The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-21 00:00:00

New York City Fives of 1858 to 1860 at 103, and 1870 t') 1875 at 106. A'ahama Five' have been in request at 85 ri , a- cont. Illinois Internal Improvement Stock brings 52 to 52k. Pennsylvania Fives are not in active request, and the same may he sail of Indiana securitie3. (F. L. Talcott and Co.'s Circa/ar.) NEW YORK, SEPT. G. Cotton—Confirming our last,: per Europe, of the 21 lust., we continua our report of the market ad interin. The sales of the 3d were 800 to 1,000 bales, at very full and hardening prices. On the 4th we received, at 3 P st., telegraphic, advice% from the Hibernia at Halifax. Prior to their receipt 3,000 bales were sold at ica ad vance, consequent on the receipt of further udvices of injuries done to the crop by the hurricane on the 24th ulr. After the receipt of the Liverpool advices of the 231 (which were !more favourable than anticipated), holders again advanced their rates 1 , 1 -,z. to 2e., and which was vest , rday paid—the sales reaching 2,500 bales. To-day the transautions reported on 'Change were 2,200 bales at full and hardening prices. We advance our quo tations to conform to the business doing. Growing Crop.—We cannet yet estimate correctly the extent of the damage to the crop from the recent hurri cane, owing t i the continued irregularity end failure of the southern mails. From the information before us we can speak positively of great damage in South Carolina, Gaorgia,F;orida, and the nor hero part of Alabama. :From the interior of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and 'Tennessee, we have no late advices, but as the let ters from Mobile and New Orleans of the 28th make no allusf.,n to the storm, wo dila!: the crop in the south west has escapad its ravages. From Mobilo we 7, -ester day claming received a telegraph!c communication or the 31st ult. (six days by telegraph) as follows:—" Mid dling 121 e. No later news trom Liverpool than 9:h of August. Crop continues to suffer. Forms and bolls are shedding from continued drought on sandy lands, and in some sections of black lands worms have appeared." The long crop estimators of July and August have disappeared ; the most extreme opinion that we now hear advanced is 2,250,000 bales, and this with many saving clauses. As near as we can arrive at a reliable and candid view. .ofthe . subject on this site, by canvass• ing the opinions of well-informed rarties, we believe it to be that the yield cf. 1850 and 1851, with a late frost, will not vary much from that of last season, and with an early one will fall materially short cf it. Our own opinion has been, since the lateness of the planting season and date of bloom was fixed, and still is, that the crop 'will, under any circumstances, be a moderate one, but how moderate it is too early to estimate. Atlantic Cott ins Gulf Cottons. Inferior - • 12 to Ordinaryato Good O. Mid. to Good Mid. Mid. Fair to Fair • l3 to 14 14+ to 14i Fully Fair to Good Fair 141- to 141 • ... 14 to 15 Freight to Liverpool, 3 16'1. ; to Havre, NOTICE. THE AUTHOR OF "ROCKINGIIAM."-Mr. COLBI'RN begs to announce that he will shortly publish a new Work of Fiction, entitled " LOVE AND AMBITION," by the Author of "Rockingham," in 3 vGls. Those who dcsi e early copies are requested to send their orders Ur mediately to the Libraries. Henry Coß:urn, Publisher, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. For a few nights only, Adelphi Company and Adelphi Pieces. Second Price at Eight o'clock. THIS EVENING, Will be performed (Gth time) an entirely new Comedy, in three Ac's, entitled GI ttALD ; or, The Miller's Wife. Philip, Mr. Hughes ; Don Japhet della Tromba, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Don Manual de Etyar, Mr. Boyce ; Gil, Mr. Wright ; the Grand Duchess, Miss Emma: Harding ; Girald a. Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be foliated by BORN TO GOOD Luca; or, An Irishman's Fo:tune. Paudeen O'llafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Count Maid, Mr. Lam bert; Manfredi, Mr. Boyce ; Nina, Miss Woolgar. After which a home-made Extravaganza, entitled DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of Giralda and the New Farce, THIS' EVEN NO, Will be performed GlalTh.-C; or, the Invisible Husband, snp pitted by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farrell, jun., Comp ton ;Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. After which THE OLDEST INHABITANT, In witch Messrs. W. Farces. Compton. Diddear, Norton; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Great Novelty in the Scenes of the Arena. First Night of the Equestian Ladies' Fete. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnilloient Spectacle of Mazcppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arcna, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the metropolg, which will bo continued a few nights longer. Third Week of the accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie. TINA EVENING, Wit he produced Lord Byron's gor4eous Spectacle of M.tZEPPA end the WILD liOlt E. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Clicks. To be succeeded by the Equestrian Ladies' Fele, the Scenes of the Circle beln; performed and conducted exclusively by the highly ta lented Female Artist:: of the Establishment. To conclu le with the iopular Melodrama, entitled WARDOCK RENNELSON. Box.ofllce open From Eleven till Four 9.taze Nla.nazer. Mr. W. West. HMO WATER AI LONDON RRIDGFi. Tars PAT —Morning 5G min. after 1 I Evening 8 min. after 2 To-Moaaow— Morning 25 min. after 2 I Evening 40 min. after 2 TEIE WEATEIER.—Sux OFFICE, SPa-ricunEa 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. ' 62 this day, at noon. BA ROMHTEII, IVDIn S.S.W.—moderate breeze and tine; heavy rain during the night, )...._.„. f. 41 , , .......,.,(:),.,;: ui4--4 7 4-k -:1, , "-..,,,,13/ ;.--,-. -........ ---.-., ` - --‘ , 7r; --1 - ',er"'" \-•..v . , ,:47 , 1t..t .- - z, C <.,\._ %.' , 6!.. - i.':.: t:.7•._.k , .z.., , „.:'"•::,_ ~,;,, - , .--.i.. ~ ,, A.L:.1,, . .‘-- : . ,•:z..,,,. - ,„ Az. ts - ...7=. ;; ;--, ..-1 mating and despicable enthusiasm. Occasionally, it is true, amongst ourselves some miserable creature, carried away by his imitative insanity, surpasses even the mobs of New York and Washington by the folly of his self-abasing adulation, as where some wretched wight the other day in Liverpool, mimicking the homage paid of old to the LORD in Palestine, followed the Swedish Nightingale through the multitude to touch the kern of her garment. Altogether, however, the madness of this popular sycophancy to persons in any way distinguished is rendered the most conspicuous and appreciable by that aggregation of toadyism which can be seen nowhere so glaringly as in a con course of American citizens. There the pandering to the mere lust of popularity runs rampant, until those who, like ourselves, are looking on with dispassionate inquisitiveness, are shamed into some moderation of our own ardour. So, likewise, is it inevitably in regard to the cultivation of an appetite for horror, such, for example, as finds its highest enjoyment in feasting on ail particulars relating to the last mo ments of any very horrible murdt-rer in the condemned cell and on the scaffold. 0: this we have had in the last scenes of the career of Professor WEDSTER a most disgusting and ghastly illustration. The public curiosity, after being excited to the utmost possible de gree by the protracted nature of the trial and of the substq lent deliberations in regard to the sentence, was gratified in a horrid manner by the minuteness of the details, collected, printed, and published in reference to this atrocious assassin. Scarcely a quiver of the muscles passed across his countenance but it was recorded. Not a groan broke from his lips in darkness and apparent solitude but it was noted down with historical exactness. The utter ances of wisdom which fell like precious stones from the mouth of the great and the good Dr. JOHNSON were not more scrupulously committed to paper by the obsequious BoswELL, than the hypo critical phrases and stilted platitudes which formed the staple of the conversation of this most atrocious miscreant. By regarding these melancholy spectacles as they transpire upon the arena of public events in the United States, it is impossible but that wholesome deductions must be drawn from them by the impartial spectator. It is in this spirit that we have .referred to them in the present instance. It is in this spirit that we shall direct attention to their re currence at every available opportunity. