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London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

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SUGAR.—There has beenCOLONIA
ra
her
more doing in British
Plantation, about 850 hhds having been sold at fully pre-
vious prices. The public sales have consisted ehiefly of
990 bags Bengal and 13,446 bags Manilla. The Bengal
found buyers at about former prices, but being in small
lots, it affords no guide to the market generally. About
two-thirds of the Manilla sold briskly (for export) at 19s
193 6(1 for mid to good mid greyish yellow, washed and
damps 17s 6d to 195, being the extreme value: low soft to
ntid dry brown were taken in at 15s to 16s, and a small
sortion of fine yellow at 22s 6d. The stock of British
20 hhds lant ation in the port of London on the Ist inst., was
587
3,185 tierces, against 23,577 hhds 3,515
tierces at the same time last year. The stock of Mauri-
tius is about the same as last year, but that of Bengal
Plaand East India is much larger. The import of British
ntation this year has been 6',934 hhds 8,945 tierces,
May nearly the same as last year. The import of
us and East India has increased.
(British
COFFEE.I,I2O bags Ceylon, 116 bags 13 casks Rio
Plantation kind) were offered by auction.
to
About 700 bags of the Ceylon were disposed of at 51s
57s 6d for common mixed good ord to fine ord, and
good
fully 2s ood ord at 53s to 545, which prices establish a decline
Oto 33. All the Rio was withdrawn. The
rock of British Plantation in the port of London is 4,044
ftnds 4,255 barrels and bags, against 4,389 hhds 1,854
Darrel
h -8
increase ags at this time last year. The importation
l!
larger
instanltt
itu than at this time la,t year.
----The stock in the port of London on the Ist
Puna 3 9;;as 1,11
puns 3,118 hhds, against 18,400
port ha's rallebhds
thise same time last year. The im-
-81:let,. n off year.
Pinient '1,052 bags Sumatra Pepper, and 153 bags
biac, v, the value ;viz,,
in alto 0 were offered at auction. The Pepper was taken
at 24d to 20 for ord to good
pi_ 1c Sumatra, being held for the latter price. The
to usn,,et:to partly found buyers at 3ild to 4id for ord
..90 qualty, being again a shade dearer.
TALLOW._4I3 3d .y.c• is steady at 41s for old, and
to 41s 6d for new, per cwt, on the spot, and
tow 3d
45s er cwt.
TRA....... L •
Le market is firm, with moderate deliveries.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
20th
BRUSSELS, Om 5.—A. letter from Verviers, of the
of September, published in the Universal German
Gazette, has the following account of the attempted
suicide of the celebrated Polish General, Uminski :
All the inhabitants of the town are afflicted. by the
misfortune which has befallen General Uminski, who is
so well known for the part whieh he acted in the Polish
revolution. The General resided at Spa, at which place
the Commissary of Police caused him to be arrested, and
conducted on foot, and under escort, to the prison at
Verviers, for a trifling debt General Uminski, who is sevent contracted at Brussels. y
years of age, could not
endure to live after this disgrace. He first aempte to
hang himself with his cravat, but was cut down the
by the
keeper ; he then opened a vein in both arms, and though
he has received all possible assistance he is not yet out
of danger. While the old General is on the point of
expiring on a bed of straw
and his son-in-law ,and in prison, his daughter
are living is opulence, and all his
former friends have abandoned him.
The
b sale of the
firme British Queen has not been con-
y the Government, as we said would probably
be the case. The sum of 170,000 franca, for which it
,Was knocked down to M. Vande Leemput, was indeed
below the estimate which was made by order of the
Government to ascertain the intrinsic value of the
ve It is presumed that it will be shortly put up to
eale again.

