The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-30 00:00:00

Robin, ditto ; Windermere, Africa ; Leo, Montreal; Sarepta, Jessie, and August. 017 SALCOMBE, SEPT. 27.—Katheri ac Stewart Forbes, Wright, green Island. NEWPORT, SEPT. 29.—Wind N.E., s'rong.—Sld. -Anne, Laing, Bombay; Wanderer, St. 11 omas's ; R. A. .Park, Havannah. WiYENHOE, SEPT. 29.—The Noestra Senora, Carnien, 'c►f and tor SaLtander, from Lerwick, was wreck( d on Gunflet-t this mornilg; crew and mate' ials saved. PALMOLITH, SEPT. 29. Wind S.E., fresh gale. arrd. Echo, M'lCay, Prince Edward's I land. OFF SCILLY. SEPT. 25.—Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica; Manpo Lant, Rio Janeiro for Altona. BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.E.—Sld. James Daly, Africa; W. A. Cooper, New York. SWANSEA, SEPT. 28.—Wind E.—Sid. Underley, Cuba. BNAUMA BIS, SEPT. 28. Sid. Eliza Caroline, St. 'John's, New Brunswick. WHITEHAYEN, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.—Sid. Campbell, CORK, SEPT. 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Oceanus, Stif '.4.4l_S, New York. LIMERICK, SEPT. 26 —Sid. Energy, Quebec. GALWAY.—SId. Clifton, New South Wales; Com ;lnerce, New York. LONDON, SEPT. 30.—The Hope, of Maryport, and -- the Hope, cf Belfast, both from Wick, were on the ashore on the 23d inst. on the Bland of Flotta. LLOYD'S. At a general meeting of the members held yesterday, Ito receive the half-yearly report of the committee ; G. It. Robinson, Esq , M.l'., in the chair, the follo%ing 170tes were proposed and unanimously granted:— The Honorary Silver Medal to Captain Don Bernar -4dino Camp, of the Spanish brig Emilio, to mark the i'fsense entertained of his noble- and disinterested conduct :In rescuing, at great IP rsonal risk, from the Alacrane aw, the survivors of the crew and passengers, 71 in ttiumber of the Tweed steam-peket, wrecked on the 12th :February. The Honorary Bronze Medal to Don Guillermo Villa 'verde, the chief officer of the Emilio, in acknowledg ment of his intrepid and active services on the same ,•occasion. And the sum of 211. to the crew of the Emilio, for ltheir cervices on the same oc,.asion, Th-e pounds to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn, of Fishguard s to mark the sense entertained of their hu mane and intrepid conduct in rescuing the crews of the sloop , Miargaret and brig Ellen, wrecked near that place 'llttur,, a violent gale, 20th October last. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, SI3PT. 29.—The few prime Beasts and Sheep on offer commanded a steady sale at fully last week's quotations, In all other kinds of fat stcek 4 comparattvely little business was transacted. Beef, :from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 55 2d ; .Lamb, 43 to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10J; and Pork, 4s ',lto -sit 8d per 81bs, to sink th e o ff a l. ItomFottb, SEPT. 29.—0 n the whole our market was steady at full prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 4(1 to 5s 6d ; Veal, 4 4 . s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs ; Suck- Lag Calves, 185 to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs , 16 s to 193 ; and Mi lc h Cows, their small Calf, 16/ to 181 each, trinATGATE ti.ND TBILDENHAL I6 . e had a very slow trade here to day, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 2s 6d to V. 8 d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4 s 8 d ; Lam b, 43 to 5s 4d ; 1% 40 , 38 10d to 4s 1 0 d ; and Po rk, 4s to 5s 4cl per 81bs Y the carcase. Ils.u.sama, SEPT. 29.—We had a very firm trade this lijoreing, at very full prices. Beef from 3s 6d to 43 6d; 'glutton, 43 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, SEPT. 28.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; uttun, 4s 4d to 5s 6 d; Veal , 4s 44 to 4s 8d ; and -York, 4s 4d to 43 8d per Sibs. A moderate supply, and steady trade. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 29.—Prime stock was in good :tnnest, at higner rates; and the value of other kinds Mutton, mostly supported. Beef, from 3 s 4 r l to 4 a 4 d; -Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s 44 to 4, 84 ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 27s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Milch Cows, Veith. their Small Calf, 161 to 181 each. HILT 111.8.113 LETS. s " 831ITIIFIELD.--TTCM;TICT;Thj,3I to 31 15s; New tlitto, 21 Bto 31 5s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto, al 10a to 4110 s ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply hut moderate, and trade rather dull. trbIBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 31 165; tew ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 5s ; Old Clover, 41 to 41 185 ; ew ditto, 3110 s to 4i 8s; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 14s Per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our -quotations. rt , BITECRAPEL—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s ; New, ditto, 21 8s to 31 Ss; Old Clover, 41 4s to 5/ ; New ditto, 31 I2s to 41 168 ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s Per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Sept. 30, 1847, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Walc s Per Imperial Quarter. .• IWHEAT.1 WHEAT. I BU R LEY . ' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 536 6d 131 s 10d 23s Od 35s 2d 142 s 5d 44a 4d The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. CROCODILES IN FRANCE.—French naturalists have *Wain these few days been greatly puzzled by a remat k- Able phenomenon. At the palace of Compiegne several `Soong and very vigorous crocodiles were discovered in ' n e of the chambers. All the savants were ca.led to tether to discover the cause, but for a long time—though many eompraling opinions were advanced—no satisfac tory reason could be arrived at for such an extrardinary circumstance At length the cause was made self-evi dent• for it appeared that the crocodiles were first discovered in the very room in which the ex Queen :Christina let fall a shower of tears. Two of the animals, in very excellent spirits, have been sent as a maternal present to Isabella.—Punch. „.,,BAREFACED RECOGNITION OF WHITE SLAVERY.— 'WQ have heard much of "white slaves" in the menu titcturing districts, but we had no notion that the trade i ll white slaves was carried on in Lancashire, with as little concealment as in Brazil or South Carolina. We h ave been much shocked by the following paragraph in Ilast Week's market accounts, under the head of—" Cotton tanufactures.—Grey domestics, of stout make, have „en in request for the Persian anArabia makets, but `ne demand from those sources having subsided, sales are 1 / . 1 "" more difficult to be made." There is something in itely cruel in this cool announcement of the sale of „ 11 l grey domestics"--men who have grown old in the ser 'L , ev of their heartless masters, and who, in their old age, are flung on the Persian and Arabian markets, to ecome, no doubt, the victims of infidel cruelty and h arsh usage. We recommend Exeter Hall to look to t ills barbarous practice.—Punch. VISIT OF THE DUCHESS OF VICTORY TO MAN ,I.EsTEn —On Monday evening last, La Duquesa de la V ictoria (the wile of General Espartero, Duke of Vic ttY), arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, from r e north, accompanied by Senhor L. Muriette, nephew 1:k his Grace, and Senhor Manuel de Ysasi, his Grace's private secretary. The Duchess and her companions, ti ompanied by Mr. Huharty, of this town, visited yes t e c e 4 "ay Me-sr;. Stirling and Beekton's cotton factory ; 3 e ssrs. Sharpe, Brothers, and Co.'s Atlas works ; and xc p k" r• Coat es ' s p r i nt wo rks. They also called upon M rk 7 ,iiiPs, Esq., at his warehouse in Church-Greet. The D uchess and party left Manchester for London by the " ( press train on Tuesday afternoon.—Manchester Guar dia,. 1 41 E MEEICAN BATTLES.—Yesterday the Ameri pan vessels in the port of Liverpool were decked out wi th flags and streamers in honour of the victories gained by General Scott. SOUTH-WESTERN EXPRESS TRAINS : — Yesterday the directors of this company arranged for additional ex press trains, to run daily from Nine Elms to Dorches -IZand Salisbury. The alteration commences to mor till'', the Ist of October, and will effect an entire change 1 1 1, 10 time table. tmt yria, FREE HOSPITAL.— Yesterday evening the h ol d s leeting of the governors of the above charity w as r l in the board room of the institution, in Gray'sits l ane road. F rom the report it appeared that since Insti tution, in 1828, the number of patients who have iZnerr.elieved amounted to upwards of 230.000 without beingut. r ecommendation destitution and disease only re • , adrai t , aio qulsite. Hundreds of patients daily crowd for fer w ant n l n umbers of whom are obliged to be rejected ness htvyi n "r adequate funds. The usual routine busi chairman. g b e n transacted, thanks ware voted to the SUSPENS ION noticed ' Op RAILWAY CALLS.