The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. At the request of a correspondent we insert a letter addressed to the Editor of the Exeter Flying Post, on the position and prospects of this line. We are certainly surprised at the apathy of the persons most interested in completing it. It would confer a vast benefit on Exeter, and all the surrounding country, and we are confident it is absolutely necessary to place that part of England on a footing of equality with rival districts. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " EXETER FLYING POST." SlR—Ever since the commencement of this most im portant work, it has generally been viewed with apathy both by the inhabitants of Devon and Cornwall, and of the good city of Exeter. Our most influential citizens have quietly disposed of the subject by saying " the line will never be finished," and it has been rather the fashion to decry and undervalue the undertaking. The time has now arrived, however, when facts should open the eyes of men's understanding, for unless we are afflicted with mental blindness, we must see, for certain, that despite of all doubts and misgivings, the rail is not only actually open to Bridgewater, but is half made thence to Taunton, and will certainly be brought to Exeter. Now, Sir, every year, half year, and month that this is procrastinated, is a positive lose to Exeter, and a great inconvenience to all the country around it ; with a view, therefore, of directing public attention to the subject, 1 request permission to offer a few remarks on the position and prospects of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. First, then, of its position. It is open for traffic to Bridgewater 31 miles, and the speed and comfort are certainly unrivalled. The distance is often travelled in an hour, and I have come in 55 minutes, but then, alas ! had to endure near five hours' confinement in a coach, to get through the rest of my journey to Exeter. Need I say how deeply I deplore the contrast ? With regard to the traffic, I wiil compare it with nine other lines, taken from the Railway returns, by which you will see that thus early, and under the disadvantage of re ceiving all its westward traffic by road travelling, it takes a respectable position among other lines, although many of them are longer, and all, except I believe the Great Northern, were opened for a considerable time before it. I subjoin my list : Traffic par Mile Miles open. Name of Raihray. per Week. 34 Bristol and Exeter 52 Birmingham and Gloucester 4O 45 Great North of England 38 Birmingham and Derby Junction 33 19 Preston and Wyre 33 31 Hull and Selby 32 60 Newcastle and Carlisle 17 Dundee and Arbroath 22 20 Lancaster and Preston Junction 29 20 Cheltenham and Great Western Union, Swindon to Cirencester 20 Now, it will appear from this comparison, that the traffic of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, even at pre sent, stands well ; and the pubic may, from such a commencement, form somothing like an opinion of the extensive traffic certain to exist on the entire lino to Exeter, developed av it will he during the existence of the lease held by the Great Western Rill way Company; and this leads we to observe that at present the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway are receiving 30,0001. a year, and a 'mileage estimated at upwards of 10,0001. a year more, so that they have at once ob tained a revenue from their wcrks, from the opening to Bridgewater. Such being the position of the Com pany, their prospects seem to me certain. They are rapidly finishing to Taunton, and they will then have an increased rent and an additional mileage, so that again revenue will immediately follow completion of the works. With such a security in aid of the Company's De bei.tures, it is not surprising that loans are offered by capitalists, and therefore the 500,0001. which th• Com pany's Act of Parliament authorises them to raise will be obtained, and great part of the line constructed without a call ; but the time will come when the remaining 401. per share must be wanted, and then it will be highly important to Devon, Cornwall, and the city of Exeter, if the Directors of the Company receive it with as much rapidity as possi-. ble, that the works may not be met trded. What then should Devon, Cornwall, and Exeter do ? The answer is obvious, they should pave the way for the calls being quiekly made, and paid, by becoming Shareholders. It is very plain to any man's underst inding that if the shares are divided among a great number of persons, each an caoly pay up his proportion quickly. No Cornwall, Devon, or Exeter man who can command 70/. or 80/. should be without a share in the Exeter Railway. From general report, I understand that many shares have lately been bought for Devon shire and Exeter proprietors, and I trust ere long it will be felt as a reproach by all opulent gentlemen, merchants, and tradesmen, in the West of England, it they keep aloof from this line, so important as it is to this rail of the kingdom, A 3 a mere money specula• tion, the holder of shires at par, with his alletinent of forfeited shares, now receives more than 4 per cent., and a buyer at the presert discount will get nearly 7, and the C.)mpany are in possession of a large income under the leas .% towards this payment , o proprietors. I think, Sir, that the few facts and comments I have thus thrown together, show that both the position and prospects of the Bristol and Exeter Railway are now beyond the control of adverse circumstances. It will be made in time, but if we please, it may ba done vickly. From the Engineer's Report on the remaining work there sceass nothing even of an average difficulty except the White Ball Hill Tunnel of about 1,9.00 yards, and doubtless if the resources of the Company enable it to be done, the line both West and East of this may be finished, and the rails laid, as was the case with the Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway. Let us then, Sir, now exert ourselves, and I hope the aid of the press will constantly keep the subject before the public mind, that inquiries may be in duced, from which will follow conviction. If the influ ential gentlemen, merchants, and tradesmen of Exeter had combine 1, and set an example to Devon and Cornwall four or five years age, there is no doubt whatever that we might at this very time have had the rail open all the way from Exeter to London. This retrospect should have its use and stimulate exertion now, by which in 18-t3 this great advantage may be secured us. We have men of wealth, station, and influence in the city and county, and there have been rumours of their intended exertions ; but now, when their assistance may do so much good, I trust that a few of them will give their attention to the subject, and then, as men are very imitative, we may soon see a powerful body of shareholders ir:ded to the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, anxious for the shares to be called up and the money expended with all possible dispatch, and then this im portant and attractive part of the kingdom will soon have all the advantages of railway communication. I am, - Sir, B,:e. A CITIZEN OF EXETER. THE " PATRIOTS " ON THE BORDER. (From the New York American.) NIAGARA FALLS, SEPT. 2l.—The patriots have, since the removal of the United States army from Buffalo, again made this neighbourhood the scene of their operations, in order, if they can, to embroil both countries in war. Last week they made an attempt to blow up two of her Majesty's steam-beats, lying at anchor in the Niagara river, at Chippewa. Lett had laid this ne farious plot, and since his arrest is said to have boasted to Governor Seward at Auburn, "that he had been recently in Canada, and wouM have been successful if he had not been captured !" Ne also acknowledged being the actor in the destruction of Brock's monument, and of a recent blowing up of one of the locks on the Welland Canal. The machine consisted of t wo casks, eoetainit.„-0 1501bs. of powder. They were each placed on a frame 100 yards apart, but connected by a rope, with a leaden pipe the fuse therein inserted, and thus towed from Grand Island, and sent drifting towards the vessels. One only of the casks exploded ; but, most fortunately, prematurely, being 300 yards short of the mark, other wise every soul on board, with the vessel, must have been destroyed. It was about three P.M.. Those on board at first supposed the report was that of a cannon. The men were speedily mustered, and the machine was seen floating. A boat with six men was lowered, and whilst proceeding to secure it fired at from Grand bland, but without injury. And these things have dis turbed the public mind, and the canal and frontiers are sow patrolled night and day by the British troops. It is my firm conviction that unles s there is a strong de tachment of Unit e d S tates troops forthwith sent toßuf falo, and strong enough and sufficient to show these gentry the Government of the United States is deter mined to preserve peace, acts of this character will to done, which must have the effect of breaking up the peace existing between both countries. contains the The Constitutionnel 1 statement relative to the late inission s of Greece :—" The special object of his *o • servo the present situation of the!ubjoined I. Ptscatory in. Greekinej was to ()b -and make an inquiry as to the resources of the country. It appears certain that the Greek Govern(' m country. more than once solicited that the last paymentenhas of the lean guaranteed by France should be made ; and that the French Ministry, before coming to a final decision, wished to ascertain to wh at extent the sacrifices already made he r o been benefici al to Greece, The Ministerial Envoy 13 sa id to have g ath ered inf. , !nation of a illost favourable nature. The amount of the revenue receipts has considerably increased, balancing the expenses, and even slightly