The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FlO3l THE MORNING PIPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—It was whispered about, in the early part of the week, that a money crisis in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire was probably near at hand, and there can be no doubt that considerable pressure has again existed i n th o se parts of the country. The_ mismanagement of some of the large issuing joint stock banks, to whose proceedings we have not un frequently alluded, is named as the groundwork of this unsatisfactory state of things. It has all along been sufficiently evident to those who are conversant with mercantile affairs that the trade of Lancashire was very much interfered with and held in check through the evil influence of banks conducted upon false principles : and the unreasonable length to which some of them have ventured in the advances made to cotton-spinners and manufacturers is now beginning to be developed to the public by means of the disclosures consequent upon the bankruptcy exami nations that are going forward. It is found that the depression of prices in yarns and manufactured goods has been unduly aggravated through the continued sup plies furnished by persons largely indebted to their bankers, and who have been compelled week after week to bring them to market and dispose of them at any sacrifice, in order to keep their manufactories going. The banks appear to be now all at once erring in an almost equal degree on the side of caution. They are endeavouring at length to rein in those of their custo mers whom they formerly encouraged in their headlong progress, in a manner that contrasts strongly and injuri ously with their past liberality. Accommodation is now dolei out with a most sparing hand,but this is,perhaps,to a great extent owing to the impoverished condition of the banks themselves. We are informed that it is with reluctance three months' bankers' drafts are at present taken by parties who had at one time no hesitation in holding a large amount of them, and the reason is obvious enough, as, indeed, we stated last spring, why all such devices for raising money are sure, in the end, to fail. We called, at the time referred to, the attention of the public to the case of the Ayr Bank, of which mention is made by the cele brated Adam Smith, and took upon ourselves to pre dict that any bank _ which depended either entirely or partially upon such assistant° must eventually sink. We regret, for the sake of the unfortunate manufacturing population, that our anticipations in this matter have been but too near the trutb, for we have reason to believe tbat the difficulties we foretold are actually in the course of realization. It is, on the other band, w:th satisfaction we add, that arrangements are understood to be in progress, the object of which is, to avert us much as possible, the further calamity that was threatening to overtake a class of individuals who hay! already suffered so much. One of the distressed banke, a large and wealthy, but, until recently, misma naged conctra, has obtained in London that co-opera tion vehizli will, it is hope:l, go far to re tore confidence and to put Niles on a more desirable footing. TIMES.—Toe observations in the annexed letter, relative to the consequences to merchants and others of detaining the spurious Exchequer bills at the Trea sure. , arc peculia7ly worthy if attention. There can be no doubt that many houses, otherwise strong, might be brought down by this circumstance alone, and it is pe culia-ly important, from the present difficulties with which all classes of the trading interest are struggling, that this point should have the ful'est and most anxious consideration tv'th the Government : Tj THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Nev. 12, 1841. " Silt —I have read the letter in your journal of this day, signed A Const,nt Reader:_ by which it would appear the writer defends the Treasury for im pounding the dsf.:ctive' bills. Perhaps he may not be acquainted w:Cr. the variety of reasons which work in a n:erchai.t's mind to evidence the utter ruin tf a*. might et•end a man in business, through the Govorninent withholding his securities, such as they may be : possibly it a be said, the bills he'ng spu rious, o! what value are they ? I ar swcr, t iis is a matter of opinion in the eyes of one man, good for nothing in the estimation of another, es regards the chances of success against the Government worth something, and this something. as a collateral security, might save a house at a pinch. I will suppose the case of a foreign merchant, of limited ( redit, hard presses.' for cash by the non-arrivt 1 of a packet ; he goes to his banker and shows his 'ast lets( is receited, by which it is made clear I e has the moral certainty of braving ample 'emit accts by ti.e expected packet to meet his present urges.t wants. 13 inke svi ry properly ke la in mind the adage, • There's many a slip b. t vecn the cup and the lip ;' still, it: such a case us I h lie set forth, rather than let a mower fail, on very slender security, they would m..ke a moderate advance. It is no UnCOD.- mon thing with prudent men to keep Exchequer bills by den', to guard against contingencies ; and if such a er-on bad his bills, though spurious, ke l t from him by the Government, he might in consequence be forced to stop payment, having no security to offer his banke-, and I think he would have just grounds to bring an action against the Government for the ruin brought upon himself and his family. Why not stamp the spurious bills with the word • forged,' and return theta ts the holder thus defaced, to use if he can ? Leo men diiTering with respect to a bankrupt's estate will some fmas buy and sell the acceptance to a bankrupt ; the liolaer, wishing to avoid troub'e, and having no desire to make a good hvgain, will sell a bill over due, with the nottry's ticket in the corner with the word ' bank• rupt' written thereon, for more perhaps than the estate ultium'ely pays. So much for opinion on such matters; bet opinion caul.] not be exercised if the Commissioners were to impound all bills at the time of proving against en ei t ite. " With respect to the responsibility of the Govern ment in the present case, it appears to me the safety of the bona fide owner cannot be doubted, especially those who were so over cautions as to take the bills to the Exchequer bill-office for approval, before they would receive them as a security ; the case being, the chief cl rk of the Exchequer bill•offiee gives to a third per son an Exchequer bill, struck from the Government plate, cn Government paper, numbeiel by the chief clerk, and signed by a third person, whom the chief clerk subsequently, by telling the holder 4 all was right,' in the name of the Government, in every sense of the word fathered on Government account ; and thereby induced the holder to give his gold fur the bill. "F. L." The innocent holders" of the spurious Exchequer bills must feel rather gratified tha, otherwise at the position taken by the advocates of G,vernment irre sponsinility, as it is evident that the course adopted is not so much a meeting of the subject in all its bearings, a patent investiga'ion of the equity of the holder's ' 1 ' 14,1, , as an attempt which, having begun in casting aspersions on the rcct•tude and character of the holders, would now extend a sort of moral culpability tyen to those who think that their case is at least deserving of consideration, and express that opirion. An impartial inquiry into the clams of the unfortunate and innocent holders, the publi atioa of the arguments in their favour, is now spe ciously called " a defence and o •of forgery." tion A 1 nis endeavour to vilify the bill-holders, and those who feel for their situation, i nargues but ill for the soundness of a cau se which requires to be supported by such mise-able expedients. As an additional proof that by refusing payment of a ll spurious bills justi ce wou ld not be done, it is gene rally remarked that those who but lenttheir money on the deposit of the bills at a high rate o questionableinterest sheacluT. for the most part got rid of their very rities, while the generality of the present holders olders have lent at no higher than the Bank rate of interest, so th at they cannot be char g ed with having allowed them se l ves to -e misled by a prospect of extraordinary gain. If this be really the case, as is now generally ss ii e l ve . d, a refusal on the part of the Government to acknowi e l g the bills would be causin g the inn ocent to suffer for e those who play be suppo'ed to have had som e cause for suspicion, without puaishing the latter at all. CHRONICLE. —The Morning Post is very angry with us because of our advocacy of the claim s of the in- ' nocent holders of the spurious Exchequer Bilk and takes special praise to himself for having, single handed, denounced the conduct of Rapallo in the affair of Louis Napoleon. Had his efforts in exposing the practices of those engaged in Stock Exchange speculations at that period been supported by ourselves and others, the Post conceives that all the embarrassment produced by the operations of Smith would have been avoided. Our Contemporary has sig nally failed in his endeavours to disparage the cla;ras of the bona fide holders, which have now been so fully discussed, that very little, if anything new, can at present be said about them. We can only urge their justice on the Government, and call upon the Treasury to proceed without delay to dispose of the impounded bills. We have shown the gross injustice of the impounding, and that the whole ends of justice would have been served by returning the bills that did not suit the counterfoils, branded on the face with their dishonour, so that the innocent holders might use them in relief against their authors. That is the course adopted by the Bank of England in the case of forged risk of the destruction of the spurious bills might have been guarded against by taking bond from the holders, that they would be answerable for their production, whensoever they /night be called for by the officers of the Crown. DISTRESS IN C A RLISLE .