The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

fro m A1t , r7.!,i11 ,. ., Frurch coa=ts on the ATerliterranean, th: . nPbil freal the clepire Ui Itlfr,..cco five dayJ of Observation." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Much inactivity prevailed in the 1. a ling country . markets held en Saturday. English Wheat — the sup phes of a hick were c.ensiderably on the increase—de clined is value quite is per quer ter; arid inferior Foreign was lower to purchase. Fine Oats were mostly held at full pi ices; but all other spring Corn, including Flour, was very dull. Letters from New York to the 20:h inst. state that only a moderate business was doing in Bread-stuffs, at about stationary prices. In the continental markets the trade was eery far from active. The aggregate arrivals of English Grain up to our market, la s; week, were very moderate. From abroad, We received 15.023 quarters of Wheat, 2,747 Barley, 5 ,874 Oafs, 295 Beans, 137 Peas, 32 Tares, 6,738 Lin seed, 7,799 Itapeste e 1 _., 48 Mustardsced, 189 sundry See ds, 7,850 urls and 4,42 leacks of Flour The extensive repairs going on in the Old Exchange, in consequence of the late fire, have greatly interfered With business. Several of the leading factors continue to be accommodated in the new market. Fresh up this morning the arrivals of English Wheat coastwise were somewhat extensive, and wholly of the present year's crop. The samples. from Essex and Kent came to hand in good condition; but those from Cam bridgeshire, &c., were mostly light and shrivelled. By land carriage the receipts were seasonably extensive, consequently the stands were well filled. Although the number of buyers in attendance was tolerably extensive, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce, owing chiefly to the large supplies of foreign Flour Pressing for sale, ruled heavy at a decline in the prices 'cf Monday last of fully is per quarter, and a total clear ance was net effected. Offers came to hand from the east coast to ship 'Wheats at drooping currencies, but the amount of busi ness doing was small. We were tolerably well, but not to say heav il y , su pp lied With Foreign W heat. Selected samples of both red and White were mostly held at fully previous rates, but damp and inferior parcels were the turn in favour of the buyer. Notwithstandisg that the supply of both English and Foreign Barley was very moderate, the Barley trade ruled inactive. In the quotations, however, we have no change to notice. Malt, the supply of which ready for delivery was not large, met a slow sale at last wee k's currencies. Good sound Oats were scarce and quite as dear. In ferior parcels were a dull sale, but not cheaper. For Beans the inquiry was wholly in retail at late figures. Peas moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in prices. Indian Corn and meal nominal. The Flour trade was heavy, and, in some instances, foreign and ship parcels were Is per sack, and 6d per barrel lee er. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASITRE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt —Chevalier.• • • .• 52S to 55s lied, New .• .. 41s to 463 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto, hate, New 42s 52e Lincolnsh., Feed. 16s 18s 1 7s 7s Norfolk and Lin- Potato . ..... •• .. coin, lied. •• .. 393 44s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, l •Vhite.. •• .• 413 46 s Black .• • .... t4s 16s Irish, Red .• ••• • .. —8 • — s Cork, White . • • .. 14s 22s 17s Ditto,White.• .• —s —s Scotch , F eed. •• .. 188 `Qrs—Old ••• • • • ...... 26s 27s Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 258 29s New... 288 29s pi ge ons 28s 34s Barley—Grinding .•• .. 218 238 Peas —Grey ...• •• •• .• 288 39s .• • • 258 27s Maple. •••• •• •• 269 32s Chevalier •• 28s 293 White. ••• • • • 265 29s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •.• 30s 348 folk 43s 483 Flour —T o wn-made. •• 3 5 s 40 8 40s 42s Suffolk ••• • •• • 295 33, Brown Kingston and Ware 47s 51s Stockta es Norfolk 29 s 34, SVED , The demand for Linseed and Rapeseed is firm, and late rates are well supported. New Canary is very . dull, and lower to purchase. Tares--the supply of which is large—have a downwerd tendency. All other seeds rule heavy. Severel purchases o f Linseed-cakes have been mad e for the Dutch marke ts, but at low prices. The stock of foreign Clover - see d, in bond, is 28,333 ewtta Turnlp,White, per bush. 103 to 12s Red and Green.... 108 12. s Mustard, Brown, new 9s lie White, new • • • ...Gs Gd 736 d Tares, New Winter .. 5s Od Gs Od Old Gd 4s Od Canary, per quarter • 563 62s 11 3' 8 grass.. • .. • • .... 24s 30s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 323 48e White • • .• 323 48, Foreign Red.. •• 30s 443 hite. 283 41s Trefoil W.. •. 13s 225 Carraway .•• • • 29s 33s C or iander •••••• .. • • • • 19i 21s Hcenpseed, per quarter 34s 35s Linseed, lillg.,4 o Wing • • 54s 56s Crushing •••• • . • • 40$ 435 Baltic •• • • 38s 44s Odessa ••••• . • • • . 42$ 465 Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— .• • • . 8/ Os 91 0 Foreign, per ton 6/ Os ss Rape Calc.es, pr ton 4 / 53 41 105 Rapeneed, New, prlst 24/ Os 261105 SIVIT.2I3MISX.D. The past week's imports of foreign :took into London have been again very extensive, even the time of year considered, they having amounted to not less than 7,872 bead, almost wholly from Holland, and in improved con pion, if we except a portion of the Beasts. The foi- Owing statement shows the quarters from whence the stock has been derived: — IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TITS PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam 59 63' ... ttarlingen 190 ... 1,314 .. ... 80 .. 196 ,TonniE g vn 440 ... 33 .. Rotterdam 367 ... 2,271 67 ... 268 ... 65 Antwerp lea litep Dora 65 ... .225 71 17 •• Guernsey • 1 ... Total The importations during the corresponding weeks in 1 849, 1848, end 1847, were as under: — Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1849 1,122 4,408 1.;5 ~„ 21 1°43 1847_ „ 1,117 .., 5,119 208 • 16 At the outports, the supplies !mire not extended 1,000 "d, chiefly sheep, calves, and pigs. No purch ases of stock have teen effected in Spain for some time past, as the whole of the supplies from that c ountr y disposed of here an d at Southampton have entailed severe losses upon the importers. The forei g n Pigs selling in this market are not worth more than 2s or 2s 2d p ,34,er Sibs. ' II .Y sea, from Ireland, 31 oxen have come to hand since cur last report. Notwithstanding the heavy imports l ast week the hhow of foreign stock here to-day was t c °,naparatively moderate. Front our own grazing dis tricts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably less than those reported on this day : 6 'nnight. The weather being m ore favourable t` 3l ' slaughtering, and the attendance of bu)ers on the increase, the beef trade ruled some- Is hat active, at an advance in the q uotations of from 24 to, iu some instances, 4d per Sibs, and a good clearance gas effected. The extreme value o f the very primest Scots was 4a per Sibs. The Bullock supplies from Lin tolnshire, Liecostershire, &e., comprise d 2,560 short cicf. Flom other parts of England t he y amounted to 4 po Herefords, runts, Devons, &C. The rema inder of t he supply was chiefly derived from Holland. These W as a considerable falling off in the supply of Sheep, the qtrallty of which was by no MMus first-rate , All kinds commanded a readyto sale, at prices adva nced q uite 2d per I's; the primest old Downs selling r eadil y at 4s 4s 2d per lbs. With Calves we w ere scantily supplied While the Veal trade ruled firm , at 2d to 44 per B!bs more money. Prime small Porkers moved off freely, at 1 4-0 of 2d per 8 lbs. Large Hogs were quite as dear as l ast week. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. Iry S. d. to s. d , s. 4. to s. d. info Beasts-- 2 6 2 8 rnf ertor Sheep .. ~ 3 , • 0 3 2 1..ee°?1,1 quality •.- 2 10 3 4 S econd qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6 rime large Oxen •• 3 6 3 8 C Arse -woo ll e ddltto3 8 3 10 . Prime Scot 10 4 0 Southdown blether 4 0 4 2 La,- 6 8 • • - • • 3 -e coar,e. Calves 3 0 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 2 0 6 0 Lambs small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Lar g e flogs •• • • • • 3 2 eklia z Calves - • . 1 7 0 23 0 18 • 0 26 0 S ma ll Porkers ••.• 3 8 4 2 41nb a •••• - • 0 0 0 0 Quartar old Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. 1 Ca l VO3. 1 pigs. 530 25,310 I 188 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I CalveS. I ri( S. I 868 4,070 94 81 NEWGATE AND LEAXIENHAML. Our markets have been well supplied with each kind of Meat for the time of year; but the quality is by no mesas prime. Generally speaking, owing to the mild ne4s of tho weather, the demand has ruled very inactive, and prices have been with difficulty supported. At per stone by the Caroase• a. d. to B. O, d. to s. d. Et e f inferior -•• .. 110 2 2 Mutton, inferior •. 2 8 3 2 .--- middling ••.. 2 4 2 6 --- middling.• 3 4 3 6 s " - • primelarge .. 2 8 210 ----prime -- 3 6 3 8 -1,77- prime :mall .• 3 0 3 2 Pork, large ••.•• • .. 3 0 3 6 " l • •••••••• • • • - 2 10 3 6, -- small ••••• . .. 3 6 4 2 Tleasts. 