The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1842.

Crushed Sugar at 25s 6d to 25s 9d for first sort. Loaves,
10 lbs at 31s to 21s 6d, and 14 lbs 30s 6d. Treacle at
lOs 6d to I Is. Bastards at Iss to 18s, and Pieces at 18s
6d to 25s per cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar 24s per cwt,
on board in Holland.
To-day the grocers purchased freely of refined goods,
paying 78s to 78s 6d for standard lumps, and brown
grocery cannot be had under 765. Of Treacle large
parcels were taken at 23s 9d to 30s according to quality.
Other articles are unchanged.
MAURITIUS.-Previous rates have been fully sustained
for all descriptions, and the trade have been free pur-
chasers; 4338 bags at auction went off briskly: fine yel-
low at 65s to 65s 6d, good 64s to 64s 6d, mid 60s to 635,
low 59s to 59s 6d, fine brown 58s to 58s 6d, good 57s to
57s 6d, good mid 56s 6d, low 49s 6d to 52s Gd, common
to fine grey 59s to 64s 6d per cwt: privately some parcels
have been sold ; fine yellow at 66s to 67s 6d per cwt.
EAST Imam-There has been an extensive demand
for white Bengal Sugar, and the advanced rates of
Friday last have been fully sustained. Manilla is wanted,
but holders supply the market sparingly, and prices
have an upward tendency. Java 16s 6d to 20s paid for
common to fine grey, and 15s to 18s for brown and
yellow. Siam 20s to 23s paid for common to good
white. Batavia, low brown at 12s 6d to 13s 6d, and
washed at 12s per cwt.
This afternoon Bengal met with free purchasers, and
Is3o bags at public sale were sold at full rates ; good
white at 70s, mid 67s to 67s Gd, ord 66s to 66s 6d, good
yellow 64s to 655, mid 61s 6d to 62s ; and low 59s to
60s per cwt.
FOREIGN,-The market has a firm appearance for all
kinds under this denomination ; importers have re-
frained from offering at any auction this week, and
buyers have been desirous to do business. Previous
rates have been fully sustained for Brazil Sugar, and a
good demand has prevailed for all descriptions. White
Havannah has been much sought after, and a further
advance of 6d to Is per cwt offered ; yellow Havannah
at fully former prices ; Porto Rico at 17s.
This afternoon there was no public sale, but 800 boxes
white Havannah are declared for Tuesday, and 2,210
boxes yellow and brown for Wednesday ; several in-
quiries existed privately both for Brazil and Havannah,
but few parcels are yet to be met with.
MOLASSES.-Although the arrivals of West India have
been large since this day week, still holders have mani-
fested firmness. Antigua fine at 31s, St. Kitt's fine
27s Gd, Nevis common 25s 6d to 26s per cwt. Foreign
Molasses at 7s to 7s 6d per cwt. This afternoon several
parcels of West India were sold-fine Antigua ut 31s,
and for St. Kitt's 27s per cwt.
CocoA.-Importers of British Plantation have dis-
played more firmness this week, and have refrained from
offerincr any at auction ; privately some inquiry has
prevailed, and sales of Trinidad have been made at 33s
to 35s Gd for common and middling red, 36s to 37s for
good, and 37s 6d to 40s for fine ; of the latter little is to
be met with. Foreign is wanted, but the supply is
scanty. Guayaquil is held for 36s to 375, and Para 33s
6d to 35s per owt.
TEA.-The market has exhibited a firm appearance
for ail kinds of Tea since Friday last ; there has been no
public sale, and a good business has been transacted in
black kinds, both for town and country consumption,
and in green several purchases have been made ; the
prices paid have been fully equal to those of Friday, and
nearly all the parcels offered have been cleared off at the
following rates : Congou, sound common, at is Bi-d to
to Is 84d cash, good common is 9d to Is 9id, but mid-
dling and middling blackish leaf is 9i-d to Is lOid, good
blackish leaf Is lOid to Is slid, strong 2s to 2s Id, fine
and 'Pekoe flavor 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; Twankay, common
Is 8,441 to is 9d, good is 9id to is 10-.}, and fine is lld to
2s ; Hyson, common 2s Id to 2s 4d, but middling to
middling 2s 5d to 2s 9d, good 2s 10d to 3s 2d, and fine
3s:3d to 4s; Pouchong ls 5d to 2s per lb. Company'sCongou
is, however, nominal at is 9d, cash. The deliveries of
Tea are large, and last week amounted to 425,0001b5.
Prices for fine Congou are on a par with those of last
year, but rather lower for common.
To-day there was little business transacted in the
market, but prices were firm, and sound ordinary
Congou, cash, was not to be purchased under is 81d per
lb. For auction, on Tuesday, 24,000 packages are de-
clared, 7,600 of which consists of Pouchong.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The dullness in the
Rum Market has increased this week-ls 10d to is 101 d
have been accepted for proof Leewards, 3s 3d for Ja-
maica 28 par cent overproof of good quality; East India
dull of sale at 2s 6d to is 4-d without, and is 5d to is 8d
with certificate. Of Cuba, 10 casks were taken in at pub-
lic sale at is 2d for 30s to 37s per cent overp of gd colour.
Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s 3d,
puns 5s Id ; 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1839, hhds
4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; 1840, hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d ;
1641, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva is 9d
to is 10d accepted for shipping sort. British CurS pi -
rits at 9s 8d per gallon.
SAGO.-This afternoon 276 boxes Pearl Sago, and
1,919 bags Sago Flour were offered at auction ; the
former sold 12s 6d to 14s fur common and mid ; and the
latter at 12s 6d per cwt. . _ .

