The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-14 00:00:00

EVENING SUN TALACRE COAL AND IRON COMPANY. The adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of the above Company was held yesterday, in order to receive the Report of a Committee appointed at the last meeting to inspect the accounts, and to ascer t a i n w hat were the just claims and what were unjust. The present meeting was also to consider the reception of the original Report of the present Directors, and also the answer to the same by the original Directors. The meeting took place at about one o'clock, at the office of the Company, 20, John-street, Adelphi. Mr. CHAPPILOW was proposed, and took the Chair, and read the circular calling the meeting together, and also two letters. A PROPRIETOR wished to ask what the nature of the meeting was, and whether it was considered to be a Shareholders' meeting, because, if such it was, he should protest against it, as they could not constitute a legal Shareholders' meeting,. This question was unanswered, and Mr. Alderman WOOD rose and said that he had been told—for he had not seen it—that an advertisement had been put An the papers, stating that he should take the chair at that meeting. He wished to know whether that advertisement had been inserted on the authority of the Company or its Secretary ? The CHAIRMAN said he had been in the country about a week, and on his return he was surprised at seeing the advertisement. He had also seen a letter alluding to the advertisement, and from Sir M. Wood, denying that the advertisement alluded to him. Mr. TAYLOR- That advertisement did • not emanate from the Company. Mr. WOOD said he knew nothing of it. It was a most extraordinary thing, but he knew nothing of it. It was a foul attempt on tie part of some person to attack him (gr. W2od). Mr. TAYLOR said they were as ignorant as Mr. Wood was himself, and they had taken the first oppor tunity of denying it. Mr. RAWSON said he would take that opportunity of alluding to a statement which had gone forth in the public press of their last meeting. The Mtning Journal had stated that he (Mr. Rawson) would consent to sub scribe fifty pounds. Now, if he had thought of sub scribing at all, he never should have mentioned such a sum as fifty pounds ; it was ridiculous. How it came to be so reported he did not know ; doubtless it was not intentional. What he had said was, that he should pay up all calls which became due. He mentioned the circumstance as it had caused him some little ridicule. A PROPRIETOR—What business have you to have re porters here at all ? Mr. TAYLOR said in accordance with the wish of the last meeting, the Committee had written to all the Shareholders, calling on them to come forward with the subscriptions, which call had not been responded to. They had examined the liabilities of the Company, and had embodied that examination in the Report which be was about to read to them. WraE said, before that Report was read he had only one word to say. lie wished to ask (as we un , lerstood) why there had been but one meeting of the Committee since the last meeting? arr. TAYLOR said he had stated to Mr. Wire that there would be a meeting on the Wednesday following the last meeting, but that meeting did not take place, in con sequence of not seeing Mr. Rawson. He (Mr. Taylor) saw him afterwards, and he concurred in the meeting to be held last Saturday instead. Mr. RawsoN said that all that could be done at the time had been done. Air. WIRE did not at all object to the Report, but he thought there had not been time sufficient to take the matter into consideration. M. TA - mon then reed the Report of the Committee appointed at the last meeting, which stated that the Committee had made the inquiries, and it appeared that there had been great negligence in the conduct. of the funds of the Company, and the consequence was it was impossible to carry on the works of the Company. It appeared that the gross amount received on the forma tion of the Company was 50,0001., which were English shares, 15,0001 ; Irish • shares, 9,5001. ;. Debentures, 15,0001. ; Loans, Advances, &c., 10,001/ The expends titre up to March 1841 was 12,6421. for bills paid on ac count of the works, and 35,000/ for other expenses. They had not been enabled to go into the accounts as tboy could wish, as they could not get the accounts from the Directors in Dublin. M►•. ii.m.NIDGF. —I advised them not to send them, but you copies r7r T.i?Loit said the expenses of the Company -znicifiritkil to 4,1001; ho mentioned this to give them an id„, „ro w mann er in which the works bad been managed. Ent it w::s to :112 existing liahilities a the Company that he wb , hel to direct their att( .eertai:i the claim.; 11!:(m them mot• elvarlv to its- Colcunittee ilw.l di- the ci!xiinri into ;I - wet! division! loi ~ t ipp'.i.od to the Con: Id be no - lqA ol to whic:i discharpd ; secolidiy, those claims which required in and which might be reduced by that inquiry ; and thirdly, the claims which they considered unjust and ought to be resisted by every exertion. The fir.tt portion of the claims amounted to 4,000!. The second to,ooct, and the third to la,ooci. The, first named claims, for some of which bills had' 1 be.. 11 given, must be paid ; the second, the amount might he diminished ; and the third claim—which amouinteal to a serious sum of itself, and was sufficient to cbointn4 their most careful consideration,. and at present was an iiiurnmuntable difficulty to the settle ment of the cot erns of the Company; must rightly be opposed. Circulars had been sent round to the Share holdcr3, calling upon them to come forward w'th sub- seripl ions, Ind only three replies had been roceived. Mr. Taylor then rcad two letters from the Secretary of the Dublin Board, and the Manager of the Talacre Coal and Iron Worl:s. The one from the last, was in acknow: ledgement of the receipt of the copy of the books of the Dublin. Board. The letter stated the writer's opinion —that hooks were never kept in a more disgraceful unbusiziess-like manner, and he considered he should be insulting the the Shareholders if he acted upon them. Mr. IVEsioN asked what the books were, that were alluded to. :ir. TAYLOR—The copies of the books of the Dublin Board. Mr. lloampaE—The books will be sent to me, but thQy shall not be in your hands. Mr. ItawsoN—l am sorry, Mr. Ilornidge, I am on the Committee, and am not therefore looked upon as an honest man. I do not see why I should not be trusted with the books. Several gentlemen here rose, and there was great con fusi)n. Mr. Alderman Woon said, he thought the most desirable thing was to have the accounts thoroughly and fully gone into, and he fully concurred in the wish of the Committee for further time to do so. He, for one, said, that be . those accounts of what character they might, they ought fully and fairly to be exam i ne d, an d then a Report upon them should be submitted to the whole body ofProprietors. With regard to the classifica tion of the claims in the Report, he would say a few words. With regard to the first claims there could be no possible objection. Of the second claims, it appeared, some were thought good, others objectionable. Now, With refe rence to the last, which amounted to 19,0001.: it was very difficult for one against whom prejudice had been held, to make such statements and explanations as would at once rebut every circumstance complained of ; there fore he would say, get the facts—got substantial facts— .such as would satisfy every Proprietor, and prove the in sinuations and charges (as we understood). Ile thought the proper course was the fullest inquiry, and therefore he did not think that the Shareholders could hesitate to sub mit the Report just read to another Committee, fir the express purpose of carrying out the inquiry; and then that trustees should be appointed to receive money, and pay the claims that were just. He would not venture a single opinion as to the construction of the present Re port, because, while it was the subject of further in quiry, he did not think it would be proper to do so. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by making a motion to the effect that further inquiry was necessary. Mr. EDWARD wished to ask whether the Report that had been read was the one there had been such discus sion about at,a previous meeting ? Mr. TAYLOR said it was not, and explained the last meeting. HORNIDGE—I think the time has arrived when I should state the result of my visit to the Board of Di rectors in Dublin. Here there was great confusion, and cries of -" 'Tis not the proper tim e. lir. Taimott said he was going to prepose, i n answer to the n otion of Mr. Wood, that the original R eport of givend. t I n I e the would g e gentlemen that en every oppor tunity who the Directors be rea. •, had been present, tuney wished to make any statements in reply, an d he thought ;that no satisfactory ex planation had b een g i ven, during ti2e examination before the Committee, of th e or i g i nal Report. that business was first opened in Fe- Wien e l li Taylor) stated to the Shareholder s tertiary leg - his b lief that very serious - fraud had been committed, an d e he did think, from various sources of information--(he ents)--Lbut he did think, from had not had the documents) -brit o information he hat had on the subject, that such was the case.—(Hear, hear, bear.) The Committee of Directors was bound toinqu i re into that, and that Com mittee made a Report, which fully corroborated the statement he had made. He thought they were on bet--ter ground s th an th e y had been at that time, for they stow had the d ocumen ts themselves in their possession, and could prove th e t ru th of those ass ertions they had made. H e (M r . T ay l or ) h a d t o ld the gentlemen at that time, them he should time, that i n l ay ing the case before " nothi ng extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." It vas then sa id t h at t h ere was b ut a li tt l e leaven of truth in the s t atement, b ut that there were gross imputations; but facts c ame out w hi ch not only corroborated those statements he (M r . T ay l or ) h a d ma d e, b ut. prove d that the leaven of truth was very large. A P ROPRIETOR—Y ou should read the Report of that Committee, and not make your comments upon it.