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Republique republishes the protest against the logitinncy of the Dac DE BORDEAUX, alleged to have been made by LOUIS PHILIPPE, then Duke of OR LEANS in 1820, and published in August 1831, just previous to his election to the throne as King of the French. The Republique in commenting on this protest says— " That ono of two conclusions must be come to, namely, either that the Duke de Bordeaux is illegitimate and has no claims to the throne, even according to the principle of hereditary right, or that Louis Philippe, in order to prepare his way to the throne, w as gu il t y o f an act which should have covered him with infamy." The Moniteur du Soir has the following:— " It is from and after Tuesday next, the 24th Sep tember, at the journals will have to conform to the enactmeWof the new law on the pre,s, relative to the signatures to be attached to political articles." The National publishes the reply of the Porn to the appeal of the Jesuit conductors of the Univers, against the condemnation passed on their proceedings by the Archbishop of Portz . The Porn gives the writers in the Univers full credit for their intentions, but he adds, that it appears to the "venerable brother who governs the Church of P,tris,” that they have, in the heat of discussion, gone so far as to oc casion some prejudice to the cause they defend ; and he accordingly recommends them to "moderate the enthusiasm of their zeal," and to e, listen to the coun sels of their beloved father." By a decision of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, General BONET, commanding the artillery of the 2(1 military division, has been named Commandant of the Polytechnic School, in the room of General PONCE.. LET, who has been allowed to make good his clai:ns to retire. General liimiEwr has been appointed Commandant of the Artillery of the Ist military di vision. The Sulut Public of Lyons, says :--e" The last news received from America have checked the activity of our manufacturers. L Orders come in slowly, and can not in part be executed, owing to the restrictions placed on the manufactories by the American agents. [he enormous quantity of manufactured goods, which were produced by our manufactories, and also by those of Switzerland and Germany, in the year 1849 and 1850, have also partially caused the present slackness. The markets of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, are literally encumbered. The letters received by the last steamers announce that sales by auction were about to take place in different towns, to get rid of the goods accumulated in the ware houses, and to free the capital which paid for them. These sales at a loss will no doubt be beneficial to us, but it is not probable that the effect of them will be immediately felt. Among other causes of this slackness, we must not forget the poor silk harvest in France and Italy, and consequently the high price of that article. The silks, in fact, keep up at a price which they have not had for a long time past, and the letters we received from the fair of Aubenas, which took place on the 15th, are not of a nature to cause it to be believed that they will fall much for some time." The many trite and familiar sayings which bewail the miseries of royalty and console the humble and lowly, by the assurance .that " uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," receive a frequent and very emphatic contradiction when we contemplate the every-day life of Queen VICTORIA. In the accounts, for example, of the pure and simple but apparently not unjoyful festivities of Balmoral, we find some thing more than idle gossip to amuse the curious, we discover abundant matter for thoughtful congratula tion. The most democratic of us all, who would re solutely refuse to bow the head to a throned tyrant, even if invested with the genius or girt about with the glory of a NAPOLEON, may take a loyal pleasure in the domestic happiness of a SOVEREIGN who has so admirably and so practi cally testified her acquaintance with a truth which all rulers hitherto have found to be the most difficult of lessons—namely, that the king is made for the people, not the people for the king. So, while other sovereignties, from the venerable dynasty of Austria to the recent monarchy of the Barricades, have become the sport of fortune, forgetful of the truth aforesaid, Queen VICTORIA has found, with every succeeding year, her throne more secure and I her popularity more enthusiastic ; and now, when the vicissitudinous career of Louis PHILIPPE has been ended by a death of exile, while the heir of the ancient BouanoNs is still a hopeless wanderer, while NICHOLAS and FERDINAND, holding their crowns with " the red right hand," rise the objects of worldwide indignation and abhorrence, VICTORIA saunters amid the wild beauties of Balmoral, not only untramelled by the etiquette of state, but free from all the cares and alarms which so often rack the brain that wears a crown. The example is worth consideration in these days of renovated constitution?. It is applicable to all Governments, whether repub lican or royalist. No matter by what name the supreme power be denominated, whether Emperor, King, or President, that power springing from the pcolle must be wielded fur and through the people alone. Arbitrary power may be invested with a temporary splendour, but it bears within itself the elemen's of decay, whereas a liberal constitution, such as that which we enjoy, and a Sovereign who, ike Queen VICTORIA, regne mais ne gouverne pas," and finds her happiness in so maintaining the balance of power, remains undi'turbed by the storms of fac tion or the tempests of revolutionary excitement. Tnroned in the affections of her people, she can fled leisure amidst all the cares of her supreme dignity to participate in those domestic enjoyments which it ha s been one of the principal objects of her reign to secure to the meanest amang the numbers of our population. She feels the tranquillity of her virtuous Court guaranteed by the recollection of that con stitutional policy which for more than twelve years has characterised the acts of her government. Bearing this remembrance in mind, it is not possible to look with indifference at the royal seclusion in the gardens of Balmoral, where the descendant of the House of Brunswick is sojourning, not only un leolested but beloved, encompassed by that loyal at tachment which Scotland formerly bestowed alone upon the STUARTS. An instructive moral may be drawn from the position of Queen VICTORIA, when contrasted with that of the KING at Potsdam, or the EMPEROR at Schcenbrunn, with that of the PRESI DENT at Paris, or the AUTOCRAT at St. Petersburgh. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 20.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 93f. 60c.; Three per Cents., 58f. 10c.; Bank Actions, 2,310 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 7% ex div.—East Indian, 91 4 Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 14 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 24 1 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3:N. SPAIN. Mairid journals of the 15th have arrived. They contain no intelligence of public importance, The Bolsa was closed on the 15th. Mr. George Alfred Walker,• the champion of the extramural interments fight, is now rusticating in Lincoln shire. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., has just returned from Berne, after winding up his affairs in Switzerland, con sequent on resigning his appointment as principal Secretary of the British Legation to the Swiss Confederation. Lady Peel, accompanied by Capt. William Peel, R.N., and bliss Peel left Jersey a few days ago fur a tour in France. The Rev. D. A.'Weir has been elected Professor of Oriental Languages in the University of Glasgow, in the place of the late Dr. Gray. ATHENS, SEPT. B.—An (vent of melancholy in terest to the English community of this place has occurred during the week. Lord William Clinton, who has only been here a short time, attached to the British mission, having imprudently started on a tour in the interior during the very great heats, returned here on Monday last dan z orously ill. In 48 hours he was a corpse, notwithstanding every attention paid to him ; but it was evident from the eiret that he could not recover, the fever having been raging within him for several days, and without the means of obtaining any medical assistance. He was followed to the grave by the diplomatic body and the Engbah mission and the English residents here. His Lordship was the fourth sun of the Duke of New castle, and was born on the 13th of January, 1815. POOLE AND Mu. GORDON.