The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN AFFAIRS. New YORK, SEPT. 30.—Great anxiety pervades this community as to the result of the pending nego tiatins in regard to the question—" Shall we have peace or war with Mexico ?" The Government is but very little better informed on this subject than active and intelligent business men. If the ground -originally assumed by the President continues to be occupied by him, then, in my opinion, there is no fiximediate prospect of a favourable termination of „wending negotiations. It is understood that Mr. TTritt is empowered to make, and probably has made, certain specific propositions. In this stage of the case, uninformed as to what , those propositions are, it would not be discreet to hazard a positive opinion on the question—" Shall we have peace or war with Mexico? ' On one point I have no hesitation in expressing my firm belief. There is no doubt the President has now the power and the opportunity of making a treaty of peace, alike honourable and just to both countries. The question presents itself, " Will he embrace it ?" That is a very doubtful question. 'ln respect to it I entertain apprehensions. Mr. Polk is not a man of a great and magnanimous mind. He is under the controlling influence of a false pride. He has committed himself so deeply as to what he will effect that he knows not how to retreat; and yet, I believe, he now sees that he cannot accomplish what he has threatened to do, and is a mere waiter on Pro vidence, in the hope that some accidental circumstance may occur to enable him to escape from the dilemma in which he finds himself placed by his own im petuosity. The affairs of Mexico, as an independent sove reignty, present a gloomy aspect. The rumours respecting Paredes are contradictory ; but the better opinion seems to be that he is preparing to overthrow Santa Anna, and is advancing towards the city cf Mexico with an anti-American war party under his command. These rumours seem to have given birth to others, probably not less apocryphal, namely, that there was an understanding between Generals Scott and Santa Anna, that, if the latter would enter into a satisfactory treaty with the United States, General Scott would pledge himself to sustain Santa Anna's Government against Paredes, or any other military chieftain who might attempt to revolutionise Mexico. I give this last rumour that you may see the cha racter of the reports that continually reach us from the seat of war, but without placing the least confi• dence in its truth. General Scott is a man of too much sagacity and discretion to place himself in such a position with such a man as Santa Anna; but if, contrary to all human probability, he should do it, he would soon have Mr. Polk's order to retire from the army in Mexico; for, be it remembered, the General is no favourite of the President's. On Mexican affairs the Washington correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer says—" There is no news from the city of Mexico later than the 29th of August. Let us separate, then, th►e certain from the conjectural. It is certain, then, first, that General Scott and Mr. Trist are exerting themselves to the utmost to effect a treaty of peace ; second, that Santa Anna is doing all in his power to accomplish the same object; third, that Herrera is co-operating with Santa Anna openly for this purpose, and with that view has even become one of the commissioners." The writer adds—" Will a treaty of peace be signed ? I think such a treaty will be signed by Mr. Trist and General Scott, on the one hand, and by the Mexican Com missioners on the other, and that it will be confirmed by Santa Anna as President. But will it be ratified by the Mexican Congress ? This point is certainly not free from doubt.' I give you this extract, premising that I do not place great confidence in the sagacity of the writer, or his means of acquiring information, but others implicitly rely on his statements. Heretofore I have not concurred in opinion with him, and have not found him more correct than other respectable writers in Washington. Accounts from Hayti show, incontestably, that a revolutionary struggle of a most sanguinary cha racter has burst upon that devoted people. On Sun day, the 22d of August, two negro generals, Semelien and Alerte, having incited rebellion, Generals Tes louge and Descayettes openly revolted. They were joined by hundreds of negro citizens. This is a civil war betweart the blacks and ifiulattoes. The President Soulouque, was absent from Port au-Prince at the time of the revolt, and on hearing of it sent Prince David Troy, one of his most trusty Ministers, a negro, to restore order. Troy induced Alerte to return to his allegiance. Semelien refused, and declared that he acted under the in structions of the President himself. The authorities awaited the response of the President to this declara tion. If he denies it, it will cost Semelien his life ; if he confirms it, the result will be the formation of a new Cabinet, and war to the knife against the mulattoes. Such was the state of public affairs at the latest accounts from Hayti. General Calebreushing, at present with the United States army, and considered, until recently, a mem ber of the Whig party, has been nominated as a candidate for the office of Governor of the State of Massachusetts. There is not the least prospect of his being elected. Mr. Briggs, a Whig, and at present Governor, will be re-elected. Massachusetts, through a state convention, has made another nominailoni She has designated, with great unanimity, her great statesman, Mr. Daniel Webster, as her candidate for the office of President, subject, however, to the future decision of the United states Whig Convention, to be held for the purpose oinominating candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President. Mr. 'Webster was fairly en titled to this distinguished testimonial of respect in his native state. Our local elections in several states are either pend ing, or the note to prepare is sounded by political leaders. These elections are never-failing sources of great excitement ; and, as a natural consequence, absorb almost the exclusive attention of politicians. You will therefore find in our journals little to in terest you for a few weeks to come, except what re lates Co the success or defeat of the various partisan can i didates. We have a rumour this day from Washington that the President is confined to his room by severe in disposition. It is probable, however, that the attack is slight, or it would not be left in a state of un certainty. A Toronto journal of the 24th of September says— " The health of the city is improving. The numbers in the hospital do not increase, and in the convalescent hospital the numbers have increased." —Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.. THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. The Journal des Debats contains a long article on the ship- canal proposed to be made between Suez and Pelusium, of which it speaks in terms of approbation. " The announcement of such a project," adds the Journal des Debats, " is sufficient to prove its import ance. An enterprise which is to place the Mediter ranean in direct communication with the Indian seas, . by avoiding more than one-half the distance which at present separates them by the passage round the Cape of Good }lope —such an enterprise interests not only Egypt, whose territory is borrowed for its completion, but it likewise interests the politics and the commerce of the entire world. Arty leagues t o b e crosse d i n the desert, in the midst of a plain w hi c h w ill f ac ili tate the works—two ports to be created, under difficult circumstances it is true, but which present no obstacle sufficient to dismay an engineer, and in fine an ex pense of 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 ; such are the con ditions, not very cseerous it may be seen, on which this magnificent result is to be obtained. How, then, does it happen, that this enter prise is yet only in contemplation, and not already a , 'reality accomplished for the advantage of civi lization and the commerce of the world? It is be cause the material ohsitcles are the least in the affair, Fi it is b ecause th e y a ff ec t immense interests, and because their completion will affect more or less pro foundly the -political litical and commercial situations of all Powers, that and that perhap s it has remained so long in suspense, it appear will remain so still longer, al thoughat this moment t o be on the point of receiving solution. X doubt, when the plan shall be brought forward ° arrests thlt: cutting through this neck of land which nations, and which, when et e commerce of so many eleted, will open a new career to the power of severalhostates, every party wiN be agreed, and even those w heartily opposed to the enterprise will not dare to areacvaT their opinions. Cabinets is unani mous appears that the policy of all as to the principle. But ever a n sh the actual arise n wished to depart fleim theory to entyertime when we construction of the canal, violent dissensioo and each party more or less with his own interests,ave proposed to support a different system ; a real