The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-19 00:00:00

the gold and silver procured for the Spaniards did no pass through Spain. Ferdinand the Catholic retained so little of it that at his death scarcely enough was found for the expenses of his funeral. According to common opinion the mines of America now yield but little. This is an erroneous notion. In 1837 the mines of Mexico still furnished the value of twenty to twenty-two millions of piastres. Those of Zacatecas alone yielded in each of the years elapsed, between 1822 and 1833, the sum of between four and five millions of piastres. Guanaxuato, it is true, Melds now but a half of what that province former)) , furnished. In 1833, 1,144 mares of gold and 316;024 mares of silver were drawn from those mines. At the beginning of this century the production of silver was still of 755,000 mares. The production of gold has diminished in the New World much more than that of silver, but this diminution is not to be traced further than the the revolution of the Spanish colonies. -. On the other hand, new mines have been opened in the Oural ; the following is, ziccordine- to the state ment communicated to M. de Humboldt by the Russian Minister of Finances, what the gold mines of Siberia have supplied, during the seven years they have been wrought to the Mint of St. Petersburgh : In 1328 1829 Imo 347 ... 27 ••• 183 1 332 ... 2 ••• 82. 1,188 e •'' 380 ... 31 ••• 1834 : ......... 363 The whichwor hadghaba.ee been n a . t .. ... Oural,first confined to the found to yield gold upon an extent of near seventeenn d egree s .l of ]834, the Altai, which ti.. latitude ; but since ci ,, n o T d ols call the Gold Moun tain, has been found rich in sands oe simil ar t o th ose of the Oural ; in 183 6, 293 p on d s p un ex tracted from the Oural, and 104 pond, the Altai, altogether 398 pood s or '‘, i 7 :) B pouncls from pounds warn 84 marc3 of gold. In the next year the Oural suppli e d 309 , poods, and the Altai 1:30 • to which mu st be added 30 poods of gold which 'were extracted from the or es of the Altai and the Nertchinsk ; so that R uss i a in 1837, produced 46 - " poods or 7,644 kilogrammes o ' gold. This is an ei g htl 'ess onl y of the produce of the Minas Geraes, in Brazils, pt. their most flourishi n ,, ye riod, or from 1751 to 1761 ; it is a third less t han - the produce of the gold mines of Nev. Granada, Chili, an d Mexico, a short time previous to the revolution of the Colonies. M. de Humboldt does not think that the working of the Siberian mines his reached its maximum. The Altai is, perhaps, what Herodotusdes'f,rnates as the gold country. In Siherilti masses of gold have been found beneath the green turf covering the soil ; in ancient times pieces even torn from the mountains by the water, may have been found on the soil itself, and have given rise to the fabulous accounts propagated on the subject. A proof that of old gold circulated among the barbarous tribes of Siberia is, that in the old tombs very heavy orna ments of that metal have been found, so much so that tho extraction of all this gold from the tombs lowered the value of the metal. Another source has been opened in North America. Sunday, most unexpectedly, was a beautiful morning, and a dead calm—the very thing most desirable for the Vernon, as, had it lasted, the power and effect of her steam, independently of her sails, would have been beau tifully seen. As it was, at 8i A.M., when her steam was up, she walked round her Majesty's ships the Blenheim and Edinburgh, to the no small astonishment of the crew, passing Col. Pasley's flotilla for exploding the wreck o the Royal George ; and then, resuming her old position, awaited the answer to her sailing signal for some persons on shore to come on board. At 9{ A.M. a breeze sprung up, and the Blenheim, the outermost of the line of-battle ships, in 9.0 minutes was under weigh, and was soon ahead of the Edinburgh two miles. By 10 the Edinburgh also got under weigh, with all her canvass set. At 10i,- A.M., the Blenheim wai three miles, and the Edinburgh at least one, ahead of the Vernon, when the latter got under weigh, propelled entirely by her steam, until 11 A.M., the new sails and ropes being so hard and stiff that it was impossible with so small a crew to unfurl and brace them up so quickly as desirable ; indeed, they for some time positively impeded her. At 11 A.m., the Vernon felt her canvas, and immediately made upon the ships of the line. At 111 A.M., the Vernon, instead of bearing nine miles to leeward of the Blenheim, as she certainly mast have been had it not been for her steam, was half-a mile to the windward of her Majesty's line-of-battle ship. The Vernon was now rapidly closing upon the Edinburgh ; at seeing which the Edinburgh, to avoid being passed, tacked and stood in shore, the Blenheim and Vernon continuing on the same course. The utmost success having been now acquired by the auxiliary power of the steam, Mr. Seward, who manufactured the engines, and myself, left the Vernon, giving her three cheers, which were heartily responded to by Captain Denny, his officers, the passengers (thirty-four in number), and crew, who were delighted beyond measure with the performance of the ship ; and in the highest spirits at the prospect of having the shortest voyage ever made by sea to India, calculating on reaching Calcutta in seventy days, touching for a day or two at the Cape of Good Hope. It may not be superfluous to observe that, at the time the Vernon sailed, there could not have been less than a hundred ships at Spithead and the Mother-bank, some of them very large ones, not one of which ven tured to move out, the appearance of the weather was so stormy, and the glass so very low. The Vernon on her arrival at Portsmouth excited the most lively interest, which was testified by the number of boats that sailed immediately to Spithead and went round her ; and by the number of respectable gentlemen who asked permission to come on board. Lord Durham in his yacht sailed close round her, very attentively looking at her. Several other noble men's and gentlemen's yachts did the same. On Thursday and Friday the Vernon was visited by the following distinguished persons :—The naval Com mander-in-Chief of Portsmouth, Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleming, accompanied by his flag lieutenant, Lieutenant Keating ; General Sir Hercules Pakenham, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, accom panied by his Aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Pakenham ; Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Bouverie ; Sir Thomas Hast ings, Royal Naval College ; Sir John Stuart Hips ley ; Colonel C. W. Pasley, Royal Engineers ; the Superintendents of the Dock-yards, Captains William Price Hamilton, Francis Price Blackwood, Robin son, Sir William Daniel, R. Barton, and Basil Hall, of the Royal Navy ; Macke, Esq., mater builder, of Portsmouth-yard ; Commander W. J. Williams, Royal Naval College, now lecturing upon steam ; Lieutenant Simmonds, Royal Engineers ; besides a great number of military officers and gentlemen from Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, all of whom, after having minutely inspected every part of the machinery of the Vernon, expressed their highest admiration and approbation of the ship, and universally admitted that she had clearly established the important point of the practicability of successfully applying steam power to sailing ships of the largest class.—Letter from Captain White. Mr. Leader, M P., is now on a visit to Sir Wm, M , desworth. M.P., at Pencarrow, his scat in Cornwall, The lion. Member for Leeds, in addition to his lion. Friend, has a select circle at the above seat. 1) It. C A NNING.—As in many instances of men of great intellectual endowment, Dr. Charming possesses no physical :-uperrority in the ordinary sense over the ge neral condition of the race. He is rather below the usual stature, and of a corresponding slender habit of body. his complexion is sallow, with a profusion of light sandy colon, ed ha*.r, slightly silvered by time, though by no . means yielding quickly to the advancinr! foe. The upper part of the head is finely expanded, though but of the or dinary proportion in siz , -; the eyes bright and concen trated ; and the general expression of countenance indica tive of decided habitual cautiousness iiordering on distrust, such as long habits of study and abstraction never fail to produce. The under part of the face i s th e l east classical ar_d regular, the chin being short and slightly receding. In manner, Dr. Charming partakes not a little of the cha racterktic coldness of his countrymen : nevertheless, there is a perfect simplicity and unaffected plainness in his de meanour, which quickly dispels, and more than compen sates any disadvantage which may be felt to arise from this cause. No trcce of the priestly theologian remains about him. In every feature and lineament of mind the philoso. pher and man of letters is indelibly impressed. —Letter in the Scots Times. THE LATE E XP L O SION AT THE DART- FoRD Powinit-MILLa —A correspondent states that the proprietors of these works have made an allowance to each of the widows of the five unfortunate sufferers by the late explosion of 12s. per week for life, with coals and potatoes during the winter, besides defraying the funeral and other expenses arising out of the accident. The wages of the men were not 14s. or 15s. per week, as was recently stated, but from 21i& to 28a. per week. TURIN, AUG. 27.