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

EVENING EDITION. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. TILE Ilanua, Ocr. 6.—Prince Joseph de Chimay, Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians to the Court of the Netherlands, arrived here on the evening of the 4th of October. The Java Courant, of the 12th June, has a report, dated the 11 th, which states that accounts from Ter rate say, that on the 25th of March last there had been a violent eruption of the volcano in that island about four o'clock in the afternoon. It was preceded by a noise like thunder, or the discharges of heavy artillery. . AMSTERDAM, OCT. 7.—The Groningen Courant gives an account of the death of Professor Jansen Brinck, whose death is much regretted. BERLIN, SEPT. 25.—The authors of the great rob bery in the Royal Cabinet, committed a considerable time ago, have been discovered. A whole band of thieves and receivers have been concerned, among whom the principal are a goldsmith, a barber, and several Jews. The first discovery of the thieves was made in Posen, on the finding of some valuables stolen from a jeweller in that city. A letter to one of the persons accused gave further information, and the whole band has been secured ; all the precious stones have been found buried in the ground near Berlin ; the gold and platina articles, which were conveyed to Posen, have probably been melted down there, and a7e for ever lost to the Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. BERLIN, SEPT. 29.—Not only our military men, but politicians in general, take much interest in the intro duction of percussion guns into the army. It appears that by means of the percussion-caps a soldier may dis charge ten balls in a minute. Now, on the one hand, military men ask, where shall the soldier get such a quantity of ammunition ? In a few minutes he will expend all his stock, and then he will be at the mercy of the cavalry ; and, on the other hand, the friend of humanity asks, what will war become if any individual can kill ten men in a minute? The two questions are Itoo serious, and lie too much out of our way to be discussed in a newspaper ; but they deserve attention i i ;ti an age which takes for its motto the words Science an 4 Humanity. BELGIAN h UNDS—BausseLs, OCT. 9 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. stusbaehild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl .7.oan of Thirty 11.1.--, 4 per - Cent. 92% -- 3 pet C 0... 71:71 ' mar / of City, 1832,4 per Cent. ......... Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent log Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.— ...... ... National Society . —Brussels Papers, Oct. 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viims, Surr 30 Five per rests. Metalliques Foe r per Cents. ..... ...................... ...... .. ........ Three per Cents. ........ ............. ..... Bank Shares ........... ................ —Altgemeine &Wang, Oct 5 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— Bentirs, OCT. 4. Mils. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4',,' per cent. .............103% 103% PI hssisn Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 102% 102 31 Kxchange on London, three months... 6 20% - -Prussian State Gazette. Oct 5. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. Extract of a letter from Alexandria, 16th ult. : e following occurrence will give an idea of the distinction with which the Viceroy treats the Capitan Pacha. Sitine the opening of the Nile, Mehemet Ali goes frequently to take his coffee at a coffee-house on the left bank of the canal, and to enjoy the prospect of the rising raters rushing through the sluices. He generally goes on horseback, and returns to his pal ice is a carriage. His suite follow him mounted, and all the apparatus for his taking his coffee is carried on a camel. As soon as he arrives, a rich crimson velvet carpet with cushions to support him are disposed on a wooden platform on which he seats him self. lie has his pipe presented to him and smokes, while his attendants keep the flies from him with fans. A lex days ago the Capitan Paeha, having been to visit his fleet, landed near the coffee-house, and ap peared before the Viceroy in the Egyptian uniform. Mehemet Ali, having no seat to offer to the Capitan Paella, rose at his entrance, and remained standing ilurintr the whole visit, which lasted upwards of an hour. The Viceroy, besides his ordinary dress, wore a wide cloak with sleeves, and a hood over his head, similar to that of our monks, to protect him from the northern b•r•eze, which blows here every afternoon about three o'clock. He has the air of a man not more than fifty y ars old, with all the vivacity of a Frenchman, and the eye of a hawk."—Galignani. A Malta paper, II Meditcrraneo, of the 26th ult., itifoi ins us that the English squadron at Besika Bay had been joined by the war-steamer Gorgon, the Hazard ervi.tte, and Lord Exmouth's yacht, the Flower of Yarrow. The greatest harmony existed between the English and French officers and crews. The contractor for the squadron bad received orders for the supply of fresh meat up t o the 15th of O c t o b er , w hi c h did not in dicate an early breaki ng u p o f th e anc h orage . The hydra had left for Constantinople. The following, from Bengazi, appears under the head of " Tripoli" in the Porlafoglio Maltese :--'6 Affairs are in a sad state here ; it may be said that we are in a state of revolution. The bad faith of the Arabs towards the e Government is such that the latter has been corn piuled to act with a severity which has fallen entirely upon the inhabitants of the town. A rich caravan ar rived recently at Angela (eight days' distance) with iixry cameli, laden with elephant's teeth and other objects of value. It sent a courier to our Pacha to desire that he would guaraptee the safety of the road. The Pacha has offered troops to serve as all escort, but he cannot carry this offer into exe cution if the western tribes do not make their submis sion. In this state of things affairs are at a stand. We have not even meat for our daily use." " Other letters from Tripoli," says the same paper, " confirm the ac codas of the disturbed state of the country. All com inercial operations were impracticable. The At abs positively refused to pay tribute, and did not allow provisions to enter the town. They stole cattle with impunity from under the walls of Tripoli. A courier 1,2 d arrived with a circular to the Bey from the Viceroy of Z.gypt, to whom all the troubles of the Regency were Lttribu'ted. The Bey had not. received this courier at the date of the last accounts." REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE._O II Wednesday the members of the . St. Pancras Committee and the Marylebome Reform Association met at Lawson's Rooms, Gower-streot North, for the purpose of naming several candidates, out of whom one should be selected by ballot, who, being sup t iorted by the united strength or both, might supersede Lol - 11 Teignmouth at the next election. The meeting was nurNrously attended. Mr. Vigors. M.P., was moved to the Ch h .;r. The candidates proposed last night were Mr. Howard Enhinstone, late M.P. for Hastings, and Mr. Young, well i;:lown as a vestr, men, and active Reformer of the borough. Some altercation arose on the proposition whether Sir Bsn jatnin Hall, the sitting Liberal Member for the borough, should be nominated as a candidate. After a little confusion the name was withdrawn for the present. The c indidates having been called upon to speak for them selves—Mr. Howard Elph:nstone delivered a vigorous speech. Mr. Young was not less earnest than Mr. E pilinstone. A volley of questions was put to the can &dates, who answered them to the satisfaction of every o,x except Mr. Taylor, who said that neither had gone f.r enough in the extension of the suffrage question to satisfy him. lie would have nothint , less than an out and-out liadleal. It was agreed that ' Messrs. Elphin ston..3 and Yolng, should be candidates, but the Mary lei coo men will hold their arms open for other soli citors. RRESTS 07 CHARTISTS AT BURY.