The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

MORNING SUN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF commays, Sept. 16 The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock, at which time there was but a thin atten dance of Members. Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir 11. Hardinge, Mr. Goulburn, Sir W. Follett, and some other Members of the new Administration, were, however, present. Sir Robert Peel entered the House shortly afterwards, and the Right Hon. Baronet, accompanied by the fol lowing-members of his Ministry, advanced to the table, and took the oaths and subscribed the Parliamentary roll : —Sir W. Follett, Mr. H. Goulburn, Captain Boldero, Mr. Milnes Gaskell, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir F. Pollock, Colonel Jonathan Peel, Mr. Bingham Baring, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Jermyn, and J. A. Smith. Mr. E. W. Gladstone immediately afterwards entered the House, and having advanced to the table, the oaths were administered to him, and the Right Hon. Gentle man subscribed the Parliamentary roll. NEW WRITS. On the motion of. Sir T. FREMANTLE, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament for Portarlington in the room of the Right Hon. George Dawson Darner, who had accepted the office of Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Also a new grit fur the County of Cavan, in the room of John Young, Esq., who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. . ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER then informed the House that he had received reports from the Committee of contested elec tions, to the effect that the recognizances entered into upon the petitions against the returns for Wigan, Brid port, and Belfast, were unexceptionable. DUBLIN ELECTION. The RIGHT BON. GENTLEMAN also informed' the House that he had received a communication from Messrs. Atkins, Hanton, Gibson, and Christopher O'Con nell, the petitioners against the return of Mr. Groan, for the. city of Dublin, to the effect that it was not their intention to prosecute their petition. Lord John Russell here entered the House, and, after having conversed for a few minutes with the Speaker, took the seat formerly occupied by Sir Robot Peel on the Opposition Ixnehes. NOTICES 01? MOTION—SKAITING IN THE PAR R'S. Mr. RENNIE gave notice that on Tuesday next the 21st instant, he should move that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to direct the Commission ers of the land revenue to take measures to render more safe the amusement of skeiting on the orna mental water in St. James's and Hyde Parks by adopting measures to render the depth of those waters :n no place greater than four feet. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Sir R. PEEL said he wished to move for a paper, to which it would he desirable to call the attention of the House very shortly, connected with the execution of the avoiks which were now in progress for the building of the New Houses of Parliament, and the adoption of measures fur warming anti ventilating these Houses. In making that motion it would perhaps be for the general convenience of the House that he should lake that op portunity of stating the general course which he meant on the part of her Majesty's Government to pursue with regard to the public business of the House. Notice had born given for taking into consideration to-morrow those estimates of which complete provision had not yet been made during the late session of Parliament. That vote would refer to the miscellaneous services of the year. One half of the sum required for those miscellane ous services had been provided by the late Parlia ment. He proposed to adopt the estimates without exception, as they were framed by her Majesty's late Ministers, and to submit them to the consideration of the House, exactly in the form in which they were submit ted during the late session. On former occasions the course pursued had been to take by one vote the remain ing stun which was requisite for the purpose of providing for those services. But in the present instance the esti mates themselves had not been submitted to the detailed consideration of the House. A sum on account was taken during the late session, and he apprehended that it would be more satisfactory to the House that the estimates in detail should undergo consideration then ; that one sum in gross should be taken to provide fur the public service. He proposed, therefore, in the ordinary way to submit the estimate of each service in detail, and to take a separate vote with respect to each. He was not aware that it was necessary to make any proposition to the House with respect to any other ser vices than those which were included in the estimates pre sented during the last Session ; but there was one torm of expenditure to which it would be his duty to direct the attention of the House. It was connected with that particular item of expenditure to which he had before referred, viz. the additional sum which would be required in connection with the construction of the two Houses of Parliament. The works were advanced to such a period, that if the two Houses of Parliament should determine on some mode of warming and venti lating the new House:, similar to that which had been provided for the present House of Commons. it would be necessary at once to make provision for that Pur pose. The state of the buildings was such, that the floors and other works necessary to carry out that design must be immediately provided.—(Hear.) Ir these works were to be undertaken they must be begun without delay. But he thought they were of such a magnitude that they ought not to be undertaken without the previous sanction of Parliament. On a former occasion, upon a question of a similar nature, Committees of both Houses of Parliament had been ap pointed to consider the subject ; in his opinion it would be convenient that a similar course should be pursued on the present occasion. The works would amount, if car t.ed out according to the proposals of Dr. Reid and Mr Barry, to between Be,oool. and 90,0001 ; and such a large expenditure, in his opinion, should not be in curred without the consent and approbation of Par liament. If any Committee should be appointed, he trusted that it would limit its inquiries entirely to the heatihg and ventilation of the new Houses, and that it would not in any ray interfere with the progress of the works. It also would be his intention to propose a Continuance Bill, to continue those laws which would expire at definite periods without the previous interven tion of Parliament. There were some laws which ex pired at definitely fixed periods. There were other laws which would expire at the end of the first session of Parliament. He should submit the propriety of con tinuing those laws for a definite period. The most im portant of all those laws was the Poor-law Act. That part of it, constituting the Poor-law cc mmisnion, expires on the 31st of December next. He should pro pose that Parliament should provide that the Poor-law Act, as it now stood, should continue in operation until the 31st of July next, in order to enable her Majesty's Government to consider what it might be expedient to propose with regard to that Act. Other Bills of considerable importance, and others of less, would expire at the end of the present Session, or on at given day. He should propose also to continue those laws to a certain period. The continu ance of the Pour-law Act Ives. of the. most itnportancr, and it would he - for the House to decide whether it should continue by the General Continuance Bill or otherwise. a If it were dcsieed. by the .House that it should be continued by a separate Bill, he would certainly have no objection, although he thought it would_ be inconvenient to lead the statute book unnecessarily. With respect to election petitions it appeared to him that it would be better that no pre cedent should be adopted at present. He believed that under the pi eaent law no Act of the House was required fur suspending proceedings. It rested entirely with the general Committee on Election Petitions to appoint the days on which they should be heard ; and he trusted, that it would be considered that the House had expressed its opinion of the inexpediency of proceeding with the consideration of any election petitions at present. With respect to the financial arrangements of the coun try, his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exche quer would, on the earliest day on which a Committee of Ways and Means could be appointed, state to the House w h a t was the extent of the d e fi c i enc y to b e prov i ded for, na mely, the deficiency between the revenue and the expen d iture of the country for the present year. He apprehended that it would be found no t to f all far short of the estimate given by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that i t was probable a sum of 2,500,000/. would have to be provided for the service of the present year. Into the details of the particular classes of deficiency. his Right Honourable Friend would enter on the occasion to which he had already alluded, viz., when the House resolvedh itself into a Committee of m ail ea h s i u m re s s elf he of i t o h te a n t doepd oriueldthaev Ways and Means, and hcrat e : N v l ne ' pOrtUnily of stating, v.v for ma tuie With ry provision fur reliev so propose ing that deficiency. respect to measures of a more permanent character, for the purpos e of equalizing th e revenue and expenditur e of the country, it was not his intention durin g th e pre sent meeting of Parliament to sub m i t any measures for the consideration of the H ouse. He had already expressed his , opinion th a t i t Was absol u t e ly necess ary to provicie some effectual means for equalizing the revenue and expenditure o f the country, and they would avail themselves of the earliest opportunity, after mature consideration of the circumstances of the country, of submitting to Parliament measures for the purpose of removing the existing evil. Whether that would be best effected by diminishing the expenditure of the country, or whether it must be clone by increasing the revenue, or whether it must be done by a combination of these two means —v iz. , the reduction of the expenditure and the increase of the revenue, he must postpone for future consideration. It was enough for him to state that it was im possible for the country, consistently with the public ser vice, to proceed in the course which, perhaps unavoida bly, had been pursued of late years, without in curring -considerable debt. But as to the mode of raising that deficiency, he inuat ask for that degree of confidence from the House, which he had on all oc casions experienced ; and in the meantime her Majesty's Government would give it their most serious con sideration. With respect to other measures of a more permanent and important character, he must make the same appeal to the confidence of the House. It was ' quite true that for some days past, he (Sir R. Peel) I his colleagues had b een i n possession of the ant Govern ment of the country, but the House would readily admit that the arrangements he was obliged to make with regar d Government to the constitution of the had not placed him in a much better position to pronounce an opinion on measures of such importance than , before.