The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-21 00:00:00

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The lf 1 r ig 0 •1 o rn i , lg Chronicle, of Saturditasy, ,sciintomnootie;), a ce ntral ar Thursday's observations z,orllei B oard of Railway Directors, e ntlemen taking car e v en gth the propriety of those defends at wh o ll ' their own interest, and So the . g interestofthose far ,:ve invested their property in railways. , .. is °illy w ha t With our Contemporary, and It coro:tien the interest of the railway . proprietors ProoVo clash with that of the public, that the O ur co mbination i s t o b e d r eaded. 4twae -.ol itemporary su pp ose s that the collision th at oi n the interest of the railway companies and ttetit. the Public would not exist to any material The ate rast n . a general sense, that may be true. 1 04 ,,, , of individuals and of the public is, in the 4t k b tl ' il ia ' t he sam e ; but men have not ye; arrived . ta t h illuNtigh practical convict . ion , of that truth, and t° ae t tl n and each company is very much inclined I llag o ',"'s own interest exclusive at present, and y, y even to the da ti4 least his neighbour. Individuals 14 °Ye r b s -' c()oPanies, which, like corporations, have h wer ally 11 , be trusted with feelings, are not to Praet 'lt° do ill. The whole of human legislation a i ld on t hat b eua : onethat basis, be it correct or not, 13 413 W reason. ur c 0 1.44. ntemporary says that the capital of the all y i'Y Proprietors is sixty millions, and is k c t o ‘ r v it o i , nu is - Ila th' ti n creas 'ng. Capital, it is now well- - 4 ( , 1 - g . tansgible, it is a mere name for ov o er ove o r f , th at b -r i „ ; a " to tell us, when every concentration ies, °ceo,„'" w4 r in the hands of individuals or com o. p to d r 7 e . ; an engin e of mischief, that we ()ti c , rail "lav-eag such a concentration in the hands of ii a t n not c of t he proprietors, is to cut a joke at the expen.sntio callelsstllned simplicity of the public. The i rould hav e '4 ,,'" l chl such a concentration of power t at, 4 41 i - , ve r the Legislature we need searcely l in of 41 04 4 ,1 : as the public now suffers from a heap of Illai i3 ;°'es and onerous taxes inflicted on us _ t _ ~. Vii: t i - ,;, ne d by the combined influence of thesiil thie.-le'rest, the real author . of the timber duties,. the Bank P r utter; st India interest, which curses d us with a ink ` s . "; n g duty on West India sugar, an tic,,th--1 which preserves, , All in spite of reason . and l. jus suoi -c tnenopolv of the Bank of Engian-_ ly lltlhl'eaTid'inations are much to be dreaded_ I , m‘ t , li c e r !lie } , l „ e ' th°l-10 those, who mean to wield the 1 t) cii;: z i /e ct to acquire by them with the utmost C ali 6 e and pa - triotism, suppose that they never o u' too powerful. Prote4atthat general principle we think it our duty to hl i ii n a gainst the proposed plan, and warn the - against its consequences. t ail w ile accidents which have of late happened on dis c Y s ' and have liven the immediate causeof the fli. tiBsi °o, may serv e as one illustration of the i c r o a r i t_- . w-;between the interest of the public and t h re a pro ' . gse(piroprietors. If commanding, assuch Legisla ture, c°lribination might, the acts of the . law , 4n d , by its heavy purse, the operationot the n a .:, `L.eudands, we may be sure, would be light, tr_ele r,-Itirwtiol, for injury would be impossible, and I wooden 44 , Y Proprietors, as long as their own i (I 1100 carriages t4 Punit • b were not damaged, - on di • , Y, y their carelessness, inflict injury in rail might with . wtiald contemporary our rail a check by seems to suppose that there the loss of custom, if any one 00 way were not well managed. This constitute , r e 0 f our objections to his scheme. Under the pre General Board, all railways would be N l' a g ed alike They have put an end to other and ad 3. They WOuld has e a monopoly of travelling, ,4: with a Board making all railways alike, they no w put an end to the little competition which ~°.,v v, e x ists, and deprive the public of every test of an y management. They might then continue th e slovenly or injurious practices which swelled . 11 . c half -yearly dividends, and ensured the re-elec tion_of the clever managing Directors. ~ The interest of shareholders of railways, and %rectors is to leap the largest possible profit by Providing for the public the least possible con tielilience• The interest of the public is to have tt greatest possible convenience at the smallest The proceedings altogether have excited a strong sensation in the army, which will not be allayed without a thorough public investigation. Every in ferior officer naturally fears he will be trampled upon in his turn. For the information of our readers we may state who the principals in this precious quarrel are. Captain REYNOLDS is of a good fa mily, being the son of the late Lieutenant-General REYNOLDS, a distinguished Indian officer. The Earl of CARDIGAN was once Lord BRUDENELL. Some few years ago he had a quarrel with a brother officer in Dublin, which led to a c ourt-martial, and which ended in his dismissal from the army. He was shortly after restored, appointed to a regiment in India, ar.d is now, as all the world knows, Lieu tenant-Colonel of the Prince's Own, the 11th Hussars. possible cost. Here the two are directly in oppo sition, and there are not wanting instances of tail wav proprietors now making an increase of profit by curtailing the public accommodation. The Croydon Railway, for example, has lately raised its price, carried fewer persons, and increased its gains. We have read, within this day or two, several complaints, particularly in the Stafford shire Examiner, of very deficient accom modation on the railways which connect Wolverhampton with other places ; and it seems quite possible, where there are no competing lines of road, that railway proprietors may charge al most what fares they please, and provide as little accommodation as they please. For example, on lines connecting two towns, which have many com mercial relations, and between which a certain number of persons must travel, the proprietors of the railways may limit their trains to one or two per day, and so convey an immense quantity of persons at a small cost while they charge a high fare. Again, they may refuse to provide a suffi • cient number of stations, and compel persons to travel double the distance by horse carriage than might he otherwise nece-sary. For such evils, as long as each different railway is under a separate management, we may hope, by quoting the examples of the good, to correct the bad, and to procure re dress. But once establish a Board to manage rail ways in common, for our Contemporary's plan would come to that, and every term of comparison would disappear. Railway travelling might return, for the presumed safety of passengers, almost to the old rate of horse travelling ; and no example might remain of that velocity which is now their boast. Our children, with the proposed Board to regulate all railways by one common plan, might know our present speed only as a thing that once was practised. We must further hint to our Contemporary— on which, were he not more a representative of the railway than the public interest, he would not need a hint—that railways are yet in their infancy— that they have been laid down under a fictitious system of prices, both of labour and land, which has much enhanced their cost—that the immense amount of capital embarked in them, like the capital vested in turnpike-roads, may not yield a due rate of interest if great improvements are made by which railways can be constructed much cheaper than our present costly, and even wasteful railroads, —and that, in so far as improvements of any kind, whether moral or mechanical, go to lower the value of railway property, they would be opposed and (Ideated by this powerful combination of railway proprietors. To organise such immense strength for the very purpose of defending and maintaining most of the imperfections of a great fart, which is yet in its infancy, may seem a feasible means of giving security to railway