—The requisi tionin our last and to which were ultimately appended th e si in dividuals, incl gnat res o u f three hundred firms and in ' u"ln g most of the principal mercantile houses in Manchester, requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting to consider whether any steps can be e_ t aken to limit the d ra i n occasioned by the heavy ra il way ls on the floating capital of the nation, and to diminish the pressure now so i n j ur i ous l y a ff ect i ng t h e tra d e o f thi s district ; this requisition has been presented to the Mayor, who, in compliance with it, has convened a public meeting of bankers, merchants, traders, and other i nhabitants of the borough, to be held in the Town-hall, tomorrow (Thursday), at eleven o'clock.—Maxchester Guardian. DE ATH or THE HON. GEORGE H. PRorriT.—The Louisville Journal states that the Hon. G. H. Proffit, or Indiana, formerly a Member of Cong ress from the Evanseville district, and more recently Minister to Bra zil, died in that city on the 7th instant. JENNY LIND IN EXETER.—To most of our readers this announement will be interesting, and to many of them we know it will afford unlooked. for pleasure. We confess that, anxious as we were to have an opportu nity of listening to the " Swedish Nightingale" within our own fair city of the west, we had hardly ventured to expect that at the present moment, when so many other places of importance are competing with us for it, that opportunity would have been afforded us.— Western -Luminary. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—The steam-boat Lake of the Woods arrived at our wharf on t he sth, from the ` -) PPer Missouri. This vessel was chartered for a trip to the Yellowstone River, but when at the mouth of the Little Chap - lane River, about 500 miles from her desti nation, she burst her steam connecting pipe, scalding . Ir lr. Thomas Calloway so as to cause his 6- ..th in about s ex hours. No other person was injured.—St. Louis -i? epublican. THE TURNPIKE AND TOLL-BAR NUISANCE.—On T uesday a numerous public meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of St. Pancras took place at the SJuth utnpton Arms Tavern, Camden Town, for the purpose of en , rn tneneing an agitation for the abolition of the turn •F'Kes and toll-bars throughout the metropolitan and sub urban districts. Mr. Ramsey was at eight o'clock called te the chair. Several resolutions were agre.nl to, and a e w ( l lur nittec appointed to pursue the agitation ; after t eich a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and " meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, LATEST BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. CESA BEWITCH STAKES. Bto 1 agst Warh;gi; 25 to 1 agst Marquis of Co -9 to 1 agst Rob Roy—t nynghara—taken 13 to 1 agst Remnisicence 25 to 1 agst Vanity 14 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon 30 to 1 agst Tufthnnter 18 to 1 ag , t 30 to 1 agst Annandale 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 30 to 1 agst Lightning 25 to 1 agst Miss Whip f 30 to 1 agst Lheritress 25 to 1 agst 33 to 1 agst Tarella—t. ARRIVALS.—Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Lords Stratlmiore, Sidney, 06borne, Enfield, Euston. Charles Manners, Edward Russell; Honourablet; Colonel Anson. Captain Rou , , H. Forrester, li. Fitt, S. Lyttle ton, Francis Villiers; Sir J. Hawley, Field-Marshal Grosvenor, Colonel Peel; Messrs. Greville, Pa ne, Wad dington, Batson, Lowther, Magermis, Ouseley, Higgins, Sloane, Stanley, Newton, Knightley, Fitzroy, Thornhill, Drinkald, Gully, &c. The match between Weatherbt and the Liberator is off. The opening of the Newmarket Itai;road, which was expected to take place in time for this meeting, is not t " come off" for Eome weeks. A match I,as been made for Friday in the S, cond Oc tober Meeting, between Wolfdog, B.it Mb, and Wood Pigeon, 7st 71b. T.M.M. 300, 11 ft. WEDNESDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 toys. each; for three• yrs old colts, Bit 711); fillies, 86t 41b. D.I. (8 Subs.) Mr. Medley's Foreclosure (A. Day) 1 Mr. Stephensou's Z:'ka ... ... ••• 2 Sir J. liawley's ... 3 Betting-13 to 8 each agst Foreclosure and Miami, and sto 2 apt Ziska. Miami made steady running to the Duke's stand, where sbe was beaten. Foreclosure and Ziska went on togeqier, and continued head and head almost to the chair, Foreclosure winning cleverly by a neck. Run in 3 min. 37 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 SOTS, each, and only 5 ft if declared; for three yrs old, &c. D.M. (6 Subs., 2of whom paid.) Colonel Peel's Palma, 3 yrs, 6st 91b ... (J. Sharpe) 1 Duke of Rutland's Paultons, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 2 Lord Orford's Prussic Acid, 4 yrs, 8•t 71b ••• 3 Mr. Douglas's The Positive Young Man, 3 yrs ... 4 Betting-6 to son Prussic Acid. Palma made all the running, and won by a length, Paultons beating the fa vourite by a head. Run in 1 min. 47 secs. Match, 2001., h ft. T.M.M. Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven, 7st 71b ••• Mr. B. Green's The Conjuror, Bst 81b ••• Won by a neck. Run in 3 min. 37 secs. 501; for three yrs old, 7st 5111; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 131 h; six and aged, 9st. D.I. Mr. Barnes's Tulthunter ... ... walked over _ _ (Nat) 1 ... 2 Match, 2001., h ft. D.M. Lord E. Russell's Nottingham, Bst 71b, received for feit from Lord Strathmore's Signet, Bst 21b. Match, 2001, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Colonel Peel's Isis, 7st 7th, received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 81b. Match, 100/., h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Hussey's Embrace, Bst 51b, agst Mr. Sandford's Laura, Bst—off by consent. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate. R.C. Jericho, 5 yrs—Lynceus, 4 yrs—Hydrangea, 4 yrs— Radulpbus, 4 yrs—Nottingham, 3 yrs—Tim Whiffler, 3 yrs. Town Plate. D.I. Nottingham, Tutthunter, The Admiral, King of Morven. Sweepstakes. Winner to be sold for 704 Keeley, 6 )rs—Captain Phebus, 5 yrs—Peasant, 4 yrs—Finvaragh, 4 yrs—So-Nice, 3 yrs—Ellen Horne, 3 rs—Lay la filly, 2 3 rs—b f by Erymus, 2 yrs—Passion F►ower, 2 yrs. LATEST BETTIN G. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 9 to 1 agst War Eagle. 20 to 1 agst Vanity. 9to 1 agst Reminiscence. 20 to 1 agst Miss Whip f. 10 to 1 agst R(‘l3. Roy. 25 to 1 agst Tuft-hunter. 15 to 1 agst Wuud Pigeon 30 to 1 egst Rufus (t) 18 to 1 agst Ulysses (t) 40 to 1 apt Inheritress 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildsir 40 to 1 agst Cosachia (t) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Rol t's 2(t) i 20 to 1 agstßeminiscenee (t) 4 to 1 agst Prior of St. 120 to 1 agst George Hud- Margarets (t) son (t) 000 to 60 agst War Eagle I 25 to 1 agst The Cur (t) (taken) DERBY.- 6 to 1 agst Green's Lot, 11 to 1 agst Sur plice (t), 11 to 1 agst Springy Jack, 33 to 1 egst The Sheriff (t), 33 to 1 agst Backbiter. TEWKESBURY RACES.—MoNn.tY. The Cheltenham Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, once round and a dis., were won in 2 heats, by Mr. Curtis's Arnszfnient, 5 yrs, (Crickmere) beating Old George and another. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, once round and a dis. (6 subs.) were won in 3 well con tested heats by Mr. Curtis's Amazement, 5 yrs, (Crick mere), beating Grisette, Augustus, Auricula, and two others. The Hack Stakes were won by Mr. Kitten's Auricula, 4 yrs, (Owner), beating Charlotte and two others. The Hurdle Race was won in 3 heats, by Mr. Hen derson's Sarah Sykes, 4 yts, (Land), beating Mr. Young's The Witch, 5 yrs; Mr. Cartwright's Twelve Stone Two, Mr. Southby's Felix, and Mr. Elliott's The Oppressed, atter a remarkably fine race. WREXHAM RACES—TUESDAY. _ _ The Wynnstay Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only it' tleuiared. Two wiles. Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, 7st, walked over. The Town Plate of 50/. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs (Clarke) 1 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton, aged Mr. Minor's Hawkstone, 3 yrs ... 0 3 Mr. Smith's Foxwhelp, 5 yrs, ... ... 2 0 Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 6 yrs ... odr The Cavalry Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added ; one mile ; were won in two heats by Mr. Jones's Trooper, aged, beating Rhyl, 4 yrs, and two others. The New Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added ; one mile ; were won in two beats, easily, by Carrissima, beating Vestare, and b c by Prince Caradoc, out of Lady Francis. A Handicap ; one mile ; was won in two heats by Ca rissima, beating Vestare and the Lady Francis colt. KELSO RACES.—TUESDAY. The Kelso St. Leger of 50 sovs. each, h ft, with 1001., the second to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. (14 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Ery x, 3 yrs Mr. St. Paul's Enchanter, 3 yrs ... Won easy. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, 5 yrs ... 1 Mr. Dawson's Magnet, 5 yrs, llst 71b ... 2 Mr. Merry's Pilgrim, 4 yrs, list 31b ... Mr. Nicoll's Rowland, aged, llst 91b Mr. Robertson's Good Coio, 3 yrs, lOst 71b Mr. Fawcus's Charlton, 4 yrs, list 31b Won easy. The Bowmont Stakes of 10 fOVS. each, with 25 added Three-quarters of a mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Jock o'Hazelden Robertson) Mr. J. Wauchope nd Blackball ... ••• Won by two lengths. The Roxburgh Gold Cup of 2001., added to a Sweep• stakes of 10 soya. each, the second to save his stake, One.mile and a half. (12 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 3 rs, ist 81b ... 