COFFEE.—The arrivals of Coffee admissible for home
consumption having been large since our last repor,
have caused buyers of British Plantation to operate with
much caution, and the market has presented a dull ap-
pearance fur all descriptions, but importers have been
less disposed to realixe, and having refrained from offer-
ing any at auction, prices have been sustained ; an im-
provement in business is, however, expected to take place
shortly, as stocks in the hands of the trade are getting
into a small compass.
This afternoon the home consumption Coffee m arkt
presented a quiet appearance, but Foreign was sought
after by the shippers. The public sales consisted of
214 hhds 8 tres 103 bags Cuba, 242 bags Havannalt,
1,458 bags Ceylon, 5 tierces 8 barrels Jamaica, 366
bags East India, and 403 bags Rio : owing to the
high rates required for Cuba, the :whole was taken in,
viz.:—mid colory at 65s to 67s ; good mid 72s to 755.,
tine mid 76s to 78s, fine ord 38s to 445, ord 33s ; Ha-
vannah was all bought in above the value—fine ord at
455, good ord 35s 6d to 42s per cwt ; Ceylon was nearly
all disposed of, but at a further reduction of 6d
to is per cwt, good ordinary selling at 67s to 68s,
fine ord 69s to 70s, fine fine ord 88s to 88s 6d, middling
Jamaica kind 99s to 99s 6d per cwt. ; Jamaica sold 70s
to 75s for good and fine ord, being rather lower East In-
dia of sound quality was taken in at 27s for good ord
brown ; Sumatra damaged sold at 25s to 25s 6d ; Rio
went at a further advance, ord at 32s to 335, and good
ord 34s per cwt.
SPICES.—This afternoon the public sales consisted of
30 boxes Cassia Lignea, 485 bags Malabar, 1,240 bags
Eastern Pepper. Cassia Lignea sold at full rates, good
thin quil at 95s 6d, inid 89s 6d, good ord 83s 6d, and
mouldy 82s 6d per cwt. Eastern Pepper all sold ai full
rates, common at 21d to 20, but Malabar was taken in
at -lid per lb for shot.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal was in Ilim-
ited request only, and 167 bags at public sale were sold
at a decline of Id for silvers, but at former rates for
blacks, Honduras good to fine bold black went at 5s 5(1
to 6s d, low 4s 4d to 4s 5d ; Mexican, low to mid silvers
8s 7d to 4s, mid to fine blacks 4s 4d to 5s 3p per lb.
RlCE.—This afternoon Bengal Rice was in extensive
demand, and the large quantity of 7,834 bags 2.299
pockets at public sale was all disposed of at an advance
on former rates of 3d per ewt ; good mid to good clean
white went at 12s to 13s, mid lls 6d to 12s, yellow 9s
6d to lOs per cwt; tha chief part was taken by speculators.
OILS.—For all descriptions of common Fish Oils for
home use, buyers have been compelled to pay an advance
on farmer rates of lOs to 15s per tun. Pule Seal
41 lOs to 42/, yellow and straw colour 35/ 5s
to 401, brown 341 5s to 351 ; Cod 331 lOs
to 341 ; Southern, fine, 39/ to 41, good 36/ lOs to
38/ 10s. common and mid 341 to 36/ per tun. Sperm
tine British at 821 to 831 per tun. Linseed Oil 33s 6d for
large parcels on the spot, delivery 33s 3d to 32s 9d per cvv t.
Rape Oil is at 44s for pale, and 43s for brown. Olive
Oil—Gallipoli at 56/ lOs to 57/, Spanish 521 lOs to
33/10s, and Barbary 501 lOs to 51/ lOs per tun. Palm
at 29s 6d to 31s 6d for common to fine quality. Cocoa Nut
Oil at 38s 6d to 39s for fine ; and 37s to 38s 3d for mid
and common quality.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian are firm, and have ob-
tained prices rather above those of this day week for
new, and full rates for old Tallow ; the demand on the
spot has, been excellent, both for town and country con-
sumption : new P. Y. Candle has been disposed of in
large parcels at 48s to 48s 3d, and old at 47s 6d to 47s 9d
per cwt. For delivery large purchases have been made
at 48s for the last three months, and at 48s 3d to 4iis Gd
per cwt for Spring. South American at former rates.
Town Tallow at 47s 6d per cwt nett cash.
This afternoon there was a good business done in P.Y.
Candle ; we quote old on the spot 47s 9d, new 48s 3d,
and for delivery 48s 3d to 48s 6d per cwt. Of South
American, 346 casks, &c. were sold at public sale, good
to fine at 44a 9d to 46s 6d, low to mid 41s 6d to 445 3d,
grease 36s 6d to 40s per cwt.

