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has been ordered to cruise between Tripoli and Malta cor the same purpose. A dispatch on th e subj. et has been forwarded to the Admiral Commanding-in-Chiet. BaTavia, AUG. 26.—The Enchantress schooner, S ydney. New S. nth Wales to Java, is totally lost in Torres Straits; crew and passengers reported to be saved. CANTON, Ave. 99,--There have been two severe gales during the past month, and a typhoon is reported outside. Th e sh i pping h ive sustained no considerable damage beyond the loss of masts to two or three vess els. Much an x i ety, h owever, is felt for several vessels which are considerably out of date; amongst them the RU3- torniie Cowusjee, with a valuable cargo of opium from Calcutta. The Faun, Hong-Kong to Manilla, has been totally lost on the Scarborough Shoal ; crew saved. SITINGRA.I. AUG. 10.—The Ganges, sailed hence 21st for Bally, put hack 2d August di.masted. QUARANTINE NOTICE. J . A rl'A, SEPT. 19, 1850.—Vessels from Malta are subject to ten, and those from Egypt to five, days' qaarantine. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE MONDAY. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were firm for all kinds of Wheat, at an advance in the quota tions of fully Is per quarter. The supplies offering were ~ c omparatively small. The best Barley, Oats, and ' l ° o *. moved off steadily, at full prices. In other ar ticles very little business was transacted. Advises from New York, to the 9th inst., state that a Mod erate busin ess was do i ng in Flour for shipment to wEnglund ; b ut the demand for home consumption ruled ll In the B a l t i c and Black Sea markets prices of heat have given way is to 2s per quarter. The Dutch and French markets have ruled heavy. The arrivals of English Grain up to our market last Sever were very moderate, if we except those of Malt. v e _ te ral cargoes of Oats came to hand from Ireland. From abroad we received 25,625 quarters of Wheat, 14,322 of 0 P Barley, 29,731 Oats, 20 Rye, 2,304 Beans, 2 ' 63- - eas. 431 Tares, 7,181 Linseed, 929 Rapeseed, 187 &tuatara Seed, 420 sundry seeds, 5,800 sacks and 1,200 trrel,a Fleur. to.!i 'lle 1313 1 of Wheat received fresh up to our market of fair averag e but to-d ay fr°lll Essex and Kent coastwise . was small, sample the r • quality. By land carriage and . b ecPipts were smaller than for some weeks past, :Ice the quantity of home-grown Whoat on offer was : 2Para tivelY trifling. Notwithstanding that the sum !namand of buyers in attendance was not extensive, the de nd for all kinds of English Wheat was firm at prices z ullY equal to those obtained on Monday last, and at which b t si a good clearance was effected prior to the close cf nem wheats few off ers reached us from any quarter to sh i p at present prices., some of the spe?ulators a pearin g to be of opinion that higher rates will rule dur log the winter. f The market was somewhat heavily supplied with °reign Wheat, a large quantity of which was of very rmedtatittlinginferiorquality. ee S I cted samples of both eons, and white sold to a fair extent at last week's quota- Yet Otherwise the trade was in a very sluggish s:ate, we have no actual fall to notice in value. of Float ing cargoe s o f Od essa and Dantaic were freely ',red, but we heard of very few transactions in them. elected samples of English Barley were scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Grinding and distilling par- Is of foreign growth were almost unsaleable, yet the par importers referred to accept lower prices. We had a 11!_rY extensive supply of Malt on offer ready for de "IT. Ware samples sold at full currencies, but all other kinds were very dull. Th e t oh' supply o f O ats was very extens i ve; on the whole the trade ruled inactive, at barely late rates. In B oons very few transactions took pl ace , at un a ltered quotation s l e , oak; for Peas was heavy, at last week's currencies. trat t l id ian Corn d u ll ; b ut a full average business was prices. ' ac ted, both in English and foreign Flour, at full Risen CURRENCY PER IMPE RIAL MEASURE . "-•ese x & Rent, 375 to 438 03aitsalt--CYhoerskalshlierre..lind. 52_8 s t o 555 179 Ditto, \Mite, New 393 49s Lincoinsh., Feed. 16 .... 18 s 22s • Norfolk and Lin- Potato ~, coln, Red..... 35s 418 Youghai and Cork, 1 3 16s "Itto. White.... .• 378 43s Black. ...... 4 Irish, Red......., --- 8 -3 Cork, l4B 17s White. • • • • 1 8 8 22s Ditto,White.... ••-8 -s Scotch, Feed. •••• •• - ~„_ 26s 27s Beans-Tick .•••••• •• "8 gs a Is ICe ' vr ' "••••• • • • •• 289 295 Pigeons •• • 28s arley-Grinding • . • .... 20s 23s Peas-Grey ,Malting .•••• •• • 25s 278 Maple ••••• • • - • • 278 .......... 26s 298 Chevalier ... ,• 28 29 White...-. ~.. 2 24 :(3) 8 4 s kalt-Suffol andlso; 5 '1 Boilers ••••• • • • • _ folk., .. .... .. .. 43s 48s Flour-Town-made .• • 3 is 3 4 3 : Brow n . •......... 40 9 42s Suffolk XI ,IIIII .......... 298 torl and Ware 47 8 51s Stockta &Norfolk 298 345 Canar SEEDS. reduced y Seed co ntinues to mo ve o ff h eav ily, a t f ur th er rates; but both Linseed and Rapeseed are quite its dear as last week. All other Seeds are a dull sale. Turelp,Whit, Per bush. Ils to 12s Carraw y ............ 29s 33s mus i t le i d d and Green.. • • 10s 12.8 Coriand a er •••••• '' • • • • 198 353 vhi; nrew n. new 9 11s If p eed, per quarter 3ts • Tare:l ----p, new ...• ..6sod 730 ein e s d Eng. owing • • 54s 56s 3,diew Winte r ••SsOd 58 ed Lins C e ru , shing ••••• • - 1 8 44s Per .• .t..... 45 Od 58 Od Baltic .......... Canary, quarter er .. 51s 60s Odessa ••••' • • • • • 432: 468 R ye grass.. ... ••• • . 243 305 Li d Cake pr. 1,000- C over, Res' N, Whit •• s 48s English ••• • • (cwt )32 lu ee ' 8/ 84 91 Os e '• • • • ..... 32s 48s Foreign, per ton 615 s 71 51 Foreign Rad...-. 30s 448 Rape Cakes , pr ton 4158 4115 s •• • . 46- RaPe"e d ' ' New ' prlst2sllos 2710 s 2 'refoli •• •• •.. . White... • 28s 1 ,, s 22; EI NUTEIPIELD. We have again to re ort the arrival of very extensive BUPplies of foreign sto p ck into the metropolis, among i s n t , W hich are large numbers of Pigs. The total import uring the :'holiest week has amounted to 7,800 head. D at " Period in 1849 we received 4 608; d the same week -4 /848, 5 .056; and in 1847, 3.471 , THE PAST WEEK. p r IMPORTa INTO LON DON Sheep. IN N T Lambs._ . falves. oreani s r ..... - - 50 ..• - *** n end goll .... 231 •••• 100 ... _ I;iir•ern.' ...... 17 4 .... 57 - - ... -- .. - illea th ep **** 25 ... 285 ••• - - ... - b fl an l b urgh ... 18 ... 124 ••• - "' 9 ... - !iett„,,,,rut .. ..... .68 ... 365 ••• - •11 273 ... 43 erdarn .., 548 „„ 2,242 ••• - • 67 .. 514 Ltairlingen 2 46 .„ 1,615 7 . - •• kniaterdana ... 22 „, 702 - - "' - - - 359 ... 567 . r, Jots' . 1 334 5 340 -• -"' -- ele ina p . o . r - tat ' ions . d . uring the corresponding weeks in '°49, 1 848, nnd 1847, were as under:- Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pig s. ‘ 11849 ........ 1,479 ... 2,870 ... - ... 190 ... 01 ,1847.•48 ...... 855 ... 4,046 ... - ••• 15 0 ... 46 5 ... .... 661 ... 2 579 •-•- - 185 ''. ee P: - .go which have ' come to hand since our last ar e Mostly hogs, and they are certainly not worth more than 28 INT albs. N otwithstanding this low price very large utinabers are expected to arrive during the season, as ex tensive supplies have, we uPdorstand, been fed in t he l neighbourhood of Harlingen fur our market. The genera quality of the Beasts and Sheep are somewhat improved. The Irish supply, direct by sea , has been confined to four .13easts and with Pigs. We were again extensively e Suppliedlea with each kind of foreign stock to-day. Th the qtesesinitdyCefieltrhees were in very moderate condition, but Sheep are still improving. own grazing districts - Beasts fresh up this mor • the receipts of morning wer® very large • the total supply y rom our of that description of stock, in luding the foreign arrivals, being upwards of inferi or quality.. of 5,000 held, at least two-thirds of which were teas favourable for I owing to the large supplies 5 aughteriog the Although . Be Beef f weather trede, and the Leadenhall, was in a tduggis T s s i t a e le te. in prinaest Scots, Herefords, Scc., sold at last Monday's I N I o e :e g v ft e t r e , Prices; but most other breeds were the turn in favour of terthe butchers. The droves from Lincolnshire, Leices -Bhire, and North amptonshire, amounted to about '°oo Shorthorns, &c. From other parts of England reaeived about 500 of From breeds, and from Scotland 14 , Scots. . There was a slight falling-off in the nu mbers . oi Sheep compared with those exhibited on this day 44',,,Puight; yet the mutton trade was far from active, t i t l l3o late rates were with di ffi culty supported. T 4 h s e . b.ighest general top figure for the best Downs was . 8 t Friday's per Sibs- Notwithstanding that the supply of Ca l ves a Moderate, the Veal trade ruled heavy e per in value, the top quotation not excee ding asseason 3s. Bd. " P BlbB . Fine Pigs, the number of whic 11131 - good, the demand was inactive, at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to 1. d. a. d. to s. d, • 2 10 3 0 I nferior 882 4 2 6 rnferior Sheep •• ' 2 3 4 Second •-•-• '•• • - 3 0 Second qua( . Sheep 3 _ _ hy,... tacit ) , .... 2 8 1 C 1 e-woolledditto3 6 3 4 11 0 p ii r n : 'Z'f,% Cue.. 3 2 3 10 ) 3outhdown Wether 3 1 0 11 kr " e ar4e cal • 32 8 3 4 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 3 6 0 talesman dittov!! 3 6 3 8 Large Hogs ""- 3 3 8 4 2 reiunekl69B Calves •• 18 0 25 0 Small Porkers .... _ ........ 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..1T 0 25 0 •I l e TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. ' 6, r o ts. I 1 sharp. Calves. Pigs. p. I Calves.6oo 26,120 213 I. • Roisto FOREIGN SUPPLY. l,o o° I Sheep. 