—On Thursday last Mr. Andrews, deputy-constable of Bury, received bench warrants for the apprehension of several of tha late Chartist leaders of that town ; and, amongst crhers, of Thomas Bird, a cotton-spinner (and one of t e most industrious, if not talented, agitators of the district), and of Richard Walker, a schoolmaster, re biding at Radcliffe Bridge. Bird is, it would seem, an agent for the sale of O'Connor's paper, the Northern Star. Mr. Matthew Fletcher, surgeon, and Mr. James goworth, butcher, became bail for him in 501. each, himself beit:g bound in 1001. An intimation having been conveyed to Mr. Walker that a similar warrant had been issued against him he surrendered, and put in bail to the same amount as Bird.—Manchester Guardian. ARREST OF SEVERAL CIIARTJSTS.—A man named William Peattield, who is a weaver at Pilkington and against whom a bill for attending seditious meetings was fou n d at t h e l ate Li verpoo l A ss izes, was brought up at the Borough Court yesterday, having been ap prehended the preceding day by Mr. Hughes, the con stable of Pitkington, under a bench warrant. The _ Ma gistrates on the bench at the time were the Mayor and Daniel Maude , Mayor said that the amount of bail they Esq . The shouldrequire to ensure m the prisoner's ap pearance at the assi zes was, hilool., and two sure ties in 501. each. The prisoner said he was a poor man, and 101. bail would be sufficient ttey o bring him into any h Court. The Mayor then said would take two su reties in 301. each, and the prison been was then on prisoner himself in 601. As no bail was forthcoming , the prisoner c tt v h eyed to re moved, and has since , we believe, Kirkdale house of corr e ction , for trial at e spring assizes. W illiam Sim pson , a Rochdale next dele gate, has been apprehended for a similar offen ce ; and we are told that he w a s re q uired to ent er into his own recognizances in 1001., and two sureties in 501., for his appearances at the next assizes at Liverpool to take his trial. Another Chartist, named Joshua Stowell, was ap prehended at Haslington, on Thursday evening, by the constable of that place, on a bench warrant ; and in default of sureties he was yesterday conveyed to Kirkdale, there to await his trial at the next assizes.— Manchester Guardian. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—A bout half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, James Purdy, a bargeman, employed at Messrs. Poole's wharf; White friars, coal-merchants, was assisting in loading a barge with straw, when a truss that was being lowered from the second floor wareroom slipped from the suspending tackle, and falling on the unfortunate man as he was in a stooping position, forced him against an upright pointed stone, which entered his bowels to the extent of three inches. He was removed in a dreadful state of suffering to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and is not ex pected to survive. LONDON : THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, MO. The returns of the Revenue made up this even ing, will show, we believe, notwithstanding the pressure in the Money Market, and the slackness of trade, a slight increase on the whole, as compared to the corresponding quarter of last year. (We have adverted elsewhere to the meetings of the agriculturists, now holding more frequently than we ever before recollect, for the improvement of agri culture. Generally political topics are carefully avoided, which cannot be too much praised ; never theless they have and will have a political tendency. It is that in the present article to which we shall briefly direct attention. One distinguishing peculiarity of our community is the great increase of the town population. The political effects of that in its progress were not ob served. Silently, and we may say stealthily, it has sufficed to change the political relations of the different classes, and to render changes in the Constitution unavoidable. Politicians, too, gene rally overlook the physical changes which are in progress, such as the multiplication of machinery, amd the social changes consequent on them. Too ge nerally they confine their attention to the dead letter of the Constitution, till the material and social changes, have become so vast as completely to be a law for themselves, leaving the wisest statesman no alternative but to follow them with:wonder and terror, knowing neither whither they will lead nor where they will end. Under this aspect let us consider the probable political effects of these agricultural meetings. The great end and object of them all is to in crease the produce of agriculture. They are to enable the farmers to grow more corn and feed more cattle. They will therefore tend to increase the po pulation, or they will contribute to hasten that pro gress of which the Tory landlords complain. The increased quantity of food produced will no more be consumed in the country than the cottons of Man chester are consumed in that town. It will be created in order to exchange for other things, and will go, like nearly every addition to the food of so ciety in modern times, to increase the town popula tion. Agricultural improvements raise more food by less labour, increase the town and decrease the rural population. Thus the exertions of the agri culturists and the landowners, will tend to defeat their own wishes, or at least the wishes of those who would again make England more of an agri cultural than a manufacturing nation. To realise their object, they must reverse their present pro ceedings, and return to the ancient methods of cul tivation, which required more manual labour, and yielded much less crops. Pine or sigh as they may, the landlords are destined by the instinctive pur suit of their own interests to hasten forward that progress which their scribes and retainers so bitterly impugn. _ _ _ We are continually told that most of the country gentlemen are Conservatives; they wish that things should remain as they are. Let them give up, then, improving agriculture. They are not, however, on that point Conservatives. They wish to get rid of slovenly methods of farming, wish to have the land drained and sheltered, wish to improve the breed of cattle, and to plough at less expense ; they are even scornful and angry with those who will not im prove ; they make leases to compel improvement, and are animated with as Radical a spirit on that point as the most ultra-Chartists. They are both the children and the parent of the social movement, which, in their sphere, they impel forward with vigour. vati ‘ v v e e p m rie a s y tho sa o y d. the n same ( A )f L t 3, h r e E R SO;C a a n i d led the C A o , n r s c e i r l : bishop of C ANTERBURY, M r. BURNES and Mor . t- TIMER O'SULLIVAN, are not real stand-still Conservatives. They want more churches, more parsons, more prayers, and more pelf for their order. Both the impro v i ng l an dl or d s an d the Church extension clergy really aim, while they give them selves the name of Conservatives, to increase their own wealth, to enlarge their power, and confirm their dominion. They are no more contented with things as they are, than the Corn-law abolitionists or the hand-loom weavers. Let us draw a moral from this. If they who MR. JAMES GRANT'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in '2 vols. post Bvo., handsomely bound in cloth, WALKS AND WANDERINGS IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE. 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On Saturday, (the 2d Olympie Night), Sons and Systems, Pai n t Heart Never Won Fair Lady, Patter versus Clatter, and The Loan of a LCTVCI• MI Monday, Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy 'of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Leen, Mr. G. Vandenhod (his first appearance on the stage), with Naval Engagements. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Prise, 3s. &l. ; First and Second Cireles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. fid. