The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-21 00:00:00

MR. GURNEY, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-CARRIAGE. Mr. Gurney is of a very old and respectable Cornish family. After receiving a liberal edu cation at Truro Grammar-school he was placed with a surgeon at Wadebridge, in the same county, where he early showed evidences of great mechanical talent, having invented several ingenious contrivances connected with the prac tice of his profession. During his school days he more than once spent the vacation with Mr. Andrew Vivian, of Truro, one of the earliest iinprovers of locomotive steam machinery, and who at that very time (more than twenty years ago) was experimenting upon a steam carriage to move on rail-roads, which, in connection with Mr. Trevithick, he soon afterwards brought to nearly the same state of perfection which the present carriages of that class have attained. The chief evidence of Mr. Gurney's extraor dinary mechanical ability during his youth was the construction of a large finger organ, the whole of which he manufactured and put toge ther with his own hands, and afterwards con nected it with a pianoforte, in a most ingenious and entirely novel manner. The circumstance of his finding that these two instruments either agreed together in tone, or disagreed, according to the temperature of the atmosphere at the time of playing them, was the first cause of Mr. Gur ney's directing his attention, in a decided man ner, to the study of natural philosophy in gene ral, and of chymistry in particular, and which consequently gave the first impulse to that de voted attention to, and love for, the latter, which has been the leading feature of his character, and the main cause of his present success. . . . Shortly after his arrival in London Mr. Gurney became acquainted with a gentleman who was connected with the Surrey cnstitution, and who, after having had repeated occasions of observing the qualities of Mr. Gurney's mind, strenuously advised his becoming a candidate for the office of chymical lecturer to that establishment. This advice Mr. Gurney almost immediately followed, and he delivered a probationary lecture at that institution, which was received with re markable demonstrations of applause, from the novelty and aptness of the various illustrations which were introduced ; and which lecture oc casioned the immediate engagement of Mr. Gur ney to deliver a course of lectures on chymical science. These lectures were delivered during the ensuing season, and excited a more marked attention than any similar lectures bad done since the establishment of the institution ; in deed, they so entirely surpassed the expectations of the committee of managers that an additional sum was voted to Mr. Gurney over and above that which had been agreed to be paid for them. It was by this course of lectures that Mr. Gur ney made himself not a few enemies in the phi losophical world, by pointing out the defects which have been go manifestly proved, in the (so called) " safety lamp " of the late Sir Humphrey Davy. In the course of these lectures, too, he first exhibited his oxyhydrogen blow-pipe, an invention of great merit and utility, since it di vested of all danger, and at the same time added to the powers of that, till then most ha. zardous instrument, the blow-pipe of Dr. Clarke. This blow-pipe is now in general use in all chymical laboratories. The same remarkable course of lectures first introduced to the world several other minor instruments, connected with the prosecutions of scientific inquiry. About this time, too, Mr. Gurney constructed a new and most extraordinary musical instrument, composed chiefly of glass--led to do so by some observations which he had made during his experiments and preparations for the above named course of public instruction. This in strument, which was of the exact form and ap pearance of a grand upright piano, and played in the same manner, produced the most singular effects on the hearer—uniting all the softness and sweetness of the musical glasses with the full and grand tone of the organ. It was com pleted and placed in the Colosseum, with the view of being heard there, as part of the va rious attractions of that establishment ; but on the flight of Rowland Stephenson, and the em harassments of the concern, it was removed, Mr, Gurney not having parted with any por tion of his property in it. The sound of this instrument was so affecting that persons of a nervous habit could not bear to hear it touched. It was played, as we have said, in the ordinary !Nay ofa piano, by finger key, but these acted so as to cause the passage of silk ribbons over spheri cal glasses. Immediately after, and indeed during, the construction of this extraordinary in strument, Mr. Gurney had given much of his attention to steam machinery, with a view to the construction of a locomotive power for carriages on common roads ; and during the last four or five years his whole time and thoughts have been devoted exclusively to this one great pursuit— with what ultimate success his late public ex periments have shown. Indeed his entire and unceasing attention to his present pursuit, in the face of such obstacles, difficulties, and discourage ments as perhaps never before presented them selves to any one in the prosecution of such an undertaking, have been as remarkable as they are creditable to his character for perseverance and industry. During one period of the late experiments Mr, Gurney resided within the walls of the factory for six months, night and day— never quitting them for a moment, nor writing a , letter, or even seeing a friend, but giving his whole time and soul to his great work ; and this, too, at a period when his efforts were the sub ject of at best but an empty unbelieving wonder —and, in many cases, of ridicule and laughter — a s chimerical and