8,703 3301i0IIGIEC AND SPITALPIELDS. Durit,g the week the arrivals of homo-grown Potatoes Up to these markets have amounted to-about 2,000 tons, wholly by land carriage and in excellent condition. The I.tapoit, from abroad have been confined to 10 ba g s from Rotterdam. We have a slight improvement in tho eh ruand for selected samples, at full prices. In other kinds very little is doing. BOROUGH. Kent and Essex Ware, per ton ... 50s to 70s Kent and Essex Middling ... 30s to 45s Chats ... ... 25s to 308 SPITALFIELDS. Kent and Essex Shawo, per ton ... 50s to 70s Kent and Essex Regents... ... 503 to 70s Middling Ware 303 to 455 Chats „. 253 to 303 ZOROUGII BOP I%T/3=MT. Very liberal supplies of new Hop, a few being from Farnham, have reached us since our last report. On the !thole, an extensive business is doing in them, on the lollowiug terms, which it must bo understood ara l o.Ptors', consequently cash, prices:—New East Kent Pockets, 903 to 120 s; New Weald of Kent ditto, 7 53 to ! 363 ; Nt w Sussex itto, 65s to 75s par cwt. The duty '5 estimated at from 215,0001. to 220,0001. Yearling 14, c1 old Hops are almost nominal. WOOL. Very extensive imports of Wool took place into Lon yen last we. lc, viz., 269 bales from Algiers; 291 diao from Gibraltar, 65 from Naples, 231 from Bombay, 206 L l. ° lll Adelaide, 16 from Constantinople, 1,380 from Mel ;come 171 from the Cape, 615 from Hobart Town, 81 1 , 1 ,.° 14 Hamburgh, 605 from Gzelong, 1,953 from Algoa r Y, 515 from Port Besufott, 1,073 from Sydney, 13 r ()In Jamaica, and 47 from Mogadore. Although the private contract market is well supplied, the d emand rules st eady at very full prices. The following quotations of ritish Wool are furnished by Messrs .Marsh and Edin porough:—Down Ewes, is to is Id per lb ; ditto, Hog tlAtts, Is 2d to is 3d; halt-bred ditto , Is 3d to is ; 1 .. fleeces, is 2d to is 3d; Swinton ditto, Is to is 04d; Lincoln ditto, Is•, ditto, Hoggetts, is Oid to is lid; e irl bi skin, Ild to la 2d; new ditto, 9d to 100; 411 nel n wools, lid to Is 3d; blanket ditto, 6d to 11d. TALLOW. 14211 r Sr. Petersburgh letter states that a steady busi ' Was doing in Tallow there, at very full prices During the post week u have c'..r.ee preL-sing upon LCiix n. given way 6d per cwt. Eelling at 393 to 38s 9d fo old. For delivery all the 38s 9,1 per cwt. Town T cwt net cash; Rough Fat pwards of 4,000 casks, chiefly 11 the ClUOttlijollS E e To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is )r new, and 38s 3d per cwt for }ear the nearest quotation is 'allow is 38s 3d to 38i 63 per 2s 2d per Blbs. 1846. 1847. 1848. I 1849. 1880. Stock this day • • .... 6,53) 16,199 13,722 1 38,737 22,940 463 Od 47s Od 478 0.1 36s 9,1 to 38s 3d Price of Y. C. ••.. [ to Os Od to Os Od to Os Od l 30s 64 to 39s Od Delivery last week •. ' 2,30,, 2,6 /.8 1,826 1 2,29) 2,2. 2 Ditto ft oin June 1.• • . 20,931 24,917 30,"25 23,163 I 27,...98 Arrivals last week • 244 3,090 7,634 6,918 4,029 Ditto from June 1 ... 16,837 30,9 7. 4 ! 016 36,427 24,614 Price of Town ••• . . . 45s Od 50s 6d 49s 6,1 393 Gd 41s Od STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETEESBURGH. 1850. I 1849. I 1848. 1847. I 1846. Tallow dispatched Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. from Cronstadt to Sept. 14, 0.6. .... 48,656 59,094 07,654 66,487 42,826 In shil s loading and lighters •• • • ...... 24,737 23,493 23,233 20,951 24,811 Total loaded 441; 6th Sept., O.S. .. •• .. 73,393 82,517 90,887 87,441 67,667 Loaded afterwards.. • ... 35,585 33,617 44,423 45,553 Total at the close of - -- the navigation.. - .. .. 118,132 129,`04 131,864 113,223 London.. .• ...... 19,908 20,414 31,258 27,646 15,463 Liverpool ........ 11,688 10,028 9,628 9,965 5,091 Bristol .. -••• . .. 2,700 2,803 3,208 2,520 1,795 Other English ports 3,170 6,867 8,083 7,057 6,472 Ireland •••••. • • .. 2,942 4,005 3,544 5,217 4,690 Scotland • ... •• .. 1,674 3,051 - 4,985 4,572 3,777 Germany .... •• .. 4,409 7,006 3,895 4,770 4,081 France .......... 2,165 4,920 54 4,340 854 : 48,656 59,094 167,654 66,487 42,826 MANSION-110USE.--(THIS DAY.) A youug German, named Meyer Levi, was brought be- fore Alderman Gibbs, charged with assaulting Patrick Martin, and wounding him on the head with a chisel. It appeared that on Sunday evening the prosecutor, who was the worse for liquor, was in the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane, and excited the indignation of a num ber of Dutch and Germem Jews, by applying to them some offensive epithets about their religion and location in this country, and a scuffle ensued in which the pro secutor received a wound in the head, which he declared v% as inflicted by the prisoner, who bad a chisel in his hand. _ . The prisoner denied the charge. Several of his German friends, who witnessed the transaction, stated that the prosecutor first struck the prisoner, on which the prisoner returre 1 the blow, but not with any instrument; and added that the wound was an old cne, and not occasioned at the time of the dis till . w.nce. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody stated that the blood was flowing from the wound when he first saw the prosecutor. Mr. Alderman GIBBS said, when foreigners came to this country they were too ready to introduce their cowardly custom of stabbing, but he should endeavour to repress such conduct, by punishing all parties who were brought before him for assaults of this nature. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned for 14 days. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Theodore Staines, a foreigner, who described himself as a novelist to some of the London journals, was charged with the following assaults. Charles George, an artist, deposed that he was going along St. Mtirtin's-lane last Saturday night when he met the prisoner flourishing a crab stick which was loaded at the end. Witness endeavoured to avoid him, but was unable as the prisoner dashed forcibly against him. Witness turned round to expostulate with him, but the prisoner pretended that he was the aggrieved party, and, raising the stick, struck him a violent blow. He was about following the assault up, but was pre vented by the arrival of the police, to whom he was given into custody. On his road to the station the pri soner kicked polio.-constable 108 F with such force that he was unable to continue on duty, and on being taken charge of by another officer he bit a piece of cloth out of his two coats. Had he not had his great coat on, the prisoner must have bitten a piece of flesh f£ om his body. Mr. JARDINE, baying remarked upon the brutality of the assaults, fined him 30s. for the assault on George, and sentenced him to a week's imprisonment for the assaults on the constables. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY By A ,_.l;lloPMAN.—Robert Symonds, a well-dressed young man, and Susan Ilarris, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, the former prisoner ehargsd with having stolen property to the amount of more than 801., belonging to his employers, Messrs. Lawson an d Parnell, drapers, &c., 211, Oxford street, and the latter with having received the came, well knowing it to base been stolen. William Harrison deposed that be was barman at Mr. Gurney's, the Clarendon Tavern, Oxford-street, and that he had known the prisoners for about a month or five weeks by their coming to the house sometimes together. During that time the male prisoner had been in the habit of leaving parcels in the care of witness, and when he left them he said if the young woman called she was to have them. The male prisoner left about a dezen parcels in all. The woman called several times after that, -but she never took away any of the parcels herself, she and the other prisoner generally being together when they were removed. About eight o'clock on Saturday evening last the prisoner Harris came to the bar, and asked if Mr. Harris (meaning the male prisoner) bad been there. Mr. Gurney answered "No, he had not." She then left, std by Mr. Gurney's orders, he followed her, and saw her go to Messrs. Law son and Parnell's, Oxford street, where she stopped and looked in at the window. In a few minutes the pri soner Symonds came out and spoke to her, and imme diately returned into the shop. He then came out again with a pair of steps which he placed against the window, and then walked with the woman for about a dozen yards. Witness then saw him hand her a parcel, and she then left him. On witness's return to his employer's he told him whet he had seen, and while he was talking she came in and sat down in the tar, as she said she was very tired, and would wait for the male prisoner. Mr. Gurney then sent him to acquaint the prosecutor of the whole of the proceedings. Mr. Lawson stated that he was in partnership with Mr. John Parnell, and that the prisoner had been in his employ since April last, and not the least suspicion was entertained of his honesty. On Saturday night, from information he received from the last witness, he went to Mr. Gurney's, and was shown a number of parcels, which he opened, and found them to contain a quantity of his property, consisting of pieces of lace, silks, velvets, satins some' dozen pairs of kid gloves, silk steckinge, and other articles now produced, worth about 801. He immediately gave the woman in charge, and returned to his resi dence, and, having procured a cab, called the prisoner Symonds outside, placed him in it in custody ef a con stable, and then drove to Mr. Gurney's, where witness confronted him with the woman. They were both then conveyed to the