capitalists, but it would speedily bring improvement to a still stand. If all the turnpike trustees throughout the kingdom had con stituted a Board of Delegates to regulate the roads, and formed a combined interest, we can easily con ceive that not one of the many hills which have been thrown into the rallies within the last half century would have been lowered an inch, and rail ways would have been unnecessary and unknown. There is one way of constituting such a body as the Chronicle proposes that may make it not inju rious. It must be taken from all classes, and it must have representatives of all interests. It must not consist exclusively of railway proprietors. Such a description corresponds to what a Parliament ought to be, but to compose such a body solely of railway directors and proprietors would be as injurious as if under the present circumstances of the country the Legislature were to consist only of one House of Parliament, and all its Members were to be priests. They would say, like railway proprietors, We will take care of our interest, and our interest, as they do say, is that of the public ; and they would be more justified in making the assertion, and the public in placing such power in their ha.ids, than in believing that the owners of sixty millions of capital, vested in railways, when formed into one central united body, will not en deavour to assist themselves at the expense of the public. By our Contemporary returning to this subject, and recommending the plan, it is to be inferred that the project is entettained by those who have the means to carry it into effect. The public, therefore must be more than ever on its guard, and should look with much suspicion and jealousy on any combination, or Board of Delegates, repre senting a body of capitalists who own more than sixty millions sterling. The Spectator on Saturday pronounced, quite unconsciously we are aware, a spirited eulogium on the Ministers. It implied, if it did not say, that the people were so perfectly satisfied with the Govern ment, so full of contentment with public affairs, that they ceased to trouble themselves on the subject. " All other questions of war or peace," it said, speaking of the Doncaster St. Leger, " were for the moment merged in that great question of the day, Who's won ? From no point of the compass, save that pointing towards Doncaster, was any news cared for." Such a statement indicates a people completely at ease. They ought, after earning their bread, to have nothing to do but to amuse and enjoy themselves. They pay most enormously for the services of statesmen, judges, so►diers, and all the agents of Government, and it is not to be expected that they should, at the same time, do the duties of the Government and take care of the State. If our Contemporary's description were strictly accurate, instead of being meant sneeringly, we should say that it was the noblest testimony evet home in a free country to a virtuous Ministry. But, unfortunately, it was meant for a joke. During the week there were several public meetings held, at all of which public events, and the con duct of 'Ministers, were discussed with some acerbity. During the week considerable interest was excited by two murders, making it doubtful how far our laws can any longer be relied on to give us personal security. During the week very general interest was felt on the question of peace or war, and the publication of the daily journals was as keenly looked for to learn the Paris news, as the news from Doncaster. During the week very con siderable fluctuations occurred in the public funds, showing anything but perfect ease in the public mind. Finally, during the week we had several days of bad weather, which again raised doubts whether the harvest in the North will be saved, and whether bread will be very dear or compara tively cheap. On all these, and many other points, there was intense interest felt, and we cannot, un fortunately, accept for the Ministers the compli ment which the language of the Spectator would imply. We wish all the people were in the full enjoyment of that ease and confidence which would enable them to amuse themselves and be happy, but that cannot be the case till a host of bad laws be swept away ; and were they till then to lose all interest in politics, it would be a fatal sign for the future fortunes of our country. There is, however, no reason to fear such a stolid acquiescence in evil so long as there are journals, like the Spectator, which continually remind them that few or no in , stitutions are good, and few or no measures right. The Moniteur of Saturday contains the follow nz? ff official news from Spain, which was commu nicated to tne Government by telegraph on Friday afternoon : " The manifesto of Ger.eral Espartero reached Va lencia on the 10th inst. In the night of the 11th the Queen appointed a Ministry, composed as follows : " M. Sancho, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Ximenes, Minister of Finance. " M. Gomez Becerra, Minister of Grace and Justice. " M. Cabello, Minister of the Interior. " M. Infantes, Minister of War. _ _ " M. Capez, Minister of Marine." It was fortunate for the QUEEN REGENT that she took so little time to deliberate on General ESPARTERO'S manifesto, as the Madrid Journals of the 12th inst., which we have just received, state that the Junta in the capital were leaving nothing undone for preparing the minds of the people for setting aside the Royal authority, in the event of her MAJESTY persisting in sanctioning the Cor porations Bill. On the 12th the Junta had ad dressed a - proclamation to their fellow-citizens, in which they stated that, being intimately convinced of the dangerous circumstances in which the nation was placed by the liberticide faction gathered round the throne, they had decided on the consolidation, by all possible means, of the patriotic manifesta tions in favour of liberty, in order to save the con stitutional cause from the attacks of despotism on the one hand, and anarchy on the other. They added that the liberal manifestation of the citizens of the capital had been cor dially responded to by the municipalities of Burgos, Toledo, Saragossa, Salamanca, Caceres, Avila, Segovia, Grenada, Leon, Malaga, Almeira, Soria, Logrono, Lerida, Carthagena, Cadiz, Huesca, Santander, Valladolid, Badajoz, Alicante, and Valencia, which sufficiently indicated the na tional will. This proclamation concludes as fol- We have been informed that a mistaken opinion generally prevails respecting the object of the court martial which is to try Captain REYNOLDS of the 11th Hussars. There are two officers of that name in the regiment, and the one whose conduct is to be the subject of investigation, is the gentle man respecting whom a young lady, at a party given by the Earl of CARDIGAN, made the re mark, " I do not see Captain REYNOLDS ;" and to which his Lorship replied, " Oh, no, he is not one of my visitors." Captain REYNOLDS, con ceiving that these words were calculated to affect him as a gentleman, wrote a letter to the Earl of CARDIGAN for an explanation; and, receiving no answer, wrote a second, in terms which were con strued to imply a challenge. The letters were submitted to Prince ALBERT, and by him to Lord HILL, who ordered a Court-martial. The other affair was more summarily settled, as might have been ascertained from Lord HILL'S letter to Mr. HENRY HARVEY, in which he states that " the case was put into a due course of in vestigation, as soon as it was brought to my notice, and has now been finally disposed of." If no court-martial, however, takes place respecting the extraordinary, the arbitrary, and insulting con duct of various parties, as detailed in the correspon dence published by authority (we presume) of Captain REYNOLDS, the public at all events will sift the matter, and not suffer it thus to be " finally disposed of." To those who have not been at the trouble to read all the correspondence, the follow ing summary may be useful :—Lord CARDIGAN, on seeing a black bottle containing Moselle wine before Captain JOHN REYNOLDS (a very common mode of placing such wine on the table in the families of private gentlemen), sent a communica tion blaming him for having a black bottle before him at a great dinner, with the additional corn ment—" the mess should be conducted like a gen tleman's table, and not like a tavern or pot-house." Captain REYNOLDS received this insulting mes sage without making any remark to the bearer, Captain JONES, but subsequently waited on Lord CARDIGAN, and made a spirited remonstrance against the language, and, receiving no satisfactory answer from his Lordship, he in a fit of irritation threatened Captain JONES. For this, how ever, he afterwards properly expressed his regret. He was put under arrest. Informa tion of what had occurred was communi cated to the Horse Guards, not in writing, but by Lord CARDIG !