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

Do., Q uar t ers L. & B. 17 30 8 1 , 13 Ditto Fifths ..••• •"• 2 ".... 11:%. l2 2-1 A 1 4 Do. Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Sh ares (L . M .) 15 Do. 40/. (M . & B.) ... 40 60 Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B .) B . 5 Do. 10/. M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham 2 .. ••• *** Loncl.& S.Westem ...411. 68. 8d... 56 58 Do. New C onso L Sths 40 29 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 82%.. .. •" ..... ".... - Do. New 40/. 26 ... • 49 50 - Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 - Ditto ditto ...... .... 40 % dia Ditto, Thirds 6/. 13s. 4d.... "undo], Salisbury, and -- eovil ..... -I.' ••••• 14 " -• - 1411donderrY&.e°107aine 27% - ..... •...., ...... - Loadonderry and Ennis ••-•• killen ...... ... ....... -.. 23% - an chester,Buxton, an d 11%1% Matlo,k,.. Manchester, Sheffield, - - ••• a.. ..... and Lincolnshire _lOO - D o- Quarters (No. 1) 13 - DittoDio ditto (No. 2)_. 25 - Dit ditto (No. 3)... 7 % - - ... ........... _ o and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ... ..... 4 7 % - .....- - Ditto ditto -- Ditto Sheffield and - 1., Lincolnshire 7% - - im an chest. &S outhampt. 2 %•••••• - kildand lOO 41 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo lO9 107% 41% 41 lll. 9 D0..40/. Shares 8% 9 8 . B4 Do. SOL Shares lO - „Po. Bina., and Derbyloo 118 loulland ConsoL Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo •-•••- - Midlnd, (inst. &Glocstr„ 34 - Ditto, ditto 71.9- ... - ......... - *tidlnd, L e i cest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar. 50 ••-• • - - Midland Great Western Irish - - New castle and Carlisle...loo - - - ~.. Do. Q uarters 5O - • . IlaW nirket&Chesterford 13% - - _ Do. Extension ........,21. 125.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - .. ..... - Newry and Enniskillen 7 _ Newry, Warrenpoint, ........ ..•• - and Rostrevor - 10 - S9oorfolk ... ..... - ....... ....100 Do. New 20/. ~. Do. Ext ens i on ........ 13 - - Do. Scrip, 1847, N or th of Norfolk 2 ...... ••• ..... •1•••• .. - Do. do. Waveney V a l. 2 - Northern Counti es U n i on 4 - . • - North British .. ...... ... 25 ...... 25% 26% ...... 26% Do. Half Share s 12%..... 11% ll% Do. Quart ers ......... .. 4% - Do. Extension ......... %•••••• - •••• 1% Ditto Thirds ..... 1 North Stallordshire 7%...... 7 %% 8 .--• ••• 7:r4 North W a l es - 3% - • North W estern ••••• Oxford, W orcester, and 6 - Wolverhampton Beading, Guildford, and 7% Reigate - Roystcn and Hitchin ..• 1% - - ........ - - - BeOttish Central - Scottish Midland 17% - • - Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 - ........ ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, - and Goole ... 5 - • 3 Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 ..- Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester - - (Nor. W. Min.) l6 _ Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..-- - --- ........ - ..... Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 - bitto New .. ......... 1 - ••• - Shrewsbury • and Herefd. 2 •••••• - - Shropskire Union - South Devon__ 40 •••-• - •-• ........... Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••• - kith Staffordshire 2/. 123... 28% South Easttrn & Dover. 33% 28% 28 29 % 29 DDo., No. 1. ... 20 - bo., Nca. ................ 17 Do,, N 0.3 .. ...... * ls 0., No. 4 ... ••• 6t/ • 4A 6 Booth Wales ........ ... ..... 15 /4 5 6 South Yorkshire, Don swans.- caster, and Goole ...... 2 - a """' & Loughor & Ca - , h eron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 ••• ...... •• - Vale E xtension ... 4 - waleand Railway ••••••••-• 171/2 - of Neath ... .. ..... . 4 -- ~.,,aterford and Kilkenny 13 1 ,, - titY,aterford and Limenck 3 . i . --* .. - Tv a terfd,w x ti.d iwicki , - ...and Dublia v.' -- est Cornwall ....... - ..... 2 **** ••- Whitehaven & itirn ..- e .... . 4 *.• - ---. Windsor, s taines, and - ~,,Soth re lit; Somerset, 6; Wey••••• 425...... 9% rmouth ....... - •9th „ ...... .. •• • otrekrw, iclsl: Ne wcastle .... eastie.,-.IQ 25 32 D o. or7gin•al R......... 25 „ 31% 32 32 Berwick .. .......... 25 ...... 31 32 ........... 291 A Do• North Shields Pur. 25 • 28 29 . 1,11:0).. Extension No. 1. 10 12% 13 .. ... ** 11% ' . -' s do. N o. 9.• ..... ... 10 York'Jo G.N.E.Preference 8 71 and .rth Midland 50 15 Ditto, Pr fI)D- e eren ee •••••• 10 C.). -41st and West Rid -- lug Extension ...... 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian... 4 ...... -- - Barbadoes ................ ... 1 13Y4 •• Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and - ate (Constituted )... 4 .. ..• - Central of France (Or - leans and Vierzon) ... 14 - Central of Spain .. .. 2 - - Ceylon .......... . .. .... 55.:..... ..... - - DendrDemerara ... .. ........... 2% ...... - e Valley ... ..... .. 4 ~ - - Direct Bombay and ..... Madras .......... ss. •• - ..... ... ... • Dutch Rhenish ........ 7 .... ......... ..• _ East Indian ... 5 ... 8 •...• • • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of ISladree sa. ...- - Great Western Bengal... ss. ...-. - - G T r eal. Western Canada... 3 1 4 ....-. - " " ttaliau and Austrian.... 4 - ... -...-. Lebo`Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ...... - . ... . la Sambre -. 6 ••• - - • ... rg...-. ... .. 6 ....... - .. ~ Yens and Avignon 5• - - •• Madras ...„.. . Madras. Nellore, and Ida ot ................... Na %•••••• No - drid and Valentia.... 2 . at:mu. .. ..and Liege ..... ...--• hern of France.... .. 14 5 10 .... 11 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Ove ...•-• Parir Yssel ............ 4/ 38 4d • - s and Lyons .........10 ..--• - ,Peris and Orleans ........ 20 ....- - .... z :arl and Rouen ........ 20 ..-- - r etie and Strasbourg 8 ..•• - - Rouen and Havre .... 20 . - 6 S entbre and Meus e .. .... 16 •••• 6 _ _ Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...„. a - .. _ Tournay Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 12 - West Trinida d .......... 2 1 , 5 , 213 %a Flanders.,. .... 8 5 111/8 e* frig IStittion ATE W MARKET' RACES (THIS DAM.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE CAMBRIDGESHIME STAKES. Widow War Eagle ... 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING_ornis DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 26.--Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and foggy. OFF MARGATE, OCT. 24.—Dane ston. DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wi n d to N.W.—Arrd. Chance, Wrangles, Mad ras ; Courier,. West Indies ; Switzerland, Fletcher, New York ; :ec'anl Rowl, St. John's, New Brunswick, and sailed for Li e 'll ; Britannia, Coulthart, Quebec ; Zealous, Richards, AL ontreal. Sld., most of the outward bound. Arrd. from the River, and eld.,Lady Peel, Port Philip ; Chester, _New Orleans ; Tasker, Bermuda ; Warrior, Bombay; Nt. r,ltueket, New York. OFF DUNGENESS, OCT. 20.—Christian, La .hying, Rio Janeiro for Copenhagen. Co, gen, New LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Re David, k a of Wel. York ; 25th, Lancaster, Huller, Bahia ; D tA.ntigua ; lington, McLean, Honduras ; Flirt, Ponst i c, u Brown, Finland, Brown, New Orleans ; Bona De l a yo , phia; Quebec ; Milicete, Hunter, Quebec ; Tar, Phi a 1 St. henry Clay, New York • Unicorn, Thain. Chariot , , o; New Brunswick ; C a l e donia, Mobile ; John's, New Brunswick. 1 Tar. DROGHEDA, OCT. 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. tier, Tiernan, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, OCT. 25.—Arrd. Charlotte, Thomas, Band Minerva, El avannah, and sailed for Bremen; MercediL i a. s Cortina, ditto, for Bremen. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. West moreland, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cor sair, Webster, Prince Edward's Island. BRISTOL, OCT. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Henry Chase, New Orleans. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 25.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lesmaba tow, Drake, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sterling, Dal ton, Quebec; Falcon, Witcombe, ditto. SWANSEA., OCT. 25.—Wind N,—Arrd. James Holmes, .. ,. e hibucto; Derwent, Scott, Qrtebec. MILFORD, N..N.W.--AzTd.Pembroke Castle,,,. Williams . " Quebec, for P em b ro k e . Y ARMOUTH, OCT. 24.—The Sovereign, of Whitby, got On the Cockle Sand this. morning, but is expected off next flood. CLAY ah 0 oT. 24.—Th e . s l oop Del i ght, of Lon d on, on ore near Well d int o Eta , 8, a ere let, has been got o ff , and taken itaTenehey this mo r u i ng . hem• fg . cleared at Q 4ebec en the _ 'Liverpool,. THE SUN, LONDON, The Brook l yn, for Calcutta, has been in collision with the Patrick Henry in the itier, and In is return into dock ; the later sustained n, damage. HULL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arid. Blue Nose, Thointon, St. Stephen's ; Ophelia and Mary, Quebec. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) The Court sat this day for the disposal of eases under the Small Debts Act. COCHRANE V. SCHOLET. This was an action to recover the sum of 4/. 14s. for jewellery supplied to defendant. The plaintiff, until lately carried on business as a jewelle r in Mark lane, and defendant is a corn factor. Defendant did not appear, and the son of the plain tiff proved the order, and believed that his father delivered them. His father and mother had both died since the commencement of the suit, but were not buried. The Learned JUDGE said he was afraid he must nonsuit for want of sufficient evidence, and also as the witness had not taken out letters of administra tion; but as the time had not expired the witness had better wait on him after the funeral, when he should be advised what course to take, but if the defendant owed the money he ought not, under such circum stances, to throw obstacles in the way. BASSINGTON V. LATTER. This was an action to recover the sum of 15/. on account of goods delivered. The defendant is a smith. The plaintiff's attorney, stated the case, from which it appeared that the defendant was indebted to the amount of 150/., and had called a meeting of his creditors, and proposed a composition of ss. in the pound ; the creditors agreed to take that, or take an assignnlent of his estate if defendant would produce his books, but this he declined doing, on the ground that if he gave up his hook-debts he would deprive himself of the means of living. He had produced a balance sheet, and considered that sufficient. Defen dant owed plaintiff 78/., and it would be necessary to bring actions on each bill as they became due. The Learned JUDGE said the defendant could not be put on his oath as to the correctness of his balance sheet, and ought to produce his books, the creditors were not compelled to take less than 20s. in the pound, which, in fact, he might be able to pay. An order was then made for payment at 11. per month. The plaintiff's attorney said, that would give 15 months to pay, whilst defendant woul d be defraudin g the creditors, and living on their property. The Learned JUDGE said that he could not make any alteration in the order. CRIMINAL ICOURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Glans) HORSE STEALING .—George King, alias Rigg, de scribed in the calendar as a fishmonger, was indicted for stealing a mare, value 201. The prisoner, it appeared, brought the mare for sale to Smithfield market on the Ist of Oct. last, but having excited the suspicions of two police-officers, inquiries were made respecting the ownership, and it was subsequently found that the mare belonged to Mr. Thomas Gunton, and had been stolen from a field in the Isle of Ely on the previous evening. A verdict of Guilty was returned by the jury, and the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation. LAMB STEALING.— William Tarrant, described as a shoemaker, was indicted with stealing ten lambs, of the value of 9/. 155., the property of Mr. Richard Smith, farmer, at Hayes, Middlesex. The case pre sented no feature of any interest. A verdict of Not guilty was returned. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY. The October adjourned sessions commenced this morning, at the Court-house, Clerken well. There were 81 prisoners for trial, 9 of whom were misdemeanants, the remainder being felons. Amongst the 81 prisoners there were 27 unable either to read or write ; 16 who could only read, while the remain ing 31 were described as able to read and write " imperfectly." The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said he was happy to inform them, tbat, after this day, the House of Detention for the confinement of accused parties, previous to their trial, wouhi be ready for their reception, and the result would be most beneficial, so far as the convenience of the court and the advantage of the prisoners were concerned. The magistrates had made an arrangement by which henceforth the trial of males would be taken on Tues day, and that of females on Wednesday, and the re sult would be that it would afford the prisoners who were able to procure - witnesses as to character, a greater certainty of the advantage of their testimony, because as only a day would be appropriated for the trial of each, the witnesses would be certain to be called on the first day of their attendance, and he knew that many a friend or employer came to speak to character, and after losing one day without the trial coming on, their means would not allow them to I sacrifice a second day's wages, and consequently the unfortunate prisoner lost an important advantage. Jane Price was indicted for stealing a gold watch, value 101., the property of Joseph Warren, from his person. It appeared that on the evening of the 11th inst., the prosecutor was accosted by the prisoner, who followed him, although he repeatedly desired her to go away; and at length she made a snatch at his watch which was in his waistcoat pocket, and having snapped the chain ran off with both. She was, however, stopped by a policeman, but she refused to give up the watch except the prosecutor would let her go ; and upon b eing taken to the stion-house she endeavoured to slip it into the lap ta of another woman. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the As- SISTANT-JUDGE said that it appeared the prisoner had been twice before convicted; he should, there fore, transport her for ten years. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Panthar was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Covington and Co., wharfingers and lighter men, of the City-road-wharf, City-road. It appeared that the prisoner had been entrusted with a cheque: for 9/. Bs. to pay a tax collector a sum of 2/. 25., and after that to disburse the balance in the payment of several petty accounts, but it was found that several of those which he had entered as paid had been left unpaid. He had also received a sum of 13s. 4d. from a customer of the firm, named Jackson, for which he had failed to account. The prisoner was remanded to Wednesday, to pro cure the attendance of several of those to whom the prisoner said he had paid the money. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) No less than eight charges were brought forward, one after the other, in which no individual appeared to prosecute, and on inquiry neither of the policemen who took the various parties into custody knew any thing of the matter. On the B t h char g e being brought forward, two very respectably- dressed females were placed in the dock, one of whom had been bailed out, but the other not, and police-constable H 135 stating there was no prosecutor, and that he did not see the assault complained of, Mr. YARDLEY observed, " This is not the first time I have bad to complain of the conduct of policemen in taking parties into custody without being ac quainted with the real facts of the case. Here have _ _ I had no less than ten individuals brought before me this morning charged with frivolous offences, in which it is more than probable, from the non appearanco of the parties charging, that they were themselves the aggressors, and thus a double injury has been inflicted. I hope this will not occur again, or I shall be under the necessity of adopting some steps to put a stop to a practice so highly reprehensible." TH E ROYAL PALACE AND THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO ITS FORMER MAJESTY AND ELEGANCE.--The build ing has been carried up very rapidly, and has now reached its height, with the exception of he central por tion. We regret to say that its effect is even less satis factory than it was in our engraving. Its characteristic is littleness : of monumental c haracter, originality, elegance, there is none. farSo from being more than an ordinary piece of street architecture, it is infinitely less striking than some that could be named. The state entrance is singularly mean and shabby.—Builder. WHOLESALE PLUNDER IN THE POTTERIES: Great excitement has existed in the Potteries this we ek, par ticularly in the neighbourhood of Fenton, by the dis covery of a very extensive s manufactories of stem o f r f o S m t otkhee, establishment bi girt ish meritof the latter of A i robbery derm ao b) , w Copeland,trk Mason, of Fenton, but chiefly persons were taken int o ter gentleman. Four ; and the articles custody, f two of whom were fe malesound are sufficient to fill two large crates, and include some of a very costly descrip tion. Two men, of the names of William Edwards and William Harrison, have beeneommitted for trial—the former being a " packer" at the manufactory of Alder- I y A yearsasn previously, had 's manufactory, man Copeland, and who , for ma filled! a simila r situation at Mr.n and the latter b y trade a tailor, at Fento n. o Tiet ffo two fe males7d were admitted a s evidence against th em.