— (Uproar.) I move that the Report be read, instead of tiff Mr. Taylor goi ng on in this way.—(Great uproar.) , Mr. Teeeoe—My object was to relieve the Commit- tee from the mis_statements of bad men.—(Confusion.) Mr. WIRE said he thought they were going into ma • te • ters not at all according with the object of the meeting.— „(Confusion.) He thought it was not right to make these eeaternente- They were not e) Cast ininutAtion:: the one . on the other ; but t h ey ought, on the contrary, one and all, to l ook their difileultieS in the face, and in a bend of union to do the best to get out of them ; but it; on the contrary, they pursued th e cour se they were adopting, e they would involve the Corry in endlese Mr. TAYLOR said h e di not think Mr. Wire would ml tingly interrupt public justice. He rose t o p ro p ose a re , o. lotion in answer to Mr. Wood, and make what comment he pleased on th at motion.— (Hear to .) He was e eatinee then that he went to work with a full. belief that the' reperesentation with respect to the propert v was Untrue: H e believed that the property was not that which• was re nr„, sited in the prospectus, and he was determined that the litdo all ha had should not be lose for want of ex- ertion on his part. When he was at Picton he was fortified in this opinion by the observa tions he then made.—(Hear, hear.) He did not know much about mining, but he had been at the works for three months, and conversed with min who had been engaged all their lives in that line, and they had confirmed his opinion, and he came home with the full belief that they had all been grossly imposed upon by the statements of the value of the property.—(Uproar.) Mr. WEsTos and Mr. ASHURST rose at the same time, and each prevented the other speaking by vainly attempting to gain a hearing, (which being interpreted means trying to speak the loudest,) until Mr. WESTON said with great energy—l will not be put down by Mr. Ashurst.—(Uproar.) Mr. ASHURST—I Will not be put down by you.—(Con • tinned noise and uproar.) Mr. WESTON—Yourßeport begins with a lie, and ends with a falsehood. Here the scene utterly defied* description ; it was one mass of uproar and confusion, and the excitement pre vailed for several minutes: Mr. TAYLOR said he moved that a Committee be ap pointed to wind up the affairs of the Company, and to take steps, as they might think desirable, to institute such legal proceedings they might deem necessary; and that the Report, which had been prepared originally by the Directors at the first meeting, he then read. Mr. WESTON said, with the explanation afterwards, 'he did not object to the Report being read, for this very good reason, that they might not be accused of smother ing the Report. He had not objected to the Report, if they would stay and hear the explanation, but it was hardly fair that they should listen to the Report, and not the explanation. His impression was, that as the Re• port was full of misstatements, it ought to be allowed.— (Uproar.) The explanation was a detail of facts. Mr. HANDYSIDE rose to second the motion of Mr. Taylor, and he hoped that there would be no interruption to the Report being read, together with the explanation. Mr. RAWSON was still opposed to the reading that Report. Mr. WESTON—You will get no money afterwards, if you do.—(Confusion.) Mr. R.t.wsoN thought that the appointment of a Com mittee to investigate the accounts would accomplish every object they had in view. Mr. Tlornidge had not made his Report to the Committee, and the very reason he (Mr. Rawson) had got the Committee formed at the last meeting was, that he should go to Dublin to get the accounts. The Dublin Committee held the books for the good of the Company, that Company had appointed a Committee, and why should they not give up the books ? If they did not, they would necessarily be in volved in mystification and difficulty. Mr. ASHUMST thought the best way was to read the two Reports and give them into the hands of the Chair man, then they would have an opportunity of judging of the best mode of proceeding. There were then threats of action upon action, for bills of exchange given for the purchase money. The longer they postponed the consi deration of these things the more certain were they of plunging the Lona fide Shareholders in ruin. The bona fide payments they might •• manage to raise, but the 19,-0001. was a sum it was almost impossible to pay, and if they thought they could settle the affairs with that 19,0001. they would never do it. Mr. Alderthan WOOD said if the accounts were gone into, and that claim of 19,000/. were found. to be unjust, they would all resist it. But if the claim were a just one, let them get rid of it in the best way they could. Mr. RAwsoN would wish to know how Mr. Hornidge had succeeded with the Directors in Dublin. Mr. HouNincE said, in the first place, he would state that the feelint , of the Dublin DirectorS was, that it was clue to themselves and the Shareholders that the Report submitted to the meeting on the 15th September, and the answer delivered on the 30th, be read and printed. The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to a transaction be tween the Chairman and the Dublin Directors. He said the Dublin Directors were ready to pay up their calls, but that they had made themselves liable upon the bills of exchange, and if they paid their calls, they might still be called upon to pay those bills, and thus contribute twice over to their payment. They were quite willing to pay their calls, but they were unwilling to have these calls appropriated to the liabilities of the Company, while they were liable themselves, and thus be called .to pay twice over, and under such eirenmstanc.cs they colild not a&: then to pay. - . _ _ A Paopam . ro`n-l-This is nut in order. . Mr. HouNiouE said—lf they did not wish to _ hear • truth he,was quite willing, to sit down.--(Cries yf " . 0-u on, go on.") The Hon. Gentleman then - went on. to §a.y, that he had consulted Mr. Shaw, Mr. 31-3 faster, .and se veral otiwrs, and they fully concurred in what be ( Srr. Hornidge) had stated - to . that meeting.- They could not. think of paying the calls on their shares.,in the,present, circus :sr:tires of Ilia Compan:.7. He (Mr, Hornidg-e) r-arn.e litielc to the original, question - he had' put to a fprmer meeting—namely, Whether they had a• Board of Directors? He did not think they had ten Directors in the Company; and if they had not, their proceedings could not be legal. • , ASHURST—I do not think ycu will. find ten .bona fide Shareholders calculated to become Directora. M. HORNIDGE—I will find them in Dublin, If yo . u: get your calls in, there will not be a large suin to pay. The CuAtumAN—lunderstand that a gentleman *aid at the last meeting that many Shareholders were ready to come forward with their one thonsands.and their two thousands, but from the statement of Mr. Hornidgo they. are preparod no money at all. Mr. lionNlDGE—They are prepared to pay up the whole of their etlls, but they will not allow their culls . to be appropriated to claim:; in England, while they have liabilities themselves, and a debt. of 1,3401., which I they must pay. „ The CHAIRMAN , then put the question that the origi hal - Report Of the Directors. be read, together with the explanation of the original Directors. After a little confusion and some delay, the motion was carried, but not unanimously. . . Alderman Woon_ would not . be able to. stay during the reading,of that Report., but he would come afterwards with a statement relative to it. Mr. WEsrolt would claim the same indulo.ence.—(A laugh.) Mr. ASHURST was about to read the Report, when Mr. SUOOBIIIDGE rose amidst great uproar. The CHAIRMAN—There is a charge against Mr. Shoobridgc for receiving money from a person at Notting-• ham . and Kegworth which he has not accounted for. Mr. SHOMMIDGE—Now, there is no such person — it is a (Great uproar.) Mr. Woon—l think it is too bad to interrupt the meeting this way. Mr. ''HOOBRIDGE—I will have an answer to this ques tion—who is the person alluded to ?—(Uproar.) Mr. WIRE rose amidst great confusion. Ile said—l say that if a gentlemen get up to ask a question and is met by. a direct charge of falsehood—(The rest of the sentence was lost in the confusion which prevailed)—l should have said you are out of order, Mr. Shoobridge. I say it is most unfair. Gentlemen, continued Mr. Wire with much energy, I am ashamed of it.—(Uproar.) Mr. TAYLOR—You do not know the character of the man you are speaking of, Mr. Wire, or you would not have made use of such an expression. Mr. SHOOBRIDGE—I have a perfect right and I will have the name of the party. I deny it altogether, nobody do I know at Kegworth. Mr. ASHURST—WiII you be satisfied with an answer? If so, it is ready for you. Mr. SHOOBRIDGE.—I will. The CuaiumAN.,-Mr. Utwin held a receipt of you for 1601., money received for the Company, and which has not been accounted for. Mr. SiloOrilDGE.—lt is a lie, it is all false.—(Uproar.) Mr. WEsToN—That can all be explained. • After the uproar had somewhat abated, Mr. ASrIURST read the Report so long withheld, and which had been the subject of so much discussion. The document was extremely long and contained statements and charges against individuals connected with the Company, any mention of which would perhaps be pre mature, inasmuch as the subject is likely to prove mat ter for future discussion under another form, and in an other place. The statement, in answer to the Report then foll Owed, read by Mr. Hornidge. The two docu ments occupied nearly three hours in reading. Some discussion then arose with respect to the plans of the Company, between Messrs. Ashurst. Weston, and others. The meeting then adjourned fir a fortnight, in order that the Report and the reply might be printed, and be inspected by each Shareholder. It was nearly half-past five o'clock before the adjournment was moved, the meeting having lasted nearly five hours. "THE DUKE'S" VERSION OF "UP GUARDS AND AT 'Ex."