The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRONI THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—if the matters in dispute between this country and America be settled amicably and satisfac torily—as we believe they win be—,it will not be the fault of the Times ; which has used its best efforts to blow up the coals of jealousy between the two nations into a flame. The acquittal of M‘Leod furnishes a new occasion for reiterating the sarcasms with which journAl assailed the Court before which he was arraigned, and the whole proceedings of his trial. The fel:owing is a specimen of this unseemly treatment of a tribunal which is fashioned after the model of our own, so justly prized ; and the proceedings of which, in the present instance, were marked with dignity and impar tiality equal to anything ever exhibited in the highest court oferiminal judicature in our own country " Poor - Sadie Gridley—one can scarcely read hi% elaborate summing up without a compassionate smile ! Conceiving that he had to deal with the most im portant cause that had ever agitated the world, the anxious functionary seems to have been literally bowed to the dust under the weight of his fancied re sponsibility. The quiet and humble apartment he sat in, became, in his excited imagination, the solemn temple of justice. " The entire circumstances of the ceremonial had perfectly delighted Judge Grid:cy. Nothing, he thought, could possibly equal the talent and learning evinced by the Attorney-General of New York, except perhaps the ability of rho prisoner's Counsel, and the decorum of the people's jury. All the mass of worth less evidence adduced for the prosecution was as pa tiently analyzed by Judge Gridley, with the usual cau tious distinctions, as if M'Leod's life had been actually dependent on the issue ; and after indulging in a long and wasteful expenditure of profound judicial saws, the complacent luminary was constrained at list to let the Jury retire. They too, lest lhe farce should suffer in their part of the representation, make a decent show of hesitation." As the public voice refused to respond to the war whoop of the Times, but, on the contrary, compelled the "great god of war" to lay by his thunder, and sound a note more in accordance with public feeling, and more likely to advance the real interests of both nations - so, or we greatly mistake, the insults hurled at the high judicial functionaries and entire system of criminal jurisprudence of America, will meet with as little sanction from the intelligent portion of our emu. try Men as the Times' attempt to get up a war-fever, in which it most signally and properly failed. The trial having terminated, and in a way which relieves the public mind of all anxiety as to the possibility of a rup tare with the American republic; Which any further detention of M'Leod must have produced, another question fairly arises, viz., the necessity of such an al teration in the Constitution of America as will afford security to this and other countries against the recu rence of a similar grievance, arising, as this has done, out of the anomalous position of the Central Govern ment with relation to the abseace of a sufficient con trolling jurisdiction over the se\ oral Stales which com prise the Union. STANDARD.—The Grand Storehouse and Ar moury of Small Arms in the Tower of London was totally destroyed by fire on S iturday night and yesterday morning. The loss to the public is esti mated at more than one million sterling ! The particulars of this national misfortune will be found in our next page. The destruction of the Armoury following so closely upon the burning of the Royal Exchange and the Houses of Par liament, as well as the successful attempt to destroy the Talavera, anal the unsuccessful attempt upon the Camperdown, all within about seven years, will excite an unpleasant interest. The dealers in omens wit!, of course, anticipate in such a rapid succession of disastrrs some end incho!y presage. They have seen the burning of the Houser of Parliament, followed at a short interval by the renewed tenure of office to the worst section of the Whig Radical party ; and the destruction of the great commer cial rendezvous in Ike manner, seemingly at tended by the accession of Lord Monteagle to the superintendence of the financial affairs of the empire ; and probably they may fear that the destruction of the Armoury promises that Sir D: L icy Eraos, or Colonel Thompson, shall suceeed Lord Hill at the Horse Guards. Fur our own part, however, if tee must trace a prognostic, it is a good one—the commencement of an era when arms shah he less necessary than they have been—the corn utencecoont of a long period, not only of peace, but of frredom from the apprehension of war. Oa the other hand, alarmists will see. in all these fires a systematic public ruin, contrived by some mys terious conspiracy. Here, again, we must take leave to think for ourselv:s : that there has been an incen diary, though an abstract one, in each of the cases, and that he - is the same incendiary, we have a strong suspicion ; and though he has bosh too much a public favourite of late years, we do not scruple to arraign hint before the public, upon whom he his inflicted a great amount of injury ; his name is Economy. To this delinquent, we bulicv; must be imputed the fire; of which vie Lave spoken. ORANGE OUTRAGE.—ATTACK ON HER MAJESTY'S MAIL. (From the Dublin Monitor of Saturday.) We have received this morning the following ac count of a feroc i ous attack made on the C coach, in Cuher, on the night of the 28th instant, by a party of Peel's " Orange vagabonds," healed by nable men and i;niletuen. Itis as fell sets : " .00T. 29.—A most frightful outrage and riot.took place here last night, or rather t'ais morning, on the arrival of the Cork mail coach. ":A party of gentlemen, who had been at the Cabe' races that day, rthhed out of the hotel on the arrival of the conch and commenced an attack on the paisen gem The guard was assailed, and the way-bilt taken from Vim, when it • was found that Mr. Murphy, of Cork, was an inside passenger. " The mob immediately mistook him for the Catholic B:hop of (lark, and commenced an :es lult on the coach, con iqiiing the " Papist Bishop" t, como out. Sticks and stones,. were employed, and many persons injured. " Mr. Murphy, who is brother of the Catholic Bishop of Cork, and above eighty years of age, was very much alarmed, an I endeavoured to keep the coach doors shut, when a rt es was malt to burst them opon—tie win doss were all smashed—doors burst open—the doctor dragged from the coach into the strict—his hat knocked off—his wig torn off and slapped in his 13.1 e, and he was otherwise seriously indurated. " The mob all this whi!e was increasing, and there could not be less than eighty persons engaged in thi, one rage —most of them being in a station of life en titling them to be called gentlemen. " I learn that several of the parties can be identified, arid that to particular the person who dragged Mr. Murphy from the coach—tore off his wit, and beat him with it about the head and face—was a celebrated noble man of sporting notoriety, who can be sworn to. " During the riot the police were not to be found, aril the rioters ha lit all tl.ei r own way. The coach was detained long past time. All the passengers were mal treated, and 50111 C suffered severelv.• Indeed, nothing caul I exceed the determined violence of the mob—the uitial Orange cries of "To h e ll w i t h the Pope," &e., were the watchwords on the occalion j wr:tc this that it may reach you . in time to use it as you think fit on Saturday. The people regard this, as but a sample of what is to be expected now that Orange insolence and ferocity wain the aseendaat." We have made inquinet as to the attack in question, ; and fi nd that our correspondent is Inbmstar. nt Morphsail y correct in the accoun t he has given nsOfit.i was mistaken for his brother the bishop , and it was - ls . provi dential he did not fall a victim to the sanguinary ferocity of the mob. We have also learned that our correspondent is right in stating that the rioters were chiefly gentlemen — Orange Tories from the surrounding district —and that the principal leader in the attack was the sporting nobleman alluded to by our correspondent. It is also true that the police rendered no assistance for the protection of life and property thus attacked at midnight. Where werethe): Had but an unlettered intoxicated peasant spo k en gruff word to a "Prete,: taut" gentleman, meeting him on the road at night, we would have had all the district out—Orange Tory moetings would have been he ld—Protestant Magis trates would have been at their posts, for the protec tion of " Protestant" life and property—and little short of martial law would have been proclaimed ! Tho Tory journals would have represented the country as in a state of insurrection , and rewards opon reward s would have been offered ' for the apprehension of t he imaginary assassin I Yet, here we have her Majesty's mail coaches—for there were three of them, we understand—attacked in the town of Caber—Lord GlCaguli's own town, too ! the passengers ferociously assailed—one individual, on being mistaken for a Catholic Bishop, dragged from the coach and brutally assaulted—an old man, upwards of eighty years of age, thus savagely assailed, not by an ignorant, excited mob of peasants, but by persons of property_ in the country—men ranking as gentlemen— some of them; we suppose, in the Commission of the Peac e ; and yet we hear no word of this violent out rage figuring la the police reports. Is this what we are to expect from Lord de Grey's " justice and - mode , ration" government Th ae accounts in the provincial journals received this morninr, all agree in describin g th e amoun t o f rain which has latelyfallen as far beyond the average of any season for many years past. A great deal of mischief has been done the farmer by its continuance. We regret to have to announce the sudden death, icy gout in the stomach, of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Geary Gardner Lee, whose decease took place early on Saturd% morning, at the Royal M a rine Barracks at Woolvvi . Sir Francis had seen distin guished service, having been at Copenhagen, the siege of Cadiz, and various boat affairs in the East Indies and on the .French coast. He also served in Spain, under Gen. Evans, with considerable distinction. Several fo reign orders had at TariotVl times been; conferred upon him. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The annual general meeting of the Proprietors of the Drury-lane Theatre took place on Saturday, in the Saloon of the Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the annual Report of the Committee, and for other business. At a few minutes past two o'clock the Chair was taken by Sir B. B. Cabbell, who apologised for the absence of Lord Glengal, who had been prevented from . . attending by severe indisposition. Mr. DUNN, the Secretary, having read the advertise ment calling the meeting, then proceeded, at the re quest of the Chairman, to read the following Report : " REPORT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE GENE RAL ASSEMBLY OF PROPRIETORS. " Saturday, 30th October, 1841. " The Committee have the gratification to meet the Proprietors with prospects somewhat more cheering for the cause of the drama than when they last made their annual Report—for at that period but faint hopes were entertained of the restoration of the drama on our boards. In the absence of any offer for renting the theatre at that period, whereof the resumption of dra matic performances was the object, the Committee were compelled, as a means of finance, again to have recourse to that species of entertainment which, under other circumstances, they would gladly have avoided ; still they feel bound, in Justice to the parties who have had the conduct of those performances, to admit the very respectable and attractive nature of the entertainments produced by Mr. Eliason, during the period of his lessee ship. The introductiOn of the German Operatic Com pany in the spring of the year afforded to the admirer's of that branch of the drama the highest gratification, and formed a very prominent feature of the past' eason; and herein the general assembly will not fail to remark the anxiety of the Committee, under any circumstances whatever, and at all events once mere to draw up the curtain for dramatic representations, and they may boldly assert, that from the high character that the representa tions of the German Opera uniformly sustained upon our boards, and the consequent distinguished patronage with which the public marked their progress throughout, the Committee are confident that a similar sentiment of ap probation will pervade the general assembly with respect to that enterprise. The Committee have the gratification to announce that they have entered into an agreement with Mr. Macready for a lease of the theatre for three years, with a view to restore to the boards of Drury-lane the legitimate drama; and looking to the present position of the property, the Committee were guided in the arrange ment entered into with that gentleman from a personal consideration of the character and respectability of the individual with whom they were dealing, and whose re cent management at Covent-garden was so successful. With regard to the particular nature of the contract with Mr. Macready, the Committee think it advisable to ab stain from entering into detail in laying this Report be fore the general assembly, but they feel assured that this meeting will repose sufficient confidence in the dis cretion of the Committee to warrant the observance of a caution which, upon the present occasion, seems to them to be so essential to the interests of all parties con cerned. The question of the renters' claims has under gone much consideration, and hostile proceedings against the Committee have been resorted to by the tras • tees of that body. In consequence of this proceeding at an eventful period for the interests of the proprietary of the theatre, the Committee deemed it discreet to abstain from using such powers of resistance as they might have fairly employed to the trustees' demand ; in consequence of which, and in order to maintain peace in the esta blishment, the Committee have been induced to pay over to the trustees' solicitor the sum of 1,4071. 10s. 9d. The Committee beg further to report that a temporary arrangement has been entered into as a prelude, it is considered, to some final measure, which must, ere long, take place in order to prevent the Committee from fall inglinto one or other of two extremities—either that of resigning their powers, together with the lease, into the hands of the ground landlord, or assuming the conduct of the stage enterprise themselves, in consequence of their inability to execute a sufficient and complete lease of the property. Subsequent proceedings have induced the Cemanittee to believe. that the interests of the pro prietary may yet be fully maintained in the event of the renters' question, which has been so long in agitation, not being speedily brought to a conclusion. The substantial repairs of the theatre, which were re ported as necessary some considerable time past, have been entered upon under the superintendence of Mr. Beazley, the outlay for which, the meeting are al ready aware, will fall upon the immediate resources of the Company, as a distinct sum has been standing at the banker's to answer this particular branch of expenditure, the extent of which will totally exhaust those funds. As to the subject of finance, the accounts of income and ex penditure are now laid before the meeting, regularly au dited by Major Naylor, for the information of the assem bly. The cash account of the season exhibits an income of 4,9781. 3s. Id., whilst, on the other hand, the expendi ture has been 5,058/. 18s. 7d., and the balance at the banker's on the current account remains 769/. 43.21, to answer the forthcoming outlay. In closing this Report, the Committee trust that the assembly will consider that, under the difficulties of the past season, they have exer • cised their jai,gment with a scrupulous attention to the interests of the Proprietary at large, and that a very short time has now to elapse before Dniry-lane will again hold its former station as one of the two magnificent theatres of this great metropolis." Mr. WARING moved that the Report be received and adopted. Mr. SAMUEL WELLS felt some difficulty in seconding the motion. lie was always ready to bear his testimony to the services of the gentlemen by whom the affairs of the Prop:letary were managed, but ho doubted much whether it was a good precedent in public business to leave the whole management of their property in the hands of such a body. Ile would give them ell proper confidence, but he must certainly object to their leasing the theatre fur three years, without stating what the terms were. Another part was the paying over of 1,4001. to the renters. Now these gentlemen, although he did not mean to question their respectability, had no share in his regard, seeing that They had never come for ward in an honourable and genceoas way to assist the Proprietors or co-operate with them in one general exer tion for placing the affairs of the theatre on a better footing. As they at present stood they were unable to give a valid lease, and until, by the consent of the renters, they were enabled to do that, he fur one would regret that any portion of thoir funds had been 'paid over to them. He would throw out a proposition , fur consideration — let there be a joint Committee of renters and proprietors, in order to see if they could devise some remedy for their unfortunate situation. Let them meet and try some means of making the most of the property. Their situa tion was extremely unpleasant, for he had no doubt the present concealment arbie out of the fact that, because of the division and disputes among themselves, it was im possible for them to give a vali 1 lease. He also thought it would be most important that the Proprietors should have soma knowledge of who their co proprietors were. He would suggest the propriety and convenience of flay ing a general registry of all the Proprietors. Ile was now in treaty for some shares from a gentleman who a short time ago had no more conception of having any title to these shares than he was Proprietor of the mines of Golconda. If they had a registry they might get a large meeting, and then they might come to some arrangement. A MEMBER of the COMMITTEE said there was a list of the Proprietors in the books. Mr. It AMSII3I7i3I, M.P., begged to thank Mr. Wells for the valuable Suggestions which he had thrown out. With respect to the desire of the Committee to conceal the terms of the agreement with Mr. Macready, it was a matter of prudence ; but if any Proprietor would wait upon the Committee, which would sit on Thursday next, he would receive the fullest information connected with the agreement. Mr. WELLS begged to suggest also, that if there were members on the Committee who were disqualified, or did not attend, they ought to be removed. Sir B. B. CABBELL said the Committee had been very constant in their attendance generally. lie was sorry they were not in a situation to say in public on what terms the Committee had agreed with Mr. Macready •, but he would say that they were perfectly satisfied with them ; and the Proprietors, as well as the Committee, were aware that that gentleman was most honourable and straightforward in all his dealings, and that his object was to make an energetic attempt to restore the legiti mate drama to its proper standing, and that splendid property to its former state. Mr. WELLS believed there were some persons on the Committee who were not qualified. Mr. SPENCER begged to set himself right with the Shareholders. Pie had proposed the name of Earl Hardwicke as one of the Committee, on which occasion the book was produced, and a sufficient number of shares stood in the name of the Noble Lord to qualify him, and he was elected. It afterwards turned out that the shares were the property of his deceased father. The Noble Earl had, therefore, no qualification. While he was ad dressing them, he would take the opportunity of say froTni Mr, motion Wells. was The m ing th a t h e most hirEhly approved of all that had fallen then agreed to. andth Mr. G acted upon,tste,TitehelEt the b suggestioneggedtosay a . rfeilwirw. Wells l s is w l o le uld si bne cerely passe with the Pr at the renters would proceed pari o another?on a s one ri eto r s . 