useless, as far as any prac tical result was concerned. In fact, so far from unsteadiness and want of perseverance being im putable to Mr. Gurney, these are precisely the qualities to which he owes his present unlooked for and unhoped success—(unlooked-for and unhoped except by himself)—and to which he will assuredly owe his future fame and fortune. —Court Journal. As a proof of the inutility of the Game Laws, partridges, we are told, scarce as they this year are, are at this time selling in London as common as poultry, at 3s. the buce. On Monday last, the Northumberland and N e wcastle Volunteer Cavalry, consisting of six troops, under the emnraalad of Lieutenant-Colonel BELL, M.P., having completed eight days permanent duty, were by order of Government inspected by Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, 4th Dragoon Guards (who came from York for that purpose), on the moor, near this town. The day proving highly favourable, there was a large assemblage of ladies, in elegant equipages, on the ground, and the whole had a very imposing appearance, as the Inspecting- Officer was attended by a numerous staff in full uniform, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel AEMoLD, Lieutenant 'Colonel POWER, Captain MAKRPEACE, and the rest of the 04cers quartered 'here. Upon this occasion, the dis tiogvisited corps presented a most soldier-like appearance, and pagomand various volutions in a manner so very cre ditable to themselves, as to elicit from Li eu t enant- C olonel epss the highest possible encom i ums, —Newcastle Courant. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. B ink Stock :213% 14% South Sea Stock 99% 3 per Cent. Red.......... 89% 90 Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Cons. 90 1 ,4% New Ditto 3.; per Cent. 98% 9 Ex. Bills, .£1,1106 2d. 74 75 pm. Ditto Red. 93% 9 Ditto lid. 73 '75 pm. 3 per Cent. 1726 — Ditto 500 2d. 74 '75 pm. 4 per Cent. Ann '03%%% Ditto ltd. 74 - 75 pm. Ditto, 1826 Ditto Scrip — Ditto lid. 14.75 pm. Bank L. Ann....... !9 13-16 % I Bank for Account India Stock lndia for Account ...... ... Ditto Bonds ...... 63 64 pm. [Cons. for Account 9,P4 91 90% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 66 I , l i, 6,N, Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bond ChilianBonds rolombian Bonds ..... ........ Ditto, New — Ditto 1821 Danish_ l3 Spanish. 1821 Greek Bonds, 11M Ditto, 1825 French Rentes, sp. c. 107 f. 25c. Guathnala — Exchange 2sf. f)sc. Mexican Bonds . — 3 per cent. —l. --c. Ditto, 1825 — Exchange —f. PRICES OF SHARES THI, Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. , . Ditto National Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51 PRICES OF IRISH STO4 Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent PB Ditto, New — 4 per Cent. 10 2 34 Gov. Deb. 3 , ;; percent 981,1, Royal Canal Stock 4414 Grand Canal Stock l9 City Deb. 4 per cent — Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c — DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. pm.) £2O 7 ; pm.) £35 Per Share. 76 10% U 4% :KS, DUBLIN, OCT. 17. ISt. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto — I Patriotic Ditto — IHibernian Bank 18% IProvincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — ' Mining Co. of Ireland — Commercial Buildings — NG= YESTERDAY. COUILSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F 12 '7 Ditto, at sight. 12 5 Rotterdam 2 U 12 74 Antwerp 12 7; Hamburg M.B. I I 0 Altona I t Paris, 3 days' sight 25 '75 Ditto 2 U. 26 0 Bordeaux 25 5 Berlin Frank fort on Blaine, Ex. M. 152,4 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, elleziive 6. 2 M. 19 1) Trieste do 10 9 Madrid 36 Cadiz . Sti llilboa Barcelona Seville G,braltar 47,,4 Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 S'2 Venice 47% Malta 48% Naples Palermo per es. 119 Lisbon Oporto 45 Rio Jane3ro Bahia 28 Buenos Ayres Dublin, '2l days' sight l% Cork !KILLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 II 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 1 FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, OCT. W.-13. 10 1 ,4.—Tw0 months, la 9 1 4. ST. PETERSBURGA, OCT. 6.—Three months, 10 21-32. STOCKHOLM, Ocr. 9.—Ninety days, 11. 31. LEIPSIC, Ocr. 12.—Three months, 6. 161. BERLIN, OCT. 13.—Three months, 6. 26%. BREMEN, OCT. 13.—Two months, 611. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. O America 0 I Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Havannah 0 2 Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 O France. 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottcnburgh 1 0 Mexico ........ ........ 0 O Guernsey &Jeney 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 53 minutes after 9 I Evening ...2-2 minutes after 10. THE COLOSSEUM—REGENT'S PARK. The Proprietors of this Magnificent Exhibition invite the atten tion of the Public to the NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE ADMISSIONS. s. d. To view the Panorama alone To view the Panorama, with the original Ball, removed from St. Paul's Cathedral—the Prospect from the sum mit of the Building—and the Saloon for the Reception of Works of Art 3 0 To view the Conversatories, Fountain, and Swiss Cottage 2 0 N. B.