The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-28 00:00:00

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Patermeteretcor; Cemajho. 141 . ins . l . i „,, ; Mae, 39, Combill ; Mahon, 431. West Strand ; or dime roa, nmethrr.l9.Antel-Plafe. Ementelmet. TEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o' We are happy to find that in Liverpool banking lairs are assuming an improved aspect. The directors of the North and South Wales Bank con tinue in anxious deliberation, and there is reason to hope that arrangements will be made for an early resumption of payments. The directors of the Royal Bank are also anxious to resume business, and only await the acceptance by their constituents of the propositions contained in the annexed circular: Royal Bank of Liverpool, Oct. 26, 1847. Sir,—With a view to relieve you from the inconventence seising from the present position of the Royal Bank, the 6.,,t i 0 beg m submit dik• -feuwist preinattion, in the hope that by general concurrence In it the bank may be re opened, yin., a payment of one-fourth part of your depos it, with interest, in cash, on an early do ; in promissory notes of One-fourth at three months after the bank, bearing ia f Oce.fourth at Os months after tereat at 5 per cent., One-fourth at nine months after until the day of pay. l . mett. Should you wish your deposit to remain, irrespective of the above proposition, you will please to communicate the same, and the period that may elapse before it will be re quired. As a meeting of the proprietors is fixed for Saturday, it O requested that your answer may be transmitted so as to be received before that day. I am, your most obedient servant, J. CHAFFERS, Manager. We are sorry to find, by the following letter, that the Directors of the North and South Wales Bank at tribute the stoppage of their company in some degree to a statement which appeared in this paper on the evening of Friday, the 22nd inst. From the com mencement of the present monetary crisis, we have been most sedulous to abstain from giving . currency to rumours in any degree affecting commercial credit; and to no statement has publicity been given till, by diligent inquiries, we had, as far as possible, assured ourselves of its truth. In this instance it appears that, notwithstanding our usual precautions, we were misled, which would not have been the case if the London agents of the bank had given the statements which were in current circulation the prompt contra diction which Mr. Rae assumes. We nevertheless regret that any repot should have found a place in the Express likely to prejudice the interests of any party. Our apology is simply this, that the stop page of the North and South Wales Bank, a report of which is acknowledged in the letter of Mr. Rite, the secretary, to have been cur rent in the principality for some days, was matter of common conversation in the City on the morning of Friday the 22nd., and that an announce ment of it was posted in the public sale-rooms in Mincing-lane early on that day. The gentle man who furnished us with the intelligence, anxious as always to be assured of the truth of such statements, called upon a banking firm, and was there informed that the report had been heard and was credited. The currency of the report, the publicity given to it in Mincing-lane, and the confirma tion received upon further inquiry, seemed to leave no doubt upon the subject. We I may add, that no formal contradiction of the report, which had been in circulation throughout the day reached us till after 5 o'clock, when we were waited upon by a gentleman from the London and Westminster Bank, previous to which, however, we bad stopped the press, having received such infor mation from other sources as induced as to withdraw a statement which we cannot but regret should have found a place in any portion of our issue. North and S,iuth Wales Bank, Liverpool Oat. 26. Sir,—Early last week, the stoppage of the Royal Bank in this town, followed by that of the Liverpool Banking Com pany, occasioned an uneasy feeling with respect to this amongst other establishments; and the immediate conse quence was a run upon our deposits at the head office, which, however, exhausted itself in a few days. Thefeeling, however, spread into Wales, and was heightened by various malicious reports to our prejudice. and occasioned a steady drain upon the deposits at several of our branches. Arrangements were immediately set on foot to place the hank in a position to meet any probable continuance of the drain. Whilst these arrangements were in progress, a paragra ph appeared in the Express of Friday last, flatly announcing oar stoppage. It was in vein that our London agents, looking at our account, promptly contradicted the report, and that the report itself was utterly untre. The Express circulates largely amongst that class who are our chief depositors in the principality, and hundreds saw the report who did not see its contradiction. The effect was not merely a run upon us. The report exploded amongst our branches like a 'hell, and literally blew the bank up. Traversing a large aggregate of liabilities in a few hours, and at twenty different points without notice—without an instant of time allowed us to tura in-4 rolled back upon the head office a volume of demands for yesterday morning which it was impossible for is to meet. . . Perhaps the results of this paragraph to no may teach contributors to the press to exercise caution and forbearance, particularly at a time when the commercial atmosphere is so charged with discredit that a single word is sufficient to muse explosion. I am, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE Raw, General Manager. To the Editor of the Liverpool Courier. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Saterday next, at one o'clock, at which an order will be agreed upon for further proroguing par. 'dement, from the 11th of November to a future day, when the legislature will meet for the dispatch of business. APPALLING SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. . _ This afternoon, about a quarter-paat one o'clock, the heighbourhood of St. Paul's was thrown into the greatest Mate of alarm, in consequence of the following most appallin g act of suicide, committed by a gentleman at present mknown. It appears that the deceased bad gone into the Cathedral for the purpose of inspecting the various departments, and having reached the whispering-gallery, ha was observed to turn and look around him in a wild maner, and in another moment he piecipitated himself therefrom, a distance of nearly 140 feet. It is, of course, needless to add that death was instantaneous. The body . . wss conveyed to Bartholomew's-hospital. Upon thi Person of the deceased wee found a purse containing six sovereigns and some loose silver. Every attention was paid at the hospital, and Mr. Lloyd, one of the house surgeons, opened a vein in the neck, in the hope of metering animation, but without effect. The deceased was attired in a pair of grey trousers and black dress-coat sod black waistcoat. IMPORTANT POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice was issued yesterday from the General Post-office: " General Post.office, October, 1847. "The Postmaster-General of the United States having given a notice for determining the agreement under which the correspondence between Great Britain and Canada has been conveyed, in closed mails, through the territories of the United States, a well as all other agreements subsisting between the Post-offices of the two countries, the mails to and hoin Canada will henceforth be landed and embarked at Halifax. Nova Scotia, instead of Boston, as heretofore. " All lettere and newspapers, therefore, addressed to Ca nada, will in future be forwarded by the way of Halifax, N.S., unless specially directed to be sent by some ether route ; and as the arrangement. , under which United States postage has hitherto been collected in Canada is also sus. ' gentled by the notice alluded to, all letters for Canada, I which the writers desire to have forwarded by the way of i the United States, should be addressed to the care of par ties in the United States, or they will otherwise be detained Lfor the postage due for their transit through the American " ' t l%Tpostage on letters, to and from Canada, forwarded rid Halifax, N.S., will be le. 2d. the half-ounce, as at pry/- lest. but nn charge will be made on newspapers either in the United Kingdom or in Canada. " By command of the Postmaster-General." These regulations will take effect on and after the 3rd of November next. POST-orriea.