The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

410 4 ._ Now read,' at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., THE JESUIT AT CAMBRIDGE.' By Sir GEORGE STEPHEN. Ono of the blot written 'levels published for many years, both as regards its exiMnat purpose and vigorous style. Nothing can b* mar sestet to trut i kjiisu the author's painting of the scenes of col ego life."—Messillp% This vigorous protest against Jesuitical growth displays etM sunnate literary tag, and is a production of infinite talent."-e-Somer set Gazette. Henry VP, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. - - RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends the Public for their continued support and patronage, and announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., eke place every War,:ensoav, at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday and Friday, a.; hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, (mita, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully racippeted to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates taist be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares ffected by private c.mtract, every day, as usual. Oftices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE LOYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING Will be presented RORY O'SIORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, 31ise Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, ikc.. &c. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; Mary White, Miss Woolgar; Male. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE CARPENTERS OF LAMBETH ; or, The Bride of the Thames. Characters by Messrs. Dale, Hicks, Searle, and Miss Vincent. After which, BLCK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Hicks; Black- Eyed Susan, Miss Vincent. To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. Boxes, is.; Half-price, 6d.; NI, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Doors o➢en at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPIIITHEITRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING A grancl Grecian and Fairy Legend etititled THE PRINCE OF PYPI1118; or tte Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, supported by the talented Ar tistes of the Establishment, in the carious modes of eque,stration, with Turpin's Ride to York. Mr. Batty will shortly introduce the smallest Elephant In Europe, just imported by Captain Stephens, from Ceylon. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadtbot. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Representation of SkIkIiSPERE'S BIRTH-PLACE. Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge across the Lake. On -Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings. The celebrated Baud of the Establishment, seleeted from the Queen's Private Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's Band, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, and Jullien's Army and Navy Quadrilles; Daylight View of Gib raltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's Birth Pi ace, from Draw ings by Alfred Crowquill. Porcelain Tower at Nankin. Concluding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feedii , g the Animals at half-pest Four; Concert at half-past Five; Fireworks, at half-past Eight. No extra charge. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. Smith, Birmingham.—The bet does not stand good one of the horses having been scratched. WEATHER.—SBN OFFICE, SEPT. 21. TrIEUMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest. 62 ; Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND S.W.; cloudy. iU& U wATF..II AT LONDON-BRIISCIE THIS DAY. n:Nic k rninz.. 43 minutes after 10. j Evening .. 20 athletes after 11 , .. • „ . ~..,,,, ~ - . V--tiii.',, - r< / k q p 2. , •, air . so ,, AL ~ . , ~,.. • .6 ? . no. ,--; „,---,.. , ort - . , i1n..,, , . 1., CA. , ,e - ning "itn/6 LOND:)N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1847. We yesterday" pointed out the injurious conse quences that have been occasioned by the unusual scarcity and dearness of money, which has led to the embarrassments of houses of the highest respectability, which at other times and under other circumstances would have had no difficulty whatever in obtaining all the accommodation they might reasonably require, and thus have been enabled to weather the storm, and to have more thin retrieved their position. Already we are rejoiced to say the indications of returning prosperity are beginning to manifest themselves. No new casualties or stoppages took place in the City yesterday, and there was a marked improvement in the price of Consoia and other Government and first class securities, which may be looked upon as an un failing test of more favourable financial prospects. The improvement in Consols during the day was no less than per cent. A stronger proof could not be afforded of the real strength of our resources, and the soundness of the position of our banking, mercantile, and trading interests, and, above all, of a return of that confidence £0 essential at all times, but mon especially so at a period of difficulty and pressure, when the operation of the monetary enactments re strain the banks from making those advances which could otherwise be made with safety to themselves, and so much advantage to the public. The state ments that have been published of the assets of some of the suspended houses clearly show that the cala mity which has taken place has not been occasioned by any want of caution, prudence, or solvency on the part of the principals. We publish in another part of The Sun an account of the liabilities and credits of the firm of SANDERSON and Co., from which it appears that the total amount owing by them, not covered by equivalent security, amounts to 1G8,420/.—against which (and also against the responsibility on the bills running, which it is to be hoped will not be very weighty), there are assets held by the fiam amounting to 250,000/., and the separate property of the partners, amounting to 188,0001., showing a surplus of 278,580/., after providing full satisfaction for every claim. Is it possible to find a stronger condemnation of the system by which men of unblemished integrity, meriting compliments such as that which was paid to Mr. SANDERSON, should be driven to a temporary stoppage by the effects of the restrictions and impediments imposed upon the com merce and enterprise of the country by laws which, in seasons of prosperity are utterly useless, but which in anything like a period of pressure aggravate the difficulties to a fearful extent ? Thele are many reasons why we may fairly look for a more propitious season. A harvest far beyond the average has been gathered in, affording a certain promise of an ample and abundant supply of food for the people. It is not in the British dominions alone that this cheering prospect is apparent. There is happily, a similar appearance of plenty in all parts of the globe, so that there is no danger of a defi ciency of the means of livelihood in any nation. Our foreign exchanges generally are in a very favourable position, so that there will be no occasion for a further abstraction of gold from the coffers of the Bank,..in order to keep them in our favour. On the contrary, as it will be snore profitable for our clfstomers in other lands to send gold for the payment of their engagements, than to purchase bills at the high prices they command, and, as very little will be required for the importation of corn for some time to come, there will be a considerable increase to the stock of bullion in the country, and as a necessary consequence, to the amount of notes that will be sent into circulation. These . considerati ons s h ou ld c h ec k t h e pan i c or want of confidence by which many weak-minded men are influikced at the first appearance of distress