The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-09 00:00:00

441tKET NEWS. THIS DAY.) I °ll ' N EXC HAN GE—MONDAY. were w fil t ' st of the couritry markets held on Saturday lle?4,l4lPPli‘d with English Wheat, both old and new .5.,„ ''cr I.Ning in gelid condidurt. Flue dry samplesdt n i„ria_nded a at , ady sale at full prices. In the mt -604laferior at very little wa3 doing. All spring r leid tt r ve off freely, and the quotations had an upward 1, 043 e). Letters from the Baltic and the Blackt:3 .a beatnate that a good business has been transacteddanit, to ti ' u t on. English account. In France, Milian .. . gap ' . I ,o e l d • la ' Pucce of all articles continue. to be well UP to ON „ our markq last week the arrivals of hy,rmoern tbrom.orn and Flour were again moderate. k d,, to ,ze rtceived 10,478 quarters silo:'k- -uarkY, 37.344 ditto of Oats, 2,340 ditto f of Wheat, 3,14 0 9 , ~44 ( htto of Tares. 5,480 ditto of Linseed, 245 0 „ Plot,' tilindrY sorts; 2;851 sacks and 1,932 barrels 1 fair 4 , tfi l . td fee ,verage quantity of English Gooletehee of it 4 UP to this morning's market:. Nearly.g___el_ t e44.wea derived from Essex and le . ent, ,t si e, x ,„ -; to Iflle '1,11013, some of the parcels weighing o )2',"eas of both ,Per ee'llel• On the whole, the show of samples h es t e tttr4da.„ and white was seasonably good, Y demand N e d tt ge e °I Millers was on the increase, on Islom,:';dY,. at prices quite . equal to those obtained the demand to th -4 la ti, Ettid at which a clee.rance was effected p last *ki t w e ' el le a busine•s. The supply left over from T he 111 coroparatively small. a re .3reeetalts at band this morning differ materially . 10 . da the yield of the new Wheats; but they state ther:talleatotato disease bas nearly disappeared, and u l t a titell lth l ' he crop of Potatoes is likely to turn o wi t i s a nritint o n ,. Plied , : urelgll Wheat we were very moderately se ar P; 111 11th ; 4 , 4 Wit learn that the warehoused stocks at fo euaced. Fine dry parcels were in f sir request, erior kind Y Previous rates. In the middling and inferior importers l'ore ne:"(l.ingly little was doing, yet the 40 cnXious sellers 46 tlt 7° quarters of new English Barley, of very . selected ietc Pl l e a t tt, ! t i, l Y , were brought forward. For._ the ~.,.. t oll r e f a `__• 7l Per quarter was paid, and some of parcels a 4 ,44 b " -11 to sell under 30s. In foreign 1 ) ... ve e e re '* a %tit d„,tleleets was doing, and malting kinds w I 'Veh - ",, rer " - -Bny 6d per quarter. 1 414 44 li Moderate inquiry for Malt, the supply o l T h .ee on Abe increase,u at fully late figures.. u .. *yds °f f ul)Ply of forei n Oats was very extensive, _ a P . tiatata-27.°00, hence the Oat trade was in a very sl g 64 per flt:elter.Thrs.."cv, Archangel qu . alities gave wa y !Ak e .4 Lee Value of other kinds we ha ve etae ) ,' cur no change ' ties. - meta moderate inquiry at last we ek's ...41.0 3t k . itipt?rt.illds of Peas sold slowly, yet vu ' dik t , Th 43 1 ., tiorri .ina '•uu Meal were almost nomintl• prices were well ellf illlp ° l • li i i. trade ruled steady, and most kinds realised hie eVaitee:l,l,„ - - $4 , --. Pzit IMPERIAL MEASeUrR••E•:•' 520 to 55s itt ic Kent I Malt-cnevall hitt, „ (1, New .... .4,16 t 45 0 ts- Yorkshire and 40 4.,17 b 1te• Sew 4 2 ° 8 a -,... and Liz_ 4 6e. Potato """ ;"- 7. Lincolnsh., Feud. 1 1: 1 5 2 1 2 7: Ditto-ui, ked..... 41 a 44. y oug hal and Cora, ~_ 16s Itiah: t llte,, ..... 43 5. 46 5. Black .••• • • • la. . 145 171 k tsl l e tt ;oitv tl i t „„'" •• • • -- 11 --5 Cork, White . :: :. 185 225 29s lid . -... s ---s Scotch, recd..... 2 _ 55 ktityft.... "•• •• • • 23s 24s Beans-Tick 280 !, 1 7 : kr14.1;, ti fi......... 221: r 4: reasPige:eny...:•••••:: 2 2 6 6 5 . ' . 51 k, IL .. - ilet ti r e i :• •• •• • • 242 275 - • Ml‘Ple •• • - :::: ._ 2 4. 26 , ,, - -teorolk , i ;; Ill • o • r • .. 271 29. ; ,T o lii: e i r e; •::; „ „ . • r s s s :4 6 ki _ l OR **• ••• • • 43s 48s Flour-Town-made •:: ; 9 , 33. -4 1 '1 1e ... " '••• • 40 42 Suffolk 4 -4 . 41, 1 Ware 47: 51: Btockta do Norfolk 2 93 345 t, e ,, , SEED. Seed having Cop t r 3 1 .1 large parcels of new Mustard See New '1,14,it...mnd, that article is lower to purchase :, ,z), _ er. 4 44 1 uat rettehed us in good condition. 12 all le Ilatip.Zery little i - doing. k hefiZte. NI . bush. 105 to Ils T4l44td, t d r °en .. 108 12s : 1 11 , t e , Z w ii* . new 7 sa los Chad., ; Wlnter• • :: 5 :0 6 (1 4 6s (1:1' „kis ' 1 .1 , e;: e . „ . " • • • • ••3s 6d 4s Od u,,4441„ 7arter .. 6s 63s totililtax.,:' ;'• • • 2Os 24a i ert t l' ' : • ‘ • ev • rt.) 3 48s hi to „ le 1 .P 7 6 ,1; ••: •• 33: 48ss 4 ... '..de..•• 28s 4is, '..". ..... 14 2 lAst , Alth, SMITIIPIELD. alotavo-:q material advance has taken place Le in nd t e h n e Atia l -11 here the imports of foreign stock into - 11l I le l„ ' in . h.t t tt°, even the time of year bead, iiptit - ,*:''lt w.e received not less than . 8.7 7 8 lin 1849; R 1,4 ',, X 62 (IMO i the corresponding wee Both the 1 - C e ..: - dad,'2 l ,_ lll e in 1 11848; c and 6, mostly brZtali s ,Z:"Tes, the former of which have now _ b _ 928 in 1847. 'RC " 4 no it Chat contrary 144 b1:11 at • eim in better condi Most s it 6 ' coming to hand fat. to the usual Flemish !the li e carry a large quantity of internal , and it lioiiiitytel? grazie areevidently full of"icrom 4 ,1 ,11 , 10 leper.ally imagined, now that the freights will supplies 111 're loWer that large Id w ell. %sr, 14 pr' the' • in of the c o tom * , , Tt f , tor to setting shows the qua rters ~. ' h et 0 -° • l ewing statement I ,„_ce the week's supplies have been d , er_i ic v . ed:- e --wore* Fro .8 INTO LoNooN IN 7 Lambs. Calves. Lkihtir„,, Beasts. • Sheep. Lam • - ... e ttet dar ." 1 : 1 3 ... 32 ..• - t9l ._ 101 t an ''''' • 463 1,819 517 ... -- b e t o in ti "•••• Igo •.„ - khalt ... 207 .., 6 ••• - ;33 ... - K t /feri; "••• 5 3 „.. 204 ••• -__ 7 . : 18 ... - k t ; i ii ni,p"•••• 21 ... - ••• _ ... 1 .. - ).1 Iferd a .. 5 t ... 790 .- _ .., 48 ••• ; ktii geh tn ''' 73 ,•• 763 **,* 417 ••• 133- - 1 Tot • 174 ... 2.235 • . __- _ _ I, rt it a!po r ,i ia )30 , .. 5, ellti. 41 • I B9B ... 934 ... 5 24 165 .....• 1 1 8 1 9 7 8411 l a a t849g1 1,189 4 (51 ••• 175 ... ,14eek in•• ' ... 435 __, 11 cb c ..".• I 1 fa., t it 1 o ,' ,60 ... 6,118 outposts, landed at the sea, 19 Oxen, "il u 0 head have been ... 201 1,171,e03:,:re.1c Rolland. From Ireland, or ,4t, it s ) end am. S heep wet© received imp _ ‘lii -- A f - give the following h end -14 ona t 4, o Trade Returns . _ t h e wont byhere last.week. t A ` e iho United Kingdom during . _ t t h e same dg 4 4 4 , A the ;... '), Stu seven months ending a Carraway ••• • • • 298 32s Coriander ••.. • • ...... 18s 21s liempseed, per quarter 328 35s Linseed, Eng. Sowing • • 548 56s Crushing ••• • .• 401 43s Betio ••• . •. .. 38s 4 4 s Odessa •• • • 428 465 Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— .... .81 Os 91 Os Foreign, per ton 51 lOs 71 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 58 41 158 Rapeseed,liew,prlst23l 08 251 Os eno, C. 42 --s " ending August 5. 7 Months ending Aug. , 5. 1 ) - t S 1 849 _ 1800. f , .mt k ',..• i n „ ; 18J0. 1849. 'AI - ••• ' ' -ut •.. 1,965 6 5 78 ... 8,350 ktik.„ e • ." l'nl 1742 8,301 ... 6,815 1 4 , 111 - e: . ' -,,t4 ..• ..:.. .. ba ''' 1 1,879 -z,3 l•'' v t, ~ 6,1 ... 13,935 41,147 8511 ...... 1a0475t 4, 7,; ... 1 69 1 ' 737 5 14 t ge ••• 93 5, 4 23: 0 4 4 9 93 top 4 te 114tobers of foreign stock—especially .Beasts 4 P-s wer Wk . l on. oon offer here to-day in but midd li ng 1 %4 I4 ts f Fr om our own grazing districts, the arriv als Stia * .!. sneirenl u P, this morning, were again very . h Notwit - Is, I.:isg tha tr somewhat improved condition. Asi;ta' was the attendance of both town and country .l It h and" ; flood, the Beef trade ruled excessive! tett a lb. '0 some instances, the quotations gave "' s i t e' l td a 1 . Th e I 11 4 s6 d top general figure for . Beet luts realised opt "''sold, gi'b "I 0 u g h a few very superior 44 10 " 4 0Id. 8 ' Large numbers of Beasts were tu adl r i n s e ed d tt r. t4 ited , The Bullock droves from the tl t s'lll othLo nearly E n g land ,00 chiefly short horn . north lt ; s kied. tr ._ parts of *o received 350 4 4 i 0 . pst, itonts, Devons, &c.; and from Scot- Nil:, Sheep tailv vay, 94 horne d and polled . Scots. ‘itli . was ' we wore again evensively supplied, and t t ive s, Gr eer 4decid ed improvement in the weight of mo u s_ he; atl d hr al lY ipesking, the demand was very i h na 6 is 4 top 6, es sere the turn in favour of the butc er . Tl: f i t outl:2Bfor Mutton was 4s per 81bs. As Lamb 14 4 e * Le. , ea oo, we have discontinued to quote . it. e hi Sdi c i d % us offering sold at mutton prices. The! til.s _ 1 falling off in the supply ki:ll4. ",,,ojerate business was doing at Friday's cur of Calves, in ll tve r r i e had a moderate inquiry forTigQ, and late se 144 . 111 v Well sapported. " •I• d • Per alba , to sink the offal. t,„_ (I n o kati.... : •to a. d, a. d. to s. d. li,.N i t 4 r 4.llt y .. : ! 4 2 6 Inferior Sheer . •• • 3 3 ° 4 3 , 2 6 L - qt fitZbu,... 2 3 3 0, second Tut s d hs i e t p tc.3 5 315 li tal%„ 4 tte e",;„••• a el .. c co ' u hr th e Zv e nVetber 3le 4 a CvA t ill t lc t i" c ; ts a 2 8 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 6 gl)i ' 1 (1 peg ~1 8 t•J . 10 L argo log er • s • •••• 7 . 33 2 6 4 0 414 ..• •••,,•• ° 0 0 (0) Sm all uartar old Pigs ..16 0 22 0 4 7 4 ' 4°741, SUPPLY AT MARKET. 40 b e I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Flo. ... 28,560 I 252 295 D -- . 4. 1 Po KEIGN SUPPLY. tiO Shea 810 19•%, t0. 2,310 Calves. I Pi , a. P. 1 153 1 , (4 ) , e° thi a ,:WZ AND =ADEN/TAXA. . .4 - , 1 ,--04, - -,my Ben night there markets have been rililarlar,l4le'Y s upplied with each kind of Meat, by 1ie t ,,," 4 9u get Portion ef st hich has been beneath the 41_ 41 , tied - l• . General' speaking the trade has ruled ' 74 % :. I- 4 t h .