---His Majesty's disease (the stone) giving more and more uneasiness he is going to take the waters of Evian, near the Lake of Geneva, which are considered very beneficial in such cases. The King will first make an excursion in Western Savoy, chiefly with a view to seeing the curious wire bridge of La Caille, which bears his name. " Until, in the month of June 1836, we were attacked in a traitorous manner by the Chief Maselikatse, while we were then still at a distance of about forty hours on horseback from his territory, and whereby several fa milies were barbarously butchered, and deprived of all their cattle,&c., which forced us to commence hostilities against the said Chief, and to endeavour to retake the cattle which they had stolen from us ; for which purpose we went out against him at two different times, and have for the greater part obtained our views. The Chief having afterwards been expelled, Mr. Piet Reteif, approaching the boundaries of the Zoolas, made propo sals to the chief Dingaan for the purchase of a piece of ground on the southern part of the river Togola (which land was almost uninhabited), but after all ar rangements were brought to a point of agreement on the most amicable and best terms, he was most barbarously murdered, together with sixty of his companions, children, and friends ; which was followed up a few days after by the massacre of three hundred and seventy others, who, under the idea of peace and friendship, unguarded also, became the victims of his love for murder, and were deprived of almost all their cattle." This remarkable emigration was not completed, and the emigrants settled, until after the expiration of two years from their first setting out. - Port Natal and the lands thereabout had been fixed upon froni the favour able reports of parties who had been in the first instance despatched to view and report upon the most fertile and otherwise advisable locality, so that the undertaking in all its parts was commenced and carried through with no less previous precaution than subsequent resolution. During its progress and after the final completion of their enterprise the local Government had taken every means to discourage the emigrants, not only by withholding any assistance and encouragement, but by positive threats that they should not be allowed possession of the new lands. A proclamation requiring them to return was issued, to which no attention was paid other than a silent perseverance first, and a direct intimation in the end that nothing but the employment of force should remove them. It appears by the last accounts to have been concluded to leave them at peace, and the farmers, freed from anxiety and confident, be cause so far separated from the reach of direct inter ference and the action of local authorities, which had been found so hostile to their interests, had set to work in earnest to create themselves a new country, which would seem in many respects of soil and climate to be superior to the one they have abandoned. The following is the account given of their situation at the latest dates : " The farmers have not yet separated, but occupy different parts of the country, in parties of 50, 60, 100, and some of 200 together. These places they call camps, and those camps are on all sides surrounded by poles to serve for entrenchments. We have visited al most all these places, and have found everywhere the greatest harmony. Domestic religious service regularly takes place, and every house-father performs in his family the task of an instructor. It is, however, much to be wished that some men of knowledge would settle amongst them, that the education of youth may be properly attended to. The whole people here anxiously desire to have a proper clergyman, and intend at Bos jesmans Rand, the place where the colony is to be esta blished, to erect a church. While we were there a subscription was opened for that purpose, and in less than half an hour a sum of 3001. had been subscribed. " The country at the Bosjesmans Rand, where they intend to establish the colony, is an extensive beautiful plain, of about four miles in extent, situate between two rivers, the waters of which are now conducted through out the whole new colony. The name of the village, or rather town, which they intend to establish, to be called Pietermauritzburg. There are here about two hundred warriors, with the exception of the young men, women, and children. Every Sunday the clergyman, Mr. Smit, holds regular religious service, and many people from the other camps come to attend it. The Sunday we were there the number attending was about three hundred. This place is now the chief town. The Government is still the same, as we learned from the Report of Mr. Boshof, and is now busily engaged to grant Erven and places to those who have applied for them." The number visited in the camps on that side the Draakberg was said to amount to about five hundred. Mr. Sheil has been re-elected for Tipperary. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Private letters speak in high terms of the advancing and prosperous condition of South Australia, and the town of Adelaidein particular. The only complaint in respect of the latter is that the town is between six and seven miles from the port, which makes the land carriage of goods sent thither, after being dis embarked from the ships, nearly as heavy as the freight tonnage from England to the port. The consequence has been that a company has been formed for building a town at Boston Boy, Port Lincoln, situated at a point of Spencer's gulf, where there is said to be one of the finest harbours in the world. The statement of a colonist who has been to inspect it is " that the whole British fleet might lie there in water as smooth as a mill-pond ; and that there is a depth of from i to 9 fathoms of water all along the shore, so that ships of any tonnage can come close alongside, discharge their cargoes, and lie there at all seasons of the year." An abundance of fresh water has also been discovered at this point, a most valuable commo dity in a region where drought is almost the only evil. So great nn interest has been excited in the new town at Boston Bay, that a vessel sails from Adelaide to Boston Bay every Saturday, and all the water frontages have been bought up with the greatest avidity. —Notwithstand ing the great salubrity of the climate it is stated to be very changeable, " ten times more so than that of Eng land." The hottest day of their last summer (our winter) the thermometer stood at 101 Fahrenheit in the shade, and 27 in the sun. In a tent exposed to the sun it was one day 113, the next 116, the third 115, and the fourth only G 1 degrees I It is found to agree better with invalids and persons who have passed the meridian of life, than with young people in robust health and of strong constitutions. LORD ltoLLE.—On Tuesday last the whole of the officers of the North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, and a deputation from each troop of the regiment, waited on the Noble and Venerable Colonel, Lord Rolle, at Stevenstone, for the purpose of presenting to his Lordship a splendid sword, value one hundred guineas, purchased by subscrip tion among the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, as a testimony of their esteem and regard. WESTMINSTER OF OLD.—A hundred years ago, fagots were thrown into the ruts in King-street and Union.street, in order to save the royal limbs from dislo cation, when the King patriotically hazarded them for the welfare of his subjects down this, the only road to Parlia ment, at the opening or closing of the session ; and pales were placed four feet high between the footpath and the coach-road, in order to preserve luckless foot-passengers from , being bath e d i n mu d, if not f rom more ser i ous i n j ury. ti ow esays cathgmirnios h ae er ; m atten. ost gracious Majesty m i g ht a l mos t suppose t h at wrd zephyrs, eh etphelesy r plumedrolled. ar,d the silken bonnet on il k velvet, ew n h so hp p dailye rsmoothwhich hc disturbs i s th ei the Westminster agitatestheir s its aristocratic dust, are the usual equipments of the fair and dangerous pedestrians, who nre far more intent on committing murder than apprehensive of incurring injury. _New Monthly Magazine. LLOYD'S.