Star. — London, England, 1829-11-20 00:00:00

THE GARTH PAPERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. " their value's great ; And I am something curious, being strange, To have them in safe stowage : may it please you To take them in protection?— Willinsly : And pawn mine honour for their safety." Sirsonntaas.—Crobeline. Si u,—However earnestly it may be desired, for the sake of certain illustrious parties, that the documents to which Captain GARTH lays claim, should be destroyed, at any pecuniary sacrifice on the part of the individuals whose characters' they are said to compromise ; it is in finitely more important that, in such a case , a flagrant wrong should not be perpetrated in the face of the people of England, by withholding from him—merely on the plea of preventing the exposure of personages who should have been as jealous of their own honour long since, as they now affect to be of public morality—the only docu ments which he ever possessed to substantiate his claims to that provision which the undisputed splen dour of his parental alliances—even on the showing of his opponents—would justify any man, so descended, in requiring: In thus asserting what I conceive to be an immutable principle of justice, I disclaim the slightest intention of appearing the advocate of Captain GARTH,' individually : in his whole career there is little to be found which can entitle him to sympathy for any personal suf fering which he has undergone ; for not even the indul gence which may be regards the natural consequence of the circumstances of hishirt - can palliate thalicentinus and profligate pursuits which have given an anenviable notoriety to his character, long, before any euspioions were entertained of his actual origin. But neither the errors nor the vices of a man's life furnish a pretext for the infliction of a positive injury ; nor place him, out of the pale of that legal protection, by which alone his personal and civil rights can be secured. In the transactions to which the possession of these mysterious Papers has given rise,—be their ultimate result what it may—it is deeply to be regretted that even the most generous feelings should have induced a distin guished Officer, whose high professional character is only equalled by his estimation in private life, to become in volved in the disreputable intricacies of a negotiation, in which he has consented to appear as the confidential and responsible agent of a nameless and irresponsible prin cipal. It is much and deeply to be deplored that Sir HERBERT TAYLOR did not long since relieve him self from all participation in the details of an affair in which the party with whom, or with whose agents, he was to treat, appeared so disreputable in his eyes, that he refused to hold any personal com munication with him: and it is still more to be lamented that Sir HERBERT TAYLOR should have been influenced by any consideration whatever to attach his respectable name to the document which has been published as his answer to GARTH'S Bill in Chancery. Throughout that voluminous affidavit, Sir HERBERT TAYLOR never once endeavours to shift a very odious responsibility from his own shoulders, even by an allusion to the party by whose authority, or on whose behalf, he has acted, further than by the indefinite mention of " certain individuals in whom he took an interest." Now this " taking an interest" is, in its general acceptation, so very little more an the unmeaning phraseology of professed patronage, that it would seem to have been adopted in this instance merely to divert public attention from the actual rank and station of the parties. The very defence which Sir HERBERT TAYLOR sets up for the line of conduct which he--a man of honour and a soldier—pursued subsequent to the delivery into his charge of the box containing the mys terious documents, is, that " he was informed that those papers did not belong to the complainant, and that he had no lawful interest in them; and that he had, in or about the month of January, 1828, obtained the same improperly, and without the consent of Gen. GARTH, the complainant's natural or reputed father, to whom the same belonged ; that he obtained them during the illness of Gen. GARTH, and that he retained them without his consent." Now, although Mr. WESTMACOTT—whp ob tained all his knowledge of the matter, as GARTH'S confidential friend and agent, does not hesitate to cor roborate this statement by deposing that "he does not believe the complainant was rightfully entitled to the same, because he was informed by the complainant that be had surreptitiously obtained