The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

MUS,IICAL and LUNATIC LAYS, by the L.T.TTLE SAINT LEGER, 31st COUSIN to the GREAT ST. LEGER ; Or, The Lotreon Season of 1853, will be published on SATURDAY, September 17, at William R. Sams's Subscription Library, 1, St. James's-treet. To be had at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street; Ryan's, ditto; Robert 011ivier's, ditto ; And all the opera agents and music shops. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, 16 September, 1853. STAMPS FOR RECEIPTS AND DRAFTS ON DEMAND. AS it is found that FORMS for RECEIPTS and DRAFTS set t in for stamping, so as to be ready for use immedately after the 10th October next, are in many instances bound in Books, so that the stamp cannot be impressed on the left side of the Form as the parties desire, and the operatio n o f s t amp i ng is necessarily very slow, the B o ard think it right to recommend that all persons wishing to have such forms stamped at an early period, and in the Oleo where tne stamp ought properly to be pl ace d , s h ould send them in in parcels unbound , in which case no delay will occur 1n their being stamped and delivered to the owners. By crier of the Board, THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL ADELL'HI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —D.trectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENINO, SEPT. 17, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Massrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SAROA..N.APALUB. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT I NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farron. THIS EVENING, SErr. 17, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. Farren, J. Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shaldcrs ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons and Bartlett, &c. With SHYLOCK ; or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Seventh Night of the long-promised Classical Burlesque, introducing the whole of the Company, and in compliance with a general wish expressed by the Patrons of this most Popular Establish ment, the Grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo at half-price, which has reached Its 8 th night, forming a Phalanx of Attraction never before witnessed within the Walls of the Amphi theatre. The Feats in the Circle applauded to the very echo. Miss Emily Cooke's triumphal career continues undiminished; her graceful and daring Performance is Rightly hailed with demon strations of delight. N.B.—Miss KATE COOKE will appear on MONDAY, Sep tember 19th. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 17. And during the week, will be presented (the 7th time) a New Classical Burlesque, written by Mr. W. Suter (front the Roydl Lyceum), who is expressly engaged to aid its representation, and entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHAETON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight through 16 BallJons. Concluding with (84th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yeste r d ay morn i ng. The stations a re arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON- gentle breeze _overcast. GREENWlCH — Calm —foggy. STROOD—N.W., calm —overcast. SWINDON—N., light breeze--cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —Partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., strong breeze—cloudless. The returns fr om th e f o ll owing places indicate the state o' the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. M uLLINGAR— E., calm—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—S.W., gentle breeze overcast. CREWE—E., gentle breeze—overcast, rain. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—fine. LANCA6TER—W., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAP—S.E., calm —overcast. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. TP- DAT —Morning 48 min. after 1 I Evening 7 min.aft. 2 Ta.M raaow —Mo rn i ng 27 m i n. after 2 / Evening 43 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER.--Sum OFFICE, SEPT. 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'11. WIND, N.N.W. - Fine weather. ~~ f ®3 ~ ,§IIIL ~5 , ~ LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1853, On Thursday the proprietors of the Bank of England Stock held their quarterly general meet ing, whereat a dividend after the rate of 4 per cent. for the half-year, or 8 per cent. per annum, was declared out of the profits, a small balance that remained being carried to the rest. Nothing worthy of notice occurred at the meeting, with the exception of a severe castigation inflicted on the Directors by a certain Mr. COOKE, who, in a richly sarcastic strain, lavished the most hyber bolical compliments on the line of policy adopted, on the very points, indeed, respecting which pub lic opinion had been so loudly and unequivocally expressed in opposition to the magnates of Thread needle-street. At first it was supposed that the s honourable proprietor was in earnest, that ho was really convinced of the wisdom, discretion, and public spirit of the body on which lie was heaping such fulsome panegyrics. The Directors sat in dignified state, their countenances displaying the appearances of conscious virtue, as if they had really deserved prominent places among the na tional benefactors for their conduct, and had actually merited approbation. But the hoax speedily became too apparent, the keen irony too perceptible, to admit of doubt. When the hon. proprietor spoke of the prudence and management on the part of the Directors, there was a general smile among the initiated. There might have been, perhaps, a little playful badinage passing between the more acute and knowing dealers in money at the supposed innocence of the orator. But so long as he contented himself with general terms, no harm was done. But, un fortunately, he speedily began trenching on rather delicate ground. The countenances of his audience gradually but unequivocally elongated while he was speaking of the foresight (!) and judgment (! !) that made money easy in the early part of the year, and gave assistance to the more legitimate operations of commerce, and finally gave a check to extravagant speculations likely to result in disastrous consequences. But when he spoke of the Directors having "promoted the public in terests" (Goo save the mark), and hinted at the approaching termination of the Charter, and the claims of the Bank on national gratitude, the keen and cutting irony was at once detected, and the unlucky orator was thread of forthwith snu bb e d , and the his eloquent minds to endure hara ngue cut short. had The Di rec torsheavy a probably ma d e up their el t udings f rom t h e com munity in general, but owriaizztitu. f r om one of their was too bad —coming t o o their own Court, and in the cutting and intolerable form. They did not, however, profit wholesome, but unpalatable lesson, muchT by the after the proprietors had separa ted, " - ranlediately rate of discount was increased frorr tile to i 4 imu m , , cent., an addition of 12 1-3 d per cent. t 2 Per previously in operation. The two Inoye o ni t hat s were closely connected. It was by stinaul:tinnt: trade —making money cheap and abundant and then turning round on those who, deceived by their apparent liberality, had fallen into the snare laid for them, that the profits which warranted so large a dividend were acquired. They were gained at the expense of many a hard-working and energetic man of business, who must now feel himself to have been very unfairly entrapped and victimised in order to enhance that dividend. Far better would it have been for the proprietors to have received 3.111- per cent., justly earned by aftbrding legitimate accommodation to trade and commerce, than 4 per cent. accompanied by the tears, aye, and the murmurs, both loud and deep, of ruined men, who see that, from the course adopted, that which might have been a blessing is really an incubus brooding over the trade and commerce of the . country. Th e Di rectors have, however, d th.lelib r erately sel ec t e d their line, and we hope that Proceedings will not be forgotten when the question o f th e renewal of the Charter comes to be Ventilated in P arliament. Those who have attentively considered the work ing of the unjust and impolitic Act of 1844, have long declared that the chief dangerm was that when ever speculation was rife and abundant, wild ope the greatest temptation was affordrcleY wthoeueNier the rations ; but that, on the contrary, tide turned, the