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

.. Now all the Libraries, In 2 vols., post Svo., ready at I L W A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, anl by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage i which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays en matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per Se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraells, Man sants, and Smythes."—Observe o . " • Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed hi; beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the attract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and Impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest Be est of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, TLAYMA.P.KET. Mr. B. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. Last Night of the Adelpht nompany and Adelphi Pieces. Return of Madame Celeste. Mr. Paul Bed'ord's Beaeflt THIS EVENING. under the pa tr,tage of General Lord Vis:; ,, unt Onnbermere and the Officers of her Majesty's First and Second Life Guard.s, on which occasion the magnmt Band will Mt: nci, and at different periods of the evening perform (on the stage) a variety of much-adinired Overtures, lite., arranged by and wider the direction of Mr. Waddell, Master of the 11.3.nd. THIS EVENING. Vill be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. To be ollowed by BOAIBASTES FEJRIOSO. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tonzue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hinta on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESSNI THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. The Yub'ic is respectfully Informed that this Theatre is open for The Season, under the Manageme•,t of Mr. C. Kcal+ and Mr. Keeley TIII3 EVENING, Will be performed Shakespeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Ophelia, Mrs C. Kean. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. 10 conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mr. Flexmore, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and Madlle. Anriol will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEATEE. Great success of G!ralda and the New Farce. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GIKALDA ; or, the Invisible Husband, sup ported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, G. Cooke, W. MFarren, jun., Comp- and ton ; Mesdames. Stirling and Le i g h Murray, adlles. Louise Adele. After which THE OLDEST INHABITANT, in which Mews. W. Farren. Compton. Diddear, Norton ; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with the PRINCESSES IN THE TOWER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highqess Prinze Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis, which will be continued for this week only. Fifth Week of the accomplished Vocalist, Miss Annie Hardie, who will sing a favourite Ballad. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA a mil the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be followed by a changeable petite Ballet, by Madlle. Garden', Amelia Bridges, and La Petite Jeannette, callel The HUNGARIAN WOODCUTTERS, en the Double Tight Rope. 'Ehe new Scenes in the Circl e, and first appearance of Mr. Hen derson, the wonderful Somersault-thrower Inthe course of the evening Miss Annie Hardie will sing a favourite Ballad. To coneude with a favourite Farce. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. BUM WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAT —Morning 21 min. after 9 I Evening 6 min. after 10 To-Moariow— Morning 51 min. after 10 Evening 29 min. after 11 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, OcronEs L THEr.3IO3IF.TER, IN THE SHADE. si—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day, at noon. __ BAROMETER, 29 - 34. Wren N.—Morning, fine; Afternoon, dull weather, with rain. ft,t, 4 T 77 4-. \ d.' , . ~.7 .,• 04 ~„,T t U 1 • 4,4 ~ ~.,,... al 4..i l .j: ‘ i ; # 7, •,----',' ~.: * * . V 4 3 . , e 16 , \ .. rE, ; / ei t, ,- - f- ... ''' ',4 V ,; '4l.- 4 -42:1 - ~- 77—• . i.. ---______ 7 _ o ..: , ~,,, .. .( a . x , , 0k......., : ~... , I j 'Mtn 1 e LONDON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1850. Sir Cruunas WOOD unquestionably possesses one qualification for the important office he occupies in the GOvernment of the country. No person can listen with more profound indifference to the com plaints of suitors to the Exchequer, who, whether seeking relief as a matter of right, or of expediency, of justice, or of charity, are dealt with in a manner that must discourage all future applications. The summary mode in which he disposed of the numerous representations respecting the commercial crisis, and the wide-spread distress in August, September, and the early part of October, 1847 ; the uablushing har dihood with which he met the various depute Lions, totally denying the existence of any pressure its the money marl:et, and tuserting that any person of real solvency could have no difficulty in obtaining the accommodation he required upon sufficient secu rity, must constitute valuable precedents for the guidance of all future Chancellors of the Exchequer; while his conduct and demeanour to those who apply for fiscal relief, by the abolition or reduction of some obnoxious impost ; the impressive manner in which be refuses to enter into any discussion respecting the justice or policy of a particular tax, or the hardships which its mode of collection inflicts upon the people ; the simple method of narrowing the question to the pounds, shillings, and pence, which it brings to the revenue—" a sum which," to use his own stereotyped answer, "he is certainly not prepared to relinquish," are beyond all praise, and must serve as models for future imitation. But he has recently established even a higher claim to the a lmiration of his successors in office. He is probably the firit English Minister of Finance who has compromh-ed well-founded claims against the national Exchequer for something less thin 10e in the pound, or who suggested a local subscription to make up the deficietcy. He has also afforded a valuable lesson to the sufferers on the impropriety of impatience, an I of the unreasonableness of expec ting that the money which bad been voted by Thalia• ment for their use should be applied without unneces sary delay. The case ( f the unfortunate depositors in the Cuffe street Savings' Bank must be so fresh in the public recollection that it is surely unnecessary to repeat the circumstances, which, it was almost universally acknowledged, gave them a claim upon the Govern ment for the full amount of their deposits. A Com mittee of the House of Commons, selected by Sir CHARLES WOOD—liho, contrary to the usual course, took the nomination from the gentle man on whose motion the Committee was appointed—investigated the cane as well as those of the banks of Tralee, Kirarney, and Auchterarder. From their report it appeared that the Government had long been aware of the condition of the Cuffe street Bank, that serious deficiencies had occurred in its accounts, and yet the Comnaissionere, whose duty it was to have immediately interfered, and to have prevented further frauds from being perpetrated on the people, deliberately sanctioned the continuance of the bank, and induced the people of Dublin to lodge their humble savings in an insolvent under taking. Had the affairs been wound up in 1838, when the large deficiency was ascertained, there would have been a dividend of 16s. 6d. in the pound, and even in 1845, when the liabilities exceeded the assets by a much larger sum, the loss would not have much exceeded ss. in the pound ; but the Commissioners, fearing the run that it might have occasioned on savings banks generally f the erroneous opinion that there was Government security for the deposits were removed, permitted the bank to continue its operations until, in 1848, it finally closed with liabilities which in round terms amounted to 64,000/., while its assets were under 100/., it being even asserted that immediately be fore the final closing of the bank the managers gave an undue preference to their own friends, by paying in full certain parties who had not made any applica tion, while they refused those who had served the usual notices. The Committee, in referring to tiffs matter in their report, state that " they are inclined to allow due weight to the considerations which they believe in flaeLced tie Commissioners, in 1838 and 1845, in the course which they pursued, but they cannot but feel that as regards the depositors, who are principally of the poor, r classes, a different course would have prevented the loss of all their savings.' After such a state ment it is difficult to conceive how Parliament could have refused to pay the full amount of the claims of the dfpositors. Through the culpable apathy, the crassa negligentia, of the Commissioners, they had b e en betrayed, and