The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-25 00:00:00

Newry and Enniskillen ....•• 7 Itiztrc. - :Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. 121% l O 3 / 4%... to Do. Quarters 434 . 33A to 4 44 Ditto, Exten s i on Ditto Thirds 1 ib. _ to ..... 34,4 to 7 North Staffordshire.- .. 7% 7% 63% tol VI North Wales 3% to North W es t ern Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 35 7% 1 9 6 14 :.... . : : to _— . . . Royston a n d Hi tchin to . S cottish Central to Ditto, Scottish Midland ... Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 ...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 .. —• to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Mi n .) Ditto Halves, Ditt o ... 8 --.— to Ditto, Oswe s t r y l2 - _ to Ditto (New) ••• .• 1 S hrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union ..• 4 ...... 1X to South Devon • ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference lO ...... South Staffordshire V. 125... South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 26% to 27 Ditto, New, No. 1 to Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 834 to 1 . 1 .9 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 4i414% to - So uth Wales Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... 6 q 15 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 ...... to Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Co a l ...... ... .. 2 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% to Taw V a l e E xtension 4 •••• to • to ~ Vale of N eath _ Waterford a n d Kilk enny 1 3% to Waterford an d Limerick ... .. 32%." .- to It r aterford,Wexford,Wickl w , West d an Dublin te C --.- W hitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wil ts , Somerset,&Weymouth 25 ...... ... York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 31 1 ,4 to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 27% to 28 Do. North Shields Purchase 25 - ... Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 Do. G. N. E . P ur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 "»" 67 69 Ditto, Prefe rence lO ...... 15 ...... to Ditto East and W es t Ridi ng Extension 2O ...... 25% 26 to 25 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Anglo-Belgian Boulogne Barbadoes ......... ....... Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) ................ Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ............. 14 ...... Central of Spain ... ............ 2 DCeylon ... ....................... ss. emerara. ..... ................. 2% Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... Dutch Rhenish .............. -.. 7 East Indian Great I n di an P eninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ... ss. Great W estern Bengal to . ss. Great W estern Canada • 3l 4 "'•""'•" to . . .. to .... to I talian and Au s t r i an J amaica S. Midl an d J unction 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembo urg to L yons and Avignon (Con- 5 stituted) Madra s ... 1 Madrid Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % and Valentia - N amur and Li ege . l4 — ... .. to Northern of France. lO 4 ...... to 3 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over and P aris and Ly ons .. 10 Pans an d Orleans... 20 Paris & Strasbourg • ..... ...•• 8 ••••" Rouen and Havre ... 2O Sa mbre and Me use Str asburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 T ours & Nantes ... ...... . 8 --to T ournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Ha sse l t .. ••...• to Trinidad.. - ... 2% West Fl an d ers 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasi a British North American .... 50 Colonial London of London 2O — Joint Stock .... lO - Lond on and Westminster... 20 Ditto, New National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 2 l' Provin c i a l o f I r eland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto , WNe 1-,._ . on of L on d on ... 1 0 - .n..-ini ` J nion of Madrid _ ...... to 40 ...... A nglo M ex i can ...................... ...... to 33..14..narv0n Iron and Coal ... 50 -- Brit Iro 10 I, .. n .................... „anazlhan Imperial .... .. ... 21 Uobr e c o GPPer .................. 40 ...... - Galva Iron .......... ... 10 —.__ 14,LoyD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 25. Wind W., fresh breeze, and fine. Rebeccai3ELFAST, Om 23.—Arrd. Sarah Richards, Quebec; „ Campbell, Miramichi. AA3ISGTE, OCT. 24. Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Fanny, Viinnaeott, Prince Edward's Island. DEAL, Om 23.—Wind W. to S.W.; 24th, W.S.W. to Wa5T.u,....... ti i A i'v Arrd. • Heinrick Sorenson, St. Croix, and -e " for Copenhagen; Juno, Havannah, and sailed for t.„,eottenburg ; Candidate, Fowler, Demerara; Dublin, itc, Trinidad; _Ellerslie, Harvey, Quebec; Mariner, benth-e' Quebec for Shields; Maria Clark, Calcutta; Eliza _ , Mauritius; bert, Dalrymple, Dominica ; Codrington, Huxtable, Antigua ; Os- George, Nicholas, St. Yl:."__nt's; Dalrymple, Hill, Matanzas; Fenella, Hay, Que zletie,t6t. John's 11 Aquila — ,;igal, Quebec; Abigail (barque), Illanct a 7, `.euebec; Trinity, Bawler, Quebec; 7 1 ur Arrd. fio-m-Intahenal;tiSvetarP,hlT L man Clark, Baltimore. Algoa Bay; Claud Leone; Westasinster,'Ne Durham, Sierra vigilant, South ' Seas; Rambler, is benierara• Earl ton; Carshalton Park, Ne w o t and Sierra Leone. Put back, Colony Y Newport George Porter, Bos- Leone. for Algoa w ry ; Vallyfield, for Sierra aslr. ARXOITTII, OCT. 23..—The Dapper, of London, was isted in this morning, very leaky. BRIDLINGTON, OCT. ' 24. The Guardian, from Yar- Eaomut.h_t_o Lzitb, has arrived here, leaky, r &c. f r 'V.?" , OcT. 24.—The Bonheu , Gal of St. Valery. fro aliddlesborough to Nantes, has sunk near the loperi crew saved. - IsT.!t_AiscATE, OcT. 24.--The schooner Thomas and i „,"Y, ,of Padstow, from London to Gloucester, in t - "` e ring the harbour, this afternoon, struck the e Pier head, immediately after filled, and sunk. X24PALMOLTTII, OCT. 23. -- -24, TO* Wind W. to W.S.W. fresh. . ..., strong and squally. Off port, lon, St. John ' , New Brunswick. Orp PILL, OCT. 23.—Nucaragua, Marshall, Quebec. D e OCT. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Frances, Elliot, 11:tlemerara; Avon, Cowell, Manzanilla ; Jane, St. John's, , eve Brunswick ; Renfre syshire, Clueey, Dalhouse e ; °llperb, Mitchell, Dalhousie ; Achme, Some rudeh Quebe c i Lady of the Lake, Fitzmorris, Quebec ; Hig - 'ander, M`Millan, St. Kitt's; HArmonia, Courchill, New York Meanes, Houstoun, Quebec. TAIIIACII, OCT. 23.—A small boat, marked " Shan d a lot of non Packet, of Fishguard, Thomas Jones," an were picked shipping notes, &c., for the above vessel, uP Yesterday at the North Point, and the hull of a Small dismasted and water-logged vessel was seen off l'orth eaw l. A p l an k , mar k ed " Pecker," and a few cocoa nuts were picked up a few days since, above Dun rayon. DEAL, OCT. 24.—The Trinity Beacon, recently placed ...On the South C %Riper, Goodwin Sands, has disappeared. Last night a veil , severe gale from the westward was e xperienced here. The Industry, Sunderland to Ports mouth, was is coLlact with the Hunter, of Sunder land , and lost howsp rit; the Hunter lost foremast and " ° prit. DAVIS'SAi STRAITS Fivinna.—LEnwicz, OCT 21.—The Prince of Wales arriN , fi'd at Scallo way, from Davis's Straits, reports—Abram,. 3 fish, 23 tuns; Regalia, 3 fish, 25 tuns; St. Andrew's, 3 fish; Pacific, 4 fish, 30 tuns; Resolution, 2 fish, 28 tuna'; Joseph Green, 7 fish, 65 tuns; William Ward, 2 fish, 35 tun s ; Advice, 3 fish, 30 tuns; Charlotte, 5 fish, tit; tuns; Horn, 5 fish, 60 tuns; Alexander, 3 fish, 16 tuns. MARKET NEWS..-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAiCT , G'E—MONDAY. During the past week, the Arrivals of all articles of hom e produce up to this mark et, coastwise, were on a very limited scale. By land carriage, however, they Were somewhat on the increase. From Ireland and Scotland, very little grain of ;tiny description came to hand ; but, From abroad, the iminorts were tolerably good, viz. 16,481 quarters of Wheat, 2,649 ditto of Oats, 1 ,099 ditto of Peas, and 12,402 blvrrels of Flour—the latter wholly from Canada. Fresh tic!, to-day, the re ceipts of English Wheat, from Ea. ex, S uffolk, and vambricgeshw, were small—those from Kent some- What extensive, and of full average quality. By land carriage, only a limited quantity reaohed us. As a clearance of the samples was not effected on Friday, the actual supply on offer was tolerably good ; o wing to whi c h, the limited attenda.nc,a of buyers, and the continued pressure of inferior foreign Flo ur ror sale, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was heavy, at a decline in the quotations paid on M on d ay l ast o f 2 s p er q tt arter. At the close of th e mar k et, a c l earance was not effected. As has bee n th e case for some t i me past, t h e c h o w of f°rei gWheat was large; and, as most of the importers were anxious seller s , both, landed and on board, the trad e fell _ s was in a very inactive state, and the currencies te . n .2 n , per quarter from those realised on this day b ut '4131. For export icarcely any sales took place, sever 1 • ' ' ' 4olland. a entries have been made for that purpose to Notwithstandi 'nglish •• rig the supply of Barley—both but at nthaatnclrticle Foreign brought forward was wza very dul at barely, thing quotablQ beneath, last ly week's prices. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 25, 1847. We were ♦ery nrAcrately supplied with mqlt, ; never- trade w.F. , , Park.ol, m ostly disposed ot, at late r.ttes ; but the middling and inferior qualities were quite ls. per quarter cheaper. Notwithstanding the quantity of Oats brought forward was trifling, compared with that on show during many preceding weeks, the Oat trade was in a sluggish state, but we can report no alteration in value. Beans, though the supply was small, moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Super fine white Peas, which were scarce, commanded full prices, but all other kinds were the turn lower. In Indian Corn, Mval, and Rye Flour very few sales took place. The Flour trade was heavy, and the quotations had a downward tendency. The top price of the best town made was 46s per 2801bs, and of foreign 27s per 1961b5. CURRENCY PEE IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• .• .. 645 to 65s Red. ........ 458 to 51s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 535 98s Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 248 Norfolk and Lin- Potato .... 278 2ss coin, Red..... 44s 48s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.. •• .. 50s 52s Black. •• • ... 19s 22s Irish, Red.. —•• .. —s —s Cork, White .•• .. 22s 27s Ditto, White .... .. —s —5 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 22s 24 s Bye—Old .......... —s s Beans—Tick .•. • • .... 37s 46s New. —•• • • ...... 34s 36s Pigeons . .• 465 45 s Barley—Grinding. •• .. 253 305 Peas — Grey .. •••• • • • • 44s 47 s Malting .•••• . . • • 323 34s Maple. ••••• • . • • • 443 47 8 Chevalier •• • • ... 36s 37s White .••••• • - • • . —s — 8 Slalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 49s 53 8 folk ••• • • • ...... 60s 63s Flour—Town-mule ••• 41s 46 8 Brown ...... ..... 59s 62s Suffolk ..... ••• • • 36s O s Kingston and Ware 63s 64s Stocktn & Norfolk 36s 40 8 SMITZEPIELD. The following is a statement of the imports of foreign stock into London, during the past week : From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Nieu Diep * Rotterdam l6l ... 524 Harlingen Antwerp — ... Hamburgh Hjerting Tonningen - 139 8 ... 15 Total 661 ... 2,571 * Pigs, 11. t 10. 25 At Hull, Newcastle, &c., about 1,600 head of each kind of stock have been landed, chiefly from Hamburgh and Rotterdam. In addition to the above-noticed out-port arrivals, 160 head of Beasts were landed at South ampton on Saturday from Spain, in good condition. The whole were on offer here, this morning, and were disposed of at prices varying from 91. to 191. each. The supply of Dutch and German stock was, comparatively sp'aking, small, viz., about 200 Oxen and Cows, 900 Sheep, 30 Calves, and 20 Pigs. The quality was again very interior, yet a fair clearance was effected at fully last week's quotations. The disease in the Spanish Merino Sheep, to which we alluded a short time since, was scarcely perceptible to-day ; but we regret to learn that it has extended itself in some of our large flock districts. The Bullock droves from our various grazing districts were again on the decrease, and of very in ferior quality. The attendance of buyers being good, the Beef trade was somewhat brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from 2d to 4d per 8 lbs. The very primest Scots sold as high as 5s per Blbs ; but the more general top currencies of Beef were from 4s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs, and at which nearly the whole of the supply was cleared off. From the northern grazing districts we received about 1,510 short horns ; from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish Beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds ; and from Scot land, 190 horned and polled Scots The numbers of Sheep were somewhat larger than those exhibited on this day se'nnight ; nevertheless the Mutton trade was active, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's figures. There was a very steady sale fur Calves, the supply of which was small, and late rotes were well supported. Prime small Porkers moved off freely ; other Pigs slowly, at but little alteration in prices. The supply was seasonably good. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to v. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 4 310 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Second quality ••• 4 0 4 2 Coarse-vroolled ditto 4 2 4 4 ['rime large Oxen.. 4 4 4 6 Southdown Wether 4 6 4 Prime Scots 4 8 410 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 6 4 8 Small Porkers •• .. 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves —lB 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 8 4 0 Lambs •• . • ...... 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT M/...REET. Beasts. I S`mel:t. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 3,629 25,080 106 1 355 rasIX7G.O.TE AND simaDrarmax.L. Fair average supplies of country-killed Meat have been received up to these markets during the past week, but the quality has turned out very inferior. With meat slaughtered in London, we have been tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied. Prime Beef; Mutton, Veal, and Pork, have commanded a steady sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand must be considered heavy, at late rates. About I,soo i :head of foreign. slaughtered in the metropolis, have been disposed of. The quality has been wretchedly bad. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. •• •• 2 6 2 3 Mutton, inferior 3 6 3 8 middling •••• 2 10 3 2 middling.. 310 4 2 priine large .. 3 2 3 4, prime .•.. 4 4 4 8 prime small .. 3 5 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 4 0 4 8 Veal •• • • Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH AND SPXTA.LPIELDS. Fair average supplies of Potatoes, including about 100 tons from abroad, have arrived at the water side during the past week. By railway the receipts have been tolerably extensive. On the whole the demand is somewhat inactive, on the following terms : York Regents, 100 s to 110 s; ditto Shaws, 90s to 100 s ; Kent Kidneys, 100 s to 105 s ; ditto Regents, 95s to 100 s ; Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Regents, 90s to 100 s ; ditto Shaves, 90s to 100 s ; Essex Whites, 100 s to 105 s; ditto Reds, 95s to 100 s; Dutch, 85s to 903 per ton.j DON.OUGII HOP rnaur.ET. The Duty upon some of the minor districts has been already declared at 7,7501 13s 101—the old being 4,244/ 14s 4d, the new 3,1371 7s 10fid, and the additional five cent 3681 lls 6d ; but, of course, this forms no crite rion of the total amount, and we regard this partial issue as calculated to do very little service to the trade generally. New Hops are still very dull, although, from the present low prices, there appears rather more dispo sition to purchase, and the quotations are with difficulty supported. Old Hops are amending ; duty 190,0001. New Hops—Sussex Pockets, 3/ to 3l 6s; Weald of Kent do, 31 lOs to 41; Mid and East Kent do, 41 to Si lOs per cwt. 8 ... 