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

EVENING EDITION. COMPLETION OF THE " MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS." Just ready, with numerous characteristic Illustrations and Por traits, "VOLUMES 111. and IV., Being the CONCiXDING VOLUMES of the ME MOIRS of CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN, By Mrs. IiATHEws. A SECOND EDITION cf Vols. I. and 11. of this 4 Work has recently been published. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. 11718 Majesty th e EMPEROR o f AUSTRIA, 1- and His Majesty the KING of PRUS , ,IA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRI BUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIESI, offer many no*sibilities of obtaining • LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BRO TIERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DIgTRIBU. TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI ; OUS to v,iving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR• TICULARS, upon adttressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BitOTHERS at HANIBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION con . tains Portions from TWENTY POUNDS and upwards, to I THREE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, and TWEI:VE THOUSAND POUNDS. The DISTRIBUTING DAY ' being the 2d of March, there is plenty of time for becoming a Shareholder therein. I BUT THE NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION con tains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and UPWARDS, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUN DRED POUNDS. TAKING PLACE IN NEXT MONTH, there is NO TIME TO BE LOST for those desirous to avail themselves of that DISTRIBUTION. Shares clearing off rapidly, a considerable RISE in PRICE will occur at the end of this Month. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 1 . Will be presented an entirely new and original Nautical Drama, in. Three Acts, entitled ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred. Mrs. H. Vining. After which (2Stu time) the successful Nautical Drama of BEN BOATSWAIN ; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS. Ben Bowling. Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with, THE BROKEN CHAIN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. , Under her MAJESTY'S LIBIEDIATE PATRONAGE. THIS Elif.:NIN -- "GTSiErT. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM PETRES, By the unrivalled Rand of this Establishment, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and lieautiful new Light KONIA - 1 3 1 - 10STIC, 1 Under the superintenden ce o f Mr. FL Carter. And the ERUPTION of MOUNT ILECLA. r Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour Five &Clock—Concert at Six. 1 The Eruption of Hecla, with all the other unique Entertain, 1 menu, every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. TO CORESPONDENTS. To J. B. Srnith.—Tne R, Tarry Office for Design , , is in Wellington-street, North, nearly opposite the English Opera House. HIGH WATER Al lON I); iN BRIDGE TO-MORROW. minutes atter It. ... 0 minutes a:tcr 0. ~.....,.:, --,.,.., , t -.- %,--' -4c- i"Pte i- ' 4 4 ; ..,• IN - . 1? ..: i , ....••••,,,, 1,.. kr Vs > , i i :".? • .... 4 A . ,- ~, + -4 , • -. rilye Tat+ LONDON : THURSDAY. -, EPTEMBER 19, 1839. The landlords seem to be the first, this year, to : take the field in defence of the Corn-laws. At the same time it is true, as these laws expose the community to continual suffering, and still greater apprehension, that a continual cannonade is kept up against them, but no meetings have of late been held by the manufacturers to consider of the means of assaulting the landlords' entrenchments. The landlords, however, are tired of this distant encounter, and they are sallying out and defying their opponents to a closer fight. Be it so ; if we . may judge from the nueither of articles which we see on the subject in the journals of the manufac turing districts, and Cine vehement language in which they are couched, .he landlords will find the other classes ready for the combat, and determined to pursue it to its, extreme conclusion. On Thursday the East Suffolk Agricultural Associati‘en held its annual meeting at Saxemund ham. It was numerously attended, and the high prices, inspired the company with brilliant spirits. The Suffolk men have probably got in their crops, and the heavy rains which have since ,Taken, though they till the townspeople with appre hension, may afford delight to Lord .:;T It ADBRO K E, Lord HENNIKER, arid their friends. , The price of wheat rase yesterday in Mark-lane ; I it rose at the close of the week at Newcastle and the towns of the North of England. It sells at 1725. per quarter, and at that enormous price the landlords levy a tax on it of Gs. 'Fuse circum- I stances make the landlords rejoice, and they boasted 1 at Saxemundham of the remuneration they were receiving, and of the admirable system under which we live. The price of corn for several months i past was, in Sir CHARLES VERE t S opinion, a cproof that the Corn-laws had worked extremely i well for the purp oses f or w hi ch they were enacted. : Remunerating prices to the farmers, brought about ' by short crops and a tax on the supply, are decay to our manufacturers, and disease and death to our people. But the Suffolk landlords challenge sup -1 port for the Corn-laws, arid are to retain them notwithstanding certain threats. Besides this sally in Suffolk, an annual dinner of the Royal Buckinghamshire Agricultural As aooiation took place at Beaconsfield on Tuesday, his .Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM in the chair. If such meetings were only to encourage good fel lowship among s t somewhat distant neighbours, or to promote knowledge and skill amongst the dependents of the landlords, we should hail them with the greatest pleesure. But when they ) are intended to keep up an odious system of taxa tion to reduce in quantity the food of the poor, they are more reprehensible than our language can express. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, after presenting some prizes to successful agriculturists, on pro ) posing prosperity to the Royal Bucks Agricultural Association, made the following remarks : " Seven y , ,ars ago the Association of which he had the honour to be the President was formed at Aylesbury. The Association had been founded at a moment when there were the greatest possible difficulties and danger, with re gard to, 'agriculture, to be contended with. He had, how= ever, felt it to be his duty to come forward at that inte. 1 rearing moment in support of the landed interests...- 1 (I.icar, hear.) It was, indeed, an anxious moment for ' i rtablic men, as the question of agriculture involved the interests of the farmer so materially, that to form ar. P Association for protecting their interests and the interests of the farm labourer, seemed to be a most desirable object, --(Hear, hear.) A great depreciation seemed to exist amongst public men at the period when the Association had been formed, and few had come ferward to support the agricultural interests. . Tie objects cf th ese associations had on many occasions i been misrepresented. It had been endeavoured by some to mystify their intentions, and to represent them in a clif f ferent light from that in which they really stood ; but he, ! as an i n di v id ua l , h a d always steadily supported the inte rests of the farmer—they had no object but to protect the property oe the agriculturists and thos,, connected with 1 agricultural pursuits, and to secure their welfare—( Hear, hear;—and they might believe him, that if they had not at that time put themselves in the attitude of defenc e for those interests, and maintained that attitude since with ea s the utmost vigour, that he would not on the present Ini,r, ion have bad the plewAre of seeing around him so Yha faces• Theof the land, which was produce the d?e;lttiheenfee o.ithe farrier, would have been wrested from t h e nee ore.ign7,.. market s 'would have been introduced into our had long been l' a lY lit place with the public.—( Hear.) He p , oweets, and b e , ct A na,nted with the nature of the farmer's strenuous sup pr : always afforded them his best and most 1 to obtain a ta, r , or 7 , (pear, h ear. ) It required the farmer him to pay '.,bt labour: 'but produce of his land to enable ceiving sc t. c.. remunerati'on —ruin old distress, anon' `rlriwed a proper revyard fo e r ar a s • ut w it he should be deprived of re. (B..ar.hia,t happened to the labourvr , ? So long as a farmer h . . able to pay high and proper wageirsidtustry, so long was ‘, o. , •ar, hear.) He conjured them, if they hisiassistants.-- Of their country at heart—their ov, a e had and the welfare te fare of their Sovereign, to adhere strenuou:lyant tthhenewel; i which they had adopted—:o maintain those lawsowhi ' au-- 1 made England prosperous, and not listen to the sta , e " had iof men whose object—he meant the Chartists —it S,nient' to he, he believed it really was—the ruin of f En s ‘ e :;,,,, ed snercc, and the downial of the farme rs .— gli (Chters.)