The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-10 00:00:00

COLONIAL MARKET.

Very little business done in the market for produce, and
prices much as they were. British Plantation Sugar, b9s. to
tits. for Brown, and 635. to 685. for Yellow. Nothing worth
notice passing in the Coffee market. Good ordinary Jamaica
fetches 100 s. Nothing done in Cocoa, Rice, Spices, Foreign
Sugar, &c., and the prices unaltered.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Newham,
Bruce, from Kertch. Sailed the Bencoolen, Stamp, for
Sydney, New South Wales; Reliance, Howard, Hondu-
ras ; Manitingo, Burgin, Jamaica ; Antoinette, Knudsen,
St. Croix.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ado-
nis, Grouely, from Monte Video ; Mary, Nelson, Deme-
rara ; Celt, Greig, Barbadoes ; Constellation, Davis, St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Levant packet, Poay, Galatz ;
Lapwing, Maracaibo ; Winsor, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Columbine, ditto ; Calcutta. Quebec. Off port,
the Rapid, from Jamaica ; Oxford, New York ; Clyde, St.
John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Frederick Fleming,
for St. John's, New Brunswick; Liverpool, Sinnoff, ditto.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind S. S. W. to S. S. E.

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PLYMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind variable.—Arrived the
Penelope, Sphern, from Dantzic.
FALMOUTII, OCT. B.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Ex-
periment, Christofferson, for Pernambuco.
GLOUCESTER, Nov. 9.—Arrived, the Pyrenees, Warman,
from Palermo.

CARDIFF, Nov. 9.—Arrived, Manlius, Hodge, Quebec.
CLYDE, Nov. B.—Arrived, the Renfrewsbire, Hutchin.
son, from Quebec ; Lalla Rookh, Force, St. John's, New
Brunswick.

KINGSTOWN, Nov. B.—Arrived, the Garonne, Richard-
son, from Antigua.
CORK, Nov. 7.—Arrived, the William Penn, Evans,
from Archangel, with loss of bulwarks, &c. Sailed, the
Chatah, Willis, for Newfoundland.
STOCKTON, Nov. R.—Arrived, the Helen Maria, Cli-
burn, from Quebec.

SCARBOROUGH, Nov. B.—Sailed, the Medea, Pratt, for
Rio Janeiro.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.—The Indus, of Sunderland, for
Quebec, 9th ult., off the Bird Islands ; Mountaineer,
London to Quebec, 14th ult., lat. 46, long. 57 ; Byker,
Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, 9th inst., lat. 58, long. 8, by
the Evergreen, Moran, arrived at Liverpool ; Frinshaw,
from Philadelphia, near the Bird Islands; Pembroke
Castle, Starching, off St. Paul's, by the Manlius, Hedge,
arrived at Cardiff.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OF WEDNESDAY.—
" The demand for cotton to-day has been to a mode•
rate extent, without material change in prices. The
sales are 3,000 bags, to the trade.

Our arrivals this morning are very few, and none of
consequence.

The New York packet ship, Oxford, has arrived at
Liverpool, sailed 19th September, of an old date.
United States Bank Shares, which were at 181. 10s.
rose to 201. 10s. on the report of the settlement of the
affairs of the above bank.

\Nrc have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester-
day's date. The accounts from Ghent of the 7th Oct.
state that profound tranquillity prevails in the above
town, and that there is no appearance of its being in
future disturbed. It is also stated that the bivouack-
ing of the troops there was tobreak up on the Bth inst.

The following is the version of the rumoured arrange-
ment of the United States Bank :—" By the charter
granted to the United States Bank by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, the Bank was to make certain advances
by way of loan, should such be required. The Bank
made advances to the extent of 4,000,000 dollars,
Stock being created for such advances by the State.
This Stock is held by the Bank of the United States,
and if we are informed correctly, the object at present
is to induce parties to take their State-stock from the
Bank of the United States, by which the latter will
be enabled to exchange with the holders of Post-notes
of the Establishment, giving them the State-stock for
the former. We believe that several influential firms
in the City have consented to this arrangement,by which,
in fact, the Post-notes of the Bank of the United
States will be withdrawn from circulation to the amount
at first stated, and the present holders will have in
their stead the stock of the State of Pensylvania, which
if taken at the price of 94 will afford an interest nearly
of 7 per cent. The particulars of the negotiations
at the house of Messrs. Baring, &c., have not as yet
transpired ; in fact the arrangements, we believe, have
not been fully completed, and we understand from good
authority that the various statements quoted in yester-
day's evening and this morning's journals are not correct.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Chief Commissioner.)
A HINT TO INSOLVENTS IVLIO ARE OUT ON BAIL.
—On the case of a person named Morrison, who was
out on bail, being called on this morning, the insolvent
was not in attendance, and it was not until some time
afterwards that he made his appearance. On it being
intimated to the Chief Commissioner that he was in
attendance, he de,ired the insolvent to stand forward,
and after making some inquiry as to the cause which
had prevented the insolvent being in attendance at the
sitting of the Court, and receiving a good excuse, the
Learned Commissioner stated that if he had not been
satisfied with the explanation he should have sent
the insolvent to prison till Saturday, for which
day the case had been fixed, in consequence
of his absence. In future, when insolvents who were
out on bail did not appear at the sitting of the Court,
it must be understood that the Commissioners were de-
termined to put in force the power given them by the
Act, and send them to prison. The Learned Com-
missioner trusted that this public intimation would ope-
rate as a warning to insolvents.

