The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL S . Doctor Martin, having received answers to his let ters addressed to the Lord Lieutenant and to Mr. Drummond, which he considers " satisfactory," has thought proper to publish another address to " the Protestants of the - United Kingdom," in which he states that, "thanks to the Lord ! the present Go vernment will not, or dare not, sanction the imaginaz 'ions of its weak-judging and dominee rin g officer. He is grievously disappointed, poor gentleman, that Lord Mulgrave did not fall into his shallow device, and resent his first impertinence by upholding the ir regular proceeding of the stipendia r y ma g istrate. A fin occasion of alarming the Protestants of the United Kingdom, and inflaming their prejudices against the present Government, has been thus spoiled ; and we do not wonder at the chagrin and mortification which this Reverend Doctor is unable to conceal at the stop in mid-gallop which has been put to his course of angry declamation. " The Govern ment dare not. I" How like a baffled brawler in the street—" I defy you to strike me —you durst not r —wishing all the while that he may be deemed worthy to receive an angry kick or two whereon to ground his action of battery. His position is very unenviable. One of the charges brought by this dispassionate divine against Mr. Duff is con tained in the following words :—" The said chief con stable told me further that he would do the same thing to myself going to my parish church, or to the Primate of Ireland, if an opposition was made to our preaching, calculated to lead to a breach of the peace." It is but just to Mr. Duff to say that he denies this charge in the sense in which it is put forward. "As your authority (he says in a letter to the Dublin Evening Mail) mis-states the manner in which his Grace the Lord Primate's name was introduced, I feel explanation is due, and which can only be done by mentioning the conversation as it occurred. Mr. Delany introduced the subject by saying " it would be long before I would take O'Connell as I did him." .My reply was, He knew little of me ; for in my official capacity I would do to my father as to a stranger, and that Pope and Prim-ate were alike to me, if transgressing the, laws.' " If the above may be taken as a specimen of Dr. Martin's candour in his whole account of this transaction, we can only observe, that the position into which he has thrust himself is not an enviable one. We have from the first evinced no disposition to pro tect Mr. Duff against the consequences of his rash ness. Mr. Delany, through the influence of his High Church friends, had gained permission to preach in the Methodist Chapel, nor had Mr. Duff any warrant to interfere with his doing so. Ignorance of that which he ought to know is no excuse for any man who trans gresses the limits of his duty. It should not skreen an unpaid M ag i s trate —still less one in the situation which Mr. Duff' holds ; nor has it protected him from merited censure in this ease, qualified and extenuated as it appears to be by his zeal and solicitude for the preservation of the public peace. For there are &- curnstances and considerations which greatly m:tiaate the - character of the error lie has committed. The apprehension of a popular . conunotion and riot, by which he was undoubtedly actuated, cp. pears not to have been the mere creature of his ima gination, but a rational fear, grounded upon the experience of what had previously occurred in that very district some short time before. Our readers may possilily recollect a statement which appeared in the A/or:lbw Chronicle some months back, respecting the Reverend Doctor who has taken up the cudgels so war:nly in this quarrel, as occupying " the chief reli gious serration." Doctor Martin thought it expedi ent, as we were then informed and told the public, to deliver controversial sermons in the evenings from his' pulpit in Killyshandra ; and with such of nct did he inflame the zeal of his hearers, that one night, after he had primed them well with polemics, a banditti, composed of persons hOldinc , a very conspicuous " re ligious situation " in the history of Irish atrocities, sallied out'into the country, and racked the houses of several of the poor Roman Catholic inhabitants. This unprovoked outrage followed so close upon the delivery of Dr. Martin's denunciation of Popery, that it would be an affront, which he would not readily forgive, not to suppose that it was the im mediate consequence of his inspiring eloquence. With such a fact before him, Mr. Duff was fully justi fied, we think, in apprehending a tumult as likely to result from Mr. Delany's proposed exhibition under the sanction of Dr. Martin, though he certainly over-rated his own powers in the means he took to prevent it. Dr. Martin's letters are before the public, and show bow admirably qualified he is, by temper and discre tion, to put himself forward in an address to the Pro testants of the United Kingdom as the vindicator and defender of their rights. A religious champion should be made of cooler stuff. Because his dignity, as filling the chief religious situation (certainly the most lu crative one) in his little popedom of Killyshandra had not been recognised by an " immediate" answer, and Mr. Drummond had been guilty of the &se majestj of suffering one post to slip by without honouring the shadow of Doctor Martin's shoe-tie, he breaks out into the most furious invectives, and almost charges the Government with an intention to suppress the Protestant worship. Dr. Martin is undoubtedly a very great man at Killyshandra ; but we fear that if all his attempts to puff himself prove as unfortunate as the present, he will only acquire the reputation of a very great coxcomb everywhere else.—Morn. Chron. " To make a little go a great way" is, we believe, the chef cr (enure of economy, as well in regard to po litics as to provender; and that the Government agents, instructed by their masters, flatter themselves that they are quite competent to the consummation of that sort of work, their vapourings of the last day or two abun dantly demonstrate. We do not allude to any achieve ment they have made as to provender. They beat us upon that point, we know. Were we to dispute the fact, they would show with how little refuse meat they manage to make soup for many paupers, and so stop our mouths unsatisfactorily, but conclusively, as they stop the mouths of the inmates of Whig workhouses. We speak of politics only. We allude to the account to which the Ministerial prints are trying to turn the East Cumberland election, and the dinner at Leeds. As to the first, it would seem that Mr. James is, or is to be, returned for East Cumberland without opposi tion. Upon this the Ministerial prints plume them selves with all the airs of a dunghill cock, that having been well thrashed in fifty places, happens to succeed by accident in on e . Th e y sa y, " Surely, surely, we may set this against Newcastle." Let them—and what then ? Why, we have many, ver y many , e l ec ti ons rema i n i ng s till, against which they have nothing to set but their own well bruised heads, which returned nothing on any past occa sion but what nature has destined them to return on all occasions—mere empty sounds. The Newcastle elec tion, moreover, turned upon two po i nts—t h e I r i s h IVlunicipal Bill and the " G reat Bl ow to Protestant i sm Bill," both of which were formally rejected at New castle. No test has marked Mr. James's new jump to St. Stephen's. The reason of this it is not our business to inquire. We know, however, that Sir James Gra ham is the other member, and we know also that if we desired to show off a thorough bred to the best adAan taffe, nothing would please us better than to have a Smithfield' - ' hack alongside him. If we thought 'the public had resolved on every occasion, as we are happy to say they do on some, to compare the characters and the capabilities of members for the same district, when their votes are on different sides, we shou ld be inclined to suspect that the Conservatives of East Cumberland —finding it impossible to return as good a member as Sir James Graham, had resolved, as " the next best thing," t o sen d Mr. J ame s to Parliament as his foil. Let us observe in passing—and it is worth only an ob servation, by-the-by—that