The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-TUESDAY.

Shortly ofter nine o'clock this morning the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton ordered the carriage, and directed the
attendants to drive to the Pier. The Prince of "Wales
and the Princess Alice were in the Royal carriage, but
the weather was too hazy for the royal infants to be
taken out. On arriving at the saloon their Royal
Highnesses were taken out of the carriage, and the
Prince of Wales and his sister walked to the outer plat-
form of the Pier, where they amused themselves for
above half an hour by running about. On returning to
with one
of the towers, and, of his own accord, stopped to look at
it for a few moments. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton
led him to the carriage, and, on seating herself, took him
into her lap. A strong mist was falling at the time, but
it did not prevent them from taking their accustomed
airing on the cliffs. The playfulness exhibited by the
royal children was exceedingly interesting to a great
number of persons on the cliffs immediately opposite the
Pier, who seemed very desirous of obtaining admission
to the Pier; but during their Royal Highness's prome-
nade no one was allowed to go on. The Prince wore a
black silk velvet pelisse and a leghorn hat and feathers,
and the freshness of the sea breeze imparted additional
bloom to his countenance.

~„ .
Baron Brunnow and Count Dmitry Nesselrode accom-
panied Count Nesselrode and his daughter to Buckhurst
yesterday.
Baron Gurney has just taken a house here ; and the
Countess Cadogan has removed from the Albion Hotel
to a house on the Marina Parade.

Braham and his sons sung at a concert here last night,
which was exceedingly well attended. The veteran
English singer was encored in several of his songs. J.
Wallack commenced an engagement at the theatre yes-
terday evening in Rolla.
French Charge
d'Affaires at Chili, left this afternoon by the
DiMeprp.eClahsatrleFsrißdau3,l.l.er
I,wf.asitoasmaieoin,gthth passengers for
the French
Brighton
packet for Dieppe.

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SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 18:—The Tweed, Royal Mail
Steam -packet Company s ship, Capt. Sharp, arrived here
at 10 A.M., this morning. She brings 155 oz. of gold
dust, and 1,193 oz. of silver. On the 26th of August a
destructive fire, at Guadeloupe, destroyed the Custom-
house and fifty-five houses ; loss estimated at 30,000 E
We believe that the Tweed brings no other news of im-
portance.
AMUSING INCIDENT.—A gentleman, one of a party
recently on a tour through the Highlands, writes us:—
" Having passed a delightful morning on that swiftest of
steamers the Dolphin, commanded by Captain Mackillop,
we proceeded to touch at Ballachulish, with the intention
of making an excursion to Glenco. We endeavoured to
land at the slate quarry, but as often as our rope was
thrown over to secure the vessel, it was flung back to the
steamer. A body of natives soon collected from the
quarry, and seemed determined to prevent our landing,
regarding
with a jealous eye what they considered an in-
trusion by the Sasso!ach. Most fortunately we were
provided with two six-pounders, one of which we in-
stantly pointed in the direction of the enemy, and, under
its protection, a sailor landed and secured our rope. The
natives scampered off in all directions over the slates, the
rolling of which, added to their shouts, caused no little
addition to the ludicrous nature of the scene. Our piece
of artillery was well directed, and the very sight of it
sent a number of slaters rolling down the banks of their
own quarry. Those who stood at the top of the quarry
ready to come to the aid of their comrades below, were
so panic-stricken that they instantly fled, and could not
be induced to take any part in the attack.—Ross-shire
Advertiser.