— (Hear, the o hear, and a laugh from opposition benches.) He could assure the Henze that be had no wish to propose any unnecessary delay account of the deficient attendance of Members, O on n account of the temptations of oth er avocations to which they would be subject, there might be some delay; but his own opinion was, that a ll considerations of , i this description should be sacrifi ce d to the public t business.—(Hear, h e ar.) Those consideratio ns ought r not to interpos e th e s li g htest diffi cu l ty in thet kind. He was auxion.s to call the attention ofo Parliament to measures of an important character arising under the particular circumstances of the country. He might depend on the expressions that were made use of before the last election, that there was a general desire on the part of Hon. Gentlemen op posite to give a fair opportunity of considering those measures. It was for the public benefit that such an op portunity should be given on the earliest possible occa sion, when the opinion of her Majsty's Govern ment would be stated to Parliament. But, con sidering the great importance of the measures to which he alluded, he was of opinion the interests of the country would be best taken care of by allowing a fair time to the new Government to maturely consider the questions connected with the finan cial arrangements of the country. (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for a copy of the correspondence between the architects of the New Houses of Parliament and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relating to the ventilation and other arrange ; meats of said Houses. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that with respect to the im mediate purposes for which the Right Hon. Gentle man had moved for those papers, • he (Lord J. Russell) was certainly not likely to differ from any measures which might be proposed agreeably to them. He had entire confidence in the course which he conceived that the Right Hon. Baronet might think fit to adopt on that score. With respect to any apparatus that might be required for the end aimed at, he had no doubt that the Treasury—especially the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, would take care not to leave that unattended to. Of course, with respect to the estimates, to the voting of which he as well as the Members of the late Government were a party, he would not offer any opposition to the granting of them. He (Lord J. Russell) should think it his duty to take an opportunity to-morrow, before the House went into Committee of Sup ply, to state the view which he took of the present state of public affairs. He did not think that it would be conveni ent now that he should enterinto those considerations. The course which he proposed to take before the House would go into Committee of Supply was consistent with the practice of the House. He regretted till Right Hon. Gentleman's statement with respect to his intentions of not proposing any measure of importance in the present Session of Parliament. He did not say that during the last ten days, in which the Right .Hon. Gen tleman was occupied, agreeably to the power vested in him by her Majesty, informing an Administration, the Right Honourable Gentleman could have paid any at tention to those important measures; but, considering the leng .h of time which had elapsed since measures on those important subjects were proposed by the late Go vernment—considering the present state of the country, I he must say, that in his opinion the Government ought at once to lay before Parliament the measures it intenued to propose. He (Lord J. Russell) inferred from the Right Hun. Gentlman's statement, that his intention was, having obtained the necessary supplies—having made temporary provision for the public credit, and having re newed the Poor-law to July next, the House of Commons should not again meet till the ordinary time at the commencement of the year.—(Hear.) He considered that course not advisable in the present state of the country, and as the Right Hon. Gentleman had said the House of Commons ought not to attend to questions of personal convenience when matters of public importanee were to be attended to, he would not now enter further into those matters. He would only say that he would state his opinions on those two questions to-morrow; and he might be allowed to add, that it was by no means his wish to embarrass whatever course the Eight Hon. Ba ronet might think proper to adopt. The m7)tion was then agreed in. COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Dr. BOW RING said that he had given notice of his intention to move for certain returns relative to the commercial regulations of other countries with re spect to our own ; but, as he understood that some progress had been made in preparing those returns, if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Gladstone) would inform him that they should be presented to the House, be should be glad to leave the matter in his hands. At the same time he would suggest a regulation which would he of great advantage, namely, that, from time to time, the changes :rade in commercial regulations should be reported to the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE said that in the month of June last the Right Hon. Gentleman, the late Vice-Pi-esi dent of the Board of Trade, had announced to the House that one of the Secretaries of the Board had bestowed great labour in collecting information respecting the tariffs and customs of foreign countries, and he had also stated that when that information was obtained it should be laid on the table of the House. The Noble Lord (Earl Ricon) at the head of the Board of Trade entirely approved of that intention of his predecessor, and Mr. M'Gregor had received instructions to proceed with the preparation of that infortt ation.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The House must be aware that this was a work of very considerable difficulty, and one requiring great accuracy, but it should be put in hand immediately, and as soon as it could be pre pared it should be laid on the table of the House. He (Mr. Gladstone) also entirely concurred in the suggestion which the Hon. Gentleman had made, that arrangements should be made with Govern ments abroad to obtain information respecting the changes in their commercial regulations.— (Hear.) REGENT'S PARK. Sir T. FREMA.NTLE moved that an address should be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to order that there should be laid before the House a pfan of the Regent's Park, showing the improvement's and altera tions lately made therein. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. • Lord J. RUSSELL inquired at what hour to-morrow it was the intention of the Right lion. Baronet to com mence the public business of the House ? Sir R. AEL said that he thought it would be con venient to the Houie if it was generally understood that. in future public. business should commence at an earlier hour. He would propose, therefore, that petitions should continue to be presented till five o'clock, but that if there were no petitions they should commence public business at half-past four.—(Hear, hear.) ROYAL DEMESNES. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for annexing the mansion -house, gardens, and grounds at Fro:more (part of the Land Revenue of the Crown) to Windsor Castle ; and also a Bill to authorise the leasing the Royal kitchen garden at Kensington, for building purposes, and to enable her Majesty's Commission ers of Woods, &c., to expend the value thereof in the forma tion and improvement of the Royal gardens, and to en able the said Commissioners, on behalf of her Majesty, to purchase lands of copy hold or customary tenure. The Hon. Gentleman said that these measures had received the sanction of the late Government; and were approved by the present Government ; in fact, he was only car rying out measures which he bad found in a state of great forwardeess. The reason he had brought them forward this Session was that he found delay would be a great inconvenience, and that it was desirable that no time should be lost in the formation of a kitchen garden. The first Bill was to annex Frogmore to the Crown so as to make it part of the demesne of Wind sor Castle. At present it belonged to their Royal Highnesses the Princess Sophia and the Duchess of Gloucester, though their life interests had been. purchased by the Crown, and had reverted to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The its of those gardens was connected with the esta blishment at Windsor, and it would be a matter of great inconvenience to her Majesty if that property ' were let to other parties. It had been con sidered therefore that it would be advisable I that those gardens should be made part of ' the domain of she Crown at Windsor, and therefore it was that the present Act was introduced. With re- ' gard to the other part of the property, that would remain in the hands of the Commissioners. With respect to the other Bill, much inconvenience had been felt for some years in consequence of the want of vegetables an the Royal Household, in consequence of the smallness of the kitchen garden, and by the present