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

E V EKING SUN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Sept. 8. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given this afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, by Commission, to the Earl of Scar borough's Indemnity Bill. The Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Wharnclitfe. Immediately after the Commission their Lordships ad journed to Monday, the 20th instant. ROUSE OF GOMMONS, Sept. 8. The SPEAKER entered the House at a Quarter before Four o'Clock, and shortly afterwards Mr. Putman, Yeo man Usher of the Black Rod, came to the table and purnmoned the House to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to an Act passed since the meeting of Parliament. The SPEAKER, attended by several Members, imme diately quitted the House, and on his return acquainted the House thathe had been to the House of Peers, where the Royal assent had been given by commission to the Veal Scarborough's Indemnity Bill. Messengers from the Lords brought down the Admi nistration of Justice Bill, and the Foreign Consecrations to the office of Bishops' Act Amendment Bill. The SIstEAKER had to acquaint the House that he had received a letter from Mr. Daniel O'Connell, dated " Merrion-square, 4th September, 1841, which with the permission of the House he should read :—" Sir --Having been returned to serve in Parliament for the e.otuatf of Meath as well as the county of Cork, I beg to stele, for the information of the House, that it is my intention to elect, and I do elect to serve, for the county of Cork, and should there be any other act which it is necessary for me to do in order that a new writ may be immediately issued for the county of Meath, I shall be ready to do it." The SPEAKER said the letter of the Hon. Gentle man had evidently been written under the impression that no petition had been presented against the return for the county of Cork, brit as a petition had been pre sented, he could not, according to the rules of that House, snake his election to sit for whatever place he thought proper. The Foreign Consecrations to the office of Bishops' Ak:t Amendment Bill was, on the motion of Lord A.StILEY, read a first time, and ordered to be printed. On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREMATLE, a writ was ordered For the Borough of Tamworth, in the room of the Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, who had accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury. Also, on the motion of the same Hon. Member, new writs were ordered For the University of Cambridge, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, who had accepted the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. _ . _ For the North Riding oeLancashire, in the room of Lord Stanley, who had accepted the office of her _Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. - For the Borough of Dorchester, in the room of Sir James Graham, *rt., who had accepted the office of her 31ajesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment. For the Eastern Division of the County of Kent, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., who had accepted the office of her Majesty's Pay malter-General. For the Borough of Launceston, in the room of Sir Henry Hardinge, who had accepted the office of her Ma jesty's Secretary at War. For the Southern Division of the county of Notting ham, in the room of Lord Lincoln, who had accepted the office of Chief Cammissioner of Woods and Forests. For the County of Monmouth, in the room of Lord Granville Somerset, who had accepted the office of Chan cellor of the Exchequer for the Duchy of Lancaster. For the County of Westmorland, in the room of Lord Lowther, now called to the House of Peers, as Baron Lowther. For the Borough of Cardiff, in the room of John Nicholls, Esq., who had accepted the office of her Ma jesty's Judge Advocate-General. For the Eastern Division of the County of Cornwall, in the room of Lord Eliot, who had accepted the office of Principal Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land. For the Borough of Bury St. Edmund's, in the room of Earl Jermyn, who had accepted the office of Trea urer of her Mstjeity's Household. For the Borough of Marlborough, in the room of Lord Ernest Bruce, who had accepted the office of Vice- ChsAuberlain of her Majesty's Household. For the Borough of Newark, in the room of the Right Hon. WilliamlEwart Gladstone, who had accepted the (ace of Vice-President of the Board of Trade and ➢[aster of the Mint. For the City of Huntingdon, in the room of Sir Fred. Pollock, who had accepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney-General. For the, City of Exeter, in the room of Sir William ;Follett, who had accepted the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General. For the Shire of Bute, in the room of Sir W. Rae, who hit l accepted the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland. Per the Borong,l3. of Wenlock, in the room of J. W. Gaskill, Beq., who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. For the Borough of Marlborough, in the room of the Right Hon. H. Bingham Baring, who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. For the county of Sligo, in the room of Colonel Alexander Percival, who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury. For the Shire of Selkirk, in the room of A. Pringle, E s 4., who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of of the Treasury. For the Shire of Aberdeen, in the room of the Hen. W. cldrdon, who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of Oat) Admiralty. For the County of Tyrone, in the room of the Right Hon. Lord Corry, who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Ear the City of Huntingdon, in the room of Jona than Peel, 14sq., who had accepted the office of Sur yeyor General of the Ordnance. Vor the Borough of Chippenham, in the room of Captain Bokiero, who had accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. Foe the Borough of Lisburn, in the room of B. Mey nell, Esq., who had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting. .tor Bridport, in the room of Henry Warburton, Esq., who, since his election, had accepted the office of Steward of her mai esty'sChiltern Hundreds--(Laughter). For the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of the lion. Wm. Duncombe, now Lord Faversham. For Bradford, in the TO3III. of E. Cunliffa Lister, Esq., deceased. For Sunderland, in the room of W. Thompson, Esq., wlio r since his election, had accepted the office of Steward ofier Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Mr. PONSONBY, a new writ was also issued for the City of Lichfield, in the room of Sir George'Anson, who, since his election, had accepted the office of Steward of the manor of Poyning.. BREACH OF PRIVItEG.E. Mr. ROEBUCK begged to call the attention of the Npuse to a statement which had appeared in the Times asawspa-per, and which he held in his hand, reflecting on his character. He held that no man could be written down but by himself, yet he considered the state ment he held in his hand so gross a breach of privilege, that, though he meant to call on the House to exercise its power, it was as requisite for the interests of morality as for the ordinary business of public life, that it should be understood he was individu ally responsible in bringing it before the House. He leal i that confidence in his own character that it would stanl the test of any investigation ; and it behoved him Aoineet any such attempt on his character as that which ltie heldin his hand.