‘,N himself, in a personal interview with Lord HILL and the Adjutant- General. The Noble Lord also had interviews with Captain REYNOLDS, called him an " Indian Officer," said he was " insubordinate,"—that " he knew his duty, but had no idea of discipline," and asked " Why don't you leave the regiment ?" AccOrding to instructions from the Horse Guards, Captain REYNOLDS afterwards addressed a letter to Lord CARDIGAN, containing these words:— " I beg to express my sense of the insubordination of my conduct, in having threatened my superior office:, and my regret to Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of CARDIGAN for having done so." Lord CARDIGAN then sent for Captain REYNOLDS and detained him two hours in " a most ha rassing and inquisitorial conversation" about va• rious matters, but chiefly about drinking wine and shaking hands with Captain JONES, the officer who delivered the offensive message; and filially, to the urgent and repeated requests of the accused for a court•martial, the following reply from the Horse Guards was read before all the officers of the regiment : General Sleigh went to Canterbury, had all the officers of the regiment brought before him, and, with out i nvest igation, read to the m a letter from head quaratney rs,condemning. Captain Reynold's conduct in very strong language ; approving of Lord Cardigan's through out, in every particular ; stigmatising Captain Rey nolds' motives as pernicious and vindictive, and refusing a court-martial, because many things would be brought to light which would not be for but we of the service. Comment is unnecessary ; but we must say, if the gentlemen at the Horse Guards approve of Lord CARDIGAN'S expressions about " the black bottle and a pot-house," " the Indian officers," and others of a similar cast, made towards a brother officer, " save us f rom the society of such gentlemen." lows : Tao Junta, relying on its conscience and on its duty to watch over the safety of the country, would consider itself unworthy of the confidence bestowed upon it, were it not courageously to repel all aggression on the part of the perfidious advisers of her Majesty, blind enough to have decreed the rupture of communica tion with the principal towns in the kingdom. In con sequence it has adopted the followinf , resolutions, viz.: — Art. I. All the civil , political,' and military autho rities of the province, and all public functionaries what ever, are forbidden, under pain of death, to obey the Government of Valencia. " Art. 11. It is incumbent on every citizen to de nounce to the proper authorities every individual whom he may know to be in communication with the said Government, or to receive privately orders and instruc tions therefrom. " Art. 111. All the Administrations are provisionally closed. The officers designed by the Junta shall be civilly and criminally responsible for the safety of all the documents and effects therein. Necessary assist ance and security shall be afforded them. All the funds that may happen to be in the said Administra tion shall he removed into the treasury of the province, and placed at the disposal of the treasury members. " Art. 11/. A special commission shall take cogniz ance of all offences against, and all infractions of the published decrees. " Madrid, Sept. 12. " President, JOAQUIN MARIA DE FERREZ. " Secretary, FERNANDO CORRADI." Had the REGENT not yielded at once, it is easy to predict to what consequences these proceedings must have led. But the abandonment of the un popular and unconstitctional Municipal Law, the dissolution of the 'Cortes, and the appointment of a new Ministry, will restore to the REGENT the al legiance of the nation. Of the composition of the new Spanish Ministry, we find the following ac count in the Constitutionnel of Saturday--the ac credited organ of the French Premier : " The President of the Council, Don Vincente Sancho, is the same who was appointed first at 13ar celona under the impulsion of Espartero, and who re fused office. He is an officer of Engineers, and De puty for Valencia. He has the reputation of talent amongst his party. At the time of the debates on the Ayuntamicnto Bill he proposed amendments which were accepted by the majority. " The Minister of Finance, Don Domingo Ximenes, was formerly a provincial Intendant. He was a Mi nister for three months in 1839, and it is not long since he joined the Exaltado party. During the period he was Minister he favoured this party in the elections of 1839, and left office on that account. " The Minister of the Interior, Senor Cabello, is the same already appointed at Barcelona, in place of Senor Sancho, who would riot take office, and who ar rived at the moment of the Queen's departure for Va lencia. He gave in his resignation as soon as the Queen arrived in that town. He was formerly Poli tical Chief of Teruel, and now Deputy for Castellon, and much attached to his party. " The Minister of Grace and Justice, Don Alonzo Gomez Becerra, is a friend of Arguelles. He was Member of the Cortes in 1820, and was called to the Ministry of Justice in 1835 by Mendizabal. " Tl.e Minister of War, Don Facundo Infante, is 1 Brigadier-General, the intermediate rank in Spain be tween that of Colonel and Camp Marshal. Ha is a Senator, and was formerly a Deputy. It is to the tact and perseverance of Senor Infante that the Exaltado party owes, in a great measure, its understanding with Espartero, who did not like it at first, and who even up set the Calatrava Cabinet. Th e Minister of Marine, Don Donitio Cap w a a z s , isa Senator. He was Minister in 1823, at the time of the entrance of the Duke d'Angouleme_ Asp inßSTpaElio Spain.' E The manifesto of General re ceived by the Madrid Junta on the afternoon of the 12th inst. It was immediately published, and esterda' THE ,SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, created extraordinary joy among all classes of the people. The church-bells were rung, and prepa tions set on foot for illuminating the city. All doubts of the complete triumph, without blood shed, of the Constitutional cause were put an end to by the appearance of this document. There was but little business doing on the Bourse. The Fives were at 26 for cash, and 26a at 60 days. 4 By the arrival of the Braganza steamer at Fal mouth on Saturday, we have received advices from Lisbon of the 14th instant. They are very unim portant. The insurgents, in a complete state of disorganisation, were flying towards the Spanish frontier, whither they were pursued by large bodies of loyal troops. The people of Oporto had invited the Royal Family to transfer their residence from Lisbon to their more loyal neighbourhood—an in vitation which the Ministers ruled to be quite un necessary. Nothing of moment was doing in the Chambers. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been duly received. Saturday's JournalE copy from the Augsburgh Gazette the answer of M. GUIZOT, French Ambassador at the Court of London, to Lord PALMERSTON'S note of the 15th of July, announcing the adopticn, by the Four Powers, of the treaty for the settlement of the Eastern question, which will be found in another part of The Sun. M. GUIZOT is a statesman of rate talents, of superior mental endowments, and of strict integrity. The circumstances under which he sat down to answer Lord PALMERSTON'S note were most imposingly solemn. Lord PAL MERSTON had made statements of fact which the honour of France required that he should disprove, if he would acquit the Government of which he is a Member of having attempted to bamboozle all the Cabinets of Europe. W e ll ; does M. GuizoT disprove them ? Not at all. Does his Excel lency even attempt to show that they are unfounded? Nothing of the sort. On the contrary, he admits, by Eis silence, that Lord PALMERSTON had not stated a syllable which was not well founded. His Excellency complains, not that the Treaty was kept secret—he affects no ignorance of any of, its provisions—he approves of its object ; all that puzzles him is to discover — by what means, the blockade of Syria failing, the Four Powers can com pel the submission of MEHEMET ALI. M. Gur zoT is as anxious for maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and for the keeping the sword of the Prophet in the hands of the reigning dy nasty, as either Lord PALMERSTON or M. DE BRUNOW; but he intimates a doubt on the part of his Government, as to whether the possession of Syria would really tend to the consolidation of the Turkish empire, and hints a dislike of being a party to any resolution which might hutt the feelings of the Paella of EGYPT. It was well for the veracity of M. GuIZOT that he declined replying more particularly to Lord PALMERSTON'S note, as a despatch from Marshal SouLT, the former President of the Coun cil, to M. DE BOURQUENEY, written one year previously, would have formed rather an ugly com mentary on such assertions respecting the Treaty as daily appear in the columns of the French minis terial press. The tone of the journals is still warlike, but we have reason to believe that the Go vernment only keeps up the war fever to blind the people to the consequences of fortifying Paris. While the Republicans are lustily shouting for war with England, Louis PHILIPPE is silently rivetting chains from which no three days' fighting will ever again emancipate them. The fortification of Paris solves the enigma of the Ministerial con duct on the Eastern question. The Capitole says that Prince Louis &lona arte had a long conference yesterday with Messrs. Berryer, Marie, and Ferdinand Barrot. The Armoricain of Brest says the Ignala corvette left the port on Saturday evening, in consequence of informa tion given by the pilots of Raz that two armed schooners had been seen between Ushant and the Isle of Seine, and avoided being approached by the pilots ; a report which was confirmed by a letter from the Maritime Prefect of Finistcrre. As these vessels might molest sundry vessels, the Maritime Prefect did not lose a moment in taking measures to secure them. But a sub sequent notice from Baron de Broke announces that the report was without foundation. The Ignala has, in fact, returned without seeing those schooners which the pilots persist in saying that they saw between Ushant and the Isle of Seine. It is, at all events, certain that they are not there now.—Lc Consti. tutionnel, Sept. 19. A letter from Alexandria of the29th of August says —" The coasts of Syria about St. Jean Wiese and Tripoli, as my correspondent tells me, are often visited by English brigs and corvettes, which it is supposed are destined to land arms, and prepare some coup de main. The number of these English ships daily increases, and their small size enables them to visit the creeks and little ports, and to approach the shore mush better than ships of the line and frigates. In estimating the English force in these seas these small vessels are not, counted, and yet they, in fact, do much injury to the trade of Egypt—to the cause of Mehemet Ali, by land ing contraband goods and supplying the insurgents with arms and ammunition. Many of them though armed are only merchantmen from Malta, Gibraltar, and the lonian Islands. The Argus brig arrived at Toulon on the 11th of September. This vessel came from Alexandria,—Le Commerce. BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19. HALF-PAST THREE.—The market has not been so brisk as yesterday, nor so much business done. Fur the Ac. count the Three per Cents. opened at 741. 90c., dropped to 74f. 80c., and rose to 75f. 50c., at which they closed, being 30c. higher than yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 107 f., declined to 106 f. 90c., rallied to 107 f. 65c.' and closed at 107 f. 60c., an improvement of 40 c. Fur Money the Three per Cents. are 15c. lower ; yester day there was a backwardation. The Five per Cents. 60c. higher. The Bank of France Shares are 301. The Laffitte Bank 1,000 Shares sf. ; those of 5,0001. 10f., and the Belgian Bank Shares 101. higher. The Belgian Five per Cents. a..e as yesterday, and the Three per Ccnts. arc 25c. lower. The Spanish Active closes as yesterday, from 241 it declined to 241, and the last price is 24k. The Passive has not varied. The Neapo litan Bonds arc unaltered, and the Roman, per cent, higher. The St. Germain Railway Shares are 10g. higher. The Versailles Left Bank 101., and the Orleans. 51. lower. The Strasburg to Bale have also declined 21. 50c. 1 irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French per Cents lO7 107 60 107 ... 107 60 45y per Cents lOO „, 'co ... 100 4 per Cents 95 23 95 25 ... 95... 95 per Cents 75 75 40 ... 71 9... 7 5 35 Rap! 3 trance 2903 1900 29A L.tfitte Bank 1,0001. Sh lOl5 ...10 5 ...ICIS ...1015 5,000 f. Sh Belgian Bank 5 per Cent., 3 i.er Cents 65 50 ... 03 75 t5 50 65 75 Spanish Acave 2oa •••• .••• '24%, Passive 5% ..• „ 5 % ••• 5 % Portngitese 3 per Cents 2l ••• -04 21 9 ••• 97 50 98 7 53 98 Neapolitan Roman 93% • 99 ••• 98 3 i ... 99 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Ve 410 n 410 ••• ••• 419 rsailles, R. B L.B. 412 50 ... 442 50 ... 437 50 ... 440 Orleans Swasburg to Bale 330 230 ... 330 IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA Alediterra th three lines, We copy the following extract of a gi l l e , tt a e n r d f l o lr m o pa - Third Edition of the Times, published at half past twelve, P.M.: — Extract of a letter, dated Bombay, J u l y 23, had been at nine in the evening, received by the nean Packet : ping rl d s o h ‘ e vi s l, te t a , i u n t er l i t s il a r lr t e o a c d a y tc u ii ld i e ,e r r w w e l , to say that a private e xpress from Calcutta has by the steamer ar received 6ved ' o f part of the Enter prise, of the arrival expedition in the Canton river, and of the total destruction N t si l h e i r c e h froin states China, that intelligence of the forts of the Been Tigris. We shall know the truth of it all in a day or two ; it is doubled bynone." -----------, Cl ar ence Hous e, Thre e o ' c l oc k . The Princess A uusT A is much t i le same as G of Winner ~v,s IN SAYINGS AND DOINGS --- THE the of the DONCAS TER WEEK, Agrippa'' Saint Leger Fulfilled, n s forestate o d f in Bells Life of Sept. 13.—Bell's Life in L o ndon correct Sunday, Sept. 20, gave the complete and , most t f the fourparticulars, to the Navigation e day s , Company's extent of s x folio columns, races, with a spirited and true Portrait, and an accu r ate description, of Launcelot, taken expressly I Be l l s s , Li fe by T, F . Herring, EN. The price of The Glncral St earn Fivepcnce. Prophecy packet the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house on Sunday. HOP INTELLIGE NCE .—WOR CESTER, SEPT. 18.—Business was heavier on Saturday last, the trade being disposed t:.) hold off purchasing tilt th e G reat Hop Fair on the 19th insta nt, after which prices are expected to be more steady. one new pocket , of hop s , grown by Mr. Starling, was at m arket on Saturday, which, we un derstand, was sold for 12 guineas per cwt., and the quality was better than expected. Present currency, per cwt.: 1839, from 100 s. to 1-10 3 . ; choice, 1603. to 1893.; year lings and 1837, from 903. to 126s.—Worcester Herald. CORN RELEASED AT GLASGOW.