The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless. Mr. 11. Vandenhoff ; Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake. Mr. Braid ; Sir Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Briudal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria. Miss E. 3,lessent. To conclude with THE IN VISIBLE PRINCE or, The Islanl of Tranquil Delights. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MAC READY and MISS CUSHMAN. TIIIS EVENING Will be presented the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Cooper ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. After which, a new Piece, called A ROMANCE OF THE RHINE. Characters by Messrs. James Vining, Palmer, Neville, Compton, Miss Emma Stanley, and Miss Villars. To conclude with the Farce of LOVE, LAW, and PHYSIC. Dress Circle, Is. : Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lowe, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, October ,4 1847, the performances will tAnnmence with the celebrated Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. The music by Mr. Belle, the libretto by Mr. Bunn. The whole of the scenery by Mr. Grieve. The properties by alr. Blamire. The Mechanism by Mr. B. Sloman. An enlarged chorus and increased orchestra, on a greater scale than any hitherto introduced on these boards, will be directed and conducted by Mr. J. H. Tully. Dramatis Persona—Count Arnheim (Governor of Presburg), Mr. Borrani ; Count Florestein (his nephew), Mr. Rafter ; Thaddeus (a proscribed Pole), Mr. W. Harrison; Devilshoof (leader of a gang of Gipsies), Mr. H. Horncastle; 7-aptain of the ..luard, Mr. Constantine ; First Officer, Mr. Sanger ; First Peasant, Mr. Pri,rson; First Gipsy, Mr. Summers ; Servant, Mr. Richaids ; Arline (the Bohemian Girl), Miss Romer; Budda (her attendant), Mrs. W. H. rayne ; Vlrica (Queen of the Gipsies), Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Nobles — Messrs. Tyler, Loveridge, Jones, Fraser, Massoni, &c. Ladies— Nesdairtee , 44trner, Gardiner, Rooke, Foster, Levite, lie. rages Misses Deihbrough, Ives, Seaman, Ilarris, &c. Hunters :—Messrs. J. Field, Itichasdion, Platt, Cook, Godfrey, Thirlwall, Jonas, and Wyatt. Retaindrs':—Messrs. J. Sanger, Kitchener, cooper, Mos sop, Glutamine% alawby, Boyce, Woolf, Johnson. Peasants : Les Sours St. Loain, Misses Fenton, Maurice, Sophie, Clifford, Mars, Beaufort, Ives, Desborough, I. Laws, Smiths. ,n, Angeline, Rosa Tayler, &c. Gipsies :—Messrs. C. Constantine, Sum mers, Miller, Dobson, Foster, Weston, Roberts, Rowland, I. Price, Pendygrits, JOnes, Henri, Galli, Lawler, Santry, Beale, Bbarpc, Stirling, &e. Mesdames 11. Hughes, Somerville, Maynard, Anderson, Rabino. Deither, Mapleson, Tully, Connelly, Miller, Willtaaason, &c. Law Officers :—Messrs. Peters, Driffield, Robins, J. Hallanger, &c. Soldiers, Citizens, Attendants, Banner litearersOßlssalds, Servants, &e. Mr. Grieve has prepared the following New Scenery :—Grounds and Chateau of Count Arnheim, Presburg by Moonlight, View in the Vicinity of Presburg, Public Place in Presburg for the celebra tion of the Fair, in which takes place a Pas de Deux, by Les Sceurs St. Louth, and a Dance by the whole Corps de Ballet. Procession of the City Trades• the Banner of the Butch,r's Company ; the Banner of the Goldsmiths' Company, the Banner of the Drapers' Company, the Banner of the Armourers' Company, the Banner of the Bakers' Company, the Banner of the Wax-Chandlers' Company, the Banner of the Shoemakers' Company, the Banner of the Fish mongers' Company, the Banner of the Bookbinders' Company, &c. The Hall of Justice, Saloon in the Count's Chateau.—The Opera of The Bohemian Girl is published by W. S. Johnson, Nassau Steam Press, 60, St. 31artIn's-lane ; and may be had in the Theatre, and of all Booksellers, price Is. After which LA BAYADER.E. To conclude with Mr. Bonn's Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. F. Vining ; Mr. Smith, Mr. °sherry ; Mr. Brown, Mr. Attwood (his first appearance) ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. H. Hughes (her first appearance these five years) ; Mrs. Smith, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. It. Hughes.—Stage Director, Mr. l. Ellis. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the grin :ipal Librarians ; and at the Box-otlize of the Theatre, which is op en daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 64. THEAIitE Rol AL, ADELVIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will he presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; De Lacy, Mr. Worrell; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bectord, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullentord ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss 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, &c., &c. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgette, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Zinnia Harding. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wlll be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S CLERK. A Love Story. After which THE DREAM SPECTRE ; or, the Legend of the Sleeper's Shrift. To conclude with the comic Burletta, called THE CAPTAIN'S NOT A- M (SS. Boxes, is.; Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. NI r. William Batty. First Week of the Winter Season. Mr. Batty has engaged Nidlle. Valentine, from Paris, who will in. trodace her beautiful and highly-trained leaping horses. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES, The Ballet of the TRANSFORMED LOVER. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, supported by the talented Ar- USteS of the Establii:-.ment, in the serious modes of eque.stration. Box-office open from 11 till 5. W 1). Broadfoot. ; kA.e. OviricE OCT. 5. - I v , i.ssomwrzu., Lowest, 45; Highest. 56 ; Noon, 53 BAROMETER, 29.76.—W1ND E.N.E. ; fine. •Li WATER AT LONDON-SRI:KO. THU,: DAY. 3torninz.. 22 minutes after H. I Eve/Vali! .. 53 , ninntrs .fte , 11 41. If 1,11•144 4. .••:" a- • - • .• • V - - ettN• o6 ' . ". ROn ~f ~i:~~~~~ ~it~ LONDON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1847. Every reasonable effort is being made by Senor SALAMANCA to extricate Spain from her financial and commercial involvements. "Whether or not the course adventured upon by that intelligent statesman tallies with our own opinions as to what is most advisable, we are compelled to acknowledge that he evinces both integrity of purpose and the earnestness of prac tical patriotism. Not satisfied with the popularity acquired by his Administration in consequence of the generous amnesty granted immediately upon its esta blishment, and in consequence likewise of various other acts of clemency —among which the restoration of the illustrious Duke of VICTORY to wealth and influence was not the leastcommendable—thene w Go vernment of Madrid, under the guidance of SALA MANCA, is striving to restore to that division of the Peninsula the prosperity so long denied to its inhabitants by commotion and maladministration. Naturally, Spain was capable of becoming one of the wealthiest kingdoms in Christendom. Its geogra phical position was, if possible, more inestimable and more calculated to pour riches into its coffers, than its vast and magnificent possession in the western hemisphere —or rather its geographical position ena bled it to turn those territorial acquisitions to the best advantage. To appreciate the excellence of its geographical situation, be it remembered that the coun try of the CID is placed immediately between the most civilised and enterprising nations of Europe and the most populous portions of the northern coast of Africa ; that it has ports advantageously commanding the waters of the Mediterannean sea and the Atlantic ocean ; that its western shores form the most natural point towards which the current of American trade should run ; that, being at the very entrance of the Mediterranean, it has the capacity, with a properly organized maritime force, to become the medium through which the