The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853. rriIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- .! I. see, Mr. E. r. sM I fit Twelve N4:hts of Mr. Gl.T.T.4,vcrs V. iIItrJOICE —First Iteprestntattm of a New Vlay, in five acts, by G. H. ttaicer, E 641., euiitle.i •43 - 4 F, F,'l`rit) whi h Mr. G. V. El i o ge, s iiiported by Messrs. I),ivenpor . Edgar, Evans, Nlesdame, An ton. Feithei stone, BWtt al. iSto., will appeix. To conclude wall THE FoUNTA IN ui REAury, in win :b. alias Fea.lierstoue will app,ar. Reduced price as usual. THEATRE ROYAL ADELYII.I. Proprietor, Mr. R. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, Will be performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Pantie, Leigtt ltftirray, A. Wigan, Bedford, Keeley, and 0. Smith ; aliss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SA.RDANAPALUL To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOHHAM. To conclude with WHAT I NO CAB? Ii.OYAL OLYMPIA: TIIEATAE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, Will be performed Tti E TIME Characters by Messrs. Farren, J. Joianstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, ani Shalders; Ilezdamt s Barred Lyons and Bartlett, &c. With sHYLOCE; or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." TLIE WANDERING MINiTREL. Jem rags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL ANIPIIITHEATHE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The unanimous voice of the public Preqf has pronounced the New Classical Burlesque to have reached the acme of perfection. No spectacle produced at the lns phitheatre has ever created so great . a sensation. The Dresses and appointments have met with un qualified approbation, while the Classical Grouping.; and Grano Ballet are nightly received with demonstrations of delight tram • fashlonab e and crowded audiences. Mr Cooke wilt (by desire) introduce his highly-trained Barb steed, whose matchless per formance is pronounced perfect. Miss Emily ooke will continue her elecant Equestrian Act on a rapid steed, concluding with her wonderful Feat of Leaping through 16 Balloons. Continuation of the Battle of Waterloo. THIS EVENING, srpT. 20, And during the week, will be presented (the 9th time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PH.,RTON; or, CITE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN, with its.magnitteent Tableaux, military evolutions, and grand ballet. - - Ta 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 throu.h .16 Balloons. . Concluding with (81st time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Pour. Stage Manager, Mr. West ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. , LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, The Brilliant Routine of Entertainments on this occasion will include the Panorama of CHUSAN, splendid MENAGERIE. First Exhibition of the rare Baboon, "liamadryas," Promenading capa risoned Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish in large Glass Tanks. Vocal a, d Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with THE " FEAST OF LANTERNS," brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE WAR JUNKS. Concert at Six. Fireworks at Nine. Admission, Is. I \ cal 7 .0 % LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853. Notwithstanding the stringent provisions of the new act for the prevention of offences against women and children—notwithstanding the sum mary jurisdiction thereby conferred on magistrates, and the energetic determination with which the law is put in force against the brutal offenders by many of our magistrates, we regret to say that these horrible outrages have apparently increased in number and in atrocity, and that even six months' imprisonment, although accompanied by hard labour, appears to be insufficient to deter the cowardly ruffians from indulging in their favourite recreation of habitually ill using their wives or female companions, of venting at home the ill humour excited by a course of drunken profligacy out of doors. If we turn to the records of the Police Courts, we find a black catalogue of crime, all characterised by the same unfailing attributes, committed, without cause or provocation, upon miserable women, who have linked their fates which she was concealed, when she unfortunately coughed. The discovery was thus effected. Her first exclamation was "Spare my life, and let me go ! ! "—what horrible words of long-continued and harrowing brutality were contained in the brief appeal ! She was not, however, mistaken ; the man who had vowed to love and cherish her, who was bound to be her protector through life, "dragged her by the hair of her head from under the bed, jumped on and kicked her until she be came insensible," in which state she was found by a policeman, who was called in byan indignant neigh bour, who did not, however, venture to interfere for the protection of the injured woman. It was elicited in the course of the investigation that the poor creature had about six weeks previously had a premature confinement in consequence of the prisoner's brutality, that " she was a very honest woman, who acted honestly towards her husband" —that " she had been lying under the bed more than five hours I" and " had bruises all over her body." The wretched woman was so ill indeed, that Mr. COMBS declined to adjudicate summarily on the case, and remanded the prisoner for a week in order to ascertain the result of her injuries. The other case was of a similar description. EDWARD LEACH, also a powerful, determined looking ruffian, was charged before Mr. BRODERIP, at the Westminster Court, with violently assault ing his wife. As in the former instance, it was an indignant neighbour who called the attention of the Police to the outrage, and thus secured its punishment. The miserable sufferer had been long accustomed to constant and al most uninterrupted abuse. When the case was ca ll e d on, a thrill of horror ran through the Court on seeing the complainant, " whose right e y e presented a most shocking appearance from the effects of recent violence, and whose face and neck was covered with contusions." " She had been married two years, and it was his daily habit to ill-treat her. He never came home in, the evening without doing so (!). On Thursday morning after breakfast he asked her to give him sixpence. She replied that she had not got so much, when he declared with a fearful oath that he would kick her brains out, and forthwith commenced beating her about the head I" This was apparently bad enough, but it further appeared that the mis- ' creant was in the habit of biting her ! and that she was " covered with bruises all over her body." When assistance came he threatened, in language too horrible for repetition, that "if he could get at her he would kill her, and would kick her - liver out." The unfortunate woman, like her fellow-sufferer, was declared to be " a sober, quiet woman, al ways attending to her home " Indeed it is a remarkable fact, that it is the best-disposed women, of unimpeachable conduct, that are selected as the victims for such horrible and unprovoked brutality. Women who turn on their assailants —who bandy epithets and are ready to resort to blows—are seldom thus treated. The mere fact of striking a woman shows the cowardliness, com bined with ferocity, of the culprit. This is an additional reason why protection should be af forded to these unhappy sufferers ; and why, if the social experiment has failed, other and more stringent means should be devised to repress out rages alike disgraceful to humanity and to the national character, where such outrages are pos sible—where ruffians could be found so vile as to take part in such transactions, and the law should be incapable of condemning them to adequate expiation. We are no advocates for corporal punishment. We have felt, with the lamented hero who has so recently passed from amongst us, that flogging, un less under very peculiar circumstances, should be excluded from the articles of war. That our gallant sailors and soldiers, men in whose minds a feeling of honour should be diligently cultivated, should be freed from the disgrace of the humili ating cat. We would also have the disgusting and degrading punishment excluded from the civil code, with the exception of one class of cases. Let the man who wantonly, and without provo cation, brutally ill-treats his wife, be flogged-- soundly scourged at the whipping-post. No punish ment could. further degrade the Muurmrs and the LEACHES above referred to. They are already dead to every moral influence. There could be no feeling