The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

Vow ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post .vo., 1.47 1 , 17 • 0 0 • D. A NOVEL. `The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could 1 "'' ,11 7 9, 4e 41Mayed such' fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be ' c" his heroes and heroines. Ile is a writer of genius, inspired igh standard of morality and religion, an 4 by a laudable love • Purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowinz lan -. f•• I which he eipresses his feelings, sentiments, and ; opinions • subjects' lust mentioned. There are several chapters, in • ;.:inks of the story are dropped, containing most eloquer.t essays .u..f,,ers that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he bas marked pe se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraells, Man aietncs. end Smythes."--Obserrer. " • Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages If exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great 'good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and Impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New BUrlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. qtr. B. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. Last Night of the Adelphi company and Adelphi Pieces. Return of Madame Celeste. Mr. Paul Bedford's Bement THIS EVENING, under the pa troaage of General Lord Viscount Combermere and the Officers of her Majesty's First and Second Life Guards, on which occasion the iria ,, nificeient Band will attend, and at different periods of the evening perform (on the stage) a variety of much-admired Overtures, &c., arranged by and under the direction of Mr. Waddell, Master of the Band Wlll,be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. THIS EVENING, To be followed by BOMBASTES FURIOSO. To couclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is open for the Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakespeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Bean; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. - To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which;Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will sipear. , le conclude with a Ballet Divertissertienf,'ln which Mr. Fiexmore, Mies Carlotta Lecreron, and Madlle. AurioLwill'appear. ROYAL - OLYMPIC TEIEXtRE. Great success of Giralda and the New Farce. • , • , „ THIS EVENINcy Will be performed GIRALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup , ^,ried lOy Messrs: Leigh Murray-, G.• Cooke,' W. Farren, pin., Comp n ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and , • , After which * THE OLDEST Itha I IA II .A.NT, In which Messrs. W. Farren. Compton. Diddear, Norton; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER. 4STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Tr l ndor tbt Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prin,;e Albert, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. .t 4 iSvified Rouses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Alazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Ar na, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metrottoliy, which will be continued for this week only. Fifth Week:of the. accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie, who will sing a favourite Ballad. THIS EVENING, Will he produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MiZEPPA a-1 the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be followed by a changeable petite Ballet, by Madlle. Garden', Amelia. Bridges, and La Petite Jeannette, called the HUNGARIAN WOODCUTTERS, en the Double Tight Rope. 1113 new Scenes in the Circle, and first appearance of Mr. Hen derson, the wonderful Somersault-thrower. In ;Ile course of the evening Miss Annie Hardie will sing a favourite Ballad. To' conclude with a favourite Farce. • ' Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning 21 min. after 9 I Evening 6 min. after 10 "To MORROW— Horning 51 min. after 10 ; Evening 29 min. after 11 TEE. WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, OcroßEs 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day, at ,noon. BAROMETER, 29.34. WIND N.—Morning, fine; Afternoon, dull weather, with rain. - 4 ' .1 ? - s or C.,44: pb 4 , 1 • & 4 2 4,, Aff* xs,, • WE; ' • '" bito r i it eitionina_24ltit LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1850. Sir CHARLES WOOD unquestionably possesses one qualification for the important office he occupies in "the Government of the country. No person can listen with more profound indifference to thecom plaints of suitors to the Exchequer, who, whether seeking relief as a matter of right, or of expediency, of justice, or of charity, are dealt with in a manner that must discourage all future applications. The summary mode in which he disposed of the numerous representations respecting the commercial crisis, and the wide-spread distress in August, September, and the early part of October, 1847 ; the unblushing hare dihood with which he met the various deputa tions, totally denying the existence of any pressure in the money market, and asserting that any person of real solvency could have no difficulty in obtaining the accommodation he required upon sufficient secu rity, must constitute valuable precedents for the guidance of all future Chancellors of the Exchequer; while his conduct and demeanour to those who apply `for fiscal relief, by the abolition or reduction of some obnoxious impost ; the impressive. manner in which 'he refuses to enter into any discussion respecting the justice or policy of a particular tax, or the hardships 'svhiCh its mode of collection inflicts upon the people ; the simple method of narrowing the question to the pounds, shillings, and pence, which it brings to 'the revenue—" a sum which," to use -his own stereotyped answer, " he is certainly not prepared to relinquish," are beyond all praise, and must serve as anodels for future imitation. f But he. has recently established even a higher claim tei;the admiration of his successors in office. He is 'prCbalisly the first English Minister of Finance who jias compromised well-founded claims against the ,national Exchequer for something less than 10.. in pound,, or who suggested a local subscription -toelnakeetip. the deficiency. He has also afforded a Ntlifsible lesson to the sufferers on the impropriety tainipatieiice, and of the unreasonableness of expec liiig Shit the money which had been voted by Perlis gneut _for their use should be applied without unneces -eery. delay. I .The case of the unfortunate depositors in the Cuffe 4street 'Savings' Bank must be so fresh in the public leb4*Ctiotf that it is surely unnecessary to repeat eel r , ~rice circumstances, which, it was almOst universally peknowledged f gave them a claim' upon the Govern ment for the full amount of their deposits. A Com 4redttesi of- the House of Commons, selected by it CuAntas` Woo D—who, contrary to the usual 7p.,urse, took the nomination from the gentle ae,an on whose motion the Committee was sappointed—investigated the case as well as those of he banks of Tralee, Killarney, and Auchterarder. :From their report it appeared that the Government 'had long been aware of the condition of the Gaffe etreet Bank, that serious deficiencies had occurred in its accounts, and yet the Comnii• )ners, whose duty .i.,sistas to have immediately interfered, and to have prevented further frauds from being- perpetrated on the people, deliberatily sanctioned the continuance of 'the bank, and induced the people of Dublin to lodge their savings in an insolvent under taking. Had . the affairs- been wound up -irr -Ins; when the large deficiency • was fitseelftaii*ie'd, there would hate been a dividend of ` i63. 