The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-05 00:00:00

EVENING SUN -EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS FOR THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON. (From Galignani's Messenger.) This exhibiting will be opened to the public this rJorning at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, as we hese had already occasion to announce. Yesterday the pri vate view took place, and we had an opportu• pity of inspecting the collection, which in many points a remarkable one. Tee drawings and mode', 10 in number, are arranged in the great gallery on the eastern side of the principal front, and in the] smaller gallery on the northern side ; the drawings are by for the best, and are contributed by the most emieent ar chitects of the capital ; the models, with one or two exceptions, are of an inferior kind, and very clumsily executed. This being an occasion on which the full enthusiasm of national architects might be expected to be displayed, we were not a little anxious to wit- ' ness tile efferts of what is on the whole as strong a school of architecture as any in Europe ; but we are compelled to confess that the number of really grand and suitable designs is much smaller than we had anticipated. Many of the plans sent in are evidently the works of very young men, in which eccentricity has been mistaken for originality, and in which much more attention has been paid to tile isolated effect of the tomb than to any attempt to harmonise the erection with the magnificent budding in which it is to be placed. As a general fault of nearly st'l the drawings, wei may remark that of those which are not Egyptian, or of other orders to which no possible de signation can be applied, the greater number are far too Grecian either for the subject they are intended to comnLmorate, or for the great dome under which they are to be viewed. Some of them are beauti ful in all their details, and admirably drawn, and a few come up to the level of what the country requires. We shall single out the most remarkable, and will commence with No. 24, on the left hand side of the Eastern Gallery, by M. Duban, architect of the edifice in which the plans are placed. It consists of a s trcophagus, with richly decorated sides, supported on a basis against which figures stand like pilasters, and on which the names of the Emperor's victories arc inscribed. A model accompanies the drawing ; they are both of bold and severe outline, of Grecian character, and on the whole confer much honour on their author. M. Lassus has sent in a design of the same description, No. 10. It is rather lighter in outline than that of M. Duban, and is more delicate in its details. The model which accompanies it gives a very excellent idea of the plan, and like the preced ing design, furnished by M. Duban, is highly credit able to the architect's correct taste. In No. 25 M. Lemaire has contributed a design in very good taste, with the figures of the principal Marshals placed erect round the Emperor's tomb ; at various parts occur bas reliefs of the principal victories of Napoleon, and on the whole it would form a very practicable and not unsuit able monument. No. 37 is an anonymous drawing of good design, only much too Grecian in its details; and M. Bouchet, in No. 27, has sent in a similar de sign, to which the same remark applies. Both these plans, however, are full of merit. No. 26 is a plan by M. Gauthier, in which the Emperor is represented under a canopy supported by pillars, sitting on the rock of St. Helena, while on the dome of the canopy he is standing in his Imperial robes ; a design at once incongruous and unsuited for a monument. There is a large and elaborate plan by M. Visconti, which, as the architect has the ear of the Government, is not at all un likely to be adopted, independent of any other consider ation. His plan is to make a circular crypt or lower chapel under the dome, open to the interior of that part of the church, and surrounded by a balustrade. In the midst of this is placed the Emperor's sarcophagus, and a long approach to it is made through vaults under the nave of the church and opening in the middle of the great court of the Hotel. Over this opening, in the court, a colossal equestrian statue of the Emperor in bronze would be erected, and in the vaults would be arranged the tombs of Marshals and Governors of the establishment. There is a great objection to this plan, arising from the heavy expense it would occasion. M. Due has exhibited in No. 11 one of the most beautiful designs we ever saw. It consists of a sort of a temple in gilt bronze, with open-worked lattices between the pillars, surmounted by an elaborate canopy, and inclosing a porphyry sarcophagus with the Emperor's remains. The decorations consist of crowns, the let ter N, and eagles. The temple is surrounded by a circular marble enclosure with a balustrade, and two fe male figures in white marble are seated in advance of the tomb, holding globes in their hands. The effect is exceedingly beautiful and original, and it is one of the most exquisite drawings we have ever seen. Another design, and it is the boldest idea to be a practicable one we ever heard of, is that by ?,I. 11. Labrouste. It consists of a subterranean chapel, like that of M. Visconti's plan, in the midst of the dome, in which the Emperor's sarcophagus would be placed in the middle, with the imperial crown and sword of Austerlitz at the feet, and the standard of Austerlitz at the head ; over the top of this chapel is placed an immense elliptical shield in gilt bronze, of the most chaste antique design, resting on four t ogles, and allowing the sarcophagus to be per ceived below. The shield is about 50 feet across in its greatest length, is richly ornamented with laurel wreaths, and has a large N. in the middle. The de sign, which is most elaborately drawn, has this great excellence, that it does not interfere with the architec ture of the dome, but is of gigantic effect combined with great simplicity. It is well worthy of inspection, and will be found immediately on the left hand on entering. Of the models in the second room, No. 55, without any name, is a beautiful temple with a do mical top on which the Emperor stands, while under the dome is his coffin, borne on the shoulders of soldiers. No. 67 is a very chaste model, by M. de Ligny, a na tive of Corte, in Corsica, and the sculptures of it by M. Guyrard, of the Institute. This is an exquisite Italian tomb, and would be well wor thy of a place any where ; though, perhaps, it is hardly grand enough for the subject. The visitor will field colossal pyramids, obelisks, globes, and all kinds of designs sent in ; some of the very worst possible taste. One is curious, as being an immense bronze eagle, with expanded wings, stretch ing all across the dome, suspended from the side-walls by the tips of the wings, and holding the Emperor's coffin in its claws, a kind of idea borrowed from the fabled sepulture of Mahomet. There is one of a colos sal statue of the Emperor, in the Court of the luva lides, nearly as high as the Dome itself !—and many other absurdities. We recommend all our readers who can to hasten to this exhibition. THE KIRK. The Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland is equal So said in pro portion to the Church of Rome any d a y . Lard M e lb ourne , i n a recent debate regarding eccle siastical policy in Scotland, and the generality of people p , eo c p lii subsc r ib e f u ll y to t h e trut h o f the i:remark.r test now dep en di ng b etween the majority of the Scotch clergy an d t h e supreme con: is o f l aw in Scotlaed, is viewed by many as proofs of great clerical presump tion. Oa the oth er hand, it is maintained by the clergy that they acknowledge the supremacy of the law in all ques tions of temporal power, and merely seek to defend their own spiritual jurisdiction. The dispute raves with great keenness beyond the Tweed, and the settlement of it must form another of the many measures to be brought forward by the Peel Minis:ry in the wonderful mouth of February, 1842. NVe shall trot interfere in the meantime by offerin g any premature opinion ; but if the Baronet of Saint Katharine's-410d be able to frhre a 13.11 satisfactory both to the Kirk, e4l e patrons, an Ore people, he will prove himself •ra creverer chief" than vc s upposed had ever stood in his sheis. He has, howeveri by his speeches and letters at lislrecent election aft er assum i n g the office of Lord Ad calve; excited the hopes and fears of all parties. He was reported, first of all, to have spoken of the Duke of Argyl E 's Bill " as an in stainunt," He afterwards den*Ad ' havi ng used the words . im puted to him, , but Wi6te in a w a y t o l eave the For) Cabinet int en d e d to grapple an impression that with she questing. Under these c ircumstances the filling up of th e second collegiate charge in the parish church of Elgin, vacant by the removal o f the Rev. Mr. Walker to another liv ing, attracts the attention of " braid Scotland," and, being in the gift of the Crown, the manner in which it Secretary will bo taken as is dealt with by the of the \Vhig Government, an index to the viewslioartehe Executive. The vacancy occurred before the break u Wi llacetown, agrceab:y to and Lord Normanby proinisped to eive the presentation to the Rev. Mr. Stewart, of petitions so he was not from the heritors, magistrates, town-council, elders, and heads of families. Government dur ing of the only In doing following out the con Sir Robert) Peel, ing all the years of Whig Administration, but that also which had been adopted by Mr. (now artment, when Sectaary of State for the Home Dep who alwasposed of the Crown patron a g e in Scotch burghs according to the wishes of the t° 7 - co uncils, Rev. Mr. when well supportiAl by the heritors. The Topp, who succeeded to the first cellegiat m e charge In Elgin, a few years back, on the death of the Rlv. Gordon, was presented to the living by tl:e Whig 'ferment, entirely in accordance with that principle which has now been so long and uniformly followed out in the disposal of Church patronage in Scotland in the gift of the Crown as to be considered by the people in the light of an established and settled practice. The inhabitants of E!gir, therefore, naturally ex pected that the old rule would be adopted in appointing a clergyman in room of the Rev. Mr. Walker ; and being desirous that the Rev. Mr. Stewart should be ' placed over them in charge of' that important office, pe titions in his favour were forwarded to the Home-office, signed as follow s I. By three-fourths of the male heads of families. 