The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-27 00:00:00

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Cf);tto Account . .... ”—' ionoblan Ponds, :824... .... .. mio Account ... .............. -- Ditt., Bo nd , ...' .....„, ..... o, tto Account ........- ........ -- eek Bonds ...... ~. . ”-- onto Bonds, 1825 Litt° Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent -•— nlllto Account .....--- itto, 6 per cent ..........- —1 — 1 bitto Account —1 N6 aPOilt&rl ..5..........._..._::::2__.. ... PRICES OF SHARES THI UniDitteto New Scrip Mexican (issued at 21. pm.) • Lo ri nd Rght oe Railway C orapanY on Ditto S and Birmingham Railway C hares ... . L ond on and Southampton (New) R London and Croydon Railway Comp Scri Ran h ial Midland Railway Company Colonßank COURSE OF EXCH 4,.,3fliteraant ... ..C.F 12 5 '4 Dit her at sight *** **** .." A4otterdam *** t'............2 U. 12 6 L.htwerp... *********************** 12 6 ila ullaurg : ************ a. B . in 15 PAltona....' - '"" ************ : 25 3 1 5 5 aris, 3 days' hi ****** MOitto.. 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Portuguese Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds .. 40 39% Ditto Account ... 39% Ditto, 3 per cent 26% 6 Prussian Bonds — Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic ......»....» Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 183 t 19 %,4% Ditto Account French, 5 per cent ..... —f —c. 4 per cent. ._c. 3 per cent. Exchange Dutch, per cent. 3 2% Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent....... Ditto Account [S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share 3 %% 1 % 145 .211114 ipany 9O 5 Lilway NGE YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 11% Genoa 26 20 Milan 31 i Vence en_ Naples . aSli Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 5. - __ .. Oporto 51y, Rio Janeiro o7 Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork PRICE OF BULLION, VER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin ''o 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 Nzcv Doubloons .. .... 0 0 0 _ _ New Dollars Silver. bars. standard 0 4 11 % Atriu m. MAILS. 0 A . '" . Due. I Arrived. Duel Arrived. Due 0 Rrner,ca... ...... .0 $ I France 0 0 Lisbon 0 ~.-rlazil ..... .. ..... 0 1 Guern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta ,; !I enos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 s,' Car Ayres .. 0 0 Holland 4 Dubin, 0 0 Sweden .. 11 ""• 9 0 Jamaica 0 ~••...... Flanders. ... ........ ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 t 2 Waterford bto HIGI dirt , WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 10-MORROW. ....... 2 minutes after 1. EveninR......23 minutes after 1 HE SPECTATOR of NEXT SATURDAY, STI RE (the 30th September), will begin PRACTICAL INIEA km its Pensions. First Number will deal with the CIVIL LIST ton-street, Strand. ' WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " RATTLIN THE REEFER." In 3 vols. post Bvo. THE OLD COMMODORE. By the Author of " Rattlin the Reefer," &c. IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington- street. e Publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock. ext.. if))e atitu. LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1837. In another part of The Sun will be found the Ad dress of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada t the Governor of that province, Lord Gos °4l), with his Excellency's reply. On these im rtant documents, we must, for want of space, def er commenting till to-morrow. The Assembly has b ,"4 pror ogue d to the sth of October, and must, as a a tter of course, be then further prorogued, till the dec ision of the British Parliament on the destiny of Ca nada shall have been obtained. , 4r. O'C ONNELL may we ll say t h at h e i s th e 1 , 4 best -ab use d man i n the t h ree ki ng d oms ;" f or th e 01 7 Journals, after letting him alone for a few days, have again o p ene d t h e i r fi re on hi m , with, if possible, or e ra ncorous determination than ever. The Morn r'ng usually so tame and precise in its epithets , 07 114(11 Y accus es him of being the most of a blackguard b . 1111 Y publi c man in the empire—that is to say, of ere „ 6 - most in the habit of using abusive, ir.rt t p . l n g , and v i ru l en t l ang uage ;" and the Morn i ng °Bl, resolv e d no t t o b e b e hindhand in its WI- lings gate, after charging him with every sort of 13°I itical enormity ; with having marked his " blood and desolation ;" and with having and his countrymen " barbarians," and desiring to ave th em barbarians ; tells him that he has , c thrown 4a Y the most glorious opportunities of real practical 1, atrkt istia that ever were possessed by any man in mo dern t imes. H e might have greatly added to the hap 11l n e s s a millions—he has preferred to add to the i °-t ` c al power of his party, and to advance his own 4 n ,, terest s." Who so obtuse in intellect as not to see the th - "ing of this passage ! It is neither more nor less L an th e expression of a regret that Mr. O'CONNELL 1 1 — not thought fit to consign over Ireland, bound 1 1 : 1 1 ( 1 1 and foot, to the tender mercies of Toryism ; that 11,, as always strenuously refused to coalesce with Sir 14 - , llEit T PEEL ; and instead of humbly kneeling lik t" dust before the Orangemen, has stood boldly up thea Man) and set them at open defiance. These are h iat . glori ous opportun i t i es o f rea l p rac tical pa ll a l8 n 1 " th a t O'C ONNELL h as re j ecte d w ith di s d a in ! a 44 he av a il e d hi mse lf o f t h em, an d so p l a y e d the e of th e T ory f act i on, w h o h ate I re l an d w ith a Itp be en in even the odium theologicum, he would ~ of - 'en in our Contemporary's eyes the " first man niodern times." The Carlton Club would have i la ti g night and day with his eulogium ; he would Ilt i t'e b een th e most cherished visitor at Drayton Protestant Episcopacy would have been t'nually patting him on the head ; and lo e v c : l " in hi s p ra i se wou ld have been chaunted by r esi d e T ory pension e r, place-hunter, pluralist, and non k.tit Parson in th e three kingdoms. What a pity Po rt „ — : C °NNELL has not availed himself of these op pity-111'1es of o bt a i n i ng Tory patronage ! What a of has prefe r r e d p r i nc iple to the honeyed flatteries f are 'e faction, and borne in mind that he has the with o °f a nation entrusted to his superintendence I Yet s rti tk e h e 'nd thoughts we scarcely think him an object of a en inmiserati on; f or if he be detested, and given 1,0 u: incorrigible by the Tories ; if Tory parsons de dr,aeeh. hirn as anti-Christ, and Tory pensioners ill ' r n as the wry incarnation of anarchy ; seven in tere n s of his c oun t rymen , w h ose b est an d d eare st go od ' lts he has watched over, through evil and through be fo, re Port, with a v i g il ance t h at h as never slum are d. ,nd a spi r it t h at k nows not f at i gue or l ass it u d e , Let alf all Y offeri ng up prayers to heaven in his