—The ASCENDING ROOM being now completed, is used daily in raising Visitors to the First Gallery. Open from Ten till Dusk. - Or *lll.l* LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1829. An article in the Prussian State Gazette, dated Bucharest, details various particulars re specting the treaty of Adrianople. The Turkish cities on the left bank of the Danube are to be incorporated with the Principalities, in which no Mahometan will be permitted to reside. Such Mahometans as possess landed property in Wallachia and Moldavia are to be allowed eighteen months. We apprehend that this is stipulated in the treaty already published. It is said that all the islands at the mouth of the Danube are to be ceded to Russia. For our own part the wonder is that the whole of the Danube is not ceded to Russia as far as Bel grade, for Servia is now as much under the power of Russia as the Principalities. As a proof how far the Emperor NICHOLAS means to act upon the principle of moderation, we arc now told that the main strength of the army is to remain at Adrianople, and through out the strongholds between that place and the Danube. That, in short, he has possession of Turkey in Europe, and means to keep it, under some pretext or other, and against all corners. In acting thus, we think the Emperor NI CHOLAS is perfectly right, for while France and England permit him to do as he pleases, we are sure that his own modesty will prescribe no bouilds to his moderation. In fact, the only instance of modesty which the EMPEROR has hitherto betrayed is the withholding from public view the additional treaties to the peace of Adria nople. But, perhaps, his respect for human prejudice was the cause of this forbearance. He knew that Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, That to be bated—needs but to be seen, — and so he wi,hes to familiarise men's minds to false reports of the ugly treaties in abeyance, before he brings forth to the astonishment and admiration of the world the monstrous progeny of Russian ambition. It is said that the obnoxious treaties have ,been transmitted to the Governments of France and England, but that the thing is so out of all na tural proportions as even to frighten the respec tive Cabinets at the bare look of it ! It is a thing too hideous to be contemplated—far less endured. The question then comes—What is to be done ?—Answer—Russia is now in possession ! Still the question returns with accumulated force—What is to be done ?—And Echo mur murs—What ! ST. PETERSBURG'', OCT. 7. On the 4th there were solemn thanksgivings to the Author of All Good, for the series of brilliant successes of the Russian armies during the last war with the Porte, now happily terminated by a glori ous peace. At ten in the morning, twenty-six bat talions of infantry, twenty-nine squadrons of cavalry, and thirty-two pieces of cannon, were drawn up in columns in the Champ du Mars. General Dimidow commanded all the troops. When the Emperor ap peared on horseback, accompanied by his son and a numerous suite, and rode along the ranks, he was saluted by all the troops with loud acclamation, and the bands played the popular air " God bless the Emperor." The procession of the Cross, w hi c h, with the pages, had proceeded in solemn pomp from the Casan Cathedral to the Church of the Transfiguration, in which the trophies of the last campaign are preserved, went from thence after Mass was performed to the Champ du Mars, .where Divine Service was performed in pre sence of the Court, the chief officers of State, and the Diplomatic body. The trumpet gave the signal for prayer, and the troops kneeled, with bare heads. When the hymn " We thank thee, God," was per formed, a salute was fired by the fortress and the eight yachts, which lay at anchor on both sides of the Great Bridge over the Neva, and had displayed all their colours. In conclusion, all the troops de tiled before his Majesty. All the streets and windows, and even the roofs of the houses, were filled with spectators, though the wea ther was rainy, but towards the end of the cere mony the sun shone bright. All the ships in the Neva hoisted their colours, and the city was illu minated in the evening. By an Order of the Day of the 4th his Majesty has conferred additional honours on many of the Generals employed in the late campaign. Counts Diebitsch and Paskewitsch are raised to the dignity of Field Marshals. The first army stationed in Li thuania, Poland, &c. will be organised in quite a different manner. Six Generals of the second army are to be Commanders of Corps, and 17 Major- Generals to be Lieutenant-Generals in the first army. The six Generals are Counts Pahlen, 1 and 2; Generals Krassowsky, 1 : Sawoyni, 1 ; Roth, 1; and Rudiger. 1. General Nesselrode, the Vice-Chancellor, and Count Woronzow, the Governor of New Russia, are made Knights of St. Andrew, and General Cancrin, and the Minister of Finance, is raised to the dignity of Count. Up to the 4th October, 1397 ships arrived at Cronstadt ; sailed 1123. HAMBURG, OCT. 15. His Majesty the King of Sweden was attacked on the 7th by a violent intermitting fever, but on the 9th, when the post left, he was considered to be better. General Francisco de Paula Santander has ar rived here on board the Maria from Luguayra and Puerto Cabello. He is accompanied by his nephew, and will most likely go to Paris with other pas sengers. The Hamburg Reporter and other Papers have been received to the 16th inclusive. They contain an account of a solemn thanksgiving, at St. Petersburgh, on the 4th inst., at which the Imperial Family were present Kith the whole military force in the capital. The sight must have been particularly imposing, for never, on any former occasion, except for the overthrow of BUONAPARTE'S invading army, had Russia so much reason to be proud as well as grateful. The Emperor NICHOLAS continues to act up with master policy in bestowing marks of esteem upon those General Officers, whose genius so mainly contributed to the success of the war, while he fosters the enthusiasm of the army by making very general promotions throughout every department. This is not more generous than politic. The military spirit is the prevailing fashion—the glory—every thing in Russia—and the Emperor does wisely to con ciliate the national vanity by ministering to its idol—the army : HAMBURG, OCT. 16. BORSEN• HALLE, FOUR O'CLOCK.--WHEAT.