—Mr. Gordon's address to the " independent electors" of Poole, on retiring from the approachingta, characterie ~an (wihl i c iee o ta n i hedesst.,l givestas gratifiedto the town.e considerably says idera from it "ag r t e l e i e " Although not without hope of success hboudglhtpearspipstaeuds-e_a t h i o Di pe p e r x in a e l es b3 o - f y year rfrlelea-tttreardileigr will and not permit me on this occasion to proceed further in soliciting " your votes. The cause for which I have already sacrificed a great deal on various occasions is too good a one to be placed in the smallest jeopardy by the undue i n d u l gence o f personal ambition. I h ope whoever wins the day, Free-trader or Pro ofteeethilel leteeeipenhiaisheeein vagariescti t, eeoi,the 'African squadron, a n d th e On Sunday last, M. D u • puts-Delcourt made an at tempt to ascend in his balloon from Rouen. The filling of the balloonthe Tivoli-garden s a t eleven o'clock. and at ab out one the commenced at about sufficiently inflated, entered the ear, aaeeereonaut, thinking it Preis 'r, a scientific gentleman of the pleee mpr led by a Mr nishmeht, f 'Lind that it would not rise. ,but, to his asto was thrown out, but still without effect, While A the e h e e ballast was deliberating in his mind as to the means of lightening the balloon still more, a sudden gust of wind drove it along . the tops of tl e trees which surround the place of ascent, dragging the car violently along the ground. A number of persons laid hold of the ropes , and at length succeeded i n stopping its course, but not before all the scientific instru ments belonging to M Preisser had been broken. T'ae aero naut still expressed his determination to make further at tempts to ascend, but the authorities interfered and prevented him. On examination it was found that the gas escaped from the balloon in two places—one leak having been caused by the balloon striking against a tree, and the other by the safety-valve having been damaged. WESTMOItE LAND AND CUAII3EIIL AND AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY.—CARLTST,E, SEPT. 19.—The annual exhi bition of stock took place yesterday. After the ploughing matches and other e exhibitions, the members of the society dined together at the, Crown and Sceptre. On the ground and at the dinner we observed Lord Carlisle. the Bishop of Carlisle, Sir James Graham, M.P., Colonel Lowther, M.P., the Dean of Carlisle, Mr. P. IL Howard, the Hon. Mr. Gage, Mr. Marshall, M.P., Captain Graham, the High Sheriff of the county, the Rev. Canons Gipps, l'ercv, Goodenough, &c. Lord Carlisle occupied the chair.. His Lordship and Sir J. (graham addressed the meeting at great length, but abstained from all political remarks. ' AN EXTRAORDINARY OTTER.--An otter of unu stial dimensions, weighing twenty-five and a half pounds, was shot on Wednesday, tinder the Stoke Railway Bridge, near Brampford Speke, by Mr. Elliott, and may now be seen at Mr. Truscotes, bird and animal preserver, .North Street; Exeter.— Western Times. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1850. absence, or to increase the votes of the council in certain cases. The vice-president, ordinary and ex traordinary councillors, the secretary, and the subal tern functionaries of the council of state are named by his liocixess. No Councillor of State can exer cise the business of advocate or attorney. The coun cil of state discusses matters relating to government or to administration, as well as to contentious affairs. It is divided into two sections, one for Legislation and Finance, the other for the interior. The former section takes cognisance of all matters belonging to finance and justice, the latter discusses all affairs re lating to the other Ministerial departments. The more important matters referred to the council of state consist in projects of new laws, the interpreta tion of existing ones, questions of competence of Ministers, the examination of municipal laws, and of the acts of provincial councils, and all affairs directly sent to the council cf state by the Pore. The power of the council of state in nun contentious matters is merely consultative ; its resolutions, whether taken in the general or in the sectional sittings, are consi dered as mere opinions. In all contentious matters of administration, the council exercises the functions of a magistrate within the limits to be determined by a special regulation. The Ministers may ha present at the general and at the sectional sittings. When, at a general bitting, the cardinal president or the vice-president de clares the discussion closed, the council imme diately proceed,: to the vote. Six council lors,plreesri five of whom must be ordinary, and eith e r th e a d t e e unless th e re b e a t l eas t nt' form a quorum. The sections s nt caonrnoaticdee b three councillors present, two of whom must be ordi nary. All the' members present sign the resolution or opinion which they have voted ; it is then submitted by the president to the Pore, if the affair has been sent by him to the council ; if not it is submitted to the Council of Ministers, or to the competent Mi nister, upon whose report the PoPE decides. The general sittings of the council of state take place once a week—the sittings of the sections twice a week. The cardinal president may convoke extraordinary sittings when he thinks proper. The ordinary coun cillors and the secretary have a fixed salary. Both these laws bear the date of the 10th. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 16th publishes an official contradiction of the rumour of an outbreak in Sardinia. The tranquillity of the island has never been disturbed, neither have any troops been ordered from Genoa to Cagliari. The Archbishop of CAG• LIARI has been placed under arrest. The mission of Signor PINELLI to Rome has failed. Mr. FREEBORN is about to resign his functions as British Consul at Rome. MANSION-IJOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) Barney _Hagan and Mary Hagan, father and daughter were brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, the latter charged with stealing a valuable brooch, the property of her master, and the former with having it in his possession. It appeared that the male prisoner went yesterday afternoon to a pawnbroker, named Harrison, in the Minories, to pledge the brooch, but some suspicion being entertained a policeman was called in, and he was given into custody. He said he had received the brooch from his daughter, who was a servant, but he pre tended not to know where she lived. It was, however, ascertained that she was in the employ of Mr. Benjamin Meyer Louis Rothschild, a jeweller, who carried on business at No. 2, South-street, Finsbury, and on the policeman going there he saw the female prisoner, who, on being questioned, admitted having hal a brooch in her possession, but said it had bcen given to her by a b oy two or three months ago, when she was passing through Petticoat-lane, and that she had lately made a present of it to her sister. An interview was then obtained with her master, who said the brooch belonged to him, and that he had lost it for eight days. The prosecutor, who was called, identified the brooch, which he said had been stolen front an iron safe in his counting-house. The female prisoner had only been about ten or twelve days in his service. Both the prisoners were remanded until the evidence of the pawnbroker could be obtained. WESTMINSTER.--(THIS DAY.) Mary Cumming was charged before Mr. Burrell with an assault on Sarah Ferguson. Sarah Ferguson stated that she met the defendant in St. Martin's•lane at half-past seven last night, when she abused her; saw ber again about half•past eight in York-street, when she again called her bad names, and struck her with such violence as to knock her down, when she stabbed her with a pair of scissors in her neck, and inflicted a terrible blow on her eye. Mr. BURRELL (to complainant)—What is the cause of defendant annoying you? Complainant—l was some time ago witness against her, when the bad 21 days for stealing a purse, and she has been annoying me ever since. The prisoner denied having interfered with com plainant till she struck her, when she being the strongest woman, got the best of her. Sho denied having had scissors or anything else in her hand. Complainant had constantly taunted her since she had been in prison. Fined 51., or two months' imprisonment. The congregation of Bayswater Episcopal Chapel have presented to their pastor, the Rev. C. Smalley, N.A., on his completing the 21st year of his ministry at that chapel, a splendid silver centre piece for the table, weighing 140 ounces. Major Jones, of the 11th Hussars, was put under arrest by Lieut• Colonel the Wart of Cardigan, at Norwich Barracks, on the 19th of September. DELIBERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—An attempt at murder, accompanied by circumstan ces o f muc h delibera tion,last, at Cre w ' s H o l e, near t hi s e d n a) i)etween t wo men named James city.