° • (I"t ations Y have had a downward ten t 4 of f o b - is now out of season. About 1,000 ci!r '‘")f. 4 % 4 tient, chiefly Sjaeep, have been dis- Net,' At ••,,, , •14, 1 , 1 I. P:r t stone by the Carcase. d. s , 5. to 1 2 4 2 8 3 l '"••,_ 1111,,clait•-•• 2 i °;. 4 Mutton, inferior •• --`,. ""rrati ' "•• . 6 2 middling•• 8 3 10 ti 11 . 1 ,413 44 4 4,,,.,, •• 210 8 0 = Priv" -*. 3 3 0 3 6 ......-•.• •• 3 2 8 4 Pork, large •••••• •• 6 4 0 , •• a osmall •• •••• •• v Th %Glum,. Lamb, Oa Od to Oa Od. .t r et,, t iIIINZ' alt. Awn SPITALTIELD 33 • , last Wefa. fr et,, Oci t c• "sof foreign Potatoes into London vii:g et io lled to 50 bags from Rotterdam,. and 10 barrels bee tht'' atipielldte• With home-grown qualities we . are i ,_ in geet vsti4 .14 0, 4 _ t ttb le o - q t it a L tio o n nlY a moderate business aocoon i t s s u r d e Z .tvt, t 'l th 6tain station e r pricer. than _ f late. The. tod :es en b , a re mor e favourable v,._. on. to se x. t tie here are in , xcellent con diti on. 1 0r ; c i i ,are 45s to 755• ditto middling qualities, K 3 en O t i Ito, that? 20s to 25s per ton. I „Th e „ ' WOOL. 10dt r tl ii , u tt li _ e _, 3 - 0 e 6 held in week have been_w_e l l , l 0 1, 41 ' 11 % the whole of ti the parcels offered, niT c i es - 7 . Soot privy hav e changed bands, at very full Ft la - "`ati ne."'t contract market so little is doing that the ito lt a„ h4 : 3 e : r° 411:00at nominal. The imports since ditto 2 a -, got-mounted to 27 bales from Antwerp, 20 Nir A li BO from Ale xandria, 275 from Hamburgh, 4 0 Y , aa f °Wore, 325 from Syria 1,161 from Algoa 41 /t° Taganrog, 2 from M ' achit a, and 10 bags ~ el an d &gob „: ,alstft..- -`% f ' r'eltie — ‘"JCIII IMOP MARXET. . %II tlriv 4r , g will be commenced to-morrow in some of its3' its ih " I grounds in Sussex and Kent, hence, et pec .... • e „..,_ 1- h:_14,0104•13730rta relative to the appearance of the . bite 10 - Z e ti've, ~atie,,the demand for all kinds of Hops is ye' 2os l '• T h " 11 800ao instances, prices are a shade ()°°) 6 d utY has been done at 200,0001. to Ill eti ll : 4 1,' i' VVe 3l . l ,l ,n.LI East Kent pockets, 61 15s to bie ll itt e, 41 15 0 8 1 Kent ditto, 51 15s to 61 10s; Sus oli3s 16 t° 41 Bs; Yearlings, 11 15s to 21 15s; fx 3 to 2 15 s per cat. o c., 4a o lot, p et TALLOW'. ck., 0 ea ., erabm. mi n: " of To..o:lLletter to the Ist inst. states that ; ami,,,, .. --4 .31 . 04 0,. • sold at 106 1 to 107 1 roubles ~ -. 01 711?lAtisorts- • . n „. 1 ,. 41 , .... . • S hipments were progr i e , s 9 s s, ''. seeu by our stotsimul at and the quantity of Tallow ail )at is somewhat extensive. Since Monday last, our market has ruled firm, and a good business has been doing, at, in acme instances, a further aavance in the quotations cf 3d per cwt. To day, P. Y. C. on the spot, is telling at 375 are 9d d for emand new, and 37s to 37s 3 d for Ol d. Higher rates ed for forward delivery. Town Tallow has adva er nceibs.d to 37s per cat. net cash; and rough fat to 2s ld p S A TYPHOON IN THE CHINA SEA. The barque Vernon, on her way from Manilla to New York, on the 641 c f May last, suffered from one of those visitors of the east, w hich is thus described by a correspondent of the Courier:—" We were run ning under all sail at nine o'clock in the morning, but, as the weather looked more aed more um ettled, and strong fitful gusts of wind came from the S.E., Captain M'Key, who is an old voyager in this part of the world, commenced making preparations for receiv ing the enemy. We took all our studding sails in, sent down the royal yards, and furled the main: ail. The rain now commenced pouring down in torrents, while the loud claps of thunder and the vivid flashes of lightning gave too sure evidence of the near ap proach of one of those dreadful scourges of the China Sea, a typhoon. At this time we were steering W.S.W., and the wind S.F.. nearly, brought it aft the barque, running at the rate of eight miles an hour, under easy sail. As I stood looking over the rail, watching the conflict of the elements, I heard a loud roaring to windward, and instantly knew it was coming butt-end foremost, as the sailors say. Captain 111 1 Kay, who was standing beside me, heard the sound, and instantly ordered the man at tie wheel to keep the ship off before the wind, and then shouted forte his orders, ' Clew up the foretopsail and haul up the foresail;' but by the time the foretopsail was clewed up, it burst upon 113 in all its fury. Upon the first gust it took our foresail clean out of the bolt ropes, and then the poor barque reeled and tumbled like a drunken man. By this time we had our main top sail clewed up, but it split into a thousand pieces, and before the men could get on the foretopsail yard that sail went with a loud report. By this time the wind had increased to a perfect hurricane, and the heavy sea that was running plainly showed to us that we must heave the ship to, or run under. Tne poor barque was labouring very heavily, and Captain I\FJ(sy, see ing our only hope of safety would be to heave her to, watched his opportunity and ordered the helm to be put down by a motion of his hand, for amidst the roaring of the wind it was impossible to hear a person six inches from you. Our gallant barque, obedient to the helm, slowly came to the wind, while every person seized a rope and lashed himself in the best manner possible to prevent being swept overboard, in case we shipped a sea, but, as luck would have it, we escaped that misfortune, and shipped no water of any consequence. We now began to feel the force of the wind, with not a stitch of canvass set. We found that the poor vessel lay nearly on her beamends. Al though we were very deeply loaded, something had to be done to relieve her, "and by the motion of his hand the captain expressed to the mate to stave all the water-casks on the lee side. lastantly half a dozen men were in requisition, while the rest of the crew were engaged in heaving overboard everything that was lashed on deck. The gale, instead of decreasing, increased, and with a loud crash our foretopma s t went over the side, taking with it the maintopgallant mast. All hands were now at work with a will, for every man felt that unless the vessel was lightened all must go to the bottom, and by almost superhuman exertions the deck was cleared. Just as our deck was somewhat cleared our jibboorn went, taking our jib, flying jib, and foretopmast staysail. Fearful of the spars getting under the bottom of the ship and staving a plank, we were obliged to cut the wreck away. We now turned our attention to the pumps, and by sounding the weather one we found that there were three feet of water in the hold. I now, for the first time, began to feel a little discouraged, but fortunately the gale began to abate, and, by con stant pumping, we bad the satisfaction of finding that the water decreased ; and by seven o'clock P.M. she was clear. After losing spars, rigging, water, pro visions, and sail, the captain concluded to go back to Manilla, and refit ; and, consideriug our condition, we could not do otherwise. In conclusion, let me say that I have been round Cape Horn, and in a great many parts of the world, but I have never witnessed a gale like the above, and sincerely hope that I shall never see one of equal severity. We found, after our arrival at Marline, that the ship Carolus, Captain Dunbar, bad experienced the same gale, and was' obliged to put back with the loss of spars, sails, rigging, &c., and leaking very badly, most of her sugar being damaged, she having as much as six feet of water in her bold, and was on her beamends for 12 hours."—Boston Daily Mail. 37s per c NI. nei c.,.; 1846. 18 47 . 1848. 184 9. 1850. Stock this day •• .• 8,892 13,338 15,369 '47,3.50 ; 24,213 • 428 d 465 6d 45s 64 i 3Bs 3d to 37 8 Od Price of Y. C. •• • • to 425 0 9d to Os Od to Os Od 385 Od Ito 37s 9d Delivery last week • • 1,921 2,936 , 2.819 1,459 2,002 Ditto from June 1•• .. 14.513 17,396 23,327 17,239 18,859 last week • 726 1,619 2,729 2,41,1 , 2,374 Arrivals Ditto from June 1 ... 12,783. 22,629 : 31,165 19,116 1 17,448 ['rice of Town •• •• 443 Od 40s Gd 478 fid 40s Od 139 s Gd STAWIENT OF TALLOW S lIPIING AT ST. PETERSIATEGII. 1850. 1849. 1848. 1847. I 1846. Tallow dispatched Casks. Caskw. Casks. Casks. I Casks. from Cronstadt to Aug. 1 , 0.6. 27,960 32,029 49,784 46,226 26,616 In shits loading and lighters ••• • • • . 18,503 , 18,890 11,274 11,690 13,860 Total loaded off, lith O.S. .. •• .. 46,463 50,919 61,058 57,698 40,476 Loade Au d afterwards.. 67,213 68,446 73,918 72,747 Total at the close of -- ----- --- .• 118,112 129,504 131,861 1 13,223 the navigation.... .. -- London.• •• • • .• 10,600 8,475 23,824 20,181 8,884 Liverpool .•..• • .. 9,195 5,562 8,445 8,394 4,039 Bristol .• ••• • • 2,199 1,584 2,415 2,8.20 1,317 Other English ports 1,59 5,641 6,339 4,5e9 4,132 Ireland ••••• • • • • • 021 2,036 2,548 2,163 3,511 Scotland •••• • • • 381 1,488 3,46 f 3,319 1,584 Germany ...• •• .. 2,026 4,104 2,747 2,372 2,574 France .•••• • .. .. 1,056 3,139 - 2,228 602 • 27,900 32,029 49,784 46,226 26,616 26,616 27,9C0 BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE T. C. JONES. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a linen-dr:ger in the Binckfriar'6-road, came up for his certificate. Mr. TURNER, for the the whole debts due amounte d to about 2,400 L, but that only 7001 was due to trade creditors, the other being due to friends. The assets would be large. There being no opposition his HONOUR granted a card ficate of the second class. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY). These sessions commenced to-day before Mr. Puckle, the Chairmen, and a full bench of magistrates. Ac cording to the calendar there are only eighteen prisoners for trial, and the offences with which tkey are charged are of the most trivial description. The grand jury having been sworn, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to deliver his charge to them. lie said that it was with real pleasure that he had to congratulate the grand jury and the county at large on the state of the calendar. lie had had con siderable experience in the Commission of the Peace for the county of Surrey, and he had never in his life seen so light a calendar at . .the present season of the year as the o ne fur the present session. It was wonderful to think that there ware only l 9 pri soners for trial. Various causes had doubtless brought a bout this most agreea ble result, and probably among the foremost was the better education of the lower classes, which bad induced in their minds a right feeling as to their station and importance to so ciety. The governor of the gaol had put into his hands an average of the calendar for the last eleven years, from which it appealed that the average number of pri soners for trial in each year was from 52 to 70, while, in the present instance, the number for trial was but also only 18. The calendar also vas most tory, not only as re s p ected numbers, in reference to the crimes committed: they were of the s lightest description, and none of them required any comment from him. The Chairman having shortly ad verted to the duties of grand jurors, remitted the grand jury to the performance of their functions by congratu lating them on the lightness of their labours. From the statement sent to the Chairman by the governor of the gaol, it appeared that the number of prisoners for trial in 1839 was 87; in 1840, 74; in 1841, 90; in 1842, 87; in 1843, 38; in 1844, 73; in 1845, 43; in 1846, 42; in 1847, 75; in 1848, 33; and in 1849, 48. The grand jury having retired, The COURT proceeded to swear in the petit jury and with the trial of the prisoners, but no case calling for a special report came before it during the whole morning. MANsIO-IsillOUsE.—(lHIS DAY.) This morning a reap , ctably-d N ress man, ced at t who gahe ve the name of Cuptain Crosby, R.., ed was pla bar, before the Lord Mayor, for various alleged acts of swindling. Captain Taylor, R.N., deposed that the prisoner had, in the roonths of May and June last year, borrowed various sums of money of him, by falsely representing himself as Captain Crosby, of the royal navy. Witness had introduced him to other gentlemen, from whom he obtained money, &c. The prisoner had also received 101. from one of the O'Connell family. On inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had been a sect of schoolmaster on board the San Joseph, but was not known at the Admiralty as captain. Various other charges were ready against the pri soner, and his Lordship ordered a remand to a future day. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—As the aid of your valuable journal has been given to advocate the claims of a class of officers whose position is less favourable for promotion than any other grade in her Majesty's service, I beg to mention to you that there are at present upwards of sixty captains on full pay in the army who have been actively employed in the present rank from ten to thirteen years, the prospect of regimental promotion, for most of there, _being still very distant, and even improbable, the purchase system having left them where they are. For such claims as theirs surely it is not much to ask a step by brevet ; they are all old officers, having served twenty, some thirty years, and others even longer, regimental advancement being at present almost impossible for them. The greatest boon that could be conferred upon them is increased army rank. It is believed the authorities contemplate this act of justice at the commencement of the second half of the present century. I trust this reasonable Lope, which is looked forward to with intense anxiety by those ve terans, will not be taken from them on the ground of economy. We have now an overflowing exch( quer— the prospect of a plentiful harvest—all classes are in comparative peace and prosperity—let not the old soldiers of the country be deprived of their reward to save two shillings a day ; no economist in England would object to this outlay for men who haveslevoted their best years to the service of their couiitry.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Sept. 7. CEN TURION. MARLBRO'-STIIEET.-(THIS DAY.) MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. -Dennis Gorman, a rough-looking fellow, who had been repeatedly in custody for violent assaults on the police, many of whom are totally disabled from duty in consequence of his bru , al viols rice, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with the fallowing murderous assaults on the police when in the execution f their duty : Police-constable,l43 11, stated that about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a soldier was being brought down Oxford• street, in custody, followed by a mob of between two and three hundred people, when he saw the prisoner and several of his cumpauions rush from Gilbert-street, and comm' nce hissing and hooting, and urging the mob to rescue the soldier from the custody of the officers. All at once the prisoner and his companions flung a volley of :tones at them, many of which struck the constables cn the head. Witness then looked round and distinctly saw the prisoner throw the paving-stone produced at Sergeant Bewley, which struck him on the bead, and felled him to the ground completely stunned. Before witness could get near the prisoner the latter threw another stone, and when witness got up to him he collared him and took another stone from his band. The prisoner then tried to throw him on his back, the prisoner's companions at the same time pulling at his legs. Sergeant Bewley, who had recovered from the effects of the blow, and whose head was streaming with blood, then came to his aid and sprung his rattle, when the prisoner's compan con ions ran off. The prisoner was, however, secured, and veyed to the station, where he became so exceedingly violent that it required the united strength of six con stables to lock him up in the cell. Wben at the station the prisoner threatened to ruin them for life, as he had done before to the b-- police. Sergeant Bewley, 20 D, said on Saturday night he was assisting a soldier to the station, when he received a violent blow from a stone on the shoulder. On turning round to see from whence the stone came, he saw the prisoner close by him, and heard him say " You b--, I will disable you for life, worse than those b--s were in Devonshire -street." The prisoner then threw a large raving-stone at witness, which struck him on the side of the head, breaking his hat, and inflicting a severe wound, from which the blood flowed in torrents. Wit ness fell down on bis back insensible, and when be came to himself he found the prisoner in custody of 143 D. On the way to the station the prisoner kicked him se veral times. Police-officer, 112 D, corroborated the whole of the above evidence. Burton, 82 D, stated that about six o'clock last night he was on duty at the station-house, near the cell wherein the prisoner arts confined, when he heard him say to some one outside, " You must get Ryan and as many more as you can to come up and swear I was standing s till and never threw a s t o ne at or touched Bewley at all." Witness immediately communicated what he had heard to his superintendent. Inspector Jackson, of the 1) division, having corrobo rated this, added that the prisoner had been convicted more than twenty times lA. assaults on the police. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was com mitted to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. ASSAULT BY A SoemEst.---Joseph Gitlin, a private belonging to the Grenadier Guards, was charged before Mr. Hardwick with assaulting police-constable 231 D. The constable deposed that about 12 o'clock on Satur day night he was on duty in Oxford-stteet, when he saw a young woman knocked doyen with a horse and cab. A man went to her assistance, and res cued her from her dangerous position, when the pri soner ran up to him and challenged him to fight. Witness re quested the prisoner to go away peace ably, which he refused ; to do, and as he was drunk at the time he (witness) sent to the barracks for a " picket " to take him away. While the messen ger was gone, the defendant took off his belt, flourished it about, and said he would fight any b— there. As the prisoner seemed inclined to be mischievous, witness took the belt from him, when he struck him (witness) on the breast with great force, and knocked him back wards into the road. Witness then sprung his rattle for assistance, and several other constables having arrived, the prisoner, after a deal of resistance, was taken to the police station. The prisoner, who denied the charge of assault, was committed to the House of Correction for ten days. ALARMING E XPLO SION OF GAS AT ST. MICHAEL'S Cuuncu, CORNHILL —Last evening, shortly before the commencement of Divine service in St Michael's Church, Cornhill, an occurrence took place, which, had it been a few minutes later, would, in all probability have been attended with disastrous consequences. It appears that at the usual hour the men proceeded t o li g ht the gas, preparatory to opening the sacred edifice. Atter some of the lamps had been lit, it was found that the flare was not equal in height to what it had previously been, and a strong smell of gas having attracted the attention of one person, he traced it to the churchwarden's pew, when he incautiously took a lighted candle to the spot. Ile had no sooner done so than the light came in contact with the gas which was escaping, and au explosion took place, which knocked the man down, and set fire to the flooring of the paw. Fortunately the damage done is not very cot siderable, but the churchwardens issued a notice, that no service would be performed in the church in consequence. THE MURDER NEAR HARROW.