they had therefore an unquestionable right to be reimbursed all their losses from the national Exchequer. Sir CHARLES WOOD, however, adopted a . middle course; he proposed a vote of 30,0001. as a matter of charity, which was , carried by an obedient majority. The inconsistency of this course was, however, but too palpable. If the demand was founded on equity and justice it should have been satisfied to the last farthing. It would be unworthy of the British nation, which especially prides itself on a scrupulous observance of the public faith, to compromise a fair debt, or to take advantage of the weakness of the claimants, to give them less than they were fairly entitled to ; but if, on the other hand, it were to be considered merely as a case of charity, there could be 'no possible reason why the sufferers at Tralee and Killarney should not have been allowed to participate. The distress in Kerry was not less urgent than in Dublin ; nor had the southern depositors less claims upon the compassion of philan thropists than those of the metropolis. Sir CHARLES Wool) could not extricate himself from the horns of the dilemma on which he had permitted himself to be tossed. It now appear., from the correspondence which has taken place between the Right Honourable Baronet and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that no step bas yet been taken to distribute the money voted by Parliament among the sufferers' Sir CHARLES WOOD is " sorry to learn that any of the depositors should have been induced to have come from other place., at considerable inconvenience to themselves, in the expectation of immediately receiv ing any part of the money." He, however, consoles himself by thinking that " it is entirely their own act, and one to which they have certainly not been led by anything that he has said." Good easy man, he suffers no inconvenience, his cheques are duly honoured by his bankers, his official salary paid to the day, consequently he has not unduly exerted himself by 'endeavouring to expedite the inquiry which he chooses to consider necessary, and which will furnish comfortable pickings for some fortunate protege. Oh, Sir CHARLES Woon is indeed a great man ! Happy is the nation that is blessed with so prudent a Minister of Finance It would appear that the reaction against the reac tion has commenced in good earnest in the dominions of the King of the Two Sicieras, and that the Cala brias are at this moment the seat of a civil war which will probably be 4 of such a character as to make humanity shudder ; for the Calabrians have been for the last eighteen months, in common with the other subjects of his Majesty KING BOMBA, experiencing treatment more than sufficient to generate sentiments of deadly hatred and implacable vengeance in the bosoms of a less excitable race than that which inhabits the ancient Magna Grecia, once the most civilized region of the globe, but now re duced to semi-barbarism by the demoralizing tyranny of the successive Kings of Naples. The Austrian Government, it would appear, has for some time past foreseen that the unreasoning tyranny of the Neapoli tan Bourbon could not but drive his people to despair, and produce an outbreak, which, should it once get head, would inevitably extend to all Italy ; and as Austria is in no condition to renew the efforts she made in 1848 and 1849, and could not now spare a single soldier to assist the Bouanori even in his utmost need, the Austrian Minister has of late addressed the Neapolitan tyrant in language of sharp reproof—has strongly recommended the ob servance on his part of a more constitutional, more conciliatory, and more reasonable line of policy. The Bourbon " adder," however, was " deaf to the voice of the charmer," and with the characteristic stu pidity, obstinacy, and cruelty of his race, determined to persevere in his system of government by terror, but, AS the Austrian Minister foresaw, the 9:h Thermidor of the ROBESPIERRE of legitimacy is at hand, and from the point of all others least expected, from Calabria, will proceed, perchance, the liberation of Italy. We pub lished a few days since a correspondence which originally appeared in the Paris Evenement, and which gave a short account of this Calabrian outbreak, and we have anxiously watched for further intelligence, which should either confirm the truth or prove the falsehood of the news given in the Evenement. We did not, however, look fur any information on the subject to the Neapolitan journals ; they are every one of them in the hands of the Government; even the Tempo, which so long preserved its independence, has been at last forced to succumb, and is now under the sole di rection of PECCHENEDA, the Minister of the Police— esither did we expect to find any account of the Calabrian insurrection in the foreign correspondence ,f the English re-actionary journals ; it is not their cue to know anything of the Calabrian insur rection until the insurgents shall be at the gates of Naples. In an Italian journal, however, 11 Commune Italiano, published at Milan, under the government of the myrmidons, of Austria, and the authority of which, therefore, cannot be disputed, we find the accounts given by the correspondent of the Evenement fully corrobo rated. It was on the 25th of August that the attack was made by the band of Bianchi en Nicastro, and that they entered that city to "execute," as they said, " justice on their enemies"—and so far did their thirst for revenge carry them that they not only shot lown and cut down the Shirr' of the King of NAPLES, and the Neapolitan authorities wherever they could find them, but burned the houses and ravagad the proparty of these their " enemies," and one man was observed who refused to permit any measures to be adopted to extinguish the flames of his own house, but who, on the contrary, adopted every means in his power to increase the force or the flames, b:cau - se it was situated in the midst of the houses of the " enemies." A certain FERDINAND° AJItLLO, an urban guard, who had betrayed some persons to the authorities, was shot by his nephews, who refused to permit any others to shoot him, because:they wished to wash out the shame of the fa nilyj " This episode," says the writer in the Commune Italiano, " should warn the political power, that if it does not stop short in the course it is pursuing, and adopt more temperate measures for the pacification of the country, greater evils must inevitably occur. The revolution which is now preparing in the Two Sicilies will surpass that of '99 in France. In Nicastro there were more than 200 of the inhabitants arrested by the military authorities. The revolutionists have retaliated by wholesale shootings and burp ings." Deeply as we regret these events, so shocking to humanity, yet we are not surprised at their occurrence, for the provocation given by the King of NAPLES and his myrmidons has been of a character beyond all endurance, and their conduct during the last eighteen months has been one continued series of cruelty, injustice, rapine, cowardice and meanness. Thus is their conduct described in this very journal, published at Milan under Austrian rule :—" The Two Sicilies are in a state of complete desolation. The reaction imprisons, tor tures, prosecutes, and pats to death, for thoughts even, into which it scrutinizes ; it gives its own significa tion to the acts and gestures of every indivi dual citizen, descends to a system of the minutest espionage in private domiciles, in courts of justice, in churches, in oratories, in monasteries, tortures in the country and in the city with a cynicism which inspires horror, and with an impassibility which moves the most impassible." Such is a pic ture not overcharged of the unbearable tyranny under which the Two Sicilies have groaned since the month of April of last year. Can we be surprised that the ignorant but fiery population of Calabria should "profit by the lesson that has been taught them," and should endeavour to do that which is manifestly impossible, "better the example?" REPAVING OF OXFORD-STREET.—ThO portion of this immense and important thoroughfare between South Moalton and New Bond-streets has been closed for traffic, in order to remove the ordinary macadamized paving and re place it with granite blocks, as being more durable and also more suitable to this portion of the street, which is a rapid decline to the, so called, hollow of Oxford-street, and which will now be assimilated with the lower portion of the descent, which was paved in a similar ma 'tier about a year since. The works will proceed with the dispatch requisite in a thoroughfare of such extent, and in the meantime the traffic is obliged to take a circuitous route to the place of des tination. AN INLAND " SEA SERPENT."