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it his duty on Lust Monday, as the representative of a very large oonotituenck, unsolicited on his part, and what, perhaps, / pity be considered mor4 remarkable in that House, un bought—representing such a constituency, be thought i t r ight to give a notiedwith respect to the Poor-law, the aeetalt of which was a paragraph in the Times newspaper, aft article to which he solicited the attention of the Me :n -of that House, as an attempt to frighten, aye, to bully, them out of the execution of their duty on that irest i o r s --he thought it right to give notice of motion, to the effect tha t the powers now eaxereised by the Poor-law Commissioners should be transferred to the Secretary of State, and for sw , d o i n g/be was visited by virulent abuse—called a per son honourable only from being a Member of that House. He had been long before the world, and he defied any /nag pa i n t out a single act of his life that could deprive so him of that appellation. Honourable Sir 1 Why not honoprable ? It said that he was sprung from the hum bler classes of society. Suppose effi it a rl so, would that been • discharging be any interruption I T his efficiently e hadbefore a large bits imblic duty ? zuitintuency of his c ountrymen,_ and he repre seCted them in Parliament. Suppose he was not descended from ancestors distinguished for literature and science, was that a reason for his being made the mark for iesiunations of that kind—that he was unfit to sug gest s na i l a p ro position that e would as k t he OPOO inhabitants of Bath rather than h the anonymous scribbrer of the Tirruw. What was the mode and manner that accusation ? He would not then state the motion 'with which he Meant to conclude ; but he would remind the House that aceording to its rules he was entitled to bring the party responsible on his knees at the bar of that House. Ho claimed it as a right he owed to himself and to the constituencies of the country t o answer that fl a g rant arse of the liberty o f th e press as it ought to be answered. Now, upon the establishment there was a person as necessary to it as its editor, who was called its responsible proprietor, and who VMS inistered as such by the name of Lawson. He (Mr. Ropbuck) took it, however, as probable, that the PersOn it question, as the case stood, was not now in the enjoyment of his personal liberty ; for so libellous was the Times that any person who represented it might b e supposed to be imprisoned. That man bore this re sponsibility of the Times, first, as to any fines to which it might be subject—next, as to the imprisonment to which the proprietor of the paper might be sentenced —and, thirdly, as to the cudgelling which it might deserve. But why ? He bore all the responsibility. The „ n i ter s of the Times were totally irresponsible—as mush do as if they lived in South Australia, and Member Altair articles th ere . Did any flijuourable M e mber think, that the writer of the article which he (Mr. Roebuck) complained of would send in his name to-night on his return home? No. He chose to pen the ort i e t o in which it was stated he (Mr. Roebuck) 4 courtly unworthy of the name of an honourable Awl, but - be dare not give his nam e . Let the House ton e c t a the morality of that. He was not speak ing 'of himself—he was speaking of society at loge, and as a Member of that House. He said it 'Wad a breach of the privileges of the House that any man, ne matter how humble his position might shoeld be so traduced, and that an attempt sNould eomade to bully him, for he knew no other word ha could use Du that occasion—iu order to prevent I.: I his execution of his duty, and that such an article ai he held in his hand should be put into the press. He asked the House whether that was a right mode of proceeding ?—[Sir Thomas Feeemantle here left the House apparently provoking the lion. Member by the interruption which his walking out occasioned. The Hon. Member proceeded to say that he complain of the interruption, inasmuch as he had at all times a difficulty in making himself understood from the delicate state of his health. Looking at the privileges of th, House, he would ask them if they did not pay dearly for the advantages derived from the liberty of the press, by al lowing those anonymous slanders to be scattered abroad against all parties who, no matter for what motives, might deem it their duty to take part in public life. He would ask if there were any Hon. Gentle men who had read that article, and who had known him since he had first entered on public life ? He would ask if there was anything in his conduct, public or private, that could justify any man in thus attempt ing—he did not care whether he succeeded or not — in thus attempting to depreciate him in the esti mation of the world by such an attack as that ? He would ask was it for the benefit of the world at large that such proceedings should be permitted ? He would ask the house to consider that point. One of two things must be the consequence, either the public, for the sake of their own security, would demand that every man should put his name to the articles which he published, or a Bill must be brought in requiring that every article published in a newspaper should have a name affixed to it of a person who should bear the responsibility. He wished to know whether it was to be suffered that Mem bers of that House should be attempted to be frightened from executing their duty or not ? He should continue to do his duty without reference to such attacks as these ; but he chose to take these means of expressing his opinion, and of calling for the opinion of the constituen cies of Hon. Members, to whom he put it, to mark their approbation or their disapprobation of the course of pro ceeding which such a newspaper as that had chosen to adopt. Before he finished he would suggest to any one who might be more sensitive than himself—for he was not to be deterred by these attacks—but to those who might be more sensitive, he would suggest an in fallible remedy for these evils. Extraordinary evils re quired extraordinary remedies. The parties making the attack were irresponsible, and beyond reach. They could not be got at, either by law or by opinion ; but if any Hon. Member were attacked by the Times, and did not wish for a repetition of the attack, he would suggest to him to horsewhip the