1 Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ... 2 Mr. Merry's fby Lanercost out of Abigail, 3 yrs ... 3 Mr. Nicoll's Mo:cow, 4 yrs, est slb ... 4 Mr. Robertson's Good t_ oin, 3 yrs, 6st 12 ... . . fell Won by a length. ... (Prince) 1 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 9 CITY OF LONDON PENSION SO CIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l beg to inform you that your statement re lative to the City of London General Pension Society of this night's Sun is incorrect, and so it was when you reported it before. The male pensioners do not, nor have not received 31s. per month, as you inform the public they do. The fact is, they receive 275. per month for 12 months, or for 52 weeks, and not 48 weeks of four weeks in the months. Your statement represents the pensioners, therefore, of receiving is. 6d. per week more than they really do. Ido not pretend to know from whence you get your information, yet for being myself a pensioner on that most benevolent institution, I desire ever to be thankful to Almighty God and to all and every one of the subscribers there unto for the great benefit I derive from it, and am heartily glad the funds so increase that other poor old persons may he benefited also. But, sir, I think you ought to correct your misstatement, that the public be not deceived, nor poor old pensioners be disap pointed, which I believe you do not intend they should.—l am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, London, Sept. 28, 1847. A. 8., Pensioner. The Warwickshire Agricultural Association held its annual meeting and show of stock at Warwick yes terday. The ploughing matches came off in a field some short distance from the town, and the competition in the various classes was thought to be good, considering the light nature of the soil. The most interesting was a match between the ploughmen of the Earl of Warwick and the Earl of Aylesford, two horses abreast, for 51. The men were disqualified in the other classes, having obtained prizes on former occasions. The competition ended in favour of the man in the Earl of Aylesford's employment. The show of stock was by no means large, or of the same interesting character as in former years. Tie attendance, too, was extremely small, and the whole affair bore an appearance of flatness. The funds of the society are in a very good state, the whole of the last year's premiums having been paid, and suffi cient remaining, in hand to m eet the p rizes of the p resent. The judge of stock was Mr. Chamberlayne, of Dedford, near Leicester. The members afterwards dined together at the Court house. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Ryder, is ordered to fit immediately at Portsmouth, for the em barkation of Mr. Percy Doyle, the newly appointed British representative to the republic of Mexico. The three sons of Marshal Oudinot and the son of Lieutenaht-General Oudinot have arrived at Marseilles. The funeral of the late Marshal will take place soon after their arrival at Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton left Portman square un Tuesday for Euston Park, Suffolk, where the Earl and Countess of Lincoln are also expected to arrive from the Marquis of Douglas's seat, Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran. The strike among the Ayr miners has come to an end, and the men are now returning to their work. FLANDERS MAIL. LIE HAGUE, SErr. 28.—8 y a decree of the 22d September, his Majesty appointed the Minister of State and Chancellor of the two orders, Baron Von Schimmelpenick, to the government of Guelderland. The Baron took the oath at the hands of his Majesty on the 24th, and will enter upon the functions of his office on the Ist of October. By another decree of the 24th, his Majesty has nominated Count de Rech teren the present Governor of Overypel, which office he will enter upon on the Ist of November. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frederic, of the Netherlands, and their august chil- dren, and the Princesses Louisa and Maria, arrived at Berlin on the 25th instant, from St. Petersburgh. We are happy to state that the King has sanctioned, and declared applicable by a royal decree of the 11 th instant, to the navigation of the Is: etherlands- Rhine, the conclusion of the Protocol No. IV. of the Session of the 17th August of the Central Commis sion of the Rhine at Mayence. BERLIN, SEPT. 27.—Bettina Von Arnheim has resolved, by the advice of persons in authority, to avail herself of the rigl.t of appeal from the sentence imposed on her on her trial for slandering the ma gistrate, for which purpose she has selected as her counsel the Polish Commissarius, Mr. Lewald. She expects that, if not acquitted, she will nevertheless obtain a mitigation of her sentence. BRUSF,ELS, SEPT. 28.—The new five franc pieces which, by order of our Government, have been lately issued, have, we are assured, been refused acceptance by the French Government. We do not like to give credit to an assertion of this kind till it is fully established, but we cannot think that so great a slight would be put upon us, especially at this commercial . . crisis. Sr. PETERSBURGH, SEPT. 18.—A manifesto has just been issued, dated the 13th, which commands a levy of troops in the Western Government of 7 men in every 1,000. The Emperor has transmitted the order of St. Alexander Nevvsky, set in brilliants, to Baron Brunnow, his Majesty's Ambassador in London. Orders have likewise been conferred on Lieute nants Strom, Wergeland, and Herzberg. THE POLISH TRIALS. The noble Polish ladies of Posen, and of the other states of the Grand Duchy of Posen, have collected all their jewels and ornaments, which they have sold for the benefit of the Polish state prisoners and their im poverished families.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 28. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 28. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 251 per Cent •• • • • 5451 55 Ditto, 3 per Cent •. • •••• • • • . 65N 66% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• •• • •••••• • • • • • • 85% 86% Amort Syndic, 451 per Cent.. .... • . 84% 84% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 164% 165 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchangeon London, at sight •• • • 12 07 Two months..... • • .... 11 87 On Hamburgh, at sight .. • . 35 37 Two months... .. On Paris . •• • • .... 56 75 Two months. 56 25 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baumsr, SEPT. 25. Bills. Money. 6t.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent 92% 91% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Foreign Exchanges .... .................... Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 245{ 6 24% BELGIAN FUN DS.-13aussims, SEPT. 28. Actual Debt, 251 per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• •• • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Threeper Cent.. • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,ditto, 1840 •• 98% Ditt0,ditt0,1842........ •• 98% Ditto, 1344... • . ............ ... 91 Ditto, 1836 89.14 Ditto, 1838 ..................... 66 Si Ditto of the City, 1832 .• ...• •• • • . 99 Ditto, 1843 . .. • Bank of Belgium.... ... • . • . • • • • • • • • - -Brussels Papers. Sept. 28. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 18. 5 per Cent. Metalliques— •• .. •• ...... • • 104% 4 per Cent. ditto• ••• .. •......... •• • • 94 3 per Cent. ditto• •• • • ... •.• . • Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • • • •............... 153 Ditto, 1839 ..................•• •• 119 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • .... ~.. • • • .....1592 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand •• •• • 15454 Gloggnits •• • • -• •••• • • • • ••••••• •• •• •• 120 Vienna—Milan .• ••••• • • • • ••• • •• • • 108 Pesth Bridge Apennines .• • • • . ,• .............. LIAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, SErr. 25. Bills. Money. An i t l a, t ik r . I -sal Shares se p i sa e n. r . e . n t . s .• •. .• .". •• .• .• .• .• .• 1 1 6 1 0— Loan ............... 101% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101 Ditto Ist series Inscription.• ••• • .. • . 10456 Ditto,llope and Co., 3d and 4th series. • 96 Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• .. • • • . 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •... 88 Ditto Stieglitz .. •• .. ........• 88 Spanish New 5 per Cent •.•• • • • • •• 12% 12% Ditto 3 per Cent • • • ... • • • • 21% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 54 per Cent • - 25 Dutch Actual Debt, 251 per Cent. ••• • • S 4 Ditto 3 per Cent. •••• • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. I,oan, 1844.