The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-05 00:00:00

1 " ,..1ETN -7:----- --------- E w .—( 'l' HIS DA Y.) AIif:'"ICILTE AND LEADENZIALLI _ Lc , uu :UL slai on * far' 'tiled vary triaw.,iva today, at , .. , 2 s8(1 41 Priei-8. Ili.ev, from 24 2d to 3i 4d; lon.,o i n, 14 guo1101; Lamb, 3; 4d to 4i 'h. 4 to 4, per Bibs, by the carcase. , , Sot, rizE.EXT MA ZULETZi• . 4 re CHILL, 4 Pl'. 4. We had a very inactive trade Mutt and, ja some in,tanci, prices were some -3a 61 tift . '" er than last week. -13; ef, from 2s 10,f" 3 2 8 4 to 48 1 . 11 : 3 3 to 44• Lamb, 3s 8. i to 4,6 d; . Vegl, 31 0c _ . holt:" Putk: 31. to 3, B,': per 81bs, t( , sink the ed. ! ff ttekti °l n ) , St Pr. 4, —Prime Down Sheep m" t to 41thii,Y4t full prices. In other kinds of stocknex 21 104 was duing,--Beet, from 2s Bil to 3s 8d; Mutton,3_, ltd /, ° 4s; Lamb 3- 84 to 48 6d; Veal, 3s to s 81, 25 Z it '‘, 3 ' to 38 ' B , l b per 81h4. Suckling Calves, 18s 'Nei l p, ktuarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 225; and attw'ws, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. . 4 c l ' 11 ' 3 •' — Our market was very inactive, yet i . Afit at i utit, •. ted.—Bed, from 3s n, hitliji; ‘tutt„nWe3rse2flsi t tlY 472 3 Cr r Lsmb, 4s to 43 6d; and 3'2d to:38 84 pe o r Sibs. Fi k !I 0 IT tilf tr , agar IVlAktialit SOTS. 8 4 , ; ti) , t i t --;•"-- Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/ 18s; Clover, rlhy sal "; and Straw, 11 3 4 to 1/ 9s per load. opill,„"loclerat., and trade dull. , to , / Os iNt 311`,Iztotn.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 101 I , 4 . t l k i lil 1 4 0.4 to 4/ 68; and Straw, 1/ 31 to r n • 1 . 0 per load. (10,14e'llIkge supply, and a steady de t m B -s s d to 3/ 18 ; I "'"5 'meadow Hay, 2 1/94 per load. 4 (4 dui , ato 4/ abs; quotraw. 1/ 28 t. , ' , lt the above ations. .......__ ) (Ib i CORN AVERAGES 'th ' thAL 14,14,,1V,e8en0 AVERAGE PRICES OF f li o ß m lT t r e H ße C tu O rn ß s N of me • k it lDe7l lll , th:ddikfruefen29, t C l l l l3 s e o ;a m nr l'o u w p ris in Eng land rket l,,rult:a7rter. and Wales . 89. d lAYE.I AYE. 1 " Id 12 P 6fIld 43. chi N a i Ll 4 Y di I ° 7 A s T _ . 23e 4d 28s 1 1 1 ►t14 8, 1 . I 84.41)UTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. PEA,. kIZI 1 et• OATH ATM. I 1 1 , 0 4 t Ait 1 , ;',, c kl I is oci I Is 0.5 I is od ' 6 ,65 9 - ..'„S or GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK., __; ).arler, 2,241 ; Oats, 9,215 ; Rye, 338; Beans, 3,0 n Peas, ,240 quarters. Iti tt , i , .........,______—____ lit 113 L ,°f----A LDEItMEN—THIS DAY ih;ois rut. 4, ELECTION OF RECORDER. . e. lki„„aildi;,: n o i ng a lull court of Aldermen a!sembk,a_ . L t%''',llg th e , for the purpose of nominating and tye is, thett %I: 1 Y for the election of Recorder, in 4 1.. n• E Law, d- eased. At ' 3 41 ME. ,•c . q k et 8 a' or took the chair. 10,4atioctstic_al preliminary arrangements, and sot et t. t .,,1 t o h fr o Preliminary several members of the . rurt. it w:.si ( iN c i a 4r uktir ricusi f -, Y .' t he 24th Lsthtannt t t . he day of election be fixtd u km r , , 14 t tli,, "A C OUNCIL —(THIS DAY.) - t er • h qsi dahi p p thination t f the above proceedings, his 14 11e4 Of 4l ecl at the Court of Common portionCouncil,the ° day . It bleh was likidy to occupy a great ,13t) -1,, •---......„......---,_rr li:,'ittiQ ir-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) "ttl, 111 C h . i.. i eul " I 'vy, a porter, lats in the erucl_o n y ti e l i f f , le ih uer o , e , the wholesale druggists, W" placed 1 „1t.:4111.D-41,r* Ilan, charged with robbing his master ' I iA I ,!PN :,‘ of 2‘)/. los. It, l ° 14 1. ' 41 horn the evidence of the principal ca. hot,:sa., , it e : labl iston ' entth at on the 27th of Oct Aer Pti,-, ar id .ess left the counting-house for a few mi.- iii,(i4r gas4l''' left his desk open. On his return the , _ :4 [ll ,.. to lbing from it. No notice was taken ( f jte;3/4. „qnfollowing day 221.10 i. was missing from r ;;tt; ',, tl ail k-","uiry was instituted, and the prisoner ',`,,ek,.".4til ;.(„',4_l(! absconded. Nothing was beard et ` i 'tr';, 4%4 "rdsy, when be was apprehendeddenied 14 ,!l l 'i: tv ihk . k °4 bi - tog taken to the station qe ''' bai l : E 'en in the employ of Messrs. C e oles, or Itss g ems - was Chtisty. /Altuded till "fund y• I. tilli --------a------ S DAY.) ti , t tt l No 4 (3 - sTitEET.—(T HI ,41),:1)ei,),„!1',/tny.--Elizabeth Wilson was placed at V' : r ibba 4-,',4r• hiligham, charg.d with stealing from st,,,',_ Alr, William Norton, 150, Regent-Greet, .iir . D oi -u, v ti l e 41. Ih ° tho4' aPheitor of D t-street, attended on be , 41 s lir( pr isuner , orse i llb lll klit i 'i ° etro r d . to eleven ii,t t t , h , ae w losed that about a quarter ~, N th,• - !! 641 , 1 : a /3 0ut going to bed,heard a g whendo a he man gave lll'o,'4:::;:41at pe(l6dtune it " d eni e n ot th a e way. r He had not ;tc,,, , i 41e - - 8 ore t han a a minute went away. He had not ,;. ftn,l 'ft fluinute, when the prisoner came k i‘ t t 'i; 44ll !d 3 t an e . ; . Pllt her arms' round his neck. Prose -4 ' 4 4 k litcd 4 , 4 3', and on her leaving him he iinnie .4 Ivh his w atc h . He was about going in e ~ , 4 b tl i i lip . Ill ari sllt '1 c a d ,, , mime up and asked him where Mr. 08tpen Andre4.s witness could reply, a cen tlto 'lt rl3 asked him if he had been robbed, t i i , Qpi yin . . . ti;V :l d th tln the affirmative the man ran off. ,1 4 le a ' Up ?isaorlatable then' went after the woman, VlP t e Lk 1 1) ‘" ' 4 r in Warwick street , when the e0n ,1148, Lie ,Pateh from her hand. t1t..134451,e.ear0C;,311!%19,4 corroaoruted the latter portion o, ait 1 3 add_ 7tdence, op, II chi s l'isbed the Court at considerable length 4 3 4 Nn, etl eot, when k O t tl , lt i in o; l‘ , l !:'eid.-d upon remanding her until Tues tttihdan nor left to afford time for the apprehension t lle Dti tue 4 ° . the circular, as well as the man who " c4 1er. 1% uu eev, who were no doubt confederates 1 t t, 1 , 11 „.................,____- Ilt, tbRAL CUSTOMS AT :11);),‘,PPear. it BLENHEIM fl,: i ' t Y i of t"ti-ulat thee re is some, not very remote, pro -1,14 ! the g n 4 , s losing her unenviable distinction ~b,i4t..41;e1 of the nation in the world which . allows ~, ry laveNfie et e Monuments of her national glory ,tio ee to turn their trust to a source o h • 5 k I le t,,,ttil', thhekochetti: therwelves. The system is about OldPser . v ast . and, in the course of the . c . o . ming , eliti ( kTowds of foreigners who will visit the k i A t tl tsa, t44 Y h ti o ct Yt and the political) capital of the t y zter p i at to see, without fee or toll, l'iti4i'llottlorei:i'sofoitnten'ors which contains—amongst 1 , 4 1 11 I li*. , illustrious Britons, and many 1 1l 11 (1 ' l so art, Whichother nation has sur pi 4.. tio 04, I no ,teetilii Al4‘44,,autearrtlchatii,oeD Would conceal—no menu- Vei, lo p t to,;_,_ ct. but the word " Circum ol, , tit ) d 's was intended for a eulogy became y't , )l, q,,,, 'Lok about you" was as necessary a 'el t o rveh oo 1 th e n e l e to the visitor of St. Paul's as to a , °l ' -11 ' I red o,' l B aileY on a day of exhibition. ~t ' fo lk „Peet o ;q 7 to " a tomb in Westminster Ab iltlgoTttittt:e•'' C hurchill was less aspiring, but ~kei,,Ne'frullt, Whatn gained not only victories and a '14:141:P44H he valued more, a princely estate. V; tc N ot , ) titnengst other valuables, a royal do er, ,% t hi,. fltitil,,yiuhsr iureNue and beautiful in tilt, kin 1, ".9 teal' s liu.' centuries ago, of her who was k;,ket o 4 ite, a. 4 , Led on her gravestone as L PN t 4cll lo 4 alU nr'i, non Rosa Munda." It NO th ebf the Vitefill distich might well be .1 1 ,, ~ ti '' l , 4 tr e mse made of her favourite bower, the ti 'll ' r , ' 1111 (1 14 °I °l le of the greatest monarchs Eog l` - to ' O f hi qt toy' • 41 whiAtinserted the emerald in the lli t ,th t r „7- 1 hi libliost.sgtan-let, (ince redolere solet." t1 : 4 .1 It iuti -ee °f rhe warden is not improved by N':ikti c ,°°, vi 4 ,° l f fan in -come tax for seeing it. A kttol4l,lB4lp Wit f or the Duke on the domain, at 4 11 . ,V.Y bee''''. The edifice is not beautiful. It h, I N 4 ii, te Called gi eat. But it is very far from fa t t 4 P t ion of grandeur in evident, although Nt apti lB hot attained. It justifies Swift's t it, 14 ,4, h i , 11 Pott the architect, Vanbrugh : ' 4 1 1, ' . ..id -,"Y on him, Earth, for be ks l tq t 'IN t manY a he avy load on thee." t No,, ,, R il it 41 .: (1 Lbr ous as it is , the tolls now exacted . 4 °S l's th t ". ) re so. When you visit Blenheim 14 111 ,9 t0 ' 3 ‘ 4 11 t , t ßed a shilling at the gate for ad kl 14 k I NIt thre neat h - ;41Oti f o „ e r ooms e arged a shilling for being tiptt off ( the obs'aQu's on the ground floor—another liqt ll lt 4 1' 1 I.ti another for the garden ; and a k ,y o 4 c l l n i t . 14 a Foe for the drink at Fair R?sio. 01 1 44 y...i 1 l are 3.°11 find only twenty or thirty t, e eonsolingl t ld " This is a very 111 4 4 I tti Y ° ' li t ke ' 4 (41 41 nobT, I 4 N I, ~e it . io, ja . the J intend to relieve us from the 4 , ► % c/Il il' t 4 ,, t re,7„:"e o bly people in the world who "ttlt;tbsi,if 4 40 4 ". 11 e of public rnounments. Are the 4 ssq 4 rev;:° E Xhibit us as the only people kk) l , II " from the exhibition of their tlit h 1 4 t , illi t S 'Z%'"'...,.......__...........__t____.