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rttlers OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 Per Cent. Cons. 34% %li Ditto Bonds 10 12 pm. 8 14 per Cent. South Sea Stock 9 3 14 Ditto Red.............. ..... ... shut Old Annuities. shut New 3% per Cent 92% 2 New Ditt0............- — 9 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 2 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditt0............500 lB 19 pm. JIM. 5, 1860 shut Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 shut Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm Jan 5, 1860 16 11-16 ' Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account Aprils, 1890............... India for Account Jan. 5,187 n — Cons. ro , Oct. 12 al l % % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Austrian Bonds B9 Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account 10% Ditto Account 7614 Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds 48% Ditto Account — Ditto Account... 481 4 14 Regency Scrip 4i dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account ... 54; 5 dis. 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NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION OF THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF SHAKSPEARE, ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS. First of November, 1832, will be published, price ss. bound in cloth, uniformly with the new Editions of Byron and Scott, Vol. I. of the PLAYS AND POEMS OF SHAK SPEARE, With a Life, Glossarial Notes, and One Hundred and Seventy Illustrations, designed from the Plates in Boydell's Edition. Printed by A. J. Valpy, KA., late Fellow of Pem broke College, Oxford. Numerous and varied as are the forms in which the Works of Shakepeare have appeared, it will be readily ac knowledged that an improved edition, printed in the same form as the m ost popular productions of the present day, Is still a desideratum. The text of Malone, as published in 1821, in twenty one volumes Svo., will be adopted ; Glossarial Notes on all obsolete words will be given ; and a brief Historical Digest prefixed to each Play. In addition to the many advantages offered in the pre sent edition, it will be embellished with One Hundred and Seventy Illustrations, executed on steel in the first style of out-line engraving, designed from the Plates in Boydell's , S haksoeare, which was originally published at 951., a nd large paper at 1901. The attention of the youthful reader will be directed to the most striking and brilliant passages by an Index, which will be printed at the end of the work, and which will form a complete reference to the Beauties of Shak spears. The number and excellence of the illustrations, and the style of the letter-press, will render the present edition su perior to any yet published; while the convenience and Portability of the form adopted, and the moderate terms 0 0 which it may be purchased, will merit the approbation of every admirer of the Batd of Avon. The Work will be handsomely printed, hot-pressed, and bound in cloth, price ss. per volume. The Illustrations will be printed on fine tinted paper. Volume I. will be published on the Ist. of November, 1832, and will contain a Life of the Author, Dr. John son's Preface, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Fourteen Illustrations. The succeeding volumes will be published on the Ist of every Month, and delivered regularly with the Ma gazines. The volumes will contain on the average from ten to twelve plates, according to the number of Plays, and the work will be completed in fifteen monthly volumes. •.• The Plates may be had separately at 4s. per Num ber, or in Svo., to illustrate other editions of Shakspeare, at 51. 6d. Printed and published by A. J. Valpy, Red Lion court, Fleet-street ; and sold by all Booksellers. ..„....._____ , - r ( - • . . LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1832. An Express from Falmouth arrived this morning at t h e P ortuguese Embassy, but it brought merely a letter from the agent at that place, giving a brief account of the battle of the 29th. The agent states that the loss on the side of the Miguelites was estimated at 2,000, and that of the Constitutionalists at 200, among whom was a frightful proportion of officers. No correct returns, 'however, could be obtained, as the CorOance sailed so soon after the action.— The Conflance fell in, on the way to Falmouth, with some of the squadron of SARToRius, and learned that the Admiral was proceeding to Vigo in search of the Miguelite fleet, with a determi nation to engage. Despatches have been received at the Admi ralty, from Admiral PARKER, dated the 30th ult. They fully confirm the long and interesting accounts given by our Morning Contemporaries. The affair of the Childers is, we believe, re garded in a light which is not likely to lead to any contention with Don MIGUEL ; but if Lord PALMERSTON does not take some means of re pressing the violence of the Usurper's minions, and the renegade Englishman who is in his ser vice, he will not increase his popularity at home. By these accounts, it appears that the British brigade in the service of Don PEDRO has suf fered dreadfully ; all the officers, except two, have been killed or wounded. The arrival of the officers who are just gone out, therefore, will be a seasonable relief to Don PEDRO. The last accounts from Portugal will, we imagine, act favourably on the financial affairs of Don PEDRO, and consequently lead to the adoption of offensive operations against the Usurper. Latterly the contractors for reinforce