The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

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Thorwaldsen, the sculpton, again left Rome on the
Ist inst., for Copenhagen, to superintend the works at
the Museum which bears his name. He is expected
to return finally to Rome in April next.
. A new Minister, entitled Del Fromento, under
whoiedirection all branches of agriculture, commerce,
and manufactures will fall, is about to be appointed
by the Spanish Government.
An explosion of fire-damp took place in the mine of
St. Charles, Etienne, by wnich nearly 60 workmen
are placed in jeopardy ; 18 have been got oat, of
whom 12 are dead, and the remainder will be incar-
cerated till the rubbish is cleared away.
The frigate Belle Poule, commanded by the Prince
de Joinville, and the corvette Coquette, and steamer
Asmodee, sailed from Brest on the I6th inst.

General Jacqueminot, it is said, will be appointed
aide-decamp to Louis Philippe, left vacant by the
death of Count Laborde.

On the 10th instant a steamer, from Lubzin to
Stettin, with about thirty workmen of the railroad on
board, went down, and nearly all were drowned.
The ten new French steam-packets, destined to
complete the service of the Levant, are to commence
running in spring.
A beet-root sugar manufactory was consumed by
fire at Vienna on the Bth instant. A similar calamity
occurred a few days since at Brunn, in Moravia.
The Frankfort Journal of the 15th announces the
Emperor of Russia's arrival in that capital on the
night of the 14th instant. The Prussian State Gazette
of the 16th, however, contains no announcement on
the subject.
The Augsburgh Gazette of the 18th instant an-
nounces that the inauguration of the railroad from
Frankfort-on-the-Oder would take place in a few
days. It was expected that the King would assist at
it, or at least the Princes and Ministers.
MONEY-TRADM-COIVIMERCE.

At Bolton and Holmfirth, during the past week,
trade has been better,, and at Rochdale the demand
brisk. At Leicester, Leeds, and Bradford the markets
have been stationary.' At Manchester trade is still
unpromising.
The meeting of the Directors of the North Mid.
land Railway was held on Tuesday and Wednesday
last at Derby. Reductions in the expenditure, to the
amount of 17,7881., had already been proposed, but on
further revision the reduction of several thousand
pounds beyond this sum will, it is said, be recom-
mended. The Committee were to meet again last
Friday upon this and 'other matters.
The Brussels railroad, from Courtray to Tourney,
will be opened on the 23d of October. The section
of Turcoing will be inaugurated on the 15th, by the
King.
The manufacture of watches in 1796, amounted in
number to 191,678, but last year's returns show it to
have fallen to 100,600. Switzerland has chiefly gained
in this respect what England has lost ; so that now,
every year, the quantity of foreign watches sold in
London, and in the principal towns of the three king-
doms, is more than ten-fold the amount of those manu-
factured in England.

LAW AND POLICE,
The Southwark Quarter Sessions were commenced
and concluded at the Town-hall, Southwark, at nine
o'clock, on Friday, there being no case before the Court.
Thomas Henry, who has been arrested at Liver-
pool on the charge of setting fire to his own house,
was re-examined on Saturday, and again remanded
till next Wednesday.
A young man, calling himself Thomas Rule, but
whose real name is Davies, has been apprehended at
Liverpool on the charge of having tricked a stranger,
assisted by a confederate who has es2aped, of upwards
of 601. The prisoner was committed for trial, but
allowed bail.

LITERARY aND sczEN-Txrac.
The usual scenic representation at Westminster
School will not be discontinued, as was reported, in
consequence of the death of Dr. Ireland.

COURT-F. ASIZION4II3LE
His Serene Highness, the Hereditary Prince of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured Covent Garden
Theatre with his presence on Saturday night last.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford leave Oakley
House to-day for Newmarket.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn are
expected to arrive at Dudley House, Park-lane, in
the course of the present vk eek, from Loch Luggan.
The Marquis of Hastings arrived at Donnington
Park, Leicestershire, on Monday last, from Scotland.
The Earl and Coimtess of Brownlo v left Bolton
House, Lincolnshire, yesterday, for Belgrave-square.
The Earl of Jersey and Vis Count Villiers left
Middleton Park on Saturday last for Newmarket.
The Earl and Countess of Carlisle left Chatsworth
on Saturday last for Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
The Earl of Ripon, with Viscount Goodrich has
been visiting Mrs. Laurence at Studley Park, near
Ripon, during the past week.
The Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss John-
son leave town in a few days on a tour of visits.

Viscount and Viscountess Howick have arrived
at Minto Castle, near Hawick, on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Minto, from Earl Grey's seat,
Northumberland.

Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to leave
their cottage in Devonshire, next week, for Belgrave-

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?Lord and Lady Stanley are at Knowsley Park, 01
a visit to the Earl of Derby.