„ o A cc c u i i r s r p e u d t e o b n a dT;rei arisen Price and William Hicks, about blasting a quarry, which is the property of Price, but which h e h as let t) flicks. On the afternoon of the day in question Price, having armed hiniielf with a loaded gun, went to the quarry, accompanied by his son-in-law, a man named James B r y an t, an d or d ere d Hicks's men to leave off working ; they declined to do so, apon which he said, " If you do not desist I will shoot you," and Bryant said, " `hoot them, shoot them, I'll stand the racket." Price immediately levelled his gun, and shot a man named Joseph Pearce, shattering his hand to p'eces. The poor fellow was immediately remove d to our Inf i rmary, where he now lies. Intelligence of the outrage having been conveyed to P. S. Hazen, No. 70, that active officer, assisted by P.C. Porter, 71, succeeded in apprehending the offenders, Price and Bryant, who were taken before Mr. Hughes, by whom they were remanded to await the recovery of Pearce. —Bristol Mercury. CAUTION AGAINST GOING ON RAILWAYS.—On Wednesday last a fatal accident occurred on the South Wales Railway, near Skewen. Whilst one of the trains was passing along at a rapid rate, an old man on crutches, between eighty and ninety years of age, got knocked down by one of the carriage=, and had his leg fractured in two places. He suffered so much that he expired yesterday. From what we have learnt, the accident was entirely the result of his own impru dence. He has been warned off the li ne f requent l y, b ut to no purpose. When the train came in sight, he was seen standing on the line, and although the engine -driver sounded the whistle, put on the breaks, and took every possible pre caution to attract attention, the poor old fellow took no notice, and thus fell a victim to his want o f caut i on an d dis obedience of orders. —Cambrian of Friday. We regret to hear that the Bishop of London, who is absent on the Continent, has been for some ' t i ine su ff er i ng under great indisposition, occasioned, in a great measure, by the anxiety of mind to which he has been subjected by late events in the Church.—Church and State Gazette. A PACT FOR THE PROTECTIONIST?.-At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Swansea Union, held yesterday, there was not a single application for relief from one of the seventeen agricultural parishes com prised in this union. The only applications made were by parties residing in the town, and those numbered only two. Some months ago, the business of -the Bard generally en gaged the attention of the chairman and the guardians from ten till four o'clock in the attrnoon. For some weeks past the number of applicants for relief has diminished so nancli that the business has not detained them more than a few hours. Such has been the effect of in the Swansea Union. Cambrian of Friday. Baron Brunow (the Russian Minister) has re turned to London from St. Petersburgh. Ills Excellency had only reached the Russian capital a few days before he received the distressing news of the demise of Malle. Olga de Lechner, his step-daughter. • '• • • - - ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER.—On Thursday two fatal accidents took pl ace on t h e r i v e r .' The first was that of a boy named Joh n W a lk er, aged 10 years, w h o was employed on a barge moo re d o ff the 'funnel Pier, Wapping, and who whilst walking al , ng the side of the vessel fell overboard. An alarm was raised, and every exertion made to save him, but he never rose to the surface of the water, and was conse quently lost. The body has not yet been found. The second accident happened to a man named James Conway, a mariner belonging to a vessel called the Scarborough, lying off Hermitage-stairs, near the London Docks. He by som e means fell overboard, and before assistance could be afforded was carried away by the tide. --- As the shadow follows the body in the splendour of the fairest sunlight, so will tho wrong done to another pursue the soul in the hours of prosperity.—Eliza Cook's Journal. In Russia there are special hospitals for the use of the distressed nobility. An official notification, in the last number of the Police Gazette of St. Fetersburgh, makes known that in consequence of the closing of one of the nobles' hospitals, in that city, a new one of o 6 beds is to be opened for male nobles in the town of Oboukhoff. The following is the text of the clause of the will of the late King Louis Philippe relative to his testamentary executors:—" I name for my testamentary executors, M. Dupin, Baron Laplange-Barris, Count de Montalivet, the Duke do Montmorency, and M. Scribe, to whom I am happy to give this proof of my confidence in, and my feelings towards them." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There is again an aop4rent anomaly in the weekly return of the, iiink of England to the 14:6 inst., since, in the face of larger advs•nees upon securities, there is no addition to the circulation; on the coutrary. It is, however, still the public deposit account that is the cause of this ri jecti.m or return of notes, and until the qlsr terly payments begin, we can expect no alteration in this reap - ct. The private balances were lessened a little to meet the usual requirements of the mercantile com• munity while the transfer books are closed. The bul lion was added to, anti, taking the whole of the items, the result of a comparison with the previona week is as follows: Notes Issued Increase Rest ••• ... 30,189.140 ..• 88,565 3,556,028 Increase 5 784 Public Deposits 9,488,907 Intro use ... 603,121 Other Deposits 9,032,8G5 Decrease 73.810 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,264,518 Increase 3,760 Government Securities ... 14,433 230 Increase ... 2,383 Other Securities ... ... 11,908.694 Increase 208,435 Notes 10,947,430 Increase 328,410 Bullion ... 16 795 104 Increase • • ~. ••• 88 161 Active Circulation ... 19,241 710 Decrease ... ... 239 875 The negotiation of Bills of Exchange upon the prin cipal cities of tho Continent was effected yesterday after• noon upon somewhat lower rates for 90 days' paper:— Paris 25 50 to 55, Hamburgh 13 10 to 104-, Amsterdam 12, 1 to 2, Frankfurt 1201 to i s and Trieste 11, 54 to 58. The sudden revulsion in the market prices of Railway Shares, after the late rapid advance, may be appropriately demonstrated to have: no reference to traffic, but to be rather the result of speculation and profit realisations. Taking all the railways of the United Kingdom, we shall find but a very limited number that did not last week experience an increase of traffic. An analysis of the takings shows an excess to the following amounts compared with the like peri, , d of 1849:—Aberdeen 8911., Caledonian 569/, Eiinburgh and Glasow 3481., North British 5741. YANKEE RAT TRAP.—Among the list of new patents issued in June last, is one for an invention of Mr. Stephens, of Maryland, whereby he has endeavoured to bring the science of optics to aid him in constructing a trap for catching rats. In this new trap a mirror is so arranged that the rut wiJich looks at the bait shall see his own image reflected in such a position as will lead him to believe that a second rat is trying to get before him . in seizing the bait; and when the first rat has been caught, his image will be re flected by:a mirror, so that the next rat who shall look at'the bait shall see two rats apparently striving to seize it, thus decoying him upon the turning table, which yields to his weight and precipitates him into the body of the trap._ Lowell Courier. We regret to learn that Christopher Kreeft, Esq., Consul-General for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, died rather suddenly on Thursday last, at his residence in town. The boats of th e f i shermen at Scarborough have been so loaded wi t hi n the last few days with herrings, cod fish, and salmo n , as to make fish attainable almost for nothing. Her r i ngs i n Sunderland are ten a penny. Codi fish, weighing from Six for 6d, each. to eight pounds, have been sold them The Duslin and Kingstown 2734, Great Southern and Weacrn of Ireland 1,6721., and Midland Great Western of Ireland 2251. The Bristol and Exeter 6541., Chester and Holyhead 1,865/., East Lancashire 1,1931., Great Northern 4,421/., Great Western 3,643/., Lancashire and Yorkshire 3,0111., North-Western 3,2804, Brighton 1,5814, South-Western 2 463/, Midland 7811., North Stafford 677/., South- Eastern 4,020/., and York and North Midland 1,046'. The instances of a decrease comprises Eastern Coun ties, 1151., and York and Berwick, 2371. The Paris and Rouen receipts were larger by 1,729/., the Rouen and Havre by 866/., the Amiens and Bou logne by 6781., and the Dutch Rhenish by 2221. The amount of silver exported direct from London this week is 41,200 ounces, and of Gold 311 ounces and 4,000/. The accounts from Yerksbire describe trade as being very active, but in Lancashire it is rather duller again. There are adviees of May 26 from Port Phillip. The Rev. Dr. Lsng had been rel , ased from his imprisonment for debt. The colony was prosperous, and labourers found ready employment. The Funds are very quiet. Consols 96i for Trans fer and 96i for Account. Exchequer -bills are 633. premium. There is scarcely anything doing. A feeling of extreme di.gust has been excited by the announcement that the Spanish Junta of Public Credit would not adopt the plan of the English committee, or even suggest any other. The following is a notice on the subject:— " The Committee for regulating the debt of Spain, whilst admitting the justice of our claims and the mode rate terms of proposed compromise, have declined to re commend their acceptince to the Government, upon the plea that Spanish Finance is not equal to sustain the burden which those terms would entail upon it, and they abstain from suggesting any other at present. "JAMES CAPEL. "Friday evening, Sept. 20, 1850." The value of Spanish Five per Cents. has been re duced from 19# to 14 ; while the Three per Cents. have touched 38 to 38k, being considered all the surer as long as nothing is paid on the rest of the debt. Mexi can Bonds are 301 to 30i, being barely so good. Por tuguese Four per Cents. are 331 to 33g. to Mining Shares rather more than an average business has been done this week. Railway Shares are heavy again, and with much less doing. Consols QUARTER TO THREE. 