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to eosnmence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Natter, at the Box-offiee, 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. Immense Combination of Talent. The Proprietor has engaged Messrs. Butler, Elton, and Dera ton, for a limited number of Nights. THIS EVENING, OCT. 10, Will be presented Otway's Tragedy of VENICE PRESERVED. Jaffier, Mr. Elton ; Pierre, Mr. Butler ; Belvidere, Mrs. H Vining. After which, the laughable Farce of MONSIEUR TONSON. Monsieur Morblieu, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with, the successful Nautical Drama of BEN THE BOATSWAIN. Ben Bowling, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To-morrow, Othello ; on Saturday, Henry the Fourth. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. UNDER HER MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. ERUPTION OF HECLA. Positively the Last Night ! At the suggestion of numerous Visitors desirous of still fur ther opportunities of witnessing this surpassingly magnificent and amazing portraiture of nature's grandest and most awful phenomena, it will be repeated, for positively . the last time, This Evening, Oct. 10. Commencing precisely at Half-past Seven. Previous to which Mr. H. Carter will exhibit the Magical Effects produced by his New Koniaphostic, or " Lime Light." Admission, IL—Feeding of the Car nivora at Four o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...... 53 minutes after 3. I Evening ... IU minutes atter 4. , - .".2! , • 4•••••.:. • tt, Zbt un. THE LONDON. THITRSDAY I OCTOBER, 10., 1839. have so long enjoyed power and opul, trace under the system, may advocate and promote ch anges to serve their own interest, it cannot be a crial to in the poor to strive for a change in a system under which they have suffered so long. In all these c ases, whether the individuals be landlords and clergymen calling themselves Conservatives, or hardworking hand labourers calling themselves Chartists, they all seek exactly the same thing—a change to promote what they suppose to be their own advantage. There can be nothing immoral or wrong in the universal pursuit ; and, looking at the condition of the work ing classes in this country, the wonder is that so ciety should have rubbed on so long as it has in pain and difficulty, rather than that it should now appear to be on the eve of great changes promoted by the efforts of landlords, priests, and Chartists. We have not of late directed much of our own or of the public attention to Ireland, considering the subject a drug in the newspaper market. The Monthly Chronicle, however, has adverted to one point of the case which seems to us so apt an illus tration of the tactics of party, and of the difficulty of getting accurate information on any Irish subject, that we shall bring it under the notice of our readers. The Earl of RODEN, on moving for the celebrated Committee, on March 20th, closed his case with an emphatic account of the persecution suffered by the Protestants of the West of Ireland, on account of their religion. Mr. NANGLE, and the persecutions at Achill, have indeed been trumpeted abroad by the Orange press of Ireland. The Noble Earl, by reserving that case for the close of his oration, deemed it, no doubt, the strongest and most impres sive, and he wrought it up with considerable skill, so as to make a profound impression on his almost exclusively Protestant audience. Amongst the witnesses to the diabolical lan guage and conduct of the Catholics was a Mr. REYNOLDS, the chief officer of the Coast Guard. He swore, said the Noble Earl, that the priest CONOLLY had declared in his chapel that he would banish Mr. NANGLE and all the Protestants from Achill, and any man who should take their part. Having worked up his auditory by this tale of persecution, and having over and over again stated that the lives of Protes tants were not safe in Ireland—having condemned the Ministers for neglecting the complaints of the persecuted Mr. NANGLE—and having wound up the Lords, so that they were ready to be lieve anything of the unrelenting, persecuting Catholics, the Noble Earl concluded his harrow ing statement by saying, that in the meantime, before Lord MORPETH had listened to the complaints of the Protestants, one of the wit nesses whose evidence he had quoted, Mr. REY NOLDS, was murdered in Achill." There was a thrill of horror in the assembly, and a corresponding thrill of horror in the country, when the speech was read, and nobody had the smallest doubt that the witness REYNOLDS was murdered by the Catho lics to get rid of his testimony. We had no doubt ; other persons had none ; and the Monthly Chro nicle very naturally adopted the same opinion " Before the conclusion, his Lordship made a long statement about the Achill mission; and intimated that Mr. Reynolds, a Protestant officer in the Coast-guard Blockade, had been murdered in consequence of the evidence which he had given before a Committee of the House of Lords." But the Earl of RODEN, according to the report in HANSARD, said nothing about the death of REYNOLDS being the consequence of the evidence which he had given ; he most cunningly left it to be inferred, and created the impression on the minds of his hearers without saying it, just as Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the debate on the Irish Coercion Act, told a horrid tale of a murder committed in Ireland twenty years before, omitting the date, and induced his hearers to believe that it was perpretrated sub sequent to the passing of the Reform Act. The Monthly Chronicle gives the following explanation of the case "In reference to this statement and the insinuation it contains, we refer the reader to the Monthly Chronicle for April last, in which the whole case and the result of the trial of Lavelle, the imputed murderer of Mr. Reynolds, is given ; by which it will be seen that Mr. Reynolds broke into Lavelle's house at night, attempted, without the slightest provocation, to take his life, and was killed in the scuffle' which ensued. The accused, therefore, was not only fully acquitted, but the friends of the deceased unanimously declared that the man was fully justified by the circumstances and the necessity of self-defence. So much for one of Lord Roden's special facts." Such is an illustration, we believe, of nine-tenths of what is called evidence on the state of Ireland. One man, like the pious Lord RoDEN, creates an impression which he knows to be false. Another person, like the writer of the Monthly Chronicle, as serts, from the impression, that Lord RODEN said what he only implied. Contradiction is given and retorted, and truth is wholly obscured amidst a world of fine writing and thorough-bred oratory. Such exaggerations, and such contradictions, per vading the whole mass of the evidence given con cerning Ireland has disgusted us, and, we believe, has disgusted the bulk of the English public, with the subject. We cannot conclude without observing that the Earl of RODEN is imperatively required to clear up this case. He either knew that Mr. REYNOLDS lost his life in the manner described by the Monthly Chronicle, and was not murdered, or he did not. If he did not, he was culpably remiss in alluding to the case in the manner he did, till he had ascer tained the fact ; if he did, in asserting that Mr. REYNOLDS was murdered, he knowingly told a pal pable untruth ; and told it for a base and wicked purpose. Such conduct, in our opinion, in a No bleman and a legislator, is a greater crime than many of the crimes for which men suffer the penalties of the law. Lord RODEN, from, a regard to his own character, must prove that the case, as stated in the .illoirthly Chronicle, is entirely erroneous, or he must lie under the heaviest imputation that can be thrown on any gentleman. At present he is accused of having knowingly made a false assertion in the House of Peers in order to excite a sentiment of hatred against his Catholic countrymen. Can any thing worse be said of a Noble Legislator ? • The notice we have copied from the Manchesia'. Guardian, of the reception given by Lord PALMER. STON to certain memorialists concerning the China trade, and his Lordship's reported opinions, will be read with interest. We are not aware what mea sures the Ministers