- h ' --- The ignorance and the confusion of ideas in hi s Grace is most reinrakable. In 1832, or seven rears ago, the aericultural interest, according t o - him, was most depressed ; but the exact same sv,te in existed then as now, except that som e little modifications have been made in it, such as the reductions of the dirty on foreign fruit, both dried and fresh, which are advantageous to the consumer. The very same system, too, had then existed for four years, and with some modification s for ten years, but under it the farmers and the landlords were, according to his statement, in the greatest distress. They were in such distress that in 18:33 they were almo st rea dy to b rea k ou t in rebellion, as Mr. CAYLEY advised, and their pre• sent prosperity only dates from 1837. If the Corn law system gives them prosperity, it must, by the same process of reasoning, be the cause of their dis tress, and as their distress has been of longer dwa tion than their prosperity, they ought 'to curse the Corn-laws. But mark the impudence of the Duke. He said if the agriculturists had not put themselves in the at titude of defence of their interests, and m aintained that attitude, the produceof the land would have been taken from them. This is false. No person ever wanted to take the produce of the land from the farmer. The Corn-law repeaters wanted him to keep his produce, and to do what he liked with it, and they wanted to buy the produce of other men. But the Duke and his fellows insisted on forcing the produce of the farmer on the manufac turers, and would on no account allow them to buy the produce of other persons. This view of the mat ter is given by the Duke himself, in the next sen tence ; for he says, if they had not maintained this attitude of defence, the foreigner would have been introduced into the market, to supply the place of our agriculturists with the public. The foreigners, that is, would have given our people their produce for a consideration, and relieved them from the neces sity of giving to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM his own price for the produce of his stony fields and his pauper labourers, but the agriculturists would not al low the foreigners to do that. Now what must `rethink of the impudence of this Duke, or of the want of un derstanding either in him or in his hearers, which could induce him to utter, or them to tolerate, such contradictor• assertions in the same breath ? We admit that they kept foreigners out of the market, and so stopped trade, and so limited our supplies, and so starved our people ; but it is totally false to imply that the other classes had any design to take away from the. agriculturists the produce of their lands and labour. At the conclusion of the paragraph quoted, the Duke, more adroitly, for his hearers, than honestly as the rest of the world will perceive, implied that that those who seek for the abolition of the Corn-laws are Chartists. The Chartists were, however, decidedly opposed to the repeal, and exerted themselves to defeat the meetings which were got up to advocate that course. If the Chartists had joined the middle classes, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, at the Beacons field dinner, would have had to make a very different speech. To such landlords as the Duke, the Chartists have been, for the present at least, the best friends, and it is extremely ungrateful in the Duke to hold them up to ridicule and scorn. I; conclusion, the Duke and his corn-rogues—a woid for which the dictionary is, we believe, indebted to the Standard —were extremely complimentary to each other. As they have not yet fallen ouc, the people mint look for their own to some other means than their dissensions. As well as being impudent and stupid, the sup. porters of Curn-laws are certainly some of the greatest ninnies alive. They have chosen to seek unpopularity by striving against N.ture, and while they will not overcome her, they.will obtain what they seek. That the population at all times presses against the means of subsistence, is a truth which no man ventures to gainsay. In every com munity there are multitudes of persons who barely obtain a subsistence. The Corn-law advocates step in betwixt this great natural fact and the starving people, and by limiting the supply of food, direct against themselves all the hatred with whi c h hunger and distress inspire mankind. They pre tend to say that nature shall be defeated, and that there shall be abundance for all, and so they take on themselves her office of keeping down the population to the supply of food by the infliction of tnistry. If such an assumption of a most odious task be n©t folly, in what page of man's history will it be found ? Whichever side in politics a man may take he can but be pleased to see the great efforts now making by writers of ail parties to inform, disabuse, and correct the working classes. They are reasoned with, writ ten to, and talked about, in a manlier which must be flattering to their self-love. BLACKWOOD under takes to show from their late conduct that they are wholly unworthy of that extension of the suffrage for which they contend. Mr. WALMSLEY, and other friends to improvement, address them in em phatic and well-mitten letters. The landlords pretend that they have nothing at heart but the welfare of the labourers. The priests preach only for them. Not one, but almost a score of journals are written exclusively for them, appeal wholly to them, and subsist chiefly on their custom. Without having obtained universal suf frage, they receive universal attention, and have almost obtained an influence over other classes corresponding to their numbers, skill, and wealth creating power. It will be well for them to be aware of this in time, that they may not be cajoled by those who seek to prey on them. Front the fierce out-and-out Tories, like 13eAcKwooD, there is not much to dread. They continue to speak of the working classes with aristocratic disdain, and both mock at their distress and deride their painful, but mistaken, efforts to improve their condition. But the Tories have a specious set of allies, who know how to conceal the scorn which the po liticians avow. They profess a great regard for the poor, and undertake to show them how they may be contented litre, and happy I hereafter. These persons aim to make tne working classes love and obey the political Tories, who despise, scorn, and chastise them. Modern Tories have changed their character. They were jolly fellows, good companiwis, pleasure-loving souls ; but now they unite ti me ascetism of monks, at least in their teaching ' to the most grovelling sub mission to temporal authority. There is to be no joy on the Se.nbath, and no frolics on the week days. To mortify the body, and to submit to the author'aies they approve of, is the creed of the spiritual Tories, against which the working classes must be on their guard. We need not caution them against those who wish merely to make money of them. The design s of such con temptible demagogues are easily seen through, and the working classes havin g of late received a spe cimen of their projects, will not, we hope, be again deceived. We might multiply our cautions, but in making the working classes aware, by adverting to the many engines now set to work to guide or ' govern them, of their increasing importance, we shall pique them, we hope, into watchfulness, and make them chary of their confidence. They are becoming something in the State, and their further progress will depend on themselves. There could not be a better proof of the atten• tion paid to trifles in Parliament, to the . neglect of more weighty matters, nay, the most weighty that can occupy the attention of aLegislature—the public safety, than the time spent in discussing the minute details of the New Police Bill, while a measure of the most pressing urgency was only casually men tioned towards the close of the Session. The atten tion of the Legislature for the last two or three years has been painfully called to the great loss of human life, by the negligenc e and cupidity of steam-boat proprietors. At several inquests on the bodies of those who had fallen victims to the present defective system, it was incontestibly proved that this loss of life was not caused by accidents, which no foresight could prevent, but by the un seaworthy state of the vessels. This was corrobo rated by the Report of Gove rnment C omm i ssioners, and a Committee of the House of Commons re commended some legislative enactment strengthen ing their recommendation, by the incontrovertible argument that it could not prove onerous or detri mental to the proprietors, so as in any degree to counterbalance the security and satisfaction likely to be afforded to the public, but on the contrary, would prove beneficial to the owners horn the increased confidence which the public would have in the security of the vessels. All these arguments and reasons were disregarded, and the subject was postponed till some future period, on the ground that there was not time to discus s the measure. But they had time to discuss, night afte r n i g h t, t h e d eta il s o f t h e P o li ce Bill, to fix penalties for the most trifling annoyance, to punish dustmen, and muffin-boys, and orange women, the cads of omnibuses, and the guards of stage-coach es for laving " Rule Britannia" or " God save the ha Q l P ti:.e . ii," and ptthheans for ti crime of selling s r a pint of beer tc , a thirsty a . ,!tor after twelve ong at.urday night. Can 3ler nbers many iwonder tthiteotlnieteirmlpetg7 jislatuive labours are trer,t e d by time these miserable details, while the was wiasted on t, lasted of hun dreds nor of thousands, h • beings, were left for another year,of human steam-boat proprietors a the mercy of cordi t partial witness, " look on l y to the s ng an im o ple n d our o f t h e saloon and the velocity Gf the vcs,: - . 