The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-08 00:00:00

VENiNG EDI noN _ :THE NEW ORIENTAL ROMANCE. TiNove ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo., HE CASHMERE SHAWL. „., r By the Author of " The King's Pag, , e," &c. , F ull of talent, varictv, and entertainment."—New Monthly lur° etober ..e n ' t , rY Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. L ) de,sr received by all Booksellers. ____ THE NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE. ?V,._ . Just ready, i n 3 vo:s. post Soo., IE 1) 0 \V A GEB-; Or, the MMERN SCHOOL. for SCANDAL. Abhor • By MRS. GORE. of " Alothers and Daughters," .‘ Stokesbill Place," &o. ....„......LRichard Bentley, New Burling on street. t„„'11 THEA - TRE ROYAL, COENT EN. E 4 the MANAGEMENT of MADAMEGARD vEsTrus. IN K _ THIS EVENING. OCT. b. ue repeated the New Play, in five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, Esq., entitled Joh, . • BRIDE OF :MESSINA : (1 11 ., Proeida, Mr. Moore ; Fernando, Mr. Anderson; Th i e 1: 4 4°, Mr. Cooper ; Isoline, Miss Ellen 'free. "`",741 between the Play and the Altcrpieee will be oe er, `-'IIIIC SCENEmilled betwe e n Mr.CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled 4 itet• TWO IN THE MORNING. it mch will ho repeated a New Musical Drama, entitled 11 1 THE GREEK BOY. lls, Madame Vestris ; Doge of Venice. M. S Jones ; 11 1 . 4Y eggio, Mr. Diddear ; Silvio, Mr. Keeley ; Claudio, 'Dop e ; Berna r d o , M r . F. Matthews; Benedetto., Miss i h r ; Ce nstanza, Miss A. Taylor. the Three New Pieces of the Bride of Messina, Two in ,Or es -rnl ng, and the Greek Boy, every Evening. eel -"loxes, 7s Second Price, 3s. 6(1. ; First and Second " . ..ii " d i t4 , S i e ti con:lPriee, 2s. 64. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price, Nole i ,„„ to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to Tie k -„" at Seven &Clock. b 't - " a and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, b l3-1-°l3s ee, from Ten till Four, where Season 'Pickets 5 h ad • • tor ate „ „pop application. l'nites to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, booksell er, jund-street. „ THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. tia - g . ”` 'RE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. 1!!_t0„, 44 the reces s th e Theatre has been re-painted and re- Ind every attention paid to the comfort of the au- I%l l j Tills EVENINt, OCT. S. be acted, a Burletta from the French, entitled V iltate, vs . AIAISON A VENDRE. , 111 r. St. J o hn Horton ; Madame Dorval, Mrs. H. .usa, Miss Crisp. Musical Piece will succeed, entitled PLertini t , Q MY HREE BROTHERS. tt" *al "'nglei Mr. Balls; Peregrine Single, Mr. Balls; lit he _ Ln . gle, Mr. Bala; Humphrey Grizzle, Mr. S. Roxby; I ,,Aft4 . "'s Sheersmith ; Emily, Miss Seymour. wilt be rei cata a New Piece. entitled the GS OF My RANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. Vas Seul by the youthful Zetella. To which will be added, Ip • Mii t h mis A WIFE'S FIRST LESSON. ap n ea The w hefe A to l. co G n i c n lu e L " v% -i l i th n a ak i‘% i s ',,e • r ß s u e r c l o e n a t td, pamerdance. lier:B, RAILROAD STATION. 0...4.1P50n Jones, Mr. Samuel Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith, ik 'nek ''Oxen, 4s. ; Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. p\lAPhee—Dress Circle, 25.; Olympian Boxes, Is. Gd ; , ROYAL SURREY THEATR E . teit,(rnined attraction of Mr. Kenney's New Tragedy, .en _ Jt,,k"The Sicilian Vespers," and Ainsworth's Orral ihd hePPard," nightly fills this Theatre to an over ow, be e i.----"ences literally crammed to the ceiling loudly demand Petitio n of these popular pieces. THIS EVENING, OCT. 8, Will be acted a New Tragedy, entitled ttp m ,.. THE SICILIAN VESPERS. -. ' eu by Messrs. Elton, Saville, Hughes, Neville, Hes ' 411, 1 Johnson, Miss Grant, and Mrs. Vining. To conclude with , JACK SHEPPARD. inimitable Tableaus Vivans. ODE „ 1 8 9DEN 7 1- s t• SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "AILY, from T till Dusk, with the Unequalled ilethr t 'e in their commodious c‘ and elegant habitations. The as to inlud.a rare species of Leopard entirely . "tist e , i , Mignon ( F 1 t, the smallest ever imported, the ,°a, the Bush The Wombat, &c., &c. raps g~ , ur o'clock. °n Feeding Hour of the Carnivora )4 41 04 W A lER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW minutes atter 0 1 Evening 3 6 minutes alter 0. I'llbriestion of the Evening Edition of Tux Sux corn at 30 minutes after Three. <1,e6 5 " 'v-Zb ‘C - it e Zhe ~%1-tu,+ ,‘'' LONDON: - *THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 8, 1840. Thi ' h et 1 1 144 nis Journals of Tuesday have all been part o F ' from the extracts given in another forn l ' " he Sun our readers will be able to eta tolerably w correct conception of the excite the D . " lel l prevails in the French 'metropolis on ' l4 2ller n question. The convocation of the ar tl h er .. /111 14 1 . 13 now fixed for the . Ist of November, TR 'eh t ime the King is said to have given M. t ali t t e ll t a carte blanche to resolve and to act as a 41 , e , bl of th e C a bi net may d eem a dvisable. This te N ti •g ei an .i che Was given to the President of the 4 tie tda muting an i nterv i ew w ith the King on a ngel morning, after which M. TIIIERS pro- N wt a n ultim a t um to b e d e li ver ed to the Four a a tkt . ea rg ' defining the casus Mil, which one writer ter a: f orwarded immediately to London. We the exactly the purport of this ultimatum, the cluzstion is altogether too grave to justify d a laki i ttl I, guess-w or k o f the contents of such a kat t " ellt • b If forw a rd e d to London, it will, as a \Ve: °c ourse, find its way into the newspapers. to t i 3! he permi tte d to o b serve th a t th e rumours til t le dipl omatic circles of Paris were "" th r -in atorri restriced the grounds ofthat war t ieb n a Points —th e pass i ng o f t h e Straits of t ht asi rd "elles by a Russian fleet, an attacko. td f, e u , Poli Alexandria, and the attempt , f D our e tw Pl, owers to give effect to the sentence o P 1 / 4 osi tion Pronounced by the SULTAN against ALE. Should the first of these as- R at "en tlialitleh; take place, France will declare 1)ov, eagainst Ru ss i a s i ng ly, l eav i ng th e other Uq t r i t 0 take w h at course t h ey may t hi n k proper . Al e la O ther h an d, if an attac k b e ma d e on toh: 4 - 11 1, dri4 by t h e B r i t i s h an d Austrian squad 1/41,,ru le n War will b e d ec lared ag a i ns t th e se i dtii tl r w ithout any re f erence to R uss i a . A n the 4t i tti° t 3 thi s e ff ect wou ld open a d oor for 4 4 11 0 *: lte nanoe of peace. By taking Egypt under i *Ni t — i te tian Franco would abandon Syria, whic i atop revert to the SULTAN, under tr - „ 8 of England and'Austria. As for the ( t en , --. ol AOi :; t ef MEHEMET ALE, England has not the 4 44 -- i dea of enforcing such a sentence. In- Q beli "e that were the VICEROY now to hP * hat, the • B r i t i s h C a bi ne t would employ .the i : e j n ee it Iles at Constantinople to procure ec . l% eu , ia te 'nullification of the Imperial and d ecl ''si"le at * Decree, and even procure a Firman the f r m in ; g tilt Government of Egypt hereditary in Fr an 131 the PA CH A . . 