—The authenticity of the following anec dote may be relied' on :—The Duke of Wellington re wislfi cvly hon oure d one o f t h e most di s tin gu i s h e d of living sculptors by sitting to him for his bust. The artist, figure on him n h engaged wishing to the full play' of the Duke's features, choenv,Aerasrsaattiotnroorkn.tahnedbessutgagtetiBtteudde f t o hat, i rthe f it could be made to e repreSent his Grace at the moment when h,eemut,!,earetdth memorable words, " Up, Guards, at the present da and at Waterloo, the statue would be more po pularat this observation, and said, antiquity. , ed very good-humouredly The Duke laughed be more highly valued by will paint, and I suppose we etswill will invent words for me. write, and painters i,o ' Ah, the old story! People mustknow give them some li cense ; but really I don't h e a w, t o .01 words s said. were Isa briefw and I gave the that the moment for action was command for attack. I suppose e t o h 'inv never a n w eh and homely enough, for they ran thr e ou s ,i the ranks and sharper work. r ac ee t o w n o e r e c t ls th l em u , se a d nd at l s rery were. obeyed on the instant. I beenmuch doubt a ß m ut s , u a r s e to l d th o e lf e t x a moment, I whether any one, else can." - We have retain the exact expressions employed by the illustriouscareful reftg. to Duke on the occasion, as the moment to which they re fer is one of the most important and interesting in the whole range of history.—Britannia. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF BEN JOHN soN.—This humbly born man, with the badge of the " hod and trowel" fixed on him by his enemies —twitted with ambling " bya play-waggon in the highway" —with a face held up to ridicule as being " like a rotten ruiset apple when it is bruised," or " punched full of eylet-holes, like the cover of a warming-pae—described by himself us roil:art.:able for " his mountain belly and his rocky face," with " one eve lower than t'other, and bigger," and, according to the same authority, " wont to wear a coat like a coachman's coat, with slits under the arm pits"—this uncouth being was for a quarter of a century the favourite poet of the Court— one that wrote masques not only for two kings to witness, but for one to perform in—the founder and chief ornament of . clubs where the greatest Of his age for wit, and learning, and rank, gathered round him as a common centre ; but, above all, he was the rigid moralist, who spared, no vice—who was fearless in his denunciation of public or private profli gacy —who crouched not to power or riches, but Who stood up in the worst of days a real man. S PIRIT gpf the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. - GLOBE.—We extract from a Norwich journal a pain fully instructive description of the interruption by a body of Chartists, and consequent dispersion, of a public meeting of the friends and supporters of the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at which Lord Wodehouse, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, presided. The readers of the Globe will remem ber that on many occasions we warned the Tory p;rty of the danger of fraternizing with the Chartists, in the hope of embarrassing, and eventually overthrowing, the Whig Government. They rejoiced in the confederacy —recounted with delight the successful interruptions by the Chartists of meetings called in different places for the purpose of petitioning for the removal of adminis trative evils, or for the diminution of fiscal burdens.. By the unprincipled use they made of the New Poor-law for mere party purpose, they fostered the pre judices and goaded the passions of the working classes, among whom dissatisfaction with the social system had been extensively engendered by the deep and rapidly spreading distress which they experienced, and thus prepared them for the reception of those wild and de structive theories respecting property which strike at the very foundations of society, and would involve all classes in one common and inevitable destrucCon. The Tories were too much elated with the successes they obtained by aid of these auxiliaries, to be induced to listen to the voice which warned them of the facility with which the weapons used by these irregular and un scrupulous assailants would, at no distant day, be turned against themselves. We cautioned the Tories, that the accession of the Chartists to their ranks, and the ad vantages thus secured to them by the interruption of Re form and Free-trade meetings, were but temporary ; and that the addition thus made to their party strength would speedily produce embarrassment, weakness, and eventually discomfiture and ruin. They persisted in sowing to the wind, and they are now reaping the whirl wind. They planted dragons' teeth, iind find armed men starting up in hostile array on every side. What ever antipathy the Chartists might have conceived to ward the Whigs, it was obvious to every one whose eyes were not blindd to the . most self-evident principles and facts, that Toryism was necessarily yet more decidedly antagonistical to their claims, and more thoroughly de tested by them. This their leaders did not conceal. STANDARD.—In a paragraph, which we quoted yesterday from the Globe, are the following words— " With all the appliances and means' to which we have alluded, with the application of the screw by the col lectors of the revenue to an unprecedented extent of severity, the increase upon the year amounts to the small sum of 248,14.81." When we quoted this passage we had a strong conviction that the screw had not been applied with unprecedented severity or applied at all by the pre sent Ministers, but we thought it Lest to make sure upon the point ; more particularly as we were aware that great dissatisfaction had been excited in More than one of the metropolitan districts, by the unusal urgency of some of the tax-collectors—the result of inquiry has realised our conviction. We are able to state with. perfect cer tainty, that since the accession of the present Government to office, the Treasury has issued no order whatever to acce&ate the collection of the assessed taxes. If, there fore, " the screw has been applied to an unprecedented extent of severity," as the Globe says it has been, and as we believe that it has been, the late Ministers are the parties applying it, and they and the functionaries whom they have bequeathed to their successors in office must take all the responsibility for whatever in convenience and distress is produced by the system of rigour lately pursued in the collection of taxes. As we have had many complaints upon this subject we think it necessary to make the truth generally known, upon the just principle cuique suum. Lord Melbourne and Mr. Baring must - answer for the application of the screw, not Sir Robert Peel nor Mr. Goulburn, neither of whom has touched it. But in what a light does this view of the matter (and it is the true' one) exhibit the late Ministers. At the very time when waving one hand in pathetic gesticulation to move compassion for the sufferings of the people. the other, is, we find, furtively employed turning the screw, to extract beds axd chairs, and tables, and wearing apparel from the sufferers, through the agency of the tax man. The Globe is our witness as to the fact ph -at, during forty-six of the fifty-two weeks .ending last Sunday, " the screw was applied . to an anpreeedented . extent of se•erity," and many a ruined bonseholder: can tell "the effect of the opei;ition. This, however, - is not' the Ouse that will be taken by a Con servative Administration. Such an Administration will not ostentatiously, eXaggerate the public *distress for partsr purposes, nor will it aggravate that distress for official convenience. WiSe men L:n6w that all deception is weakners in the end ;. and he is :a sh!Lii - ow st a tes man Who dOeS not see 'tli!!t extreme rigour in the ex4ctin of I taße'S leads - ton] tima tir.inviatrine: thoseresource:; from viii:qa future taxes'are - f6 be obtained.' &TRIP:R.—For scrum time:past a report has been in circulation that a worthy Scotch Baronet, not now in Pii rlianient, is about to aecorliptish a' feat which must rank nigh aiming the patriotic exertions for .which his flimily is alr'dady distingnished. It is mill that he-is-to close the bleeding - wounds •of the 'Kirk'; and to .re store peace and harmony among the clerical com batants that have so long and cruelly torn her asunder.' 'When we firSt heard this . rumour circa- fated with great donfidence, and - traced : it to Oar tCrs ' that ought -to be - well-informed; we did I,login to think that there was a prospect •of the venerable 'estiblishment on the north side Of the Tweed; r eimtinu- Mg, as it has long been, the honour f and the 'boast of But Scotland. our - hcipe - s hare been not 'little damped by the accounts which we liav'e within these • two days received of the eonditions'on which this neace i 4 to be brought Cbout, namely,' the - sacrifice cf i the ministers of Strathbogie--the men who haVe so nobly feught the battle of civil and religious liberty, in the vigorous and undaunted stand which 'they have made in - support of the supremacy of the law of the land. Can this be ? we ask ourselves. Is there a man in 'England who will Venture to propose to a British Parliament of the 19th Century, that it shall sanction the exercise of spiritual powers by the Kirk, more arrogant and tyrannical, and more subversive of civil and religious liberty, than were ever claimed by the Council of Trent?' Is there a Mi• nister of the Crown of these Protestant realms that Would dare to countenance such tti proposal? Let there be "no mistake" as to the nature of this proposal on the part of English Members of Parliament. The Kirk has deposed from the holy office of the ministry no fewer than eight clergymen of the Establishment, because they had ap pealed, in a matter touching their civil interests, to the civil tribunals of the country; and the Kirk will agree to no measure for healing the divisions which this outrage ous assumption of power has created among her own members, unless her right to put forth these powers on every occasion she may see fit is recognised and con firmed, and as a preliminary to a Bill in Parliament, to provide for the future settlement of parishes in Scot land, which Bill is to be introduced or supported by her Majesty's Government—this right is to be so acknow ledged. LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING. MANCHESTER.