---Nzw REOI7LATION9.-011 and after the eth of November, letters exceeding four ounces in weight, V neted tbe pre-paid in money , or i n s t am p s . With t hi s re *ction, any weight may be sent by poet, but the packet it not exceed two feet in length, and nothing should be which will not bear the crush is the letter bags. z---'- PORTUGAL. yesi.ertlay annouced the arrrival of the Iberia, Captain Bolfen, at Southampton with the Peninsular mails, which were landed under the superintendence of Lieut. Brady, RN., Admiralty agent. The dates are : Gibraltar, Oct. 19 ; Cadiz, 20 ; Lisbon, 21 ; Oporto, 23; and Vigo, 24. The Iberia brought home the following passengers : Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Thompson, Dr. Phillips, Dr. Dombreck and lady, Rev. W. Tottenham and lady, Mr. Walker, Mr. Dickiaon ' Mr. Van Zeller, Mr. Dyson, Mr. °wt.!, Mr. Ormerod and family, Miss Commis, Mrs. Murat and son, Mr. Roper, and Mr. Sandeman. We have to report the failure at Oporto of the how of Cockburn, Oreig, and Co. ; the particulars of which will be found in the letter of our correspondent. The liabilities amount to 45,000/. The Queen-Dowager, on her way to Madeira, had arrived at Lisbon on the 22nd, on board the Howe. She was accompanied by • the whole of the British squadron. The Queen of Portugal embarked is her state barge at the arsenal, and visited the Queen-Dowag er on board the Howe. She remained an hour on board, and then landed at Belem, where apartments had been held in readiness for the distinguished visitor. LISBON, Ocr. 20. In defiance of the protest of the liberal electoral committee, ministers having fined upon Sunday last, the 17th, for proceediog with the municipal elections throughout the kingdom, refused to listen to any remonstrance, and in conformity with the original decree the elections (if the term can be applied to the farce played off) took place upon that day; and as the liberals as a body refrained from presenting themselves at the urn, the Cabral nominees were returned by a large majority. In the thirty-seven out of the thirty etght parishes into which Lisbon and its outskirts is divided (in one there was no voting) the national party polled in all but 2,395 votes; in fact in some parishes the liberals hardly appeared in the field. In Camarate they tendered six votes only, and in Louses but three, while the court forces mus tered to the number of and polled 5,474. Such a result would seem to present a great fact, and apparently argue strongly in favour of the Cabnds, and of their popularity in the capital; but the protest of the liberal committee looked into shows the re verie to be the ease. The esemiebse ha tbeisH protest, charge the authorities with illegality in almost every proceeding connected with the election, and with frauds in the registration : for instance, su ch men as Machado (one of our wealthiest and most respected mer chants), the Count de Mello, the Viscounts Villa Nova de FO6COII and Sada Bandeirs, and others of the popular body, have been, upon tke most feeble pretexts, struck off the list of voter,. The government, too, not content with the strong array of force possessed by them in the numerous Cabral battalions, have even contrived to give this force a duplicate quality. those of the men poessesaiog votes being allowed to poll first in their civil capacity in the parish to which they individually belonged, and then a second time, as soldiers, lb the parish wherever their battalion or detach ment was quartered. In Lisbon everything passed off in the quietest manner possible. Consequent upon these triumphs the Queen's miud, it is said, is more bent than ever upon gesturing Costa Cabral to power. Some days back the Marquis of Fayal (son of the Duke of Palmella) gave a dinner to Sir George Seymour and Sir Charles Napier : to meet them there were alto present the Marquis of Loule, uncle to the Queen (by marriage); Gen. Pavan, Viscount Sada Bendeira •, M. Reis do Vmuiconcellos ; and the Count de Tsipa. The Estandarte, Costa Cabral's organ, which spares no abuse of England, converts this ban quet into the vehicle of a furious onslaught upon Lord Pal merston, simply from the fact of there having been present at the dinner POTOELI, the ancient companion in arms of the Duke of Wellington. The government are in the greatest state of embarrass ment for money, and are again having recourse to the system of borrowing. The following is the official account of monies advanced them during the current month, and the terms upon which it was advanced, by one of the most noted of the minor'euroteurs, M. Lopez Pastor. The October loan to the government by M. Pastor consists es follows : In money Ra.15,000:090 Stock oldie Passive debt of 43 to 46 1,300:000 Government receipts from the month of February last 1,500:000 Total (eighteen contos) Re.15,000:000 From Oporto the accounts are very unsatisfactory, the government proceeding in the most arbitrary manner. Gen. Guedes, one of the junta chiefs, desirous of returning to Lisbon, applied to the proper authorities for a passport. It was granted immediately, but almost as immediately re scinded by order of the governor. There the matter rests, and there must the general remain. From Coimbra, too, the seat of the university, a remonstrance has been submitted to froverement signed by nearly 300 of the students, complain tag of military license and outrage. The unfortunate officer Coelho, who was so barbarously cut about the head the other day by one of the Queen's palace guard, remains in consi derable danger ; the assassin has been simply confined to barracks and nothing more. What makes the case more repulsive is, that while the poor bleeding wretch was crying for succour, and vainly striving to protect his head against the sabre cuts aimed at him, the captain of the guard, a subaltern officer, and two other non-commissioned officers, were standing by, while from the windows .pf the palace several of the servants encouraged the cowardly oil lam in his brutality: one spectator actually taunted the poor man with the cries of " VC ao ProtocoUo poe Me acetates" (go to the Protocol for help)! while a lady in waiting on the Queen, the daughter of a marquis (of new manufacture) stood in a balcony overlooking the scene, seemingly enjoy it. Her B. Majesty's war steamer the Vixen came into the Taps yeiftmloy, having on board the Duke of Fabulist and family, who, it is