or embarrassment in the country. They withdraw their capital from circulation, and hoard it up, at the very time that its use would really be most valuable to themselves, as well as beneficial to the public. The effects of this hoarding is just as injurious to the country for the time being as if the same quantity of money was altogether destroyed, or sent to other nations. Each person who does so conceiving, perhaps, that there can be no harm in his seguringThimself, practically adds to the difficulties of the country ; every sovereign he locks up dimi nishes the cikulation by twice that extent, because it is not merely the gold he puts by, but an equal sum in paper that must be kept from the public under the operation of the Aart of 1844. Now that the tide has turned, that the funds are again riiing, and confidence is beginning to be re stored, we trust that there will no longer be any occasion for the g4loomy forebodings that have been indulged in for some time past, and which have so greatly aggravated the difficulties that had to be en countered. The houses that have survived the shock will have given the strongest evidence of their stability, and m2y fairly look for increased facilities in their future dealings, while the dangers and embarrassments that have taken place will lead all persons interested in the commercial prosperity of the country to in quire into and investigate the causes that have led to such untoward results ; and when they have satisfied themselves that they are fairly ascribable to the present state of the banking laws, and the re striction, thereby- imposed upon our trade and commercti a . unitesal demand w ill arise for a free tine in mey, and the abolition of these vexatious enactments— a demand which, coming from all classes in the community, must prove irresistible. Thus good may arise from the past evils, and by their very weight and magnitude we may speedily be freed from the grievances under which we might otherwise have been oppressed for a long series of years. M. EYNARD grumbles, but pays. There is some consolation in that—both to the Government of Great Britain and the Administration of COLETTI. Be it remembered, through all the uncertainties of the Greek loan—M. ETNARD grumbles, but pays. He grumbles in his communications with Lord PAL MERSTON, he grumbles in his interviews with Lord NORMANDY, he grumbles in his dispatches to COLETTI, he grumbles—and very lustily, too—in the columns of the Presse and the Journal des Debats. But he pays. With the punctuality of Antonio, he is at all hazards prepared to satisfy his creditor. Were M. EYNARD without the cash, he might possibly carry his mercantile punctilio 3 as far as the Merchant of Venice—he might possibly unkutton• his waistcoat for the carving•knife of the English Shylock. So far he might arouse the admiration of his Attic Bassanio—COLETTl—by the magnanimity of his self- sacrifice. There, however, the resemblance would terminate; for, unlike the generous Antonio, M. ErNmen would assuredly nullify his heroic self forgetfulness —by grumbling. He would bare his breast for the scales and the weapon—and grumble. To M. EYNARD, we doubt not, this parallel will be peculiarly acceptable, since, in his estimation, England is proving as obdurate a creditor as SHTLOCK. It is amusing to read the lamentations of this un fortunate gentleman, copied from the Presse into The Sun of yesterday. His " appeals " to the Minis try are so plaintive, his monetary and admo nitory advice to COLLETTI is so self-evident, his allusions to Lord PALMERSTON are so fretful! Besides which he is irate with the journals of London. Entertained, however, as we may be with his epistolary wailings, we must be satisfied at the promptitude with which the first instalment upon the Greek debt, amounting to 500,000 f., was paid up yesterday by his bankers, MM. G. ODIER and Co. On the 20th of September the Bill arrived at matu rity—on the 20th of September it was not dishonoured ! The engagement made to the British Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries has been fulfilled, and the assurances forwarded to Athens by M. ',EYNARD on the 31st of August have been realised. From the punctuality evinced in this transaction by the individual who became individually responsible for ,the Grecian Government, we cannot but think that his expressions of dissatisfaction are entitled to some consideration. Extravagant as the remarks of M. EYNARD are, he has shown himself to he so much a man of his word that it becomes a reasonable courtesy to examine the meaning of his diatribe against the Foreign Secretary of her Bri e tannic MAJESTY, and to refute arguments which would be otherwise unworthy of even the most cursory allusion. Briefly, then, the malcontent is astonished at the rigour (as he is pleased to consider it) with which the British Ad ministration insists upon the payment of the periodical instalments due to us from the Athenian Treasury. That the demands of England are not rigorous in themselves is manifest to every one—other. wise the ordinary demands of any creditor in Christendom might be viewed as extortionate. They are regarded, therefore, even by M. EYNARD, as only relatively rigorous. And how, let us inquire, are they considered relatively ? Why-0 ! Spirjt of Absolutism, how infectious art thou become in the atmosphere of Paris !—England is rigorous when compared with Russia! " The Emperor NICHOLAS likewise might require payment in full," says M. EYNARD, " and, mltertheless, at monarch unites moderation With patience." ceforth let the pro verb be—at lead. to M. EYNARD—" As generous as the Czar"—" As forgiving as the Autocrat"—" As patient as the Emperor of all the Russias." Were poor Lipis.a BLANCHARD alive ~to continue his physioiWcal treatise upon Duns, he might find a fruitful theme for disquisition in the discovery M. EYNARD that there is an antipathy to demanding money inherent in the blood of the Muscovite poten tate. SWIFT'S punning discovery of the origin of the name of SARPEDON (Sir-pay-down), or of ALEXANDER THE GREAT (All-eggs-under-the-grate), was nothing compared with the dunning discovery of M. Er- N ARD. The Dean of St. Patrick has been sur passed, both in originality and absurdity, by the Philo-Hellenic capitalist, who loves to dabble in the monetary dilemmas of Greece. England, therefore, is a rigorous creditor only relatively with Russia But M. ETNARD is filled with amazement at the harshness of the powerful Ministry of Great Britain in its behaviour towards " a feeble State" like that of King OTHo. And what, we should like to know, in Heaven's name, is this harshness ? England requires that Greece should liquidate the debts incurred by the loan, not in " a lump," but by instalments, not from an impoverished exchequer, but from one which, with the most moderate honesty and tact, would be capable of yet further disbursements, not from a country depressed by agricultural calamities, commercial depreciation, or diminished resources, either civil or maritime, but from a country which M. EYNARD himself acknowledges to have an agri culture, a commerce and a navy " in every respect prosperous." It is because with all the capacity to satisfy the demands of its legal creditors, the Grecian Government is so involved in extravagance, the Grecian Ministry is so notorious for peculation, and the Grecian revenues are so squandered upon idle or nefarious undertakings that the responsibilities of the kingdom only accumulate, and its creditors are left to whistle even for the most niggardly instal ments. These are the facts which justify Lord PALMERSTON in a firmness of purpose which, to the diseased judgment of M. ETNARD, appears nothing better than a rigorous and extor tionate exaction. Carp, however, as he may at the determination evinced in all the communica• tions issued from Downing-street in reference to the