exceeding them. The finances are all brought to a regular account, estab lished partly upon the French system—for which the country is indebted to the ability and zeal of the late M. de Regny, The mercantile marine has been increased to an astonishing extent. The Greek journals, a short time ago, enumerated the naval fierce, which, in case of war, their Govern me nt would be able to oppose to t h e Turks, a n d t h e i r li st s h owe d an effective navy of more that 300 vessels of all kinds. It appears also that the municipal institutions already work well, and are becom ing so deeply planted as to m i -e r the future establish ment of social order. p o s HOLBORN BRIDGE VIADUCT. The model of Mr. John A. Galloway's plan of a viaduct from Hatton-garden to the Saracen's Head, Skinner -street, exhibited on Thursday in the Court of Common Council, has been very much discussed by the members of the Corporation, and the subject will undergo immediate consideration in the Court. He states sub stantially the object and plan, to the following effect :-- The numerous accidents which are daily occurring, occasioned by the steep and slippery ascents of Hol born-hill and Skinner-street, are too notorious to need more than a passing reference, nor can it be necessary to do more than mention the inconvenience sustained by the public in consequence, because the number of plans which have been suggested to obviate the diffi culties sufficiently attests that the public mind is alive to the subject. Almost all the plans hitherto suggested have, however, failed, either because they have proposed schemes which would create an entirely new line of street, or so fill up the old line, as to destroy the value of the houses and shops, and thus the trade would be diverted, and the present traffic, which creates business, taken away. Avoiding both these errors, and profiting by the failure of other schemes, the projector of the present plan has devised a viaduct, which he thinks will entirely obviate the objection urged against a new line of road, and at the same time will enhance the value of the houses on the present line by diminishing the trade in the street, which brings no business, and will leave the foot and such of the car riage passengers as may have business on Holborn hill, Farringdon or Skinner-streets. It is intended that Holborn-hill, from Hatton-garden to the Saracen's Head, Skinner -street, shall be widened where re quired, so as to form a street of the uniform width of 80 feet. This will be effected by the removal of some of the projecting houses in the line. In the centre of this street will be built a viaduct 30 feet in width, and extending in a level line from Hatton-garden to Skin ner-street. This viaduct will be used only for horses and carriages passing direct from Holborn-hill to the city, and from the city to the west end. On either side of the viaduct will remain the present streets, leaving room on either aide for two carriages to pass each other, and an ample footpath. This plan will, therefore, preserve to the present line of shops all the advantages that are derivable from a great thoroughfare, while it will relieve the inhabitants from the pressure and inconvenience of those carriages which now merely pass their doors without contributing to their trade. And in order to give a free circulation to the air, and to make the appearance of the viaduct fight and elegant, it will be carried on light iron arche , and of a design so at at once to become an ornament to the City, while by its utility it will add to the transit of its traffic, and for ever put an end to those frightful ac cidents; which are now of almost daily occurrence. .It is proposed to seek from Parliament power to levy a very slight toll upon horses and carriages to effect so impor tant a work ; and from the calculations which have been made of the daily number of carriages and horses passing, all the cost of purchasing houses and affording compensaton to their occupants, and of erecting the viaduct, it is considered certain that a profit of at least 10 per coat. on the outlay will be re ilised. The neces sity of some improvement is so apparent, that it is confidently anticipated that if this plan be not immedi ately adopted, some other must be carried into Effect., which will divert the trade frum, and destroy the value of, the present line of houses. This pl in, as we said above, has given rise to a great deal of discussion. It is by some considered that no great would be the saving in (elate by travelling on a level line, instead of pulling up the steep hill on either side of Farringdon street, that the viaduct would Le come at once the exclusive passage for all vehicles, the passengers in which did not visit the city for the pur pose of shopping in that particular locality. This seems to be the general opinion, and it is believed that the trade of the busy neighbourhood would not suffer by the great rad* thus afforded to heavy vehicles ; but it is objected by se, eral tin it it would be incoevenient t build the viaduct in the middle of the street, in con sequence of the heavy appearance of an object which, of whatever materials composed and with whatever skill and t tste erected, must cast a gloom over the shops, likely to interfere with business', which requires in this time of extensive competition, all the aid derive de from show and parade. The most probable course will be, it is believed, the erection of a viaduct upon Mr. Galloway's principle, built clove to the south side of Farringdon-street, Holborn, and Skinner -street, so that but a smell number of houses may be sacrificed to an improvement which will be likely to be exceedingly ad vantageous. The most influential men in the Cor poration are in favour of the latter mode of erecting the viaduct, as the traffic at present existing will not be in juriously affected by it. The subject will come on for discussion in all proba bility on the next Court-day. In the meantime the in habitaots in the local ty are in a Fate of excitement Ili to the ultimate decision. Some of the members of the Corporation are in favour of a small toll for pening over the viaduct, while others say the improvement is one for which, as great benefits are likely to arise to the city from its adoption, the Corporation ought to pay out of their own funds. [Westover plan may be adopt!d, we trust universal opposition will be made to a toll in a great thorough fare like this. The Corporation of London is not re duced to such a degree of poverty as t 3 be compelled to establish a nuisance of this kind i❑ the heart of the City. —ED. Sun] EVJeIsTING SON FR.031 THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The Vetere are out ; and the question is are our now rulers engineers enough to let them off ,csafely, etta they force a ruinous channel for themselves ? The watere are out, physically as well as politically ; and the great statesmen, who, in default of corn may ask us why don't we eat potatoes, will be well answered by the counter-question—will they guarantee us potatoes to eat? We tell the party who now stand at the helm of power, that they are responsible for whatever may ensue from their long-protracted policy. They have deterred for years the enemies of the existing restrictions on food from making a Government measure Of the necessary Commercial Reform. They have turned them out the moment they did make it a Government measure ; and they here coldly refused all immediate discussion of any substitute. They stand accountable for all the mischief which may follow, from this main tenance of monopoly. The postponement of change for reeky years past has been due to them indi rectly ; a change for which Lord Althorp was as ready as Lord John Russell is now—but the proposal of which, it was known, would enable the Tory Opposition, to upset the Government. The direct obstruction and frustration of this essential reform now lies at their door: it now lies with them to meet consequences which they stubbornly shut their oyes to ; and which we be lieve, in our hearts, most formidable, and most urgent for vigorous measures. Is the new Government capable of taking suith measures ? Robert Peel says he is as free as the wind. What will he do with his freedom ? At present he sits boasting among his closed wind-bags— another /Eolue. Whical of them will he untie ? From which quarter will he visit his weathercocks ? Will he give us a trade-wind or a land-wind? Will he send Sir Edward Knatchhull or Sir George Murray tse• the opposite point of the compass from that they hate hitherto indicated ? .2Eolies boasts ; but will he blow away his dukes from their acred anchorage ? We say nothing of his consistency ; but what will he make of those who call themselves his constituents ? Were Canning or Iluskisson at the helm, we should know hew to answer these questions. We should know with certainty that such men would not allow their names to go down to posterity as the mere instru ments of sordid oligarchy—that, at the critical point of tined for their own fame, and the fortunes of their coun try, they would look forward—and neither around to stdherents, nor backward to Hansard. These were not men " content to dwell in decencies for ever." They could think about other things than momentary advan tages over opponents in debate. They could act for other purposes than " building up a great party" as their pedestal ! COURIER.