th ey . f ull y persuaded that f , so long as he lives, advoe Il never want an unflinching, influential jaiat. ate in their behalf before the British Le- Inure. It is b etter , we thi n k, for a pub coll ittr an to he t h us loved an d esteeme d by hi s y, n , a Qt i o _ , en, than,to be the mere flattered puppet of a k aY ; an d the unbounded confidence of Ireland lim ou el l compensate Mr. O'CONNELL for the equally the n ded h atred of the Tories. Let him persevere dr eam s of he is now pursuing ; dismiss all wild o f to ti e4ns repeal, which serve no other purpose than Ilg..ttle the mi n d s o f I r i shmen ; an d v i n di ca te 9a c i t y i : 4 ! o Y: ene rget i cally, but consti tutionally, their 14 i to 1 . equal justi ce " with England and Scot brs • " promise him a triumphant result to exertions, and when 11;s head rests beneath the " na me, both world willas stesman and patriot, that the notwillingly let die." As for the Tories, lorg niv• fie;cr "r•_ qieir TY:'f r'sci —long may he be the subject of their most malig nant diatribes ; for what are these, but testimonies to his political influence, and vouchers for his political worth ? We have received the French Papers of Sunday. They add little to the intelligence from Spain which appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Accounts horn Madrid to the 20th had been received in Paris. The object of Don CARLOS evidently is to make a dash at the capital, and considering the superior tactics dis played by the conductor of his military operations since he quitted the Basque Provinces—who is no other than the celebrated MoßENo—and the proved incapacity of the Commander-in-Chief of the QUEEN'S army, we should not be at all surprised if the bold attempt were crowned with success. He has in all probability been joined by the division under ZARATIEIGUI, a pupil of the celebrated ZUMALACARREGUY, and certainly by CABRERA and his active band. ZARATIEIGUI was at Valladolid on the 18th, and CABRERA had entered Guadalaxara about the same time with about 8,000 infantry, and five or six squadrons of cavalry. The Christinos are considerably superior in numbers, should the corps of BUERENS and NOGUERAS have been able to join that of ESPARTERO ; but it is not the policy of the Pretender to come to a general battle. If he find himself inferior in strength to the QUEEN'S united forces he will endeavour to draw them off to a distance from. the capital, and then by a sudden coun termarch, for which his light troops are well adapted, attack Madrid, which ORA A, should he be there, which is not at all probable, could not defend, and of course take possession of it before he could be overtaken by such a tortoise of a General as ESPARTERO. At all events, it is clear that both parties are concentrating their forces, which would in other cases indicate that something serious was going to happen. But it would be unsafe to predict such a result when the combatants on both sides are exclusively Spaniards. The soldiers of that nation have so many ingenious methods of eluding the actual encounter, even when to ordinary under standings it seems inevitable, that we must never cal culate on any thing that has not actually taken place. The Carlist forces are between Mondejar and Guada laxara. They amount to between 20,000 and 30,000. The Christinos are not many leagues distant. Their total numbers cannot be much short of 40,000. Baron DE MEER has resigned the office of Captain- General of Calatonia in disgust, and has been suc ceeded by General SAN MIGUEL, brother to the Minister-at-War. The following are the only things we find worth ex tracting from the French papers. The intelligence said to have been communicated in a letter from Vittoria is not to be relied on. Had such attacks as are therein mentioned taken place, it is not likely that the most important part of the intelligence, namely, the result, would have been unknown. The fact is, that little dependence can be placed on the Spanish news found in the French papers, and nearly as little in that communicated by the telegraph. " You lie like a telegraph," is now as common a say ing in Paris as was formerly, •' You lie like a bulletin." PARIS, SEPT. 24.—As the weather has been extremely fine and favourable for the working of the telegraph, we may conclude that no news from Madrid had yet been received at Bayonne this morning, which would indicate that four or five mails were due. This evening the Messager gives the following news, which we lay before our readers to gratify their curiosity : A letter from Vittoria, dated the 18th, which has bees communicated to us by our Correspondent at Bayonne, says that the Carlists having manifested the intention to cut off all communication between Madrid and the pro vinces, the Christino troops have moved to defeat this mauceuvre, and that they had attacked the corps of Zaria tegui in the environs of Colmenar, and that of Don Carlos near Mendejoir. The result of these two attacks was not known at Vittoria. The same letter adds that the forces of Generals Buerens and Oraa joined those of Espartero on the 15th, and that they immediately marched towards Arganda and Estremera. If we may believe a letter from Bayonne, dated the 2lst, Valladolid, Leon, Burgos, and Oviedo have followed the example of Pampelusa and Santander, and organized inde pendent Juntas. The King will not set out on Wednesday. The Moniteur Allgerein, of the 16th Sept., has the fol lowing paragraphs :—" We have positive information of the arrival of Abd-el-Kader in the south of Titery. It is said that he is accompanied by the Commandant M. de Menon ville, who is on a mission to him. For some time past al most all the tribes of Titery have been at war with each other. A combat is spoken of, in which Abd-el-Rahman el-Mokhtary is reported to have been killed. The pre sence of the Emir will doubtless restore order."—" A con voy of 2,000 oxen, sent to the merchant Durand, is on its way to the banks of the Chiffa."—Le Commerce, Sept. 25. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Sam 25. Five per Cents., 108 f. 45c 40c. 35c. Four and a Haffner Cents. 1 , 2 f. Four per Cents., 101,f. Three per Cents. 79f 7t:c. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,432 f. 5 , 2 c. 2,430 f. Bente de Naples, 9SL 20c. 3 c. 40c. Roman Five per Cents., 101 100% 101. Spanish Actives, 20% 4 3i. Spanish Passives, 4% Belgian Loan, Five per Cents.. 104%. Brussels Society, 1,665 f. 1,660 f. Portuguese Three per Cents. 25%14. Haytian Loan, 370 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251. 474 c.; money, 25f. 450. Three months, paper, 251. 30c. ; money, 25f. 30c rs Authentwue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 10t51. 35c. Three per Cents. 