The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY English • • 1ri5h....... Foreign Wheat. 1,890 (gr. ARRITALS. Barley. I Oats. I Flour. 810 qrs. 1,220 qrs. I 1,190 skt. 1,600 I aid 3,090 1 1,310 als. litt,Clo 5,310 Malt, 25 ors. WHITIECHAPEL. We had a very inactive demand here, to-day, ye_ Prices were mostly supported. Beef, from 2a 6d to as 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d t o 4 s 8d ; V ea l , 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAT.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk this morning. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked, and rode on Ponies this forenoon. The Princess Helena was taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Duke of Holstein Glucksbourg, his Serene Highness Prince William of Holstein, and Count de Reventlow, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was Attended by Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting. Lord John Russell left the Castle this morning for town. Viscount Palmerston left for London this forenoon, but returned to the Castle in the afternoon. At four o'clock in the afternoon the Royal party left for an airing, the Queen and the Princess Royal, t he Viscountess Palmerston, and the Countess of G ainsborough (Lady in Waiting), were in a pony landau and four. His Excellency Count Reventlow and Lord Edward Howard, were in another open landau and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert Was on horseback, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Prince William of Hol stein Glucksbourg ; Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, attended on horseback. 'The Right Hon. Sir Stratford and Lady Canning arrived at the Castle, from town, shortly before six o'clock this evenning, on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening Included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lis Serene Highness the Duke of Holstein Glucks bourg, his Serene Highness Prince William of Hol stein, his Excellency Count de Reventlow, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord Edward Howard, the Right Hon. Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Miss L. Dawson Darner, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Was in attendance during dinner. The Queen's pri vate band afterwards attended in the Castle, and per formed the following pieces : Overture —" Anacreon " Finale—First Act, " Figaro" Selection—" La Figlia del Reggimento". Donizetti. Triumphal March A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign -office. It was attended by all the Minister s , with the excepti on of th e E ar l o f Mi nto. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) ar rived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday after noon, for the purpose of attending the Council, from his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere (President of the Board of Trade) also arrived in town yesterday, for the purpose of attending the meeting. Lieutenant-General Ellice had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Auckland gave a dinner to the Cabinet Idinisters yesterday evening, at his residence in the Admiralty. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORTUNATE ESCAPE OF—THE DUCHESS OF KENT. WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING. — Last night , be tween seven and e i g ht o ' c l oc k, as h er R o y a l Highn e es e s the Duchess of Kent and her attendant l a d ies w ere proceeding along the Frogmore-road, on th . r wa y to Join the r o yal dinner circle at the Castle, a n accident occurred which might have been attended with very se rious circumstances to the Royal Duchess and her ' 4 lies; but fortunately, althou g h th e carr i age i n bri -w u ic h they were riding was so much damaged as to Put further servic e , th e y th emse l ves susta i ne d no Personal injury whatever. The accident occurre d i n the following manner :—A young man and his wife, With another young woman, all of them in the service -p 6 43i6 4 , r Hamilton Parks, o f W oo d s id e, Wi n d sor Great , a rx, were lea v i ng Wi n d sor , i n a li ght spring cart at ," Moment the Duchess's car r i age t urne d i nto the level road by the Waterloo Gate of the Home Park, fand his horse, a strong and spirited animal, taking right, it is supposed from the dazzle of the carriage la mps, or from some other cause, and the young man I ° B ln all control over him, the cart came i n such iurious collision with the carriage as to tear away eight spokes of the off hind wheel, and actually to bend the axletree almost to an angle of forty-five degrees. The driver and the two women were thrown out by the concussion, and, it is said, seriously Injured; but medi ca l ass i stance was immediately at band, and they were removed to the Hope Tavern, just by, whilst the horse gallopped off with the shafts, &c. Sir George Couper, also on his way to the Castle, Came up almost at the moment, and the Royal Duchess and her ladies were transferred to his brougham, and so arrived at the Castle before the accident was known there. It is affirmed that this accident would not have happened had not the road been so dark; but the corporation of Windsor have decreed, that though it is Much frequented road, it shall have only one gas l amp, and that lamp close to the Castle entrance, so that the remainder of the road, for nearly half a mile, 1 8 in total darkness. This afternoon the Duchess of Kent took a car riage drive in the Great Park, in an open carriage and four. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Henry Farren appeared last night in the cha racter of Dazzle, in the comedy of London Assurance, and sustained the part most effectively. He rattled thr oug h th e c h aracter with the most amazing ' s olubility and coolness, and made every point tell. lie is, evidently, now beginning to feel himself at Ilbroe on the boards, and is getting used to his außence ; and, judging from what we have seen of lin; we think the time is not far distant when he will par excellence the genteel comedian or the day. Mr. W. Farren and Mrs. Nisbett, and Mr. Keeley, sustained their original characters of Sir Harcourt Spanker. L a d y Gay Spanker, and Mr. Adolphus t ipanker. What a glorious " bit" does Keeley make ° f Dolly Spanker—how rich—how unctions !In 8 110 1 parts as these Keeley is unapproachable. The house was crowded in every part, and the audience Were rapturous in their applause. EATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT goitDoN, G.C.B.—We regret to announce the sudden demise of this Right Hon. Gentleman, who, up to a re eent period, filled the office of British Ambassador at the Court of Vienna. The melancholy event took place on Gthe Bth inst., at Ballmorral, Aberdeenshire. Sir Robert ordon, as our readers will be aware, was a brother of Earl of Aberdeen. is :rtir NO RTH M AIL. —W e understand that time f or are no w b e i ng f ramed by the Post-office authorities thY or the acceleration of the Aberdeen day and night mails the railway through Fife, now open as far as Lin tiores. The Dundee mail will be then sent with the Aberdeen day mail, instead of at 10 30 A. 31. as at present. ""•Edinburgh Advertiser. ) ,The Duke and Duchess d e P a l me ll a and family left S l vart's Hot e l y e sterday for Port smout h , her Majesty's F'"artier Viper being under orders and in waiting at lhead to convey them to Lisbon. is said that scarlet fever is very rife at " War- dri"baß.—The linen trade is still languid, and 'es are d ec li n i ng. The deman d for flax has much ~,ereased, and r e d uct i ons h ave b een ma d e w hi c h, it is Th ttid. will be foll owe d b y ot h ers. widow Queen has granted to Lady Wetherell, the of the late Sir Charles Wetherell, her royal t o ' el lee to adopt the surname of Warneford, in addition .h theand after the name of Wetherell, in accordance with edirections of the will of Lady Wetherell's father, atonal F. w ar neford, deceased. POSTA L Ga tett REGULATION WITH BREMEN.—The Itt.. e of last night contains a Treasury warrant regu- Pnp irl e g r the postag e on newspapers, and other printed (1,111 transmitted between the United King rt,e and Bremen. They are similar to those established for other places on the Conti the route f or newspapers to pass free from Bre pta being to Bremen direct, or v Cuxha (. 4 or place within the territory of ia Hanover."ven, or any etitf' tA SGOW U NIVERSITT.—THE INSTALLATION OF cki4j,Loun R EcTon.