A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.—According to a report
of the Prefect of Police of Paris, the hackney-coach
drivers of that capital deposited in the hands of the au-
thorities 18,097 f. in money, and articles to the value of
22,719 f., in all 40,816 f., left by mistake in their vehicles
during the year 1843.
EXTENSIVE FIRE.— SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.—
Between the hours of twelve and one yesterday morn-
ing, the neighbourhood of West Smithfield was thrown
into the utmost state of excitement, in consequence of
the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire upon the
premises belonging to Messrs. Daveness and Co., bird
importers, &c., carrying on an extensive business in
Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. The first discovery ap-
pears to have been made by a person through seeing a
great column of smoke and sparks mounting over the
roofs of the dwelling-houses. An instant alarm was
spread, and the inmates were aroused from their slum-
bers. It was then perceived that the fire was raging in
the centre of a building filled with hay and straw,
over which were erected a range of premises con-
taining upwards of 150 dozens of live pigeons. An
attempt was made to save them, but the fire being
so powerful, the parties were forced to make a
precipitate retreat. Fortunately, the horses, were all
got out in safety. About eight engines of the Brigade,
under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, with one
or two more from the parish stations, were remarkably
quick in arriving, and were followed by the West of
England engine and firemen, with Mr. Connorton.
Water was obtained in abundance, from which several
engines were set to work, but the firemen, although
they exerted themselves to the utmost, were unable to
confine the fire to the
premises where it began, and very
speedily a longe range of building, nearly 70 feet deep,
became ignited. The engines were worked with full
vigour until two o'clock, when it became evident that
the flames were succumbing beneath the exertions of the
firemen, and in the course of another quarter of an
hour or so they were completely subdued. The damage
done is considerable, for besides the destruction of the 150
dozen pigeons, a great number of fowls perished in the
fire, and the whole of the buildings above. named are
gutted. The origin of the fire is not precisely ascer-
tained, but it is the opinion of one of the firemen that it
was the work of sone vile incendiary. The present is
the third fire upon the same premises within nine months.
The loss will be covered by an insurance in the Hand-
in-Hand-office.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The English Stocks close very firm this afternoon.
Co isols 99.1 a for Money, and 993 buyers for Account.
The Foreign Stocks were supported, except Spanish,
whic' gave way, being 234 for Five per Cents., and
34f for the Three per Cents. Mexican were 36 to I.
The Railway Shares continued rather quiet, except
as regards the dealings in the new lines, which were at
full rates.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was a quiet market again for Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday, and prices were still rather in favour of
the buyers. Sales, 1,500 bales. The chief business in
Rail ways was in the new lines.—French and South-Eastern
were quiet. Birmingham and Gloucester, 108 f ; Chester
and Birkenhead, 34 ; Dublin and Belfast, 4i ; Eastern
Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,18 s. 10d.; Great Western,
Half, 46; Ditto, One-Eighth, 12k; Liverpool and Man-
chester, New, 34i ; London and Birmingham, 215;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 24; Ditto and York, si; Lynn
and Ely, 3; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 5 ;
Ditto and Leeds, Quarter, 111 ; Midland Counties, 106 ;
North British, 51; Sheffield and Manchester, 96i ; Sout -
Eastern, New, Si; Lyons and Avignon, 211- ; Paris and
Lyons, 575.; Ditto and Orleans, 381.
The arrivals of produce, Colonial and Foreign, in the
docks and bonded warehouses, continue to be immense,
and the trade of the port of London is at the present
moment more active than it has been for a very consider-
able time past. The sales by private contract far exceed
those by public auction. The river Thames for miler
never before was so crowded with shipping as it is now.
Accounts from Montreal state, that the very earliest
essay of Canadian manufacture of cotton had been re-
ceived there. It is the produce of the British North
American Cotton Company, at their mills, on the
Richelieu above Chanbly, the erection of which has
been regarded with so much interest in the province.
The article is a wadding, or thick fabric of cotton,
not woven but compressed, or rather felt, and will
be found of the greatest use in this climate

in the winter, for clothing and bedding, and for
other purposes, in combination with woollen or other
more solid fabrics. It is a very excellent article of its
kiwi, but we trust is but a beginning ; for a very little
extension of the same machinery as that employed in
producing it, will cinvert it into_a thread, and from heavy
twist the transition, by hand or power, to the manu-
facture of calico is easy. This enterprise is one whieh
deserves all encouragement. It is a healthy and natural
one, availing itself of the physical advantages the
country affllrds, and directing its surplus labour into a
proper channel.
We quote the following from a file of Canada papers
before us, as they are really worth notice on this aide of
the Atlantic :