—Stu e t l a aj il dto Advertiser. THE LATE M ADAME ALBEETAZZL— Her the Queen has been graciously pleased to f r o r A Viss Howson a donation of 10/. for the benefit of th e et jldren of her late l amented sister, Madame Albertazzi. VEAL, OCT. 24.—The Trinity Beacon, recently placed OR the South Galloper, Goodwin Sand, has appeared. Last night a severe gale from the westward was experienced here. THE POWER OF THE PRESS.—In the year 1272, the wages of a labouring man were just three-halfpence per day ; and at the same period the puce of a Bible well written out w as 30/. sterling. Of course a common labourer in those days could not have procured a Bible with less than the entire earnings of 13 years. Now a beautifully printed copy of the same book can be pur chased with the earnings of half a day.—Senvick Ad vertiser. • "' UNITED STATES .- THREE DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. Another rapid passage of 16 days, made by the splendid packet-ship Henry Clay, Captain Nye, has placed us in possession of advices from New York to the 9th instant, being three days later than those brought by the Sarah Sands. Failures in New York there appear to be none, the only one which is reported to have occurred being at Rushville, and is named the " Merchants' Insurance and Trust Company," which is the " Western Institution " alluded to in the card of the " Ohio Life and Trust Company" of New York, as on whose account their business with Gowers, of London, was done. With regard to the Bank of New York, the Express says— " An idle rumour has been put in circulation by a daily print that the Bank of New York was a large sufferer by the failures in London. This has arisen from the fact that the Bank of the State of New York has lost heavily; people have probably con founded the two by the similarity of names. The old Bank of New York is a model for all others ; it has always used its funds to accommodate its cus tomers, and not departed to the right hand or the left, and never having entered into the dangerous practice of becoming brokers, by the buying and sell ing of foreign exchange. " A correspondent of the Indiana State Journal speaks most favourably of the prospects of the state debt. The old bonds, it is said, are coming in rapidly, and a very considerrble sum is expected from Europe (perhaps a million) by the steamer of the 15th or last of October. The amount of principal and in terest now surrendered cannot vary much from eleven millions, and it will reach twelve by the meet ing of the Legislature. This is doing immeasurably better than any friend of the law (even the most sanguine) expected. It is no longer doubtful about the exchange of the entire debt of Indiana, and the complete success of the arrangement. Every citizen of Indiana will rejoice at the prsspect ; and even the opponents of the measure, whose honest fears made them doubt, will be glad that their efforts did not succeed." _ _ Exchange on England remained firm at 9 to 91, but with little doing after the departure of the Sarah Sands. Notwithstanding the greatly decreased ship ments of bread-stuffs to this country, as an evidence of which an engagement of Indian corn is quoted to this port at sixpence the bushel, hopes were enter tained that the much larger stock of cotton which re mained for shipment than in ordinary years would Prevent the exchange rising higher in favour of this country. This, however, cannot be looked upon as a sufficient reason to obviate shipments of gold to our shores, for if 101 to 11 per cent. has been willingly paid for short Bank bills, it is clearly the interest of remitters to avoid even this risk in the present state of affairs, and incur an extra half per cent. expense in the sending of hard coin. No later accounts from Mexico had come to hand. The correspondent of the New York Herald, at Wash ington, thus writes as to the future intentions of the United States Government : " In view of the momentous posture of affairs in Mexico an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day. It was resolved to immediately recal Mr. Trist, and to abandon all further attempts at conciliation. The condition of the President's health precluded the possibility of arriving at any definite conclusion as to the future course to be pursued. But one thing is certain, that all that remains of the old Government is to be prostrated, and one of our own erected in its stead. " The opinion of the Cabinet is unanimous, that to withdraw our army within the limits designated as those which our Government would have been hitherto willing to accept as the future boundary of the United States, would be but to prolong the war indefinitely, and to expose unnecessarily the lives of our soldiers. On the crumbling ruins of the military despotism which has swayed the destinies of the Mexican people for the last twenty-three years must be erected a temporary Government, half military, half territorial, which shall secure to us the revenues of the country, and protect the citizens in the enjoyment of tran quillity, and in the safe prosecution of their com mercial and industrial pursuits. The public minas will be seized, a tariff of duties levied in every port, and the roads will be opened to admit the free cir culation of the stream of commerce through every avenue, to the heart of the country. The character of the war will be entirely changed. Hitherto it has been to conquer a peace. Henceforth it will be to maintain the Government we are about to erect. Hitherto it has been offensive. Henceforth it will be almost wholly defensive, at the same time that the largest discretion will be given the commanding ge neral to act on the offensive or defensive, according as the execution of his measures for the pacification of the country may require. " The Secretary of War has received a letter from a most reliable source at Vera Cruz, the writer having uninterrupted communication with the city of Mexico, which, although of a ,later date than the account which represents Generals Worth, Smith, and Pillow as killed by the explosion of a shell in a powder ma gazine, makes no mention of such a rumour. H a d such a disaster occurred, the writer would have been certain to hear it, and would have as certainly com municated it in his letter. The explosion may have taken place and killed a number of our men, but it is improbable that the three generals named would have been all on one spot and all killed by the same accident. The mail of this evening brings no dis patches to clear up the doubt. " Let us do them justice, those Mexicans. They fought well and bravely before the gates of their capital. It would be unjust to the prowess of our own brave men to say they met an unresisting enemy. They did not. Right valiant was that re sistance, and such as Americans love to meet. The last grand struggle of the Mexican people was worthy of the pristine glory of the Aztecs. n T a t r i i o s n t o fi r s contradiction . to ef tt ‘ ah l i e n n e r t d h e p e a a pr b tr s o r e pe n op c s r e i et : s oe f I n a l tnlysnubjecting to negotiation an integral part of the United States territory, it would be unjust to censure that gentleman. It is difficult to believe that he could have done so. Such a step would have subjected him to the severest censure of his Government, as it would have made that a subject of c d o o u u l b d t naontd suffer argument e s a t b i t o m ut t o which ra i t s h e d e .Un Newi te d m S e ta x i t c e o s was equally a subject of positive instruction, and Mr. Trist bad the strictest injunctions not to enter tain any proposition embracing a line across from the western boundary of New Mexico north of the port of San Diego, as that port is destined to be even more valuable to us than San Francisco. Touching each of these points, he is said to have demanded forty five days to consult his Government, for the purpose of ascertaining whether each should be a sine qua non. Until Mr. Trist's report of the transactions be re ceived judgment should be suspended. "If the negotiations had been conducted in good faith the Wilmot proviso would have had one result — it might have retarded the conclusion of a treaty. The pro jet submitted by the Mexican Commissioners, contained an article prohibiting slavery in whatever territory might be ceded by Mexico to the United States. No doubt the Council of Ministers took their cue from the supporters of the Wilmot proviso in this country. " The secret history of the negotiation on the part of Mexico, would doubtless show that Santa Anna, really desirous of peace himself, was overruled by those about him. The instruction in no case to enter tain a proposition embracing the 26th degree as a boundary, would seem to argue that he was not averse to a settlement on the basis of a line north of 26. Nothing shows so plainly that the people of Mexico are averse to peace, as the fact that Santa Anna is still for war, He may be regarded as a p o litical barometer, by which the feelings of the people may be judged of. He is still, beyond all question, the most dangerous man in Mexico." WASHINGTON, OCT. 5, 1847.