—I k now families in Carlisle, of live and six of a family, oho are compelled to live on 45. or ss. per week, wh.o have nothing but a pallet of straw to shop upon, with little or no covering ; awl in order to k eep in life, and that each day may be as miserable as another, when they divide their scanty vic tuals over the week they sonistinies have five potatoes for each meal, and six hutuanleing s for them.—Corre spont!ence of the Curti Journal. We understand that Sir James Graham, after the fullest consideration, felt himself bound to reject the appeals made for a commutation in the case of the con vict Blakesley. lip to a late hour on Saturday no re prieve had been dispatched f rom the Home-office. The son o! Mrs. Lilly, the Queen's nurse, was, sortie time back, at the desire of her Majesty, appointed 10 a 14ndlandingwaitership in the p ort of London. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—It is not often that the Tories are ac cused of refusing to pay the price of political serv ices, and, indeed, they have rather been considere 1 in the light of unscrupulous dealers, who are ready to purchase, without asking quest ions, anything that seems likely to be of the smallest use to them. The Conservative party has always k e p t a species of "fence," where people who are not over particular may dispose of worn-out consciences, and coats that have been once or twice turned ; where, in fact, not merely the greater lights of politics, but the very candle-ends and rushlight pieces are eagerly received, and the " highest prices given," for the purpose of securing them. It, however, very often happens that those who take their commodities to the Tory market are surprised at finding, that on coming to weigh them, in order to ascertain the amount to be received, they are much lighter in the scales of the purchaser than the vender could possibly have suppose.' ; for the Conservative traders, like the ordinary dealers in marine stores, have a distinct set of weights and measures by which they esti mate whatever they are going to buy, and which are considerably above the ordinary standard. A party tool, therefore, which is offered for the value of the brass it contains, seldom weighs nearly so much in the buyer's as it does in the seller's scale, and the latter has often cause to grumble at the insufficiency of the price that is tendered him. It was to be supposed, that after a long suspension of business on the part of Peel and Company, the re-opening of the concern for the purchase of miscellaneous articles would create a considerable rush of persons who have long been waiting the opportunity to dispose of their commodities. The result is, that after so long an ac cumulation of unsold rubbish, there is now a perfect glut of it ; and lumps of brass, bits of lead, habits so long discarded that they never can be resumed, with Tory tag-rag of every description, come pouring in upon Sir Robert Peel with so much rapidity, that it is impossible he can take in all the trash that is eagerly brought to him. Some must necessarily be dismissed with their wares, and these will naturally go away growl ing at the unfairness of a selection which has excluded them from a share in its benefits. STANDARD.—Mr. Warren is admitted on all sides to hold rank amongst the most distinguished law yers at the Irish bar ; indeed, taking the test of Sala mis, we should say that he must hold the very highest place, for every one places him second to some par ticular favourite of his own. He is a gentleman of decided principles in religion and politics, one who has taken an active and laborious part in the Christien education of the Irish peasantry, and, to put the seal upon his claims, he is denounced as a Protestant bigot by Mr. Daniel O'Connell. It is impossible that any Protestant Conservative can sur mise an objection to such a man. But though Mr. Warren may not be " loved less," others it ap pears " are loved more." Mr. West's or Mr. Lit ton's Parliamentary claims ought, in the opinion of some, to be preferred before the claims of Mr. Warren, which are merely personal and profes sional. Would this be fair to the individual? Would it be just to the public ? Assuming the profes sional claims of the three gentlemen to be equal—and no superiority is claimed for either of the others over Mr. Warren, that gentleman has one, and what in this country would be considered a decisive advan tage over them—we see, by the I-ish law-list, that Mr. Warren was called to the bar in Michaelmas Term, 1806 ; Mr. Litton (E niter), 1811 ; Mr. West (Michaelmas), 1815. Long standing at the bar, as in any other profession, if unattendel by eminence, proves the reverse of merit ; but whea a man has long occu pied the fist rank in his profession, it is not just to him, not just to others, that his claim to promotion from length of standing should be disre garded upon slight grounds. It is a wrong committed upon the bar when such claims are postponed to any other. Mr. Warren, it is said, has not served his country in Parliament ; what then ?—he has served his country not Liss effectually. Tie late Attorney- General S rurin, in his atter hie thei object of the un qual fled admiration of the Irish Conservat . vas, never sat in the Imperial Parliament ; and it would not be less for the honour of his memory if he had never sat in the Irish Parliament, as Mr. O'Connell has proved by quotations from his anti uhion speeches. Why may not M. Wa ren as effectually serve his country out of Parliament as Mr. Saurin did ? LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 12. CLARK V. 'VILMOT AND OTHERS. The object of the bill filed in this cause was to have a foreclosure of a mortgage, which had been created in favour of a person represented by the plaintiff on a house in Clerkenwell, in the county cl Middlesex. The mort gage was created for a term of 1,000 years, and for the purpose of securing a SUM of 50C1. The defendants claimed an interest in the pramises in the nature or an equitable lien, and prayed an in quiry into their claim. Ills 11w:ova referred it to the Master to inquire whether the whole or part of the 500/. consideration for the plaintiff's mortgage was ever paid, and when and how, and whether any part of the consideration money was kept back, and under what circumstances; also whe ther William Wright, one of the defendants, had in any mode an equitable lien upon the estate, and if so, when and how acquired ; with liberty to the Master to state special circumstances. Against the other defendants the bill was dismissed ; his Honour reserving the question as to by whom the costs should be ultimately borne. The Court rose at a few minutes before four o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM). MOUNSEY V. BURNHAM. - - The hearing of this cause had terminated at the rising of the Court. His Honour postponed his judgment. The Court closed at three; o'clock POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Jcseph Jones, a young knight of the thimble, aged 24, and in altitude about five feet four inches and a quarter, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie by City police constable, No. 362, to answer the alliterative charge of being drunk and disorderly. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, officer, what has this man done ? Officer—He was drunk and disorderly last night, your Worship. Sir P. LAURIE-Disorderly, in what way ? Officer —He assaulted people. Sir P. LAURIE—Is anybody here to complain of in jury ? Officer —No, Sir. Sir P. LAURIE—Then who did he ansult ? Officer —Prostitutes, your Worship. Sir P. LAURIE—He did, did he ? Officer—Why ho made their noses bleed. Sir P. LAURIE (looking steadfastly at the prisoner) —What are you ? Prisoner (drawing himself up)—Pm journeyman tailor.—(A laugh.) Sir P. LAURIE—And you think you have a license after you get drunk to ill•use unfortunate women ? Prisoner—No, your Worship. Sir P. LAURIE—A person who wears such a head of hair as you, will do anything in the street. You must be fined 53. [lt is necessary to explain that Mr. Jones wore his hair not in ringlets, but combed down over his coat col hr in a profusion which would bid defiance to rheuma tism in the neck, and a pair of bushy jet whiskers ap peared to be an equal protection against an attack of toothache.] Sir P. LAURIE—Was he very drunk ? Officer — Not very ; perhaps he was more foolish. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, he is fined ss. ; but I think be had better be cropped. If he'd have his hair cut off I'd forgive him. Prisoner—l havn't got the money, so I'd take you at your word.—(Laughter.) The prisoner then retired, and soon after, Mr. Roe, the officer, an nounced that a barber had been sent for to dock his head, but the young man wished to preserve his whis kers, as they were not included in the stipulation. After the lapse of half an hour, Scomfield, the officer at the Compter, called out, " Your Worship, this is the young man who has had his hair cut off."