of self-respect in the brute guilty of such ' horrible . atrocity. Nothing but fear can act on such minds. The evil has reached to a fearful height, and nothing should be left undone that could prevent or even diminish its magnitude. with those of their cowardly assailants, and who That part of Colonel JEBB's Report which re frequently, with extraordinary devotion, would lates to Parkhurst (see The Sun, Sept. 9) is pecu excuse or mitigate the conduct of the prisoners, liarly gratifying. Changes have been introduced forgetting the crimes in their unchanging and un- of late years, having for their object first to give altered love for the criminals. With few excep- greater encouragement to good conduct, and next tions, we find the complainant, after narrating a to provide better for the industrial training of the piteous and harrowing tale, urging something boys. These changes have been attended with in extenuation—something that may be taken g rowing success. ,Th e i ns t ances o f m i scon d uct into account by the presiding magistrate when have decreased by a l arger ra ti o eac h year—in deciding on th e punishment. "Heis a good hus- deed, most of the off ences are comm itt e d b y th e band wh en so b er, " i s f requen tl y asserte d b y the boys of the first year's standing ; by the second meek and long-suffering creature, and sometimes year they begin to understand that the strictness she is prepared even to take a portion of the blame of the discipline is intended for their good, and to herself, and, by "a pious fraud," to acknow- that their rewards and privileges increase with ledge that she had given provocation—anything good behaviour. Only four attempts to escape she will confess to, to save the "father of her chil- were made last year, and these from open field dren" from well-merited disgrace and punishment, wor k ; and the chaplain, who has been connected to retain the means of support for herself and with many schools, testifies that in none has he children, which, in the majority of cases, are de- seen such uniform steadiness of conduct, and such pendent on the prisoner at the bar. We cannot attention to the instructions of the masters, as in feel surprised, then, at her forbearance, when the this juvenile prison school. Nor does he think irritation of the moment has subsided ; for his that, even leaving out of consideration the former imprisonment, generally speaking, breaks up her training of these boys in every species of vice, he home, and consigns herself and children to the can ever expect to see a better moral state tender mercies of the union workhouse. There exist, taking human na t ure as it i s , th an is no doubt th a t th e unmanly miscreants who amongst them. An eveni ng sc h oo l o f one h our ' s fig at at the Police Cou r t s f u ll y un d erstand their duration daily, is attended vo l un t ar ily as a re feel gs in, and are well aware of .the consequence s ward for good conduct by 108 scholars, and these ht must result from their own punishment, are permitted to write home and receive answers They, therefore, calculate on the lengths to which every three months, a privilege greatly valued. they may proceed with impunity ; but sometimes, There is one statement made by the Chaplain ~. in Cases to whi c h a t present we shall not which deserves the serious attention of all con further allude, •th ey suffer their vile malevolent corned in the education of the working classes, passions to . get the better of their judgment, and and perhaps of all classes. We give it entire : inflict ; injuries of the most serious description "The Chaplain expresses his opinion that lessen that may occasion sentences m ore f orm id a b le than ing the time spent in' intellectual instruction, and authorised t o pronounce. It is unh ap pil y n I t s applying more to indust r i a l occu p a ti ons , h as necessary to go very far back to adduce instances that worked well, and that, according to his experience, illustrations of the crim m e ay f be ref erre d t o as fitting industrial employment ought to form a part of the nd the trivial and made disgusting disgusting details, routine of every school intended for the working grounds on which it is perpetrated. T we ' eases were r classes." We certainly do not undervalue the impression of Saturday, th at may b eported in our really religious instruction given in our schools regarded as fair types of the ordinary cases of assaults on • for the poor, but we are confident that the zeal The first was heard at the Southwark rves. expended upon securing sectarian instruction in Police-cou r t before Mn. COMBE. The prisoner, Davin 34 T , almost all of them, might have been employed THY, described as a man of Herculean frame was pp jg" with the happiest results in industrial education. , Joint occupation of the body and mind, desirable accused of an aggravated assault on Eett N , h is , wife. The unfoi tonate compliiirraiit was found ' . for the health of adults, indeed for that of every insensibly immediately after the re- i person, is necessary for children. What is by the police insensi she came before the Ma- learned, too, is better learned if acquired amidst volting outrage. When !the pursuit • • lars of her melancholy ' i , . sin which life is to be occupied than gistrate to detail the particulars i it b weak and ill as scarcely to b e e a mere isolated section of life, hardly story, she was so connected Her story was the the lit • . with the rest ; and what is of able to give her evidence. importance 'n " the habit i Power of e . , the children recognise the usual one—the husband had been 1 of ill-using her," a deplorable fact, arntne. an honestlivelihood somewhere of which her , and someho w . ''' In schools in manufacturing dis the most powerful eon- ! tricts this i s _ c _. own proceedings afforded pe uharly important, since most noon drunk, and operatives there learn firmation. He came home at but some minute portion in concealed the whole process o f s the poor creature, dreading his wrath, ome manufacture, and are He perfectly at sea wh en herself under the bed to avoid his violence. through any cause that ma did there- nufacture, or their ow n not perceive her at the moment, and Particular fore lonaer needs their services. _ 0 part . , of it, no fore contented himself with stripping the mantel- , Mg% yg trained as at . s of Parkhurst to do every part of th e w shelf of its ornaments to provide the mean work e f a farm carrying on his degrading debauch. The wife could emigrate successfully if they could di ' ) .• saw the article s , s , dear to the female heart, car- no,nina else ; and lads who had l earned black work, carpentering, bricklayin g , „q ie tied away in silence—she dared not interfere. Sad smiths' ~ ~ could - quite at a loss in the "wide wid e experience had convinced her of the liopelessnes hardly b,. world." '.i l in d youth such training p ossesses a of attempting to arrest the scoundrel in his mad For our cu. career. Sh e saw the property go without ventur- double value ; it not only increases their c h ances ing to u tt er a syllable—teo happy in escaping the of success if they remain . athome, but slould th ey personal viol ence t o wh i ch she would be exposed or their relatives (if they have any who kn ow. from the scene of their if detected in her concealment. Alas, what a them) refer their removal in the frightful picture of the state in which she had I) temptations, their industrial training old temptations, lived, the terror reieni literally a Little fortune ng supreme, that could prison school may become banish every other idea from her despairingcolonies. The mind. to them in our labour-craving Two or three times the ruffian returned, but on 'average number of the boys each occasion she sought the friendlyOOH 1. Is. 3d., refuee and their earnings have amounted to 2, succeeded in escaping observation. At len ' 9 length the a small sum per head, of course, com?ar . ed with crisis arrived ; at seven o'clock he came home differences that of the adults in Portland; but the , moody and sulky—the means of carryings on his in the case are too obvious to need mention. sunken debauch being probably Wanting. The The result is that the net cost of each boy is inebriated miscreant stretched upon the bed under 181. Bs. id. ; for this sum, however, we have I done the possible to turn into useful men those Who would have been the pests of ciety, and have saved ourselves we doubt not, on the whole, many times the cost of their train ing in saving the cost of repeated offences, trials, and punishments. In this light the education at Parkhurst is even pecuniarily cheap. Much has been frequently said on the too great attention paid to the comfort of the prisoners, and the danger of divesting a prison of its whole some terrors. The Report adverts fully to this subject (Sun, Sept. 