2. By all the elders, except one. 3. By the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, with only two dissenting v o t es . 4. By a majority equal to three to one of the burgh proprietors, that is, of th e proprietors of the town of Elgin, containing a population, we believe, of nearly 6,000 sonic. 5. By the landward heritors or proprietors of the pa- rise btyond the bounds of the toren, six cut of eight in number, and in value as 4,600/. is to 1,600/. A more decided and unequivocal demon tration of the popular choice could not have been mate, and its accuracy cannot be gainsaid. Lord Normanby looked upon the case as admitting of no doubt, and had be re. mained in office the presentation would have issued in favour of Mr. Stewart. But his successor iu the Home office hesitates, neverthelcss, because Major Cumming Bruce. the Tory Member for the county of Dgin, Mr, Baiilie. the Tory Member for Inverness, and the noto rious Mr. Win. Gladstone, all friends to monopoly and Tory rule, wish to give this piece of Church preferment to some tool and toady of their own. All eyes in Scot ' land arc, therefore, turned to the conduct of the Peel Ministry in the disposal of it, because, from the result, the people in that quarter will be able to form some opi. nion of what they may expect hereafter from the tender mercies of the men in power.—Chronicle. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MOANING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The examinations at the Mansion-house re lative to the Exchequer bill affair, have necessarily occu pied almost exclusively public attention, as people look to that source now for something like authentic informa tion, instead of dealing with rumours and conjectures. That judicial investigation, moreover, renders it ob viously improper to give circulation to many state ments which are current on the subject, as that might interfere with the course of justice or prejudice the parties accused. On inquiry among the City banking-houses, it appears that very slow progress is making to-day in the delivery of Exchequer bills marked as genuine ; indeed, so much so, that very great complaints are made on the subject; and making allowance for dark days, as well as a slug gish rate of performance, the general belief is that the investigation will last out the year. It is said that Lord Monteagle manifests very great anxiety to con vince those bankers and capitalists who visit the Treasury on this occasion, that his system of ma nagement is a very complete one, and, in fact, such as to render fraud or an irregular delivery of bills quite impossible. This in itself has in some instances made a favourable impression on the parties ; but then they naturally ask themselves whether that can possibly be a good system which has produced results so notoriously bad as those now before the public ? hence, however plausible the Noble Lord may be, his efforts are treated on the whole with a great deal of ridicule, and they place him in this very awkward dilemma, that if his system really was a good one, it was very badly admi nistered, so as to reduce it to a very defective or bad one. It seems to remind people of what happened at the Royal Exchange, when all the "fire-proof" chests and boxes were found, when opened, to contain tinder only, though in the newspapers of the same day there appeared various advertisements from the makers of " infallible fire-proof boxes." The business in Stocks to-day was not large, but quo tations were pretty steady. In the early stage of deal ing an improvement of full per cent. upon the latest values of yesterday were quoted, but they were not quite so good at the close of the day. CIIRONICLE.—The propriety of waiting upon the Premier by a deputation of bankers and others, to re present the case of the bona fide holders of Exchequer bills, has been discussed in the highest monetary circles, and in the meantime postponed in consequence of the apprehension of Rapallo, who was remanded for ten days, after a lengthened examination at the Mansion house to-day, at which Mr. Perceval, the Deputy-Comp troller of the Exchequer was present. Mr. Perceval, it is said, brought a parcel of bills with him, amount ing to 15,000/. or 16,0001., which he exhibited as forged, stating that at first he had great difficulty in dietinguiThing the genuine from the fictitious, but that he now felt no such embarrassment, and could at once detect the spurious bills. The only reason we have heard adduced for this certainty of detection is that the stamps on the fictitious bills are less vigorously impressed on the paper than on the genuine bills, and that there are private notches, or marks, in the margin of the checks denoting the relative positions of the bills in the books at the Exchequer-office. That there are, for instance, three bills on each page, 1,2, and 3, and that there is a corresponding mark on the corner of each genuine Exchequer bill issued, which does not exist in the spurious paper. This looks very like a se cond or after thought ; at least we cannot perceive the sense of asking the holders to send up their bills to be examined with the counterfoil, if the Comptroller- General was possessed of private marks of any kind by which he could at once detect the forgeries. If this be the case, the Government notice should have declared the fact at first, and intimated to the public that those which were not genuine could be at once distinguished, and that the others would bo im pounded or rejected as forgeries. This story of the pri vate mark goes far to prove that the Governfieent begins now to feel the fallacy of the test of the counterfoil, and that they must have stronger means of proof. The com parison of the counterfoil is not only untenable as a proof of forgery, but it is evidently useless, unless every bill were cut out separately. If two or more bills were cut at the same time, a spurious bill might pass the test of the counterfoil with impunity, and there might be vari ous bills presenting the same identical checks in the margin, so as to correspond with the counter foil. But, apart from all risks and possibilities of that description, let it be supposed that the signa ture " Monteagle" has been written, not by the Comptroller-General or his deputy, but by Mr. Beaumont Smith, which is the worst view of the case possible for the holders, it seems very doubtful whether, even in that case, the Crown would successfully main tain the plea of forgery amongst those who give a fair value for the bills. In every respect, with the sole ex ception of the name, the spurious bills are genuine, the watermark, the printing, the Government stamp, the numbers, and every distinguiehing feature on which the public could rely, or by which they were called upon to judge, are genuine, official, done by Government order, or by Government officers, and the only defect is said to be in the writing of the name " Monteagle," which on the genuine bills is admitted to have been signed legally by three different persons. The simple question to go to law about would be whether the supposed evidence or confession of Mr. Smith, that he signed the name Monteagle and used the bills so signed for his own purpose, is or is not sufficient to reject the claims of the innocent holders, on the ground that the bills are forged. Whethee there be some little corner notch or other private cut in the corner of the paper, which shows the relative part of the book from which the bills were cut or not, there can be eo doubt whatever that the paper itself, the printing, the numbers, and the stamps on the spurious hills are ge nuine. The only point, the only case for the Crown is, whether the possible evidence or confession of Smith be sufficient to prove forgery, coupled with the evidence of Rapallo, and the opinion of the Comptroller- General or his deputy, as to the false or genuine nature of the signatures. Were the latter, how ever, crow-examined in the witness-box, it would soon be proved that they could not tell their own- signatures if shown a bundle of alts in which there was a mixture of good and bad ; and as to Rapallo's testimony, as far as we have yet seen, it only proves that he knew Smith's necessities, and was not scrupulous about ascertaining the means by which he obtained the bills. Even if Rapallo should be finned cognisant of the manufacture of the bills by Smith, we do not see that his possible guilty knowledge could in the slightest degree impugn the rights of the innocent holders. The question at issue can be in no degree changed, as respects the bona fide holders, by any addition to the number of parties who may be implicated in the guilt of Sniith. The only case for the Crown is still restricted to the mere legality of the signatures, the disputed bills being in all other re spects clearly and indisputably genuine. The Commit tee of the Stock Exchange met yesterday and to-day, to examine farther into the transactions of the suspended brokkrs with Smith and Rapallo, but came to no decision. SUN.