The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty, accompanied by . her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Princes Ernest and Albert. of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, rode out on horseback at half-past three o'clock this afternoon through the Long Walk to the Forest and Great Park drives. A numerous suite from the Castle attended the illustrious party including Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Viscount Melbourne, Hon. William Temple, Viscount Falkland, Count Kalowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir William Lumley, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Sir George Quentin. The Countess of Sandwich and the Hon. Miss Paget followed the equestrian party in an open carriage, and the Hon. Miss Cocks and the Hon. Miss Campbell drove in a pony phaeton. Prince t:sterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, is ex pected to arrive this evening. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will also include the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, came to Ca m b r id ge H ouse y ester d ay morn i ng f rom hi s residence at Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the evening. The Duchess of Gloucester went yesterday to Kew and visited the Duchess of Cambridge. William Allen had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. Th e Earl and Countess of Lichfield arrived in town on Saturday, from Shugborough. The Earl and Countess lett town yesterday for Newmarket. Earl Granville transacted business yesterday at tie Foreig n Office. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle arrived in town yesterday, from their residence at Hampton Court, and afterwards left town for Newmarket. Viscount Palmerston came to town yesterday morn ings from Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday for the seat of the Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. The Right Hon. R. L. Shell has arrived in town, from Ireland. The Hon. Mrs. Walker Ferrand has left town, for Leamington. Mr. More O'Ferrall, M.P., and lady, arrived at Fttrrance's Hot e l, B e l grave - street , yester d ay , f rom Richmond. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGEN CE. ARRIVALS. C. Fothringham and family and Mr. Fothringham, Nlarsball Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from their seat, Fothringham House, Dundee ; A. Nugent, roam at ditto ; Earl St. Gerwains, in Burlington-street, from a Continental tour ; Madame Dedel, at the Dutch Minister's, in 'Wilton -crescent, from the Hague; the Earl of Shannon and the Ladies Boyle, in Connaught-place ; Mr. Spencer a n d L a d y L ou i sa d e Horsev, in Grosvenor otreet, from the Isle of Night; Lord Melgund and Lady Elizabeth Elliott, at the Admiralty, from Frankfort-on the Maine; Fir Francis Sykes, Bart., from the Continent; Lady James Fitzgerald and family, from ditto; the Hon. W. Temple, at Lord Palmerston's, in Great Stanhope street. DEPARTURES Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for Derbyshire ; the Dowager Countess Beauchamp, for Paris; the Rev. Lord C. and Lady Harriet Hervey, for Chesterton Rectory, Essex ; Sir Walter B. Riddell, Bart., for Dover ; Colonel Tynte, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Halswell House ; Lord Or,slow, from ditto; Cornet Tynte, from ditto, to join the 4th Dragoon Guards, at Birmingham , Lady Bridgewater, from Grosvenor-square, for Ellesmere Castle, Shropshire ; Lord and Lady Francis Egerton and family, for Nice, for the winter; Lord Grimston, for Hertfordshire; Major- General Sir John Taylor, K. C. 8., for Leicestershire ; the Duke of Marlborough, from Crawley's Hotel, for Blenheim Park ; Lady Isabella Douglas, for Paris ; Sir .1. B. Bosanquet, from ditto ; the Hon. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, on a visit to Baroness Braye, at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire ; Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart., and family, from Bruton -street, for Brighton. CHANGES. The Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim, near Wood stock, from Dover ; the Marquis of Tweeddale, at his seat, Yester House, Haddingtonshire, from a visit to Lord Sal toun, at Ness Castle, near Inverness ; the Hon. Cecil Forester, on a visit to Lord Macdonald, in the north of Scotland, from Yorkshire ; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, at Dover, from town; the Hon. C. A. Mur ray, at Windsor Castle, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, N.B. ; Viscount and Viscountess Ingestrie, on a tour in Wales, from Ingestrie Hall, the family seat in Staffordshire; Sir Gregory and Lady Way, at Brighton, from Worthing ; Lady de Dunstanville, at Torquay, Devon, from her seat in Cornwall ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Norton, on a visit to Lord and Lady Grantley, at their seat, Grantley Hall, Yorkshire, from a tour in Scotland; Count Esterhazy, on a tour in Scotland, from town ; Lord Ward, at Big House, his shooting box, in Sutherlandshire, from his seat, Hinley Hall, Staffordshire ; the Hon. Colonel and Mr. Browne, at Bath, from Cheltenham ; the Earl and Coun tess of Aylesford, on a tour from Packington Hall, their seat in Warwickshire; Lady Elizabeth Alexander, at Bath, from Torquay, Devon ; the Hon. Thos. and Lady Emma Vesey, at Abbcyleix House, the seat of Lord de yeaci, from Southampton. • THE - QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her Majesty did not leave for the Earl and Countess of Denbigh's yes terday, nor was her Majesty expected, as stated. The Earl and Countess Cadogan entertained a select party at dinner, last evening, at their residence in Piccadilly. The Noble Earl and Countess, and the Ladies Honoria and Augusta Cadogan will shortly Wee their departure for Paris, where they purpose passing the winter. The Earl and Countess of Durham remain at Lambtan Castle seeing but little company. The Earl and Countess are not expected to return to town until after Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are ex pected at Chesterfield House this day or to-morrow, from Wiesbaden, which is now nearly deserted, the sea son for drinking the waters being over. The Earl and Countess of Granville, with Vis count Leveson, M.P.,and the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, leave town to-morrow, for Paris. Prince Beauvau, Count Adolphe Hamal, and Baron de Knyffe left the Brunswick yesterday, to attend the Newmarket meeting. THE MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY.—We are happy to be able to state that her Ladyship rallied yesterday morning, and at an advanced hour last night her medical attendants pronounced her Ladyship to be considerably better. The inquiries yesterday after the health of her Ladyship were particularly numerous. A private letter from St. Petersburg informs us that the successor of Count Pozzo di Borgo, as Ambas sador at the British Court, had not been determined on. DEATH OF SIR TYRWHITT JONES, BART. We regret to announce the decease of this Hon. Baro ' net,- which took place at his seat, Stanley Hall, Shrop shire, in his 46th year. He has been for several years an invalid. Sir Tyrwhitt married in 1821, Elizabeth Welwyn, daughter of John M'Namara, Esq., sister to the Dowager Lady Cranstoun, and aunt to Mrs. Nis bett and the Misses Mordaunt, the popular actresses. BRIDGEWATER HOUSE.—The west front of this splendid mansion is the only part that remains inha bitable. The valuable collection of paintings belong ing to Lord Francis Egerton are still placed in the spare apartments, and not sent to the Duke of Suther land's, as stated. HYDE PARK.—The rides and drives yesterday, owing to the extreme fineness of the weather, put on quite a cheerful appearance. There were thirty car riages at one time in the Park. The change arises from the return of those who usually take a short trip after the meeting of Parliament. Among the principal equi- Pages in the drive were those of the Marchioness of Clanricarde, Countess of Glengall, Countess of Bless ington, Lady Eleanor Lowther, Lady Foley, &c. AaIPORT HOUSE, NEAR ANDOVER.—The Marquis of Winchester has let this splendid family ) seat, constructed at a vast expense by a former Duke of Bolton, to E. R. Tunno, Esq., of Red Rue House, for a term. His Lordship's late tenant was Captain Cosby. The Marquis and Marchioness will pass the winter at Brighton, for the improvement of her Ladyship's health. TH E OUTRAGE AT WINDSOR.—A Corre spondent informs us that the man who was arrested last June, clothed as a workman, making his way into Buck ingham Palace, and who exclaimed, when challenged by the sentinel, " It is all right," has been apprehended on suspicion of having broken the windows at Windsor. The particulars are at present shrouded in secresy. MENAGERIE.