79f. 60c. Bank Actions, 2,430 f. Roman Five per ents., 101. Belgian Loan, 104 , 4. Brussels Society, 1,060 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 25%. Spanish Actives, 2i;A. Spanish Passives 4},.. Haytian Loan, 37(if. The Diario, of the 17th, contains an address of the Cortes to the King of PORTUGAL and his MAJESTY'S answer, of which we subjoin copies : THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1837. bard tLe iliagaia - a steamer, LuC UG v agreeing, on their side, to pay his passage by her to Eng land. Having gone on board in fulfilment of his promise, he found that his passage money had not been paid, although the vessel was just about to start, and as the captain re fused to take him without it, he returned on shore, and went to state the case to the Minister of Finance. Hi s Excellency placed the omission to the score of neglect on the part of hi:, subalterns, expressed his regret that General Bacon should have been put to so much trouble, and pro nsised that the passage money should be paid and the passport made ready in time to enable him to go by the next steamer. Thus the case stands for the present. Mr. Bacon has de cided on going to Cadiz, and will embark on board the next steamer that arrives here from England. The following are copies of a part of the correspondence that has taken place in the affair : MA. BACON TO THE bIINISTER OF FINANCE (M. OLIVEIRA.) (Extract.) " Dear Sir,—l have written several letters to the Mi nister of War, who has never condescended to reply to any one of them. . • • • • • • I therefore now address you as a Min i s ter of the Portu guese Government, begging of you to inforin me in the course of the day what may be the decision of your Col- leagues. " I demand, and instanter, as a British subject illegally arrested, that one of the three following proposals be ac- corded : " 1. That I ba forthwith released, with a sufficient in demnity for my false imprisonment. Or, 2. That if I am tb be ordered out of the country, I be instantly released, in order to settle my affairs in Lisbon, so that 1 may go to England by the Chieftain, which sails the day after to morrow, always having my expenses paid, and an as surance that my claims shall be submitted to an impartial tribunal, for which purpose only have I returned to Por tugal. Or, 3. That Ibe furnished with the names of my accusers, together with the accusations against me, and that I have a fair trial within 48 hours. " I write this to you, Sir, for your education in England has given to you, what does not seem to be understood by some of your colleagues, the knowledge that an application from one gentleman to another at least merits an answer. I am, my dear Sir, your's very faithfully and in haste, for I am a close prisoner, and the doors shut at sunset, (Signed) " A. BACON. " Sept. 11, 1837, Castle of St. George." THE MINISTER OF FINANCE TO MR. BACON. (Copy) (Written in English.) " Treasury, Sept. 12, 1837. " Dear Sir,—l have received your note of yesterday's date, and did not immediately reply to it this morning, as I had not yet seen in) colleagues on the points upon which you dwell. Their decision on the same is, that the Go vernment will allow you the necessary sum to defray your passage to England, or to any other foreign country should you prefer it, but that they must, during the continuance of the actual political state of things here, persist in their intention of requiring your absence from it. So soon as the civil war and present crisis termi nate, they beg me to assure you that there will not be the smallest obstacle to your again returning to it. In respect to your further claims on the Government for past services, they can be, through your agent, laid before the Commis sion about to be specially created for the purpose of inves tigating them, when they will, I entertain no doubt, be taken into due consideration. As the Chieftain sails early ia the morning, it will not be possible to arrange matters in time for your departure by her ; but if you are ready to avail yourself of the following steamer, and will signify your intentions in that respect, the Government will take the necessary measures in time to carry your wishes into effect. " My duties are purely financial, to which I restrict my attention as much as possible in matters of government. I am sorry, indeed, for this truly unpleasant incident, as re gards yourself ; and being quite ignorant of particulars, I can exercise no further interference than such as my own feelings of esteem towards you will dictate, to soften the inconvenience of this disagreeable affair to you, as much as circumstances will allow me. I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, (Signed) " JOHN OLIVEIRA." LITERATURE. UNCLE HORACE. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1837. " Uncle Horace" is the production of Mrs. Hall, a lady well known by her " Sketches of MA Life" and other works of fiction which have attracted much public attention. We are disposed to consider the tale before us as the best of all her productions—cer tainly it is the one most carefully written, and the most life-like in its portraitures of character. There is no attempt to create undue effect by means of startling incident ; none of that melodramatic display of passion which occasionally annoyed us in the " Buccaneer," otherwise so admirably handled in its details. Mrs. Hall here regards humanity with a sober and un prejudiced eye, just as we witness its operations in the familiar, every-day walks of life. Her per sonages are for the most part such as we have all met, or are likely to fall in with in our inter course with society ; and among her more pro minent characters is " Uncle Horace," from whom the tale derives its name, and who is a fine specimen of the frank, unaffected, intelligent, and high-minded English merchant. This character is evidently a fa vourite with the authoress ; and accordingly she has delineated it with uncommon skill, and a vividness and truth of effect not often met with in the fictions of women. There is however rather too much of it, and here and there the dialogues of my " Uncle" might have been curtailed with great advantage. Some portions of the work too are rather too episodical, and do not bear sufficiently on the main plot, which they consequently encumber, rather than set off. But the necessity o f complying with that absurd prejudice in favour of a tale in three volumes, we suppose has induced this defect. Next to " Uncle Horace," we may mention the sketches of " Pike" and " Lady Ellen," the former of which is vigorously dashed' off. The lan guage of the story is graceful and unambitious, and some of the descriptions are of a stirring and eloquent character. There are also some attempts at wit and humour, but we cannot here compliment Mrs. Hall on her success, for she is always the most natural when she is most serious and unaffected. We have no space for extracts. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals of importance this morning ; conse quently there is at present a great dearth of intelligence in the city. THE FUNDS. There was little doing in the course of yesterday ; never theless the funds were buoyant. Consols closed at 91i 92 for Money, and 92k to for the Account ; opened this morn ing at 91 to ; Exchequer Bills, 47 49 ; India Bonds, 48 50 ; India Stock, 260. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 191 with the Coupons ; opened at 191 4 with Coupons ; Por tuguese.closed at 40-1, opened at 40+ 1 ; Three per Cents., 26 to 4 ; Mexican,29 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53k. But little business was doing in the Foreign Exchange in the course of yesterday, and the prices were a shade lower than the last po;t day. The American merchants are anxiously waiting the arri val of the New York packet, with the speech of the Presi dent. No doubt the easterly winds have prevented her arrival. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have remained steady during the morning at 91i for Money, and 92 to k for the Account, with little doing, and not a feature in either of the markets worth attention. Exchequer Bills 47 49 pretn. ; India Bonds 48 50 ; India Stock 260. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues heavy at 19 a with the Coupons ; without ISi 19 to Por tuguese have receded from 401 i to 391 40 ; Three per Cents„ 25126 ; Mexican 2Si 29 d ; Dutch per Cents., The Batavier his arrived, bringing the Dutch Paper of Sept. 26, with the Amsterdam prices as follows ;-23. per Cents., 52 9-16 1 ; Five per Cents., 101 ; Spanish 18. THREE O'CLOCK. . _ Consols for the Account, 92k. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET OF YESTERDAY. The demand for Cotton has been quite moderate, and the sales to-day are only 1,000 bags, with a quiet market, sd y 130 Ceras and Pernams, at 84 a 9 ; 30 liaLias, 8 t and 50 Egyptians, 9 to fP,- ; 50 Surats, 54, and the rest American, from 6d. to 71-d. per lb. ; 600 American were taken on speculation." The King of the French set out on Tuesday for Compeigne. SMUGGLING.—The expenses of the Preventive Service amount to upwards of 328,000/. per annum. ADDRESS OF THE CORTES TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING DON FIERN A NDO. " Senhor—The ardently desired and happy birth of the Most Serene Prince with which Heaven has blessed the happy union of your Majesty and the august daughter of the immortal Duke of Braganza, our illustrious and adored Queen, is for the Portuguese nation an epoch of hope and general joy. " A Prince who should perpetuate the dynasty of the House of Braganza and of Gotha Coburg upon the throne of Don Alfonso Henriques was the object of the most fer vent prayers of the Portuguese people. Heaven, listening to our petitions, has given to your Majesty a son, and to the crown a successor. . .—..,.... .. " It is in consequence of this auspicious event that the General and Constituent Cortes ordered this deputation to congratulate your Majesty, in the name of the people whom they represent, and we are now proud to count your Ma jesty in the list of their Kings. Sucb, Senhor, are the sentiments of most sincere devo tion which the General and Constituent Cortes present to your Majesty on this most happy day." 1115 MAJESTY'S ANSWER. " Most gratifying is the manifestation of the sentiments which the General and Constituent Cortes have directed to be addressed to me on the happy birth of the Prince, the successor to the Crown. I expect that this event will powerfully contribute to the union and prosperity of all the Portuguese people, and you may assure the Cortes that I will constantly employ all my efforts in promoting that im portant object." It will appear by the following correspondence that our countryman, General BACON, to whose gallantry and military skill Portugal owes so much, has met with but a scurvy return from the Government of that country. The General, it seems, went on board a British vessel, on condition that his passage was to be paid by the Portuguese Government ; but as the ' money—rather a scarce article in Lisbon—was not forthcoming when the anchor was weighed, he was obliged to go on shore again, and knock at the doors of the Officials for redress. We should not be surprised if he find himself again immured within the walls of a prison. There is, we believe, no Habeas Corpus Act in that free and enlightened country ; and General BACON ought to be upon his guard against showing too much of the independent spirit of an Englishman. Nothing is more offensive to the brave IPortuguese. LISBON, SErr. 19.—General Bacon was released from CITY REC,JSIR 10 (Before Mr. MYLNE.) Mr. MYLNE gave judgment this morning in the following case, which stood over. In the parish of St. Stephen, Coleman -street, there were seventeen names objected to, on the ground that the parties had recciked " alms" within the last twelve months, and within the meaning of the Reform Act. The Learned Gentleman said the circumstan ces o f th e case were t h ese : —Some of the parties had participated in a charity known by the name of " Smith's Charity." By the Report of the Charity Commissioners it appeared that that charity con sisted of a sum of money left to the Churchwardens of St. Stephen, Coleman-street, the dividends on which were to he annually laid out in meat and bread, to be divided among the poor of the parish. The evidence showed that fourteen of the persons objected to hud received the benefit of the charity in such a manner, within the last twelve months. The manner of distribution was thus :---what was called a 2s. ticket was left at their houses by some of the Common Councilmen of the ward, on presenting which ticket to cer tain bakers and butchers they received the value in their various commodities. The other cases came under the charity known as Sir Thomas Campbell's, which was founded in the year 1613. Its provisions were, that a cer tain sum of money should annually be laid out by the churchwardens of the parish in the purchase of coals, which were afterwards to be retailed to the poor at a lower price. The evidence showed that the majority of those who had received the first charity had also participated in the latter. There was a third charity called " Dawes' Gift," which gave ss. to certain poor persons in the parish at Christmas ; and the last charity was a similar bequest, made by a Mr. Precious. It appeared that with reference to two of the parties objected to, they had not received the charities personally—they had been received by their wives, and there was no evidence before him which showed that the claimants either knew or approved of the act of the wife. Looking at the cases as reported in the books, and the prin ciple which appeared to have guided Committees of the House of Commons, and referring also to the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Heywood on the subject, he was of opi nion that the gifts under such charities as he had named, were clearly not such as ought to disqua lify the persons receiving them from being on the register. Mr. Sergeant Heywood said that persons who were to be disqualified by the receipt of alms, were persons who were in such a state of abject dependence, as to be incapable