mean to adopt on that question, but the country would support them in adopting strong measures. The case of WILLIAM CARSON, the Quaker, which will be found stated in another column, is one of those illustrations of clerical rapacity which almost every passing day affords. Here is a man belong ing to a religious sect, known to be conscientiously opposed to any acknowledgment of the principle that the Gospel of CHRIST is to be preached for hire, punished by the distraint of his goods, at the in stance of his parish Rector, because he objects to pay fourpence haffpenny demanded of him as Eas ter dues ! These dues, as they are now called, were originally voluntary offerings given to the Priest by those who thought his piety, humility, disinterestedness, faithfulness, or other good quali ties deserved a token of their good-will. The Church, however, with that grasping spirit which, in all her changes, has been her unchanging charac teristic ever since she was united to the State, and which seems to grow with age, usurped as a right what had been a mere matter of grace and favour. Hence we see the free will offering of the grateful worshipper to the conscientious minister of CHRIST, converted into a charge extorted from a reluctant member of a dif ferent religion, by a person who is often notorious for qualities the very opposite to those which merit a good man's approbation. The French Government, after blockadin g the harbours of Buenos Ayres for eighteen months, having failed to bring the President of that Re public penitentially to his knees, expends its ill humour in a violent attack on the British Ambas sador at Monte Video, whom it charges with en couraging Roses to hold out, by promises of Bri tish mediation and support. This attack is appro priately made through the columns of the Journal des Debuts of Tuesday ; and in addition to its immediate object—the repudiation of British me diation in any form, and the denunciation in particular of the conduct of Mr. MANDEVILLE, Ambassador to the Argentine Republic—it affords the French Government an opportunity of setting forth its ultimate intentions. " Whatever obstacles may be placed in the way of France," says the Debats, "no matter by whom, it is impossible for ner to recede, and she will not lecede. But should the blind obstinacy of Roses find a support, in the selfish policy of a foreign Power, it would be an embarrassment the more in relations, which, through some deplorable fatality, are impaired daily by fresh difficulties, and the consequences of such a situation would be soon felt in a sphere of more exalted interests." In pursuance of this resolution, which the Debats elsewhere distinctly states ex cludes the possibility of an amicable settlement of the question in London, or the employment of British:mediation:in any way, Admiral LEBLANC is to be replaced in the command of the blockading squadron by Admiral D UPO TE T, Who is to sail from Brest, in a short time for the River La Plata. " His arrival there," continues the Debats, " will prove to the Government of Buenos Ayres that France is determined on extorting satisfaction from them at any price, and will prove to Roses, who seems to rely on the support of England, that the Govern ment of that country sees with indifference the con tinuation of a state of things which is nevertheless injurious to the interests of her own commerce, or that France is not disposed to attend to her repre sentations in favour of Roses--that is, supposing the Cabinet of Great Britain has deemed it expe dient to make any." Thus rather than forego the paltry gratification of a miserable triumph over the weak, distracted, and obscure republic of Buenos Ayres, the French Government openly and unnecessarily avows it s readiness to sacrifice the British alliance at the very time when it is most her interest 10 cherish it. The Debats attributes the frequent recurrence lat terly of incidents calculated to weaken the alliance between the two countries, to a " deplorable fa tality." By what fatality, we ask, was the Debats compelled to give insertion to the article upon which we are now commenting? By what fatality was the writer of that article led to state, without any reasonable pretext for so doing, that France would sacrifice the friendship o f of England rather than abate one jot of her claims of vengeance against the Argentine Republic ? We are not here offering any opinion as to the justice of the claims made by France ; because we believe that, among all reasonable people, there cannot be a second opinion upon the subject. France is herself perfectly conscious that she, and not the Argentine Republic, is to blame ; but she committed the blunder of proclaiming a blockade, and lacks the magnanimity to confess herself mis taken, or even to extricate herself from a position which disgraces her, by the proffered mediation of a friendly Power. Her Government dreads the ridicule of the Chambers and of the British Parlia ment more than the hatred of the people of South America. This is, perhaps, as much a matter of taste in the opinion of the Debats as a question of morality ; but in whatever way it is viewed, we think it highly imprudent to employ it in any way which can con duce to evoke a spirit of hostility between the Governments of England and France. There is no domestic news of interest in the French Journals. The little intelligence there is from the East, and the accounts from Madrid received to the 2d instant, will be found in another part of The Sun. The price of corn con tinued to decline in most of the markets of France. We find the following article in the fileditcrraneo, a journal published at Malta :—" Letters from Tabriz state that the Russian Consul having demanded satisfaction for the insults which had been received by a Russian in the late disturbances in that city, Mohammed Shah bad or dered the arrest of the persons who were guilty. But the chief Imaurn having incited the people against this mea sure, a great crowd proceeded to the hotel of the Gover nor, to demand the release of the person arrested. The Governor having betaken himself to flight, the people re paired to the prison, fired the doors, and liberated the pri soner; they then went to sack the house of the Consul, and those of several other Russian subjects. It is said that the Consul has fled to Tiflis, and has demanded that the inhabitants of Tabriz shall b 3 severely punished. These [disturbances are excited by Russia, whose designs on Persia are manifest."—Journal des Debats. We have just received the Barcelona journals of Sept. 27.. They say that the Captain-General Valdez, was on the 23d at Prats de Luisanes, and that the di. visions of the army occupied a line four or five leagues distant from Berga ; they were preparing to move forwards. Lord Charles Stuart de Rothsay, formerly English Ambassador in France, and one of the Generals who were engaged in the war in the Peninsula in 1808, lately arrived incognito at Barcelona. A guard of honour was offered to him which he refused to accept. A letter from Alexandria of Sept. 17th, says The Government has 900,000 ardeps of wheat to sell, which has been sold at 50p. (;.iastres ?) and at Burtijat 25 ships are wanting. The captains refuse to freight for Trieste at 1 talare per ardep. BOURSE.--PARIS, TUESDAY, OCT. 8. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price, Price. Price krench 5 per Cents llO 60 ... 110 70 110 110 65 4 per Cents lOl 60 ... 101 60 ... 101 60 101 60 3 per Cents Bl ... 81 60 81 53 ... 81 55 Bank of trance 2BlO ...2810 —2BlO Latlitte Bank 1,00(11. Ski 1069 ...103, - 1 ...1060 —1660 5,0001. Sh 5215 ...5215 ...5212 50 ...5212 50 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% 16114 1011.‘ Belgian 3 per Cents 7l ilk 71 90 71 85 ... 11 85 Bank 775 ... 775 775 ... 775 Cmpons Spanish Active Passive 8 ... 8 ... ... 7% Old Deferrcd 9 ... ... 8% Portuguese 3 per Cents 5 per Cents 3P4 3454 ... 30.; ... 34 1 4 Neat olitan Roman lO3 103 1 4 - . ... 103% ... 