The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths J.) 25 - Do 40/. Shares ( (G L.. - • M.) 15 - Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. al. & B .) C. 1 - London, Oxford, and •. --- Cheltenham ............ 2 - ••• - •*" ....... 56 Loud. & &Western ...41/. 6a. 8d... 56 58 44 Do. New Conzol. Bths 40 44 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 82%.• .. - •••••• --°' - 29 - Do. New 40/. ... ..... .. 26 ... • - Do. Tenth s (C onsoL ) 50 Ditto ditto ... 4O - I /2 Ditto, Thirds 6/. 133.4 d.... - London, Salisbury, and - Yeovil ..... .... ••••• ••• 1 % •••••• - Londonderry &Coleraine 27% ••••••• ...... Londonderry and Ennis- - ..... Manchester .... ... ........ ... 23 3 4 - ,Buaton,and 1 1 .. Ma t10.k......-....- ... a ...." 1 1 4 alanchester Sheffield, - ..... ••• •• and Lincolnshire ...100 - D O . 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Scrip, 1847 , North • of Norfolk... .... . ... 2 - ... ..... ..... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - .............. - Northern Counties Union 4 - .............. - North Half hazes ...... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ..... 12% ...... 11% • ............... 11% Do. Q u arters......... ........ .. 4:- 4 ...... - ............... 4% DittDo. Extension ......... %.•-•• - ........ "'" - o Thirds ............ 1 ...... 1%%4 ............ 1% North Statiord3hire ...... 7%.-.. 7% % 8..... ... 7 % - NNorth Wales ... ........ 3% ...... - . orth We5tern....,..,.... 6 ...... - ••••••••• - Reading,fod 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton Guildford, and Reigate ............... 71,4 - Royston and Hitchin ... 1% ...... - ••• Scottish Central ....... 20 ..... - Scottish Midland, ....... 17% ...... - . ..- - Sh e tto, New ......... ..... 10 - ........ ••• •• ....... Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole ................ 6 3 5 - .. - Shrewsbury a n d B ' Di tto ditto, Class rm B. Shrewsbury & Chester 3 - - (Nor. W. Min.) ..... 16 ...... - - Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... - .. .... _- Di tto New ... .. 12 - .. 1 • - - ........ •• •• - Shrewsbury and Ilerefd 2 ••••• 840 Pallire Union - - South Devon.,- ........... 40 - Do. Preference - - - South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / s 28% 28 2934 29 28 3 / 4 - Do. No. 1. ............. 20 - D a., Nea. ............. 17 DDo., No. 3 ....... ...... 15 0., No. 4 .......... 6 1 4 ...... 4A ••• South Wales .............. 15 South Yorkshire, Don n cas ter, and G oo l e ...... 2 - ••• a Wans. & Loughor & Ca li ineron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 - ••• •••••• • IT•11,W Vale Extension ... 4 - ••• •- ..... ..• 'maples Haven Dock ..., ale o ...... -••••• and Rail way ..... ..._. 17% vf Neath ... 4 - ,„_Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 , 8 ,.,,.. - •• Waterford and Limerick 3,5 - IVaterf d , Wxfrd,Wiekl w , a,and Dublin. .... - ..... 2 ...• • - est Cornwall .... - ..... 4 - - -* ~..whitehaven & Furness 8 windsor, Staines, and ~South Western ..... ... 425. - wilts, Somerset, & Wey ,rtootith .... 25 ...... 9%.• ...... ••••• '°,llk• Newcastle, and 4 .!rwielc. 25 ..... 31% 32 410. Original New and DBerwick .. ............ 25 ,o.North Shields Pur. 25 ;4°- Extension isi o. 1. 10 11% '"°• do. No. 2. ... ... 10. Yo °• G Isr E Preference & .ori an i • • 71 North Midland 50 13)41„,a, Preference ...... 10 - ..... ... . ... _••tast and West Rid 41g wand ...... 20 - 90 434 12 11 4!4 9 1 A 32 Anglo-Belgian... ......... ',l - FOREIGN' - Barbadoes ... • ........ ...• ...,,,,1 13 % 3 / Boulogne and ............ zu «no- RAILWAYS. Berdeaux•Toulouse• and - Cette (Constituted )... 4 •.... Central of France (Or - _ leans an d Vierzon) ... 14 _ ... uentral Spain ••••• .. 2 - bernCeylon .......... . ....» ss" Pendrerara :.. ........... 21/t •••••• - e Valley ........ .. 4 ....•. .I•lireet Bombay and .. 0 - ... Madras . .... ....... 53- _ Dutch Rheniag.•• ....1..... 7 _ X atit Indi ail .. ... .... ss. Great badian Pen.ln.sular se: - _ Great Southern of Madras 5a.. _ (11',.. eat Western Bengal... ss. lireatWesternCanada... 314 •-•••- . Italian and Austrian.... 4 -• " - • j. alnaica Austrian. Junction 1 • ..... - LuxemLouvain a. la Sambre ... 6 ... . - --- bourg..., ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon ...... 5 - .• Madras ...z.,.. ............ 1 ' - A$~~• Ziellore, . and - rcot ..... .. ............ •...... - kadrid and V alentin ;. .. 2 -'• - Namur and Liege ..... 14 : 5 11 1 4 Northern ofFrance....,.. 10 ..... Orleans arid Bordeaux 6 ..... - Over Yesel ............ 4/ 3s 4d ..... ..... - Paris and I.yons ... ... 10 ....••••• Paris and 0r1ean5............ 20 -••••- Paris and Rouen ...... 20 ~...... Pari and Straal;our 8 _.... - - Rouen and Ilavra .... 20 - .... - -.... . Sambre and use .. .... 16 ..,.. 6 -6 - Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ..... - Tours and Nantes ...... 8 ........ - '. - Tournay, a id e• Lan - den, and liasselt...... 12 ........ - 1 3 4 Trinidad ................... 2% ..-- 2 13% West Flanders ...... .... 8 .. _.... - 13% irk) lautton I\TEVVMARK ET RACES. (THIS :DAY.) 13Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE CAVIBRIDGEg iIIIRE STAKES. Widow War Eagle ... 1 ... 2 illim...=llMlMMEmmi IA .n.miminin....... LLO YD'S SHIPPIN 4 c.: i-(THIS DAY.) LO NDON 26 . - -Wind 5.•:.;.W., light bree ze , an d fog y, > OCT.• OFF MARGATE, OCT. 2 4.—Dan,9, Boston. DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Chance, Wrangles, Madras ; Courier, West Indies ; Switzerland, Fletcher, New York r Pearl, Rowl, St. John's, New Brunswick, and sailed for Mont Britannia, Coulthart, Quebec ; Zealous, Richards, eal. Sld., most of the outward bnund. Arrd. front the River, and aid., Lady Peel, Port Philip ; Chester, ew Orl eans ; TaskN er, Bermuda ; Warrior,Bombay; NAutucket, New York. J aneiro for Copenhagen. FLIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Re David, C oAers, New ork ; 25th, Lancaster, Huller, Bahia ; Duk e of Wel pt.ig.ton, McLean, Honduras ; Flirt, Ponstic, ..5 , taigue ; e Brown, (\lnland, Brown, New Orleans ; Bona D a, liuebe c • Milicete, Hunter, Quebec ; Tar, PhilaLlelPhia 14 4er lrY alay, New York ; Unicorn, Thin, St. John's, St. j e,'', Brunswick ; Caledonia, Mobile ; Charlott s.• ° Ws, New Brunswick. A ar ti I)aocitEDA, OCT. 2 4.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. °rir, Tiernan, St. John's,, New Brunswick. At i >,QWES, OCT. 2 5.—Arrd. Charlotte, Thomas, Babda ; Cortinale, Havannah, and sailed for Bremen; Mercedi,% s ; • s , ditto, for Brernesi. rs.o trNDERLAND, OCT. 2 5..—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Wes 't m+ reland, Quebec. am S _ o tT 11 A3IPT ON , OCT. Is.—Wi nd S.W.—Arrd. Cor• ~. W e b ster, Prince Edward's Island. ejinisTot, Oc T. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—A rr d. Henry 445 e, Ne w O rleans. , ) Gr, ---ocEsr g 0,, ,, , Ett, OCT. 25.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lesmaha- i to , urake, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sterling, Dal- ' ks:.euebee; Falcon, WL:tcombe, ditto. ei7ib4uNs..EA,OCT. 25.-1 V ind N.—Arrd. James Holmes, 1,.. c,o; Derwent, Secat, Quebec. r, "qq.rORD ‘ l 4tle , t k7 .,:. OCT. 25.-- Wind N.N. W.—Arrd. Pembroke 1 1 •,, ka " I mams, Queb( !c, for Pembroke. 4 ~.„. 0 zoliTtl. CT. 24 he Soverei nof Whitby, ne ri z tthoeckle Sand ' this morning, b g ui is expected LA Y flood. tl i l toeta. OCT. rNye 1 2 1 s 4 . — a T d 'he ,sloop Delight, of London, on tre.hct, has been got off, and taken lik e ake neY this rn filth ?for sh• -v :!"'