The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Message of the American President has not disappointed us. He enters largely into the causes of the late crisis, and distinguishes between legitimate credit and the artificial stimulus given to speculation by excessive issues of paper money, delivers his views as to the probable duration of the present commercial embarrassment, and announces what steps ought, in his opinion, to be pursued by the Government. He attributes the over-trading chiefly to over-issues of bank paper. At the commencement of 1834 the bank notes in circulation amounted to about 95,000,000 dollars, and the loans and discounts of the banks to 324,000,000 dollars. Between that time and the Ist of January, 1836, the paper circulation had increased to more than 140,000,000 dollars, and the loans and discounts to more than 457,000,000 dollars. To this in crease is to be added the credit acquired by means of foreign loans contracted by the States and State insti tutions, and, above all, by the lavish accommodations extended by foreign dealers to American merchants. The President is at some pains in showing that the credit so profusely given by foreign dealers to American merchants has been injurious to America. It, led to excessive investments in unpro ductive public lands, to all manner of wild, unprofita ble speculations, and to an extension of credits to traders in the interior of the country for supplies greatly beyond the wants of the people. The consequences were equally ruinous to both countries :—" The com mercial community of Great Britain were subjected to the greatest difficulties ; and their debtors in this country (he says) were not only suddenly deprived of accustomed and expected credits, but called upon for payments which, in the actual posture of things, could only be made through a general pressure and at the most ruinous sacrifices." This brings the President na turally to the consideration of the state of banking in England and America. The President seems to be of the opinion of many enlightened men in this country, that bodies of men or individuals deriving profits from loans ought not to he entrusted with the issue of paper. He is of opinion that the aug mentation of paper currency in England has been as excessive as in the United States—" Proneness to ex cessive issues has ever been (he observes) the vice of the banking system—a vice as prominent in national as in state institutions. This propensity is as subser vient to the advancement of private interests in the one as in the other ; and those who direct them both, being principally guided by the same views, and influ enced by the same motives, will be equally ready to stimulate extravagance of enterprise by improvidence of credit. How strikini.,, , ly is this conclusion sustained by experience ! The Bank of the United States, with the vast powers conferred on it by Congress, did not, cr could not, prevent former and similar em barrassments ; nor has the still greater strength it has been said to possess by its present Charter en abled it, in the exstin f e emergency, to check other institutions, or even to save itself. In G.eat Britain, where it has been seen the same causes have been attended with the same effects, a national bank, pos,essing powers far greater than are asked for by the warmest ailvoca:e of such an institu tion hire, has also proved unable to prevent an undue expansion of credit, and the evils that flow from it." There is a wide difference between banking and coin in:e. That men of capital should, either singly or associated in companies, afford accommodation to tr.. rs for a suitable consideretion is all very proper, and this accommodation will always be afforded. Bet it is one thing to deal in money and another to make it. When the same individual is allowed to deal in mo:rey and to make it, he will be irresistibly' led to make as much as he can keep in circulation, in order that his profits may be as large as poseibie. With respect to the Joint-Stock Banks no one pretends to justify them. But the Bank of England, it has been proved, also abused its power of issuing notes, by acting on principles different from those which a Board having no other duty than to attend to the Exchanges would have observed. The key to this departure fram sound principles will be found in the pursuits of the directors, mer chants having often an interest in keeping up prices, and in the temptation to make large profits to afford dividends to the proprietors. To render the existence of a bank compatible with the public safety, the power of controlling tire issues should be withdrawn from the functionaries who manage the banking department. With the details of banking the public have no con cern ; but they have a deep interest in seeing that the body intrusted with the issues should be so constituted as to have no temptation to abuse their power. The President of the United States proposes to strike a blow at the paper-money 'system. He says he does not see why the Treasury should re quire the aid of banks in collecting or keeping the public money. " The collection, safe keeping, trans fer, and disbursement of the public money can," he says, " it is believed, he well managed by officers of the Government. Its collection, and, to a great ex tent, its disbursement also, have indeed been hitherto conducted solely by them, neither national nor state banks, when employed, being required to do more than keep it safely while in their custody, and transfer and pay it in such portions and at such times as the Trea sury shall direct. Surely banks are not more able than the Government to secure the money in their posses sion against accident, violence or fraud. The asser tion that they are so, must assume that a vault in a bank is stronger than a vault in the Treasury, and that directors, cashiers, and clerks, not selected by the Go vernment, nor under its control, are more worthy of con fidence than officers selected from the people and respon sible to the Government—officers bound by official oaths and bonds for a faithful performance of their duties, and constantly subject to the supervision of Congress." The additional expense would not, he thinks, exceed 60,000 dollars a-year. There can be no doubt, if these views of the President be sanctioned by Congress, that the circulation must become in a great measure specie. The constant necessity of having gold and silver to satisfy the demands of Government will compel all dealers in notes to be prepared with specie for those who want it, and will, in fact, throw notes more or less into discredit. " It may, indeed, be questioned," ob serves the President, " whether it is not for the interest of the banks themselves that the Government should not receive their paper. They would be conducted with more caution and on sounder principles. 13y using specie only in its transactions, tile Govern ment would create a demand for it, which would, to a great extent, prevent its exportation, and, by keeping it in circulation, maintain a broader and safer basis for the paper currency. That the banks would thus be rendered more sound and the community more safe cannot admit of a doubt." He thinks the addition to the present em barrassment which the determination to receive no paper will create, must be far more than balanced by its tendency to prevent a recurrence of the evil. " If at a moment of simultaneous and unexpected suspen sion of the banks it adds something to the many em barassments of that proceeding, yet these are far over balanced by its direct tendency to produce a wider circulation of gold and silver, to increase the safety of bank p a p er , to improve the general currency, and thus to prevent altogether such occurrences, and the other and far greater evils that attend them." While it is impossible to deny the soundness of this opinion of the President, on the supposition that Congress acts on his views, the i mme di ate consequence will, DO doubt, be much additional embarrassment. It will bring the paper aystem abruptly to a close. Englishmen will, no doubt, be materially affected by the result, not merely wi•h rererence