given out, is merely en route for Madeira on account of the delicate state of the duchess's health. The duke landed towards the evening at the Caes do Sodre, the mercantile promenade, and although it would appear his coming was quite unexpected, yet he was immediately recog nised and received with marked respect by everybody present. The duke's arrival is by many connected with public affairs, and has thrown the court sod the Cabral faction generally into the greateet consternation. Picture to yourself the sud den irruption into a larder of a smart little terrier, at a moment when a parcel of hungry rats an comfortably re gating themselves with their plundered provender, and you will have some faint notion of the alarm and terror, and the scampering to and fro, of the greedy political vermin sue. rounding Donna Maria. We have been enduring a succession of extremely had weather off the coast. This caused the unusual delay in the arrival of the lest packet from England. She has not yet returned from the south, but is expected to arrive during the night. In the Tagus we have quite a little fleet of merchant vessels waiting for the weather to moderate before venturing over the bar. On Monday morning last there was a terrible storm all over Lisbon, accompanied by thunder and light ning, and the fall of two thunderbolts, one falling in the river close alongside the Portuguese frigate Rainha, and another striking upon the Convent of Sent* Monica and setting fire to a portion of the building and doing consider able damage, besides causing the liveliest alarm to the re cluses. The weather has since moderated. _ In mercantile news, I regret to have to record the failure of two English houses, one the firm of Cockburn, ()nig, and Co. if Oporto ; their liabilities are stated at nearly two hun dred centos of reis, about five and forty thousand pounds sterling ; they, however, show against that sum sense 2,000 pipes of wine in store, and have offered their creditors 62 per cent., to be paid in three years. The other failure is of the Lisbon house of Joseph Van Zeller and Sons, ship pers, who are also agents of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ; but this last event is of unim portant character, and it bad been anticipated. It is be lieved to be insignificant in amount ; the business of the firm had been principally limited to some trifling shipments in freight and a small trade u ships' provision dealers. The commercial exchanges are almost nominal, u it is at present almost impossible to negotiate even known paper upon the Lisbon Bourse, and the difficulty has been in creased by the large amount of Brasilia's bills on the market, to the value of nearly sixty thousand pounds ; and these, from the short remaining time most have to run, being pre ferred u remittances. Orr. 21.—N0 news yet of the steamer from the south— doubtless delayed by the bad weather. Sir Charlca Napier, with the squadron, went over the bar to-day to meet the Howe, now momentarily expected, and to escort the Queen Dowager into the Tagus. The Diario of to- day announces the loss and total wreck on the coast, in tho neighbourhood of Aveiro, of the English schooner Emma, of Dartmouth, from Newcastle, beund to Seville with coals, master and crew saved. The °items, one of the royal yacht s tuadron, which arrived last week, still remains in the river. Erni g;on from Portugal to the Brazils is continuing upon a scale, princixprovinces y from the of Minho, Douro, an the Tres os mans Ocr. 22.—The packet is at last arrived. She came to anchor yesterday afternoon. It is now positively known that the Duke of Palinella leaves in a day or two fur Madeira. Shortly alter his landing, a letter was addressed to the duke by Prince Fernando, the queen's husband, but written in her majesty's name, and, in obedience to the royal mandate, the duke proceeded to the palace forthwith. The interview lasted upwards of three hours: nothing is abso lutely known as to what took place, but the queen is repre sented as having evinced. desire to conciliate : of course much speculation is afloat upon the subject. The duke's friends affirm that the distinguished diplomatist is perfectly weary of the petty intrigue and trumpery broils an which Donna Maria's miserable court is eternally embroiled, and that he has no intention whatever of mixing himself up in public affairs. The Cabral journals accuse the court of being too partial in not ordering the duke out of the country forthwith. The ministry, it is believed, is on its last legs, and the civil governors of Oporto and Castello have sent in their resigna tions; it is even stated that ministers have actually tendered theirs in a body; should this be the case, and the queen accepts their resignations, it will be difficult to avert a popular tumult—for who are to be their successors ? The exchanges yesterd►y had a wide range. A very small amount of business was done, but paper wa► taken at as low a quotation as 53, and as high as 54. In the value of metals there is no novelty. The following has just been communicated to us : Dr. Rae, the enterprising officer in the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company who was employed to deter mine the quest;on of the continuity of the land of North America with Boothin Felix, has returned, after having most successfully accomplished the object of his expedition, and has proved beyond a doubt that Boothia Felix is a peninsula, and that the assertion of Sir John Ross to that effect was true, while the imaginary passage of SirJ. Barrow and Commander J. C. Rom is for ever closed. It appears that Dr. Rae, after an unsuccessful attempt to boats during the summer of 1846, returned to winter at Repulse Bay, and in the spring of this year re-maned the isthmus, and traced the out all the way to Ross's discoveries in 1831. ~_ 7~ ~ at &puss No. 363.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCT. 28, 1817. [3d. DREADFUL FIRES AND LOSE OP LIFE.— This morning, shortly before 3 o'clock, a fire broke out at No. 37, Drummond -street, Eust,nvquare, occupied by Mr. F. Law son, stationer and bookbinder. An instant alarm was given, and the inmates, with one exception, were all fortunate enough to effect a safe retreat. Such was the rapid progress made by the are, that in lets than ten minutes the building became wrapped in one immense sheet of flame. The excite ment at that period was 'nest intense, the inmates who had escaped having informed the crowd that Mn. Mackie, who was sleeping in the back attic, was in the midst of the fire. A general shout of " Save her " was raised, but the fire had obtained too great a head for any one to enter the premises. The engines of the London Brigade, parish, Birmingham Railway Company, and the county establishments, arrived in rapid succession ; and after some time the firemen succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not until the premises were nearly destroyed. At a subsequent period, the firemen, whilst searching the mina, dis covered the remains of the ur.fortunate female. Be fore the firemen had left the above place, their attention was directed to the south of London, by perceiving a tre mendous light. The engines proceeded in that direction, when it was found that the extensive premises in the occu pation of Messrs. Finchin and Co., tanners, of the Orange road, Bermondsey, were in a general blaze. The engine house, drying-room, and other parts of the establishment, in all upwarJe of 140 feet in lenh, were burning most furiously. The firemen set to wo rk, but they were unable to get the mastery over the destructive element until the pre miser before spoken of, together with the steam-engines and machinery, were destroyed. The total loss must be very considerable. The origin of the are in unknown. COMIIIERGIAA .4 MAILKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'C'lnck.