2,-1 to V I premium. Birmingham "e ken low as 13 premium, and Brighton 3 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3,per Cent. Consols. Annuities ....... .. ...... 10' New 334 per Cent. Annuities India Stock India Bonds,l,ooo ..... .. ........... Ditto under 1,000 92 Bank Stock for Account ... ...... .. ... .... :26734 207 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, I%d. 134 d 1,0001. ..................... .......... 76 71 pm. 76 74 pm. Ditto 3 " ma11.................. Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Columbian Bond ' s. Mexican Bonds 1837, 5 per Cent. ..... -- Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 ...... Ditto for the Account 23% Ditto Passive Bonds. ... ............ ... ..... Ditto Deferred 1330 4 Ditto Three per Cent. ........ ...... ..... Ditto for the Account . Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4234 Dutch 234 per Cents. ....... ....„...... ....... ...—. Dutch 5 per Cents ...... .............. ........... Ditto 4 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER S/lARIL 3„111/Ungham and Gloucester c lis ied to o l n a ia n n d Gloucester 5 bUblin and Cashel...—. ........ •'''' 2% 11 ... to Gr eat Western ..... .... ....... ...... 75 to Ditto Shares ..... «.............. ............. 50 36 Ditto Fifths • don and Birmingham. lOO ... ..... 214 '215 to 213 Dit o 4 Shares kn. ndon and Blackwall 16% • ndon and Brighton 5O ........ 474 te ndonii. and Greenwich ..00don and South Western .„ Ditto Eighths .t.o„ ndon and Croydon 13% ...... 164 t!pndon and York , -14 4E 5...... to 4% m anchester and Leeds. '7o .....» — .....».. to ~..Ditto 34 5hare5............. ........ 30 Midland Counties lOO .........10634 ...... to 107 Nni . rmingham and Derby lOO .. ..... to 74% Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 ... South Devon ... ... 5 .... - ... to 9 South Eastern and Dover ,_ Ditto New York Valley lork and North Midland ...... ... 50 lO 4 Ditto Selby Scrip Orleans (4 ,. Tours, and Bourdeauxi 1 1 1 / 1 444 Rouen ..... ......... S ha 1, 414e 1it _ eri B TXR STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 1 9.—There liti n t:T l.a ther less doing to-day, with a greater dispo- J ° - (:) realise . — Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire ,;Inctio n a , "ii to 41 - " if ; Blackburn, Barnley, and Accrington, 4,;41 4 7 , ; Caledonian, 41 ; Churnet Valley, 4 ; lluddere k. , TI Q Manchester, 2 15-16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and i t lnenester 51 London and York, 5i ; Manchester o ct L , ; ttlin L e eds, Ilalf Shares, 53 ; Ditto, Quarters, 12} ; cl l . , cu ester and Buxton, 2 13-16 ; Sheffield and Man 95is ; and Trent Valley, 9* i CLOSING PRICES.. 11 BRITISH FUNDS. 4 411 k st„ k 'lndian Stock 204% a p t' Cen t . Red 'Ditto Bonds Iv r Cent. Cons tg,,,Per Cent. Red f ew 5 3 % Per Cent . — Ditto New Annuities ... 98% 101% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 134 d... 76 pm. .4 4 , P e r C e n t, Ditto 5001. 44 .onuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pm. ( 1 / 4 1rz............... - Bank Stock for Acct 207 .144 . 1860 Consols for Act. 99 % andia Stock for Acct ... Nit._ FOREIGN FUNDS. 14 01 e, h. 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent — ool tz r.,_fl, 5 Per cent. .... ...... Ditto, New Ditt0...... ..... ..lit i Zzl Bonds BB% Prussian, 5 per Cent ... ...... ti_` , ll4, - "„ Ayres , 6 per Cent 36 Russian, 5 per Cent .... ...... plo r ae Per Cent rttolan, 6 per Cent 'oh. ,taz4 per... ... Ditto, 3 per Cent 34% tla t ,7 .onds, 6 Cent...... Ditto, Deferred........... (i r "I ' 3 Cent eek ~ per• French, 5 per Cent.... —t —c. Reki c l .B2 s, 5 per Cent.... Exchange ............... —f. —.c. "Ott o ".. , 5 per Cent ..... French, 3 per Cent- .—f. —c th,.." Per Cent., 18F — Dutch, pe r pe Cent...... 62 'lan, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 Cent .......100% SHARES. lairrningham and Gloucest sr (100 paid). ....102 tristol and Exeter (70 paid) Dublin and Gloucester, 30 paid Vtiblin and Belfast Junction, 2% paid 5 .astern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (8/ 65 &I paid) %treat Western (75 paid; , 145 , Lo ndon and Birmingham (Stock) .-,Ondou and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) L ondon and York, 234 paid 4% Lynn and Ely, 14 paid imehester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto, Half Shares, 20 paid Ilarlehtster and Birmingham e vveastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 47 N orth British, 234 paid V_orthern and Eastern (45 paid) g‘outh wastern and Dover 03 2a 4d paid) Vent Valley , 2 paid 9% York and North Midland (50 paid) lOl s i,tto Half Shares (25 paid) P nd Amies, 2 _ild . obi g and a Rouen, 20 n paid p LITERATURE. IRELAND AND ITS RULERS. Th .Ncwby, London, 1844. kb. 13 volume forms the third Part of a work on the jt o j ,„ eet of Ireland and its Rulers since the year lii29. Ti p e ns with an account of " Lord Normanby and his e lli ,1 8 )" which is the most interesting and the most 1111,, e L ` t alY written chapter in the volume, though we tat that the author somewhat underrates the lier e ., lltS of this popular Irish Viceroy, when he ob -1,0,-,eBL" of the delightful and amiable qualities of Normanby there cannot be the slightest doubt. hi s "e ever disputed them, but the question is, as to ter st atesmanship. His popularity in Ireland was tit ar ) :„great, but it arose principally from the circum- P 1 -ea of the times, and from the good-will and th: e llr e of the Irish demagogues. It originated in ta u °li-Excha nge , an d was su pp or t e d more by his or „ - Pers and pe rsona l b ear i ng th an by hi s measu res tee':. ft i t esmanship, and finally he did not wait for the br im -11 ' At any rate Lord Normanby kept Ireland this goil during the time of his administration ; and wo contend, is no slight proof of his statesman- N e t' The ch arac t er o f Pl un k e tt i s d rawn w ith th e 1 )3 , tjt discrimination, and the comparison instituted akii i ` l e author between him and Grattan, evinces much andingenuity. Co u O CLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.—Yesterday being da the sheriff's officer made the following 4 1. :Caltatio y n , of outlawry:—William Hilton to answer Westeott Bamfield ; William Baines to answer 4 , 4 7 Riddl e and James Dearn ; H. T. Ryde to k;,,,, e r Alfred Bradl e y Bloxam ; Thoma s R ea d aaur, to answer Si r Willi am Pilki ng t on , B ar t. ; ii()-,.,"4 Charles T revan i on t o answer J aco b Con ; ; Georg e Cl ar k e to answer Joseph . Thomas Delahay to answer William . Gra ; Thom as K. Channell to answer John Wilkinson; to .114 ;11 Pyne to answer John Carlow; Sarah Gregson 171/,llswer Esther Simpson; Sarah Gregson to answer ehtiet4l4 Wood ; Willi am Francis Ellaby to answer . Ad a -. T imbleson ; Th omas H aw k cs to answer W i ll iam Croke'' B. B. Lak e t o answer J o s e ph Smith; George ;is,to answer Edward Joseph Hill Jekyll; the Rev. tins " Croke to answer the same; Sir John Scott Lillie to Wer the 1,0 same. tio n PITLATION or TTIE WEST INDIES.---The poplin him °I Antigua, as taken by the last census, was 16,722 1.0 , e , 5 , and 1 9,456 females, total 36,178. St. Christopher tu 'i t, -- ' 4 , ll ale•g, and 12,654 females, total 23,177. St. Yin tot, &tie topulation is 12,600 males and 14,648 females, ex:i2 2,248. Trinidad the number is 59,815, the males h a d ed ing the females by 1,611. In Jamaica the returns 1)f the been completed, and in Grenada the provisions should ••ensus Act renders it neessary that the returns 'os be laid before Oa until and Assembly, and be If t. v r red of by them previously to being published. In fo urti reent it is stated that considerably more than a or r , or the whole p o p u l at i on appears under 10 years i " ' a nd nearly h a lf t h e population under 20 years.— ucia I ndependent Press, Aug. 22. w heal f. SO4' ntract !ct the and W mberig umber Alt.) rtherV, d .oe' 2-eb u ec• rano b ; _Arro• r via() )CC . ju' 1. Bue nos , B sUreF' jedo l Jessie? SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vittltt 14: ptnton. " Who runs may read." rostmxazz. On Monday evening tnoir Majesties, the King and Queen the French, received the Ambassadors of Spain and Turkey, the Chargird'Atfaires of Belgium, Generals Cubiires and Excelmans, the Count de Saint-Aignan, and the Baron de Rothschild. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordinance, authorising the Minister for Foreign Affairs to open a supplementary credit of 150,000 francs, " for travelling expenses and Couriers." The same journal contains a fresh notice of tho Ministry of Public Works, stating that the laying down of the rails and the working of the Orleans and Bordeaux and the Orleans and Vierzon rail-roads, with branch roads on Chateauroux and Bourges, would be publicly adjudicated on the sth of October next. The Paine says :—" We are assured that a military ceremony will take place on the occasion of the return of the Prince de Joinville to Paris, and that his Royal Highness will make a triumphal entry. The funeral obsequies of M. Camille Porier took place on Tuesday, in the church of the Madeleine, at eleven o'clock. The corners of the pall were held by General Exeelmans, General Doguereau, Count d'Argout, and M. Agier, president of the Cour Royale of Paris. In addition to the grand deputation of the Chamber of Peers, a great number of functionaries and financial notabilities were present. The Municipal Council of Chatou, of which place the deceased was mayor for the last twelve years, and a deputation of the National Guard, also attended to pay a last mark of respect to his memory. After the religious ceremony, the mortal remains of the deceased were interred at Pare la Chaise. A new 20-gun brig, called the Panne, was launched at Cherbourg on the 14th. The Courrier du Havre states that Quenisset, who attempted to assassinate the Duke d'Aumale, when he was entering Paris at the head of his regiment, has been arrested at New Orleans, on a charge of an attempt to commit a murder. The Steele states that the accounts connected with the late war with Morocco are being made up by the War and Marine Departments, and that they already amount to 20 millions of francs. Espartero, the Quotidienne states, is expected to pass through Paris in the course of next month, on his way into Italy, he having been for some time in a weak state of health. The Independence of Brussels states that, when the King of the Belgians was last at Ardennes, he re ceived an injury in the leg, whilst shooting, which, al though not serious, prevents him for the present from getting on horseback, and therefore he will not this year pass in review the troops at the camp of Beverloo. Accounts from Barcelona, of the 10th, state that some disturbance had taken place in that city, in consequence of some young men, who fell within the conscription, meeting, endeavouring to obtain an interview with the Baron de Meer. They were easily dispersed, and the latest accounts state that the public peace has not since been disturbed. We read in a letter from Vittoria of the ith:—" Yes terday Don Gasper Jauregui, who is second in com mand in the Basque provinces, left at the head of a de tachment of cavalry, for the purpose of ascertaining if there is any truth in the report that from forty to sixty men have entered Spain from France, with a view of proclaiming Carlos V." A letter from Turin, in the Augsburg Gazette, says:— " The treaty of commerce concluded between France and our Government, although ratified, may not be exe cuted. Our Court had at first complained that the dura tion of the treaty had been diminished to two years ; now it brings forward another grievance. By the terms of the treaty of August, 1842, fruits imported from Sar dinia into France were to obtain a diminution of Cus toms' duty of 25 per cent. The principality of Monaco, which imports 200,000 f. worth of oranges and lemons a year into France, has proposed to the Cabinet of the Tuileries to admit into her ports French vessels free of all duties, provided she was allowed to enjoy the same advantages as Sardinia. This proposition was agreed to by the French Government. Our Cabinet pretends that this arrangement is prejudicial to the commercial interests of Piedmont. Notes have been exchanged be tween the two Governments, and ours threatens to re gard the treaty as null, if the treaty made with Monaco be not broken off." The want of water has been, it appears, so great at Ancona this summer, that the municipal administration was obliged to take charge of the distribution, among the inhabitants, of the water contained in the private cisterns, as is the case when a town is in a state of blockade. The Bremen Gazette quotes a letter of the 9th instant from Berlin, saying—" The Kcenigsberg Gazette is pro hibited in Russia and Poland. All books of psalms are cut open on the frontier, in order to ascertain whether they conceal any insurrectionary proclamations. Books in the Hebrew language, printed at Koratschin, in Posen, also undergo a very strict scrutiny, and passages in them are effaced." _ _ . The Augsburg Gazette gives a letter from Lubeck, dated the 6th instant, which says that a treaty of navi gation has been concluded at Paris between Lubeck aid one of the greater States of Italy, upon a pure principle of reciprocity. The Berlin Gazette positively contradicts the state ment that the importation of corn from Poland is inter dicted. LAW .6.lirD POLICE. The petition of Philip Rawlins, which came on for hearing in the Bankruptcy Court, having been dismissed, the insolvent was remanded back into the custody from which he had been released by the operation of the statute. At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, Thomas Jennings, who stands indicted for an offence against the Acts of Parliament for the prevention of slave-trade, surrendered in discharge of his recognizances, and was placed at the bar. He was captain of the Augusta, and was arraigned at the same time as M. Zulueta, who was acquitted. Jennings pleaded autrefois acquit, alleging that he had been tried at Sierra Leone for the same of fence and acquitted. To this the prosecutor demurred, and the demurrer was argued yesterday. The Court reserved its judgment. The Grand Jury were discharged in the course of the day. A young man of decent appearance, named John Jones, was committed from Guildhall by Mr. Alderman Hughes, charged with stealing 99 yards of carpet, the property of Messrs. Monkhouse and Whitfield, of Bar nard Castle. The prisoner evinced so much acuteness in cross-examining the witnesses, that the Alderman ex pressed an opinion that it was not his first appearance at the bar. At Marlborough-street Alfred Walker, who has been frequently examined in reference to a charge of having been concerned in stealing nearly 5001. in money, and some other valuables, the property of Mrs. Tarbox, the housekeeper, from the residence of the Earl of Har rowby, in Grosvenor-square, was discharged by Mr. Hardwick. Richard Pates, servant to Mr. Phillips, a surgeon, re siding in Wimpole -street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson, at Marylebone, on a warrant with having committed an assault upon William Donaldson, by attempting to stab him with an oyster knife. He was fined 51., and in default of payment two months' im prisonment. The penalty was paid. John Bolton, a baker, charged at the Thames Police Court with being where a private still was in operation, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of 30L, and in default of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. IRELAND. ADDRESS OF TEIE CORPORATION TO _ MR. O'CONNELL. DUBLIN, SEPT. 18.—The members of the Town council of the city of Dublin assembled this day, at the Corporate-house, hi William-street, in order to present to Mr. O'Connell the address congratulating him on his liberation from unjust captivity, which had been agreed to at the meeting of the Corporation on Saturday. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Town-councillors, wearing their official robes, left the Assembly-house about half-past two o'clock, and the procession, con sisting of a considerable number of carriages, pro ceeded to the residence of Mr. O'Connell, in Merrion square. A large crowd assembled, and the members of the Corporation were greeted with repeated accla mations as they passed along. The procession reached its destination shortly before three o'clock, and the gentlemen composing it were ushered into the large dining-room of Mr. O'Connell's house. The mem bers of some provincial deputations arrived about the same time, and the scene altogether was a very en livening one. The Lord Mayor read the address from the Corpo ration of Dublin in a very emphatic manner, espe cially the following passage :—" In the hour of your captivity we condoled with you, in the hour of your victorious liberation we rejoice, and we indulge the firm belief, and fond hope, that the day is not far distant when we shall again address you on the con summation of your labours—the restoration to Ireland of her Parliament." Mr. O'CoxNELL delivered a verbal reply, remark able for warmth and earnestness. After referring to the State trials, the reversal of the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the popular triumph over injustice, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman dwelt, with manifest delight, upon the new spirit of conciliation which was abroad, and which it was their duty, as well as their disposition and their interest, to foster and encourage. This glorious spirit existed in quarters heretofore decidedly hostile, and the result was almost daily accessions to their ranks, with the most cheering prospects for the future. The senti ments of Mr. O'Connell on this subject were received with much applause. When Mr. O'Connell