The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 1.

Holders have fairly met the demand for Cotton to-day,
owing to which prices had a slight tendency to recede. The
sales were rather extensive, 3,500 bags having been sold.
100 Bahia, Bd., 81d. ; 100 Maranham, ; 80 Per-
nam, ; 100 Egyptian, 10d., 11icl. ; 100 Surat,
42d. ; 3,020 American, 51d., 81d. Total, 3,500.

DINNER TO CAPTAIN BENETT AT BOULOGNE.
—We understand that there was an error in a part of
the report of the dinner given last week to that intre-
pid seaman, Captain BENETT, at Boulogne. It ap-
pears that the Captain did not take out the first
steamer to India, nor is he connected with the Navy,
as represented by one of the speakers. Captain
BENETT'S prompt disavowal of these circumstances,
which are of little consequence in themselves, is only
another proof that modesty accompanies true merit in
proportion to its high deserts. His skilful manage-
ment of the Adelaide to and from Boulogne is the ad-
miration of all the passengers.
ASCENT OF THE NASSAU BALLOON.•-••-(THIS
DAY. )Considerable interest was created this morning by an
unexpected ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vaux-
hall Gardens, which took place at a quarter-before eleven
o'clock. During the time of its ascension the wind blew a
tremendous gale from the north-east, and the rapidity with
which the huge machine soared in the upper regions was
truly astonishing. It was quickly enveloped in the clouds.
We are given to understand that the ascent was an experimental
one, under the immediate direction of Mr. C. Green, with
six other gentlemen ; and it was the intention of the aeronauts
to traverse the country as far as they could proceed with safety.
The course that the balloon took was apparently towards
Plymouth.
Yesterday morning a weaver of the name of William
Beverley, residing at No. 3, Rose-and-crown-court, Rooth-
street, Spitalfields, committed self-destruction by hanging
himself under the following distressing circumstances :--He
went up into the room where three of his children were in bed,
the eldest being six years old, when, in their presence, he put
the rope round his neck, and suspended himself from the rail
of the bedstead. On the grandmother going into the room
the eldest child exclaimed, " Look, grandmother, look at,
father, blood is coming out of his mouth," when she gave the
alarm, and he was promptly cut down. A medical gentleman
was immediately sent for, but the vital spark was extinct.
Sergeant Walton, 1-1 3, who was in attendance, hearing that
the mother of the poor children had been in the hospital some
weeks, applied at the workhouse for the admission of the chil-
and they were at once taken in. The unfortunate man
had been in a desponding Ivi;,y for sera:; days past, ai.ld 'was i,i
great distress, often not having a sufficiency of food for him-
self and children.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T1-115 DAY.)

DEAL. OCT. 1. —Wind N. N. E., moderate,.—Arrived and
remain in the Downs the James M,Queen. M'Call, from St
Kitt's ; and James, from the Mediterranean; and
Margaretta, from Ca,Lz. Came d6wn the River, and pro-
ceeded the Valleyftpld, Wainoright, for Malta ; Vestal, Mo-
sey, for Constantinoplz. ; Arachne. Fowler, for Trieste ;
Hayti, Bosustow, for Rio Jan, rio; Samuel, Smith, for Con-
stantinople ; Naples (packet), Richards, for Naples ; Bees
Wing, Smith, for Oporto ; Thisbe, Charters, for Jamaica ;
Ghika, Hunter, for New Orleans ; and Aimwell, Wilson, for
St. Ja..To de Cuba.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. I,—Wind E. N. E., fine.—Sailed the
\Winer Castle, Bourchier, for Bombay ; her Majesty's ship
Cleopatra, for Sheerness ; Emanuel, Wittersen, for Chris-
Canii ; and Perfect, Snell, for Sydney, New South Wales.
M,.m.—Her Majesty's ships Orestes and Aetmon have gone
out of harbour to Spithead.
PrAmourn, SEPT. 30.—Wind S. W.—Arrived her Majes-
ty's ship Boadicea, from the North Coast of Spain. Sailed
the Solace, Barret, for Denia.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—Wind N., moderate brcevs.—Ar-
rived the Turian, packet, from the West Indies—siiiel from
St. Thomas 23 ult. ; Royal Tar, steamer, from Gibraltar—
left 21st ult., Cadiz 22d, Lisbon 25th, and Vigo 27th. Ar-
rived off port the Clara, Maxtel, from Jamaica.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. I.—Wind variable and light.—Arrived
the Yeoman, Stephenson, from Arica ; Rochdale, from St.
Vincent ; Myrtle, Allen, from Xabia ; Isabella Dick, from
Dan!zic. the City of Aberdeen, Munro, for tl:e Mau-
ritius ; Ophelia, Foreman, for Riga ; Leopoldine, Schultz,
for do. ; North Star, Benedict, for Philadelphia ; Margaret,
Hunter, for Sr. Thomas's; Senator, Stacey, for Savannah.
MARGATX, OCT. I.—Arrived off port the William, from
St. Peterstiurgh. _ _