some of the Radical prints propose that at the next general election Lord John Russell shall start with Mr. James for Cumberland — that is to say, that John, the Whig-, and a Lord be sides, shall be yoked with a rabid Radical. Now, such cattle may be made to approximate perhaps, but eel , tainly they can never pull together. Still we should not be surprised to see the attempt made : for unless Lord John sneak in for a close borough, he will have to beg as hard for a constituency as O'Connell begs for coppers. In conclusion, on this head, we point to Essex, Warwick, Wales, Newcastle, and a dozen other places, begging in return, if the Ministerialists please, more than one election on their side, as a " set-off" against the whole. We pass to the Leeds dinner, and we are not at all surprised, considering the many and numerously attended meetings of Conservatives which have recently been held, that the Whig-Radicals are rather ashamed of the begged, borrowed, and crimped 123 that were collected with so much difficulty out of a population -of 976,415 to a feed in honour of Lord Morpeth and his master at Leeds. They tell us now that it was a private dinner. If this be so, how will Mr. Rice's superficial inch scale cramp the local " Court Circulars" of provincial newspapers, when several columns are thought necessary for the descrip tion of a mayor's private dinner I The truth, how ever, is clearly this :—The Leeds Whigs tried to get up a public Ministerial dinner, and they failed. The number of persons pressed for the service was too large for a private, and too small for a public dinner ; so the may or was made pony—the dinner was called his dinner ; and thus it was thought to kill two birds with one stone—magnify the Muni cipal Bill, and lend Lord Liston and his col leagues a lift. The Government prints, we observe, are exceedingly enraged at Sir George Strickland for his speech respecting the House of Lords ; and from the demonstration they make on the subject, it is quite clear that their masters, the Ministers, desire to continue the parade of that hacknied bugbear, Peerage Reform. What a mistake ! Have the Ministers really per suaded themselves that the Lords have as little cou rage, and the respectable portion of the community as little honesty, as themselves ? Peerage Reform, indeed ! Why, when Lord John Russell becomes six feet high, and Mr. Rice ceases to be a shuffier— when Cupid cuts his mama, and attaches himself to Minerva—when Lord Melbourne learns to speak like a gentleman, and Lord Holland recollects how to apply the jests he has been crammed with by the Joe Millers ,of Holland-house—when O'Connell is taught to speak the truth, and Lord Ebrington rises above the grade of a cat's-paw—then the House of Lords may be abo lished ; but until then we think we may promise the Government and our readers, that that illustrious as sembly will continue for the benefit of their country, and so for their own honour and credit, to correct the errors and to counteract the unconstitutional attempts of the motley majority of the Commons, who never pull together but when they tug at the strings of their puppets, the Ministers, for the purpose of moving them to mischief.—Times. Every mail from Ireland brings fresh subject of la mentation to the faction who deny equality of rights to our fellow-subjects on the other side of the channel. The accession of the Roman Catholic Bishops to the " General Association" is made a subject of the gravest accusation against the Romish hierarchy by the Tory press in both countries, which in the holy fury of its persecuting zeal perceives not that in denouncing the Roman Catholic Bishops for 'becoming members of a political association, they necessarily condemn the Pro testant Bishops who lend the sanction of their coun tenance to that pure and patriotic assembly the House of Lords. We are ourselves averse to the interference of churchmen in secular affairs, unless in extreme cases; but Ireland is an extreme case ; and just as we should object. to women or children being admitted or 'called upon to serve in the army in ordinary times, yet when their houses and altars are attacked, we admire the de votion which prompts the heroine to forget her sex in defence of all that is dear to her, or the child who offers his .life to his country—so the union and co-operation of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland, with a body constituted for the purpose of rescuing that country from civil and religious persecution, is not a matter of censure, but of commendation. Such is the injustice attempted to be perpetuated in Ireland, that apathy or inattention pf any individual, however high his rank or sacred his profession, would be a crime—and it is truly gratifying to observe the enthusiasm with which men of all shades of liberal opinions arc assisting in the combination which is destined to regenerate the country. It is to Leland that the eyes of all Refor mers are now turned as to the chief point of opera- It is the ground on which the approaching struggle must take place—and in proportion to the energy and determina/ion manifested by the Irish Re formers themselves must be the support which they may expect from their friends in this country. The Tory journals endeavour to excite alarm with respect to the ulterior designs of Roman Catholics, but few are now so besotted as to give attention to these wild visions of religious frenzy. It is urged that the ob ject of the Ministry is to deal a deathblow to the es tablished religion, and elevate the Roman Catholic to an ascendancy—the malevolence and falsehood of such allegation is too manifest to need refutation. Where the majority of the people are of a particular religion, if equal laws obtain, that majority must have an ascendancy : but this is not religious ascendancy, it is the ascendancy of the majority, which in all states should take precedence of that of the minority. If the principle of Catholic emancipation he carried into full operation, the majority of the Irish people will no longer be left at the mercy of an intolerant minority. The-Tories are not satisfied to maintain an ascendancy in religion, but in all matters of polity they deprecate the admission - of any but the favoured few to the rights of citizenship, and yet surprise is expressed that the people of Ireland are not more tranquil under the ex clusion of which they are victims ; whereas, what should really excite wonder is the general tranquillity which prevails there, and which we trust will continue till a better system be introduced, or until such an or ganization be perfected as will render opposition hope less.—Morning Advertiser. twn. If it be true that the King's representative in Ire land has really abused the prerogative of mercy, by mitigating the very lenient sentences of the hardened culprits who conspired to take away the life of an in nocent man, on a trumped up charge of murder, he has incurred a very awkward responsibility. We need not inform our readers that we are not advocates for an over-severity of punishment. Our long-continued ex ertions to civilise the Criminal Code, by purifying it from an enormous redundancy of capital Statutes, prove that we would not have cruelty or revenge prac tised under the name of justice. We have observed too carefully and closely the working of our system of criminal law, not to be convinced that the interests of society, as well as the principles of our pure and holy religion, require that the laws which are intended to repress crime should be free from all taint of vindictive passion, and that punishments should be moderate and reasonable in order to be effective. But though we object to punishments of blood, which our Whig ru lers would make familiar again in this country if they dared, we have no desire to see great crimes perpe trated with impunity, or the prerogative of mercy abused in rescuing great criminals from the grasp of justice, when justice has not in their case ex ceeded the bounds of a reasonable severity. That the punishment awarded to C orr i gan , D o yl e , an d Fleming, the perjured conspirators against the life of farmer Sly, exceeded the bounds of moderation, no body who looks upon an attempt to murder by false evidence as a great and atrocious crime, will assert. What was that punishment ? Four