The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-10 00:00:00

On wheat Bs. per quarter. On rye ... ss. On barley 4s. 6d. On oats 3s. 4d. MONEY MARKET and CITY NE WS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. CHRONICLE.—The resolutions of the West India mer chants at their meeting on Wednesday present a striking con trast to their lamentations ever since the great measure of emancipation became law. Until the Ministers of the Crown boldly declared for free trade, and for increasing the revenue by altering the tariff, the cry of the sugar colonists has been that they were utterly ruined, °wine to the diminution of the supply, from the withdrawal of slave labour. It has been their constant theme that the produce of colonial, and more particularly Jamaica sugar, had decreased one-third in cense drence of the change from forced labour to free, and there is n doubt that the quantity of plantation sugar grown has fallen off considerably in consequence, although the planters have been more than compensated by the rise of price and the 20,000,0004 of hard money paid them. Now, however, when it is proposed to provide an additional supply, and to relieve the consumer by reducing the protective or differential duty in their favour, on foreign growth, to 12s. a cwt., the tone is altoge ther altered, and they have the effrontery to declare that "this measure is not justified or excused by any alleged high price or inadequacy of supply." The contradictions between their former declarations and present professions are so palpable that t Ney have attracted general observation in mercantile circles. 801 l cannot be true; and, indeed, neither is strictly so ; for although the West Indians were formerly correct in sb far as that the transition from slave to free labour has been attended w ith a deficiency of yield, yet there was no good cause for their cry of " ruin." Now they are clearly asserting that which is false, in alleging that the reduction of the duty on foreign g r,swth is not called for by the increase of price or inadequacy of suaTly. The tables which we published yesterday of the quanlitie of sugar imported f.,r the last four years preya the falsehood of their statement, and their own returns of the importations for 1839 and 1840 confirm the accuracy of our tables. The West Indians give no comparison of 183'1 wish the two last years, because it would show a still greater deficiency, and they cunningly avoid all allusion to the great increase of importa • tion of foreign, of East India and Mauritius sugars since 1 837 ; the quantities imported to the United Kingdom of these descriptions have nearly tripled, that is, they have increassd ".• / 9 700 cwt. to 805,167 cwt. ; and, notw i t h standing this gre at from 4l. iclition of foreign growth, the g ross i mportat i on for was 446 ,'433 cwt. less than in 1637. Then, as to the enhancement o f price, the rise withi n th e f our years in guestion has beezi from 34.7 to 49.1 on British plan tation, equal to 15/. a ton, while the sugar revenue for 1840 was less than it was either in 1837, 1838, or 1839. Wh en these facts are considered —showing p - ply—in connectio n with a constant increase in our population, demand, .it is . evident that mea ns must b e taken to and an enlarged command an additional supply, to preve n t a confirm ee o f an e xorbitant price for an article of consumption which bas now act ually become a necessary of life to the great body of the people. The impracticable and impolitic opposition raised by some of the abolition party to the reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, upon the ground that it iesnsceoeunragthesats,lavifertyh,eisinneoaswuvreeriysgteonbee rally acknowledged. It it cannot be done by Opposed upon moral principles, halves. The nation cannot be only partially outparti eveallyvnh i f tu a o n u de s d ; we must be entirely so, an d justice, so as to refuse to hold commercial intercourse with any country that raises produce by slave-labour. The e n f orcement o f su ch a rinciple a complet e stop to trade, a nd ruin ever y would put y one having property embarked in commerce or manufactures. Such being the palpable abeurdity to which the system of exclusive dealing would bring the policy of the Crown, as pr o p osed by the ro ries, if fairly and efficiently enforced, it is said that some of the Abolitionists have given it up, and taken their stand on the less objectionable Principle of ca lli ng f o r a reduction of the duty free-labour su gar , rnt If we had not distinctly seen that the opposition to the reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, on the ground that it would support slavery, was based upon a false principle, and that instead of assisting in the work of universal emancipation, this country would rather prolong the disgraceful traffic by refusing to enter into treaties of commerce with slave-growing States, we would not have urged free trade opinions with so much determination as we have done. If the friends of abolition have now adopted a different ground, and taken their stand for a reduction of duty on free-grovrn sugar, we see much less ground for differing with their tactics. They would treat the subject, by so doing, in a practical light, as a question of pounds. shillings, and pence ; and the only point then to be settled would be whether the differential duty of 125., proposed in favou r of free-labour sugar, was sufficient, or the reverse, to enable it to command the market. Our opinion has beet all along that the advan tages possessed by our colonists in point of capital, enterpri se , and skill, and general superiority of the article produced, would enable them to compete with perfect safety against foreign pro duce under the protective duty of 125., while the balance of supply required to meet the demands of o ur population would be obt*ined from the East Indies and foreign States. We stilt hold that opinion, considering the differential duty of 12s. ample, and shall adhere to it until we see good grounds for modifying the opinions thus expressed, and which we still en tertain in common with many others more versant in the com parative east of production and contingent expenses. A duty of 365. per cwt. on Brazil sugar, worth only 21s. 6d., gives N E llen pr 4 *stew protection to Plantation sugar worth ~ add subject only to a duty of 245. Irlr7reiforted that certain loan contractors sounded , eleekslkelea.ding monied i nterest in reference to a new 1641 =.l. but that they have met with the most decided etrtlmpartpf, thomost influential capitalists to enter ;,ziv-zzire bowl *Mon as long as the Brazilian Eze . Al a S, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. • CHRONICLE.—We do not think that any of the positions of Lord John Russell were shaken by Lord Sandon, Mr. Hogg, or Dr. Lushington, the principal speakers of the even ing on the side of monopoly. Dr. Lushington's speech was a renunciation of all his former positions with respect to slave labour and free labour. What has become of the boasted ad vantages of free labour, if the negroes of our colonies are un able to compete with the slaves of Cuba and Brazil? It was shown by Lord John Russell that ample protection was afforded to our colonies, so they may have the supply of our market if they choose; but Dr. Lushington will not be satisfied with the prosperity of the West Indians, he will not be satis fied with the happiness of the negro, who is in a far more en viable condition than the working man in England; he insists on placing the working classes of England entirely in the power of the negroes. If they choose to afford us a sufficient supply of sugar, well and good; if, not, the unfortunate people of Eng land may starve. Nay, he even professed, on the part of that people, that they would rather be reduced to live on chopped grass than consent to taste any of the sugar raised by slaves. This sort of talk comes with admirable grace from a gentleman in the receipt of several thousands a year of the public money, when applied to poor creatures to whom sugar has become a necessary of life. '1 IMES.—The critical conflict of parties upon the questions involved in the Ministerial Burlget commenced, but, as our readers will perceive, did not terni;nate, yesterday evening. It might have been suaposeil that, in case of this nature, where, as every body inow-, the point really at issue is a dif frent thing from the question under debate, the country might have la( en spared the inflction of a tedious succession of speeches. What is the use of talking about. financial propositions notori ously brought forward to serve a political and not a financial pur pose ? What rational object can be attained by prefacing with a series of diss?rtations on the principles of free trade and politi cal economy a division, which cannot furnish any test of the degree in which those principles are accepted in Parliament? On the other hand, we see no great advantage in expatiating fir a week together upon the horrors of slavery, in an assembly which has really met to put an end to a political crisis by a vote of confidence or no-confidence in a poor oppressing Ministry. We do not, of course, mean, either that Lord John Rus sell, when he utters sententious maxims about the impolicy of needless or excessive commercial restrictions, is playing the hypocrite, or that Lord Sandon is not perfectly sincere when he deprecates the Ministerial proposal, as to the sugar duties, on the score of its tendency to encourage negro slavery. But we feel that these topics are merely collateral to the point at issue, and that they are, on both sides, chiefly re sorted to for the sake of giving to a party struggle the imposing appearance of a conflict of popular principles. The arguments de ris ed from them weigh,no doubt,with both parties, but they are not the reasons by which their line of conduct has been practically determined. Free trade i 3 thrust forward by the Whigs to cover the retreat of the New Poor-law, and to break the onset of its victorious assailants. Under the shadow of a banner dear to Many of her opponents, and by the help of a popular watch word, despotism hopes to gain time to rally her broken forces and to daunt her adversaries with the fear that in striking her down they may endanger something else which they would fain preserve. HERALD.--Since the commencement of the present Session, the business of no single evening has present ed a much more varied picture of antagonist principles, than that of last. night. We desire to direct the careful attention of the public to these early indications of inevitable results which must flow from the displacing, unsteady, and capricious policy of our " adhesive," Government—a Government whose only settled rule of action is to stick to office instead of principles. It might be supposed that after an eight years' possession of office, without scarcely a break in the tenure, the Queen's Ministers would have ac quired a sufficient knowledge of the exigencies of the revenue, and of the wishes of the people, in regard to the remission of any particular duties of customs or excise, to have long since made up their own minds as to what should be the series of measures to be adopted with the view of meeting those exi gencies, and, responding to those wishes. Instead of this, however, it was only on the 30th ult. that, through the Chancellor of the Exchequer, they made those announcements of extreme arid sweeping innovations on the scheme of existing duties on colonial produce and fmber, and even on foreign corn, which have astounded not a few among even their own friends, and have awakened in various districts of the country feelings of the utmost in dignation. It might be supposed, too, that their measures would be based, at least, upon principles of such general ex pediency, that in the abstract, they should be incontro vertible, or even accel,table to all the parties to whom they were to be propounded. Yet so far has this been from the actual and practical result of their budget ma nifesto, that individuals, and Corporations, and communities, whose interests—in the very nature of things—should seem tit be identical in such matters, have, we find, in both Houses presented petitions against and for the proposed alterations in the restricted duties on foreign sugars. Not but that the great preponderance in number, importance, and authority, is on the side of the petitions against the alterations. Not but that a right and generous f e eling i s s h own t o h ave b een awakened, of alarm and apprehension for the fate of the grand experiment towards the abolition of slavery. POST.