—On Wednesday last, at Not tingham, two persons wee , e seriously injured on account of putting their hands through the bars of the dens. One of the individuals alluded to was a countryman in an inebriated state. After frequent warnings from the keeper he still persisted in playing with the hyena, which terminated in the loss of the end of one of his ALTON TOWERS.—The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury left their noble residence of Alton Towers " Wednesday morning for Rome, where they intend P 'ssing the winter season with their daughters, the Princesses Doria Pamphili and Dc Borghese. Pre vious to their departure, they, accompanied by a dis tinguished ' tor party, visited the china manulac y of Messrs. Daniel, at Stoke-upon-Trent, and expressed much grat ifi cat i on w i t h t h e e legant specimens of porce lain submitted to their inspection, particularly with the s uperb services in progress for the Prince Doria Pam "di. His Excellency Duke Torlonia directed Messrs. Daniel to forward to his Palazza at Rome a banquet servic e eu suite, executed in their best style—the whole to be of a new semi-vitreous porcelain, free from bone , and lead, unaffected by transitions of heat and cold, and for which letters patent are being obtained. The noble Party complimented Messrs. Daniel, and expressed an i opinion that their porcelain was superior to any they had I seen on the Continent. THE WEATHER.—A change in the weather ) bas taken plaCe this morning - We have a rainy day .ito Lond on, w i th a south-west ' wind. The glass in-doors ~ marks 57. 1 LADY FLORA HASTINGS AND THE COURT INTRIGUE. (From the Scotsman.) In offering some remarks on the melancholy case of the late Lady Flora Hastings, we must state in the outset that we felt deeply for her while she lived, and that we cannot yet imagine anything more revolting to a well-constituted mind than the suspicion which assailed her. But in our sympathy for her and for her family let us not be unjust ; and while we display every readiness to rectify her wrongs, let us be mindful of the feelings and cha racter of others, and not look upon one injury as warranting the perpetration of another equally unjust and equally difficult to bear. Lady Flora Hastings, as our readers well know, was suspected of being pregnant, and interdicted from appearing at Court till the doubt should be removed. The moment this was done, and her ho nour was proved to be pure and spotless, she was not only openly received and treated with every kindness, but she received and accepted of " hand some" apologies from the Queen and Lady Port man for the doubt which circumstances had forced upon their minds. Here one would have expected the matter to rest, and be forgotten; but it proved otherwise. The occasion was too tempting for the purposes of party, and it has ever since been made use of by the more unprincipled of the Tory papers with a fiendish perseverance which we have never seen equalled, and which renders it necessary that l i the matter should be placed in its true light. The suspicion of Lady Flora's pregnancy could arise only in one of two ways. Either it was a pure and malicious invention of a personal enemy ; or it was an honest and fair inference from appear- ances, generally conclusive, but in this particular instance false and deceptive. If it was the first, and the Ladies of the Court really gave effect to their suspicions, knowing them to be false, no de gree of infamy which the Marquis of Hastings could call down upon them, would be too severe a punish ment for their offence. But, even in this case, their wickedness would be exceeded only by their insan ity, in resorting to a charge against Lady Flora, the falsity of which was certain to be demonstrated by the lapse of a few months, at the end of which Lady Flora would have been able to trample them under her feet. If pregnancy lasted for a lifetime, such a charge might have served the pur poses of malice, but not otherwise. If, on the other hand, the Ladies believed their suspicions to be well founded, and derived them as honest in ferences from deceptive appearances, they may have shown want of judgment in adopting them, but assuredly they would stand acquitted in the eyes of every candid person of anything like moral blame; because, in that case, they did no more than their direct duty in trying to avert what they believed to be a scandal from the Court of the Queen, and they would have been culpable had they remained inactive. Obvious as this distinction is between deliberate guilt and conscientious error, the Marquis of Hast ings wholly disregards it, and, blinded by his feelings for his sister, never admits even the possibility of the suspicion having had an honest origin ; and yet it is impossible to read even his own statement with candour without the conviction forcing itself upon the mind—a conviction demon'trated by the state ments of Lord Portman and Sir James Clark—that the real and only origin of the suspicion was the marked change in Lady Flora's personal appearance on her return from Scotland. It was Lady Flora's misfortune, and no blame of the Ladies, or of any one, that she presented appearances rarely seen except in pregnancy, and unaccompanied by any clear indi cations by which they could be traced with certainty to their only other source, in disease alone. That a lamentable mistake was committed is too true ; but it would have argued extraordinary moral indiffe rence on the part of the Ladies charged officially with the character of the Court, had they, in cir cumstances so peculiar, felt no anxiety about the cause of Lady Flora's altered form, and done no thing to avert the apprehended scandal from occur ring in the palace of the Queen. That they might have discharged their principal duty with more dis cretion, we verily believe; but, while we think so, we cannot help remarking how much easier it is to form such an opinion after the suspicion is known to be false, than it must have been when the case was involved in doubt and obscurity. Keeping in view the above distinction between error and crime, and making every allowance for the outraged feelings of the Hastings family, we nevertheless feel compelled to acknowledge, that we never saw an instance in which such one-sided ten derness for character was exhibited as in their pre sent conduct. Themselves smarting under the evils of rashly formed opinions and suspicions, one would naturally expect them to be tender towards others, and to show something of that caution in accusa tion which dearly bought experience had taught them to be so essential to justice and important to happiness ; and the want of which they so loudly condemn in the Ladies of the Court. And yet how stands the fact ? Did the Marquis of Hastings and his sister pause till they ob tained clear and indisputable proofs before adducing charges against persons of hitherto unblemished reputation, which, if true, would necessarily de grade them in public estimation, even below that point in the scale of morality at which Lady Flora herself would have stood had she unhappily been guilty ? And did they obtain demonstrative evi dence of the existence of a "diabolical conspiracy," and of the guilt of its alleged authors, before de nouncing them to the public, and crying aloud for vengeance on their heads ? We are sorry to say they did no such thing. Without one particle of evidence, Lady Flora assumes the existence of a " diabolical conspiracy" on the part of Ladies Ta vistock and Portman, Sir James Clark, and the Baroness Lehzen, to destroy herself and persecute the Duchess of Kent ; and"the very moment Iheard of it," says the Marquis in his letter to Lord Mel bourne, " I posted day and night to London, and believing that you had been the chief mover in the business, I waited upon Lord Winchilsea and asked him (if such were the case) to call you out." These are strong assumptions to begin with ; but Lady Flora proceeds equally on assumption alone to denounce the " lady who pulled the wires" of the conspiracy ; and while Lord I-listings laments that he can obtain no proofs, he nevertheless does not hesitate to class the whole of the above parties " together in THAT contempt and disgrace in the eyes of the world which they MOST richly merit," as "the basest of slanderers," and the " originators of an infamous calumny," and to stigmatize them as "base and cruel," guilty of "artful villany," and as having "trodden underfoot every Christian principle," and " outraged all delicacy, jus tice, and honour . 