The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION? fl and he has created a fleet ; he has roused the pride 6 1 the Ottoman people, and he has restored to them somewhat of that confidence in themselves which it is i ndispensible for a nation to possess, in order to be able to defend and maintain its independence. This Prince Vassal has become, according to our /j ell', an essential and necessary part of the Ottoman totpire. If he be destroyed, the empire will not the more acquire, now-a-days, the means which we re formerly wanting to enable the Sultan to govern S yria atid Egypt ; and the Porte will lose a vassal who ia, at this moment, one of its principal bul warks, Other Pachas will succeed who will be disobedient to their masters, and who will be the tlePeedents of every foreign influence. In a word one Portio n of the integral Turkish empire will be euluprornised, and, toeether with this, the general ; 111il ibrium will be endangered. In the opinion of ti:knee th e ex i stence of the Viceroy of Egypt, in provinces which he governs, and in the seas p:re his pow er i s exerte d, tie i i i• N'se of ensuring the proportions, as they aetu / e xist, between the different parts of the globe est " in this conviction, France, equally disinter ?e4 in th e O r i enta l quest i on w i t h t h e F our be ( nvera who have sien e d the protocol of Septem ofra7, believes herself to be under the necessity declaring that the deposition of the Viceroy, if se t 111 force, will be, in her estimation, a blow given , he general equilibrium. , 0 4 1 1' be question with respect to the limits which nl, c t t° he established in Syria in order to divide Pos seseion s of the &than from those of the hp) eer oy of Eg3 pt, might with safety be left to the t , t , 4 Pf the war now actually in progress, but to such e ttunot prevail upon herself to abandon es p li p e : Chance the existence of Mehemet Ali tit or : i llte e Vassal of the Empire. Whatever ter- P o aL li mits may ultimately separate the two Ileo w b e i ra ' h 7 the fortune of war, their continued fee zl - e e xistence is necessary to Europe, and France of 01 114 consent to admit the suppression either to e en e or of the othei. Disposed as she is ta ns ter upon and take part in every acceptable ar 4etnent Which shall have for its basis the double Ill ef ar h atitee of the ex i stence o f the Sultan and that pri: --e V iceroy o f E gypt, s h e confines herself at etit to the declaration on her part that she can t 0711.,8eut to the ca r rying into execution of the tuetiosition pronounced at Constantinople. ti o ,, ° t Other r espects t h e spontaneous manifesto ' several of the Powers, who have signed speel Treat of July 15, prove to us that in this re-ap , th W e und erstan d the term 4 balance of Europe' spec s ame sense that they do, and that in this re t‘htir vi ews are not at variance with ours. We 14(1 regret t hi s disagreement, which as yet we fry net Percei ve , b ut we could in nowise swerve t 'rn thi s manner of comp re h en di ng , an d o f assur ne Maintena nce o f t h at equ il i b r i um . li ran ee entertai n s th e h o ppr Ei e that. Europe will eciat e p p d oted the motives by w hi c h s h e h as b een in " to bre a k t h e s i lence hitherto preserved by ill_ Her love o f peace may be relied upon, as w ither sentiment has constantly animated her, not the I: ta m:ling the p rocee di ngs of which she believes hess as a right to complain. Her disinteiested tv.. °t r oy als o b e rel i ed upon, for it is not possible of it 4 t° suspect h er o f asp i r i ng to an y acqu i s iti o n s to j, ll. L°rY in th e east. What she does aspire 'IV t he maint enance of the e quilibrium of Europe. tvi h is also th e care o f t h e g reat Powers in common gi.til ' her, and it ought to f orm at once the object o f n glory and of their ambition. Accept, &c. (Signed) «A. THIERS," employment of children in our factories is OA, and mo s t d eserve dl y, rece i v i ng some share of rnse li attention. Lord ASH LEY seems to d evote icaa t l f to the su bj ec t, an d l a b ours at i t enthusias late " - ne the protector of c hild ren . B y hi s ?notio n 'n the Ho use o f C ommons, an d subse ilvae aeutly Publishi„ his speech, h e h as aga i n b roug h t ..hubject und er t h e pu b l i c notice. hat ' .l, •I fill hou r dren are very early put to very hard la kill 18 undoubtedly true. Not only in spinning itia a B ,: e ttu d in other factories connected with the exel ‘4lactu re of clothing, but in colleries and mines, tli eli a ` le d from the light of of ate( ' impure atmosphere of heaven, and breathing „ Jar s belo w places hundreds e"'Pelled the surface of the earth, they are tar to 'from the age of seven or eight, to labour Ar e ter:h or twelve hours a day. But such things at uevv. More than thirty years ag o the Let lio of LBPriella" indignantly directed the atten- t sl it ti of the public, but without effect, to the infa h n Atit:r ofn factories. Nearly thirty years ago t /Nit r ' th is saw scores of boys, not above ten colt a alt (If a g e ' deep down in the bowels of the earth, d, arid harnessed as it were to cars, dragging i ll 4)114 the seams where the colliers were plc i t d her e • " i n) to beneath the mouth of the pit, the ; l i t w as to be hoisted to the surface. Thus lo s : V3 about which Lord ASHLEY ' is LOW so 1 1k v " ari d the scandal which his recent exertions A e i refle eted on the country, are of old standing. 51 ent l o c h , e ti ute) however, that this undue employ there -b'fants has been a disgrace to England,. " 55 r eally been a large surplus of hands in p oll " Ur* at; Y• For years the outcry has been " the lltitt ul f : ; " 34 is too numerous," and yet the infantile a f th o ; Lt h ave been toiled and tasked to the ruin Pont " faculties, both physical and moral. The 11 1 e tl tates grew t o a f ear f u l amount, giving rise to gie te e h w a nd string en t P oor -l aw , an d every w h ere Atid l s been a complaint of want of employment l suPerfl uity of hands. Even now, while chi - t ea a rei °iver-wrought, thousands of men have no 0t? 4 ,.1i0 . ur. How are we to reconcile these 4, No so easy. The same love of wealth 1 44 ttlitldle classes, and generally in the capita " th e 4 ele etea source of both. They have studiously v ioe % a nd preferred children, wherever their set 4otte,Zsuld be su b st i tute d f or t h ose of grown per hecA:eeause th ey cou ld g i ve t h e c hild ren l ess, and 44 )1: 4 they Were more under the master's con btlt , rt) wn men n o t on l y d eman d e d more wages ily:ere som etimes independent, stubb orn , or un , Wo ve The disinclination of the capitalists and em laygive mor e wanes t h an t h ey cou l d posst lo4 ; 15 ' and th e i r cons eq uent preference of :infant fert.4; bri bing poor persons, by the sums they of het childr en's work, to send their children into h ave be: and mines, is the main cause why infants litN on -e u toiled to death in England, and grown t af er nh a l h ave been half or wholly starved for want w oioy alent. fa cto ry ed° l lof blame exclusively the capitalists) the 1111 44 : vil er; the colliery owners, and the mine the law. 