5,000 I 166 I 200 R; aTEVTGATE AND LEADENUALL. ... . -nee Monday last the arrivals of country-killed feat up too ur markets, per railway conveyance, have bee s seasonably extensive ; whilst the supplies of offering Slaughtered in London have been good, but of Meat 'very middling quality. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Pork, • are in steady request at full prices. Otherwise the de /nett': h ruleB heavY. About 2.500 carcases of foreign ave been disposed of since our last report. At per stone by the Carcase. Beertriferior... l• s. d. s. d. to a• d• ..----, middlin g ... 1 I I ) 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 210 •••-- primelarg e _ 2 i I ----- middling- 3 2 3 3 I ° o 3 6 ;Pork, ,slmar:l7:: •••.:... •i---- prime small .. 3 2 3 u 4 „-:--- 7 -- , - Prime ••. •••• 3 8 210 3 8 2 8 3 10 4 4 . During POßOrrGß ANT) SlarramPTEiraS' the past week sever Vessels, containing about 1,600 tons, have arrived withalpotatoes from Scotland and Yorkshire From Essex ...Went, Cambridgeshire, and :liter quarters, about 2,800 tons have reached us in ex say ondition, no traces of disease being apparent in e a x tlY of them. As the dealers are now enabled to purchase price!'"siot.lY, a large business is doing in all kinds, and s continue to advance. From abroad, the imports 'lose been confined to 5 bags from Antwerp and 910 "a g s from Rotterdam, whilst 2 sacks have come to hand from! Ireland. Present rates as under :- Per Ton. Per Ton. X.p_ ezt. Sh exit Shaws •...... 604 to 70, Kentish Red Kid. 60 3 t o 70s Eag er ... 60s to 70s Chats .. 30s to 35s 758 to bOs • ;,111_t Regents-- 65s to 80s Lincoln. Regents. V.'ex.Rgents... 653 to 8 0 s1Ditto Shims 6os to 75s "ilddlingWara:.. 40s to 50s,Scotch Regents 6os to 75s 3107/LOUGEE UWE. INABLILEIC. demandPot' all fine Hops of the present year's growth the continues steady, at prices fully equal to those . obtained on Monday last, but the middling qualities are oomewhet lower to purchase. The supplies are nn do large, and the duty has been done as high as 230,000/. In yearling and old Hops next to nothing d °ing. • New East Kent pockets, 41 15s to 71; New Mid Rent ditto, 41 8s to 61 6s; New Weald of Kent ditto, 31 14s to 4110 a; New- Sussex ditto; 314 s to 41.' WOOL. 1, 183 t week's imports or Wool into Leaden were 11 Pigs. •• "..... ... - ... 10 THE SUN, LONDON, bt•.!e3 from (Mend; 120 from Callao; 253 from Ade laide; 1.208 from 13ay ; 693 from Sydney; 805 from Port Philip ; 63 from the Cape; 5 bags from liamburgh; and 59 packages from Ireland. By private. contract, the demand continues steady. at prices fully equal to those obtained at the la;t public sales. British Wools are quite as dear. TALLOW. Lettlts from St. Peterslii7rghto the 14th inst. stlte that a good business was doing in Tallow at full prices. Shipments were progressing steadily. Since our last report the imports into London have been large, viz , 11,837, whilst the deliveries have been confined to 2,321 casks, leaving a present stock of 36,790 c.sks. On the whole the trade is steady, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 38s 61 per cwt. For f,rward delivery next to nothing doing. Town Tallow, 38s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2a 2d rer Slbs. _ 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. Stock this day ...... 4,388 25.288 31,931 41,4 , 8 , 33,790 37 0 s s O o d ,i to .to 38s 03 6 0 d d Price 01 Y. C. •• .. E l t 503 15 0 01 t0 44 4 ‘ 55 6 0 d d to 4ss os ° o d d Delivery last week •. 2,551 2,897 2,808 2,849 ' 2,321 Ditto from June 1.. • . 29,052 33,0 $0 37,730 31,753 34,626 &rivals last week • 100 1,836 6,150 775 1 11,837 Ditto from June 1 ... 22,517 59.2.9 62,138 47,768 45,792 Price of Town .. •-• 52s Gd 48s 01 47s Gd 39s Gd 4ls 01 STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETEnsßUnan. 1850. 1849. I 1848. 1847. 1846. Tallow dispatched Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. from Cronstadt to Sept. 25, 0.5... .. 49,383 88,150 99,759 95,485 70,394 In ships loading and lighters ••••.. • • . . 17,194 13,196 11,591 16,537 19,822 Total loaded off, 27th - Sept., O.S. .. •• .. 96,577 102,346 111,350 112,022 90,216 Loaded afterwards.. .... 15,786 18,154 19,842 23,007 Total at the close of the navigation.... .. .. 118,132 129, , 04 131,861 113,223 London.• •••• • • • • 33,121 33,311 55,406 41,230 31,61+9 Liverpool • • ...... 14,870 15,871 12,103 12,167 9,722 Bristol • • •• • . • • .. 3,542 3,255 4,231. 3,329 2,745 Other English ports 5.288 10,698 11,008 9,320 8,711 Ireland • • •• •- • • • • 3,573 4,267 4,172 6,615 6,060 Scotland ....... • 2,520 4,171 f,472 6,043 5,073 Germany ........ 8,331 9,602 6,076 9,8 , 5 5,419 Francs .... •• .. • • 3,134 6,975 291 6,916 965 79,383 88,150 99,759 95,485 70,390 CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. These sessions, the twelfth and last of the present mayoralty, commenced to-day. before the Lord Mayor, the new Recorder (the Right Hon. James Stuart Wort ley, M.P.), Alderman Wm. Hunter, Alderman Challis, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Sir C. Marshall, Alderma❑ Farebrother, the new Sheriffs, Messrs. Carden and Hodg kinson, the Under-Sheriffs, &c. The calendar contains the names of no less than 196 prisoners, of which 39 are from London, 114 from Mid dlesex, 8 from Essex, 12 from Kent, and 23 from Sur rey. The crimes of which the prisoners stand charged may be stated as follows:-1 for feloniously at tempting to procure abortion, 1 for an assault with latent to rob, 1 for bigamy, 6 for bur glary, 13 for unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 1 for feloniously threatening to accuse of an in famous crime, 3 for cutting and wounding with intent, 12 for embezzlement, 1 for forgery and uttering forged instruments, 9 for housebreaking and larceny, 47 for larceny, 13 for larceny from the person, 44 larceny by servants, 12 for larceny in a dwelling-house, 1 for steal ing a post letter, 2 for manslaughter, 10 for misde meanour, 4 for rape, 13 for receiving stolen goods, 1 for shop breaking and larceny, and 1 for feloniously return ing from transportation. The grand jury having been empannelled and sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them. He had no doubt that the gentlmen who formed the present grand jury were sufficiently experienced in the duties they were called upon to perform to render it unnecessary for him to dwell upon them. They were called together for the protection of the subjects of the queen from unfounded charges, and unnecessary punishment and delay. The institution for which they were constituted in that box was one of the great bulwarks of the liberty of the subject, and one that was entitled to the greatest respect and considera tion, and whatever opinions might be entertained with respect to the value of grand juries, whatever difference there might be in that respect, this at least was clear, that it was a great privilege that persons of every grade in society might be called from time to time together to prevent their fellow-subjects from being charged, and unnecessarily subjected to trial in a criminal court. He was happy to congratulate the grand jury that there was nothing in the appearance of the present calendar that would require from him any special remark, and he was happy also to add that from the information he had received from the officers . of the court, that, as compared with this time last year, crime was not on the increase, but had diminished. The opportunity he had had of running over the depositions, as well as the nature of the charges contained in the calendar, be was glad to say, enabled him to state that there was none of any peculiar atrocity, or which called for any special direc tions to the grand jury from him. There had, no doubt, of late been notoriously considerable alarm excited in the public mind at the different burglaries, attended with violence, that had lately taken place, those events had been strongly commented upon, and had alarmed the public mind, but he was happy to say that the present calendar did not disclose any case to justify that alarm. The cases that had principally caused alarm were not within the jurisdiction of this Court, and had occurred in districts to which the effi cient exertions of the metropolitan police did not ex tend; and for his own part he believed that the com mittal of such crimes might be attributed to the want of a proper organiz ition of a force to de tect and prevent crime in those districts to which the jurisdiction of the police did not extend. There had, however, occurred cases within the jurisdic tion of that court which had caused some alarm, and which called for increased exertions on the part of the police to put down. In cases like these it became the duty of the officers of justice to attend most vigilantly to the security of the poorer classes, as they bad not such remedies in their power to prevent the intrusion into their dwellings of the burglar as the rich had. As to the rich, they had the means in their own hands, because they had always .a great number of inmates in their dwellings, and had the power of having their houses amply secured. In the case to which he was alluding he could not but express the gra tification he felt at the course adopted by the inmates who were left in possession of the property; it was richly deserving of praise, and required only to bo imitated to put an end to the crime of burglary altogether, for never was there a greater truism than that crime and cowardice went hand in hand. With respect to the other cases in the calendar, there were wily three he considered re quired any special notice from him. The first was the case of a foreigner who was charged with forging and uttering a true security► of a foreign country, namely, notes upon the Austrian Government. Now, with respect to that case, all he need say was that such forgeries by Act of Par liament were placed upon the same footing as forgeries upon any bank or firm in this country. The grand jury would, therefore, have no trouble in that respect. The two other cases were charges in which two human beings had la , en deprived of life. The first was the case of an unhappy young woman causing the death of her child, and the other the death of a party caused by the ill-usage of the police officers in attempting to take him into custody. In the first case the grand jury were bound, before they returned a true bill either for murder or manslaughter, to consider well the evidence, in order t.) ascertain whether the death had been caused by accident or design; and in the latter case the jury must bear in mind that no officer was allowed by law to use more violence in endeavouring to capture an individual than was absolutely necessary. It would be for the grand jury to say, after hearing the evidence, whether they considered that undue violence had been used, and it they thought there had it would be their duty to put the case in a train for further investigation. The Learned Judge then remitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties, and the Court proceeded to swear the petty jury. (SURREY SESSIONS.