185 were brought up several times, and received a lezlient pllnlshment: r, , tcarl of transpor! - ati9n, were Z:1; 1;1;_ir confirereent th:ln they re peated the offence. With every disposition to act leniently the parties charged with the administration of justice found it necessary to inflict severe punish ment, and by so doing they in many cases subjected themselves to. public animadversion most unjustly, because when they saw the same parties coming up session after session charged with the same offence, it became the duty of the Court to inflict more serious punishment. The practice of picking pockets was one carried on as a trade or profession by gangs who went from place to place for the purpose of robbing parties whom they suspected of being possessed of money or other valuables. It was necessary to punish severely so serious a crime. There was one case of sending threatening letters. By an Act passed in the last session that crime was made punishable by the application of public flogging. The act was a most dastardly one, and the alteration in the Act with respect to it was a most salutary one. There was one other charge against a person for keeping in his house gunpowder and fireworks. The keeping of that article beyond a certain quantity was punishable, both by statute and common law, and if the jury were satisfied that danger would result from keeping such articles in such quantities as the pri soner was charged with it, would be their duty in that case to return a true bill against the prisoner. He would not detain them any longer, but dismiss them at once to the discharge of their most im portant duties. gether. The femalo prisoner acknowledged to him that she hail taken the money. The num 5 , 1(1 he knesv nothillg w}:atew,r of' t - 7e 7 :nattr. Mr. YARDLEY said the evidence against Murphy was not sufficiently strong, and he must be dis charged. The woman, Shee, he should commit to take her trial for the felony. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If you consider the cause of the currency question would be served by the publication of the tollowing letter by th e f at h er o f t h e l a te Premier, it would gratify some of your readers in this locality by seeing it inserted in your valuable paper. Grantham, Oct. am 23 S , C. M. ir, a y 7 o . ur obedient servant, TO THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. My Lords and Gentlemen,—Will you permit an old man to address you on the subject of our cur rency ? I sat in Parliament thirty years, during which time I frequently heard this important question discussed by Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, and other distinguished characters. On the passing of the Bank Restriction Act, I was entrusted by the merchants and citizens of London to present their petition against the mea sure. Though my opinions were embodied in their case, my best endeavours to serve them were not suc successful. Having been long and extensively en gaged in commercial dealings, I often witnessed a national embarrassment arising from a defective and impure currency, which resembled the pre sent stagnation in trade, and I lament to observe that suffering and experience have failed, in this instance, of producing their usual good effects. In the enlarged scale of business carried on by this country, embracing a great variety of pursuits, a reliance on a metallic circulation ever did, and ever will, fail us. Gold, though in itself massy, often disappears in consequence of war or speculation — nay, the breath of rumour itself is sufficient to disperse it. O ur d omest i c concerns are interrupted, and confidence l o st, f or want o f an ample and ap proved medium of traffi c . I am no friend t o an unrestra i ne d issue of paper money, and saw with concern, in the absence of a due quantity of specie, notes admitted into circulation issued by persons of respectability possessing pro perty, but evidently unable to meet a sudden and large demand upon them. More than two years ago I mentioned to a friend high in his Majesty' s Coun cils my fears of the mischief likely to ensue if this practice were not discontinued, accompanied with a suggestion to confine future issues of paper money, or tokens, to the the Bank of England, and other com petent bodies of men, who would give security in land, the public funds, canals, buildings, or other tangibl e property, amounting at least to half the value of their bills or notes in circulation. My proposition was not favoured with any notice, yet had it been adopted I am of opinion that most of the panic and distress now so severely felt in the nation would have been avoided. If such an improvement in the banking system could be made available gold would become less requisite, and the country would be sup plied with a stationary medium of exchange originating with ourselves. Whilst directing the energies o f the St a t e i n war, Mr. Pitt evinced equal abilityin disco ver i ng , im proving, and applying ourinternal re sources. Th e war drained the country of At specie, and our ene mies entertained sanguine hopes that our ruin would sooner be effected by want of pecuniary means, t h an the want of courage, discipline, and conduct in our armies. Mr. Pitt was more than a mat c h f or our contingencies. With the aid of the Bank of Eng land and other opulent houses, the energ i es of Great Britain were maintained in full activity, and the im portance and utility of paper money introduced clea r l y estab lished. Ingenious machines were into our manufactures, and the encouragement and protection afforded them, greatly increased the demand for our goods both at home and abroad. Our superiority at sea gain our merchants easy access t o f ore i gn markets, and the wealth derived from trade and com merce (though to some persons it may appear para doxical) more than covered the whole expenses of the war; when the Minister had recourse to loa ns th ey were speedily raised by British capitalists, and the increases of the public debt was due from ourse l ves to ourselves, and resolved itself into a family account without impairing the national property. Mr. Pitt, having succeeded in securing peace . and indep en d ence to the empire, whilst devoting his sole attenti on t o the affairs of the public, suffered his own to be very much embarrassed. Many of his friends wished to extricate him from his difficulties, and requested me to learn from Mr. Rose in what way we could best relieve him. His reply was—" Mr. Pitt is the most unaccountable of men, and would prefer living in a garret to being indebted to the bounty of his friends." Though disappointed, the opinion I had long enter tained of this able Minister's high character was not diminished. The present panic and distress in the country have been declared by high authority to proceed from " overtrading" and " wild speculation." Infant nations and establishments are liable to miscarry from want of experience and solidity. Trading and spe culation being natives of this island, and parents of our wealth and independence, are surely exempt from such an imputation. The same authority has de• dared that " gold and paper money are incompatible with each other, and cannot exist together:' The population and trade of the empire having much in creased, a proportionate increase in the medium of circulation is called for, and when gold is found in sufficient recourse must be had to paper, which, if im proved on the principle already suggested, the two substances would be found in the same market with out disunion. Anxious to see our situation ameliorated, I trust the currency may be mended without changing or impairing the national character, which measure, if resorted to, would resemble the policy of diverting from its course a powerful river that has long given felicity and happiness to a large district, merely be cause from excessive rains it had sometimes exceeded its natural limits, and produced partial injury. I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, ROBERT PEEL. Drayton Manor, March 8, 1826. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--In your " Bow-street Report . " my name is associated with that of Humphreys who was on Thursday last re man d e d on a charge Of stealing some paintings from my employers, the Messrs. Acker mann, 96, Strand. As such report may leave an unfavourable impres sion on the minds of the public, I beg you will do me the favour to give publicity to the circumstance that the only evidence against me (if such it be called)j was the unfounded, improbable, and villanous assertion of Humphreys, that I had employed him to dispose of the paintings. My employers and the magistrate had sufficient discrimination to entirely exonerate me from the charge, and placed it on Humphreys, at whose lodg ings some prints were found, and who is remanded ; whilst I have b een re-admitted to my former position in the respected house of Messrs. Ackermann and Co. Soliciting your early notice, I am, Sir, yours, &c., Oct. 23, 1847. JAMES ROCHE. SIR S I have been much .ter, has iv . o: eb O ri F stie T , ./i tb E e b S a U rr N is pleased at reading in your b e en making among th e overseers an d vestry - c l erks journalTOtheTilliaEvocEDMl: of different parishes as to their charges for the regis tration of voters. So far I consider he has done his duty manfully ; but unles s the same laudable, praise worthy exertions are rigidly enforced by the public auditors of unions and parishes, all Mr. M`Christie's exertions will amount to nothing, for NN hat he has the power to do is merely lopping off a few of the branches