of exercising their right freely and inde pendently. In the present cases, he (Mr. M.) thought that principle did not .apply ; for, so far from being in a state of abject dependence, the parties, were in a state far above indigence, and were not only rated, but contributed to the relief of persons who were poorer than themselves. ' The term "poor" could only be considered a relative term when applied to the claimants, for, though they were poor, there were others much poorer ; and they could not be said to be in such a s t a t e o f poverty as to di squa lif y t h em f rom exercising the right of election. The case cited by Mr. Rowcroft did not exactly apply to the present cases, for in it the person whose name was struck off the list, be cause he had been in the receipt of charity, was not -rated for any premises to the relief of the poor, but claimed as a freeman. The general principle was opposed to the rule laid down in that case. Lord Tenterden had overruled that decision, coupling the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Heywood with the principle deduced by Mr. Rogers in his law and practice of elections, who said, " what amounts to such other alms' as to come within the meaning of the Act of Parliament may often become a question not easy to be decided. In many of the old boroughs the usage of the place and the decision of Com mittees have determined the point. In those old boroughs, however, where the usage is not clear, and in all the new boroughs it seems as a - general principle that, with regard to charitable foundations and endowments, those only ap pear to disqualify whose funds have formed a part of the parish resources for the relief of the poor, and have been managed by the overseer or other officer, whose duty it is to provide and pay for paupers, and have been conducted by his agency into the same channels and applied to the same purposes to which they would have been applied if they hail been the produce of the ordinary parish rates." He (Mr. M.) considered that the charitable gifts mentioned ' could not be considered as parochial relief. The gifts were not claimed or asked for by the parties who received them ; they could not be considered eleemosynary, but as a bounty on good conduct given to poor persons who had resided many years in the parish. For these reasons lie would therefore retain the names on the list. He would only add that it was quite proper that the question should have been raised. It was a question of law, and one that affected al most every parish in London, and had not been brought under the consideration of the Court in any other parish, and the raising of it had given the Court an opportunity of expressing its opinion with regard to such cases. The list of the parish was then gone through and finally settled. Beth parties expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the judgment of the Learned Gentleman. Nothing of any interest took place this morning before Mr. Craig. INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Chief Commissioner REYNOLDS.) A FORGETFUL INSOLVENT.—EphraiM Thompson, who was unopposed, applied on his petition to be discharged. Among other questions put by the Learned Commissioner to the insolvent, was one with respect to a sum of 181. which he had received just previously to his going to prison. In answer to the question, the insolvent said that he had pur chased a suit of clothes to make a respectable appearance, and had spent the remainder of the money in supporting himself. _ _ The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—What did you do with 71. of the money ? The insolvent, after taking time to consider, said, nothing particular. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—Why, bow is that—you state in your balance-sheet that when drunk you lost the money : is that the truth, or not? Insolvent—No, it is not. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—Why, you must have been drunk when you made your schedule ? The Insolvent denied that he was so. The C}IIEF COMMISSIONER desired the insolvent to state the truth upon his schedule, until he had done which the case must stand over. Some time afterwards the Insolvent explained that his wife had told him that he had lost some money while drunk. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—And so you thought proper to put down in your schedule what your wife told you. If that is true, what you have told us about the 181. is false. The Insolvent was ordered to be discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, SEPT. 26. —Wind E. N. E., moderate.— Came down from the River, and proceeded, the Mary Catharine, Evans, for Hobart Town ; Greyhound, Knill, for Fayal. The Re liance, for Demerara, sailed at nine this morning. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26. —Wind E. N. E. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind E.—Arrived the Lady Hilda, from Romouski. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 24.—Wind E. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 23.—Arrived the John Flere, Havannah. JERSEY, SEPT. 23.—Arrived the Hopper, from Dahline ; Josephine, from Gottenburg. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—Arrived the Racer, Mediterranean. DARTsrourn, SEPT. 25.—Arrived off, the Guillaume, from South America. CHATHAM, SETT. 26.—Arrived the Thomas, Webster, from St. Petersburg-h. DUBLIN, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Aberfovle, from Deme rara ; Elizabeth, Wiater, and Susan and Ellen, Roberts, from London. ,CORE, SEPT. 24.--Arrived the Tom and Maria, Prior, from London ; Victoria, Francis, from St. Übe's ; William Penn, Evans, from Riga. SOUTHEED, SEPT. 25. —The Supply, Rowell, from St. Petersburgh to London, went on shore within the Blacktail Beacon, on Saturday night ; cargo discharging. The vessel is reported to be a wreck. Ccum, SEPT. 23. —The Fredonia, Leach, from Liverpool to New Yoik, which put into this port, 6th ult., leaky, and was considered condemned, has been sold. MosTrion, SEPT. 22. —The Two Sesostre, of Norway, sunk in the Gulf of Finland ; crew saved by the Henry Hol land, arrived here from St. Petersburgh. Arrivals in the River.