AFFGHANISTAN.
(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
We have been favoured with the following extremely
affecting and graphic letter, written by a oung
officer of Engineers in the East India Company's ser-
vice, communicating some particulars of deep interest,
and some details of great novelty. It was addressed
to his family in this country, ad is dated—
Candahar, June 11, 1842.

You had accounts of the Caubul news before any-
thing was known of it by most of the people at Canda-
har, or an account of the roads being closed by both the
enemy and the snow ; so far it was with the greatest dif-
ficulty we at Khelat-i-Ghilzie could keep up our
communication with this place. The political officer
was obliged to write on a slip of paper about an inch
square, and either conceal it in wax, or more gene-
rally in a hole made in a walking-stick, and some-
times in a small hair-comb; but even with these pre-
cautions, our Dowks were frequently cut off so you
may well imagine the difficulties we had in procuring
any information from Caubul or Ghuznee. We had
rumours of the fall of the latter place, but it was not
till lately that we received any authenticated account.
I must tell you that every person was unprepared
for the insurrection ; and it entirely originated at
Caubul : the chiefs in our part of the country knew
nothing of it ; so, till the commencement of the out-
break, the works at Khelat had never been stopped,
and as long as the weather permitted we had some
800 or 900 people at work. The plan proposed at
first was as follows :—A wall twenty feet hight to be
built all round the crest of the hill, and in rear of it
about
tth
lineir f d
t feet,e
fe thenee
When v
buildingsNe
to
commenced
erected
second
—or rather, in July last, when our part of the coun-
ry was all quiet—no person ever dreamt of the dis-
trict being disturbed during the winter ; so the build-
ings occupied my chief attention ; still, so long as I
had workpeople available, I continued building at the
outer wall; and, fortunate it was, as when .the work
was stopped, we were in a more defensible scat, than