—At the Harrow Sessions, on Saturday, Benjamin Dorvill, who was charged some time ago, under circumstances which have already, been detailed in this journal, with the murder of his wile underwent a further examination before Mr. Rotch. Some additional evidence having been given, the prisoner was com mitted for trial upon the capital charge. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SHOOTING AT RICH NO-NO.—During Friday and Saturday a great sensation pre vailed in consequence of a young gentleman ' the son of an em inent publisher in the neighbo urhood of Covent-garden, and who resides in the vicinity of Richmond, having acci dentally shot a young man under the following extraordi nary circumstances, which assumed more mystery from the fact that the police authorities were kept in ignorance of the real state of the case until late on Thursday. It appears that the young gentleman, who is aged about 17, was at about seven o'clock on the evening of Tuesday amusing himself with firing off a duelling pistol loaded with ball in Blac Horse-lane, Marsh-gate, in the immediate vicinity of the Richmond Railway, and'across which lane the line is on the level. A gateman, named William Newman, is stationed there. It is stated that the young gentleman asked sew man to let him put a mark on the post of one of the gates for him to fire at, which Newman consented to, and the first ball t h e gentleman fired missed the mark, passed through the hedge on the opposite side, and lodged in the elbow of Charles Howe, a groom, living in Grosvenor-mews, Richmond-hill, who was at that time talking to a young woman. The bones of the arm were completely smashed, the ball being buried in the marrow of the larger bone. The young gentleman, learning the accident he bad caused, procured a fly and pro ceeded with the wounded man to Twickenham, where he was immediately attended by Mr. Wellington, is ho was of opinion that amputation must be resorted to, and recommended his removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This was done on Thursday night, and it was found necessary to amputate the arm from the shoulder. The wounded man still remains in an uncertain state. FIRES YEsTERDAY.--NO fewer than five fires oc curred yesterday in different parts of the town. The first took place between two and three o'clock in the morning on the premises belonging to Mr. William Jones, a dairyman, at No. 9, Pavilion-yard, Whitechapel, immediately conti guous to the Pavilion Theatre. The fire was first discovered by . a man who worked on the premises seeing an unusual glare in one of the lofts filled with hay and straw. This party, knowing that a man *as asleep in the loft, immedi ately raised an alarm, and the man succeeded in effecting a retreat, but not before he had been slightly burned. Assist ance having arrived, nine horses, each valued at 30/., and a number of cows, were extricated. In a very brief period numerous engines of the London brigade and the parish at tended under the direction cf Mr. hraidwood, the superin tendent, and Mr. Fogo, the foreman of the A district. By the time the engines arrived the flames had broken through the roof, and were attacking the windows of the saloon of the theatre, so that its destructio n appeared inevitable. Fortu nately, the mains of the East London Company afforded an atundant supply of water, and the firemen, by dint of great perseverance, succeeded in preventing the extension of the flames ; some time, however, was spent before the main body of flames could be extinguished, and not before that portion of the premises in which they began was destroyed. the con tents cumumed, and some damage done to the buildings on either side. The origin of the misfortune is at present un known. Mr. Jones, unfortunately, was not insured. The four other fires occurred, one at 8, NVakefield-street, Bunhill row ; another at 79k, Portland-place; a third in Ratcliffe highway; end the fourth iu the City; but the damage done to each was but slight. EXHIBITION or 1851.—THE BUILDING. — The first castings for the iron columns were delivered on the ground on Saturday last, having arrived the previous day at the Kensington Basin, from the' foundry at Dudley. The sashes are being made in London, and it is expected that several hundred hands in a very few days will be engaged on the work. i e r ss j ist ots : e N pt D hhe o T r choam T c i t w E aeni BOMBAY (00i of the edYi Bombay ARMY.--Major - General m t will,a ry assuming the higher office of Commander-in siGtioerTto) NI; THE maß succeed. CS Gomm 1-t fo isl ;c lu e na s j , doe o rr n : Commander-in- Chid Of the Queell'e aucl CeroPanY'a troops in India. EXTENSIVE AND ALARMING FIRE AT LIMEDOVSE. —This morning an official report was received by Mr. Braidwood, of an alarming and extensive fire, which took place at about eight o'clock this morning, on the premises of Alessrs. John Chanter and Co., patentees of the patent me tallic composition for ships bottoms, Salmon's-lane, Lime house. The first communication was received by Mr. Superintendent Fog°, of Wellclose-square station by the Blackwell Railway electric telegragh, and in less than five minutes the engines were on the spot ; but despite the strenu ous exertions of the firemen, the workshops for mixing the composition in were completely burnt down, and consider able damage was dote to the adjacent buildings. It was nearly ten o'clock before the fire was wholly subdued. Tux POST-OFFICE.—On Sunday last the official order for renewing to the public the Post-office accommoda tion, of which they had been temporarily deprived, through the exertions of the Sabbatarians and th e luk rmness of ewa detail their opponents, came i n t o. o peration—points of being reserved for subsequent consideration. The indecent haste with which the epistolary intercourse of the community was, for nearly two days in the week, cut off in the first instance, with has been in some measure atoned fo r b y the promptness which the Government have retraced their steps, and there is no reason to fear that the House of Commons will be found napping again even in the " Derby" week. A repetition of the popular indignation roused by the first inconsiderate mis take would go hard with any Ministry. El ec tors all over the c ountry will see the necessity of keeping their Members" oP to the ;auk" on 04 important cseetiow.Carlisie Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, LEIGH HUNT AND THE " TIMES." om the Weekly Dispatch.) Mr. Editor,—Every now and then the Times con sults the graification of that portion of the public which is the least scrupulous about the means, so that its gratification is but ministered to, by unbaggiog some unlucky author and hounding upon ;him the sharpest-toothed critic in its kennel. Famous sport ensues, for all except the worried and lacerated party. He is regarded in the same way as the patient under the operation which the doctor (in Zeluco) describes as being so very beautiful and ; pleasant. " But it must have hurt the patient very much. 0, the patient—your ladyship was thinking of the patient!'" In justice to the surgical amputator, it must be re marked that his function is often alike essential to the well-being of the individual and of society. Whether that can be said of the horrors of the chase which the wild huntsman of Printing House-square pursues for the amusement of his readers, is more than questionable. If there be a man ready, in a frank and friendly spirit, to shake hands with all the world, and with hom it might be hoped that all the world was ready to shake hands in return, that man is Leigh Hunt. From youth to age his geniality of spirit has been unfailing. Orression could not squeeze it out of him, nor venomous calumny dash it with bitterness. It has deserted bins neither towards friend nor foe, in victory or in clef-at and disappointment. As poet, philosopher, politician, critic, with all the requisite qualities fur its high and varied functions, there has ever been the human sub stratum, the elastic, kindly, truehearted man in all. Nor are there wanting, from the Times critic, large acknowledgements so large that they might have harmon;z.sd with a tone as eulogistic as that adopted is depreciatory. But it seems that Mr. Hunt cannot say his multiplication table ; that when a youth, in clerk's employment, he came too late to office ; that the flowers and piano in his prison-house were an imprudent outlay ; that he was overreached by a cheating bookseller in the price of a " Collection of Italian Poets ;" that he finds it difficult to make both ends meet ; and that he loves his Queen, and would like to be Laureate. All which charges might be left to themselves, but for the assumption at the bottom of all, and of which the entire criticism is an elaborate enforcement, that a man who follows lite rature as a profession may serve himself as well as by any other profession, and has only himself to blame if he be not well to do in the world. Especially is he condemned should he complain of, and cast any imputation upon, " broad. shouldered society." I hold this to be a delusive and pernicious doctrine; and I will state why. There are certain conditions and limitations which the critic keeps out of sight. Under ordinary circumstances, the thriving literary man must not seek to improve, but merely to gratify, the public taste. In politics, he must side with the strongest and wealthiest party. In religion, he must say nothing of a " heterodox and Leigh Hunt-ish" Christianity. In criticism, he must praise the fa vourite of the day. No prejudice can safely be assailed. If by the toil of years he can make a name, then, and only then, he may sell his name ; perhaps, being overpaid as much as he was underpaid before, when his works had the first freshness of his intellec tual spring, and he fairly wrote out