had concluded his reply to the address from the Corporation of Dublin, similar addresses were presented from Sligo, Newry, and other places. Thesddress from the Corporation of Sligo was read by the Mayor of that borough, who was accompanied by Mr. Somers, M.P., and several members of the Town Council. Mr. O'CormELL, in his reply to this address, ob served that much had been said of the kindly dispo sition and anxiety of the English people—the people as contradistiuguished from the English Government —for justice to Ireland. The proceedings to be taken to render amenable to justice the persons who had been guilty of the recent violation of law and justice to Ireland would very soon bring the real feelings and sentiments of the English people to a test the most unequivocal. Would they join in the effort to obtain justice for Ireland for the outrage on her rights by the functionaries to whom he had alluded ? If the people of England did join, why, of course, it would afford him gratification ; but even if they did not, Ireland possessed within herself, keep ing quite within the bounds of the law and the con stitution, energies quite sufficient for the achievement of her national independence. The gentlemen of the deputation had heard the lines— :‘ Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." It was nearly four o'clock before the gentlemen composing the deputations had left the residence of Mr. O'Connell. IMPORTANT DECLARATION AGAINST THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BILL. A declaration strongly. condemning this Bill, as most unjustly compromising the doctrines and disci pline of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, has been signed by fourteen bishops, and an immense number of the second order of the clergy. This very important declaration is soon to be published. The Bill is not to come into operation until the Ist of January next. MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF CORK. A very numerous meeting took place in the city Court House in Cork, on Monday last, for the pur pose of adopting a congratulatory address to Mr. O'Connell, " on his late triumphant restoration to liberty and his country." The Mayor presided. Mr. Callaghan, M.P., and many of the leading merchants were present. The address was unanimously adopted. A resolution was also adopted unanimously, de claring that the repeal test should be acted upon at future elections of yepresentatives for the city of Cork. TORY EXCLUSIVE DEALING. The Kilkenny Journal contains the following : " PROTESTANT REGISTRATION OPTICE.—EXCLU BITE DBA.LING.—The plot thickens on us. Through the kindness of Colonel Bryan we have just received some documents, in which the saints recommend all Protestants wholly to discontinue the employment of Catholic servants, brand the latter as perjurers, liars, and by other opprobrious epithets. In sending such documents to Colonel Bryan the saints' mis took their man. Fiendish persecutions of this sort must not pass with impunity." THE NEW JURY LISTS. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Mahony (one of the solicitors for the defence on the late State prosecutions) to the clerks of the peace for the city of Dublin : " 23, William-street, Dublin, Sept. 18, 1844. " Gentlemen,—Not doubting your compliance with the provisions of the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 91, intituled ' An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland,' I must assume that you have, on or before the 22d day of July last, issued and delivered your precepts, ac cording to the form given in schedule A, addressed to the several collectors of grand jury cess within the county of the city of Dublin, which Act (sec. 4) re quires such collectors respectively to prepare and make out, ' within one month then next ensuing, a true list of all men residing within the respective districts qua lified with respect of property, and liable to serve on juries, according to this Act as aforesaid, and also to perform and comply with all other the requisitions in the said precepts contained ; and which precepts con tain the following words, that is to say, and when you have made out such ists, you are authorised to order a sufficient number of copies thereof to be printed, the expense of which printing will be allowed you by the county, and you are required within one month from the date hereof to deliver a true copy of such list to the clerk of the peace,' &c. &c. ; and which precept ends with the following remarkable words And these several mattersyou are in nowise to omit, upon the peril that may ensue.' " I beg to apprise you that out of ten collectors, two alone have performed that duty, by delivering their lists to you within the time prescribed by law; and that no one of them has up to this hour complied with that important direction of the Act which requires, for the information of the public, that said lists should be printed by each collector as soon as made out; the fact being, that instead of having a sufficient number of copies printed, as said Act intended, for circulation in each district s not one printed copy exists. " After having complained of this neglect so often within the last year, before the highest legal tribunals in England and in Ireland, I cannot delay the ex pression of my great surprise that public officers could continue to pursue a system so contrary to their duties, as prescribed by the statute I refer to. And I now call upon you, as clerks of the peace for this city, to insist on the immediate fulfilment of your precepts, as it is manifest that the chief protection in tended for the public by the Legislature will be de feated, unless those lists are printed and generally circulated as the law directs. "In the hope that t no Ci rcums t ances w ill aga i n arise to justify the highest legal authority in the em pire to declare that trial by jury may become a delu sion, a mockery, and a snare.' " I am, gentlemen, your humble servant, "PEIRCE MAHONY:" DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.—One of the most heartless and unmanly attempts to assassi nate, in the opportune darkness of night, an unoffend ing gentleman and a stranger, occurred near Ship quay-gate of this city, in the beginning of last week, which, for treachery and audacity, may rank with the vilest deeds perpetrated by the Spanish stiletto. Mr. Jones Henry, one of the officers of E xc i se , a t p resen t stationed in this city, was returni ng a l one , a b ou t eleven o'clock, P.M., l. lodgings, which are at Miss Pollock's, c I N oc o k . , had to pass through Shipquay-gate, and to get on the Wall, by th e step s opposite the back entrance to Floyd' s H o t e l, and when he had placed his foot on the first step he was struck from behind on the back of his head by heavy stick or colt, and the effects of the blow felled him to the ground, where he lay for some time wholly insensible. Having partly recovered, he endeavoured, with great difficulty, to reach his lodgings ; and, on undressing, found he had been s t a bb ed b y some sharp instrument on the left side, nearly opposite the heart. The violence of the blow had indented his hat close by the rim, and caused a rent of t wo i nc h es. Th e next day a surgeon examined the w oun d , an d f oun d i n i t the point of some sharp instrument, and gave it, as his opinion, that the weapon was well aimed for the heart; and had it not struck ag a i ns t th e fif t h r ib, death would have been inevitable. The perpetrator of this infamous act is, for the p resent, un k nown ; b ut we hope, for the credit of Derry, where such an oc currence is altogether unprecede n t e d , t h at t h e v ill a i n will be brought to condign punishment. We under stand that Government has offered a reward of 401. for his detection. Mr. Henry, We happy to say, was so far recovered as to be able to be out yesterday; and, having performed no public duty since his ap pointment, is not aware of having given the slightest • provocation for this wanton attempt on his life. — Derry Journal of Tuesday. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1844. - - BALL IN HONOUR OF LADY SALs.—The ball in honour of Lady Sale comes off this evening. Sir Robert and Lady Sale returned yesterday by the mail from Dublin, in order to be present at the ball.— Derry Journal of Tuesday. FRACAS AT THE THEATRE.