—Lord John Russell, we under atte!l has i nt i mated his intention of being in Glasgow 27 th or 28th i nstant, for the purpose of being in polllti Lord R ector of the University. Several corres to ~'e a te suggest th e propriety of inviting his Lordship il l Public dinner on the occasion. —Glasgow Argus. hht,rrlON or MARRIAGE. --Hook being told of the pled le , hoof a p o li t i cal opponent, exclaimed, f7I am ver y .ar it." Then s u dd en l y with a feeling of corn -440144°,,tete for g i veness, " And yet I don't see why I 4 ° ; poor fellow, for he never did we much harm." Although the arrivals of English Wheat for our Market, this week, have been very moderate, the show of sample s of that grain here, today, was somewhat on the increase. Owing to the large imports of Foreign Wheat, and the slight pressure of American Flour, the sale for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was heavy, and, in some instances, the inferior qualities were dis posed of at a trifling abatement in the quotations. For all descriptions of Foreign Wheat we have to report a very inactive inquiry, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, Monday's prices. The sale for Barley was by no means so active as last week ; nevertheless, prices were mostly supported. Ia Malt only a moderate business was doing, at late rates. There was a fair de mand for Oats at full prices. Beans and Peas were quite as dear ; but all other articles were much neglected. MAGAZINES, &c. --(CONTINUED.) stead of gold, such issues of notes as they may re - fr o m one part of the United Kingdom to another, or from quire beyond the limits affixed to their respective cir- tiT United Kingdom to the Isle of Man, or from the the culations by the exi st i ng A c t ;" an d " t h at t h e B an k I "t. Atari to t h e U n i ted Kingdom ex e 1 ,5 in British Thilirestriction, so far as passengeis are con of England should hold, at all Limes, a portion of its ‘1,a . 4 .ir-timposed in 1845." assets in the public securities of Continental State, in speaking of tho objections raised against the abandonment of this . system the Edinburgh acknow in lieu of an equivalent amount of the British securi ledges that " the first and greatest obstacle" is the ties at present held by that establishment." There is also a " Second Letter to Country People on Coun sanction,givento it by " the Master of Economic try Banks," "The Savings' Bank Operations during Science. ' We cannot, however, with all our dis onthe last Half-year," " Banking and Commercial Law inclination to see a total abrogation of the existing Frauds with Cheques drawn without Effects," and enactments, but coin c id e w i th the reviewer i n think the usual reports and com mun i ca ti ons . ing that the reasoning of the celebrated passage in which Adam Smith calls the Act of Navigation "per haps the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England" in a very great measure at " variance with its conclusions." Many of the facts and figures given in this adroit paper are forcible, and are such as would admit of quotation in the House of Commons, when the matter is agitated during the approaching session. " Antiquarianism in England" is a calm, critical, and toothsome compilation ; it would (to employ a vulgar but expressive term) have been nuts to Jonathan Oldbuck. " Germrny, from the Con gress of Rastadt to the Battle of Jena" is an histo rical synopsis of the events which transpired in Vaterland during that memorable interval. To those who have perused the last volume published of M. Thiers' " History of the Consulate and the Empire" it will be curious reading, seeing how frequently the writer is at variance with the eloquent historian of Napoleon. In the course of an excellent review of "Macgregor's Progress of America," the Edinburgh remarks:(and with perfect truth), that the present Member for the city of Glasgow "is so thoroughly conversant with the art of dealing with statistical figures, and long habit (as Secretary to the Board of Trade) has rendered him such a master of arrangement, that an inquirer, even moderately familiar with such studies, will find himself easily enabled to turn to the particular pigeon-hole in which the materials he is in search of are deposited." " The Study of the Christian Evidences" is a singular examination of some discourses and essays upon miracles and ethical doc trines, by Messrs. Palmer, Newman, and Parker. " Holland; itsfßural Industry and its Drainage," will be read with satisfaction by all those farmers who have recovered from their chagrin at the destruc tion of the protective system, and who are ready to gird up their loins and compete valiantly and confi dently with continental agriculturists. " Napier's Florentine History " is reviewed at some considerable length, and most assuredly has furnished the text for the most charming and delightful article for October. In speaking of the work of this intelligent sea captain, the reviewer says, " It is agreeable to meet with a history which is neither a compilation nor an abridgment, and with an historian who reflects in his rough and racy style the picturesque simplicity of his originals." A few sentences, covering just five pages of the Edinburgh, are devoted to the considera tion of " the Papal States and Pius IX." What is said, however, upon this subject is said emphatically, and although the dictionary has been very nearly " used up ' in regard to eulogistic epithets by the hundreds who have written and spoken of the reforming Pontiff, the reviewer adds another exclamatory panegyric to those which have already resounded throughout Europe. " Pius IX." he says, " is a ruler, resolute as Luther, yet gentler than Melancthon." The commendation is as beau tiful as it is deserved. When alluding further on to the Austrian policy towards the Italians, the same writer remarks, " the instant that a spark of life appears in Italy, the hoof of the Croat is set in motion to tread it out." Yes, that has been true almost for centuries, but it is true no longer. The spark has spread into a conflagration, and the life which has now appeared in Italy is the eternal and unquenchable vitality of Freedom. In reference to Louis Philippe's astute President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Edinburgh senten tiously observes, " Whoever wishes to study severe morality on paper, will do well to read M. Guizot's writings: whoever wishes te s study loose morality, illus trated by examples, cannot do better than track him in his late Ministerial career." The remaining pages of this liberal quarterly are devoted to the examina tion of the problem as to whether the prevention of crime, by the extension of popular education, is possible, and of the rights of property, as connected with the " Celtic Clearings, Free Sites, and High land Passes." The character of No. 174 is more sombre and matter-of-fact than is usual with the Edin burgh; yet that difference, however, is, for the time being, acceptable. DOUGLAS JERROLD. Mr. 101 l concludes hi.A va!uable series of papers on Young `Pats :n in this number. The description of the escape of this i:l.starred youth to America has all the absorb . ng interest of a romance. After describing his leaving Mr. Holl's house, at Camden Town, the writer thus proceeds : " His next removal was to Pendrill's house in New gate-street, and but a short distance from Beckwith's shop, the scene oil his mad folly, the cause of so much peril to himself and others, and of death to his ill starred rescuer. " The execution of Cashman was fixed for the next play, and the noise of busy preparation in the erection of his scaffold, reached Watson as he lay. Barriers were thrown up to keep the people back, who were expected in multitudes to witness the execution, and the ham mering, or heavy fall of timber, struck upon his ear the dreadful coming of the morrow! The man who saved his life was to suffer death—death for his fault! The thought was maddening, and each fresh sound smote as on his heart. " The outdoor sympathy for the condemned Cashman was great, and fearful of an outbreak, or attempt at rescue, the military had orders to be under arms, in readiness to lepel any attempt of the expected multitude. " With the dim morning, the people came! The gal ows was up! 'The man was to die! The fearful knell of the dying, and his awful doom, called them forth as with a soft voice from distant home and bed ' to see the sight;' and the best view of mortal suffering was bartered from many a window front or house-top. " The grey morn had scarcely mixed with the black night, and seekers for the best places came straggling on, when a door opened, and Young Watson, Pendrill, and Moggridge, passed forth, and made their way through those who came or those who had already made their stand. Passed by the very side of those who had sought him far and wide. Him, whoso name uttered on that spot, would have made them spring as at a started deer. He and his companions passed unsuspected on, and meet ing still at every turn fresh comers to the scene of death, shaped their way towards Gravesend, " The vessel in which he had secured his berth, the ' Venus,' had dropped down the river, from the docks; and once on board, he trusted to escape a doom, the dismal preparations for which he had so lately left behind. On they went, walking with stout limbs and eager hopes to Gravesend. " Meanwhile, the game of death went on! The day light came, and the busy crowd streamed in to see their fellow suffer. The barriers erected kept them in partial check, and aided by numerous police-officers and their assistants, the people were held back from pressing too closely on the immediate neighbourhood of the gallows. " The bell had tolled. Newgate gave up its prey, and the cart came on. "The multitude was vast. And as the sheriffs ad vanced with that fearful cart and its death-doomed load, the mob, in expression of their indignation, began to groan and hiss ; attempts were made at rescue, and