The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NO'SrIBER 1, 1841. MORNING SUN and those connected with the establishment. By gated on Tower Hill, and at one o'clock the Commis this time the flames had attained an alarming sioners seat down an additional twenty men of the G, ascendancy. Engine after engine arrived from the and at two o'clock the same number from the K divi various stations belonging to the London fire esta- sions of police, to assist in keeping the thoroughfares on e blishment, as well as those belonging to the West of the hill clear. While the fire was raging, the reflection About half-past ten on Saturday night, a fire 1 ,rte re England ' and the County. Independent of these, otuhte, of the flames produced a curious appearance on the vast out in the Tower, which, we regret to state, has boast six belonging to the Tower were brought mass of persons. From the parapets, turn the eye in attended with great loss of property. The flames Idi r l s ia tevery direction you might, a countless host of human and placed at various distances from the burning 'le forth, according to some accounts, from the house c_ f_t id and that was all ; although every engine was mannedpi faces met the gaze, which produced a sensation as Paymareer-Sergeant, next door to the Queen's lie; _ by full complements of the flower of the English army. curious as it was impressive. To the judicious orders public-house ; and, as soon as seen by one of the Emit I the Foot Guards, as well as efficient relays, there they issued for not admitting the populace within the walls, in nels, the drums beat, the alarm bell was rung the goo! ;s stood,for not a drop ofwater hours . could be got. Two a great measure_ may be attributed the non-occurrence of of the firemen in the river engines were heard in AIR d , i-any accident except those already stated. elapsed before anything like a plentiful supply rections, and the whole of the soldiers in garrison eves 'e could could be obtained, and in the interim, the fire raged with About 7 o'clock last night the fire began again to rise, speedily on the spot. A large body of the City polio when orders were sent up for fresh detachments of uncontrolled fury, the flames extending from the centre were quickly in attendance. By this time the tire ha 1 of the building, both eastward and westward si ltae the Guards to come down from the Wellington and gained a fearful height, and the first engine that enters I neously, threatening destruction to the chapel ra nd a the- Charing Cross barracks, and the various engines were the North -gate was the parish engine of Allhallovin i. jewel-office, the latter of which has shared the fate of also ordered to remain. To the officers of the different An express c had been despatched to the brigade fore e, ‘ the armoury. About eleven o'clock a strong body of regiments of the Guards, and those belonging to the and Inspector Inspector Braidwood and his men were soon thundee •-• police, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Pea lery, the utmost praise is due. Like the men, they were ing down, and in a few moments they had commenced a of the H division, arrived, and was followed by detach-rce, actuated with but one feeling,—that of using their indi well-directed play of their hose on the flames. The publi, n ments from the various other the div A isi , on n s a 18, l r m,L accompanieden vidual exertions, as well as -their united ecergies, to house of the Queen's Head now caught the flames, ar d by Mr. Superintendent May of step the progress of the flames. The same meed of the scene inside the gates became terrific. A guard wt s In addition to these a bod of the City a Police.• ' praise is due to Mr. Braidwood and the whole of the placed at the western entrance, and the most rigid e: .- were in attendance, headed by Inspector Y Lloyd ;being, with Brigade, as well as to Messrs. Connorton and Carter, of elusion prevailed. Egress and ingress was denied :to the exception of Mr. Superintendent . Pearce, all military the West of England and County. To particularise every one but the soldiers, the police, and the firemei i. men, the orders which they issued were of one person above another would be unfair, for The flames now reached the armoury, and the total di n the very utmost importance, as they co-operated upon no previous occasion, even when the two strnetion of the north-east end of the building seems , dHouses of Parliament and the Royal Exchange with the military. In addition to the regiment of Scots inevitable. The exertions of the fire brigade and the Fusilier Guards, three hundred men of the Grenadier, were destroyed, did men exert themselves more soldiers were beyond all praise. The screams of women out - and the like la from the Coldstream than they did during the raging of the conflagr - side the gates, who had relations within, was most heart - downfromnucmhaer. and Wellington Guards, came lion. To the various Superintendents and Police the rending ; and a great number of persons of the first re - the be rin a g d -r ( o i ss barra l cks, and to these company of theArt f i lery same meed of praise is due. All were actuated by one speetability, who made the most urgent entreaty to b 3 stationed a common feeling. At the same time every information admitted, were repulsed. At half--past one a battalict a force, ' aided by p the firemenc ala resentin e the a T e o em of thew Tower ; the whole o o d el n ns li brigade, bl, West T f t E. g was given by every person connected-with the Tower to .. of the Foot Guards arrived, to render further aid ; anal ,_ C police, oun y, an ustom- ouse, esi es t.e ; the reporters. It is rather a singular circumstance that as they entered the north gate a terrible rush took pia xe Major Etrington, who has been at Weymouth for some re acted as one man, and every movement was a ie - r - - to obtain admission with them, but the public we.time past, arrived at his residence late on Saturday formed with military precision, yet, in spite of the great - again repulsed. night, and during the whole of the eventful night ren cat exertions the fire every minute extended its ravages, Accordidg to other accounts, the fire broke out in it , dosed as much assistance as any of the individuals pre and it very soon became evident to every person present workshop occupied by persons engaged in the finishing that__ th l e r Jelvel•house would full a prey to the contlegra- sent. The exact loss of property at present cannot be of armoury', and in a very short time it spread over anthe estimated ; but to restore the building, arms, &c., it is Ir. Superintendent Pearce, with several of tne immense building of 342 feet long and 64 wide. After la it"estimated will exceed a million sterling. coastables, proceeded to this place, and began to remove the alarm was given, Mr. Pearse, the Superintendent of the gegalia, the whole of which, we rejoice to say was the II division of police, with a strong body o f consta- saved, And carried to tho house of Major Elrington ; Ines, arrived on the spot, and used every effort in their and, as fat as our Reporter could learn, not a single arti power to remove the property that was likely to fall a sacrifice to the flames, which by this time had gained a cle or jewel was lost. Upon the arrival of Mr. Braidwood he directed the most extraordinary ascendancy, but owing to the scarcity of water from the ordinary pipes, their efforts were un- engines belonging to the London Fire Establishment to availing, and in a short time the whole range of building be placed in the following order :—the A's facing the was one entire mass of flames. At this time the Crown Clock Tower and the centre of the Armoury ; the jewels, which are estimated at the value of 100,0061., be- B's at the west end and round the Chapel ; and the C's and D's at the eastern and Jewel-office Terrace and came. an object of peculiar consideration, and Mr. Pearse the northern point of the White Tower, while one of the and others urged the propriety of removing them upon Mr. Swift, the person a ppo inted to have the Custom-house engines was drawn up before the Gu n care of them ; but their removal was a task much Bettery. The West of England, under the direction of more difficult than ordinary persons could imagine, the foreman, Connorton, took up its position directly op- It may be in the recollection of those who have visited Posite to the chapel ;while Carter, the foreman of the the Tower, and particularly the Jewel-room, that they County, directed his attention to the White Tower. were separated from the precious and valuable baubles The engines belonging to the place, and the CuStom by a very strong iron nailing, behind which the jewels house were placed at such distances as to render their were placed, and were described by the female who Powers of the utmost utility. Unfortunately but little u sually went; round with the visitors. Mr. Swift, the or no water was to be obtained ; and for n e a rl y five hours the fire remained unchecked in its progress, master of the Jewel-room, occupied the outer key to the al- Jewel-room, but the