although not avowed enemies of the under taking, taking, availing themselves of the difference er of opinion, prevented every plan from being carried into effect. Such is the history, not very honourable for European policy, but true, of all the plans which have been as yet brought forward to open the Isthmus of Suez. All the Eiiropean Cabinets have joined in the discussion without having succeeded in agreeing with respect to interests which appeared to be so clearly defined. Some of the parties showed violent passion, and manifested a bitterness which caused Mehemet Ali, the Viceroy of Egypt, and a man of great courage, to hesitate, although devoted to the project and desirous of its completion. Although he is Sovereign of the couriff,,v, and perfectly free to exe cute within his territories such works as may appear useful to him, although his finances are sufficient for the Purpose, and although he appears to have chosen the best ablution, he has not dared to meet the re ' !istanceoffered to him on this head, although he has been e a re affliciently astute to discover the value of e fr 7 e r n y ds :eyed him, even under the pretence of a sYm_pathy for him and for the success riot easuiriru irX te lte in i tve i rtheleas Mehemet Ali is carry hit° abet that celebratedP ...He knows how to axiom, that genius by patience opens a second road when it meets an incur- 7 mountable obstacle on the first. This is what he has done. Despairing of success if he should bereduced to his own means alone to contend against the adversaries of his favourite idea, and being well convinced by ex perience that he should be unable to act as long as he left the affair on diplomatic ground, and as long as he should endavour to obtain the impossible accord of Cabinets and foreign Ministers, he is at present en deavouring to lay the question before the real sove reign power in Europe—public opinion. Seeing the impossibility of gaining over Governments to his views, he appeals to commerce, manufactures, and to the private interests of the nations which he knows to be in accord with his own. It is with that object he has suggested the formation of a company of engineers and bankers, which he wishes to interest in his pro ject. And in order to tranquillise distrust—to show his impartiality—to prove that he merely wishes to hold the balance even between all interests, and to give them all the fullest satisfaction, he expressed a wish that this company should be composed of three groups, representing each one of the three great Powers of Europe most interested in the enterprise under political and commercial reports, viz., Austria, England, and France. This company is at pre sent formed, and in each of those countries it reckons at its head distinguished engineers and influential capitalists. The Austrian group, warmly supported by its Government, has at its head M. Negrelli, the constructor of the railroad from Vienna to Trieate. The British group has for its chief Mr. Stephenson, now Member of Parliament, constructor of a number of English railroads, and the inventor of the first locomotive which ran between Liverpool and Manchester. The French group is represented by M. Talabot, whose name is too well known to re- Oh* kny commentary. That company, now some months'eonstituted, has already resolved in principle the fitiestion of the most advantageous mode of com munication, as :regards commerce, to be established across the Isthmus of Suez. It has declared in favour of the execution of a maritime canal, navigable at all seasons and for the largest ships, and it has acquired the certainty of being able to give such a canal 27 feet of depth; that is more than sufficient to float a three-decker. Moreover, the company has agreed as to the distribution and division of the works. The English are to have, under the sanction and autho rity of the Viceroy, the construction of the harbour at Suez, the French that of the canal from Suez to Pelusium, and the Austrians the harbour to be created at Pelusium, on the Mediterranean Sea. The latter point created some uneasiness, as it was feared at first that it would cost an enormous sum, but a survey made on the spot by M. Negrelli relieved all doubts. The port may be formed at Pelusium and on better terms than could have been expected. The French engineers have arrived in Egypt, and it is announced that they are to be followed by the Eng lish. So far all appears propitious for this glorious enterprise; however, too much confidence must not be placed in Fortune. The mistrusts and passion, which have so long succeeded in retarding its com pletion have been revived more warmly and more skilfully, and besiege Mehemet Ali more than ever. ,Af i cit daring longer to contest the utility of such a work, and seeing that at length the opposition should be withdrawn, they have invented, or rather resusci tated, a counter project, of which they warmly soli cit the adoption. At present, as three 3rears since, when the maritime canal appeared to have reached realisation, a railroad was opposed to it, so that the enterprise, long reputed so difficult, is now menaced with being drowned in the abundance of means pro. posed for its accomplishment. Such is the real situ ation of the question ; such are at present the two systems proposed, and to the merits of which we shall have to return." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1847. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 13.—POPULATION OF BRUSSELS.— According to the last census, the population of each of the communes belonging to Brussels were as fol lows : _ _ _ St. Josseten Noode.. 14,850 lkelles St. Gillis Morlenbeck St. Jean Anderlecht Kockelberq . . . 2,198 Berchem St. Agetha Total 60,351 Each of the communes around Brussels contains a scattered rural population, and the entire population of Brussels and its environs is, therefore, estimated at 180,000 souls. The affair of the incarceration of the four Communal Councillors, who were kept under arrest for seventeen days, which has excited so much interest and curiosity, appears to be as follows : The secretary of the commune of Conture St. Germain filled the same office in several other villages. In consequence of grave accusations brought against him, the Communal Council resolved to re cal him. The permanent deputation annulled the decision of the Communal Council. The latter maintained its first vote, and the deputation, in its turn, persisted in refusing its assent. The conflict threatened to be endless ; the superior authority in 'terv( tied, and by a royal decree the decision of the Communal Council was annulled. The de. tree was acted upon, the secretary was rein stated, but, at the same time, the Communal Council again recalled its functionary. This was set aside by the permanent deputation, and was again revoked upon the part of Communal Council, followed by a re-annullation on the part of the permanent deputation. This diplomatic conflict was cut short by a royal decree, and before it had been officially signified to the Communal Council the law interfered, and four of the Communal Coun cillors were shut up in prison. A criminal investiga tiot► took place, and by a decree of the Chamber the accused were sent to the Court of Assize. The Supreme Court, we are assured, however, refused to confirm the sentence of the other court. These facts, which have not been contradicted, are the actual state of the case. Yesterday the funeral of the unfortunate Mrs. Dupuis and her niece took place in the Church of St. Nicholas. The coffin c.: th child was co vered with a white pall, surmounted by a crown. The two coffins were placed side l.y side, in the cemetery. One of the persons officiating said a few consolatory words to the relations and mourners, who were deeply affected This morning the Royal Procurator and other official persons went to see the unhappy maniac ; he declared that he was not guilty of the crime. The medical men say that his recovery is very doubtful. The typhus fever has broken out in Lennick St. Martin, principally among the inhabitants of the com mune bordering upon Flanders. Several highly re spectable per,ons have fallen victims to this disease. Great fears are entertained for the two medical men who have attended on the poor inhabitants. The average price of corn for the week ending Oct. 9, was—wheat, 25f. 89c. ; rye, 15f. 69c. ; being a fall in wheat of 55c. ; in rye 52c. 15 vessels laden wholly or in part with corn entered the port of Antwerp from the sth to the 10th Oct. The im , portations were— Wheat 893,640 kil. Rye Barley _ _ _ Hay 235,680 „ Flo - tir Rice 2,539,670 kil. STOCKHOLM, OCT. 26.—The district of Arsunde, in the province of Noreland, has been ravaged by a whirlwind. This phenomenon traversed the two pizle forests, where it uprooted or damaged upwards of 4,000 trees, among which were some very old ones. Many houses were unroofed, and two barns were carried to a distance of 2,000 feet. En tire flocks and herds of cattle have been destroyed, and 22 persons have died o f th e i n j ur i es w hi c h t h ey received. This is quite an unexampled phenomenon in the higher regions of the north. The districts of Arsunde being almost adjacent t o L ap l an d , t h e damage which the whirlwind has occasioned is so great, that the authorities have been obliged to come to the assistance of the sufferers. BERLIN, OCT. 9.