to rush forward, but the barriers prevented their encroach ment, and the crowd was beaten back. Cashman alone seemed careless of the fate awaiting him, and on leaving Newgate, had said: 'I am going to die, but I shall not shrink. I have done nothing against my king and country, I have always fought for them.' " The cart came rolling on—halted—and Cashman mounted the gallows steps with a light and bounding tread. The moment he appeared on the platform, the groans of indignation mingled with hisses, were redoubled. The executioner, to hasten his work, began to draw the cap over his face, when h e exclaimed, "For God's sake, let me see to the last.' His wish was complied with. The bolt was drawn—the man was dead—dead without a struggle. " The street was thronged as for a fair; windows and house-tops, filled with eager eyes, gazed on the sickening spectacle! Alone, the house of Beckwith looked with darkened windows on the sight! " Meanwhile, Watson and his companions journeyed on their way to Gravesend. Hoping, but fearful in their hope, they passed along, and covered the long miles with willing feet. The town was gained ; the vessel was in sight. Yes, there it lay upon the waters, to him, at least, a thing of life, of hope, and liberty. " As it was not thought advisable to Young Watson's companions that they should accompany him on board, with a ' God bless you !' they parted with the flying man, and after resting from their lengthened walk, they journeyed back as best they could, and left Young Wat son to the accomplishment of his flight. " On deck, and mid the murmur of a hundred tongues, he dwelt alone upon the thought of freedom—of escape from danger and pursuit. Yet up and down he walked and felt each eye was on his, eager and suspicious! Fearful himself, he conjured up a thousand and a thou sand foes, who crossed him as he walked! Who shall know the thoughts of that young man, who fled from death, yet feared its peril still at every turn? Alone, he walked the deck, away from friends, from kindred, all he valued—alone, and with but one thought—life! " The time had come, and the vessel was to sail. Fond eyes were stretching to the distant shore, while others looked with sadness on their own, and wondered if they ever should see it more! The vessel was to sail, the goods were shipped, the passengers on board. The sails were spread, and swelling in the wind, the ready ship obeyed their impulse, and with eager leap ploughed up the tide! All looked with curious eyes upon the sea man's craft, as sail on sail came swaying down, and caught the willing breeze—all looked—but there was still a pair of eyes, that looked intense, and burning! The anchor weighed, and all was ready for a start, when —Bomb! A gun was fired from the shore, the signal to lie to. THE MIRROR. The novel of "Paul Pevensey," of which we have four additional chapters in the present number, is a work which the world will not willingly let die. It is years since a novel has appeared so perfect in all re spects as Paul Pevensey. The descriptions are beau tiful exceedingly, the diction is eloquent, the dialogue appropriate, and the incidents striking, without being improbable. The author's great forte, however, is in the conception and delineation of character. Paul him self, Wilkinson, the showman, and his wife and attendants, are all living, moving, breathing, human beings, not as is too often the case mere lay figures. It is, however, in the character of Kate Pevensey, that the originality and genius of the author are most cleverly manifested. A woman of great natural powers, but of uncultivated intellect, brought up as a' labourer in a coal mine, Kate Pevensey meets with a gentleman of education, who is attraced by her per sonal charms. Seduced by his refinement and edu cation, she falls a victim to his arts. He deserts her, and she gives birth to a son. She indulges in the hope of meeting him again, or at least of hearing from him, and she determines to learn to read. For this purpose she applies to the daughter of the clergy man of the parish for assistance, and becomes an accomplished scholar, one able to read and admire and appreciate Shakspere, and yet obliged to earn her subsistence by working in a coal mine, feeling keenly the disgust which fiery cultivated mind must feel at being brought into constant and close contact with the persons with whom she must daily mix in such an avocation. We look with great interest to the development of the character of Kate Pevensey. Our author has studied the subject of education, and his incidental observations thereon are worthy of serious consideration. " All the world now talks of education, but few think of making silence and solitude an element of it, or of enriching the youthful mind with those associations which familiarity with external nature in her gentlest and quietest moods is calculated to create. Nothing, however, can be more wholesome or strengthening than playing freely on the lap of our great mother when we are engaged in the search after ideas. By so doing we acquire a taste for the vast and the infinite, and escape being absorbed by those frivolous amusements, or those worldly habits, which are too apt to sway the minds of those who are brought up exclusively in towns. Not that we think meanly of the habitations of man, or of that ocean of life an d i nte lli gence which rolls through cities, for by this also we may profit; but that it is better the soul should conceive its ofspring in tranquillity, wherever it may afterwards bring forth. " Paul Pevensey, at any rate, was compelled by cir cumstances to build up the first stratum of his know ledge with out of-door materials. What he had learned in the pits we already know. He had, since his acquaint ance with the Wilkinsons, acquired many ideas of a different class from woods and streams, from corn-fields and new-mown hay, from moonlight walks in forests, from mountain rills, from grassy springs and lakes, and the infinite variety of sunrises and sunsets. Something, too, he had observed of the habits of animals, and of the virtues and vices of men, for among the showman's attendants were fellows of all sorts; and the frequenting of markets and fairs opened up a prolific field of study, in the manners and incidents of vulgar life. To this must be added the experience of Tom Link, whose ima gination bad been imbued with the colours of the East, and who delighted in interesting and astonishing his pupil by the most exciting and extravagant descriptions of what he had himself witnessed or heard." Is not this a more useful education than can be learned in schools ? This passage alone is sufficient to prove that the author of Paul Pevensey is no common man. Mr. Percy St. John continues his novel of " Cecilia Armand," and Mr. John Oxenford gives us some exquisite translations from Jean Paul. We have a curious collection of alliterative aphorisms, by B. Barnett, and an admirable review of Mr. St. John's work on the Eastern Archipelago. This is the best number of the Mirror which has yet appeared. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Alber Smith and Angus B. Reach. From an excellent quiz on the " Folk Lore," so pompously paraded in the Athencrum, we extract the following on " Smoke :" THE QUARTERLY REYIE W. .No. CLXII. In an elaborate paper, headed "Parliamentary Prospects," the Quarterly reviews the character and the numerical peculiarities of the newly-elected House of Commons. It is amusing to observe what flattering unctions are laid to the soul of Conservatism by the only distinguished organ still remaining to that once powerful, but now discomfited and powerless party. Out of the most adverse circumstances the most flattering and encouraging possibilities are prophesied. Out of the most forlorn returns the most miraculously propitious divisions are anticipated. While acknow ledging that the Ministerial Members will muster in St. Stephen's (though under the incongruous category of Whigs, Radicals, Repealers, and Chartists) some where about 330 in number, the Quarterly estimates the Peelites at nearly 80, and calculates that there will be upwards of 236 Protectionists. A most san guine disposition certainly I Yet even in this sup position of the relative proportions in the House there must be an overwhelming superiority on the side of the Russell Cabinet. For during . the whole of the last session it was manifest that those individuals who are distinguished as Peelites were unananimous and consistent in this coincidence with the views of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, and that upon all occasions where popular reforms were brought under the consideration of the Legisla ture, Sir Robert afforded the utmost assistance to Lord John, both in the debates and in the division lists. Such being the case, there is a moral certainty that the Peelites will upon all important points swell the majorities of the Administration, and taking the modest estimate of the Protectionist organ as the cor rect one, that would give to Lord John Russell, besides his original 327, an accession of numbers which would raise his followers in numerical force to 407. We speak of the 327 being in principle Minis terialists, and we do so because, whatever may be the opinions of the Repealers in regard to the administra tion of affairs in Ireland, it is certain that upon all motions in which social and political reforms are embodied, they, as well as the Radicals and the Chartists, will fall in with the recognised supporters of the Cabinet. Howevermuch the representatives who are classified as Radicals and Chartists may aspire to effect still more sweeping meas ures of inno vation, they w ill , as sagacious and provident re formers, afford every aid for the realization of lesser improvements, if only as p re li minary to ot h ers more in accordance with their wishes. Having put the numbers in thi s matter-of-fact way, we doubt not but that the Protectionists would confess the reality of the preposition somewhat after the irre levant, spiteful, and very evasive manner of Mrs. Gamp, when driven into a corner by her " frequend pardner"—" IVho denige s of it, Betsy Prig ?