inner key was in the possession of though there were nearly two thousand men in attend her Majesty's Chamberlain, and therefore a most formi- ance to work upwards of twenty engines, which were dable difficulty presented itself in reaching the diamonds ready to pour hundreds of tons per minute on through the strong iron railing. Such, however, was the the fire, and before they could be put urgency of the occasion, that it was decided on to force operation the entire building to ld one pile of or break open the bars, and take out the diamonds. flames. At this period the sight was one of the most 'This was much easier conceived than executed, for after magnificent which can possibly be conceived ;it required hammering away for at least twenty minutes at the grating, but a small stretch of the imagination to liken it to a it was found that very little effect could be made town on fire ; and, certainly, if the looks of the spectators could be considered as an index of their feelings, it would upon that portion of it which consists of wrought iron, therefore the attention of those p resent was realize the picture ;it seemed as if every one of them had directed to a portion which was cast-iron, and in ham- sustained a personal and individual loss, and the heart mering at it a. sufficient space was made, in about a bursting exclamations which fell from their lips, told quarter of an hour, to admit Mr. Pearse, superintendent how strongly they felt the calamity. While the fire was of the II division of Police, and he instantly laid hold of thus raging, hundreds of the soldiers were employed in the crown, and handed it out to Mr. Swift. He after- removing the new patent muskets, and it is with plea wards handed out the other various valuable antique cu- sure we learn that not a single stand of them was lost, riosities ; and while doing so he was repeatedly called those which are destroyed being the old lock and flint to get out of the place as soon as possible, else the build- muskets. As soon as water could be obtained, the steam ing would fall about him. He, however, with the ut- engine attached to the garrison was set in motion, which most coolness, removed every article before he left ; and throughout the rest of the morning kept continually at Mr. Swift, guarded by the police, succeeded in removing woldr, forcing the water into the various reservoirs, while his precious burthen to the house of Major Elrington, the Southwark Bridge and Rotherhithe floating engines, where he deposited them in perfect safety. By this time which came up at the turn of the tide, poured forth immense the whole range of building called the small armoury bodies of water upon the flames, but with no effect; for was one mass o e 'f flame. Such was the heat emitted from exactly as the Tower clock struck the hour of one, the the clock, tower, and roof of the building, fell in with a the burning pile that it was impossible to remove any tremendous crash; the effect which it produced it is im portion of the property from destruction. ossible to describe; for a few seconds the burn- At one period of the conflagration it was supposed 1 3 that the destruction of the Jewel-office, the Ordnance- ing pile was enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke offices on the east terrace, from which a great number and dust, and upon its clearing away the flames ascended of the maps and charts had been removed, Is we ll as to an extraordinary height in a pyramidical form, illu that most beautiful and antique portion of the ancient minating towh and country for miles round. So in fortress, the White Tower, must have fallen a sacrifice to tense was the hest of' the flames that it was almost the flames, but by the well-directed efforts of the firemen impossible to stand before them, and thence arose the they prevented this additional calamity, as they played dread that the window frames of the White Tower. would with their engines continually on those buildings. There have caught, and that this portion of the Tower of Lon was another point to which the attention of the firemen don, which has been immortalized in the pages of Shak was directed, and that was the beautiful and truly an- speare, Gay, Pope, and' other writers, and with which tique specimen of architecture, the church, at the south the annals of English history are so identified, would end of the building then in flames, which was commenced catch fire, and become, like the Armoury, a heap in the reign of Edward 1., and finished in that of the of ruins. To Carter, the foreman, and the firemen late monarch, William IV. By the judicious manage- of the County, may be attributed the safety o f meat and strenuous exertions of the firemen, under ihe this precious relic of our history, as well as the records superintendence of Captain Walker, of the Fusilier which are deposited within its walls. As long as the Guards, it was preserved, and at five o'clock the fire was slightest danger was to be apprehended so long, did the got under, being confined to the building in which it County engine play . upon the massive walls ; relays sue broke out, but which at this time was reduced to a heap ceeded relays. So intense was the heat of the stones of ruins. In addition to Mr. Pearse, the Superintendent that as the water was poured on them it dried up, while of police of the district, with Inspectors Donnegan and at the northern end the engines of the brigade per- Norman, and a large body of constables, there w ere Su - formed the same good and efficient service. At this perintenclents IPLean, of the It division ; Mr. Young-, of period the fire was extending its ravages towards the the K, with a number of his men ; Mr. May, of the A divi- terrace on the east and the chapel on the west. This sion ; and a number of the City police, with two of their in- latter building, with which so many historical reeol spectors. During the whole of the time,from half-past 11 tin lections are associated, was saved from destruction til two o'clock, the appearance of Tower-hill, the Minori es, through the united efforts of Connorton, of the West of and Lower Thames-street, presented the appearance of England, and the Southwark - bridge float. Our reporter , with some of the, officers belonging to the a bright day. The smallest print could be easily rea d so along high up as the Custom-house. Guards, and Mr. Braidwood, entered the chapel, and London, Southwark, and Blackfriars' bridges were singular to relate the interior was as cold as if the crowded with spectators, and from these spots the sight fire had been miles distant. Indeed the principal was the most magnificent that can be well imagined. cause of apprehension for the safety of the sacred The flames were distinctly visible, and, the night being edifice arose from the explosions which took place in the hazy, the whole horizon appeared a complete blaze ; immediate vicinity, and whence arose the rumour that thousands of rounds of ball cartridge were in the vaults every now and again a. body of fire shot upwards , as though it were projected from the crater of a volcano, beneath the Armoury. While by far the greater body and again subsiding, it would sink into an apparently of the military and firemen had their attention directed sudden calm, but only to vomit forth its burning embers to the part on fire, the company of Artillery were most with increased fury. actively employed in removing the large quantity of Daring the progress of the fire, cabs and vehicles of ammunition which was lodged in the White Tower. This every description were employed to convey documents to dangerous material was removed to the Lower Magazine, various places of safety, and these were guarded by de- which was quickly filled, and the remainder was thrown tachments of soldiery and police. The scene altogether into the river ; and, as a precautionary measure, every was one of the most stirring and intense interest, and blanket which could be found was immersed in water, the circumstance of the oldest building in London con- and when completely saturated, was placed upon the nected with our historical recollections being about to cartridges and barrels of powder six and seven deep. fall a prey to the destructive element, gave a pang o f While these precautionary measures were being severe regret to the bosom of the most indifferent spec- adopted, the fire was making rapid progress at the tator that surrounded the Tower. 'lndeed, the feeling east end, and shortly after one o'clock, the fire caught was unlike that we ever saw or felt on a similar occasion. the upper window of Mrs. Lloyd's residence, the corner It appeared as if every spectator had said to himself—" I of the Terrace, and a large body of water was directed on it have sustained a personal loss in the destruction of this when it was extinguished; in the course of afew minutes national building." the flames again caught, and were again extinguished. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT, with particulars received up to a A third time the fire caught, and began to assume a very late hour last night.) alarming appearance, and great fears began to bo enter- It is with feelings of the deepest regret we have to re- tamed that the house of Mr. Lloyd would fall a semi cord the total destruction of the small armoury in the five to the flames, which, had it happened, no human ex- Tower of London, a loss which we regret to state is a ertions could have saved the Map-office and the line of national one, and which will be severely felt from one houses on the Terrace or the Irish Barracks. The cause end of the country to the other. When the report was of this part repeatedly catching fire arose from the wind first circulated throughout the metropolis at an early blowing from the north-east ; but, as if Providence in hour yesterday morning, it was generally disbelieved; terfered, on a sudden the wind dropped, and in two mi when the reality broke upon the inhabitants but one nutes after it blew from the south, thereby carrying the feeling predominated, that of sorrow for the loss and current into the body of the fire. But for this sudden total destruction of one of the national monuments of the change the whole Tower must have been utterly consumed. country, a loss which is irreparable, for the arms which Between four and five o'clock the fire began to slacken, were used in the wars of Queen Anne, under Marlbo- and it then became evident that all further danger was rough, in Flanders, Fontenoy, and Blenheim, and which at an end. Unfortunately we have to record the loss of raised the military glory of England to such a pitch, are one life, and a serious accident in another instance, both totally lost, and upwards of 100,000 stand of arms are of which occurred to firemen. About one in the morning buried in the ruins, while all that remains are the naked as Wright, one of the firemen of the County, was in front outer walls of the building in which those records of the of the Armoury, the upper portion of the wall imme nation's greatness were deposited. Shortly after the out- diately above the Royal Arms gave way, when some of break of the ti re u p t o the period when it was got the brick-work struck Wright on the side and knocked under, our Reporter was present, and from being him down, upon-being taken up it was discovered that an eye-witness, as well as from the inquiries Which two- of his ribs were fractured and otherwise seriously were made upon the spot, from the officers of the injured. The poor fellow begged to be conveyed to his Guards and Artillery, 'and wardens, the following own residence, which was accordingly done,_ but last par ticularn of o the melancholy catastrophe may be de- night, in coneequence of the orders of Mr. Beaumont, pended n- That part of the Tower which had he was removed to the hospital, and is, we are happy to fallen apreyto the Confl agrat i on , is situated opposite the state, in a fair way of recovery. The other is 'White Tower, and was j o i ne d on t h e wea t crn en d t o th e a more lamentable instance of the unce r t aint y of Chapel; while, at the eastern end, was situated the Jewel- human life. From the immense bod y of fire office; the back abutted on what is termed the • Old Mill which raged at the eastern wing of the Armoury length of B arra cks, the the buildi ng b e i ng a b ou t 300 the stone work became completely disjointed , feet, and 60 or 80 . feetin depth, an d wh i ch, from t h e and during the whole of the morning at various band of the Regiment o i f Guard s stat i oned i n the Tower i n t e r va ls large masses kept falling; the dangerous state p er f o rming on a Sunday afternoon, w as a p l ace o f cons i - of the wall was noticed by Guards Mackay, Wing, Cum derable resort to the inhabitants of London and its envi- mings, and Howell, who were on duty at the end of the rons. Since the reduction in the price of admission, the Terrace, and which was pointed out to the soldiers and - portion destroyed became more particularly known to the others, and particularly to Wivell, the deceased, but so country at large ; but, s ingular to state, a very f ew per- anx i ous wa s he to fulfill the instructions which had been sons visited the Armou r y on Saturday; and a ft er t h e g i ven hi m , th a t he continued beneath the wall, playing place was closed, the I Va rden, whose duty it was to exa on th e b urn i n g ruins. About half-past eleven, and with mine the place, w ent over at fou r o clock,when e very ou t th e s li g ht es t i n timation, a large mass of the stone thing was perfectly safe, and no t the - work fell, and an immense stone alighted upon the helmet tom of fire was either apparent to the sight or of the unfortunate man, and forced it in. Ho was int smell. Within the last few weeks, two new pa- mediately dragged out and carried to the guard-room, of the where tent stoves have been placed in the centre he was attended by the garrison-surgeon who building, while, in that part of the Tower known used every exert i on to restore lif e , b u t w ithout effect ; as the Old Mill Barracks, a carpente r ' s sho p was erected, the immediat e cause of death appeared to be from con and which communicated with the Armoury, and where dussi 'on of the brain. The deceased was about twenty the fire is supposed to have originated. About half f past four years of age, and was a remarkably fine young man, ten o'clock, the sentry, belonging to the Scotch I +usher belonging to the Chandos-street . station, and had been about three years ' Guards, which are at present quartered in the Tower, in the brigade. Singular to state, the and woo was upon duty on the ramparts nex t to Tower- mother other of t h e deceased ca ll e d i n t h e morn i ng at Chandos hill, was alarmed by observing a large body of smoke to street t , o ascertain if any o f t h e men were kill e d , as s h e i ascend, as if from the centre of the Armou r y , and he had an impression on her mi n d t h at somet hi ng h a d hap immediately gave the alarm by discharging his m usket. I a iene to her son. She w as i n f orme d t h at not hi ng In the course of a few seconds the whole of t he g arri- serious ad happened, when the poor woman went son and officers met, and immediately afterwards the aw ay overjoyed that her fears were unfounded. Al- Armoury was discovered to be on fire. Unfortunately though so dreadful an event took place, it had no effect not a drop of water was at hand, from it being low tide. is keeping the soldiers and others away, who, in a few and the ditch empty. Although every exertion was minutes afterwards, placed themselves in positions equally made to procure water, none could be obtained. Had dangerous. At seven o'clock yesterday morning Mr. even the sm all quantity of about forty pailsful been pro- i Superintendent May, of the A division, made a report cured, th e flames would have been subdued, and the I of the fire and loss t o C olonel Rowan a nd Mr. Mayne, great loss which the country has to lament, would the Commissioners of Police, who directly transmitted an have been avoided. From the dryness of the building, account to Sir Ja mes Graham, the Secretar y of S t ate , coupled w i t h i ts mass i ve ti m b ers , the total destruction and also to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Go. of the Ar moury b ecame inevitable. The drums beat the vernor of the Tower; and about half-past eleven o'clock alarm, and messengers w ere despatched to the one of his Grace's grooms came down with a letter to various fire stations for the engines, several of which Major Elrington, desiring to be informed of the particu were at a fire in th e Strand, which broke out about ten lars and origin of the fire. In a subsequent part of the o'clock ; in a few min u t es the parish engine of Anibal- day Lord Hill and several General Officers, besides a d' lows, Barking-lane, arrived, followed by the engines from nnmber of the Nobilit y , came and visited the scene. 0 r- Wellclose-square, under the direction of Mackay. Upon Amongst the implements destroyed was the Sword of his -----. arrival at the entrance next Thames-street, the Royal Highness the Duke York,of . i r if dd :- t fi h r e e i na r enfound the gates closed, which Valenciennes, wore, we and w t z were ~,-: iii refusing to open them, upon and the sentry upon duty given to understand, at the siege of which Mackaydeclared that exquisite ornamental guns, which were unique. 