..nF• , ?for Li ip. 2ralnlux, cleared at Quebec en the .Yerpo ol . - Z - _ - - 30 ' The Brooklyn, for Calcutta, has been in collision with 8% the Patrick Henry in the Rh er, and mast return into 13 dock ; the la ter sustained no damage. HULL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Blue Nose, Thornton, St. Stephen's ; Ophelia and Mary, 60 8 Quebec. upon the Stock Board and the Exchange, and every thing was dull. The fancies stood about as yesterday, with a drooping tendency. Treasury Notes also stood as yesterday, at 101, with a tendency upwards, and 101 - purchases to a considerable extent could be made. Large sums are waiting fur these notes to fall to par, when they would be eagerly seized, but the faintest glimmer of p eace with Mexico would send send them up rapidly. All out-door business was necessarily suspended by the storm, and the Henry Clay packet-ship for Liver pool, and the Duchesse d'Orleans for Havre, are de tained by the same cause. We hear of some engagements of Indian corn to Liverpool at 6d. per bushel in bags, and expect to hear of considerable shipments in the course of the fall, when the price shall have settled down to its fair average, in view of the great product of the year here and the accounts from the other side, of the good general condition of the potato root. If, however, the disease of the vegetable should fol low, in Europe, the same course which it is running here, there is no assurance that potatoes sound and fine when dug will remain so after being housed—for from various parts of New England, New York, and New Jersey, we have well authenticated statements that the rot is found very extensively in the po tatoes after being put away in an apparently sound condition. If this shall be the case in Europe, our Indian corn will still be in considerable demand. Cotton—The pressure to sell continues, and there has been a further decline of / per cent., making 1 cent. per lb. decline since last Saturday. The sales of the week amount to 4,250. Up. & Flo. Mobile &N. 0. 2,250 bales. 1,700 bales. Inferior none. 9to 9i Ord. to good ord 9l to 10-1 91 to 101 Mid. to good mid Mt to 101 10} to 10i Middling fair to fair 11 to llf 11/ to 114 Fully fair to good fair ..... 111 to 12 12 to 12/ Fine Flour—The market for the week past has been more buoyant, particularly within the last three days. The supplies are still very light for the season, which gives great firmness to the market. The late advance in England does not make any material change in prices here, the orders having come out much below present rates. The sales of the week have ranged from 5 dolls. 62ie. to 5 dolls. 81fc. for old Oswego and Genesee, and 5 dolls. 75c. to 5 dolls. 87/c. for fresh ground, and 5 dolls. 87/c. to 5 dolls. 94c. for new wheat. 2,000 barrels of fancy brands have been sold at 6 dolls. 12/c. to 6 dolls. 25c. Southern is in fair demand with sales of 400 barrels of Richmond country, and about 1,000 barrels Georgetown and Baltimore, all at 6 dolls. Rye flour is scarce and wanted at 4 dolls. 12/c. to 4 dolls. 25c. Corn meal is less plenty, and holders of Western now ask 3 dolls. About 2,000 barrels have been sold I lately at 2 dolls. 73c. to 2 dolls. 94c. ; 500 barrels Jersey at 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 50c. The receipts down the Hudson since the commencement of navi gation this season are, to sth in5tant,32722,1b2a7r,r41:17s fl barrels flour, 101,765 barrels corn meal. Exports from Ist September to 6th October, 5 SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) The Court sat this day for the disposal of cases under the Small Debts Act. COCHRANE W. SCHOLEY. This was an action to recover the sum of 41. 14s. for jewellery supplied to defendant. The plaintiff, until lately, carried on business as a jeweller in Mark lane, and defendant is a corn factor. Defendant did not appear, and the son of the plain tiff proved the order, and believed that his father delivered them. His father and mother had both died since the commencement of the suit, but were not buried. The Learned JUDGE said he was afraid he must nonsuit for want of sufficient evidence, and also as the witness had not taken out letters of administra tion; but as the time had not expired the witness had better wait on him after the funeral, when he should be advised what course to take, but if the defendant owed the money he ought not, under such circum stances, to throw obstacles in the way. DASSINGTON V. LATTER. This was an action to recover the sum of 151. on account of goods delivered. The defendant is a smith. The plaintiff's attorney, stated the case, from which it appeared that th e d e f en d ant was indebted to the amount of 1501., and had called a meeting of his creditors, and proposed a composition of ss. in the pound ; the creditors agreed to take that, or take an assignment of his estate if defendant would produce his books, but this he declined doing, on the ground that if he gave up his hook-debts he would deprive himself of the means of living. He had produced a balance sheet, and considered that sufficient. Defen dant owed plaintiff 781., and it would be necessary to bring actions on each bill as they became due. The Learned JUDGE said the defendant could not be put on his oath as to the correctness of his balance sheet, and ought to produce his books, the creditors were not compelled to take less than 20s. in the pound, which, in fact, he might be able to pay. An order was then made for payment at 11. per month. The plaintiff's attorney said, that would give 15 months to pay, whilst defendant would be defrauding the creditors, and living on their property. The Learned JUDGE said that he could not make any alteration in the order. CRIMINAL ICOURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Gmns.) HORSE STEALING.—George King, alias Rigg, de scribed in the calendar as a fishmonger, was indicted for stealing a mare, value 201. The prisoner, it appeared, brought the mare for sale to Smithfield market on the Ist of Oct. last, but having excited the suspicions of two police-officers, inquiries were made respecting the ownership, and it was subsequently found that the mare belonged to Mr. Thomas Gunton, and had been stolen from a field in the Isle of Ely on the previous evening. A verdict of Guilty was returned by the jury, and the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation. LAMB STEALING.—WiIIiam Tarrant, described as a shoemaker, was indicted with stealing ten lambs, of the value of 9/. 155., the property of Mr. Richard Smith, farmer, at Hayes, Middlesex. The case pre sented no feature of any interest. A verdict of Not guilty was returned. Grain—The supplies of wheat continue very light and the demand quite active. Among the late sales are 4,900 bushels Genesee, old and new, at 125 to 128 cents; 1,400 do. at 131 c., and 500 do. superior and Illi nois and Ohio atat 1 3 1 4 0 to o 1 1 2 3 5 5c c . e ; n 1 0 0 , ,O a r co b r u di s n h g els to Mi ci c a h a i glityan , ; at 100 to 105 c., and 5,000 bushel s S outhern in ferior, at 102 to 105 c., and good at 11 2 k to 125 c. 15,000 bushels Rye has been sold this week at 80 c. in the slip and 81 to 82c. delivered. 2,000 bushels new barley brought 75c. Oats are lower —sales at 49 to 51c. Corn was much firmer, and a few sales made at an advance of 3 or 4 cents, after the Hiber nia's arrival, but prices have since gone back. The sales amount to about 125,000 bushels within the week, varying from 62 to 63c. for heated, to 64 to 70c. for mixed ; 67 to 69c. for round yellow, closing yesterday at 63c. for heated, and 66 to 67c. for mixed, and 67 to 68c. for flat yellow. Receipts down the Hudson since the opening the navigation this season-1,461,404 bushels wheat; 3 ,080,682 do. corn ; 218,135 do. rye. Export from Sept. 1 to Oct. 5-23,972 bushels corn ; 92,733 do. wheat ; 9,490 do. rye; 8,647 do. oats. Freights—There has been but little offering this week. Flour has been taken for Glasgow at ls. 6d., and cotton at 5-16 d for round and square bales. The packet rates are as follow: MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY. The October adjourned sessions commenced this morning, at the Court-house, Clerken well. There were 81 prisoners for trial, 9 of whom were misdemeanants, the remainder being felons. Amongst the 81 prisoners there were 27 unable either to read or write ; 16 who could only read, while the remain ing 31 were described as able to read and write " imperfectly." The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said he was happy to inform them, tbat, after this day, the House of Detention for the confinement of accused parties, previous to their trial, would be ready for their reception, and the result would be most beneficial, so far as the convenience of the court and the advantage of the prisoners were concerned. The magistrates had made an arrangement by which henceforth the trial of males would be taken on Tues day, and that of females on Wednesday, and the re sult would be that it would afford the prisoners who were able to procure witnesses as to character, a greater certainty of the advantage of their testimony, because as only a day would be appropriated for the trial of each, the witnesses would be certain to be called on the first clay of their attendance, and he knew that many a friend or employer came to speak to character, and after losing one day without the trial coming on, their means would not allow them to sacrifice a second day's wages, and consequently the unfortunate