—THE POLISH TRIALS. —Yester day no less than five of the accused were acquitted. In the criminal proceedings against one of them the Attorney. General declared that he could not consti tute a charge ; the other four were liberated upon the solemn oath of one witness, who declared that they were innocent. 'We fully expect that there will soon be some new pleaders, as several of the prisoners ha ve withdra wn th e i r mandate from one of their former council. FRA,NEFORT, OCT. 7.-COMMERCI AL CRISIS.—The distressing reports from England and the fluctuation of nearly all the exchanges, make it a matter of no surprise that our exchange also is very much de pressed, and that our funds fall daily. Great exer tions are in general made to maintain the steadiness of our exchinge, and the state of our money market especially is on the whole satisfactory.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 14. FOREIGN CORN - -TRIESTE, OCT. eexporta tions of grain during the past month were pretty considerable, amounting to 455,532 baxrels, and the importations were 200,000 barrels. The stock in hand at this moment is not more then 584,400 barrels, at the end of September it was 838,320 barrels. ILetters from Odessa state that the crop of oats has been very bad in the Crimea, it has scarcely rendered the seed barley, and the other spring grain have yielded a third part, and corn only a fourth part of the crop. The crop of winter grain is next to no thing. In the German colonies the red corn has' thriven to perfection. GERMAN POSTAL REFoust.--The general post re form, which is to be submitted to the Festal Cougresa on the 15th of this month, will comprise the follow ing regulations for consideration :—The junction of rnilways for accelerating the transmission. A mutual agreement for a uniform rate of postage. The op tional prepayments or non-prepayment of letters. The mutual exemption from postage of the correspondence of the governing Royal Families and their houses. The exemption from postage of Royal official letters. The rate of postage according to weight. An equal standard of weights. A standard model for the trans mission from the branch offices. Regulations re specting the transmission of money and articles of value. Many other rates and regulations referring to the above heads will be taken into consideration by the Postal Commissioners. The improvements which are to be adopted will greatly facilitate the corres pondence, but the postage will also be reduced. All the Governments of Germany nominated their dele gates.—German Papers, Oct. 13. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir,—The political wiseacres who write for the " Thunderer" denounce the issue of Bank-notes, on the plea that it would increase the difficulties of our situation by affording temporary relief at the expense of a more fearful crisis. For the want of a more intelligible cause, the financial geniuses of the Times attribute our present distress to the over-speculation in railways, whereas tt is proved that the large firms that have stopped payment have been led to do so from the difficulties , if obtaining reasonable discounts, and not from having their cash locked up in railway adventures. The defenders of the Act of 1844 blow hot and cold almost at the same breath—at one time all our national wealth is laid to the benefits of free trade ; at another period, to a vast import of food and foreign commodities is laid the drain for gold and the pressure on the money market. Railway under takings make up the loss of revenue by increased consumption of exciseable articles. Railway under takings lock up money and ruin the country. This is not the first pressure on the money market, nor the first crisis the country has passed through. In 1832, the then Governor of the Bank of Eng land, in his evidence before the Committee on the Bank Charter, when asked to what particular cause he attributed the panic of 1825, replied that " the first step towards the excitement was the reduction of the interest upon the Government securities."— " He always considered that reduction of interest in 1823 and 1824, one-fifth in one case, and one-eighth in the other, to have created that feverish feeling in .he minds of the public at large which prompted almost everybody to entertain any proposition for in vestment, however absurd, which was tendered." Sir R. Peel has always had a penchant for meddling with the currency, and the reduction of the rate of interest on Government securities, lately carried out by him, may have had the effect of adding to the pressure of 1847, as the same thing is alleged by Mr. Horsley Palmer to have occurred in 1825. Then, again, as to the issue of Bank-notes, the Governor, in reply to the question—You think that in the event of such a crisis as that, the power of the country bankers to pay in Bank of England notes would not be a sufficient remedy, unless the Bank of England were empowered at the same time to issue 1/. notes ? thus answered : "Now it would; the 1/. notes having been with drawn I believe that a 51. note of the Bank of Eng land, if it were a legal tender, would be a total bar to any demand for gold in the interior, in times of commercial discredit." When the issue of Bank-notes is denounced by the " Thunderer," it may be as well to refer to the evi dence of practical and intelligent men as to the cir culation of notes to meet the panic of 1825 and its immediate effects. First, what says Lord Ash burton : " Although the Bank had no specie left, a large additional issue of notes was made, and about 1,500,0001., of those of 1/., which were accidentally round to be in existence, were circulated; the relief was immediate the country received a circulating currency it, which everybody had entire confidence, and the useless gold was returned to the Bank. The notes by this proceeding were increased from 19,748,0001. in December, 1825, to 24,479,000/. in March, 1826 ; and having served to relieve the pres sure, they gradually subsided before the end of that year to their ordinary amount again of 19,951,0001., while the bullion in the Bank was successively in creased by this increase of paper, in opposition to the theory of 1844, which presumes from such cause a necessary diminution." One would imagine that to be sufficiently conclu sive for the Times, but for fear that quotation should not be considered sufficient, I will adduce other testi mony. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq., in his evidence before the Committee previously mentioned, on being asked whether he conceived that any part of what had been called the commercial discredit, in the year 1825, consisted in a doubt as to the solvency of the Bank of England, replied thus : Not the slightest ; and the best proof of that is, that when they had no further sovereigns that they could issue, they luckily found a large quantity of 11. notes, and thei public were perfectly satisfied with the 1/ notes." I will now turn to the recorded opinion of Samuel Gurney, D.q., on the same occasion. On being in terrogated as to whether he thought that the persons in the country who received at that time 11. Bank of England notes in payment, inferred from thence that gold was very scarce in the coffers of the Bank, thus enlightened the Committee : " The receivers of these notes were of a class of persons that knew or thought very little about the Bank of England and its stock of gold ; the imme diate effect of that issue was the stoppage of the demand." What is now wanted is gold—in one department of the Bank of Engtand. The gold is either sent out of the country, locked up, or hoarded; and by the banking Act of 1844 the directors of the Bank are powerless to afford relief to the present pressure, and thus avert mercantile failures by an increased circula tion of notes. Having cited the views of men of standing and ex perience, I will conclude this letter by quoting an extract from a speech of Matthias Attwood, Esq., the eminent banker. Mr. Attwood for the past forty years has given much attention to the currency ques tion, and both in the press and in his place in Parliament has illustrated the subject in its every phase. His speeches abound with a vast amount of financial ex positions. The opinion of such a thoroughly prac tical financier may be of service at such a moment. On the debate of the currency question in 1830, in referring to the Act of 1819, Mr. Attwood thus spoke : " We have dealt with our money more in reference to the material which composed the money than to the functions it discharged. Money of paper we have called it—money of rags—and have treated it as we would treat rags or paper, and forgotten that in dealing with money, however composed, we affected the most important organ in the social body. I cite another evidence, Mr. Vansittart himself, the principal mover in these transactions. Mr. Vansittart, speaking of 1816 and 1818, in 1821, a period when the calamities of 1816 were all renewed, and by similar means, uses these words : " The peace followed, and that very standard was restored, at which, by another