The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-28 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL, BY JOHN MILLS, ESQ. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0U R COUN T Y. By JOHN MILLS, Esq. Author of " THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN," dre. " Mr. Mills has not inappropriately been termed the Dickens •f tl:e Turf and the Field. ' Our County' is a sparaling, book, full of frolic and fun."—Messenger. .. F or vivid, graphic, and truthful sketches of English country life, Mr. Mills has no equal that we know, and can hardly have a •ape rior."—Globe. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Oxford•street. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the SEASON, under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. Private Boxes, Sec., to be had of all the Booksellers, and et' Mr. places ma y e taken at the Box-office, Massingham ; of whom also Oxford-street, from E'even till Four o'clock. Ht..Afitk; KOVAL, tIAYbiAitY.F7. Mr. k. xvehster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Last Nights of the Adelphi Company and Adelphi Pieces. Second Price at Eight o'clock. Creat hit of the new Comic Drama of Giralda ; or, the Miller's Wife, 'MIS EVEN! NG, Will be performed (11th tim) an entirely new Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled GI ttA I.D A : or, The Miller's Wife. Yhilip, Mr. Hughes ; Don Japhet de la Tromb t, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Don Manual de Eivar, Mr. Boyce ; Gil, Mr. Wright ; the Grand Duchess, Miss Emma Harding ; Giralda, Mies K. Fitzwilliam. After which HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson; Julia Banks, Miss Ellen, Chaplin. To ha folio red by BORN TO GOOD LUCK; or, An Irishman's Fo:ttme. Pau , een O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Count Mall', lir. Lam bert; Manfredi, Mr. Bocce; Nina, Miss Woolgar. 'At conclude with Sri OCKING EVENTS. Mr. Paul Bed'ord's Benefit on Tuesday, October 1, under the pa trocage of General Lord viscount Combermere and the Officers of her Majesty's First and Second Life Guards, on which occasion the macnidcant Band will aft' nd, and at different periods of the evening perform (on the stage) a variety of much-admired Overtures, Stc., arranged by and uader the direction of Mr. Waddell, Master of the ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. The Public is respectfully informed that this '1 heatre is open for the Season, under the Manageme-t of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Chakespere's Play of TWELFTH NIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, Belton, Keeley ; Mrs. C. Kean, Miss Phillips, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will app..ar. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mr. Flexmore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Auriol will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of Giralda and the New Farce. THIS EVENING,_ Wi'l be performed GIRALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun., Comp ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. After which THE OLDEST INEABITA.NT, in which 'Messrs. W. Farren. Compton, Diddear, Norton ; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER. ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prime Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Great Novelty in the Scenes of the Arena. Repstition of the Equestian Ladies' Fete. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropod., which will be continued for this week only. Fourth Week of the accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie, who will sing a favourite Ballad. T GIS EVENING, Wilt be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA ,1 the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. In cenvequence o';he immense success of the Equestrian Ladles' Foie, it will he repeated, the Scenes of the Circle being performed and conducted exclusively by the highly talented Female Artists of the Establishment. To conclude with Fitzball's popular Melodrama, entitled WAR DOCK KENNELSON. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. lIIGR WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —Morning 52 min. after I Evening 16 gain. after I Monsow— Morning 43 min. atter 6 I Evening 15 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEYTEMBEZ 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. C4—highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 59 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.88. NVErn breeie and fine. " 4 7 t i 4 • ) k t t 4 ;) —.,), :„' , 'l ;it L,A. ~ , ,so, , .4. , 144 4 >.. i ff 9 );\ A ~.„. ,.. ~ ,Ea 1- . 0, , • • ‘. ..,;• 3+s it 1--r , i , itiii ~ : 12 1 ,16:4, • .0 , .• - b ,, ✓ ..- ,(s ,f, Atitt LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. Among the zealous and energetic legal reformers of the present age Mr. CHARLES PURTON COOPER, Q.O , has occupied a prominent position. The abuses of the court in which he has long practised and at tained high eminence have chit fly attracted his atten tion, and he has offered many valuable suggestions for improving the course of practice in Chancery by expediting the proceedings and materially diminishing the expenses, so as to render it " nearly as cheap to obtain the opinion of the Court of Chancery on a doubtful point as to obtain the opinion of an eminent e-Junsel." T " "^—• , tious delays in . tho Sloatorg' Offi ces, perho,t) , io. most harass i ng of the and serious impediments that attend the progress of the suitor for equity, particularly came under his notice, end he framed a :cries of orders or regulations, by which the nuisance might be, if not alt. getter abated, at least considerably mitigated, so as to render it in some degree tolerable to the parties concerned. It could not be supposed that a gentleman who bad exhibited so much activity in all matters connected with the amelioration ci the tribunal which he had selected as the sphere of his professional labours, should remain indifferent to the constitution of the bead of the court itself—a question which has assumed additional interest since the First Lord of the Treasury announced the intenticn of the Govern ment to separate the judicial and political functions of the Lord High Chancellor of England. The Noble Lord even declared that he would bring forward the details of the contemplated measures within a few weeks, a pledge which shared the fate of lovers' oaths and electioneeting promises, and which has pro bably been consigned to the limbo of broken vows,' or the place not to be mentioned to ears polite, which is aphoristically stated "to be paved with good intentions." it afforded some indication, however, that the topic which had been under Ministerial consideration for so many Sears would be brought seriously before Parliament, arid perhaps finally disposed of during the ensuing session, and, therefore, the public attention was di rected prominently to the subject. Mr. CooPER has- treated - In matter in a manrer highly characteristic of his profession. He has made Lord COTTENHAPA'S plan, set forth on the 28th of April, 1836, the ba'is of his observations, and with singular industry collected the opinions of some of the leading men of the age, of distinguished states men and lawyers, delivered in Parliament, which he has republished with remarks showing the altera tions that have already been effected, and bow far these opinions are consistent with the ex Chancellor's prorsal.