of corruption, which will sprout out again in different directions with greater vigour, under different heads of expen diture, Which the parish func tionaries before alluded to know especial well how to cultivate, unless the public auditors arouse themselves from the excessive lethargy they have b een l a b our i ng under from their first appointments, and lay the axe manfully to the root of parish corruption, which they have the authority to do if they have the will and nerve. I have informed those who are high in official power, over and over again, that the board of guar dians of which I have the honour to be a member is considerably tainted with the feasting fever which leads to other irregula rities. la m convinced from many years experience that the absence of the clerks of boards from their duties, together with parish feasting, are the forerunners of the greater part of parochial irregularities and unnecessary charges, which form a very considerable item in their annual expenditure. If the public auditors were to seriously reflect on the duties they were appointed to perform, and act strictly up to them, they would be a useful body, and entitled to the thanks of the public, but as they have hitherto acted they are worse than useless. By passing accounts as they do, is giving sanction to, and increasing the very evils which they were ap pointed to correct. A GUARDIAN OP THE POOR. Oct. 25, 1847. DETENTION OF TUE OVER LAND MAIL.-011 Satur day notice was issued and affixed at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,. that the Overland Mail, vii/ Marseilles, for In China, Egypt, and the Medi terranean, was detained. Letters, &c., will be in time this evening. his . He DEATH OF SIR HENRY BROMLEY lIINRICR. We have to record the d emise o f this gentleman, who exaprirloewd, in onthtehel9fitifity sixthinstan y ge t, at ear his ofresidenace near Grewas Marlow, at formerly known as holding the post of Lieutenant in the corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, and was knighted in 1831, THE _MONETARY PRESSURE . PETITION TO Ii ER MAJESTY. _ - A palilie nl,:..ting of the bunkers ' merchants, and traders of Liverpool i s a b ou t to b e held, for the pur pose of adoptinc , the following petition to the Queen, in the event of Ministers persisting in their refusal to do something for the relief of the country. The Mayor is to preside at the meeting : " TO MEE, MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " The humble petition of the undersigned bankers, merchants, traders, and others, inhabitants of Li• verpool. " Sboweth —That your petitioners humbly beg to represent to your Majesty the ruin with which the commerce, manufactures, and industry of the country are threatened—trade is paralysed, manufactures to a great extent stopped, and the labouring classes thrown out of employment. " Your petitioners have in vain wished the assist ance of your Majesty's Ministers to restore confidence and allay the universal alarm which prevails, and they now venture to approach the throne with full confi dence in your Majesty's solicitude for the welfare of your people, and praying that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to summon the Legislature to meet for the purpose of deliberating on the alarming con dition of the country, and devising measures for re storing confidence. " Your petitioners feel assured that unless remedial measurer be speedily adopted, the social condition of your Majesty's subjects will be impaired to such an extent as to jeopardise the national credit, and lead to scenes of unheard-of calamity and disorganiza tion. " The revenue of the country for customs, excise, and income-tax is threatened with serious diminu tion. " The ruin of those classes on which the labour of the country depends must inevitably lead to lawless means of obtaining that food which can no longer be procured by honest industry, necessitating the ser vice of the military force to repress the excesses of a mass of people driven to desperation by impending want. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." The intended meeting, which will be held in a day or two is looked forward to with the deepest interest in Liverpool. COURT WINDSOR, SUNDAY. -- Albc-rt took their accustomet. and the Prince of Wales, Prince Royal, and the Princess Alice wa. ponies. The Princess Helena was tak ~.The unfavourable state of the weather noon prevented her Majesty and the Roya, from leaving the Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Ear. Countess of NI restmoreland, and the Right Hon. Robert and Lady Peel arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl and Countess of W es t more l an d , L a d y A nna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. Sir Ro= bert and Lady Peel, and Miss L. Dawson Darner. The band of the royal regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's pri vate band afterwards attended. Mr. H. Cole submitted to Prince Albert, on Satur day, various designs and models, by Messrs. Bell, Horsley, Redgrave, and Townsend, executing for Tamnerly's art m anu f ac t ures. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure grounds. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Queen and Prinoe Albert, her M a j es t y ' s visi tors, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town on Saturday, on a visit to her Royai Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence in Rich mond Park. A deputation of the principal bankers of the city of London, headed by Mr. Masterman, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing•street. Baron Roths child, M.P., had also an interview with his Lordship on Saturday. The Earl of Cawdor and Mr. Bodkin had inter views with Sir George Grey on Friday at the Home office. Mr. Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Ellis had an interview, on Saturday, with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing -street. There were present Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Camp bell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right lion. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours. Viscount Palmerston let town after the meeting. WOOL. -- --- The public sales of wool, at which about 33,000 bales will be brought forward, commenced on Thursday. Up to the present time the bidding* have been extremely inactive, owing to the scarcity of money, and prices have receded Id per lb, The imports, last week, con sisted of 168 bales from Taganrog, 300 ditto from Ham burgh, and 700 ditto from Launceston. Privately the de mand is in a very dull state, and to effect sales, lower rates must be submitted to. TALLOW. The continued pressure upon the money-market, and the accumulation of the stock of Tallow in first hands — a proof of the increased activity amongst the large shipping houses at St. Petersburgh—have had a very depressing influence upon the demand for all kinds of Tallow since Monday last, and prices, both on the spot and for forward delivery, have declined fully Is 6d per cwt. Credit is now almost wholly out of the question, and until confidence is restored, Tallow is likely to prove a heavy article. P. Y. C. on the spot is 44s 6d to 455, and for delivery, 44s to 44s 6d per cwt. Town is 45s 6d to 46s net cash. Rough Fat, 2s "id per 81bs. CRIMINAL COURT. 7 -(TIIIS DAY.) OLD COURT: The twelfth session of the present mayoralty was opened this morning by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Alderman Hooper (the Lord Mayor elect), Sir Chapman Marshall, and the new Sheriffs, Messrs. Cubitt and Hill. The calendar contains a list of 247 cases, some of them of a very serious nature. The grand jury having been sworn, The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. The number of prisoners appearing on the calendar amounted to 247. There was no doubt that a considerable addition would he made to that number during the progress of their labours. Among the cases which would be brought before their notice were cases of murder, rape, and robbery, several cases of manslaughter, of cutting, wounding, and other serious offences. The great point for the con sideration of the grand jury would be to decide whether there were sufficient evidence adduced to justify any further inquiry being proceeded with. With respect to the two charges of murder, the great point for them to decide was, whether the fact of the killing, and of course whether the party who stood charged with that crime, was the party against whom sufficient evidence could be adduced. There were other circumstances to be considered such as the mental condition of the party who stood charged, and also whether the crime was