process, the country had since arrived. A second depreciation took place, which probably arose from the large loan the Go vernment had of the Bank on account of the repeal of the Property-tax. It was never very considerable.' " Here, then, is the standard re s t o r e d— a d m itt e d by him whol restored it—in 1816 restored, as in 1820 and 1821, and as now. A second depreciation took place :" it was never very considerable.' But if the price of bullion be taken as its measure, Mr. Van sittart here falls into the error of the bullionists. The depreciation was as considerable as at any period of the war. The prices of property and of commo dities were as high, and the prosperity as great. But the prosperity of 1818 was transient. Why did not that prosperity endure ? Whence came it that the prosperity of 1818 was not as permanent as that of the war ? The depreciation did not so long endure. Does any man believe that the prosperity of the war would not have ceased before the war, if the Bank Restriction Act had sooner ceased ? The pros perity of 1824 and 1825, the Right Hon. Baronet opposite told us, was also short- lived. I will give him the reason ; because his Bill was long-lived. The prosperity of the country and the security of his Bill have not existed, and cannot exist together. The Act of 1819 brought the prosperity of 1818 to a close, by bringing back the old standard. I fear no charge of exaggeration whilst I describe the consequences of that measure. That Act fell on the calm prosperity and labours of the people—on the prosperous industry of the country— to confound, and disorder, and lwT d a i h s tieho t rnooybu. blow All wtlhv the calamiti es o f 1816 were renewe d. t was Without means eu first at t s employment — without felto of subsistence—sufferingo n the w a pg fromoe psl farrotmificwiahlenfactentinhee b i l n ow th c e am m e— ids b t y o t f ho p u le s n an ty d — s i a g n n d o t r e a n n s t of thousands the manufacturing population prepared for resistance." When our theorists can view matters in a less pre judiced light, the truths promulgated by Mr. Attwood will be self-evident. ANTI-CROOKED. THE " Fesm.r.—The B os t on P ost s t ates that there was t o h ave been a great meeting of Smiths on Boston Common in March last, to ascertain what branch o f t h e family fell heir ta certain property in England; but the meeting was adjourned, as the place was not found large enough to hold the numbers anxious to attend. Sir W. Gossett last week met with dent, havi ng b een knocked down in Sk a seriou s acci r-y . cab, by which h e rece i ved some bruises ,and inne a had his street b left um broken. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT. On Saturday Thomas Pratt, a house-agent in the Liverpool-road, was indicted for an assault upon Ca roline Passmore. Mr. Parry appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Ballantine, for the de fendant. _ _ It appeared that the husband of the prosecutrix was the tenant to a Mr. Arden, who was usually re presented by a gentleman of the name of Nicholls. The house they resided in was No. 12, Compton street, Brunswick-square. After having been there for some time the rent fell into arrear s whereupon Mr. Nicholls threatened to eject the family. Ac cordingly, on the 13th of August the defendant went to the house and demanded possession, which the wife refused to accord. After a variety of appeals to her, but all in vain, he broke one of the -panes of glass, and, putting his hand through, contrived to un fasten the hasp, and then lift up the window. He put his son through into the house, when the latter opened the door. He demanded possession, but the woman declined to accede. The defendant then told her that he would give her three hours to procure lodgings, and that on his return he should expect her to hand over the key. At seven o'clock the defendant again called, when they had some further conversa tion, which resulted in the defendant consenting to permit her to remain in the house till the following morning. The next morning he went and took some men with him, but on their arrival at the house they found the door closed against them. Mrs. Passmore would not admit him, and he therefore broke open the door with a crowbar with which he had provided himself. The instant this was done she ran up stairs, and locked herself in the drawing-room. The de fendant and his men followed her up stairs, and also broke open this second door. The defendant de manded that she should give up the key; and quit the house. She refused, and then he gave directions to his men to take her down stairs and put her out. They laid hold of her accordingly and took her down stairs, but upon their reaching the street door a mob of cabmen rushed in and rescued her. She instantly ran up stairs again, but the men having followed laid hold of her by the legs and shoulders, dragged her down, and she was thrown out upon the pavement. As she was being dragged down the stairs she laid hold of the banisters, but the defendant hammered her fingers until she was obliged to let go. By this proceeding he dislocated one of her fingers. Prior to her having been thrown on to .the pavemeA one of the men kicked her with so much violenoe on the side as to cause the fracture of one of her ribs. Her four children were next turned out, and she was picked up and carried in a fainting state to a neigh bouring public. house. In 1 111 cross-examination by Mr. CLARKSON, it ap peared that her husband was in the country at the time of this transaction, andh se wished to remain in the house until the Monday, as he would then have returned home. Her husband was a cab proprietor, and one of his sons was a driver of cabs. A person of the name of Cressy, a tradesman in the neighbourhood, said that he was passing the house, and saw the woman not only thrown out, but also kicked by one of the men. The whole street was in an uproar upon th e occas ion. _ _ Mr. CLARKSON Then, on behalf of the defendant, addressed the jury at much length. He would call the attention of the Court to the agreement, but he would, in the first instance, state that the prosecutrix (Passmore) had pertinaciously maintained possession of these premises, notwithstanding there had been a considerable arrear of rent and payment, as well as peaceable possession, demanded by Mr. Nicholls, who acted under the authority of a poser of attorney from Mr. Arden, the 'andlord. It would be found that, so far as the taking possession and the right to take that step were concerned, the terms of the agreement gave full authority ; and, more over, that ia the event of an action being 3.1)- sequently brought against the parties adopting that proceeding, those parties were empowered to plead the agreement itself as leave and license. He was prepared to show that there had not been any more force brought into operation than had been re quired. The agreement, after setting out the amount of rent, and the mode by which that rent was to be paid, proceeded—" And the tenant agrees that if the premises, or any part thereof, shall at any time be unoccupied, or any part of the rent be unpaid when due, or if there shall not be at all times on the pre mises a distress to countervail the amount of any rent, taxes, outgoings, &c.; and if; after the land lord shall have levied any distress on the said pre mises, and realised the value of such distress, any rent hall remain due to him under this agreement ; or, if the tenant shall not at all times observe and keep the several terms, conditions, and agreements herein mentioned, or shall not quit and deliver up possession of the premises on the expiration of the term, er pursuant to notice aforesaid, or shall com pound with his creditors, or become bankrupt, or seek to take 42 benefit of any In solvent Act, &c.'; /and in either of such cases, and without any demand whatsoever, the landlord and his agents may immediately enter upon and take possession of the premises, and for ever expel and remove therefrom the servants of all persons claiming under him without any legal process what soever. And in case of such entry, and of any action or other proceedings taken for the same by any per son whatsoever, the defendant or defendants may plead leave and license' of the tenant or any persons claiming." He would call the attention of the Learned Judge to the case of" Kavanagh and Gudge," the 7th in " Scott's New Reports in the Common Pleas," p. 1,025. The Learned JUDGE said that it appeared to him that this agreement was a justification for the expul sion of the party, unless it could be proved that in the accomplishment of that step he had used unnecessary violence. The only question which he should even tually leave to the jury would be whether or no, in effecting that removal, there had been greater violence used than was absolutely necessary ? Mr. BALLANTINE said that all the chambers in the Inner Temple were held under a similar agreement. y w m h e o z ni lt hiatdwbaesen made, and that A amber of witnesses were the p n r c o a v l e l d ed th o a n t b re e p h e a a lf te o d f the applications defendant, ieatioo s for bpya in dulgence as to time had been given ; and then when the defendant and his men had ultimately been driven