'We ti continues her preparations for war, .which ° IT : Y . .," a most oi , antic scale. The Monzteur DD tfitll-4‘4Y contains four Royal ordonnances to that the NZ; I The first, dated Sept. 29, on the report of At lvei wi ster of War, authorises the raising o ib e e of of infantry ; eight of the line, to l uirThere d 68 to 75, and four of light infantry, 444 numbered 22 to 25. The second f th e same, creates six reg,:mcnts o ku u .. eav earY, three of chasseurs, and three . of l ixtte dr, the former numbers 13 to 15, and the tro t ,: 7 th e y- The third, dated September 30, in •of w number of companies of the battalion 10:et:f,oriZehnaotird the Administration from 7 to 11. last ordonnance, dated St. Cloud, ' , tie r 4, the report of M. JAUBET, the , a'x miltt`l of Public Works, opz.ns a fresh credit o f fie ion s of franc s (240,0000 for his depart 't t • 411 fort i ficati ons of Paris. The last ordon -64," it will be seen, was signed after the know , log e the event s at Beyrout. At the foundry N__ Piece ,eves orders had been sent to cast 6,000 4 of cannon for the navy, and the forges of received (Cher) and Vardenesse (Nievre) have 11;itorr:eitenveactidileirrdecArst fo iN r ie t t l z i , e preparation of numerous the works at the Artillery fully employed. Independently of 50 thgen:iliattartyhe arsenal, 35 had been established in buildings of the citadel. Toulon let t-'f.la6tate that the Fleche brig-of-war is under or dars 7 I • 41 tnat Port to sail for the la./ant immediately on the receipt of despatches. The Medee frigate has gone from Brest to Toulon. The Embuscade corvette had left Brest to join the French squadron in the Levant. The following are extracts from the Journals of Tuesday :-- " Notice has been issued for tenders to he sent in on the 12th instant to the Prefecture of the Seine for the earthn-orks and masonry of the fOrtifications of Paris be tween the Royal road No. 1 and the Perk of NLuillY on the one hand, and between the same road and the canal St. Denis on the other. Friday was fixed for de• ciding upon tenders for supplying the Government with 150 ; 000 kilogrammes of foreign saltpetre, viz., 100,0(Y) for the refine:ies at Paris, and 50,000 for those at Lille. Only one tender sans made for Paris at 125 francs the 100 kilogrammes, but this was merely to elicit the maxi mum price of the Government, which was declared to be 107 francs. No tender at all was made for Lille. The 'Mace states that the fortifications of Mayenee are now repairing with,great activity by the Austr:an eri gineers."—Galignani's Illcsseng( r. The ships which blockade Alexandria exercise the greatest vigilance ; the following fact is related by the Malta Times : " The English brig - , Brothers of London, which arrived off Alexandria with a cargo of fire arms, has been stopped and brought to I\lol7a. A Belgian ship has been more fortunate ; it entered the port nith 20,000 stand of arms, and six mortars (84 pounders ala pairhans) This vessel was consigned to a Greek house, one of the partners in which is Consul of Bel gium at Alexandria." We find in a letter from Alexandria the account of an action which does the greatest honour to one of our brave naval officers. At Beyrout Admiral Napier wished to exercise the right of searching our French merchantmen. C,letain Renard, commander of the Brillante corvette, stationed before that town, would not submit to the pretension of the English. He first protested and then laid his vessel alongside of the Com modore's sleip ready to fire, and resolved to be sunk rather than tolerate the slightest insult to our flag. Long parleys succeeded this determined step, which ended by the Admiral's addressing a letter of apology to Captain Renard. We may judge by this what would have passed on the coast of Syria at the time of the attack on Beyrout, if, instead of a single corvette, the French fleet, which was under the coaamand of Admiral Lalande, had been stationed off that port. The Univers says several journals have announced that M. Guizot has been recalled to Paris, and is shortly expected. We believe that we may affirm that this news is erroneous.—Le Conslitulioncl. BOURSE —PARIS, TUE6DAY, Ocr. 6. HALF PAST THREE. —At Torteni's, in the morning, the French Three per Cents. rose ;at halt-past one they opened for the Account, on that rise, at 681. 20c., but shortly afterwards began to decline ; and, after several fluctuations, closed at 651. 25e., the lowest price of the day, being 2f. 50c. lower than yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 1021. 25c.. rose to 102 f. 30c , and close at 100 f. 30c. ; a fall of lf. 80c. For Money the Three per Cents. are 2f. end the Five per Cents. if. 50e. lower. The Bank of Frac:cc Shares es yesterday The Latlitte Bank I,ooof. Shares are 201., and those of 5,000 f. 41. lower. The Belgian Bank have also decline-2 sf. The Spanish Active is as yesterday; from 23 it declined to 221, at which it deice,. The Passive has dropped The Neapolitan Bonds are 2 per cent. lower. The Roman as yesterday. The Belgian Five per Cents. (cx. div.) have not altered. The Three per Cents. are I per cent. lower. For the Account, the latter 58f. 25c. and 57f. The St. Germain and the Strasburg to Bale Railway Shares have dropped 101., the Orleans bf., and the Versailles Left Bank 2f. 50c. The cause assigned for the fall in the funds was attributed to the report that the French Go vernment had resolved to convoke the Chambers, and also to send an ultimatum to the British Government and its allies. .•- ------. rira Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents lO2 I'o ... 102 30 ... 100 50 ... IVO 50 4;2 per Ccnts 4 per Cents 9l :0 ... 91 50 ... 91 50 ... 91 50 3 per Cents 6 .. 6i ... ti‘i ... 16 Rank 01 trance 2:50 ...2710 ... 1650 ... 2/:'0 Latlitte I,lank 1,11011. :Th._ 1901 ...11 11 0. ... 01)0 ... 9-0 5,001.1f...'5h i4,lgian tank sp.:nosh Aozive l:3 ... :13 ... I1)2' ... 02-% P 4 ni assive s' ... 1 " ... tO,i 5 1 4 Don Miguel , .:14 ••• 1•i, : 3 N ... 3% N....aulit.“, • 4'6 ,5 ... 06 .25 ... 94 ... 44 Rowan O4 ... !A ... 94 ... 94 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Cermai: , l'cuailles, IL 11 515 ... r•l5 ... 515 ... 515 340 ... 310 ... 310 ...:140 L.R. Orleans . S rasburg to Bale 315 ... 215 ...:110 ... 310 The attack made on Mr. HARMER has given rise to a discussion deeply interesting to the whole press of the empire. Mr. HA RMER has declared that he is a Churchman and a Constitutionalist, but the opinions inculcated in the Dispatch are de scribed as adverse to the,monarchy and religion ; and Mr. HARmEtt, it is said, ought not to profit 'by the dissemination of opinions or which he dis approves. He has profited by the opinions of the Dispatch though he disapproves of them ; he is responsible, it is said, for them ; and he has been, by the verdict of the Livery, punished on account of those opinions. Such a course of proceeding opens a question deeply interesting to the whole book trade of the country, as well as the Newspaper Press, namely, how far a dealer in books or newspapers is morally responsible for their contents. Mr. MURRAY, for example, has made, it is supposed, no inconsiderable sum of money by the sale of Lord BYRON'S works. Many of them are by certain persons held t o be immoral ; is Mr. MURRAY, therefore, disqualified from filling any civic office to which he might aspire ? He publishes the altarterfy Review, and profits very largely by the sale of that woik. It lattly contained what we and' others' think a very atrocious article, suggesting, amongst other things, that the half of the metropolis should be razed to secure the dominion of the priesthood ; are the mob to be excited to begin that diabolical work by pulling down the cremises in Albemarle street ? But if Mr. HARMER is to be made morally responsible for the contents of the Dispatch because he profits by the sale, why should not Mr. MURRAY bo made responsible for every line eon• tamed in the Quarterly Review ? or why should Mr. MURRAY be tolerated in society, since he has made money by the sale of " Don Juan ?" Again, the Messrs. LONGMAN have been for many years the London publishers and part pro prietors of the Edinburgh Review. They may, for aught we know, be as good Tories as Mr. MUR RAY is reported to have been a good Whig, but the Edinburgh Review has in its time put forth a great variety of bold and strange doctrines ; some times it has inculcated opinions adverse to the monarchy, at others adverse to religion, and at others it has been inconsistent with itself. Now, does any man think that the wealth of the Messrs. LONGM A N s, partly gained by the sale of the work, is in any way derogatory to them ? If they were candidates for civic offices, would any man be justified in saying that they were wholly unworthy of any such honours, and could not, with any safety, he entrusted with a seat at the Common Council, because the Edinburgh Review had written very strongly against the cor• ruptiona of Corporations, and particularly agains the Corporation of London ? If the doctrine can not be pushed that length, we do not see why i should be an offence in Mr. HARMER to be the owner of the Dispatch. Within these few years, whether from patriot- ism or pecuniary interest, the Times has veered round to all the points of the political compass. The clever Editor of