—We have no later returns from Mexico than those in your possession some days ago. The rumours of the dangerous and disastrous posi tion of the American troops between Jalapa and Puebla, coming chiefly from Mexican sources, are for the interim discredited to a very large allowance; as is also the report of the destruction among the Ame rican troops in the hot and bloody work in and about the Mexican capital since the two grand opening battles. But enough is known here to satisfy the Cabinet that there is no peace—no prospect of peace ; and that the forces of Gen. Scott, meantime, imperatively demand prompt and liberal reinforcements. Upon this duty of strengthening the arms of Gene ral Scott, the Cabinet has been in session to-day ; and the vigorous prosecution of the war was the only opinion mentioned, thought of, or acted upon, re specting affairs in Mexico. The publication of the correspondence between the Mexican Commissioners and Mr. Trist throws but little new light on the subject beyond that we have already published. The Mexican documents de cidedly carry the halm in the matter of diplomacy. Baltimore, A se ve r e storm d l a p d h a o , o r e d all the o a shin gto n &c.,ad b carryingetw e n away bridges, and stopping all communication but by means of the telegraph. The commercial information that follows is from the latest sources : FRIDAY NIGHT. A driving rain storm out of doors had its effect TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1847. upon the Stock Board and the Exchange, and every ', ii,g W. 15 dull. The fancies stood about as yesterday, with a drooping tendency. Treasury Notes also stood as yesterday, at 101, with a tendency upwards, and 101 k purchases to a considerable extent could be made. Large sums are waiting for these notes to fall to par, when they would be eagerly seized, but the faintest glimmer of peace with Mexico would send send thein up rapidly. All out- door business was necessarily suspended by the storm, and the Henry Clay packet-ship for Liver pool, and the Duchesse d'Orleans for Havre, are de. • • tained by the same cause. We hear of some engagements of Indian corn to Liverpool at 61 per bushel in bags, and expect to hear of considerable shipments in the course of the fall, when the price shall have settled down to its fair average, in view of the great product of the year here and the accounts from the other side, of the good general condition of the potato root. If, however, the disease of the vegetable should fol low, in Europe, the same course which it is running here, there is no assurance that potatoes sound and fine when dug will remain so after being housed—for from various parts of New England, New York, and New Jersey, we have well authenticated statements that the rot is found very extensively in the po tatoes after being put away in an apparently sound condition. If this shall be the case in Europe, our Indian corn will still be in considerable demand. Cotton-The pressure to sell continues, and there has been a further decline of 1 per cent., making 1 cent. per lb. decline since last Saturday. The sales of the week amount to 4,250. Up. & Flo. Mobile &N. 0. 2,250 bales. 1,700 bales. Inferior none. 9to 94 Ord. to good ord 94 to 104 94 to 101 Mid. to good mid lO-- to 10/ 101 to 104 Middling fair to fair 11 to 111 11* to 111 Fully fair to good fair Fine Flour-The market for the week past has been more buoyant, particularly within the last three days. The supplies are still very light for the season, which gives great firmness to the market. The late advance in England does not make any material change in prices here, the orders having come out much below present rates. The sales of the week have ranged from 5 dolls. 624 c. to 5 dolls. 814 c. for old Oswego and Genesee, and 5 dolls. 75c. to 5 dolls. 874 c. for fresh ground, and 5 dolls. 874 c. to 5 dolls. 94c. for new wheat. 2,000 barrels of fancy brands have been sold at 6 dolls. 124 c. to 6 dolls. 25c. Southern is in fair demand with sales of 400 barrels of Richmond country, and about 1,000 barrels Georgetown and Baltimore, all at 6 dolls. Rye flour is scarce and wanted at 4 dolls. 121 e. to 4 dolls. 25c. Corn meal is less plenty, and holders of Western now ask 3 dolls. About 2,000 barrels have been sold lately at 2 dolls. 73c. to 2 dolls. 94c. ; 500 barrels Jersey at 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 50c. The receipts down the Hudson since the commencement of navi gation this season are, to sth instant, 2,127,497 barrels flour, 101,765 barrels corn meal. Exports from Ist September to sth October, 53,272 barrels flour. Grain-The supplies of wheat continue very light and the demand quite active. Among the late sales are 4,900 bushels Genesee, old and new, at 125 to 128 cents; 1,400 do. at 131 c., and 500 do. superior at 134 to 135 c.; 10,000 bushels Michigan, and Ohio at 110 to 125 cents, according to quality ; and Illi nois at 100 to 105 c., and 5,000 bushels Southern in ferior, at 102 to 105 c., and good at 1124 to 125 c. 15,000 bushels Rye has been sold this week at 80c. in the slip and 81 to 82c. delivered. 2,000 bushels new barley brought 75c. Oats are lower-sales at 49 to 51c. Corn was much firmer, and a few sales made at an advance of 3 or 4 cents, after the Hiber nia's arrival, but prices have since gone back. The sales amount to about 125,000 bushels within the week, varying from 62 to 63c. for heated, to 64 to 70c. for mixed ; 67 to 69c. for round yellow, closing yesterday at 63c. for heated, and 66 to 67c. for mixed, and 67 to 68c. for flat yellow. Receipts down the Hudson since the opening the navigation this season-1,461,404 bushels wheat; 3,080,682 do. corn ; 218,135 do. rye. Export from Sept. Ito Oct. 5-23,972 bushels corn ; 92,733 do. wheat ; 9,490 do. rye • 8,647 do. oats. Freights-There has been but little offering this week. Flour has been taken for Glasgow at Is. 6d., and cotton at 5-16 d for round and square bales. The packet rates are as follow :- To Liverpool--Cotton,perlb.l-Bd. to 3 16d.; beef, per tierce, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; beef and pork, barrel, 25.; flour, ls. 6d.; turpentine, 25.; leather, lb., id.; heavy goods, per ton, 255.; grain, bushel, 6d. To London-Tobacco, per hogshead, 355. to 405.; flour, 2s. 9d. to 35.; turpentine, 35.; spirits of tur pentine, per 252 gallons, 30s. to 355.; measurement goods, ton, 30s. ; heavy goods, 30s. to 355.; beef (3041b5. and 3361b5.), ss. 6d. ; beef and pork, bbl. is. PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 8. Little of interest has transpired to-day on account of rain which, in a great measure, suspended out-door operations. Cotton remains very quiet. Flour is firmly held, but without sales, except in the usual way, at six dolls. 12.1-c. to 6 dolls. 25c. for fair and good brands fresh ground ; rye flour is held at 44 dols., with small sales ; corn meal is more firmly held at 3 dolls. to 3 dols. 25 c. for prime ; and brandy wine wheat scarce : a small lot of Western red sold at 130 cents. Corn is in better request, with sales of 2,000 bushels good flat yellow, at 75 cents. Southern Oats sold at 42/c. Groceries steady-the only sale is 750 bags (musty) Rio Coffee at 64c to. 74c. Provisions without any particular change, and sales limited. Whisky-small sales at 29c. to 30c. Stocks improved much this morning : no advance in Government securities, but the minor stocks ex hibited a disposition towards recovering last week's prices. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 30. The effect of the Britannia's news, received yes terday, had not been fully developed. The ten dency, however, was unfavourable to breadstuffs. Cotton—Sales of only 200 bales were reported,. previous quotations being b are ly sustained. Fair quality was worth 11c. to 11/c. ; middling to good middling, 10/. to 10ic. Stock about 26,000 bales. Flour—Sales were light, while prices stood about the same. 500 bbls. Ohio and Illinois, good quality, sold at 4 dolls. 