to debts already owing, but with reference to future transactions. It is quite obvious, that, till the purification be completed, to give credit to A mer i can traders must be an affair of considerable hazard. In the mean time the Bank of England, which had been for some time tolerably liberal in its accommodations, will be obliged to draw in its horns, till the monetary reaolution in America he completed. We shall pro bably, therefore, hear of a rise in the rate of interest ere long. The policy recommended by time President will, however, meet with great opposition. The num ber of public bodies and influential individuals whom it will affect is very great, and they will struggle against the ruin with which they are threatened. The Presi dent has, no doubt, the law on his side ; but a rigorous enforcement of it will involve the commercial world in gre,at confusion. In fact, every debtor will find him- I self burdened with a heavy addition to hi incuni brances, and all property will fall in nominal value. It is to be hoped the lesson will not be lost-on the people of this country. There are many persons among us interested in tampering with the currency, and the public are but too much disposed to indifference when the embarrassment caused by over-issues of paper is at en end. It should, however, be constantly borne in mind that no man has any security for his property while that by which all property is measured is liable to violent fluctuations. The approaches of depre ciation are delightful, but the pleasure is always fol lowed by an agonizing re-action.—Morning Chronicle. The Message of the President of the United States, on the opening of Congress, will be read with much interest. It is in every respect an important do cument. It is only on one topic, namely, the mo netary system of the country ; but that topic is, under the existing circumstances of the United States, one of incalculable moment. Mr. Van Burcn as clibes the late destruction of credit among the mer chants to over-speculation ; and this excess of specu lation he attributes, in a considerable degree, to the withdrawal of the Treasury deposits from the United States Bank, by President Jackson, and placing them in deposit banks in all parts of the country. The President dwells in his Message on the unimpaired re sources of the country, and assures the foreign cre ditors of the merchants, that the ultimate payment of their claims may be regarded as certain. This is gra tifying information, and will go far to restore a good understanding between this country and the United States. Mr. Van Buren declares in the most decided manner against the establishment of a national bank. His opinions on the subject of a paper currency are unchanged. There can, however, be little doubt that the Congress will interpose, to prevent his carrying, his ultra-metallic views into effect.— Morning Ad vertiser. Our paper of this day contains the message delivered by the new President of the United States to the Le gislature on the 4th inst. The message, which was brought to this country by, the Roscoe, fell into the hands of one of our Contemporaries in a manner which calls for notice, as it will show that we were antici pated not through any defect in our arrangements, but by a circumstance over which we could not exercise any control. It appears that before the vessel arrived in port three of the passengers were landed at the Old Head of Kinsale, on Monday. One of these passen gers (a hairdresser, we understand) was intrusted by the captain with a letter for the consignees, and a par cel. containing the President's message, to he delivered with the letter. This person arrived in Liverpool on Thursday morning, but, instead of delivering the letter, he sent it by post, and, instead of delivering the parcel, he yielded to the soft persuasion of one of the agents of a Morning Contemporary, and gave the parcel to his;. Rumour states that the hairdresser had no less than 50 weighty reasons for this preference of the newspaper agent to the captain's consignee. Great inconvenience was experienced by the commercial people of Liverpool from the delay which took place, ia consequence of the above transaetion in placing such an important docu ment before the pithlic. But the hairdresser was too much of a diplomatist to be over-communicative, and his honour being satisfied, he left matters to take came of themselves. The new President's speech - is, like those of his predecessors in the chair, a long and laboured production. It is limited to one topic, the late commercial distress ; but, though the topic is single, it is beaten out to the leav,th and breadth of a whole newspaper page, so that, however the President may have dealt with the commercial in terests of his country, he has been, like Sir Peter Teazle, no niggard of his advice. The epeech, w e understand, has afforded but little satisfaction to the commercial body. Their expectation of some sub stantial measure, or at least of some practical suages tion for the relief of their debtors in the United States, has been answered by vague theories, and, what is still worse, by an avowed devotion on the part of the first executive officer to the principle of a metallic cur rency in all its rigour. To enter into anything like a review of this speech would enp,age us in all the diffi culties and perplexities of the moire tart' question. To give au abstract of its opinions and arguments would be a useless task, for those who feel an interest in the subject will he satisfied with nothing short of the ori ginal, and those who do not feel such interest can never be inveigled into the labyrinth under the pre tence of a short walk or an early extivation. The Pre sident aseures the creditors of his countrymen that their demands trill be liquidated in time. This may be satisfactory to some of the parties ; it may he, and no doubt it is, to a certain extent, true. But the same parties would much rather see their way to some dis tinct arrangement for the purpose, than depend upon such general assurances as the purity of American honour, and the extent of American resources. Ogre of the curious facts communicated in the speech is the disappearance of the surplus revenue. All the diffi culties about its disposal are, therefore, at an end. So, we suppose, will be the boastings to which its exist ence gave rise upon both sides of the Atlantic. On their first trial of strength, the appointment of a speaker, the Van Buren party had a majority of 16. We conclude by referring to the speech itself for those particulars which commercial men will read with no small portion of anxiety at the present time, and under the peculiar circumstances which operate upon time two countries at the present moment.—Morning Herald. The Speech of the American President • on the opening of an Extraordinary Session of Congress, convened expressly to consider the pecuniary embar rassments in which the mercantile interests of the United States have been involved, has been expected in this country with an anxiety proportioned to the degree in which the commercial and pecuniary affairs of Great Britain are blended with those of the Ameri can Union. This document has at length arrived, and we submit it without abridgment to the perusal of our commercial readers. The first observation which we are tempted to make upon this addresa is one in which the great majority of its readers, we apprehend, will concur, viz., that we wish it had been shorter. It is very long indeed, and, what is a still greater fault, it contains very little that anybody, in this country at least, wanted to hear. Nor do we think that it can have been either agreeable or useful to the people •f the United States, at a season of extraordinary emergency, requiring, as was supposed, extraordi nary remedies, that tile Chief Magistrate should hare opened a Session of Congress, held for the exclusive purpose of adopting such measures as the immediate crisis might seem to demand, with a Message consisting of little else than an awful array of common-place arguments, in support of propositions so fla' liable to dispute as the following. viz.,—That the