-TITESDAY EVENING. THE MOSTYN MILE (TUESDAY NEXT.)—The advance of the Squire to sto 1, repeatedly taken, is the leading feature. 3to 1 was freely offered agst Lampoon, in oae instance 7 to 2 laid ; 5 to 1 against all the Marquis's lot, bar her, and offered. 10 to 1 was laid against Satirist, and offered again. 20 to 1 was, early on, laid against the Squire winning the Cesarewitch and the Mile, after 100 to 6 offered. 14 to 8, twice over, was- laid on Iliona agst Welfare; the field agst three. We did not hear a bet' laid on the Clearwell Stakes. The very latest accounts that we have received place Iliona as the winner. • At the Post Office Hotel the muster was tolerable this evening, but no business. The demand for the Squire was "prodigious;" but not one offer was made. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—There was a rather quiet market yes terday for most descriptions of yarn. The season for export to Russia being now at an end, the descriptions of yarn suitable for that market were in little request ; but there was a better inquiry for yarn suitable for the East Indies. Low numbers, both of water and mule twist, were also in demand for Germany, and the prices of these showed rather more firmness. The goods market was exceedingly flat, being injuriously affected by the unfa vourable political rumours in circulation, and some -de scriptions, especially power-loom printing cloths,, were sold at lower prices. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT. 11.— The flannel market has been rather brisker to-day, on account of a few of the manufacturers who undertook the late Government order, purchasing rather freely. The workmen are employed at present, but at extremely low wages. The Government order for half a million yards of flannel was to be completed at the beginning of this month, and it is feared that work will then be come more scarce. There is no change in the wool market ; manufacturers continue to buy for immediate use only, at the old prices. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. This was a dull market ; but, considering the unsettled state of the world, it exhibited a degree of buoyancy that can only be accounted for by the great variety of manufactures that are peculiar to this neighbourhood. Prices remain tolerably firm. Business in the ware houses continues pretty fair; and the mills generally are working full time. THE LATE SToRm.--3nring the late storm on Tuesday, a very disastrous occurrence took place, which has deprived, for the present, thirteen industrious individuals of the means of obtaining their livelihood, and consequently plunged their families, in which there are thirty children, into distress. It is a case which calls not merely for public sympathy, but for public aid, to enable the men to resume their industrious, but dan gerous occupation. On Tuesday, the sth,• three pilot boats, belonging to Newhaven, with crews, amounting to thirteen men, while waiting for vessels at the mouth of the Frith, were overtaken by the heavy gale from: the north-east, and run for shelter under the lee Of the is land of May. They fortungely got safe in, and an.: shored their boats in the pool on the north ness of the islawl, During the night the gale increased, and the se in u ee : re .)ie with tremend ous f ur y on the shore, tearing the Wits !yo their moorings, and dashing them tq .sway 9 .4. t of one having been driven ashore. ' The men used ever/ ;%.*ertion to save their boats, even at the imminent risk of klweir lives ; but all their .efforts were unavailing ; and thus, by tins severe disaster, they have lost the only means they possessed of suppoiting'thein selves and their families.—Edinburgh Paper. Governor Seward positively declared to Mr.' Jaudon, the agent of the United States Bank, that in ease APLeod was found guilty he would pardon him, as he was not prepared to punish the instrument of the ritish authorities. This can be relied on.—Liverpool Courier. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. WALESBY and a Bench of Magistrates.) BUNCE V. RAY. In this case Mrs.ll , lary Bunce, the mother of Thorcal Bunce, applied to the Court to release her son from his indenture of apprenticeship to Mr. Ray, the de fendant, a gold-cutter and jeweller, residing in Meredith street, Clerkenwell. Mr. Thomas appeared in support of the petition of Mrs. Bunce, and Mr. Chadwick Jones appeared for Mr. Ray. From the evidence of Mrs. Bunco it appeared that Mr. Ray was in the habit of advertising for appren tices—that her son Thomas, a lad between fifteen and sixteen years of age, went to him for six months on liking about a year and a half ago, and that subse quently he was bound to him, on which occasion Mrs. Bunce had paid a premium of 351. After he was bound she received instant complaints from her son of the ill treatment he received, and also of his having nothing to do, and in consequence she applied to the Court. On her cross-examination she admitted that the master had made frequent complaints of the boy's conduct, and that the boy had made no com plaints during the six months on liking ; neither bad the master. Thomas Bunce, the apprentice, said that although his master had five appreatices he had not work enough for two—that his master had never put an article of jewellery in his bands ; that he was forced to sleep in the kitchen three in a bed, with two other apprentices, in a small bed five feet by three ; and that from July until Monday last the sheets had never been changed ; that the food given him was unwholesome and insufficient ; and that his master was in the habit of constantly using abu sive language to him, and had on some occasions struck him. On one occasion a scuffle had taken place between himself and Mr. and Mrs. Ray, when Mr. Ray had attempted to cane him, and in the scuffle Mrs. Ray's fingers were jammed in the door. On his cross-examination, he stated that during the six months he was on trial he had made no complaint, but then his master had behaved differently. His master had more work at that time. Had called his master a sneak and a coward when his master had kicked him, but bad never sworn at his master or called him a rascal or a blackguard ; never came home drunk. Will swear that the sheets were not changed once a month. They were certainly not changed oftener than six times in the year. They never had a joint except of a Sunday, but lived on sausages and saveloys, and bacon ; when he com• plained, he had potatoes,, and nothing else, given him the next day. He generally dined with his mother on a Sunday. He had never struck Mr. Ray. Had on one occasion told one of the apprentices to call a cab and drive his master to Bedlam because he was mad. Had broke a screw-driver over his fellow-apprentice's back ; that apprentice was here to-day to give evi dence for him. His master had taught him to cut ear-rings at the lathe, but that will not take a person many minutes to learn. It would not take five mi nutes to do it. Many persons did it the first time they were shown. John Wright, another apprentice . of Mr. Ray, stated_that Mr. Ray had not work enough to em ploy one person, that he was very seldom in his work shop, and generally went out in a day. He corrobo rated the evidence of Bunco as to the insufficiency and had quality of the food, the sleeping three in a bed, and the filthy state of the sheets. It was over his back that Bunco had broken the turn-screw. On his cross-examination he admitted that he had been taken by his master before the Magistrate at Hatton-garden. Re-examined—He had done the diamonding on the lathe as done by Bunce, the first time he had tried. The apprentice; did not dine with the master. Robert NVright was the hither of the last witness. Bunce had dined and spelt the evening at his house on the oecas;an on which Ray had accused him of being drunk. All they had had was one quart of beer among seven of . them. Had frequently complained to Mr. Ray of the manner in which he had treated his" son. When his son was at Hatton-garden in last nuary, witness had compla'ned to the Magistrates of the boy's sleeping three in a bed, and of the dirty sheets. Mr. It ay did not deny that the sheets had not been ehanged from Oetaber to January, and the Magistrates had reprimanded Mr. Ray, and desired him to alter it. It had not, hnwever, bt ea altered since. E iz abeth Giddins, the mother of another of the up= preritices, corroborated the evidence as to the state of the sheets, Sze . . Other cross-examination she admitted thatheisonhad lea Mr. Ray, and was now at home, although he was not out of his time. Mr. Ray would not cancel the in dentures unleis she would enter into a bond that. he would not se.t pp in his trade until he was twenty-one years of age. Mr. CHADWICK JONES addressed the Court for,Mr, Ray, and contended that the real object of the peti tioner was tta:get the indentures caneelled,-in-order to enable the lad to earn money for himself; and thkt the 'apprentice hirnielf had behaved id an insolent, disorderly, antliiraproper manner. Mr. TnomA's said that all the boy wanted *as to be taught his trade.' Mr. WALESBY having exacted a pledge from the master that he would teach the boy his trade properly —that he would take care that they should no longer sleep three io a bed—that the sheets should be changed more frequently, and that he would not treat the bay harshly, dismissed the petition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION,HOUSE. • A young woman.named Ekma Bell, of prepossessing appearance, and