—NearIy 32,000 quarters of wheat, and 14,000 cv, t., of wheat flour, paid duty at this port during the last week,—Scottish Guardian. REGISTRA ills DAY.) CITY OF LONDON., Mr. MYLNE proceeded with the revision of the lists of householders this morning, and up to the time of our going to press, had gone through the lists of the parishes of St. Alban, Wood-street ; Allhallows Bark ing ; Allhallows Bread-street ; Allhallows the Great ; Allhallows, Honey-lane ; Allhallows the Less; All hallows, Lombard-street ; AIII tallows Staining ; All. hallows-on-the-Wall ; St. Alphage ; St. Andrew, Holborn ; St. Andrew Hubbard' ; St. Andrew-in-the Wardrobe. The only case of any interest that occurred during the morning was that of Mr. De Laine. He claimed to be registered for certain premises in Earl-street, in his occupation. He had never before been on the list of voters, as the premises are extra parochial, but under the provisions of the Act, he claimed to be placed on the list of householders of the least populous parish. The claim was allowed. SOUTHW ARK. Mr. BULLOCK and Sir WALTER. BUCHANAN RID DELL, the Barristers appointed to revise the list of elec tors for the borough of Southwzrk, held their Courts to-day at the Town-hall. In the parish of St. Mary, B, , rmondsey, there are neither claims nor objections ; in St. Mary, Rotherhithe, two claims, and no objections ; St. John, three claims, and no objections ; St. George the Martyr, nine claims, and no objections; Christchurch, no claims or objec tions ; St. Olave, eight claims, and no objections ; St. Saviour, five claims, and no obj..:ctions ; St. Thomas and the Liberty of the Clink, neither claims nor objections. BERMONDSEY. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) The list of voters for the parish was gone through, and several technical alterations having been made, the list was passed. ST. OLAVE'S. In this pariah two only out or the eight claims were allowed. The list was then slaned and passed. CHRISTCHURCH. (Before Sir W. 13. RI DELL.) There being neither claims iior ribjections7in this pa rish, the list of voters was signed and passed by the Learned B.►ronet. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR. Of the nine claims in this par..sh, six were allowed and three disallowed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) DARING ROBBERY.-Onthe opening of the Court this morning, Mr. Henry being the presiding Magistrate, Viscount Templeton, the Right H or. Fox Maule, and several other persons of distinction took their scats on the bench, for the purpose of Owing evidence on the pending examination of a most, notorious thief, who was charged with committing a (daring robbery at the mansion of Henry Frederick and Lady Mary Stephen son, No. 5, Arlington-street, Piccadilly. The person gave the name of Wm. Martin, but he has at least a dozen aliases, anti is well known among the police. It appeared that a policeman on Saturday evening saw the prisoner with a large load of great coats and cloaks, and a walking cane under his arm, turn round the corner of Arlington-street to Bennett -street, and suspecting all was not right, as the prisoner was without his shoes, he took him to the station-house. He afterwards discovered that the property had been stolen from No. 5, Arlington-street, where he found the pri soru'r's shoes, which the prisoner directly claimed as his. The Right Hon. Fox Mettle, of No. 35, Hill -street, Berkeley-square, stated that on Saturday evening he was at a dinner-party at Mr. Stephenson's. Shortly after nine o'clock an alarm was given that the hall had been robbed, and on going into it he missed the great coat and cane now produced by the police-constable, which he had left there on his arrival ; they were worth between 71 and 8/. Viscount Templeton identified another of the great coats found on the prisoner. Its value was about .5/. Colonel Ferguson identified a pea jacket, part of the stolen property. Its cost was about three guineas. Joe. Benj. Heath, Esq., of No. 66, Russell-square, identified another of the great-coats, and also a crimson silk scarf, of the value of 5/. The lady's maid of Miss Stephenson, the niece of Mr. Stephenson, who was also at the dinner party, identified a silk cloak as the p ro p ert y of her mistress. The value was about 5/. On the prisoner being asked if he had any thing to say in his defence, he answered doggedly, " No, it's no use my saying any thing this time." He was fully corntnited for trial. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a fair extent. Sales 3,000 to 4,000 bags._ at Friday's rates. LIVERPOOL. SHARE LIST, SEPT. 19.—Eastern Coun ties 10i ; Great \Vestern Half Shares 481 ; London and Birmingham 1671 ; Brighton United Company 29i ; South Western 54i i.; Our Share Market contiuues firm ; Eastern Counties and Grcat Western have been in demand at improved prices. Our arrivals this morning are the Lisbon mail, by the Braganza—sailed from Gibraltar September JO, Cadiz 11th, Lisbon 14th, Oporto 15th, and Vigo 16th ; two French mails, two Ostend, and one Dutch ; also ship letters of old dates. The Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Bra ganza steamer. The intelligence it brings is not of much importance. According to accounts by the Alecto steamer from I Alexandria it is stated that Admiral Stopford was off that port in his I ag-ship. Princess Charlotte with the Bellerophon and the Daphne, with several English steamers, the Prometheus steam-packet, which had taken up the overland India mails, was expected back at Malta on the 13th instant with the overland mails of the 4th, with which she would proceed to Alexandria, unless the British rela tions with Egypt were cut off, as the Pacha threatened to do. We have received the Antwerp papers of yeste day's date. The Echo of Luxembourg says—" A general re port prevails at Luxembourg and in the Grand Dunhy, that the negotiations for uniting that country with the line of the German Custom-houses, have been broken off." Accounts from the Hague state that the Budget for 1841 is already prepared by the Minister of Finance. That for the War Department is stated to be a million of florins less. THE FUNDS. The British Funds continue buoyant. Consols, which left off on Saturday at BSf i r for the Account, opened this morning with an improvement, and.may bo quoted 884 i ; for Money, 88: 1 2 - i ; Exchequer Bills, 6 8 prem. ; Bank Stock, ex div., 166 167 ; India Stock, 247 249. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active rather better than it left off at 238 248, at present 248 1 ; Deferred, 114 1 ; Passive, 5i i ; Colombian, 224 234 ; Mexican, 251 26 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., improved from 50,1 51 to 51 51 i ; Five per Cents, 1001. SIIAILES.—Great Western, 19} 208 prem. ; London and Brighton, 101 10 dis. ; Blackwall, 28 2 dis. ; Bir mingham, 76 78 prem. ; Southampton, 534 548 per share ; Croydon, 111 ",i per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby lOO .. .. 70 Eastern Counties G r eat Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O l7O London and South Western 3Bi 54 Manchester and Leeds Northern and Eastern South Eastern and Dover 23 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial 25 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 19. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 974 Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 5t0ck......... — Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto llebs. 6 per cent... 86 Ditto New, 1830 ...... 974 Ditto 4 per cent. ... 3i per Cent. Debs. .HALF-PAST ONE. We do not hear of any extensive operations having taken place during the course of the morning in the British Funds. In the early part of the day Consol s reached 88i 89, at present 881 for the Account, with little doing ; Money, 884 ; Exchequer Bills 8 6 prem. India Bonds, 8 discount. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24, had been 241 ; Deferred, ; Passive, 51; Portuguese, 334 ; Three per Cents. 22 : Mexican 27 ;:Colombian, 23i 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5l ; Five per Cents. 1004. In the Shares a little doing. Birmingham and Derby, 70 ; Eastern Counties, 10i ; Great Western, 49 ; Lon don and Brighton, 29. 