excessive issue of paper-money has been one of the main causes of the late derangement in the com mercial affairs of America ; that the Government of a commercial country should not encourage such exces sive issues ; and that justice and policy equally forbid the Government of the United States to assist the cir culation among its subjects of a paper currency not convertible into specie at the will of the holder. If, however, the elaborate arguments by which Mr. Van Buren has thought it necessary to establish these seve ral propositions were expunged, it is quite certain that his lengthy Message would be brought within a com pass not much exceeding the ordinary dimensions of a King's Speech. The single practical suggestion adapted to the actual emergency to be found in this voluminous document is that, with the authority of Congress, the indulgence already °ranted by the Executive, as to the payment of bonds for duties, may be advantageously extended. The single suggestion of ulterior and permanent policy to which, so far as we can collect from this Message, the recent crisis has given rise in the mind of the American President is, that the Government of the United States shall renounce, henceforth and for ever, all connection with banks of any description, whether general or local—receive its. revenue and dis burse its expenditure throuah the hands of its oaai offi cers, without any in'erinediate agency—and become, in a word, its own banker. It may naturally excite some surprise that the narrative which the President gives of the circumstances which preceded the late crisis, and contributed to its production, should not have suggested to his rdnd considerable doubts as to the expediency or even the practicability of the finan cial system which lie so strenuously recommends. When we are told of the accumulation of a surplus revenue at the disposal of the Federal Government, of the distribution of this fund among ♦arious local banks in different sections of the Union, and of its having become the basis of numerous and excessive issues of paper-money, the question naturally occurs what could Government have done with this accu mulation had it been at that period its own banker? Could it with any regard to the prosperity of the country have been kept locked up in the cellars of the State in the useless form of gold and silver ? IVIr. Van Buren in various passages of his essay seems to sanction this notion, although we can hardly bring ourselves to believe that he seriously entertains it. It is certain, however, whatever may be the opinion of Mr. Van Buren, that no commercial community would willingly permit its Government to act permanently upon the system of hoarding up the precious metals in a manner and to an extent calculated, as it would recently have been in America, to restrict antl impo verish the currency of the country, to check its in dustry, and to paralyze its energies. A State might, without much injury or inconvenience, be its own banker, if its receipts and disbursements could be so nicely adjusted that from day to day, or from. week to week, they should constantly balance each other. But this constant equality in the influx and efflux of public money is attainable nowhere, and least of all is it attainable in the United States, as Mr. Van Buren's own statement conclusively proves. All the argument of the President upon this part of the subject applies to a state of things which may exist at the present moment, the receipts of the Government being barely sufficient to meet its expenditure from day to day. But this it is quite plain cannot be regarded as the natural or permanent state of affairs in the United States. The President seems to be terrified beyond measure at the idea of a national bank. He holds that such an institution must, if it exist at all, overrule every other power in the State. " The re establishment of such a bank in any form, whilst it would not accomplish the benefit. ial purpose promised by its advocates, would impair the rightful supremacy of the popular will, injure the character and diminish the influence of our political system, and bring once more into existence a concentrated monied power hos tile to the spirit and threatening the permanency of our republican institutions." If this be not an exag gerated picture of the danger to which the Republi can institutions of America would be exposed by' a na tional bank, all we can say is, that these institutions must possesi much less inh,2rent strength than the sub jects of the European monarchies have hitherto been permitted to believe.—Morning Post. Yesterday afternoon the following dreadful accident occurred to a workman of the name of John Norton, in the employ of Messrs. Bloomfield and Co., wholes de cutlers, Charles -street, Drury-lane. The unfortunate min was en gaged grinding some cutlery on an immense grindstone, which revolved with great velocity (being worked by a steam engine), when by some accident it broke, and the poor fellow was thrown on it. His face and head were dreadfully in jured, nearly every tooth in his mouth dashed out, and his bend tr_letured. He was conveyed to Bartholomew's Hos pital in a deplorable condition. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has presented to the School of Medicine and Surgery of this town the magnifi cent donation of 1,000/., the interest or dividends of which to be awarded annually to the best essay, by a medical or surgical pupil of the Institution, " On the attributes of God, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures, and manifested in the structure of man, from demonstrations of surgical and medical science, and on religion being the best founda tion of medical and J rgieal practice, and affording the best prospects of professional success." To be d.:cided by the Rev. Chancellor Law.—Birmingham Advertiser. The third anniversary of the supporters of the " Animala' Friend Society" (not the Society usually called the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), took place at the Old Town•liall, Dover, last Friday, which was well attended ; Edward Knocker, Esq , in the Chair, who ably advocated the cause. He regarded this society as one of those tributary streams which flow into the great ocean of philanthrophy. James Yewen, the Agent, de scribed the good the society had effected, which gate great satisfaction to the meeting. The itev. Mr. Cresswell also eloquently addressed it. He adverted to the numerous branches of the Society, and forcibly appealed to thu libe rality of the public fur pecuniary support. The late Dowager Countess of Guildford, who ex pired at Hi;liciere House, the seat of the Earl of Car narvon, on Monday last, was the daughter of the late Mr. Cnutts, the banker, and step-daughter of the late Duchess of St. Albans. Her Ladyship was married to George Augustus, third Earl of Guildford, Feb. 3, 1796, and had issue Lady Susan North, married to Capt. John Sidney Doyle, Lady Georgiana North, who died in 1835, in her 36th year, end Frederick Lord North, who died an infant. . • A vacancy in the number of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting has occurred by the demise of Lord Templemore. The deceased Nobleman, at tho time of his elevation to the Peerage, was Military Secretary to Sir Hussey Vivian, at that time Commander of the Forces in Ireland. The present Lord, late the Hon. Henry Spencer Chichester, is in his 17th year. About half -past twelve vesterdav morning a fire broke out in the upper part of Mr. Benjamin Jones's grocery shop, 97, Gos►vell-street. It was discovered by one of the inmates, who instantly gave the alarm ; but notwith standing the speedy arrival of the engines from Whitccross street station, and an abundant supply of water, before the flames were got under the building was greatly damaged, and property to a considerable amount consumed. Mr. Jones, in endeavouring to stop the progress of the fire, was severely burnt about the face and arms. The Temps, a Ministerial journal, contains some explanations on the subject of Count Gonfalonieri. It states that this nobleman owed the commutation of his sentence of death into imprisonment, only