Greek loan, M. EYNARD has compensated us for his insinuations by the punctuality of his payments. He has grumbled on the 16th of Sep tember, but he has authorised MM. G. Onma and Co. to pay 2 0,0001. to the order of the British Government on the 20th. He has prevaricated in the journal, but he has been guided by the principles of rectitude in the banking-house. He has not -en hanced the guilt attached to himself by a sin of commission by the shame resulting from a sin of omission. To the disgrace of calumny he has not added the ignominy of swindling. His letters have already rendered him an object of ridicule, but his ready payment of yesterday's instalment saves shim from becoming an object of contempt and obloquy. The Grand Council of the Canton of Berne, on the 12th instant, on the motion of M. OCIISENBEIN, voted a credit of 230,000 E to put the two first contingents of the army in a state of efficiency to take the field. M. OCIISENUEIN, in proposing the vote, said he con sidered it extremely probable that the resolution of the Diet ordering a dissolution of the Sonderbund would be carried into execution by force of arms. The latest intelligence from Naples represents that capital is tolerably tranquil, but the insurrection is, it is said, progressing in Sicily. The Bilancia, of the 7th, states that the Austrians have not diminished their garrison in Ferrara, and the inhabitants scarcely dare quit their houses after nightfall. The municipality of Ancona has pur chased on its own account from France 1,400 muskets, :300 of which have arrived at Osimo ; at Rimini the clergy made a collection for the purchase of arms for the civic guard. At Modena the slightest occurrence may cause a revolution to break out. The Duke having expressed a desire to his troops that they should take anew the oath of allegiance to him, they replied that they would take no oath except to fight for the indepen dence of the country, and against the tyrannical pre tensions of foreigners. The Roman journals are forbidden to publish any account of the state of affairs in Naples, and the Government of Naples intercepts all letters which contain any infmmation as to the course of events in Sicily. Madrid papers of the 14th instant have arrived. The Courtier Francais is prohibited in Spain on account of the personal nature of its attacks on the character of the QUEEN. The Eco del Comercio asserts that agents of the French Government are at present in Madrid endeavouring to corrupt the garri son, and to engage them in revolt, while the Heraldo inveighs bitterly against Mr. BULWER for having given information to the Minister of the Interior of a plot for getting possession of the QUEEN'S person as her MAJESTY was going to the theatre. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 14.—Three per Cents., 261 paper ; Five per Cents., 17f cash; Debt without Interest, 5f ; Exchange on London, 48f. 70c. We have received the Papers of Sunday. The Moniteur contains the following " The Moniteur of the 31st ult. announced a noti fication made by the Government of her Britannic Majesty, on the occasion of a visit to which the French trading brig Les Deux Sceurs was subjected by the officers of an English cruiser, on the west coast of Africa. It results, from a report addressed from Goree, the 26th July, to the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, by the Rear-Admiral com manding the naval division on the coast of Africa, that Commodore Hotham, the commander of the English cruisers, has expressed, with respect to the conduct of the captain of the Wanderer, a blame, which has been placed officially on the order of the day of the squadron." The affairs of Spain and Italy are still the engros sing topics of public attention in the French capital. On the subject of Italy a long and admirably written article from the Constitutionnel appears in another co lumn. With regard to Spain the National, which is usually well informed on Spanish affairs, says, in speaking of the intrigues of CHRISTINA to deprive her daughter of the throne—" We would state exactly, if we knew exactly, the sum of money which NARVAEZ has expended. The agents of the re-actionary party, who are used to drive such bargains, usually reckon the price of a Spanish regiment at one hundred thousand francs. It cost mo're money in 1843, but the chiefs were more difficult, and the regimental staff more nume rous. At that period, moreover, ESPARTERO had in the army a certain number of officers devoted to his service. At the present time NARVAEZ finds many of his own sbirri among them, and in the higher grades the greater number of the friends whom he himself had appointed to them. This renders the process of corruption more easy and less costly. Thus the hero of Ardoz, who has thrust his own creatures into almost every military office, assures his employers that he has secured seven regiments. He hopes soon to have ten, and he will hold himself in readiness to cause the revolt to break out at the first signal. ESPARTERO has the honour to enjoy the cordial hatred of CHRISTINA and of NARVAEZ ; they therefore wait for the moment of his entry into Spain to commence the pronunciamentos. But it appears that ESPARTERO is in no hurry to pay his respects to M. SERRANO, and we believe that he is little disposed to serve the Salamanca Ministry. Against whom, then, we ask, is NastvAEs organizing his insurrection ? The present Ministers belong to the Moderado party, and the Generals and Political Chiefs which they have nomi nated are also Moderados. The Monarchists, inspired and bought by CHRISTINA, are then about to com mence an insurrection against ISABELLA. This is a curious fact, and for our part we are impatient for the commencement of this somewhat complicated drama, for we hope that the denouement will be very different from the one for which CHRISTINA has al ready paid dearly with her pocket, but which may cost her friends even still more dearly." That some base Afrancesado intrigue, too infamous for even the Journal des Debate to defend, is at pre sent going on in Spain, is evident from the language of that journal on Saturday. It would seem almost as if the recent doings of the Ministry were " too bad" for the respectable Journal des Debate, seeing that not only is it silent on the affairs of Spain, but on the appointment of the Due D'AUXIALE also, the task of defending which has been undertaken by the new Ministerial journal, the Conservateur, after the following fashion : " The journals which attack this nominative a bad account of the situation which is made the Prince. The Duke d'Aumale is Governor-General on the same conditions as was Marshal Bugeaud— under Ministerial responsibility. Those who quote the history of England on this subject are ignorant of it. Was not the Duke of York, brother of the King, raised to the command in chief of the army, with the right of appointing to all ranks and to all military functions, as well in England as in the colonies ? No one ever considered t as unconstitutional or exor bitant. Doubtless the responsibility will be hence forth greater and more delicate for the Ministry in everything connected with the affairs of the colony ; but although it may have more difficult and more serious duties, there can result from it no attack on constitutional principles. Moreover, the choice of an enlightened, brave, loyal, active Prince, worthy in every respect to preside over a great work, is a real benefit for Algeria. Who ever is acquainted with the manners of the natives, knows that a son of a king would always have a weight, an authority, which no other Governor- General could enjoy. The position of the Prince is, besides, a fresh guarantee for the strength and de-, velopment of civil administration in Algeria, at the same time that it responds to all the feelings of the army. All ideas of rivality become impossible before the name of the Duke d'Aumale, and no other name could, in this respect, enjoy :the same advantage. The French Princes will thank God they are not condemned to a life of shameful inactivity. The sons of the King have a right, like all of us, to find employment for their ardour and for their talents; they have a right, like us, to devote themselves courageously to the service of the country. To pretend to exclude them from the common law would be an outrage which they have not yet merited, it would be to place them in an apparently high position, but to interdict to them all the reality which that position should carry with it." The Montezuma steam-frigate which has arrived at Toulon was at Melilla on the Bth. It was said at that place that ARD.sr.