to force their entrance not only into the house, but into the drawing-room, the prosecutrix threatened to stab the first who should approach her. She then opened her front window, and, sitting npon the sill, pulled down the sash, so that, whilst her leg s an d f ee t room, her head and b o dy were she was calli ng ou t t o taibuasetand in the street) for ot v we e e r t e ch ae d b a om n ae g t na l i i d n ( g et h. iner Alle t was h e this h ac ia assistance. With much difficulty the men, however, laid hold of her, and, as has already been stated, she was set at liberty by the mob as soon as the door was opened. A second time she retreated up stairs, and resumed her former situation at the window. From this she was once more taken and put out of the door. %elle men denied, however, that any of them had k.cited her. Mr. PARRY made an energetic speech in reply. The Learned JUDGE then left it to the jury to say whether there had been a greater proportion of force used than was necessary to regain possession from an unlawful possessor. The jury consulted about an hour, and then re turned into court with a verdict of Acquittal. N F S orr /O es N te - r H 2 O th U e POLICE INTELLIGENCE. John and Daniel MA S licers, have been for some time occupied in watching the movements of several foreign Jews, who have been, according to the information recei ve d b y t h e officers, engaged in forging notes upon the Russian Bank to a very large amount. On Friday they went to a house in which some of the parties resided, and with a sledge ham. mer broke open the door of a room in which the un doubted evidences of guilt were visible. It was ne cessary to proceed to sudden violence in order to ac. , complish the work of detection. There were three men in the room , and they were brought to the Mansion-house, when , as it was indispensable on ac count of the fact that others were concerned, that there should be no public statement, a private exami nation was held. Subsequently, five other persons were apprehended as accomplices. Mr. Ballantine, who is retained by the Em peror of Russia, appeared, together with Mr. Peachey, from the offices of Messrs. Oliverson and Ca., of the Old Jewry, for the prosecution. The three persons who were examined on the Fri day are named Aaronson Leybe, Jacob Friedeberg, and Raphael Koufman. Daniel Forrester, the officer, .said—in consequence of information which I received I went, in company with my brother and Munday (the Mansion-house officer), to No. 8, Queen-street, Soho. We went up to the third floor, and with a h a mmer broke open the door; and we found, upon e ntering the room, the three prisoners. There was a small table in the room, and I saw Leybe and Friedeberg standing near it; and Koufman, who was also at the table, had a pair of scissors in his hand. On the table I found the papers produced.—(Here the witness produced several pieces of paper, representing the Government bank notes of Russia.) On the left-hand side of Koufman there was a bed, and in the bed I found other papers. In the coat which Koufman now wears I found, in the lining, the papers produced (similar notes). There were in the cupboard several other papers and a variety of lithographing stones. There was a press in the room. The Loan MAYOR—Do the prisoners wish to ask the witness any questions ? Aaronson Leybe—l do assure you that I know no thing at all about anything bad ; I know nothing wrong. In the name of God, I bad nothing to do with it. Mr. Mathias March said—l am employed in the Russian Consulate. The notes produced are forgeries upon the Russian Bank. These notes have not been sanctioned by the Russian Government. To-day the following prisoners, who are suspected to have been connected with the transaction, were brought up in the custody of John and Daniel For rester :—Solomon Muscovitz, Yankie Tobias, Yetti So!omons, the wife of Solomon Muscovitz, and _Moses Hackle. Daniel Forrester said—l went with my brother, in consequence of information which I received, to No. 139, in the Minories. I had seen Friedeberg and Aaronson, whom I brought up yesterday, in that house. The last time I saw them go into that house was 'Wednesday last, the 13th inst., at about half past eight o'clock. I heard two distinct knocks at the door, which I inferred meant the second floor. I waited some time, but did not see them come out. About four o'clock yesterday afternoon I went to the Minories, and found the four prisoners in the room on the second floor. The woman was coming out, and I took her back. We searched them in the room, and I saw Solomon Muscovite fumbling in his waist coat pocket, and I caught hold of his hand and found in it the three notes I produce, and some time at ter wards I asked him how he accounted for the pos session of the notes. He said that a man named Friedeberg had given him them for 9:=., and that they were worth 3s. each. He said nothing about any more notes being in his possession. Upon searching him I found two more notes in a pocket book in his pocket, and part of a note. I asked him how he accounted for the possession of them, and he said they were not worth so much in this country, and Friedeberg had given to him the whole. After wards the landlord of the house where Friedeberg lives gave in the card of Moses Hackle. Mr. M. March, of the Russian Consulate, said he believed one, of the notes produced was a genuine note of the Russian Government. The other two were not, in his opinion, genuine. The prisoners were remanded till Friday. - GUILDHALL. James Styles, the marine-store dealer, in Milton street, who was charged last week by the Excise with having in his possession a quantity of spurious tea, some fabricated from leaves of various herbs and shrubs, and some from tea which had been used, dyed gummed, dried, and manipulated, so as to resemble young hyson, attended to receive the judgment of the Court. Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE stated, that considering the grossness of the imposition, in selling, or en abling grocers to sell, such trash at a high price, he was not disposed to show any further favour to the defendant than had been already shown, by taking the quantity at 81b. instead of 131 b., he should inflict the fine of 401. upon him, and in default he would stand committed to gaol for six months. He asked the defendant if he was prepared to pay the money. The defendant said he could not do it then. If time were allowed him, he would see what he could do. Mr. Alderman MusGßovE replied the law was im perative. The money must be paid, or he must go to gaol at once. The solicitor of the Excise begged to be allowed to restrict the quantity on which the penalty should be taken to 21b. He had made a good deal of in quiry about the defendant, and he believed that he had not carried on this illicit trade to any consider able extent, that he was seriously determined now to abandon it, and that he was not in good circum stances. Mr. Alderman MUSGROYE said these were, no doubt, grounds for some mitigation, and if the Com missioners of Excise would be satisfied with a smaller penalty he would venture to reduce it to 101., but in default of paying that sum he must go to gaol for the period of six months. The prisoner said he could not pay even 101., and was committed. John Butter, a stableman, was charged with utter ing a forged request for the payment of money, whereby he had defrauded Mr. Robinson, of the Horse Repository in Little Britain, of 11/. 4s. 6d. Mr. Norton, the solicitor for the prosecution, stated the casa, which was that the prisoner had gone with a Mr. Palmer to the Horse Repository, to sell a pony and chaise, the property of Mr. Palmer. On the Monday after the sale the prisoner presented a request, purporting to be signed by Mr. Palmer, desiring the amount, 111. 4s. 6d., to be paid to the bearer. The cheque for the money was given him, signed by Mr. Robinson, which was paid by the bankers. It turned out that Mr. Palmer had not given the prisoner ally authority to receive the money ; he bed given him ss. for his trouble, and he was not to receive any further c' mpensation. Evidence was pro duced to prove these facts. The prisoner, who offered no explanation, was committed. WORSHIP-STREET. George John HCWSO7I, an elderly man, described as a silversmith, and Matilda Hewson, his daughter, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, for final examination, charged with concealing the birth of a newly-born male infant, their alleged offspring, but the case, it will be seen by the evidence now adduced, resolved itself into a charge of much more serious character. The first examination took place about a month since, at which time the male prisoner alone was charged, his daughter being placed under nominal custody in the infirmary of the Whitechapel union until her recovery, and when the facts shortly deposed to were, that on the preceding Saturday, about eight o'clock in the morning, on a labouring man named Patrick Curtin going to the water-closet of. his Wait, in Rosetta-place, Sandys-row, Bishopsgate, he was astonished at finding the body of an infant partly im mersed in the soil, head downwards, and the limbs that were exposed to view distinctly quivering with a convulsive