• • • 80 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • 82% National Bank Shares.... • • • • • • • • • • •• LITERATURE. THE JESUIT AT CAMBRIDGE. By Sir George Stephen. Two Vols. However conscientious the motive which inspired these volumes, and however excellent the object for which they were written, we cannot think they are calculated to produce any beneficial results. For ourselves, we do not look upon them with very fa vourable sentiments, for we cannot consider a ficti- tious tale (we can scarcely call it a novel) a proper vehicle for a religious dissertation. There are reli gious novels, it is true, which cannot be too much admired or too much commended—namely, those which breathe the spirit of religion, instead of di lating upon the form—those which, force of ex ample inculcate a lesson of morality, instead of, by force of argument, demonstrating a doctrine of theology. Fiction may go hand in hand with Truth, "pour orner ses attraits et non pour les cacher." In the pages of a novel Virtue may appear arrayed with all the beau ties which fancy can picture, or eloquence can ex press, and Vice, on the contrary, may be shown in its native hideousness—such religious lessons may with advantage be conveyed in a romance, and such ro mances are ever welcome. But it is otherwise with doctrinal matters. Let us have the "religious" novel, if it may be termed so, but not the theological noel. Of this latter class is certainly this work of Sir George Stephen's, and consequently, without at all entering into the subject-matter of the work, we must briefly express our disapprobation of its-character. Subjects such as those of which it treats should either be left entirely alone, or only be entered into with a calm and serious attention. Can discussions about the apostolic suc cession or transubstantiation be properly introduced in the chapters of a work which, if not exactly a novel, is so nearly one as to contain heroes and heroines whose love affairs are supposed to excite the reader's interest and divide his attention with more serious matters? If Sir George Stephen be desirous of effecting some improvement in the universities, or if he be anxious to defend the Pro testant religion, or if he wishes only to write an inte resting tale, we would advise him for the future to devote separate works to those separate objects, and not, as in this instance, by uniting them, let the one counteract the other.. CHURCH RATES. A vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. George the-Martyr was held yesterday for the election of overseers, the reception of the accounts of the paro chial officers, and to consider the propriety of grant ing a rate tor the repair of the church. The Rev. J Horton, rector, took the chair, but the vestry room being crowded, the meeting adjourned to the body of the church. The following gentlemen were re• turned to serve as overseers :—Mr. John Showier, Mr. Moses Salmon, Mr. Henry North, Mr. William Hinton. Mr. Palmer, rector's warden, after an in troductory statement. alluded to the subject of the rate required for repairing the church. He said that an estimate had been obtained by his predecessor for the work to be done, and that it amounted to 1,5001. The matter required grave consideration. He pro posed to ask 1,0001., the amount required for the ordinary parochial expenses, which would be covered by a rate of twopence-halfpenny, and also an ad• ditional rate to a similar amount, the largest allowed under another Act of Parliament, for repairing the church. He concluded by moving that a sum of sd. in the pound be assessed as the rate for this year. The motion having been seconded, Mr. Hearn ob served that it was evident from the manner and lan guage of Mr. Palmer that he did not expect success on this occasion. The time had arrived when com pulsory payments in matters of religion ought to be at an end.—(Cheers.) These coercive assessments would complete the separation of the Church from the State, and estrange the feelings of the poor from its communion. The Rector said, " Mr. Hearn, that is not the question"—(Cries of " It is the question.") Mr. Hearn said that it was a question affecting not only the just rights of the inhabitants of that extensive parish, but of the community at large.—(Hear, hear.) The present average attendance at the parish church was about 500 or 600, one-third of whom were not rate-payers, and were 3,500 rate payers to be taxed for the convenience of three hundred? Should they who dissented from the communion of the Church of England be compelled to pay towards these repairs ? Was it not sufficient that they kept their own chapels and places of worship in repair ? Those who fre quented the parish church should do the same. lie concluded by moving an amendment to the effect, that the extraordinary rate proposed to be assessed for the beautifying and repairing the church be dis allowed. The amendment was seconded. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which various rate payers ex , ressed their determination not to submit to the imposition of the extra rate. The amendment being put from the chair, was carried by an over t whehning majority. A rate of 2d. in the pound was passed for the ordinary expenses. COURT CIRCULAR. At the Privy Council held by the Queen at Os korne, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, Pariiament was ordered to be. further prorogued from Tuesday, the 12th of October, until Thursday, the 11th of Nov. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, walked yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took walking and pony exercise yesterday forenoon on the beach. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida, Prince Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Countess of Brownlow, lion. Miss Hudson, Earl of Denbigh, Captain Somerset, and the Rev. J. R. Wood-, visited the New Palace at Westminster yesterday, and inspected the new House of Lords. The august party afterwards drove round the parks. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, arrived at her residence, Cla rence House, St. James's, at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited the Queen Dowager at Marl borough House, and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town at half past three o'clock, on her return to Frogmore House. His Royal Highness Prince George arrived in town on Tuesday evening. Yesterday the Prince visited the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen at Marlborough House. The American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft re turned to Eaton-square on Tuesday evening, from the Continent. Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broad lands, Hants, on Tuesday evening, from Osborne. The Lord Chancellor returned to his residence at Copse Hill un Tuesday evening, from Osborne. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Colonies. CONTEST FOR THE CHAMPION- SHIP OF THE THAMES. The scullers contest for the championship of the Thames and 2001., came off yesterday, and was de cided, after a most gallant contest, in favour of Coombes. The event was one of a most important and in teresting character, and added one laurel more to the champion, who has, step by st e p, in a series of con flicts, climbed the ladder of aquatic distinction. N ever was the maxim, Pall - awn qui nzeruit feral, more ge nerally dispensed than on this occasion ; men of all grades, apart from motives of interest, earnestly wished that the race would be such as to determine the question of superiority in such a way as to leave no doubt as to which was the better man. It was feared that Something might occur illustrative of the axiom, " The race is not always to the swift;" but we are happy to say that it was a fine, straightfor• ward race in every respect, and must at once set at rest a matter over which men of all conditions have more or less had some dispute. The combatants of yesterday, Robert Coombes, the champion for some time past, and Robert Newel, who aspired to that very enviable distinction, have twice before been pitted against each other. The first of these races was about five years ago, when Newel, with a slight lead in his favour, was swamped within a mile of the winning post, and Coombes went in a winner. A second race was got up, we believe, almost imme diately afterwards, which was also won by Coombes by dint of fair rowing. The great power exhibited by Newel, who has for a length of time taken an oar in the family manned boat of Lord Kilmorry's, and the science he' exhibited as a sculler, coupled with the impression that he had much improved since his last defeat, found him in a condition to test his claim to aquatic superiority at the very large stake of 1001. aside. We are not disposed to inflict any lengthened exordium upon the reader, in the way of a narrative of the performance of each ; it may suffice to repeat that Coombes has ascended the ladder of aquatic celebrity, step by step. He began about twelve years ago by winning the Duke of Buc cleuch's sovereigns, defeated man after man, including the struggles we have mentioned with Newel, and last season easily beat Charles Campbell, the many years' champion of the Thames. Since that, about two months ago he defeated, with the aid of his brother Thomas, the celebrated Claspers, of Newcastle, in an oars wager. Robert Newel has taken his share of work ; but, upon the whole, he has not had the difficult up-hill game to fight which has characterised the career of his oppo nent. He has beaten a great many—has, as well as Coombes, defeated Henry Clasper, and until the event which we are now about to record, been con • sidered of late by many equal, by some superior, to his opponent in the yesterday's struggle. We never remember to have seen so vast a concourse of spec tators as that assembled to witness this great trial of strength and skill. The Citizen L, the Childe Harold, Lalla Rookh, Sunbeam, Laurel, and Citizen C, were filled with company. The London, the Thames, and many other gentlemen amateur eights, were afloat, and everything which, by a stretch of down right good-nature, could be called a boat, was put into requisition on the Thames—whilst thousands, and many too, equestrians and pedestrians, were anxiously awaiting the issue on the bridges and shores. It was thegayest and most animated scene that ever presented itself to our view in aquatic matters. Until the final depesit at Tennent's, the Westminster Arms, Horse ferry road, on Monday night, we are disposed to say that, although much had been said about speculation, but little had been done ; but after that " a change came o'er the tenor of the scene." 