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NEW NOVEL, BY JOHN MILLS, ESQ. Now " C ready at all the Libra O ries U , in 3 v N ols., T Y. By JOHN MILLS, Esq Author of " THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN," gcc. " Mr. Mills has not inappropriately been termed the Dickens of the Turf and the Field. `Our County' is a sparkling book, full of frolic and fun."—Messenger. " For vivid, graphic, and truthful sketches of English country life, Mr. Mills has no equal that we know, and can hardly have a supe rior."—Globe. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Oxford•street. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the SEASON, under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingharn ; of whom also places may 1 e taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, BAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Last Nights of the Adeiphi Company and Adolph! Pieces. Second Price at Eight o'clock. Great hit of the new Comic Drama of i:Tiralda ; or, the Miller's Wife. THIS EVENING, Will be performed (11th time) an entirely new Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled GIRALDA ; or, The Miller's Wife. Philip, Mr. Hughes ; Don Japhet della Tromba, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Don Manual de IWar, Mr. Boyce ; Gil, Mr. Wright ; the Grand Duchess, Miss Emma Harding; Giralda, 311. s K. Fitzwilliana. After which HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson; Julia Banks, Miss Ellen, Chaplin. To be followed by BORN TO GOOD LUCK; or, An Irishman's Fortune. Pauleen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Count Maid, Mr. Lam bert ; Manfredi, Mr. Boyce ; Nina, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Paul Bedford's Beaefit on Tuesday, October 1, 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 magnificent Band will attend, and at different periods of the evening Perform (on the stage) a variety of much-admired Overtures, &c., arranged by and udder the direction of Mr. Waddell, Master of the Band. 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, Shakespere's Play of TWELFTH NIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, Belton, Keeley ; Mrs. C. Kean, Miss Phillips, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mr. Flexraore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Auriol will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of Giralda and the New Farce. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GIRALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. Farren, Jun., Comp ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Leigh Murray, Madlles. Louise and Adele. After which THE OLDEST INHABITANT, in which Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, Diddear, Norton; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER. A.STLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Great Novelty in the Scenes of the Arena. Repetit ion of the Equestian Ladies' Fete. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties In the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropollq, which will be continued for this week only. Fourth Week of the accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie, who will sing a favourite Ballad. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA a d the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. In consequence of the immense success of the Equestrian Ladies' Fete, it Will be repeated, the Scenes of the Circle being performed and conducted exclusively by the highly talented Female Artists of the Establishment. To conclude with Fitzball's popular Melodrama, entitled WAR DOCK SENNELSON. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. This Div —Morning 52 min. after 5 Evening 16 min. after 6 To-Mosnow— Morning 43 min. after 6 I Evening 15 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—Suer OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 88. WLND W.—light breeze and fine. '." c 4,-V. , -,4 • A '';',r Ax — , i's' IIS ._:•(--.7ifr:', -4: Nl4%:"Filjr.iy,.k , t,...„..._ • -- ,^~- " 4 4 ./.7, 0 ;;;;4'..,.;4 1 A 1 , _ :, - ,ILI vu k . '' ' 41,› - N r...4.,54. i• -------; =-... • '......„ ~ : eninjt ifl it LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. Among the zealous and energetic legal reformers of the present age Mr. CHARLES BURTON COOPER, Q.C., has occupied a prominent position. The abuses of the court in which he has long practised and at tained high eminence have chiefly attracted his atten tion, and he has offered many valuable suggestions for improving the course of practice in Chancery by expediting the proceedings and materially diminishing the expenses, so as to render it " nearly as cheap to obtain the opinion of the Court of Chancery on a doubtful point as to obtain the opinion of an eminent counsel." The vexatious delays in the Masters' offices, perhaps the most harassing of the many and serious impediments that attend the progress of the suitor for equity, particularly came under his notice, and he framed a series of orders or regulations, by which the nuisance might be, if not altogether abated, at least considerably mitigated, so as to render it in some degree tolerable to the parties concerned. It could not be supposed that a gentleman who had exhibited so much activity in all matters connected with the amelioration of the tribunal which he had selected as the sphere of his professional labours, should remain indifferent to the constitution of the head of the court itself—a question which has assumed additional interest since the First Lord of the Treasury announced the intention of the Govern. ment to separate the judicial and political functions of the Lord High Chancellor of England. The Noble Lord even declared that he would bring forward the details of the contemplated measures within a few weeks, a pledge which shared the fate of lovers' oaths and electioneering promises, and which has pro bably been consigned to the " limbo of broken vows, ' or the place not to be mentioned to ears polite, which is aphoristically stated " to be paved with good intentions." It afforded some indication, however, that the topic which had been under Ministerial consideration for so many years would be brought seriously before Parliament, end perhaps finally disposed cf during the ensuing session, and, therefore, the public attention was di. rected prominently to the subject. Mr. COOPER has treated the matter in a manner highly characteristic of his profession. He has made Lord COTTENHAM'S plan, set forth on the 28th of April, 1836, the basis of his observations, and with singular industry collected the opinions of some of the leading men of the age, of distinguished states men and lawyers, delivered in Parliament, which he has republished with remarks showing the altera tions that have already been effected, and how far these opinions are consistent with the ex• Chancellor's proposal.* We are thus enabled at a single glance to ascertain the views of ROMILLY and REDESDALE, of LIVERPOOL, CASTLEREAGH, CANNING, and PEEL, of WETHERELL, LEACH, and ELDON, Of BANKES and STEPHENS, and WILLIAM 3, and finally, and not the least important, of O'CoNNELL, and SUDDEN, and BROUGHAM. It must be borne in mind that many of these views were promulgated many years since, when many prejudices were in existence which have gra dually been worn away and obliterated by the pro gress of public opinion and the increased enlighten ment of the age. But the compilation will prove a valuable assistance to the statesman in enabling him to arrive at a correct decision on this most important question. It certainly appears to be, as Lord BROUGHAM justly termed it, a "signal and striking anomaly that the highest judge in civil matters in the country was a Minister of the Crown, and was removable at the pleasure of the Crown ; that to him was entrusted, sitting alone, and without control, the disposal of property of an immense amount, and of rights and interests still more dear to the parties than any rights of property, however important; and yet he was all this time removable at the pleasure of the Crown, and was also, whether he would or not, a political as well as a judicial character." It is not merely, then, the amount of duties cast upon the Lord Chancellor—which are more than can ba satisfactorily performed by a single individual—that require the change, but the sys tem is ralically defective, and in direct opposition to the great constitutional principle which rc niers the judges of the land, so far as practicable, independent of all external influences ; that withdraws them from all considerations cf party or politics, and makes the tenure of office not dependent on the *mere will and pleasure of the Crown or of the Minister of the day, but on the good conduct of the party holding it. This judicial independence has ever been