RA MEGATI, OCT. I.—Arrived the Harmony, March, from
Cadiz.

SALcomnn, SEPT. 30.—Arrived off, the Lily, Jarvis, from
Vinaviciosa; and Yanston, Jarvis, from Gijon.
BRISTOL, OCT. I.—Arrived the Ann, Stephens, from
Smyrna; Marianna, from Memel; and Belle Robins, from
St. Petersburg.
BELFAST, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Hero, Stewart, from
London.

DUNBAR, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Jupiter, Sarnoich, from
Konigsberg.
LYNN, OCT. I. Arrived the Pursuit., Proctor, from
Memel ; and Victor, Ligostrorn, from KonilTs'oerg.
HCLL, OCT. I.—Arrived the Harmonic, Bruce, from Neu.
stadt ; Elizabeth Niaria, from Kiel; Ruby elstle, from Per-
nan; Josephine, Volkert, from Gottenburg ; Anna Amelia,
from ditto ; Maria, Luders, from Wismar ; Swinemunde, fiom
Memel; and Sea Horse (steamer), from Rotterdam.
HOLYHEAD, OCT. I.—Arrived Hannah, Gregory, Quebec.
ISLE OF WIGHT, OCT. I.—Arrived off, the Sesostris,
Yates, from Calcutta.
Cowan, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Weser, from
New Orleans.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 20.—Arrived tho Bosley Wood, Cutting,
from Malaga ; Racer, Cartes, from Denta ; John, Cayle,
from Cadiz.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—The Victoria, from Ireland to
Quebec, was pricked at Malby, 19th ult. Crew and pas-
sengers saved.
BaEST. SEPT. 26 —The Emile, from Antwerp to 13..rce
lona, sunk near this place, 24th ult—crew saved.
PENTLAND FIRTH. SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Queen Victoria,
from St. Petersburgh.
ABERDEEN, Sarr. 28.—Arrived the Evander, Lien, from
Dantzic.

MONTROSE, SErr.•2B —Arrived the Highlander, Lindsay,
and Julianna, from St. Peterburgh.
LEITH, SEPT. 29. —Arrived the Commerce, Crow, from
Dantzie ; Eliza Steward, from Stettin; Furst Hsrdenburg,
from Konigsburg ; Emma, Krause, from Memel.
LEITH ROADS —Agnes Primrose, from Dantzic.
FISIIERONY, SEPT. 29.—ArrIved the Diana, Konig, Stettin.
SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Catherine Maria,
from Memel.

DOVER, SEPT. 29.—Arrived off port, the Hebe, from
St. Petersburgh.
ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, SEPT. 29.—Arrived off port, the Bri-
tish Tar, Dixon, from Metis.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Lancer from Onega ;
H3rmonis, Arduot, from Archangel ; New Volunteer, Stewart,
rom Demerara.