-K4DER had received reinforce ments from several of the Arab tribes of Algeria, and that he was regularly exercising his troops and artil lery every day. The National gives the following account of the circumstances which led to the appear ance of the EMI& before Tan : t, " The arrival of Abd-el-Kader at:Taza, was brought about by a curious circumstance, and one which is not without a certain degree of importance." The Beni-Amers, the Djaffra, and the Hachems, fractions of tribes of the province of Oran, emigrated into itforocco, had latterly established themselves to the south-west of Taza, where they were tolerated by the inhabitants of the country. Either in conse querce of the means of existence failing them, or that they wished to return into Algeria to recover their lands and the scattered remnants of their fami lies, or that they had received orders from Abd-el-Kader to join him, and advance towards the frontier, these exiles, to the number of 10,000, quitted their encampment, and marched towards the east. of the ; Emperor the Unfortunat e ly f o r th e m, they conceived the idea o f pillaging all the tribes through whose territory they passed. Th ese ac t s o f d epre d a ti on cou ld no t go un punishedh 11 e andl ag hr madeze n people barred o t f h road,e l\ i i r orocc n and t attacked, a general massacre of them. On being informed of this, the Emir hastily collectedfthe struggle. It was, his forces, and marched tow ar d s the eneo however, too lat e ; on his arrival he almost entirely destroyed, andit found the caravan remains was with difficulty that he could collect th e f ew was in this march towards the mai w n esst ofth that he came them. It under the walls of Taza, if he did n o t enterthetow He was everywhere well received by the people o n i Morocco, and his followers increased as he went on. We can guarantee for the correctness of this account, and which, in some measure, extenuates the fact, which has lately caused some sensation in the occu pation of Taza. The illoniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, dated September 17th, promoting Generals REILLE and DODE DE LA BRUNERIB to the dignity and rank of Marshals of France. The French Three per Cents , which were done on Saturday evening at 75f. 30c., fell on Sunday in the Passage de l'Opera to 75f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTF,MBEA 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 134—Central of France (Orleans and Visrzon), 14 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 2 3 / 4 —East Indian, N I —Luxembourg, %—Namur and Liege, 3', l ,—Northern of Fraace, 9;i3—Orleans and Bordeaux, 356 ex int.—Paris and Lyons, 4 I/ 2 ex int.—Paris and Rouen,34l 2 —West Flanders, 3. EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY.—Her Ma jesty had not arrived at the Euston•square terminus when we went to press. Her arrival is anticipated before the publication of our next Edition. LIVERPOOL, 11 101 WAY.—The c Royal mail steam ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, sailed yesterday for Halifax and Data) with the usual mails. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was still declining. Sales 3,500 bales, of which 3,000 bales were American, at 61d. to 7Ad. per lb. Business was dull, and American sorts were id. per lb. lower. Railway Shares were again lower. The quieter aspect of affairs in the City serves to in spire confidence, but it may be discreet for all parties to keep themselves well armed against contingencies such as must be expected after the late shocks to mercantile credit. The effect of these stoppages cannot at once be felt in its full force. Caution is all, perhaps, that need to be inculcated, as we have a hope that the worst may be over. Perhaps, upon the whole, the mercantile failures of the last week or two will prove far less serious than would stoppages to anything like the same extent among the wholesale firms or manufacturers, because, in such cases, the losses are direct and imme diate upon home connexions. Papers of March 31 have come to hand from South South Australia, but we have had these dates already. The English Stockmarket opened firmly this morn ing, and a few purchases sent up Consols to 86 and 861 for transfer, and to 861 1 for time. Since, however, there has again been a reaction to 854 1 for Money, and to 851 to 361 for October. East India Stock is worth 238 to 241. Exchequer-bills show indications of rather more demand for money, being 63. to 9s. premium. East India Bonds have been 3s. discount. In the Foreign house there has been a slight improve ment compared with yesterday. Spanish Fire per Cents. have been 20, and the Three per Cents. 29 to i f . Por tuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 24 to I. Brazil Stock is 821 to 83 f. Mexican Bonds have been at 19 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents. have been 531 to 54. For Railway Shares the demand has been limited, but the quotations are supported generally. olvz CLOSING PRICES OF T3RITIBIi FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B6 85% 86% 35 3 / 4 85% India Stock 233 241 241 India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account 86%% 85% 86% 86% Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. 5001 ...........•..«•• l3 14 10 12 p 7 p Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Austrian, 5 per Cent...........-... 104 Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 19% 19 % Ditto, Account l9 19 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 3 per Cent .....«....« — 26 Ditto, 4 per Cent. 2 4 1% 24 1 4 Russian Bonds ........... 105% 105 1 / Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2O 20 Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent 2 9 1,E 29% Ditto, Account . 29 — 29 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred — 10 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 24 psi . Cent. Ditto. Account ... ....- ..... 53 1 ,4 54 54 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 845 3 / 4 864 864 PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING PAID RAILWAY SHARES ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... ••• — Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 - Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction _ Birmingham, Wolver kaupton, and Dudl e y 10 ... .. 1434 1 4 3/ Birming., Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley... 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 61 ,4. — Boton, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 ...... •••• •••• Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds - Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s 2% dis 2% dis Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 2 1 ,4 — ......... % Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 — Chester and Holyhead... 32% 18% 20% 20% Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 - Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO Dublin and Belfast June. 20 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 12% East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2,.. 