ments, alarmed at the pompous announcement of an attack for the 29th of September, which might frustrate all their hopes of repayment, have dealt out their advances with sparing hands, evidently waiting for some news which should enable them to see their way more clearly. One officer offered to raise 800 men at his own charge, and to take wines at 161. per pipe in repayment but the presence of the Usurper's troops in Villa Nova, and the consequent difficulty of obtaining possession of the wines, which were, we believe, in that place, prevented the comple tion of this arrangement, the conditions of which were, we are bound to say, highly honourable to the gallant Major by whom it was proposed. A wealthy merchant entered into a contract with the Marquis of PA L MELLA for a reinforcement of 3,000 men, of whom 1,000 were to be Poles. Of this army Sir JOHN IVIILLEy DOYLE was to have had the command ; but the prospects of Don PEDRO darkened, and the contractor, with a prudence which many will blame, but most, perhaps, would have imitated, held back, awaiting, as it would seem, more decisive accounts. The mo tives for delay, indeed, were differently stated. At one time, it was a stipulation that SirJoHN's army should form a separate brigade, a pro posal to which Count FUNcHAL refused to agree ; at another, a demand that Sir JOHN should have the nomination of all his officers, the Ambassador refusing to allow such nomina tion beyond the rank of captain. Thus, with one difficulty and another, the contract was al lowed to expire, without anything having been done; and at this moment, instead of hearing of the arrival of Sir JOHN DoyLE at Oporto, with 3,000 men, we hear it stated, that he is still beating up for recruits, and that the number already entered does not exceed 300 men. This may be true or not, but it is quite clear that money has not been forthcoming, for there are thousands anxious to enter the service of Dor. PEDRO if the means are afforded to them of pro ceeding to Oporto ; and such is the reputation of Sir JoHN MILLEY DOYLE as a dashing and spirited officer, that there are more than 3,000 men in Ireland ready to embark with him without bounty. Of this we have been assured by an of ficer of the East India Company, who has been to Ireland for recruits, and has returned without obtaining one, all those who are willing to be come soldiers having declared that they would rather fight for Don PEDRO under DOYLE for nothing, than take 201. a-head as bounty to maintain the monopoly of the East India Com pany, and sacrifice the opportunity of displaying their courage in a good cause. There is little to be feared, therefore, on the score of rein forcements if money be forthcoming; and as all chance of the destruction of the patriots at Oporto seems to be at an end, and very high temptations are held out to those who are will ing to risk a little in the hope of getting a great deal, we may expect to see the army of Don PEDRO soon reinforced and on the way to Lisbon, instead of being cooped up in a city where even the most gallant conduct can only prevent defeat. Some of the wavering gentlemen who have accepted commands under Count VILLA FLOR, and denied the fact, lest they should incur p e . cuniary loss at home, will now declare them selves, and it will be suddenly discovered that the domestic arrangements which kept them so long here are now complete. The conduct of these persons is very unlike that of SARToRIUs who, without compensation, and disdaining a nom de guerre, has risked every thing in the sacred cause which he has embraced. It is quite true, as stated by a Contemporary, that the sittings of the Conference have been suspended until the arrival of an answer to the despatches which have been sent to the Prussian Cabinet. We are enabled, from an authentic source, to state, that the despatches in question contain an offer of mediation on certain points to the Cabinet of Berlin, it being believed (by whom ?) that the King of PRUSSIA is most anxious for a settlement of the Belgian affair. The chief motive, however, for sending to Berlin, is stated to be the proximity of that ca pital compared with St. Petersburgh, or even with Vienna. 'Will the juggle ever end ? The accounts of the Revenue are still satis factory. Last week there was a surplus, and another is expected this week. No official accounts have yet been received at the French Embassy of the completion of the French Ministerial arrangements, but no doubt is entertained of the Duke de BROGLIE having accepted office. We regret to see that several Journals, pro - fessing liberal opinions, have given insertion, without comment, to the following paragraph : " EXCESSIVE LIBERALITY.-At a General Meeting of the Registering Barristers under the Reform Act, held a few days since, it was, after some debate, resolved not to demand their five guineas a-day for Sundays I" We suppose that the paragraph must have originated with some Paper which wished to cast discredit, by a side wind, upon the character o f the gentlemen in whose hands a very important part of the working of the Reform Act has been placed, and .that it has been copied by others of the Press from a desire to gratify a vulgar pre judice. No doubt there are barristers liable to the charges which the mob of all ranks casts upon the professors of the law generally ; but, that as a body, the members of the bar are one of the most liberal and disinterested, as well as the most enlightened, in the country, is acknowledged by all whose opinion is worth any thing. We must presume that gentlemen of unblemished character