months' imprison ment, to be followed by seven years' transportation. This was the sentence which the late Baron Smith pronounced—a sentence which most persons will be disposed to believe rather fell short of than exceeded the enormous depravity of the crime ; vet we are now told that his Excellency the Lord 'Lieutenant of Ireland has been graciously pleased to remit the re maining period of the imprisonment of those convicted ruffi ans , they having now suffered only two months' imp r i sonment, an d h as or d ere d t h em to b e taken from the gaol t o th e h u lk a t Kingstown, • to await further orders, "whi c h," says the Carlow Sentinel, " in all probability, may amount to the remission of the ' a sen tence altogether • and thus, like the brother of Priest Gahan, they my again be let loose upon civilised society.,, Considering the nature of the crime, which is the very worst species of murder, we cannot — statement of our Dublin Correspondent although the agrees with that in th e Irish Paper which we have quoted—bring ourselve s to believe, that even Lord Alulgrave, unless acting under orders from the Home Office, will dare to commit such an outrage upon jus tice as to remit that part of the sentence of those crimi nalseectbeenctoruarnasgpeomrteeidlt t for o s crimesev which orders the a m di t ren years I This would be of such a nature, and would form a strange illustration of the Whig-liadical mode of inspiring confidence in the pure and impartial administration of " justice in Ireland." The life of Sly, doomed by those nefarious conspirators to ignominious extermination on the gal- • lows, for a crime of which not only he was innocent, but which had no existence whatever, was providentially saved ; but the unfortunate man—unfortunate, though he escaped from the toils of those who lay in wait for innocent blood—has been ruined, it appears, in his cir cumstances, in consequence of the expense, and the neglect of his business, which the prosecution occa sioned him. Lord Mulgrave would have acted with a truer feeling of justice and morality, if he had made a liberal donation out of his large salary towards com pensating this persecuted man for his sufferings, instead of sympathising with the culprits who inflicted those misfortunes upon him. Our Whig rulers sternly car- ' ried the law of blood into execution the other day, against three Irishmen, convicted of highway robbery, at Shrewsbury, and who had used violence in the per petration of the crime, but did not murder, though they might have done so. Greatly inferior was the malignity of their offence to that of the three criminals who would have made justice itself accessary to the crime of deliberate assassination—but for whose crime our Whig rulers consider seven years' transportation too severe a punishment I—Morning Herald. That portion of the Parisian and London press which has, in defiance of facts and truth, kept up since the commencement of the contest a systematic delusion on Spanish affairs, is attempting now to cor rect the strong effect which the last revolutionary movement at Madrid and in the provinces has pro duced on the public mind, and to persuade its dupes that the Constitution just proclaimed is not the Con stitution of 1812, but a rallying word for the nation to be adapted to the circumstances of the country when the Cortes meet. We should gladly learn where they find the declaration of any such inten tion given by those who effected the revolution, and on what Spanish authority they assert that the coming Cortes are empowered to cut out of the old Charter all that is revolutionary and disgrace ful ? The Queen, it is said, has given but a qualified assent to the proclamation of the law of 1812, and that the great body of influential persons accept of it as a temporary inconvenience, to be re moved by the meeting of the Chambers. But such reasoning is in direct opposition to all the latest ac counts from the capital and the provinces, and it is clear that the party who proclaimed the Constitution are still as powerful as ever, and watchful that the measure which they have revived shall not be cur tailed of any part of its full Radical value by the Mo derate party. While the Carlists rest unmoved, wait ing for the course of events which will permit them to display their feelings with security, the Radical party is all powerful, and will continue to be masters of the field, the Queen will be a cipher in their hands to proclaim any ridiculous experiment they may fancy, and the Captain-General will be yet the slave of the infuriated soldiery. Sergeant Garcia will patrol the streets with his great club and threaten destruction on all who may comment on his ferocity, and the pro vincial Juntas are just as full of the elements of mis chief as they were before their favourite measure was forced upon the royal will. It is indeed the height of absurdity to imagine that those parties who made the revolution will allow the whole spirit of the thing to be extracted, and the Charter of 1812 cut down to the Estatuto Real. Even if the Deputies were willing to do so at Madrid, there are the Juntas at Malaga, Saragossa, Cadiz, and Barcelona ever ready to watch their proceedings, and to sound the alarm bell at the least symptom of mutilation. The best proof of the ascendancy of the Radical party is the large emigration, composed of the greater part of families of fortune and consideration, which is hourly going on from Spain to France. Why do these people leave ? Because they know that the Constitution of 1812 is definitively established, and that nothing short of the triumph of Don Carlos can overturn it. The Malaga Junta has declared that it will resist any material alte ration in the new fundamental law ; and some of the others have declared that they will not dissolve their association until they are assured that the Constitution of 1812 will not be altered. In short, so far as the nation is committed by word and deed, the matter is decided, and it is no better than a Stock Exchange delusion to pretend that the Constitution will be re formed when the Cortes meet. No doubt the Queen would gladly lend her aid to escape the odium which falls upon her name for the re-enactment of that bloody code ; and all reflecting persons connected with her Government look anxiously to some thing being done, in order that the confidence of her allies and th e genera l t o l era ti on o f Europe should not be withdrawn. But the question does not turn upon their joint inclination, but on the power of that faction which has proclaimed treason throughout the country. Spain has before it either of two alternatives—the Constitution or Don Carlos. As to the Juste Milieu and the Estatuto Real, they were only suited to sleepy and theoretical heads like Martinez de la Rosa and his associates. They are erased out of the minds as well as the wishes of the nation, and nothing short of the establishment of an extreme party can now be the result. Let, therefore, the English people be on their guard at the fresh de lusion which is preparing for them. The next divi dend on Spanish Stock will be due early in November, and it is with the hope of providing money for that period that the consoling idea has been sent abroad, that the late military revolution means nothing more than a temporary measure until the Cortes meet, and establish the prosperity of the country on a sure basis. —Morning Post. WEST KENT AGRICULTURAL REPORT.