those documents;" yet the only testimony that can possibly give unequivocal validity to Sir HERBERT TAYLOR'S plea, was the Ajidavit of General GARTH, to the fact of the papers having been surreptitiously obtained—and that affidavit is wanting. Throughout the entire negotiation, which occupied a period of three months, no complaint was made of the mode by which GARTH became possessed of the documents elucidatory of his birth ;—be was treated with, throughout the preliminary proceedings, as the rightful owner of the papers ;—and it was not until they had been delivered up by him—on the faith of a solemn agreement—that his title to their possession was questioned, or he was charged with having surreptitiously obtained them; and then the charge is made—not by GENERAL GARTH, who alone was capable of maintain ing such a charge—but by Sir HERBERT TavLoa; who admits that he has derived all his knowledge of the matter from an ex-parte statement, having been " informed"— not that GARTH " had surreptitiously obtained them," but that "he had no lawful interest in them." If the papers were so exclusively the property of Gzeznat.. GARTH, he alone was entitled to demand their restitu tion, or, having obtained control over them, to with hold them from his " reputed son." • Sir • Han- BERT TAYLOR did not.., even appear .in the af fair as the " confidential friend,' or agent, of Ge neral GARTH. who not only took a part in the ne gotiation himself, but bad beside a " confidential friend" and agent of his own—Mr.' CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAMS, very actively engaged in the whole business. By what authority, or on whose behalf, I again ask, did Sir HERBERT TAYLOR proceed to an extremity, which General GARTH, " whose property" he admits 'd the Papers were," did not feel warranted in having recourse to ? By whose authority, or on whose behalf, did'he first obtain control over the papers, and does he now openly declare his intention " TO PRESENT THE RECEIPT"---.a power vested in him with full reliance upon his honor as an Officer and a Gentleman—" AT THE HOUSE OF SIR JOHN PAUL, AND DEMAND THE BOX AND ITS CON TENTS, AND PREVENT THE COMPLAINANT FROM REGAINING POSSESSION THEREOF," St the same time that he does not hesitate to submit to the Court, that " MB IS NOT BOUND TO PERFORM TDB A 0 REEMENT"—upon the faith of which he was entrusted with any control whatever over the box and its contents? But Sir HIMBERT TAYLOR has been betrayed Into more than one hasty and inconsiderate, though prejudicial, statement,in the course of his answer toGAßvu'sßill.He says, for instance, that " he was informed and believes that complainant was in possession of certain documents, consisting chiefly, or wholly, of correspondence or letters, and copies of letters, and memoranda, relating to his own birth or station, or situation ;" and yet in the same para graph he proceeds to say, " they are not in any manner relating, according to his knowledge and belief, to the com plainant's fortune, nor to any claims which he bad upon any person, nor to the mode of sabetantiating or enforcing any such claims :"—in this way does Sir HERRERT de scribe these documents and papers, although he imme diately afterwards admits that, " not having perusud the said documents, papers, and correspondence, nor any part thereof ; nor been made acquainted with their con • tents, he cannot set forth, of his own knowledge, to what the same relates." Surely, surely, if these papers, re= lated to his birth or station, and by developing the mystery in which that birth tnal stition had been involved for a period of thirty years, and then for the first time made evident to GARTH the exalted rank of one of his parents—they did " relate," and most "relate to his fortune" and to his " claims" upon the newly-discovered author of his being. The affidavits 'of Sir H. TAYLOR and Mr. WEST MACOTY--(‘ such MUM mingled !")—state that G ART it became possessed of these papers during the illness of " his natural or reputed father, ' General GARTH. And from this admitted fact a strong presumption arises, that his so " reputed father," in the anticipation of a fatal result, had in his illness placed the documents in GARTH'S hands, for the most obvious and natural of all human purposes—that he might possess au indefeasible Claim upon the protection of his surviving relative. I will not.:trespass further on your space this day, but with your permission, resume the consideration of the subject in your paper of Monday next. For Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, I, in common with all who have witnessed his public services, entertain a very high respect : but in this ease " Aodeus Plato, sed !nazis soda Vaitas." 