—Our securities maintain a firm appearance, in the absence of any perticular incentive to speculation, end the investments just now are on bona fide account. To ilay the Market wits buoyant, and at one period Consols ranged a per cent. ;Above the prices of yesterday, but subsequently k percent. was the more general average im provement. For present transfer Consols closed at 88 to 89, and fur Account 89 to 89,1. Bank Stock was worth 164 - to 1651, and India Stock 246 to 247, being a rise of' 1 to - 1 per cent. on the former, and to 11 per cent on the latter. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were worth 9S-Te to 99k. and the Three per Cent. Annuities 87,i to SS. India Bonds 2s. prem. to par. In the Foreign Stocks there was only a moderate bu siness done, but prices were supported ; Brazilian went higher. Spanish Active Bonds to day were marked 21,} to 211 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. 291 to e 9 ; the Three per Cents. 184.- to 14; Colombian 19 to 19 ; Mexieaa 25k, and Peruvian 131 5 . Brazil Stock was quo ted 58 to 59 ; Belgian Bonds were 100 t, and Dutch 'Two and-a-Ilalf per Cents. at 511 to 51;'s. In the Share Market there was a greater degree of ac tivity than usual, and many of the leading lines improved T u Nalue- Great Western went as high as 144 ; York Br t i l g to , r i t i li t, tit i l i l e a c i i td o 3 i t, d a is i c id o ß lu i l r t !nilLg o l n ia d n o i n N a e n t d v - ‘ ) N % p s r t c; l t i ih. i. ! ster Beek Shares • were - marked 1 prem. ORANGE The worst feature shout u l t this outrage is, IRE LAND ON MR. MURPHY. impression that it was a Roman OUTR D. pCatholicertra perpetrated eluattledctrhatthitehethat it was miscreants ii had in their hands, and that it was an aged atxL i ; ,., . i. \\Te are not enabled, were thus ill-treating and insult' perpetrators of this helpless s t i t: i n vi u n t:he ti r at of th ighbourh oo d :it h ‘ e • at present, to point out the c u lt i assembled nt:farious act ; all we know i , 4, "entry of Tipperary and the Ile' at Caher that day, for the races. who We understand that Mr. Murphy has made appointed Mr. statement of the whole proceeding to - Lord -- i - F ; , e a full received him 'courteously, and, of course, a r p ( r - 60 - , — i ( s ) e t 'd redress ; but what can he expect frorn Government that makes Mr. Lefroy a Judge, and has Brewsta. counsel at the Castle ? Nothing can equal the indignation o f t h e 10101, _ a tholic 'community at this insult to one of their'll ( l 2 - and most respectable members, to say nothin g ost t • war: thy the intended outrage upon the most venerable Catholic . Bishop in Ireland.—Thiblin Evening Post. ____ The Dublin Statesman says, that the repeal " reptile would do well to put in its horns and wait quietly housed in its shell for better times." If this be meant to imply better times for repealers, they will not have to wait long under the present Government, Patience, Repealers ! patience Chartists ! patience Re volutionists ! the Tories will do your work for you. No receipt is so effectual to destroy a Government, as to in sult. oppress, and outrage the bulk of the people. The large fortune and estates left by the late Prince Butera, have devolved to Major Wilding of the Hanoverian service, half brother of the Prince. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. rr.om THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. HERALD.—We have already expressed a very - - strong opinion that on the result of all the evidence as yet before the public, a case of extreme lathes and un business-like management in his office of Comptroller of the Exchequer attaches to the well-paid Lord Mont cale. Having watched with very great attention ail the proceedings which have been subsequently taken in the lam,ntabie affair of Mr. Beaumont Smith, end the enormous depredations charged against him, we liment to state that our opinion of the blameable deficiency of his Lordship's " controlling - " administration of his own department remains unsl:aken. We have net Lean moved from it even by the plausible circulars which have been issued under his Lordship's signa- turc, impressed with all the cunning end fencing though they be which arc so cVaracteristic of his apelogetic genius. The first of these actually seemed to claim, on the part of the Noble Cotnptruller, same rner:t with the public for the parental and foster ing care with which he had adopted a process of exami• nation and collation calculated to allay all unnecessary anxiety in the minds of the holders of Exchequer bills, in the shortest possible interval of time. To read it no man, uninformed upon the premises, would suppose it to be possible that the worthy gentleman who was about to be so provident and prompt in informing the victimised of the actual extent of their loss, was the very party without whose culpable permission of a sys tem which appears to have been disgracefully lax and imperfect—a system over which he was placed with the express purpose of ectuptrolling and secur ing its operations, at a large annual stipend—that loss never could have accrued, or at any rate have existed so long without detection and expo sure. In the second of those circulars, the same fidgetty Peer—busy, active, and garrulous as a cackling hen on discovering the loss of half her brood of chickens—surpasses himself in the sharp-witted but complicated contrivances which he propounds, as glibly as if he had tested and confirmed their ready working. Here, a plan for checking the bills ; there a plan for stamping them ; here a receipt with " his" signature, (if anything can prevent Exchequer bills from falling to a discount, this must be the very trick) ; there, a crowning plan for exchanging the wrified bills against the " sign-manuei" receipts. All this is very Rice-ish. But lo! with the usual fate of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer's plans,—fiscal, financial or "superficial," (his Lordship knows our meaning in this last epithet), this Exchequer-bills-exchange-receipt-and-bill-issue plan break down two or three days after its enunciation. Then comes the third circular, with an acknowledgment that the sublime invention set out in its predecessor will not work quickly enough, in spite of that considerate regard (which Whig chiefs usually betray for the convenience of their clerks), wherewith he finds it necessary to exact the attendance of the latter at eight o'clock in the morning, to make good the mischiefs which may have arisen during his own absence of eight weeks, or some such period, in twelve months from the scene of his own official greatness. This last circular, accordingly, suggests a modification of the infant " plan," at this early period of its existence, and by a happy obscurity of language confounds the notion of " fraudu lent issue" with that of " fabrication and forgery" of the bills in question. But we trust that innocent holders of such bills will not allow themselves to be deceived by this sort of assumption. Lord Mont , eagle has happily not quits so much official power as ' that which he thought proper to exercise in contuma ciously refusing to act upon the recorded opinion and desire of the House of Commons in more than one vote to which it came for the settlement of the claims on Denmark ; and for the capricious prejudice with which he combated, in a spirit almost personal, the appeals of some large claimants on the funds long since subscribed by France for the compensation of the just demands of Bri tish claimants upon her, under treaty and convention. We strongly suspect that there will be very few bills to which unauthorised signatures will be found to attach, and consequently very few for which, in the end, the Trea sury will not be liable. We have shown in two former articles that for these bills to be valid, negotiable, and (as in Aslett's case) recoverable securities they need not carry genuine, so long as they bear officially permitted or recognised signatures. By a case, which will be found in our police report of the day, it would seem that the palpable irregularities which every new stage of the evidence published as to this Ex chequer bills affair developes, are likely to com municate their evil influence even to the magis- terial bench. Yesterday a Mr. Ernest Rapallo, aged forty-three, said to be a stock-broker, was examined at the Mansion-house before Mr. Al derman Wilson. At the request of the clerk to the Solicitor of the Treasury, Mr. Burnaby, Clerk to the Magistrates at the chief office, Bow-street, read a state ment made by the prisoner (who was charged with having been a confederate with "a person already in custody" in issuing false and fabricated Exchequer Bills) before Mr. Hall, the Magistrate, at an examination which took place there, into the circumstances con nected with the recent extensive frauds, at the Trea sary, on the 25th of last month. Mr. Burnaby did so, after stating that the prisoner Mr. Rapallo came down to the Treasury of his own accord, on that occasion, ac companied by another gentleman, after being repeatedly admonished by Mr. Hall not to say anything which might criminate himself, and that all he - did say would be brought as evidence against him. Mr. Rapallo made the statement, for the remarkable particulars of which we refer to the report in question. lie admitted among other facts that he had known Mr. Beaumont Smith for many years—that he first introduced to him a Mr. Solari, since dcccased,with whom Smith had large trans actions in the way of advancing Exchequer bills ; that Solari dying about a year ago, Rapallo succeeded to the " heaviest part" as he emphatically termed it, of a vast