Bill it was proposed to remedy that defect. By the arrangement proposed to be adopted by the present Bill, no additional charge would be imposed upon the public. He believed with respect to one of those Bills it would be necessary, previous to its introduction, to go into a Committee of the whole House. With re spect to the second Bill, he should propose its introduction at once ; and as to the other he should propose that the House should go into Committee on the subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman then con cluded by moving for leave to bring in the second Bill of which he had given notice. Mr. PROTIIEROE must protest at once against this Bill, and would give it all the opposition in his power. That opposition had nothing of a party character, because the Government of the Right Hon. Baronet was not re sponsible for the measure which had originated with their predecessors ; and he would oppose it as earnestly as if it were now introduced by the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) below him. He hoped that his Hon. Friend would re-consider the course which he proposed to adopt. At the moment when measures were in progress in the formation of additional Royal parks and pubic walks, and places of recreation for the people, it was manifestly absurd to give away a large portion of Kensington-park, for such a purpose as was proposed. He wished his Honourable Friend had comic with him that morning into Kensington Park, and had seen the ground in question ; he would agree with him as to the disinterestedness of adding it to the' park to which it was immediately contiguous. He thought, whether th e y regarded the convenience ofthe Sovereign, or of the inhabitants of Kensing ton, or of the public generally, nothine• could be more injudicious than to build on that spot. Villas were not wanted, and speculations on the part of the Government were not always well managerl or pro fitable.—(Hear, hear.) Hyde: Park and - -Kensing -1 ton Gardens were no longer the commencement I of the country, but they were surrounded by a dense town and population, end would soon be as much in the interior of the metropolis as Lincoln's Inn-tields. —(Hear.) He trusted Government would use the oppor tunity of enlarging those places, and apply to the House for the sum of money necessary for the convenience of the Crown. At a further stage he would offer to the measure every opposition in his power. Mr. WILLIAMS begged to ask if any estimate had been made of the expense of consolidating the kitchen gardens ? He approved of the proposed disposal of this piece of ground, but he did not approve of the purpose to which the proceeds were to be applied. He thought that when the working classes were suffering so much distress, and when so much money was expended on palaces and parks, the proceeds of this piece of ground ought to be applied to the repairs of the palaces, ar:d m e lieve the public from so much of the expense. Sir T. FREMANTLE said that the ground was esti- .. mated at 1,0001. per annum. Mr. WARLEY said that it appeared that for the pal try sum of 1,0001. a year the only open space which ex- 1' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. IR4I. isted between the palace towards the east, and the church in Kensington towards the west, was to Ix entirely sacrificed to the public. The Righ t Hon. Gentleman had stated that the measure was one which would have been brought forward by the late Administration—it was one of the great measures upon which the two Administrations concurred in opinion —(Hear, and a laugh)—a bad beginning.—(Laughter.) He hoped thk Hon. Gentleman himself would go down to Kensington, and as he (Mr. W.) remembered a good deal of what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said of late years with respect to the working classes, their recreations, and amusements, he entreated the Right Honourable Gentleman to visit the ground which it was proposed to be sacrificed. 'lhe people in the neighbourhood com plained loudly on the subject.—(Hear.) They looked upon it as a deplorable evil that they shouM be deprived of such an open space of ground, at a time when tilt Government were spending thousands for - the comfort of the inhabitants of other parts of the metropolis. The ground in question was excluded, in a great measure, from public view, but it lay adjacent to a densely peopled neighbourhood, the inhabitants of which would be greatly benefited by having the space open. II was an advantage which they would greatly prize. He was astonished to find that the late Ad ministration, which professed to be so friendly to the people, should have entertained for a moment the project of building upon the space alluded to ; and he would again entreat the Members of the new Government to visit the spot before they came to a definitive resolution on the subject. If the Government said, after proper inquiry, that that space ought to be filled with houses, he for one would yield to the decision, although he should do so with very great reluct ance. The Right Honourable Gentleman him self had commenced their proceedings that night with a motion relating to the health of Members. Now, let them think of the health of the poor as well as of their own.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had spoken in the highest terms of Dr. Reid's administration.—(A laugh.) Now he (Mr. Wakley) approved of that administration also in a salutary sense, and he would entreat the present Government to reconsider the subject under dis cussion. He might next be permitted to allude, for one moment to the statement of the Right Honourable .Baronet, with reference to the Poor-law.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the time which the Right Honourable Baronet asked for considering the subject was not unreasonable.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches.) The Right Hon. Baronet asked that the Poor law should be continued in its present torm until the month of July next year. He (Mr. W.) was bold to say that the time was not too long.—(Renewed cries of " Hear, hear, hear," from the Opposition benches.) The subject was one of enormous magnitude—it was one which should be approached with so much judgment and consideration, that he felt it would not be unreasonable to allow the existing law to be pro longed for six months from the present •time.— (Hear, hear.) He did trust that in the meantime the most sober judgment would be applied to the question, for it was one of such importance and involving so many great interests that it was impossible for this House or the other House of Parliament to obtain the slightest re spect or confidence from . the public, unless it was treated with the consideration it deserved. He thought the time asked was not too long, for he had not heard any individual whatever say what he con sidered in the present state of things ought to be done with regard to that law.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministe rial benches.) No one could consider that the time asked by the Right Hon. Baronet was too protracted. He hoped that the interval would be employed in a calm Consideration of the subject, so as to bring about such an arrangement of that most im portant question as might be satisfactory to the com munity at large. _ _ _ Sir R. PEEL said, that with regard to the mo tion which his Hon. Friend had brought forward,the Hon. Gentleman opposite had said the he hoped for some success in his opposition, because the measure was not brought forward on the responsibility of the Hon. Gentleman. Now, he considered that by bringing forward the question that Government was as suming to itself the responsibility of the measure, because it was one which they could have abstained from bringing forward if they had thought proper. Th ere f ore they were responsible for it ; that responsibility being, of course, shared by the Members of the Government who first proposed it. The Noble Lord had confined his expression of confidence to the administration of Dr. Reid, and had not seemed wil ling to extend his confidence to those who sue• ceeded him in the Administration of the affairs of the country. Now he (Sir R. Peel) was disposed to admit that the Administration of one of the colleagues of the Noble Lord had been entitled to great con fidence. With respect to the exertions Which had been made for the improvements of the parks, guarding himself against any more extended measure, he was inclined to consider that Lord Duncannon had great claims on his confidence. It was impossible to see the improvements which that Noble Lord had made without feeling that he was intitled to confidence; and when he heard that the present measure had received his approbation, it came with an ad ditional recommendation from such an authority. There could.kte no question as to the propriety of consolidating the six kitchen gardens ; it was desirable as a measure of economy.—(Hear.) It was proposed to defray the expense of this consolidation by letting certain lands belonging to the Crown on building leases. To this ground the public had not at present any access. It was not subject to the control of the department of woods and forests. It was in the private occupa ti'n of the Crown and did not stand upon the same footing as ground to which the public never had had access, and it was proposed to apply :the proceeds arising from the leasing of this ground for buiklingpurposes, to defray the expenses of the proposed consolidation. This was the whole arrangement. r He trustcd that that explanation would be deemed stitTi client, and that the consent of Parliament would be given to a measure which had met with the approbation of two successive Governments. • Mr. WART said he understood, from persons well acquainted with the neighbourhood, that a very general desire was felt that the gardens should be devoted to public purposes. Consolidation was exceedingly desir able, but it was still more so to consult the public interest. He would take that opportunity of calling the attention of the House to two other parks, viz. Kew and Richmond. Kew Park was only open to the public .on cer tain days ; and Richmond Park was open to pe destrians, and persons riding in their carriages, , only as a matter of favour. He trusted that measures would be adopted for opening both Parks. There was one other subject to which he would allude, because it was connected with the recrea tion of the public. In the well-known basin at Bushy Park there was a statue of Diana, and a fountain had formerly played. He was sorry to say that that fountain had long ceased to flow, and he thought it would add to the appearance of the place, as well as to the enjoyment of the public, if.it were revived. He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would ..girffhiS . -attention to these matters. T. FREMANTLE said he would give his attention to the subject s .iieferged to by the Hon., Alember. . The resolution war-then agreed to, the Boise went into COmmittee, and the report was ordered to be brought up l to-morrow. - - Loa JOHN - . RUSSELL requested thc'Chaneellor.of the ExOlequer to state on what day he prbpOsed• to '{i-o into Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would answer the question to-morrow. The Foreign 13ishops' Bill was read a second time. Sir T. FREMANTLE brought in the Royal Domain Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The House then adjourned. BANK OF ENGLAND MEETING.