96i Ditto Account .. 9611 ONE PRICES OF BRITIMI /'UND9 O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 96% 1 A India Bonds, 1,000/.... Ditto under 1,0001 ....... 86 p Consols for Account 96% Exchequer Bills. 114,0. & 2d 1,0001. June 63 p CLOSING PRICES. 96 1 A 86 p 86 p 96% 63 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. ytexican, 5 por Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... — Ditto. Account ..... .. ..... - ... 301 i % % 30% Peruvian Bowls. 4 1 / 2 per Cent Ditto, Account ....-... Bl% 82 82 Portugueee 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per . Cent. Ditto, Account rinasian Bonds - 3 04 e 3 lA, Ditto, , 04 per Cent Spant6ll 5 per Ccnt. 1840 lB% 1 .4 ~ , v Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive... 37 /8 3 7ii Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Venezuela Bonds, 2IA per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. 38t,,, 32 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild. - ... .5 ----- 57 3 / 4 Ditto, 4 cer Cont. Certifieatee... 91 1 / 2 91 1 / 2 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE cbonNG RAIWAY SILARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES i berdoea Do. Preference. Bl ... .. dis. — dis. Amber. Nott. ' Boston, and Eastern Junction 8 1 / 2 .... ..... ......... tyrshire and Galloway 7 l /2 Belfast & County Down 32 ...... ...., ••=.• Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s perct.) 6 'Sirmingham and Ox ft,rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Birming. Wolverhlon, and P udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 Bi -min Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 26 ...... Bristol and Exeter 100 •. 67 :,uckingharnshire 17% Caledonian Do. New. 10/. Prof:.... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 C!ar , ..nce Direct London & Porte- month Dublin and Belfast June. 45 a,d — x.d Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 ••••• ...... .•• E ist Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 18/., E.& H.. lB ... Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 314 — Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference......... 5 • • Ditto, (71. 178.) 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 t47ade:u Conaties... ..... 20 ...... 6 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. p , ..... Ditto ditto. No: 2...61. 13s. 4d... p Dc., New Pref.rence, 6 per Cent . .. lO Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O Do. New Eastern Union, Class A pate E. U. Shares) 25 7 's - P - P Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - Do., Class B & C Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Quarter.. 64 — .. • .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6% — East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 — Ditto, Newport - xetera r eovil, & Mach 29 ,A — . Exeter and Exmouth... 218. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.65. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... 29 1 A MINES. Do. Preference (' nisA. Gloucester& Dean Forest 14 ...... i3reat Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12% Do., % B 6 per Cent... 111 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% 11A roat South. and West (Ireland) - ..... 33rd. Ditto, Eighths — ........ ~. reatgortEof England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/. Ditto, Now, 30/ 3O Ditto, New,lsl Great Westai a ...... ---...100 ...... 69 , A2 69 ..... .. . 6814 Ditto, New 171.- ..... 15 ... .. 91% .......... 9, Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 95 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... -- ... Do. Quarter Shares-. 12 1 ,4 — ... . Levicaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... x.d. ...... Ditto, Thirds Lalcae hire & Yorkshirc.loo Do. Quarters ......... 23!, Do. Fifths... lO ..... Do. Third! ... -... ..... 18 ...... x.d .... ..... ... x.d. Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield .• and Sheff.) 5O - •• •• Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% x.d..... x.d. Led and Bradford Le ;d3 and Thirzk •••••• 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 6 no., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 • De., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 , •••• -- ••• ........ •• Liaerpool, Crosby and —" Sonthport Loud n &Blackwall...ll4 60. 3c1... 5% Lyndon, Brighton, and Sot•th Gout-. ..... 100 8 3'14 I X:”. Do. G uzrant. 5 per et.. E; — Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. al Ditto ditto.-- 1-i52 50 ..... .........• Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent Lor don and Greenwich I 2/15s 4d — Ditto, Prefezence. 2O Len• - ir n and N. 4 ,'V. , ,,,,. - :ru. 101) .113 113 IA 1 -A Ditto, Ntw Quarters 17 .- .. 18'i4 . ........ ...- 18% Di tto. Fifth., .... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 ...,.. . Lendor & i.".lr , ,tern -.100 .. 69 .. ...... 63 Do, New 501.. Do. Now 401 34 - ••• - Do., New Preference.. 5 ......... •„, •.• I.( ndonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. IX, Shares Londonderry and Ernrs kilen 25 Do. Shares ... 71,4 ...... Lowestoff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) - 1l an choA,,c r,Buxton,ind 11 atlock... 5I tnehe-ter, She+lie'd, and Lincolnshi7e -100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. - Ditto. New IC,/. Pref... 10 Do., idacchester and Lincoln Uni0r......4/. 2a. - di5...... Mi lion 1 ... Do. Consolidated I'ref. 109 Do., 501. Sbaror, %5 - • - ••••• ••• Do., liirm. and Derby 100 Do. Consolid. Cristo & Bir:ning., 6 per et. -.100 DittD,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 ...... Ditto ditto .........291. 16s. 0d... -- ...... ..... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref 50 Ditto, LeicesL.ts S wan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar 5O Newcastle and Carlisle.loo Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, - Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ....•• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newr}, Warronpoint, and Rostrevor 2O N0rf01k.......—. ..... ....100 83J - li7 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed VA pc. 5 .. .• • Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... No:th British ...-.... ... 25 Ditto Preference Nsrth Staffordshire ... 171 North-Western . l7 Ustfird, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. x.d ....... .... x.d D 0.% Shares (A) Reading, Guildford, ar..:. Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 6 1 i .. ... .. •. Do. Shepreth Exten . :?li Scottish Central Scottish Midland 6% 6% 18% 12% Ditto, New S'irewsbury and Birm... Wk..... dis. — dis Ditto ditto, Class B. 9% — di5............ Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and lierefd. b ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) 2O Ditto Halves Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. PreL 10 Shropshire Union - ...... ..... ... S nab Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire 8 .... S, nth Eastern .. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 6% t/i ........ South i 1 ales outh Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l5 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Gocle (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 181,4 — -.. ..... . ... dia 4 1 4 19A Do. do (SOIL Div.) ... S gins. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 10 TAW Vale Extension ... Tqames Haven Dock and Railway 17 % Vale of Neath l3 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . — Waterford and Limerick 47% W aterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw. and Düblin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. lwo •••0•• Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. 