speculation, and thereupon made an application to Mr. Beaumont Smith to assist him, which was done with—Exchequer bills :—that he had had various but not many, transactions of this kind with him, the vety last about three weeks ago to the amount of eighty-one thousand pounds of bills—and the preceding ores to the tune of between one hundred and fifty thousand pounds and two hundred thousand pounds and one hun dred and thirty thousand pounds I—that in every in stance Smith had been most solicitous in insisting upon the return to him of the same numbers as those he lent ; that Mr. Rapallo had in all cases returned every bill, of the same number, &c., as that which had been lent to him by Smith ; that he knew Smith would demand them of him every time the usual Government advertisement for funding or paying off such bills, so numbered, appeared : and that he never supposed the bills were other than genuine : that it was no business of his to inquire how they were come by ; that he sup posed there was no irregularity in it ; that when he wanted Exchequer bills he addressed his letters of ap plication to Mr. Smith at the Comptroller of the Ex chequer's office, and that he knew what Mr. Smith's ap pointment was and what its salary. He admitted that in the earlier part of these transactions from the time of Solari, downwards, it had been agreed that Mr. Smith was to have a share of the profits of the specula tion "if successful ;" and that the last applica tion he had made to Smith was for bills (on which he raised money) to enable him to pay his dif ferences on speculations in Spanish Bonds. These, as we have stated above, he declared he had re turned. Now the legal adviser of Mr. Rapallo con tended that that individual ought never to have been apprehended :--that he had of his own accord, and acting as a free agent, presented himself at the Trea sury, to afford every information in his power ; that he had done so, moreover, under the advice of his legal friend ; that he now confirmed his former admission of the "statement" taken down at the Treasury before Mr. Hell by Mr. Bureahy, the clerk ; and that inasmuch as there was nothing before the magistrate to criminate Mr. Rapallo in axe) , charge of forgery, or fraudulent issue of these bills, knowing them to be forged or fabricated, there was no case for his detention. The clerk of the S alicitor for the easury pressed for his detention ; but on Mr. Burnaby's exami nation it appeared that he had rowels for " be lieving" Rapallo to have been implicated in the fraudulent issue and as a confederate with the party lording the bills. On further questioning, Mr. Bur naby said, "he eculd state of his own knowledge," (which a day or two ago Lord Monteaele and his deputy could not do of theirs), that certain numbers among these fraudulent issues were forged bills : and that Rapallo was implicated in the examina tions which had been taken of another party not now present. esent The legal adviser of Mr. Itspallo—very properly We think insisted that there was no charge of forgery , or of fraudulent issue , knowin g the bills to be forged, against hit client ; and he also demanded how Mr. Burnaby could be held compe tent to speak to the genuineness of Exchequer bills ? We wait to see this objectein and this question an swered. We do not hesitate to declare (albeit we have our own opinions of Mr. Rapidlo's statement, conduct, and responsibilities) that there was nothieg to justify the course finally taken against him yester day. It was urged by Mr. Maulsr's representative, Mr. Raven and Mr. Bornaby that the party whose admissions impteaterl Mr. Rapallo was then under examination elsewhere. What of that ? On what ground did Alderman Wilson refuse bail for Ra pallo? The worthy Alderman admitted,—on none : but then, he said, there was so much excitement among the public,—the news of the " fraud" met him in so many quarters—that he must commit the prisoner ! R,ally, if the Alderman had been told that Lord Howick, the privileged finder of mare's nests, had recently discovered that Sir Robert Peel was not a statesman of an enlarged mind, but that luckily for spoke, ma mankind hi s ill- mannere d b ut %cry cre dulous Lordship ' was—th e " intelligence" of which Alderman Wilson though it might have been more astounding, judgment!st e g ought n o e w l ( r )on a r y tt e had u hhye,qkul question i Alderman naans of releaseittleto do wavered 0;r he aciknibnegggubai began g to per ceive s i ut the ricketty weakness of the case against the pri soner, and probably would h ave t a k en his legal adviser's guarantee for his appearance. From a parenthetical observation of our reporter, however, we conclude that THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1841. the illum:nations Of " absolute wisdom" are not y:-:t wholly withdrawn from the oracles of civic lie. liorrentheque prueul secreta Antrum immane, petit : " (Yet he did not leave the Justice-room ;)- 44 Magnam cui mentem, aniaininque " Delius inspirat vates The worthy Magistrate rejected even the modified • - 3 plication of Mr. hapallo to be placed under the cus tody of the City o ffi cere, an I decreed that accurately to meet the peculiar exigencies of this very remarkable, and very complicated, and very doubtful case, the only course to he taken, with any degree of security, cer tainty, or legal accuracy was—to commit him to the City Compter! But the. constitutional good nature of a British sabjeut prevailing over the unconstitutional precipitation of an Alderman who " takes sweet counsel," he declared that he would limit his re mand only till to-morrow, and thus give the Go vernment, by t iking the re-hearing at twelve o'clock this day, the opportunity to bring forward whar. evidence it might have to substantiat...: the case against Mr. Rapallo. v Nced we say that we feel no sympathy with Mr. Rapallo, beyond that which our reverence for the forms of law and the just weight of evidence de mands that we should show to any one whom we con sider, in the case brought before the bench, to have been so horribly treated as this party unquestionably was `? What answer was given to Mr. Lefroy's question, _ . where was the evidence of forgery ? None. And why did not the Exchequer appear, if it meant to insist upon the case, in the person of Lord Mont eagle himself, or of his deputy, or of some subordi nate functionary, with one ( ! i . THE bias charged to be forged, fabricated, or fraudulently issued. The prisoner's attestel statement—the bill—and Lord Nfonteagle or his deputy's evidence to its fabrication or forgery—would have supplied an abundant case to jus tify Rapallo's committal, even to Newgate. But then the cross-examination! What a case would that have supplied against the controlling management of the Ex chequer ! One or two facts that appear on the face of Mr. Rapallo's statement bespeak a coolness in applying for—a facility in granting—and a possibility of tiding over, for years, undetected—supplies of paper convertible into "bright shining mettle," which provoke—whilst, like the wealth of that brewing concern which found a George Robins in no less a personage than Dr. Johnson, " they may " enrich, beyond—the dreams of avarice." Mr. RA.. pallo,—an Italian we believe, must have bean an admirer of one of the most serene and consummate creations of Shakspeare, when he coolly asked this Mr. Smith, and Mr. Smith—absolutely without any appa rent corresponding inte:est in the affair as coolly con sents,—to give him the accommodation of eighty-one bill 3 of 1,000/. each ; he seems to have laboured in the very spirit of that reckless knight who said to his Prince " Rob me the Exchequer, Hal !" And in the emphasis with which he dwells on Mr. Smith's tenacity and his own precision in replacing the bills at the stipulated periods he had not forgotten the other part of the injunction " And do it with clean bands." TIMES.—We observe in a Morning Journal of Tuesday, a letter appealing to the public in favour of the London compositors and pressmen, now, as it as serts, suffering under greater distress than has occurred " during the lengthened period of the art of printing," i. e., " about four centuries ;" " and hundreds," it says, " can attest the fact." The letter itself, as the extract might lead one to surmise, is of true Radical calibre, rather bold in its assertions, rather peculiar in its adap- tation of conclusion to premises, not pointedly accurate in its English, and even unusually stocked with " ra diant beams," " gates of knowledge," " suns of the mo ral system," " effulgent luminaries, " whirlwind moans of distress," and so on. It states, however, that out of 2,500 compositors now in London, upwards of 1,300 are out of work, and 500 are not earning more than 10s. a week ; and this, if it is not, like the " fact" above quoted, a mere random assertion (and the writer gives his name), must involve most heavy suffering in the class, not always very provident, to which he be longs. It is with mixed feelings that we notice this statement. Doubtless, if the distress exists as there described, and we have no reason to doubt it, it has a powerful claim on our charity ; and we are not unwilling to hope that its mention in our columns may attract towards it the notice of those who are able and willing to assist the sufferers. But, on the other hand, it is our duty, not lessened but increased by circumstances to which we shall immediately allude, to caution those cha ritable persons against the particular channel through which the letter in question proposes that the relief should flow ; which is a committee of " the trade," i. e., the body of compositors and pressmen, organized at a "general meeting" held at the Mechanics' Insti tution, Southampton-buildings. Now, of these "ge neral meetings of the trade