—The appearance of the usual business haunts is this morning rather quieter than usual, and even in the localities where the idler or speculator is ordinarily found, there is a much smaller attendance than usual. Although money is obtainable upon first-class bills with more facility than was the case last week, the rates charged are still very onerous, and such as have for years past never been exacted. The government re commendation to the Bank to charge 8 per cent, as the minimum has quite relieved the capitalists from any qualms of conscience on that score. The letters received from Manchester are by no means of an encouraging complexion ; and the failures which have occurred there have subdued, the fa vourable impression at first excited by the govern ment relaxation. Advices from St. Petersburg announce the failure of the house of live, and Co., merchants of great consideration. The stock market has been quieter to-day, and the speculators appear undecided how to act. In the meantime the operations for money, whether sales or purchases, have not been to an extent that would stimulate business. Consols have realised 821 to 82„ for present transfer, and 821 to 831 for November. Exchequer Bills have been quoted 15s. to 21s. dis count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 82i to 83, and the Three per Cents., 81: to 2. Bank Stock is 184 to 61. In the foreign house the dealings are also limited. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 27i ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 211 ; Brazilian, 75i ; and Mexican, 16) Z. Russian stock has been 1041 to 5, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 to Rank Rtock, 184 64 -- ----- 3perliZOlP. Ae., 834 4 24 3 3 per CL Red. Ann.., 814 i 34 per Cent.. 83 2+ 3 per CL Cons. Ana., 1k24 I Ezehequer nine, 191.. 2a DI. dl. FORI4IIO. FIT NllB. 6 pa Ct. Austrian Ronde, 04 6 1 per CcnL Grenada Rds.. 171 185 41 per Cl. Belgian Bonds, 88 Grenada Deferred 8.P.. 34 1 II per Cent. ditto, 5 per CC Meslcsa, 1846, 16 5 per Ct. Brazilian — Bd.., 754 6 per Ct. Pcruslaa lid., 19 31 DIM New. 71 4 Portuguese C 0.... Rd., 21 6 Ct. flu mes AM., Rd., 33 6 6 per Ct. Rumlan Rd.., 1044 6 Ditto Chill. Dds., 84 7 Ditto Spunlah ltds., 17 4 Ditto Coital*. Der. lid,. 3 pot CI. Rpardob Dd., 27 Columbian Equador 13d.. 2+ 3 Eipanlsh Deferred &1.., 13 14 3 per Ct. Danbh FIN., 78 4 280 Spankh ter Pawl.. 134. 1 , 34 4 pa CL Dutch Bds., 53 Ct. Venezuela Rix, 34 5 pa CL Cert. Dutch, 61+ 3 2 Venetuela Deferred lids., 810 RAILWAYS.—For restricted, and prices are stances. Tway shares the demand is a heavy again in most in- SALES EPTECTED UP TO T :Yesterday's /prices wl Ireekinghamddre, 23 d Caledonian, 33f Do. Halves, Chester k Holyhead Pref., 3 E. Counties, 131161 Do.Perp.s per Cent.. No. 2, 1 d Do. York Extern., 8 71 East Laneashlre, 14 Edin. and Glat, 40 GL Northern, 21 f Gt. Western, 84 89 Do. Halves, 57 61 Do. Om, 131 141 Do. Fifths, 22 Do. New 171. eh., 81 7.1 17511 & Selby, 88 Ips. & Bury SLEdmuturs Eaten. Se. (late Cam. & Ely) 11 f Lane. & Carlisle, 53 Da. Thirds, 10 Lane. k York., M. & L, 73f 41 Do. Hakes, 341 Do. Qrs., 12 Do. Fifth., 13 Do. Thirds Reg., 51 d Do. West Riding Union, 23 d Leeds and Bradford, 831 Lon., Belch., kS. Coast, 401 40 Lon. and N. Western, 131 49 Do. Ora. L. & 11., 281 Do. New Qrs., 71 8 Do. Fifths, 124 Do. 101. eh., M. & B. (B), Do. 10/. oh., M. & B, (C), 4 Lon. & S. Western, 38 Do. New Cons. Eighths, 42 Do. Thirds, 1 1 d Mauch., Dux., and Mat., If WO MIS DAY IN LONDON. be found in lost page). Midland, 118 10 Do. 401. eh., 401 Do. 301. eh, 81 71 Do. Birm. & Derby, 80 2 Do. Can. Brig. &Mr. 6 per Ct., 1174 Norfolk, 85 North Britbh, 251 41 Do. Halve. 111 101 Do. Qr., 4 31 Do. Thirds, 1 01 North Staffordehire, 7 I Out, Wore., & Wolter., 191 19 Royston and Hitches, I (threw). & Dir., A., 21 Shropshire Union, li South Devon, 21 31 8. R. & Doter, 28 4 Do. do. No. 2, 101 Do. do. No. 3, 10 Do. do. No. 4, 41 31 South Woks, 41 • York, Newt., & Berwick, 31 Do. (Original New. & Bet.), 28 71 Do. F.xtenr4on No. 1 (York & New.), 121 Do, No. 2 (New. and Ber.), 101 i Do. N.E.O. Purehose, 8 York & N. Midland, 71 70 Do. Pref., 1411 Do. E. & W. R. Ex., 2.31 6 Bollinane and Amite; 131 1 N. of France, 111 II Orleans and Bordeaux, 44 4 Peels ankh Lyons, 51 Park and Orleans, 48 LES, Orman 27. Man., Sheffield, & Limelnehire Eighth', 31 d Do. Prof., p Midland, 1101 10 Do. 4nl. eh., 42 Do. llalvee, 11 d Do. (om. /firm. & Derby), 81 N. Staffordsddrc, par Preston. & Wyre, 331 Shrews. & Chat. New, (late N. W.M.), 4 d 8. Eastern & Dover, 204 23 Do. New, No.l, 41 d Do. No. 4, 2 1 d York, Newo„ &Sm., N.& B.ExL, No. 2, I p ALPS, Ocrome 27. Man , Oh., & Go. Or.. No. 2, 161 Do. Pref., 1 I d N. Stafferdshi.x, 1 3.18 d Shrew. & Bir. 97. 12. 31. eh. (B), 11 d Shmps. Union, 24 d 8. Eastern and Dover (ies. at 101.1, No. 4, 2 7.16 2 d S. Staffordehlre, 11 d York, Newcastle, & Her. Eaten., No. 2, 1 p 11118, Orrosea 27. Derbyshire, Btam., and Woroes., is Shrews. and Sinn., A, 21 3 d Ditto do. B, If d Shropshire Union, 21 d 8. Staffordshire, 11 d , . LIVERPOOL itAl Birkenhead., Lan.,&Cheshire (late C. & ley F.. Lanes:hire New, 11 d Ettinburwh & Olasenw, 48 Huddersfield C. & R., 4 d Lao. & York. (late M. & I.), 3 d Do. Fifths, / I p Do. 32/. sh., 41 d Dn. Fifths pito W.R.U.), 21 d Lend. & N.West., 154 3 Do. Qty., 121 p Do. New Qrs. B p Do. faivett. & Bina., 60 Do. Qrs. A., 31 1 p Do. Qrs. C.. 31 p N. British Thirds, 1 p MANCHESTER E. Lenombior, Sd a Do. New Qrs., 14d Mud. and Man. R. and C.. 4 d Lane. and Yark. Fifths, par Do. 121. (late Es.), 34 d Do. (W.R.U.) ' d Lou. & N. W., 130 Do. Quarters M. & B. (A), 34 p Do. (8), 34 Do. (C.), 9 p N. British Third ßl d ..., RMLNOBIAM SI Forlorn Counties, It) land. and N. Western Quarters. and 0, 134 p Midland, 111 Dire,. end Oxford In., 44 p Birm., Wel.. & St. Vol., It d N. btaffordshire, jpar LEEDS SALE: E. Lancashire Qe.., I I) d De. New, 4; lad W. Riding Colon, 50s. 33e. 6d. d Gt. Northern. 34 d ,r 4 lel ! d Leicester and Bedford, So. d GULL SALES, flernera 27. Lads and Think, 161 d North British, 27 Leicester and Bedfmd, S. d Do. Quartets, la 20. 6d. d York. New.. and Her. (Orig. N. Do. Eaten., Scrip, 2s. Oct. d and B.), 28) GLASGOW SALES, Germane 26. Caledonian New, 2is. 19e. 6d. Glaa,Kilmar., k Ayr, 983.16.90/. Dundee & Northern In.. 26e. Do. New, 99/. 10e. Dundee & Perth Qrs., 465. Manche.. & South., 7s. 3d. 9d. Glasgow, Dum., & Car., 71. N. British Thirds, 29e. 4 Omuta 27. E. W. Yorkshire. 34d N. British QM, IN. 3d. d Do. Thirds, 2/1. td. d N. Rtsfrordshirr, 2.. M. ro ror North Western, 41. Ile. 3d. d PRODUCE.—MINCINO-LANF, Half-past Two.— The public sales have been few and unimportant to-day, and not any of Sugar, but there is much steadiness in the private contract market, and a fair amount of business has been done. Refined market firm, standard quality Sas. 6d.—Coffee without any material alteration.—A, small public sale of Trinidad Cocoa found buyers at a shade under previous rates.—Rum dull.—Rice : Prices must he considered partly nominal, u the demand haa very much subsided.