committed under the influence of passion or serious provocation, because the law always presumed that the act of killing had been committed in malice, in the absence of proof to the contrary. If the jury considered that the party deceased had come to his death by violence, it would then be their duty to return a true bill, in order that the case might be further inquired into. Whether the case should eventually turn out upon inquiry to be of a lower class, such as manslaughter or homicide, would be a point for the petit jury to decide. One of the cases of rape, which would come under their notice, was of a peculiar character as there were two persons charged with committing the act. In such a case the juries were less likely to be influenced in their decision by the opinion that the female might have resisted where there was only one person who committed the offence, be cause when assaulted by two persons combined together for the acomplishment of the crime resistance would be ineffectual. The crime of rape was for merly- punishable by death, hut an alteration had of late been made in the law. It would be the duty of the grand jury, as in the case of murder, to satisfy themselves that there was sufficient evidence to war. rant a further inquiry, and in such cases to return a true bill. There were cases of cutting and wounding with intent to do bodily ham, and there was one case of shooting N o V f l t i h o samertdiliemiry larceny,t t sixteen There w oa e fn r ft e rlsao. s ra if et t ln ci : eight cases the cases person,frotn t e and dwelling nt)gr:ohouse,sixty-one of lenientnli a n reepteeuteliynd larcen y punishment e ns deeply lamented that ov,f, which ctehney Legislatureservants d h i d a d not ns dveier vaibi accomplishy for on t t hh theee o c b r im e n c (- t , th a t parties who la l te t had crease. f years often been happened STATE OF THE COUNTRY. On Friday evening last a public meeting, convened by the Currency Reform Association, took place in the Town-hall, Birmingham, for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of sending a deputation to the Prime Minister, with a memorial setting forth the state of the country, and requesting the adoption of such measures as might be calculated to afford relief in the present alarming state of affairs. There were present R. Spooner, Esq., M.P., G. F. Muntz, Esq., Mr. Alderman Weston, Mr. T. C. Salt, Mr. Coun cillor Baldwin, Mr. Joseph Corbett, Mr. J. Harlow, Mr. J. Mason, and a great number of merchants and manufacturers of the town. Mr. WESTON was called to the chair, and opened the business by observing, that since they had met a few days ago, at Dee's Royal Hotel, the commercial affairs of the country had gone on from bad to worse, and it was now clearly the duty of every man, how ever humble, to come forward and lend a hand towards mitigating the evils of the country. The merchants were falling in great numbers, and it was impossible they could go down without affecting the manufacturers, and the manufacturers could not be ruined without the working men being thrown out of employment, and reduced to very great distress. All classes were deeply interested in the present position of affairs. Mr. HARLOW, of the Midland Counties Herald, pro posed the memorial, which was of some length. Mr. SALT seconded the adoption of it, and urged, in strong terms, the immediate union of all classes, for the purpose of obtaining from Government the adop tion of such measures as might tend to the relief of the country, and recommending that, if the Ministry lacked the courage to assist them, an immediate appeal should be made to the Crown, requesting her Majesty to dismiss her Ministers, and call in men who would serve the nation. Mr. BALDWIN proposed an amendment, deprecating any change in the established monetary system, and recommending reduction of taxation. Mr. J. CORBETT seconded the amendment, which was also supported by Mr. MANTEL. Mr. MuNTz and Mr. SPOONER each addressed the meeting, and urged an alteration in the currency. The memorial was eventually carried by a large ma jority; and a deputation, consisting of the Mayor, the two Members for the borough, and Messrs. Spooner, Harlow, Salt, and Mason, was nominated. LILLIPUTIAN EXPRESS ENGINE. On Saturday an experimental trial took place upon the Eastern Counties Railway, to test the powers of a small locomotive engine of a novel description, de signed and constructed by Mr. Samuel, resident en gineer of the Eastern Counties line. It is of two horse power, runs upon four wheels, requires no tender, and not only carries sufficient fuel and water for its own consumption within the smallest possible dimensions, but is also capable of conveying seven persons (besides the engineer and stoker), in the afterpart, which resembles an open Irish car. The total weight of this little locomotive bijou is 22 cwt., its extreme length, including boiler, Irish car, and all, is only 12 f ee t 6 i nc h es , and the height, from the rails to the floor of the engine, is not more than one foot. Th e littl e novelty left the Shoreditch static& at half-past twelve o'clock, with a party of seven gentlemen, including Mr. Samuel, Mr. Martin, superintendent of the Eastern Union Railway, and the representatives of the daily journals. Mr. Samuel himself drove the engine, and a speed of 40 miles an hour was soon attained. The perfect ease and steadiness of motion at this high rate of speed were remarkable in so light a vehicle, while its diminutive size and proportions, and the singu larity of its appearance, excited no little aston ishment among the passengers of the trains which it met en route between London and Cam bridge. Three stoppages were made to take in water, and the party arrived at Cambridge at a quarter to three o'clock, having travell e d th e di s t ance , 57 m il es (exclusive of stoppages) in about an hour and three quarters. At one time the rate of travelling was 43 miles an hour, and Mr. Samuel stated that he had tested the powers of the engine to go at the rate of 47 miles an hour. Mr. Samuel's invention appears to be admirably adapted for newspaper and other expresses, since the consumption of coke is so exceed ingly small that the company can afford to run this engine at one-fourth the present rate of charge for expresses. The engine is also found to be a useful and economical substitute for the larger locomotives, in those incessant visits of supervision along the line which form part of the duty of the resident engineer of a railway. We subjoin a few details of the pro portions, &c. :—The boiler is tubular, having 34 tubes of 11 inch ; diameter of boiler, 2 feet ; height of boiler, 3 feet 6 inches ; height t o th e top of the fun nel, 7 feet 6 inches ; stroke, 6 inches. The supply of water is contained in a box under the feet of the passengers, and the economy of space is carried out to the fullest extent. The engine behaved admirably on crossing the points and rounding the curves of the line, and there appeared to be less rocking and jolt ing than is usually experienced in a first•class carriage of the usual size when travelling at the same rate of speed. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.—Notwithstanding the houses continue to be as crowded as ever, Mr. Bunn is bent on giving his patrons every variety of entertain ment, and accordingly produces Balfe's opera of The Enchantress this evening, on a scale of splendour to which the playgoers of Surrey aro altogether strangers, and which will equal anything Mr. Bunn ever did at Drury-lane. Mr. Albany Fonblanque is to succeed Mr. Porter in the Statistical department of the Board of Trade. The whale Liberal party will feel grateful to Ministers for this recognition of services to which that party is so deeply indebted. It would not be easy to name any single agency through which liberal principles have been so successfully recommended to the educated classes as they have been through the writings of Mr. Fonblanque. Nor is this so much the effect of that exquisite style which will place his collected writings amongst the classics of our language, as it is owing to the unswerving consis tency, the integrity, and manliness which have charac terised the career of the conductor of the Examiner. We heartily join in thanking Lord John Russell for this acknowledgment, inadequate t hou g h we may think it, to one to whom we all owe so much.—Chron i cle. BuNN AND JENNY LIND.