at Southamption-buildings," we have had some little experience. We have before us a paper issued by one of them a few years back, containing 22 articles, drawn up to serve as a basis for a general union of the trade, with objects which may be gathered from the following paragraph : " To give increased efficiency to the measures of this body an extensive system of communication will be esta blished with the various societies in the country, so that the measures of the different provincial societies may at at all times be forwarded, by the co-operation of the compositors of the metropolis ; and that the latter in their turn, may not have (as hitherto) their views L irustrated by the inl,oduction qf strangers, unaware of the causes of their disputes, and who are frequently lured into engagements by the plausible misrepresenta tions of unworthy emploners." And again—Article : " That as the Trade Council is established for the purpose of procuring for every compositor such a re muneration for his labour as the scale and acknow ledged custom warrants, they shall he empowered to use all prudent and legal means to obtain the subscrip tion of every individual in the trade ; and shall endea your to secure compliance with their decisions, and to prevent any other person from assuming the right of deciding the prices of work, or of dictating what course should be pursued in any dispute with the employers ; but any subscription (nor permit any t o name) except such as have been be they levied lie in not th e levyitheir previously agreed to by a general or delegated meeting of the trade." This union, which had long existed under another form, was organized as far as London was concerned, and proceeded to claim absolute jurisdiction in all mat ters between employers and employed, dictating to the one what terms they should give, denouncing the others if they acceded to any others, and establishing itself (as we have seen) as leader and protector of such "strikes," partial or general, as it might deem advisable should take place. Before it had been established two years we were favoured with some little specimen of its working, which we suppose may be taken as a sample of the rest. Some twenty-five years previous the noes had been disobedeint to some regulations or ether of " the trade." On this had followed, first a defeated strike, then a general anathemas of the office, the consequence of which was, and is, that any who, after having worked on our paper, return to the " book trade," are, as the trade's own report words it, the sub jects of reproach and persecution. We ourselves, in deed, did not experience any great embarrassment or discomfort from this scat,: of hostility, but it must have operated rather severely upon that class for whose pro tection it was enforced, by excluding them from any shame in an establishment considerably larger than any of its kind in London, and, as the " Trade Council" did not pretend to deny, notoriously liberal in its payments. Notoriously liberal, we say, for the following was part of the exordium of their own manifesto : " The compositors of the pre;cnt day ale told that the Times-office is considered unfair, and they know that those who have worked on that paper are the subjects of persecution ; but why it is closed, and they, the men, are persecuted, is not known, perhaps, to more than 200 persons in the whole trade. We have long Leen accustomed to hear, at almost every turn, that the men on the Times are liberally paid for their labour ;' that hundreds doubt the justice of closing an establish ment which •employs more persons than any other daily journal, and which to many has been represented as a kind of Valley of Diatnonds, in which it is only neces sary to enter in order to secure an ample supply of pre sent necessaries, and a handsome competency for old. age. . , • • . " A tedious history," we still say, in the words of the Council, "of the disputes of the Times-office is not necessary for our purpose. * In 1810, the Timesq:ffice was closed, and men anti boys were em ployed upon the paper fora few years, when at length the house was again opened, and declared fair. But in 1816 the house was again closed, and has never since been re-opened. Several internal complaints have caused men at -carious times to leave, and it is nineteen years since this house was under the influence of the trade." Now the said Trade Council, taking all these cir cumstances into its consideration, that the sacrifice yeas so great to its own protege's, and the offence so long past, thought it discreet, " in order that ieno ranee of the state and practices of the Times newspaper should not be pleaded in extenuation by those who hereafter may work upon that journal, and in order to guide the trade io their decisions upon the subject ; believing that a knowle d g e of the evil will go far to effect a cure, and trusting that the trade will believe that the efforts of the Trade Council in this particular result from a sense of duty and love of jus tice.," to place before the trade the original cause of quarrel, and pass resolutions denunciatory of those who continued to work with us, after an " attempt at ad justment," to the followin , tune : " RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING THE MODE OF WORKING ON THE 'LIMES NEWS PAPER, AGREED TO ON THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER, 1835. " 1. That the division of labour on The Times news paper into day and nightworkis contrary to the long-esta blished practice of the business, and cannot be recog nized by the L on d on Union of Compositors. " 2. That th e b oo k m en having, in 1793, joined with the newsmen in e j ec ti n g a pprentices from newspapers, present employment of them on the Times newspaper cannot be recognised by the London Union of Com positors. [Too third article of hnvaehmEnt we omit, as telligible to ordinary readers.] " 4. That if the irregularities of different prices for night and day work be corrected, and no more appren tices be introduced, the establishment shall henceforth be considered fair. " 5. That in the event of the above alterations not being made on the Times newspaper, such compositors as quit that establishment on the announcement of such refusal of the proprietors, shall be received into the London Union as fair members. "5. That individuals who, previous to this meeting, have quitted the Times newspaper, shall receive their Union cards upon such terms as the Council shall deem fit ; but individuals working on that paper after this examination and attempt at adjustment, shall be deemed unworthy members of the trade, and forfeit all eldrn to the consideration and protection of the com positors of London." Finally, they " begged to be allowed " (as Mr. Chucks says) "in the delicalest way in the world to insinuate " to us, that they hoped we would change our system of payment to suit " their long-established scale of prices," which they had before observed " put out of view the question of' adequate remuneration." Our own mode of dealing with such dictation need scarce be told, and we totally rejected such uncalled for and unjustifiable interposition bete een ourselves and those employed in our establishment. Over and above the plain necessity of putting down such assump tion of authority, the demands or charger themselves were manifestly unreasonable, as shown by the follow ing extract from their own pages : " The Trade Council at the same time feel that as the following statement has been placed in their hands, lit is but performing a simple act of justice to put the meeting in possession of the arguments in extenuation of the existing s y s tem adopted on the Times newspaper : " First, tat the compositors employed on the Times are, upon the whole, remunerated for their labour (those on the day part receiving on an average 50s. per week). "‘ Secondly, the apprentices, which form one of the grounds of complaint, cannot be received as a just one, as they are not, nor ever were, a principle of the house, and . not at all connected with the closing or of it, but were forced upon it in its own defence, by a species of dictation which no men (whether masters or journeymen) have a right to use against others. Had it been a principle of the firm in question to carry on its journal by apprentices, time enough has elapsed since its quarrel with the journeymen to have reared three companionships—one for the night, one for the day, and one as a corps de reserve. This has not been done. There have been but fee' apprentices taken, and the small number now on the establishment are employed in the day 'department, and on the same principle as the book houses. The night work is per formed entirely by journeymen procured from the trade at large. " Thirdly, the division of the work into day and night ought not to be condemned as unfair, for it should not be forgotten tbat persons employed on the day estab lishment have not to make those sacrifices of comfort which are incidental to an evening paper, and much less those which are inseparable from a morning one.' " All which " sacrifices of repose and comfort," it is afterwards added, " on the premises of that journal are amply paid for." The warfare then continued ; and we find now, that while the trade is in a state of de pression, which " hundreds of persons" can testify has no parallel in the last 400 years, every compositor who has been employed on the Times for the last thirty years, unless he has voluntarily left his situation, or forfeited it by very gross misconduct, is still in the receipt of steady and ample remuneration ; to which we may add, that those still in our employ arc among them holders of several thousand pounds in a savings'-bank. From all this, we leave our readers to judge—not whether it is wise to relieve individuals actually suffering from severe distress—which is not a question of wisdom but of plain duty and charity—but whether they will do well to commit the credit and responsibility of dispensing their alms to a committee so very nearly related to, probably in a great measure identical with, ono which aims expressly at giving or ganization and efficiency to that " striite " system of which the masons at the Houses of Parliament and Woolwich have given us a specimen rather too recent to be very popular. GLOBE.