______..,........... its tAy ' ti lt Ati'C't:L----ThE• transfer books of Old 4 E 1, Irida critics Will be closed from Friday, the '\.e4A/1 3 ' t he 18th k? L 'l4, tl t iF th tit of October. ' l lo t , 4 is If',anier , '" ) as AT THE BANK OF Er 6- 4 4,1 , , :,, th Lf ~°okB for the undetmentioned a1inui .114i,t,.4,A,, ',lank ,'ctob er ~ 0,1 , . N .ANt „L ock, f nr . Xt, will be elused and opened l'' tht ➢ 'ft, tto s .bf 0,, roU Friday the 13th inst., to . tot t , lb, 1, , Clltt( \',-Lober • 'pi- r - ~.and..4 . Quarter 1( r k;1 4 1. 'to (1* . ' 1 4 4, 1-trsdas. Itt" i Reclueed Three per Cent. An- It ,Iv \ , e k A„, g' , the 1 2tli i I '4 ) t 4 ta,• f iiiiii3 O f nat., to Friday, the . 18 . th !)_1:, INNilN't r °l . ll c r. ' r" , 11 ditto to ditto; Annuities tor A i 4,„ ' , L. to ditto. i 1 to, Y ': W i r di t bar VI 3 ' bf , 11 l ' kle's fug We beli , ?ve 'thr !here is ro wile Ili k ; : , t t , i , d 3' a tar„ted .to c i • nvitation a'" ' 4 tl)' 11 1) 1 to7 i rlf;e. ' A Z uods o f ac tb e e Pt c , e t t e or ' s of the Uni , , I ,t tf;' ,, .tt, ~',l:ie unciela.nd ift'.,t c it is most P.'s ' t4.94.e4ttie,8 i;a,.°l„.bezt be made to Mr. Latrw -.4t11......1-erkaTir to Mr. Turner, the present Mexico. Accounts received by telegraph from New Mexico report very curious and 'discreditable proceedings on the part of the new authorities of that embryo state. A member of the Striate attended to assume his seat, presented his credentials, and was admitted. On I,arning that he would "vote against them, however, the majority, acting alike illegally and tyrannically, voted to unseat him. Oa that step being adopted, a large number of senators, disgusted, withdrew,leav irig in the chamber not sufficient to form a quorum. Nevertheless the majority proceeded to transact busi ness. The point in dispute was the preference of a state to a territorial government. Rumours were current in Washington to the effect that a misunderstanditsg existed in the Cabinet. Our accounts contain no definite intelligence on the point. A new democratic organ was about to be established in Washington. A rumour which prevailed to the effect that in formation had been received at Washington of ex tensive frauds by the Govern►nent officers in Califor ❑ia is contradicted by the New York Courier a I - firer. t'rofesor Webster had lately confessed, it is as s-rted, q premeditated arrangement for the murder of Dr. Parkman. Oa the 30th ult., Friday last, the' guilty man was to he executed. Advices from Canada, dared "Toronto, August . 22," state that great excitement had been created by the secret sale by Government of public roads that cost 900,000 dollars, for 300,000 dollars. Public op position was so strongly expressed that the Govern ment had determined to repudiate the bargain. Our Mexican advices extend to the 27th of July. The cholera was disappearing from Vera Cruz, but at Puebla-it was increasing tearfully. The Mexican papers were almost unanimously opposed to the Tehuantepec treaty, on the ground that it gave the United States too strong a power over the southern frsiitier. The arrival of the Ohio at New York from Ha vannah puta us in possession of late advices from Havannah. The officers connected with the Lopez expedition were still in confinement; but it was con fidently expected that they would shortly be released. The 0:iio had on freight 100,0'.. 1 0 Mexican dollars, and 13,000 dollars in gold dust. From Hayti we have intelligence of the settlement of the dispute between that Republic and Dominica. Our advices contain the following particulars of the transaction : " The treaty with the Republic of Dominica Las been ratified with the British Government. A note, by Lord Palmerston, accepts the mediation proposed for the ter mination of the war with the inhabitants of Hayti. In view of this, the British Consul charged with the nego iati.,tl has given a banquet, to which all the authorities had been. invited, together with the Ai ehbishop. After this a ball was given at the palace of the Governor. The repreientatives of France, England, and the United Sates having been engaged in these arrangements, all prospects of disturbances aro at an end, particularlY as there has been a formal protestation on their part against any invasion of the Dominican territory by the Ilaytians." We have Venezuelan advices to the 3d ult. It was the general opinion at Puerto Cabello that General Guzman would be the successful candidate for the Presidency. The election was proceeding tranquilly. The Philadelphia and Crescent City had arrived at New York with two weeks later advices from Cali fornia, and above, .one million dollars in gold dust, including a block of ore bearing quartz weighing 193 pound. 4, filled with gold. The news from the various mining districts is of so varied and complicated a character that it is almost impostible to arrive at correct conclusions. One reason for this is the fact that upon the Sacramento and its tributaries the operations had not fairly commenced, and, us most of the operators there were erecting dams and diggir , g races; they were compelled to await the fall of water in the streams betthe they could suc cessfully work their locations. yearly one-half of ,the whole mining population, during the months of May and June, were engaged in *,tirve . )ing, while -awaiting the subsiding of the waters, and the consequence had been that many new and important discoveries had been made upon the head-waters ut Feather River, and between that and the head of Sacramento River. This was the supposed locality of the Gold Lake. Explorations had been nude on bath sides of the coast range at the sources of Trinity River, and, although some rich and valuable agricultural country had been discovered, 3et the prospects for mining in , that country were poor. The whole region of Humboldt Bay, so far as it had been explored, seemed well adapted to agri cultural purpofies, and the timber is described as the finest in the world. The accbunts from the southern mines do .not appear very flattering, although opera tions had been carried on ateadily during the whole winter and spring. The yield appeared to be regular, although not so great as in the northern mines. The Gold Lake diggings, lying at the head of Nelson's creek, are at E uch an altitude above the level of the plains, that the atmosphere is pure . and invigorating. Gold had been round in great abundance over a large tract of quartz region. The richest deposits were telieved to be at distance of ten feet below the surface. The gold was coarse atd - benutifol. At this lace 'Men could mdlito from 100 dolls. to 500 oils. a Fitly with ease, according to trustworthy At one spot in the northern urines ccount S. four men from the Sate of Maine were waking an excavation in the bank win') the earth 'caved in and ctusl.ed them in§tantly. Around Nevada City, a new town in this region, gold had lately been found scat!eited pormitcuously over the ►,ll"s, mixed with fte. very wnere the etoth was Aga end dusty, iike tohes. Totr- had beim somP fib, *`.ti►►g with tht lodiarig at lritiity City, tit, Indian- being the vf.'t;;i town . MC; 141.,u0 Ca lA. II red anal buret, ta,l tbrue,lt,cL a tis Wilt' ta,n, trlr i 1y jur ; ,. wid snot. tel(l4 prvgre,sing nnd ini ptovir,g, Lig only in buosii,e, but in, city had doubled in population since last March. CitV • en, Ltd. 1,•;:i t - - 7 . e, A•.on. rancetse, ea:amine, and " A -7 \ T ? j i S "k; W. S. Ilamiltoo, Ileeifex; G'eer b ee RI C AN karts a " 'Jerald N of ksca rE, ewtountilaed. • -- ea .__ er faele el i , Ses?ti and Helen echoenee, LIVERPOOL, WEDNE.SDAY. iti b " 4, elon.'put back this morning' with ae, Hy toe royal mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain 11 ` 14 41. "'Vic by btrut-A of va atter aff the Nor th \Vest, which arrived in the Mersey et eleven o'clock Lowe 4 'TOFT , s this morning, after a fine run of ten days and sixteen tid e P 4 t ran ty .,, ) "T• 4.—The N eptune, Li ata ely to hours, we have ad vices from New York to the '24th Nevicorne Sands, fils with the -- „t ' lL d it, e ult. She brings 43,0001. and 6,000 Mexican dollars 6 p • red will become a 'old wreck. 1111 th RA 'Neisco a . on freight. d e _ • e o hm mar 15.—The Hirtim of Memel, t oead a 4 aieubriand, of Bordeaux, have been eon- Pelitica . l af f airs had exhibited no very important 4 7 net, 06 . 8 °A. The Orator fur Sydney,struck on features since the departure_ of the Citribria, the ' lll 4el Y l e Meteitiests and has been ern chief event being the Senate's sanction of the p_L at na s e rr t o !,t, e • Fugitive Slave Bill, .the object of which is to provide • Winn E.—Sld. Briton, S. aehrae, for the settlement of questions regarding escaped e 4 trw o ,.„' slaves. Previously amendments were added to the 1 11 1. 4 , t ,ehs . 4.—Sld. Triupb, Halifex; measure, rendering the United States' marshals k,, l3l oter a, s•e", t.iehtbucto. responsible . for the safe-keeping of such slaves as CaT i ' r, eiste ard E 7 4•--Wind E.—Arrd. H.M. steamer might come under their charge. Curiously enough, .reen the coast of Africa; John Peal, a v er y peculiar case bearing .upon the provisions of 4, L ed ltaa s. s ' s 7 4:ile att N, r^,. to E.N.E., light.— the Bill, had arisen at Harrieburg, three negroes life•having been arrested at that city on the 22d, and kaoe • e , k, geebe. uVaa. SEPT 4 —Wied N.E.