'ets, but we blame them, and we also blame \Ve bi ma ker ; and above all we blame the clerg). hiah o "le the Vicars, Rectors, Bishops, and Arch , 0 3 f „ of the Church of England, and the minis titla ft : Church of Scotland, for the existence evils, fort Inng continuance of these scandalous e " T he c apitalists have not only had foreign pi t i tio 1 " in many cases to contend with, and corn stru,,„ltt w ith one another, but they have had to re atr b i 6 e under the yet heavier burden of absurd Pr e h eti 7 u s , laid on at hap-hazard, on the corn netie:Blve P ri nciple we yesterday brought under he 4 ' h a i n d of Corn-laws, by whic'a the capitalists have th ° : -Li ged to press the taxes thus laid on them out 01 , e'r labourers, whether children or others, io r e , up their works, or see themselves degraded poi a a le tY• It is not merely that they were corn. b ut eq to .._ that r y the extorted incomes of the landlords, li ven of extorted wealth raised an artificial standard g to Which capitalists were taught to look up, whi e ,e.i hey tasked infants to attain. The due gradations of rank to which Mr. Sheriff ALISON, in his work on population, has ascribed ail the ex cellencies of our country, undcr a Monarchical Government, is not altogether guiltless of the hor rible and annual immolation of infants. On their depression, and on the depression of the labourers, have the landlords, and the factory lords, and the mine lords, been exalted. But the Legislature is to be chiefly blamed, not only on account of the ridiculous and absurd le gislation we have adverted to, and its unjust im post on bread, but for not having completely remedied the long-standing evil. "It cannot inter fere," is the complacent reply of its defenders, between capital and labour." If we were to urge such an argument, adding the word " success. fully" to its interference, we should be consistent ; but such a statement, as a defence for its negli gence or sup-•ieness, when al►nost every one of its acts is such an interference, is preposterous. It to admit its imbecility, and, in shame, to abdicate its functions, or it ought to put down such extensive evils. It has put an end to the slave trade—it has put an end to slavery and what worse was slavery in our colonies than infant slavery in our cotton factories ? Either the Legislature is capable of regulating and controlling every part of society, and is there fore responsible for every such evil as infant toil, or it. is not. If it be, to it belongs the guilt of the excessive employment of children, and the want of employment of grown persons ; if it be not, it is not the supreme power in society ; and how, then, can it tell, that, by controlling and regulating a part, it does not exercise a most pernicious influence over that which it leaves at liberty ? It is the Tory theory that society is the most complicated machine known, and therefore the rude hand of a Reformer, unless he be a thorough Tory, is unfit to touch it ; but, in the case of infant slavery, a part of the machine is rudely grasped by the Legislature, and it declares it is not responsible for the misworking of the part it is either incapable of reaching, or too indolent to touch. Till the Le gislature admits its impotency, and abdicates its functions, or remedies the evil of infant-slavery, and men wanting work, the world will cry shame on it that such evils exist. Even more than the Legislature, we think the clergy are culpable. They are scattered over the kingdom ; in every parish there is one, and in many parishes several. They are the guardians and teachers of the public morality. Under their care the rising generation are peculiarly placed. They must have known, as least as long ago as SOUTHEY wrote the " Letters of Espriella," of the existence of the evil. They ought to have reported it to their Bishops, and the Bishops ought, if they could not otherwise remedy it, to have broueht forward, in the name of Christianity and humanity, an annual motion on the subject. Every Rector and every Vicar ought to have preached against it. They denounce the Catholic superstition with much earnestness and zeal from the pulpit; they have been diligent and earnest, both in Parliament and out, against idolatry in India ; they have vexed the land till it is sll in a fret with their appeals about observing the Sabbath, and they have, therefore, no excuse, either in want of power, or in an aversion to meddle with secular subjects, for not having cryed down and preached down the enormity of which Lord ASHLEY and his followers now complain. When the clergy were touched with a little fear of their own power and pelf, they overwhelmed the Legis lature with petitions. For many years they have influenced, if they have not prescribed its course ; they made an outcry through the length and breadth of the land, when Mr. HUME, on one occasion, proposed to omit a some what profane reference to the name of Providence ; they are bound, on their assumptions, therefore, to inform the Legislature, as well as little children, on moral questions ; and here have they for the best part of half a century left the plague spot of infant slavery untouched and uncured, festering in the community. Looking at their extraordinary presumption, and at their vast power, the clergy of the State Church, paid to look after the public morality, are more to blame than the Legislature, or the factory owners, on account of the excessive employment of children. They have neither di rected the factory owners into the right path nor even called on the Legislature to coerce them. In one sense, the Church is for the poor. The clergy carefully bestow their admonitions on them, and appeal to the law to restrict and punish them. They cannot afford to preach against the avarice of factory masters and the injustice of landowners; they keep their moral teaching for the poor, and are emphatically the clergy of the poor. The Paris journals of Wednesday have all been received, together with Madrid papers of the 7th inst., and advices from Constantinople of the 24th ult. From the French papers interesting extracts will be found in another part of The Sun. The news from Constantinople is unimportant. On the 22d ult., one of the SULTAN'S wives pre sented his Highness with an heir to the Ottoman throne—an event which was announced to the public by a discharge of cannon. A manifesto set ting forth the treasons of MEHEMET ALI, drawn up by REaCHID PACEIA, was circulated among the high functionaries of the empire. CAPTURE OF BEYIIOUT —The Presse has an article on the extraoldinary character of the telegraphic de spatcher, and notices particularly the statement that B - eyrout had been bombarded for nine days, whereas the real time was only two hours ; that the town had been reduced to ashes, whereas the despatches of the British Admiral, the truth of which the Presse says there is no reason to doubt, assert that care was taken to fire upon the town as little as possible ; and that the Allied forces had been subsequently driven into the sea—a statement which there was nothing to warrant. The Presse comments with just sevc rity on the want of discretion, to say the least of it, shown in the publication officially of unfounded ac counts, which are calculated to mislead and excite the public mind, and also on the non-official accounts of an equally, if not still more, exciting character ; such as the• report that the hospital of Beyreut had been purposely fired upon, and others of a similar cha racter, all intended to deceive the nation, and create an almost mad feeling against foreign Powers. It is by such falsehoods, says the Presse, that the war-cry is kept up, and the " Marseillaise" has been revived. It asks, whether all this war-cry may not have been the contrivance of the hawkers of false news for their own selfish purposes? BOURSE.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French f, per Cents • 4% per Cents ... 4 per Cents 9l 50 91 53 91 50 91 50 3 per Cents 7l 25 .... 72 25 ... 70 1 , 5 ... 72 20 Bank of France 2850 2'oo 2850 Latlitte Bank I,ooof. 89 lOOO ... 1000 ...1 1 00 5,000 f. Sh 5010 ...5010 501'0 ..5005 Belgian Bank 5 per Cents 3 per Cents Spanish Active 22% ... 22% ... 221, Passive 5 ,4 ... 5 ... 5 1 4, ... 5 Portuguese 3 per Cents 20% ... 203 4 ... ... 21 Neapolitan Roman 97 ... 97 ... 97 ... 97 RAILWAY SHARES. S.. Germain ersailles, R. B l'4s ... 315 ... 345 ... 345 250 ... 250 215 ... 050 Orleans 411 5J ... 443 ... 44t) ,„ 445 . • 030 3:!() 317 50 ... 330 Strasburg to Bale STRENGTH OF THE FORCE FURNISHED BY INDIA FOR CHINA.—The following. statement which may be depended on, of the force furnished from India for service in China, may prove of interest to our readers. It is, it will be seen, smaller than is generally supposed . --European troops from the three Presidencies and Ceylon, 6.666, native soldiers and sailors from ditto, 2,175, camp followers f. om ditto, 1,080, total, 9,921 ; this, with the force from England, will probably amount to 15,000. Evening Paper. FRANKFORT, OCT. 7.—The following arrivals have taken place in our city : .—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency General Count caucrin. Ru ss i an Mi n i ster o f Fi n ances ; his Excellency Countßismark, Envoy Extraordinary from bis Majesty Kingthe of Wirtemburg to the King of Prussia.—Frank fort Journal. TEE SUN, LONDON, FRY DA Y, OCTOBER 16, 1840. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTT•N MARKET, THURSDAY.