—In this celebrated action it will be remembered that Mr. Justice Williams granted a commission to examine witnesses at Berlin as to the alleged breach of engagement of Jenny Lind with Mr. Bunn, and it was stated that Meyerbee7, the compos e r, would be examined. The commissioners—Mr. Lewis for Mr. Bunn. and Mr. noggins, barrister, on the part of Jenny Lind—proceeded to Berlin a short time si nce , and to the surprise of the parties the instructions on the part of the defendant were not forwisrded, and after waiting a week the commissioners returned without any examinations of the witnesses. The commissioners' re_ port was made returnable on the first day of Michael mas term, and in the event of any further application for a commission it is expected that the costs must be paid by the defendant. TILE Bisnor OF LONDON.—A paragraph appeared in the evening papers of Saturday, stating that the Bishop of London was seriously indisposed. Such is not the case. Some weeks since the Right Reverend Prelate sustained a fall while on board her M a j esty ' s ' s teamer the Fairy, and cut his forehead, but the wound is now almost healed. He had also been affected with a slight cold. No later than Friday last his Lordship drove from the Palace at F u lh am to hi s mansion in - James's-rquare. The death of Major-General Philip Ray is an . nouncA. He entered th e army in June, 179 6, and March, 1812, served in the Scots Fusilier Guards Un;tedlip to azette. when he retired on half. pay.— Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on F r idayG azette. Service in co mmunication with some of and was, on Saturday,night, his departure for her Majesty's Ministers, previous Windsor Castle on a visit to heorliesty.—Observer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THREE O'CLOCRk The following is a list of the arrivals in the course of the week:—Rosin the Beau, Senga, Tragical, Adminis trator, Lady Mary, George Hudson, Montpensier, Flat catcher, Secundus, Brocardo, The Switcher, Passion flower, "Sincerity, Wanota, Patriot, Miss Hargrave, Blind Hookey, Pimento, Old Port, Master Stepney, filly by Hetman Platoff, c by Don John, dam by Jerry; Discontent, Sagacity, Rough and Ready, Pyrrhus the First, Wee-bit, Carthage, Foreclosure, Clermont, filly by Venison or Seahorse, out of Papilio, 2 yrs; Newcourt, Pillage, Mathematician, Widred, Grimaton, Blackie, Egremont, Blackbird, Fergus, Glauca, Pavilion, Co lumbus, Milliner, Pottinger, Fannus, Terrier, and Shel forth. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.—The following have been scratched:—Pic Nic, Finvaregh, Camera Obscure, and Lord Chesterfield's filly. The following have also been scratched , for the Cri terion Stakes:—Comet, The Sheriff, Mr. Towneley's filly, and Mr. Watts's two are also scratched. KEW MATCII.—Duke of Bedford's Dos licity, Bst 71b, and Colonel Anson's Contessa, Bst 21b. T.Y.C., 100, h ft. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT. LATEST BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 11 to 1 agst Patriot 15 to 1 agst Blackbird—t 12 to 1 apt Vanish 15 to 1 agst Queen Mary 14 to 1 agst Hydrangea No others mentioned. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. Sweepstakes; Criterion Course; winner to be sold for 3501., &c. Garry Owen, aged—African, aged—Dromedary, 3 yrs—Circassi a n M a id, 3 yrs—Jolly Dick, 3 yrs. The Handicap is no race. The following matches for Monday are off:— Duke of Bedford's Bridle receives forfeit from Lord Exeter's Cosachia Mr. Greville's Panic receives from Duke of Bedford's Tufthunter. Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob receives from Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness. Lord Strathmore's Sincerity receives from Mr. May's Senza. NEW MATCH FOR FRIDAY.—BIack Doe, Bst Glb, agst Passion-flower, Bst 41b. T.Y.C.; 50, h ft. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Deferring until next week my retrospective view of the Newmarket meetings, and of the present racing season, I shall at once proceed to do my best on the last meeting of consequence in the year. The rally of bipeds and quadrupeds will be very great; the wea ther being fine, the course in excellent order, and the stables remarkably healthy, considering the advanced state of the year. All these desiderata summed up, leads ono naturally to expect a brilliant wind-up to the season of the memorable panic year of '47. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, notwith standing it has 45 Subs., will not have more than three or four starters at the utmost, viz.—Flatcatcher, Load stone, The Sheriff, and Lady Mary. The race, .I think, cannot for a moment b e i n d ou b t . M r . Cl ar k e 's award will be thus:— Flatcatcher (Edwards) 1 Loadstone (Nat) 2 The Sheriff ... :(Boyce or Butler) 3 Lady Mary ... (Templeman) 4 On Tuesday, the Cambridgeshire Stakes, out of 101 Subs., may start 29 or 30, to be selected from the fol lowing:— Yrs st lb! Yrs st lb Pyrrhus the First 4 8 10, Valiant ... 5 6 12 Dulcet 5 8 5 Montpensier ... 3 610 Lady Wildair ... 5 8 3 Hydrangea ... ... 4 6 10 War Eagle .., ... 3 8 3 Rough and Ready 5 6 10 Newcourt a 8 2 Christopher... ... 3 6 10 The Cur ... 5 8 2!Wanota 3 6 10 Patriot... ... 6 8 I,Cosachia ... 3 6 8 Prior of St. Mar- Camera Obscura... 4 6 8 garet's ... 4 8 O i Colleen Bawn ... 5 6 7 Grimston......4 712 Queen Mary ... 3 6 6 Collingwood ... 4 7 121 Sagacity ... 3 6 6 Vanish... ... .., 4 7 7 1 Ulysses ... 3 6 6 Blackie ... 4 7 7 Rob Roy ... 3 6 6 Foreclosure... ... 3 7 3,Geraldine ... 4 6 0 Tragical ... ... 4 7 2!Geoi - ge Hudson ... 3 6 0 M Reminiscence ... 3 7 2,artext .. 4 512 Miami ... 3 7 2 Marpessus ... 3 5 10 Giselle... 4 7 0 Deriades 3 5 10 Rufus ... 4 7 0 Pillage... ... 3 3 4 Clermont ... 3 6 12 This race is of that particular kind when the field seems to be the best horse. I shall not attempt any disquisition on the merits of the nags, but select five on which I stake my prophetic veracity: to wit, Lady Wildair, Hydrangea, Geraldine, The Cur, and Sir J. Gerard's starter. If I must perforce place them the fol lowing is the order I expect they will run in:— Geraldine (Prince) 1 Hydrangea (Abdale or Sharp) 2 Lady Wildair... ••• (Nat) 3 I append the probable result of Monday and Tues day's matches: — Woodcraft, Bst 71b, will beat Acteon filly, Bst 21b. Queen Mary, Bst 101 b, will beat Laura, 6st 121 b. Passion-flower, Bst, will beat Lovelace, Bst 71b. Rough and Ready, Bst7lb, will beat Vice Consul, 7st7lb. Tamarind, 6st 71b, will beat Villiers, Bst 71b. The Flitch, Bst 71b, will beat E: then, 7st 71b. Discontent; 7st 111 b, will beat Spider, Bst 71b.. Marpessus, Bst 11b, will beat Dr. Goodall, Bst 10Ib. Sable, 7st 21b, will beat Vice Consul, Bst 71}.. My opinion on the remairdng stakes and matches I shall give to-morrow.—l P.m, Sir, yours, &c. Oct. 23. THE, SPIRIT OF THE TURF. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton harrs., Wed., Race Course; Fri., the Dyke Brookside harrs., Thurs., Teiscombe Glyndbourne harrs., Friday, Berwick-common. Lord Parker's hds., to-morrow, Thame Park; Fri., Mniedurham. Fane's burrs., Wed., Badnage Way; Sat., Overy House. &Langton hds., to-morrow, Cawton; Friday, Tylas bridge-10. Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Wed., Thornton in the Clay; Fri., Fluckham—loi. Wed., Little Limb er L o d ge; Lord Friday, Yarborough er ox by vil a s g h e t. 11. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Court•green-10i, Tiverton hds., Fri., Spring Grove Park. Tindal° hds., Thurs., the lieugh (Countess Park)-101. Tivyside hds., Thurs., Pantre-10. AMESBURY COURSING MEETING —FRIDAY. THE GREAT WESTERN CUP.—Third Ties. King Canute beat Jubilee I Merry beat Espartero. THE DRUID CUP.—Second Ties. Gretna beat Blacking I Wildfire beat Joint-Stock Alice beat Why Not I Lord George beat sooty. .. INDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. --Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, and the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, arrived at the Castle on Saturday evening, and remained on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Corsort. Of course there was no music on the parterre this afternoon ; but notwithstanding the unpleasantness of the weather, there were many persons on the Pentagna terrrace, anxious to pay their respects to her Majesty and the Royal family, nor were they disappointed, for Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, in their pony phaeton, passed and re-passed across the lawn repeat edly ; and as the Queen and the Court returned froze froat their w a lk across the Home Park, her Majesty d aL th eth Prince ack now l e d ged the greeting of the crow terrace above. S 13 ty/c tt- , ;;„ ~.:: '. - .,:.