and high honour have been chosen from this body to act in the judi. cial character required of the registering barris ters by the Reform Act. Instead, therefore, of pandering to the vulgar prejudice respecting lawyers, it is the duty of a reforming journal to endeavour to do away with it, and place before the people in its true light the character of the gentlemen who are to decide upon their rights. V% ith respect to the sneer conveyed in the above paragraph, it is perfectly uncalled for, for the registering barristers claimed no merit for re signing any pretensions to payment for Sundays, notwithstanding that the 57th clause, upon which the question turns, is so worded as to make it a point of some doubt whether they might not have been entitled to it. A pamphlet has just been published on the subject. of the Magistracy of England. It is in the shape of letter addressed to the Lord CHAN CELLOR, enumerates the different grievances of the present system, and advocates the establish ment of a paid body of gentlemen to perform the duties of the magistracy, but contains nothing strikingly new. The minds of all not interested in the maintenance of abuses have long been made up on the subject of the evils of the present sys tem, and the only cause of hesitation as to doing away with it, has been the expense of a substi tute. Coolly and dispassionately examined, how ever, this expense would, in all probability, turn out less that that which is now indirectly incurred. Any alteration that made the ex pense—even if greater—direct and tangi ble, would so far be an unalloyed benefit. If proof of this were wanting, it would be found in the following anecdotes from the pamphlet before us. After speaking of the want of responsibility in the Court of Quarter Ses sions, the general ignorance of law remarkable amongst the magistrates, and the consequent un. certainty of their decisions, he states : " I have often heard it said, by an attorney in good practice, that he has lost as many appeals that he expected to win, as he has won those which he bad not the small est expectation of winning. " This uncertainty and irresponsibility gives birth to endless litigation ; and an appeal against an order of re moval is lodged, and tried as a matter of speculation. I knew an overseer for a very populous parish, who, when a pauper's family was brought under an order of removal, always gave notice of appeal immediately, without know • ing anything of the merits; in which course he found his interest. So much for the uncertainty and imbecility of this court. Bad as this court is, there is no assurance that there will be any court held to appeal to. Unless two justices give their attendance, there can be no court ; and I knew an overseer, who was obliged to attend at Pre•ton in Lancashire twice ; be attended in the year 1826, and there was only one justice ; he went home again, with a great many witnesses ; he was obliged, with his witnesses, to attend another Sessions. I have known sotnetim,s 60 magistrates in attendance, and sometimes only one. This is the economy of gratuitous services, as they are called. The overseer above-mentioned expended above 701., as appears by a document of his now on the table." The Bill for the appointment of judges to every court, to go circuits in each county, laid upon table of the House of Commons by Lord BROUGHAM, might have been made to do away with a mass of grievances, which, petty as they may be individually, are in the aggregate intolle rable. A prick with a pin may be nothing, but who would bear pricking all the year round. We trust that the LORD CHANCELLOR will be able early in the next session again to bring forward his Bill. He will now find no strong party op posing a useful experiment, merely because it may lead to improvement. We quote the following from the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Thursday, by which it will be seen that Scotland is favourably inclined to a public subscription for the redemption of Ab botsford:— " SIR WALTER SCOTT. " The esteem in which Sir Walter Scott was held by his countrymen, has been evinced since his death by the universal lamentation which that melancholy event has excited in every corner of the land ; and it will be ob served, that it is now proposed to express this feeling in a more substantial manner than by barren lamentations. The pecuniary engagements in which Sir Walter was in volved in the year 1825, are well known, and these his unremitting and successful labours during the remaining brief space of his life were insufficient to discharge. It has been proposed, from feelings in the highest degree ge nerous and honourable, that a general subscription throughout the country should be commenc e d, with a view of satisfying the demands of his creditors ; and it is mentioned by the Editor of the Times journal, with whom this proposition originated, that subscriptions had been voluntarily sent to that office by various friends and admirers of the deceased; and that one indivi dual had offered the sum of 1001. One of the proposed objects in discharging the debts of this illustrious person is, to preserve the house and grounds of Abbotsford in the exact condition in which they are left by him ; and to those who have seen the residence of Sir Walter Scott and the interior arrangement., it will be unnecessary to state that it ought no doubt to be preserved at any cost from the intrusion of profane hands, as a most splendid and striking relic of the deceased—we may say, indeed, as a picture of his mind, as a classic spot which he de lighted to adorn