—Artel. Lord xemined on an ostensible charge of horsesteriling 'thlta geelee- ; T egue w {md ,, ule, Que „ c in Virginia. According to general belief, however, ' *aetliee. Mari; the charge was merely a rive to obtain possession o f SIIM4S who had escaped, and great popular excite ment had been caused thereby. At Richmond, on the 19th, thirty-two slaves employed on a plank road suddenly disappered, awl up to the last accounts t had secured their flight. Numerous similar cases , constantly occur in the American journals. Letters from Richmond of the 224 ult. give the following details relative to a reiaarkable slave insurrection, tenoned in our accounts by the Cambria : ' "An insurrection, in which 400 slaves were to be en ' gaged, was discovered at Lowndes County, Alabama, fait week. The rendezvous of the negroes was fired upon by the whites, killing one slave and wounding twenty others. The slaves then fled. It is said that the slaves were incited to the insurrection by an abolitionist, for whoie apprehension a reward of 6.000 dolls. has been &red. Levee Parties are in pursuit of him. He is supposed to have fled towards Charleston. A general ruasecre is supposed to have been intended." It was expected that the Rouse of Representatives would shortly enter upon the discussion of and pass the measures sent down from the Senate on the Californian and other questions of a similar kind. Out of Congress much interest, and perhaps some anxiety, had been caused by reports of an unpleasant nature from Texas relative to the policy of that state towards New Mexico. Telegraphic dispatches dated Galveston, Aug. 18, say : " The Legislature met on the 12th. The Governor's message was received. It proceeds to speak of the un warrantable assumption of power of the Federal execu tive, by direct interference with the municipal affairs of the Soverign State. It pronounces disunion useless; no reliance must be placed on the delusive hope cfjustice to Texas, but we must assert and maintain our rigors a: all bezerds and to the last extremity. The only course left is the immediate adoption of necessary measures for the occupation of Santa Fe, with ample force to repel the arrogant and rebellious spirit exieting. - Should such measures pee duce a confhot with the present authoriti , s, unlawfully established, and shake the confederacy to i ts'eentre, Texas will stand exonerr.t.d before the world. Authority is asked to raise supplies tor two mounted regiments tor the occupancy of Santa Fr'. also for force sufficient to enable the civil authorities to execute the laws—it says, however willing Texas may be to dispose of a portion of her North-West?rn terri tory, no -respectable party could accept of the propo.i tions embraced in the Compromise Bill, but if a propo sition had been cffered to purchase that part torah of 84 deg. latitude, with proper guarantees and observance of the rules of annexation, it would have been satistac tery. The news of the engrossment on Pearce's Senate Bill, with the President's message respecting Governor Bell's letter, was received at Galvestou on the 17ih, and produced great dissaisfaction. The papers say the inessege will arouse feelings of indigestion throughout ,he State not easily allayed." It should be mentioned, however, that at the date :f the Governor's message the Senate had not paned he 10,000,000 Dollars Indemnity Bill to recone ,ense Texas for the country surrendered to New ~~ !rkst;; io Some excitemcnt wA$ caneed by the squatters lo cating on unoccupied lands around the city, but the whole matter was conning up for legal adjudi catiou before the proper courts, .arid would be settled in that way peaceably and without further disturbance. " looked like a wash-house in a fit." " Here it was," he writes, "I did my best to do my ditty and keep up the spirits of those about me ; and your nervousness being a great dealer in your joke fantastic, I succeeded apparently With all, and certainly with the children." Of his success With his childr e n h e g i ves an illustration, in which the droll and the horrid are strangely mixed together. Some unfortunate ducks were on this vessel, " kept in miserable coops, over which 'the sea constantly break ing, the poor wretches were drenched and beaten to death." liaving mentioned this, Leigh Hunt descend s to the con s id era ti on o f hi s children in the cabin be low, who, not being aware of any danger, " were as gay as confinement and uneasy beds would allow them to be. With the poor ducks," he continues, "I made them very merry one night by telling them to listen when the next sea broke over us, and they would hear an acquaintance of theirs laughing. The noise they made with their quacking, when they gathered breath after the suffocation of the salt water, was exactly like what I slid : the children listened, and at every fresh agony there was a shout." To us the whole scene is wonderfully natural. Although our author, in his way of recording it, deals for once rather lightly with the painful, be is exquisitely sensitive in regard to the horrible, as may be seen from his manner of re counting the follo w i ng hideous act of cruelty : "It was during my infancy, if I am not mistaken, that there lived at Hampstead (a rery unfit place for such a resident), a man whose natee I suppress It at there should be possessors of it surviving, and who was a fameus cock-fighter. Ile was rich and idle, and there fore had no bounds to set to the unhappy passions that raged within him. It is related of this man, that, havink lost a bet on a favourite bird, he tied the noble animal to a spit in his kitchen before the fife, and notwithstand ing the screams of the sufferer and the indignant cries of the beholders, whose interference he wildly resisted with the poker, actually persisted in keeping it there burning, tili he fell down in his fury and died." Insomuch has the writer of this autobiography an abhorrence of regarding the pain of any living crea ture with indifference that for the first time, perhaps, since the death of the father of angling, he here speaks with peculiar severity of lzaac Walton. As a species of relief to the last quotation we transcribe the fol lowing most humorous description, in which the author is alluding to the period of the threatened 'in vasion of England by the French, when he himself was enrolled among the St. James's Volunteers : " We bad been a regiment for some time. without a eolonel. The colonel was always about to be declared, but declared he was not; and meantime we mustered about a thousand strong; and e ere much amazed, and, perhaps, a little indignant. At length the moment ar rived—the colonel was named; he was to be introduced to us; and that nothing might be wanting to our dignity, he was a lord, and a friend of the minister, and nephew to the victor aforesaid. " Our pat axle was the court-yard of Burlington House. The whole regiment attended. We occupied three sides of the ground. In front of us were the great gates. longing to be opened. Suddenly the word is given, My lord is at handl' Open burst the gates —up strikes the music. 'Prevent arms!' vociferates the major. "In dashes his lordship, and is pitched right over his horse's head to the ground. "It was the. most unfortunate anticlimax that could have happened. Skill, grace, vigour. address, example, ascendancy, mastery, victory, all were, in a manner, to have been presented to us in the heroical person of the noble colonel; and here they were, prostrated at our feet —ejected—cast out—humiliated—ground to the earth; subjected (for his merciful constructicn) to the least fellow-soldier that stood among us, upright on his feet." In the midst of the intense drollery of this description, we can detect the sarcastic tone of the author of " Captain Sword and Captain Pen as also in the- witty sentence previously occurring, that "a bullet is of all pills the one that most requires gilding." Occasionally our author takes too broad a license with the language, as where he coins such words as " unforgivingtiess," " untimeli ness," and "unyieldingness. ' But whenever, as it sometimes happens, his verbal coinage is for the sake of a joke we welcome it with rejoicing instead of depreciation. It is thus on the occa sion when a friend gives him a vine stick as a souvenir of Italian scenery. The giver, he says with a j ocu l ar i ty t h at would have tickled Elia amazingly, " came to Maisano to take leave of' us ; so we christened the stick, as they do a seventy-four, and lie stood rod-fatter." From the more serious sections of the narrative we would eagerly present to our readers those in which Leigh Hunt makes his peace with the memories of Lord Byron and Sir Wal ter Scott, writing of them both in a manner th a t does honour to bits gentleness of heart, and proves be yond all gainsaying his manliness and magnanimity. As about the most attractive features in the auto biography, we reserve them for the perusal of all persons in the original, satisfied that by so doing we shall be holding out to the intelligent a scarcely re sistible temptation. One passage, however, relating to Sir Walter Scott, we must be permitted to transcribe—it is a passage which, as far as the esti• mation of the noble-minded is concerned, will be like crowning Leigh Hunt with a crown of laurels:— “It can be of no consequence to the memory of such a man what I said or thought of him, whether before his death or after; but for my own sake, since I am Forced to speak of such things in a work like the present, I may be allowed to state, that whatever hostility I was forced to maintain with his peliticr, and so far with him self, I had the pleasure of expressing my regret for the mistakes which I had made about him, long before I ex perienced their ill effect.. I will add, that long after those effects, and when he was lying sick in ',anion on his way to his last home, I called every morning at his door (anonymously; fur I doubted whether nay name would please him) to furnish a respectful bulletin of his health to a daily paper, in which I suggested its appear ance; and I will not conceal, that as I loved the huma nities in his wonderful pages, in spite of the politics which accompanied them, so I mourned for his closing days, and shed tears at his death." LITERATURE. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEIGH HUNT; with Reminiscences qf Friends and Con temporaries. 3 Vols. Throughout the long list of prose writers whose uatnets adorn the annals of E n gli s h lit e rature, we cannot remember one more thoroughly delightful to ourselves then the author of the present " Autobiography." It requires, we are perfectly aware, a very Considerable amount of temerity to utter any such explicit opinion during the lifetime of a man of letters. So great, how ever, is our contempt for this species of critical reservation, that we acknowledge ourselves ready at all times, on occasion, to set it openly at defiance. Because a man happens still to be in the flesh, we cannot for the life of us see why his excellences should he overlooked, or his gifts or accomplishments depreciated. It appears to us a very scurvy trick, that of compelling intellectual celebrities to grruate through the grave to the honours cf a full and per il cted reputation. Yet such has long been the cus tom- in soci e ty, i nsianuch so that the ma j or i ty of persons are di spose d to underrate, in every possible mariner, the merit s an d capacities of the i r contempo raries simply f rom t h at very circumstance, because they are their contemporaries. Against such indi viduals we cannot with sufficient earnestness express our sentiments of complete and diametrical opposition. It is these people who make up the number ofhowlens after " the good old times," meaning the times of bloodshed, and brutality, and ignorance : and who, shutting their eyes against all that is noble and com mendable in these latter days, proclaim the present age an age of decadence and degeneration. They little reflect that the same depreciative cries have been raised in all ages without distinction. They fail to recognise their own likeness in the person of that &nellfungus celebrated in the " Sentimental Journey.' Our abomination of the whole class is so cordial in its nature, that it is with a secret rapture that we call to mind the manner in which one of the genus was " put down" by the surly indifference of Dr. Johnson It is related of this un fortunate wight by Washington Irving, that • after sitting for a short time in the presence of the great moralist, he got up to take leave, expressing a fear that a longer visit might be troublesome. " Not in the least, sir," said Johnson; I had forgotten you were in the room." So entirely do we dissent from their views upon most subjects, that in scarcely any can we detect that moral poverty which they declare to be everywhere now-- a-days prevalent. In our native literature, for ex ample, we yield the palm in scarcely any particular to preceding generations. In history, if we have not a Robertson or a Lvttleton, we have a greater than either hi Macaulay. Among our poets, if we cannot number Robert Herrick or Suckling, we have a Barry Cornwall and a Tennyson. As a novelist we cannot claim a Fielding or a Smollett, but we can boast of a ackens. After the utterance of opinions like these, somewhat less surprise may be felt at our rashness in designating Leigb Hunt as one -of the most delightful prose writers in the language. Delightful at all times, he becomes especially so whenever his subject will allow of his being more than usually conversational. It may be conjectured, therefore, how pleasantly he can goseip in that most conversational of all kinds of authorship, autobiography. Out of his own personal recollections he has contrived to compile three vo lumes so charming in their character that we have perused them from first to last with unflagging avidity. Everywhere fascinating, his style assumes to itself an unusual grace, where, like his favourites, the old Italian writers, " his prose falls a-talking of his poetry." His own remembrances are fruitful of incidents, humorous or pathetic, during the years which followed his birth, on the 19th of October, 1784, et the beautiful village of Southgate in Mid diem- x. His reminiscences of friends and contemporaries furnish him again with an additional store of the most relishable anecdotes. One while, for example, he re minds us, with an almost audible chuckle, of Charles Lamb's exclamation to . a brother whist player re markable for hands more clever than clean—" M., if dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold I" Another time he tells us of Coleridge's remark on hearing of the death of his savage old schoolmaster, " It was lucky that the cherubim who took him to heaven were nothing but faces and wings, or he would infallibly have flogged them by the way!" Hear our autobiographer again in his most jocular mood recounting a circumstance connected with a visit once paid to him by Wordsworth. " Under the study," says he, " in which my visitor and I were sitting, was an archway, leading to a nursery ground; a cart happened to go through it while I was in quiring whether he would take any refreshment; and he uttered, in so loPy a voice, the words, Anything which is going forward,' that I felt inclined to ask him whether he would take a piece Of the cart." As he observes immediately afterwards, " Lamb would certainly have done it," but then Lamb was so peculiarly constituted that, as Leigh Hunt says of him in another part, arid in his own most felicitous manner, " One could have and then melting away into thi n a i r hi mse lf, out o f a imagined him cracking a kst in the teeth o f a g h ost, sympathy for the awful." It is in these epigrammatic sketches of character that our author is ever most happy, touching each one's identity off with peculiar vividness in a few syllables. What an exquisite notion he gives us of Mrs. Spencer, where he calls her "a delicious little old woman, the delight of all the children of her acquaintance." Then hear him talk of the morning reader named Salt, who was remark able for speaking in his throat, " with a sound as if he were weak and corpulent," and famous also at Christ Church, for saying " murracles" instead of miracles"—and you h ave t h e man at once con j ured up before you visibly, corporeally, and must cer tainly audibly. Eq ua ll y graphic in their force are the descriptions given towards the commence ment of this autobiography of the author's childish recollections, not only at the time when his family were struggling on "betwe e n quiet and dis turbance, between pl ac id readings and frightful knocks at the door, and s i c k ness, and calamity," but likewise on the memorable occasion when a certain old lady of quality astounded him " by letting her false teeth slip our, and clapping them in again.' "1 had no idea," hays h e , " of the existence of such phenomena, and could a l most as soon have expected . her to take off her head and re -adjust it." About this period it is that he cells to ma l e s eeing Mr. Pitt, thin and gaunt, in a blue coat, buckskin breeches, and bouts, powder and pigtail, " with his hat off his fore head and his nose in th e a i r. " When he heard Pitt, moreover, speaking i n t h e Commons in his " loud, important, and holl ow voice," and when the persons he appealed to said " H ear, hear, " our author, like a child as he was, thought th at they said " Dear ! dear! " in objection, and wondered that Pitt did not seem in the least disconcerted. Anything, however, it matters not whether recollection s o f childhood or of manhood, receives a flavour ra c y of our author's humour in the very process of . passing through his memory. When alluding to the c l o i sters at Christ Church, called the Garden, a n d i n all probability once the vement." Calling to mi n d "Its o nly d e licious crop forrilo n m a s a t n e y r my garden, ears has hebe been na say pavement." one of his schoolfellows, who made game even of the he say s o f th e f ormer ," H e terrible pedagogee Boy er , was a regular wag ; and would snatch his jokes out of the very flame and fury of .0e Muster like snakdra gO7l fame and too, he pencils oil the Yankees, where he writes, n cannt . it get it out of m y head that the Americans are Es with the poetry and romance taken ngli out hmen, of them ; and that ther e i s one great coun ter built along their coast from north to south, behind which they are a l l standing like so many linendrapera." H e d escr ib es the bust of Fa broni (a late good-natured criti c and bishop), erected n to his memory in the C a mp o Santo at Pisa, mention ing that the f ea t ures are so full of a .certain j o ll y gusto, that he longed to have eaten macaroni with him—and we behold the bust at once, as Leigh H en s depicts it, with F a b ro ni for ever " li v i ng in i nset ip. Lion,'' and " looking treats in stone." Equally ad smainriaebleis his cemetery by mention such c h of, tmenhe frescoaso paintings i that r ga gna, Metntrii Giotto, and Benozz4—pictures which th e i figures repr( servedlike a dream of humanity during the twilight of creation." His words, moreover, are quite as epigrammatic in defining the charactistics of a whole country as in recording any of the