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

EVENING EDITION MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, (SATURDAY gYkNING.) CHRONlCLE.—Arrangements have been completed with Mr. Morrison, of ti,le late firm of Morrison, Cryder, and Co., for the tra.‘asaction of the general business of the Bank of the Un:;.ed States in London. It is understood that Mr. Morrison will associate his two sons with him in the tkency, which will soon bo definitively announced as 'established and in operation. We hear that Mr. Morrison has also secured the co-operation of a gentleman possessed of great knowledge and experience in American affairs. It has been formerly stated as an objection to the agency of Mr. Jaudon, that he afforded no check against an un due extension of the operations of the bank, and that hia acceptances gave no additional security to the holders of the bills in London. These objections will certainly be now effectually removed, as the un doubted wealth and prudence of Mr. Morrison af ford full security to the holders of the bills which he may accept, independent altogether of the drawers, and e would not authorise operations to any extent that would imprudently involve his house, and thus impair his own private fortune. The appointment of Mr. Morrison can not fail to give great satisfaction to those interested in American affairs, and more particularly to the shareholders of the Bank of the United States. Connecting this arrange. meet with the resumption of specie payments by the bank t!sls month, which we consider d e fi n it e l y sett l e d , we cannot tint infer that en improvement in the general business of the bank and of the currency of the United States may be oenUently expected. A gentleman of Mr. Morrison's rudence aed sound practical business knowledge would mla7ily have engaged in such a responsible agency without ring well sa•isfied of the means of the Bank to resume and sustain specie payments. A sum of from 700,000/. to 800 ‘ 0 00/. has recently been placed at the disposal of the Bank of the United States, to bo applied for its engage ments here, or to i ncrease i ts p o wer in the United States, ski Director: m a y d ec id e . Mr. Jaudon remain in some aienths for the purpose of closing the bust -I,t,s heret o f ore , :n d er hi s c h a rge, and of assisting in corn p'rting the arr, , ngements with the new agency, and gene- Ta 11.7 superintending the interests of the batik in Europe.. TIME is underetcod in the city that Mr. James Morrison,pf the firm of Morrison, Cryder, and Co., has accepted the agencsy in London of the United States Bank, formerly held by Messrs. Baring, end of late years, since tho stoppage, by Mr. Jaulon , the cashier of thatin stitution, who had an office in London for the transaction of that lousiness. The high character of Mr. Morrison as e :Pio chant will naturally cause his acceptance of the ea ja eeey to be regarded as a good omen by the English shareholders who have placed their trust in this infamously to,naged bank. and whose interests have appeared to want protection during the whole progress of its difficulties; but ehmethieg mare than character will he required before the confidence which has been thus severely shaken can be re arored. A total change of system is the management of the Beek must be resorted to. Cash payments must be resu.ned, trading speculations in cotton and other eaters abandoned; post-notes called in and redeemed and no more issued, so as to restore to the concern its legiti mate functions of a lender, and not of a borrower ; all the aeccunta with the oth er b an k s must b e wound up, and the practice of loose credit with all rotten institutions put an end to, with many other obvious reforms, the list of which mit:ht be extended to a much greater l'ngth. There nor, at to he, further, some plan adopted for girinot to Eng lisa and European shareholders generally some itfluence in the choice of directors at the chief station in Philadelphia, and arrangements made by which honest and intelligible accounts shall be peiiodically snbmitted to theirinspec tion. Th e Ruropean holders of stock in this bank exceed, in fac - , the An erican, bring estimated at 4,000 0001. out of the 7,000,0001. which constitutes its capital. The new agent has therefore a moat d:ffieult and responsible part to play, for, ueless he has both the will and the influence to effect all this, and more than this, he would have done well to - abstain from undertaking the agency. At a meeting of the Agricultural Society in Calcutta, mentioned in the papers received by the overland mail, a reply was read from the Government, stating that the ap plicatien of the Society for a reduction of the duty on sugae and tobacco grown in India was approved by the Governor-General in Council, and would be sent, with a strong recommendation, to the home authorities. The military Board bad sent a communication, asking for in formation relative to the growth of hops, since it was found desirable that beer should be provided for the sol diers in preference to spirits, but the price of English beer had precluded its use. A letter, dated as far back as 1839, was read, to show that the hop had been found to thrive in the Dhoon. It was sa'd that there was no doubt that the hop would succeed at Dorjeeliog and elsewhere, mobile, in the mean time, dried hops might k.e obtained from New Scuth Wales. A plant from St. Domingo, called in Spanish " Ldndibbe" ( Cisalpina Carraria), and abounding in astringent matter, which renders it useful for tanning pur pubes, bad been introduced into the botanic garden in 1338, tut it had blossomed this year for the first time. Some inn specimens of potatoes and other plants were at the tame time exhibited. An improvement in the trade of the towns of Scinde is, according to the I n di an j ourna l s , l oo k e d f orwar d t o with some degree of confidence. All the river duties towards the northern frontier arc abolished, and a state ment of revised duties to be levied on the merchandise on the India: and the Sutlej, between that frontier and the Himalaya mountains, has been published. It is seid that nothing can exceed the security from mo lestation experienced by boats gcing up and down since the commencement of traffic on the rivers in 1838. The late impulse to trade has been given, by the consent tit the two Chieftains through whese territories the line of navigation runs, to a remission of their duties on certain specified articles. The result of this concession is a moderate rate assessed conveniently for trade instead of the toll of a fixed amount, which used to be levied without reference to the size of the boat that was taxed. Lahore was the first to reduce the toll, a reduction which took place last May, and the effect has been that the boats that have left Ferozepore since that time have been more than ten times as many as those that left in the 12 previous months. The remission of duties which the Sheiks formerly levied on grain, when brought by the river, has been found very beneficial, for the banks of the Sutlej are very productive, and this has encouraged its exportation to a great extent. The resources of the forests on the same river will, it is expected, be opened by the removal of the river duties which obstructed the timber trade, and already this and the importation of lime brought from the head of the same river about Roopur have proved a great assistance to the buildings at Ferozepore, which arc now numerous. HER A LD.—Rumours have been latterly current re specting changes about to be made in the agency depart ment in this country of the United States Bank, which the presence of two of the Directors in this city seemed to countenance, but it is only within the last few days that the proper nature of them transpired. It is now ascertained that on Monday or Tuesday articles of agree ment were formally signed by which the United States Batik agency was transferred from Mr. Jaudon to the house, newly constituted, of James Morrison and Sons, lye Morrison and Cryder, who are to have the benefit of the assistance of Mr. Shaw, late of the firm of Thomas Wilson and Co., in the management, a gentleman of con siderable experience in American commercial and money affairs. It is stated as one of the conditions ti rid foundation of the new agency that a sum of 750,0001 , realised by the sale or pledge of some portion of that vast amount of States stocks with which the bank has so imprudently incumbered itself, is deposited in the hands of the new age:•.cy as a guarantee lodgment to be drawn against. It would srem from this that the bank is wisely providing for a return to business more nearly ap proximating to that of banking, that is, dealing in foreign exchanges, which skilfully managed may undoubtedly be productive of profit, although it may still be doubted whe ther, as so immediately connected with and forming a part of mercantile operations, they would not be more appro priately left in the hands of mercantile men ; the proper sphere of banks, purely as such, being to lay out their monies at usance at home and in domestic bill and money dealings. Be that as it may, it may be owned, with. out offence to Mr. Jaudon whose conduct here as the United States Bank agent has acquired him justly universal esteem, that this transference of the agency to so wealthy a firm as that of the Morrisons cannot but tend to reinforce the credit of the banking establish ment, or principal, although that object would have been accomplished more efficiently still if the great house of Barings, the foreign agents, could have been induced to recume the agency, which however was probably not ffered, as it is understood that the best understanding noes not exist among the different parties: The con eexinste of the