—The Herald, which has throughout treated the question of M'Leed with a powerful pen, re turns to it opportunely this morning in an article pos sessing strong claims to attention at the present moment, and which as such we reproduce elsewhere. The subject was doubtless recalled to the recollection of the eloquent writer by the tetibnr of certain later advices of an alarm ing character from the United States; received via Basra yesterday, and published in a second edition of the Post, from whence transferred to our columns. " We write," says the Herald, " at this moment, under a vivid impression of the enormous magnitude of the results involved in the fate of M'Leod. This impression is based on the conviction, that between tile restoration of that individual, in salkity, to the authorities of Eng land—and war between England and the United States in the event of his destruction—there is no cterna tire. There is no middle term between these two ex treme conditions." There is, indeed, and there can be, no "middle term." We may submit, as we have sub mitted, to violations of neutrality the most outrageous and unprovoked, to usurpations of territory the most flagrant, to the patient mid:trance of pretensions the most arrogant and unfounded, with the quiesceilt conscious -1::!3S of might as well as right on our side, although not without eo much derogation to national honour and relxtrstion in a pereeyering resolve for the preservation of peace at almost any price as has evidently tended, not to conciliate forbearance or command respect, but to in stnouldoring fire into fiercest flame among the reek leee !reshot' re swarming on the Canadian frontier, who iristake the repose of strength and protracted ncquies ceaec in insult for the signs of weakness and the proof of pusillanimity. Bat submissive though we have been, and abjeet us we have seemed, we are not yet so prostrate in every sentiment becoming the di g nity of a great nation as for one moment to tolerate the final con summation of iniquity and atrocity in the conviction and emecutioa of the so long tortured Al'Leod. Blood must have blood, and if but one hair of his head he sacrificed to the frenzied cravings of a lawless populace, the whole Uilion will i:•ear of it in retributive thunder along t h e whole line of its coasts and at the gates of its most popu- Lets cities. STA \ Willa-- I I Sir Robert Peel dws not find Ireland " his chief iliffi.mity"—and we rejoice to say that to all ap- TeNtrance he finis Ireland no difficulty whatever—there mother person to minim the FeAmt condition of iskahl. d i . .4! question pretents a difficulty of no small sun:mit —teat person is Mr. Daniel O'Connell. W hare copnal from the Nt..cry Tr/ vrapit —on 2 of the best o:c.qtr !witty excellent provincial journals—a proof of the itioter failure of the :cpe3l cry in the North of Ireland, *You ia the kiost Ilmnan Catholic districts of Ulster, rani front the south, the west, and the east of Ireland, ve have precisely similar accounts. Were it not for shs unhappy Municipal Bill, the very purpose of which seems to be to revive annually an otherwise ex piring agitation, political dissension would seem to be at reist in Ireland. Bnt what is to become of Mr. O'Con nell, if peace, a guest, so long a stranger, should be restored to his native laud ? lie is now too old t) dig, and though certainly not ashamed to beg, his mendicancy will be little profitable when he shall cease to be bully as well as beg r. Tho rent will fail ex actly in proportion to the restoration of tranquillity. The wretched off! man appears indeed to be nearly at the end of his game ; but this he ought, , to have fQrescen. " The state bordering upon civil war," though embarrassing to a Government and afflicting to society, recoils with most force upon the party that fool ishly supports it. The members of that party squander their time and their energies—upon what ? The attain ment of some ultimate advantage ? No ; they are aware that they can expect none, and that all their sacrifices and labowis are wasted upon mak ing themselves wretched and hateful, and their ascighbours uncomfortable. Men will in the end tire of this. As, ono after another, they see their more prudent and peacefully disposed country men pass them by in the road to competency of wealth And the public respect, they will naturally reflect upon the folly of misomploying their own time and talents, and th• massof the seditious will rapidly diminish. AN AMERICAN BRAY O. B,ojamin Lett, whose name is synonymcus with nearly every outrage that has been perpetrated on the frontier for the last three years, started for Auburn, at one, P.M., yesterday, in charge of Bheliff Brown and and constables ChM; and Smith. To prevent the pos ability of escape the second time, Smith and Lett were chained together, and to-night the letter will probably ha safely lodged in his home for the ensuing seven years. Lett WAS born in Ireland, where he passed his youth, and .cherishes an inveterate and hereditary hatred we to the British Government. Of late years, until 1838 .tiere, he resided in the Newcz;tle District, near: Cohourg. U.C . a The cruelties that were infteted upon his relative s , and foe provincial t and t e tression of himself, by some of military authorities, as he alleges, roused the ti ger within him, and he swore vengeance. This oath h e h as kept, suffering no opportunity to es cape of wreakin g his re upon the property and pee-sons of tho se against whom vnge he nourished so deadly a acts hatred, or of committing which he hoped would embroil esis count r y and Great Britain . in a war, and thus give him wider scope for satiating that passion, which seems to have up all others. Pos seesed of great tact and knowledgeedPow of men, extraordi es. and activity and nary adroitness, muscular un daunted courage, it is not surprisin g that he became a kind of rude hero in the mind: a certain c l ass . I n .admiration of his dating , his energy, pu rpose, and perhapsmpathisingto and dir ec t ness o f some extent w i t h , A him in his hat r e d o f tish domination, they lost si g h t c . f the atrocity of his acts. While at large, , he was in coun- tpies than two fi n itely mo re dangerous to the peac e of a ny other man p o e nt e h , e n f r ro h n o ti n e o r honourable and lsle a w ll a w r, h i o f desire con tinuance. of an war must come , will rejoice that he is at last secured. ijis versVnal appearance is ordinary —such a you might,-'s a thousand times in the street, In wi a t .-t• n a i s ' t neticing astrtking to excite curiosity ; and it is probably a° awing to tlso a'ssence of those physical distinctive traits which we n:re apt to assoc iate with such a character, s that he has so long successfully eluded pursuit. H e i; about five feet ten in ches high, with rather light hair, and bluish gray eyes ; and it is only by close examina tion that one is able to discover the evidences of the remarkaule muscular power and activity he is known to possess. Aitier his arrest, and being properly secured, he bore the sasatter with great appirent equanimity, "'Pis' remarking there had been treachery somewhere, sad that he would " hide his time." Tie day before he was arrested, Sunday afternoon, he came over from Canada. Since his escape teem the Sheriff of Oswego ,vt , ounty, has been to Ohio, ; Michigan, and Illinois, most of the time he has been lurking on the fron le.r of this St tte.—iitti: Com. A MICIIABLISSAS GOOSE.-011 r Mr. Baber, a robbery was committed at the mansion ., l am, . 11 c ,..,_ an balependent Saturday last , rentleman residing at Hat s _ , 1 _ . ° . ,t,t' a . aqa(ltr tho f.illowitg eirctunstasces:—Mr. Bailer 1 , vel7 eccentric character. and has a great taste r f l or ed that tinl.oy. Oa the day in question he was into n ..nary :t man had eailed to say there was a most extraordl e ~ .d ornt white bird, hi;,rzer than a goose, in his park. Th o 1 gentleman immediately summoncd his groom and coach- man, and all parties h av i ng armed them Selves with guns, sallied firthto shoot the wo n d er f u l w hi te bi r d . Th ey } L ad n o t been absent loug when the alarm bell at the tnansion sounded. On arriving a t the home they found that the minimaid-servant locked in an upper room. She stated white bird ediately after thei r d eparture to shoot the great , the same 41ra m gg an got i n ?t the parlour window, e , l her up st4irg, and made her disclose where her rnutor's money wss kept. The thief then broke open a desk, andat t ca she rytedwas otY a stqruc u antity of sovere i gns. The girl sk twice on the head with a hammer, although there talc `' on Mark left. She was apprehended, and underwent an examination before the :Magistrates, but ss there 13 no trace at present to the isleaLT, she was discharged. A young man, who "kept was near the spot at the time. It is ex her company," pt.oted th at th e guilty party will shortly be brought to jue' •tice IV I3,tber, on returning home, confessed i:e • , hiln."-olf Ilia been the goose in this allkir.-IVorcester , ChAnkle. . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1841. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. The prospects of the woollen trade for the ensuing winter are far from encouraging. The opinion we ventured to give in July, as to the probable amount of the harvest, has been verified by the result ; and tl:o question now is, not whether the crops are deficient or not, but what is the amount of the deficiency. The re lease of 1,900,000 quarters of foreign grain having had so slight an influence on prices, it may safely be concluded that ne great differeace will be experienced betwist the price of flour in the years 1841 and 1842 ; indeed, some intelligent persons calculate on a higher price during the ensuing than the past agricultural year. Assuming the truth of this opinion, it is obvious that we must look for a continuance of ail those embarrass ing and painft.l circumstances which have characterised the woollen trade, and in common with it, all the great staple trades of the nation during the last three years, and of which the principal features are privations to tha labourer and torturing anxiety to the capitalist. It is in vain to hope for any great change for the better, so long as food maintains its present price, or in other and more plain terms, whilst the supply of food is inadequate to the full and healthful sustentation of our teeming population. To look abroad for an increase of demand as a means of relief, is to forget that we sui cidally cut off that source, by a practical refusal to ex change our produce for such as other nations have to give us. It may be, and indeed is said, that our com mercial system allows us freely to import the foreign raw material of manufactures, and therefore that we may look for relief in the larger exchange of our manufac tures ere long. To say nothing of the uncertainty as to the time when this most desirable consummation is to be arrived at, we answer that the expectants omit the trifling circumstance that the power to import raw material is principally dependent on the ability of the mass of our people to consume articles of clothing ; and inasmuch as that ability is most seriously lessened by the absorption of their earnings in the purchase of food, we must continue to import on a comparatively small scale ; and that as a further consequence, the purchases from us by the nations producing the raw materials in ques tion, must be ultimately measured by our purchases from them. We have dammed up the stream, and when its current ceases to flow, and the surface becomes calm and stagnant, we vainly expect it to flow again whilst we pertinaciously and blindly refuse to remove the obstruction. _ _ . 