- (YESTERDAY.) The Quarterly General Court of Directors and Pro prietors of the Bank of England for considering of a Dividend, took place yesterday. At twelve o'clock the Chair was taken by Sir WILLIAM PELLY, Governor of the Bank. The minutes of the last General Meeting haying been read, The GOVERNOR said the present was a Quarterly Ge neral Court, and one of the half-yearly meetings to con sider of a dividend ; and he had to inform the Court that the Directors,' having considered the state of the Bank accounts, were of opinion that a dividend should be made, if that Court thought proper, of three-and a-half per cent. interest and profit for the last half year, ending the 10th October next. He had the pleasure further of informing them that the dividend was taken wholly out of the profits of the half-year, and that a surplus remained to be added to the old rest of 7,725/.-- (Hear, hear.) _ _ The question that a dividend of 31 per cent. be made was then put. In answer to a proprietor the GOVERNOR said the amount of the rest at present was 2,862,0661. Mr. YOUNG thought the proprietors were entitled to know something of the affairs of the Bank, because upon the manner in which their affairs were managed depended the increase or diminution of their dividend. He suggested, therefore, that as a Finance Committee was likely to be appointed by the House of Commons, it be came the duty of the Company to afford all the infor mation in their power. Every Proprietor of the Com pav must have felt the depreciation of their stock re sulting from the last charter. He as an humble indivi dual had raised his voice against it, as he foresaw that that Company would be made the scape-goat. He trusted, therefore, that that important subject would be fairly considered through the medium of the Court of Directors. They were entitled to be heard, not only for themselves, but for the community at large. He considered the interests of the Company as bound up with those of the public, and the advantages which they were able to confer on the public at large would be followed by increased profits to themselves. Having made these few observations, he begged to ask whether they had sustained any further losses through the means of discounting, and to what amount ? The GovEnNon hardly knew what the Hon. Pro prietor meant. There had been some losses from dis counting bills, but the general profits of the half-year enabled them to make the dividend he had stated. Mr. YOUNG said there was no doubt that if they had no losses their profits would have been larger ; but he would ask a question which was uppermost in his mind, and he had no doubt that of many other Hon. Proprie tors ; had there been any losses to the Company from the defalcation of Directors ? The GOVERNOR —None whatever.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Coot( was proceeding to make some observations upon an important document, a copy of which he had sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when The GOVERNOR reminded the Hon. Proprietor, that the question before the Court was the dividend. Did the Hon. Gentleman mean to make any amendment to that 1 motion ? Mr. Cowl said he did not. The GOVERNOR said they had better, then, dispose of the question in the first instance, and then they would hear what he had to say. Mr. THOMPSON wished to ask one or two questions, and on the answers would depend whether he would move any amendment. They were called there to consider of a dividend, and were asked to agree to it without five minutes' consideration. He wished to know whether the profit from the discount business was not greater than it had been for some years past. The GOVERNOR said it varied. Mr. THOMPSON—Have there not been large bills drawn on parties in Dundee and Riga which have been disho noured ? The GOVERNOR said that occurred befOre the present half year. 1. HOMPSON asked whether a person named John Henry Barton, who had lately failed on the Stock Ex change, was not indebted to the Bank 18,00C1. ? The GOVERNOR—I never even heard of his name.— (Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. TuomrsoN then moved, and, another Proprietor seconded, an amendment to the effect that the dividend be four per cent. The amendment was negatived, and the original mo tion was carried unanimously. The GOVERNOR announced that the dividend warrants would be payable on the 11th of October. COOKE then resumed, but, from the noise made by Proprietors leaving the Court, his first observations were inaudible where we sat. Charged as they were as the authors of public mischief, it was the duty of some Director to come forward and repel such charges ; but while the Proprietary were sinking deeper and deeper, all the gentlemen on the other side of the bar re mained as if spell-bound. He contended that if there had been any blunders, they arose from Treasury or Government blunders, or from the exigen cies of the times; the whole conduct of the Bank hal been intended for the benefit of the country at large. If losses had been incurred, and no doubt they had, the Proprietors had a right to see whose hands had been dipped in the Treasury: they had a right to see the bullion account. But, no; the Directors were only responsible to the Government of the coun• try, and, unfortunately, they set the Proprietors at defiance. The present Charter, he did not say it was in tended to be so, but it was a cheat on the Proprietors— it ought not to have been accepted—the Institution ought to have received compensation first. Had the Government dared to treat the India House or the West India interest in the manner they had treated the Bank? —(Hear, hear.) In answer to that, look at the price of Bank Stock and India Stock at the present moment, and he would ask was it wise for the Government to play the stepmother, and make chalk of the one and cheese of the other? The Bank of England had saved the country—it had enabled the Government to strike down a tyrant, and save the homes and hearths of the people, and was she now to be thrown aside as one who was now useless? Was that justice ? Was it justice to take away the substra tum of their prosperity upon a mere doubt? So im portant a thing_ was Bank Stock considered, that it was treated as real property, in requiring three witnesses to its transfer by will ; and, if it were thought necessary to destroy it, surely some compensa tion ought to have been afforded to the holders of it. The Stock had been treated as if it had been the bubble of a set of swindlers. He would beseech the Proprietors to read the correspondence.; A PROPRIETOR rose to order. He wished to know if the Hon. Proprietor intended to conclude with a motion? Mr. CooKE thought it would be highly impolitic in him to conclude with a motion. The Hon. Proprietor was proceeding when he was interrupted by The GOVERNOR, who said that as he did not intend to conclude with a motion, lie was not in order in continu ing his observations unless the Proprietors wished to hear him. Mr. COOKE was entirely in the hands of the Proprie tors. A PROPRIETOR, to bring the question to an issue, would move that the Court do now adjourn. Another PROPRIETOR understood Mr. Cooke's object to be to press upon the Directors the necessity of urging on the Government that some compensation should be given to the Proprietors if it was intended to depreciate the value of the Bank Stock. The CHAIRMAN was not aware of any such intention on the part of the Government. The Proprietors might be assured that the Directors would pay every atten tion to the care of their interests. The Second Re port of the Committee of the House of Commons was published that day, and Hon. Proprietors who read that and the former- report must be aware that the Directors had furnished every necessary information, and had' done evet y thing in their power to protect the interests con fided to their care. Mr. COOKE considered the establishment had been greatly injured by suffering others to establish Joint- Stock Banks, without giving the holders of Bank Stock compensation. He would not further trespass on the time of the Proprietors, but he had thought it his duty to mention the subject to the Court. A PROPRIETOR considered the only injury the esta blishment had suffered, and for which they were entitled to compensation, was the reduction from 8 per cent. to 3 per cent. Eight per cent. had been guaranteed by Act of Parliament, giving the Government annuity of 100,000/. a year. In 1841, the Bank had given up that 100,000/. a year for the renewal of their Charter of pri vileges, and the consequent reduction for 8 per cent. then took place, but he considered that when the term for which the Charter had been renewed had expired, then the annuity of 100,000/. had revived, and that the Bank Proprietors were certain].) entitled to it, because the payment of that annuity had been secured to them by Parliament, until the re payment of the sums lent by the Bank to the nation should take place. That was the only injury they had suffered that he was aware of. He did not consider they had been so much injured by Joint-stock Banks as by the laxity of their own Proprietors, who might, if they chose to exert themselves, and to communicate in formation to the Directors, greatly increase the business of the Bank. The minutes of the proceedings were then read, and the Court adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM;TIIE DAILY rAkkitS OI YEStERDAY; GLOBIC-LL el:neer/le the %tenni leadefs df Toryism it is quite right that Mr. Goullititil sfiiill i bt the genius of Tory finance. It is no less proper that the " Duke of Buckingham should adorn a Landlords' Alarm- Cabinet. Sir Edward Knatchbull is . a highly appropriate watch-dog to keep guard on their movements; But what business hate Lad Btthiley htid Pit al Gl4llll.lfi with elestsalatinists ? What business have they to come out as bitter satirists of commercial Liberalism? Is it cre dible that Huskisson, had he survived, could have spoken their language ? These men stand in a lowered and a false position.