" We have had the pleasure of seeing a gentleman who
has just returned from a visit to the frontier, and who
states that the farmers are generally very much pleased
with the operation of the Agricultural Protection Bill,
and that a great many seizures of cattle, &c., have taken
place. The recent appointments of Custom-house officers
will no doubt tend to increase the efficiency of the Act.
" We are glad to see that the tide of emigration still
sets towards the western: part of the province. Whilst
enjoying a moonlight ramble on the night of Thursday
last, we were passed on the Macadamised road by nine
waggons, containing emigrants from Scotland, who,
judging from the respectability of their appearance and
the formidable array of chests, boxes, and baggage, in
which they were intrenched, appeared to be of the more
substantial class of farmers. Others were on the road,
making an aggregate of thirteen waggons, and from 90
to 100 persons. They are about to settle at Stratford,
and will, we have no doubt, prove a valuable acquisi-
tion to that section of the country. May success attend
them!"

The Funds are very steadily supported, with a mode-
rate business doing as far as the few Securities open to
public transfer are concerned. Consols for present
transfer have been 99i to 99i, and for time, 99,3,- to par:
Exchequer Bills are 745. to 765.; and India Bonds 90s.
premium ; Bank Stock for account is 204 to 205.
The foreign investments have been rather brisker.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been 24 to 24k, and the
Three per Cents. 344 ; Portuguese Converted obtain
46* to 464 ; and the Old Stock, 84- ; Mexican Bonds
have been done at 361 4, being a further rise. Brazil
Stock is at 89 to f. Belgian at 103* ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 621 to*.
The Railway Shares are firm, as regards the new lines,
but the old ones, on which heavy amounts are paid up,
continue rather dull.
PRICES OF BRITISH k UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan.
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India 00
Ditto under 1,000.............. ............ 02
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account lOO 99% 100
Exchequer Bills, I%d
1.000/. ..... ••••••••IMN 74 74; pm.
7d 74 Pm.

iiiii;I;;Z::::::
_:::::::::: ::::::::: 76 14 pm.
Ditto Advertised
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 58%
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5
Ditto Deterred 5l 50
Columbian Bonds. ........ ........••• 0000000000000 ••••••• 14%),
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ....... ....
Ditto for the Account ..... .....—......
Ditto Deferred Stock
15
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 4634
Ditto for the Acc0unt......... ......
Ditto for the Account ........................." 48%%
Ditto Small 47
Spanish Bowls. Five per Cent 1840..........." —
Ditto for the Account 2434 24
Ditto Passive Bonds. .....•.... 6%
Ditto Deferred aq s 4
A,il,t, Ji-la a 1.., pILL .C:1IE.
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42%
Dutch 2% per Cents. ..... ............... ....... .....
Dutch 5 per Cents.•............•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 100%34
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY/. PAID. PER *EARN.
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ... ...... 52%
Caledonian
Chichester and Brighton 5 53(% ... to
Dublin and Ca5he1....... ........ . St% .....
Eastern Counties ..................... 25 ...woo 77. to •-•

Ditto Newiiiisie;eil...... N. Rs. Ad.
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent... 11. 13s. 4d.... ...... to
Ditto Ditto (No. 9) ..... ....
Edinburgh and Glasgow ............ 50
Great Western 00000000000000 .......... 75 147 .•.....•• to
Ditto % Shares ..... ..... ..... ...... 50
Hull and Selby
Loudon and Birmingham lOO 216 ..... to
London and Brighton 5O ..... .... 47%% ... to
London and Greenwich
London and South Western
Ditto Eighths... .........
London and York 2.56 5%%..... to
Midland Counties lOO .........105
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 .... ..... 48 ...
North British 5 ..,. 5%% ... to
Northern and Eastern 45
.... ..•• to
Ditto Scrip
South Devon ......... ........
South Eastern and Dover 331 33%% ... to
Yarmouth and Norwich lB _ to
Ditto New 5 ll% to
York and North Midland ..... .... 50 .... ..... 104
Ditto Selby Scrip
Boulogne and Arnie is .. 2
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeal 1 1%% ... to —,
(d'Anthouard's Company)