—The Monopolists are beginning to feel themselves a morally beaten party. Some of the more stupid of their number may sneer at this ; they do not know what a moral beating means, and can feel no thing but a physical one. Notwithstanding, however, their boasted majority, they are beginning to feel them selves beaten. They are giving ground ; the " No surren der" of his Grace of Buckingham has rare echoes. Almost all their scribes and speakers, while " swearing." like Pistol, are preparing to " eat the leek." The Herald of this morning, in an article which we extract else where, declares that with all " moderate men," the sub ject has now become a question of compromise. We congratulate the moderate men of the Herald on this conclusion ; but we consider the right to the epithet, derived from their previous doctrines, as something of the same kind with that of the master who addressed his footman, " I think I have been a moderate good master to you, John." Whereto the reply was, " Very moderate, Sir. The moderate men of the Herald would not now for the world restrict or tax ma chinery. We are happy to hear it. The time is not far back when they proclaimed the policy of doing both. The moderate men of the Herald have an opinion but moderate of the comforts enjoyed, for the most part, in the manufacturing districts, amongst the work people. We arc sorry to say, so have we. The vicis situdes in their condition, demonstrably produced by restrictions on food more than any other cause (as we shall endeavour to show presently) preclude a condi tion of steady comfort. The question is, whether ma chinery has caused their discomforts ? Whether, with out machinery, they could have had what means of comfort they have had ? Whether machinery has not enabled them to work for foreigners beyond the home market's demands ? And whether it is machinery that prevents foreigners giving them food for work'? STANDARD.—The Times has been so cruel as to rob the ex-Ministerial party of their only English grievance—a grievance upon which they have been feast ' ing for the last forteight. This grievance is the appoint ment of Lord Heytesbury to the vacant Governorship of the Ise of W.ght, with a salary of fifteen hundred pounds a-year. The appointment is not to be disputed, but the Times shows, by an extract from the patent of the Noble Governor, that the salary is altogether a gratuitous addition of the Liberal journals ; for Lord Heytesbury is to derive no salary from the dignity—not fifteen hundred pounds per annum, not even fifteen pence, in the shape of salary, perquisite, or any other shape. When the grievance was first brought forward the Liberal journals called upon the public, in a fine tone of indignation, to receive Lord Heytesbury's appointment as a specimen of the system of gee ernment pursued by Sir Robert Peel's ad ministration. We suppose that the specimen is equally faithful, whatever quality it represents ; and we therefore think that our Contemporaries, now that the truth is known, are called upon to render their ap plause as zealously to Sir Robert, for the surrender of 1,500/. a year, as they directed their reproaches against him when they erroneously believed that he had retrened it. For our own part, hoss ever, we do not think that the case would have been one for much blame if Lord Heytesbury had been permitted to retain the salary with the office of his predecessor. And though the surrender of the salary is, on the part of the present Go vernment, a respectful and graceful concession to the opinion of Parliament in the matter, we are very far from subscribing to the soundness of that opinion. In a consti tution like ours the Government must avail itself of the services of able men, not only in routine officers, but in various other fields of exertions ; but the most able men are not always rich nien, and the question of re munerating those who have served the country not less usefully because unofficially, must frequently present itself. Remuneration by sinecure offices is, we are disposed to think, the moil economical on the whole, because it fixes a limit, and because a sinecure office usually carries an honorary distinction that greatly aug ments its money value, so as to make the actual payment go far as a reward beyond its mere pecuniary amount. COURIER.—The profound silence of the organs of Whig-Radicalism on the subject of the municipal elections that have just concluded, affords, when inter preted aright, a powerfully cutting commentary on the diatribes with which they daily regale their readers con cerning the unpopularity of Sir R. Peel's Government, and the foul influences upon which it depends for support, and by which it had been carried into power. We do not attach so much importance as some of our Contempt,. raries appear to have done, to the result of municipal elections, believing that the decision of the bur. gesses is in many eases liable to be swayed by private and local considerations, and that the elections often turn upon the chicai.o and dex terity of the parties connected with their manage ment ; but we never refused to receive the general result, whether adverse or not to our own principles, as a tolerably plain indication of the political opinions that prevailed pararnourit in the cities and towns of England. We well recollect the burst of insolent joy with which these elections were hailed five years ago by the prints in the service of the then Government, and the fervour and earnestness with which they were dwelt upon, as the most irrefragable proofs of the ascendancy of Whig-Radical principles. Year after year have we si en the triumphs and advantages then obtained by the rampancy of faction gradually on the decline ; the spirit of reaction was abroad, and was vastly accelerated in its march, and influenced by the jobbing, the profligate extravagance, and grasping, greedy, selfishness of the new town councils. Each suc ceeding election witnessed a diminution in the Whig- Radical elements that had upon their first formation under the new regime entered so overwhelmingly large into their composition, until the characters originally impressed upon them have been nearly c (faced, so that instead of continuing, as they were, the citadels and fortresses of the movement party, they hay: , become soundly and staunchly Conservative—a change as .galling to toe opposition prints as cheering, and grati fying to the friends of order and good government. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 4. IN THE MATTEH OF PLUMMER AND ANOTHER. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the judgment of the Court of Review and Bankruptcy. The short facts of the case appeared to be as follow : Plummer and Wilson, who carried on partnership toge- ther, gave to a person named Jones a mortgage on an estate in Jamaica, as security for their debt, and the con veyance in that mortgage covenanted that the parties would pay jointly and severally. Plummer and Wilson became bankrupts, and Jones sought to prove against the joint, as well as the separate estate, for the full amount of his:d?bt. _ . On behalf of the appellant it was contended that under the circumstances of the case, Jones was only en titled to prove against the joint estate for his debt, but that in case that estate was not sufficient to answer his demand, that then he might go against the separate estate. On the part of the respondent it was submitted that the deed was the act of both the partners, that they knew perfectly well what they were doing, and that by it they were giving their creditor an advantage which he was entitled to retain. Upon the case coming on before the Court of Review ,eir Honours were divided in opinion. The Loiw CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the arguments, said, that as the question was one of great nicety, and as the Judges of the Court of Review had differed in their opinions, he should take time to con sider his judgment.- —Judgment postponed. IN THE MATTER OF CALDECOTT, A BANKRUPT. This case also came before the Court upon appeal from the judgment of the Court of Review. The - facts were as follow :—The Commercial Bank of England sought, by their manager, to prove a debt against one of their own partners, on the authority of the i th of George IV., and Ist and 2d Victoria, the provisions of both those Acts giving managers of Joint Stock Companies a right to sue the members of their own body for debts due to the Company. The Court of Review decided that he could prove, and the present case came before the Court by way of appeal from that decisit n. • Mr. SWANSTSN and Ml'. RUSSELL, for the appellant, contended that, according.; to the settled practice of the Court, no partsur could' prove against another partner until the accor2ts of the partnership were wound up, and the amount of the debts ascertained; and that not having been done in the present instance, the party was not entitled to the benefit that had been given him by the Court below. Mr. litcumws and Mr. ANDERSON, for the respon dent, submitted that under the Acts of Parliament there was a clear right given to the manager of any joint stock company to sue any member of the company, or prove against his estate in case he should become bankrupt. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the right was clearly given, and ordered the decision of the Court below to be affirmed, with costs. IN THE MATTER OF BLAKE, A BANKRUPT. This case, which was an appeal from the Court of Review, was opened by Mr. Swanston ; after which, the the further arguments were adjourned till to-morrow (this day). The LORD CHANCELLOR rose shortly before 4 o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 4. (Before the Vice-Chancellor of England.) TOLEDO V. VIETA. The arguments on this past-heard case, the facts of which we gave fully yesterday, were resumed, and con cluded to-day. His Honour postponed his judgment. IINKNEY V. BOOTH. This action was tried before the Sheriff, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. The particulars of the case did not appear to-day, when Mr. NEWTON moved for a rule to set aside the verdict on the ground that it was received and entered by the Sheriff in an illegal manner, and was, therefore, null and void. In the first place ;(as we understood the argu ment), the trial was postponed by the Sheriff until a day subsequent to the date, when the writ was originally made returnable .; and, in the second place, the trial having come on, upon the last day of the Sheriff's jurisdiction, the Jury retired to consider their verdict shortly before twelve o'cloclyt night, and did not deliver their verdict until more than an hour afterwards, when, the Learned Gentleman con tended, the writ and the authority of the Sheriff had ex pired. The verdict was, therefore, invalid and illegal. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked whether the plaintiff objected at the time of the jury's retiring, or at all, before their verdict was delivered ? Mr. NEWTON replied in the negative ; but added, that the protest against the verdict was handed to the Sheriff immediately after the verdict was given in. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—The plaintiff took his chance of a ver&olt in his favour, and thereby virtually consented to the course pursued. In such a case the Court will not interfere.—Rule refused. HANMER V. HAILES. The defendants were in partnership as coach-makers with a person named Heifer, and this action was brought to recover the sum of 6801. upon a bill of exchange ac cepted by Heifer in the name of the co-partnership, and endorsed by the plaintiff. It appeared that the father of the Hailes had (before the making of the bill by Heifer) given a guarantee to Hanmer for the payment of all sums advanced bona fide for the use of the firm. Differences arose between the partnership, and the Hailes denied that the monies advanced by Hanmer through Helfer, were for the use of the partnership, and the latter accordingly gave the bill in question to enable the plaintiff to proceed, as he had hem advised that lie could not, under the circumstances, maintain an action upon the advances. The Jury found for the plaintiff, but the Lord Chief Justice, before whom the case was tried, reserved seve ral points. Mr. ERLE now moved for a nonsuit on the points re served. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said all the facts of the case were before the Court, and their Lordships would take time to consider their decision, as the questions involved were of considerable importance, commercial and legal. Probably they would direct a special case to be made ; and if so, the plaintiff could not übject to join with the defendants in agreeing to one. REYNOLDS V. MONKTON. In this action, which was brought against the plaintiff for an assault, alleged to have been committed in church, by dragging the defendant out of a pew, the right to hich was disputed between the parties, a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 5/. damages. Mr. ERLE moved for a rule to set the verdict aside, on the ground that the defendant was justified in what he had done, by his right to the pew. Tile COURT did not think that any question of law was at issue, and as the facts were admitted, and the damages were of so small an amount, their Lordships would not interfere.—Rule refused. WALKER V. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY. In this case the ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Sheriff of Middlesex, calling on him to summon a Jury to assess the amount of compensation to be paid to the plaintiff by the defendants, for the deterioration of his property. The application was made by the 51st section of the Company's Act of Incorporation. The me had bten already tried before the Sheriff, when the plaintiff was nonsuited on account of the irregularity of his notice served upon the Company. In that notice he had included all his property situated in the neighbour hood of the Railway, whereas the clause under which he claimed allowed compensation only for property situated within fifty feet of the Railway. A new assessment upon an amended notice having been refused, a mandamus was necessary.—Rule nisi granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 4. SWAN V. EVANS. In this cause an action had been brought against the defendant for breach of duty with respect to a certain writ of execution entrusted to his charge against a per son of the name of Rawlins, a debtor of the plaintiff's. The defendant pleaded that he had not taken the goods in execution, nor levied upon them. The allegation made by the plaintiff was that the defendant had made a seizure, but had not levied thereon. The verdict passed in favour of the defendant, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd obtained last Term a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had. Mr. Sergeant BOMPUS, for the defendant,now showed cause, and stated that it was impossible fur the Sheriff to levy in this case, inasmuch as a distress previously issued had swept away the whole of the goods and chattels of the debtor, leaving nothing whatever to sa tisfy the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said it had been decided in the Queen's Bench, that where the Sheriff has several writs against the same property he took the first. The verdict must stand.—Rule dismissed accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G :I% IL D If AL L. A young girl, namsi Ann Millings, was placed at the bar before Sir Peter Laurie, charged with having at tempted suicide, by throwing hrrself from the third arch of Blackfriars-bridge into the river. Sergeant Diblen, l ie. 306, said she fell on her back in the water, when some men, who were working at the repairs of the bridge, brought her to shore in a state of insensibility She was taken to the rt ceiving• house, and thence to the Compter. The only effects she complained of from the fall was a slight pain in her shoulder. No less than three similar attempts had been made by other females last night. The prisoner said she had been in the service of a fur rier, named Collins, in the Newington-road, by whom she was discharged, and in consequence made the attempt. Sir P. LAURIE: said this bridge was becoming a resort for persons like the prisoner. It must be put a stop to, and he was determined by every means in his power to do so. The public mind had, in his belief, been poisoned by a set of low penny publications, in which those case s were blazoned forth, and t he y had instances of the effect iiroduced from such sources in the Monument cases. He should, under these circumstances, at least do away with the romance of the affair, and commit her on a charge of felony to Newgate, where she would be tried and most probably transported. NON-INTRUSION,— On Sabbath week, Mr. John Hope, Dean of Faculty, and successor elect to the Lord Justice Clerk, was, with ten others, admitted a member of the Kirk-Session of St. Stephen's. To say the least of it, we think the taste of both the parties to this transaction extremely questionable. In the pre sent position of the Church, and keeping in view the notorious fact that Mr. Hope has been the main and most determined instigator of all the proceedings against the independence of the Church, as well as the just claims of the Christian people, whether on the part of the Moderate party or of the Law Courts, it is not easy to regard his admission at this time in any other light than as an open sancaon o his conduct by Dr. Muir and his Session.— Witnoi. EVF,NING SUN MUNICI PA L ELECTION EDINBURGH. GREAT TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERALS. TUESDAY EVENING,—The annual electionO of Taw Councillors for this city took place to-day. nly Ore! of . the wards were contested by the To ries ; but in a l l of them they were signally routed ; they did nut succeeu in returning even one councillor ! The greatest contest lay in the s th ward, which, Tories hell I n the west end, is the aristocratic ward• s - t a ip v p e lie e d xe t l h u i s s ively represented this ward during I n last seven years. There were four Vacancies to c, to oppose the 3-e ' a f i c . )r ; y and candidates.tl)e Liberalsihe aggregate state of the poll at its close : For Liberals For the Tories Majority The announcement by the polling clerks was rec eived with deafenn,, , r cheers. The Tories are greatly at this defeat. The number Councillors elected to-day wer e-- Liberals l4 v' f:l r lo e n d i e n t g arailsitn% Tories LE ITH, Nov. four wards the Liberals well elected by great majorities. In the fifth one Libe b i a ers% one Tory were returned. The triumph of the L may tlereore be prnounce compete. PALKlRK f .—Four o Liberals and - t l wo ' Tories have bee!' returned. EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 2.