'their body w di ifi n s c ulti pullinges would never be rem ove d so one way, and th e other way. li e was a Proprietor of some origin a l 10 0 1. shares, he had held them ever since 1816, and he had never received l s . of i n t eres t ulion the cost, therefore the renters Macreadyr. was were not the only body who had a right to complain. a man of credit, of high principle, ho nourable mind. Only let both paritesahonest and n row the same boat, aid him in his noble exertion s , and the in de not far distant when Drury-lane would, lik e anothJPwh a ee s rise from its ashes; or , rather, would surmount a ll its difficulties. Mr. ROBINS said he was speaking disinterestedly, for he held only one o r two renters share s , while lie held no less than 60 of the unfortunate hundred pound shares. If interest swayed him, he should be inclined to advocate the claims of the Proprietors, but he contended that the renters had a prior claim ; they had given up their 251. for 121.105., and that had lately been reduced to 3 /.63.8d., thesuggested Proprietors that they who should had no e row the claim at all. and sam e no b w o . a If that were done , h e did not think they would ever re ceive one shilling. itt withwas Mr. RA MSBOTTOM said, if the renters foreclosed their mortgage, the Proprietors c ould call upon the landlord and obtain a new lease from him, that was the position in which they would place themselves if they resorted to any ulterior measures. . Mr. GREGORY admitted that the renters had . a prior claim, but since the theatre had been built, they had re ceived 60 or 70,0001., while the Proprietors had not received one shilling in the way of profit. The fact was, the joint-stock Proprietors had advanced a large sum of money and received nothing, while the renters had had their property considerably benefited by that loan, and had received large sums.—(Hear, hear.) Such a state of things, however , must at length come to a stop. Now, he thought it the interest of both parties to uniteiastead of injuring the property by acting as opposing interests. lis was a renter, but he was most anxious to see the two bodies pulling amicably together, and he trusted such a measure would be effected.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BUNN wished to know if the trustees of the new renters were parties to the agreement with Mr. Macready ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. Mr. SPENCER then moved, and Mr. BONN seconded a motion for the election of Mr. Samuel 'yells, as a mem ber of the Committee. The motion having been carried unanimously, the six members of the Committee who went out by rotation, were re-elected, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. . DISTRESS AT STOCKPORT. The extraordinary and unparalleled distress into which the town of Stockport has been thrown by the stagnation of trade, has at length aroused the authorities and the leading public men of the borough to the ne cessity of taking some measures in reference to it, and a public meeting was called last night for that object. The meeting, which was held at the Court, House, was con vened by the Mayor, upon a requisition signed by nearly 200 respectable inhabitants, to take into consideration the growing distress, and to adopt such proceedings as may seem expedient. The Court House was crowded to suffocation. William Andrew, Esq., the Mayor, pre sided; and on the bench near him we observed Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. for Stockport, many of the leading gentlemen and tradesmen of the borough, and several ministers of the Gospel. The MAYOR having read the requisition and the notice of the meeting, The Rev. &ARLES BARER moved the first resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that the distress which now exists in this borough is more severe, and has been of much longer duration, than ever before known ; and that every succeeding week adds to the number of its insolvent manufacturers and tradesmen, and to the destitution of its operative classes ; and in order to convince our rulers of this great distress, a committee be now formed for the purpose of correctly ascertaining the real condition of the various classes composing the population of this borough, so that a statistical state ment may be prepared of so authentic a character as to afford to the upholders of commercial restrictions and monopoly no pretext whatever for disputing the extent of our embarrassments and privations." They had lately been taught, he said, the value and the necessity of having facts, and of having them well authenticated. A handiull, a hatfull, a bushel of facts could have been produced at this meeting to show that great distress existed in this town, had he known the necessity of them, for such was the state of the working classes that no man need go in search of distress ; lie might meet it daily and hourly at his own door—(Hear, hear)—and more than once had he been compelled, by his compassion for the objects that presented themselves at his door, to give away what would have been a dinner to himself.—(Hear, hear.) Not long ago a poor woman came to his door with a child in her arms ; she was the third applicant that morning, and it was not ten o'clock—(Hear, hear)—he hesitated for a moment what to do, and. the woman observing his hesitation, burst into a flood of tears, and said, " For God's sake, Sir, you will not send me away." He asked her why she thought he ought not to send her away ? She assigned a reason he should not mention ; but she said " This is the first day I have asked charity in my life ; my husband is a dresser ; for years we were house keepers, and I hardly ever sent a beggar away from our door without a crust of bread. We have now been driven from a house to a cellar, and last night we consumed the last potatoe in our house." They knew that this was no iingular case. He had called at the house of a friend, a shopkeeper, a few days after this, and he learned that they had placed two loaves on the counter, with a view of giving a slice to each beggar, and when he called there was not a slice left. One woman who went to that shop said she had just returned from the pawnshop, where she had taken one of the last articles she could part with, and for that she had obtained only a penny: she was at a loss how to spend it when she got it, for she said there were three children at home besides her husband who wanted to 'be fed out of the money ! She at length expended it in meal as the only mode of supplying her family with sustenance for the day ! The Rev. Mr. LEROYD seconded the resolution, which was adopted without opposition. Mr. 11. COPPOCK, the town clerk, moved the second resolution. " That this meeting is of opinion that the whole of our commercial difficulties, and their concomitants— die.ress, crime, disease, and premature death—are occa sioned by the Corn and provision laws, or other unjust and pernicious monopolies ; and that there exists no reasonable ground of hope that relief can be afforded, or greater calamities averted, but by the abolition of these monstrous and wicked monopolies." He would not take up their time by any general observations, because he had facts to lay before the meeting which would have much greater weight, and facts, which, being taken from - . official and other sources upon which no doubt could be thrown, were • undeniable. The first document he would read was one showing the increase of poverty by the quantity of - provisions given away to what were called able bodied paupers, or persons who through want 'of work had been compelled to apply for parish relief to the Guardians of ' the Union, and who were not admitted into the house. The quantity of provisions given away to these, in the week ending the sth August last, was. 1;590 pounds of bread. By nay of contrast, to show the rapid increase, he would jump over the gradual weekly increase, and come to the quantity given away now, and on the 21st of the present month he found that the quan tity of bread given away was 4,513 pounds.—(llcar, and cries of " Shame.") Yes, shame, he said, for those who caused the necessity for this relief, -and not to those that gave the relief.—(Cheers.) The potatoes given away had increased at the same rate, and he found that the quantity given away on the sth August was 350 pounds, while the increase on the 28th of October was 2,7,00 , pounds. Looking to the total quantity of provisions of all kinds, given away on the sth of August, he found it stated at 2,313 lbs., whilst on the 21st of this month the quantity . had increased to 8,061 lbs.