—Betsy Prig, who deniges of i t ?" So far then we may esti mate the supporters of Lord John Russell (even to the showing of the Quarterly) at 407: and taking into account the Members still unenumerated— Two double returns Undeclared and doubtful —and awarding these in the most partial manner— namely, seven to the Protectionists, and siz to the Ministerialists, the numb ers would stand in this pro porton : Ministerialists .................... 4 1 3 Protectionists • ..... 2411 Sudbury disfranchised .............. "In some of the suburbs of the metropolis a singular practice prevails. Youths, generally under years of dis cretion, set out, towards dusk, on an expedition which leads them to the obscure haunt of a female, usually of the Hebrew race. With winks and other symbols, con veyed with aid of a patois peculiar to the individuals, they express their meaning, and from the female they receive several little brown rolls, of a disagreeable smell. Lighting these at one end, the ignorant boys will suck them during a whole evening, believing two strange things—first, that the rolls in question come from a dis tant country, instead of an adjacent cabbage garden ; and, secondly, that those who thus suck them appear manly and dignified." Had the shot struck his brain, it would scarce have pained him loss. Young Watson sank upon a seat, sick, and powerless. " With straining eyes, he saw a boat put from the shore—near and nearer it came to the stayed ship, and seated in the fatal craft, he recognised Vickery and Lavender, two Bow-street officers. " Fancy,' he said when writing from a distant land. Fancy my feeling of despair, when as the boat neared the vessel's side, I saw my old enemies—Vickery and Lavender, seated in the stern. They had some clue to my method of escape—they had tracked me, and I gave myself up for lost. The boat reached the gangway— was fastened to it, and the two officers, attended by a magistrate, mounted the ship's side. They were followed —Young Watson could scarce believe the evidence of his sight—by an old and bosom friend of his—a Mr. Whit taker, a clerk in Somerset House. Escape was hopeless —he was in their grasp! "It afterwards appeared this young man had been pressed into the aid of the police (who had evidently obtained some clue to Youn& Watson's means of escape) in the hopes some sudden look, or exclamation, would betray him to their sight. For there is no reason to suppose Mr. Whittaker ever would have played so false a part as to turn bloodhound in the service of the law, and scent his early friend unto his death. Whether or not he recognised Young Watson, and had sufficient command over his countenance not to betray him, must ever remain a mystery, though the young man's appear ance was 'so changed, that even his old friend might pass him by, unheeded and unknown. •` Once on board, the officers eyed round them with a keen and searching look. They came,' they said, in search of some person who had committed murder.' Every one was subject to the strictest scrutiny, and, fearful of detection, Young Watson was about to go below, and so to fi❑d a hiding-place among the many recesses of the vessel ; 'twas well that he did not—for a list of passengers was demanded by the officers, who told them off by their names. The crew was subject to the like inspection, and the vessel strictly searched. " The officers were evidently at fault ; all were on deck, and one by one they were made to run the gauntlet,' and to pass between the officers, the magis trate, and young Watson's friend. A lynx-eyed watch was kept, not only on his countenance, but on that of each who passed ; when, strange to state, and affording another proof of the singularity of Young Watson's escapes, a young woman who was about to pass between the officers fainted—whether from fear or what, we know not: she was about joining a brother in America, and had lately come on board ; feat ful, as it was supposed, of detention or some hindrance to her passage, she fainted as she was about to pass, and drew upon herself the greedy oyes of the police, who looked with much sus picion and distrust upon her fainting form. Young Watson, with a quickness and readiness of wit only met with in trying circumstances, immediately proffered his assistance to ' support the young lady while they pursued their search.' The offer was accepted, and the search went on. Passengers, crew, all passed ; and, one by one, they underwent the keen and searching inspection of the police. " In the mean time Watson placed the fainting woman on a seat, and moved between the officers as they stood —less, perhaps, an object of suspicion, from his recent ready aid, than those who but obeyed the call and went thrpugh the ordeal with indifference or complaint. He walked between them, and his heart, in his anxiety, beat with such a heavy pulse, he feared the officer must have heard it as he passed.' The peril of his situation, and fear of his detection, made it distinct, at least to high He passed ; and his joy may be conceived, when he heard one officer whisper to the other, He is not here.' " The illustrations to this number are as usual ex , cellent. THE PATRICIAN. Edited by John Burke, Esq. The trial of Spencer Cowper, brother of Lord Chancellor Cowper, for the murder of Miss Stout, a Quaker lady, is perhaps one of the most interesting trials ever recorded. The subsequent career of Mr. Spencer Cowper (who was acquitted) renders this trial still more interesting. He subsequently entered Parliament, and eventually became one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. This is the only instance on record of the elevation to the Bench of any person who had been tried for murder. He was the grandfather of Cowper, the poet. The series entitled " Deaths of the Sovereigns of England," is concluded in this number; and "The Clubs of Lon don" are continued. The author gives us the history of clubs from the Kit-Cat to the Beef-steak. We have also several interesting fragments of family his tory in this number of the Patrician. THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXXIV. A rather superficial, but ingenious, treatise upOn . the " Laws respecting Navigation," is the principal article in this quarter's number of the Edinburgh. The question is becoming one of such extreme im portance, however, that any additional argument, either pro or contra, is acceptable, if it be only con ducted with an honest impartiality. We are gratified, therefore, in perusing a paper upon this interesting subject in this eminent organ clad in blue and buff, even though the writer has adventured upon his theme without being thoroughly conversant with the details of his subject. In his anxiety to enter at once into the consideration of the matter, he has exceeded the bounds of discretion, but he has at least afforded another testi mony of how eminently necessary the final adjust ment of the enactments respecting navigation has become since the doctrines of free trade have been admitted by the Legislature into the commercial portion of the constitution.: Besides its other labours, Parliament will have to enter earnestly into the examination of the preceding codes, and we are satis fied that, although the entire abrogation of the exist ing laws upon navigation would, at least yet awhile, be most injudicious, as jeopardizing our maritime preponderance, it will be found that some com prehensive modification is absolutely requisite for the facilitation of trade and the full de velopment of our mercantile resources. The changes which have been already made from time to time show that the question is one of very con siderable difficulty. An Act passed in 1651 declared that no commodities grown, produced, or manufac tured in Africa, Asia, or America could be imported to the United Kingdom or its dependencies other wise than from the place of their production, and in vessels manned, commanded, and owned by British subjects. Another Act (the 12th Charles IL, c. 18) ordained that, in as far as the restriction applied to goods of all descriptions, it was limited geographically to the goods of Turkey and Russia ; and that else , where it affected merely those commodities which have been since known as "the enumerated articles." " By the law as it now stands, and