station. Witness subsequently searched the prisoner's boxes, and found several pairs of drawers with his private mark upon them. He afterwards went with the constable to No. 19, (.00per-street, City-road, where the female prisoner lodged, and there found a great deal more of his property. lie also found a con siderable quantity of drapers' tickets, and other articles necessary for the business of a draper's shop. Macdonald, 68 1), corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Mary Bridge, the female searcher at the police-station Marylebone-lane, said she searched the prisoner Harris on Saturday night, and found a parcel upon her, con tamping six pairs of kid gloves tied a piece of ribbon, which were identified by the prosecutor as his property. In reply to the charge, the prisoner Symonds said, he had purchased a portion of the goods, as he intended to enter into business on his own account. The larger portion he admitted taking from the prosecutorpro's sho per p ty The woman said she was not aware that the was stolen, or she would not Have received it from Symonds. The prisoners were both fully committed for trial. A " DERBY" INCIDENT. --At the last settling-daY a t Tattersall's, an office r who had to receive largely,l by who acci dent let fall two 1001 . notes. Another officer,a e, was standing by, picked up the notes, and wash out return ing them to (as he thought) the right owner; t there wad a third party, who had seen the notes upon the ground, and had watcheu the party who had picked them np. This gen tleman (who had for "me rly been in the Service), went up to the party and said, I have dropped two bank-notes, "Yes," says hathe ve ybu heard of any p erson finding them?" other, "I have just found them, but I thought they belonged to Captain --. ' The notes were immediately handed owe d to the claimant, and nothing more was heard of it for some days, when the real owner, having discoveredands his loss, some with his friend who was present, of course, out came the secret. Application was immediately made to the gent'einan to refund, to which a reply of the most offen sive nature was returned. Thereupon an explanation was demanded, but the bird—we will not say shark —had gone to Boulogne, where he was followed by the principal and his friend, and the result was disgo e Grgiazeng she notes and a most the a bject apology.— United Servic:. DARING BURGLARY I N SUSSEX. —During night of Friday week a daring burglary was committed by t h re e men in the h ouse of the Rev. O. E. Vidal, of Arlington. They proceeded first to the servaofnts' them bed-roo then m, went where they got two commo n watches. One to t Rev. Gentleman's sleeping apartment and awoke him. The ruffian wore a blue mask. In cue hand he held a tallow candle, and the other grasped a sword, which he brandished backwards and forwards, threatening Inca Vidal he would use it, if be made any disturbance. left the room, and immediately a second ruffian, of shorter,, stature was touter build, entered the apartment. Like the first, hemasked, had a lighted candle, and carried for a weapon the handle of an axe. He demanded where the money was, and being told it was down stairs, he insisted on the Rev. Gentleman's getting out of bed, and, undressed, going with him to get it. On their reaching the study, Mr. Vidal showed them the drawers where the money was de posited, but they, finding they were locked, demanded the hey, and Le was forced to return up stairs, guarded by one of the burglars, to give it to him. Having reached the sleep ing-room, Mr. Vidal gave up the key, and earnestly remon strated with the ruffian armed with the sword, reminding him of the fate which must await him hereafter, if he even escaped pun i s h me nt in this world . The burglar, however, insisted on the Rev. Gentleman's returning immediately to the study, though still undressed, and, on his hesitating, dragged him down to the stairhcad. Hav rifl ing t , once in mole reached the study, the fellow proceeded to e i obtaining neatly 401. I'dr. Vidal remonstrated with him, on which, using violent threats, he placed the sword across the Rev. Gentleman's throat, saying, if be made a noise, he would use it. One of the other men was then called in, and, finally, the Rev. Gentleman was locked up in the bed-room, whilst the daring scoundrels quietly went down stairs and took tea. Missionaries from the Irish Tenant -right League arc forthwith to visit the agricultural dist ricts of England; and by means of public meetings and lectures, to 201iCit support for the new movement. THEATRE ROYAL PRINCESS'S. After n ti.•ubfful c;re,r of corn(' sever or eql - 11; yeats—after hain;g L.en aiiernateiy a corletrt•room, an opera-house, a vaudeville theatre, in short, "Everything by turns, and nothing long—" this beautiful little theatre has been rescued from its previous—in every sense of the word—"doubtful character," and, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean and Mr. Robert Keeley, is now de voted to the service of Shakspere, and of genuine English tragedy and comedy. It opens under the most favourable auspices ; the names of Mr. Charles Kean and Mr. Keeley, as managers, afford a sufficient guarantee that nothing will be permitted, either before or behind the curtain, which can be in the least offenxive, either to public morals or to good taste, and her Majesty has in this ini,tance come forward as the especial patroness of the legiti mate drama by taking a box for the season; the Royal box is situated at the extreme end of the dress circle, and has been fitted up with great taste and elegance. Messrs. Charles Kean and Keeley have collected around them a company which, in the present state of dramatic affairs, may well be called strong ; indeed any company numbering among its ordinary members Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley could not be considered otherwise then strong; but when we find them sup ported by Harley, and Wigan, and Meadows, and James Vining, and Ryder, and Miss Phillips, among the old favourites, and when we find among the new recruits that most gentlemanly young actor Mr. Belton, and that unctious old man Addison, we feel that we should be doing an injustice to the management did we not give them the credit of having collected toge ther the most efficient company in their power, and of having availed themselves of all the unengaged talent in the market. The house has been .horoughly cleansed and renovated, and the scenery is entirely new. The theatre opened for the season on Saturday evening, and within five minutes after the doors were opened it was crowded in every part by one of the most respectable, most orderly, and most attentive audiences ever congregated together. All the notabilities of the literary or of the fashionable world at present in London were gathered together there to celebrate the inauguration of the now " Royal Princess's" as the temple of the legitimate drama, and the play chosen for the occasion was well chosen ; it was Shakspere's most vivacious, most amusing, per haps greatest comedy, Twelfth Night. The cast was perfect, there was not a single weak part in it. Mrs. Charles Kean, of course, was Viola, a character which she has long since made exclusively her own, and which she performs with a piquancy and buoyancy so chastened by surpassing grace and modesty as to render it a perfect marvel of genuine comic acting. In no character, perhaps, is the versatility of Mrs. Charles Kean so manifest as in this of Viola ; how strong is the contrast between her joyous and somewhat saucy "I am the man," and the tender pathos which she infuses into her reply to the Duke, "A blank, my lord she never told her love," yet each is equally appropriate, equally perfect ; how richly, humorously comic is her acting in the duel scene, how excellent her personation of the character throughout. We are glad to find that Mrs. Charles Kean has had the geed taste to discard the old tra ditional page's costume, and to dress Viola as a Greek boy. Next to the Viola of Mrs. Charles Kean, the most admirable piece of natural acting in the comedy was the Sir Andrew Aguecheek cf Keeley. He is the most perfect representative of the foolish knight we have ever had . in our time. In Keeley's hands he is indeed a " foolish and a faded gentleman," and in the Cabinet Shakesperian gems Keeley's Sir Andrew Aguecheek is worthy to take its place by the side of his Verges. Mr. Addison was a hearty Sir Toby Belch, and Harley as the clown was in admirable fooling ; the little song which serves as epilogue was given with true Herleyan quaintness. Meadows as Malvolio was the very essence of self-sufficient pomposity—the importance and dignity of his strut was edinirable, and in the letter scene he was superb. Miss Phillips was very lady-like as Olivia, and Mrs. Keeley's Maria was full cf mischievous fun. Mr. James Vining made snore of the little part of Fabian than we have ever seen made of it. Mr. Belton was ta most gentlemanly Duke, and Mr. Ryder a very effective Antonio. The scenery, painted by Mr. Gordon and Mr. Lloyd, was entirely new and very beautiful, and there were none of these hitches in the working of it which too often occur on a first night. At the conclusion the applause was eathu.. siastic, and the curtain again drew up and discovered the whole of the performers. The National Anthem was then sung by Mr. Ransford, Miss