proprietor, Mr. Walter, and he might depend on it the attack would not be re peated. Here the Hon. Member was interrupted by loud cries of " Order," and Sir ROBERT INGLIS asked if he intended to con clude with a motion ? Mr. ROEBUCK would not make any motion. Sir R. INGLIS said that the Hon. Ylember had occu pied the time of the House needlessly and unnecessarily. He had not condescended to state who his calumniators were. The Hon. Member was here interrupted by loud cries of " Order." Mr. ROEBUCK would ask the Speaker, whether the course he had adopted was not a usual one ? The SPEAKER said the more regular course was for an Hon. Member who complained of a newspaper article to move that it be read by the Clerk, and then to move that the printer be called to the bar, and that the motion could be persevered in or not as the Hon. Member thought fit. Mr. ROEBUCK said, that when ho rose, he stated that he was aware he had the power of moving that the printer be brought to the Bar of the House. Ho thought to save the time of the House by the course which he had pursued. If the Hon. Member for Oxford insisted upon it, he would make the motion. Sir R. INGLIS—I insist upon nothing. The SPEAKER said the course was decidedly irre gular. Mr. ROEBUCK said he would move, then, that the printer of the Times newspaper be called to the bar. The Clerk was then proceeding to read the article, when Mr. ROEBUCK interrupted him by observing that he was not reading the paragraph of which he complained, and the Hon. Member proceeded to read it himself. It commenced with the word, " Amidst the pauses in the melodious voices of Mr. Hawes and Mr. Ward," and concluded with " the one shilling gentlemen at Drury lane." Sir G. CLERK said before the Hon. Member could make his motion for calling the printer to the bar, there must be a preliminary one—viz„ that the passage was a breach of the privileges of the House. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he had always understood that' Hon. Members were allowed to state what their feelings were in these cases. He had asked permission to state his personal feelings in reference to the attack, and he was surprised that the Hon. Member for Oxford in particular should have refused him that right. Sir R. INGLIS said, if it were in his power he would certainly address a few words to the House in answer to the Hon. Member's remarks, but he had no right to claim such an indulgence. Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that the paragraph was a breach of the privileges of that House, but no Hon. Member seconding the motion it consequently fell to the ground. SU- DENHAM NORREYS gave notice that, after the recess, he would move for every paper in the possession of Government which might throw light on the subject of elections, with a view to remove the impressions which the exaggerated statements respecting the elections were calculated to produce. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Monday, the 20th of September, he would more for returns, showing whether any increase had taken place in the duties on the exports and imports of Syria since its restoration to the Sultan. Mr. GREENE withdrew the resolution of which he had given notice respecting Members' qualification. Sir G. CLERK moved that the House, at its rising, do adjourn to Thursday the 16th instant.—Agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON asked whether it was the in tention of Government to proceed with the business which they intended to propose to Government without any further adjournment ? Sir G. CLERK replied, that when the First Lord of the Treasury took his seat, which he (Sir G. Clerk) ex pected the Right Hon. Baronet would be able to do on the 16th inst., the Right Hon. Baronet would then state the course he proposed to adopt. Sir T. FREMANTLE propoted the first reading of the Administration of Justice Bill. Lord PALMERSTON seconded the motion. Sir T. FItEMANTLE was glad that the Bill was in the hands of the Noble Lord opposite, and he believed it would meet with no opposition from the party with which he acted. Mr. WAKLEY said the Noble Lord and all parties joined in passing an high eulogium upon the Noble Lord the late Chancellor. Now, was it not a pity that they should lose so good an oppor tunity of providing against the recurrence of such a calamity in future ? Was it not a pity that they should lose the services of so good a judge, merely because there was a change of administration ? The disjunction of the political and judicial functions of the Chancellor would prove one of the most useful reforms, and the most acceptable to the public, of any judicial one that could be brought forward. Mr. C. BULLER agreed in all that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but the political and judicial functions of the Chancellorship could not be dis joined by the Bill before the House as it would require many provisions to carry it into effect. He hoped the pre sent Government would take the matter into early consider ation ; if not, he could assure the House that there were many on that (the Opposition) side who would endeavour to carry the disunion into effect. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 17th instant. The House then adjourned. THE NEW MINISTRY. It is expected her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at Claremont to-day or Friday morning, before leaving for Windsor Castle. Sir James Graham, Sir Henry Ilardinge, and other members of the Cabinet, visited Sir Robert Peel yester day morning, in Whitehall-gardens. Sir William Martins, Deputy Lord Chamberlain, and Igr. Frederick Shaw (Recorder for Dublin), had inter views with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday morning. Sir George Clerk and Sir Thomas Fremantle, joint Secretaries of the Treasury, had a long interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday morning in Downing-street. It is said that Mr. William Gladstone does not vacate his seat by accepting the office of Vice President of the Board of Trade. There is, however, a difference of opinion on the point. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Times of this morning commenced an article in its own peculiar style upon the nuisance of what it calls a sort of one-shilling-gallary-class in the present House of Commons," whose hindrance to pub lic business is really a serious annonyance to those who come to Parliament not to behave rudely, but to legislate. That there is such a party in the House we are well aware ; but it consists of Conservatives rather than of Radicals, and the only duties its members appear capa ble of performing are the supporting or damning. as the case may be, any legislative drama or farce that the Tories may wish to be received with applause, or con demned without even being listened to. This system of engaging claqueurs should, we think, be left to the theatrical managers ; for, if it is carried much further in Parliament, we may expect to find Sir Robert Peel called for at the end of a speech, and Lord Stanley greeted with showers of bouquets, as Rubini (not his Lordship's superior in astonishing roulades and remarkable falsetto passages) is inundated with floral trophies at the termination of an opera. We really think the Lower House would not suffer much in character and respectability by the exclusion of those Honourable Members whose facilities in imi tating fhe crowing of a cock, or the braying of an ass, are the only attributes brought into play in the dis charge of their senatorial functions. Perhaps the ac complishment that enables some of these gentlemen to utter sounds like those emitted by a donkey, would not be thought so surprising if it were only to be remem bered that nature may have even more to do with it than art; and that " braying" is an easy and perfectly natural, instead of a difficult and acquired, mode in which to express themselves. Perhaps, as the legisla tive pieces to be produced in the ensuing season by the Tory manager* will be intended to succeed, the human attributes of the claqueurs will be put into more than usual requisition, and "hear, hear" will be substituted for "cock-a-doodle-doo," as the substance of their future speeches in Parliament. STANDARD—What do the Protestants of Ireland care about Ministerial offices ? Is is not enough for them to see that they have no enemies in the Cabinet— that we are all to be governed by the statesmen who in 1835 sacrificed office rather than desert the Pro testant Church, and who have since fought the battle of the Protestant cause for the last seven years ? If they doubt the character of the new Government, let them read Mr. O'Connell's last speech. But the leaders of the Irish Protestant party are neglected. We know of no leader of an Irish Protestant party ; we know, indeed, of men who destroyed the Irish Protestant party eight or nine years ago, but we know now of no Pro testant party in its leaders. We know of the Protestant party of the empire, but we know its leaders to have been for years such men as the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Lowther, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and others. But we find the son of the Duke of Newcastle in office ; we find the Duke of Buck ingham in the third place in the Cabinet, in official rank preceding even the Premier ; we find Lord Lowther in office ; we find Sir Edward Knatchbull in office ; and, an appointment which will rejoice every sincere Pro testant, we find Colonel Perceval in office. If we do rot find other men as good in office also—Lords Win chilsea, Lorton, Farnham, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Sir Ro bert Inglis—it is because office has no charms for them. But the heads of the Protestant party in the United King dom have had their full share in the disposal of offices —and the Protestants of Ireland know that they may trust them. Were any ill intentions towards the Protestant cause entertained exactly the opposite course would be pursued. " The Irish leaders" would be secured by place, which has never failed to secure them, and the " impracticable ultras" of England would be carefully excluded. But would we have it in ferred from this that the design of the new Government is not to use all the means that ought to conciliate the Roman Catholics of Ireland ? Certainly not. Sir R. Peel will unquestionably employ all such means—and he ought to do so, for he is called to administer impartially the government of a whole people. He may fail—it were wrong to say he will fail—but he may fail ; but in what position will such a failure place him and the Irish Protestants who shall co-operate with him 2—in that high position of power and character which is always the reward of well doing . Irish Protestants ought to believe us when we promise this, because we have never made them a promise which has not been fulfilled to the letter. We told them in 1836, that by dissolving the Orange Societies they would arm all England in their favour. The elections of 1841 will tell whether we were right. Let them heartily support and implicitly confide in Sir Robert Peel's Government—we promise them if they do so, if not victory, what is better, the fruit of victory without the pain of a contest. STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. LATEST MANCHESTARBETTING. TUESDAY EVENING. The attendance was very good this forenoon, but no business was done ; therefore we shall simply refer the reader to the London prices : THE LEAMINGTON STAKES.-4 to lon the field. TUE ST. LEGER.-7 to 4 on Coronation (offered). STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—The comparative activity which pre vailed in our market last week appears to have en tirely subsided, and yesterday was marked by an al most entire absence of demand, either for yarn or goods. With respect to yarn, this might bo owing, in some degree, to the non• arrrival of the litunburgh mail ; but we are not aware of any special cause for the flatness in the goods' market, which,• after the improvement that appeared last week, has considerably surprised and dis appointed the manufacturers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, SEPT, 6,--AVO have had a steady demand for flannels to-day, and the mer chants have purchased freely at former prices. In the wool market there is no change, and prices continue firm. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, SEPT. 7.—We hare still to notice considerable activity in this market, especially in fancy woollens, which ar e s ou g ht after wit h avidity, Inde;ad the demand is such, that heavy orders are in hand, and prim; are necessarily . improved. In olains there is a m iserable flatness, which causes much distress r in certain quarters ; but, on the whole, a fair business is doing. Wools are decidedly looking up, In lobking over a file of Indian papers, it is particularly interesting to observe the growing attention which is paid to steam navigation in India, and the expectations which are indulged in as to the advantages to be derived from this source. From the monthly packets that are to start from Calcutta, and proceed by Madras and Ceylon to Suez, the inhabitants of India anticipate a large influx of visitors from England,and frequent deputa tions from the East India House to watch the state of affairs. India, it is expected, will become a new resort for travellers for pleasure, to whom every country in Europe has grown stale. In 45 days, it is calculated, they will reach Calcutta from England, then embark on a river steamer and visit the most remarkable places on the banks, proceed to Ferozepore. take the Indus steamer down to Kerachee, and thence take Bombay on their re turn home. The Indian commercial men, on the other hand, will, it is supposed, pay frequent visits to Eng land, as well as natives, who, finding the difficulties of travelling removed, will gradually throw off the restric tions of caste. England will be selected by the officers of the Government when seeking the restoration of