has stood sincelMr. Huskisson's amendment of it in 1825, the produce of Africa, Asia, or America may be imported from places out of Europe into the United Kingdom, if to be used therein, in foreign as well as British ships; provided such foreign ships be ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, and from which they are imported. And as regards the produce of Europe, the enumerated articles' may now be brought in British ships, or in ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, or in ships of the country from which the goods are im ported.' Goods not enumerated in the Act, which are the produce of Europe, may be brought thence in the ships of any country. " All intercourse between the United Kingdom and its possessions in all quarters of the globe, including the Channel Islands, is confined to British ships; and the like restriction applies to our inter-colonial trade. No goods may be carried from any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, to any other of such possessions, nor from one part of such possessions to another part of the same, except in British ships. " No goods can be imported into any British possessir n in Asia, Africa, or America, in any foreign ships, unless they be ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, and from which the goods are imported. " No ship is admitted to be a ship of any particular country, u❑less she be of the build of such country, or have been made prize of war to such country, or for felted under any law made for the prevention of the slave trade, or be British built; nor unless navigated by a master who is a subject of such foreign country, and by a crew of whom three-fourths at least are subjects <. f such country, nor unless wholly owned by subjects of such country. the " But," the Quarterly would doubtle ss ar 658" 243 Protectionists are a concrete, or rather ' h whomoo geneous mass of politicians, while these 413, I you are pleased to call Ministerialists, are the most incongruous, the most disunite d, the most hetero- geneous, and distracted body of innovators, pulling in all imaginable directions, and thereby counteracting each other in influence and in purp ose. ,, p Su er ficially th a t o bj ec ti on would be forcible. It consti• tutes, indeed, the most specious foundation upon which to build up the hopes of the follo wers of Lord George Bentinck. But examine it for a moment, and how the illusion evaporates Probe it, and how shallow is it s a pp aren t profundity How is it that the Protectioni s t s a re united ? They ar e united in the advocacy of a chimera, a dream, an imp oss ibili ty, a mirage which had long lured the nation s on i nto a ' wilderness, but which has now been dissip a t e d f or ever. They are united for the restoration of restric tive laws which can never by possibility be written again upon the statute-book, because they h ave b een burnt from the tablets of the Constitution by the lightnings of Human Reason. They are united_ not by principle, n o t by anaturalalliance—b u t by spleen and d es p a i r , f or the revival o. a vision, and the gratification of a spite! Whs.!, on the other hand, is the disunion supposed to exist among these 413 Ministerialists, composed of an apparently incongru ous jumble o f p a rtie s —Whigs, Radicals, Repealer s , Chartists, and P e elites ? What is their disunion ? The Whigs may strive to continue . in office, the Radi ca l s ma y a g itate for uni v ersal suf frage, the R e p ea l ers m ay revile the Act of Union, the Chartists may struggle for the acceptance of all the several points of their Charter, the Peelites may persist in preserving those golden apples of 1819 and 1844, which, according to a contemporary, have proved to b e " as h es i n t h e mouth. , But, in spite of all this, as a d voca t es o f soc i a l and political reform, as admirers of the popular movement, as men who are in the van o f soc i a l an d po liti c al progression, Wings, Radicals, Repealers, Chartists, and Peelites are " The Dreamer and the Worker" is continued, and Paul Bell gives us a paper on " Testimonials and Tests ;" but after reading the account of the escape of Young Watson, all other matters appear " stale, dull, flat, and unprofitable." THE AZINE.I BIivKERS, NAG This is an excellent number of this extr e mely use fuo o u l o p t e r o i f o dtihcea l r of th . 'We ac recovery h a v e a e lready extracted the ac- Rogers and Co., i n 1844. n stolen from Me ss r s . Thereotes the present positi on o f the issue ids e a pa g r o tm od en a t rti o c f l e t on n e Bank of England, in w hi c h i t tshownhe Bank th o a that the tihse o t s sepa ration of the two depart ments of o great an improvement as th e supporters Cur rency Act conceive it to be. " El ements of the Cur rency Question is continued, th e present part re: ferring to the fixed price of gold. " Scheme of a New Currency Act" is also continued; in the former number two propositions were submitted and discussed—vi z that the fixed issues of the Bank be abandoned, a n d the rate of interest to be charged on advances be limited ; and, 2dly, that the Bank be authorised to issue one-pound notes. Three additional propositions are put forward in the present number—viz., " that the country banks in England, in addition to their issues as fixed by the Act of 1844, should be authorised to extend those issues to an amount which shall not at any time exceed the sum held by the banks in current coin of the realm, or its equivalent one-pound notes ;" " that the banks in Ireland and Scotland should have the option of basing on Government securities, in- " No goods, or passengers, shall be carried coastwise TilE SUN, LON-DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1847. united—are unanimous—are identical. So much then, for the cavillers at the new Parliament. So nitleh for the preponderance of the Protectionists in the House of Commons. So much for the vulnerabi lity and instability of the Russell Administration. " escott's Conquest of Peru" affords a fruitful theme for disquisition upon the overthrow (f the Incas of Peru by a body of Spanish adventurers, in the opening. article of the Quarterly. " Evelyn's Life of Mrs. Godolphin" is the subject of the second paper, and, as its very title would lead one to conjecture, is a pleasant melange of gossip and anecdote. The most scholarly contribution for the present quarter is, however, the criticism upon the essays on Homer, written by Herrn Lachmann. All those who thumb the im mortal Iliad or Achilleid, as Mr. Grote would have it called, will read this paper with a zest. Lachmann was the first who had the hardihood to point out this part, and this, and this, and this, as so many spurious interpolations. Had the learned German fingered the sword instead of the goose-quill, he would have stood alone upon the bridge like Horatius Cockles, he would have stabbed the lieutenant of Porsenna, he would have led the French on among the quagmires of Arcola. No man ever had more of moral audacity than Lachmann, but Lachmann is a German critic, and as the Quarterly says with emphasis—" At every feast in the halls of literature the Ger mans, like Ajax at the table of Agamemnon, will be entitled to the honours of the chine." " Paddiana " is a facetious notice of a facetious book. An article entitled "Fanny Kemble and Lear in Italy," being a double review of two works on that inexhaustible subject by Mrs. Butler and Edward Lear, is not at all to our taste, being flippant and straggling beyond all allowable limits. "Jewish Disabilities" is a powerful argument against the admission of Jews into Parliament. There are, be sides, two able articles on "Talbot's English Etymolo gies," and on "Blackwood's Voyage and Darwin's Structure of the Coral Reef." With much of pre judice and partiality, both political and religious, the Quarterly evinces, as usual, the most distinguished ability. THE WESTUINSTER and FOREIGN QUAR TERLY. No. XCIV. and M. LXXIX. As a supplementary addition —one, too, of a very valuable description—thi s duplex Quarterly contains a list of the Parliamentary Returns of 1841 and 1847, printed with remarkable accuracy and distinctness. The first paper deserves especial mention, being an able inquiry into the " Improvement of Landed Property. A rather dilatory notice of Leigh Hunt's "Wit and Humour" follows, in which divers other specimens selected from our national poets are introduced. A hurried biography (suggested by the one in Lord Campbell's recent publication) of Lord Somers follows, and full justice is done to that eminent and enlightened statesman. After this comes a searching examination into Irish Municipal Government; it might almost be called a diatribe on its abuses. Stirling's "Philosophy of Trade" affords a theme for critism not unwelcome at this period of dilemmas in the money market, although the argu ments contained in the article are rather at variance with those supported by the ability of the Westminster Review on a preceding occasion. The project of the "Colney Hatch Asylum," namely, an additional asylum for lunatics in Middlesex, is considered in a spirit of laudable earnestness in a subsequent contri bution, and due mention is made of the