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London, England, 1842-09-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1842

POLICE INTELLIGECE.

GU ILDHALL-(THIS DAY.)

John Chancy and John Gray were placed at the
bar, having been entered on the charge-sheet as hav-
ing violently assaulted police constable 284, whilst in
the execution of his duty.
The complainant stated that he was on duty at half-
past one o'clock this morning in Smithfield, and the
defendants were there playing a cornopean, and creat-
ing a disturbance. He told them to desist, when
they fell upon him and knocked him down.
The defendants said that they were certainly in
Smithfield at the time, being close to their own
homes. The defendant Gray was playing the cor-
nopean, and the complainant came up and told
them to desist. They did so and were going away,
when the complainant laid hold of Gray by the collar,
and said, " Come along with me to the station-house."
There was a slight scuffle, and they both fell, but no
blow was struck.

Mr. Alderman HOOPER said he could not believe
that the assault sworn to had been committed, and he
should therefore discharge the prisoners. He thought
that there was too frequently a want of temper and
discretion on the part of the police.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A woman named Mary Ann Edmondes, was this
morning placed at the bar, charged with being a dis-
orderly person, and Mr. Baker, jeweller, of 35,
Long-acre, who gave the prisoner into custody last
night, attended this morning as a deputy from the in-
habitants of Long-acre, and presented a memorial to
the Magistrates, signed by a great number of the in-
habitants, complaining in strong language of the in-
creased nuisance, which prevented respectable persons
from traversing Long-acre at night, much to the de-
triment of the shopkeepers.
Mr. TWYFORD said it was certainly a great dis-
grace to this office that any disorders should take
place so near a police-court as Long-acre. Ile should
hand over the document to Superintendent Sandrock,
with instructions to see that it was attended to.—The
prisoner was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment.

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.)
William Pitcher, a rough-looking scoundrel, was
brought up before Mr. Rawlinson for the following
assault :—John Sands, the landlord of the Victoria
public-house, Paddington, stated that the prisoner
walked into the taproom, where two young men were
having a glass of ale together. Defendant said to one
of them,. " What was that you said of me ?" and
struck him a violent blow in the face. I-Ie (the land-
lord) interfered, when prisoner also struck him with a
screw-driver, which was lying beside him. When at
last pushed outside, he lifted a brick from the road
and dashed it through the window, striking Mr.
Sands upon the arm.
TWo witnesses proved the above, and the Magis-
trate fined him 405., or two months' hard labour.

QUEEN SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.
A respectable looking man named White applied to
Mr. Gregory, the sitting Magistrate, under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—He stated that he had been
in the service of the Countess of Blessington, at Gore
House, Kensington, for about a year and a half, first
in the capacity of under-butler, and then as head
butler. In consequence of an intimation that his
-wages would be reduced, he gave 'notice of his inten-
tion to leave her Ladyship's service, and applied for
payment of the sum of 61. due to him as wages, when
the reply was, she would see him first before he
should get 61. from her, as he had broken a
sugar-bowl ; and as he seemed so anxious to
" screw" her, she would screw him, and make
him pay 41. 'for it. The applicant went on to state
that it was only the stand of the sugar-basin that was
broken, and that her Ladyship was, well aware that
even in its original state, when new, it was not worth
much more than 41., and the damage could be repaired
at a very trifling cost.
Mr. GREGORY said he could afford him no assistance
in his capacity as a Magistrate, but he would advise
him to go to Gore House, and get the 21. which her
Ladyship expressed her readiness to pay, after which
he might seek to recover the balance by action in the
Court of Requests.

THAMES-OFFICE.--(THIS DAY.)
Robert Smith, late a cook on board the ship True
Briton, was placed at the bar for final examination on
a charge of murdering John Preston, the mate of the
ship. On the first examination Thomas Turnbull, the
Captain, was examined, whose evidence was to the
effect that on the day in question the cook brought
one of the boys aft to him (the captain) to be repri-
manded for some misconduct, and was so much
irritated, that he was about to strike the boy, which
witness prevented. Shortly afterwards there was a
scuffle between the prisoner and two boys at the fore-
part of the ship, and on the captain and mate at-
tempting to quiet them the prisoner took up a part
of the fore-scuttle hatch and struck the mate on the
forehead, which stunned him. On recovering the
In ate walked below, and went to bed, appearing very
ill, and died about eleven hours after.

Thomas Gibbs and Robert Ennis, two apprentices
to the ship, were examined to-day, and corroborated
the evidence given on a former occasion.
The prisoner, who appeared extremely penitent,
merely said that he was sorry for what he had done,
but he was exasperated by the mate striking him. He
had nothing more to say.
Mr. BRODERIP said, that from the evidence of the
boys, it did not appear that there was any malice pre-
pense in the case, but, it was evident the blow was in-
dicted in the irritation of the moment; lie shnnld,
therefore, commit the prisoner on the charge of man-
slaughter only.