'The n..,(ss - ' he woad cause the ' gates to be burst open, whenthe buding destroyed was built in the reigns of William sentry replied:Pat the first . man wha dared to make the and Mary, and upon its completion the Royal Pair dined - attempt he wohld run hint thrqugh with his bayonet ; within its walls, attended upon by the workmen 6 , 11- 'l \ .....i t.. n od . / his orders wire not to open the gates,- and until those gaged at the building, and consequently it was the most Ns' instructions were rescinded, he dared not open them. modern portion of the Tower , ex ce p t the barracks. At length, after the engines, three in number, had been From the time of the outbreak of the fire, throughout detained seven minutes, an order came to admit them the whole of yesterday, thousands of persons congre- GREAT FIRE IN TI?EIL TOWER OF LONEOO-1 On Saturday night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in No. Golden-buildings, a small court next to the New Strand Theatre, adjoining Mr. Dickson's, the baker's, r t the house of a Mr. Cabers. The flames buiPst forth from the attic, and for a short time threatened the most fearful consequences to the densely-drowded neighbourhood, th court being so small that an engine could not be brougl t to work, except from the house of Mr. Dickson. Th 3 Phoenix engine of St. Mary-le-Strand, was first on th spot, and was immediately followed by the engine of St. Clement Danes, they were quickly followed by the bri gade from Chandos-street, and, after half-an-hour's active exertion, the flames were got under. The excite ment in the immediate neighbourhood was very grew, and the Strand was fur a short time impassable. The F division of police kept the most excellent order. FIRE NEAR THE MONUMENT.—About two o'cloc on Saturday afternoon a fire of a very serious dt - scription was discovered raging on the promises of Mr. Abel, Bed and Furniture Warehouse, No. 43, Fish street-hill. Immediately the police received information of the occurrence they hastened to the spot, whil. t others proceeded to give the alarm to the different en gine stations in the City ; but long before any arrived, four small parish engines were on the spot, and had they been in working condition, the destructive element might have been easily subdued, but only one was able to play. When the firemen belonging to the Watling street brigade arrived, the flames had reached an alarm ing height, the whole of the store-rooms and workshops at the top of the building beirg in a general blaze. 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He must be a most ig norant or foolish man who supposes that these subjects, which touch the very foundations of political society, can now escape discussion. In fact such discussion now continually takes place ; and it is apparently the will of the Post's masters that the people should come to •it maddened by hunger. Carried on under a calm temper, when the people were prosperous, at their ease, and well fed, the result would be the improve ment of political society, and the establish ment of legislation on a sound basis; carried on as at present, with the multitude rendered savage by hunger and insults, while their rulers are in flated by vanity and ambition, it can only end n exasperation and destruction. We say then ;o the Post's masters—be warned ! AND pubttc Optuton. 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The Memorial Bordelais has the following :—" The Spanish Cortes are to be convened for the 19th of No vember, the fete day of Isabella 11., in order that the political centralization of the popular juntas, established at. Barcelona and elsewhere, may be checked. A general amnesty will be granted to all the Carlists, without ex ception, on the Queen's fete day. An army of observa- . tion of 50,000 men is to be assembled between Alcala, Burgos, and Vittoria, to keep down the northern prb vinces, and effect at an early period some modifications of the fueros, which may be in harmony with the Con stitution and the monarchy. The Prince Royal of Naples is now five years old. Ac cording to the etiquette of the Neapolitan Court his Royal Highness has received the grade of sergeant in the army, and each year will receive a fresh step, so that by the age of 15 he will attain the rank of Marshal. Heaven help the armies that are commanded by such officers. By a Royal ordonnance, dated the 19th instant, the peace establishment of medical men for the French army is • fixed.. as follows : Physicians of different ranks, 127 ; surgeons, ditto, 1,137 ; Pharteacians, ditto, 113. Total, 1,377. The last returns made by order of the Municipal Council show that there are 53,481 vehicles employed in Paris, viv., 948 hackney and other four-wheel public coaches ; 1,533 public cabriolets ; 10,000 four-wheel private carriages ; 11,000 private cabriolets ; and 30,000 carts, tumbrils, trucks, and drays. There are also 34,92" draught horses, but no more than 1,316 saddle horses. At Boston, in Lincolnshire, on Monday last, Mr. CHRISTOPHER; the Member for the Lindsey coiinvaßczaz arkort.m. division of Lincolnshire, made a long speech, in which he followed the Duke of RICHMOND A public meeting ,of the inhabitants of Paddington for the repeal of the'Corn-laws, will take place to-night at eight o'clock, at the Paddington Reform Committee. room,, Load of Hay, Praed-street. AGRICULTURAL. informing Sir ROBERT PEEL that the landlords placed him in power, and the landlords would turn him out if he did not aid them in their ex- ortions; eulogized the present Corn-laws, and denounced the Anti-Corn-law League and the mport Duties Committee. Nevertheless, Mr. CHRISTOPHER is not quite satisfied with the Corn-law, and thinks, like most of his party, that it needs some alteration. However much the Pro-Corn-law men may rave in general terms, when they come to speak of particulars they all find fault with some part of the present law. Mr. CHRISTOPHER, for example, thus speaks of the mode of taking the averages under the best The Royal Agricultural ociety of England, to meet at Bristol in July, 1842, will give their gold medal fur the best account or record of the prognostics or natural causes of changes in the weather. Rules Nvill be drawn up, and twelve months' trial on thcin given. NAVAL AND 11,ZIXALTAIM of all possible laws : Nothing can be more fallacious than the present system of taking the averages. The benefit is reaped by a few brokers and speculators, both in England and on the Continent, who combine to keep up nominal prices in order that they may inundate the market with a quantity of foreign grain ; whereas, inasmuch as these prices are purely fictitious, the British grower derives no benefit from them, and tho landed interest incur the blame of selling their produce at. extravagant prices to the poor people. Is it nut perfectly notorious that these frauds have been lately practised to a large extent ? So completely is the corn trade in the hands of Jew speculators, both here and on the Continent, that under the present mode of taking the averages, fictitious prices may be returned, to the injury of the grower in this country, and to every person who pursues an honest trade in that article. Of course Mr. CHRISTOPHER has his - plan for remedying these fictitious sales and fictitious prices, which it will be time enough for us to discuss when it is propounded to Parliament. According to our view, the disease has got too much a-head to yield to such palliatives. It is, however, satisfactory to find Corn-law gentle men denouncing "fictitious prices," and proving that they are the consequence -of their own fa vourite law. But while Mr. CHRISTOPHER is thus loud in his condemnation of these averages, he is equally loud in praising them. The " purely fictitious prices" of the Jew speculators, both here and on the Continent, produced the following results : I will endeavour to ensure to the people a supply of of food from the Continent, in the event of a deficient The Map-office is being moved from the Tower to the building lately occupied by the Soldiers' Female Orphan School, near Southampton. The new locality oGrs many advantages in room and light, which are re quired for the increased scales now used in the Ordnance survey. harvest. This is the principle of the Corn-law, and to a great extent it has answered the intentions of thosc who framed it. Within the last few weeks, two millior.s and a half of wheat have been set free at a duty of ls. a quar ter, when the average price reached 73s ; whereas, on the principle of a fixed-duty of Bs. a quarter, the con sumer must have paid 7s. a quarter more for that wheat which was set free at a duty of is. He would, however, alter that part of the law which has brought about such benefit to the consumers. We see what the cunning man would be at. He would alter the sliding scale so as to take it out of the power of the " Jew speculators" to import so much corn at such a low rate of duty. He would levy a duty of never less than ss. a quarter on wheat, what ever may be its price, and 20s. should it fall to 50s. While the consistent and honest gentle man praises the present system, because it al lowed 2,500,000 quarters of wheat to be set free at ls. duty per quarter, he wishes to take effec tual means, if he can, to prevent such an occur rence in future. He is all love for the sliding scale at one moment as compared to a fixed duty, and at the next he actually proposes a minimum fixed duty, to put an end to the very advantage for which he lauds the sliding scale. Whether such talk be the offspring of conceited, forgetful, illogical ignorance, or sheer iinpu dence,'we cannot tell; but the speech of Mr. CHRISTOPHER resembles the Speeches of most of his class, and they all proceed from one or other of these despised qualities. We have given in another part of the Paper full details of the great fire which took place