reflux was rendered more discs_ The onslaught against hotels, their proprietors, attendants, the accommodations afforded, and prices charged, continues with unabated vigour. Not a day elapses, not a broad sheet of the Levia than is delivered to the community, in which, at least, a column is not devoted to the publication of alleged grievances, and of by no means flatter ing comparisons between England and foreign hostelries. Nay, more, we are wafted across the Atlantic, in order to cite examples injurious to the character and conduct of our compatriots in what is termed the " public line." Be it so ; we have not the slightest objection to the publicity thus given to the question, or the manner in which attention has been directed thereto. It will, we trust, have the effect of removing, or, at least, alleviating, the actual grievances on both sides, of remedying acknowledged evils on the part of the guests as well as of their hosts, pointing out the spot where the shoe really pinches, and above al of bringing them to light—the true state of the case in the great majority of instances, and proving, beyond the possibility of doubt or difficulty, that if due allowance be made for the difference of prices of wines and other materials supplied, the traveller of moderate pretensions may journey as economically, and with far more real comfort, through the United Kingdom, and sojourning at its well-abused hotels and inns, than if he went to a foreign land and spent his time and money among " aliens in language, in manners, and in religion," whom he was unable to understand or complain to save through the medium of an interpreter. The first essential point that renders a com parison unfair between English and Continen tal or American hotels is, that abroad we conform to the habits of the several esta blishments ; at home we expect these esta blishments to accommodate themselves to ours, without any consideration for the trouble, incon venience, or expense we impose upon the proprie tors or attendants. There we yield to the estab lished regulations. Here we expect that every- ' thing shall be altered to suit our will and plea sure. There we are satisfied to dine at the table d'hote, and to associate with the general body of guests in the public saloon. Here we take our !weals in private, and each party requires a sepa rate sitting room, handsomely fitted up, with fire, light, and every comfort for our own use. There, the attention of the waiters not being distracted by simultaneous summonses to many different parts of the house, the attendance is much easier, and the wants of all can be more readily supplied, many orders being taken at the same time. Here the waiter is bewildered by the ringings of mul titudinous bells, and urgent orders from dif ferent parties, who require instant obedience. Thus, additional servants are required, extra sup plies of plate, (h., all of which must be charged in the bill, as the proprietor does not throw his doors open for the mere satisfaction of being soundly abused. He naturally looks for a more substantial reward for his services than even empty praise, if such a thing could be expected from the would-be aristocratic traveller, whose only claim to the title consists in heaping indiscriminate cen sure on everything and everybody, while endea vouring to show that he is accustomed to much better at home than he can obtain while taking his ease in his inn ! The first conditions, then, indispensable to a due solution of the vexata questio is, that Eng lishmen, aye, and Englishwomen, should, while travelling, forget their exclusive and pretentious habits, that the ladies by whom a gentleman may happen to be accompanied should consent to take their meals in a well-regulated public room, which their presence will speedily so far improve as to remove the objections that might otherwise be felt by husbands, fathers, or brothers. Female society will purify the atmosphere of the coffee room, and exercise a beneficial influence on those who are compelled to spend much of their time away from domestic comforts, and seldom enjoy the cheerful blaze of " their ain firesides." We laugh at the Moslem scruples that forbid a lady from being seen abroad without her veil, but we see nothing objectionable in secluding our own females from being seen in the general room of a hotel, and taking her tea and toast before retiring for the night or starting for the day's journey, if exposed to the gaze of other wayfarers like her• self. We must also endeavour to get rid of the pal try feeling of aiming at being thought some thing higher than we really are. " What will MRS. GRUNDY say ?" is the interrogatory ; the answer whereto proves the rock ahead, the source of extravagance and annoyance, that embitters the existence of many fami lies. The moment we leave home—so soon as we enter into any place where we are un known, we endeavour to be thought members of the aristocracy, to induce waiters and chamber maids, who have never before seen us, and among whom we may never again be brought, to sup pose that we are very great people, accustomed to show and magnificence, and unable to spend a pces or, at l t s ingle day with ou t th ese i ndispensable adjuncts. I t is the interestto seemof t h etso b e persons v t od, o be an d deceived th e a p_ , east, easily put on . F or that purpose We Bearanc l u andaerre rail at t h ose money we cann o t a ff or d , and then wh ae We pass , y t 0 tak e a d vantage of our weakness. eeterent those su it e d for persons finances, b and heeel establi s h ments suited to our movingpay for in lingly very the efferent spheres, wh o wil and obtain the call for „mmodation they require, Moselle" • provincial town, and for in an English p ort Rhine. The object is to astonish theerry on the lie is astonished in the first instan waiter, and Mrs. GRUNDY, fearing Viato r , partie ? c , while th e feeling on the following morning, When th e billates in the' 4 delivered to the departing guest, wh o has for. ten the transient triumph of the preceding even ing, and is quite alive to the X. s. d. view of the subject, and the magnificence of the order, i s merged in the magnitude of the payment th e retribution that awaits the recklessness of th e assumption of grandeur and gentility. a If we inquire of the class who have far r,reater experience in the comforts and expenses of Eng lish hotels than any other—the commercial tra vellers—we find that they obtain excellent accom modation, on very reasonable terms. That every civility i s s h own , ever y com pl a i n t a t once respect fully attended to, and that few men live better 1 trous, and the intensity of the crisis greatly I magnified, by the undue restriction placed on the issue of money by the automatical action of the law. The accuracy of these views was established beyond the possibility of doubt by the mania of 1845-6, followed by the collapse and crisis of 1847. It was, however, found that the mischief to the community brought enormous profits to the Bank, and thus that the interests of the proprietors and of the public were antagonistical. Those who could decline such a handsome dividend and bonus at the time when everything else was seriously depressed, found it to be their interest to create another crisis and to foster another panic. The public might suffer, but their own gains would be largely enhanced. Accordingly we find them an ticipating the active Act of 1844, which, from the large amount of bullion still stored iu the vaults of the Bank, and the considerable reserve still at the disposal of the Bank, might never come into operation. In place of allaying the fever and excitement of the public mind, of checking the uncalled-for panic that induces men to cast their stock and shares on the mar ket, to be sacrificed at any price, however in adequate, that can be obtained, they aggravate the irritation, and play the game of the Bears, in creating, so far as in their power lies, a monetary crisis. As we have already stated, they are play ing the game of the moneyocracy, and grinding down the poor and needy to the very utmost. Let themnot s w u i p th pos im e, ru h n ol i v ty. ev er,As m that r. th c e e y eK c E an s l i z this game appropriately declared, the time is rapidlyapproach ing when the renewal of the Bank Charter must be brought under the notice of Parliament. The Directors may then find the sense in which their conduct has been viewed by those who have suf fered so severely, in order to double the dividend I to 8 per cent, per annum. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 15. Her Majesty drove yesterday to the Falls of the Gar rawalt with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Count Alexander Mensdorff. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer stalking. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, Lady Augusta Bruce, and the Hon. Mrs. Gordon. The President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. J. A. Paris, with the Senior Censor, Dr. Nairne, and Dr. Babington, had a conference yesterday with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall, to consider the notification about to be issued by the board under authority of the order in Council of the 15th inst., empowering the General Board of Health to prepare re gulations and directions for the mitigation and preven tion of epidemic disease. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Balmoral. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial -office to the governors of the North American provinces, and also to the governors of the West India Islands. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL, The sacred performances in connexion with the "Fes tival of the three choirs" for 1853 were brought to a close on Friday afternoon by one of the most brilliant gatherings at the Cathedral to listen to the divine strains of Handel's Messiah that any previous festival within the century and a half of its existence has witnessed. The success of the meeting is beyond doubt, and it is expected that the stewards will be relieved of all pe cuniary responsibility. All the reserved tickets were sold early in the week ; aad in order to provide for the extraordinary influx of strangers, a supplemental issue of tickets for portions of the sacred edifice never before used on such occasions had to be issued. A new feature in the arrangement of this festival is the holding of full cathedral service each morning (Tuesday excepted) at eight o'clock. In these services all the members of the cathedral choirs have assisted, and the effect was exceedingly fine. All the early morning ser vices were well attended, the choir of the cathedral being filled each day. Collections were made also at these services for the benefit of the charity for the relief of the widows and orphans of clergymen of the three dioceses, and the sums thus raised have contributed to swell the receipts in behalf of this noble institution. The whole collection on behalf of the charity amounted to 805/. 14s. There are many more donations yet to come in. THE CAPE :MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, Sept. 16.—The Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty have now under considera tion a new series of arrangements with reference to the dates on which the ships of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company are to leave Calcutta, the terminus of their voyages. When these alterations take effect, the several ports touched at by these ships will have increased postal communication provided for them, and the new system will be especially beneficial to the Cape and South African trade, inasmuch as it is, we believe, proposed that the outward mails shall reach Cape Town in sufficient time—viz., about the 20th or 22d of each month—to enable the merchants to send their replies to England by the homeward packets, which will be made due at the Cape within two or three days after the arrival there of the outward ships. The course of post from Southampton to the Cape will thus be reduced from 05 to 75 days, and if we may judge from the remarkable punctuality already se cured by these fine ships, as exhibited in their recent voy ages, there will be little, if any, danger of failure. The dates to which these vessels have respectively reached the Cape on their return from India during the past months will show how closely their time has been hitherto adhered to. The date at which the steamers should, under existing regulations, reach the Cape is the 19th of each month. In November last the ship of that month arrived on the 18th, in December on the 16th, in January on the 20th ; in February, March, April, June, and July on the 10th. In May there was no mail, the Mauritius having met with an accident to her ma chinery. One of the conditions of the new arrange ments will he, that in future the mails conveyed by the Screw Company's steamships are to be landed at, and embarked from Southampton instead of at Plymouth, as heretofore. This alteration, so long desired by the company, which has fixed its head-quarters at this port, will be of great advantage, and will save considerable expense, delay, and inconvenience to the company, while the public service will not in any way be deranged or prejudiced by the change. By advices received from St. Vincent's we learn that the Queen of the South made an excellent passage to that island of 12 days from Plymouth. This ship had been under sail only six days out of the twelve, and in her steaming had reduced the expenditure of fuel to the low average of only 17 tons per day. This result, in a remarkable degree, proves the great superiority for long sea voyages of full-rigged ships, fitted with the screw as an auxiliary, and constructed with sailing lines favourable for rapid propulsion. ROYAL CHARITY.—A communication addressed by Earl St. Germans to the Lord Mayor notifies that the Queen has been graciously pleased to cause the sum of 5001. to be placed in his Excellency's hands for distri bution among the public charities of Dublin. MUNIFICENT LEGACY.—The treasurer of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital for the Cure of Deformities has just received the handsome bequest of 2,0001. from the executors of the late Mr. J. R. Durrant, of Newgate street. The hospital in Bloomsbury -square is entirely supported by voluntary contributions, and such bequests are of course most acceptable. EXAMINERS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY. By an act of the late session the salaries of the Examiners of the Court of Chancery are fixed at 1,5001. a-year, and their retiring pensions are not to exceed three-fourths. In consequence of the oral examination of witnesses, a new form of oath to be taken by examiners has been framed in the act. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE ERADSHAW.—This gentle man, whose death from an attack of cholera at Chris tiana we announced yesterday, was a member of the Society of Friends, and was well known for his benevo lence. He was the proprietor of the well-known Rail way Guide, and had an extensive printing-office at Man chester, and had recently opened a branch office at Newton-le-Willows, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, engaging for his purpose the once-celebrated Conservative Hall, erected there behind the Leigh Arms Hotel. The Conservative Hall was erected about 1835, in the first phrenzy of the reaction led by the Carlton Club after the passing of the Reform Bill, and the utter ance of the remark by the late Sir Robert Peel, that the battle of the constitution was to be faught in the regis tration courts. They succeeded in wresting South Lancashire temporarily from the whigs ; but, having since lost ground, the hall remained unused, and was for many years untenanted and going to decay, but Mr. Bradshaw rescued it and turned it to a better and more useful purpose as a printing-office, in which are now employed a large number of hands. Asiatic cholera carried him off after an illness of less than nine hours, and ho was interred very soon after death. He had written to his wife to say that he should return to Eng land by the next boat, but the vessel by which he was to have come brought the news of his death and burial. He was in his 53d year. THE LATE MR. STRICKLAND, F.R.S.—Mr. Strickland was appointed Deputy-Reader in Geology at Oxford on the occurrence of Dr. Buckland's sad illness. lie was a well read and practical geologist, taking part in the pro foundest discussions at the Geological Society, and ever ready to communicate knowledge with kindness and precision to all who applied to him. His loss will be much felt, both at the Geological Society and in Section Cof the British Association. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society last year, to the great honour of the Council and satisfaction of his friends, who had long deemed him worthy of that distinction. THE YOUNG GARRICK.