11, but lose, sight etitiftly'd the safety of the passengers." At pre sent there are not less than 766 steam t•essels longing to the United Kingdom, Ali employed in carrying passengers and goods, and not one good reason was adtkeed to prove that some immediate steps should not have been taken to secure the safety of the vast numbers that are now compelled to travel by this mode of conveyance. Nay, there were many reasons to the contrary. It is admitted that the " Passengers Act" works well, and has been the means of saving hundreds of lives. The American, the French, the Dutch, and Belgian Legislatures have all made strict regulations for the safety of passengers, and Mr. P. THOMSON, had he not been too much occupied with the thoughts of Canada, might, in two days, have selected the best parts of these for the better pro tection of the British public. Jonathan is as jealous of his liberty as John Bull, and we cannot see why he should not, for at least one year, have adopted something like the following code of re gulations, which are now law in the United States : 1. A special enrolment is required of every steam-vessel, and a licence to ply must be obtained, under penalty. 2. Inspectors are appointed, whose business is to examine and report on the hulls of steamers once every twelve months, and upon the boilers and machinery once every six months ; they are to grant certificates of ascertained seaworthiness to the owner or master, and cause a copy to be posted up in some conspicuous part of the vessel. 3. Own( rs or masters must apply for this inspection within the periods prescribed, under the pain of forfeiting their license. Owners and masters are held responsible for all damages to property or passengers, if they have not a competent number of experienced and skilful engineers on board. 4. Safety valves are to be raised (to ease the boilers) at every stoppage made to take in cargo or passengers, under penalty. 5. Vessels of 200 tons are to he provided with at least two boats, and those above that tonnage with at least three boats, capable of carrying twenty persons each. All steamers to be provided with a fire engine and hoses, and to use iron rods or chains instead of wheel or tiller ropes; also one or more signal lights, under penalty. 6. Captains, engineers, pilots, &c., are deemed guilty of manslaughter, in the event of any life or lives being destroyed through their negligence; and, upon conviction, to be sentenced to hard labour fw not more than ten years ; and in all suits against proprietors of steamers for injury to persons or prop-rty, arising from thg explosion or collapse of boilers. the fact of such escap of steam is to be taken as full prima facie evidence, sufficient to charge the de• fendant. Our readers are aware that the Germanic Diet has declined to interfere between King ERNEST of Hanover and his subjects, on the question of a Con stitution, on the ground that in the actual state of things no reason exists for such interference. The Diet must be allowed to be the best judge of its own powers, as well as of _the exact nature of the circumstances which call for their exercise ; but we must be permit ted to observe, on our part, that if the positive abrogation of a constitutional charter by a Member of the Germanic body, provoking on the part of the people a refusal to legislate or pay taxes, are not enough to warrant the prompt and active inter ference of the Diet, then ought the reform of the constitution of that august assemblage to employ the serious attention of the German people. But unless we are greatly misinformed by persons of influence and intelligence on the spot, the Diet would have arrived at a very different conclusion had the King of HANovER less hopes of ovei coming the patriotic firmness of his subjects through the instrumentality of a corrupt Legislative Assem bly. While the people of Hanover had their eyes turned towards Frankfort, watching the decision of the Diet, King ERNEST was busy in every quarter of the kingdom endeavouring to detach here a Magistrate, there a Burgomaster, and yonder a Lawyer from the Liberal cause. By bribing some, threatening others, and affecting for all a sort of personal solicitude, his success has been such as to inspire him with confidence in his ultimate triumph. He is in no hurry. His policy at pre sent is to weary the people, in the hope that their recent excitement and present jealousy will terminate in a fit of lassitude, during which they will allow him, without a murmur, to rivet their fetters as closely as he may think proper. He feels persuaded that if', at the end of a few years, they find none of the evils which they, in their first fright, anticipated from his Govern ment, realised, but that on the contrary their social condition is perhaps considerably improved, they will abandon the counsels of those persons by whose advice they now persist in demanding the restora tion of the Constitution of 1833. This persuasion lis q u it e f a ll ac i ous i n t h e present age of the w or ld. In die infancy of the arts and sciences, when the pursuits and habits of men were in some sort sta tionary, and when King-craft and Priest-craft exercised an entire ascendancy over the human mind, a crafty ruler might thus at any time steal a march upon and enslave his people, as the yoke when once imposed was irremovable. But such tricks can be played no longer. Every three or four years now sees a new generation of men arise, who refuse to recognize, without inquiry, the politi cal compacts of their predecessors. The qualities of mind and social position which three centuries ago would have secured every man in society, from the peer to the peasant, an unbounded influence in his own sphere for fifty years, would not now pro cure him notice for five. We live at least fifteen times faster than our ancestors (lid two hundred years ago; and this we believe to be as true of the people of Hanover as of those of England. The moral and political lethargy upon which King ERNEST calculates, his subjects can never experi ence. Every year will infuse some new Liberal blood into the body politic, and, as a matter of course, increase the opposition to Royal despotism. He may possibly, by some means or other, obtain a temporary triumph ; but should this take place, it will be soon followed by a terrible re-action. He has himself set the people an example of the little veneration Kings attach to oaths and Constitutions, and how inadequate they are to bind the consciences of Princes ; and we can assure him that the popu lace, when labouring under even fancied oppres sions, are not slow to discover that Kings are as little to their taste, as Constitutions to the palates of Kings. The people suffer too much from the superabundance of oaths and laws, not to follow with avidity the example of their rulers in violating and ridiculing them. Letters and papers from Madrid of the 10th inst. have been received. The Government was in formed of the surrender of Don CARLOS, in con sequence of which the greatest joy prevailed in the capital. A report that the Cortes would be dis solved if found opposed to the ratification of ESPARTERO'S treaty, go far as regards the . fueros of the Basques, was prevalent in the political circles. The Castellano of the 10th stateson the authority of letters from correspondents, that CABRERA, at the head of 14 battalions, was pre pat ing to march upon Aranjuez, within thirty miles of Madrid. This movement was intended to divert General O'DONNELL from continuing the siege of Chulilla. The Moniteur of Tuesday, received with the other Paris Journals of the same date, contains the following telegraphic despatches : " THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 20T11 MILITARY DIVIIIION TO TIIE PRESIDENT OF TILE COUNCIL. " BAYONNE, SEPT. 15, (received en the I6th.) " Yesterday six Alavese battalions, two Navarrese bat talions, and all the Carlist staff, with Generals Elio and Negri, took refuge upon our territory, where they were disarmed. " &Tarter° arrived immediately at Urdax, and put him self into vommunicati•en with our troops. The arms of the Carlists have htTn given up to him, and we have distributed bread to h. trooo. " BAYONNE, SEPT. 15, (reteeived on the 16th.) "sTIIE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OP THE INTERIOR. " Having learned in toe evening of the 13th the arrival of the Pretender at tlrdax, I proceeded to Ain boa, and informed him, that being hemmed in by the Christino troops and our own, upon three leagues of frontier, he would do well to enter France, and that it would tn easy for me to interpose for a capitulation in fa. v,afr of his adherents. At noon the Intendant-General .nf,irmed ire that the