in the Tower of London on Saturday night; and, while willing to pay every tribute of praise to the energy of the officers and soldiers of the garrison, we cannot sufficiently reprobate the negligence of the authorities who have charge of this ancient national establishment. According to various accounts which we have received, no water could be bad for at least one hour. No preparation, in fact, , appears to have been made for such an occurrence ; the very fire-brigades who came to render assist ance, were shut out; and though the Thames was ' flowing past its walls, and a thousand active men were ready and ,willing to save the place from destruction, this venerable building was as desti tute of protection as the most lonely cot in a rural district. We civilians should have sup posed that when so many national relics were con tained within its walls, and they were entrusted to the guardianship of the Army, under the Duke of WELLINGTON as High Constable, some means would have been adopted for obtaining a supply of water at any period of the tide. This could easily have been done. - A communication with the river, at a trifling expense, could easily have been made, by which an ample supply of water could be had at .any hour, and thereby have saved not only a million of money, but also glo rious monuments of a nation's fame, which no money can restore. What is the use of a Consta ble of the. Tower and a Deputy Constable, and fifty other nominal guardians of the place, unless they perform the duty for which they are amply paid? Many thousands a year are paid to ' them by the public for guarding the place; they 'make their offices sinecures, and the people are the sufferers. The Paris Journals of Thursday have all reached us. What interesting news they bring, will be found in our Foreign Summary. BOURSE—Penis, THURSDAY, OCT. 28. - - - /trot Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price, Price Ft t nth 5 per Cenci.— ...... . 115 55 ... 115 55 ... liS 50 ... 115 50 4% per Cults ..... lO5 50 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 3 per Lent , 79 70 79 75 ... 79 tis ... 79 '75 Loan Bank oi elm:mt. Ile gian,Banr OM '762 50 ... 7ss2 50 ... 762 50 ... 7C2 50 Now 10:0 L.. 1510 ...if 10 ...IOU) Belgian 5 per Cents. I.er ccut:., 1840 102% ... 102% ... 1C2% ... 152% Span tsb Active 2 .2 .. :2 ... 22% ... 22% Pass', 5 ... 5% ••• 5 ... 5% Deferred ini ... 9 li .• • 9 3 4 ... ioji Neapolitan lO5 'A ... 155 7.0 .., $95 02 ... 'O5 20 Roman _ . .,.11:4 ... 11:3 ... 104 RAILWAY SHAIiEs Versallles,lL.B ......,.. 201 25 .. 202 be ... 201 25 202 50 It. 13 Orleans . Strasburg tollalf .shares red 2,5 . 235 ... 235 ... 235 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal House hold, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Keppel, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting, officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the garden of Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, dined with her Majesty on Saturday. The Band of the First Life Guards wag in attendance at the Palace during the evening. The Queen Dowager is in most respects much the same as yesterday (Friday), though at one period of the night her Majesty was a good deal harrassed by ker cough. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday from his residence at Kew, and visited the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness attended by Baron Knesebeck, returned to Kew in the afternoon. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philpps thal, went to Kew on Saturday, and visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharn cliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, and Sir Henry Hardinge.— The Council sat two hours. Sir Charles Fitzroy, and Mr. Irving, M.P., had in terviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colo- vial-office. Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. • - FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 28.—The average price of Wheat last week was 22f. 31c., and that of Rye 12f. 98e. Their Majesties came to town yesterday. The King presided in a Council of Ministers, and after the Council gave audience to a deputation of printers, compositors, and pressmen. Having listened attentively to the observations ad dressed to him, his Majesty (says the Observateur) an swered in the following terms " Gentlemen, I believe your fears to be premature. With respect to the treaty matters are in such a state of stagnation that you have nothing to fear at this moment. Besides, Belgian topography has attained such a degree of perfection that it can bear competition with that of other nations. " I think, too," continued his Majesty, " that in case of a fusion of your trade with France, foreign editors would prefer , publishing in Belgium, because it is so much cheaper. "No attempt has yet been made among us to reprint English and German works, which, however, is done with success in France, and I think that if you reprinted those works you might export a large quantity . to Ame rica, where the Anglo-Saxon population daily increases, and the love of reading spreads more and more." The King set out this morning for his seat at Ardenne, and will return about the end of next week. We hear that the Session of the Chamber for 1841- 1842 will be opened by the king in person. Accord ing to the Constitution the Chambers are to meet on the second Tuesday in November. By a decision of the Tribunal of the first instance at Brussels, Mr. Canty and his accomplices, accused of defacing the statues in the Park, are to be tried by the Correctional Tribunal. Mr. • Canty has been set at liberty on giving bail to the amount of 3,000 francs. The City of Bremen having resolved to establish a line of steam-boats to America, one of the Members of the Senate has proposed to enter into negotiations with our Government for the purchase of the British Queen. THE HAGUE, OCT. 27.—T0-day a deputation of the two Chambers presented to his Majesty the King the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne on open ing the Session. The address expressed the satisfaction of the Cham , hers with various portions of the King's Speech, and concludes as follows Important matters will engage our attention in this Session also. We hope that our deliberations will prove that the King and the States-General wish to attain the _ common object by the same means. " We cannot conceal from ourselves that the events of preceding years have placed both your Majesty and the national representation in a difficult position, and that the harmony prescribed by the fundamental law is alone able, by means of suitable measures, to heal the wounds of our country. " We rely on the promise of your Majesty that you will do everything that reciprocal confidence shall re quire, and which may tend to make your reign charac terised by the purchase of the arts, of the Government, and the strict upholding of the laws. We are ready, on our part, to co-operate in this, and that by proceeding unanimously in the constitutional cause, and imploring with confidence the blessings of the Almighty, we shall consolidate the happiness of our country, with which that of the Sovereign is so closely connected." His Majesty returned a most gracious answer to this address, expressing his peculiar satisfaction with the, sentiments it contained.—Amsterdam, Oct. 29. DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTERDAM, O 29. Mon m ey. Mlle. Actual Debt, 2 34 per Cent 5l 51)4 eXtto, ditto 5 per cent. Airiest Syndic,4% per cent...... ............ IJI I 4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cant 754 7:.% Commercial Company, 4% per cent ls4y. 155 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per con' 97% 97% Exchange on London, T One mon nt th hs 12 2 10 womo Harnburgh, One month 35 8' 14 Two months 35 LNG% Dutch Papers, Oct. 30. BEL-CHAN 1 . ti trDs—iosiuseaLe, Om 28. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Lean, 5 per C ,nt lOl Lean of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cen ent. t.... C 3 pc Thirty-sevem------- .. i a ............—.........—,—..—.......( 1540 ) IN % Loan of City, 1c.132, 4 per Cent l3 Society al Commerce, 46 per Cent 93 Bank of Belgium, 5 per C0nt..... ....... NationalSPMety. . .. •••••'••••••......• ...... Exchange on Lenders (short) „„. ......... .... I I 95 —Brussels Papers, Oct. 28. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 22 [Pieper Coats. Metalliques Fear per Cents. 9t4% Three pr,r Cents. Bank Shams 2525 .....elligentesne Zesturg, Oct. E 6. The French Ministers will, it is said, be able, to bring forward their budget at the commencement of the approaching Parliathentary Session in a state of balance—that is, the receipt and expenditure will be even. It is also intviided to appropriate the • surplus of the loan obtained by M. Thiers for war purposes, to the formation of railroads and other dordestic purposes. Lord WharnciiieissUderiilg under a slight at back of gout in the band. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LOMDON, OCT. 30.