6 to 5, and in some instances 5 to 5, was the order of the day at that meeting ; and it having been fairly established that this was the price, hundreds who had" hung fire" went to work at that figure, and a large stake must have been dependent upon the issue of the race. While on this portion of the subject it may be as well to say that sto 4 was the current betting at starting. Mr. Roles was umpire for Coombes, Mr. Williams for Newel, and Mr. E. Searle referee. These gentlemen having taken their station on the paddle-box of the Childe Harold at a little before five, preparations were made for THE START. Both men looked in the beautiful condition. Coombes rowed at about 9st. 3 or 41b., his opponent at about half a stone over that; the former is in his 38th year, the latter two years his junior. Coombes took his station, having won the choice, on the Fulham side of the centre arch of Putney - bridge, his opponent being at the next on the Surrey side, to row from there to the Ship, at Mort lake. The men started themselves at nine minutes to five o'clock, and never did men go away finer. It was as even a start as ever we witnessed, and the pace, something like a mile in four minutes. For the first twenty or thirty strokes it was difficult to detect the slightest advantage, but in the next two minutes, op posite the Half Moon, Newel had got the nose c!f his boat about four feet in advance of his opponent's. The next half-dozen pulls brought them again as level as at the moment of starting, and the dozen strokes that followed, as quick as lightning, placed the bow of Coombes's boat in front. Another minute served to give him the increased advantage of half a l eng th ; and abreast of the Crab Tree Coombes went like a shot clear of his adversary, and took his water almost immediately afterwards. After this, stroke by stroke, Coombes went further in advance, and won by about 120 yards, accomplishing the distance of four miles one furlong in 23 minutes 30 seconds. Newel rowed a most gallant stern wager, but his opponent's pace was too great for him. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. A General Court was held yesterday at the Bank of England, at eleven o'clock, for the election of three. directors for the remainder of the year, in the place of Henry James Prescott, Esq. (Deputy- Governor), Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., and Abel Lewis Go% er, Esq., late directors. The following gentlemen were recommended by the Court of Directors, namely, Alderman W. Thompson, Christopher Pearce, and John Gellebrand Hubbard, Esgs• After the usual preliminaries, the ballot was com menced, and terminated at four o'clock, when, after the usual examination, the scrutineers reported that fifty-eight votes were given in favour of the candi dates recommended, who were declared duly elected. — e t r n e be r yd ß iat o oa y d : 0 FunnyHg m i g o h r e s to her Majesty at Os niie Howard V s e l t n ht n eh sai this Duchess, s T ur Georges morning,n o A fi. r y Ko E me en v aot attendedvnpir se r t r . Os borne, in the Isle of Wight. The Royal Duchess, who was accompanied by Prince Leiningen, travelled by special train on the South-Western Railway, from Gos port to Farnborough, where her own travelling carriages and horses were in waiting to convey the party to Frog more. Her Majesty and the Royal Family were fully expected to leave Osborne fcr Windsor Castle on Friday next, but from letters received at the Castle from Os borne this morning, it appears that in consequence of an instance or two of scarlet fever having appeared among the children of some of the grooms in the lower lodge, the royal departure from Osborne is postponed for a for days beyond that period. It is positively affirmed, however, that the danger is over, the disease among the children in question having entirely disappeared. DISCOVERY OF MANUSCRIPT. —The workmen while repairing some wainscotting in the mansion of Mr. C. Bathurst, of Sydney Park, Gloucestershire, in re moving one of the panels, fell upon a recess, in which they discovered an old table, on which were bid several books of the fifteenth century, a pil e o f manuscr i pt sermons, many of which had been prea c h e d ;,fore crowned heads ; a silver chalice, which appeared as though it had been burnt, and an old newspaper. The mans ion was formerly in the possession of Sir John Wintour, a distinguished Catholic and Royalist in the time of Charles I. ; FO that, in all probability, the docu ments were hidden there in the days of the revolution. TURKEY. EXTENSIVE AND FATAL CONFLAGRATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE-SUMMARY PUNISH MENT OF DEPREDATORS.. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 14.—Yesterday, the 13th September, at half• past three in the afternoon, a dreadful fire broke out at Pera, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Galata Serail. The wind, which was high at the time, increased to a hurricane, and in a few minutes the fire had extended itself over a considerable portion of Pera. At five o'clock it had gained the houses near the new British Palace on the one side, and I3aluk Bazar on the other, a distance of 50 houses in a straight line. At six the alarm was given that the fire had broken out in the very centre of Pera, in the direction of the small burying ground, a considerable distance from the original seat of the conflagration itself. Fortunately for us the wind turned to the east, and the fire was thrown towards an open space in the Picolo Campo. At half-past six it was announced that another fire had broken out in a Turkish quarter at Orta Kuey, and thus the surplus of the spectators, firemen, and water carriers, &c., were attracted towards that direc • tion. At half-past ten the fire was mastered on all sides, having consumed upwards of 250 large houses, inhabited by the elite of our Perote families. Six teen of these were large stone mansions, which had consequently become the depot of furniture and goods. The British chapel, and several outhouses appertaining to the new palace, were consumed. in all, it is calculated the loss of property must exceed a million sterling. Several persons perished on the occasion, and among others, it is said, a young Eng lishman, who had remained in a house with the hopes of saving some important papers belonging to a per son who was himself absent in the country. It is likewise said that three villains, who were caught by Fetri Ahmet Pacha, profiting by the misfortune to rat) the unfortunate sufferers whose houses were taking fire, were by his orders thrown into the fire and burnt. By the Austrian steamer which arrived yesterday, we have received the important intelligence of the death of Coletti. It is very probable the Greek ques- tion now approaches towards an arrangement; but some time will elapse before it is finally settled, on account of the obstinacy of King Otho. The news received from Albania is favourable to the preservation of peace. The army of the Sultan, which was in vast force, had advanced into the moun tains of Malacastro, and had defeated the insurgents in several engagements. _ . There will be some very important changes in the Turkish high functionaries immediately after the Bai ram, but the exact nature of them can as yet be only matter of conjecture. It is confidently stated by some, that Mehemet Ali Pacha and Hosref Pacha will again be brought forward. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 25th July. From the seat of war, if the predatory aggres sions of an undisciplined horde of Kafirs must so be called, there is -no news of any moment. The razzias still continued on the farms of the colonists, but no decisive blow had been struck by the Government troops to put an effectual stay to this unsatisfactory state of affairs. The South African of the 17th of July announces that sixty oxen had been driven off from Manley's fiat, about sixteen miles south of Graham's Town—forty were the property of the Government, a portion of which was rescued. A Mr. Philips, a settler on the Great Fish River mouth, states his losses in horses and cattle within the last four months to exceed 3001.; and seven horses and mares were swept off from the farm of Air. Long, on the Lower Bushman's River. Sixty head of cattle were driven off Murray's farm at Cawood's post. The position of parties at the present time, both on this side of the boundary and beyond, is very pecu liar. Under an external quiet, there is at work a ceaseless restlessness of feeling, which is ever ob served to be the sure forerunner of outbreak, confu sion, and war. The colonist feels that the Kafir is unsubdued—that his spirit still rises against submis sion, and that the foundations of a desirable peace have not yet been laid. The Kafir knows that he is distrusted by the colonist—is privy to the most secret counsels of Government for his reduction, and is ready at any moment to muster to the new encounter all the forces of fierce resentment and terrible despair which his savage nature can supply. Such are the feelings at work ; and, like the gathering of a thunder-storm from opposite points of the compass, so the hostile par ties are dr aw i ng t ow ard s one another, at least in in tention ; and we may venture to piedict that a few weeks hence will again witness them closing in ter rible encounter for ultimate triumph and undisputed supremacy. The all-absorbing topic at the Cape was a circular issued by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, dated June 26, calling for information upon the alle gations put forth in petitions from the inhabitants of the eastern districts, to the Queen in Council, pray ing for a separate and independent Government of their province. Public meetings were immediately held at Port Elizabeth in favour of the separate Government, and meetings were also held on the subject at Graham's Town, at Sidbury, and other places. . _ The Minute of Finance was presented to the Le gislative Council on the 16th of July. His Excel lency gives a rapid sketch of the state of the revenue, and of numerous alterations and additions in the civil, police, and judicial establishments, chiefly with a view to the more speedy and effectual administration of justice throughout the colony, which the large and constantly increasing revenue enables him to un dertake and provide for, without imposing fresh burdens on the people. It appears that, notwithstanding the pressure and confusion caused by the Kafir war, during nearly the whole of the year 1846, the gross income of that year actually exceeded the estimates by 15,6501. The revenue available for 1848 is estimated at 185,6731. Os. 4d., and the expenditure, including various charges for the additions and alterations in the several departments mentioned above, together with a sum of 10,000/. for emigration from the United Kingdom, principally with a view to supplying the Eastern Province with labourers, is estimated at 179,619/. 19s. 7d., leaving a balance of 6,0531. Os. 9d., for unforeseen charges. His Excellency also proposes an additional grant of 500/. to the school establishment, ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CLARENDON —DUBLIN, SEPT. 28.—At a few minutes before eigh o'clock yesterday evening her Excellency the Countess of Clarendon was safely delivered of a son. This morn ing the following bulletin was issued by Dr. Evory Ken nedy, the physician in attendance upon the Noble Countess :—" Her Excellency passed a good night, and is going on as well as possible. The infant is quite well."—Evening Post. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Marquis of Kildare, eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, will lead to the hymeneal altar to-day, at Trentham New Church, the Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The noble bridegroom elect is in his 27th year. Lady Caroline is a few years his Lordship's junior. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClETT.—Yesterday after noon a Quarterly General Court of the President and Governors of the Corporation for the Relief and Sup port of Disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Chil dren of those perishing in the Merchant Service, was held at the offices of the society, No. 25, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Mr. Faith in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read and approved, the Court broke up ; after which the committee proceeded to consider forty six applicants, to whom pensions and tem porary relief were afforded. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when Lieutenant-General Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, K.C.8., was appointed Commander-in Chief of the Company's Forces on the Madras Establishment. LUNATIC ASYLUM AT BIRMINGHAM.—Yesterday the Mayor of Birmingham (in the presence of Miss Harriet Martineau and a large number of the magis trates and town-councillors) laid the foundation-stone of a new lunatic asylum for that borough. The inconve nience and increased expense arising from the want of such an institution have been long very greatly felt—at the present time there being no less than 149 pauper lunatics chargeable to the parish of Birmingham in asylums in various parts of the country. The suicide of a somewhat eccentric person h as formed the subject of a coroner's in quest at Brighton. Mrs. James Middleton, supposed to be the wife of a butcher of the town, was discovered in a well, where she had thrown herself head foremost, from what cause was not ascertained. The:witnesses described her as singular in her habits, and subject to lowness of spirits. The jury returned a verdict that "Deceased bad killed her self by jumping into a well; but in what st ate of mind see was in there was no evidence to show: FATAL EFFECT S OF R EADING BAD.-- Mr. Wakl e y, P held an i nqu est TUeSday at the Devonshire Arms, Duke-street, Manchester-square, on the body of Mrs. Anna J ane P oc hi n , aged 6 3 , of 17, Lower Soy mour.street, and relict of the late Charles Pochin, Esq., of Barkby Hall, Leicestershire. It appeared that de ceased had been in the constant habit of reading in bed by means of an unguarded candle placed on a table by her bedside. Her maid saw her safe in bed a little after eleven on Saturday night, and about two next morning was alarmed by the violent ringing of the bEdreom bell. She hastened to answer it, and discovered the room on fire, but was unable to enter it, on account of the door being bolted on the inside. The alarm of fire was com municated to the police, and by them transmitted to the conductor of the nearest fire-escape machine, which was soon on the spot, and by its means the body of deceased, fatally burned, was got out of the room, and the fire ex tinguished. Mr. Mathews, a neighbouring surgeon, promptly attended, and tried all the usual means to re store deceased, who remained in a comatose state for thirty-two hours, and then expired. All the witnesses attributed the fire to accident. The Coroner com mented on the danger of reading in bed, particularly on the part of aged and feeble persons, and said the practice was invariably attended, sooneror later, by fatal conse quences.--Verdict," Accidental death." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. About half past one o'clock this (Tuesday) morn ing an accident of a frightful nature occurred at the Queen-street terminus, Glasgow, of the above railway line. It appears that a luggage train from Edinburgh, on coming down the incline from the Cowlairs station, acquired such a velocity, while passing through the tunnel, that the men stationed at the breaks had not sufficient power to arrest its progress. The train was heard by several parties in Queen-street coming down the incline at such a rapid pace as to excite alarm, when, almost immediately after, a tremendous crash was heard which shook the neighbourhood. On reach ing the scene of the catastrophe, we found that the train had, with the fearful momehium it had acquired, penetrated about fifty feet into one of the railway company's stores, si:uattd above the Star Hotel, bringing down, in its headlong career, a thick stone gable and two stone partitions, and entering into two of the offices connected with the store. The scene of ruin that here presented itself 'was most appal • ling; three breaks, with a number of trucks lying piled above one another, and covered with the, stones of the gables and partitions, and the beams, rafters, and flooring of the storehouse, were lying together in one mingled mass. We, understand that there were four or five men on the trucks at the time; three have escaped with their lives, although two of them are severely injured, and two are still missing, one of whom, James Macarthur, a married man, was seen on the foremost break im mediately before the collision took place, and there can be little doubt that he has met his death among the rubbish. One of the guards leapt off the train as it emerged from the tunnel, and escaped with a slight cut on the head and a few bruises, the other two who have been found, were got lying among the ruins senseless, covered with large stones, but recovered, in about twenty minutes after, so far as to be able to speak. They ,are both very severely bruised, but from the confusion that prevailed at the station, we were unable to learn the particulars concerning them, or the names of the parties. 