prisoner lost an important advantage. Jane Price was indicted for stealing a gold watch, value 101., the property of Joseph Warren, from his person. It appeared that on the evening of the 11th inst., the prosecutor was accosted by the prisoner, who followed him, although he repeatedly desired her to go away; and at length she made a snatch at his watch which was in his waistcoat pocket, and having snapped the chain ran off with both. She was, however, stopped by a policeman, but she refused to give up the watch except the prosecutor would let her go ; and upon being taken to the station-house she endeavoured to slip it into the lap of another woman. To Liverpool—Cotton, pe rlb. 1-Bd. to 3 16d.; beef, per tierce, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; beef and pork, barrel, 25.; flour, ls. 6d.; turpentine, 25.; leather, lb., +d.; heavy goods, per ton, 255.; grain, bushel, 6d. To London--Tobacco, per hogshead, 355. to 405.; flour, 2s. 9d. to 35.; turpentine, 35.; spirits of tur pentine, per 252 gallons, 30s. to 355.; measurement goods, ton, 30s. ; heavy goods, 30s. to 355.; beef (3041b5. and 3361b5.), ss. 6d. ; beef and pork, bbl. ls. PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 8. Little of interest has transpired to-day on account of rain which, in a great measure, suspended out-door operations. Cotton remains very quiet. Flour is firmly held, but without sales, except in the usual way, at six dolls. 12c. to 6 dolls. 25c. for fair and good brands fresh ground; rye flour is held at 4/ dols., with small sales ; corn meal is more firmly held at 3 dolls. to 3 dols. 25 c. for prime ; and brandy wine wheat scarce : a small lot of Western red sold at 130 cents. Corn is in better request, with sales of 2,000 bushels good flat yellow, at 75 cents. Southern Oats sold at 42kc. Groceries steady—the only sale is 750 bags (m us t y ) Ri o C o ff ee a t 61 c t o . Tic. Provisions without any particular change, and sales limited. Whisky —small sales at 29c. to 30c. Stocks improved much this morning : no advance in Government securities, but the minor stocks ex: . hibited a disposition t owar d s recover i ng l as t .wee k s prices. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the AS SISTANT-JUDGE said that it appeared the prisoner had been twice before convicted; he should, there fore, transport her for ten years. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 30. The effect of the Britannia's news, received yes terday, had not been fully developed. The ten dency, however, was unfavourable to breadstuffs. Cotton—Sales of only 200 bales were reported, previous quotations being barely sustained. Fair quality was worth 11c. to 1 lie. ; middling to good middling, 10i. to line. Stock about 26,000 bales. Flour —Sales were light, while prices stood about the same. 500 bbls. Ohio and Illinois, good quality, sold at 4 dolls. 50c. ; St. Louis City Mills was worth 4 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 25c. Freights — Cotton o at 30 1 t 0 0 0 Corn—Sal es were light ; a few hundred sacks of yellow sold at 65 c . N othing doing in wheat. 0 , 1A d. 30 1 Liverpool, 5.8 d., and to Havre Sterling bills, 64c. to no. Treasury notes, par. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1847. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEVVMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, MONDAY. Match, 100, h f t . D .M. Lord Glasgow's Discontent, 7st 111 b, received forfeit I from Mr. Pay ne ' s S p id er, Bst 71b. Match, 200, h ft. T . Y . C . Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Lord Glas gow 's f by Hetman Platoff, dam by Ardrossan, Bst 21b. Betting -6 to 4on Woodcraft, who won in a canter by three lengths. Time, 1 mill. 20 secs. Match, 200, h ft. Last half of Ab.M. Mr. Mostyn's Tamarind, Est 71b (Ritchiner), beat Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 71b. 5t02 on Villiers. Won by a neck. Run in 48 secs. Match, Duke of Bedford's Eiithen, 7st 71b (Pettit), beat Mr. Gratwicke's Flitch, Bst 71b. 7 to 4 on Eiithen, who won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst 71b . (J. Mallon) 0 Lord Strathmore's Passion-flower, Bst ... (Nat) 0 2 to 1 on Lovelace. A dead heat. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. From the Turn of the Lands in. (45 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone (61b extra) ... Lord Exeter's Tisiphone Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher (31b extra) Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary (31b extra)... Duke of Rutland's Paladin (31b extra) Mr. Hargreave's Sunny Side 6 to 3 agst Loadstone, 2 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, 6 to 1 agst Lady Mary. Tisiphone made the running, followed by Flatcatcher and Sunny Side, the favourite lying up with them. They ran in this way till halfway between the Duke's Stand and home, where Flatcatcher gave way, and Loadstone took the second place. About halfway up the cords Loadstone challenged, and a good race home ended in his favour by half a length; Flat catcher, who was reported to be " off," a bad third. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. Match, 300, h ft; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's Tanic received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's colt by Elis, out of Tuft. Match, 200, h ft. D.M. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Cosachia, Bst 41b. Match, 100. T.Y.C. Mr. Sandford's Laura, 2 yrs, 6st 1216, received forfeit from Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b. Match, 100. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob received for feit from Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness, Bst 51b each. Match, 200, h ft; Bst each. T.Y.C. Lord Strathmore's Sincerity received 25 soya. forfeit from Mr. May's Senza. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. Criterion Course. Winner to be sold for 3501. (5 Subs.) Mr. Merton's African, aged .., ... (Robinson) 1 Mr. Rogers's Jolly Dick, 3 yrs ... • 2 2 to 1 on African, who waited till within fifty yards from home, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 22 secs. Match, 100, h ft. Last half mile of Criterion Course. Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice Consul, 7st 71b, received for. feit from Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready ; Bst 71b. BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES, ... (Nai The Beacon-hill Stakes were divided by Sir J. Bos well's Royalist and Mr. A. Graham's British Lion, and the Everley Stakes by Sir J. Boswell's Anna Theresa and Mr. Fowles's Phoebe. iL I y A swcroei LTRE. FACTS AND FIGURES FROIII ITALY. Ily Don Jeremy Savonarola. Everybody knows that Don Jeremy Savonarola amneda,nksnFowrdihnegr Prout, and that Prout means Mahony • this, "everybody (as the old saying ,, iss who can rbteebsecfroonnisidletreld as:anybody" has read Facts q an u d el Fi t g o ll Dickens. FatherPoiPfc of classic lore, antiquarian facetiousness in the correspondencertauaoyurdeltsahi b f e r i o n in g a I s t o a r l t y, of p b o y li tical Charlesse- o ntr u eut r red e m d itpi f 000nrrthr publisheda s uct eclecticthat yt f h u t ih n me in the column g s ‘ letters which from another gossip might foundmerely ephemeral budgets of have o r proved th of a distinct appearance on their completion. A huny dred years hence posterity will turn to these merry pages of Father Prout with a zest such as that with which we ourselves pore over the small-talk of good Mr. Evelyn , Secretary to the Ad m i ra l ty during the days of the erry Monarch. We will not undertake to assert that the gossip of Mr. Mahony is in like manner to be looked upon as gospel. Indeed, it was scarcely possible that chapters written on the first whisper of some novel and startling intelligence from the. Eternal City should not occasionally be marred by inaccuracies or misrepresentations. In a clever criticism upon the Peruvian works of Prescott and Tshudi. the Quarterly Review has just observed that South America is fortunate in her historian, and that Mr. W. H. Prescott is fortunate in being the historian of South America. With the necessary alterations of name and place, we might say the same of Father Prout and the Italy of Now a. days ; for modern Italy has been fortunate in her vivacious and sagacious observer, and Father Prout is peculiarly fortunate in being able to comment upon such events and movements as have latterly transpired in that noble peninsula. Of the materiel of " Facts and Figures," and particularly