—THIS DAY.) The adjourned quarter sessions for the county of Surrey commenced this morning, at the Court House, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Buckle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar contained the names of forty-eight prisoners. The grand jury having been sworn, the Chairman ad dressed them as to the nature of their duties. James Stroud, 23, was indicted for stealing, at Ber mondsey a watch, pair of sto c ki ngs , an d ot h er p ro p ert y, belonging to William Filming. The prosecutor, a young man in She employ of a but cher at Berunt!ndsey . , said, that the prisoner was a'so in the same service prior to the 17th of S e pt em b er , an d slept in the same room with him. O n th at d ay h e a b • sconded, when witness found that his box had been broken open, and that his watch and other articles had been stolen. Mary Pearch, a lodging-house keep er i n th e City road, said the prisoner formerly lodged at her house. and on the night of the 17th . ult. he came to h er an d handed her an old-fashioned silver wat c h t o ta k e care of. He slept there that, night, and on the following morning he went away, but returned shortly afterwards for the watch. A few days after that she •received information of the robbery, and as soon as the prisoner came to her again she sent for a policeman and gave him into custody. Witness produced a pair of stock ings which he left with her, and were identified by the prosecutor. In defence the prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and said what the female stated was false. The jury found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A Foousu WOMAN.— Hari iet Bowler, tee wife of a cabman, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Serpentine, Hyde-park. John Parsons, a boatman in the employ of the Royal Humane Society, stated that on Saturday evening, about six o'clock, he was standing by the boat-house on the north side of the Serpentine, when he saw the defendant rush from amongst several persons and throw herielt into the water, which at that place is about three feet deep. He immediately went to her assistance, but be fore lie could get to her a gentleman had jumped in and pulled her out. She was then taken into the receiving house, and subsequently to St. George's workhouse. In reply to the charge, the defendant said she was driven to attempt suicide by the ill-treatment she had received from her husband. The priioner's husband,.:a respectable-looking _man, denied this, and said he always had treated her with the greatest kindness, and allowed her 30s. per week for household expenses. She was of a most violent temper, and had repeatedly threatened to do him some serious injury. On Saturday last he was obliged to take her to Ckrkenwell Police -court, when she was bound over to keep the peace towards him, and he agreed to give her ss. lot r week, and paid ber a week in advance. She rip sooner received this money than she called a cab, and drove directly to the Serpentine. Mr. HARDWICK severely lectured the prisoner on her foolish conduct, and on her promising not to repeat it he discharged her. WESTAIINSTER,.-(THIS DAY.) James Miller and George l'reston were charged under the following circumstances:— Police-constable 190 B, from information he received, went last night into No. 4. Gardner's-buildings, and, looking over the wall into No. 5, he saw the prisoners emptying a cesspool into a pit which they had dug in the garden. They had been so careless that the street was in a most beastly state, and the nuisance to the inhabit ants of the neighbourhood was intolerable. He got over the wall to take them into custody, when one of them ran out of the front door and the other got up a chim ney. Both of ths m were, however, eventually secured. The prisoners said they were in extreme poverty, and were glad to do an thing to ret a shilling. Mr. I'AYNTER said he could not allow them to risk the lives of others for that purpose. He should there fore order them each to pay a fine of 20s. or be impri soned for three weeks. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, 10 P.M. The Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, arrived in the Mersey at half-past nine, with advices from New York to the 9th inst. The Cambrian arrived at Boston on the 3d inst The Niagara has 300,000 dolls. in specie on freight. The steam•ship Hermann, from Southampton, ar rived at New York on the morning of the 9th inst The United States steam-ship Atlantic arrived al New York at 8 a.m. on the 9th inst. The Lotus, from Bremen, went ashore on Carri tucket Island on the 2d inst. Upwards of 5,0001. sterling in gold dust had been received at New York from California. Our accounts from 'Washington are unimportant. Sir H. Bulwer had denied the assertion that he had endeavoured to procure the recall of Squier. Great alarm prevailed amongst the coloured popu lation of the northern cities, and hundreds had tied to Canada. San Francisco accounts of September 1 state that the prospects of commerce were auspicious. Rich fruits were being yielded by the mines and quartz rocks. From Canada, Jamaica, Havannah, &c , we have later dater, but no details of note. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The exchange market is firm, with good demand. Sterling money is at 104 to 104 ; francs, 5 184 to 5 17k. Bills on Amsterdam, 408 to 41 ; I.lamburgh, 34 to 3G. At the close sterling was freely offered at 10i. Bremen, 80 to 804. The supply of money is very abundant, and loans are negotiated with facility at 5 to 6 per cent. on good stocks, and still lower on Government securities. Paper of good quality is scarce, and second class is taken cautiously. First class goes at 6 to 7 per cent. freely, and the demand exceeds the supply. Cotton is very buoyant, and some sales have been made at an improvement. About 9,000 bales sold to day. Middling fair is quoted at 141 to 144 cents. per pound. Breadstuffs—The flour market is rather easier for low grains. There is less doing for export, but fair for home trade. Wheat:-There is not an active business, and the market is rather easy. The market for corn is easier, heavy, and quiet. Sales are 15,000 bushels. Provisions—ln Pork there is more doing. The sales are 1,000 barrels at 8 dolls. 37i0. for prime; 10 dolls. 81c. to 10 dolls. 87ic. for mess. There is but little action in beef, but the market is easier. Lard is rather easier. Iron—Sellers at 16 dolls. 25c. and 20 dolls. 25c. six months for Scotch pig, with sale of 150 to 200 tons. English bars are dull, at 15 dolls. to 35 dolls. 50c. Ashes inquired for, with sales at 5 dolls. 87ic. to 6 dolls. 12 }c. for pots and pearls. Freights are quiet, at 16d. for flour and for cot ton. About 8,000 barrels and 1,000 bales were en gaged at these figures. Some dead weight was taken at 15d. to 20d., and 4.000 bushels at 4d. To London cheese was taken at 30s. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 7. Cotton is firm, and the advance is fully sustained. The sales to-day were 2,000 hales fair at 141. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 19. The Queen and Prince walked to-day in Osborne Park. The younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. OCT. 20. The Queen and Prince, and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked this morning in Os borne Park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and the Princess Royal, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the royal household, attended Divine service at Whip pingham Church this afternoon. The Rev. 'l'. Pro theroe officiated. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence left town en Saturday on a visit to Lord and Lady Palmerston, at Broadlands. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Saturday, from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. The Right Hon. Baronet paid a visit to Lord John Russell, at his residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial-office from the Governors of the West India Colonies. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong-Kong ; and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, on Saturday evening. FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The remains of this illustrious and amiable per sonage were on Friday confided to their last resting place. Before ten o'clock the Ministers, the Presidents of the Chambers, the corps di plomatique, the first pre sidents and procureurs-general of the Courts of Cessation and Appeal, the ladies and gentlemen of the King's household, and a long list of senators, representatives, public functionaries, and eminent per sonages, were assembled. The church was hung with black. Four colonels stood at the corners of the cof fin with drawn swords, and around them were twenty old non-commissioned officers, who had been selected to bear the coffin to the vault. At a quarter to eleven o'clock the cannon announced the departure of the King and the Royal Family from the chLeau of Laeken. They were received with marks of the greatest respect by the crowd which had assembled, and the Civic Guard, who formed a line from the chateau, presented arms. The Cardinal Arch= bishop of Malines, and the clergy received the King at the entrance to the church. The Cardinal addressed a few observations to the King, but his Majesty could only reply by tears. The King entered first with Queen Amelie leaning on his arm. He was so affected that he could scarcely walk. On passing the cata falque, his:Majesty was observed to stagger, as if over whelmed with emotion, and the queen addressed some observations to him, and took his arm in hers to support him. This incident excited a most painful sensation. The King's sons, the Duke de Brabant and the Comte de Flandre, accompanied by the Princess Clementine followed, and then came the Duke de Nemours, who seemed profoundly affected, the Prince de joinville, who was paler than usual, the Duke d'Aumale, and the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The Royal party was ac companied by the Duke de Cazes, General de St. Yon (Minister of War under Louis Philippe), Dc la Rue (formerly director of Algerian affairs at the Ministry of War), de Montesquiou and d'Houdetot, the Dukes de Marmier and de Trevise, &c. The funeral service then commenced, and lasted for about an hour. The voice of the Cardinal who offici ated was frequently broken by emotion, and all per. sons in the church were in tears. When the venerable Prelate turned to bless the congregation, subdued sobs broke the solemn silence. On the conclusion of the requiem, the King and Royal Family retired. The non-commissioned officers then removed the coffin to the vault, the Cardinal casting holy water upon it, and throwing on it a handful of dust, saying, "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." The coffin having been duly deposited, the vault was closed, and the sad ceremony terminated. All the Belgians, without distinction of class or opinion, atyhee be Queen continue ; ei, o , t r aodre to be isplay drawn profound sorrow for the addressesofcounpdobly hundreds encetothe of municipalities, public bodies, &c. The Court of Cassation, as well as the Cour des Comptes, have presented addr esses . I n a vast num b er of churches masses for the repose of the soul of the royal deceased have been celebrated, and others are to take place. We understand that Government has just appointed a gentleman of colour to th e o ffi ce o f B r iti s h C on sul a t Liberia. This is, we believe, the first instance on record in which a man of colour has received a similar appointment from our Government. On the introduction of the new British Consul, on Friday last, at the Foreign•office, his per sonal appearance excited no inconsiderable interest. He is a man of superior intelligence, and of highly polished man ners. Vie wonder what th e A mer i cans w ill think of thi s appointment. They will, doubtless, be very much shocked at the taste of the Brttish•GoVermnient4 as they deem ali men of colour, no matter how great may be their intellectual at tainments or moral worth, little better than the beasts of the field. —Morning ,Advert i ser. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOI3ER 21, 1850. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The fifth concert of the series to place on Satur day night, and, as compared with the first, it is impos sible not to perceive the vast progress which has been made during the course of five nights. 'The production of classical music before a mixed audience was an experiment of a perfectly novel charac ter, and the directors were, therefore, per fectly justified in interspersing largely their classical pieces with quadrilles and other " pretty music," as they did on the opening night; but finding that the mixed audience were attentive to, and appre ciated the master-pieces of Beethoven, of Mendels shun, and of Sphor, they have on each successive night given their programme more and more of a "Phil harmonic" character, and on Saturday we had, what may certainly be styled, a classical concert. Beethoven's sinfonia Eroica was given as a whole, and not as on the second night divided into two parts. It was admirably conducted by Balfe, and magnificently played by the orchestra. Balfe's overture was repeated, and it is a composition that will bear repetition. It was admirably performed, and it grows on the liking by repetitions. It is, we are inclined to think, the most perfectly classical musical composition that Balfe has yet produced. M. Charles Halle performed %Veber's Concert Stuck for pianoforte and orchestra in admirable style, and M. Sainton gave us some magnificent violin playing in the course of the performance of his new fantasia. The overture to Guillaume Tell completed the list of classical orchestral compositions, but not of classical performances, for we had in addition a duet for piano -forte and violin magnificently performed by MM. Charles Halle and Sainton. In the vocal' department we had the "Una voce and the "Brindisi" both mag nificently sung by Madlle. Angri. A cavitina from the Sonnambula, and another from Beatrice di Tenda, most effectively rendered by Madame Biscaccianti, besides airs by M. Jules Lefort, Mr. Gustavus Geary, and Mrs. Alexander Newton, who seems to have become, and most deservedly, as great a favou rite at these concerts as she is at Exeter Ilall. The theatre was crowded. DR. SCOFFERN'S PATENT. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—The question of manufacturing and refining sugar by the process discovered and patented by Dr. Scoffern is one of so momentous a character to the sugar-producing and sugar-consuming public, and to the .great inter e sts o f h uman ity, th a t I offer no apology for troubling you with a few remarks re specting it. The ordinary process of manufacture is so destruc tive to the material in its crude form, that not less than 66 per cent. are lost in the effort to secure the remaining 34, in which, moreover, there are so many impurities, that a further reduction to a very great extent must take place before the sugar is fit for the market. Now it was thought with regard to the extract of 34 per cent. that it needed nothing more than an ingenious mechanical contri vance to separate the impurities ; but long experience has demonstrated that any ma chine for this purpose, however beautiful, and, under some circumstances, valuable, could only modify the evil to an almost inappreciable extent. The truth is the difficulty was of a chemical and not of a me chanical kind—chemists, therefore, have devoted their energies to overcome it. They saw clearly that the quantity of sugar lost by the processes of drainage and filtration arose from the imperfect crystallization which the agency of lime, ,the common defecator in the colonies, secured. The result to be aimed at, therefore, was the dis covery of an agent competent to effect a complete crystallization. Such an agent was discovered in the acetates and sub-acetates of lead, but the great, and up to Dr. Scoffern's discovery, the unsolved problem, con sisted in the want of a chemical ingredient capable of precipitating and converting the lead into an insoluble substance, in which shape it could be removed by fil tration. This problem,Dr. Scoffern, in 1847, satisfac torily solved. He discovered that the application of sulphurous acid gas to the liquor converted the acetic acid into an insoluble sulphite of lead, since demon strated to be perfectly innocuous. This discovery he made known to several refiners, through whom it was tried on a large scale, and found to answer most satisfactorily. It was subsequently patented, and the patent secured to the inventor in every country in which one could be obtained. The most important feature of the discovery, however, remains to be told. By the old system the amount of sugar extracted from the juice is about six or seven per cent., by this process the manufacturer is able to obtain from eighteen to twenty per cent., in other words three cwts., or thereabouts, may now be obtained in place of one, by the time-honoured but destructive agency of lime. For this important invention, however, in place of assistance from the British Government to determine its safety and value, the inventor has had to encounter a degree of opposition which is almost unprecedented. Without intimation, without examination, the Colo nial Government issued a warning to the planters in the colonies against the use of the process as highly dangerous. The consequence was that the agents of the patent, wherever they went, were met with the caveat of Earl Grey, and found it difficult to obtain a hearing, much less an opportunity of experimentiz ing. Where they did, however, they succeeded in establishing the double proposition that the sugar was not only perfectly free from noxious ingredients, but the extract threefold in quantity. Complaints were laid before the Government of the injustice of their proceeding, and at length, ten