all the thought that was in him. He must stifle the impulses to put forth his best powers, aim at the noblest ob jects, and strive to realise what " the world shall not willingly let die," in order to do the work of the day, whatever it may be, and win the day's bread and cheese. Having proved himself efficient, and got rid of any superfluous nicety or independence, he may find employment or job work at the wages of a subordinate clerk; and if his party be in office, and he lucky enough to have an influential patron, he may end his days as one of her Majesty's hundred pounds a-year pensioners. The Times compositors must have laughed when they set up the assertion that " there is no reason why the man of letters should not pass through life with the respect of him self and of the world at large ; why social happiness and comparative independence should not be enjoyed by him as well as by any other professional man." The reason is obvious. The man of letters is before his age. He has knowledge which the ignorant can not appreciate, and taste in which the unrefined do not sympathise. With unquestionable genius, it may take him half a century, as it did Wordsworth, to establish a reputation without which every publication entails loss rather than profit. But Southey, says the critic—how respectable and thriving Southey was! The instance was an apt one. Southey was fortunate in two conversions, and both tem very timely. From Democracy he was converted to Toryism, and from Deism, or something like it, to the Church of England. Not every man of letters can expect new light to beam upon him so luckily. Then came his pension, and afterwards the Laureateship; something to fall back upon this. Add to this, what would have been utterly unattainable, or any equivalent to it, in his original state of opinion, a permanent engagement on the well paying Quarterly, and the exceptional character of the case is complete. No doubt the man of letters, who is not so happy as to be converted, may feign conversion at the critical moment; and no doubt such conNersion is mont y's worth in the legal and clerical professions, as well as in literature. So fsr the pa rallel holds. But the Times is silent on this condition of its general proposition. In the present .tate of society no prudent man who can help it will make literature hia sole occupation and means of subsistence. The pay is in the inverse ratio of the merit. An unprincipled partizanship pays the best. S mi-mechanical compilation, the second best. Really orignal works, unless of mere amusement, the worst of all. Now, if a solid and noble literature be of any importance to the nation, this is a very bad state of things, and ought to be remedied. And who will (luny its importance ? Its wreath is far brighter than than that of the warrior, and watered neither by tears nor b'ood. Its humanizing power is beyond that of art. Its songs are proverbially mightier than laws. As enshrined in the wise, it promotes religion while resisting priestcraft; as diffused amongst the people, it furnishes enlightenment and excitement, while abating intemperance. It is as a soul to the body of the community, keeping it from death and corruption. And it is the nature of that intelligence, without which even hard'necessity would not gene rate the invention, that by mechanical arts subdues the globe to the service of humanity. Honest rulers, able legislators, faithful priests, skilful artizans, all are important to a people ; hut not less important than any are its public writers, their integrity, their patriotism, their independence, their honourable esti mation, and their fair remuneration. All that neei be asked is fair dealing towards a profession so important for the well-being of society, and yet, from the very nature of the case, so much worse paid than any with which it can be brought into comparison. I plead neither for Government patronage nor private patronage. But I demand, what form of property is so ill protected as literary property? If a man sticks an acorn into his ground, the oak-tree belongs to him and his heirs for ever. Is it a less work to generate a " Lear," or a " Para dise Lost" in his mind ? Yet in that, there is no perpetual property to the producer. In a few years, the bookseller and the public divide the spoil. Had American piracy plundered our merchants or our laniowners one-tenth as much as it has plundered our authors, would not the question long ago have been a national quarrel, only to be set right by jus tice and retribution ? Before the Times' assertion can be verified, there must be an equal sacredness of property for the man of letters and the man of acres. You must cease' to sacrifice the one to the public good, and then to sacrifice the public good to the other. Again, I ask, whose occupation is taxed like that of the man of letters ? The material on which he writes or prints is taxed. Not what he sells merely, but the whole of the edition which has only the chance of sale, is previously taxed. The intellectual materials and appliances are all under taxation. Every public announcement of his work is taxed. Immense capital, and circulation also im mense, combined with a high degree of popular utility, have been taxed out of the market. And what, like this, has to be encountered by the lawyer,' the dotter, or the clergyman ? What, indeed ? No such rocks obstruct the easy flowing of their fees and tithes. They have their toils; but, comparatively, they toil in comfort and for competence. The public has a deep interest in the intellectual and moral qualities of public writers, and in so treat ing them that they shall not live and act under power ful temptations to idleness, falsehood, apostacy, or any other misguiding influence. The imprudent must reap the results of their imprudence, in this as in any other class. Had the Times only endeavoured to " warn genius of .the certain consequences of a lofty neglect of the ordinary and every-day prudence re quired for even moderate success in any worldly calling," I should rather have aimed at seconding than at controverting its strictures. I speak, of course, with reference to their general spirit, not their individual application, leaving that to the better informed on Mr. Hunt's private history and circum stances. But the theory is false, and the particular instance adduced i n it s support i s condemnatory. If Mr. Hunt have encountered difficulties which might have been averted by his timely becoming Churchi, fied, Torified, and a vilifier of his old assoeiates ii the Quarterly Review, I give him joy of his diffi culties and his endurance. With honest men he has the best of the bargain, a hard lot though it be. It ought not, in any case, to be made harder by public indifference or fiscal partiality. There is not less of folly than of infamy in taxation upon literary inte grity. Mind was not tnadesto be the tool of party or of patronage. A wise nation will not abandon it to that degrading destiny. Let people ask themselves why apologies for Russian despotism and Austrian brutality are written for British publications ? They cannot be the spontaneous produc tions of intellect. That is not in the nature of thine. A persevering power le at work, and ORKNEY ISLANDS WE,TRAY, AUG. 29. The weather fir several days has been wet and blowy, in cons: quence of which the crops are much laid, and harvest is a little farther behind than it otherwise would have b, en. A day or two. however, of dry weather, would catue reaping, which has already been partially commenced, to be quite general in Oikney, as the fields in all directions DOW present the yellow aspect of maturity. The pota ties are daily improving, and the turnips are excellent. Thursday, the 22d, was a particularly stormy day. About mid-day there was a sudden shower of bail, which, at one part of the island, accumulated to a consi derable depth, and the stones were prodigiously large, equalling in size a linnet's egg. The night of the same day was terrific, with roaring peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, which continued for several hours. No injury, however, in any way has resulted from either of these storms. On Monday it blew very strongly, and by the violence of the gale a herring fi•hing-boat, an chored at Rapness, Wcstray, was driven upon the rocky shore, end smashed to pieces. On .the same day an other herring boat was wrecked at the west side of the island, hut she is not beyond repair. Little or nothing done at the herring fishing last week, in consequence of the state of the weather. The storm still continues. — Inverness Courier. SCENES and LIFE in CALIFORNIA . Mr. John Wliitford, jun., a gentleman recently engaged as a clerk in the service of Mr. William Laird, a Liverpool merchant, in a letter written to that gentleman from an Francisco, gives some inte resting details concerning California, and its strange medley of inhabitants. The water, he says, at Ssn Francisco and Sacramento city is very bad; it is taken about in carts, and sold at one rial (12 3 / 4 cents) per bucketful ; it causes the diarrltea, as he supposes, on account of its miceral qualities. He expresses an opinion " that, in the course of a few years, all the gold regions in California will be bought from the United States Government by large capitalists, v, orks will be erected for washing the gold wholesale, and men employed at high wages, and that this country will flourish so long as the gold lasts ; and it seems to be inexhaustible, for I have never yet washed a pan full of dirt in these mountains - without finding some specks of gold. Sickness, also, is a great drawback. I would not advise any one to leave 1001. in England, with all the comfort and ease of a good house, for California, if even they were to make 5,000 dollars here. No one likes this coun try ; all come with the intention of making money and going home