minor details of his compasition. Having observed that " Italy is a land of volcanoes, more or less subdued," he suddenly exclaims, "it i s a g reat grapery, built over a flue. " When commenting on the sense of wonder with which the Italians regard British hardihood and rashness, he remarks that " An English mail-coach, with that cauliflower of human beings a-top of it, ,bumpin g f rom side to side, would make the hearts of a Tuscan city die within them." Once, while expatiatitg on the picturesque appearance of the Genoese domiciles, he save, " some of the windows have vines trailed over them, net in the scanty fashion of our creepers, but like great luxuriant green hair hanging over the house's eyes"—a descri pt i on somewhat kindred to one in the sixteenth number of "David Copperlield." If our author, who has a keen eye for colour, sees a. fisherman with a red cep on, floating in his boat across the bay of Naples, he says of the_ cop, "it is like a scarlet bud in the blue atmosphere,' Ile meets in Piedmont wish an Italian gentleman, whose name, says he, " w as a pi ec e of music —Lui g i Ri varola. " Who can describe a sailor's, walk aboard ship during rough weather better than Leigh H unt ? " He rolled about." erils he, sveAkiov °.f a g . laline Jack Tar—" he rolled about with the vessel as if his feet had suckers" The whole aroma given in this por tion ut the " Autobiography" of the veyage towards the Mediterranean, wbee "the minds stud rain toge_. trier ran blied and howling along. tta vessel's is worthy, its its surprising vividness, (if a similar in cident in the history of. Paetagruel• The new, into tee small cebin ht which the author and his fatnily were huddled; i n it s tumbling about is said ,to bays • South San Francisco was rapidly becoming a place of great resort for shipping. The case and safety with which many of the largest ships had discharged at that place had made it a very desirable anchorage. It was considered the most favourable place for storage on the bay, particularly on account of its protection. from fire. It had the purest water • for ships' pur poses, and would ultimately be a place of considerable commercial importance. From a Sacramento paper we extract the following description of an extraordinary lump of gold, the largest, it was said, that hcd ever been found in Cs. lifornia:— Lest evening we examined the largest lump of gold ' we believe ever dug in California; it is a re.ixture of quartz and gold, the whole weighing 301 h. (360 ounces) ' troy, From the tests male, it is ascertained the lump contains about 23;b. of pure gold. This inaronrch piece alti dug from a ravine in the dry diggins between the North and Aliddle Forks of the Yuba River (!he location being known as the Jain Crow diggiegs), by Mr. W. H. Jules, of New York City, and Mr. J. Grives, of New ()gleanie The tirtt of these had been a year in the dig. gings, and had not averaged over 10 dolls. per day. Him self and par!ner had taken possession of an old hole which had beau worked out and deserted by two negroes. Finding that they could not work to advantage without draining the ewer cff, they dug a trench or canal, and as soon es the water dirappeared commenced work. • They had worked several hours, when one of them thought he espied a piece of gold jutting out from the earth in tho.canal which they had dug to carry off the water from the main hole. Ile stooped to examine it, and, finding it to be the pure metal, he drew forth his case knife, scraped the dirt loose around it, while it con tinued to grow larger and larger, until the 301 b. lump above mentioned rolled out at his feet. They kept the matter a profound secret, and started off to Marysville, • where they were offered 10,000 dolls, for it, which they refused. They are exhibiting it at M'Keight'e Sutter Hotel, at 50 cents per head. The ravine from which this mammoth lump was taken is 'nothing more than a email - brook, - running through a flat; the ground rises 'gently on the sides, aed is covered with a rich coat of grass. It was found about two feet below the surface. The young men are on their way home, and expect to realize a fortune from exhibiting it in the States." COMMERCIAL IN FELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Aua. 24. Money Market—The Stack market was heavy tc-day at the First Board with a moderate business. Govern ments were in demand and improved l e per cent, under the advices from London. At the Second Board the market was better, and Erie went up to 75. Reading was also better and in demand. Tne sales for Reedit% !or the last few days have been enormous. In Ex- change there has been but a moderate business for this steamer. The transactions include hills on London at 10 to 10i per cent. premium; and Paris, .st. 2l c. to st. 22ic., 60 days; little done on the other places. We quote on Amsterdam 404-c. to 401 c.; Antwerp. st. 231 c. to sf. 25c.; ilamburgh,3s/c:; and iirEmen,79ic. to 80c. Cotton—The demand continued active at steady prices until the receptien of the Europa's telegiaphic advices yesterday, when there was lade or nothing done. We do not vary our quotations. The receipts at all the shipping ports are, 2,054,073 bales, againbt 2.695407 to same date last year—a decrease this season of 641,334 bales. The total foreign export this year is 675,855 bales less than last, say 462,068 bales decrease co Great Britaiti, 82.996 'decrease to Fiance, 90,040 de crease to north of Europe, and 36,751 decrease to other foreign parts. The shipments from southern to northern parts arc 6,507 bales less this se ason than last; and there is an increase in stock of 38,565 bales. The sales since our last are 9,500 betles—we quote:— Atlantic Porta. Inferior Low to go4AI ordinary Low to good piddling 12i —13 e. Middling tar to fair Fully fair to good fair Good and fine The arrivals have Leen from— Gulf Ports. 11i to Hie. 12 124 , 1 12~— 1310. 1:4 14ie. none. none. Galveiton New Orleans ... Georgia South Carolina 846 bales. ... 405 ... 795 ... 1,637 Totd ... 3,683 bales. Totil import duce Ist inst. ... 10.530 bales. Export from Ist to 20th August. 1850. 1849 Cotton bales ... ... 38.110 8,047, EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES. Since Ist of Septt-mber, 1849 Same time, 1848 Domebtle Goods Export from Ist to 20th August. 1850. 1849. Cotton goods, packages Grain—New wheat is ccming forward to a fair ex tent from the west and south, but with a moderate de mand for milling, prices are without particular change. The sales are-5,000 bushels prime white Pennsylvania, at 1 (Hi. 241 c.; 3,700 good new Indians, 1 doll. 3c.; 30,000 Canada white, last week, 1 doll. 15e. in bond; and 8,300 newGruesste and free Canada on terms not to :de public. 11)e is in m oderate supply, and a littl e higher. The sales are 14,500 bushels, at 63ic. to 64c. in the slip, and 64i e. to 65c. delivered. Oats are with out particular change; we quote river and canal, 40e. to 440.; Jersey, 37e. to 40e.; and Canada, 39e. to 41e. Two cargoes Southern yesterday brought 34, cash. Corn was in good supply and fair demand at previous rates until yesterday, when, after the Europa's telegraphic advices were received, higher prices were demanded; no sales, however, were made at an improvement, but the market evidently closed with increased firmness. The sales ate 112,000 bushels, at 62i0. to 63,.. for mixed WeStern, to which the supply is mossly confined, closing at 63c., 60e., and 61c , for heated, and 64ic. to 65c. for round e;low. Export, from August 1 to August 20. 1850. 1849. Bushels. Buibels. ... 19.952 9,680 4.860 186.249 Wheat ... Corn ... Flour and Meal-The improved feeling in the flour market, noted as existing for some descriptions in our last, has since become general, and w ith a very good de reand both for export and home use; prices generally have slightly advanced, and the market closes with firm ness and buoyancy, the conviction being prevalent that rates have reached their lowest point. Canada is in active and lower, with sales of 4,000 barrels at 3 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. 621 c. for sour; and 4 dolls. 50c. to 4 dolls. €2lc. for superfine No. 1 in bend. The sales beside.i wei e-Saturday, 14,000 barrel-; 9,000 for ex port; Monday, 8,500; and yesterday, 12,000; one•hall tor export. We quote sour, 3 dolls. 62ic. to 3 dolls. 87F.; fine, 3 doll, hoc. to 3 dolls. 750.; superfine No. 2, 3 dolls. 62ic. to 3 dolls. 75c.; ordinary State, old, 4 dulls. 25c. to 4 itolls. 37ie.; common State, 4 dolls. 37ic. to 4 dolls. 434 e.; straight State (both fresh ground), 4 dolls. 4340. to 4 dolts. 50c.; favourite Stave, 4 dolls. 50c. to 4 dolls. 621 c.; mixed Ohio, Indians, &c., 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 doiN. 37ic.; mixed Michigan, 4 dolls. 37i-c. to 4 dulls. 4340.; strap ht ditto and good Unto, 4 dolls. 434 ti. to 4 dolls. 50c. ; fancy Michigan, 4 dolls. 56,1 c. to 4 dolls. 62ic.; pure Genessee, 5 dolls. Vic. to 5 dolls. 50c. for old, end 5 dolls. 50a. to 5 dulls. 684 c. for new, fancy Ohio, 5 dolls. 371 c. to 5 dolls. 50c.• ' fancy Genessee, 5 dolls. 75c. to 6 dolls.; extra Ohio, 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 684 o; and extra Genessee, 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. Southern has been in fair demand, but closes heavily at previous rates, with sales of 4,000 bbls. at 5 d0115..25c. to 5 dolls. 311 c. for mixed, and 5 dolls. 3lic. to 5 dolls. 37ic. for straight brands, 5 dolls. 75c. to 6 dolls. 