regarded as af fording one of the highest and most valuable guaran tees for the liberty of the subject, and yet it is totally disregarded i❑ the case of the highest of all the judges, " Appellate Jurisdiction of the House ofLords, Privy Council, and Court of Chancery." By Charles Purton Cooper, Esq., QC. London; Stevens and Norton. who, in his original and appellate jurisdiction, deals with a larger amount of property, and more interest ing and sacred rights, than perhops all the other judges taken together. In addition, then, to the great Impediments and obstacles opposed to the progress cf every description of legal reform, from the multifa rious avocations of the Minister by whom proposed alterations must be maturely considered before they can be adopted by the Government, and the great public inconvenience of a judge going out of office at the very time when he is most competent to perform its duties, we find a judge sitting in one court to hear an appeal from his own judgment pronounced in another place, and subject to removal at any moment through a party vote in Parliament. It must, there fore, be conceded that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was fully justified in thinking it to be " the common sense of the subject that there should be, as in the Queen's Bench and Common Plea=, a permanentjudge at the head of our great equity tribunal." It is seldom that a more important document has been presented to Parliament than the "Report of the General Board of Health on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849." It should be not only perused, but studied by every member of the com munity, for it relates to matters which affect the interests and the lives of every man, woman, and child in these realms. This report sets at rest the question as to the contagious or non-contagious na ture of cholera ; it is abundantly clear, from the evi dence adduced by the Commissioners, that the disease is not contagious, and that schemes ef isola tion or quarantine are worse than useless. It is a disease impossible, or all but impossible, of cure, and yet most easy of prevention ; and the cause of the great mortality which prevailed from chole-ra, during 1848 and 1849, in this country, was the stupid obstinacy of the local authorities, who refused to adopt the measures of prevention pointed out to them, and sacrificed many thousand lives to absurd preju dices against " centralization." Upwards of 60,000 persons perished of cholera during the year 1848-49 and of these 60,000, at least 40,000 were sacrificed to a vile system of private jobbing, which usurps the name of local self-government. In Ply mouth, according to Dr. MILROY, although strong representations on the subject had been made by the leading medical men of the place many months before the occurrence of the disease, no precautionary mea sures were adopted by the authorities, who when the cholera did break out spoke of it as :quite sudden and unexpected. "In numerous instances," say the Commissioners, " medical officers who have attended to the conditions which influence its localization, have pointed out, before its return, the particular courts and houses which it would attack. Before cholera appeared in the district,' says the medical officer of the Whitechapel Union, speaking of a small court in the hamlet, I predictei that this would be one of its strongholds.' Eighteen cases occurred in it. Before cholera appeared in the district, the medical officer of Uxbridge stated that, if it should visit that town it would be certain to break out in a particular house, to the danger ous condition of which he called the attention of the local authorities. The first cases that occurred broke out in that identical house. In a place called Swain's lane, in the healthy village of Highgate, near London, there is a spot where the medical officer felt so confident that the di-ease would make its appearance, that ha re peatedly represented to the authorities the danger of allowing the place to remain in its existing condition, but in vain. In two houses on this spot, six attacks and four deaths took place, yet there was no other appearance of the disease during the whole epidemic in any other part of the village, containing 3,000 inhabitants. " Before the appearance of the disease in this country we warned the local authorities that the seats of the approaching pestilence in their respective districts would be the usual haunts of other epidemics." It might surely have been expected that the local au thorities would everywhere have adopted immediate measures to disinfect the localities pointed outbeforehand as the seats of the approaching pestilence ; it appears, on the contrary, that they threw every obstacle in the way of the adoption of such measures. The pecuniary interests of the local jobbers, and the fussy self-im portance of the local magnates were leagued in oppo sition to science, humanity, and common sense, and the recommendations of the Board of Health were treated either with contemptuous silence or with contumely and insult. Their warnings were despised, their facts disputed, and themselves denounced, and in one memorable instance a local parochial mag nate of the metropolis, with a crass ignorance more than aldermanic, actually denied the existence of Jacob's Island, because it had been mentioned by Mr. CHARLES DICKENS. But the Board of Health did not flinch from the execution of the duties im posed on them, and if they did not succeed in accom plishing all that they had hoped, the fault was not in themselves, but in the law. They thus describe their endeavours to carry out measures of prevention, and the cause to which the ill-success of those endeavours must be attributed. At page 142 of the Report they say— " Adopting a large remedial interpretation of the au thority given under the Act for taking measures of promptitude, according to the exigency of the case, by such directions and regulations as the said board shall think fit for the prevention, as far as possible, or mitiga tion of such epidemic disease,' we were prepared to issue directions to special local bodies for the execution of the measures of prevention; but we were debarred from that course by the opinion of the law officers, that the general words of the statute could not be so construed as to warrant such a combination of the local authorities as we proposed for the purpose. A review of the goneral experience now adduced as to the peculiar nature of preventive measureF, and as to the constitution of local bodies, will suggeA, one conclu sion, that the only chance of executing such measures promptly ar.d efficiently will be by new and special local and general administrative arrangements, the particulars of which we may have a fair opportunity of submittirg for consideration, as part of the amendments which may be required for the execution of the Public Health Act.' We trust that another session of Parliament will not be suffered to elapse without the passing of a Public Health Act, which shall give health officers the power of properly carrying out preventive mea sures. It should be recollected that every member of the community is equally interested in the immediate adoption of these measures ; the cholera is no res pec'er of persons, and the class of prosperous trades men suffered during its last visitation more severely from its ravages than did the very poor ; and when we remember that those localities in which the cholera raged with the greatest severity are at all times the habitats of fever, the necessity for the prompt adop. tion of the measures of prevention suggested by the officers of health cannot but be abundantly evident. THE ARCTIC REGIONS. RETURN OF THE S TORE-SHIP NORTH STAR FROM THE POLAR SEAS. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 28. The North Star arrived this morning at Ports mouth from the Polar Seas. No intelligence of Sir John Franklin. Captain Austin was in Lan caster Sound. Captain Forsyth in the Prince Albert off Possession Bay on the 30th August, returning to England. Captain Forsyth had been to Port Bowen and Port Leopold. He left the Lady Franklin, Sophia, Assistance, Intrepid, and Felix, in Wellington Channel ; all well. North Star last from Pond's Bay sth September. North Star succeeded this year in landing her provisions at eastern extremity of Navy Board Inlet, just within the easternmost Wol laston Island, having failed in doing so last year. Mr. Saunders has kad no personal communication w ith Captain Austin, not having seen any of the sq uadron. Captain Forsyth may be looked f o r ever y day. yr,orvements are KlT 7rll T ie " h are appercolatned. Its BILLINGSGATE MAR proceeding rapidly. The old dock is entire? bed is fitted with twenty shops, double flight of steps on the east and west side. The 1 1 3 ; part is to be exclusively devoted to the sale of shell -fish whilst the upper portion will present rows of shops simila r to those in Hungerford Market, with an architectural river frontage. On the completion of this portion of the under taking, the clump of houses extending to Darkhouse-lane will be removed, and the space thus obtained added to the market. SERIOUS CASE OF POCKET P 1 CK1NG......