- There is language of theirs on record ; which proves that they Nett better theta the linatehbull and Chanties creVte As fbr lair Rtibert 1 5 b4 tie IS hot degraded by pithdefing to ally prejudice ; because that knack Is it main foundation of his fortune in politics. He is the right leader for the sinking party of respectable , prejudices in the present age. He works them with the best effect, and surrenders them with the beat grace possible. Ilefighta theta tip bhtil thry aft phtii4 tth tenable any lok . ire end Elicit he 4Wes them up, and elitillAS efediti for himself and his followers in their abandonment ! This brings us to a brief estimate of the difference between the two great. parties, with reference to the operation of that difference on their gaining or losing power. The Whigs g-aiti power at ell then epochs when new tights Art Yetitiited tor Government. They lose power whenever habitual prejudices muster too strong for new lights. We do not mean, by saying this, to pronounce dogmatically on the question of right or wrong between Whig and Tory apimons in all cases. Prejudice may sometimes be right, end reasoning may sometimes be wrong ; but so it is, that when prejudice has the upper hand, Tories bear sway. When reasoning surmounts prejudice, Whigs take the place of Tories. The latter are mainly the representatives of unexamined, accustomed opinions. The former are the correctors of those opinions, when they require correction; and the in novators on old regulations, when the public interest re quires new ones. It follows that, whenever thepublic mind has not matured itself on such measures of change as the Whig or Liberal party haVe selected for adoption, and whenever a powerful phalanx of class interests, in ad dition to the prejudices which oppose anything new, are brought against them; the Tories have been beau jeu. It was so with Catholic Emancipation, which kept the Whigs many years from power, and enabled the Tories to " stand by our good old King," and fatten on bigotry not their own—not that, at east, of their more able leaders. It is so with Commercial Emend- , pation ; only, instead of standing by our good old King, the Tories have stood against our good young Queen. No matter ; they have had the sable regiment, as before, and the Landwehr. The whirligig of time, however, is sure to bring about its revenges. If churchmen and landlords are talking nonsense, and opposing fancied in terests to real ones, then the church-and-land majority will melt beneath public opinion. Opinion is, in the long run, the dispenser of power, and opinion cannot for ever be smothered by unreasoning prejudices. STANDARD.—The re-assembling of Parliament revives curiosity as to the course which will be pursued by the Administration of Sir Robert Peel, in reference to the "deficit" prepared for them by their predecessors in office. It is an attestation of the public confidence, however, that this curiosity is not very active. The people seem to feel on one side, that the resources of the "country are ample, and on the other that the Ministers now directing public affairs will apply those resources in a manner that shall be at once most economical and beneficial, a nd least oppressive. We hear a good many loos e surmises as to particular objects of taxation, and as to other modes of meeting the emergency—but no one affects to speak with cer tainty; still less is it pretended by any one that revenue must be sought in this or that particular quarter, because it is unattainable in any other—proof of the universal sclvency, if we may so speak, of all classes of the people. Whatever line Sir .Robert Peel shall take it must be acknowledged that he has kept his secret with ad mirable, and indeed with unexampled, inviolability ; and this is no small merit in a Finance Minister. The whole tribe of speculators are left completely at fault. All we can know at present is, that the Slave-Trade Abo • lition Bill will nut be practically repealed, as the late Mi nisters would have it, fur the sake of revenue—that the agriculture of the country is not to be exposed to ruin, by imposing a permanent and inexorable tax upon the food of the people—that the cclonial and shipping interests aro not to be frittered away to round - off a Budget. This knowledge we have ; but this is knowledge still of a negative character—it will nothing help the gam bling speculation. We may amuse ourselves with con jectures, and most of us do so ; but at present we can hardly guess, and our guesses are suggested solely by what seems reasonable.. A favourite anticipation is, 'that the postage stamp will be raised from one penny to towpence, threepence, or even fourpence. Questioales - . . such an increase would be unobjectionable. - We, for ourselves, have been throughout earnest promoters of a " cheap and uniform postage," the condition •of which description would be completely fulfilled by a fourpenny stump ; and 'from the first we . protested against the penny stamp • as unnecessarily low. During the short period while the stamp duty was at fourpence, the rate of increase in correspondence. was, we believe, greater than it has been at any time since. There is, therefore, no reason to believe that the amount of correspondence would . retrograde were the stamp raised to fourpence ; but a fourfold increase in the gross receipts of the Yost-glee would alone, if we are not mistaken, make it unnecessary to Loh further for revenue. Again, it ought to excite, we think, no surprise if Sir Robert Peel should content himself with an ar rangement to proyide temporarily for the deficit, and pause to observe whether the existing sources of revenue may not prove adequate to its extinction. COURlER.—Parliament re-assembles this evening, and then, for the first time, will Sir Robert Peel have a fair and legitimate opportunity of announcing the course he has determined upon adopting with regard to public business ; but, whether or not, the expected announce - ment will put an end to the desperate suspense under which the organs of the late Ministry affect to labour, or satisfy their longings for detailed information as to the nature of • the measures with which he proposes to repair the finan &al blunderings of his predecessors, and as to the precise character of the treatment he means to apply to the dis tempers in the body politic, aggravated if not engen dered by their system of ignorant but pretending charla tanism—remains to be seen. For our parts we entertain a tolerably confident opinion, be his explicitness, be his unreservedness in imparting information as to the inten tions of his Cabinet, or the definitive course of policy lie purposes to pursue, what it may, that he cannot appease the craving of their appetite. Indeed we believe, were he to take them into his counsels and his confidence, and lay bare the inmost recesses of his soul, that they would still complain of being kept in the dark with regard to his future plans and proceedings. It is their cue to be dissatisfied— "They would not, if they could, be gay ;" and therefore all that can be done in the way of as suagine, their insane longing for a peep into the secrets of the Cabinet will only tend to inflame their passion to a still higher pitch of frenzy and extravagance. Now, under this affected anxiety on their parts to be made acquainted with the purposes, the designs and aims of the recently-formed Government, appears to us to lurk a spirit of dishonest and desperate factiousness, the object being to thwart and impeach them, to defame and denounce their authors, and obstruct, if not defeat, every attempt to give them effect and vitality. This we take to be one of their main objects in so preposterously demanding from Sir Robert Peel an immediate and detailed exposition of the various measures to which it may be necessary for him to resort, in order to make good the deficiencies, repair thy mischief's, and correct the errors of those who went before him. Bat it is not their only factious purpose ; for they are silly enough to suppose that their groundless and perfectly gratuitous clamours, re echoed by a contemptible clique of Anti-Corn•law spotters in Southwark and Manchester, may have the effect of forcing the Minister of the Crown into prema ture! and precipitate adoption of some one particular line of policy, as well as into a premature declaration to that effect; but the rebukes their over-eager expectations in that respect have already received, and the uns'iaken firmness with which the head of the Cabinet has reserved the declaration of his intentions for the proper occasion, should, one would think, have proved to them the folly and absurdity of such expectations. We can assure them, for their especial comfbrt, that they may clamour as loudly and as long as their lungs will permit, that they may bluster and coax, alternate threats with en treaties, menaces with prayers, but nevertheless that they would not compel a disclosure of Cabinet secrets, or of the measures prepared or being prepared by her Majesty's Government one hour before the proper time for making Ministerial announcements shall have arrived . !HONEY MARKET and (milt Y NE WS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The Manager of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Companj• has communicated the statement made by the London agents of the con dition of that Company's account, at the time they re fused to pay the bills that fell due on Saturday. His object is to show that the account was in such a state as to render the conduct of the agents harsh in the extreme, and he says that. if the agents had but given twenty four hours' notice of their intention, no difficulty would have been experienced. Th following is the statement referred to : Draughts accepted £ll,4oo,Balance, cash ..... £6,600 Draughts unaccepted 8,160 Short bills Acceptar ces overdue... 