• We are thus enabled at a single glance to ascertain the views of Rosimit.r and ItEDESDALE, of LIVERPOOL, CASTLEREAGH, CANNING, and PEEL, Of WtTHERELL, LEACH, and ELDON, Of BANRES and STEPHENS, and Wramasp, and finally, and not the Itt important . , of O'CONNELL, and SUGDEN, and LitouGuam. It must be borne in mind that many of these views were promulgated rainy years since, when many prejudices were in existence which hare gra• dually been worn away and obliterated by the pro gress of public opinion and the increased enlighten ment of the age. Bat the compilation will prove a valuable assistance to the statesman in enabling bim to arrive at a correct decision on this most important question. It certainly appears to be, as Lord BROUGHAM justly termed it, a "signal and striking anomaly that the highest judge in civil matters in the country was a Minister of the Crown, and was removable at the pleasure of the Crown ; that to him was entrusted, sitting alone, and without control, the disposal of property of an immense amount, and of rights and interests still more dear to the parties than any rights of property, however important; and yet he was all this time removable at the pleasure of the Crown, and was also, whether ha would or not, a political as well as a judicial character." It is not merely, then, the amount of duties cast upon the Lord Chancellor—which are more than can be satisfactorily performed by a single individual—that require the change, but the sys tem i 3 radically defective, and in direct opposition to the greet constitutional principle which renders the judges o; the land, so far as practicable, independent of all external influences ; that withdraws them from all considerations of party or politics, and makes the tt nure of office not dependent on the mere will and i , leasure of the Crown or of the Minister of the day, kit on the good conduct of the party holding it. This judicial independence has ever been regarded as af fording one of the highest and moat valuable guaran tees for the liberty of the subject, and ret it is totally disregarded in the case of the highest of all he judges, " " Appellate Jurisdiction of the House ofLor s, Prey Council, and Court of Chancery." By Charles Purton Co3per, Esq., Q.C. London; Stevens and Norton. who, in his original and appellate jurisdiction, deals with a larger amount of property, and more interest ing and sacred rights, than perhaps all the other judges taken together. In addition, then, to the great impediments and obstacles opposed to the progress of every description of legal reform, from the multifa rious avocations of the Minister by whom propoied alterations must be maturely considered before they can be adopted by the Government, and the great public inconvenience of a judge going out of office at the very time when he is most competent to perform its duties, we find a judge sitting in one court to hear an appeal from his own judgment pronounced in another place, and subject to removal at any moment through a party vote in Parliament. It must, there fore, be conceded that Lord Joule RUSSELL was fully justified in thinking it to be " the common sense of the subject that there should be, as in the Queen's Bench and Common Pleat., a permanentjudge at the bead of our great equity tribunal." It is seldom that a more important document has been presented to Parliament than the "Report of the General Board of Health on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849." It should be not only perused, but studied by every member of the com munity, for it relates to matters which affect the interests and the lives of every man, woman, and child in these realms. This report sets at rest the question as to the contagious or non-contagious na ture of cholera; it is abundantly clear, from the evi dence adduced by the Commissioners, that the disease is not contagious, and that schemes cf isola tion or quarantine are worse than useless. It is a disease impossible, or all but impossible, of cure, and yet most easy of prevention ; and the cause of the great mortality which prevailed from cholera, during 1848 and 1849, in this country, was the stupid obstinacy of the local authorities, who refthetto adopt the measures of prevention pointed out to them, and sacrificed many thousand lives to absurd preju dices against" centralization." Upwards of 60,000 persons perished of cholera during the year 1848-49 and of these 60,000, at least 40,000 were sacrificed to a vile system of private jobbing, which usurps the name of local self-government. In Ply mouth, according to Dr. MILROY, although strong representations on the subject had been made by the leading medical men of the place many months before the occurrence of the disease, no precautionary mea sures were adopted by the authorities, who when the cholera did break out spoke of it as .quite sudden and unexpected. "In numerous instances," say the Commissioners, "medical officers who have attended to the conditions which influence its localization, have pointed out, before its return, the particular courts and houses which it would attack. Before cholera appeared in the district,' says the medical officer of the Wbitechapel Union, speaking of a small court in the hamlet, I predicted that this would be one of its strongholds.' Eighteen cases occurred in it. 'More cholera appeared in the district, the medical officer of Uxbridge stated that, if it should visit that town it would be certain to break out in a particular house, to the danger ous condition of which he called the attention of the local authorities. The first cases that occurred broke out in that identical house. In a place called Swain's lane, in the healthy village of Highgate, Lear London, there is a spot where the medical officer felt so confident that the disease would make its appearance, that he re peatedly represented to the authorities the danger of allowing the place to remain in its existing condition, but in vain. In two houses on this spot, six attacks and four deaths took place, yet there was no other appearance of the disease during the whole epidemic in any other part of the village, containing 3,000 inhabitants. "Before the appearance of the disease in this country we Rained the local authorities that the seats cf the approaching pestilence in their respective districts would be the usual haunts of other epidemics." It might surely have been expected that the local au thorities would everywhere have adopted immediate measures to disinfect the localities pointed outbeforehand as the seats of the approaching pestilence ; it appears, on the contrary, that they threw every obstacle in the way of the adoption of such measures. The pecuniary interests of the local jobbers, and the fussy self-im portance of the local magnates were leagued in oppo sition to science, humanity, and common sense, and the recommendations of the Board of Health were treated either with contemptuous silence or with contumely and insult. Their warnings were despised, their facts disputed, and themselves denounced, and in one memorable instance a local parochial mag nate of the metropolis, with a crass ignorance more than aldermanic, actually denied the existence of Jacob's Isllnd, because it had been mentioned by as_ Health did not flinch from the execution of the duties im posed on them, and if they did not succeed in accom plishing all that they had hoped, the fault was not in themselves, but in the law. They thus describe their endeavours to carry out measures of prevention, and the cause to which the ill-success of those endeavours must be attributed. At page 142 of the Report they say— _ _ Adopting a large remedial interpretation of the au thority given under the Act for taking measures of promptitude, according to the exigency of the case, by such directions and regulations as the said board shall think fit fir the prevention, as fur as possible, or rnitiga don of such epidemic disease,' we were prepared to issue directions to special local bodies for the execution of the measures of prevention; but we were debarred from that course by the opinion of the law officers, that the general words of the statute could not be so construed as to warrant such a combination of the local authorities as we proposed fur the purpose. " A review of the general experience now adduced as to the peculiar nature of preventive measures, and as to the constitution of local bodies, will suggest one conclu sion, that the only chAnce of executing such measures promptly and efficiently will be by new and special local and general administrative arrangements, the particulars of which we may have a fair opportunity of submitting for consideration, as part of the amendments which may be required fur the execution of the Pubic Health Act.' We trust that another session of Parliament will not be suffered to elapse without the passing of a Public Health Act, which shall give health officers the power of properly carrying out preventive mea sures. It should be recollected that every member of the community is equally interested in the immediate adoption of these measures ; the cholera is no res- P-e— -pewer-of persons, and tne lll- c , lasitrprosperous trades men suffered during its last visitation more severely from its ravages than did the very poor ; and when we remember that those localities in which the cholera raged with the greatest severity are at all times the habitats of fever, the necessity fur the prompt adop tion of the measures of prevention suggested by the officers of health cannot hut he abundantly evident. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. THE ARCTIC REGIONS. RETURN OF THE STORE-SHIP NORTH STAR FROM THE POLAR SEAS. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 28. The North Star arrived this morning at Ports mouth from the Polar Seas. No intelligence of Sir John Franklin. Captain Austin was in Lan caster Sound. Captain Forsyth in the Prince Albert off Possession Bay on the 30th August, returning to England. Captain Forsyth had been to Port Bowen and Port Leopold. He left the Lady Franklin, Sophia, Assistance, Intrepid, and Felix, in Wellington Channel ; all well. North Star last from Pond's Bay sth September. North Star succeeded this year in landing her provisions at eastern extremity of Navy Board Inlet, just within the easternmost Wol laston Island, having failed in doing so last year. Mr. Saunders has l.ad no personal communication with Captain Austin, not having seen any of the squadron. Captain Forsyth may be locked for every day. BILLINGSGATE MARKET.—The improvements are proceeding rapidly. The old dock is entirely reclaimed. Its bed is fitted with twenty shops, which are approached by a double flight of steps on the east and west side. The level part is to be exclusively devoted to the sale of shell-fish ; whilst the upper portion will present rows of shops similar to those in Hungerford Market, with an architectural river frontage. On the completion of this portion of the under taking, the clump of houses extending to Darkhouse-lane will be removed, and the space thus obtained added to the market. SERIOUS CASE OF POCKET PICKING.'-6001. STOLEN.—lnformation was l iven at the Man:ion - house that a poor fellow had been on Wednesday morning plundered of all his property between the Bault and Gracechurch-street. Ile had, it seems, accumulated by a life of hard labour be tween 5001. and 600/., and had purchased a public-house, in which he intended to sit down for the remainder of his life After having left a deposit of 601. with the person of whom he bad made the purchase, he went and received the amount to which he was entitled, and was proceeding to close the business, when he found that his coat-pocket, in which he had placed the money, was cut away, and all his hard earn ings were gone. The sister of the unfortunate man applied to the police and described the condition of her brother as deplorable in the extreme. The plundered man had no doubt been followed from the bank by thieves, who found him to be a more easy prey, as he had been a sailor and had lost an arm. - - - - - Vu CHINESE LEECHES —An importation has just taken ',Lica by a vessel arrived in the decks from Canton, of several packages of leeches, as par, of her cargo. This apcears to be a remarkable article of importation from China. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris jourrals of yesterday. Tile Committee of the Assembly held its usual weekly meeting on Thursday, and it was proposed immediately to convoke the Assembly. A very ani mated discussion ensued, but no decision was come to, probably in consequence of the absence of Gene ral CHANGARNIER, who was attending the PRESI DENT at Versailles, where he held a second review. It appears that on Thursday, as on the previous occasion, the PRESIDENT had provided refreshments both for the officers and the soldiers. Among the latter upwards of sixty hogsheads of claret were dis tributed. The Marquis DE PASTORE; one of the " Corn. mittee" of the Count of CHAMBORD, has arrived in Paris. M. DE PERSIGNY left Paris on Thursday for Lon don, on a diplomatic mission, and M. DE PARRIEU, the Minister for Public Instruction, returned to Paris on the same day. The return of M. DE PARRIEU was unexpected, and is, it is said, connected with some approaching change in the Ministry. M. DE VATISMENTL, one of the leaders of the Le gitimatists, has declared against any revision of the Constitution. A private of the 17th R-giment has been condemned to death by a court-martial fur having surrendered his arms to the insurgents on the 13th of June, 1849. General Baron HALST died at Nancy, in the 76:h year of his age. Colonel DE MARQUESAC died at Breves, in the 78th year of his age. He was second chief of the staff to General RAPP during the Democratic siege of Dantzic, and during the 100 days he was in trusted by the Prince of ECKMUHL, Commander in- Chief of the army of Paris, with the defence of the line extending from the Barriere de l'Enfer to La Villette. The large spinning manufactory near Thann, Haut Rhin, was destroyed by fire on the 15th. More than 200 workmen are thrown out of employ. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 27.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 93i. 10c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 65c. ; Bank Actions, 2,285 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEFr. 27. _ Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 258—Paris and Rouen, 23X—Rouen and Havre, 9% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have been received. General CoNcliA reviewed the garrison of Madrid, and addressed them in a farewell speech, printed copies of which were distributed among the garrison. The General immediately afterwards set off far Cadiz to embark for Cuba. GERMANY. Accounts from Prague state that not even the state of siege could preserve HAYNAII from insult during his recent visit to that city. He could not show him self without being greeted- with hisses and shouts of "Down with the Austrian Butcher." The election of common-councillors has termi nated in Cassel in the return of 40 Constitutionalists, to the exclusion of both the Republican and the Ab solutist candidates. The most perfect tranquillity prevails at Cassel. There is every reason to assert that the Austrian Cabinet has forwarded instructions to its envoy at Berlin to decline iv. toto the propositions addressed to it under date of the 25th ult., through M. DE BERN. sToRF, propositions having for their object the solu tion of existing difficulties by a free and independent meeting of plenipotentiaries of all states. This im portant refusal, without endangering peace, renders the schism between adverse parties wider and appa rently irreparable. A convocation of all the Bavarian archbishops and bishop will, it is said, be held at Freising on the Ist of October. ITALY. The Dibats says :—" We have announced that a meeting of Piedniontese bishops took place at Vil lanovetta, in the diocese of Asti, to deliberate on a memorial to be sent to the Holy See for the purpose of conciliation. We learn now that this document has been drawn up, and that it has tern signed by ten bishops. In it are stated the grave inconveniences which would result for reli gious interests from a continuance of the diffi culties which have arisen between the Sardinian Go vernment and the 11,1 y See, and a desire is expressed to see the matter speedily arranged, The friends of religion place much confidence in the effect which this document is calculated to produce on the mind of the Pore. We hope with them, for the well being of religion, and for the public peace, that the holy Father will reply favourably to the desire for conciliation manifested by the Sardinian Government." Letters of the 17th from Tuscan Romango, quoted, by the &Auto of Florence, state that crime and rob. beries are on the increase in that quarter. Four , 'ttre same fate on the 16th at s a o n b d b t e w rs el h ve acl iv i , a - s - u .4.- ri,i - ed 0 ur 101e ' ; itavenna, x li, and Imola. WHEAL MAY MINING COMPANY.—A special general meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Broad-street, yesterday, for the purpose of dividing the mine into a specified number of shares, instead of 5,000 as heretofore, and making arrange ments for carrying on the undertaking strictly on the cost book principle. Mr. W. Snell was called to the chair, and he stated that since they last met, the affairs of the mine had assumed a different aspect, and it was now intended that the mine should be carried on strictly on the cost book principle. In order to effect this, it would be necessary to carry cer t a i n resolutions which had been drawn up with great care. Two resolutions were then carried, rescinding all matters hereto fore done in relation to the mine, and cancelling the certifi cates of shares already issued, but providing that the holders should be considered as holders on condition that they adopted these resolutions within two months. The chairman stated that the number of shares issued was 2,560. It was proposed that the shares should be reduced to 1,024, so that each shareholder now holding five shares would, under the new arrangement, hold two. A resolution to this effect was carried, alter which the cost book was opened and signed by the shareholders present; a call of Si. per share was made, and the usual rules of the cost book principle were unani mously adopted. The meeting then separated. He who suffers not his faculties to lie torpid has a chance, whatever be his employment, of doing good to his fellow-creatures.—Eliza Cook's Journal. INCENDIARISM.