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Having shown that there was not only distress, but that it was greatly and rapidly increasing, he should be able soon to show the cause ; and he Was glad that he shouldle able to do this from official docufrients, and not on his own authority merely. He found the increase of paupers, as shown by the abstract for those townships included in the borough, for the quarter sodiog Sept. 25, receiving out-relief, was—adult inaleS4ds ,; adult fe males, 639 ; children, 1,066 ; while the nii - ;bers for the quarter ending June were, respectively, 303, 535, and 765. showing an increase of 65 males, 104 . females, 301 children—total 470: making on an average for the quar ter an increase of 36 per week. In reference to the causes of pauperism, he found that the increase during the last quarter was chiefly confined to able-bodied paupers, or men driven to seek relief through want of employment. For the quarter ending in June, the num ber fur the four townships included in the borough, the number was 192 ; in September the number was 361, being an increase of 169. The increase on the whole union was 197, thus showing that the distress from want of employment was chiefly confined to the borough, the remaining 28 belonging to no less than 13 townships. Mr. Coppock read extracts from the reports furnished by the medical officers of the union to the Board of Guardians, one of whom (Mr. Blackshaw), whose district contained 30,000 persons, stated that he could bear testimony to the utter destitution which at present pervades that district, many families being at present obliged, from want of employment, to subsist upon the beneficence of the Board of Guardians alone; which in some instances does not average more than from ad. to ls. per head per week, and that within the last week he had witnessed the death of two individuals, John Frost and Sarah Parry, whose deaths,, after much inquiry, he had no hesitation in stating had been accelerated, if not directly produced, by a want of the common necessaries of life.—(Hear, hear.) This was particularly the case with respect to the former of these two persons, who had appeared at the board and received what was properly conceived to be necessary, but who, in consequence of his previous privations, sickened the day after his application, end died in one week from pleurisy, leaving a wife and five or six children, most of them very young, to deplore their loss. Mr. Coppock concluded by mentioning that when the late census was taken, one-fifth of the houses of the borough were found empty; he felt convinced that the proportion would now be much greater, and this would be a matter well worth the attention of the Committee to be appointed. Mr. GRIFFIN, a reporter to the Northern Star. made a long speech denouncing machinery and not the Corn laws as the evil producing all this distress, at the same time he professed him Self not an enemy to machinery. He concluded with an amendment to the effect, " That the greatest of all monopolies was class legislation, and that the Corn-laws, though hard, were only an effect, and that the only way to put an end to these and other evils was to give the people's Charter."—(Laughter.) • The amendment was seconded amidst great uproar, by Mr. JAMES MITCHELL, who also attacked machinery. Mr. COBDEN much approved of the object of the meeting, and he had listened to the details laid before them by Mr. Coppock with great interest, because he thought the first step to be taken for getting their distresses relieved, was to make them known by bringing the details before the public at a general towns' meeting like that.—(Hear, hear.) It was necessary to take tkisstep to prevent that continued incredulity which ex isted among the party to which the present Government belonged in the Legislature, and who were exceedingly difficult to be convinced on this subject.—(Hear, hear.) He had stated in Parliament what he thought to be the condition of the people, but he found he was speaking to incredulous hearers; they did not seem to think he was speaking the truth. He believed there existed at the present time a party . in power who did not know, and who did not believe, in the distressed state of the country; and, to tell the truth, he thought they were not over anxious to know it.—(Cheers and laughter.) But it must be the policy of the people to take care that just in proportion as they manifested an unwilling ness to hear, the facts should be forced upon their attention.—(Cheers.) He was sorry to say that he had entered their borough this evening with a heavy heart, and he never addressed a meeting with less of that elas ticity of spirit which he should ever wish to feel on f coming b e f ore hi s constituents. The town appeare d t o lika more like a pl ace w hi c h h a d su ff ere d from a siege, o an earthquake, ir e regret or some other calamity which had ope ratedsake of to oppr ess an d put men to any sh i fts f or t h e mere h e a x v i e s t e n n o c t e . t — i m ( e C t h o e pre .} r r s e . p ) of his able sp eec h. The Charti s t s are a sketch persisted in their amendment, but on being put it was negatived by a 1 • • large majority, and the original motion carried amidst greatand enthusiestic cheering. A Committee was - and carried, and named also and the meeting se parated.—Manchester Times. The General Steam Navigation Company's Packet, the Columbine, W. Norwood, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house yesterday with the Dutch LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 22. IN RE T. S. cANE. EXTRAORDINARY SPECULATION IN MINES. This was the day fixed for the final examination of the bank rupt, whose examination in August last was reported in this journal. He was deeply engaged in mining specu lations in Cornwall a few years ago, and having been comparatively successful in his first attempts, he soon obtained the reputation of being a " fortunate " man, and having embarked in an increased number , of a similar nature, he obtained " subscriptions " from clergymen in Kent to the amount of 100,0001., and upwards, and from one Member of Parliament (Colonel Rushbrooke, M.P.) no less than 75,0001. The mines turned out to be almost a total failure. The Learned COMMISSIONER asked if any solicitor was in attendance to put any questions to the bankrupt touch ing his accounts, as, it not, he would not delay his last examination for more than a few days. Mr. Nias, a solicitor, who attended for several credi tors, said that from a severe inquiry by himself, and also from information which he had derived from the official assignee, he (Mr. Nias) was perfectly satisfied with the accuracy of the bankrupt's accounts, as presented to the Court by Mr. Hutton, the accountant, at the express de sire of the creditors. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—I am obliged to the official as signee for his very effective examination of these volu minous accounts, for I confess that my early impressions of the case were very different from those which I now entertain, having given to it in the meantime my most. anxious consideration. Mr. Nies—My clients, your Honour, fully share in your feeling. Although they are fully satisfied that they wilLnever get anything by delaying the bankrupt's final examination, they still believe the accounts to be accurate. Sir C. F. Wimams—l thought it almost impossible, until the present case, that an estate, in which so large a sum as 360,0001 had been embarked, should have ended in producing nothing ; but in justice to the bankrupt, and as affording some satisfaction to the creditors and the public (who could not reasonably have been satisfied if the utmost vigilance had not been exercised in the in vestigation of the bankrupt's extraordinary affairs), I shall proceed to put some few questions to him, in order that he may have an opportunity of explaining how it happened that so large a sum should have been expended, and end in producing nothing but " cobwebs." It must really appear to be incredible to the world. The bankrupt was then sworn ; and in examination by the Learned Commissioner, gave the following evidence :—I was for many years in the War- Office at a good salary ; and about the year 1829 or 1830 I first commenced my view of en tering into mining speculations, and had property to begin with to the amount of 12,0 0 0 1 . to 13 , 0001 , partly in cas and partly in an estate mortgaged to a Mr. M•Don nel for about 20,0001. I never put out any flaming pro spectuses nor seductive advertisements to induce any party whatsoever to join me, nor did I ever ask any one to join me who actually did so. On the contrary, all those who did join me were actually " volunteers. I collected 360,0001. in subscriptions in the course of five or six years, and many persons, from whom I now hold letters in my hand, pressed me to allow them to subscribe to the speculation. Several letters were here handed up to the Learned Commissioner, and, after their perusal, he said that he did not feel it right to mention the names of those persons who had flung themselves into so profitless a speculation. Examination continued—l did not know the names of the writers of some of these letters ; and so many pressed to join me, that I told them that I must reduce the inte rest from 10 to 7 per cent. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Such delusion, spch infatuation would scareely be credible, if we had it not upon oath before us. - The Bankrupt—Only two persons ever made any in quiry as to the produce of the " mines," or the nature of the accounts, as the mines had a very "high reputation," and I think they are very valuable still. Sir C. F. WILLIA3IS—Indeed! and they never realised one shilling for the creditors. We shall have no such delusion here. What was the amount of interest which you paid upon those subscriptions, and from what funds did you derive it? Bankrupt—The amount was 60,000/., derived from the subscriptions, and so acknowledged by me. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—I am thus endeavouring to give you an opportunity of setting yourself right with the public, whose impression must have been against you from what transpired at your examination. I also wish to show _the public the gross imprudence which the sub scribers to this absurd speculation have committed, while many of them, I fear, have been ruined. The ten per cent. interest was also paid out of the subscribers own funds ; and yet it was something in favour of the bank rupt that all this delusion was created, not by his decep tion or alluring insinuations, but by the whispers of one to another that the speculation was likely to yield them their ten per cent. What, Mr. Graham, was the produce of the. mines ? Mr. Graham (the official assignee)—The .mines never yielded any profit from the beginning ; but two of those, in which the bankrupt held some shares, produced 18,001. By the Learned CO3IMISSIONER—Did you, Mr. Cave, ever give any one any particular character of those mines ? The Bankrupt—Never, except the printed ac count of the sale of the different ores ; and to pay the 14 per, cent. upon the advances, would have required an annual profit of 36,0001., which I was nut allo•ved suffi cient, time to realise. What is meant by the " Cook's Kitchen ?"