— Oa Friday last, as two veteran anglers, who had seen many summers on the banks of lake Windermere, were amusing themselves at mid. day with their favourite sport, they espied a snake crossing the water. Its dimensions are described as at least a yard in length, and its girth about the thickness of a person's wrist, and its vivid scaly hues as glittering beautifully in the sun. They weighed anchor and gave chase, with the intention of securing it. On their approach, however, it grinned —not " horribly, a ghastly smile"—but so menacingly fierce, that they thought proper to desist; and let the reptile pass. The lake, where it was crossing, is about a mile in width.—Ulver. stone Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Univers, the organ ( f the Jesuits and the parti-pretre, having succeeded in " its exp?dition to Dome," now proposes that Catholic Austria should take advantage of the attack on HAYNAU by BAR , CLAY and PERKINS'S draymen to make war on Eng land, to do which the pious Catholics of France would aid Austria with a fleet ; and thus the Univers hopes to establish, at the point of the bayonet, the ab solute rule of the Jesuits in that horrible England, which, by its Protestanism and its Constitutionalism, is such a stumbling block in the way of those who would fain organiz. a new St. Bartholomew's. _ _ The Moniteur du Soir and the Patrie publish the following The number of persons who daily visit the Opts has increased to such a degree as to take from the Pre sident the time ca'led for by 'public business. Us bas been, therefore, compelled to adopt a general measure which, without doubt, will affect e►en his intimate friends, but who will be the first to admit the rigorous necessity cf it. No one except the Ministers and the high functionaries of the State will is future be admitted without a letter of audience." The Bulletin de Paris says : " We cannot too strongly caution the depart nental journals against the false reports which are circulated by certain opposition papers in Paris as to the language and pretended resolutions of political personages. For instance, it has been announced with much solemnity that General Lamoriciere had warmly complained on Thursday last to the permanent committee of the re views which have taken place at Versailles before the President cf the Republic. General Lamoriciere is at this time inspecting the Hares. and the period of his re turn to Paris is not yet fixed." The Princess PASKIEWJTCII, the wife of the cele brated Russian General, has arrived at Lisle. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 30.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 92f. 55c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 65c. Bank Actions, 2,27.51. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STUCK EXCHANGE SEPT. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Dutch Rhenish, 3!4 Northern of France, 14%—Rouen and Havre, 10►%e. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th have arrived. General NARVAEZ entertained Lord HOWDEN at a grand state dinner on the 23d. The Epoca gives the following as the Ministerial programme for the approaching Session of the Cortex : The budget; the conscription laws; the arrange punt of the debt; the favourable and prudent resolution of the question of corporation estates; the reforms that are judged to be necessary in our system of imposts, in customs, in the salt, in the gate dues, and those on con sumption; the concordat; a practical system which may facilitate the communications and the public works in the country—such is the vast programmo of the neat ses sion." The Clamor Publico has the following : " A correspondent of a journal at Cadiz, writing from Ma:lrid, says You will have seen in the Ministerial journals of the Capital what they say on the projects of the Minister of Finance and upon the reduction of taxes. We can add to this intelligence what is currently re ported here. Speaking of the budget, it is said, and some give it for certain, that the tax upon real property is to bo increased by fifty millions of reels, as the only resource of the Minister of Finance to cover the ex penses of the budget of the coming year and the extra ordinary credits granted to improve certain branches of the Administration." A concession has been granted for the construction of a railroad between Xeres de la Frontera and Cadiz, which will be forthwith commenced. A large mole is about to be constructed at San Sebastian. It was rumoured in Madrid that the secretary of the Duke of MolcrpENsiza has left for England, to invite the Queen AMELIE, and the other members of the family to pass some time in Andalusia. .. - MADRID BOMA, SEPT. 25.—Three per Cents., 35 ; Five per Cents. 14i paper. Exchange on London, 50 35 money. GERMANY. The following note has been addressed by the Prussian Prime Minister to the Prussian Chargé d'Affaires at the Electoral Court of llesse " To Herr Von Thile, Charp4 d'Affaires of his Majesty the Kiog of Prussia at the Court of his Highness the Elector of Hesse. " The recent events which have taken place in Elec toral Hesse claim in a high degree the attention of the Government of his Prussian Majesty. Of course these have teen principally evoked by matters of the internal policy of Hesse-Cassel; but, in the present state of Ger many, they obviously constitute a situation of danger for the whole land, and especially for neighbouring states. On this account, apart from the entrance of the Elector of Hesse with other German Governments into a closer relationship of community with Prussia, neighbourly friendship imposes on us the obligation to cast a glance upon the circumstances taking piece in the electorate. We can the less decline this duty, as at the present time no uni vers illy acknowledged legal organ exists in Germany by which such questions as may arise out of the affsirs of Hesse Cassel can be resolved, and consequently every mem ber of the German blind, and particularly such as are more nearly interest A, are more than ever bound and entitle Ito take into consideration every means of avert ing danger from the common fatherland. Before all things the Royal Government regards it as a duty in the present critical, and for the Electoral Government, deci sive moment, not to keep silence, but to address it in open, candid, and earnest language. It does this the more willingly, since it cherishes the conviction that within the electoral constitution itself, and especially in the provisions for a court of compromise which it con tains, lies the possibility of arranging the present dif ferences in a manner consistent with the authority and dignity of the supreme head of the state. To enter upon such a peaceful and lawful course, and to pursue it until the dutiful officers and citizens of the state should entertain no doubt that every means of coming to a law ful so'ution of differences had been exhausted, we- hold to be the sacred duty of every German Government We cannot conceal our conviction that the pre mature deviation from this course, the omis sion to employ the means cf adju , tment offered in the constitution for averting the premature one-sided action of Government or Chamber, by a judicial decision, brings with it the danger that, through the wrong-doing of one part, the other may be provoke I to forsake the path prescribed by duty, and that the Government may thus remain not free from the responsibility of the ulti mate fearful and incalculable issue of such a contest. The Prussian Government willingly forbears to discuss the individual points on which the Electoral Government and the Chamber, and its standing committee disagree. It ca not, however, omit to entreat the Electoral Go vernment to examine anxiously and conscientiously whether, while extending exceptional measures over the whole of its territories, it has exhausted all constitutional means of attaining its highest end—the security of the state and the supply of its necessities; and whether thus it has really become necessary for the Government to incur all the responsibility which the adoption of exceptional measures involves, since that course leaves every difficulty to be solved by mere force ? " Berlin , Sept. 12, 1850. " BRANDENBURG." According to the Cologne Gazette, Prussia has de termined to adopt very energetic measures in the affair of Hesse•Cassel; the Government will not tole rate any interference on the part of the Diet, and if necesilary will oppose it by force. The Minister of Commerce, M. VON DE HETDT, has resigned his post. TURKEY. Do, without guarantee 20 i rce n Wol;rerlf ton, and Dudley, calls duly Do., Manchester and Ad vices have been received from Constantinople to the 15th ult. M. MUSUNUS has been recalled from Vienna to be employed in the local administration of the affairs of Turkey. Prince CARADJA has been named Ambas sador to Berlin. The Hungarian refugees have received permission to leave Kuteya. KOSSUTH has applied for leave to reside at Constantinople. BEM is at Aleppo, but will ultimately settle himself at Brusss. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1850. pd, or witfiguarantja 15 Do.withoutguarAntee 15 Birming. Yirolverh'pton and Stour Valle.); - 131. 14s ... - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 26 ••• ••••• driatol and Exeter 100 ... .. 70 ',uckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto,Ciydesdale June 50 Cheater and Holyhead... 50' — Ditto, Preference Clark nce Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ...... Dundalk& Enni3killen 30 ..•• E 4st Anglian, 25/.. L. & ..... E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & 1-1....... 18 Do., 3/. 105., Pr0f...... 31 j Do., (51.) 7 per Ct. Preference............ 5 ...... Ditto, (71. 175.) 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 •• adorn ..... 20 6%6 ...... Ditto • Extension, 3 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p...........w. p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13e. 4d... ..... p Dc., N Pref.rence, 6 er Cent. 10 Do. North. & Eastern, o ., per Cent. _ 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - 000000 ••••••••• .-- Do., Class B & C Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... ... ......... East Lancashire Ditto, New Quarters.. 6 1 ,4 ...... •• ••••• •—• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ..• 6,4...... --- ••• ...... East Lincolnshire, guar. _ 6 per Cent. - 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Min., Perth, & Dundee 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... -... •••••• xeter Yeovil. Es Dorch 2 5,,, — ...... . - Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle •lasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester& Dean Forest 14 *rata Northern Do., % A Deferred Do., B 6 per Cent 12%. 9% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 11• 2 3 / 4 ,reat south. and West. ( [reland) •••••• •• 00000000 ••• ..... ... ~.. Ditto, Eighths 2% 3% 3 rut North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, New, 301 3O r !litto, New ,15/ l5 46111_ Western 100 ......71% 72 71% 72 71% Ditto, New 171... ...„ 15 ... -. 10 f-lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% •••••••.••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Ltucaehireet Yorkshire.loo ...... 48 47% ..... 47% Do. Quarters ......... 23 1 % — ...... Do. leitthe... .. 10 Do. Thirds .... ........ 18 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheri.) !)o. (W. Riding Union) 114 — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 ...... dis ... die. Po., do. No. 2 17 Do., do ...N0... 3 5 ...... ... ........ - Do., Pref. Quar., 1848 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport l5 - London & Blackwell-114 68. 3d 6 5 3 / 4 6> 9 5%... 53 8 Lon ion, Brighton, and South C0a5t........ 10 1 3 Do.G uarant. 6 por et.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - Ditto ditto..-.. 1852 50 - ... ... — Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ...100 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... Ditto, Prefeience. 2O London and N. We.tern 100 11 5 ,4.„,.......... 115 LA Ditto, N.!,w Quarters 17 . 19%............. 19% lit :o, Fifth; Da. 10/. (111.. & B.) C. 1 ..., London &S.W,stern ...100 ...... 69% 69 Do, New 50/. ........ 42% — ..........., Do. New 401. 34 Do., New Preference.. 5 Londonderry &Culerain. 625 ..... Do. 1Q Shares 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 Do. '4 Shares ..... .... 7%....•• - Lowestcff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 par ct.) ManoheNtor,l3uaton,and Matlock... /1i tnchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ..100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 . ___. ___ __ - Ditto, New lei. Pref.:. 10 E;in3oln Union... „V. 28 - dis . dis. Mi B . Band lOO ..... 43;4 43 42% ... 43% Do. Consolidated Pref 100 - ••••• Do., 501. Shares ..... 35 Do , Birm. and Derby ICO Do. Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 por ct. —IOO Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 46 Ditto ditto ........ 291. 161 Od Do.,ErevrashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leiees'.& Swan- nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Slidiand Great Western Irish aliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Nvwmarket Do. Extension V. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and liereford 6 .•"•• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, W arrenpotnt, an A Rostrevor 2O Noriolk ........... .......... 100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 ...... Do. do. Wavenay Val. 2 ...... N .rthern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ....... ... 26 Ditto Preference North Staflordahire ... 17% 7 1,4%••• •• 7 I,E North-Western ....• l7 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Preston & Wyre 26 ... .. Do. % Shares (A) IC% ... — [leading, Guildford, .nd Reigate ttoyston and Ilitchin ... 6t4 ..... - Do. Shepreth Exten . 114 — .Y.lcuttisti Central .... ..... 25 Scottish Midland Ditto, New Srew.ibury and Binn l 3 Ditto ditto. Class B. Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... ......... ... —. Shrewsbury and Herefd. b ...... - Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Hal-res Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union Satith Devon Do. Preference So•ith Staffordshire B% .outh Ealt^sl , Do., Registered No. 410 So ith Walei south Yorkshire, Don- e vter, and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18 1 .4 — ••• ...... a „„, Do. do (Sou. Div.) ..• 6 - S wane. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 10 - Taw Vale Extension ... 9 1 , 2 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 1714...... Vale of Neath ... .. l3 iVaterford and Kilkenny 20 - •• -- WAterford and Limerick 47 1 0 —. Waterfd,Wilrd,Wickiw. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 50 • Do. do. do. ... 25 . ...... Do. do. d 0:... 15 ..... ..... ... ..... West Cornwall ..... .... 7 q t ... .. .--. ,-•• Whitehaven & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 ...... --. ....• .. - W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and __ Berwick. ••.• 110.1.•1110.011 25 D o , Newcastle Exton. 20 ll% 11 11% .. 114 Do. (I.l•l.E.Prfsference 9 Do. do. •••••• 17 .•.••• ••••••••• . Do. do. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway 100 ...... York and North 5IHland 50 Date Preference ...... 10 FORE IUN R' IL WA TIN Ang!D Italian (late Ita ban and Austrian).... 6%...... .. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 8t,i 1 4 B% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 . — Demerara ...... . ..... 17 1 Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ... .. 9%. 9% East Indian •••••• Ditto ...... ..... ... Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ... ......... ... .... Do. Do. ... ...... 1 3 / 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg .. Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 7 1 ,4 7 14 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 14 Rouen and llavra Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 14 ...... .... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West ilsneiers...... ..... 8% .... .... MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO - - Asturian ..... ......... . 15 4ustralian 4 - •• •• - ......... Barossa Range ... ... 335. - ... ...... -.- --.. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 - Bolonos Scrip ...... .... _ - - British Iron ...,„ .......... 13% - .• .- Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 / 2 - .......... .. - BrazilianComes&Cuiaba 30 - - Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 14%% ...... ...... 14% Cobra Copper General 2O - Real Del Monte, Unreg. - - - Do. Black Debentures - - - Do. Red Ditto ... - - - .antiago de Cuba.. lO - - Tin Croft ... - ...... .. .. 7 .... - ...... - inited &lexicon JOINT STOCK BANKS. kustralasia . 4O - ....... ....•••• - .British North American 50 - ...... 42% Colonial .. -.. 25 ...... - - 'ommercial of London 20 - - .ondon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 ...... - London & Westminster. 20 ...... - - N itionalProv. England. 35 - - Ditto New....... ...... 10 - National of Ireland 22%...... -•••••••••••-• - Ditto. NC% ... • - ••••• , 'rovinci a l of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia - Ditto. New .......... 2% ...... - . ........ - Union of London..- ..... 10 ...... 12%. Union of Madrid 40 - LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. I.—Wind at noon N.W., fresh, and cloudy at times. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—The Joseph, of and from In verness to London, got on the Barber Kernol, but came off without making water. The Loudon, of Sanderick, and Gentle, of Sunderland, have been in contact and re ceived damage, and have been towed in here. The Mer chant, from Hartlepool to London, was assisted in here last night with considerable damage, and leaking, having been in contact, near Flamborough Head, with the Indus, of Whitby. Off port, 29th, Ann and Mary, Quebec, and sailed for Stockton. LOWESTOFT, SEPT. 30.