—"TIIC business of the harvest field has been considerably retarded by the late rains, which, although they have not caused very ex tensive injury to the grain crops, have in some situations, where there has not been a free current of air, such as in low small fields, surrounded by high hedges or woods, caused the grain to show symptoms of sprouting. The fine blowing days, however, during the past week, have enabled the farmer to cart the principal part of the wheats in tolerable (not good) condition; that portion which had been got in before the rains will come best to hand when thrashed, and the straw will be better. The yield will not be great, some trifling proportion under an average crop, but there is already a sufficient portion secured to insure a tolerable sound loaf. Oats and barleys have been partially got in, although there are still many fields of the latter standing, to the annoyance of the sportsmen. The progress of vegetation has been very rapid within the last ten days. Turnips, Swedes, and mange' wurzel are very luxuriant and promising. The meadows are full of after grass, and there is also plenty of sheep feed in the pastures and grattons. The hops have improved within these few days. Where there was plenty of bine and free from mould, the rains have mellowed the surface and the fibrous roots, even to the top of the ground are conveying a plentiful supply of sap to mature the crop. Picking will probably commence about the 12th or 15th. ' On Wednesday morning, between three and four o'clock, as three Irishmen were gathering worms in the mea dow near the King's Park, with the intention of fishing in Lochend, they were accosted by two soldiers of the 79th Highlanders, forming part of the Abbey guard, and one of the soldiers, named Macintyre, asked them to go shares for some liquor. The Irishmen, however, declined, alleging that they had no money; upon which the soldiers retired a short dis tance, but soon afterwards returned. Macintyre then ad vanced, and suddenly drawing a bayonet from under his coat, stabbed one of the Irishmen called Mullen Taylor on the hin der part, at the same time uttering an imprecation. The ruf fian then threatened the two remaining Irishmen, who, how ever, fled from the scene, and reported the circumstance at the Canongate watch-house. Two police officers having pro ceeded to the spot, they saw Macintyre in the lane leading to the Abbey-square shouting out " murder," and afterwards exclaiming, " I have given him four inches." The officers then desired the serjeant on duty to cause the guard to fall in and take Macintyre into custody, which was accordingly done. The poor man who was wounded was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary. He had lost a considerable quan tity of blood, and was found to be severely injured. Macin tyre has been handed over to the civil outhorities, and the She riff has instituted a strict investigation into the circumstances. —Caledonian Mercury. Covent Garden market on Saturday morning exhi bited an overwhelming quantity of the luxuries of the season in fruits and vegetables; peaches, nectarines, apricots, figs, melons, grapes and pines were in high perfection, and very reasonable in price ; apples, pears, and plums, were also abun dant, and extremely fine ; there was a large importation of fine black grapes from Guernsey or Jersey, quite equal in flavour to those produced in our hothouses ; Hamburg and Spanish melons were in great plenty, keeping in check the price of English melons, which in taste are far superior; green pease and French beans, turnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, greens, spinach and potatoes are much improved both in size and fla vour by the recent rains ; especially turnips, about which there were at one time serious fears entertained of a diminished crop ; onions were abundant and very fine ; the large impor tation of this useful vegetable from Spain and Portugal keeps down the price, to a certain extent, of those of our own growth. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary, there is not the slightest appearance of a short crop of potatoes, from the quantity and the price of those brought to Covent Garden. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 6. Number Dividend Price _._of__. -. I ;W - CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 7pm cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 162 1,182 61. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,005 51. Brecknocr. and Abergavenny l5O . sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 'ls. Birmingham, 1-16th share 841. & 71/. 206 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 301 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 471. Coventry 100/. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Average 311. 2s. 10d. sh. :1 2,060: 4/. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 78 600 71. Derby a 100/. sh. 120 20,000 3,5754 231 401. Erewash 1001. sh. 400 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.135. sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand Junction ___ . _JON. sh. 213 2,8491 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 25 1.504) Grand Surrey 1001. sh. 120,600 f. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 75 3,096 Grand Western 10 0 /. sh. all pd 19 600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamnrganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 230 749 103 Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,22:3 1/. 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 32 100 25,32 S 11. Kennet aad Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 214 2,9974 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 510 545: 10!. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 149 1, 8 97 U. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver r.'3/. 10s. 78 2,400 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 581 3,000 11. 18s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 171. Neat h ' 1001. sh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 5811 2,400 4/. Peak Forest .. .... .-...Average about 781. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. lOs. Bd. sh. :7 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 117 500 81. Shropshire 1'25/. sh. 140 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160 ` 45,000/. 5 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 111 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 690 500 111. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 245 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. (1 Stratford.on.Avon ...Average 791.95. t'id. sh. 53 533 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 215 3,762 IL Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 174 2,60015 n. 321.103. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 574 sob ..... .... Thames e..n•l Medway... Aver. 191. ss. Sd. sh. 2 1,0005h.7 ,5i Warwick ald Birmingham 100/. sh 276 1,00015h.5 ' 950 IN. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 213 6,000 4/.os. Worcestßirmingham...A v.78/.Bs. sh 81 5,000 20s. Wilts an.. Be .. Average 67/. 10s. Sd. sh. 181 800' 31, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 12)3 Wisbeach •..105/. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arms llOl. sh. 224 DOcKS. 2,600& i3 p. c. Commercial 100 /. sh. 57 1,06515 h 198,667#L 51 per ct. East India Stock 107 3,239,31011. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 58: Ditto Bonds 1,330,000/. 5/. per ct. West India 2.203 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 90 500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO2 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tur 10 years 102: Shoreham (-Labour 2.500 ........ Deptford BRIDGES. Pier O/. sh. 31. pd . 1,500 1/. Irlamtnersin.tt 5Ol, sh. '2O 7,231 Southwark, Ohl Av, 63/. os Bd. sh. 41 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/.Bli. 14 5,000 ... .. W a t e rloo 5,000 11. '25. .... Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. GO/. pd IS 5,000 Ins. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 15 80,000/. 5/. per cent. Vitto Bonds 6,000 IL Vauxhall Av nage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 AS-UHANCV COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd 78 50,000 [sl:enrarl Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 131 50,000 41 rr cent. Ditto, Marine 10:./. sh. 51. p 3 sz -24.000 1/ per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. Si. pd 131 1,200 ish. 5/. Birmingham I Ire 9 50 L sh. s:i/ pd 1):5 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 9 501. sh. 501. pd 45 12,1/00 6/. percent. British Criniin, trial 504 sh. 5/. pd C 1 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Ale.t I :al, &c. Life, Kash. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 21 lOs County WO/. O. 101. pi 4,2 40,000 __ ss. _ Eagle 200 r 5 per cent./ Economic 11 .I- • . lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 373 /and 30/ bs.j 2,271 51/. per cent. European 1.. , • WY. sh. all pd 22 50,000 '2s. Ditto, New ... 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 1/. Its 1,000,000.'. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 15S 20,000 5/. Guardian lOOl. sh. 271/ pd 35 10 ." { j Fire 5 pct. Life 8 p ct. Ho p e "' 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 2,400 51. 7a. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 1251 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 101. pd 10 13,458 10s.6d.'per sh. Indemnity ISl:line 1 0/. sh. 5/. pd 17 2,020 31 10s KeNt Fire 50/. sh. all pd 112 3/. Ditto Life 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. .101. pd 29 :3,990 London, !lir • 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 31 000 ... .... London, Shy "5!. sh. LM. 10s. pd ' 15 30,0 Ii) !'l. per cent. Palladium I:it • 5O/. sh. 21. pd 2`l 7s Rd .15(1,00 1 l'rotetior Fn. .IQ sh. 21. pd 19, 6d 2,900 1/. Provident 1.1:e lOO/. sh. 1,4. pd 191 100,000 Rock Lit' , 0 0/. sh. 2/. pd I 1K1,220. 5/. per cont. Royal Exch .hge Sto-k... 225 0,000 5 per cent. University I.tt.) lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,001 4 per cent. United King:loin Life 9./. pd JOINT SICK BANKS 23,000 Agric and Ctan m. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 14 5,000 Australa•ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 59 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Bit tningham SC/. sh. 101. pd 13 19,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 50/. sh. 5/. pd 14 3. , ,000 4 per cent. I ,om(on att.' Westminster —lOO/ sh. 20/. pd 24; :1,000 Lancaster 100/, sh. 2 0 4 pd 3U 2,,,itn0 (1 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 22 50 , 000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool/ low. sh. 15/ pd 22 Discount 2 ) ,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sit. 251 pd 10,000 b per cent. Provincial Bulk of lreland 1001. sir. 25/. pd 411 20, (0 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5l. sh 12-1/. pd 14 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ~ 1001. eh. 251. pd 271 :9,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 6,000 71 per cent. Hampshire 501. oh. Si. pd 0 GAS LIGHT AN I) COKE COMPANIES. . __ 500 1/ 7s Bath 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 21} .. w ., 5/.percent./ ' s ' .(. '" /and Bs. 55.5 Ditto Provincial 'kW. sh. 19 pd 24 929 5/ lOs Birmingham 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 40 1,500 Brighton 750 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd Ili 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 4/. Continental tansolidated lOOl. 62y. pd 93 1,000 101. City of Lozidon lOO/. sh. all pd 185 I, l 'oo 6/. Ditto, New ..... 100/. sh. 601. pd 115 4,000 41. 10s. Equitable ... 10,100 51. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 43 800 5/. per cent. Isle cd*Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 191 2,350 6/. per cent. I ndependent 3Ol. sh. all pd 48 9,000 31. per cent. Plurnix 501. sh. 39/. pd 221 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd th 4,,0 - Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 19 8,200 5/. per cent. United General '1 50/. sh. 461. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 4110 81. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 221 12,0110 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,00) 12s. Ditto New eco Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER VIJRKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 25 4,433 61. East London lOO/. sh. 136 4,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 53 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 46 39S 10/. Liverpool 11oritle 2201. sh. 310 1,500 2/ 10s Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11 15s Mr.nchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. South Loudon 100/. sh. 83 5,300 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. Pd. sh. 81i 1.360 I/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 311 IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 ...... ... Aylesbury 9 0/. sh. 11. pd. 1 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/. pd 71 7,500 Birmingham, 13ristol, and Thames Junction 01 15,1,00 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 5 pd 5 060 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd Of 7,5t10 Cheltenham and G. 'Western...loo/. sh. 211. '24 2,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001, pd 4.'3 12,000 2,500 19s, Forest 01 Dean 5O!. pd 28 Grand .Itinction 1001. sh. 40/. p 1 11,7 Great North of England 2/. pd tli 25,003 Great Western IOU sh. 20/. pd 301 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ pd ICO 2,100 Hull and sclby 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 4t 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 18 7,100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 120 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 48 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 1013/. pcl 585 Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61 10,000 London and Brightoo tOti/. sh. 5/ pd 8,1 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. I/. pd 01 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. O. 21. pd 0- 8,0.10 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 2/. pd If 12,000 London and Blackwall .... ...... 50/ sh. 31 pd 21 Loinloc and Dover 50/. sh. 1/. pd 01 30,000 London and Gravesend ...... -20/ sh I/. pd I' 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/. Sl4. '2O/. pd 23 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 60/. pd 131 20,1.00 London and Southampton ....WI. sh. 251. pd 25 7,000 ...... ... London and Croydon 21'/. sh. 101. pd 61 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 2/. pd 1 1u,030 Manchester South Union Ilk 1. sh. 21. pd 2,1 North Midland lOO/. sh. Si. pd 11* Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 8!. pd 2; 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 8/. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 21. pd 41 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 9,000 Tha.nes Haven 5Ol. sh. 2/. 10s. pd I 6,000 York and North Midland 5Ol. sh. 1/. pd li ....._ MINES. NOOO 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 121. 10s pd 11; 111,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 5 Ditto Subscription 15/. pd 4 2,000 Bol.inos l5Ol. sh all pd 142} 10,000 31. t:s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm .351. sh. 20/. pd 251 o,ol'o Macaubas & Cocaos United....2sl. sh. 22/. pd 9 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. Bjl. pd 41 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company. 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 11 10,00') Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 19/. pd 9 20,001 British Iron 501. sh. 501 pd 43 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 31 Cata Branca... 6-1/. pd 7 Candonga 7 ;l. pd 7s 10,000 Copiapo - 2Ol. sh 12i/ id 19' 8,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 31. English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 534/. pd 1 3,000 ... ...... Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 51/. pd 8 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l7i Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 135 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 31 Ditet. Scrip 3l Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 4 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1,500 London University lOU sh. all pd 24i - 700 Russell 25gs. sh. 8 King' College lOOl. pd 30 MISCELLANEOUS. XOO,OOO 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural 100/. sh. 2qt. pd 41 6,000 British American Land Company 181. pd 15 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOO l. sh. 23/. pd 39 103 City Bonds, 4 per cent 1033 General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 13/. pd 253 14 London Corn. Sale Rooms 1 5 01 . . p l e i r L cent. Hudson's Bay Stock Av. 75/. sh l9 New Brunswick Land Company 28/ pd 25j 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1004 pd 131 2,63:3 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 811 4,01)0 Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 8 10,000 Van Die.ner.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd 14 i; LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 1. 1836. BANKS. 1,500,0091. 01. p. ct. Ban'c of Scotland 831. Cs FA. sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,0 X/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 172/. 500,000. Sp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :AI pd 24:74. 