Mr. Alderman Copeland directed the City Solicitor to
support the Magistrates' orders, which had been appealed
against, in two cases of affiliation.
Just before the closing of the Queen-square police-
court, a labouring-man, named Joseph Cripps, was placed
at the bar, charged with having caused the death of a
child. He was driving a cart slowly in Peter-street;
child who was crossing caught its pinafore in some
baskets standing in the road, and the wheel of the cart
passed over it. As no blame attached to the prisoner he
was discharged.
At Marylebone John Tanzan, a foreigner, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged by Mrs.
Frances Elizabeth Plummer, residing at 46, Berner*
street, Oxford-street. with having stolen from her person
a reticule, containing a silver snuff box, a white cambric
handkerchief, &c. The prisoner snatched the reticule
from her arm and ran off with it, but was pursued and
captured. He was fully committed.
At Lambeth-street, Robert Murray, an able seaman
on board the Westminster, American line-of-packet-ship,
was charged with smuggling 251bs. weight of manufac-
tured Cavendish tobacco. He was convicted in a penalty
of 100 L, and imprisoned in default of payment.
Thomas Hume, a Scetchman, applied to Mr. Broderip,
at the Thames-office, to request his assistance in reco-
vering 71. 125., wages due to him from Charles Freeman,
the American Giant. The Giant had engaged Hume as
his servant in Edinburgh, had taken him to Paisley and
Dundee, and brought him up to London in the Elbe
packet and discharged him, promising to pay him his
wages next day. The applicant's luggage, as well as
that of his master, was detained, as their passage had
not been paid for. He had since frequently seen Free-
man at Tom Spring's, in Holborn, but could get no
money from him. Mr. Broderip directed an inquiry to
be made for the purpose of ascertaining what could be
done.

BELGIAN FUND3.—Bensseis, OCT,i.
Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., -
Loan Loan, Five per Cent.
Loan of Thirty Millions Four per Cent....... 9B 141 """-----.—__ Three per Cent....: —
'''''-----.. Thirty-seven Milli, no, ditto ......- '76%
......._____—____--__—____ (1840) lo3}g
...-___.____ i ft44••••••••«ree 00000 .•••••••••• " lO4
••••"*
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent.••
_ _ . 102
Society of Commerce, For -- •

• Jur and Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent a Half per Cent.
Issue of 1841 . . ..
•••6
•••••• •••••••••••••••••••••
'1
—Brussels Papers. Oct.t
• t itIAN 11vD&CPT. 31.
Five par Cents. Metalliques
Four pzr Cent 5.......,. 110
.............
Three per Cents...
Bank Shares
•••
AUgemeine Zeilung. Oct. •••• ••••••••
.. .
••• ... •••••• 3.

LITERATURE.
4tici, IfARDINGE. 3 vols. Bentley, London, 1844.
1
CO
novelists of
l'his tale is a sequel to one which its author, .
the de of the most indefatigable
reclay-brought out last year. It possesses
oaflldhiais.
zeoulial.qualities—his dramatic power and life h :act-eel: "13 4ceurate and consistent portraiture of civiad-.
nes, of and, above all, his singular force and v
shines
with description, in which he confessedly
so i'ut ail equal. It is not, however, quiteh.
forgerer"le' in point of incident, as many of. . is
Amtoproii:ityries ; and, in places, it exhibits a disposition Which mars the effect of some of its most
sted
e Seenes• The sea-slcetches are all, as might
xPected, clearly pourtrayed • and a battle between
a French and English vessel, is described with much
4of that exact and vigorous which was so
..sPiuous a feature in the "felicity Pilot. In his preface,
hisr Cooper, as usual, tells some stern home-truths to
countrymen, and makes a pungent allusion to the
repudiation system of Pennsylvania, which will be
loore highly relished by Sidney Smith, than those to
Whom it is addressed.