that Journal has so managed, according to its own boast, that lie has increased its circulation with every change ; and must, then, Mr. JOHN WALTER and MIS. ANN BRODIE, and the other gentlemen and ladies who are said to be shareholders in that Journal, refuse all the par ticipation in the profits, or be set down as very un principled persons ? We apprehend that none of the friends or acquaintances of Mrs. ANN BRODIE will banish her from their society, for the political tergiversations of the 'Times, particularly as her income as a shareholder is said to be, on account of those tergiversations, annually on the ',, crease. There is another Journal o f t h e metropolis, of which the poprietors arc nearly half Tories • and nearly half Whigs, a n d as one or the other party gets the upper hand., th e politics of the paper changes. We tannot say that the shareho'ders profit much by opinions they sell ; but so far as they do pro sharehold ers ga i n b y disw „.ins,ting fit, tl-e Whig Tory opinions, and the T ory s h are '. • ~oidere have gained by dissei- TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1840. nating Whig opinions. Are these gentlemen and ladies to be stigmatized as very unfit and impro per persons, because they sell opinions of which they do not exactly approve ? We think these examples are sufficient to prove that the doctrine to which Mr. HARMER has been made a victim, namely, that the proprietor of a book or a periodical journal is answerable for the opinions it contains—beyond his legal responsibi lity—cannot be maintained without introducing a complete change into all that concerns the manage ment of the Press. The new doctrine of the Times must virtually put an end to all anonymous writings. What Messrs. LONGNIAN, MURRAY, and HARMER sell, will no longer be the production of some un known man of genius, it will be the work of the publisher, tamed down, at least, to suit his ideas and views. Would that be for the public advan tage ? Of what consequence is it to the public who says a truth, provided it be said, and said at the right time ? The greatest writers of the day have written and now continually write anonymously ; if always publishing the name might have prevented their sometimes deviating into in consistency, it would have kept many brilliant things, and not a few moral truths, from being told at due and proper times. Anonymous writing tells for what it is worth, and receives no adventitious greatness from one man's coronet and another man's wealth. Without descending to particulars and de tails, we must state, as our conviction, from some experience, that anonymous writing is very useful to the public, and would, we believe, be put an end to if the proprietor of every work or journal was to be identified with all the opinions it con- tains. The Press has grown up to be of great public utility ; we believe that society, in its present con dition, could as well dispense with the laws as news papers. At present, proprietors, editors, and con tributors, are generally different persons. He who is capable of managing the commercial is seldom adapted to the literary department ; and he who can discuss the politics of the day is not uenerally very well fitted to look after the till. But the new principle insists on identifying these parties, and making theta one and the same. If followed out, it will compel the com mercial and monied man to be his own editor, and the literary man to be his own capitalist and book keeper. The separation which now exists of functions of the different classes has grown up naturally, and is extending every day. In small towns, and ia the infancy of the press, the proprie tor is very generally his own editor. In large towns, at present, that rarely happens. To make the commercial man, therefore, responsible for the opi nions of the literary man, is in fact, to force back the press to that primitive state from which it is continually emerging. The doctrine against which we write is of some importance as to the freedom of opinions. If bOok sellers are to be held morally, as well as legally, re sponsible for all the opinions in the works they publish or sell, and it every Evangelical Rector can say to his believing congregation, " Mr. BIBLIOPOLE, is a very bad man, he persists in selling the worthless trash that is published monthly by Mr. BENTLEY and Mr. COLBURN ; I see he keeps A DAM SMITH'S and Mr. MACCULLOCII'S works, which inculcate very la. titudinarian political principles ; he sells GIB BON, and has a cheap edition of HUME ; pray avoid him, be is a very bad man, tainted , with the most erroneous and heretical opinions, ,, the circulation of truth will be most mate rially impeded, and the freedom of discussion much abridged. The Bishop of EXETER, and some other men who dread free discussion, have sought to establish that principle, and, so far as the contents of the works they have impugned are illegal, they have succeeded; but the Times, and the opponents of Mr. HARMER, have carried it further, and have punished him for vending opi nions that arc not irlcgal. The common sense of the public is on this point a great deal more to be confided in than the party spirit of the Times; and the former has exone rated the publisher from any guilt in selling or pub lishing works not condemned by law, on the plain ground that published opinions depend solely for the'r effect on the recipient mind, and for that no publisher or bookseller can be responsible. The author is responsible only for the truth and correct ners of his opinions ; for the effects of them, whe thcr good or evil, he must trust to Providence. who meet at Westminster for six months every year, and who, not being under the necessity of earning their living, waste their idle time by taking care of the community, should make them rub their eyes, and try to ascertain, if possible, whither they are running, and to what home they are likely to conduct us. The most lamentable part of their system is, that it is likely to be successful. They have taken so much care of the people that in many cases the peo ple have almost forgotten how to take care of them selves. They have so much interfered to do the duties of individuals to one anot h er , t h at i n dividuals are now apt to throw a ll their cares on the State, and expect it to do what they ought to do for them selves. They cannot walk but as it supports them. Many of them are becoming imbecile. They have neither sense nor intellect beyond the law, and see and feel by Act of Parlia ment. What the law does not forbid, and the Magistrate or the police is not by to prevent, they know no reason why it should not be done. Hence hundreds and thousands of them, almost as bad as this Mr. USHER, thrust their infants into spinning-mills, or lower them into coal-mines, or employ them in a multitude of unhealthy occupa tions, to get rid of them, and make them provide for themselves. A great deal has of late been said, in con sequence of our contests with China and Egypt, of the degradation of the people of those coun tries ; but if our present system should be continued, and should succeed to the full extent of the wishes of the meddlers, we would not answer that the masses here may not become as degraded as the Chinese or the Egyptians. Perhaps in this light the Chartist agitation, which tends to defecate the standing pool" of the' public' mind, and arouse the multitude not only to. think, but to act for themselves, is a great blessing. Chartism, with teetotalism, socialism, Sze. &c., form the counter irri taton which prevents the " pining atrophy," caused by the never-ending interference of ignorant but well-meaning legislative quacks, from being as deadly here as it is in Egypt and China. We understand that all the information hitherto re ceived from Plymouth throws no light on the origin of the late calamitous tire. The Frenchman, about whom the Correspondent of a Morning Contemporary writes an enormoes quantity of twaddle, is supposed to be a member of a swindling brotherhood, whose occupations will be put an end to in that neighbourhood. From Sheerness, we learn that, however strong the suspicions arc concerning Mr. Henty, it is not likely that he will be committed for trial. On the contrary, it is antici pated that he will be