again ; very few intend to settle, for it will never be an agricultural country, except on the banks of the principal rivers. The style of dress at the mines is pretty much the same all over the country—red flannel shirt, belt with knife and pistols, and mining boots pulled over the trousers, and a straw hat with a wide rim. San Francisco city is about one mile and a half broad and two miles long. It is most crowded at the water's edge. Piles are driven into the beach, and any quantity of houses built on them. Several ships are run ashore, their masts, &c., cut away, and two or three stories built above the deck ; a first-rate house is made out of a ship. Hundreds of fine ships are lying at anchor, en tirely deserted ; some sink at their anchors for want of pumping. San Francisco is very unhealthy, on account, I suppose, of the cold north-welters that blow every afternoon. Sacramento city is a most un healthy place, because it is built on a plain below the level of the river ; the stench from the offal, dead bullocks, &c., lying in the streets, is sickening. There are some hundreds of Indians camped all round us in the woods ; several come through the towns every day. They are a miserable set of fellows, and all carry a bow and arrows. Their dress is an old shirt, tied with a string or belt round the waist. They are frightened of a white man with a gun, but are sly assassins when they have the chance. An Indian seen at most of the mines is shot down without hesitation. It is a difficult matter here to restrain old miners from shooting them as they come through the valley. People that die at the mines are buried on the tops of the neighbouring hills. It is astonishing to see the number of graves on some hills. One night, on our journey, we laid our blankets and slept on a hill. In the morning, at breakfast, we discovered that we had slept amongst a let of graves, and were cooking on the headstone of one." OMNIBUS ACCIDENT. —Yesterday afternoon the fol lowing accident occurred in Holborn. It appears that a youth hailed a Paddington omnibus at the corner of Little Queen-street, and as two omnibuses belonging to rival com panies were both on the look out for passengers they both drew up together. The youth selected the one nearest to him, and was in the act of seating himself upon the roof, when the sudden jerk of driving on threw him over the rail ings on to the ground, and before he bad time to get up the other omnibus, which had drawn in behind the first, also darted ctl; and all the four wheels passed over the poor fellow. As speedily as possible he NM conveyed to King's College Hospital, where he now remains in a very precarious state. Both his legs were broken, in addition to other severe contusions. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Friday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Carter, at the George Tavern, Bermondkey, on the body of a single woman, named Sarah Barber, 29 veers of age, who drowned herself in the river henry Wainwright, a currier, said he had been acquainted with the deceased for three or four years, and used to cohabit with her. She bad latterly led a drunken life, and had sold ant pawned all her clothes and furniture to get drink. lle celled upon her a fortnight ago, but finding she was quite drunk he went away immediately and told her he would leave her entirely. She had attempted to destroy herself on two previous occasions; he believed that drunken ness had driven her mad. Another witness said the deceased had been mad drunk for three weeks before she committed suicide. Alfred J. Walker, a boatman, proved finding the body of the decease. , " in the Thames, off Bermondsey, and bringing it ashore. Verdict, " That deceased destroy, d her self whilst in an unsound state of mind, resulting from habitual and excessive indulgence in ardent spirits." EXCURSLoN TRAINS.—Two thousand five hundred persons were taken down yesterday to Bath and Bristol by the Great Western excursion train. The excursion train from Bristol brought up about 900 passengers. The two trains produced about 9001., of which upwards of 80 01 . must be clear profit to the company. SENDING COALS TO NRWCASTLE.—The Ethiopian serenaders had appeared on the stage of Bombay, to the entire gratification of their audience; after completing an engagement of some nights they were going es route to the presidencies. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT SPIRITS OF NITRE MANU- F.AcTony AND Two STILLS.— On Saturday Messrs. Elroy and Pargeter, detective officers of Excise, made a seizure of an extensive illicit establishment, No. 1, Cook's-grounds, Chelsea. On entering the house they discovered that it was fitted up as a chemical manufactury, with two stills in full operation, each capable of containing about 70 gallons. Be sides the stills were several carboys, containing spirits. About 200 gallons of molasses wash were in a state of preparation for continuing the operation of the stills. The officers found three persons in the house, ore of whom, upon seeing them, seized a large iron chisel, and struck a carboy with it, break ing it to pieces, and the whole of the contents were lost. lie would have destroyed the rest had he not been prevented. The persons found in the house gave the names of Sawyer, Smith, and White, who were all given into custody. These s tills, if kept at work, it was estimated, would defraud the revenue of upwards of 5,000/. annually. On Friday the , 'time officers seized another still at a house in York-street, Bethnal -green. - - About two o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Douglas Mill, Lower Dud property of the M essrs. G il roy, B ro thers, and Company The destruction o f property i s grea t, amount ing,iihe w t eare informed, to nearly 10,000 i., a considerable por tion, however, of which is covered by insurance.— Scottish Guardian. DUBLIN, FRIDAY.—The operation of tracheotomy was performed here a few days ago by Mr. Oven, the vete rinary surgeon, on a favourite horse belonging to his Excel lency the Lord-Lieutenant, with perfect success, the animal h av i n g Leen labouring under an attack of influenza. A metal tube was inserted into the wind pipe near the chest, through which the horse has been breathing since the opera tion until two days ago, when it w as ta k en out, t h e an i mal quite recovered fro m t h e d i sease, and the wound A TTE MPTED ASSASSINATI ON OF A C LERGYMAN. - - fbaseitnghenaollivng. HULL, SEPT. 6.—An attempt was made this morning upon the life of the Rev. R. Atthill, curate of Holy Trinity Church in this town, which has created considerable excitement. rev. 're rev. gentleman was conversing in the market-place with a friend whom he had met,. when a . man, respectably dressed came up, and, holding a pistol within two or three inches: of Mr. Atthill 's head, pulled the trigrer. Fortunately, although the cap exploded, the pistol itself hung fire; upon ' ball and " It d w o l e d a e n ll t tli e e ign fe if l y lo ; w w li e 'al a k h e a d ll un m co e n et cer a si g e a d i. i n y . ,,mria t y, fi s r a s y t saying, gentleman thought a rather ex . .traordinary . joke had been was was then i found n taken k t n e n be into loaded played upon him; but, recovering from his surprise, he fol lowedexam i the n at i man, on , Upon a proper charge of powder, and . a powder-flask and another tli e w p h i o st pistol bullet were discovered Upon his person. Had the pi s t o l not providentially been prevented from g o ing off Mr. Atthill must have been killed on the spot, so close was the weapon held to his head. The prisoner was taken i mmed i ately before the magistrates, who were sitting at the time of the occurrence, and by them he was committed to York f or tr i al at the next assizes. H i is name s Edward Eelass, and, from statements made before the Court, he appears to b e i nsane, and to be suffering under a religious monomania. He as. signed no motive for the outrage. THE LATE POISONING OCCURRENCE AT CLIFTON Since the death of Itlrs. Rees, who, with three of her chi. dren, was poisoned by eating a poisonous fungus in mistake for mushrooms, another of the sufferers has died - the young est child of the• unfortunate woman. The two surviving children remain in a most precarious and suffering state. Mrs. Rees was only twenty-six years of age, and was greatly respected. An inquest was held upon the bodies, and the jury returned a verdict of—" Accidentally killed by eating poisonous fungi." A CHARM FOR WARTS —ln some parts of Ireland, especially towards the south, they place great faith in the following charm t—When a funeral is passing by, they rub the warts and say three times, " May these warts and this corpse pass away and never more return ;" sometimes adding, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost."—lVotes and Queries . of the eilipniger is co mpleteto the w Nuw Docx AND IMFROTEMENTS AT LEITH. --The , improvements at Leith are progressing s teadily. The whole of the timber arching reaching from the north wall of the dock to the western breakwater is nearly completed, with tl.e exception of the palings or fences. The piling western breakwater is completed as far as the low wa t er pier.tiie the f range tlie es. eastern rEnt atones s r e h a d d f i e n e g t of from t m he th p Mar tello 'rower is in course of being removed. The Martello Tower itself is fitted up, in the interior, for the accommoda tion of a considerable number of the artillery. Wi t h re gard to the new dock all the walls are complet e d excepting the eastern, which is now in the course of being built. The inverted archway of the entrance to the dock, a work of considerable labour and skill, is also pretty t at a d vanced. _ Edinburgh ,Advertiaen SEPTEMBER 9, 1850, the public ask themselves where lies the blame ? Ycu have no right to cant about either the imprudence or the unprincipledness of authors till the obstacles are removed, whose removal would open for them a safe and honourable career. Till then, many of them will, like other men, yield to temptation ; they will mislead, mystify, and bamboozle you ; and you will deserve to be misled, mystified, and bamboozled. Why should you not ? You curl the lip at the man of talent for not being careful of his cash. Can you complain should he consult his interest, and curl the lip at you for not being careful of your intellects, but swallowing the lies and sophistry which you tolerate his being tempted to serve up to you for facts and logic ? To despise them tends to make them despise you. Pray have, good Public, a little of the pru dence you require in them ; render them justice ; hold them in proportioned honour; protect them from plunder ; deal with them as you deal with other pro fessions or occupations, which relate to your food, clothing, health, property, and other tangible inter ests, and you Rill find your account in it, even upon the most selfish principles. PCBLIcoLt. THE MOORS AND RIVERS. (From the Inverness Courier.) GROUSE SHOOTING.—We learn that the gentlemen milting shootings in the neighbourhood of her Mi jesty's royal residence, "Balmoral Castle," Dee-side, report favourably of the healthy state of grouse in that locality. Amongst the returns are—Lord Elcho, on the 12:h, bagged 80 brace on the Moss of Monaltrie ; Sir Ricbsrd Fielding, on the Carbrae, on the 12th, 56 brace. Oa the forest of Birse, rented by E. Laverack; E q., himself, J. Robinson, Esq., of hove ran, and Drs. Maxton and Gordon, bagged in sixteen days 1,823 head of grouse and a large quantity of mountain hares. Birds were never known so strong and wild, at so early a period, by the oldest sports man. DEER STALKING.—Two heads of stags, both shot in a remarkable way, were sent the other day to be preserved. One of them was shot last Thursday by S. W. Hurrell, Dn., in the woods at Carr-Bridge; being in pursuit of black game the gun was loaded with No. 6 shot. The deer started up at a distance of forty yards, and before be reached one hundred yards, fell to a double shot of common-sized grouse shot. The other was shot at Foyers (see annexed paragraph). Though the antlers of the latter were untouched, the bones of the head were broken into small fragments—pounded like lump sugar—by the fall. Lord Malmesbury has received a succession of visitors at Achnacarry Castle during the last fort night. Lord and Lady Canning, Lord Eddisbury, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, and Lord Edward F. Thynne are at present at the Castle. The fishing has not been very extraordinary—the continued rain for the last two weeks keeping the rivers in a very swollen state. Lord Canning, however, fished a good day's work on Wednesday, and his basket had, with other fish, a salmon weighing 14Ibs. The grouse have been a failure this season. The best day's sport did not exceed six or eight brace each gun, so that grouse-shooting may be said to be finished for the season. In the forest, however, better success has attended the sportsman. Lord Edward Thynne brought down a very fine stag. The head being soft and covered with its velvet was the only drawback to its royalty. Yesterday Lord Jocelyn and Lord Eddisbury shot each a noble stag, and on Saturday Lord Malsnesbury brought down a very fine stag within a short distance of the house. Some good sport in the forest may be anticipated, there being an abundance of deer. On Saturday, the 24th ult., Sir Arthur Chichester killed a royal stag in the Lochcarron forest, which weighed, clean, 23 stones, and as it fell 29. On Motday following Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, yr. of Applecross, brought down a fine stag; and next day Mr. Frank Mackenzie captured a large hind in the Applecress Forest. Lord Anson has bad very fine deer-stalking in the west of Sutherland. CAITHNESS.-Mr. La Touche (the tenant of Aus dale and Braemore moors) brought down two fine stags last week. Mr. T. E. 0. Horn shot a good stag in the Lang well preserve, on the 15th ult. Grouse shooting has been pretty fair, considering the disease of the last four years ; but the birds, though not so numerous as should be, are exceedingly strong and healthy. THE Niss.—This river is now of good angling size, and the members of the club have had fair sport during the week. Sir J. R. Canute and party on the upper waters, have been particularly successful. THE RIVERS IN THE NORTH OF SUTHERLAND. — Never in the memory of man have the rivers in this part of the country afforded less sport to the angler. From the 2011 of May to the 18th of August the rivers were so very low for want of rain that not a fiih could ascend them ; in fact, they were more like small burns than good-sizA rivers. On Sunday, the 18th, the wind blew a strong gale from the west, and in the evening it commenced to rain in good earnest, and continued till Monday evening without any inter ' mission ; the rivers that mere so low on Sunday mornit.g came down iu torrents. On Monday they had subsided a little, and though too high for good sport, yet J. V. Machin. E q., killed two fine salmon the largest weighing 19.b5.; since then the different gentlemen anglers have had good sport, each killing from one to three fish a day. The Messrs. Chandler have killed one or two each day, and on Monday, the 26th, two fine salmon and one grilse were taken. The Laxford river afforded no sport whatever up to last wer k. A LEAP OVER Foraas.—On Friday, tlie 30th ult., John Fowler,R.q., who leases the shootings of Foyers, stalked and shot a large stag in the wood ad joining the Falls. The antlered denizen of the forest, though apparently dead, soon recovered, and bound ing away towards a precipice which projects over the lower Fall, in an instant leaped for the opposite side of the frightful gorge. He failed in the attempt, and was carried down by the impetuous torrent and im mediately thereafter was seen wheeling around in "the boiling cauldron below." Mr. Fowler's gillies were soon at the spot, and having procured ropes, Alexander Fraser, gamekeeper, with a daring which emulates the inhabitants of the lonely isle of St. Kilda, was slung down the face of the precipice and soon secured the stag, which is the fifth that fell under the unerring rifle of Mr. Fowler. HORRIBLE MURDER IN NEW ZEALAND. The family of Mr. John Ellis, a greengrocer and stable-keeper in the Commercial•road, East, have just received, per the Cornelia, Captain Mickleburg, from Wellington, New Zealand, the melancholy tidings of the murder of John Ellis, son of the above, on board the ship General Palmer, in Port Nicholson, in the early part of the month of April last, and the commit tal for trial of four persons concerned in the atrocious deed. It appears that Ellis, who had served an appren teship to Messrs Somes, the ship-owners, of Rat cliff, and had been out of his time about ten months, was appointed to take charge of the General Palmer, after the crew had quitted her, and she was laid up in Port Nicholson, in consequence of her leaky condi tion. Great confidence was reposed in Ellis, who was a young man of much promise. lle had charge of all the stores on board, and was in the practice of coming on shore every morning to transact busi ness with Mr. Kenneth Bethune, a merchant and agent of the ship, residing in Wellington. He became acquainted with four men, named William Good, alias William Frederick Henderson, a deserter from the 65th regiment ; M. Coslin, John Jones, and Thomp son, and they were in the practice of visiting him on board ship. Knowing that he had above 201. wages and other property in his possession, they resolved on his murder, and the unfortunate young man fell a victim to their treachery and cupidity, and to his own mis placed confidence in their integrity. Ellis was mis sing for a week, and Mr. Bethune, fearing that be had been the victim of foul play, went on board the General Palmer, and saw Thompson on board, who, on being questioned, said the shipkeeper and Ellis had gone ashore some days previou.. Mr. Bethune hav ing reason to know the contrary, gave Thompson into custody, and upon proceeding into the cabin was annoyed by an intolerable odour, which caused him to the m b a s k r e n e a s Es strict F e w a b r c h b , and upon cbbt a u i n ne d o v s e a r l i t n g be o e n f, e th o e ef body of the m ur d ere d man was found steeped in brine, with the head downwards. The corpse was dreadfully mutilated, the head severed from the b o dy, and upon a p os t mortent examination by Dr. Mon teith, a resident in the colony, it was ascertained that he had been disposed of as the Mannings disposed of their victim O'Connor, he was first shot and his skull was beaten in by a hammer. Suspicion felling upon the men who were in the practice of visiting him, and who were last seen in his company, they were sought after and found to have absconded. They were sub sequently apprehended in different parts of the colony by the police-officers and natives sent out in pursuit, and after several examinations before the resident ma , gistrate, and many witnesses, the circumstantial evi dence was so conclusive that they were all committed for trial at the Supreme Court, which was to hold its sittings in June. n RrriusENTATioN OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE -It is said that Captain Herbert Wynn, of the 7th Ful.iliers, will offer himself as a candidate tor the county of Montgomery, on Protectionist principles, inconsequence of the death of his 'uncle, the late Right Hon. C. W. Wynn. IADVERTIBESIENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDROROUGIJ AND HOLLOWAX'S PILIA.