—Tea remains in but limited demand. The consumption scarcely equals that of last year, it having felt, like Sugar, the ill effects of the curtailed employment of the operatives is the manufacturing districts. TALLOW.—Notwithstanding the efforts made for • long time put to support the market, it is to-day in a very languod state. Petersburgh Y. C. on the spot, 445. 6d. to 46e.; all the year delivery, 445. 3d. ; January to March de livery, 465. 6d. CORN.—BARNBLEY, Oct. 27.—We had a good at tendance of farmen at this day's market, and a large number of samples were exhibited. Wheat ruled dull, at from 6d. to Is. per three bushels lower than laat week. In other grain no material alteration. BASINOSTORIS, Oct. 27.--Some fine qualities of Wheat for Bale; the best white cannot he quoted higher than 141. per load ; red, 131. to 131. 10s.; moderate, 121. to 121. 12e.; not half found purchasers. Barley was abundant, best weighty samples would not fetch higher than 341. per qr.; good, 31s. to 325. ; fair qualities, 301. Someinew Malt was exhibited, of very fine appearance. Oats were in scanty supply, yet the trade was as hitherto dull, and prices no higher. BOLSI of this year's growth were offered at 60a. to 645. per qr. ; old, 649. to 68s. Per, white, 465. to 486. ; Maple, 445. to 465. per qr. Boarog, Oct. 27.—We have a small market to-day; fine Wheat ao lower; inferior and damp samples difficult to sell. unless at leis money. Old Oat., for provender, keep up ; new more plentiful, and easier to purchase. Beans still have free buyers, without alteration in value. Wheat, red, 46s to 60s. ; fine, 621 ; white, 48s. to 625. ; fine, 641. Oats, 20s. to 214. ; 01d,.265. Beans, 446. to 48s. ; old, 6.55. per qr. to the grower. CHICHESTER, Oct. 27.—There was a fair supply of grain at market to-day, for which there was a steady demand, at prices about equal to those of last market day. Wheat, 48s. to 525. Barley, 325. to 38s. Oats, 235. to 265. Beans, 60s. to Ws Peas, 40s. to 425. Flour. 4 3 1 - Per *Lek. - e h • HALEBWOHTH, Oct. 26.—Wad a l imited show of Wheat and a slow trade, at the figures of this day winnight. Bar ley in letter supply, and to effect sales a reduction of le. per qr. was submitted to. Nothing stirring in other grain. Wheat sowing now progresses favourably. Wheat, white, ' per qr., 60s. to 645. • red 461. to 51.. Barley, 26e. to 32a. Beans and Peas, 40s. to 4de. Oats, 265. to 301. HAYW4HDS Rearm, Oct. 27.—The trade, on the whole, was dull, and but little business transacted. Wheat, white, new, 121. 10s. to 131.; red, new, 111. 10a. to 121. Barley, 324. to 3 5 5. Oats, 214. to 235. Beans, 424. to 445. Peas, 391. to 40s. }lmam, Oct. 26.—Our market wu well supplied with Wheat and Barley. The trade for each article ruled dull, at a decline of 2a. per load and quarter. All other description' of Corn remain ite loot quoted. Wheat, old, 325. to 341. per load of 61"o4ALls ; new, 29a. to 335. Beenii . old, 325. to 365. in 38e: Barley - 33 Sts. ; new, 241. to 265. LEIGHTON BtzzAao, Oct. 26.—At this day's market there was but a moderate supply of Wheat offering, and which met a fair sale at about the rates of this day week. Barley in increased supply, and Is. to 2s. per qr. cheaper. Beans, both old and new, fully maintain theirprices. Wheat, per load of 5 bushels, 295. to 31s. Barley, 30s. to 345. per qr. imperial. Beans, old, 351. to 375. Gd. per 5 bushels; new, 28s. to 30s. Per qr. --614;,- NEWCASTLE, Oct. 26.—The weather dill continues ex- ceedingly favourable for out-door operations, which has enabled our farmers to complete their sowing under most pe culiarly auspicious circumstances. The high relative value which Wheat and Flour hare borne here of late, as com pared with other ports, has naturally attracted large supplies to this market, until, at length, our prices have been forted down on a par with the other large consuming marts in the kingdom; and such being the case, we may look for the sr rivets diminishing a little,falthough from our own growers deli veries may still continue large ; nevertheless, we are are of opinion the trade has seen its lowest for the present, and we should not be surprised to see a slight advance occur again. At our market this morning we had a fair show of Wheat from the growers, with a good many samples offering from the coast; notwithstanding which, however, a more healthy feeling was apparent in the trade, and sales to a tolerably good extent were effected at the reduced rates of Saturday. Good Wisbech yellow Wheat made 5.55. 6d. to 665. per qr. ; average runs of white, 675. ; and intermediate descriptions, 525. to 545. per qr., weighed 631bs. per bushel. Foreign in better request, but no dearer. For Flour there was rather more inquiry, households commanding from 38.1. to 395. 6d.; and whites, from 40s. to 42e. per sack, respectively. Rye without change. Our maltaters having generally commenced, we experienced a lively sale for Barley, at 34e. Gd. to 365. per qr., weighing 6311b5. to 54 jibe. per bushel, Malt, at the same time, being more sought after. In Toiling Peas rather leas alining, and the same may be said of Beans. Oats steady. ROMFORD, Oct. 27.—The farmers did not like to give way in price equal to the fall in Mark.lane on Monday last; many of them took their samples home again. Wheat, 465. to 665. Barley, 30s. to 345. ; grinding, n. to 295. Oats, 225. to 30s. Beans, 245. to 524. Feu, 40s. to 465. Rye, 30s. to 325. Rve, Oct. 27.—Our corn market this day was but thinly attended. But few samples of Wheat offered, and very little business done. Prices rather lower than last week. Grey Peas lower, and a better supply. Other kinds of grain re mained about the same as last week. Wheat, white, 495. to 501. • red, 465. to 48s. Peas , grey, 38s. to 40s. Barley, 345. to 365. Oats, 22a. to 24n. Beaus, 36e. to 40s. Pus, white, 46.. to 480. Wroroar, Oct. 26.—Tbe quantities and average prices of grain sold in Wigton market this day : Wheat, 105 qrs., 595. 31d. Barley, 33 qrs., 31s. 71d. Osta, 47 qrs., 21s. Illd. Dretrw, Oct. 26.—The market tn-day, though but very moderately supplied, was extremely dull. Wheat barely supported our quotations of last Friday ; and Barley, Bare, and Oata must be noted 3d. to 6d. cheaper. Indian Corn was pressed at a reduction of Is., but business to any extent could not be done. Wheat, white, 235. to 305.6 d. ; red, 23e. to 295. Barley, 144. 6d. to 17s. Bern, 12s. to 13s. Oats, 10s. 6d. to 12a. 6d. per barrel. Oatmeal, Us. to 15s. per cwt. Flour, seconds, 17s. to 19.. Indian Corn, 245. to 33a. per 4801 b. HOPS. BOROIJGH MARKET, Two o'Clock. Messrs. Pattenden and Smith, Hop Factors, report that the market and prices remain the same. New lild kK. Kent 41. oto 61.12 Taxiing Rent. p. Cwt. 21.10 to 31.10 Now Weald of Keno, 216t0 4 0 Yearling Sown ~ 2 6to 3 3 New *wet 2loto 3 10 Old Hopi. „ 1 oto 2 0 Farnham, BASINGSTOKE, OCT. 27.—Very little doing, prices still going down, and very few purchasers. Some few Farnham were sold at our last quotation ; for all others little or no Inquiry made. WORCESTER, Oct. 27.—There has been rather more busi ness doing in our market, though no improvement in prices can be noted, both new and old Hope being still offered at very low rates, the best averaging not more than 6.511. to 70s. per cwt., and fair samples were offered as low as 60.. The duty is already declared, and proves to be about 1,4401. Last year one plantations paid nearly 36,000/., and prices then ranged from 82s. to 925. per cwt. WOOL.—LONDON.