— The debate upon Lord Sandon's resolution, the fate of which must, of necessity, decide that of the Administra tion, commenced yesterday. No division took place ; the pub lic impatience for the result will, therefore, not be gratified until Monday night. The proceedings of last night leave no doubt, however, as to the nature of that result. Ministers vi ill be beaten—not probably so much as they deserve—but thoroughly beaten nevertheless. Two gentlemen, who have hitherto constantly supported the Administration, de clared in the most vigorous and manly terms that they can support it no longer. One of these represents, upon the present occasion, every Member who has been sent to the House of Commons by agricultural electors, and who is not so much the slave of Ministers as to betray and insult his con stituents for the purpose of keeping them in place. The other represents every Ministerial Member who has heretofore manifested a humane and honourable zeal for the ex tirpation of slavery, and is now unwilling to brand himself as a hypocrite, for the mere purpose of retaining in power a set of self-convicted hypocrites in relation to that question. The Members to whom we allude are 7,Vir. Handley and Dr. Lush - ington. We think ourselves warranted by these indications in anti-ipating a very large majority against the slave -patronising Government, although we certainly have no party motive for wishing that the majority should be a very large one ; for it is no party interest of ours that a large proporti on o f th e Wh ig an d Radical Members of the House of Commons should reject the infamy which the Whig Radical Administration has embraced. The scale of duties on the importation of foreign corn, which Lord John Russell has announced his intention to propose, shows that Ministers in their desperation have become as inveterately hostile to the interests of the agricultural classes of Great Bri tain as to the freedom of the natives of Africa. It is as fdlows NARRATIVE OF MR. STANTON'S IMPRISON MENT. (To the Editor of the Canton Register.) My dear Sir,—ln reply to your kind inquiries lam happy to send for the pages of your widely circulated journal, a brief narrative of my late captivity and imprisonment. A boat had anchored during the night under the hill which forms the northern enclosure of Cassillia's Bay, and twelve armed Chinese from it had secreted themselves among the neighbouring rocks. On the morning of August 6, generally among the first bathers, I was earlier than usual, and was dressing on the beach, as 'the dawn was just becoming appa rent, when i found myself surrounded by these men, and their swords, concealed in their sleeves until within a few yards, flashed upon me. I was immediately a prisoner, and carried by hands and feet into their boat ; two or three blows on the head had caused a flow of blood, but were not serious. Watch had been kept above to give notice of the approach of other foreigners, but probably none were outside the walls of the town at the time. After two or three hours' sail my person was transferred to a larger boat, and shortlylafter some officials came on board, by whom I was questioned as to my name and country. At sunset. being handed up on deck, I found myself within the Bogue. There two officers took charge, one dig nified with a crystal, and the other with a golden, butten ; and with these, still accompanied by my captors as guards, I was taken on board a Government boat. The next morning, about seven. we reached Canton ; I was landed under the beating of gongs, led by a heavy chain round my neck, preceded and followed by my guards, their swords drawn. In a large open court belonging to one of the Go vernment offices, the late Viceroy, Lieut.-Governor, and several of their civil and military subordinates were found already convened. Questioning soon commenced through the linguists, and continued at intervals throughout the forenoon, the questions relating at first exclusively to my personal his tory and employments, every circumstance particularly which could be evidence of my having or not engaged in the opium traffic. I had been informed at the Bogue that my seizure was by the particular order of the Viceroy, though nothing transpired to show that I had been marked except as offering, alone and early on the shore, a sure and easy prey ; not even my name was known. By noon they were satisfied of the truth of my statements, and the great body of mandarins dispersed; after this, too, no thing more was seen of other appearances, which had led me to expect, as I have since been informed by considerable au thority had been intended, that my life would have been taken on that day. About five in the afternoon I underwent a more regular examination before the prefect of the city, a deputed officer from the Viceroy, and others, the deputy questioning from written directions. The questions previously asked were re peated. An account was required of the taking of Chu an. Respecting this the Canton Government had received accounts from two sources, the Macao papers and their brethren at Ningpo, as we might expect, not agreeing well ; other mere unimpartant collisions on the coast; the particulars of the Eng lish force at that time arrived; resources of England and our estimation of the Chinese navy ; number of English residents in Macao, their objects ; the present state of the trade, &c. On some points 1 was not accurately informed, as with regard to the merchant shipping, trade, &c., and said so. On other points free answers were given, but detached al together from feelings of hostility. I took pains to con vince these Chinese Magistrates that I really possessed good will towards their nation. Also care was taken to avoid all appearance to disposition of " barbarian fierceness " an instance of this and its effect—l considered it profer and more clearly prudent to kneel before my examiners. I was only allowed to do so during my first examination, and when first brought before the new Viceroy. On other occasions when the motion was made, it was politely prevented, and the third time that I was brought up, a chair was provided. I would here mention that throughout, further than such confinement as was considered necessary to prevent attempts to escape or desperate violence, I experienced no ill-treatment. On the contrary, the greatest consideration and respect were shown by all, from the highest to the lowest, of those at different time about me. I cannot forbear to mention one instance• of feeling. Of the men who took me there was one apparently less moveable than the rest. It was soon, however, perceived to be merely in appearance—the man was of a sombre cast, and may not often have smiled in his life, he soon began to watch his captive with the deepest interest. That mun, when de livering me in charge on the evening of the second day to others who might be less kindly, earnestly pressed me to accept scone cash from his slender means, which might, he said, procure some little comforts he had, while permitted, himself seen supplied. After the first regular examination, in the evening of the 9th of August a respite of an hoar was given. The next hour was occupied in cross-questioning, myself then standing, and soon after this was satisfactorily undergone, it was decided that the youthful foreigner should be committed to the great prison of the Tinghae district. This I entered at nine or ten o'clock the same night, and there remained until the evening of De cember the 10th. Immediately a chain, allowing only a short step, was fastened by iron rings above my ancles, and to this were added manacles to my wrists and a chain round my-neck, whenever about to be brought before a magistrate. All this is customary with Chinese prisoners. In the room assigned me four of the inferior officers of the prison abode, one of whom was exchanged next day for a lin guist, who did the part of comprador. The hong merchants were charged with providing clothes, food, servant, &c. My fellow-prisoners were permitted to lend Chinese books, but nothing from without could find entrante until after the late Viceray's degradation, when a Bible and Prayer-book were kindly sent me, as also constant supplies of food and clothing, by the American gentlemen resident in Canton. To them I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude. Until liberated, I was kept in almost total ignorance as to what was passing without, being for three months tinder the belief that my friends at Macao supposed me to have been drowned. On the 16th of August, and on two other occasions, the in quiries from the Viceroy, through his deputy or others, were continued. Among the subjects brought forward, the following seem the most interesting : The geography of Europe, Asia, and Africa was fully can vassed. At one time I could fancy the adventurous Com mis'ioner giving orders to the hang merchants for a fleet of junks to coast between rocks and round headlands from this to London with an Imperial Embassy to her Britannic Ma jesty on board. Of course the captive speculated on being promoted to the sinecure post of pilot in the imperial service. At another time he was to be the guide of the great Ambas sadors through Central Asia and Europe, a more desirable task in some degree. Either would have provided same little time for "delay." However it was soon apparent that their *minds had been somewhat troubled about their western frontier. The time in which Chinese Tartary can be reached from England, the geographical and political relations of England and Russia, the countries between them, and between Russia and India, my examiners were very particular about. Thibet was evidently their main concern, though it was amusing to see the way in which mention of of it was avoided, and questions asked about the countries near it. It is remarkable that nothing was said about the southern frontier and dangers from our Indian pos sessions. We may conelude the more surely that they are wide awake there. On some subjects they had exaggerated notions; a Chinese examiner does'nt generally trouble himself on such occasions, and a litt'e openness had a good effect. His Excellency had supposed that along with Herat the whole of Persia had become subject to Britain, and was pleased to be corrected. Translations of parts of "hurray's Cyclopedia of Geo graphy," which it is well known have been made in Canton, were on the table, and with these my deposition was compared. The moving Lin wanted instruction in the principle of the steam-engine. All present seemed to comprehend it, and took much interest. One other mandarin sent afterwards to my quarters for a repetition of the lesson. The action of the piston rod was easy, but a draught of an ordinary engine, about which moreover I should my s-lf have had some trouble, more if I had been set to instruct Chinese blacksmiths in the way of making it, would have puzzled even Lin's piercing eyes. Such an impudent speech of course could not be addressed to such dignity, and the man and piston rods were connected in more simple fashion than might have encountered the smiles of an experienced engineer to be put in practice, or rather attempted, 1 could fancy, for the first time by the great innovator of Chi• nese "custom." which an Imperial custom-house has been established, andland and ship goods as freely, and on the same terms, as at Canton. Should there be no British Commissioner or Deputy Commis sioner at such ports, British subjects that may be charged with any offences must be sent for trial to the nearest port at which a British Commissioner resides. 