50c. ; St. Louis City Mills was worth 4 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 25c. Corn—Sales were light; a few hundred sacks of yellow sold at 65c. Nothing doing in wheat. Oats—Sales at 30 to 30i. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, 5.8 d., and to Havre 1 A d. Sterling bills, 6ie. to 7-Ic. Treasury notes, par. HOP DUTY. The following is an Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the rear 1847, for the under-men tioned Districts, distinguishing the Old from the New Duty : Districts. Gloucester ... Isle of Wight Lincoln Duty. £1 17 11i 8,001 16 61 363 3 71 Lynn ••• Surrey Suffolk Sussex 60 4 4 ... 10 1 41 ... 1,266 12 2f -100,377 6 11 110,081 2 1i Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 60,282 11 1 4-20 New duty, at l 8-20 17 ••• 44,556 13 4,116.20 Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 5,241 17 71 £llO,OBl 2 NOTE.—The returns from the remainder of the districts will be published as soon as received. L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General. Excise-office, London, Oct. 25, 1847. aC n hi e rn es p tolife FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Last evenin g , be e out tween the hours of six a nd seven, a fire that at one time of houses, u e and s, threatened b r t the k e i d o i s t a b s e t r e m u i ? d s c t o n o f s e Clue situate at 6, Wood's -place East, Upper Whitecross street, St. Luke's, in the tenure of several poor families. The flames commenced in the back room first-floor, but from what agency could not be ascertained. At thelime of the outbreak one of the lodgers, Mrs. Green, with her two children, were in the upper part of the building, and had it not been for the opport.une discovery and the praiseworthy exertions of a neighbour, it is quite pro bable that a loss of life would have ensued. The brigade engines from Whitecross-street station, with Mr. Mallett, the head engineer, quickly.attended, but owing to the distance of the burning building from the public tho roughfare, it was found necessary to attach nearly 300 feet of hose to the engine before the firemen could reach the burning property ; th at having been accomplished, the flames were happilY confined to the premises in which they originated, but they were not extinguished until the whole of the families residing in the place had lost their furniture, wearing apparel, and other effects, thereby leaving them without a place to put their heads in for the night. A more abject womrscene of . mis a cery hildcan scarcely be conceived ; one pool . of with , stated that she had not only lost everything that she pos sessed, but also the work she had in the room belonging to her employers. lier escape was most miraculous, flames having caught her dress, and consumed nearly the whole of the back portion before she could get into the open air. MODEL LODGING-DOUSES FOR RESPECTABLE ME CRANICS are suggested by a correspondent of the Builder, with such additional conveniences or comforts as 39. 6d. a week or more might well afford beyond those now ob tained for 15. 6d, and 25. by the lower classes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. DIONDAY. Match, 100, h ft. D.M. . , Lord Glasgow's Discontent, 7st 111 b, received forfeit from Mr. Payne's Spider, B:.kt 71b. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Lord Glas gow's f by iletman Platoff, dam by Ardrossan, Bst 21b. Betting-6 to 4 on Woodcraft, who won in a canter by three lengths. Time, 1 min. 20 secs. Match, 200, h ft. Last half of Ab.M. Yr. Mo.,tyn's Tamarind, 6st 71b (Kitchiner), beat Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 71b. 5t02 on Villiers. Won by a neck. Run in 48 secs. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Eothen, 7st 71b (Pettit), beat Mr. Gratwieke's Flitch, Bst 71b. 7 to 4 on Dithen, who won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst 71b ... (J. Marson) 0 Lord Strathmoro's Passion flower, Bst ... (Nat) 0 2 to 1 on Lovelace. A dead heat. Run in 1 min. 14 sees. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. From the Turn of the Lands in. (45 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone (61b extra) ... Lord Exeter's Tisiphone Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher (31b extra) Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary (31b extra)... Duke of Rutland's Paladin (31b extra) Mr. Hargreave's Sunny Side ... 6 6 to 3 agst Loadstone, 2 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, g to 1 agst Lady Mary. Tisiphono made the running, followed by Flatcatcher and Sunny Side, the favourite lying up with them. They ran in this way till halfway between the Duke's Stand and home, where Flatcatcher gave way, and Loadstone took the second place. About halfway up the cords Loadstone challenged, and a good race home ended in his favour by half a length; Flat catcher, who was reported to be" off," a bad third. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. ... (Nat) 1 Match, 300, h ft; Bst 7lb each. T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's :Panic received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's colt by Elis, out of Tuft. Match, 200, h ft. D.M. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's Cosachia, Bst 41b. Match, 100. T.Y.C. Mr. Sandford's Laura, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b, received forfeit from Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 3_yrs, Bst 10Ib. Match, 100. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob received for feit from Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness, Bst 51b each. Match, 200, h ft; Bst each. T.Y.C. Lord Strathmore's Sincerity received 25 sovs. forfeit from Mr. May's Senza. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b. Criterion Course. Winner to be sold for 3504 (5 Subs.) Mr. Merton's African, aged (Robinson) 1 Mr. Rogers's Jolly Dick, 3 yrs ... 2 2 to 1 on African, who waited til l within fifty yards from home, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 22 secs. Match, 100, h ft. Last half mile of Criterion Course. Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice Consul, 7st 71b, received for feit from Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, Bst 71b. BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. MONDAY MORNING. 1 agst Giselle 14 to 1 agst Blackbird—t 1 agst Patriot 15 to 1 agst Hydrangea 1 agst Geraldine 15 to 1 agst Queen Mary 1 agst Vanish 40 to 1 agst The Widow Newcourt is not expected to start. NEW MATCHES, &c. WEDNESDAY. Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Bst 71b, uggt Colonel Anson'a Contessa, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. THURSDAY. Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. Payne's Clementina, 6st 51b. T.M.M. 300, h ft. Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bed ford's Fistiana, 7st 101 b. Cambridgeshire Course. 200, h ft. Mr. Sandforth's Kimblesworth agst Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary. 200, h ft.—Off by consent. FRIDAY. Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, Bst 71b, agst Lord Strath. more's Passion-flower, Bst 41b. 50, h ft. T.Y.C. SATURDAY. Mr. Payne's Clementina, Bst 41b, agst Duke of Bed ford's Villiers. First half of Ab.M. 200, h ft. Lord Strathmore's The Switcher receives 25/. forfeit from Mr. Crawford's Humdrum. The weather was fine, but the attendance was not by any means so great as ' we have been in the habit Of witnessing at the commencement of the Hougton Week, and the list, which contained no less than fourteen stakes and matches, produced only six races. The defeat of Flatcatcher was the sole feature of the day, and this did not appear to take anybody by surprise ; he is said to have been lame for some days past. 'BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. NEWMARKET, MoNsiy NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. 9 to 1 agst Queen Mary—t . 