Barings are so extensive in all parts of the world, and their credit of course so universal, that it is clear much greater facilities could be afforded for ex. change business through their intromission, than perhaps *mild he accomplished through any other parties, however p owe rful, and the Morrisans are in that respect all that cuid be desired. For no t ev e n the Rothschilds enjoy the ' standing or possess the extensive connexion through out the new world of the two Americas and the ladies Fait sod W e st, as the house of Barings. It becomes naturelly a n object of inquiry what becomes of Mr. Jaudon as the re,ult of the new arrange mm. The report is that the talent he has displayed in the managemen t o f the United States Bank business un6er the most trying circumstances, and the reputation he bac= justly earned in consequence, have attracted the no tice of the now ruling party in the United States, and that i: is not un lik e l y his services may be called fo r either in the Treasury department of the Federal Government, or in acme other high political capacity. Wherever he goes and whatever his destination, he may be assured of carrying with him the respect of all parties in this country without die tinction. not excluding those who have been most uncom promising in hostility to the course and projects of the United States Bank. As a last word upon the subject, and hy way of friendly advice to the new house of agency, it may be hinted th:t the sooner an accredited statement a statement of so au.l.entie a character as to defy suspicion or attack—of the actual situation, and affairs of the United Sta•es Bank is published, the better for ail concerned. It is all is perative act of justice t o th e long-suffering share ho!cle-s here, much too long delayed already. POST,—The Bank of England returns for the month endit.;.; the sth inst , are coniratively satisfactory. Th e ':-Ilatien shows a further reduction of 334.0001., the aide/ ence between 16,416 0001. and 16,112,0001. The securities have increased 264,0001., the difference between 22 078,000/. and 22,362.0001. The deposits have in creased 712,0001., the difference between 6,337,000/. and 7,049,000/. The stock of bullion is greater by 46,0001., the difference between 3,511,0001. and 3,557,000/. Thus whatever variations there arc in the averages prove to be on the right aide. A change which has been for some time contemplated, w'th respect to the London agency of the United Staten Bank, was effected yesterday. It appears that Mr. Jaudon resigns the trust in favour of Messrs. James Morrison and Sees, of Broad- s t reet- b u ildi ngs, a reconstruction of the late eminent h ouse o f Morrison and Cryder. Mr. Gabriel Shaw, formerly of the firm of Cope , Ellis, and libriv, of New York, a n d more recently; a partner in that of Thomas Wilson and Co , of this city, one of the four American establishments which yielded to the financial pressure of 1836, will assist in the management. Tho new agency commences with a deposit in its hands of the sum of 750,000/. sterling to face the drafts which are to be passed upon it from the United States, the cash having been realized out of a portion of the mass of those American securities with which the United States Bank imprudently encumbered itself. The transfer of the agency to a house of the well-known opulence of that of the pos sessor of the Fonthill and other valuable estates is an ar rangement which is undoubtedly calculated to aid the con cern most materially in extricating itself from its embar rassments. Mr. Jaudoe remains in London for a few weeks or months, for the purpose of giving what facilities he may be able to his suecessors ; after which it is supposed his services will be em pl o y e d i n a different sphere. Ilia abilities are thought to qualify him for the h i g her duties of diplomacy, and he may possibly be called upon to fill the office of one of the leading European embassies ; but this point has evidently yet to be determined. It is not unlikely that be may he charged with the helm of his own bank at Philadelphia, or, in the event of a national bank being founded under the new presidentship, that his talents may be made available by the appointment of him as its principal director. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) So long as the French Gevernineet- continue to in crease their armaments, the other Powers mwt mo-t: or less in a state of unen:iness The le , ers of pence in France, who form the ereat majority of the nation, at ell events w o ho form the majority of the classes pos sessed of the greatest influence from their moral worth and their station in society, must see that it is impes ,ible for one great country in Europe to arm, without alarm being- felt by all the surrounding countries. Alarm dictates, as a measure of prudence, counter armaments ..n a scale of magnitude, and these entail on the papilla !ion of the diff,rent countries sacrifices of the most pain ful and burdensome nature. It is impossible not to have been struck with the accoucts received from the diferent States of Germany of the enormous amount of misery occasioned to families by the withdrawal for the different _levies of the heads of these families, attended, this must often be, with total ruin to the different pursuits in which they were embarked, and 'he consequent destitution of wives and children. We implore, then, the peaceable and well-disposed of our French neighbours to take these circurnsttoces into their serious consideration. When a nation makes an 11-advised step, it may not always be poasibla for it to recede with ease and credi.. The countries alarmed by preparations of which they do not clearly peree ite the object, but which they naturally construe into a design against their independence, into counter pre parations, cannot be expected to entertain any other than the most hostile and even vindictive feelings to wards the people by whom they arc compelled to make these sacrifices. It is of the utmost conse quence, then, to all who look forward with horror to an European war, to make their stand against what- Over tends to bring so dire a calamity on the nations. It is much easier to combat the bad and unprinci pled men who are seeking, step by step, to bring the masses of Europe into armed collision, than to alley !he storm of war when it shall once be fairly raised. We call, then, en all the wise and good men of France :o make bead against the band of conspirators against peace. and order, who, under the pretext of apprehen sions for France which arc not seriously felt, or through appeals to mistaken honour, are seeking to draw their countrymen into perplexities which may be lamented when too late. More true courage may be shown in disregarding the imputations which may be cast on these who set at defiance vulgar prejudice and appeals to the worst passions of an unreflecting mob, and in boldly combating the enemies of peace and order, than ;n combating in the tented field. Universal esteem will ultimately reward them for any temporary sacrifice of popularity they may have to encounter. In this country there has, from the first, been a strong and rooted aversion to any policy which might eventuate in again plunging Europe in a general war, though, frcm eur insular position and the strength of our wooden bulwarks, no nation has less to dread from the general war than we have. Were it necessary to adduce any proof of the desire for, and love of, peace which pre vail amongst us, it would be found in the enthusiasm with which the recent declaration of peaceful sentiments by Louis Philippe was received by all classes in Eng ;and, and the satisfaction before felt at the removal by him from his councils of a Ministry under which peace could not possibly be of long continuance. The eleva tion to his councils of M. Guizot reinaved all appre hensions previously entertained here, for the utmost confidence was felt, not only in his serious desire to maintain peace, but in his honour and straightforward honesty. The only fear now remaining is lest the am bitious intriguers who have been defeated in their schemes by the King and the present Ministry, should in spite of the well-known sentiments of the Govern ment, succeed in drawing it into approbation of mea sures of preparation which may, by rousing the jealousy of other Powers, render the preservation of peace a difficult problem, notwithstanding its good intentions. We repeat that we have the utmost confidence in the honest disposition of King Louis Philippe and his present Ministry to maintain peace. We know also, that the best understanding prevails, not only be tween the English and French Governments?, but also between the French Government and the Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. There is really nothing in the present state of affairs to " warrant the infer ence," sought to be drawn in a long and elaborate article in the Times of Saturday, " that there must be a screw loose somewhere in the transactions of the Foreign De partment, with one or more neighbouring Powers." It is an almost inevitable result of the very difficult posi tion in which the French Government is placed, of being forced, notwithstanding its anxious desire to maintain peace, to make so many concessions to am bitious opponents who appeal to the warlike pro pensities of the nation, that speculations like those of our Contemporary, the Times, should be entertained. Our Contemporary has, we see, been deceived by its Paris intelligence into the belief of a note having been "sent by Lord Palmerston to M. Guizot, which, though on the face of it of a most respect ful and conciliatory nature, and evincing the most delicate consideration for the difficulties which sur round that statesman, requesting also that