The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

G SUN SVIRIT'of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PA rEaS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It fs no !eis desirable for the assertion of national hononr, than it is necessary for tic promotion of commercial prosperity in both countriss, that the still ending differences between Britain and America be brought to a speedy issue. Nor can the commercial intercourse of the two countries with each other be presented with the confidence so requisite to the satisfactory interests of both, while it is yet felt that s:t any momect these disputed questions may be re shied, and be conwited into a casus bclli between tte two Governments. The attack upon end destruction of the Caro!ine by the British within the American territory, remains still to be decided upon the principles of international law. The question having, since that occurrence, become more embarrassed by the seizure, detention, and trial of Mi Lend by the authorities of New York, for an ad ged participation in that act, after the Biitish Government had adopted the responsi biPty of the proceedin ; :, end desiended his libera tior. Altlsrel's trial was still pending, the main question was narrowed ; it, in fact, merged in the proceedings against the individual, on whose fare the question of peace or war was sus pended. M 4 Lecini's acquittal has restored the originol dispute to its former position. America has demanded satisfaction tt,r whi.t she nileges to be a violation of the law of nations—England ju,tifies the act of I.er subjects, of which America complains, upon the ground that the subjects of America, in eetisnce of their own Govern meta, were engaged in acts of open hostility against Eng land, and were aiding . , assisting, and combining with cer tain subjects of England who had revolted from their al legiance, and were seeking to effect a separation of one of the dependencies of the British Crown ; and that the Caroline was (a vessel thus employed in aiding and as sisting these rebels, and was actually laden. with provi nions, arms, and ammunition, for the use of the Canadian rebels, at the time she was so attacked and destroyed. As regards else other part of the case, viz., that which involves the seizure, detention, and trial of MtLeod, alter the British Government had adopted the responsi bility of the matter, for an all.sged part in which he was apprehended, and his detention after his liberation was demanded, we apprehend the American Government wilt be disposed to award reparation to the individual, and satisfaction to his Government. There has been co indisposition on the pant of the American authori ties to admit the principle of M'Lcod's bon-respon sibility under such circumstances. They referred his detention to the peculiarity of their Constitution, which prevented them from at once interfering to effect his liberation, without violating the independence of the State within the jurisdiction of which he was charged with an offence, and to whose tribunals he was amenable. This, however, though sufficient to induce the British Government to postpone the in:perative demand for bis instant liberation, by no means bars its claim to satis faction for the violation of international law involved in such detection ; nor M'Leod's claim to reasonable re• paration for the personal injury inflicted on him, and which his Government is also bound to see that he obtains. STAN DARD.—The municipal elections of the present year merit particular attention. Whatever may be the degree of power or influence exercised by muni cipal bodies—and their power and influence are not to be lightly rated—they unquestionably afford, in their political character, an index to public feel ing of great importance—to the public feeling more particularly in the larger class of towns and cities, and of the less exalted orders of the com munity. These bodies are elected in a manner exactly representing household suffrage, and by constituents altogether free from aristocratic control. When the political character of municipal elections, therefore, nearly coincides with the political character of elections to Par liament, the sense of the people may be pronounced .as nearly unanimous. It has been objeated to the result of the general election of July, that the great majority which that election has given to the Conserva tive party is the effect of aristocratic power, of landlords' influence, and of the dishonesty of those who are, inconsistently enough, called by the advo cates of universal suffrage " corrupt freemen," pat ray because their qualification is personal, and not founded upon a property test. None of these objections can apply to the municipal elections. The electors in municipalities know nothing of aris tocratic power, or landlords' influence, and they are all householders - . The municipal elections may, therefore, be taken as completing the testimony to an universal public opinion afforded by the elections to Parliament, when both agree iu political character. Of this agree ment generally, however, we have to day the gratifica tion to present indisputable proofs. These proofs arc rendered, too, much more valuable by the time when they offer themselves, and the circumstances under which they are offered. The elections have been held after anew Mi nistry has been about two months in office—a Ministry which has with honest reserve abstained from buying support by captivating promises, and which has had no opportunity of earning favour by any striking per formance. A severe general distress also prevatl3, to an extent to sour men's minds, and to in dispose them to a Goverment that does not, bc eause honestly it cannot, hold out some plan of inzincdiatc relief. This is a severe trial for any Adminis tration. Contentment, even in prosperity, is a lesson not always learned ; contentment in difficulties is a still harder task—and this in the case of individuals— but the people must repose a large confidence indeed in their rulers when they manifest their approbation of those rulers under such a state of suffering as now unhappily efflicts the country. Oa one side, the people have had encugh of ex citing exhortation to inflame any other people or even the people of England in any other age, to re ject the Administration under which so many hard ships are endured. The dissertations on the Corn laws and the existing commercial system, as the sole causes of the present distress—the. speeches of anti-Cora Lecturers to the same effect—the taunts at Sir Robert. Peel's silence—the libels upon the unas sailable character of the Premier, and upon the charac ter of his colleagues, would, in any other nation, or at any other time, ensure the destruction of a Ministry ; but the English people of the present day have learned the great duty of hearing both sides, and have thus enabled themselves to see that the Corn-laws and the commercial system, in stead of being the causes of the present distress, are the guards against far worse evils. The people have grown wiser than their late political teachers, as the Par liamentary and municipal elections abundantly demon- Strati - . We look for the solution which the Anti-Corn-law writers will give to the result of the municipal tire torts with some curiosity. The exi lan.tions by which they palliated the:r defeat at the general election in Jo!y arc, as we have seen, a'together inapplicable and insufficient. Trio municipal electors are neither aristocrats nor landlords, nor dependent upon aristocrat s or landlords ; nor are they corrupt freemen- They are, if any men are, precisely the class least likely to be warped by influence or in rest, when the question concerns the internal trade of the country, unless it be in the direction opi's't.' to that which we here taken. Will otir Liberal Cont emporaries acknowledge Out ad their Truing has been in taro, and that the • t gene rstion is: En g li s h men are of tl eincorrigible re r ftsen - We an ticipate something The encourage went given to th e f t rmetiou " young, men s asso ciations" seems to prov c o al conseicusness that the a rguments of Libe ra l s are y suited to the green in years and in judgment, par men tire too thoiwhful and too earnestly intent upo n their where to give 171 ace to tire Government of striplings r a h . d vit l e t ! t interests of the country are perille old England still, governed by Mature inin a d n q tho l ug b h dc tended by young arms as well as old ones" LAW INTELLIGt& coma'. OF CHANCERY, N ov . 2. This being the first day of Term, the J u d ges and lead ing Counsel, in conformity with the usual custom, bre k fasted with the Lord Chancellor at his reside a residence . George- street, Hanover-square. pis.o'cloc k re. At huh% One o'cloc k H l l ' his Lord:pi - tip, attended by the Vice-Chancell or and the 4taster of the Rolls, and Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Wigram, the newly-appointed Vice-Chancellors, t oo k his seat in the Court of Chancery, which was thronged to excess, the gallery being filled with ladies elegantly dressed. The, oaths were then administered to his Lord ship and the two new vice-Chancellors, and immediately afterwards their, Lordships were dismissed by the Lord Chancelle.i., Ana retired to their respetktive Courts. SMITH in THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. `This was an appe a l fr o m an order of the Vice- Chan bellor, made for the production of certain books and papers. Tl i e suit ar o se out of the following circum atancc.s, The plaintiff was Captain of a vessel s ent 11 the East India Company to Madras, on Iwriving at which place, it was agreed that plaintiff should carry a certain quantity of cotton on his own account from Madras to Canton, and plaintiff bound bitusslt by bond- to the Company for payment of the price , Oche cotton, and also of the freight of the Company bhip• On the arrival of the vessel in this country, the Company claimed payment of the freight, and having monies of the Captain in !heir hands, appropriated them in satisfaction of it. The plaintiff thereupon commenced th e suit, on the ground, that though he had bound himself for payment of the freight, yet at the time be did so there was an agreement with some individ ua l s i n India , represent i ng the Company, by which was arranged that he was not to be called upon for aiment. As he could not, on account of the bond, ring MS action at common law for recovery of the money detained, he therefore filed a bill in Equity for relief. The question in the present appeal was whether the document s i n question wre official communications and privileged from production. Ilis Lel"sluP, after hearing Mr. Loftus Wigram for the appellants, and Mr. Turnerand Mr. Spencer for the respondents, reser ve d his judgment. In In the course of the morning, Mr. Cockburn, th been appointed was Queen's Counsel, called v 'within who has in the bar. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT , Nov. . (Before Vice-Cha nce ll or Sir L. SrIA!)‘,ThLLy..) Ilis Honour was occupied a ll t h e morning in hearing 'notions of little public interest. NEW COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor KRIGTIT BRUCE.) OLDFIELD V. CORBETT. Mr. COOF pit applied to the Court i n th i s case to have an order discharged which was made by the Lord Chief Baron,. in pursuance of which Mr. Cobbett. the son of the late Mr. William Cobbett, wa3 committed to tilt. Fleet prison. The grounds of the application were that matters of consequence had subsequently arisen which did not impeach the order pronounced by his Lordship. The case had not been yet heard, although notice had been iven two months before the long vacation. Counsel submitted, that by the 31st section of the new Act,:his Honour could give judgment, provided an order was made transferring the case to his Honour's jurisdiction. His Hoxouit said, that his impression was, that the appli• cation could be entertained by, him ; but he wished it to bt • distinctly understood, that with respect to applications tb. discharge or vary orders pronounced by the Lord Chan cellor or Vice-Chancellor Shadwell, he should prefer that _ _ such applications should be made in the Courts in which those orders had been pronounced, rather than before him. Applications in such cases would, he had ne doubt, be most readily attended to in those Courts. Several other motions of no public interest whatever were then disposed of. In the course of the proceedings Mr. Cockburn was called to the inner bar, and took his seat accordingly. The Court rose shortly before four o'clock. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 2. THE QUEEN V. JOHN SHEEHAN AND SIR JOHN NILLEY DOYLE. Mr. THESIGER had been instructed on behalf of Sir Alexander Grant, M.P. for the town of Cambridge, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal informa tion should not be filed against Mr. John Sheehan, editor of the Cambridge Press, and Sir John Doyle, for using language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. It appeared that in May, 1840, Sir A. Grant became a candidate for the town of Cambridge, and on that occa sion Mr. John Sheehan, who was then Editor of the Cambridge Independvat Press, inserted several articles which wero highly derogatory to the character of Sri A. Grant, and, as much depended upon the tone of these articles, he should call the attention of the Cowl to some of them. The Learned Counsel then read some passages from the articles, in which Sir A. Grant was called a slave-owner, a slave-driver, and a slave-trader, and, as such; a respectable representative of the Tories of Cambridge. He was also charged with having witnessed the flogging of female slaves. The paper was handed to Sir A. Grant when he was about to address the electors on his return for Cambridge, and he made some general remarks upon the charac ter of the paper in which they had appeared. Between . that time and the next election Mr. John Sheehan avowed himself the author of these most scandalous paragraphs. At that election Sir Alexander Grant, smarting under the feelings of irritation and resentment, and extremely anxious, as he was bound in justice to be, to clear himself in the eyes of his constituents, expressed himself in warm and strong language of the conduct of Mr. Sheehan. He said had he known at the time the author of these paragraphs, he might have told the electors something of his history and life with which he was fully ac quainted, but if he told the truth he might say what was libellous, and subject himself to an action for damages. He also said that the ?aper was a blackguard one, and that he would treat the writer in future with the contempt such a fellow merited. In consequence of Sir Alexander Grant's observations, Mr. Sheehan wrote him a letter, de manding a retractation of these observations, which he deemed prejudicial to his character ; and in his reply Sir A. Grant declined to hold any communication with the person who had avowed himself the author of these articles. On the Bth of July Sir John Milley Doyle ad dressed a letter from Newry to Sir A. Grant on behalf of Mr. Sheehan, stating that he would wait upon him on his arrival is London, and on the 17th of July Sir John Doyle had an interview with Lord Granville Somerset, as the friend of Sir Alexander Grant, his Lordship hav ing undertaken that office solely with a view to an ami cable adjustment of the matter. Sir John Doyle did not attempt to defend the paragraphs, but maintained that they could nit be considered personalities. Lord Gran ville Somerset remarked that during tile thirteen months that had elapsed, Mr. Sheehan had not made any apology or retractation, and that he could not call upon Sir A. Grant for any explanation until that had been done. A letter was subsequently produced by Sir John Doyle, on the authority of Mr. Sheehan, stating that he had no in tention to reflect upon the personal honour or private character of Sir A. Grant, but Lord Granville Somerset did not think it satisfactory, and it was afterwards de cided to refer the whole affair to Sir H. Hardinge. Sir IL Hardinge entirely acquiesced in the view of Lord G. Somerset as to the unsatisfactory nature of Mr. Sheehan's explanation, and the impossibility of his requiring any satisfaction from Sir A. Grant until he had retracted these offensive paragraphs. Sir H. Hardinge's letter was transmitted to Sir John Doyle, who returned it, stating that he understood Sir H. Hardinge was to be applied to merely as a friend, and not as a referee, and he wrote another letter at the same time to Sir A. Grant request ing him, as Lord Granville Somerset had refused to act, to name a friend to whom reference could be made for the purpose of obtaining the necessary satisfaction. Sir A. Grant, in reply, stated that he had resolved to abide by tho advice of Lord G. Somerset and Sir H. Hardinge, and tkat if any steps were resorted to to provoke a breach of the peace, he should place the affair in the hands of his legal adviser. Sir John Doyle, on the 27th of July, again wrote to Sir A. Grant, denying that gentleman's right to offer any opinion upon a matter in which he was so far personally concerned, and concluded by observing, " as you seem to mistake both your position and mine also, for I now make the case my own, I must for the last time request that you will, within 24 hours, refer me to some friend on whose judgment and responsibility you can rely for the purpose of obtaining the necessary satis faction." There could be no mistake as to the object of that letter, but the reply of Sir A. Grant was that he had placed the matter in the hands of his legal adviser, and would move for a criminal information the first day of the present Term. Notwithstanding that announcement, there appeared shortly afterwards in the Cambridge Press a long statement containing the correspondence between the parties, and a very inaccurate account of what had taken place at the different interviews, and closing with a letter highly defamatory of Sir A. Grant, charging him with having beeh ashamed of an apology and afraid of the alternative. The Learned Counsel then proceeded ts) argue that he was entitled to the rule prayed for, Sir A. Grant in his affidavits having denied the several alle gations urged against him by Mr. Sheehan. Lord DENMAN—Itdoes not appear that Sheehan knew anything of Sir John Doyle's letter, or that Sir John Doyle knew anything of the publications in the paper ? Mr. THESIGER—NO, my Lord. Lord DENmAN—Then you will have separate rules against each. I think there is foundation enough for them.—Rules granted. QUEEN'S COUNSEL Mr. Commissioner LAW, after commenting in strong terms upon the case, ordered him to be remanded for 11 months from the date of his vesting order. IN RE JOHN C. ASHTON. In this case the insolvent had been a coal• merchant, .arrying on very extensive business at Blackwall. His iabilities amounted to between 6,0001. and 7,000/. It appeared by the evidence of a number of witnesses, that he had written to several of the creditors stating that he would require upwards of 10,000 tons of coals, and referred for character and respectability to Mr. Dodd, the solicitor, of Old Broad-street, and that his wharf was worth 10,000/. This latter fact was denied the insolvent, and Mr. Dodd,' in his examination, ad ,nitted that at the time the creditors applied to him, he :;ad made the insolvent execute a deed of assignment of portion of his premises for a debt of 374/., as his cir cumstances were so distressed, he required that security for his debt. He never informed the persons who applied to him of this fact. _ . Mr. Commissioner LAW said, that the representations he insolvent made in the letters to the several creditors vas inexcusable. lie should order the case to stand over until Tuesday, and in the meantime' the special balance sheet should be amended, and other documents produced. We believe w; may state, with little probability of misrepresentation, that the following arrangement has been made among the Queen's Counsel at the Equity Bar as to the different Courts in which they intend to practice:— ROLLS' COURT.—Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Kindersley, Mr. Tinney, and Mr. Turner. BEFORE VICE-CHANCELLOR SHADWELL AND THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—MF. Wakefield, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Richards, Mr. Girdlestone, and Mr. Bethel!. .BEFORE VICE-CHANCELLOR KNIGHT BaucE.—Mr. Spence (and also before the Lord Chancellor), Mr. Simpkinson, Mr. Boteler, Mr. Swanston, and Mr. Cooper. BEFORE VICE-CHANCELLOR WIGRAM.—Mr. Temple, Mr. Skirrow, Mr.Whittnarsh, Mr. Sharpe, and Mr. Burge. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. It is generally understood among the profession, that in the course of the present Term the following gentle- men, all of whom have been for some years in consider able . practice behind the Bar, tivill be made Queen's Counsel :—Mr. Kenyon Parker, Mr. Koe, Mr. J. 'l'edd, Mr. Purvis, and Mr. Lowndes. EXCHEQUER COURT, Nov. 2. , GRAY V. PEARSE. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 3,4001. which was tried before Lord Abinger, at the sitting's in London after last Term, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. EneE now moved for a rule nisi to enter the ver dict for the plaintiff, or, failing VI that, for a new trial. lie said the plea to the action was " that the defendant made the promissory note to James Augustus Grant for money lostat play. to the said J. A. Grant, and that the said bill was endorsed over to the plaintiffs, without consideration. At the trial the Lord Chief Baron allowed it to be proved that in October, 1840, a Mr. Caldwell called at the Albion Hotel, Brighton, and ordered a t and a dinner for three gentlemen to be ready on the 10th—that en that d a y th e same g entleman, .Mr. Pearce the de• fondant, rl person, who answered to the name of Grant, did di ne t h ere , an d a ft er wards drank very freely i t ,,t `Fine and played a t car d s t o a late hour—that on the the same month the same parties were again at the hotel, and t up and tpo t t h n a t sign occasion a r w a a i t s c r a w a s witness. called Ile " so, requestedbu did l not see its contents, The 3,4001., has this o tl• vs ;—" paper was put into hands, and identified. It was a inemorandum as fo t' ll Mr. Pearce having lost to me that sum, I h ere b y payment of it until he undertakeshall not to call upon him for that he is in a condition have first given me notice to lt aay the same," and that was signed " J. A. Grant." r further allowed to be proved that some time ago Grant levanted, leaving he many debts unpaid ; that ha o d c , a about the person to whom a 17th, offered the bill to a he was indebted, and that G was a bankrupt in 1831 , and the keepery, the plaintiff, on Epsom Downs. To all of that he (Mr. E.) had ob jected at the time, and ho now contended that every part of it was inadmissible. Nothing done or said by(4 " c ould in any way effec t Gra y , the plaintiff,. neilher r r h. an : , the Grant at Brighton at all identified as the Grant o s , endorsed the bill to the plaintiff. The memorand um was clearly no evide nce. Mr. Baron PARKE—You did not prove, consideration ; that you were called upon to do. Mr. ERLE submitted not, for, strike out the evidence of which he complained, and there was nothing left but that some parties dined at Brighton, drank wine, and played ; but how was it shown that the two Grants were the same ? The Cower were of opinion that as the whole of the evidence was and could only be circumstantial, none had been improperly admitted.—Bolo refused. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Nov. 2. IN THE MATTER OF WM. RICHES. The insolvent applied en his petition to be discharged. It appeared that he had been a general agent and canvasser for several mercantile houses, and induced the opposing creditors to furnish him with a quantity. of brandy and liqueurs, which he sold at a reduCed price immediately after receipt. He had accepted accommo dation bills, to a great extent for a person named Bow se, alt of which were dishonoured. No property was avail ; able now to his creditors, (Signed) THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1841. CAPTURE OF A SLAYER. (From the London GazeVe of last Evening.) ADMIRALTY, NOVEMBER 1, 1841. A despatch was this d received from Captain William Tucker, the Senior Officer of her Majesty' _ - ships and vessels on the western coast of Africa, o which the following is ft copy er=22/3 Her Majesty's Ship Iris, at Sea, tat. 5 deg. 28 nun. N. lat. 0 deg 45 min. E., Aug. 5, 1841. beg to transmit, for the information of tilt Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the accom- panying duplicate letter from Lieutenant Littlehalcs, commanding her Majesi,y's brigantine Dolphin, ad dressed to Captain Nurse, the original of which wa: forwarded by the Forester, but did not reach either Captain Nurse or myself, reporting a most successful and gallant attack and capture made by the boats o' the Dolphin, under the immediate command of Mr A. C. Murray (a mate of six year: standing), and Mr. John F. Rees, second master. _ _ _ I have great pleasure in requesting their Lordship attention to the fifth and sixth paragraphs, which re. port most strongly the conduct of Messrs. A. C. Murra) and J. F. Rees, and of John Smith (A. 8.), who liat this day been invalided from the effects of the wound. At the same time, I beg to add my approbation and admiration of the conduct of those concerned, and of Mr. Rees to state, that, since his arrival on this sta tion, be has twice taken a passage in the vesel I have commanded, and proved himself a most zealous and gallant officer, particularly in the destruction of th, slave factories at Cerise°, by the boats of the Wolverine. I have, &c., (Signed) WILLIAM TUCKER, Captain and Senior Officer in Command. To R. More O'Perrall, Esq., &e. &c., Admiralty. Her Majesty's Brigantine Dolphin, off Elvina Quito, at Sea, June 8, 1841. . Six,--In having the honour to make a spechl re port of the detention of the Brazilian brigantine Firm, fully equipped for the slave trade, I trust you will ex cuse the rather lengthened detail of the circumstances connected with her capture, as I have every reason to hope it would induce you to make the strongest possi ble report to the Lords' Commissioners of the Admiralty in favour of the two Officers in charge of the boats. At daylight on the morning of Sunday, the 30th day of May, being under easy sail off Whydah, with the wind off the land, our head being to the west ward, a brigantine was observed on the Ice bow ; all sail was immediately made in chase, the stranger soon after doing the same, steering to the south west. We at first. (probably in consequence of being in shore, and having the 14nd wind stronger) closed her so much as to rise the top of her hull, but the wind getting light as we drew off, and the stranger increasing her distance, I was induced, at half past six, to dispatch the cutter and gig armed, with Mr. Murray (Mate) and Mr. Rees (Second Master), under the orders of the former Officer, to en deavour to come up with and detain the chase (evidently a slaver), before the setting in of the sea breeze. At nine we observed, from aloft, the boats appa rently pull alongside the stranger, her head being then in shore ; not long aft e r, I had the satisfaction to see her bear up for the Dolphin, which had then made all sail to the light sea breeze, just setting in. Shortly after noon the brigantine pasted under our lee, hailing, to say they bad captured her, after a resis tance of twenty minutes, with, I regret to say, the loss of two seamen killed, Mr. Murray and one seaman severely, and two others slightly, wounded. On Mr. Murray's appearance on board, I found that, after about two hours and a half pull, they had come up with the chase, the gig being rather a-head ; for which the vessel (having no colours flying), as well as the lightness of the wind would permit, bore down, opening a sharp and continued fire of musquetry, which was returned ; when both boats, after steadily reloading under their fire, cheered and boarded on each quarter. Great resistance was met with in the act of boarding, but little after Messrs. Murray and Rees, with four or five men, had once got fairly on her deck, most of the crew run below, firing their muskets as they retreated. The bowman of the gig, William Allen, A. 8., was shot through the heart in the act of laying his oar in, and the bowman of the cutter, William Jacobs, A. 8., whoa getting up the side. I have great pleasure in calling your attention to the conduct of Mr. Murray (Mate of six years' stand ing), who was the first to board, though he was knocked back into the boat with the butt end of a musket (which broke his collar bone), but imme diately clambered up the side again, in the act of which his left hand was nearly severed at the wrist with the blow of a cutlass ; another cut was made at his head, which he fortunately parried, cutting the man down ; this circumstance, together . -with Mr. Rees crossing over at the same moment and cutting down another of the party opposing the boarders on that side was the occasion of her quick capture. I beg to observe, that this is the second affair of this descrip tion in which Mr. Rees, a most active and zealous officer, and who has been constantly away in