-it / -,. cho, thus , deputies. gether with Hungaz,:e n qu j al , l' eTeio consider of the coma. very severe contest. the choice of the first del, Count of the Committee, AIL no opponent, and is as goo(' Liberals want to choose Kossut. deputy; they have set every engine the country nobles, like the Cortes, who the most part, mere pieces of machinery, has. _.ot the slightest notion of conservatism and liberalism. As Kossuth has no opponent of political or other import ance, his election is probably secure, unless the Government should object on the ground of his having been formerly implicated in a criminal accu sation. The College of Antwerp has addressed a letter to the Commercial Council appointed to examine the project for founding a University for commerce and manufactures. TU RKEY. — Letters from Constantinople of the 6th of October bring the intelligence that the general state of health continues, on the whole, satisfactory. In Trebizonde the cholera was beginning to abate; the report that it had manifested itself at Odessa and Sannesund was again doubted. It could not yet be seen how a reconciliation could be effected with Greece. By the regulations against the Greek navigation, Turkish commerce also suffered. The feasts in honour of the circumcision of the Princes had terminated. At a grand diplomatic en tertainment the Sultan Tallmerayer was introduced. He is to leave Constantinople towards the middle of October. VIENNA, OCT. 16.—The improvement in the health of his Imperial Highness Prince Albert, yesterday and to-day, is so considerable, that there is no further cause for uneasiness. The Prince will probably be able to leave his bed in the course of a few days. BELGIAN EUNDS.—BBUSSELS, OCT. 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ............ Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .... • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto,ditto,lB4o. •...•••••••• • • • • • • • • • 98% Ditt0,ditt0,1842.................Ditt0, , ~ 1844.-- • • • •••• • • •• ••• 90% Ditto, 1838 .............. • • • . 136% Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ . 99% Ditto, 1843 95% Bank ofßelgium. •.. ... •••••••• • • • • •• 82% —Brussels Papers, Oct. 23. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 16. 5 per Cent. Metalliques . ............. 104% 4 per Cent. ditt0............ .. ••••• . • • • • 93 3 per Cent. ditt0.....•..... •• Loan, 1834 ................ Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares •••• •• • • Esterhazy's Loan • • ••• • • 155 1 h ........... 121~L .........1615 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •• • . • • • • • 155 4 Gloggnitz .. • • •••••• • • . -............. 114 Vienna—Milan ..................... 100 3 / i Leghorn 84 3 4 Pesth ........... Sienna Grosetto ......... Oldenburg ....... Pestoja ....... Pesth Bridge . Apenninen .......... 69,,i DUTCH FUNDS.—AltsrEaDem, OCT. 22. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. • • •..... ••• • 53% 54 Ditto, 3 per Cent •••. • • • . 64L Ditto, 4 per Cent.-- 83u, 84 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 83 83 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent •• 163 164 East India Loan, 4 per Cent...—. •• • • Exchange on London, at sight 12 30 Two months.— • ......... 12 75 On Hainburgh, at sight .... 35 62 Two months. ••.•••. • • • • • • 35 On Paris . .............. 56 75 Two months. •••••••• • • • • •• 56 45 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bnaux, OCT. 4. ]Sills• Money. St.Schuld Sch., 354 per Cent •..... 92% pr►tss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Foreign Exchanges lac/range on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 273 6 27 FOREIGN CORN TRADE. BRUSSELS, OCT. 22.—From the 15th to the 20th of October, twenty vessels entered the port of Antwerp laden either wholly or in part with grain. KU. The importations made were in total 4,387,450 In entrepOt, Oct. 15 Placed in entrepot from Oct. 15 to 21 Taken out from Oct. 15 to 20 for con sumption Ditto, for transport 17,520 The period is now approaching for the annual pay ment of those arrears for provisions which are stand ing in the markets of the capital. To-day (Friday) the supply was very considerable, and the price con siderably less. About 1,200 sacks of wheat were sold at 6fl. 15s. to SA. ss. less the half hectolitre; 85 sacks of rye at 4fl. and 3fl. 14s. The sales went off slowly. The price of potatoes also continues to fall. Those of the first quality sold at Bfl. the 100 kils. The inferior qualities sold at 6f. 50c. and. 7f. to 7f. 15c. STRASBURG)", OCT. 18.—The fall in the prices has prevailed duriug the week. All the markets in Alsace are well supplied, and this not only with the ordinary kinds of grain, but with immense qtr.an tities of potatoes and pulse. Wheat was sold. at 18f. ; rye, 12f. to 14f.; peas, 26f. ; white beans, 28f. to 31f. i Turkish corn, 12f. ; potatoes, 3f. 25g. per hectolitre. In Colmar, Muhlhausen, Schettstadt, there was a sensible decline,..and the bread-tax has everywhere fallen in consequence. The wholesale trade is quite in abeyance, as the losses in Jun e an d July have completely cooled the ardour for specula tion. Business in general is much affected by the reactions of the London and Paris money markets, and there is unusual caution in exchanges. A great deal of ready money goes to Germany. The operations of our Bank are gaining the ascendancy more and more; discount in trade is almost invariably 6 per cent. Railway shares are Strasburgh-Basle, 147 E; Paris-Strasburgh, 385 f. to 386 E FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, OCT. 17.—Business at our Bank was exceedingly depressed throughout the week, as the low state of the London and Paris exchanges paralysed all speculations. It was not till yesterday, when we received some cheering informa tion from these leading markets, that the tone railway_e of shares busi ness re s v o i l v d e . d , allne news e fon the Lon don bank of the 1 3 th reversion State varc . is an r eac hed us last night, immedialAr . da mped this favourable movement, and to-day everything was in a state of de markets whole not un ikvourable, but that con fid ence, The state of the money w ipsr i e t o h ssn o i u toh t ne. which it is i•mpossible for business to be car ried on with spirit, will not return till the crisis in the money market in England, which certainly ex ceeds all former ones both in duration and peraisa city, shall have been mastered. The prices of corn hare fall en considerably here as well as in Mayence, Wette'rau, &c. Potatoes, on the other hand, main tain the price. The vintage will not commence here til). about the 27th. VIENNA OCT.l6.—The weight of bread has in oreazed to-day in coilbequence o a fall in the prices. BRESLAU, OCT. 19.—Business on the Corn Ex change is very slack, especially in regard to rye, because large arrivals are expected from Berlin, Stet tin, and Posen, while those of Upper Silesia have been taken from the market. Thecont e i h n a u n e g d e fine s weather has damaged all the love of speculati on, as it was formerly excited by the wet weather. MAGDEBURG, OCT. 18.—No essential taken place in our corn market. Th e regular impor tationpurc purchases a i s s e commensurate o a m r e m m e n a s d u e r a o tne speculation with so n o l u e r b arogr wants,afionr shipment. HoI.sTEIN, OCT. 16.-- a s and d ha v v e e b ryf e e e w n made at reduced prices, b ut, i n general, there is no great desire to pu rc h ase. We d goods, viz., butter, &c., utter,a great rise in English at the, pre sent moment, a s th e irtoney crisis d oes f a il to assume a detrimental influences on this br o an i c 'o h t e f x t p e c d t on every oth er . ° r a eas well PPEHEISSION OF TUE STRANRAER POST MASTER . --oAllSRaturcly last the postmaster of this town - was ap prehended, charged with (L -and, we un d erstand bstracting 204 m. fro. a letter, A FALUN' eGonfesses his guilt.— TVi g t Own F ree Press. WilT ClPr..—At the commencement a t he V,T est Ridingirosurs'ssoi;ns u a tt t linaresboroug's, in October, 1845, t h e doors of the court-douse in were i t re be sieged by parties desin tended applications t o Parliament for g ra u Swa n y otl a c n e d other Bills, and the doors were foam' too small to contain the 101 notices which wore posted on that occas i on. N ot a single notice was put. up at the sessions on Tuesdr.y last. —Leeds Intelligencer. The appointment of Inspecting Field Officer of the Glasgow recruiting, district will shortly become vacant, but it is not yet decided who is to succeed Lieutenant- Colonel Harvey, lc . ..a—United Service Gazette. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 22.