The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-17 00:00:00

• ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. . S.le Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The EPublic is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will performed SE'.'NE HD( Afrer which MY HEART'S IDOL; or, A Desperate Remedy. In the cbur)o oi the evening " God Save tt.e Queen," by the entire Company. To conclude with the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eurydice. .1S fLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE_ Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prin,:e Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the crowded Huuses to witness the attractive and magnificent zioectacie of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis, it will be continued for a few more nights. MISS STRICKLAND'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 1 vol., elegantly bound, with Portrait of the Author, price 10s. 6d., HISTORIC SCENES. by AGNES STRICKLAND, Author of "LIVES OF THV QUEENS OF ENGLAND." PRINCIPAL CONTENTS :—The sister Cities of the Thames—Queen Mary's Welcome—The Stronghold of the Bigods—The Grace Cup— Death of Edward cf Lancaster —Tse Funeral of King Charles I.— The Captive of Carisbroke—The _Royal Fugitive—The Merry Monarch —The Escape cf !Vary Beatrice, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Executive Committee, Directors, and Managers of "The rand National Concerts" have the honour to announce the THIRD CONCERT of the FIRST SERIES, THIS EVENING. PROGRAMME. PART I. Cherubini. Overture, Finiska .. • . Itomanza, M. Jules Lefort, " Neel," Melolium, Mr. Willing. Concerto in G minor, Grand Pianoforte with full Orchestral Accompaniments, M. Charles Halle • • Mendelssohn Grand Scena, Mr. Gustavus Geary (his first ap pearance,) "Oh ! 'tis a glorious sight to see !" Oberon •• •• •• •• •• •• Valle, " The Nightingale," Piccolo Obligato, M. Remusat • • Julien. Duett, Madlle. Angri and Mr. Gustavus Geary, " M'abbraccia," Tancredi .. ......Rossini. Concerto, Violin, Mr. Henry Cooper .. Mendelssohn. Aria, Madame Biscaccianti (her second appear ance), " Ombre °scare," t;uillaume Trll Grand Introductory Overture, M.S. (composed ex pressly for these Concerti) • • . Weber. .. Rossini. . Balfe. PART 11. Overture, Egmont . • • Beethoven. Aria, Mr. Gustavus Geary, `•A to o cara," I Puri tani • • • • .. Bellinl. Grand Duo on airs from " Lucrezia Borgia," Piano- Wolff and forte, M. Charles Halle and at. Piatti Batta. Romanzi, Madame Biscaccianti, " Oh! Faditica Foresta," (,iovanna d'Arco .. Verdi. Grand Selection from'Donizetti's Opera, " La Figlia del Reggimento," with Solos for Violin, Bassoon, and Cornet-a-Pistons, performed by Herr Me llque, MM. Baumann, and Arban, arranged ex pressly for these Concerts, by .. .. L. 7Segri. Aria, "No ! No! No !" Madle. Angri, Les Hague- nots.. •• -- • Solo, Cornet-a-Pistons, 31. Arban, Boy," Finale, Zeiss .. 31 eyerbeer. , . " The Swiss .. Boehm. " Galop 3lilitaire," Trumpet Obligato, M. Musard, M usical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. Principal Violin, Herr Molique. The Executive Committee have the honour to announce the fol• lowing arrangements for the week : Mademoiselle Angri will appear on this and every evening during the week. Maiame Biscaccianti will appear this Evening and Saturday. Mr. Gustavus Geary will make his first appearance this Evening, and wid also sing to-morrow and Saturday. M. Charles Halle will perform this Etening and Saturday. Master Henrich Werner will appear to-morrow. M. Molique will perform to-morrow. Mr. Sims lleeves—Due notice will be given of the first appearance of this eminent tenor. Mr. George Maclarren's new Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened," is in rehearsal, and will shortly be produced. Spohr's new Symphony, entitled " The Seasons," will be produced as speedily as the arrangements will permit. Mr. Edward Loder's New Serenata, " The Island of Calypso," is also in active preparation. _ _ Mr. Balfe's New Hunting Chorus, will be performed neat week. The Executive Committee have the greatest pleasure in announcing that, by the gracious permission •f his Majes . y the King of Prussia, the entire Chorus of the Berlin Chapel Royal, under the direction of Herr Kapelmeister Neidthardt, will make their first appearance early in November. Tile Music of the Serenatas will be published by Messrs. Cramer, Peale, and Co. Box Stalls, One Pair.. 4s. Od. Gallery Stalls ........ 2s. 6d. Ditto, Two Ditto . 3s. 6d. Slip Stalls ............ Is. Gd. Half Circle, D.tto ..... 2s. 6d. I Gallery • • Is. Od. Promenade Is. 6d. Applications for Private Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Box office ; or to Messrs. Andrews, Alcreft, Leader, and Cock, 1' ew Bond-street ; Mitchell, Hookham, and Ebers, Old Bond-street; Sams, St. James's-street ; Cramer, Beale, and Co., and Bailey, Re gent-street ; Chappell, Bond-street ; and Dyte and Son, Strand. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate at Eleven. N.B. It is respectfully announced that all persons attending the Private Boxes, and the First and Second Tiers of Box Stalls, will be required to appear in Evening Dress ; and the Public is most earnestly requested to assist in carrying out this regulation, as far as may oe practicable, in all parts of Her Majesty's Theatre. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Rrompten. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is OPEN for the Season THIS EVENING, Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. To be followed by rUE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. T HIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. After which the romantic Drama of RORY O'MORE. Scrubs, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Shan Dhu, Mr. 0. Smith ; Nary o'3lore, Miss Collins; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. To conelude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. 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. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's ray of TWELFTH NIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, Belton, Keeley ; Mrs. C. Kea►, 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 new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Flexmore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Auriol will ap pear. Private Boxes, Bco., to be had of all tho Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Great success of the New Comedy.—First Week of Giralda at second price. THIS EVLNiNG, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, Farren, jun., Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and EUen Turner will appear. To he followed by HIRALDA ; 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. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE SULTAN'S DREAM, in which 3ladlle. Louise, and Madlles. Adele and Lees will appear. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA aid the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an Inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of vqnitation in the Cirque Olympigue, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment, and grand Pageant of The Festival of Flowers. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. IDGri WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tux DAY —Morning 39 min. after 11 I Evening 0 min. after 0 To -Moaaow— Morning 3 min. after 12 I Evening 26 min. after 12 THE WEATHER. — SUN OFFICE, OcrosEz 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3009. WorD S.W.—light breeze and fine weather. e)s tninfi .7 nu taxes, and the interest on borrowed capital, varied I with the prices of their produce, it might be a matter I of but little consequence what was the actual value of money, whether the circulating medium was " ap preciated" or " depreciated," whether they received a quarter of an cunce or an entire ounce of gold, one pound or four pounds per quarter for their corn• Twenty shillings would in the former case possess the same command over the necessaries and comforts of life, the same purchasing power, that eighty shillings would in the latter, and the result would be precisely similar. But, unfortunately, such is not the case. The farmer has to meet heavy outgoings ; he has to pay rent to his landlord, general and local taxation, and possibly to liquidate debts. For all these purposes he requires certain sums of money, and if he has to give in exchange two hundred quarters of corn for the quantity of coin, or bank notes, which he could formerly have obtained for one hundred quarters, it is manifest that he is deprived of one hundred quarters, which he would otherwise have had for the use of himself, his family, and de pendents. Now his rent was, most probably, fixed on the scale proportioned to 80s. per quarter. During the war, and until after the passing of the fatal Act of 1819—from 1794 to 1820—the average price of corn was 871. 