the Dol phin's boats, has been engaged in during his set vice on the coast, he having been one of the officers who landed at Corisco, when that place was destroyed by Captain Tucker, the senior officer. I beg also particularly to mention the conduct of John Smith, A. B. an old and first-rate seaman, who has served on the coast in her Majesty's ships Ari adne, Brisk, and Athol, five years and a half ; be was the first man to board with his officer, and was engaged with three of the crew at once ; his right arm being disabled by the blow of a cutlass, and badly fractured, he continued fighting with his left ; his life was saved through Mr. Rees cutting down one of the three on him. Of the two seamen who were killed, William Allen and William Jacobs (A. 8.) the first was a very steady well•behaved man, and supported his aged parents, who depended solely on him, giving all his advance, and allotting half of his pay to them previous to leaving England ; the other was the smartest seaman in the vessel, and a very well behaved man ; he has left a wife, to whom be also allotted half of his pay. I trust you will excuse my bringing to your notice the circumstance that the cutter of the Dolphin is but a twenty foot boat, having, at the time, only nine persons, including the officer, in her, the gig only six ; both boats were soddened from constant blockading, and pulled very heavy, and that the crews bad had a long harrassing pull of two hours and a half, under a hot sun, without their breakfasts, after a squally rainy morning, during which they were con stoutly employed trimming and making sail. The sweeps of the brigantine were rigged out, which pre vented the party boarding by the chains, thereby ren dering it much more difficult to get on board, or for more than one or two to get up her side at a time, she being as high out of the water as the Dolphin ; her crew fired well, the shot falling in every direction round and through the boats and amongst the people, they themselves never showing above the gunwale of the brigantine. The Firme, a beautiful vessel (179 tons), lately built at Baltimore, was direct from Bahia, and had only just made the land, not having had communi cation. The regular official papers, with the Bra zilian flag, wire found on board, proving her to he Brazilian property ; there were ten passengers not down in the official list, two or three of which were to remain at Whydah, and other places, as slave agents ; they were all I fancy using muskets, at all events they were handing powder up from the cabin, and to persons firing from the stern scuttles in the cabin. 1 secured them, with the crew, hand and foot, and kept them on bread and water for eight days, landing all at Accra (except those necessary for condemnation), not being able, through the heaviness of the surf, to land them to the eastward. In consequence of the crew of the prize keeping always beneath the gunwale, and running below after our people got on board, only two were killed ; one set erely, and six slightly, wounded. From the passengers we understood that the Cap tain and crew were determined not to he taken by English men-of-war's boats, and had raid the greatest at tention to their arms, &c., during the passage. I have, ED. LITTLEIIALES, Lieutenant Commanding. To Capt. Nurse, Senior Officer, tacit Coast of Africa. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 2. With reference to the above despatch, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have signed a com mission dated the Ist of October, promoting Mr. Augustus Charles Murray, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant, By minute also, dated this day, the Board have directed that Mr. John Fletcher Rees, Second Master, be promoted to the rank of Master ; and that John Smith, able seaman, shall receive a Boatswain's warrant ; on their severally passing the required exami nations for their respective ranks. A. «NEW HARMONY" IN PRANCE. The venerable old Abbey of Citeaux, one of the nest illustrious remnants of the middle-age splendours if France, has just been purchased by an Englishman iamed Young for the sum of 1,300,000 francs. The ntention of this purchase, as announced in the foreign journals, is to erect it into a model " Phalansterium," limn the plan of Owen's institution at New Lanark, which has turned out so complete a failure. The neaniug of the strange and newly-coined word by which the institution is to be denominated, is that of a large number of men or people consolidated to - other" in some undertaking ; " Phalans terium" being .nerely a composite of the Greek word elscs),.es* Phalans—a phalanx, and lerium, the latter part, being merely a termination. The " Phalansterium" is to be a receptacle for those vho chowe to give in their adhesion to the principles of Charles Fourricr, the French Owen. It is said that n addition to the enormous outlay already incurred, Mr. Young has likewise promised to lay out a million of francs upon the establishment of the colony. Mr. Young is spoken of as cc jbrlune jeune Albionnais, who is as rich as the defunct Marquis de Carabas. In the projected Association" (says a pleasant fettil leloniste), " the young neophyte, or the neophyte Young—it is all one in the Greek or the English—a ill fling all the funds, and the rest will supply the re mainder. But he will else have the glory of being able to say that it was he who created the first Pita linstetium in France." The locality chosen for this institution is one ,f the most delightful in the south of France. The village lies in a plain _which is about four and a tail leagues from Beaune. About five hundred and twenty people inhabit it, and in the centre of the vil lage is an ancient chateau surrounded by fosses which ire bathed by the :waters of the Vouge. The hills in the vicinity produce very delicious wines, known in fact is the most delicate in Europe. The vines from which .hese arc produced at Citeaux abound all over the Cote d'Or, and the apple-trees are very abundant. The magnificent old Abbey which is about to be converted to uses so alien from the intetit;ons of its primitive foundation, is one of the oldest in France. ..Its extensive buildings were founded by Saint Robert, Abbe of Molesme, in 1098. The Order which resided in the Abbey was instituted under the austere and simple principles of Saint Benoit, who was fifty years of age at the time of its foundation. Citeaux, indeed, before the abbey-stones came to be laid, was scarcely more than a frightful and almost im penetrable region, but Robert de Molesme, whose de termination of founding the Order was irrevocably fixed, betook himself thither with his devoted troop, and commenced by establishing the Order, on which this Abbey afterwards rose, by making themselves cells formed by the branches of tress, in the midst of which they fixed their Oratory, where they prayed and sang hymns. But after the greatest troubles and afflictions Robert de Molesme died, and Saint Etienne succeeded to the pastoral rule. Nevertheless, day after day, some one or other of this little saintly community died, and it was almost on the point of.extinguishment, when one day, a gentleman from Dijon, accompanied by thirty others, arrived at Citeaux, and offered to enrol himself and his companions in Saint Etienne's order. This young man afterwards turned out to be the celebrated Saint Bet nerd, who was then twenty one years of age. From this day it dated its rise and glory. Year. rolled on, and the Order grew numerous and powerful. Queens and Kings, Princes and Princesses, came at length to prostrate themselves at the feet of its pious hierarchs, and to request their prayers. From this solitary abbey planted in the forest of Citeaux, at tha expiration of one hundred and fifty yeers, there had sprung up throughout France no less than eighteen hundred abbeys of this order. The abbey had attained to its greatest eminence at the period of the war against the Albigenses, at the commencement of the twelth century, being then most richly endowed, and governed by a mitred Abbot, whose cruel saying at the siege of i ßezieres is recorded in history. " How shall we know," said the orthodox soldiers engaged in this iniquitous crusade—" how shall we know the heretics from the sons of the Church ?" " Slay all," replied the sanguinary monster, " and Heaven will know its own I" In tire new " Plialansterium," each man's social con tribution must comprise one of these three things— ca pital, labour, or talent. Talent will supply the absence of capital or labour, and reciprocally with the others, just as at the social banquets of the Barrier des Martyrs, the half-bottle of wine may be replaced by a " supple mentary portion" of veal, poulet, &c. Already the prospectus of the new community has been launched into the bosom of the Socialist ocean. It invites all mankind in general, without distinction, reservation, or exception, to betake themselves to the Phalansterium, promising them " a sufficient minimum of existence," through which they will be enabled to pass hereafter days interwoven of silk and golden tissue, and in brief to live as live.] of yore the monks of the fat Abbey of Citeaux. CENTRAL CRIMINALCOURT. Yesterday, a Special Session of the above Court was held for the purpose of fixing the periods -i►r holding the Sessions for the ensuing year. in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Court Act. The Commissioners present were—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Justice Wightman. Mr. Clark, the Clerk of the Court, when the Judges had &ten their places, said that the Court had directed the Sessions for the ensuing year to be held on the fol lowing days Monday, Nov. 29. Monday, May 9. Monday, Dec. 13. Monday, June 13. Monday, January 3. Monday, July 4. Monday, January 31. Monday, August 22. Monday, February 28. Monday, September 19. Monday, April 4. Monday, October 24. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. A man, named William Higgins, who stated that he was a tailor out of employment, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie, charged by a policeman with having attempted to cut his own throat with a razor. Policeman, No. 463, stated, that some nights ago a woman called to him to remove a man who was lying in a place called Walbrook-buildings, near the Mansion house. Witness found, upon going to the spot, which was dark, that the defendant was lying there bleeding from the neck, and that a razor was close to him. Although the wounds, which he learned from the defendant, had been self-inflicted, were not deep, there was a quantity of blood about the place. The defendant was conveyed to the Compter, where he had the immediate assistance of the surgeon, and he soon recovered. Sir P. LAURIE asked the man why he attempted to destroy himself ? He replied that he was in a perishing condition, and could get nothing to do. The policeman said the wounds were not deep. Sir P. LkuniE—Suicides, and attempts, or apparent attempts to commit suicide, very much increase, I regret to say. I know that a morbid humanity exists, and does much mischief, as regards the practice. I shall not en courage attempts of the kind, but Fhall punish them, and I send you to the tread-mill for a month as a rogue and vagobond. I shall look very narrowly at the cases of persons brought before me on such charges. Committed as a rogue and vagabond. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Sir John Jacob Buxton, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Bagge, Esq., to be ditto, Oct. 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY THOMAS COGGAN KERR, JOHN HENRY BAUGHAN, and THOMAS TURGIS HAINES, army agents, Suffolk.street, Pall-mall East, Middlesex. LEOP 0 L D NE UM E G EN, bookseller, H ighgate,Middlesex. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOEL MORCOM, grocer, St. Ives, Cornwall. BANKRUPTS. PATRICK MERRITT, warehouseman, Huggin-lane, Wood-street, London, to surrender Nov. 10, at half-past one, and Dec. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane. Cornhill, official assignee ; Tarrant, Walbrook. GEORGE WEBB BROIIFIELD, brush manufacturer, Blackfriars.road, Nov. 11, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; May, Princes-street, Spitalfields. EDMUND GROVE, draper, Dark-lane, Dawley, Shrop shire, Nov. 13, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Crown Hotel, Bridgenorth, Robinson, Shiffnal, Shropshire ; Chester and Toulmin, Staple Inn, London. BENJAMIN INGRAM, timber-merchant, Barbican, Nov. 10, at two, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official sssignee, Basinghall-street ; Selby, Ser geant's Inn. JAMES ASHTON, printer and painter, Liverpool, Nov. 13, and Dec. 14, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Booker, Liverpool ; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn, London. GEORGE WILSON, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Hud dersfield, Nov. 16, at two, and Dec. 14, at ten, at King's Head lon, Huddersfield. Edye, Clement's Inn, London ; Sykes, Milns-bridge, near Huddersfield. ROBERT LUCAS, ironmonger, Bristol, Nov. 12, and Dec. 14, at three, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Br ydges and Mason. Red Lion-square, London ; Ware, Bristol. JuHN ROBERT FLETCHER, merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, Nov. 10 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Stamford. Shoubridge, Bedford-row, London. BEAUMONT MARSHALL, tallow melter, Holborn, Nov. 5 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, o ffi cial assignee, iasinghall-street ; Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-house-place, London. CHARLOTTE DORMAN and EDWARD DANIEL DOR3IAN, glass dealers, Charlotte .street:' Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, Nov. 12, at one, and Dec. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Salomon and Long, Windmill-street, Fitzroy-square. CHARLES STEVENSON, upholsterer, She ffi eld, Nov. 13, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Town - hall, Sheffield. Tat tershall, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; Hoole and Marples, Sheffield. HENRY SHAFTOE and WILLIAM CLARKE, com mon-brewers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, Nov. 9, and Dec. 14, at one, at Horner's Hotel, Sunderland. Swain, Stevenson, and Co., Old Jewry, London ; Young and White, Bishop Wearmouth. GEORGE GANDY, silk-manufacturer, Princes-street, Spitalfields, Nov. 10, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street Buildings, official assignee ; Turner, Chancery-lane. RICHARD BARRET WATSON, share broker, Leeds, Nov. 12, and Dec. 14, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton street, Bloomsbury, London; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. P. Sardinson, J. Weston, and R. Murch, warehousemen, Wood-street, City, Nov. 25, at twelve-D. Twort, miller Horsmenden, Kent, Nov. 23, at eleven-W. Morgan, G. R. Roach, and G. Morgan, merchants, Liverpool-street, City, Nov. 23, at twelve -A. G. W. Biddulph, J. Wright, H. Robinson and E. W. Jerningham, bankers, Henrietta-street, Coven" garden. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Leigh and M. Phillips, general dealers, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields—E. James and 11. Wilson, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire—D. Scott and W. Locke, woollen drapers, Marylebone-street, Piccadilly—W. Summertield and W. Irvin, joiners, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester—J. C. Gamble and C. Marsden, manufacturing chemists, St. He len's, Lancashire—R. Livingston and J. Jackson, glass dealers, Liverpool—A. Smallwood and H. Kyle, dress-mak, rs, York— W. and J. Wingrave, hat manufacturers, Newcastle-on-Tyne— S. Mayan, J. Mayan. and J. Mellor, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Mellor)—P. A. Morrison and C. Gittings, wine merchants, Norwich—T. Wood and P. Goepel, assembly-room keepers, Southampton—J. and T. Townsend, coal merchants, Coventry—J. Barber, M. Barber, I. Barber, E. Barber, W. Barber, and S. Barber, farmers, Kimberworth, Yorkshire—J. Miles and W. Smith, dealers, Surrey—B. J. Spedding and J. Ward, coal merchants, Belvi dere-road, Lambeth—W. am! J. Jardine, drapers, Blackburn, Lancashire—S. J. and F. Fear, plumbers, Bristol—G. T. Smith, C. Morris, and W. H. Morris, common brewers, Oakham, Hutlandshire—J. Handley, jun., and C. Copley, woollen cloth merchants, Leeds—B. Willoughby and A. S. Beckhaus, patent hinge manufacturers. Bievre, France. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ROBERT HAMILTON, grocer, Hamilton, Nov. 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Eagle Inn, Hamilton. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. • SOMERSET HOUSE. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR 1841. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. The following candidates have obtained honours, and are arranged in the order of proficiency ; IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.-- Joseph Anthony Spencer,* University College ; Samuel Gosnell Green, Stepney College ; Russell Scott Taylor, Manchester (New) College ; Joseph Ash Baynes, Step ney College ; Frederick Rymer, St. Edmund's College. IN CLAssics.—Bunnell _Lewis,* University College ;- Joseph Ash Baynes, Stepney College ; Thomas Beevor. University College ; Samuel Gosnell Green, Stepney Collage. TN NATURAL lIISTORY.—Joseph Ash Baynes,t Step ney College. * To each of these candidates an Exhibition of 301. a ft year, tenable for two years, has been awarded by the Senate. To this gentleman a prize of books •of the 'value of 11. has been awarded by the Senate, THE LATE FIRE IN THE TOWER.-CORO. NER'B INquEsT.—Yesterday evening, at five o'clock, an inquest was held at the King's Head, in the Tower of London, before Thiselton Dyer, Esq., Coroner for tho Liberty of the Tower, on the body of Richard Wivell, aged 24, one of the Fire Brigade, who lost his life on Sunday last, at the calamitous fire in the Tower. Wm. Childs being sworn, said—l am gardener and beadle of the Tower. On the first alarm of the fire, I proceeded with others with the Tower engitie. About 12 o'clock on Sunday, whilst the Armoury was in flames, I saw the deceased take a branch of the engine from a soldier. At the time a quantity of stones and bricks fell from the top of the Armoury upon the head of the deceased, who fell apparently lifeless. I assisted some of the firemen and soldiers in carrying the deceased into the Spur guard-room, where he was attended by Mr. English, sur geon, of Graceehurch-street, and also Mr. Bowling, sur geon of the Ist Regimunt of Scots Fusilier Guards, but he died a few minutes after the accident happened. By the Coroner —The stones and bricks that fell upon the deceased came from the front wall of the Armoury. a v Mr. Braidwo o d, S uperintendent of the Fire Br i ga d e , th e their testimony o the n Jury was merely returned a surgeon, and so me ot h er witnesses were exam i ne d, b u t Death." corroboration of tion , o , f A tl c ie ci a d b e o n s t • a e l ; after On Monday, a General Assembly of the Aca demicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar• square, when Mr. John Rogers Herbert, Mr. John Watson Gordon, and Mr. Patrick M'lloWell, were elected Associates of that Institution. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on Demand which have been in Circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by tho Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the Four Weeks preceding the 16th day of October, 1841, pursuant to the Act of 4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 50. ENGLAND. Bank of England Private Banks ........................... 