to the exceed ingly pressing entreaties of the present King and Queen of the French, at that time Duke and Duchess of Or leans. On the accession of the present Emperor of Aus tria to the throne, King Kouis Philip renewed his entrea ties, and obtained the entire liberation of the Count, on a promise that he should never reside in France. The day of his departure from France has been left to the Count himself to fix ; and, hard as his destiny is, he ought to remember that not only his own, but the King's word, is engaged, and that the paint of honour must be satisfied. This journal adds, that it is greatly to be hoped that the Emperor of Austria will relax his rigorous system of exclu sion, but that the permission to reside in France or in Eu rope can proceed from him alone. The Gazette de Basle of the 21st inst. states that the Government of Hanover has sent a despatch to the Swiss Directory, announcing that incendiary proclamations have been sent to a great many of the people of Hanover, from Switzerland, accompanied by anonymous letters, bearing the Swiss post-marks, of dates between the 3d and Bth of August. Of these eleven have the stamp of the post-dice at Basle, five of that of Lucerne, one from Zurich, and another partially effaced, but believed to be that of Berne. There are said to be two others from Lorraeh, in the Duchy of Baden. The Hanoverian Government calls upon that of Switzerland to use its utmost endeavours to discover the authors of these proclamations and letters. In the Swiss Diet, on the 18th instant, a vote was passed inviting the canton of Argau to withdraw its decree placing the administration of conventual property under the direc tion of the state. Letters have been received from Dongola, in Nubia, announcing the arrival there in the month of May last, of Prince Puckler Muskau, in perfect health. After a stay of eight days he had proceeded to Cartun, which is go verned by an independent Pacha. A party of Austrian mineralogists were travelling through the same country, at the expense of tbo Viceroy of E g ypt, i n searc h o f go ld mines. Dongola is a city of 8,000 i n h a bit ants , an d a t pre sent under the authority of the Viceroy, who keeps a regi ment of infantry there, the staff of a regiment of cavalry, and a hospital, to which are attached a German physician and a French apothecary. These two gentlemen are the only resident Europeans in this remote part of the world, and their sole amusement appears to be to go out in an evening, crocodile shooting with the Turkish officers. The inhabitants are described to be wretchedly p oor , an d th e country, except in the immediate vicinity of the Nil?, bar ren and unproductive. The climate is healthy, tliongh the theimoineter in the shade stands frequently at 34 degree: Re itunur. Rain never falls dui n; the whole s.uaamer. On Wednesday morning, &mut half -past one, the inhabitants of Bradford were again alarmed by the cry of " Fire," when a number of persons hastening to the mill occupied by Mr. Andrews discovered that the old farm house n ear the mill had taken fire, and was burdng with uncontrollable fury ; and we are sorry to add, that, not withstanding every possible exertion was made to arrest the progress of the flame:, the entire building was destroyed. The lire having originated in the stable, there seems to be little doubt that this is a repetition of the fearful system which for a long time has been carried on in Bradford. Early in the present month the Rev. Mr. Musters shot in Annesley Park, near Nottingham, a hare which was entirely black. This is considered a remarkabl e sporting incident. Black hares arc nearly as scarce as black swans. The prz: of the Rev. G,2ntleinan has been caref u ll y stu ff e d, and it now adorns Cohvick Hall. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, SKr?. 25. The Queen has been pleased to direct lett..rs patent to be !mused under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting to Sir John D• Vealle, the office of Bailiff of the Island of Jersey. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 29. 11 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet and Adjutant F. Haviland to have the rank of Lieutenant, Sept. 29. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. Cathrey, from the I Ith Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ridge, promoted, Sept. 29. 34th Foot—Lieut. J. S. Norris to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Fraser, who retires; Ensign F. Duff to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Norris ; Gentleman Cadet F. C. Harvey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duff, Sept. 29. 61st Foot—Ensign F. J. Stephens to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Harkness, deceased, May 24 ; Gentleman Cadet W. R. Browne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Ste phens, Sept. 29. 63d Foot—Captain H. Croly, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Lane, appointed Paymaster ; Captain R. Lane, to be Paymaster, vice Foster, appointed Paymaster of a Recruiting District, Sept. 29. 93d Foot—Lieutenant W. B. Ainslie to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Blaehford, who retires; Ensign A. Agnew to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ainslie ; Edward H. Blair, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Agnew, Sept. 29. 99th Foot.—Lieut. J. Fowle, from the half-pay of the York Rangers, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference he received, vice Armstrong, promoted, Sept. 29. UNATTACHED. To be Captains, without pnrchase.—Lieut. J. Armstrong, from the 99th Regiment of Foot; Lieut. R. S. Ridge, from the 13th Light Dragoons, Sept. 29. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1837. BREVET Major R. Greaves, on th7llalf7pay Unattached, to be Lieute nant-Colonel in the Army, Sept. 29. MEMORANDA. The date of Ensign Cary's appointment, in the 61st Regiment is the 21st of September, 1837, and not the 23d of that month, ai formerly stated. The Christian name of Quartermaster Sheridan •f the 13th Foot, is Mark. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Berks Militia—Ensign H. Greenway to be Captain, vice C. H. Velley, resigned ; J. Wheble, jun., Esq., to be ditto, vice B. Bro cas, resigned; E. Wheble, Gent., to be Ensign, vice 0. W. Ley cester, resigned, Sept. 14. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—The Hon. G. F. R. Harris to be Captain, vice Bradley, resigned, Sept. 16. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. South Salopian Yeomanry.—The Hon. H. W. Powys to be Major, vice Jenkins, deceased ; R. Corbett, Gent. to be Cornet. BANKRUPTS. JAMES THOMAS JACKSON, licensed victualler, Leaden hall-street, to surrender Oct. 9 aad Nov. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parry, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. WILLIAM STANNETT, victualler, Princes-street, Lam beth, Oct. 10, at three, and Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Rush bury, Fish-street-hilL JOSEPH RUSSELL KIRK, furniture-broker, Barton, Glou cestershire, Oct. 6, at. four, and Nov. 10, at ten, at the Upper George Coffee-house, Gloucester. Lewis, Blackfriars, Gloucester; a lieckett, Golden-square, Loudon. HORATIO TURNER and WILLIAM TURNER, worsted staff-manufacturers, Oct. 13, and Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Devon shire Arms, Keighley. Singleton, New Inn, Lcnlon ; Barret, Binglov, Yorkshire. EDWIN WALKER, WILLIAM JOHN WALKER, FRE DERICK WALKER, and PARKER NEWTON WALKER, clothiers, Thurstonland, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Oct. 11, at two, and Nev. 10, at eleven, at the Packhorse Inn, Huddersfield. Ste phensons, Holmfirth, near Huddersfield ; Bettye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane. London. MATTHEW ANDREW, grocer, Sheffield, Oct. 6, at ten, aed Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Rodgers, Devon• shire- square, Bishopsgate-street, London ; Ryalls, Sheffield. JOAN NATTRESS, brazier, Manchester, Oct. 13, and Nov. 10, at ten, at the Commissioner's-rooms, Manchester. Thorndike Staple. inn, Holborn, London; Wheeler, Birmingham. WILLIAM HOOD, watch-manufacturer, Atherstone, Warwick Oct. 19, and Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Three Tuns Inn, Ather• stone. Baxter, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Baxter, Atherstone. BENJAMIN OVERTON, draper, Hackney, Oct. 12, at hal past two, and Nev. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clack, St. Swithin's-lane, and Robinson, Queen's-street-place Upper Thames-street. DIVIDENDS. J. Robinson, painter, Melbourne-tei race, Dorset-square, Oct. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Thelwall, hat-manufacturer, \Virksworth, Derbyshire, Oct. 23, at two, at the George Inn, Wirks;vorth. J. Bowering, butcher, Bristol, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Com mercial Rooms, Bristol. D. W. Hall, glazier, Bristol, Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Commer cial Rooms, Bristol. J. N. Chapman, linen-draper, Bridgewater, Oct. 27, at two, at the Commercial Rooms. Bristol. W. Jones, builder, Wolverhampton, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Lion Inn, Wolverhampton. W. Kent and 11. Green, woollen-drapers, Liverpool, Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. G. Baker, sen., and G. Baker, jun., cheescmongers, Portsea, Oct. 24. at twelve, at the George Inn, Portsmouth. W. Knowles, cordwainer, Hyde, Chester, Oct. 23, at three, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. C. and W. Hicks, mealmen, Christchurch, Hampshire, Oct. 23, at two, at the Angel Inn, Lymington. 'F. Watkinson, tobacconist, Liverpool, Oct. 27, at two, at th• office of M. Leather, Liverpool. J. Starling, hatter, Warminster, Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster. J. T. Dutton, chemist, Harrington, Cumberland, Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—OcT. 20. J. Woollett, merchant, Gould-square. J. C. Borwell, flour-dealer, Oxford-street. W. H. Everett, commission-agent, Manchester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hulbert and J. Moore, butchers, Marchmont-street, Bruns wick-square. J. Ciutton and J. P. Fearon, attorneys, Crewn-office-row, Temple. T. W. Ingram and W. Moriand, musical-instrument-makers, Villier's-street, Strand. C. Lyndon and E. Pitts, iron -founders ' Holywell, Flintshire. G. Shears and N. Commin, malsters ' Exeter. J. Henson, and T. Newhall, hosiers, Nottingham. W. Jones, and W. 11. Tamlyn, stationers, Bristol. G. and S. Noden, hearth-rug manufacturers, Gray's Inn-road, London. T. and S. Morris, coal-merchants, Worcester. F. Seymour and C. Beekington, law-stationers, Neweastle-upon- Tyne. G. Hind and F. Jewell, grocers, Southampton. L. Southcomb and W. Binford, attorneys, South Molton, De vonshire. G. H. Hooper and A. Denoon, merchants, Coleman-street buildings, London. A. D. Pena and J. Pike, tailors, St. James's, Westminster. W. Young, R. Murdock, and H. Leahy, solicitors Dublin. C. F., L., and G. Engstrom, merchants, Mincing-lane, London (as far as regards G. Engstrom. ) D. Bagnall, P. Bullock, and W. Mason, iron masters, High field Colliery, Oldbury, Shropshire (as far as regards D. Bagnall. ) G. Edwards, C. Edwards, and W. Grinling, grocers, Laxileld, Suffolk. PRICE OF SUGAR. Tke average price of Maseovado Sugar, from the returns made in the week ending the 26th of Sept., 1837, is 84s. 100. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid sr payable oa the Imparta tion thereof into Great Britain. THE TELEGRAPH.—We have been favoured with the result of four signals sent from Liverpool to Holyhead, giving their exact time at one o'clock for the stations to regulate the time-pieces, and at the same time to ask the question, "Is there any thing to report ?" to which an answer, either " Yes,"or " No," was received in the follow ing almost incredible short period : Monday..... 3O seconds Tuesday s2 do. do. 144 miles. Thursday 3O do. do. 144 miles. Friday 27 do. do. 144 miles. Making an aggregate distance of 576 miles in one second under two minutes. The weather during the week was extremely unfavourable.—Liverpool Standard. A scene occurred a day or two ago in the March des Prouvaires only worthy of cannibals. Two boys, who had quarrelled, fought with the ferocity of bull-dogs, biting and tearing each other's flesh with the most savage fury. At length, tired of this, one plunged his knife into the groin of his adversary, and this put an end to the contest. The wounded boy was carried into the restaurant of M. Court, who drew out the knife, still sticking in his groin. A me dical gentleman who happened to be on the spot paid the unfortunate boy all the attention his case required ; and the other boy has been taken into custody.—French Paper. We learn by a letter from Florence, 15th inst. given by the Augsburg Gazette, that several cases of cholera had occurred at Pisa and its environs, and caused a general alarm, which, however, lasted but a few days, as several had since passed without any one being attacked It appears that the disease has nearly ceased at Leghorn, whence up wards of '20,000 persons had fled to Pias, Florence, and other neighbouring places. Several of these fugitives have died, but few of the residents have suffered. -- - It was only on Wednesday the Sheriffs, the City Gaol Committee, and a great number of gentlemen, in spected the alterations and improvements which have re cently been made in the gaol of Newgate, when it was the concurrent opinion of all that escape in future would be im possible. Yesterday morning, however, while removing from one part of the prison to another, a man of the name o f Vidler seized a rope, which had been carelessly left, and found his way to the top of the prison in a trice, and de scended by the aid of the rope from the summit into War wick-square. The prisoner was under sentence of trans portation for life, for horse-stealing, and would have been removed to the hulks to-morrow. As he is well known, there is very little doubt but he will be re-captured. The Cork Reporter notices a rumour that " the Orange Magistrates of that county, lay and clerical, those who were grand masters and deputy grand masters, as well as deputy grand chaplains, have determined to resent the insult' put upon Colonel Verner—and to manifest their indignation at the Government, and their sympathy with discarded Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate, by . r? - fusiog to take out the commisiion of the it should be offered to them—wh en th e g The commission cons equent on the new re i gn s h a ll b e issued." total nu mber of Magist ra t es i n t h e county i s 298, of whom arc re sident and acting, 258. peace—if PRICES Or CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29. Number Dividend prise of per CANALS. per 31sares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971.185. sh. 135 1,182 41. Ashby-de-le-touch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. eh.. 5 '.,005 Si. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 100 3,000 1-16 sh. 91 .65. Birmingham, 1-16th share B'l. &711. 220 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool J inlet-125/ sh. 100 pd 26 600 , Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater. . leW. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry ' 'O/. sh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 311. 2s. 10d. sh. ~ 2,060; 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 9 4 .. 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 133 20,000 3.5751 3/. Ellesmere and Chester A verage 1331. sh. 79 231 40/. Erewash ( 1 01. st.. '7OO 1,297 231. rorth and Clyde Average 4441/.ls)s. tn. 61.0 11,800 121. Grand Junct' --. lOOl. sh. 200 12,549 i 1/. Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1.500 Grand Surrey .._ 20,00 W. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. '7O 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 170/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10s. Grantham 15W. sh. 0,02 8,238 91. Or. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. fid. ;h . . 35 100 25,8-at 11. ss. Kennet 2nd Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh, 24/ 2,897 E 24/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 500 545 k 131. Leicester l4Ol. sh 225 1,897 41. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver ilf3/. 11 is. 88 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 195 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/. oh. 200 500 254 Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 565 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neat h 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 528 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 751. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. ICs. 88. sh. 151 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 55/. sh. 110 500 81. Shropshire Izsl. sh. 138 800 9/. 103. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 150 8,6001. 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s.. sh. ll} 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 9/. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. (4. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 95. od. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. `.23 ) 3,782 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 26/ 2,604 sti. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, . share 100/. sh. 560 6,149 1100000 sh. j j u Warwick and Birmingham 1001. sh. 265 p / - 960 1 ls. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 185 6,000 41.05. Worcest , r anu Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bo. sh. bei 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berko .. Average 671. 10s. 4d. sh. 22 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 2 / DOCKS. 2,(00& 1,0{3515h. 1 Sp. C. Commercial p.loo/. sh. 55 1,93,667,1/. ti per ct. East India Stock 110 i 3,23 , 3,3101/. 50s. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 4;/. p. ct. West India 2,:09 21. I 9s. Bristol 63,324/. '5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,33'2,752 4; per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92; 500,000 4; per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,00 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 99 Shoreham 1.4.11 hour 2.500 .... .... Deptford Piet 0 01. sh. 31. B RI DOES. 1,600 If's. ilammersm.tl , 5O/. sh. Qilf 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Sd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7j per cent. SW sh. 14j 5,000 .... ..... Waterloo 5,000 lss. Sd, Ditto, Old Annuities of 71. 6O/. pd 10 5,000 16s. 441. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 16j 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bona' IIS 5,048 14s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh l7 ASSURANCF COMPAA:ES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd till ~,, 5 per cent.l Au • s° '" ,, `"" / and 15s. 3 lance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 104/. pd 1.21 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 5i 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 131 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham I ire ` , 50/. 511.55/. pd It:71 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 251)1. sh. 501. pd so 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, ICO/.sh. 10/10s pd 4 4,000 21 10s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5! °A . f 5 per cent.l Economic Lile lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 `''' land 30/ bs. 1,0'71 225. per cent. European Li • °W. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 'A/. sh. 2/. pd 1/ 1,000,0001. 71. per et. Globe Stock 145 20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. Oil pd 33 10,000 Ca. ed. Hope 50/. Eh. !. , 1. pd 5$ 2,400 Si. 70. 6i. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 1214 7,500 9s. Imperial Lile 1001. sh. 101. pd 102 13,459 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine ...... ......... lib/. sh. 8!. pd 104 2,020 3/ lOs Keet Fire 59/. sim. all pd SO Si. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 26 5,000 10s. London, Firc ....... ........25/ sh. 121. 10.3. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 151 30,010 5/. per rest. Palladium Lit,.. 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 21 Ss 00 50,000 Protector Fit e °Ol. sh. 21. pd . 15s Od 1,500 11. Provident Die lOO/. sh. DV. pd - 194 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20!. sh. I/. pd riti -489,020/ W. per cost. Royal Exchange Sto-k... '2-25 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 51. pd 54 50,001) 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pa JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 $ per cent. Agric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 A ustrala= ia 4Ol. sh. 404 pd 56 10,010 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 514 sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. Si. pd 14 30,000 5 per cent. London and tVestminster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 211 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1(101. sh. 201. pd :to 125,000 Liverpool 1101 16h. 10/. pd fili 50,000 '7,4 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/. sh. 151 pd 9 0 Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial B ink of Ireland 1001. sh. 251. 1.1 4'l 20, CO National Bank of Ireland s'l. sh 17y. pd 13 10,000 b per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/. eh. 33/. pa M :9,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 0,000 leper cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. Si. pd o GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 5s 6d Bath ... 20/. sh. 111. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. eh. IN. pd 21 5, „ 06 r 5/. per centi Ditto Provincial 2O/. sh. 19 pd 221 tand Bs. ss. 92$ 51 lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 118 4,230 2/ Os Bristol 1,501 3i 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11 750 9/ Its Ditto, New 2,471 4/ per cent. Brigiiton General 201. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 0211. pd 85 1,000 101. City al London lOO/. sh. all pd 184 1,000 6/. DittO, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable :o,i 00 2 per cent. Imperial • 5Ol. sh. 441 800 51. per cent. Isle 4 Thanet 9 5/. sh 2Ol. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. ad pd 461 9,000 34 per cent. Phrenix 501. sh. 391. pd 22 1,000 41. per cent. Ratclifr.. . ... .- ... lOO/. sh. 801. pd 57 4,000 ...... ... South Metropolitan Si. sh. ET pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 25 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 101. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. iyi 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 81 800 Yarmouth ____ 201. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER W3RKS. 1,500 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 211 t,434 61. East London lOO/. sh. 140 5,500 21 106 Orand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 52 2,000 2/. Kent. 100/. sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 3::6 1,500 2/ lOs New River Loudon Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,480 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53 1,001 4 per cent. South Landon 100/. sh. 81 8,204 34/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. Yd. sh. 1501 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby l5/. pd 8.1 9,5r50 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 11 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15, 0 00 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd 4 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. 2/. pd Of 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western .1001. sh. 71/. 5 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 40 12,000 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. oh. 21 pd Of 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/ sh. '2l pd Of Grand Junction 1001. oh. 95/. IA 185 Great North of England 7l. pd 51 25,600 Great Western lOOl. sh. 55/. pd 65 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100/. pd 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 5/. pa •Of 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 31 per cent. Leeds and Selby... lOO sh. 41 1,500 I/.55. Leicester and Swannington .. .. 