'We believe that medical aid was promptly on the spot, and everything done that could alleviate the sufferings of the parties hurt. Alen were busily engaged in examining and removing the rubbish to discover, if they could, the bodies of those missing. —North British Mail. bi ro 4.g4A' 0 J 3 11 NE W MARKET RACES, (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Sweepstakes of 5 soy& each, for two years old 6st 10 three Bst 81b, four and upwards 9st. Rutland Stak s Course. The winner to be sold for 701., &c. Keeley ... Ellen Home ... ... 1 Seven ran. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft, for two year , old colts Sat 71b, and fillies Bst 31b, &c. From tl, Turn of the Lands in. (12 Subs.) Bc by St. Francis, out of Cowslip ... Tippet ... ... Duplicity •• ... ... ... The Town Plate of 501.; for three yrs old, Bst 71b; :.:,c1 fillies, Bst 31b. ... 1 Tufthun ter ... ... ... ••• Nottingham ... ... ... ... . Match—Craftsman beat Spider. Match—Sable beat Eagle. ... 1 ... 2 The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b; five, list; six and aged, nit 41b. R.C. Jericho ... ... Tim Whiffler ... Lynceus '••• ••• 1 ••• ••• SERIOUS DESTRUCTION of FARM PRODUCE. On Saturday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, a serious fire broke out in the farm-yard of Mr. Goundry, a respectable farmer, residing at the village of Westoe, near South Shields. It appears that a chimney belonging to a cottage immediately adjoin ing the farm-yard was on fire at the time, and a spark of ignited soot was carried by the wind on to the thatched roof of the thrashing-machine house, and set it on fire. The wind blowing strong at the time, increased the force of the devouring element, until all the stacks in the yard and a large barn were one after another set on fire. The whole produce of a harvest, amounting to twelve stacks of corn and two of hay with the barn and thrashing-machine, were on fire at one moment, threatening destruction to the whole %illage. A farm-yard adjoining, belonging to Mr. Thomson, had a narrow escape,. indeed it was said that it was at one time on fire. Every attempt to extinguish the fire proved ineffectual, and the only consideration was to save the adjoining property, which was happily accomplished. The fire raged until ten o'clock at night, when every vestige of the farm-yard was de stroyed. During the progress of the fire several persons entered Mr. Goundry's house, and proceeded to throw the furniture into the street, and pulled down the doors and tore out the windows, breaking and destroying everything in their way ; making the house a complete wreck. Portions of the goods were also stolen, and persons were seen carrying away boxes and other pieces of furniture, through the fields to South Shields. The loss sustained will amount to about 1,6001., not one farthing of which can be re covered, as the property was not insured, MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE. An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Wheat sheaf, Holywell-street, Strand, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of Cecilia Maria Watkins, aged 64. The body lay at No. 42, Holywell-street, in a room containing no more furniture than an old sofa and two broken chairs. The examination of the witnesses lasted upwards of three hours, but the substance of the evidence may be briefly given. The deceased wi4~ very respectably connected, and for three years previous to July last kept a lodging-house in Howard-street, Strand. The last year of her residence in Howard-street she was in the deepest distress; all her furniture was seized for rent. She would often have been without food for days, if it had not been for the kindness of one of her friends, Mrs. Longmore, of No. 35, Arundel-street. She was besides very reluctant to make her wants known. In July she removed to No. 42, Holywell-street, and there continued to live upon the charity of her friends, and a little money which had been sent to her by her brother a clergyman, and one of the minor canons at Chichester, and an allowance she received from the Governesses' Institution. ()n Friday one of her friends found her at home without any food, and only lid. in money at her disposal. This, and more that was given her, was expended in food and fuel, but the deceased was then so ill that she could not leave her bed, and on Sunday morning last was found dead. Mr. Farquhar, surgeon, said that the cause of death was pulmonary consumption, accele rated by want of proper sustenan .e and attention. In her room were found some letters, showing that she had recently received post-office orders from her brother, who had also arranged to make her a regular allowance, but, it was believed, that she expended the money in paying her debts. Verdict, died from disease of the lungs, accelerated by want of sufficient sustenance and attention. In the course of the,ind quiry the Dean of Chichester entered the rooV le _ denied a statement in a morning paper hhithtster. ceased was the sister of the late Dean of e FATAL ACCIDENT ON7.—An DORCHESTER RAILwAY.--tvanxnag, ,SEPT . Err , iiv happened near W areham, crossing,i ppea r s that at accident, terminating fatally, Tax SocrTHA MPToN AND above line of railway. It en Saturday • pla, the -.p. , te kee er a careful man, gdown mail train passing the level named j3r°"e9tir of the train. This he proceeded t directedlol:anw"nastbineo assist in attaching a eta . - nfortunately, on itbeing pushed up to the train, butu poor man was dreadfully crushed between the buffers the s the carriages were joining together. Immediate riage a Medical aid was brought to him, but the frightful nature r the r . of be in:uries he had sustained precluded the possibility of his surviving. CHEAP SEWERs FOR MANCHESTER.—MP. Francis, who bas been engaged as surveyor for the paving Lnd sewerage of the township of Manchester for upwards of twelve years, writes to us, that ho has three makers engaged in producing the larger pipes of burnt clay for drains and sewers, storing them up (having engaged a wharf expressly for the purpose) until he has., a sufficient stock to make a fair start, and legal forms will allow of their use. " I am confident," says he, "of ultimate success, and that we shall save by their use 2,000/. a year in this township alone."— The' Builder. TELEGRAPHIC BUSINESS.—We have heard of a curious transaction, by means of the electric telegraph, which is said to have occurred in our London ,`: - :tock Exchange on Wedresday. 500 shares were bought at a certain price in the market ; the news, per telegraph, was sent off to one of , air provincial tom,,, and in an hour advice was sent back that they were sold, with go it again." 500 more were thereupon bought, the news transmitted to the agent, who immediately dis• posed of the shares of course to a profit.—Herapatid's Journal. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29.—The Queen Dowager and the illustrious persons at present on a visit to her in this country, having signified their wi , h to visit the Queen and the Prince Consort at their marine r o e: b i d o e r n n c e e s i o n na the d data longer l o o f n g W e rigfhotr, their r C r o e u e ct p will r remain , ,nd 't con sequently is not expected at Windsor Castle Lutil Wed nesday next, the 6th of October, _., ..... - -: , -:•i . .- - '' \ THE NATIONAL A.l*.T.. - 4,7 - 943. 1 ,14.4 - . 11 , LEAGIT- . : _-).:- -:___ ' i 4 :- . A numerous meeting of th , Me_ -114 o - ttrAtarys reform was held last evening 'IL_ / - go,ta'skistbtel, Fleet-street, for the purpose of - 1;444/1 Rg` all Anti 144re_ Gold Law League. Shortly after eight o'clock, Mr . BENNOCII, who was called to the chair, opened the p roceedin gs in the fol. lowing terms :—Gentlemen, aft er this meeting was first announced by public advertisement I certainlv determined to attend, but until . l a , te ib t i h e, is t a o ft rn er a n i o n o ti n iii l i . had no idea that I should be s el, acted to fill th e ho nourable post to which you have j ust elected me. It will be my first duty, as far as pos s order in this large meeting, and, in the next place,• to obtain for every man, whatever lii.4 sentiments may be, a full, fair, and impartial hearing. It requires nu wizard to inform us that these are tirkos of terrible difficulty—it requires no man to infor:n us that there is something wrong in cs ur commercial systest a when we find firm after firm falling to the gloms d with a tremendous crash. It behoves us as met ~ as citizens, and especially as citizens of Londot i, the centre of the commercial world, to endeavors, r to ascertain what the causes 1 nay be, and if pos - sible, to supply a remedy. I am surrounded by re number of gentlemen who believe that great difficulty, danger, and mischief, are to be found in our mone tary system, and I will them believe that our present money system is the root of all this tremendous evil. —(clear, hear.) Those gentlemen will expound more clearly than it is possible for me to no the various principles which they propose to be adop`ari in order to carry on the great commercial business of this empire. I believe that the gold standard is an unjust one. I believe that gold should not have 11 . fixed value, while everything else is allowed to rises and fall and find its value according to the general law of supply and demand, which is the only ratioratt system, and one which should be applied to gold as well as to everything else.