—The colonial sales have been but thinly attended, and prices are 2d. to 3d. lower. The followiag are some of the leading quotations Australian, le. ld. to le. 101. ; Port Phillip, 10d. to 11.5 d.; Swan River, 10d. to Is. 6d.; New Zealand, 91d. to 11d. ; South Austra lian, 81d. to 11d. ; Portland Bay, Bd. to 101 d. ; Van Die men's Lend. 10d. to ls. 2d. ; Cape, 7d. to Is. 31d. per lb. About 30,000 bales will be offered for public competition. HAY.—SAIITHEIELD, 71c."' Clock.—Meihirs. Cooper and Davis, Hay and Straw Salesmen, report trade very heavy, at the following quotations : Primo Meadow r..u. to 75r Bowen to [Straw— Vs to 32, lutertor &U. to EtN. I Clover "U. to 93.. CATTLE, CruceurrEß, Oct 27. There was a fair supply of fat stock this day, especially Southdown Sheep. The market proved dull, and lower pnces were sub mitted to. Beef, fat and prime, 41. 2d. to 41. 6d. ; inferior sorts, 3s. Bd. to 4a. Mutton 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. Veal, b. 4d. to 4s. 6d: Pork, of the best fatting, 4s. Bd. to de. 4d.; fat Hor, 4s. Bd. to 4s. 10d.; store Pigs, of good size and fair condition, from 20s. to 30s. each. ExerHa, Oct. 26.—This was not so large a market as that of the preceding week, but presented a fine show of Beef ; and, es respects Sheep, the business was active, and especially in store Sheep, of which many lots were sold. A few Bullocks of a fair rate were sold at about 9s. 6d. per score ; and the quotation for fat Bullocks must be sta•ed at from 535. to 60s. per cwt, or from 9s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. per score. Butchers' Calves were in great plenty; indeed became a glut on the market, and at length on sale at from sd. to 6d. per lb. Fat Sheep sold from M. to 61d. per lb. SOOTHALL, Oct. 27.—We had a tolerably brisk demand to-day, it enhanced rates. Beef made from 2s. 811. to 4e. Bd. Mutton, as. ltd. to 51. 4d. Veal, 4s. to ss. Pork, 3a. 81d. to Si. per stone of gibs. sinking the offal. For Yesterday's llarkete see last page. SHIPPING. MAILS ARRITID.—DubIui 4 2 ; Waterford, 1; Deneghades, 1; French, 1; Lisbon, 1 ; Flanders, 1. LONDON, Oct. 28 —Wind this day at noon, 8., light airs and dull hazy weather. DEAL, Oct. 27.—5. W.—Arrived: Richard Cobden, Ceylon; Denison, Antigua ; Ellen, and Mary, Quebec. Orr DOYEN, Oct. 27.—Hannah Codger, Mauritius; Robert Dyatt, S. Kitt's. Cowes, Oct. 27.-5.5. W.— Arrived : Vesta, Bahia; Arena, Porto Rico. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 27.—S.—Arrived : Spermaceti, Quebec. LANCASTEIL Oct. 26.—Arrived; Mary's, and Burrell, BRIDGEWATER, Oct. 26.—Arrived: Mersey. Quebec. NEWPORT, Oct. 27.—W.-Bailed : Queen Victoria, Ber muda. CARDIFF, Oct. 27.—Arrived : Marion, Quebec. YARMOUTH, lets OF WIGHT, Oct. 27.-B.W.—Arrived : Port Glasgow, Quebec, for fiouthamptioa. WHITER/axe, Oct. 26.—Arrived : Wasdall, Anti gu a. MARTPORT, 26.-8. W.—Arrived . William Fell, Quebec. Orr FALMOIITH.—Joseph Anderson, Quebec. BRISTOL, Oct. 27.—The Torridge (at.), hence to Milford, paned 23rd inst., off the Nash Point, during a gale at S. W. by 8., a large light ship, under close-reefed main-top sail. On her return passage, on the 25th, about the same point, she fell in with a large round-house, pointed yellow, and gilded, and part of the quarter-deck of a large Teasel. SCILLY, Oct. 2G.—S.W.—Arrived: 24th, Mecca, Quebec, An Penzance, with damaged keel, having struck the rocks in entering. AYR, 0ct.28.-B.W.—Arrived: William Fell, Cork. Comm Oct 23.-B.W.—Jantaica, Macao; Frederick, St. John's, N.B. _ _ LONDONDEBaY, Oct. 24.—Arrived : Provincialist, Quebec. l'lrrnalLßAD, Oct. 22.—Arrived Ireepb Green, Green land. isitatci, Oct. 27.--S.W., fresh.—Arrived : 26, Tecumseh, Mauritius ; Adelaide, Quebec. SUNDISSLAND, Oct. 27.—S.8.W.—Arrived : Watebfid, Quebec. _ _ Oct. 27.—S.W.—Arrived 28, Primo of Wales, Davia's Straits; Alice , St. John's, N.H. Oar mina, Oct. 27.—5. W.—Arrived : !maths, St. Stephen's, N.B. ; Magni Cherie, Bt. Andrew's, N.B. AMER, 27e. to f~ /~ <z~ ghee rorto• MAILS The teas for New South Widea, Ven Dlemenis Land, and New 'wand will be made ap on the evening of the IA November. The West tndls mails, (minding those for Metioo, Ifondunts, an, he /imam* will be made up an the morning of the 2nd November. S rt Mei iTte ovoilmett CO Emile tor Gibraltar Malta, Grosse, the tenllin islands, tai atm, Soothimptoo, wink mole op es me warskte et*. November. The mile he lAA Nu Mar" PernamM and the trotted ham w he NMI op es the .e at ter id Iferrember. The a l l hr the Ina% Ms Mee ITtlm It Mao. Penmen. i e:z oi lebio. WPM% Names Arm. vW he mods op oa the etas 4111Noviester. The Ovellend Arid Os wee, to the Mediterranean, =A." Uwe bike New& is., will be made up on the slake Woe. The unite tor Vim Opeeto, Lies, Matra, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be made up en f>te morsiti et all Oft November. TO 00 •.• n,lll= W 1 u___ Webbed gis ff i rryg lewd g paw. =ea t b. N %be Ofty. Ig. leavark-arme. by Too Ode* ob tbg IA; of pabllgaom BIOS WM& AT LONDON-11141D01. Two D..—rends. 39 as. ma 4 , Mum., 1 , 414. P 44. T44111.46A—X44•LAA 24 WE. WI I I £M..... .. 441.. 14. 44, • LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 28. SOMETHING has already been said of the mistakes of the real conditions of railway safety, on which was founded the Westbourne jury's advice to govern ment, to put the management of engines and en gineers under a system of partial control by a " public officer." This was the first item presented in their memorial. Their suggestions respecting the engine drivers, which form the second head, are not less er roneous. They proceed from a notion, which we have often before now found prevalent amongst persons who have had no practical acquaintance with the matter in question. It has been ventilated from time to time in parliament, and copiously dilated upon in the press. AN it is founded on a complete mistake of what is wanted in an engine-driver to make him a safe guide to a train, and how what is wanted may be inipplied, it will be desirable to attempt to tikrow a light on these heads, the ignorance of which, if it be suffered to influence the direction of the business may lead to some unfortunate consequences. The Westbourne jury fell into the common error of supposing that a certain amount of science is ne mammy for an engineman, and advise that his proficiency in this respect should be ascertained by subjecting him to an official examination, such as is undergone by surgeons, o ffi cers in the navy, &c., before he is allowed to ik.e charge of a passenger train. It is obvious that more than this proficiency cannot be tested by any such board of examiners— that the candidate who can go through the list of questions that may be set down for his trial in a way to satisfy them, must, as far as their inquiry is con cerned, be counted fit to drive an engine, and must be presumed to be more fit than a man who is set to work without having un dergone any such formal investigation of his qualities. Now what we have to observe here is, that what is mainly wanted to make a good engineman cannot be discovered by any such inquiry at all ; that the amount of scientific knowledge he can use for the essential purposes of his duty is absolutely nothing; so much mere surplusage, in fact, which may be very useful to the man in other respects when oft' the line, bat which will leave him, as an engine -driver, no better than he was before acquiring it; that the me chanical skill required to drive a locomotive is readily acquired ; that the qualities in an engineman on which the real safety of the train most depends are moral, not mechanical at all, such as no