12ic. for tuncy, and 5 dolls. 75c: for new Baltimore, 80. Rye flour is without change; the sales are 1,000 bbls. ut 2 dolls. 87itc. Ic is said by our author, when speaking of Sir Walter in regard to genius, that he was " perhaps the least quotable for sententiousness, or wit, or any other memorable brevity, in the whole circle of illustrious writers." The remark is novel to us, and, we cannot help thinking no less correct than novel. Certainly the same thing cannot be said of Leigh Hunt himself; of which, if further il lustration be required, we could give them from this very work before us abundantly. Thus, for its sen tentious humour, the following mention of Mr. Kin naird is to the last degree adtnirable—it is in evidence of his loyalty :—" After dinner he begged that God save the King' might be played to him on the piano forte ; to which he listened as if his soul had taken its hat off" Contracting broadly with this, what a fine thought that is that the world is not old enough to know better than it does, " because we yet live but in the tuning of its instruments." Of poetry Leigh Hunt always talks with the taste and genius of one qualified to discourse on that divine inspiration. In stance this his question, " Who does not learn to love everything in the all embracing sweetness of poetry ?" And again, "It is our business to be grateful for what a poet sets before us, rather than to be wishing that his peaches , were nectarines, or hi& Falernia tt champag ne ." O ne more laughabl e anec dote we must cull from this delightful autobiography. It is as follows : " An amusing story is tald of Thornton, which may show the quick and ingenious, but, perhaps, not very feeling turn of his mind. It is said that he was once dis covered by his other sitting in a box at the theatre, when he ought to have been in his rooms at college. The old gentleman addressing him accordingly, that youngster turned in pretended amsz ment to the people %bout him, um! said, 'Snioke old wigaby, who takes me for his sou: Thornton, senior, upon this, indignantly hait..ns out of the box, with the manifest intention of setting oil for Oxford, and finding the rooms vacant. Thornton, junior, takes double post-horses, and is there before hi m , qu i et l y sitting in his chair. He rises from it on his father's appearance, and crier,' Ah; dear sir, is it you? T o w h at am I indebted for this unexpected pleasure?"' to 2 dolls. 93ie. Corn meal remains firm, with a good demand at previous rates; the sales are 500 bbls. Jersey at 3 dolls. 12ic. cash. Export, from:lst to 20th of August.. 1850. 1849. Wheat flour, barrels... 89,369 57,016 Provitcions— Ohio pork has been in bf tier demand, yeetorday, owl tor mess some improvement 4 , as elobiry firmly; the' sales are 3 000 barrels, at 8 Oolls. 3lie. to 8 dolls. 37i f e. for prime; 10 dolls. 314 e. to l 0 dolly. 434 e. for mess, mostly 10 dolls. 37ie.; and 9 dolls. 874,,. tor thin mass. Beef is in steady tad rather incre.sed request, and some 300 to 400 barrels have again charged hands within our range. 150 bat nits of beef hams — brought 12 . dolls. 50e. Ohiolard is steady, with a fair demand for home use, the =ales are 700 barrels, at Etc. t Cie. for prime, and .500 kegs 71. Cut meats have been more active than for some trace past. anti we note sales of 800 casks at gc. and 6c. for dry salmi shoulders and hams, and 511. to 6.. for pickled hams. Export from Ist to 20tb August. 1850 1849. Beef ... barrels 1.139. 668 Pork - 5,025 4,321 Lyn! kegs 1,294 4,545 Iron—The market tor various descriptions is without particular change. We notice sales of 250 to 300 tone Swedes, at 80 oolls. to 81 dolls. ; 450 ditto, Scotch pig in yard, 20 dolls. ; 500 ditto, from the wharf, 20 dolls. 25e., with some in a small way at 20 dolls. 50c, • a ll .n the usual time ; 90 ditto, wrought scrap , 25 dolls. 25e. cash ; and 100 ditto cast scrap, on terms not made - - In writing with the gusto of a humorist of the meet ing between the little Prince of Monaco and the Emperor Napoleon, Leigh Hunt expresses an uncer tainty as to whether it took place on the occasion of Napoleon's j , ,urney to or his return from Elba. It was in the vicinity of Climes, at the commencement of the triumphal march to Paris which inaugurated the famous Hundred Days. Another portion of the work, which having simply regard to details, seems to us to require emendation, is that in which our author, with out naming his authorities. fixes Cuccaro as the birth place of Columbus. Apart from all such minor particulars, these three volumes of " Autobio graphy" form an inestimable contribution towards the history of British literature. They yield, moreover, a thousand beautiful tokens of excellence, on the part of their writer, justifying those who have come to look upon his name as one among their "household words, a name associated with the love of Paulo, and the woods of Rimini, and those pastoral charms abounding in our English land scapes, in the delineation of which, in melodious verse, Leigh Hunt has acquired for himself a sweet and enviable celebrity. Between the publication of his Autobiography and the present criticism upon it, the author's elder brother (mentioned affectionately in its pages) has breathed his last, a circumstance which can only tend to increase the sympathies to wards Leigh Hunt of those who, like ourselves, know him merely through his writings, while it can only deepen their aspirations for his own longevity. r iali re e i!; b l - , ,ts To Liverpool there has been rather less fir though the engagements hare been consider able. Ws. notice 2 000 bales of cotton at 3-16 d. to id., mostly 7.32 d, 15,000 barrels of flour, Is. 6d. to le. 9d.; 20 hhds. tobacco, 205.; 11.000 bushels wheat, 5d., &c. To London last w, ek, 30,000 bushels wheat, 3d. To Glasgow, 1,200 barrels flour, Is. 9d.; 200 resin. Is. 6d.; rind 50 ashes, 17c 6;. To E-lavre there is more offering. To Amstt-rdam, 75 barrels ashes, 17s. 6d.; 100 resin, 2s. and 20 tons measurement goods. 20s. A British schooner for Teneriffe took staves at 25 dolb. per 1,000. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. NEW ORLEANS, Aucusr 20. Cotton has advanced a , 2 500 halts have been sold at 12} to 12i for middling, and 12i for good middling. freights to Liverpool are 7-161. - NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 22. The cotton market is dull The tales y..bte,tday of 1y reached 300 bales, ut 1:24f! to 12ie. for middlitl. When penetration is guided by malevolence and hate, it sees only that which is supetficial; but when bene volence and Live direct it, it fathoms men and things, and may hope to attain unto the most elevated mysteries. Lliza Cook's Journal. CONVICTS FAt HOBART TOWN hired convict ship Hyderabad is appointed t o sail from Queenstown, Ireland, with 400 male convicts, on Thursday next. BANWRN IRON COMPANY —lll vursuance of an order for the sale of tbis undertaking, under the Joint- S ock Companies Whaling. up Act from the Court of Cnancery, the property hear Neath, consistiug • of i,37 act ts oT mineral grotu.d, and 31 ,2 ni les of tram-roao, with fur nace:3, &c., put up to auction at Swansea hist week, but Do bid being offered, it was b , ught in. This is the si-cud b ale of prol.c.rly u. tt,r !Le Wllitibg up Act, the first bmig that of the _Yin wich Yarn Company, which failed to find a purchaser. We tuiderstAmt th,t flerhill Wynn, of the 7th Fusiliers, will offer himself as a candidate for the represent.ti,n of the county of Montgomery, on Protectionist principles, in consequence of the death of his uncle, the Right lion. Charles Williams Wynn.— Herald. ONDON, THURSDA Y EVENING, S.EPTEIdIiE It 5, 1850. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. It is rumoured in naval circles that Lord Francis Russell, brother of the Premier, is about to resign the command of her Majesty's ship Tweed. The reason assigned for this step is o it i, stated, to a reproof administered to his Lordship by the Admi ralty for not taking proper precautions to secure the health of his crew during the prevalence of the fearful epidemic that has ravaged nearly the whole of the south-east coast of America. 'We have received letters from our private corre spondent in the Tagus up to the 29th of August ; at that time Commodore Martin's squadron was lying there, with the exception of the Encounter and Con flict ; the former would probably proceed to the Me diterranean to join the fleet under Admiral Sir Wil liam Parker. The latter vessel was to go on to Gib raltar, and return with stores for the Li•bon squadron. .I'he late order issued by the Admiralty for the ad tnission at assistant surgeons into the ward and gun roomy has given general satis . action ; and, on board the Prir.ce iseeent (the commodore's ship), th e com mander and his meesmates did not wait for the issue of the general order, but immediately on the arrival of the packet announcing the decision of the board they invited Dr. M'Leod and his two brother officers to join their mess, where they were received in the most cordial manner. In our list of ships now in commission we acci dentally omitted the Cygnet, brig, of 8-guns and 80 men ; the Dolphin, brigantine, of 3-guns and 65 men—ls:li on their way to the coast of Africa. We also did not insert the names of three or four small tenders at Sheernes., as their crews are borne on the books of the flag-ship—'heir names are, the Rennie, Hope, Ceres, and Thames. The Firefly, steam-sloop, 3 guns and 220-horse power, has been commissioned at Woolwich, by Commander George A. Seymour; she will take out the October mail to the coast of Africa. Pos.' SMOOTH, WEDNESDAY.