—(Laughter.) Every eye was turned towards Mr. Jones. Sir P. L AURIE— W e II , Mr. Jones, you l oo k a ll the better for the operation. Mr. Jones (simpering) — Yes, Sir. d nS,i t r wear lon g A l o u n a g r G hair aonyhommoer more, d o r fo g l e l follow w intoyour t r t e r e a t d e, an broils.d A new question wag here mooted, " Who's to pay the s b ir ar p b . er L ." AJ JRIE_ 'hat is his demand ? Mr. Roe— A shilling, Si r P eter; and he hesitated at first before he would operate. Sir P. LAURIE —Is the hair-dresser here? The re- S r i h r e P k . n L ig A h u t u o iE f Th L e e c t om hi b m a s n t ( a l ply was " Yes." nsdtt i s fo so r r ti s '. approached the that what he had overture had bench, and the Magistrate told done was not a sentence of the C rn au had been made, and Nlr. Jones had „argtr.eelidAatinordirt. sser— demand a shilling, I understand e Pay you out of my own Yes, Sir. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, I'll pocket cheerfully (handing over the shilling), and - dare say the yo un g man will not have occasi on for your services again under a similar accusation. The little tailor (the form of whose visage w as changed) made his best bow to the Alderman and de parted the Court, su rrounded by mirth, in which th e party making his exit appeared to participate. William Adolphus Abrahams, a person of respect ahit appearance, was charged by Mr. Ashton, the land lor4teihe White Bear, 13ridc-lane (known as Copra'- viii unitiwfully possessing a bras candlestick, his 'Mr. Ashton having stated the fact of the candle stick being found in the coat pocket of the prisoner,— A Gentleman in Court testified something in his favour. To counterbalance this the contents of the pri soner's pocket-book were produced, and among other things there were 25 duplicates of pledges of snuff boxes, capes, water-bottle - 3, umbrellas, and divers other utensils and things which are to be found in taverns. Sir P. LAURIE ordered the prisoner to be remanded to Tuesday next. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAYINOVEMI3ER 15, 1841. SHIPBUILDING in the ISLE of MAN.' When men begin to be pinched in their income, they usually begin to look about to economise it by small savings ; and manufacturers, when trade is bad, turn with an eye of narrow scrutiny to the price of labour and raw material, and weigh the advantages of their position relatively to those of their rivals. The trade of shipbuilding, for a long time carried on so extensively on the coast of Cumberland, has recently been in a very depressed state ; and we learn from the White haven Herald, that the shipbuilders of that port, and of Workington and Maryport, are looking with an eye of very natural jealousy towards those of the Isle of Man, who, close at their doors, and with all the advantages of British registry, are allowed to build with timber almost duty free, and, consequently, are driving a flou• rishing and increasing trade. On the motion of - Mr. Attwood, some returns have been laid on the table of the House of Commons, of which the following are the leading particulars :- Ist. That whilst the rate of duty payable in this country is 565. 6d. per load of fifty cubic feet, the duty actually paid in the Isle of Man from the year 1820 to the year 1840, has been at the average rate of 4s. 7d. per load, being less than one-twelfth part of the duty pay able by the English shipbuilder. 2d. That whilst the duty actually paid on wood from foreign parts, imported into the Isle of Man during the above period, amounts to 11,771/. 12s. 6d., the same tim ber, if it had been chargeable with the English duty, would have realised a revenue of 140,995/. 9s. 5d., show ing a bonus to the shipbuilders and timber merchants of the island of 129,223/. 16s. Ild. 3d. That whilst the duty actually paid upon foreign timber, imported into the island in the year 1840, was 1,1351. 15s. 2d., the same timber would, if it had been chargeable with the English duty, have yielded a re venue of 13,233/. 17s. 7d, showing a difference, in one year alone, of 12,0981. 2s. sd. As respects the present state of shipbuilding in the Isle of Man, compared with former years, it is shown by the returns that, during the ten years ending with 1829, the trade had been confined to vessels of small burden; that the vessels built in 1829 amounted to 194 tons, and that the average annual amount of tonnage for the whole ten years was 2361 tons, and the average size of the vessels 29f tons. In the year 1830 the building of larger sized vessels appears to have been entered upon, and in this year we find the amount of tonnage stated at 691 tons. In the year 1831 it had increased to 1.558 tons; and in the year 1840 it had reached 3,180 tons, being an increase upon the year 1839 of no less than 2,986 tons, or at the rate of 1,540 per cent. nearly. We are far from grudging the poor fishermen of the Isle of Man the privilege of building their little barks with cheap and good timber ; but it is a very different affair to allow capitalists from Liverpool and elsewhere to go there and build large ships for the foreign trade on terms with which no other part of the three kingdoms can compete. Some of the finest ships sailed out of the port of Liverpool have been built in the Isle of Man ; and we find that in the year 1840 there was paid on timber, which in this port would have been taxed to the extent of 13,242/. a duty of 1,1351., of which by far the largest part must have been used in shipbuilding. The island possesses every facility for the successful prosecution of this branch of industry. It lies within sight of the coasts of Lancashire and Cumberland, and shipwrights can be conveyed from the ports of eithar at a mere trifle of expense. It has, therefore, the less occasion for a bonus of this de scription. The injustice is too manifest to need argu ment. The Isle of Man must be placed on the same footing in this respect as the rest of the empire, or else vessels built in it must forego the advantage of Briti b registry. The policy of allowing Manx fishing-boats any privilege not shared by those of England, Ireland, and Scotland, is extremely questionable. The abuse 1, no longer an insignificant one ; it demands prompt cor rection. If it be a fact, as we find it stated in the London Shipping and Mercantile Gazelle, that " sery many of these vessels built in the Isle of Alin have b: ea sold to foreigners at a remune rating price to the builders, and at such a price to the purchasers as has enabled them to oppose successfalt,), uith a lower rate of fre'ghtr, the owners of vessels built in other parts of Great Britain," it is one which adds very great practical force to the many arguments in favour of a reduction of the duties on tim ber. It is a very strange anomaly that the shipbuilders should be, as a els s, the one most strongly opposed to the measures of free trade, of which the admission, on law terms of foreign pine and oak, will be a part. This arises principally from two circumstances ; the one, that they are extensive owners of a class of ships trading to British America fur timber, and scarcely fit fur any other trade ; and the other, that, us ship owners, they fear that, by the cheapening of the raw material, the price of ships should be lorterel, and, consequently, their capital in shipping deie re ratad. The apprehension is a very natural one, and we are far from saying that some of them might not suffer very materially by any sudden and violent change in the timher duties. Though we have no s) rripath) with all the nonsense they talk about " protection,' " British interests," " ships, colonies, and commerce," and other hackneyed claptraps, we see very clearly how their interests are likely to le affected, and acknowledge that they ought not to be lost sight of. But that has nothing to do with the interests of the carpenttrs, riggers, sailors, and others engaged in the actual pro duction, whose interest it certainly is that a 2 many ships should be built in the country as possiblr. and that the raw material shall be as cheap as possible ; and we cannot but deplore the blindness and violence with which the great majority of importers and ship builders oppose a change which, if it be not brought about gradually, will most assuredly come when, with the emigration of our capital and artizans to countries where the raw material is untaxed, a still larger portion of this, one of our greatest and peculiarly national ma nufactures, shall have passed into the hands of foreigners. In this respect, as in many others, steam is working wonders. A recurrence to the old code of navigation laws is, for many reasons, impracticable, and steam will very soon do for Hambergh, Stettin, and Bremin, what it is so rapidly doing for the Isle of Man and the ports of British North America. If we are not to bring our timber to our workmen, the workmen will go to the timber.—Liverpool Journal. CORONER'S INQUEST. SUDDEN DEATH OP MR. G. BENNETT.—On Sa turday afternoon a respectablef Jury was empannelled before Mr. Baker, at the Birdcage Tavern, Birdcage walk, Bethnal-green, to inquire respecting the death of Mr. G. Bennett, aged 64, which occurred under the awfully sudden circumstances subsequently detailed. The deceased, who had travelled as a missionary into the interior of Africa with the Rev. Mr. Tyerman, M.A., and through many other unenlightened portions of the world, was a member of the Religious Tract So ciety, and a liberal subscriber towards various other religious and scientific institutions. Several gentlemen connected with the Religious Tract Society were present. Mr. G. M. Searle, No. 11, Grove-place, Hackney, said that deceased resided in the same house. He was a single man, and was always in perfect health. He breakfasted with witness that morning between seven and eight o'clock, and had a cup of coffee and a slice of bread and butter. He made no complaint, and shortly after left to attend to his occasional duties in town. He was never in business, but had a considerable indepen dent property. In answer to a Juror the witness stated that the deceased was a most abstemious man. He never partook of fermented liquors. Smith Robinson, a labourer, residing in Morning lane, said, at a little past eight o'clock that morning he observed the deceased before him in the Birdcage-walk, walking slowly. He suddenly stopped, and tried to support himself by his umbrella, which was in his right hand. Witness was in time to support hint for a minute, when he fell. He was taken to the Birdcage, where he was seen by a surgeon, who found deceased dead. Mr. Jones, landlord of the Birdcage, produced de ceased's property found on him, which consisted of a 5/. note, 61. 