10d. per quarter. During this period no less than 600,000,0001. sterling of debt was incurred by the nation, for which the labour of the people was mortgaged. Many leases were also made on the estimate that similar prices would be maintained, and the landowners acquired habits of expenditure and encumbered their properties on the same supposition. Even after the triumph of the bul lionists, and the appreciation of the value of money, attempts were made to keep*up the prices of agricultural produce. The first Corn Law of 1815 was intended to secure the farmer 80s. per quarter for wheat, but it signally failed, for during the seven years after its enactment the average price did not exceed 693. lid. In 1822 another Act was passed. The prohibition price was reduced to 703., but there was to be a duty of 12s. if the price was under 80s., and .ss. between 803. and 85s. ; but the average never reached the 705., it amounted but to 595. 3fel. In 1828 another meddling took place, by which wheat was to be sustained permanently at 645., but again the hopes of the farmers were disappointed—the ave rage for fourteen years only amounted to 58a. 10id. Then it was discovered that 563. was the proper price, and the Act of 1842 received the legislative sanction; but even that failed, and justly and properly failed, because the attempt was made to sustain the farmers from the natural consequences of the enormous increase in the value of money at the expense of the rest of the community, who were doubly sufferers, until it was finally swept from the national statute-book, amid the acclamations of the indignant people ; and now the farmers have 435. or 445., and even this will be diminished if the " moneyocracy " be permitted to carry on their game with impunity much longer. It will be observed, that during the former period there was no " protection" save that afforded by a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exi gencies of the country. Every man able and willing to labour was sure of obtaining employment, of get ting a " fair day's wages fur a fair day's work.'' The farmers were able to pay their way—to enjoy every comfort suitable to their station—to meet land lord, tax-gatherer, or creditor without terror, and to lay by some provision for a rainy day. But with th e advent of " protection " times changed. From the period of the corn-law they obtained but fitful glimpses of prosperity. And why? Because, at the same time, they permitted a tampering with the currency. which produced a continued " appreciation" in the value of money, which has ultimately proved fatal to themselves as to the industrious classes generally— manufacturing as well as agricultural. The six hundred millions of debt, which at the time it was contracted could have been satisfied for one hundred and thirty millions of quarters of corn, or even much less, if we take the average price from 1809 to 1815, would now require three hundred millions of quarters to liquidate, and all public and fixed charges are in a precisely similar condition; for even where rents have been abated, they have not been reduced in _anything like a fair proportion. guardian and protector, the Surrey magistrates have shaken off the apathy in which they long indulged, and are beginning to take active measures for the protection of life and property within the portions of the county beyond the radius of the Metropolitan Po lice. At the General Quarter Session, held at Kings ton, on Wednesday, a committee was unanimously appointed to consider and report upon a plan for the adoption of a rural police in the hitherto neglected districts, where the habitual ♦iolators of the law car ried on their nefarious operations without fear of dis turbance or detection. That this step has not been taken without an urgent and pressing necessity may be gathered from the fact stated by the mover of the resolution, that since March last "there had been no less than eighteen cases of burglary, accom panied with violence, in the Godalming district." It is painful to reflect that the offenders in any of these cases would, by an easy transition, have become murderers; that they were prepared for any degree of brutality to have ensured the coveted booty; and yet, during that entire time, while the more remote localities were handed over to the tender mercies of gangs of lawless ruffian nothing prac tical was done, no suggestion was offered calculated to bring this untoward state of affairs to a conclusion. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1850. As a strong illustration of the growth and progress of the spirit to which we have alluded in the early part of this article, we would invite the public atten tion to the proceedings of the " Market Bosworth Farmers' Association," reported in a recent number of a respected provincial contemporary, the Leicester shire Mercury. The members commenced their au tumn session by considering " how the currency affects the interests of the agriculturists of Great Britain," an excE edingly pertinent and proper inquiry, which will, we trust, be entered upon by every farmer's so ciety throughout the kingdom during the ensuing winter. The members of the association were so for tunate as to obtain the assistance of a gentleman who has closely studied, and is thoroughly acquainted with, the subject, the Rev. JOHN TWELLS, with whose name our friends and subscribers must be well ac quainted. Mr. TWELLS possesses the happy faculty of making himself clearly understood, of rendering the subject he has undertaken to elucidate compre hensible by all persons of ordinary capacity. There were no specious fallacies, calculated to bewilder the brain or deceive the mind, contained in his brilliant address. He showed clearly and distinctly the happy results that invariably accompanied a judicious s 3 stem of currency, with a sufficient supply of the represen tatives of value, and explained that similar effects would again follow similar causes if they were in operation. He entered into a history of prices, show ing the cause of each variation, and tracing it to the state of monetary affairs, as the natural result of the unjust and inequitable Acts of 1819 and 1844. The Reverend Gentleman then gave in his ad hesion to the " national taxation money," to which we have repeatedly directed the public attention, which he described as " a system similar to that which we had during the war, but better, im proved by all the suggestions which experience and philosophy can present ;" with which "the prosperity and happiness of the country might be increased to an extent scarcely yet contemplated." In pointing out the mode in which this currency would increase the national wealth, the Rev. Gentle man was peculiarly felicitous ; insomuch so that, although we have already exceeded our ordinary limits, we cannot refrain from making one quotation. A spirit of inquiry has arisen among agriculturists which, if we are not grievously mistaken, must lead to most importankresults. Many intelligent persons, wh) have embarked their capital in the cultivation oc the soil, are at length becoming convinced that it is utterly useless to hope for a restoration of protective imposts ; that the corn monopoly is indeed defunct, and that there is no possibility of the resuscitation of the unsightly monster. If any reasonable doubt could have existed on the subject the recent speech of Lord STANLEY, at Bury, must have dispelled the pleasing illusion. The Noble Lord encouraged the tenant farmers to " go on boldly and improve the land," not by any promise of a new bread-tax, but because there is yet " room for the profitable investment of capital in wheat cultivation." That was no rash or hasty speech, delivered without premedita tion or forethought. It was put forward advisedly, after ample and mature deliberation ; and its object was to show that he, the acknowledged leader of the Protectionists, would no longer maintain the hopeless struggle—to show to the agriculturists that other means must be adopted for the amelioration of their condition. " It would," said he, " replace a very expensive me dium of sxchange—GOLD, by a very cheap one—PAPER. The fifty or sixty millions of gold which are now sup posed to be in circulation, and which are merely used as counters, would be then replaced by notes. Here at once would be a saving of more than two millions a year, by converting this large amount of dead stock into active productive stock. Suppose a farmer had been taught that it was necessary to use a golden ploughshare, worth 1,000/., and a man came to him and said, • I will make fur you a ploughshare of iron for 100 pence which will do the work just as well;' it is plain that the farmer would have the difference between 1,600/. and 100 pence to employ as active capital. He would improve his land, drain, manure, and what not, when he had substituted a cheap ploughshare for a dear oce." He also pointed out that it would benefit the nation by " rendering our circulating medium independent of foreign exchanges," and " that we should obtain a circulating medium capable of expansion, a money, in which prices would be able to rise as taxes are im posed, so that taxes might be added to the cost of pro duction, and a remunerative price be obtained. And further, as our population increased, and our commo dities increased also, in other words, as our buyers and sellers increased, and the things to be bought and sold increased, money, the medium of exchange between man and man, might increase in due pro portion." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. It was as if a well-stocked preserve were thrown open to a body of poachers, the caretakers and game- I keepers being prudently sent out of the way.l What materially enhanced the danger was, that there was no such negligence in the adjoining coun ties of Hants or Sussex. An efficient body of police were maintained in these more distant shires; while the wealthy inhabitants were left without protection. The plunderers were thus induced to carry on their depredations in this favoured district, where they were at the same time assured of a handsome booty and reasonable time to make their escape before any im pertinent inquiries would be instituted as to their innocent amusements. If they trespassed in this quarter, patrolled by the Metropolitan Police, it was certain that there would be a speedy and energetic pursuit, that the scent would be actively followed up, and every point in the trail closely observed, so that if they even escaped conviction they would still be marked men, kept under close surveillance, and subject to arrest on every occasion when any reasonable sus picion could be entertained. The same might be as serted of Sussex and Hampshire, but it was very dif ferent in the lower portion of Surrey ; that was the land of promise, to which the gallant souls who scorned to be bound by legal trammels flocked when ever the neighbourhoods which they had previously patronised became too warm to hold them. The number and magnitude of the offences are, therefore, by no means so surprising as that the inhabitants should have so long remained contented, without making some effort to obtain the much-required pro tection. A simple fact in connexion with the Frimley murder will explain the entire state of affairs— " from the want of proper authorities on the spot, no less than sixteen hours elapsed before any policeman was engaged in endeavouring to detect the guilty parties." Under such circumstances the refusal to appoint a rural police on the ground of expense must be acknowledged to be of a piece with that policy which is generally denominated "penny wise and pound foolish." It must not be supposed that the appointment of such a force would alone be sufficient to protect the inhabi tants. Offences will occur in the best-watched districts Reckless and desperate men will seize on every op portunity that may offer for crime; even in the busiest and most carefully guarded localities outrages of the most formidable character will be attempted, and fre quently with success. All that can be done is to en sure prompt attention to every case, and a strict and vigilant search after the offenders, so, as far as prac ticable, to abridge their chances of escape. No pains, no expense, should be spared to detect the criminals, and make certain punishment attend on guilt. But this is the duty of the authorities, and not of the par ties injured—of the public generally, and not of indi viduals. It is too much the habit to consider that the whole duty devolves on the person previously ag grieved. He is expected, whatever may be his cir cumstances, to offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders, and to take upon himself the onus of their prosecution If any deficiency 'should occur, he is censured ; and what should be regarded as a great act of public justice, degenerates into the gratification of private vengeance. It may be said that in uses of magnitude there will be public prosecutions. Undoubtedly so, where in dictments for murder or capital felonies are preferred; but petty cases of robbery and offences against pri vate property are comparatively disregarded, and the offenders are but too frequently suffered to evade the penalties due to their crimes, through the apathy, incompetence, or careless good nature of those whom they have injured. Many, alas ! too many, persons have bczome practised hands, going through the several gradations of crime, until society has been horrified by some sanguinary murder, which can only be expiated by an ignominous death upon the scaffold, through the impunity that followed their earlier offences from the want of an efficient public prosecutor. For this society is often nearly as much to blame as the wretched cri minal who may be strangled in due form of law, upon the scaffold. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. - - M. TEIEL, the ex-coachman of Louts Paimrrr, ambitious of the fame of M. CUENI.T, hds published what appears to be a police-concocted narrative, showing "as how " the members of the Provisional Government rode about in the royal carriages, and after übir,g them for twelve months, returned them much in the state in which a carriage might be well supposed to be after twelve months' wear and tear. Seeing that after the fall of the monarchy these royal state carriages, which were no more the private property of the Sovereign than is the state coach of the city of London the private property of the Lord Mayor, became national property, we certainly cannot see any impropriety in this being devoted to the use of the members of the Provisional Government. However, the narrative serves to amuse the gobes mouches, and its publication at the present moment by the monarchical intriguers is evidently a piece of " red herring trailing," but which will scarcely be successful. NI &eV Who can say that Mr. HOLLEST would not now have been in full vigour of mind and body, in the en joyment of health and strength, if the Surrey magis trates, dreading an additional farthing rate, had not reported against the appointment of a rural police ? May not the fearful event that has harrowed up the feelings of the community, deprived Mr. HOLLEST of life, and converted ordinary robbers into blood stained murderers, be owing to this fit of economy on the part of the worshipful justices ? Did they place the temptation in the way of the burglars, and must they not in some degree be responsible for the result ? It is said that the Orleanists have split into two factions ; the first the " rump" of the " conspirators of 16 years," has for its organ the Journal des Dibats, the second the Thiers and Odilon party, as the party of the Regency, has for its organ the'Ordre. The carpenters who struck for higher wages at Liverdun have been sentenced by the Police-court of Assize of Toul for coalition to periods of imprison• ment varying from two to six months. The price of the 41b. loaf in Paris has been re duced to 56 centimes, in consequence of the decline in the price of flour. PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 16.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 92f. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 55f. ; Bank Actions, 2,300 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 A—Namur and Liege, 8 L Northern of France, 14%—Paris and Stras bourg, 7 1 ,i— Rouen and Havre, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3%. THE STAR STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—The an nual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at Gravesend. The meeting was nu merously attended. James Harmer, Esq., the chairman, said that he had great gratification in being able_to congra• tulate the proprietors upon the prosperous condition of their affairs during the season just passed, notwithstanding the great difficulties they had to contend against. The audi tor's report was then read, from which it appeared that the gross receipts for the year amounted to 19,7291. 17s. 2d ' and that the gross expenditure was 17,806/. Os. 5d.. leaving a balance to the credit of the company of 1,923/. 17s. 9d. for appropriation by the proprietors. Mr. W. F. Dobson, secre tary to the company, read the directors' report, which, after referring to the difficulties before alluded to, recommended payment of a dividend of 51. per cent. out of the balance to the credit of the company, and that a further payment of 1,000!. out of the same be made in liquidation of the balance of 3,0001. still due by the company for their new boat the Jupiter. After those payments had been made a balance would still remain to be carried over to the next year's account in favour of the company. The reports were adopted unanimously. The existing board of directors, the auditors, and the secretary were re-elected, and votes of thanks were passed to those officers respectively. The meet ing then separated, in evident good humour with the pros perous condition of the company's affairs. Loss OF THE SHIP CORsAIR.