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_
Some ietnarlts have been made on the fact that the
Bank of England have changed their interest on loans
four times vvithin a month, the rates being respectively,
q, 2,2 i and 3 per cent, per annum during the period,
`while they have been discounting bills at 2f per cent.,
per annum. The present rate on loans, which is, ac-
cording to the last notice, 3 per cent., is attributed by
Some to a desire to check the speculation in railway
shares. All these remarks seem to proceed from a mis-
understanding of the to
to which the different
rates refer. Those lower than 3 per cent. have nothing
whatever to do with the loans under the quarterly notice,
but merely refer to advances made for a specific time,
but
a very short one, in anticipation of the divi-
dends, while the loans under the quarterly notice are for
periods that must exceed 10 days. In fact, these ad-
vances at love rates precisely answer to what in discount
houses vrould be termed lending for the " call," except-
ing that here a day for making the "call" is fixed. The
notion that the Bank are endeavouring to check specu-
lation in railways, or in anything else, can scarcely be
correct, now the present charter has entirely deprived
them of their character of managers of the currency, and
left them, as far as the employment of their means is
concerned, only in the condition of private bankers.
Their object is probably no other than to employ their
resources at the best profit, and it appears vain, under the
present sirs the
to ascribe to them ulterior motives.
, LANCASTER AND to
RAILIT-kr.--On Thurs-
naY last the foundation stone of the monster bridge,
which will consist of seven arches of sixty feet span each
and upwards, of one hundred and four feet high, and
intended to cross the river Lowther, at a beautifully ro-
Mantic spot, called Yew's Crao., near Brougham Hall
and the village of Clifton, near
in the presence of
several of the Directors, lir. Stephenson, undertkers,
and workmen, together with a large concourse of re-
spectable people from Penrith and the surrounding die
tticts, who seemed anxious to be spectators of the inte-
resting event. The massive stone having been lowered
to its destination, and Mr. Larmer, the engineer of the
line, having adjusted it with a mallet, the company gave
11iree hearty cheers, which aroused the echoes in Lowther
the
surrounding. Whilst Mr. L. stood on the stone,
~.41e Direct and contractors partook of brandy and
'lne, each wishing success to the undertaking, and the
Hoek
did the seine who were regaled with two or
throe barrels of ale, '
BTostbrowas, SEPT. 19.—The sloop Delight, of
St'rorray Capt. Wm• Robertson, in making for the
114thour oeLochinaddy, on the night of the Bth August,
Wiwi away her foresail, and the w' gust,
blowing a gale
~tothe time, she was obliged to bear away for Collar.
Littl, nen near-the entrance of that harbour, owing to the
',sl'kness of the night and a heavy sea running at the
e she struck upon the rocks of Fludda More, and
eatti a complete wreck. Mr. Macdonald Balronald,
'actor for the island of North ITist, on hearing of the
ts.ituation nf the yesiel, with the most praiseworthy xer-
ihiOn, of hhnsaslf, and about ten boat,' crews of the natives
" that quarter, immediately repaired to the spot, and
Stleceeded in getting the cargo of slate on shore, and also
the whole of the materials of the vessel. Although the
lavhole of the cargo and materials lay on the shore for
hole
days and nights, in the open field, not a single
article was missing.=—lioss-shire Advertiser.
GLOUCESTER 13auTON FAIR.—Saturday last being
tr'4,lQ great annual fair for the sale of Cattle of all descrip-
-I,l°N, was, if anything, more plentifully supplied than it
ithas been fur some years past, but the sale very dull.
-1, he cheese fair was' not so full as on former °em-
r. t
').,s, th© average price for best making being about
,
to 565. per hundred. Onions, of which there
w,,re great samples, Is. 6d. a peck. The number of
Il_ll 'WS and gambling- tables from the highest to the
i_nyrest description, were ont of number ; the latter of
:,,nßlliieh seemed to have had their share of gain from
e weak and unguarded. And, according to a very
•standing custom, this celebrated fair has not lost its
,',lracter by the annual visit of the light-fingered gentry
te;iri'4"9 were in attendance to a very great extent ; and
harvest, though not so abundant as in former
atbut fin as extensive, and would have been more so,
41 "or the vigilance of the police. The statute fair, or
,41)nP' was held on Monday, and never was it more fully
I,l:lcied, frorn ot►the highest situation in agricultural pur-
8, to the cart and plough-boy ; but hiring, on the
bri4:lte, was remarkably flat, and good and tried servants
tned their situations. Several trains arrived from
cis,/ tong°l nd Birmingham, so that the streets of the old
°to tairalted sene.—Clifkoßkam Ecastieer.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
RAY ZefEiRIEZTS. SMITFIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 418 s ;
SUM MA R Y OF NEWS
Useful ditto, 41 lOs to 5/; fine Upland ditto, Si 2s to
Si 58 ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to
1/ los ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. Both
iiii. and Straw moved off freely, at the above quotations.
CUMISERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4110 s;
-Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 513 s to
51 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11
98 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 13s per load.. Supply
but moderate, and trade rather brisk.
WRITECITAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 10s to 418 s;
Useful ditto, 41 lOs to 51; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to
51 63 ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/10s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s
to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load.
A fair average supply, and a steady demand. Prices
fully stationary.