63. in the pound, and even in 1845, when the I llahili t ties,exceeded the 'assets by a much larger sum, the losa would not have much exceeded ss. in the , pound ;. but the Commissioners, fearing ' the run that It might' have occasioned on savings banks generally the' erroneous opinion that there was Government !secUrity'ror the deposits were removed, permitted the ,isanls, to continue its operations until, in 1848, it ;finally ,nlosed :with liabilities which in round terms zeinveulited to 64,0001., while its assets were under 'W"beini,s `eve'n' asserted that immediately be 'Yore the - Penal' Closing of the bank the managers gave aindueyreference to their o wn f r ie n d s, b y paying , _in full certain parties: who had not made any applica tion, while they refused those who had served the ual notices. . The Committee, in referring to this matter in their r port, state that " they are inclined to allow due weight to the considerations which they believe in •fleenced the Commissioners, in 1838 and 1845, in the course' which they' pursued, but they cannot but feel 'that as regards the depositors, who areprincipally of the poorer classes, a different course would have prevented the,149,,0f all their savings." After such a state 'mem it is• difficult to conceive how Parliament could haie refused • to pay the full &mount of the claims of - the -depositors., Through the culpable apathy, the 'crassa• negligentia, of the Commissioners, they hid b'en betrayed, and they had therefore an 'unquestionable right to be reimbursed all their losses from the national Exchequer., Sir CErsaLis WOOD, .; however, adopted a middle course; he proposed a vote- of 30,0004 as a matter of charity; which was carried by an obedient majority. The inconsistency of this course was, however, but too palpable. If the demand was founded on equity and justice it should have been satisfied to the last farthing. It would be unworthy of the British nation, which especially prides itself on a scrupulous observance of the public faith, to compromise a fair debt, or to take advantage of the weakness of the claimants, to give them less than they were fairly entitled to ; but if, on the other hand, it were to be considered merely as a case of charity, there could be no possible reason why the sufferers at Tralee and Killarney should not have been allowed to participate. The distress in Kerry was not less urgent than in Dublin ; nor had the southern depositors less claims upon the compassion of philan thropists than those of the metropolis. Sir CHARLES WOOD could not extricate himself from the horns of the dilemma on which he had permitted himself to be tossed. It now appears, from the correspondence which has taken place between the Right Honourable Baronet and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that no step has yet been taken to distribute the money voted by Parliament among the eufferersil Sir CHARLES WOOD is " sorry to laarn that any of the depositors should have been induced to have come from other places, at considerable inconvenience to themselves, in the expectation of immediately receiv ing any part of the money." He, however, consoles himself by thinking that " it is entirely their own act, and one to which they have certainly not been led by anything that be has said." Good easy man, he suffers no inconvenience, his cheques are duly honoured by his bankers, his official salary paid to the day, consequently he has not unduly exerted •himself by _endeavouring to expedite the inquiry which he chooses to consider - necessary, and which will furnish comfortable pickings for some fortunate protege. Oh, Sir CHARLES WOOD is indeed a great man I Happy is the nation that is blessed with so prudent a Minister of Finance ! It Would appear that the reaction against the reac tion has commenced in good earnest in the dominions of the King of the Two Simms, and that the Cala brias are at this moment the seat of a civil war which will probably be of such a character as to make humanity shudder ; for the Calabrians have been for the last eighteen months, in common with the other subjects of his Majesty Kriso BOMBA, experiencing treatment more than sufficient to generate sentiments of deadly hatred and implacable vengeance in the bosoms of a less excitable race than that which inhabits the ancient Magna Grecia, ,once the most civilized region of the globe, but now re duced to semi-barbarism by the. demoralising tyranny of the successive Kings of Naples. The Austrian Government, it would appear, has for some time past foreieen that the unreasoning tyranny of the Neapoli tan Bourbon could not but drive his people to despair, and produce , an outbreak, which, should it once get head, would inevitably extend to all Italy ; and as Austria is in no condition to renew the efforts she made in 1848 and 1849, and could not now spare a single soldier to assist the Bouanos even in his utmost need, the Austrian Minister has of late addressed the Neapolitan tyrant in language of sharp reproof—has strongly. recommended the ob servance on his part of a more constitutional, more conciliatory, and more reasonable line of policy. The Bourbon "adder," however, was "deaf to the voice of the charmer," and with the characteristic stu pidity, obstinacy, and cruelty of his race, determined to persevere in his system of government by terror, but, as the Austrian Minister foresaw, the 9th Thermidor of the ROBESPIERRE of legitimacy is at hand, and from the point of all others least expected, from Calabria, will proceed, perchance, the liberation of Italy. We pub lished a few days since a correspondence which originally appeared in the Paris Evenement, and which gave a short account of this Calabrian outbreak, and we have anxiously watched for further intelligence, which should either confirm the truth or prove the falsehood of the news given in the Ev4nement. We did not, however, look for any information on the subject to the Neapolitan journals; they are every one of them in the hands of the Government; even the Tempo, which so long preserved its independence, has been at last forced to succumb, and is now under the sole di rection of PECCHENEDA, the Minister of the Police— neither did we expect to find any account of the Calabrian insurrection in the foreign correspondence of the English re-actionary journals ; it is not their cue to know anything of the Calabrian insur rection until the insurgents shall be at the gates of Naples. In an Italian journal, however, .11 Commune Italiano, published at Milan, under the government of the myrmidons, of Austria, and the authority of which, therefore, cannot be disputed, we find the accounts given by the correspondent of the Evinement fully corrobo. rated. It was on the 25th of August that the attack was made by the band of Bianchi on Nicastro, and that they entered that city to "execute," as they said, " justice on their enemies"—and so far did their thirst for revenge carry them that they not only shot down and cut down the Sbirri of the King of NAPLES, and the Neapolitan authorities wherever they could find them, but burned the houses and ravaged the property of these their " enemies," and one man was observed who refused to permit any measures to be adopted to extinguish the flames of his own house, but who, on the contrary, adopted every means in his power to increase the force of the flames, because it was situated in the midst of the houses of the " enemies." A certain PERDINANDO Aaar.Lo, an urban guard, who had' betrayed some persons to the authorities, was shot by his nephews, who refused to permit any others to shoot him, because:they wished to wash out the shame of the family] " This episode," nye the writer in the Commune Italiano, " should warn the political power, that if it does not stop short in the course it is pursuing, and adopt more temperate measures for the pacification of the country, greater evils must inevitably occur. The revolution which is now preparing in the Two Sicilies will surpass that of '99 in France. In Nicastro there were more than 200 of the inhabitants arrested by the military authorities. The revolutionists have retaliated by wholesale shootings and burn ings." Deeply as we regret these events, so shocking to 'humanity, yet we are not surprised at their occurrence, for the provocation given by the King of NAPLES and his myrmidons has been of a character beyond all - endurance, and their condact during the last eighteen months has been one continued series of cruelty, injustice, rapine, cowardice and meanness. Thus is their conduct described in this very journal, published at Milan under Austrian rule:—' The Two Sicilies are in a state o: complete desolation. The reaction imprisons, tor tures, prosecutes, and puts to death, for thoughts even, into which it scrutinizes ; it gives its own significa tion. to the acts and gestures of every -indivi dual claim, descends to • a system of the minutest espionage in private domiciles, •in courts' of justice, in churches, in oratories, in' mOnasteriest tortures in the country and in:the city with a cynicism which inspires horror, and with an impassibility which.moves the most impassible." Such is a pic ture not overcharged of the unbearable tyranny, under which the Two Sicilies have groaned since the month of April of last year. Can we be surprised that the ignorant but fiery population of Calabria should " profit by, the lesson that has been taught them," and should. endeavour to do that which is manifestly impossible, " better the example?" REPAVING OF OXFORD-STILEET.—The portion of this immense and important thoroughfare between South MoLdton and New Bond -streets has been closed for traffic, in order to remove the ordinary macadamized paving and re place it with granite blocks, as being more durable and also more suitable to this portion of the street, which is a rapid decline to the, so called, hollow of Oxford-street, and which will now be assimilated with the lower portion of the descent, which was paved in a similar manner about a year since. The works will proceed with the dispatch requisite in a thoroughfare of such extent, and in the meantime the traffic is obliged to take a circuitous route to the place of des tination. AN INLAND " SEA SERPENT."