of the style of their composition, it would be needless to say anything; the materiel has been noised abroad and welcomed with enthusiasm by all the lovers of liberality on the habitable globe, and the style of the composition has become familiar to the readers of the j ournals—being the manner peculiar to the prose writings of this Rabellais of feuilletonists—a style racy of Milesia, sweet in the honey sucked from bookdom, and abounding with graceful turns of rhetoric and felicitous snatches of rhythm. Father Prout always writes with a gusto, but he has penned the present chapters with a relish beyond all description, for his whole heart has been in what he has written, and his whole nature has been aroused with exultation by the circumstances that have illustrated the new Pon tificate. The account of Don Jeremy himself; which is prefixed to the volum e , is, h owever, a laboured piece of pleasa n t r y, which forms an indifferent intro duction to a very attractive work. That work is divided into two parts : Part the First being " The Fag-end of an Old Reign," and Part the Second being "The Bright Dawn of Better Days." The brief interregnum between the Pontificates of Gre gory and Pius is described in " A few intercalary blank leaves between the Old Regimen and the New," purported to be filled up by the Booksellers Hack in Ordinary. Of those two most memorable epochs for Italy—the stagnant and effete one of Gregorio XVI. and the effulgent and vigorous one of Pio IX.—how much is there of a suggestive cha racter that might be hinted by a commentator! The depressive glooms of the Past—the propitious beam ings of the Future ! The remembered sorrows, and the anticipated joys ! The prolonged opprobrium of the one and the sudden glory of the other ! Father Prout has here commented upon the remi n i scen t an guish and p rospec ti ve happiness of the Italians in a I spirit of congenial liberality. And, while he depre cated the absolute policy of the late Pope he had gentleness and gen eros i ty enough to dismiss him with a panegyric, where he wro t e, on t h e 24th of May, 1846, " When he (Gregory XVI.) dies, you may fairly reproduce the words of your Lord Ilacon concerning his namesake and predecessor,—' Gregory XIIL ful filled the age of eighty-three years, an absolute good man, sound in mind and in body, temperate, full of good works, and an almsgiver.'—(Novum Oryanum, chapter on Life and Death)." On the Ist of the June following the Benedictine monk, Don Mauro Capellari, Gregory XVI. expired, and immediately afterwards Count John Mastai Ferretti was raised to the pontifical chair by the name of Pope Pius IX. That event, so glorious for Italian independence, an event, indeed, which has already resulted in the emancipation of the Italian peninsula, and in the en viable celebrity of Pope Pius, has found a passionate applauder in Father Prout. He it was who first pronounced that noblest of all panegyrics upon the reforming Pontiff,—" Fuit homo missu.s a Deo, cad nomen erat Johannes," (see p. 299.) His voice was among the first that proclaimed to England the glorious and most memorable crusade of liberality which was commenced by Pius in the City on the Seven Hills. For this alone the volume would be an acceptable addition to the libraries, even were it not rendered attractive by the caustic satire, the agreeable drollery, the spontaneous wit, and perpetual and imperturbable good humour of its accomplished author. Of the drollery of " Facts and Figures," a drollery rendered pungent by a dash of !sarcasm, we need say nothing when we refer to the mention, at p. 78, of Prince Metternich as " the old Mephistophiles of Vienna." A stoithewa is t wit, h o e l r t e al is y a single sentence :—" The state of Modena what a gradual ossification of the heart would be to the human system," (see p. 20.). Th e b oo k is ele gantly bound in the Ferretti colours, white and orange, and cannot impair the literary reputation of Mr. Mahony, alias Prout, alias Savonarola. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bert walked this morning in the slopes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise this forenoon in the grounds around the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Westmorland, and Sir Robert Peel, and attended by the Earl of Morley and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. The Queen rode out this forenoon in a pony car riage, attended by the Countess of Desert. The Equerry in Waiting attending on horseback. Mr. Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, is expected:to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Frogmore House, at half-past nine o'clock this morning, for London. The Royal Duchess re turned to Frogmore House, in the afternoon, from town. The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening, will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, the Ri g ht H on. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. Brooke, Lady Emily Seymour, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Miss L. Daw son Darner, and Sir George Couper. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half past eleven o'clock yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness left town at half-past three o'clock, on her return to Frogmore House. Mr. Masterman, M.P. and Baron R o th sc hild h a d interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday. Captain Harness, Secretary to the Railway Com mission, transacted business yesterday at the Treasury. A deputation from the Windsor Railway Company, consisting of Lord Barrington, Mr. Charles Russell, Captain Bulkeley, Mr. C. A. Saunders, Mr. J. Pilcher, Mr. A. Fowler, and Mr. Henry Daniell, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Sir James Carnegie had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. tor. Lushington had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home office. The Senate of Lubeck has authorised the following Consular appointments in Ireland : Mr. Whitmore Scovell to be Consul in Dublin. Mr. S. King to be Vice-Consul at Cork. Mr. Wm. Smyth to be Vice-Consul at Limerick. Mr. John Harrison to be Vice-Consul at Belfast. Mr. John Thompson to be Vice-Consul at Westport Mr. W. Marchand Ardagh to be Vice-Consul at Waterford. Mr. Bernard O'Slaherty to be Vice-Consul al Galway. The Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning had an in terview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. James Wilson had also an interview with his Lord ship yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing street. Lord Campbell left town on Saturday, on a visit to Lord Melbourne, at Brocket Hall. __ _ _ _ The Right Hon. Edward Strutt,ChiefCommissioner of Railways, has left town for his residence, Kingston Hall, near Derby. Dispatches for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon were sent off last evening from the Colonial office. THE LORD BISHOP or LONDON.—We have been requested to correct a statement which appeared in this journal a few days since, announcing the serious illness of the Bishop of London. The facts of the case are these :—The Bishop's foot having slipped on a polished floor, his Lordship fell, and received a violent blow on his right temple, which rendered it necessary for him to submit to medical treatment, and to avoid unnecessary fatigue. The _Right Rev. Prelate's general health, we are happy to say, is in no degree affected. —Post. THE ARMY AT THE CAPE.