with all the existing memorials of ancient manners. The exterior of the building is in admirable taste; it is in the antique style, in the castellated form, and has seve ral ancient stones, with inscriptions on them, built into the walls, and through the grounds are dispersed other similar and curious remains. In the interior are hung up on the walls, and most tastefully arranged, com plete suits of ancient armour; coats of mail, from the helmet downwards ; in one of them the long and heavy sword in use among the giant warriors of the olden time; others with the arms suited to the times in which they lived ; while in other parts are shirts of mail, knives, swords, and old muskets or matchlocks, belonging to known characters ; the whole presenting such a picture of ancient manners, that the eye is rivetted on it in deep and solemn admiration, and at the same time it gives such an idea of the master mind which presided over all those de tails, that, for our parts, we must confess, that the longer we gazed on this most curious collection of antiquities, we felt a deeper interest and a more intense delight. To dis perse these precious relics, or to allow them to be brought to sale by the common hammer of the auctioneer, would be an act as barbarous and as unworthy of an enlight ened age, as if we were to lay profane hands on some venerable ruin of antiquity, such as Dryburgh or Melrose Abbey, and to level them with the ground ; and we have no doubt, if it were necessary, that thousands would willingly come forward, in the most efficient manner, to redeem the residence of Sir Walter Scott from all claims, that it might remain, along with his grave, in the detached ruin of Dryburgh Abbey, a con secrated and classical spot, like some of the venerated places of pilgrimage in the East, the resort of thousands. But though the generous dispositions which have been displayed in the South are worthy of all commendation, we understand that his family, with that true dignity and honour which is so congenial to the spirit of the deceased, entertain different views. oryl ;t in contemplatign to come forward themselves with a proposition for the pay ment of the debts still due, which being definite and imme diate, cannot fail to he in every view more satisfactory to the creditors than the chance of payment from a public subscription ; and which, all will admit, accords bean; in every respect with the known and independent cha racter of the great Author of Waverley." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Duke of Kent, Flett, from Guayana ; the General Moira, Leruns, from Quebec; the John, Moxey, from the River de Loup. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Bussorah Merchant, Aloncrief, from Batavia, sailed the 26th of August. FALMOUTH, OCT. 4 , .—Wind S. W. %V. S. S. W.—Arrived the Confiance steam-packet, from Lisbon, left the 28th ult. and Oporto the 30th. On the day previous the Mi guelite force made an attack on the whole line of batteries at Oporto, and after a severe action of some duration, they were forced hack with great loss on both sides ; that of Don Pedro is estimated at 500, and the Miguelites 1,500 killed and wounded. Colonel Burrell, an English officer, was killed, and every other English officer, with but one excep tion, was either killed or wounded. His Majesty's ship Asia, Admiral Parker, was off the bar of Oporto. Ar rived the Sorton, Duncan, from St. Domingo. MARGATE, OCT. s.—Arrived off port—the Bredal bane, Chalcott, from Limerick. COWES, OcT. b.—Arrived the Brooke, Warburton, from Matanzas. STANDCATE CREEK, OCT. s.—Arrived the Harwood, Weighton, from Odessa ; the Henry Brougham, Clark, from Palermo ; the Arno, Murray, from Gergenti ; and the Alert, Way, from Malaga. PooLE, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Perseverance, Watts, from Quebec. TOPSHAM, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Susannah, Morris, from Miramichi. BRISTOL, OCT. s.—Arrived the Friend., from Palermo. HOLYHEAD, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Robert, Wake, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Om 4.—Arrived the General Wolfe, Mann, from Rio Grande ; the Hercules, Hockenler, from St. Thomas's ; the Nimrod, Atkins, from Charleston ; the Nethsall, Smith, from New York ; the Sir William Wallace, from Quebec ; the John Bentley, Robertson, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; the Hope, Gregg, from Cape Breton ; the Amity, from Smyrna ; the Alex andro, Cursegleg, from Palermo. Off port—the High lander, from Brihia; the Hopkinson, from Demerara; the Aurora, from St. John's, New Brunswick; and the Gnat, from Newfoundland. CORE, OCT. 3.—Arrived the Brilliant, Mordaunt, from Buenos Ayres ; and the Billow, Mackay, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, the John Walker, Elder, from ditto. BELFAST, OCT. 3.—Arrived the Elizabeth, M'Alpine, from Quebec. ABERDEEN, OCT. 3.—Arrived the Fairy, Welsh, and William and Ann, Leston, from Davies' Straits. LYNN, OCT. 4.—Arrived the Salamis, Royal, from Quebec. The Hector, Canmish, was driven on shore near Shoreham, yesterday, during a heavy gale at S.W. The Fatna, Rosho, from Bahia ; Mariana, Almeda, from Pernambuco; and Esperito, Sante, from Liverpool, all bound to Lisbon, have been captured by Don Pedro's squadron, and sent into Oporto. From the agent to Lloyd's at Figueira, dated the 23d of September : " This port has been blockaded since the 17th inst., by a schooner belonging to Don Pedro's squadron." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The information brought by his Majesty's steamer the Confiance from Oporto, of the attack upon that city on the 29th of September, by the troops of Don Miguel, with the desperate fighting on both sides, entirely engrosses the attention of our City po'iticians and the pu'blic in general. The above events must have been known yesterday morn ing by a vessel having arrived at Bristol from Oporto, with letters dated the 30th of September ; but no doubt sinister views must have been the cause of its not being made public. On perusing the various accounts of this murderous conflict, we feel much anxiety for the future success of Don Pedro. It is true he has repulsed the enemy, but we may s iy such another victory would be his destruction. The English and French brigade is put hors de combat, all their officers being either killed or wounded—the best material of his small army. No de sertion, after the battle, of Don Miguel's troops, of conse quence took place, who can afford to lose 2,000 men to Don Pedro's 50. Upon the whole, we look upon the news as unfavourable to Don Pedro ; and we dread another at t ok upon Oporto. Consols, which left off yesterday at 841 for the Ac count, opened at the same price ; with little doing as yet. Charleston Papers to the Bth September, and Montreal to the sth September, have been received at the North and South American Coffee•house ; their contents are net of importance. The health in Montreal continues satisfactory. We hear that accounts have been received at the Ad miralty from Oporto, that the affair of firing on the Eng lish boats has been explained and settled, and that most of the English and French brigade have been destroyed. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further accounts or details of the affairs of Oporto than already published ; therefore we must wait the event of another attack by the Miguelites, which, no doubt, will decide the fate of Don Pedro, either one way or the other. By gentlemen who have arrived from Oporto in the steamers, it is positively their opinion that Oporto will not be taken. They state that the loss on both sides was very great, particularly that of Don Pedro, in officers. The position of the barracks where the British was at tacked by the main force of Miguel's troops, is situated a mile and three quarters from Oporto, and their aim was entirely to destroy the British troops. Consols have been the whole of the morning at 84 alternately buyers and sellers ; at present they are 844. It is said that an express from Paris has arrived, but not in the City. Portuguese Scrip lower—Five Discount. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 641. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols , Dittofor Account 84.1 t /Greek Ditto tu. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres... Mexican ... Peruvian ...... Chilian Ditto.... Columbian 1824 Russian...... Spanish . THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.-HiS EX, cellency is suffring, we regret to say, from an attack of tic doloreux, produced by cold caught on a marine excur sion. His Excellency is at Maratino, the seat of Lord CLONCURRI% The Court Martial on Captain ALEXANDER GoanoN, late of his Majesty's ship Atholl, terminated on Thursday, the 4th inst., when it appearing that none of the charges had been proved, except a part of the third charge, which related to a certain letter addressed by him to Commodore HAYES, be was merely admonished by the Court " to be more careful in future in his correspondence with superior officers." It is understood that the Duke of Iticir- MOND, Lord FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, and Colonel Fox, who have been recently appointed extra Aides-de- Camp to the KING, are not to receive any emolument from the post. The Duke of RICHMOND has retired from active service by the sale of his commission, though his Grace retains the command of the Su-sex Aliliar. Colonel Fox is a loser of 7001. per annum by the sacrifice he made to political etiquette, in resigning his Equerryship to the KING when Ministers resigned. The new Sporting Work, entitled " Wild Sports of the West" is, we see, written by the popular author of " Stories of Watet loo." It records the personal experience and adventures of an individual to whom was laid open, from local connexions, a field almost untrodden by any but himself. He was thrown into an unfrequented district with a primitive people to consort with. The sports of those wild moors and wilder waters will probably interest a large body of readers, especially such as are tired of the worn-out details of ordinary hunting, shooting, and fishing. The legendary stories introduced are befitting the vigorous and original character of the main subject of the volumes. The meeting which is to be held to-morrow, for the purpose of considering the propriety of erecting a monument to the memory of Sir WALTER SCOTT ; will be numerously attended. The Lord Provost is expected to preside, and several Noblemen of the first rank have sig nified their wish to take part in the proceedings. Nume rous communications have been received from provincial towns, with offers to aid the subscriptions; and it is to be hoped that local committees will be appointed in aid of the central committee.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. CANTERBURI, Sept 29. Wheat, white..--.. 609. to 689. —01 d—.... —a. to —a. 543. to 635. —s. to —B. Barley, Malting —.. —s. to —s. Grinding.. 263. to 325. Oats 20s. to 228. Old V —s. to —s. Beans MI.. -3. to 40s. 365. to 3Ss. Pease •••••••••••••• 3 • to —..s. Grey 335. to 375. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) ON MONDAY, ocr.B.—DIVIDENDS. T. Snow, New-street, Covent-garden, grocer at 10 J. B. Ricketts, Leadenhall-street, merchant W. Sharp, Maiden, Essex, cattle-dealer T. Cresswell, Cross-lane, Irish-factor l2 PALISSOT once said to Madame CORAN cEz," Since I have read RACINE, I have given up the idea of writing tragedies. I shall now write a comedy."— " Then you have not read afottscitE,," replied the lady. —Anglo- Germanic Advertiser. NEW STRAND THEATRE.—On Thursday last the opera of John of Paris was performed at this Theatre, and, for the first time since her marriage, Mrs. ANDERSON was introduced to a London audience in the part of Olivia (disguised as the page Vincent). Since we last saw her she has improved. She acted throughout with great spirit; and in a new song, written and com posed by her husband, entitled " I listen to hear the birds singing," which is characterised by great taste and sweet ness, she elicited deserved and enthusiastic applause. She gave equal effect to " Away, away to the mountain's brow ;" and her renewed acquaintance with a London audience is likely to prove a valuable acquisition to any house at which she may be engaged. We stated in our last that the debts of Sir WALTER SCOTT amounted to 60,0001.: a correspondent informs us that the amount is now reduced to 53,0001. ; and, as a set off against this sum, the trustees have be. tween 9,000/. and 10,000/. in hand, and his life insu rance for 22,0001., le wing a balance of about 21,000/. ; which, we have no doubt, will be raised in the course of s week, the creditors settled with, and Abbotsford preserved for his family.— Athencenna. By the death of Major-General Sir ALEX ANDER BRYCE, K.C.8., the appointments of Inspector- General of Fortifications and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers have become vacant ; the emoluments o' the former amount to nearly 2,0001. per annum. Sit AmtxANDER entered the army in 1787, as Second Lieu. tenant in the Artillery, and served 89 Commanding En gineer with the army under ABERCROMBT, in Egypt, an. directed the siege of Aboukir. He next served in Sicil ) three years, where he commanded a detachment from Sit JouN STUART'S army, which landed in Calabria, and took 20 pieces of artillery, In 1809 he servel as command ing Engineer in the Bay of Naples and at the siege and reduction of Ischia, for which service the King of tht Two Swims rewarded him with ti e Order of St. Fer dinand and Merit. In 1814 he was appointed Brigadier- General in the Netherlands, and President of a Commis sion to examine and report on the restoration of the for tresses of that country. He received the rank of Colonel, 1814 ; Major-General, May 27, 1825; and Inspector General of Fortifications, October 28, 1829. Commercial advices by the Flanders Mail represent the grand fair of Nische Gorod, on the 24th oi August, to have turned out favourably, although the tea caravans had been del eyed by adverse w.nds on the Wolga Of raw iron 2,000,000 pounds wcre in the market; cop per, 13,000 poods. In general, the sales of metals amounted to 9,000,000 or 10,000,000 of paper roubles. Only one caravan, that of Countess Poumt, from Persia, was too late. About 50,000 poods of tea were broug , t to market. Flower tea of the first sort, the growth of tie family of MYI JUKEN and SCHYLA Tismia, fetched 525 roubles; other sorts from 450 to 300; the very lowest brought 150 roubles. Silks, cottons, hare.skins, &c. from Astracban Kuban, sold well also, as did china, cot ton, 3,500 casks of refined sugar, and :ancy goods. ATTEMPT AT ItESCUE.—As the prisoner, who were apprehended for the murders at Wallstown, were proceeding under a military escort from Mallow to Cork, an attempt was made by a large party t , ) riscor them. The military were forced to retire l 11—Dublin Evening Mail. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RICHMOND MEETING, Ocr. 4. The Corporation Plo►P of bot . for horses, &c. of all ages. Two mile heats. Dike of Leeds's Jenny Mills Mr. E. H. Bowser's Barrister Match, 25 cove. each, p.p. Grey Stone in. Mr. Wilson's Laurel Leaf Walked over. A Sweepstakes of 25 sore. each, for horses of all ages. From the Grey Stone in. Mr. J. C. Dundas's Haidee Mr. Hogg's h. m. by Speculation Mr. R. Thompson's r. m. by Don Juan Mr. A. Thomson's Harlequin 4 CHESTERFIELD RACES, OCT. 4. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for horses of all ages. Once round and a distance. Fourteen subscribers. Duke of Devonshire's Lady Stafford 1 Mr. Gisborne's Russell Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 60 soya. for horses, &c. of all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. Houldsworth's Vanish Mr. Bower's Tartarina 0 2 Mr. Loy's Thatcher 2 1 Sir G. Sitwell's Brielle dis. WREXHAM RACES, OCT. 3. The Wynnetay Stakes of 25 sovs. each; the second bottle to receive 15 sow. Twice round and a distance. Mr. T. W. Giffard's Kalmia 1 Mr. F. R. Price's Fag A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for 3-yr.-olds. Twice round. Mr. Nanney's Kitty Fisher Marquis of Westminster's Stratagem 2 Mr. Legh's Mabooba 3 The Town Plate, value 50 soya. for all ages. Two milr heats. Mr. Giffard's Kalmia Mr. Wheeldon's Georgiovanni 2 2 Mr. Nanney's Penrhos 3 3 A Handic ip Stakes of 10 Bova. each, with 20 sovs. added Two mile beats. Mr. Fitzhugh named Lawrie Todd Sir W. Wynn named Malwa CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.-(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. New Cises in Great Britain reported this day ...374 Deaths ... ... 