30 to 1 agst Wanota 10 to 1 agst Giselle 33 to 1 agst Fistiana 10 to 1 agst Geraldine 33 to 1 agst War Eagle 12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 35 to 1 agst Sagacity 12 to 1 agst Blackbird 40 to 1 agst Dulcet 15 to 1 agst Patriot 40 to 1 agst The Widow 15 to 1 agst Vanish 50 to 1 agst Deriades 20 to 1 agst Collingwood 50 to 1 agst Prior of St. 20 to 1 agst Foreclosure Margaret's 28 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 1,000 to 15 agst Valiant 1,000 to 15 agst Rufus R TUESDAY. idicap. D.M. 121b—Doleful, 5 yrs, Bst 31b lb—Fisticuff, aged, Bst 11b— st—Palma, 3 yrs, 7st 81b— ENTRIES FO Selling Hat Blind Hookey, aged, Bst : —Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, Bst 21 Master Stepney, 5 yrs, 8 Spider, 3 yrs, Ist 11b. Sweepstakes. Last half of A.B.M. Winner to be sold for 80 sous. Will-o'-the Wisp, 3 yrs—John Harris, 5 yrs—Wee Bit, 3 yrs—Rosaura, 5 yrs—Cherry, 4 yrs—Nell Cook, 4 yrs. 501. Feather Plate. Last three miles of B.C. Camera Obscura, 4 yrs—Martingale, 3 yrs—Farrella, 3 yrs—Vanity, 3 yrs—Dacia, 2 yrs—Gr f by Don John out of Prizeflower's dam, 2 yrs—Minto, 2 yrs—The Pope, by St. Francis, 2 yrs—Novice, 2 yrs—Br fby Giovanni, out of Silistria, 2 yrs—Pius IX, 2 yrs—Br c by Scroggins, out of Jill, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes. First half of Ab. M. sold for 70. Glance, Whitewall, and Jest. Handicap Plate of 100/. D.I. John Harris, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Fisticuff, aged, Bst 31b— Mathematician, 3 yrs, Bst 31b—Sheraton, 4 yrs, Bst 31b —St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b—My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 91b —Rosin the Beau, 4ags, 7st 71b—Columbus, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Lady Cecilia,Vjrs, 7st 61b—Spectator, aged, 7st 61b—Pimento, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Sholford, 4 yrs, 7st 51b --Camera Obscura, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Tuft-hunter, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Alboni, 3 yrs, ist 21b—Cosachia, 3 yrs, 7st— Fergus, 3 yrs, Est 131b—Vanity, 3 yrs, Est 1 11b—Ta rella, 3 yrs, Est 1 lib—Resolution, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Flitch, 4 yrs, Est 101 b. Winner to be TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln continuation of my last letter on the Hough ton meeting, which I brought down to Wednesday morning, I resume my task with a Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft., for two years old, and for which at least five will come to the post, probably, Carthage, Hecuba. colt by the Earl of Richmond, colt by Rat catcher, and Buckstone; they are one and all a very in ferior crew to nick a winner from, none of them can be relied on, but f think Buckstone or the Ratcatcher colt will catch the judge's eye first, Hecuba and the Earl of Richmond colt being well up. On Thursday, Surplice or Loadstone ' in all proba bility the latter will win with ease the Glasgow Stakes, Backbiter second, and the Canada colt third. A Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, Blaze will walk over for. The numerous matches on: the tapir are, in my opinion, destined to come off thus:— Eilthen, Bst: 71b, will beat Impertinence colt, 7st 51b. Pavilion, Bst 71b, will beat Miss Whip filly, Bst 71b. Cbapelgowrie, Bst 71b, will beat Sir Oliver, Est 71b. Blackcock, 7st 101 b, will beat Villiers, Bst 71b. Administrator, Bst 71b, will beat Bridle, Bst 41b. C.ementina, Est 51b, will beat Wolfdog, Bst 121 b. Rough and Ready, Bst, will beat Valecia, Bst. Tom Tulloch, Bst 71b, will beat Cynynion, Bst 71b. Queen Mary, Bst 31b, will beat Kimblesworth, Bst 71b. Crczier, Bst 71b, will beat Chainbearer, Bst 71b. My Mary, Bst 71b, will beat Rosin the Beau, Bst. Woodcraft, 7st 71b, will beat Discontent, Bst 131 b. Sable, Bst 71b, will beat Actaeon filly, Bst 41b. Miami, Bst 71b, will beat Miss Whip filly, 7st 111 b. Watchdog, 7st 71b, will beat Rough and Ready, Bst 71b. r T Gy h a r e rry S ho w uws i e t tri c h h , e e B r Fs , w :s i t Blle 6 tb l b, beat 61b w l e l ci b lul e nb a d t euast, humdrum, Bridl 3 e 7 l t st. 21b. Lotdstone's superior performance to day in the Criterion has gained him a host of admirers, and at the present reading he may be accounted first favourite tor the Epsom race, 10, 11, and 12 to 1 having been taken freely after his victory this afternoon, in fact it would not surpris me wei e he to oust his stable companion Surplice completely from his advanced position in the odds, and remain during the winter the champion of the Goodwood stable. Woodcraft's easy victory to-day, in his match with the Hetman Platoff filly, has confirmed Glendower in his position of 15 to 1 in the Derby odds. I remain of the same opinion with respect to the Cambridgeshire, believing firmly that nothing can beat that much fancied trio, Geraldine, Lady Wildair, and Hydrangea. Nat, I understand, is to be tak E en T o u ff orß L FT ad h y e i placedslnslist oisfTs u s t p aria o nr n iidie V rnss a o,rt n lw i tii h ktlh , Te t yt • Oh i tethFo addition wshtiaa sta rt; t e ; ff i e n c t other o will d s a h i r o wo a ut. n hr d et r W esN i p d ee o cw w tes , will be pretty correct. My analysis of the entries for the Nursery Stakes I will give as soon as known.—l am, Sir, y o u rs, &e ., Newmarket, Monday afternoon, Four o'clock. • TIIE GREAT WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURS ING MEETING—SATURDLY. The Great Western Cup of 320/. was won by Mr. Miller's Merry lass, beating Sir James Boswell's King Canute. The Druid Cup of 320/. was won by Captain Wynd ham's Wildfire, and Mr. Long's Lord George, who divided. The Stonehengetiog Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Miller's Merry Lad ; and the, Elston Stake for Bitch Puppies, by his Miracle. The Beacon-hill Stakes were divided by Sir J. Bos well's Royalist and Mr. A. Graham's, British Lion, and the Everlay Stakes by Sir J. Boswell's Anna Theresa and Mr. Fowles's Phcebe. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bert walked this morning in the slopes. Their Royal' Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise this forenoon in the grounds around the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Westmorland, and Sir Robert Peel, and attended by the Earl of Morley and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. The Queen rode out this forenoon in a pony car riage, attended by the Countess of Desart. The Equerry in Waiting attending on horseback. Mr. Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, is expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Frogmore House, at half-past nine o'clock this morning, for London. The Royal Duchess re turned to Frogmore House, in the afternoon, from town. The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening, will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. Brooke, Lady Emily Seymour, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Miss L. Daw son Darner, and Sir George Couper. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St.James's, at half past eleven o'clock yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness left town at half-past three o'clock, on her return to Frogmore House. Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Baron Rothschild had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday. Captain Harness, Secretary to the Railway Com mission, transacted business yesterday at the Treasury. A deputation from the Windsor Railway Company, consisting of Lord Barrington, Mr. Charles Russell, Captain Bulkeley, Mr. C. A. Saunders, Mr. J. Pilcher, Mr. A. Fowler, and Mr. Henry Daniell, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Sir James Carnegie had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Dr. Lushington had also an interview with the Right lion. Baronet at the Home office. _ The Senate of Lubeck has authorised the following Consular appointments in Ireland : Mr. Whitmore Scovell to be Consul in Dublin. Mr. S. King to be Vice-Consul at Cork. Mr. Wm. Smyth to be Vice-Consul at Limerick. Mr. John Harrison to be Vice•• Consul at Belfast. Mr. John Thompson to be Vice-Consul at Westport. Mr. W. Marchand Ardagh to be Vice-Consul at Waterford. Mr. Bernard O'Slaherty to be Vice-Consul at Galway. The Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning bad an in terview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. James Wilson had also an interview with his Lord ship yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing street. Lord Campbell left town on Saturday, on a visit to Lord Melbourne, at Brocket Hall. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chief Commissioner of Railways, has left town for his residence, Kingston Hall, near Derby. Dispatches for the Governors of Hong• Kong and Ceylon were sent off last evening from the Colonial office. THE LORD BISHOP or LONDON.—We have been requested to correct a statement which appeared in this journal a few days since, announcing the serious illness of the Bishop of London. The facts of the case are these :—The Bishop's foot having slipped on a polished floor, his Lordship fell, and received a violent blow on his right temple, which rendered it necessary for him to submit to medical treatment, and to avoid unnecessary fatigue. The Right Rev. Prelate's general health, we are happy to say, is in no degree affected.