1 " Disregarding consequences to others, but satisfied with his own belief that all this is true, Lord Hastings next calls loudly upon the Queen to dismiss the whole from her presence, branded with the ineffaceable stamp of guilt ; and because the Queen, believing them innocent, re fuses to perpetrate such injustice, his Lordship ends by virtually including the Queen herself among the guilty, and appealing to the public against them all I We can make great allowance for the excited feelings of a brother where a sister's wrongs are in question, but surely the Marquis of Hastings can not, in his calmer moments, expect either comfort to himself or honour to his sister's memory from following a course so flagrantly opposed to reason and justice? In this respect his own conduct is worse than even that of the " conspirators," es timating them by his own account of them. He takes his suspicions for granted, and acts upon their truth. They only sought to veriki their suspicions and delayed acting till the truth should be ascer tained. Let him prove his charges, and then call for vengeance ; but he may rest assured that he in jures his own cause, and turns sympathy against himself, when he denounces without evidence, and calls for punishment without guilt. Much has been said about the " baneful influence which surrounds the throne, and poisons and deadens all the best feelings and dictates of human nature ;" but blinded many t perverting a t hseuthe i upright minds now are by a laudable leaning o sideiflluoefhcse o suffering party inginnocence, and by spirit, every confiden ce t h at t h e d ay is farnotwe have distant when it will be considered an honour instead of a reproach to the Queen, that she refused publicly to degrade, by an ignomi n i ous dismissal, those whom she believed to b e morally innocent, and to have acted from a sense of duty alone. But it is said, Sir James Clark at least ought to have known chat Lady Flora's chang e of form pro ceeded from disease alone, and to have stifled the calumny in its birth. Unfortunately, however, it is. much easier to say this also after the truth is ascer tained than it was before it. From the statement of Sir James Clark published in the London papers of this week, it appears that the case was one of great obscurity and difficulty, and so far from any facility having been afforded to Sir James for quietly ascertaining its true nature, Lady Flora, he states, refused to allow him to examine even the region of the stomach with her stays removed--a proceeding without which it was impossible for him to decide, and which is resorted to in ordi nary affections of the stomach, without a dream of indelicacy on the part of either patient or phy sian. That Sir James's inability to determine, under many disadvantages, the teal origin of the swelling, arose from no want of professional dis crimination on his part, is further evident, from the fact that Sir Charles Clarke—the most eminent accoucheur in London, and the old per sonal.friend of Lady Flora and her family, and therefore naturally with a strong leaning in her favour, felt himself unable to disprove the sus picion, without subjecting her to what has been called '' medical examination." When this was the case with a man of undoubted eminence in that peculiar department of his profes sion, and who possessed the additional advantage of having known Lady Flora " from childhood," it is rather too much to blame Sir James because he could not at once absolve Lady Flora without any examination at all ! From Sir James's statement it further appears that the abuse against the ladies and himself for having suggested and insisted on a medical examination is entirely groundless, and that the examination alluded to was not suggested by any one, but was resorted to on the instant, and from necessity alone, by Sir Charles Clark, from the other means of investigation provir.g insufficient to dispel his doubts ! So much for the accuracy of public rumour ! One charge only remains to be noticed, viz., that against Sir James Clark, of coarseness, vio lence, and indelicacy. In London, where Sir James is best known, this accusation is ridiculed as utterly at variance with his character, which is known to be universally kind and gentle. It is not only absolutely denied by Sir James, but is refuted by the calmness and absence of every trace of offence in either of two notes written to him by Lady Flora within twenty four hours of the al leged " browbeating," and both of which are signed " yours sincerely, F. E. Hastings." If Lady Flora could write in such terms to a person who had just, in her own opinion, grossly insulted her, she must have been very different from other women. The truth seems to be, that she had allowed her self to be wrought upon by the heat of subsequent discussion till her recollection became confused. In her earlier letters and statement no such charge is to be met with. On the whole, then, the conviction left on our minds by Lord Portman and Sir James Clark's statements, taken in connection with that of the Marquis of Hastings, is, that if a conspiracy exists at all, it is one formed for the purpose of destroying the ladies and the physician, and of compelling the Queen, by moral persecu tion if not by fair means, to drive the present Government from her presence, and open the doors of office to the party who seek the accomplish ment of their ends by such unscrupulous means. The outcry now made by the more rabid of the Opposition papers, under the disguise of a regard to morality, is so purely factious and unprincipled, that it is discountenanced and condemned, not only by the Tory leaders, but even by their own more respectable journals, and ere long it cannot fail to be put down. The good sense of the Duke of Wellington led him from the first to recommend most strongly that this affair should never come before the public—it is not easy to imagine a case in which more evil and less good could be accom plished by submitting it to such a tribunal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. T. Y. C. Five Subs. Lord Miltown's Medea, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Stag) 1 Mr. Rayner's Minima, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Lord Exeter's Corban, 5 yrs, 7st 1 Ilb .. 3 Mr. Worrall's Antler, 3 yrs, Est 41b 4 Lord Stratibroke's b g Fifer, .5 yrs, 9st 71b Betting-5 to 4 agst Fifer (taken), 4to 1 agst Minima, 4to 1 agst Medea, 5 to 1 agst Corban, and 5 to 1 agst Antler. Won by a head. The Garden Stakes of 100 sovs. each. T.M.M. Three Subs. Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, 3 yrs, List 71b (Cotton) I Lord Exeter's Adrian, 5 yrs, ist Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, 4 yrs, 7st Betting-6 to 4 agst Adrian, 2to 1 agst Flambeau, and 3to 1 agst I-am-not-aware. Won by a length. Fifty Pounds ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; 4 yrs, est 71b ; five yrs, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A. F. Duke of Grafton's /Ether, 3 yrs (Nat) I Colonel Peel's lon, 4 yrs 5 to 4 on /Ether, who won in a canter. YORK OCTOBER MEETING.—SATURDAY( Concluded). The All-aged Stakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added by the In habitants of the City of York ; for two-yr- olds, Est 101 b; three yrs, Bst. 10Ib; four yrs, 9st 51b ; five yrs and up wards, 9st 121 b ; winner: once this year, 3lbs ; twiee, bibs extra. Mile and a quarter. (Eight Subs.) Mr. J. Sheppard's b c Viceroy, by Noltaire, 2 yr'...(Lye) 1 Mr. Heseltine's b f The Shadow, 3 yrs.. '2 Mr. J. Smith's gr g Marmaduke, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Brisham's eh f Vermillion, 2 yrs... Mr. Oxley's br c Navigator, 4 yrs 5 Mr. Hall's ch c St. Maurice, 2 yrs Betting-6 to 4 agst Shadow, 3to 1 agst Viceroy, and 4to 1 agst Vermillion. Won cleverly by two lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 7 toys each, 3 ft, and 20 added for horses of all denominations. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Vansittart's bf by Sandbeck, 3 yrs, 7st .( Wilson) 1 Mr. Howard nd b f Orelia, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 2 Mr. Ha worth's b f Fair Louisa, 3 yrs, 7iit 71b Colonel Thoin p ion 's b f Mazourka, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 4 Mr. Bell's ch m Golden Drop, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 5 Mr. Heseltine's b f Little Bird, 4 yrs, 7st 71b .. 6 2to 1 agst the winner. Won cleverly by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for horses the property of Officers of the depots Ist Dragoon Guards and 7th Hus . _._ sars. Mile and a bilf. Captain Sutton's ch g Gleneagle, aged,l2st 21b....(0wner) Mr. Percy's Betsy, 1 Ist 71b Mr. Cotton's br g, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 2tol on Gleneagle. Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added by the City in- , habitant*, for horses not thoroughbred; three years, 10st ; four years, lOst 41b ; five years, 1 Ist ; six years, and aged, 1 Ist 71b ; winners once, 41bs ; twice, 7lbs extra ; mares and geldings allowed 21bs. Ge n tl emen r id ers . Ae and a half heats. (6 subs.) Mr. Simpson's b g Aggravator, aged (Mr. W. Simpson) 1 1 Mr. Bell's b f Sister to Fearnerley, 4 yrs 2 2 Sir. Thompson's b g Master Wadham, 4 yrs .. 3 dr Mr. Smyth's gr f Brother to Goldicote, 4 yrs Mr. Powell's ch h Slyfellow, aged Betti..g—First heat, 6to 4 on Aggravator, sto 1 agst Sis ter to Fearnerley, and 5 to 1 agst Brother to Goldicote. Won cleverly.