--The supply continues to ba small from the Upper and Lower Elbe, but it is equal to the demand. To wards the beginning of the week a few parcels of best quality were bought at reduced prices for the French market, but within the last few days there have been no purchasers. Our own consumers buy only as much as they want for present use. RYE has also been less in demand, and sales are to be effected only at reduced prices. A few parcels of BARLEY have been taken to be sent to England. Our own consumers are shy in buying either this or any other kind of grain. During the first nine days of October 48 cargoes of Corn passed through the Sound; 15 were bound for British, and 117 for Dutch, ports. Weight. Itix dollars. Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 110 to 125 Pomeranian 124 to 128 105 to 115 Anhalt. white llB to 124 115 to 120 --- red 122 to 128 110 to 120 Danish 120 to 128 BO to 1)5 Petersburgh and Riga 120 to 123 100 to 105 Dantzic Rye llB to 122 62 to 68 Magdeburgh Barley OS to 101 6O to 65 Anhalt 9B to 104 6il to 68 New to Mecklenburgh Oats 66 to '74 4O to 45 Pomeranian Malt to ...... .50 t./ .54 Holstein Rapeseed to Funds are to-day less in demand, and a shade lower than on Tuesday. End of October. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan 993 Hamburg-Russian Loan 945 Polish Bonds lO6 Austrian Bank Shares 1205 Austiian ➢fetalliques lOl. We point attention to a very sensible and acute article from the Chronicle of this morning, upon the division and accumulation of property, which will be found under the usual head. The people of England, with all their boasted " liberty," have many lords and masters. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 20.---Wind S.W..—Arrived the Cygnet, Morel, from Bengal, sailed the Ist of June; and Columbine, from the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Cygnet, Rivett, from Alexandria. Off Port; the Maria, Lang, from Cape Coast Castle. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sylph, Cummings, from Malaga. BRISTOL, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Starling, from Odessa; and Armstad, from St. Andero. DOVER, OCT. 20.—Off Port, the Henry, Bun ney, from the Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 19.—Arrived the George and Mary, Roberts, from Bengal and Madras ; Lady Combermere, —, from Africa; Atlantic, War lane, from St. John's, N. B.; and Betsey, Salis bury, and Good-Intent, from Malaga. DUBLIN, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Anna, Eason ; Venus, Andrews, from Leghorn; and Star, Duff, from Cadiz. The James, Spence, from London to Hamburg, was lost on Newark previous to the 16th inst.; the cargo expected to be saved; master and crew drowned. The Mary, Johnson, from Hamburg to Hull, was on shore at Cuxhaven the 16th inst. The Romulus, from New 'York to Hamburg, is totally lost on Scarhorn ; crew saved. The Staines, of Newcastle, foundered in lat. .57. N. long. G. E. The Four Friends, Stoke, from Liverpool to Portsmouth, was totally wrecked near the Lizard the 17th inst.; crew saved. The Liverpool, Mayne, from Liverpool, was lost the 4th of July at Rio Grande; part of the cargo saved in a damaged state. 'I he New Industry, from Strangford to Liverpool, was driven on shore on Friday night at South Port. The Governor Ready, Young, of London, is lost near Murray Island; crew arrived at Batavia. The Loyalist, from Tobago, arrived at New York the 30th ult., w►th six feet water in her hold, loss of sails, bulwarks, &c., bound to London. Due. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIVRLVE I; CLocr. We have numerous arrivals this morning from the East Indies. Files of the Colonial Time: from Van Dieman's Land to the Ist June, Hobart-town Papers to the Ist June, Calcutta to the 25th May, Cape of Good hope to the 15th August, and the Gaceta Mercantil of Buenos Ayres to the 25th July, have been received ut the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Gaceta Mercantil ) The following note was addressed by Adm. Chive!, on assuming the command of the French naval forces on this station, to the Commodore of the French squadron in the River Plate:—" Do not fail again to recommend to our countrymen tranquilly to follow their employment, not taking part in the political concerns of the country, declaring to the King's sub jects, who despise these councils, that by this Act alone they will lose the protection of his Majesty's flag ; you can, on the other hand, assure those who conform to this advice that they may rely on the most prompt and efficacious protection in case (which God avert) it becomes necessary for their security. The orders communicated to our marine forces are positive." The El Tiempo of the 23d July makes some re marks upon the foregoing, concluding thus :—" Who knows whether M. Greve!, by prompt and efficaci ous protection, may not understand what Viscount Venencourt understood ! This affair is yet pending. The Government of Buenos Ayres has had recourse to that of his Most Christian Majesty for redress; some time must pass before it will be possible even 'to receive an answer, and notwithstanding another French naval officer already threatens us again, and our Journals admit this insult without saying a single word." (From the Colonial Times.) VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, JUNE L—The Solicitor- General has given it as his opinion that nothing can be done in the way of passing a Colonial Act for the relief of the insolvent debtors, until a warrant, no minating a Council, arrives, with his Majesty's signature. Orders have arrived from England for the imme diate abandonment of Port Raffles. The Old Bank has paid off the sum it borrowed of the Local Government, with an interest of eight per cent. A dreadful malady of the species of opthalmia was prevailing at Sydney ; old and young were afflicted. (From the Hobart Town Papers.) Letters are in the colony from Captain Fitz clarence, mentioning his intention to come round here immediately in the Pallas , so that we may expect