10314 THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies short, demand good, and prices high. Turbot Bs. to 30s. ; Cod, ls. 6d. to 8s ; good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. ; Whitings, 6d. to Is. each, and Haddocks, ls. to 2s. 6d. RAILWAY SHARES. St, Germain Versailles, 11. B 520 ... 522 50 ... 520 ... 522 50 L.B. 3OO ... 302 50 ... 300 ... 300 Harr,. Strasburg to /Sale ......... Montpellier to Cette ...... THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST.—The two notices on this subject in another part of our pa per are retrospective, and should have appeared when they were penned. An extraordinary change has taken place in the weather, which for the last three or four days has been as warm as in Spring. Our glass this morning marks 62, and the day is altogether more like a fine warm April day, with a bright sun and an occa sional short sweet shower. Our accounts from the country, as well as from Ireland, &c., present a che quered picture. The Dublin Evening Post received to-day, for instance, says, " We have had glorious weather since Saturday, and we look with some confi dence to the salvation of the potato crop, us well as to the partial recovery of much of the damaged corn," while the Register and Packet supply dreadful ac counts of the state of the harvest in Sligo, Meath, Louth, &c., where a great deal of rain has again fallen. A correspondent writing from Ferns, says, " Corn is only in a few instances cut down, and this might as well be standing, for it is as green as when it was ; and what is very melancholy, almost in all instances the cut down and standing corn is sending out a second growth. I saw one field of wheat in stacks, and numbers of men were employed in taking off the green sprouts that had shot out from the corn. The most gloomy anticipations are entertained, and certainly not without the strongest reasons. There is nothing like a sufficiency of turf, in consequence of the wet season ; and those who are not fortunate enough to possess fuel on their own land, are in a truly pitiable state. A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. —At one of the late Old Bailey Sessions a man was convicted of kissing little girl under 12 years of age, and senteneed to be imprisoned for the offence, in the House of Correction, for one month. Yesterday the driver of a Kensington omnibus was charged, at Union-Hall, with taking the most scandalons liberties" (using the words of the Magistrate) with a young woman on an omnibus, and then throwing her from the top with great violence on her back, in consequence of which she was stunned, and on reviving, felt sore all over the body. The outrage was distinctly sworn to by the complainant, and a woman who happened to be passing. The punishment inflicted by Mr. Jeremy was a penalty of ;20s. FACILITY Of TR4NSIT.—Meh are t l .l gTeCtt improvements in navigation, that the expense of send ing the fleece to London from Australia, a distance of 15,000 miles, is not more than 31d. per lb., including freight, brokerage, commission, dock and landing charges, while the expense of transmitting German or Spanish wools tp rigland is from 4d. to 41d. per lb.--,,F,cutb t Australian illiscelbny. HAY MARKETS. The supplies moderate, demand pretty fair, and prices much as before. Hay 50s. to 95a. ; Clover, 80s. to 120 s. ; Straw, 325. to 425. per load. SPIRIT MARKET. Not much passing in any description of Spirits; prices as they were. Proof Leeward Rum, 2s. 7d. ; Good Jamaica, 4s. 4d. ; Brandy, 3s. to 4s. per gallon; Geneva is Is. 10d. to 25., and British Corn Spirits are 10s. 2d. TEA SALE—CONCLUDED. The monthly public sale has finished. - It originally consisted of 2,605,0581b5. About half of this has been sold. The at tendance of the trade was good to the close. The market prices previous to the commencement of the sale ruled throughout. INDIGO SALE—THIRD DAY. The attendance good, but not above one-third of the quan tity put up sold. There were not many foreign purchasers in the sale room. All descriptions arc in request. Previous prices still rule. COLONIAL MARKET. Very little business done in the market for produce, and prices much as they were. British Plantation Sugar, b9s. to tits. for Brown, and 635. to 685. for Yellow. Nothing worth notice passing in the Coffee market. Good ordinary Jamaica fetches 100 s. Nothing done in Cocoa, Rice, Spices, Foreign Sugar, &c., and the prices unaltered. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Newham, Bruce, from Kertch. Sailed the Bencoolen, Stamp, for Sydney, New South Wales; Reliance, Howard, Hondu ras ; Manitingo, Burgin, Jamaica ; Antoinette, Knudsen, St. Croix. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ado nis, Grouely, from Monte Video ; Mary, Nelson, Deme rara ; Celt, Greig, Barbadoes ; Constellation, Davis, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Levant packet, Poay, Galatz ; Lapwing, Maracaibo ; Winsor, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Columbine, ditto ; Calcutta. Quebec. Off port, the Rapid, from Jamaica ; Oxford, New York ; Clyde, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Frederick Fleming, for St. John's, New Brunswick; Liverpool, Sinnoff, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 9 .— Wind S. S. W. to S. S. E. _ . PLYMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Penelope, Sphern, from Dantzic. FALMOUTII, OCT. B.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Ex periment, Christofferson, for Pernambuco. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 9.—Arrived, the Pyrenees, Warman, from Palermo. CARDIFF, Nov. 9.—Arrived, Manlius, Hodge, Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. B.—Arrived, the Renfrewsbire, Hutchin. son, from Quebec ; Lalla Rookh, Force, St. John's, New Brunswick. KINGSTOWN, Nov. B. —Arrived, the Garonne, Richard son, from Antigua. CORK, Nov. 7.—Arrived, the William Penn, Evans, from Archangel, with loss of bulwarks, &c. Sailed, the Chatah, Willis, for Newfoundland. STOCKTON, Nov. R.—Arrived, the Helen Maria, Cli burn, from Quebec. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. B.—Sailed, the Medea, Pratt, for Rio Janeiro. VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.—The Indus, of Sunderland, for Quebec, 9th ult., off the Bird Islands ; Mountaineer, London to Quebec, 14th ult., lat. 46, long. 57 ; Byker, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, 9th inst., lat. 58, long. 8, by the Evergreen, Moran, arrived at Liverpool ; Frinshaw, from Philadelphia, near the Bird Islands; Pembroke Castle, Starching, off St. Paul's, by the Manlius, Hedge, arrived at Cardiff. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OF WEDNESDAY.— " The demand for cotton to-day has been to a mode• rate extent, without material change in prices. The sales are 3,000 bags, to the trade. Our arrivals this morning are very few, and none of consequence. The New York packet ship, Oxford, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed 19th September, of an old date. United States Bank Shares, which were at 181. 10s. rose to 201. 10s. on the report of the settlement of the affairs of the above bank. \Nrc have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. The accounts from Ghent of the 7th Oct. state that profound tranquillity prevails in the above town, and that there is no appearance of its being in future disturbed. It is also stated that the bivouack ing of the troops there was tobreak up on the Bth inst. The following is the version of the rumoured arrange ment of the United States Bank :—" By the charter granted to the United States Bank by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, the Bank was to make certain advances by way of loan, should such be required. The Bank made advances to the extent of 4,000,000 dollars, Stock being created for such advances by the State. This Stock is held by the Bank of the United States, and if we are informed correctly, the object at present is to induce parties to take their State-stock from the Bank of the United States, by which the latter will be enabled to exchange with the holders of Post-notes of the Establishment, giving them the State-stock for the former. We believe that several influential firms in the City have consented to this arrangement,by which, in fact, the Post-notes of the Bank of the United States will be withdrawn from circulation to the amount at first stated, and the present holders will have in their stead the stock of the State of Pensylvania, which if taken at the price of 94 will afford an interest nearly of 7 per cent. The particulars of the negotiations at the house of Messrs. Baring, &c., have not as yet transpired ; in fact the arrangements, we believe, have not been fully completed, and we understand from good authority that the various statements quoted in yester day's evening and this morning's journals are not correct. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Chief Commissioner.) A HINT TO INSOLVENTS IVLIO ARE OUT ON BAIL. —On the case of a person named Morrison, who was out on bail, being called on this morning, the insolvent was not in attendance, and it was not until some time afterwards that he made his appearance. On it being intimated to the Chief Commissioner that he was in attendance, he de,ired the insolvent to stand forward, and after making some inquiry as to the cause which had prevented the insolvent being in attendance at the sitting of the Court, and receiving a good excuse, the Learned Commissioner stated that if he had not been satisfied with the explanation he should have sent the insolvent to prison till Saturday, for which day the case had been fixed, in consequence of his absence. In future, when insolvents who were out on bail did not appear at the sitting of the Court, it must be understood that the Commissioners were de termined to put in force the power given them by the Act, and send them to prison. The Learned Com missioner trusted that this public intimation would ope rate as a warning to insolvents. The time for the insolvent's appearance ►was then en larged to Saturday. GOING TO LAW.—John Potts, a looking-glass ma nufacturer, applied on his petition to be discharged. The insolvent was opposed by a creditor, named Mouls, in person. The insolvent had been sued by Mouls on a bill of exchange, which had been drawn by a man named Middleton, and accepted by the insolvent. To that action the insolvent pleaded in person, and at an ex pense of a few shillings bad the felicity of putting Mr Mouls to heavy law expenses. He admitted now that he owed the money ; but in order to get time he pleaded to the action, that he was neither the maker nor the drawer of the bill. Notwithstanding the vexatious defence, a verdict was obtained by Mr. Mouls against him, and the costs exceeded the debt, as they amounted to upwards of 281., and had been increased 171. by the mere plea. It also appeared that the insolvent had been made a bankrupt, had passed his last examination, but had not obtained his certificate. Mr. WOODAOFFE appeared for the insolvent, and stated that he had omitted the name of a creditor in the schedule, and it would therefore be necessary to adjourn the case to amend the schedule in that respect. He admitted that a case had been made out by Mr. Mouls against the insolvent, and that it was usual on such cases for the Court to send the insolvent, who had been out on bail, to prison, but he trusted in the present instance, the creditor would allow him to re main at large, and that the Court would hear no fur ther of the matter. Mr. Mouls assented to the proposition . The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said that the conduct of the opposing creditor was lenient in the extreme. If no settlement, however, took place, the insolvent when he next time came up, would be remanded for a vexa tious defence. The case was then adjourned to the sth of November. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The quarter sessions for the city and liberties of Westminster commenced this day, before Mr. Sergeant Adams and several other Magistrates. The usual formalities having been observed, the Grand Jury were sworn, after which the Learned Chairman briefly ad dressed them, pointing out the duties they were re quired to perform, and requesting them to return a bill as soon as possible, in order that the business might be disposed of as quickly as possible. . . The Grand Jury then retired, and Mr. Sergeant Adams quitted the Court, leaving Mr. Halcombe to act as Chairman. AssAuLT.—Henry Richardson, the editor of the Paul Pry, was charged with having, on the 9th of April, committed an assault on Richard Watson the younger. . Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the father of the prosecutor is a gas-fitter, residing at Saint Andrew's-hill, Doctors'- Commons, and the defendant kept a gaming house in Jermyn-street, St. James's. He was also the editor of the Paul Pry. In August, 1828, he represented him self to Mr. Watson as a person who had a number of houses, and spent about 3001. a year in gas fittings, and credit was given in consequence of this representation, and the balance in November, 1838, due to Mr. Wat son was .54/. 18s. Gd. Repeated applications were made for the money, but without success, and it being understood that the house of the defendant was open at nights, a servant of Mr. Watson, named Gander, went there, accompanied by Mr. Watson, and Mr. Watson, jun. Mr. Richardson came out of the house and beat Gander with a stick, on which the present complainant interfered, and was also assaulted. This was a " new way of paying old debts," which he trusted the Jury would not sanction. Mr. - Watson, jun. was called, and examined in sup. port of the statement of the Learned Gentleman. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the defendant, admitted that an assault had been committed, and re commended his client to plead guilty to the other two indictments. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. PAYNE wished to place tha other cases before the Court, as they were of a more serious nature than the first. The CHAIRMAN apprehended that he was entitled to do so. The plea of not guilty was withdrawn, and the wit nesses were then called and examined as to the nature of the assault on Mr. Watson and on Gander. SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LARDNER V. BRUCE. This action was brought by the plaintiff, Louisa Lardner, for the sum of 11/. ss. 9d. against the defen dant, Miss Bruce, an independent maiden lady, resid ing at Park-road, St. John's Wood. It appeared the plaintiff had been engaged by the de fendant in the capacity of house maid, for which she was to receive 91. a year, and her claim consisted of one year's wages, and the sum of 2/. ss. 9d. for the making up of caps, &c. for her mistress. . _ The defendant, who lived with her mother, denied her liability, and the question therefore was, who had engaged the plaintiff? In support of tie claim evidence was given that Miss Bruce hired the plaintiff as well as the other servants, and that the tradesmen's bills were generally sent to her. For the defence, Mrs. Bruce, the mother of the de fendant, was called, who stated that she had the ma nagement of the household affairs, and hired and dis missed the servants. Cross-examined by Mr. PAIN.—I believe you and Miss Bruce wear the same things occasionally ? Witness—Yes, we do sometimes. She wears a garment one day, and you wear the same garment the next day ? Yes.—(Laughter.) Caps in particular ? Yes ; we occasionally wear the same caps. UNDER-SHERIFF --.Tenants in common of caps.— (Laughter.) Robert Duncan was called and stated that he was now living in service with Mrs. and Miss Bruce. Mr. Wilkins (Defendant's Attorney)—Who do you consider to be your mistress ? W itness—Mrs. Bruce. Who hired you ? Why, Mrs. Bruce engaged with my wife for me.— (Laughter.) The Jury returned a verdict for 9/. HATTON-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF ILLEGALLY - PAWNING.—Jane Kitcher, remanded from Saturday on a charge of illegally pawn ing a child's hat, the property of John Andrey, was again placed at the bar. The wife of the prosecutor on Saturday denied that she had given the prisoner any authority to pawn, but to-day she varied in her statement, and admitted that on one or two occasions she had done so. Mr. GREENWOOD said that under these circum stances he could not convict for illegally pawning, and that if he committed the prisoner for stealing he doubted whether a jury would convict on such evidence, and he should therefore discharge her. EMBEZZLEMEN T BY AN APPRENTICE.