126. British traders may have boats, or other conveyance, to carry goods from an y one part of the country to another, paying the same rates of transit duties as natives.— Canton Press, Jan. 19. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 8. ORDE v. LYON—LYON V. ORDE, Nis LORDSHIP gave judgment in these causes, in which cross bills had been filed, and which arose out of a suit to com pel the specific performance of a contract. (They have been already noticed in The Sun.) His Lordship ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs. The cross bill must also be dis missed with costs, for his Lordship did not think a sufficienl case had been made out to authorise him to do otherwise. ICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, May 8. The Court was engaged this morning in hearing petitions ; by order, which presented no feature of general interest. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 8. THE QUEEN V. LATIMER. Mr. KELLY had to show cause against a rule which had been obtained at the instance of the Earl of Devon, calling upon Mr. Thomas Latimer to show cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against him for the publication of a libel. He was instructed to ap pear on behalf of Mr. Latimer, who was the proprietor of a newspaper called the Western Times, and the com plaint of the Earl of Devon was, that a publication had appeared in the newspaper reflecting upon his judicial character when presiding as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the county of Devon. As soon as it became known to Mr. Latimer that the Earl of Devon thought he had reason to complain of the article in question, he was earnestly desirou s o f promptly and explicitly dis claiming the slightest intention of throwing the smallest imputation on the honour, the characte r or the motives of the Noble Earl. , The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said, after the ample apo logy that had been made, the Earl of Devon had no wish to proceed further. —Rule discharged. BAIL COURT, May 8. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) MOGGRIDGE V. DREW. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a dentist in Old Burlington-street, against the defendant, an elderly lady, to recover the sum of eighteen guineas, for a set of artificial teeth. The defence was, that the teeth did not fit, and were of no service whatever to the defendant, who could neither masticate nor articulate with them. The case was tried before the Under Sheriffs of-Middlesex, and the Jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff. Mr. HILL had obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, or a new trial granted en the ground of misdirection by the Sheriff. After Counsel had been heard at length, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE made the rule for a new trial abso lute, and directed that such ne w trial should take place before a Judge. Rule for new trial made absolute. A, all COU— _RT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 8. WILMSIIURST V. BOWRER. The Court gave judo.ment. The case came before the Court upon an application to enter the verdict for the defendant, non obstante veredicto, on the third plea to the first count. The action was in assumpsit on a contract for the sale:of wheat ; to which the defendant had pleaded that the wheat had been sold upon the terms that the plaintiffs should receive possession thereof upon transmit ting a draft upon their banker to the defendant, which they had neglected to do, and that, therefore, the defend ant was justified in stopping the wheat in transitu. The Court held that the contract set out was conditional as to the transfer of the right of possession, and that, there fore, the defendant was entitled to stop the corn in transitu. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 8. DUNN V. ALEXANDER. The plaintiff in this case is the individual who for so long a period has perisisted in his persecution of Miss Burdett Coutts, and the defendant is the gentleman against whom he brought the action, which was tried in the sittings after the last term, for an assault and false imprisonment in this Court, when the Jury found a ver dict for the defendant. That finding, of course, cast the payment of costs upon the plaintiff, who, failing therein, a rule was subsequently obtained, calling on him to show cause why he should not be taken in execution. That rule was on Friday made absolute in consequence of his not appearing either by Counsel or in person to oppose it, with leave to the plaintiff to have the rule re-opened if he presented himself next day. Mr. BAY LEY, seeing the plaintiff in Court, applied to have the rule made absolute definitively. Mr. DUNN then rose, and produced an affidavit to prove that he had been prepared on the first four days of term, and had had his motion set down in the paper, but that from not having had a day rule he had been absent upon the occasion when he was called, and that the cause in consequence had been struck out. He was, however, now present, and with their Lordships' leave would sub mit that upon the postea he was entitled to move for a writ of error. The CotraT observed that none of his objections had been indorsed on the postea, and therefore it was impos sible for the Court to entertain them. That being the case the rule must be made absolute. Mr. DuNN prayed that he might be taken to the Queen's Bench prison, as the Fleet was so crowded as to be very far from comfortable, not to say inconvenient. The COURT said that if such a removal were obtained it must be in the usual way, by habeas corpus. Mr. DUNN was then removed in custody to the Flee ARCHES' COURT, May 8. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROMOTED BY MASTIN V. ESCOTT—REFUSAL TO BURY A WESLEYAN CHILD. Sir H. JENNER gave his judgment in this case, which has excited so much interest among all classes of the dissenting community. It was a proceeding brought by letters of request from the Court of the Diocese of Lin coln, by an inhabitant of the parish of Gedney, in that county, against the Rev. Thomas Sweet Escott, vicar of the parish, calling upon him to answer to certain articles touching his soul's health, &c., and more especially for having refused to bury the corpse of Elizabeth Ann Cliff, the infant daughter of Thomas and Sarah Cliff, convenient notice havinc , been given hi m t h ereo f . The proceeding w a s i n stit u t e d under the 68th canon, whereby it is decreed that "no minster shall refuse or delay to bury any corpse that is brought into the church or churchyard, convenient warning being previously given to him ; and if he shall refuse to bury the same (except the party deceased were denounced-- excommunicated majori excommunication, for some grievous and notorious crime, and no man able to testify of his repentance)—he shall be suspended by the bishop of his diocese from his ministry for the space of three months." The responsive allegation given in behalf of the Rev. Mr. Escott set forth, that "in the Rubric of the Book of Common Prayer, which w as p art an d parcel of the statute 13th and 14th Car. 11., c. 4, in the order for the burial of the dead, it was enjoined that such office was not to be used for any that are unbaptised, or excommu nicated, or have laid violent hands upon themselves ; that the deceased had been baptised by a minister, preacher, or teacher of the class of persons called 'Wes leyan Methodists, and that any rite or form of baptism performed by him was to all intents and purposes . null and void, according to the articles, canons, and Rubric of the Church of England—that she was accordingly un baptised in the eye of the law and of the Church, and that in refusing to read the burial service at the interment Mr. Escott had acted in obedience to the laws, canons, and constitution ecclesiastical of his own Church." Long and learned?-arguments- were - addr6ssed to the Court in February last, and the Court on Saturday delivered its judgment. Having referred to the im portance of the present question, and the interest which it had naturally excited amongst large bodies of the com munity, the Learned Judge went at considerable length through the various articles of the allegations which had been given in on either side. From these it appeared that the main question which the Court was called upon to decide was as to the validity of lay baptisms. This was the point on which the whole dispute turned ; for it was of course admitted that the person by whom the rite of baptism had been performed in this case—a teacher or minister of. the class of people known as Wesleyan Me thodists—stood on exactly the same footing as any other layman. Now, what were the authorities, legal and ec clesiastical, whose dicta had been brought forward to support the argument on either side ? There was only one case which had occurred in the Ecclesiastical Court on this subject, "Kemp v. Wickes," decided by Sir J. Nicholl in 1809. Now the opinion of that Learned Judge strongly confirmed the validity of baptisms per formed by laymen. His decision must necessarily have a great influence on the mind of the Court, especially when it considered the lengthened and elaborate judgment which he had given, and the deep attention he evidently had paid to the question. But the Court was bound to look for it self.to the history of the Church, and to consider the views which had been taken by her eminent divines on this subject at different periods of her history. What had been the law of the primitive Christian Church with regard to lay baptisms ? The writings of Tertullian (from which the Court read copious extracts in the ori ginal), the Legatine and Provincial Constitutions, and the opinions of the Fathers, proved that in early ages the Church allowed baptisms by laymen. Now it had been contended by the counsel for Mr. Escott that the tolerance of such baptisms was one of the errors which had crept into the Romish Church, and so here was an admission that during the possession of extensive power by that Church she allowed baptism by laymen. So, as far as the case at present went, this was the law of the Church up to the time of the Reformation. At this period, however, various alterations had taken place, but none were of any importance until the reign of Edward VI. Now, in the new Litany which had been introduced in 1549, and received some slight changes in 1552, it was expressly declared in the form of prayer " for those who were baptised in private houses in time of necessitie," that baptisms by laymen were valid ; and it added, " let them not doubt that those so baptised are sufficiently baptised, and ought not to be baptised again." This continued till the reign of Eliza beth, and it now brought the Court down