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do. , New 23 Eastern Union 50 _„„ .... ..... .. ... _ Ditto. guarter Shares 1214 Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4d East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., Exten. Scrip 14 East Lincolnshire - ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ _ Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... _ • Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, N ew •••-• ......... Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 ........ Ditto, ditto, New . .... 1 1 A Edinburg& and Perth... 2 „.... _ ...... Ditto, Extension 10Se , ..... " ...... Exeter,Yeovil,& Porch. 2 5 ,E l% l% Ditto, New ... ........ 2%....•• -- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ...............8L 63.8 d __ GI D D a s i o g t . t: o ' _ cent. guar.) 1v ,i , N Ki1 5e1hv m ar a .e15 r .. .,..& ...5.. A ..p.. y ..er.. r . 5 31 ! IA ...... ...... _....-- . ......_ Great N0rthern............ 6 Do., London and York 2 %.. ... .... _ Great South. and West. (Ireland) ............... 85 ...... 2$ 27% GreatNorthof England..l oo ...... Ditto, New 401.........• 5 ...... _ Ditto, New 30/.......... SO ...... 67% 67% Ditto, New 15/. ......... 1% ...... 18EA l B l4 Great Western B5 •••...101 Ditto, % 5hare5........ 50 ...... 61 Ditto, 1 4 Shares'.....: 15 ...... 17 1 ,4 k 17;4 Ditto, Fifths ........... 20 . . .... _ Ditto, New 17/. ..... .... 7 ...... 8% Huddersfield Es blanches. 19 ...... __ 8 — Ditto Ditto, , Thirds ........ . 7 ...... Hull and Shares.... 50 .. ... .... ..- Ditto, Half 2 5 ...... Ditto, 14 Sh ares 1 2%.. ... .... Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 ~..... __, Do., do., and Norwich 12 ...... _ Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% 2 % 3 /4 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirsts lO ...... _ .. _ , Lancashire & Yorkshire 82 ...... —.- -*. 87 Ditto 1 /.. Shares . Do. Quarter Shares.« 14% ...... Do. Fifths 6%.. . 7%% 7% Do. Sixteenths ...... - Do. Thirds (Reg.). 71 . 48 - Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 28 ...... Do.( Wakefield,Ponte fract. & Goole ...... 42% — ... ......... .. Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/.28 l% di5.......... 13. 1 dis. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1% —. Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s ...... 1 4 dis. 1 ,4 dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 32% — ......... ..... . Do., Branch % Shares 7%.. . .. _ Do. New BranCh(blue) Do. Extension (green) Do.NewExten24ink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct 3%...• • • -' Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .......... 2 ..... Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2'h London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. •• • Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 3/. 13 s . 4d. - Do. Extension 12% London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ...... 45% 451, Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20 De. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - - . 8-34 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... ••• ...... ••• .•••.•••••• London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — -• .• -- Ditto, Preference...lB/. 17s. 2d... ---, , , ~, ... 16 1 London and N. Western 100 l6O 15 9 4 1u i Do., Quarters L. & B. 12 - -2 5 v2 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. 'A Shares (G. J.) 20 - Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 ..... . 61 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 ...... _ Do. 104 (M. & B.) B. 5 — Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham .. ......... 2 .• ... ••• - t/ Load. & S.Western ...414 6a. 8d... 57%... .. 57 72 Do. New Consol. dths 40 — 31% D p o it . t. Do. New 401......,.,, ... 26 ... • Do.N o d ew itt 5 0 01. ......1 .. 1 4 3 (7 - - 31 50 Tenths (Consol.) 50 4:h Ditto Scrip 50/. • .. 5 - / 4 Ditto ditto 4 01..... . . ... 4 London, Salisbu r y, and •••••• Yeovil ...... ... ........ IIA ...... .... Londonderry&Coleraina 25 Loadonderry and Ennis =killen .... 22%........•• .... Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock.... 42 ....... • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 ..„.„, ... - ......... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ... ..... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3).„ 7% Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 l /a — ~ — Mauche,staoQiithampt. 2M , O., Midland Do. Consolidated Pref. --;-. Do. 40/. Shares Do. 50/. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo ......121 1 ,4 Midlnd, Brist. &Gloestr. 34 ..... Ditto, ditto 71 .95...... , Midind, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per et.guar. 50 Midland Great Western Irish ' 30 Newcastle and Berwick 25 Ditto:Na at Ditto North Shields... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 5O .... . Newmrket & Chesterford 134_ Do. Extension ...... ...2/..f25.... .. Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford 4 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warren point, and Rostrevor Norfolk 100 Do. New 20/. .. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... 2 -- ~, ~, ••6•• .... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ..... ... 2.3 ...... 25 3 4% 26% Do. Half Shan s l2', ..... Do. Quarters 4 3 j Do. Extension Ditto Thirds l% North Staffordshire 7l/ ~,.,, 9 North Wales North Western 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ' 2 7 1,x... 13 xi ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 - Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. MM.) l6 — Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Shrewsbury and llerefd. 2 .....,, Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire 21. 125.... ... — South Eastern & Dover 33% 3 1 1% 31xd 3lxd Do., No. 1 2O lBxd .. 18x4 Do., Nc., 2. Do., No. 3 Do~ No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 — — Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l /2 ...... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 .. — Waterford and Limerick 35 Waterfd,Wxfpd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall — Whitehaven & Furness 8 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 425. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Do. Extension Do. Preference ...... 8 ...... 10% 1 / 2 .• f ork and North Midland 50 Ditto Extension ...... 25 - ••• ....... ••• .."... Ditto, Preference ...... 6 - Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 , Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 134 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted )... 4 ..... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 ... . Dendre Valley ...... ... .. 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Southern of Madras 55. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... — Luxembourg.... ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 Madras Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France. lO .. ... 10 1 / 2 9% 93 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... 10 ... .. 4%xi 414 xi Paris, and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 16 .... ......... .. Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ['ours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 12 — Trinidad 2 l /2 West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 - Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 Ditto New... ..... ..... 13 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New .... 10 National of Ireland 2 21 - ........ ... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto,New... • •••• — Union of London... ..... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican 100 Asturian Mining Comp. 11 ....-. •• ... United Mexican 2B/. 2s. 81 4 d. ........ .... . Blaenarvoa Iron & Coal 50 British Iron Brazilian Imperial .. ... 21 Cobra Copper . Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 21.