1,400 Received on Saturday, Acceptances due on Sa- cash. tut day, and forwarded 930 Remittances, cash No: es, &c., paid on Sa turday 5OO £22,5001 £19,260 . , Assuming that the item of " short bills" is equal to cash, an assuption which is by no means granted, the first glance at this statement would show so small a difference between the two sides of the account, that un necessary harshness on the part of the London agents might be hastily conjectured, since this statement, though it does contain the actual state of the account, is just such a statement as is calculated to throw blame on the agents, the facts which caused them to refuse payment of the acceptances naturally finding no place in it, while it is given by way of making out a case favourable to the Banking Company. In Rddit ion *to the sums which ap pear on the debit side of the account, the London agents, it appears, have negotiated for the Banking Company foreign bills to the extent of 12,3001. which they are liable to pay, although such bills not having been presented, the amounts cannot appear on the debit side. Bills under dis count make an additional amount of 8,6001. which likewise cannot • appear in a statement like this. These facts show that the statement by no means gives the real state - of the case between the Banking Company and their agelits, although literally true as far as it goes, and that the items that cannot appear fully justify the agents in not making further advances. But even if the statement were such as to exhibit the relation between the Nottingham Banking Company and the London agents, still the request to , pay the acceptances that fell doe on Saturday was one with which the agents were by lid matins bound to comply. They had not previously itteitfe df tli totistence of such bills, but were, it is said, first ftriltltilld U aim en the morning of Saturday, when they were requested to adstmee 17,2001. for the purpose of meeting them, without being allowed any time to deliberate, although many of these bills had been tisawh. 4 , American houses, and accepted by the Notting ham Colnoii3'i lilki therefore represented no legitimate banking transaction. As for the observation that no dif ficulty would have been experienced had the Company had 24 hours' notice of their agent's intentions, it may be remarked, that some months ago the agents sent such ft Nttef to the Company as could not induce the latter to that tliqe was any great disposition to assist them with advances. It is e9gtntial to know clearly the .merits of this case, as attempts have been made in va rious quartrs to. rest. ; the condition of the Banking company solely on the conduct of the London agent , ,. which, considering how small a concern this was, aps pars fu have been very prudent and proper. A lettet has heed received by a party in the city from M. Surra y Bull, the Spanish Minister of Finance, ' wherein he states that all rumours of another military insurrection to restore the Queen Regent are unfounded, and that the Government possesses the means of preserv ing publie orders The Cortes having closed, he says he shall now have more leisure to think on the means of adopting a plan fcr the settlement of the whole debt and the reform of the finance administration. He expressly ' declares that it is not the• intention of the Government to contract fresh loans, but to adopt such a system of re trenchment and economy as shall enable it to meet its claims. ADVERTISER.—From Canada we have, various items of an interesting, though, perhaps, nut important character. We regret to observe that the boundary busi ness is still the fruitful source of local bickering and ill feeling. The excessive drought which had prevailed in Canada for a considerable time past, began to excite uneasy ap prehensions for the coming harvest. The cattle were said to be suffering severely, the pastures being com pletely parched up; and as a natural consequence of the excessive heat, in several parts of the surrounding coun try the woods were on fire. In a letter from St. Anne de la Perade, it is stated that for ten days previous to the 23d inst. the bush in that neighbourhood had been on fire, by which much valuable wood had been de stroyed. One individual, who had purchased a large tract of woodland, from which he expected to derive in the ensuiug winter 400 cords, had lost all by the devour ing element. Several houses are likewise said to have been burnt in the back part of the parish. They had likewise had severe frost in that section of the country, by which it is stated several fields of buck wheat and potatoes had been frozen ; and the crops, which up to this period gave promise of a more abundant return than last year, are said to be suffering much for want of rain. Their hay crop was very large, and had been stacked in good order. It is stated also that there is much burning near Ber thier, and that two entire fields of oats had been con sumed in that neighbourhood. POST.--The Columbia steamer, well sustaining the character which the line has hitherto borne, has brought advices from New York to the Ist instant. In a coin mercial point of view the intelligence is but of little im portance, although it brings thesanction of the President to the Bankrupt Bill, and the plan cf a new "Fiscal Bank." The former measure is so inconclusive in its en actments that no benefit to the creditor can possibly re sult from it; the debtor alone having the power either to avail himself of the provisions or to remain under the old law. The construction of the bank was arranged so as to coincide with the views of the President as deve loped in the late Message on the subject of the former Bill. The present establishment, if carried into e&ct, is solely to be confined to the transactions of the business of Government and. the Exchanges; local discounts are to he totally prohibited, as,are also foreigners from hold ing the stock. Persons hers ought to view this clause as a privilege, when it is shown in some of the papers that on a capital of 62,217,000 dollars paid up on account of twenty Banks, a depreciation of 56,757,920 dollars has taken place in three years. The accounts from Liverpool had induced several holders of cotton to submit to a reduction of half a cent, at which large purchases had been made, both for ship ping and home consumption. Flour was on the advance, and several parcels had changed hands, intended princi pally for the country. IIERALD.—By the Columbia, arrived at Liverpool, accounts have been received to the Ist instant from New York, the 2d from Boston, and the 4th 'from Halifax, The President had given his sanction to the Bankrupt Bill, which is to take effect from the Ist of February next. Either purposely or accidentally it is so worded that the parties whom it will affect have the choice of availing Ciemselves of its provisions, or of the existing laws of the individual States, so that, to a great extent, the benefit to the public generally will be greatly curtailed. A more one-sided measure can scarcely be imagined ; by it the creditor is completely at the mercy of his debtor, he having the privilege of declaring himself a bankrupt, and thus clearing scores or by making an assignment, which is done every day in America, and then coolly informing his creditors that not a cent is left for them, some friend or relation having possession of the whole of his property. To such an extent has this swindling been carried that, during the panic of 1837, a house here, who had 11,000/, owing to them by one party, were obliged to accept their share of assets, which, in the whole, was but 2601., to pay a diVidend upon a large amount of debts, while at the same time it was notorious to all parties interested in the estate that the debtor had assigned to a favoured few property more than sufficient to satisfy all demands in full. A bill tin. a "fiscal bank," drawn up so as to obviate the obj:Ttions made by the President to the similar measure lately rejected by him was before tee House of Representatives. Its operations are to he strictly con fined to the transactions of Government business and to dealings in foreign and domestic exchanges ; local dis counts are to be prohibited. The capital proposed is 21,000,000 dollars, and foreigners are to be precluded from holding the stock. This clause would appear to be unnecessary, when it is stated that the shares of the United States • Bank had been sold at 84, and that the larger portion, of them are held by the English. It may be mentioned incidentally, that aliens aro not prohibited from subscribing to the new loan ; and in • the bill which lately received the veto, there was one clause prohibiting foreigners from becoming subscribers to the Bank; and another permitting the sale of the Stock to any person, who might choose to become a purchaser ; this 'was added upon the principle of free trade, the mover of it, when the absurdity of retaining both was pointed out to him, using an argument which proved successful— " Would you prevent a citizen of a free State from dis posing of his property •to whom he pleased ?" The Land Bill, after protracted and angry. discussions, accom panied with much personal recrimination, had passed the Senate with amendments, which, it acquiesced in by the House of Representatives, and it. was expected that such would be the result, would render it almost inoperative. A complete panic had taken place among the holders of the Stocks of the suspended Banks. United States Bank Shares had suffered in the greater degree, but had rallied from 81, the lowest point, to 111, which was the highest quotation at the sailing of the packet. All persons who by any chance have bad the official handling of the cash, appear to have considered it their duty to help themselves as largely as possible to the funds entrusted to their care. The Directors have natur ally had the first opportunity—Biddle and his coadjutors for example, and now that the inferior officers, cashiers et hoc genus mime, have been following in their steps, they are to be held up in terrorem. One among many, the cashier of the Mineral Point Bank, has been ar rested. He was found to be in possession of about 100,000 dollars belonging to the Bank, most ingeniously secured under the blank or fly leaves of some books. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A strapping masculine woman, named Eliza Rae, was brought before Alderman Pirie charged with having robbed a tide 7 surveyor of the Customs of two sovereigns. Mr. Kemp, the prosecutor, stated that after having visited, according to orders. soil; ships in the docks, he was returning home, and n ar .ne Monument he slipped and fell to the ground. Tile moment he was down the priioner crossed over to him, clapped her hand in his pocket, and whipped out of his pocket two sovereigns, which were contained in a leathern bag. He got up as Speedily as he could, and accused her of the robbery, but she ran off as fast as she could. Witness, upon looking round, perceived that his umbrella had disappeared as well as his money. He ran in the direction which the woman took, and with the assistance of a policeman she was apprehended with his two sovereigns in her hand. _ _ _ A solicitor. who attended for the prisoner, asked the prosecutor whether he had not been in conversation with the woman for some time before he accused her of the robbery? Thu Prosecutor—Not at all. She had followed me across the street, but all the conversation I had with her consisted in my charging her with the rubbery. A policeman stated that he heard the cry of "Stop thief" at half-past ten o'clock, and being on the sharp look-out, saw the prisoner running, and caught her in his arms. Tne moment he had her in his embrace he asked her whether it was all right ? " Oh, yes," said she, "it is all right. Come along and I'll treat you." When she feared that she was in danger, she endeavoured to escape. Witness found the two sovereigns in her hand, and O. 10s. in her pocket. The prisoner said that upon her honour she was as innocent as a new-born babe. Alderman PIRIE—I can't take your honour against this gentleman's oath. The Prisoner—Well, then, upon my oath, I never saw the man till he accused me of doing what I never thought of doing -.robbing him. I hope you'll believe me. Committed for trial. ,• BOW-STREET. Mary Ann Collins was charged before Mr. Jardine with being drunk and. creating a disturbance in Rose street, Covent-garden, and Captain M'Donald was charged with attemptii/g to rescue her from the custody of the police officer. Police-constable 58 F division, stated that about ten o'clock last evening he was on duly in Rose-street, and hearirig a disturbance he came up to a door where the female prisoner was sitting with people standing round her. She was drunk, and making a noise. Witness told her to go away, but she said she would see him d—d first. He then took her into custody. As he was taking her to the station-house the male prisoner came up to him, and put his hand round the woman, and attempted to rescue her, by which he caused a great dis turbance in the street. He came down with him to the station-house, and both prisoners were charged. The female was drunk. The prisoner was called upon for his defence, and he stated that the officer was using the girl in a most sa vage and violent manner, and he merely came up to the woman and told her to go on quietly. The officer still continued to use her with great violence, which attracted the attention of other gentlemen who were then present to corroborate that statement. Mr. Marriott, a gentleman residing in Albany-street, Regent's-park, stated that he was going through Rose street last evening, and he heard the screams of a wo man, and on proceeding to the spot, he found the female prisoner in the custody of the officer, and Captain Wllo nald urging her to go quietly to the station-house. The officer was using the woman in a most violent manner, taking hold of her hand and bending it back, whet eby her hand was bruised very badly, and one of the fingers rendered almost useless. So savage was the conduct of the policeman, that it raised the indignation of several gen tlemen who were passing. He saw no resistance, on the part of ,the. female prisoner that called for violence. The only`tesistance was, she begged of the policeman to let go • Another gentleman was called, who corroborated this evidence. ' M'Donald—'tVhen I got to the station-house, • said " I will giveyou in charge." I said, "I the policema.. o, as I mean to report you." He wish you would cto. savage manner. I never saw dragged the girl in a mos.' a female so ill treated. w !he female priso- Serjeant Wla eston stated that he ': ner before. She was tipsy last night, u vt she was very quiet. She was never brought up before. This being the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. JARDINE said if the constable was to be believed at all he was justified in taking the woman into custody; at all events she was drunk ; there were also people assembled in the street, and it was impossible to say how far such an assemL•ling might be carried if police men did not interfere, and therefore the officer did nothing further than was perfectly proper in taking the woman into custody. But he ( ~tr. Jardine) would deal presently with that part of the case. It was a very serious charge against the officer as far as he (Mr. Jar dine) could see. It was not to be supposed that it was necessary for a strong man to drag a weak woman to the station and use such violence in doing so as had been used in this case, if it. was true that he had taken the woman's hand in the way described and beat it back so as to produce the bruise that was upon it. At the same time it was not for him (Mr. Jardine) to pass any censure on his conduct. That would probably be inquired into elsewhere, and if it were, it would be dealt with, and it was not for him (Mr. Jardine), to prejudge that part of the case. But he must go into the case in order to form a conclusion as to the charge against Captain M'Donald. He was going through the street at night, and his attention was drawn to a woman screaming, and he then saw a woman, as he said, being treated with great violence, and he merely put his arm round the woman because he thought that violence was unnecessary, and never attempted to rescue her, and he (Mr. Jardine) did not think that a gentle man was to be dealt hardly with who thought, under the circumstances, that the constable was using more vio lence than necessary, and that he should be charged with improperly interfering to rescue a prisoner with violence. Nor did he think Captain M'Donald wished it. He (Mr..Jardine) thought there was sufficient for a man to believe that the constable was acting towards the girl in an improper manner. As it was, he thought that Captain M'Donald was only actin.- properly an d manly, and he therefore might be discharged. He (M r. Jar dine) should make a note of the tra nsaction on _was the sheet, as he thought it ought to be inquire d Ti nto, it Fid he hoped that Captain M‘Donald would press, as seldom that in cases of this kind there were personspye sent that were able toWith as liable to punish regard to the woman's c ase, she Ny punish evidence that she was mein, as it was establish ed b y give a just a ccount of them. a n nd under the peculiar cir cumstances of the case he didnot drunk. But it seemed she had suffered e' sufficiently, might be any further pu nishment was necessary. She 'ght be discharged also. should proceed to report the case to the The parties then left the Court, and Captain M‘Do nald said Commissioners of GIB : 7 .e T lf ß t E o bEeTa carpenter, was . MARL ,, B ,h O O B stated O rl amtanthe bar before Mr. Maltby, the presidin g Mngistrate , charged with committing a brutal assault, A placedyoug and behaving in an indecent manner to a respectable ma rried woman, n amed Elizabeth Ellick. The complainant stated that about half past nine o'clock on Wednesday evening, she was in Oxford- street, standing in front of a stall looking at some articles, her husband b e i n g by her side, holding their infant in his arms, when the prisoner came up, and placed his hand in a very indecent manner Upon her person, and upon her re. renting the insult by slapping his face, he struck her with his clenched fist with all lis might on the mouth MOR NI NG SUN cutting her lip quite through against her teeth. and knock ing her down nearly stunned. On - Scrambling up, he again struck her a heavy blow on her chest, and she again fell on the pavement, and in a few seconds became insensible, The prisoner also struck her husband, and knocked him down with the infant in his arms. Some of the bystanders then seized him, and held him until the police came up and took him into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said that the complain ant struck him first, and he thought he had the.law on his side in returning it. Mr. MALTBY • said he was an unmanly brute, and he should therefore fine him 31., and in default, commit him fur six weeks. The prisoner said he had no money, and was consigned to the lock- up cells. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY.. COLONIAL MARKET. The prices of most kinds of• produce still exhibit a downward terdency, with very dull demand. Of British Plantalion Sugar not more than about 300 hhds. and trs. were disposed of, and soft and infirm kinds were rather cheaper. Bengal and Mauritius Cull of sale, and fine qualities only support pre vious rates. Refined Sugar in demand for home consumption; at steady prices. Standard Lumps, 'B2s. ver cwt. In the Coffee I .llarket the greatest heaviness prevails, and prices on the decline; good ordinary Ceyl , ,n at 70s. per cwt. Rice very dull of sale, but not lower. Cotton in slow request. and prices looking downward. Pepper somewhat firmer. Cassia Lignea is in good demand, and prices on the advance. TEA MARKET. A steady demand for Free Trade, especially for low Congott and Twankey, whic . - being unusually scarce obtained rather higher prices The lowest point was Is. 10d. to Is 10id. per lb. cash. Company's .Congou advanced to Is. 10? id. per lb., whh few sellers. The present stock consists principally of the fine and choi .e sort. The holders are looking for an aivance on low teas. TALLOW MARKET. The same dullness prevails, and prices gradually give way. Fine Yellow Candle on the spot at 483 , at which there were ready sellers. The deliveries are not so large as usual at this period of the year. PROVISION MARKET. Irish Butter again slightly lower, but the demand way con fine& to the finer parcels at 90s. to 941. per cwt. Dutch Buttbr maintained former rates, but there was a very li•nited request. The Bacon Trade still very dull, with declining prices. Prime Parcels were offered at 635. per cwt. landed. CORN A VERA GES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Sept. 10, IE4I, made up from the Returns a' the Inspectori ni the different Cities and fawns in Englati. , / Wales, per Imperial Quarter Wheat ...... 