to 1575, when a convocation was holden of the province of Canterbury (though not of York), at which certain canons—fifteen in number —were drawn up, one of which prohibited the administration of baptism by laymen, Now, putting aside the question whether any such canon could have any force, except as showing the opinion of the heads of the Church at that time, this canon, the 13th, was never printed, and only two or three copies of it were now ex: tent. Under all the circumstances, it could not be epu, sidered as in any degree altering the establis4e.'4 law. Nothing so clouded, so surrounded by. doubt and mystery, could overturn the principle and practice of the UhTslrtit for ages. In 1584 and in 1595, the directions, of the Rubric and the history of the ChAreh alilip proved th at no alteration had as yet t a k en plgcein her laws on the point. And the govt now cgme to a most impo r t ant period, Immediately after the accession of James, peti- tions were presented to him by the Puritans, complaining "of baptism by midwives and women"—to this point a!on^ even their demands were enfinecl, and in conse .ll,_,nce of such complaints a conference was held at Hampton Court on Jan. 1, 1604, an account of which had been given both by James Montague, then the keeper of the Chapel Royal, and by Dr. Cardwell in his" History ofCon ferences" (p. 138), and also a more minute history of it by Dr. Barlow, the then Dean of Chester. On that occasion the King, who was most opposed to lay baptisms of all present, had said " that baptism ought only to be per formed by ministers, but," he added, " that he utterly disapproved of all rebaptization." After a long discus sion had taken place between the Archbishop of Canter bury ; Babington, the Bishop of Worcester ; Bancroft, Bishop of London, afterwards promoted to Canterbury ; and Ritten, Bishop of Winchester, the King, in the words of Dr.' Montague, "won from them" that the words "lawful minister" should be introduced into the Rubric, and that any other person performing the rite of baptism should be punished. So the Hampton con ference amounted to this, that these learned divines, then and there assembled, expressed their disapprobation of baptisms by laymen, but their conduct on that occasion could not be construed into a complete alteration of the law of the Church on so important a point, by which lay baptisms would be rendered void. So, on the main question for the decision of the Court—the positive validity of baptism by laymen, when it had actually been administered—the law of the Church was, up to this period still the same, and that law was, "Non fieri debet sed factwn valet." The principle remained in stetu quo at the time of the Restoration. The alterations which had taken place in the reign of Charles the Second, by which amongst other things, the Rubric then in for ce was ma d e ( an d i t st i ll remained' so) the law of the land, left this point in the same position. After the conference which had been held in the Savoy, and the meeting of both Houses of Convocation in 1661, the Book of Common Prayer had been revised, and some changes introduced ; but in substance the law of the Church as to lay baptisms stood as before. At this pe riod the term "lawful minister" had been for the first tima used, but Bishop Wheatley and other learned ec clesiastical authorities had strongly argued that the words were not intended solely to include those minis ters who had been episcopally ordained. The last pe riod to which the Court need advert—the last of any im portance previously to "Kemp v. Wickes,"—was 1712, when a conference had been held at Lambeth, an account of which had been given by Burnet in the " History of his own Times," and also in the " Life of Archbishop Sharpe." At that time it was clear that the decided opinion of the Bishops was in favour of lay baptism, for a declaration had been drawn up by them prohibiting their clergy from re-baptising those who had b een al ready baptised by l a y men . So much for the law as proved by the history of the Church, and the circum stances of each separate period. But many authorities had been quoted, to some of whom the Court was bound to refer. (The Learned Judge then read at considerable length extracts from the works of eccle siastical writers, Bishop Wheatley,Bishop Fleetwood, Dr. Waterland, Mr. Laurence, who, though a layman, was learned on polemical subjects, Bingham, Kels a ll, an d " that most judi c i ous an d able writer, that universally respected and truly pious man, Richard Hooker.") From these authorities the law of the Church was evidently this :—She disapproved and discouraged in, later times (though in the earlier ages of her history she had not even gone this length) all baptisms by laymen, but she held them not tt be invalid when once performed. And she made no distinction between ordinary lay bap tisms and those which were heretical or schismatic. On that it was not necessary to say more. According, then, to this the obvious principle and practice of the Church for 1,300 years, in her primitive days, during the Romish power, at the time of the Reformation, at the commence ment of the seventeenth century, when the Hampton Con ference was held, of the eighteenth century, when that at Lambeth took place, and of the present, when " Kemp v. Wickes " was decided, the party now proceeding had es tablished his case, and the notice having been given to the clergyman, he was bound according to the canons and constitution of the Church of England to bury the corpse of the child, Elizabeth Ann Cliff. He had failed in proving his articles, and he had thus subjected himself to ecclesiastical censure. It had, with a most praiseworthy and benevolent spirit, been declared that the party proceeding was only desirous that Mr. Escott should be admonished and not canonically punished ; but the Court had no alternative, according to the canon under which the present proceeding's had been instituted. It declared that a clergyman refusing to bury a corpse brought to him after due notice should be sus pended for three months ; and, accordingly, that sen tence must be condemned in the costs of the present proceedings. The proctor for Mr. Escott immediately gave notice of an appeal. Sir n:JENNER occupied between four and five hours in the delivery of his judgment, during the whole of which time the Court was crowded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. The young woman, calling herself Emily St. Auge, and various other names, remanded on Wednesday on a charge of, having stolen a snuff-box from Mr. Herbert, the editor of the Farmer's Journal, was again brought up, and it having been proved that Mrs. Herbert, the wife of the prosecutor, had been in th e h a bi t o f as ki ng her to dinner, and otherwise treating her with the great est familiarity, and as. there was no likelihood of reco vering the box by detaining her, the Magistrate ordered the young woman to be discharged. QUEEN-SQUARE. Richard Turner, a coachman, who stated that he was driving for Lady M'Kenzie, was charged with wilfully damaging a gig belonging to Mr. Davis, auctioneer. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. J. Johnson, tra velling comedian, and successor to the late renowned Richardson, that on Friday night he was standing at the Manor-house, where a gig:,belonging to Mr. Davis, and in which his wife was seated, was drawn up, when he saw the defendant, who was proceeding towards town, come in collision with the gig. The vehicle was turned upside down,, and the lady thrown with great violence to the ground ; one of the wheels of the gig was dashed to pieces, independent of other damage done. His evidence was corroborated by several witnesses, and the amount of damage was sworn to be 8/. Mr. Davis consented to take 6/. 10s., which sum was paid, and the complaint dismissed. cyd'.4 - 4 ii - : 4 :114 Al+'-:,is: - -oicr al p. , .4-ie 4.0 ‘,„,..........•,..._r MORNING EDITION cutive does not carry into execution the now so long urged measure of equalising all the different Brazilian loans, and calling in all the bonds of the several loans contracted for in this country, and emitting new I;OndsZForieQilie7;rne date in their place. Should the Brazilian Government persist in its apathy in reference to this operation, it will find out but too late of what paramount importance the carrying out this measure is to the support of the credit of its country. There exists no doubt in the minds of those most versant in financial matters, that it would be a fatile attempt to try to make a new loan without the so often recommended amalgamation, even at 19 or 15 per cent. under the present market price of 69 for the old stock. POST.—The tea market became agitated this morning owing to the declaration of Lord John Russell] last night in the House of Commons as to the recal of Captain Elliott. An advance of about 2d. per lb. occurred early in the day, the speculators purchasing freely. The trade were more cau tious, as the proposed change of plenipotentiaries has evi dently no bearing on the supply for the present season, which the movements of Captain Elliott have been calculated to fa vour. The last public document he issued was to the effect that the negotiations were going on " satisfactorily," and the anticipations of the merchants who write in a contrary sense, to their correspondents in England, are of too interested a nature to be depended upon. Another fadure in the silk trade was announced. The same party (resident in Old Broad-street) stopped payment some three or four years since. SUN.--The value of Consols this afternoon was 89i to 90 for present transfer and 90 to A for account. Exchequer Bills were Bs. to 10s. premium, and Indian Bonds 3s. premium ; Bank Stock realised 1671/ to 169, and India Stock 251, both b eing higher. The N ew Three-and-a• Half per Cents. were at 9814 to 4, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 884 to i f . The Spanish Bonds support theirvalue firmly, in expectation of Espartero's appointment to the sole Regency. Th e A c ti ves were at 24 11 A to 1 4 to-day, and the Passives at 54 to 4. Portu guese New Five per Cents. were at 343 to 1, and the Three per Cents. at 20 1 . Mexican Stock was not higher than 29 for money, and Belgian was worth only 100 1 4 to 1004. The Share Market was rather dull, but prices generally did net decline to any extent. The Great Western were at 291 to 284 ; the London and Birmingham at 70; the Thirds at 22; and the South Western at 19, 1 , premium. Brighton Shares were 2 1 / 2 discount, and Croydon 1 / 1. premium. The rues for Bills of Exchange on the Continental cities were supported this afternoon, beingon Paris 25f. 60c. to 65c. ; on Hamburgh, 13 9 1 / 2 to 4 ; on Amsterdam 12 3; on Trieste, 10 to 10 1 ; and on Frankfort, 1494 to 150. ANATOMICAL MODELS. The Society of Arts, at their meeting on Wednesday even ing last, voted their Gold Isis Medal to Mr. Simpson, surgeon to the Westminster General Dispensary, for the application of papier mache to the making of anatomical figures and models of morbid anatomy. Mr. Simpson, some years ago, turned his attention to the constructing of anatomical models, in consequence of the oil& cultv and expense at that time attendant in procuring subjects for dissection. The materials in general use for anatomical models were wax and plaster, of which the former was found to be too ex pensive to come within the means of lecturers and students in general, and was too delicate to be handled in the lecture room, without incurring the chance of considerable damage. The plater of Paris models were also objectionable on account of their great weight and brittleness. The material which Mr. Simpson uses, is paper, worked into moulds, taken from dissec tions; this produces a model of extreme lightness, and is so hard that it may be freely handled without danger or damage. The external surface is painted in oil colour, representing the appearance of the dissection. The right side of the figure which Mr. Simpson exhibited to the Society, represents the superficial arteries, veins, nerves and muscles ; the left side shows the second and third layers of muscles, the deep seated vessels, and more particularly those parts concerned in surgical operations. The internal parts are removeablc, so as to exhibit the na tural arrangement of the thoracic and abdominal viscera; the brain and its members ; the spinal marrow, tongue, &c. Mr. Simpson having conceived that his invention would be particularly serviceable for the study of Anatomy in warm cli mates, where wax models cannot be used, nor the natural sub ject he conveniently dissected, he submitted some specimens t%the Honourable East India Company, who some time since purchased forty of his figures, which were sent to various set tlements in India for the use of the European surgeons, as also for the instruction of the native surgeons, who were assistants in the Company's military hospitals; the religion of the latter prohibiting their studying from dissections. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION (From the rotes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons. -' FRIDAY, MAY 7. POLLOC AND GOVAN RAILWAY BILL. Read a third time ; Clause (Till Railway be carried over or under the Glasgow and Paisley Road, by Parkhouse, no part of the traffic to pass across the said road) brought up, and read a first time ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time :"—The House divided :--, MAJORIT Y—AYES, 162. Abercromby, G. R. —Stirlingshirel Hotham, Lord—Leominster I.'Court, Captain—Tamworth Houston, G. J.—Renfrewshire Ainsworth, P.—Bolton Hume, Joseph—Kilkenny Archbold, Robert—Kildare Hutt, W.—Hull Attwood, W.—Greenwich Hutton, Hobert—Dublin Bailey, Joseph—Worcester Irving, John—Antrim Co. Bailey, J. D.—Sudbury Jackson, Mr. Serj.—Bandon Bridge 'Wile, H. D.—Honiton Johnstone, .1. H —Dvirfriesshire Baines, Edward—Leeds Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Baker, Edward—Wilton Kelburne, Lord—Argyleshire Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Langton, Col Gore—Somerset Barneby, John—Worcestershire Lefroy, lit. Hon. T.—Dublin Unl Bateson, Sir R.—Londonderry versity Bothell, Richard—Yorkshire Lemon, Sir Chas.—W. Cornwall Bewes, T.—Plymouth Liddell, Hon. H.—North Durham Blackburne, Ireland—Warrington Loch, James—Kirkwall Blair, J. Wigtonshire Lowther, Colonel—Westmoreland Blake, Wm. J.—Newport, Isle of Mackenzie, Thomas—Ross-snire Wight Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblesshire Bodkin, John James—Galway Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle Bolling, W.—Bolton Master, Colonel—Cirencester Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Maunsell, T. P —Northampt, nsh Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Miles, Philip W. Skynner—Bristol Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co Milnes, R. M.—Pontefract Canning, Right Hon. Sir a—Lynn Milton, Lord—Malton Cartwright, Wm. R.—South Nor- Neeld, Joseph—Chippenham thamptonshire Noel, William M. Rutland Chalmers, Patrick—lnverbervie Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow Chapman, Aaron—Whitby O'Connell, Daniel- Dublin Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple O'Conn2ll, John—Athlone Childers, John W.—Malton 1 )rd, W.—N ewcas tl e-upon-Tyne Christi.pher, R A.—Lincolnshire P a l mer, G eorge —Essex Cochrane, ir T. J.—lpswich Parker, John—Sheffield Collier, John—Plymouth Parker, T. A. W.—Oxtordshire Colquhoun, John C —Renfrew Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Courtenay, P.—Bridgewater Planta, Joseph—Hastings Craig, W. G. —Edinburghshire Power, James—Wexford Co. Crawford, W.—London Pewerscourt, Viscount—Bath Crewe, Sir George—South Derby Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Dalrymple, Sir A.—Brighton Pryme, George—Cambridge Dcnistoun, J.—Glasgow Pusey, Philip—Berkshire De Horsey, S. H.—Newcastle- Rae, Right Hon. Sir Win.—Bute under Lyme Rein, Sir John Rie—Dover Douglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick Rice, Edward Royd—Dover Drummond, H. H.—Perthshire Riehards, Richard—Merinethsh. Dugdale, W. S.—Warwickshire Roche, E. B.—Cork Co, Dunbar, George—Belfast Rolleston, Col—S. Nottingham Duncombe, Hon A.—East Retferd Round, John—Maldon Dundas, Frederick—Orkney Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire Rutherford, Rt. Hon. A.—Leith Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshire Elliot, Hon.'J. E.—Roxburghshire Sharpe, General—Dumfries Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's Sheppard, Thomas—Frome Ellice, Capt. A.—Harwich Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Estcourt, T. G. R —Oxford Univ. Somerset, Lord G.—Monmouthsli Euston, Earl—Thetford Sotheron, I'. E.—Dev izcs Evans, William—North Derby Stewart, James--Honiton Farrand, Robert—Stafford Stock, Dr.—Cashel Feilden, W."..l.—Blackbnrn Strickland, Sr G.—W. Yorkshire Fre ,h field, James Wm.—Penryn Strutt, Edward —Derby Gaskell, James Milnes—Wenlock Stuart,) Lord J.—Ayr Gladstone, John N.—Walsall Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Gladstone, W. E.—Newark-on- Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Trent Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Glynne, Sir S. R.—Flintshire rennent, J. E.—Belfast Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Thesiger, F.— Woodstock Gore, Ormsby—Salop Thompson, Ald.—Sunder land Granby, Marquis of—Stamford Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Grattan H enry —Meath Trevor, Hon. G —Cae rmart h ensh Greg, R. H.—Manchester Trotter, John —West Surrey Grey, Sir Charles Edward—Tyne. Vere, Sir C. B.—East S u ff o lk mouth Verner, William—Armagh Co. Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield Wallace, Robert—Greenock Hamilton, Charles J. B.—Ay les Warburton, H.—Bridport bury Wilbraham, George—Cheshire H a ndley, Henry—Lincolnshire Wilbraham, Hon. R. B.—Lanca- Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of shire Wight Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Hephurn,SirT.—lladd:ngtonshire Williams, William—Coventry Hinde, J. Hodgson—Newcastle. Winnin g t on , Si r I ' . E.—Beivdley upon-Tyne Wood, Benjamin—Southwark Hohhouse, T. Benj.—Rochester I Wrightson, W. B.—N or th a ll erton Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple) Hodgson Iltd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire TELLERS. Clerk. Sir G.—Stamford Lockhart, A. AL—Lanarkshire MINORITY. Antrobus, Edmund—Surrey Bagge, W.—West Norfolk Baldwin, Charles Barr y—Totness Barnard, E.G.—Greenwich deamish,F B.—Cork Berkeley, lion. F. H.—Bristol Briscoe, J. I.—Westbury Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater, Brodie, W. 8.-. Salisbury Ilrotherton, J.-4Salford Burr, D H. D.—Hereford it tistield, W.—Bradford Chute, W. L. %V.—West Norfolk Currie, Raikes—Northampton Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire Denison, W. J.—%‘ est Sussex D'lsraeli, B.—Maidstone buncombe, S --Finsbury Dincombe, Hon. %V.—Yorkshire Edwards, Sir John—Montgomery zwart, William—Wigan Fector, John Minet —Maidstone Gillon, Wm. D.—Linlithgow fiFsbo.me, Thomas—Cariow Hamilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Hawes, B. -Lambeth Hill, S:r Rowland—Shropshire NOES, 50. llindley, Charles--4.shton Hurt, Francis—South Derby Inglis, Sir R. H.—Ox. University James, William—Cumbe-land Jones, John —Carmarthenshire Kemble, H.—East Surrey Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshir. Lister, E. Confine—Bradford Lowther, J. H.—York Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B. _. Worcestershire West. Marsland, Henry—Stockport Matthew, G. B.—Shattesbury • Phillpotts, John—Gloucester Redington, T. N.—Dundalk Roche, William—Limerick Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Stanley, W. o.—Anglesea Steuart, Robert—Haddington, &c. Talfourd, Mr. Serjeant —Reading Turner, W.—Blackburn Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire White, Andrew—Sunderland Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow TELLERS. Hastie, Archibald—Paisley Alston, Rowland—Hertfordshire THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 8. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE -STREET. Barometer ................ 29.55 In. Thermometer ...55 I Highest 7l Lowest .. Wind S.S.W.—F reez i ng P oint 32 Deg. 49 ----- COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. MAY 6.—Arrived the Menai, 175 tons, Lord F. Egerton, M. P. , from Portsmouth ; Louisa, 123 t ons, Si r Hyde Parker, Bart., from Lisbon; Gitana, 168 tons, E. N. Hervey, Esq., from Gibraltar; Dream, G. Bentinck, Esq., from Dartmouth. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—EXTRAORDI DINARY Det.usioN.—On Friday a Commission of Lunacy was opened before Commissioners Phillimore, Winslow, and Murray, at the Eyre Arms Tavern, St. John's Wood, to in quire into the state of mind of Mrs. Maria Ramsay, formerly of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, and now of No. 1, Grove-road, Regent's-park. Mr. A. J. Stephens, in support of the Com mission, observed, that Mrs. Ramsay was the daughter of a wealty gentleman, named Ferrier, lately residing at Tusmore, in Oxfordshire, and who, upon his death, devised to her very considerable landed property, which was upon her decease to pass to her children. Mrs. Ramsay had formed a matrimo nial alliance with a gentleman of private fortune, and the fruits of the union had been six children, namely, five sons and one daughter, the eldest of whom had riot attained the re of thir teen. In 1838 Mrs. Ramsay was first affected i n her mind. In July last her husband was afflicted with dropsy, which soon afterwards proved fatal, and since his death the unfortunate lady's intellects ha d been so much i mpaired that he was fearful no impro7ement would take place. The pre sent p ro ceeding had therefore been adopted at the instance of Miss Harriet Eliza Ramsay, the sister-In-law of the object of this inquiry, with the view of protecting the interests of the unfortunate lady and those of her family. The Learned Coun sel th en s t a t e d th e delusions under which Mrs. Ram sa y la boured, and observed that she had only completed her 34th year in April last. Evidence having been given, Mrs. Ram. say was introduced into the room. She was dressed in deep mourning, and laughed as she approached the Commissioners. In person she is tall, with an elegant gait, and an extremely pleasing countenance. In the course of her examination she declared her inability to take care of herself, her property, or children, assi gn i ng as a reason that she was dead, and al_ though the Learned Commissioners took considerable pains to convince her that she laboured under a delusion, she obsti nately persisted in her assertion that she had ceased to exist. The Jury found that she had been of unsound mind, and in capable of taking care of herself or of ler property, since the 10th of November, 1840. CAPTAIN ANSTRUTHER'S CAPTIVITY. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ANSTRtTHER, DECEMBER 31, 1840, NINOPO PRISON. MY DEAR ----, On Wednesday, the 16th of Septem ber, I started about ten o'clock to get the valleys on the left of the great north road from Tinghae, put down ac curately in my survey. I went about 1,000 yards north from the north gate of the town, or perhaps 1,200 yards, to where there are several houses and gardens, and from whence a road branches off to the westward. I went along this road and ascended the pass between the hill then turned to the left, getting up a knoll, from the top of which I got the bearings of K. (the centre beacon on the east side of Chusan Bay) and C. (the similar beacon on the west side of the bay.) Having fixed this point, I pitched a small flag, and took bearings to the flag-staff in front of Colonel Lloyd's tent ( Bengal Volunteers) and Montgomerre's stone. To the westward lay a long and pretty valley, by which I could get down to the level of ground which bears north-west from our old camp, and by bringing round the right shoulder, keeping the foot of the bill on my left, I should return to our tents. I am thus particular in naming the place and de s cribing it, as I hope B--- will take a dozed or two of our people, and go and burn the place where the rascals pinned me. I went down the western side to the Pass, and in a very short time was sensible of my imprudence, as the path goes past a ghns house on the right, thick trees overhanging both sides of the narrow pass, and making it quite dark. The ghos house i in a walled garden, full of large trees. I determined as soon as I got clear of this dark and dangerous-looking place to retrace my steps, but, on getting to the other end of the grove, I be . came aware that we were followed by a crowd of Chinamen. I took no notice, but turned to the left, meaning to go up the hill again, keeping to the open ground. We had hardly turned when a Chinese soldier rushed out from the crowd with a hoe in his hand, and struck at my old Lascar, the only man with me. He avoided the blow, and ran up to me in great alarm. I took from him the iron spud which ho had used to pitch the flag, and met the soldier and drove him back, but a number of others, with what they call spears, but from their double prongs we should call them pitchforks, charged me and my poor old man, and of course we h a d no thi ng f or i t b ut to run. I told the old man to run up the hill, and they would only follow me, but he refused to leave me. The armed people kept on the hill side to cut off my chance of getting up the hill, so I determined to attempt to force my way by the long valley. I am but a bad runner, and my poor old servant was worse, so I went slowly along the valley, turning now and then to keep the Chinese at bay. Meantime the whole population of the valley gathered with loud shouts in our front, and it was evidently a hopeless job. I could not get my old man to leave me and try to escape un noticed, so we held on, and at a turn in the path which had now crossed to the south side of the long valley (which lies east and west) I was opposed by a few scoundrels with sticks and stones. I charged them, and they got all round me, and then my poor o ld man ran b ac k a b out e i ghty yards, where he was met by the crowd following us, and struck down. I have an inexpressible reluctance to write what follows, but must. I attempted to force my way to wards him, but could not, and I saw the inhuman villains poundin g his head with large s t ones as h e l ay w i t h hi s f ace downwards. I cannot doubt that he died. His two sons are my pensioners now at the Mount school, and of course my brother, or W- MacT-, will see that their pensions con tinue to be paid. I saw that attempt at flight was useless, and, expecting a fate similar to that of my Lascar, I set to work to make the rascals pay for it, and fought my best. Of course num bers prevailed, and I was sent down. Instead of dashing out my brains they set to work to tie my hands behind me and my ancles together, tied a huge gag on my mouth, and then quietly took a large bamboo and hammered my knees just over the kneecap, to prevent the possibility of escape. I was then put in a palanquin, which was evidently kept ready for some such contingencies, and we hurried off to the north-west, and fetched a circuit round the west angle of the island of Chusan to a village about ten miles west of the Sapper's Point, as I judge from seeing about five miles east of me a beacon which is visible from the beacon above the Sappers' camp. Here we waited till nightfall, my conductors comforting me by repeating the word " Ningpo," and drawing their hands across their throats. At about seven. P. as., we got into a boat with a cover, and I lay down and slept. About midnight, as I should guess, I was awakened, and told to get out of the boat; my ancles were set free, a chain put round my neck, and I was obliged to walk, although my legs were hardly able to bear me, and my head ached dreadfully from two cuts I had received in the skirmish over the skull. I think they were dealt with hoes, but am not sure. We travelled all night in a south-west direction, and all the next day till about one o'clock, when we reached the banks of a river and got into a boat. About two hours' rowing with the stream brought us into Ningpo, where we landed, and I went in a palanquin to the Mandarins of Ningpo outer city, or " Heen." Here I w as examined as to the number of ships, men, and other parti culars of our state at Chusan, the interpreter being Poo King Pon, the comprador who was seized at Chusan about a fort night after our landing. 1 was fed, and sent to a prison prepared for me by the removal of the four Chusan Manda rins who had been confined by the Emperor's order for al lowing the English to land at Chusan. I may here mention that the Wellesley's first broadside mortally wounded the naval Mandarin, and the first shell fired on shore killed the Setpun (Letpun) or chief mandarin of the island, and these two deaths had struck great terror into the mandarins everywhere, as they believed we aimed at them, so M- may enjoy the credit of killing the chief. In the prison I was forced to get into a cage, with wooden bars, one yard high, and two feet wide outside the bar ; a ring was put round my neck (of iron) and my hands put in handcuffs, locked to a slick about one foot long, which was fastened to my neck ring. Very heavy leg irons had been put on me at the Mandarin's, in consequence, I supposed, of the abominably exagge rated account my conductors gave of my resistance, by the way of showing their own valour in taking so fierce a warrior. These irons weighed, I think, 181bs., and I wore them for four weeks. In this horrid little cage a chain was locked on to my leg-irons, and a gaoler slept with a light close to me, so I think it would have puzzled Jack Sheppard to escape. Next day I went again to the manda rin's, and in course of conversation he asked about our steamers. I offered to draw one for him, and did it. He became civil and friendly, and gave the comprador and my self a good dinner ; after which I got some hot water, and washed off some of the blood and dirt of the struggle, found my head handsomely laid open to the bone, my legs and arms covered with bruises, but no wound of any consequence, and the very judicious diet of the prison soon cured all the bangs and bruises. On the 19th and 20th I again went to the Tagins (Tazin), and the latter day met there seven other prisoners, from whom I heard of the wreck of their ship, the Kite. and their capture. The Mandarins became more and more friendly in their manner towards me, and on this day ordered a bigger cage for me ; my new one was 3 feet by 2 feet 1 inch. 'This was comparative comfort, and was the fruit of my drawing for the mandarins a map of Chusan Bay, town and suburb, with ships and tents. Next day I was told to draw a map of London, and did it ; Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, Windsor Castle, and Buckingham Palace, all pleasantly situated in a park, with Grosvenor-place very well situated for viewing all four ! Next day I had to draw a map of England, showing mail coaches and cattle somewhat larger than cities or towns. This day (2'2d) I met Lieutenant Douglas, R.N., of the Kite, and a nephew of my friend and neighbour Keith Douglas, of Grangemuir, in Fife. He was in a small cage, and very much worse off than I, being in a worse prison. Next day Mrs. Noble, wife of the captain of the Kite, who, with his child, was lost in the wreck, was brought to Ningpo with Mr. Wilts, chief officer of that ship. The lady was put in a cage in the next cell to mine, chained like me, only the irons were lighter, and so, by-the-by, were those of Douglas, Wilts, the marines, and sailors. We went every day to the mandarin's to answer all sorts of foolish childish questions, ex. gr., "what relation was Mrs. Noble to the Queen of England ?" our ages, and the state of our fa milies, our pay, and a thousand other things, were the daily subject of cross-questioning. On Monday, the 28th of Sep tember, came a change ; Douglas, Wilts, and I were moved into a new prison, a large room with a fine place to walk in in front, the cages taken away, and good bedsteads placed for us, and all very much more comfortable ; and, better than all, I got a letter from B--r, which showed they knew where I was, and that the news would go to Eng land, not, as I feared an account of my death, but of a mere temporary imprisonment, just like the Sheriffs of Mid dlesex got from the House of Commons. From that date up to this present writing, (January 2, 1841) we have had nothing to complain of, and very little to tell of. On Monday, the 26th of October, we were all assembled at the head mandarin's, our irons struck off, and we were all to be free in six days. He also gave me a letter from M--, and four chests of beer, cheeroots, clothes, wine, brandy, and other slight refreshments. As we believed the manda rins as to the six days, we set to work and live jollity, and the beer, &c. did not last long. Our life was now plea sant enough. I had writing materials and plenty of leisure, so I set to work to ornament the walls of my prison with draw ings of my eighteen-pound gun and other diagrams connected with the noble science of gunnery. 