153 i 36 Recoveries (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a moderately good supply at this morning's mar ket, but the trade was still dull. Damsons, Apples, and Pears were dearer than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise abou stationary. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 0 to 6 C Cabbages (12 heads) 0 6 1 0 Ditto Red 1 6 2 6 Cauliflowers 0 9 1 6 Horse Radish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Celery 0 8 1 6 Carrots (12bunches) 3 0 6 0 Turnips Onions 2 0 3 6 Coleworts or Greens 1 0 1 6 Leeks 1 0 1 6 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 English, Forced 2 0 3 6i Pine Apples (lb.) Filberts 0 4 0 8 Cucumbers (brace) 0 1 0 2 Mulberries (pottle) 0 4 0 8 Mushrooms 0 6 0 9 Melons (each) Elderberries (bushel) 3 0 4 6 English Hazlenuts 3 0 4 s. d. s. d Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4to 0 French Beans 1 6 2f: Apples 2 0 8f- Pears 3 0 6 0 Damsons 3 0 4 6 Common Plums 1 6 3 Onions for pickling 1 6 2 6 Kidney Potatoes 1 0 2 0 Seville Oranges (100) 15 0. 20 Lemons 8 0 14 Englisl Walnuts 0 6 1 0 Cucumbers, small 0 6 0!) Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto Spanish Hazlenuts French Walnuts 3 0 5 Brazilian Nuts.... 2 0 4ls Peaches (pummel) 2 6 6 0 Apricots Green Gages ..... Orleans Plums HAY MA RKETS.—(At per Load 0136 Truss., CUMBERLAND (LATEST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ££2 15 to £3 ( Kew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 I: Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 If _ _ Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 Clover Hay 0 5 5 Oat Straw _ .£1 Bto £1 10 1 Wheat Straw Supply limited, trade stead, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 :5 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 11—Generally Oat straw '.. £1 10 t.) £1 1 2 1 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 I:' Meadow Hay 5i., and Clover Hay 10s. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. A short supply, and a very dull trade. NORWICH. Sept 29. Wheat (per qr.) ... 60s 665. 68s. I Beans (per qr.) 355. 40s Barley 3os. 325. 345. Pease, Grey 365. 40, Oats 225. 265. 28s. Flour, fine (per sack) 48s. 50s GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) ~ , ,.,4 t(1 The greate-t tnerriment a, caused to-day before ill.? Sitting Magi-trate, in consequence of Mr. Buekmaster of the Blossoms Inn, bringing the following charge against 11r. R. D. King, a respectable elderly lot king man, evi lently labouring under delusion of mind. Mr. Burkmaster stated, that the night before last Mr. King came to the Blossoms lon, and asked if he could hove a bed ; being told that he could, he took his seat in the c‘iffee room, and had a glass of negus, after which he expressed a lesire to see the landlord and his bed-room. Mr. Buck !taster attended him, and on arriving at his bed-room he 44id that he could make the landlord's fortune in five mi nutes, but be must have one of the beds (there being two in the room) removed, and also the chest of dt awers. If these conditions were complied with, be would tike the room for a month. But Mr. Buckmaster knowing no thing of the prisoner, insisted upon having some deposit. Prisoner—That's all false, nothing of the kind occurred. Mr. Buckmaster—He used the most improper language to the servants. Risoner—That's false ; he can't swear it ; don't state what you cannot swear. If you do i'll stop you ; I have a right to do so. Mr. Buckmaeter continued—ln consequence of the con duct of the prisoner he went up to reason with him, knocked at his door, and then went into the room. The prisoner (with the most violent gestures)—You rushed into the room, Sir. Mr. Buckmaster—Tbe prisoner then seized me by the collar, and hit me a terrible blow on the head, spit in my face, and showered upon me the language of Billingsgate, in profusion. Prisoner—You were the first aggressor, for what busi ness had you to force open the room door which I had hired from you. Mr. Buckmaster said the conduct of the prisoner be came so outrageous, that he was obliged to give him into custody. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody stated that several duplicates of sheets and bed linen wele found upon him, which it was suspected he had taken from other inns. The prisoner first stated to him that he was in his Majesty's service, then that he was a bar rister. Prisoner—No, Sir, a solicitor in the Court of Chancery. Policeman—He then stated he was a traveller ; that he had a large sum of money concealed about him, but would not tell where it was. Mr. Alderman THORPE asked the prisoner if in any of the engagements in which he had keen•concerned he had been ever shot in the head ?—(Loud laughter. ) Prisoner—Have you ever been shot in the tail ? (Laugh ter, in which the Alderman joined.) Well, do you want any thing more with me. I suppose you want bail ; if you do you may go to Mr. Hibbert, or Sir George Price, who know me perfectly well. The would-be lanillord of the Blossoms Inn has violated every principle of hospitality. Now you have heard every thing against me, Mr. Alder man Thorpe, you may send me where you like, except to that infernal doghole in which I was confined List night.__ (Loud laughter.) Mr. Alderman THORPE—You had better stand down, prisoner, and we will send to Mr. Hibbert and Sir George Price. Prisoner—Stop, stop, if you please, Mr. Alder man, where is the charge against me ? I think I ought to charge ➢ir. Buckmaster for entering my room, by which the rights of hospitality at least have been invaded. The prisoner, after talking for some time in the most incoherent manner, was at last persuaded to retire, till word was sent to Sir George Price ant Mr. Hilibert.