SINGULAR ELOPEMENT.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
NORWICH, SEPT. 13.—An event has just occurred
here, that, despite its being Festival week, engrosses
the exclusive conversation of all our gossips. A Miss
C., well known for her beauty and wealth, has just
eloped with a London gentleman, a principal in, and
representative of, a highly respectable firm, carryingon trade in London and Nottingham. , The circum-
stances are as 'follow :—Miss C. whose parents have
been dead long since, was left about two years ago by
her maternal grandfather property to the amount of
about .15,000/., who also appointed her half-brother,
and a celebrated lawyer of this place, her guardians.
These gentleman placed her with a Mr. R. C. It was
not long ere heraffections were sought, and (supposed
to be) gained by a medical gentlemen of this city;
but whether from disapprobation on the part of her
friends, or loss of affection in the lover, this was
broken off, and her love immediately transferred to a
Mr. S., a clergyman of the Established Church, who
by-the-bye it is as well to say, numbers full twice as
many years as his lady love. All thing's went on
prosperously and happily, the wedding-day was fixed
for Thursday neat, the bridal dresses bought, brides-
maids selected, presents made, and all talking about
and envying the happy man ! when—alas ! for human
foresight—the Festival attracted to this spot the de-
stroyer of all these well-digested plans ; or, in plain
English, Mr. N. being on his journey through this
county, very naturally determined to relieve himself
from the cares of business by staying here the Fes-
tival week, and being invited to the house of Mr. C.,
quite as naturally became uncontrollably in love with
his guest. The consequence was, that he (Mr. N.)
so far removed all impressions of the rev. gallant
from the young lady's heart, that he persuaded her to
elope with him on Sunday night, at twelve o'clock.
All things were well arranged, one of the servants
was bribed, and at between twelve and one the happy
pair set off as fast as four good horses could gallop.
You may well imagine the scene of confusion which
ensued on the following morning, when, on Miss C.
being summoned to the breakfast parlour, it was
found that she had fled. Two letters were left, di-
rected to her guardians, telling them to be under no
apprehension, as she was only going to get married.
"These gentlemen immediately started in chase, but as
they left here about the time the runaways would
reach town, I do not think there is much chance of
their catching them.

EXPENSES .OF THE " INSURRECTION" TO THE' RATE-
PAYERS.—We
understand that the expenses incurred
last week in the West Riding, in the preservation of the
peace, will amount to no less than 100,000/. sterling.
The expense of last week in Leeds alone amounted to
about 2,000/., though the peace of the town was scarcely
once disturbed. There will be a dreadful increase of
rates in all the manufacturing districts, which, however,
may have the effect of teaching the pounds-shillings-and-
pence men of the middle classes how very much cheaper,
as well as safer, is Justice than Coercion.—Leeds Times.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE :a—MSS Adelaide Kern-
ble though not quite restored, but in improved voice,
went through the part of Amina, in La Sonnambula, last
night at this house. Miss Poole, so long and so de-
servedly a favourite on the metropolitan boards, made, on
this occasion, her first appearance here for the last seven
years, in the part of Lisa. She was received on her entry
with a warm welcome from all sides, and in her tasteful
.costume looked a very charming village damsel. Her
singing in the air at opening, and that in the last seene of
the opera, proved her to be an effective auxiliary to the
vocal force of this house. Her voice is full-toned and
highly agreeable, and it appears to have been cultivated
with good taste and assiduity. She was very liberally
applauded. _ _

Several houses at Bordeaux have received letters
from their correspondents at Maestricht, complaining
that Belgium has excluded from the favour granted
to French wines those which come to that city by the
Meuse and Rotterdam. We should suppose that
Belgium will alter this decision, especially since it
grants to the wines of Prussia and Germany the same
privilege as to French wines. The arrival by the
Meuse and Rotterdam is the most natural for the
whole country of Liege ; it may therefore be believed
that it will ba adopted by Belgium, unless the im-
portation through Maestricht should be attended with
too great inconvenience to the treasury.—Commerce.