--ThE sales to-day are 3,000 bags, chiefly Americans, to the trade, at yesterday's prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—Eastern Counties, 8i; Great Western, 80 ; Half Shares, 444 1-sth 46 ; Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 33k. Our Market con tinues without animation, prices still drooping. A letter from South America in the New York Pa pers, received this morning, states ,that the small-pox had desolated the city of Panama, the population hav ing been reduced by it from upwards of 20,000 to less than one half. Almost every family in the City had suf fered by it, and the inhabitants had no knowledge of any means to stay its progress. We have received Quebec Papers to September, 29. MONTREAL, SEPT. 24.—A letter was received last night from the Governor-General by Mr. M'Gill, of which the following is an extract :—" I feel greatly flat tered and gratified by the proposal, and it is therefore with great regret that I am compelled to decline avail ing myself of their kindness, but I have been seized with a severe fit of illness which confines me to my couch, and it is uncertain whether I may be able to quit, except to be carried on shore, at all events I i have no hope of being able to appear in a public ce remony fur some days. " I shall be much obliged to you, therefore, to inform the inhabitants who are disposed to confer this honour upon me, of my inability to accept of it." (The above letter is dated steam-boat, on the Rideau, Sept. 220 The above intelligence was communicated by Mr. M'Uill, through the Editor of the Morning Courier, to the citizens of Montreal. His Excellency the Governor-General arrived at Montreal on Thursday evening, at nine o'clock, but was prevented by ill health from partaking of the honours in tended for him on his return from a visit to Upper Canada. It appears from the Halifax Papers of 19th inst., thet there was a rumour that the military head.quartera would be removed from that place. COMILERCIAL.—MONTREAL, SEPT. 26.—During the past week a great many buyers from Upper Canada have made their appearance in our markets. The quantity of business done by private sales has been trifling, compared to the amount disposed of by public auction. The prices realized by the latter mode for dry goods have been tolerably good. Number of Emig rants arrived during the week ending the 26th inst., inclusive : From England ••• 31 Ireland ••• 45 Scotland 7 Lower ports ... S 86 Previously reported ... 21,914 22,000 22,000 For the corresponding period last year 7,154 Increase in favour of 1840 ... 14,846 Comparative Statement of Arrivals at the Port of Quebec in 1839 and 1840 : Vessels. Tonnage. ... 1,182 ... 383,890 967 ... 319,589 September 28, 1840 September 28, 1839 More this year ........ 215 64,301 We have received New Brunswick Papers to the 27th of September. 'We understand that his Excellency Major-General Sir John Harvey, our Lieutenant. Governor, has been appointed to the command of the troops in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and depen dencies, on the departure of his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, and the head-quarters of the divisions are to be transferred to New Brunswick. The removal to Frederickton of the whole of the heads of departments may not take place before the spring. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM OCT. 13.—" The National Funds have been in general more sought after, and maintained a better price. The Integrales arrived at 48k, and the Actions of the Society of Commerce got up from 1561 to 158 ; Ardoin's Spanish was done at lid 7-I6ths. The general topic of conversation this morning in the City chiefly relates to the important Note recently ad dressed by M. Thiers to M. Guizot, the French Am bassador to our Court, which appears in another column, and according to the general opinions in the City, as well as with the speculators in the funds, it is looked upon as pacific. We have been favoured with an extract of a private letter from Paris, from a first-rate commercial house in the City, stating as follows : " Thinking people here say there cannot be a war—first, because France has no just grounds for quarrel ; secondly, if she had she is not sufficiently strong to fight all Europe ; and lastly, that she is not prepared for going to war." Consols, which left off yesterday at 664 for the 26th November next Account, may be quoted at present with an improvement at 874 4 P • Money, 87 ; this buoyancy may be attributed to the awe of M. Thiers ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Stock, 2444 2454 ; Bank Stock, 1644 1654. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active left off at 214 4, at present 214 4 ; Deferred, 104 4 ; Passive, 54 4 ; Portuguese, 324 ; Three per Cents., 2 ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Colombian, 214 224 ; Mexi can, 264 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 494 ; Five per Cents., 934 944. HALF-PAST ONE. This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and the chief business doing is paying and receiving the diffe rent balances. Up to the present hour we do not hear of any mischief having occurred in the market ; the settling of the Account appears to be going off well. Money is easy on good securities in the House, al though yesterday the bankers were taking at the rate of 6 per cent. Consols have fluctuated during the morning for the Account of the 26th November, 871 a ;at present may be quoted 87i ; for Money, 869 87 864 871. Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Bonds,l7 14 dis.; Bank Stock, 1641. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active nothing done t nominal price 21i 22 214 ; Deferred 101 ; Colombian 22 ; Portuguese, 32; ; Three per Cents. 20 ; Mexican 261 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 491 a ; Five per Cents. 94i. In shares little doing. Great Western, 78 779, ex. sth share ; New, 44 ; London and Brighton, 281 ; South Western, 51. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red B6 Ditto Bonds ...... ...-.. 13 dis. 3 per Cent Cons ...... 31 per Cent Red 951 Ditto New Annuities... 851 New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annui;,ies to expire Ditto Small opm Jan. 1860...:,... 12 13-16 Bank Stock for Opg ••• Oct. 1859 l2 11-16 India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 18130... l3 Consols for Acct 67i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 324 Brazilian Boni's ... .. .. 73/ Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent 15 Russian, 5 per cent. ... 109 A- Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish. 5 per cent 22a Ditto, 1824 ..... 233 Ditto, Deferred ... 104 Danish, 3 per c0nt..... 734 French, 5 per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange —f. —c. Mexkan, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 24 per cent 5O Peruvian,llB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 94a SHARES. Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares 43- London and Brighton Railway 2Bl London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... — Ditto Quarter Shares ... London and South Western Railway ... 5l London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ll Manchester and Leeds Railway South Eastern and Dover LLOYD'S SHIPPINUL(THIS DAY LONDON, OCT. 15.—Wind this day at noon, light west-south-westerly airs. DEAL, OCT. 15.—Wind N.—Arrived the Psycbe, from Sydr ey. Sailed the Caledonia, Liddell, for Sydney; Thames, Barclay, Jamaica ; John Piric, Richardson, Tri nidad; Vcst Down°, Hart, Trieste. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 15 —Wind N. W. W.—Arrived the William Sharpies, McLellan, from Bombay; Ann, Smyrna. Sailed, the Lancaster, Jefferson, for Bombay ; Lima, New ley, Paraiba ; Jane, Christie, Wemyss, :Rio Janeiro; Isaac Newton, Spalding, New Orleans ; Siddons, Palmer, and Hibernia, Cobb, from New York. The Suviah, Moody, from Mobile to this port, was carried into Key West, Aug. 31, in charge of wreckers, having been on shore on Pickatt's Reef. BRISTOL, OCT. 15.—Sailed the William Turcan, Tur. can, for Trinidad. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 15.—Arrived William Duke, Per. renniar, from Xabia. SHIELDS, OCT. 14.—Arrived Lord Gambier, Warham ; and Lady Jane, Harrison, from Davis' Straits. Sailed Ma rengo, Gillespie, for New Orleans ; Lion, Smith, Bombay. LEITH, OCT. lb.—Arrived Prince of Orange, from Davis' Straits. ECNDERLAND, OCT. I.s.