—Post. THE ARMY AT THE CAPE.—The following is an extract from the letter of an officer at present stationed near Graham's Town :—" The abominable Kafir war is not over, nor do I see the end of it. The troops are ex posed to hardships that few at home have any idea of Fancy going on patrole for 19 days, with no tents, no waggon, wet weather, and nothing but bullocks to eat. There were at one time 36 officers sick at Graham's Town. There are very few tents in the country, though the war has lasted above a year. Such is the bodily condition of our troops engaged in protecting the colony ; the spiritual, as may be guessed, is not more efficient. Here there is no chaplain for the troops, none to comfort the 'sick and the dying ; alike Sunday and week- day come round, nothing to remind them that there is a God above and a judgment to come, a heaven or a hell ; none to baptize the children—none to bury the dead. Port Natal, a rising settlement, nothing done to show that we are a Christian people. Nay, so dread ful is the state of this whole colony from neglect, that I heard it stated a short time ago by the newly appointed Bishop of Cape Town, that the Mahomedans were making converts to the creed of Mahomet from among those who were (nominally) Christians." A final dividend of sd. in the pound has just been paid, through the medium of the Court of Bankruptcy, under the estate of Messrs. Hopkins and Drewitt, of Arundel, Sussex, bankers, who failed in the month of October, 1641. This, with previous payments, makes a gross dividend distributed among the creditors of 15s. 11d. in the pound. With reference to certain acceptances of Mr. Lackersteen having, on Saturday, been refused pay ment at his banker's, we are requested to mention that such refusal arose from a difference between the parties, by which anticipated facilities were suddenly withdrawn On application at the counting-house of the acceptor, it is stated that all bills were promptly discharged; and such, we are informed, will continue to be the case. Mr. Colburn commences his new publishing season, we understand, on the Ist of November, with the eleventh Volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the Queens of England ;" a new work by William Howitt, called " The Hall and the Hamlet ;" and a new novel by Mrs. Trollope, entitled " Town and Country." Mr. Colburn has also several Historical and Biographical Works of great interest immediately forthcoming. DRAlNlNG.—lmperfect under-draining is very com mon. The following may be taken as a good rule:— " If water stands on the surface of a field three hours after rain has ceased to fall, that field is not sufficiently drained for the cultivation of grain." Two HOUSES FALLEN IN.—An accident, demand ing the most serious attention, occurred on Sunday night week, about eleven o'clock. Two houses at the top of Chapel-street, Devonport, upon the building of which Mr. Weary, builder, and Mr. Grant, builder, have been engaged about eight months, fell in with great noise ; the beams and joists were fixed and both houses just ready for roofing. What could have been the cause of the disastrous accident it is difficult to say, or whether blame attaches to the builders, but the middle wall between the two houses appears to ha ve been th e par t that first gave way, and the stones u sed in the b u ilding were taken from those of the old houses that oc cupied the site. Happily no individual was injured by the fall. —West Briton. E ARTHQUA KE IN FRANCE —lt appears by a le t ter from an inhabitant of Sierac, in the department of the Dordogne, that a pretty sharp shock of earthquake was felt there in the morning of the 15th. WESTERN JEWISH GIRLS' FREE SCHOOL.—The I first public examination of the pupils of this institution I took place yesterday, at Mr. Caldwell's Academy, No. 20, Dean-street, Soho. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, patron of the institution, arrived at twelve o'clock, and took the chair amid loud applause, The attendance was very numerous, and included th e Reverend the Chief Rabbi, the Baroness de Rothschild, Lady Montefiore, Baron A. de Rothschild, Mr. tI. M. Johnson. Mr. S. L. de Symonds, Mr. J. P. SalorJons, &c. The proceedings were of a very interesting c h arac t er . The examination continued for three hours, and included scripture history ; catechism, comPrisn'.g the decalogue, the thirteen articles of the Jewish fa;Ae, the feasts, and fasts, &c. ; Hebrew reading, and 'translation of prayers ; English reading, grammar, ar'Ahmetie, writing, geogra phy, history, and needlework. A preliminary prayer in English, and an ode were also recited by the pupils, Though the school is, only twelve months in progress. the responses we're all given without the slightest error or hesitation, and in a manner which excited the admi ration of all present. In no instance do we recollect having ever seen children display more intelligence, and the state of the institution certainly confers the highest credit on the teachers, and the committee of ladies by whom it is managed. There are at present forty pupils, s were sufficient the number would be much larger if th e fund - sufficient to enable the committee to procure a school roomere capable of accommodatin g all the applicants on their boolts. Prizes were distributed. to the mor e de serving of the pupils by hi s Royal Highness. so A fter e which the Chief Rabbi a dd ressed the assemblage at m length on the importance of promoting education among their poorer brethren, THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY ALTERATIONS.—The Dean and eilapter are going their ow n way, notwith standing ' , lle tolerably loud dissent f rom i t w hi ch has been expr essed i n all quarters. Nothi ng h as yet b een done ill the transeptsa but . new carved s t a ll s are b e i ng p ise u r t ee u n p : (sloowaus totoangdetagtif fifty, the east s id e o f t h e organ y, inst ea d o f t hi rty, as before. y d They se em to b e nicely drawn and carved. Th e organ , which for mer l y surmounted the screen, is t o b e di v id e d, and pla ce d h a lf on each side of it under one o f th e ma i n arches. Additional room is to be gained, they say, for 800 persons, by the alterations in progress,— how many of them will see and hear what is going tin is another question.—Builder. EXTRAORDINARY SALMON.—On Monday morning a large salmon was caught at Sandstell fishery, at the mouth of the Tweed, of the extraordinary weight of 3 stones and 3 lbs., or 45 lbs. Its length was 4 feet 5 inches, and the girth at the thickest part 2 feet ei inches. This immense fish was said to be the largest ever caught in the Tweed.—Berwick Warder. 8 to 9 to 0 to 2 to LITERATURE. FACTS AND FIGURES 71 , W0 - if ITALY. By Don Jeremy Savonarola. Everybody knows that Don Jeremy Savonarola means Father Prout, and that Prout means Mahony ; and, knowing this, "everybody (as the old saying , is) who can be considered fromelng and Figure s from Italy," being has read Facts a Italy,"sor t political hy e hrl a ese quel to the " Picturess D Flnarteh, eranPtrioanuturhiasan of icnkleasnssin p e ou u r d ed itn finort, and hs eclecticuchafd facetiousness in the correspondence r published by him contemporary, that the a in the columns of a daily letters which from anoth er wr i ter iniht of gossip might found av-e worthy . Ahu n. merely , ephemeral budget s ar of a distinct appearance on their comp l et i on dred years hence posterity will turn to these merry pages of Father Prout with a zest such as that with which we ourselves pore over the small-talk of good Mr. Evelyn, Secretary to the Admiralty d ur i ng t h e days of the lerry Monarch. We will not undertake to assert that the gossip of Mr. Mahony is in like manner to be looked upon as gospel. Indeed, it was scarcely possible that chapters written on the first whisper of some novel and startling intelligence from the Eternal City should not occasionally be marred by inaccuracies or misrepresentations. In a clever criticism upon the Peruvian works of Prescott and Tshudi, the Quarterly Review has just observed that South America is fortunate in her historian, and that Mr. W. H. Prescott is fortunate in being the historian of South America. With the necessary alterations of name and place, we might say the same of Father Prout and the Italy of Now a- days ; for modern Italy has been fortunate in her vivacious and sagacious observer, and Father Prout is peculiarly fortunate in b e i ng able to comment upoa such events and movements as have latterly transpired in that noble peninsula. Of the materiel of " Facts