—A destructive fire occurred on Wednesday night last, on the premises of Mr. Woods, an extensive farmer of Leeds Gate, near Boston. There was plenty of readily•tendered assistance, but, owing to the dry• ness of the weather, great scarcity of water. The property destroyed consisted of a large stack of straw, a stack of oats (130 qrs.), two stacks of hay, the crew-yard buildings, six teen geese, a number of fowls, and a large quantity of bacon in the barn. Owing to the praiseworty daring of the neigh bours, frequently made at great persons! risk, the remaining farm premises were saved, and the fire prevented from ex tending to the adjoining stackyard of Mr. Fox. There can be no doubt that the fire was caused by an incendiary, and the most painful rumours are current on the subject. 'I he property was insured in the Norwich-office.—Bostow .Herald, A YANKEE SWIIIIMEN.—The New London Chro nicle says that has the sloop Mary Gray was on her passage from New York to that city, on Tuesday night, she was hailed when about mid sound, " Sloop ahoyl lower your boat, and take a body aboard." This mysterious request, at such a time and such a place, was, of course, a little out of the common run of seafaring adventures, but the boat was lowered nevertheless, and after some search a young man was picked up and carried on board the slop. He proved to be a air. Loomis, of Norwich, who had fallen overboard from the steam-boat Worcester, about an hour before, and the steamer was out of sight on her way to Norwich. The Chronicle justly remarks that this is about as remarkable a case of preservation from drosning as ever occurred, and proves an energy and presence of mind in the young man which will find but few parallels.—Now York Courier and Enquirer. ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION.--A young lad named Henry Yates was committed to the sessions, at the Liverpool Police Court, on Tuesday, for stealing a quantity of luggage at the railway station, Lime-street, on the 4th of this month. Mr. Palmer, agent to Messrs. Smith and Co., of London, booksellers, deposed to the boy's being employed by him at the station to sell newspapers. The Rev. Henry Pettey, a clergyman, residing at Guestling, near Hastings, said that he arrived at Liverpool by the Scotch steamer on the day on which the robbery was committed, and imme diately went to the railway station. Here he deposited his lug gage safely, and went to the Queen's Hotel to take some refreshment. On his return he found that a hat-box, a gold chain, a telescope, some fishing materials, books, and other property, to the value of about 103/., had been taken away. He gave information of his loss to the police, and in court identified the property produced as his. Mr. Sorton, a pawnbroker, in Dale-street, deposed to the prisoner pledging a telescope and book with him, which, he said, were the property of his father. Shortly afterwards the boy offered more property, with a similar statement, which the witness stopped, requesting him to bring his father, but he never saw him again until he was in custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the theft.—Liverpool Courier. ADMIRABLE TRAIT OF THE MARCHIONESS or WATERFOZD. —The only happy people I met within miles of Clonmel or Waterford are those resident under the Most Noble the Marquis of Waterford, and all owing to the kind feeling of the Noble Marquis and his noble and Christian hearted lady. An incident relative to the Marchioness of Waterford came to my knowledge a few days since, which illustrates in a high degree the beautiful genialness and con siderate kindness of her gentle heart. A young artist, anxious to visit some more extensive sphere than his native village, Lund himself without means to attain the object of his ambition. He was advised to apply to her Ladyship, which he did, and she, though knowing nothing about him, generously placed means at his disposal to effect hi de-ign. This act shows her Ladyship as the patron of art, the ad mirer of genius. —Limerick Reporter. I n N e ST is l iN fr e eg r u u ti. A :v i eoa nt tr eh e. ab — it , certain cattle whenl.isitingA 3 d .r e m al a e r r ke i t n , on Tuesday, ,o leave his dig- 1 ehind him. On these occa sions, upon missin. , . his master, the animal has been fre quently known to take the next train to Ayr, visit the cattle marker, and not finding the obj ct of his search, return again to Irvine. His conduct has often attracted the notice of the railway guards.—Edinburgh Witness. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27.—Accounts have been re ceived at this °ilk:, that her Majesty's ship Enterprise ar rived at the Sandwich Islands o❑ the 24th of June last, and that the Investigator was expected in a few days. On Moodily evening a coal tram pilot, of the name of Isaac Oats, while running between two coal trains in try ing to get on the up-train on the Pontop and Shields Rail way, South Shields, was caught by the rods of one of the engines and thrown against the wheels, receiving such in juries that he shortly alter died. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were t.ken on Si eculAtion. The market closed steadily.—The Share market continues firm. The payments into the Bank of England last week again exceeded the withdrawals, and a curtailment of ac tive circulation has been the necessary result. The depo sits on Government account already exceed ten millions, and will probably be at their height this day, a circum stance that will be shown in next week's return. There was again a curtailment of private balances, and the Bank made increased loans upon mercantile paper, &c. The amount of the precious metal was increased a little. The following is a comparison with the previous return:— Notes Issued ... ... ... 30,176,120 Decrease ... ... ... 13,020 Rest ... 3,557,595 Increase 1,567 Public Deposits ... ... 10,222,879 Increase ... ... 733,972 Other Deposits 8,968.161 Decrease ... 64 704 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,239,992 Decrease 24.526 Government Securities ... No alteration. Other Securities ... 12.158,839 Increase „„. 250,145 Notes 11,313,980 Increase ... 366,550 Bullion ... ... 16,811 698 Increase .. 16 594 Active Circulation Decrease 18,862,14(1 ... 379,570 The negotiation of bills of exchange was effected, yesterdsy afternoon, upon terms a shade low« r f r Amsterdam and klamburgh—viz., 12 1 to 14- and 13 101 to 10k, but Antwerp rose to 25 50 and 55, and Trieste to 11 55 and 59. Paris sttarly, at 25 50 to 55. There is a good increase in railway traffic, taking the past week and the corresponding period of 1849. The Aberdeen takings were larger by 7041., the Caledonian by 3921, the Chester and Holyhead by 1,263/. The East Lancashire increased 4481., the Great Northern 3,7971., the Great Southern and Western of Ireland 1,4491., the Great Western 2,0231., the North-Western 3.736/., the Blackwell 120/., the Brighton 1 8751., the South-Western 2,1791., the Midland 1,8791., the North British 4391., the North Stafford 7431., the South Devon 6991., the South-Eastern 3,5611., the York and North Midland 1,9681., 'and the York, Newcastle, and Berwick 1,183/. The Eastern Counties decreased 2911 The fol'owing is from Messrs. Railton, of Manchester: "On the • 27i5 ult. we placed before you a presumed purchase of twenty-three shares, by one share in each of the unguaranteed stock of twenty- three railway concerns. The twenty-three shares amounted in the whole to 7331. 16s. 3d., which embraced all that were necessary to form an accurate test of the actual condition of the market in respect to the unguaranteed capital,—omitting in course the portion of the capital secured by preference dividends. The unguaranteed capital connected with those 24 shares amounted to ... £95,937,717 The market value of which was on the 26th of April ... ... 32,978,424 Making a loss of ... ... 62,959,293 TLe gain of 14/. 2s. 9d. per cent. otl the 18th September, reduced the loss by ~. 5,429,982 57,529,311 The value of the unguaranteed stock on the 18th of September being only ... 