—The following is an extract from the letter of an °Seer at present stationed near Graham's Town :—" The abominable Kafir war is not over, nor do I see the end of it. The troops are ex posed to hardships that few at home have any idea of Fancy going on patrole for 19 days, with no tents, no waggon, wet weather, and nothing but bullocks to eat. There were at- one time 36 officers sick at Graham's Town. There are very few tents in the country, though the war has lasted above a year. Such is the bodily condition of our troops engaged in protecting the colony ; the spiritual, as may be guessed, is not more efficient. Here there is no chaplain for the troops, none to comfort the sick and the dying ; alike Sunday and week-day come round, nothing to remind them that there is a God above and a judgment to come, a heaven or a hell ; none to baptize the children—none to bury the dead. Port Natal, a rising settlement, nothing done to show that we are a Christian people. Nay, so dread ful is the state of this whole colony from neglect, that I heard it stated a short time ago by the newly appointed Bishop of Cape Town, that the Mahomedans were making converts to the creed of Mahomet from among those who were (nominally) Christians." A final dividend of sd. in the pound has just been paid, through the medium of the Court of Bankruptcy, under the estate of Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt, of Arundel, Sussex, bankers, who failed in the month of October, 1641. This, with previous payments, makes a THE DIVER HYDE'S APPARATUS— gross dividend distrib u t e d among t h e cre dit ors o f 15 s . l id. in the pound. HEINKE'S PATENTS. T h is Hyde a ne w su b mar i ne convers i ng e principal novelty in the p resen t ser i es o f ox . With reference to certain acceptances of Mr. Lackersteen having, on S a t ur d a y, b een refused p a y- hibitions here ment at his banker's, we are requested to mention that apparatus, the object of which is chiefly to enable a such refusal arose from a difference between the parties, diver to communicate more frequently and more by which anticipated facilities were suddenly withdrawn freely with those who above water assist his sub- On application at the counting-house of the acceptor, it marine operations, and have his safety and relief is stated that all bills were promptly discharged; and under their control than he can do by the contrivances such, we are informed, will continue to be the case. heretofore in use. The construction and the applies.. Mr. Colburn commences his new publishing season, tion of Mr. Hyde's invention were last eveuing very we understand, on the Ist of N ovem b er , w i t h t h e lucidly explained by Mr. Cripps in the c ourse of his eleventh Volume of Miss Strickl an d' s " Li ves o f th e v . th the diver and di v i ng -b e ll . S o far as the object lec ture and illustration s upon su b mar i ne operations Queens of En g l an d ;" a new wor k b y Willi am How i tt, with called " The Hall a n d th e H am l et ;" an d a new novel b y Mrs. Trollope, entitled " Town and Country." Mr. in view is concerned, it may be said, generally, th at Colburn has a l so severa l Hi stor i ca l and Biographical i t i s effected by the apparatus. Persons a bove _ Works of gr ea t i n t erest i mme di itely forthcoming. the water converse freely and easily through DRAlNlNG.—lmperfect under-draining is verycom- a tube with the person who is submerged, even to a mon. The f o ll ow i ng may b e taken as a good rule:— great depth. Yet the question must suggest itself, is "If water stands on the surface of a field three hours not this attained with greater risk and compl ication after rain has ceased to fall, that field is not sufficiently than the object itself is worth ?Is there not b . ano _ . drained for the cultivation of grain." Two HOUSES FALLEN IN.—An accident, demand- additional air-tube (for such it is) to rupture, vious danger to the diver fro m . the liab i lity o f tn th is ing the most serious attention, occurred on Sunday night week, about eleven o'clock. Two houses at the top of that as all the requirements of a submarine operator, very probable destruction ? Is it not further obvious, Chapel-street, Devonport, upon the building of which " " s atisfactorily supplied by means of the si gna l - di a l at Mr. Weary, build er , an d M r. Grant, builder, have been by are quite engaged about e i g ht mont h s, f ell in with great noise ; way of communication with above, present in use, it is not desirable to add to the difficul the beams and joists were fixed and both houses justo ties of his hazardous and toilsome employment, by manage, g ge him another set of apparatus to attend to and ready for roofing. What could have been the cause f the disastrous accident it is di ffi cult to say, or whether blame attaches to the builders, but the middle wall rt , when the fact is that he already finds his this new contrivance it seems to be forgotten that between the two houses appears to have been the art equipments more ctiomplicated than enough ? In that first gave way, and the stones used in th e building the situation in It the helmet-diver has to were taken from those of the old houses th at occupied work calls for the constant and steady concentration the site. Happily no individual was injured by the fall. —West Briton. f a clea r an d resolute mind, and should be kept as EARTLinuAKE IN —lt appears by a letter free° as :possible from aux ili ar y di s tr ac ti ons . Th e from an inhabitant o FRAN" f Sierac, in the departm en t o f t h e experiment, however., is an interesting addition to the Dordogne, that a pretty sharp shock of ea r th qua k e was felt there in the morning of the 15th. illustrations of the subject in this institution, and WESTERN JEWISH Gram FREE SCHOOL. —The proves very attractive. The helmet and diving dress first public examination of the pupils of this institution to which the conversing tubes, &c., are attached, are took place yesterday, at Mr. Caldwell's Academy, No. those of Mr. E. Meinke's latest patent improve -20, Dean-street, Soho. His Royal Highness the Duke ments, and although the improved contrivances of Cambridge, patron of the institution, arrived at are as simple ras they are ingenious, the twelve o'cloeic, and took the chair amid load applause, are of the very - highest importance to the safety The attendance was very numerous, and included the and comfort of the. diver, and to the facility of hrs Reverend the Chief Rabbi, the Baroness de Rothschild, t T is h p o x si n e v w id h e o d have with segelnasstehse edvievrintheh e l yes, Lady Montefiore, Baron A. de Rothschild, Mr. J. M. operations. g e met and it may be supposed that these are liable to be Johnson. Mr. S. L. de Symonds, Mr. J. P. Salomons, &c. k now that i broken, not only from being subject to an enorm ous The proceedings were of a very interesting character. pressure at certain depths, but from the accidents rni and The examination continued for three hours, and included exploded collisions which, may occur to scripture history ; catechism, comprising the decalogue, the thirteen articles of the Jewish faith, the feasts, and fasts, &c. ; Hebrew reading, and translation of prayers ; the debris of an the operator amongst English reading, grammar, arithmetic, writing, geogra- or rock. In the helmet and dress becoming of tahbeougtlasfisetlhslerdewewasitbbr fact, . wreck, or sand bank, pity, history, and needlework. A preliminary prayer at Whitstable, on e years owka e t broken, , r , ago, andth e in English, and an ode were also recited by the pupils, man was draw fitnt:dP in an exhausted state ; nor was Though the school is only twelve months in progress. the responses were all given without the slightest error h e has . e pronounced ia or hesitation, and in a manner which excited the acre: - 11t, of danger far several months. Mr. ration of all present. In no instance do we recollect having ever seen children display more intelligence, and which in the e Vent Patent slides to the helmet, by the state of the institution certainly confers the highest tune is closed of the glass giving way, the aper credit on the teachers, and the committee of ladies by incurred is titl instantly, and the only inconvenience whom it is managed. There are at present forty pupils, very e t e want of light. This would not be but the number would be much larger if the funds were The gr . a of course, if only one glass gave way. sufficient to enable the committee to pro addition of new cure a school- with pate connecting screws to the hose, room capable of accommodating all the a r patent safet pp 'cants on y caps is another im rovement of their books. Prizes were distributed to great value for ' ' P serving'of the pupils by his R l 11. the more de- ensuring safety, and a regular and oya ighness. After uninterrupted communication of air. But should which the Chief Rabbi addressed the assembla there be an i te length on the importance of pro - ge at some • _ y n rruption of the communication, by their poorer brethren, moting education among aceivient to the hose or otherwise, Mr. Heinke has THE WESTMINSTER ABBE prxwided another very beautiful contrivance to avert Dean and Chapter are o' T ALTE RATIONS. —The • aie danger at the moment •In the upper part • standing the tolerably loudging' their own way, notwithe iof the dress there is a reserve of air sufa been expressed in all ut dissent from it which has cient to support life for twenty minutes or done in the transeptsq b a u r t quarters. Nothing has yet begrn more, and the moment the supply from above ht put up, down to and against the carved stalls are bei'og is suspended, a double-acting valve is thberoug head yen, so as to get fifty,i east side of the or into play, and passes the air reserved i l n ve to the diver's The seem to be nicely dr instead of thirty, as before. piece. By the working of the same vs it will not which formerly surmounted w t n h and carved. The e•egan, comfort and health are provided fo t ii, le as helmet, so as and placed half on each side of ° it reen is to be ilivided, allow the air to be collecte d wit h i n of the head and chest. under one a the main to produce heat and oppression arches. Additional room is to b Dr. Bachboffner de question.