— Second heat, stol on Aggravator. Won easy. STONE RACES—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each, with 20 added from the Fund. Heats, thrice round and a dis. Mr. Phillips's b g Taffy, 4 yrs, 9st (Lear) 1 1 Mr. Knaresborough's br h Normanby, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b... 2 dr Mr. T. Gater's b m Mischief, 5 yrs, 9st 71b dis. The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, wtth.ls added from the Fund, for horses not thorough-bred, heats twice round and a dis., were won in two heats by Mr. T. Gater's b m Mischief, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b (Chiffney), beating Mr. Dawsen's ch m Jenny Jones, 5 yrs; Mr. Lowe's bl g St. John, 6 yrs, list 21b; 111 r. Peake's b m Jane, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b ; and Mr. Meeson's b m by Young Tramp, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b. A Pony Race, for a purse, &c., was won in two heats by Mr. Barker's bl g Gauger. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1839. SUSPENSION OF FREE DISCUS SION AND DESPOTISM OF THE LAND OWNERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Having last week terminated a glorious Anti-Corn-law compaign through Scotland, need ing a little recreation, I betook myself with a few friends into the heart:of Nottinghamshire. Finding a good deal of ignorance on the subject of the Coin laws, and a strong wish on the part of many of the respectable inhabitants of Worksop to have the subject discussed, I determined to ring repeal within echo of the walls of Clumber. I accordingly ap plied to the proprietor and occupier of one of the principal Inns for the use of the Assembly , room, which was without difficulty engaged for the evening of Saturday the 12th instant. The streets were immediately placarded, and circulars sent thioughout the neighbourhood to most of the surrounding tenantry. The interest excited in the town was considerable, and on every hand we heard expressions of strong desire to have the question submitted to the ordeal of free discussion. All went on smoothly until the very morning of Satur day, the day proposed for the Lecture, when to wards noon the landlord of the Inn announced to us that he had been waited upon by influential parties, and told, that if the Assembly-room was opened for the Lecture, he must be content to abide the con sequences, and he knew what those would be. Find ing expostulation useless, we applied, at the eleventh hour, to several innkeepers of the town for the use of their rooms, offering them any amount of remu neration they might choose to demand, but found ourselves forestalled. That similar intimations had been given to them, and that it was utterly imposi ble to procure any public room for the purpose. We theu learnt that there was a tolerably large school room which might, perhaps, be obtained, and made immediate application to the occupier, who very kindly acceded to our request. All was now right again, as we imagined, and arrangements were made for announcing the change of place to the public, when, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the gen tleman from whom the room had been engaged called upon us to say that intimation had been made to him, from quarters he must attend to, that if he permitted me to address an audience in his school room, every means would be taken to injure his esta blishment ; his own interest and the welfare of his family were at stake, and he felt himself compelled to withdraw from his engagement. We were now completely foiled, but, anx ious to prevent disappointment, I wrote out a placard, stating the reasons why I could not ad dress the inhabitants on that evening, and appeal ing to their common sense against the virtual des potism which had been exercised, but not a printer in the town would undertake its publication. I was, therefore, compelled to wait until the hour appointed for the Lecture, and explain in the public street the cause which had prevented me from ful. filling my engagement. There, again, every annoy ance was thrown in my way by a hired bully, who had been made drunk for the purpose, and the evening ' being very dark and the streets indifferently lighted, I was informed by persons in the crowd that there were parties present prepared to do me personal violence if I proceeded, and I accordingly relinquished my intention of publicly addressing the assembled multitude. And now the bellman was robbed of his small fee I I—for being commissioned to make proclamation of the reasons for suspending the lecture, he was deterred from so doing by his fear of the consequences. " Thus conscience (loth make cowards of us an," — and the dastards, who were unable to defend their cause by an open appeal to the common sense and reason of the people, were mean and skulking enough to crush discussion by the most atrocious exercise of local tyranny that conscious imbecility and injustice could devise. These facts require from me no comment. I feel compelled to submit them to public attention, in order that the middle classes of this country may see clearly the crushing despotism they will speedily be subjected to, if they longer refuse to rally round the banner of Justice, and defy the Aristocracy. Anxious to give im mediate currency to these facts I transmit them for insertion in your widely circulated paper, as the best medium for• carrying them to every corner of the land. I am, Sir, Yours truly, A. W. PAULTON. Worksop, Notts., Oct. 14. WEDNESDAY. The Publicans' Purse, by 505c - ripCon; of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added from t he - Fund. Heats, thric e round and a di s . _ _ _ Mr. James's b g Lansquenet, 6 yrs, 9st 121b...(Hughes), 1 1 Mr. Blake's ch m Sarah, aged, 9st 121 b ... 3 2 Mr. Granby's b m Lady Blessington, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b... 2 3 Hurdle Race Stakes of 3 sots. each, and 15 added from the Fund. Heats, twice round and a dis., with four leaps in each heat. Mr. Campbell's br h Bucephalus, 6 yrs, llst 121 b walked over. A Pony Race was won by Mr. Jenkinson's Mercury ; and a Forced Handicap, in two heats, by Mr. Blake's Normanby, 6 yrs, list (Johnson), beating Jane and two others. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Brighton harriers will meet on Mondays, at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race-course ; Fridays, at the Devil's Dyke. Colonel Wyndham's hounds on Friday, at Phillis Wood—at half-past eleven. The Fivehead harriers on Friday, at Staple Hill—at ten. The Brookside harriers on Thursday, at Telscombe Tye—at half-past ten. The Bodenham hounds on Thursday, at Sutton Hill. The Carmarthen harriers on Friday—at Passby—at ten. The Tivyside hounds on Thursday, at Rhydarberth—at ten. The Pembrokeshire hounds on Thursday, at Cylkemnes—at ten. The Whitfield harriers on Friday, at Treddington. The Swansea harriers on Friday, at the Kennel—at eleven. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 14. THE COUNTY RENTAL.—A meeting of the Magistrates of tne County of Middlesex was held on Monday at the Guildhall, Westminster, to receive from the church wardens a return of the rentals of their respective pa rishes, to enable the Court to assess the same rate to the county rate. Mr. Sergeant Adams in the chair. The return of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-Garden, showed a rental of 40,7731. The Chairmen inquired if the Court was to understand that the parish had re assessed the theatres at the rate fixed by the Court last year, or at a higher one ? The officer replied—At a higher value certainly, and an appeal either had been or would be made in consequence. The Chairman Then the whole matter must abide the result of that appeal. The Chairman, at the close of the proceedings, said there appeared to be an increase in the rental of the county of 100,0001. ; and he further stated, as a proof of the astonishing amount of the rental paid in the County, that in three parishes alone the return was up wards of 1,900,0001. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—The plain busi ness is somewhat slacker, but the fancy is still improving. . —Leeds Mercury. LITERATURE. A CHALLENGE TO PHRENOLOGISTS. Hodson, London, 1839. There is much shrewd and pertinent reasoning in this attack on the phrenological system of Gall and Spurzheirn, which gives the upholders of that system no quarter, showing—and we think success fully—that it is based, like the fool's palace on the sands, on a weak and shallow foundation. The writer handles his arguments with considerable skill and readiness, and enlivens them by many apt and humourous illustrations ; occasionally in some of his more caustic passages, he reminds us, " as with a difference," of Sidney Smith. GREECE, PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, 6.c. Urr, Londo - n, 1839. The present Number of this splendid work, which is the eighth, contains several exquisitely en graved plates, illustrative of the splendid mountai❑ scenery in the neighbourhood of AR Pacha's fa vourite strong hold of Janina, where it may be re membered he was surprized and beheaded some ten or a dozen years ago. The literary portion of the work is not less carefully executed, and is from the classic pe❑ of Dr. Wordsworth, brother, we be lieve, of the well-know n Lake poet. UNIVERsITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 12.