The Dowager Lady Noel Byron, relict of the poet
has taken a villa near Esher, called Moore Place.

:VIISCELL.A.NEOUS.
The first house ever numbered in London was.the
one abutting east of Northumberland House, Strand.
The interior of Marlborough House is being re-
imbellished, previous to the Queen Dowager's return
from Canford House, Dorsetshire, which will be in
the spring.

At Worcester, last week, an Episcopal floating-
chapel, set apart for the accommodation of the men
employed on the River Severn, and the Worcester
and Birmingham Canal, was opened, and readily filled.
On the Bridgewater Canal, the Mersey and Irwell,
the Trent and Mersey, the Oxford, the river Weaver,
and a few others, equal pains have been successfully
taken for the religious instruction of the watermen.
The late Lord Advocate of Scotland was the son of
Mr. David Rae, an eminent advocate of the Scottish:
bar, created a Baronet in 1804, on his retirement from
the Bench, on which he sat as Lord Justice Clerk.
Sir William, at the time of his death, was upwards of
70 years of age ; he was called to the bar in 1791,
and practised 28 years, before he obtained the dignity
of •:,Lord Advocate. He sat in seven Parliaments,
having been elected at different periods for Craill and
Pittenweem, Harwich, Buteshire, and Portarlington.
The Carlist officers generally are beginning to give
up all hope of the ultimate triumph of Don Carlos or
his principles. Many have emigrated to Monte Video,
and others have taken service under the Mexican flag.
St. George's Chapel Royal, Windsor, was re-opened
for divine service on:Sunday-, the repairs in the large
west window, and that in the choir of stained glass,
being completed. The window exhibits the armorial
bearings of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
the King of Prussia, the King of Saxony, the Duke
of Sutherland, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of
Buckingham, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of
Westminster, and the Maratis of Salisbury.
The -restoration and regts of the Temple church
are no w almost completed, 'and the opening is an-
nounced for Sunday, the 6th of November.

The following distinguished fashionables haVe
visited the Haymarket theatre during the week, to
witness the popular entertainments of this- favourite
place of amusement :—Prince Esterhazy and suite,
Duke of Brunswick, Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Ches-
terfield, Lord Churchill, Lord Montford, Lord Wil-
liam Beresford, Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, Sir H.
and Lady Wheatley, Alderman Sir M. Wood, Bart. ;
Sir Pocock, Bart, &c. Airs. Honey appears on
Monday nest; and, we believe, on the Monday fol-
lowing, that._ talented actress, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, will
make her first curtsey since her return from Ame-
rica. Granafather Whitehead increases nightly in
attraction.

CANFORD HALL, DORSET.—Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, through Earl Howe, has declined a
public address from the inhabitants of Poole, his Lord-
ship stating that her Majesty's health required repose
and tranquillity. The mansion is delightfully situated,
being surrounded by a chase or forest, and is built on
the site of an ancient nunnery.
Sir Harvey Bruce has addressed the electors of
Coleraine.

We regret to have to communicate. the death of Sir
John Cowan, Bart., Alderman of Bread-street Ward,
to which he was elected in 1831. Sir John obtained
his Baronetcy on the accession of her Majesty.
DEATH of GRACE DARlaNG.—Grace Darling, the
heroine of the Longstone Lighthouse, we lament to
say, died on Thursday last, at Bamburgh, at the early
age of twenty-five. Her memory will long survive in
the hearts of her countrymen.—Gateshead Observer.
ADMIRAL NUGENT.—The answer to inquiries yes-
terday morning at Charing-cross Hospital was, that
Admiral Nugent, up to that time, had been going
on favourably.
CHATSWORTIL—The Duke arid Duchess of Suther-
land and Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower have arrived
on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, from Dunrobin
Castle Lord Morpeth, after a visit of a week to his
noble relatives, left for the Earl of Carlisle's mansion
in Belgrave-place, on Wednesday.
The latest musical novelty is a set of " Stabat
Mater" Quadrilles ! The agony of the Virgin
Mother at the crucifixion made the theme of music
for a ball-room!