board of inspectors can test by formal inquiries, however skilful. They can only be judged of by those who have had the man in their employ, and have so observed his conduct as to find cause to trust him with an important charge. Here, again, we must remark, as in the case of the engines, that the employers have already every motive that can be imagined to make the best pos Bible choice in such appointments. All the con venient and profitable working of the business depends upon the good conduct and compe tence of the enginemen. Every error they can commit is a tax upon the company's income. The utmost care is taken, therefore, to select proper men by those who beet know what are the conditions that make them most proper. Every inducement is offered to encourage them in good conduct; high wages, liberal rewards, moderate work, and consi derate treatment. The pains thus employed have been highly successful. We have no hesitation in meeting, that the railway enginemen, as a class, are, in illness for their duties, steadiness of application to theta, and general excellence of moral conduct, the very finest body of working men to be found in this kingdom ; and for this reason, above all others, that none but good men will do for this office, and that their employers have the strongest motive that can prevail with men to choose the beet they can by any means engage to this service, and keep in it. That this is no exaggerated statement may be learned by any one who likes to consult what the officers of the Board of Trade have reported to parliament on the character of that class of railway servants. But it is not in scientific acquirements that their merit must be sought. And, furthermore, their work is of a kind that no highly educated person of good character will ever be induced to undertake. It is, and must be, a rough, dirty, employment, ex posed to much hardship from weather, and requiring . . • -- ...Iva. All w much haidship a good deal of physical endurance in many waya. the knowledge of the engine required to make a per fect engine-driver will be learned, we say, in the fitting shed in a very few months. More than this is merely useless to him while ho is employed on the footplate of the locomotive. It is the steady eye, the quick ear, the unsleeping attention, the 'ool nerve, the good me mory, the strict obedience to regulations—that are wanted beyond a small stock of easily-acquired me chanical skill. These moral gifts no public inquiry can discover; without them, all the science inthe world could not prevent the driver from being a terribly dangerous fellow on the line. The question is, where are we most likely to find these qualities avail able for railway use ? The answer is : exactly where they are now sought and found by the extant system; not amongst the more highly educated artisans of clocharacter. These can never be induced to un do exposure, and submit to the discomforts, of ving. No wages you can offer will be an in to such men, who can employ themmdvas more comfortably elsewhere. Of such a class as may make the best display before a board of examiners, you will only get the refuse—men of acquire ments it may be, but with some flaw in their cha racter that has thrown them into this laborious career ; the moat hazardous persons you could possibly put in charge of human life—restless, dissatisfied with their work, which they will always think beneath them ; and for this reason alone will be apt to neglect, prone to canvas aid disobey orders, and to be thinking of other things when they ought to be looking to their valves and signals. To the man, on the contrary, taken from a lower clam, who can pretend to no scientific education, or has not much choice of a plea santer kind of work, the wages of the business are a high inducement ; its discomforts are not a serious ob jection. Of this class of men, the railway manager can select the flower : of any other you can only hope to have the refuse. The labourer, whose moral sallies are found suitable, is soon taught the me ehasfal of his business; and, when suffi ciently practical in these, he is positively the very best and safest driver that can by any means be put on a traia engine, although he may know nothing whatever of the chemical properties of steam. The choice of such men as these can only be made by the employer; and the instruction, also, may with per fect safety bo left to him. The test of their moat valuable qualities, no inquiry like that proposed by the Westboarne jury can apply. It would either have no effect at all, or, if it did anything, it must be mischief. It could have no other malt, if any, than to tempt railway managers to relax their usual care in choosing drivers by their own observation, and to put on, without personal experience of them, men who might come with official certificates of scientific knowledge, bat might in other respects be fellows destitute of every quality which really conduces to safety. This is a point far too important to be subjected to meddling by ignorant people, or to any kind of pedantic quackery whatever. And as the suggestions of the Weetbourne memorial tend to 'promote a movement on the subject in this wholly mistaken way, we are desirous that it should be clearly understood in what direction the true requisites for safety must be sought, and how little what they advise can do to promote it. SOME remarks which we recently made on the laxities which counael allow themselves in defending prisoner, receive apt illustration from a case in the Central Criminal Court reported in our journal of Wednesday. A man was indicted for stealing ten lambs, which he sold in Southall market. On being taken into custody, he admitted that be had sold the lambs, but said that one ROADtiNIGHT had awakened him early that morning, and asked him to drive the lambs to market and sell them for him. The counsel for the defence urged that from the very fiat the prisoner had asserted that he was innocently employed by ROADILNIGEIT in the transaction. If that assertion were not true, contended the learned counsel, ROAD KNIGHT should have been called to contradict it. He had not been called. The learned counsel had eli cited from one of the witnesses that ROADKNIGHT was about the court. In the absence of his testimony he called on the jury to acquit the prisoner. The Recorder summed up in favour of the prisoner, com menting strongly on the fact of ROADKNIGHT'S not having been called, as insisted on by the counsel for the defence. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, after a very short deliberation. After the verdict bad been delivered, the inspector of police in attendance informed the court that ROAD KNIGHT had been subpccnaed for the prisoner. The Recorder, upon this, very naturally expressed his surprise that the counsel for the defence should have observed os his own witness's not being put into the box. The learned counsel made a number of inge nious answers to this, all very much from the point— as, first, that it was right ROADKNIGHT should have been subpoenaed. The Itecorder said he did not complain of that, but he did complain that the learned counselhad left the jury to infer that ROAD KNIGHT had been brought by the prosecutors, but that they had not ventured to call him..as a witness. The learned counsel attempted to parry this home thrust by saying . that they could not compel ROAD KNIGHT to criminate himself. The Recorder met him by asking why, in that case, they had subprrnaed him ? lie then put the fact into plain English, de claring that the learned counsel had led the jury to believe that Roamottartr dared not show himself as a witness, when the truth was that the prisoner dared not can him. An advantage had thus been taken of' the jug, and the court had been misled. The Recorder himself had not the least idea that ROADKNIGNT had been subprenaed by the prisoner. The learned counsel, though thus driven from all his points, was not silenced. "He could not be blamed for not getting out a fact that would be prejudicial to his client Neither perhaps, in his opinion, ought he to be blamed for misrepresenting a fact in order to make it favour able to his client. The whole conversation is humiliating. It exhibits to us a member of a profession claiming for itself respect and honour, its ranks supplied by men of education and character, guilty of an obvious quibble, to call it by its lightest name, in order to procure an acquittal for his client. This quibble involves a concealment of the truth ; and on this sup— prem.