health in preference to the Cape or Van Dieman's-land. While on the subject of steam navigation, all con cerning which is in the Indian journals brought under the wide head of " Steam matters," the energies of the Peninsular and Oriental Company are advantageously contrasted with the inertness of the " Comprehensives." The constant delay of the latter in commencing opera tions is considered to have been their fatal error, and it is thought that an early commencement of operations would have led the Peninsular Company to have en tered into a joint concern. To show the deep interest that is taken in the question of the merits of these Com panies, it may be remarked that there is scarcely a month's file of papers in which long articles of discussion on the subject do not appear. . . _ Among - the objects to effected by the application of steam navigation, one most olesired is the formation of a complete ferry system at Calcutta. The papers contain an account of the meeting of the Steam-ferry Company, which is said to have been much injured by over exertion. The capital is two lacs of rupees. A small tugging steamer of 12-horse power had been sent out at a cost of 12,000 rupees, and the London agent had signed a contract for two vessels at a cost of 185,500. Sundry expenses had increased this amount of expenditure to 210,000, and altogether it was calculated that 60,000 rupees above the capital would be required. To help the Company out of its dil emma f ou r plans we r e o ff ere d at t h e meeting ; it was proposed an additional 60,00 CL should be raised, and the undertaking, with two boats completed, or that only one boat should be received, and the other thrown upon the hands of the contractors, on the ground that the vessels had not been completed in time, or that the contract should be completed, but one of the boats be sold ; or, finally, that both the boats should be sold, and the Association wound up. The Company adopted the third plan, namely, the sale of one boat at a loss of ten percent.; an act which appears to have been considered as very discreditable, and as showing a great want of public spirit. The monthly income is supposed to be so far exceeding the 60,000 rupees, that it should have been subscribed at once. The establiShmeut of a steam-ferry at Calcutta would, it is supposed, .draw to it all the land carriage of the provinces on the right bank of the Ganges, so that Calcutta itself might be the terminus of the Be nares road.-- Times City Article. DREADFUL SUICIDE AT HORNSEY WOOD. —On Tuesday a coroner's inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at Hornsey- wood House Tavern, Horn sey, on view of the body of Mr. Jonathan Ogden, aged 24, a hatter, who was found with his throat cut in Hornsey-wood. The finding of the body having been proved., policeman Sands, N 369, stated that he searched the pockets of the leceased. From one of them ho took a letter, which led to the discovery of the deceased's re lations. The letter, which was addressed to Mr. Wm. Ogden, Laurence Pountney-lane, his cousin, was as fol. lows:—" Dear cousin—Please to send word that I am dead and no mistake. Give my love to my mother and all the rest. It is now about three o'clock. Excuse writing so bad, but I have done my best. Give my respects to Ed ward Cook's wife, and God bless them. I may be no more as soon as dark. Give my respects to brother John. God bless all. Give my love to all. JONATHAN OGDEN." The Coroner inquired whether there was any further evidence ? Crouch, the summoning officer, said that the deceased's relations had promised to attend, but that they had not arrived. He had seen the cousin, who in formed him that for some time past the deceased had threatened to destroy his life. He had been married 18 months, and had no family. For the last few months he had appeared dejected. On Thursday last he was with a friend, when, on leaving him, he observed that he could not attend to business, and he stated to him that he was then going to take a walk in the fields, after which ho would sit down and die, Ile showed a letter to his cousin, who said that it was In the deceased's handwriting. Verdict, "'Temporary insanity." A lecture on Idolatry was delivered at the Old Hill chapel, Brighton, on Monday afternoon, by Gurney, Esq., to a crowded assembly, The lec turer produced an assortment of " Gods," consisting of pieces of wood of various shapes and sizes, a black stone with a hole through the centre, in the crevices of which he stated the natives considered a God to reside and that proper persons were employed to pour water through to keep him cool in that hot climate, (India), a large shell, bunch of feathers,. Sze. The feathers are supposed to possess the power of healing wounds when placed on the injured parts. The Gods of Images were those con stantly worshiped by the inhabitants of those countries, ==.Brighton Guard*. _ . . ___ We have before us a very large cherry, recently DusuN, pulled from a tree in Captain Brien's garden. From its Penn e f a th e r. Q, C., is to be t he new Lord Chancellor. size, and the l a t eness o f t h e seaso n, it has been a subject SEP. 6.—lt is st ated to-da y that Mr. . Dr. Lef r o who sought the Chancellorship, is to be ap- of admiration t o severa l w h o have scon ft.—Enniskillen y, peased by a peerage, and his t „,..con is to be appointedl Chronicle. who resigns SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY.—He had arrived Chairman of Kilmainharn, vice Blacker, in LiVerpOol by the railway, after a journey of consider for do o ccas i on . The general opinion here ,is, that Mr. Lucas, lW Member for Monaghan, will be the new able length, and on alighting from the carriage ho found Under-Secretary, mr, George Alexander Hamilton has a difficulty in using his right leg, owing to a stiffness ap it is asserted that Sir Robert reel is unwilling also been much spok en o f for the saais office. By some parently caused by holding it long in the same position. that an y i ..in attempting to walk, t wo o f the muscles close to the Irish Tory should•b e pl ace d I n this important office , knee suddenly broke, n o s so completely disabled him Over the door of a v e nder of varieties in a coon- that he was obliged to be conveyed 'home. Sir Joshua is coafwed to hill resideuce,—i-Liverpoi Courier.' try village is--" Licentious dealer in Backey and Snug," THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1841. BANK OF ENGLAND. In October, 1839 . , the Bank of England was saved from bankruptcy by a loan of 2,000,0001. From the Bank of France, and the bullion in the Bank coffers was diminished during the period from January to October, 1839, from 9,336,0001. to 2,545900/. Mr. Horsley Palmer told the Com mittee on Banks of Issue, " that the transmission of bullion, and the use of a credit by the Bank of Eng land upon Paris, amounted to fully 10,000,0001. stir ling betmeen January and October" of that year. On being asked " to what causes do you attribute the drain of bullion which