action of the muscles. He instantly raised an alarm, and the body having been removed was placed by some of the neighbours in a pan of water for the purpose of cleansing it, but life was then found lo be en tirely extinct. Sergeant Price, of the H division, shortly after received information of the discovery, and happening to recollect that he had seen the female prisoner in an advanced stage of pregnancy about a fortnight before, concluded from that and other circumstances that had come to his knowledge, that she was one of the parties implicated in the transaction, and having found out the - hous e in which she resided, and the back of which overlooked the yard of that in which the body sas fou nd, though in another street, walked directly up stairs, and after some preliminary conversation, taxed her with it. She at first denied the accusation, but on a surgeon being sent for, and expressing a decided conviction of its truth, she tacitly assented to it, and having been removed allk to n o th w e le w d o g r e k h n o f us t e h , e t the male matter, and was stoutly eprisoner, who de niedseconded in this denial by the daughter , w as conve yed to the station-house. Police-constable Davis, 36 H, now stated that he had known the two prisoners for the last three or four years, and that while conveying the woman to th e wo rkhouse she anxiously appealed to him to ascer tain wharf had been done with her father. Witness told her that he was in custody for concealing the birth of the child, and she immediately exclaimed, " That's totally false, for he was out at the time the child was born, and also when I dropped it down the water-closet." The prisoner was very much agitated when she made this acknowledgment, and witness having mentioned the suspicions that were entertained that the child was alive when placed where it was found, she declared that that was false likewise, that the infant had been born three days, and that it was dead when she had so placed it there. In opposition to this Curtin and hi s w if e , B r id ge t Curtin, were called, and both positively swore to the fact of the limbs of the child moving at the time they saw it in the soil, and before the removal and dis covery of its death by the neighbours. A married woman, named Mary Macdonald, vlso child e -c l o om s f e must the i et t was hpaa vret s quite been that washedobvious h a d not beforeht been her,en immersed, it mwfromears thrown e an n, that deposed, that on the body being recovered fr om th e in spectiontwh water-closet t into the soil. Mrs. Elizabeth Nathan, the landlady of the house where the prisoner lived, stated that they had lodged there for nearly two years, and that during the whole of that time they had only occupied one apartmera on the first floor. The witness then repeated the statement she made at the former hearing, that for nearly two hours before the discovery had been made she had been disturbed by a confused noise and hur rying about overhead, succe?ded by the repeated ascents and descents of the mate prisoner up and down stairs, on one occasion with a pail filled with something, which he carried into the yard through the length of which and all up the stairs she after wards traced stains of blood ; and added, that on another occasion she distinctly heard him leave the house by the front entrance, which he would be com pelled to do to go to the rear of the house in Rosetta place, and that he remained absent about the time necessary to reach there. Amelia Levy, living opposite the house in which the prisoners resided, deposed , that while standing at her door on the morning in question, she saw the male prisoner stealthily open his street door with something in his hand he was endeavouring to con ceal, and that upon observing he was noticed he has tily withdrew and closed the door. Mr. Meares, the divisional surgeon, deposed to ex amining the female prisoner, who he found had been recently delivered; and that on performing a p os t mortern examination of the infant's body, he found that it was a full grown male child, and apparently healthy. There were no external marks of violence to account for its death, but much extravasation be neath the scalp, and from this circumstance, combined with the facts that a considerable quantity o f nzuco nium had been voided, and that the whole of the lungs floated, though minutely divided and carefully expressed, which he was convinced could not have been the case unless the infant had lived, and the lungs been perfectly inflated, he could come to no other conclusion than that the child had been born alive, and the circumstances indicated that it had died from suffocation. The prisoners expressed their intention to reserve their defence, and were both fully committed to New gate for trial upon the charge of wilful murder. MEETING OF CATHOLICS. A meeting of the Catholics of the northern vicinity of London was held on Wednesday evening at Lawson's Rooms, No. 3, Gower• street, New-road, for the purpose of expressing their sympathy for Pope Pius IX., and to take into consideration the propriety of convening a meeting at a convenient time with the view of raising a Statue in his honour. The chair was taken at a quarter past seven o'clock by the Rev. Hardinge Ivers, incumbent at St. Alexis, Kentish Town. The Rev. GENTLEMAN, in opening the business of the evening, briefly referred to the new chapel at Kentish Town, under the invocation of St. Alexis, and the particular protection of the Holy See. He proved, in most eloquent terms and by convincing arguments, that the Catholic religion is the mother and nurse of freedom, and, alluding to a previous meeting, expressed his surprise that he, in this land of liberty, should be deemed too liberal, since he had been the preceptor of the sons of Don Carlos, the supposed representative of absolute power, and had incidcated into the minds of his august pupils the same liberal sentiments which he himself professed. He proved that in this country, in particular, liberty owed her origin to Catholicism, and quoted some of the highest authorities in his Church, who teach that all lawful power must come from God, it is true, but be conferred by the people, or at least be sanctioned by them. St. Thomas d'Aquinas, in quiust. cv. of " Primo Secundo," requires two things to be con sidered in the formation of a government—that the people should share in the sovereignty, whatever be its form, and that the form to be chosen should be that which is most conducive to the welfare of the people. St. Thomas, adopting the opinion of certain Greek philosophers, the fragments of whose works are still extant, and of the great Roman orator and statesmen, Cicero, pronounces the mixed, or what is commonly called the constitutional form, to be the most perfect, and ventures even to declare that this form had received the special sanction of the Almighty ; that Moses and his successors were, as it were, the expression of the regal principle, the elders formed the aristocracy, and the democratic principle was carried out in the election of the elders, who were chosen by the people, and from the body of the people. He showed that the clergy had been ever zealous to maintain this form of government, as the most conducive to the happiness of man, and that such had been especially the conduct of the English Catholic clergy; that they were ever anxious to keep present to the minds of our Catholic kings this fundamental maxim that. they had re ceived their power through the medium of the people. He quoted many eminent Protestant au thorities, amongst others the constitutional historian Hallam, with a view to show that the Catholic Church in England had been the parent and nurse:of English liberties, and that the divine right of kings and abso lute power had never been mentioned in England till after the Reformation, and that under Elizabeth, James, and even Charles, that doctrine was preached from the pulpit, and propounded from the bench. He compared this subserviency of the Church of England with the zeal and patriotism of the Catholic Church in the cause of liberty ; referring to the ancient charters obtained through the medium of the clergy, Ito the excommunications pronounced against those who should infringe the liberties of Englishmen, which excommunications formed part of the canon law of England by a provincial constitution of Archbishop Peckom (A. D. 1281), and were read twice a year in all the cathedrals—he alluded to the ancient custom which to this day exists, and by which the kings were compelled to solicit at the time of their coronation the consent of the people. He said that this spirit of the Catholic Church was the spirit which animated in a more special manner the breast of Pius IX. He was the greatest reformer. of the age, the liberal head of a liberal Church—that he was endea vouring to give to the three great Powers which form a constitutional Government, their adequate and legi timate expression. He therefore called upon the meeting to sympathise with him, and to support him. The Rev. Gentleman sat down amidst loud and en thusiastic cheering. The following resolutions were unanimously car ried, after having been preceded by many eloquent and interesting discourses. The