1 2 - 30 29i ; London and Birming ham, 170 169 ; South Western, 54. THE TIMES AND ALDERMAN HARMER. — In the Times of this morning is a long article, r urporting to be the " declaration of the Livery in opposition to the election of Alderman Harmer." It begins " The under signed Liverymen of London ;" but if any Liveryman signed such a document, the Times has committed a gross blunder in omitting their names. Though the words " the undersigned" appear some half a dozen times in the body of the declaration, the " undersigned" persons arc nowhere to be found. When the signing commences, we recommend the Liverymen to place M 7. Johr. Joseph Stockdale:at the head of the list. He is to be at the C o urt of Alder men soon on the subject. T H E LATE REV OLT AT THE SCHOOL OF TIIE ROYAL ASYLONL—Ten of the mutineers in the recent revolt at the school of the Royal Asylum were drummed out on Friday, the band playing " The Rogue's March" t during the ceremony. EVENING EDIT lON. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. That seekest kindred with thy country' foes Hest thou a father? The Sicilian Vespers—as the revolution is called, which tore the crown of Naples from the head of the usurper, Charles of Anjou—forms one of the most striking episodes in " Sismondi's His tory of the Italian Republics ;" and being a theme well suited to the purposes of the drama, has been often brought on the stage, both here and on the Continent. The French playwright, Scribe—we think it was he, but are not quite certain—and our own celebrated poet, Mrs. hemans, have each made it the subject of a tragedy; and several other theatrical writers have also attempted it, but none successfully. Scribe's play we never read, but with Mrs. Hemans' we are well acquainted ; it was produced on the boards of Covent Garden about a dozen years since ; and, notwithstanding that Young and Charles Kemble performed the two principal characters, it was so coolly received as to be withdrawn, if we recollect rightly, on the third or fourth night of representation. We do not won der at its failure, for though it abounded in heroic sentiment, poetic imagery, and declamation of the stateliest order, it was sadly deficient in action ; and in no one scene that we can call to mind, did FERNANDO. Draw ! PROCIDA. Hast thou a father ? FERNANDO. But with my sword's point. I answer thec PROCIDA. Hast thou a father, boy ? FERNAND 0• ! Hast thou a hand? thy sword Behoves that it be quick , and seek . Thy life's in danger ! -- --- PROCIDA. Hast thou a father, still I say to thee ? FERNANDO. Thy sword or I'm upon thee! PROCIDA. it make anything like a stirring appeal to the heart. The form of humanity was there—but it was the form only—the quick living spirit was absent, Mr. Knowles 's tragedy on the same tempting sub ject, which was produced at Covent Garden Theatre on Saturday night, is certainly not open to this objection, whatever other defects it may pos sess. He is not, like his fair predecessor, a mere eloquent declaimer, who substitutes words for things, and description for action; brNt a sterling drama tist—so far, at least, as a power of awakening the feelings of his audience can make him one. He possesses also, in no ordinary degree, the faculty of individualizing character, which we know not that he has ever exhibited with more skill, than in his delineation of Isoline, the heroine of his " Bridals (21 . Messina." This is a forcible, truthful concep tion, developed with singular subtlety, and with an address and feeling that show how intimate is the author's acquaintance with the hidden springs that move the female heart. In that scene—one of the best in- the tragedy—when Isoline is waiting for her lover, she reminds us somewhat of Shakspeare's Juliet, for both heroines evince the same generous abandonment of self, and entire devotedness to the objects of their affection, which sanctions, and even lends a grace, to their downright plain• speaking and forwardness of manner ; and both come to the same tragic end, by the same means—namely, their impassioned temperament and rare magnanimity of nature. If it were not for this character, which is the very salt of the tragedy, and alone preserves its vitality, the "Bridals of llle sina" would deserve but little praise, for its two last acts are languid and even wearisome, and the interest comes in and goes out with Isoline. When she is before us, we listen, and listen eagerly ; but the instant she withdraws, our attention flags, or is kept. alive solely by the hope of her prompt reappearance. As for the progress of the catas trophe, we care little about it, for although the Si cilian patriot John of Procida is nominally the hero of the play ; he has in reality little to do with it after the second act, except in one solitary instance, is here he describes his wife's death to his new-found son Fernando, the lover of Isoline, which is produc tive of no results, and is wholly unnecessary to the unravelling of the plot. The following are the chief Incidents of the tragedy. John of Procida (Moore) in the course of his wanderings through Sicily to stir up the people againsttheir oppressors, the French, ar rives in disguiseat Messina, just at the time when his long lost sou Fernando (Anderson), is on the eve of marriage to Isoline (Miss Tree), only daughter of the French Governor of that city. Anxious to break off the match, for the Governor (Diddear) had years before been his bitterest opponent, and outraged his wife's honour, Procida seeks an in terview with his son, acquaints him with the secret of their relationship, which the young man had not known till then, and so works upon his filial feel ings as to wring from him a promise that he will not wed Isoline, but devote himself excusively to his country's cause. As might be expected, Fer nando no sooner again sees his youthful bride, than lie loses sight of the pledge he had just before given his father, and insists on their union, which ac cordingly takes place ; and then Procida, mad with his son's breach of faith, demands a second inter view with him, in the course of which he informs him of the deadly injuries which the parent of Iso line had heaped upon him ; and is pursuing his fearful narrative, when the bride rushes in, and informs Procida that his life is in danger, and warns him to quit the neighbourhood of Messina without a moment's delay. Struck with such unexpected generosity in the daughter of his sworn foe, the patriot relents, and so far from offering any further opposition, ap proves of Fernando 's marriage, and even warns him and Isoline to seek instant shelter on board a vessel that is lying at anchor in the bay, as the people are just ripe for revolt against the French authorities of the city, and will massacre them all without remorse. Unfortunately Isoline cannot be prevailed on to embark till she has bidden adieu to her father; and, finding her inexorable, Fernando accompanies her, notwithstanding Procida's earnest entreaties that he will remain with him. The catastrophe now draws to a close. The young married couple return to Messina at the moment when the massacre is going forward ; and Fer nando is killed by Guiscardo (Cooper), who imagines that he is a traitor to the cause of liberty ; while Isoline drops, broken-hearted, upon his body ; and Pr ocida, who has quickly followed them back to the city, is proclaimed the saviour of his country. From this hasty sketch it will be seen that the interest of the play is not of an heroic, but of a domestic, cha racter. We do not regret this, for, as Johnson justly observes, " the passions seldom rise high at imperial tragedies ;" but we do regret that Mr. Knowles has paid such little attention to the con struction of his play. As a whole, it is grievously defective in interest ; but it contains scenes of ex traordinary force and beauty ; and foremost among them, we may mention the first interview between Procida and Fernando, which is incomparably the most impressive and most dramatic of which the modern stage can boast. Indeed to find its equal, whether in nervousness of style or depth of sentiment, we must go back .as far as the days of Elizabeth. The scene that takes place between Isoline and her lover, just previous to their marriage, is scarcely inferior, in its prodi gal display of power. 