-600/, STOLEN.—lnformation was given at the Mansion-house that a poor fellow had been on Wednesday morning plundered of all his property between the Bank and Gracechurch-street. He had, it seems, accumulated by a life of bard labour be tween 500/. and 6001., and had purchased a public-house, in which be intended to sit dow n for the remainder of his life After having left a deposit of CO/. with the person of whom he had made the purchase, he wont and received the amount to which he wa3 entitled, and was proceeding to close the business, when ho found that his coat-pocket; in Ti Ilia he had placed the mooey, was cut away, and all his hard earn ings were gmie. The sister of the unfortunate man applied to the police and described the condition of her brother as deplorable in the extreme. The plundered man had no doubt been followed from the bank by thieve , , who found him to be a more easy prey, as he had been a sailor and had lost an arm. CHINESE LEECHES.—An importation has just taken place by a vessel arrived in the docks from Canton, of several packages of leeches, as par'; of her cargo. This appears to be a remarkable article of importation from China. THE FRENCH RE PUB L IC. We have received the Paris jourrals of yesterday. The Committee of the Ass-embly held - its usual weekly meeting on Thursday, and it was proposed immediately to convoke the Assembly. A very ani mated discussion ensued, but no decision was come to, probably in consequence of the absence of Gene ral CHANGARNIER, who was attending the PRESI DENT at Versailles, where he held a second review. It appears that on Thursday, as on the previous occasion, the PRESIDENT had provided refreshments both for the officers and the soldiers. Among the latter upwards of sixty hogsheads of claret were dis tributed. The Marquis Du PASTORE; one of the " Com mittee" of the Count of CHAMBORD, has arrived in Paris. M. DE PEESIGNY left. Paris on Thursday for Lon don, on a diplomatic mission, and M. DE PARRIEtT, the Minister for Public Instruction, returned to Paris on the same day. The return of M. DE PARRIEU was unexpected, and is, it is said, connected with some approaching change in the Ministry. M. DE VATISMENIL, one of the leaders of the Le gitimatistF, has declared against any revision of the Constitution. A private of the 17th Regiment has been condemned to death by a court-martial for having surrendered his arms to the insurgents on the 13th of June, 1849. General Baron HALST died at Nancy, in the 76th year of his age. Colonel DE AIARQ,ITESAC died at Breves, in the 78th year of his age. Ile was second chief of the staff to General RAPP during the Democratic siege of Dantzic, and during the 100 days he was in trusted by the Prince of ECHMULIL, Commander- in- Chief of the army of Paris, with the defence of the line extending from the Barriere de I'Enfer to La Villette. The large spinning manufactory near Thann, 'Taut Rhin, was destroyed by fire on the 15th. More than 200 workmen are thrown out of employ. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 27.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 93f. 10c. ; Tiaree per Cents., 57f. 65c. ; Bank Actions, 2,285 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E YCHANbE, SEPT. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 % —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 23% —Rouen and Havre, 9% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 223 have been received. General - CoNcuA reviewed the garrison of Madrid, and addressed them in a farewell speech, printed copies of which were distributed among the garrison. The General immediately afterwards set off for Cadiz to embark for Cubs. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850. GERMAN Y. Accounts from Prague state that not even the state of siege could preserve HAYNAn from insult during his recent visit to that city. He could not show him self without being greeted with hisses and shouts of " Down with the Austrian Butcher." The election of common-councillors has termi nated in Cassel in the return of 40 Constitutionalists, to the exclusion of both the Republican and the Ab solutist candidates. The most perfect tranquillity prevails at Cassel. There is every reason to assert that the Austrian Cabinet has forwarded instructions to its envoy at Berlin to decline in toto the propositions addressed to it under date of the 25th ult., through M. DE BERN-- STORE, propositions having for their object the solu tion of existing difficulties by a free and independent meeting of plenipotentiaries of all states. This im portant refusal, without endangering peace, renders the schism between adverse parties wider and appa rently irreparable. A convocation of all the Balarian archbishops and bishops will, it is said, be held at Freising on the Ist of October. ITALY. The Debuts says :—" We have announced that a meeting of Piedinontese bishops took place at Vil lanovetta, in the diocese of Asti, to deliberate on a memorial to be sent to the Holy See for the purpose of conciliation. We learn now that this document has been drawn up, and that it has bean signed by ten bishops. In it are stated the grave inconveniences which would result for reli gious interests from a continuance of the diffi culties which have arisen between the Sardinian Go vernment and the Holy See, and a desire is expressed to see the matter speedily arranged, The friends of religion place much confidence in the effect which this document is calculated to produce on the mind of the POPE. We hope with them, for the well being of religion, and for the public peace, that the Holy Father will reply favourably to the desire for conciliation manifested by the Sardinian Government." Letters of the 17th from Tuscan Romango, quoted by the Stott/to of Florence, state that crime and rob beries are on the increase in that quarter. Four robbers had been shot at Faenza a few days before,. and twelve had suffered the same fate on the 16th at Ravenna, Forli, and Imola. WHEAL MAY MINING COMPANY.—A special general meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Broad-street, yesterday, for the purpose of dividing the mine into a specified number of shares, instead of 5,000 as heretofore, and making arrange ments for carrying on the undertaking strictly on the cost hook principle. Mr. W. Snell was called to the chair, and he stated that since they last met, the affairs of the mine had assumed a different aspect, and it was now intended that the mine should be carried on strictly on the cost book principle. In order to effect this, it would be necessary to carry certain resolutions which had been drawn up with great care. Two resolutions were then carried, rescinding all matters hereto fore done in relation to the mine, and cancelling the certifi cates of shares already issued, but providing that the holders should be considered as holders on condition that they adopted these resolutions within two months. The chairma:a stated that the number of shares issued was 2,560. It was proposed that the shares should be reduced to 1,W14, so that each shareholder now holding five shares would, under the new arrangement, hold two. A resolution to this effect was carried, alter which the cost book was opened and signed hi the shareholders present; a call of 51. per share was math., and the usual rules of the cost book principle were uuani - mously adopted. The meeting then separated. He who suffers not his faculties to lie torpid has a chance, whatever be his employment, of doing good to his fellow-creatures.— Eliza Cook's Journal. INCENDIARISM.—A destructive fire occurred on Wednesday night last, on the premises of Mr. Woods, an extensive farmer of Leeds Gate, near Boston. There was plenty of readily tendered assistance, but, owing to the dry ness of the weather, great scarcity of water. The property destroyed consisted of a large stack of straw, a stack of oats (130 qrs.), two stacks of hay, the crew-yard buildings, six teen geese, a number of fowls, and a large quantity of bacon in the barn. Owing to the praiseworty daring of the neigh bours, frequently made at great persoiLd risk, the remaining farm premises were saved, and the fire prevented from ex tending to the adjoining stackyard of Mr. Fox. There can be no doubt that the fire was caused by an incendiary, and the most painful rumours are current on the subject. 'the property was insured in the Norwich-office.—Boston Herald_ -•- - A YANKEE SWIMMER.