'ith). Colonel JEBB fully ad mits that, notwithstanding the moral advantage to be gained by a long course of industrial train ing, it must not be gained by sacr ifi c i ng the b, dis tinction between employment and hard labour ; the greatest profit which can be realised is that of deterring others from crime by the prisoner's narrative of his prison experience, and by deter ring the prisoner himself from incurring a second imprisonment. In Scotland, Sir JOHN KINCAID reports that thieves and vagrants, before whipping boys under 14, and hard labour in all cases was allowed, found the comforts of a prison greater in many cases than what they enjoyed out of it, and the idleness was quite to their taste. Hence, in justice to the community, after a full and costly trial of the merely reformatory system, a great change has been made. Reformation is still consi dered a primary object, but the leading feature of the system is to be of a " strong deterring cha racter." Crank machinery, severe labour in oakum picking ; and, where medical considera tions do not interfere, a wooden bed with just clothing enough, for the first month, to be suc ceeded by the usual bed on good behaviour, are the deterring expedients suggested. It is justly, however, observed that, added to the loss of liberty, the personal cleanliness required, and the regular habits which give an air of comfort to a prison, are at first great additions to the punish ment. If, as Mr. F. HILL well remarks, we fur ther remember the previous habits of most prisoners, and that in prison they are cut off from all companions, must rise at six o'clock, can not remain in their dirt all day, but are com pelled to wash themselves well ; that they have then to labour severely with the prospect of losing their dinner if they do not ; no pipe, no snuff, no laughter, whistling, singing, or shouting ; no gambling, no drinking,—and if we remember the pain of breaking off a single bad habit, it will be apparent that even "if the prisoners were fed on turtle instead of barley broth, and slept on down instead of straw, there would be but few appli cants for their places." In a word, the honest labourer out of prison need not grudge the prisoner the diet and comforts without which it is found by experience, that neither his bodily nor mental health can sustain the confinement. Colonel JEBB concludes his Report with a brief advertence to the great importance of measures preventive of crime. These he arranges under• three heads—systematic pressure on the acknow ledged causes of crime, such as drunkenness, low lodging-houses, receivers of stolen goods, &c. ; measures to check the increase of juvenile criminals, such as rendering their homes more decent, and, especially, the industrial education of the lowest classes, as yet the class reached by no Govern ment scheme of education ; and, in combination with the proposed corrective reformatory disci pline appropriate to the various classes of crimi nals, a distinct effort in behalf of discharged pri soners. Under such a complete and harmonious system it may well be hoped that we shall gain rather than lose, if the cessation of transpor tation shall compel our adopting it as far as prac ticable. The second preventive measure sug gested will be attained to a large extent when Lord SHAFTESBURY'S plan, which was praised but dropped last session, is brought into operation. We trust that nothing will hinder its adoption next year. His Lordship is just one of those voluntary coadjutors whom Colonel JEBB desires, and who ought, as he observes, to be adequately encouraged by the Government. The public are much indebted to the Colonel for his able and suggestive Report. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL. SEPT. 18. Her Majesty, his Royal Highne - :>s Prince Albert, the Princess Alice. and Count Alexander Mensdorff, went yesterday to the top of Lochan-y-gar. The Hon. Mary Bulteel was in attendance upon her Majesty. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.---Another instance of the wonderful rapidity with which messages of public importance can be transmitted by the electric telegraph, from the most distant points, was given in the thir•i edition of The Sun yesterday evening. The States- General of Holland were yesterday opened by the King, who delivered a speech of more than usual length. It was concluded at 1.25 p.m., and by five minutes after three the whole, translated into English, was received at The Sun office, and was published in our third edition within a very short time afterwards. Although the dispatch contained no less than 1,750 words, the trans lation and transmission to us only occupied the brief space of one hour and forty minutes! One remarkable feature of this extraordinary express, for so it may be justly termed, is, that it had to cross the German Ocean for many miles. We are indebted for this early receipt of the speech to the Electric Telegraph Company, Lothbury, who, we must say, are entitled to very great credit, not only for the expertness which they have dis played, but for the extreme accuracy with which the whole was conveyed along the mystic wires. SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to 429,0001., of which 395,0001. is silver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canton, and 7,7001. gold for Singapore and Hong Kong. The only other important remittance is 25,0001. gold for Alexandria. AUSTRALIA.—Accounts about a fortnight later than those previously received have been brought by the overland mail. The dates are Sydney, the 19th of June ; and Adelaide, the 6th of July ; but the details given respecting the general course of affairs are very limited. According to a commercial circular pub lished in the Sydney Herald of the 11th of June, goods were being offered freely. "Our importations," it is said, "continue heavy, and at the present rate of consumption far in excess of the demand." The later private letters also describe a tendency to decline, and buyers were apparently every day becoming less willing to operate. The productiveness of the gold fields of New South Wales had, however, considerably increased. The mines at the Ovens were likewise yielding largely, and new deposits were from time to time discovered. The prices of stocks and shares at Sydney remained steady. Gold was at 753. per ounce ; wool, is. Bd. to ls. 11d. ; oats, 12s. per bushel ; hay, 241. per ton ; and the rate of exchange on England, 2 premium. INCOME-TAX.—Claims of Exemption.—lt is very desirable that persons having claims for repayment of in come tax on the ground of exemption, by reason of their incomes being less than 1501. a year, should be mad e aware that they must send in such claims, so far as re gards the years ended the sth of April, 1852, and th, sth of April 1853, to the surveyors for the districts in which they reside, or to the head office in London or Edinburgh, as the case may be, on or before the 10th of October next, and that no such claims can be received after that period. This rule applies as much to cases where claims have been established in former years as to those where claims may now be made for the first time. MODEL LODGING-HOUSE AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday the directors of the Windsor Royal Society (of which his Royal Highness Princess Albert is the president) opened a lodging-house for unma rried workmen and labourers. The model lodging - house formed a p art of the original scheme of the society, but the difficulties ex perienced in procuring suitable premises, and adapting them to the purpose, have delayed until now the carry• ing out of the praiseworthy intention. The directors very judiciously took on lease one of the large houses in Church street, the residence formerly of noble families attached to the Court, but in latter days used for tin most ignoble purposes, and suffered to fall into the last st ge of dilapidation. This house they thoroughly re paired, drained, and ventilated. provided with every convenience, and fitted up with sleeping accommodation for 50 single men. Side by side with this new and com modious lodging-house is another house of similar di r tnensions, licensed under the Public Health Act, and open f or th e recept i on o f tramps ; so th a t the two estab lisliments, when in full operation, will present much the s ame startling contrast as liogarth's celebrated paintin gs " Beer-street," and "Gin-lane." The lodgers ,ireThdisa,yin to be admitted by the week, reckoning from Monday morning,comewekonly.payment at th e ra t e o f 2 s . per week, in advanc e ; or, o case of admission after Monday, until the following Monday when town w t h n e ike occupation lvni ds r i , s to be lodgings f or single men - en are not only ver y scarce , b u t xorbitantly high, will be no slight boon to the working DISTRICT INSPECTORS OF RAILWAY WORKS.