1 JOHN OLDHAM. 20th November,lB29. CUPID AND HYMEN. ISOM THZ TRUCE. At Venus' Court, when Hvmso made a pother, They mobbed and milled him.— The god, enraged, then wised upon his brother, Youoo Lova—and killed him! Prns SCULINUIL. THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. From the Glasgow Free Press. We have not been disappointed in the anticipations we had been led to form, from a consciousness of the good sense and independent feelings of the Students of Glasgow College. The Marquis of Lansdowne was elected Lord Rector on Monday by a decided majority—gaining it in three nations, and losing it in the fourth merely by the vote of the Principal ; an occurrence which, strange to say, also took place at this very time last year.— We sincerely congratulate the students on the choice which they have thus made. They have selected a man, who, in the eyes of the public at present, holds the first estimation ; and whose talents as au orator and a statesman—whose eminence for Ifterary attainments, and whose station in society, render him, indeed, a most worthy successor to the distinguished individuals who have lately held the office of Rector. We have no cause of complaint with the gentlemen who proposed Lord Mon crieff—we have all along borne testimony to his high me rits, and we believe that his supporters were influenced by sincere though mistaken views of the good which ho could have done to the College in his capacity of Commissioner. The attempt, however, to bring in Lord President Hope, we are disposed to look upon in a very different light. Supported, as shame to say he avowedly was, by many, on the mere ground of the high office which he holds, and the political sentiments which he professes — for most of his partisans made no attempt to disguise their disregard for the preservation of the franchise, and their belief that no exertion, if exertions should at all be made, could prevent its limitation, —we are inclined to look upon his nomination as an endeavour to lower the dignity of the Rectorial office to the grade which it held some time ago, when it was regarded as belonging of right to the landed proprietors of the neighbourhood, whence it might not be very difficult to retrograde still farther to the days when a master of the Grammar School was thought a suitable person to preside over the University ! Again, therefore, we say that we congratulate the Stu dents on the choice which they have made : they have secured an able and zealous advocate in Parlia ment; and we trust that his influence will be sufficient to avert the danger which they have now just cause to apprehend. Before leaving this subject for some time, there is one thing which we have yet to refer to—we mean a protest, which was taken in the Hall by the Professor of Divinity, against the election of the Mar quis, on the grounds, Ist. That he is not resident in Scotland ; and, 2d. That by the articles of union between England and Scotland, no Episcopalian can hold any office in a Scottish University. We must call in question both the taste and the tendency of this pro ceeding. It was in bad taste, as coming from a bench where sit three Episcopalian professors ; and, as the precedents which might be brought of Episco palian rectors are without number, the protest can never be acted upon, or intended to be acted upon, it appeared very probable that it was made with no other intention than to influence the Marquis to de cline the office. If such was the motive which led to the protest, we can only say that it will most assuredly be frustrated. As we hold that the Marquis of Lans downe is worthy of the office, so do we hold that the office is worthy of him. He has every conceivable in ducement to be gratified with his election. As a friend of Ilteratp", he will be proud to preside over such a University is Glasgow; as interested in the London. University, he will be anxious to cement more closely the connexion Asetween that Institution and our College; which was its avowed prototype ; as a public man, he will be proud to fill the office which has been held by such men as Burke and Jeffrey, and Mackintosh and Brougham ; as the friend of Campbell, he will be glad to be his successor ; and as educated in Scotland, he will be glad to revisit the scenes where he passed his boyhood. ACCIDENT OCCASIONED BY THE FOG.