Pretender was about to enter France. "M. de I.4lande informed me at two o'clock that Don Carlos was no longer decided. I then closed the frontier entirely, and at tnree o'clock I was informed that Don Carlos was going to enter. " As a fu , ilade was heard, 1,000 non-combatants en 'zpreri, and at balf.past three Don Carlos pi esented himself with his fatuity. I immediately conducted them to a place f safety, and returned to the frontier to direct the entry of the fugitive troops, who, to the number of 2,000, were being' pursued by Espartero. tt I have seen G. neral Espartero, who has expressed to m e, and also the Colonel of the 37th, his entire satisfaction." The surrender of CARLOS is a capital subject for the pencil of CRUIKSIIA.NIi. The Royal poltroon, undecided till he catch es a glimpse of the Christino bayonets, and then s tampering to where the obsequious Sub-Prefect and, his douaniers are in waiting to take him and er their protection, furnish materials for an excellf . .ait sketch. Want of space prevents us from dwel Jug upon the heart- TOR MN, LON - I)6N, rrillitspAY, sy.:PTENIBER 10, o.a) lessnes , of the wretch who, knnwing his cause to not earlier adopt a resomtion which would have put a stop to the slaughter of his deluded followers. But an earlier surrender would have indicated a humane feeling, and such an in dication would detract from th e uniqueness of the Pretender's character, in which cowardice, cruelty, treachery, and irresolution are so equally blended, that those who know him b es t are una ble to de teimi»e which of these qualiti es p re d om i na t e . The Count D' ESPAGNE, Commander-in-Chief of the Carlist insurgents in Catalonia, is reported by the Messager to have made his submission. The Carlist insurgents of Navarre assassinated the Car list Chiefs Don BASILIC. GARCIA and the Curate Ecu EVA RRIA, for refusing to accept the MA RA- To Convention. The reception of the Duke and Duchess of ORLEANS; at Toulouse, what ought to be done with Don CARLOS, and the aspect of affairs in the East, occupy exclusively the attention. of the French Journals. The following appears in the Piedmontese Gazette : "We are informed that the Emperor of Austria is about to apply to the Diet for a levy of 40,000 mom, measure rendered necessary by the positton of affairs in the East." A correspondent of the Semaphore of Marseilles write, On the 27th ult. from Constantinople :—" Our accounts from Odessa fully confirm the fact that preparations f,,r war are m• king - there with the utinoNt exi.edition, and that a lai-v Russian force is on the point of being put motion." ( From the Semaphore of Marseilles of the 13th inst.) CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 27. It is looked upon as cer lsi'ade°P" Porte that if th e fl ee t s s t a ti one d a of Russi a an d o f P russ i a h a y, : Sublime m ithought pr.per to e nt er th e B osp h orus , declaredta t i t r, oc that Dar to the di they would most. n b energetically. protest against such a I.,ro ceeding. In despite , of thi s threat, the arrival of the fleets is regarded a 3 li kely to take place at the very first opportunity, and all the French and English officers in this city on leave have received orders to go on board im mediately. The Grand Vizier has just remitted to the Ambassador; of the five Powers a note, in a hick the grievances of the Porte against Egypt since the Sultan's death are expressed. In this note the Vizier dwells upon the obstinacy of the Vic( roy in not acceding to a definitive arrangement ; and he also asks that the conferences be held at Constantinople. la all that pass's it is easy to recogniz.! the hand of nos. sin. The use Ambassadors have renewed their protests, ?ions respecting the preservation of the integrity of the Oi.tornsn empire, but the good fai:h of Russia is to be more than suspected. PBOURSE. •--- AkIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17. i• um. tiigiiest Lowest Last . . Price l'rice. Price. Price - reach 5 per Cents i .it 75 ... 11. - , 75 ... 110 70 ... 1 0 70 4 iier Cents ......... lOl ~0 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 3 per ' ems ....... 81... Bank or trance 2 7 ,2 50 —.2772 50 ...27.2 50 —.2772 50 Laffitte 13a..k 1, 0 001. Sh.„ 1035 ....0 . 5 „..1055 ~..1( 53 3,11 n, it `h 52.05 —5215 ...52 5 ...52.1 1 5 irovliin 3 per Cents 7? 25 ... 7! :25 ... 72 25 ... 12 25 13e1,..ian Bank .%),*,,,511 lc ire Passive 9 ... it/ ... 9 ... 1 , % New ' • Jerre! 0111 D0ferr.....1 . Portuinrese a per cents Nra Phial] Roma:" 1023i ... 10. 1 ,4 ... 102 ... 11.42 RAILWAY SHARES. it. Germai- Versailles, it B 525 ...S . A./ ... 525 ... 530 L. i 3. Harr , Str,hurg to Bali , „, 3. 5 ... SOS ... 32 57 ... 3C5 Ilulliauten to "1110111) 350 ... 3',0 ... 350 ... 350 DUTCH FUNDS.—MISTEIWANI, Sse'r. 16. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, t:!,i per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ai.ort Svialic,44 percent... Ditto, ditto, 3 i', per cent SOI/i Bli Commercial Company, 4 . per cent 174!, 175 Ditto (1'632 and IKIi) 5 per cent. Ditto 1337. 5 per cent. Loan 1537, 5 •er cent. Exchange on London, One m0nth...... —Dutch Papers, Sept. 17. , , ..1..t." 1 A Pii i• 1.; :`, 1../3 13 it t•ssEl.s, SEPT. 17. Actual Detit,2;',. per Cent. lioth!child's Loan, 5 per Cent 1 I Loan of Thirty Million., 4 per Cent. ------ 3 per Cent. 7li Loan of City, 1E:32, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4!, per Cent ll6 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7,i Nat lona! Society . —Brussels Papers. Sept. 17. A US'l ttiA N k UND3..-41eNNA, SErr. 9. Five per Cents. Aletalliques Foxr per Cen., ll/1!,, Three per Cent. . t 414 Bank Shari-. ............. ................... ..... —.4l,genierne /.root. 'ept It MONEY J1 , ..D CumiIItAtLiALNEWS CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. WEDNEsoAv.—We have hail only a moderate dvmand for cotton to-day, without further change in prices. The sales are 3,000 b.lgs, chicly to the trade. Arrivals this morning are French and Ostend mails, ship-letters from Jamaica, Oporti, Barbadoes, Monte Video, and Demerara, and Singapore of the loth May ; the above arrivals are of old dates. The Dutch ste...mer Batavier has arrived, bringing the Dutch papers of the 17th instant, with the prices from Amsterdam of the 16 , h instant :—Two-and.a, Half per Cents , 53H 15.16; Five per Cents, 1011; Ardoin's Spanish 26 13-16. We have reevived the Journal (f .Antwerp of Monday and Tuesday's dates, 16th and 17th instant. Accounts received from Middleburg state, from a good source, that the War Department is actively employed in the reorga nization of the army. We are sorry to observe that great fear is entertained that much damage has been done to the crop, in the north. Private letters received this morning state, that owing to the very heavy rains experienced there, the corn ha s b een brat. n down and was floating down the rivers. During the eour.se of la , t night and early this morning, the rain fell in torrents. This unfavourable event will, no doubt, be taken advantage of by the speculators in the corn market to. morrow. We also understand that ships have been char ..eretl to proceed to va,ious ports on the Continent, t', bring to this country a further supply of grin. THE FUNDS. The Consols market ha, been rather affected by the un 'aVourable state of the weather this morning. c„„„ ;0 1 2, "hid ' c h,sed yesterday at 9q- for Money, and 91k for the Account, opened at 901 a Money, and for the Account at 94. Exchequer p , r, 2i. prem. In 1111:114 Bonds, nothing done. Bank Stock, 187 188. India Stock 249 250. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues the chief speculation ; left off' yesterday at 32i y, and at present may be quoted at 31Q- 33. The telegraphic despatches, of the remaining Carlist army being obliged to lay down their arils in France, has again renewed the ape culati+•ne in the above stock. Portuguese also improved to 364 374 ; Three per Ceras, 2tl 254. Brazilian, 77 78. Colombian, 321. ilex can, 281. Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 544. Five per Cents. 10-111. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON O'CLOCK. Bank Stock j;_n.s, 1,64,....... .............. _ T - 04 3 o Dp l i d tetro(:Aednvt.eAr Annuitie s t 3 per Cent. Red. - Ditto Bonds — pre 3 per Cent. Cons. 9C% i South Sea Stock --- 1. 9 pe r Cent...... ......... Ditto Red. — . New Ditto nn ed uit .. i . es . , 175_1— ri. At , New 3 per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank i.jis D Stock A I A f for Account oN E ' o c . . L . -- 0 1S: i 1 11 , t1 Rank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto t) N 7 - 2s T lndia Stock for Account ... 500,,. par Jan. 5, IMO .......... . ...... Ditto Small Oct. iii, 1850 .. Far -- Ditto Commercial — d'►' P l j i aa l lnn' C r E l 555 S, F BFa. FOREIGN Austrian Bonds. Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Bcrazilian Bonds Ditto .Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ..... .... Ditto, 3 per Cent 243 51 ' 4'4 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tte Accra, t Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account .... Ditto Account Columbian Bolids, ISA .....32!i1 Spanish 80nd5......33 2%;4 4 4;i Ditto Account ............ n 1.74 2': 4 Ditto Account. 334 ..%4%ii Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Del•rred ' Greek Bemis — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. . Ditto Bonds, 11t25 — -- 4 per cent. -f. —c. Ditto Account — -- 3 pee cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cont. -- Exchange. —f —r: Ditto Account. — Dutch, 21 4 per cent 54 Ditto, 6 per Cent 27% SN, Ditto Account 5 4 1-A I Ditto Account N eapo li tan — Ditto Acc0unt............ .. 4 i ICES OF SHARES THIS DA V AT ONE O'CLOCK. - 'it Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 65 Ditto New 4 Bilghtuit Itailwsv ....... Lonnoss and Blackwall Railway Loni'.oss sad Croydon Railway Covni'amY 144 155. 6d. lou •i-lichestur and Bi rm i ngham ?tailway l5 6,4 't Do. Do. Extension York and North Midland Railway Co T t'P an Y 30 1113 PRICES Oh' IRISH STOCKS. DUMAN, SEPTEMBER 17. 3 per s2cnt. Consols IS, per Con'. 'Stock Ditto lienuced Ditto New, lam ... -- City of Dublin Steam Comp. T..; per Cent. Debentures,.. -- Nationsl Insurance Company (Sank Stock ... ....... goi,. 1 City Debentures, 4 per cent, strand Canal Stock ....... 15/ i iallast Office Debentures, 4 Royal Canal Stock - I per cent — BALE PAST ONE. By the private letters received this morning from Paris, we are inf,rmed that the affairs between Mr. Jaudon and the house of n o t t i nguer h ave been satisfactorily settled , and that Mr. Jaud on is e xp e cted to arrive in London in the course of this d a y. In the cours e a the morning; there has not been much doing in the B r i t i s h F un d s , b u t in the Foreign Market a in og in geol deal has b een d ' • the Spanish S to c k . In the early part of th e morning it somewhat improved, and reached 3:3, since whiith a re-action has taken place, owing and in the interim to imrties ic4lizin t ; making sure of their profits, in Conse quence of which it has receded to 32i, the speculators einat the e e rate of in the above Stock havin , an opinion that Cabrera will be able to hold out for some Om' hifig" . ' OnSaturday Spanish will be continually fluctuating. Money in not so scarce as it has been for these three days past, and can be cbtained in up t ,ti. h pr e nes h te : ns u i five per cent for commercial p Market, on first-rate Bills, at six morning next the Liverpool stewner leaves fur New York, settlement of the c which we have every reason to be lieve will carr y to t he United States the agrceabie tidings of , he affairs of the Bills which were protested of the United States Bank. Consols at present 91 for the Account—Money 901 i. heavy ; Exchequer Bills 2 prem. par. In India Bonds and India Steck nothing done; Bank Stock shut ; Spa nish Active 32+ ; Portuguese lower, 361 ; Colombian 314 321 ; Mexican, 9 84 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 544 ; Five per Cents., 1041. TWO O'CLOCK. We are this moment informed that the house of Messrs. Rothschild and Co. is going to take up the Protested Bills of the United States Bank, in return for which they are to have in future the agency of the above Bank. ANK MEETING.-(THIS DA Y.) A very numerous meeting of the Proprietors of Barak Stock was held this morning, at the Bank. The Governor, Sir J. Rae Reid, the Deputy Governor, and most of the Directors, entered the Court at twelve o'clock, when the minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. The GOVERNOR then said I have to inform the Court that this is one cf . the Quarterly Courts held in pursuance of the Charter, and one of the Half yearly General Courts, held pursuant to the bytalaws, for the purpose of consider ing of a dividend. It is also my duty to inform the Court that the Court of Directors, haling taken into their c.msi. deration the state of the accounts of the Bank, have de termined to recommend to this Court that a dividend of 31. 103. per cent. of the interests and profits for the hail year ending in October next, be now declared. Mr. SELWYN—May I be permitted to ask, as we have assembled to consider a dividend, what was the amount of the Rest on the 31st of August last, or at whatever other period the accounts were bllanced, for the purposes of the dividend ? The GOVERNOR—Certainly, Sir. The amount of the Re , t upon that day was 2,862,8851. 2s. 2d. Mr. SELWYN—The next question, Sir, which I have to ask is, whether, in order to make up the present dividend, as it has been upon former occasions—ct htther it was no cesary on this occasion to tak: any poroon of that Rest, and, if to,y, what suni ? The GOVERNOR—Iit answer, Sir, lam extremely happy to say, that in order to make up the present dividend it has not been necessary to touch the Rust.—( Hear, hear.) On the contrary, I ant happy to inform you, so far from being obliged to touch the Rest there will be added to it a sum of 64,1271. 3s. 6d., supposing the dividend o f 31. 10s. per cent. to be aal eed to.—(Applause. Mr. SELWYN—SO far, Sir, your answers have been most satisfactory. I have - still another question to put to you, but, in doing so, I am departinz from the present subject. I want you to inform the Proprietors whether during the last bait-year there has been any extension of the Branch Bank system—whether there are any new elaces n here Branch Banks have been established. The GOVERNOR—No, none. Mr. SELwyx—The next question I have to put Sir, is, whether the Branch Bank system continues to be a source of profit to the Corporation ? The GovErtson—l have great pleasure in answering, that it is so niost distinctly. Mr. SELWYN--SO that the Corporation may continue to be satisfied with the adoption of the sjstem? The GovEßNors—Oh, certainly. Mr. SEM% N.—ln answering my first question, Sir, with respect to the Branch Banki, you had some little he sitation. Is it that by some new regulations there has been an increase of business in the Branch Banks ? If your he ,itation arose from anything of that kind, have the good ness to tell us. The GOVERNOR—There has been a very minute in err.FP, but it is so small as to be hardly necessary to mention. tiELWYN.—Some time ago there was some talk .zbout the Corporation parting with a portion of its deac weight. May I ask, Sir, whether any portion of it has - leen parted with. The GovEr6;oft.—No, none, whatever. The prices offered for it at the time were not considered sufficient') nigh. Mr. SECA'S!, !I-I believe, Sir, those are all the questions which I have to put to you on this occasion. I intend, however, to give a notice of motion, I merely call your attention to it now, in order that I may be called upon at the proper time. Mr. COOK had a few observations to make; and in doing so, he threw himself on the indulgence of the Pro prietors. At the last meeting he simply put a few questions to the Court, as to what had been the causes of the reduction of the dividend. On the next day he read in the 310,-ning Chronicle, a statement of the proceed.. ings of that meeting, and he felt it to be his duty im mediately to write a letter to the Editor of that paper, which he would then read to the Meeting. Mr. FIELDER rose to order. The question was whether they should agree to a dividend or not. If the Hon. Pro- prietor moved that the dividend be 4 per cent. instead a 3- per cent. he would second him with pleasure. Mr. Coos—There was nothing as yet to second. Ile threw himself upon the indulgence of the Court whether be might read the letter or not.—(Cries of " No, no.") The GOVERNOR begged that the wurtby Proprietor might be allowed to proceed. Mr. Cow: then r.-ad the letter, which complained that ,onie questions relative to the Bank accot .t had been attri. butcd to him, they having been made byai—ther Proprietor. That letter was taken no notice off, and in consequence of that he thought it necessary to advertise a ciisciainicr. Several days afterwards he found that mans of his friends who were Proprietors bad not seen it, and he therefore , h-orfht it his duty to send it to east: Proprietor ioclivi dually. MARRIuTT—ReaIIy. Sir, this is out of order. Mr. :.`OOK —Th.! only quesAun hetote the Court wai' how that state of things had been brought about, and that hey had been obliged to reduce their dividends ; and h. trusted he would inset with the indulgence of the Court while he took a rapid view of the afftii s of the Co. p0r,... non. He was no barrister—(Laugh,er)—but he would ondeavour to lay before them a complete view of their affairs. Mr. SALONIONS rose to order. He was the last person it the world to stop any Proprietor from discussing the affdirs of the Corporation. They had assembled for the purpose of considering of the dividend. They were men of bu,i iiess, and ought to proceed in a business-like manner. He and the other proprietors would be most happy to hear anything having reference to the question before the Court, but he submitted whether it was in order fo, a Proprietor to comment upon the sentiments of another Proprietor, de livered at a previous meeting, or whether it wag in order to read before them letters to newspapers with which they hdd nothing on earth to do. Mr. BLACKBURN—If the Governor would only direct the bye-laws to be read, it would be found that their first duty was to consider the state of the Bank, and then to consider of a dividend. Mr. TLIONISON said, when the Bank was discounting at 3. per cent., the Proprietors received a dividend of 4 per cent ; when they were now discounting at 6 per cent., they ought to return to the same dividend.