15 .. W est Cornwall 714 ... N hitel3 zven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ... 14 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- mouth - 5 O 5O York. Nowens:le, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 Do. Newcastle E &tan, 20 1)2. G.N.E.Prefer,net 9 ... —9, 4L AI Do. Hartlepool Dock and ILAilway . lOO ..... . -- Y 0. 7 75. an I North Midland 50 :),tl ,, Prezrctco .. .. ... 1 , 0 ii ERIN RAIL WA 76. Ang , Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 6%. tioubgne and Amiens... 20 ...... 7% x.d... 7; ; 44 x.d Central of France (Or leans and Viorzon)... 20 Demerara ... 17 1 / 2 -- ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ... - ..... .... .... East Indian ....... 9 Ditto ... Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... ....... VA - ••• •• ••• ...... Louvain Ala Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. --... ...... Northern of France...... 16 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O ...woe Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle - ..... Tours and Nantes .. 14 ....... - Toumay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders B 3 / - ... JOINT STUCE BANKS: 9% Australasia • 4O — --... ... British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock...-. 10 ...... London & Westminster. 20 ___ ationalProv. England. 35 Ditto New... .....-.... 10 National of Ireland 224...... ... ..... -.. Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ..... ..... 10 Union of Australia Ditto, New ...... ..... 2 1 / 1 -.... Union of London..- ..... 10 ...... .... ... Union of Madrid ... 40 Anglo-Mexican lOO -- Asturian ..... ..... . l5 Australian 4 ...... . Bassora Range ... ......... 335. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ...... Brazilian Imperial ...... 244 — • ....... .. BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... British Iron ..... . . ........ 13% — ••• Cobre Copper General 2O Unite , ' Mexican ......28 1, , 21 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 21.—Wind at noon S.S. W., light breeze and fine. Ore FALMOUTIL—Dantsic, Pust, Callao, and sailed for Alcorn); Bargomeister Smidt, Templeman, Maceio, and sld. for Bremen; Neptune, Allemaz, Cienfuegos, and aid. for Havre; Bourse, Anvers, Coppenholle, Havaunah, and aid. for Antwerp; Salazes Dapoilley, Cardenas, and sld. for Havre; Julius, Halz, Africa. OFF PENZANCE.—CharIes Brooke, Hunt, St. Vincent. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 19.—Wind E.—Arrd. Gardner Robertson, Callao; Active, Gifford, Tetuan. , PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20. The Eleanor Russell, of Whitby, was fallen in with, on the 29th of June, in lat. 2t3 S., lon. 44 E., in distress, leak dangerous and in creasing, but parted company with on the 12,h of July, 111 miles from Cape Agulhas, and 16 miles from Cape Recess, the master expressing his certainty of fetching the Cape of Good Hope, by her Majesty's ship Alba tross, arrived at Spithead. DEAL, SEPT. 20.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W., P.M., S S.E. to S.E., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Nareissa, Buenos Ayres. Arrd. from the River and aid., Roman Emperor, Sydney, New South Wales; Jane Andson, Ceylon. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20.—Wind James Alexander, Cotteer, Calcutta; John M'Vicar, M'Leod, ditto; Cornelia, Manehaca, Ilavaunah; Moses Wheeler, King, New Orleans; Shenadoah, West, Philadelphia; Patrick Henry, Gordon, New York; Tamerlane, Whenz'e, Calcutta; Eadymion, Willycome, ditto; Mary Allan, Jamaica; Urgent, Williams, Cuba; Tara, Ha milton, New Orleans; Atalanta, Charleston; General Washington, Berry, Virginia; Augustus, Lord, Balti more; William Penn, O'Ferrall, Philadelphia; America, Laurence, New York; Universe, Bird, ditto; Scotland, Quebec. Off port, littitalta, Calcutta; Anne Mary, ditto; Ellen Jenkinson, Africa; Zuphyr, ditto; Earl Grey, Talcahuano; Janet, Buenos Ayres; John Cum ming, Savannah. Sld. Recorder, Calcutta; Lydia, Cey lon; Canondab, ditto; Thomas Church, New Orleans; Anna Tift, Now York. 21st, 10 58 A.M.—The Gipsey of this port was spoken on the 18z.h inst. off Cape Clear, putting back under jury masts, having beea dismasted W. long. 20. RYE, SEPT. 20.—The Albion, for Leith, with a cargo of bark, took fire on the 17th, and received much da mage; has discharged. ANTWERP, 19.—The Minnet, Lubeck to Ganda Car leby, was wrecked near Waser 28th August. The Hout Handel, Frederiekstad to Amsterdam, which has put into Ameland, has Lean condemned and sold. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E.—Arrd. ILM.S. A;batross, Chine. Off port, Dephante, Cocks, Mauritius; Geelong, Port Philip; Ilcmalaya, Langford, Adelaide, South Australia. Cowls, SEPT. 20,—Wiu1 S.S.E.—Arrd. Apollo, Solaade, Maceio. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 9 0.—Wir.d S.W.—Sid. Herr mann steamer, New I , A.iamouTti, .`SErr. 20.—WiLd W.--ArrO• Bovey, Grande. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 20. Wird S., Triable. ------ Ar r ,d Pctrul pocket, R to Janeiro, wit h 20,0001. lu and tlinmonds; Corze())dia, lit ken:mu, Santos; Pi' Wisp, Bahia, for Gothenburg; Euer, Jesus, Havanna . f DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—A large ship, with 10530, m:14)1108,4, siandin e to th e sout h, wus see n 17th SeP", lat. 49 N., l ong . 7 W. IJAvANNAII, .SEPT. I.—The Clementina arrivca A nd from llavre 25th August, with damage to nia , t'a sails, havin encountered a severe gale at S.S.E . August; and thethe Isis, hence to Vigo, p and u t back on tu 27th August, with loss of m i zat -mabt boat, a lld otter damage, from th e same ga l e. - MARKET IsiPAVS.--(THIS DA Y ' ) cOVEIWT-GARDEPS. The demand f r both F ru i t an d Vegetables to•aap. was steady, no' with,tanding ihat the supplies 0 11. ' 111 1 were large. Potatoes continue rod, nod untuusily lv in price. English FrtAts— Apricots, Is 63 to 54 per 34 . 7, 1 Alult:e;ries, 61 t o 83 er pottle ; P i ne Apples, 43 °;: 6s Od per ib ; H o th ouse G rapes, 2s to 5 3 per lb; i. door do.. 4d to 8 , 1; Pesel.e., 3s to Ss p e r dozen; tatines, 23 to 8, per de zen ; Mel ons , i s 01 to 38 WI Figs, 2e to 4s ler punne t; Plums, 2s to 33 Per si e ve ; O r l eans dive), 53 to is per huff sieve; Ari" . ; 13 63 to 8 s 03 p er bushel; Pears, 2s 3d to 6s 6 4 half sieve; Wsluuts, 10d to is 2d per WO; Filb e , r li 22s to 30s ler 100 11,-; Green Gages, 85 to 10s per 113 ... si ve; flnzle Nut 4, 3s to 4s per bushel; Elderberries, 1 " clusters, 2s 61 to 4s per bushel. m a 041 Foreign Fruit s —W est I n di a Pi ne Apples, t s , to each; Apricots, is 61 t o 4 s per d ozen; Lenions,‘-i-t, 12s per 100; Al m o n d s , 5 s t o G s per pee k ; Spseish4.us'il 4s to 5s ditto ; Sp an i s h Ch esnuts, 3s to 6 3 ditto; 'Jr -- Nuts, 3s to 4s ditto; Barcelona Nuts, Os to Os ditto. et English Vegetabl es —C ucum b ers, ls 03 to 53 Oa p dcz!, , n ; Spinach, Is 6d to 2s per sieve; Cauliflowers, i al ; 4s 01 per dozen; Horseradish, Is to 4s per bu ° l to Parsley, Is to 2 s p er dozsia bunches; Cabbages, 6 u 0; Is per dozen; Red Beet, is to 2s 03 per de'! to Mushroom, 9d to 2s per pottle ; Small Salad, 15 , 1 9 , i y 2s 3d per dozen punnets; Sage, is to Is 3el Per A " ze l P. bunches; Globe Artichokes, 2s to 4s 6d Pe r ' tH rtt: el, t French Beans, 3s to 44 rer half sieve; Cabbage 23 to is per score; White Cos Lettuces, 9ti to 1 ° 6ci ss ee le ditto; Mint, 9d to is per dozen bunches; I' o3 ' c besi 63 per sieve; T u r n ip s , 2 s 61 to 33 63 per dovn 1 ) 13 , i n :1 3 A Carrots, 3s to 5 8 p er dozen bunches ; Turnip R°ltito 91 to is per ditto; Potatoes, 503 to 85s per toei,,,sa 2s 63 to 4s per cwt; ditto, Is 6d to 3s per bushel; P.- tcl Beans, is 6d to 2s Od rer sieve; Sorrel, 63 of per ditto; Shallots, 6d to 8d per lb; Onions, 23 to 6 1 F ri, bunch; Vegetable Msrrow, 6dto is 3d per dila; Teri, 10d to Is 03, per bundle; Leek=, 2d to 3d Per " ditto; Fennel, 2d to 3d per ditto; Savory, 23 to 3d Per Thyme, 2d to 3d per ditto; Garlic, 4d to Si Per Zi pit Foreign Vegetables—French C arro ts, 2tl se; bunch; French Beans, is Od to i s 6d per WI s c :i e t to Cucumbers, Id to 2d each; Dutch Melons, 1° 28 43 each; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s per box* NEAVGATEI AND LEADlntriit t ' 3 ll d . to 6 0 5 5 ! Turkey Poults, 4s 03 to 6s 03; Goslings, Fowls, is 9d to 33 6d; Capons, 31 6d to 6s • e bic i lc o e J le Is 6d to 2s 3d; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Rabbit° , „'.03; Is 63; Leverets, 2s 63 to 3s 611; Grouse, 2s Od t°,;: te od Partridges, is 3d to is 63; and Pigeons, 5d toBdf v i ° s so Fresh Butter, lOs Od to 11s; and English ditto, 12s 6d per dozen lbs; Irish Eggs, 4s 9d to 55 - 7 1 6 a ditto, 4s 91 to 5s 6d; and E ng li s h ditto, 6s t" per 100. NEWP Beef, from 2s 63 t o 3s 4d; Mutt ORT On, 2s 10d to 351 i Veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Pork, 31 to 4s 2d per 8 110 ' WRITECHAPEZ. 