10s. in gold, a gold watch, chain, &c. He stated that Mr. Wallis's assistant saw deceased, and said that ho died in a tit of apoplexy. Deceased s 1 na me and address was on his umbrella. Nr. Oakley, deceased's nephew and executor, and -ho inherits his property, said that the gold watch de ce used had with him all round the world. Ho also laid befc , ro the Jury a manuscript note, written by the de cease 'd that morning, and which he (Mr. Oakley) stated refers( , d to a manuscript which had been presented to t:ae Tract Society, and which had been sub ri slued to him for his judgment. Mr. Searle, sen, stated that the deceased officiated at fa l ily prayers that morning, as was his custom, and that C-Irere ;vas no appearance of any change in him. Th e Coroner observed, that, from the suddenness of the des tb , it was likely that the decea sed died of a rupture of a blood - vessel of the h eart. Verdict—" Died by the v iiitation of God," AIDS 'CO AMATEUR STOCK ROBBERS. —A ' picture of the Operat i o ns of the Bourse at singular pat qication ha s j u st made its a pp earance in Paris in the ?dive of four pocket volu mes, com p rising a complete Paris." The tiriit of these explains t o the uninitiated .‘ the meaning o t bargains f or the Account, and time bargains, as well 40 the different modes of speculating. . The second passes ,fit review 4 11 th e French and foreign 1 public Sands, which aro negotiated. at the Bourse of Paris, the " Tere.ple of M e rcury" (or thi evin g ), as the Chariva ri calls ',t. The third is devoted to a treatise on mom ty, and the various European exchanges; and the four th comp- ises calculations made expressly for all deseripti ons of raorwtary operations which can take place in the public funds. The whole (say the publishers), comprises ,an invaluable enscnible, of useful and instructive notions' ' explanatory of the puzzling tables which ap pear in the , daily papers. THE ( TUN TRADE.—The Bir mingh am manu facturers ar, now receiving some l a rge orders from the. United Stat., , s. These orders had been suspended while the M‘Leod affair was pending., but were issued after the trial had concluded, The calamitous fire at the Tower will alt .0. , give employment to a considerable num bm, of hands An the gun trade. Upon the whole, the prospects oft ba. Ilit7aingham artisans for the winter are more cheering ; than c0n. 1 4 bave been anticipated a short time since. BO W-STREET. William Harris, an elderly and respectable-looking man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with having been drunk on Friday night, and with having assaulted a policeman. Police constable 96 F stated, that while on duty last night, at about half•past nine, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, the prisoner came up to him and said that he was drunk, and asked witness to take him home. Witness refused to comply with the request; upon which the prisoner struck him twice with his cane, saying that he paid for the police, and that they should take care of him. The prisoner was drunk at the time. The prisoner, who seemed to be a ♦ery singular cha racter, said that that was the most unprecedented case that had ever occurred. While passing, yesterday even ing, through Lincoln's Inn-fields, he saw the last witness abusing a poor female, and he remonstrated with him upon the impropriety of his conduct. The policeman then took him into custody. He had never asked the policeman the way home, and he was perfectly sober at the time. John Bremer, who was called as a witness by the pri soner, stated he had parted from him in the Strand at a few minutes before nine o'clock, and he was then per fectly sober. The police inspector on duty at the station-house last night, another policeman, and the gaoler, stated that the prisoner, when brought to the station-house, at about a quarter to ten o'clock, was noisily drunk, and policeman 96 F stated that no woman, nor any person whatever, was present when the arrest took place. The prisoner was sentenced to a fine of 10s. The fine was paid, and he was then discharged. John Richard Paccard, Joseph Paccard, and Thomas Kennett, who stand committed to the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of Michael Aungier, were brought up from the New Prison, Clerkenwell, for the purpose of being admitted to bail, but not being pre pared with the requisite sureties, they were again re manded until Wednesday next, and in the meantime sent to Tothill-fields Prison, the offence with which they stand charged having been committed in Westminster. HATTON-GARDEN. Two men, named Graves aed Clarke, were charged with felony under somewhat remarkable circumstances. Mr. Field, the inspector of counterfeit coin, appeared before the Bench in support of the charge. It appeared from the evidence, that on Friday, the prisoner Graves entered the shop of Mr. Walker, a hosier, at 110, High Holborn, and made purchase of a pair of stockings, for which he tendered a counterfeit half,crown. The prosecutor, of course, refused it, and the accused then threw down a genuine two shillings and sixpenny piece, and demanded his change. Wit ness hesitated, and while deliberating within himself what course he should take, the fellow Clarke came into the shop and snatched up the good half-crown, and instantly ran off. He was folloe ed by Mr. Welke-, and after a sharp chase he was secured in Holborn by police constable 19 F. Mr. GREENWOOD inquired if the prisoners web e known ? Mr. Field repted, that they were most noto rious utterers of bad money, and acted in concert together. Mr. GREENWOOD—Is the bad half-crown produced ? Mr. Field—No. The fact is that Clarke, finding his companion in difficulty, se . zed by mistake the good half crown, and while the prosecutor was pursuing him, Graves swallowed the counterfeit money, and afker wards walked off. Mr. GREENWOOD—How came Graves in custody ? Mr. Field—After the apprehension of Clarke, he (Graves) had the audacity to return to Mr. Walker's shop, and actually demanded the good half-crown, and the prosecutor then very wisely handed him over to the pace. The swallowing of the base half-crown, of course, put an end to an indictable charge of " smash ing," but the taking away of tEe half-crown was c!e.lrly an act of felony on the part of Clarke. Mr. GREENWOOD took the same view, and com mitted Clarke to Newgate for trial. UN/ON-MALL. Richard IliPchman, alias Thompson, alias Bristol Dick, one of the " sweil mob," convicted last May for attempting to pick the Duke of D,vonshirc's pocket of a gold snuff-box at the Surrey Zoological G dens, wss brought before Mr. COTTINGIIAM, charged with robbing a lady named Limpriani of a purse, cun t lining I is., on the preceding afternoon. Tne com plainant and her daughter acre walking along the Albany road, at 5 o'clock on the preceding afternoon, when they observed three men following them (lose behind. When they arrived at the corner leading to the Camberwell road, one of the m to walked on b,:fore his companions and while he was pass;eg Mrs. Lampriani LI: a push on that side, and on putting Ler hand into her pocket she missed her purse, containing Ili , . Fha man whom she suspected wai the thief went forward quickly, but returned again in the direction of where his associates were, but on looking round she found that they were all gore. She immediately informed a policeman of what had occurred, and shine time afterwards he called tit her house, and having exhibited eleven shillings in quired whether she could identify any portion of it, and she recognised one of the shillings as having taken a short time previously from Mr. Townsend, a wine merchant in the Walworth-road, and which was in her purse at the time she was robbed. The complainant added that she did not distinctly see the faces of any of the men, but the prisoner in height and dress resembled one of them. She also identified the shilling produced as bearing an exact similitude to the one that was in her purse. The complainant's evidence was confirmed by her daughter, who said that she was confident the prisoner was one of the men by whom she and her mother were followed as already described. One of the men wore a cloak and a foraging cap. A policeman of the P division stated that, on being apprised of the robbery, he took the prisoner into cus tody within a short distance cf the spot where it oc curred, and having mentioned his suspicions, he then told him that he must accompany him to the station house. When they arrived there the prisoner took eleven shillings out of his pocket, saying that it was all the money he had, and that it was his own. The policeman added, that when the money was after. wards examined the complainant identified one of the shillings as having been in her purse at the time her pocket was picked. Mr. Townsend, a wine-merchant of the Walworth road, stated he paid the shilling alluded to with others to the complainant a short time previsusly to the rob• bery ; that he