months after the issu ing of their protest, a chemical inquiry was set on foot. The result of this was that no more lead was found in the samples by the new process than in those of the old—the experimentisers add, more over, that, in no case, in any quantity that they could pronounce dangerous. But another body of medical men, adjudicating on this very report, considered that the consumption of sugar with lead in it was dan gerous. This applies, however, with equal force to both processes, since both, according to the chemical investigators, contain lead. Dr. Scoffern replies, and subsequent investigations by chemists of great eminence go to establish his statement, that as suming the existence of lead in the produce of both processes, that his is the safer; since the lead therein is in an insoluble and innocuous form, whilst that in the sugar by the old process is and must be poison ous. But he maintains, and a number of chemical certificates substantiate the position, that in the sugar manufactured and refined by perfect machinery under his process, and sold in large quantities, is destitute of any, even the slightest trace of lead,:so that the most delicate tests of the laboratory have failed to discover it. It is a fact that the sugar has been used to the exclusion of all other at the tables of many families for two years past without any evil re sult. If it is added to this also that the Doctor has offered to ingest a quantity of the sulphite of lead as long as any one will eat the same quantity of chalk it surely requires an immense amount of incredulity to deny its perfect harmlessness. Now, what I wish to call your attention to, Sir, is the bearing of this important discovery on two of the great questions of the day—the revival of the West Indies and the overthrow of slavery. Never, if the above facts are true, was there a finer opportunity of retrieving the condition of the estates in those islands than by the use, especially if the process could be made exclusive, of the patent for the manufacture of sugar there. And were the planters free to act, can any one imagine that capital would be wanted where the returns are as enormous as are offered to the ca pitalist in such an investment. No doubt an abund ance of capital would flow into so profitable a channel. The present appeal of the planters is for Government aid, but where would the supplies go if any were granted? Undoubtedly where the larger portion of the twenty millions voted for slave compensation went, into the pockets of the merchant princes of this country. If, however, the same remedy were applied to West Indian estates which has, with so much be nefit, been applied to Irish encumbered property, the proprietors would speedily see the propriety of adopt ing a process so fraught with benefit to their future interests. With respect to the question of slavery in the sugar growing countries of the United States, Spain, and P opfl c r sa t u u t g oa a nr l , oi t nf h a e tn r h e e c D a n b ri agentti no hke d l rhe o es u tp b a t lt e t n h nd a ti te to the et would exclusive d utterly ap production put beyond the reach of competition slave sugar pro duce, with the improved and increased produce of our own colonies. At present there is a strong feeling against the introduction of slave produce. Let the s b t y re a n i g i t e h ffo a r nd to s d ir e ic v e e r l i o t p y of that feeling, etheresourcesof t a he f n be tested by free country aond o n principle spri(.3Bfil :al be ;se as.is The ed andsul slaves veeee, every e n rg o yr m es i ae c tv a e l s seven e as they e em eight hi a st r eyeeaa sugar. rsys On the plains of Loui s i ana , U n i te d S tates, a genera tionln Cuba, in the height of the season, the slave is taken from the field to the boiling-house and worked twenty out of the twenty-four hours. Facts equally paralysing may be gleaned from the history of slavery in Brazil. But is there no remedy for this great evil ? Surely the multiplication threefold by free labour of an article of universal consumption, in the production of which such enormous sacrifices of human life take place, is the remedy. If the anti-slavery public re fuse to take it up, the self interest of men will do it, and if so greitt a consummation as the overthrow of slavery to a large extent is attained, it will be said that great and effective as the efforts of philanthropists have been, the selfishness of man has achieved what they were unable to accomplish.—l am, Sir, &c., Oct. 18, 1850. HUMANITAS. ANOTHER FACT FOR THE PROTECTIONISTS.— WINCANTON.—RELIFF OFTHE Poon—From the financial and statistical statement issued by the guardians of the Wincan ton union, for the six months ended Michaelmas last, it ap • pears that the union comprises 39 parishes with a population of 21,256, occupying an area of 65,019 acres, the rateable value of which is 118,2861.; that at the formation of the union the relief, maintenance, and management of the poor was 14s. Oid. per head on the entire population, and that it is now reduced to 103. Bid. per head. The total amount of money expended by the guardians during the six months now ended is 5,9951., being 8791. less than was expended in the corresponding period of 1849, 4541. less than in the cor responding period of 1848, and 1,686/. less than in the cor responding period of 1847, and the decrease in the number of paupers is 48. From the statement to which we have re ferred, the affairs of this union appear to be in a most satis factory state.—Sornerset County Gazette. [Wincanton is situated in an exclusively agricultural district, consisting principally of arable land.—En. Sun.] FIRE NEAR OXFORD-STREET. —Last evening (Sun day), at a few minutes before eight o'clock, the neighbour hood of Dean-street, Oxford-street, was thrown into a state of great conftision, owing to a fire of a very serious character breaking out in the premises occupied by Mr. Sapwell, a grocer, &c., carrying on business at N 0.86, in the above mentioned thoroughfare. The paroch ial en g ine of St. Ann's was the first to arrive, and was closel y followed b y s ev eral Company. CPoleninptyany of water having been s mains, the engines' belonging to the London establis hment and that of the obtainedlV es oft E from ngl atnhde New Comp were called into reti.iisition, but the flames were not extin guished until a serious destruction of property had taken place. The houses adjoining fortunately received but trifling damage. Mr. Sapwell and his family not being at home when the fire occurred, it was impossible to learn whether the sufferer was insured or not. rxastrpnegrodees iciNinvvuihesaieitelsathri belonging t or a f l lrlyve wool , residing nt s uo t g r e o : her d ! el theo;o Willis,vga farmhouse,ilosog Willis, 0 mplallrrtt.. hoG r fo i ou c t ricks, OXFORD, OCT. W.—lntelligence reached this city to-day of an alarming and most destructive fire, which broke out yesterday, about mid-day, at Bloxham, a village near Gulli ver, nea rrd B anbury, osan : iae : e homestead of Mr. Potter, a large farmer, and ten cottages, which were totally destroyed. The origin of the fire is un known, but is supposed to be the vile act of an incendiary. Many of the labourers refused to render assistance, and stood looking on with apparent apathy, with their hands in their pockets, and when the fire was at the highest on Mr. Gul liver's premises, one of them remarked, " It is of no conse quence—he can well afford to lose it!" The timely arrival of the fire-engines from Banbury, and agood supply of hands to work them, prevented the devouring element from de stroying half the village, which, until their arrival, was in great jeopardy. DISPATCH FROM LONDON TO CHINA.—The Penin sular and Oriental steamer Pekin landed the overland mails i at Hong-Kong within 45 days after their dispatch from London. LITERATURE. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES. Vol. X.—Guy Fawkes. Several weeks having elapsed since the appearance of the preceding volume of this re-issue, we accord a yet snore lively welcome to its successor. In the histori cal romance of '• Guy Fawkes" the novelist has aimed at a loftier object than that of penning an enthralling narrative—although in the latter respect his success has been here very:distinguished. Besides the interest with which he has surrounded the incidents of the fiction, our author has diffused over the whole work an earnestness such as of itself sufficiently indicates the existence of that more elevated intention to which we have referred—the intention of advancing, under the fascinating garb of a romance, the beautiful and ennobling principles of religious toleration. A more brilliant or more beneficent purpose has certainly never actuated any, writer in the process of bringing to maturity any similar composition. To it Mr. Ainsworth refers in his recent " Preface" with a very reasonable and even enviable complacency. One portion of th e s e r em ark s we cannot refrain from especially particularizing. " From those," be observes, " who have wilfully misinter preted one of my former productions, and have attri buted to it a purpose and an aim utterly foreign to my own intentions, I can scarcely expect fairer treat ment for the present work. But to that wider and more discriminating class of readers from whom I have experienced so much favour and support, I con fidently commit the book, certain of meeting with leniency . and impartiality." By ver y grace f u lly an d significantly selecting Doctor Lingard as his au thority, Mr. Ainsworth has added new weight to the arguments of this powerfully conceived story of the gunpowder treason, more particularly where they bear reference to the restiveness engendered among the