—The New London Chro nicle says that has the sloop Mary Gray was on her passage from New York to that city, on Tuesday night, she was hailed when about mid sound, " Sloop ahoy lower your boat, and take a body aboard." This mysterious request, at such a time and such a place, was, of course, a little out of the common run of seafaring adventurer, but the boat was lowered nevertheless, and after some search a young man was picked up and carried on b oar d the slop. He proved to be a Mr. Loomis, of Norwich, who had fallen overboard from the steam-boat Worcester, about an hour before, and the steamer was out of sight on her way to Norwich. The Chronicle justly remarks that this is about as remarkable a case of preservation from drowning as ever occurred, and proves an energy and presence of mind in the young man which will find but few parallels.—New York Courier and Enquirer. ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION.--A young lad named Henry Yates was committed to the sessions, at the Liverpool Police Court, on Tuesday, for stealing a quantity of luggage at the railway station, Lime-street, on the 4th of this month. Mr. Palmer, agent to Messrs. Smith and Co., of London, booksellers, deposed to the boy's being employed by him at the station to sell newspapers. The Rev. Henry Pettey, a clergyman, residing at Guestling, near Hastings, said that he arrived at Liverpool by the Scotch steamer on the day on which the robbery was committed, and imme diately went to the railway station. Here he deposited his luggage safely, and went to the Queen's Hotel to take some refreshment. On his return he found that a hat-box, a gold chain, a telescope, some fishing materials, books, and other property, to the value of about 101., had been taken away. lie gave information of his loss to the police, and in court identified the property produced as his. Mr. Sorton, a pawnbroker, in Dale-street, deposed to the prisoner pledging a telescope and book with him, which, he said, were the property of his father. Shortly afterwards the boy offered more property, with a similar statement, which the witness stopped, requesting him to bring his father, but he never saw him again until he was in custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the theft.—Liverpool Courier. ADMIRABLE TRAIT OF THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD.—The only happy people I met within miles of Clonmel or Waterford are those resident under the Most Noble the Marquis of Waterford, and all owing to the kind feeling of the Noble Marquis and his noble and Christian hearted lady. An incident relative to the Marchioness of Waterford came to my knowledge a few days since, which knowing illustrates tkzoi uGii kindness ddi. s a h ni himself _i isns g eol h smoefwlefa ni degree rts ariedi ogN t e_te h lixstn e ettnce b li t a tajo u nv beautiful heart.f tsp u tp)p l e trAly tt n eoa i iatnhih3n.netoerhnus the object goaiasbndjdn3e:asercbttton ii his la a g m e b , nothing ab o ut hill, which he did, an d she, though generously placed means at his disposalg to effect his &Agri. This act shows her Ladyship as the patron of art, the ad ni of genius. —Li mer i c k Report INSTINCT OF A COLLIII.—A. certain ca! tle dealer to Ii vine is frequently in the habit, when visiting Ayr market, on Tuesday, ;o leave his dog behind lihn. On these occa sions, upon iei=sinT his master, the animal has been fre quently known to take the next train to Ayr, visit the cattle in irket, and not finding the ohj et of his search, return again to Irvine. His conduct has often attracted the notice of the railway guards.—Eflinturgh liiiness. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27.—Accounts have been re ceived at this offic) that her Majesty's ship Enterprise ar rived Islands ontl i i n e a 24 fe t w h of June last, and that coal tram pilot of the name On Monday evening a a thet the lnv e S s a ti n g d a l t v o r w of Isaac Oats, while running between two coal n traines_isn_try as expected ail way,South 'ng such in juriesengines and ing to get onththroewunp the wtarasicnauognhtthbeyl-3°thnet°rPodas and Shields h o i n l e d of 4 Shields, that he sherily-9agiltehrjEdtietdh.e wheels, receiving MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Livcrpol yesterday were esti mated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bates, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily.—The Share market continues firm. The payments into the Bank of Eng7and last week again exceeded the withdrawals, and a curtailment of ac tive circulation has been the necessary result. The depo sits on Government account already exceed ten millions, and will probsbly be at their height this day, a circum stance that will be shown in next week's return. There was again a curtailment of private balances, and the Bank made increased loans upon mercantile paper, &c. The amount of the precious metal was increased a little. The following is a comparison with the previous return:— Notes Issued ... 30,176,120 Decrease ... 13,020 Rest ... ... ... 3,557,595 Increase /067 Public Deposits ... ... 10,222,879 Increase ... ... 733,972 Other Deposits ... 8,963,161 Decrease ... 64,704 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,239,992 Decrease 24,526 Government Securities ... ... No alteration. Other Securities ... ... 12,158,839 Increase ... 250,145 Notes ... ... 11,313,980 Increase ... 366,550 Bullion ... 16,811,698 Increase . • ... ... 16,594 Active Circulation ... 18,862,140 Decrease ... 379,570 The negotiation of bills of exchange was effected, yesterday afternoon, upon terms a shade lower fur Amsterdam and Ilamburgh--viz , 12 1 to 11 and 13 101 to 14, but Antwerp rose to 25 50 and 55, and Trieste to 11 55 and 59. Paris steady, at 25 50 to 55. There is a good increase in railway traffic, taking the past week and the corresponding period of 1849. The Aberdeen takings were larger by 70.11., the Caledonian by 3921, the Chester and Holyhead by 1,2631. The East Lancashire increased 4481., the Great Northern 3,7971., the Great Southern and Western of Ireland 1,4491., the Great Western 2,0231., the North-Western 3,7361., the Blackwell 1201., the Brighton 1,8751., the South-Western 2,179/, the Midland 1,8791., the North British 4391., the North Stafford 743/., the South Devon 6991.. the South-Eastern 3,561/., the York and North Midland 1,9681., and the York, Newcastle, and Berwick 1,1831. The Eastern Counties decreased 2911. The fel'owing is from Messrs. Railton, of Manchester: "On the 27th ult. we placed before you a presumed purchase of twenty-three shares, by one share in each of the unguaranteed stock of twenty. three railway concerns. The twenty-three shares amounted in the whole to 7331. 16s. 3d., which embraced all that were necessary to form an accurate test of the actual condition of the market in respect to the unguaranteed capital,—omitting in course the portion of the capital secured by preference dividends. The unguaranteed capital connected with those 24 shares amounted to ... £95,937,717 The market value of which was on tke 26th of April ... 32,978,424 Making a loss of ... ... 62,959,293 The gain of 141. 2s. 9d. per cent. on the 18th Septemher, reducd the loss by ... 5,429,982 57,529,311 The value of the unguaranteed stock on the 18th of September being only ... 38,408,406 Which, added to the loss, makes the total amount of the unguaranteed capital ... £95,937,717 " The state of the unguaranteed capital stood, at the close of the week ending the 25th of September, at a gain of five shillings and ninepence per cent. There being no variation in the price in one line—a loss upon nine lines—and a gain upon thirteen lines." The efforts making to raise the character of both the masters and seamen in the merchant service of the United Kingdom will be watched with no small solici tude and curiosity. The old stagers, of course, felt very dubious and very discontented at the more rigid exami nation into their qualifications, but as they will receive certificates of service they are already, to some extent, propriated. The administration of justice between owners and seamen will be greatly facilitated, and the public will have some guarantee that not only the mas ter and mate, but the crew likewise, are competent and well•conducted, since the character of all will be offi cially recorded. This, in addition to stringent provisions for punishing the offeace of losing ships, where the cause was not unavoidable, will render sea voyages far less hazardous. We subjoin some of the clauses:— " And be it enacted, that if any master or mate is convicted of a misdemeanour under this Act, or is su perseded by the order of a naval court, constituted as hereinafter mentioned, the 'Board of Trede 'may there upon cancel or suspend his certificate, whether of com petency or service; and if the Board of Trade,' or any local marine beard, has reason to believe that any master or mate is from incompetency or