501. sh. all pd '7O 5,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and ?danchester...lo( /. eh. 100/. pd 202 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. Si pd 1/ 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh 31 pd Of 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sk. '2Ol. pd 15 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. Wl. pd 146 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd :01 20,600 London and Southampton ...401. sh. 45/. pd 29 Ditto ditto New. 7,000 7,009 Ditto Scrip 141. sh. 2/. pd 5} 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. 5/. pd 2 10,000 M. , nchester and Birmingham 50/.sh. 5/. pd 3 North Midland 100/. sh. 151. pd 12a Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 8/.,ipd 31 2,600 - ... Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 21. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover . 71. pd 4 1,000 le/ per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOW. sh. 240 9,000 1,400 6,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 01 MINES. 0,000 Albion Copper - 5/. sh. 31/. pd 12 4,000 11. is. Alten 151. Bh. 12/. lOs pd pi 10,000 ..._ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 3 Ditto Subscription 25/. pa 4 2,001 10/. Bolanos , 1501. sh all pd 80 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 95/. sh. '2Ol. pd 16 6,00 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 01. pd 21 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. '2Ol. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip... lO/. sh. 8/. pd 6 20,003 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 364 6,000 ... ...... British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd 11, Cata Branca 6i/. pd 7 Candonga 751. pd ei 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 12 1 1 pd 101 8,500 .. '-' Colombian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 . 31. English 121 Ks. pd 22 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/ sh. 15/. pd 11 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 551/. pd OI 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. Si. pd 2 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered ll Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1121 30,000 . ..... ... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. -.404 sh. all pd 21 Wit. Scrip 3 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd :1 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LI'T'ERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University 1001. eh. all pd 231 700 Russell 2 ,, , sh. 9 King' College l6O/. pd 28 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 158. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2tl/. pd 34 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 231. pd 121 10,000 6/ per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 241. pd 321 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9B City Bonds, 4 per cent 10: 15,000 IL 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. oh. 13/. pd 221 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company . . ..... ..25/ sh. 21/. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company 414 pd 12511 2,754 Si. par cent. Reversionary InterestSoc... lool. sh. 100/. p d 2,611 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. pd 00 . 50/ sh. all pd 5 4,000 10,000 tis. Van ThamDiee nern.s Tu'sneLand l 1001. sh. 17/. pd 16 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. SEPT. 23, 1837. BANKS. /,500,00 N. 6/ p. ct. ct. fl ßoy an al ofk ot Scotlan Scotlandd ...... 9:11. 6s 1(10/8d. sb. sh. all li all pd d 1564 4 2,000,0_1(4 51 p. . :100,00e/. bp. ct. British Linen Company 1004 sh. all pd 2;24 3,000,00(1/. 6 1 . la. ct. C o mmercial 5001. sh. 100/. p 17®1. 5. /00,000 t. :" u. et. %, tional .1004 sh. 10/. pd 164 2,000,0001. 6/ p.c ct. t. Gl Wasgowrn Union 250/. sh. 50/. p d gi ii. 4,000,0401. 4p. este of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. p 3ryil . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 251..0005h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 20/, sh. 11, pd 26s -,509 61 p. C. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd IS/ 159' Ifie,oo. ap. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.104 sh. all pd 814 50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 151. Lou° sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. IA 18/14/10s Os 5,000 6 p. et. Edinburgh I afe lOW. sh. 10/. pal 100,000 3 1 p. ct. West of Scotland _.. :MISCELLANEOUS 101. pd it Os 4,1310 Edin. and Was Un. Crrtal 50/. tub. all pd 224 Ditto Allocated 911/. sh. all pi 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb..loint Stock Water 2 5/. sh. all pd 341. Carton Iron Company .....;?501. sh. all pd 451. 2,0005 h 15 per cant. 141 , otts Iron Foundery 50/. sh 3'l. pd 4414 10,000 3 per cant. Edinburgh & Leith Glass —JAM sh. 16/. pd Al. 4.500 io per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251, sh. all pd 561. 4,15 e 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 725/. sh. all ixl 611. 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 45/ 7 1,2110 Edinburgh said Dalkeith Railway...so4sh. 5.5 1 , 104 3,000 5 pet Mt, Equitable Loan Company 2540 n. tll Pd copONERS' TNQUF,STS. Thursday an in ques t was h e ld a t the Union Arms, Union road, Clapham, on view of the body of John Wm. Curling, aged 4 years. The deceased was the child of respectable persons, residing in Union-road. On Monday last the little fellow was playing with some other children, rib° had marbles for their amusement. The deceased put one into his mouth, and whilst in the act of running, it escaped, into the gullet. The poor child instantly fell to the g rol(' from extreme suffering, and became convulsed and blwack in the face. Mr. Dodd, a surgeon, extracted the marble, a few moments after which the deceased breathed his last. Mr. Dodd said that the child's death was occasioned by suffoeatian. Verdict—" Accidental death." Thursday an inquest was held at the Cooper's Arms, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, on the body of Thomas Walker. aged 22, who committed suicide by blowing his brains o ut , with a pistol. Lucy Little, a young woman of pre possessing_ 'appearance, was in the service of Mr. Temple, proprietor ?! the Pitt's Head and Luke's Head, wine and spirit depotsin Old-street. Witness was employed at the latter establish ment, where the deceased had been barman for the last five months. An intimacy of an affectionate kind had sub sisted between witness and the deceased during the ab period, and arrangoments had taken place for thei r union they quitted the service of Mr. Temple, which was to happen in a few days. Mr. T. having disposed of his business at the Luke's Head, was on Tuesday last removing from the said premises to the Pitt's Head ; in consequence of whiel' witness and the dec ease d here engaged at the latter estab lishment in arranging matters. About eleven o'clo ck wit ness ove was in one of the bedrooms when the deceased cam e to her in a state of great agitation, and accused her of flirt ing with a young man who served in the bar. As the ac cusation was unfounded witness laughed it off, but the de ceased appeared to treat the matter very seriously , 80 " said, " TLen you laugh at me, but you shall repent it, by I will blow my head off my shoulders ;" and irn A ni i; diately drawing a pistol from hi s co a t pocket, he plac e ' to his head and discharged the contents. (She was here overcome by her feelings, and was unable to proceed.) . Mr. Greaves, a surgeon, of Goswell-street, was called in, and found the deceased's head blown to atoms. Mr. Greaves stated to the Jury that, as a proof of the deceased's in" sanity, some time back he had mutilated himself in the most unnatural and frightful manner. Verdict —Insanity. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED WITH LONDON. WnEAr.—The highest price of the best wheat in Paris, g i 27 francs per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 41s. 13d. p er . English imperial quarter. Th e hi g hest price of the beg" Essex, and Kent wheat in London, is 70s. per quarter , show" ing fine wheat to be 28s. 9d. per quarter dearer ill London than in Paris, or upwards o f 70 p e r c e n t. ; and that the sant' money which will in Lond o n b u y b u t e i g ht bushels of wilt" ' will, in Paris, purchase 131 bushels of the finest quality. , 1 FLoua.