— On Friday last } as two veteran anglers, who had seen many summers on the banks of lake Windermere, were amusing themselves at mid. day with their favourite sport, they espied a snake, crossing the water. Its dimensions are described as at least a yard in length, and its girth about the thickness of a person's wrist, and its vivid scaly hues as glittering beautifully in the sun: They weighed anchor and gave chase, with the intention of securing.it.. On their approach, however, it grinned—not " horribly, a ghastly smile'—but so menacingly fierce, that they thought proper to desist, and let the reptile pass. The lake, where it was crossing, is about a mile in width.—U/ver; , stone Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1850 THE FRE NCH R EPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Univers, the organ of the Jesuits and the parti-pretre, having succeeded in " its expedition to Rome," now proposes that Catholic Austria should take advantage of the attack on liAyNau by BAR. CLAY and PERYINS'S draymen to make war on Eng land, to do which the pious Catholics of France would aid Austria with a fleet ; and thus the Univers hopes to establish, at the point of the bayonet, the ab solute rule of the Jesuits in that horrible England, which, by its Protestanism and its Constitutionalism, is such a stumbling block in the way of those who would fain organizs a new St. Bartholomew's. The Moniteur du Soil and the Patrie publish the fol lowing : '• The number of persons who daily visit the E1y563 has increased to such a degree as to take from the Pre sident the time called for by 'public business. He has been, therefore, compelled to adopt a general measure which, without doubt, will affect even his intimate friends, but who will be the first to admit the rigorous necessity of it. No one except the Ministers and the high functionaries of the State will ha future be admitted without a letter of audience." The Bulletin de Paris says : " We cannot too strongly caution the departmental journals against the false reports which are circulated by certain opposition papers in Paris as to the language and pretended resolutions of political personages. For instance, it has been announced with much solemnity that General Lamoriciere had warmly complained on Thursday last to the permanent committee of the re views which have taken place at Versailles before the President of the Republic. General Lamoriciere is at this time inspecting the Harms, and the period of his re turn to Paris is not yet fixed." The Princess PASHIEWITCH, the wife of the cele brated Russian General, has arrived at Lisle. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 30.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 92f. 55c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 65c. Bank Actions, 2,275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Sart 30. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Dutch Rhenish, 3!,( Northern of France, NA—Rouen and Havre, 10%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th have arrived. General NARvAEZ entertained Lord HOWDEN at a grand state dinner on the 231 - Toe Epoca gives the following as the Ministerial programme for the approaching Session of the Cortex " The budget; the conscription laws; the arrange ment of the debt; the favourable and prudent resolution of the question of corporation estate•; the reforms that are judged to be necessary in our system of imposts, in customs, in the salt, in the gate dues, and those on con sumption; the concordat; a practical system which may facilitate the communications and the public works in the country—such is the vast programme of the next ses sion.' The Clamor Publico hes the following : " A correspondent of a journal at Cadiz, writing from Madrid, says:--' You will have seen in the Ministerial journals of the capital what they say on the projects of -the Minister of Finance and upon the reduction of taxes. We can add to this intelligence what is currently re ported here. Speaking of the budget, it is said, and some give it for certain, that the tax upon real property is to be increased by fifty millionsi"of reels, as the only resource of the Minister of Finance to cover the ex penses of the budget of the coming year and the extra ' ordinary credits granted to improve certain branches of the Administration." A concession has been granted for the construction of a railroad between Xeres de la Frontera and Cadia, which will be forthwith commenced. . A large mole is about to be constructed at San Sebastian. It was rumoured in Madrid that the secretary of the Duke of MONTPENSIER has left for England, to invite the Queen AMELIE, and the other members of the family to pass some time in Andalusia. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 25.—Three per Cents., 35i ; Five per Cents. l4i paper. Exchange on London, 50 35 money. GERMANY. The following note has been addressed by the Prussian Prime Minister to the Prussian Charge d'Affaires at the Electoral Court of Hesse : " To Herr Von Ttile, Char4d'Affaires of his Majesty the King of Prussia at the Court of his Highness the Elector of Hesse. " The recent events which have taken place in Elec toral Hesse claim in a high degree the attention of the Government of his Prussian Majesty. Of course these have been principally evoked by matters of the internal policy of Hesse-Cassel; but, in the present state of Ger many, they obviously constitute a situation of danger for the whole land, and especially for neighbouring states. On this account, apart from the entrance of -the Elector of Hesse with other German Governments into a closer relationship of community with Prussia, neighbourly friendship imposes on us the obligation to cast a glance upon the circumstances taking place in the electorate. We can the less decline t his duty, as at the present time no uni versally acknowledged legal organ exists in Germany by which such questions as may arise out of the affairs of Hesse Cassel can be resolved, and consequently every mem ber of the German Eland, and particularly such as are more nearly interested, are more Than ever bound and entitle 3 to take into consideration every means of avert ing danger from the common fatherland. Before all things the Royal Government regards it as a duty in the present critical, acd for the Electoral Government, deci sive moment, not to keep silence, but to address it in open, candid, and earnest languages It does this the more willingly, since it cherishes the conviction that within the electoral constitution itself, and especially in the provisions for a court of compromise which it con tains, lies the possibility of arranging the present dif ferences in a manner consistent with the authority and dignity of the supreme head of the state. To enter upon such a peaceful and lawful course, and to pursue it until the dutiful officers and citizens of the state should entertain no doubt that every means of coming to a law ful solution of differences bad been exhausted, we hold to be the sacred duty of every German Government. We cannot conceal our conviction that the pre mature deviation from this course, the omis sion to employ the means of adjustment offered in the constitution for averting the premature one-sided action of Government or Chamber, by a judicial decision, brings with it the danger that, through the wrong-doing of one part, the other may be provoked to forsake the path prescribed by duty, and that the Government may thus remain not free from the responsibility of the ulti mate fearful and incalculable issue of such a contest. The Prussian Government willingly forbears to discuss the individual points on which the Electoral Government and the Chamber, and its standing committee disagree. It cafaiot, however, omit to entreat the Electoral Go vernment to examine anxiously and conscientiously whether, while extending exceptional measures over tho whole of its territories, it has exhausted all and really t constitutional means of atta i n i ng i ts h i g h est end—the a s e n c d u r w i thye whether r the h state us it has he supply becom o e f its ne n ce e s c s e a s r s y itie fo s r ; the Government to incur all the responsibility which the adoption of exceptional measures involves, since that course leaves every difficulty to be solved by mere fore e ? " Berlin, Sept. 12, 1850. " BRANDENBURG." According to the Cologne Gazette, Prussia has de termined to adopt very energetic measures in the affair of Hesse-Cassel; the Government will not tole rate any interference on the part of the Diet; and if necessary will oppose it by force. The Minister of Commerce, M. Vox DE HEYDT, has resigned his post. TURKEY. - Advices have been received from Constantinople to ,he 15th ult. M. Musurius has been recalled from Vienna to be employed in the local administration of the affairs of Turkey. Prince CARADJA has been named Ambas sador to . Berlin. The Hungarian refugees have received permission to leave Kuteya. KOSSUTH has applied for leave to reside at Constantinople. BEM is at Aleppo, but will ultimately settle himself at Brussa. ITALY. - - The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has promulgated, in the official Gazette of the 