—The weather has been very unt-ettled here since yesterday, and varying from W.N.W. to S.W.. with heavy squalls. There are nearly 500 sail of windbound vessels between this and Yar mouth, principally colliers. NEW YORK, SEPT. 14.—A brig, apparently two or three years old, timber laden, on fire and abandoned, was passed, August 25, by the St. Nicholas, arrived here. A vessel on fire, supposed a schooner, dismasted, and upper part of hull burnt off, was passed 29th ult., in a gale, in lat. 41, lon. 70, by the Margaret, arrived here. BRISTOL, SEPT. 30.—Wind W.N.W., strong--Arrd. Giorga Miramiehi; Rosalind, H u i rt h , Moulmein, Har riet, Fowler, Trinidad; Invincible, Davis, Virginia; Charlotte, Harrison, Quebec. 29.—The Marion, arrived here from Quebec, has lost bulwarks, topmasts, rigging, &c., having been on her beam ends in a hurricane Sapt. 12. A large ship, with loss of main and mizen masts, & e ., was passed Sept. 17, in lat. 48, lon. 45, by the Giorga, arrived here. rity that while the prisoner was pursuing his calling here a relative was looking after the farm in Italy. Mr. HARDWICK said it was shameful that such per sons should be admiaed into this country at all, but he thought it would be a 3 easy to " bottle off" the Atlantic us put a stop to it at once. Ho should, however, send the . prisoner for a mo n th as a warn i ng to others of h i s class GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 30.—Arrd. Annprella, Andrews. Q UEEN SToWN, SEPT. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Harry, Dare, Mauritius; Hortha, Scheely, Laguna. Gums's; SEPT. 30.—The Charity, from S aham to London, struck on Rose Land yesterday, but was as -,istvd off and in here, leky, and must discharge to re pair. OFF DOVER, SEPT. 27.—Acteon, Bathurst, New Brunswick, fur Hull. DUBLIN, SEPT. 28 —Sid. Lady Milman, New York. LITTLEHAMPTON, SEPT. 28 AND 29.—Arrd. Atalanta and Delme, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 29.--The Lydia, of Newcastle, has been lost at sea; crew and passengers saved. The Colony (timber laden), arrived in the Roads here. HARWICH, SEPT. 30.—The sloop Ann, off Portsmouth, bound to Ipswich, went ashore on the main at Land guard Fort last night during a heavy gale at S.W., but was assisted off and in here leaky. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.— rhe Ernest Gustav, from St. John's, New Brunswick, put in here to-day leaky, loss of deck load, sails, and quarter-boat, having been on her beam ends in a gale ept. 9, lat. 43, long. 63. CowEs, SEPT. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. Majalcafar, Umbaso, H.vannah. WEY➢IOIITH, ►SEPT. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. G. Wilkinson, Quebec. . - REDCAR, SEPT. 30. —lt is blowing a heavy gale at N.N.W., with a high sea on.—The Albert, of Fecamp, in going out of the river Tees yesterday came in con tact with acother vessel, became leaky, was beached near Saltbrow, and is likely to become a wreck; master drowned. MALDON, SEPT. 30.—A Welsh schooner is ashore at the east end of Covey Island, in this river, but not likely to receive injury. Pants, SEPT. 30.—The Rosalinda, of Liverpo o l, w i t h loss of topmast, and th e Eli za b e th, Of Sunderland, with only foremast standing, both timber laden, were passed 14th inst., let. 46, long. 49, waterlogged and abandoned, by the Lemuel Dyer, arrived at Havre. MILFORD, SEPT. 28.—Acrd. Hippocampi, and Pric cess, Quebec. CEO - MARTY. SEPT. 27.—The schooner Arrow, of Stornaway, from. Barrow to Newcastle, put in here very leaky, and has been run ashore for repairs. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 30.—The Active, from Dublin to Liverpool, carried away all her sails in a squall yester day, and was obliged to anchor in Cemlyn Bay; she has, with assistance, been hauled on the beach there. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Bay 81AX15,12105. • SKITHHELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 15s; Clover 3/ 33 to 4/ 103; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 1/ 8, per load A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow Hay, 2/ 8i to 3? Clover, 3/ 03 to 4/4s; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 11 9 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trlds dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow 113 y, 2/ 7s to 3/ 15s: Clover, 3103 to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 11 33 to 11 83 per load trade dull, at the above T3otatit,n3. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues very firm, sales about 600 hhds, &c., at the extreme rates previously current; 4,870 bags Mauritius went briskly at very full prices, and for crystallizt‘d sorts rather dearer. Two small floating cargoes of yellow Haysnnah have changed hands. The quantity of Bri- tish Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,789 hhds 246 tierces 426 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,783 hhds 247 tierces 578 barrels. The stock in the same places is 14,684 hhds 2,200 tierces 4,028 barrels. Refined is steady at 50s to 51s for brown lumps. COME.-600 casks and 580 bags Plantation Ceylon offered by auction only partly sold at previous rates; 200 bags native kind realiz.d 575, and about 3,000 bags have changed hands privately at 56s 6d to 575, according to quality. About 400 bales clean garbled Mocha were taken in at 70s per cwt. COCOA.-88 Lags Trinidad were taken in at 48., as were also 300 bags Para at 325, and 100 bags Guayaquil at 345. Ruhr.--The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 319 puns 30 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 187 puns 59 hhds, and ex ported 914 puns 58 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,906 puns 1,137 hhds. . • SPlCES.—Pepper was in bripk demand, and prices have advanced full id per lb, clear sifted Sumatra being sold at 3i 1 per lb. TALLoiv.- - -New P. Y. C. is 38s 9,1 to 39s per cwt on the spot, and Town 41s. The article is not quite in so much request. TEA.—There is a fair business doing ; ord and good common Congou is to Is id. Several parcels of Green sold at full rates privately. COTTON.—Rsithor more is doing, at about previous rates. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Count De Witt, late secretary to the Duke of Brunt wick, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged under the following circumstances: The prisoner, upon being placed at the bar, violently demanded that, as he was not Englishman enough to de fend himself in a court of justice, the case should be postponed until such time as his legal adviser should be present. Inspector Wilkinson remarked that the case required no postponement, as it was merely a charge of drunken ness and creating a disturbance. The prisoner —Cannot my word be taken in prefer ence to an inspector's? Mr. JARDINE—I cannot see why it should. Inspector Wilkinson then stated that last evening the prisoner came to the station-house door, very intoxicated, and created a great disturbance. He went out to him no less than four times, and even begged of him to go away. At last he went a few paces from the door, and witness thinking he had gone home returned to his room. In a very few minutes the prisoner returned, and bouncing through the passage again presented himself before witness, and created if possible a still greater disturbance than before. He was ultimately obliged to be placed in a cell, at the door of which he knocked and kicked so violently that it was feared he would break it through. His conduct was riotous in the extreme. The prisoner spoke very largely about an inspector daring to lock him up, and actually in a cell in which felons were placed. He was fined los., which was immediately paid. THE ITALIAN OPERA AT PARlS.—Great interest is felt at the present moment in the negotiations going on with respect to the next campa'gq of the Italian Opera in Paris. The situation of M lionconi, the director of I,.st season, is such that it is understood that he cannot resume the position, and he is known to have contracted engage ments at the Opera at Madrid for two months. In the meantime, Mr. Lumley, the well-known director of Her Mit;esty's Theatre in London, is in Paris, and it is understood that he has made propositions which are likely to prove acceptable to all parties. The success of Mr. Lumley will be very gratifying to the Paris public. Since the revolution the Italian Opera has been little better than extinct, and Mr. Lumley is considered the only person possessing sufficient of the public confidence to be able to revive it Since the above was written (says our correspondent) I a - n glad to say that these hopes have been realised. I understand that the contract was concluded and signed on Friday evening, by which concession of the Italian Opera is given to Mr. Lumley for several years. The house is to be opened on the Ist of November. A great number of eminent names are spoken of as being already engaged, but it is probable that the arrangements are not 3 et fully completed. CURE FOR GOITRE.