—Arrived Express, Mann, Quebec. _ _ LYNN, OCT. 11i. —Arrived Volant, Longridge, Quebec. HULL, OCT. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived Abram, Coudray, and Swan, Druse, from Davis' Straits. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 15.—Wind, light variable airs and fine.—Off port Ina, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, OCT. 14.—Wind E. to E. S.E. light breezes and fine.—Arrived Jean Baptiste, Griffin, from Monte Video. Off port Speculant, from Malaga. The Caledonia, Brander, from Mobile to Havre, was on shore in Mobile Bay on the 2d ult., but got off, after throwing overboard about 200 bales; and discharging th e remainder into lighters. The Balance, Brownrigg, from Savannah to this port, which put into St. Thomas's in distress, was to sail thence about the 17th ult. THE MARKETS._(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The week's averages have been very moderate of all sorts of Corn. Wheat firm, at M on d a y's prices, with little doing. In other Grair, no variation since Monday. Flour meets only a moderate sale at the late reduction in price. SMITHFIELD. There was a very large supply of cattle at market, for a Friday. Trade in general brisk, and good prices were obtained. Beef unaltered; Mutton was 2d. per stone for Downs, and 4d. f or ot h er d escr iptions, under Monday's prices. Veal and Pork sold readily at an ad vance in the former of 2d. and in the latter of full 4d. per stone. Beef, 3s 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 83. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d ; Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Beasts, 915 ; Sheep, 4,540 ; Calves, 181 ; Pigs, 640. Hay, 41. ss. to (3/. ; Clover, 41. 15s. to 61. ; Straw, 1/. 16s. to 21. 28. COLONIAL MARKET. There was not much demand either for home use or ex port, and the public sales were unimportant ; prices, how ever, continued firm, and th e i mports li g h t . The auctions declared were of little moment. TEA MARKET. The demand was good for all kinds of free trade, and former rates vsere fully supported. Company's Congou, 2s. 31d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices did not give way for Russian, but the trade bought with caution, both 00 the spot and for arrival ; for the former 525. ad., and for the latter 525. 6d. to 535. er cwt. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) ROBBERY AT CROCKFORD'I. - George Davis, a young man of respectable appearance, late butler at Crockford's Club-house, St. James's-street, was placed at the bar, on a charge of stealing a quantity of plate belonging to that establishment. It appears that within the last few weeks the prisoner had pawned a number of silver table-spoons at the shop of Mr. Rochfort, of Silver-street, Golden•square, pawnbroker ; and from L's respectable appearance no suspicion was entertained. At length some doubts arose as to that point, as the prisoner on two occasions gave different addresses. in formation of the circumstance was given to Sergeant Smith, No. 10, C division ; and he, on taking some of the spoons that had been pawned round to the different clubhouses and hotels at the west end, succeeded in ascertaining that the plate belonged to Crockford's, and that the prisoner was employed there in the capacity of butler. On being placed at the bar a gentleman, whose name was not allowed to transpire, appeared on behalf of Mr. Crockford, and stated ,that it was not intended to press the charge against the prisoner. Mr. LONG—I see the prisoner is charged with fe lony, but, however, if no person comes forward to sub stantiate the charge, he must, of course, be discharged. The prisoner was then liberated without any further explanation being entered into. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The revision of the lists of Parliamentary Voters for the ensuing year, has been this day com pleted by Messrs. Tyrrell and Short, the Barristers, whose decisions aave given general satisfaction in this place, the final result being such as to preclude the possible chance of any Tory dupe being found willing to throw his money away in any future contest for this borough, although no doubt great efforts will, as hereto fore, be made by the Tory Radicals of this place to get, a candidate willing and able to bleed freely, not with any expectation of returning him, but in order to pay some of their numerous private liabilities from any pocket but their own. The following is the result of the Revision : Tory objections lBB Sustained l4 Failed 174 Tory claims l2 Sustained Failed ..... . ..................... 7 Reformers' objections... 23 Sustained Failed lO Reformers' claims l2 Sustained 7 Failed In great haste, I am, Sir, yours &c., &c., Poole, Oct. 15, 1840. D. T. The Refor►ners have now a sure majority of consi derably upwards of one hundred, let an election come when it may. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, OCT. 14.—The average price of wheat last week was 22f. 32e., and that of rye, 12f. 71c. There is, therefore, no alteration respecting the im portation and exportation. Yesterday the King transacted business successively with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of War._ On Monday, before returning to the Palace at Laeken, the King gave a private audience to Mons. Fornari, the Pope's . Nuncio; to Baron Feick,- to the Portu, guese Charge d'Affaires, and to several 'usher persons of distinction. A journal has announced that orders bad been given by the Government to put the citadel of Namur in a state of defence. We are able to assert that this news is at least premature.—lndependent. General Willmar, who is gone to Berlin to be present at the ceremony of doing homage to the new King (not as some journals have stated, at his coronation) will re turn to pass some time at Brussels after the ceremony, and will then go to reside at Berlin. _ Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyeveldt, set out yester day afternoon for Paris, to notify to King Louis Philip the abdication of King William 1., and the accession of King William II,: DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, OCT. 12.—We have often heard of the magnificent collection of pictures which his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, our present King, had eeoiletetßierousosefls. chef We dce uneorews of f ea t r h n e that os : this h at as hi b s ee i‘ o f ibersotu/shptehleeeree ;each vessel in the magnificent emi nent masters of all schools, which have the ad m ira tion nativeso ov f erslis e2l vessels,bad a n and foreigners, landedg heavy e e a r v s, y cases. The pictures have suf fered no injury in the carriage, and are in the same state i m ee a t y joh th e e i r e ef E or u e ro b p o e a , st w o h f i p e o h ss e es i s a s when they were hanging in the rooms. The Hague o d f t a h e e finest s c e o u l r - I n ri g nc o e ne an of the arts has procured in 15 years. WARSAW, OCT. 6.—Prince Paskewitch, the Go vernor of the kingdom, has returned from Berlin. COPENHAGEN, OCT. G.—Their Majesties arrived yesterday at the Palace of Frederickburg, and paid a ' visit to the Queen Dowager. They then came to our capital, to Amahenbens, amidst the loudest acclama tions of the inhabitants. The city was finely illumi nated. The people took the horses from the carriag es at the west bridge, so that they were an hour and a half on their way. The King showed himself on th e balcony of the Palace, and replied in the most feeling manner, to the cordial welcome of his people. BaRLIN, OCT. is reported that Count Rae zynsky, as Member of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Posen, when he attended the ceremony of doing homage at Konigsberg, presented a petition to his Majesty, the object of which was the preservation of the nationality of Poland. It is said to compl a i n that persons in office do all in their power to p ut down the nationality of Pola nd and the Polis h langua g e , Our august Sovereign, it is s aid, a pp ointed a c ommissi on : to investigate these complaints.—Hamburgh Borsen halle, Oct. 10. BELGIAN k UNDS—Bausoitto, OCT. 11. A ctual Debt, 2y, p er Cent. Rothsehild's Loan, per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per C r. ent. 3 per Cent, Thirty.seven --- Cent -- - Loan of City, 1832, •_• e • n ••• 99 Society of Commerce, ''N c p ut C ........... 