5 gdi Beef; from 2 s 23 t o 3 s 2.1 ; Mutton, 2s 4d to - Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 6d ; Pork 3 s 10d to 4s 2d Per 811°. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, I Id to I S 4d p e r lb ; T ur b o t s , 55 to 125; •", s 3d to 2s 6d; Cod Fi s h, 2 s 6d t o 7 s e ach; So les c i : r le'll 9d to 2s Od per pair ; ditto sma ll, i s 6d to 2s Od Eels, 7d to lld per Ib; Lobsters, 8d to Is 8d; C v r a- 01, to 2s 3d each ; Shrimps, i s 6d t o 2 s per gallon • L oa 2s to 3i per lb; Mullets, 2d to 4d each; Smelt s ' iiitigh to is 61 per dcz; Mackerel, 6d to 8d each; "900 Is Od to 2s Od per dez ; Pl a i ce , 3d t o 6d; Goen cl l%.scili Is Od; Haddocks, 4d to 8d ; ditt o dried, 2d to 5 ' "of; Skate, 3d to 4d per lb ; Oysters, common , 89 Z° 10 211 ditto natives, 303 to 32 s p er b us hel; Carp , Is and Pike, 2s to 3s each. • BREAD The prioes of Wheaten Bread . in the inetro id rlisolb from 7d to 71d ; of H ouse h o ld ditt o , Sid to 6 loaf. EIDE MARKET. 641 b Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, d i t to, lid to 21; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 21d to 2i l " sid; 3 d to .0 , 801 b to 881 b, lid to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to aid; ditto, 1041 b to 11 01 4d to Od. Calf Skins, light 2s 9d to 3s 6d; dl o gs, 4s Od to 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; 6h l e er ptied 03 Od to 03 Od; Lamb Skins, 2s 2d to 3 3 2u; 2 5 Sheep, 2s Od to 2s td ; H a lf-b ra ds, is 1 0 d to -- Downs, 15 8d to 15 103 each, w ar, nAlr SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ is to 31 176; „,. 10 0 3/ Os to 4/ 83; and Straw, 11 3s to it 8 3 Supply but moderate, and trade dull. 4! 44t CUBERLNl).—Zeicadow Hay, 2/ 8 to per 10 CIM A. o,' A tf ) :: ,3/ Os to 4145 ; and . Straw, 11 4s to 11 9' ll average supply, and a steady d e mand. 1 53 ; IVIIITECIIAPEL. moadow y / 7 ,t0 3 ` 1 01. Ciov:r, 313 s to 41 io i; and S:raw 33 to 1 1 9 ' P er Trade dull, at our quotations. 1 10° THE LATE LIEUT. GAL-- - ' AERONAUT. f gent le Yesterday af:ernoon a public meeting e• riff men connected with Vauxhall, Creniorne, th e -ti tae Zoological, and other public gardens of lionclert:r place at the Bridge-house Hotel, Vauxhall, oot purpose of taking into consideration the nies e nio tieg measures to be adopted for the purpose of P r°— tre e ' a subscription benefit, at the public garden°, thheieidrea &c., in aid of the widow and nine helpless ch'id'es thB (seven of whom are under eleven years of og e /ith th e late Lieut. George Gale, R.N., the aeronautlawbepub' details of whose frightful death, at Bordeaux, lic are already acquainted. ‘"' s ,„, anel Mr. WILLIAM ROCK, of Walworth, e s l ; iag mously called on to preside, and, on his W E ,' chair, briefly opened the business of the clay bi vo tute a few preliminary remarks explanatory of t he of the meeting. Mr. T. R. LEWIS stated that Mr. R. of the hie lessee of Vauxhall-gardens, on receipt choly tidings of the death of Lieut. Gale, , prof' imme diate‘ tbe usual kind and generous feeling, fered the use of the gardens for a free beneMing dr widow and her nine helpless children, wile, befog °Net° to° prived of their father—their natural Pr de° frightful catastrophe, are now left totally d e e it * lfj ' s their unhappy mother for support, w hich sb e ' r beirg to be regretted, was not in a position to derv , r left in the most destitute condition— penniless.i Wardel%iiitbrie, Mr. R. W ARDELL said that he should be hertii of ip independent of givin g th e gardens for the ,bettoece Mrs. Gale and children—to afford every aseiBand r• his poser—(Cheers)—and he should exP,ee'f bisr; was sure, that all the artistes and anp/oYa ° co l s , Ol e , tablishment would, on such an occasi on, rea their gratuitous aid. Mr. Darby, the PYr°llo,ir and Mr. Robert Duffel), who provide d the 1 or iate , l tiops at Vauxhall, with Mr. Wm. Reck, t he „A 10"; had each, in their rspective departnn ents . a 'r r i°l- comely consented to provide the meter' f e el cost. woul a jot ascent Mr. Ignrrt.eiaGnteßtshAt e n p Alema Victoria u said re i t n l a i n at dA Mrs. Mr. JAME S l making, Albert rt g the Casino EELis (late lessee of Cron° trtia(i) ino at the Adelaide Gallery', in the an d to eilfi' begged to offer vass his very pd extensive connexion. ther , • Mr. T. R. Lewis, Mr. Benjamin Fairbra , 0 Mr. Benjamin deo , i braatnuoiotntl. 9 1 9 0 1 0 00 j Barnett, of Vauxhall-ger d ver:gplaLon l r ly . prGffered their gra' uitous s ervic be ne fit ool take place • j WARDELL Wednesdayth e n proposed nest. a s cO ri Mr. ELLis seconded the motion, And it vv nem. con. a 0 „ fl iote ~,,, The full • owing gentlemen were then Or: o f i,,,i' o bjct! gr y act as a committee to carry out the _ meeting b :—Mr. R. Wardell, Mr. T. R. 11° 10 ° _Ea: rother, Mr. B. Barnett, Mr. It. 1)% fo ' ger , D ir rby, Mr. J. Elli, Mr. R. Partridge, i r ' '. d, Ir. A . Graham, Mr. F. Wieland,Mr• J. Wielanioris H. W. Oliver, M • , W. II •07. r. T. H. Bromley', Ju r ' „ Air• f a i . Mr. 11. Evans, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Th°T r ri ' v 'ille, '"',-• Rock, Ai Mr. n . annington, Mr. J. G• -4-•e',.-e,trf *°, h ereer, Mr. Chatfield, Mr. W. Smalley', ..,.13e,e'tollell' te Incororated Society of Licensed v J d; 11°, e ,' Treasurer Mr. F. Wieland, Walworth•r?,,;dolV Sec., Mr. J. G. Nevil'e M 1 ose-cottoget " • , e r aid lane, Camberwell. ' reli - The customary vote of thanks was then P to the chairman. ii ounce Mr. Ito i i - CK, in an appropriate speech, brie 9 ro d. ec ged the compliment, and the meeting adjetl , fc 10 - c --- T o coo SUBMARINE TELEGRArn Acaosa ~, en ie . aiici over o i t l li e t o sixtyei either I?IANNEL. It is stated that negotiations arc 0 0 . 13 e t e e . 'ith Government, for the establithment of a sal - to i l i s' tgrapholvn, nected by stea:n-ship with the nearest telegraP— ip b l/5 1 the other side of the Atlantic. he m r C it o es rk ot or se G a a r l r li o- a m y ,ToiSbheea h tb s etnac:3oac°° Af Ow ( be CRATE'S CLIURCH, BALMORAL --ger --- ' 3 ;fia 0 ' t f t been pleased to command th It , I) • John Cutaahle' CO" scotch Church, Coy , e e'. " b before I , ent-garden, to pr at on bunday next._ Dail .././ail. ranle-td In the garden of Lord Monson, an fi r r a " coil 0 0 this time - preoents a mixed crop of fruit and ase e , la ~i 4 SOM . mg- A short time a o one of the fine ash tT e d c ,f t P O ) park was destroyed b g • fire. The g a... i t f t° y accidental , . 2 9 fee ~I . o o ' giant tree atthe y base was 52 feet; one braneu , i . 0 t he ~ h i o the ground, had a circumference of 11 feet, and ' 4. , 9 of ' season 13 dozen rooks have been taken from the n" ift harbour. al A rt Y SYRIAN GRAIN. —An importation of a ce re descr i _ t , W hite b r o efi i o resembling Indian corn, but of a smaller and !ion, havi . ug taken place from Jaffa, and some d9 t a te d to c l i p consideration as to its liability to duty, the case was *aired IT tbos of the authorities. It was &..., t ot after inspection and hearing the opinion of the traac ni. a t " grain was admissible free of duty. rve i 4 to ' CusToms.—Mr. Charks Knox, landing s tl ari • lite p i, the first class a the ort of 'Lindon, has been P °.--ir lgf' A 'ce the situation president of t a landing earverr- , ' ll Start, deceased. etTien . inct LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 18zo. Certainly nothing could be more singularly cha racteristic than the intelligence just received from the United States. Every particular is on that gigantic scale which appears to he peculiar to the cit7z.ns of Yankeelantl. Everything is of that moun tainous description which seems alone consonant with the egotism of the trans-Atlantic democracy. For example, there are " Great Fiools" at Pottsville and Philadelphia; " Great Storms" at Virginia and North Carolina; and " Great Gales" at Buffalo and Lake Erie. Then there is the execution of the " Great Murderer," Professor Vs enseett—and much the American journalists make of it, to the morbid delight of their readers, expatiating on every particular of that "great card," from the utterance of his last ejaculation to the smoking of his last cabana! Then, by the most preposterous misapplication of the favourite adjective, there comes, to crown all, the " Great Jenny Lind," who, as far as the New York press is concerned at least, seems to be the "great gun" of the occasion, the "cynosure of neighbouring eyes," the " observed of all observers." Altogether the news brought to our shores from America is of the most grating kind imaginable to all just sense of propriety, partaking of that distressing partiality for exaggeration