The time for the insolvent's appearance ►was then en-
larged to Saturday.
GOING TO LAW.—John Potts, a looking-glass ma-
nufacturer, applied on his petition to be discharged.
The insolvent was opposed by a creditor, named Mouls,
in person.

The insolvent had been sued by Mouls on a bill of
exchange, which had been drawn by a man named
Middleton, and accepted by the insolvent. To that
action the insolvent pleaded in person, and at an ex-
pense of a few shillings bad the felicity of putting Mr
Mouls to heavy law expenses. He admitted now that
he owed the money ; but in order to get time he
pleaded to the action, that he was neither the maker nor
the drawer of the bill. Notwithstanding the vexatious
defence, a verdict was obtained by Mr. Mouls against
him, and the costs exceeded the debt, as they amounted
to upwards of 281., and had been increased 171. by the
mere plea. It also appeared that the insolvent had
been made a bankrupt, had passed his last examination,
but had not obtained his certificate.

Mr. WOODAOFFE appeared for the insolvent, and
stated that he had omitted the name of a creditor in
the schedule, and it would therefore be necessary to
adjourn the case to amend the schedule in that respect.
He admitted that a case had been made out by Mr.
Mouls against the insolvent, and that it was usual on
such cases for the Court to send the insolvent, who
had been out on bail, to prison, but he trusted in the
present instance, the creditor would allow him to re-
main at large, and that the Court would hear no fur-
ther of the matter.

Mr. Mouls assented to the proposition .
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said that the conduct of
the opposing creditor was lenient in the extreme. If
no settlement, however, took place, the insolvent when
he next time came up, would be remanded for a vexa-
tious defence. The case was then adjourned to the
sth of November.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The quarter sessions for the city and liberties of
Westminster commenced this day, before Mr. Sergeant
Adams and several other Magistrates. The usual
formalities having been observed, the Grand Jury were
sworn, after which the Learned Chairman briefly ad-
dressed them, pointing out the duties they were re-
quired to perform, and requesting them to return a bill
as soon as possible, in order that the business might be
disposed of as quickly as possible.

. .
The Grand Jury then retired, and Mr. Sergeant
Adams quitted the Court, leaving Mr. Halcombe to
act as Chairman.

AssAuLT.—Henry Richardson, the editor of the
Paul Pry, was charged with having, on the 9th of
April, committed an assault on Richard Watson the
younger.

.
Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution,
said that the father of the prosecutor is a
gas-fitter, residing at Saint Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-
Commons, and the defendant kept a gaming house in
Jermyn-street, St. James's. He was also the editor of
the Paul Pry. In August, 1828, he represented him-
self to Mr. Watson as a person who had a number of
houses, and spent about 3001. a year in gas fittings, and
credit was given in consequence of this representation,
and the balance in November, 1838, due to Mr. Wat-
son was .54/. 18s. Gd. Repeated applications were
made for the money, but without success, and it being
understood that the house of the defendant was open
at nights, a servant of Mr. Watson, named Gander,
went there, accompanied by Mr. Watson, and Mr.
Watson, jun. Mr. Richardson came out of the house
and beat Gander with a stick, on which the present
complainant interfered, and was also assaulted. This
was a " new way of paying old debts," which he trusted
the Jury would not sanction.

Mr. -Watson, jun. was called, and examined in sup.
port of the statement of the Learned Gentleman.

Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the defendant,
admitted that an assault had been committed, and re-
commended his client to plead guilty to the other two
indictments.

The Jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Mr. PAYNE wished to place tha other cases before
the Court, as they were of a more serious nature than
the first.