—Wind this slay at noon N. RAMSGATE, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Gratitude, 13rixham, Shields, with loss of main boom. Sld. Jung Frow Maria, St. Tho mas; Maria, Madeira; Severn, Canaries. - 'AI., OCT. 29.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrd. from the River and sld. Caleb Angus, South Australia; Royal George, Syd ney ; Diana, Bombay; Premier, Bahia ; Camillus, Demerara; Vera and Hector, Jamaica; Calder, Barbadoes; Catherine Green, St. Kitts ; Bonne Mere, Berbice ; Isabella, Dane. ara; Ccesar, Sierra Leone. D NAVY. R NUMBER OF :R\TICE JOURNAL, [LITARX MAGAZINE, important Papers: — [Personal Adventures_in gia, Cireassia, and Russia, by Lieut.-Col. G P. Cameron Nights on the Fo'castle, by the Author of " Itattlin the Reefer " A March and Detachment in Ireland Statistics of Rem uiting De partment Distribution of the Army and Navy, with all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month. 3, Great Marlborough-strect. Just ready, in 2 Vols., post Bvo., with numerous lilustrations, by Leech, Sre., including several fac-similes of rare and unique old Prints, 3I ERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME ; Or, PEREGRINATIONS with UNCLE TIM and Mr. BOSKY, of LITTLE BRITAIN, I)RYSALTER. By GEORGE DANIEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. 'THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UIDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, NOV. I, Will be performed the New Comedy, LONDON ASSUR ANCE.—Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Walter Lzcy ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker , Mr. Oxberry ; Mark MeddlAe, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. To which will be added, POPPING THE QUESTION. Mr. Primrose. Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Biffin, Mrs. Glover ; Ellen Murray, Miss Lee; Bobbin, Mrs. Orger. To conclude wioh, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF CELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr.. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr. J. H. Ridgway; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert; Oglypiglip, Mr. T. Ridgway; Iceland Boy, Master Marshall; Guth Stasen, Miss Bailin; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. Doors to to opened at balt-past Six—the performances to eammence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circ'es, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 23.; Gallery Is. Ticket - 1 and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Femr, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'.ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, with Animal Magnetism. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Wonderful Novelty! Two Equestrian Spectacles in one Even ing. " Blenheim "at Half-price, and more New Scenes in the Circle. THIS EVENING, NOV. 1, Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle, entitled CHARLEMAGNE ; THE STEED OF CHIVALRY ! introducing Mr. Duerow's magnificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreys, Fairy Pump, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Eu ro p e will a pp ear. To conclude with THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, THE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED ; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'JNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Continued succession of Novelties, first week of another New Domestic Drama, and second week of " Katty O'Shiel," and " Simon Lee." THIS EVENING, NOV. 1, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, ealled THE WRECK OF THE HEART ; O R, THE STORY OF AGNES PRIMROSE.—Wm. Norwynne, Mr. Dale • Henry, Mr. Seaman • Old Primrose, Mr. Cullen • Ralph, qr. Gard. nor ; Agnes , Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Do mestic Drama. , After which, SIMON LEE; or, the MURDER of the FIVE FIELDS COPSE.—Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Walter Hatherleigb, Mr. Dale; Japhet Jones, Mr. Gardner; Dicky Dring, Mr. Paul; Grace, Miss Vincent. To conclude with, RAFFAELLE the REPROBATE. Boxes, 25.—Pit, Is.—Uallerl, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Wreck of the Heart, Nature and Art, and Jo nathan Bradford. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.—A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is in preparation, and wild be PUB LISHED in the course of THIS WEEK. r H E e 0.4-1 INA SUN, 'on O Ivi ND_THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Nov. 1, 1841. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Subscriber. Norwich," is informed that the limita tion after da . apply.h 'These only to newspapers sent out of the se must be posted within seven days We are obliged to another Norwich corres p ondent for his communicatio n, whic h wil l be attended to on county publicationT Monday. THE WEATHER.—NOON, OCTOBER 30. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.. 47 1 Highest 47 I . Lowest Barometer -29.76.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH W ATE R. AT LONDON BRIDGE Tins DAY: • DI ming 42 minutes after 2 Evening ...... 2 minutes after S. )„ • .., C...:40-; • Wi; jx. ja NX, b - Ms • a r/j,`,. Rertid_ i/fl. LONDON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1841. The trial of M`lzon by the State of New York is over at last. It commenced on the 4th inst. at Utica, and closed on the 14th, when the prisoner was acquitted. The great length at which we have given the report of the proceedings pre vents us from making any comment upon them. If we overlook the important fact that the Court assumed a jurisdiction in this case which it most certainly did not possess—viz., the right to try. M‘LEon at all; we must admit that its proceedings throughout were _dignified, decorous, and impartial. The defence was exceedingly well conducted; and in. Mr. SPENCER, the pri soner had an advocate who would do credit to the bar of any country. If a legislator were to command us, as HEROD commanded, to put to death all the infants under a certain age ; if he were to insist on our leaving the aged under a tree to perish, as the Indians now do, and as the inhabitants of Northein Ger many formerly•did ; if he were to pass a law to carry into execution the famous suggestion of lI ARCUS, known as painless extinction ; or were he to decree, as was hinted to Sir J. GRAHAM, that the children of the aristocracy should be drowned in china bowls, the community would overflow with indignation; and that Legislator, instead of being obeyed, would be hurled from power, without pity or remorse. It can, of course, make no difference in the nature of the thing ordered, ,whether it be ordered by one man, or about a thousand, meeting in two Houses of Parliament. All mankind, we believe, and certainly all wo mankind,- would agree with us that such laws ought not to be obeyed, by whomsoever made. When we say this, we imply that the right to decide whether the laws shall be obeyed or not rests with those who are called on to obey; and, in fact, it is utterly impossible to deprive indivi duals of that right, though they may be exposed to the utmost extremity of punishment as the penalty of disobedience. For stating these prin ciples on Friday, in answer to some slavish and ruinous Tory doctrines propounded by the Morn ing Post, that Journal said on Saturday our ad vocacy of them ought to be.punished. With a Journal which jumps to so tyrannical and extra ordinary a conclusion, that men ought to be punished for differing in opinion from it, we shall not condescend to waste one word of argument. We leave it to the means it has choSen, and shall allow it, unnoticed to , make what it can of its punishment. • To the Post's masters, however, we have a se rious word to say. Their Corn-law commands the people to put the aged, the helpless, and the FINIU ARTS. The competition amongst the artists of France for the monument to be erected beneath the dome of the Inva- ..... to the memory, of Napoleon, has produced 82 de signs, drawn orjnodelled. They have been arranged in the Royal SchOOl thAfine•Arts, Paris, and the exhi bition opened on the 27th insf xirryJnATrir scxrizTxrrc. M. D'Abbadie, ilia Iltiioun traveller, is the first European who • has yid alla people of Abys eG sinia, in their natiye.Fast.toso arong whom he is at the present moment...,./4 AttliAPall themselves Orme, and trace their origin, to Ahreniisttrs, daughters of. Jer usalem, to whom - .oq - mplyihraditions similar to those mentioned in tlie..hoqk vi., 4. A fine speci men of their florsc;i : is„ 4,tie seen in the fine charger which M. D'Abbache's #1441. lately sent to France, as an oaring to the-Rtince An amusing c:f.elit, has odi*.yred in the French literary world—that of recent :marriage of the celebrated Feuilletonist, M. Jules Janiit, . who published his own epithalamium, complimentary of himself, his friends, and his bride, the day afar " the, knot was tied," in the Jour nal des Debuts. LAW AND POLICE. An investigation took place at Union Hall into the conduct of policeman 152 M, on the complaint of Mr. Vousden for using abusive language to him and his wife, the result of which was