23d, a decree, dated Sep tember 21, abolishing the Representative Assembly, and re-establishing absolute power. The differences between Rome and Piedmont' re main unsettled. The POPE is inclined to adopt con ciliatory measures, but he is opposed by the Cardi nals, who uphold the priests of Piedmont, who are for the most part agents and spies of Austria, in their rebellion against the laws of their country. The Ansonia, the organ of the parti-pretre, has the fol lowing : ' "We are authorised to contradict that which some journals, and e-pecially the Gazetta del Pupa), affirm, and to state positively that the bishops assembled at Villsnovetta have not ceased a single instant to be faithful to the principles and conviction's proclaimed by them only a few months since, in accord with all " the episcopacy of the kingdom. They ardently desire to 'see a conflict, alike prejudicial to the spiritual interests which are confided to them, and to the in terests of the State, terminated. All their efforts have had for their end, up to this moment, the accomplish 2 ment of this desire; they will not cease to act in the same mauner, but always confining themselves within the limits prescribed to them by the respect and obedi ence due to the Holy Father, and to the inviolable and invariable principles of the Holy Catholic, ApOstolic, and Roman Church." The people, on the other hand, are firm in their op-. position to the encroachments of the priestly power. The municipal council of Alexandria has adopted the following resolution : •' The council, applauding the firmness displayed by the Ministry in the execution of the Siceardi laws, urges it to persevere, and to present, on the opening of Parlia ment, other laws of the same kind, to complete the re forms commenced. '1 he council also engir.;es the Go vernment to distribute and administer the property of the cleigy in a more satisfactory way." CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 30.—The writ arrived here on Saturday morning last. and the Vice-Chancellor immediately issued a notice calling a convocation for Monday, to appoint a day to supply the vacancy. The convocation was accordingly holden this morning and the Vice-Chancellor thereat appointed Friday next as the day for the election of blr. Law's successor. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The sales com prised 200 Yemen] and Maranham, at 70. to 81 , 1.; 1,100 Bahia, at Sid. to 811.; 200 Egyptian, at 8,1. to 9d.; 1,500 Surat, at sd. to 6fd.; and 50 Sea Island, at la. 2 to Is. 3d. per lb.—The Share Market was buoy ant, and a good business done at higher prices. One is almost at a loss to account for the deficiencies that exist in England in many important matters that are well cared for abroad; and few are more generally felt tkan those which affect our commercial and monied interests. On the Continent there are legally constituted bodies, composed of mercantile men, who can at any time be appealed to for the purpose of solving technical or other difficulties, which in this country would involve a vexatious law suit, perhaps, even, proceedings in Chancery, or an unsatisfactory arbitration. Fur years the extreme inconvenience and pecuniary loss arising from this state of things has been felt and complained of, and there have been two or three projects set on foot for . the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce. Either, however, from the circumstance of the parties originating the same not being of sufficient standing and influence, or from the belief that such an institution was not absolutely requisite, so many separate com mittees and companies existing who watch over particular branches—such as the Eat India and China Associa tion, the Russia Company, the Committee of B inkers, the Bondholders' Co mm i t t ees , & c.—the attempts have always proved abortive, although no one can deny that some general classification is desirable, and might be ef fected without prejudice to the efficiency of separate bo dies. Within the last few days, however, there has been a movement in favour of an institution that is even more required than a Chamber of Commerce, viz.—a recognised tribunal for the disposal of matters is dispute between business men. The acquiescence of all the leading firma is expected to be obtained, and a very large number have already signed a memorial, of which the following is a copy : " We, the undersigned merchants, bankers, traders, and others of the city of London, Lave long felt th - it this metropolis would derive much benefit from the est iblish• merit of a Tribunal of Commerce, through the aid of which disputes, simple in their nature, and of, en resting on the usages of trade, might be settled w i t h out an ap peal to nice and legal definitions, which result too fre quently in the ruin of well-intentioned men. We are confirmed in our long-cherished desire to see such a tri htinal established amongst us by language, strong and undeniable, uttered by the Attorney General (Sir John Romilly) ih the House of Commons, v Our system of law is technical, insented for the creation of costs, and not to promote the due administration of justice.' Under these circumstances, and with the view of mitigating many evils at present existing, we venture to ask your Lordship, at an early day, to call a public meeting, in order that the feeling of the citizens of London may be fully taken on the subject." (Here follow the signatures.] It has been objected that the formation of the pro posed tribunal would interfere with the legitimate busi ness of professional men, but there seems to be little force in this assumption, since the plan has been found to work so beneficially abroad, and few would appeal to the tribunal until they had first consulted their legal advisers. The Councils of Prud'hommes in France fulfil the duties which it is now sought to have performed here by a Tribunal of Commerce. - Extract of a letter from Powler, Wilson, and Co., of Bogota, dated 16th August, to the Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders:— "1.3 y the present packet the documents on the Cus toms, in conformity with the law of Congress, are in part forwarded, via, drafts amounting to 232,465 dolls: On account of the dividend of Dec., 1848 5103,530 Ditto, ditto, June, 1849 0232,465 " The Minister of Finance, being ill, was not able to arrange with the Treasurer-General the packing up of the remaining drafts for 128,935 dolls.—they will be sent by next packet. " It is probable that in England a mistake has arisen from the :use of the words importation duties;' it is necessary, theref,re, to explain. The law says Los bil!etes . seran admissibles,' &c. The literal translation is as fallacious. The bills shall be admitted at all the Custom-houses of the Republic and offices for col lection of the national revenue, on payment of one fourth part of the import duties assigned by the law for common (or current) expenses which are due or may hereafter become due. The amount so assigned is 59 per cent. of the whole importation duty; conse quently the said bills are only admissible in one-fourth part of 511 per , cent. " The division made of the import duties is as fol lows: 8 per cent. is admitted in a certain class of docu ments of the old domestic debt, called floating debt. 8 „ in documents for balances of the salaries of the civil employls, which the Go vernment some years ago could not pay in cash. 8 „ in documents ditto of the military ditto. 76 „ in cash. 100 dollars. " Of the 76 dollars in cash the following appropria tions are made:- 5 dollars for payment of the interest of the domestic debt. tt ditto ditto foreign debt. 3 „ repairs of roads, bridges, (Sc. f „ the maintenance cl the lazaretto hospitals. 59 „ current expenses. 76 dollars. " In our letter of the 19th of April we said the bonds were to be ad►aissible in part payment of import duties." There arrived at ten o'clock this morning, off the Custom-house, the General Screw -steam Shipping Com pany's vessel Hellespont, Captain Watts, in 16 days 5 hours from Smyrna, including stoppages at Malts and Gibraltar, laden with 140 tons fresh figs, 11,200/. sp ec i e , a general cargo, and eight passengers. This is the second cargo of fruit which has arrived in the Thames direct from Smyrna this season. The first cargo was by the Propontis on Tuesday last, the 24'h ulr. Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Irving, of Manches ter, report that—" From the commencement to about the middle of the month the market was exceedingly dull and spiritless, accompanied with a decline in the value, as will have been noticed, upon both Yarns and Twist; but upon the arrival, on the 16th, of more unfavourable accounts as to the prospects and condition of the grow ing crop of Cotton, an instantaneous and animated de mand ensued, which led to the recovery, nearly, of the decline which had taken place upon both Twist and Cloth in the previous part of the month, with the excep tion of that up on 40 inch and other descriptions of Shirtings. Another effort was made by spinners and manufacturers this day wee k to realize an additional advance in prices, in consequence of further intelligence which was considered as confirmatory of the preceding accounts with respect to the Cotton crop. But in different success attended this movement, and though since that period we can notice no material change in prices, yet the demand has been very limited, with a feeling in farmsr of the buyer. The month closes quietly. Throwing aside other causes which we have in previous circulars alluded to, as marring transactions, the action of the market throughout the month has been influenced and stimulated by that of Liverpool as regards Cotton. With the present value of the raw material, the progress of improvement must experience a material check. Evidences to this effect are becoming more ge neral, as manifested by awlhargeor fr p o r m op t o h r e tio im n p o o t s b s o ib t i h li s ty pin oi o lessen t h e i r productions con feanuiredltrl fully spin ners con article, a b, nl realising aydr. are determiningoTrrhei correspondent psn manufacturers,den th enecessary alter nat i ve . C loth i s i trates for th e manufactured t heavier in stock than t was a month ago. Yarns are were Market th h e n . 4 ' The as s E s ' been ve r y s t ea d y, and with about the same amount o f b usiness doing as fur Account. Exchequ er -bi l l s have been som e t i me p a st. Consols h ave realised 464 for Trans fer, and 96 quoted 63 5 . to 663.; and India Bonds, 84 s . to 87s. pre lnigghlitshasStthoceyk mium. A bargain has been effected in South Sea Stock at 101. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been much more limited, and the quotations are rather flatter, the settlement of the account having yesterday contri buted to the rise. Mexican Bonds are 314 f. It appears th a t the mail is not fairly due until the 6th or 7th instant, though it may perhaps arrive sooner. Spanish Five per Cents, have been 18i f. Grenada Stock is at 18. Dutch Four per Cents, have teen 891 ex. dividend. Railway Shares, now the settlement i s pretty nearly accomplish e d, do not 111 i every case s u pp ort the extreme r i se o f yester d ay . 'There s, however, a good inquiry for North-Western, Black wall. Great Northern, North Stafford. Oxford and Wolverhampton, and most of the foreign lines. United Mexican Mine Shares have rallied to 6i. QUARTER TO THREE. 996 Consols ... Ditto Account ONE CLOSING PRICES OF REITIaII rIINDSI O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 Per. C +tit. Consols A nnuities 963 4 % 96% 1.1 .t , ;fond., 1 ,000/.... Ditto undar 1.0001„.... .. .... . ...„ 84 p 84 p South Sea Stock ...... Ditto New Annuiti es ...... .jonsols for Account 96 3 ja 3 / a 96 3 4 F , •xcbequer Bills. 'm i d. tir 2d 1 , 0 001. June ........... ..... ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ',s,aziliao Honda. .. ...... .. Chilian Bonds 6 Per Cent ......••••« —„, , , Ditto, 3 per Cent........ . tt,72 61% ex div. Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .. ' 76% x d Grenada Bonds, 1.1 per Cent lB 18 Aimxican, 5 por Cent. 1846, with Coupons — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account Rassian Bonds ..... .. ........... Ditto, 414 per Cent ti nl4, 5 pot Cont. 184 0 . , . - itto, Account .... .... i I. videnns on the above payable in London. Dutch 24, per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cont. Certifieatep B9lj x cl 89 1 4 x d PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN9 RAILWAY SHARES, PAID, Aberdee n ...... — - ..._ ' Do. Prefe rence......... 81 ...... dis -die, Amber. Nott., R os t er, and Eastern Junction 8 1 4 kyrshira and Gallow a y .. 71, .. .... ...., . "elfast & County Down 32 Barks Sr flints Eztens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 . ....., Birmingham and Ox. ..... ford Junct., calls duly paidt o, !* with A gUangl. 20 66 p CLOSING PRICES. 89;4 x d 110 971 185.1 .... t Do, withoutguarantee 20 Wolverif ton, and V urlley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 14s Birkenhead, Lancmhirr ••• and Cheshire June.— 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 70 •uckingliamshire •...... 17% Caledoni Do. New 10/. Pref lO ...... Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Cheiter and Holyhead... 50 .... .. Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth - Dublin and Belfast June. 45 r).indalk & Enniskillen 30 . ..... Esst Anglian, 251., L. Sc, E. and L. and D... 25 1%11.‘ Do. 181., E. & 18 ...... 1 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref..-- 3% Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference ... 5 ...... (7/. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference.- 2 ..... 20 ......6% 6 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6l. 1.33.4 d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 131. 4d... p,.. ...... be., New Preference, 6 ~ e r Cent. ....... 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. .... .... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - ON 00. Ditto, Class A, ditto,.. 6 ...... . Do., Class B&C ..... Do. Scrip (G pe r cent .) 20 East Lamcamhir e ...... 25 ........ Ditto, New Quarters.. 64 •• 1)o., 6 per Cent. Pre ference= ilu raters •••• 6 1 4 •••••• giol Lincolnshire, gua r . ...." 6 par Cent. ._dinnurgii and Glasgow 50 Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 ..... & Dorch. 25 u — ... ..... Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgov, Dumfries, and Cariisle B/.65. 8d..., ;lasgovT,Kilmar., & Ay- .yr 50 ..... llo.Preference Consol. ...... Gloucester & Dean Forest 14 ...... . ...... ':rent Northern % A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent... 12% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121 'rear South. and West. ( Ireland) Ditto, Eighths 2 W i 3 14 rz li a t t t isi o, o is rt e b w o , f 4 E o n l. g . ................ .. ..... Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New,ls/. ...... 15 qreat Western 100 ......711,4 72 71 1 % 72 Ditto, New 171— .• 15 ... 10 ••••• ;lull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 1254 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds L wicashire & Yorkshire.,100 Do. Quarters .... ..... 23 1 ,4 ...... ... Do. Fifths... lO Do. Thirds ...—.. ..... 18 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O —•• 1)0. (W. Riding Union) 11 1 ,4 — ire ..... •••• Leeds and Bradford 6O Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 p er Ct . 6 Do., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. No. 3 5 Do., Pref. guar., 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosb%- 'd ... - P Ai P 111 A 4% 1014 29►% 26 36 3% 71 3 / 4 2% p 47% —.• din, , y am ..,i, Southport' l5 London & Blackwell-IEL 63.3 d 6 5% 6;a 5%... London, Brighton, and South Coivit... .....100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefia. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto.— 1852 50 .. Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...103 Lon don and Greenwich 1211594 d — Ditto, Preference 2O London and N. Western 100 1154.--........ Ditto, New Quarters 17 ... it,o,Fiftli‘ .... ...... 12 D, , . 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 London 84*Wilitern —lOO ...... 69% 63 Do, New 50/. . .... 42% ... ........... Do. New 401. . .. 34 .... Do., New Preference.. 5 ._...... ......,. Londonderry&Coleraine 25 .., Do. i h Shares .. 5 tondonderry and Emus ki:len....~ .—. ...... 25 Do. 1 ,4 Shares Lowestoff, guar. 4 per et 20 ...... .............. Ditto (6 per ct.) ............. Alanetie , .ter,Buxton,and Matlock S LA — ...... ........ Min.liester, Sheffield, mid Lincolnshire...loo ---- .... Do. Quarters ' (No. 1) 25 ... ............... Ditto, New led. Prof... 10 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union... _4/. 21 .. -- dis—... ...... . Mi hand Do. Consolidated Pref 100 ».....- ....., Do., 501. Shares Do , Burn. and Darby ICO •• • .•• ... Do. Consolid. Bristol & ••• .. Hirnaing., 8 per ct.... 100 ......... .•. 0 • Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 ..... "'Ditto ditto . ..... 291. 16S. Od — Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leiees!.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Irish .... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 . .... ...... Do. Quarters .. NtAvmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, 81 dig. 433/4 1314 _ and Hereford 6 ..-.. -- Newry and Enniskille n 7 ti awry, W arrenpo in t, ............. an .1 Rostrevor 2O Norfolk 100 •• ........ ..• • -- ..... ............ Do. New 201. .. l5 . ...... ......... Do. Ex tension ............... ...... -- Do. Guaranteed 5 ikpe• 5 Do. do. Wavenoical. 2 — ......... Northern Counties U n i on 4 .. - .... ... ........... - North British ... .... ... 25 Ditto Preference Wolverhampton Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. ...... Do. 1 4 Shares (A) l O l4 .. ~.... . Reading, Guildford, i.nd ..... ............... 10% _ Reigate lB ..... 181/a x.d....... 1111ix.d Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Ext en . 1 1 ,E ...... ..... Scottish Central .... ..... 25 ...... 12% ...... Scottish Midland ...... ---- .. ..... ..