The CHAIRMAN apprehended that he was entitled
to do so.

The plea of not guilty was withdrawn, and the wit-
nesses were then called and examined as to the nature
of the assault on Mr. Watson and on Gander.

SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

LARDNER V. BRUCE.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Louisa
Lardner, for the sum of 11/. ss. 9d. against the defen-
dant, Miss Bruce, an independent maiden lady, resid-
ing at Park-road, St. John's Wood.
It appeared the plaintiff had been engaged by the de-
fendant in the capacity of house maid, for which she
was to receive 91. a year, and her claim consisted of
one year's wages, and the sum of 2/. ss. 9d. for the
making up of caps, &c. for her mistress.

. _
The defendant, who lived with her mother, denied
her liability, and the question therefore was, who had
engaged the plaintiff?

In support of tie claim evidence was given that Miss
Bruce hired the plaintiff as well as the other servants,
and that the tradesmen's bills were generally sent to her.
For the defence, Mrs. Bruce, the mother of the de-
fendant, was called, who stated that she had the ma-
nagement of the household affairs, and hired and dis-
missed the servants.

Cross-examined by Mr. PAIN.—I believe you and
Miss Bruce wear the same things occasionally ?
Witness—Yes, we do sometimes.
She wears a garment one day, and you wear the same
garment the next day ?
Yes.—(Laughter.)
Caps in particular ?
Yes ; we occasionally wear the same caps.
UNDER-SHERIFF--.Tenants in common of caps.—
(Laughter.)
Robert Duncan was called and stated that he was
now living in service with Mrs. and Miss Bruce.
Mr. Wilkins (Defendant's Attorney)—Who do you
consider to be your mistress ?
W itness—Mrs. Bruce.
Who hired you ?
Why, Mrs. Bruce engaged with my wife for me.—
(Laughter.)
The Jury returned a verdict for 9/.

HATTON-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)

CHARGE OF ILLEGALLY-PAWNING.—Jane Kitcher,
remanded from Saturday on a charge of illegally pawn-
ing a child's hat, the property of John Andrey, was
again placed at the bar.

The wife of the prosecutor on Saturday denied that
she had given the prisoner any authority to pawn, but
to-day she varied in her statement, and admitted that on
one or two occasions she had done so.
Mr. GREENWOOD said that under these circum-
stances he could not convict for illegally pawning, and
that if he committed the prisoner for stealing he
doubted whether a jury would convict on such evidence,
and he should therefore discharge her.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN APPRENTICE.—WiIIiam
Harmer, a ragged, dirty-looking boy, was placed at the
bar, charged with embezzling one shilling and seven-
pence, the property of his master, John Peters, a shoe-
maker, residing at Holloway.
It appeared that on the sth of August last the com-
plainant entrusted the prisoner with the money in ques-
tion to make some purchases, and he heard nothing
further of him until yesterday, when he was brought
back by one of the Mendicity Society officers. He had
once before absented himself in a similar way when
entrusted with money, and remained away nearly a
twelvemonth.
The prisoner, who offered no defence, was sentenced
to one month's imprisonment and hard labour in the
House of Correction, and to be well whipped at the
expiration of his sentence.

BRUSSELS, OCT. B.—His Highness the here-
ditary Prince of Saxe Coburg, and his brother, Prince
Albert, arrived at Lack en yesterday from Germany, on
their way to England.
Mr. George Baldwin, whose supposed melan-
choly death by drowning we had occasion to record
some time ago, has, strange to say, returned home.
He was discovered last night at the residence of his
brother-in-law, Mr. Bateman, broker, of Silver-street,
in the yard after dark, crouching amongst some furni-
ture, as if desirous to elude observation. He wasin a
wretched plight, The conduct of this infatuated youpg.
tnan, sa disposing matters as to induce a firm belief
the was drowned, whereby his parents were plunged
t
into a depth of grief and mental agony which parents
only can appreciate, is deserving the severest r,?rehen-
sion.— Worcestershire Chronicle.

RVENTING EDITTON.

LITERATURE.

THE ROMANCE OF PRIVATE LIFE,3 Vols.