Ransford, Mr. Ransford, jun., Miss Annie Romer, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley, and the rest of the com pany. Then there arose a universal cry for Mr. Charles Kean, who at last had to come forward and bow his acknowledgments to the audience. A bustling and amusing farce by Mr. W. Bayle Bernard, entitled Platonic Attachments, followed the comedy. Mr. Thistledown (Mr. Keeley), a middle-aged gentleman, having abjured the life of innocent dissipation he has been previously leading as a bachelor, is living with his wife (Mrs. Keeley) in a quiet suburban retreat, dividing his time between the pursuit of gardening and domes tic happiness. But, although a doating husband, Mr. Thistledown is not quite proof against the charms of beauty in other women ; and having acci dentally accosted a young lady in the City, a shower of rain, which comes in the nick of time, gives him an opportunity of proffering his umbrella, to be re turned at her convenience at his place of business in the City. One day, whilst watering flowers in his garden, Mr. Thistledown is surprised by the appearance of an old boating friend of his, Tom Rawlings (Mr. A. Wigan, who by the by came in fur his share of friendly recognition by the audience on presenting himself), on the garden wall. This friend declares he is in pursuit of a fascinat ing female whom he has several times seen in the neighbourhood, and whom he has recognised either by her dear little black bonnet, or her robin-tailed polka. The lady is no other than Mrs. Thistledown, who, perceiving in Tom her pursuer, de sires his instant departure from the house. Tom, however, who is acquainted with Mr. Thistledown's peccadillo with the young lady of the umbrella, threatens disclosure to the wife, unless he is then and there invited to remain, Miss Mill - Ilan (Miss Murray), a young friend of Mrs. Thistledown, but who is unknown to her spouse by name, happens just now to step in to tea, being on a visit to some friends in the neighbourhood. In this young lady the un fortunate Mr. Thistledown recognises his fair incog nito. After suffering all the agonies of imprisonment in a melon frame to escape exposure and questioning by his wife, the unlucky umbrella at last appears upon the scene, having been brought from the neigh bour's house for Miss Milman. Mrs. Thistledown re cognises the umbrella by the peculiarity of its handle, and the full tide of conjugal jealousy is about to burst upon the head of the unfortunate Mr. Thistledown. But Tom Rawlings adroitly gets his friend out of the scrape by unscrewing the knob of Mr. Thistledown's umbrella and placing it on his own, to which his name and address are affixed. Thus are Mrs. Thistledown's suspicions allayed, never, it is hoped, to be revived, and Mr. Thistledown, by way of " tag," steps forward, and, after a gentle hint to gentlemen under such circumstances, exhorts all ladies, when umbrellas are lent to them, to be cautious as to the manner of returning them. Air. Keeley has a part well suited to him. His look and attitude of stupe faction, which gradually assume the shape of a mesmeric trance, at encountering the knob of the unwelcome umbrella, was an exquisite piece of satire on the mesmeric art. Mrs. Keeley oscillated between the extremes of love and hate ; and Mr. A. Wigan had a dashing helter-skelter part, admirably suited to his bustling, mercurial style of acting. Loud applause followed the descent of the curtain. A ballet divertissement followed, in which Mr. Flex more, was a satyr, and Aladlle. Auriol and Madlle. C. Leclercq were nymphs. The brillancy of the dancing of the ladies, the extraordinary tours de force of Flexmore, the beauty of the scenery, and the gracefulness of the groupings, secured the success of this divertissement, which was received throughout with marked applause. ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS AT LIVERPOOL—On Friday evening an accident befel the Mar quis of Hastings, which had well nigh proved fatal. His Lordship holds an ensigncy in the 524 Regiment, now in Everton, near Liverpool. After dinner on the evening stated his Lordship took a stroll alone, and in his ramble wandered into the neighbourhood of the docks. About eight o'clock the policeman on duty in Novascotia, whilst at a short dis tance beyond the bridge crossing the gut leading from George's to the Canning Dock, heard a splash in the water, in a southward direction, towards Canning Dock, and after wards a cry of distress. Several persons immediately pro ceeded to the spot, and the individual immersed, who proved to be the Marquis of Hastings, was rescued with considerable difficulty, and in a very exhausted state. He was at once taken to the receiving-house at the south end of the Prince's Dock, and the usual restorative applications having been used, his Lordship was enabled to return to his quarters in a few hours, not, however, without leaving an intimation that he should be again heard of by those who had so zeal ously tended him. It would appear that his Lordship being a stranger to the locality in which the accident occurred, in walking forward he tripped over the guard-chain surrounding the gut of the dock, and, not knowing his position, in en deavouring to extricate himself from Lis difficulty fell from the quay into the water. His Lordship was in the water for nearly ten minutes, and having co mpletely exhausted him self in swimming, was in the act of sinking when assistance came to his rescue. His Lordship is 110 W perfectly con. valescent. MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR.--efiptßill An drew Ellison, late of the 60th Rifles, has been appointed a Military Knight of Windsor, in succession to Lieutenant Ragg, deceased. Captain Ellison's service extends over a period of 28 years, 25 of which were p a ssed in the 60 th Re. giment. He entered the army as an ensign in 1 807 , and re tired upon half-pay unattached in May, 183 1 and from the . 9 service in 1885. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 30, 1850. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Thy direoors of this in4titution have been for a cnsidv,:alde time €14, - „ - iged is tasking extour.ive im provements in Exeter Hall, calculated to remove its defects and enlarge its capabilities as a locality for musical perfornnrices on the greatest scale. The alterations consist principally, first, of the removal of the flat plaster ceiling, and its re-construction of wood, in a curved form, upwards of twelve feet higher in the centre than formerly ; secondly, of the removal of the four square pillars, with the beam 2nd cornice over them, in front of the great gallery; an improve ment which, combined with the additional height gained over the gallery, will obviate all the objections formerly made on the grounds of wane of ventilation and difficulty of seeing or hearing ; and, thirdly, of the taking down the central portion of the wall at the east end of the hall, and rebuilding it on a line with the walls at the back of the recesses ; thereby allowing the organ to be thrown back seventeen feet. The effect of this last alteration will be to gain much valuable space in that part of the room, and to remove the great inconvenience hitherto caused by the two divisions of the chorus at each side of the organ being so completely separated by the projection of the in strument as to be unable to see or hear each other. The organ itself is to receive great alterations and additions, with the view of increasing its power and efficiency. These important operations are to be com pleted early in November, and the next series of con certs is to commence immediately afterwards. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Sam 28.—Michaelmas Term begins October 10. A few days before the term commences the Vice-Chancellor, at twelve o'clock, resigns his office with a Latin speech, and a new nomination takes place, which is announced to convocation: - - Most of the colleges and halls meet either on October 12 or 19. NEW COLLEGE.—Mr. Cadwallader Egerton, from Winchester, has been admitted to a fellowship at this college as founder's kin. MAGDALEN HALL.—The Rev. W. V. Ryan, M.A., of this ball, has been appointed principal of the Church of England Metropolitan Training Institution. SHIP LETTER BAGS FOR THE BRITISH COLONIES IN OCTOBER The following vessels are appointed to sail during the ensuing month for the undermentioned British colonies, and will convey ship letter bags under the regulations of the Act of Parliament with respect to ship letters and newspapers :—Algoa Bay—The Heroine, on the Ist of October, from the London Docks ; the Archimedes, on the 2d, from the St. Katharine Docks; and the Falcon, on the 20th, from the London Docks. Port Natal—The Wilhelmina, on the Ist, from Liverpool; and the Dreadnought, on the 25th, from the St. Katharine Docks. Cape of Good Hope—The Giaour, on the Ist, from the Lon don Docks. Ditto and Bombay—The Havering, on the 25th, from the East India Docks. Ditto and Ceylon—The Albemarle, on the 4th, from the Lon don Docks. The Mauritius—The Pauline Hough ton, on the Ist, from the West India Docks. Sydney, New South Wales—The G!enbervie, on the Ist, from the London Docks; the Prince of Wales, on the Ist, from ditto; and the Tartar, on the 20th, from Portsmouth. Port Philip—The Maitland, on the 2d, from Plymouth ; the Geelong, on the 14th, from the London Docks ; and the Himalaya, on the 15th, from ditto. Adelaide, Port Philip, and Sydney— The Anglia, on the 20th, from Plymouth. Adelaide, and Port Philip—The Petrel, on the 10th, from Liverpool; the Duke of Wellington, on the 11th, from Ply mouth ; the Pestonjee Bomanjee, on the 15th, St.:Katharine Docks ; and the Success, on the 25th, from Portsmouth. New Zealand—The Cornelia, on the Ist, St. Katharine Docks. Port Lyttelton, New Zealand—The Isabella Herens, on the 21st, East India Docks. Western Australia—The Mary Ann, on the Ist, London Docks; the Union, on the 10th, St. Katharine Docks ; and the Anne Robert son, on the 10th, from the West India Docks. St. Helena—The Aden, on the 20th, London Docks. Sierra Leone—The Madras, on the Ist, West India Docks. River Gambia—The Kate Kearney, on the 10th, from the Lcndon Docks, (Newspapers for these colonies, by private ships, must be prepaid Id. each, or they will not be forwarded. The postage on letters optional.) Madeira, &c.