—About twelve o'clock last night, a country waggon, heavily laden, was coming down the east end of Oxford-street, and turning into High-street, St. Giles's, a hackney coach, going in the contrary direction, came, owing to the density of the fog, in contact therewith, by the near hind wheel of the coach being caught by the fore wheel of the waggon, by which the coach wheel was smashed to pieces, and the coach completely overturned. The coa chman was thrown on the ground with great violence, and received so much injury, as to be carried to the Middlesex Hospital. The passengers in the coach were a lady and two gentle men,. the former of whom providentially escaped with little or no hurt beyond the fright ; but one of the gentle had his shoulder put out, and the other his arm broben near the wrist. They, with the lady, got into another cosch,lasid were driven to Davies-Street,Grosienor-square. SEIZURE OF THE BRITISH BRIG JOHN CdTTO, IN COLOMBIA. ( From the Jamaica Courant.) The English brig John Catto, J. W. Clarke. master and owner, left the port of Poyts, in Peru, with a general cargo for Central .Arnerica,with authenticated documents. On her passage she put into the Pearl Islands, having carried away two of her lower shrouds, and split the sails : having only one day's firewood on board, she re mained at the said island two days, when, having repaired the da mages and procured a supply of firewood,she proceeded on her voy age. About three hours after quitting the Pearl Islands, she was boarded by a Colombian schooner fun of soldiers, who ordered her to return back to the islands, and anchor alongside the Columbian schooner. The master was then ordered to proceed on board with his papers, which he did, and the Prefect who was on board the Colombian schooner. having examined them, and inquired the cause of the John Causes touching at the Pearl Islands, proceeded on shore in the John Cattu's beat, and on his return both vessels got under weigh. The next morning being nearly calm, and the current unfavourable, the John Catto brought up with all sail standing, waiting for a change of current, when die Colombian schooner bore down and anchored close to, and despatched an offerer on board the Juhn Catto, with a written order from the Prefect to open the hatches and search the vessel, and to de mand a manifest of the cargo. The master declared the act of search to be illegal, the vessel not being in any port, but as a mat ter of courtesy furnished hint with a manifest. It must here be observed, that neither vessels touched any where since quitting the Pearl Islands. After this had taken place, the master of the John Catto proceeded on board the Colombian schooner, to inquire the reasons of such proceedings, and although received in the most friendly manner by the Prefect, he was infortnedby tbeCapt. of the Colombian schooner, that he had orders to see the John Cato into Panama. This was confirmed by the Colombian schooner keeping within pistol shot of the John Canto, although her sailing was much inferior. Both vessels anchored the same evening in Panama. and the nest morning she master of the John Catto proceeded on abort, when every one he met was condoling with him for being brought in u a prize to the Colombian schooner. In consequence of these reports, Mr. Fernand, and several other gentlemen, called on the Prefect to ascertain the truth of the matter, when he positively assured them that he had Dot brought the vessel in, as she bad not violated any laws of this Republic, as from his inquiries of those of the Pearl Islands he was perfectly satisfied that I bad not sold a pound stf to bacco, but merely suppled the inhabitants of the Island with a quintal or two of garlic and onions fur their own use, and of which they were utterly destitute. The Prefect's official let ter to Gstieral Montillo states exactly the same thing ; but ere two hours bad elapsed, the mas:ei was informed by the captain of the port, that the Prefect had given him orders to send troops on board the John Catto, to uuhang her rudder and unbend the sails. The master instantly waited on the British Consul, and stated the circumstance, when the Consul desired him to wait on the Prefect from him, and state that the British brig, John Catto, and her cargo must be respected. The reply to this message was—" Not to bother him with such stuff as British Consuls, and protests, for that be cared nothing about them; and if I attempted to place myself in the Con: sul's hands, my pockets would be the sufferer." The same evening three officers armed were sent on board, and the Colombian schooner weighed and took up a position within less than piatol-shot. The next day I was ordered to deliver my cargo into canoes, which were sent alongside, which, with