France would join with the other Powers in regulating what is still un settle(?, does, nevertheless, contain a proposal that France should disarm, or rather discontinue the arma ments now in progress, viz., those of which the minimum scale has been fixed at half a million of soldiers." That a report of some such note was in circulation in Paris, to know ; and, in the Chronicle of Friday last, mention is made of it in our Paris intelligence. But we can positively state that no note has been presented by the English to the French Government about these arma ments. What led to the report of this pretended note, it is impossible for us to say. We are assured also— and our assurance is from a source on which we can place implicit reliance—that M. Guizot has received no note or despatch of any importance, from any of th e great Powers, for the last six weeks. The whole of the superstructure which our Contemporary has built on this loose foundation must, therefore, fall to the ground. There never was a better understanding than that which now exists between the present Go. vernment of France, and all the Great Powers. But though we are happy to say the gloomy speculations of our Contemporary are utterly unfounded, it is not the less important that the French Government should be strongly impressed with the necessity of doing all that it possibly can to prevent the alarms en tertained on account of its armaments, and the pos sible misconstruction of its motives. Let there be no possibility of mistaking the intentions of France. France is too important a member of the European commonwealth to allow the other nations to be in different to what passes within her boundaries. Ap prehensions France herself can have none from the rest of Europe. Nothing less than the dread of an attempt to realise the ambitious schemes of certain Frenchmen to extend their frontiers could render a confederation of the other Powers possible. A code ql c u r e a s t t i i o o n n for w a e g e g n re tr s e s a iv t e , t p h u e r n p , o t s h e e s %,, i , s eil q_ d u j i s t p e os o ed ut ci o t f ize tl n ie s of France to rally round their Government and strengthen its hands at this juncture, that Europe have no cause of a pp re h ens i on. Danger at presentemay from France there i s , none ; b ut Europe shou'dfe that there is no dang e r. S uc h an article as that of the l Times, full of wars a nd rumours of war, i, i s necess ar ily it of the most mischi evous t en d ency. commerce and industry are sens i t i ve, and whatever rs tends of teuv even to beget a suspicion of the possibility of peace being disturbed paralyses enterprise and involves thou sand in distress. (From the Morning Post.) Mr. O'Connell has been rash enough to avow an in tention of visiting Belfast, in order to set the Repeal ag i tat i on agoing there. We suspect he will endeavour to find some. excuse for backing out of this exploit. He will find some sturdy Conservatives to grapple with him there, and a population upon a considerable part of which his blarney will have no effect. The fittest man alive to have a tussle with Mr. O'Connell has already sent him a challenge to open conflict in Belfast. This man is the Rev Dr. H. Cooke, a Presbyterian Minister of vieerous, athletic mind, who is totally unembarrassed by any scruples of refinement. He has plenty of words at command, and strong ones too, and can give O'Con nell blow for blow, with ample interest, unless we are much mistaken in him. We differ from the sturdy Doctor's theology, and think him more fitted to shine be fore a coarse audience than one of cultivated taste, but lie is on that account none the worse match for O'Connell. Dr. Cooke is a thorough Protestant, an ultra-Protestant, whose hatred of Popery is perhaps stronger than his love of anything, but he has too much skill and too much practice to let this emotion run away with him in the debate. Besides, he professes his desire to avoid every purely th eo l og i ca l to pi c , a nd to confinehiurself exclusiv e ly to subjects of political economy nail jurisprudence. W e only wish diit u th rb at th O e 'a se O t n -t n o e . ll may' t m wouldeet him, and that no ri o t may TH E tiUN, LON_DON., MON;)AY, JANUARY !i, 1841, be, as an illustrious General said of the battle of Wa terloo, " as great a pounding match as ever was seen." The letter of the Presbyterian champion containing the challenge is very characteristic. The following is a passage from it I propose, accordingly, the following plan for your consideration : " I. Your proposed Repeal meeting in Belfast, instead of a meeting for uarangues, 'all on the one side,' shall be a discussion between yourself and your humble servant. 2. The meeting shall be managed by a Committee composed equally of your friends and mine. " 3. Tickets (free) shall be issued under their common authority—one half to your friend's, one half to mine. " 4. Subject—The advantages or disadvantages of a re peal of the Union to Ireland—in its bearing on agricul ture, manufactures, general trade, safety of the present settlement of all property, and the protection of civil and religious liberty. " 5. Each speaker to confine himself, as• far as pos. sible, to two hours' speeches ; but no absolute limit beyond the feeling of the speaker; but if the opener of the dis cussion occupies three hours he shall forfeit his right cf reply. " 6. The meeting to be governed by two chairmen, one chosen h% each discussi,nist. " And now, Mr. O'Connell, let me speak a word very plainly to you. You cannot avoid this discussion. lam the man you have often reviled behind his back—eau you do less than meet him .face to face ? You cannot pro nounce me too ignoble for argument, when you did tot judge me too obscure for your abuse, Turn the matter as you will, you can fild no excuse or eva,ion. Let your friends hint that it may endanjer the peace. Tae. tire to hove thought of that was when they invited you to mule an experiment upon our northern patience. Sat, in point of fact, Mr. O'Connell, the discussion wdl be the surest mode to preserve the peace, which your preFence can never once endengrr." We ..re very anxkuis to see what answer the doughty Daniel will make to this challenge. Our present opinion is. that he will avoid the conflict, either by net going to Belirst at all, or by going when the Rev. Dr. Cooke is not there. Mr. O'Coundl, with all boldness (of a certain kind), does not like encountering' such antagonists as the sturdy, stout-lunged Dr. Cook. (From the Times.) When the Irish agitators were trying to carry the C..- atone Question, their principles and pretensions, but h civil and ecelesiastiee l , were the most reasonable and the moat temperate. It was not political power that they wanted, but only a relief from political degradation. It was not the destruction of the Protestant Establishment that they sought, but merely the rescue of their own commur.ieants from iat So spoke the evil genius while it lay pent in narrow durance. Now that its liberation has been effected, it dilates itself to its o‘vn monstrous dimensions, and threatens the very existence of its dehverers. There is an end to for bearance and to disguise. Wherever Popery is power ful, whether in Ireland, which as yet has no separated Legislature, or in Newfoundland, which does possess that curse, war is openly declared against the institu tions, the liberties, and the viry lives of the Peotcatant people. The more cuaning, indeed, of the agitators— the persons in immediate connection with the Ministers— find it. necessary, for the appearances of the Govern ment, to abstain from a full avowal of their purposes. Mr. O'Connell, for instance, who is a lawyer, and, in a certain low sense, a men of the world, - knows better than to blurt out all his ultimate deslj,ns. He talks only of means—not of ends. His ostensible motive for desiring the repeal of the Union is to procure for Ire land a constitution which shall entitle every male adult to rn equal vote in the election of representatives. But to what account those equal votes are to be turned, he, for the present, judiciously abstains from announcing. His ecclesiastical colleagues, not being so much used to public business, are less discreet. Dr: M'Hale, the ;Le man Catholic Archbishop of 'Tam, who nominated Mr. Blake at the Mayo election, tells the world in plain terms what objects the Repeal is really wanted to accomplish —namely, to get rid of the present system of education —to get rid of the Protestant Church—and to get rid of the police. On the education question we say not a word ; for there, this titular Archbishop is opposed by another Prelate of his own church, Dr. Murray ; and, between these two conflicting infallibles, we leave the truly faithful to choose for themselves. But Dr. M'Hale cannot tolerate a Protestant Establishment in Ireland, and boldly demands a repeal of the Union to put down so abominable a nuisance. Says this sophis tical priest, " a nation clinging to its eminent faith and hierarchy, should not be burdened with a new estabdsh ment." Now, he knows right well that the new esta blishment, as lie designates the Protestant Church, is not maintained by the " nation." He knows that it is maintained by the specific lands and hereditaments given by private owners to the national Church, which Church, originally Romish, became afterwards Protes tant ; and there is the grievance. He dares not reclaim these revenues directly for the Roman Catholic Church —that might be startling ; and, therefore, for the pur pose of rendering the Protestant Church obnoxious, he tells the people that these revenues are a burden upon them. These revenues are not even a burden upon the landlords, through whose hands they are paid ; for those landlords took their lands, whether