6,253,964 Joint stock Banks ................ 3,519,384 SCOTLAND. Private and J o i n t St oc k B a nks ...... 3,203,703 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland ........................... 3,060,750 Private and J o i nt S toc k B a nks 2,185,398 Total... A:35,563,199 Bullion in the Bank of England • . £4,290,000 HENRY L. WICKIIAIII. Stamps and Taxes, Nov. 1, 1841. Stewart Derbishire, Esq., M. .P., and Mr. De s berets, of Quebec, ha ve b ee n appointed her Majesty's P priuters. The situation is said to be worth about 5,00)4 per. annum. FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS. The Debats announces that the works of the fortifi cations of Paris will necessarily, as regards the masonry, he suspended by the approach of winter, and enters into sery long details as to the progress which had been made up. to the 15th inst. The substance of its re marks is as follows " The execution of the continuous wall, which is con fided partly to the engineering department and partly to the ministry of public works, is proceeding with great regularity and rapidity. The two first chefferies, ex tending from the river Charonne, are not yet commenced, owing to an obstacle as to want of ground, but the chefferies of Belleville and La Vilette are in a very ad vanced state, and the masonry, which has been com menced to an extent of 2,800 metres,* is in some parts already five metres in height. The works of the three chefferies of La Chapelle, the Batignolles, and the Bois de Boulogne are also carried on actively. Oa the La Chapelle lino the masonry covers an extent of 900 me tres, and is from three to five metres in height ; the length of masonry at the chefferie of the Batignoltes is 2,800 metres. The escarpment of Bastion No. 50 is at the height which it is intended to have, and workmen are now putting on the crown. Oa the Bois de Bou logne line the extent of masonry which has been begun is 3,600 metres, and the height above the foundations is in many places from six to eight metres. The other works on this line arc also in a forward state, and gene. rally speaking, they are more advanced than on any other part of the line of the continuous wall ; first, be cause the work was begun there at an earlier period ; and, secondly because certain portions of the ground hava reedered it unnecessary to give the same thickness to the walls as as in some other places. On the left bank of the Seine the works are not quite in so forward a state ; but from the route of Gentilly, nil the plateau, including the heights of Montrouge and Vanvres, is in a state of great activity. The fortifications on this point run in a disect line to the extent of 4,200 metres. Four fifths of the excavations are completed, and the masonry has been commenced to an extent of about 1,700 metres. zlnd in many I lices is four to five metres high. The road which runs by the side of the continuous wall in ternally at this part is nearly completed, and prepara trona are making to plant more than a league with trees from five to six years old, so that in a few days this road will form a magnificent outer boulevard of the capital. At St. Denis, which, at the north is the key of a series of entrenched positions, the foundations of the east fort are entirely laid. The works of the double crown, des tined for the defence of the Calais road, have been re tarded, owing to the nature of the ground. The wes tern fort of La Briche has not yet been commenced, the Government not being in possession of the ground. These three forts form part of a single chefferie ; 2,100 workmen, civil or military, are employed upon ahem, but it is not expected that the ten millions of francs appro priated for the works of St. Denis will be all employed. Tue fort of the plateau of Romainville is to be more ex , tended than was originally intended, and is to have six fronts ; the masonry is not yet commenced. The es carpments of the forts of Noisy, Rosny, and Nogent, have their foundations laid to the extent of two-thirds. The masonry of the fort. of Nogent has as ya been commenced_only on two of its fronts. The fort of Chas reatun is in the moat forward state of all, as it is consi dered, after St. Denis the most important for defence. This fort is to protect the triangle formed by the Seine and the Marne, and the Fontainebleau and Troyes roads. According to the present plan it is to have only five fronts, each of 300 to 350 metres ; but this supposed inefficiency will be counterbalanced by the construction of a second fort at St. Maur. 'Dm masonry of the fortifications at Clarenton are commenced on the whole development, and are on many points up to the level of the ground. The casements on one of the fronts are already in hand. The military road to connect St. Denis and Clarenton is made. Mont Valerien, on the left bank, is in a state of forwardness. The works of two of the bastions are almost terminated, but, for want of ground, the other three bastions have not yet been begun. At the fort of Ivry, which is situated over deep quarries, extensive under-ground-works have been formed, and the workmen are frequently obliged to descend to a depth of 25 metres. The escarpment of this fort is not yet above ground, but everything is pre pared for it. The fort of Issy was only commenced s:x weeks ago ; but the foundation of the escarpment on two cf its fronts is in course of execution. As to the forts of -Bicetre, Vsnvres, and Montrouge, nothing has yet been done." In this part of its statement the Debuts replies to the assertion of some of the opposi tion journals that the works of the forts have been carried on with a greater view to strength and resistance than those of the continuous wall, by saying that this is not the fact, and e . ,ives the dimensions of each to prove that the assertion was untrue, explaining, when there is any variation, that it has been caused by circumstances, which enabled the engineers to practise economy without taking from the solidity of the works as laid down in the plan, After describing various mechanical and other contrivances for the expedition of the works, but which have been noticed alrea d y , the „, , peoats adds, • that, with few exceptions, the agents of the Government have found the owners of the land rea sonable in their demands, and willing to forward the operafons, and have experienced every possible faci lity from the authorities of the communes. Aluding to the rate of wages earned by the workmen em ployed on the fortifications, the Debals says, that, for ordinary labour, the civilians earn from 21. 500. to 31. 50c. per day ; but that some, who work by the piece, earn per week, including Sundays, from 35f. to 401., and the soldiers earn, in addition to their pay, about 70 to 80 centimes per day. The Debats then adds, The number of workmen employed daily is about 16,500, of whom 5,000, not including 1,200 sol diers, are employed on the forts. • The length of masonry work in hand, of the . continuous wall, is 11,800 metres, viz., two-thirds of the whole extent of the intended wall, whereas only 2,800 to 3,000 metres, r.ot a seventh part of the whole of the outer forts has been commenced. The credits of 42 millions (in. eluding the seven millions of the last year) cannot be absorbed. The State has only just begun to pay the owners of land who gave up their land from the first, whereas the Chambers approptiated 15 millions for this purpose out of the credits of 1841. We see then that relatively and proportionately the continuous wall is in a more advanced state than the forts. Those which are nearest the Octroi wall, such as Mont rouge, Vanvres, and Bicetre, are not yet begun ; yet the outer defence has not been neglected. The engineering department, notwithstanding the tar diness of the operations of the Domaine, has succeeded in forwarding the works of the fort situated be tween the canal of Saint Denis and the Marne, which is the part most exposed to the attack of an enemy, and where the Government, after the year 1830, had already thrown up some works in earth and some redoubts." In conclusion, the Debats declares, in answer to the opposition journals which have described the capital as being commanded by the forts, that it is impossible, on looking at Paris, front the heights of the ramparts, and noticing the greatness of the distance, to believe that the cannon of the forts could ever reach the boulevards, with the exception, indeed of Vincennes, which com mands the Faubourg Saint Antoine. * The French metre is equal is equal 39.37 inches, or about one foot and nearly one-third, so that eleven French metres arc equal to twelve English feet ; 2,800 metres, therefore, are equal to 3,054 English feet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Tagus steamer, 23d ult., off Cape Espichel, by the Braganza steamer, arrived at Southampton. Susannah Jenkins, for New York, 25th ult., 50 miles from Tuskar ; Apparition, Liverpool to Syra, 12th ult., 40 miles north-west of Cape St. Vincent ; Plym, Constantinople, 13th ult., at anchor off Cape Shar tel, by the Louise, arrived at Gibraltar. Liverpool, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 7th ult., lat. 42; lon. 66, by the Civer, arrived at Halifax. TO MARINERS. Extract of a Letter received at Lloyd's, from their Agent at Sydney, C.B. dated Sept. 27, 1841. " I observe in some of the Charts made up to 1839 that they have omitted to lay down the light-house at Flat Point, at the entrance of this river, and instead of a beacon at the mouth of Louisbourg Harbour, a light house is laid." _ public auction at 91/ 5 s to 91 10s. _Linseed Oil 141 continued in good request. and pr i ce s are very file!) the 34s 6d to 35s have been currently paid for parc :ils on spot, and few or no sellers can now be found utuler the latter figure ; for future delivery higher rates gre de- , manded. Rape Oil very scarce, and hardly obtainable i a s n and n p g Li i c r e e s a v e a r f y t ' e h r at our quotations. Olive Oil - is also extremely s earc t i high. Cocoa 7 hs to 4 15 tanks. offered at public sale went at from 38s per cwt, duty paid. Palm Oil in limited request only, 6NlutcaOskilsre3tripnisp:isra: 12: and prices are on the decline; 8 casks at public 010 00 Friday sold at 3115 s per cwt. IRISH AIARKETS. =LIN MARKET NOTE for the Week ending ()cr 251. . A. r - ------ j ge From • 'ro ' A .O o (21 ‘Vheat,per barrel:A. stone 23 0 lb 36 11 3 417 Pere .._........ ..... 10 stole l5 0 16 3 - 0 - - 511 Barley ;kV Oat 5 `4 itcu. lO 6 12 6 11 0 0 I:our, per cwt µ stc.oe...„. _ 0 — ll ~ 5 652 Oatmeal.----- Oatmeal. e. st,me l2 0 14 0 .''' -. 511.1 to Bakers only. c. 2 3% £-,qltl Cwt. flour ..... itvcrite prkce .)1 '‘‘l.,-.: , wit Flour 5,', ,4,1 pf I ..M '.. ad 'lifi Fir Ir• 1., Oil to •_6. ~., fleceipts of Flour, 13,. • 1,, **"•'"• '• '" 1 t u t.`2s Yu Sala of Do. 1 11 ,536 ', .'"''', fig,, 0, ... t o T'."'ru? ........ from 10s. od. to J.., prOck t.PE Baran. Quartcrr Loa , . it At tt.attrterli COltli ARKETS—Oet. r,O n 19... 9 ( 14 Whett (p...,r`205t.)!2. :374 o.l.ltheslper 1 iNt. •• t° r3l) Sark) (per I6st.) 0 16 0 I Flo”r (per ewt °a"ccal.(Pet cwt.)... .... 2 t. o i l t o :6s Cd' Weer, 4d. to 7d.-- Nitittoi. 5•1. id ill thr Perk, 4id. to 5‘.1.--t• tot' Butte', 10d. , e lid per L. rntesE or BUTTER. u ntri , To the Merchants. First Oualitv. To the (.0 .... E4S •• ........... • • •••• 4•1 1 • ... .. ireand Third ... ......... . Fifth 0 it • ••• Fourth 89 , • ..... Sixth CLO N P.1E1,1, AI A LIKE - 15...0ct. 30 Ynr t wt. A. °: O' s. it a. ti. I s. clew lluttcr .64 UtoBl t: tiidck (ravr).... .... .-. •,•- •is4o 0 Oatmeal —.o 12 6 114 con I' ;:5.,„„.,.,. 41 '. ....., U Rendered Lard 0 52 LI Heads ... .; ... ~.. ...,..2,3 Per Bill,. , ,7 9 Flour, Second ..... 6 41 -.. I V10ur,T,,,r66...... —y u ~ -.. 0 ----1 - lonschold 6 42 0 I-- ntrtru..... Per Barrel. • a 3ape5eed........ 2O 0 —•I 0 Barley Here ' 10 0 CA . 412 1 KILKENNY MARKETS. n . l ir 05. 4. Wheat,p9r barrel)26s. Od. to 355. Od. beef: 2er 1r ...... n.. '-• 0 8 Fialley 12 0 15 0 Nitltt.yr: ........... 0 5 0 ; Vats 14 0 15 II Pori, ...... ......... 0 4 0 T Flour (per bag) 20 0 :28 0 Voa' .........,... i 0 45 I Rutter (petcwt.) 90 0 . 104 0 'mesh Buster ... 0 0 01 0 n Bacon Pigs 38 0 42 6 'fait Ditto ~........ 0 0 u U Coals 1 0 1 2 Votatocs ;per A.) .' 9 HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. 1. 6 Articat. blacks •tis to 402 to 474 Barley, Mecklenburgh , 1 . „Olt ---. Ma t .,-delture - 111agtleburgh... ' 1 i to 1 0 ---- Anhalt, white 43 t to 4",0 , --- Holstein ........ V I / to ll ----- red - 5ummer......... •-i to li d .---- Brunsnielt 402 to 474 Oats, Eider ..... .......... 1 0 . t . PO -- Mecklenburg 3is to 430 -- Mecklenburg .. ~'„..' to .13 2 - Polish 428 to 4S$ -- Holstein ......... ... vty,.,, 1.20 - tietztein - East Irieslanil... 1 !!' ) 10 0 Rye, Mecklenburg ....IV. to 3 it2iPease, Mecklenburg ..- 2J ` t o 0 -- Dantzic -- Ming and Ho- Buck s Wheat k g?, to 3 nigsburg - t . 15 -- Upland 300 to 4 - Riga 224 to 236 Tares COTTON. ~_1 oli Carolina and Tennessee 7 , 4t0 2% Mar:nham .... Georgia, lot suit 73; Madras ...................... 1 3 2d6X, 7M Swats-. .................... 44 . 04 3d and 4th COFFEE. 4 4 too Rocha 13 to 1:3;i Batavia 4% 5% Sumatra — Rio us§ 5% Domingo ................... 13, La Guovra .................. 4'78 Porto nico ................. • liavannall ................. Bahia 3yy .:514 SUGAR:— (W t , Havannall, White-- 3 to 4 i Browp 2 2 3i Rio, White 2% 4 13rcwo Manilla. Brow, 11 83 3 Discount.) „ i L togA Bahia, White........... Brown .............. 5 Pernambuco, White ••• 2 4 &own 1,2% to 2% THE PARISH CLERK, BY THE A U THO O " PETER PRIGGINS." EDITED BY THEODORE 114'0. ESQ.—This new work seems to have excited as IBlie : 11 A its miration at its originality, wit, and drollery, as did its initimable predecessor, the " College Scout," from the s.. e pen, or pens, for it is difficult to believe but that the a s , singularly striking works have been produced (73f,pars moat and Fletcher fashion), between the M O ivr'"'o whose name, and want of name they bear. The mat of merit of this new work is, that with the rich el'o humour pervading it in every part, there is blended og equally rich vein of the ore of sterling sense and sler character and passion, in which Peter Privins an` as haps somewhat deficient. In a word, r t eter Prig&.. c re was to its successor, The Parish Clerk, what G e o,, of Cruikshank's caricatures are to Wilkie's real to life and character—the one bearing us aw a y the wild regions of farce and fun, the other though in an equally humorous manner, to t he fair u .- t .- tie f litudes of what we actually see about us in tile P of life. a that DISTRESS IN LONDON. , --It iS egitllate'm rs , there are in this metropolis 26,000 journeymen tal,',°,l;ig of whom 17,000 are at this moment out of work. 1 our season of the year is always unfavourable for ~„rely ployment of this class of workmen, but it verY bet happens that more than one-third of! t h e whole n um . to is unemployed. At present those without work airmail ore nearly two-thirds of the whole number. The re areal „scof than 1,100 printers now out of work, and the conclittlpder journeyman shoemakers is equally deplorable. er ef these circumstances, it is not surprising that the moo" We deaths should exceed those experienced last year' c ol find, on comparing the returns of the Registrar-egfiyo during the last five weeks, with the corresponding 1011 weeks of 1840, that the numbers are now uni „. f°l. olll greater than last year, Deaths in week end in b 8 41, Sept., 1840, 853-1841, 869 ; 18th, 184 0 , 821--I r7/ 877 ; 25th, 1840, 838-1841, 857 ; 2d Oct., 1840, 10 , 40 1841, 883 ; 9th, 1840, 794-1841, 816. With t A ` fo r fi g ures before us, and without any reasonable grou ri A " or expecting improvement as regards the price of fe c) ,"d o es the means of employment, what a dreary prospe c t mi tt this open to us for the coming winter !—fa cts " Figurna. E. GOLD WATCHES, LONDON - MA-n p i A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmake rs, Ne. ?:.600 London, opposite the Bank of England , s ubmit for -e of very large STOCK of GOLD WATCL IES, the *IP7 which are made and finished under the careful inspeefot. experienced workmen on their *Ali premises, And each' ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. , Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turnemlo 10 gold cases and gold dials, warranted............ •• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with ,double- ° backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, 10, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in fou r 0 hole?, with double-backed gold cases and gold 14 14 dials, warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled ix four 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, i s 1 3 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 17 17 and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 0 01 d and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be naopa-h° hunting cases for 31. 3s. each extra. K. 1- 6e ` Watches purchased in exchange MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Mercantile Journal of November 2.) SEGA It.—The Sugar market presented rather a heavy appearance to day, with a downward tendency, though the holders reluctantly acceded to the offers of the buyers. The private sales of West India were under 200 hhds and tierces, but no alteration worth notice has taken place in the general currency. By public sale 101 hhds 7 tierces Barbadoes went quietly, and some lots were bought in, but prices were steady, viz. low to fine yellow at 62s Gd to 72s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-1,638 bags Bengal were brought to public sale and disposed of, but without briskness, . the best white sorts only supporting previous rates ; fine white at 72s 6d to 735, dingy yellow .at 60s, and middling to good brown at 44s to 48s 6d per cwt. At public sale were offered 62 casks Sugar from Madras (at the high duty,) which sold at 12s 6d for good yellow, and at 8s Gd to 9s 6d for damp brown. MAURITIUS.—The demand for the good grocery descriptions has been steady, and full prices have been paid ; while the lower qualities have gone off without spirit, and mostly at is to 2s per cwt. decline on pre vious rates ; the public sales have offered 2,096 bags, which went off with less spirit than recently, but the whole was sold, good and fine yellow at 58s to 645, low to middling yellow at 54s 6d to 57s 6d, very low to middling brown at 36s to 50s per cwt. There are now a few parcels left in importers' hands. FOREIGN.—By public sale a parcel of sound Brazil has been offered, consisting of 208 chests 393 barrels 127 bags Rio, with a few chests of Bahia ; the whole of the former was bought in above the value, there being no inclination to pay late prices ; good middling white taken in at 22s 6d to 23s 6d, low white at 21s 6d, fine yellow at 18s Gd to 19s, soft yellow at 16s 6d to 18s, and low foxy brown at 16s to 16s Gd ; the few lots of Bahia sold at 21s 6d for good middling strong grey, at 20s for middling ditto, at 18s 6d for fine fine yellow, and and at 15s for good brown. The transactions by private contract are confined to about 200 boxes good yellow Havannah at 21s, and about 200 chests Bahia, the white at 21s 6d, and the brown at 17s per cwt. REFINEII.—For the home trade goods there con tinues a steady demand at full prices ; Standard Lumps 82s. Foreign refined in bond—in Crushed there appears but little doing; small parcels second quality have been sold at 295. Loaves are still much neglected. MOLASSES.