knew the shilling from the particular marks upon it, and he also spoke with confidence to the identity of another shilling found on the prisoner, and which he (witness) had given in change to the lady who was robbed. The prisoner stoutly denied any knowledge of the robbery, and, in accounting for his presence in the Albany-road at the time it occurred, said that he was going to time doctor to have his jaw examined, which was broke in Vero° places, when he was taken into cus tody. The prisoner, who has been frequently sum marily convicted for being found in places of public resort with intent to contelit felony, was they fully committed for trial. LAMBETH-SIREE 7 '. On Saturday Mr. Norton was ,'ngaged for nearly three hours in further investigating a charge preferred by a policeman against a man named Ric,ttard Hart, a sawyer and prize-fighter, of having stabbed him in the left side with a knife, and also presenting a gulf At him and threatening to blow his brains out. The prisoner had been remanded from a previoug day to have the testimony of Inspector May, of the division of police, and a surgeon who examined the in jured constable on Tuesday morning last. These wit nesses were in attendance, and the former stated that be had examined a knife found on the prisoner on the night he was taken, and was of opinion that the small blade had been recently broken. He also gave it as his opinion that the cuts in the clothes of the ecnstable, and the punctured wound on his side, were done by the small blade of the knife produced. The surgeon mu of a similar opinion, and said that the instrument with which the wound had been inflicted had come against one of the ribs, and was prevented doing serious damage. A witness was called on behalf of the prisoner, who deposed that he had seen the knife broken a month ago, but he could not swear that it was broken as It then appeared. A witness was also called, who stated that the p.'i soner had been much ill-used by the constables. After the examination of several witnesses and a statement from Mr. Pelham, who attended for the prisoner, Mr. NORTON remarked that it was his impression and belief that the wound had been inflicted by the broken blade of the knife produced, but ho did not think the prisoner had used it with the intention of doing the constable any grievous bodily harm, but merely to injure his clothes. He (Mr. Norton) also believed the prisoner had presented a gun at the con stable, and it was very fortunate for him that that gun had not been found loaded, for had it bean so found ho (Mr. Norton) would have felt it to be his duty to commit him at once to trial. His conduct altogether was most violent and improper, and for the assault on the officer he would inflict the highest penalty of 5/., or, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment. Tim penalty was at once paid, and the prisoner re leased. The Earl of Delavrr (Lord High Chamber- LiaJO had an interview with Sir E. Peel on Saturday morn ing &-f , the Right lion. Baronet's residence in Whitehall gardetti A consisting deputation or fro m lt r. Read,Bßritisha dM e six other l i ie c rm l Associa tion,em i.so the Society, had a long interview with Sir J. Graham Saturday, at the Home-office. AWFUL MURDER —On Friday last, we deeply regret t o stat e , a murder of a most atrocious and diaboli cal character was committed at Courtelough, near Cas tle in this county. It appears that the unfortunate victim, Joi,oph Bolton, was sitting at his own fire-side on the evening before mentioned, surrounded by his ~i fe and family, when some assassin or assassins fired a blunderbuss through the window, the contents of which blew the skull literally off the unfortunate object of their revenge or malice, and poor Bolton was stretched a life less corpse on the floor. Two persons were arrested the following day on suspicion of being the murderers, but Nvere subsequently lilKrated. A young man, named H en ry Colburne, who held a mill under deceased, has since been filly committed 011 the Magistrates' warrant. Wexford I'l(l2:pendent. UNION WORKHOUSES. A considerable sensation has been created within the last few days in the town of Croydon in consequence of certain facts that have transpired in reference to the treatment of a casual pauper in the Union Workhouse at that place. The following account of the occurrence has been obtained by one of our Correspondents, and its correctness may be relied upon. On the morning of Monday, the Bth instant, a man ap plied to the police station at Croydon for the assistance of the police. He appeared to be very excited, his nose and face were cut and bruised, his clothes were hang ing in shreds about his person, and it was evident that he had been treated with very great violence from the character of the complaint he made. Collier, the Inspector on duty, advised him to go at once to the Town-hall, as a Magistrate was then sitting, and make the complaint to him, and take his advice upon the subject He accord ingly went, accompanied by the Inspector, to the Town hall, where he made a statement to the following effect, to the presiding Magistrate, Mr. Currie. The man said that being on his road home he had made application as a casual pauper to the workhouse, and he was admitted and placed in the usual-ward ap propriated for the reception of casual paupers, and re ceived the allowance of food with the others. In the morning, shortly before he was about to leave the work house to proceed on his journey, he was told that before he left the house he must have his hair cut off. He objected to this being done, when he was told that it was of no use to make any objection, for that it was a regu lation -of the workhouse that it should be done, and that they would do it by force if he did not consent. He again begged them to allow him to leave the house, but they refused, and he was at length seized by some persons belonging to the workhouse, who forced him into a chair, and, in spite of his resistance, his hair was cut, and he was then turned out. During the struggle his nose was cut, his face was burned, and his clothes were torn nearly off his back. It was under these circum stances that he sought for the assistance of the Magis trate to obtain redress for the assault and ill usage he had received. My. Currie asked the applicant, whether, when, he was admitted into the workhouse on the over-night, any thing was said to him about having his hair cut ? The man replied that nothing was said to him upon the subject ; and it was only in the morning, shortly before he was going to leave, that he was told his hair must be cut. _ _ In answer to further questions, it appeared that the man was not what may be termed a regular vagrant. He had been working in the country, and was on his way home, where he was in the expectation of obtaining work with masters who had formerly employed him, and being fearful that if his hair bore the appearance of having been cropped in a gaol, that they would scruple to give him employment, he was induced the more to resist the act being performed. Mr. CURRIE, having heard the man's statement, and made further inquiries, expressed his opinion that the matter was a fit subject for further inquiry ; and if the story told by the applicant was correct, he had been very improperly treated, and he directed that amessage should be sent to the master of the workhouse requesting his attendance, in order that he might give some explanation of the conduct that had been pursued towards the applicant. Accordingly, soon afterwards Mr. Andrews, the Clerk to the Board of Guardians, accompanied by some of the guardians and the master of the workhouse, came to the Town-hall, and the nature of the complaint made by the applicant was stated to them. In answer to the statement, the explanation given was, that it was one of the regulations of the work house that, for the preservation of cleanliness in the workhouse, all casual paupers admitted for a night should have their hair cut, but, owing to its being Sunday evening when this man was let in, the party who generally performed the office was not in attend ance and, in consequence, the man was placed in the usual Ward without his hair being cut, and when he was told in the morning that he must submit to the operation, in accordance with the regulations of the workhouse, he became very violent, and drew a knife, and threatened. to stab any one who laid hold of him, and it was necessary to use violence, but no more was exercised than was required to enable the parties to per form the operation ; and the applicant received the in juries of which he complained in consequence of his own violence. The master of the workhouse said that some times a great number of paupers were admitted of a night, and it was absolutely necessary that the regulation referred to should be put in force. Mr. CURRIE inquired whether•the regulation referred to was not to the effect that the hair should be cut upon the admission of the party. It was admitted that the regulation was to that effect. Mr. CurturE then observed, that he could very well understand why the operation should be performed when a pauper was admitted to the workhouse, but it was a very different thing to do it by force en the morning, and he thought such a proceeding was very improper. The man had been taken into the workhouse and in order for the regulation to have been of any avail, that was the time at which it should have been put in force, and it was quite useless after the man had been all night in the workhouse, and when he was about to leave it, to carry it into effect, especially in such a violent manner. After some further discussion the parties retired, and the Magistrate intimated that he should feel it his duty 'to bring the matter before the Board of Guardians ; and here the matter rests for the present, but it is understood that some further proceedings will be taken in reference to it. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.L.The Acheron, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. Kennedy, is ordered home from the Mediterranean.—The Devastation, steam-fri gate, COmmander Hastings Reginald Henry, ordered to be ready at Woolwich by the 20th instant, is appointed to convey the Rev. Michael Solomon Alexander, who was consecrated, on Sunday last, Bishop of England and Ireland in Jerusalem, to the sea port of Joppo, about 40 mil& from the holy city, the scene of his future la bours. The Devastation will remain on the Mediterra nean station. STYX STEAM FRIGATE. The accident which lately happened to the machinery of this vessel has been promptly rectified. A new connecting rod came down from London on Thursday, and was soon adjusted to its place. On Saturday last the Styx left Portsmouth Harbour, at the commencement of the flood tide, and made a trial voyage round the Isle of Wight, perform ing the distance in six hours, against tide nearly the whole way. The engine was found to be in excellent order, and acted most beautifully, making from 18 to 19 revolutions per minute, with a superabundance of steam blowing off; enough for three or four more revolutions per minute. Mr. Taplin, the Government engineer, attended the trial, and expressed himself highly satis fied with the result. The speed, by log, was ascer tained to be full ten knots ; that is nearly 111 statute miles per hour—a very excellent speed, when it is con sidered that this vessel is of 1,100 tons burthen, and drawing 14ft. 7in. of water at the time, and having engines of only 280-horse power. The breaking of the connecting rod appears to have been entirely accidental, and not through any fault of the machinery. The en gines of the Styx are furnished with apparatus for dis connecting the paddle-wheels; the object of this is to allow the paddle-wheels to run round free when the vessel is under sail, and under which circumstances the engines are required to stand still. It was thought ad • visable to put the engine through one or two revolutions with one wheel only, to which the effect as the crank passed the centre, in order to discover the cause of an unusual noise in the working of the engine. For this purpose the starboard wheel was disconnected and se cured by the chains and compresser ,• the engines were then started, and, as it appears, with two much steam, which broke adrift the starboard wheel, and the crank coming into contact with the broad part of the connect ing rod, broke it instantly. It is understood to be in contemplation to razee the Melville to a double bank frigate. The number of men victualled last week, at this port, was upwards of 5,300, being a larger number than dur ing any week since the peace. ' We have just received another proof of the value of Grant's fuel. The coal bunkers of the Albert, which held 18 tons of Grant's fuel, will only stow 16 of coals; and, as these 18 tons are equal to 27 tons of coals, a ship is thus enabled. to keep the sea 27 days, instead of 16 days. Several of the men of war at this port are having Blake's patent fids fitted to their topmasts. Rear-Admiral Griffiths has been appointed the head of a Committee or Commission to inquire into the system of pursers' accounts. We trust that something will be done by this Committee to render a profit certain to pursers of small vessels. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 12.—The Elizabeth and Jane—The Court this day decided against the appli cation on behalf of Mr. King's executors. The particu lars we reported on the 20th September. PLYMOUTH, NOV. 11. The Volcano and Avon steamers have arrived this week from Liverpool, with 220 newly raised men for the Navy ; the latter has taken part of them to Portsmouth, and the Volcano has returned to Liverpool. The Siren, 16, Comman der W. Smith, and Ferret, 10, Lieutenant C. H. La pidge, were paid advance wages on the 10th. The Siren takes out Captain Ogle to join the Southampton on the South American station, and afterwards proceeds to China ; the Ferret will proceed to the Coast of Africa.—The Cambrian, 36, Captain H. Chads, sailed for Bombay, on the Bth, with Lord Ellenborough, Go vernor General of India ; she will proceed - from thence to join the China expedition.—The Malabar, 72, Cap tain Sir G. R. Sartorius, was towed into the Sound by the Avon steamer on the 7th.—ln Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Belleisle, and Spartan.—ln the Sound—Ma labar, Siren, and Ferret. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS. — Lieutenants—E. S. Sotheby (1835), of the Madagascar, and Wm. M. W. Douglas (Um), to the rank of Commander ; the latter upon the hai'!!,ng down Of Commodore Douglas's broad pendant.. Nate—B.-F, Helpraim 0834), senior ~-;; the Beagle, to the rank of Lieutenant, ApPo mmENTs. — COmmar.aer—J. B. Woodthorpe, to the Alfred, Lieutenants —E. Shadwell, to the Madagascar •, F. Cannon and T. C. Woodman, to the Queer ; G. Cas well and W. Saumarez, to the Apoittl f Jan Nepean (1806), to the Peninsular Mail Ag•etwy. vice G. L. \Vol ley (1820), to Astrea ; S'Aell (1825), to the Hope ; C. W. G. Griffin (1514), to Tyrian ; T. Creser, to Star packet ;W, Molyneux and Thomas Ellis, to the Al fred Henry Barnard, to the Siren ; John Davies (c), from' Wickham revenue cruiser, to be Chief Officer ; Charles Moss, Chief Officer, to the Wickham ; Charles Griffin Clarke, Chief Officer, to the Nimble revenue cr. Pur ers—W. L. Freeman, to Alfred ; H. M. Jeffery, to the Aigle, Masters—Peter Loney, to the Siren ; G. Heather, to the Apollo • G. Burney, to the Viper ; W. Mills, to the Styx ; Mr;Pope, to the Illustrious. Surgeon—W. Graham, to the Apollo ; A. Stewart, to the Malabar. Second Masters—Horatio Norway, to the Malabar ; J. Wilkinson, to the North Star ; O'Brien, to the Sapphire. - Chaplain—Rev. G. Austen, to the Queen. Mates—W. G. Herbert, J. Pritchard, L. Place, and G. Williams, to the Queen ; E. J. L. Cooper and G. R. Halliday, to the St. Vincent. Volunteers First Class—Hon. W. Lysaght and E. Catley, to the Queen; James Black, to the Gorgon; J. Armstrong, to the Cyclops; W. S. Jordan, to the Ganges; G. W. Watson, to the Apollo; G. Addison, Edw arclCouch, and H. Glover t•,, tile Queen. Clerks—John Pascoe, to the Belleisle; G. Elkins, to the Queen ; Joseph Hayward, to the Admiral's-office. The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College, on Tuesday:—Mr. Thomas C. R. Gill, late Samarang, and Mr. J. A. H. Boyd, late Castor. Messrs. James Stephen, Frederick H. Need ham, and John Sykes, qualified for naval instructors and schoolmasters. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. About two o'cock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Kindon, floor-cloth manufacturer, at the corner of Wellington-street, Blackfriars-road. On the first alarm being given, the police were fully occupied in calling upon the surrounding neighbourhood to quit their beds. The engines from the Waterloo-road station and Farringdon-street were soon on the road, promptly followed by the various other metropolitan stations. Owing to the unremitting exertions and undaunted per severance of the firemen, to whom the greatest praise is due, the conflagration was happily confined to the factory in which it first broke out, and which was totally de stroyed. At the first outbreak the inmates of the house, known as the' Notorious No. 27," were seen escaping in a state of nudity. The conflagration raged for some time with uncontrollable fury, and at one time threatened the surrounding neighbourhood with destruction. It had, in fact, caught the back part of the contiguous dwell ing -house, but, owing to the plentiful supply of water, the devouring element was confined to the premises on which it first broke out, and which were completely re duced to ashes. At half-past three all danger of the flames extending was at an end. FURTHER PARTICULARS.-TWO FIREMEN KILLED. We regret to state the loss of two lives, in the persons of William Webb, aged 24, and No. 78 of the brigade, and Joseph Henry Packs, No. 61 of the same force, and which has thrown a gloom over the whole neighbour hood. From the statement of Barrow, the deputy fore man of the West of England Fire-office, and who wit nessed the distressing catastrophe, it appears that during the whole of the morning the bond timbers in the upper part of building were still burning, and presented what are termed - bull's-eyes ; and although no further extension of the fire could take place, the two deceased, anxious to show their efficiency, got the branch and hose screwed on, and entered the ruins, from the entrance in the Blackfriars-road, about half-past seven o'clock, and continued there until the accident occurred which deprived them both of life, although the danger was pointed out. At a quarter to eight o'clock the upper part of the north wall, and that which formed the back of Mr. Truscott's premises, suddenly gave way, and fell with a tremendous crash upon the two deceased persons. As soon as it was observed that all danger was passed, the men who were left began to clear away, and about .nine o'clock the remains of Packs were discovered, and about ten o'clock those of Webb were dug out. Shells were procured, and the bodies were conveyed to the workhouse of St. George the Martyr, in Mint-street, where the bodies were examined. That of Webb pre sented a most shocking appearance; his arms, legs, and thighs were broken, as well as his neck, and death must have been