—lt is the name of a mine which has realised 2,000/ a-year. No one ever asked me for any certificate or voucher-as to the quality of the mines, nor did I ever ask any one to give them the slightest recommendation. At your last examination you said that your best mine was sold, and your second best settled upon your wife. Which was that second best ?—The Godolphin ; and such is the general estimate of its value, that parties have since advanced me from 30,0001. to 40,0001. upon it ; besides which, the money has all been kept in this Country. That is your philosophical reflection ; but I think the best thing would have. been if you had saved it for your creditors. Your friend Captaiii Richards, the manager of the mines, and who knew best about them, never sub scribed a single shilling.—l would .not allow him, and though he did not subscribe, his uncle, a most respectable 6 ival equal a year .for his manage to 100,000/. a year. . miney, did. I now owe Captain Richards about 22,00 a, a m n e d a t, he as w the expenditurehave had ° was to There are only three or four of the mines now at work. I observe that 121,0 00 /. was advanc e d by a very . mode rate number of the clergys—is that so?—lt is so; and I ceased paying the 10 per - eettt. after the end of the year 1838. There was a registry ,of all the shareholders, which any one who thought proper might have inspected at any time, and there was no concealment of any sort. The only funds in the banker's hands for the use of the creditors were two sums of 51. 2s. and 1/. 105. The abstract of the balance-sheet, as handed in by ' Mr. Hutton, shows the following particulars :—To cash 1,7031.35. 5d., besides an estate in the Kent-road, valued at 8,000/. ; also several shares sold in mines in Corn wall, value 326,844/. 5s 4d. ; creditors, 37,2301. 103. 4(1.; liability. '5OOl. —malting a total of 366,277/. 19s. ld. The credits are stated to be—gooddebts, 1,16 A 16s. 10d.• bad debts, 6,202/. 17s. 6 d. ; balance at banker's, 51. 10s. Bd. ; property, nothing ; profit and loss account for property in the mines by Mr. C., 339,7921. Os. 10d. ; house and private expenses from 1833 to 1840, 11,111/. 13s. 3d. ; liability per fontra, 5001.—making a total of 336,271/. 19s. ld. Sir C. F. WILLIAms—I think it should be made known to the bankrupt's creditors and the public, that the Court deems his explanations to be satisfactory, but it is at the same time awful to think how so many persons of education, rank, and station in society, could have been deluded, by their own infatuation alone, of the enormous sum of 365,000/. Unless cause be shown to the contrary, I shall pass the bankrupt this day week. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, Nov. 1. IN ItE THE REV. WILLIAM JOHN ST. AUBYN. The insolvent, whose examination has been already published at considerable length in The Sun, was a Clergyman of the Church of England, and Rector of the large parish of Stoke-Damarel, in D -vonshire, from which be derived the annual income of 1,8001.: besides which, be possessed hereditary property, and 8001. a year jointure by his wife. From the time of his taking holy orders to his arrest, be bad, notwithstanding his princely income, accumulated debts, chiefly with trades men, to the amount of 22,0004 On the insolvent appearing in Court, Mr. CooKE, on behalf of certain creditors, stated that a vary. important document, executed by the in solvent, had been discovered since his last examination, and he trusted the case would be adjourned to afford time for further inquiries. The Learned Gentlemen then tilled Mr. -Little, a sclieitor of Devonport, who produced a copy-of tv deed by which the insolvent's income, after its ' fit " sequelitratioti, was made over to three persons. He had not had time fully to ascertain the provisions of the deed yet. The insolvent was then examined by Mr. Cooke, and stated that he executed a warrant of attorney for 10,000/. in 1834. after which his living was seques trated. The Bishop of Exeter, up to 1839, allowed the sum of 200/. to be paid annually for his (insolvent's) support out of the tithes, and 100/. as a salary to the curate who officiated in his place. Since 1839 up to the present time he received the surplus fees instead of this allowante. He found it very difficult to get any satisfactory settlement with the sequestrators. Mr. Coons.—Am I then to understand that the sequestrator appointed by the Bishop has been receiving 1,0001. a-year, and you experience a difficulty in re ceiving his accounts. Insolvent.—Yes ; and I have frequently applied for it. Mr. Lynn wh o was a trus t ee , and one of the sequestrators' bad been appointed by him (in solvent) as churchwarden in his parish. Several debts bad been brought up, and in one instance a person in Devonport, to whom he (the insolvent) owed the sum of 347/., sold it to Mr. Lyn° for 1001. The greater number of the debts on which the seques tration was granted were sold to Mr. Lynn and other trustees, at the rate of about 65. Bd. in tho pound. After some further obs erva tions by the Court and the Learned Counsel, th e over until the Chief C omm i ss i oner should be on the Bench. case was ordered to stand GREENOCK ) OCT. 27.—We understand that the fleet of naval steamers, built and fitted out here, and now in our harbour, haie been surveyed by an agent from the Admiralty. Each of the steamers has been found competent to thie from 800 to9oo troops on board. The steamers not ready for sea are ordered to be fitted out with all expedition.—Glasgow Chronicle. Lord Wharncliffe is suffering under a slight at buck of gout in the hand. '46` POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. ' George Johnson was charged by policeman Egan with disorderdly conduct, in refusing to "move on" when directed to do so. The policeman stated that he observed the prisoner about half-past two on Monday morning conversing with a woman at the entrance of a court. He ordered him to move away, and, on his refnsal to do so, he moved him off at once to the station-house. Sir PETER LAURIE—Is that all ? Policeman—Yes, your Worship. Sir PETER LAURIE—Was the prisoner drunk ? The policeman seemed to think not. Sir PETER LAURIE—And are you in the habit of taking people into custody for merely talking to women in the street, without their having committed any other offence ? Policeman—Certainly, your Worship Sir PETER LAURE—What have you to say, Johnson, to the charge against you? The prisoner answered that ho had been drinking late with a friend, and entered casually into conversation with the woman as he was re- turning home. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, there is nothing against you but your own confession of having been drinking; for I haie no notion of people being taken up by the police for merely speaking to women. You are discharged. T. Swift, Edward Ekes, and James Byer, were also charged, by policeman 298, with disorderly conduct in refusing to move on quietly when directed to do so. The )pliceman stated that early in the morning he saw tho prisoners walking arm-in-arm down Holborn-hill, and creating a disturbance. Alderman FARNCOMBE—What sort of a disturbance ? Policeman—Oh, singing - your Worship, and making a sad noise. —(Much laughter.) He then proceeded to state, that he ordered them "to have done with that 'ere" (air?), and on their still continuing it, collared as many of them as a pair of hands well could—namely, two, and the third good-naturedly waited till a brother policeman came up. He then moved them off to the station-house —a motion to which they showed as much reluctance as he conceived amounted to a " resistance to him in the execution of his duty." Alderman FARNCOMBE—But on what charge after all did you detain them ? Policeman—For singing along the street. Aldermali FARNCOMBE—Why, by your own account, they were walking on peaceably enough ; and if you did'nt like their singing, they would have soon been out of your hearing. Policeman—Then they resisted me, your Worship. Alderman F AR N C OMBE—Yes, after you had seized upon them. I think it a great pity that you interfered with them. What have the young men to say ? The prisoners replied that they were returning home to gether and humming a low chaunt, when the policeman pounced upon them and treated them very roughly. Alderman FA RNCOMBE—WCII, it would, perhaps, have been better if you had refrained from singing in the streets ; but the policeman has been too forward in the matter. You are now discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. G. Burnet was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged by policeman G 30 with having obstructed him in the execution of his duty, and used abusive language towards him. The policeman stated that in the execution of his duty he called last Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, at the White Lion, Brick-lane, to see that the house was duly cleared and closed. A woman, coming out of the house, observed to him, " Well, you see, policeman, we are all going home," to which he replied that it was time for them to go home to bed, when .