—WiIIiam Harmer, a ragged, dirty-looking boy, was placed at the bar, charged with embezzling one shilling and seven pence, the property of his master, John Peters, a shoe maker, residing at Holloway. It appeared that on the sth of August last the com plainant entrusted the prisoner with the money in ques tion to make some purchases, and he heard nothing further of him until yesterday, when he was brought back by one of the Mendicity Society officers. He had once before absented himself in a similar way when entrusted with money, and remained away nearly a twelvemonth. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction, and to be well whipped at the expiration of his sentence. BRUSSELS, OCT. B.—His Highness the here ditary Prince of Saxe Coburg, and his brother, Prince Albert, arrived at Lack en yesterday from Germany, on their way to England. Mr. George Baldwin, whose supposed melan choly death by drowning we had occasion to record some time ago, has, strange to say, returned home. He was discovered last night at the residence of his brother-in-la w , Mr. Bateman, broker, of Silver-street, in the yard after dark, crouching amongst some furni ture, as if d es i rous to elude observation. He w asin a wretched plight, The conduct of this infatuated youpg . tnan, sa disposi ng matters as to i n d uce a fi rm belie f the was d rowne d , w h ere b y hi s parents were pl ung e d t into a depth of grief and mental agony which parents only can appreciate, is deserving the severest r,?rehen sion.— Worcestershire Chronicle. RVENTING EDITTON. LITERATURE. THE ROMANCE OF PRIVATE LIFE,3 Vols. Colb-urn, London, 1839. There are two stories contained in these vo lumes, the principal one of which, entitled the " Renunciation," is founded on the circumstance of a young girl, who has been kidnapped at tell years of ags by a wealthy adventurer named Wharton, educated by him in the most expensive way at Paris, introduced into the best society, uniformly treated with deference and kindness by the man who has torn her from her humble . home, and who has taught her to believe that she is the sole heiress of all his wealth ;—the " Re nunciation" turns upon the singular fact of this young girl giving up all her worldly prospects with out a sigh, and withdrawing herself from Whar ton's guardianship, from a high sense of principle, because her conscience will not permit her to countenance his imposture. The name of this magnanimous sample of womanhood is Agnes Danvers, alias Lucy de Vere—for such is the appellation she is compelled for some years to as sume—and her character i s p our t ra y e d with much spirit, and without any very o b v i ous e xaggerations. The story, however, must depend for success, ra ther on the startling and interesting nature of its incidents, and the skill with which they are evolved, than on its charact ers , w hi c h are not , g enerally speaking, sufficiently individualized. The volumes are the production of a lady named Burney—a re lative, possibly, of the celebrated Madame D'Ar blay, who upwards of half a century ago delighted John son and Burke with her first novel of " Evelina and who, if she be still living, must be fast advanc ing towards a nonagenarian. THE DUKE AND THE COUSIN. 3 VoLs. Bentley, London, 1839. A conventional tone pervades this novel which we had hoped the success of Boz's healthy and natural writings had banished from our lighter literature. It is not characterised by sentiment, but sentimentality—a very different thing—and treats of fashionable manners, and pourtrays fashionable personages, in a style in which there is much of as sumption, mixed with cant and twaddle, on which the writer lays as much stress as if she were enun ciating some great moral and philosophical truths. The story turns upon the circumstance of a young lady, Blanche, Baroness de Cressy--a peeress in her own right, and quite a she-Cro3sus in point of wealth —marrying a poor relation from sheer love, when she had it in her power to pick and choose a s pouse from among the noblest and richest of the land. We must confess we do not see any very paiticular virtue in this sort of conduct, yet it is cried up in the most impassioned terms of eulogium, as if it were an act of the loftiest and rarest magnanimity Sad, sickly morality this, which may be popular at Almack's, and create a sensation at Crockford's- -- that august temple of Virtue—but which will as suredly be laughed at elsewhere. We have a great contempt for those fashionable novels, whose objects appear to be, to invest with sublimity the most min mon-place and ordinary act of goodness performed by a titled resident at the West-end ; and te, show that all beneath a certain grade in the social circle are without the pale of civilization and humanity-- that if a gentleman is unfortunate enough to be in commerce, and to live at the East-end, or in the proscribed region of Russell-square, he must neces sarily be " vulgar and narrow-minded ;" and that if lie have the still worse luck to be a stock-broker , the odds are a hundred to one in favour of his being made up of " coarse familiarity and presume' tion." We have borrowed these dulcet epithets from the tale before us, which, exhibiting as it, oc casionally does, tokens of a better nature, makes to regret the more, the false sentiment and assumption that prevade it throughout. The " Duk e " of the tale is, we presume, the Duke of Wellington ; but conceive this reserved, i ron - v i saged, practical' minded warrior talking in the most namby-Pan% l l style about the beauties of the country, and quoting a long prose extract from one of Was'iling! °° Irving 's English Sketches, by way of insinual himself into the goo d graces o f a young lady happens to be walking with him F We "°' talent . f though it is by no means d evo id of 0 a certain sort—that the " Duke a n d t he Con" will be the last novel of its class that we shall see for some years. The Journal des Flandres says, " Tranquillity is restored. Almost all the manufactories are ag aia at work, and the great majority of the workmen. have re turned to their occupations. The general opinion is that the troubles which we deplore will not be repeated. The Organe des Flandres likewise gives favourable ac counts. The Government has given some millions to Seraing to prevent 4,000 workmen from revolting. Hof many will it give to the manufactories of Ghent for the 30,000 workmen who have revolted ? BRUSSELS, OCT. 6.--Messrs. Fallon and Dussarden arrived at Brussels yesterday. The King and Qsteen left the Palace of Laeken for Tirlemont by the railway. The financial Commission at Utrecht re solved, en the Ist of this month, to adjourn for a fort night. The Duke Torlonia returned to Mivart's Hotel, yesterday, from a visit of a few days to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers, StaftOrd' shire. THE MEETING OF TIIE PROTESTANT Ns- SOCIATION.