38,408,406 Which, added to the loss, makes the total amount of the unguaranteed capital ...495,937,717 " The state of the unguaranteed capital stood, at the close of the week ending the 25th of September, at a gain of five shillings and ninepence per cent. There being no variation in the price in one line—a loss upon nine lines—and a gain upon thirteen lines." The efforts making to raise the character of both the masters and seamen in the merchant service of the United Kingdom will be watched with no small solici tude and curiosity. The old stagers, of course, felt very dubious and very discontented at the more rigid exami nation MO their qualifications, but as they will receive certificates of service they are already, to some extent, propriated. The administration of justice between owners and seamen will be greatly facilitated, and the public will have some guarantee that not only the mas ter and mate, but the crew likewise, are competent and welbconducted, since the character of all will be offi cially recorded. This, in addition to stringent provisions for punishing the offence of losing ships, where the cause was not unavoidable, will render sea voyages far less hazardous. We subjoin some of the clauses:— " And be it enacted, that if any master or mate is convicted of a misdemeanour under this Act, or is su perseded by the order of a naval court, constituted as hereinafter mentioned, the 'Board of Trede ' may there upon cancel or suspend his certificate, whether of com petency or service; and if the Board of Trade,' or any local marine board, has reason to believe that any master or mate is from incompetency or misconduct unfit to discharge his duties, inlet board may either in stitute an investigation, or, if expedient, the Board of Trade' may direct the local marine board at or nearest to the place at which it may be convenient for the parties and witnesses to institute the same; aed thereupon such persona as the Board of Trade' may appoint for the purpose, or as the case may be, the local marine board shall, with the assis tance of a`ilecal stipendiary magistrate (if any), and if there lie ne,leucti magistrate, of a competent IttiAgeske tang, to be k'tpoita.troj— investigatirlle and may summon the master or mate to appear, and shall give him full opportunity of making a defence, either in person or otherwise, and may exer cise any of the powers of procuring evidence h e rein a f ter given to special inspectors appointed by the Board of Trode,' and shall, on the conclusion of the investigation, make a report upon the case to the Board of Trade,' and if such rjiort is to the eff ct that such master or mate is, either from incompetency or from habitual drunkenness, or from tyrannical habits, unfit tQ discharge his duties, the Board of Trade' may cancel or suspend his certificate, whether of com petency or service ; and every master or mate whose certificate is cancelled or suspended shall thereupon de e liver it to the 'Board of Trade,' or as it may direct; and such board !nay at any subsequent time grant a fresh certificate to any person whose certificate has been cancelled, and it may pay the expen s e o f any such in vestigation as aforesaid, and may pay to such magis trate or legal assistant as aforesaid such remuneration as it may deem fit; provided al wa y s , t h a t no p erson in terested in any ship shall take part in any investigation relating thereto, or to the conduct or competency of any master or mate thereof." For the protection of stamen it is enjoined that when they make an engagement, a ferm shall be filled in, stating:— " 1. The nature, and, as far as practicable, the length of the voyage or engagement on which the ship' is to be employed. 2. The time at which seaman' is to be on board 'or to begin work. " 3. The capacity in which each 'seaman' is to serve. " 4.. The amount of wages which each ' seaman' is to receive. " 5. A scale of provisions which are to be furnished to each ' seaman.' " 6. Any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of provisions, or other lawful punishments for misconduct, which have been sanctioned by the. Board of Trade,' as regulations proper to be adopted, and which the parties agree to adopt: And shall be so framed as to admit of stipulations, to be itflopted at the will of the master and seaman' in each case, as to advance and allotment of wages, and may con tain any other stipulation which are not contrary to law. " And be it enacted, that any master or mate of, or any 'seaman' or apprentice belonging to any British ship, who, by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, noes any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage of such ship,' or tending immediately to :ndanger the life or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such ship,' or who by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving such 'ship' from immediate loss, de struction, or serious damage, or for preserving any per son belonging to or on board of such ship,' from imme diate danger to life or limb, shall, for each offence, be deemed guilty of a miademeanour." The accounts received this morning from the textile manufacturing districts state that business has been a little duller within the last day or two, although the ag gregate transactions of the week are satisfactory. The exportation of the-precious metals from London direct this week has been 836 ounces of gold to Ham burgh, and 63,536 ounces Of silver to Belgium, Germany, and Calcutta. In Mining Shares this week a fair business has been done, but holders are inclined to ask higher rates. The English Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet, but very firm. Consols 9611 both for money and time. Exchequer-bills are 635. to 665., and India Bonds 83s. to 87s. premium. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds are up to 31 and 31k. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 18i ; Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57, and Russian Four-and-a• Half per Cents. 97i. Railway Shares have been buoyant again, and there is an advance in Caledonian, North-British, South-Eastern, North-Western, Midland and Great Northern. The York and North -Midland are firmer. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols . .. .. ... 9 0 i Ditto Account .. ... ... 961 i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITIMI NITNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 ~, t :ellt. 0 , 113018 Annuities........ 964 % 96% India Bonds, 1,0001... ousols for Account 9 6 3 /4 % 965 z.xcliociner Bills. 1 ,1 40.ee 2d 1,0001. June 5001. June ........ ......... - 0 p 63 p Small. June .. ONE CLO%I.NO PRICES OF FOItEIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. BraZilian 'Jonas ........ 92% ~..: - Mexican, 5 per Ccnt.lB46, with Courons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons —•.— Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 414, per Cent - 82 1 4 Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds Ditto, 44 per Cent 43 97% SpAnig , S Per V.lnt. 1840 lB5 18 1 ,i Ditto. 3 per Cent ........ 3834 Dividends on the above payable in London, Beligan, 4 1 4. per Cent. ..... ..... utch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 , )er Cent. Certificates 9l 91 'IKEA or BUSINESS DONE CLOt , IN RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE Aberdeen 50 ....•• •• Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction S 4 - - Nyrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,E Belfast & County Down 32 Berks & Hants Extens. (Ut.West. I'er. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and 0x fc,rl Junct., calls duly paid, or with a gnaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calla duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131 14s ... .. . Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. ... Muckinghamshire ...... 17% ..aledoni an Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...... 5%%.. 5 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Cheater and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ...... litindalk & Enniskillen 30 E iBt Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & IL-- 18 .— Do., 3/. 108., Pref 3% Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference... Ditto ; (11. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 astern Cousties... ..... 20 ...... 6 6 % ...... 61 A Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 64135. 4d.... p , ... .. p Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13a. 4d... p ......... ...... p Do., New Preference, 6 ter Cent.. lO Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ..._..... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 astern Union, Class A (late E. U. shares) 25 Dit to, Class A, ditto... G Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cont.) 20 Eatt Lanewhire Ditto, New Quarters.. 6 1 4 — •• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 ~ ,t ...... ..... - East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. .. .... ..... 25 , dinourgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• ......... .....• r., din., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport — r,xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5,,,, Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gigsgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle B/.65. 8d.... 01111••• ilasgow,liilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... •••• Dci.Preference ConsOl. Gloucester & Dean Forest 14 , real Northern Do., 1 s A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent ll% B% B 3 /4 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 ,x. ll3e 12 rest South. and West. ( Ireland) --.... ....... 