—Mails will be made up on the evening of the Ist proximo (to-morrow), for Madeira, San Nicholas, St. Vincent (Cape Verd), Sierra Leone, and the Island of Ascension, to be for wardcd by her Majesty's steamer Firefly, appointed to sail on the 2d from Devonport. Newspapers to Madeira, &c., 2d. each, and letters Is. 103. per half ounce, which must be prepaid. Sierra Leone, &c.— Newspapers free, letters ls. per half-ounce; the pay ment of the postage optional. The sale of surplus stores at the Eastern Counties' workshops, Stratford, on Tuesday and Wednesday, was at tended by agents from various railway companies, and the prices realised were considered good. A large amount was realised by the sale. It is stated that owing to the reduc tions in the number of hands employed, and the late strike, there are between 200 and ZOO railway hands of various classes in Stratford alone without employment.— Essex Standard. DETERMINED SUICIDE.--On Friday WID. Adams, aged 66, an inmate of Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, was found in one of the water-closets, his intestines protrud ing from his stomach, which he had cut across with a razor. The torture which he endured from triple stran gulated hernia drove him to the commission of this dread ful act. BUST OF MR VERNON.---This memorial, from a few artists and admirer?. of Mr. Vernon's princely gift to the country, has just been placed in th e en t ranc e-h a ll o f Marl borough-house. It is the wo r k of Mr. Belines, who has produced a most striking and spirited likeness of the deceased gentleman, one that cannot fail to he immediately recog nised by all acquainted with his featut es. Independent of the undoubted resemblance it bears to the original, it is ex cellent, regarded simply as a work of art. It stands on a square pedestal of scagliola, whereon are inscribed the names of the contributors and the purpose of their testimonial. The position in which it is placed is admirable as 'regards light " and the colour of the wall at it s b ack; b ut stan di ng b e hi n d Gibson's group of Ilylas and th e /C M Os," though at a little distance from this, it m ay easily 'escape recognition by visitors who proceed at once to the picture-ruums.—Art Journal. SUICIDE.-0a Saturday M r , H. M. IVakley held an inquest sit the Sun, Newman -street, Portman-market, on Richard Pryorby a , aged forty-eight, who was found suspended handkerchief from the ceiling of his back kitchen, 33, Newman-street. Mr. P e ll, a neighbour, cut him down, and Mr. Tucker, surgeon, was i ns t antly called in, but life was ex tinct. Thomas Nolby st a t e d that the deceased was clerk of the works at Lady Van e ' s , under his cousin, Mr. Arva. On the day preceding his suicide deceased was greatly excited in consequence of a portion o f a b alcony which he had erected at Lady Vane's being s evera l inches too short. lle called witness out of Lady V ane ' s drawing-room, and, having bit terly complained of the above deficiency, said that he did not know what to do, as he would lose 161. or 1 - i/. thereby. Then, taking up a penknife, be rushed at witness, exclaim ing, " Either you or Mr. Arva must die." Witness pinioned deceased, who said, " It's all right ; its only a flow of blood to the head." Witness then brought hint home. lie had been under Dr. Roe's care two years ago for insanity, and was put under restraint. Since then he placed himself under Dr. Coffin's treatment. The jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." A vast chain of associations is often spread out before the mind, by a few simple words, and those associa tions are nine times out of ten totally different from any that the speaker intended to awaken.— .Eliza ok's Journal. It is stated upon professedly good authority that the average yield of wheat for this county is not more than three-quarters to the acre. Some of the qualities are so poor that in last Friday's market at Lincoln sales took place at the low rates of 225. per qr. The choicest samples realised 51s. ; so that the difference in qualities is ',9s. per qr.— .—Sever a l young gentlemen who Sta c m o fo: lß OT AL r( T .u i r o y N . were confirmed on Thursday, got drunk at the Crown and Sceptre, North-street, and behaved with violence and in decency. One of them boasted that he had been con firmed, and that he had afterwards committed one of the seven deadly sins; "and he knew which was best." Bishop Phillpotts's hands had been laid on their heads without al ey ing the devil within them ; it seemed as if they had all their bad passions stirred up by whatever cause ; one of the ex cited youths beha v i ng w i t h great indecency to the landlady's daughter, was bundled out by the worthy father.-- Western Times. RIVERS IN THE WEST OF SUTHERLAND.--The following note, dated Lochinvar, 13th instant, arrived a post too late for our last :—" To-morrow is the finishing day of the salmon angling of 181.0, and never has there been so few fish taken on the Inver and Kirkaig rivers. The late rains flooded the rivers to such au extent that there were few fish taken; Since Monday last the rivers have fallen and the sport improved. The Hon. Henry Gage killed one fine fish of 181 b. ; Walter Strickland, Esq., the following day, took a 25i pounder; Thomas Jeans, Esq., and a few other gentle. men, have taken several good grilse, and it is now that the fish are taking the rivers here. It is a pity that the angling does not continue for a longer period— the Act of Parliament should vary. All the rivers on the west coast should not open till the Ist of April instead of the Ist of February, and be two months later of closing."—lnverness Courier. Workmen are at present enuployed in placing posts along the octroi wall of the Left Bank, to support the wires which are to lead from the central office to the ter minus of the Orleans and Lyons Railways. On the line from Paris to Orleans and to Tours the,works are so far advanced that in a few days electrical telegraphic communications may take place betwecn Paris and Tours.— Gall g nani. MELANCHOLY Accinarr.--Ou Saturday an in quest was held on Jane Ellis, sged 33 , the wife of Mr. Ellis, eating-house-keeper, 63, Paddington-street, Marylebone. It appeared the deceased, who was pregnant was passing be tween a table and the fire-place on Sunday week, when hat her dress caught the flames, and she was so burned that her stays were destroyed before tbe flames could be extin guished. Her infant was born, died three days afterwards, and the following Friday she died from mortification of her wounds, although Messrs. Adams and Chumley, surgeons, did all that skill and science could suggest to save her life. gentleniauly-creseed young men Verdict, "Accidental Death." 0 at the door of the House RATHER IMPUDEHT.--About half•past eight o'clock John-lstreet, Nottingham, and then wereool u n fn T al Correction,s, seen to t y o l% k In ei g onnc h k t tshy t t e. h i g r jpo e oo e r hio. number of broken knockers tied to the bell -handle. —.Notts Guardian. nfeasOcfent from the Hippo • the well-known drome on the horse which her husband employs. She was dressed in a r • idmg habit, and before starting paraded round the Hippodrome. She rose slowly amidst the applause of t a , m y e este P rL it )? m vi a n d ' e t a b b e all w oo i Her husband and an the spectators. . . other person were eeated in a car placed above her.— Gulig naw. aerMonaaud AMERICAN NEWS. LIVELLPOOL, SEPT. 29. By the royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Lang, we have advices from New York to the 17th instant, and in addition by telegraph, via Halifax, to the 20th instant. The dispatches brought by the Cambria were delivered in New York on Tuesday night, being in ten days and a few hours from Liverpool. This is the first time such a feat has been accomplished. Washington intelligence received this morning mentions further piratical intentions on Cuba, and that the American Government stands prepared with preventive means. The House of Representatives passed a Bill appro priating three million and a quarter dollars prospec tively to meet instalments under the American indem nity treaty. Payment will be made by arrangements with Baring's house as before. The stock market shows advance on nearly every description, especially fancy. Sales—Government Sixes of '67, 106 ; '6B, coupons, 1181. Reading Railway has advanced to 59. The cotton-market has been nearly cleared of all parcels at quotations of Hibernia's sailing. The quotations of corn and flour unchanged, but the market duller. Our dates from Mexico are to the 19th ult. The session of Congress had been opened with a majority of the Conservative party. The Bill for abolishing the slave-trade in Columbia had been ordered for a third reading by a majority of 22. The Bill for the delivery of fugitive slaves had passed the House by a vote of 109 to 75. A vote had been taken in the House condemning the present ad valorem anti-protective tariff by a ma jority of two. The public enthusiasm for Jenny Lind continued unabated. The Earl of Elgin was at New York. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 17.—1 n stocks the market is very buoyant, and the demand active ; the inquiry for Government was fair, and the market is steady. In exchanges the market is heavy, and the supply good. Bills are only in moderate demand; leading sterling sells at 10 to 10h-, and fair bills at 9i to 91. Francs are scarce and firm, at 5 dolls. 20Ic. to dolls. 21c. Cotton—Our market maintains the firmness noticed for the last few days, in spite of the decline in Liver pool as per accounts brought by the Canada. The sales are limited, less by the demand than by the in difference of holders, who will offer no concession from the highest rates quoted. Inferior, 12&c. to 121 c.; ordinary, 12ic. to 13c., 12c. to 13c., Hie. to Inc. ; middling , 13:1c. to 134 c., Inc. to 13ic., Mac. to 14c. Ashes are firm, with a good demand; sales 150 barrels, at 6 dolls. for pearls, and 6 dolls. 12c. for pots. Breadstuffs—ln flour the market is very firm. Meal is not so buoyant. Wheat is in good demand, with light receipts, and holders firm. Corn market opened firm, but with moderate de mand. Market closed heavy. Rye quiet ; sales 3,000 bushels, at 70c. Oats firm and in good demand. • _ _ Freights generally held firmly, at 2®. for flour to Liverpool. Cotton 3-16 d. to 7-16 d. Corn sd. to 50. nominal. To Havre 3c. dull. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Niagara, Constitution, Minnesota, Empire State, Francis P. Page, and Emma Fields, from Liverpool ; the Independence, from London ; Warren, from Glas gow ; and Zurich and Mortimer Livingstone, from Havre, have arrived at New York ; the Tyrrel, from Newport, at Baltimore ; the Emily, from Liverpool, at Boston ; the commerce and Essex, from Cardiff, at Charleston. The Margaret Walker, from St. John's, fur Liver pool, ashore on Sable Island ; will be a total wreck. The Alexandria, from Glasgow, at Boston, with loss of sails, and leaky ; one man overboard. The barque Covenanter, from Quebec, for Liverpool, is ashore at Matane ; the Pegasus, from St. John's, for Liverpool, sprang a leak on the Bth inst., and put back waterlogged ; the Clarence, from Newport, at Virginia ; Eromonga and Caledonian, from Glasgow, Vere, from London, and Jane Steward from Lime rick, at Montreal ; Devonport, from Liverpool, at Savannah; John Wilson, from Dumfries, and Sir H. Pottinger, from Cadiz, at St. John's, New Bruns wick. The ship Helen, which sailed from St. John's, for London, on the 31st ult., put back on the 6th inst., making a deal of water, having been ashore on Grand Manan. The ship Coronet, of Dublin, and three other ships, went ashore on the .sth inst., at Matane. The Coronet is badly strained, but is ex pected to be got off. The Francis P. I'sge, from Liverpool, at New York, was in contact with the Duke, of St. John's on the 9th inst., and carried away the latter vessel's mizenmast, main-yard, and wheel, and round-house. WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 29.—The royal mail steam ship Severn, Captain Vincent, arrived this day at four o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant T. Strover, Admiralty-agent. On her homeward voyage the Severn experienced light contrary winds on her passage to Fayal, and for three days after leaving it. The latest dates brought by the Severn are— Chaves, August 28 ; Carthagena, August 31 ; Ja maica, Sept. 7 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 11 ' • St. Thomas, Sept. 12; Fayal, Sept. 23 ; Jacmel, S ept. 9 ; Santa Martha, August 19 ; St. Juan de Nicaragua, 25. The Severn has only brought home seventeen pas sengers. _ . She brings on freight 1,262,456 dollars on mer chants' account, 9 barrels of ginger, 8 barrels arrow root, and 42 packages sundries. Stations of her Majesty's Ships—At Valparaiso, July 30, her Majesty's steamers Gorgon and Driver, and Nereus store-ship; at Callao, August 13, her Majesty's ship Asi•t, and Naiad store-ship; at Grey Town (Mosquito kingdom), her Majesty's brig Per sian End her Majesty's ship Bermuda ; at Jamaica, her Majesty's ship Imaum—her Majest3's ship Indefatigable sailed from Jamaica for Grey Town on the sth September; at Vera Cruz, her Majesty's brig Helena; at Antigua, her Majesty's ship Alarm. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The Thames arrived at St. Thomas's September 2, and proceeded to Chagres the Trent arrived at Chagres August 26, with mails from England; the Clyde, Gulf of Mexico ; the Conway arrived at Jamaica September 7, with English mails of August 17 ; the Eagle and the Derwent, on the Western Island routes. The Severn spoke the Medway on the 24th of September, at 7 A.M., eastward of Graciosa, on her outward passage. JAMAICA. Our dispatches from Jamaica by the present mail, which extend to the afternoon of the 7th, are quite of an unimportant character. Since the departure of the previous steamer the island had been visited almost incessantly by heavy rains, St. Dorothy's parish forming perhaps the only exception. There were some cases of sickness, but they were not re ported to be of a very serious character. The roads have beau much destroyed by the heavy weather, and the corporation of Kingston have voted a hundred pounds for the repairs of the city of Kingston alone— an amount which, our correspondent writes, will be insufficient to put them in proper repair. On the Ist of September the hunareth anniversary of the erection of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Synagogue took place in Kingston. On the same day a black female, who recollects the erection of the building, died at the very advanced age of 150 years. The Commissioners appointed by the Assembly to consolidate the laws of the island were actively en grged, and were likely to be prepared with the con densed volume by the time the Assembly met, which was expected to be in October. The cotton movement progressed with increased energy. A masonic lodge had been formed by the brethren at the north side of the island, in the town of Fal mouth. The country was quiet. Exchanges on London.—Jamaica Bank, 60 days, par ; ditto, 30 days, ,+ per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, par ; ditto, GO day, -. 1 2 , - per cet. prem.; ditto, 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. SPANISH MAlN.—lnformation was given by a person to her Majesty's vessels lying in Grey Town Harbour, that the Nicaraguans were aLout making a descent on the town ; accordingly the Persian and Bermuda dispatched armed hosts to op pose them, but soon found it was only a false report ; they were lying, when the Severn left, with their boarding netting triced up, and guns in the boats all ready to start at a moment's notice. The American steamer Orus has run on shore in the Colorado River in attempting to reach the Lake of Nicaragua, and the small steamer Director, which arrived on the 221 of August, is now landing her surplus stores, and will proceed in a few days to assist in getting her off. The Orus has received no damage, as she is only on a sandbank. She ran on ground on account of the engineer being on deck instead of at tending to his duty. MARKETS.—Business has been se unusually dull during the past fortnight, that we have scarcely any sales to report of a wholesale nature. The only article which passed with some degree of freedom from the hands of importers was flour, for which there was a slight speculative demand. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From .7).e Cordova's Mercantile IntelligEncer.) KINGSTON, SEPT. 6.—Business bus been so unusually dull during the past fortnight, that we have scarcely any sales to report of a wholesale nature. The only article wLieh I.r.,.scci* with score dcg:ce of fr edom from the hands of importers was flour, for which there was a slight speculative demand. Flour-1,200 barrels Alexandria have been sold at 365. to 335 ' the sales opening at the form er fi gure and gradually declining to the latter; but .the greater quantity was placed at 345. We report also sales of 200 barrels Baltimore at 345. , 450 barrels New Orl eans at 325., and a damaged lot o the latter, about 280 barrels, at 295. by auction. Importers' hands are now very nearly cleared. Meal is dull at 185. Rice—East India is in better request and freely placed at 13s. 3d., to 13s. 6d. per 1001bs. fur ordirary to good, but some prods are held for higher rates. Clean Patna has changed hands at 16r. Carolina has also athanct.