discharged to-day. Whether a Conrt-martial, should he be subjected to one, would hold him innocent of most gross negligence, in allowing such combustible materials to he placed in the ship, or of some greater crime, we will not venture to hazard an opinion. We may add, however unwil• ling we are to inflict injury on an individual , that there gentleman's former life and fully a w r i c i s h o some directedcire suspicion justi fied the Admiraity in d irectin g a ri gid examination into his proceedings. -• u ta s r p re i t c li l n thison him, PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. This being the day to which the Parliament stood prorogued, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, and Viscount Melbourne, took their seats on the woolsack at half-past 2 o'clock, as Lords Commissioners for a further prorogation. The Commons having been summoned, were repre sented by Mr. Lee, Mr. Bellamy, and other officers. The Members present were Mr. Dottin, Col. Powell, and Mr. 8.. Currie. The Commission having been read by the Clerk at the table, the Parliament was further prorogued till the 12th November by the Lord Chancellor i.O the usual form, " to be then and here holden," but not '' for tLe despatch of business." (Cheers.) In conclusion, I beg to thank you most sin e...rely for the resolution you have just passed.—(Cheers.) The hail was then dissolved, and The LORD MAYOR retired amid hooting and hissing, and cries of " Who borrowed the money ?" SHERIFF'S COURT (THIS DAY). ELMES V. STIRLING. Mr. CHAMBERS, for the plaintiff, stated that this was an action f o r f a l se i m p r i son m e nt, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff, who is a market-gar dener, residing in Lambeth, took a piece of garden ground at Battersea, upon a written agreement from the defendant, a gentleman of independent property, a earrister, and the son of the late Coroner for the County of Middlesex. The rent due at Lady day last not being paid immediately, the defend ant told the plaintiff he would not let him have the land any longer ; and, accordingly, be proceeded to pull up and sell the radishes, which the plaintiff had planted. They were not fit to be pulled, and were disposed of by defendant to a gardener in the neighbourhood. The plaintiff sent a person to tender the rent due, but Mr. Stirling refused to accept it, whereupon the plaintiff went into the garden, and see ing the defendant's labourer gathering the radishes in a casket took them from him, and carried them away. Mr. Stirling then went for a policeman, and gave the plaintiff into custody, on a charge of felony, and caused him to be locked up in the station house all night. The next morning the Magis trates dismissed the charge ; and this action was brought to recover damages for false imprisonmen.. Wm. Reid, a sergeant in the V divi , .ion of police, stated that on the 23d of April last be was call'd by the defendant to take the plaintiff into custody. Upon hearing the charge, witness said he did net think the matter was one for a criminal but for a civil action. But Mr. Stirling told him, that he, as a barrister, knew better, and bade him to do his duty, and added that the plaintiff was a very violent fellow, and that witness ought to have help. Omes, however, went very quietly. Mr. Stirling and his man accompanied them to the station-house. The Inspector was unwilling to take the charge ; but Mr. Stirling pledged his judgment a 7 a barrister that it was a subStantial charge of felony, and the Inspector reluctantly took it, requiring Mr. Stirling to make it in writing. In the course of the even ing hail was offered, but it could not be taken in a case of alleged felony. The inspector confirmed the sergeant's testimony. A witness named Ayres, who had lived as coachman with the late Mr. Stirling proved the letting of the ground, and also a - deviation from the original written agreement, which deviation was made at the request of he defendant. It related to the borders out of which .he radishes were pulled, and which Mr. Stirling let to he plaintiff, in exchange for other ground which he had previously held under the writings. J. A. Widgeon, a linen-draper residing at Kenning ton-common, proved that on the day before the plaintiff was taken to the station-house on the charge of felony, he had tendered the rent due on the preceding 25th of March to the defendant, who refused it, saying he would keep the ground himself, and sell the crop. This witness underwent a long and sharp cross-examination by Mr. Adolphus, but nothing was elicited to affect the case. The police sergeant being recalled, stated that the Magistrate at Wandsworth (Mr. Berridge), before whom the plaintiff was taken, said there was no ground for a charge of felony, as it was altogether a question of tenancy, and a case for a civil action. Mr. Stirling said he was afraid of violence from the plaintiff, but the Magistrate did not seem to think there was any neces sity for holding the plaintiff to bail. Robert Perkins, hostler at the Castle Inn, Battersea, stated, that on the .23d of April, Mr. Stirling, in whose service he had formerly lived as groom, came to the inn and said to him, Well, Robert, I hare got rid of that rascal Dines. I have put him in prisen for robbing, and he'll be transported." In his cross-examination, witness said he had not been discharged from Mr. Stir ling's service, but had left it to better liiinse'f. He had the entire care of six race horses. One of them (Coronation) was in training when he left, and another (Miss Matilda) was entered for the Derby. Wood, a labourer, proved that he was employed by the defendant to pull up some radishes. They were not at the time fit to be pulled. Plaintiff took them. and the basket in which they were, from him ; but re turned him the basket shortly afterwards. There were 48 dozen and upwards of radishes, worth at the time about Is. Gd. the dozen. Mr. Anowics addressed the jury for the defence, commenting with great harshness en the evidence for the plaintiff, and accusing the witness Widgeon (appa rently a very respectable man) of falsehood, and the most hardened impudence he ever saw in the witness box. The action, he said, was brought by a cunning attorney, for the sake of costs, and for the purpose of drawing money out of the pockets of Mr. Stirling, a gentleman and a barrister, who had the good fortune to be independent of his profession, and to have " hot mutton and a clean shirt" without it. If instead of allowing, judgment to go by default, Mr. Stirli.ig had carried the case into a superior Court, the plaintiff' would ba non-suited. It was not at ad strange that a barrister sliculd sup pose the stealing of the radishes was an act of felony. He remembered a similar case tried at Chelmsford, before Lord Ellcnborough, in which members of the : bir were of the same opinion as the defendant, but his Lordship decided that the taking of growing crops was not a felony. . The UNDER•SHEAIFF summed up, and the Jury, :liter a short consultation, found a verdict for the plain tiff, damages lOU, the full amount laid in the decla ra-inn. Mr. CHAMBERS then addressed the Court, stating that every effort had been made by thc attorney to settle the matter with the defendant without bringing it into Cou.t. Mr. Anotruus said that the attorney who would bring such an action would not scruple to tell a falsehood. A Juror—That is a shameful observation. The UNDER SHERIFF observed that, under the cir cumstances; the overtures ought to have come from the defendant, who should not have allowed any feeling of pride to preventhim from compromising. BOW-STREILT.-(THIS DAY.) John Haughton, driver of 1,6:31 cabriolet, was brought up by constable 65 F, charged with furiously driving his horse while in a str.te of intoxication, and wzsaulting THE SIAREE rS-YESTERD 4.Y. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little variation in the value of Colonial pro• duce, and the operations by private treaty were on a smal scale; the public sAles were unimportant, Indigo excepted, The arrivals have been sulk!' from most parts. TEA MARKET. The 'Market was very dull for Free Trade, still prices did not give way ; some larke parcels were declared for sale. Company's Congou 2s. 3. d. cash. • •TALLOW MARKET. There was onty a limited business done in Russian, either on the spot, or to arrive, but prices were firm at 525, to 525. 