%lr. Barnet passed by and remarked " That's right, policeman ; do your duty," which he (the policeman) consideritr , " highly impro per," ordered him to go on if he did not wish to be locked up. Mr. Barnet accordingly did go on without taking further notice, and he tollowed him to " remonstrate with him on the impropriety of interfering with a policeman in the execution of his ditty," but the lecture, instead of being thankfully received, led to "some words," and, amongst the rest, to the term " vagabond" being applied by Mr. Barnet to the policeman, for which offence the policeman " in stantly" conveyed Mr. Barnet to the station-house, where he was quickly bailed by his friends. Mr. Barnet said that he had some most respectable witnesses to call as to what passed, but Mr. BINGHAM said it was perfectly unnecessary. He had heard sufficient, and heard it with regret, not only on Mr. Barnet's account for the inconvenience he had suffered, but on the policeman's account, whose previous conduct had been very correct. lie had no business to follow Mr. Barnet in the manner he . had done. Mr. Barnet's observation appeared to have been made in a proper spirit; but even if it had been 'made' jeeringly,' there was nothing in it to b 4 so, miglttily offended at. The Policeman appeared to have lost his temper, and he (Mr. Bingham) was very sorry for it, and trusted that he would be more cautious for the future. Mr. Barnet was then discharged. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. ECCLESIASTICAL COURT.—NoRwzoi, OcT. 26. REV. A. LOFTUS V. MARY ANN LOFTUS. This cause has been for some time pending, and has excited great interest in the fashionable circles from the known respectability of the parties, and their relation to the most distinguished families in the county of Norfolk. Counsellor EVANS, Judge of the Court, after hearing the defence the preceding day, .on the 26th inst. pro ceeded to deliver judgment as follows:—This was a suit brought by the Rev. Arthur Loftus, of Fincham, against his wife, Mary Anna Ray Loftus, for the restitution of eon:lnn-al rights; and it appeared to him that the ltev. Gentleman was fully entitled to what he prayed for. The defendant prayed for a divorce, on the ground that her husband had been guilty of cruelty towards her. Ten witnesses had been examined, and it was his duty to inquire whether their evidence made out the alle gations against the husband. The most serious allegation made by the wife was, that Mr. Loftus had been in thelabit of puffing himself in a violent pas sion, and in consequence she had suffered in her bodily health, and had been prematurely delivered three times. Mrs. Loftus had had three children, and it was in evi dence, by both suit and defence, that the first was born • prematurely in October, 1837 ; but that it was caused by the violence of the husband seemed doubtful, the . violence complained of being, committed near three months before the birth of the child. The evidence of . the servant, nurse, and medical men showed that the premature birth was caused by her own over-exertion the.day before her confinement, for it was stated she went up the steps of a mill, was frightened by some horses, and slipped down in a hurry. The Learned Gentleman was satisfied the second confinement, though premature, was not caused by violence ; and the charge also failed with respect to the third confinement. Mrs. Loftus loft her husband in Oc tober, 1839, and the child was not born till four months after. There was no pretence for saying: the violence of Mr. Loftus had anything to do with it The eighth allegation charged that Mr. Loftus entered his wife's room a few days after her second confinement, put himself in a violent passion, and excited so much terror as greatly to increase the fever she was suffering under, to the danger of affecting her intellects. This' was a grave charge, but the only evidence supporting it was that of Mrs. Clayton, who stated that Mrs. Loftus afterwards appeared out of spirits. The medical - man did not appear to be aware that the fever was increased, and the nurse denied the existence of any such fever. The fourth allegation, continued the Learned Judge, states that Mr. Loftus was in the habit of reflecting on his wife as a person of inferior birth ; the fifth with interfering in the domestic affairs. It was stated, in evidence, that on a certain occasion Mr. Loftus called in the maid and told her she was of superior birth to her mistress, in the presence of the later. In conse quence she left her husband's house in the middle of the night, and travelled with a Mrs. Green to Norwich; he (the Learned Judge) did not think there was anything to justify the step of her leaving her husband. Eighteen witnesses contradicted the statement that Mr. Loftus's violence made it impossible they should live comfortably together. All the eighteen witnesses speak of his man ner to his wife being uniformly kind, and deny that he was in the habit of swearing. The case showed that Mr. Loftus had been in the baba of using some of the language described, and whatever irritation he might have had, it could not justify him. The Learned Judge concluded judgment by saying nothing had occurred to justify her leaving her husband, and he was bound therefore to declare that the marriage being well proved, Mr. Loftus is fully entitled to the judgment for which lie prays, and that Mrs. Loftus do .return to her husband. It is reported that other proceedings will be taken. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The cloth markets at both Cloth Halls have been quite as dull this week as last, and prices are exceedingly low where sales are effected. This is particularly the case for goods of fine qualities, for although the stocks of this description are smaller than usual, yet such is the state of the market, that the manufacturer cannot sell at' prices that will pay him. There has been rather more business done in the ware houses since the 20th instant, but on the whole it has been very dull, and there is a pretty general opinion entertained that business is not likely to improve for some time to come. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, 0CT.25, —There has been a very fair demand for flannels to day, though the market ba3 been but thinly attended. Prices remain the same ; indeed there has been no change for some weeks back. The wool market has been more than usually dull ; and, on account of the prices giving way, the manufacturers buy very spar ingly.—Lccds Mercury. DEATH OF REAR•ADMIIIAL J. W. HOL LAND.—This gallant naval officer expired at his residence at Bath on Tuesday last, inlis 76th year. The deceased Admiral had been upwards of fifty years in the naval service, and his commission as Lieutenant is dated as far back as June 1794, He was Midshipman on board the Queen Charlotte in Lord Howe's action, when he was severely wounded ; and in 1801, when senior Lieutenant of the Phcebe, took an active part in the gallant engage ment between that vessel of war and L'Africaine, which was captured ; and for the wounds he received on that occasion he was promoted. Ho retired in June, 1838, on half-pay. The Staff of the New Governor-General of India, Lord Ellenborough, consists of Captain Somerset, of the Grenadier Guards (son of Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzßoy Somerset), as Military Secretary'; Lieutenant Colville, gazetted last night from 85th to the 40th Foot (son of General •Sir Charles Colville), and Lieutenant Durand, of the Bengal Engineers, as AideS-&-Camp. A gentleman from the office of the Board of Control, it is understood, will accompany the Governor-General as Private Secretary. Lord Ellenborough embarks in the Cambrian, Capt. Chads, on the 4th of next month ; and Lord Auckland embarks for England earl► in March. — Naval and Military Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The settling for the Saturday's racing at Newmarket did not occupy the whole attention of a crowded room, the Derby came in for its share, and if the betting on it was not generally important, we may point out two or three instances in which business was done at prices dif ferent from those last quoted. We have named Attila and Chatham (the Hester colt) at the odds they stood at ap to six o'clock, when the room was full • but should add . that after three-fourths of the subscribers had left 10 to 1 was offered, Attila singly, and . 5 to 1 agst the two. Robert de Gorham was backed at an improvement of two or three points, and the odds were taken with consider able eagerness about Ballinkeele ; the 40 to 1 favourites were backed for various amounts, and will speedily be joined by Moss Trooper, about whom 1,000 to 15 and 1,000 to 20 were taken freely • an improvement will also be discovered in Scalteen, ;Ito is likely to become a member of Scotts' lot. At the close of a tolerably brisk afternoon the average prices stood as follows :- DERBY. 900 to 300 agst Scott's lot 9 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila 11 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham (Hester colt) 23 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham-t 25 to 1 apt Mr. G. Clarke's Lord of Holderness 30 to 1 agst Mr. Maher's Ballinkeele-taken - 32 to 1 agst Lord 'Westminster's Auckland-taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowe's Meteor (Dido colt) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Brother to Potentia-t - 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinurus-taken 40 to 1 agst Lord 'Westminster's William de Forti tibus-taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt-taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clarke's William le Gras 40 to 1 agst Mx: Isaac Day's Curator-taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper-t freely 50 Co 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen-taken 3000 to 45 agst Mr. Morgan's Agreeable c-taken 5000 to 30 agst Mr. Bird's Dr. Allen-taken 1500 to 1200 agst Auckland and William de Fortibus, t. 1000 even between William de Fortibus and William • le Gros The following brood mares, the property of Lord Jersey, were •.sold yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall :- Trampoline, 300 guineas ; Adelaide, 300 guineas ; Gle nara, 150 guineas ; and Alea, 140 guineas ; sister to Cobweb was bought in. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cowbridge harriers will meet on Thursday, at Black Hall, at. 104. Mr. W. J. Pawion's harriers, Friday, Leamington Moor, 101. • Tynemouth beagles, Thursday, Holywell Bridge, 104. Mr. Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, Corton Farm ; Friday, Stockton Wood, 104. Craven hounds, Wednesday, Brimslade ; Friday, Great Shefford ; Saturday, Hunt's Green, 104. Vine hounds, Thursday, Malshaneer House ; Satur day, Iliehclerc, 11. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Friday, Wincomb ; Satur day, Hayward Bridge, 104. Middleton harriers, Tuesday, Warminster Fir Trees ; Friday, Tytherington Pond, 11. Carmarthen harriers, Friday, Bankyfelin, 10. Brecon hounds, Wednesday, Courtgilbert ; Friday, Alltbrengy, 10. Findon hounds, Tuesday, Waslington Common ; Thursday, Portarling Pond ; Saturday, Ashington Gate. Mr. W. Horlock's, Tuesday, Nest Park Lodge ; Satur nay, Rouseford House, 10. Earl Dude's hounds, Tuesday, Williamstrife ; Thurs day, Escot ; Saturday, 101. Mr. Tredway's hounds, Tuesday, Alfred's Town ; Thursday, Kenderwick. Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds, Tuesday, Membury Castle ; Friday, Cuckoo Down, 11. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, Tuesday, Kedleston Inn ; Thursday, Radborne ; Saturday, Swarkestono Bridge, 10. Warwickshire hounds, New Kennels ; Tuesday, Mit ford Bridge ; Thursday, Newbold Pacey ;. Saturday, Upton House, 101. - Herefordshire hounds, Tuesday, England's Gate; Fri day, Harewood's End, 10. United Pack, Friday, Walcot, 9. Wheatland hounds, Tuesday, Cross Houses; 'Wednes day, Haughton, 9. Shropshire Hunt, Tuesday, Shawbury; Friday, High Hatton. Wynyard Hounds, Tuesday, Hawthorn ; Friday, Stoney Gate, 11. Essex Union Hounds, Tuesday, Asheldam Hall; Sa turday, South Houndingfield, Tye, 104. East Essex Hounds, Tuesday, Colemans; Thursday, Marks Hall; Saturday, Topings Hall, 104. Earl Fit zwilliam's Hounds,Wednesday, Roston Haugh land i; Thursday, Elton Furze, 10. East Kent Harriers, Tuesday, Rattling Course; Thurs day, Lydding hill; Friday, Preston Furze, 104. East Kent hounds, Wednesday, West Brabourne ; Friday, Black Mill, 104, Mr. A. Smith's hounds, Tuesday, Clatford Oak cuts ; Thursday, Chute Lodge, 11. Ihe Badesworth harriers, Tuesday, Wentbridge ' • Thursday, Pollington bridge ; Saturd a y , Havercroft, 101. Mr. Forest's harriers, Wednesday, Easter Fodderley, 104. Monmouthshire Hounds, Tuesday, Gtaig Hill ; Fri day, Hendre. N.l'. H., Tuesday, Lyndhurst Hill ; Thursday, Pinnerly Gate ; Saturday, Ashley Lodge, 104. H. S. l 1., Friday, Crabs Wood Farm, 104. Air. M organ's (Ruperra) Hounds, Wednesday, High cross ; Friday, Croseorneinon, 114, Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, Charlton Town; Thurs day, Chilton Village ; Saturday, Tringford Bridge, 104. Baron Rothschild's stag-hounds, Wednesday, Mr. Christopher's, Drayton Lodge; Thursday, Wing, 114 Mr. Ilellier's hounds, Wednesday, Baddesley Clinton; Friday, the Clock, Biekerhill, 104. 11. H., Wednesday, Bramdean Common ; Thursday, Basing Lodge ; Saturday, Lasham Village, 104. I of .11m:clench's hounds, Tues!.ay; Kelso Bridge; Thursday, Gatelongth ; Saturday, Spottiswoode, 104. Lord Elcho's hounds, Wednesday, Preston; Thursday, Ladykirk Village; Saturday, Edington-hill, 101. . Mr. Muster's .hounds, Tuesday, Walmergate-hall ; 'Thursday, Minton ; Friday, Dalby, 104. Pytchley hounds, Wednesday, Baiwick ; Friday, `Boughton Park, 114. Mr. Giles's hounds, Thursday. Bosbury-gate. F. B. 11., Thursday, Prazein Crowan; Saturday, manjick Wood, 10'. Heythrop hounds, Wednesday, Broadwell Grove; Fri day, Gawcomb. Berkshire hounds, Wednesday, Stadham Gate; Friday, Bradley Farm. York and Ainsty hounds, Tuesday, Uppleton; Thurs day, Oalston; Saturday, South Hutfield, 104. hedale hounds, Wednesday, Blows Hall, Hutton Moor; Friday, Middieten, Eddlethorpe hounds, Wednesday, Castle Howard Inn; Friday, Plueldiain, 104. Eail of flarewood's hounds, Wednesday, Scarcroft ; Friday, Wilstrip, 10i. Holderness hounds, Tuesday, Everingham Park ; Thurs.. day, Writhernwick; Friday, Arres, 11. A therstone hounds, Wednesday, Can well Gate; Thurs day, Gopsall ; Saturday, Newnham, s to 11. W hitecross harriers, Thursday, Bishopstone, 10. Oakley hounds, Tuesday, Roston; Thursday, Kemp ston Wood; Saturday, Knotting, Fox 10i. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MAXWELL'S WORK ON THE UNITED STATES.—We have seldom seen (ob serves the Naval and Military Gazette), a flora oppor tune work than this of Colonel Maxwell, and still more rarely a pleasanter one. Great interest will be attracted towards it by the existing state of our relations with the United States. The object and attainment of the work is to convey pictures of the actual condition of all classes of society in America, and especially as they present themselves under those most characteristic circumstances which attend steamboat and railroad travelling, and that publ:c species of existence in which the Americans de light to indulge. When we add that its writer enjoyed every facility for observation that could be made to re sult from introductions to the most distinguished citizens of the States, the reader will look for—what he will as suredly find —one of the most readable and informing books that we have yet had on the subject of the social life of America, and one that deserves especial attention and favour in oth countries, on account a its opinions, its pictiires, and its speculations, being more favourable to the singular people it treats Of, than perhaps any other that has been given to the world. THE NEW VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURTS.— Committee-rooms No. 1 and No. 2 of the House of Com mons have been fitted up as temporary courts for the new Vice-Chancellors. Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Wigram will take the oaths of office to-day before the Lord Chancellor, and afterwards proceed with their judi cial business. An v American. paper complains, that in salting down horses for victualling the Navy, sufficient attention is not paid to the removing the shoes, and that in con sequence the teeth of many of the sailors have been pretty considerably injured. THE ARMY. IN CHlNA,—Several , corps are ordered from the Madras Presidency, to reinforce Sir Hugh Gough's army, and the strong drafts embarking . from England will proceed direct to China. The desti nation of the 98th Regiment was this week chanAed from the Mauritius to China, and that corps will embark forthwith. Supplies equal to many months' consump tion for ten thousand men, aro also being shipped for our forces in China.. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey had a long interview with Sir James Graham, yesterday morning, at the Home-office. SIGHT AND HEARlNG.—Patronized by tneir Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the late Princess Augusta, the' Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bed ford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, Manchester, and Marlborough, Marquises of Hertford, Londonderry, Sligo, and Thomond, Earls of Shaftesbury, Tankerville, Harewood, Powis, Bradford, Wick.. low, Verulam, Harrowby, Buckinghamshire, Meath, Somers, Ox ford, Lisburne, and Ferrers, Bishops of Exeter, Blandford, Lincoln, Cork, Elphin, and Kildare, Lords Hill, Cowley, &c. &c. In addition to the above distinguished patronage to the Newly. Invented Spectacle Lenses and Sound Magnifiers Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City, state that their valuable inventions have also gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medical profession. Imme diately these Newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are placed before extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object be. comes clear and distinct, so that the mebt aged imperfect sight be comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, is not the k ast perceptible nor unco mfortable ; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme c.sses of deafness, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly if heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albemarle -street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, City.—No connection with persons of the lame name, THE MARKETS PRIC BREAD. Loa h o •g a lrs d ' i ; r r c i id e m o ly b il e re ii E i a d d t)FianttB7d.Marergis is 10d fo r the 41b. PRICES OF SEEDS. . Per Cwt. Per Quarter, ..., ---s New English Red Clover...6'Os 81s I St. Foin -....... ....... ' - ' s .os ... 2.5 s 0 ,.. Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Rye G ass ............... ...--b _, New Foreign Ditto —s 62s SOs Pacey Grass ...... . ...... .—s '''' s - I , 01.1 Di to Dbto New White Clover 5 - 4 s s 07.; 178ss Linseed , fcirfosorwfeineglin..g.......--1 r . 5 i ) '3 5 ,5 48s • - Old Ditto Ditto --s —s -4Ditto, for crushi..g ...- --s 465 52' ,cw Tre'bil .... —s 20s 40s'Hem,• ........................ --s 100' _ „, Old 1 itto s 208 385'Canary . .............. . .... ••••• 4 .L. ' J'r foil= s 48s 70s Per . ..oshel. . 5 ,-. E , glish Carraway —s - 50 s 52s,White Mustard ....• Os Od to 14 , `,." Foreign Ditto PRICE OF Coriander ... — ..... T s sA 4 L 6 L s . 0 5_0 1 50s Brown : T B , a r: , o w e sAn SOAP, i t & t 0 c ... . p . . e . ...... Town Tallow .. ....£2 10 0 Melting Stuff ...............£I ' .0 Yellow Russia White - Soap Ditto • 2 0 9 0 C 0 or Ditto ave 9 Rough ..... ...................................... x ,I, 1 1 (I 0 0 0 Good Dregs .... .............. . - PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Sibs. gi Price of T...110w (as stated by the Tallow :getters) ............... • -ts• -. :52 35 1 1121 b, j 7 tt:o 1 . 5 :1 7 . '4O PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton .£s 0 Ditto, refined 0 Linseed Oil Liras ed Oil Cake at th.: Mill (per 10u0) ......... 17, io 1 0 Itai.e take, per ton COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 2 d d. s. Walls End Hetton ........ 21 Wall. End Lambton ......... .3 0 Walls End Cassop .•• a 2 6 'Pennant's Hartlepool ......... 0 Walls End Coundon ........ 2') Walls End Evenwood ...... IS 0 Walls End Seymour Toes... 2 ! a Walls End South Durham 2. 0 Walls End West Tee 5........ ... Killingwortli Trader ...... Fuddle's West Hartley E) 4 Chester • l6 P East Tanfield East P0nt0w..............