The Zetland, Bruce, from Savanilla, put into Cadiz, with
five feet of water in the hold, having struck on a rock, and
been assisted off, after discharging part of her cargo.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O' CL CK.
The arrivals this morning are a French mail, a Gibraltar
mail, by the Royal Tar—sailed on the 21st September, Cadiz
22d, Lisbon 25th, Oporto and Vigo 27th, and a mail from
Jamaica, by the Tyrian—sailed from St. Thomas's 2d Sept.
The accounts from Lisbon are net of much importance;
all was ,tranquil there, and the elections had terminated.
The information from Jamaica is rather of a confused
description ; on several of the estates the Neg,o;,s have re-
fused to work.

We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 21st of Sep-
tember; as usual, their contents from the seat of war are an-
ticipated by the French Papers.
Mauritius Papers to the 20th of June have also been re-
ceived. From the Price Currrent of the above date, Ex-
change on London, Government bills, 30 days' sight, 34 to 3i-
premium ; Bank bills, 90 days, none ; Private bills, 90 days,
I per cent, premium ; Private bills, 6 months, I per cent.
discount.

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of
yesterday, 937,- 94 for the Account, and 94 to 943- for Money ;
at present the Market continues steady with little doi'ig.
Exchequer Bills, 67 69; India Bonds, 67 69; Bank Stock
for opening, 2071 2081; India Stock, 2631 2641.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active maintains the
price of 18,i 131 ; Portuguese, 344 34 ; Three per Cents.,
224 224; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53k54k•

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Re,
3 per Cent. Cons 93% 4
3% per Cent...........

India
Ditto fiords
South Se 3 Stock ..... • ••••
Old Annmties

Ditto Red.
New 3W, per Cent lO2 17/,,
New 5 per Cent.
Bank LougAnnuitiestoexpire
Jan. 5, 1860
Oct. 10, 1859
Jan. 5, 1860
Jan. 5, 1800 •••• • ......
April 5, 1880 ••• ..... •••
Jan: e.
P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
At:strian Bonds
ticicnan 80nd5......
Ditto Account ..... .
Brazilian Bonds
Litt' , Account ~........ ...... so% 1,4
Buenos Ayres Ponds ......
Ditt, Account
C Bonds
Ditto Account
Bonds
Ditto Account
•;-.lu7nl,iar, Bonds, 1824
Ditto Account 043414
D:oish Bonds ....., 75%,,g
•Iceo,,t
Greek Bonds... ........
Ditto Bonds, 1525
Ditto Account
llexicai. Bowls, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto, 0 per cent
Ditto Account
Neapolitan .
PRICES OF SHARES THL

New Ditto ..... .... ........
3 pet Cent. Annu
Exch. Bills,
Ditto
Ditto Small .... 7O 67 pm,
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised....._:
Bank Stock for Account......
India Stock for Acc0unt......... --•
Corsois for Arconnt O4
THIS DAY AT ONE '?'CLOG
Peruvian Bonds
Ditto Account ..........
Portugut 8c /3 ands.... ..... ..... 74
Ditto New
Mto Account
Ditto, 3 per cent....
Ditto Account 22%
Prussian Bonds
Rubsian Bonds, 1822
Ditto Account
Ditto Metallic.... ............
Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account ..
Ditto 80nd5,1834
Ditto Account
French, 5 per —t. .
--- 4 per cent.
3 per cant. ...... —f.
Exchange —f.
Dutch, 214 per cent 53%
Ditto Account
Ditto, per cent. IOO%M %
Ditto Account
IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Share.
Great Western Railway Company 65 7834 9
Brighton Railway Company
onchestor and Birmingham Railway lO 10%
Bitumen, Bastenne and Oaujac
HALF-PAST ONE.