3ut here our praise must stop ; the rest of the tragedy is heavy and wire drawn, and would be intolerable, were it not for the frequent energy of certain detached passages, and the rich poetic imagery of others. The tragedy was• very carefully and skilfully played. Moore, as Procida, though he imitated Macready with a closeness that bordered on servility, was not defi cient in spirit, where spirit was required ; and, in the gentler touches of feeling, displayed a pathos which we bad no idea that he possessed. Miss Tree made a graceful and sensitive Isoline, and would have been still more effective, had she not been so abrupt snd startlish in her movements. We liked her best in the more level parts of the dialogue. Cooper, as Guiscardo, was monoton ousformaland,n ; and may be alm ost said to bare suu tv4l,iirtohug his h a i r s m p s v w ; for hic he had b h he econs u t t one antl uynifm struck or out motion b e fore him, just as though h eA w n •e d r e e rso in n,s tl F ie er a n c a t nd o o f swimming in deep water. was very impassioned an dlover-like,a e nd t e d. had Thethe rar e merit of being perfectly unaffc scenerymagnificent. Indeed we know not when we haveseen a play produced with su c h an was utter disregard to cost. The Bay of Messina by moonlight, and the representation of 'Etna, w i t h ruins in the fore-ground,closewereofrtehpelepteerwfoirtmh performance beauty. At the.tragedy was announced for repetition amidst the moderate applauses of the audience. As a sample of the dialogue, we quote the following, which is decidedly the most striking portion of the play PROCIDA. What! fear'st thou degradatio n ? H ow Can o o e w ro n ueh wea lo k % n v e e s r s t e h s, an he d his w heynpp o o e su s who tyebciodm i s - , e n hs e i e hi ls m Were thtybmother—mshe S A t t a n th di e u s p id a e n d o f t a v k i e rt t u h e e . manly That bore thee in her womb—in fetters, how Wouldst deal with those that put them on ? Wouldsl talk And laugh with them—shake hands with tham—em• brace them ? Thou wouldst not !" But I tell thee, slave, thou For what' s t h y country, b e she not t h y m other, wouldst. And like a mother loved by thee ? Thou-slave, rnocip A (aside). I thank God ! Then wilt thou have a murder on tby soul, For from my stand 1 will not budge an inch, Nor move, so far, my arm to touch my sword, Until thou answer'st me. Hast thou a father? FERNANDO (bursting into tears). No,—no ! thou churlish, harsh, remorseless man— That baiezt me with thy coarse and biting words, As boors abroad let loose unmuzzied dogs Upon a tothcr'd beast ! my arm withheld By thy defencelessness, that hast defenca At hand, but will not use it—who art thou To use me thus? to do me shameful wrong And then deny me means to right myself ? What have I done to thee to use my heart As if its striugs were thine to strain or rend! Thou mak'st my reins hot with my boiling blood, And not content, thou followest it up, Mine eyes inflaming with my scalding tears, Thou kindless, ruthless man ! Hast thou a father I never knew one! FERNANDO. Thou hadst A father—hadst a father's training-0 How biest the son that bath. 0 Providerice, What is there like a father to a son? A father, quick in love, wakeful in care, Tenacious of his trust, proof in experience, Severe in honour, perfect in example, Stanip'd with authority! Hadst such a father ? I knew no training, save what fostering Did give me, in the mood ; and was bestow'd Like a bounty to a poor dependant ; which He might take or leave. Those who protected me Were masters of my native land, not sons. How could I learn the patriot's lofty lesson? They told me Sicily had given me birth, But then they taught me also I was son To a conteutless and ungracious mother. And they were kind to me. What wouldst thou have Of a young heart, but what you'd ask of wax— To take the first impression given to it ? Except that, unlike wax, it is not quick What once it takes to render up again. PROCIDA (aside). 0, my poor boy ! FERNANDO. If thou hadst a father, 'Twos cruel, knowing that thou vast so rich, To taunt me, where, knew'st not that I was poor, Thou mightst at least suspect my poverty. How had I loved my father He had had The whole of my heart. I would have given it him As a book to write in it whate'er he would. I never had gainsaid him—never run Counter to him. I bad copied him, as one statue doth of the rare olden virtu?, In jealous, humble imitation. I had lived to pleasure him. Before I bad Disgraced him, I had died. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAV.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert did not attend the Service in St. George s Chapel this morning. The Hon. Miss Cocks And the Hon. Miss Cavendish attended the Service. Lord Poltimore arrived at the Castle to-day. The Princes Hohenlohe are expected at the Castle this evening. Prince Albert visited Eton College yesterday after noon. His Royal Highness went there in a carriage and four, attended by Mr. George E. Anson, Sir E. Bowater, and Captain Seymour, and, on alighting, entered the house of the Very Rev. the Provost (Rev. Dr. Hodgson). who attended his Royal Highness to the Upper School-room, where Dr. Hawtrey, the Head-Master, with the other Masters, and also the scholars, were assembled. His Royal Highness, after inspectinc , the establishment, returned with his suite to the Castle. The Very Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Provost, and the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Head-Master, had the honour of dining with the Ro:i al circle at the Castle last evening. The Countess of Charlemont took a drive yesterday morning in a pony phaeton. Lady Charlotte Dundas rode out on horseback, ac companied by Sir Edward Bowater. Other ladies and gentlemen at the Castle also took airings in the Park yesterday. The Hon. Hugh Fortescue left the Castle yesterday. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. The Princess Augusta is reduced to a very distress. ing state and has become almost exhausted with pain and suffering. The members of the Royal Family, with affectionate solicitude, evince their anxiety by their frequent visits and attention to their afflicted relative. The Hon. Lieut.-Col. Grey, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, came from Windsor Castle at an early hour yesterday morning by command of her Majesty to learn the state of her Royal Highness, and Capt. Seymour, by command of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, also came to Clarence House. Both gentle men, after receiving from the Medical Gentlemen in attendance an account of the health of the Princess, left town on their return to Windsor Castle.' The Duchess of Gloucester, who throughout the long period of the Princess's illness, now extending to the term of several months, has constantly visited her Royal Highness daily, continued in attendance on the Princess both yesterday and on Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager also spent the greater part of both days at Clarence House. Yesterday forenoon her Ma jesty and the Duchess of Gloucester attended prayers in the drawing-room of Clarence House, the Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to the Queen Dowager, officiating. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge paid visits to her Royal Highness yesterday and on Saturday. Two accounts of the health of the Princess were is sued yesterday, one in the middle of the day, the other at five o'clock p.m. The former was as follows : " The Princess Augusta experienced a considerable return of pain early this morning, but there has since been a mitigation of her sufferings, and her Royal Highness, though very weak, is now in a more comfort able state." " Clarence House, Sept. 20, half-past ten." The account in the afternoon was as follows : " The Princess Augusta has continued tolerably easy and free from pain during the day. " Five o'clock." Her Royal Highness remained in the same hopeless state at eleven o'clock last night. The Royal Family all left Clarence House in the course of the evening. The following account was issued on Saturday : " The Princess Augusta continues in a weak and suffering state, but there is no material change in her Royal Highness's symptoms since yesterday. " Clarence House, Sept. 19, half-past 12 o'clock.' The Earl and Countess of Albemarle arrived from Hampton Court on Saturday, to inquire personally re specting the state of the Princess, and the Duke and Duchess of Somerset came from Wimbledon Park, for the like purpose. Among the other inquirers were the dbbooßrr o D eo luf e gag d hsh e t , AustrianCc t h e ,loo:uuri Marchioness eiesoustnseSardi nian,erooss Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna, the NetiMinistereHrlaannodyserian Venezuelan,a n d Madam e psmsataoernfrl the Prussian Charge d'Affaires, the Duchess of Inver onf fes Pembroke,Ns v , c D st u m eh ea e E s t h s a ;DI Bishopa o n w d a Dowager roof Count ess t e Errol, Lady Ida Hay, Earl and Countess Be verley, Earl of Clarendon, E ar l B rown l ow, Viscount and Vis countess Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Hewer den, Lord. Worsley, Lord Kenyon, Hon. Lloyd Ken yon, Lord W. Lennox, Dowager Lady de Clifford, Lord and Lady C. Townshend, Lord and Lady Strafford, the Ladies Greville, Lai); A. Buller, Lord and Lady Jemirna Eliot, Lord Seaford, Lord F. Somerset, the Soli citor-General, Hon. Fox Maule, Lady and Miss Quentin, Major-Gen. Hon. H. Murray, Lieut.