by deed, by will, or by descent, subject to these revenues ; and suck a charge is no more a part of any landlord's property than is the interest of a mort gage which his ancestor may have left upon the estate. You may argue that the devise, having been given ori ginally for the unreformed Church, was not applicable by the State to that same Church in its reformed condition —you may say that the property belonged still to the ad herents of Rome, or you may say that it reverted to the heirs of the donors, but to say that it is the pro perty of the nation, and that the rectipt of it by the Protestant Church forms a burden which the nation bears, is at once so foolish and so wicked, that we scarcely know whether to ascribe the doctrine of this repealing Prelate to a want of understanding or to a want of principle. We arc led unwillingly to suspect the latter, for the reason which we now proceed to state. And this brings us to the third great object of the Right Rev. Separatist—the reduction of the police. " Tho freeholders," he says, " have a right to demand of their representatives their efficient aid in reducing this unnecessary staff." There are more sorts of wrongdoers than one, to whom a police force is objectionable. In the towns of England the glazed hat and the blue coat, numbered on the collar, which are so disagreeable to the pickpocket, give equal umbrage to the receiver who keeps that pickpocket in his employ. Among the mountain farms of Ireland, that same constabulary force which is unpopular with the principal actors in scenes of assault and arson, is also odious to the priest who prompts and pardons their deeds of political vengeance, and consequently to the prelate by whom that priest is ordained and patronized. We are persuaded that we are drawing no uncharitable conclusion when we refer Dr. M'Hale's misrepresen tation about Church revenues to the same frame of mind which renders him so uneasy about the continuance of the; police. The results, then, anticipated from Repeal by its own advocates arc—first, the destruction of the Pro testant Church ; and, secondly, the destruction of the police force ; that is, in two words, Popery and anarchy. Nov, what Ireland is on a larger scale, Newfound land is on a smaller—a community of enfranchised Papists under a Protestant monarchy ; but the priesthood of Newfoundland having achieved that for which the priesthood of Ireland have hitherto mu tinied in vain—a separate Legislature—are already exhibiting, in actual practice, the enormities which Dr. M'Hale and his brethren are obliged to content themselves with merely plotting. The Conception- Bay election, of which the news arrived last week, was a contest between the Protestants and the priests. On the 9th of December a special messenger ar rived at the seat of Government, bringing tidings that the returning officer had been obliged to close the poll without making any return. The mob who opposed the election of the Protestant candidate had proceeded to the last extremities. The Magistrates had attempted in :vain to suppress the riot. One of them, Mr. Ridley, was knocked down by a tre mendous blow, inflicted with a heavy instrument on the back of his head : his skull was fractured. The mob destroyed in° houses, of which they pulled down one, and set fire to the other. At half-past two, when the Protestant candidate was a-bead on the poll, and the Popish tallies exhausted, a boat heaved in sight with a fresh reinforcement of Protestants. The rage of the priests' party then rose to madness. Hun dreds of pickets were torn from the nearest fence, and, without a moment's warning, broken in shivers upon the heads of the Magistrates and other gentlemen who had accompanied the Protestant candidate to Carbonear " Scores of our peaceful inhabitants," says the comes pondent of the Newfoundland Public Ledger, " are mangled in the most horrible manner." Subsequent advises state, that the priests' party had threatened to go in a body to Harbour Grace and fire the town, but that the inhabitants had armed themselves for resistance. The leader of these outrages appears to have been a certain -priest, named Cummings, who, on a Sunday in August, 1838, after some of his brethren had in the chapel solemnly imprecated a curse from the Al mighty, even to the death, on the head of Chief Justice Boulton, in the hearing of his lady, called out to the populace who had surrounded her carriage in the Chapel-yard, to get a horsewhip and drive her away. The same Christian spirit continued to actuate him at the late election. " A sly fox," said he, describ ing to the rabble an intended victim, "has done his utmost to put down our influence ; but we will hunt him to his own burrow, and after, find him die like a snake in the grass." The people were not to kill him ; oh l no ; they were only to '‘‘ find him die." But what was the Governor about, while the priests were inciting, and the mobs murdering and burning ? The complaints of his reluctance to afford the necessary protection are ' many and grievous, and he must be called on to answer them. Perhaps it was thought necessary, in order to complete the parallel with the Irish case, that New foundland should have a Governor afraid to repress insurrection when priests were the insurgents. Let the Parliament and the people of this country take timely warning by these movements. They may seem small matters in a North American colony ; hut erect in the sister kingdom, as Dr. Mt Hale wou.d hare you, u separate, that is, a Popish Legislature —destroy then, as he desires, your Church and your police—and there the curses, and the denunciations, and the bloodshed, an i the burning, that have driven the Newfoundlanders to arms, will prove hut types of the more wholesale in flictions reserved for the Protestant people of Ireland. HIGII COURT OF JUSTICIARY. fiDINBURGIT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. Alexander M'Ra or M'Rae, charged with assaulting and ravishing May or Marjory M'lntosh, daughter of Donald M'lntosh, lock-keeper on the Caledonian Canal on the 28th of August, 1840, at or near the Dackgarroch Loch, on the Caledonian Canal, in the county of Inver ness, pleaded not guilty. The Court was occupied with this case with closed doors till a late hour, and the Jury returned a verdict unanimously finding the pannel guilty as libelled. Lord Meadowbank, the presiding Judge, then put or, the black cap, and addressed the prisoner—Alexandei M.Ra or M'ltae, you have had an opportunity ot hearing the opinion 1 had formed from the evidence that has been to-day adduced aguinst you, and the very admirabh. manner in which your case was defended by the able counsel you employed ; who, however, foam , that without a foundation to rest upon, all his ability, knowledge, and learning could not sav, you. The evidence was clear and conclusive, leaving no a doubt upon the minds of the Jury_oor, I am sure, a doubt upon the minds of any who have heard and attende , to it—of the atrocious gwlt you had contracted on thin de plorable occasion. The crime you have qouunitted infet, the punishment of death; and it is my most painful dut : to announce to you the dread sentence which the !tv,v pro nounces in your case. That sentence gives you but av: r; short time to live; and let me urge and entreat you to be stow it repenting of this and all other crimes of which you may be guilty. It is but a very short period indeed, anc let me entreat you not to waste it in thinking of the charier or possibility that the law will not be permitted to talie its course. The Jury have not recommended you to mercy, and it is proper in me to tell you that I hav e not seen t h e vest i ge a ground upon which such a recommemiation could hav,abo.en ovcn. I,t these circurnAances, you must prepare for e Er more dread judgment-seat than that at which you at pr e se n t stand—y o u must prepare to appear before the throne of Altnighty God, there to answer for all the crimes you have done in the body. Let me recommend you to apply to the ministers of the Gospel, who, I am sure, if you Ito not know your duty, will teach you it. The semene of the law is —that you be carried from this bar to the pri son of Edinburgh, and be forthwith transmitted, under a sure guard, to the prison of Inverness, therein to be de tained till the 2.9;.h of January current, and to be tsken, bytween the hours of 8 and 10 forenoon, to the common is to of execution of that borough, or such other place ca the Magistrates may appoint, aid to hang on the gibbet till you are dead; and may Aim;ghty God have mercy on your soul. The prisoner was then taken from the bar. PARIS POLICE MY AUNT'S LAST TOOTH.—M. Michard and his wife, a fine portly dame, of rather beyond a certain age, appeared a day or two since at the bar of the Correc. tional Police, accompanied by a hopeful nephew of theirs, against whom they had to make a charge of the most serious nature, he, the s a id ne phew, having, in defi ance of all the laws of nepotie affection, inflicted on his va ne . rable aunt a blow by which the last of her masticators was removed from the situation it bad occupied for so many years. The following colloquy took place among the dramatis versonre of the affair. President—:-Wnat offence have you to complain of ? M. Michard—Simplice is my neplL3w, that I must. allow, but the crime of which he has been guilty has broken every tie of blood that was between us. Simgce, you are no longer my nephew. Simplice—That is folly. Will you deny that lam still the son of your brother? M. Michard—Physically, it cannot be otherwise ; but morally I discard you. Simplice—Oh, uncle, what a blockhead you are ! Instead of heaping blessings upon me for what I have done, you have brought me before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, as if I were a Turk. M. Michard—You have conducted yourself towards your aunt like a savage. Simplice—And you —you are a henpecked husband, to say nothing more. Madame Michard here tried to be hysterical. had recourse to her smelling-bottle, and exclaimed, " Oh, Heavens!" M. Michard (supporting her)—Oh, Emeline ! my love !