between 16 and 17 years of age, \l'm brought before Sir PETER L.tuarE under the following circumstances. _ _ _ Mr. William Wood, horse-dealer and livery-stable keeper in Cammomile-street, stated that the girl had been in the service of his family since Thursday last. On Monday last he came home at half-past one o'clock to dinner, and had just sat down with three friends from the country, and was helping them, when in ran a young man named Philips, with the alarming intelligence that the house was on fire.. Upon going up stairs he found that the room in which he and his wife slept was on fire, but water having been got as speedily as possible it was soon quenched. The bed and furniture were destroyed. He (witness) had only just returned home, and upon questioning Mrs. Wood as to the probable cause of the fire, was told by her that no candle had been above stairs since eleven o'clock on the preceding night, and the matter was quite wrapped in mystery. On Tuesday morning Mr.. Perry, the surveyor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company, examined the house with him, to try to find out the cause of so ex traordinary a thing as a fire in the bed-room at such an hour in the day, and they ob served in witness's daughter's room, which was next to that in which he and his wife slept, a flock mat tress, which would not burn, had been on fire, and that a small part of the bed clothes had been burned. The bedstead of his daughter was boarded, and between the boards and the bed it appeared the fire had been. Sus picion was excited by the circumstances, and increased by the conduct of the girl, who complained of being ill on Tuesday morning, and expressed a wish to go home to her mother. On the. Monday night she had endea voured to get permission to go home, as she was fright ened, but she was not allowed ; and on the subsequent morning, when she was evidently anxious to leave the house, witness desired a young man to ,watch her, and while Mrs. Wood was making an inventory of the goods, she took her shawl and bonnet and ran away. She had not, however, gone many yards from the house when she was brought back, and when she returned she said, " Why, I did not set the place on fire." Witness placed her then in the custody of a policeman. After a lengthened series of questions from Sir Peter Laurie, and answers from the girl, Mr. Wood, Mr. Perry, the surveyor to the Royal Exchange, and others, it ap peared that there was no just ground for imputing the slightest blame to the young woman, and she was con sequently discharged. She expressed the utmost will ingness to appear again when required. WORSHIP-STREET. Charles Edward Hopwood and Joseph Jones„ the former.lo, and the latter 12 years of age, were charged with having been concerned in stealing a sovereign and a quantity of silver, the property of .I‘lr. Young, a fish monger in Whitearoas-street. The prosecutor Stated• that the prisoner Hopwood had been in his service as errand-boy for about a fortnight, and his parents were decent, hard-working people. On Friday evening last, feeling rather fatigued after the la boars of the day, he retired into 'a parlour behind the shop in order to take a nap, but on awakening "soon af terwards he found that his pocket had been picked, and that the prisoner, whom he had left to attend at the counter, had gone away. The money taken from his pocket amounted to a sovereign and about 18s. He im mediately apprised the boy's father of the occurrence, and the latt er use d every exertion to trace his son, which he succeeded in d o i ng ' on th e p re ceding evening. The father o f-H opwoo d; w h o was much affected, said that he had b een i n search o f hi s son ever since the rob bery took place, and he at length met him in a street near his own h ouse , i n a d ep l ora ble condition. He took him home and taxed him with having committed the robbery, which he at first denied, but on receiving a promise that he would be forgiven if he told the truth, he confessed that' he' had taken the money, and said he had been instigated to do so by the prisoner Jones. Ha stated further, that after absconding with the money, he met Jones by appointment in Smithfield, and they took a cab for the purpose of proceeding to Gravesend, but before they got half way there, .the cabman put them out, and made them pay 12s. 3d. for the journey. They ,travelled on to < Gravesend- in a waggon, and on their arrival they slia.red between them the residue of the money, winch was soon spent, and the boy A fones after wards gave him the slip, He made his way back to LeA lon alone and _on foot, bat he was afraid to face his master or return home, and he had .since been wandering about the streets. The father of Hopwood added that he communicated_ the particulars of his son's confession to the master, who gave him into custody, and the other prisoner was afterwards appre hended by a policeman. The prisoner Jones denied having taken any part in the robbery, or that he was aware of it until after it was committed. _ _ vv were equally guilty, The MAGISTRA TE sa id t h a t he had no doubt they and he should remand t h em for a week, to give time f or the prosecutor to determine what course he intend e d t o pursue towards them. THE FIRE at NEWINGTON BUTTS, INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday, at three o'clock, an inquest was held at the Peacock Tavern, High-street, Newington, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a Jury, composed of the neighbouring tradesmen, on the bodies of Martha Merry and Elizabeth Porter. The first witness called was Patrick Daly, a constable of the P division, who stated that on Monday morning, about half•past three, he was on duty in Kennington road, and hearing a policeman's rattle is the direction of the church of St. Mary, Newington, he hastened ther, and upon arriving at the house No. 20 (formerly No. 11), in High-street ; he saw a person, whom he since found to be Mr. Merry, standing before the• door in his night dress, who said " The house is on fire, for God's sake help me to get my mother out or she will be burnt to death." Witness, assisted by this person, broke open the street door, but perceiving the staircase to be enveloped in flames, he found it impossible to reach the upper rooms, where the two deceased persons were. He then took a cab and went to call the Fire Brigade. By a Juror—When you first , entered the force what were your instructions as to conduct in cases of fire—did you get any instructions about going immediately for the fire-escape ladders? Witness—l received no such order, neither do I think have any of my brother constables. Police Constable 198 P said, shortly after the alarm was raised, he saw a female standing at the second-floor window, screaming violently. A ladder being pro cured, it was placed against the wall, but found to be too short to reach the window, when another was sent for, but, before it could be properly placed, Mrs. Merry fell from the window. Her head first struck the flags. She was taken up in a state of insensibility, and con veyed to the surgery of Mr. Mason, close by. Had she waited for even half a minute longer, he thought her life would have been saved. In reply to a Juror, this witness also stated that there were no general directions issued to the police respecting where the fire-escape ladders are kept, nor' any order to the effect that their duty should be to get them in readiness on the first alarm of fire being given. He believed not one of the men on duty in the parish knew that there were fire escapes at the church. If they had known such to be the case, it was almost a certainty that they would have been able to save the lives of the deceased, as the house which was burned was almost opposite the church, and they could have had the escapes against the window in five minutes, instead of which a considerable time elapsed before they got a ladder by chance in the neighbourhood. The directions issued to them were in the first instance to go to the turncock, and secondly to, the nearest station of the fire brigade. Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, said that Mrs. Merry expired in about ten minutes after she was brought to his house. On examination he found her head, arms, breast, and part of her legs to be severely scorched. There was also a severe wound on the scalp, and immediately under a fracture of the parietal bone, through which a portion of the brain protruded. JOhn Bradley, one of the beadles of St. Mary's, proved the identity of Mrs. Merry, and also to finding the remains ,of a human being in the ruins on Monday, at five o'clock in the afternoon, but so dreadfully burnt as to render proof of identity impossible. From all the facts, how ever, he entertained no doubt but they were those of Elizabeth Porter. After some discussion among the Jury as to the ne cessity of examining Mr. Merry, it was deemed necessary to call some one who could give an account of the origin of the fire, when Frederick Merry was sworn, and deposed, that he was in the service of his brother, Edward Merry, who car ried on business as a cheesemonneer at the house No. 20, High-street, Newington, which consisted of two rooms on the' first floor, and the same number on the second. His brother and he usually slept in the back room on the . first floor, while his mother and the servant girl slept in the top rooms. About three o'clock on Monday morning he was awakened by a crackling noise, and on opening the door he perceived the staircase in flames. He awoke his.brother. who slept in the same bed with him, and called out "fire" as loudly as he could to alarm his mother and the servant, who immediately commenced screaming but made no attempt to borne down stairs. He then opened the window and called the Police for nearly ten minutes Wore any person appeared, when he jumped from the window into the street.. His brother came to a window at .the side of_ the house and threw a bed out, and was about !leaping &Mtn into the street, when he (wit- . ness) desired him to secure the cash-box,'which he did, after a search of a few minutes ' ' and threw it to him, after which. he leaped down: hireself. When the first ladder_ was brought he saw plainly that it was long enough to reach the sill of the window whore his mother was standing, but was prevented from climbing upto . the Window by the police, who said it was: ime enough. He alsii complained, that in tl,:e first instance, when he requested the police to go for a ladder he received a similar an swer of "time time enough." When he. came home on'Sun day evening ' " there was one gas-light burning 'in the shop, and his brother turned off the main from which Fallall the jets received gas. He was certain that the fire must have originatedaccidentally, and he also thought if thy police had not prevented him from Mounting the ladder his mother's amPthe servant's life'inight have been saved. "The Jury, after a short consultation, returned the fol lowing verdicts :—" That the deceased Martha Merry was accidently killed by the falling froin a window, in her dndeavours to escape from the house while on fire and that the .deceased Elizabeth Porter was accidently inirrit to death in a fire, on the premises of Mr. Merry. The Jury must also express their regret that the police are itut officially made acquainted with the stations at which' the parish tire-escapes are kept, as, if they were, it would tend materially to prevent the sacrifice of life." The inquest lasted four hours and a half, during which time the room was thronged to excess. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY,TOCTOBER 14, 1841 CORONER'S. INQUEST. DEATH OF A CHINESE SEAMAN.—Yesterday an in quisition was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Poplar, on view of the body of James Attye, aged 25, a nativv.of Macao, and sailor lately on board the schooner Osprey, in the East India Docks, who was found in the basin of the dock, with a large rope coiled round his body,- under, the following mysterious circum stances. John Bowles, chief mate of the Osprey, stated that de ceased was employed in repairing the sails of the ves sel. Witness last saw him alive on Saturday night, when he received 18s. for his wages. On Monday morn ing witness was on board the•vessel about ten o'clock, shortlyafter which time he heard that the deceased was not to be found. About three o'clock witness was aft the vessel and saw a body in the water. He immediately hauled it up and discovered that it was the deceased. There was a thick rope coiled round his body, at the end of which a sail had been attached. The rope went round his left arm and twice round one of his legs. By the CORONER - Shortly before the body was found I saw some blood on the deck of the vessel. There were several spots of clotted blood within two feet of the spot where the deceased was at work. In my opinion another person had been engaged in a strug gle with the deceased, who had received some cut or wounds. Mr. Edward Polmar. surgeon, Poplar, said that he had examined the body, and found no external marks of violence, nor any appearance of a struggle having taken place, . _ . . . Mr. Dixon, Superintendent of the police in the Dock, said that it is believed that the deceased was clearing the sail when he got drawn in, and the rope got en tangled round his legs. The rope was 20 feet in length and a part of it was on the deck. Verdict—Found Drowned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN `VlTA.—Romanoff, from London, 3d ult., lat. 42, lon. 33 ; Elizabeth, Liverpool to Dal housie, 24th, lat. 42, lon. 30, by the Thalestris, arrived off Cork. Richard, of Liverpool, out twenty.eight days, lat. 44, lon. 51, by the Theresa Jane, arrived at Mil ford. Satara, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 16th, lat. 46, lon. 44, by the Bedford, arrived at Boston. Lively, Liverpool to Pernambuco, 3d, lat. 12 N., lon. 25 W. ; George Canning, Plymouth to Savannah, lat. 30 ; Growler, of Thomastovrn ' lat. 40, lon. 31 ; Daniel, Brazils to Bremen, lat. 43, lon. 26, by the Potter, ar rived at Kingroad. Mary Ann (ship), of Bremen, 21st ult., lat. 47, lon. 35, by the Arid, arrived at Limerick. Troubadour, London to New Zealand, 7th August, lat. 22 S., lon. 39 W., by the George and Henry, arrived at New York. Thomas, Calcutta to Newcastle, lat. 21, lon. GS E., by the:Abel Tasman, arrived in the Downs. RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GLAS GOW AND EDINBURGH.—An important meeting was held in Carlisle, on Saturday, for the promotion of this great national work. It has at length been taken up in earnest ; and parties are engaged in it who are not likely to suffer it to be set aside, or allow its execution to be delayed. The Directors of the Grand Junction Rail. way have come forward with .a most liberal offer in aid of the undertaking ; namely, to take shares to the amount of 200,0001., on condition that the landowners along the line take shares to the amount of the value of land required. The Directors of the North Union Rail way. in a similar spirit of liberality, offer to subscribe 50,0001. The Preston and Lancaster Railway Di rectors, it is expected, will do the same. The London and Birmingham Railway Directors, who are deeply in terested in the undertaking, will no doubt come forward with a liberality commensurate with the largeness of. the funds at their disposal and the magnitude of the work to be accomplished; the assents of no less than six hundred landowners on the line have been obtained; and it is a matter of sincere congratulation that not one dissentient h as been found—so that there will be neither an expen sive Parliamentary opposition t o encounter, nor any great man to buy off, or be bribed to allow his neigh bours to enjoy the benefits of the greatest of modern im provements. That the funds requisite for this great na tional work will be obtained we now entertain no doubt. —Carlisle Journal. ROBBERY IN NORTH SHIELDS.—On Friday night, between six and seven o'clock, the shop of Wil liam Blackwood and Son, silversmiths, in Tyne street, was robbed of four gold and silver watches, worth above 100/. The robbery was effected by some ono outside cutting a corner out of one of the panes, large enough to get a hand in. While this was going on—although in the most public part of the town, and on the side of the .street that is always throng—Mr. Blackwood's attention was taken up inside by a man who was looking at some seals, who kept him attending to him till, no doubt, he saw the robbery was effected. lie took Mr. B.'s attention from the window by repeatedly bating him down in the price asked, and ringing his money on the counter, to cover the noise of the breaking of the.glass. Up to this time we have not heard whether any persons have been taken up for the robbery. This is unfortunate for Messrs. Blackwood, as they have been robbed to a large amount before. This, we think, is sufficient to satisfy the . publie that we have not a sufficient police.—Tyne Mercury. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET. (FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY ' S RACES.) The races fixed to come off to-day were not numer ous, being limited to a Match, the Clearwell, 'and the Cesarewitch Stakes. What was wanting in quantity was made up in importance, and the last-mentioned event proved sufficiently attractive to bring together a large assemblage of company on the heath, including not only the distinguished individuals mentioned yesterday, but several others of equal rank: The visitors from Cambridge and more distant localities, notwithstanding the very unpropitious state of the weather, also fully equalled our anticipations, and gave a happy relief to the gloom which arose from the occasional heavy showers. The sides of the course were studded with fashionable equipages, while the equestrian corps mustered in for midable force, although the motley character of their costume was anything but calculated to give grace to the assemblage. At the ditch, from whence a view of the start, as well as the most interestin g part of the race for the Cesarewitch Stakes could b e obtained the Guerilla squadron were posted in imposing numbers,. and the vigour with which they charged across the plain after the contending nags had passed, was not the least animated part of the spectacle. Fortunately at this in teresting moment the clouds had disappeared, and a bril liant sunshine gave additional splendour to the scene—a scene of intense excitement, scarcely surpassed, if equalled, on any former occasion, for we can find no record of so large a field as twenty-seven horses having previously started at Newmarket for any one stake. The success of Iliona, respecting whose name so much learned , discussion has taken place, was hailed by the friends of Lord Palmerston with undisguised pleasure, indeed the shout of exultation which burst from all parties, proved that on the turf, at least, there is no political bias. We may mention that the Noble Lord himself anticipated the defeat of his mare, and he will no doubt be agreeably disappointed by the issue, an issue which will at least afford some trifling consolation for his want of success elsewhere, as well as for the mistake into which his Lord ship had been led in giving a false pronunciation to the name of his favourite, a mistake the abettors of which this day acknowledged by repudiating the long 0, and paying the forfeits incurred by their adherence to false quantities. The only drawback on the day's sport was the trickery practised on the Squire, which we have noticed in the following details of the running for the two principal events:— CLEARWELL STAKES. Wiseacre took the lead at a good pace, followed by, Attila and Robin nearly abreast, and the Hester colt well up ; in these positions they ran to the cords, where Attila went to Wiseacre, headed him after a short struggle, and won cleverly by a length, the same dis tance separating Wiseacre from the Hester colt. Robin was about a length from the latter, and was a long way in advance of Gazelle. THE CESAREWITCTI STAKES. After two false starts the whole lot got