not only this frigate, but also the Naiad, and perhaps the Sulphur. Private letters from Sydney state the price of wheat at 7s. per bushel, arid not likely to advance. So great was the overstock of goods at Sydney that Captain Bunn has resolved' to return the iron and pitch to London. The whale fishing promises to be most successful; no less than ten fish have already been caught by the two establishments down the river. A Government notice announces the death of H. Humphrey, Esq., the Police Magistrate. The Calcutta Paper of the 25th May states, that a new general bank was about to be established at Calcutta. The cloudy and heavy appearance of the weather for some days past, with the fall of copious showers, has been favourable to the prospects of the Indigo planters, and we hope will be found to have suffi ciently operated to put to flight the apprehensions of a short and scanty crop, to which the event of ruins had given rise. TILE FUNDS. The Hamburg steamer has arrived, by which we have received the liamburg Reporter of the 16th October, which states that the supply of wheat con tinues to be small from the Upper as well as from the Lower Elbe, but fully equal to the demand. The beginning of the week a few parcels of best quality were bought at reduced prices for the French market. During the first nine days of October, forty-eight cargoes of corn passed the Sound. The Funds were on the 16th less in demand, and must be quoted a shade lower than on Tuesday. In Paris 13,000 pounds sterling Anglo-Danish Bonds have been stolen, and the public have been warned against purchasing them. Exchange on London—at two months, 13 9i; at sight, 13 101. Consols which left off' yesterday at 901 I for the Account, and 90 for Money, opened at the same price, since which the market has become very stiff, and Consols have improved to 90i; and at present may be quoted 90/ 1 for Account, and 90i-i for Money, with a good deal of business transactions. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 214 15 India Stock, 222 223 3 per Cent. Cons. 90i Do., for Account, 90i 91 Ditto Reduced, 89i 90 FOREIG 31 per Cent. 9Si 99 New 4 per Cent., 103 i 4 per Cent. 1826 1011 5 India Bonds. 62 64 Exchequer Bills, 74 75 FUNDS. Greek, 191 20 Mexican, 194 Peruvian, 121 13A- Portuguese, 481 6 . 1 Prussian, Russian, 103 1 Spanish, Si Brazilian, 661 7 Buenos Ayres, 22 24 191 201 Colombian, 181 191 Danish, 721 3 French, 5 per Cent. 107 8 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 81i 21 TWO O'CLOCK. Some of our Evening Contemporaries have been amusing the public for several days past with re ports in their Fund articles, that the cause of the improvement of our Consols was owing to attempts making on the Continent to get up the Foreign Funds—they must have been imposed upon or badly informed—the real cause of the continual improve ment is, and credited by the well informed, that Go vernment have it in contemplation to pay off the 4 per Cents., as well as the 31 per Cents., creating a new stock of 21 per Cents., by which financial operation there will be a saving of seven or eight millions sterling. Should the plans be adopted it will cause another great improvement in the Funds. No doubt this grand scheme has got vent in the Stock Market, and has given the Bears a fever.— Consols have again improved in the course of the morning, a per cent. In the early part of the day they were at 901 and may be quoted at present at 91 for the Account, and for Money: 901 buyers, with considerable business doing. The Cape of Good Hope Papers state, from Graham's Town, that their annual visitors, the Locusts, in spite of all predictions, have again ap peared in great numbers, and commenced their de structive operations. The Bushmen are again dis turbing the peace of the frontier inhabitants, and have committed several robberies. The Field- Commandant is pursuing the fugitive. In the Foreign Market Brazil Stock is still im proving; in other Foreign Securities nothing doing. They write from Liverpool, that the business done in British Plantation Sugar has been consider able, the sales, 1,200 hhds., at steady prices. The demand for Cotton continues steady, and the prices are fully supported. There was nothing doing in Indigo, the Company's quarterly sale in London having suspended all present inquiries in the above Market. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 91; for Money, 90i, buyers. Two persons fell accidentally into the Canal, near Losetnore, last week, but were rescued ; both fell in in consequence of imperfect vi l / 4 ion---one was short-sighted and the other saw double.—llirmingliant Journal. NEW PAPER. —The Mexican Congress has passed an Act enjuining the different departments of the Mexican Government to ui.e no other paper than that which is made from a vegetable grown in Mexico, called maguey. Manufactories of paper from this plant have been esta blished at Queretara and St. Angel ; and the paper is said to be equal for all purposes to that made from the finest linen rag...—. Literary Gazette. LAW INTELLIGF.NCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S .BENCH. WILLCOCK V. MASON. Mr. ALDERSON stated, that this was an action by a licensed victualler of Clerkenwell, to recover from the de fendant, a stage-coach driver, the value of a gig, which was broken to pieces by the defendant's coach running against it. Mr. Willcock was with a friend at Brown's Wells, on the Barnet road, and the defendant was meeting him at a very rapid pace ; the plaintiff made way for him, but the coachman would not yield, and the coach came in contact with the gig, which was broken to pieces, and Mr. Willcock's friend was unfortunately killed on the spot. The Learned Counsel then called John Bridger, a licensed victualler of Paddington, who was on the above day at the Green Man, Brown's-wells ; he was standing at the door, holding his horse; he saw the plaintiff coming towards London, on the wrong side of the road; the coach was coming down the hill, in the oppo site direction, at a fast rate, on the wrong side also ; the plaintiff crossed to his right side, at about 30 yards before he met the coach ; the road was from 25 to 27 yards wide. Witness called out to the coachman to stop, as he saw the danger. The two vehicles came in contact, the hind wheel of the coach with the shaft of the gig, which was broken ; the gig-horse was thrown down, with Mr. Willcock's friend under him, and the latter died in three quarters of an hour. The coachman drove on, and would not stop till a constable ran after him. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—The Coroner's verdict was accidental death. Saw a cart on the other side of the road, but the coach bad passed that before it came to the gig. Mrs. Bridger, wife to the last witness, corroborated her husband's statement. John Bean, a constable of Barnet, was coming down the hill in the same direction as the plaintiff's gig. Did not see the whole of the accident, but saw the man under the horse, and ran after the coach to stop it. The coach man would not stop till witness drew out his staff. Burton, the wheelwright, who repaired the gig, deposed that the expellees amounted to 81. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, contended that the acci dent was caused solely by the misdriving of the plaintiff's unfortunate friend, who he should prove had driven into the wheel of the coach, with the intent of driving round the end of the coach. It had been insinuated that the defendant had refused to stop, and had, therefore, been guilty of great inhumanity. But the fact was, that the coachman, who was a very steady driver, and who was going very slow, knew nothing about the accident till a drunken man called out to him to stop. He did stop, and procured a post-chaise and a surgeon fur the deceased, and did every thing that humanity could have prompted. He then cal. si Mr. A. J. Andrews, an attorney of Barnet, who was on the coach-box at the time, and deposed that the defendant was not driving more than six miles an hour. The coach was passing a cart, and the gig coming along the road in a straight line towards them. When the leaders came near the gig the coachman turned into his own side, which lie could not have done before. The gig was in the middle of the road. Did not know of any ac cident till the constable, who was drunk, ran after them. Was sure that there was plenty of room for the gig to pass. Mr. Cole, a licensed victualler, was in the dickey of the coach, on the off side. When he first saw the gig the shaft was pointed towards the hind wheel of the coach, but it was not then entangled in the wheel. Witness thought it must hare been the fault of the driver of the gig. Mea sured the distance at the time, and there were 14 feet clear between the track of the coach-wheel and a post on the gig side of the road. Defendant was driving slowly, at shout seven miles an hour. Mr. ALDERSON replied, Lord TENTERDEN summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict fur the plain tiff—Damages, 81. PAYNE V. JOHNSTONE. Mr. GURNEY stated that this was an action by the clerk of a sugar broker, named Newsome, (who became bank rapt in 1824), to recover from his assignee the sum of 501. 16a. id., for services previous to the bankruptcy, and a further sum for six weeks' services in making up the bankrupt's books after the bankruptcy, amounting altoge ther to 671. 14s. Mr. KELLY, however, submitted that there was no case proved. Lord TENTERDEN was of the same opinion, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. RUTTERFORD V. EVANS, CLERK. This was an action to recover compensation is damages for a libel, in which the defendant bad called the plaintiff a cheat and a dishonest person. The defendant pleaded several special pleas of justification, but as the trial is likely to occupy the entire day, we refrain from publishing an ex-parte statement. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF K . LONDON SPECIAL JURIES A. Congreve, Bart. ♦ Rotton Brown v Duncan Graham and another v El- ' lice and others Brocklebank v Sugrue Soulby v Knight and another Murray v Hodgson, Esq. Sandys and others v David- NG'S BENCH. 'POINTED FOR TO•MORROW. Ogle v Pratt De la Chauiriette v the Bank of England Hermon and another v Kin naird Clegg v Won= Adams v Sanders Hope v Whiggins Brown v Capel and another Smith v Heskeketh Roberts v Davies Bramnah and another v Bennett. son Baxter v Hothouse and others Ball v Hall and another West v the same COURT OF CO: LONDON SPECIAL JURIES AP Bossley v Owen Foster and others v Charles Gore v Wynne Murray v Nichols and another lALMON PLEAS. ['POINTED FOR TO-MORROW. Cumming and another v Bailey Hawkins and others v Exeter Booth v Plummer. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of all kinds of Grain this week are good, and there is also a fair quantity of Flour. The trade has been very dull this morning, and we can quote no va riatio►► in the price of any article since Monday. ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oats. Flour. 3,500 qrs. I 2,600 qrs. 3,150 sacks. 960 Wheat. English .... 3,500 qrs. Irish - Foreign 1,950 - brls. INDIGO SALE.—This morning the East India Company's sale of Indigos, which had been adjourned from Friday last until today, on account of the Jewish holidays, recommenced. The attendance this morning of persons engaged in the Indigo trade was very limited, and the biddings very heavy. Up to this morning about 3,500 chests, out of nearly 8,000 declared, passed the sale. The withdrawals of Indigo, as far as the sale has proceeded, have been much larger than usual. In the markets on the Continent there are comparatively few orders, so that prices are expected to be lower. The holders of Indigo do not at all appear disposed to accept the prices offered. The prices obtained at the sale in October, last year, averaged from I s and Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb. higher than at the present sale. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—Last week a wo man who lived at Carroll Shore threw herself into the liver, a little to the north of Grangemouth, under pecu liarly painful circumstances. It appears she and her old father lived in the same house, and the slanderous tongues of some of their neighbours having blabbed forth a story not more unnatural than unlikely, the unfortunate woman deemed herself and her character for ever blasted, and un der the influence of her agonised feelings committed the rash act. Her body was found next day.— Glasgow Free Press. ST. LEONARD'S.—SPLENDID HOTEL, EX TENSIVE BATAS, AND MODERN VILLAS.—JAMES BUR TON, Esq. the eminent builder, to whom Russell-square, Tavistock-square, Euston-square, Burton-crescent, and all the capacious streets in that part of the metropolis owe their erection, has laid the foundation of an entirely new town, on a delightful and picturesque spot, near the sea, at St. Leonard's, about a mile from Hastings, to the West, The first stone was laid in March, 1828 ; and such has been the activity of Mr. BURTON, that one of th e l arges t, most convenient, and pleasantly situated hotels in this kingdom is already finished, to which spacious baths, upon a large and quite a novel scale, are appended. Many villas and houses of the first class are likewise in progress. The ground is laid out, and the plantations and decorative e mbellishments far advanced. Not h av i ng prev i ous l y heard of this new speculation, on which it is said nearly two honflred thousand pounds, at least, are soon likely to be expended, this place came upon the writer of this para graph, on a late tour, like fairy-land. It is quite impos sible that St. Leonard's should not become the resort of the highest fashion, both in summer and in winter, for it is com pletely sheltered from the north winds by very high rocks. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The farce of the Weathercock was revived here , last night, for the purpose of introducing a g r ': BALLS, late of the Theatre Roy a l, Dublin, to P i e notice of a London audi ence , i n th e c haracter 04 Tristram Fickle. Mr. BALLS is a gentleman prepossessing exterior and graceful carriage, and per; sonated the lawyer with a spirit and buoyancy ti, ' told admirably well with the audience. Miss KEW performed Variella, and went through it with he t usual felicitous discrimination. We were happy to see that the theatre was well attended. COBURG THEATRE. Monday night a new Melo-drame, in t acts, under the title of Zandodura, or the Vengeance of the fie deemed Captive, was produced at this theatre. The plot is simple, and is evolved with considerab le ingenuity, so much so as to have commanded, il l , most of its incidents, the acclamations of a crow d house. Mr. COBHAM, as Don Juan Yriarte, di tinguished himself by the spirit and judgment wit h which he seized on, and gave prominent effect to the leading traits of the character. Altogether the play was well, and deservedly so, received, and bi d fair to become a favourite. It was repeated lo st night with applause. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Manchester, in Park.lane, from his seat, IC I :, bolton Castle ; the Duke of Devonshire, from the Earl of Ch . .,` . terfield's seat in Leicestershire ; the Earl of Dudley, at his hou; • in Arlington-street, from Brighton ; the Rev. J. Brownloicr..„ his residence at the Albany, from Scotland ; Colonel Davie o, „ St. James's-street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. B u rd e tt, and 2 - 0 Misses Burdett, at Kirkluun's Hotel, Lower Brook street, 11 " : Paris; Mrs. Scott Waring and Miss Scott, at th e Brungw',, c ‘ Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Henley; Captain and Mr.. GraC7 at ditto, from the Continent ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Brandling, l ditto, from Northumberland; Mr. and Mrs. J. Sowerby, in IV' ley-street, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Skrine, and Si° Maunde, at their house in Montague-square, from the Contineot' DEPARTURES. Earl Jermyn, yesterday, fi om St. James's-square, on a 0 0 n ental tour; Sir B. Layton, Bart., and his mother, Lady 111 ton, and Mr. Balden, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower 8r0`' .... . street, for the Continent ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, ditto, for Bucks; Captain Wyndham and Mr. Robarts,r, P the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Surrey ; Sir _ and Lady Otway, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for L tenham ; Sir James and Lady Macdonald, from ditto, for tb ,, seat in Surrey ; Mrs. Sidney Shore, and Miss Hay, from ditto,l: the Continent ; Mrs. Rook, from ditto, for Bath ; Viscount A i , thorp, from Northamptonshire, for his seat, Wiseton-hall, Y .4 . % a shire; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, from Grosvenor-street, for tiv se4 in Wales. CORONER for LONDON and SOUTHWARD' We subjoin a copy of the Petition from the init * bitants of Southwark to the Court of Comnw" Council, the merits of which are to be taken into consideration in that Court to-morrow, the 22d ing t ' 4 . TO THE RIGI - IT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYO F ' ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS, OF THE CITY v" LONDON, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. ‘ THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNq INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND BOROUG' OF SOUTHWARK, " Sheweth—That King Edward the Sixth, by char ter, in the fourth year of his reign, after granting to tb g Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of