50 ..... .. ...... .. Ditto, Eighths 2% rest North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New ,15/ ;rest Western .. 100 71 1 A, . ••• ••• 72 % Ditto, New 171......_. 15 ... ... 9 3 / q 9 ii dull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — .... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds ; .alcash ire & Yorkshirc .100 Do. Quarters ......... 234, — ••• •••—• ...... Do. 1 iiths Do. Thirds ... ........ 18 ...... 9j 4 ...... ..... il Do,New,Gua.6 per ct. 10 . .... . Ditto (Huddersfield and Shea:) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 % — ... . -- Leeds and Bradford Leeds ana Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 6 1 1 0.. do. No. 2 17 Do., do. No. 3 5 . .... ... ........ .. 06,., Pref. Quer , 1813 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport. ls London tic Blackwall...l IL 6s. 3d... 5 !.i 5 3 /4 London, Brighton, snd South Coast... ..... 100 ...... ...->..... — Do.Guarant. 6 per ,t.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto-- 1552 50 ..... Do., N ew, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 Lon don and Greenwich 12/ 4564 d Ditto, Preference. 2O ..... Loliciun and N. W,..tem 1(10 .115 115 Ditto, Nsw Quarters 17 19%, ..... ........ 19% Ditto.leift On. 10 1 . (M. & B.) C 1 London & W stern ...100 ...... 70 ... Do, New 50/. . ....... 42 yi t — ........ • Jo. New 401. . 84 Do., New Preference.. 5 -ondond.irry&C.3olerains 23 Do. % Shares oLd.nuerry and Ennis, ki.b. , , . .—... ...... 25 - - Do. I .', Shares ,owestoff guar. 4 perct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per et.) .... 20 u , ....ton,und , latloeß... M iuche-ter, Sheffield, knd Lincolnshhe ..100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 , . Ditto, New IC,'• Pref... 10 - ••••._ Do., alanchester and Lincoln Uni0u...... 4/. 2s - di5...... BE llan 1 lOO ..... 42:A 43 42 1 ,4... 43 1 / Do. Consolidated Pret 100 Do., 501. Sham, ..... 35 - •• .. ••• Do , liirm. and Derby KO Do. Consolid. liristo! & Birmkng., o per ct.... 100 - Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 Ditto ditto . Do.,ErevrashVal ,Pref. 50 •••••• Ditto, Leiees `,.ts Swan- nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Slidiand Great W extern Irish - Aliddlesbro' and kedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters :.C . 4wmark et Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, . . and Hereford ... 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 :t every, Warrenpouit, and Rostrev or Norfolk lOO Do. Now 201. Do. ExtenAon ..... ... 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5 pc. 5 ....« Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N ',Ahern Counties Union 4 ...... North Bruno ..........25 citto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 7 A ...... 7% North-Western . l7 f2cN•rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Preston & Wyre .. . 25 ... .. -- ••••• Do. i/. 2 shares (A) lt% ~. _ •keading, Guildford, :. nd Reigate •• .;oyston and Hitchin ... 5q..... Do. Shepreth Exten . 114 — r4euttish Central bcottish Midland Ditto, New Sure wsoury And Birm... 13L4 ..... dis. Ditto ditto. Clam B. 9% — dia.."... ..... dis Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 :Shrewsbury And ilereid. 5 ..... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nur. W. lin.) 2O - Ditto Halves ,io ... .. +la ... Ditto Oswe6try ... .. 'A Ditto New _ .. Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union S:aith Devon 5O — Do. Preterenee So tth Stailordshire BLA — ....... .. • ...• ut: , . Fasts Do., Registered No. 4 10 So ith v'l , ale,: . .... ..... V) 4 , uth I orkshire, Don caster, and bioole ls S' etlield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18 i i i - ••• ...... ••• ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 6 Swans. Si Loughor ec Ca- _ _ meron'B Stun. C0a1.... 10 Taw Vale Extension 9; s Taames Haven Dock and Railway ........ l 7 to Vale of Neath ... Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 47% —, Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. SO Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... . V - est Cornwall - 41.itehaven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and ...._. __ South Western ..... ... 14 ...... ..... Wilts,Somerset,& Wey- A . _ ~ . - mouth 1 ork, Newcturae, and Berwick. ...• .. Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 De. G.N.F., Yreterence 9 ... - 4W%• 4% 1)n. do. .. ...... 17 ...... - Do. do. .. Do. Ilartlepool Dock end Railway .. 100 - York au.l North faillnd 50 ,?.Li , I.', etorvimg ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAY b. Ang Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 6% Boulogne and Amiens... 20 (Antral of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara .. .... 17 1 , ...... Dutch Ithwaish . ..... ... 8 ..... 3% .. .... Fast Indian ......... 9 .. ea" .....` •••• ........ W MMID 3 1 /i Ditto ... Great Indian Peninsular o ...... Do. D 0.... -. 1 3 / 4 ..... ... .. — Louvain I la Sambre ... 4 2 ...... Luxembourg Ditto ...... . Madrid and Valentia... 2 N.N. .•• Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France.-- 16 •.. ....... ... -- Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 — Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen •34.4110 .- ('aris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 -timbre and Muse Strasbourg and Basle fours and NantPs ...... - 14 —...— Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders- I . :: ..... 8 34 .. ... JOINT STUCK BAN Kb. I, ustralasia . British North American 50 Colonial ... .•• 25 .0 .11 .... v ommercial of London 20 London Joint Stock.... 10 London & Westminster. 20 N u ion al Prov. England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 National of Ireland 2 2 1,4..... .... ........ ... Ditto, New ..... -- ••• • Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Ditto, New ...... Union of London lO ...... Union of Madrid .. 40 - MINES. Bolonos Scrip ...... — ..... British Iron .. ... 13% Brazilian Imperial ...... 24/ 2 — . ......... - BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobra Copper General 2O Real I)el Monte. Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto ... ..... Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ..... ...... .. - 7 •• United ill exican 2 Bl — LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 28.—Wind at noon W., moderate breeze and fine clear weather. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 27. Wind S.W., fresh gale.— Arrd. Liverpool, Quebec. The Louisa, from Prince Edward Island to Liverpool, was abandoned at sea waterlogged. Crew saved by the brigantine Charlotte, alto from Prince Edward's island to Liverpool, which vessel likewise became waterlogged, and was fallen in with on the 11th instant, in lat. 45, lon. 47, by tie Li verpool, Quebec to Liverpool, which took cff both crews, and landed them here to-day. LIMERICK, SEPT. 26. The Energy, Youghal to Quebec, put back to repair on the 23d instant, from 1,000 miles to the westward, having been dismasted in a gale. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Rebecca, Beenken, Baltimore, for Rotterdam; F. G. Wichaelsen, Wamken, New York, for Hull; Lodewyk Autonie, Spekman Batavia, for Amsterdam; Charlotte, Gimther, Manzanilla, for Bremen; Tartar, Rudge, Madras; Gardner, Robertson, Callao; Cambyses, Moyle, Jamaica; Cicero, Edwards, Havannah:; Unica flyer, Osteguier, ditto; D'Auvergne, Smith, Honduras; Henry, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Enchantress, Mauritius; Mary Spencer, Cape •of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and sld., Sultana, Mogadore. Put back, Wallace, Coquimbo. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Emma, Aden; Halley, Labrador. Sld. Roman Emperor, Syd ney, New South Wales; Duchess of Northumberland, Moreton Bay. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Pro vidence, Ford, Jacmel; Aurora, Landeta, Havannah and Cadiz; Henrietta, Maryland; Hovalson, Porto Plata, for Hamburgh; Laura and Louise, Marcks, Laguna; Bra dore, Vautier, Labrador. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Emilia, Ichaboe ; Champion„ Pickering, Cuba; Blue Nose, Lancaster, St. Andrew's, N. B. ; Joseph Wier, Soley, Wallace, N. S.; Emma, Hobbs, Prince Edward's Island; Eliza Perie, Bombay; Sobraon, Rodgers, ditto; Haidce, Brown, Macao, sld. 24th August ; Z-phyr, Havelock, Barbadoes; Esther Sophia, Maracaibo; Co lombo, Garish, Mobile; Lord Riversdale, St. Andrew's; Lord Sandon, Welsh, Quebec; Lark, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. Lady Worsley, Africa; Rebecca, New Or leans; Guy Manuering,: New Yolk; Lady Franklin, ditto; Harriet Wild, Halifax. Off port, Queen of the %Vest, New York; Acadia./Actaeon, William Pirie. RAMIGATE, SEPT. 27.