—We are sorry to state that the fine ship Corsair, of 700 tons burthen, Nance master, of this port, belonging to Messrs. Price and Co., timber merchants, has been . totally lost. The intelligence which has reached home i s meagre ; b u t it wo u ld a ppear that the Corsair was laden with iron rails, and bound for Quebec. In leaving England the weather wa s thi c k, an d no s i g hts could be taken until the vessel was found to be close to the Azores islands, and of course consider a bl y ou t o f h er course . On investigation, it was ascertained that the compasses of the ship had been deflected 213} points by the attraction of the iron forming the cargo. The vessel was boarded by a pilot at the entran ce of the river St. Lawrence, and at that time the compasses were wrong, but on nearing the land they got right again. In the narrows of the river, how ever, the attraction returned, and a course was shaped which it was thought would clear the land, but during thick weather breakers were discovered a-head, The helm was immediately put down 'bout ship, but before the vessel's sails filled she struck violently, and stuck fast. The vesse l was bilged by the shock, and it was believed would even tually go to pieces. The sails and great part of the stores had been saved, and it was thought the cargo would be also caved. It is stated that two other vessels laden with iron are also on shore within thirty miles of the wreck of the Corsair, and the master of the latter reports that he passed a brig laden with iron in the same predica ment tha t led to the loss of his ship. The ship we hear was uninsured, but the cargo was insured. —Gloucester Journal. ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY AT A CLERGYMAN'S. —Yesterday evening information was received at Scotland yard, that the parsonage-house of the Itev. W. Mudge, at Pertinhall, near, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, had on Tues day night been burglariously broken into by agang of armed ruffians, disguised with their shirts over their cloth - ing, and their faces blackened. The fellows made use of horrid threats, and having secured the family in one of the upper rooms, proceeded to ransack the premises. The fel lows also regaled themselves with bread, meat, fruit pie, and several bottles of port wine, carrying off 2001. worth of sil er .late, some money (amount unknown), and a church mis sionary box, which has since been found in the churchyard broken open and rifled of its contents. The thieves effected their entrance through the larder window. The same opinion has for some time been ga i n i ng ground among the more intelligent and clear-headid agriculturists, while some of their number are still shouting lustily for a corn-law, and draining bumpers pottle deep to the memory of the good old times, when the rest of the community paid tribute to the farmer. Others, far wiser, are examining the q uestion in all its bearings, in order to ascertain whether a fitting substitute may not be found for " protection"—one which, being based on justice, would enlist the popular sympathies in its behalf, and thus become easy of attainment, and which, if once established, would not speedily or easily be subverted. To these persons, and there are many such, who ap proach the topic without.prEjudice or bias, the close and intimate connexion between " corn" and "currency will soon become apparent. They will discover the error of looking only to what they have to sell— " corn," and totally disregarding what they have to buy—" money." It is almost unnecessary to add that Mr. TWELLS carried conviction to the minds of his auditory— that resolutions were unanimously adopted in favour of his views, the object of which, as he truthfully and eloquently declared, was " to extend commercial en terprise—to restore to agriculture its just remunera tion—to insure to the rich ma• . n the safe enjoymeat of his abundance, and to the poor man the just reward of his labour"—"to promote the greatest possible happiness to the greatest possibl number, with the least possible injury to the least possible number ;" or that the pro ceedings were terminated by a rapturous and en- thusiastic vote of thanks to the Reverend Gentleman, whose efficient and energetic exertions in the cause of monetary reform have merited the gratitude of the community in general. Startled by the melancholy and fatal catastrophe at Fernley, which deprived an amiable family of their THE DUKE OF NEwcArrix.—The health of hii Grace continues in much the same state. Great anxiety - is manifested by all the members of the Noble Duke's family, who still remain with him.—. Derby Mercury. If they bad no fixed payments to make, if rents and THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday %lore estimated at 5 ; 000 bales, of „which 500 American were taken for export. 'fbe matlie% was heavy and prices were rather in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 600 Pernam and Maranharn at ',id. to 8 : 1-;?., 150 Bahia at 81d.. 400 Egyptian at 81d. to Ild., anti 500 Surat at sd. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares were in good demand and generally at highor pram The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 15th instant was more animated. Dutch Two and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 561 to 9 16. A merchant writing from Bolivar for the information of American capitalists, states certain facts that may be useful likewise here. He mentions that " A commercial house of one of the English Antilles has asked here for a sample of the gold which is found in the river Yurnaro, with a view to send it to England, and by this means encourage an exploring expedition in the interior of Opata, and then to found an establishment on a large scale. The sending out of the above-mentioned sample,' however, has been delayed for some time past, in order that tEe United States might have the start in this undertaking, for the clutches of John Bull aro objects of no small fear here, as it is by no means uncertain that he would not, before "iorg, seek to become master of both rivers and country. It would, moreover, be a matter of considerable inconvenience to the North Ame ricans, masters as they already are of the navigation of the Oronoco, to have ouch unpleasant fellow-workmen as the English, whose earnest desire has long since been to get possession of the Oronoco; its colonies in the Antilles having, for a long time back yielded them nothing. They see, too, the immense tract of country of which they would become masters in South America, were they only in possession of this river, which by means of its branches holds immediate communication with two of the greatest and most industrious re publics, viz., Venezuela and New Granada. They would have, moreover, a water communication which would enable them to invado even Brazil, by the union of the Casiquaire with the Oronoco and the Amazon, by means of the Rio Negro. " Through G—, who bas arrived at Granada, I have been apprised that Mr. Beeler and others are about seeking to obtain from the Government of Casanaire the privilege of navigating the river Meta, and that they will even lay this petition before the Con gress of New Granada. If this privilege of navi gating the Meta be granted to persons uncon nected with the company of the Oronoco steamers , the interests of the latter company will suffer greatly; or it is a fact important to be known that the provinces of New Granada that will patronize the Meta enterprise are almost as important as Venezuela itself; while many of the traders with the products they have for sale, who are now unavoidably obliged to make:use: of the Magdalena, will employ in preference: the; navigation of the Meta. By means of this they will convey their products and fruits to Oronoco with less risk, in less time, and at a lesser cost than by the Magdalena to Carthagena and Santa Martha, the old route to the greater Antilles and to Europe. " Were we to take into account solely the mules that would be sent down the Meta, we would find that the sums paid for these would amount to no less than four thousand dollars annually—say 800 at 5 dollars each. Besides these, there is the leather, the cotton, the wool, the wood, in fine, numberless articles, which at present go either through the Magdalena or Lake Maracaibo; cattle, too, would, beyond a doubt, soon be convey , d by this