1.. -- TOll;iiieProspects of the whole trade of the empire appear most discouraging. We look for no immediate, -ce, and durable change for the bettor, so long as the resent . ith s4 . -estrictive and most iniquitous and unjust sys tem ~. of commereial policy is pursued. All the results of spear to us resolvable into one—an that policy plainly .•.. "d. The process by which we inadequate su ppl y o f t o , • -nle. The Corn and Pro arrive at this co nc l us i on i s sip,. -lute scarcity, practi vision-laws, except i n years o f aim,. t o the supply of catty confine the people of this country . .. w hi c h t hi s the home soils. The protective duties b, - lands, object is secured, force into cultivation inferio t h e ' and raise the price of all the food we produce to - levd of that produced from the worst lands under eat- , ture. Hence, to say nothing of the false and unprofit able direction of the capital and industry of the na tion, the consumption of every article of elotiiing is lessened, and with every successive rise in the p: ice of food, will suffer still further contraction. Henc.' too, a narrowing market for the labour of our operatives is coincident, and in fact consequent, upon a higli and rising price for food. Persistance is this system will aggravate its manifest and gigantic evils. Our soil does not enlarge, and agricultural improvements have failed, palpably failed, to force a supply co-equal with the growth of our own population. We practically restrict our rapidly inerearsio t ; population to the compa ratively stationary produce of our soil, and whilst doing this, vainly hope for relief ea some vague and indefinite ground, such as is exprvssed in the wise saws " that when trade is at the worst it is sure to mend," and " that fluctuations in trade are natural and unavoidable." Tne i i s i n adequate to more r o e truth is, that the manufacturing energies of the nation ar.e paralyzed by restricting • them to jest such a measure of employment as is equal to the pure! , ase of the agri cultural lce.nssPtil6mYninac enultiural produce of the British Isles. ,"}hat produce is people, and the attempt to uphold the - pet tent system l n t attempta: a n d sutsotsksneaonpci o n w f n o b u y r starvation the level of our ' the love 1 of population t 7 our supply o f f ood. The nation only wants the pa,. a lysis on its energies removed b the b 1 t" of all r. 1••• export, strictions on impart andy a ° T 'Gil pros perity and hap p ine ss aga i n t a ri,, , :to :to expectthe - • t the other, appears to us one matins .Mercury. most absurd and irrational---Les?ds Despatches for the Lord Iligh Commissioner of lonian Islands, and for the Governor of Gibraltar, w sent Off from the Colonial -office on. Saturday cvelling• the' ( 'ere POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. EXTENSIVE PLUNDER BY MEANS OF FORGED ORDERS.—Edward Beaman and Solomon Levin were brought before Alderman Pirie, charged under the fol lowing circumstances. Inspector M‘Lean stated, that having heard that a large quantity of calico had been obtained by means of a forged order, he set his men to work, and succeeded in discovering to whom a quantity of the goods had been sold. He then took Levin into custody, and was informed by the prisoner that he had bad the goods from the prisoner Beaman, whom he expected to meet at a public-house in the evening. After some delay witness succeeded in apprehending Beaman, in bed. It was evident, in his opinion, that the plan of robbery was a deep one, and that several persons were con- _ cerned in it. Mr. Thomas Hadgley, landing and delivering clerk , at Miller's Wharf, Lowet East Smithfield, stated that 1 on Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, a person presented an order for the delivery of goods belonging to Mr. George gangster, of Queen-street, Cheaplde. The order was 'for thrce bales, and marked W t G : 321 ; the second marked 0 : D : & Co., No. 349 ; and the third marked G : G : & P., No. 84. Those bales had come from Aberdeen, the order for which : was signed. A horse and cart, which were owned by a person known at the wharf, were with the man who pre- sented the order, the writing on which was like that of Wm. Russell, of the house of Saagster and Co. Ttie order was put into the hands of the warehouseman for loading, and the man who presented it was asked where the owner of the cart was, to which he replied, " Close at hand," and that haste must be made, as he was in a hurry. No suspicion whatever was entertained of the man, who had been in the warehouse in the course of the morning, and, no doubt, had taken the numbers and letters on the bales. Mr. Hugh Russell stated that the goods so marked and numbered were consigned to their house from Scot land. He knew nothing of the order. Mr. Seward, of the Commercial-road, linen-draper, stated that the prisoner Levin, whom he knew, had called upon him on Monday with two or three patterns of calico, and wished to know whether he would buy any. Levin asked sd. a yard for the article, and wit ness finally arranged to give him 4d. a yard, and settled with him for thirty pieces. Ve itness afterwards sold some of the goods at 4id. a yard. Levin mentioned that he bought the goods of Beaman, and witness wished for an invoice from the party of whom the calicoes were purchased. Levin, upon being asked whether he wished 'to say anything in that stage of the proceedings, said that he had nothing to conceal, and he hoped his statement would clear him of all imputation. On the Sunday, while he was out, Berman called and left word for him to be at his (Beeman's) house, in St. Thomas Apostle, on Monday morning ; on that morning they accordingly ,net, and Beaman asked him whether he could sell any calicoes ? He then took Beaman to the house of Mr. Saward, and sold the goods at 4d., which, upon receiv ing from Mr. Seward, he handed over to Beaman. That was all he knew Of the transaction. Alderman Pram asked whether the money passed from the hands of Levin to those of Beaman ?—Mr. Saward said that such was certainly the fact. Alderman PIRIE (to Levin)—then you know this Beaman ? Levin—Yes, I know him. Alderman PIRIE asked Beaman whether he wished to say anything ?-13ea:nan declared that two men called upon Lim on Tuesday morning, and asked him to get a price for some calicoes for them. lie thought all was right, and he therefore neat to look after Mr. Levin, who accordingly disposed of the goods. Alderman PIRIE—Pray what v e•e the names of tlse men? Prisoners—That I don't know ; they were strangers to me. Alderman Pfau—Hew did they find you out, if they were strangers to you ? Bea man—l am sure I can't say ; they had heard of me. I suppose ; one of them v as a short man, in black. That's all I know. Alderman PlRlE—There are more behind the scenes in this performance. Ynu can both get Counsel, if you please. I shall remand you till Wednesday. Levin—l don't see that I have any occasion for Coun sel ; mine is a straightforward case ; I paid over the money the instaat I got it. Bi aeian—Yes ; and I paid it over to the person who employed me when you gave it to me. The prisoners were remanded. Beaman is known at the Compter as an adept at this sort of business. Two persons, named illardell and Whitaker, were charged with having conernAted an assault upon a young lady named Miss M'Kenzie, in a Cemberwel. omnibus, the one having uleced his hand upon her knee and shoulder, and the other endeavoured to prevent he• giving an alarm to the conductor. Alderman PIRIE said there could be no doubt of the bad intentions of the defendants. Ladies must be pro tected from such ruffians in public vehicles ; he should order the defendants to find good bail to answer the complaint at the next Sessions. 13 0 TV-STREET. John Odell Ratlibone, a letter-carrier in the ernpley of the General Post-office, was charged with stealing money from letters Cat*, ha 1 come into his possession by viitue of such employment. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office Solicitor, attended to conduct the prosecution. John Pieyel, an inspector of letter-carriers, stated that the prisoner was a letter carrier in the service of the Post-office, and was employed to deliver letters in the Golden-square district. Mr. M'Gowan, of Great Windmill,trect, Haymarket, resides in that district. In consequence of that gentleman having made a con-, plaint at the Post-office that several letters containing money, and which had been put into the Post-office di rected to him, had not been delivered to him, witness made an arrangement by which he expected to detect the guilty party. On Monday last he received a sove reign from Mr. Blott, a clerk in the Post-office, and which that gentleman previously medic I in the pre sence of witness. Witness afterwards enclosed that sovereign in a letter, which he directed to Mr. M'Gowan, Great Windmill street. Oa the following morning that letter was placed among those which the prisoner had to deliver. Witness subsequently re ceived information that that letter had not been deli vered to Mr. M`Gowan, and he consequently went in search of the prisoner, whom ho found near his (pri soner's) residence. Witness desired he would accom pany him to the Post-office immediately. He asked to be allowed to go home first, but witness refused to per mit him. On arriving at the Post-office, witness told the prisoner that he was suspected of having stolen a sovereign from a letter directed to Mr. M'Gowan, and that he must be searched. He said he had but one letter that morning for Mr. M`Gowan, and that he had duly delivered it. The prisoner was then searched by Peake, an officer employed by the Post-office, who found in his trousers-pocket a sovereign, a half sove reign, and Bs. 6d. in silver. Witness immediately identified the sovereign as the one he had enclosed in the letter to Mr. M`Gowan. Prisoner, on being ques tioned respecting it, said that he had had that sovereign by him for a considerable time. Witness identified some pieces of paper, now produced, as forming a portion of the letter which he bad sent to Mr. M'Gowan. Thomas Boydon proved placing the letter in question among those which the prisoner had to deliver. Peake, the constable, stated that having searched the prisoner as above-mentioned,lhe received some informa tion which induced him to go to the King's Arms pub lic-house in Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, that is also in the prisoner's district. He searched the water closet, and found among the soil several pieces of paper, which were afterwards identified as forming part of the letter that had been sent to Mr. M`Gowan. Mr. M`Gowan stated, that on Friday last he received a letter from Northampton, but none enclosing a sove reign, and in consequence he made a communication to the authorities of the Post-office on the subject. Mr. Blott, a clerk in the Post-office, identified the sovereign found on the prisoner as the one he had marked and given to the first witness. The prisoner, who declined saying anything in his defence, was committed to Newgate for trial. MARLBORO UG H-S TREE T. Mr. Henry Crick, of No. 125, New Bond-street, ap peared before Mr. Hardwicke, to charge an elderly gentleman with the following unexpected assault : While he was walki ng i n Harewood-place, an hour previously, he was suddenly and violently attacked by the defendant. He defended himself till the police came up. Complainant had never seen him before, ; an - could only account for the assault by supposing 1 that the o 'fendant bad mistaken him for some one else, or that be was insane. The defendant, who positively refused to give any name or address, said the complainant well knew why he assaulted him. Mr. HARDWICK considered it would be advisable to Niue the defendant 51. or a month's imprisonment, as t h e most likely means of making the friends of the de fendant acniminted with what had occurred. 'di A.r, Crick said he did not feel qate satisfied sy. ha. T a h e e d d o e n fe e n t d o an th t e pu rfi lin c il er o . ut a handful of 101 . notes a nd the vs .odo of settling the charge. Wh at security bad ho It itnii the a lar violence gantiein it would was r e no l t y be s a re tilat I him not to be permit to thc safety of the public, lie a ou i ght a p c, ea o t u e t d o f towards gard ted t. 4) go at large. turn d to t h M r. HARDWICK acquiesced in of th ase remarks, and having rec eived an assurance would e ? ewe from Mr. Crick that lie believed the defendant r,d 1 t his violence, Mr. Hardwick then re enisi . • _ i l is decision, and desired the 5 /. n ote to be re e alefendant, with an intimation t hat two sureties of 20/. each would be required. the reasonableness ail Yiur first Defandant—You arc acting illeg - Y' ' non( Aeei, lion was a fine of Si. I tendered you tie find ib bail. You have no business now to call on me to for w baii, Mr., HARDWICK-..-BUt I do call u an d vo .13 m ust procure it before you arc Ti m . 4cfendant was then removed' uivioN-HALL. ndiord of the Union public.hour, in the Mint, The la ' eping a Nned under the Act, for ke disorderly was smut t. , , a p re on reL o a u sed. .hguse, by 1 if !f • r . rrnittM musig and dancing, without a li cense. A policeman stated that he had found in the house a room fitted up as a concert-room, and that there were sixty or seventy persons, chiefly boys and girls, some of whom were decked out in spangled dresses, and wore masks, and were dancing to the music of a violin, violincello, and a harp. The defendant said that he did everything in his power to keep the com pany who frequented his house select—that many houses in the neighbourhood had music without any li cense—that the people were now so fond of music that he might as well close his shop as not keep up with his neighbours. The Magistrate said, whatever others did still the defendant was bound to adhere to the terms of his license; he should fine him 100., and if he wanted to have music and dancing to amuse his neighbours, he must obtain a license for it. LAMBETH-STREET. Wm. Hawes, a man of respectable appearance, was charged with pawning watch-cases which had been en• trusted to him by several watchmakers to polish and spring, to the value of 301. The pawnbroker, Mr. Vesper, stated that the pri soner had been in the habit of pawning property similar to that which had been produced, and he had always considered him a respectable watch-case manufacturer. The prisoner did not deny pledging the whole of the property, and in each he was convicted in the penalty of a shilling and the amount of the goods, or one month's imprisonment. An arrangement was come to that Mr. Vesper should give up the watch-cases to their different owners on the payment of a third of what they had been pawned for. At the earnest solicitations of the manufacturers, who said they believed Hawes to be honest, but that his necessities had driven him to the act, and that they were willing to employ him again, the prisoner was ul timately discharged. THAMES-OFFICE. Margaret Hayes, alias Carr, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. It appeared that the unfortunate creature, a victim of seduction, had been deserted by her betrayer, and for some time had dragged on a miserable existence in the Match Walk, Shadwell. On Weinesday she preferred a charge be fore the Magistrate, against a woman who had cut her head open with a jug, and otherwise brutally used her, but then forgave her assailant, who was consequently discharged. The prisoner had since suffered much from the wound in her head, her mind seemed affected, and being seven months gone in pregnancy, and without a friend or a penny, she flung herself from the swivel bridge into the London•dock. A Thames Police con :table, named Jones, heard the splash, procured a hook, and fortunately soon succeeded in extricating her. She was conveyed to a public-house, and, with medical aid, resuscitated, after which she was taken to Wapping Workhouse. The prisoner now expressed contrition, and said the injuries in her head had so affected her, that she scarce knew what she did. The MAGISTRATE admonished tho poor woman, and ordered her to be again taken to the workhouse. THE RATIONAL CHARTISTS. AN ADDRESS OF A FEW CHARTISTS IN HUDDERS FIELD AND ITS VICINITY TO THE PATRIOTS STRUd- GLING FOR FREEDOM, WHO HAVE DRAWN UP THE PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN TERMED IN DERISION THE " NEW MOVE." Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. SHAYSPEARE. GENTLEMEN—Accept our warmest thanks for the ho nest, bold, and straightforward manner in which you have, for a number of years, stoodamong the foremost to plead the cause of the working millions against avowed foes, on one band, and professed friends on the other. We cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without testifying our entire approbation of the plan P. l )ove referred to ; and, at the same time, we feel as sured you will go on through good and through ill rc nort, until we finally gain the goal of freedom. It is rather curious to see how some men are striving to connect the r,ew move with one concocted by Messrs. Hume, Place, and Co., but " no more like it, than Ito Hercules." What their motives are, we leave to Hea ven and their own consciences. Toe " new move," as we understand it, does not clash against any of the oil " moves," but is merely an qddition to them, such as schools for education, Ste. Ono would think by your opponents' arguments, that ignorance is bl ss ;" if so, " 'tis folly to be wise." Calling to mind your sacrifices in the cause of a free and unshackled Press, and your straightforward conduct since, we cannot but look with a jealous eye to reports so industriously circulated against you, without evidence and without proof. Hoping that all the enemies of petty tyranny, or pub lic oppression, will to the rescue, we remain, sincerely attached to the cause of truth and katice, James Clough, Lockwood. Joseph Brook Huddersfield. J. Wood, Almondbury Bank. John Holmes, Kirkheaton. John Thomas, Kirkheaton. Joshua Goddard, Rushcliffe. Zacch. Liver idge, Newsom J. Broadbent, Kirkheaton. R. Laycock, Kirkheaton. J. Laycock, Kirkheaton. T. Earnshaw, Kirkheaton. Orcherton, Kirkheaton, T. Frost, HudJerstield. Luke Bradley, Lockwood. Toh n Wood, Longley. John Robinson, Longley. George Hailden, Almond bury. John Taylor, Deighton. A. Mellon, Dalton. ARTESIAN WELL AT SOUTRAMPTON.