took place in the year 1839 ?" be said, " I attribute it principally to three causes. The first cause I take to have been the very large amount of American Securities that was sold, or for which credit had been given in the year 1838, and to February 1839, which increased considerably the bills upon London in the continental markets. The second cause I attribute to the unprecedented extent of the purchase of foreign corn towards the end of 1838, and almost through the whole of 1839 ; and the third cause from the doubt existing upon the Continent after May and June, 1839, of the ability of the Bank to maintain specie payments." Here, then, we have the origin of the drain upon the Bank explained by a lending authority and eminent Bank Director, and a most influential city monopolist. This evidence can not be repudiated by the monopolists, for it emanates from one of themselves, The extent to which the sale of American securities aided in carrying off the gold during the period referred to was limited, for laying ou t o f v i ew t h e 1,371,957 quarters of foreign wheat imported in 1838, no less than 2,862,680 quarters were imported in 1839 ; and if we say that the price paid the foreign merchants was but 50s. a quarter, while the average price of British corn was 70s. Bd. per quarter, we have in round numbers 7,000,0001. as the price paid at the expense of the Bank coffers in that year, which fully accounts for the drain from 9,300,0001. to 2,500,0001., shown by the Gazette returns during the period in question. Not only is this fact established by the evidence of Mr. Horsley Palmer, but we also see that doubts were in consequence entertained on the Continent "of the ability of the Bank to maintain specie payments," which added to the pressure by throwing all long dated 11013 upon this market for im mediate discount, and nothing but the pawning of the " dead weight" to the Bank of France for an immediate advance on loan saved this country from the shock and convulsion to public credit which must have followed from the bankruptcy of the Bank of England. Although that misfortune itself was averted by the means above mentioned, by raising the rate of interest, and by the sale of Exchequer Bills and Stock of the Funded Debt, yet the conse quences that did follow from that crisis, and the crippled position of the Bank of England, are now developed in the pinching necessity of money, ruinous depression of prices, want of confidence, and lamentable wide-spread stagnation of trade. The Bank Directors were compelled, in self-defence, to diminish and curtail their circulation and discounts, to sell securities, and to increase the rate of interest. The same course was followed by the other banking establishments throughout the country. The change was brought about, too, with great violence and ra pidity, because it was left undone too long and done too late ; for although the deficiency of the har vest of 1838 was well known in August of that year, the first measure by the Bank for stopping the export of bullion (with the exception of a sale of 260,0001. Exchequer Bills and 500,0001. stock 3i) did not take place until the 16th May, 1839. The re-action, therefore, operated with great force and power, and being unexpected, it had the effect of re ducing many persons engaged in manufacturing spe culations, from the refusal of the usual banking ac commodation, to an immediate condition of insol vency. In some cases, again, the banks who had made advances to their customers of that descrip tion continued, and even increased them, in the hopes that things would come round ; instead of which, owing to the unsettled state of our foreign affairs, trade became worse, and thus the mischief was extended, and only put off for a time to act in the end with the increased energy upon all concerned. This is the true history of the " over trading" and " over banking," upon which the monopolists de pend so much. It is a mere part of the effect of the disturbing influence of the Corn-laws upon the currency, and in no degree can it be looked upon as a cause of the existing distress. Sir Robert Peel is reported to have said in his speech on the amendment to the address, that " if he could believe that the alteration of the Corn-laws would cure the lamentable distress of which they had heard so much, he would recommend to the land-owners, for their own sake, to make a sacrifice." This is a most valuable concession from the bead of the Government, and ought not to be lost sight of for a moment. It says, " Prove to me that the Corn-laws are the cause of the existing distress, and I shall do my best to remove the cause." Meeting him in the same fair and moderate spirit, we have traced that cause to the drain of gold upon the Bank in 1839, and that drain we have shown by evidence, which he cannot deny, to have been occasioned by the unprecedented extent of the purchase of foreign corn in almost every continental port towards the end of 1838, and through the whole of 1839. That purchase reduced the Bank of England to the very verge of bankruptcy. With 23,367,0001. of liabilities, it left her with only 2,500,0001. of bullion. From that moment to this the Bank of England has been in difficulties, struggling with an unfavourable state of the foreign exchanges to get back h er go ld b y keep ing money tight and prices low, a n d a ll t h at s h e has yet accomplished is to increase her gold to 5,000,0001. which is just about one-half of what it ought to be, to place the establishment in a sound posi tion. From that moment to this also the manu facturing interests have been i n a d epressed and stagnant condition. Prices at th e l owest e bb , and production at the same time very g rea tl y di m i n i s h e d . The country has, in fact, been suffering under great distress since the year 1839, and the currency has been diminished 3,300,0001. since July of that year. The monopolists cautiously avoid this topic. It seems to have been elegantly understood to be tabooed" amongst them ; but they will be com pelled to discuss it when Parliament re-assembles ; for, exclusive of other reasons, the whole question of the renewal of the Bank Charter must then be thoroughly investigated. It must, then, be seen, that if the same demand for foreign corn should occur again as was experienced in 1839, the same drain of gold would ensue, while the Bank has only half the stock of bullion on hand that she had on that occasion, and thus only half as well able to encounter the storm, so that a suspension of specie payments would inevit• ally follow. Surely, then, it is demonstrated that an alteration of the Corn-laws, and an approximation to free trade, so as to induce the exporters of foreign corn to this country to receive payment in British manufac tured goods, instead of gold, would relieve the country from a constantly impending risk of national bank ruptcy at every bad harvest, and would, at the same time, revive our export trade by opening new markets, and thus g i ve new em pl