—The following addi tional particulars appear in the Freeman's Journal of yesterday :- " On Monday night an officer belonging to the 11th Hussars entered a box at Hawkins'-street Theatre during the performance. In the box, which was filled in every part, were some ladies, who were accompanied by a gentleman named Saunders, from the county Kerry, and who lately filled the office of high sheriff for that county. The officer stood in the door-way, and kept the box-door open. A current of air was thus admitted, which caused great annoy ance to the ladies, upon which Mr. Saunders requested the officer to close the door. With this request he refused compliance, and Mr. Saunders then rose from his seat and closed it. The door was again pushed open by the officer. Mr. Saunders remonstrated, and some angry words passed between the parties; the result was, that Mr. Saunders is said to have struck the officer a blow which knocked him down, and on his getting up he was knocked down a second time. Another account has it that the officer gave the first blow ; certainly there was an exchange of hits ; but the officer was not the most successful. Lord Car digan and several of his officers, who were in a private box, and who, it is said, witnessed the transaction, went'round at once to their brother officer; some discussion then took place, in consequence of which, we have heard it stated that the officer apologised for his conduct, upon which Mr. Saunders explained that his knock down was intended for a gentleman who would not act with propriety, and who would insist upon annoying ladies, by subjecting them to drafts through open door-ways ; but as to the gentleman who had apologised, he was very sorry that the misconcep tion had produced him inconvenience. "We were informed, in the course of yesterday, that a court of military inquiry was sitting on the subject at the Royal Hospital, Sir Edward Blakeney having taken that prompt step, as well for the honour of the military, as to protect from outrage or annoy ance the civilian subjects of the Queen. The name of the officer engaged in the fracas with Mr. Saunders was, we have heard, the Hon. Mr. Duncorabe, a son of Lord Feversham. THE LATE RIOT AT CARTOWN. At Pallaskenry Petty Sessions, on the 9th instant, the case of Hanrahan e. T. E. Langford, Esq., J.P., Denis Ryan, and several others, was h ear d b e f ore th e following magistrates :—Stephen De Vere, Esq., in the chair ; Rev. Mr. Waller, Spring Rice and Thomas Davenport, Esqs. _ • _ Michael Hanrahan deposed to proceeding to the lands of Cartown, to make a seizure for non-payment of rent. Mr. Langford told him that the stock and crops were already in the hands of the sheriff. Wit ness replied that he did not care, and left two keepers on the premises. Mr. Langford told him to go to the sheriff and be would pay him. He (witness) saw the sheriff the day after the distress, and asked him for the rent. He said he would not pay it, and that witness had no right to go there at all. Subse quently witness attempted to go into a corn-field, when he was assaulted by a party of men armed with large bludgeons and sticks. Witness then went for the police, and brought them to the ground. Mr. Langford said, " Don't strike him, boys, but prevent him from selling." Francis Naugton, Thomas M'Mahon, and Denis Ryan, and others, leaped inside of the field, and said th e y did no t care for the police. Mr. Langford gave them into custody, telling them he would have them out in half an hour. The police took charge of them. He desired one of the crowd to go for his horse. I then asked the police to leave me one man to protect me, and they said they could not. Mr. Langford mounted the horse. He said to the crowd—either before or after, I am not sure which—" Clip him before you let him in." The corn was sold by Mr. Crowe from the road. There were cattle seized, and I was in dread of my life to go into the land. They threatened to have my life if I did. W. Naughton, Galvin, and another young man did so. On my solemn oath I was afraid of my life. Ido not exactly understand the meaning of the word 'clip,' but I think it meant to hurt me."—(Laughter.) MONDAY, SEPT. 16.—The case, after an adjourn ment, was resumed this day, when, after the examina tion of some witnesses, one of whom, Conner Mul cahy, a keeper on the lands, deposed to having been assaulted with sticks. The Chairman announced the decision of the Bench to bo as follows :—ln this case some of the ma gistrates are of opinion that informations should be taken against all the parties mentioned in the sum mons ; but other magistrates are of a different opi nion, and the result is, that the complaint against J. E. Langland, Esq., is dismissed, and also against all the others, except Thomas M'Mahon, William Naughton, Francis Naughton, and Denis Ryan, against whom informations are ordered for an assault upon Hanrahan, and for a riot and assault in the case of Connor Mulcahy. The Chairman further intimated that the case of Mr. Langford against Hanrahan, &c., for trespass, was dismissed.—Limerick Reporter. CAPTURE OF AN EX-COLLECTOR OF POOR-RATES IN IRELAND. Francis Long, of Carlingford, ex-collector of poor rates in the union of Dundalk, who stood indicted at the late quarter-sessions in Dundalk on several charges, for unlawfully obtaining money under false pretences, assuming to. be a poor-rate collector, and against whom there was a magistrate's warrant and three bench warrants, was arrested after many fruit less attempts, on the night of the Bth inst., by head constable Patrick John Cullen, and constable Chris topher John Murray, of Carlingford, having eluded their vigilance for nearly six months. This delin quent, although his act was notoriously injurious to the country, was nevertheless, from that natural and national characteristic feeling of sympathy prevalent among the people, joined to their hostility of every thing under the name of police execution, carefully secreted by them, and every expedient used for his concealment; in many instances they supplied him with horses for escape, when intimation was given that the police were in search of him, and so success fully, that although the latter went frequently on ears, and disguised in coloured clothes by night and day, they were as repeatedly foiled, the object of their search scarcely ever remaining in one house the second night. It appears, however, that Mr. J. Cullen adopted an ingenious plan, he and his men having for some time particularly patrolled the eastern (where Long was in the habit of residing), and carefully' shunning the western district of the parish where his house was situate, to give him thus an opportunity of settling there. This proved success ful on the night in question ; the head constable abruptly posted men near the house, at different places adjacent, and at the lanes and leading roads, and, in the event of failure intended to search every suspected house in the district. On approaching Long's house they perceived, at a short distance from the house, Long escaping from the mountains. He was, however, after some trouble immediately cap tured by these active officers, who have, as well as the commissioners and board of guardians, experienced great annoyance and trouble by him. Last Satur day he was brought before A. Al. Rutherford, Esq., J.P., Carlingford, and committed to Dundalk gaol to take his trial at the next quarter-sessions. Long was bailed as collector of rates, by Joseph Anderson, of Mullatee, and one Robert Ross Gyles, of Castletown Cooley. The Carlingford constabulary, particularly the two officers abovenamed, are certainly entitled to particular consideration, not only from the official department with which they are themselves con nected, but from the commissioners and the board of guardians of the Dundalk union, for the zeal and tact manifested by them in the discharge of their duty on this occasion, attended as it was by considerable trouble and difficulties invidiously thrown in their way up to the ;moment of the arrest.—Drogheda Conservative. GREAT MEETING IN CORK TO ADDRESS THE LIBERATOR. We have just received an extraordinary edition of the Cork Examiner, published on Monday evening, containing a report of the great meeting held at one o'clock that day in the city of Cork, and presided over by the Mayor, for the purpose of adopting a congratu latory address to the great Liberator of his country and his co-sufferers, upon the recent decision of the House of Lords. The meeting was held in the City Court-house, which was crowded to excess. The Mayor having taken the chair, Mr. HATES proposed, and Mr. O'SULLIVAN se conded, the following resolution : "Resolved,—That having already recorded our de liberate opinion that the charge of conspiracy against Ireland's Liberator was false—that the persecution by which it was sustained was unjust, and the course adopted to obtain a conviction illegal —we now hail with satisfaction the decision of the House of Lords, as fully confirmatory of this our deliberate opinion, and conclusive of the facts, hereby charged against an oppressive and persecuting Government." Upon which Mr. liEmr, a Conservative, proposed the following amendment :• " That the contents of the resolution which has been moved and seconded, are not founded in fact, and therefore is altogether unnecessary." This resolution was seconded by Mr. HARPER, and both gentlemen were attentively listened to. Mr. HAYES then replied, after which — The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was lost, none but the proposer and seconder voting for it. He then put the resolution, which was carried. No further attempt was made at opposition, and the remaining resolutions were carried unanimously. One of the resolutions was to the following effect : " That the proceedings which characterised the State trials, if justified by the decision of the House of Lords, would have rendered trial by jury a REPORT OF TH FOR THE YEARS le In Mr. Mackenzie's Report o_ ensuing two years, with an earlis'ec'' are supplied by that gentleman, fie le vii". f a t ee year 1844 may now be numbered among the thinks that were; the year came out perfectly agreeable to the description given of it in the reports for 1841, 1842, and 1843—the repeated announcements being made in advance, on account of the extraordinary fine weather expected on this memorable year. A similar reason prompts the present notice—first, for the year 1845, on account of its general favourable character ; and secondly, for the year 1846, which is published a year earlier than usual, because of the windy charac ter of that year, especially of the autumn quarter."d In the report for the year 1843, published by Mr. Mackenzie, at Perth, in the month of March, 1842, he anticipated the year just closing in the following words :—" Let one and all endeavour to live and see the year 1844. On this year (beginning the Ist No vember, 1843) a series of weather of the finest de scription is promised by the calculations, such as has not been witnessed by any one now living." It is superfluous to direct public attention to the strict:accordance of the past year with this calcula tion. A finer season, or a more abundant or better secured harvest, has not been experienced for the last 50 years. " The weather of 1845 (says Mr. Mac kenzie in his present report), though differing oonsi derably from that of 1844, will nevertheless have a high rate of very fine days,' and of temperate days,' which must render the period generally a pleasant one." The mind of the most ordinary observer cannot fail to be strongly impressed with the importance of such a computation as this, founded upon the most minute and unintermitting observation of one solitary indivi dual, for a period extending over half a century. In fact, the great value of these observations consists ied their continuity; the deductions from them are inevi table and irreversible ; and they must eventually lead to a complete discovery of the weather cycle, a sys tem totally distinct and apart from planetary influence, and computation—and w hi c h cons i s t s i n s h ow i ng the . approach of more or less favourable or unfavourable seasons (not weeks or days), in respect to the crops reared by the agriculturist, so that in all time coming the visitations of deficient harvests can never come by surprise ;—a system, in truth, the discovery of which will prove the accuracy of the doctrine laid down by Professor Jameson, when, nearly thirty years ago, in a philosophical essay on this very subject, in the Edinburgh Review, he averred that " the complex system of winds moulds the climate, and varies the features of the seasons over the globe." Before proceeding to announce the weather, agree ably to this system, for the year 1845, commencing on the Ist of November next, it may be necessary to premise that averages of all the phenomena of the weather are struck for a certain number of years, and that when the simple phrases of " rather," slightly," " moderately," " considerably" windy are made use of, they all signify so much above average, and the same of every other phenomenon. From the Ist November, 1844, to the month of May, 1845 which composes the winter division of the year—the season promises a full average of frost and snow; yet many temperate days, with an average of wind and rain. From May to the Ist November, 1845—being the end of the weather year, and which composes the summer division of the year—the season will have an average of wind, with many clear days. Temperate days, the general run ; and on the whole a mild sea son. Thunder and lightning slightly over average ; frost considerably over average, and rain sensibly over average. To sum up the annual period of 1845, it will be found that westerly winds will prevail, and the year will be an average windy one. Red, yellow, brown, and black clouds all considerably above average. Many clear days, yet average cloudiness. Tempe.- rate, fine temperate, and very fine temperate, all much above average—rather a s ingular characteristic of the year. Frost, slightly-over average; snow, much over average; quantity of rain, rather over average. It may, therefore, be safely concluded, that there will be little or nothing particularly noticeable in the forthcoming year, and that, in fact, in an agricultural point of view, and as regards the means of securing another abundant harvest, by ordinary attention to the operations of the season, no serious apprehensions need be entertained; nor can the present moderate prices of grain be materially affected. If, however, a famine and evil days were approaching—and which, in the course of time, can be forecast with the same certainty—there can be no doubt that this system, at present in its struggling infancy, would immediately command the most profound attention ; though it must be evident to the most superficial observer, that it is of as much importance, and requires precisely the same degree of accurate observation, discernment, and computation, to forecast a favourable season as an unfavourable one. And this necessarily leads to the consideration of the weather for the year 1846. The character of that year is given thus early, in order to guard the public against the presumptuous and delu sive hallucinations of the astrological almanac-makers, as well as on account of certain peculiarities of the autumn quarter, of which it is of great importance duly to apprise the agricultural and commercial com munity. WINTER SEASON.—November and December, 1845 January, February, March, and April, 1846 :—Very considerably windy; rather wet; very fine days, slightly under average; frost and snow, both above average; days rain, slightly over average. SUMMER SEASON.—May, June, July, August, September, and October :—An unprecedently windy period, and over average rain ; considerable number of warm days, but the general mild temperature under average; very fine days, a full aver age . D a y s of rain, under average, except in July. ANNUAL PERIOD.—A very windy , period i n d ee d, and sensibly over average rain ; mild temperature above high perature above average; very fine days, average. winds of the year 1846—especially the more violent winds in August and September—will astonish the Public of the British Islands, and of Europe generally , Thus much with regard to the general character of the weather for the ensuing two years; and were it not for the necessity of condensing articles of this de scription, and the danger of becoming tiresome to the running reader, the weather for ten or twenty years to come could be given with the same safety and con fidence. Enough, however, has been indicated to direct public attention to the examination and study of the entire system, and to the discovery of the cycle of the winds made by Mr. Mackenzie, which, sooner or latter, will become the most important and indis pensable rade mecum of every class, from the statesman and stalist, the commercial man and the agricultarist, down to the humble cottager. In conclusion, it need only be hinted at present, that the high winds, for many years to come, will be more noted for their duration than their frequency. For the years 1847 and 1848, the calculations indicate other peculiarities of the weather of a startling nature, the description of which Mr. Mackenzie is fully pre pared to promulgate when he finds it convenient, al though his advanced age and physical infirmities are beginning to make serious inroads upon a constitu tion originally good, but necessarily shaken by a life of persevering research, and stupendous, but ill-rc. quited labour, in the service of mankind. mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and therefore do we tender our gratitude to Lord Chief Justice Denman, to Lords Cottenham and Campbell, for having rescued that great safeguard of liberty from that de struction which perverted law had well nigh achieved." This was proposed by Mr. D. Callaghan, M.P. for the city, and seconded by the Very Rev. Thomas Barry, P.Y. 7' Itcp t h* / sl * 211 .7: - wir*vo , get-i The following is the address of congratulation : TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P. The address of the Citizens of Cork, unanimously adopted at public meeting duly convened. The Right Worshipful the Mayor presided. ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVERED LIBERATOR,—The citizens of Cork —your steadfast friends and faithful adherents, have assembled in public meeting to convey to you their heartfelt congratulations on the recent triumph of justice and nationality in ycur person. Eminent statesmen and lawyers —nay, universal public opinion, had already declared that you "had not had a fair trial" —you yourself had recorded in indelible charac ters, " that justice was not done you ;" and it only re mained for the master-judgment of the upright ben man to stamp the trial by jury, which consigned you to a jail, as a MOCKERY, a DELUsIoN, and a SNARE. Illustrious Liberator,—You were convicted on counts pronounced unanimously illegal—they charged against you the attempt to procure your righteous object by intimidation and physical force, and on these charges you were sentenced to imprisonment by the same judge who proclaimed emphatically, and in the same breath, that your acts and your intentions were paceable and loyal. Much as we felt the in dignity which, in your venerated person, bad law had thus put upon the Irish people, still in our last ad dress Iwo refrained from any expression of condolence, because we felt that the insult would eventuate in advantage to the national cause—and as we knew how calmly you could endure for Ireland's sake, we simply prayed that your health may be preserved for renewed efforts for your country. Illustrious Liberator,—ln the same spirit we now address you our congratulations—not alone because of your delivery from the prison walls, but because of the triumph of right and justice in your person—because of the victories you have won over the enemies of Ire land—of the effective impulse which unjust imprison ment has given to the national cause, and of the bright hopes it has produced of a glorious and speedy result from your sacrifices and your exertions. Illustrious Liberator,—Join with us in offering to the Throne of Mercy heartfelt thanks for the favours we have received. the interposition of Providence has been manifested. This long-enduring country is destined yet for happiness and contentment. Go on, Ireland's advocate —go on and prosper, until, having by the influence of your eloquence and your pa triotism united all creeds and classes in the common cause—you at length plant the standard of nationality before the portals of our own Parliament in College Green, and proclaim to the admiring world that the day of Ireland's regeneration is arrived. CELEBRATION OF MR. O'CON NELL'S LIBERATION. (Abridged from the Worcestershire Chronicle.) Spite of the untoward result of the recent election at Dudley, the spirit of Liberalism, though damped by adverse circumstances, is rather revived than ex tinguished there. The exciting intelligence that ' O'Connell was once more free, liberated toe, in part, by the voice of a peer who formerly represented the electors in Parliament, awakened anew the popular enthusiasm, and it was at once determined to cele brate the event, fraught with so much importance to the cause of freedom, by a dinner, and thus to Dudley belongs the honour of having been the first town in England to express its sympathy with Ire land's champion. The dinner took place at the Swan Inn, on Tues day. The Rev. J. Palmer filled the chair, and Mr. Thomas Lester, officiated as Vice-president:Amongst the company present we noticed Messrs. IV. 11. Brook, Thomas Hill, William Pletcher, Edward Grainger, T. Wood, William Wood, and other lead ing Reformers of Dudley, Thomas Hair, Esq., and Mr. T. O. Dadswell, of Kidderminster, besides se veral other friends of the cause from a codsiderable distance. Upwards of a hundred sat down to dinner. A handsome banner was suspended from the front window of the hotel, bearing on one side the inscrip tion—" Justice to Ireland—O'Connell triumphant ; ' and on the obverse—" Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell for ever." The room was suitably de- conted with a number of appropriate sentiments, evergreens, &c. Amongst the toasts of the evening which called forth much eloquence, after those loyal toasts which Britons always drink with true enthu siasnf, were—" The People," and " Justice to Ire land." The meeting was in fact enthusiastic in ex pressing its sympathy with the Irish; and though the first, is not the last, nor the greatest meeting in England at which such feelings will be expressed. r !'rYi INACCURATE CHARTS OF THE FRENCH COAST. We publish the following extract from a private letter just received from Etaples, in the hope that it will attract attention in the proper quarter, and lead to the adoption of measures tending to prevent a re currence of such terrible calamities as the wreck of the Reliance, the Conqueror, and other vessels upon the French coast : -~ 'fi f " On Saturday I went with to visit the scene of the wreck of the Conqueror, and yesterday that of the wreck of the Reliance, the one on the right, the other on the left of the Bay of Etables. has placed the figure-head of the Conqueror in his gar den : it was quite shattered, but he had it repaired. He purchased many of the relics washed on shore ; among others, the geographical charts of the captain, who probably owed his calamities to an inaccuracy in the chart of this part of the French coast. These charts are those of J. W. Norie, dated 1816, and en titled, A New Chart of part of the South Coast of England, extending from the Downs to Spithead.' They indicate neither the double light on Touquet Point, which is on the left bank of the mouth of the Canche, nor the light on Point Ornel, called, on the chart in question, Pointe de 1 1 Orient, which is on the right bank. You will do well to get this inaccuracy noticed in the journals as speedily as possible, and will thereby prevent further disasters. During the thirty years that I have known this coast, more than a hundred vessels have been lost upon it; and I have not the least doubt that, without due precaution, you will next winter have to deplore fresh calamities. The flat sandy shore from the mouth of the Autlise to that of the Canche is, in my opinion, even more dangerous than Eddystone rocks. A lighthouse of the first class ought to have been erected long ago ; but it remains undone."—Patriot. INVBRART CASTLB.—The Marquis and Mar chisoness of Lorn are expected to arrive at this princely residence on Monday next, upon a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. There will be a gather ing of the clans on the occasion to welcome the young chief and his lovely bride to the glens of M'Callum More. The clansmen, clad in the Campbell tartan, are to meet the carriages at the top of Glen Crow, and es cort the noble pair to the castle. Altogether the muster will include 750 Highlanders, 400 of whom, belonging to his Grace's estates, and under the command of John Lora Stewart, Esq., of Glenbuckie ; 100 of the Inve rary old clan, under the command of James Robinson, Esq. ; and the remaining 250 under Walter Campbell, Esq., of Islay. Great rejoicings will take place, and it is expected that the festivities will be prolonged for se veral days. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and several members of both families will be present. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Here ditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz have also signified their intention of honouring the Noble Duke and Duchess with a visit on the occasion. BALLOON ASCENT AT BROMLEY, KENT.—On Wednesday evening Mr. Hampton, the intrepid aeronaut, ascended from the gardens of the White Hart Inn, Bromley. It being the first balloon ascent that has been made in this town, the inhabitants manifested consider able interest in the aeronautic exhibition. At half-past five o'clock the monster balloon ascended most ma jestically, and afforded the highly respectable spectators great delight and satisfaction. Mr. Wells, who is en thusiastically fond of ballooning, again accompanied Mr. llampton. The aeronauts, after a pleasant and expe ditious journey, descended safely on Purley Down, a few miles from Croydon. After paokinthe balloon, Mr. Hampton and Mr. Wells dined with ueorge Smith, Esq., at Selsdon, and were treated with the greatest kindness and hospitality by that gentleman. There are w s c two things worthy of remark in this ascent. The first is, that a balloon of very la r g e dimensions w as filled at Bromley by Mr. M. H u tchison, brother to th e ce l e b rated engineer of Vauxhall. It f r e q uen tly happens that bal loons get but an imper fect su pp l y of gas in many large towns ; great praise , t herefore, is due to Mr. Hutchison for having attempt ed and co mpleted the inflation. The se cond fact to be mentioned is, that the balloon travelled t e n miles in ten minutes, there b e i ng a f res h north easterly h m e r. balloon, however, improvements SCENE s th EB secured . AT A THEATRE.