7:s. 2d. Oats Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST Six WEEKS. Virgsec ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. r BEANS.; NILO, Aug. 7 7O 5 34 6 23 9, 35 11 ,41 5 "44 14 21 ,t.!- . 'A &Ist. 3 74 1 34 1 21 3 -10 11 44 0 45 4 10 7l 2 39 10 23 6 39 1t 41 8 44 6 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THR SIX wEttlt Wheat......... 735. 26 1 Oats ......... 245. 01.1 Beaus . 43, sd. Rule, DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat Barley 6l. 4d. 1 Bye THE M LRKETS. A RK ET. last market day, 11. 5. 4 ' . Vl'alls End Stewart's SO 9 Walls End Whitwell l4 3 Walls End Kelloe Wall End West Kelloc Walls End Adel,ide iy 0 ' Wails End Barret; Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 9 Walls End Evenwood lO 9 Walls End Itichardson'sTeesl7 0 1A ad: Eno Seymour Toes l7 9 Walls End South Durham IS 0 Wal 5 End lees Blythe l3 9 ISouth Melton , RN MARKETS. Wheat. j Harley. j Oats. Beans. Pease. -----.— • ' —......—...... Per Quarter. s. to 5. s. to .._ a. to s. a. to s. s:o .... Buston 'sir:ti une° 52 70 .. 27 34 23 29 33 38 35 4 0 8 ighton 63 84 28 33 25 20 41 43 40 at Cambridge — t 1 33 —. 21 40 .-r, Chichester 62 74 30 34 24 26 44 48 38 'PI Dunmow Grantham Grimsby 56 74 28 33 lb 21 36 40 Hailsham 63 78 26 30 23 25 37 39 24 3 Flitchin 5O 73 28 31 22 30 34 45 • --: Ipswich 59 76 29 35 21 26 3/ 40 36 41 LA,IVVII n 61 233 29 22 23 34 38 84 38 Lynn l3 68 30 34 20 24 31 36 34 39 Maidstone 59 76 36 39 29 32 38 40 .... Norwich Petworth Romford t.o 78 30 36 20 3o 32 44 32 D. Sandwich 62 71 30 34 26 30 33 43 39 4 41 Inetford 6B 72 30 31 25 27 39 41 33 ,1 Wisbech _ aal Witham 6O 70 32 37 27 31 37 42 31 a!, Yarmouth 6O 74 30 32 24 30 ,38 40 39 0 DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 13.—The new Chief Secretary, Lord Eliot, arrived in town yesterday evening and for the first time transacted business at the Castle this day. The vituperative attacks of the Dubin Evening • Mail, representing his Lordship as " cold, austere, and crotchetty "—as a " strange compound," eagerly hunting after those who " can minister to his vanity," must have prepared him for the faction amongst whom his lot has cast him. Two of the disappointed claimants for office, Mr. F. Shaw and Mr. Sergeant Jackson, arrived in Kingstown yesterday morning, by the mail packet, from Liverpool; but, although they travelled in the same boat, it was remarked by the passengers that they studi." ously avoided eacli other. The selection of Mr. Penne father for the Solicitor-Generalship, and the displacing of Serjeant Jackson from that office, has given greet umbrage to the latter. 'The Orangemen are quite con founded. Their discontent must soon break out in open clamour. LO N G EVIT Y.—Last week, . a lady came to Lewes on a visit to her mother (Mrs. Boore), and the two in good health and spirits spent a very cheerful day together, though the mother is in her 98th, and the yount , lady in her 75th year.— Sussex Adrertiser. At' each of the new churches at Bethnal-green, Divine service is performed morning and evening every day in the week, pursuant to a considerable bequest in aid of the building fund, and the same is to be adopted at all the other new churches in this parish, which are to be named after the twelve Apostles. Service twice each week-day has also been introduced at Shoreditch Church. Two of the new Bethnal-green churches at Friar's Mount and in Bishop Bonner's Fields, are nearly completed, and will soon be ready for consecration. The parish of•Shoreditch presents almost the excitement of a Parliamentary election, on account of a vacancy in the appointment of a parish organist, from the resignation of a young lady, who for some years held the situation. Out of some sixty candidates for the office who were examined on trial, ten were selecto-d for the approbation of the parishioners at large, and the election, which has been twice deterred, takes place next month. The contest, which will be carried on with two days' poll, is expected to be a slwere one. The Wolverhampton Chronicle notices, that although the South Staffordshire coal field' supports, by its mineral riches alonti, a population of upwards of two hundred thousand individuals, it is still devoid of any in stitution whereby the interesting facts developed by the industrious miner could be brought to view or recorded. PLATE.'—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, IVlnnu• fdcturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, Londo,O, opposite the Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER SPOONg and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce. The Kiug's Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same ui p d ricepeoce tle Pattern. King's Pattern. s. d. a. d oz, a. d. £ s. d 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 210 15 0 12 Table Spoons 40 at 7 4...14 11 4 12 Dessert ditto 211 72 7 :3 412 Dessert dittu2B 7 4... 9p: 8 12 Table Forks. 30 7 2 111 15 012 Tab e Forks 48 7 4...14 13 4 12 Dessert ditto2o 7 2 7 :1 412 Dessertditto 26 7 4.. 910 8 2 GravySpoonslo 2311 14 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 4.,. 4 1 Soup Ladle...lo 723 11 8 1 Soup Ladle. 12 7 4.. 4 8 0 4 Sauce ditto...lo 78318 3 4 Sauce ditto... 12 7 10.. 414 0 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt). 2 2 1 Fish Slice .2 10 0 I Fish Slice 12 Tea Spoons. 10 7 3168 12 Tea Stoens. 14 710 5 9 8 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 la 0 1 lair Sugar To ng5.......... 1 N. 11. A Price Curreni ; stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated by drawings, and containiv every information relatilb to the purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on applica tion, or will be sent into the con'try, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. 'p BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Connaught-place West, the wife of Vl' Coningham, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Luke James Hansard, of 41)10- ampton-street, Bloomsbury-square, of a son. On the 15th inst., the lady of Thomas Brown, Esq., o "e" Brooke-park, Tunbridge-welts, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. C. Hitchcock, of a son. On the 15th inst., Alrs. J. Al. Lee, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Thomas Alason, of High Holborn, of a COAL M Ships arrived since d. Adair's huddle's West Hartley so dl blolywell Man l7 0 .ew Tanlield M00r... Old Tanfi Id South Hartley Wylam Walls End r;osfo th Walls End Heaton IS e Walla End Killiugworth i 7 6 W. E. Braddyll'sHetton '2O Walls End Haswell . Walls End Hetton l9 9 Walli End Lalaton Walls End Russell's Helton 13 9 COUNTRY CG MARRIED. St. Pancras Nsenwura-re Church, st e R t, Robert n tgeCht,s_ raat 'ethrabat Bm, Esq , of oab House, Sussex, to Em ma M ar i a. t hi r d fi cl a P lruOcocikg7n.ll theEtn ti : r ge "7: of 7th inst., fW. eptt Derby, at Milton, near Gravesend, the Rev. Bo water James Vernon, of Wheatley, Oxon, to Harriette Ann Mason, only daughter of the late Henry Hirst. Esq. On the 14th inst., at Bampton, Oxon, the Rev. John Pavitt Penson, Vicar of Clanfirld, Oxon, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Richard Samler, Esq., of East-hill, Wands worth, Surrey. On the 14th inst., at Croydon, Edward Stenning, Esq., of Godstone, to Emily, daughter of the late T. Heart, Esq. > o f Croydon 6n the 14th inst., at Paddington Church, James, the third son of J. T. Betts, Esq., of Clapham-common, to Mary, onlY daughter of Charles Al. Woodver, Esq., of Harrow.road. On the 14th inst., at Nantaich, William Kent, Esq., sur geon, of her Alajesty's ship L'Aigle, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Richard Deane, Esq., Barhadoes. 011 the 14th inst , at Boston Church, Edward Hodgkinson , Esq., of Doctors' Commons, and of Kilburn, to Sarah, third daughter et William Porter, Esq., of Hochford-tower, Lin colnshire ; and on the same day, Samuel Brandram Hodgkin son, Esq., of Greetwell, in the county of Lincoln, to Ellen, youngest daughter of W. Porter, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Hampstead Church, .T. M. C Faircloth. Esq., surgeon, er Northampton, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of S. Wise, Esq., of Hardingstone, in tt e same county. On the 15th inst., at Christchurch, Newgate-street, Gervas, second son of J. Parnell, Esq., of Bennett-street, St. James's, and Waltham Abbey, &SEX, to Jai.e Alice Alalvina, youngest daughter of the late W. King, Esq., of Brixton. DIED. At Dibdale House, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Jahn Coke, Esq., aged 65. At St. Germain, James Charles, eldest son of C. Innis, Esq., of Euston-square. In Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Judith, relict of the late Lieutenant -General Nicholson, Hon. East India Com. pany's service, aged 80. London : Printed and Published •by MURDO YOUNG, !" No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offiee, No. 112, Strandde o w eount7► of Middles' , Friday, Soptooober 17, 1341. ehu in I Sul one tint BU TA the Tal of I for N drys built re qu whet obta PAI num such and obtai ndi Bloc' posit Estal I fessu Prac refer a ny I ehari the d A 1 Char and BEF JA C and t Blue: suita tried from rougl spira 69, C opini for tl stow( rend( Thei 111111 oxide Poin and come ruin Tor t REV right any 1 tot c ids facill tione ---__ kat( ing a ren the c Pep: 'lll And trat l ftld tron t 4 1 wit the