—This little aspirant to the highest histrionic honours, who has so frequently been tested by the severest critics, and earned the highest encomiums from numerous and attentive audiences, play ed Romeo on Wednesday, with the accustomed success. As some evidence of his dramatic power, we may men- tion that this mere child has already repeatedly given what is accounted by the best authorities a truthful per sonation of the characters of Shylock, Audrey, King John, Prince Arthur, Hamlet, Nor7al, Jaques, &c. A most opportune style of dress has just been invented by our neighbours, the French, who are certainly singu larly happy in meeting requirements, the remedies for The ori hiwhiche cloak,ien tv d oe o not suggest themselves to others. It is obvi ous that nothing can be more inconvenient, and less adapted to our variable climate, than many portions of female, costume which our fashionables adopt at certain seasons of the year. To illustrate this fact, we would n t t h 7 e v e exposure geni the uso o f f th Ie French chest in h t a h s e b o e r e d n i naarroyu smantelaroused b y ga i r tr m ains en ge t d intended for warmth and health. whilste lower or undaesrtpooraptai this f ac t ' and has p r oducednovelty completely t ful folds, the uppernreecsiec fin is the evil, ossn ofavfalls rs itnh efullbonnet g m c aa e cn e ed: opening is so ar a truly elegant mantel, in which an th 1 Ti ple ii t s ely dec se id c e u a res no t v h eelt y hag resembles the " gilet, " and corn aii:id chest from inclemency. bytheeenshow Messrs. n Jay, of a ß m e o g n e g n s t t . , others just imported, street. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER on plain old English fare than the " traveller " from town to town, who does not try to be mistaken for a Lord or Baronet in disguise, but is satisfied to be taken for what he is. The charges which h 9 will have to pay are thoroughly known, so that he can calculate the bill to a far thing before he gives a single order. Let others who now complain so lustily take a leaf out of his book—let them be satisfied with what is at hand—without sending waiters out hunting after that which is difficult of attainment. In a word, let them remove the beams from their own eyes, to see and amend their errors, and they will find the great majority of Hotel-keepers ready to meet them half way, while the more unreasonable members cf the fraternity will speedily find it their advantage to act reasonably and fairly when convinced that well-founded complaints will meet with public attention, and exorbitant charges be visited with just retribution. MONEY MARKET. MINING INTELLIGENCE. AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining journal of this day.) Excepting in one or two dividend mines, and a few others in which discoveries have been made, we can not report any improvement in the market this week. In purely speculative mines, many shares have been offered, without finding buyers at any price. In times of depression like the present, almost amounting to a panic, the limited nature of the mining market is severely felt ; yet some consolation may be derived from the fact, that in very few, if in any, instances have our home speculations suffered to the extent of some of the foreign mines, although the latter have been brought out under the prestige of great names, and supported by the in fluence of the Stock Exchange. In mentioning our home mines, we allude, of course, to bond fide concerns, under good management, and properly worked ; and not to any of which may be said " The earth hath bubbles as the water has, and these are of them." We have. more than once remarked how eager the general public are to believe the most extravagant statements regarding any thing " foreign," and the truth of which cannot be tested under many months ; whilst they look with incredulity and suspicion upon a good report of any mine in our own country, although a fee of 31. 3s. would, in a few days, confirm, or deny, its correctness. Alfred Consols have ad vanced to 221. to 221. 10s. per share. The report of the mine shows a very considerable increase in the value of the different levels. Improvements are reported in Trannack, Bosence, Wheal Neptune, West Stray Park, West Ding Dong, Wheal Uny, and Wheal Harriett. In West Ding Dong, one lode is reported as worth 1001. per fm. West Frances and East Basset are risingin value, and inquired after. At Herodscombe, the lode in the adit end south is 4 ft. wide, with good stones of lead ore, rich for silver. Condurrow, 1401. to 1501. ; United, 2401. to 250/. ; Pen-y-Gelli, 15/. ; East Basset, 451. ; Devon Consols, 4001. ; North Towey, 15s. to 17s. 6d., and the mine showing great prospects ; Sydney, 9/. ; Trevelyan, 21. to 21. 10s. ; Eaglebrook, 901. to 1001. ; West Caradon, 230/. ; South Caradon, 2301. At the Orsedd meeting, a call of 10s. per share was made, to pay for the engine now in course of erection. In the Metal Market, generally, there has been a vast business doing in the last week.—Both Banca and Eng lish tin are nominally at the last quotations, but the de mand is such, that a speedy advance is expected, as well as in copper. —A vast business has taken place in tin plates, and higher rates are asking for them, the stock being so reduced in quantity.—Spelter is in greater re quest, and at 221. 55. for November delivery. Stafford shire Pig-Iron has risen full 7s. 6d. per ton ; whilst Scotch-Pig has declined to 625., solely by the bear transactions alluded to in our last ; otherwise there was fair reason to have expected an advance in price, in con sequence of the great dimunition that has taken place of late in the stock on hand, which continues to an almost incredible extent. The trade in rail and bar-iron is be yond all precedent. The gold mining share market this week has been generally depressed. Prices have sympathised from day to day, with the varieties of the other departments of the Stock Exchange. On Wednesday and Thursday the tone was very heavy, and prices of all descriptions were much depressed —some of the less accredited adventures being virtually unsaleable ; but yesterday a reaction was observable, and prices finally closed with a better appearance than has been observed for some days past. The arrivals of gold during the week have been the Marco Polo, 54,201 ozs. ; Kent, 26,263 ozs. ; Anne Milne, 280 ozs. ; and the Cornhill, 3,180 ozs. ; valued at 12,700/. In miscellaneous shares the market continues very dull. Australian Agricultural opened on Monday at 32, on Tuesday and Wednesday they fell to 28k to 261; but on Thursday a slight improvement took place, the clos ing quotation being 29 ; yesterday a further advance occurred, and business was done at 30 to 32. British American Land on Monday were 64 to 67, and remained stationery until Thursday, when they declined to 58 and 62, and closed yesterday at that price. Peel River on Monday were to pm., but during the wee k exc h ange d hands at dis. South Australian Land have varied from 34 to 29, and Van Diemen's Land have fluctuated from 16 to 31. CITY, TWO O'CLOCE. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri can were taken for export. The market closed dull and inactive. Railway shares were firmer. The weekly statements of the position of the Bank of England are of absorbing interest just now, and there is the utmost anxiety manifested to scrutinise every detail of the account. The re turn before us reaches to the 10th inst., and does not fall short of its immediate predecessors in the many changes it presents. The sum of the pre cious metals is scarcely so much reduced as it was in the previous return ; but still sufficiently to show that the drain cannot be suddenly arrested. The large purchases of foreign grain require pre sent cash arrangements to some extent, even if part of the amount returns to us ere long in ano ther shape. What the next return may show is mere matter of conjecture, though many conclude that there is a large deficiency, otherwise the Bank would have deferred putting up discounts. We do not apprehend, however, that the falling off will be nearly so great as rumour affirms, viz., 7 to 800,000/., unless the Austr a li an go l d, over 3000001., has not been brought into the account, which is probable, since an assay might first be required. It is known that about 50,0001. in silver has gone out by the Hydaspes for India, but all this would be supplied from the recent imports per Magdalena. Again, some 300,0001. is shipped this day to St. Peters burgh, although the exchange now scarcely renders such an operation profitable. To other parts of Europe there have been smaller amounts for warded, as the