—(To Simplice)—Wretch you wish to ba her death—you wish to be guilty of aunt-icicle. Simplice—ln that case you allow that I am still lour nephew. M. Michard—Hold your tongue, scapegrace, and let me state what I have to charge you with. Simplice—With all my heart ; but you had better not, for you will expose yourselves the m9st by it. M. Michard—Heartless wretch ! (Bowing to the Judges) Gentlemen I have in the 'provinces a brother, who has had the misfortune to give birth to this serpent here. Six months ago he was sent to me on a visit, and to see what I could mlke of him. I have treated him with every kindness as it he were my own son. Simplice—That is true ; and that is why I am so much attached to you. _ _ M. Michard—But would you believe it, gentlemen, one day last week, when we had a large company to dinner, he gave his aunt a slap in the face ! Simplice—l know I did, and knocked out her last tooth. I tell you what, uncle—you are deceived by her. But it is in vain for you to persecute me, for I shall never cease to love you all the same. Madame Miehard (with a faint voice)—Mereith Heaven T. Simplice—Your wife is a good-for-nothing prude, uncle, and deceires you along with M. Leroche, that old dandy, whose smell of musk makes his approach known when he's more than a mile off. M. Michard—Hold your tongue, you calumniating scoundrel. Simplice—Ah ! that's the way you take it, is it ? I was behind a curtain, and heard them talking like real friends—not to say lovers. I, who love you, seeing that, could not restrain my indignation, and so I gave aunt a slap in the mouth. If you are offended, 1 can give you satisfaction. Here Madame Michard raised a languishing pair of eyes towards her husband, and faintly said, " Ah ! Michas d." M. Michard—Never mind, Emeline. I don't believe a word of all these horrors. I know you to be Virtue personified. Simplico—Ah, you are the best of husbands. Simplice was sentenced to a week's imprisonment. THE TEMPERATURE.—The weather here has been extremely severe since our lest. Wednesday was cold, but the temperature became still lower in the even , ing • and, about midnight, Mr. Ronchetti' s t h ermometer, kept in the open air, though within the town, namely, at the top of his house in Greengate, Salford, was down to 12 deg. Fahrenheit, or 20 deg. below the freezing point. The cold, however, became still more intense on Thursday morning, end the minimum temperature seems to have been attained between seven and half-past eight o'clock, A. m. Knowing the careful and constant observa tion of the temperature continued during many years by our illustrious and venerable townsman, Dr. Dalton, we made inquiries of him and learned that his thermometer, which, though in the air and shade, is in a central part of the town, indicated the lowest temperature to be about eight o'clock on Thursday morning, when it had fallen to 15 deg. The Doctor added, that, in the country, he bad no doubt the temperature would be full 10 degrees lower. Indeed, we find that, in the vicinity of this town, several observers, in different situations, found it much lower. Mr. Ronchetti's thermometer indicated 9 deg. as the lowest point, which was attained about seven o'clock. Mr. T. Gale, engraver, of Irwell-place, Lower Broughton, had a thermometer in the air, which, about the same time, indi cated the lowest temperature to be 7 deg. And Mr. J. E. Bowman, F.L. S., F.G. S., observing that the cold was intense, suspended two thermometers outside his re sidence, Elm-place, New Stretford -road, abeut half.pest seven o'clock, at which time they stood at 9 deg., but subsequently both of them fell to the remarkably low point of 5 deg., somewhere about eight o'clock, or a little after that time.—Manchester Paper. A NEW WAY or INCREASING A FAMILY.-- On Thursday week, a tradesman from Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, whose name we could give if necessary, was coming from Liverpool to Manchester by the railway train A respectable looking woman, apparently from twenty five to thirty years of age, and who had a female child about fifteen months old on her knee, travelled in the same carriage. The tradesman took the child and dandled it on his knee, and said it was worth a s overeign. She said she would take the money for it; and, after some joking, he handed her th e money, which she put into her pocket. Arriving near the end of his journey, he wished to put an end to the joke, and asked her far the sovereign back, which she gave him. When they got to the station, the woman got out first, leaving th e ch i l d w i t h him, and when he got out and look e d a b out f or her she was gone, and he could discover no trace of her. Being a married man, and pro halal), deeming it i mpru d ent to take the And home, he took it to the Manchester police-office, where he informed the officers how he became p oss essed of it, but could give no decription o f t h e woman, except that she was a good• looking woman, of from twent --five to thirty years of age. He left the child at tho office, and a sovereign to defray the expense of it s maintenance un til the mother should be discovered. The child, which we understand is a very fine girl, is now at the house of one of the officers ; but nothing has yet been heard of its mother.—Manchester Paper. RAILWAY CONFERENCE.—We arc glad to an nounce that the next meeting of Railway Directors will take, place on the 19,h , at Bi ra ,i„ g h a m. As the meeting is pony is expected to be present ; but it will be attended b y the engineers, a n d other official persons , fro m the different railways, for th e purpose of collecting a ll t h e ex p er i men t a l information th e y can. One of the princ i pa l o bj ec t s i s t o . only one Director from each Com arrange an efficient system of signals to be used on all rail ways. This is the proper course to take, both for the safety of the public and that of the railways. Collect and con centrate the res u l ts of all the exper i ence u p o n railways, and bring th em b efore men rad i ca lly acquainted with the subject, and it w ill b e bette r P t e n thousand times better , than all the Govern ment Railway C o mmissions, and the em. ployment of m ili tary engineers and other i nexper i ence d persons. —R a il way Magazine. In consen ‘inence of th e heavy fall of snow i n Ln i : ;...,d the 1,0,,i0n ni.il did not arrive in Glasgow yes terday till about half.past four o'clock —being nearly three hours behind her fixed titne.—Glasgoto Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCISE, .I.IN. Q. Oa Saturday Mr. May, the Solicitor of this Court, communicated to the Honourable Commissioner, Sr John Mortlock,and others, the result of a trial whieh oc cupied three days at Devizes, before 11. Ludlow Bru ges, Esq., M.P., T. H. Sotheran, Esq., M.P., and three other Magistrates. The following are the particulars of this extraordinary case :—During the summer months of 'ast year a number of persons were engaged by a gen deman named Palmer, resident in the above borough, gather hawthorn leaves and sloe leaves, and it being rumoured that they were to be used tor an illegal pur a ose. information was forwatalad to the Gov: rornant, and Mr. Golding Bird, a gentleman of great experience, who has been connected with the Excise Department more than thirty years, was despatched to that dis trict to make an investigation. He visited Mr. Pal ncr, and, on searching his premises, in a back kitchen discovered 17 boxes filled with something which at :first sight he took to be tea, but on close examination ae saw that it was dried sloe and hawthorn leaves. In building in the garden he seized two other boxes. of similar stuff. Each box was marked with the veight and tare. The weight of the whole was 1,2301b5. The place where the two boxes were found was fiated ip as a complete manufactory of making stuff sold as on. There were in it stoves, boilers ; sieves of diff, , rent :.z•cs to sift the leaves, and all other necessary articles. Nis. Palmer sail that he was not aware he had been loing wrong, adding that he had been engaged by Mr. llcale, of Miecing-lane, City, to manufacture the tea, o❑ whose premises Mr. Golding Bird had also seized !Orty-five hogsheads of leaves, prepared in imitation of tea. The samples were produced by Mr. Bird. The common observer, he said, might be deceived by its •appearance. 