3,000,00 C/. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1(121. 5,000,000/. sp. et. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 15i -1 . 9 , 0010001. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 9 50/. sh. 50/. pd 65/. 4,000,0(0 1 . 4p. et. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 3 91 . INSURANCE COMPANIES 25r..0005h. 6j p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. I/. pd 265 -,500 sp. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13/ 15s. 10r,000 sp. ct. insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd '71155. 50,000 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 15/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 101. pd 16/ Os 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 1410 s 100,000 . West of Scotland lO/. pd 1010 s MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edi ___. ~...........-------- n. and (Vas Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 2QI. Ditto Allocated .9tit. sh. all pd 65/, 5,100 5 per cent. Edinb."Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 3V. Carron Iron Company 0 50/. sh. all pd 450/. :4000sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh. 3 , /. pd 351. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 71/. 1.500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 6 . 4 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas .5/. sh. all pd 601. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 40/. 1;200 5 per cent Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rallway...so/.sh. Gm 3,000 5j per cen Equitable Low] Company 251. sb. 9? pd 101. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 6, 1836. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COUNTY OF DowN.—The Hon. Arthur Trumbull Blundell Windsor Sandys Hill, commonly called the Earl of Hillsborough, in the room of the Hon. Arthur Moyse William Hill, commonly called Lord Arthur Hill, now Baron Sandys. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND (EASTERN DIVISION).—WiIIiam James, of Barrock Lodge, in the said county of Cumberland, Esq. , in the room of William Blamire, Esq., who has accepted the office of Chief Commissioner for the Commutation of Tithes. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester. Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry—J. R. Cookes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Robeson, resigned, Sept. 1. WHITEHALL, AuG. _29, 1836. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Williams, of Ponryn, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. ISAAC ARCHER, tailor, Regent's-circus, Piccadilly. BANKRUPTS. HENRY SADLER, wine and spirit-seller, Bristol, September 19, and October 18, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Poole and Gamlen, Gray's Inn-square, London; A. and J. Li vett, and Castle, Bristol. JOHN COCERNIAN GEDYE, of Dawlish, Devon, music seller, Sept. 21, and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter. Brutton and Clipperton, Bedford-row, London ; and C. Brutton, Exeter. EDWARD MASON, lace manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. 21, and Oct. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'-Rooms, Manchester. Higson and Son, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London. JAMES LOADER, furnishing ironmonger, Hungerford-street, Strand, Sept. 16, and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee; Hum phrys, Milman-street, Bedford-row. PHILIP GANS, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Sept. 24, and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Bristol, tailor, Sept. 19, at twelve, and Oct. 18, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Cook and Sanders, New Inn, London ; Gillard and Flook, Bristol. WILLIAM CROSLEY, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sept. 28, at eleven, and Oct. 18, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Dawson, Symond's Inn, Chan cery-lane, London •, Kent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. JAMES CHESTERTON, victualler, Worcester, Sept. l 6 and Oct. 18, at twelve, at Mr. Harrison's, Worcester. Smith, Chancery-lane, London ; Hill and Daniel, Worcester. JOHN MILNER and JOHN CAPPER, stove grate and fen der manufacturers, Green-lane, Sheffield, and Shoe-lane, London, Oct. 3, and 18, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Church, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; Burbeary, Sheffield. JOSEPH MOXON, hosier, Manchester, Sept. 21 and Oct. 18, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford. row, London ; Coates, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. P. C. and T. Fletcher, coal merchants, Queenhithe, Sept. 29, at half-past eleven—T. Dichburn, scrivener, White Lion-court, Cornhill, Oct. 5, at eleven—J. H. Joyce, auctioneer, High-street, Bloomsbury, Oct. 7, at eleven—J. Wilson, upholsterer, Liverpool street, Bishopsgate, Sept. 30, at two. In the Country. W. Oxendale, cattle jobber, Scorton, Yorkshire, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Golden Lion Inn, Northallerton—J. Whitelocks, builder, Watnall, Nottinghamshire, Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Punch Bowl Tavern, Nottingham—J. Jenks, tanner, Bromyard, Sept. 28, at eleven, at the George Inn, Ledbury. CERTIFICATES—SECT. 27. S. Hobson and R. Fenner, factors, London-street, Fenehurch vtreet—J. Jackson, glass dealer, Poultry—ll. Cleall, painter ; Poole—ll. L. Taylor, saddler, Highworth, Wilts—T. Pulvertoft, ironmaster, Spalding, Lincolnshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Kinks and J. Stead, hairdressers, Liverpool—J. and F. Arm strong, attorneys, Preston—T. Crossley and A. Knapton, stuff ma nufacturers, Thornton, Yorkshire—J. Forster and Co., flaxspinners, Leeds—J. and J. Clark, millers, Romford—J. and E. Taylor, oil merchants, Liverpool—J. and R. Seed, spindlemakers, Catterall, Lancashire—C. Johnson and W. Johnson, jun., linen drapers, Hyde, Cheshire—J. Fisher, sen., and J. Fisher, jun., tanners, Cockermouth—J. and G. Allsop, turners, Union-street, Southwark —R. Wilkinson and M. Craven, wine merchants, Leeds—W. H. and G. H. Brecknell, linendrapers, St. George's-place, Knights bridge—W. H. Cockton and R. Coates, Indiarubber manufacturers, Kingsland-green—S. Down and E. Day, brassfounders, Plymouth —J. Richardson and B. Kilburn, woollen cloth manufacturers, Hangingheaton, Yorkshire—E. L. Mackmurdo and J. Pitchford, manufacturing chemists, Stratford—C. Davy and Co., wholesale druggists, Gould-square—S. G. Hounsell and Co., tailors, Bristol —W. Gadsby, jun., and S. Wild, joiners, Manchester—J. Hol lingsworth and G. Hadley, ship brokers, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. Daniel and J. Watts, furniture fringe manufacturers, Swan-yard, St. Martin's-lane—W. M‘Donald and A. Birks, linen drapers, Manchester. The regalia of the Austrian empire were taken from the Jewel-office on the 22d, and sent under an escort to Prague. The German and the Hungarian Noble Guard set out for 14rague to-morrow and the day following.—German Paper. A most horrible murder was committed on the 25th ult., at 10 at night, near Montelimart, on the high road from Lyons to Marseilles, of which the following are the particu lars :—" M. Alibert, master of the inn called La Bonne Denree, about a quarter of a league from Montelimart, was taking a glass with another landlord at the entrance of the last named town, when two Italians came in, and after singing some of their songs, went round to collect what the company pre sent chose to give them. Alibert gave them 3 sous, but in doing so took nut a bag containing 400 francs in silver. The itinerant vocalists withdrew, and Alibert shortly afterwards set out on his way home. The next morning a dealer in melons, in going from Montelimart, observed a man lying in a ditch, but, being in haste, passed on without ascertaining whether he was dead or alive. On reaching the Bonne Denree he told hostess what he had seen, and she immediately feared it was the body of her husband, as he had not come home in the even ing, as expected. In fact, it was found to be that of Alibert. The skull was fractured, and every sous of his money had been taken from him. No doubt remained that the deed was done by the two Italians, as the end of a stick which one of them had carried was found on the spot. The two singers had a passport, and were going to Bayonne to enrol themselves in the Foreign Legion. One of them was a sapper in the Nea politan army. It does not appear that they have yet been taken." On Wednesday a young man entered a lodging house in the Rue Froidmanteau, and, although of fashionable dress and manners, hired only a small cabinet without any chimney, in which he was installed with his luggage, consist ing only of a small bundle. Having given his name as Paul, a journeyman jeweller, aged 17, and declined giving his pass port, as he meant to remain but one night, he locked himself in his new apartment. He remained without appearance till so late an hour on Thursday morning, that the landlord became alarmed, and sent for the Commissary of police. On the door being forced open, the youth was found lifeless, having suffo cated himself with charcoal, which he had brought, not only in his bundle, but his pockets, and the crown of his hat. In a part of the cabinet was discovered a phosphorus box and some matches, with which he had lighted the charcoal. As there were no papers or other means to discover who he was, his body was carried to the Morgue.