exchanges are rallying. The Public Deposit Account rises steadily, but the de mand for money in mercantile circles is shown by the other deposits and the larger amount of dis count accommodation. The Bank does not appear to have sold stock again to any amount. The fol lowing are the comparative changes : Active circulation Decrease 268,265 Bullion 16,201,352 Decrease 298,716 Rest 3,641,708 Increase Public Deposits 5,251,010 Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and other Bills 1,420,788 Decrease 26,271 Government Securities 12,767,018 Decrease. Other Securities 14,957,874 Increase 411,680 Notes unemployed 7,669,090 Decrease. There was an advance again yesterday afternoon n the ratesat which bills upon the principal foreign cities were negotiated. Paper at 90 days was taken at 25 221 to 25 on Paris, 11 18 to 181- on Amsterdam, and 13 61 to 7 on Hamburgh, and 11 2 to 6 on Trieste. The council of the Bank of France made n o alte ration yesterday in the rate of discount, and will probably not assemble again for three weeks. The overland mail has arrived at Marseilles, and the letters are expected to be delivered on Mon day. The amount of bullion exported from London direct during the week to Thursday last was 55,486 ounces of silver, and 56,669 ounces of gold ; th e silver principally to India, and the gold all to th Continent. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOL BEAD AND DUBLIN. - - The following note refers to the attempts in pro gress to get a Government subsidy for the establish ment of a proper steam communication between Holyhead and Dublin. Should the claim be lis tened to, on the plea that the undertaking would not prove remunerative to private enterprise, it will be difficult to understand how the Government can escape the liability of granting bounties to facilitate traffic in all other parts of the empire where there may be no inducement to do so from the prospects of a dividend : "Among the most interesting subjects of recent in quiry is the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on Communication with Ireland, analysed in the Times of th e 7th i nst. "The sound principle of Government not unnecessarily meddling should be observed. What is desired by those who best understand the question is, that the best possi ble bridge' should be made between Holyhead and Kingstown ; and the testimony before the committee puts it beyond cavil that boats can be made which would do it at the regular speed of 25 miles an hour, and in which sea-sickness would be scarcely known, and such comfort insured as would quite create a new habit in in crease of personal communication between Great Britain and Ireland. The gross annual cost of a boat of this sort each way every day (in connection with the express day trains) would not exceed 100,0001. per annum, in cluding wear and tear, interest of money, and every thing, of two boats. " Now, what is contended for is, that this ought to be done by the railway companies whose traffic abuts at the bridge,' and that Government have no more business to give any pecuniary assistance to this bridge ' than they would have had to give money to make the Kils by tunnel or the Boyne viaduct, or any other link of a railway. It was suggested to the committee, that if the rail ways would voluntarily establish the 'bridge,' all those railway companies concerned in the traffic to be deve loped might refer it to some competent man, in whom the railway companies would have confidence, to say in what proportions various railways in Wales, England, and Ireland should contribute (according to their esti mated interest in the traffic), and that Government should facilitate the needful legislation to enable the as sociated railways to undertake it ; but that, as the gain to the railways would be greater by the increase of traffic, no Government X. s. d. were the least wanted. "Howeve r the committee d o no t appear t o t a k e up this simple idea at all. They, and the witnesses who appear to have most of their ear, seek to mix up the postal service with these required passenger-boats, and to aim at getting Government aid in disguise, under the plea of Post-office service. The effect of this, if listened to, will be that the railways will find in Government money a premium to apathy in accommodating the public, and the public will not enjoy so good a bridge as if the railways had been left to seek their remune• ration in the increase of traffic which a proper bridge' would create. The English stock market has improved this morning, and a larger business has been doing. The finer weather, and the hope expressed in some let ters that the Eastern question may be settled, has brought forward a few buyers. Consols have been 95i to 951 for transfer, and 95g to 95g. for account. Exchequer Bills have been 2s. to 3s. discount. East India Stock has been steady at 250. Most Foreign Securities are a little firmer. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted 461, and the Deferred 22g. Brazilian Five per Cents. have been marked 1001, and Buenos Ayres 65. Peruvian have risen to 77 and 78, business done. Sardinian Stock has been quoted 93. Russian Five per Cents. have been at 1131, and Dutch Four per Cents. at 971 to In all the English Railways there is a rally this morning. Caledonian are up 1/. to 2/. ; North- Western, 11. 10s. ; South-Western, 10s. to IL ; Midland, U. to 1/. 10s. ; and Oxford and Wolver hampton, South-Eastern, York and North Mid land, and the others, in proportion. French shares have also recovered a Gold Mines are steady, and the Land Companies higher. The Australian Banks are looking up. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 ,1 g i if 4 India Stock Consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, id. £l000 2500 6 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, , q- per Cent 9B Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i p er C ent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 93 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. . ... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 951 2 Ditto October Account 953 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 1 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N. to N.N.E., light airs and fine. DEAL, Sept. 17 . —Arrived from the River and sailed —Northflect, New Zealand ; Regina, Madras. Sailed— Maria Somes, Port Philip • Ocean Gem, Aguilhas. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. id.—Arrivcd—Rainbow, Quebec. SWANSEA, Sept. 1 6.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Gypsy, Cuba. SHORFHAM, Sept. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived--Hen rietta Jeltina, Mazagan, from London, leaky. DARTMOUTH, Sept. H.— Wind, E. Sailed—Leo, St. John's, Newfoundland. "This class of boat is inapplicable to the Post-office service, because the bulk of that service must be done at night, and there are frequent dark nights wren the 25 miles an hour could not be carried on with prudence, so that even with boats of unlimited speed the expense would be unavailingly incurred. All the Post-office ar rangements must be made to fit the longest passages of frequent occurrence. I know that the nautical witnesses would have made this appear still more clearly than it does in the evidence if they had been properly drawn out. I am, &c., COWES, Sept. 16 . —Wind, N. Arrived—Johanna, Rio Janeiro ; Elise, Bahia ; Bellona, Havannah. FLEETWOOD, Sept. 16.—Arrived—Valkyren, St. Ste phen's, N.B. ; Charles Hill, Richibucto. PLYMOUTH, Sept. N.E. Sailed—Hydaspes (s), Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. JERSEY, Sept. 15 . —Wind, S. Arrived.—Arbrota, Ak yab, and sailed for Antwerp. GALATZ, Sept. s. —The Wm. Kerry (British barque), took the Ground Bar off Sulina, and was likely to become a wreck ; cargo nearly all saved. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind, E. to N. Arrived— Plato, Sunderland, from Hr.vannah, leaky. FALMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailecl—Clemen tina, Havannah ; Bueno Maza, do. Off Port—William Bryan, Honduras. SHIELDS, Sept. 1 6.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Leopold, Havannah. «R . ,, BRISTOL, Sept, 16.—Wind, N.E. Arzived—Katandin e , St. John's, N.B. ; Delph os , Ri c hib uc t o . Sailed—Ameri can Union, New York. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 15. Wind, N. E. Arrived— Triton, Now York ; Seneca, Prince Edward's Island. Sailed—Penelope, Cape de Verde. BELFAST, Sept. 15 . —Wind, N.E. Arrived—Reform, Philadelphia. The India and China Mail has arrived at Margolies, and will probably be delivered on Monday. 