—Last evening, during the performance of the play of Othello, at the Victoria Theatre, the audience were much excited by an announce ment from the management. Towards the close of the play, and just before the last act was to be represented, Mr. Osbaldiston came forward and addressed the audience as follows:—" Ladies and gentlemen, I am placed in a most painful position. I know not what to say.—(Sensa tion.) Mr. Kirby, who has been drunk to night, has in sulted the whole company, and without saying a word to me has left the house. '—(Crics of, It's a lie, Mr. Kirby is not drunk.") Mr. Osbaldiston proceeded—" If it's your wish, I will send after him and try to get him on." —(Great confusion.) Several gentlemen in the pit here crosenfuasni confusion y subsided, had ssa e s dto speaksaid, On gentleman, after the L e adies and gentlemen, it is untrue to say that Mr. Kirby is dru n k ; I h ave j us t e seen him, and he is as sober as any person in the house this moment. The fact is, Mr. Osbaldiston has grossly insulted Mr. Kirby by telling Mies Vincent, in the pre sence of the whole company, not to speak the speeches, but to come to cues, and not be humbugged by the damned Yankey.--(Great sensation.) Mr. Kirby has just attempted to enter the theatre and explain to you the nature of the gross insult offered him, but Mr. Osbaldiston has ordered the doorkeepers not to admit him." Great confusion followed this gentleman's re marks, and a noise at the box entrance added net a little to the uproar, and upon inquiry it was found that Mr. Osbaldiston and Mr. Kirby were at the door, the latter gentleman having paid for a box ticket, and the former refusing him admittance. The house thinned after the above affair, and the other pieces went off very tamely. A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.—A pugnacious tailor, a very flint, named Rispail, and living in the Rue des Petres St. Germain l'Auxerrois, was on Satur day brought before the Correctional Tribunal for a vio lent assault upon a customer, named Boulanger, who was the collector of his debts, taking his commission out in clothes. Some differences had arisen between them, and one day the tailor sent to his agent to come and try on a new coat and waistcoat. Boulanger went, and stripped for the trial, but not prepared for a fight. As soon as he had laid aside his hat and stick, and taken off his old coat and waistcoat, one of Rispail's men came and carried them into another room. The tailor helped his customer to put on the new waistcoat, but, while pretending to examine it behind, he assailed the agent with the fist and foot in the most violent manner. Bou langer demanded what offence he had committed, Ris pail pretended that he had robbed him of 700 f., and re quired an immediate signature of a bill of exchange to that amount. Boulanger refused, and a battle ensued, which lasted half an hour, and was only put an end to by the entrance of police-officers, called in by the neigh bours. Poor Boulanger being the weakest, was almost beaten to a mummy, while Rispail had received scarcely a scratch or a bruise. The Tribunal refused to enter into the cause of the battery, deciding that under any circumstances the tailor had no right to act as he had done, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for twelve months, and to pay 300 francs to Boulanger by way of d am ages.— Galignani. The numerous passengers yesterday morning that were embarking and disembarking from the different steamers at Blackwell Pier, were much amused at seeing two very splendid giraffes, valued 2,000 guineas, shipped on board the Soho steam-ship, that left shortly after with several families of distinction, and the proprietor of tl:e3e vahiable animals, for Antwerp. FLINT AND CUT GLASS.—Doubts having been en tertained whether bottles of flint and cut glass are chargable with duty by the Act 7 Victoria, chap. 167 under the head of " Bottles of glass not otherwise enu merated or described, 1/. per cw t., an d fu rt h er, on ac count of the Excise d uty, 7s. per cwt. ;"or as " Flint and cut glass, for every 1001. value 301., and further, on account of the Excise (Lay, 7s. per cwt. ;" and the Cus toms authorities being of opinion that all bottles of flint and cut glass should be charged with the latter rate of duty, orders have been issued for the officers in London and at the outports to govern themselves accordingly. ESPARTERo.—Espartero, the Quolidienne, states, is expected to pass through Paris in the course of next month, on his way into Italy, he having been for some time is a weak state of health. COUXT-P.ABUIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have ar rived at Alnwick Castle for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are among the recent arrivals at Bath. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have issued cards for a select party on Monday next. Their Graces are expected to leave Wimbledon Park, for Brighton, early in the ensuing week. The Marquis of Anglesey has arrivod at Malvern, from Beaudesert Park, Staftbrdshire. The Earl of Durham has left Lambton Castle on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle. Lieutenant-General Sir John and Lady Fitzgerald have arrived at their mansion in Cavendish square, from Dresden. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are entertaining a select party at Woburn Abbey, including some illus trious foreigners. The Countess Flahault left Mirart's Hotel yesterday afternoon for Richmond. Lord Stuart de Rothsay is at present at the residence of the Earl of Mexborough in Dover-street. His Lord ship, we are happy to state, is considerably improved in health since his return to this country from St. Peters burgh. The Hon. Richard Cavendish and Mrs. Cavendish left Belgrave-square yesterday morning on a visit tx) the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, and after a short so journ with the Noble Duke, they proceed to Holkar House, to spend a short time with the Earl of Burlington. Miss Burdett Coutts has arrived at Paris from Italy. DIISOEIMANEOIIII. The Prince Consort's hariers have been hunted on several days during the past week, by Major-General Wemyss, in the neighbourhood of Windsor, in order to get this excellent pack in good hunting condition by the time his Royal Highness returns to the Castle. The ship-carpenters of Sunderland have struck for an advance of wages. At present their wages are 18s. per week, and they request that these wages should be raised to 21s. A handsome piece of plate, with a purse of sovereigns. has been presented to Mr. Long, huntsman to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, by the gentlemen attending the Badminton hunt. It is stated, on good authority, that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have determined upon purchasing Battersea-marsh and fields, a tract of land upwards of 200 acres in extent for the purpose of making a public park of the same, and which is to be adorned with lakes, serpentine walks, shrubberies, &c. There will also, it is said, be a splendid carriage drive along the margin of the Thames from Vauxhall to Battersea-bridge. Mr. Thomas Cubitt, the builder, has been directed to fur nish the plan, and as soon as these are completed an application will be made to Parliament. Mr. J. C. Belaney is said to be now on a visit in the family of a gentleman at Cloadon, near South Shields.—Tyne Mercury. The Rer. W. Penrice Borrett, M.A., has been in stituted to the rectory of Syston, Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Pelly. HER MAJE IR ATnoL BLAIR ATHOL, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18. A heavy shower of rain came on at one o'clock yes terday, and continued to fall in torrents for upwards of two hours. This necessarily compelled her Ma jesty to defer her drive until a late hour in the after noon, and Prince Albert was also obliged to retreat from the moors above Bruar, where his Royal High ' ness was enjoying excellent sport. The Prince left the Castle shortly after breakfast yesterday in Lord Glenlyon's phaeton, accompanied by his noble host. Lord Charles Wellesley followed on horseback, and shot on the moors, with his Royal Highness. Lord Glenlyon still maintains his determination not to shoot, but always accompanies his royal guest to point out the best places for finding the game. Within the space of two hours the two sportsmen bagged fifteen brace of grouse, seven brace of which were killed by the Prince. The rain ceased to fall at half-past three o'clock, and the mountain tops were again seen in rugged outline streaming through the mists, in which they had been so long enveloped. As soon as the sun made his appearance, the carriages were ordered to convey her Majesty to the Falls of the Tummel. The royal party left the Castle in two carriages and four, pre ceded by outriders, and on passing by Killiecrankie her Majesty ordered the postilions to stop, and stood up in the carriage to look through a gap, which has lately been made by Mr. Butter, of Fascaly. One