—A new 45 stem, that of appointing district inspectors of the works and management of the traffic, is being adopted by the York, Newcastle, Berwick, North Midland, and Leeds Northern Railways. MONEY MARKET. AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed heavily, but prices were not much lower. The sales were 5,000 bales, including 100 American for exportation, 250 Pernams and Mar an h ams , a t Gid. to 7d., 200 Egyptians at lid. to Bid., and Surats at 31d. to 41d. per lb. The Railway Market opened with a general de cline of 1/. on Saturday's quotations, but rallied to some extent before the close. The dates from Sydney are to June 19, by the Overland Mail, and they re p or t fl atter mar k ets f or imports, with increasing supplies, which is pre cisely what has been anticipated. The gold yield continued very satisfactory. The accounts received yesterday from Washing ton state : " The Government have recently been apprised of the existence in large quantities, on our southern coast, of a most valuable article of commerce with China, not before known to be obtainable here. We refer to what is known in science as bicho do mar, corrupted in the language of commerce into, imdaii*pler. The Chinese call it trepang. The attiptioniol me in Washirgton whose duty it is to,see 'gnat resources are developed as much as possible, b been :called to this new source of wealth by a dis'Ainguished naturalist. This article is called on our coasts the sea slug, and, will be recognised as an unseemly, jelly-looking substance of a dirty brown colour, hard, rigid, and scarcely possess ing any power of locomotion or appearance of animation, and varying in size from, say six inches in length and two or three in girth to two feet long and six or eight inches girth, which may always be found in very large quantities strewed on the shore, between high and low water marks, on our southern coasts." The following is a comparative statement of passengers arrived at the port of Quebec to the 31st August, 1852 and 1853 : From whence. 1852. 1853. Increase. Decrease England 6,997 7,335 338 Ireland 13,025 11,092 Scotland 4,710 3,673 Norway 2,027 4,440 2,413 Germany Lower Ports l,OlB 382 1,933 1,037 -. 2,472 - 636 32,507 29,180 2,751 6,078 2,751 Total Decrease 3,327 From their agents in Venezuela and New Gre nada, the Committee of Spanish American Bond holders have letters by the Orinoco. In neither case can these be deemed satisfactory, because they are inconclusive. The Government of the first-named Republic does nothing but promise, and it will depend upon the energy of the agent, who was greatly exerting himself, whether they will do anything. From New Grenada, having settled its claim upon P eru, t h ere may b e bettr news ere long. The amount of specie, 210,000 dols., brought by the Arabia steamer from New York, is all r France. The Ripon steamer, from Southampton, takes out 429,070/. in bullion, chiefly for Singapore and China. The scarcity of silver in China will induce shipments hence for some time to come, but the 4,000,000 dols. coming from Mexico will doubt less suffice for about a month. To Russia further sums will be forwarded this week, and 100,0001. is already engaged for. The quantity of Imperial eagles still in the Bank of England is large. To France not much bullion is going, but a new loan for that country is more talked of. There has been an exceedingly quiet market for English stocks, and prices are less buoyant. Con sols have been 951 toe for transfer, and 95R 1 for aciount. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to 7s. discount. These have been the only securities dealt in. The absence of any authentic news from the East, and the demand for money, said to have increased a little this morning, are the principal causes of the existing heaviness, and have no doubt occasioned the money sales made. Most foreign securities are well supported, in the absence of any large transactions. Mexican have been done at 251 and 25g ; Grenada Deferred are 9 to j ; and Brazilian New 41 per Cents. 98. Vene zuela Stock has been at 36i to 37. Peruvian is about 76 to 78. Spanish 3 per Cents, have been at 46i, and the Deferred at 22i. Danish Bonds have been at 851, and Dutch 21 per Cents. at 63i to 64k. Nothing has been done in Russian stocks. The Railway Share Market has given way again after yesterday's improvement, but the change is not material, except in the Caledonian, which are down 21., the Oxford and Wolverhampton 11. to 21., and the York and North Midland 11. French shares are rather buoyant, and with increased dealings higher rates have been obtained. The Gold Mine Shares are steady, and the Nou veau Monde are in demand at higher rates. The Australian Bank Shares have been in favour at better rates, but the Land Companies' are heavy, and the Australian Agricultural have declined V. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done ,per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 s4ii4i Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, Id. £l000 £5OO 7 3 d Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. THREE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4} per Cent . 9B Danish Bonds, 182 per Cent 854 Grenada Bonds, Deferred \lexicon 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 44 Russian Bonds, 44 per Cent......... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Ceut 94 ipanish Bonds, 3 per Ceut 46i Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 3. per Coat — Ditto for the Account 37 64 nvid en3s on the 9boye payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2,3 per Cent. 12 Guil 64i Ditto for the Account 64 i Consols Ditto October Account THREE O'CLOCK. 954 i 95,i ii MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is without particular altera tion. At the Dutch sale of Java all sold at 4 florin above the previous rates. Floating cargoes maintain full prices, and both Savannah and : Brazil have been in request. Refined is firm. Brown lumps are 45s to 45s 6d per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 1,093 hhds, 154 tierces, 373 barrels, there were taken for home consump tion 1,593 hhds, 166 tierces, and 666 barrels. The stock in the same places is, 10,825 hhds, 1,692 tierces, 3,494 barrels. COFFEE. The market is quiet, but quotations are much the same. Native has been at 47s 6d to 49s for low to superior, and Plantation Ceylon has been dearer for colory. Mocha has been in more demand. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 392 puns, 1 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 221 puns, and exported, 163 puns, 333 hhds. The stock in the same places is, 9,236 puns, and 361 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction 972 bags partly sold at 29s for fine 24 per cent. refraction, but mid 7 per cent. was taken in at 28s. RlCE.—There is a fair demand. COTTON.—Not much is doing. TEA.—The demand is good, and rates tend upwards. Common sound congou 114 d to is 04d. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady at 5 is on the spot. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover .litto, 3/ 15s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 118. to 1/ 16s per load. A. fair average supply, and a steady demand. OUMBEALAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 5s ; clover litto, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and t ra d e ra the r dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, / Os to Si Os ; clover ‘litto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade rather dull. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND OUTH-EASTERN itAlLWA.Y.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 17, 185 3 £ 20 . 