—The annual meeting of the above-named Association was held, on Friday last, at the Amphi theatre in G rea t Ch arlotte -street. The 'house wa s crowded, principally b y l a di es, who sseem to take great delight in these sorts of exhibitiwas. Nearly a ll the clergy, with some few gentlemen, of the town, were present on the st age , th e c h a i r b eing occupied by the Reverend Dr. Tatteshall. The speakers were the same who have made themselves famous at these me e !' ings heretof o r e , an d t h e entertainments were as h"e those got up for the delight of former audiences a s one crow is like another. The only part of t he performance en titl e d to part i cular notice is the spe ech of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. The Reverend Gentleman stepped out of his way,—totally left the business the hand, if i n d ee d, h e h a d any business in hand, for has sometimes, of making an attac k on t h e press. He js sometimes, on forme r occasions, ventured, to exhib it his splenetic humour towards us and " or.r esteemed con temporaries, and we had some suspicion of the reason. His pitiful exhibition of Wcdr.esday last has O n: vinced us , th at we were correct in our s urmise s ' _ e ver n " A raw," h as been este:l:dished, and the 11 e Hugh M'N e il e i s j ust the man to b e r estive under punishment. He lashes at the Roman Catlin: lies with all the callousness of a septuagena7, jarvie ; but, when he is himself touched in the " he scarcely sets so high an exam le as of Christi an for tuck and forbearance as those whom he stigmatizes 0„ and_ stupid to a n ti-Ch r i st. Wi th t h e ex ception this outbreak, th e w h o l e a ff a i r was excess i ve ly dull n . stupid ; and we for esee ,. t h at t h ese meet i ngs will soon.obe us come unpopular u n l ess i n d ee d a f ew more " inge rl oo devices" arc b roug h t to t h e i r a id ; t h ese may p ro o f „t effectual in renewi ng th e a l most palled a . ope tite ot ; those who have so long swallowed the trash ef, at ambitious Papist-haters. Th e company as semble . d„, o ten o'clock in the morning, a n d did not separ ate till h` in the afternoon.—Live,pool Albion. three THE WEATHER.--For th e l ast tw o or , 1 clays the weather has been c 0 1 ,!,, with but oe ns .f h i e h gleams of sun ; to-day it is and the wind f " w rd. before blew from the nort i d-east, is veering w" -- a hat In Cork on Saturday had before prevailed there, was, we learn from th e le I,e dark and bleak weatherct thcrn Reporter, succeeded by a violent storm frem tba l f, night,west andand up to which continued the entire °f • -e to two o'clock on Friday, at which t" cold of unusual bitterness set in. A. table appended to the Report of the R'.silvvald Committee shows the amount of mileage duty ree e . iv , ° r from R a il ways in England that have com p o unded the duti es . F rom th i s table it appears th?.l. the Loinedo7", and Birmingham Company have paid, from July' t he to January, 1839, the sum of 10,9951. I2s. ld• ;_ r i o d aggregate number of miles travelled during that f e Tal ,,,, being 24,111,560. The Grand Junction, from 4th b J er 0 . 1 1 - 1837, to January, 1839, 17,0321. 19s. 10d. ; " Il l ) st et, miles, 32,702,384. The Liverpool and Mane_e,. from January, 1836, to January, 1839, 21,3 97 0 4 a nd 81d. ; number of miles, 41,082,500. The L00d0:39, South-Western, from May, 1838, to January,y, the 1,324/. 19 s . 3d. ; nu mber of miles, 2.927,92 8 ; a gl 1889, Great Western, from 4th June, 1838, to January ', 2, 99 9/. 10s. Id.; number of miles, 4,280,648. birds, SCARCE BinDs.—Two unusallysearce of this t etown eagles during p e c e s, theh have e past bee tniv eobtai ned The in firstthe w v. a ' l cs it'h:e of a Honey Buzzard (Falco elpivoru (l s), wascn 1 sl l ro n t au T Dean. The other was the Osprey uis) e solitary habits, and rarely which was shot near the river. met with river.Theysoaroecabr be oti t ibird s ° busy . haunt,heof Dukemen.— Tornitilyiemrcort ground at Inverness on FridPy. stock was s brought 401., and was sold to . ZJtje Grtiasgo l " s a l u w e r t t io h n o o rn n butcher. A quey, four years old, was bov.ght b y tst by bullt the s how Winks, Elgin, for 40/. Two large bag" to , Mrs. Norrie, Inverness, for 100/. And se veral tier s sold at '_'i. 12s. each. M. ear old cross vie)ders i we re sold at Si. each. The two ampbell, of Jura, 5 ( „ b o ils pair of Highla nd oxeP . most remarkable ani mm ' wer e I for fat and symm e ':/y) for th e sum o f 751. .yi d ThesT, „ e t, also purchased oy a Glasgow butcher. —Glasgow THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yesterday, 90i i for Money ; for Account ; 90i ; for the November Account, 91i ; Exchequer Bills, 3 to 1 dis. ; in India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock for the opening, 185- 186 ; India Stock, '246 248. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is not quite so good as the closing price, which was 30i 3 l at present 30 ; Portuguese maintains the leaving off price of 36 37 ; Three per Cents., 244 254 ; Belgian, 102/ 103 ; Brazilian, 73 74 ; Colombian, 32/ 33 ; Danish, 73 74 ; Mexican, 32/ 33 ; Spanish Passive, 7i 8} ; Deferred, 14Z- ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per . Cents, 53a s ; Five per Cents. 1.004 1011. - - PRICES OF STOCKS TI-116 Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red. - 3 per Cent. Cons. .... . 9O%X, 3i. per Cent - Ditto Red. ............ New 3 per Cent..... 9B}C,A New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexnire Jan. 5, ......... - Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1980. Aprils, 11W. Jan. 5.1870 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £1,000... 1 3 d I. Ditto... 5OO par Ditto Small 2 5 pm. Ditto Commercial du, Ditto Advertised pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account ... Consos for Account 90h 3 % PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Draailian Bonds THIB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds .- Ditto Account •g;% 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 25 Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account. 3ON, Passive Deterred 14% ti French, 5 per cent. _f. —c. ----- 4 per cent....... —f. —c. ---- 3 per cent, — f —C. —-- Exchange. -f. —c. Dutch, 2}‘, per cent. Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent,,......., lOl% Ditto DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 65 Ditto New llO Brighton Railway 3O Lawton and Croydon Railway Co►apany lll. Ms. 111 d. Ditto Scrip Manchester and Birmingham Rai1way..,,,,,, Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Accou_ t Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1E124. 52% Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. 34i , -,s Ditto Account Neapolitan. PRICES OF SHARES THI; , IC , T; 15 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCTOBER S. 3 per Cent. Consols 3% per Cent. Stock - Ditto Reduced - Hibeinian Bank - Ditto City of Dublin Stearn Comp, 3 per Debentures... 90i National Insurance Cnr4l-810Y -- Cent. Bank Stock New, lBll 97% 182 City Debentures, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock 2 4 % Ballast oklicc Debentures, 4 ---. - Royal Canal Steck -R per cent HALF-.PAST ONE. Very few speculations are doing either the in British or Foreign Markets to the present hour, owing to the great scarcity of information this morning From all quar ters, consequently a grext dulnesa prevails in the City for all transactions, both speculative and in the Funds. Consols may be quoted at present the same as in the early part of the morning-90. i I for Account ; Money, 90i i ; Bxehequer Bills, 1 3 discount. Nothing done in India Bonds or Bank Stock for the Account. In India Stock the same. The Foreign Market is entirely void of interest, scarce a bargain doing, Spanish Active, 30f I ; Por tuguese, 36i 7 ; Three per Cents, 25 ; Colombian, 82f ; Mexican, 32 1 - ; Spanish Deferred 141 ; Dutch Two and-Half per Cents, 53a ; Five per Cents, 1011. The Dutch mail has not arrived yet. VACOINATioN,—Thc author of a paper, on this subject, in the Afrdica/ Gazette, suggests that in the Event of small-pox breaking out epidemically in a town or village isolated or cut off from communication with other towns and villages by any imaginable cause, and that the dise.asi, was raging fearfully aro un d, whilst the prophylactic (vaccine fluid) had entirely died out of use and disappeared, in such it case all that would be necessary to stay the plague would he simply to take the varielons matter (the purulent matter of th e disease) from off a patient who might even be dying of the disease, and inoculate a cow upon any of the muc ous surfaces, and thenceforth obtain a plentiful sup ply of genuine preventive vaccine lymph. NovEt, EtuPLoym.ENT.—Al a Revival sermon proaehed last week in Anderston, by the Rev. Mr. Burns of Dundee, the preacher declared that " the damned a mongst his audience would have to be drudges to the devils in hell." On hearing of this expression, a piotlg lady, who was herself rather friendlY to. the Aevi v qs, seriously h mean by t 4 k 2 ' ini t p o ly ul a d sl ia c e 4 e l‘.c. en iPtaht4Ct • °hlriel Y tt t }3 Q :u g s t on the coals ?'2—Glasgow Chroniek, I ~.