Roman Catholics throughout England by the re vival, during the reign of King James 1., of the penal laws, those cruel and grinding enactments firstframed at the instigation of Queen Elizabeth. In the " loyal and devout" character of Viviana Radcliffe, in the "un scrupulous and ambitious" Catesby, in " the subtle and yet sincere" Jesuit Garnet, but more especially in the person of Gay Fawkes himself, " the gloomy and superstitious enthusiast," the historical romancist has pourtrayed most vividly the passions excited by the ferocity of the legislators, the bigotry of the monarch, and the cupidity of his Scottish courtiers. After reading the tale as it is told by William Harrison Ainsworth, we cannot for the life of us help appre ciating the fantastic extravagance of that joke of poor Charles Lamb, where he regretted the failure of the gunpowder conspiracy on the ground that its suc cess would have been such a magnificent thunderclap in history Two more volumes, we presume, will complete the present republication of the collected writings of Mr. Ainsworth. When concluded the series will take its place in the libraries of the people with the cheap re . -issnes of the works of other distinguished novelists, his contemporaries. Our author has acted judiciously in reproducing his fic.. tions in a form so accessible to the community, as is being simultaneously done by Mr. Charles Dickens, by Sir Bulwer Lytton, and even by Mr. G. P.R. James, in spite of his effusions being so voluminous. One additional re-issue would perfect the present re-publication of Harrison Ainsworth's romances, and, we are con vinced, would be peculiarly acceptable to its sub scribers—we mean the publication of a supplementary volume (of a larger size, of course), containing a re print of the numerous and brilliant illustrations from the pencils of Tony Johannot, and of the inimitable George Cruikshank, not forgetting the admirable wood engravings from the drawings of Delamotte. THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXXXVIIL A more brilliant or more diversified number of the great Whig quarterly has not appeared for a very long time than the current one for this present October. As the leading contribution, we have a critical and etymological essay on the "History of the English Language," in the course of which the reviewer does full justice to the laborious researches of Dr. Latham. Among the many epigrammatic sentences scattered through the article, the reader cannot fail to be struck with one in which it is observed that " five-eighths at least of the language spoken by Alfred still circulates in the veins of modern English." The writer comments at some length on the non-retention of Celtic names, and dates the greatest purity of the Anglo-Saxon tongue at the time immediately preceding the arrival of the Con queror. It is remarked that chief among the changes consequent on the Norman invasion were the difficulties of orthography, where the peculiarities of spelling almost equalled the "Ingenuity of the man who managed to spell his name (Jacob) without a single letter which there ought to have been in it, namely, Gikup;' and accounts sent in similar to that which bail for its inexplicable items osafada,' agetinonimemer—which, however suspiciously they may look like some South Sea or Malay combination of rocables, were really meant to signify no more than horse half a day,' and ' a getting on him home.' ". Having proceeded a little further in his disquisition, the reviewer refers successively to the influences, good and bad, exercised upon the development of the lan. guage by Sir John Mandeville, by Chaucer, by Caxton, by Sir Thomas More, by Wilson, the first English rhetorician, by Jeremy Taylor, and by Samuel Johnson. From the reference to old Jeremy Taylor, the good, the wise, and the eloquent, we must make one quotation, being a specimen of his lovely and sonorous style, thus introduced by the reviewer " How exquisite is the harmony, as well as the con ception, of the following sentence! The close is music itself:—' So much as moments are exceeded by eternity, and the sighing of a man by the joys of an angel, and a salutary frown by the light of God's countenance, a few frowns by the infinite and eternal hallelujahs, so much are the sorrows of the godly to be undervalued in respect of what is deposited for them in th e treasur e s of eternity. Their sorrows can die, but so cannot their joys. And if the blessed mar t yrs an d con f essors were as k e d c o n c e rn ing their past sufferings and their present rest, and the joys of their certain expectation, you should hear them glory in nothing but in the mercies of God, and in the cross of the Lord Jesus. Every chain is a ray of light, and every prison is a palace, and every loss is the pur chase of a kingdom, arid every affront in the cause of God is an eternal honour, and every day of sorrow is a thousand years of comfort, multiplied with a never ceasing numeration,—days without night, joys without sorrow, sanctity without sin, charity without stain, pos session without fear, society without envying, communi cation of joys without lessening; and they shall dwell in a blessed country, where an enemy never entered, and from whence a friend never went away."' One other paragraph we must transcribe from this learned and intelligent contribution; and then briefly refer to the remaining articles in the Edinburgh : " The Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain in 449, and in something less than a century had conquered nearly as muck of the island as they ever conquered at all. They retained their language uncorrupted—by no means always the,case with conquerors. As Gibbon expresses it, ' a large army is but a small nation;' the progress of conquest is slow; and the victors, in time, are apt to adopt, with some modifications, the language of the van quished. The Anglo-Saxons, however, partly extirpated and partly expelled the ancient inhabitants, to such an extent, that with comparatively few exceptions (as in the ease of great natural landmarks), even the names of places were changer), and received Saxon appellations. The word Kent (Cuntiu:n) is anhexception; nor is it difficult to see why. The Anglo-Saxons did not mike their first appearance as invaders, but ostensibly to assist the British against the Northern marauders, the Picts and Scots. It was same time before they assumed a hostile posture. While yet allies they w ere entertained in Kent, and they became accustomed themselves to call that province by its name, before they proceeded to eject the rightful owners. Not so with other portions of the island, where they had never planted foot except as con querors, end to which, therefore, they naturally gave ne w names. A comprehensive chapter on the " United States," has been suggested by the recent volumes of Mr. Alexander Mackay and Sir Charles Lyell, the re nowned geologist. In this paper will be found some very curious information in reference to the fanati cism of New England, referring especially to the Mormons and the Millerites. The wonderful spread of Roman Catholicism in the valley o f th e Mi ss i ss ippi is noticed, and the writer (disclaiming, while so do ing, " any shade of Protestant jealousy") speaks in terms of admiration of the goodness and beneficence of the Catholic missionaries. After sneering rather sardonically at the faults and blemishes of the Yan kees, the reviewer exclaims with enthusiasm— " But all Englishmen should remember this, that these their brethren of the New World have sown the insti tutions of Alfred, and the language of Shakepere, broad cast, from the Atlantic to the Pacific! that in the north eastern states at least, they have cherished and im proved upon the virtues of their fathers, and outgrown many of their vices; that the slavery f the southern states is a legacy from the parent land, and that all the ignorance and pauperism of New England is an overflow ,from Europe!" A rather gossipping paper follows on the " British Museum Commission," in which tha difficulties of compiling a catalogue are thus ingeniously illustrated: " One man might enter the ' Rejected Addresses' un der Satire, another under Drury-lane Theatre, a third under Parodies, a fourth under Imitations, a fifth under Horace , Smith, a sixth under James Smith, a seventh pos sibly under Courtship: if seven cataloguers were em ployed, it might depend upon which of the seven got this book to do; and if four different editions happened to fall to four different men, they might be distributed under four different heads." As a sample of the absurdities committed occasionally by the best cataloguers, we are told the subjoined ludicrous anecdote of a literary blunder : " In the sixteenth century lived G. J. Rheticus, well known as the most laborious calculator of tables that ever lived,And the friend and follower of Copernicus, a worthysman,'who had nothing to do with beer or ale ex cept to drink that modicum which would strengthen him without unfitting him for g oin g from his dintwr to his slow and laborious calculations of sines. The Bodleian catalogue has him down for a treatise on beer, Rheticus (G. J.) Cerviia,' said to be contained in the Amphi theatrum sapientice Socraticce juco scrim of Dornavius, a kind of toll() light reading of the year 1619. Now the fact is that Rheticus, honest man, made a joke—or what was called a joke in his day—upon the signs of the zodiac and Breslau beer, on which joke one Brusch wrote verses which Dornavius inserted in his miscellany: and hence the asserted work of Rheticus on beer, to the exclusion even of the zodiac, though he was an astronomer." The scholastic labours of Colonel Mure are eulo gistically