the advice of the Con• sus, I refused. The day after I was asked by the Prefect to dispose of two carriage guns for the purpose of arming n schooner, which I refused, stating that my vessel bad bees illegally embargoed : I had placed myself and property under the protection of the British Consul. He then assured me that if I refused letting bins have the guns, I should fare the worse, and the Consul could not interfere or protect me. On the 11th of March a canoe, from the schooner, came on board, demanding the guns :lid some rope, which was refused them, when they quitted, and again returned with an additional number otmen, and broke open the hatches, plundered the vessel of every fathom of rope. which, with the two-carriage guns, they put into the canoe, and conveyed them on board the Istmana. In about two hours they returned and took away the remaining two guns, with tackles, and every thing belonging to them; after which a party from the shore. in five or ail large canoes, com menced discharging and plundering the cargo, which continued till such time as the vessel was delivered. Immediately after break ing open my batches, and the robbing of my guns and rope, which had been taken away, I proceeded with my officers and crew to the British Consul and entered my protest. A letter was immediately addressed by the Consul to the Pre fect, demanding restitution of my . guns and rope, and tads:fattiest for the insult offered to the British flag ; but the Prefect, up to the present moment. has refused to give any answer to his letter on the subject. Things remained in this state till the 27th of March, when the. Alcalda, with four soldiers, entered a Mr. Davione's room, at half past ten o'clock at night, and conveyed me to the public gaol. On the 28th I was ordered before the Prefect for the purpose of being examined. and his decree read to me, whereby be declared me a criminal, and ordered all my property, wherever it might be found, to be embargoed. Having done this, be appointed a judge to conclude the business, and then quitted fur a journey into the interior. On his return he again viewed the business, and I was conveyed back to the public gaol, having been during his absence confined to my room. Oa the 7th of April, two Pe ruvian vessels of war seat their boats in, and cut the John Catto out. Up to this time the Prefect had never consulted any professional man. He now referred the care to the Go vernment solicitor, who informed hint that it was impossible for him to act as judge, be being an interested party. He accordingly separated himself from the business, and appoint ed ati assessor, who declined, in consequence of having already publicly given his opinion in my favour. The case was then passed to the first Alcalda, who submitted the case to a lawyer, for advice—the result of which was, after having hid the papers 15 days, the lawyer declared, that the embargoing my property was illegal, but that other evidence was necessary before be pro ceeded further in the business. The sentence Was approved of by theAlcalda, but no sooner was it presented to the Prefect than he 'issued a decree, teeming with abuse against the parties, declared all their proceedings null, and again appointed himself judge, and bli i'ecierary as assessor. These proceedings I protested against, beide contrary to even the appearance of justice; as the Prefect kaddetlared Mansell the informer, be was entitled to the whole ansmant, io the event of confiscation. On the sth of June they declared my vessel, cargo, and all my property confiscated, for having entered a Colombian port with tobacco on board, and having sold tobacco, onions, and garlic at the Pearl Islands. There were four witnesses, one of whom declared that be saw me sell tobacco, the other three said that they had heard I bad tobacco on board. They were re crofts and deserters confined in the stocks, and examined in prliate, so that I never saw them. There were four of the inhabitants of the islands confined in prison with myself, as being the purchasers, and their property also ordered to be emb .rgoed, but .they were acquitted, it being stated in the sentence, that the evidence of the man relative to the tobacco was not to be credited. There was, therefore, nothing against them but the parchasing of the garlic and onions. which, although it con stituted an act of smuggling in the miler, did not affect the pur chaser, custom having sanctioned the supplying themselves from vesicle. At the time when this sentence passed I was in the hospital, where I had been removed from IU-health, when I was ordered to be