oyment to the starving opera tives in our great manufacturing districts. An altera tion of the Corn-laws would, therefore, " cure the la mentable distress of which we have heard so much,' and therefore we call upon the Premier in his own words to recommend to the landowners " for their own sake to submit to a sacrifice." POLITICAL CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGI ON. From the Duke of Wellington we expect no legis lative good. He does not comprehend—and at his advanced age it is impossible he ever ran comprehend —the genius of the British Constitution. He reads the provisions of that Constitution in precisely the mme- spirit as he would pen the order of the day in a military campaign. All the attributes of a dictator are inherent in his nature ; and if too old to exer cise the functions in his own person, he would be content to delegate them to some one else. He would be satisfied to govern by proxy. And Peel, he knows, would, with a little amount of manage ment, be just the man to serve his purpose. Every word the Duke ever uttered, every action he ever performed, has had more or less in it of the essence of despotism. Who W 35 it that in 1829 ren dered himself so odious in public estimation, by a course of despoti c p ract i ces, as that he dared not venture into the city of L on d on, lest his presence should lead to au aopalling b reac h of the public peace ?—The Duke of Wellington, Wh o was it that, in the ardour of his ad miration of th a t b oroughmongering system of represen tation which enabled any Minister of the day to prac tise whatever oppression he pleased—who was it that pronounced this rotten-borough system to be the very perfection of human wisdom, and resisted with all his might every attempt to popularise it ? The Duke of Wellington. Who was it that, in the unrestrainable intensity of his hatred to popular principles, virulently assailed the character of Earl "Grey, immediately after that venerable man, in one of the most affecting speeches ever delivered, within, the walls of Parliament, had re signed the office of Premier, and withdrawn from pub lic life ?—The Duke of Wellington. And who was it that, in the course of the discussion in the How e of Lords on the amendment to the recent Address to her Mak , sty, insulted the Ruff:ring and starving masses in the manufacturing districts, telling them that every industrious man in this country might rise to compe tence, if not to e ffl uence—who was i t w h o at this period of deep and deplorable distress, when all the in dustry in the world could not procure a morsel of bread for famishing families, had the heartlessness and the wretched taste to give utterance to such language —who, but the Duke of Wellington ?—Advertiser. i A person died n the Far West last fall who W a s so excessively good and pious, that it took a whole churchyard full of tombstones to contain his epitaph. Missouri Gazette, ALGERIA. The following interesting narrative of the exchange of prisoners rear Oran appeared lately in the Tjulonnais_ and is part of a letter from an eye-witness ! " On the 15th of June, the day fixed for the inter view, Colonel Montfregat left Oran, at the head or part of the garrison, taking with him 56 Arab prisoners, among them were 30 women and children. The prin cipal prisoners were two captains of the Red Cavalry and three women belonging to the family of Ben Yaconb, a personage of importance, and formerly the aga of the Garabas ; they had been taken in one of the razias which so brilliantly distinguished the commence ment of General Lamoriciere's career in the province of Oran. Conspicuous among the rest for her mag nificent figure was the daughter-in-law of this chief, a young woman of great beauty, if we may believe those by whom she was carried off, wbo, more fortu nate than ourselves, were enabled during the tumult to catch a glimpse of those features which a thick and very ungraceful veil concealed yesterday from our sight, while we were accomplishing the pacific task enjoined on us of protecting her by our cannon, that she might re join her husband in safety. " The camp of the Figuier (fig-tree) is situated on an immense plain at the extremity of the great lake, and it, was on heights, standing at about three leagues from this camp, that the Arabs, escorting our French, were to show themselves ; our eyes were for a long time fixed in that direction without perceiving the slightest change in the monotony of the horizon. One or two specks, however, appeared, and then as quickly disappeared, as by turns they were hidden or discovered by the irregularities of the country ; these finally took the definite form of a goum (group), consisting of 50 or 100 horsemen and infantry ; that they were our countrymen could no longer be doubted, and as they advanced our impatience became greater and greater. The Arab prisoners betrayed no less emotion, and in spite of the air of resignation and dignity with which their pride struggled to disguise their natural feelings, it was evident that for the first time their hearts were beating in unison with ours, under an influence common to all humanity. " When we were not more than a league distant from each other, the goum made a halt and took up its position on the slope of a bill. The Colonel im mediately gave orders that the Mussulman prisoners should be placed in sight of their countrymen on a slight elevation in front of the camp, and that the troops should remain distinct behind them. This ma noeuvre had not the effect of persuading the goum to advance ; a few detached horsemen only came forward and rushed along the plain with a headlong rapidity which those alone can conceive who have seen these modern Numidians, holding a bleeding head in one hand, scour this very battle-field, where a handful of Chas seurs sustained alone the shock of their attack, and saved the infantry, overcome by the heat. " These riders, sent out by the chief of the escort, conveyed a billet, pencilled by the hand of Captain Morissot, and couched in the following terms :—• Pray send the Mussulman prisoners as far as here, for the Arabs are obstinately determined not to proceed fur ther.' This want of confidence was found displeasing, and a verbal answer was returned to the effect that, ac cording to agreement, the exchange was to take place at the Figuier, and that they were bound to advance. In other respects they were allowed to communicate with the prisoners, and all was going on for the best, when a curious incident threatened to compromise the whole affair. "An old marabout, who had been remaining some time at the Figuier, where be had brought despatches from Abd-el-Kader relative to this affair, got up from his pallet, where he had hitherto challenged no remark except for the size of his chaplet and the queerness of his dress, and addressed the horseman as follows : You are not fulfilling your duty ; all the conditions laid down by the Sultan have not been adhered to ; you give up all the Christians, and the Christian