Louis Philippe has issued an ordonnance dated Eu,
Oct. 4, granting a pardon to fifty political prisoners,
mostly belonging to the Republican party.
It appears that there was no truth in the rumour cir-
culated on the Bourse on Saturday, that Messrs. Roths-
child had concluded a contract for the loan of three hun-
dred millions.
The return of the Duke de Glucksberg to Morocco
with the ratification of the treaty concluded with the
Emperor is officially announced. The Prcsse affirms
that his Imperial Majesty was quite willing to pay the
expenses of the war in annuities, which were to cease on
Abd-el-Kader being delivered up, when instructions
from Paris arrived, which marred the profitable negoti-
ations, and left France to pay the expenses of the war.
The journals have accounts from Naples of the 27th
ult., when the two nephews of General Pepe, and other
persons arrested in May last, has just been restored to
liberty.
The Journal du Huvre of Saturday mentions the death
of Mr. Gordon, the British Consul at that place.
The Prince de Join ville having expressed a wish that
the squadron of operation against Morocco should be
represented in the escort which is to accompany the
King to England, the Minister of Marine gave orders to
the Pluton steamer to join the flotilla at Treport, and
Captain Bouet left Paris on Saturday morning for Eu, to
take the command of that vessel.
The Indicator of Bordeaux, of the 4th, gives the fol•
lowing account of the state of the vintage :—" The vin-
tage is going on favourably in this quarter. The weather
is good and the grapes are well ripened. In the
country between the Garonne and Dordogne, called
Entre. les deux Mers, the weather has been very warm,
followed, it is true, by some storms, but the rain not
having been continuous, the grapes have preserved their
succulency, and their quality is excellent."
Letters from Rene. state that the Pope will shortly
repair to Castel Gandolfo. The Archbishop of Cologne,
Baron V. Droste Bischering, intends to remain in the
Holy City some time, having taken a private residence.
The Bishop of Passau has also arrived at Rome.
MAW AND POLICE.
In the Insolvent Court the case of John W. Turner, a
market-gardener, was adjourned for the production of
an account-book, with an intimation on the part of Mr.
Commissioner Pollock that he would pass judgment on
the insolvent for a vexatious defence.
A bench of magistrates assembled yesterday at the
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the purpose of
taking the rentals of the several parishes in the county
of Middlesex.
Joseph Charles Paton, a clicker, in the employ of Mr.
Sharman, a bootmaker in Gracechurch-street, was re-
manded from the Mansion-house, charged with obtaining
goods under false pretences in the name of his master.
It was intimated
,that, a charge of bigamy would also be
made againstisisat:
. George Murphy, a matt about 50 years of ago, who
hart been employed for many years as porter, by Messrs.
Perrott and Watts, calenderers, Tenter-street, Moor-
fields, was brought before Mr. Alderman Copeland at
Guildhall, charged with robbing his employers. He was
committed for trial.