109 Bank of Belgium, 5 p er , c ............ ....•,,,, 74% National Society . ....... •::::,*••••••• .......... Exchange on Loodos —Brass& Papers , Oct. 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIEN!ra , 6 Five per Cents. Metalliques .............................. 10 1 i 4 Fear per Cents. ......................... ......................... 99 ' Three par Cents. ........................... ................. 77% Bank Shares ...... .... Oet. 11 ........ ........ la A/ —Allgenteine Ztil usg. HAL HAMBU RG BOIO,EN LE, OCT. 10. Bills. Money . , ........................... 102 101 Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares .......................... .................... 1575 1575 Anglo. Russian Loa" ........... .... Ce r tifi ca t e,,, .......... 11)3 14 1C3% Russian 5 per Cent. 4 , t sere .. .............. EN , Inscription, let Se , '" ...... .. and *Co. and;Ttl . 98 Russian 5 per Cent. HOP Series ...................... .... ......... t)3 S 3 Ditt o utch A ctual Din Certificates .......... . cent .... ...... De bt, 2% Per Cent 47 Ditto .. .. • . . .............. b per Polish *Bonds 15o New ticket .. 3 ................ . p er An g lo-Danish Loan, ue 7O 6 91 i Norweg i an Loan, 1 634, 4 p er C.o lOl Spanish, New $ per Cents. from see from the proceedings in the Court . at Hertford, that the Tory ,_----------_ Our readers will Revising President of Barristers ' C H ospital had made a vain attempt to obtain political infinence in the borough, through the medium of that establishnt, and to convert its officer: into political partisan!. These d officers twelve months' compelled to confess that the rates registered as tenants, and were placed en the lists by the Overseers. Unfortunately, however, ago claimed to bhersrtegs H one of them was coin were not paid by h i m , but out of the fu n d s o f the Hos pital. They were all, Hospital will possibly t ry a new , of course, struck off th e li s t. game The Governors m ti e ,ofantbd the Reformers, th ere f ore, must keep a sharp look-out. Captain George Brown, who served as Flag Lieute nant with Lords Ne lso n and Collmgwood, and whose se received proper prom ot i on was l a t e ly the aas subject not of baying v discussion, is stat e d b y t h e Taun tonc ing public el u Courier to have been lately raised to the rank of i Post Captain. REGISTRATION.-MIDDLESEX. (THIS DAY.) The Barristers were occupied to-day in rcvislng the remainder of the City Parochial Lists. (Before Mr. COVENTRY.) The case of Sir William Richardson, who was ob jected to at Enfield by the Reformers, and which stood over in order that inquiry might be made as to whether any part of the manor of Chipping-Barnet, in right of which he claimed to vote, was within the county of Middlesex, was mentioned this morning by Mr. Ad ey , who stated that Sir William called upon him yesterday, and expressed his surprise at such an objection being made or entertained, as he attended two or three years ago upon the same objection, and satisfied the Court his qualification was good. Mr. Coppock replied that he had never taken the objection before, that the manor was not in the county of Middlesex. He had written to Mr. George, a re spectable :solicitor at Chipping-Barnet, and well ac quainted with the manor, for information. That gen tleman in his answer stated that no part of the manor was in the county of Middlesex, and that although the Manor Court was held at " the Green Man," Barnet, " the Green Man" was not within the manor. Mr. Adey was surprised at such a statcment. The Court must be held within the Manor. Mr. Coppock said it was absurd to suppose a Hert fordshire Manor could run into Middlesex. He would venture to say the Court never heard of a Manor running into two counties. Mr. COVENTRY could not say that he recolle3ted such a case. He would, however, look into the His tory of Hertfordshire, and mention the case on a future day. Mr. Coppock said there was another objection to Si, William's claim, on the ground of change of residence. Mr. COVENTRY theught that had been given up. Mr. Coppock would certainly much rather stand upon tee true merits of the case ; but it had been stated by the other side at Enfield, that Sir William Richardson had a room in Harley-street, although the man who served the notice of objection swore he had changed his residence. Now, he felt as desirous of supporting the veracity of his servers, poor and humble as they might be, as he would that of the richest man in Eng land ; and he would not allow them to be bullied end put down by the assertions of any person. At Maryle bone he would have the parish books produced, and then it would be seen who was rated for the house in Harley-street. In the course of the day, a question having arisen as to the validity of the service of a notice of objection, Mr. COVENTRY said next year he would hold that service on one tenant was sufficient. Mr. Coppock and Mr. Adey said that such a decision would afford great satisfaction to all parties, and would prevent a great deal of fraud. (Before Mr. SIIADWELL.) No claim or objection involving any point of interest was made before this Barrister. RESULT OF TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. (Before Mr. SHADWELL.) City Lists, commencing with letter " M" : Overseers, taken 12, sustained 12. Reformers, taken 17, sustained 9. Tories, taken 16, sustained 9. (Before Mr. COVENTRY.) From " N" to Z," including the parishes that stood over yesterday, excepting St. Dunstan West : Overseers, taken 5, sustained 5. . . Reformers, taken 27, sustained 17. Tories, taken 25, susta►ned 14. THURSDAY. (Before Mr. SHADWELL.) At the sitting of the Court this morning— Mr. Coppock begged the Barrister to inform him in what way the name of Mr. Cox stood upon his List. Mr. SHADWELL-It stands, Wm. Cox, freehold land, 53, Clarendon-square, Somers-town. Mr. Coppock would then call the attention of the Court to the circumstances under which the residence of the voter bad been altered on the List. It ori ginally stood, 53, Clarendon-street, and at that place they had served their notice of objection, which they proved yesterday. Upon that occasion Mr. Payne produced a letter purporting to be signed by the voter, and stating that he resided in 53, Claren don-square, and upon such representation the alte ration was made. Unfortunately that had not been the first time during the present revision that gross frauds had been committed by means of these letters, and therefore they had caused an investi gation to be made into this case, of which they had much doubt. Although Mr. Payne had positively stated that the voter never had lived at 53, Clarendon street, upon inquiry it turned out that that was false— that he had resided there till within these twelve months, and that a lady now resided in that house as his tenant, and that he had never resided in the square at all. These factshe was prepared to prove by three witnesses, and upon oath. He (Mr. C.) had before called upon the Barrister not to admit these concocted letters, as he was prepared to prove they were, unless upon bet ter evidence than that of parties representing the other side, but he bad been unsuccessful. Now he would call upon the Court to look with suspicion upon all such letters, unless supported by better evidence than bad hitherto been offered. Mr. Turner' said• such allegations were exceedingly unfair. He would call a witness who would be able to prove that the letter was signed by Mr. Cox, by an in dividual who Mr. Coppock admitted to be respectable. Mr. Coppock would not deny that, but that he signed it with a knowledge of its contents, he would not be lieve upon the present evidence. After a violent personal discussion between the parties, Mr. SHADWELL said he deprecated all such discus sions. He would not re-open any one case where the objection had been taken and fairly disposed of. ST. ANN'S, BLACKFRIAAS. Mr. Coppock objected to the claim of Mr. John Walter on the ground that the coach-house and stables claimed for were in that gentleman's own occupa tion, but upon a letter being exhibited from Mr. De Lane, stating that he rented the premises from Mr. Walter at five pounds a year, and that Mr. Walter only used them to put his carriage in when he came up to town, the claim was allowed. The lists for the parishes