—Galignani's Messenger. The epicures at Vienna are in great spirits at the premium offered by Government for the importation of foreign wines, at very moderate duties, into the Austrian dominions. Champagne, which has been hitherto almost unapproachable, may then be had cheaply. This measure is intended as a set off against the proceedings of the Prussian league, which Aus tria will not join. Railroads are not unknown in Russia. One has just been completed, and will be opened in October next, from St. Peterburgh to Zarkejeleso, and Pawiosk ; and in the spring two others are to be commenced from the capital to the impe rial residences of Peterhoff and Oranienbaum. M. Gerstner, the engineer of these works, who has been to England to im prove himself in these matters, thinks that it will be an im provement to attach some sort of brush or scraper to the front of the engine, so as to clear the rails from any accidental dust, small stones, or other obstructions. The same suggestion, it will be recollected, was made, without any concert with the German engineer, by Professor Lardner, in his recent lecture at Bristol. The house General Larrin, at the Sarrot, in the Pyrenees, was lately struck by lightning, which was attracted by a weather-cock, and made its way, without injuring the roof or ceiling, into the second-floor, where it broke 18 looking glasses, placed there to reflect the Pyrenees, and then was conducted by the bell-wires, which it broke, into the first floor, where there were two English gentlemen, who had come to hire the apartment. One was seated in an arm-chair, the ornamental nails of which drew the lightning to it; but the occupant escaped with the loss of his hat, which he held be tween his knees, and was burnt, a few slight excoriations on the thigh and nose, and the singing of a lock of his hair and one of his whiskers. The other gentleman, who had taken his seat on a sofa, was untouched. Near Oakford farm, in the parish of Colerne, there is a hop-plantation, five acres in extent, the property of I. I. Horlock, Esq. The ground was planted about three years ssnce; and this season the bine 'presents a luxuriant appear ance, and will be ready for picking in a few days. We be lieve that this is the only instance in which the experiment of hop-growing has been tried in the county, and as the plant thrives so well, we have no doubt that the subject will excite the attention of the Wiltshire farmers generally.—Devizes Gazette. PRUSSIA AND RUSSIAN COMMERCE.—FRANK FORT, AUGUST 26.—The provinces of the cast and west of Prussia wait with much impatience for the result of the nego tiation opened at St. Petersburgh for the conclusion of the new treaty of commerce between Russia and Prussia, the last, of the year 1825, having expired, and being only renewed for one year. In consequence of the prohibition in Russia and Prussia the trade in wood and grain is ruined in the frontier provinces of Prussia—the welt-being of the inhabitants has disappeared with it ; and want and misery has come to such an extent as few can form an idea of. The value of land is di minished at least two-thirds, and, even at that reduction, it is difficult to find buyers. The town of Elbing, which has a po pulation of 16,000 souls, is in such a state of wretchedness that it has been obliged publicly to declare that its municipal re sources did not allow it to light the streets, and that, in fact, it should cease lighting up the few lantherns which had hitherto been used. There is no other way of reviving these countries than by an equitable treaty of com merce w ith P o land an d Rus sia, or by an alteration in the corn laws of England. The Russian diplomacy has, it is true, a great superiority in all ne gotiations with foreigners. Our merchants long since have found out that to their cost. All the commercial connections concluded from 1819 to 18 9 5 have been to the advantage of Russia. This supremacy proves that the Russian diplomatists add the French suppleness to the decision of the inhabitants of the north. Their Government, moreover, does not allow itself to be affected by the nationality of its agents. The Go vernment seeks and employs talent wherever it can find it. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE COS' TOM-HOUSE, SEPT. 6. The St. Charles, Beauvaries, from Calais ; Tourist, Whi t combe, Antwerp; Dart, Block, Ostend ; William Wise, Hutt , Antigua; Minerva, Glesullias, Jersey ; Sarah and Hock, Kiel ; Beehive, Fawell, Jersey; Fortuna, White, jun., St. Petersburgh; Palestine, Sein, St. Lucia; General Brock, Frayle, St. Kitt's; Tida, Lyall, Barbadoes; Trinidad Packet , Griffiths, Montserrat ; Eliza, Downie, St. Andrew's ; Reli ance, Walker, Gibraltar; City of Hamburgh, Whittinglun n o Hamburgh. ENTERED OUTWARDS, SEPT. 5. The Columbine, Strannack, for Hamburgh ; Liverne• Walker, Bayonne ; Toronto, Griswold, New York ; Nicholl, Marseilles ; Lord of the Isles, Hecks, Gibraltar. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, SEPT. 6. The Louisa, Campbell, for Ceylon ; Columbine, Stran flack, Hamburgh ; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam; Claret s, De Antona, Santander; Transit, Wrightson, Lisbon ; Q ueen Adelaide, Fox, Havre. Rose, CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, &Pr. 6.. The Starr, Wood, for Memel; Wilhelmina, Petrel, E 41.. neur; Jonge Jan, De Wal, Workum ; Lang, Wilkinson, St. Andrew's ; Fanny, Brown. St. Petersburgh. ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 5. The Montreal, Leitch, from Maranham ; Caledonia, Stro yan, Bombay ; John Craig, Reay, Savannah; Numa, Lawson, Quebec ; William, Phillips, Quebec ; Betsy, Heulin, Alicata; Chevalier, Knight, Savannah ; Ashburton, Bencest, Antwerp; Agnes, Foster, Honduras ; Broad Axe, Gravey, Trieste ; Elise, Longe, Dantzic ; Renown, Reay, Africa ; Oratavia, Smith, Oporto ; Georgia, Wylie, St. Petersburgh ; Helena , Revel. ENTERED FOR LOADING, SEPT. b. The Henrietta, Hondt, for Antwerp ; Isabella, Demerara ; Ica. 'lasso, Havannah ; John, White, Hob art Town ; Rebecca, Marseilles; Mars, Riper, Pernambuc o ; Cyprus, Robinson, St. John's, N.B. ; Granville, Taylor, S t. John's N. B. ; Johannes, Hogan, Stettin ; Julie, Mulenbroo k y Ostend. Campbell, CLEARED OUTWARDS, SEPT. 5. The Twee Gebroeders, Locts, for Leer ; Salami, Gulberg , Elsineur; Margaretha, Mulder, Rotterdam ; Mogul, NeW York ; Otter, Preston, Alexandria ; St. Adrien, Howmeckt Elsineur; Albcrtina, De Groot, Rotterdam; Iris, Rampert, Elsineur ; Allendale, Alcock, Revel ; Tamanend, Geddyn , Philadelphia ; Winscales, Walmsley, Quebcc. TELEGRAPHED. West of the Floating Light, inward bound, the Sir W a lter Scott, from Africa; Vere, from Africa. EAST INDIA. Arrived the Arethusa, Wakefield, from New South Wales' in the Downs, sailed from Sydney in Ap r il ; Caledonia , Stroyan, from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed 12th May, St. Helena 23d July ; Watkins, Whiteside, from Manilla, off Ply mouth, sailed 22d January, Mauritius 11th May, Simon's Bay 17th June, St. Helena 12th July ; Olympus, Corol, Batavia, at Cowes, sailed 11th April, Simon's Bay 18th June. Arrivals at St. Helena.