---The Mary, Clark ; George, Ben nett ; Reliance, Sheader ; Anna, Lough ; William Brodrick, Smith ; Matchless, Ealkner, from St. Petersburgh. Albyn, Taylor, from Riga ; Cheviot, Thompson ; Louisa, Pryde Frederick Gustave, and Plough, from Dantzic. Christian Maria, Nora, Foyne, and Anna Catharina, Haldan, from Got tenburgh. Nayaden, Spoof, from Finland. Emerald (steamer), Royal Sovereign (steamer), and Lord Melville (steamer), from Boulogne. Queen Adelaide (steamer), from Havre. We regret to hear that Mr. Wheatley, the well known auctioneer, of Piccadilly, has met his death by fall ing from his gig on his head. Death almost immediately followed. He has left a large family. The culp r it Pi ne l, w h o was convicted of strangling his wife in the night on the evidence of his own child, was recently executed at Rouen. An immense crowd at tended, and all the windows that commanded a view of the execution were filled with spectators. Amongst the crowd were seen mothers with their infants in their arms to witness the death of the wretched man. Pin accurate euf , raving of the Heaton Park Cup will , appear in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of of Sunday next, October 1. The price of Bell's Life in London is Pivepence. Office, 170, Strand, where can be engrav ing of the Wat er l oo Shield ; also that of August 6 , with t paper of Auust 20, containing the splendid i'le bad Printthe g of the Goodwood Cup, and last Sunday's. Sep tember 24, with a Portrait of Mango, winner of the St. Leger, EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East Tn dia Stock was held this day at the Compan)'s House in Leadenhall•street, Sir JAMES RIVETT CARNAC in the chair. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court that an lion. Proprietor had given notice of his intention to propose the following resolution :-- " That the General Court of Proprietors do take into consideration a memorial transmitted in August last by the European population of Madras to the Governor of that Presidency, on the subject of their compulsory attendance upon the religious ceremonies of the natives. Also, a letter from the late Bishop of Madras to the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, dated the 6th August, 1836, trans mitting such memorial. And, lastly, an answer to the let ter of the Bishop, from Henry Chamier, Esq., Chief Se cretary of Fort St. George." Also, that another Hon. Proprietor had given notice of his intention to propose the following resolution : " That it is expedient to discontinue the East Company's finance agency at Canton, inasmuch as it de ranges the operations of commerce between Great Britain and China, to the great injury and loss of the British merchant, manufacturer, producer, and consumer ; while it is not indispensable, as a mean of enabling the Company to place sufficient funds in this country to meet the territorial payments of India, payable in England." Mr. POYNDER then rose to bring forward the first of the above resolutions. He Ras addressing the Court when our reporter left. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) The imports at the port of London are now very slender, and comprise nothinc , worth notice. There are also very few vessels reported as being arrived on our coasts that are not yet up. The exports continue to a fair extent, and the deliveries for home consumption are good. Our mercantile markets continue very tranquil, and there is just now rather more disposition to sell than to buy. Prices arc firm, and the holders will sooner buy their goods in than sell them at loner prices. Speculation has become quiet, and no business but that which is bona ; fide is now transacting. A considerable number of sales are advertised. SUGAR, B.P.—The market is very quiet; prices firm, and the sales to-day about 450 hhds. The stock is 5,673 hhds. and trs. less than it was at this time list year. For French Sugar there an inquiry, but not much doing. Some kinds of white and yellow Havannah have risen Is. and Ts. 6d. per cwt. Other kinds as before. Foreign Coffee is inquired after still, but very little done in it. British Planta tion Coffee is very languid, and prices unvaried. Refined Sugar is dull at 335. for fine crushed, and Cocoa has been bought in at 40s to 455. per cwt. for low and good grey. In Ta& there is some business doing, and prices have ad vanced Id. to 2d. per lb. on sale prices for most kinds; at least these advanced prices have been asked by the holders. Rum has risen Id. per gallon on Monday's prices. The Government contract is to be taken next Thursday. Wool..—British Wnol is now securing extensive operations, and prices have advanced 2d. to 3d. per lb. SPIRITS. —There is a good business doing in English, Scotch, and Irish Spirits, and prices have advanced 2d. per gallon. The present price for all these is 10s. par gallon. SPELTER is fiat at 131. per ton, owing to large arrivals. COTTON in the London markets is fiat, in the face of the public sales, which are advertised for October 6th. The ac counts from Liverpool come quieter. SPICES are firm in price, but all speculation in any of them has for the present ceased. TALLOW, P. Y. C., is still inactive at 395. 6d. to 395.9 d. Hors.—Trade is much brisker, and prices are advancing. The duty to-day is 180,0001. to 185,0001. Saltpetrelhas been put up, but did not sell. Calcutta, 8 refraction, has been bought in at 245. to 245. 6d. There is nothing fresh in the Provision or Oil markets ; and in Northern produce generally very little is doing. FOREIGN COMMERCIAL. The only mail from the Continent this morning is one French—the commercial contents of which are without im portance. The reports of the vintage in Bourgoyne and Champagne are now materially altered for the better, and it is said that the fine and warm weather during last week has so far changed the aspect of the grapes, that if the weather continues an average vintage, good ord. quality may be calculated upon ; and in consequence the late advance is not supported, and the prices are expected to recede to, their former position before the apprehensions began. From Bordeaux the accounts state the weather to be very beneficial to the grapes in that part of the kingdom, and the vintage was expected to begin in the district of Medoc, about the 23d or 25th, and if the weather continue fine to be ended in a week, leaving wine of a superior quality. The market for wine at Bordeaux is very lively, and the shipments to the north of Europe extensive. The accounts from the north and east of France bring higher quotations of wool, and the trade are eagerly going in stock, paying a corresponding advance with, the rise here and at Berlin. At Genoa, the cholera having nearly ceased, trade was be coming brisk ; among articles that were in demand were Indigo, Cotton, and Lead. Coffee was firm, but not much business doing; the stock is stated rather short, and chiefly consisting of Rio and Havannah. Raw Sugar was flat, and the stock of this and refined is stated to be small. Refined goods were firmly held, and an advance on the receipt of the latest news from England obtained. 209 hhds. brought from Greenock were taken on speculation. In Oils nothing trans piring, and prices nominal. In our report yesterday there appears that Rums had ad vanced in Bordeaux—it ought to be Prunes. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY-1 CORN EXCHANGE. There are small arrivals of most kinds of Grain reported this week, and the return of Flour is inconsiderable. The Wheat trade is very dull, and hardly supports Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease are unaltered. Oats con tinue to meet a slack demand, and prices remain as en Mon day. There is a fair trade for good Flour at last quotations. WNW. English Mgrs. Irish Foreign...