away in excel lent order, presenting a scene to the crowd on the ditch that Epsom alone can equal. Johnny at once took the lead at a good pace, followed by Half-caste and Iliona, nick of light weights following them in such close order that it would be impossible to say which were in front; we had less difficulty about the rear, which was composed of Warden, Flambeau, and the Squire. Before they had travelled a quarter of a mile, Cartwright, who was on the Squire, found that his horse was scarcely able to move; in fact, it was obvious that he had been " poi soned," and before the leading horse had reached the Ditch he was beaten right off ; in other respects the race continued as we have stated till near the gap, when Half-caste headed Johnny and carried the running into the flat.; Iliona then took a commanding followed by Johnny and Half-caste, behind whom were Welfare, the Young-'un, and a ruck of about fifteen, all in tolerably good places. At the P.M. post tailing commenced, and at the bushes all were beaten except the Young-'un, Cruiskeen, Wardan, Barbara, Flambeau, and Welfare, Mona still leading. About .a distance from home, Welfare, the Young-'un, and Cruis keen, made a simultaneous effort, but were unable to catch Iliona, who went in an easy winner by a length, the Young-'un beating Welfare and Cruiskeen for second by a neck ; no third was placed. Barbara was a bad fifth, and Flambeau sixth ; I-am-not-aware and Warden were next, but how the others came in, the rush of horsemen from the sides of the course prevented our ascertaining. The Squire walked in long after the other horses had passed the post. His appearance proved, in contestibly, that he had been " made safe." We trust some efforts will be made to detect and punish all the scoundrels engaged in the transaction. TORY IGNORANCE, OR TORY MALICE. • (From the Brighton Guardian.) It is nothing new for us to assert that our Contem: porary of the Brighton Gazette is most conspicuous among that class of advocates who damage none but their own clients, and who consequently are formidable °My to their own friends ; and we are really under considerable obligation to him for giving us, ever and anon, an additional proof testifying the accuracy of our ivszertion. On Thursday last we find. in its back page the fol lowing paragragh : " Many persons suppose the country, in dismissing the late Government, has taken leave of them for ever. By the 4th and sth Win. IV., cap. 24, the people pay the following very nice, snug, retiring pensions. from the present quarterly deficient insolidated Fund. Lord Cottenham £5,000 Lord Melbourne F. Baring, Esq. Lord J. Russell 2,000 Earl Minto Sir J. C. Hobhouse 2,000 Right Hon. H. Labouchere Lord Morpeth Two Joint Secretaries of the Treasury 2,800 Secretary to the Admiralty T. B. Macaulay 1,400 Under Secretary of State, Clerk of Ordnance, Second Secretary of the Admiralty, Secretary of the Indian Board, each 1,0001. The foregoing statement is put forth either in entire ignorance of the subject, or with the intention of wil fully misleading the public. The retiring pension to the Lord Chancellor Cotten ham is provided for by a different statute, and the Learned Lord will receive, on leaving office, the same sum annually as that which Lord Lyndhurst has pocketed for the last ten years, and once mortgaged to certain money-lenders. But let the reader look at the following picture of recipients under the acts referred to. By the Acts of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 56, 6th Geo. IV. cap. 90, and 4th and sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, the fol lowing persons have been placed on the pension list, every one of them belonging to the Tory party, as a reward for Tory services ; though by the Act of 4th and sth Wm. IV., it is provided that no pension shall be granted to any person without a declaration of the inadequacy of his private fortune to maintain his sta tion. The Act provides for four classes of pensions, the first of 3,0001,, the second of 2,0001., the third of 1,5001., and the fourth of 1,0001.. and the number in each class is thus limited :-Ist class 4 pensions, 2d class 2,3 d class 4, 4th class 6 ; in all 16 pensions grantable. The total amount (if all were filled up) would be 20,6001. This regulation was made by Earl Grey, and was a reduction of the Tory arrangements by former Acts of no less than six pensions amounting annually to 20,4001.; so that the account will stand thus, viz.— Tory arrangement by Act 53d George 111., and 6th George IV., 22 pensions, amounting to £42,000 Whig arrangement by Act 4th and sth William, 16 pensions grantable, amounting to £21,600 Whig reduction annually, besides not filling up the second classes by such cases as Goulburn, Planta, &c £20,400 ! ! ! N•o pensions have been nor will he demanded for any of the late Ministers. It is not likely that they would make the declaration which Messrs. Goulburn and Planta have subscribed—of inadequacy of private fortune. We now subjoin the Tory recipients of pensions : Lord Bexley (late Vansittart) 1828 ....f.:3,000 Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn, since 1823 2,00011,000 of whit Right Hon. S. Lushington... 1825 1,500 f since 1821. Right Hon. W. Croker lB3O 1,500 / 1,000 of which Right Hon. T. Planta ...... 1830 1,500 S since 1827. R. Ward 1822......1,00 0. W. R. Hamilton Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay l,OOO Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse l,OOO Robert William Hay... 1,000, Mr. Goulburn, now Chancellor of the Exchequer, has therefore received from 15th Dec., 1821, to 7th May, 1825, say .... ....... And from 7th May to 7th October, the date of. the Brighton Guzette's state ment Mr. Goulburn's share of public plunder 36,333 6 8 Mr. Planta's, say 19,500 0 0 Mr. Lushington's, say 24,000 0 0 Mr. Croker's, say " 16,500 0 0 Received by four Tories 96,333 6 8 Add Lord Bexley's thirteen years and eight months Received by five Tories , £137,333 8 6 No Whig name now appears on the list, which the Gazette very properly considers as containing " very nic e , snug, retiring pensions from the present quarterly defi cient Consolidated Fund." A GOWN TO FIT ANY . PARTY.--During t he Coalition Administration , the Hon. Henry Erskine held the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland. He succeeded Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord Melville. On the morn ing of the appointment he had an interview with Dur i . lass in the outer house ; when, observi ng the latter gentleman had already resumed the o rdi. mry . stuff gown, which advocates are in the custo m of wearing, he said gaily, that he " must leave off ta'iking, to go and order his silk gown," the official costum e of the Lord Advocate and Solicitor-General. " It is hardly worth while," said Mr. Dundas, drily, "for all the time you'll want it—you had better borrow mine." Erskinci's reply was exceedingly happy : " From the readiness with which you make the' offer, Mr. Dundas, I have no doubt that the gown is a gown made to fit any party ; but, however short my time in office may be, it shall ne'er be said of Henry Erskine that he put on the abandoned ha- I bits of his predecessor," EVENING SUN CORN". AVERAGE : 5 - _, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, F ot or the Week .ended Oct. 8, 1641, made, up from the A" tu"si an d the Inspectori in the different Cities and Towns in Englan.4 w ~ . les, per Imperial Qnarter. Wheat fis udd Oats Barley tv p e , ' ending--.'''''''''''''''''''''''' .9t . EI, . 432 51 :T : 1 : (1 : ‘ : . ; I N B i le • z ee 3a E nn t c es 5 ..... ...... :: :: 3C :: lit PtyWHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ATE. 1 BEANS. . ---.-- "..---- 45 4 4; 11 2 2 2 3 3 4 . 366 $ ' a 9 3 9 3 7 . 111 6 1 ' 4 4 4 1 1 8 : 4 4 .1 9 22 a BS 5 45 " - 2 :12 0 3i 7 42 11 4 1 21 7 35 10 40 5 43 3 ; j • 0 1 : E A 2 3 ;2 1 1 .7 .. s l 694 ,0 d d : ii .... rliii CORN. pr T eee e ff : a a ss l n n eco s ~.. 7. .. .* ....1....X.................w.. 4 :3 5 :::.. IE 6.60?; Sept. 3 74 39 I 10 7l 2 39 10 17 &4 8 39 2 94 63 4 39 5 Oct. 1 13 6l 6 31 10 IMPEKIAL AGGREGATE AV Wheat......... 863. Id. I Oats ...... 375. 13. 1 Rye DUTIES OW IN Wheat......... 20s. Bd. Oats , 1 Barley 63. 4d. I Rye , LRKETS [ARKET. last market day, 4• 01 6 Walls End Stewart' s ......... ,2 . South Pelton ................ 6 Walls End Cassop ............21 6 Walls End nartlepoul ..... 0 Walls End Kellne ............. d Walls End Adel:tid o ......... 'fi„; 3 Walls End Evenvtood ...... . 0 Wills End Gordon ....... Walls End Seymour eel .. 3 Walls• End Sout h Durhant . !; $ Wal s End . , ...... . ...ld 0 Walls'End Tees:lietton ••• 1 9 0 Cowpen ........ ......... ........... „ •s- Newton Main ................ • Me r 5 0. A THE' M . COAL N Ships arrived since •. d. • East Wylam l4 0 I.lolywell Ma n l7 6 New Tanfield M00r...... l4 6 Ord's Itedhugh l4 •6 Tanfleld Moor ‘9 6 Walls E d Pewicke aud C 19 0 •Walls End Clark and Co. Walls End Heaton l9 0 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Percy Bensham 17 0 Walls End S. Killingworth 15 Walls End Belmont 20 Walls End Hamel]. Walls End Hetton 2l 3 Walls End Lambton 2l 0 • IRISH MARKETS.. OUBLIN• MARKET NOTE for he Wcek ending OCT._ From To 23 0 36 ° 15 6 16 0 17.0 10 10 12 0 ° 12 e 14 ° 642 Wheat,per barrel 'A stone.... 4.:,2 Bere ... l6 stone -. 0 18 427 Barley •••••• 16 stone. ... •. 11 10 .1 512 Oats l4 stone III. . 4 ) Flour, per cwt... S stow l9 1 319 0atmea1..,,....,.....,. 6 stone Sold to Bakers only." 0 SI 11,469 Cwt. f lour lO (1 I 26 0 r sack. m Average price Jf Wheat And lour 564 o t l Pe 264 v- Firsts from 225. al 0 „,, .041 Receipts of Flour, 11 001 1 Bales of Do. 13',2.34 ord. ....". from ii. T he r eo}lllB ...eft. from ICs . , 00. ‘d. t tr i i, 041 , PRIVP OP BREAM ~,d, Qum tern [.oat 9V. ; Half Q ua? tern .. .... II ( CORK MAR KETS,— Oct. 9. tO 1 '• .t: 9 :) I Wheat (per ]04.)14: 0.1.1,315. ild. Vats (per 145 t.... 4s. 0.10 Harley (per 16st.) 7 0 15 0 Florr (per cwt .II Oatmeal (per cwt.)... . .......tb. Cd to 16s en ~., Reel; 4d. to 7d .— Mutton, sd. to Bd.