services con ferred upon suffering humanity by Dr. Conolly, the admirable superintendent of Hanwell. We are by no means satisfied with the next criticism, respecting the "Natural History of Creation," and marvel at the pernicious theories of a superficial and anonymous geologist receiving such extravagant commendation from a publication such as the Westminster Review. The literary intelligence and miscellaneous notices contained in the Foreign Quarterly are remarkable for their variety and general excellence. HURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY RE VIEW. No. XLIV. One of the most admirable numbers, both for depth of thought and treasures of language, yet published. " Ecclesiastical and Civil History" is a comprehen sive and temperate disquisition upon the past occur rences of Christianity, accompanied with sanguine anticipations as to the future vicissitudes and ultimate combination of the faithful. The second edition of Ranke's " Reformation in Germany" has elicited a review of very considerable length and minuteness : while Merle D'Aubigne's vindication of the character of " Cromwell the Protector," is awarded immeasur ably more praise than it is entitled to, without that mention of the name and writings of Thomas Carlyle which that illustrious author should have commanded. " The Saracenic and Tatar Hordes" are depicted, or rather their history is detailed in the following article, being one hinted by the work of Simon Ockley, of Cambridge, and the travels of a gentle man with a mo s t appa lli ng name, videlicit, Xavier Hommarie de Hell. A description of " Jeru salem and the Holy Sepulchre" demands perusal, and will rivet the attention of the reader. " De votional Poetry" is an eulogistic paper upon those bards who have turned their lyres to the key of the Canticle of Canticles. We are gratified to see an old favourite (too little read) receiving that ap plause which his verse, from its grace of sentiment and sweetness of language merit—we mean good, honest George Herbert. " Speculative Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century" is a bold and judicious catalogue of all the principal speculative philosophers or metaphysicians who have appeared in the last half century. The briefer notices of books, forming a supplement to the Church of England Quarterly, are occasionally clever, and peculiarly miscellaneous. TH" .1E OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RE VIEW. The first, and by far the best, article in the present number, " The Life of Spinoza," defends the charac ter of the philsopher from the various charges of Atheism, Pantheism, and Mysticism, that have been so freely urged against him. It asserts that Dr. Clarke's celebrated "Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God" is taken word for word (the pro positions, that is, on which it is built) from the writ ings of the man alleged to be an Atheist. Ridley, in the 9th number of " The Churches of London," con tinues his touching Jeremiad on the absence and disregard of those formalities in which the Puseyites appear to believe the essentials of religion to consist. He attacks Sir Christopher Wren, although professing admiration for him as an able and enterprising archi tect, for not ► aying sufficient attention to the " Ne cessary Syrnoolism of Church Architecture." In fact, not a single one of his erections, in the opinion of th e author, presents a cor rec t model of a good pa r i s h church. " The Colliery Act in 1847" appears to be a continuation of an article published some months since on the report of Mr.Tremenheere, the Government inspector of collieries, in which fears and anticipations were expressed of the very moderate utility of one inspector over so large a field. That view is sup ported and the conclusion drawn, " that the Colliery Act at present is not carried out, and never will be carried out with only one inspector." " Revelations of a Poll Book" is a curious examination into the classes by whom the opposing candidates, Messrs. Round and Gladstone, were supported during the late election for the University of Oxford, showing that a large proportion of the senior masters supported the former gentleman, while the latter had a considerable majority of the junior members. The doctors and bachelors of divinity were more favourable to Mr. Round, while the professors of the University sip ported his opponent in the proportion of three to two, the public tutors rather more than two to one, and the private tutors five to one. " Sunny Spots" and " The Bedouin's Leap" are the other contributions in the present number. IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE. We, have late papers from the Cape of Good Hope, which contain the following from Graham's Town : ...-:; , -- li _ , .'&6' .fr -... l i_ ii.:•, " GRAHAM'S TOWN, JULY 27. " Krieli assembled the great body of his people at his great place, publicly to announce his intention to join in earnest in the war. He added that he had received proposals from Sandella to form a general confederacy of the whole of the Kaffir tribes, in order to make one united effort to overcome the English. To-day, said he, we all fight; let us bury all our past misunderstandings as a people, and unite against the common enemy as one Kaffir nation. A unanimous response was given to this proposal by his people, who expressed themselves as most anxious to commence the fight. They then formed a plan to send off small parties to the frontier, while the main body remains at home to fight the army when it comes out. 14.1a passa, the Tambookie chief, has joined Krieli with all his people, and Pato with all his people." DRAM OF SIR THOMAS PIGOTT, BART.—WC re gret to learn that Sir Thome, Pigott,. Bart., expired suddenly, on the 7th inst., at Denston Hall, Suffolk. The deceased, who was son of Sir George Pigott, first baronet, by his marriage with Miss Kelly, daughter of the Bight Hon. Thomas Kelly, was born in 1796, and married in 1831 Miss Brummell, daughter of Mr. William Brummell, of Wyvenhoe, Fasex, by whom he leaves a young family. The late Baronet was formerly captain in the Royal Horse Guards (Blue.). DEATH FROM MACHlNERY.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest, at the Elephant and Castle, Agar-town, on the body of Alfred Ford, aged 35, a stone-sawyer, who met a frightful and sudden death on Saturday last, at St. Pancras saw-mills, Cambridge street, as already mentioned in our columns. The Coroner remarked that no blame could be imputed to any one except the unfortunate deceased. Verdic', " Accidental Death." A BRITISH SPORTSMAN.—J, S. Drinkald F , who owns St. Lawrence, the winner of the last Chester Tradesmen's Plate, has given 100 sous. to be applied in relieving the poor of Chester. The donation has been placed at the disposal of the Right Worshipful the Mayor. ft (--.,141 CITY, FIVE O'CLOCK. Barclay, Brothers, the merchants, are in difficulties. The amount of their engagements is said to be large. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs. each, &c. (17 Subs. So t terley ..• Tisiphono Wo by a head. Match, 100, h.ft.—Fist n iana beat the Cardinal's Niece. The Oatlands of 30 soya, each. B.M. ... 2 The Cur Gabbler Headsman Bella Donna Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each •: winner to be sold for 80 sous., &c. Dromedary Silistria f Peeress f ... 2 ... 3 10 ran. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each. D.M. Bridle walked over. Match, 100, D.M. Lady Lurewell received forfeit from Craftsman. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OP DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 9, 1547. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 324 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 96 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 133 Diseases of th e L ungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• 215 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels ... 43 Diseases of th e S tomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of th e J o i nts, Bones, and Muscles 18 Diseases of th e Skin, &c. Old Age, or Natural "' 8 Decay ••• ••• 3 .•• ... 55 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 28 Causes not specified ... 3 DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES ... 1,022 Population Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 301,326 North Districts.. 376,396 Central Districts 374,759 East Districts ... 393,247 South Districts .. 502,483 ... 79 Totals... ..... 1,948,211 Males ... .. Females ... ... Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1842-6. in the Five Summers. Week. . 137 ... 141 . 175 ... 199 . 173 ... 160 . 212 ... 254 . 244 ... 268 940 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 1,022 ... 495 ... 527 Total ... 605 ... 636 -.1,241 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, OCT. 12.