--Tae Lords of the Ad miralty embarked last night, about 8 o'clock, on board their yacht, the Black Eagle, for the Channel Islands, and, most probably, Cherbourg. This morning the Lightning steam-vessel, with Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Rear-Admiral Sir Chirles Napier, and other distinguished officers ou board, sailed at 8 o'clock for Cnerbourg. The Fire Queen steam-yacht, with C.&ptain Chads, C. 8., on board, and a large party of officers of the Royal Naval College, also sailed this morning for Cherbourg. The steam-packets Prince Albert and Lindsey, the property of the local steam-packet companies, also sailed this morning for Cherbourg, well freighted with passengers to witness the grand review of the French fleet. The Blenheim Indiaman, one of the fleet of Messrs. Smith, sailed at 6 o'clock y esterday evening 14 Cal cutta. This splendid ship is frigate-built, is pierced for 48 guns, and has been pronounced by the dock yard authorities as quite able to carry that number of 32-pounders. She is 1,660 tons, builders' measure ment, and 210 feet from stem to stern. The officers of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 60, Captain Hen derson, C. 8., lying at. Spithead, spent a considerable time on board, and expressed their admiration of their namesake in marked terms. On leaving the ship the men, the crews of her .Majesty's ships and officers, gave the Indiaman three hearty cheers and one cheer more for her prosperous voyage and safe return, which were acknowledged right lustily. She then set sail with a full and valuable cargo, and every cabin occupied. The Fanny tender, Second Master Scarlett, sailed this morning, with a large party of naval officers, for Cherbourg. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Gifrard, went out of harbour to Spit head this morning. The Portsmouth yacht sailed this morning, with Captain Charles Eden and party, for Cherbourg. PLYMOUTH, SETT. 3.—Admiral de Mackau, formerly Minister of Marine for France under Louis Philippe ; le Comte de Kerouariz, Captain de Frigate; and M. Fourgunot, arrived on Mon lay at Elliott's Royal Hotel. They have called on the Port Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, Commodore Superintendent Lord John Hay, and the heads of other public de partments, have visited the dockyard and inspected men-of•war, &c. These distinguished visitors leave to-morrow (Wednesday) for London. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are expected here, on an official visit, on Thursday. Commodore-Superintendent Lord John Hay hoisted his broad pennant on board the St. George, at twelve P.M. on Friday, when she was put in cow , mission. Admiral Moresby hoisted his flag, blue at the mia-n, on board the Portland, Ceptain Henry Chad, on Monday. In the evening it was struck again, the Admiral having gone on leave of absence. The crew of the packet-brig Crane were paid wages on Monday, when she sailed for Plymouth. The steamer Flamer is hourly expected. On ar rival her crew are to be paid wages, and she is to convey the mails to the coast of Africa, touching at Madeira. Le Sanspareil block-ship will not be launched until the first spring-tides in October. The frigate Trincomalee and the brigantine Pan dora are ordered t o b e b roug h t f orward for commis sion; and the steam-vessels Vulture, "Vesuvius, and Vii ago are also to be brought forward. One hundr d and forty shipwrights have been taken from Le Sanspareil and placed on the Portland, to get her in readiness. to be taken out of dock the next springetides. She is very defective, and will require to be lifted, caulked, and new coppered. It is stated that the Dublin, America, or Lancaster could be got ready in much less time. Wind—N. W., light breeze. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 4.—Commander George A. Seymour (1845), to the Firefly steam-vessel, of 220- horse power, commissioned this day at Woulwicb. Lieutenant John Trevenan (1850), recently pro moted from the Ocean, 80, flag-ship at Sheerness, to the Firefly. Lieutenant John Corbett (1846) to the Excellent gunnery-Aip at Portsmouth. Acting-islaster G. R. Barnes (second master of 1846), to the Firefly. Paymaster and Purser (acting) William Thom, re cently Clerk of the Victory flag- ship at Portsmouth, to the Firefly. Midshipman Edward White, to the Porgand, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Moresby, C. 8., for the Pacific station. Master's -Assistants James H. Laurence and John Jones, to the Firefly. Clerk G. W. S. Hire (1850), to the Firefly. N evel Cadet John Liddel, to the Portland. Acting Gunner John Metchear, to :he Firefly. The Buzzard steam-sloop has had her bottom covered with copper sheathing, and was taken out of the dock to-day, and placed under the shears at the West side of the basin. The Rosamond, 6, steam -sloop, of 287-horse power, Wfas taken out of the inner basin to-day and into the dock vacated by the Buzzard being taken out. The Wasp steam-sloop will be ready for commis siau by the end of the present month, and commis sioned in the curly part of October to take out the November mails to the coast of Africa, where she is to be stationed. I t i s t h e intention of the authorities to rend steamers only in future to the coast of Africa, a they are the most efficient for the suppression of the slave trade. The sailing vessels are to be all wiihdrawn so soon as a sufficient number of steamers can be gut ready to take their places. THE SUBMA RINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN CALAIS AND DOVER. DOVER, WEDNESDAY.—The wire so successfully submerged last week has been cut asunder among the rocks at Cape Grisnez, where the physical cot,- figuration of the French coast has been found unfa vourable for it as a place of holdfast or fixture. All communication between coast and coast has conse quently been suspended for the present. The precise point where the breakage took place is 200 yards out at sea, and just where the twenty miles of electric line that had been streamed out from Dover joins on to a leaden tube, designed to protect it from the surge beating against the beach, and which serves the pur pose of conveying it up the front of the cliff to the telegraph station on the top. This lead en con d uctor, i t would appear, w as o f too soft a texture to resist the oscillation of the sea, and thereby became detached from the coil of gutta percha wire that was thought to have been safely En case d i n it. The occurrence was, of course, quickly detected by the sudden cessation of the series of communications that have been sustained since the first sinking of the electric cable between here and the Cape, though it was at first a perplexing point to discover at what precise spot the wire was broken or at fault. This, however, was done by haul ing up the line at intervals, a process which disclosed the gratifyin g tact that since its first sinking it had remained in situ at the bottom of the sea, in conse quence of the leaden weights or clumps that were strung to it at every 16th of a mile. The operation was accomplished by Messrs. Brett, Reid, Wollaston, and E iwards, who have been attending to the ma nagement of the telegraph without intermission, and who are now, with their staff, removing the wire to a point nearer Cal4is, where from soundings it has been ascertained that there are no rocks, and where the contour cf the coast is favourable. It is thought that for the present leaden tube a tube of iron must be substituted, the present apparatus being considered too fragile to be permanently answerable. The experiment, as far as it hiss gone, proves the Possibility of the gutta percha wire resisting the action of the salt water, of the fact Of its being a perfect waterproof insulator, and that the weights on the wire are sufficient to prevent its being drifted away by the current,, and of in the sands. During the period that the wire was perfect messages vse-re daily printed by Brett's Print ing Telegraph, in legible Roman t.}p9, on long strips of paper, in the presence of a numerous French and .~ • • ADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. We are rejoiced to find that the praiseworthy ff. foil s of Messrs Greenwood and Phelps, in the cause of the legitimate drains continue to be crowned with success. During the past week Hamlet has been alternated with Leigh limit's Legend of Florence, and the house has been exceedingly well attended every night. Taken as a whole, the Hamlet of Mr. Phelps is, pc.