celebrated in a charming criticism on the "Ancient Greek Language and Literature ;" and the fifth article compacts within a very readable compass a narrative of the " Euphrates Expedition." A delight ful paper on " Recent Classical Romances" awards the highest commendation to Mr. Robert Eyres Landor for his " Fawn of Sertorius " and his " Fountain of Arethusa." The eloquence and ear nestness of Miss Lynn as displayed in her beau tiful tale of " Arnymone," are also commended by the reviewer, although her classical correctness is declared inferior to that of the author of " Pericles." Wilkie Collins' " Antonina " comes in for a word of panegyric, being termed by the Edinburgh a splendid though rather over elaborated production. In refer ring to the various works of this kind which have been producedat various times we are surprised to find no mention whatever of that most exquisite of all classical romances, the " Teletnaque" of Fenelon. The article on " Emigration and Industrial Train ing" grapples boldly with one of the most embar rassing and problematic questions of the age; and the next one, scarcely less puzzling in character, exa mines into the various "Difficulties of Republican France." The peroration of the latter contribution is expressed thus emphatically;— _ _ " If the President will make secret war on the Assem bly, and intrigue for an illegal augmentation or con tinuance of power—if the Assembly will thwart the President and encroach upon his functions—if the con servative majority will fatter the press, and disfranchise half France, because it fears the Socialist minority— while the Socialist minority lives, moves, and breathes in a perpetual conspiracy against government and order,— the issue cannot be either distant or doubtful; and, end how it may, the result cannot but be lastingly injurious to France, and discrediting to the cause of representative government all over the world. Oar apprehensions for Republican France lie deeper, it will be seen, than any revision of an impracticable constitution, or any fusion of parties, honest or dishonest, can po ss ibly remove ." _ _ _ Dean Ali!man, the biographer of " Horace and Tasso" is favourably criticised in the concluding article of the present number of the Edinburgh, an article in which the genius of those great writers is discriminated with considerable accumen. Speaking of Pomponius Atticus,whom he happily terms t' the Prince of Trim mers," the reviewer says inadvertently, gist while At ticus burnt his correspondence, " Talleyrand seems to have extended his caution beyond the grave." The writer appears to be ignorant of the circumstance that the autobiography of the latter is only reserved for publication until after a certain number of years shall hare expired. Altogether, the Edinburgh for October indicates anew its right to rank at the head of all the periodicals.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. The race committee have got up an autumn meeting for Tuesday and Wednesday, and with every prospect of success. The railway directors, to give the public an opportunity of attending it, have announced special trains at 7s. 6d. first-class, ss. 6d. for the second-class, and 3s. 6d. for the third, for the double journey. CLT RRAGH RACES.—Tn URODAY. The raciug this day was very good; the attendance large and fashionable. The Lord-Lieutenant's Plato was won by Mr. Watts' colt the Marquess cleverly; the Sligo Stakes, after as fine a race as ever we witnessed, by the Perdita filly; and the Curragh Cesarewitch Stakes by Captain Grant, beating Ballinafad by a neck. An objection was made by the rider of Louis Philippe on the ground of a cross, which, after a patient investi gation by the stewards, was declared to be " frivolous and vexatious." His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant's Plate of 100 gui neas; two yrs old, 6st 51b; three, 9st 21b; four, lOst; five, lOst 51b; six and aged, lOst 61b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Red post. Mr. Watts' eh c The Marquess, 2 yrs...(J. Wynne) 1 Lord Waterford's c by Coranna—Monica, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Farrar's bl c Tapered, 2 yrs Mr. Coffey's h c by Monarch, 3 yrs 0 Mr. H. Coatsworth's ch c Hecate, 2 yrs . 0 Mr. French's b f Medes, 3 yra Mr. Courtenay's gr f Caprice, 3 yrs Mr. Irwin's br f Tribute, 2 yrs The Marquis and Coranna colt singled otit from the lot at the turn, and after a fine race the former won on the post rather easily. Sweepstakes of 50 sots., h ft, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 41b; fillies, Bst. New Anglesey Post. 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares, 51b to both. Lord Waterford's ch f by Bird . catcher, Perdita Mr. Watts' b f by Birdcatcher, out of Echidna Mr. Quin's br c Whiff (un) The following paid forfeit:—Mr. Courtensy'a ch c by Napier (un)—Mr. Courtenay's b c by Ben-Y-Glo (un)— Lord Waterford's ch f by Coranna (un)--Sir. St. George's ch c by Birdcatcher, Whim—Mr. b o Lord Edward. The Pardita filly made all the running, and won in a canter. Curragh of Kildare Cessrewitch Stakes, a free handi cap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, 50 added. About two miles and a quarter; second horse to save his stake. Mr. Disney's ch c Captain Grant, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 1 Mr. Irwin's ch h Ballinafad, 6 yra, 9st 71b Captain Oakes's ch f Dolly's Brae, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 Mr. Murphy's ch fby Tearaway, Zulitua,3 yrs, Est 7d3 0 Mr. M•Cormick'sch c Louis Philippe, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b 0 Lethargy, Whim colt by Veralam, and Larry's the Lad paid forfeit. Betting—Even on Captain Grant, who made the run ning at a slapping pace all the way with Ballinafad close at his quarter; a splendid finish between. the two ended in favour of the gallant highwayman. Selling Stakes, 5 goys. each with 25 added. Anglesey Post. Three years old, 7st 71b; four, Bst; five, six, and aged, Bst 61b; 31b to mares and geldings. All horses starting are subject to be sold for 200 sou. ' if entering to be sold for 150 to be allowed 51b; if for 100 sovs., 91b; if for 50 soya., 141 b; if for 25 soya., 181 b. The winner to be put up and sold by suction after the race, and any surplus to go to the Racing Fund. Mr. Cunningham's ch m Mies Fortune, aged (1001) 1 Mr. Harrison's b m Lethargy, 6 yrs (501) 2 Mr. Irwin's ch c Independence, 3 yrs (501) 0 Lord Waterford's ch f Modesty. 3 yrs (1501) 0 Mr. Walsh's b m Panic, aged (501) Mr. Doyle's ch m Pauline, h b, 5 yrs (251.) Mr. W. I - Zeynolds's b e by Templar, 3 yrs (501) 0 SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. .Measure for Measure has been revived here for the purpose of introducing Miss Glyn as Isabella. As this is a character essentially declamatory, in which any very strong exhibition of passion or burst of feeling would be contrary to the nature of the staid maiden, it is .a part better suited to the powers of Miss Glyn than many in which she has recently been in the habit of appearing, and accordingly she succeeded in giving a most effective representation of Shakspere's heroine. The play: which was cast as it was two or three seasons ago when first produced at Sadler's Wells, was well and evenly acted throughout; the best performance, however, being decidedly the Angelo of Mr. G. Bennett. The afterpieces at Sadler's Wells seldom form a main feature in an evening's entertain ment, but a new petite comedy, by Mr. E. Stirling, called The Teacher Taught, is worthy of mention. A staid youth with a dissipated father proposes to reform the latter by marrying him to a young lady, while he consents to take to himself the young lady's aunt as a means of assisting the match. In the progress of the scheme the young man falls in love with the juvenile, and is converted from pedantry to animation, and the elderly maiden is consigned to the parent. The delineation of a classical scholar is not very accurate, inasmuch as the youth is made to talk of So crates as an " ancient father," but the intrigue is pleasantly conducted, and the piece has the advantage of very lively and spirited acting. Mr. Hoskins, who plays the young pedant, is one of the most useful performers of the establishment. Here his quiet as sumption of gravity is highly ludicrous, but generally his line is the rapid and eccentric, to which he always gives effect by his unceasing flow of spirits. As a Shaksperian fop he is also valuable, and of his talent in this way his Lucio in Measure for Measure is a good specimen. "HANGMAN HAYNAU." The subjoined extract from a private letter of a nobleman of Transylvania to a friend residing in Eng land will be read with deep sympathy. The writer is Colonel Count G. Bethlen, formerly commander of the cavalry in Transylvania; and it is quite needless to add, having named him, that the strict veracity of his statement may be relied upon. The unfortunate Count Leiningen to whom he refers was a near rela tion of the half-brother of our own Queen. " You may imagine," writes Count Bethlen, " the pleasure with which I read the reception that the Austrian Hangman had met with in London. The words of General Count Leiningen some hours before his execution are very remarkable in relation to this event. He sent for me to visit him ; 'for the poor victims had an hour allowed them to take leave of their friends. I summoned up all the strength I could, as I entered his room, and he spoke to me with the greatest coolness. 