misconduct unfit to discharge his duties, such board may either in stitute an investigation, or, if expedient, the Board of Trade' may direct the local marine board at or nearest to the place at which it may be convenient for the parties and witnesses to institute the same; and thereupon such persons as the Board of Trade' may appoint for the purpose, or as the case may be, the local marine board shall, with the aesic lance of a local stipendiary magistrate (if any), and if there is no such magistrate, of a competent legal assis tant, to be appointed by the Board of Trade,' conduct the investigation, and may summon the master or mate to appear, and shall give him full opportunity of making a defence, either in person or otherwise, and may exer cise any of the powers of procuring evidence herein a f te r given to special inspectors appointed by the Board of Trade,' and shall, on the conclusion of the investigation, make a report upon the case to the Board of Trade,' and if such report is to the eff e ct that suc h master or mate is, either from incompetency or from habitual drunkenness, or from tyrannical habits, unfit to discharge his duties, the Board of Trade' may cancel or suspend his certificate, whether of com petency or service ; and every master or mate whose certificate is cancelled or suspended shall thereupon de liver it to the 'Board of Trade,' or as it may direct; and such board may at any 'subsequent time grant a fresh certificate to any person whose certificate has been cancelled, and it may pay the expense of any such in vestigation as aforesaid, and may pay to such magis trate or legal assistant as aforesaid such r e mun e ration as it may deem fit; provided always, that no person in terested in any ship shall take part in any investigation relating thereto, or to the conduct or competency of any master or mate thereof.„ For the protection of seamen it is enjoined that when they make an engagement, a form shall bo filled in, stating:— " 1. The nature, and, as far as practicable, the length of the voyage or engagement on which the ship' is to be employ ed. 2. The time at which seaman' is to be on board or to begin work. " 3. The capacity in which each ' seaman' is to serve. "4. The amount of wages which each seaman' is to receive. _ . . " 5. A scale of provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman.' _ " 6. Any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of provisions, or other lawful punishments for misconduct, which have been sanctioned by the 6 Board of Trade,' as regulations proper to be adopted, and which the parties agree to adopt: And shall be so framed es to admit of stipulation=, to be adopted at the will of the master and seaman' in each case, as to advance and. allotment of wages, and may con tain any other stipulation which are not contrary to law. " Aud be it enacted, that any master or m a te of, or any seaman' or apprentice belonging to any British ship, who, by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage of such ship,' or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such `ship,' or who by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving such ship' from immediate loss, de struction, or serious damage, or for preserving any per son belonging to or on board of such ' ship,' from imme diate danger to life or limb, shall, for each offence, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour." The accounts received this morning from the textile manufacturing districts state that business has been a little duller within the last day or two, although the ag gregate transactions of the week are satisfactory. The exportation of the precious metals from London direct this week has been 836 ounces of gold to Ham burgh, and 63,536 ounces of silver to Belgium, Germany, and Calcutta. In Mining Shares this week a fair business has been done, but holders are inclined to ask higher rates. The English Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet, but very firm. Consols 96i a both for money and time. Exchequer -bills are 635. to 665., and India Bonds 83s. to 87s. premium. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds are up to 31 and 31. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 18~.; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 571, and Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 97i. Railway Shares have been buoyant again, and there is an advance in Caledonian, North-British, South-Eastern, North-Western, Midland and Great Northern. The York and North-Midland are firmer. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96 : 4 1 Ditto Account 961 BRITISH FUNDS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Console Anns India Bonds under 1,000/ B3 87 p Consols for Account 6% % Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 2d. March. June. 1,0(91... — 66 p LOO/ — 63 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 80na1e,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account — Peru\ ian Bonds, 4 1 A per Cent — Ditto Deferred Russian 80nd5.1822,5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 ,E per Cent 97 97 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l 3 ;- 1(i Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 4 per Cent. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild ••• 6 7% Ditto 4 oer Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAr3. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference Mau., Notting., Boston, &o. 8% — •••• • to -- Ayrshire and Galloway Bi!fast and County Down .. 32 .. 3erks and Hants Extension IGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 Birmingham & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 Do., without a guarantee... 15 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.148 — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 ...... ...... to luckinghamshire claladonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 5 1 i 4 %... to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Ohe,ster ~..id H01yhead......... 50 ..... Ditto, Preference .:,larence Direct London & Portsmouth 5 Dublin and Bel ' st Junction.. 45 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., au.d L. & D ... . Ditto, 1 Pd. ,E. &11 lB ~,. .. Do, 3/. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 ,E — Do., do. (51.) 7 per Cent. Preference ...... Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 133.4 d — p to Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d.. p..... to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do., Northern &Ea,stern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. - Ditto, New .... ...... .. 43 . .... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) —— 25 - ...... to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 , Ditto, ditto, B & C .... • 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. qper ct.) 20 , :ast Lancashire ..,.. ......... 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares - iiast Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. _ ... ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Now p0rt..... l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. llasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — .. —. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 14 Great Northern . Do. % A Deferred ..... ••• 12 1 ,E — ...... to Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent...... 11 1 ,4 B 3 /4 to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12 1 / 2 ...... 11% 3t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 . Ditto, Eighths .3reat North of England 100 — - Ditto, New 40/...-....... .. 40 Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 15/.......... ..... 15 Great Western ...............100 Do. New 171 ... anti and Selby 5O to Ditto, Half Shares ...... 25_ ...... ... to .. .... ..... Ditto,uarter Shares ... 12% — Q Lancastcr and Car1i51e........ 50 - Do., Thirds Lt.ncashLe and Yorkshire Ditto Quarters...... 2 3% — ...... to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirils Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Rudders. and Shoff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union-. 11 1 4-- . .. - to Leeds and Bradford ... . - ...... to -- Leads and Thirsk 5O Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 • Ditto, ditto... No. 2 17 Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port - London & Blackwell ......11/. 68.3 d 5%...., to Lond., Bright., & South Coast100 Do. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 . . — Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ..-.. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 _ ___ •• •• • ~.. ...... t 0..... Do., New, gua. 6pr Ct.... 100 London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d — ...... to Ditto Preference 2O London le North Western.....loo ......115 19% t o o -- Do, Neff Quarters. l7 Do. Fifths Do. 10/. ... AL and 13. (C.) 1 Lo idon and S. We5tern.......100 Ditto, Now 501........ .. ..... 424...... 2 Ditto Ncw 401. 34 Do., New Preference to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do.,llalf Shares 7 1,4 —...— to Liwestoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Ranch Buxton, & Matlock 54 to 44anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto itz, Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ....... .. Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ..... .. Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 e.... Midland...... • Ditto, Canso. Preference...loo Ditto, 501. Shares ...... 35 Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ...... --. .. to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ~, .„ - Ditto ditto 291.165. 6d .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan- nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . a'. idld. Great Western (Irish) 471 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO •••••• Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - Newmarket ...... ... . ..... .... 23 ..... -- Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. — Newport A bergy., and Herd - . 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1 - ...... to Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostnvor .......... ........ 20 gorfolk ••• ..... 100 ...... - ••• •• to - Ditto New 20/. ._.. _... - Do. Extension ... 20 - ... . .. to - Do. Guar. 5% per cent-. 5 - - Do. do. Wsiveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union. ... 4 - to - North British .. - ...... - . 25 ....... 7 1 , 3 4 / to - Ditto. Preference ... 5 North Staffordshire.....„.... 17 1 ,E North Western l7 - to - i)xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - ..... . to - Preston and Wyre - - Do. Half Share. . (A) 10% - to - R v.ding,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18 - ... .. to - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 6 1 4 - - co. Shepreth Extension... 1% ..... - ..... to - Scottish Central - Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 - ...... to - Ditto, New 2 2 1 /2 ...... - - S'irewsbary and Birmingham 13 1 4 - die... to - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9 5 Ai - dis.... to - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ..... to - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .. .. to - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. NV . Min.) - ...... to - Ditto Halves. Ditto lO ... .. - - Ditto, Usviestry 2O ...... - - Ditto ( New)... - to Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 .. ... - - Faropshire Union 6%..... - - !-outh Devon 1 5O ...... - ...... to - Ditto, Preference 25 ‘ l outb Str.flordshire B l /2 Sonth • E.steru .. - Ditto, Registered No. 4 lO South Wales ... 5O - ...... to - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l5 - to - 9hetlield, Rotherham, and Cool( (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 18 1 ,E - ... .. to - Do. do. (South Div.) 6 - to - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 10 raw Vale Extension - ...... to - Thames Haven Dock and Railway ~.,„, 17% - to - Vale of Neath - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..... - Waterford and Limerick..... 47 1 ,x..... - Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin - •••• • to Wear Valley, 6 par Cent. Guaranteed - ...... to - Do. do. do. - - Do. do. do. - West Cornwall 7 lds - to - Whitebaven and Furness 2O ... .. - ..... to - Windsor, Staines, and South Western... .. , Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 50 ..... ... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 ...... ..... to Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref.. 9 lie. do. Do. do. Do.llartlepool Dk. & Rly 100 York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6% to Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 . ... 7 % to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Demerara. ............ ........... 17h. .... Datch Rhenish ........ . ....... 8 ...... 8% to East Indian Ditto . 20 ..... to — Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do l% to Louvain ala Sambre ...,..... 7% 2 —• • , Luxembourg Ditto - Hadrid and Valentia Namur and Liege.... Northern of France l6 ..... ...... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Pam and Orleans Parse and Roden 2O Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse .. 2O Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... . .. 14 Pournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Dasseit .... .... a 20 - ••.... to West Flanders 8%...... .... 4 . to MMES. Angle 71exican .4 100 se**. ..., ..... tO arm AStUr:an ..... .• - ..... to -- Australian ... 4 ...... —. ..,..., to Barrossa Range 33s, ...• •••••• to .. Blaenarvon Iron acid Coal ... 50 •••..... to --- Bolanos Scrip — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% — ..... to Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 : Cobra Copper .. 40 - General Real del Monte, Unregistered ._ .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures 5 - ...•..• to Do. Red Debentures — Santiago de Cuba..... .... ..... 10 Tin Cr, ft.. ....... ..... 1 United Mexican JOINT STOCK :BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ._•••• Colonial .• •• ••.•• .•.• ........... 25 ..... • •• •• to Commercial of London ...... 20 London Joint Stock ~.„ lO Lon Alon and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld.Bs Ditto, New National of Inland ............ 223 Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ... - .. to - Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2% — to Union f London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid 40 COURSE 0: Amsterdam .......... 12 0 Ditto, three months.. 12 1 Rotterdam .... ••.. .. 12 1% Antwerp •••.•••• •• • • • • 25 65 Bruseels•• •• 25 55 Eiamburgh .....•141.8. 13 10!4 &tons.. • • - Paris, 3 days'sight 25 32% Ditty, 3 months .. 25 573 Marseilles ........,... 25 GO Bourdeaux.. ..... . Frankforton Maine.. Q. Llo Berlin .. .. • • • • Vienna, elrec. 50.... • • 11 59 Trieste, ditto.. .. .. 12 2 P.Qtersburgh, Oil. Rble.. 37% Madrid .• ...• ........ 49% Cadiz 50 Barcelona ............ Beville•• •• •• •• •• •. • .. LLO I D'S SHIPPI LONDON, ►SEPT. 28.—Wi breezt , and fine &ear weathe EXCHANGE. Gihraltar•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn BO 60 Geaoa .... 26 0 Milan Naples .. .... • • ...... 41 Palermo, peroz ........ l 23% Lisbon.... 53 0p0rt0.... 53% itio Janeiro ........ .. Buenos Ayres .. .. New York, 60 days'slght Philadelphia .......... PILICM OF BULLION, PM OX. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver la bars ........ 0 5 0% N G.—( THIS DAY.) hid at noon W., moderate 3r. TICLYREAD, SEPT. 27. Wind S.W., fresh gale.— Arrd. Liverpool, Quebec. The Louisa, from Prince Edward Island to Liverpool, was abandoned at sea waterlogged. Crew saved by the brigantine Charlotte, also from Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, which vessel likewise became waterlogged, and was fallen in with on the 11th instant, in lat. 45, lon. 47, by the Li verpool, Quebec to Liverpool, which took off both crews, and landed them here to-day. LIMERICK, SEPT. 26. The Energy, Youghal to Quebec, put back to repair on the 23d instant, from 1,000 miles to the westward, having been dismasted in a gale. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Rebecca, Beenken, Baltimore, for Rotterdam; F. G. Wichaelsen, Wamken, New York, for Hull; Lodewyk Autunie, Spekman, Batavia, for Amsterdam; Charlotte, Gimther, Manzanills, for Bremen; Tartar, Rudge, Madras; Gardner, Robertson, Callao; Cambyses, Moyle, Jamaica; Cicero, Edwards, Havannah . ; Unica Hyer, Osteguier, ditto; D'Auvergne, Smith, Honduras; Henry, Quebec. Arid. from the River, Enchantress, Mauritius; Mary Spencer, Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and sld., Sultana, Mogadore. Put back, Wallace, Coquimbo. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Emma, Aden; Halley, Labrador. Sld. Roman Emperor, Syd ney, New South Wales; Duchess of Northumberland, Moreton Bay. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Pro vidence, Ford, Jacmel; Aurora, Landeta, Havannah and Cadiz; Henrietta, Maryland; Hovalaon, P,--rto Plata, for Hamburgb; Laura and Louise, Marcks, Laguna; Bra dore, V,,utier, Labrador. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Emilia, Ichaboe ; Champion,,, Pickering, Cuba; Blue Nose, Lancaster, St. Andrew's, N. B. ; Joseph Wier, Suley, Wallace, N. S.; Emma, Hobbs, Prince Edward's Island; Eliza Perie, Bombay; Sobraon, Rodgers, ditto; Haidee, Brown, Macao, sld. 24th August ; Zephyr, Havelock, Barbadoes•, Esther Sophia, Maracaibo; Co lombo, Gerrish, Mobile; Lord Riversdale, St. Andrew's; Lord Sandon, Welsh, Quebec; Lark, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. Lady Worsley, Africa; Rebecca, New Or leans; Guy Mannering,: New York; Lady Franklin, ditto; Harriet Wild, Halifax. Off port, Queen of the West, New York; Acadia,KActaton, William Pirie. RAMSGATE, SEPT. 27.