— gamed, thfey say, for In the course of the even ing 800 persons, by the alterations i n t- 1 lecture is progress,-- -how many livered an interesting and ins rue ive e . c re upon of them will see and hear what going or, is another and the mode . of formation of the question.—Builder. the properties EXTRAORDINARY SALMON.--On Monday morning •• - 1 His illustrations were, as usual, of principa gases. most satisfactory kind, and ver y b r illi ant. 'They the a large sa l mon was caught at Sandstell flattery at the were much applauded. The new seri es o f di ssolving inches, and th e g i rt h at the thickest mouth of the Tw ee d, of the extraordinary weight of 3 views are very attractive, and the new mu . ,ic with stones and 3 lbs., or 45 lbs. It s length was 4 feet 5 part 2 feet 2f which they are accompanied, reflects great credit on inches. This immense fish was said to be the largest the skill and taste of Dr. Wallis, the able. director of ever caught in the Tweed.—Berwick Warder. music to the instituti on . - POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) James Panthar was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Covington and Co., wharfingers and lighter men, of the City-road-wharf, City-road. It appeared that the prisoner had been entrusted with a cheque: for 9/. gs. to pay a tax-collector a sum of 2/. 25., and after that to disburse the balance in the payment of several petty accounts, but it was found that several of those which he had entered as paid had been left unpaid. He had also received a sum of 13s. 4d. from a customer of the firm, named Jackson, for which he had failed to account. The prisoner was remanded to Wednesday, to pro cure the attendance of several of those to whom the prisoner said he had paid the money. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) No less than eight charges were brought forward, one after the other, in which no individual appeared to prosecute, and on inquiry neither of the policemen who took the various parties into custody knew any thing of the matter. On the Bth charge being brought forward, two very respectably-dressed females were placed in the dock, one of whom had been bailed out, but the other not, and police-constable II 135 stating there was no prosecutor, and that he did not see the assault complained of, Mr. YARDLEY observed, " This is not the first time I- have had to complain of the conduct of policemen in taking parties into custody without being ac quainted with the real facts of the case. Here have I had no less than ten individuals brought before me this morning charged with frivolous offences, in which it is more than probable, from the non appearanco of the parties charging, that they were themselves the aggressors, and thus a double injury has been inflicted. I hope this will not occur again, or I shall be under the necessity of adopting some steps to put a stop to a practice so highly reprehensible." THE ROYAL PALACE AND THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO ITS FORMER MAJESTY AND ELEGANCE.—The build ing has been carried up very rapidly, and has now reached its height, with the exception of the central por tion. We regret to say that its effect is even less satis factory than it was in our engraving. Its characteristic is littleness : of monumental character, originality, elegance, there is none. So far from being more than an striking l inary piece of street architecture, it is infinitely less entrance i t s han singularlysom e that a n could an d s b h o a b n b a y n . d B . t shabby.—B ui l der. state WHOLESALE PLUNDER IN THE POTTERIES. —Great excitement has existed in ticularly in the neighbourhood of Fenton, by the dis covery of a very extensiv e system o f ro bb er y by wo r k. people f rom t h e manufactories of Stoke, and Mr. C. J. A of Alderman Copeland, from the es t a bli shment of the , of Fenton, but chiefly persons wer e t a k en i nto e tho latt er gen tl eman . F our ; and th e articles custody, two of whom were fe malesund are sufficient to fill t wo large crates, and include o namessome of a v er y cos tl y descrip tion. Two men, of th e William Harrison, have been n of William Ed w ard s an d former being a " packer" at th comraitted f or t r i a l— t h e Alder man Copeland, and who, for manyemanufactory o f filled] a similar situation at Mr. le s a o r a s ,s previously, had and the latter by trade a tailor, at Fenton. manufactory, The two fe males were admitted as evidence against t h orn. —Staff or d Advertiser. THE LATE MADAME ALBEHTAZZI.--ner Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to forward to Miss Howson a donation of IN. for the benefit of the children of her late lamented sister, Madame Albertazzi. DEAL, OCT. 24.—The Trinity Beacon, recently placed on the South Galloper, Goodwin Sand, has dia .:appeared. Last night a severe gale from the westward -was experienced here. THE POWER OF THE PRESS.-111 the year 1272, the wages of a labouring man were just three-halfpence per day ; and at the same period the price of a Bible well written out was 301. sterling. Of course a common labourer in those days could not have procured a Bible with less than the entire earnings of 13 years. Now a beautifully printed copy of the same book can be pur chased with the earnings of half day.--lierwick Ad vertiser, 5 11% THE UNITED STATES THREE DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. Another rapid passage of 16 days, made by the splendid packet-ship Henry Clay, Captain Nye, has placed us in possession of advices from New York to the 9th instant, being three days later than those brought by the Sarah Sands. Failures in New York there appear to be none, the only one which is reported to have occurred being at Rushville, and is named the " Merchants' Insurance and Trust Company," which is the " Western Institution " alluded to in the card of the " Ohio Life and Trust Company" of New York, as on whose account their business with Gowers, of London, was done. With regard to the Bank of New York, the Express says— "An idle rumour has been put in circulation by a daily print that the Bank of New York was a large sufferer by the failures in London. This has arisen from the fact that the Bank of the State of New York has lost heavily; people have probably con founded the two by the similarity of names. The old Bank of New York is a model for all others; it has always used its funds to accommodate its cus tomers, and not departed to the right hand or the left, and never having entered into the dangerous practice of becoming brokers, by the buying and sell ing of foreign exchange. "A correspondent of the Indiana State Journal speaks moat favourably of the prospects of the state debt. The old bonds, it is said, are coming in rapidly, and a very considerrble sum is expected from Europe (perhaps a million) by the steamer of the 15th or last of October. The amount of principal and in terest now surrendered cannot vary much from eleven millions, and it will reach twelve by the meet ing of the Legislature. This is doing immeasurably better than any friend of the law (even the most sanguine) expected. It is no longer doubtful about the exchange of the entire debt of Indiana, and the complete success of the arrangement. Every citizen of Indiana will rejoice at the prsspect ; and even the opponents of the measure, whose honest fears made them doubt, will be glad that their efforts did not succeed." Exchange on England remained firm at 9 to 91, but with little doing after the departure of the Sarah Sands. Notwithstanding the greatly decreased ship ments of bread-stuffs to this country, as an evidence of which an engagement of Indian corn is quoted to this port at sixpence the bushel, hopes were enter tained that the much larger stock of cotton which re mained for shipment than in ordinary years would prevent the exchange rising higher in favour of this