I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THR MORNING PAPERS OF Taus DAY.
TIMES.—In our late remarks upon her Majesty's
reception by the modern, degenerate representatives
of the magnanimous and enthusiastic Bailies Nicol
Jarvis, Macwheeble, and Little John, we ventured to
anticipate that the " Highland welcome" which
i awaited Queen Victoria would show, at the same
tine, what were the real feelings and opinions of the
Scottish people, and, by the contrast, put still further
to shame, if shame in such a case were passible, the
cheese scraping pride and candle-saving dignity Of the
Town Council of Edinburgh. -Our anticipations have,
of course, not been disappointed. Highland hospita-
lity, Highland truth, and Highland loyalty, have once
more proved themselves worth' of their ancient repu-
tation, and have again redeemed and maintained, as
they were wont of old, the honour and character of
Scotland. We will not ;any our Highland friends
the bad compliment of saying that we unfeignedly re-
joice that it is so, for this would imply that there
had been a time when we doubted about the matter ;
.but we may be permitted to express our satisfac-
tion that her Majesty has .giVen her northern sub-
jects the opportunity of once more expressing their
loyal adherence to the Throne, and their personal
attachment to their Sovereign. A progress of this
sort is, we conceive, in a national point of view,
chiefly. beneficial, in that it communicates between,
and mixes and blends into a greater unanimity, the
feelings, the sentiments, and the principles, of the dif-
ferent peoples composing this great empire. Politics,
for instance, and especially Scotch politics, have a ten-
dency to become local and peculiar. The visit of the
Court infuses new blood into the system. The ex-
istence of a school of politics different almost in kind,
though ranged under the same parties and the same
names, is brought home much more forcibly by its
actual presence and operation among the people, than
it ever could be by any distant contemplation of its
tenets, or even by a visit to its ordinary and proper
scene of action. Scottish politics have long been very
distinct from, and have also long and gradually been
assimilating themselves to, English. Scotch Toryism
has been a more personal, a more clannish, perhaps a
higher and more disinterested, feeling
than English.
The hereditary succession, which forms one of the
main features of the constitutional monarchy of these
and
d monarchy in
been almost
realms, but which in English politics has ever been
regarded as distinct from the fundamental principles
on,
which
goavreernbmaseendt, ihnaageinn Scotlanderal,a
exalted' above both. Certainly it has been held to
constitute an integral element of all government—au
almost necessary condition to the claim of civil obe-
dience. Many other points of difference might be
suggested ; but the one just named is perhaps as re.
markable as any, and has proved as enduring. Not
the 100 years of English intercourse that have elapsed
since the Union—not the 150 years that have elapsed
since the establishment by law of Presbyterian church
government-not the Edinburgh school of philosophy
of the latter end of the last century, or the party
which has sprung from it—not the Reform Bill itself;
and the consequent growth of a party simply Conser-
vative (though that party is a large and an influential
one), have availed to overcome the peculiar and feudal
spirit of personal reverence which has distinguished
Scottish Toryism ever since the days of Montrose.
On the other hand, Scottish Whiggery has, we
think, contrived to find " beyond the lowest deep a
lower still." There is no necessity here to re-
capitulate the somewhat musty examples of canny
self-seeking with which every reader of Dr. Johnson,
or rather .of Boswell, is doubtless acquainted, and
which have illustrated the annals of Scotch Whiggery,
Indeed, it has not been with the purpose of drawing
wider the distinction between the subjects of her Ma-
jesty dwelling north and those dwelling
south of the
Tweed that we have adverted to the above circum-
stances. It has been rather with the hope of promot-
ing and furthering the amalgamation of the two peo-
ples, in feeling, in character, p .s , and ultimately in insti-
tutions--of realising, if possible, still further the
union which has existed in law for upwards of a cen-
tury, and which, by the increased facilities of inter-
course, will now probably become, sooner or later, a
union in deed. And, doubtless, if complete and per-
fect union be meant, it is not possible, until by a long-
continued legal union the habits, the manners, the
institutions, and the religion of the two peoples be-
come more and more one and the same. This has
been gradually the case with Scotland and England ;_
we doubt not that it will ultimately be more so.
Doubtless a Royal progress, such as that now made
by Queen Victoria, has the very best effect in tending :
to promote, though insensibly, this desirable consurn-
'nation.
CIIRONICLE.—We are in hopes that. we see in-
dications of some good likely to result from the late I
unhappy disorders, in compensation for the great evil
which they have undoubtedly occasioned. It will .be
1
a great point gained if the conduct of those who I .
stigated•the people to disorder, be set in 1 t he feelinrue 1..1 ts, h
.1,,, 1
1
belbre those who have been their dupes. gs :
•
of the masses are more open to conviction than their ;
in some
judgment ; and it will probably not be until
have found ;
actual crisis the working people shall
cowardice or
themselves left in the lurch by the ,
ill begin
treachery of their present leaders, that they
" o
to scrutinise more narrowly the character_ of those 1
leaders, their pretensions to lead them, and the sound-
ness of the views which they put forth. '
The late out-
break was calculated to produce this result.
Actingli i:
upon the advice constantly given by O'Connor and
confederates a great.body-of the workmen in the ma-
nufacturing districts.entered into. the late• strike, and
its necessary concomitants of riot and disorder, in the
hope of bringing about the establishment of the Peo-
ple's Charter. The instant the agitators found the ,
matter getting serious, they thought only of their own
safety, withdrew from the scene of action, and left
their dupes to struggle and to suffer alone. Conduct
thus openly base was calculated to disabuse the
people ; and we are happy to see that the influence of
the Chartist leaders has been seriously shaken by
their conduct during the recent occurrences. We see
that Bronterre O'Brien, who of late appeared to be :
couched under the influence of O'Connor, is now
again assailing him, and charging him with the gross-
est treachery to his followers. The Chartist papers !
ring with similar denunciations, emanating some from :
anonymous, some from open accusers. What effect
these accusations have produced, it is impossible as
yet to estimate with any degree of accuracy But it
is clear that O'Connor is reduced to a mere defensive '
position towards his own par ty. And A when once
charges so obviously true, are openly made against a
demagogue, it is not likely that he will long escape
detection and desertion. the late occurrences, too,
must haire had a good effect in showing the
working people how hopeless it is for them
to attempt to carry their own objects in despite of
the opposition of all other classes of society. Mr.
Richardson, a Chartist leader of some note, says
in a letter on the late occurrences recently published
in O'Brien's paper, "To be candid, I fear Chartism
has received a terrible blow, from the effects of which
it will require some time to recover." "Every one
must be aware, from the formidable opposition of the
middle class during the late movement, that much
remains to be done before the People have the slight-
est chance of gaining the Charter either by moral or
physical means. The physical 'force of the middle
classes in the disturbed districts was tremendous ;
every town swarmed with horse and foot patrols of
the middle classes," &c. It appears that these Char.
tist leaders had taught the people to expect that the
middle classes of their countrymen would sit still in
apathy, or lie down in terror, while others were
ravaging their property. It is well, at any rate, that
they are undeceived on this point
; that they should
see that big words will not suffice to over-
throw the present frame of society ; and that
their present, leaders, bountiful in words, have no
disposition to resort to deeds in . their behalf.
The two lessons. thus taught the people, by the
result of the late ill-advised movement, have already
begun to - produce a better disposition among them.
Every day there is exhibiting itself a strong tendency
among numbers of the working People to quit the
ranks of the', physical force" Chartists, and join with
those who desire to attain their
ends by peaceable
means. Both sections of the Chartists, it is true,
seek the same, or almost the same
) constitutional
changes. But the difference consists not merely in
the means by which the two sections
propose to attain
their great end. The peaceable Chartists see that the
establishment of Universal Suffrage 1,
-y the mere in-
fluence of opinion, must be a matter of considerable
time, and must be preceded by the co-Veration of the
middle classes. Instead, therefore, of
repelling the
aid of the latter, according to the false counsels of
O'Connor, they insist on a reconciliation of the middle
and working classes as the first step to
be effected:
and in the interval that must elapse ere the Charter
shall have made sufficient progress in
public opinion,
they are desirous of uniting with the middle classes in
the effiart to remove common grievances. If the Charter
is to have adherents (and that the feeling
0, 4,tu,_
e great body
of the working classes is strongly aroused in behalf of
an extended suffrage cannot be doubted), it is some-
thing gained if the great body of
its adherents profess
moderation, doctrines of peace and and co-operate
with other great bodies of their countrymen instead
of thwarting every attempt to‘ secure improvement.
We shall have some compensation for the calamities
of recent disorder if, in consequence of them, such an
improved state of feeling grows_ up between the classes
now separated by an unnatural and mischievous hos-
tility. Much will have been gained
if a futile out-
break and its chastisement tea..ch, the working people
to abstain from objects beyond their grasp, and avoid
the leaders that have betrayed them. They will then
naturally seek leaders among that middle class, whose
interest is the same as their own, and whose intelli- '
Bence qualifies them to guide them. They will then
direct their attention to
practical grievances, and,
with the sympathy of their countrymen, labour to
remove the common cause of the col/1410p distress of
all classes in the country, .
HERALD.-4f Manchester Magistrates could fix