• ••• Ditto, New ShrewalourY and Birm 1 3 14 ...... di& .. — dis Ditto ditto, Class B 9% ..... di5.....„ ..... dis Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 6 ...... "' Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union ...... 614 ...... South Devon 50 .... • 00. Preferen ce 25 South Staffordshire B% — ..• •... • oath E.:, iter.• Do., Regist ere d N o . 410 South Wales - oath Yorkshire, Don ..... 1234 sl/2 10% c aster, and Goole ...... 15 Sheffield. Rotherham, & • Guole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 184 ... ...... . .. Do. do (Sou. Div.) ..• 6 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 10 Taw Vale E x ••• .. ...... ... . tension ... 9 1 / 2 — ... ..• ..... ... T 4 ames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ... .. l3 N aterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waerford and Limerick 471 r Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw. and Dublui ...... ..... ' 3 .«• . .. ... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. 5O Do. do. d o . ... 25 Do. do. dos —. 15 .... West Cornwall ...... ... 7 N 8.... - - ffhitehaven & Fume-id 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... ....• 4 alts, Somerset, & W ey mouth York. Newcastle. and Berwick. .... ............. 25 Do. Newcastle Exton, 20 D .- .. G.N.E. Preference 9 .. 4%% . 4% • Do. do. — . ...... 17 Do. . do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... --• ... ... ... York and North Mithano 50 Oat:, Preference .... 10 FOREIGZ RAILWAYS. Ang' , Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 6%...... Boulogne and Amiens.— 20 Central of France (Or- • leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ....... ..... ...... 17 1 / z Dutch Rhenish Last Indian ..... Ditto ... Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... - ... Do. Do. ... ...-. 1:5 4 Louvain ila Sambra ... 7 1 ,E — Luxembourg Ditto . Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 2.5 ... .. 7 Northern of France Orleans and I.lordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O ....... - .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ..... 10 1 ... 4 arai , re and Meuse 2O ~. ... ........... =trasbourg and Basle ........ Tours and Nantes...... .. 14 •_ ................ .... Tcurnay, Jurbise, Lan den,and Hasselt ...... 20 — West klaridem.•.... ..... 8% ~, ... . - B!,i 9 % 714 14% 10 1 / 1 Anglo-Mexic an lOO INES. Asturian ..... ........... l5 Australian . .., .,,• . Barossa Range .... ... 335. •• Blaenarvon Iron & C oa l 6 0 Bulonos Scrip ...... .... ...., British Iron ..... .......... 13 1 A — l3razilian Imperial ...... 24!4 — ... BrazilianCocae s &C u i a b a 30 Do. St. John Del liey 15 General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black D e b entures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba.. ...... 10 Tin Croft ... , ...... United Mexican 6% .. JOINT STOCK BANKS. kustralasia , 4O . — ....... ......• British North American 50 — _ ...... 42% Colonial 25 ...... ..... .... — 'ommercial of London 20 ondon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 ...... London & Westminster. 20 ...... N ,t Tonal Prov. England. 35 Ditto New-. .......... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... -- Ditto, New ••• .. ••••• 10 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia •••••••• ••• 2 %••• woo -••• • ..... •••••••• Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... 121.. ....- Union or Madrid ... 40 - 14 42% LLOYD'S SHIPPING._( THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. I.—Wind at noon N.W., fresh, and cloudy at times. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—The Joseph, of and from In verness to London, got on the Barber Kernel, but came off without making water. The London, of Sanderick, and Gazelle, of Sunderland, have been in contact and re ceivetal damage, and have been towed in here.. The Mer chant, from Hartlepool to London, was assisted' in here last night with considerable damage, and leaking, having been in contact, near Flamborough Head, with the Indus, of Whitby. Off port, 29th, Ann and Mary, Quebec. and sailed for Stockton. LOWESTOFT, SEPT. 30.—The weather has been very unsettled here since yesterday, and varying from W.N.W. to S.W.. with heavy squalls. There are nearly 500 sail of windbound vessels between this• and Yar mouth, principally colliers. NSW YORK, SEPT. 14.—A brig, apparently two or three years old, timber laden, on tire and abandoned, was passed, August 25, by the St. Nicholas, arrived here. A v e s se l on fi re , supposed a schooner, dismasted, and upper part of hull burnt off, was passed 29,h ult., in a gale, in lat. 41, lon. 70, by the Margaret, arrived here. BZISTOL, SETT. 30.—Wind W.N.W., strong—Arrd. Giorga, Miramichi; Rosalind, Il u i r th, M oulmein, Har riet, Fowler, Trinidad; Invincible, Davis, Virginia; Charlotte, Harrison, Quebec. 29.—The Marion, arrived here from Quebec, has lost bulwarks, topmasts, rigging, &c , having been on her beam ends in a hurricane Sept. 12. A large ship, with loss of main and wizen masts, &e., was passed Sept. 17, in lat. 48,10 n. 45, by the Giorga, arrived here. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 30.—Arrd. Annprella,_Andrews. N UEE STOWN, SEPT. 29.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Harry, Dare, Mauritius; ilartha, Scheely, Laguna. GRIMSZY, SEPT. 30.—The Charity, from S. aham to London, struck on Rose Land yesterday, but was as• sisted off and in here, leaky, and must discharge to re. pair. _ OFF DOVER, SEPT. 27.—Acteon, Bathurst, New Brunswick, for Hull. DUBLIN, SEPT. 28 —Sid. Lady Milman, New' York. LITTLERAmpTox, SEPT. 28 AND 29.—Arrd. Atalanta and Delme, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 29.—The Lydia, of Newcastle, has been lost at sea; crew and passengers saved. The Colony (timber laden), arrived in the Roads bete. HARWICH. SEPT. 30.—The sloop Ann, off Portsmouth, bound to Ipswich, went ashore on the main at Land guard Fort last night during a heavy gale at S.W., but was assisted off and in here leaky. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.— The Ernest Gustav, from St. John's, New Brunswick, put in here to-day leaky, loss of deck load, sails, and quarter-boat, having been on her beam ends in a gale dept. 9, lat. 43, long. 63. COWES, SEPT. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. Majalcafar, Umbaso, Elavannah. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. G. Wilkinson, Quebec. REDCAR, SEPT. 30.—1 t is blowing a heavy gale at N.N.W., with a high sea on.—The Albert, of Fecamp, in going out of the river Tees yesterday came in con tact with another vessel, became leaky, was beached near Saltbrow, and is likely to become a wreck; master drowned, MALDON, SEPT. 30.—A Welsh schooner is ashore at the east end of Covey Island, in this river, but not likely to receive injury. PARIS, SEPT. 30.—The Rosalinda, of Liverpool, with loss of topm as t, an d th e Elizabeth, Of Sunderland, with only foremast standing, both timber laden, were passed 14:1 inst., lat. 46, long. 49, waterlogged and abandoned, by the Lemuel Dyer, arrived at Havre. MILFORD, SEPT. 28.—Arrd. Hippocampi, and Prin cess, Quebec. CROMARTY, SEPT. 27.—The schooner Arrow, of , Stornaway, from Barrow t o N ewcast l e , put in here very' leaky, and has been run ashore for repairs. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 30.—The Active, from Dublin to Liverpool, carried away all her sails in a squall yester day, and was obliged to anchor in Cemlyn Bay; she has, with assistance, been hauled on the beach there. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) EAT SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 83 to 31 15s; Clover. 3 / 3s to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8 • per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8a to 3! 17, . "lover, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 114 s to li f per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 7s to 3/ 15s; Clover, 310 s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, II 3s to I/ 8s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. Suas.u.—The market for British Plantation continues very firm, sales about 600 hhds, &c., at the extreme rates previously currant; 4,870 bags Mauritius went briskly at very full prices, and for crystallized sorts rather dearer. Two small floating cargoes of yellow Havannah have changed bands. The quantity of Bri tish Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,789 hhds 246 tierces 426 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,783 bhds 247 tierces 578 barrels. The stook in the same places is 14,684 hhds 2,200 tierces 4,028 barrels. Refined is steady at 50a to 51s for brown lumps. CuFFEE.-600 casks and 580 bags Plantation Ceylon offered by auction only partly sold at previous rates; 200 bags native kind realiz-d 575, and about 3,000 bags have changed hands privately at 56s 6d to 575, according to quality. About 400 bales clean garbled Mocha were taken in at 70s per cwt. COCOA.-88 bags Trinidad were taken in at 4EO as were also 300 bags Para at 32a, and 100 bags Guayaquil at 345. Rom.