----Dr. Grange, of Geneva, who has devoted a great part of his life to the study of the causes and cure of cretinism, has just published the result of his observations. It appears that both cretinism and wens proceed from the same cause, and that these disorders are particularly endemical in countries where the soil and waters are very rich in magnesia. Dr.-Grange asserts that any person may get a wen, if such be his fancy, by drinking at springs highly impregnated with magnesia. He states iodurated kitchen salt, used for culinary purposes for the space of a year, to be a certain cure for, and preservative against the :wen, without producing any other infirmity. Dr. Grange recommends his Government to d etribute iodurated salt in those places where the goitre is most pre valent. He also shows from statistical accounts, that wens, contrary to universal belief, are more frequent in flat than in mountainous countrieo. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT—CONVICTION OF ♦N IMPOSTOR.—A miserable-looking lalian, who professed to be deaf and dumb, and who has for many years been preying upon the benevolent portion of the public, was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with begging in the public streets. Colley, oee of the blendicity constables, stated that about half-past eight last night he was proceeding along Oxford -street, when his attention was called to the pri soner, whom he had known for the last nine years as a notorious impoaor, pretending t'► be deaf and dumb, grinding away most ferociously at a kind of hurdy gurdy. In censt quence of the instrument possessing only three strings the tones elicited were anything but musical. Witness, having seen the prisoner re ceil e several pence, took him into, custody. The con stable added that two years ego he took the prisoner before Mr. Combe, at Claktnwell Police-court, for a similar offence, when he promise) in right good Italian to return to Lis native country; he did so and purchased a farm for 1001., which sum he had made in this country by begging. Th a p prisoner remained upon his farm till about nine months ago. when he returned to this country and immediately resorted to his old way of raising the wind. Witness had heard from good autho- THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR INDIA.—Sir William Gomm, accompanied by Lady Gomm, and Captain Yates, his aid-de-camp, left town on Saturday for India. He slept at Canterbury on Saturday, and crossed over to Calais on Sunday. He will remain on the Continent until the departure of the packet from Trieste, and will proceed to Suez in the Haddington, about the Bth of November. IRON S HIP B UILDING ON THE TlNE.—Messrs. ) Coutts and Parkinson, in addition to the noble East India man now on the stocks, have received an order from an eminent shipping house in the Clyde for a vessel for the India trade of about 1,000 tons register. This vessel will be the largest iron sailing vessel that has yet been constructed here, or, it is thought, in any other port. Mr. Toward has also launched two most beautiful steamers for the Rotter dam trade within the last month, and, it is understood, is about to start with another. These facts speak for them selves, and confirm our anticipations that this branch of business will become one of the great staples of this (New castle) district. HOWDEN (YORKSHIRE) GREAT HORSE PAIR.--* The business of this annual horse fair, the largest in the kngdom, commenced by pre - arrangement amongst the prin cipal dealers and purchasers on Thursday last. At no fair of late years has there been a larger show of horses or a better attendance of foreign and of 'home buyers. Some of the best hunters have been purchased in the stables at prices varying from 1001. to 2001.; carriage horses were eagerly sought for, and have gone off at from SOL to 100/. ; good nags, 701. to 801. each. This important mart is the grand depot for the supply of the army, and, as usual, several offi cers from the various cavalry regiments have been present, amongst whom were Lord Cardigan (11th Hussars), Colonel Shewell, Major Irwin, Captain Shaw, &c. Messrs. Dyson, Dickinson, and Colli ns , the troop-horse buyers, have pur chased extensively, and the presence of eminent dealers from Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Herefordshire, War wickshire, Essex, Suffolk, the midland and western counties, has created more than the usual amount of competition for the possession of really first-rate animals. The German, Prussian, French, and Danish dealers have also purchased largely. SUPERANNUATION A LLOWANCES.—The following salutary provisions appear in an Act of the last session (13th and 14th Victoria, chap. 95):—."fhat when any sum of money shall have been or shall be granted annually or other wise to any person who has been, or shall have been, em ployed in the service of the Customs, as a superannuation allowance upon the retirement of such person from such service, or as compensation for'past services, it shall not be lawful for the grantee of such allowance or compensation to assign or dispose of the same to any person or persons whomsoever, and that all such assignments or dispositions of such allowances or compensations made after the passing of this Act shall be wholly void to all intents and purposes, and shall not be enforced in any court of law or equity.' NARROW ESCAPE. —Two days ago, while a hearse was proceeding along High-street, the horses in it took fright and ran along the pavement at a furious rate. Three little children happened to be amusing themselves, uncon scious of danger, in the course of the maddened animals, when a person seeing the imminent jeopardy in which they stood, rushed forward, seized One in his arms, gave another kick, which sent the poor child nearly to the middle of the street; the third he succeeded in frightening off the pave" ment, so that he fell into the kennel, and while lying there the carriage whirled past at a furious speed. But for the energetic presence of mind shown by the party in ques tion, in getting the children out of harm's way, it is all but certain that th ey would have been seriously injured •, as it was they escaped altogether unhurt.—North British Mail. • Mr. George Hudson, M.P., hes, during the past week, been on a v i sit to the town of Sunderland, where he was received by all classes of the constituency with the most respectful and enthusiastic feelings. The Hon. Member Was the guest of the Mayor ( Ord, Esq.,) at whose hos- • pitable mansion a sumptuous banquet was given in honour of the occasion, which was attended by the magistrates, gentry, and some of the principal merchants of the town and neighbourhood. OI Thursday Mr. Hudson inspected the splendid docks at that port, of which he was the projector, and which had recently been completed. A great marl ships both in the foreign and coasting trade were in the dock, and, amongst others, a most beautiful iron steamer, th e Ivanhoe, launched a few days ago in the Tyne, built by Taver, and intended to trsue with passengers and good s , between Leith and Rotte r d am. She is the property of Mr. Smith, of Leith, who invited Mr. Hudson, the Mayor, and:other gentlemen to j gin a party on board, where 0! " Health of the Hon g . Memb er ," " Success to the Docks, " and other toasts were given and responded to; after which a salu e w as fi red from the vessel, and on Mr. Hudson lee' ing he was heartily cheered by the crowds who had assern" bled to witness the scene. THE Davies FRUlT.—potatoes were first intro" ducal at Moscow by a Mr. Rowland, about sixty years ago. At first the people would neither plant nor touch them, sa)' - ing they were the devil's fruit. given to him on his corn' plaining to God that he had no fruit, when he was told to search in the earth for some, which he did, and found pota toes. A c ur i ous BerwickAire legend, which, however, is • palpably anachronical, attributes the intr o d uc ti on o f p ota toes into Scotland t o that famous wizard of tke north, Sir Michael Scott. The wizard and the devil being in partnership, took a lease of a farm on the Mertoun estate, called Whitehouse. The wizard was to m anage the farm ; the devil advanced the capital. The produce was to be divided as fellows first year, Sir Michael was to have all that grew :;hove the ground, and his partner all that grew below; the second year their shares were to be just the opposite way. His satanic majesty, as i s usual in such cases, was fairly over reached in hi s b arga i n; for the wizard cunningly sowed all the land in the first year with wheat, and planted it with potatoes the second; so that the devil gut nothing for his share but wh ea t stubble and potato tops; and his scourging notation Sir Michael continued, until he had not only beg - ' gored his partner, bait exhausted the soil. In spite of this legend, however, we must continue to give credit to Sir Walter Raleigh for having been the introducer of potatoes into this country. The first that tried them, we are told , fell into th e very natural mistake of eating the apples, an disregarding the roots.