6d. per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. For Rum there v‘ere few buyers, but prices have suf. fcred no iurtk)r depression. Brandy dull, at late rates. HAY MARKET. The market was but moderately supplied, and a good demand existed. Clover, 31. to 5/. ; Hay, 4/. to 6/ ; Straw, 11. 13s. to I/. Hs. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARKET,'WEDNESDAY.-3,000 bags arc the sales to-day, at prices with little, if any variation from yesterday. • The accoCnt3" received from. Const antinople, tp,tl - A 0 9th S •ptember, state that it will n ow be seen what part Russia will take. It was known in ConStantinOple that the order had arrived at Odessa to rrepare there quarters for 40,000 Russians ; and the letters from Tro- . bizondc state that a park of artillery , consis tin g of 150 pieces of cannon, with a strong detachment of Russian artillery:nen, have been landed at Ridout-Kale, also • that a corps d'armee of 16,000 men were at Anapa, from which point these troops could easily be thrown into Asia Minor. The Turkish Government has prohibited the expor tation of corn throughout the whole of the empire. We have received the Journal of Anttherp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF A MiTERDAM, OCT. s.—The prices On Saturday from Paris coming better, our market has also been e U n proved. The integrates and gt,ont 4 s 01- sand the t the Society la. snh tate afterAc ; a Other national funds were also in favour ; Ardo i n s Spanish remained calm. Accounts from Siam state th a t th e A r i e l had arrived w :th letters from Bankok, which do not supply any in of telligence of importance. The Chinese junks were all on the eve of dep, lrture fo r different perts of the em pire, a ppearing to believ e th,t they would not be m eddled with if they did not go to Canton. The market for pie ce goods was very low, and there were sellers at rednecd rates. The market wa,3 rather bare of produce, with no alteration in prices. The King had laid up on e o f hi s vessels, the Viceroy, in ordinary, laving found her rather a losing concern, and too large for a merchantman trading, between Ban kok and Siam. A curious case occurred on Tuasday at Union hall. Two little boys, wearing pinafores, of the name of UstlEtt, were charged by their father with stealing Nibs. of lead off the roof of his house. One was ten, the other twelve, years of age. The policeman who was called in, took one of . _the boys into a room, told him to tell all about it, and he was sure his father would forgive him. Accordingly the boy told all, and then the father persisted in giving both into custody. ,The Magistrate inquired what the father meant to do with the boys, and stated that he could do nothing but commit them THE FUNDS. to the sessions to take their trial. He recommended The excitement caused yesterday afternoon by the e' the father to take his children home and get a p ro p er warlike accounts from France, and the report that the person to look after them ; but the father said th e y were Bank wa s about to raise their discoun t to o 6 per c ha t., s till prevails in the Mcnev Market, and Cnsols h ave addicted to pilfering, that he must have them cor- ; , ga in fe ud. d, fluctuating f rom 861 down to 85 , or rooted, and that if nothing else could be done with present may be quoted 85; 80A-. The speculator s an d them they must be committed, and he wou ld prose- jobbers are now anxiously wa iting for further i n t e lh- cne e from Paris, to ascertain t he result of the Fren, cute. Accordingly these two boys of te n anal Cabinet d Council, which was to be held on Tuesday, twelve years of age, were committed to prison , and which we enect will be received in th e co urse of title the father is to prosecute. Such a case is, we hope, da rt Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem.; India Bonds no thi n quite unexampled, and suggests a number of reflec .tr:; /Mexican done ; Inlia Stock, 244 246 ; Batik Stock 166 - 16 71 tions neither pleasant in themselves nor honouraYe In the Foreign Market Spanish Active at th e l„,i i ,„ off price, 21i 22 ; Deferred 101 11; Portuguese 0 Railway 14 15 prom • to the community. Judging from the report, the father evidently re- 82 t Br,tteitn 73 T 75 ; Colombian dHif 2_ll 22 25 26 ; Dutch 'two-and-Half - a per Cents. 4si ;Five quires the State to fulfil his duties to the children, per Cents., tl3 04. 1 1 4. per share ; Greenwich 6 - and to bring them up properly. Instead of teaching and 11 s,i rrn_ing . li am 14 12 ' dis 1 SdAn ES.—Great Western c' London and Bri ,, ldon 12 1!1 dis.; Bl ac k w .,l l „• . 1 them their duties, he calls on the Magisrates to do ,li t. ; tv .tu l ti o„,7, l II 73 1 Southattipton a i 52 "' I pe l, it, by a disgracehl, and perhaps ruinous confine- share ; Croydon 10i merit and punishment. He is unable or unwillin . b „ per sliar., t Mandhe3ter PitiCES OP 811A ,b 1 1 : , .................. A . :1' ... 0 t.0 N e. E. to look after his children, or even to pay for look- Paid. , DUBLIN_ RAILWAYS& Per Ship ing, after them, and he compels the State to do so Bristol And Exeter.... ~ ........ 2 40 : ...... ..... to _ by invoking Against them the criminal law, and a Great Western ................. J Ditto New .... ...... .. OCT. 6. 44 ...... to __ a ton ............ •• criminal process. What a cunning fellow to profi', L a i : d i r,, - aan„ddilii:mhinnhant ......... 90 1621 .......... to o -- hy such a contrivance, to put his children out to • board, free of cost ; but what a barbarous father I Perhaps if a conviction be obtained, he will ask 3 per Cent.. Con Throe atid littlf Stock ••••' Reduced ...... ... Ditto New, 1630 .....-. . Sri .Bank , Barik Stock.. lola "a - • t ibi ;Grand Canal Stc k 954 I Ditto D 4.) '' lc Ditto 4 1 - PRICES OF nusa SWC_KS 8A Royal Canal •• Dittoa. t; per cent — per cent .. 5 . 71 that the country should also pay his expenses. Stock 36 per Cent. Debs. .... II ALF-PA ST ONE. How did Mr. USHER, who is a limb of the law, eport which prevailed yesterday being a servant of the Inner Temple, get hold of the The general r this morcing., that th e Bank D e a ftieorn noon,and a notion that the State can be made to provide for hisgainraise t h e rate of their discounts to r 6 ct p were going to t We just learn that the meeting • per children and correct them? Clearly has broken up, iat meeting the 13ank Directors • c , , 1), and that nothing of the State. According to a prevalent theory, as of the kind has been 01 " mnen in their deliberations. expounded by Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, Mr. No .L.o notice his as yet been posted at the Bank, copse- HAWES, Lord ASHLEY, Mr. Fox 'NIA tnE, and others, the State never can do enough for the public safety the care of and public morals, particularly The Dutch ni 1 the Funds lower ;,, entirety unfounded. al i os arrived of the 7th Oct.brio . Two .and-a-llalf .ging per Cents 47 11- i, ts 9 4 i ; Ardoin' .1 - " • 16ths ; Five per ---r " " Cent is - . 8-, the previous safety and morals of the rising generation. It insists day, Two-and-a-1131f p er fo q ow s. ' 0-16ths to 48i. The in a variety of cases, on fulfilling all the duties of Dutch papers state afrsom trance,s: N wi o . twithStanding the warlike intelliger.,e.assured by a parents and children, brothers and sisters, and it will cot:Hence, that the high porsenage, in maintenance of neither allow relations to take care of ona another, peace is immoveAlY firm; F have been fluctuating during the morning, nor people to take care of themselves. Hence a host , COO soib 85a861 1 ; at present nhly hequoted of laws, by which the police are made to be dry 8 8 6 6 . S E G ,: c h , ccine4,r Ilitis done at 2 prem., 3 dis., at q pre nurses to the bulk of the community. Hence' sent 1 rem • India Bonds 18 13 dis. ; Consols for i P , , 7-• ' nonev is easy in the market.infant felon laws, infant jurisdiction laws, prisons . M o n e y, ba r , ; . 1. , , . ..„ q . .._ In the Fore:ge,M4''" , ....panish fluctuated 22 211 1, for infants, &c. &c. It becomes, therefore, quite 2 11 • Deferred, at present . a natural and necessary sequence to this conduct of i Mexican, 25i ; the State, that parents, who, like Mr. USHER, I may not know exactly how to provide for their ' children, should appeal to the State to educate and bring them up. Such a consequence of the never , fluctuated 474" '' j Cents. 