17, 1853 , FRANCE. RUSSIA AND TURKEY, On the sth inst. the Envoy Extraordinary of the Shah of Persia took leave of the Czar at St. Pe tersburgh, and on the Gth he left the capital. It is said that he has failed in accomplishing the object of his mission. SPAIN. A royal decree appears in the Madrid Gazette, authorising M. Doral the ex-Minister of Marine, to publish the documents in explanation of his conduct, relative to the supply of coal for the mari time station of the Philippine Islands, undertaken by the firm of Pinto Perez, of London, and to de posit the original of them on the table of the Cham ber of Deputies.—Another decree says :—" I re move Rear-Admiral Don Antonia Doral from the post of Minister of Marine, and reserve to myself to utilise his services when an occasion shall pre sent itself ;" and another decree confides the ad interim administration of the marine department to M. Collantes, Minister of Public Works. It is said the Gazette will shortly publish a royal decree, declaring that the contract entered into with the firm of Pinto Perez and Co. of London, is annulled ; and that a new contract' shall be en tered into for the supply of coal to the Philippine steamers • also that the p apers i n the affair of M. Doral shall be referred to the Royal Council. The cabinet, after disposing of the Doral busi ness, decided on all questions relative to railways, with the exception of those on the lines to the north, and from Alcar to Palencia. It has deter mined that the line from Madrid to Aranjuez shall be purchased by the State. The 11th being Suiday, the Stock Exchange was not open. TROOPS FOR INDIA.—A detachment from the Four. Company Depot of the 74th Highlanders at Chatham, consisting of 78 rank and file, with 2 sergeants, under command of Lieutenant A. C. Prettyman, Lieutenant Augustus Davies, and Lieutenant Jameson, marched in company with a detachment of the 43d Light Infantry, consisting of 2 sergeants, 1 bugler, and 108 rank and file, under command of Captain Dorehill, Ensign Robert Pakenham, and Assistant-Surgeon Biddell, en route for Gravesend. The beautiful brass band of the 38th Regi ment, and the bagpipes of the 74.;11. Highlanders, played the troops through the towns to the terminus of the North Kent Railway. The troops embarkat Gravesend on board the freight-ship Adel/ ide for eonveyance to Madras. The 43d l eaves a depot at Chatham consisting of 100 men of all ranks, under command of Captain Francis H. Synge and Lieutenant George H. Walker, and Lieutenant the Hon. S. W. Mlles, son of Lord Sondes, of Norfolk. The 74th is expected to remain a Four-Company Depot. A BRUTAL ACT.--Some weeks ago, in a thick part o I the forest of M ont l econ, department of the Allier, a boy I aged only nine was found -covered with blood. An at tempt had been made to cut out his tongue. Medical assistance was procured, and by judicious treatment he was, after a while, able to state that he was the son of a man living in the forest, and that one evening his father being in a passion with him, had dragged him into the forest, tied his hands behind his back, and had then attempted to cut out his tongue. The father was immediately arrested ; but the judicial authorities have not yet been able to decide whether the case is by law one for trial by a court of assize or by a tribunal of correctional police. A SAVAGE MASTIFF.—A serious accident occurred to Lord Southwell on Sunday afternoon, while passing the kennel of one of watch-ogs, a owerful mastiff THE ASSAULT LrpoN WOMEN AT MANCHESTER.-- His lordship, as was his d p his usual custom, stayed to fondle Isaac Davis, th e man c h arge d with a savage assault the dog, which suddenly seized his master and tore off upon a woman named Ellen Oakes, was again brought the greater part of his clothing, and when beaten with a before the city m ag i s t ra t es at Manchester yesterday stick the enraged animal pulled him to the ground and morning, when a certificate was produced from the rnedi- endeavoured to drag him to his kennel, but his cries for cal officers of the Royal Infirmary, declaring the coin- assistance were heard by the servants, who came up and plainant out of danger. He was sentenced to the ex- beat the dog off with an iron bar. His lordship is se tre m e penalty of six months' imprisonment, well'smv e e r s e s ly r sm.nb medical ii e ce n ka le i nt attendants, Ricketts the taenn d t d h an i t g i ot h sdi e a nw n , d eorfe hisn immediately r h o a i t n l d v s i c a i l , n d L fiorndg calleders , i. are n labour. extensively lacerated, the tendons being laid lre. PROPOSED RE-ERECTION OF THE FREE TRADE HALL. South -The directors of the public company for rebuilding the celebrated Free Trade Hall, at Manchester, having re- Up to the present time the symptoms are favourablea; ceived a sufficient number of applications for sha.^es, as can be expected, considering the severe nature of the P Soho-square, and Tottenham-court-road the ßEP o A r y ti r o N n G o O f F th.s , Charles-street,. will shortly be reopened for have now made their allotment, and issued call papers injuries received. completed, and it l. for the first instalment of the money. The capital .is THE MURDER AT STOCKPORT. —Since the co itta hasbeen o c the great convenience of the pub ic. he 25,0001., and the applications were to the amount m." of James Moore, for the murder of his two p s ta Tn nt EET th — or T ou li g e hfa r r e e Pa b v e in t g wee o n f step children in pr , be -29,0001. It is to be built on the site of the present Hall, at Stockport, the canal has been drained near the spot yond the Regent-circus are proceeding rapidly. The but the design has not yet been fixed upon. ! where the bodies were found, and at the bottom I , THE DUKE OF NORFOLK AND THE SHEFFIELD MANU. discovered the umbrella which the prisoner took with blocks as far as Hanover-gates, and the remaining por- FACTURERS. —On Thursday week, his Grace the Duk e o f ftim when he left his wife's house with the children. One tion of the stre u e l lt . a p a s o s s a e fa l . works' . o rrress at l th im eu o p r per portion of the street Norfolk entertained a party of the principal Sheffield of his motives for so disposing o f the umbrella vas woo t d he p s a a v n i i n e g p appears to for blocks between the already a hl cl at ys isß beenoinndies intended Bond-street t a chteaods replace been graniteeclosedt the e merchants and manufacturers, to dinner at Glossop-hall, Iha ye been that his wife prized it very much as a relict of wood by the substitution of granite wofifeh,embuoltdsldhreesoa.idwsibleendhide w n as ot h w ifo a r n l t oo t d o The party included the Mayor and master cutler (W. her first husband. Since his committal he expressed a points mentioned, and when it is completed i the whole Esq., of the Macadamised and wood A. Matthews, sfi,rmEosfq Rodgers. ), A l der a m o a d n so ll o , t 1 Dunn, Alderman n ß ß o a d r g k e e r r s : s d e e e si t r i e l to e see murdererhis Ed. Bury, Esq., and Ch as . c arame l', E gg. , e f th e firm of er he he affected great unconcern, observing , ratter, instead of the form t o i f ro O ky xf p o; v d e - td str wd e i e t t h , s f t r o o o m e o o f n a e s e eo n rb d sv t a o o t ti i a e l oatohderd, durable l b e e oh en a: of Cammell and Co., and W. Butcher, Esq., of the firm ;that he only Wanted to see her about the disposal of his I paving, an 1 clothes, nq other household matters. 1 traffic of this important thoroughfare. of W. and S. Butcher.inore suited to the enormous_ and continuous LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. 