route, a result the mote important from the fact that from the Oronoco to New Grenada, these are an object of universal speculation. The over land route, which is now pursued, is one of extreme difficulty and loss, from the great number of rivers and mountains that have to be crossed. If, in stead of pursuing a course so manifestly disadvanta geous, those engaged in this traffic could send their cattle to the plains of San Martin by means of the Meta steamers, they would do it with joy. Remit tances would be less uncertain and more expe ditious, the expenses of conveyance would he less, and the whole trade would be bene ficially influenced. What is beyond a doubt, how ever, is, that the trade of the Magdalena would be transferred, by means of the Meta, to the Oronoco, a thing which, as is well known, was done some ninety years ago by the former inhabitants of New Granada. The foundation of Cat thagena being of a more remote origin, and its inhabitants more numerous, the commu nication with Guiana, by means of the Meta and the Oronoco, was prohibited by the Spanish Government." The English Stock Market has been very firm again this morning, but there is rather less business doing. Consols have been quoted 97A for Transfer and 97 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cenit,. have been 99 to /. Bank Stock has realized 2091 to 2lof. and India Stock 268. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 665. to 70s. premium, and India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium. The attendance at the Bank of England for the receipt of dividends is comparatively large, and there is the more inclination to call thus early for them, in consequence of the greater opening that exists for the employment of the proceeds in railway and other in vestments. In the Foreign " House" Peruvian Bonds take the lead, and they have borne very high prices, the Four and-a-half per Cents. being 814 to 824, and the Deferred 371 to 381. Mexican Bonds have been at 311. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 38.1 The advices from Lisbon are considered to be more favourable, but this has not stimulated speculation in Portuguese Securities. Russian Four-and-a• Half per Cents. have been 97 to 974. The Railway Share Market has been very brisk agairi, and prices range higher fur several of the principal lines. The reduction of the stamp duties has already been found to operate most beneficially, and the number of real purchases made in consequence has greatly increased. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures, as under:- 1850. 1849 Great Western North-Westt rn South-Western 11,361 ... 10,392 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Statibrd Caledonian QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ••• .. ... Ditto Account ... ... 97i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 210 209% 210% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 - 96% 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 ,4 per Cont. Anns. 9 9 14 99 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 267 7% 7 13-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 .. 9l 85 p Ditto under 1.00 01 91 88 p South Sea Stock — Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. March. I%cl. June 2d. LOU/. .. — 69 66 70 P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.2.' Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 90% Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account ' 31% Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B2 Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred 3B 37 1 , 4 38 1 A, 37 4 Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent... ' Ditto 4% per Cent. 97 97% Ditto, Small Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent _ Ditto _ 1849 12 1 / 2. , , Ditto Passive 80nd5..., 3:/;74 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SUARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. -V berdeen Ditto, Preference jmber., Notting., Boston, &c. 8 % — to au, 4 •1.- _ kyrshire and Galloway 7% to Reifast and County Down .. 32 .. .. - 3erks and Hants Extension tGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 Rirmingliara & 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 Birnaing., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 26 - Bristol and Exeter Buckinghamshire .',aledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 'Mester and Holyhead..- 5O ..... 10 1 4 1 / 2 ... to Ditto, Preference ..... ' larence ... ... 78i Direct London & Portsmouth 5 ,1 4 — Dublin and Bet , •stJunction.. 45 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 - East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., gad L. & D .. 25 ...... 1N.... to Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... - ...... to Do, 3/. 13A.,6 p. Ct. Pref..- 3% — Do., do. (51.) 7 per Cent. Preference Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref Eastern Counties - to Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d % p to Do.. do N0.2,61. 138.4 d.. p to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 -.... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New ....... ..... .. 43 . .... ...... to i_astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 • Ditto, ditto, B & C - .... . 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ..... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent.... . 4 ' dinburgh and Glasgow R.dinbur , h Perth. & Dundee 25 , , Ditto, New port l5 - ...••• to R.xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ~ ... to .... Exeter and Exm0uth......... 21d. - —...-:: t O - _ 3r!asg., Dumfries, & Carlisie..B/. 6s.Bd — .. .... to _ r;lasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... ...., to -- Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 16 ...... _ ..... Great Northern • Do. 1 4 A Deferred ...... Do. 14 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 1214 — to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Ditto, Eighths 214 ..... Great North of England 100 - Ditto, New 401.... ..... ... .. 40 Ditto, New 301. 3O .•• •• ••••• •• • 0 to - Ditto. New 151 l5 ...... - Gress Sfaa ter u ........ .. .. ...lOU 7 2 14% 72 to 71% )c. Nkr.v• 171 ... - ill, sad Soilv rio Ditto, lialf Shal - 03 .. ...... 25 ..... ... ••• to Di ao,Quarter Shares ... 12 1 I.vicazter %Ind Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Zameashire xnd - Yorkshire ...100 Ditto Quarters.. . ,,. 23% — .. .. to Ditto Fifths lO .. ...27/ 8 3 / 1 34 to 27i Ditto. Thirds Do., Now Guar. 6 per cent. 10 - Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 _ Do., West Riding Union.— 104._ . ... to Leeds and Bradford ....._a.... 50 ..... 91 to Leeds and Thirsk ...—... ...... 50 ...... .... to Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 ..... Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool. Crosby, andSout h port 1,,,nd0n & 81ackwa11......111. 65.3 d 6 % 34 ... to London, Briphten,& S. Coastloo Do. Guarnteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..... us., Prefeential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... - Ditto. dito 1852 50 ..... Do.,New, gua. 6pr Ct.... 100 Loudon and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d — ...... to Ditto Preference London Es North Western.....loo ......117 4 to 116% Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths l2 ..... 14%..... to Do. 101. ... M. and 11. (C.) 1 London and S. We5tern.......100 Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42% — Ditto, New 46/. Do., New Preference Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - *me* to Do. Half Shares . ..... ... 5 .. Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., Half Shares 7% — ...... to -..- L oarestoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... _ Blanch Buxton, & Matlock 51 to Illanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1,4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... .. t) Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... to Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union V. 2s. ... Mid1and........ , ...... ............100 ...... 45 to 44th Ditto, Conso. Preference...loo Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 35 171fidland, Birm., and Derby...lW ... .. Midland, Congo). _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 . to 'AI dld. Great Western (Irish) 471 i — iliddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. gewcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . 25 Newmarket ...... 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 Newry and Enniskillea ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and . Rostrevor .......... 20 .. to -- Norfolk lOO .. to Ditto New 201.... Do. Extension .. ........ 20 Do. Guar. 5 1 ,E per cent... 5 x.i ... to Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 orthern Countuis Union .~ 4 North British .. . 