M A NCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 17.—We have
again had a large business done, and the market con-
tinues active, prices generally being well maintained.
Barnsley Junction, 511 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Ac-
crington, 48l ; Caledonian, 44 ; Churnet Valley, si_ii ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 6ft ; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 354 ; London and York, 51; Manchester and
Leeds, Quarters, 121 12 ; Manchester, Bury, and Ros-
sendale, 61 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 511; Ditto,
Quarters, 5 5k ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1051 ; North
Union, 125 ; South-Eastern, 39 ; Trent Valley, 9.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock ............ — i Indian 5t0ck..„.„.„.,... ....,
3 per Cent. Red —i Ditto Bonds ........ ....... 92 pro.
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cont. Red — :Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent. lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 130 ... 76 pm
New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001. ........ ..... 74 pin
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11...,....„...., 74 pm
Tan 1e450 — Bank Stock for Acct.... 204
Oct. 1859 — Consols for Act...„..... 99%
Jan. 1860 ......
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ IPortuguese, 5 per Cent ..... 84%
Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto...—. ..... ...
Brazilian Bonds .....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per 'Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent. ....
Claim, 6 per Cent lO3 Ditto, Metallic ..... ..... —••••
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 .......... .............
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — IDitto, Deferred ........ .......... 13
Danish, 3 per Cent — ;French, 5 per Cent—. --1. —e.
Greek, 184, 5 per Cent — Exchange ... ......... ...... —f. ...e.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18377 —i Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 62%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .......100%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)... ..... ..... 107
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings 5 paid. 4%
Dublin and Belfast Junction. 2% paid
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (Si 6s 8d paid)
Ditto Perpetual, S per Cent.,lll3s4d. paid,No. 1
Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 %
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid . 66
Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid)
Great North of England, 100 paid
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
London and Blackwall (161. 135.44.) 6*
Lonion and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid)... .. .
London and South Western (411.65. 10d. paid)
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) l7
London and York, 2% paid 5%
Manchester and Lee* (70 paid)
Ditto. Half Shares, 30 paid 53
Manchester and Birmingham
Ditto New Quarters (l paid) 5%
Midland Counties (100 paid) lO7
South Devon, 5 paid gq
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) lO4
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid
Paris and Orleans (20 paid)
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ...................

PuciLism.—On Monday the fight between Smith
(the Cheltenham Youth) and Welsh (of London) came
off a short distance below Gravesend, in the presence of
a great number of persons. These representatives of
the light weights were matched for 20/. aside. A steamer
engaged for this event left London for the locality ap-
pointed for the contest, conveying the combatants and
parties interested, and, having arrived, a ring was
formed, and the men introduced. Smith was attended
by Stocks, and Welsh was seconded by Turner. In
betting, 5 and 6to 4 were laid on Smith. The men hav-
ing prepared, war was commenced, and Smith, with some
dexterity, planted a severe blow on the frontispiece of
his opponent, a compliment which he readily returned.
At the fifth round it was quite apparent Welsh was
superior in science and strength, while his adversary
displayed great courage. Matters went on for forty
minutes, at which time Welsh and his party appeared
certain of success, while Smith and his friends thought
a " battle was ne'er won till it was lost;" and they con-
tinued contending for victory for fifty-nine minutes,
when Welsh was declared the winner. The fight which
was pending between Hayes and Goff, and announced
to come off in the same ring as the above, did not take ,
place.