(l and is fil ally held for 195., at which rate a parcel of 10 tierces has been moved. Butter—Further arrivals of Irish, to the extent of 600 firkins, have occurred; but our lass rate (10d.) is firmly maintained, though the article is but in moderate re quest, and can only be moved in Email quantities. At auction, 150 kegs American tainted were knOcked down at sd. 50 kegs prime, just arrived, have been taken at Bd. Bread—The sales have been 150 barrels New York packed crackers at 18s.; 50 barrels Jamieson's at 215.; and 100 barrels pilot bread of the latter brand at 18s. The large size of this bread is detrimental to its sale. Watson's is wanted. Oil—There is not any at market. Salmon is wanted, and small parcels would command very fair rates. There is not any on hand. Pork continues in light supply. We quote mess at 765., and prime at 625. to 645., with a moderate demand. Hems—No sales of English have reached us. A lot of Virginia was placed at bid. per lb. Good American are wanted. Soap—Steele's may be quoted at 105.6 d. and 115.61 for 48 and 561bs. feather, and 15s. for 561bs. crown. There is not 601bs. crown on band. We have not heard anything of other descriptions. Candles—The supply has greatly diminished, and the market is becoming bare. We quote assorted sizes at 6d., but this rate is not freely given. Cheese—ll. G. commands 101 d. to I Id., and American 9d. per lb. Beef is still very scarce. Tongues are also scarce, and American pigs' would command 38s. per half-barrel. Rum—Large sales for exportation have been made at Is. 6d. per gallon, proof 21. Some parcels for consump tion have been taken at 33. 3d., duty paid. Sugar commands 18s. Bd. to 21s. per 1001bs., with only a moderate stock at market. Coffee has not yet come down in any quantity to market. Pimento—Small parcels as they a►e brought in are taken at 4d. per lb. The crop in St. Ann's has failed to a considerable extent. Logwood may be quoted at 325. to 40i. per ton, as in quality. Freights—Tonnage is abundant, with very little de mand. Gold—Columbian doubloons command to 1 per cent., and American 2 per cent. premium. Malt—The stock of bottled malt of all descriptions is very heavy, and not more than 7s. 6d. per dozen can be obtained. Salt-300 sacks Liverpool stoved have changed hands, in one lot, at 4s. 9d. Smaller parcels are moved at ss. Tobacco—Cavendish is scarce and in some demand at 14d. per lb. Exchanges—On London! Jamaica Bank, 60 days, par; 30 days, per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, par; 60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. RETURN OF THE NORTH STAR FROM THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The North Star, Master-Commander James Saunders, arrived at Spithead on Saturday, at eleven A.m, from tl.e Arctic regions, we are sorry to say. without bringing the smallest tidings or news of Captain Sir J. Franklin or his people. The North Star sailed from Greenhithe about the middle of May, 1849, laden with stores and provisions for the north west searching ships, and the last accounts that were received from her were brought to England by Cap tain Lee, in a whaler, dated the 19th of July, in that year. There has, therefore, been much fear expressed for the safety of this ship, which has happily been re lieved by her safe arrival. On the 29th of July, 1849, when the North Star was proceeding up Baffin's Bay, and between the Devil's Thumb and Melville Bay, she was beset in the ice, from which every effort and exertion was made to extricate her without success, and she consequently drifted about in the pack, in daily expectation of being nipped or crushed by the heavy floes, or overwhelmed by the bergs that towered occasionally far above her masthead. She slowly drifted to the northward, till the 29th of September, when Commander Saunders, having been sixty-two days in the ice, found his vessel off \Voles tenholrnes Island, and the sound apparently clear of ice. It blew a gale at the time, and sail having been made in the ship, she was forced through the floe and safely anchored in the sound the same day. While beset on the ice several bears were seen, but only one shot. On the 29th the North Star was again under weigh, and ran further up Wolesten holmes Sound, and a safe bay was found and the ship made secure. The bay was called after the ship, North Star Bay, the ship lying about half a mile from the shore. The ship was now made snug for the winter ; sails were unbent, the masts struck, and the ship housed over, and made as warm and comfortable a) circumstances would permit. The ice soon after took across the sound, so that the crew could have walked on shore. The cold was intense ; but two or three stoves warmed the ship, and the crews were cheered up and encouraged with all sorts of games and amusements, occasionally visiting the shore for the purpose of skylarking. There was, un fortunately, but little game to shoot. Former ac• counts gave this place a high character for deer and other animals ; but the crew of the North Star never saw a single head of deer, and other animals were scarce ; about fifty hares were killed. Foxes were numerous, and a number shot, but none taken alive. A few Esquimaux families occasionally visited the ship, and one poor man was brought on board with his feet so frozen that they dropped off. He was placed under the care of the assistant-surgeon, Dr. Rae, who paid him much attention, and his legs were nearly cured ; but he died from a pulmo nary disorder after having been on board some six weeks. The crew of the North Star continued healthy, only four persons died on board, and these not from the rigour of the climate, but from other ailments. From the excellent arrangements made by the com mander and his officers to keep the crew of the vessel cheerful and happy, they do not appear, on the whole, to have passed an unpleasant time in their winter quarters—though, from several accounts, their provisions did not prove so good as could be wished. On the Ist of August the North Star was liberated from her tedious imprisonment, and she sailed from Wolestenholmes Sound. But in Ross's Bay she again got into pack ice, where she emained beset for days. She then succeeded in getting through it, and reached on the Bth of August Possession Bay, near the en trance of Lancaster Sound, where notices of the North Star's arrival and state were landed. She then pro ceeded up Lancaster Sound, opposite to Prince Re gent's Inlet, to Whaler Point, where she anchored on the 13th. She remained off Wheeler Point endea vouring to get in for 24 hours, but the ice was too closely packed along the coast, and there being no chance of a break-up, notices were landed, and the North Star proceeded to the opposite coast to en deavour to land provision at Port Bowen, Port Niel, or Jackson's Islet, but all these places were so com pletely blocked up with heavy land-floes of ice that the ship could not get in to either place ; she there fore bore away for Navy Board Inlet, in lat. 73 deg. 44 min. N., long. 80 deg. 50 min. W., and in a small bay named Supply Bay, in the inlet, she landed her surplus provisions—covering up the tea and other dry articles, and leaving the proper notices and direc tions of their whereabouts. She remained here five days, and then went to Pend's Bay. On the 21st of August, at the entrance of Lancas ter Sound, the North Star fell in with and commu nicated with the Lady Franklin, Captain Penny, and her tender, the Sophia, all well. Captain Penny re ported that Captain Austin's ships had got through the ice in Melville Bay, on the 15th of August, and she had left them on the 17th off Cape Dudley- Digges ; that some of the vessels would proceed, if the ice would permit, through Barrow's Straits, to examine and explore Bankes's Land. On the 22d of August, the North Star spoke the Felix, Captain Sir John Ross, all well. On the 30th of August she communicated with the Prince Albert, Commander Forsythe, who stated that he had been trying to get into Port Niel and other places, but was prevented by the land ice ; that he had seen Captain Austin's ships in Wellington Channel; that Captain Austin had tone in the In trepid steamer to explore some parts of the coast,and would visit Pond's Bay ; that one of the small ricu searching vessels was on shore near Bar but as the captain had declined the assist. 8 1. n o c w e 's o B tfs i r 3 e ' d by the Prince Alta rt it was supposed she would come off without damega. We are sorry to state that none of the vessels with which Commander Saunders had communicated had gained the smallest information respecting Sir Jahn Franklin, although this spring has b:en most favour able for the exploration in 13affin's Bay, from the early breaking up of the ice. The North Star finally left pond's Bay for Eng land the sth of S:pte:nber, and has had a good pat — sage home, coming to the westward and southward al Ireland, and up the Channel to Spithead. She, ha , been, we understand, a most comfortable vessel, and her commander and officers have worked well together with a praiseworthy spirit, and by their example and tact the ship's company have been kept in cheerfulness and good humour (the best preservatives of health on such an occasion), and we hope the Admiralty will deem the senior officers worthy of promotion. We give their names : Mastet-Commande James Saunders, a master of 1838. Second Master John Way, of 1838, passed for master 1842. Assistant-Surgeon Dr. James Rae, of 1841. Clerk-in-charge James Rutter, 1837, passed in 1842. It will be seen that the above-named officers are gentlemen of long standing in the service, and on this occatlion we hope to see them receive the due reward of their onerous service and exemplary conduct. Master-Commander James Saunders, with Dr. Rae, landed at Portsmouth dockyard at half-past twelve o'clock with his dispatches. The former was ordered by electri c te l egraph to procee d t o L on d on , which he did accordingly by the half.past two train. The Prince Albert, Commander Forsythe, may be shortly expected, as she was about to follow the North Star for England. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Saturday, after the election of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, a Court was held in the Council Chamber. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Carden presented the return of the City prisons, which had been banded over to him and his colleague by their predecessors in office. ELECTION OF STEWARD OF SOUTHWARK. The Lord Mayor nominated Mr. William Payne, of the bar, and coroner fur the city of London, to the office of steward of Southwark, vacant by the death of the Hon. C. E. Law, the late Recorder of London; and The COURT unanimously confirmed the nomination upon the motion of Alderman Humphery. Mr. PAYNE returned his most grateful thanks for the favour just conferred upon him, and said it was but the continuance of kindnesses commenced 27 years ago, when he first became an officer of the cor poration. It was a source of much gratification to him to be able to say that he was the senior officer of the City, and he assured the Court that he should use every exertion to show that he was not un deserving of the approbation exhibited in this new Act of liberality .—(Bear, hear.) THE NEW RECORDER OF LONDON. The Loan Maros ELECT requested to be informed by the Town Clerk whether any communication had been made to Mr. Wortley, who had been elected to the important office of Recorder, upon the fact o f hi s appointment ?—(Hear, hear.) The new chief magis trate and sheriffs were interested in the question, and an introduction to the Cursitor Baron on Monday would be the commencement of the ceremonial duties to be performed by the Learned Gentleman. No doubt the Common-Sergeant would be able to testify to the qualifications of those who were entering upon the duties as well as to the merits of the gentlemen who had completed the period of their appointment; but it would be satisfactory to the Court to be in formed at what time the Recorder would be ready to undertake the performance of his own duties. The TOWN- CLERK said the usual course on such occasions was, he believed, to summon the gentleman newly-appointed upon motion made in the Court. He was not aware that any motion of the kind bad been made, but no doubt a notice to attend would be at tended with due effeet.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman HllMPHERY—Certainly it is necessary to obtain some information upon the subject for the reason assigned by the Lord Mayor Elect, but there is another reason for desiring to be enlightened upon the subject. We are not aware whether the Re corder knows anything at all about what we have done for Lim. We do not know that we have not conferred upon him an unexpected and an unhoped for honour.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR said, he trusted that the Court would as soon as possible communicate with the Learned Gentleman on the subject of his appointment and the necessity of an immediate attention to the du ties of the office. Alderman SIDNEY said, it was quite obvious that upon the appointment of a gentleman to an office no tice should be sent to him of what had taken place. Was it not the case that it was contrary to custom to elect a person to a City office who had not been a freeman for two years ? Was it not a necessary qualification that a candidate for the office of Re corder should be free of the City for that period ? If so, he wished to be informed whether Mr. Wortley was possessed of that qualification ? Alderman llumrnExtr said, he did not suppose the appointment could be at all affected by any regula tions with regard to the freedom of the City. The TOWN-CLERK said, the candidates for law offices were exempted from the obligation to become free at all, and there were several instances in which Recorders never took out their freedom. Upon the motion of Alderman UUMPHERY, se• corded by Alderman SIDNEY, it was then ordered that notice should be immediately sent to Mr. Wort ley of the fact of his election to the office of Recorder. It is well known to the old members of the Corpo ration that Mr. Newman Knowlys, who retired from the Recordership in 1833, and was succeeded by the late Mr. Law after having been Common Sergeant and City Pleader for several years, never was a free man of the city of London. Upon the motion of Alderman W. HUNTER, se conded by Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL, the thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Rev. W. Marshall, chaplain to the Lord Major, for the admi rable sermon preached by the rev. gentleman o❑ that day before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs at the church of St. Lawrence Jewry. The Court then adjourned. RHUDDLAN ROYAL EISTEDDVOD. SATURDAY MORNING.—The ball which took place last evening was magnificently attended by the nobi lity and gentry of Wales. At the hour appointed for the commencement (nine o'clock) several persons bad arrived, and notwithstanding the wind blew a fury, and the rain came down in torrents, before ten o'clock the place set apart for dancing was filled to inconvenience. About this time Lord Mostyn ar rived, and was received with loud plaudits. Soon after the ball was opened by Lady Mostyn and Sir W. Shiply Con wy, Esq., with a country dance. After several dances had been performed, the wind, which had continued blowing a perfect hurricane, caused the roof to creak, and occasioned great alarm • many per sons, Linking it unsafe, left the place. Miss Mostyn was carried out in hysterieks, end one or two other ladies fainted, and nothing could prevail on them, after their recovery, to return. The alarm was not altogether groundless ; the wind blew so strong that the covered footway leading to the castle, measuring some fifty yards, was levelled with the ground, and the flag at the top of the castle was blown to ribbons. The confidence, however, which was placed in those gentlemen who had sur veyed the castle after the late accident, caused no diminution in the dancing, the dance being kept up until near five o'clock, without any accident occurring. This morning the remainder of the.prizes were contested for, and after the closing of the festival, Mr. Jones (Talhairn), the architect, came forward and expressed a wish that an architect or surveyor should examine the building at his expense, and report whether the blame of the late accident rested with him, or with the contractor. The committee immediately appointed a competent person to survey the building. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 26. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out walking this morning. His Royal Highness afterwards went out shooting. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in an open carriage, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Royal ; the Mar chioness of Douro being in attendance on her Majesty. The dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness Spetb, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir George Couper. Sir Edwin Landseer left Balmoral this morning for Strathspey. SEPT. 27. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out walking this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in an open car riage, attended by the Marchioness of Douro. The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual exercise. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at his residence, in St. James s Palace, on Saturday night. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, .LAMBETH.—Much irterest was excited in this institution yesterday morning, on the occurrence of the first thanksgiving Sunday since the lamented death of the late royal president, the Duke of Cambridge. The chapel and the royal chairs were hung with black, and the 160 orphan girls appeared in deep mourning. The sacred edifice was crowded to hear the Rev. J. Jessopp, the morning preacher ; after which the school-room was opened to the public, when the Ravi. Stephen Reed Cattley, the chaplain, most feelingly addressed the guardians and orphans, and distributed purses containing five guineas each to five young wumen, who, having been brought up at the asylum, had faithfully served in private tzmilies, and attended to receive this reward of good service. Her Majesty has lately become patron, and the Duke of Cambridge has succeeded his royal father as president of the institution. founded in 1758. Ex ninrrioN or 1851.—The Central Committee of Denmark has forwarded its demands for space to her Ma jesty's Commissioners. From this it appears that the Danes prei ose to Exhibit printing machinery, porcelain painted and bisque, shell carving, bronzes, clockwork, rifles, musical in struments, furniture, ivory turnings, stylographic plates, oil, cloths, lace, wool-netting, rauders gloves, with leather specie inens, tur carpets, stearine candles, playing cards, white glue, and statuary. An order in Council appears in Friday Light's Gazette, assigning a district for ecclesiastical purposes to the consecrated chapel at Broadstaira, Kent.