—The contractors for this work have now reached the depth of 76 fathoms, or 456 feet. To those of our readers who are not adepts at measurement, it will give some idea of the depth of this well, when we state that it consider ably exceeds in depth the height of either St. Paul's, Chichester, or Salisbury Cathedrals ; is more than double, the height of the Monument in London, and nearly three times the height of St. Michael's Church, in Southampton. There are, it is true, in the mining districts many shafts which very much exceed in depth the shaft now sinking in the common ; but we are not aware of any shaft being sunk in the United Kingdom of so large a diameter (some portion of it being upwards of fifteen feet), to so great a depth through the clays and sands overlaying the chalk, and lined as this is, with solid brickwork set in Roman cement, or with stout cast iron cylinders. The difficulties with which the contractors have had to contend have been of no ordinary kind, and notwithstanding every precaution the obstacles met with have been such as to cause the frequent choking, of pumps, breaking of rods, and damage to the steam engines. It is now, however, the opinion of those competent to form a judgment on the subject that the shaft is within twenty or thirty feet of the chalk, and preparations are now making for passing through the green sand usually found overlaying the chalk, at great depths, under the plastic clay formation. Addi tional pumps and apparatus are prepared and now being placed at the bottom of the shaft, which pumps are so arranged that they will afford the means of raising the water from the great depth of 600 feet from the surface, should the Commissioners deem it desirable to do so, and this too without altering the pumping arrangement in the upper part of the works. We con gratulate the inhabitants of Southampton on the prospect of success likely to attend this great undertaking ; and we feel it important to notice, that while the London and Westminster Water Company are circulating their prospectuses for raising a capital of some hundreds of thousands of pounds, and promising a supply of water from the chalk of the London Basin for a much larger number of houses than there are inhabitants in this town, the rate-payers here have proceeded thus far in obtaining from the chalk of the Hampshire Basin a sup ply of pure water at a comparatively cheap rate. — Hampshire Independent. _ _ IMPORTANT INVENTION IN LACE MACHl- NERY.—Considerable numbers of our mechanics, during the last few days, have been gratified and astonished by the inspection of a novel arrangement of mechanical movement, which is applicable to all kinds of lace ma chinery. The object is to dispense with large wheels, drums, chains, plates, and many other contrivances that are in use at present, to enable the proprietors of lace machines to alter their fabrics with as little trouble and as small a cost as possible. It is well known, however, that numbers of industrious deserving men are ruined in the lace trade, by the constant request for fresh pat terns and meshes, and the incapability of all the present plans for producing them, only at the sacrifice of more time and money than they can afford, or the articles, when produced, would pay back again ; and the conse quence is, they are obli g ed to go on making unsaleable goods, and Bolling ahemfor any price they may be offered, however low, not only to their own loss, but with the cer tainty of bringing down the prices of the goods of others that are more saleable. The apparatus, which occupies very little room, can be made for a trifling sum compared with any of the modes now in use, and, when once ap plied, the pattern can be altered without loss of time, and only the expense of a few pasteboard cards. It con sists of a number of small tapits and jacks, which play on an axle that goes through the whole of the tapits. Tho jacks are selected by means of cards, and taken in or out of work by the instrumentality of two bars, that arl,. ranee and recede by means of a double crank, wli, i s connected at each end of the said bars by linlq S a lever, with the chisel or nose cut to operate oq hs many tapits as there require various heights in the bar with which it is connected, viz., if the bar attached to any one lever wanted moving ten gates from top to bottom by two gates at a time, only four tapits and a dead stop 7foultl ba required ; but as the model has been seen, a n d we understand a machine, with the apparatus at work, can be seen in a few days, it will be unneeessan• for us to give further particulars.—Nottin&a Mer cury. HOP INTELLIGENCE.....Wor ..CESTER, OCT. 15.—1 n consequence of a larilP, supply of new Hops being at market on Saturday last, a decided flatness in the demand was observ, and some of the lowest de scriptions did not fetch so much by ss. per cwt. as on the previous market, pine qualities come in very short, and are difficult to obtain at the late currency. Duty 13,00C1, Tne scale returns for planters' Hops sold and weighed on Saturday last is, new, 1,348 ; old, 178. In the week, new, 744, and old, 142. Present prices, per ewt.:--Brown 100 s. to 1205.; fine, 130 s. to 1475.; choice, 150 s. to 1605.; 1839'5, from 90s. to 1265.; 183Z'5,,, from 60s. to 848.; very few old Hops left. There are 216 Mechanics' Institutions in England, comprising 25,651 members and subscribers, of whom about half belong to the class of workmen. The average number a members, therefore, is 119. The number of lectures delivered yearly in these Institutions is about 1,198. The three great means of ustfuOtness in Mechanics' Institutions are-Ist, Classes for regular in struction ; 2d, Lectures ; and 3d, Libraries. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 16.—The Columbia, troop steamer, Mr. Robinson, commander, arrived, on Monday last, in 29 days, from Antigua, with damaged machinery ; she went on Wednesday to Woolwich, to be paid off. The Sappho, sloop-of-war, Commander Fraser ; Fair Rosa mond, Lieut. Bulman ; and Gleaner, ketch, Lieut. Jeayes, were at Antigua ; and the Firefly, Reda, Tar tarus, and Flamer, steam packets, were at Barbadoes. The West Indies were considered healthy, but the is landers were in great trepidation lest a war should break out with America—an event which would ruin the trade of the West Indies. The Numa, transport, arrived on Sunday from Ber muda, with invalids and naval stores, and proceeded on Thursday to Chatham. The Styx steamer, Captain E. S. Vidal, is hourly ex pected at this port, from the Eastward, for the purpose of embarking Sir Charles Bagot, the new Governor-General of Canada. Late this evening she had not made her appearance ; the heavy westerly gales must have detained her. His Excellency arrived at the George Hotel in this town, from London, last evening. The Cambrian, 36, Captain Chads, C. 8., fitting at Plymouth, is ordered to be ready for sea by the Ist of November; she is to proceed to China. We learn by recent accounts from Valparaiso, that Rear-Admiral Ross, has shifted his flag from the Presi dent to the Basilisk, and that the President and Actaeon had gone to Callao. The next ship for England will be the Orestes, with two millions of money on board. 'rho Queen, 110, Captain Rich, will be taken into dock, next week, for the purpose of cleaning her copper. The Vindictive, 50, was commissioned on Thursday, by Lieut. Luard. She has been taken into dock to have her copper swept. The Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, arrived on Wednesday, from Liverpool and Bristol, with 56 seamen for the ships fitting at this port. She sailed again to day for Waterford, to bring round others. The Mada gascar, 44, Captain Foote, is ordered to be ready for sea by the Ist of next month. It is understood she is to relieve the Seringapatam, in the West Indies. The Thunder, Commander Barnett, and Lynx, Lieut. Burs lem, were yesterday towed to the Nore by the Monkey steamer. The Illustrious, 72, will be ready for sea in three weeks; she wants only fifty seamen to complete her complement. The Siren, sloop-of-war, is ordered to be got ready with all dispatch at Woolwich; she will be completed about the 25th for service in China. The Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieut. West, was expected to leave Woolwich to-day for this port, on her way to a foreign station. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Queen, Excellent, Illustrious, Vindictive, Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidere, Royal George, North Star, Driver, Hazard, Pantaloon, Rapid, Viper, Apollo troop-ship, Alban and Echo steamers. At Spithead—John Fleming, East Indiaman. Captain John Brett Purvis is appointed Commodore, with a blue pennant, at Rio Janeiro. The ship is not named. Sir George Seymour and the Right Hon. H. Corry (Lords of the Admiralty) arrived here on Wednesday, on an official visit. They are accompanied by the Sur veyor of the Navy, Sir W. Symonds, and Capt. Brand reth, of the Royal Engineers. Messrs. Fincham, Laing, and Atkins, the master ship wrights, appointed to survey the ships in ordinary at this port, arrived here on Monday, and have since been em ployed on that service. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. (For Promotions bestowed for services in China, see Fri day's London Gazette.) PROMOTIONS.