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 319 puns 30 hhds. There were taken fbr home consumption 187 puns 59 hhds, a n d ex ported 914 puns 58 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,906 puns 1,137 hhds. SrlCES.—Pepper was in brisk demand, and prices have advanced full id per lb, clear sifted Sumatra being sold at 3id per lb. TALLOW.—New P. Y. C. is 38s 93 to 39s per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s. The article is not quite in so much request. Tx&.—There is a fair business doing ; ord and good common Congou is to is ld. Several parcels of Green sold at full rates privately. COTTON.—Rather more is doing, at about previous rates. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Count De Witt, l a t e secretary to t h e Duke of Bruns wick, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged under the following circumstances:— The prisoner, upon being placed at the bar, violently demanded that, as he was not Englishman enough to de fend himself in a court of justice, the case should be postponed until such time as his legal adviser should be present. Inspector Wilkinson remarked that the case requid no postponement, as it was merely a charge of drunkeren nesa and creating a disturbance. The prisoner --Cannot my word be taken in prefer ence to an inspector's? Mr. JARDINE—I cannot see why it should. Inspector Wilkinson then stated that last evening the prisoner came to the station-house door, very intoxicated, and created a great disturbance. He went out to him no less than four times, and even begged of him to go away. At last he went a few Paces from the door, and witness thinking he had gone home returned to his room. In a very few minutes th e prisoner returned, and bouncing through the passag e again presented himself before witness, and created if possible a still greater disturbance than before. Ile was ultimately obliged to be placed in a cell, at the door of which he knocked and kicked so violently that it Was feared he would break it through. His conduct was riotous in the extreme. Tne prisoner spoke very largely about an inspector daring to lock him up, and actually in a cell in which felons were placed. He was fined los., which was immediately paid. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT—CONTICTION OP AN IMPOSTOR.—A miserable-looking lalian, who professed to be deaf and dumb, and who has fur many years been preying upon the benevolent portion of the public, was brought bef o re Mr. Hardwick charged with bugging in the public streets. Colley, one of the Mendicity constables, stated that about half-plat eight last night he was proceeding along Oxford -street, when his attention was called to the pri soner, whom he had known for the last nine years as a notorious impostor, pretending to be deaf and dumb, grinding away most ferociously at a kind of hurdy gurdy. In consequence of the instrument possessinc, only three strings the tones elicited were anything but musical. Witness, having seen the prisoner re ceive several pence, took him into custody. The con stable added that two years ago he took the prisoner before Mr. Combe, at Cletkenwell Police-court, for a similar offence, when he promised in right good Italian to return to his native country; he did so and purchas-d a farm for 100/: which F•um he had made in this country by begging. The prisoner remained upon his farm till about nine months ago. when he returned to this country and immediately resorted to his old way of raising the wind. Witness had heard from good autho rity that while the prisoner was pt-suing his calling her a relative was looking after the farm in Ita Mr. HARDWICK said it was shameful that siach-flev sous should be admitted into this country at ell, but be thought it would be ai easy to "bottle otr " the Atlantic as licit a stop to it at once. Ho should; however, send the, prisutier fur a month as a warning to others of his class LIE ITALIAN OPERA AT PARlS.—Great interest s is felt at the present moment in the negotiations going on with respect to the next campa irt of the Italian Opera to Paris. The situation of M. Ronconi, the director of last season, is such that it is understood that he cannot resume the position, and be is known to have contracted engege mews at the Opera at Madrid for two months. In the meantime, Mr. Lumley, the well-known director of Her Miesty's Theat re i n L on d on, is in Paris, and it is understood i that he bas made propositions which .: are likely to prove acceptable to all parties. The success of Mr. Lumley will be very gratifying to the Paris public. Since the revolution the Italian Opera ha' been little better than extinct, and Mr. Lumley is considered the only person possessing sufficient of the public confidence to be able to revive it. Since the above was written (says our correspondent) I an glad to say that these hopes have been realised. I understand that the contract was concluded and signed on Friday evening, by which concession of the Italian Opera is given to Mr. Lumley for several years. The house is to be opened on the let of November. A great number of eminent names are spoken of as being already engaged, but it is probable that the arrangements are not yet fully completed. CURE FOR GOITRE.—Dr. Grange, of Geneva, who has devoted a great part of his life to the study of the causes and cure of cretinism, has just published the result of his observations. It appears that both cretinism and wen , proceed from the same cause, and that these disorders are particularly eademical in countries where the soil and water/ are very rich in magnesia. Dr. Grange asserts that any person may get a wen, if such be his fancy, by drinking el springs highly impregnated with magnesia. He states iodurated kitchen salt, used for culinary purposes for the space of a year, to be a certain cure for, and preservative against the ;wen, without producing any other infirmity. Dr. Grange recommends his Government to d stribute iodurated salt in those places where the goitre is most pre' valent. He also shows from statistical accounts, that wens, contrary to universal belief, are more frequent in flat than in mountainous countries. THE NEW COMMANDER-IN -CHIEF FOR INDIA.—Sit William Gomm, accompanied by Lady Gomm, and Captain Yates, his aid-de-camp, lelt town on Saturday for India. He slept at Canterbury on Saturday, and crossed over to on Calais on S un d ay. He will remain the Continent until the departure of the packet from Trieste, and will proceed to Suez in the Haddington, about the Bth of November. has SHIP BUILDING ON THE TTNE...—Messrs. Coutts and Parkinson, in addition to the noble East India' man now on the stocks, have received an order from en eminent shipping house in the Clyde for a vessel for the India trade of about 1,000 tons register. This vessel will be the largest iron sailing vessel that has yet been constructed here, or, it is thought, in any other port. Mr. Toward 11 0 also launched two most beautiful steamers for the Rutter' dam trade within the last month, and, it is understood, about to start with another. These facts speak for the selves, and confirm our anticipations that this branch 01 business will become one of the great staples of this (No" castle) district. HOWDEN (r)IIIISHIRE) GREAT HORSE FAIR."'" The business of this annual horse fair, the largest in the ls-ngdom, commenced by pre - arrangement amongst the pTioi cipal dealers and purchasers on Th urs d ay l ast. At no fair of late years ha s th ere b een a larger show of horses or a bettor attendance of for e i gn and of home buyers. Some of the ~ best hunters h ave b een purchased in the stables at price varying from 100/. to 2001.; carriage horses were eagerli, sought for, and have gone off at from 60/. to 100/. ; go°,7 nags, 70/. to 80/. each. This important mart is the gran" deptt for the supply of the army, and, as usual, several 0 1 1 . cers from the var i ous cavalry regiments have been preset': • amongst whom were Lord Cardigan (11th Hussars), Colone l Shewell, Major Irwin, Captain Shaw, &c. Messrs. Dysol l, Dickinson, and Collins, the troop-horse buyers, have par' chased extensively, and the presence of eminent dealer" from Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Herefordshire, Wa r wickahire, Essex, Suffolk, the midland and western counties' has created *ore than the usual amount of competition for the potsession of really first-rate animals. The Gertnal Prussian, Fren c h, and Danish dealers have also purchase' largely. g , .., SUPERANNUA TION ALLOWANCES.—The zollowil salutary provi s i ons appear in an Act of the last session (13t h and 14th Vi c t or i a, chap. 95),-_" That when a n y su m o f money shall have been or shall be granted annually or other' wise to any person who has been, or shall have been, e. 71 ployed in the service of the Customs, as a superannuatio n allowance upon the retirement of such person from Such service, or as compensation for past services, it shall not ~, lawful for the grantee of such allowance or compensation '''' assign or dispose of the eame to any person or person a whomsoever, and that all such assignments or disposition; of such allowances or compensations made after the passis: of this A c t s h all be wholly void to all intents and purpOr 6 and shall not be enforced in any court of law or equity. NARROW EscAPß.