what could be expected, when you take into conside-
ration the short time I had been at work. In a smal,
sketoh which I send, I have marked out the line o:
buildings—these formed our defence on two sides:
the side near the stables had a wall eight or nin(
feet high. The extreme point was scarped, and made
into a regular full wall ; and the other side, from the
officers quarters round to rere—the gate partly palli-
saded and scarped. A good deal of this work, though,
was done after Colonel M`Laren's brigade returned to
Candahar. Fortunately fol. us, our garrison had been
reinforced by 250 Sepoys and 42 European artillery-
men, making a total of 1,000 fighting men. Th(
Europeans were a great catch; they were left it
place of some Sikhs artillerymen, who would, no
doubt, have deserted; fifteen went over in a body from
this. We had four 6-pounders and two 18-pounders.
with an abundant supply of ammunition, and a fin(
spring on the hill which could not be cut off. With
garrison, you will not be surprised when I say w(
were determined to make no surrender, no matter holA
affairs turned out. During the commencement of tin
winter our defences were not very strong, but with-
out parapets to the buileings, and the works uncon-
nected ; still we formed a bold face on it; and when
the enemy came round us in December, we denied,
them, as they could do nothing, and the cold weather
having set in, they broke up their camp about the 18th
of December, and left us to ourselves for the winter.'
This we have reason to be thankful for, as, had they
attacked us during the cold nights, it might ha.v(
gone hard with us. January was our coldest month.
we had the thermometer at sunrise 8 deg. below Zero,
but the high wind that blows continually at Khelat
tried the Sepoys cruelly we were very healthy
during the whole time, but it was not till the sth
March we could recommence strengthening the place
—this was absolutely necessary then, as the enemy
were collecting, and we made sure that a large force
would march down now that Caubul and Ghuznee had
fallen ; so to work we went, and by the time the enemy
collected we were all prepared, parapets built, batte-
ries constructed, and a ditch and scarp dug round the
point. In April the enemy pitched their tents, and
formed their camp within two miles of the fort, and
on the 11th of May our foraging party was attacked
under the fort, and we took eleven followers. From
that till the 21st we were closely invested ; the enemy
constructed small matchlock batteries within from two
to four hundred yards of the fort, and kept up a con-
stant fire, which did us no harm. The weather now
was all in our favour ; every man was, therefore,
ready at a moment's notice. We got information that
the enemy were preparing for the assault ; and when
the rush was made, the enemy received a warm recep-
tion. No men could have behaved braver. The assault
was made at three different points—first, in rear and
between the barracks ; second, in rere of the stores ;
and third, at the extreme point ; and it was at the
latter that the most determined onset was made; but
they found their match. Three times their standard
was planted at the muzzle of the gun and blown
away, and one man was dragged in, and killed on the
gun. This was my station, and you may imagine it was
rather hot work. The rifle you sent out did some
execution. The attack was made at a little after
three o'clock, a.m., just -as the moon went down, and
continued till day-break, when the fellows ran on
all sides, leaving 104 dead. Our loss consisted of only
one follower killed, and six wounded. Not an officer
touched, with the exception of a few bruises from
stones. The enemy broke up instanter, and by the
afternoon not a man was to be seen, while the day
before we had some 6,000 round us. Altogether the
affair happened most fortunately for us, and was a
goed end to all our trouble and watching during the
winter. It was -very satisfactory having disposed of
the enemy before the brigade arrived, which was then
on the way out to relieve us, and which arrived on
the 25th. General Nott had received positive orders to
relieve us, and destroy all the works at Khelat. As soon
as the brigade arrived we joined their camp, and com-
menced the destruction of the fort ; this did not take
long, and what cost so many months' trouble and
above a lack of rupees, was in five days a heap of
ruins. IVe returned with the brigade, greatly to the
disappointment of all, as we were in hopes that a for-
ward meve would have taken place. But, no ; our
poor prisoners are still at Ghuznee, and whether any
attempt will be made to relieve them, has still to be
proved. It is the general opinion that we retire from
the country in a couple of months. The Cabool busi-
ness has swept away many a fine fellow. It is a cala-
mity dreadful to think of, and if the Government of
India retire without striking a blow, it certainly will
be a disgrace to their names. In every encounter here
we have been most successful, nar will the enemy
stand for a moment ; and, were we well supplied with
cavalry, not a man would show his face : but we are
very badly off in this arm of the service, and the enemy
know it. We have no European dragoons, and the native
cavalry are rather looked down upon by the Affghans;
but they will find their mistake, and if their infantry
make a stand the slaughter will be dreadful. General
Nott has now a fine force under him—between
11,000 and 12,000 men, with artillery in pro-
portion. General Pollock is at Jellalabad with 14,000
men, waiting for orders to move into Cabool. At
the capital tie chiefs are fighting among themselves,
I so I dare say there would not be the least opposition.
I forgot to tell you that about forty ladders were,taken
by us—fourteen were round the point. We also took
six standards. We have yet, to learn what Govern-
ment think of the affair. We were getting short of
flour, but had plenty of wheat in store ; so it was
rather fortunate that I succeeded in making up a
hand-mill, after a plan I got out of Nicholson 's Me-
chanies,l and we should have been able to carry on,
had General Nott been prevented from relieving us."