~ last Wylam l3 6 Old Tantield Pontop A indsor " Tanll,l.l Moor Walls End .;osforth Walls End Kilhngworth Walls End Itiddell's , . <0 6 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s to 0 . Carlisle Hexham 6O 70 36 38 `.3 28 Morpeth 52 t 4 i 8 29 20 24 38 42 Penrith 6B 32 2t 8: 3 ""' 40 Sheffield — 66 23 2t 4( / -7,gq Winchester CO 68 29 32 20 26 40 42 " A $ Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. d. 0.6 t.:l 1 . 1 0 Carmarthen t. it 79 00 40 00 23 56 00 0 ' iret Cowbridge 76 80 00 4C 00 3 0 5 0 5 3 t ,! tg 00 twausea 76 8 4 4 0 44 26 3 0 5 6 60 Per 8011. 1 10i Barnardcastl 13 17 09010 0 40 74 90 1 - d 6 IGO Durham 13 0 156 80 90 n 9 69 00 10 6 90 Ip o Richmond l4 0 19 010 0 11 0 6 0 7410 0 1? 0 : S 10 0 B 0 i 0 40 741 9 0 1"R - 0 0 o 59 691 00 106 9 0 0 60 7410 0 120 9 X 00 60 7 0 90 11 6 80 .N EXCHANGE. White. Red. Wheat, Northumberland 5O - 0 i 5....... 51s (63 Norfolk and Suffolk 6os 64s . ..... 62. . 11 " .---- Berwick and Scotch. ........ Foreign 603. (AL..... 645. 65'. , Rye, Norfolk gnd Suffolk - 3Ss ...... —s. —s* ' 1 a Foreign 29s 26;....... —s. • 51 Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3 is. 405....... — 5 . --:' i '1 Grinding and Feeding 333. 31s. -': P. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk... ........ ...... 53s 6i • --,. --3. at ' ... , Beans, Small s24. 445....... --s• a, --- Tick ....«e40.3, Cs. ...... -- 5 . --.5. Pease, White 33s. 40s. . ... 1 — 4 .. i ---- Gray Oats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 203 285....... — O . ---: 3 ."------- Feed 'O3 •26s —s• --''' ..--- Foreign «. c.). , N. '•23 ....... —s• "" °1 Flour (per sack) 4os. 505....... S. ---- Stockton Li 01961 9 0 961 NEWCASTLE COE SCOTCH MARKETS. -------,' • :. Wheat. Barley. Oat:. Beans. O, .--- • --- ...''''',,l t() 35 klicrdeen ... 60 to 70 27 to 2S 20 to 24 —to -,,- f:tl Berwick 3l 53 IS 21 15 21 30 33 '-''' 3 1 Coldstream Cupar (Fife) .43 6' 126 31 18 22 22 26 7 38 Dunbar.. Elgin 5B 60 26 27 22 25 4/ 2 54 Inverness Kelso .„...„ 40 55 24 27 17 20 30 :-.! ---..., .... Kirkaldy Perth ..t+6o 67 30 40. 25 35 41 41 •"" j* -- The size of the measure varies throughout the c ountry. EIIINBUROH CORN MARKET. reset' Wheat. Barley. Oats. 14Can!. , 0; 0 0 . First r 4s. Od 40:. Od. 31s. 4d. 50s. Otl. - 4.7 0 B,colid 72 d 35 0 27 0 47 0 11 0 Third Average price of Wheat 3/. lls 6d. Wneat. Barley First t 4s. Od 40:.0d. S:cond 72 U 35 0 Third Average price of Wheat, PRICES OF PROVISIONS EC. 1 ,11 Beef, per w. Os. sd. to Os.ud. Freshßutter, 00. Od 0 11 0 5 0 7 Salt 010 0 Veal 0 7 010 Ditto, per cat... 86 0 0. 1 0 5 0 7 Eges, per dos. 10 0 Lamo, per qr. 2 0 4 0 OatStrawtkpl)* 7 6 „ 9 ( ~5 fallow, 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto... ", Quartern Loaf Si 010 Barley Ditto 6 u„ Potatoes,l4lb. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per5t......„.. 01 1 EDINInUR(II4 MEAL MARKET Per Sack of 2801 b. 1 mp. Per Stone of I.llh. .—r., y First Oatmeal second ditto._ LI 17 First Oatmeal ............. 0 1 18 0 Second ditto ............ Bsrleymeal.. ......... . 111 0 ..... o 1 5 Pnseiagal Pot Barley from 3 . 05. to 455. per sack: HADDINCIFON CORN Oats MARK. ,n s 1 rffe e ii Wheat. Barley. B E e: T First fiii 01 40g Od . 32s OA 50s Od 42 , Od Second 69s Od :).4g i d 25s 61 4Ss Od ...., 01 Third...." 60s Od 32s Od 23s Od 45e Od Average 34 Us. 31 9 i-ztlis. FO, , a DALKEITII 4O, ( r ; ,( 0 1 II : N 3 II O I , A 4 R I KET S . OI 01 1 3 ..... 0 7 4 1 Fira... ......: Wheat. Bang/. I Oats. l'ea . e• 45. 0. Second 7ot Od 'lris 6d 1 •a7s oti 47s o, i '- s 03 1 Third _ CO; Od Se 01 24s 01 413 0- 1 GLASGOW CORN Ali 'mon ; B.G.' ~ Wheat, rer 24011). s. d. s. d• Oat'', per `. :6411). 0. CO ° ls 6 to i d - Q ;; British, old 350 ft) 38 0 1 riQb 4 .06 ,---- new 32 0 35 e British ................... C ~4 o Canada, free 0 Irish 0 En Barley, l' er 3201 b. gli ß sh ean . s . .: ... ......... .. ........... 0 0 ,:-.:! 0 Scottish ........ . ....... .z 4; 6 ..1 0 English Scottish 22 44 0 0 2 2 7 S (6) Oatmeal, a S i , e i c ,e t t r i 1 5 . !_1 01 . b ......... - 1,..75 60 0 1 9 0 6 Irish 1111 LORD WALDEGRAVE AND CAPT. ; n g —(From Correspondent.)—These gentlemen ',nil, completed their term cf six months' incarceration Ind in Queen's Bench, in consequence of being imPl.i e3t b the attack on the policeman Wheatley sundererne 3 ;01 1 ill be released to-morrow (this (lay). the .3 _ l conviction that neither his Lordship nor the CaPtai ll e l .r.. directly any part in the assault on the policeman, th aG habitants in the vicinity of Lord Walcfrgravc'S es tilte n Strawberry-hill have preptred to welcome him hint -°" with a precession and fete, to be followed by illuni tions in the eve ring. • PATENT LEVER WATCHES.—ibis brated construction (the most accurate on which a watelte:st be made) is now offered at the following prices, wi th fai rthe improvements, i. e. the detached escapement, jew elled to Ey„o. holes, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining pow er time going while winding up. SILVER CASES. With double-bottomed cases, capped ......... £6 Ir ' ) With hunting cases, capped 6 1 6 6 6 GOLD CASES. Size for Ladies, with elrgant gold dia1.....£ 12 12 1, Ditto, in double-backed cases.. 14 14 0 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dia1......... 13 13 Ditto, extra full size, capped—. 17 17 & riot° A pamphlet, containing observations respecting the constructions on which Watches are made, with the pricee?.. in gold and silver cases, and a variety of sketches of nßtll bo signs, which have just been completed in gold Chair' s ' to sov° sent, gratis and postage free, on application by left e 1 cove Cox Savory, Watchmaker, 47, Cornbill, London , from Gracechurch-street a eu C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his F rields ) , ; „ g the Public that he has just had the honour of reee°'-' subjoined letter from the Admiralty : ( Copy.) 16 41 " Admiralty, EStli September, of her " Sir—The annual trial of chronometers for the us e rer ore" Majesty's Government Laving now terminated , I e el "i n fer° mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty fel° you that their Lordships have directed me to purchase s "ithese lowing chronometers at the various prices specified again respectively, viz.:— Dent, No. 1,571 55 gut V eV § Dent, No. 1,606. Dent, No. 5,621 (pocket) 3O gu inea rel s k. the " Their Lordships having been pleased, in or der to tfo.oily superior performance of 1,571, to assign to it a prop er increased price to that usually given. "I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, _her F. BEAUFORT, Hydrer to el' " To Mr. Dent, Chronometer Maker, 82, Strand . w ied Out of 80 Chronometers, by various Makers, sub.) of the the late trial by order of their Lordships, the ch° ic • an e n above three, with two selected for the Niger E%pedittic) a ; t his others, enables Mr. Dent to a ffi rm that he believes be _ fo r the year supplied their Lordships with mere Chronometer:Do, bi use of the Royal Navy than have been furnished te any other Maker. t it It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to state t- h a o ur° to their Lordships' high recommendation he owes tbeZe,er having made a Gold Chronometer, presented to the pedition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. ti ,f„ h s Dent's Lectures on Chronometers, Clocks, and "L i f o t e eti t° be obtained at 82, Strand, price one shilling, bu t p r... customers g rat uitou sly. Present price of Two-day Chronometers, 40 BIRTHS ~.,14 of g allh On the 30th ult., at Sydenham-hill , the sa Charles Price, Esq., of a son. Gibs o- On the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. James hit s' square, Islington, of a daughter. o re, On the 30th ult., Mrs. J. Boyd, Camber' s ell- oft; daughter. On the 31st ult., in Great Coram-street , Russell-sq h ell, lady of W. 11. Smith, Esq., of a son. On the let inst., in Old Bond-street, Airs. John l gitc of a daughter. On the 30th ult., in Upper Belgrave-street , Serjeant Thompson, of a L. t h e lad! 0f * Mc. A . fi atter.„ : res On the 3lst ult., Mrs. L. R. Bartrure, of a r - , f ,„`" Wilu a " ' On the 31st ult., at Rose-hill, Sydenham, ."—* --• of a son. On the 23d ult., at AMltoAnaßßDlegnmp.k, Mr. Erasmu s B and o (l f auo C zn i h ap tteh h re am o2f7 , ttiff : ulia P tt. e : ace, widow ' of the ar late M. Bertra m' aNitr.thVeapplea,rlsEEonspqaa..,eo,foCthama her` m, : ear 00..7 : the Rev. J. Hollams, A.M., aged 52. Best, .111. rtdheAltehy, Esq., 1 a t L e i o e f u t ß . a 1 6 ,i e e n l eCr MONTHLY a o u l l i l t e s . i r Richard aced 67. Y' ge, Oxford Be: On the 29th ult. at . Brighton, the Rev. N. , at Water . Oakley, near Windsor, lonel ° 75th foot. . Major-General Vinicombe, late of Royal Mar.inell•rlitherow, Colonels—Earl S. . C L s o p v t v a e i , n u s Westminster • I‘liddlesex Militia. Major Boecheciampe, loca l l 3e r r a ‘ n vi l k' v eishr Lieut.-Colonels Hon A F. Ellis, 60th foot; ....° ', late of Royal Mari — nes • * • unattached' ; W. N. Burrowes, Sce., Milani; ‘' . ~ .• 83d foot ; Rogers, Royal Artillery; Helden, b. p. 89t Le C° ll 26th f° 7:62d unattached. Ist foot ; Ker, 9th foot ; Colef000011.: Lieutenants—Johnson 6tli foot ; Lacy, 3d foot; .on teur, 31st foot ; Palmer, 4tlir-foot ; Sweeney, passage from China ; H. F. Valliant, 40th foot ;a fitr f r a i rin es ; foot ; Burke, 94th foot ; Gr4eve, half- Pa v Roy ':.,'„, coo! Thaekwray, half-pay 29th frt i Clayson,lalf-paY .!,_',."vil Valentine, half-pay 99th foot ! : Mason, half-pay lst r u r. o ,_ reg i, Battalion of Militia; Hudson, half-pay 4th West IMa ment ; A. Grant, late of invalids. foot, Cs. Ensigns—Rushbrooke, 32 , l foot; Ilessing, 41st meron, 91st foot; Davies, 9:2-d foot. Paymaster Iveson, 46th loot. of HojMmoseelpLhlFTuAllenr,FG%/72,(1,f11:0: Quartermaster Humphreys, 7th Hussars. ha lf -pad , Medical Department —Sta ff Surgeon Dr. J. Wliite, _ p r . Staff. Af;sistant-Surgeon Dr. Boyle ; Assistant-Surgeou Ft y, 27th foot; Assistant -Surgeon Rowe, - ; T o, of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO 1 ' sa g iP No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, SU ? the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, November 2,1641 i • Royal Marines. EVENING SU N THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1841. EVENING SUN ,SM:.