— The actions and gesticulations of the prisoner kept the office is a roar of laughter. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Cassandra Grossier, a young and pretty-looking woman, was charged before Mr. 'MissHum., with stealing a 5/. note, the property of Charles Jones. The prosecutor stated, that he was a surgeon residing at 20, Surrey-street. On Wednesday last he met the prisoner by appointment, in Featherstone Building-. In the morning he put a country bank note for Si. in his foh pocket, and two sovereigns in his other pocket. He and the prisoner went out to Hampstead, where they stopped till the Thursday afternoon, when they returned, and be saw her to her lodgings and went home. Next day he had occasion for some money, and felt for his 51. note, but it was gone. He now charged the prisoner with Aesling it, as he was not aware of any other way in which he could have lost it. The prosecutor was cross-examined by a solicitor's clerk, on behalf of the prisoner, when he stated, that on the Wednesday morning he had borrowed two sovereigns of a friend, and then stated that he had no other money. Mr. MINSHULL was of opinion, that as the prosecutor could not positively say that the pris .ner took the money, and under the other circumstances of the case, he must discharge the prisoner. If the prosecutor could trace the note, the prisoner could again be take■ into custody. The prisoner then left the bar, and went round to the table in order to prefer a charge of assault against her late prosecutor. She stated that for many months ..he had lived with Mr. lines as his wife, and for a long time bad put up with great cruelty, but at last left him ; that yesterday afternoon when he saw her he wished her to come back again, and on her refusal he struck her, aryl then trumped up this charge against her. The MAGISTRATE said be could not bear any story of her wrongs not connected with the case before him. If she had any charge to make, she would be heard as well as any other person. Mr. Junes was than called for to answer the charge of assault, but it was found that he bad made the best use of his time, and got out of the way. SWITZERLAND SHEEP.—A prodigious Swit zerland sheep, exhibited at Stourbridge fair, caused a very great sensation among the Cambridgeshire farmers, few of whom anticipated seeing a sheep of the enormous weight of 4021b5. standing 5 feet in height, and being 7 feet in length. The sheep was )eaned on the mountains of Switzerland, and is now three years old. It has been publicly exhibited to the most dis inguished naturalists in Europe, and at the Tuilleries in Paris, before the Royal Family of France. It has produced annually 351 b, of wool, and is carried in a convenient caravan to fairs, as an extraordinary curiosity._ WaAefield Journal. DISTINCTIONS OF RANK.—A lady in the country lately invited a juvenile party to tea, among whom was a spruce young gardener, fresh from the perfumes of Flora, and determined to comport himself before the blooming Misses with the elegance of a carnrion and the delicacy of a lily. The gardener, however, had not read CHRSTERFIELD with sufficient care to be iully acquainted with the little courtesies and " all that sort of thing" re quired by proficients at the tea-table, and betimes felt him. self u awkwardly situated as an aspen leaf in a breeze. The lady of the house rallied him next day upon his want of " finish" at the tea party, and wondered why he bad not learned more elegance of manner at a certain country seat, where he bad been for a considerable time. "Learn there r exclaimed the astonished gardnener, " L—d, M , m ! these fartn servants are quite a different species front us !" Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—The schooner, Jane Ingram, Captain R. P. LITTI molt; b- longing to Ales,rs. Josarue Txwvaxs anti Suns, arrived on Thursday, 4th instant, in the river from Denia (Spain), with a cargo of first Valencia raisins, in the extraiudinary short period of eleven days, a passage hitherto unequalled, of which time she was nearly three days becalmed. lx UT.—A gentleman, groaning tinder tilt pangs of this disorder, was asked ny a symp ith;zing friei,d " Have you ever tried the Eau Medicinale?" " I have tried every kind of—Old" he exclaimed, with the true sc. cent of pain, " but tt.ey don't relieve nee."—Penny Lancet Mr. HENRY Fox TALBOT, son of Lady ELIZABETH FIELDING, and nephew to the M irchioness of LANSDOWNE, has completed his canv ss of the electors of Chippenham, for which he will probahly be one of the Representatives at the ensuing election. Mr. TALBOT coma forward as a Reformer, in opposition to the wealthy Mr. NEELD (son-in-law to Lord SHAFTESBURY), whose interest in the borough is nearly annihilated the Re form Bill. WHITE RATS.—Mr. JESSON, Havington Birch, year Brewood, lately caught two perkelly white rats, having pink eyes.—Litchfield Mercury. A poor woman holds an acre of ground, near Lucan, from a certain M P., at the yearly rent of jive pounds. This year it produced 10 barrels of oats, WI,ICIL were sold in Smithfield last week, deducting connni , .unt for sale, for 31. 16s. Sd. We have a statenwrit of tie expenses incurred in producing crop :-IZent , ploughing 1/., one barrel seed 15;., reaping 10;., t ing 13s. 6d., cart hire sa. 6d., tithe 2s. 2.1., count v c ••a 2s. 4d. ; total expet.se. 8/. Ss. 7 , 1. ;pi o. 1),. i .C 6.1 31. 16s. Sd. ; actual lose on tilt. acre 41. lls 11.1. Dublin Fillmore: Journal. .?( rr(lrpf _~~ .11 i~)r