93i. 9 3 1. 10a ; Portuguese, 31-1 ; Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cets. _ ,_, , 8 47,i 481-, at present 48 ; Five per In Shares little orDothing •bini,,,. Lord Middleton, of Wollaton, has been ap t pointed to the rank of retired Post Captain. His Lord eliding interfereuce of the few buOted gentlemen tip was a Commander of 38 yFarre standing. CITY ELECTION.-(TIUS DAY.) This was the day appointed for the Sheriffs to make their return of the two Aldermen elected to the Court of Aldermen. The members of the Court of Aldermen began to pass tlirough the Hall to their own Court shortly before one o'clock, before which the Hall was more than half filled with the Livery, who received the Aldermen pretty much in the old way. At one o'clock the Sheriffs appeared on the hustings, and the Common Sergeant, in their name, declared the state of the pull, as we have before given it in our columns, and that consequently the election had fallen upon Alderman John Pirie, citizen and plasterer, and Alderman Thomas Johnson, citizen and cooper. The Sheriffs then retired to make their return to the other Court. While the Court of Aldermen were deciding upon the case, those assembled in front of the hustings were much amused by one man, who had some remark to make upon every one who made himself at all conspi• cuous. When Mr. Meek appeared, he said, " Ah, Mr. Meek, how do you do ? It is reported you arc one of twins, I hope the other is dead ; one of your kidney is quite enough." " Mr. Meek has gone behind there to have a chat with Harriet Wilson." " Mr. Meek, Harriet Wilson wants a lo •k of your hair. She has got a locket all ready for it. I am told by the Times this morning that there is a Tory dead—can you tell me, Sir, where they buy Tories ? are they like donkeys ? for though you see them here sometimes, you never see a " I am told they blame me for killing him, I should be sorry if I did, but I have no doubt die verdict will be ' fell in de sea.'" " I say Meek have you heard the news? lam told some most im portant ones have arrived from the Cannibal Islands. It has just been published in a S;:cond Edition of the 1/tiles." " Have you heard of the Insurrection on Willesden-green?" &c. &c. " Meek has been nick named—there is nothing like meekness about him ; he ought to be called Savage." In about half an hour the Lord Mayor, accompanied by many of the Aldermen and the City Officer, and having Alderman Johnson on his left hand, entered the Comman Hall, and took their places on the hustings. 'The RECORDER then came forward, and announced that the election had fallen upon Mr. Alderman John son—an announcement which was received with loud hissing and great uproar. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON then came forward to ad dress the Livery, and was received with tie most dis cordant yells from all parts of the Hall, which lasted during the whole time the worthy Alderman was speak. ing. The uproar and confusion was so great as to render it extremely difficult to catch anything that was said, but as far as we could catch it the worthy Alderman addressed the Livery as follows : Gentlemen of the Livery for the honour you have con ferred upon me, I beg to return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks. It shall be my study to do my duty to the citizens of London and the country at large, in the high situation to which you have elected me ; and I can assure my fellow citizens that whenever they shall require access to too they shall always find it most readily. I shall always endeavour to preserve the institutions of the country, and to show loyalty to my Sovereign, From my earliest youth I have been taught to fear God, honour my Sovereign, and love my neighbour as myself. It is my most fervent wish and hope that our religion, our laws, and our loyalty will last for ages. The preservation of the Constitution will be my greatest pride. I should gladly address you more at length if it was necessary, but 1 am sure that a lengthened speech will not be ex pected from me. It will always bc my endeavour to support not only the poor and the rich, but also the laws of my country ; in short, I will endeavour during my year of office to be the friend of all. 1 beg again to return you my sincere thanks fur the honour you have dune me. The worthy Alderman was then invested with the chain of office, and took his seat to the left of the Lord Mayor. All this was done amid the greatest uproar and confusion. Mr. Meek then came forward, hut the hissings and bootlegs with which he was received rendered it impos sible to catch a single sentence of what he said, al though he addressed the Hail for nearly ten minutes. THANKS TO TILE LATE SHERIFFS. Sir JAmEs DUKE then came forward, and was re ceived with loud cheering. He said, that having had occasion to come down to the Chamberlain's Office to _ .ransact some private•business i -hahad been unexpectedly •etpostcdtotaketsponhinisellthe pleasing duty& propos ing.-a vote of thanks to the late Sherif. ( Althouglehe felt- the greatest satisfa ct ion ("cers ) he regretted tuna s o , doing, 'that this pleasing task had not laden into hands better able to do justice to the subject. He need not tell them that the gentlemen whom they had last scar elected to the high and important office of Sheriff, had performed their duty in such a manner as to entitle them to the thanks of their fellow citizens.—(Cheers.) Whitever difference of opinion there might be as to the late election, he felt that they would all be unanimous in passing a vote of thanks to the late Sheriffs, who had not only performed all the duties of their office in a most effi cient and a most humane manner, but had upheld the dignity of it by their hospitality and by the exercise of all those qualities which entitled them to the gratitude of their fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) It must be most pleasing to those gentlemen after having performed their duties in a manner which entitled them to the approval of their fellow-citizens to retird into private life, having received the award of their thanks.—(Loud cheers.) He would not occupy their time further. He regretted Ile was not better prepared to do justice to the resolution he was about to propose. Ile would only say that from having per formed the dull: s of the effiee himself, he was fully aware of the onerous nature of those duties, and lie knee; uo gentlemen who were better entitled to the thanks of their fellow-eitzens than Widiarn Evans, Esq., and John Wheaton, Esq.—(Loud cheers.) He therefore proposed a vote of thanks to those gentlemen for the very efficient manner in which they hed, per formed the duties of Sheriff of London and Sheri; of Middlesex, that by the conseienticus fulfilment of their oath, preferring a long imprisonmeut of their per sons for the purpose of upholdir ' r the majesty of the law against the privileges of the House of Commons, they had entitled themselves to the lasting eAcern of their fellow-citizens. The latter part of the resolution was received with cheering, mingled with expressions of dig approbation. Mr. ANllrmror* had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. If there was one duty the perforatance of which was more gratifying than another, it ,was that of returning thanks to those to whom thanks were due.— (Loud cheers.) No persons had ever gone through the office of Sheriffs with greater credit to themselves, or had given greater satisfaction to the country, than Meters. Evans and Wh eelton. The y had discharged ' all their duties faithfully, honestly, and efficiently, and they deserved the thanks, not only of the citizens of Landon, but of the country at large for those ser vices—(Loud cheers) —which being in the recollecting of all it was unnecessary for him to refer to further. There were various opinions on that matter in dispute, bet let them look at the conduct of the She riffs. Those gentlemen conscientiously believed that they were bound by their oaths not to suffer the ma j. sty of the laW to give may to the privileges of the House of Commons ; and in the discharge of this, , which they believed to be their conscientious duty, they had consented to suffer a long imprisonment not en y to their own great discomfort, but to the very great discomfort of their families also. The men who had so discharged their duties were well entitled to the thanks of those they served.