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!the price of justice, as they seem inclined to fix the
price of ginghams, we should advise Sir James Graham
to have a conference with Lord Stanley, and inquire
whether Lancashire, as a county in England, might
not be taboo'd with as much facilityas a plot of ground
by savage chiefs in New Zealand. To say the naked
truth, the wild justice of. New Zealand is infinitely
preferable to the unreasonable justice of Manchester.
Are the men at Manchester all mad? For justice
seems to be sanctified as a goddesi there, but only to
be treated in the allegorical way—to be kicked about
as blind because she is impartial, and to be despised
as helpless because she is invulnerable—whereas
Justice is a very practical little, woman, who has eyes
to see through her bandages, and has hands more cer-
tain for length and tenacity than those of Briareus.
The Mayor of Manchester may be a monstrously great
man, and the Town-clerk of Manchester, as a matter of
course, a much greater man than he ; the Mayor, for
aught we know, a Zealand chief, with a savage idea of
despotic justice; and the Town-clerk may be a
smiling, smirking slave, under the very pleasant
patrona:o of his civic tomahiwk—but what then ?
The Mayor of Manchester and the ToWn-clerk of
Manchester are, if we count them by noses, only two
men ; and we have not heard yet of much wisdom
having come out of the breath of their nostrils. We
would forgive the Mayor and his clerk an immense
amount of folly and mendacity; but we will not
lightly pass over such an insult to justice as these two
°ovntlemen hazarded on Monday last. We spoke very
strongly on Tuesday week last of the *seizure and
1 forcible detention of two young men apenticed to a
Mr. Turner, a printer, in Manchester—the said Mr.
Turner having been held to bail for printing a sediti-
ous libel. He may have printed ten thousand sediti-
ous libels for anything that we know or care about ;
for the result proves, exactly as we predicted, that
neither Chartism nor the Corn-laws have much more
to do now with the turn-outs than, as Burns says,
" last year's snow has to do with this year's guineas."
But to our mutton. Mr. James Hampson (whom we
must suppose to be a member of the Manchester
Common Council, and if not so much the better) asked
a question of Mr. Mayor. The question ran thus :
" tt was with reference to Turner, the printer of a
particular placard. Not only had he been seized in
the first instance, but his apprentices were also seized,
and had been subsequently kept, it was said with their
own consent; but he wished to call the Mayor's at-
tention to it as a proceeding dangerous to the liberty
of the subject."
• Oie would suppose that was the way to raise a
question, so as to extort a plain answer from any ho-
nest'man ; but the Mayor of Manchester is exces-
sively obtuse :

" Mayor—Are you asking me a question, Mr.
Hampson ?
" Mr. Hampson—l am. I wish the corporation to
stand either as connected with it (the imprisonment of
Turner's apprentices), or to be free from the guilt of
it. I call it a most arbitrary proceeding. You are
chief Magistrate ; the State nominates Magistrates
generally; but we have the right_toshoose our chief
Magistrate ; and in this view I thitlV it right to call
your attention to what I consider an offence against
the liberty of the subject. Except you respect justice
yourself, you cannot expect that others will do so.
" Mr. Mayor—l do not see the drift of Mr. Hamp-
son's observations," &c.
_ _

Poultice the eyes of justice at Manchester, Sir
James Graham ! Clap a blister on the eyes of this
beautiful Mayor at Manchester, which shall make
him" see the drift of a fair straightforward question.
" I cannot see the drift of Mr. Hampson's observa-
tions !" Why the man was—we will only use the
mild phrase of the nursery—a story-teller on the very
face of his assertion ; and a good bold liar is worth a
grops of tellers of stories. The Mayor of Manches-
ter; knew as well as ever any beggar knew his dish
what Mr. Hampson was driving at. Mr. Ham pson
knew, as all the world knows, by whom the two
young men were seized; but he wanted to know by
whose warrant they are detained. We will not conde-
scend to use any plea ad misericordiam for the sake
of the mothers of these young men. We do not care
if it should turn out that they have been fattened into
being prisoners by consent, and that their mothers are
maintained by the police. We say, as we said at
first, that, let the Manchester Magistracy
put this case in any light they can, it is a
most scandalous one. Are we defending the
matter, Turner ? Very, very far from it. If he
has, for the filth of lucre, soiled his hands by
printing a seditious placard, twelve honest men can
say so, without the monstrous precedent being set of
a man's own family being forcibly imprisoned to ex-
tort evidence against him. A master' stands by every
tiel legal as well as moral, in loco parentis to an ap-
prentice; and we consider it as great a violation of
the domestic sanctity even to wheedle away an ap-
prentice to give evidence against his master, as it
wquld be to kidnap a child to betray his father. Talk
of 'Olivers, Vic., indeed! If this system is to be pur-
sued by the Magistracy and the police, every father
must begin to instruct his children that they are not
to betray the hasty or incautious words which the
most careful of us use when we retire within the sa-
cred precinct of our own threshold. We are glad to
perceive that our former remarks on this subject have
done the good which we intended ; and we can assure
the conceited and stupid Mayor of Manchester that
we shall keep an eye upon the subject.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
• CITY. TUESDAY EVENING.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per
mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s.
10?)d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 2.5 35k, and the exchange at Paris on Lon-
don at short being 25 57k, it follows that gold is
0.88 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is
03 per mark, which at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London at short being 13 101, it follows that gold is
4
0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh,
The English stocks remain in the same unchanged
condition, business is languid, and barely sufficient to
support prices, yet still no decline is observable, and
they are kept up to those current yesterday. Money
is by all accounts accessible at easy rates as hereto-
fore, and though such a circumstance is enough to
explain the reason for the firmness of quotations in
the stock-market, it does not furnish a solution for
the otherwise dull state of things in the City.
By the official returns published by the Customs
the exports of the precious metals to foreign and co-
lonial parts for the week ending Thursday last, were
as under : oz.
Silver coin to Bombay 12,000
Silver coin to Rotterdam lB,OOO
Gold coin to Prince Edward's Island 125