of Allhallows, Staining ; Allhallows, Lombard-street ; Allhallows on the Wall ; St. Atholin ; St. Andrew, Holborn ; St. Augustine ; Allhallows, Honey-lane ; St. Andrew's under Shaft ; were gone through,but nothing of any interest took place. REGISTRATION. HERTFORD BOROUGH, OCT. 15. ARNOLD WALLINGER and HssRY SUGDEN, Esqs., this morning revised the lists of voters for this borough. The only cases of importance were five officers of ' Christ's Hospital, who had twelve months since claimed to be rated in respect of the houses which they occupy by virtue of the several situations they hold under the Governors of the Charity. Their names had been in the rate accordingly, and were consequently added to the voters' list by the overseers, and were objected to by the Reformers. Mr. George Ludlow, the reading and writing-master, swore that he occupied a house as master of the school, and had done so for fifteen years past, had paid the rates for the last year only, and that the house was worth thirty pounds per annum. and he held it as part of his salary. Upon his cross examination, by Mr. Spence, he admitted that the house had an internal communication with the school room, and that if he was dismissed his situation, he should surrender up the house immediately to his suc- cessor. He was then asked if the steward bad repaid him the amount of the rates which for the last : - ear he had paid. Upon which he appealed to the Court whether he was bound to answer that question. The Revising Barristers told him that if he did not answer it, the Court would draw their own inference from his silence. He then very reluctantly said he had been repaid by the Receiver out of the hospital fund. Mr. Sworder on the part of the Tories, insisted that the occupation was in the character of tenant, and cited the case of one of the officers of the British Museum, hose vote had been allowed in Finsbury in 1833. Mr. Spence cited the cases decided in 1835, of Sir William Beatty, in Greenwich Hospital, and Mr. J. Knowles, resident Director of the Economic Life As surance Office, and of a clerk in a brewery at Reading, who occupied a house in connexion with his situation, the rent of which was deducted from his salary, ali of which had been disallowed. Mr. Suciai.re; said, that independent of the question as to the repayment of the rates out of the funds of the Charity, he was decidedly of opinion that tl:e occupa tion was neither in the character of owner nor tenant, and therefore Mr. Ludlow's name must be expunged from the list. The names of Richard Stephen Alien (the beadle), Samuel Crossman (the porter at the gate), the Rev Nathaniel Keymer (grammar master), and Robert Alexander Steele (the steward), were then expunged from the list. The other cases were of little or n o importance, and the whole list was revised. The Barristers will renew their sittings to-morrow on the county list, and on Saturday the New River cases will come on. BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTIOac last . The anniversary dinner of t his institution took ple night at the Freemasons"Favern, at which the Lord Mayor pre sided. Amon g st the company we no Ch aticed George Byng, Esq., M.P. for Middlesex, Mr. llis, Air. C. Pearson, Mr. Giblet ( President of the institution), Mr. Deputy Hicks, and a majority of the persons con nected with the trade. The sum of 16,800/. has been raised for the support of the charity since the year 1828, out of which 7,4401 has been funded. Nearly 100 pen sioners have been admitted to its benefits, and an election takes place this month for three men and two wom n as additional pensioners. It was likewise stated that ten almshouses are in the course of erection at \Valium.. green, and an institution for widows, and another for orphans are_in contemplation. MEETING OF THE ENGLISH AN TI-WAR DEPUTATION WITH M. ODILLON BARROT IN PARIS. M. OJILLON BARROI T AND MR. ATTWOOD. M. Odillon Barrot had assembled about a dozen of his supporters in the Chamber. Mr. Attwood commenced by stating that the Eng- lish nation had submitted to the Treaty in ignor ance, being deceived and blinded. Tnat the parties into which the State was divided had combined to support this Treaty, and that, consequently, the Press belonging to those parties were united to pre• vent the communication to the English people of the knowledge of that which was done, or that which was felt in France. That in England there was, consequently. no knowledge that the treaty of the 15th July was inju rious to France, and not the remotest suspicion that col lision would arise Cut of that treaty ; that the English nation was averse to war—above all to war with France ; that the sympathies of the British nation were with France, but that the nation was inert and heedless ; that a eartain number of men, who have been in vestigating these subjects, had come to the discovery that, during a considerable number of years, collusion had been practised with a foreign State, and decep tion upon tnc nation, by the very man who represented the interests and possessed the power of Great Bri tain ; that those men who came to these convictions alone understood the position of England and of Eu rope, and consequently, alone felt strongly, and acted energetically ; that their numbers were few, but in creasing ; that they had met with the most determined resistance from all the parties in the State, in as far as they were parties—namely, the political leaders ; that their warnings and expositions had been listened to and comprehended rather amongst that class which are supposed to be destitute of enlightenment and knowledge—the lower and working orders, but that was no reason for dreading the insufficiency of their grounds of belief, or their inability to render their convictions effective. That he and others had been delegated more imme diately by men of that class and entertaining those opinions, but that he represented to the full extent the general sympathies of the British nation for France, and their general aversion for war ; that in the name of those, as the representative of whom he appeared, he more particularly had to point out to them that cause of danger which he had already indicated, a cause of danger affecting Franco no less than England, and that, while bringing to them information upon a subject which must be so vital as the source of those complica tions which was about to plunge them into war—that he, on behalf of those who entertained the same opinions in England, implored them to investigate, because he was convinced that when they came to a just estimate of the causes of the danger, that that conviction in their minds would re-act powerfully upon England, and enable those in England to crush the evil at its source. M. Odillon Barrot replied, in the name of his friends, ;hat the basis of alliances With nations was in theirinterests and in their necessities ; that all Europe had rung with the English,and French alliance—a word common in every child's mouth—and it was so common, because all Europe felt that Europe had one enemy—Russia ; and that there was but one means of safety for all, which was the union of all against her. That the French na tion was therefore startled and bewildered suddenly to find that England broke off from this old alli ance, this spontaneous impulse of two people, this profound conviction of every reasoning man. They would not believe it possible—then, they could not believe the treaty would be executed ; and thus they went on from day to day waiting for news, and expect ing events, and never believing it possible that England could be separated from them and allied to that very Power whose common enmity was the source of their friendship. But if we look now at the past, we will find that never has one step been made by Russia, never one blood-stained conquest effected, nor one per fidious treaty executed, in which Russia has not in variably had the support of England. This then is nothing new—it is an old system, and however inex plicable it may be, it is systematic. The French Government has not done what it ought to have done ; it may not have met with the energy and decision with which it ought to meet so strange a coalition ; and though I may regret that the French Government has not done that which it ought to have done, then I could not reproach the French Government