traffic of Europe, of Asia, of Africa, a n d America might ebb and flow—arousing the constitutional sluggishness of the Spanish popula.. tion into a health-giving That is but a miserable and wealth-giving activity. which teaches one count? short-sighted policy itspQnattb own affluence is in any manner dependent upon the manu factures or neglected agriculture ned enter pdrincipalities. prise or forgotten industry of adj ac a „r do . de monstrate, The true principles of political economy in a beautiful and conclusive manner, country should (even from motives of 'self-iantt each yearn for the extension of the commercial undertak ings ings of its neighbours. Free trade teaches us that the greater the prosperity of the different kingdoms of the earth the greater will be their reciprocal be nefit, and that the larger their exportations the larger will their importations necessarily become, and that the productions of Nature and the contrivances of human ingenuity must be thereby rendered the more plentiful. It is upon this enlarged and ennobling principle that we should, with all the earnestness of a national unanimity, strive to promote the efforts Of SALAMANCA and his colleagues for the re-adjustment of Spanish finance and the re-animation of Spanish commerce:. This sympathy has induced our Ambas ssador at the Court of ISABELLA 11. to concede to the wishes of Senor SALA3LANCA, and, although the Ministerial project is in a great measure discounte nanced in Downing-street, to unite his voice with that of the chief statesman of Madrid in recommend ing to the Government of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the scheme of a commercial treaty between Spain and Great Britain. S ALAzu zicA'S project in thi3 , artb.:ll,lar has at keg cue excellence, namely, the excellence of simplicity. It chiefly aims at the equa lization of the per centage upon the official value of articles of commerce, either agricultural or manufacturing products, carried from Spain to England, or vice versa from England to Spain. It is intended through its operation that there should in effect be a perfect reciprocity in regard to the duties of their several importations—that except upon the products of the wine or spirit vats of the Peninsula and upon the cotton goods of Eng land, the average duty levied should be from 25 to '3B per cent. on all articles—that the latter descrip tion of exports should be severally received at a reci procal impost of from 28 to 32 per cent.—and that commissioners should be delegated by each country to settle all the minor points in the proposed arrangement. Such is the skeleton of the new commercial treaty as imagined and propounded by Senor SALAMANCA. As a legis lative movement it is admirable, for it is a movement in the right direction ; but it is far from being suffi ciently in advance, and would tend in no manner to ensure to Spain those commercial advantages which the Minister is manifestly solicitous to ensure to his fellow- countrymen. As a preventive against smug gling it will prove altogether ineffectual, for the cupidity of contraband traders will still be excited by the continued costliness and the abbreviated petti coats of the dark•eyed damsels of the Peninsula. English cottons have long become a positive essential to the toilets of Castile and Estramadura, and so long as the Catalan continues to minister to the wants of the Spanish ladies, so long will the national revenues be defrauded, and the intended benefits of the com pact between Spain and Great Britain escape from the possession of the former. So notorious, indeed, is the system of smuggling as conducted along the fron tiers of Spain, that it is estimated that the Government loses annually a portion of its revenues amounting to between 4000,0001. and 5,000,0001. sterling ; and it is, therefore, against the contraband traders that the Administration should first of all direct its inge nuity. What so instantaneous in the d9struction of the system of smuggling as the 'recognition and establishment of Free Trade ? In comparison with that most rational measure of amelioration, the Pre ventive Force is as a wicker hurdle in comparison with a petard. The one is to the fraudulent system an in effectual and insecure obstruction, while the other is a plan which annihilates and scatters it to the winds of heaven. However much we may and do deprecate the commercial project of SALAMANCA as insufficient when contrasted with the exigencies of his position, we are still ready to award to him that commendation to which he is justly entitled ; we are still compelled to acknowledge that SALAMANCA has avoided the retrogressive policy of his predecessors—that he has, in fact, advanced and advances in the right direction. The day for the execution of the unfortunate woman, MARY ANISE lIUST, convicted at the August sessions of the Central Criminal Court for the murder of MARY STOWELL, has been appointed. If no fur ther interference should take place, unless her MA JESTY should exercise her prerogative in favour of the wretched criminal, on Monday next her grievous offence will be expiated by an ignominious death upon the scaffold. We do not, in any degree, at tempt to impugn the verdict returned by the jury, nor the punishment assigned to an offence so grievous as that of which she was undoubtedly guilty. Neither shall we at present enter into the evidence brought forward on the trial for the purpose of showing that at the time of the murder she was not in such a state of mind as to be legally responsible for her actions, nor to the explanation which she afterwards gave as to the causes which led to the unfortunate transaction, and the manner in which the unhappy victim was deprived of life, which cer tainly bore every appearance of truth. Many per sons, even of those who conscientiously believe that capital punishment is absolutely necessary, and that the wilful shedding of human blood can only be adequately atoned for by the public execution of the delinquent, still conceive that in consequence of the weakened state of her mind from the fits by which she was frequently affected, and which left her for half or three-quarters of an hour after her recovery in a state of delirium, and also from the apparent ab o ----- ,•• •• alp would be a fitting object for the royal clemency, and tnat tne extreme sentence of the law might, in her case, be very properly commuted to perpetual banishment. There are other peculiar circumstances, howevi r, that would, in our opinion, render it most inexpedient and unwarrantable—indeed little better than a judicial murder—to permit the original sentence of death to be inflicted. In another part of our columns we publish a letter from an esteemed correspondent, on the absolute inefficiency, the utter futility of the present mode of testing the truth of a prisoner's assertion, or rather plea of pregnancy, in bar of immediate execution. In that letter the subject is most fully and ably treated. It is the just, the humane policy of the law, that the innocent are not to be punished for or with the guilty, that the hapless child whose rights are protected from the earliest moment of its existence, who may succeed to honours and property, who is defended from any violence (an attempt to procure abortion in any manner being punishable with trans portation for life), cannot legally be cut off, by the execution of a justly merited judgment on its mother. The law declares that if the prisoner be pregnant with a living child —or, to use its own quaint phraseology, be quick with child—her execution must be postponed until the birth of that child, or until the lapse of •time has sufficiently proved that she could not possibly have been in such a state. This question, which has been shown to be one of extreme difficulty, frequently baffling the closest investigation, of competent and skilful practitioners, who have particularly devoted themselves to feminine diseases, is left to the decision of a jury of twelve matrons, who are