1 THE HON. G. C. NORTON. Editor of the Times by Sir John Bane)" r The following letter has been address ed Ow Sir,—Absence fr om London and a severe pan; sorrow have prevented my sooner n oticing letters which have lately appeared in the po. nos journals, in which my name has been he 110 properly introduced by thought fit to publish his copy of a case, l _ tter 6 fore me for my opinion in 1836, and 34 . fp mine to his solicitor, dated January 9 / 16° or that nn publishes these documents to prove . ,bg nion then was at variance with one cet more recently expressed—namely, that n'! lse ic duct to his wife "has been marked by the gr,,u, dr , Mr. Norton, w iaid be, .11 cruelty, injustice, and inconsistency. tri o/ Norton's remarks on the alteration in 111 3: . t, had been merely intended to impeach ray qu; the p I should not have condescended to netif, at O but a 3 he intends the public to Norton may be unworthy cf the later uy o be which circumstances have led me to form, ! A up co infer that himself undeserving of the censure I pas,7o be his conduct towards her, I consider n ed 11°111 acting the part of a coward if I refrain_ vr coming forward to state the truth, how be.. ..' T oY, agreeable this enforced publicity may in . vet ire 4 must be—to any man who has merely en u '' e etleo to do his duty fairly and fearlessly, a and a man of honour, between parties utterly' connected with him. lette r If Mr. Norton's object in publishing 'l at h, be and opinion had been the develop men t of do e! would not have left uns t a ted facts whin' he 10 account for my change of opinion. supplf thought fit to suppress those facts, I wu them. 1 836 When this opinion of the 3d of October , were and the letter of the 9th o f J an uary, ir s ed ° ll written by me, I was ac ti ng as his counseilef tl l s' , his ex parte stat emen t s , i n th e firm be d every assertion he made t o me was true all gave ble of proof, I wro t e th a t l e tt er a nd I opinion. eotli t° Some time in th e y ear 1837, an d subseclu b d. my letter to Mr. C urr i e , my pos iti on was, c ,ii p t I ceased to be M r . N orton ' s counse l, aeme n vious attempts at reconciliation or $' between him and Mrs. Norton having fad e d Mr. Norton's own earnest solicitation, tf ar bito,; myself the arduous and th an kl ess office pct tor, providing that Mrs. Norton would„ g me to act in that cap ac ity on her benaA,A. not expect that she w ou ld ever consen t to I . W I the position I held a s counse l f or h er husb sll ;ute the impression she necessarily must hav e tained that I was thu s p re j u di ce d against 11es, her honour and credit, however, she at . A °ll bot h ceded to Mr. Norto n ' s reques t. I recei/7;rate!, from her and fro m h er h us b an d , written si_tger'; that they would abid e by my d ec i s i on , might be, and on th ese t erms I en tered ° l ot difficult task. I th en , for the first tiraef dn ' 1 11 1 Mrs. Norton's side o f the question. I fn " - IV; documentary proofs in her p ossess i o n, that bat been advising Mr. Norton, not on his real 0 1 10 on a series of invent e d f a bl es w hi c h h e bad together and consulted m e upon. Nea l lbs ea statement he had made to me t urne d o ut tO 0 03 6 true. I found M rs . N or t on anx i ous only point, and nearly broken-hearted about it ; na be t the restoration of her children. She tr . .ca7. eri c+3 , i pecuniary affairs as a matter of perfect inal l i g as and left me to arrange them with Mr. Ne r '' °- trarl' thought fit. I found her husband, on the c° l3 , he anxious only about the pecuniary part of " o ftbe rangement, and so obviously making the love d mother for her offspring a m eans o f b ar ter al l te i gain, that I wrote t o hi m , I cou ld b e " ne any arrangement which made money the r to bet Mrs. Norton's fair and honourable access ~,e O5 O children." I f oun d hi s hi story o f h e r eve a and extravagance to be untrue ; and t,_,h ar e( lo while he made that complaint, he had dela'', s ort: her wardrobe, jewellery, and books ; tbre/r i every article of her personal property unn e. ,bor of selling them. I advised that these thing e t t a be given up, but Mr. Norton would not coupe ht do so. I told him frankly I did not think ever to have ret a i ne d th em. I found Milt - 1110 r had offered to pay her own bills, and that der ton's solicitor had replied that there was no' s pro' taking, even if she did pay h er bill s, th a t he r o jer perty should be returned to her. I found) Mr. Norton's own handwriting, confessionse and grossest personal v i o l ence t owar d s his wi'ie'vritig; that on one occasi on h e h a d ki c k e d t h e n, an t ° room door from its hinges, and dragged her of Der the room by force ; she being then enceinte. 11 %pit ° , youngest son. I wr o t e t o hi m t o say, that ',Ol , of these injuries ( su pp or t e d b y t h e cleares,t n i r tol under his own h an d wr iti ng ) I f oun d Mrs. .'"deel "reasonable," "tractable," " very forbearinr' t isil ofabusinghim, thatin her expr ess i ons towards him," anxious to steadhm "for the children's she desired ke;" writing,,o h: rtie'l be 4 vainly, and sorrowfully, to be at peace wit h o ut children's father." I found that the inf 3 1 - te l i t those children had been the real ground 0 0„ - si e and that not only Mr. Norton threw the v . "' isre; the subsequent trial on his advisers , and d ec ei t, that the trial was b roug ht " against indg nj lao but that one of his angriest grounds of cola e ver against his wife wa s , that she had s a id she n p aitt would return to m;" that, as he expre ss- PS she did not " honestly intend to return ,t e nt iof when he asked h er ;" th at hi s sister ana,:col3l; friends had told hi m so ; i n answer to which plaint I wrote him word, that Mrs. Nortonr.,„ intend to have returned, but admitted ft he Thi's said to his sist er , "it would be for her 01111— n eri sake." I found even while making this I rto complaint, and while endeavouring to 0 11 ( 1 130 , terms, he retained certain pocket-books an se' memoranda of Mrs. Norton's, in case, if, '''n' r eal 4 gotiations went off, he might find in these J e ,tioa, something on which to ground some ae c ' u tts against her in the ecclesiastical or other 09 li f e ); I read with amazement the series of letters, W f ife, Mr. Norton had previously addressed to his ~ i and in which he signs himself " Greenser e :ard. showed those l e tt ers t o t h e late Lord Nl' ,. Ym - old I said, if Mrs. Norton had been my sister fl oo d have made th em public, and I consider she i nkicg _ great forbearan ce an d cons id erat i on i n not 1 1, -- e r i° them publi c w h en M r . N orton adve rtiseddrrn the papers. Mr. Norton admitted to me h is l e ad had belief of hi s w if e ' s i nnocence of the charged beg, brought against her and Lord Melbourne; m a letters of his expressly exculpated her I. `",turn, blame, and endearingly entreated her to jsn g ea and live with him again. I then certainlY, C ,rdeae my opinion. I thought Mr. Norton had his wife the most cruel injury a man could in ri oe and that he w as b oun d to make every T e ar tbli and reparation in his power. I saw De fro" reason why her children should be withheld 1/ to her, and requ i re d hi m to write iminediatehsve Scotland (where the children then were) tn fes enc: them sent t o L on d on f orthw i th. I n my P4„—effee',l and at my di c t a ti on h e wrote a letter t o that ht and sealed it. I poste d i t myself an d thong o r s, was settled, as the sole stipulation Inade,.l Norton was the return of her children ; b ut i ota, Norton was base enough to write a second 1 00 0 0 unknown to me , to forbid their coming—an s et d they did not. As soon as I discovered this n ipe treachery and breach of faith I threw up ol d 0 11 of mediator. I remonstrated in severe 10 111 Mr. Norton, and my intercourse wir,,,, A ve ceased. The question of Mrs. Norton's all ter was not entered upon, as my interference the minated at this point. I deem it, howeN n ud simplest justice to Mrs. Norton to say that, ..-" ot i l ig her frank and straightforward throughout-' Otter strictly up to this sentence in her firs t judge' to me :—" H e a r tily, an d as G o d is nlY,J tw eeil I desire to m a k e w h a t p eace i s possible , na st, me and my husband, in spite of th e ban ds, She left her interest entirely in my er once threw no ob s t ac le in my path, and no hate ver swerved from the promise to abide by w i sTor ton, terms I should lay down. With Mr. un d the though he had appointed me to act, I le . s W ife'S exact reverse. He abused his wife P" o l ter aents family ; he shuffled about the missu% he r by he could not deny : he would be bound nei an d his verbal promise nor his written Pledg e r ,' ber, after a correspondence, which began in N eve nge and did not end till January, all effort at ar r r t hs ee m ent was given up. O n a ca l m review' c 4 ~`"4 , s t circumstances, it can scarcely be wondered at tha t I utterly changed my opinion, and that the anv . ` 4 ,,, I gave to the writer of the Greenacre letters r e • n 1837, was not th e same a d v i ce I h a d give to g r . supposed injured husband of 1836. 