—The Four Brothers, from Has tings, put in here to-day leaky, having been on shore. BERWICK, SEPT. 27.—The Tinker, of and from Perth, for Newcastle, struck on the Plough Seat, off Haly Island, night of the 25th hist; came elf the rocks, and was towed into Eyemouth Harbour yesterday, very leaky. LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 27.—The Knaresbnrough Castle, of and from Ipswich, ran upon the Holm Sand this morning, and remained beating heavily for several hours, and was assisted off in a sinking sta . e and brought in here. Wind S.W., strong. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hastings, Wat son, Calcutta; Gardner, Robertson, Callao; Concordia, Broderson, Punta Arenas; Henry, Tuneke, Quebec. CLYDE.—Arrd. James, M.Donald, Demerara. Sld. Malabar, Valparaiso; Ilyndelord, New York. DUBLIN, SEPT. 25. Wind N.W. Arrd. Isis, Lester, Quebec. PETERHEAD, SEPT. 26.—Wind S.—Arrd. North of Scotland, Grey, Greenland, with 12 fish-110 tuns. ODESSA, SEPT. 13.—1 t blew a heavy gale here 10th inst., during which the Tuscan ship Sunciauiza sus tained damage by collision with another ship, and must discharge to repair. ST. MICHAEL'S, SEPT. 9.—A cask of brandy, marked " Cognac Bellevoisen—F.B.C. • Po. 14," has been picked up north side of this island. OFF DOVER, SEPT. 26.—Prima Donna, Haward, Cspe Coast Castle. zi. - IV MCI VV.O.VV. Hampshire, Watts, Qac Lee. Sid. Lord Stanley, Hon duras. COWES, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Pilot, APHall, Quebec. BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.—Wind S. W., strong.—Arrd. Joh❑ and Mary. Richibucto. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Messenger, Morgan, St. Andrew's; Leviathan, Bower, Richibucto. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lucy Anti, Cardiff for Valparaiso, leaky. The Anglesey, I'ictou to Liverpool, has come in here leaky, and with loss of topmaas, &e. LIMERICK, SEPT. 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Triumph, Falconbridge, Quebec. BULL, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ajax, Brigg, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Medora, New York. GRIMSBY, SEPT. 27. Wind S. Arrd. Hercules, Hallman, Quebec. _ _ YARMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Margaret Diver, Tog, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Not the slightest change took place to-day in the value either of Fruit or Vegetables, the supplies of which were very extensive, with a steady demand. English Fruits-Apricots, is 6d to 5s per dozen ; Mulberries, 6d to 8d per pottle ; Pine Apples, 4s Od to 6s Od per lb; Hothouse Grapes, 2s to 5s per Ib; Out door do.. 4d to 8d ; Peaches, 3s to 8s per dozen; Nec tarines, 2s to 84 per dczen; Melons, is Od to 31 each ; Figs, 2s to 4s per punnet; Plums, 2s to 3s per halt sieve; Orleans ditto, 5s to 7: per half sieve; Apples, Is 6d to 8. Od per bushel; Pears, 2s 3d to 6. 6d per half sieve; Walnuts, 10d to is 2d per 100; Filberts, 22s to 30s per 100 lbs; Green Gages, 8s to 10s per half sieve; Haile Nuts, 3s to 4s per bushel; Elderberries, in clusters, 2s 6d to 4s per bushel. Foreign Fruits-West India Pine Apples, 10d to 4s each; Apricots, is 6d to 4s per dozen; Lemons, 6. to 12s per 100; Almonds, 5. to 6s per peck; Spanish Nuts, 4s to 5s ditto; Spanish Chesnuts, 3. to 6s ditto; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s ditto; Barcelona Nuts, Os to 0. ditto. English Vegetables-Cucumbers, is Od to 5s Od per dozen; Spinach, is 6d to 2s per sieve; Cauliflowers, Is 9ii 4s Od per dozen; Horseradish, is to 4. per bundle; Parsley, is to 2s per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to Is per dozen; Red Beer, is to 2. Od per dozen ; Mushroom, 9d to 2. per pottle ; Small Salad, is 9d to 2. 3d per dozen punnets; Sage, is to ls 3(1 per dozen bunches; Globe Artichokes, 2. to 4s 6d per dozen; Frenoh Beans, 3s to 44 per half sieve; Cabbage Lettuces, 2d to is per score; White Cos Lettuces, 9d to is 6d per ditto; Mint, 9d to Is per dozen bunches; Peas, 3s to 6s per sieve; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3. 6d per dozen bunches; Carrots, 3s to 5s per dozen bunches ; Turnip Radishes, 9 , 1 to is per ditto; Potatoes, 50s to 85s per ton; ditto 2. 6d to 4. per cwt; ditto, is 6d to 3s per bushel; Broad Beaus, 1. 6d to 2. Od per sieve; Sorrel, 6d to 9d per ditto; Shallots, 6d to 8d per lb; Onions, 2d to 6d per bunch; Vegetable Marrow, 6d to Is 3d per dozen; Celery, 10d to is Od per bundle; Leeke, 2d to 3d per bunch; Fennel, 2 , 1 to 3d per ditto; Savory, 2 , 1 to 3d per ditto; Thyme, 2d to 3d per ditto; Garlic, 4d to Bd'per lb. Foreign Vegetables-French Carrots, 2d to 3d per buneb; French Beans, is Od to is 6d per half sieve; Cucumbers, Id to 2d cacti; Dutch Melons, is 6d to 2s 4d each; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20. per box. NEWG.A.TE AND LEADENBALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 99 Od; Geese, 5s Od to 9s; Ducks, Is 6d to 3s; Tame Rabbits, is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 8d to Is; Pigeons, 5d to 8d; Roasting Pigs, 43 6d to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 6. Od to 9a Od; ditto Chickens, 3. to 5s Od; Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od per couple; Eeglisb Eggs, 8. Od; French ditto, 7s Od; and Irish ditto, 6s 6d to 6s 9d per 100; Fresh Butter, 8d to Is per lb; Partridges, Is Od to is 6d; Hares, 2. 6d to 3s 6d; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s ed; Grouse, 2s 6d to 3s Od; and P,armigan, is 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. WHITECIMPEL. Beef, from 2s Od to 3. 21; Mutton, 2s 41 to 3s 81; Veal, 2s 10d to 3. 6d; Pork 3. Od to 4. 2d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, I Id to Is 4d per lb; Turbots, 5s to I2s; Brills, Is 3d to 2s 6d; Cod Fish, 2. 6d to 7. each; Soles, large, 9d to 2. Od per pair; ditto email, le 6d to 2s Od per doz.; Eels, 7d to 111 per lb; Lobsters, 8d to is 8d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 3d each; Shrimps, Is 6d to 2s per gallon; Prawns, 2. to 3. per lb; Mullets, 2d to 4d each; Smelts, Is Od to Is 6 t per d, z; Mackerel, 6d to 8d each; Whitings, i s Od to 2. 01 per doz; Plaice, 3d to 6d; Gurnets, 9d to Is Od; Haddocks, 4d to 8d; ditto dried, 2d to 5d each; Skate, 3d to 4d per lh; Oysters, common, 8s to 12s; ditto natives, 30. to 32. per bushel; Carp, is to 2s; and Pike, 2s to 3s each. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 71d; of Household ditto, 5d to bid per 41b loaf. BIDE IVIARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 2 1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 24,1; ditto, to 3d; ditto, 1041 b t o 1121 b, 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 3d; ditto, 88 1 b to 961 b, 3d to 3- 4 9 • ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid 3id to 4d. Calf Skins, light Is 6d to 3s 01; ditto full 5s 6d to Os Od; flora Hides, Os Od to Os Od; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od; Lamb Skins, 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Polkd Sheep, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Keuts and Half-brads, 28 4d to 25 9d; Downs, 2s 2d to 25 5d each, HAY DIANZZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8. to 31 15s; Clover, 31 Os to 41 65; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 8, per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CVMBERLAND.—Meadow Bay, 2/ Si to 31 18i ; Clover, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1. 9 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. _ _ . WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow thy, 21 5s to 31 14s; Clover, 310 s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 23 to 1/ 8s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at late rates. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Three showily-dressed women, named Ann if ichs, .lane El iott, and Mary Burton, were charged with rob bing John Fish, a seafaring man, of thirteen sovereigns , having previously administered to him some deleterious drug, by which ho Ras rendered insensible. The prosecutor stated that on Sunday night week be met the three prisoners, and a fourth woman not yet il l custody, in Goswell-street-road, and at their solicitation went with them to a pie-house, where be treated then► to a few tar:s. From that he accompanied them to the Golden Horse public-house, where he ordered a pot of ale, of which they 1.11 took part, but he had no sooner taken off his glass than ho felt himself becoming quite stupid. The women then began to shore him about, and he could trit.ke no resistance, nor " bell ) himself in the least." At length he be came quite insensible, and when he recovered found himself lying on the ground in Glasshouse-yar d • His money wilt., then gone, but he was quite certain be had it safe in his pocket when he went into the Golden Horse. A policeman deposed to finding the prosecutor in 1 helpless condilion in Glasshouse-yard on the night s tateu • A woman, named Isaacs, stated that she saw the three prisoners and anothcr woman lead the prosecutor, vvh° seemed u, able to walk, into Glasshouse-yard, and pre; sently afterwards the women ran into the street, cue 0 1 them saying, " I've got it—all right." They were fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR AND INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SHERIFFS• (THIS DAY.) A Common Hall was held to-day in the Guildhall of the city of London, for the purpose of inaugurating the new Sheriffs, and for the election of a Lord Maier for the ensuing year. Shortly after eleven o'clock, the Lord Mayor, at tended by the Common-Sergeant, the Town Cler k , several of the Aldermen, and the new and old Sheriffs' entered the Hall and tcok their places on t he platform in the Hall. The ceremony of augurating the new Sheriffs th en t oo k plae , i .c e the old sheriffs, Mr. Alderman L aw r en ce and 1 " .1. ' Nicoll, divested themselves of their chains of office, and placed them on the shoulders of their successors. This ceremony having been concluded, the Lord the Mayor and all the civic officers retired, Lord Mayor and Aldermen proceeding to the Court of Aldermen to decide among themselves Wh o they thought competent t o b e L or d Mayor for the ensuing year. After r ema i n ing th ere till twelve o'clock, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, the old and new Sheriffs, proceed e d i n p roces sion to t ee church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, where a most excel lent sermon was preached by the Lord MaYn re cheplaire from 2d chapter Ist Epistle of St. Peter , 14th verse, " Sent by Him f or th e punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well . As usual, a vast crowd collected ou t s id e the Guil d s hall to witness the proces s i o n going to all u returning from church. The Lord mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs, were dressed in their full costume of office, and were attended by the, beadles of their respective w ar d s , i n their officia l dresses covered with gold and silver lace. The Dial' shall., footmen, coachmen, and postillions, were deco ,lt: rated in a still more gorgeou s t ra ppi ng , and alto gether presented a most ple as i ng s p ec tacle. 1 "; crowd outside looked upon all the go ld e n and give' liveries with wonderment and delight. The car, riages and liveries of the sheriffs appeared to be the great subject of attraction, and certainly the WI pages are worthy of th e s h er iff s o f th e fi rs t city 011 county in the world. The election of Lord M a y or appeare d to create much less excitement than we have witnessed 0a many occasions, notwithstanding the paragraph thsai. has gone the round of the p a p ers th a t an opposit e ) was intended. At one o'clock the procession returned into th e e . Hall from the church, a n d a ft er p rocee ding to be Court of Common Council an d th e C our t of Alder_ men, the Lord Mayor, accomp an i e d by several of th e Aldermen and the diff e rent c i v i c o ffi cers, entere d t Ball and took their seats on th e pl at f or m, when, t h ey usual forms having been gone through, of Mr. Sergeant AIFREWEATHER, in the absence ~ the newly-appointed Record e r, by th e direction of tll9 . Lord Mayor, stated to the Li ver y th e important Mir they had to perform of selecting a L or d Mayor. A ft e which The COMMON-SERGEANT stated the names of all the aldermen who had not passed the chair, and who w,* all competent to be elected L or d Mayor; and en. doing so, he was about to state that the names of to aldermen would be put up seriatim, when gall Mr. G. SUOLBRED attempted to address the --- eree7._4 5 e.... a onrut , ;orb, but was informed theit that moment, it was not competent for hies to do see. The names of the diff eren t a ld ermen were te en put up in rotation, the m a j or ity o f h an ds being 1 favour of Mr. Alderman Musgrove and Mr. Alde r° man William Hunter. the Mr. SHOLRRED then came forward to addre ss ne d Livery, but was met with increased noise. He h o p e the Livery would elect some great merchant 01 " 0 City, and he would therefore propose that Aldercee_, Salomons should be the Lord Mayor for the Ye 9 7 1 ensuing; and upon this being negatived, he P r f e t c lee Alderman Lawrence. This proposition met wit° same fate. The COMMON-SERG E A NT th en d ec l are d that t h s e , election of the Livery h a d f a ll en upon Ald er man 3111 grove and Alderman William Hunter. The Lord Mayor and Ald ermen t h en returned eo their court to select one of the two gentlemen 'b, turned to them by the Li ver y, an d a fter 90 , 6 0, sence of short duration they r e t urne d i n to the ' when Mr. Sergeant MEREWEATHER announced that h t o li d e election of Lord Mayor f or th e ensuing Year fallen upon Alderman Musgrove. itb The Lord Mayor elect was th en i nve sted W rf , e , the insignia of office , and addressed the Li ge ( l stating that he accepted the office with gratitude '— pride. Thanks were then voted to the late Sheriffs for the dignity and urbanity with w hi c h th ey b a d conduaeilon themselves during their year o f o ffi ce , an d the P then adjourned. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY• (THIS DAY.) The shareholders in this company assembled eg nr this morning at the Freemason.' Tavern, for the PO pose of receiving the report of the scrutineers 011 votes of yesterday. t be Mr. Copling, the deputy- c h a i rman , pres id e d hl absence of Captain Plunkett. Shortly before one o'clock the scrutineers, wue Ae e engaged Learly two hours thi s morn i ng i n s e t tling 13°- • point of difference which had arisen between the° 3 ' l , e it tered the room, and directed the secretary to read report, of which the following is a summary:— vot e' s; 6,63" For the reception of the directors' report ......... Fur the following amendment, which was pro posed by Mr. T. T. Fawcett, and seconded by Mr. Westmoreland, and which amounted in fact to a vote of want of confidence in the di recturs:—" That the report of the directors be received, and that a committee be now ap pointed further to meet and confer with the gentlemen now iu London, and others repre senting the guaranteed and preference inte rests, for the purpose of effecting an adjust ment, both in principle and in detail, of the proposed arrangement Bill to be applied for during the next session of Parliament; and if an adjustment be come to, such proposed ad justment to be subject to the confirmation of the proprietors at a meeting to be called for and held on Tuesday, the 29th of October next, at the same hour and place, and that 4 465 new directors be then appointed" Majority in favour of the original motion - .11 it We give below the details of the v o t es , by wbi. c v o f will be seen that, though th e di rec t ors h a d a InsPritipti votes in their favour, the amount o f s t oc k was age them. For the amendment— Ordinary stock £411,420 Clydei o dale Preference For the original motion— Ordinary stock £638,420 Clydesdale Preference £7 85 . "° !ISO £77-> X 6 D;fferenee in favour of amendment Arg 11'286 The number of voters present f or t h e amenu- - . ,„0 were 38, proxies, 311; total, 346. F or t h e or i g inal "" tion—present, 102; proxies, 475; total, 575. Of ta l‘ A SHAREIZOLDER intimated that th e amnia., 0- B te .. was in favour of th e amen d ment; t h ose who supP°',.3, it did not despair at th e resu l t w hi c h had just Willi nounc , d, and added chat it was their intention to at sn o special Int ettng on a n ear ly d ay , to recons id er the "- of the subjects whi c h were di scusse d yesterday. hare' After sume angry words bet w e e n some o f the 6- holders, the meeting separated. ee° The new Tow n -h a ll a t D ur h am h as just , - b f e et completed. It is 70 feet long, 35 f ee t b roa d , an d .bi high, and is lighted by th ree w i n d ows on t h e nort h Siu 3 t t ib a large window at the west end, and by an oriel on the s 0 t ic which commands a beautiful view of a part of the ralli e d environs of the city. The largest west window will b A e lo os by stain glass. The timbers of the roof are open, bed m ik ilig the ceiling. The chimney-piece is an important and s t , r ,,hoP feature in this room. Over it are placed the arms of v„,'' t iie Maltby, quartered with those of the see of Durham a" c or city arms, and round the cornice is an inscription to corn o r morate the fact of the erection of the hall during the U alty of Mr. W. Henderson. 1 1 il k ; ti,,,. 26 84