—Yesterday a general meeting of the Subscribers was held in the Subscription-rooms, South Sea House, to receive the half-yea r ly R eport of t h e Com mittee, and on other business. Mr. Bischoff was in the Chair. After the business of the day had terminated the in Silver, was v o t e d to Mr. Edward com manding the Mona's Isle s t eamer, f or h i s humane, and praiseworthy exertions in sav i ng t h e crew r e vr Quayle, prompt, Honorary f the Nancy from Liverpool to Dundalk, wrecked in Douglas Bay in July last. Mr. Alderman STURGE in the chair. The evidence of Captain Moorson was resumed as follows :—About half-past nine o'clock in the , eveuing of the 15th of July, the leader of Edgbaston ward came to my house, and informed me that a mob had attacked several houses in the Bull-ring, and that some houses were then on fire. I immediately rode down to the Bull-ring, and found the approaches to it in possession of the military, Messrs. Bournes' house on fire, and also another, and the engines playing upon them. I found several Magistrates at the Public Office. Instructions were sent for the special constables to be placed under a system of watch and ward, for the prevention of further disturbances. I communicated the instructions to the ward leaders at the Town Hall, on the following morning. The special constables were not systemati cslly or regularly employed, until after the night of the 15th. On the 18th, finding considerable difficulties in the way of the employment of the special constables, I wrote to the Mayor, suggesting certain arrangements for their continued employment, which the Magistrates considered necessary. On the following clay, two Magistrates, with myself, were constituted a Committee, to attend to matters connected with the special con stables, and I drew up the regulations which were printed and advertised in the Newspapers. Referring to what took place on the sth of July, at Holloway head, I am of opinion that the people did not consider themselves prohibited from meeting at Holloway-head up to that time. When I got to the Bull-ring on the night of the 15th, when the houses were on fire, the house of Messrs. Bournes' seemed to be in a blaze from bottom to top. From all I knew and saw, I am of opinion that the riot and destruction of property on the night of the 15th, was not premeditated. James Charles Perry, of 19, High-street, grocer, ex amined :—The meetings in the Bull-ring commenced some months prior to the riot in July, and were held in the evening, soon after seven o'clock. They were at first attended by about two hundred or three hundred per sons, of the working class, chiefly men. There were no banners at first, but within the last fortnight there were some with inscriptions upon them, but what those in scriptions were I do not know. I never was near enough o hear the speakers. I believe the principal business was reading the newspapers. The meetings were peace tble up to the time of the London police coming. They dispersed about nine o'clock. I used to admire that they went off peaceably. Occasionally though seldom, they went away in procession, but they were always very quiet ; there was nothing menacing in their conduct, and I never felt any alarm. Towards the month of July, the numbers gradually increased, until at length they amounted to some thousands. Some of my neighbours, I believe, were alarmed at the meet ings, and I certainly thought it was an improper place for them to assemble, and that, if the meetings were continued, they might eventually lead to a breach of the peace. The people were not armed in any way. I do not clearly remember whether or not I was applied to, to join in any application to the Magistrates to pre vent the meetings ; if I were so applied to, I did not join in any such application. I never sustained any in jury or annoyance from these meetings ; my customers never complained, with the exception of two, who, after the riots, did say they were afraid to come to us. The meetings were more numerously attended, for a few days prior to the arrival of the London police, and after the warnings issued by the Magistrates ; but otherwise, their character was as before. I was at my shop on the night of the 4th of July ; the meeting assembled as usual on that night, and was largely attended ; there were one or two more banners, but otherwise there was no difference in the character of this meeting, from the previous ones. About half-past eight I heard a cry, which excited some alarm in my mind, in consequence of which I locked my shop door, and went up stairs, where, from an upper window, I saw the meeting flying in all directions, pur sued by a body of men whom I afterwards found to be the London police. A party of the police came up to my side of the street, driving the people before them. The police were then in possession of some of the banners. The police used their staffs. When 1 first looked out of my window, the people were flying in every direction, and did not appear to be offering any resistance to the police, nor did I see the police strike the people when flying. I now recollect, I saw one man near my house strike one of the police in the face with his fist ; his hat fell off, and in attempting to pick it up he was struck by several persons ; he fell down with several persons upon him. I afterwards saw him taken into a shop below, apparently injured. With the exception of the attack I have stated, the people did not make any stand against the police, so far as I saw. I saw no stones thrown. My view was from the Monument and the Market Hall, upwards to New-street. I could not see what took place near Moor-street. I did not, at any time that evening, see the police retreating before the people. The soldiers came in about twenty minutes after the police. I did not hear the Riot Act read, but I understood it bad been read before the arrival of the soldiers. I think I saw Dr. Booth with the soldiers. The soldiers patrolled the streets to prevent the people re-assembling. I did not observe anything more in par ticular that evening. For a few days after the 4th the military patrolled the streets. There were no meet ings held in the Bull-ring after the 4th ; but be tween that and the 15th the people complained of being driven about unnecessarily by the London po lice. I knew several persons who were struck by them between the 4th and the 15th, and, as it appeared to me, unnecessarily. During the 15th of July I observed nothing unusual until about nine in the evening, when there were more people about than ordinary. I had been absent from my shop from seven till nine. At nine o'clock, as I was returning along New -street, I observed a great crowd in High-street, and passed down Worcester-street to my house at Edgbaston, without calling at my shop, as I originally intended. I did not come to town again until the following morning. My opinion is, that the people were much exasperated by the conduct of the London police between the 4th and 15th. Ido not think the riot and destruction of pro perty was premeditated, or that there was any particu lar selection of houses. My belief is, that the destruc tion of property was effected by thieves and vagabonds, and not by those who are generally known under the name of the working classes. Daniel Mason, of No. 2, Wheeley's-lane, saddler, examined—l work for Messrs. hliddlemore, of Hollo way-head. I have occasionally passed down the Bull ring when the meetings were holding. They were always quiet ; but I never staid to witness their pro ceedings. There was no interest excited among the people in our manufactory by the Chartist proceedings, or the Bull-ring meetings, until after the arrival of the London police, and the dispersion of the meeting by them on the night of the 4th of July. On the 15th of July, from one o'clock till eight in the evening, there were groups of persons collected at Holloway head, As I went to my dinner, I saw several of these groups, some sitting, and others standing round persons who were reading the Newspapers to them. They were all quiet. In the evening I saw several hundred people pass by our manufactory towards the Bull-ring. They were not armed, not even with sticks. They went down in procession. They had no banners, and did not appear to have any leaders. They were principally lads. There was nothing about them to excite alarm. About half an hour after they had passed, I and a shop mate went into the Bullring. This was about half-past eight or nine o'clock. We were surprised there were so few people there, for we expected the procession had gone there. There were many indignant expressions used against the London police,by small groups of persons standing about. We went past the Public-olfice up Moor-street. One of the gates of the office was open, and we saw some of the London police in the gateway, with one whom we took to be an inspector, in plain clothes. This latter cried out to those who were passing, " Move on ;" and by his direction one of the police walked across the street, and collared a man, whom he struck several severe blows with his staff upon the shoulders. He did not attempt to take him into custody, nor did he say anything to him before he struck him. We passed up bl\eloro;r-asntrdeesto,maeloonfgthDemal, principally and into the B u ll- r i ng, again. The people were then m ch lads, w increasederebirne breaking Mr. Naden's upper windows by throwing missiles against them. We proceeded down the Bull-ring, an d saw a man with a stick and a hankerchief tied to it, standine opposite Mr. Watson's, the hop-merchant. No one was near him, but he appeared to be giving directions. He looked towards Naden's, whose windows they were then breaking, and said, " You are wrong, you are