745 7 5 19,641 9 7 Corresponding w ee k last year Increase in 1853 £l,loo 17 10 LONDON, BRIGHTON , AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— ['raffle return fo r th e week ending Sept. 17, 1853 £15,476 0 5 Corresponding week last year 13.307 12 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 187,340 18 9 I'otal of the half-year to this date, 1852 168,380 12 1 THE SUBTERRANEAN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the new act for making a railway from the north-western distric t of the metropolis to Battle-bridge was printed. This anxiously looked-for statute, to supersede the metro politan streets and roads, contains 57 clauses. It is to be called "The North Metropolitan Railway." The capital is to be 300,0001., divided into 15,000 shares, at 20/. a share. The railway is to be made according to the deposited plan. The plans are of a railway corn tnencing at or near the south end of Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, and terminating at or near Battle-bridge, by a junction with the intended line of railway from ' Battle-bridge to Holborn. The company is authorized to interfere with till everal streets to make the line. LOUGHCASTER CASTLE. —According to a Limerick i p la a s pe b r, ee M n r o s ff . e ß r a e l d l, 3tho,eoosoulp.erfioorreLss of ougi t ic h a e st L e n r r c et a t s o u N e N uns, detnesne, formerly the princely residence of the Gt rt family. It was purchased, under the Encumb Estates Court, for 17,0001., consequently Mrs. Ball, had she accepted the offer, would have netted 13,000/. I by her speculation. PONTEFRACT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEC7RIC TELEGRAPH.) SCURRY STAKES. Solyman 1 BEDFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.3o—Preparation Stakes. 3. o—Two year-old Stakes. 3.3o—Produce Stakes. 4. o—Bedfordshire Stakes. 4.3o—Town Plate. ARRIVALS. Two-year-old Stakes--Lady Audrey, Campstool, Bal moral, King Alfred, Tormentor, Shakspere, Seaweed filly. Produce Stakes—filly by lon out of Taurina, Star of Surrey. Bedfordshire Stakes--Retail, Ethelwolf, Ticton, Haco, Madame Lindeau, Perfidious. Scurry Handicap (to-morrow)-- Leybourne, Puritan, Nathan, May-day, Michaelmas Maid, Madame Landeau, Corybantes, Auckland filly. ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S PLATE.—Retail, Herbert, Truth, Lamartine, Stamford, Ariosto, Odiham, Ethelwolf, Warbler, Reiver, Tickton, Jouvence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—ONE o'CLocK, PONTEFRACT HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken freely). 5 to 2 agst Braxey. 5 to 2 agst Balrownie (offered). 5 to 1 agst Defiance. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Patrick, Bryan, aged 20, described as a sailor, and John Graham, aged 20, also a sailor, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging them with stealing a watch, a chain, one coat, and other articles, the property of Wm. Reid, and one watch, the property of Alexander Sloker. It appeared that there were former convictions against the ,prisoners, and the Court sentenced them to four years' penal servitude under the new act. _ _ Thomas Cornish, 21, described as a poulterer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously breaking and entering the warehouse of William Vaug han, and stealing therein his moneys, value 6/. ls. 3 3 / 4 d. The prisoner excused himself from the charge on the plea of poverty and want. The Learned Recorder, however, said he could not admit such a plea at a time when employment was so abundant, that no able-bodied person like the prisoner need be with out a shilling in his ocket. Indeed, matters had so altered for the better, so far as the labourers were concerned, that the masters had, to a certain degree, became the servants of their workmen, and they were compelled to submit to dictation in regard to the wages they paid. This state of things arose from the scarcity of labour, and the general prosperity of the country, and while it lasted no excuse of the nature set up by the prisoner could for a moment be entertained. The sen tence of the Court, therefore, was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of six calendar months. Henry Johnson, aged 22, described as a clerk, pleaded guilty to two indictments, one charging him with steal ing a telescope, value 9s. 6d., the property of Robert Gogerty, and the other charging him with stealing a spoon and fork, value 385., the property of Frank Cleusow. A former conviction was proved against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to four years' penal ser vitude, under the new act. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The time was occupied in this court the whole morning in trying prisoners for uttering ba3e coin, and of whom there were 15 for trial. THE COLLISION AT IIO.RNSEY. CLERKENWELL POLICE COURT (THIS DAY.) Richard Partington Wood, the engine driver, and Joseph Wood, the fireman, who stand charged with hav ing grossly neglected their duty, while driving an express on the Great Northern Railway, appeared again this morning at the Clerkenwell Police Court. Mr. Clarkson, as before, appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Rawlings attended to watch the proceed ings for one of the accused parties. Mr. Clarkson said he was happy to inform the court that the young woman, who was so dreadfully injured by the collision, was now in such a state as to be free from danger, while all the other parties who were more or less wounded were rapidly recovering from their injuries. Since the last inquiry experiments had been made into the cause of the collision by the Government engineer, and the result had shown beyond all question, that the blame in this matter rested entirely with the defendants. Mr. RAIVLINGS then addressed the court for the defendant, and contended that the company were just as much to blame as the defendants. After a few observations from Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Tyrwhitt repeated that he had come to the de termination to commit the defendants for trial. The witnesses were then bound over accordingly. The defendants, however, were again admitted to bail. DR UR Y-LANE. A new play in five acts, entitled The Betrothal, by a Mr. George H. Baker, was produced at this theatre last night, with a success which must be attributed more to the actors than to the author. Though the merits of the piece are of the slightest description, it being neither original in plot, nor remarkable for excellence of dialogue, it nevertheless affords some opportunities for stage ef fects, and for the display of those qualities for which Mr. Brooke, who takes the leading part, is so warmly appreciated. The character which Mr. Brooke supports is that of an old wealthy merchant, named Marsio, the incarnation of every fiendish passion, betrothed to a very young lady, Costanzi, promisingly acted by Miss An derton. A younger rival, really loved by the lady, ex• cites the jealousy and rage of Marsio, who endeavours to get rid of him by poison, but unconsciously drinks of the cup intended for Juranio, and becomes himself the victim. We have said that there is nothing original in the plot; but we must except an artful turn in the denouement, by which it appears that the old merchant was not poisoned irrecoverably, as is the usual stage fashion with villains, but only temporarily, so that he might take himself off, or be taken off, without crimi nality on the part of others, and allow the young couple a clear field. The last scene, in which Marsio supposes himself poisoned and dying, was an effective, almost an appalling, exhibition of impotent rage and physical agony. The house was well filled, and Mr. Brooke was called for after the fall of the curtain, and enthusiastically received. STRAND T HEATRE. The stream of popularity seems to have fairly set in in favour of this pretty little theatre. The business, which during the past week, was such as has not been witnessed for some time past, bids fair, from the general rush to the doors last night, to continue during the pre sent week. This turn in the tide may, perhaps, in part, be owing to the change of company, and partly to the alteration in the style of entertainment. At all events, the light vaudeville, broad farce, and burlesque extrava ganza, seem better adapted to the little theatre than the five-act plays and comedies we were wont to witness there —and so seem to think the public hence, the success which_ has attended the new management. Last - "bight the performances commenced with Paul Pry, the inquisitive hero being essayed by J. W. Sharp, the popular comic vocalist, who is engaged by the management to appear in a series of characters in broad farce. The piece, which is re plete with situations, was eminently successful. An Object of Interest followed, in which Miss Marshall ap peared for the first time as Fanny, the part being ori ginally played by Mrs. Keeley ; and when we say that, in our estimation, the public lost nothing by the change, we are perhaps paying Miss Marshall the highest com pliment in our power. The original Strand burlesque of Othello succeeded, and was followed by an amusing sketch by Stirling Coyne, entitled A Scene in the Life of an Unprotected Female, and the apparently lengthy per formance concluded with a ballet divertissement, ar ranged by Madame Louise, and supported by Mddles. Palser, Elise, Mari e Charles, Sidonie, and a corps de ballet. CREMORNE GARDENS.