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

The En-slish Stock Market continued up to the
close to be rather in favour of the buyer, the differ-
ence however, as compared with Saturday being
barely par cent. since, for to-morrow the transfers
were at 93a to 934, and for time at 934 buyers.
After so material an advance in prices recently it
could not but be expected that some party should
come forward, being tempted to sell. Exchequer
Bills at 24 were 58 premium; New Three-and-a-
Half ;per Cents. ranged from 1014 to 1018 ; and the
Three per Cent. Annuities brought 924 to 93.
In the Foreign Mar, et there was more activity to -
day, and prices were subject to greater fluctuation
than on ony single day for some time past. Portu-
guese Stock declined, the New Five per Cents. to
381, and the Converted to 321, the Three per Cents.
however, not being lower than 231. The speculation
so far has for the present received a check, and
whether it will be continued for the rise or the fall
remains to be seen. The Spanish Five per Cents.,
owing to the accounts from Madrid being considered
more favourable, improved to 168 and the Three per
• Cents. to 211. Colombian was quiet at 208, and
Mexican at 321. French Three per Cents. brought
80 25, and the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents.
improved to 52-g- and 52*. At Amsterdam on Friday
the market was brisk, and prices were buoyant.
The Railway Shares appeared to be more saleable,
and the principal lines were taken at about 134 dis.
for Brighton, at 18 premium for Great Western, and
at 16i premium for South Western.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
Advices have come to hand this morning to the
6th August from the Cape of Good Hope, by which
we have fuller details of the engagements at Natal,
and there are also aciJices of the arrangements effected
for establishing the British dominion in that quarter.
All the Boers had been pardoned with the
exception of Pruisla, Burger, and the two Bredas ;
even Pretorious though at first proscribed, having
subsequently on account of his kind treatment of the
prisoners, and his efforts to effect a cessation of hos-
tilities, been included in the amnesty proclaimed by
Colonel Cloete. The furthers were to remain in pos-
session of their property and lands, except such
as is , found necessary for the troops, until her
Majesty's pleasure is known, and are to be pro-
tected against the Zoolas, the latter, however, also
being secured in their territory. Great com-
plaints are made by the few English loyalists at
Natal, of the neglect they have experienced
from the Government, for although their property
was ordered to be restored, they were ccompelled
to fetch it themselves from the distant camp cif the
Dutch farmers, and received it back in so damaged
a condition as to render it of scarcely half the original
value. The cattle, too, seized upon by the Boers
could not be recovered, nor that taken by our
troops. One Englishman, who rendered most im-
portant services to Captain Smith, for which the
Dutch plundered and imprisoned him, having been
actually told by Colonel Cloete that he might think
himself well off. Captain Smith remained at Natal
with 350 men, and in testimony of his gallant defence
the inhabitants of Cape Town were subscribing to
present him with a sword.
The Caffre tribes in the neighbourhood of Natal
were very strong, mustering 5,000 men, and even
these were dissatisfied, in consequence of having to
release cattle, taken from the Boers by command of
Col. Cloete. It is said, but this appears doubtful, that
the Boers had already sent out commandoes under the
authority of the Colonel, and had slain several of the
natives.

From the Graham's Town frontier, we learn that
a good deal of di3order prevailed. The Caffre tribes
were suffering dreadfully, from the drought, and the
frontier colonists were harassed ki thieves and rob-
bers. The Lieutenant-Governor, was about to take
measures to exterminate a notorious band of plun-
dererS ; and, if necessary, to push back the whole
tribe of Zoolas, which, from its restless character, had
become very obnoxious to the neighbouring Caffres.
The latest accounts received out from England, were
to the 15th May.
The accounts from Liverpool received this morn-
ing notice more activity in the Cotton market, the
sales having been 6,000 bales. Of this quantity
2,500 bales were Surat of inferior quality, and sold a
shade higher.
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In the Share Market London and Brighton had,
been in more request at 364 ; but not much was done
in the other Railways. Eastern Counties were at
91., and Edinburgh and Glasgow at 46k.
The Funds have been steady to-day. Consols for
immediate transfer have realised 92* to 93, and for
the Account, 93,i- to 934 ; Exchequer Bills have ob-
tained 565. to 58s. premium; India Bonds are at 465.
to 48s. premium; the New Three-and•a-Half per
Cents. have been at 1011; and the Reduced at 1004.
The Three per Cent. Annuities are 928 to 93.
In Foreign Bonds there has been 4o material
change. Spanish Actives are 16+, the Three per
Cents., 21+; Mexican, 32+; Portuguese, New,' 38fr ;
Ditto Converted, 32i ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 52+ to
The accounts from the Continent are not such as
are calculated to influence prices.
Railway Shares are quiet. Brighton realise 134 ;
Eastern Counties, 144 ; and South Eastern and Dover,
27* discount. Great Western are 178, and South
Western, 168 premium. British North American
Bank Shares are at 6 discount, and Union Bank of
London at par.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 22.—We
have had more business to-day at generally lower
rates. Manchester and Leeds, 65k; Ditto Half
Shares, 274 ; Ditto Quarter, 3/. 15s. 6d.; Dublin
and Drogheda, 161; Manchester and Birmingham,
19i; North Midland, Half Shares, 291 291.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock

India Stock ....... pm

3 per Cent. Red. •.. .. 92i Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. C0n5......... 934 Ditto Old Annuities
3i per Cent. Red... 10q, Ditto New Annuities —
New .311- per Cent... ...... 101 i Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2d 5B pm
New 5 per Ceti' — Ditto 500/... .. . 58 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... —pm
Jan. 1860 ......... 12 5-16 Bank Stock for Acct.