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze and dull weather. OFF MARGATE, SEPT. 19.—Delta, Mutter, Quebec. DEAL, SEPT. 20.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. A. R. Falck, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Champion, Massey, Antigua ; Reserve, Cousens, Jamaica ; Sophia Su sanna, Ogden, Nassau ; Dianna, Pugh, New York ; William Vale, Wishart, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrd from the river, Lady Sale, for Ascension, &c. ; Sidonia, Africa. Put back, Success, for Adelaide, South Australia; Dianna, Bombay ; Medway, Sydney; Hero ine, Cape of Good Hope ; Perthshire, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Hope, Aguillas. FALMOUTH, SEPT 19.—Arrd. Cygnet, Collins, Ga lata, for Wexford, with damage, having been in contact with the Union schooner, of Jersey, off Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Isabella, Robb, Paraiba, and not from Sierra Leone, as previously reported ; Volant, Murphy, New York ; Eliza, Stabb, Newfoundland. 20. Ashland, Wise, New York ; Earl of Newburgh, Davidson, Sciata, very leaky. Off port, Rajasthan, Bombay; Choice, llanna, and Mer sey. The Iris, from Dublin, is aground off the Queen's Dock. YARMOUTH', SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Leadbetter, Crowell, St. John's, New Brunswick. MUMBLES, SEPT. 19.—Arrd. Cygnet, Port Adelaide. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—1 t has blown a heavy gale during the night from W.N.W. to S.W., but is now fine and fair. HARWICH, SEPT. 20.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Agile, Buenos Ayres. HULL, SEPT. 20. —The Augusta Matilda, hence on the 18 t h inst., for Stettin, sunk off Dimlington last night; crew saved. It has blown very strong from S.W. to N.N.W., for the last 36 hours, but is now, 5 P.M., mo derate. The Dorothea, for Gothenburg, has put back, and is discharging. The following has been posted at Lloyd's:— " NOTICE TO MARINERS. " NEW HARBOUR AT LOWESTOFT. " RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR VESSELS ENTERING. " 1. All vessels bound into the new harbour will hoist an ensign at the peak, and if requiring the services of the steam tug, a flag or burgee at the mast head. Ves sels on shore, upon the sands, or in difficulties, requiring the assistance of the tag will hoist a flag at the mast head. "At night the signal for the tug will be two lights where best seen, a single light being the signal for a pilot. " 2. To facilitate the entrance into the harbour by night, two red lights are shown, one on each pier head, and kept burning from sunset to sunrise. At the en trance of the inner harbour two green lights are shown, which brought in a line vertical, leads into the inner channel, but vessels must not approach the bridge until the lower light is changed to red, which is the signal that the bridge is open. Sailing out at night, one green light will be shown, which will be changed to red when the bridge is open. "3. A red flag will be hoisted on the look-out station of the inner harbour when the gates aro open, and kept flying durin g t h e t i me vessels can enter into the inner harbour; vessels may enter the outer harbour at all times of tido, but they are not to attempt to enter the inner harbour unless the red flag is hoisted by day, and the two green lights shown by night. " Previous to closing the gates a black ball will be hoisted. " 4. Vessels are not to anchor in the fairway, but between th e b uo y s i n t h e outer h ar b our an d th e piers, and moor by running out a stern hawser to the places appointed for that purpose. " 5. Masters of vessels requiring to beach for the pur pose of examining or cleaning, are t o apply to the liar bour-muster for permission. " 6. A convenient fish wharf being provided on the north side of the harbour, no fish will be allowed to land elsewhere. " 7. The discharge of fire-arms is strictly prohibite,d in the harbour. " 8. Any person who shall throw overboard any bal last, ashes, dirt, or rubbish, or shall heat or boil any pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, oil, or any combustible or inflammable matter, will be punished according to law. " liarbour-ma , t,r's office, Aug. 28, 1847." MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.. . SDIITIIFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31155; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ss; Old Clover, 415 s to 5/ss; New ditto, 31 10; to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13a per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 313 s to 3/ 16s; New ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 5s ; Old Clover, 41 4s t 0 .5/ ; New ditto, 31 10s to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 14s per load. Both May and Straw moved steadily, at full prices. _ _ _ WarrEcRAPEL.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 15s; New, ditto, 21 8 s to 3/ 5s ; Old Clover, 4110 s to 51 5s ; New ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. .~ ; -~ THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 21, 1847. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for Plantation is with out material alteration, the quantity disposed of amounts to 330 casks, including 100 hhds Barbadoes offered by auction, which brought 40s to 45s Gd for mid to good yellow. The public sales have likewise offered 3,876 bags 37 casks Mauritius, 3,148 bags Bengal, 501 hhds and 380 barrels Porto Rico, all of which found buyers at steady rates; Mauritius at 37s to 44s for low to good yellow, and 32s to 36s 6d for low to fine brown ; Bengal 46s to 51s for mid to flue white ; Benares, 42s to 45s for good to fine greyish yellow, and 47s to 51s 8d for mid to fine bright yellow - chrystalised ; Porto Rico, 39s to 47s 6d for mixed low to fine quality. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,722 hhds, 182 tierces, 811 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,341 hhds, 190 tierces, 233 barrels. The stock in the same places is 15,155 hhds, 1,766 tierces, 3,436 barrels. . . „ CO77EE.-1,600 bags Ceylon, and 335 bales Mocha, have been offered by auction ; the former was disposed of at a decline of Is per cwt., good ord native at 35s 6d; but the latter was only partly sold, at a similar reduc tion, viz., at 59s to 60s for good clean garbled. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 877 puns 106 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 336 puns 42 hhds, and exported 208 puns 102 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,206 puns 1,066 hhds. RICE.-850 packets Bengal :and 763 bags Aracan, at auxction, sold on rather easier terms. SPlCES.—Pepper maintained the previous value, 1,280 bags Malabar of inferior quality being disposed of at 2:1(1 to 2id per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 46s 3d to 46s 6cl per cwt on the spot, and Town 49s 6d. TEA.—The market for Tea has been quiet, but steady. • COAL MARK ET.—MONDAY. Adair's Main l7s 6di Middle's W. Hartley 18s Od Cirr's Hartley Chester Main l7s 9d Darison'sWest Hartley 18s Od Hasting's Hartley l7s 9d Holywell Main Ord's Redheugh Rayensworth'sW.Hart 17s 9d Townley l7s 3d iVall's End, Inc. Acorn Close Clennell lBs Od Killingworth l9s 9d Riddell's ..... ...... 19s 6d Walker .. Eden Main 2os Gd Belmont 2os 3d Braddvll's Hetton 20s 9d Crawford ...... 18s 9dj East Hetton Haswell 2ls 3dj Hetton Keepier Lambton Lumley l9s 9d Russell's Hetton Stewart's Whitwell Caradoc Hudson's Hartlepool 2os 3d High Thornley Kelloe South Kelloe 2O: Sd Thornley Adelaide Tees Brown's Deanery 2os Od Cownden Tees South Durham 2os Od West Hetton 2os 3d Derwentwater Hartley 176 6d W. Hartley Netherton 18s Od Sidne}•'s Hartley 99 arrival A-73 sold. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER). OBTAINING MONEY TINDER FALSE PRETENCES.