not even bound to call in the assistance of a qualified medical man ; who do not understand the use of the stethoscope, or other instruments by which the accoucheurs can detect the presence of the child, even when the mother herself is ignorant of its exist ence; who may possibly be imbued with prejudices, and ignorant of the real meaning of the words " quick with child." These persons return a hasty verdict, without having adopted any of the means necessary to insure its accuracy, and an innocent and helpless being may, in consequence, be sacrificed as a vic tim to the law, by which it should have been protected. If the woman is at all pregnant, who can Aare to say at what period the child was not a living creature ? It is the policy of the law that the benefit of any reasonable doubt should be given to those charged with the most atrocious crimes : why should it not also be extended to one incapable of crime ? The inadequacy, the worthlessness of the mode of trial, is proved beyond any manner of doubt by the number of instances in which juries of matrons have returned erroneous verdicts. Indeed, we believe their opinions were positively proved to have been erroneous in the great majority of doubtful cases which have of late years been submitted to their judgment, and, strange to say, the error has never been on the side of mercy. In addition to the compa ratively recent and well-known cases of MARY `RIGHT and CATHERINE BYRNE, cited by our correspondent, we shall add that of a woman named BRIDGET Bin.- tnaL - r, who was convicted of murder at Dublin in the year 1823. She pleaded pregnancy ; the jury of matrons were duly empanelled, and, as usual, sreedily returned a verdict that the convict was not q m ui d k . vkc l ith child. I n her case, unfortunately, no man interposed wretehd v 0 :1 a t A n e en was, the i lawn accordance o a r n d d a n i c t e s victim, the eight w itht h h o e u t r h s e , n an s d tat o e n o d f is t s h e e ct l i :, it ex w ee as ute f d ou w n i da tb s i tnha f torttyha matrons had been mistaken, and that she - four and five months pregnant of a male child.w between We hope and trust that a similar legal rrizeed e not be suffered to take place in the present case . may O gentleman whose e n fi:l the trial of the miserable offender jsi r . ADm ult, the surgeon of Newgate, ciency and zealous attention to the duties of his station have merited the highest approbation, a n d whose opinion is entitled to the greatest respect, de clared on oath that he believed the woman to be enciente, and to have been in that condition for more than three months. We confess that such evidence ap pears to us of much greater weight than that of the matrons who flippantly, ani without consulting a medical practitioner, returned a verdict that was to consign a human being to the scaffold. We are about to return our hearty thanks to the ALMIGHTY for his great mercies manifested to us in the bountiful harvest he has been pleased to send. It would be a fitting period to show our sense of those mercies by extending mercy to our erring and suffering fellow-creatures. Prisons have frequently been thrown open, the sword of justice has been blunted at periods of national thanksgiving and national rejoicings, and as there are some mitigating circumstances in the present case, we would gladly see the example followed, and that mercy should at once be extended to MART ANNE HUNT, so that she should not be exposed to the protracted agony of awaiting her punishment for many months, and finding that the deliverance, which is so anxiously looked forward to by other women, is only to be the signal for the shameful termination of her miserable existence. The Emperor of Russia and the Imperial Family have fled from Petersburgh to Moscow, to avoid the cholera The EMPEROR. has ordered a new levy of 80,000 conscripts, partly with a view to exterminate the lower order of the nobility of Poland, whD are compelled to furnish one man for every ten inha bitants, and partly to make up for the ravages which cholera has committed in the army. Letters from Berne of the 29th ult. state that an affray took place on the 18th instant in consequence of the outrageous conduct of the national militia of Friburg. These partizans of the Jesuits, who were returning in a large body from the capital of the canton, crossed the frontier and fired a volley of ball cartridge against the village cf Abligen, in Berne. This brutal and unprovoked act has created an im mense sensation throughout the country, and the Vorort had in consequence written to the authorities of Friburg that if a prompt satisfaction was not afforded, measures would be adopted to enforce it. Letters from Rome of the 25th ult. contradict the report of the resignation of Cardinal FERRETTI. Rome and the Legations continued tranquil. The follow ing is the latest intelligence from the duchies of Modena and Parma : " The occupation of Brescelle by Austria is not yet effected, but it appears to be only postponed. Every day the troops expect orders to march. The Austrian General Radetski is consulted by the autho rities every two days. The strictest watch is kept on Fanano, and two hundred men are preparing to march to the frontiers of Lucca. There are at this moment at Cologno, eight miles from Placentia, on the left bank of the Po, a great number of troops." Madrid journals of the 8h ult. have arrived. ESPARTERO has refused the offer of the post of Spanish Minister in London. The Government having called upon NARVAEZ either to return to his post in Paris, or to permit them to appoint a Minister Plenipotentiary to act during his absence, had tendered his resignation, and the Ministry, instead of accepting it at once, commenced negotiating with him to induce him to withdraw it. This temporising on the part of the Ministry is worse than a fault, it is a mistake. The Carlist chieftain, MARTIAL, has been defeated in the neighbourhood of Saragossa. He himself was taken prisoner, and his band dispersed. It is announced in Madrid that a company is to be established to work the copper mines of Cuba. Several persons of distinction were, it is said, ar rested on the night of the 27th ult. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 28.—The Three per Cents. were at 25i cash. 26 paper ; the Five per Cents., 171 ; Passives, 58 ; Coupons, 14. Exchange on London, 48d. 80c. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Constitutionnel, in announcing the arrival of Count INALEwsKi at Toulon, states, that after Lord HOWDEN had raised the blockade of the Rio de la Plata by the English squadron, the French Plenipo tentiary, who all along refused to acknowledge the authority of ORME, considering the Monte Videans justified in refusing to accept the armistice proposed, had ordered the blockade by the French to be conti nued. Previous to his departure he had obtained from ORins the liberation of M. BALLESTEE and M. RouisaN, French merchants of Monte Video, who had been taken prisoners at Colonia and Mercedes. The French naval forces in the Plata consist of two frigates, a corvette, six brigs, tour steamers, aLiu I,INU ketches. The armistice was broken on the 2d of August, and °RIDE commenced firing on the city. It is said that Rows is preparing to invade the pro vince of' Corrientes. The Courrier Francais says— " M. Guizot on Friday handed to the Marquis of Normanby a note in reply to that in which Lord Palmerston demanded explanations relative to the nomination of the Duke d'Aunaale. If the rumours which are in circulation relative to the contents of the note are to be believed, the Minister has therein declared, in substance, that the appointment of the Prince did not imply any change of principle in the state of things adopted since 1830 by the French Go vernment relative to England. This reply allows the famous question of secret engagements to subsist in all its plenitude." We find in the same journal the following intelli gence from the Black Sea : " The Emperor of Russia has lately published a ukase which involves one of the gravest questions of international law. This ukase has for its object to suspend the exercise of the right of fishing along the coasts of the Black Sea,from Anapa as far as Batourni, in order to prevent assistance from being afforded to the populations of the Caucasus. This interdiction, according to the circular addressed to the foreign consuls and agents, is to apply to all nations. The Czar, by this measure, appears to arrogate to himself the exclusive property of the Black Sea; for other wise he would have the right of surveillance only over the coasts of ➢iingrelia, Abasia, and the other provinces of that part of his states, but he would not possess any right to interdict all nations from an in dustry which they have exercised from time imme morial. The ukase in question, therefore, moots a point that demands to be seriously examined." 