that the Magistrate considered the charge proved, but did not inflict a fine (with the consent of the complainant), as it would lead to the dis missal of the offender. _ . At Kensington Police•office, George Johnstone, driver of a Brentford omnibus was fined 51. for wilfully damaging the omnibus of James Attfield, and alarming the pas sengers by his furious driving. At the Mansion House oa Friday a young woman a. servant in a respectable family, was brought before - Alderman Pink, charged with attempting to drown her self, and at Guildhall a man was charged with a similar offence. . _ The Captain of a Harwich vessel was convicted at Thames-street, in two penalties of 31. each, for ill-using two apprentices. COURT—FASHIONABLE. Sir Robert Peel gave a grand dinner on Saturday even ing, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch returned to Mon tagu House on Saturday. Sir Stratford Cvlnning, Ambassador to • _ ..,,,,,crrtatlion. not yet determine whether he goes by way of Martellles or Trieste. Lord Cowley leaves town for Paris in the course of this week, to enter on the duties of his embassy. MISCELLANEOUS. A young gentleman in the south of Ireland, who on Saturday week attained his majority and a large rental, presented his worthy father with a munificent gift of ten thousand pounds sterling. Mrs. Thom, widow of the maniac who called himself Sir W. Courtney, and who was shot in the affray near Canterbury, a few years since, died lately at Guernsey. On Saturday, in 1485, Henry VII. was crowned, and his Queen Elizabeth on the same day in 1488. The coronation of the latter was remarkable for the proces sion by water from the Palace of Greenwich to the Tower. One of the barges on the occasion, called the " Bachelor's Barge," contained an extraordinary pa geant—an enormous red dragon, which spouted streams of red fire into the Thames. The booksellers' catalogue for - the fair of Leipsic this year, includes 3,977 works—out of which Vienna fur nishes 183 works ; Berlin, 423 ; and Prussia, 1,236. The booksellers themselves are 592 in number, Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland : he commanded the forces against the rebels in 1745, and gained the battle of Culloden, in 1746. The plantation of firs at Virginia W ater, and on Bagshot Heath, was made under his di rections. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS , (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 29.—The Cotton mar ket has been without animation throughout the week, and the middle and lower qualities of American are 4d. lower ; in point of fact, prices to-day are the same as they were this day fort night. Egyptians are stationary, at last week's quotations; but Brazils are rather easier to buy. Surat is without change. Sea Islands also. 1,000 Surat are announced for auction on Friday next. There have been taken on speculation 1,600 American, and 150 Surat, and for exportation 600 Surat. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 29.—We have only two transactions to notice. Grand Junction Half Shares, 954; London and South Western Consolidated Shares, 264. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 29. Our Market to-day has been very quiet, and the demand for Shares but limited; the only transaction reported is in North Midland Half Shares, 321. The favourable news from the United States, brought by the Acadia steamer, has caused a considerable improvement in the British Stock Market. ' Consols for the Account, which left off last evening at 88 to 4, opened this morning 884 1 1 , and are now quoted at 888 4, and for Money, 88% 4. In the Foreign Market, with the exception of a slight im provement in Spanish Stock, there is no alteration to notice. Spanish are now 20% ; Passive, 48 4 ; Deferred, 104 1 / 2 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 294 4 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 174 to 184; Brazilian, 55 57 ; Colombian, 19 to 4. In the Share Market there is nothing doing, and the prices remain the same as yesterday. Great Western are marked 10% to 11 1 ,4 premium. London and Brighton, 314 4 per share, and London and Blackwall, 8 to 84. There has been but little doing in the Stock Markets slam the early part of the morning, without any material variation. Consols for Money are 884 g, and for the Account, 888 4 ; Three per Cents. Redueed, 874 ; Bank Stock, 1644 ; India Stock, 2144 ; and India Bonds, par to 2 prem. Spanish Active Stock, 204 4; Passive, 44 s ; Dutch Two and- a-Half per Cents., 5)4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 298 ; Ditto 'lhree per Cents., nothing done; Mexican, 25 4. In the Share Market the only business doing is in Brighton Railway Shares, which were last quoted at 35 per share. Lon don and South Western, 52, and North Midland, New, 32 1 ,1 x. Consols, money, 8 81 ,4 %; Account, 88% ; Mexican, 25 1 4 ; Spanish, 20% 3 A. Everything looks cheerful in the City on account of the pleasing news from America, and the produce and mercantile markets are expected to assume a very different appearance next week to that which has characterised them for some time past. It is to be hoped we may yet have an increase of ac tivity in the manufacturtng districts, so as to alleviate the dis tress of the operatives. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rink Stock ... 1644 India Stock... 244/ 3 per Cent Red B 7B Di tto Bonds 2 pr 3 per Cent Cons BB4 Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent Red 974 Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24d —pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/.... — pin Long Annuitiestoexpire Ditto Small. . —pm Jan 1860 .. 128 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 124 India Stock for Acct.... Jan, 1860........•• 12 11-16, Consols for Acct BB4 FOttEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... iPortuguese, 5 per cent. __ Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.... 554 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, b per cent 65 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 204 Ditto, 1824. .............. 19 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent ... 784 French, 5 per cent. —f. 18%45, 5 per cent. Exchan g e —f. _c Mexican, 6n per, cent, . 5 per cent.... French, 3 p er cent. — f. Ditto, 1625 Dutch, 24 per cent. . Greek, eca •• 51 4 P er uvian,lB 2s , 6 per et. Ditto , 5 per cent 994 SHARES Great Western Railway (65 paid) 7/ Ditto New Shares (50 paid 564 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 344 London and Birmingham (90) ......... .. Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 2l/ Ditto Thirds (32 _ paid) 52 London and Ureeriwieh Railway (20 pd) 6i London and South Western North Midland Railway (100 paid) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ..... 21i Ditto Thirds (10 paid) York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 79 MORNING SON NE ,I O,T S AMERICAN TRIAL AND ACQUINT,AL OF MR. M'LEOI). RELEASE OF COLONEL GRO , GP `" ~~T. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY,NIG d By the Acadia, Captain Rylie, which -a rris las night at Liverpool, we have received)Cl York papers to the 16th, and Halifax cla.tes °f the 18th, whence she sailed on the eve-n i -P g of that day. Sl4e brings the gratify .g gence of the acquittal of Mr. M‘L eod dm° trial lasted eight days, and the Jury Otl'°u„t. 1 h e sitation returned a verdict of " NOT G 11 07. elo" Judge Gridley, in summing up, was lit trY quent, and was entirely in favour of M‘f 40 9( The Montreal Herald states that Colon( el G lII' gan had been released by order of hisExc elleaci Sir Richard Jackson, administrator of e G c "; vernment, on application of the United. Star authorities. He was handed OVC V to an in spector of police, with directions lo be sLte l l t escorted to the province line. The xcitev caused by these unfortunate events was subs iti t and a better feeling springing up on both 51— of the border. Beyond the above there is little news of i nterd est, either from the United States or Ca.lad a ` Since our last advices no change has: take ; place in the Money Market, the high .rates,.°' Foreign exchange preventing the free o p eral t of the Market. The Exchange on Engleindli.