— John Darby, a horse dealer, surrendered to take his trial upon a bill found last session, charging him with obtaining, under false pretences, from Mr. Edward Oldfield, the sum of 801. 15s. Mr. Ballantyne conducted the case for the pro secution, and Mr. Prendergast was counsel for the prisoner. From the statements of Mr. Ballantyne, it appeared that Mr. Oldfield, the prosecutor, was a corn dealer residing at Hyde, near Hendon, and had been in the habit of having dealings with the defendant, who was a horse dealer, for several years. Among the other transactions that had taken place between them, the prosecutor had cashed several bills for the defendant, which were accepted by a person named Terry. Upon the 17th of March the defendant brought an accept ance of Terry's for 891. 155., which he wanted cashed. Upon the defendant making the request to the prose cutor, the latter stated that he had already bills of his to the amount of some thousands in his posses sion, and that the last acceptance of Terry's had been dishonoured, and he must there fore decline having anything more to do with it. Upon this- the defendant said that Terry was a highly respectable man, that he was a West India merchant, and had a situation in the West India Docks worth at least 6001. a year. The prosecutor believing the statement of the defendant, discounted the bill, giving him 801. 15s. in a cheque, Bank notes, and cash, keeping the remainder as discount. Pre vious to the bill becoming due, the prosecutor dis covered that the defendant was in the Gazette. The prosecutor proved against his estates in the Court of Bankruptcy, and from the questions put to the de fendant in that court, it was discovered that the statements he had made with respect to Terry were untrue. Upon this discovery the present indictment was brought against the defendant, and, upon the case going before the grand jury last session, they found a true bill against him. At the conclusion of the evidence the Learned Re corder intimated that no case had been made out to go to the jury. Some discussion ensued upon this point, and sub sequently The REcosnalt left it to the jury to decide. After a brief consultation they returned a verdict of Not Guilty. AIARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Henry TVhite, a sharp-lcoking young fellow, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing five shillings in copper money, the property of Mr. James Richardson, Three Tuns, Moore-street, Seven Dials. James Tarrant stated that he was a potboy in the employ of Mr. Richardson. Yesterday afternoon he was busily occupied behind the bar, tying up in packets a quantity of copper money. While he was doing so the prisoner came in and stood in the front of the bar, apparently watching his movements. Having occasion to turn his back to serve a customer, the prisoner seiztd hold of a packet containing five shillings in coppers, and ran off with it. lie for lowed him, and saw him enter several shops, where he endeavoured to change the copper for silver. After going about for some time he procured the change, and was on the point of putting it in his pocket when witness went up to him and gave him in charge. The prisoner admitted taking the money, but it was done out of a lark, and he had not the least in tention of keeping it. Mr. HaanwicK said he should give him an oppor tunity of telling that tale to a jury by committing him for trial. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) This morning, at the opening of the Court, a middle aged man, walked into the witness-box, and in a lugubrious tone narrated the miseries his better half inflicted on him, and concluded by a request that the magistrate would immediately and " legally separate and unmarry them altogether." To his evident sur prise he was informed that the magistrate possessed no such power, and that he must apply to the Eccle siastical Court if he wished to obtain a divorce. He left the box, and to the great merriment of every one in Court, eagerly inquired the " shortest way" to the Ecclesiastical Court, as he was determined to get " unfixed." Richard Letch was charged with forcibly breaking out of and escaping from the county gaol of Spring field, in Essex. James Rogers, a constable of the K division, pro duced the Hue and Cry, from which it appeared that the prisoner, who had formerly been a cattle dealer at Great Baddow, Essex, was convicted in August of horse stealing, and was confined in Springfield Gaol, awaiting his trial. On the 18th of August he broke out of gaol in the following manner : Some repairs had to be done to the gaol, and the outer walls were surrounded with scaffolding. He first, by means of a pair of scissors and a crowbar (how he became possessed of which is at present a mystery) worked a hole in the wall of his cell sufficiently large to admit of his passing through. This brought him to a wall, from which he made a spring of up wards of seven feet to the scaffolding, down which he clambered. Had he failed reaching the scaffold when he made the spring, he would have fallen from a height of 45 feet, and must inevitably have been dashed to pieces. From information he had received, Rogers apprehended him last night on Bow Common. He gave the constable a smart chase before he suc ceeded in capturing him. Mr. YARDLEY directed that the police sergeant and Rogers should re-convey the prisoner to Springfield Gaol. SOUTH AMERICA.--LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—By the Isabella, from Paraiba, we have advices from Pernam buco to the 3d of August There is no alteration to notice in exchange or produce since our last, per Sword fish. Freights a shade lower, and likely to decline. We have also letters in town to the Ist of August, from Rio do Janeiro, by her Majesty's ship Fishgard, arrived at Portsmouth. Exchange, 27i. Freights had declined to 31. per ton. PROROGATION OF PARLIAAIENf. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Imperial Parliament was prorogued to -day, by writ, to Tuesday, the 12th of Oetobet. The proceed ings were rather singular, the last occasion of a simi lar prorogation being so long back as the year 1837. The present Parliament was dissolved on the 23d of July in the present year, and the writs were return able on the 21st of the present month (this day). fa the meantime her Majesty, by an Order in Council, was pleased to declare that the Parliament should be prorogued by writ to the 12th of October next. Shortly after two o'clock there were present in the House of Lords—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Denbigh, Lord Shelburne, the Earl of Gosford, Lord Sudeley, and Viscount Acheson. The hour of meeting (two o'clock) having been previously intimated to the officers of the Hou se of Commons, Mr. John Ley, and several of that WV, went directly without going into the Housefroraof Commons, or expecting any message the Lords up to the door of the Ilouse of Peers, An d after a short stay there the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, J. Pulman, Esq., opening the door, they went up to the bar of the House, when The LORD CHANCELLOR, standing up un covered, declared that her Majesty had been pleased to cause a writ to be issued under the Grea t Sea l , proroguing the Parliament to Tuesday, the Nth 43 October next. Then the writ, which had been previously Place d on the table, was read by the clerk. The Deputy Clerk of the Crown then came fro °a . the bar, and delivered in at the table the w rits and returns, electing the Scotch Representative Peers ; and this ended the ceremony of proroguing Pe'. liament. At the conclusion of th e p ro ceedings, the Lord Chancellor, after shaking hands with th e peers present, left the House. There were several ladies present. THE WEST INDIA MAIL' SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 21.