because I could not have done otherwise myself. I could not have believed—no Frenchman could have believed —no man could have believed, that England was to play such a part ; and it was not mei ely a frank and honest renunciation of alliance, but it was a perfidious com mittal of us, with whom she was bound, to servo the pur poses of her foe. We arc willing to believe that the English people have no part in such transactions ; but if they have no part, can we believe them to be men if they submit to it ? We are not in a state to judge of the accuracy of your estimate of what you may be able to effect, or the extent of your means for effecting it, but in as far as we can give you any support consistent with the duties of our present circumstances and ne cessities, that support you may command. We see the full dangers of our position—we do not close our eyes to any one of them ; we regret the necessity, we deplore that which imposes it upon us, but like men we will not shrink from the consequences. Whatever be the conduct of England—whether she is our friend or our foe, we will assert our rights, we will destroy this coalition ; we may wait, and, perhaps, lose precious time in doing so, as we have done; but whatever Government is in power, whatever man is at the bead of afrairs, rest assured upon it that France will rise, and may soon rise, as one man, to wreak its vengeance upon its perfidious assail ants. You are proceeding on the supposition that our armaments are vain—that we will not use them—that revolutionary means will be employed against us— that our institutions will be upset—that our crown will be cast down. These suppositions are alike vain. The feelings of the nation are daily becoming stronger, and will ultimately become united, and through that very aggres sion which without is reckoned upon as the means of separating Frenchmen will be the means of uniting them. As to your individual Minister, to whose trea son you refer, we have nothing to do with it. We only know that the Government, composed of men who call themselves our friends, have deliberated and adopted his acts—that he has not taken them by surprise—that he has not had one or two, but almost weekly councils, and all these men by some strange infatuation, or by some design unknown to us, have all of them concurred in his policy and accepted its responsibility. Whatever then may be my opinion of the individual Minister, I cannot, in my public opinion, separate him from the Government to which he belongs, or which endures him. It would be superfluous in me now to repeat that we desire the alliance of France and England—that we see no means of averting the dangers that impend over both countries but the restoration of that alliance, and therefore we had with gratification your presence in this city on your own account, and on account of the honour able mission which you have been pleased to accept, and you have only to tell us what we have to do, and in what way we can render assistance to those objects which you have at heart to find us entirely at your disposal. Mr. Attwood replied that it was not now a ques tion of recrimination as to the past. If I (said he) were were disposed to recriminate I would show you that it was the conduct of the French Government that was the cause of Lord Palmerston's triumph at this hour, and the censure I should apply to the French Government in that respect is the same as to the English—not that the one had betrayed the other nation—but that each had betrayed its own. No doubt the Government to which Lord Palmerston belonged shared his responsibility, but the object of the present moment was not again to weigh and to balance responsibilities, but to find the means of safety ; that the immense va• riety of questions which had been brought into play, which had been complicated and dishonestly misma naged, rendered the comprehension of public affairs I impossible without the knowledge of the treason of that man ; that that knowledge therefore was ne cessary to the comprehension of the affairs of England and France ; and that when that knowledge was arrived at, the steps would be easy and evident by which to restore the position of both nations—and it was evident that if treason existed, the fact of its existence sun. plificd very much the means of remedy, and that there could be no matter of such great importance, and no assistance of so great value, as the knowledge that the policy of England was to be r esolved,. not into dark and deep desi g n of the nation against France, but into the crime of a single man directed against his colleagues, against his country, and against Europe. That those who possessed this truth, came, therefore, to possess the means of awakening the Eng lish nation, and t he colleagues of the Minister. That this question was excluded from the English Press, be cause they were af raid to touch it ; but when it came to be understood, and mastered by leading men i n France, who were not rendered incapable of tou c hi ng i t by the very social conditions of intercourse with th e criminal himse lf, that that j . udgment in France would compel the r epetition of it in the Press of England, and therefore would give us the means of bringing it forward. BUOYANCY OF BODIES AFTER DEATH.— There has been much discussion as to whether bodies sink or sw i m when thrown into the water aft er h av i ng b een killed. Considerable discrepancy of opinion exists upon this point. It has been maintained that strangled persons will float more readily than others. Caracciolo, Admiral of the Neapolitan navy, eat hanged by sentence of a Court martial. The body was.committed to the deep in the usual manner, and 13 days of ;erwards, whilst the King was walk ing on the deck of Lorri Nelson's ship, he suddenly ex claimed with a yell of I iorror—Viene ! vienc ! (he conies ! he comes !) The Adm.iral's corpse, breast high, was sten floating towards the eh ip, The shot which had been at tacked to the feet for the I purpose of sinking the body w as not sufficiently h eavy . This d cruel ay is th e ann i versary o f a most rc.. event, which, thank Providence, is not likely to ba lt was pcated in th;s enlightened period of civilization. _.,, on the 16'..h October, 1555, that Latimer. also et o li;! a t tc h Z' e were burnt to death. It is the tdeath of, the eminent surgeon, John Hunter, 1793. cnniversar)ho died in EVEN _l NG ED ItION IRELAND. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, P.P.; of Claremorris, has published in the Pilot, a letter addressed to tl.c Lord Lieutenant, on the subject of the speech delivered by his Excellency on the 13th ult. The object of the: writer appears to have in view is to prove that a re peal of the Union would not, as had been declared by Lord Ebrington, speedily and necessarily lead to a se paration of Ireland from Englar.d. We give the con cluding paragraph of Mr. Hughes' Address : " Nine millions of Irishmen, of different religions,: believe that justice has not been done to their country —for it is the endeavour to obtain that justice which has incorporated the Ulster Association—and thirteen millions of Englishmen have proclaimed in the last s,f2F sion of the English Parliament, in six successive imp rides, that whatever miserable pittance of justice had been hitherto meted to us, should be again taken away. Will your Excellency, under these circumstances, ad vise the Irish nation tamely to submit to such whole sale national spoliation, and to such national cruelty, in justice, and oppression ? Three of the provinces of Ire land say they will no longer put up with such treatment, and the two•thirds of the fourth province—l mean the Catholics of Ulster—say the same! For, let me call your Excellency's attention to the fact, how that body, lay and clerical, kept away the other day from the Bel fast Ulster Association meeting. Then all the Irish nation, joined by the Protestant Corporations of the country—with the exception of a small handful of Uls ter Protestants—proclaim aloud to the world that they must have the cursed Union repealed, and an Irish Par liament, with a British monarchy. And, please your Excellency, don't you think that they are right ? They had it before, and, please God, they shall have it again." _ _ On Monday, at the Repeal Association, a short notice of which appeared on Thursday in The Sun, Mr. O'Connell read the following letter, and afterwards moved that it be inserted on the Minutes : " THE REPEAL BUTTON. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. " have lately been at Dublin, and in conversa tion with another button-maker I made some remarks on Mr. O'Connell's Repeal button, which he sells for three pence, which every Repealer, on entering his name as such, or signifying his intention of being a Repealer, pays to Mr. O'Connell. " I said to my brother button-maker, Do you not think that the button could be made and sold cheaper ?' ' Yes,' says brother button-maker ; but I dare not put Daniel O'Connell's name on the button except by his permission." Well,' I said, I should be glad to sell twelve for a penny, as they are only brass washed over with gilding, and with the words Daniel O'Connell' and Repeal' upon each.' " Now, I do complain that Mr. O'Connell should so far obstruct free trade as to hinder us, button-makers, from making the most of a Repeal button. "If Mr. - O'Connell sell four million of buttons at threepence each, the total would produce fifty thousand pounds—the cost would be 1,0751. Bs. 6d. " The profits, therefore, to Daniel O'Connell, which I suppose go into his private pocket, must be 48,924/. 118.61 " Is this dupery to be borne?—Yours, &e. " A BIRMINGHAM BUTTON-MAKER. " Birmingham, October 9. " N.B.—Mr. 0 Connell boasts that seven-eighths of the population of Ireland are Repealers. I have sup posed, however, about one-half, viz., four millions. If the number be greater, Mr. O'Connell's profits must be proportionate." Mr. O'Connell said—Now, I'll give this fellow 1,0001. for every button he can show I ever sold, and I'll give him all my profits on the sale for a penny. There's a dead bargain for the fellow ! The " Leinster Provincial Repeal Meeting" takes place this day in Kilkenny, and Mr. O'Connell has gone down to attend. The Kilkenny Journal says, " The police are pouring into the city from all quarters, to attend at the meeting to-morrow." In relation to the projected meeting at Drogheda, the Northern Whig says, " In Drogheda, repeal meets with but indifferent encouragement. At the dinner lately given to the Member for the borough (Sir William Somerville), the question was totally set aside, both in the toasts and the speeches. But there is to be a re peal meeting of the trades there, on Monday next. It will not, however, be countenanced by the more influen tial citizens of Drogheda." THE FLEX AT DEVONPORT. The Correspondent of a Morning Paper, wile has been for ten days in the track of two foreigners sus pected of setting fire to the Talavera, has soddenly left off the pursuit, as he has no hesitation now in say ing that the fire resulted from spontaneous combustion. In a letter dated Devonport, Wednesday, he accounts for it thus :—" It appears what is called a " bin" had been placed under the shed which covered the Talavera. This " bin" is an erection of wood made for the purpose of bontaining the offal collected from the neighbouring parts of the yard till it can be conveniently removed from the arsenal, and the one constructed under the shed over the Talavera was of the extent of about 400 square feet. It was placed on the south side of the ship, and at the distance of abont 30 feet from her. The refuse from all the neighbouring works and offices badbeen thrown into it, and it contained, as lam informed, a large mass of filth composed of oakum, tallow, waste of paint, old canvass, sawdust, chips, &c. This mass generated a high degree of heat, and spontaneous combustion was the result. The fire thus originating, communicated with the shed over the Talavera ; for it is now &lin that the shed, not the ship, was first on fire. From the shed the Talavera was kindled, and the coal tar with which that vessel was impregnated to saturation, gene rating gas in large quantities, by the heat of the burning shed operating upon it, an easy medium for communi cating the flames from one part to another was thus provided, and the rapidity with which they spread from stem to stern is in this manner accounted for. This solution of the mystery appears to me perfectly satis factory. The contents of the bin are exactly such as would give :se to spontaneous flame, and this is not the only instance of spontaneous combustion in the arsenal. The Rear-Admiral mentioned the follow ing facts relative to spontaneous combustion this morning : —Some time since a quantity of vegetable oil having been drawn off from a cask, a portion of it was spilt upon the floor. Sawdust was thrown upon it in order to dry it up, and when this object was accompiished, it was then swept into a mass, and placed in a small cart in a position where it was exposed to the sun. The day was extremely warm, and not long after it had been exposed in this manner, a report, as if a musket had exi ploded, was heard, and immediately afterwards the wood near which the cart stood was found to be on fire, as well as the mass itself which the cart contained. The Admiral also mentioned that a quantity of rope yarn had once been laid untarred in a heap, and the heat which it soon generated was so great, that it raised the thermometer to 180. These facts show that sponta neous combustion is very possible, and, taken -in con unction with the fact that a " bin " 'was- placed under dhe shed which covered the Talavera, satisfies' my mind that the information I now convey fo you 'Collative to ie breaking out of the fire is perfectorrect." COURT-MARTIAL ON HENTY. SHEERNESS, THURSDAY EVENING.-Sir John Hill, the Captain-Superintendent, came into Court shortly after 11') o'clock to-day, and the principal dock-ofhet7s having assembled, he directed Henty to be brought in. On his arrival in custody of the London police officer, Mr. Essen, the agent to the solicitor of the Admi ralty, rose, and addressing Sir . 1 . Hil l, said, " 1 am not at present prepared to adduce any further evidence against John Henty for firing her Majesty's ship Cam perdown, and I have therefore to request that he be discharged.' Sir John Hill (addressing Lieutenant Wisc, the director of the dock police)—You are to discharge Mr. Henty accordingly. Ilenty then bowed and left the Court. He had, however, scarcely got out of the room when he was told by Lieutenant Wise to consider himself a prisoner. Shortly afterwards Lieutenant Heale arrived in a galle y , from her Majesty's ship Ocean, lyi ng o ff th e d oc k , ac companiedby a sergeant and corp ora l o f mar i nes ; an d Henty having been pointed out to him, he immediately addressed him, signifying to him that he must proceed on board the Ocean in custody. Henty, who had pre vmus'.y seemed much delighted at his release, was greatly disconcerted at this unexpected turn of affairs, and fol lowed the marines on board the galley. On his arrival on hoard the Ocean he was immediately placed in cus tody in a cabin, in the middle deck, and a marine sta tioned at the door. The result, is, that he will be tried without delay by a court-mai tial, consisting of five captains and two i heotrno manders, wh o w ill b e summone d from Chat h am and neighbouring places for that purpose. COURT CIRCULAR• -- 40 .---- WINDSOR THURSDAY.—TtIe Queen and Prince Albert walked out this morning to view the progress of the gardens and walks in the Little Park. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness rode in a pony phaeton, Prince Albert driving. The Vis countess Palmerston, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady F. Cowper, Hon. Misses Murray and Lister, Lady C. Viscount Mel- Dundas, the Earl of Aboyne, Sir R. Otway, and Hon. Col. Grey, rode out at the same time. The Royal were Viscount Melbourne, the party returned at half-past five o'clock to the Castle. uis of Lansdowne, ves.,tkerCdaabyinaefttorCriootionncialtwtahse hreelsdidaetnelelalof-ipa\stistev‘o- Earl of Cla tscount Palmerston, b zo u i: r dh n c e c Al i 1: i nr s , ci South - street. or i is:t presentrAeieatr. q the Exchequer, Lord Holland, and the Right Hon. rLeonrddca.ll,ollNinl a i r t q u u s i s s el o l ,f the c o r c m h a a n n b e y e , it V o r 0 i. Earl of Minto, I'. 13, Macaulay. Lord John Russell came to town to attend the Coun cil from Windsor Castle. 'Viscount Palmerston also came from Windsor Castle to attend the Cabinet. The Council sat two hours and a half.