POST.—The increased, demand for money accom-
modation noticed as having exhibited itself yesterday,
has proved to have been not very partial, or rather
temporary, as, in fact, it was represented to be in the
short account given of the change in our last City
article. The market to-day was decidedly easier
again, the first class commercial yaper commanding
an interest of no more than 2* per cent. per annum.
The private bankers are not disposed to afford dis-
counts at less than 21 per cent. ; but, for the moment,
they get no bills. A different state of things may
succeed in the course of a day or two ; indeed, the lead-
ing brokers seem rather to anticipate that such will be
the case, although the opinion of the more intelligent
of them is evidently in favour of the continuance of a
low rate of discount for some time to come. In
certain quarters an improvement in the prospects of
trade is thought to be perceptible, but in the actual
state of the markets, it may be questioned whether
there is quite so much activity as there was a fort-
night or three weeks ago. The unwillingness before
alluded to, to embark capital in stock and other in-
vestments of a like description, prevails just now in a
very remarkable degree, and has become a subject of
general comment. Commercial bills are, as we have
shown, to be cashed at an exceedingly moderate rate
,f interest, but for public securities there is not the
smallest inquiry, and if our own national funds, and
some few others standing similarly high in point of
safety, be excepted, there would appear to be none
'that capitalists can be tempted to embark in.
Mention is made in the Madrid news of a project
for the establishment of an " Anglo-Spanish Bank"
having lately engaged the attention of the Spanish
capitalists, and of the Government. The capital to
be raised for the institution is to be 2,000,0001. in
20,000 shares of 1001. each, and there would seem to
be a suspicion that English speculators may be found
to join in the undertaking provided the early instal-
ments be low, nor is the opportunity neglected of
pointing attention to the fate of the -United States and
other American banks, by way of caution, the general
looseness of the Spaniards in their financial affairs
being also touched upon as a further provocation to
vigilance. An intimation that the Spanish Govern-
ment is quite capable, in the event of a pressing
emergency, which will be sure to arise, of appro-
priating to public purposes the funds of the embryo
bank, is not out of place or out of time. The public
require to be constantly warned of the danger of
these foreign speculations, but it must be admitted
that, if ever there was one moment at which they
less needed to be put upon their guard than another,
it is the present. The project is said to be much in
favour with the new Finance Minister, Calatrava, but
that gentleman is not aware of the extent of the
change which has taken place in the minds of English
capitalists with regard to Peninsular enterprises of
the kind since he was a resident c& the English
metropolis. The Anglo,spanish` Dank has no chance
whatever of obtalning'popularity, or even of acquiring
a footilig, in the money circles of this collntry%
SUN.—There was rather TirTe f rmness in the Funds
this afternoon, Rpti primes, at the close of business,
were nearly as they were yesterday, Cons 4 leaving
off at 924 92i for Money, and 93 sellers 111? i tip Ac-
count. India Stock, 249 251 ;• P,ccilviger Ails Old
51 031 New 49 51 iirepAt. i