and hyperbole in which has originated the fashionable weakness of being pre cociously " used up" and prematurely blasil. The sword of DAMOCLES, the drunken helots of Sperta, the death's head of the clarsic revellers, could not have furnisbad more instructive lessons than those which may be derived from the peculiarities percep tible in contemporary nations. A. country like our own, observing those peculiarities with impartiality and vigilance, cannot fail to recognise here and there a warning at any rate from the perpetration of such extravagances. Not but that England is guilty in her way of . many absurdities and fantastic blunders as the most absurd and fantastic of her contemporaries. But, blinded by egotism and habit as to our own blemishes, it is easier to detect weaknesses in another than under any circumstance s in ourselves. Therefore it is that we cannot but re gard this critical analysis of our neighbours' tem perament as most laudable, being calculated, in a great measure, to forward our own advancement, while it enables him to view himself as he appears in the eyes of a remote community. Besides, it should be remembered Vlat foreigners, that is to say, parsons retnove 1 beyond the limits of our own particular dominion, are to us in a manner something like our posterity. They furnish tas with dispassionate eVirnates—the• distances of place being in this way almost as effectual or effica cious as the distances of thie. As they are to us, moreover, so by necessity are we to them—not merely carping, but judiciously cer)sorious. Looking, therefore, at the magnified examples of folly set before us by our American brethren, we are afforded a means of recognizing the ludicrous aspect of some of these popular weaknesses to which we English are in lik manner Foremost among these are—first, the toe lying of mere celebrity, and, secondly, the diseased a nd prurient curiosity after the notorious. We know not which is the more sense. lea 5, the more frivolouP, or the more repulsive. Of each we ourselves, as a community, are guilty, though not ~..N h• l% •'• 46 \ thei.epormous extent of the people of the United I'-7 -- f' Sem - - here the hunting after celelnilics is carried :- . : : ::.-1 --- ---L-to . a degr e degrading to humanity. The ballet ' ::*';. *_,dancer and he philozopher, the mare vocalist and the ( \ :,,c" '. 't' .. - Itteiiii. - 115, the Jaelc-pudding of the hi!..trionic CQ Ai -i4 apostle apostle of a new school of philanthropy, I ',._...ftVe and all kuratted fklili, with an undiscrimi- ISI s TILE SUN, GERMAN Y. Everything remains quiet in Hesse-Cassel. The Elector of lIEssE-CAssEL arrived at Wilhems bad, with his Ministers, on the 16th. The authori ties went to pay him their compliments on his arrival. He alighted at the Chateau of Philippsrate. M. DE HASSENTTLUG arrived there the same evening. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the 16th, stating that the Prussian Government has decided not to interfere in the affdrs of Hesse- CassJ, unless some foreign power should first set the example of sending troops there. In that case it would send in troops also, not to take part either with the ELECTOR or with the other party, but merely to guarantee the interests of Prussia in a military point of view. Notice of this intention has been given to the Government of Hesse. The King of HANOVER has declined to interfere in the affairs of Hesse-CaEsel. It is stated that before setting out for Hanover the ELECTOR and HASSENPFLUG exchanged high words ; the former was fain to give way, after HASSENPFLUG had exclaimed, " Very well ; then let your Royal Highness pay me, and I will go." The Chamber of Hesse Darmstadt held a sitting on the 16th. It was remarked that none of the Ministers were present. Letters from Cologne give an account of the re cep!ion of HAYNAU in that city. He was attended by a guard of soldiers wherever he went, and was al ways greeted with groans an - I hisses. The drivers of the public vehicles one and all refused to drive the " Austrian Hangman," and he was forced to walk to and from the railway station. The Cologne piper, in relating his adventure at Bankside, and his reception by the English draymen, says " no one pities him here." The Augsburgh Gazette says he came to England purposely to test public opinion, and boasted he would show Englishmen that the "woman.fl )gger of Hungary" and the " hsaena of Brescia" cared no thing for what they might think of him, and would not be intimidated. The Emperor of AUSTRIA is about to make him a Field-Marshal ; so much for the stories of his disgrace. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is said that Austria has determined to interfere against the Duchies. The Austrian Minister says that if the two Duchies are indivisible it would be better to detach Holstein from Germany than to de tach Schleswig from Denmark. The Assembly of Schleswig-Holstein has rejected a proposition for conferring electoral rights on all adult males. ITALY. The Giornale di Roma of the 11th September, at length publishes two of the long -expected organic laws promised by the motu proprio of his HOLINESS of the 12th of September, 1849. Both these laws are promulgated by Cardinal ANTONELLI, in the name of the POPE ; one relates to the organization of the Ministry, and the other establishes a Council of State. By the former law all the branches of public adminis tration are divided into five Ministerial departments, viz., the Interior, Grace and Justice, Finance, IVar, and lastly Commerce, Agriculture, Manufac ' tures, Fine Arts, and Public Works. This division, however, is declared not to be definitive ; the number of Ministers being liable to be increased or diminished by his Houness, according to cir cumstances. Besides the titular Ministers, his HOLINESS nay grant the title of Minister of State, without special functions, to any per . son he may think deserving of the distinction. Every Minister has a deputy to represent him in the ma nagement of his department. The relations of the Holy See with the other powers are always and ex clusively confided to a Cardinal Secretary of State, who is the organ of the sovereign fur the promulgation of legislative acts, and to whom also belong all matters relating to treaties, protection of Pontifical subjects, passports, naturalisation, and legalisation of f ore i gn documents. The fire Ministers form a Council of Ministers, to which their deputies are not admitted. The Cardinal Secretary of State is president of the Council of Ministers. Each Minister proposes to his HOLINESS the laws and regulations he may think ne cessary in his department; such proposals are dis cussed in the Council of Ministers. The Minister of the Interior presides over the internal adminis tration of the state, provinces, and municipalities, and has control over the governors of provinces, the provincial councils, the magistrates and councils of communes, the direction of woods and forests, and the censorship of the press. The Minister of Grace and Justice controls the tribunals of the state, judges, ad vocates, attorneys, and chancellors ; he grants par. dons and commutations of sentences in name of his HOLINESS, and regulates the discipline of the judicial order. The tribunals of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, however, d e p en d f rom th e C ar di na l Secretary of State. The Minister of Fi nance h as t h e di rect i on of the pro perty of th e St a t e , t h e Mi nt, Custom-house, public debt, sta m p nist e rTohfeand registry-duties, post-offices and lot teries.erevenue r Commerce, force Agriculture,is Manufactures,rders. The Ali Fine Arts, and Public Works, has control over cham bers and institutions broker. 4 , mercantile ofna d commerce, the exchange, declarations of literary or manufactural isroperty vy w , ei s n k measures, agri cultural institutes, fairs , and ar ets, ancient and modern monuments, and publ lu ic bridges. The Minister of War has ti r l o e a s ds, c . anals and over the army, fortresses, arsenals, szc. affairsupeArillntendence importance, to whatever department they belong, of to be discussed in the Council of Ministers. hrOreee which have already received the Papal sanction can not - be again discussed by the council, without the special permission of his Homeess The Council of Ministers has the right of general control over all the Ministerial departments.—By the second law, the Council of State is composed of nine ordinary and six extraordinary councillors. It is presided over by the Cardinal Secretary of State, and has a prelate for vice-president. The ordinary and extraordinary members must be at least thirty years of age, P oo ti. ficial subjects, and in the exercise of their civil rights. The extraordinary councillors have no habitual duties ; therare only caked to the sittings in case of i k, 14 tad