—Veal, Id toi: Pork, 40. to 5d.--I.resh Buttes, 10d. co Ild per 1 PRICE OP BETTR confetti' E To the Merchants. To the vs Fast Quality ... .......... ....... 83 4 ..................... ..... ". . "4 Second "Si ...., Wm •••••.•••••••• • ....... It Third .., BO ...,.....—....A‘.''' %OE , Fourth - -", 61 Fifth ...OM. 70 4.11••••••''... 41., .. •.. : ..." 49 ... Sixth ' ....• 58 ........,....• ......... 01,0 N NELL ill A It KETS.... Oct. 9 Per ( wt. • (1 * d. 0 s. d. s, d. 9 . ,ti 4 : 4 P el ew•Butter (4 oto 81 0 Hider (raw),.........-- :, 46 0 Oatmeal 0 P 2 6 Bacon Pigs .... •41 !- •-• Rendered Lard U 52 1 .1 k1ead5............,... 29 Per Bc;„ el a o a ilour, Second. . 0 41 .. 11)1our,Tmals —1- 0 lonsehold...—• 0 42, 0I -- Fon uds... , . •-.. n Per Barrel, 15 _ _ . _ 0 I IlailCy ......... ...... a !,, 10 01 C. , As .....—...... ..... ' rd. KILKENNY MARKETS. , • Os. tarl,eat ‘ per barrel)26s Od. to 355. Od. Beef ' oer 1t.... . 0 ‘ . . °414 '' 0 /3 Ratlcy 12 0 15 0 Mutt0n.,........... 0 ' 0 4 Lan 14 0 15 ( 1 Poa. ''' 0 6 0 Flour (per bag)....2 1 ) 0 SS 0 VC.9 .........s •+. o g i 1 ,r, Butter(petewt.)...oo 0 100 0 ire.sh Butter .... ,`: 0 1,, Bacon Pigs 38 0 CI 0 Salt Ditto ......... 0 1 :, u u Coals 1 0 1 2 PotatoasZpes at.). U ' avesevd...... ......... 0 Mere HAMBURG GR. Wheat, Markt ' 402 to 4791 - Magdeburg 402 to 4EOI - Anhalt, while 432 to 480' red 4G.. to 4(81 Brunswick.,.... 402 to 479 all ° MecklenOurg h ,e, C . 1 7 t to 240 , Magdeburgh.. -;,' t , Ql. , Holstein ........ " (rats Elder ...... • ....... ,4 t• . -- MeLkielibUrg ••• IA to ) 96 , -- Holstein ............ Ix - t o _,,,PP' I-- Dist Frie , land... SP toll?. Pease, Mecklenburg ..• ,7 41 (pFP.', # , Beans ... --Summer ........ 4 ,2 4 r 0 1 1 6,4 4 : 6 _,_ .. . .............. . .n _ 0 im .Buck Wheat ....... . ....... L ii t o Rapeseed, Hanover .. " -- u t • lr Malt . 1:'" " ' JO ....................... . ~, to Tares ........................ la''' CON. ~ t° lk, Marrnhant ................ Madras ............. . ........ 4 - ft Surat 4._. .................. ;.. '. 4571 ti Devaingo ..... ............ FEE. - ti Deming() . .................. 44 7 L, Guavra .................. " 1 Porto h 8% viscount.) , to llama, White: ......... ....:, 21 - a* Brown .. .. ..... ... I , $ Pernambuco, White ... 2 .%.0 I Brown .. . : 'n, 2 1 4 to 2s„ •.: MARKETS. A IN. ! Barley, - Mecklenburg 215 to ISO -- Polish 4"t3 to Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Uantzic - Elbing and Ko nigsburg - Upland Rig 2 Cori Carolina and Tennessee 74 to 9% ficotgia. Ist 5uit......... ...... G . & 7 1 4 2d and 4th ... 5 (I% COF 111Relia 11 to 13% Batavia 3% 6 3 4 Sumatra Rio . .. S VI B ahi a 154 5% . SUGAR.—(WitI Havannah, i to 4 Brown. 23i Ili°, White trg 4 Brown Manila. Brow ro COFFEE-Ho USES.--Nor ought Ito --- Arnt .4 .00 adverting to .the causes of the intellectual regen7 o 4 mhich the operative classes o f L on d on have r i ft - 5 s ° L undergone, to make hon oura bl e ment i on or td- pre' houses which are comp ara ti ve l y un k no wn hi , r 0 03 3 59 winces. I allude to th e co ff ee -h ouses , or cotwe iil which are now to b e f oun d i n suc h gre at num bers ri t i every part of the metropolis. These rooms aIZ t he modified sense, so many lit erar y institutions 'v ap ors benefit of the operatives. In addition to the lie ws : P t oesd' of the day, most of them now reg u l ar ly take in i tt „iibli ing monthly magazines, and the principal weel"?' y , the cations ; and theSe publications are eagerly r eu n ' in s. great majority of those who frequent these r() ; for r e i many cases, indeed, and even where the tort c ' dre ds ° freshment are the most moderate, some bent for the, volumes of popular , literature are constantly for cuP, °l . use of the customers. The usual charge venal in coffee in these rooms is three-half-pence ;in l o i n 0 stances it is only a penny ; and for. three-halt - P en clo the former case, and for a p enny i n t h e latter,a• sn . , l oo may sit for hours in a comfortabl e room , an d r e ".:010 leading daily and weekly newspapers, th e m ost P . "' 0 1)1 1 " monthly magazines, the.best of the cheap w eekly 1 3 ,0 5 cations, and, in various cases, the more expensive O co ffse which . are constantly. issuing from ; th e press. c o: being a-beverage which cheers but :not inebriates , v y 6 00 room is peculiarly adapted for reading with eonif°, r i . e , hif and advantage.—Lights .and Shadows of London the Author of " The Great Metropolis, SILVER TEA SERV' t! „ r a —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, tb. London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, suball's's* prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFE,O VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on the 1 ,i" 0 .00 King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers an d The shape of either is new and elegant. get. 1 , COTTAGE PATTERN. I KING'S TATT-- p 0 .10 Sugar e we t Di t t o Cream . 15 S t r p o t g t e S ilvcr 7 6 1 1 0 100 Ditto Coff ee- P °' :-- -- ' 7 O Complete ...... ••.£3B 6 A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee be seen in the Show-roams, where may be selected ev e par de of silver requisite.for the sideboard or plate-eh est ' e rtici eg' Aele• phlets of prices, illastrated by sketches of the var icu l,iee,4o gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the ves , Joe' —T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhill, London, " from Gracechurch-street. B pd • de be C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his Fri" ii ,g t the Public that he has just had the honour of r e°ll subjoined letter from the Admiralty : ( Copy.) 1 641. r bet, f " Admiralty, 51th Siptera o 0 , " Sir—The annual trial of chronometers fir the t e ree, 9 o , ff et e e ; .... ..... ; .............. Majesty's Government having now terminated , I 4 7 1 10 mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty t o 09; you that their Lordships have directed me to pureba g %ot the lowing chronom e t ers at th e var i ous pr i ces speci fied g al respectively, viz.:— Dent, No. 1,571 -, 55 guineas Dent, No. 1,606.......... 40 gain e-i „,, 9 b/ Dent, No. 5,621 (pocket) 3O gai"": s iar':fly " Their Lordships having been pleased, in order 1 7, superior performance o f 1,571, to assign to it a Prep increased price to that usually 'given. " I am, Sir, your B in E os A tob F e o di ß en r, obedient r. servau t ' ea pbe H y drog, " To Mr. Dent, Chrononeter Maker 82, StraaV,.. e ete di m Out of 50 Chronometem by various Ma kers, stl. : l - 0 i f ' n 's the late trial by order of their Lordships, the e lt A ° : ° ' of_ above three, with two selected for the Niger ExP e s - , t3 b °o others, enables Mr. De.it to affirm that he belisves O r , foe - o f year supplied their Lordships with mere Chronotn ete toed use of the Royal Na oy than have been furnished t• any 'otherMaker. ' hot it r ef It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to state t• - bo oo dr to their Lordships' high reconamendation he owes tb e N iger • 1- having made Gold Chronometer, presented to the to peditiox by lais Royal Highness Prince Albert. w e tehe a c i Dent's Lectu res on Ch ronometers, Cl oc k s , an d seat° be obtained at 82, Strand, price one shilling, but P :e customers gratuitously. 40 G uise° P r e price of Two-day Chroninneters, s. Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Milk Ewer. 4 10 Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 BIRTHS. arY, Af On the 12th inst., i n S t . Th omas ' s-stree t, South"' *iif W.o J. t H he . 11 1 1 2 on th ey i . Fi E st s . q , .i , n o G f a re s e o n n - . street, Park-lan e ' id latil r, S. J. Bayfield, of a. son. the , On the 12th inst., at Glastonbury,S omers of Mahon, of a daughter. ..-,,,. Adliag ~ 4 On the 13th inst., the wife of Thomas -r-•','''„, r hter' ' Upper Phillimore-place, Kensington, E s q., of a aa" , ' - aft ill' MARRIED. „ Aug , a jort On the sth inst., at St. Saviour's, Bath. Ge° 4.- f 8g , a surviving son of the late Joseph Fincldart , ° I . SW - A O Carnarvonshire, and Norfolk -crescent, -- Bath, to Flea c ad l'• eldest daughter of Lane 11 ' f the gene- i agmac, Esq., o 1 Service. c oer, On the 12th inst., at I htham; Kent, George - d ° 44 barrister-at-law, to Susan g daughter of Ralph roster , l e St. Leonard's, S ' a - e- N'i• • Sussex. Dfr• off On the 12th inst., St. M ' Newington, e etshir e ' l'.. ' • at , -. Mary's, s, Geor g H arvey, to Sarah, second (bighter of the late f ar son, Eser , surgeon, of East Ilsley Berks. D Jose , ellk On the 12th inst., at Thatcha ' m, Berks, T. " 0 10 6 or' of Clifton, his Danish 'Ma'est 's Consul at Bristol,,leoasa eldest daughter of John j Coo y k, Esq., of Tetbury, " so p shire. ' rti thi o On th e Pi t h - i nst , at Plumstead Ch urc h, Fre° l* -1 0 Su° 'O l of Williatu•B\todie Gurney E , ,of Denmark -hill, 94, Richare.son, second daugliter el Of Joseph Fletcher, _ do or Broom Hall, Shooter's-hill. • re p ig Cap tw in On the 13th inst., at Wookey Church, ` - '1 Sir .. AP" ' 43 i1 tight Infantry, only son of Major-Genera f h P s,. e r , o , n rs g o , n h t s o q. Frances, youngest daughter of the late •,°- ° .', V' ." DIED. t A il ri ara as ssii On the 14:h of August last, at St. He lena, r ling, Esq , aged 57. • roug h, , •,t K i A iig t ,s ß -r u o g a e d le , y l , 3e S d t f a o ff i.( o i r_d ro sh v, !r . Staffordshire, .relict of Jolt: ie o ell: On the 9th inst., at - Antwerp, Mary ,Anne, sh ire. ~„000 of the Rev. John Wolley, of Weston, Nottinglia"; o st CV"-, CaOmidl e t n he T l o o w th i : L inst., Mrs. C. Fitzpatrick, of Camoe is, f 5 ! 1. • be au On the 11th inst., at Tenterden, Robert Curt r. ow On the 12th inst., at Sudbury House, Yorksh s t r - , she eit._ late the wife of W. S. Gilpin, Esq., of Painesficld, Ea,.'„ o f th° Gi O de n on th H e e l b 3 e t r h t, in E s , t. q ,. at Chelsea, Mary Ann, rc ite 1 .........,ri er1i , ---.....- -- t ily , 3 , ..--.—.---. London: N o. 112, Strand,Printed an atd Published Th sa n Office,by 3I U N R o D . 0 11, : : ;-,• 1 _ 84 1 , 41 the eounty of Middlesex, Thursday, October 14