In the British Market there is not a feature worth noticing.
Consols continue much the same as in the morning-94 to
for the Account, and 93i 94 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 67
69 prem. ; India Bonds, 67 69 ; Bank Stock for opening,
2071 208 - ; India Stock, 263 264.
Spanish not so good as in the earlier part of the morning,
receded from 18} to 181 ; Portuguese also lower, 34+
Three per Cents., 22,i ; Brazilian, 80i ex. div. ; Mexican,
22 23+ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, ; Five per Cents,
1008 scx div. Nothing doing in Shares.
THREE O' CL CK.
Consols for Account, 94 948.

Lord Maryborough (brother of the Duke of Wel-
lington) is appointed to the Captaincy of Deal Castle, ♦acant
by the decease of Lord Carrington. The office is the Duke's gift.
The peroxide of iron is said to be an efficient agent
in counteracting the effect of arsenic when taken into the
stomach.

A rich proprietor residing near Conflans-Sante-
Honnrine recently went into a barber's shop in the town to
be shaved, accompanied by a remarkably fine but ferocious
Newfoundland dog, of which he is the possessor. On pro-
ceeding to the operation, and taking hold of the customer's
nose secundem artem, Strap found himself suddenly seized by
y
the dog, who, imagining that his master's personal safety was
at stake, fastened his teeth firmly in the barber's left arm, in-
flicting on him two most desperate wounds, and ultimately re-
laxing his hold only when compelled by the tardy interven-
tion of his master and several of the tonsor's neighbours.
Having waited for some compensation front the owner of the
dog for the space of three weeks, during which he was under
medical care, the barber appealed to the Tribunal of Cor-
rectional Police of the town, which sentenced the former to
a fine of 16f., and 120 f. damages to the injured party.—
Galignani.
HORSE BATH.—At her Majesty's hunting stables,
Cumberland Lodge, is constructed a bath for the hunters, the
efficacy of which will prove the means of alleviating or pre-
venting cases of a dangerous nature that arise after a severe
run with hounds. It is so constructed that in the course of
half an hour a horse may be placed in a warm bath at any tem-
perature
have a
ai
laatr cneaffye-
cbteodeemed
ipmraolpaesr , cr
mh will undoubtedlye
on the human frame after being subject to extraordinary
exertion.
A short time ago a labouring man was brought
into the South Dispensary, having received a severe blow on
the forehead from the handle of a winch. The seat of the
injury was the part where phrenology has located the organ of
tune ; and it is singular that after the accident, though per-
fectly sensible, he forgot his usual mode of utterance, and
every,
-thin,* he had to say he sang. Ile was retnosed to the
infirmary, and since thee we have not heard of him ; but W
may mention, for the satisfaction of the sceptical, that the
statement we here give rests upon unimpeachable authority.—
Liverpool Mail.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-

(THIS DAY.)

AN UNLOOKED-FOR iit.SULT.-A general dealer, of Somer-
setshire, opal his petition to be discharged. He
of
unopros,:d. The iiisidvcnt had bccn arrested at the suitof
his own brother, end now came up for the purpose of obtain-
ing his discharge, away from all his creditors, and not owing
a single debt in London.
Mr. WOODROFFE, who supported the insolvent, admitted
that the arrest was a friendly proceeding-, and had taken plll",,c°
in order to relieve him from his debts and difficulties.

could prove that the debt was actually due.
Mr. Commissioner BOWEN could not sanction such a pro-
ceeding. Here was a man whose creditors lived in the country
coming to be discharged from his debts, those to whom tthe
were owing being at a great distance from London.
proper course for the insolvent to have pursued would have
!
been to have remained in the country, and petitioned tu
Court on the Circuits. He, the Learned Commissioner,
would dismiss the petition, as he was d,‘termined to cnovincide
the insolvent that such an experiment as he had adopted sou'
not do.
•
The petition was accordingly dismissed ; and the Insolvent,
who had been in Whitecross-street two months, will have to
go back into " famed Somersetshire I"