— Those unrivalled gymnasts, the Italian Brothers, take their benefit on Thursday, the 22d instant, and will , of course, command a most numerous attendance of the Cremorne habitues. The present is the last week of their appearance, as well as that of the circus company ; and, on that evening, we shall, for this season, see the last of the agile Milano and the fascinating Cushnies, who are about to perform for a few weeks in Glasgow previous to their engagement for the Christ mas pantomime at Drury-lane, where their talents will prove a most serviceable acquisition to the management. Should the weather prove favcurable, the fele of Thurs day will not be the least brilliant in the annals of Cre morne. _ ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester• day another rise took place in the price of bread ; the 41b. loaf, second quality, is now charged Bid., and best 9 3 / 4 d. A further rise is anticipated during the ensuing week. MAIL FOR AIISTRALIA.—The Postmaster-General has taken up the Neuler sailing vessel for the conveyance of the next-mails to West Australia, Victoria. New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land. The Neuler will leave Liverpool on the 4th October, on the arrival of the day mail from London. All letters and newspapers reaching Liverpool by the above date, not addressed to be fur warded by any other vessel, will be dispatched by the Neuler. Letters sill be charged ls. the halfounce ; newspapers will go free. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT GREENOCK. We are indehtefl to the courtesy of the Glasgow Co; stitutional ior the following repurt of the proceeding at Greenock, on Monday, when an address was pry sented to Lord John Russell. It bad been intended to present the addtess to hit, lordship in the Town Hall, but in consequence of the numerous applications for admission, the corporation wisely determined to avail themselves of the ample ac commodation of the Mid Church (Rev. Dr. Brown's). The doors of that edifice were accordingly thrown open at 11 a.m. All the seats were speedily occupied by respectably dressed ladies and gentlemen. On the plat form we observed Provost Martin; A. Murray Dunlop, Esq., M.P. ; Major Darroch, of Gourock and Drums; Sheriff Marshall ; Provost Phillips, of Paisley ; Pro vost Birkmyre, of Port-Glasgow ; Provost Houston, of Renfrew ; and Lorne Campbell, Esq. The Magistrates (in their chains of office) and Men,- hers of Council of Greenock, viz. :—Bailies Campbell, M'llwraith, and Neil ; Treasurer Sword . Councillors Arbuckle, Caird, Steele, Shaw, Kerr, Sel lars, Hamlin, Haddow, Robert Macfie of Airds, and Ballantyne ; and the Water Trustees, viz.:—Walter Service, Esq., John Hunter, Esq., William Curtis, Esq., Robert Blair, Esq., Hugh Ritchie, Esq., James Lang, Esq., Hugh Cameron, Esq., and Andrew Laing, Esq. John Kerr Gray, Town Clerk; George Williamson, Procurator-Fiscal ; John Adam, Town Chamberlain ; Robert Steele, Esq. of Knock, Andrew Anderson, Esq., Dr Ninian Hill, T. 0. Hunter, Esq., Thomas Turner, Esq., John Miller, Esq., W. Macfie, Esq. of Langhouse, Rev. Dr. Brown of Mid Church, Rev. Dr: M'Culloch of West Church, Rev. Mr. Morton, Rev. Mr. Laugh ton, Rev. Mr. Stark, Rev. Mr. Bonar, George Blair, Esq., Donald M'Donald, Esq., Neil Campbell, Esq., Archd. Dennistoun, Esq., Thomas King, Esq., Robert Wright, Esq., Charles C. Scott, Esq., John Scott, jun., Esq. Lord John Russell who was accompanied to the plat form by his youthful son, arrived from Roseneath a few minutes before 12, a beautiful little Government screw steamer having been placed at his Lordship's disposal by the Admiralty. His Lordship's appearance on the plat forin was hailed with much enthusiasm. His Lordship hating been seated, Provost MARTIN immediately proceeded to present the address. In doing so he said--My Lord, the Town Council of GreeCock are greatly honoured by your pre senbe this day, to receive the address which they desire to present expressive of the high consideration with which, in common with their townsmen they regard your Lordship. (Cheers.) The numerous and important measures which, during your public career, you have either originated or supported, may not have met with unanimous approval, nor in a free country, where every citizen forms and may express an independent opinion, was this to be expected. But, however they may differ on questions of policy, the British people never fail to recognise and to reverence high moral principle, and this, in your Lordship's case, has secured to you the respect and esteem of all parties. (Great cheering.) The principles of civil and religious liberty which have been long and successfully advocated by your lordship may now be upheld without the hazard of personal danger. It past times it was far otherwise, and it is to the lasting holiour of your illustrious house that in the day of need it gave to this great cause one of its noblest martyrs. (Cheers.) Thanks to your lordship and to others of kindred mind, both in our own and in earlier times, the safeguards of freedom have been established on a basis that we may hope cannot be shaken: When your lord ship carried your great measure of Parliamentary reform, there were gloomy forebodings of evil re- Bulls ; but it must be a source of just pride to you that these have proved to be unfounded, and your own sanguine expectations have been realised ; for, while neighbouring nations have been convulsed by insur rection or revolution, the people of this country have kept their onward course, not destroying but amehoriating their institutions. This contrast, so favourable to us, ought to reconcile those who were hostile to your measures, and should cause us to mourn that so many nations are not blessed with like happy privileges. (Cheers.) Com mercial freedom has likewise been extensively promoted by your lordship, and although there was diversity of opinion on this subject also, it is possible other causes may to some extent have contributed their aid. Ido not. 'think it can be denied that to the comprehensive reform of our commercial laws, and of the principles of taxation, must be attributed in a great measure the present unexampled prosperity and comfort of all classes. (Renewed applause.) My lord, I will not de tain you longer by alluding to other questions of pro gress, which have derived advantage from your lord ship's support ; but, rejoicing that it has fallen to my lot to represent the corporati on an d in h a bit an t s o f Greenock on this occasion, I pray that you may long continue to adorn the high station you occupy, and that you may be long spared to maintain the honour and the liberties of this empire, and to promote the prosperity and happiness of a grateful people. (Much applause.) The town-clerk then read the address, as follows : " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL. "My Lord,—We, the provost, magistrates, and council lors of the town of Greenock, in Council assembled, avail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by your Lordship's temporary residence in our neighbourhood, to express the deep respect which we entertain for your Lordship's per sonal character, and for your distinguished talents as a statesman. " It has been your Lordship's eminent distinction to con tribute to the freedom, the prosperity, and the happiness of this empire in a manner worthy of the illustrious house from which you are descended, and to which England is so largely indebted. "In the midst of party conflicts, it must be gratifying to your Lordship to feel assured that the purity of your motives, and the enlarged views and high spirit by which you are actuated, are not only fully appreciated, but have secured to your Lordship the lasting gratitude of your country. " We thank your lordship for the great services you have rendered to the cause of civil and religious liberty ; and we only give expression to the universal public feeling when we pray that your lordship may be long preserved by Divine Providence to be a blessing to this nation. " Signed in name, and by appointment, of the Magis trates and Council, and the Seal of the Burgh affixed hereto, at Greenock, the sixth day of Sep tember, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three years. " JOHN MARTIN, Provost." Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who appeared in the enjoyment of the most vigorous health, and who was loudly and most enthusiastically cheered, spoke as follows : Provost and gentlemen of the Council, it would be difficult, indeed, for me to express in words the grati tude which I feel for the honour that you have this day done me. I can only say that, I trust, in a more expressive manner than by words—by my public con duct—l may continue to deserve the approbation and good opinion of cities and communities such as this. (Cheers.) You have done me the honour of saying that it has been my lot to contribute to the liberties, the hap piness, and the prosperity of this country. I feel deeply such a compliment. I cannot but look back at the time when I first entered Scotland, and had the advan tage of receiving part of my education under distin guished men in the metropolis of your country. (Cheers.) At that period there was nothing like real representa tion of the people of this part of the United Kir_gdom —those exceptions of popular election which prevailed elsewhere did not find their place in Scotland, and the freedom of the press was a mere name ; for I do not re member that there was any newspaper at that time which really conducted public discussions wi h freedom and with openness. (Cheers.) I cannot but look at that time, to congratulate you, and to congratulate myself, that times are so greatly altered. (Cheers.) Your Provost has alluded to institutions in other countries which have failed—to liberties which have flourished for a time and have decayed, or without bringing their fruits to maturity. But the difference between those countries and this is, that there is here such a temperate enjoyment of freedom— such a for bearance in pushing rights to extremity, such a well considered appreciation of the value of liberty, the in stitutions derive all their force and all their grandeur from the charadter of the people among whom they are introduced. (Loud cheers.) It is thus that if lat any time have been enabled to add to the privileges, to add to the power of the people, I have felt at the moment, and I have been confirmed by experience since, that I was adding at the same time to the strength and security of the throne. (Loud cheers.) lam sure, gentlemen, that such will cont i nue to be the case, and that while you value and esteem those privileges which you enjoy, and those privileges which you may hereafter obtain, you will at the same time consider that it is by the temperate use of liberty, that all these privileges can be best maintained to a remote posterity. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, your Provost has alluded to measures which have been under discussion with regard to the extension of the principle of representation and mea sures with regard to the extension of the freedom of commerce. (Loud cheers.) lam happy, at lea,t to say without entering into any argument upon these subjects, that your address confesses the increase, should nut sa y con f esses , but ra ther loudly proclaims p e people— (cheers) aimsl (cheers) —and th e reby at the increase of the prosperity and happiness of t the same time proclaims that those measures were xv.it ill devised, and have not been unsuccessful. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, with regard to the future, although I may take but for a short tynteruasntytfia,lart ther part in the deliberations of Parliam much that excited party dissension and heated discussion having passed away, that much which was matter of doubt having been settled, there will be, with regar d to future measures, if not an absence of party—and I don't c a o n u y n t t i r l y ne : o w r h when e a r n e h s o h n a e ll st be di a f r a e n b le e n absence 0 0 l p n a y n i e n xp th ee is ten should nut be expressed; yet, I trust there v , ll, be that agreement that the course of legislation may . b e still farther conducive to the happiness oi the people at large. (Loud cheers.) And let ne say, however important the questions that we have discusse , in past years, and it would be difficult perhaps to find a time in the history of any country, when so many measures of importance have been obtained, without DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following t,laces at nine o'clock on Monday morning. Th e stations ar a r anged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON N., gentle breeze —cloudy. FOLKESTONE--S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., GREENWlCH—Um—cloudless. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots DAT —Morning 34 min; after 3 . 1 Evening 50 min.aft. 3 T)-Moaaow .Morning 6 min. after 4 Evening 21 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. GG —highest since noon yesterday. 57--lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 12. WIND, S.W. - Fine weather. convulsion and without revolution, as have been ob tained and established in this country since 1833 ( 1 ° 16 (- cheers)—l say, while this is the case, there still remain:: •nuch for the consideration n o t o n ly o f all statesmen, b ut ' of all men who are lovers of humanity, of justice, and .vho have a regard to the welfare of their countrymen. It is thus with regard to legislatures, ss the poet de icribes it with regard to the traveller in a mountain country. Although you seem to have mounted a con- siderable ascent, there are still farther ascents before you— " Hills rise on hills, and Alps on Alps arise." Cheers.) There is no time—l contemplate no time---in e hich there will not be much for an enlightened and be' nevolent Legislature to discuss, to arrange, and to !?.• tablish. Very unfortunately, the very increase of twill' sation, the very gatherings together of population, which are the fruits of industry, of commerce, of flourishing • manufactures, and increased trade, bring with them their attendant evils ; and while we are occupied, while many benevolent men are occupied, in extending into remote regions the light of Christianity, there are too ninny al, most at our own doors who, from the imperfection and the deficiency of education, on the one baud, and from the crowded and ill-ventilated dwellings which they 1 , 11 : habit, on the other, are almost as much deprived of e means of obtaining religious knowledge and i ns truction ;_ is the heathen in the most distant lands w hich our devoted missionaries have visited, and where they have been ready to sacrifice their lives in the promotios of Divine truth. (Loud cheers.) Well, gentlemen bu t these questions give rise to numerous and importacl matters, upon which men again may differ, but uPe ° which I hope the conclusion to which they wive oil be conducive to the happiness of our country men. (Loud cheers.) I will not give any oPini e . upon these questions, I will merely glance at thei r nature. Our very freedom stands in the way of mini regulations, which of themselves are beneficial. While in! foreign country, where d es p o ti c ru l e prevails, you 6e that there is an obligation to p rov id e f or th e good vents' ' lation, for the ordering and maintenance, by measur es of police, of that which contributes to the health of the : population of a city, our people, naturally--I must say I find no fault with such jealousy—object to the in' ference of any central authority ; and when the matter is left to their own Government, they do not I'lol ° provide those measures which it is for the good of our people they should provide. (Cheers.) What should be the limit? Should you interfere? What should be the wee: sure of interference ? How far can you limit the freedom el the people in this respect ? How tar should legislation introduced into such matters ? These are important qur tions which the Legislature should consider. Then, i n regard to education, what vast matters are opening, upcn which men of the greatest intellect have already giv e° their opinion to the world ? Can we rely upon the volun. tary efforts of individuals in order to provide sound ecIll" cation for the people at large ? Should you interfere, s° the Government of America has interfered, in order to provide education ? If you do interfere, how far should you insist that it should be a religious education ? C an you, on the other hand, provide a secular education an d leave others, the ministers of religion, to give religious instruction ? I only glance at these questions in o rder to show