—( Sevetal Proprie tors, " Order, order.") _ The GOVERNOR thought the best plan would be to allow Mr. Cook to go on. Mr. Ccoe—Well, then, I must go back.—(Several voices, " No, no ; don't go back.") I must go back, also be allowed to take my own course. ( Readieg)—Gentle leen I am no barrister.—( Loud laughter.) Mr. MARRIOTT—I put it to you, Sir, whether we are to nave three full foolscap pages of this nonsense read to us. Mr. YOUNG—If this was allowed to go on, they would waste the whole day, and at last obtain no information. The Governor ought to say whether Mr. Cook was in order or not. The GOVERNOR—He would leave it to Mr. Cook's own (rood sense.—( Laughter. ) Mr. COOK was about to lay a motion before the Court, and he bad a right to take what course he pleased in doing so. If they would not hear him it was his misfortune.— (Cries of " Order," and " Question.") Mr. BLACKBURN was not acquainted with the gentleman, but he knew him to be a Proprietor of the largeit class, and it was not fair that his voice should be stifled. Several Proprietors disclaimed any wish to do so, amidst confusion, during which the Governor spoke to Mr. Cook, and then announced that he had postponed his observa tions until after the question of the dividend was dis posed of. The G•VERNOR then put the question. Mr. YOUNG had a few words to say which ho considered were strictly to the question. The conduct of the Bank of England was infinitely of more importance both to the pro prietors and the public than the amount of the dividend ; for if they lost the confidence of the public, either through error, or their actions being misapprehended, their divi dends would be most deeply affected. He, therefore, thought that he was promoting the interests both of the proprietors and the community when he reviewed the con duct of their Direetors, and disabused the public mind of the errors which had been instilled into it. The principal ground of complaint against the Bank was the fluc tuatiuns which were perpetually occuiring in this coun try, and he would at once show that the conduct of the Directors of the Bank had nothing whatever to do with those fluctuations. They first commenced in 1834, but were not caused by the Bank of England, but by the emplo)inent of the large surplus capital of the East India Company. The next cause of fluctuation was the large loan for the West India grant, which caused a large ca pital to be paid up. Then we came to the state and con duct of America—a state, it was to be remembered which arose from the system of free banking—(Hear, hear)— that had a very severe influence upon our manufacturing interests, and created a state of great distress and fluctua tion. The Bank then came forward with its assistance, and no one would attempt to blame the Directors for it. They then came to a state of things over which, it was impossible the Bank could have any control—that was the state of the seasons, which alone was the foundation of the present difficulties—( Hear, hear)—and the public would always be discontented until these truths were plainly put before them. He knew the value of t h e uublic press, but be was sorry to see it engaged in animadverting on matters of which they were totally ignorant. lie was desirous that the public press should look sharply after the conduct of the Directors, and call them to a public account if they should attempt to sacrifice the interests of the community to those of the Proprietary ; but he trusted they would carefully abstain from making the public credit a party question.—(Cheers.) He would merely refer to the conduct attempted to be pur sued at the close of the Session of Parliament. An attempt was made to inquire into the conduct of the Bank of England —a monstrous proposition. That establishment was of immense importance to the community, and it in return was entitled to full and fair confidence. He would not trouble the Court further, but he was so impressed with the necessity of liberal confidence in the establishment at the present moment that he could not avoid the opportunity of warning the public against its withdrawal. Mr. WintamsoN—They had heard there was an in crease of the Rest. During the last half year there was an increase of 24,0001. The GovErtNon—Oh, no. When the last dividend was declared. the Rat nas 2,798 757/ 18a. 54 ; tt wa.4 now 2,862,888/. 2s. 2d. after deducting the dividend of 31 per cent., showing an increase of 64,127/. Mr. WiwamsoN—The rest then has been increased by 34,000/. The GovartNott—Yes. I can assure you we do all in our power for the prosperity not only of the Proprietors, but also for that of the public. Several PEWPRIEToRS—No doubt of it. The question was then unanimously agreed to, and The GOVERNOR informed the Court teat the warrants vrould be ready and be paid on the 11th October. Mr. Coc( then rose to address the Proprietors. He had anticipated the interruption which he h ad received, and he. would now, in order to save the time of the Court, read an address that he had drawn up, and the Court could cons:der it as part of his ..,pcech.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") A PROPRIETOR.... ad ycro not better print it, ela send it round to the Roprietors ?--( A !augh.) Mr. FIELDER wished to k.iow whether it was to be read In the Court for the special purpose of its et , :Tipaiitlg in the Newspapers. He apprehended that was the case, and he thought the course adopted by the worthy Pro prietor most irregular. Mr. Coot( was entirely in the hands of the Proprietors. The GOVERNOR said it was irregular to read a printed speech._ • Mr. COOK said if it was the pleasure of the Court that he should do so, he would withdraw it, especially if the Court were satisfied with the state of the Co►poration. lie must however confess that he was not. The GOVERNOR—Perhaps you bad better put that ques tion to thy. Court. Mr. Cuoe said he would take the sense of the Court on . that if any Proprietor would secur', it. A PaoratETort having seconded the proposed question, Mr. Triomesos said that before that resolution, he wished to make a few remarks. He believed that when the Goverme , Deputy-Governor, and the Directors appeared at tee b.r of that Court, they did so as the servants of the Proprietors. Tney appear, d there to give an accuent of their stewardship, and whether they had been teitnful or otherwise, it was the province of the Proprietors to jung e , and to award to them accord!ng to their merits or dyincrits their censure, or their praise. Iu the present in stance, he theught he could bring below the Court, one ur two subjects rather more worthy of condemnation than praise. It would be recollected that at the last Court a great cloud was cast over the Proprietors by the announcement of a reduction in the dividend, but at the time of that announcement the Governor had omitted to tell the Proprietors its cause. He did not say whether it was owing to the great expense of the establishment, or whether it was caused by the management of the branch banks, or had been produced by the numerous addi tions—he did not know whether he could call them improvements—which had been made to the buildings ut that establishment. They were employed there digging holes one day, and filling them up after wards. He was astonished after h, ering the smallness of the dividend, wncn he was informed that the Governor had given away no less a sum than 5001. towards building new churches. He could look upon that gift as nothing less than a pious fraud. Did not the Proprietors consist of Jews and Gentiles, and were they not entitled to expect that if gifts were made to one sect, that they should be made to them also? Why should their establishments not have the benefit of the Bank money as well as that Establishment which was so richly endowed. He had been told that the Rotunda, which Proprietors must know had been repaired and made sacred, was going to be con verted into a mausoleum for Mr. Timothy Curtis and his family, and that the Bishop of London was corning down some day shortly at 3 o'clock, to consecrate it.—( Laughter. ) He did not know whether that was correct or nut ; but, if it was, he should give his vote against it.—( Laughter.) Haring said thus much, he would merely read the motion which he intended to submit for the approval of the Court of Proprietors. It was to the following effect :—" That, in the opinion of this Proprietary, the conduct of the Go vernor. Deputy Governor, and Directors, in having given the sum of 5001. towards the building of churches in the eastern part of the metropolis is highly censurable. That this amount having been extracted from the Pro prietors without their consent, this Court requests that the Governor, Deputy Governor and Directors, do refund the same from their own salaries— (Great laughter)—as it is the opinion of this Proprietary that no money should be given for charitable purposes without the consent of the Proprietary, or three-fifths of them."