—Mates—Jahn Moore (1841), of the Caledonia ; Henry Chads (1839), of the Endymion (acting), to the Nimrod ; R. APKinley Richardson, of the Sulphur (when he shall have passed for navigation), to the rank of Lieutenant—his commission bears date Oct. 8. .APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Hon. W. B. Devereux, to the Snake. Lieutenants—E. Tatham, to the Spartan ; J. Sibbald, (from the Siren), to the Illustrious ; the Hazard. Masters—F. J. Gruzelier, re-appointed to the Siren, vice Dor, who is in the Marine Hospital, at Woolwich ; F. Willis, to the Snake. Purser—Mr. Cornelius Dealy, to the Snake. Assistant Surgeons—Dr. M. Burton, to the Ferret; Dr. Will. Webber, to the Vixen; J. Bernard, to the Rhavlamanth us; John Cockin, to the Siren; A. Adams and Dr. Winchester, to the St. Vincent; Dr. Hoggan, to Hazard; and A. G. Tucker and J. Campbell, to the Queen. Master's Assistant—R. W. Ward, to the Cambrian. Bayly, to the Malabar; Henry George Williams, to the Excellent; S. H. Ricketts, to the Siren; R. L. Curtis, P. W. Coventry, W. Mould, G. Cleveland, J. Wy burn, H. Temple, E. Lloyd, L. de Provost, to the Queen. Midshipmen—ll. Molynoux, Allan Percy, J. C. Byng, to the Queen ; W. Peel, to the-eambrian. Volunteer, Ist Class—Logic Augustus Whimper (from the Upper School at Greenwich), to the Malabar; J. V. Lovett, to the Implacable; A. French and J. Lloyd, to the Ganges; C. A. Wise, to the Cornwallis ; J. Parrott, to the Hazard; P. B. Payne, to the Queen; and R. 11. Burton, to the Implacable. Royal Marines—Major Morrison, recruiting service, to Oxford ; Captain Gillespie, recruiting service, to Hereford ; Captain Willes, to H.M.S. St. Vincent, leav ing Captain Pearce the first for sea duty; Second Lieut. James A. Stewart, to the St. Vincent. The following Officers are appointed to the Vindictive front the Belleisle :—Lieutenants—Washington Carr, F. Ellis, J. Gennys, and W. Luard ; Master—Chas. Pope ; Surgeon—Dr. A. Allen ; Purser—John Cole ; Mates Messrs. Kinsman, Hornby, and Morton ; Midshipman— D'Aguilar ; Clerk— Thomas ; Volunteers, Ist Class—Messrs. Makie, Haydon, Pratt, and Melmouth. The following Mates passed for Lieutenant at the Naval College, on Tuesday :—Messrs. F. L. APClin tock, Excellent ; M. H. Perceval, Indus ; W. L. Part ridge, Dido ; 11. G. Williams, late Hazard ; I'. W. Coventry, late Comus. Mr. Thomas Carstairs Gray, passed at the Naval College for a commission in the Royal Marine Corps. The following Warrant Officers have been superannu ated :—Mr. J. Briggs, Gunner, 84/. ; Mr. W. White, ditto, 451.: Mr. J. Fox, Boatswain, 84/. ; Mr. G. Sim mons, ditto, 35/. ; Mr. J. Williams, ditto, 331. ; Mr. W. Hindmarsh, Carpenter, 841. ; Mr. J. Underhill, ditto, 50/. ; Mr. R. Roberts, ditto, 45/. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 14.—The Tortoise convict ship, which sailed last Sunday, was obliged to put back, owing to stress of weather. On Friday the Impregnable, 104, Captain T. Forrest, with Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason's flag, sailed for the Mediterranean. The Avon steamer, Lieutenant C. Jenkin, arrived with a detach ment of marines from Woolwich, for embarkation ; the Avon has since gone to Liverpool. The Netley tender arrived from Liverpool, with volunteers for the Cam brian, and has since returned to Liverpool for more. The Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, arrived from Liverpool, and sailed the next day for Portsmouth. The Belleisle, 72, will be paid off on Saturday ; most of her officer* join the Vindictive, 50, fitting out at Portsmouth ; she is to be converted into a troop-ship, and when ready will be commissioned. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Belleisle, Malabar, Cambrian, Spartan, Nightingale, and Ferrett. In the Sound—Tortoise. SHIPPING INTELLIFENCE. (LLOYDS.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--The Thames, of Alloa, on the 12th ult., in lat. 46, lon. 58, by the Shannon, arrived in the Downs. A large steamer, bound West, 10th inst., lat. 51, by the Margaret and Jane, arrived at Cork. Ann, Miramichi to Annan, off the Old Head 12th inst. ; Cossack, Bristol to Richebucto, with 3 feet water in her hold, and pumps choked, lat. 44, lon. 35, by the Dido, from Benin. Idea, Cork to Quebec, 11th ult., lat. 4G. lon. 26, by the Borealis, arrived at Newfoundland, Princess Victoria, Clyde to Quebec, 12th ult., lat. 48, lon. 28 ; Amazonia, Swansea to Quebec, 20th ult., lat. 46, lon. 44, by the Ratchford, arrived at Newfoutislland. Mary Connell, for the Cape of Good Hope, out 21 days, lat. 14 N., lon. 26 W., by the Panope, arrived in the River. Cornwallis, from Waterford, 14th ult., at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by the Carshalton Park, arrived in the Downs. Granville Bay, Liverpool to Quebec, 17th ult., off Anticosti ; Lady Flora Hast ings, Liverpool to Quebec, 24th ult., lat. 46, lon. 57, by the Endymion, arrived in the Downs. Boyne, Mira michi to Belfast, 10th inst., 100 miles off Cape Clear, by the Susannah, arrived at Cork. St. Martin, Newry to St. John's, New Brunswick, 19th ult., lat. 56, lon. 13, by the Sybilla, arrived at Stornaway. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, a letter was read from the proprietors of Rankin's patent wood paving, offering to lay down the material for three years, or any other . period, at an annrAtil charge of three shillings per yard, instead of at wee charging sixteen shillings per yard for it. A letter from a Mr. Parkin offered to pave all Oxford -street with wood at ten shillings per square yard, to be paid for as com pleted. This latter proposition was passed over by being ordered to lie on the table. The adjourned debate as to the farmer proposition of the proprietors of Ran kin's patent was there oper.ed, and of course soon ended by its rejection, as a Lw: more favourable one had been now made 1 and, en it was afterwards proved that in propeAlion to the annual cost of the level parts of the ZiAlloadamizfd portion of Oxford-street that the employ ment of this splendid specimen, when used where there was most wear and tear, and on a hill, which would effectually try its qualities, would only exceed the cost of the present repair in three years by sixty pounds, the proposal was adopted. HOLYHEAD.—Before daylight on the morning of Wednesday last, the 13th instant, three lights, tb e signal that a vessel was on shore, were exhibited on the Sherries Island. Boats immediately proceeded there, and found that the brig Dido, of and for Liv er p ool from Benin, on the coast of Africa, Carpente r master, had The vessel had be comebeen completely wrecked on the west point of the island during the preceding night. . s driven ashore during a heavy and fore topsail, and wa unmanageable from the loss of her main-yard squall. Her cargo, which was of palm oil, was the surgeon, were all d but save • com pletely lost. The ship's company, with the excep tion of Mr. Morgan, an another medical gentleman, of ' the a passenger, lost their lives in en unhappiflyhe, Read, landed at Holyhead in the most destitute La a m y e ou o en deavouring quit the wreck. The men, twenty-E ve i n u lost their all. But the me,st respect umber, c ac o bu n l ay o i f n t g he inhabitants imrn: e di w to y met at tire secitirtmiaa-thiOl:tuse, and contributed handsomely towat•ds their relief; by which means they Were all decently clad, a passage to Liver pool. The mate havin g comfortably lodged, and furniJred each with a sum of monet 516 d mortally stabbed one of his shipmates while at Benin, was, on landing at Holyhead, d e li vere d to the custody of the parish constables and. subsequently committed to Beaumaris jail by one of the county magistrates there to await his trial for tb, offence. f THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Per Quatter•\ ...----- _.--. • q 0. s. W to o ea s t i n l3 . a t r ,„ ley s .. a .Otatos.s. .13 . cat,ns,.. s' 41 41,in Von \sB 73 30 76 t.'4 3 t 40 42. 08 Andover 66 70 :;-; 31 i 5 : 27 —.-- --. : ti.dibury Ol 74 32 40 2 33 :',O • 4 0 -- .7 44 'lasi gstoke 3 07 24 t 8 49 10 42 ..., Cirenc”ster GO 76 72 35 01 25 40 4. - - !40 .... Coventry — 65 33 39 2 5 31 v ,9 ..... oaventry - ... Derby 6l 77 30 40 21 29 42 40 --- .... r Flowden - 42 Hioigerford 50 ''. 2 21) 37 25 :. 0 10 45 .., 0.2 V/ Mai.' en head 58 si 3o 35 . 2 5 31 4 40 44 40 Nottingham 60 70 30 35 23 23 41 44 --• ''''' Wantage 63 80 30 31 30 :32 06 46 War wick 32 36 26 32 --, •-• TO • Winchester 76 36 2 -- 9 4- ..., York 52 64 30 33 18 20 36 4 0 d I: •• Per Bushel s.d. s. d. s. d. s. 0 . s.d. s. d. s. (1, s. 0. t ‘; 6 6 Birmingham 70 86j 3 6 46 36 40 50 70 u WAKEFIELD CORN DIARKEr A e 67‘ Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ... —s. 639 . to e - -a r ,., ?. . ------ Lin. and Cam. --- Yorkshire —s. 610. to 811. One ttlf! --- Vf hite , —s 64,. to 6 6 i. fine ef: ------ Foreign, fted —B. 613. to 65'. fine' s 1T ---..-- Whitef4; to Or. One —s. n. : in 355. enent s. d. s. d. Is. d. s. tl.l s. d. s. d. l s. (1, s. d. 70 S6j3 6 4 6 36 40;50 701 WAKEFIELD CORN MARK Er .. ..,,, .1, Norfolk and Suffolk ... -s. 639. to f 5.. tier .'7: -- Lin. and Cam . -s. fits. to Ws. finet?.• Yorkshire -5. OIL 10611. One ttl o ,- -- White , -s 645. to 6 6 f. doe elf: --. Foreign, fted -s 61;. to 66'. fine''lX ---...--- White -s f 4;. to CBi. ;W. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ..... : 3 , 2,. to 355. One M -• Lincolnshire ";95. to 35e. One 1,...„7 - Yorkshire Wold --- Foreign Beans, New .--- Old - ..... L., to - 8 - fi ne Via . , Oats, Potato • -..-- Poland , -...5. to - I. • 008 (inc.- . - Frirlland and Small -- bleating Shelling .. ... 3 2 1 7: 5 i . .. t tt t ° o : ....321,(4435: 166innonee:::;:i4: Malt ....8,385. fine 429. per ',et', Rapeseed ' . --1. Os. 341.05 .: 361. Os. Per ''''' NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. White. Red. - 2 - 6 : . t ....- 42s s. 7 . 0 ... d. Wheat, Northumberland sos 645 ....... 51,ede• a. O. - Norfolk and Suffolk 6os. 645. ...... • .--- Berwick and Scotch 505. 64 i...... 54.07:e, - Foreign . 60s. 64;...... 6 4, - "" ...a. Rye, Norfolk and Suflolk - ms s• - Foreign 095..361. ...... •-• - e• g. • ' pc r I t .r . : . .....s. pa Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffbik 3'i5..405. ...... --• ,s J - Grinding and Feeding 33s. 315. ..... T. -- 7,_ il, Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 635 fit ; ....... ....'• ....%_" , Beans, Small - - Tick Pease, White , 4th. 3 4 2 : . . 4 4 4 0 4 ) 9 . 3 1. . .... ..... ... ... ... -6 ---S _ 7 7 l' 1. --- Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ......... 205. 285..•••• --r• ---, --- Feed "'" ...I .! .-- Foreign - 5. _y,,, Flour (per sack) 46 s. 509....... ... i v/ n atty REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.