—His Majesty's ship Scout, July 4th, from Simon's Bay, and sailed July 7th for the West Coast of Africa ; his Majesty's ship Beagle, July Bth, from Simon's Bay, sailed for Ascension, Western Islands, and England; Norfolk, July 9th, from Boston ; Claudine, July 9th, from Mauritius and Cape, and sailed July 12th for Greenock ; Adelaar, July 22d, from Batavia, and sailed July 24th for Rotterdam ; Arno, July 22d, from China, and sailed July 23d for Boston ; Hercules, July 22d, from whaling, and sailed for New Bedford ; Georgia, July 22d, from C a l cu tt a , a nd sailed July 23d for New Yor ; Ino, July 23d, from Mauritius, and sailed July 23d for London ; Rosabella, July 23d, from Padang , and sailed July 23d for Boston; Factory, July 23d, from Ba tavia, and sailed July 24th for Rotterdam. Departures From St. Helena.—The Lord Hobart, Jan e 30, for the Cape ; the Resource, July 9, for the C a pe ; the Norfolk, for the West Coast of Africa. Arrivals at Table Bay (Cape.)—The St. Helena, June 5, froin Algoa Bay ; the Ondernening, June 8, from Batavia; the Gunga, June 13, from Rio, and sailed June 18, for Ma'- dras ; the Henrietta and Henri, June 12, from Amsterdam the Mary Wilkie, June 13, from London ; the London, Jun e 17, from Torbay ; the Ganges, June 17, from Cowes. Departures from Table Bay (Cape.)—The Ann, June 5 , for the Mauritius; the Tribune, June 5, Dorothy, June 7, and Munster Lass, June 7,;for Algoa Bay"; the Stratheden, Juno 9, for Madras and Calcutta ; the Olivia, June 16, for the Mauritius ; the Hortensia. June 16, for Batavia ; the True Love, June 18, for Swan River. • Arrivals in Simon's Bay (Cape.)—The Claudine, June 1, from the Mauritius, and sailed, June 17, for Greenock. Departure feom Simon's Bay (Cape.)—The Emily, Jun e 18, for London ; his Majesty's ship Pelican, June 2, for the Mauritius. The projected bridge over the passage between Weymouth and Portland has been postponed for want of funds• " Why don't you get your ears cropped ?" cried a lusty mark-gardener's carman to a long-eared Milesian, who was trudging along at a swingeing pace with a load on 11 15 head the other day in the Garden ; " they're a precious sight too long for a man." Are they ?" said Pat, with a gr unt, turning round and looking his assailant full in the face, then by Jabers yours are too short for an ass.". The lieformers of Devonport and Stonehouse have resolved upon inviting their members to a public dinner at the Town-hall on Thursday next. Sir George Grey and Sir Edward Codrington are expected to arrive here on Tuesday evening. Messrs. Bewes and Collier, Members for Ply mouth ; Sir W. Molesworth, M.P., East Cornwall ; Lord C. Russell, and J. Rundle, Esq., Members for Tavistock, with several other distinguished individuals, are also expected to be present.—Devonport Telegraph. ANECDOTE.--Professor Buckland, in a speech de livered at the late Bristol Meeting, told a curious anecdote of the late Dr. Beddoes, which the friends of the teetotal system think might as well have been spared. Dr. Beddoes, he said, had made the diseases of females his peculiar study, and observed that nervous affections were a fruitful source ?f illness. This nervousness he was convinced had its origin :us certain electrical changes, and that these changes were accele rated by a practice which in his day, and he feared it bad n ot diminished, was very preva l ent, that of drinking strong gree d tea.----( Laughter.) To demonstrate thi s t o hi s patients, an considerin g that to preserve human life was an object tha t would excuse cruelty to frogs, he determined upon keeping a few frogs in a pond of green tea, and exhibiting to his P, B " tients the nervou s s y s t em th a t wou ld s h ort l y b e i n d uce d. 1° his friend, Mr. Ashwell, of Colebrooke Dale, he wrote, re' questing him to procure 10,000 frogs, which was done; they were packed in a sugar hogshead, and with other package s were forwarded to Bristol. The other packages containing ironmongery, required to be raised by a crane, and as there was no difference in the appearance of the packages when the hogshead containing the frogs was hoisted, it flew up to the top of the crane, broke, and out in a moment, upon the Qu a l of Bristol, leaped 10,000 frogs This was the agitated per io e of the French revolution, and the Doctor had entered upon O stormy discussions of the day with all th e zea l o f an intereste d partisan. No sooner, then, had the frogs leaped out, wil e d the mob, little dreaming of the connection between frogs e n green tea, electricity and nervousness, jumped to the 0: 111 ; elusion that, because the Doctor wanted frogs, he must he c o Frenchmen in his house, and that these Frenchmen w er to bloody-minded revolutionary Jacobins, who had come over a kill the King and upset the Government. Th ey d e termined to prevent that mischief by setting fire to Dr. Beddoes' house' a determination which it required all th e e l oquence o f auothe physician to prevent. ------- PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-hand SILO PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and selec ti l may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and Pattern! , g r T. COX SAVORYS, Goldsmith, Sil versm ith, an d W a tchmak e r ' 47, Cornhill, Londonl 7 , A Sheet of Drawings of Cup s w ill b e f orwar d e d by Post ' at a single letter, in answer to a post paid application. BIRTHS. T- On the 3d inst., a t I n h urst, near N ew b ury, the lady of Lieut . Kirby, R.N., of a son. of On the 29th ult., a t G osport, t h e l a d y o f Li eut. H ope , 0 * a daughter. 1 . • On the sth in s t. at Leytonstone House, Essex, the lady of Brook, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Tottenham-green, Mrs. Buskin, of s gr' rv . On the 3d inst., th e l a dy o f J o h n Simpson, Esq., of Fins"' circus, of a son. On the 22d ult., at the Manse of Dunblane, Mrs. Grierson, a son. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. George the Martyr, John, second sty of the late Rev. Edward Whitley, Rector of Stowey, in the cottf a ii' i of Somerset, to Clara Eliza Margaretta, only daughter of CO Corbyn, R.N., of the Island of Jersey. sq.' On the Gth inst., at Bro m l e y, K en t, J o h n Gill am Booty, t he of Guilford-street, t o M ar i anne S to dd art, secon d d a ughter late Rev. Henry M organ S ay , Vi car o f T werne Minster, D" and O Sutton Valence, Kent. a., On the 3d inst., at St. Ann's, Soho, Thomas James Serle, ..-'s' to Cecilia, second daughter of Vincent Novello, Esq. ______...----' D lED. On the 4th inst., at Southampton, aged six months, Eliza' 0011 daughter of .E. lkiner Esq. On the Ist S inst., Fa Stanley , Fletc her Heys, Esq., uncle to th e P re' sent Earl of Winterton. el ~ _.....„0 On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, Louisa, the wife of m4'" Hoare, E. On the I q st inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames, Mr. Samue l 13e1.. chier, aed 85. On the 3d inst., at Sion-place, Bath, Anne Eleanor Lloyd, fourth daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Rind. o li f t On the 30th ult., at Ramsgate, John Charles, infant 0 0 Rev. Dr. Brown, New-street, Dorset-square. 54. , of On the 3d inst., Sophia, the wife of Alexander Armand , Su On 2d inst., aged berW eil- On tst., aged 85, William Carter, E s q., of Cam grove. Ag nes On the 30th ult., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, a ged 61, gr g 's r . J. Bulmer, of Windsor-terrace, City-road, London, widow of Bulmer, of Watling-street. 01 y SOO On the Ist inst., at Shelly, in S u ff o lk , age d 17, Joseph' ° of Mr. Gibbins, Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-roaa• ~nthg, ~. T ay ,p On the 4th inst., at Loose, near Maidstone, aged '''„/ I.Yrr" William Hawtayne, only child of S. H. Lewin, Esq'' - Bedford-place, Russell -square. ea 3 ' 11 , eaoldstsiinstsetr., to o t JL.e:imahinegrt,on,largaret Maher, &k e n's, daughter of the late Matthias Maher, Esq. of Ballymullin, it„ tv of Co O un n t3 t : Wexford.ll. • T ' W. On the 22d ult., aged 11, Henry John, eldest son of Collingwood, Esq f L'lb t Northumberland ~ o i urn- ower, -1 14 London Prnted and Published by MURDO 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, St of Middlesex. Esq., 11 -• P., for the cow. ,( ?tran Y ? U in N t G h ;Cloun'ts ~,I 'SHE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1836. c~