and Figures," and particularly of the style of their composition, it would be needless to say anything; the materiel has been noised abroad and welcomed with enthusiasm by all the lovers of liberality on the habitable globe, and the style of the composition has become familiar to the readers of the j ournals—being the manner peculiar to the prose writings of this Rabellais of feuilletonists—a style racy of Milesia, sweet in the honey sucked from bookdom, and abounding with graceful turns of rhetoric and felicitous snatches of rhythm. Father Prout always writes with a gusto, but he has penned the present chapters with a relish beyond all description, for his whole heart has been in what he has written, and his whole nature has been aroused with exultation by , the circumstances that have illustrated the new Pon tificate. The account of Don Jeremy himself, which is prefixed to the volume, is, however, a l a boured piece of pleasantry, which forms an indifferent intro duction to a very attractive work. That work is divided into two parts : Part the First being " The Fag-end of an Old Reign," and Part the Second being "The Bright Dawn of Better Days." The brief interregnum between the Pontificates of Gre gory and Pius is described in " A few intercalary blank leaves between the Old Regimen and the New," purported to be filled up by the Booksellers Hack in Ordinary. Of those two most memorable epochs for Italy—the stagnant and effete one of Gregorio XVI. and the effulgent and vigorous one of Pio IX.—how much is there of a suggestive cha racter that might be hinted by a commentator ! The depressive Blooms of the Past—the propitious beam ings of the Future! The remembered sorrows, and the anticipated joys ! The prolonged opprobrium of the one and the sudden glory of the other ! Father Prout has here commented upon the reminiscent an guish and prospective happiness of the Italians in a spirit of congenial liberality. And, while he depre cated the absolute policy of the late Pope, he had gentleness and generosity enough to dismiss him with a panegyric, where he wrote, on the 24th of May, 1846, " When he (Gregory XVI.) dies, you may fairly reproduce the words of your Lord Bacon concerning his namesake and predecessor,—' Gregory XIII. ful filled the age of eighty-three years, an absolute good man, sound in mind and in body, temperate, full of good works, and an almsgiver.'—(Nocum Oryanum, chapter on Life and Death)." On the Ist of the June following the Benedictine monk, Don Mauro Capellari, Gregory XVI. expired, and immediately afterwards Count John Mastai Ferretti was raised to the pontifical chair by the name of Pope Pius IX. That event, so glorious for Italian independence, an event, indeed, which has already resulted in the emancipation of the Italian peninsula, and in the en viable celebrity of Pope Pius, has found a passionate applauder in Father Prout. He it was who first pronounced that noblest of all panegyrics upon the reforming Pontiff,—" Fuit honzo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Johannes," (see p. 299.) His voice was among the first 'that proclaimed to England the glorious and most memorable crusade of liberality which was commenced by Pius in the City on the Seven Hills. For this alone the volume would be an acceptable addition to the libraries, even were it not rendered attractive by the caustic satire, the agreeable drollery, the spontaneous wit, and perpetual and imperturbable good humour of its accomplished author. Of the drollery of " Facts and Figures," a drollery rendered pungent by a dash of sarcasm, we need say nothing when we refer to the mention, at p. 78, of Prince Metternich as " the old Mephistophiles of Vienna." As to the wit, here is a single sentence :—" The state of Modena is to Italy what a gradual ossification of the heart would be to the human system," (see p. 20.). The book is ele gantly bound in the Ferretti colours, white and orange, an d c annot impair the literary reputation of Mr. ahony, alias Prout, alias Savonarola. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. THE DIVER HYDE'S APPARATUS— HEINKE'S PATENTS. The principal novelty in the present series of ex hibitions here is Hyde's new submarine conversing apparatus, the object of which is chiefly to enable a diver to communicate more frequently and more freely with those who above water assist his sub marine operations, and have his safety and relief under their control than he can do by the contrivances heretofore in use. The construction and the applica tion of Mr. Hyde's invention were last evening very lucidly explained by Mr. Cripps in the course of his lecture and illustrations upon submarine operations with the diver and diving-bell. So far as the object in view is concerned, it may be said, generally, that it is effected by the apparatus. Persons above the water converse freely and easily through a tube with the person who is submerged, even to a , great depth. Yet the question must suggest it self, is I not this attained with greater risk and complication than the object itself is worth ?. Is there not an ob vious danger to the diver from t h e liability of this additional air-tube (for such it is) to rupture, to his t v h e a ry t apsr all ob ablethe r d e struction t l' s 0 f ls a it s u n b o further mt arineo o p bvi era o t us or: mu n i c a lo t!. y o nm means sh of '' t a h b a o "above," aair.c, dialquite a t fi u ly s e su pplieduse , it is not desirable to add to the difficul ties his equipments manage, nw when m contrivance the e fact i t . complicatedis . s e t e h m at s he toteh bahe tpsbiaryetesiswsefoanaithiolloirs hazardous and toilsome employment, by giving him another set of apparatus to attend to and findsgttenough hast: that hhlati In this the situation in tvl - ,ici-, work calls for the constant and helmet-diver free as 'possible tant steady concentration of a clear and r v 1 experiment,ee";roulrlte mind, auxiliary and distractions. should Theas proves very ho',vever, is an interesting addition to the illustrations of the subject in this institution, and attractive. The helmet and diving dress to whiel the conversing tubes, &c., are attached, are those, of Mr. E. Heinke's latest patent improve mynts, and although the improved contrivances 'are as simple as they are ingenious, they an• the are of the very highest importance to the saf e t y and comfort of the diver, and to the facliilaitbyleo tof hbise ipt t , h b that t these from arehe ter operations. Those who have seen the divi ng h e l met accidents and bknowroke broken, n a to not t o isnl only r f o .r v o i m d e d b e i with su g b l J a e tes t to o and dit pressure m at certain cbeertan supposeddehs collisions which may occur to the the debris of an exploded operator a mongs t wreck, or rock. In fact, about or sand bank, at Whitstable, on e o f the the helmet and dress glasses was broke n , an d man was draw n u ' becoming filled with wa t er, t h e p m an exhausted state ; nor was he pronoun ce d out of danger for severa l months. Mr. Heinke has fitted patent slides t o th e helmet, b 'j which in th e event of of the g l ass ture is giving closed instantly, way, the ape- I -- and the only inc onven i eiace incurred i s th e want of light. This would not be very great of course if The additi on o f new ' only one g l ass gave - way. c a on . necting screws to Var.; hose, with patent safety ea another improvement of great value for ensuring'' is safety, and a regular and uninterrupted communication of air. Aut should i there be any interruption of the communication, by accident to the hose or othern se, Mr. Heinke has provided another very beautiful contrivance to avert the danger at the moment. In the upper part of the dress there is a, reserve of air suffi cient to support life Tor twenty minutes or more, and the moment the supply from above is suspended, a doubler-.acting valve is brought into play, and passes the air reserved into the head piece. By the working of the same valve the diver's comfort and health are provided for, as it will not allow the air to be coll ected within the helmet, so as to produce heat and o ppr e ssion of the head and chest. In the course of the evening Dr. Bachhoffner de livered an interesting and instructive lecture upon the properties and the mode of formation of the principal gases. His illustrat i o ns were , as usual, of the most satisfactory kind, and very brilliant. They wer e much applaud* , 1. The new series of dissolvin g - views are very att., active, and the new • music wit,. 1-. - which they are ace iompanied, reflects r tg ea creedt oa the skill and taste. of D r. •ais 1r , t h e able direr ,tor of music to the insti kat jou.