conveyed back to gaol. and dragged through the streets at bald &llia a felon. It was not notified, that having stripped me of all my property, they were going to try my person. When the Pre fect forcibly appointedidansilfJudge, he assigned as his motive des. :,.. ... ~~ patch. The parties from whom he removed the case had the papers IS days, and he has had them three months, and the business is nt.t yet concluded. I have been confined now upwards of four months its the public gaol, in common with wretches whose least crime as that of robbing ! I have been refused permission to take exercise, or even to be removed to the hospital, although security has been ffkred by the British Consul, Capt. Burgess, of his Majesty's ship Alen, and private securities by my friends to any amount. I have been refused permission to see the Consul, and all his remon• strances have, so tar from el!eviating my condition, brought down additional severity: his exertions and attention to my case de• mud my warmest acknowledgments, and he has all along assured me that 1 shall have ample redress for my sufferings s well as loss of property. They have refused to allow fay appeal, but the Con sul has wrote the Consul-General to apply to the Supreme Court of Bogota, to demand the WILL An account was forwarded to Admiral Fleming, and the Consul did expect be would bave applied to Montilla. Before the vessel was condemned, ber boat, sails, &c. Were disposed of, so as so leave no doubt at to what svntenee they intended giving. Captain Burgess, of His Majesty's ship Alert, arrived here on the 41st of April, and sailed on the 23d. Captain Burden called nu the Prefect, and told him that if his orders were not positive, he would instantly go in pursuit of the [amens. but that he might rely upon a British vessel of war being despatched in pursuit of her on his arrival in Valparaiso, and that if he fell in with her, be should put the captain in irons, and send him to England for trial, as also take my guns and rope out. We have just sees a letter from Panama, to a merchant of ibis city, respecting the seizure of the above vessel by the Colom bian authorities, and we are hipPy to state that the British Consul, slr. liagregor. is exerting himself in a qem . praiseworthy manner to ot t .in restitution of the vessel and caigo, as well a. a emu neer ion for the tri m . end personal 'uterine of Captain Clarke. We have beard it aererted that Captain Cinrjai is a stouggler,—this may or may not be the case, but we shall not be satisfied out 1 it is ascertained that the Admiral has made a faunal demand of a copy of the proceedings spinet the master of a British vessel, by m hick Le is sentenced to three years' imprisonnii in. and confise . ' of his property. If Captain Clarke has been guilty of abi each of e revenue laws of Colombia, let bins be punished agreeably to those laws ; but trom the statement we have seen, we are inclined to be lieve him to be a victim to the cupidity of the Prefect and his subordinates at Panama.--Orarear, Sept. 10. ,SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. ATTEIISALL'S. There was nothing done at the Betting Room yesterday. On Friday last lir. JoUiffe's Fox Hound. met at lland Cross, according to appointment, and aftei drawing kr about an hour through that country of beat's, bogs, and birches. they we kennelled a fox in Brantridge Wood, near Cooper's Corner. — Toddy, after a little parley, broke away for Bakombe. Moe Wood, Spicer's, and Sydnye, followed by the hounds, but not at the rattling pace they are accustomed to go, the scent bring any thing but good. Still they stuck to the fox like wax, and after s'tirting Sydnye, he stood away for Staplefield Common, and thence to Holmstead. Here they ran him into the farm yard. and sod denly came to a check.; nor could all the efforts of Roffey, the huntsman, get another bark. Some persons here suggested that iteyuard might have gone forward, and taken renuge in Pickwell woods. Tbith:r, after some delay, occasioned by tiling the lnterme diate country, the hounds and hooters proceeded. Scarcely were they in cover before the me ry cry was again in action—some said up.; a fresh fox—others as stoutly persisted that it was the hunted to: again unkennelled. Iteynard seemed reluctant to leave his favourite haunt; but after some time he broke away for a short distance over the adjacent country, occasionally dipping into the Pickwell woods, and at length took off through Bishopstone to Wooderfield Bridges. near which the hounds ran into ma- The shortness of the run, and the pace, induced the more credulous sportsmen to