-Co lonel Sir J. M. and Lady Burgoyne, Colonel Couper, Colonel Sir Samuel G. Higgins, Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, Colonel Sir H. Townshend, Rev. Doctors Dakins, Kuper, and Wesley, Rev. J. H. Dakins, Mr. and Lady Emma Vesey, Rev. E. Repton, Miss neon Up ton, The Dukeßaronßen o t f in c ek a , m a b n ri d dg Mr. Fred. t F te r n e d d e . d Ste yesterday, in Grosvenor chapel. The Duke of Sussex visited her Maj esty Dowager, yesterday, at Marlboro „, P Divine eb t e h s e e s e Q ervice, ou s se. d The Duke of Cambridge also visited her Majesty onaturay. from The Marquis of Normanby bas retu a rne v d isi t t o htois agar, Mulgrave Castle , Yor kshire, Sp enc er, at Wiston.t DEATH OF MR.HAMMERSLEY THEBANKER. --We regret w state that Mr. Hammersley died at Satur day night of a disease in . the . heart after a few hours' ill- He bad been walking in the Park in the forenoon o n f es t s b . at day, and on h is . return to h is . heoaurTssehoeifnaz Pall - mall, .. wbe h as o . complained a Hal e of illne,nsssti,hxetweefihnriernh). excited no alarm till towards the evening, when he expired. He was in his 66th the door Neva he i h a n d a g s n p l o e o f p s t t a o e r d n t n e o e s n r o of the bank :—ln con sequence of the sudden death •f Mr. filmmersley, the sole surviving partner of the firm, the business is neocssik this m ba o ne r d n h rily suspended for the present." -4 / k, „. - -V 2- 1U 1 ' 4 '.., 1 • ‘ i . 41,, 4 -•., - : 4;,:--z - ,,,y.:,...;' v-• .. -- itztiik - c-1.'.1' • ,:, 'mk.lo c, 1 , 4' 1 1 '.2j . 1 4 „iv : 44„.,,, , ,,k,,:c . 0 1 ( v 7. -, -, ....... 4 • ~ At. , C., • - V _ , . , Its ei J‘ tl% . --..m.....-'. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. 14 this • T he REGISTERED Pi OP RIE T ORS of SHARES undertakino• are respectfully informed that a uarto !foliate on each ori:inal Sha m is about to be issued, and that 1 a lSSrter Share premiu of 1 to 250 of the sa id quarter Sh ares at 3/ . per m. Leicester, Sept. 19, la T:IR GE EAG LE SFIELD, Share Broker. liitlTlspi INDIA ANTI-SLAVERY SUGAR COMPANY. isZea_p,revent further unavailing applications for Shares, notice t f sh r _ e _:7 given. that it is not intended to allot a smaller number eo . s sr 1 than ten to any applicant not being in Retail Gro- Q.Confectionary, or other trade connected with the sale of IsjCs ill order to ' simplify which the allotment will be as fol -10,000 . Shares of 101 . eac h , to G rocers, & C . 1,000 do. of 1001. to the Public. Ti led 5 °9 do. of 1,000 Rupees each, for India. lu te _ (Tent upon the first being 11. per share, and on the two N% 10 Th. T ' — : r share, payable to the Bankers of the Company, i,...: - "hning Strand, or Messrs. Drewett and Fouler, —...s..st ree ' A poi . t, or some Banker, to their order. V4cd er ea v t ions must speedily he made to the Secretary, Josiah (litildi„, ) , 4, l. ; the Solicitors, Messrs. Wilkinson and Page, illorm::".7,ard; E. M. Eldrton, Esq , 40, Queen-square, I liger, l ' a blr rs cY ; or W. S. Northhouse, 8ri1.7, carh ament-street. Esq., Temporary Ma- I sh India Sugar Company's Offices, Guildhall *--........ Yard, Sept. 15. 1840. ISCao THE NW NOVEL. - R EADY AT E ALL THE LIBRARIES. In 3 vos. post N ., r t HL CLANDEST l lE Svo MARRIAGE A Story of the Present Day. By Ben ELLEN WALLAw Burl ngt CE. nichard THE ER ATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDET,. he M ANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 21, re peat's the New Play, in five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, Esq., entitled r , 3 01111 THE BRIDE OF MESSINA. mai M M • Fernando, Mr. Anderson; tea l % a, r. mire re co l , ei L'ur. Cooper ; Isolinc, Miss Ellen Tree. blelod ta - we with an Original Comic, Romantic, Operatic, foursgad n ' at ini Fairy Extravaganza, - in Three Parts, entitled on that popular Nursery Tale, _ Tbe p ; °, -EEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. j o ir • .1.1 1 , 7 _ 4 1341 Characters_ by . Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, 'n'ai i ce : a n Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Olvt, l `c• h esd aYi The Bride of Messina, with the Sleeping r.,ures ,* ' ' fl aes, 7s. ; S econ d P r i ce , 3 s . 6d. ; Fi rs t an d S e c on d "; • d ora l : er • ; Seco n d P rice, 2 s. 6 d . ; Pi t, 3s. ; S econ d P r i ce , N , N triter w t° 130 opened at half-past Six—the performances to ~Mk" e at Sere% o'Clock. 4t th; 'l3 n a nd la for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, I° 7 be l l._, -L44P ce, ce f s rom Ten till Four, where Season Tickets I k riv "'"' il aycw application. ''ll ele eviv7"aes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, nond-street. 3fi rst ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. •4 Acts the " Si c ili an Vespers," a New Tragedy in Five, ~, Written by J. Kenney, ' Esq Tenth Week of Haines I f the Hatchet," with its grand Tableaux d'acion, 4 % 4 nailitar evolutions of the hundred Female Warriors. °I )4. "I".c.itecie! of " The Italian Husband," and First Night Eragement. T HIeEVENING, SEPT. 21. Will be acted a New Tragedy, entitled Otipp os TUE SICILIAN VESPERS. 11 ! ruev e n by Messrs. Elton, Savi ll Mrs.e, Hughes, Neville, Hes after uohnstn Miss Grant, and Vininrr. whi ch the ' Grand Historical ' Spectacle, of unequalled splendour, entitled 11 , JANE OF THE HATCHET. 8 - rmrted by the entire strength of the Company, wnd One Hundred Female Warriors. To conclude with THE ITALIAN HUSBAND. ItOxr tvt,,AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 04BY ONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY. ' A ND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES, Godfrey's unrivalled Band. - -isrunm e of the Concert for Sept. 21, 22, and 24. 11 FIRST PART. dsummer Night's Dream, Mendessolm. Qua 7irs book, Musard. Pot Pourri on Rnssian National ptr od t " A n i a Solos: L bt ' zky ' • Waltz—Die Bergoister, Strauss. 'arirp„ -u , rQ et inwi Chil H dofth Air Barnet. New Austrian March, aslinge e r. Overture—Waverley, Berlioz. ETII SECOND PART. • th, —OVEN'S GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, tt4se augmented Band, with instruments of novel construe t lad 340 rounds of artillery and musketry, giving the realizati on k l er.+e t t t i o ti d r , ,.. of the events of the Battle of Vittoria. 1 44, (1 1 ~, , -e rn a e jai quo con uesto,Pot Pourri sur des Diavolo, Auber. Waltz—Souvenirs de la Pa 4..tid• - 0 1`• Petersburg, Labitzky. Quadrille avec cheeurs, Les ~ ,Le ra N n e nitiens , Musard. ti i r i Z o ` n i:_ t o r r e a a it , l i a n al , F i re o s f co th 3 e f I f e c e elala it n i d ng i . ts Volcanoes, by of the Snows— Ltae Etq Depa g rtur p e of the Discovery Ship : _ se astonishinr , " Koniaphostic," or " mLI-lat. D t ion of Mount 6 Hecla, with increased magnificence. Feeding ADMISSION ONE SHILLING, - Hour of i the Carnivore, Five at o'clock. Eight.' Concert at IP " WATilt AT LON DONBRIDGE 'I'O7IIIORROW t~lati bminutes after 11 Evening 55 minutes alter U. b üblication of the Evening Edition of Tait Sum corn menced at 30 minutes after Three.