—(Cheers.) Therr could he no doubt that the late Sheriffs, in the course they bad pursued, had acted upon a right prin ciple. They had considered themselves bound to take the part they did, and such being the case the Livery ought to pay deference to them for doing that which they considered they were compelled to do in the discharge of their duties. The vote of thanks was then p ut to the Livery, and declared by The Loan MAYOR to be carried with acclamation , one hand only being held up against it. On the motion that the resolution should be adver tised in the usual Morning and Evening Papers, cries resounded, from all parts of the Hall, of " Not in the Times—not in the Times." Mr. ANDERTON—eII, let us except th e then.—( Great ch eerin g.) Times Mr. W Mr. 14:yetis, the late Sheriff, then came forward, and was most enthusiastically received. He said Gentl emen of the Livery , I thank you most sinc.e-ely f co or this flattering mark of your approva l o f ource of my p as one of your late Sheriffs. It ha s been a sublic nduct hi g h satisfaction to me to learn that the conduct my co lleague and myself thought it our d ut y to pursue en a late memorable occasion of the co llision with the House of Commons, when we endeavoured to support the supremacy of the throne and the majesty of the law, has met with the approbation of may fellow-citizens and the country at large.—(Lo ud cheers.) I never en vied the feelings of the tyrant majority of the House of Commons who deprived my colleague and myself of m liberty for two months—(Cheers) —and it is a pleasing satisfaction for me to know that my successors will not h av o the danger of meeting with similar EVENING EDITION. prove that he does not let his house during his absence in the country. Mr. CRAIG—I consider this an extremely plain and simple case, It is the duty of the objectors to prove that Mr. Sergeant \Vrangham does let his house during his absence, and not that of the Learned Gentleman to show that he does not. That fact not having been proved, I must overrule the objection, and rctaia the name of Sergeant Wrangharn on the list. THE ARMY AND THE HORSE GUARDS. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra—You hare the well-merited thanks of the in habitants of this town for the noble stand your widely circulated paper is making against tyranny and oppres sion towards the officers of her Mgjesty's army. In answer to that part of the members of the Court martial refusing to permit Captain Reynolds to refer to the Colonel's previous arbitrary conduct to:yards him at Canterbury, I would beg to refer you to a gnu tion put to Lieutenant Colonel Morland, (9th Lan cers), when he brought Captain Richardson to a Court-martial in 1817, General Balton, President. The question was this to the prosecutor, " Did you not some months previous to thie, refuse permission to the prisoner, to attend the funeral of his own father?' It was referred to the Judge-Advocate, who decided theatilitonwtmasoarecy of very rro t i h m e r qsaumesetißone.gimAenlsto:o_ne.to Did Major y aj:) u r d unnecessarythink t that severity aC olone„ An l 111;rlandts. Certainly, retdtlicp I , lisoneiha, ry v vih s pitied him, and considered him as treated like • stricken deer." Why, therefore, did the Court ui justly deny the same privilege to C a pt a i n Rey no ld : ? Or why not grant him the same number of Caplai, s on this Court-martial which is usual, and oiled to ha• e been done, in consequence of the standing of Captain Reynolds in the army ? You can make what use you like of this letter, as it is entirely intended PRO 130 NO PIMLICO. Chesterfield, Oct. 7th, 1840. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDA - 1 7 .—The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at the Castle at six o'clock this evening, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, from Claremont. Two of the Royal carriages and four followed, containing the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lord Poltimore, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Colonel Wylde. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Lord Poltinnore, and Hon. Colonel Grey, left Claremont at ten minutes past four o'clock yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castile. Vis count Melbourne took his departure from Claremont for town a short time previous to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Hon. Charles A. Murray also left Claremont in the afternoon for London. The Duchess of Kent took a carriage airing yesterday afternoon. Viscount 'Melbourne arrived in town yesterday after noon, from a visit to her Majesty, at Claremont. Tnc Earl of Minto has returned to town. FASHION ABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS Mr. and Lady Mary. Stanley, and the Misses Stanley, in Gro_vencr-quire, from a tour ; Colonel Couper, K. H., at Ingestre Howe, Belgrave-square ; the and Rev. Fitz:oy Stanhope, in Trevor-square, Bromptou ; Lord acd Lady Rosehery, and the Ladies Primrose, at the Terrace, Piccadilly, from a contisiontal tour; Lady George Murray and the Hon. Miss Murray, in Green-street, from Chcc. quers Court; the Hon. Mr. rind Mrs. Fred. West, in Upper Grosvenor. street ; Viset. Atonmore, frc.m Egham. DEPARTURES. The Countess of Durham and family, from Cleveland House, for Paris ; Mr. and' Lady Emily Pennofather, en a visit to the Earl and Countess of Glengall, at Caher Castle; Sir Alexander and Lady Creighton, from Long's lintel, for Screnoaks; Mijor Hardinge, on a visit to the Rev. Sir C. Hardinge, at Tunbridge Wells Rectory ; Lord Nevill, for Eridge Castle; the Hoe. Chas. Pon sonby, M. P., from the Clarendon, for Camford House, Doretshire ; the Right Hon. Ur'eneral Sir James Kempt, G. C. H., on a Visit to Lord and Lady Beresford, at Bedgcbury, Kent; Mr. Holland, M. P., and Mrs. Hol land. for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; the Hon. W. C. Stanley, M. P., for Penrhos, Anglesea. Cl The Earl and Countess of Charlerillc, at the Earl o Glengall's seat, Caher Castle, Cl•arleville Forest; the lion. Mrs. Newton Lane, on a visit to Lord Bagot, at Blithficld Park, from King's Bromley; the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, on a visit to Lord and Lady Lichfield, at Shugborough, from Windsor ; Major-General Sir Chas. Napier, K. C. 8., at Chester Castle, from an official tour of in , Tection in the northern distt let ; the Earl and Coun tess Grosvenor and family, in the Dolphin schooner yacht. from Plymouth, fur the Mediterranean ; the Rev. Lord Ast)n, at Bromsgrocc, Worcester, from Great Malvern ; Lieutenant the lion. Wellington Talbot, 'ith Fusiliers, at Gibraltar, from a cruise off the coast of Greece in the lle•ron yacht; the 11. m. William Petre, at Thorndon Hall, Essex, from Cheltenham. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Ocr. B.—Calmand foggy. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 7.—Wind, N.—Arrived the Edge eombe, from Pernambuco; Eliza JAnc, Bowen, Licata; Batsy ball, Farrent, Smyrna. Sailed the Re liance. Hall, for 13otnhay; Maria , Haseorrsbe, Rio Jancip; Diana, Re! , ertson, ditto ; Columbia, Maria, St. Domingo. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 7. —Wind N. N. E.—( if port the Hawk, Norris, Villaviciosa. FALMOUTII, Ocr. 6.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Stephen Watson, Greaves, Odessa. CORK, s.—Off port, the Eliza, Keith, from St. John's, N.?ry Brunswick ; Ellen, Clare, ditto. OFF TYNKMOUTII BAR, OCT. 6.—The Latona, Quebec. STOCKTON, OCT. 3.—Arrived the Esther, Trotter; Thomas Rowell, Henderson ; Belsay Castle, Ash, from Quebec ; Robert Henry Allen, Myers, Miramichi. LYNN, OCT. 7.—The Glory, Penny, from Liverpool to St. Petersburgh, has put into the Roads leaky, and will e;rne up to discharge. The Anna Polowna fell in with, on the 14th June, in let. 33 S. lon. 47 E., the Jupiter, Captain Siddon, from Liverpool, bound to Batavia, with loss of rudder, leaky, and the master sick. The chief and second officers of the Jupiter, Kith three seamen, went on board the forma ves sel to obtain assistance, but the vessels separating, in a gale of wind on the 18:h, they were taken to Batavia. SPAIN.