—. Oats. I Flour. 90 gra 1,330 acks 1,100 ARRI VALS Barley, 140 qrs. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Pease. ' Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to a. s. to a. S. to s. s. S. Beaton. 4O 52 23 31 16 26 38 41 Gainsborough — 56 30 30 40 Grantham GrimsbY ' 5B 62 32 34 22 2$ 42 41 - Horncastle 42 60 32 37 20 24 36 42 — - Lincoln.. 46 57 26 32 18 28 40 44 1 Spalding Stamford 4B 56 28 33 21 25 36 44 York 5O 56 26 34 24 26 32 44 1 IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ENDING SEPT. 22. From To Average. 294 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone lB 0 30 0 26 1 0 Bore l6 stone 0 6 0 0 0 0 49 Barley 1:56 Oats l4 stone. lO 0 15 0 12 1 16,173 Flour, per cwt 8 stone 5 6 22 0 0 20 Oatmeal —.......... 8 stone l5 0 12 0 14 4 From To 294 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone lB 0 30 0 V Bere l6 stone 0 6 0 0 49 Barley 956 Oats l4 stone. lO 0 15 0 16,173 Flour, per cwt 8 stone 5 6 22 0 20 Oatmeal--............. 8 stone l5 0 12 0 Sold to Bakers only. 13;260 Cwt. Flour l5 0 22 0 I 18 7% Average price of Wheat And Flour 46, 8.1. per sack Receipts of Flour, 15,162 Firsts from 20s. Pd. to 225. 0.1. Seconds Sales of Do 16,173 Tnirds PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf CORK MARKETS.—Sept_ 23 Wheel (per 205t)...18s Od. to 265. 9d.1 Oats (per I4st.) Barley (per 165t.)...11 0 12 8 1 Flour per cwt . ) 7 U 20 U Oatmeal (per cwt.) los. to 16s. Od. iteef, 4d. to od. • Mutton, 4d. to 6d. ; Veal, 4d. ; Pork, 4€l. to 41d. ; tresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per :L. PRICE OF stirrEtt. _ _ To the Merchants. To the Comm-, First Quality 97s. B7s. Second 93 B3 Third Fourth B 2 Fifth 76 67 Sixth CLONNIELL M, Per S. s. d. I. K El: —Sept. 23 Cwt. 95 0 Hides (raw) 13 6 Bacon Pigs 38 44 0 Heads 20 Per Bag. Fleur, Second ..... ..20 31 0 I Flour, Thirds 2? -Household...l:6 0 28 0j - Fourtli, 11 Per Barrel.. Rapeseed 20 0- 0 j Barley ..12 Bere 9 4 10 0 Coals Per tone. Wheat 0 15 024 I Tallow (r0ugh)...... 4 Oats 0 11 0 13 I Potatoes 0 New Rutter Oatmeal 12 6 Rendered Lard 0 s. d. s. t 0 to 32 8 0 42 0 0 0 0 IX 0 u 1c u o 13 0 0 3 6 0 4 6 3 0 4 KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat (per barrel) kOs 3d. to k6s. 64. Beef (per 1b... • ... Os. 3d. to Os 5 Carley 9 9 1 l 9 Mutton 0 3 0 5 Oats 8 6 10 0 Perk Flour (per tag).— 18 0 32 0 Veal Butter (per cwt.)... 90 0 92 0 Fresh Butter OlO I 0 Bacon Pigs 27 0 29 0 Salt Ditto Coals 1 0 1 1 Potatoes (per 5t.)... 0 2 0 9 SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGCON CORN MARKET.—Sept. 22. Wheat. \ Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. P. cans. fiS First . Od :36s 0,1 31. OA —a Cd 42a Od Second s9s 03 - - 211 s ad 2.1.4 Od --s Od 40 Od Third sss Od 25s 64 19s Od I —s Od 37s 04 There were 455 qrs. of Wheat in inarket.4:3o whereof were sold. -- Unsold.-0 Grey. . 2/. 9a.3.1. 11.120,s v era ge....., DA LK EITII CORN M A RKET. —Sept. 21 Wheat. Barley. -Oats. l't•ase. First I 66s lid tid this 4d 40. tid Second s2s 0.1 I '.26s Lid 24s 0.1 40 0.1 Third I 40s 01 2.21 Od 19s. 4d 37. 0.1 Br.2ns. 42 , 0.1 40. Od 97 Od Mr. E. J. Stanley, Secretary of the Treasury, arrived in town, on Monday night, from Cheshire. Yesterday information was received at the various police-offices and station-houses, that on Monday afternoon notes to the value of 3301., and bills of exchange to the va lue of 2901., making in the whole 6001., were stolen from the person of a gentleman named Wilsnn while in conver sation in the Castle coach-office, tirmingham. The notes consist of Bank of England notes, and of the branch banks at Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle upon-Tyne ; and the hills of exchange (two for 100/. each, one for 501., and one for 401.) were drawn on the 16th instant for two months, payable at N. and F. Phillips and Co.'s, Heywood and Co.'s., and Masterman and Co.'s. A reward of 40/, hoe been offered for the discovery of the thief. ISLE OF WIGHT. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, SEPT. 24.—Sailed the Crusader, R. Me.iklam, Esq., for Lisbon. SEPT. 26.—Sailed the Dolphin, q. Ackers, Esq., to the West. COUNTY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Messrs. Halcombe and Poulden opened a Court at the Town-hall, West Cowes, to revise the lists of voters tor the parishes of Whippingham and Northwood, on Mo tday the 25th. The following persons were objected to by the Tories in the former : James Atkey, referred ; Henry Masters and Ja nes Paul, expunged; Jam , s Lawrence and William Pl.i!lips, retained. The Reformers objected to six :—Charles Con way-and John Moore, postponed ; Joseph Cross, retained ; James Drudge, James Mursell, and Jams Mursell, Jun, expunged. NORTHWOOD. RERORMERS—Wm. Cubitt, Wm. D. Hewitt, Thomas 'lading, Thomas Helmore, Edward Harris, Robert Moir, and George Phillips, retained ; C. A. Duke, E. L. Grif fiths, Wm. Helmore, and John Taylor, expunged ; George Hansen, W. R. Pearce, Newberry, and --- Withering ton, expunged, did not attend ; and J. A. Taylor, referred. TontEs.—Thomas Cass, James Cass, Henry Halliday, John Wcodford, and Joseph Woodford, retained ; A. Dowdney and Charles Schuldt, expunged ; and Thomas Striven, adjourned. Each party have succeeded in about half their objec tions ; there were none of particular interest. Messrs. Moir, Harling, and Halliday, claimed as 50/. renters. The objections were that they had each let a part of the pre mises furnished for short periods (say a month or two, or perhaps three in the year), and were not occupying to the amount of 50/. ; but Mr. H. was of a different opinion, and allowed the votes. Mr. John Taylor claimed his rent was .52/. 10s., but he let a part for a whole year for 51. vote disallowed. Mr. Halcombe stated it as his opinion, that persons ob jecting had no right to cross-examine the claimant ; he hav ing on his oath stated to his solicitor or the barrister that he had a certain qualification. The Court must be satis fied, and bad no right to inquire further into his affairs, as to whether he paid a quit-rent, a'mortgage, or how it might be encumbered, nor was he bound to produce his deeds ; but the Court, with the lawyers on both sides, and the Under-Sheriff, holding different, he gave way ; but it was very near being fatal to the claimant. The original deed was very good, but this was only to his grandfather, from whom, to his father, the conveyance had no stamp, and it never had been conveyed to him ; but he swore he had been in quiet possession for 30 years. EAST COWES. Two cottages near Whippingham Church were destroyed by fire between twelve and one o'clock yeSterday. It ap pears that a person who occupies one of them was in a loft storing some apples, and had placed his candle in a net hung to the roof, which it set fire to, and the whole was in a few minutes in flames. The adjoining one was occu pied by Mr. Dashwood, sen., wheelwright, which met the same fate. Nearly the whole of the furniture was de stroyed, as was all their wearing apparel. The stock was saved by pulling down a building, and thus cutting off tie communication with the workshop and builder's yard. We hear Mr: D.'s houses and furniture were insured. It being in . the middle of the (lay time, many of the workmen and neighbours were on the spot ; but, unfortunately, when the engine from Newport was brought, very little water could be procured._ BAYONNE. SEPT. 21.