— The Agricultural Magazine. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BURGLART.—Yester day the authorities at Great Scotland-yard, and the metro politan police generally, rece i ved i nformation t hat the residen ce o f the Rev. Edward Holiest, of Fritnler green, oa the borders of Surrey and Hampshire , and the scene of the late fatal prize fight, was entered ors Friday night last by a number of men, two of whom were short and stout and disguised in masks. They presented themselves at the Rev. Gentleman's bedside, and one of then' shot at and wounded him. The villains afterwards ransacked the house of watches. Jewellery of various descriptions, a con siderable sum in money, and plate to a great amount, with which they got clear away. Three suspicious men war. seen in the village of Frimley, which is distant a mile and II • half, in the afternoon of the same day; they were dressed or' srectably, and one carried a large black bag. 501. reward 11 offered for their apprehension. THE QUEEN'S COILEINE, BIRMINGHAM.—On SR" turday week last the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Pre sident of the Committee of Council on Education, visited the Queen's College, and was received, in the absence of the Warden, by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. B. Davies, Mr. Edward Townsend Cox, Mr. Edward Armfield, and other members of the Council. His Lordship inspected the chapels library, arid students' rooms, and expressed himself highlf Pleased with the a rra ngements. The; college has been . 1 , 0. _ spected during th e week by the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, the Rev. Dr. Peel, D ean o f W orcester, Mr. William Gladstone the Rev. Boyer Add er l ey, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, Rev. J. Ellis, and other influential friends of education. NEW ACT TO SHORTEN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT:" ... Among the statutes of the late session was one " for short ening the language used in Acts of Parliament." It con tains eight concisely worded sections, and, according to the provisions, very considerable improvements are expected to be made in future Acts. Subsequent Acts, it is expected, will not contain a provision to alter or amend. They will be di vided into sections, without any introductory words. It Wil l be sufficient to cite the year of the reign of a former Act; the word " expedient" will become obsolete. There will be no need of interpretation clauses, nor of others respecting repealed provisions, and all future Acts are to be deemed public Acts, unless expressly declared to the contrary. T he Act is to commence and take effect from and immediately after the commencement of the new session of Parliament. BELFAST LINEN TRADL—We have to announce * reduction of 3d. per bundle on tow yarns, with the prospect of a decline, at an early date, in the prices of the finer de scriptions. This, it may be presumed, w ill p rove sa ti s factory, and may have the effect of placing the trade in a position better than it has been for some time past. The reports from the leading cloth markets are dull. Little business was trans' acted during the past week. In Ballymenna, on Saturday, another decline took place on all kinds of 4-4 light linens and in Armagh a consid e r a bl e q uan tity o f c l ot h was taken from the market unsold. The export of linen cloth from Belfast during the past week was again small, amounting only to 613 packages, at an estimated value of little more than 20,0001. Be fast Paper. ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL MEETINOS.—The pro vincial papers of Saturday record the following agricultura l meetings to have taken place during the week, in addition to those already noticed in this journal ;—North Staffordshire , South Hants, Burton, Brecknockshire, Wetherby, Abingdon , East Suffolk, West Suffolk, outh Beds and North Herts, Stow •in-the-Wold and Chipping Norton, Watlington, Car marthenshire, Bolsover and Appleby, and Kirkby Stephen- As a test of the workings of the agricultural mind, it rasY: he said generally, as regards the after-dinner addresses, that Protectionist doctrines were far less prevalent than at simi lar meetings last year. The farmers do not find free trade so very terrible, after all. ITALIAN SWINE.--A ship which has arrival from Naples has brought some pigs as a part of her cargo, which licy el mad unusual importation frog that place. ITALY. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has promulgated, in the official Gazette of the 231, a decree, dated Sep tember 21, abolishing the Representative Assembly, and re-establishing absolute power. The differences between Rome and Piedmont re main unsettled. The POPE is inclined to adopt con ciliatory measures, but he is opposed by the Cardi nals, who uphold the priests of Piedmont, who are for the most part agents and spies of Austria, in their rebellion against the laws of their country. The Armenia, the organ of the parti-pretre, has the fol lowing :- 44 We are authorised to contradict that which some journals, and e'pecially the Gazetta del Popolo, affirm, and to state positively that the bishops assembled at Villanovetta have not ceased a single instant to be faithful to the principles and convictions proclaimed by them only a few months since, in accord with all the episcopacy of the kingdom. They ardently desire to see a conflict, alike prejudicial to tho spiritual interests which are confided to them, and to the in terests of the State, terminated. All their efforts have had for their end, up to this women', the accomplish ment of this desire; they will not cease to act in the same manner, but always confining themselves within the limits prescribed to them by the respect and obedi ence due to the Holy Faker, and to the inviolable and invariublA principles of the holy Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Church." The people, on the other hand, are firm in their op position to the encroachments of the priestly power. The municipal council of Alexandria has adopted the following resolution : " The coutvil, applaudinz the firmness displayed by the Ministry in the execution cf the Siccardi laws, urges it to psrsevvre, and to present, on the opening of Parlia ment, other laws of the same kind, to complete the re forms commenced. 7he council also coca ,es the Go vernment to distribute and administer the property of the clergy in a more satisfactory- way." CAMBRIDGE U:iIVERSITY ELECTION.—CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 30.—The writ arrived here on Saturday morning last, and the Vice-Chancellor immediately issued a notice calling a convocation for Monday, to appoint a day to supply the vacancy. The convocation was accordingly holden thie morning and the Vice-Chancellor thereat appointed Friday next as the day for the election of Mr. Law's successor. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The sales o priced 200 Femme and Maranham, at 7-il. to 81d.; 1,100 Bahia, at 80. to Bid.; 200 Egyptian, at 81 to 91; 1 ; 500 Surat, at sd. to 61-d.; and 50 Sea island, at is. 2 L to ls. 3d. per lb.—The Share Market was buoy ant, and a good business done at higher prices. One is almost at a loss to account fur the deficiencies that exist in England in many important matters that are well cared for abroad; and few are more generally felt than those which affect our commercial and monied interests. On the Continent there are legally constituted bodies, composed of mercantile men, who can at any time be appealed to for the purpose of solving technical or other difficulties, which in this country would involve a vexatious law suit, perhaps, even, proceedings in Chancery, or an unsatisfactory arbitration. For years the extreme inconvenience and pecuniary loss arising from this state of things has been felt and complained of, and there have been two or three projects set on foot for the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce. Either, however, from the circumstance of the parties originating the same not being of sufficient standing and influence, or from the belief that such an institution was not absolutely requisite, so many separate com mittees and companies existing who watch over particular branches—such as the East India and China Associa tion, the Russia Company, the Committee of Bankers, the Bondhotlere Committees, &c.—tho attempts have always proved abortive, although no one can deny that some general classification is desirable, and might be ef fected without prejudice to the efficiency of separate bo dies. Within the last few days, however, there has been a movement in favour of an institution that is even more required than a Chamber of Commerce, vis.