—( Laughter.) The GOVERNOR—Dues any Proprietor second the mo tion ? A PROI-RIETOR having seconded the motion, Mr. FIELDER said he would move as an amendment that the thanks of the Proprietors at large should be given to :he Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors for the course that they had adopted. He moved this amend ment upon the ground that he had never re collected a single sum of money having been given away , by the Directors, unless for a proper object—( Hear, hear) —and he was astonished that any Englishman should get ' up in that Court and object to so small a sum having been given by that establishment tor the increase of churches. As the conduct of the Govei nor had been impugned he wished to ask him whether he had not, by adopting the reissue of Bank-notes and other things, saved to the Proprietary six or seven thousand pounds a-year ? Then, as to the blame that had been cast upon the Bank, as to the course it had pursued with respect to the 1110i:wary afftirs of the country. Woat, did the Bank do, he would ask, nt that critical period for the country, December, 1823? Did it nor di- , count for the public on the tlr.h of li..rember in that year, to no less an extent than 7,500,000/, and added to that they went on f. r several days n ore dis counting fur the public to the tune of 17,000,0001. or 18 000.0001? such being the case, he thought that the pubile ought to give the Bank of England credit fir coming forward in times of difficulty, and that upon a recurrence of them they tv•iuld come forward again. He felt honoured by being a Bank Proprietor, and he for one a (Jul(' do all in his power to support the acts of the Bank, He hoped that those who might live to 1890, would see that the Bank had done nothing whatever to for feit the rood character it had obtained from the country. Mr. YOUNG considered that the ohservations of th, gen tleman who had brought torvrard the motion were calcu lated to injure the Corporation,and he should thin/fore move the previous question. \sr. GOLENAIID would second the amendment of Mr. Fielder. Ho was surprised that any Hon. Proprietor should bring forward such a question as the gift of five hundred pounds to an establishment like the Church of England. (Hear, hear.) For his own part, he must say, that he supported every institution, without ,Any distinction of Jew or Gentile—( Great cheering)—and he should be sorry that it should go forth to the world that the Bank had done wrong in giving this money fur so excellent an object. Mr. SELWYN was glad in one respect that the motion had been made, as it called forth the manly sentiments which had just proceeded from Mr, Goldsmid.—( Hear. ) He agreed with some of the Proprietors who had previously addressed the Court, that the subject was one of paltry consideration.—(Hear.) Mr. THOMPSON—It is the principle, and not the amount, that I look at, Mr. SELWYN trusted that gentlemen would recollect that it required no less a sum than 500,000/. at least to pay a half year's dividend ; and he would put it to lion. Proprietors whether this paltry amount was anything compared with that. The worthy Proprietor had said that it was not the amount, but the principle that he looked upon. That might be so. The Governor and Directors were a responsible body, and in his opinion they ought to be left to their own discretion in the dis charge of the high duties they were called upon to perform. It appeared to him that the motion was ill judged, but he was glad that it had called forth the manly sentiments which had been put forth in support of the Established Church, which was essential to the prosperity of ,the country itself, and therefore of that great establish m ent. . . Mr. THOMSON entertained the highest respect for the Go vernor and those who were in the direction of the Bank with him, but he thought the Proprietors ought to have a voice in voting away their own money. It was not until he had read it in the newspapers that he was aware the money had been voted away by the Directors. Mr. SALOMONS entirely disapproved of the motion which had been brought forward, and also the amendment which had been moved with respect to' it, because he con sidered that the sense of the Proprietary sh oald be taken upon the whole subject. The Bank of Eng land was the most wealthy corporation in the country, and it ought therefore to set an example to other public bodies in the cause of charity. He heartily concurred in the course the Directors had adopted, and be should there fore support a motion approving of their conduct. Mr. BLACKUURNE was desirous of leaving the matter in the hands of the Directors, but there had been a tone per vading the meeting, which showed that those who remained silent, rather approved of the motion than otherwise. Al though he disapproved of th, motion, he was one who thought that the Bank of England ought not to give money to the support of a Church that was alrerdy overgrown with wealth. If they did so, the time was not far distant when they would be governed by the clergy, who were at the present moment ,eeking in all quarters for more money. Let them once get the power, and the rights of conscience would soon follow. Mr. FIELDER had heard nothing to induce him to give up hie amendment. Mr. YOUNG said if the motion was to give thanks to the Directors for having given away their money, he would fret it his duty to oppose it, because he was convinced they had no rigid to do so. Mr. Ttto►tsoN said before withdrawing his motion he wished to know whether there was any bye-law which gave authority to the Governor and Directors to give away the money of the Proprietors without their consent? The GOVERNOR said there was no bye-law giving such authority—neither was there any to prevent it. The motion was then withdrawn. Thanks were then voted to the Directors, and the meeting separated. LLOYD'S SHIP PIN G.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, SEPT. 18.—Wind W. S. \V.—Arrived, the John Dugdale, M‘Gowan, from Singapore; Medora, Bunting, Jamaica ; Duke of Manchester, ditto ; Aspinia, Sayers, Demerara; Ocean, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 18.—Wind W. S. W. fresh.—Arrived, the Masden, Wrightson, iNlonte Video, sailed July 12 ; A da,:Manganilla ; St. Croix, Honduras ; - Glengarry, Barba does ; Geneva, Virginia ; Triton, Falamiga, St. Ander. Sailed, the Euterpe, Cumming, for Trinidad ; John Bent ley, Glack, St. John's, New Brunswick ; St. Andrews, Leitch, ditto ; Telemaque, Caffiero, Naples. Off port, England, Quebec. 18 —Wind W. to. W. S. W. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. . Fresh breezes and squally. Wind W. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. _Ar A ri r v r e i d ve C d h H a u rl t i c s bi E ns ) o l n s, ,,N Nl a o k s e , harni Jo- FALMOUTH, Sv.rr. 17.—Wind S.S. W. to W. Strong breel. LzeusTaLd, ssciEupaTil.y.l-7. maica; Wm. Thompson, Roberts, do; Earl of Liverpool, Bally. N Nevis. Sw.. EA SEPT. 17.—Arrived Com maqu id , Sears, As Cuba ; Guadiana. Quebec. BULL, SEPT. 18 —Wind S. W. Fresh. CLYDE, SEPT. 17.--Sailed Ambassador, Sinclair, Ba tavia ; Ann, Alartin, Roebuck, Jatnaica. DUBLIN BAY, SEPT. 17 . — Arrived, the Wanierer, Jen kins, West Indies. MARGATE, SEPT 16 —lt blew a very severe gale last evening, at seven from W. S. W., and continued with squalls throughout the night. HULL,SEPT. 18.—Th e A me li a, f rom Hamburgh to Rio JaneiO,lost her rudder in the North Sea, shipped a tern pnrary one, and when spoken was quite light ; a pilot was put on board, and it is supposed she has drifted to the North- West. 1 - larovicil, SEPT. 18.—It blew a heavy gale from S. to S. S W. last night. SCARI3OIIOCGII, SEPT. 17.—The Meter, late Dozette, from AiTona to Rio Janeiro, is in the roads with loss of rudder and false keel, having struck on the Lemon Sands, on the 4'h inst.; she will repair here. EVENING _EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY--Her Majesty, accom panied by the King and Queen of the Belgians, went at four o'clock this afternoon to the top of the Round Tower. The Queen, accompanied by her Illustrious Relatives, afterwards walked on the Eust Terrace of the Castle, attended by the Countess of Sandwich, Lord Byron, Hon. Major Keppel, and Colonel Wemyss. The Royal party passed from the Terrace to the slopes. The Duke of Wellington, Mons. Kisseloff, Russian Charge d'Affaires, Baron Wenner, Prussian Charge d'Affaires, Sir Edward and Lady Cost, Sir Robert and Lady Gardin-ir, and the Hon. C. Howard, took their departure to-day from the Castle. Count Nesselrode, Count Brunow, Earl and Countess of Aibemarle, and Earl and Countess Cowper are expected to arrive to•day on a visit to her Majesty, and will re main at the Castle. Her Majesty has a dinner party this evening, and the following are the guests expected—the Kiog and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Bel gian Minister., Count Nesseirode, Viscount Melbourne , Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Count Brunow. Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Countess Dowager and Lady Frances Cowper, Earl and Countess Cowper , Viscount Torriagtoa, Sir Edward Codrington, -rr William Freemantle, Hon. Miss Lester, Hon. bliss Paget, lion. W. Cowper, Madame d'Hooghvorst, Countess of Sandwich, Lady Charlotte Dundat, 11 °' Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Hen. Mrs. George I Campbell, Baroness LeLzeb, Count d'Arsehot., Lord Byron, Count Moerkerke, Earl of Surrey, NI. Van Praet, Hon. Major Keppel, and Colonel Wen) Tim Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge. attended by Baron Knes. , brek, arrived at their residence as Kew last evening, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton Park, Bicester. Mr. Charles Wood, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing. street, Viscount Palmerston left his residence in Groat Stanhope-street, on Tuesday afternoon, on his return to Windsor Castle. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted bu siness yesterday at the Foreign Office. WINDSOR A D ETON ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the annual grand show of this Society, .which was held yesterday in the pituresque grounds of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, at Froginore , was most numerously and elegantly attended. The threatening aspect of the weather (which partially cleared up in the course of the afternoon) deterred her Majesty from honouring the show with her presence. The show took place in a splendidly fitted up Liar quee, upwards of 150 feet in length, and 30 feet in_ width. Several other marquees of extensive ditnerrsions were erected in other parts of the grounds for the ac commodation of the visitors, and the band of the 2d regiment of Life Guards played during the afternoon. Amongst the distinguished visitors present w e ob served Sir William Henry Fremantle (the President of the Society) and party, Captain Bulkeley and family► Miss Angela Burdett Coutts, and others. The specimens of flowers exhibited were all o f the highest order. After the distribution of the prizes, the members 111 14 1 friends of the Society sat down to a spler.did dinner at. the Castle Inn, Captain Bulkeley in the chair, and the conviviality was kept up till a late hour. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. The supply was good and the demand about on an e vality with the supply; , prices much as before. Clover 80s. to 1:20 5 * ; old Hay 80s. to 100 s. ; new ditto 60‘. to 7.55. CITY FISH MARKET. The supplies were exceedingly limited and prices highe r ' Turbot Bs. to 305. ; Cod 2 5 . tid. t o 10s. ; Lobsters 15. to 3s. 6d. ; Soles Is. 6ii. to 4s. per pair; Oysters 12s. P er bushel (common) to 50s. for natives. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand fir B. I'. Sugar limited, but prices firm' lower qualities quoted 575. to 595., and yellow 60s. to 665. P er cwt. The Coffee market was dull, and prices of West India wr o e , supported with difficulty. Ceylon of fine ordinary 4 1.1 , 2 „ a i r j fetched 975. per cwt. Foreign might be boueit on terms. East India Rice has become dull of sale, and fine vrhite gal has been sold at 12s. 6d. to 13s. per cwt. Fine Jamaica Rum has been sold at 4s. 7d., acid Le e " ral 3s. 4d. per gallon. East Inda 'l'in rather lower, Ranca 755. Spelter fiat id a t Few buyers fur P. Y. C. Tallow, which has been • ° 4Ss. 3d. and 475. 6i1. , for the last three wreamths. CRIMINAL CouitT.—(fillS P4tYa) OLD COURT. John Reilly. and May Ann Reilly, two uglY beings, were indicted for assaulting Mr. Hardy on the 7th present the preent month, and taking from his persona rule and 4a., his property. 100 king - . From the statements of the prosecutor, who is a car' petite!, it appeared that on the evening of the 7th of the present month as he was going along the Shore ditch-road, he was accosted by the female prisoner' who prevailed upon him to go home ,'ith he r ' The prosecutor had not been with her many mi k nutes before the female prisoner attempted to rifle his poc a:I:4 and upon his resisting the female prisoner called out when the male pi isoner burst into the room and flew on - he n prosecutor, who caught him by the neck and threw him on the floor, the female prisoner then got up the poker, a,", s `: swore she would knock his b—y brains out, and rip up guts with a knife. After a great deal of struggling b e _ got out, obtained the assistance of a policeman , and Pvt.' the prisoners into custody. Prosecutor was very Inn' injured by the blows he had received. Two policemen proved that the female was a common prostitute, and the male prisoner a very bad character. The prisoners in their defence denied the charge of rob bery, and the female said she was a moral character. The attack made on the prosecutor by the male prisoner was in defence of his wife. Mr. Justice VanottAN summed up the case, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. _ . Mr. Justice VAUGHAN sentenced the prisoners to ten years' transportation. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—Jean Jacques Courben, aged 6 0, a Frenchman, war indicted for assaulting Augustus Gov genheim, in and upon the left eye, with intent to maim, or disfigure, or do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. CLARKiON conducted the proaectition, and stated the facts of the case. Mr. Augustus Gorgenheirn, whose evidence was ex. plained to the prisoner through the medium of an inter; prctcr, deposed that he was a translator of languages. and general agent. He was acquainted with the prisoner having been employed by him to perform some service Or, him about seven months ago, for which the prisoner ag ree u to pay him six shillings. He, howevar, neglected to do so, and witness on meeting him in Ox e ndon-street on the 17th of August, asked him when he intr.nded to pal and he replied diet he never would pay him. \Vitro, then told him that if he did not he showl4 summon hi n• The prisoner immediately replied that h e would sn3a 3ll ": face before be did that, and immediately s t e pped back and thrust the point of his cane into his eye. The efi'vet• ro the blow was to crush the eye, and completely deprive btu of sight. He gave the prisoner no provocation for l j e he did. After the prisoner had committed t:he asoul t attempted to run away, but he was pursued by a r ill"- constat:le and taken into custody. Several other witnesses corroborated the story told 1 1 the provieutor. A medi:ia. l gentleman was examined, who staled sight of the - eye was completely destroyed. The injurtal v . as o f a ver y severe d escr ipti on an d was ve l ry 11ke i f - produce either eked jaw or brain fev e r. me t The prisoner in his defence said that the prosenutor It him in the street ant,' abused him, and threatened to t nsu him wherever he met him, and ultimately struck hit"' a o was about to do so a s econd time when ha raised h l3 e e to that•tbve in self-defence, and the point of it wen t a c cidentally te his eye. Mr Justice CourstaN summed up the evidence, an d the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of tke full charge• e d The prisoner was called up fur judgment and se.ntenc to be transported for filtet n years. JOINT STOCK BANKS IN Bl4a- LAND. A return has been publish dt, n the subject of joint stock yiti b .ne a na n dEr k nt s nui: . tga ltrf:oe,tncrhceletinyv.iyeenadestrahtraesee extremely y n r the na e up n ni d id 'i ba . d a ending down in B t 3 h B teo . s ele From .b johnt at s ei i t e s the number Ist o o t ! t I J le a s u e January eleven slueamnl last bws c sewe l ribraee(yse, of joint oraeinnedt than a g t to t c h ki e nb o s. f 1 January. l3BE. lg0 1 ; — , The whole J 1 090 established ioB between 1826 an d both Therinc i .we re lus. twenty-two established in the tie 1830 to 1834. No less than 67 were established in 1835 and 1836 ' 8 i n 183 5( i There were seven established in 1837. and one The number of partners varies from 50 to 1,20°1 . a ios , may , average about 300. There are half a dozen w 0" than . fifty partners, the smallest number being seven. al e Fifty-eight of the banks have branches, and fifty 110110. The branches, including the parent bank, are from.t.l years from to sixty.seven in number. There are eight banks wnw have more than twenty branches. The whole number of parent banks and branches issBd There are besides about 550 private banks in Engj ci a i a ng that is, banks having no more than six partn ers. A yr bole these to the joint stock banks and t heir branches, ac number of banking establishments will be about 1,200. The issues of the joint stock b anks, when contrasted itb the magnitude of the es tablishments, seem to us ludicroutUt small. According to the las t return, dated 2d August, tr! notes in circulation of all the joint stock banks wnr e __, l , o ., value 4,665,1101. This, divided by the number of ban,. (108), gives an average circulation of only 43.2001 o,`_ each; or, if we include the branches, the average for c 3 F B _ office or establishment is only 7,0001. Supposing 1,.n: money to be employed in discounting at five per cent-. " 1 ., annual profit on 4,665,000/. would be only 230,0001.. °' no more than 3501. to each establishment. It is evident that their profits must be chiefly derived from deposits. which they can employ at five per cent., while, we believe, th e y give only two. re tur n. The issues of the private banks, by the same r n n i w ere 7,610, 7001 . , which gives; an average of about 14,0° ' for each establishment. It appears that the j oint st° l banks, so far from superseding the private banks , have ha but a very tdight effect in narrowing their issues. -