—The Vinerian Professor of Com mon Law has issued a notice of a course of lectures to begin on Monday, the 21st inst., at two o'clock. On Thursday last the following gentlemen were ad mitted Scholars of Wadham College :—F. Tuffnell, Hobert Trimmer, Leonard F. Burrowes, and Henry B. Bowlby. The Warden and Fellows of New College have pre sented the Rev. Charles H. Bayly, Fellow of that Col lege, to the Rectory of Stratton St. Michael and St. Peter, Norfolk. The Dean and Chapter of Durham hare appointed the Rev. Matthew H. G. Buckle, of Wadham College, and Master of Durham School, to the Vicarage of Ed lingbam, Northumberland. ° The Lord - . . - ne Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has pre. sented the Rev. W. Spencer Phillips, of Trinity College, to`the Rectory of Newchurch and Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, to which he has been instituted by the Bishop of Winchester. R. Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq., has presented the Rev. Richard Croft, Fellow of Exeter College, to the Rectory of North Ockendon, Essex. The Rev. Anthony B. Lechmere, of Christ Church, has obtained a dispensation from th e A rc hbishop of C an: terbury to hold with the Vicarage of Welland, Wor cestershire, the Vicarage of Hanky Castle, in the same county, on the presentation of Sir A. Lechmerc. In consequence of this arrangement the Vicarag e of Eldersfield becomes vacant, also in the gift of Sir A. Lechme re. R. E. D. Shafto, Esq., has presented the Rev. Slingsby D. Croft, of University College, to the Rec tory of Brancepath, Durham. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 10.—On Tuesday last, being the first day of Term, the following gentlemen were ad mitted University officers : Proctors.—Rev. John James Smith, M.A., Caius , Rev. Edwin Steventon, M.A., Corpus Christi. Moderators.—Rev. Thomas Gaski n , M.A., J esus ; Rev. A. Thurtell, M.A., Caius. Scrutators.—Rev. J. Baldwin, NI. A., Christ's ; Rev. John Hymers, 8.D., St. John's. Taxors.—Rev. William Percival Batley, M.A., Clare ; Rev. John Mills, M.A., Pe m b ro k e. At the same Congregation the following degrees were conferred : Doctor in Divinity.—Rev. John Morton, Trinity, incumbent of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester. Bachelor in Divinity.—Rev.G. Langshawe, St. John's. Master of Arts.—Leeds Comyns Booth and William Oliver, St. Peter's ; John Pullin, Clare Hall. Bachelor of Arts.—Thomas Rump Drake, Corpus Christi. A grace also passed to confer the degree of M.A. upon John Philip Gell, B.A. of Trinity, by Royal mandate. HER MAJESTY s S COTCII SUITOR.—James Bryan, the Queen's Scotch suitor, wa s in Windsor dur ing the whole of yesterday. In the morning he was waiting for a considerable period at the door of St. George's Chapel, leading to the cloisters, to have a view of the Queen, as her 'Majesty and the two Princes of Saxe Coburg and the Duchess of Kent left the Chapel. In the afternoon he walked on the terrace, and con ducted himself in his usual manner, very respectfully bowing to the Queen as her Majesty passed him on the new terrace. He left for Colnbrook in the evening. Lord Brougham has returned to town, from Brighton. Lady Brougham and the H on . Mi ss Eden remain at that favourite watering place. THEATRES. CO VENT- GARDEN. Mr. G. Vandenhoff, the son of the celebrated trage dian, made his first appearance on the stage, at this theatre, last evening, and a more favourable first ap pearance it has not been our good fortune to witness for many years. Nature has done much for this gentle. man in endowing him with a fine person, rather above the middle height, but exceedingly well proportioned. a most expressive countenance, and a sonorous, well modulated, and powerful voice—his declamation is beautiful, and his articulation so distinct, that through out the whole performance we did not miss a single word he uttered. The part chosen for his debut was that of Leon, in Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of Rule a Wife and have a lliffe—a comedy which, from sheer inability to cast it, has been laid on the shelf ever since the days of Elliston and Charles Kemble. We are happy to hail their successor in Mr. G. Vandenhoff. The part was well chosen for the ex hibition of his varied powers. In the earlier scenes his acting as a loutish booby was exceedingly hurnourous— his idiot stare and his bashful awkwardness were inimi table; but when, after his marriage, he bursts forth as the high-minded, high-spirited, yet affectionate husband, we at once recognized the gentleman, the scholar, and the man of genius. He was called for at the fall of the curtain and most enthusiastically cheered. We congratulate Mr. G. Vandenhoff on his success, but we congratulate the public more on the appearance of a gentleman who it capable of delineating the cha racters of our sterling old dramas in a style worthy of them. Charles Mathews was the Copper Captain, Michael Perez, and a very lively, bustling Copper Cap tain he made. There is no man now on the stage who could act the part better. The Estifinia of Mrs. Nes bitt was admirable, and worthy to rank with her Con stance, in the Love Chase—we cannot imagine any thing better than the Estifinia of this lady. Bartley, as Cocofogo, the usurer, was exceedingly humorous, and it would be injustice to pass unnoticed the acting of F. Mathews and Meadows, in the old woman and daughter. The part of the daughter, like that of the Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet, and the Lay Brother in the Duenna, is one of those for the delineation of which Meadows seems to have been expressly created —his appearance elicited a roar of laughter. The piece was announced for repetition to-morrow evening amid loud applause. The house was very respectably filled from the be ginning of the performance. ADELPHL The great attractions, the " stars" here—and never were the greatest actors better received—are Jim Crow and the Elephant. The former public favourite appears in a burletta called The Foreign Prince, and makes the house roar with laughter. The quadrupedal performer in last night's performances, evinced his perfect docility and much greater knowledge of the stage than has fallen to the lot of many popular (biped) performers. He lifted his keeper on his tusks, carried him on his back, assisted him in his descent therefrom, laid himself down, rose up again, walked as if lame, &c., at the word of command, and performed many other extraordinary things. This elephant is the most docile of the sort ever exhibited, surpassing even the far-famed Made moiselle Djeck in some particulars. The house is crowded every night, a proof that its proprietors nightly appreciate a pretty considerable portion of the public's taste. ASTLEY'S. The first public exhibition in this country of the per formances of Carter, the " Lion King," and his quad ruped assistants, came off last ❑ight at this theatre. We have already given a notice of the private exhibi tion, which took place last week. The exhibition of last night was certainly superior to it, both in the num ber of the feats performed, and in the extraordinary man ner of their performance. 111 r. Carter has acquired a power over the animals which form his menagerie which will surprise even those who have witnessed the powers of Mr. Van Amburgh. Without going into a com parison of the merits of these two eery ingenious gen tlemen, it may be allowed us to say that the perform ances of Mr. Carter appear to the beholder more extra ordinary than those of his predecessor ; they are more dramatic, and therefore better calculated for a theatre. A piece called The Miracle ; or Afghan the Lion King ; was produced for the purposes of introducing Mr. Carter and his lions, tigers, &c., to the public. In the first act of this piece, Mr. Carter fought with a tiger. The beast of pr4v on the outset mastered the man, and dragged him from a platform down a flight of steps, and after a contest for superiority for some time the animal is mastered, and is led off tame as a kitten. All this takes place on the open stage, without the restraint of a cage—the tiger has the same latitude as all his brother performers uncontrolled. In the second act lie introduces the novel and beautiful display of a lion in harness, peaceably and docilely drawing him in a cha riot. The lion is a magnificent animal, but meek and mild, and seems to manage itself rather than be managed. In the third act, a great portion of the feats of the King have much of the character of those presented by Van Amburgh, but there is a marked dif ference in the style of the tuition of the animals that, from the safety of operation, seemed to add zest to won der. He brought out a beautiful leopard, and played with it, attached to a leading-string, as he would have done a lap-dog. His performances of course, compre hended all the experiments of thrusting his arms, and legs in the mouths of the creatures, and all that was done with ease, elegance, and perfect safety. When the curtain dropped, the audience called loudly for the Lion King and he presented himself to :receive the congra tulations of the house, leading in his favourite tiger, who partook of the repast of praise, as if he bad been taught to expect it. The Tournament followed ;it has run a long time, and still it pleases, and so it ought. Lord George Paulet is following the sports of the field at Farnham, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ELECTORS.