-rhaps, the best on the stage; the Claudius of Mr. George 8-nnett is a thoroughly Stigksperian performance, while the Laertes cf Mr. Waller is• all that oRn be desired. An actor of the power and ca pabilities of Mr. Waller has long been wanting on the London boards. Since the days of Charles Kemble we have had no good juvenile tragedian ; An derson was the best, hut he wanted polish, and was too heavy ; but in Mr. Waller we have combined the power of an artist with the polish of a finished gentleman. We admire his Mertes much, and should like to see him in some of the juvenile heroes of our old tragedies, or in some of our l eg i t i mate comedies, many of the best of which have been laid on the shelt, because we have had no actor, of late years, capable of acting genteel comedy of the highest order. Last evening Sheridan Knowles play, William Tell, was presented with a powerful cast, and all the ad vantages of appropriate scenery and costume. Wil liam Tell is a part in which the prominent attributes of Mr. Phelps's acting have full scope, and in which he turns them to the greatest advantage. His per formance on this occasion was one of the most effec tive efforts, in which he illustrated the gallant bearing of the patriot and the tenderness of the parent, with great force and felicity of expression. It produced a corresponding effect upon the auditory, who received it throughout with the m os t emp h at i c marks of ap probation. M r . G eorge B ennett filled the part of Gesler. It wou ld b e an injustice to his merits not to notice the a d m i ra bl e manner in which he pourtrayed the despoti c an d crue l d i spositions of the tyrant. Miss E. T ravers enacted the part of Agnes in a style to warrant an o pi n i on t h at she will be a most desir able acquisition to the corps dramatique in the charac ters which it is understood she will have to sustain in the course of the season. The play was completely successful, and was received throughout with the most decided approbation. When the curtain dropped Mr. Phelps had to make his acknowledgments to the audi ence for the applause with which they greeted his performance. The amusing farce, Uncle Mark, fol lowed, which continues to elicit the mirth of the frequenters of the theatre. We were happy to see the spirited management so well supported by public patronage. The entertainments of last night were witnessed by a crowded and highly respectable audience. SLUMEY THEATRE. The opera of Otello has been produced here after a somewhat novel fashion. The adapter, casting aside the libretto generally used, has substituted for it Sbakspere's own words, and adapted to them Rossini's music, thus realizing the idea of " Music married to immortal verse." The cast was a strong one, Travers being Otello, Borrani and Miss ...Vine Romer Desdemona. She was indeed and in truth " the gentle lady married to the Moor." The Otello of Travers *as a fine, manly, impassioned performance, and although he was last night evidently suffering from a cold, he exerted himself to the utmost, and was much applauded. The great part of the opera, however, was the lago of RJrrani. His acting was magnificent, his singing perfect. We know of no artiste On the English lyrical stage who can ap proach Borrani in this character, none on any stage who could surpass him ; and we say this with the full remembrance of what Tamburini was, and what Bor rani is. As regards the principal artistes the opera was admirable, but the orchestra stands sadly in need of improvement. Toe band is undisciplined, and the conductor seems quite unequal to his work. The opera was well put on the stage, and was throu g h ou t muc h applauded. The, house was crowded. PRINCE'S THEATR fr. 3, GLASGOW, (From th e Gl asgow Ci t i zen.) A very agreeable operatic company has been performing here during the week with a fair share of success. It includes the new prima donna, Miss Louisa Pvne, and the popular printo tenore, Mr. W. Harrison ; besides being further strengthened by the well• known vocalists, Mr. and Mrs. Weise, and Mr. IL Corti. Among the operas produced those of La Sonnambula and The Bohemian Girl have been the must successful. The latter was performed last night. Miss Pyne is not remarkable for power, but ber style of vocalization is singularly pleasing, and her execution of " I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls" was last night greatly ad mired by the audience. SLe is somewhat petite in person, and is supposed by many to bear a striking resemblance to the Queen. Mr. Weiss was effective in the pathetic air, " The heart bowed down," and Mr. Harrison was throughout excellent. The opera went off with eclat. To-night, we observe, La Son nambtda is to be repeated. OYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORI- CULTURAL SOCIETY. Yesterday the last flower show for the present season of this flourishing society was held at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The principal flowers exhibited were dahlias, hollyhocks, and verbenas, all of which were in excellent condition, evincing marked progress in the cultivation of these standard favourite*. The dahlias indeed were generally excel lent, and nearer perfection in the grand requisites of colour, fain, and size, than we remember at any former show. The stove and greenhouse plants were of course at this season of the year in limited number, but what there were excited general ad miration. The fu,chias were scanty, but very fine. Roses and antiuhinums were also shown, but the former under unfavourable circumstances, the season being too far advanced, and the latter too few in number, to warrant au opinion. The fruit, too, was scarce, but what there was looked most tempting, On the whole the show was a good one, and indeed better than the somewhat unfavourable state of the skyey influences of late had led us to an ticipate. The day being warm and sunshiny, the gardens were crowded with visitors from the com mencement. The following are the principal prizes awarded : Miscellaneous Plants—Gold Victoria medal,. Mr. W. Cole ; gold Albert medal, Mr. G. Stanley; ditto, Mr. Fraser. Dahlias—Gold Albert medal, Mr. J. Robieson ; large slyer Linnean medal, Mr. Rowden ; small ditto, Mr. Black ; large silver Victoria medal, Mr. Turner. Seedling Dahlias—Small silver Victoria medal, Mr. Bragg. Fancy Dahlias (three blooms) — Small silver Victoria medal, Mr. J. Edwards. Holly hocks—Large silver Albert medal, Mr. Parsons ; small silver Victoria medal, Mr. Bircham. Ver benas—Small silver Linnean medal, Mr. Black. Messrs. Hamp, Allen, White, Holder, Paul, Francis, Keynes, Smith, Sparrey, &c, also gained prizes. Earl Grey has returned to his seat, Howick-hal', Northumberland, from a tour. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The Diorama illus trating the routs of the " Overland Mail to India" still com• mauls the most brilliant patronage. During the past week the exhibition has been honoured with the following dis tinguished personages: The Sardinian Minister, the Turkish Ambassador, the Bishop of Chi c h ester, D u k e of Cleveland, Marquis ("Camden, Marquis of Donegal, Countess Charleville and party, Earl Westmoreland Ind party, Earl of Chichester, Earl and Countess Harrington, Earl I ardigan, Earl and Countess Glengall, Earl Belfast, Earl and Countess Granville, Lord Bateman, Lord Ashley, Lady Campbell and party, Lady Ross, Dowager Lady Abingdon and party. Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Robert Booth, Sir C. P. Shakerley, Sir J. Dennis, Colonel.Ouseley, Mr. B. D. Di srae li, M.P., Mr. Scholetield, * cc., &c. Trust him with little who, without proofs, trusts you with everything, or, when he has proved you, with nothing.—Eliza Cook's 'karate. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—The removal of the houses in Cannon-street to make room for the new thoroughfare from Blackfriars to London-bridge is rapidly progressing. The destruction of the buildings between Budge-row and Cloak-lane has been completed, and the churchyard enclosed. Operations have been commenced from the corner of Can non-street, and in the course of a few days nearly twenty houses will be entirely removed. Two new and handsome houses have been already erected along the line of the new street. IRISH HORMEL—The arrivals of horses by the steamers from Ireland continue to take place to an extent entirely without precedent. The steam-ship Preussischer, Adler, just arrived from Cork, brought no less than 77 horses, and the steamer Duke of Cambridge, also just arrived from Cork, brought 72. &CAPE OF AN ASSASSIN.—Prier Leudwig, one of the assassins of the Prince Lychnowski and General d'Auere wald, who was lately condemned by a criminal court of Electoral Hesse to hard labour in irons for life, escaped a few days ago from prison, and succeeded in reaching France. It is not known where he has secreted himself, but the Mi. uister of the Interior, on the application of the Hessint authorities, has given orders that no pains shell be spared to catch him, and he has also sent a description of his perso to the police and gendarmerie. w ZEALAND.—At about half-past six o'clock yesterday morning the four ships - the George Seymour, - Randolph, Cressy, and Charl , ,,te— sailed. taking out 600 of the Canterbury colonists and sevsral other passengers, Since Monday, the day of the leave-taking dinner given to the labouring class of the colonists at Wate's Hotel, by di rection of the committee of the asseciation, none of this class f h t a i e v n e ds l a a n n d i e d r e l a a t t ; ‘ G d .e s r a remainedvesen, in althoughthe towna number unath e o f.iltheir ‘f the ships yesterday. ~ ~'!~ English audience ; but it is not intended to mak4itge of the wire for commercial and newspaper purpctes until the connexion of it with the telegraphs of the - r r ' South-Eas,crn end that now c )Inpleted on th e othrgi side from Cal a i s t o P ar i s is effected. Should th e one I( ES wire answer, it is intended eventually to run out 20 or 30 more, so as to have a constant reserve in the event of accident in readiness. This huge reticula tion of electric line will represent 400 miles of tele graph submerged in the sea, and as each will be a considerable distance apart, a total water width - Of six or eight miles in extent. \~ S 1 T - IN I ~i11;~, t