'The Journal des Debats, in the course of a long article on the commercial crisis in England, which it attributes to the deficient harvest of 1846 and the failure of the potato crop, takes occasion to recom mend the establishment of free trade in France as the most effectual method of preventing the occur rence of a similar crisis in that country, as the stock of old corn at present on hand is very small, and there is a failure in the crops of beans and potatoes, while the wheat harvest is not above the average. The following is the conclusion of this well-argued article : " When the Chamber of Deputies voted the law which extended the provisional permission to import corn until the month of January next nobody could foresee the result of the last harvest ; but the persons who are systematically opposed to every measure which appears to be an encouragement to free trade, combined so effectively that the extension of time was limited to the month of January, 1848. We shall have time, said they, to procure supplies during the summer and autumn, as if it were prudent to haggle about a period Cif time when the question regarded the food of a nation. We now see that those persons were mistaken. A commercial acci dent has caused a suspension in the arrival of grain. Nobody is now purchasing corn either at Odessa, New York, or New Orleans. How should we act were the present fall in the price of grain in France, which must be partly ascribed to the commercial crisis in England, to be followed by a considerable rise in two or three months ? Does one imagine that it would he sufficient to extend the period for importing corn free of duty to ianuary or February? The example of last year has demonstrated the danger of waiting for those tardy laws. The year through which Western Europe has passed has demonstrated how chimerical were the assertions that Russia and America were capable of inundating Europe with wheat. It was asserted that it was only necessary to strike one's foot on the earth to see millions upon millions of sacks of corn produced at a low price. With regard to the low price, the returns of the prices in the different markets have shown us the truth of the assertion. If after a consideration of those facts any party should coolly maintain that agriculture would be endangered should the restrictive laws of o l sFaf B rl l teah 9 ntec a oev n ;ur d i l lhi B icis: 3 obc 2 noim b yt e ramat r cto e trn l i si a bes a ude e tn d ebs:yet:, we should begin to despair Fr:lneessi" 8 rtlayn tit) anxiousg c o The Constitutionnel has also an article on the crisiq in , p i la is ce p s a , r a t n ic d ul G th: v . s oe h fr r a i i nn railroads.d makingTo lhee ee to,:hsoawys itfbethCeonsmtiintuistiteonrneo/f, - n . te negotiating the loan at financial world in Finances will decide up on isoncsea,morthifathemw.ilblupxiosotNpoinseini the another period. It opinion to aengrotehaeter,st perplexity, and that the that he flies from one op resolution which he takes one day is ne longer V I molutionoiatbe day after. It is certain that his .1201-itio: is very embarrassing, that on the one hand the loan in present circumstances would be contracted on . deplorable condits, and that on the other hand it appears difficult and even dangerous to postpone it. But whose fault is this ? Have the Ministry any one to blame but themselves ? They commenced by increasing beyond measure the salaries of all public functionaries, and creating forty thousand new places. This retail traffic in consciences did not appear suffi cient when the elections arrived. The wish was to purchase the country wholesale by means of the railways. The budget of public works was over charged to an enormous extent, the savings of the country were expended without heeding the reaction which was inevitable. Hardly had the last session commenced when the financial crisis showed itself. The rise in the price of food came afterwards to double its intensity. It was in vain that a hope was entertained that the evil might be stopped by aban doning a portion of the works voted with such an ab sence of foresight. Private industry renounced the execution of the railways from Bordeaux to Cette, and from Lyons to Avignon ; the railways from Dijon to Mulhausen, and from Gray to St. Dizier remain without adjudication, and the Chambers reduced from ninety-three millions the extraordinary budget of public works. It was too late, and besides the mass of the works voted was such, that even after some of them had been abandoned, there still remained more than the strength of the country could bear." The Constitutionnel thus sums up the financial con• dition of France at the present moment : " The total amount of the advances and debts of the Treasury, at the end of 1847, will amount to 700,000,000, without reckoning the sixty or seventy millions required for current expenses. It was esti mated at the end of last session that the ordinary budget for 1848 would show a deficiency of forty millions, and that the extraordinary works would ex ceed the reserves of the sinking fund by sixty millions. This, then, is 100 millions to be added to the previous deficiency of 800 millions. How is this to be met ? Will a new issue of bons de tresor be tried ? This was formerly the economi ca l mode of borrowing, but it is so no longer, for the interest is now 4i per cent., and must be raised to 5 per cent. Let us add, that the floating debt has limits which cannot be exceeded without danger to the public credit. There is a moment when the most vulgar prudence coun sels the wisdom of consolidating it. It is impos sible not to be frightened at the situation of France if any grave event happened in Europe, with a floating debt to so exaggerated an amount as it is at the present. But if recourse be not had to an augmentation of the floating debt, it wiil be necessary to have recourse to the negotiation of a loan in the midst of a crisis. At what rate must it be contracted ? Probably at 72 or 74, and it will be recollected that M. Laca;e Laplagne, that insufficient Minister, concluded this loan at 841 Let M. Dumon , choose ; but whatever be the resolution at which he may arrive after so many tergiversations, it is neces sary that he should make a public declaration of it. Affairs must not be left any longer in a position that paralyzes commerce and industry." We copy the following on the progress of the in surrection in Naples from the Presse, and on this subject the Presse may be considered a high autho rity : "It is positively stated that grave intelligence has arrived from Naples. The insurrection which hail declared itself in Sicily has, it is said, gained the continental part of the kingdom, and even the capital itself. The situation of the Government is said to be seriously menaced, to such a point, indeed, that its friends manifest very lively apprehensions as to its existence. The pitiless character of the repression, far from having put down the movement, appears to have only aggravated it." The Three per Cents. were done on the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 75f. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 21—Marseilles and Avignon, 535 f.; Northern, 525 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 134—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 142—Dutch Rhenish, 24—Northern of France, 10—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 h—Paris and Orleans, 44 Sambre and Meuse, 6—Tours and Nantes, 2 1 4—West Flanders, 214. 'rag SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIN G; PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. .s.—The Jupiter arrived from Lisbon this day at noon. Her news is not very important. The Terrible had not arrived from An gola with the Count Bomfim and other prisoners. The present Ministers were manifesting a disposition to fulfil the terms of the Protocol, and conciliating the popular party. It was reported that the Cabral and Sitldanha factions had coalesced against their common roe, me rival owpternbri6t migueiist come deration. There seems, however, to be some doubt on this head, as it was asserted that Marato, Roma, and others, had strongly objected to it. The squa dron was still at Lisbon. The Teviot, from the West Indies and Mexico, is hourly expected at Southampton. REGISTRATIONS.-(THIS DAY.) MIDDLESEX. Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., the barrister appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to revise the list of voters for the county of Middlesex, held his court today at the Green Man, Bethnal green, for the revision of the lists of the parishes of Bethnal-green, Hackney, Christ Church, Shoreditch, Norton Folgate, and the Old Artillery-ground:: In consequence of the decision of the Learned Gentleman yesterday with respect to Mr. Shepherd, the principal objector for the Conservatives, the revi sion to-day was almost a matter of course, and no case of any interest came before the Learned Gentle man during the morning. Mr. Shadwell concluded his labours in this district at an early hour. CLERKENWELL._(THIS DAY.) William Dennis Daley, a tailor, was charged with inter-marrying with Mary Anne Barry, his first wife, Susan Galbally, being still alive. It appeared from the statement of the second wife that she became acquainted with the prisoner about two years ago, when he represented himself as a single man. They were married at St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, on the 29th of last December. For some time after her marriage she never suspected anything wrong, but she eventually ascertained that he had been previously married, and that his first wife was then living with her mother at No. 3, Crocker's-buildings, Hoxton Old Town. She taxed the prisoner with the deceit which he had practised on her, when he treated the matter with the greatest levity, and said he thought his first wife had been long ago dead. He was then given into custody. Mary Galbally, the mother of the first wife, proved that she was present at the marriage of the prisoner with her daughter, in December, 1841, and her daughter was residing with her at present. He treated her very badly, arid left her very shortly afterwards, and they saw him two or three times during about a twelvemonth, after which they heard nothing of him, until they were told he was in cus tody upon the present charge. The prisoner was remanded to Wednesday, in order that the police might procure copies or the registers and other formal evidence. LAMBETH.—('PHIS DAY.) A young man, who gave his name as John Nelson Hiscock, and surrendered himself yesterday to police constable P 295, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, charged, on his own confession, with having robbed his late employers, Jiessrs. Jeffery and Morris, mercers, Liverpool, of a large quantity of silk pocket handkerchiefs, and other goods. The case was remanded to this day week, for fur ther evidence, before he should be remitted to Liver pool. ivAARIKEEATNINDGLOArmi3TEIITIIIi.IiifaAstIS CATHOLICS Or SOUTH the boroughs o tended meeting f of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of night a numerously at- Southwark and ive L s a tin mb in e s t t h er w , a a n s d h m el a d ry a . t the:Temperanc e H a ll , W a terloo-road, to adopt measures for the formatio n o f an ass ociation similar to those esta blished in the c i ty o f L on don, lebone, for the vindication of Catholic rights and the protection of Roman Catholic privileges, by increasing as far as possible the n umber of Catholic electors, and organising the Roman Catholic residents of the metro polis. M. Forristol, Esq., took the chair, and explained the object of the meeting. Several persons having ad dressed the meeting, fl warm vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. Tut. LAtt 13tittatAtir 111 ESSEZ.—Yesterday a reward of tool., and her Majesty's free pardon, was offered for the discovery and conviction of the men who, on the 17th ult., broke into the dwelling-house of Mr. Abraham Ofiln, in Hutton, Esseit, the whole of whom had their faces covered with black and wore long black cloaks ; ono of them presented ti pistol at Mr, Offin and threatened his life ; whilst the others ransacked the house, carrying off above 701. in money and a large quantity of sliver plate. lie. i&' otteitti hr Mr: On); and 501. by Government, with pardon to any accomplice, not being the persv—• who pointed the pistol at Mr. Offin. froDmEvAeTnuiceoorf the e EA 2 It 2 - d death race is Admiral Bandiera. With him the that a the two noble consigned to the grave, a droafceCosenza were to have youths who fell on the scaffold Letters the veteran's white hairs, who u REAR — ADMIRA L his sons and his dis informed of the tragical death of .. frigate. He was buried missal from the command of his s due to his rank., WWI all the naval honour continued to posterity. The huindthoetsefiart.es-afmelel hheoauvrywoans ._ . .. . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was fur ther depressed, being fd. per lb. lower than on Friday last. Sales, 4,000 bales, including 3,000 bales American at 511 to eid. per lb. Very little business was done in Railway Shares. Prices were lower, and the market was as gloomy as ever. Great anxiety prevails in the city to ascertain whether any announcement will result from the interview which took place yesterday between the Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the city a most gloomy state of feeling prevails, and although the "fourth " has gone off better, perhaps, than might have been anticipated, it is certain that there is much of this result to be attributed to the excellent feeling which prompts par ties to exercise mutual forbearance towards each other The failure of Messrs. Rougemont Brothers, and Messrs. John Thomas, Son, and Lefevre must inevitably bring about other suspensions, and hence the danger of suf fering a day to pass without making a vigorous attempt to restore confidence, as each house which falls increases the danger to solvent firms, and probably brings down two or three more. The Bank of England is discounting as freely as possible, but money still commands a high rate of in terest, and is in most active demand. Indeed we see no prospect but that the intensity of the pressure will in crease unless relieved by extraordinary measures ; for we know that difficulty is being experienced in quarters which have ample property. The Public Securities have fluctuated violently this morning, and parties possessed of spare cash have taken advantage of the demand for money to pur chase stock at the existing low rates, and re-sell it for the settling nine days on whereby they obtain a profit of half to one per cent. This bonus, however, could not be expected to last, and the conse quence is, that Consols have jumped up within the last half hour from 834 to 844 for Transfer, being 844 to 85 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 255. to 30s. discount, and no large quantity could be sold even on those terms. Bank Stock is at 1914 to 196. The Foreign Securities are quite neglected. Spanish Five per Cent. Bonds have been 19 ; Mexican 18i, and Brazilian ex. div. 78. Dutch Four per Cents. have 13 , .en marked 821. There has been very little doing i❑ Railway Shares, but they keep steadier than might be expected. It is not probable that large sales could be made at present rates. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF liRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK, rRICE S. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84% 83 3 / 4 844 831/2 841/2 83% ,_ong Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8% 8% Bank Stock for Account ... ..... 191% 196 196 Consols for Account 8 4 343R% 85 84 3 4 Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. 5001 Small ONE OCTOBER 5, 1847. CLOSIKii 12 dis 10 dis . RICER OF FOREIGN lIINDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 7 7 1,E ex div 77% Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — —, Ditto, Deferred —3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 8 3% 18 3 / Ditto, Account — 18 - fr . 4 Russian Bonds lO5 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 34 3 / 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent. 53 1 ,E Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 82 1 4, 82 lh PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Not., Boston, and Eastern Junction 25,4...... 783 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,E Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and 0.- ford Junction - ••• 2O Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... 7 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 6 1 ,4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. b . . ..... _ Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 2 1 / 2 — ... .. ......... Ditto,Clydesdale June 40 Custer and Holyhead... 32 1 / 2 161... Ditto, Preference 4 • Cheltenham and Oxford 2 - Clarence __ . _ Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 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. & __ F, And i, i . id D. •- °g Dv., 181., E. & fr... 16 Do., 31.10 a., E. &H. 1 — Eastern Counties Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d par par Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 135. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New 23 Eastern Union 5O .. ... .... ..... .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / Dittn, Thirds ... l3a. 4d h . ast Lancashire _ 2O Ditto. New Do.. do., Exten. Scrip 14 Fast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — .... ........ .. Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... ... . .... -- Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New ... Ditto, Newp0rt........ 7 Ditto, ditto, New . — Edinburgh and Perth... 2 Ditta — Extension los. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%...... 1 1 A l l /4 Ditto, New . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle .. 81. 6s. 8d ..... Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 .....• Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Great Northern 8 ...... 3 3 1 4 3 Do., London and York 2 1 7. i.. ••• Great South. and West. _ (Ireland) iireatNorth of England-100 Ditto, New 40/. 5 ...... Ditto, New 30/ 30 Ditto, New 151 ll4 , -,reat Westeln . Ditto, % Shares ... 50 ..... 56 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ..... 22% 2 2 1,.2 Ditto, New 171 7 ...... 7% 7 Huddersfield & Manches. 22 ...... Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 7 Hull and Selby 5O .. ... - ........ .... Ma ... Ditt, Half Shares 2.5 ...... Ditto, IA Shares 12% ...... Ipswich &My St. Ec.m. 15 ...•-• Do., do., and Norwich 12 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2,4...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Oitto,Thirds Lancashis. , & Yorkshire 82 Ditto 1, Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarter Shares.— 14% Do. Fifths 6 '/ ... Do. Sixteenths _ . 6% -. -------- __ ... - Do. Thirds (Reg.)....71. diii: Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto i (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 28 -, Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract.& Goole Do. (W. Ridinglinion) 4/. 2s 2% dis. 2% dis. Do. (Preston tic Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ••• 11 4 Leeds and Bradford...... 45 Leicester and Bedford... 16s. ...... --- Leeds, Dewsbury, &C.... 37 Do., Branch % Shares 71,4.. DoVew Branch(blue) 2% .-- Do. Extension (green) 2%.. ... —. /E. Do.NewExten s Apink) 2% - Leeds and Thirsk 3l ..... Neer — Ditto, Ne 17% — ... ..... ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ... .... ..... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr &New castle Junction 2 l,x, ..... .... London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. 5 ... Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 3/ l3s. 4d.... Do. Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ...... 42% 42 42 1 %... 42 1 ,4 Do. Consol. Eighths 2O De. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ............. Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 London andOreenwich 12/ 15s4d — Ditto, Preference...lBl. 176.2 d... ... — 153 151 15 London and N. Western 1 00 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., co. New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 4 Shares (U. J.) 20 ...... 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 ...... - . DO. 40i. M. &BO ••• 40 ...... --- Do. 10/. (MI .: B.) A-.. 5 ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B. ) _'3. 5 •••••• DO. 10/. .al. At B.) C. i London, Oxford, and Cheltenham ............ .. 2 .. . .... ~. ........ -- Lofid. La S,Western ...41/. 65. 8d... Do. New Consul. Bths 40 Do. New 5 0 /. ... ..... 32%.. .. 29 Do. New 4 01 . ........ . . 26 ... • Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto . ..... . .... 40 --- ..• ........ ... . Ditto,Thirds 61. 131. 4d.... .-.. .............. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... ... ........ 1% — . Londonderry& .;oleraine. 25 ... Londonderry and Ennis killen 22% Diancheater,Bazton,and -- blatlozic..,. ... 3 .1040 ....• 00000000 miles ". 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 ..-......... 4% — ........ .... •• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,4 Manchest. &Southampt. 2/ 4 ...... Midland ..100 109 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 50/. Shares ... 10 Do. 'Jinn., and Derbyloo blidland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo ......119% 120 l2O Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 71.9s — Midlnd,Leicest.Bt Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 ...... Midland Great Western Irish NewcAstle sad Berwick 25 Ditto N 3W Ditto North Shields... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 5O ... Newmrket& Chesterford 13% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and ItostrevGr Norfolk .. lOO Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 — — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... — North Brittsh Do. Half Shares 1 2 1, 1 2..... 12./06 12% Do. Quarters 4 3 /4 4 5 ,8 4% Do. Extension --- I /1 • •••• % Ditto Thirds — North Staffordshire 7%...... 8 7 3 / 4 7 3 /4 North Wales - North Western 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 27%... .. ..... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Ceatral Scottish Midland 1 7 1,1 — . — Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury- & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .• ... Ditto Oswestry - Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ......, Shropshire Union South Devon... — Do. Preference South Staffordshire 2l. 125.... 7.outh Ea,tern & Dover. 33% Do., No. 1 Do., Nt.2. Do , No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 — .......... . Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7l/2 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13 , / . 2 . .... Waterford and Limerick 3; Waterld,Wxfid,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall WhitehAven & Furness 8 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 42s 27f, p 2% p Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...