—N0 positive or authentic intelligence respec ting the ultimate fate of the unfortunate officers and men of the Legion who took refuge in the church of Andoain on the 14th inst., and surrendered on the night of the 13th on condition of having their lives spared, has as yet been received here. The general impression and belief; founded on the reports of Spanish peasants coming from the Car list country, and on private letters from some of the frontier towns, is that every individual of this ill-fated body of English subjects was mercilessly butchered on leaving the church of Audoain. The fact of this massacre is not denied by the Carlist partisans here, though they would fain do it, as knowing -what hundredfold odium this wholesale murder of British subjects must bring upon the name and cause of Don Carlos. The only reply to any observations made on the subject is by talking of the uncontrollable exas peration of the peasantry after the burning of their houses and farms some days previous to the 14th. Be fore many days, however, I hope to be enabled to send full and precise information upon this melancholy subject, as a person occupying an official situation here has com missioned some three or four trustworthy individuals to proceed to Andoain, Tolosa, and some of tho other neigh bouring towns, for the purpose of procuring and bringing back positive and full details of the fate of the prisoners, and which information lie intends embodying in a remon strance or memorial to the British GovernMent. A letter from an officer in the British navy at St. Se bastian, and who had the best opportunity of knowing the truth, states the number of the Legion missing after the affair-of the 14th, and who have not since been heard of, to be 13 officers and 120 men. All accounts concur in stating, that never was there a more disgraceful or disgusting military spectacle than that exhibited by the Spanish troops on the 14th. 2,500 of them well equipped, armed, and forewarned of the attack, abandoned in the most precipitate and cowardly manner positions which might have been held by 500 invalid men of any other troops. The number of the Queen's troops missing on the 14th is said to be about 20 officers and 180 men. Several of the former are said to have fallen by the hands of their own soldiers when endeavouring to force them back to the fight. About 100 of the Christino troops returned from the field wounded, one-half of whom are said to have been cut down by their own officers for their cowardice. A. letter from St. Se bastian mentions that two Lancers of the Legion, on seeing the Colonel of one of the Queen's regiments abandon his men, and fly with all the celerity he was capable of, in The direction of Ernani, pursued him, and on coming up with him, gave him a few gentle pricks with their lances. They then dismounted, and one of them taking a knife from his pocket, cut off the gold lace stripes from the cuff of his coat, which were indicative of his rank, and threw them in his face, telling him he was unworthy of the name of officer or soldier. They then, as the account gives it, kicked him into Ernani before them. Neither the Madrid nor Saragossa mails have arrived here to-day.— Times. . SWITZERLAND. The Helvetic, of the 22d inst., states that the Prefect of Interlacken, on an order of the Executive Council of Berne, had carried into uffeet the judgment lately delivered in the case of the young English boxers, who had accord ingly been banished from the canton. The Federal Diet was quietly proceeding with its labours, and, on the 16th and 18th, again discussed the interminable affair of the convents of Argau of which the Government had taken the administration into its own hands. The De puties of the smaller states were unanimous in blaming the conduct of the Directory of Argau, and pronouncing it a violation of the 12th article of the Federal compact, but on the question being put to the vote, there were only 8 for inviting that canton to cancel or modify the decree, and the affair, for want of a majority, will again come before the Diet in the course of, the next Session. Fl RE.—This morning, shortly after one o'clock, the upper pact of the Weaver's Arms public-house, in the oc cupation of Mr. Price, Bell -court, Milton -street, Fins-bury, was discovered on fire. The Whitecross-street, Parring don-btrcet, and Watling-street brigade engines shortly after wards arrived, but notwithstanding their exertions they were unable to save the public-house, but fortunately pre vented the extension of the destructive element. The cause of the fire is unknown. ADJOURNED INQUEST.--The investigation into the circumstances of the late, suicide and attempted murder, in Plumptre-street, St. Giles's (the particulars of which appeared in our J'aurnal of yesterday), was resumed last evening, the parties whose testimony was considered ne cessary b‘fing in attendance. The room was crowded with pernris anxious to learn the result of the proceedings, and after some evideree had been adduced, which went to shoW that the delivery of the deceased (although premature) was not effected by any operation, Mr. Gaunt, the person alleged to have caused the death of the deceased by his malprac tices, was called in. The Coroner told him that there was an imputation against him of a very serious nature, and, if the charge was well founded, h e s t oo d i ts such a s i tuat i on as to render it necessary to advise him not to say anything which might criminate himself ; but lie was at liberty to make any voluntary statement he might think proper after having heard the evidence affecting him. Mr. Gaunt then entered into a statement of the circumstances attending his past of the transaction. He stated himself to be a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and denied that he had used any means to procure abortion, but that his treatment of the deceased was strictly professional ; and that instead of only attending her once, he had attended her . on severa' . occasions f o r three weeks, and bad given her medicines . whic)-, could neither have produced abortion nor have been mstr u mental in causing her death. He considered two ga l' icas as his consultation fee, but hid taken fifteen . shillings au ouch her representations of poverty. .The , jury consulted a few minutes, and returned a verdict of " femporary ln Mr. John O'Connell, the member for Athlone, is making a tour in Franci, for l t t h o o ry pu Q r t po th se e o l f ri c s o 4 ll tga ; e r c i ting d nsa tcrials for his forthcoming history the service of France. 12 3 4 i 254%