Seville

Timo nly alteration in the prices of Foreign Seen-
! rities,Was an improvement of one per cent. in Bra-
zilian Stock, it being last marked at 67i- 68i ; Dutch
I Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52a 521 ; the Five per
Cents., 102* 1024 ; and Danish, 83 84.
I The quotation for Mexican declined to 353: 354.
Some misapprehension appears to have arisen, and to
be most industriously fostered by certain parties, as
to the manner in which the surplus of the remittances
over the current dividends is to be disposed of. It
was distinctly stated at the meeting of the bondholders,
at which the capitalization of the arrears of interest
was accepted, that the Government was to remit a
certain portion of the Customs Revenues for the pay-
ment of this particular portion of the debt ; that the
dividends should first be paid from this fund, and
that all that might remain, over and above, should
be applied to the liquidation of the debentures granted
in lieu of the over-due coupons. This was somewhat
' of a tnodification upon the proposals of the Mexican
Finance Minister, but acceded to by Messrs. Lizardi,
subject to his approval. It is clear, therefore, a;
until Ithe agents be authorised they have but obe
' course to pursue, that of first paying the dividends
out of the sums which may be in their hands, and
then, if authorised, to pay off a portion of the de-
bentures. The real object of this clamour for can-
celling these documents may be gatheredfrom the fact
that hitherto the Government have shown every
disposition to pay :off all the claims upon them, and
accordingly have, at each opportunity, remitted the
stipulated sum for the purpose; if such be so, and
so it is, the debentures, which ought all to be held by
the original bondholders, should be, apart from specu-
lation, the best security which could be held. But as
has been before noticed, a great deal of time business
is carried on in the market in which these bonds are'
negotiated, and, speculation being at present ripe, it
appettirs to be the object of the operators to influence
the quotation of Spanish at the expense of Mexican.
Real) holders, it would appear, have no cause to be
afraid, while speculators who venture there must do
so, with their eyes open.
A slight decline in the prices of Great Western,
and an improvement in that for London and Birming-
ham,Railwav Shares, has to be noted; the latt,r being
180 182, and the former 811- 82i ; the Half Shares
59 59-1 per Share ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 49
51; South Western, 58 59 ; North Midland 56 58 ;
the New Shares, 27 28; South Eastern and Dover,
22 221 ; Eastern Counties, 81 8i ; Northern and
Eastern, 37 38 ; Blackwall, 7 71 ; and Brighton,
33. '33a per 'share.
The quotations of the Bonds are all lower. Colom-
bian 20f 20*; Peruvian, 15 16; Portuguese Five
per Cents., 351- 354-; the Three per Cents., 204 21; ;
Spanish Five per Cents., 16* 16k; and the -Three
per Cents., 201 21.
The rates of Exchange were—Amsterdam, 12 51
12 6 ; Rotterdam, 12 6; Hamburgh, 13 114 13 12
Frankfort, 150,i ' • Antwerp, 12 44 12 44 ; Paris, 25f.
75c. 25f. 80c.; Vienna, 9 55+ 956 ; Lisbon, 524
521, all at three months.
An attempt was made some few years - since to
open a new trade in the eastern parts of the Mediter-
ranean with the countries abutting on these coasts.
Since the earlier expeditions but little has
been heard of its progress, but some letters re-
cently received give very favourable accounts of 'the
extension which it has gradually made. Not only
have British manufactures been pushed far into the
interior, but quite a new trade has sprung up,
which has hitherto been exclusively carried on by
English vessels, that of carrying goods from Alexan-
dria, which has been formed into a depot, to the adja-
cent ports. Hitherto it has been almost a monopoly,
but within the last few months several ships have left
this country to participate in it, and from all accounts
with every prospect of success. It is a singular cir-
curnstance that more has been done to extend this
branch of commerce by the exertions of certain per-
sons in the suite of the Bishop of Jerusalem, during
the short period he has been in that country, than had
been effected previously. If the trade continue to in-
crease as it has hitherto, a most valuable source of
consumption for our goods will be permanently opened.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1
Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar...
Ditto, at sight
Ilotterdarn ..... ....2 U. 12 98 Genoa 26 5
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz 1198
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon
Marseilles
lloprdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 238
Frankfort on Maine... 1518 Bahia
l'etersburgh, 3Us ... 368 Buenos Ayres 238
Berlin 7 New York, 21 days sight 468
. _

Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M.
_9 59 (Philadelphia .. - 46

Trieste, ditto lO PRICES OF BULLION, PER OR.
Dlatlrid

Cadiz 36ir 'Portugal Geld Coin —.3 17 5
Bilbao 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0

Barcelona

..... 36 ISilver in .....O 4I 1 i

THE HINDOSTAN STEAM-SHIP.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY EVENING.--A splendid
entertainment was given this morning on board this
magnificent ship, by the Directors of the Oriental and
Peninsular Steam-ship Company, to a numerous and
distinguished party. The Right Hon. the Chancellor
of the Exchequer was the only one of her Majesty's
Ministers whose official duties allowed him to attend.
Among the party present were Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington, the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth ;
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, the Superintendent of
Portsmouth Dockyard ; Rear-Admiral Dick, Major-
General Sir James Lushington and Lady, F. Carleton,
Esq., and Lady, Captain Ward, R.N., the Mayor of
Southampton, Captain Elliott, R.N., Capt. Codring-
ton, R.N., Rev. R. J. Robinson and Lady, Sir John
Campbell, P. M. Wilcox, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel
Loch, W. Fawcett, Esq., Dr. Arnott, Thomas Wilson,
Esq., Major Straith, Captain Barber, Captain Mairn
and Lady, Lieutenant Jenkins and Lady, J. A. Shaw,
Esq., and .f.,ady, his Excellency General Sancho,
Chevalier Sancho, Sir William Pym, General Ven-
tura, J. Locke, Esq., F. J. Vanzeeleer, Esq., and
many other gentlemen, including several of the Direc-
tors of the. South Western Railway, and the Hon. the
East India Company. A special train, consisting of
six carriages, started from the Vauxhall terminus a
little before ten o'clock, and arrived at Southampton
about half-past twelve.
Upon the arrival of the train from London the com-
pany proceeded to the new clock, which has been
opened about a fortnight. Here a steamer was wait-
ing, to convey the visitors on board the Hindostan.
The basin attracted considerable attention from its im-
mense space. The area is sixteen acres ; the entrance,
which opens to the lichen, is 150 feet wide. It is
capable of accommodating vessels of the largest size,
as it is eighteen feet deep at dead low water, even in
spring tides. As soon as the steamer left the basin
the Montrose, Great Liverpool, Royal Tar, and Bra-
ganza steamers, belonging to the Oriental and Penin-
sular Company, fired each a salute of seventeen guns,
and manned their yards. When the company had all
got on board the Hindostan, she immediately hove up
the anchor and got under weigh, and proceeded about
two-thirds speed down the Southampton water. She
started at half-past one, and arrived off Calshot Castle,
a distance of seven or eight miles, at a cluarter pa.'
two. Here she hove to for a few minutes to :eceive
Miss Codrington, a daughter of the all 9 at Admiral
who had come from Portsmouth in the Admirar;
yacht. During the time the iiindostan was making
Calshot Castle, the company wore shown over every
part of the ship,
and wero much gratified at what
they witnessed. In
ug
addition to the particulars already
published, the follgwi
will be found interesting.
Not only are her accommodations and conveniences
not surpassed by those of any steamer afloat, but she
will carry out an officer not usual in the mercantile
marine—a chaplain.
" She is 2,017 tons, and has engines of 520 horse-
power, viz.:—cylinders, 79 inches ; stroke, 8 feet ;
wheel, 32 feet. She is square-rigged forward, carry-
ing all the yards of a line-of-battle ship on the fore-
mast; she is schooner-rigged abaft, and is in every
point adapted for a tropical climate. Her speed from
Liverpool to Dublin has already been noticed by the
journals of the day—she beat one of the fastest of her
Majesty's mail packets between Liverpool and Kings-
town, by one hour 30 minutes, in an eleven hours'
passage. From Kingstown to the Needles, a distance
of above 450 statute.miles, she steamed in 36 hours
five minutes, and from Falmouth to the Needles she
was eleven hours 36 minutes. She has the power of
working her steam exptmsively toany grade calculated
to produce the greatest possible effect at the least ex-
penditure of fuel; beyond that the engineer is con-
trolled, During the passage from Kingstown to
Southampton her consumption, without any expan-
sion whatever, was 71bs, the horse power per hour,
which is extremely moderate under such circum-
stances, She has four separate and distinct boilers_
distinct In all their fitting—thus giving the engineer
the power of working as many of them as the wants
of the machinery require, according to the resistance
of the vessel between the light and load water-marks
—a difference of depression amounting to nearly foul:
feet for so long a voyage as that she is intended to
perform. She has four bilge pumps conweted with
the machinery, and which are capaWe of throwing
above ?,00 gallons water per minute out of the shi-
She has pipes conveyed jute all the holdsand coal*
depots from the stew closets, to
exting ' _
ulsh fire, as it
is well known now that the action of steam is
instan.t;-,aeous to extinguish flaute:x
After she left Calshot Cagle, and
Brambles her head was —t
the Needles, beat when 1,. to the
about
and Xamouth she was put
Ow Aletherbank and Ryde,
A splendid cold collatioA was
got clear of the
midway westward, towards
about, between Cowes
and stood towards
which upwards
Sir John Campbell
of 130 ladies andprepared on board, at
presided. gentlemen sat down.
The first toast proposed by kue. v 41, fIHAIRMAN Was,
S,
Queen." Three times three.
He next propoproposed,,, ' Prince Albert and the Prince
of Wales:' Three times three.