country. This, however, cannot be looked upon as a sufficient reason to obviate shipments of gold to our shores, for if 10i to 11 per cent. has been willingly paid for short Bank bills, it is clearly the interest Of remitters to avoid even this risk in the present state of affairs, and incur an extra half per cent. expense in the sending of hard coin. No later accounts from Mexico had come to hand. The correspondent of the New York herald, at Wash ington, thus writes as to the future intentions of the United States Government : " In view of the momentous posture of affairs in Mexico an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day. It was resolved to immediately recal Mr. Trist, and to abandon all further attempts at conciliation. The condition of the President's health precluded the possibility of arriving at any definite conclusion as to the future course to be pursued. But one thing is certain, that all that remains of the old Government is to be prostrated, and one of our own erected in its stead. " The opinion of the Cabinet is unanimous, that to withdraw our army within the limits designated as those which our Government would have been hitherto willing to accept as the future boundary of the United States, would be but to prolong the war indefinitely, and to expose unnecessarily the lives of our soldiers. On the crumbling ruins of the military despotism which has swayed the destinies of the Mexican people for the last twenty-three years must be erected a temporary Government, half military, half territorial, which shall secure to us the revenues of the country, and protect the citizens in the enjoyment of tran quillity, and in the safe prosecution of their com mercial and industrial pursuits. The public mines will be seized, a tariff of duties levied in every port, I and the roads will be opened to admit the free cir culation of the stream of commerce through every avenue, to the heart of the country. The character of the war will be entirely changed. Hitherto it has been to conquer a peace. Henceforth it will be to maintain the Government we are about to erect. Hitherto it has been offensive. Henceforth it will be almost wholly defensive, at the same time that the largest discretion will be given the commanding ge neral to act on the offensive or defensive, according as the execution of his measures for the pacification of the country may require. " The Secretary of War has received a letter from a most reliable source at Vera Cruz, the writer having uninterrupted communication with the city of Mexico, which, although of a later date than the account which represents Generals Worth, Smith, and Pillow as killed by the explosion of a shell in a powder ma gazine, makes no mention of such a rumour. Had such a disaster occurred, the writer would have been certain to hear it, and would have as certainly com municated it in his letter. The explosion may have taken place and killed a number of our men, but it is improbable that the three generals named would have been all on one spot and all killed by the same accident. The mail of this evening brings no dis patches to clear up the doubt. " Let us do them justice, those Mexicans. They fought well and bravely before the gates of their capital. It would be unjust to the prowess of our own brave men to say they met an unresisting enemy. They did not. Right valiant was that re sistance, and such as Americans love to meet. The last grand struggle of the Mexican people was worthy of the pristine glory of the Aztecs. " In the absence of any explanation or contradiction of i Tris o Trist negotiation asha en tertainedvingansubjecting t integral part of the United States territory, it would r ros be unjust to censure that gentleman. It is difficult to th the rep aopt oposit in representing ub M o that a subject of believe that he could have done so. Such a step would f have subjected him to the severest censure his Government, as it would have made doubt and argument about which the United States . New Mexico . raised could not suffer a question to be was equally a subject of positive instruction, and Mr. Trist had the strictest injunctions not to enter. taro any proposition embracing a line across from the western boundary of New Mexico north of the port of San Diego, as that port is destined to be even more valuable to us than San Francisco. Touching each of these points, he is said to have demanded forty five days to consult his Government, for the purpose of ascertaining whether each should be a sine qua non. Until Mr. Trist's report of the transactions be re ceived judgment should be suspended. "If the negotiations had been conducted in good faith the Wilmot proviso would have had one result— it might have retarded the conclusion of a treaty. The projet submitted by the Mexican Commissioners, contained an article prohibiting slavery in whatever territory might be ceded by Mexico to the United States. No doubt the Council of Ministers took their cue from the supporters of the Wilmot proviso in this country. " The secret history of the negotiation on the part of Mexico, would doubtless show that Santa Anna, really desirous of peace himself, was overruled by those about him. The instruction in no case to enter tain a proposition embracing the 26th degree as a boundary, would seem to argue that he was not averse to a settlement on the basis of a line north of 26. Nothing shows so plainly that the people of Mexico are averse to peace, as the fact that Santa Anna is still for war, He may be regarded as a political barometer, by which the feelings of the people may be judged of. He is still, beyond all question, the most dangerous man in Mexico." WASHINGTON, OCT. 5, 1847.—We have no later returns from Mexico than those in your possession some days ago. The rumours of the dangerous and disastrous posi tion of the American troops between Jalapa and Puebla, coming chiefly from Mexican sources, are for the interim discredited to a very large allowance; as is also the report of the destruction among the Ame rican troops in the hot and bloody work in and about the Mexican capital since the two grand opening battles. But enough is known here to satisfy the Cabinet that there is no peace—no prospect of peace ; and that the forces of Gen. Scott, meantime, imperatively demand prompt and liberal reinforcements. Upon this duty of strengthening the arms of Gene ral Scott, the Cabinet has been in session to-day; and the vigorous prosecution of the war was the only opinion mentioned, thought of, or acted upon, re specting affairs in Mexico. The publication of the correspondence between the Mexican Commissioners and Mr. Trist throws but little new light on the subject beyond that we have already published. The Mexican documents de cidedly carry the palm in the matter of diplomacy. A severe storm had flooded all the roads between Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, &c., carrying away bridges, and stopping all communication but by means of the telegraph. The commercial information that follows is from the latest sources : FRIDAY NIGHT. A driving rain storm out of doors S had its effect HOP DUTY. The following is an Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the Year 1847, for the under-men tioned Districts, distinguishing the Old from the New Duty : Districts. Gloucester Isle of Wight Lincoln Lynn ... Surrey Suffolk Sussex Duty. • £1 17 111 ... 8,001 16 6k .. 363 3 71. 60 4 4 ••• 10 1 44 ••• 1,266 12 2i •••100,377 6 11 110,081 2 11 Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 60,282 11 1 4-20 New duty, at 8.20 ... 44,556 13 4116-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 5,241 17 7i n £llO,OBl 2 li s A7co a us received.tatn neral. NOTE.