Rev. Mr. DYNE, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, pro posed the first resolution :—" That as Catholics we willingly seize this public opportunity of testifying our constant attachment and devotedness to the Holy See, and that we consider the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, as it has existed for ages, to be conducive to the wise government of the Church, and essential to its peace and independence," which was received with loud and long protracted cheering. Mr. EDWARD MOORE briefly seconded the same. MILES GERALD LEON, E•q., after a most bril liant speech, moved the second resolution—" That as sincere Catholics we are naturally friends to liberty, and to all mankind without distinction of creed or of country, and therefore hail with joy and exultation the presence in the chair of St. Peter of so good and great a man as Pope Pius 1X.," which was seconded by BENJAMIN MARCUS, Esq., an Israelite of Russian Poland. The third resolution—" That we are necessarily fired with indignation at the unprovoked and sacri legious attack of the Austrian Government on the patrimony of Peter, on the sovereign rights of Pius IX., and on the renascent liberties of Italy"— was most eloquently proposed by J. COOK, Esq., and seconded by G. FULLER, Esq. Mr. J. NEWBURY moved the fourth resolution : " That in order more effectually to testify our zeal for the cause of religion and liberty, and to enable Pius IX. to resist his domestic and foreign enemies, a subscription be entered into forthwith ; that the Rev. Hardinge Ivers be appointed treasurer to receive the same, and that an address expressive of the sentiments of this meet ing be presented to his Holines3 ; that the Rev. Chairman be appointed to draw up the same, and that he be required to convene, at a convenient time, a meeting a the Catholics and admirers of Pius IX., for the purpose of raising a statue to his honour." Mr. J. S. HARRIS seconded the same with great zeal. The fifth resolution was moved D. HAZAD, Esq., and seconded by Mr. J. CAROVAN :-" That the moral support so wisely afforded by her Majesty's present Government, by the more enlightened Princes of the Italian Peninsula, and by the free and independent press of Great Britain, deserves our unqualified ap probation and applause." A liberal collection having been made, a vote of thanks was given to the Rev. Chairman, and the meeting dispersed. THE HEBREW FORM OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE HARVEST. The following is the form of thanksgiving used on Saturday in all the Jewish synagogues of the British empire in charge of the Chief Rabbi. (Oct. 16, A.AI. 5,068.) " 0 Lord, Creator of the universe ! in Thy hand are the revolutions of the seasons, and the laws of all nature. In Thy temple all pay Thee homage; every creature declareth Thy glory; every living being, every animal, every plant, maketh known Thy power. Behold, our heart overflovveth with, and our lips utter, Thy praise. We acknowledge with thanks, 0 Lord, that Thou hast crowned the year with Thy goodness, and enriched the soil by Thy paths ; Thou hast given food to the hungry, and satisfied the fainting soul ; Thou hast filled our barns with corn, and replenished our stores with abundance of food. "We remember the days when our winter was approaching, and fear and trembling seized us; then the sower went forth mournful, afraid lest his toil should be fruitless, we all dreaded the impending ca lamity. But if Thou didst abandon us for one short !moment, Thy mercy is everlasting. Thou hast heard the groans of the afflicted, and commanded de liverance throughout the land. Thou hast visited the ground and watered it ; the earth hath renewed her youth , • she hath brought forth her produce and yielded her fruit. Sorrow hath fled, and joy is come in its place ; every animated being exulteth and shouteth aloud. " What now shall we speak before thee, in behold ing Thy wondrous works, 0 Thou who art perfect in knowledge ? Behold, Thou hast not done unto us according to our sins, and not requited us according to our iniquities ; but Thou hast had a father's com passion on us ; Thou bast been true to the established laws of the harvest, and remembered Thy faithful kindness, which is everlasting, seeing that we are helpless and beings of flesh. " Merciful and gracious God ! as Thou hast done wonders, even so continue Thy mercy unto us ; let not Thy kindness depart, nor Thy covenant be re moved; let us enjoy the goodness of Thy earth. May every man go forth to his task rejoicing, and carry home the fruit of his labour. May peace flourish in the land, may every heart be moved to benevolence ; may love and truth meet, and righteousness and peace kiss each other ; to the joy of every upright man, and for the well being of Thy people, who wait for Thy salvation from Zion. Amen." PRAYER TO BR SAID AT THE SEPHARDIM SYNA- *OGEE, ON SABBATH, SIXTH OF HESHVAN. (Composed by the Rev. D. Meldola, Presiding Rabbi.) " 0 Lord ! the God of the whole earth, the Lord of llosts is Thy name ; Thine eyes are continually upon all Thy works, and Thy mercy extendeth to all Thy creatures. Thou art the Maker of all, the Sup. porter and Upholder of all things. It is Thou that givest corn and food to preserve them alive. Thou hast prep3red of Thy goodness for every living thing a sufficiency of provision to feed them, that each may have an allowance of food ; for Thou art the Preserver of them all. " We acknowledge, 0 Lord God, that our trans gressions have justly withholden good things from us ; and for this was the earth stayed from yielding her abundance. For, 0 Lord, we have transgressed; we have rebelled against Thee. But Thou savest them who trust in thee. To Thee belong mercies and forgiveness : and, therefore, hast Thou looked upon us in our afflictions, and hest not despised the tears and prayers which in the day of straitness and trouble we offered unto Thee. As the eyes of ser vants look up to their masters, so we sought Thee; and in the infinite benevolence of Thy cha racter Thou hast mercifully rewarded us. Thou hast spared us in not bringing upon us a recurrence of the evils which, because of our sins, we had too much reason to apprehend, but hast turned our sorrow into joy ; for Thou hast heard the voice of our supplications ; Thou hast renewed the vigour of the earth—hast healed her breach—hast removed her sterility—and hast caused her again to bring forth abundantly, so that the land is no longer desolate. " 0 Liord Most High, we come into Thy presence to praise Thy name for this Thy mercy. How great is the beneficence which herein Thou hast shown towards us. Thou bast put forth Thy hand to deliver us from the evil arrows of famine. From Thy heavens Thou hast sent a plentiful rain upon all lands, and hest caused the healing sun to shine upon them. - Thou hast poured Thy spirit upon the seed of the field and Thy blessing upon the offspring of the earth, and bast - - caused it abundantly to yield its stores for the suste nance of Thy creatures. " And now, 0 Lord, through Thy great kindness, the floors have become full of wheat, and the people' of all lands rejoice, wherefore Thy name shall be blest in the great Congregation; we will praise Thee, for though Thou wast angry with us, Thine anger is turned away, and Thou dost comfort us." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Great Western (170 par—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Liver pool) Fifths, 3 4 dis.—London and North-Western, 145 Ditto, Quarters, 9 p.—Manchaster, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 3 A dis.—Midland Stock, 102—Ditto, Halves, 3 1 4; — Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 76—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), Extension, No. 2, % p.—Bolton, Blackburn, C. and W. Yorkshire (late 8., C., and N. W.), Preference, 6 per cent., par—Midland, G. W. and Canal, 20 1 / i dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 3 dis. MANCHESTER, °crones. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance shire, and Cheshire, 6 3-16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manches ter (221. paid), 5 dis.—Ditto, Thirds, 1% dis.—Lancashire . and Yorkshire, Fifths, c. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 31 / c. dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 2 7-16 c. p.—Ditto. ditto (C), 2 3 / p.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13-16 di& —Ditto (Grims by 20/. Shares), 5 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 1 13-16 dis.—Northern Counties Union, 3% dia.—North British, Thirds, v i dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 3-16 dis.— Sheffield and Manchester, No. 1, 1 4 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 15-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%. LEEDS, OCTOBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The pressure on the Money and Share Markets continues with unmitigated violence, and while Consols are down to 81% sellers for the Account, Shares are almost unsaleable. The price of Midland Stock yes terday was 101% to 102, Brightons 38% to 39, Manchester and Leeds (now Lancashire and Yorkshire) nominally 5 dis., but at this unprecedentedly low quotation, buyers are not to be met with. The sales are—East Lancashire, Quer- ' ters, 1 3 / 4 dis.