'My dear friend, in a couple of hours I shall be no more. I assure you I die perfectly tranquil, in the full con viction that I die fur the most righteous of causes. The manner of my death is to me most painful. I have an unconquerable aversion and disgust for the halter. Were there the slightest possi bility I would use every means, I would even apply to my relations in other countries, to obtain fur me the Austrian grace to die by powder and shot. And to Haynau it could make no such great difference. I assure you I shudder when I think of this filthy operation.t Later in the course of conversation he observed, You will see, our infamous murder will excite the greatest sensation in England, and I recom mend Hay nau not to venture on a visit to England, for the people, will stone him.'"—Examiner. FIRE IN BERmoNDSET.— O n very destructive fire occur re d upon Tn The disastrousflames originated n to Mr. Bennington, a paintert and grainer, No. 5. Grange place,thus Grange-road, Bermondsey, eturday premises evening a belonging within a short distance of agration which happened on ' :—Mr. when B h en e ' t i t ' O h h n e u w r s , s c a d e s a n y e s n l a g a f s a tg. the e d in n a i e n e g i .. into - dentally let a lighted candle fall the liquid. The fire men who were on duty at th e f a hastened to the spot, and no doubtr fire in the same road the flames before they had e could have extinguished extended beyond the kitchen if they could only have obtained a supply of water. Unfor tunately one hour and twenty minutes of water could be obtained from parish, London Brigade, and. ne mains running through elapsed before a drop t the district. The engines of th e West of England office, were all remarkably early in ar riving, but owing to the want of water they were compara tively useless, and Mr. Ben ' nington's premises, his furniture, stuck in trade, and wearing apparel,'totally consumed. The sufferer was not insured for . were his a single farthing; family, who a few hours previously were in comparam e y circumstances, have been reduced to a st a te of utter destitu tion. Mr. Braidwood h report i his offi c i a l re t u rns the build ing destroyed for want of water, and No. 6, belonging to Mr. Harrison, and No. 4, occupied by Mr. Scott (both adjoining), injured by fire and removal. THE LATE MURDER AT D FUNE ODDINGHUEST.-- RAL OF THE MURDERED WOMAN. BRENTWOOD, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funeral of Jael Denny, the victim of the above horrible tragedy, took place this afternoon in the churchyard of the village of Doddinghurst_ -' distant about two miles and a half from the cottage in which the deceased's parents reside. The ceremony was conducted in the most private manner possible. About three o'clock a one-horse hearse of the commonest description, received the pauper ,coffin in which the body had been deposited, and immediately afterwards moved off towards Doddinghurst, followed by the aged father and mother, a sister of the deceased, and two or three neighbours. As the mourners walked, the funeral carriage was compelled to proceed at 41 very slow pace, and it was four o'clock before it arrived at the church. Here a small knot of villagers had assembled to witness the ceremony, b u t there was no indication of vulgarouriasity on the part of any one present. On the contrary, all the spectators appeared painfully impressed with the melancholy occasion. The coffin having been removed from the hearse, was conveyed into the church on the shoulders of four young me, precede y th d be vicar, the Rev. W. Manley, reading a po n rtion of the fune ral service. The coffin having on b ee n placed the trestles in the centre aisle, 'the usual prayers were read over the body, after which the procession returned into l t e churchyard, in a retired corner of which the coffin waslowered into a grave about five feet deep. The friends of the deceased, es p e _ dally her sister, as well as most of the bystanders, were painfully affected, and the scene altogether was of a very melancholy character. • KING JAMES IN LANCASHIRE' --But this is not the only "pleasant conceit" of which the " wise monarch" i s said to have delivered himself during .his visit to Hoghton Tower. On the way from Preston his _ a ttention was at tracted by a huge boulder sto ne whic h lay in th e roads i de, and was still in existence not a century ag o , .. 0 , my saul," cried he, " that meikle stane would build a br a' chap -ost Sto th pin block for my Lord I, ro% • ere be letters ette thereon : unto what purport? Several ! voices recited the inscription : " Ile tel thee plains. " Turn me o're, an " Then turn it over," sail the monarch ; and a lon g an d laborious toil brought to light the following satisfactory in telligence : " Flot porritch makes hard cake soft, So tome me o'er againe." "MY swab" said the sing, "ye, ss h m all tm gang roman' to your place again: these coun tr y gawkmanna ken th e r iddl e without the labour."—.Notes and Queries. THE UNIVERSITY Commisstox.—The first meeting of the Commission to inquire into the state of education in the University of Oxford took place at two o'clock on Satur day, in Lord John Russell's office in Downing -street. All the members of the Commission were present,_ as well as the Rev. A. P. Stanley , their se cretary. The second meeting takes place to day. THE FrsnErtr.—The Mount's Bay drift boats have taken this last week from 200 to 1,000 fish per night.—Corn wall Gazette. A S C OUNDREL CAUGHT.--A German named Thomas has been arrested in Luxembourg on the charge of having swindled several Englishmen out of 251. each, on the pretence of requiring those sums as securities for their accep tance of the posts of professors of English in the " university" of that Duchy—an establishment which does not exist. he had described himself in London as the Envoy of the Duchy, and had induced his victims to proceed thither. Mr. Turner's Act for "diminishing delay and ex pense in Chancery" will come into operation on the first day of term, , • . - • ' ' • . • CEYLON RA ILWA Y. —The meeting of this company, advertised for Saturday, did not take place, owing to the want of a sufficient attendance of proprietors. HUNTING APPOIN rMENTS. The F. B. hound' will meet on Tuesday, at Withiel; on Friday, a: Kennel-10i. The York and Ainsty 11:;s., Tues., Goldsborough-hall; Thurs., Pill-mo , )r, Sas,ey; Sat., Skipwith-bridge-loi. Sir T4tton S)kes's hds., Wed., Castle Howard; Fri., Whin-moor-build-10}. The Sinuington hd3., Tues., Cawton; Fri., Catter bridge-10. Tne llambleton Hs., Tues., Limekild-house; Fri., Sutton-10. Captain H. Lewis'e bars., Tues., Mr. Coates's; Sat., Morton-bridge-11. Mr. Morgan's hds., Thurs, Luseombe-plantations —lof. Mr. Trelawny's hds , Tues., Buller's-arms, Dean; Fri., Puslinch Mr. Furse'd lids., Wed., Buckland-brower; Fri., Bram blecombe Iddebleigh—i of. The Biackdown lids., Sat., Stop-gate, Old Stoke road—l O. The Tiverton hds., Thurs., Stone, near Exton; Sat., Two-gates, Winbford•hilt. The Brighton 'hers., Wed., Race-course; Fri., Dyke —lot. The Brookside harrs., Thurs., Telsoombe-tye-14 The Worthing hare., Tues., Broadwater-green; Fri., Steyning-post— 10i. Carmarthenshire, Tues., Abergwlly ; Tre• vaughan-bridge-10. The Tivyside hds., Thurs., Dolbalid-10. The Llanelly hds., Wed., Laughor; Sat., Llanon-10i. Harrogate, Fri., Graystone-plain. Durham County, Wed., Burnopaide; Fri., Stony gate— tOi. The Murpeth hers.. Thurs., Heighley-gate. Mr. Hellier's hds., Tues., the Swan, at Trimby; Thurs., Hainton ; Sat., Dolby-bar-10f. The B. V. H., Tues., Druee-down ; Sat., Cerne hill-11. CONDITION OF THE COUNTILY.—The extraordi nary diminution of business in the Bankruptcy and Insol. vency Courts bears emphatic testimony to the flourishing condition of the country. Never before were they so little occupied as at thi: moment. The Gazettes of last week pre sented altogether but live bankrupts, the usual number two years ago being twenty in each gazette, or an average of - forty per week.—Law Times. AN IRRITABLE AMATEUR.--A gentleman, of no mean pretensions in art, and of acknowledged talent, sent more than one picture to the exhibition at present open in the Argyle Arcade (Glasgow), expecting, no doubt, that they would fix the wandering gaze, and excite the most lively admiration. What one of them might have done it is impossible now to say, for the ill-natured gentlemen who hung the pictures, having strangely overlooked the merits of the one in question, placed it in the staircase in such a posi tion that hardly one solitary ray of light descended on the canvass. The thing was really too bad, and required re dress, and redress was obtained; bat of such a character that few men, save those possessed of more than ordinary courage, would have bad nerve to go through with what was necessary. Armed with a brush and whitewash, the offended artist proceeded quietly to the exhibition-rooms on Saturday, evening, where he deliberately effaced from the disgraced picture every appearance of form , or trace of colour; end there it hung in this condition—at least it did so yesterday— a curious illustration of the adage, that desperate cases re (Tireasa n de t s apireraairtewr,eemcaendnieost. pr l e V t ' e h n a d t mtoaydirci9nme.e_oi‘utroriothtlaßieriutuhp p e Mail. Dia Loss or THE SUrEßß.—Orders have been sent from the Home-office, directed to Sir Thomas le Breton, the procureur-general at Jersey, commanding that the cap tain and mate of the Superb steamer should be put upon their trial with all .necessary dispatch, consistent with the forms of Jersey jurisprudence, for their culpable conduct, by which so many lives were wantonly sacrificed.—Ministerial Paper. , BELGIAN CATTLE.—The steamers from Belgium are bringing live cattle as part of their cargoes, which has not been before usual to any extent during the year. The steamer Sir Edward Banks, just arrived from (Mend, 44 brought 100 sheep, the produce of Belgium.