that there are weighty matters still for the eon; sideration of the legislature and statesmen, and only pray to God that they may be resolved in ° manner befitting the intellect, befitting the charm , 4 'l befitting the spirit of an enlightened and a constant people. (Loud cheers.) Let me only say, that whi le these matters of internal legislation are of the utmost Wl' portance, while they must occupy from day to dal the minds and the time of those who are called represent you in the Commons House of Parliament while there are other questions of internal legislation) likewise of vast importance, upon which I have al" ready,' for my part, given my opinion, that further men' sures ought to be adopted, it is also to be cons iderent and I trust we shall none of us forget, that this country holds an important ioosition among the nations of the world. (Cheers.) It is not once but many times Ol e has stood forward to resist oppression, to maintain th e independence of weaker nations, to preserve to the ge neral family of nations that freedom, that power of g e " verning themselves of which oth er s have sought to de prive them. (Loud cheering.) I trust that character I'm' not be forgotten, will not be abandoned by a nation which is now stronger in means, which is more porl' lons, more wealthy than she has been at any forme! i period. This, then, you will agree with me, is not a pert to abandon any of those duties towards the world, toward s the whole of mankind, which Great Britain has hither° performed. Let us perform them, if possible, by our moral influence—let us perform th em , if p oss ible, wh it° , we maintain the inestimable blessings of peace' but while we endeavour to ma i n t a i n p eace , I certainly shoula be the last to forget that if that peace cannot 1 1 maintained with honour it is no l onger p eace — ( con tinue° applause)—it become then but a truce, a precarious truce, to be denounced by oth ers w h enever they rug think flt—(cheers)--whenever they think an Wel: tunity has occurred to enforce by arms their unjus t ," demands either upon us or upon ou r a lli es . (M ll° ' cheering.) I trust, gentlemen, that so long as I n en bear any part in the public councils of this kingdom, such will be my sentiments, and such will be my conduct. Happy I am to find that you have done me the honour tn siguify your agreement with me in these sentiments - I shall conclude, therefore, thanking you again f er , the great honour that you have done me, by saying that I shall remain attached to that cause which has bee ° expressed in plain words—in that which used to be the toast at our dinners, wherever Englishmen were Me t namely,—"The cause of Civil and Religious Liberty °Vet t sa t flmh he nuaedei will wtcioaelhrli maintained ! nef od G ' s ' blhoryeen ( agl C hete h etrsr e ß. e dfr r ea ) tnvfhee l ae tel tx t t o sr itetu ban s eind as t r, h hrh a tdee t hrra w f rtps a h ao c!. temrre causee idhvneef her e n:% t hc. ehi heads, e liconoan i ab 0 :• .; cerns of the world. (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. DUNLOP, M.P., mov e d a vo t e o f t h an k s front the inhabitants to the Provost and Corporation, for having paid so just a tribute to one so honoured, and so deservedly honoured, as the noble lord, and fo r hiving permitted the community to witness the great' ing proeeedings. The propos - al was carried by acclamation. The LORD PROVOST having acknowledged the com pliment, the meeting separated. NEW YORK.—The accounts from New York this wee k show a steady continu ance o f t h e recent improvement, in the money-market. The offer of the Government to purchase United States' Sixes at certain specified piec e had proved unsuccessful, except for a very small amount; and meanwhile the large extent of importations, and the consequent increase of the customs' receipts, caused the surplus revenue to go on accumu l at i ng. A return , P et published, of the declared value of the importations at the port of New York f or th e first eight mon ths of t h e present year presented an i ncrease over the correspou".., ing period of 1852 equal t o 9,700,000/ . , t h e to t a l having been 27,620,0001., against 17,910,0001. At the saute time the balance of trade appears to have been favour. able to the country throughout, since much of the sPee,l - from California had been retained. On 1 1 . other hand, however, the large amounts of iron ar, other materials obtained by the issue of railway bo,U e " of all descriptions and at all prices, and which have been taken by our manufacturers in some cases with too little caution, must be taken into account. ARRIVAL or SPECIE.—The specie arrivals yesterd A Y were 245,000/., namely, 205,000/. from the West Ind ies ' and 40,0001. from New York. The next steamer fronl the West Indies will arrive about the Ist of October, and is expected to bring 800,000/. of silver from th e Gulf of Mexico. SINGAPORE.—The Singapor e l e tt ers are t o the ad of ~0 August, and describe a u ac ti ve i mport t ra d e , the :., of cotton good s h av i ng b een cons id era bl e. Here, he„"; ever, as elsewhere, th ere was a genera l ten d enc y ton, everything upon th e A us t ra li an mar k ets. All arrc...,o suitable for them were quickly bought up, and a number of vessels were waiting for cargoes thither. T> d last dates from the island of Labuan were to the 10th July. Th e A mer i can s t ea m-frigate Powhattan had , rived at B orneo P roper , and was to coal at Labuan her passage to China. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures —. the port of London for the Australian caionies dolt the past week show a decrease, but they are still to u ___ merous. They have comprised altogether 11 ve" e i gl seven to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,„, 0 tons ; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of !t o tons ; one to New Zealand, of 951 tons ; and one • Hobart Town, of 364 tons. Th e t o t a l ca pacity was °ln sequently 5,482 tons. The shipments of manufactuo _ and ordinary merchandise ar e now certainly less est 70 tensive, and the rates of freight have a tendency decline. Georg ° WIFE BEATING AT MANCHESTER.—Yester d ay - Turner, a tailor, living in Caroline-street, Hulm e, ' it h chester, was charged the city magistra tes : beating, kicking, and stabbing his wife. The wilet., ; , poor emaciated creature, however, refused to gi v e_, dente. The policeman who brought the charge sol d , 00 had been stabbed by the prisoner with a knife inimbs, arm, and her body was covered with bruises infiietae4 his kicks and blows. Mr. Kennedy, magistrate, The the wife to tell him what the prisoner had done• a . poor woman replied timidly, " I don't want to say thing against hhn. ' Magistrate—You must give4Y.u"_ evidence. Wife--Well, I provoked him. Magistrle; And what did he do when you had provoked him • r_fi t —I don't know—he stabbed me in the arm, but I dY.t e wish to say anything. Mr. C. J. S. Walker, one of 1, 3 1, magistrates, then addressed the prisoner, saying, as wife would not give evidence, he would be dischaV e but it must be a warning, as they should certainly u .d. co mmitted him for six months had the case been Provs — The prisoner, who displayed a sullen demea n°of throughout, left the court without a word. f th e TRADE IN THE PROVINCES.—The accounts o state tat trade in the manufacturi n g towns during t,h° past week are sausf story, since they show that to:" movement in the rate of discount has produce d ,: feeling of considerable caution, without leading ,t any vague alarm or general want of confidence. Manchester there has been a marked disposition to re strict,e the amount of p ro d uc ti on , an d the d esi res of is various firms in this respect are greatly aided by the t i . fatuated conduct of th e operatives, who s hut theaul e. v from work by their restless attempts to exact hr; wages. At Birmingham, the transactions in mal?: of turgid iron continues to increase, and the reduction ay. 20s. per ton, declared some time back, seems to c oda been fully recovered. In the demand for ge neral ders g f o r o o : there is also undiminished activity, and the or /. . n efor to t the United States are heavy. The Nottingham describes dulness both in hosiery and lace, the b P o l r ely which prices have been driven by the cost of la tiering the market sensitive to every change. Stocks, however, are lower than to _n o manufacturers, therefore, feel no inclination to sales. In the woolien districts the greatest a't. markets there still prevails, and hi the Irish linen been a further advance. financial oervpero,lit_icnadl