-011 Monday evening a meeting of a body calling itself the " Universal Suffrage Electors' Association," was held in the Justiciary Court Hall. The object of the meeting appeared to be simply to explain the principles of the Association, without the transaction of any practical business. One of the regulations of the body is that in all cases of a contested election the minority shall yield to the majority, at least a passive obedience— that is, should a member not be inclined to vote for the candidate selected by the Association he is not to vote at all. This seems to be a new feature in Universal Suffrage. The Association should he called, the " Universal Disfranehing-of-all-who-differ-from. us-Socie ty." Very few electors were present at the meeting. Mr. Purdie was speaker-in-chief.—Glasgow 21 , gus. ROBBERY OF FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS.— The inhabitants of Stockport have been on the alert from an early hour this morning (Thursday), in conse quence of rumours of an extensive robbery of about 5,000/., which were last night abstracted from the hind boot of the Potter, Manchester, and Staffordshire market coach. The coach started from Manchester about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the money, which was in notes and gold, and placed in side a box, was from one of the banks in that town, addressed to the directors or manager of another bank at Hanley. This box and its contents were given in the care of the coachman, who deposited them in the bind boot of his coach. It appears that the robbery must have been committed between Macclesfield and a small village called Gosworth, a distance, we under stand, of about four miles, as the coachman saw that the box was safe whilst changing horses at the former place ; and to his great surprise and mortification found that it was missing at the latter. It is in truth one of the most daring and audacious robberies that has taken place in this neighbourhood for a number of years. The boot of the coach was completely . broken o p en , evi dently by great violence. Since writing the abov e we have learned that the box, with the principal part of its contents, has been found behind a hedge three miles from Congleton.—North Cheshire Reformer. LADY AND THE LAP-DOG.---For Some time past the employes of the octroi at one of the barriers had noticed an old lady, who daily went out of Paris, followed by a little dog ; but it was remarked that when she returned, the animal was lying in her arms, as if the good old lady was giving it a ride after the fatigue of its walk. A few days ago, as she was entering the barrier, an employe, wh o was eat i ng part o f a fowl, offered a piece of it to the little dog, and being surprised at its not taking it, looked closer, and discovered that it was a stuffed figure. This led to a search, and it was faund that the old lady daily introduced in it, in a fraudulent manner, a quantity of " the liquor which she loved," whilst the dog, at another hour of the day, followed one of her Contnures into Paris.—Galignani. RAILROAD THROUGH CORNWALL. —On Wednesday forenoon a meeting was held in the Com mittee-room of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society for the purpose of determining on the propriety of holding a county meeting, to consider the practicability of a railway from Falmouth to Exeter. There was a large assemblage of the most influential gentry of the county present, including Sir H. Vivian, Bart., M.P., E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq., M.F., Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., Sir R. M. Rolfe, M.P., J. H. Tremayne, Esq., J. S. Enys, Esq., W. Reynolds, Esq., R. W. Fox, Esq, A. Fox, Esq , J. Pollard, Esq., Rev. W. Molesworth, Rev. G. Treweeke, Rev. W. .1. Coope, &c. The Mayor of Falmouth was in the chair, who stated that he had received letters from Lord Falmouth, Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., Mr. E. Vivian, Sir S. Spry, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Teffry, regretting their inability to attend the meeting, and acknowledging the importance of the subject, with many other satisfactory exp presssions. Mr. Bond, Sir 'Vivian, and other gentlemen respectively addressed the meeting in favour of the project. It was unanimously resolved that a re quisition be sent to the High Sheriff to convene a public meeting of the county, as early as possible, to discuss the matter more fully, and to finally determine the measures to be ad o pt e d f or accomp li s hi ng, if at a ll pos • sible, an object so vitally essential to the general in terests of Cornwall. The requisition was instantly pre pared and signed by the parties present, and will be forthwith sent to the Sheriff. LATEST FROM AMERICA. By the arrival of the New York packet-ship Sheridan at Liverpool yesterday, we have received United States' Papers of the 20th ult. inclusive, from which we select the following extracts (From the New York Daily Express . 9f S ept. 26.) MONEY MARKET - -CITY NEWS. TCESDAY, P.M.—The stock of the United States Bank, and a few ethers, are without change. The Money Market to-day is in a very calm state. Not the slightest excitement in the street as compared with yes terday. There is no change in stocks. There is something connected with the arrival of the British Queen, which has had a most blighting influence on the stocks, as the following table will show. The steamer arrived on the 20th .- 19th 21st 24th Delaware and Hudson 64 ... 63i ... 60 North American Trust 60 ... 57 ... 53i Harlem Railroad Some of the officers of the various banks had a meet ing on Saturday evening, and discussed banking opera tions —and it i s state d that the b anks were never in a more sound and healthy position, having specie on hand to the amount of three and a half millions. This we have nn doubt is correct. Nor have we any doubt that another fact might be stated, and that is, that they have crowded down their line of discount to the lowest notch, nearly or quite as low as during the resumption of specie payments. This it is that produces the pressure, and this ought not to be. Since there has been one meeting of those interested in banking, it would ba well if it were followed up by others, and that some un derstanding should be entered into to let out and extend their discounts. This course of conduct would relieve the city in a week. One bank, not two, nor five can accomplish any thing unless there is an union and concert of action. There are many of the banks that have good credits in London. Let them use it and draw, and in two months they may replace their bills with those drawn against the coming crop of cotton, which will be abundant. The difficulty is, and has been, that there are two or three institutions and presidents, the names of which we have often alluded to, and who are well known, standing in the way of every thing of the kind. Being the directed instruments of the Govern ment, they so conduct the affairs as to crush the best mercantile interests of the city. Specie continues to arrive in this city from all parts of the country, as is to be expected in the present rate of the exchanges, and in the demand there, on account of the high rate in England. Among the arrivals to day were the Louisville from New Orleans, with three ingots of silver, and 180,000 dollars to order. The brig Exeter, from Savannah, with 21,000 dollars in gold, to Merchants' Bank, and 11,885 dollars to City Bank. The ship Lafayette, from Charleston, with two boxes of specie to Coming and Co., and three boxes ditto to various individuals. The Philadelphia Money Market, according to Bicknell's Reporter of to-day, is still exceedingly light. At the close of last week the rates for good paper were 14 to l 4 per cent. a month ; for U. S. Bank Post Notes, to 1,4. It was impossible to predict with any degree of certainty when there would be a change for th better. The banks were dis counting somewhat, but to a very limited extent indeed, as compared with the demand. The pressure, the Re porter says, is in a great measure unaccountable, and appears to affect the whole country. The transactions in cotton at New Orleans up to the 14th instant for the week were very fair, and at full prices. There was no decided improvement in prices, but the market was firm. The receipts for the week were 2,436 bales, making the total receipts this season 579,796 bales, of which 4,185 were new. The stock remaining, including all on ship board, was 10,582 bales. The sales amounted to about 2,600 bales. Exchange, both foreign and domestic, had become more plentiful, and the rates were declining. The Commercial Bank was drawing on England at 488 dollars, and on New York, at sight, at 1 per cent. premium. About 2,800 barrels of flour were received at Mon treal last week from the United States, which sold readily at 7,12} or 7,2.5 cash. The Banks were draw ing on New York at one and one and a half per cent., and on England at two and a half. STOCKS.