1.1.3 also exhibited a sample of four-fifths of tea, or four-fifths of the article: seized, that would de :taive an oxperieneed person. Another sample, in the ,aroportion of one-fourth of the manufactured rubbish, could deceive the common purchaser; and another, of two-thirds leaves and one-third tea, would, in his opi oian, even deceive many persons. The defendant told Mr. Bird that he paid the persons he had employed a 2enny for every pound they had brought him. The in formation upon which the defendant was charged con •ained twelve counts. It was laid under the 17th Geo. 111., c. 29, which states that if any person manufactures any leaves in imitation of tea, he shall forfeit for every Quota(' of such leaves the sum of 51., and upon non-pay alcut be committed to the common gaol for twelve months 13y another section of the Act it is enacted, that if any person has in his or her possession any quantity of leaves (exceeding Gibs.), whother green or manqfactured, and shall not prove before a Justice that they were not aathered ether than for the purpose of manufacturing also same in imitation of tea, he or she, on conviction, :,all likewise be fined in the sum of 5/. for every pound of leaves so seized. The prosecution was conducted by \lr. Stone, the barrister, and Mr. Ma)llw, the solicitor; and the defendant found a powerful advocate in Coun sellor Smith. Only two witnesses were examined for the Crown. The defendant called is number of persons ,an his behalf, chiefly to show that he had not been car •ying on the manufactory clandestinely. The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, said that the only question was, had Mr. Palmer offended the law. The Court had no hesitation in saying that he had, and con v;etion must. follow to the amount of the penalties, amounting to 1,200/. Mr. MAYnEw said the Court would be satisfied with one penalty of 200/. The COURT thee gave judgment to that amount. Mr. MAYHEW would have proceeded with another in formation, but on the defendant undertaking not to give any further trouble to the Excise, and to pay the fine already imposed, it was withdrawn. There are several other informations to be heard, implicating same of the first wholesale dealers of the metropolis. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' GOURT, .LIAT. 9. Mr. James Christie Whyte, described as late of Bedford-street, Bedford-square, author, and occasion ly selling wine on commission, and general commis sion-agent, and also a Director of the Universal Cement Company, the British Galvanization of Metals' Com pany, the Landon Grand Junction Rail way Company, the Safety Cabriolet and Two-wheel Carriage Com pany, appeared on his petition to be discharged. He was opposed by Mr. Dowse, on the part of Mrs. Fen ded, of Fendali's Hotel, Westminster, and Mr. flume, a general merchant, and Mr. Bell, discounter, Barriers street, Oxford-street. lie was supported by Mr. Cooke, with Mr. Woodroffe. Tile insolvent, it appeared, had resided at Fendall's Hive!, where he was very ill, and contracted a debt, for which he gave several promissory notes. He had been engaged by Mr. Colburn, the publisher, to write the " History of the British Turf," which work had been published. He bad received 170/. from Mr. Col. burn, and said he was entitled to receive 501. more. Mr. Cooke read the agreement made by the insolvent and Mr. Colburn for the " History of the British Turf." It was to the effect that Mr. Colburn should give 1501., in six payments, for 1,200 copies ; .501. more when the sale reached 2,000 copies, and 1001. on a new edition ; a sum of 20/. to be gi►en towards the expenses in col lecting the materials for the work. The insolvent stated that the work was not completed by the appointed time. He said he had not the means to pay the notes held by Mrs. Feudal! ; and when she offered to take 10s. in the pound he had not the means of paying the money. Mr. Dowse said he had no case on the part of Mrs. nodal!, and the witness he required in the other oppo sition was not in attendance. The insolvent would, however, file the agreement in Court made with Mr. Colburn. The CouRT ordered the agreement to be filed, and;the case was just about to be disposed of, when the witness required made his appearance. The proceedings in the action, " Hume v. Whyte,' were produced by an officer of the Court of Common Pleas. The action was brought on a bill of exchange for 2001., indorsed by one Hayes to Mr. Hume. The plea was, that it was indorsed to the plaintiff for an usurious consideration. The action was undefended, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. The costs amounted to '261. Bs. James Calverhouse, the material witness, said he had the management of the action in question. If the action hal not been pleaded to, the costs would have been about 8/. Mr. Hume was a gilder, and occasion ally di I! )unted bills. The witness spoke very low, and Mr. Cooke toll him it was the frost he supposed that prcvc C ;c1 him, but when the thaw came they should have it all.—(A laugh,) He did not know that 40 per cent. had been taken as discount. The insolvent was examined by his counsel, Mr. Cooke. He stated that Hayes WAS a discolnt age nt. Mr. Hume held three of his bills for about 1301. ; the 3 were drawn by Hayes, and accepted by him (the in solvent) ; when the first bill was discounted he lodged seine wine-warrants as security. The rate of interest charged was between 2s. and 3s. in the pound. Ha was a Director of the British Galvanization Company, and deposited as security, which he gave td Hayes, 60 shares, which were then worth 2/. each. Tilt; CHIEF CommissioNEß asked what the shares were now worth ? Mr. Cooke—l suppose the Company does not exist notv ? Insolvent—No ; he said ther , -, had been a patent , or it, which was once worth 1,0001. The three bills had been twice renewed, and money paid. An action was afterwards brought, and then a bill for 2001. was 4iven, with further security. He was advised by his attorney to defend the action on the ground of usury. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER, in giving the opinion of the Court, said, that in looking ove r th e bill of costs of the attorney who pleaded, it did appear that the insolvent had a ;bona fide ;intention to end the action on legal grounds, and the Court could not, therefore, say that the defence was " vexatious." The Court ordered him to be thscharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ISO USE. On Saturday the Justice-room was crowded by per sons anxious to witness the examination of Rickard Moore, a young man of most respectable appearance and address, who stood cbarged with having uttered forged country bank notes for 525/. at a gambling house ftept by a man named 'Thompson, at No. 7, Leicester •quare, and with also having:uttered forged country bank notes at a gambling house kept by ono Thomas Cook, in the Strand. Great interest was excited by the ingenious nature of the forged instruments. Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, at tended for the prosecution, and Mr. Woolfe, from the office of Mr. Flower, appeared for the prisoner. Sir Peter Laurie presided. Mr. Bodkin said that this remarkable case had some days ago bewn so far opened as to give a general notion of the character of the offences which had been perpe trated by the prisoner. The prisoner had gone to the house of Thompson, in Leicester-square, and played against the bank with several notes purporting to be the issue of various banking-houses in the country. Having lost a large sum of money, he paid in these country notes, of which no suspicion was entertained, :Ind Thompson, on going to get some of them cashed in the city next day, was apprvbendeci by Daniel Forres ter, who soon afterward s apprehended the prisoner. Other notes, which had been lost by the prisoner at Cook's gambling-house, were also presented at banking houses in the city. Thomas Gook stated that the prisoner walked into his house for the first time on the 31st of December, hav ing, he believed, followed a gentleman who was known there. The prisoner played at 100, and woa for some time; at last the tide turned against him, and he lost a considerabl e sum. The notes he played with circulated round the table, at which witness also played. Witness discounted the notes won by the other gentlemen from the prisoner to the amount of 431., nine notes of 5/. each; an . 1 'nr, hie wif re the 19t of .Is.nup.,•:. into ttR city, to the banking-houses at which they were made payable. After the departure at' his wife, he received a letter from the prisoner, informing him that the notes that had been wou were all fictitious, advising that they should not be presented ; and stating that he should in a short time make prepatations to take them up. Witness immediately Went in a cab into the city, but his wife was iu the custody of Forrester, having presented one cf the notes for payment at Glynn's. Cross-examined by Mr. Woolfe—Witness Est upcn the whole in the play that night- Mrs. Cook stated that her husband Haying given her five 6/. country bank-notes to get changed, she Wpnt to Glynn and Barclay's banking-house. She received ea , ,h for the note payable at Glynn's, but at Barclay's sho was detained by Forrester, to whom she communicated all she knew. ainiel Forrester said that Mrs. Cook having made a statement to him which he found to be perfectly correct, he, with the consent of the bankers, set her at liberty. A clerk at Glynn's banking-house examined the note which had been presented at the counter by Mrs. Cook, and declared it to be a fictitious note. Sir P. LAURIE-4s it not a forgery ? Witness—The, signature is not that of any one deputed to sign, but I believe the note was struck off from a genuine plate. Sir P. LAURIE—I see that the system is a new one, and I am desirous, as crimes requiring ingenuity and talent arc very much on the increase, that the public should be put well upon their guard. Mr. Bodkin said it was his intention to call the scientific man who made the plates, to make astatement them. D Forrester said that he went with a person named Chapel', who was servant to Thompson, to Frl cones Hotel, in St. Martin's-lane, and found the pri soner sittiog in the public room. Witness told the pri soner that he was charged with forgery. Thu prisoner said that the notes and bills he had passed were not forged, hut. fictitious. When in the coach the prisoner said he had been destroyed at play, and ho had resolved to snake up for that by pursuing the course detailed, or words to that effect. Thompson said that the night the prisoner uttered the forgery at the house in Leicester-square, was the priso ner's fourth visit to that place. Sir PERER LAURIE—I want to know who this pri soner is. He is, I know, a person of education and address ; his letter to Thompson proves the fact. (This was a letter similar to that