COURSE OF EXCH4
Amsterdam CF. 12 9
Ditto, at sight ......... 12 6
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9i
Antwerp l2 7i
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles ........ . 25 90
13ourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine... 151 i
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 36i
Berlin... .........
Vienna, effae. 11. 3 M 959
Trieste, ditto lO
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
Seville

4NGE.—(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar, 46
Leghorn .
Genoa S6 5
Milan •
Venice . . 47
Naples 4O
Palermo, per oz 1194
Lisbon
Oporto 534
Rio Janeiro 234
Bahia
Buenos Ayres 234
New York, 21days sight 41:1
Philadelphia 46
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07.
Foreign Gold, Lars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars... 0 4 11i

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of England, from the 18th day of June, to the 10th day
of September, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to
the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.

LIABILITIES. ASSETS.
Circulation £19,714,000 Securities ...£23,159,000
Deposits 9,833.000 Bullion ... 0,177,000

XP.q,547,000
Downing-street, Sept. 15,

£32,836,000

COAL MARKS

Ships arrived since
d.
Aaair's
15 6
Buddle's West Hartley l.i 0
Hastings Hartley ......... 15 0
New Tantield
Old Tanfield l3 6
Sidney's Hartley .......... 15 0
Taylor's Hartley
West Vs
Wylam
Walls End Acorn Close
Walls End Brown's
Walls End Clennell l5 6
Walls End Elm Park... l7 6
Walls End Coundon ls 9
Walls End Hedley- ls 6
Walls End Killingworth
Walls End Perkins l7 6
W. E. Braddyll'sHetton
Walls End Haswell. ...... 11.1 9

DAY.)
last market.day, 6.
s. d.
WallsiEnd Hetton 2O 0
Walls End Lambton
Walls End Morrison
Watts End Pemberton
Walls End Russell's Hetton 19 9
Walls End letcwar t's
Walls End Whitwell lB 0
Walls End Burdon l7 6
Walls End Caradoc 9.0 0
Walls End Hartlepool ll9 9
Walls End Bowburn l7 6
Walls En i Clarence Helton 16 0
Walls End South Durham 13 0
Walls End Tees Hetton 15 6
Walls d'l mt.
Walls End West Hetton 18 0
Walls End West Tees l7 0
Clackmannan l2 6

We have received the Moniteur Algerien of the
sth inst. The following is an extract :—" On the
30th ult. the whole of the tribe of Isser made its
submission. All the chiefs are come to Algiers,
with the Hurses of Gada, to receive investiture. This
is a desirable event for us, and for the tribes of Beni
Moussa and Krachnal to the East of the Metidja,
who had previously come in. These three tribes
united will be able to defeat any attempts that
may be made by the Ben Salems, and will be
further strengthened by the submissions that
will be obtained by the column about to be
marched to the East. Our markets already begin
to feel the beneficial effects of the lasers joining our
banner, from the quantities of oil and other produce
which this rich and industrious tribe is bringing into
them. The column that moved from Medeah upon
the Government of Ben Salem has induced the sub-
mission ofthe whole of the powerful tribe of Beni
Sli-
man, of which we had already gained several frac-
tions. Its Aga, .11lahi Eldine, who was appointed
by Abd-el-Kader, came in person with 600 horse of
the Beni Slimans, and swore obedience to the King
of the French. He has sent his children as hostages
to Medeah, whither he has engaged to send all
the grain in forty-two silos belonging to Ahd-el-
Kader, and will, without delay, come to Algiers with
his Kalds to receive investiture. Thus we are al-
most every day gaining a firmer footing upon Ben
Salem, whose chief, with 150 horse and a few foot,
fled to the desert on the approach of our troops. The
Beni Slimans declare that, united as they now are,
they have nothing
to fear from the vengeance of the
Kalifa."
After service at the Madeleine on Sunday, a police
agent found a gold watch under the portico in entering.
Close to him, at the same time, he perceived a stranger
searching his pockets with an air of great uneasiness.
" What are you looking for ?" demanded the officer.
"111 Y watch that I have lost," replied the stranger ; "it
was a remarkably fine one, and cost me 500 f. in the
Pallas Royal." "Here it is," said the other; "take
better care of it for the future for see, some dexterous
fellow has been rather too solicitous about you, as this
ring bears evident marks of having been cut neatly
through.