—TUESDAY, r.m.—There is very little dif ference in rates to-day, but there is a better feeling. The operations were extensive, and there appears to be a recovering from the panic that existed a few days since. (From the New York Herald of Sept. 24.) DREADFUL FIRE AT NEW YORE.—A dreadful fire broke out last night, the result of which was, that the French Protestant Church, the Dutch Church, the Af rican Church, the National Theatre, and other less valuable buildings, were destroyed. TIIE NATIONAL THEATRE.—The house cost about 110,000 dollars, and the ground on which it stood 65,000 dollars. It was built by subscription, but when the Opera was given up, the stockholders sold it to Messrs. James H. Hackett and 0. Mauran, for 70,000 dollars. Hackett afterwards sold his share, and it came finally into the possession of Mr. Washington Coster, who owned it jointly with Mr. Mauran, at the time it was burnt. The house , it is said, was insured for 55,000 dollars in London, and 15,000 dollars here. The theatre was under a lease to Mr.Wallack at 10,000 dollars per annum. Mr. Wallack, we understand, has taken Niblo's Saloon, and will open with his entire company early next week: Of the othei buildings injured was a dwelling-house, No. 65, Leonard -street, adjoining the theatre, said to be a house of ill fame. The roof was burned off and the interior very much injured. N0..57, a small two-story frame house, was not much injured. Nos. 60 and 62, occupied by coloured families, were considerably da maged. A two-story building in Franklin-street, ad joining the Dutch church, and occupied as a conference room, and as a classical school by Mr. Worth, was a good deal injured. It was in s u r ed f o r 3,000 dollars. The entire loss by the fire is variously estimated at 200,000 dollars to 300,000 dollars, but it will not pro bably be found to exceed the lowest sum. (From the New York Daily Express of Sept. 25.) The French Protestant Church was one of the most chaste and classical buildings in the city. The walls only are left standing, and they are much injured. It was insured for 8,000 dollars, which is only about the sum recently expended in repairing it. The loss is about 20,000 dollars. The African church was insured for 8,000 dollars, which will about cover the loss. (From the New York Daily Express of Sept. 24.) The political prisoners of Upper and Lower Canada sentenced to Botany Bay arc soon to be transported from Quebec to the Buffalo. The intention of the British government to make Mr. Poulett Thomson the Governor-General of the Canadas was known in Montreal by the Great Western. The Herald says he is largely engaged in the Baltic timber trade. The Bank of Montreal is drawing Bills of Exchange on London at 1101. HAMBURG MAIL. BERLIN, OCTOBER 5. M . Dunin, Archbishop of Posen, left his residence in this city early in the morn ing of the 3d of this month, and has been missing ever since. The chaplain says that he accompanied him in the carriage to Potsdam, where the Archbishop left him, and that he has not been able to find him since. BERLIN, Ocz./7.—The unauthorized and clandes tine departure of Archbishop Dunin has very disagree ably surprised even those persons who protect him on account of his character. It has been reported ever ' since yesterday morning that the Archbishop arrived at Posen on the 4th, in the evening ; that he thin cele brated mass, &c., and had been arrested by virtue of an order received by express from Berlin. It is further said, that the Archbishop of Posen left behind him a letter to his Majesty, announc i ng hi s intention to go to Posen. An officer of high rank in the police depari• merit set out early in the morning the day before yes terday with special instructions relative to this affair. BERLIN, OCT. 6.—The City of Posen is being more and more fortified ; the work has indeed being going on for many years, but is now prosecuted with greater ac tivity ; it is to be an important fortress, capable, when complete, of receiving a garrison of 40,000 men. ROME, SEPT. 26.—We learn from good authority that a new dispute will shortly be made public. The proposals made from Rome to the Cabinet of St. Pe tersburg, while the Imperial Prince was here, seem to have not only been fruitless, but to have led to more de cided hostility to the Roman Curia on the part of Rus sia. According to the most credible assurances reports have been received here from the Bishops in Poland which leave no doubt that a systematic change in all their relations of the church in that country is carried on in St. Petersburg with the greatest energy and con sistency. Instead of being content, as is the case in the states that are the most independent of Rome, with giving legal force to the Papal Bull, by a placet of the sove reign, all and every communication between the eccle siastical authorities in Poland and the Holy See, is to cease, or at the most to be carried on only indirectly through the medium of the department of foreign affairs. All negociations must fail unless this s tumbling-block be voluntarily removed by Russia. It is said, therefore, that as there is no disposition at St. Petersburg to make this concession, an ultimatum was sent from Rome at the beginning of this month to the North, an d that the Holy See is resolved, i f it shouli not be lis tened to, to publish extracts from the negotiation, in the same manner as was done in the case of Prussia, solemnly asserting the rights of the Episcopa c y an d t h e Pontificate, and appealing to the judgment of the Roman Catholic world. It seems that the Curia feels itself the more bound to take such a step, a s an opinion has been purposely and repeatedly propagated that the Holy See easily y i e ld s to the ) pro Rus sian Government in matters which are the most sacred, and for which it did not shrink from the breach with Prussia. The publication of these most important docu ments may therefore be shortly expected. Many per sons say that the allocution on the subject will be made at new year, others expect it much sooner. HANOVER, OCT. 7.--General Count Allen, the Mi- EIT EN IN G EDITION. s nister of War, has obtained a long leave of aliveu s . e' s tl -, .. travel in France and Italy. During his absence. e di:i.. 1 ties will be performed by Lieutenant-Generitl:t,q . 44_ ~,-.4 Ferdin a nd V on Ki e l mannegge . ~ .- , LEIPSIC, OCT. 7.—We hear in well-informed titers` of an intended marriage of the eldest daughter of Prince ' John of Saxony to the Hereditary Prince of Saxe. Co- burg Gotha. The long stay of the Prince at Dresden and the late visit of his Majesty the King to Coburg are supposed to be connected with this plan. The Here ditary Prince (so say our politicians) will after his mar riage fix his residence at Gotha, by which that City will receive all the splendour of a capital, of which it is now destitute, notwithstanding its fine palace. HAMBURG, OCT. 11.--The Leipsic Allgenzeine lei lung has a letter from Berlin which says that the clan destine departure of the Archbishop of Posen is a most unfortunate step, since there is good reason to believe that it was intended, in the approaching celebration of the third centenary of the Reformation, to proclaim a general amnesty for all persons arrested, in consequence of the religious affairs of the dioceses of Cologne and Posen.—Hamburg Papers, Oct. 11. BELGIAN t UNDS—Bausaats, Oc-r. 12 Ac tual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ........... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 yi 3 per Cent. ..... .... 71s, Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ..„,..., g 3 Society of Commerce, 4 Cent Cent ........ Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74 National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Oct. 12. THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES. (From the New York Papers received last night.) We have recently had occasion to travel through dif ferent parts of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. In each of these states, and also in Vermont, we have every reason to believe that the harvest will be unusually abundant. Rainy as the season has been throughout New England from early spring to the close of summer, the harvesting has proved that the sunshine has been frequent enough and powerful enough to counteract the effects of the continued wet weather. In Maine the wheat crop will be very large, much more so from outward appearances than during any pre viout year. The yield upon the Aroostook country, along the Penobscot, and upon all the cultivated new land in the state, has been immense, and there can be in Maine no surer or more promising crop than wheat. 'We have recently seen fields there, number ing from 20 to 60 and more acres, which will average 35 bushels to the acre. Some of it will yield 40, and about all of it 30 bushels to the acre. The potato crop in Mahe will be large, but the quantity may not exceed that of last year, and the quality will be inferior. The season has not been a good one for corn, and there are but few places in Maine where it is a certain crop. Sep tember, however, has done wonders to increase the growth of the kernel, and to ripen it for the harvest. The grass exceeds in quality the crop of any former year, and affords another proof that Maine is what it is often alleged to be, one of the best grazing States in the Union. - _ In New Hampshire we saw hundreds and hundreds of acres of corn looking as well almost as we have ever seen in Virginia. In the interior of the State the crop will be very large and the quality very superior. Upon land which had been' in a state of cultivation over a hundred years, we last week saw yellow corn full, large, and ripe, yielding a crop which frequently exceeded even some of the crops of the Western plan ters. The potato crop in New Hampshire will yield a st:f ficiency to supply all the demands of the people there for home consumption, and admit also of large expor tations. In Maine and New Hampshire, both, several vessels had been chartered, and were loading with pota toes for a southern market. The farmers generally sold their crops at prices ranging from 25 to 33 cents, ac cording to quality and convenience of location. Some of a better quality brought more than this. Used for so many purposes as potatoes are, there is no probabi lity that the prices will be much, if any, lower than they were last year. In New Hampshire, as in Maine, the grass was also large, and the farmers appeared to have given much more attention than usual to the raising of cattle ; but few, in comparison, had been killed during the past year. The consequence was, that beef was scarce and high, with a promise, however, that the prices would be materially reduced the next season, when there will be a general slaughter. The late Go vernor Hill, in the last Number of his Monthly Visitor, says that even the wheat crop of New Hampshire will amount to 1,500,000 bushels, and that, too, of a very excellent quality. The wheat crop will fall far short of the crop of corn. In Massachusetts and Connecticut the grain crops all appeared well, and the Massachusetts farmers, ex cepting the few who are never content, appeared to be satisfied with the harvest prospects. Some injury had been done to the corn in consequence of the d'ayp weather, but the bad effects would be counteracted by the abundance of grass. All the crops which were not injured by the wet weather would be benefited. The season during the latter part of August and thus far in September had been, for the most part, as favourable as could be desired. Upon the whole, we may draw these conclusions from the facts stated in regard to the crops :—First, that the production in New England will nearly equal, if it does not go beyond, consumption there. The exports will exceed the imports in vd.lue. Maine, instead of paying out 1,500.000 dollars for foreign wheat —that is, flour grown out of the State-L-tvill have a sufficiency of grain to feed all her people—tie if,' of ne cessity, there should be a falling off'in consequence of the numerous towns and cities upon her coast which make the market for the farmer, as the producer, and for the numerous army of fishermen, manufacturers, and merchantmen, as the consumers, the amount of imports will not reach the exports of produce raised in Maine. Secondly, the result of the harvest at present, all things considered, will prove the agricultural capacity of New England beyond almost any other period of time—for the reason that the agricultural resources have been more fully developed by an increased attention to agri culture, and by the cultivation of larger quantities of land. What New England is capable of, however, is a question we shall not now consider. There will be a period—and that is not far distant—when that power will be known, and being known, it will exceed the sanguine expectations of those who have expected the greatest wonders from the products of the soil. The inquiry touching the death of the child Brian was resumed on Monday before Mr. Payne. The inquiry was adjourned to hear testimony as to the treatment of the children in the establishment, and two medical gen tlemen attached to it gave the most unequivocal evi dence of their kind treatment. Mr. Tyers, Vice- Chairman of the East London Board of Guardians, Mr. Adolphus, the barrister, and another gentleman, all of whom had visited the asylum, stated that they were perfectly satisfied with the management of the children in it. Mr. Adolphus said he had been in the habit of visiting boarding-schools and seminaries for the last sixty years, and he never saw in any of them obil dren more kindly or carefully treated than at Norwood. Mr. Aubin, the master of the establishment, said the an nual average number of deaths was less than four per cent., and that out of 1,100 children in the establish ment there were now only sixteen confined to their beds. He said the establishment was open to public impection every Friday, that one of the Poor-law Commissooers visited weekly, and expressed invariably his complete satisfaction with the management of it. Verdict— . " Natural death." THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S CHAROE.- -- The following letter appears in the Times this morninr.— " Sir—My attention has been called to a report in the Times of yesterday of the charge delivered by mb to my clergy, which report contains several particular& mate rially different, both in terms and import, from what was really said by me. I forbear from specifying these par ticulars, because the charge itself will be very soon pub lished. as it is delayed only by preparing an appendix. I shall be obliged by your giving insertion to this . letter. —I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, IL EXETER. —Exeter, Oct. 12." On Friday night last the cottage of an old gen tleman named Leaff, at Thorney Fcn, was broken int o by two ruffians, who went to Mr. Lcaff's bedroom, dragged him out of bed, and, by blows inflicted on various parts of his body, tried to obtain from him the place in which he kept his money. Mr. Leaff refused to tell them, and they deliberately broke his arm and beat him until they thought him dead ; the ruffians then took eight shillings from the room, and going down stairs, reg aled themselves with two bottl es o f wine an d what food they could find ; but on their attempting to leave the house they found that it was fastened from the outside, which was guarded by several men. It appears that Mr. Leaff's grand-d aug h ter, i n her fear at hearing the old man's struggles and cries, had let herself down from the bedroom window by her bedclothes, and run ning across several fields, alarmed the inhabitants of the keepers' houses, who speedily sent two men to secure the doors from the outside, and, further assistance arriving, the merciless villains were taken and safely lodged in gaol. On Monday the men were taken before the county Magistrates, at Thorney ; but as Mr. Lear was not expected to survive the day after the first de position was taken, they were remanded for a week.— Lincolnshire Chronicle. THE MARQUIS OF HUNTLEY'S FAILURE.— A paragraph, under this title, is going the round of the papers, pretending to be quoted from the Herald, stat ing, among other strange things, that, from the " schedule of funds, it appears there are not Is. 6d. per pound likely to be realized to pay the debts." No such paragraph appeared in our columns. We understand the state of affairs at first prepared showed a probable dividend of twelve shillings and sixpence per pound. We trust such of our c ontemporaries as have given cir culation to the statement referred'to, will also insert this brief correction.—Arbroath Herald. The Suabian Mercury cites, as a proof that war is not imminent, a passage of a letter from Venice of the Ist inst., which states that in none of the harbours of the Adriatic is there the slightest speculation iu war , like stores of any description. Xi r ~ `.~ ~ :n, r y ~ ~f~~~~. 1 • 'IV I ~. . 1