—The ThameS West India steam-ship arrived this morning at ele ve i rl i o'clock, with forty passengers ; she brings 3 ' 3 A dollars. and a cargo of coffee, pimento, g i n ger, so: sundries. The drought continued in Barbadoes; blic; in Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad, fine rains it fallen. The Thames left Jamaica Aug. 23, sty Thomas's 31st, and Fayal the 14th of S e ptembe r. The ship experienced bad weather. —Morning Hera° FRIGHTFFUL COLLISION ON THE DORCHESTER RAILWAY. A This morning (Tuesday) information wa s receive' at the General Post-office of a collision which hap pened last night to the up mail train, by which severs! carriages were thrown off the line, and ratic ia damage dons both to persons and property. Th e mail guard states that the collision was a severe one, but he seems disinclined to furnish other particulars. The mail was delayed upwards of four hours and a half on its arrival to London, th e letters from Da' chester and up the line from Bishopstoke not being delivered before eleven o'clock this morning. The accident is said to have occurred in the fu' lowing manner :—lt would appear that in consequenc° of the lateness of the mail train at Wareham , f rom the Dorchester terminus, it was determined to send out a pilot-engine, for the purpose of ascertaining w hether any accident had befallen it. By some mistake, at Pr e ; sent unexplained, the pilot-engine is said to have go" on to the wrong line ; and in conseq uen ce of the re being a considerable curve at that point where th e collision took place, neither the engineer of the trall nor the driver of the pilot-engine could see each other, and hence the collision. The authorities at the Nine Elms station state that if the collision took place in the manner ab ove wen " tioned, it could only be in consequence of some grog. neglect of the instructions furnished by t he comp to be followed in such cases of emergency. LATEST PARTICULARS. (BY ELECT RIC TELEGRAPH). I nformation NINE ELMS, HALF-PAST TWULVE.— and South-Western Railway Company, has just been urnished to the secretary of the LondLon. Campbell, by telegraph, that a collision bad haiii3or on the line last ni g ht, between Wareham and states that chester. The message is very brief; it the damage " no lives are lost, and no person injured, being confined to property only." Our reporter was I.. ened the favoured with the, above informatio n through kindness of Mr. Beattie, the assistant -secretary. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A dreadful accident happened, about ten o'clock yesterday morning on board the Hugh Johnsten, a collier lying off Prince's• s t a irs, Rotherhi o Abe Whilst the crew were busily engagtd un shipping tp , mast by means of an immense pair of shears, the with suddenly slipped, carrying the shears and all along wit". it, clean over the taffrail. There were two riggers 11; work in the top at the time, and both were into the water. The tide was ebbing rapidly, and nne of the unfortunate men, after struggling a few minuteo• sunk to rise no more ; the other fortunately succeeded in catching a rope that was thrown to him, and was rescued. A boy on board, too, had his arm broken, and was otherwise injured, the ast having struck hi e; in its fall. OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Yesterday afternoon, Mrs' precipitated Chesterman, of 17, Agnes-terrace, Stamford street, Blackfriars, was plundered of her reticule, containing 171. in gold and 15s. in silver, a tortoiseshell card cage s and a silver scent bottle, whilst riding in an o mnibu from the Bank to Waterloo-bridge. Mrs. Chester/nail imagines the robbery to have been committed by fresh-coloured man, who had the appearance o f a farrperi SUDDEN DEATIL—Last evening, about half pal eight o'clock, Mrs. Lock, wife of Mr. James Lo ck, lan" ci lord of the George, 57, Drury lane, dropped down 31:1 .., instantly expired. The deceased was apparently in ; cer.ent health previously, and had served in th e few minutes before she was called into eternity .i„ Lock was absent from home at the time of th e awful vl5 tation. MARGATE.—In the garden of S. T. Alarchat Grosvenor-place, may be seen a monster pumpkiD , suring five feet six inches in circumferenc e, and ° et is estimated weight of seventy to eighty F unds. ' as t only in its infancy at present, and is expected to ecl re , in weight and size its patent, which was last Ye ar Sod rented to the Queen, and weighed upwards of a 110 and fifty pounds. Sco ttish THE NORTHERN MEETING.—This grew, gathering is this year one of unrivalled attraction,, from the number of noblemen and gentlemen now be e north. The visit of her Majesty to the Highlann3oes, added materially to the attendance of titled perserit; and thus created an anxiety among the men'b er ; and present. The ball last night was very numerous fibert brilliantly attended. His Royal Highness Prince ; y eti and suite having driven in from Dochfour, and en joyed t or' a part of the evening. The reception he "ne t dial,. and duly acknowledged, and his Royal a the retired at an early hour, warmly impressed with ep loyalty of the company. A number of genilefr pea peered in the Highland dress. The uPP 7 Jam es s S a c i a t t o w u e n ll. , amounted to 300, and was presided over 1 1. 6 t s ite e j r . o l l l v . d M ed a . c a k n e d nzi L e Or o d f ball to- 1 4.. of the TOT„.„ of supper party, numbering upwards of 300. whose . '" the du ll ' mi me. which were wont to be celebrated on the le sequence occupies the meeting were postponed tillSaturdaY , in c°l3 of the Prince's visit.—lnverness Journal. fOren °°n STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—OH Wedile S.3Y- nto collt the Invincible and the Lady Kelburne en 1121(3 ,, 1 l a nding; sion at Renfrew-wharf, on approaching the n one °' place. Both vessels received some damage, elt den t the the passengers were injured. After the n° occu rred; Lady Kelburne proceeded as if nothing haul, paddle' but the Invincible was so much darnaged in her r o a the rings, that she was in the mean time d 11 2 opposite bank.—Glasgow Conetitutionah la st, e DIABOLICAL ACT.—On Saturday eight iling t h as the 10.15 P.M. Caledonian train was appreecd4%, viaduct across the river Esk, the policema n on r ails' covered covered that a large tree had been laid across t.". ;010 to and was fortunately enabled to stop the teeing n e j er tsin destruction. The directors have very P save it and probably all it contained from elm w st o ffered a reward of 1001. for such information as will, Ike Je ct, roperlY, lid to and we trust it will produce its the conviction of the perpetrator of this fiena' a desk Journal, • n been The romance of " Jeanie Deans" has ng al _ Burg' embodied in fact. Three female relations of the _ e yed head fishermen implicated in the late food riotsr,C;ioti to Ardverikie with the view of petitioning he '__, J ,tiort to commute the rather harsh sentence of transpoi, Grey proper effect. -- and imprisonment passcd upon them. Argyle' in Ear2 . ' t b e y the simple fishwomen found no Duke 05 .', 0 go were rather unsentimentally told by his Lord tyP home and send a written eetition by the pea- C MEETING TO STOP FURTHE R RAILWAY nvje We are glad to hear that arrang ements have be!e r n s „ rou e holdingfor a preliminary meeting of sha reholde i Leeds anSLiverpool, at Manc hester, on sone as'4ll, week with respect to stoppi n g further railway The objects of this meeting , we understand, are .6„ire, into consideration the present state of railwaY, riv ing daily depreciation in railway stock and the directors and the best course to be pursued to stay the rl ii : r ` h ea sieg difficulties which are pressing both on railwayeUril;_,Qpi and shareholders. This we hope is the comeatof ee of a general movement for the same iinportau facts ful rid towards their effective furtherance by the _ io pe, and we trust that we have rendered some nee and arguments which appear this day in our leading cy' Manchester Tinto.