—Two days ago, while a heal" was proceeding along High-street, the horses in it too' fright and ran along the pavement at a furious rate. The e little children happened to be amusing themselves, eneo . ,,_°' serous of danger, in the course of the maddened ' aninsaT, when a person seeing the imminent jeoard in which tb e ' s ,wruhsiehteldeefnortwtahred,-seized one in his -arms, gave anoth er ,. ]tick, poor child nearly to the middle a t°' street; the third he succeeded in frightening off the paye e ment, so th at h e fell into the kennel, and while lying tbeio't the carriage whirled past at a furious spe e d. But t the energeti c presence of mind shown by the party i V e rt tion, in getting the children out of harm's way, it is al bat certain that they would have been seriously injured • $ 5 ., was they es cape d altogether unhurt.—North British Ala"' I Mr. George Hudson, 14.1' , ht a, during the p, week, been on a visit to the own of Sunderland, where t was received by all classes of the constituency with the nl °6 o respectful and enThusiastic feelings. The Hon. Member t the guest of the Mayor (William Ord, Esq.,) at whose h"„; pitable mansion a sumptuous banquet was given in hollt of the occasion, which was attended by the rnagistratl gentry, and some of the principal merchants of the town 013 neighbiurhood. Oa Thursday Mr. Hudson inspected the splendid dock - a at th a t port, of which he was the projectors / and which had recently been completed. A great mans ships both in th e f oreign and coasting trade were in the a°.),o and, amo ngs t others, a most beautiful iron steamer, Ivanhoe, la unc h ed a few days ago in the Tyne, built Ts. a nd Mr. Tav er , an d i ntended to trans with passengers a goods, bet ween L eith awl Rotterdam. She is the proper t y ; of Mr. Smith, o f L eith, who invited Mr. Hudson, the Mari i 3 ,', and: other gentlem en, to j.in a party on board, where t a " Health ot the were. Member," " Success to the Dock s ' b and other toasts were genan responded to ; after 1 44 . a salt' e was fired from the vessel, and on Mr. Hudson.lea v in- he was heartily cheered by the crowds who had eos in' bled' to witness the scene. THE DEVIL'S FRUI T. — Potatoes were first WO ° A du t c fi ed rs a t t tn A e lo p s e c o o p w le by won a ld M n r. ei ß th o e w r land, about sixty years sr ing they wer e th e devil's fruit, g p i l v a e n n t n t o o r h te im uch on th h e i m s , C O O %, plaining t o G o d that he had no fruit, when he w a s told I ', search in the eart h for some, which he did, and found tAt is toes. A c ur i ous Berw ickshire legend, which, however', palpably anachroni ca l , attributes the introduction of potani into Scotland t o that famous wizard of the north, Sir Michael Scott. The wizard and the devil being in partnership, tl., a lease of a farm on the Alertoun estate, called Whitehon_ i i The wizard was to manage the farm ; the devil advaaup the capital.. The produce was to be divided as follows :-. 1 00 first year, Sir Michael was to have all that grew above ~,i ground, and his partner All that grew below ; the seo°,l, year their shares were to be just the opposite way. .' r . satanic majesty, as is usual in such cases was fairly over ~ reached in his bargain; for the wizard cunningly sowed all the land in the first year with wheat, and planted it W. potatoes the second; se that the devil got nothing f0r",.., share but wheat stubble and potato tops; and his scourgl", rotation Sir Michael continued, until he had not only h e i t i gored his part ner, b ut exhausted the soil. In spite of tgif legend, how ever, we must continue -to give credit to S ir Walter Ralei g h f or having been the introducer of potal-ci, into this cou n t ry. The first that tried them, we are to o fell into the very natural mistake of eating the apples, a n y disregarding the roots.-- The Agricultut al Magazine. ps ATTEMPTED M URDER AND BURGLARY.— IT ---t erd day the auth or i t i es at Great Scotland-yard, and the niel t°. politan police generally, received information Ibo . the residence of the Rev. Edward Holiest, of Frirn i le ir l e, green, on the borders of Surrey and HalnPl 00 I and the scene of the late fatal prize tight, was entere d .r . Friday night last by a number of men, two of 'whom w e r e short and stout and disguised in masks. They presen t ed theasselves at the Rev. Gentleman's bedside, and one of t h em shot at and wounded him. The villains afterwards ransacked the house of watches, jewellery of various descriptions, a °" 0 siderable sum in money, and plate to a great amount, Y 4 , 1, which they got clear away. Three suspicious men were seen in the v i ll age of Frimley, which is distant a mile and • „ half, in the a f ternoon of the same day; they were dressed 1',,, sr ectably, a n d one carried a large black bag. 50/. reward ii offered for their apprehension. THE QUEEN'S COILE4IE, BIRMINGHAM — On SS*.., turday week last the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord P re" sident of the Committee of Council on Education, visited,,. the Queen's College, and was received, in the absence of v; r. Warden, by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. B. Davies, T er . Edward Townsend Cox, Mr. Edward Armfield, and oth er ! members of the Council. His Lordship inspected the chsP, library, and students' rooms, and expressed himself highly., pleased with the arrangements. The: college has been !i e 'peeled during the week by the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, L_l, Rev. Dr. Peel, Dean of Worcester, Mr. William GlatistorL the Rev. Boyer Adderley, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, the Rev. J. Ellis, and other influential friends of education. NEW ACT TO SHORTEN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT._ . co rL Among the stat u t es of the late session was one " for short' ening the l anguage used in Acts of Parliament." It .;„ tains eight c onc i sely worded sections, and, according to_tu: s provisions, very cons i derable improvements are expected to W ill be made in future Acts. Subsequent Acts, it is expeeted,if„, - not contain a provision to alter or amend. They will be a,'„ vided into sections, without any introductory words. It will be sufficient to cite the year of the reign of a former .s!t°, l : the word " expedient" will become obsolete. There will no need of interpretation clauses, nor of others respect!! repealed provisions, and all future Acts are to be deems public Acts, unless expressly declared to the contrary. Th e Act is to commence and take effect from and immediately after the commencement of the new session of Parliamen BELFAST LIN EN T RADE.—We have to announce s e , reduction of 3d. per bundle on tow yarns, with the prosn,° . 7 : of a decline, at an early date, in the prices of the finer no_ acriptions. This, it may be presumed, will prove satisfactory' and may have the effect of placing the trade in a po i . . r it° . ,' better than it has been fur some time past. The reports trans' acted leading cloth markets are dull. Little business was acted during the past week. In Ballymenna, on Saturday'. lineal 1 , another decline took place on all kinds of 4-4 light 11 ,..., 0 and in Armagh a considerable quantity of cloth was. taken fro:n the market unsold. The export of linen cloth !! Belfast d ur i ng the past week was agmore small, amounting ss only to 613 p ac k ages, at an estimated value of little than 20,000/. - Be fast Paper. The pl . ° . ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS.— T he vincial papers of Saturday record the following agric ultural to meetings to have taken place during the week, in addition those already noticed in this jour nn ;—North Staffordshir e ' South Hants, Burton, Brecknockshire Wetherbr, Abingdon, c I , l C e I s: East Suffolk, West Suffolk, e oath Beds and North Stow -in-the-Wold and Chipping Norton, Watlingte2 t n ep ,__ l3. rnarthenshire, Bolsover and Appleby, and Kirkby S . f . e ay As a test of the workings of the agricultural mind, it Ina t Protectionist doct r i nes were f ar l ess pievalent than at su l be said generally, as regards the after-dinner addresses, that tar meetii gs last year. The farmers do not find free trade so very terrible, after all. -- ITALIAN SWINE.—A ship which has arrival from Naples has brought some pigs as a part of her cargo, which is a "Ye' 44(1 unUtiil4l importation from that place. pr de la; of that Wes with they to I are more struc fords traf and Well larly alrea, f XtE t size ( eaten if ti,e prom for d happ E feetie, pecte, to ti to ti find statio butt 6 xpen the b ral sta done at one Citro Ni Nevvp White Razy MIA I nardi - Tomb' rftrna Mer 4 I f iay aii , 2 :Venu i Bus is Mate] CAD At the t. 114tf 3't prat tot; the W C of .2/. 3'early Ca t k: per co,