25 _.... to Ditto. Preference ... 5 - -i.a... 'o North Staffordshire........... 17% North Western fxford, Worcester, and Wol- . . verhampton Preston and Wyre Do. Half Shares (A) 10% — to Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 18 Roystoo and Hitchin ..... .. 6 1 4 .— ..... to i )o. Shepreth Extension... 11, ..... to Scottish Central )c,ttish Midland .. ....... 25 Ditto,Naw 2 2 14 Shrew sbury and Birmingham 13's — dis.... to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9% ... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 -4irewsliury and Hereford .. 5 SY.rewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. kin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 10 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 2O ...... 8 Ditto (New )... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 .. ... Shropshire Union 6%..... KA:— to South Devon f 5O ...... ...... to —. Ditto, Preference ...... ... 25 - —.—.:to -- South Staffordshire... B I,E 4% to South Eastern ..... ... 30 .....21 3 % x.d.... to 21 Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 .iouth Wales . - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole ls Fleflield, Rotherham, and boolt (N. D) Gua. 5 per ct. 18%...... ... to Do. do. (South Div.) 6 Swans. and Louihor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal .... . 10 raw Vale Extension ... ••..•• to Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17 ► l 4 --to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..—.• 3t,(...... to 8 Waterford and Limerick ... • 47 1 2 4... .• Waterford,Weaford,Wieklw, and Dublin - .... .to -- Wear Valley, 6 per Cent. Guaranteed NMI 5O .••••• • 00000 to Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 7% — to Whitehaven and Furness 2O ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western—. .. .............. .... 14 wilts,Soinerset,&Weymouth .S 0 ..... ." rork, NEweastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 18 17:Y 4 to 18 Do. and Neweaatli Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 Dc. do. Do. do. no. Hart lepool T tic. St. Rly 100 ..... .._ BRISTOL, OCT. 16.—Wind I;.W.—Arrd. Serenader' Ex:bitison, Mauritius; Charm, Younp:„ Nevvinundland• , UNDELL AND, OCT. 16.—Wind W.IST Mlry Gruham, Itiebibucio; Quebec. MARKET Nkt;WS.—(Tilis DAY.) 2"0: AZ; D L Z±NrEi.o....i• I" Iv The general demand rukd vury reactive, at b 3 r e atationaq from 2s to 33 4.1; Mutton. 2; 4 to 3 81; Ved, 33 2d to 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per Bibs by the carcase. DIMAT 14 SOUTHALL, OCT. 16.—Our market has been vle,P supplied with each kind of stock, in which only 5 ' I. mited business was transacted, at barely last week's clu e ,: tations.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3 , ,_ 1 " 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 35 6d; Pork, 3s to 3s 8,1 per 81 0 ' to sink the offal. RoMFORD, OCT. 16.—Prime Beasts and Sheep we re scarce, and quite as dear as last week, otherwise the a e• mand ruled heavy.—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutt 8' 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; Pork, 3s to 3" per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; and Quarter old Store Pigs, 17s to 23s each. LEWES, OCT. 15.—The general demand is very active, tut no material change has taken place. i i, prices. —Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4 3 ' Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. York and North Midland 50 ......25%% 25 to 2596% Ditto. Preteroacu FOREIGN RAILWATS. Anglo Italian (late Italian s.nd Austrian) 6% — to Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ..... 8 Vg... to ueutral 01 ffrance Orteaus and Vierzon) Demerara. Dutch Rhenish ........ . 8 East Indian Ditto ... 2O .. .. Great Indian Peninsular 5 ....•• --- Do. Do 174 — - Louvain Ala Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg ... 8 ...... . ..... to -- Ditto .... 10 • ••• ••• ••• to .••• Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege.... •.. 2O ... Northern of France Orleani and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. 2 3 / 4 to -- Paris and Orleans. Parts and Ronen 2O Paris and Strasbourg ... ...... 14 ..... .. to Rouen and Havre 2O •••••• •••.• •• ••A° - Sambre and Meuse ...... ...... • to Strasburg and Bale ..... ..-- 14 - Tours & Nantes ... ••••••• •14 ...... -- ... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell .... 0 , 28 ....•• ...... to --- West Flanders 8 34 — ••..... to --- MMES. Anglo Mexican lOO ".••• ..... to Asturian - Australian ... Barrossa Range 3 3 8. ...... . .•...• to Blaenarvon Iron wad Coal - ...«. to --. Bolanos Scrin British Iron '.. 1 3 14 — Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 245 ..... to Ditto Cocaes and Cniaba... 30 BAY r.1.4,3117iL15T2. SMITlmELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 15 ; M or ' 31 Os to 4/ 4s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 6s per loo i " A moderate supply, and a dull trade. C UMBEILLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 12a to 31 15s ; Clover, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 113 s to 1/ 7s per la d. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3 1 I5S c : . Clover, 310 s to 4145; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 Gs per 104 A full average supply, and a heavy demand. Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 Cobre Copper General Real del Monte, Unregistered ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures......... Santiago de Cuba lO to Tin Craft.. United Mexican JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 to Colonial .. ........ ........... 25 Commercial of London ...... 20 ...... 24 1 4 to London Joint Stock ~... lO London and Westminster. 23 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New N a tional of Ireland «..... 224 — to Provincial of Ireland _ l to -- Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ........ 10 - Union of Madrid ......... 40 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 17.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and fine clear weather. YARMOUTH, OCT. 15.—The Xanthus and the Indus try, both of Sunderland, were in contact yesterday even ing off Hasborough, when both received some damage, but will proceed on their voyages. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind S.—Arrd. Unity, La bradore. Sld. Duke of Wellington, Adelaide, South Australia; Sir Edward Parry, South Seas. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Harbin ger, Cundlish, Callao; Hebbert, M'Coy, Buenos Ayres; William Russell, Shelford, Pernambuco. Sld. Cham pion, Valparaiso; Old England, ditto; Tyrer, ditto; Ivanhoe, Havannah; Pacific steamer, New York; Loch maben Castle, Staten Island; Symmetry, Newfound land. GOTHENBURG, OCT. 11.—The Earl Bathurst, Lunds wall to Southampton, has put in leaky, and with rudder disabled, having struck on the Skaw Reef 9th . instant. Ii oTTER DAM, OCT. 14.—Tha Meta, K ougsburg to th e Ntz-, was lost on the West p laat this morning; crew saved. The Frauwina, Stienhuysen, London to Am sterdam, has put into Helvoet leaky. LYNN, OCT. 16 —A great quantity of square timber was passed 9th Oct., lat. 55, long. 3 E., and on the 11th a wreck, supposed to be that of a foreign vessel, with mast head out of the water, Flamborough Head bearing N.W. by W. about 60 miles. FRASERBURG, OCT. 14.—The Agnes, Eastdale to Stirling, went on shore this morning two mil es to t h e sou thward during a heavy gale, and is expected to become a wreck. DEAL, OCT. 16.—Wind W. to W.S.W. moderate and fine.—Arrd. Admiral Tromp, Maes, Batavia, for Am sterdam; Queen of the Isles, Le Lecheur, Punta Arenas. Arrd. from the River, Lucy Bright, Valparaiso; Mo narch, Punta Arenas; Cleopatra, Demerara; Janet Willis, ditto. • 4_,Ar so - R au . 4, 44 ; n 4- An 9 410 DIE - 6 - ,„ • s eflra 4,, Ito SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. General NARVAEZ was suffering from indisposition The first division of troops for Cuba sailed from Cadiz on the Bth. MADRID BOLVA, OCT. 11.