—On A- --- 0 last, as one of the Derby and Birmingham, trains Yr_ travelling at the usual speed, when on this side of middleTam' worth, the crank axle of the engine broke in the tly of the " throw," and the driving wheels cen3e„.l-helithe ceased working ; but such was the speed at quart ic-er train was going, that it proceeded more than a wad of a mile before it stopped. Had it been a four i i ns e a le of a six-wheeled engine, the under wheels woul° or i nmediately slipped off the rails, and a tremend°llg c o ld cussion must havefollowed, which inall probability w t ° co have caused loss of life. As it was, the engine kept s or the line, and no damage was done either to ca rriag e eo .. passta.4ers. A similar circumstance happened to O w gine 0.1 the North Midland Line. As the quarter to b i er , o'clock train from Leeds was appr oac hing the iielcott. gate Station, it was delayed a considerable time wo r king e vere tb sequence of the breaking of the axle of th e wheels, at or near the throw. Fortunately n° further ed, accident occurred. The coal train being n ear at hu er the engine belonging thereto was attached to the P llssei tas train, and took it forward to Chesterfield , where "tica, met by the pilot engine from the Marshro' ending which conveyed it to its destination. A correspe. 00, accident occurred the same afternoon to an engin e r - e , the Grand Junction ; but in this, as in the two l ily , ceding cases, the passengers and carriages es tt e P pls- -- jury in consequence of the engine having sir w" e " . Derbyshire Reporter. IV CASE OF POISONING BY LAUDANU'' ,„ ''---eddlee' following case of poisoning is reported from the A-11 li was. sex Hospital, in the Lancet of this week : ---1)- m oo tt siO admitted, a short time since, into the hospital, autThija•-• hours after having taken an ounce of laudanum, iss °f i n he , ing 26 grains of opium. At the time of admic'ecicl, was apparently lifeless ; the surface of the body wo c od co ntra voc aeratecountan pale and livid, lips purple, pupas to a point respiration scarcely yereeptible, P 1, - the hardly to be felt. The laudanum was-removed -/ t he stomach-pump ; but, in spite of every pulse became more 'lnfrequent, and was n t , t et eo• imperceptible, when recourse was had to e' e- of magnetism, which was applied by WV ° ker. a small battery, with coil and contact- brea ~ to t'''' One wire •n as applied to the neck, and the other tic, region of the heart or epigastriurn, and by these t' 5 00 a cession of very powerful shocks was given. :rat ion g effects were very apparent. The muscle of reso d set in action, and the diaphragm contracted :ration erfully ; the chest was more fully expanded, resPir%e was more perfectly carried on, and a corresPondingoe provement was observable in the countenance. ing pulse finrroved and became more powerfol, be f e e" exertioo,iros steady when the current was interrupted for ' L or al minutes. This application was continued for several minutes. and was finally successful—thus clearly s t* „. cum" ing the influence of electre-magnetism under elr stances hitherto considered honefess. 0 1 Four prisoners of La Force, who with 8 !. v 1, 5 p others hat just been liberated, their term of s .° ) P . ,", a i ° er, intent having expired, entered the shop of a wine7,,,, — ot. opposite the .prison, to celebrate their cniml -- ner. One of them having, whilst they were drinking ' O l a) cei% el in a cupboard, the door of whieh lc° n ° l ll- 'lii canvass hag, apparently containing money, he ca.- 1 1 0 11w cated the discovery to his companions, and shortlYA6 and wards they obtained possession of it im pereeiv c 7oed succeeded in effecting their escape with it. It e ( t t . the 400 francs, which the wine-dealer had set aside '''- pe.3 s 'in A e c n ß t of p a bill. liA It i l s O a N nn lC oun ! i o d C f l: T n if e 1.. .- -- tviliN: r t r iel b ir e aln:ll. l re d fi tior b r i ! o t i concert of the season ß when Spohr's oratorio, The Last Judgment, No. 3, better known abroad by the title; of the < j ot , ca Mass (it having been compels:id fo , the Cor e" t tie one of the Emperors) will be performed for the fir 9 in this country on a large scale. -- g 3131 r PLATE.—A. B. !_,AVORY and SON-' letb s g E Silversmiths. , factu Bank r o ll ; England).-- .The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern _: t o heavier at the sa me weights Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce The followilighter •r No. 14, Cornhill, London (blesicilsol recommtraded, but the articles . may be h a ' ti , price per ounce : • . a ;# o 0 io - oz. ,• 12 Fiddle 'Pattern Silver Table Sp o ons 30 at 7 2 ,.. e• - 7 !i t 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 A." 1 0 li , * 12, ditto Table Forks 30 at 7 2 ••• 74 5 „ 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ••• 3 11 2 ditto 1 ditto • 0 (Y 4 ditto s G a r a a p vy L S a p d o le o . n . s . 1100 at 7 7 2 a :: : ; i t 1 ' Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 lii .. i 4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong) g 1 • 0 I ditto Fish Slice... ......... ••••• slb 0 12 ditto Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 i•" 0 15 eil 1. ditto Pair Sugar Tongs (strl ) u stlat ...„r , N.B. A pricy current, stamped as a newspaper , ret drawings, and containing ever in relativ° I A " ) ; a tioo .. ~c hi a l ls eb eo fs es n a t v ei r n to o r t t e h effic oe u l dn tp r l aty e f , may c lso bail on i l ' o lt_s c w - .. er t; - y. free o. postage , paid CJ. lett er. DENT begs tia - int I: v his Frie o S tb e oig cmga to acqum the Pul l' )ic that he bar just had the kenour of W ei ' subjoined letter from O A - Admiralty :--- Majesty's Government (Copy.) I' 4 i t ,' ' nthe r ' f- e " Admiralty, igth Se p t A° 0 - " Sir—The anr ual trial of chronometers for tbe u re° for_, Majesty's l i 3 70 id e f ri l: lowing ei reg ,„ c , mended by my 'Lords Commissioners of the Admire-tY the ° , ll meters al the yarn) u u e s g p e rioes se anent having now terminated', you that their Lordships have d' • t d me to p ureh°; o t th e tfively, viz.:— miest 50 respee • b 5 Brines' Desit, No. 1,171 Dent, No . 1,606 .... . . .. 4 1 guint tb , Dent, No. 1,621 (pocket)...... So gui"7 o3 as.rt i alf " Their Lerdships having been pleased, in oilier t ortio superior p.srformance of 1,571, to assig* to it a prep increased price to that usually gives. ant , / "I am, Sir, your meat obedieat sery 40 " F BEAUFORT, HYdrieg Strase•h•eotei tit: " To Mr. Dent, Chreno F. Maker, 62, Out of SO Chronometers , m by r various Makers , t. e n it - • of t i ,",l the a late trial by order of their Lordships, the . 1 0°4 :hi ° bove three, with two selected for the Niger E o P e ut , biss t o others, enables Mr. Dent to affirm that he believes , er , for by , year supplied their Lordships with snore Chronere,eito 400 use of the Rey al Navy than. have bees fur ` , di s any other Maker. tlt's 4"-T-e r 1 It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to state vootlau,,, to their Lordships' high re:commendation he owes tniigor having made Is Geld Chronometer, presented to the to pedition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert , vorstAb eS c i 0 Dent's Lectures en Chro nome t er s, Clocks, ay° r asen le , be obtained at $2, Strand, price ono shilling, b ut ? e° customers gratuitously. 40 a tt ir Pres eat pri ce of Two-day Ckreaoraeters, .....................,., o f T a al BIRTHS. Ken t , On the 131. h inst., at Marsted Dodin t n OP' g o , fr s Captain Fan; nu, of a daughter. ~t, ne ° ' On the 14. th inst., at Brighton, the lady 0 " -e 01 , the Hewson, of .Southall, of a daughter. e, On the ISth inst., in Gower-street, Bedford-silus" ors. of Martin J.. Stutely, Esq, of a daughter. . ore , Russell-sq On the /115th inst. in Guilford-street , R. B. Upton,f ' , a daughter. ._ Ch". On th,e 14thein.,,st; MARRIED. - so` Walker, Esq., h N ir a iker , 1 in .- ' il s - L anar k, to Sara II On , row, Limeh wise, II Hannah, eldest elan: daughter of the late ka of 0 ° hn Ford, Esq. , s ee... county of Lancaster. of Church-row, ielt , O h a t t er Weld othe Clahtaep:lshoreSonsotob:ate'vono bto On. the 14th inst., at Limehouse Church , Fr e eder bri 4e 6s 44 t s o on_o: Thomas Cawcutt , Esq., of Impingtoo, -,,,a.,%Provrs• London. fOl On the 14th • instd son ° Meta C ha 1 Frere, Esq• see °o A dog natley Frere, E . • reS • ' ww. the Rev. Ed sq, . I to Charlotte Vansittart,l ks r ot' ward Nea' te R e ctor o f Tllf "" ' f Ott e jr , , ap 0 , Rll ° f l ‘ On the 1 and Mark-lane, 4th inst , /t L Mr. George -a ' hter ° terrace, North it • ewes' t daug -rinti m to Elizabeth, young es to Freeman, of the MI e Lewes..,-, l'hons s li til e On the 13th • ' ' D R• D. it e,t., at Glasg ow, r. • -, hota soot Margaret A U • A gnes, only daughter of 'Professor ".1 University of Gla• ,g , A 9 4 ' D On the 13th hist , at Tottenham, Thomas C 9ar 'bti 4 ' eP r i Star .aLto 0 On the 14th •inst ' .. at Up per Clapton, C. F• On the 140... inst.. , Ann, 'doe/ of the 1 ~ at Croydon, wido w Co le' Richard Raven, Est 1 „. a , of On the 11+' '-• Walter D awson H bdeo , 'F . ' e s'" le .n tnsl .., c vo man -street , Londot i, aged 39. , genrietts, On tiv., nth inst •,at Bengeo, near Hertforo, $OO , of the r.„ev. Bern. in i Gilpin, aged 34. Job n ° 0. 1 the 14th ins t., at Sydney-place, Bath , e t, .str e F. ,sq., formerly of ' Nlampstead, aged 61. _ n b o urn e Ou the 14th it et., Mr. James Bruce, of Cra Ch. rlel Leicester-square, aged 68. of A ugliter On the 15th inst., Lucy, youngest - 1 .igbf' Brooke, Esq., of Reppel-street, Russell-squaraord r On the 16th cliOctober, Susan, the wife of r" for Esq., M.D., of New -street, Spring-gardens• , ~,v , s' , l'' On the 1503, inst., at Brompton, Samuel -eve,' _,,4001„. et merly of Lisb,on, , ..----16 ~, __-•-----""---, ...i t ~,,____-...,......49 .. A p vir)o Ow' London : Printed an, I Published by MIL', -- 11 .2, l' e No. 112, Stran d, 3t Th Office, PO'., f3 184 1 ' the county of hi Ida ssea, Mond ay, October . ' EVENING SUN A To Burin Prese Slop relat i and at~ Ev of its dress C pu IN 4 1 1 lea ki