—The sales of the week are again very limited, and prices /lave further declined ls. per cwt. In rum there is nothiiig doing. — Bristol Mercury. The Rock insurance Company, whose capital is invested in Government securities to the amount o nearly 3,000,0002, are about to seek for powers to invest the same in the securities of "established railway or other companivs incorporated by Act of Padiautent." Lady Duff Gordon and attendallts arrived at Blackwall on Saturday Afternoon, by the ereteral Steam from Ostend. Navigation Company'a, o f , am . s i i i p Sir Edward N j~~~~ >. .., -2 t ) * :7).) ~'`~,~ 11.advcif:-Iv..as; SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY The adjourned sessions for the county of Surrey were held this day, at the Sessions House, Newing ton-causeway. The calendar contained the names of forty-one prisoners, of whom thirty- three were charged with felony and eight with misdemeanour. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Puckle), after the grand jury had been sworn, briefly addressed them on the nature of the duties they would have to perform. ASSAULT. - William Taylor, proprietor of the Greyhound beer-shop, Waterloo-road, was charged with an assault on Mr. John Ponter. From the statement of the prosecutor, it appeared that on the Ist of June last he went into the defendant's shop, and called for a pint of ale, with which the defendant's wife served him. He then inquired if he could get a bed there that night, and on being answered in the negative by the defendant, he said that he did not want the beer. Defendant then said, " if you don't want my beer I want my money, and if you don't pay me I'll pay you."— (Laughter.) He (the prosecutor) then turned to leave the house, when the prisoner knocked him down. On his cross-examination, the prosecutor ad mitted that he took a woman in with him on the night in question. For the defence some witnesses stated that the defendant only gave Pouter a push outside the door, and that not till after the prosecutor had refused to pay for the ale and used very insulting language. Police-constable 15 L, bore testimony to the re spectability of the house and the uniformly peaceable conduct of the defendant. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him to mercy on the ground of the proyoca. tion he had received. The CHATRMAN concurred in the propriety of the recommendation, and sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 40s. HARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Timothy Donovan was paced at the bar, charged with being drunk and assaulting Mro. Eliza Middle. ton, landlady of the Poland Arms Poland-street, and also with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. It appeared that on Saturday night the defendant went into complainant's house in a state of " obfusca tion," and called for a pint of half-and-half, in pay ment for which he put down twopence-halfpenny. Complainant told him that she always charged three pence for her half-and-half, but as he had no more money she would let him off the other half penny. The defendant, instead of being obliged to complainant, assailed her with the grossest abuse, and struck her in the face. She called out, and her daughter came to her assistance and tried to push him out. He turned round and laid hold of her, and, having got her head under his arm, began " pummelling" her in a dreadful manner. Complainant called out for the police, who speedily came to her aid and took the defendant into custody. Police-constable C 81, said he was on duty in Poland-street on Saturday night, when he heard the cry of" Murder" and "Police." He proceeded to the spot, and saw the prisoner in the act of striking Mrs. Middleton's daughter. He laid hold of him for the purpose of taking him into custody, when he turned round and struck him, and tore his coat up the front. He eventually became so violent that he was obliged to send for assistance to take him to the station. Police-constable C 180, said he was called to the assistance of last witness, and on requesting prisoner to go along quietly, he rushed at him and kicked him under the jaw. He became so violent that witness was obliged to procure the stretcher in order to convey him to the station. The prisoner said he had no defence to make. He was very drunk at the time, and did not know what he was about. However, there did not seem to be any one hurt, so there was no harm done. Mr. LONG fined the prisoner 20s. for each assault on the complainant and her daughter, 20s. for the assault on the first constable, and 40s. for the assault on the last, or in default to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for three months. Phillip Riley, a repulsive-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Long, who sat in the absence of Mr. Hardwick, charged with wounding James Morris, of No. 11, Dudley-street, under the follow ing circumstances : The complainant stated that on the previous after noon he was standing against his door when the pri soner came up to him and said " Jem, old fellow, we had some words together a week ago, now let us settle it." Complainant did not answer him, nor notice what he was talking about. Defendant then called him by a most filthy expression, and taking his pipe from his mouth made a " job" at complainant's eye. He turned his head on one side to avoid the blow, but the stem of the pipe struck him on the side of the cheek bone, and entered the flesh, inflicting a wound more than an inch and a half in length. The blow He detained ai he n ed gave the him in charge. was struck with such force that complainant had the prisonergreatest till c a u police lty constablepulling arrived, it out. James Turner corroborated the evidence of com- plainant. The defendant denied inflicting the injury pur posely. The complainant tried to strike him, and he put up his hand to ward off the blow, and the stem of the pipe struck complainant in the face. Mr. Losc, said it was a brutal assault, and he should . fine him 51., or two months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. John Chapman, a medical gentleman, was charged with riding a horse down a paved thorough fare, called Tyler's-court. Police .constable D 93, saw the defendant riding his horse down the court, to the danger of some children who were playing there. As it was against the law he took him into custody. The defendant said he was a medical man from the country, and did not know that he was acting Cori tr Con trary to law, as in the course of professional avoca• tons in the country he frequently rod,.! up courts. Mr. LONG cautioned defendant and discharged him. CLERKEN WE LL.—( T HIS DAY.) James Frostick, a pot-boy, in the employment of Mr. Joseph Holland, of the Duke of Sussex Tavern Peirpoint-row, Islington, was placed at the bar on the charge of stealing a quantity of cigars and tobacco, and 13d. in copper, the property of his master. Mr. Holland stated that the prisoner had been in his service for about five weeks, and during that time several sums of money were missed, as well as a quan tity of cigars and tobacco. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and last night he (Mr. Holland) marked a quantity of copper money, which he placed in the till, and this morning, soon after :he heard the prisoner come down stairs, he followed him, and upon going to the bar found the door open. Having missed 13d. out of the marked money, he sent for a consta ble, who found them in the prisoner's pockets, and upon searching his box found a large quantity of tobacco and a box of cigars. He was fully committed for trial. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Murphy and Catherine Shee were charged with stealing a half sovereign, the property of Julia :urlv. It appeared that the prisoners and the prosecutrix both lodged in one rocm, in Rosemary-lane, White chapel. The poor woman had been out hopping all the week, and returned home on Saturday night with the half sovereign. She fell asleep, and from the evidence of Nary Brazier, who was in the room at the time, it seemed the female prisoner put her hand in prosecutrix's pocket, and abstracted the purse con taining the half sovereign, and she handed it to the male prisoner, who, however, returned it to her again. When the prosecutrix awoke Brazier told her what had happened, and she was almost frantic at her loss, imploring the female prisoner to give her back her money, but she only laughed at her en treaties, and the consequence was, they were both given into custody. Police -constable II 101, who apprehended the pri soners, said both they and the prosecutrix were in a most destitute condition. In one room, where there was not the slightest vestige of furniture, not even a chair, or any covering, the prosecutrix, the two pri soners, and three other females were all huddled to- - S. lish Of itch 31% )0 so