instantaneous. Packs, on the contrary, pre sented not the slightest external injury; and death was no doubt occasioned by suffocation. We regret to state that both the deceased were married men,. Webb having a wife and two children to lament his loss, and Packs a wife. When the accident came to be known the gloom which pervaded the faces of the fire men was visible to the most casual observer. This is the fifth death of firemen within eleven months, and are as follow:—Loader, who belonged to the Watling-street station, was killed at the fire of Messrs. Goodhere's sugar bakers, Ratcliffe-highway, on the 26th of Decem ber last; West, of the County, was killed at the fire at Salmon and Moss, Piccadilly, about three months ago; Wevelk, of the B or Chandos-street, was killed on yester day fortnight at the fire at the Tower; and now Packer, of the A or Wellclose-square, and Webb, of the C or Morgan's-lane. By a singular coincidence, four out of five of the deaths took place on the Sunday. So reckless are some men of their lives, that although the front wall in Wellington-street was cracked, and shook at each gust of wind, Howell, of the West of England, at a subsequent period of the day had the temerity to stand beneath the place kept for the purpose of attempting to extinguish a small body of fire burning under the parapet, and was only recalled by the men at the engine being desired to stop working. The following is the official returns of the property destroyed and damaged : Messrs. Kindon and Bathe's premises and stock entirely destroyed ; insured in the Hand-in-Hand and West of England. Mr. George Craffer, solicitor, Blackftiars-road; back_ front wall and roof dangerously damaged ; furniture in jured by fire and water. Furniture insured in the Royal Exchange ; building unknown. Mr. Roberts, gentleman, ditto, similarly damaged ; furniture damaged by water and removal. Building and contents, Royal Exchange. Mr. Trusjott, printer; the whole of the back premises destroyed by the Minn- of the wall. Furniture and stock in the Sun ; insured for 4,000/. : building in the Royal Exchange. The damage done here is very great. _ N 0.27, Wellington-place ; Mrs. Sarah Hichinbotham's _ . lodging-house, roof and back part of the premises de stroyed. Furniture damaged by fire, removal, and water. Building and contents insured in the Phcenix. Wellington-street and Blackfriars'-road ; William Gould, greengrocer, seriously scorched by fire, not insured. George Sharpcott, the back of No. 171, Blackfriars'- road, hairdresser, seriously scorched, not insured. No. 1, Wellington-street ; William Richards, private front nearly burnt out, and furniture injured by water and removal, not insured. And, in Wellington-place, the backs of Nos. 25 and 26 damaged, and Mrs. Snoxwell ; none of them insured; the loss about 3,0001. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. On Sunday morning, about two, the inhabitants of Blackfriars-road, and those residing in the immediate vicinity, were aroused from their slumber by a piercing cry of fire, which was uttered by a boy, who happened to be passing the extensive floor-cloth manufactory of Messrs. Kindon and Bathe, situate within one door of the corner of Wellington-street, and about a hundred yards distance from- the Magdalen. The policeman on duty immediately sprung his rattle, and, in a short time, a good sprinkling aof the brigade were present ; in the meantime, information having been given of the outbreak of the fire to the Waterloo station, the power ful engine of that establishment was on the spot in less than ten minutes ; the County, and several other engines followed in rapid succession, and a plentiful sup ply of water having been obtained from the plugs, a powerful jet was projected on the building. At this time the upper part of the premises were in a complete blaze, and such was the combustible nature of the material, that in a short time the interior of the premises, from the ground floor, presented the appearance of a furnace, while the flames were issuing from every win dow, and nearly extending across the street ; so great at this time was the heat, that the opposite neighbours felt it sensibly. In a short time the roof of the building gave way, not, however, in a body, but piecemeal ; and nothing remained but the outer walls. The fire now finding vent, shot upwards to an amazing height, and illuminated the atmosphere for miles around. There was an immense stock of floor-cloth on the pre mises, which burnt with terrific fury. Added to this, the building appeared to be composed chiefly of wood, and that of the lightest description, which materially assisted in adding grandeur to the truly awful scene. It was extremely fortunate that there was scarcely a breath of wind stirring at the time, or the consequences must have been by far more serious, for not only must the houses in Wellington-street have fallen a sacrifice, but those also in Blackfriars-road have shared the same fate. At three o'clock the fire was so far got under that no farther apprehension of danger was entertained, though the mass of burning matter below appeared in a perfect glow, and threw out dense volumes of smoke, which, being acted upon by the gas issuing from a broken pipe on the premises, a pale light was thrown on it, which imparted a notion that the fire was still actively raging. One individual was knocked down by an en gine, which, passing over his legs, cru s h e d th em b ot h in a frightful manner. We could not learn the name of the unfortunate man. At eight o'clock a portion of the inner wall fell with a tremendous crash, and with a noise resembling thunder, and in less than half a minute another immense ror.ss of brickwork was also levelled with the ground, 'ourying two unfortunate firemen in the ruins, , TORY COMMISSIONS.—It Sir Robert Peel were sincere in his desire to obtain " additional facilities' for " the commerce and manufactures of the country"— if he did not oppose the late Government in utter igno rance of the principles ©n which they proposed to act — he has all the materials at hand, all the information re quisite for preparing the measure necessary for such. purpose. To issue a. Commission, then, is a mere exer.se for delay—an attempt to deceive the public into a b elief that something is intended to he done in the right direc tion, when the real object is to gain time for o.e better consolidation of the monopolists in the Calsk_iet.--:Car lisle Journal, T/1 E SCOTT MONUMENT.-- . TY.ere is still, we understand., a considerable sum N.vautng to complete the hitend.ca memorial of Scutiand:s greatest genius ; and the Auxiliary Committee continue indefatigable in their endeavours to make it up. Under their direction, Mr. Kemp, the architect of the monument about to be erected, has prepared a superb model, on a scale o f h a lf an inch to the is now t . on h s b w i t h i i o c n h o i n p f itself ri Prince's-street e i t s r p e e e t n , did a t art, the monument. The admission is made s o the o rk s i o t o f of low that no individual in Edinburgh need be deprived of the gratification of seeing and necessarily admiring it. The proceeds of the exhibition are to be applied in aid of the funds.—Caledonian Mercury. LONGEVITY IN DEVON AND CORNWALL.-- It appears by the Third Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, just published, that there has been a progressive decrease from 1837-8 in the amount of deaths in Devonshire, and a progressive in crease in the rest of England; and that the proportion of deaths at advanced ages have been greatest in Devon, Cornwall. and Dorset.—Plymouth Journal A few days ago, a parsnip, measuring two feet in length, and fifteen in circumference, was gathered that had been grown in the garden of Mr. "William Madin Wharf-terrace, Chesterfield, E VRNING SITN ALLEGED MURDER OF A. S uw. DIER BY POISON. (From the Sunday Times.) During Friday and yesterday a strong feeling of ex citement pervaded the neighbourhood of Kensineti by the circulation of a report that a private, eall'e` Harris, belonging to the detachment of the G reeadier Guards, quartered at the Barracks on the Palace.greeei, Kensington, had been poisoned by a young fer°,B: through motives of jealousy, from the effects of wiuc he died in a few hours. The deceased was stated of be a remarkably fine young man, about 22 Year s f d age, and it was also asserted that the body 1" been opened since death, when full evidence of poiso n was obtained. The report, from the confidence wit" which it was promulgated, obtaining general credence°, the attention of the police was yesterday dratel l t ., the subject, when, from the inquiries made by thou, befog/1i; ` appears from the statement of Sergeant Davis, of ing to the regiment, that the deceased bad been Al from the regiment, on furlough, for a fortnig ht, t° ,s; his relatives at High Wycombe, Bucks ; t hat sv "d there he caught cold from sleeping in a damp bed, ant came up on the 3d inst. to the Military Hose t h e in Rochester-row, Westminster, where he died t on . 6th inst., and was buried on the 9tb. On the police le' quiring of the sergeant if any inquest had been held °n o the body, he replied, " Inquest be d---d;" and ° being further pressed as to whether or not the body Irboe been opened, he acknowledged that it bad been said t Hospit' bodies of all soldiers dying in the Military were opened after death. vied From the statement of a soldier's wife, who was-tiii the deceased's clothes, in which the body W AS 5.. 8 5 covered when the pest mortem examination VI performed, it would appear, however, that there is 01 : 3 , mystery in the caw, and that for reasons at presen" sta te; a farm explained the facts have been perverted. fler ment, which was evidently given under great P'!