1 gave abiv ce 2'61, Norton, on the fancy cas e h e su bmitted to e01T... ! good sound hon es t a d v i ce , t o th e b es t of my u and gave him the like advice when his real ca L ; d , came known to me. If h e h a d a bided by that t he vice, and by his w r itt en p l e d ge, th e curiosity of 1110 world would not now be gratified by details Trish private affairs, which he compels others to pu piecemeal for their own justification. lam s.,_ ( : ) f e ) . for his sake, that such publication ever took plat: . i and I am glad for Mrs. Norton's sake, becans_y ed consider there never was a more deeplY.in,j' ho woman, and that his conduct to her certainiY, been marked by " the grossest cruelty, injustice.,d. and inconsistency" that ever any man dispiai:ei Mr. Norton ma attack me with impunity,--I sn n • to per suade answer him;; but I will not allow bun c r suade the public that there is any inconsistency an opinion formed on a thorough knowledget his case case ; which opinion, now that all the circus-513 stances of that case are more generally known, he A rise has taken place in the price of corn in Paris and the neighbouring districts. In other markets, for instance, at Grenoble, Valence, &c., there has b een a decline. Apples, for cider-making, abound in Normandy. The Bank of France has not raised its rate of discount, nor is it likely to do so without an ex traordinary meeting of the directors. The usual meeting will take place in three weeks. The Moniteur promulgates the convention agreed to at Rome, on the Ist of April, 1853, regulating the postage of letters between the Roman States and France or Algeria. The postage of an or dinary single letter between the two countries is to be one franc, the sender having the option to pre , pay the letter or not, just as he pleases. A like amount of postage is to be charged for letters from the French post offices in the Mediterranean to the Pontifical States, ana vice versa. The postage on newspapers is to be 20 centimes. The King of. Holland has nominated General Rollin, aide-de-camp to the Emperor of the French, Knight of the Order of the Oak, and pro hoted M. Fare, orderly officer, to the grade of commander of the same order. The Bourse was feeble yesterday, with little bu siness doing. The Three per Cents. opened at 761. 75c., and closed at 76f. 75c., for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 101 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,208 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,050 f. ; Havre, 507 f. 50c ; Great Northern, 855 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 905 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 760 f. ; Western of France, 722 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 610 f. ; Great Central, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 766 f. 25c. On Wednesday a courier left Paris for Mar seilles, bearing a dispatch from our Government for Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, which, it is said, in a well-informed quarter, enjoins him to employ every possible means to induce the Sultan to accept without delay the note of Vienna without modifi cation. In case the Porte should object that she was no longer• able to keep in the populations, his lordship is authorised to allow the English squad ron to enter the Bosphorus, and to disembark troops for the purpose of causing the decision of the Sultan to be respected. It is further reported, that on Wednesday, at St. Cloud, the Emperor and his Ministers deliberated on the decision of the English Cabinet, and decided on adopting the same course. From Paris yesterday evening the correspondent of the Times writes :—" I did not exaggerate the effect produced here by the news of the projected conference between the Emperors of Russia and Austria. It is, in fact, regarded as of the greatest importance, and I may add further that few or none believe that the Czar will not succeed in completely establishing his influence over the mind of the youthful Emperor, and detaching him from the alliance with England and France. Every guarantee will be offered and every promise made that would allay his fears or excite his ambition, but at any cost Austria must be detached from the maritime powers. But that visit may have the effect of changing the attitude of the other allies of Turkey, and urging them, or one of them, to a more decided action." The same writer says :—" The most recent accounts from Constantinople confirm in every particular the facts relative to the excitement of the population, and the eagerness of the army to come to blows with the Russians. Ac cording to these accounts assemblages fre quently (it is said every day) take place under the windows of the Ministers' palaces, all cla morous for war, and placa r d s are found affixed to the walls calling out for instant war against the Russians war or death.' The state of affairs is now indeed alarming and menacing. I see letters from Constantinople and other parts of Turkey, written by persons who, up to the present, have been very moderate, very pacific, but who are now as warlike as themost enthusiastic4of the Mus sulmans. Of the army I say nothing, except that I believe the greatest task imposed on its chiefs is to keep back the troops from rushing to attack their enemies. The question has assumed a serious aspect indeed ; it could not be more so even had the fleets entered the Dardanelles the moment the Russians crossed the Pruth. The following is from Vienna, September 12 : "It is not difficult to foresee what the policy of Austria will be should there be a war between Russia and the Porte. As long as France and England render no active assistance to Turkey, this Government will remain neuter. Even if the united fleets advance into the Bosphorus for the protection of the capital it is probable that Austria will not interfere ; but if troops are disembarked, or the Russian fleet in any way molested, she will certainly make common cause with Russia." A. letter from Vienna of the 12th in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" It has been announced that Aus tria is going to reduce her arm y. A t present it is stated that the frontier regiments in Italy are to be shortly dismissed to their own country." The Press of Vienna says :—" The Cronstadt Gazette considers it singular that, immediately after the arrival of the Vienna note at Constantinopl e , the Ottoman P or t e ca ll e d 80 ,000 men of the redifs ' under arms. There are 100,000 men on the Da nube without reckoning the redifs. The army of the Danube will be 140,000 strong when all the troops shall have arrived." ithincfind to be universal. JOHN BAILEY. Philorth-house, Fraserburgh, N. 8., September 13. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Wind, S LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 10.30 A.M. .S.W., moderate, and foggy. Arrived -Ann Rose, Miramichi • Regina Montreal ; Linda, Labrador ; Catherine, Newfoundland Malonia, Cronstadt ; Renedo, Santander. Sailed—America (steamer), for Halifax and Boston. Off —D e Witt Clinton, New York. BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPH. DEAL, SATURDAY, 9'45 A.M. Wind, N., light and cloudy. Passsed—Amelia, Lon don for Constantinople ; Giacomone, i.o. ; Agnes, London for Galatz ; Della, London for Oporto ; Clipper, London for Newport ; Angelina, London for Constantinople. An chored—Jane, Liverpool for Dantzic. Sailed—Ocean Gem, Sunderl an d, for Aquillas ; Victoria, for the Ri ver, in tow o f steamer; Louise, Antwerp ; Maria Somes, Port Philip. AUSTRIA. The Frankfurter Journal contains a letter from Vienna of the 12th, which says :—" The Emperor has ordered that the royal insignia of Hungary, immediately on their arrival here, shall be exhi bited to the public in the chapel of the palace. His Majesty ran some danger two days back ; when proceeding with his young brother to Schcenbrun, in one of the imperial carriages, the horses took fright, and ran away at great speed. Fortunately, the coachman succeeded, after a little time, in stopping them. The Emperor and his brother then went on to Schcenbrun in a carriage belonging to a private gentleman." The Vienna Gazette states that the Emperor of Austria has, in remembrance of the assistance af forded to him by Count Charles O'Donnel, when the attempt to assassinate his Majesty was made, ordered him to add to his armorial bearings the initials of the Emperor in the centre of the arms of Austria, on the breast of the imperial crowned two-beaded eagle. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the Sth, in the Parla mento of Turin, states that the Tribunal of the Sacred Consults has condemned two printers, named Angeli and Chiassi, to 15 years' imprison ment in irons, for having distributed clandestine publications.