— 91 to 10 prem. THIRD DAY—CONTINIDED. , ' UTICA, OcT• E , UTICA, Henry Meyers (examined by the Attorney-Genes -3' I I reside about four miles on this side Canandaig n t,%. t i t work on a farm. I have a family. I am a b lack s by trade. I have resided in Canada. lam s L S c " - t a of the United States born. I went to Canada e' c , years ago, and left there eight or ten days after the re. reline was burned. I have seen M‘Leod tNice hei9,l,* Saw him when I was moving out of Canada, at -Nl a ,g - t lii in Canada. It was about a year before I left ti'7, 4 ,1 1 . that I saw him at St. David's. When I saw him n t ' - jt gara, I had stopped with my horses to bait thext s ' lf. was cold, and I went into the bar to warm t . i t,• l l -e OOl There were fifty or sixty persons there, some °'• I `v ' the had weapons, and some had not. When I was 4 '",hot tavern, there was a conversation as to who ha" .r Durfee. Somebody spoke and said, " Who is the the M`Leod spoke and said, " Here he is; by God I'd 'id one." Then he pulled out a horseman's pistol, °ll.,;,)bi° " that's the pistol that shot him ;" he then put -•'.. the pistol, and pulled out his sword, and said, " thef e ',, be blood of the damned Yankees ;" there was blood, ° , l " t e e. sword about five or-six inches long. It was dr e i ,"„ t ate I then went out of doors to the shed to feed MY '',i floe with oats, and he and two or three others foll° 71 :,1 l t° out. They Bask Where I nandg to ; 1 ? " -( 4 0 Geneva. They dme why, I said nay ! cv all lived there, and my wife was ' not satisfied 1 3. self nada. Some of the company said I was a dareueu t ait and M‘Leod saidl was a damned Yankee, and 511° 4 4 no further. They were under the shed sonactit, t o ing, and at last M`Leod said if I had a mind tot .ra,oo' company I might go on. I did so. I said I ' ll ,: i . D ea d t t h hr i ea n nh g ka a ltl g iol a ll, i ,i n etd s a t mto e o i gu t o h n. e t r eld p hatoratvya.e.dnooNllNar: ei e,twveinlitchinltopoithde, siTasi:looo6, uo ow so r heard M`Leod say anything abou n ti th t, e n r bfboredovle ks thing about the Caroline.)revelled By the Attorney-General—l had never t,;et• from Smithville before ; the country is not thieiJi i ,ire; tied as in this country, and I took directions from 0 t,,, D o the person that I saw there was the prisoner ; 1, 139 '; 11 0 doubt of it ;. I took particular notice of him, O t iii ott I used me - in that way, I thought if ever I caugh t ' . .. 5 1 -nL this side, I would.try and use him inthe same vi- .. d. ') . ' Calvin Wilson (examined by the Attorneru e , ° ;'„ l3 , llo; I lire in the town of Wilson, in the county f •°''''' be t ° ,„, li v .., I have seen the prisoner at the bar, and am e•- - e „,,,;,e , acquainted- with him.; I saw the prisoner Sor° ° ';, 0° 'between the 4th and 15th January, at t_,lllei by f of James. Miller, a public-house al in ' the 7 ', A- ei t°h himnumber I knew a young man of the name of l'Th. ' oat; who was with him ; I saw Mr. Miller passing in ° l3 , :,,r I think John Mozier was there ; I-supposed 1- ' l ; r 4 0 young man named Meredith thal wanted to see , io die, man called Elmesley ; they were in a sitting r 0 ° M . 1 „;" t 0 ' public-house. Mr. liaincock brought up the s , d , i ' vee fi r. the destruction of the Caroline, and how man re', killed, murdered, or burnt ; this Mr. M`lae °u ,eree_ v _l plied he did not think there were more 0 0 1:: I j . • four ; he did not know but there . might bed i r„,.. o lte!..l thing he said he did know, that one "dames-. r cat , or " damned rebel " got shot on the wharf. Mozieolloct not say any thing, if it was Mozier. I don't ref, isl e Elinesley saying anything. I believe I fin] 0 3 _prisoner said very near the words lave - ~,o --_—.. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer —I had never eP ° ooi to 111‘Leod, but I had seen him frequently, sndl tl 2;lo 3l very well. lam just as sure that I saw bim the 0e" am that I saw Raincock, and as sure of RaincOeb• M`Leod ; I am sure they were both there. g iven By Judge Gridley—Since that time I 1101,1 3 Tat* means to aid in promoting an enterprise against .- ) :1 Judge Gridley informed the witness that s uch 1 , 03.• terprise was an offence against the laws of this St' et oic i if the witness thought his answer woul d tend to 0 him, he might decline to answer. Witness—l decline to answer, then. / re side ) 1 Sables Yates (examined by Mr. Woods)—.. ,-, 0 01 - the west part of the town of Clarkston, Monroe vtreoclf I lived in Canada when the Caroline was _- .:1 : 5 0 1 ,014 „ e i about one hundred miles from Toronto, doWu 'to 1)- I don't know that ever I saw M`Leod to knovvi,:i.oerti once before ; .that was in Niagara gaol , '`*l ce'i l o Niagara County. I believe it was last April. 1 ve ve t not say that I had seen him before that. I 1 , 1 1 ltO n ; to Queenstou several times. I was there ilt , .'"1 0 01 0 " part of the winter of 1839, for the first time• ~,l i e-b° . ',k, say positively that I saw him. - I was in the pu - - ari ,-- where there were persons taking something the Wu; One said this is something like the night after the W u ; ing of the Caroline ; another said yes,• o l9 ei v ja gall! 'Own " a licy," , and I 'shouldlike:anotheri ,„ el a slate kind': I was told M`Leod was the As that observation. e poea -Ois e Mr. Spencer—l hope the Jury will have 6 CA I , to know that is not evidence. eat 05 i Judge Gridley said he had heard much t - 1 she d evidence, and he regretted to hear it. C° a nd 9C I 0 avail themselves of the rules of evidence. th ese, ofr The witness was asked if he saw 111`Lec' d ',. to l' l3 lie said he did not recollect. He did not aPPe4" tha him at all. a 1)1 Leonard Anson was called and exatn i°e d iiv e .,,a Attorney-General—l am a carpenter, a n i s7, -in person avP-, Lockport; I was at Chippewa in December line ;l ied remember the expedition against the C i gr° lo .e e:,e. the night, the centinel in front of the °°- 'WO:g me up, and, I saw the light of the Caroline icarel'r I was sleeping at Smith's house. Early in til e r of I ) „, t fr , I went over to Davis's,_ and saw a num b :4 o ' t ip sons in the bar-room, and among the comPaairequettio M'Leod. I knew M'Leod, and had seen Ilia l; o ia.,, i 0 I have no doubt that he was there that 0 3°1. die 1, 3 1 was standing by the side of the bar. I belir l ;ji of 'il:o had been blown out. It was just' at the L ' i. PO . f S The room was full all round. It was a larg,elipACl °,re had just been drinking, apparently. Ile : P 3 /0101 If ?; glass, and had his hand on the counte.,r•, o , o 0 ° : ' l l ° all talking of the expeditibn they. ha d IThDe. 0 night, and which had done the greatest er l a beee fi t e a persons with him talked as if they l lil ,„ e ao : - ,, , t, the expedition. He said "I have killed °-, fk i: o l,, Yankee, and here is his blood;" pulling °ti t hing " oc cl and exhibiting it. I don't recollect °l i l a I , tiOdiet said by him. When he said he had kill ) ee ntr il t h e Yankee, those that were there did °°t hA t YO s t vlic° him, nor express surprise, as though Mere' put to first time they had heard of his being ut ,Arov the sentinel called me he said, " They ha l r e effect. -1",001‘ boat and set her on fire," or words to that tbr eab ' t ive Mr. Smith's team at that time. When the V ol 9, 05 i place, there was no work in my business. 1 cou nti v e of the United States, and was born in A lbari r bY ' ltl r' now work at my business. lam emplOYeu - fie o• cel P aci Porter's son. , , 0 no 4 0 , 4 Cress-examined by Mr. Spencer—l flit' a re 7, 5 9 '' tion with the people on this side sci_ / s ua" foe against Canada. I have the feeling , hu t wo ule l , o fl! is only such as any American tarteitiz en e D I was 1 The morning I first heard APLeod was o ld e';ohr• Lockport, and then for the first time -'• 0 00 °" t j;c o knew about it. I went to Lewiston thag e 1 , 0 ,5 10 1 l I told it to Philo Smith just as Ido now• t the t ! s e or , living at Lockport. He is the man who b-e ( P i • Ti thi' er to at Chippewa in 1837. Philo Smith testifie, 0 1 .0 t of o p ter. We had not talked it over at all. out of et iri ° ,oi o Davis's the morning I have mentioned, ou t go o I s bi; the same as anybody would have done. I. be edit i . , 4 l, to no one. They were talking about the ell opts I cannot tell what was said more than I he" t be I saw the blood on the breech of the pistol. ease.for Mr. Spencer then proceeded to open the , lefi• c e ale 1 ;,e 0 defence, and was speaking when our roe os r, Sir. t In opening the defence of the prison ° t y spoke as follows : scarcely s ' s t ' sin ce i GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—I need sca n r , 02 a . _ ,i this is a case of no ordinary character S. .c l „d , pr. in It is the first of the kind you have everntrtigot. . t ia, probability will be again called on to 1 ., . I ,e i l tiv i n . o' c o , solemn duty has devolved upon you, en c ' ' Ai i t tful. l i t yio' smallest doubt that it will be fully and s 7 0 , 10 , 0 _,,eG charged. The defence which we intend. t „ ou t& efra t o fold, and I will place it before you in its . e u .I . ev o r ie c ,r, thus early, in order that the Court niay;4'o.l, p,lrai direct our conducting of the case as it in: eTeOl _P , i In the first place, then, we will inquire secondly, oietoniftio, der has been committed at all; and ofo-,,71,,,,0: that question be answered 11 , t h e , i , e al Ur w si ill s Alexander M'Lcod was one of '_l' ore .facts . o ,i, We shall in the first place, after a few P for e you o , _,',jet have been made to appear in evidence .)that of _ t u eo e , that there can be no such off6bee'es- i kihe %,, in ch proved as growing out of the deatriictPin,Atiets beel.it boat Caroline. And here allow ms°,..T di iiieit-b a be whole course of my reading,....limited .! - -s___ w or: t. bo ritl —I never know of a similazease. " s- 7 , t v""' ec t iic time that we see an individual *Pang " r “ ). :sti s ubi ,secle rk and by the order of the Goverianaeut„ woe v was, having been put on trial for Ob PA,