Colb-urn, London, 1839.
There are two stories contained in these vo-
lumes, the principal one of which, entitled the
" Renunciation," is founded on the circumstance
of a young girl, who has been kidnapped at tell
years of ags by a wealthy adventurer named
Wharton, educated by him in the most expensive
way at Paris, introduced into the best society,
uniformly treated with deference and kindness by
the man who has torn her from her humble
.
home, and who has taught her to believe that
she is the sole heiress of all his wealth ;—the " Re-
nunciation" turns upon the singular fact of this
young girl giving up all her worldly prospects with-
out a sigh, and withdrawing herself from Whar-
ton's guardianship, from a high sense of principle,
because her conscience will not permit her to
countenance his imposture. The name of this
magnanimous sample of womanhood is Agnes
Danvers, alias Lucy de Vere—for such is the
appellation she is compelled for some years to as-
sume—and her character is pourtrayed with much
spirit, and without any very obvious exaggerations.
The story, however, must depend for success, ra-
ther on the startling and interesting nature of its
incidents, and the skill with which they are evolved,
than on its characters, which are not, generally
speaking, sufficiently individualized. The volumes
are the production of a lady named Burney—a re-
lative, possibly, of the celebrated Madame D'Ar blay,
who upwards of half a century ago delighted John-
son and Burke with her first novel of " Evelina
and who, if she be still living, must be fast advanc-
ing towards a nonagenarian.

THE DUKE AND THE COUSIN. 3 VoLs.
Bentley, London, 1839.
A conventional tone pervades this novel which
we had hoped the success of Boz's healthy and
natural writings had banished from our lighter
literature. It is not characterised by sentiment, but
sentimentality—a very different thing—and treats
of fashionable manners, and pourtrays fashionable
personages, in a style in which there is much of as-
sumption, mixed with cant and twaddle, on which
the writer lays as much stress as if she were enun-
ciating some great moral and philosophical truths.
The story turns upon the circumstance of a young
lady, Blanche, Baroness de Cressy--a peeress in her
own right, and quite a she-Cro3sus in point of wealth
—marrying a poor relation from sheer love, when she
had it in her power to pick and choose a spouse
from among the noblest and richest of the land.
We must confess we do not see any very paiticular
virtue in this sort of conduct, yet it is cried up in
the most impassioned terms of eulogium, as if it
were an act of the loftiest and rarest magnanimity
Sad, sickly morality this, which may be popular at
Almack's, and create a sensation at Crockford's---
that august temple of Virtue—but which will as-
suredly be laughed at elsewhere. We have a great
contempt for those fashionable novels, whose objects
appear to be, to invest with sublimity the most min-
mon-place and ordinary act of goodness performed
by a titled resident at the West-end ; and te, show
that all beneath a certain grade in the social circle
are without the pale of civilization and humanity--
that if a gentleman is unfortunate enough to be in
commerce, and to live at the East-end, or in the
proscribed region of Russell-square, he must neces-
sarily be " vulgar and narrow-minded ;" and that if
lie have the still worse luck to be a stock-broker,
the odds are a hundred to one in favour of his
being made up of " coarse familiarity and presume'
tion." We have borrowed these dulcet epithets
from the tale before us, which, exhibiting as it, oc-
casionally does, tokens of a better nature, makes to
regret the more, the false sentiment and assumption
that prevade it throughout. The " Duke" of the
tale is, we presume, the Duke of Wellington ; but
conceive this reserved, iron-visaged, practical'
minded warrior talking in the most namby-Pan%ll
style about the beauties of the country, and quoting
a long prose extract from one of Was'iling!°°
Irving 's English Sketches, by way of insinual
himself into the good graces of a young lady
happens to be walking with him F We "°'
talent . f
though it is by no means devoid of 0 a
certain sort—that the " Duke and the Con"
will be the last novel of its class that we shall see
for some years.

The Journal des Flandres says, " Tranquillity
is restored. Almost all the manufactories are agaia at
work, and the great majority of the workmen. have re-
turned to their occupations. The general opinion is
that the troubles which we deplore will not be repeated.
The Organe des Flandres likewise gives favourable ac-
counts. The Government has given some millions to
Seraing to prevent 4,000 workmen from revolting. Hof
many will it give to the manufactories of Ghent for the
30,000 workmen who have revolted ?

BRUSSELS, OCT. 6.--Messrs. Fallon and
Dussarden arrived at Brussels yesterday. The King
and Qsteen left the Palace of Laeken for Tirlemont by
the railway. The financial Commission at Utrecht re-
solved, en the Ist of this month, to adjourn for a fort-
night.

The Duke Torlonia returned to Mivart's Hotel,
yesterday, from a visit of a few days to the Earl and
Countess of Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers, StaftOrd'
shire.