—The returns from the remainder o f th e districts will b L e . pu s b . li L sh y e N d a E s ° , 25, 1847. Excise-office, London, Oct. " W en h i i n le g :OS FIRE AND NARROW EsCEAPaEstit:papsetr be tween the hours of six and seven, a fire that at one time situate e en a ed t t 6 h , e I m v o e s e t d d ,s i . s p a i s a tr e o e us consequences to life and property, broke out in the midst of a clump of houses, street, St. Luke's, in the tenure part f rt se o v f e t r h a e l poor families. aed The flames com men ced in the back room first-floor, but from what ag enc y co uld not be ascertained. At the ti me of the h ioutbreakldren, were on in eo f the the ulodgers, Mrs. Green, di with her two had it not been for the opportune discovery and the praiseworthy exertions of a neighbour, it is quite pro bable that a loss of life would have ensued. The brigade engines from Whitecross-street station, with Mr. Mallett, the head engineer, quickly attended, but owing to the distance of the burning building from een the ace p o u m b p li l c ished 1 tho roughfare, it was found necessa r y to a ttach nearly 300 thefe feet o flames of hose to were the happily engine ufi the uec i te a firemen nnthodteo pt extinguishedchr o ee u rm l di effects, s e r s e a c f u h the burnin g p roper ty ; that having b which they or i g i na t e d, but they wore lostunt th ilth ei e r wfuhronleituorfet,hewfeaamriinlig apparel,es residing in the plac e h a d thereby leaving them without a place to put their heads in for the night. A more abject scene of misery can scarcely be conceived ; one poor woman with a child, stated that she had not only lost everything that she pos sessed, but also the work she had in the room belonging to her employers. Her escape was most miraculous, flames having caught her dress, and consumed nearly the whole of the back portion before she could get into the open air. MODEL LODGING-HOUSES roR RESPECTABLE ME cnAmcs are suggested by a correspondent of the Builder, with such additional conveniences or comforts as 3s. 6d. a week or more might well afford beyond those now ob tained for Is. 6d. and 29, by the lower clams. MONDAY MORNING. 8 to 1 agst Gisell e 14 to 1 agst Blackbird -9 to I agst Patriot 15 to 1 agst Hydrangea 10 to 1 agst Geraldine 15 to 1 agst Queen Mary 12 to 1 agst Vanish 40 to 1 agst The Widow Newcourt is not expected to start. NEW MATCHES, &c. WEDNESDAY. Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Bst 71b, agst Colonel Anson's Contessa, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. THURSDAY. Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. Payne's Clementina, 6st 51b. T.M.M. 300, h ft. Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bed ford's Fistiana, 7st 101 b. Cambridgeshire Course. 200, h ft. Mr. Sandforth's Kimblesworth agst Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary. 200, h ft.—Off by consent. FRIDAY. Mr. Lowther's •Black Doe, Bst 71b, agst Lord Stratb, more's Passion-flower, fist 41b. 50, h ft. T.Y.C. SATURDAY. Mr. Payne' s Clementina, Bst 41b, agst Duke of Bed ord's Villiers. First half of Ab.M. 200, h ft. Lord Strathmore's The Switcher receives 25/. forfeit torn Mr. Crawford's Humdrum. The weather was fine, but the attendance was not by any means so great as we have been in the habit of witnessing at the commencement of the Hougton Week, and the list, which contained no less than fourteen stakes and matches, produced only six races. The defeat of Flatcatcher was the sole feature of the day, and this did not appear to take anybody by surprise ; he is said to have been lame for some days past. 'BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT, 11 o'CLocit. 9to 1 agst Queen Mary--t 30 to 1 agst Wanota 10 to 1 agst Giselle 33 to 1 agst Fistiana 10 to 1 agst Geraldine 33 to 1 agst War Eagle 12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 35 to 1 agst Sagacity 12 to 1 agst Blackbird 40 to 1 agst Dulcet 15 to 1 ag s t P a t r i o t 40 to 1 agst Th e Wid ow 15 to 1 agst Vanish 50 to 1 agst Deriades 20 to 1 agst Collingwood 50 to 1 agst Prior of St. 20 to 1 agst Foreclosure Margaret's • 28 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 1,000 to 15 agst Valiant 1,000 to 15 agst Rufus ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Selling Handicap. D.M. Blind Hookey, aged, Bst 121b—Doleful, 5 yrs, Bst 31b —Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Fisticuff, aged, Bst 11b— Master Stepney, 5 yrs, Bst—Palma, 3 yrs, Tat 81b— Spider, 3 yrs, 7st 11b. Sweepstakes. Last half of A.B.M. Winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Will-o'-the Wisp, 3 yrs—John Harris, 5 yrs—Wee Bit, 3 yrs—Rosaura, 5 yrs—Cherry, 4 yrs—Nell Cook, 4 yrs. 501. Feather Plate. Last three miles of B.C. Camera Obscura, 4 yrs — Martingale, 3 yrs—Farrella, 3 yrs—Vanity, 3 yrs—Dacia, 2 yrs—Gr f by Don John out of Prizeflower's dam, 2 yrs—Minto, 2 yrs—The Pope, by St. Francis, 2 yrs—Novice 2 yrs—Br fby Giovanni, out of Sili str i a, 2 yrs—Pius IX, 2 yrs—Br c by Scroggins, out of Jill, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes. First half of Ak. M. Winner to be sold for Glance, Whitewall, and Jest. 70.. Handicap Plate of 1004 D.L John Harris, 5 yrs, Bst 91 b—Fisticuff, aged, Bst 31b— Mathematician, 3 yrs, Sst 31 b—Sheraton, 4 yrs, Bst 31b —St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b—My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 91b —Rosin the Beau 4 yrs, 7st 71b—C o l um b us, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Spectator, aged, 7st 61 b—Pimento, 6 yrs, 7st 6 1b—Shelford, 4 yrs, 7st 51b —Camera Obscura, 4 yrs, 7st 31 b—Tuft-hunter, 3 yrs, 7st 3 1b—Alboni, 3 yrs, 7st 21 b—Cosachia, 3 yrs, 7st— Fergus, 3 yrs, Est Mb—Vanity, 3 yrs, Est 1 11b—Ta -9 rella 3 yrs, Est 111b—R esolution, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b Flitch, 4 yrs, Est 101 b. 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln continuation of my last letter on the Hough ,on meeting, which I brought down to Wednesday morning, I resume my task with a Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for two years old, and for which at least five will come to the post, probably, Carthage, Hecuba, colt by the Earl of Richmond, colt by hat catcher, and Buckstone; they are one and all a very in ferior crew to pick a winner from, none of them can be relied on, but I think Bucksto•ne or the Ratcatcher colt will catch the judge's eye first, Hecuba and the Earl of Richmond colt being well up. On Thursday, Surplice or :Loadstone, in all proba bility the latter will win with ease the Glasgow Stakes, Backbiter second, and the Camada colt third. A Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, Blaze will walk over for. The numerous matches on: the tapir are, in my opinion, destined to come oil' thils:— Eiithen, Bst; 71b, will beat Impertinence colt, 7st 51b. Pavilion, Bst 71b, will beat Miss Whip filly, Bst 71b. Chapelgowrie, Bst 71b, will beat Sir Oliver, ist 71b. Blackcock, 7st 101 b, will beat Villiers, Bst 71b. Administrator, Bst 71b, will beat Bridle, Bst 41b. Clementine, 6st 51b, will beat Wolfdog, Bst 121 b. Rough and Ready, Bst, will beat Valecia, Bst. Tom Tulloch, Bst 71b, will beat Cynynion, Bst 71b. Queen Mary, Bst 31b, will beat Kimblesworth, Bst 71b. Crczier, Sat 71b, will beat Chainbearer, Bst 71b. My Mary, Bst 71b, will beat Rosin the Beau, Bst. Woodcraft, ist 71b, will beat Discontent, Bst 131 b. Sable, Bst 71b, will beat Actwon filly, Bst 41b. Miami, Bst 71b, will beat Miss Whip filly, ist 1 I lb. Watchdog, 7st 71b, will beat Rough and Ready, Bst 71b. The Switcher, 12st 61b, will beat Humdrum, 13st. Garyowen, Bst, will beat Socundus, Bst. Pyrrhus the Fist, Bst 71b, will beat Bridle, ist 21b. Loadstone's superior performance to day in the Criterion has gained him a host of admirers, and at the present reading he may be accounted first favourite for the Epsom race, 10, 11, and 12 to I having been taken freely after his victory this afternoon, in fact it would nct surpris'me were he to oust his stable companion Surplice completely from his advanced position in the odds, and remain during the winter the champion of the Goodwood stable. Woodcraft's easy victory to-day, in his match with the Iletman Platoff filly, has confirmed Glendower in his position of 15 to 1 in t he Derby odds. I remain of the same: opinion with respect to the Cambridgeshire, believing firmly that nothing can beat that much fancied trio, Geraldine, Lady Wildair, and Hydrangea. Nat, I understand, is to be taken off Lady Wildair and placed upon Vanish, with what effect time will show. Newcourt is amiss and not likely to start; in other respects the list ofstartfirs, with the addition of The Widow, will be pretty correct. My analysis of the entries for the Nursery Stakes I will give as soon as known.--1 am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Newmarket, Monday af',,ernoon, Four o'clock. TILE GREAT WILTSLIIRE CHAMPION COURS ING MEE'L'ING—SITURDAY. The Great Western Cup of 3201. was won Miller's Merry lass, beAting by Mr. Canute. Sir James Boswell' s Ki ng The Druid Cup of 3noL was won by Captain 'Wynd ham's Wildfi re , and 2lr. Long' s Lord George, who divided. The Stonehenge Dog Puppy St a k es were won by Mr. Miller's Merry Lad ; and the Elstone *take for Bitch Puppies, by his Mir 4,010.. .....‘• i' S• w ere [wet n of ined odi' vett rail'