„, being questioned upon the subject, was that the u: e ceased's clothes were in a most dreadful state from t 1 .' 16 effects of the post mortem examination, and that wh the fetching them from the hospital she was told that t; deceased, instead of, according to his furlough, g° il lF High Wycombe, had never been further from P-e -n; sington than Ratcliffe-highway, from whence he vid e to the Military Hospital, and on being admitted yea; Glared he had been poisoned. She also stated ehe w told at the hospital that the deceased's inside. ° b c e t , opened, was found to be nearly rotten from the effe,, of the poison. She also states the body not to bB` e been buried until Thursday last. We give the sts particulars as we have received them, and we Wbe help thinking that whenever such reports are afloat,igt best means of quieting the public mind on the . 10bie o is by the matter being subjected to a public inquill - the spot. • THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. __---' Poi se ' — Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. _..„.••• ......-- a ------ to Per Quarter. s. to a. a. to s. s. to s. s. to s. , Carlisle - ' ia Hexham 6O :0 36 33 t. 3 28 --- -- 2 ,i '" Morpeth 54 (4 18 32 •,'.O k 2 38 43 , Penrith 6B 32 •24 33 ... al Sheffield — 70 35 23 .... 45 O4 Winchest, r 64 70 SO 34 20 26 40 42 35 d s'ai ) Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. ad. a. d. s.d. s.d. La n4l ° 0 Carmarthen I, 0 '7 (I 0 0 40 0 0 23 5 6 0 0 . 0 Cowbridge.„ 76 80 00 4t' 00 30 50 53 ° twansea 76 8 4 4 0 44 26 3 0 5 6 60 Per 81. 10 A ti 6 Barnardc ol astl 11 0 200 89 90 40 74 96 1 10 9p 100 Durham l4O 160 80 90 59 6V 00 106 ‘ , 9 0 1 0 0 Richmond l3 0 19 010 0 11 0 6 0 7 4 10 0 12 0 ~ 0 1 Stockton l. 019690' 9 0 6 0 70,90 11 6 ' NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. 1 Wh e " Red. 6.1 Wheat, Northumberland s4s. 665 ....... f 5, - -- Norfolk and Suffolk...". ..... ,--- Berwick and Scotch 503. 64;...... 5 4 " ,4,. Foreign 66s. ;05...". 03 ' _.,6, Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 42s 4is ....... --s." 5 ,1 Foreign 345. ‘l's ....... - - s• ---, ~ Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 37s. 393....... - -4 * -- i : il Grinding and Feeding 34i. 335...... - - S• , ( it Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk... ....... ....... 12s 64....,... --s• --- .' , _5. Beans, Small .....„ 4 4 1 21:: 4 4. '4 .. :.. ..... ----::--- % , Tick Pease, White 4os. 441. ... --!* ..„, I Pease, White Gray . . 3 4 2: 1 , 14 : . ..... .... _5...,„1„: Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc 2ts. 263 ....... -- 6 . _:„. .------. 1 , ,,,ed Foreign - , Flour (per sack) s2s. 55L ...... — 6. '-- SCOTCH MARKETS. h t o e a 70 t. 27 t 0 Barley. 2s 20 0 t a o t 9 2 . 4 _ l3 e t a: s_. -----'[.:1' ....... ....,0 5 ' v ...,:' ~ ------ --- ---- —.---- . 1 c ., kberdeen 6 0W:,1.5., Berwick 33 51 17 21 15 21 30 33 ;: ''''' I Coldstream . 40 52 22 24 17 19 :8 3 0 Ctipar (Fife> 48 65 26 31 IS 22 22 ' 2 ,, 6 T-:7 Dunbar .. _ 59 65 25 28 21 24 37 3° Elgin 6O 72 30 31 22 26 Its 5. 3 ...„, Inverness CO 70 29 31 21 to 32 3.1 43 ''' Kelso .„ 4O 55 24 27 17 20 30 : 3 '- 43 Kirkaldy ..... Perth 6O 67 30 40 25 35 41 41 , n trY , I , -:?, The size of the measure varies throughout the coo HADDINGfON CORN MARKET. First Wheat. Barley. Oats. B ... e..ns fi ll FO6 01 40s Od 306 Oil 46s 0.1 • ,04 Second 666 Od 34s 1d I 25s 6d 31s Od :::5 at third. 6os Od 316 Od 23s Od 376 Od Average 34 66 9,1.7 121115. , DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Batley. I Oats. First 7:16 e a 42s FA 1 22. Od Pease. i n -! 46, 01 41' , Second (.Bs 0.1 32s Od 1 24s 81 — 5 " .--.- U ' j Third sts Od 21. Od Ixs 01 —• • 1 ....s GLSG MI RKE s• 0 e A t• Wheat., per 2.401 b. s A . d. s. OW dCORN . Oats T.. , per 264113. , o toe l i etritish, old 350 to 38 0 lsisti .. . .... ........ ..... ... ,' a ........, 1.1 ew Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b. 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish 22 ° : 4 ° P I English 2l 6 30 0 Pease, Scottish ...... ~, 0 Al Scottish 25 0 29 0 Oatmeal,perlf9lb... ~,''''4 l "" Irish EDINnUROH MEAL MARKET ... `; Per Sack of 2801 b Imp. Per Stone of flab. smh ¢-i First Oatmeal £2 0 (. First Oatmeal. ......... . 0 ' 0 0 10 'Second ditt0~,,,. - 0 I , Barleymeai_.... - 0 i Na.sensoal 1 8 0 Peasemeal '. .................. Pot Barley from to 48s. per sack CORNWALL MARKETS. , (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. 1 _ ` _() , to :, It s. d. to a. d. 5. d. to s. d. 1 . ; ..,, 0 Truro... ......... — 0 7 3 9 3 8— -; ' i Helstene St. Austell ...... Bodniun 7, .'' ," Liskeard 0 '7 6 0 3 6 --- -- A 4 Launceston - 0 3 8 ~ i s ' 6 Camelford 6 6 7 6 3 0 3 4 - x Penzance -• 01' Ten .C vit. 0 MINING INTELLIGEWCE. t.,, A 0 Quantity of Copper ores sold at Redruth lax week... I,'""* 6 6 Average Produce ... 6 Quantity 01 tine Copper Amount of sale, 10,274i.65. Od —Average ................. .11°16 ID. . v." o f ilt ho. gt THE MATCH-MAKERs—The clever al os jil: " Cousin Geoffry," "The Marrying Man," & C I ; 14.0 2 1; produced another work of fiction called the t it pit maker." The very title of this work must inv es o otb e , a boundless attraction, not only to those worthy gri t or g,ifA who are blessed with daughters ready to be marrie 'i ol oia' r , in marriage, but to the fair expectants of ma tt /$ ll lO felicity themselves. The subject could not h a ', Co os „ f into better hands than those of the wr iter of opai,e Geoffrey ;" and we understand that, like th e 1 3 0 P c. , History of a Flirt," published a short time a in i listr ii small combines no sull share of tne ri ' oc oti' h tion with its piquant Sketches of manners and a - Lt ro AN ECCENTRIC OLD MAID.- - M rS. ,so llit ; Bedwell, spinster, at Woodbridge, died on th e ` w Y r j, aged 90. She was formerly housekeepe r t oula te r es Doughty, and by her penurious habits had ne c . , oo l 0 ° ,4 considerable property. In a tin canister were f e " o rtgF j p than 70 sovereigns, cash in. the bank, an d 5. 0 59 6451 0 ' • amounting to about 15,0001. She had in her P doz en ie t 75 chemises, 30 bonnets, 25 silk gowns, four 0 0 1 . ... J t, mask tablecloths, and a chest of bed-clothes ;., c arr she expired covered with merely a piece of 13 " .. d i without a nightcap.—Sunday limes. t to I , ell- 0 THE POTATOE CROPS.—We 'regre t 10^ iil o l e o l n n ti s n O t m t a n e e of e o t f he we ea t r w lie e r atil pc:rtli o c i s of t" - t ed P i c o , that throughout Wales the potatoe Crop is P r h ' ; e O a li kh ri- • if the average. long being taken up, and large tit - Anti' country they have fails have rotted in the ground ; wi- • 'pies have h h a a y s e Pr e : e of ri ts fut o lf? B u considera ble Carnarvon Herald. de PATENT I,74yER TO t . co t' - ,,t to -Jale in o.therblre4'-otenr orated constructio d * WATCHES -- oar" tel t improvements, i be made) is now of r .ered at Pas following prices , ". 1 i1e4.1 in coo' holes, hand VP (the most. accurate on which. a ti , the la f o ur . e. the dete .ched escapement, jaee'oei to mark the sec ands, and Maintaining P ° tinue pin! . w hil e winding op. 0 Si .LVER CASES. . L . 6 'With double-bottom ed cases, cappe d ......... .' 6 6 16 - With hunting cases, capped ...........••• Size icoirttLo,adies, y twi n CASES.o el L e u gant 0 q I ° 0 Size for Gentl , imen, enamelled dial ........• 1 ii , 0 11 0 in double-backed cases.. 3 is 0 17 00 Ditto, A pamphlet, extra full size, capped."' . the bot il constructions oral which Watches are made, with thlf 0116 4 in gold and s '. '-orer cases, and a variety of sketehe9_, , is; ,f, `Jontaining observations respecting r ies 0 .. signs, whieb.lrave just been completed ill gold Crl i a c i r s re 'r tee s gl dial •••• £l l -. 4 14 0 sent, gratis Cox Sa-ste. and postage free, on application by ' w ee u , y , Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, L ondon, from s,' aceekurch-street. , .14 odf BIRTHS. o re e On the 10th i ns t., at Aussell-place, Fitzroy-sq, id, S t f' of the Rev. E. W. Holland, Rector of, Duo° .00 1 of twins. .1. S' ) P On the 12th i ns t . , a t Bayswater, the wife of sr. or dick, of the Ad e l p hi Chambers, of a daughter. ciao" On the 13th i ns t., at Buccileuch-terrace, Uppe r to e, lady of John Jones, Esq., of a son. f G. La u ' On the 13th inst., at Stamford•hill, the la d y 0 Esq., of a daughter. Cls °' 11/.412R/ED• J. R. $O4. On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras Church, t . _ so d, ~,,,,y. Esq., to Eliza Ann, daughter of the late R. Su ne J. c ns i On the llth inst., at St. Botolph, Bishopsg:T urf , s P " head, Esq., M.D., of Greenheys, Manchester , t ' 10 1' daughter of T. Tags;, Esq. of the former placel, _. J . ii. bier On the 13th inst., a t St . Luke's , Middlesex , Ni r o i, die* son, of Vincent-tm•race, Islington, to Mary Ann , u -r of the late Mr. William Laidlaw. I l DIED. 25th r:' ofll On the 6th inst., deeply regretted , in the House, Dudley- Georerd, On the 11th inst., at Leamington, th e Hon., lord S taff • age, Henry Isaac, second son of Thomas Badger, so f ! ford Jerningham, eldest unmarried daughter 01...rostog, On the 12th inst, Mrs. 'L On Blackirla.' treet, • On the loth inst., Mr. R. Scarratt, of Milk -5 r of side, aged 54. On the hall inst., Elizabeth Pryor, widow Ai r° Gracechumh -street. t / e On the 38th inst., at King-square, Elizabetbs , Mr. J. Lindsay. time ''` l. o f On the 12th inst., at Cambridge, W. Cus e, 0 • 11•IMMPON......••••are \ ~ a , r .'l'r 1/0 04 rit' " London : Printed and Published by MURr JO - sill° No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 09, i tr,l l ' the County of Middlesex, Monday, Nqv amber Jf" ' of N- rti ° ' if