1 flatter myself I have set forth the true theory of recoil in a new and striking light, and will astonish the artillery world with a treatise on carronades, which will make W bite the finger of vexation with the tooth of envy. I had to draw portraits of all the mandarins, pictures of Admiral Elliot, Captain Elliot, the Queen, and a thousand other things, and so the weary, weary time passed slowly away. On the above day we received from Admiral Elliot 300 dollars, with part of which we purchased winter clothing for all, and some decent clothes for the lady. A month passed and I got another letter from B--, with beer, wine, brandy, flannel, an d warm c l ot hi ng, and the time passed heavily till the 27th of December, when an ugly vagabond came to the grated door and slipped into my hand a private note from ; up to this date, though we had written very often, the mandarins never sent our notes ; but we now wrote by this man (Blondel de Westa), and asked for a Bible, knife, and other things. On the 29th of December I received the Bible and knife, and wrote this account to be ready for Blondel's next visit, so I will put this by and write out the accounts of the Kite's wreck. I need hardly say how gra tified I feel to M-, B-r, B---w, G--t, and all blues and sappers, for their kind and constant recollection of me. We hope soon to be free, and only want freedom to be perfectly happy, as neither I nor Douglas have had a mi nute's sickness, nor have we been, or will we be, down-hearted for a minute. We are told now that in about ten days we shall be free. P. ANSTRUTHER. I NFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CAPTAIN ANSTRUTHER'S DIAN IN CONSEQUENCE OF QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM BY DIRE CTION OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE. The three British officers are in the barracks, but the lady is in the prison of the women. The distance between both is very short. There are about nine soldiers that watch them outside, and about eight inside, eleven of whom are my intimate friends, and belong to my gang ; th ey can b e b oug ht o v e r; so also the guard boat s , w hi c h are managed by poor people, and are under obligation s t o me f or medical assistance. I am able to take them on board a boat and rescue them; the prison is near the river side. The place where the sailors are imprisoned is more exposed to public view, and I should not venture in the fit st instance to liberate them, but wait until I have accomplished the one ex ploit, and then we may again take measures. Perhaps the district magistrate, who owes more than 10,000 taels to Government, as he is a poor man, and the empire is now upon the point of going to wreck—he himself will be anxious to get some money, leave his office and run away; Ijdo not think that would be attended with any difficulty. Appoint a vessel to anchor at Heapoo, send letters to your officers, and inform them of the preparations that have been made for their release, let them be all ready towards that time and:immediately embark. From 40 to 50 dollars to the guards, and 100 to those in ' side would be sufficient to buy them over. My own reward I leave to your generosity, and should stipulate, as a particular favour, to permit my relation, the owner of the timber yard, to remove his things, in reward for my services. Translated by the Rev. C. Gutzlaff. (Signed) W. CAINE, Captain, Chief Magistrate. Chief Magistrate's Office, Tinghae, 4th Jan., 1841. —Eastern Star, Feb. 21. . You well know that your Paper is read in the Governor's Palace; none published after my move from Macao were shown me; bnt in an extra, published a few dAys before, there was a long extract from the Spectator far beyond the comprehen sion of the learned interpreter : the foreigner's aid was called in. A mandarin " must" ask not only the meaning of sen tences, but to be sure of coming at the truth of every word, and thus I worked on my way. The Chiense have not words in their language or ideas in their minds to represent the situa tion and objects of a speaker in the British Parliament, and you would have been amused at the circumlocutions and laying of groundwork called for at every step. In 'about half an hour we had fairly finished the first paragraph of three lines and a half. I was not altogether sorry to find my friends by this time tired, and the informant being very communicative and willing to proceed, they took his word that the whole myste rious piece was of the same nature, and dismissed him. The most interesting of all upon which my assistance was required was the case of the French missionary and his Chi nese companion taken in October, endeavouring to proceed up the river of Canton. There were besides in the same prisen with myself a lascar and a Macao caffre. The former had run away from his ship and was seized on Lintin, or an island near it, in July. In prison he was well taken care of at the charge of the Consoo House. The caifre had been taken at Heangshan in a Chinese dress. He was treated in all respects as a Chinese prisoner. Oh Thursday, December the 10th, I Wll3 brought before Keshon, from him received every expression of sympathy and favour, and was relieved from my chains and irons. Having spent the night at the palace, in the morning I took leave of Canton, accompanied by two officers, and in a chair as handsome as their own, to the great horror, no doubt, of any "of the old school," who may have wit ne,sed the descration. The next morning, December the 12th, I ascended the sides of her Britannic Majesty's ship Wellesley, Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, and was received most kindly by him self and Captain Elliot, by whom I was re-assured of what I had been told by Keshen himself, that my liberation had been in consequence of particular application, and I understood unconditionally. I cannot sufficiently express my sentiments of gratitude to these gentlemen and to Captain Smith ana others. Macao, Dec. 14, 1840. VINCENT STANTON. OBJECTS OF THE EXPEDITION OR MISSION. Ist. To obtain a recognition of the King of England, as the independent Sovereign of a civilised country -2.d. To require an apology for the treatment of Lord Napier, as the Commissioner of the King of England. 3d. Compensation must be made for the losses caused to British merchants by the stoppage of the trade while Lord Napier was at Canton, and for some time after his departure. 4th. Until particular rues are framed by the consent of boih Governments, British subjects shall not for any wrong done either to another British subject or to a Chinese. sub ject, be liable to a more severe punishment than is applicable to the like offence by the laws of England. sth. No hoppo' or other authority whatever, shall be at liberty to impose any tax or duty, direct or indirect, on any foreign ships or vessels, or any articles of export or import, cr any boats, coolies, or other conveyance of goods, other than, or different from, the prescribed Imperial Tariff. 6th. Ves;els not engaged in trade shall pay the ordinary pilotage, but no other duty or charge whatever. They shall be freely allowed to purchase refreshments and articles re quisite for repair or refit, and to hire workmen for such purpose, 7th. Merchant vessels shall pay shipping charges of all kinds according to their real size, as ascertained by their certificate of registry. None of the persons engaged in supplying them with provisions or stores shall be subject-to any fee or exaction whatever in that capacity. Bth. British subjects m ay take their fam ili es t o any p l ace where they reside them se l ves, and may em ploy any sort of vehicle they may find agreeable or convenient, as freely as natives. 9th. British subjects may visit any part of the country under passports signed by th e B ritish Commissioner , an d counter signed by the Chinese aut h ority of the place. 10th. A British subj ect, desirous of residing f or a l aw f u l ob ject in any part of th e country, shall report h i mse lf i n perw. ' to the chief Magistr a t e o f the place, specifying hi s l o d g i ng, but shall not thereafter be in any way molested or controlled in his pursuits, so long as they are conduct xl in a lawful and inoffen sive manner. 11th. British ships may proceed to any port in China at THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 10. 1841 MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Charles Taylor and John Williams were charged with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault upon a policeman. It appeared that at an early hour in the morning the constable saw thirty or forty women of the town leave the Crown public-house in Cranbourn-passage, Leicester square, and as they were very noisy he told them to go on ; they did so, and several men, among whom were the defendants, then suddenly came up and without notice commenced a savage attack upon him. He defended himself with his staff, and assisted by several of the neighbours secured the defendants, but the others es caped. _ In reply to the charge defendants denied being the persons who struck the constable. The Magistrate inflicted the too-moderate fine of 20s. or one month's imprisonment. Frederick Kalmus was finally examined on the charge of having stabbed Henry Hatchett, proprietor of the Golden Lion Coffee-house, Wardour-street. The prisoner a few days back took some coffee and bread and butter at the house, and when asked for pay ment commenced an attack on th e complainant with a stick, which broke ; he then put his hand within his waistcoat, and withdrawing it stabbed the complainant in the head. The surgeon said that had the wound been only an inch lower the man must have died; he considered that it had been inflicted by a sharp instrument, but would not swear that it had not been made by a stick. No knife or dagger has been found. The prisoner, in a French patois, and afterwards in German, said he was angry at being asked to pay a se cond time for what he had had. He was fully commit ted for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.. Matilda Wiles, a young woman of delicate and inte resting appearance, was placed at the bar on a charge of having attempted to destroy herself. The police-constable stated that he apprehended her in the act of throwing herself into the New River. The prisoner's mother stated to the Magistrate that in the early part of last summer the deluded girl , bad• the misfortune to form an intimacy with a silly romantic youth, to whom she became passionately attached, and in a fit of mawkish and maudlin sentiment of the French caste he induced her to believe that they were doomed to misery in this world, and it were better to end their lives and woes together. They accordingly each took a strong dose of poison, the effect of which proved speedily fatal to her monomaniac lover, but by the aid of prompt reme dies the life of the infatuated girl was saved. Ever since that melancholy event she had been miserable and broken hearted, and had made no less than three attempts on her life previous to the one that was frustrated by the po liceman. After admonishing her upon the impropriety of her conduct in feeling and forcible language, which, however, did not appear to make 'any impression upon her, the Magistrate delivered her up to her Mends. UNION-HALL. A FANCY BALL. Mrs. Louisa Leonora Fell, the land lady of the Montpelier Tavern, Walworth, was summoned for allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house during a fancy ball held there a few evenings ago. It appeared that the room was let for the night to Mr. Albert, a print colourer, who acted as master of the cere monies, and had issued tickets at is. each for the "Fancy Ball," at which many of the company had become drunk, and their conduct was very disgraceful and indecent. The landlady denied any knowledge of what was going forward, and supposed that the persons occupying the room were perfectly respectable.‘ The master of th e ceremonies gave evidere, and acknowled ge d h av i ng seen some of the ladies " disguised in liquo r ," b ut t h at they were very pror:,Hy of the room di rectly, turned out Mr. TRAIL said that altkough the defendant might have had nothi ng to ( 1 .0 with the getting up of the ball, yet she was responsible for the drunken and disorderly conduct which had takpn Place in the room, and he therefore fined hel• 40s, and costs. lIATiRD EN. tord Kalmaine, attended by his solicitor, waited on Mr. Combe to solicit his advice under the following circum stances ;—•His. Lordship stated, that having for some time past noticed an advertisement in a morning paper for the sale of three horses, which were standing in Fitzroy-mews, he, in the beginning of the week, was led to pay a visit there and examine the animals. He took i a fancy to one of them, and being assured that it was perfectly sound and without vice, he gave it a trial, and was so pleased with it that he purchased it, at three MORNING EDITION• COUNTRY COR . I Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter. Abington Andover...— Banbnry Basi gstoke Circnc'ster Coventry filavei.try D2l by Howden... S. to s. (.6 64 57 65 56 61 60 us 52 62 S. to s. f:8 34 '27 30 k 7 32 23 32 27 32 24 31 38 44 29 34 69 72 64 68 Er unger6ii Mallon 50 CO 76 52 75 62 69 63 So 32 37 3:2 32 38 213 34 34 40 •i 9 33 Mai. , enhead Nottingham Wantaxe Warwick Winchester York - 711 - 64 s. to s. 22 33 23 27 23 28 23 30 24 f.'9 24 30 28 34 25 25 33 2 2 34 25 34 6 -3 23 26 32 26 32 Beans. S. to t. 35 42 40 44 3i 40 30 44 40 51 - 37 40 48 — yea s. 39 , --7 it 40 0 31 40 s.d. a. d. s. tl. s. d. s.d. s. d 4 s. d, s. ti. 76 54 36 48 36 42j60 6S CANTERBURI MARKET. white............ eos. to Nis. .... 01 , 1—.......... .....3. to —s ed...................„, 535. to 615.....•. Old. —s. io S. tatting —..... .28s. to 3.?5. ......... Grnding.. —s. to .. -4 * ~.......—. 245. to tiSs. ......... 0 1.1«.... ......g. to .... 5. ................... tiCi3 to OS. ww•••• OlCLear..... —4. to ). Pease ~....—....--..... 4.25. to —s. ....» Grey............ 30. to--s• HULL CORN MARKET. Wheat, 60s. 69s- Red Whit( (per Quarter) 56 Mi. Ms. i'64- . Foreign Barley, Malting 2Bs. 30s. Zs- Grinding 24s. ess. 2V. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 33s Ws. 4046. Pease, Grey Blue and White 36s 38s. 400. Linseed sos. 55s eis.d. Flour (per sack) . —s =i3s. 59A Rapeseed per 10 quarters) JO 48 37 4Z 36 46 - 43 46 _ - 38 i 9 . 4d '' ~ Per Bushel Birmingham 5 6 v Wheat, Barley, Oats Beans— First EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. wi '''v er rz, neat. Barley. oats. lie dn 11 ••1 .4 thi ~ 71, (Id 34s 0.1. 30s 01. 425. Od. - l' 60 0 3 - 41 0 'l5 0 4r ,m I Average p p ß r l i c ee z o s f ow; PROVISIONS, Wheat 4 3 C 1 . 5.; ° W. " "..:'- Beef, per to. .......... Us. sd. to 00.9 d. Fresh Butter, Bk. IL fd tO ~i I c t futt 0 3—............ 0 5 0 8 S a lt Dit to r —........... 1 0 , i i ' 0 Vea1.................—....... 0 7 1 0 Ditto, pe r cwt .,. 0 0 ' 7 1'0rtt....—...--....,....... 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per doe. —OO, 8 0' Lamb, per gr. ........ 5 0 9(1 OatStraw(kpl.).., 6 0 ,g; l'allo w, c0it........40 0 41 0 Wheat Ditto.... 5 0 ;0, Quartern L0af.,,,,, Usi 0 9 Barley Ditto ..... 5 0 7, Potatoes,l4lb. ........ 0 0 0 4 Hay, per5t............. 1 0 " , EDINZUIIIIII MEAL MARKET Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp, Per Stone UI /41b. In, 0 First Oatmeal Second ditto,,,, ` Barleymcai ..... ,„, P 1 Peasenieal 1 8 0 Peasmeal . ........... ... _ ..... 0 ' Pot Barley from 28s. to 455. per sack ('bird CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the busheLl __.—.--.-- Wheat. I Barley. _ °att . ./ ......—..---. —_______ e • s. d. to r. d . s. d. to s. d. I_a. d. to $1 0 Oruro — 0 8 0 0 3 9 0 . Helstene -- , 8 3 0 3 9 , ,:4 s St. Austell — 0 77 0 31 0 •!, g Bodin' n 0 88— 0 44_ 0 „ i d Liskeard 0 76 0 36_ 0 . 1 . 6 Launceston U 7 7 . 0 37 0 ! Camclford Penzance. ..... - 0 '- MINING INTELLIGEWCE. Tcns.Cwt.Q" Quantity of C onner ores sold at Itedruth lilt week... 1,480 0 li Average Produce Quantity of Copoi Average Produce Quantity of line topp er Amount of sale. 27.174 . I'd • I•Ri. 666 66666666 7 ............ 3:5 2 -Averasie Etandard, 1251.2 s LONGEVITY...-. Died on Sunday morning last , at the patriarchal age of at least WI years, Mr. Francis' Wilding, of the SLeppen Fields Farm in this eountc. (Salop). H e was b orn at Betchcott on the estate 0 the Honourable H. W. Powis, of Berwick Hous e " near Shrewsbury, and was from his teens to nunhood Vs the service of the Powis family; after which, about a rie years ago, he became the tenant of the Sheppen FKridis Farm, near the place of his birth, and alio belong'. rg to the Powis estate, and continued tenant of it dow , '., to his death. H o was christened at Smethcott, the raeish in which Betchcott is situate, on Christmas-day, 1740, bat how old he then was bis friends have not the means 0 knowing. He was no disciple of the Cornaro school,.bu t. on the contrary, all his life indulged in good but not lug'' uriant l ving , and on festive occasions always took bis i full share of Shropshire ale, and was a declared oppone os of fasting and teetotal notions—his last cup of ale baviure; been taken so late as the 14th ult. He has long bet 0, from his great age, and the good-natured qualities of big mind, an object of veneration and respect; and der in to about three years ago, took his daily walk on lai. s farm and was in possession of his mental faculties to th e last. It is believed by his surviving relations that 11%. 3 rea l Age was 103 ; some say t h at h e was lOC. —Saiopian Journal ea On Saturday last, Lord Duni•Jrmline, late Speaker of th e H ouse of 'Commons, wa s ele'cted e Fa' culty of the U n i vers i ty of Glasgow. Tl'.e Deco Dean has a f ter we believe, i n filling up such vacancies a s ea ma occur o f ro fessorships in th e g if t o f the College. We u n derstand that Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart. (Lord Succoth), was a lso proposed as Dean of Faculty, but the votes being equal, tho Lord Rector (the Marquis of Breadalbane) gave his casting, vote in favour of Lord Dunfermline. .Mr. Kirkman Finls.P . we believe, claimed to vote, and voted as late Dean, for_ aP Archibald Campbell ; notwithstanding which the Lord We tor's vote decided the election.— Glasgow Chronicle. SILVER WATCHES, LONDON-AIAIC,E.—A• B. SAVORY and SONS, , Watchmakers, No. 9, Corahill, Lon' don (opposite the Bank of England), submit fox selection a very larg e STOCK o f SILVER WATCHEFJ, the wh o l e o f • p w e h r i i c e h n c a e r d e w m o a r d k e m a e n n d o fi n n i t s h h e e i d r u mi n , cl n er pr t e h me the i c s ar s e I ti) i nspect i on of.ex % and each warranted for correct performance. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with. double -backed engine -turned cases, warranted—, .................4 0 Fine Vertical W atc h es, j ewelled, hard• enamelle d dial, with seconds' hand and trouble -backed cases, warranted ... ............................... ... ........... 5 5 0 Patent detached Lever Watehes, capped, jewelled in ' four holes, hard enalnelled dial, with seconds' hand and double...backed engine -turned cases, warranted .................................................. 6 6 1) Either of the above in silver hunting-cases, 10s. bd. extra. A large variety of Second-hand Silver Watches, 'which have been carefUlly examined, and can be warranted, at 2l 2s. each. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased it% exchange. PAPIERITRA.;:S, 60s. the SET of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAY-E, Superior Londiut Table Knives, with ivory handles. 14s. per dozen ; Bra" Poles for Window Curtains, li inel l diameter, Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. &l. per foot ; } ""--oraed fenders, 4 feet long, b.- - Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of s t oves, fenders, lire irons, kitchen utensils, ;sr u.- . ixtongery. every article i n f urn i s hi ng :roil- RIP P°N and I :sURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established ls2o. .....---......—... co BIRTHS. . , J r. the 2911 , ult., in Abingd on - street, Westminster, the , ' e l,ty of John Tidd Pratt, Esq., of a son, still born. 1 On the 29th ult., at Westeraft House, the lady of Arthur 1 Walford, Esq., of a son. M.4RRIRD. On the sth inst., at Langford Church, the Rev. Alleyor, third son of Sir Henry Fitz Herbert, Bart., of Tissingted Hall, Derbyshire, and West Farleigh, Kent, to Angeline, third daughter of the la'e James Haffenden, Esq., of Langford Hall, Notts, and of Tenterden, in Kent. On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Frederick Robert Smith, Esq., of London-wall, surgeon, to Eliza, the eldest daughter of the late E. Upton, Esq., of Guildford. D IE D. On the 17th ult., William Cooper Abbs, youngest son of Bryan Abbs, Esq., of Cleadon House, near Sunderland, ag e d 34. On the 6th inst., the Rev. Robert Morris, of Great Russell. street. On the Ist inst., Percival James, the third son of Henry Earle, late of George-street, Hanover-square, Esq., deceased. Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the cuunty of Aliddlesex.—lllonday, May IQ, 1841. o'clock on Friday afternoon, for forty guineas, and co hn : m eciately ro d e o ff w i t h i t i nto the park. Scarcely, 11 ever, had he b een out an h our, when the horse f e ll lam this caused hi m t o sen d f or a veterinary surgeon , wbo immediately pronounced the animal to be almost rot t° ', and advised that it should be taken back to the Per k s c, from whom he purchased it. He did so, but the sable' boy refused to allow him to put it into the stable, al ing that he dared not open the stable to any one wit u , s ci re his master's permission. His Lordship then asked the master *as to be found, and being told that his was Stephens, an d t h at he lived next house to the r es ' c i dente of Lord B r i sto l, at Putney-heath, he dispat oe , his servant there, b u t, as he expected, no trace was to w" had of him. His Lordship, under all the circumso nc : hoped that the worthy Magistrate would be of q" . " that he could take cognizance of the matter. „ A 't Mr. COMBE said this was a very stale trick, and surprised him greatly th a t so many experienced nc'',ll-8 men and gentlemen wer e so rea di ly entrapped. Forth present he could not see th a t h e could serve his Lor ds4' but if there were any chance he would. Mr. COMBE having given some private directions, bii Lordship retired. LAMBETH-STREET. ALLEGED ROBBERY ON THE EASTERN COtTle il l.. ; , RAILWAY.-111r. Henry Pepp er , a bl ac k sm i th and fill." at Bow, was placed at the bar, on a charge of having lawfully i n hi s p ossess i on a quant i ty of articles of 11.° , alleged to b e l ong to t h e E astern Counties Railway t.'°": pang. •gr In consequen ce o f i n f ormat i on rece i ved by W i lli s 1,, a store-keeper i n th e C ompany ' s employment, a cort o nication was ma d e t o t h e pol i ce, and the prisoner X 5 asked if he had an y o bj ect i on to having hi s pro: 0 1 searched ; a quantity of iron was thereupon feu ° , which Williams p o i n t e d out as b elonging to the ColnPt The prisoner and hi s w if e an d daughter declared articles found had b een p urc h ased from the ostler Bird in Hand Inn, in the town. Further time was asked to investigate the ina ttel a and the accused was ultimately bound over in his 0° recgnizance to appear on a future day. - vr THE MARKETS-SATURDAY . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of Meat were small, trade was brisk, and Pe r of some articles rather dearer. Mutton improved fully Moor stone since last week, Veal a ds Lamb sold readily at to higher rates. Beef, 3s. 2d. to . 2d. ,• Mutton, 33 Bd ; d. 4s. 6d. ; Lamb, 5,5. Bd. to 6s. 4d. • Veal 4s. 4d. to s s• ' oo d, Pork, 4s. to ss. Poultry in rather short supply, trade g a a, and prices the same as last quoted. Eggs dull of sale a t v to ss. 6d. per 120; and Plovers 3s. per dozen. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. There was an active demand for Meat, and prices advane ej t ; the supply being small. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 35 ' b, 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. t o s s . 4d . ; P ork, 3s. 4d. to ss. ; bsroe, 53. to 6s. 4d. Cl over , 4/. to Si. 17s. ; Meadow Hay 31. to 41. 17s. ; Straw, from 1/. Iss. to 1/. 18s. TEA MARKET.. te There was a fair d eman d f or F ree T rade, and the rates been fully supported. Company's Congon, is. Bd. cash, wl firm Market. The stock is on the decrease. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of Ru ss i an T a ll ow do not give way, but the mar ket was dull. P. Y. C an dl e 475. 9d. to 48s. on the spot, and ~, , 3d. for delivery in last three months. OIL MARKET. Fish Oils firm, and the demand good for all sorts. S' °4 Oils rather dull, and prices on the decline. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum dull of sale, and prices were sustained. Brandy rs° cheaper, and the demand limited, British Corn Spirits at 9s. 11d. cash. MARKETS, Oats.