—The highest p r i ce o f fl our o f the " first mark, : Paris, is 51 francs per 150 kil ogrammes , which is eq ual - t 325. 6d. per English sack o f 280 p oun d s . The highest Price of the best " town made" flour in London, being Os' p et sack, shows fine flour to be 225. 9d. per sack dearer in Loncing than in Paris, or nearly 70 p er cen t. ; and that the same M° ll l which in London buys b u t 280 p oun d s o f fine flour, w ill 1 Paris purchase 4701 pounds of the very best quality. __— Ever since the day on which the Queen will arriv e here has been p os iti ve ly k nown , th e en th us iasm of the in' habitants has b een ra pidl y augment i ng , an d if it only g 43e . s t on increasing durin g th e nex t seven d ays a t the samerate 1 has hitherto done, we k now no t to w h at pitch it may rise by four o'clock on th e a ft ernoon o f W e d nes d ay nex t. Subsc ri r e tions have been co ll ec t e d i n a ll parts o f the town ; the frame-work for ill um i na ti ons an d transparen cies is sti c ,7 ing to every wall, an d th e tr i ump h a l arc h and aaP"'" theatre at the b o tt om o f Ch urc h- street h ave a lready begun to rear their towering heads. This magnificent work was commenced at daylight on Monday morning, and all t he building—which will be entirely of wood—is to be corn' pleted by Saturday night, so that it may be surrendered ot,i, the following Monday to the " Decorative Committee, which consists entirely of florists, who have undertaken to embellish it lAith wreaths, flowers, and evergreens. The amphitheatr e w ill conta i n covere d scats for nea rl y 1,000 persons ; and we advise all who may be a nxious to secure places to make early application to the honorary secretary. Numbers have already 4. booked," anticipating with much discernment that this will be one of the to; spots for seeing the Queen, and viewing the parade and hearty wel come w i t h which her Majesty will be rece ived. In our n ex t, as a ll t h e arrangements will then be com pleted , we shall be e na bl e d to g i ve to such of our rea d ers as , frog' residing at a di s t ance or some ot h er unfortunate a ccidensi will not h a v e th e pl easure o f j u d g i ng for 'themselves , a i f descripti on o f th e appearance wh i ch the neighbourhood 0 the Palace will o n th a t d ay present. We hear that g uineat are freely offered for th e b es t seats, w hi ch we f urt her be ar are getting very scarce.—Brighton Guardian. DRONTHEIM, SEPT. 6.—The Avis of this , err r contains an accou n t f rom T osen o f th e en d o f August, "—A it says was commu n i ca t e d to t h e e dit or b y a very enl i g hteile" and upright man, so that it merits attention, as tending t° remove the doubts respecting the existence of the sea ser pent.. The account says, that since the beginning of the dog-dal e the sea serpent had been seen at various points of the coast of that district ; one of them seems to have remained eon stantly during this summer near Storfosen and the Kregvang Islands. Several fishermen have been dreadfully alarmed at the sudden appearance of the serpent so near to their boa" that they did not know in what direction to escape ; the ser pent did not attack, but followed the boats for some dlstance; and the men in their haste so over - exc it e d themselves t h a two are confined to their beds. Very credible persons tar!! that the length of the sea ser p en t may b e t a ken at 600 or SO! . ells, or perhaps much more, for when the people were ne e its head they could not clearly discern the tail o f th . monster. Its greatest thickness is close behind the bol a l. as it seems about the size of a large horse. Its black °r dark eyes are of the size of a common plate, neither br:lorrlk nor ver moveable. Its skin is smooth, and of ree colour ; y on the snout are hairs, as in a seal, two o r to .v _ quarters in length, and on the neck there a s moveable, which looks like a horse's mane ; the ja ws ' n, far as the correspondent knows, have not been clearly Bee t and it is quite uncertain whether it is a beast of prey or e The sea serpent is seldom seen except in a calm. Its shape' is scanot h ' and motions are those of a serpent. These observ at t l b e r were made very clearly w ithi n th ese f ew d a ys, among °son°, persons, by a credible, sen s ibl e man , w h o , w ith his tw o eat was in an island where they landed, and where the sere after following their boat swain slowly by.—Dutcla paper' At the general meeting of the Horticultural Soo;ehtio at Falkirk, held there upon Friday sennight, Johnston., boot ma k er , t h e we ll - k nown ama t e ur and s v i a ,, cessful cultiv a t or , pro d uce d rat h er a rare pro duction , „ Air , a specimen o f ear l y ca bb age o f the unprecedented weer* o, of 341b5.! w hi c h now f orms an object of interest inM d f Drummond' s M useum at Stirling. Likewise a head late cabb age , the heart being four feet in circu mference _d, and his prize cow-cabbage was upwards of 18 fe lt round' —Scotsman. A poor son of Erin, complaining to one of his Is k" ployers th a t he had b ee n slandered as fond of wh • added, " There's nauthen I'd punish worse nor defo rmati° re li. He as steals my money (that's Shakspeare) steals __bs thrumpree ; but him as gets hold of my character me of what's no use to him at all, and what would " viddout it?" LADIES' GOLD WATCHS.-; A variety of excellent and carefully finisheil Ladies' Secon d -hen Gold Watches, many of them in accordance with the latest taste, with Gold Dials, Jewelled, Scc a re offered for selection, price frail six to Eight Guineas ea ch, *al T. COX SAVORY'S, Watch maker, Gold and Silversmith , 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange BIRTHS. At Cheltenham, on the 27th September, the lady of Norwich Duff, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, of a son. On the 17th inst., a t Vienna, the lady of J. Poingdestre, Egq" of Grainville House, Jersey, of a daughter. are, On the 24th inst., Mrs. Emanuel Roselli , of Trinity-Squ Tower-hill, of a son. r Loud" On the 28th inst., at the lady of James Haywar d, Esq., o f water, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 2Sth inst , at St. George's, Hanover-square, Thos. oo,j3ii; Esq., of Coventry, to Mary Greenaway, youngest daughter late, F. F. Goldney, Esq., of Willow Brook, Eton. 0 ► t On the 13th inst., Francis Ralph Andrew, Es of Liverpo Caroline, youngest daughter of the late T. AneTs'on, E , q• On the-26th inst., at Uppingham, Rutlandehire, Jeremiah o f Esq., of London, solicitor, to Mary, the youngest daug hter Harbutt, of Up pingham. On the 26th inst., at Barbican Chael Dr. Waller, of Barthcl l mew-close, to Susanna, th e daughter of Mr. J. Beaureont, Cloak- lane. On the 26th inst., at Whitti ng hame House, Henry ArthoAraugh bert, Esq., of Mackro ss Abb e y, Kill ar ney, to Mary , oldes t " ter of J. Balfour, Esq., of Whittinghame. G r ow On the 28th inst., at Strensham, Worcestershire, Henry 80. ing, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, to Anne, eldest daughter of O. J. W. Grove, D. D., Rector of Strensham. - —______ DIED. rwood , On the 28th inst., at his residence, The Woodman, -o° Mr. Noah Nicholls, regretted by a numerous acquaintance. On the 27th inst. aged 83, in Bolton-row, Mrs. O'Beile; h i tt) dow of the late Lord 'Bishop of Meath, and only daughter of t lion. Colonel Stuart. Mr. vi Bar' On the 27th inst., in the Colonnade , Pa ll mall, genson, aged 67. On the 26th inst., at Kensington Gravel-its, Emily Stuar t, tbs youngest daughter of Mr. W. C. Calcott , ag ed 18 months. On the 23d inst., aged 84, Ursula, widow of James Goohl, Dt.'t formerly of 7th inst.the Spanish service. a nari a ' On the :2, at North-end Cottage, Fulham, Ann r of wife of R.:K. Dawson, Esq. , Royal Eng ineers, and dannLe the Loudest: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, he cu" _..;ty. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11", Strand , in t of Middlesex.—Saturda y , September 30, 1837.