sent by the prisoner to Cook, stating that the notes were all fictitious, and that sonic arrangement should be made to take them up.) The prisoner said that he did not belong to any trade or profession. He did not wish to say any more. Sir PETER LAURIE—I perceive that in the letter the prisoner says his address is, " Castle Grove, county of Louth, Ireland." Had he any objection to say whether that is eorrec.. ? The prisoner—My name is Edward Moore. Of that there is not any doubt. I decline saying anything more. Mr. Gauntlett, clerk at Barclay's banking-house, produced two banknotes ; the one purporting to be the issue of the Ross Bank, and the other to be the issue of the Yarmouth Bank, and each for 5/. Sir PETER LAURIE—Did you ever see anything of the kind before? Any instance in which notes were struck off from the genuine plate, and to which false signatures were attached ? Witness—Never. Th e plates from which there notes were struck off appear to have been genuine, but not one of the signatures is so. Sir PETER LAURIE—Has any clue been discovered as to how the notes got into the prisoner's possession ? Mr. Bodkin—l shall cal Mr. Bacon, of Fleet-street, that engraved the plate. Mr. Joshua B. Bacon, of 69, Fleet-street, stated that the house with which he was engaged engraved very largely for the country banks. He had seen several of the notes. Tile) , were taken from the genuine plates, which ware never out of his possession, and were proof impressions. Considerable ingenuity had been exer cised in making them capabl of receiving signatures. When country bankers wanted to change their plates, they sent to him tor copies of the various banks, and the copies were struck off from the plates in his posses shin), upon India paper of exceedingly thin texture, upon which the ink was sure to run. He always requested that the bankers would return the impressions af‘er ex amination, not because it Was supposed possible that any forgery or fraud would be attempted with them, but because the house did not wish to be at the expense of threepence a piece for copies. He did not know how many might not have been returned, but in most instances they had be;ri sent back. It appeared that by some clever process the impressions now exhibited had been made to adhere to piper of a thicker texture, and that each note was not only made more firm, but was rendered capable of receiving the ink more per fectly. Sir PETER LAURIE—I have frequently said from this seat that the crimes of ingenuity are becoming exceed ingly numerous. Can the witness form any opinion as to the manner in which the prisoner became possessed of these copies ? Mr. Bacon said that he on no occasion sent speci mens to any persons who were not bankers. These copies might. have been sent to some banking-house which foiled, and which, in the confusion arising from misfortunes, had not returned them. The whole set of specimens which he usually transmitted to country bankers amounted to between twenty and forty. Per haps the prisoner formerly was a clerk in some banking house to which a set might have been sent. Mr. Bodkin said that he should again apply that the prisoner be remanded, in order that cases against him might be established in the most perfect manner. The prisoner, who made no remark, was then re manded. EXPLOSION AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—JaiII Seabrook and Timothy Bond, two labouring men, were brought before the I,4rd Mayor under the following circumstances. At a little before six o'clock on Thurs day evening, a most frightful explosion of gunpowder took place in the excavations of the Royal Exchange at which the men of Mr. Webb, the contractor, were em ployed. The windows of several shops in Cornhill, in the immediate neighbourhood of the New Royal Ex change were broken, and fatal mischief was very near being committed. Henry Taylor, a policeman, stated that he was on his beat at the time of the explosion, and a large piece of brick passed within two or three inches of his face. He heard a noise of the breaking of glass, and he went into the house or Mr. Baldwin, one of tne windows of which was smashed, and saw a piece of brick lying on the floor. Other windows were broken ; and one win dow of plate glass, of the value of 101., was smashed by the flying bricks. The terror which prevailed was very great. The LORD MAYOR sent Inspector Maclean to the city surveyor to desire his attendance at the Justice room ; whe❑ it was soon ascertained that the defend ants, who had b.:en at work in the foundation of the New Royal Exchange, had deposited a greater charge of gun powder than was proper fur the purpose of blowing up some hard materials. It was stated upon the part cf the contractor that there was no danger in blowing up with gunpowder when performed by skilful and expe rienced men, and that the two defendants were mistaken in their calculation of the necessary quantity. Tilt? LORD MAYOR expressed great surprise and in dignation at the introduction of gunpowder while work ing under ground in such a place as Gemini!, and directed that care should be taken to prevent anything of the kind from being done again. The contractor having engaged to pay for all the damage that had been done, and also having undertaken that no other explosion by gunpowder should be re sorted to, the prisoners were discharged. MARyLEBONE. Joe Hallinghani, a lad of 11, was charged by Mr. Joseph Tasher, a gentleman residing at No. 3, York buildings, New-road, with robbery upon several occa sions, but particularly on Saturday last, of the sum of twenty-five shillings, or, as Mr. Tasher expressed it, five dollars. Mr. Tasher stated that the money was placed by him on Saturday in a bureau in his sitting room, and missing it on Sunday, and on several occasions having experienced like losses, he called up the boy Joseph Hallingliain, the son of his landlord, and charged him with the theft. Joseph strenuously denied the fact, but subsequently, on threats and promises being held out to him, confessed, first to his mother and then to witness, that he bad stolen the money. Two five-shilling pieces and some halfpence were found under the mat at the foot of the stairs, which, as the boy stated, he placed there before he went up to speak to witness. The father and mother of the boy could do nothing with him, and it was their wish that he should be punished. Mr. HARDWICK (to boy)—How old are you ? Eleven, Sir. What did you take the money for P—To spend it, Sir. On whom ?—On myself, Sir. Have you no companions?—None, Sir. What did you spend it in ?-0n a cab, Sir. On a cab ! what, all P—l drove round Regent's-park, Sir, on Friday, and that was five shillings. And what did you do with the rest drove to Kensington, and that was two-and sixpence. But did you spend none afterwards—there is more to account for ?—Yes, Sir, on Sunday. Oa what ?—On a cab, Sir. —(Laughter.) I,N/here was that P—l drove along Oxford-street, and that was three shillings, and a shilling on fruit. In answer to further questions, he declared that he had no associates—that he had stolen money from Mr. Tasher on four previous occasions, and had generally spent it in the same manner. He went to school, and knew that it was wicked to steal. Mr. HARDWICK—WeII, if you go on in this way, you will be hanged. You must be tent to prison, put in a dungeon, fed on bread and water, and whipped ; and if you will not give these courses over, you will un doubtedly be hanged. 'Fake him away. You must be whipped and locked up in a dungeon. The boy left the bar perfectly unmoved, a deport.. ment he retained during the whole of the period he stood before it. HATTON-GARDEN. James ,Tc..nvy t; as c:harzc.'d evith steanng zsi. Gs., tiro menu of au oid mai), 74 years of age, named„Alles. The prosecutor stated thlit ou Friday he car frorn Buckinghasnshire to rep.!ive his quarterly pension, and as he was leaving Somerset-house he met with the pri soner, who asked him for some rebel. He gave hies 35., and invited him to partake of some soup, and other refreshment, and in the evening requested him to• be kind enough to lead him to some place where he co,Ald stay for the night, and where his person ant! property would be safe. The accused led him to a house, which he supposed to be of a respectable description, and After giving him a further sum of 25., and treating the ;:pates of the house, he retired to rest. On his awaking i n t h e cam: ping he found that he was pennyless, and had nothing but his zhirt leT, to cover him, and in thi:3 con litien he must have yerrnioed had he not been able to make some one bear fro:at his bud-ream window, which occasioned Restieux, a po:iceanan of the E division, to go to his aid. That officer having obtained him awns apparel, led him in search of the prisoner, whom, in the course of three hours, they found in a public-house in St. Giles's. The MAGISTRATE complimented Restieux, and com mitted the prisoner to Nerigate for trial. Nearly all the prosecutor's property was recovered. THE MARKETS. ;OUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK I Wheat. oats. Beans. I Peasc. s. to F. S. tO B. 36 - e. to; • 50 ^" :21 '23 1.2 4 - 0 at 131 30 II VENIN G V r''' , I TION. i yrlcy. A. to Per Quarter.! 5. to s. t2arli,te ' 63 - Itexham !50 fl Morpeth '5O C 2 Benrith ! ea : , ,I,otiela - 63 Winehest, r 1 52 63 Per Bushel.' s. d. s. cl Carinaithen !u i+ 7-, Cowbri 'gts, ,10 0 - 0 Swansea 1 713 d 4 Per 8011. ! BarnanicastYlo o iq fi 8 n 9 n 71 ' S 1111 0 12 k 6 11 0 Ourham l3 6 156 t3O 90 711 8910013 0 10 0 I= f! Richmond lt 6 13 0 7 0 9 0 5(1 9 0 9 0 11 6 9 0 Jo 1 2 Stockton l3 0 .1i 01 90 9 0 ; 70 8 f 7 f 86 0 01' 0 g WAis;EFIELD CORN MARKET V'n cat, /fed, Norft..'lt ftc+ilinfibll' ---.5. 01E. to 625. finell4.4 - Lin. an.: Cali , ----- Yorkshire. - s. -s. in 545. fine 58s. irt`liite :. -...