—Since our last report, ,here has been no fresh failures of importance in this town or its neighbourhood. A rumour which pre vailed to some extent on Friday, of the stoppage of Messrs. Southam, cotton spinners, of Ashton-under- Lyne, was confirmed on Saturday morning. Their engagements are said to be about 16,000/. ; and the prospect of dividend is understood to be by no means encouraging. A small failure was also announced yesterday, namely, that of the firm of Edward and Robert Andrew, calico printers; but we believe it is of very little importance in any respect. The creditors of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. held a meeting on Monday, when a statement of the affairs of the firm was laid before them, and proved highly satisfactory. It appeared that the total liabilities were 345,0001., and the assets 435,000/. ; leaving a balance in favour of the firm of 90,0001. It was also stated that the only fixed property included in the assets consisted of two mills at Rochdale, which were valued at 20,0001., and that the assets consisted principally of good debts in Rusia, and of yarn in or on its way to that country ; that the firm had no connexion with manufacturing establishments in Russia, or with the firm of John Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, of London, who were indebted to De Jersey and Co. only to the extent of 7001. The failure was stated to have arisen from an irregu larity in the receipt of remittances from Russia, the immediate cause of which had not been distinctly ascertained. After very full explanations had been given, the creditors passed some resolutions expressive of their satisfaction with the information afforded, and their full confidence in the resources of the house; and it was agreed that three of the creditors should be appointed as inspectors; and that, under their direc tion, the funds to be realised should be from time to time distributed rateably amongst the creditors. We understand that some considerable remittances have come to hand since the suspension, and that there is every prospect of a very early payment of the first instalment. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Stocks and Tait was held yesterday, when it appeared that the assets were likely to yield about six shillings in the pound ; and it was determined to wind up the concern under a fiat of bankruptcy. We regret to say that a failure in London, an nounced yesterday, namely, that of William and James Morley, Manchester warehouseman, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, is likely to inflict loss upon many parties in this town. The total liabilities of the firm are esti mated at about 120,0001., of which 40,0001. is said to be due in London, about the same amount in .Manchester, and the remainder in various other places. What the assets are likely to prove seems to be wholly unknown; but, as it is understood that the partners have been very largely engaged in share speculations, the chance of a large dividend is rather problematical. We are glad to learn that, although the total amount owing here is considerable, the indi vidual losses are not likely to be very heavy; and, so far as we have heard, they have generally fallen upon parties well able to bear them. In Liverpool, there has been a small failure, that of Mr. Mocatta, a merchant trading with the West Indies and the Spanish Main ; but his liabilities are not very heavy. Some uneasiness is understood to be felt in that town on account of the large amount of bills falling due on Saturday next; but we trust it will prove to be without much foundation. A Manchester correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday, announces the stoppage of Messrs. Pennington and Ryder ; but we are glad to learn that there is not the slightest founda tion for the rumour; P enn i ng t on an d R y d er ( o f Liver pool) being a firm o f un d ou bt e d property and credit. The market for yarn and goods continues without any material change. Notwitstanding the general pressure fur money, spinners and manufacturers gene rally exhibit great firmness, and refuse to make sacri fices, even for immediate payment in cash. This has been the case particularly in cloth, which has been rather more firmly held than yarn. As may be sup posed, however, very little business has been done ; the sellers showing just as little inclination as the buyers to transact it. During the last two days statements have been circulated of the failure of the Oldham Banking Company, a joint-stock concern of very small busi ness. We are assured, however, that there has been no suspension of payment ; but th e s h areholders have determined to wind up their affairs, and to dissolve the company. We understand all their outstanding engagements amount only to 8,0001. The week's return, exhibiting the state of the mills, &c., in the borough of Manchester, manifests a much worse state of things than that published in the Guardian of Wednesday last. It appears from these returns, that within the last week no fewer than 13 mills have ceas e d wor ki ng f u ll ti me , o f wh i ch seven have commenced reduced hours, and six, or nearly half, have enti re ly cease d. The p os iti o n of the work people has necessarily been greatly affected by these circumstances, for it appears that the numbers of those fully employed have been reduced by 1,117, whilst the numbers of those working only short time, and of those out of employment altogether, h ave b een in creased in the same ratio. Of course, those mills time in these rethich work only urns ten . hours, are t a k en as working full We learn, also, that the s t oppage of mills in the adjoining district is increasing considerabl y ; whil the delegates of th e working spinners, in a meetin Et g held at Bolt on , on Sunday last (a report of which will be found elsewhere), recommended a general cessation of labour, to commence on the 21st instant. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.— ere Th has demand for fl anne l s to-day, and price been a steady y s of ever de scription ha ve met with a ready sale, at for mer prices. The wool market has been more than usually quiet ; the dealers show no disposition to push sales on credit, and the manufacturers buy only f or i mme di ate use. The pre va ili ng opinion is. that wool cannot be higher, with the present scarcity of money. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The continued monetary pressure upon the commercial and manufacturing in terests exerts an increasing effect upon the trade of this district. Manufactured goods are unsaleable, even at a sacrifice, and prices are merely nominal. In the yarn trade less is selling, but stocks are pr s - vented from accumulating by the prudence of the spinners. Prices show no variation. The wool ! trade continues as last reported. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.--Ilusiness has been vry dull in our cloth hall to-day, though some. orders have been given out by the merchants. The trade in •be warehouses, during the week, has been much the same es that of previous seasons. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have no new features to report about the state of our market ; business coninues quiet.—lllanchester Guardian. A _LERGED STOppAGE OF MESSRS. PENNINGTON AND RYDER.—we regret to state that in the letter of .ur Manchester correspondent, the stoppage of the house (if Pennington and Ryder is announced. As regards the firm of Pennington and Ryder, of Liverpool, we are assured there is not the slightest foundation for the rumour. It is one of the most substantial and monied houses in the kingdom. The supposition is that the rumour has its foundation either in malice or jealousy.— Liverpool Mercnry. ARRIVAL Or MR. COBDEN AT HOME. ---We are glad to announce the return home, safe and well, of our dis tinguished and honoured fellow-citizen. Mr. Cobden, who left Hamburgh on Saturday, by the Countess of Carlisle mail steam ship, and arrived in London on Mon day morning, left the metropolis at six o'clock yester day morning, and reached Manchester about three o'clock in the afternoon. —Manchester Guardian. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. Without going the length to say that this was the most brilliant Cesarewitch day it has been our task to report, we may safely affirm that in the almost summer-like warmth, and the number and grade of the visitors, 4, has not . often, if ever, b een surpassed. Many hundkeds :arrived by the regu l ar and special trains, and to these being added large detachments from Cambridge and Bury, the thing on the Heath became, if not absolutely " prodigious," at least very great. The interest of the racing was confined to the Cesarewitch and Clearwell Stakes. The first, it will be seen, was contested by no less than thirty horses, one less than in 1846, and resulted in the defeat of all the favourites, only one of whom obtained a place. The victor is a half-bred Irish horse, whose recent performances at Manchester was anything but indicative of the qualities that carried him through so successfully this afternoon. We should mention, with reference to this race, that just before starting, Geraldine reared up and fell back, fortunately without injuring her jockey, but, from the shaking and fright that ensued to herself, must have prejudiced her chance. The Clearwell was also adverse to the favourites, Blaze, an Irish horse, sustaining a defeat from Glendower, after one of the strongest run races ever seen. With this short introduction we proceed to the usual return:— Handic a p Sweepst a k es o f 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. D.L Mr. Payne 's Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 1 Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb Mr. Drinkald' s Wid red, 4 yrs, Bst "' 2 ... ••• ... 