• .• ......... 25 .• ••• ••• ...... Do. Or ginal New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extensiox No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2.......... 5 Do. G.N.E.Prelerence 8 ...... 9IA ..... Fork and North Midland 50 . Ditto Extension . ..... 25 Ditto, Preference ...... 6 Do. East and West Rid- ing Extension FOREIGN .RAILWAY.S. Anglo-Belgian... 4 Barbadoes .. 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette(Constituted)... 4 •• ...- Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon ss. Demerara 2 I,E ... .. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras - ..... ••• •• • • ••••• Dutch Rhenish... ...... ... 7 Last Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern ot Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. ...... ~,. — areal Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. Janiaica S.Mid.Junction 1 - ••• — Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... — Luxembourg...... ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 11i ad ras ...... 1 Madras. Nellore. and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France.... .. 10 .. Orleans and Llordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Parrs and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 16 .... ......... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Dmrs and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. l 2 - Trinidad West Flanders ~. 8 .. ... 2 3 / 4 23/4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London Joint Stock British North American 50 — Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. s.—Wind E.N.E.,light breeze and fine. DEAL, OCT. 4.—Wir.d E. by S. ; P.M., E.—Arrd. from the Ricer and sailed, Lady Nugent, Calcutta; Co nondah, Rio do Janeiro ; Beaufort, Newport and St. Thomas's. FALMOUTII, OCT. 4.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrd. Lucy Sharpe, M‘Fee, Pernambuco._. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Oscar, Blackly ck, Brass River. Sld. Herculean, Savannah. Ott' port, Tuscar, New York ; Mary Atkinson, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. MARGATE., OCT. 4.—The Vigilant has been righted. A large schooner is bunk about two miles N. E. from the Knock light ; crew saved. STROMNESS, SEPT. 27.—The Elfrids, of Runcorn, and the Sceptre, of Fleetwood, have been hauled on the beach leaky. num., OCT. 4.—Sld. Isis, Rio de Janeiro. CLYDE, OCT. I.—Sld. Ceylon, Bombay ; Scotland, Savannah. ABERDEEN, OCT. 2.—The Lady Fife, of Port Gor don, from Cockenzte, was totally dismasted on the 24th ult., off Stonehaven. WELLS, OCT. 4.—The vessel reported yesterday as waterlogged in Braneastet Bay, is the Sommerin, from Hernosand to Calais; will partly discharge, and be brought in here. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The mat ket for British Plantation wears a heavy appearance, and including a public sale of 150 hhds Barbadoes and crystalised Demerara, which were only partially realised ; the transactions barely amount to 450 hhds, at prices establishing a decline of is 6d per cwt on last week's currency. There have likewise been offered by auction 7,725 bags Mauritius, which was all realised at a reduction of about is per cwt on the rates of this day week, viz., 31s to 36s for low to good brown, and 36s 6d to 44s for low to fine yellow, the greatest de cline being upon the lower descriptions. The principal transactions privately comprise 350 chests brown Bahia, at 39s 6d, and 2,000 bags Pernambuco and Paraiba, at 395. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,854 hhds, 454 tierces, 194 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,394 hhds, 154 tierces, 543 barrels. The stock in the same places is 19,575 hhds, 2,386 tierces, 5,127 barrels. COFFEE.-300 bags Plantation Ceyloneek a w t a t s h o e E nly a 8 1 1 artl and r ealised, at 51s for fine ord, being rather lower. 50y01 bags Brazil RUM. — 'T he 29s ti ali n s a ed ntityl f a o n r d g e o d o l d as o t r w d. West India Docks was 1,042 puns 233 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 654 puns 25 hhds, and exported 231 puns 19 hhds. The stuck in the same pla ß ee w s E is_l s 2, o 2 l 2 e puns 1,705 h 1 ,4/ be7oshehn o d s s. white. Id at 16s for good bold TALLOW.--P.Y.C. is 47s per cwt on the spot, and Town 50s 6d. not quite solar in g a e r late. TES.— The as of is quiet, but the consumption is TOBACCO. last month. W 0 have had no change in the market deserving p ar ti cu l ar comment, and with the exception of o ne or two trifling instances, we have re sumed our previous quotations; buyers in most instances supplied have su • ed themselves as in nee d, and have shown no aLsoosition to increase their stocks much beyond int media,:!4 consumption. Prices may be considered firm, with a sfig,.lc tendency upwards, but there has been no disposition diret;!,ed to speculative purchases. Salesduring last month have beer!. 800 hbds, imports 476 hhds, deli veries 801 hhds, against 1,145 hhds in the corresponding month of 1846; stock 25,680 hhds, against 28.354 hhds, in 1846. In Virginia sales have not exceeded 200 hhds, and have chiefly consisted of poiections of good and - •4 . ...)' fine qualities for spinning ; Leaf at 4d to sd, and Strips at 50 to 6d ; in descriptions suitab!e for euttieg purposes there has been scarcely anything done. In Kentucky Leaf and Strip), although the market has been comparatively quiet, sales may be estimated at 600 hhds, nearly equal quantities of Leaf and Strips ; in some instances a trifling advance has been submitted to for selections of the latter. Maryland, a few hhds have been taken at 5} to 6d. Stock almost bare. Ha vannah Leaf of fine quality has been in good demand, but the limited stock of this descrip tion has prevented any business being done, ex cept of a retail character ; the quality of the new crop, which has arrived, is considered by the trade as very ord. In Havannah: Cigars the demand has been very limited for all descriptions, and the trade have been purchasers as in need ; a few cases of mid and ord have been taken for exportation at low rates. Manilla Cheroots have been in moderate request at previous rates. Cuba of good and fine quality has been sold at improved prices. In Columbian Leaf business has been limited, and the trade have supplied themselves as in need. St. Domingo, nothing done. Havannah Seed Leaf, stock almost rare of tine quality. Brazil has been neglected, although the stock has much improved fin character by recent importations ; new parcels generally are of mid and good quality. Porto Rico Leat of mid quality for fillers has been in demand, and taken at low prices. German Leaf of good and fine descriptions has been in fair request, at steady prices, parcels of ord, badly assorted, and soft in condition, difficult of sale at low rates. In .Amersfoot nothing done. In Negro Head and Caven , dish sales have been very limited, and almost confined to small parcels for stores; for export very little done. Prices are rather firmer for good and fine sorts. Com mon stalks are in fair demand. Virginia and Kentucky scarce. COAL MARK ET.—MONDAY. Adair's Main ...... 16s 6d Huddle's W. Hartley 18s 6d Burnhope Hartley 16s Od Davison s West Hartley 18s 6d Original Tanfield Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor ..... Townley l7s Od West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c Haswell 2os 9d Hetton ... 2os 9d Keepier Lambton Murton Russell's Hetton ..„ 2os 6d Shotten Stewart's Washington Whitwell Hudson's Hartlepool l9s 6d High Thornley l7s Od Kelloe 2os 3d South Durham Seymour 'fees Tees West Cornforth ........ 18s 9d Whitworth l6s Od Derwentwater Hartley 18s od W. Hartley Netherton 18s 6d Sidney's Hartley Is-74 sold. Acorn Close Bewicke and Co lBs 3d Bell and Brown lBs 3d Gosforth . 18s 3d Northumberland Wharncliffe Eden Main 2os 3d Braddyll's Hetton 20s 6d Crawford .. ...... . 