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, aster every other means had falled. Bee extract from hi Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef fected a cure of a disorder In my liver and stomach which all the mos eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOIOUGH." These wondsrml pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, !Strand, and by 411 medians radon througbQut the siTWial world. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 5. His Royal Higbnees Prince Albert went out shoot ing to-day. Her Majesty drove out in the afternoon in an open cgtriage, attended by the Hon. Miss Lennox. The Prince of Wales rode on a pony, attended by Mr. Birch. The dinner party will include her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir George Couper. ►SEPTEMBER 6. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert went to-day to the top of Ben na Board, ac companied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen. The Marchioness of Douro was in attendance on her Majesty. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal rode on ponies in the afternoon. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Balmoral last night. Dispatches were received y esterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of New South Wales.. Dispatches were rent off on Saturday evening from the Co;onial-office for the Governor of Ceylon. SADLER S ELLS THEATIZE. Miltnan's Fazio has been revived at this theatre for the purpose c f introducing Mr. Waller in the cha racter of F..zio to a Sieller'b Wells audience. His im personation of Fazio was all that could be desired, and he succeeded in interesting his audience in the fate cf Milman's cold-blooded, cowardly, and selfish hero, to an extent which reminded us of the palmy days of the drama, when this tragedy was first produced, and when Charles Kemble created the part. Since the days of Charles Kemble we have had no such Giraldi Fazio as Mr. Waller. Miss Glynn was the Bianca, and albeit she lacked the headlong and impassioned energy of Miss Cushman, and acted the part as though she had sccurately cal culated each effect, yet most assuredly her Bianca is a great improvement upon her farmer impersonations. It was evidently the result of careful study and thought. The house has been exceedingly well M- I tended during the week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—FRIDAY. Free Handicap of 5 sore. each, and 25 added. One mile and a half. (55 Subs.) Mr. Robertson's Miss Lottery, 3 yra,7st(H.Roberlson) 1 Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 4 yrs, Sat 31b ... 2 Mr. Brown's Lu xur y, 3 yrs, 64 61b ..• ••• 3 Mr. Laing's Gaiety and Innocence, aged, 7st 101 b ... Lord Eglinton's Pessirns, 3 yrs, Est 41b 5 Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 5 sort. each, and 50 added. Heats one mile. Lord Eglinton's realms, 3 yre, ' st 51b walked ov er . The Railway Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Jolly's Swaledale, 4 yrs ...... (G. Peacock) 1 1 Mr. Williams's The Donglas, 6 yrs ... 0 2 Mr. Brown's Luxury, 3 yrs Mr. Robertson's Miss Lottery, 3pa 2 4 Mr. Milne's Nepaul, 6 yrs... ... 3dr Won easy. The winner was claimed for 501. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 50 added. Two (J. Niell) miles. Mr. Greenshield's Sir John, aged ... Mr. Tremayne'a Billy, aged Four others ran. Won by three lengths. CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING—FRIDAY. The weather was fine as could be wished for. and the racing tolerably good, the Queen's Plate and the Corin thians being both closely contested. ... 2 Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs , for mares. Weight for age. Three yrs old, Bst; lour, 9st 41b; five, 9st 121b1 six and aged, lOst. Four miles. Mr. Hylsnd's b m Allegrette ... 1 Mr. Courteaay's gr f Caprice ... 2 Lord Waterford's ch f Modesty 0 Mr. E. Orford's b f Batteraway . . ......... 0 Mr. J.Walsh' s b m P an i c ... ... Betting -7 to 4 agst Panic, sto 2 eget Modesty, sto 2 agst Allegrette, 3 to 1 agst Caprice. After a good start, Allegrette, on rounding the first turn, took the lead, followed by Panic, and made the running to the Hare Palk, where she Rave way, and Caprice took it up, carried it on across the flat rath, where Allegrette again came in front and joined her; the remainder of the race was then between the two, Allegrette ultimately winning after a punishing race by a length. Panic stopped at the Hare Park turn, the other two were beaten off early. The pace was bad, the four miles being done in a few seconds under ten minutes. Sweepstakes of 25 soya., 15 ft., for two-yes-old; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; Sib allowed to untried stal lions or mares, 51bs to both; the winner of the Angle sey Stakes to carry 71b extra, of the Waterford Stakes slb extra, it of both 10Ib extra. Anglesey Post. Mr. Berry's b f Circe Mr. Irwiti's b c Lord Edward The following paid forfeit :—Colonel Westenra's ch c The Ranger (un), Lupin; Mr. Johnstou's bor br o (un); Mr. 13atewan's oh c L ugh Bawl). Betting-2 to lon Circe. The two ran together to the di•tance, where the filly shot ahead and won in a canter. The Corin•bian Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, with 25 sum added, at 2 soya. each for entrance, for huntere; race horses adeaited. To be rode by nn , robers of the Turf Club or Ciffce-rocm at Kildare, Kildare-street, Uuited Service and Sackville-street Clubs, or by commissioned officers in the army or navy One mile and a half on the Peal Course. fleets. Mr. Irwia's ch li Ballinafad ... . ... 1 I Lord Waterfoi d's eh h b rot h er to Rat-trap ... 4 2 Lord Waterford's b c Bullion ... ... ... 2 0 Captain Fitzgerald's ch m Miss Fortune ... ... 3 0 Captain tit. John's b m Miss Reilly ... ... 0 0 Mr. R. Williams's ch c Louis Philippe ... ... oer Betting.---24 to 1 agst Brother to Rat -trap, 3to I agst Ballinafad, 3 to I agst Louis Philippe. First Heat.—Bullion made the running, followed by Louis Philippe and . Ballinafad to the distance, where Louis dropped astern, and Ballinafad came up to the leader, made a rush opposite the stand-house, and won easily by a length. Second Beet.—Betting eun between Brother to Rat trap and Ballinafad. Bullion again cut out the work to the turn, where he dropped off, and Ballinafad took his place, followed by Brother to Rattrap, :The latter collared him at the batik, and the two ihtn ran very close together to the end, Ballinafad winning by a neck. That mysterious individual, " the oldest inhabi tant," remarked at the conclusion that it was the first Corinthian race at the Curragh he ever remembered being won in two heats. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF DARLIN G fON. This great match was resumed at Darlington on Fri day, upon which occuion there was a very large assem blage of spectators. At the close of the day the score was as follows.— THE ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. Adams, c Morton, b simpson.. 3 Ibw, b Joy 3l Wisden, c Clark, b Simpson... 4 Guy, b Joy ... 1 Pilch, b Joy.. Parr, c Simpson, b Clark 4ti cßedshaw,b Anderson 8 Box, c Swires, b Anderson Martiugell, c Baldwinson, b Anderson 0 s Morton, b Anderson 21 Mr. N. Felix, not out ...... Mr. A. Mynn, b Anderson..... 9 c Anderson, b Joy ... 12 Clark, b Jty .... ... 3 b Joy Hillyer, b Jo- 1 Byes 12, 1 b 3, w 5, nb 1 . 21 B 14,1 bl, w 7,n b 2 24 Total 111 _ _ DA RIANCTON. Total ll6 Shaw, b C1ark...... Walters, b Clark Mr. S. Swires, run out • • Bedstraw, b Wisden Mr. J. Ileadlaw, b Clark . Lancaster, b Clark Baldwinson, c Felix, b IViaden . ......... . 69 Anderson, bit w, b Clark .... . 4 Metcalfe ,c Guy, b Clarke 0 Clark, c Martingell, b •• 3 Graham, c Felix, b Wisden...... • Rev. J. Pilkington, c Hillyer, b Clark Mr. C. D. Trotter, c and b isden....— ...... 4 Simpr. , ou, ► b Clark o Norton, b Clark . ......... ............ 0 Joy, c Felix, b W laden ..... ... 2 Mr. 11. J uthon, run out ....• ..... Garthwait, b Clark ...... Mr. J. W. C oates , b Cl ark Mr.T. Elvron, c Guy, b Cl ar k 0 Benson, n o t out 2 Harrison, b Clark Byes , leg byes 4 7 0 Total .....110 I ZINGARI V. STANFORD.—By the invitation of Lord Burghley, these eiratic Bohemians paid a visit last week to Stamford, where they were tackled by i Leven " good mea and trap, " who proved too much for their doings; for at the termination of all their efforts I Zingari were in aminority of 87 runs. MARYLEDONE CLUB AND GROUND V. COUNTY OF NORFOLK —This annual match ails commenced en the Swain= ground, at the latter end of last week, and at the dose of the first day the score stood as follows:—Mary lebore, first innings, 55; second ditto (with four wicieta down), 26. Norfolk, first innings, 83. - IMPROVFMENT Of BILLINGSGATE MARKET.—The Corporation Markets Committee have prepared a report, re commending the adoption of a plan of sanitary arrangement, for draining, ventilating, and supplying water fur the use of Billingsgate Market, and for flushing the drains, at an ex pense nut exceeding 1,8404 ; and the report and plan hare been ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the mera bers of the Corporation. The plan proposes that the water fur the rough purposes of the market, shall be drawn at once from the river, and forced by an engine and pumps to the different heights required ; and that the pure water be ob tained by sinking a peifurated cast iron cylinder into the bed of the river similar to that which has been sunk by Messrs. Calvert and Co. THE .tikW STAMP DUTIES.--There is one portion of the New Stamp Act which is already in operation. The new uties kill not take effect until the 11th of October. The portion in force relates to receipt stamps. The allow ance made of !i per cent. under the Act 12th and 13th Vic.. tons, cap. SD, is repealed, and on the 14th ult. sellers of receipt stamps are allowed 7 per cent., and the smallest quantity to be purchased is 51. worth. This Is the original scale of allowance, and resumed to prevent the Inconveni ence which arises from the small per contage allowed wrier an Act of IPA