of the most beautiful views in this neighbourhood had long been hidden by the rich foliage which fringes the banks of the Garry ; but by the judicious removal of a few trees and shrubs, the traveller is now ena bled to pause on the brow of the hill, and see the Garry glittering in the noontide sun, and the whole of the precipitous defile through which General Macay passed with his troops before Claverse fell upon him with his wild Highlanders. As on the previous occasion when visiting the Pass her Majesty addressed several questions to an old Highlander, named William Macdonald, who haunts this neighbourhood. The old man is exceedingly proud at having been selected by her Majesty to point out the beauties of his native land, and still dilates with loquacious enthusiasm on being thus honoured by his Sovereign. The postilions were then ordered to drive on along the high road to Perth, and, on arriving at the bridle road, which leads to the Falls of the Tummel, her Majesty alighted, and proceeded on foot to view the waterfall. Her Majesty walked at a rapid pace along this road, which is nearly a mile in length, and was not, as may be supposed, in a fit state for ladies, on account of the heavy rains which had lately fallen. Her Majesty, however, heeded neither the mud nor the loose gravel, but walked leaning on the arm of Prince Albert, Lord Glenlyon acting as cicerone. Lady Caroline Cocks, Lady Canning, and the other members of the royal suite were also of the party. On arriving at the confluence of the two rivers, where the Tummel first falls over the rocks into the Garry, her Majesty expatiated in enthusiastic language on this meeting of the waters. The view at this spot is singularly beautiful, and not being within the beaten track of tourists, is seldom visited. The Tummel wanders forth from its peaceful dwelling-place in Loch Tummel, which lies embosomed amongst the Fergan Hills, where huge Schehallion upheaves its vastness and hides his lofty head in the clouds, it then meanders through a richly wooded country to a huge ledge of rocks, which it overleaps as if impa tient of restraint, and rushes headlong into the Garry. The fall yesterday was increased in magnificence by the immense body of water which came rushing down in torrents from the mountain streams. After having passed three quarters of an hour in viewing the beauties of this spot, and in the imme diate neighbourhood, her Majesty walked back to the carriages and returned to the Castle ; a slight contre temps, however, occurred in their road home. Her Majesty, having again ordered the postilions to stop at Killiecrankie, the outriders got off their horses to hook on one of the traces of Lord Glenlyon's carriage. The horses, finding themselves at liberty, left the out riders to return home on foot, whilst they took French leave, and galloped back to the Castle. Her Majesty rose early this morning, and took her usual morning walk in the grounds, accompanied by the Prince and the Princess Royal. At eleven o'clock, her Majesty and the Prince, attended by two servants with led ponies, left the Castle on foot, and, unat tended by any of their suite, forded the river Garry, and proceeded to climb the precipitous hill which overhangs the back of the Castle. Her Majesty suc ceeded in attaining the summit of a rocky mountain, a work of much labour and some peril, as some parts of the precipitous hill are almost perpendicular, and her Majesty was compelled to climb on foot up the rocks which thrust their hoary moss-grown heads through the heather. Her Majesty and the Prince in their descent mounted their ponies at the foot of the bill, and cantered back to the Castle at twelve o'clock. If her Majesty be not too much fatigued with her moun tainous ramble of this morning, it has been arranged for the royal party to drive up Glen Tilt, to afford her Majesty an opportunity of viewing the wild beau ties of the Forest of Athol. Prince Albert will accompany her Majesty. But, as the wind is north erly, the deer will, in all probability, have retreated to the adjoining forest of Brae Mar, which belongs to Lord Fife, but is at present rented by the Duke of Leeds. We fear, therefore, that the Prince will not be able to enjoy deer-stalking with any great success unless the wind should shift round to the southward during the afternoon. Lord Aberdeen's pack of otter hounds, with their keepers, are still here, and it is expected that some excellent sport may be had near the Falls of Bruar, as vast numbers of these destructive creatures are known to haunt these waters. Others have also been seen frequently in the water of Tilt, but if the hounds were once to get scent of the deer, the keepers would not be able to whip them back to their amphibious prey, and the hounds have, therefore, been carefully excluded from the Glen. Her Majesty is expected to visit Wemyss and Loch Raunoce during her sojourn here; but all these pro jected excursions are of course contingent upon the weather, which continues to be far more favourable than is usual in Scotland at this advanced period of the season.—Post. SIR ANDREW AGNEW. The following address from Sir Andrew Agnew has been forwarded to the Earl of Aberdeen : " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., fie., the Great Officer of State in attendance on her Majesty in Scotland. .. -- "My fore—l have the honour of addressing your Lordship, as the Great Officer of State in attendance on her Majesty in Scotland, in the name of the friends of the observance of the Lord's-day in Scotland. " I am fully aware of the extreme presumption of thus addressing your Lordship, and thus venturing to approach the Royal presence ; but having intrusted to me the confidence of those in whose name I now presume to write, and the shortness of time not permitting the gathering together of the signatures of all who concur in the sentiments which I express, I humbly pray that, as an individual, I may be pardoned. " It is a well known fact that the habits of Sabbath observance are not in all respects the same in the nor thern and southern divisions of these kingdoms ; aad it is equally well known that Scotland has since the Refor mation been distinguished amongst the nations of Chris tendom as a strict Sabbath-observing country, in the true Scriptual sense of the word ; and it is this import ant fact which, with all imaginable respect and defer ence, and dutifulness, and loyalty, it is humbly prayed may be brought under the notice, at this time, of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, not doubting that in this, as in all other respects, it is the gracious desire of the Royal mind to recognise, to respect, and to gratify, the religious habits, the peculiar characteristics, and the best principles of her Majesty's most loyal and devoted subjects in this her ancient kingdom. " It would be the highest presumption to suggest to your Lordship's consideration the extent of the over whelming moral influence which the example of the Court is calculated to produce upon the religious habits of Scotland on this auspicious occasion, as it must be the Christian patriarch's confident hope that the result shall be a large increase of that righteousness which exalteth a nation, and of which, by Divine appointment, the Sabbath is the sign. " With thankfulness to Almighty God,. who at an other time put it into the heart of our Protestant Queen to hallow the holy day of the Lord of the Sabbath, in a foreign land—or with prayer in the language of the Holy Scripture, that now and ever the Sabbath may be a sign between God and her Majesty, whereby her Ma jesty may know that He is the Lord her God—and, moreover, praying that every blessing of God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, may, by the Holy Spirit, bless the Queen— _ " Ihave the honour to be, my Lord, in the name of • the friends •f the observance of the Lord's day in Scot land, your Lordship's most obedient and very humble servant, " ANDREW AGNEW, Bart. " Sept. 12, 1844." REPORTED VISIT OF TIIR QUEEN TO GLASGOW. = It is currently reported that her Majesty intends visit ing Glasgow and the west of Scotland, and a gentleman from Inverary informs us, that preparations on an ex tensive scale are making at the Duke of Argyll's Palace for her reception. It is currently reported in Edinburgh, that her Majesty is to sail from the west of Scotland for Ireland, on her departure from this country.—Glas gow National. The British and French Courts are mutually pay ing each other compliments. Prince Albert has sent the King of the French divers baskets of grouse (which, however, the douaniers seized), and Louis Philippe sends " almost every day," says the Constitutionncl, " cargoes of peaches, Fontainbleau grapes, and pears, from the gardens of the Civil List," to the Queen of England.— Bri9h tox Guardian. C►u tba, obli , :' i‘ jobv hay Si ng'' iii° 1, Yorl' , io rr 4 rid rif eri J 1 I 1