° reri is based a suggesti,, fitisi. The counsel for the prosecution had no opportunity of calling Hato- NIGHT. His name was not on the indictment. The prisoner's solicitor had appropriated him, probably for the purpose of furnishing the very argument and suggesting the very inference which obviously weighed so much with both judge and jury. And yet on the absence of this witness, whose ab sence was due solely to his client's soliciter, the learned counsel for the prisoner rests his defence. He knows the facts, and uses them adroitly to sup port an inference which, when honestly explained, they contradict. lie forces from the judge the re mark, perfectly borne out by the facts, " that the court had certainly been deceived." Not satisfied with drawing down this discredit on himself and his profession, he declares his intention of doing the same thing again under the same circumstances. It must be confessed that the learned counsel is consistent throughout. When his trick is detected, he defends it by sophistries. When his sophistries are exposed, he resorts to audacity, and announces his readiness to repeat trick, sophistries, and audacity on the first op portunity. It is satisfactory to find the Recorder using strong and homely words in characterising this conduct. We have thought it worth while to reproduce the whole case in a more prominent form than the common law report, though we have little comment to add to its facts. It illustrates what we said of the liberties which, in their defences, counsel consider themselves justified in taking with troth. It shows how the common practice of such cases deadens the sense of right and wrong in the class which, of all engaged in criminal law administration, should be most alive to it. If this is the opinion and practice of that branch of the legal profession which boasts of the high at tainments and character of its members, and the stringent control of its etiquette, what are we to expect from an inferior professional class—such as prisoners' attorneys, or the still lower officials of our police and criminal courts? Such conduct as that of this " learned counsel " is calculated to throw discredit not only on the profession to which he be longs, but on the whole administration of our criminal law. The court which to the ignorant and unprofes sional spectator ought to be the shrine of justice on earth, is lowered to an arena for rival tricksters, in which the judge sits not so much to expound the law, as to guard the jury from the delusions of skilful and shameless sophists. The high court of the bar, which is so strict in visiting certain infractions of its conventional code, ought surely to visit sharply and promptly such vio lations of truth and honesty as that which has sug gested these observations. WE have already stated the crying necessity for an ample and secure record-office. Whether the present ministry or their successors will enjoy the credit of establishing such, and of taking the public records out of that state of jeopardy " to which no merchant of ordinary pru dence would subject his books of account," will be seen in a few days. If the Rolls estate in Chancery lane is to be employed as the site of the new building, as proposed, an Act of Parliament must sanction the pro oeeffing, and notices must be given before the end of the coming November, to the occupiers of those pro perties which will be required for the purpose. The church doors in the neighbourhood of Fleet-street in a few weeks will let us know whether this never-ending question is to be concluded or not this year. A con temporary, the Spectator, reminds us that just two centuries have elapsed since a general record reposi tory was first mooted. In November, 1647 the sub ject was fi rst broached. It is, therefore, high time it was definitively settled : and nothing now seems to be wanted but the word of authority to say, " do it." It must be admitted that Sir GEORGE GREY and Sir CHARLES WOOD have not neglected the pledges they gave, that this subject should be forthwith at tended to. We have now the results of their promise in the shape of a blue book, being the sixth report of the commissioners of metropolitan improvements, which has recently been issued. It appears from this report, that Lord MORPETH, in the early part of this year, directed a survey to be made of the Rolls estate„with reference to its eligibility for the purpose of a record office, and plans were prepared accordingly, which was done by Mr. PENNETHORNE; and the erection of the record office is made, as it were, the nucleus of a metropolitan improvement, for a long time projected, and much wanted. It is proposed that the record office shall form part of a new line of street, to com mence at Cheapside, and passing through Paternoster row and over Farringdon-street, terminate in Long acre. But even if the making the whole of this street should be delayed, still the record office is made aux iliary to the enlargement and improvement of Fetter lane, and to the promotion of a better communication between Holborn and Fleet-street. Mr. PENNE THORNE'S plan was referred to the commissioners for metropolitan improvement, and is confirmed by them. It is estimated that the space to be provided, necessary for accommodating the public records now existing, and likely to increase in a century, is about 3,000,000 cubic feet. The building to give this enormous amount of room will consist of two sides of a square, about 600 feet on each side. It will be insulated from all other buildings, as a precaution against fire, and will, of course, be built on such a system as to give the greatest amount of what is called "fire proof." The cost is estimated for a brick building, at 206,5001., and the cost of the clearance of the ground, and the opening' of new streets, is estimated at 243,0151., of which 130,1071. should be put to the account of the record office, and 112,9081. for the improvement of the thoroughfares. This sum in the gross Is certainly large, but its very magnitude is a reason for looking the necessity, which is most urgent, boldly in the face, and for beginning the work at once. We may . hope that when Mr. AIONCIiTON MLLNES is again inquisitive, the Home Secretary will and cture. he wwboat e° fittingglable t h;bt the were esatrs shouldth re fo r m e r s foundations t tli perfect e ee' t the bricklay erseAa w terewirkanstrarerdb: commision y act u all y it s suitablem at office, without which previous reforms are almost nugatory. i