THE MEETING OF TIIE PROTESTANT Ns-
SOCIATION.—The annual meeting of the above-named
Association was held, on Friday last, at the Amphi-
theatre in Great Charlotte-street. The 'house was
crowded, principally by ladies, who sseem
to take
great delight in these sorts of exhibitiwas. Nearly all
the clergy, with some few gentlemen, of the town, were
present on the stage, the chair being occupied by the
Reverend Dr. Tatteshall. The speakers were the
same who have made themselves famous at these mee!'
ings heretofore, and the entertainments were as h"e
those got up for the delight of former audiences as
one crow is like another. The only part of the
performance entitled to particular notice is the speech
of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. The Reverend Gentleman
stepped out of his way,—totally left the business
the
hand, if indeed, he had any business in hand, for
has
sometimes, of making an attack on the press. He js
sometimes, on former occasions, ventured, to exhibit his
splenetic humour towards us and " or.r esteemed con-
temporaries, and we had some suspicion of the reason.
His pitiful exhibition of Wcdr.esday last has On:
vinced us, that we were correct in our surmises'
_ever n
" A raw," has been este:l:dished, and the 11 e
Hugh M'Neile is just the man to be restive
under punishment. He lashes at the Roman Catlin:
lies with all the callousness of a septuagena7,
jarvie ; but, when he is himself touched in the "
he scarcely sets so high an exam le as
of Christian for
tuck and forbearance as those whom he stigmatizes 0„
and_
stupid to anti-Christ. With the exception
this outbreak, the whole affair was excessively dull n.
stupid ; and we foresee,.that these meetings will soon.obe
us
come unpopular unless indeed a few more " ingerloo
devices" arc brought to their aid ; these may proof
„t
effectual in renewing the almost palled a.opetite
ot;
those who have so long swallowed the trash ef, at
ambitious Papist-haters. The company assemble.d„,o
ten o'clock in the morning, and did not separate till h`
in the afternoon.—Live,pool Albion.
three
THE WEATHER.--For the last two or , 1
clays the weather has been c 01,!,, with but oens.fhieh
gleams of sun ; to-day it is and the wind f"w rd.
before blew from the nortid-east, is veering w"-- ahat
In Cork on Saturday
had before prevailed there, was, we learn from the le
I,e dark and bleak weatherct
thcrn Reporter, succeeded by a violent storm fremtbalf,
night,west andand
up to
which continued the entire °f • -e
to two o'clock on Friday, at which t"
cold of unusual bitterness set in.
A. table appended to the Report of the R'.silvvald
Committee shows the amount of mileage duty reee.iv,°
r
from Railways in England that have compounded
the duties. From this table it appears th?.l. the Loinedo7",
and Birmingham Company have paid, from July' the
to January, 1839, the sum of 10,9951. I2s. ld• ;_riod
aggregate number of miles travelled during that feTal,,,,
being 24,111,560. The Grand Junction, from 4th
bJer
0.11-
1837, to January, 1839, 17,0321. 19s. 10d. ; "Ill) stet,
miles, 32,702,384. The Liverpool and Mane_e,.
from January, 1836, to January, 1839, 21,39704 and
81d. ; number of miles, 41,082,500. The L00d0:39,
South-Western, from May, 1838, to January,y,
the
1,324/. 19s. 3d. ; number of miles, 2.927,928 ; agl
1889,
Great Western, from 4th June, 1838, to January',
2,999/. 10s. Id.; number of miles, 4,280,648.
birds,
SCARCE BinDs.—Two unusallysearce
of
thist etown eagles
during
p e c e s,
theh have
e pastbee tniv eobtai
nedThe
in
firstthe wv. a '
l cs
it'h:e
ofa
Honey Buzzard (Falco elpivoru
(l
s), wascn 1
sllrontauT
Dean. The other was the Osprey uis) e
solitary habits, and rarely
which was shot near the river.
met withriver.Theysoaroecabr be
otitibirds °busy.
haunt,heof
Dukemen.— Tornitilyiemrcort
ground at Inverness on FridPy.
stock was s
brought 401., and was sold to .
ZJtje
Grtiasgol"
saluwerttiohnoornn
butcher. A quey, four years old, was bov.ght bytst by
bullt the s how
Winks, Elgin, for 40/. Two large bag"
to,
Mrs. Norrie, Inverness, for 100/. And several tiers
sold at '_'i. 12s. each. M. ear old cross vie)ders
i
were sold at Si. each. The two
ampbell, of Jura, 5( „ boils
pair of Highland oxeP. most remarkable animm' were I
for fat and symme':/y) for the sum of 751.
.yi d
ThesT, „et,
also purchased oy a Glasgow butcher.—Glasgow