The next toast given was, " The Queen Dowager
and the rest of the Royal Family."--(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave, "The Army and Navy."
Sir E. CODRINGTON returned thanks on behalf of
the navy. In the course of his speech he said he was
of opinion that in the course of time steam would be
introduced into every ship in the navy. He was
aware that there were many persons who thought that
the introduction of steam into the navy would alter
the character of the service, and that it would tend to
bring discredit on the naval part of it. By the naval
part of the service he meant the sailing part. He,
however, thought differently, and believed that steam
would prove of the utmost benefit, and if there was a
steam engine on board a ship of war, she would be able
when becalmed and attacked by gun• boats, to turn her
broadside to them and sink them. lie thought that
steam, by promoting the rapid intercourse between
nation and nation, would be a great means of prevent-
ing future warfare.
Sir J. LUSHINGTON returned thanks on behalf of
the army.

I The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said it
was antic;pated that they would have been honoured
that day by the presence of several of her Majesty's
Ministers. They were, however, at a distance, attend-
ing on their Sovereign. There was, however, one
member of the Government present, a gentleman who
had upheld those constitutional principles upon which
the welfare of the country depended. He would pro-
pose, " Mr. Goulburn and her Majesty's Ministers."
Mr. GOULUURN briefly returned thanks. He said
it was the intention of several of his colleagues to have
been present at that meeting, but circumstances over
which they had no control prevented them. They
would have felt it a duty to have given encourage-
ment to that great enterprise which, while it promoted
the employment of English capital, was the means of
extending the rapidity of intercourse all over the
t'll and enterprise
hen he witnessed
world. That splendid vessel was destined to keep up
a more close connexion and communion between
empire.lndian%athde s her
fitting her with ma.
displayedth at Englandbeautiful a
in
ndship,d n andg her saw
chinery, it was to him a most gratifying sight, for in
it he witnessed the skill, and power, and wisdom, of
the country, which added to the character of the.
glory she had displayed. In the absence 'of any other
member of The Government, he thanked them for the
honour they had conferred upon him and his col-.
leagues.
Sir J. LUSHINGTON then proposed " The health of
the Directors of the Oriental and Peninsular Steam
Company."
Sir J. CAMPBELL returned thanks in a very able
speech, which was loudly cheered throughout. He
concluded by proposing " The Hon. East India Com-
pany, the_ patrons of that enterprise."
Sir J. MACKINTOSH returned thanks.
The other toasts which were given were—" The
Ladies"—" The Pacha of Egypt"—" Messrs. Wilson,
and Faucett, the builder and engineer of the Hindos-
tan"—" Captain Moresby"—" Mr. Shaw"—and " The
Chairman."

When off Ryde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Admirals Codrington and Parker, and Captain and
Miss Codrington, took their departure. The ship then
returned to Southampton, which she reached between
six and seven, and the company disembarked, and,
most of them returned to London by the special trail
all highly gratified with the excursion. Fireworks
were let oft; and blue lights and port-fires burnt, on
board all the Oriental and Peninsular steamers -while
the company were landing.
(From the Liverpool Jourral.)
We had a sight of the saloons of this splenilid ship
last night by candle light, and do not hesitate to say
it surpasses anything of the kind ever yet done in this
or any other country. The admirable decorations in
the saloon and ladies' cabin were fitted up by Messrs.
Jennens and Bettridge, of Birmingham.
In the saloon or dining-room, there are eight
painted panels, four of which are nearly five feet long
each, and the subjects-
-Ist, The rising of the Nile when all the cities of
the Delta are laid under water.

2d. The Festival of the Epicureans in the Garden
at Athens.

3d. Cleopatra's Embarkation on the Nile (query
Cydnus), in which the " earth's mistress " is about to
sail and meet Marc Antony.
4th. The Return of a Greek fleet.
Between each of the large pictures are smaller
ones, with views of Greenwich Hospital. Windsor
Castle, Virginia Water.
Jedburgh Abbey, &c., with a variety of other orna-
ments scattered about the doors, friezes, mould-
ings, &c.

A LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Accompanied by Lieutenant Batt, in
her Majesty's cutter Skylark, which was kindly or-
dered to be at my service by Commander Captain
Westbrook, I made a precise survey of the caisson
after the late gale ; and, notwithstanding the fore-
bodings of many persons, including several individuals
of great experience, that the gale was such the cait•sorx
never could survive, 1 have the pleasure of reportiur
that it had not the slightest effect upon it, and that it
remains perfectly perpendicular, after having be Al
6ubjected for many hours to the violence.nC the
storm. This being the case, I have not the least
doubt of the ultimate success of this great national
undertaking. A small stage was washed off, which
is of no importance whatever.—l have the honour to
be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
WM. BUSH, C.E,
Caisson, Goodwin Sands, Sept. 12.

It is said that the first of the c•Apercailzies which
were given by Sir Fowell Buxton, to the M'arouis of
Breadalbane, have been killed for the Queer:4 table by
two of the sons of the former gentleman, who are at
present on a tour in Scotland.

TR' " PRINCELY MANFION" or WYNYARD.--A
dispute exists between thit township of Grindon and the
Marquis of Londonti.erry, relative to the amount at.
which the latter should be rated to the poor for the
mansion-house at Wynyard, the extensive gardens and
grounds, the stables, coach-houses, residences of porters,
gardeners, schoolmasters, &e., the park containing about
600 acres of wood, and nearly 900 acres of grass land.
The agents of the Marquis assert that the whole is only
worth 5001. a year ! and that, if rated at a larger stun,
the Marquis will appeal. Can it be possible, that this, is
the princely residence and magnificent demesne about
which so much noise has been made in the pros ineial
Tory organs of the last few weeks?—Gateshead O',server.
The preliminaries of a marriage are said to be ar-
ranged between the Marquis o'. Rlandford and the Lady
Fanny Vane Stewart, eldest daughter of the Marquis.
of Londonderry ; but as the Noble Lord is still a minor,
the nuptials will he deferred until after his Lordshi
close to join
of Lady
tthe
w oo Peel
k, from and
comes of age, which will'be in June next. • -
famSiirly laltobDerrtayPtoeenlltil at expected
the attending on her Majesty during her tour in SaJtlan_e
d.
Sir Robert will entertain a select party at Dtr st•itono,
t of
tli
first week in the ensuing month, to enjoy o
pheasant Shooting over his well-stocked pre ser;ess.p r
RQTAL S.OUTII LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The trend autumnal dahlia and miszellaneous flower
siv:)w of the above society was held yesterday, in the
Surrey Zoological Gardens. The extreme fineness of
the weather, added to the annotincement that the pre-
sent exhibition would be the Last this season, contributed)
to render it one of the most successful since the esta-
blishment of the Society, and the various specimens of
flowers, fruit, and vegetables, were
generally admitted.
to be far superior to those shown at the corresponding
period lust year. Seventy-two prizes were awarded
on this occasion, and the floral productions were taste-
fully arranged (in marquees erected about the grounds)
under the superintendence of Messrs. Cuming and War-
wick. The gates were opened to the public at one
o'clock, and at half-past three his Royal Highness the
through the various tents
accompanied by his Aide..
Royal Highness expressed Wails
exhibition, and entered ir.to con-
versation Camp,
Cambridgeandwas
co
nadruricltTedd ,
by Mr. Cuming, the honorag secretary to the sue;.ety,
much and Mr .
gratified Cross.
with
versation with several of the competitors. The p h ',
Duchess''"
ess' .
of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attendetlt by Baron ..
Knesebeck, arrived at the gardens about four (mock,
and, having joined the Duke, the Royal part in
histhleo
paraded the tents, the band striking up the ii'ataigno at anthem. The collection of roses exhibited bT v Mr. Pau L ‘
of Cheshunt, attracted particular not - . •
cc, and his Royal ,
Highness was pleased to accept from Mr. R. J. Chap-
man a basket of hothouse grapes for w -
hich a silver medal
had been awarded by the judges. Their Royal High-
nesses afterwards viewed the menagerie of
wild animals,
and left the gardens shortly
after five o'clock.
MURDER.---About the latter end of last week a.
most barbarous murder is
_ said to have been 'yammitted at
of
a farm on the banks the Teviot, and within a short
distance from the town ft
rations on the said of
Jedburgh. The harvest ope-
rations
terminated, a kirn, or
harvest-home, was held,a and, as customary on such occa-
sions, the
Some intoxicating draught was circulated freely.
young men having quarrelled regarding a female,
one of the party, who had excited the jealousy of the
others, was found lying near the place where be slept
dreadfully mangled about the groin, &c. He lived a
short time, but no aid could be afforded to him. The
officers of justice are in pursuit of the suspected parties,
but with what success we have not yet learned.—Edin-
burgh Weekly Chronicle.
We hear that Prince Esterhazy is expected to pro-
long his sojourn at Dover for some days longer, for the
advantage of the marine baths. His Excellency will
proceed to Middleton Park shortly after his arrival in
town, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey.
A few days since a gentleman, as is wont, for lack
of other conversation, remarked to one of his labourers
that the weather was most propitious for the harvest,
" that it was uncommonly fine weather ;" when Paddy
replied, lc in troth, yer honour, it is ; and if yer honour
had the waterin' pot in one hand and the sun in the other
you could not make it better for us nor it is."
Accounts from Newfoundland, of the 24th July,"
received at Dieppe, state that the cod-fishery on some
parts of the coast had been abundant; but, on the north
and the extreme south, it had turned out very badly.
A letter from Havre, Sept. 8, states that a band of
robbers, who had lately committed many depredations its
that neighbourhood, had just been arrested. AmouVit,
them are several liberated convicts.