wrong." I did not observe whether or not they obeyed his directions. There were many people in the. Bull-ring, and much excitement prevailing, but there were then no fires. We passed along Bell street, and went home, and saw nothing more that evening. On the night of the 16th I left the manu factory, at Holloway-head, about eight o'clock, and, having observed some people on the bill, walked towards my own house in Wheeley's-lane, in company with a gentleman whom I met on the road. When at the top of Wheeley's-lane, we saw the military ap proaching in three directions ; and I, having an appointment to stay at our manufactory that evening, for the purpose of its protection, made my way thither. As I came down Bath-row by St. Thomas's Church, I met several dragoons. One of them asked me where I was going ; b ut before giving me time to receive my reply, rode on the footpath towards me. I turned and ran ; he followed me with his drawn sword, s n , (l N s o tru ; struck ip-nrentrevnitthioint any back, shoulder, and arrn. Hav in g reached the house for No. 4, Bath-row, and seeing som e one t here standing within the palisades, I asked him to a ll ow me to come within them ; he replied, , of you here." The soldier continued striking me, and I ran on till I reached my own door, the dra goon leaving roe shortly before then. I found myself cut on the arm, and blood flowing from the wound, which was dressed by a surgeon who happened to be present. My arm subsequently became worse ; abscesses formed, and erysipelas ensued. The surgeons at one time meditated amputation ; but I told them my arm was my chief support, and they might as well take my In the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday, it is stated that" the rain of Friday night and Saturday—succeeded by either a drizzling or a damp-warm atmosphere yester day and to-day—has thrown a considerable gloom on the prospects of farmers." The accounts in the provin cial papers of Ireland are of a conflicting character. Not a few reports are far more favourable as regards the quantity and quality of the corn housed than we had anticipated, whilst in numerous accounts alarm is declared, and every person's loaf is said to be jeopardized by wea ther such as the country has not witnessed for 50 years. The Pilot of last Monday states that the utmost fears are entertained for the safety of the crops yet outstand ing ; but immediately afterwards adds, as regards the neighbourhood of Dublin :—" We have ourselves seen several fields of corn yesterday in a drive of fifteen or twenty miles outside the suburbs, and we are glad to say that a great proportion of the wheat appears to be safe in stack, whilst a few stooks are yet in the fields suffering more or less from the weather." ENING FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRO DUCTION OF GOLD. The Deutsche Vierteljahrschrijt, a new Stuttgard periodical, contains a dissertation which, like all the writings of Alexander de Humboldt, is replete with deep research and general and exalted views. The his tory of gold, the most precious of metals, was worthy of the pen of the illustrious author of the " Voyage to the Equinoxial Regions." In ancient times gold was sought for in Asia : it was nest drawn from the New World, the persuasion still prevailing as among the ancients that this metal existed only in the warmest climates. In compliance with this notion the celebrated geographer (Toscanelli) wrote to 1 Columbus that he should find no gold so long as he should meet with negroes. Recent disscoveries have, however, confuted the opinion predominating in antiquity and the middle ages. Gold mines and quarries are now wrought. in Siberia, and there is no longer any adhering to the old doctrine, which held that heat was necessary for preparing gold in the bosom of the earth. The ancients speak of enormous masses of gold left by conquering Kings, and of treasures equally immense found by conquerors in the countries subjected to their 1 arms. According to Appiauus, who writes upon docu ments, the treasure of Ptolemy-Philadelph amounted to 740,000 talents. It remains to be known what ta lents history means, whether they were Egyptian talents or little talents of Ptolemy. Even in the last case, the measure would be splendid enough, for It would exceed 40,000,000/. However fabulous the assertion appears, Bceckh, the author of the learned work upon the political economy of the Athe nians, dares not dispute it, seeing the rapacity of the ancient despots of Asia, who scrupled not to employ the most odious and violent means in order to obtain posses sion of the gold in circulation. If the great talents be admitted in the statement of Appianus, Ptolemy-Phila delph's treasure would be equivalent to all the gold now circulating in France and in Belgium ; and if little talents be reckoned, it would still be the mass of specie circulaing in Great Britain. According to Strabo, Alexander the Great had eighteen myriads co ll ec t e d a t Echatana, " Whereupon," says M. de Humboldt, " it must not be forgotten that in those times the precious metals were concentrated upon some points of the globe, and in the treasuries of conquerors ; whereas, now-a-days, they are more uniformly spread over largo extents of countries, and among large populations." But whence came, in ancient times, those quantities of gold which flowed in'o the hands of rapacious despots ? That it came from the interior of Asia, from the Upper ) Oxus, Bactriana, and the Oriental parts of the empire of the Persians is certain ; but when the source of this Pactolus is sought for, fabulous accounts are all that assist the inquirer. The ancients mention ants that i found gold among the mountainous people of the Derds, and of griffons that guarded the treasures among the Arimasps. It would seem to be the plateau of Cashgar and Acsoa, between the parallel chains of the Himalaya and Kuenlon mountains, that fable considered the source of gold. In Thibet, indeed, all the rivers yield gold_ The Greeks considered as gold countries Lydia, or the banks of the streams issuing from the Imo lus, Phrygia, and Colchid. Those countries may have had gold sands ; those sands may have been exhausted, as have been those of the streams of Cuba 1 and St. Domingo. M. de Humboldt observes that in general the gold mixed with sand is more easily re moved than that which must be extracted from mines ; such is the reason for which of forty places where, ac cording to Strobe, gold sands were to be found, scarcely a few can now be recognised ; the others have i been exhausted. In Greece itself precious metals originally existed. Laurio was renowned for its silver mines. Gold was found in Thessalia near the borders of Macedonia and Thrace, as well as in the island of Thases, situated facing Thessalia. Iberia also furnished gold to the Phe nicians and Carthagenians. There were years when 20,0001b5. weight were drawn from Gallicia, Lusitania, and, above all, the Asturias. This, M. de Hum boldt observes, is almost as much as the Brazils have supplied at tlscir most flourishing period. As for silver, it abounded in Bahia and the neighbourhood of New Carthage (Carthagena). There is no doubting (con tinues the author) that the earth formerly contained near its surface layers of gold sand or strata filled with wrecks of gold ore. Nevertheless the production of gold in Europe was greatly inferior to what it was in Asia ; it was towards that quarter that the eyes of conquerors were turned ; it was to reach the immense treasures supposed to exist in Lipanga that Columbus sought a shorter way by the Atlantic Ocean. Having landed in the Island of Haiti, he believed himself at Tarsis, Ophir, Lipanga, and on seeing some particles of gold fancied he had got posses ' sion of the richest mines of the o.d World. It was others who supplied so much gold, that, as early as the year 1497, the Spanish Government was obliged to alter the relative prices of the two precious metals. This ratio between the prices of gold and silver again underwent a change, when, towards the middle of the sixteenth century, the rich silver mines of Potosi and Zacatecas, in Peru, and in northern Mexico, were dis covered. " According to researches carefully According made by me," says M. de Humboldt, " the importation of Ame rican gold was to that of silver from the same country, as regards weight, in the ratio of 1 to 63, until the opening of the gold washing in Brazils, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. At present, if we consider the general trade in metals carried on by Europe with all parts of the world, the ratio between the two metals is ao longer but as Ito 47. In the first century after the discovefy 'Of the tibw . Continent the relative value of the two metals among cbmtbercial nations fluctuated between 1 : 10 7-1011's and 1 : 12 ; in the two last centuries between 1..: I'4 and 1:16." This ratio, adds tire author, does not depend only on the quantity of those metals annually extracted from the bosom of the earth ; it is also, determined by the expense of work ?ng the mines, by the demand and wants of the public, by the unequal 'deterioration ; and, lastly, by the more or less . expensive employment of either metal in jewel lery and other articles. As a very considerable mass of the two metals already circulates, and as they are by degrees put into circulation, they easily and promptly spread in commerce, there can be no more large and permanent fluctuations in the ratio between those values. Instances of this occurred after the great commercial commotion caused by the American revolution, as well as after the coining of a considerable quantity of money of one of the two metals. Thus, in London, though from 1817 to 1827 gold money was coined there to the amount of 1,294,000 mares, the ratio between gold and silver rose but from 1 : 14,97 to 1 : 15,60. From that period it has scarcely fallen, for, at the end of 1837, one still had in London one pound of gold against fifteen pounds 65-100 of silver. The mass of precious metals which, from the dis covery of America to the period of the Mexican revo lutions flowed into Europe amounted to 2,381,600 kilogrammes of gold, and 122,217,300 kilogrammes of silver, 110,362,222 kilogrammes of fine silver.) This last metal, if melted into a mass, would form a ball of the diameter of 83 7-10th feets. It is known that all Gold beds exist in the soil of some of the United States, such as Virginia, the Allegheny, Carolinas, Georgia, Tenessee, and Alhabama. From 1834 to 1836, all of them together have yielded a quantity va lued at 4,844,500 dollars. This is little compared with the mines of Siberia and Mexico. However, the gold countries can no longer be restricted to such a zone, or such a climate ; for, as is seen, gold is spread about the globe without regularity ; and if, on the other hand, the old mines supply less, others recently discovered make up for their deficiency, and it is but the ancient march of commerce which is disturbed by the new discoveries. EMIGRATION FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The curious circumstance of a large number of boors having emigrated from the Cape of Good Hope, carry ing with them their herds and flocks, and wandering into the country of the savages, has been more than once mentioned in ourjournal. We have given the accounts as they reached us of their pilgrimages and their hard ships. This singular body of men, in a memorial lately addressed by them from Port Natal, after arrival at their destination, to General Napier, Governor of the Cape, they thus allude to the causes of their emigra tion : " The reasons of our emigration are different ; some of a personal nature, others arose from public causes. Amongst the first, which are numerous, we will just record one—namely, the illegal arrest, without cause, of Mrs. Hys, during the absence of her husband, who was on the command against the Caffres. Those of a public nature principally consist in the disgusting ordi nance No. 19, which is so degrading for us, and the several laws afterwards published, whereby our slaves have been spoiled, and we ourselves ruined. The emigration was also greatly influenced by the vaga• hondising of the Hottentots and the free blacks, to whom this and also other offensive acts of drunken• ness—cursing, swearing, and profanation of the Sab bath—was allowed with connivance and impunity ; and to which the hard treatment which many of us have undergone after the last Caffre war, plundered without any cause, robbed, and our dwellings destroyed by fire ; yea, even our own cattle, which have been retaken, publicly sold, numbers having died in the pounds through neglect, and the amount appropriated to pur poses contrary to law and equity, without our receiving any remuneration or indemnification for our stolen cattle. burnt houses, massacred relations, nor for the enormous expenses which we personally incurred for saddles, horses, equipments, and every thing of that nature ; and, finally, a more general dejection was occasioned by the new regulations and Caffre treaties of the Lieutenant-Governor, whereby all privileges and pro• tection is secured to the one side, while we are con temptuously placed in the back ground, without any prospect of being able to recover the injuries which we have suffered, and exposed to daily ravages and cattle thefts. For all these reasons, and seeing before us our fast approaching ruin and total destruction, we resolve to emigrate, with extreme anxiety, but with a heart fully trusting in the goodness and protection of the Lord." " Of the perils of the emigration, the lives lost and the losses suffered, a most affecting detail is given. In pur suance of their constant determination to treat the na tives through whose countries they passed " with kind ness and generosity," and to " respect their property and independence," they passed unobstructed by several tribes. THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. On several recent occasions the Tories of this town have had recourse to open violence for the achievement of their purposes. By the most abominable and un justifiable misconduct and outrage, they not long since prevented the inhabitants of this extensive and impor tant place from convey in g to their Sovereign their opi nions with respect to the selection of her Constitutional advisers. At the close of the election in 1837, a violent and savage attack was made upon the police station. In the affrays which then took place, two clergymen of the Establishment were seriously implicated, and great num bers of the inhabitants were obliged to have recourse to the law in order to punish the various parties (some calling themselves gentlemen) who had been guilty of gross personal outrage. But the crowning glory of the party is the ferociou s an d d as t ar dly a tt a ck made at the late election upon that venerable and highly respectable gentleman, the elder Mr. Gunning. Nor was this the only outrage that was committed— windows were broken, and banners torn, by the victo noes party ; and, to grace the triumph of the Con servative cause, a ruffian, whose conduct could not even be palliated by the poor excuse of drunkenness, made a violent and unprovoked assault on the wife of a re spectable Whig voter. The Reformers evinced their respect for the law, and displayed the soundness of their principles, by a total abstinence from all kinds of violence towards their opponents. e are greatly mistaken if the occurrences of the late election do not tend greatly to augment the num bers of those who advocate the Ballot. They must lead to the growth of the conviction, that, without some strongly protective measure, freedom of election cannot exist much longer in this count). On this point the Tories, with their bribers and bludgeon-men, will ulti mately, if we mistake not, prove " the best possible in structors."—Cambridge Advertiser. TRIAL OF THE VERNON WITH THE BLENHEIM AND THE EDINBURGH. The Vernon left Gravesend on Sunday morning, the Bth instant, under canvass, and brought up in the Downs at six in the afternoon ; wind blowing hard from the westward, with a flood tide setting in. An opportunity had now been afforded of ascertaining her sailing qualities off and on the wind. No ship that ever left the port of London could have worked better. On Monday she got under weigh, with a fresh breeze blowing W.S.W., against which she worked as far as Dungeness, when the breeze moderated to a two-knot breeze, at which time the steam was applied. The steam had been put on but a very short time, when the speed of the Vernon was in creased to seven knots an hour, she leaving behind her a large fleet of shipping, which had weighed from the Downs the same morning with her. After her arrival at Portsmouth, until Sunday morning, the winds had been so high from the South and East, and from the South-South- West, that it was impossible to put to sea. Indeed, even on Saturday, her Majesty's steamer Phce nix, after making the attempt, was obliged to return to the harbour at Portsmouth, about half-past four P. M., and on her way she went upon the Hamilton flats, and was shored up until the flood tide. The Gooderich, with convicts, bound to Sydney, also put in, having that morning, in a gale in the Channel, at two o'clock a.m., unfortunately run foul of the Sophia, bound for New Zealand, and carried away the Sophia's bowsprit, fore and mizen masts, and maintop masts, leaving her a perfect wreck, certain of being cast on shore but for the timely arrival of a Dublin steamer, which took her in tow for London. _ . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1839. BIRMINGHAM RIOTS. SATURDAY. life. I kept my bed several days, and was nearly a month before I could follow my ordinary occupations. I complained to the Magistrates through my employer. I consider that my arm was saved by the prompt and great attention which was paid me by the surgeon, and persons who were in attendance, when I first escaped from the soldier. ROYAL BUCKS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday the great annual ploughing match and dinner of this Association took place under the presi dency of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, at Bea consfield. The day was very unfavourable for the match, a heavy rain having set in shortly after eleven o'clock, and continuing during the whole of the day. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, however, a large number of the gentry and farmers of the county were present, and no less than twenty-six teams con tested the prizes. After the. conclusion of the match, the company assembled in a large barn which had been fitted up for the occasion as a temporary dinner room, and which was beautifully ornamented with flowers and laurel. Upwards of 300 of the leading landlords and agriculturists were present, After dinner his Grace of Buckingham treated the company to a speech, in which he fluently declaimed in favour of the Corn-laws :—" The maintenance of the Corn-laws was the only salvation of the farmer, the maintenance at once of his best interests, of the best interests of the labourers, and of the public at large. It was absurd to say it was not for the interest of the labourers that the Corn-laws should be continued, and that they were kept up in order to advance the interests of the farmers and landowners at the expense of the other classes of the community " His Grace pro tested that a protecting duty on home grown wheat " though nominally a protection to them (the landlords) alone, was, in fact, a protection for the industry of every labouring man throughout the land !!" With this hollow nonsense, and similar anilities, did the Duke of Buckingham, who played first fiddle on the occasion (the only other speakers being a parson, Sir Gore Ouse ley, and Messrs. Harcourt and Du Pre) compose a speech which his audience applauded to the echo. „ THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Since the publication of our last we have only had one or two days which could be called harvest days. Friday last was tolerably fine weather, and held out some faint hopes that it would continue so ; but on Saturday it was continual rain, almost without inter mission, and on Saturday night and Sunday morning we had a perfect deluge ; that it has not been partial, is evident from the state of the river, which was consi derably flooded both on Sunday and yesterday, and a quantity of corn, with trees, &c., were carried along the stream, leading us to suppose that a great deal of da mage has been sustained on the low lands. Yesterday was another wet day, and gave no prospect of harvest weather, which is now extremely desirable.—Tyne Mercury of Tuesday. We are sorry to say that since Friday the weather has been extremely unfavourable. On Friday night and Saturday morning we had a perfect hurricane of wind and rain, and throughout the day the rain was almost incessant. Sunday morning, too, the rain fell in torrents, and although the sun shone brightly for a few hours throughout the day, and we had a rich glowing sunset which promised better things, this morning was ushered in like the two previous days with wind and rain. Since two hours after sunrise, however, the day ha.; cleared up and looks well. The heavy crops in this neighbour hood have been slightly damaged, and we are afraid from the state of the river yesterday, that much more damage may have been done in other localities, as it appears the storm has been pretty general for a consi derable circuit around Glasgow.---Glasgow Chronicle. It was remarked by many last week that they had never seen around Dumfries so dense an array of grain in stook ; and the same remark, we suspect, ap plies to almost every locality on the nether side of the boundary line of hill and moor country. In ordinary seasons leading and cutting go forward simultaneously ; but so much rain has fallen of late, with so few dry days inter vening, that lengthened lines of thraves, attesting too painfully the vicissitudes of weather, have accumulated everywhere far beyond the general average of years. It is now nearly four weeks since grain was partially cut in this quarter ; but beyond a few solitary stacks in the earliest situations, where the greatest care was used, leading, generally speaking, has been at a stand still during the whole of that period.—Dumfries Courier. HAIINEST IN IRELAND. KENTISH HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Picking is now in full force, but the rainy weather has been particularly unfavourable, both for the pickers and the hops. In some grounds great complaints exist of the ravages of the mould, and if the hops are not' picked very quickly, of which there is little prospect, many are expected to rot on the poles. In the " crack" grounds the weight for quantity is generally short, and the weather cannot but materially affect the sample. HORSMONDEN.—The weather has been unfavourable, particularly for the backward hops. In this parish picking is general, with a great complaint as to their weight. We get our first sort very handsome, but with out a change in the weather the rest must rot on the poles in another week. High prices cannot be effected, and the difference in the samples this year will be as various as ever was known. Those who are unfortunate 'enough to have the mould in their grounds will find it to their advantage not to pick them, the first loss being the best. The merchants are very suspicious of the first pickings, and it is highly advisable not to break or sift them, but let them come on the boards in their natural state. VYM LA MBERIIURST AND GOUDHURST,-.-PiCkifig iS DOW pretty general, but the hops are much battered' by the late winds, and weigh light. There is very little appear: ance of mould. TICEHURST, ETCHINGHAM, AND BURWASH.—The picking is general, except in a few backward grounds. Where they have escaped the late severe gales the samples will be bright and good. The plantations will be more productive than was at first anticipated, but so far as weighing has taken place, they require about 80 bushels to the cwt. Duty, 220,0001. CRANBROOK.—The hop-picking in this neighbour hood commenced last week. The late winds have cer tainly caused considerable injury to the exposed grounds. A good bright simple of hops, without too much bleaching, may meet an acceptable buyer, notwithstand ing the anticipated quantity. CANTERBURY.—Some few of our hop growers com menced picking on Monday, and the weather was par ticularly favourable up to Thursday evening, when the rain set in, which not only retarded the picking, but much injured the quality, there being in several grounds a disposition to mould. There will be no very fine samples in this neighbourhood, as the wind has much injured the colour ; but, according to the present appearances, hops generally will come down heavy, and warrant the pre sent estimate of duty, which is laid at 230,000/.= Maidstone Gazette. DONCASTER RACES.—Bell's We' in London, price 5d., of Sunday next, September 22, will contain an ample and exclusive account of the Races at Doncaster; an Engraving of the Doncaster Cup ; and a Portrait of the Winner of the Great St. Leger; together with all the Sporting and Miscellaneous Intelligence of the week. Office, 170, Strand. Early orders to country agents are indispensable. Bell's Life in London is out in time on Saturdays for the Birmingham two o'clock train. THE METROPOLITAN FOR SEPTEMBER.— We Invariably take up the Metropolitan with the more pleasure from the conviction that we are safe from the in fliction of tedious tirades on politics, and that we shall be sure to meet with articles to our taste, no matter what mood we may be in at the time. The sketches of Jeru salem continued this month are remarkably interesting. The Blind Reefer Adrift is a well told nautical story. The Benevolent Madman, No. 4 of The Curiosities of Legal Experience, is excellent and spirited, as well as many others, including Lord Killikelly, Miss Pigott's Pilgrimage from Fontainbleau to Scotland, Shakspeare Fancies, &c. Sheffield Independent. —The notices of new works are numerous and full, and, take it all in all, we think the present is one of the most interesting numbers of this in teresting periodical.—Derby Courier. ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY IN SEARCIT or PRACTICE. —This work is not, as may be supposed from its title, a mere extravaganza. " My object," says the author, who is himself a lawyer, "has been to illustrate cha racter as usually exhibited by clients in their intercourse with us, and 'thereby to furnish a clue that may extricate any man of common sense from the worse than Dasdalian labyrinths of our profession." Boz has nothing more enter taining than some of the scenes. Its high minded and gentlemanly tone, not less than its talent, should make it a household book with the profession, and not with those only, but with the general reader, for it is a book of mind that sets the reader thinki ng. —Northampton Mercury, and 4.thenteum. Mr. Van Arnburoh is said to have just given six thousand francs fora wholly black tiger, which is lately arrived in England. —Paris Paper• " - ‘ -- Coiiolanus,' he muttered, the great Corio latius himself, was never so outrageously treated by his countrymen. Nor was Aristides—nor Themis tocles. At least I have never heard that the Ro mans pushed their ungratefulness so far as to rum mage the portmanteau of the first ; nor the Greeks the carpet-bags of the two last. And yet I don't think these illustrious citizens ever had the honour to be Ministers to the King of the French, editors of the Debats, Councillors of State, or authors of such a book as Alonzo. I don't see what should hinder me from following the ex ample of Coriolanus, who retired among the Votscians. Yes ! good faith : I will retire into Savoy. Coriolanus carried to the Vol scians his military talents ; I will take to the Sa voyards my University abilities, my systems of edu cation, my Hottentot professorships, and my little school books. And yet, no ! It would be an ill judged revenge. I will not emigrate ; I will not carry my ideas elsewhere ; I will not leave the French—it might give them too much pleasure. On the contrary, I will be magnanimous ; I will banish the present insult from my memory, and continue, by way of diverting my attention, to in quire for what unaccountable reason the inhabitants of Savoy are called Savoyards.' " While the ill-used great man thus apostrophized himself on the treatment he had received, the Douaniers - were engaged in turning all his rattle traps topsy-turvy. Among the odds and ends that this minute inspection brought to light, were— " Seventy-two pots of different ponamades ; " Fifteen false scalps ; " Several changes of crosses and other decora. rations ; " Two hundred and sixteen bottles of scent anc rouge; " Six pair of curling-irons to give the hair a natural turn ; " A copy of Alonzo and some bottles of blacking. " The copy of Alonzo was the only article that the Douaniers considered contraband. "' That work is , my composion,' cried M. de Salvandy. " Very possible,' said the Douanier ; your style of conversation just now is a strong presump tion that you may have written the book ; but be that as it may, it is all the same ; I still think the thing contraband.' " But you must see that it is written in French.' " What, that book ? I have just skimmed some bits of it, and if you call that Fiddle . a de e i indeed ! It may b e Savo y ard, or Austran, or French, H ea ven help us Pretty sort of French, i Prussian, or no matter what ! but as to French-- no thank ye ! I seize it. You may do as you will with the rest of your things ; but I know my duty too well to let such gibberish be smuggled into France. Good day to you !' "So spoke the intelligent Douanier. At first, H. de Salvandy was half inclined to abuse him for an anarchist, or a seditious and incorrigible enemy of public order, and so forth. But a moment's reflection 'served to calm him, and even to convert his anger into a gentle joy. The conclusion of the adventure struck him as an interposition of heaven. ' 4 At last,' said he to himself, as he went on his way ; at last I have found a customer for one copy of my unfortunate Alonzo--not a buyer, in deed, but what is much better, a reader. Oh, fortune, I thank thee ! Thou hadst before this been very bountiful to me : thou hadst endowed me with genius, and with a head of hair that curls naturally—with the slightest touch in the world, of the irons—thou madest me a Minister, an acade mician, a Councillor of State, and an editor of the Debats ; but thou hast never done anything so difficult fot me as to find a customer for a copy of Alonzo I Of a verity there is nothing impossible for fortune to accomplish.' 44 M. de Salvandy, having thus given vent to his gratitude, resumed by degrees the thread of his ideas, and asked himself for the third time—c But, after all, why the devil have people the rudeness to give the nickname of Savoyards to the inhabitants of Savoy ? That is beyond my comprehension.' " A MORGUE IN LONDON.—Among the many improvements of which this great city and its suburbs are still susceptible, there is hardly one which could be of more public benefit than the establishment of an office for the registry of all persons found dead, with such a description of their appearance and person as would enable any one in search of a lost relative or friend to obtain at once such information as could be supplied within a circle of many miles. The number of bodies annually found in the river. and canals, and other places a short distance from the metropolis, is incredible. It is estimated that at the pre sent moment there are not less than 50 f per o sonmissing, very many of whom have not been heard! for a long time, though in some cases the Surrey,rewa reward 'offered e ed fr is qu la e r n g tl e y . Mr. Carter, the Coroner for alluded to such an establishment, and observed how easy it would be for the summoning officer to forward an ac count of the height, clothes, and other particulars. It might be made a part of his duty, and a written statement and description of a found body be receiVed at the metro. pOlitan office in two or three hours. , Mr.. P a y ne , t h e Ci ty Coroner, repeatedly ad j ourns cascswith a view to the dis covery of the deceased's relatives or friends. In Mr. Carttar's district ( West Kent), which extends by the near side from 'Deptford to Gravesend, a very great number of bodies arc yearly picked up, and in nine 'eases out of ten they are buried as paupers, unknown, unclaimed, at the expense of the parish where they may; be found. The same might take place in London but •for the publicity given by the papers, and what was effected in that way is seen in the remarkable case of the skeleton recently found in the Strand sewer. I'MENOMENON AT SEA.— On Wednesday morning last, as several Boston fishermen were oystering on Burnham Flats, they were astonished by the appearance in the air of a dense mass of large flies, so thick and ex_ tensive as to obscure the view of the clouds : the flies tell on the decks in very large quantities, and those which settled on the men bit or stung them so severely as to compel them to make a hasty retreat below Some of the boats were at a considerable distance from the others, yet all were visited at the same time, so that, as the men believe, this " plague of flies" covered a space of snore than a mile.--Boston Herald. M. DE SALVANDY. (From the Cbarivari.) " When hackney-coach horses have their minds worn out. by incessant application to public affairs (qy., fares ?) they are sent to graw; when Mi lusters have become back-broken with drawing the car of the State they are ordered to take the waters. Both are the only modes of restoring some ideas to the Ministers and some strength to the nags. " iNT. de Salvandy was lately at the waters of Aix, whence he has just come back to France, though not without having suffered some. inconve nience little creditable to his ungrateful country. He was on his return from the land of the Savo ' yards, where lie had employed himself in pondering On his return to power, in contemplating .his future greatness, and in drinking water. " Why,' said, he to himself, as he lolled hack in his postHchaise in the reflecting 'and meditative mood that distinguishes him, why is it that the inhabitants of Savoy are called Savoyards ?' "At that moment a loud cry of Stop r inter rupted his reverie, and he thrust his 'exquisite head of hair out of the window to ascertain what was the matter. " We want to search your baggage,' said the chief of the Douaniers ; you arc on the frontier of France.' " Go about your business, my man,' cried M. de Salvandy, in a dignified tone ; persons of my condition do not submit to be searched. lam M. de Salvandy.' " Sir, I must beg you to speak a little more civilly.' " ‘ Ex-Minister of the 15th April'— " ' Really, Sir, I have behaved with perfect politeness to you ; will you be good enough to do the same by me ?' " Ex-editor of the Journal des Debate— " ' Once for all, Sir, I entreat you to leave off affronting me in this mannee— '" Member of the Academy'— " Again ?' " And Councillor of State in ordinary.' " Upon my soul, this is too bad ; I have hitherto been as forbearing as possible, but there is a limit to all human endurance. Since you go on in this way, I warn you to look to yourself if you have any smuggled goods about you. I should not be a bit surprised, for guilty people are generally foul-mouthed. Come, Sir, make haste.' " The retired statesman was obliged to submit. All his trunks were put down in the mud, and while the search was in progress he drew himself back in the carriage, flushed with rage, his arms folded, his chin dropped pensively into his cloth, and betook himself to reflecting on the ingratitude of France, which had had the meanness to suspect him of .smuggling. _ EVENING EDITION. PARIS Fl ..SHIONS, SEPT. 16. TOWN NEGLIGE, —A pelisse of white and blue foulard trimmed dog . n the- front, like at the top of the sleeves, with a doub. le fold ; lace at the edge of the body. A muslin she. , cvl trimmed with thread fringe. A bonnet of sewn straw lined with pink crape, edged with velvet, and with a Small veil of black lace ; the orna ments and crown of velvet, and velvet and black lace intermixed in the cap. Bottines of coutil. Swedish leather gloves. A. pocket handkerchief embroidered in cotton rouille and blanc. Parasol of shot silk. TOWN TOILETTE.