3 Betting—Even on Sheraton, and 2to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham. The Marquis of Conyngham made nearly all tie running, and won by five lengths. Run in 4 min. 5 secs. The Cesarewitch Stakesof 25 soya, each, 15 ft, with 300 added; for three yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. (68 Subs., 30 of whom declared.) Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, ist ... (G. Abdale) 1 Mr. Parr's Giselle, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ... (W. Butler) 2 Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (carried 6st) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. G. H, Moore's Wolfdog, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bst 81b (Templeman) 0 Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 3 yrs, Bst 61b ... (A. Day) 0 Mr. Drinkald' s St. L awrence, age d , Bst 21b (Ford) 0 Col. Bouverie's War Eagle, 3 yrs, Bst llb (Marlon) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst (Nat) 0 Mr. Crawford's Humdrum, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Chapple) 0 Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3 yrs, 7st (W. Abdale) 0 Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, 4 yrs, ist ... (Pettit) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Fisticuff, aged, Est 121 b (Esling) 0 Lord E. Russell's Furgus (late Nottingham), 3 yrs 0 Col. Anson's Bingham, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 3 .yrs, 6st 31b (Pearl) 0 Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (J. Sharp) 0 Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs, 6st 31b ... (Planner) 0 Mr. Barne s ' s T u f t h unter, 3 yrs, 6st 2lb (Tastier) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Slander, 3 yrs, Est 21b (carried Est 31b) 0 Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, Est (11. Evans) 0 Mr. Douglas's Eveline, 4 yrs, Est (Brown) 0 Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, Est ... (Rider) 0 Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6st ... (Fenn) 0 Captain Delme's Resolution, 3 yrs, 6st (Puttock) 0 Mr. Wigram's Deriades, 3yi s, sst 121 b (Dean) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Flitch, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (W. Treen) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Brown) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Pillage, 3 yrs, sst slb (Rodney) 0 Lord Glasgow's fby The Provost, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b ... 0 Betting-5 to 1 agst Geraldine, sto 1 agst War Eagle (taken), 6 to 1 sgst Reminiscence, 8 to 1 agst Rob Roy, 12 to 1 agst Ulysses, 16 to I agst Miss Whip filly, 20 to 1 agst Pillage, 20 to 1 agst Bingham, 25 to 1 agst Cos sock, 30 to 1 agst Cawrousb, 30 to 1 agst Inheritress, 30 to 1 agst St. Demetri, and 50 to 1 agst Giselle. A few minutes after the time appointed, the horses were brought in order to the post, and got off well at the first signal, the dropping of the flag in advance being answered by the new starting telegraph, which was placed conspicuously in the ditch, for the purpose of announcing the start to the spectators. Cawroush jumped off with the lead, followed by Ulysses, next to whom were Geraldine, Giselle, Rob Roy, and several other light weights, the heavy weights and Vanity lying in the rear. They came in this order through the ditch, Ulysses keeping his place until nearly a quarter of a mile on the flat; he then fell back, and Giselle became second, Geraldine following her. The race continued in this order to the end, Cawroush, without ever being caught, winning cleverly by a length, Giselle beating Geraldine by nearly two lengths. Cossack laid off to the new ground, where he quitted his horses, and took his place next Geraldine, making so good a finish that he could not have been beaten mor e th an h a lf a nec k , or half a length, for third place. Pillage was fifth, and Lady Wildair sixth. Next to this lot came St. Demetri and Wolfdog, and then a ruck of at least a dozen. Rob Roy, War Eagle, Remi niscence, and the Goodwood horses, were beaten a long long way. Run in 4 min. 2 secs. Value of the stakes, 1,6201. Shortly before the race came off, a covey of partridges made their appearance in the centre of the course, and the whole of them, at least a dozen, were fairly run down and killed. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Barnes's Sotterly, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Bst 51b. Betting-2 to lon Sotterley. Won by a head, in 1 min. 21 secs. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. (33 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Glendower, Bst 131 b (Nat) 1 Mr. J. Moore's Blaze, Bst 131 b •.. ... 2 Betting -5 to 2 an d 3 tol on Blaze, who made run ning at a great pace to the cords, where Glendower caught, headed him, went on with the running, and won cleverly by half a length. Time, 1 min. 15 secs. The Royal Stakes of 200 sovs. each, 120 ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. A.F. (10 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Red Hart ... walked over Sweepstake s o f 5 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st 101 b; three, Bst 81b; four, &c., 9st; winner to be sold for 701. Rutland Stakes Course. (6 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 5 vrs ••• (Nat) I. Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus, 5 yrs ... ••• 2 Mr. Shelley's fby Alphaus, 3 yrs ... 3 Lord Chesterfield's cby Don John, 2 yrs ••• ••• 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Captain Phebus, and sto 4 agst Winchester. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 21 sees. Match, 300, h ft. D.M. Mr. Pay ne's Spider, Bst ?lb, r ece i ve d forfeit from. Lord Glasgow'sChainbearer, Bst 41b. Match, 200, 50 ft. A.F. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 6st 131 b, received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, Bst 71b. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Town Plate. T.M.M. Fistieuff, aged—Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs—Tim Whiffler, S yrs—Alboui, 3 yrs. Oatlands. B.M. (Six subs., 2of whom declared.)Tbe Cur, 5 y rs , Bst 316—Headsman, 4 yrs, 7 Gob bler, 3 yrs, 6,t 10Ib—B e ll a D onna, 3 yrs, Sat 121b. sold. Tor 801. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. e a ch ; winner to be T.Y.C. Ellen Horne, 3 yrs—Outpost, 3 yrs—Dromedary, s. yrs—Lilting, 2 yrs—The Novice, 2 yrs-4 I by Ery. mus, out of Peeress, 2 yrs —b c by Lanercost, out Of Queen of Beauty, 2 yrs—br f by Giovanni, out of suis _ tria, 2 yrs—Awkward, 2 yrs — Doubtful, 2 yr s . LATEST BETTING . t CAMBRID G ESHIRE STAKES. t l r i:iog,wood in 11 to 1 agst Giselle to to 1 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bolt's two 125 to 1 agst ICO 9, 15 to 1 agst Queen Mary I a2sto 1 15 to 1 agst Foreclosure agst Hydrangea (0 Dxt t is to 1 agst Glendower I 25 to 1 arts Backbiter. The Sunday pi neighbourhood aeed i n a s o t tfa e D o u f lw g . r i: a li t a and la r .tr o ss % . , o i o n d g N‘ t. ' o e re- , on bison, belonging to Mr. Herring, a dr,aler in animals,. having made his escape. The bison rr.n furiously about the lanes, but he was eventuallye driv en by some drovers and dogs into a field, utnot until, Y.,e had succeeded in goring one of them severely. On Saturday the people of iVirsrseilles enjoyed the' somewhat singular spectacle of about eighty Arabs tra— versing the streets tort, by Lwo. They wore their na— tional costume, which was in, a very ragged state ; but , they maintained that grave, dignity for which their race , is remarkable. They /.tad just been released from the fort of PAres , •ou, near Cette, where they hustr been detained for.• some, time as prisoners of war ; Rue', whilst waitin g , for a steamer, amuse d t h emse l ves i n ex amining tr4e 'curiosities of the city. The only Arab r% pri soners , ey.v in France ar e some re l at i ves or intimate frienas. o'.: Abd-el-Kader, who cannot without danger be allow ed. to return to their country.—Galignani. TAFALABIKABLE Pia.—The hog. pig, nine months , West ol.d, which was s h own b y M r. J onathan Carn t nocaster rtic l ,ing Constabl e , at the exhibition of judges, thed was bighly D. n Agricultural Society on Thursday killedlast, an on Monday last; 0' ommend e d by t h e was 51bs.--')Ost. 41135.;. It weighed 19st. 31bs., loose f n a c t hes, neck: chine lli Width across the loin chine 7i inches, incioes; depth in breast four inches; widths a cross th e . It has 4/ 13 6cl inches. cost, • s. ~s he ad and chap, fifteenthe ee at which it was bought whets, in eluding 12s. 6d. I t w p a r s i bred by Mr. Thomas Clayt one eight weeks old. of the Boadles, Doncaster Bar, by a boar of Mr. N, .0- Inn, Marsh-gate This is a tom, George and Dragon , proof of the beneficial effects of an agricultural societ T-, and also of the profit resultin g f rom fattening anima is for show, against which so much has been idly said.— ! Doncaster Chronicle. 105 40% 241 i tag 7 3 / 4 rith I