—The Madrid Gazette continues to complain of the false colour given to the events which have occurred at Madrid by the French press. I: an ncunees that the Bank of Srn Fernando is about to pay four per cent, to its shareholders for the year 1840, and observes that this proof of general confidence is a sutli • ciant answer to the calumnious assertion, that Spain is in a state of discrder end anarchy. DFATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL MANN, OF THE ROYAL ENGINEEItS.—This Gallant Officer died at his vill, on Shooter's-hill, Blackheath, on Monday last, in his 61st year. He had been 46 years in the service, having been appointed Second Lieutenant, 22d April, 1795 ; First Lieutenant, 29'h August. 1798; Captain, Ist December, 1802; Brevet-Major, Ist June, 1813; Lieutenant Coined, 30th September, 1814 ; Colonel, 29th July, 1825; Major- General, 10th June, 1837. In consequence of the extensive alterations and decorations at Drury-lane Theatre the Concerti (I' Hirer, announced for this evening, are postponed till Monday evening next. THE FIRE IN BUNIIILL-ROW—SIXTEEM HOUSES DAMAGED.--A dreadful fire, resulting in great adestructionPatent e o n f t p r F o e p l e t - r ty, , Works b r o k o e f o A u l t c o s s n r s the. Williams,v p r emi s e s Aknownel and Co., of Lombard-street, situate in the ncighb;:urhoed of Bunhill-row nod Chiswell.street, by which the manu factory itself was burned to the ground, and t.ix teen houses in the neighbourhood more or loss damaged. The works consisted of a very large substantial brick-built manufac tory, in Lamb's-passage, a narrow thoroughfare, running from the north-side of Chiswell-street into Bunhill•row, nearly facing the entrance to tile Royal Artillery-ground. In addition to the felt-works, there were other buildings attached, three stories high, forming together a square of fire, to but a br ke n ants. 000tre,h.e:;ii, every rti g aygb c eo o uo u ti l d b e 100 feet in depth, and 200 in lerrgth. During yesterday every effort was merle by the firm and the brigade me n t o l o o r ad th ti e lenl trace elilt e d out w h t i l c re li origin c,izid reason t h 1 four atot and w ho o we r na o k d ts r s h i ttoetl:hepeaa premises mc e b rp e i kusaa: particular occasion n down e there e years f a t since, i n T c h e e , emo believe manufactured fba ce t thuaatrtet attached e t v ; ideviliadruya,l.li description, ut rr n h o e cluea feltnd f i ' i e s u '. o n l a f r i a nc i n n e o d t consists, when complete, of large sheets, having the ap pearance of mill-boards. It is principally used for sheath ing bottoms of ships, roofing the slips in the diff , rent Go vernment dock-yards, &c., being impervious to water. Strong suspicions are entertained that the premises must nave been intentionally set fire to, but no suspicion attaches to any of the men employed on the works. All that re mains of the felt-works arc the outer walls ; the whole of' its valuable machinery and other contents being totally de rtroyed. The homes adjacent, damaged more or tea m s b i y fire and water, amount to 16. The Orph an Asyle s also slightly damaged. The works (the maciD r rer/ ffi sn e : • contents) are insured in the Yoik and London I'le 1 ad 800/. ; greater. The but the damage is supposed to be much c g TO the extent, it is etated, of between 7,000 • M r . CRAIG proceeded to-day with the revision of the dwelling list of voters for the parish of St. George ti , —anover- Guardian offices, but their inmates are oo t_ l Albion men, FRANCE--WAR.—The Larerp square.from an officer of houses damaged arc also ins e u i r o d .. in the Sun and The name of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, announcing that he re. at No. 1, Wilton -crescent, was objected to by the high rank in the French_ . a v r isio l i s i of the army to which he Liberals, on the ground of non-sufficient occupation. ecived orders to joie not the only di without an hour's delay, b ut who resides lions the receipt of a letter inmthat town, Mr. Stokes, the cashier of the Pantechnicon, stated was attach i e i d. q " ' 'mezzo for an active campaign."--Dublin that he had received the rent for the last three years with lisi p n Post. , . from Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, for thehousehe In- . L or d cantlitire is on • Evenzng . • . . ing excursion i n habited, No. 1, Wilton -crescent. at is expected to return to to a shoot town to- Mr.Nw Forest, b . Trott—l understand whets Mr. Sergeant ,le rat battalion Wrangham is out of town that he lets his house, if it Grenadier Guards. mo r row, to do duty with his regiment, tl ti is only for a week. The Earl of L auderdale has a rrived at Thirles- Mr. Stokes—l do not believe that Mr. Sergeant i ta i,,e House , B erwick, from his shootin g quarters in In- WranAhtun lets his h o use a t a ll w h en h e i s from town. k rerness - s hire, accompanied by the Hon. Sir Anthony 1 I have never seen w h en he was absent more titan two j _ Maitland.The Lord Chancellor I servants there. has returned to Copse Mr. Trott—Why are not those servants here to-daY Hall, from a short tour in the Prin •l' Th Nbl eipa ay. e o e inform Wranghain , ned Learned Baron sojourned two or three days at the to the Court whether Mr. Sergas." Bellevue liotel, Aberyarith. lets his house or not ? i Lord and Lady T —eveson are not expected to re- Mr. Stokes—l cannot tell. Learned Sergeant's turn t o Grosvenor from t h e i r v i s i t i n g tour antil-the Mr. Trott—Then I submi t the h I m iddle of m ont h . o person ere , 0 0 e name must be• s t ruc k out, as he has tii • him in the execution of his duty. The officer stated that at a qusrter before ten o'clock last night he saw the defendant driving at a furious rate through Wellington-street, from the direction of Ws orlon Bridge, and on turning the corner of the street in the Sirens' he continued whipping the horse so violently that it was with the greatest difficulty per sons passing escaped being seriously injured. Consta ble 137 A, who was on duty at the English Opera House, assisted in going in pursuit of him, and when they overtook him at St. Mary-le-Strand, he struck at them repeatedly in such a violent manner with his whip that it was with much struggling they secured him and conveyed the vehicle to the Green-yard. The defendant said the horse was " fresh" in conse quence of not being in harness for some days, and when he felt the whip he sprung off with such rapidity that he was unable, being somewhat fresh himself to pull him. Mr. HALL told him that he had committed three off, noes, each of which deserved a severe punishment, and, instead of calling upon him to pay a penalty, he should go to hard labour in the House of Correction for six weeks. • Ellen Braithwaite, the wife of a waterman, was charged with attempting to commit suicide, by drowning herself in the Thames, off Hungerford wharf. Censtable Sankey, 82 F, hearing the splash in the water about one o'clock this morning, procured the in of a waterman, anti the defendant was with diffi culty brought ashore, and being conveyed to the sta tion-house, she was instantly sent to St. Martin's work house, where her clothes were dried, and restoratives given to her. She had been quarrelling with her hus band about an hour previous, and had been only yester day charged with the same offence, but upon promising not to repeat it she was discharged. The defendant said her husband spent all his earn ings in treating other women to drink, while he left her and her children at home in a state of starvation, which preyed upon her so much that she was driven to commit the rash act for. which she was charged. Mr. HALL said th e more prudent COUrSe for her to pursue would be to apply to the parish authorities o f S% Martin's, from whom she would readily meet with redress ; and if her il husband l-treated her at any fu ture time, she could come to the Court and a warrant would be issued against him. The defendant promised to act as she was directed, and she was ordered tube discharged. CITY OF- iiESTMINSTEIt REGIS TRATION.-(THIS DAY.) 1