—a recognised tribunal for the disposal of matters in dispute between business men. The acquiescence of all the leading firms is expected to be obtained, and a very large number have already signed a memorial, of which the following is a copy:— " We, the undersigned merchants, bankers, traders, and others of the city of London, have long felt that this metropolis would derive much benefit from the est tblish ment of a Tribunal of Commerce, through the aid of which disputes, simple in their nature, and often resting on the usages of trade, might be settled without an ap peal to nice and legal definitions, which result too fre quently in the ruin of well-intentioned men. We are confirmed in our long-cherished desire to see such a tri bunal established amongst us by language, strong and undeniable, uttered by the Attorney• General (Sir John Rotnilly) in the [louse of Commons, via.--' Our system of law is technical, invented for the creation of costs, and not to promote the due administration of justice.' Under these circumstances, and with the view of mitigating many evils at present existing, we venture to ask your Lordship, at an early day, to call a public meeting, in order that the feeling of the citizens of Lonchma may be fully taken on the subject." [Here follow the signatures.] It has been objected that the formation of the pro posed tribunal would interfere with the legitimate busi • ness of professional men, but there seems to be little force in this assumption, since the plan has been found to work so beneficially abroad, and few would appeal to the tribunal until they had first consulted their legal advisers. The Councils of Prud'hommes in France fulfil the duties which it is now sought to have performed here by a Tribunal of Commerce. Extract of a letter from Messrs. Ponies, Wilson, and Co., of Bogota, dated 16th August, to the Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders:— •' By the present p acket the documents on the Cus toms, in conformity with the law of Congress. are in part forwarded, v;z , drafts amounting to 232,465 dolls: On account of the dividend of Dec., 1848 1103,530 Ditto, ditto, June, 1849 $232,465 '• The Minister of Finance, being ill, was no able to arrange with the Treasurer-General the packing up of the remaining drafts for 128,935 dolls.—they will be sent by next packet. " It is probable that in England a mistake has arisen from the :use of the words ' importation duties;' it is necessary, theref,re, to explain. The law says • Los billetes serin admissibles,' &c. The literal translation is as fallacious. The bills shall be admitted at all the Custom-houses of the Republic and offices for col lection of the national revenue, on payment of one fourth part of the import duties assigned by the law for common (or current) expenses which are due or may hereafter become due. The amount so assigned is 59 per cent. of the whole importation duty; conse quently the said bills are only admissible in one-fourth part of 59 per cent.. " The division made of the import duties is as fol lows: 8 per cent. is admitted in a certain class of docu ments of the old domestic debt, called floating debt. 8 „ in documents for balances of the salaries of the civil ernployds, which the Go ♦ernment some years ago could not pay in cash. 8 „ in documents ditto of the military ditto. 76 „ in cash. 100 dollars. " Of the 76 dollars in cash the following appropria tions are made:- 5 dollars for payment of the interest of the domestic debt. 8 „ ditto ditto foreign debt. 3 ~ repairs of roads, bridges, Scc. the maintenance cf the laz A retto hospitals. 59 „ current expenses. 76 dollars. 4 ; In our lc tter of the 19th of April we said the bonds were to be admissible in part mment of impart dutie9." There arrived at ton o'clock this morning, off the Oust )m-house, the General Sere v.steatti Shipping Com pany's vessel Hellespont, Captain Watts, in 16 days 5 hours from Smyrna, including s'oppages at Malt. and Gibraltar, laden with 140 tons fresh figs, 11,200/. passengers. This is specie, csie% general cargo,of fruit and g which e has t arrived in th e Th a mes direct from Smyrna this season. The first cargo was by the Propontis on Tuesday last, the 24 h ult. Messrs. M•Nair, Greenhow, and Irving, of Manches ter, report that—" From the commencement to about the middle of the month the market was exceedingly dull and spiritless, accompanied with a decline in the value, as will have been noticed, upon both Yarns and Twist; but upon the arrival, on the 16 h, of more unfavourable accounts as to the prospects and condition of the grow ing crop of Cotton, an instantaneous and animated de mand ensued, which led to the recovery, nearly, of the decline which had taken place upon both Twist and Cloth in the previous part of the month, with the excep tion of that upon 40 inch and other descriptions of Shirtings. Another effort was m a d e by spinners and manufacturers this day week to realize an additional advance in prices, in consequence of further intelligence which was considered as confirmatory of the preceding accounts with respaet to the Cot:on crop. But in diffrreet success attended this movement, and though since that period we can notice no material change in prices, yet the demand has been very limited, with a feeling in favour of the buyer. The month closes quietly: Throwing aside other ca uses which we have in previous circulars alluded t as marring transactions, the action of the market throughout the month has been influenced and stimulated by that of Liverpool as regards Cotton. With the present value of the raw material, the progress of improvement must exptrience a material check. Evidences to this effect are becoming more ge neral, as manifested by a large proportion of both spin ners and manufacturers, who, from the impossibility of realising correspondent rates for the manufactured article, are determining to lessen their productions con siderably. This is the necessary alternative. Cloth is heavier in stock than it was a mouth ago. Yarns are fully as light as they were then." Th e E ng li s h Stock Market has been very steady, and with about the same amount of business doing as for some time past. Consols have realised 961 / for Trans fer, and 961 j.Account. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 635. to 66. J.; and India Bonds, 841. to 87s. pre mium. A bargain has been effected in South Sea Stock at 101. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been much more limited, and the quotations are rather flatter, the settlement of the account having yesterday contri buted to the rise. Mexican Bonds are 311 1. It appears that the mail is not fairly due until the 6th or 7th instant, though it may perhaps arrive sooner. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 18i 1. Grenada Stock is at 18. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 891 ex. dividend. Railway Sh ares now t h e settlement is pr e tty nearly accompli s h ed, do not in every case support the extreme rise of y ester d ay. Th e re is, however, a good inquiry fur N orth-Western, Bl a ck wall, Great Northe r n, North Stafford, O x f ord and W o lverhampton, and most of the foreign lines. United Mexican Mine Shares have rallied to 6f. QUA RTER TO THREE. Consols ... .% . ... 96t i. Ditto Account " " ... 96i i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF lumina rIIND% O ' CL OCK . PRICES. 3 per 0 nit. Consols Annuities... ••••• 9 " 78 96 3 4 87 p In kt ~ Honda. L00M... ........... ..... 87 P 84 p Ditto und -5r 1 ,000 f.......... ..... .... 8 il. P South Sea Stock ...... 107 3 4 107 3 % .. .............. 93 3 4 Ditto New Annuities ...... ........ 95 3 4 onsois for Acco un t ................ . ••• 9 1 6 54 :14 : Ai . &2d 963 i F.xch equer Bills. IMO/. June 63 C 6 P 66 p ... ONE CLOSING PRICES OF Foltz:oN FUND& CycLOCit• PRICES. lazilian bonds ......... ..... 89;ve x d ...... Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent % • Ditto, 3 per C en t - . 61 ex di ........... 61% d % Danish 1i0nd5,1825,3 p er Cent. 76 x Grenada Bond s , 1% per Cent 18 18 ^demean. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 31% Ditto. Account ................... 3134% 110 ft , issian Bonds ..... . ............ 110 Ditto, 4% 9736 per Cent ............... 97% , vsnimi) 5 p er C ent. 1840 ............ Ditto l , )i A vi c a co en u d n s t Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ... 9 1 / 4 x d Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Cortificatee... 891‘ x d 8 CLOsING PRICES OF BUSINESS DO NE PAIDPRICE3 RAILWAY SHARES. • AT ONE O'CLOCK. , kberdeen ...... ...... Do. Preference. Bl • ...... ........... Amber. Bostor, and Ee3tern Junction 8 ..... w ....... kyrshira and Gal:oway.. 71% — ............... on the above Wabl l e B J London. Belfast & County Down 32 ............... Barks & Hants Extens. (Gt.Weet. Petr.s per ct.) 6 Birmini,ham and Ox ford Janet., calls duly paid, Or With I guara.n. 20 W tha wit the