—The demand for West India Molasses continues steady, and fall prices are paid ; privately, some parcels of good Antigua have been sold at 26s to 275, and good St. Kitts and Trinidad at 23s ; by public sale 38s puns St. Lucia, of fair quality, were bought in at 22s per cwt. There were offered in public sale 158 casks Dominica Cane Juice, which sold at 27s to 30s per cwt. COFFEE.—The home consumption market has assumed a more buoyant appearance this week, and although there has been no particular increase of business, a better feel ing appears to exist amongst the trade towards the article, especially as the importers of the better class of Coffees continue to withhold their stocks from the market, in an ticipation of some improvement on the present low rates. The public sales to-day were important, consisting of 1,002 bags Ceylon, 48 casks Jamaica, 1,368 bags La Guayra, 2,415 bags Java, and 68 bales Mocha: the Ceylon sold rather briskly at stiff prices, good ord pale at 66s to 67s 6d. and good ord colory at 69s 6d ; the Jamaica was of low quality, but sold at previous rates ; the La Guayra sold at 41S 6d to 42s for good ordinary, being steady prices ; the Java (a low parcel) sold at about 2s per cwt decline—viz., at 42s to 475, first class sea-da maged at 42s 6d to 435, and second ditto at 40s 6d to 41s ; the Mocha was very ordinary poddy, and was bought in at 60s per cwt. Cocon.—There has been a fair demand for West India sorts, and the market has been more buoyant than could have been expected, withthe large arrivals of the last few days. Guayaquil, good clean red at 33s Gd to 345, and slightly mouldy at 29s 6d to 30s ; 323 bags Para sold yesterday at 37s 6d to 38s, one lot at 38s 6d for good fair red. TEA.—The public sales which commenced on Friday were brought to a close yesterday, when rather more firmness was apparent, and Congous and Twankays recovered the depression of Friday. Pouchongs, sold a shade lower, and a part was rejected by the trade, in consequence of its being spurious. Of the whole quantity offered about 12,000 packages were sold. In the latter part of the sale, Congou but middling blakish leaf sold at is 10+ to is 111 d, but middling blackish wiry leaf rather strong at 2s Ojd, middling wiry blackish rather strong at 2s 4d, ditto choice Pekoe flavor at 2s 8 : 1-d to 2s 81e, Twat:key ordinary rather strong curled brightish leaf at 2s Id, Pouchong at is 54d to is 9d, Caper good ord at Is'sd to is 10d, but mid strong burnt at 2s 3d, Orange: Pekoo mid clean rather strong blackish leaf at 3s to 3s 3d, and HySon ord strong burnt darkish leaf at 2s 104 d per lb. The market was firm to-day for Free Trade sorts, but there was little business doing, both buyers and sellers waiting for the overland mail, the express in anticipa tion ot which is expected towards the close of the week. Company's Congou firm at Is. 10,1 d. per lb, cash. PIMENTO is rather lower, and the demand limited ; two parcels have been brought to public sale, one con sisting of 523 bags good middling bright, which was bought in at 3d ; the other comprised 344 bags low middling, rather dark and coarse, which sold at 24cl to 3d per lb. GINGER.—East India is still dull of sale, and prices again lower ; 850 bags Malabar offered at public sale only partly sold at l ls. 6d to 13s 6d for low to mid quality PEPPER.-888 small bags Malabar were put up to pub lie sale and sold at full prices, viz. at 34d to 2 1 for light and half heavy. CASsIA. LIGNEA continues in demand, and 237 chests offered by public auction brought full prices, viz. 99s 6d to 100 s for good thin quill, and at 88s 6d to 95s for coarse and middling. RICE.—The public sales were large to-day, consisting of 4,545 bags Bengal and 5.620 bags Java ; the former went off with briskness and at 6d per cwt advance, low middling and middling; white at lls Gd to 12s, and good middling white atl2S 6d to 13s 6d ; the latter was bought in above the valuations at 11s ad for bold white, and at lOs fur yellow. Faurr.—New Fruit continues in good request, Va lencia Raisins at 38s, and Patras Currants at 63s per cwt. 5AG0.—1,025 bags Pearl were put up to public auction, and sold at 14s to 225. TaLLow.---There being very large supplies Lear at hand from St. Petersburgh, the market has become ex tremely dull, an prices have again receded, 46s 6d to 47s being the nearest price on the spot, and 46s Gd for delivery up to the end of the year ; these figures are however little better than nominal, there being so little business doing. On Friday several parcels of Tal low were brought to public sale and nearly all disposed of s 162 pipes 18 hhds 6 barrels South American at from 40s 6cl to 46s ; 150 casks St. Petersburgh Yellow Candle of second quality at 46s to 46s d; 25 casks East India of low quality at 445, and 7 casks Cape Tall ow of good quality at 47s per cwt. The prices of this article continue in an almost nominal state at 46s Gd to 47s on the spot, and for delivery up to the end of the year. Ons.—The demand for common Fish Oils has been rather but generally there has !seen much firm ness oriettl:e part of the holders, and stiff pri ces have been paid in all instances. At public sale on Friday about 68 tuns Southern Whale Oil were dis posed of at from 301 lOs to 35l 5s for low dark to fine pa le quality ; 121 casks South Sea Elephants' Oil were also put up and sold, good and fine at 34l lOs to 37/, and very dark and inferior at 311 lOs to 321 ; a small lot of Seal Oil sold as follows ; pale at 371, brown at 301, and very dark at 28l per tan. Sperm Oil maintains former prices, and there is a fair demand for the article, 94 paid for fine quality. 19 butts American Sperm Oil of good bright quality sold by EVENING SUN at tr:f 17:a7t----re I: ) °f 11. of a daughter. On the Ist init., at Camden-row, Camberwell, R. Robinson, Esq., surgeon, of a dau hter f f t ' asq., of a daughter. d• o On the 30th ult. , iv of IV. Gambier, 29th ult., in Low , g - tree, the 1 3(- • Loner Brook s • foil . ' •at Paris, the lady of S. n illn —als°ll' ( 51. 0 1) 1 e " the o l a 3 d l a s u t g i l i 1 1 ult. , r. at Cr ewke r nc , Sobnol:.-Slltthriaelinettile'hii.i,ytriii‘ojeie: : t o ] . a.1 : : ::__ ) :: 0 ) 1., ; : e Sparks , u E a a ; t o C K liff l i a n soß s i t :C ß i an c up D• .•------- 'cri _-- iinT(2 .S lo i aaa O A m rrtilnre t , o t ' als n t,nti ~. hay t , :r i li,, E ' ria c E scj E . q ,. , o o f f Carlisle, por tia n d to te 1 r III a r g ar Regentet , u , g r l a i r t e k r . or i dr inst. - irist —lure., -• a o f ,dntksofoonArltoi.sfosnßc..tohßoep.:sria niecei nßridgman,inof the A ki srqb.l,,otunos,f,c3,N,;of r hii t e lF gisi t or o fi n t 0. the pin., 1 thy s Minister Plenipotentiary, J. Alston , . ~, ..t e, - o Castle, Bedfordshire. Esq., to Anna, youngest (lane late A. H, Mercer, Esq. -------------' ---------- f th e DIED. On he lst inst., in Mark.lane, John, the e ldest s o° ° t, late H. Barker, Esq., of Tedelington, aged 55- G r ound -street' On the Ist inst., Mr. flinger , of Upper f Blackfriars, aged 55. r I.:°'lslcil' o On the 2d inst., Jane, widow a the late Majo ~ ~,,,d 67: , the 9th Foot, and Assistant Quartermaster-Gee.7-I:rdatign On the 2d inst., at Aldersgate-street, Elizabetl n.. 0" ter of the late Mr. J. E. Tibbs. I‘frg' On the 29th ult., at Holland.street , cock, relict of Lieutenant Henry Eleock, R.N.: ag,.. , 5 0-' 9 On the 29th ult., Elizabeth, the wife of E Jon" ter' timer, Budge- row. clio s ler of Bo On the 30th ult., Mr. J. Bennett, built i 'ad ged 7° ' row, aged 60. r o , e Et q . On the 30th ult., at Coalpott, Salop, J. ' - .' leer an On the 31st ult., Asher Jones, Esq., late wet 0 0 of her Majesty's INliiit, aged 95. Anr ), On the 31st ult., at Manley Lodge, Kennington, of the late liev. M. Heady, of Peckham, aged 84 0 ., , ir. Alfr ed At West-green, Tottenham, Martha, the wife 1 'ir Kensingtoz::(l v. tip. King, of Queen-street, Cheapside, solicitor. o= London: Printed and Published by BIURDO ill No. 112, Strand, at Tke Sun Office, No. 112, °f r i t), the county of Middlesex, Wednesduy, November 3, +•• ~~ Watches purchased in exenange. C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his, 1---‘rielilvdingatsl-0 the Public that he has just had the honour o f reee subjoined letter from the Admiralty : use of Co " py.) 29th Septernb4r:i Of " Sir—The annual trial of chronometers for tit r ect" o Majesty's Government having now terminated, I 311 , 0 0:11, mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Adiniralt.l:o' 0,0 1 ; 0 you that their Lordships have directed me top umba - 4t ot lowing chronometers at the various prices specified ag a respectively, i iz.: — Dent, No. 1,571 55 g uineas Dent, No. 1,606 4l guinea s the Dent; No. 5,621 (pocket) 3O efnue'9op 00'..ity " Their Lordships having been pleased, in order W or ion' superior performance of 1,571, to assign to it a increased price to that usually given. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servan t ' o rbe r F. BEAUFORT, 1 1 ) 111.° 2 to To Mr. Dent, Chronometer Maker, 82, Straintli e ete',be Out of 80 Chronometers, by various Makers , s ti o ot the late trial by order of their Lordships, the nbr ; h is above three, with two selected for the Niger l':%l ,° `, l e 143 . 0 others, enables Mr. Dent to affirm that he believes ° I ., for 1 , 4 year supplied their Lordships with mere Chrotionietou t he" ' use of the Royal Navy than have been furnishe a t 't v ias i any other Maker. t hat . It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to slat e , , hen° to their Lordships' high recommendation he owes 'ne'r,;iger having made a Gold Chronometer, presented to th e to pedition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. w , at chel to Dent's Lectures on Chronometers, Clocks, and .. es ent e be obtained at 82, Strand, price one shilling , but 1" custoers ratuousl Prese m n g t price ~.