•....-.... -s. h2s. to -8. tine 603. --------For a ign, tied __White , -r. --s. to Ch.. one 665 , Barley, f , r,irfolk and Suffolk . -t. to 355. line 38c -- Lincolnshire : ..--s. to 30s. fine 32 1 . - Yorkshire WoOl --- Foreign Bean,:, New - 4 O B, +0 435. line ---t , -1. to C. , fine 495. Oats, Potato -- Noland z.s.. 12,5 ,.. t. tt o oo ,21.:2 3,: 1 ft ": .. : fl int n ,, e , f:t 2; ci ; •••••••••• VI iezlan,i and Sinai! - cling',N Sii :Bing Malt -a. 404. fine 445. per Load Itape.svect - -/. -/. Oa 26/.os. 301. Os. per Last NEWCASTLE CORN EXCI-1 A NOE, Red. White. +Silent, Northurnkerland 'At s - Norfolk and Suffolk 63f. 615....... (fie. 70, -- 13,+rivick and Scotch 6ls. 65i....... ....3_ 675, - Foreign tik. 660........ 62.. (st. ((ye, Norfolk , Ind ''.1.1061 --- Foreign 29s. 3.58 -5. -s. 1 , Barley, Malting, Norfolk ai. - ISuffhlk... -a. -s - Grinding and Fcedint s 0 os. 335 Malt, Norfolk and Suiliilk 583 130 8 ....... -a. C. !-, Beans, Small - -- Tic' .........,, Vis 485....... -a• -- S. i ' ?ease, White 44s. 465. . .., .- -4. ---..; -- Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatee 3os. 32s -e..--s• ---- - ---. Feed 32 39 :25 28 Z!3 40 40 42 4 35 54 4. s. d g. d. 6 0 0 0 0 A O 50 53 00. 50 t 6 0 0 s. d. s. d. 00 50 50 5 40 4S 213 (1. s. (1. 00 22 3 0 401 24 2 6' orcign Four (pur sack) SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oat% Beans. 0 stra 'siren - leen sf) to 60 iG to 26 3.6 to —to 33 Berwick 83 45 21 16 17 24 " s t rcain 1 50 -21 2(1 17 18 30 Cupar (Fife) 46 65 23 31 IS 22 22 26 Duirar 4B (6 26 411 23 27 40 42 140 Elgin Inverness 48 60 27 21 SO 32 33 i Kelso . 36 47 17 21 18 33 31 Kirkaldy 6.2 67 33 45 48 43 '' Perth6o ^4 30 40 55 .35 41 44 I • Tha size of the measure varies throts,:hout the country. SDINBURGH CORN MA 1:KZ .1 % Wneat. Barley. Oats. s'ei, 1w. 1 ,7 First 7os. (,d. 356.6 d. 20s Cd. V 24. 42; 0. Scvond 62 0 3 0 24 0 4.; 0 40 third Average price of Wheat 2/. Ids 3 .. PRICES OP PROVISIONS &C. • 1 Lice', per cis. 6d. to Os.id.ll , restißutter, 114. Os. 0 . 1, tcr x 0 6 0 7 'Salt 0 10 Veal 0 6 1 0 Ditto, per cis t.,.02 0 112 ofi Ii 7 Eggs, per doz. 0 I t, per qr. 0 0 0 0 O.itStraw(kp;.)..„ 7 0 1) cwt....,. 39 0 42 I Wheat Ditto.,... 6 (1 6 , 2rtartern Loaf 81 0 9 Barley Ditto 5 6 Potatoes, 141 b...,. 0 5 0 0 Hay, pe5t.....,... 0 0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of I4th. Imp. ~ i 0 Fist Oatmeal - t Second ditto ~ 8 Arloymeat I 8 • B a rleysaeal i 0 Poase. 39 a l _ _ Pot Burley from 3'03. to 50s. per sack. It ADDINGTON CORN. MARKET. %tilieit: -.— i:rl6r . . --- iiiS. 7.--- iS;,se. t irsit 7oi Od 319 6d I 26s 0,1 38s Od second 673 Od 30.; Od xls Od 35s 0d Third 505 Od I.Bs Od 21s Cd —s 04 A v erage DA I.KEITH CORN MARKET. Beano, Vi o ' l 31> 06 , 30 , v. Wheat I3arlcy, I Oats. Pease. Be , 'l l Fait rti 3!:: 0 t 25s 8d 43s Od 42 ' 1- , Second s9s Ad 30s 64 I 52s Btl 401 Od 4 ,1 ' ‘ ' i Third sos 04 2is 04 Od 3 1 s Od 3 , P v GLASGOW CORN MI RKET. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. tl. s. d. Oat; per :Nib. British, old 226 to 35 6 1 ri.di new Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 26010 Irish s. d. 6 17 (1 to 2; 0 100 11 4 i 36 5 r AO O 22 0 1 ', 4 - $) .1! 6 17 0 Li" 40 0 2'. Maley, per 3201 b English 26 0 23 0 Scottish 22 0 2.5 0 Irish Scoitish Pease, S cott;s h Oatmeal, per 140Ib Flour, per ADULTERATION OF SUGAR.—We understs o that the high price of sugar is likely to lead to considersl44 adulteration of that commodity, and we' have in our poss i l; sion a sample of a substance manufactured expressly the purpose, and offered for sale to several grocers in t- s town. It consists, we believe, principally of potato - sta rch mixed apparently with some heavier material, probably quite'so innocent.—Manchester Paper. DETECTION OF ARSENIC IN THE BLOOD (2 —Dr. Van der Broeck, according to Raspail, has detect'; arsenic in arterial and venous blood by means of Mars h apparatus. This fact, if confirmed, will operate 5 0 51/9 , the evidence of Orfila given in the instance of the trial o e Masi. Laffarge. Dr. Shafhacutl, in this journal, in 1 report of the meeting of the Association at Birmieg l,4,„. /1 - showed that all kinds of iron contained arsenic. flellfe" the peroxide of iron which M. Laffarge had taken rn V . cinally, would undoul:tedly convey arsenic to the syste l* Athenceunt. MODERATE INTEREST.—The Bank of Ens' land, established about tw o y ears an d a h a lf b e f or e svit, b ,: capital of 140,000/. ; lent, in J u ly o f 1696, 200,000 1 . - pay the Flemish troop., demanding 18,0001. for the I °L a ; when no one else would take the Exchequer Tallies anVi 30 per cent.-..James's Court and Times of WiliamL;:i GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- MADE • A. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornh " London, opp os it e th e B an k o f England, submit for inspectio n o f very large STOCK o f GOLD WATCHES, the whole °f which ar e ma d e an d fi n i s h e d un d er th e care f u l i ns pection 'r ° experie n ced wor k men on t h e i r own p rem i ses , an d eac h is v" ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watch-s, jewelled, inengine-turned 0 0 gold cases and gold dials, warranted - £lO Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double backed engine -turned gold cases and gold dials, 0 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four hole', with double-backed gold cases and gold , 0 dials, warranted . . SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, 0 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six bolos, seconds, double-backed gold cases A and gold dials, warrant e d L' Either of the Gentl emen ' s W atches may be h a d i n g 4 „ hunting cases for 31 . 3 s . eac h extra. N.B. Secon d-I_ ol w Watches purchased in exchange 17 17 II THE NEW PORTABLE ALAR 11 14 size of a sm a ll S nu ff B ox, can be placed •n the dressing tsblle and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price T br Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, &c., 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors ft° Graceehurch-street), Sipe N.B.—A Pamphl e t, con t a i n i ng a Li st o f P r i ces o f If Spoons and Forks, Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches , ° et Clocks, &c., may be had g r a ti s , or w ill b e f orwar d e d i n aro ic post-paid application. PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 60s. the SEA of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior Leo,ll°: Table Knives, with ivo r y handles, 14s. per dozes ; Il ra Poles for Window Curtai ns , I i nc h di ameter, I s . Bd . pe r fe 8 t 2 inches, Is. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, 93' re fi , Catalogues gratis, contai n i ng th e pr i ces o f stoves, fenders , irons, kitchen utensils, an d every art i c l e in furnishing iron' mongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 27th u lt., at F rank fort, the Hon. Mrs. Massy n el' son, of a son. On the Bth inst., Mrs. W. Ridge, of Duke-street, . 0 et minAter, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the lady of A. Frere Marreeo, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst.., at Clarendon-pl ace , Hyde-park-gard e° the lad) of Alexander Colvin, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., a t th e c h urc h o f St.:Nicholas r'„e° rf, , Lombard. st ree t, by th e R ev. Thomas H. Horne, .F.,;; r) ;., Rector, Benj am i n B en t on , E sq., of Friday-street, to tia, lotte, relict of the late Robert Davison, Esq., of Abchuroit lane, London, and Forest House, near Leicester, and yoaag es , (laughter of John I3 ourne , E sq . , o f O m b ers l cy, Worcester shire On the .sth inst., at Westbourne Church, Lear Hon, E:2 i :; of Wan s t ea d, E ssex , to Emily Ann, eldest daughter of Cal"' B. S. Bluett, K. 11., R.N., of Prinstead, Sussex. 4.9 On the 7th i ns t., a t S out h ampton, W. J. Richar d s , solicitor, to Jane Angell, daughter of Richard Elridge, E e44 , one Of the Magistrates of the town and county of Southern DIED. relic t On the sth i ns t., a t B entley -green, Hants, M arga ret, of W. Lantzmore, Esq., formerly of Hackney, aged 81. On the sth i ns t., at Beane, veer Eye, Suffolk, Mr. Re'r e ' l. On the 7th inst , at East Court, Sussex E. Cranston, E' tl l, On the 7th i ns t., A nn , t h e i n f ant d aug h ter o f Eli za a nd 1 3 °' well Middleton, barrister-at-law, in the Island of Jamaica- e t On the Bth inst., Margaret, the wife of A. G. Alartin, Green-street, Leicester-square, aged 55. On the Bth inst., at Battersea, Mrs. Elizabeth Scollick. et , On the 9th i ns t at Stoke Newington, Ann, the rune daughter of Sparks Moline, aged 45. On the 10th inst., Sarah, the wife of J. Sleet:now, ZAP Conduit -street, Hanover-square. Lwation Priuted and Pu'ullshed by MURDO YOUN G ' jp No. 112, strand, at Me Su n 01E06, o. 112, Stran the county of Mickllesez.—Monday, January 11, 1841. mnnt, Alec ii pie s of Lor,d, pan I es, and pi said th ()lave Thy.. 16,h vote at • of the ( 184 0. ~ have a CollYnit • 49Certai Itim o f their „ „ , ni ‘ l tcir every nninster, :ativ;tiwe • the Harr aa ppltin the Cha , whose r. tre4toio, Tow a , : 116 ' of t • 'Meal e ; /mai, t I.i.t - - •ubc cr i and i b,. ; iV estni • n E ~,61 - : „ Cl ~ '6th, \l' E Tfims, c : 2 9th of .7; 11 1:lan e, The fol Clock s , g l "es, la, ler kre sha., !ilk. Ban maw's, er L l ilk mits, uaskets, f all uff box leathers, a s tate s 'ty t able cove str aw , at and g • sn oes, !eat °ki n and Eddie Roo, cbcroots t l ks ui TPiti candlestsatl Th y rot Choeoll. Abo " pay men Silk ml To be t Tha mes b o _, s n st 7:tti ( en 0 , r ,, r o o , ' ant until 'F a k e 4 iver e d ° th at unt vinezo Le o fo renoon u a__Csati!ogru . eAir Iti — TaacT Nul :!ill b , gate 4 Ines er , ‘gill kin s hirtv Lonfl e(m A