—A printed muslin dress, puce co lour and white. A capote of crape souffre colour, and lace. A square 1: - Ice shawl. Bottines •of prunella. Pocket-bandkerchi4 embroidered in red and white cottons. Collar vald cuffs of lace. Parasol a IA mar quise of glace pink silk. An enamel miniature bracelet. • NEGLIGE FOR THE EVENING —A dress of embroi dered mud:in with t wo flounces edged with Paris point. A. slightly pointed bodice with a mantelet pelerine ; short sleeves descendi ng t o t h e e lb ow w i t h a s i mi lar double trimming. Black netted silk gloves, satin shoes, a black lace cap with India pinks. Simple jewellery. A -fan and embroidered pocket handkerchief. `EVENING TOILETTE.—A dress of India muslin with two Lisle lace flounces ; sleeves and bodice trimmed with the same lace. A blue taffety band and bows on the front of the bodice. A cap of Lisle lace and blue flowers. White gloves. Rich fan, and a trimmed and embroidered pocket-handkerchief. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, ~ For the Week end e d Se .t. 13, ).3131,), made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 76s. lid. 1 Oats Barley 3os. 6d. 1 Rye .. ...... 3Ss 10d. I Pease 425. 6u l • IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 7ls. Bd.l Oats Barley 3S.s. €d. Rye • DUTILS ON FORnIGN CORN. Wheat is. Sd. I Oars Barley 4s. 10d. I Rye THE MARKETS. (CAL MARKET. s, d Adair's Holy well Main 2O Leazei Main l7 li Ord's Redhugh Townley lB 9 NVylam. ..... 20 9 WaPs End Bell and Brown 21 3 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Hilda 2l 3 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's Walls End Belmont Walls End Hetton Walls End Lambton 23 6 Walls End Pemberton , ships arrived since B.d. Walls End Stewart's 2'3 9 Walls End Whitwell o2 6 Walls End Hartlepool 93 9 Walls End Kelloe 2 s 1/ Walls End Barrett Walls End Clarence Hetton 22 b W. E.Richardson's Hartley 17 9 Walls End South Durham 22 3 Walls End Seymour Tees 22 ' 3 , Walls End Tees '22 6 Walls End Tennant' 23 0 Walls I ud West Tees .O 9 H art l ey 2O 0 6 Llangennech Coal . ..... 26 Barriniaton Tees Trader..... 2 1 3 , . Walls End Wendleston ...... 15 ''''' last market-day, 6. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. --- ,-, -- --- Per Quarter. Is.to s. I s. to '.2. fß.to S. 0. to S. , sto ,t* BaiStotl Braintree B ighton 66 73 30 40 16 22 33 —.-- Cambridge — 62 32 25 Chiche,ter 65 76 5:9 38 23 29 43 53 22 x 9 Durimow - Grantham Grimsby Hailsliam - Hitch i n FI 70 32 42 28 34 56 ~ Ipswich I6I 75 85 42 ,26 33 33 42 35 Lewes 64 74 32 34 •22 29 34 40 Lynn 34 74 :6 38 . _ ____...- Maidstone 6B 75 36 39 28 32 ,40 50 -- " . " 4 , Norwich I'etworth - Rorn ford 64 71 35 22 32 40 -- ; Sandwich 65 75 28 32 l7 28 40 ;h. Thetford - Wi , bech - ... Witham j 64 72 I •—•— 21 22 35 Yarmouth 65 69 134 36 26 32 34 40 40 .7 L. V ERPO 0 L CORN 111 AR K ET.—Sept. 10. WHEAT, English, White, per 705 b. lls 90 to 12i. Sa. • Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 9 9 io 6 -------- Red. 8 9 0 '1 34 40 .pt. 10 —11.4 9d 10 9 9 6 9 9 8 9 8 0 4 6 0 39 0 .5 0 to I' 2 i.sa• 11 3 10 3 10 6 5 11 4 4 7 0 43 0 5 5 „ 3 48 ‘; 44 0 48 e 44 0 46 a 0 5s 57 ° 42 6 414 40 . 0 70 • Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b - Irish - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter.., , - Scotch and Irish, per 60ibs. r ceding 4 9 6EAN9, English, per Imperial quarter 45 0 Irish, &e . 42 0 Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 Foreign FLOOR, English, per 2801 b. 57 0 ----- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2.101bs ... 39 0 INDIAN CORM, pc r 4801 b. RYE, per Imperal quarter klaur, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. Wheal, White (per Quarter) Red s 4s. f 2 s. 643. Foreign s6s. 605. 635. Barley, Malting —s 30 8 . —s ' 325 ' Grinding Oats, British .... . s . --a Foreign (in bond) 3.5 4es• 42 5 . Beans s4s. :3 - 6 5 . 37s * Pease, Grey Blue and White s• —s• Linseed . 395. 40s 435. Flour (per sack) - - ,4 Ws, 558, Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) 221. 211. 251. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. ad. to s. d. Per lb. ti. to d• Wheat 8 0 9 6 Beef 7 9 Barley. Oats 3 6 4 6 Vaal Beans Pease 49 53 1 Lamb I ° Hay 4/. Os. to V. 03. 10d. per ton. HAMBUR MARKETS. Wheat, Marks 414 to 408 Bar N ley, Mecklenburgit GRAI. 174 t t o o -- 914 "..-. - Magdeburg - Magdeburgh••• , 4 t o 204 - Anhalt, white, 4211 tp 488 -- Holstein ........ , !fis to 174 red - Summer .......•• __ „.. 1 32 - Brunswick 9OB to 465 Oats, Elder .... ........... 12.11, to 132 ,71 • - Mecklenburg 390 to 466 - Mecklenburg ••• I ra ) to 1 68 - Polish 384 to 465 -- Holstein ............ I?- :35 - Holstein - Eist Frie,land... lao, to 270 Rye, Mecklenburg ---.- Dantzic __ -- -- Elbing and Ko- Buck Wheat to , (5 3 4 , nigsburg --- Upland t t o o 2 2 20 16 s, ll f a a p it eseed, Hanover ... 331 to 3 180 to i • .... _ - Riga 2lO to 216 Tares COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7)4 to 954 Maranham Georgia, Ist sort 9y 4 9A Madras 2d 3d and 4th 7i 8 COF, Mocha 9 to 11%, Batavia Sumatra .... Domingo ." ... " 'EE. Domingo La Guayra Porto Rico Rio 4%; 5% Bahia 4% 5 Havannah .... SUGAR. „ (Wit. Havannah, White Nto 9% Brown 5N 5% Rio, White 6 7 Brown Manilla Brow s to 9 6% —", 51 4 , 7' 'lit 4 , 4 to 5% 5 04 5 1, 4 ex Z.A h 8% Discount.) Bahia, White 7q ON 57 Brown. VI vg Pernambuco, White 7 5i Brown 5 rn, 5% to 5%. __...... S U ERIO RS L V E IP R WATCHES' LONDON MADE. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, C °rn : hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for sel, e tion a very large STOCK o f SILVER WATCHES, eu;- whole of which are made and fi n i s h e d un der the careful insr_,a, tion of experienced workmen o n their o w n premises, and e""" warranted for correct performance. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backedX4 •" 4 -0 engine-turned cases, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with seconds' hand, 3 0 5 and double-backed cases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, with seconds' hand, and double- 6 6 0 backed cases, warranted ,a • I {Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s. 6d. A large variety of second-hand Sil v er W a tches, which. /. 5. been carefully examined, and can be wa rranted at 2 each. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchapge• H EM WARRANTED GOLD WATCHr's_ y The following Watches are Londo n ma d e , o f very superior (111 lity, and warranted to perform correctly. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned 10 I 0 0 gold cases and gold dials, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double backed engine -turned gold cases and gold dials, t 2 0 warran t e d Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, with double gold cases and gold dials, 14 0 14 warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold eases, 14 1 4 0 warranted ••• Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold eases 17 0 and enamel dials, warranted .. Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed-gold cases 0 0 and gold dials, warranted Either of tke Gentlemen's Watch es may b e h a d in I:° °d hunt ing cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. T. COX sAvonrs, Silversmith, Watch ma k er, and Goldsmith, 1, Cornhillt Loon (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street , On the 15th inst . at Pleasant .row, Kingsland-roa., t h e ladY of Thomas Ware, Esq., sooi , of a dau hter. M On the 16th inst., in li H eit eathcote-st rgeet, eckleaburgh" square, the lady o f John M. Kemble, Esq., of a son. On the 16th i nst ., at P e lh am Vill a, L ea mington, m ilto n n, of Cornacassa, of a daughter. Same` l O the 18th inst., in St. Helen's-place, the lady of Soll, the q. Es, of a son. lt on " i O y n 18th inst., Mrs. S. D. Puddicombe , of Ham terrace, St. John's-wood, of a son. Gre of a so nf ell ' O nt o. he 14th inst., at Carshalton, Mrs. Riversdale il E . On the 11th inst., at Me M BILL Surre D. rton, John Charles ,Atic,-,1'.; son, E sq ., R omne y -t errace , to Eliza Sarah, ' younges t daugloe of John Page, Esq., Merton-hall Farm. „ , Jame s On the 17th inst., at the Church of St. Alphage, 'i r ' 1 t Craig, of Blackheath, to Miss Jane Wheeler second dautV '''' , of William Wheeler, Esq., of Greenwich. • 1 Ilig - On the 18th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Danl e t ford Darall Burr, Esq., M.P., of Gayton, Herefordshire, r:), Anne Margaretta, only- daughter of the late Captain Ed sca e. Scohell, R.N. of Poltair-house, Cornwall, and 7, Dorset-sV_vor _ On the 18th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, i'y o f mander R. F. Cleaveland , R.N., to Sophia, fifth daughter the late Rev. Herbert Oakeley, D.D., of Oakeley, Salop. DIED. Ke i t h Forbel. On the sth of June last, at Lucknow, Jame Esq., 10th Reinvent Bengal Native Infantry, eldest 5 0 ,° ) , ° . Captain J. K. Forbes, of Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, aged On the 7th inst., S. P. Alarindin, Esq., of Chesterton, Salop, aged 64. a reda 9 • On the ith inst., at Lisbon, John Smallpeice, On the 15th inst., at Montagu-place, 11Intagd-sq"":,,t Miss HadasAah Lee, daughter of the late John Lee, L s q. - Lewisham, Kent. London : Printed and Published by 111URDO YOtiN G A ' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stra,3,.,Za: th e county of Aluidlesex.—.Thursday , 19, I°" I