—The annual election of ToWn Councillors for the city took place Yes te q i ile ' and created an unusual degree of excitement. inh result has been just what was anticipated, they rit iv .: l 6 of the Liberal cause in every one of the five istr f c on For the first time since the passing of the Burgh Townt Bill, not one Tory has been returned to the ._ t „, e en Council. In every case where the contest lay ve — ye the Non-Intrusionists and the Liberals, the latter h t fl o likewise come off victoriously. It is true thil t ' i in t d' Fifth Ward, four Non-Intrusionists have been a'ec-ere: but it is important to observe that they have been • turned in opposition to four Tories. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE' t he PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Arrived this mornin', tan Britannia, 120 guns, from the Mediterranean, , C !.P e d to Mansell, commanding. This ship has been ern i e ' i f $ 1 England, requiring repairs ; she is to be paid this port. „ived The Spider, brigantine, Lieut. O'Reilly, also sbe is at Spithead this mornino. from South Ameri ca ; ordered to Chatham to he b paid ofl'. ha s The Sapphire troop 7 ship, Mr. Cole, ma ster, "- chored at Spithead from Quebec, having on board tary invalids. j evfir Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.B.,th el/- esat appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Meditet,ra; oa hoisted his flag (white at the fore) this m ires board the Queen, 110 guns. The customary salt° tired on the occasion. id ff Y es ' The Carysfort, 28, Captain Martin, was pa -- ° ,oice . terday ; she is ordered to be repaired for foreign -- cot' The Eagle, 50, and Caster, 36, are ordered ham, to be prepared for commissioning. The F °s ' is also to be held in readiness for the pendant. ~jjoli Orders are daily expected here to commiss ion the dove, 16, and Satellite, 18. . cOar Captain. .J. Toup Nicolas, C.B , has taken 6'1%11'0 mand of the Vindictive, 50, at this port, which is, as the weather will admit, rapidly fitting out. • THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, COUNTRY CORN MARKMn......„-r esi s, Wheat. i Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. 1 . ..,,/,. --.----- ... ----.- -. 1 4 is 41 4 Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to r. s. to s. .3. to : a ' 39 40 Boston ilraintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 • , 7', sti SO 6! ighton O2 70 29 38 22 26 42 I," A ... 40 Cambridge — 01 31 16 1 1 1 -- '," 5 5 4 0 Chichester 62 74 30 31 24 X 2B 1 32 3% 54 ~ Duninow Grantham Grimsby 5O 74 29 33 18 21 26 40 3 og • .." Hailsham 63 78 30 36 21 23 37 ",„ ... 52 Hitchin 5O 73 28 34 22 30 3 4 Z 54 50 Ipswich 6O 67 23 32 21 26 33 4,4' .- 54 9 9 Lewes 59 68 26 29 22 25 34 . ;1 3 34 40 , Maidstone 59 7 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 26 32 39 "- 38 ti Norwich Petworth Rom ford 56 70 30 38 90 1-0 28 43 ~Q 4 1 43 1 % Sandwich 62, 71 30 34 ,6 3tl 35 a , n , ~ l'oet lot il Wisbech 159 65 28 34 20 22 40 40 55 40 Witham 62 12 28 36 23 30 2.) 40 30 Yarmouth 6O 74 20 32 21 30 3 8 ' al a' LIVERPOOL CORN 1%1 ARKET.--.•v s, 2° • ed 10 i 0 0 ilf n . 100. WHEAT, English, White, per 7 0 1 b..... 5lO 0 ------- Red " 0 0 9 --- Scotch, Welch, and Manx 9 10 -- Irish, White 6 • --- Red 79 0 5 -- Foreign 5 lO '3 4 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b s 3 g 0 , irisk .. 0 0 0 sg i 9 Foreign q7 ° 4 4 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 4 4 4 , ---- Scotch and Irish, pea 601bs. -- Feeding 44 ° 4 4 e BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter Irish, &I. . ---- Foreign PEASE, English, per I nricerial quarter .... .-- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 4B A 0 3 0 • --.--- Irish O A TMEAL, English and Irish,per 2401bs .......... - '33 v 36 . INDIAN CORN, per 48011). ., ....... ............ ...iiii 9 0 e 6 „ RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter ..ill r MR. JUSTICE BOSANQUET it Was Cur d ; t i - 0 .--- retorted yesterday morning in Westminster Ilt!11,;;;sott; eunsequence of continued indisposn,Justi‹;oo (met would resign his seat in the Court of (> 0.1. ' P eas before the expiration of the present al, j,0 0 : fne •geant Goulburn, the Rceordm (the Hon. "...IIds" o nto acto r, and Mr. Sergeant Mereweather, are each likely to be elevated to the Bench' when a v acfto c Y; ' ol/ THE POLICE AND THE LICENSED V i , ; e n , Y. LERS.—The licensed victuallers have for some wl t e er complained of the spy system and trickery i° e v e °"o° spects adopted by constables for the purpose of o f ill them to lay informations for alleged infractiol A s 11 1 : i law. The Police Commissioners, who seem to de o convinced that the mode of proceeding usua b i t entl e k ° o should be discontinued, have sent to the supe r ` h ip of the various divisions the following order, "o'"iicetei, been read over to the men y:—" t h c ii visiting public-houses are to wear s their unif °l. 4s, shall not make any attempt to disguise themsel'of are they to enter in any other way' than by the doors." a a 04 the RAISING THE POSTAGE TO t o. t % —We are assured, on excellent authority, egoditio Government have been making such incpliri eg h t Or e of the penny postage as clearly indicate that t' e ji s irg s . present considering and contemplating 0% old/ 11 10 the postage to threepence. To this we m lll frog' at striking proof of the educational good issoilevero:to cheap postage, a fact confirmed to us b lb to 0 I t if clergyman, who has made himself a benefitet °l. 6tor re a manufacturing town by establishing sch° °l lll; ° n a te 0 after the passing of the Act, tiftyfaetor,Y vbecoo s " one of the evening schools to learn to Wr iSe ' 0 14 they said, " letters are so cheap now.'' t ELY' the The waters are alarmingly high a i ,„ t fr° 111 : ,,11 continue rising rapidly ; but it is a fact t" - operation of steam• engines, the fens are 0 1 . 1 ,t w eti ; 0 . dry, whilst the high lands are saturated with ar o the wheat sowing is so much retarded, that tertained for the next harvest.—Bury post' ,v,0,- . " ----- nISP' 14 SILVER PLATED CORNER ,r, „ r ooil l lt 0° A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Dl:oo2.gfO Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of Engiti CO l l l 4O fel prices of the following patterns of strongly-Plar„. plOl DISHES, with silver handles and edges, a nd =il l ' engraving the crest or coat of arms : Fat, The 'Gadroon Pattern. The Flow er o ne JO Four strongly-;•lated cor- Four extra strosllo.l9 tier Dishes and Covers...£l.o :0 plated Corner ...... t Four extra strongly-plat d and Covers .......... 53 t bs 3 Corner Dishes and Covers l• 2 h. ales , .04e N. 8.. The Covers are made with moveable 1 ,0 , fr ° they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above a'' e. n 3 to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postag e fre at 13- • vr i e n ve C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his 2 1 ",. e 4;sii ing the Public that. he has just had the honour oi ' subjoined letter from the Admiralty :-- 'elle r (Copy.) t ober' of • " Admiralty E9th SeP , t iso ,eo' " Sir—The annual trial of c h ron ometers for t"; stn n 01431 Majesty's Governmont having now terminated, io rto Itiofr mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Atindr°4o o'oo 3tou that their Lordships have directed me to Pu l d ' e a gait° lowing chronometers at the various prices speci lie respectively, siz. : Dent, No. 1,571 55 g uirl e e fs Dent, No. 1,606 g n - the Dent, No. 5,621 (pocket) : 3° g cler to 502 : 0 10 11 Y " Their Lordships having been pleased , in : °r 2. p roO rtl superior peKormance of 1,571, to assign t° ' t - . increased price to that usually given. van t ' her " I am, Sir, your most obedient set,drograP "F. 111-..AIIFORT, 0 ) a. , • AtO SUM' a biceple " To Mr. Dent, Chronometer INllker, 8 2 ' Out of 80 Chronometers, by v a;ion i s li i‘ ,s lak th e E r e : pe e ' l i t c i: o o o3 ° , t h e the late trial by order of above three, with two selected for L t o i r ,e ds iv I ge , others, enables Mr. ffit or that he belie ces e tere f Q , p r Di year supplied their Lordshi s with more Cbronli to the use of the Royal Navy thanP been furnish , t v ial, any other Maker. ~. tha t 1 A or ° I It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to S ta' i l i e bon; f r to their Lordships' high recommendation he owes to ?Jig' to having made a Gold Chronometer, presented to to b pedition by od ' te his Royal Highness Prince Albert. wa tche At o Dent's Lectures on Chronometers, Clocks , a nt , r esen be obtained at i 32, Strand, 'cc one shilling', h' ) , customers gratuitously. Fri A n Gui nea' Present price of Two-day Chronometers,— ----_,----.---------- . S. , • BIRTHS , 1 Cans f On the 23d ult , at Port au Prince, II ayti,t,h,..en.3-1 ° Tweedy, Esq., .Swedish and Norwegian I: , 5• daughter. Mr s ' genti , h .too , of ti ,. On the 2d inst., at Fortis •terrace, T. Hull, of a son. l, lati! On the 2d inst ., at Newland,Glourester:hire, " l oy 0. Jones,, *? the - .sq., 01 a daughter. , rlt , On the 3d. inst., at Gloucester -gate, Regent 51* 11' I%l o ' of the Rev. W. Dodsworth, of a daughter. n the 3d nst., at the Rectoy, 13ellbrou,;1400. :00 , A. O oo Wdgate, i of a daughter. 1.. .0/0 , On the 4th inst., in Ilaxham-rterrace, Cottle' ' E. J. Murray, of a daughter. o° s ' MARRIED. On the 4th ir3t., at St. George's, Bloora9,b_tlerclo''nalre°4ll3:lbiete; Cormack, 111. D., of Ed►nburgh, to Aliza Al l %: re ,. 1 of the late William fine, E=q•+ of HaniP s Jamaica. 14000/ DIED. i o a y e s, , On the 29th of August, at Montego. Lay, Ja. te . ~ wife of William Heath, Esq ., of Spring Mount bst a co orl O r ce , On the 15th ult., at llastirgs, W. Wllae , %,e..ter the late W. T. Lyttleton, ' ERq. of Canibrt Hyde-park. ' , po it .. ", On the 27th ult.,. R. Palgrave, M.D., 0 ' l' i/erl ~,- a , o' - --- ,-4 London: Printed and Puished by MURVO ri sil o r No. 112, Strand, at Th e Sun Office, No. I 1 "1,24,1, tils2 county of Middlesex, Friday , November 5 , ''''" r _~.r'~~