believe him to be the same fox found at Brantridge, although a yearling; but the se quel proved the contrary to be the fact. When the servant went into the stable at Holmstead in the forenoon, out bolted Reynatd from the hay-loft, and got off safe and sound, thus convincing that the cunning so often ascribed to that animal is nut entirely fabulous. To ascend the hayloft he most have clambered some palling. and entered by the window ; and the circumstance of the hounds nut discovering the place of his retreat Is satisfactorily explained by the aumber of pigs and other st tele continually running about the farm yard, and it is iupposed he must have b en there some time before the hounds came up. - W. Thatcher, .Vaig.'s crack pack of harriers, known by the name of the " Whackland - Hant.' (Isle of Wight) threw off on Monday week, in the presence of a large field of sportsmen, who had a high treat " tbrou, h flood and field." The first hare wh'cb was started wiis chopped almost instantly ; the second was put up at Pagbam, and was a neck-or nothing chase for the horsemen, and afforded the dogs plenty of work for an hour and twenty five minutes without a check, when she was run Into a furze-bush at Winton. near Appuldercomb Park, the seat of Lord Yarborough. In this chase, William Thatcher, Esq jun. who rode the best horse in the hunt, having made an extraordinary leap, the animal brought up his bind feet so violently against kis fore feet, that with his shoe he cut the large sinews in his fare-leg, thereby disabliag him for the season. The field crossed az streams of water in this run, and the horse of Benjamin Cotton. Bag. made a" swerve" at Kennetley stream, the consequence of which was that both the horse and the rider had a complete ducking a but, no thing daunted, Mr. Cotton proceeded, and he , with Ferdinand Baker, Rsq of Newport, were the only persons lu the field who followed the dogs closely, and were in at the death. The pack met aeain on Thursday, and bad two fine runs. The sales in British Plantation Sugar this week amount to about 600 hhds. The market remains steady, and former prices have been fully supported. Nothing has been done in East India or foreign Sugar. Very little has been done in Coffee, and nothing in Cocoa or Ginger. At about fuer o'clock yesterday morning one of the new poliel-men cn duty at the corner of Wells-street and Oxford-street, noticed a volume of smoke issuing out of the premises of Messrs. Robinson and Co. ex tensive silk mercers, of Nos. 64 and 65, Oxford street; he immediately gave the alarm, and burst open the door, when the whole of the warehouse presented but one mass of flame ; the inmates escaped only with the greatest difficulty, several of them being severely scorched. It was useless to attempt to save any of the property, it being of that inflammable nature that it caught fire im mediately. A great numb -r of engines were in at tendance, and a plentiful supply of water was obtained, but to no avail, the ravages of the destructive element being 20 great, that the whole of the building was re duced to the ground in a very short time. The adjoining houses have suffered but slightly. The cause is attri buted to the bursting of one of the gas-conductors. Scarcely any of the property was insured, and the loss is .estimated at several thousand pounds, A number 4.f the . new police were ••In attendance, and too much 1 r :Ise cannot be given to them for their exertions. CORN—EECHAN6E, MARK—CANE, Nov. 20. In consequence of the dense fog, no holiness was transacted in our market this morning—not a singk sample was exposed for sale ; prices, therefore, muit be nominally quoted as on Monday. ueroatatious maga MONDAY. Wheat, fingWh (qrs.) . S 050 Batley, Foreign Irish • . Oafs, English • Foreign. , . 2,700 r• Foreign Barley, English . e,iso Irish Irish . . Floor (seeks) SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 20. CATTLE AT UNMET. . 2,160 . 2,150 Z,Oll . COD . 6,400 Beasts.. ... ..... ............ 684 i Calves £33 Sheep and Lambs 4.390 I Piga Beef 3s 6d to 4s Od Veal 31 104 to 41 Gd Mutton ... ..4s td 40 8d Pork .... 3s 10d 4s 8d Lamb Hay per load, £2 151. to £4 4s. Clover .23 31 to #5 101. &raw Al 13s. to Sit os. COAL MARIEBT—Tma Day. The Coal Exchange was well attended by buyers to-day, and Coals were in fair demand. There was an average supply both o f Suoderland and Newcastle Cad at market • 10 new ships bay e arrived since Wednesday last, making a total on the week's arriva I of 150 ship.--Ships arrived during the moth. 448. Best Welland Coals .... Sile. ed. Ns. ed. Other sorts 1 Skips at Market 7