17s 6d East Hetton 102 arriva HAYMARKET THEATRE. Miss Helen Faucit made her first appearance for the season at this theatre last evening, in the cha racter of Pauline Deschappelles, in The Lady of Lyons. Miss Helen Faucit originally made this character, and perhaps it is not going too far to say that that character also made Miss Helen Faucit. At all events, it secured to her an undisputed supre• macy as the heroine of young tragedy, a supremacy which she has enjoyed without a rival up to the pre sent hour. She looked well, and acted the part, al she always does, in the most interesting manner. She was excellently supported by Mr. Creswick, as Claude Melnotte, who acted the character with excel lent taste and judgment. We prefer his Claude Mel notte to Macready's. Equal to Macready's in power and intensity, he has the advantage over his great predecessor of youth. Mr. Creswick looks the yowl and romantic enthusiast which Claude Melnotte 1 5 supposed to be. After the play Keeley and his clever little wife made their first appearance before a Hay market audience, in the farce of Twice Killed, and kept the house in a roar of laughter. The theatre was very well attended. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. After a short recess, this elegant little theatre opened for the season last evening. Mr. M a ddo% seems determined to be " all at." Tragedy, corneal': and opera are each to have a turn at this theatre, and his company in each department is a strong one. For tragedy we have Mr. Macready, Mr. Co o p er , the Misses and Miss Emmeline Montague; le comedy Miss Emma Stanley, Mrs. Gordon, and the accomplished artiste and truly Shaksperian actor , Compton ; and for opera we have Madame Ano Thillon, Miss A. Romer, and all our old favourites. The theatre opened with Macbeth—Macready Of course acting Macbeth, and Miss Cushman Lad/ Macbeth. On a former occasion we gave as our opinion that the Lady Macbeth Miss Cushman was the best which had been Beet since the days of Mrs. Siddons, and her performance of this most arduous character last night completely confirms us in the opinion which we heretofore 0: pressed. There is a terrible earnestness throughoo her representation of the character, which enables the spectator at once to realise the conception of Shalt' spere. Never have we seen an actress exhibit such intensity—such energy; and then the last scene' the " Out, damned spot !" was thrilling in its- p a thos. Notwithstanding th e h orror w hi ch the crimes , Lady Macbeth had inspired, it was impossible not to fee' for her while undergoing this agonizing punishment' Macbeth is one of the best of Macready's Shaksperiel l impersonations, and he never acted better in his lif e than he did last evening. Both he and Miss Cush' man were called for at the conclusion of the tragedy' Matthew Locke's music was superbly given. The house, as might have been expected, was crowded 1 0 every part. VICTORIA THEATRE. A new domestic drama, entitled The Merchant . ' Clerk ; a Love Story, was produced here last evening with the most unequivocal success. This is one o f those intensely interesting domestic dramas for the production, of which this house is so celebrated. The interest el the piece turns upon the adventures of Mary Hillarf (Miss Vincent), the daughter of a merchant, whose clerk, Elliott, is in love with her. Uld Hillary, in order to break off th e ma t c h, concocts a charge (3`.t forgery against Elliott, which eventually recoils agai o himself. Mary, who is married to Elliott, and cast off by her father, suffers all the ?nisei and wretchedness that want and poverty 00 inflict, but Old Hillary, who has been through" out the tool of a designing housekeeper, wh o wishes to estrange him from his daughter, I n order to marry him herself, at length discovers the machinations of this " fiend in human form" Hiss quote from the bills), and all en d s happily. MO Vincent's impersonation of the character of Marl Hillary was distinguished by a pathos and intensiti of feeling which not unfrequently drew tears fro o her audience. She was well supported by Mr. Hick s as Elliott. The Old Hillary of Mr. Dale was aO 6 piece of acting, and richly merited the applause that was lavished on it. Artistically viewed, it w as the, best thing in the pi ece . Th ere was an exce lle nt, low-comedy part for Forman, who m a d e th e mos t o f it. The drama, which is admirably put on the star met with the most deserved success, and will have long run. l QUEEN'S COLLE GE , B IRMINGHAM. -- The annu al meeting for the distribution of prizes to the successfu l pupils took place y es t er d ay (Monday) in the theatre 0 f the institution. The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton, th e , Principal, took th e c h a i r, and amongst those preset° were—the Hon. and Rev. Chancellor Law, the Vies' Principal of the college ; the Hon. and Rev. Granthu° l M. Yorke, Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., the R O /' Vaughan Thomas, Dr. Booth, Mr. Sands Cox, the Dea n of the Faculty, the various professors, and a numerous attendance of ladies and gentlemen. The followid prizes were awarded :—First Warneford gold medut Whittell, Leamington ; secon d W arneford gold me d a l, Bird, London ; the Jephson prize, 20 guineas, Bird Professor Sands Cox's p r i zes , Bird and • Whitten ; Sh e governor's gold medal, Barratt, Birmingham ; aztatoot first medal, Bird ; materia medica ditto, Moore , hale' Owen ; certificate, Ir e l an d, M a l ms b ury; chemistry, firs' medal, Lane, Grosmouth, Monmouthshire ; certificate. Stead, Congleton ; medicine, first medal, Bird ; certify cate, Brown, Birmingham ; surgery, first medal, patter' son, Stourbridge ; midwifery, first medal, Whittell; certificate, Brown ; botany, first medal, Lowe, Birreing" ham ; certificate, Moore. The vice principal's first prize of 32L 10s. was a war d e d to B i rd • and the prise' in the junior department to Pryer, Wall, Edney, Wi t ' kinson, and Stead. DIOCESAN COURTS.—By an Act of Parliamen t passed in July (10th and 11th Victoria, cap. 98) th e , several diocesa n courts in England will be opened ft the transaction of business from and after the first del of next month. Much inconvenience, it is declared bf i the preamble, ensues f rom t h e cont i nue d suspension o f the jurisdiction of the several diocesan courts in Eng' land, and'it is then enacted, " That the bishop of ev er,' diocese in England shall, by himself or his officers' exercise throughout the whole of his diocese 0 it now is or hereinafter may be limited or con' stituted, save only in causes and matters t e sty mentary, or relating to the administration of th ° personal estate of intestates, the same jurisdie: tion and authority which before the passing of this A o ' he or any bishop lawfully could or might exercise q himself or his officers within any part of such diocese. The officers of the court are to pay over the net amount of fees to the treasurer of the governors of the bouatf of Queen Anne, to be carried to a separate aecounSo .. and retained until Parliament shall provide for the sp" propriation thereof." HAMBURG, OCT. I.—Mr. R. Cobden arrived on the 29th of September at Lubeck, on his way iron) Stockholm. Stockholm. The follo w i ng d ay a grand dinner wit s given in his honour at the Hotel du Nord, by the me' chants of Lubeck. Mr. Cobden ' being anxiou s to re turn home, sat out next morni ng for Hamburg, where he ur" rived about noon, and took up his residence at Streit'o hotel. Great preparations have been made in this city for his reception. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF CASII AND BANS 0! ENGLAND NOTES.—Ye s terd a y information was receive d by the police, that the dwelling-house of Mr. G. Howarth , of Cadishead, near Manchester, had been plundered of 901. in gold, and 350 L in Bank of England notes, and that a lodger, named Elias Field, at Mrs. Dorothy Tyas% Castlereagh-street, Barnsley, had goner off with 65L ill gold, and eleven five-pound notes of the Barnsley ano Wakefield Bank.