—(Loud cheers.) And I find that the abstraction of 5,04,0,00(11. or 6,000,0001. of gold from this country, to supply us with food, has been the cau lc during the past winter of deranging our corno mercial transactions, and of lowering the value of ever . ) , commodity in which we deal. During the last ten months our funded property has been reduced ten per cent., or nearly 80,000,0001., and other property has been depreciated, perhaps, to the extent of 200,000,000/. We cannot but believe that a system which causes the abstraction of 5,000,0001. to provide 20,000,0001. worth of food, must be bad when at tended with such dreadful consequences.—(Cheers-0 One evil is, that discounts rise in order to get the golii standard back to this country—the screw is put on try the Bank, discounts become difficult, merchants fail', manufacturers close their mills, operatives are throw on the parish, and all are injured to an extent almost incalculable.—(Hear, hear.) And for what ? B'e cause we want 20,000,000/. of fool', 5,000,000/. of gold are sent out of the country. This seems to be a terrible consequence of so trifling a matter. Oise would have thought it more reasonable to hasse sacrificed 40,000,060/. of positive property than bt a subjected to the operation of a system by which wae have lost at least 200,000,0001.—(Hear, hear.) That loss has been felt by the nation at large, and felt, too, after a year of the greatest prosperity.—(Hear, hear). It would seem as if a law were made that, whenever the nation was on the high road to fortune, some fiend was to give us a foul stroke, and lay us pro I trate on the earth.—(Cheers). Having now passed through a season of famine, when every facility should Le aflbrded us to make up our deficiences, we. find ourselves fettered by a golden chain, and our: circulation is contracted to an extent equal to ths9 amount of gold leaving the country. That whici may be regarded as the vital part of the commercial( principle is taken from us at the very moment when . we require it the most. The physician who would bleed his patient at the very time when he was sink-. ing from lassitude, and required the most nourishment„ would not act more absurdly or injuriously than our present monetary system.—(Cheers). It seems to that to make gold the standard of value or the cir culating medium, in a great country like this, is wrong in principle. We have 52,000,000/. of gold circular, ing in this country. That sum would pay for the labour ce perwhile k,f 1,000,000 of men, at 20s. per week. The interest of this , . money (which, cent., circulating, to bar 2 amount , w0u1d,605 n o,ooo° interest)/. That; at sum would give perpetual employment to 50,000 men. —(Hear, hear.) Here is an army that might be raised up for our internal defence, or the carrying out of various public improvements, and supported out of this fund without the loss of a single frthing. Here is a fund from which we might educate our people. Yet we prefer using a legal tender, that ors which so much labour has been expended, when at symbol which would cost little or nothing, issueeil under the authority of the State, and bearing the , signature of the Sovereign, would answer pur pur pose. What we want is a symbol to represent labour. There is no occasion to have labour to represent labour.—(Hear, hear.) That would be a waste of the amount 01 the first labour.— (Hear.) One of the first principles laid down by this proposed league or con federation is, that the highest possible price, with the tantion value added, will be obtained for every product in the empire, while, at the sane time the foreigner coming into competition with the' native producer, will only obtain an equal price in the current money of the realm. If he wishes to take this money to his own country, he will receive the' gold value of that note, or symbol, whatever that may be. Sui pose the value of an article is 205., or sdw ts. of gold, that, by taxation, as has been well said ,by one gentleman present, may be increased to 305.; butt the foreigner who wishes to convert a note of that value into gold will only get 5 dwts.; the difference • will represent the cost added to production by taxa tion. By this means the native producer would be able to compete successfully with the foreigner.-- (Hear, hear.) The Chairman concluded by calling on Mr. Stodhart to move the first resolution. Mr. CAPPP, the Secretary, informed the meeting that there was a series of five resolutions which it would be necessary to put together to the meeting. The resolutions were as follow. 1. " That the legal tender currency or money of the realm ought to consist of Exchequer notes of the value of one pound and upwards; such notes to be issued with the consent of Parliament in discharge of the current obligations of the State to an amount not exceeding in the course of the year the annual taxation of the country ; the fractional parts of the pound being represented as at present by silver and copper coins. 2. " That as gold is a commodity, and is so con sidered in our present monetary system, the sove reign being deprived of its character itits of a legal tender if it lose any por tion of its legal we. g ht, proper that it should be treated as a commodity, and be allowed to rise or fall in price as the law o _ supply .and demand may require, in the legal tender cur rency or money of the realm. 3. " That for t he conven ien ce of the public a bullion office be established at the Mint or the Bank, for the deposit of gold and silver bullion, iu return for which the par:ies shall receive bullion-notes re for of such deposit at the rate of presenting the ye :3/. 17s. 10 0 . p er ounce for gold, and ss. per ounce fur silver, which notes will sell at a higher or lower price as the bullion which they re p r esent r ises or falls in the markets. 4. " That the system of money would enable us to sell our goods in foreign countries at their vi oluordest afford at h t i o m m e - t a llic value, while, at th e same e, i p t ric ' es eo much cease to our productive se der s currency country of the as would return t hem that peculiar toted= which en hances the c os t of their produc tions, thereb y g ivin g i n creased facilitie s to the extension of our foreign trade w it hout subjecting our a g ricultural, manufac turing: or trading population to a ruinous competi tion with others of their own class in comparatively untaxed countries. 5. " That in order to carry these measures into effect, a society be formed, to be called ' The Anti- Gold Law League,' whose province it shall be to take such steps as may be necessary to bring the same before Parliament, and to diffuse useful infor mation on the subject by means of lectures, &c., throughout the country, and that an annual subscrip tion of 105. shall constitute the payer thereof a mem ber of this League, and shall entitle him to a copy of each of its publications." Mr. STODHART moved that the resolutions be adopted. Mr. FAIRISAIRNE seconded the motion. Mr. JONATHAN DUNCAN then came forward loci addressed the meeting as follows:—Air. Chairman and Gentlemen, it devolves upon me to enter more extensively into the system which we propose to ad vocate, and I feel it extremely essential to call upon you for your indulgence while a ttempting to throw light upon a subject so much darkened by our oppo nents.—(Hear, hear.) We are obnoxious to charges of a very grave and serious character. We have been designated as c urrency-mongers and currency doctors. Some think us almost lunatics, whilst others who charge us with attempting to put fictitious money into circulation under the name of flimsies or kites, represent us as attempting to perpetrate a fraud on the people of England. Now, it is against those charges that in the first place 1 wish to vindicate ourselves. if you only give us credit for ordinary common sense, do you think that we should be so silly as to waste our time in attempting to palm upon the public a fiction for a ? (hear, hear.) Do you think that we so little compreheiel the native good sense of Englishmen as to imegiee that we could succeed in so perilous and so stupid a course ? But, gentlemen, I will endeavour to explain to you, first of all, what we mean by money, and 1 hope to convince you that money made of paper is as solid a security as money made of gold • and uti:ess I can establish that point, I feel that I have H pretensions to your support.—(Hear.) I distinguish money from c ur • rency fundamentally in this respect; that money is a legal tender, while currency is not a legal Ti Stll4, 1 - AOl/ DON, 1111UrtSDA EVVININ6, SEPTEMBRR 30, 1847. ;;,7