—Thu Four Brothers, from Has tings, put in hereto-day leaky, having been on shore. BERWICK, SEPT. 27.—The Tinker, of and from Perth, for Newcastle, struck on the Plough Seat, off Haly Island, night of the 25th inst; came off the rocks, and was towed into Eyemouth Harbour yesterday, very leaky. LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 27.—The Knaresborough Castle, of and from Ipswich, ran upon the Holm Sand this morning, and remained beating heavily for several hours, and was assisted off in a sinking sta.e and brought in here. Wind S.W., strong. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hastings, Wat son, Calcutta; Gardner, Robertson, Callao; Concordia, Broderson, Punta Arenas; Henry, Tuneke, Quebec. CLYDE.—Arrd. James, M'Donald, Demerara. Sld. Malabar, Valparaiso; Hyndeford, New York. Duhtlx, KEPT. 25. Wind N.W. Arrd. Isis, Lester, Quebec. PETERHEAD, SEPT. 26.—Wind S.—Arrd. North of Scotland, Grey, Grf enland, with 12 fish-110 tuns. ODESSA, SEPT. 13.—1 t blew a heavy gale here 10th inst., during which the Tuscan ship buncianiza sos tained damage by collision with another ship, and must discharge to repair. ST. MICuAEL's, SEPT. 9.—A cask of brandy, marked " Cognac Bellevoisen—F.B.C. * Po. 14," has been picked up north side of this island. OFF DOVER, SEPT. 26.—Prima Donna, Ilaward, Cape Coast Castle. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27. Wind W.S.W. And. Hampshire, Watts, Quebec. Sid. Lord Stanley, Hon• duras. COWES, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Pilot, APHall, Quebec. _ - BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. John and Mary, Richibucto. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Messenger, Morgan, St. Andrew's; Leviathan, Bower, Richibucto. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lucy Ann, Cardiff for Valparaiso, leaky. The Anglesey, Pietou to Liverpool, has come in here leaky, and with lims of topmasts, &c. LIMERICK, SEPT. 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Triumph, Falcon bi idge, Quebec. HULL, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ajax, Brigg, St. John's, New Brunswick. Ski. Medors, New York. GRIMSBY, SEPT. 27. Wind S. -- Arrd. Hercules, Hallman, Quebec. _ _ YAnmeuln, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Margaret Diver, Toge ; St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAMMEN. Not the slightest change took place to-day in the value tither of Fruit or Vegetables, the supplies of which were very extensive, with a steady demand. English Fruits—Apricots, is 6d to 5s per dozen ; Mulberries, 6d to 8d per pottle ; Pin e Appl es, 4s Oil to 65 Od per 1); Hothouse Grapes, 2s to 5s per lb; Out door do., 4d to 8d ; Peaches, 3s to 8s per dczen; Nec tarines, 2s to 8; per dczen; Melons, is Od to 3s each ; Figs, 2, to 4s per punnet; Plums, 2s to 3s per halt sieve; 'Orleans ditto, 5s to 7s per half sieve; Apples, Is 6d to 8s Od per bushel; Pears, 2s 31 to 63 64 per half sieve; Walnuts, 10d to is 2d per 100; Filberts, 22s to 305 per 100 lbs; Green Gages, 8s to 10s per half sieve; Hazle Nut=, 3s to 4s per bushel; Elderberries, in clusters, 2s 6d to 4s per bushel. Foreign Fruits—West India Pine Apples, 10d to 4s each; Apricots, is 61 to 4s per dozen; Lemons, 6s to 12s per 100; Almonds, 5s to Gs per peck; Spanish Nuts, 4s to 5s ditto; Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s ditto; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s ditto; Barcelona Nuts, Os to 03 ditto. English Vegetables—Cucumbers, Is Od to 53 Od per dozen; Spinach, is 6d to 2s per sieve; Cauliflowers, is 9d 45 Od per dozen; Horseradish, is to 4s per bundle; Parsley, Is to 2s per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to Is per dozen; Red Beet, is to 2s Od per dozen ; Mushroom, 9d to 2s per pottle ; Small Salad, is 9d to 2s 3d per dozen punnets; Sage, is to is 3d per dozen bunches; Globe Artichokes, 2s to 43 6d per dozen; French Beans, 3s to 4s per half sieve; Cabbage Lettuces, 2d to is per score; White Cos Lettuces, 9d to is 6d per ditto; Mint, 9d to is per dozen bunches; Peas, 3s to 6s per sieve; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per dozen bunches; Carrot, 3s to 5s per dozen bunches ; Turnip Radishes, 9d to is per ditto; Potatoes, 50s to 85s per ton; ditto 2s 6d to 4s per cwt; ditto, is 6d to 3s per bushel ; Broad Beans, is 6d to 2s Od per sieve; Sorrel, 6d to 9d per ditto; Shallots, 6d to 8d per lb; Onions, 2d to 6d per bunch ; Vegetable Marrow, 6d to Is 3d per dozen; Celery, 10d to is Od:per bundle; Leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch; Fennel, 2d to 3d per ditto; Savory, 2d to 3d per ditto; Thyme, 2d to 3d per ditto; Garlic, 4d to 8d per lb. Foreign Vegetables—French Carrots, 2d to 3d per bunch; French Beans, is Od to is 6cl per half sieve; Cucumbers, 1 d to 2d each; Dutch Melons, Is 6d to 2s 4d each; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s per box. NEWG.A.T2I AND LEADENHALL, Turkeys, 4s Od to gs Od; Geese, 5s Od to 9s; Ducks, Is 6d to 3s; Tame Rabbits, is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 8d to ls; Pigeons, 5d to 8d; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 3s to 5s Od; Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od per couple; English Eggs, 8s Od; French ditto, 7s Od; and Irish ditto, 6s 6d to 6s 9d per 100; Fresh Butter, 8d to is per lb; Partridges, is Od to is 6d; Bares, 2s 6d to 3; 6d; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s 6d to 3s Od; and Ptarmigan, is 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4cl; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Pork, 31. 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. VITHICTECIIELPEZ. 13cef, from 2s Od to 33 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 33 8d; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Pork 33 Od to 43 2d per 811 as. 23ILLINGSGATE. Salmon, I Id to is 4d per lb; 'Turbots, 5s to I2s; Brills, is 3d to 2s 6d; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 7s each; Soles, large, 9d to 2s Od per pair; ditto small, is 6d to 2s Od per &oz.; Eels, 7d to I Id per ib; Lobsters, 8d to is 8d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 3d each; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s per gallon; Prawns, 2s to 3s per Ib; Mullets, 2d to 4d each; Smelts, Is Od to Is 6 1 per ciez; Mackerel, 6d to 8d each; Whitings, s Od to 2s Od per doz; Plaice, 3d to 6d; Gurnets, 9d to Is Od; Haddocks, 4d to 8d; ditto dried, 2d to 5d et:eh; Skate, 3d to 4d per lb; Oysters, common, 8s to 12s; ditto natives, 30s to 32s per bushel; Carp, is to 2s; and Pike, 2s to 3s each. BILEJLII. The prises of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to lid; of Household ditto, 5d to 62d per 41b loaf. 31XDE /VIII.3ZIFET... Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 10 to 1 1 (1; ditto, 641 b t o 721 b, to 2:3; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2 4 0 to 2?,d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to aid; ditto, 96th to 1041 b, 3d to 3,d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 313 to 4d. Calf Skins, light is 6d to 3s 01; ditto ful 5s 63 to Os 03; Horn Hides, Os 01 to Os Od; Shear Ergs, Os od to Os 03; Lamb Skins, 2s 2d to 3s 4d; PollEd Sheep, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Kents and Half-breds, 2s 4d to 23 93; Downs, 2s 2d to 23 5:1 each, EAT MARXIST S. SMITHFIELD.—/aadow Hay. 21 8s to 31 15s; Clover, 31 Os to 41 63; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 8s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUNBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 83 to 31 18s ; Clover, 31 Os to 4/4s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9. per load. Supply good, and trade dull. lIITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 145; Clover, 3/ Oa to 418 s; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 8s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at late rates. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Three showily-dressed women, named Ann Wicks, Jane Etiott, and Mary Burton, were charged with rob bing John Fish, a seafaring man, of thirteen sovereigns, having previously administered to him some deleterious drug, by which ho v$ as rendered insensible. The prosecutor stated that on Sunday night week he met the three prisoners, and a fourth woman not 3et in custody, in Goswell-street- roa d, an d at t h e i r solicitation went with them to a pie -house, where he treated them to a few tarts. From that he accompanied them to the, Golden Horse public-hous e , wh ere h e or d ere d a po t or ale, of which they all took part, but he had no sooner taken off his glass than he felt himself becoming quite stupid. The women then began to shove him about, and he could make no resistance, nor " help himself in the least." At length h e be came quite insensible, and when he recovered found himself lying on the ground in Glasshouse-yard' His money was then gone, but he was quite certain be had it safe in his pocket when ho went into the Golden Horse. A policeman deposed to ending the prosecutor in helpless condition in Glasshouse-yard on the night stated: A woman, named Isaacs, stated that she saw the three prisoners and another woman lead the prosecutor, who seemed unable to walk, into Glasshouse-yard, and pre sently afterwards the women ran into the street, one of them saying, " I've got it—all right." They were fully committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR AND INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SHERIFYS (THIS DAY.) A Common Hall was held to-day in the Guildhall of the city of London, 'or the purpose of inaugurati.og the new Sheriffs, and for the election of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. Shortly after eleven o'clock, the Lord Mayor, at' tended by the CommoraSergeant, the Town Clerlfa several of the Aldermen, and the new and old Sheriffs' entered the Hall and took their places on the platform in the Hall. The ceremony of in' augurating the new Sheriffs then took plac e, the old sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Lawrence and MO Nicoll, divested themselves of their chains of office' , and placed them on the shoulders of their successor"). This ceremony having been concluded, the Lord Mayor and all the civic officers retired, th e Lord Mayor and Aldermen proceeding to the Court of Aldermen to decide among themselves Wh o they thought competent to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. After remaining there till twelve o'clock, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, the old and new Sheriffs, proceeded in procession to the church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, where a most excel; lait sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor chsplain, from 2d chapter Ist Epistle of St. Peter, 14th verse, " Sent by Him f or th e pun i s hment „ n a evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. As usual, a vast crowd colle c t e d ou t s id e th e Gru-hu c i hall to witness the pr ocess i on go i ng to an d returning from church. The Lord Mayo!, Aldermen and Sheriffs, were dressed in theft full costume of office, an d were a tt en d e d by , the beadles of their respecti ve war d s , i n th e ir offi.c l dresses covered with gold and silver lace. The not' shells, footmen, coachmen, and postillions, we re doeo rated in a still more gor g e ous trapping, and 19:,,t b0 gether presented a most pleasing spectacle. r crowd outside looked upo n a ll th e go ld en a nd oil° liveries with wonderment and delight. The c a f' riages and liveries of th e s h er iff s appeared to be the great subject of attraction, and certainly the eani c i pages are worthy of the sheriffs of the first city an county in the world. The election of Lord Mayor appeared to crest e much less excitement than we have witnessed !.. e 1 many occasions, not w ith s t an di ng th e parag raph t p . has gone the round of th e p a p ers th a t an oppositw' was intended. At one o'clock the procession returned into fig, Hall from the church, and after proceeding to ; 1 ., Court of Common C o u nc il an d th e C our t of Al4lO men, the Lord Mayor, ac com p an i e d by se veral el , he Aldermen and the different civ i c o ffi cers , entered i lls Hall and took their seats o n th e pl at f orm , when, usual forms having been gone through, of Mr. Sergeant MEREWEATHER, in the abseneeLae the newly-appointed Recorder, by the direction of . r be Lord Mayor, stated to the Li ver y th e i m portant T r they had to perform of s e l ec ti ng a L or d Mayor which al the '1 he COMMON-S E R GEANT s t a t e d th e na mes 0. c ..ere aldermen who had not passed th e c h a ir, and who wi rer all competent to be el ec t e d L or d M a y o r ; and „ 8 00 doing so, be was abo u t t o stat e th a t th e na mes o' aldermen would be put up seriatim, when 0 51/ Mr. G. SHOLBRE D att em pt e d t o a dd ress the at amidst great confusion, but was informed thaty that moment, it was not compet en t f or him to d° 0 0 0 The names of the diff e r en t a ld erme n were , la put up in rotation, the m a j or ity o f h an ds hein,g do r favour of Mr. Alderman M usgrove an d Mr. Ai man William Hunter. Mr. SHOLBRED then came forward to address le d Livery, but was met with i ncrease d no ise. He bl g he the Livery would elect some grea t merchant ° f _ ad o City, and he would ther e f ore p ro p ose that Alde r w .. 0, Salomons should be the Lord Mayor for the r fl a ensuing; and upon this being negatived, be Prl, v ae Alderman Lawrence. Thi s p ro p os iti o n met wit same fate. The COMMON-SERGEANT then declared thatmo6ls: election of the Livery had fallen upon Alderman grove nd Alderman Willam Hunter. The a Lord Mayor and Aldermen then rettir neci ae ° ' their court to select one of th e t w o gentlem en turned to them by the Livery, and after ° pa% sence of short duration they returned into the when Mr. Sergeant MEREWEATRER announced that election of Lord Mayor for th e en suing y e ar fallen upon Alderman M usgrove . a pith The Lord Mayor elect was then investe, ,ery, the insignia of office, and addressed the 1 ; 1 1 s ad stating that he accepted the office with gratitude pride. l a for t b s e Thanks were then voted to the late Sheriff's do tes dignity and urbanity with whi c h they bad cone 1011 themselves during their year o f office, and t he then adjourned. CALEDONIAN RAILWA Y ' (THIS DAY. p ) f ell° The shareholders in this companyo assemble s o this morning at the Freemason s Tavern , for en roe pose of receiving the report of the scrutinee rs votes of yesterday. a t" Mr. Copl ing, the deputy-chairman, preside — A 1 absenceofCaptain Plunkett. w ho *f"e Shortly before one o'clock the scrutineer! , som e engaged nearly two hours this morning in settitris o , eir point of difference which h a d ari s en between Leo, s beir tered the room, and directed the secretary to re a report, of which tho following is a summary;-- , Vote f r ; 6,65' For the reception of the directors' report ......... For the following amendment, which was PO' posed by Mr. T. T. Fawcett, and seconded by Mr. Westmoreland, and which amounted 0 fact to a vote of want of confidence in the di' rectors :—" That the report of the directors be received, anti that a committee be now or pointed further to meet and confer with the gentlemen now in London, and others repro" senting the guaranteed and preference inte rests, for the purpose of effecting an aditisl naent, both in principle and in detail, of t he proposed arrangement Bill to be applied foirf during the next se s sion o f P a rliament; an d ,. an adjustment be come to, such proposed su e justment to be subject to the confirmation 01 the proprietors at a meeting to be called lot ber_ and held on Tuesday, the 29th of 0 oto next, at the same hour and place., and du° 4,46 D new directors be then appointed" ............... g 1 86 Majority in favour of the original motion..._bich We give below the details of the votes, by % of 0: will be seen that, though the directors had a In! ) 0 00" votes in their favour, the amount of stock rt° them. For the amendment— Ordinary stock £411,420 Clydesdale Preference For the original motion— Ordinary stuck Clydesdale Preference £ 6 38,420 • 10,7 50 ▪ 124, 630 . 3 , SO Difference in favour of amendment ............ i"cro'eul The number of voters present for the aO O . lll I t oo' were 38, proxies, 311; tion—preser, t, 102; proxies, 475; total, 575. c stood A SHAREHOLDER intimated that the a mount °' or ted was in favour of the amendment; those who en tigr' total, 346. For the origin it did not despair at the result which had ju" b c all nouncal, and added that it was their intention t° 04 , 0 1 9 special meeting on an early day, to reconsider the of the subjects which were discus:.ed yesterday' t ote After acme angry words between some o f the holdtrs, the meeting separated. ee° The new Town-hall at Durham bag just b feet completed. It is 70 feet long, 35 feet broa d, and lje, high, and is lighted by three windows on the nort h ,1 0 00 , a large window at the west end, and by an oriel on n o otiS which commands a beautiful view of a part of theß. e fine environs of the city. The largest west window will r i ' ld f o rio by stain glass. The timbers of the roof are oPen , , a , t rilo l4 the ceiling. The chimney-piece is an important erg', ~ i oh oP. , feature in this room. Over it are placed the arms ofytndtliv Maltby, quartered with those of the see of Durban' to cn „ f or' city arms, and round the cornice is an inscrip tion morate the fact of the erection of the hall dur in g the In altY Qf Ur. W. Henderson.