PUBLIC WALKS AND GARDEN.,
(From the Report on the Sanitary Condition of the
Labouring Population of Great Britain.)
Whilst separation rather than aggregation,
more especially for families, is the course of po-
licy suggested by experience for the places of
residence of the working-classes, accommodation
is called for from every part of the country for
public walks or places of recreation.
Mr. Joseph Strutt, of Derby has presented to
that town a public garden of eleVen acres, which
has been so laid out by Mr. Loudon as to give the
advantage of a walk of two miles, and the in-
terest afforded by an arboretum, displaying the
specimens of 1,000 shrubs and plants. The plan
of laying out this public ground so as to make
the most of the space, appears to be one descry
ing of peculiar attention; and I have appended
to this report a copy with which I have been fa-
voured. lam informed that his Grace the Duke
of Norfolk has expressed an intention, as soon
as some leases are out, to bestow fifty acres for
the use of Sheffield as a public garden.
Much evidence might be adduced from the
experience of the effects of the parks and other
places of public resort in the metropolis, to prove
the importance of such provision for recreation,
not less for the pleasure they afibrd in them-
selves, than for rivalry •to pleasures that are ex-
pensive, demoralising, and injurious to the
health. A benevolent gentleman near Cam-
bridge, who wished to: arrest the debauchery
and demoralization promoted by a fair, and, if
possible, to put an end to the fair itself, insti-
tuted on the days when it was held, and at a
distance from it, a grand ploughing-match, at
which all persons of respectability were invited
to attend. This brought from the fair all the
young men whom it was desired to lead from it
to a regulated and a rational and beneficial en-
tertainment, and thus, without force, and at a very
trivial expense, the lair was suppressed by the
quiet mode mode of drawing away its profit.
On the holiday given at Manchester in cele-
bration of her Majesty's marriage, extensive ar-
rangements were made for holding a Chartist !
meeting, and for getting up what was called a
demonstration of the working classes, which
greatly alarmed the municipal Magistrates. Sir
Charles S'iaw the Chief Commissioner of Police,
induced the Mayor to get the Botanical Gardens,
Zoological, Gardens, and MuSeum of that town,
and other institutions, thrown open to the work-
ing
classes at the hour they were urgently in-
' vited to attend the Chartist meeting. The Mayor
undertook to be personally answerable for any
damage that occurred from throwing open the
gardens and institutions to the classes who bad
never before entered them. The effect was that
not more than 200 or 300 people attended the
political meeting, which entirely failed, and
, scarcely five shillings worth of damage was done
in the gardens or in the public institutions by
the workpeople, who were highly pleased. A
further effect produced was, that the charges be-
fore the police of drunkenness and riot were on
that day less than the average of cases on ordi-
nary days.
But want of open spaces for recreation is not
confined to the town population. In the rural
districts the children and young persons of the
villages have frequently no other places for re-
creation than the dusty road.before their houses,
or the narrow and dirty lanes, and accidents fre-
quently take place from the playing of children
on the public highways. If they go into the
fields they are trespassers, and injure the farmer.
The want of proper spaces as play-grounds for
children is detrimental to the morals as well as
to the health in the towns, and it probably is so
generally. The very scanty spaces which the
children, both of the middle and the lower
classes, the ill as well as the respectably edu-
cated, can obtain, force all into one company to
the detriment of the better children, for it is the
rude and boisterous who obtain predominance.
In the course of some investigations which I had
occasion to make into the causes of juvenile de-
linquency, there appeared several cases of chi'.
dren of honest and industrious parents, who
had been entrapped by boys of bad character;
I inquired how the. more respectable chil-
dren became acquainted • with the depraved;
when it was shown that in the present state of
many crowded neighbourhoods all the children
of a court or of a street were forced to play, if
they had any play whatsoever, on such scraps of
ground as they could get, and all were brought
into acquaintanceship, and the range of influence
of the depraved was extended. The condition
of the children in large districts where there are
no squares, no gardens attached to the houses,
and no play-grounds even to their day-schools,
and where they are of a condition in life to be
withheld from playing in the streets, is pro-
nounced to be a condition very injurious to their
bodily de•ielopment. The progress of the evil in
the rural districts has been, to some extent, ar-
rested by a beneficent standing order of the
House of Commons, that all Inclosure Bills
shall include provision for a reserve of land for
the public use for recreation. For children, how-
ever, the most important reservations would be
those which could be made for play-grounds in
front of their homes, on plots where they may he
under the eye of their mothers or their neigh-
bours. Where the cottages are near a road, they
should be some distance from it, with the gar-
dens or play-ground in front. . The separate or
distant play-grounds have many inconveniences,
besides their being out of sight; and where they
are far distant, they are comparatively useless. I
have great pleasure in being enabled to testify
that the instances are frequent where the regu-
lated resort to private pleasure-grounds, and
parks has been indulgently given for the recrea-
tion of the labouring population.