the City o f L on e the Manor and Borough of Southwark, with the tie members, and appurtenances, and various privileges therei° granted, that the said Mayor, and Commonalty, and Cit i ;_ zens, and their successors, might for ever cho o se, accoor ing to the form of the law, and constitute every year, ° I as often as should seem expedient to them, two Coronet in the Borough or Town aforesaid; and that the said Ca' roners, and either of them, should have an exclusive lor thority and jurisdiction within the said Town and Borough' " 4 That the jurisdiction of the Corporation in the TO and Borough of Southwark (and which your p e titione,, ° presume your Honourable Court is anxious to ma intaior includes the five several parishes of St. George, St .1 011 : St. Thomas, St. ()lave, and St. Savio ur ( exce pt t r a liberty of the Clink), and is bounded by the river TWIT, on the North, by the parish of Bermondsey towards t 7 East, and by the parish of Lambeth towards the V 7,7; extending southwards to Newington, and to the u",' boundary at St. Thomas-a-Watering, in the Old Ken road, and comprising a population of nearly '70,000 Pet sons, being about one-fifth of the population of the tvo" county. " That besides the Prisons and the New Bethlem pital for the care of lunatics, which are all situate wig the Corporate limits above mentioned, they likewise 0 1 5 prise the two important Hospitals of St. Th o mas's $ Guy's establishments, which are of the utmost coot quence to the public at large, and to which are regular', brought almost all the casualties that happen, not inert within the populous districts which lie more immediate,'contiguous, contiguous, both in London and Southwark, but biotic/7 d within a distance of many miles from all pacts of the coon" of Surrey. " That, in consequence, they are annually held at the° two Hospitals alone, many more inquests than in the re; mainder of the county of Surrey, and nearly as maul in the whole city of London, and occasionally more; it would tend much to the convenience and acconal ° " s' tion of the Medical and other Officers belonging there! and of the inhabitants in general, who are several tir o ' every week summoned on Juries, if the powers given le the Charter from the Crown were more fully acted uP °l4 and a resident Coroner were appointed for the said V, rough, either exclusively or jointly with a Coroner for tr , City of London, in such manner as your Honours7, Court may seem meet, it being of the utmost importsr, that inquests should be held with the least possible deli: and much inconvenience and loss of time having, in it; been hitherto occasioned for want of such further 807 modation. tlit t " Your Petitioners, ther e fore, mu s t humbly pray . o e9 your Honourable Court will be pleased to take the pre o ess t into your most serious con s ideration, and to a pp o int Ol i o, one Coroner for the Town and Borough of S o uthW At i either exclusively or jointly with the Coroner for the ; 0 , of London, pursuant to the Charter granted by the C r and the power and authority thereby given for purpose. " And your Petitioners will . every pray, &c." 4 11, HUMPIIREY SENHOUSE, Esq. of Ne th er.. s r? had a present of a single potatoe, which he set last) be and the product of th a t root set thi s y ear , a m ou nts to t amazing increase of 58 stone ! Carlisle Journal. 0 Sir C. KNIGHTLEY, of Fawsley P a rk, i y Northamptonshire, on his rent-day, the 6th inst• o r ir liberally, returned to his tenants 20 per cent. upon du pe respective rentals ; and also assured them he would rt4llo their rents still lower before the next rent-day.-- War" Advertiser. We understand from authority that the Coto ; missioners for the Herring Fishery are anxiously se eki t il to extend the interests of that important branch of nationhe commerce, and have just contracted for improving $ • fishing harbour at Cellardyke in Fifeshire, and er ecting new harbour at the cove of Dunglass, in Berwickshire' Inverness Courier. fry , A GENTLEMAN BY PROFESSION.-- -- rr er e the Welsh tailor, anti'a fashionable slipper-tnaker, charged with rioting and fighting in Prince's-sni Taffy insisted that a shoemaker was no gentlema n to o profession. He would prove, he said, by Nova s 0 other authoriti e s, th a t a cu tt er o f f as hi ona bles " i t, scientifical gentleman by-education; and he had no &id from the rapid strides the march of intellect was O P be in New Athens, that a professor of his art would o° fiv e , appointed in it. The Magi s t ra t e p reven t e d a reply the the no gentleman, by ordering b o th t o find ball I° ' —Caledonian Mercury. CONVEYANCE OF CATTLE BY STEA- o p The City of Edinburgh steam-vessel has been fil teu d to fir conveying cattle as well as passengers from Scotts, London, and there is a fair chance that the en coural d e will equal the expectations of the owners. On W to day afternoon, a great crowd assembled on the et' the witness the novel spectacle of the embarkation ";00 cattle. Mr. ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, a very e % ,. te r eir. 4 and respectable cattle dealer in Kirkaldy, brought l u , or It° 20 prime bullocks, and 300 blackfaced sheep be s own share. 'The sheep were shipped with drat e l t il l owing to the insufficiency of the frames, none _ c ' s ,00 cattle were got off on this trip. None but the b e c i ol i . ell' fattest of our blackfaced sheep will serve the P li d thr ee This week, Mr. Hercitisoie selected and slaught e , re olOc: out of his London lot, and the carcases weighed '' re O S ' and they produced 52 lbs. of tallow. It is now 11 ' ° 51 years since Mr. HUTCHISON'S father sent : 1 010 j ter, 501bs. in weight to London, for the LORD ' ha t h$ installation dinner, to demonstrate the progress t ". 0 19 , ' then been attained in the art of fattening the aborg i the black faced aheep.--Scotsman.