—Great Northern, 5% dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 30s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 2% dis.- -Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 31/a dis. —Leeds and Thirsk, 20 dis.—Ditto, New, 14.% dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, dis. —North British, Thirds, 9s. dis.—Ditto, Extension, ss. dis.—North Staffordshire, 1% dis.—North- Western, 5% n. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2,2 s. 6d. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 38s. 9d. n. dis. HULL, OcroBER 16. STOCK Excutstau.—The transactions during the week have been exceedingly limited, and although the trading interests of the port have hitherto maintained their ground, and show great firmness, it is impossible to form any correct estimate how far they may indirectly be affected by the ruin and devastation that is taking place in the City and other large places. Men of capital feel much indisposed to go into really good investments even at the present ruinous sacrifice to holders ; and, as if to enhance this indisposition, the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford J unc ti on have caused writs to be served on those shareholders who have failed to make good the last call. Considering the whole of the circumstances connected with this company, the measure is perfect insanity. The sales are—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4s. p.—North British, Thirds, A dis.—Ambergates. 13s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCTOBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, 24 3 4 North Staffordshire, dis.-York,Newcastle, and Berwick, (late Newcastle and Berwick), PA I p.-Ditto, New Shares (No. 2), par. EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen,_ 301. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 10s.- Caledonian, 341.-Ditto, New, 155.-Caledonian and Dum bartonshire,l/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 524 -Deeside, 3/. Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 65.-Dundee and Arbroath, 351.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 2 74-Ditto, New, No. 2, 351.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31.5x.-Dundee and Northern Junc tion, 1/. 95.-Dundee and Perth, 291. 155.-Ditto, New, 141. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 2/.-East of Fife, 4/. U.-East Lo thian Central, 11.-Ed inburgh and Bathgate, 54-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 991. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 141. ex div.- Ditto, New Halves, 51. ex div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151.-Ditto, Preference, 20/.-Ditto, New, 31, 14s. -Ditto, Quarters, 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 171. -Ditto, New, 11. is. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 6/. 12s. 6d.- Ditto, ditto, New, 13s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), IBs. -Ditto, Halves, ss. 9d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 100/. ex div.-Ditto, New Stock, 391. 12s. 6d. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. 18s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 84-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 7/. 12s. 64.- Glasgow and Gam kirk, 381. 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, 10/. 10s.-- Glasgow and Greenock, 17/. 2s. 6d. ex div.-Ditte, Halves, 81. I Is. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 195.-Glasguw,.Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 95.-Great North of Scotland, 17L 6d.- Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 2/. 85.-Ditto (late London and York), 2/. 10s.-North British, 241. 7s. 6d. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 12/.-Ditto, Quarters, 31. 178. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), Bs.-Ditto, Thirds, 11s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 51. ss. ex div.-Scottish Central, 23 1 . 15s.- Scottish Grand Junction, 55.-Scottish Midland, 1 54 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Ozwes try, and Chester, 191. 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31 104.-Stirling and Midland, 71.- Wisbaw and Coltness, 441. 10s.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 136/.-Ditto, Exten sions, No. 1, 121.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 10/. 7s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, Is. 9d.-East Indian, 14 Os. 3d.-Great North of India, is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, is. 6d. GLASGOW, Ocronan - 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are - -Caledonian, 34- - Ditto, New, 13-Dundee and Perth, 29% -Ditt o , Q u arters, 425. 6d. -East Indian, 16s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, New, 15-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, : 984-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 108-Ditto, 401. Shares, 39-Ditto, Half Shares, No. 1,5/. Ba-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 77,1-Glas gow Harbour Grand Junction, 3s. 6d.-Great Northern, 475. 64. ex int.-Manchester and Southampton, 7s. 31- - -North British, 25-Ditto, Thirds, 315.-Ditto, New Quarters (Scrip), 95.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of England Purch.), 8/. 9s. AN APOLLO WHO COULD REND THE HEARTS or DRINKING GLASSES WITH RIS PIERCING NOTES. In Auurey's M.S. on Wilts, it is stated that MersentTs , or Kircher, says, " that one may know what (pignut,' of liquor is in the vessel by the sound of it, knowing before the empty note. I have several times heard great brasse pannes ring by the barking of a hound, and also by the loud voice of a strong man." (Th e voice, ", very strong and sharp, will crack a drinking glass, adds J. Evelyn.) Mr. Britton says in a note, " I have been favoured with a confirmation of this note of Evelyn frc.m the personal experience of my old friend Mr,. Brayley, who was present at a party on Lud ga t e -hill, London, many years ago, when Mr. Broadhurst, the famed public vocalist, by singing a high note, caused It wine glass on the table to break, the bowl being sops' rated from the stem."—The Builder. [ADVERTISEMENT].—A CERTAIN CURE FOR A rnc- RANGED STOMACH, ET HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Evan Evans, a person for many years employed in the Dowlas Iron Works, near IderthYr,.. has been suffering for a length of time with so disordered a state 01 the stomach, and had become so weakened in body, that he was fre quently laid up for weeks at a time, indeed the poor man was not expected to rally again at the time he commenced the use of Iloilo" way's Pills, which, however, to the astonishment of all who knew him, effected a perfect cure. This is now more than six months since, during which period his digestion has never once been de ranged.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTH'S. On the 13th ult., at Calverly-park, Tunbridge Wells, the lady of Arthur W. Ward, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Geneva, the lady of Frederick Vigore, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., Mrs. W. Grellier, of Wormwood-street. of s. son. On the 12th inst., at Falkner-street, Liverpool, Mrs. Carel' of a son. On the 12th inst., at Harrow, Mrs. W. Oienhant, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland.plaCs• Mrs. Charles Manners Lushington, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Milton-on-Thames, Kent, the lady ef Colonel Holbrow, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, Mrs. Henri Berger, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Accrington House, Lancashire, the wife of Jonathan Peel, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 15th of July, at Valparaiso, Mr. Joseph Bawden, to Miss Caroline Oram, of Morrice-town, Devonport. On the 13th inst., at St. John's Church, Edinburgh, jewel Smith, Esq., of Ceylon, to Mathilda, daughter of the late Dr. Rigby, of Norwich. On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, Georg ° Valentine Buss, Esq., of Henan, to Caroline, eldest daughter of Charles Trumpler, Esq., of Stoke Newington. DIED. On the 2d of July last, at Sierra Leone, Richard ay ward, Esq., aged 33. On the Bth inst., at Springfield, near Bedford, Mr. Charles William Daniel Williams, aged 21. On the 10th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, the Right Hon. Lady Harriet Gamier. On the 11th inst., at Ipswich, Lieutenant-General Sir S. l• Dickens, K.C.H., aged 83. On the 13th inst., at St. Leonard's, Bucks, John BurgeeS, Esq., aged 74. On the 13th inst., at Sewardstone-green, near Waltham Abbey, Joseph Atkinson. aged 86. On the 13th inst., in Argyle-street, Regent-street, Jame s Frederick Slade, Esq., aged 32. On the 14th inst., Sarah Anne Holt, the infant daughter of Mr. Edwin Cobbett, of High-street, Marylebonc. On the 15th inst., in Queen's-row, Grove-lane, Carib*" well, Emma Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Lancaster, Et* - - - London : P - toted and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112 _1 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11s. Strand, in the Preelno' tpt the Siyoy, in the County of Middlesex Monday, OotibW 116 1547.