—The Three per Cents, closed at 34f cash ; the Five per Cents. at 13i paper ; Coupons, 74 cash ; Debt without Interest, 3i cash. GERMANY. Accounts have been received from Cassel to the 11th, at which date everything continued tranquil. The Cologne Gazette says HAYNAU has sent all the requisitions for retirement from the service to Wilhelmsbad, where a pretty sharp contest has now arisen between HASSENPFLUG on the one side, and HAYNAU and BAUMEACH on the other. It is im possible for either party to see their way out of this labyrinth. HAYNAU, notwithstanding all, continues to commit the greatest follies every day. Thus he summoned one of the staff officers, and asked him re specting a Prussian spy, named VOIGTS, who is here at present, meaning the Prussian Major VON VOIGTS RHESTZ, and requested him to have a watchful eye upon him, offering to place a subaltern officer, in a civil dress, at his disposal for the purpose. The staff officer of course, declined such a commission. Another article, dated Cassel, Oct. 11, says :—"lt is impossible to form any idea of the conflicting state of feeling here. Some conception may be formed of the general detestation of HASSENPFLUG and his clique from the circumstance that nearly all the subaltern officers have pledged themselves with an oath not to accept an officer's commission." Several of the Hessian officers intend joining the Schleswig- Holstein army. . _ Lord iinouGnam arrived on the 10th at Hanover, where Herr DITMOLD is engaged in the formation of a new Ministry. The Emperor of AUSTRIA and Prince SCHWARTZEN• BERG had an interview on the 11th with the King of BAVARIA. and the King of WIRTEMBEBG at Bregenz. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. 14.^His MAJESTY has ap pointed Mr. A. J. DUIDIAER VAN TDIST President of the Second Chamber of the States General during their present sitting Mr. BRINE, Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, has taken the oath at the hands of the KIN., who conferred upon him the Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown. The Queen of the NETHERLANDS has returned from her tour. GREECE. Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. state that some English vessels had taken in their cargoes without performing the legal formalities. In con sequence the authorities were unwilling to allow them to sail, and for this delay England has demanded reparation. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—By the arrival of the William Russell at this port, from Pernambuco, we have received advices to the 11th ult. There was little doing in cotton, in consequence of the high price demanded ; the last sale was made at 7 7-16 d. to 7kd. per pound free on board. Exporta tion since Nov. 1, 1849, to August 31, 1850, 30,946 bags, and for the same period last year 36,964 bags. No sugar on the market. The coming crop, from all appearances, promises to be an average one. The exportation since November, 1849, to the end of August amounted to 1,566 cases, 302 boxes, 46,384 barrels, and 405,545 bags, in all about 42,000 tons, showing a decrease, as compared with last crop, of about 10,000 tons. Hides were scarce, at 105 to 110 rein per pound. Freights dull, at id. and 5 per cent. per pound for cotton to Liverpool. Exchange had advanced from 27d. to 28d. and takers hold out for a higher rate. Money was very scarce. Exchange at Rio Janeiro very firm, at 28d. to 28i1 and at Bahia 23d. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION (THIS MORNING).- This morning, between the hours of one and two, a tire of a very alarming character, and attended with a considerable destruction of valuable property, broke out in the immense range of premises belonging to Messrs. Beach, the leather manufacturers, situate in Wright's-road, Bermondsey. Owing to the highly inflammable nature of the stock-in trade, coupled with the equally ignitable character of the buildings, the fire extended with unusual swiftness, so that in less than a quarter of an hour after the fire was first seen, at the lowest calculation, upwards of one hundred feet of the three floors of the manufactory presented a regular that period a considerable portion of the i was nearly three o'clock before the fire was extinguished. twasßy h levelled with the grou nd, and the houses manufactory blaze, on the opposite side of the road much burned ; fortunately, the other part of Messrs. Beach's premises have escaped compara ti v ely uninjured. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. SHIP LETTER-BAGS FOR THE BRITISH COLONIES. —Notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office that mails will be made up for Van Diemen's Land, to be con veyed by the Emma Eugenia, which is expected to sail from Woolwich in a few days. Letters to Van Diemen's Land will be liable to a postage of Bd. per half-ounce, and news papers ld. each. Letters and Newspapers intended to be sent lay this vessel must be specially addressed "By the Emma Eugenia." Mails will be made up on the evening of the 31st inst. for Madeira, San Nicholas (Cape de Verde Islands), St. Vincent, Ascension, and Sierra Leone, to be forwarded by one of her Majesty's steamers from Devonport on the morning of the let proximo. Letters to Madeira, &c., will be charged ls. 10d. per half-ounce; newspapers, 2d. each, which must be pre-paid. For Sierra Leone, &c., Is. per half-ounce ; newspapers free. Ship letter-bags will also be made up for the following places :—Algoa Bay, Port Na tal, Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, New South Wales, Port Bhilip, Australia, New Zealand, the River Gambia, St. He lena, &c., by the vessels appointed to sail this month. From London, &c., newspapers to the British colonies by private ships must be pre-paid Id. each. The Avon steamer con veyed the West India mails of yesterday morning, and the Montrose steamer the Peninsular mails, via Southampton. The Canada steamer will convey the British North America, Bermuda, and the United States mails of to-morrow evening from Liverpool on the 19th inst., via Halifax and Boston ; , Greece, the India, Hong-lieng, and China mails of the evenin g of th e 19 th inst. alnondiathne l ß sl i a p n o d n s, stEegaympetr, tAhedeGihibrcaelytalor,n,Misailatuaritius, on the 20th from Southampton ; and the overland mail via Marseilles on the evening of the 24th inst. Exc URSION TRAINS ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—This company's excursion train, from Frome and Westbury, on Sunday, took about 2,000 persons to Bris tol and Bath, while the trains to London from the two latter places on Monday conveyed between 800 and 900. The company have projected some " express" excursion trains, the speed of which will be considerably greater than those hitherto started. ARTICLES OF UTILITY FROM HOME-GROWN PRO. DUCE.—We pay to the foreigner about half a million an nually for silk plush employed in the manufacture of very " shiny" and stiff hats, whilst our own flax fields would afford us a much more agreeable and cool material, and one more closely resembling beaver. The flax, for this purpose, should be prepared without steeping ; retaining, by this omission, all the natural gloss and silkiness of the fibre, and rendering it capable of receiving a permanent jet dye without at all injuring this appearance. In the other essentials— economy, flexibility, and lightness—no other material, ani mal or vegetable, can excel plush made from fine flax ; and, if upon a similar foundation, the hat may be folded into any shape without breaking it.—(Fsom a Correspondent.) DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Right lion. the Lord Mayor gave last evening, in the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, a sumptuous banquet to the principal bankers and merchants of the city of London, and the mas ters and wardens of many of the City companies. TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We have still little doing in our flax market. The late large arrivals have encouraged spinners to hold back, expecting lower prices than holders are willing to accept. Prices are, therefore, quite nominal. In a short time we shall be able to ascertain the whole amount of imports into Great Britain, the shipment at the Baltic ports being now nearly closed. — Dundee Advertiser. AMERICAN FLOUR.—The vessel Washington, just arrived from New York, has brought 10,962 barrels of flour as part of her cargo, which is probably the largest impor tation of flour which has ever taken place from the United States of America. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN • For the Week ended Oct. 10,1850, made up from th e R e turns of Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England andli per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. PRICE .. I 41s 2d 24s 2d 117 s ld 25s 8d 12 9S B EANS.6d 11;1:174 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. BEANS. I YEAR. is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od IS • -- - • QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEED; p g, Wheat, 105,225; Barlej , 25,923 ;Oats , 18,270 ; Eye, 281 ; 15' 5,276; Peas, "2,4:6 SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY') (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) SHAW AND ANOTHER V. SKEY. Tbis was an action to recover the sum of 61. 