LLOYD'S SHIP PING.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTS.—Sylvia, Plymouth to Quebec
24th ult., off St. Paul's ; Ann, Waterford to Quebec,
28th ult., lat. 46, lon. *5l ; John (barque), for Quebec,
29th ult., lat. 40, lon. 50 ; Lady Seaton, London to.
Montreal, 2d inst., lat. 49, lon. 36, by the Caledonia,
arrived at Portsmouth. Olga, Hamburgh to Batavia,
July 13, lat. 13, lon. 24 W., by the Maxim, arrived at
Cowes. Cossack, Malta to Cork, 11th ult. ; William
Wril;ht, Liverpool to Montego Bay, 28th ult.,
Int. 48, lon. 13, by the Buoyant, arrived at
Kingstown. Ova, Quebec to London, 22d ult.,
off Anticosti, by the Caledonia, arrived at Portsmouth.
Corena, Liverpool to Quebec, July 28, lat. 49, lon. 24 ;
Speculator (barque) of Liverpool, standing West., 3d
ult.,. lat. 47, los. 40 ; Hollander, of Boston, standing
West, 6th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by the South America,
arrived at New York. Eliza Scotland, of Liverpool, Bth
July, off Care de Gatt; by the Elizabeth, arrived at
Cork. Miranda, London to Malaga, 18th ult., lat. 38,
lon. 10, by the Jas. Freeman, arrived at Falmouth ;
Abercrombie, Robinson, Dublin to the Cape, July 21,
lat. 1 N., lon. 22 W. • W. Kingstown, Calcutta to Li-
verpool, 27th, lat. 10, lon. 23, by the Pearl, arrived in
the Downs. Austria, Sligo to Quebec, out 28 days ;
Alehymist, from Falmouth, 22d ult., lat. 46, lon. 39 ;
Lady Turner, 26th, lat. 47, lon. 29, by the Orestes, ar-
rived in the Downs. Cato, Newcastle to Quebec, 19th
ult., out forty-eight days, by the Aberdeenshire. Union,
Bordeaux to New York, 25th ult., lat. 41, lou. 68 ;
Factus, Amsterdam to Boston, 29th, lat. 44, lon. 46 ;
Laurel, Bay Chaleur to Liverpool, sth instant, lat. 47,
lon. 37 ; Burgundy, bound to New York, 10th, lat. 49,
lon. 5, by the Ville de Lyon, arrived at Havre. Eques-
trian, bound to China, on the Line, lon. 19 W, out only
forty days from Plymouth, by the Commodore, arrived
at Rio.