18s. " d. „k for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiffs are law-beu printers and publishers, and the demand was for "Pf h law Forms" and sundry numbers of a publi ca tion, Justice of the Peace. Defendant, who is an attorney, pleaded in the first stance the statute cf limitations , and secondly payine l3 :4 Mr. Johnson, the plaintiff's warehousem a n, Prol'i that for some years previously, and up to the latter se t , of 1847, the goods and numbers were transmitted thrall. the post to defendant, who then carried on his pract l ii , at Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire. Sometimes t o papers or books were posted at the General Post-of. at others given to the postman, who called at the tiffs' shop in Fetter-lane. The plaintiffs' porter proved th a t h e t oo k all O . parcels to the post-t,ffice, as directed. es The plaintiff's eashier was ca ll e d, an d hi s evidsnos went to show that two se p ara t e accounts h a d b ee n k e ro between the forms and the publication. Monol io been received and applied to the settlement Ot " forms' account." It was no unusual thing to sue 6 ,°.; of their customer s f or a p ar t o f th e account, yet nj, the accounts open in the ledger, for if credit was stopP o fifty attorneys in the country would have their aceol ip closed.—(Laughter.) tote Delendatit'e attorney contended th a t th e pl ea of v of limitations ought to have been replied to, and ¢ ° d o sequent promise to pay allowed, and that, as far 85 first item was concern e d, with out suc h a rep li cat i o n be". put ou the record, defendant was clearly entitled verdict. . 4 0 The UNDER-SHERIFF was of opinion th a t that vfr" question for discussion before the Court above. tiff Defendant's Attorney then argued that a plai - te d could not ,plit the account, and th at as it was adteitwo that a payment had been made, it ought to be taka ce , payment of the account for the Justice of the Da m p fur the amount demanded on that account, 6/. 1 69 . was paid in compliance with a letter received from Pi' tiffs' attorney, Mr. Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson, of Furnival's Inn, was callede t . ot e proved that he sued def e nd a nt f or th e sum i n quee"l-te and received the amount, whi c h h e handed ove .. 'ool Messrs. Shaw and Co. lie could not tell what lb° count was, as he had no particulars. or Plaintiffs' Counsel cont e nd e d th a t th ere were tW° ri d, parate accounts, and ther e for e th e overs i g h t i n n ot se'i p . rug the second account ought not to prejudice the pl a y. tiff';, and was not a splitting of ac counts , f or the ePr i o cation was not the first or second, and defendant's ° letters proved that he was aware that he was ()DIY P ing on the one account. The UNDER-SHERIFF held that, as regarded IL 65. G ot perhaps the statute of limitations might apply, bu t l o o r might be a question hereafter. The only question p whether any further sum was due after that paid i° fit Nicholson. It there had been an error, it was tl v i d for defendant to t a k e a d vantage o f i t. He had n ° o - 0 produced one r ece ipt, b ut not t h e one for the stul" which he was now sued for. The jury found for the plaintiffs. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COUR T (THIS DAY.) (Before FRANCIS BAYLEY, Esq.) DRYER v. SIR A. W. lIILLEARY, DART. His HONOUR gav e j u d gmen t its this action, whic l o t - trikd on Tuesday last, to recover the sum of 61. 65 ' to preparing and transcribing for defendant an a ddrese of the electors of the county of Limerick, as candidate i s the representation in Parliament of that county, e g f i icy vacancy created by the convictio n o f M r . S m i t h o'9: e t ii the former Member, in the year 1849. The Plalntl had been for 27 years the private, confidential , 01 1 foreign correspondent of the Mor n i ng P ost, and felfi'ith his duties in that capacity during the civil war in My, and upon his return to England was introduced by ~s „ 0 0 , Williams as a person whese literary qualifies" - o le coupled with his extensive political experience, *ci d' be of service to the defendant, who then desired to et tain a sf-at in Parliament. They had, however , "' co l during the civil war in Spain, in the year 1837. St e o ki of the letters were produced, for plaintiff held out "" ) 02 4 in glowing terms to Sir Augustus that if he OW o f 1501. for the publication of a new work, the CoUrso Rome," and distributed 150 co pi es amongst t h e Cati l t o he clergy of Limerick, it would ensure success, se 00 plaintiff would write such au eu l og i um upon t h e pa i. t r t if ism of the defendant in the pref ace o f th e work, l',lalt would convince the electors of that pl ace th a t they c: et . do nothing better than support the " E ng li s h BareP t ii. Another note recommended presenting his Holine 6 ,! 0 0, Pope with a copy of the work th roug h D r . Will o w who no doubt would issue a r escr ipt t o t h e Cato clergy in his favour. The Learn e d J u d ge conc lude" 0, saying that the only questio n h e h a d t o d ec ide . ; to whether the defendant had employed t h e pl a int' 00 write the address in question. He thought freca, fit is correspondence that he had no t, a l t h oug h t h e P1111"or might have inferred so from the tenour of some cog l iff sations that had passed between them. The Plo i° must, therefore, be nonsuited. a fter An application was ma d e f or t h e costs, but was wards withdrawn. The court was crowded. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY)v John St a rk an d Willi am P reston, two persons reoPv „ ers ably attired, though known as swell-mobsmen, of placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine charged with following assault:— .1 tbe / George Ives, m essenger to t h e Admiralty, statt—s,o he was on duty delivering letters last night about ; o r past five o'clock, an d was on his road through AT 06 street, Adelphi. As he passed along he sort" o ct documents, and when h e reac h e d D uke-street be 1 the prisoners with a female. lie attempted to g, e 'ost them, but they jogged against him, and the pr' s 0r Stark, catching hold of witness ' s wa i stccat, tore it °rib. and, pinioning his arms, tried to force him t o drop s (e letters and other Admiralty do cumen t s . The / o ' o l seemed to act as a spy, and P reston came up t o e Stark. Witness, however, gave the latter a blow °La , nose tbat sent him reeling int o th e m id dle of the 1-Atis Stark then struck witness violently in the face. sistance arriving they were given into custody. 9s' This morning they pleaded drunkenness as 8 9 0 0' cusp. They were fi ne d V. each, or a m on th' s imps'" ment.—They were locked up. MARLBRO'-STREET.--(THISDAI .I EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY.--John Collins ,„‘ brought before Mr. Hardwi c k, c h arge d w i t h ha lr be stolen a quantity of silver plate, value 2001., auction-rooms cf Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, Se ll row. ' Mr. Edmund R us h wor th d epose d t h at he was in Ortri nership with Mr. Jarvis, and carried on the busieel o d auctions er in Saville-row, and that in June, 1849, b e 01 0 a quantity of plate come into his rooms for sale,o9 property of Mr. Thomas, silversmith, Bond-street• t he plate was advertised for sale on the 3d of July. 00 t he Saturday previous, which was the 30th of Jueecief plate was expected to be delivered, but not arr i „ e t, before witness went away, hi s c l er k sent a inesseZlO to Mr. Thomas to tell hi m not to send i$ "tha the following Monday ; but unfortunatelf t he message was not delivered. In the course of t he same evening the plate arrived and was delivered to prisoner, who at that time was in their employ 10 .1, 0 0, ter and wareho useman . O n M on d ay the 2d o f 1849, witness went to his rooms, and saw the J ~e tl , porter standing out s ide the d oor , w hi c h was eneS. They tried to get in, but, not succeeding, a unith o fr sent for to pick the lcck, and when they effected 9 11 trance into the auction-room it was discovered tbaide; whole of the plate was stolen. The prisoner not ree th ieir his appearan ce as u su al was suspecte d to b e the lied information was torwarded to the police. ilb' James Edwards, shopman to Mr. Thomas, silveri. Bond -street, stated that, on Saturd a y, th e 30th of f e he 1849, between six and seven o'clock in th e e venl o 9 took to Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis's auction rol r lih quantity of silver plate, consisting of s p o ons, , j h be butter-boat, and dishes, to the value o f 2001., whic'efi' deliverei to the prisoner in the wareh ous e. 1 13° ; 0 0 soner locked a part of it in a side-boa r d i n the pres s of witness. and he (witness) then left the house. .., 0 101 Charles Cardwell said he was a-porter. in the ew 'pfe of Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis. He w as with th e Ttio soner when the last witness brought the plate. , e prisoner looked over it, and findin g it t a lli e d with toll stoned most of it in a side-board, which he lock 4' and put the key in his pocket. Witness having k Ol sion to deliver some letters left the prisoner W Ic4 UP{ the EMI p pri nat nth Th pri pol DL Lo a