do not deliver all the Mussulmans ; two of the faithful, Mohamed Ben Mohtard and Hadji Ben Kaddour, are laden with chains.' It was indeed so. These two chiefs, one formerly an aga, the other one of the old cadis of Imelas, who had been overwhelmed with bene fits by the French, and one of whom had received the croix d'honneur, having been surprised in fiagrante delicto of desertion, had been arrested and thrown into our prisons. The Christians,' continued the ex hortation, also keep in the condition of slaves certain negroes and negresses whom I do not see here.' " The old jackall was right again ; a negress and two little negroes had been stolen away by our allies, the Arabs of Mustapha, and, not being considered in the light of prisoners of war, were not included in the list of exchanges; but the marabout was carefully silent as to the fact that the negress was a woman still sufficiently young and agreeable to tempt the robbers, and that the two little negroes were her progeny. He was the more obstinate in defending his position, be cause, as every one, he alone excepted, was perfectly contented with the arrangement which was about to be put in execution, it was very much to his interest that he should break it up, in order to establish it on a new basis. Treacherous insinuations, subtleties, menaces, all was employed to bring over the horsemen to his views, and he in part succeeded. " The word of a marabout is so influential, and submission to his orders so inveterate a habit, that the horsemen shared his sentiments, and were beginning to dispute with each other and then with Ali, the faithful interpreter in our diplomatic relations. All this dis cussion was carried on on horseback, within a short distance of the Arab prisoners, who thus saw their fate again reduced to uncertainty by the cursed pil grim. As for him, he had taken care also to be mounted, when he saw that the cards had been suffi ciently shuffled, according to his wishes ; after having largely taken advantage of all the interest we had in not offering him any violence, finding, however, that the mountain air would prove more favourable to him than the neighbourhood of our cannon, he pricked for ward towards the goum of Arabs to instil his poison there also. All would have been broken off had he been allowed to effect his project ; but one of us, per ceiving his movement, immediately warned the Colonel, who sent him word that he desired to speak to him, and had him g uarded withi n s i g ht. " This discussion bad lasted two hours, and at last several officers having requested permission to go into the midst of the goum, and a'certain the feeling of the Arabs, the Colonel, who saw that it was the only way of terminating the affair, singled out for this mission M. Houssaie and M. Agcma de Montgravier. These offi cers immediately set out, and had the satisfaction of being the first to embrace Captain Alorrisot, and to bring a few words of hope to the other prisoners. " M. Azema de Montgravier, addressing himself to the chief of the escort party, said—' The chief of the French of Oran is at the Figuier ; he is hurt at the want of the confidence which thou hast in him. The exchange must take place at the Figuier, as has been agreed ; he has chosen an officer to deliver thee up the Nlussulmans and receive the Christians from thy hands. Follow me then, for thou must be anxious to release them.' The chief to whom these words were addressed was a young man of five-and-twenty, a cousin to Kalif Ben Tami. He replied that be would advance alone towards the Figuier, provided we would remain as hos tiges. M. Houssaie told him that it would be sufficient ' that one alone should remain, while the other accom panied the chief. " This offer was accepted. It was agreed that M. de Montgravier should conduct this Arab to the Com mander-in-Chief. The Colonel, on seeing the Arab, said that, as there was no proof of the pretended death of three Frenchmen who were not represented, he would keep in hostage three Arabs of the tribe of Beni Amer, in which it was supposed that the Frenchmen had died. These conditions were equally acceded to. Meanwhile the goum having, to our great satisfaction, marched in our direction, the two lines of prisoners were brought to very near quarters, and the exchange was effected. " In the evening, while returning to Oran, the author of this article fell into conversation with an old Turk who had been present at this animated scene, without however appearing to take any interest in it. ' What think you of this ?' said I to Baba-Ali. ' I think,' re plied he, ' that at the time when I was headsman to the Bey, if any marabout had said only half the foolish things this one said, the Bey would immediately hare requested me to try my yataghan on his neck ; and if it is really a holy one, the finest tempered yataghan would not so much as have grazed his skin, and if he is an impostor he would have received his due.' " COMPARATIVE INCREASE OF THE POPU LATION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH.--.ThC population of the northern section of the Union increases much faster than that of the southern, both in the old and new settled districts. In 1830 the population of New Eng land was 1,954,717 ; in 1840 it amountEd to 2,234,822 ; increase over 14 per cent. In 1830 the four middle States contained 3,664,412 ; in 1840 about 4,604,345 ; in crease nearly 26 per cent., or over one-fourth.. While in the five southern Atlantic States and the district of Columbia, the increase is from 3,538,274, in 1834, to about 3,791,950, or only a little over seven per cent. And yet the latter section of the Union is far less densely peopled than the two former, and ought to have more room for the expansion of population. Again, the free States and territories of the north-west, in 1830, contained 1,470,018 souls ; in 1840 about 2,967,364 ; in crease nearly 102 per cent. While the slaveholding States of the west and south-west, containing, in 1830, 2,237,281, had increased in 1840 to about 3,460,142 ; an increase of only 64 per cent.—Boston A r otion. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.— A few nights ago, a child belonging to a man named Hetherington, hav ing that day died in the port of this town, the neigh bours gathered to the wake, in the upper part of the house, where the corpse lay ; the rooms were crowded by persons who were amusing themselves with the usual games practised on such occasions, when the loft fell, carrying with it the corpse and sorrowing visitors ; a large beam, which supported the loft, came down on the mother of the corpse, who sat in the room on the ground floor, and fractured her skull. A young man was so severely injured that he died on the following day, and 15 other persons were seriously injured, who still remain in a very precarious state.—Ballyshunnon Herula, . ~ ...fi r _ , ,~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADAIIRALTY COURT. Wednesday being the default day after Trinity Term, Sir J. Dodson sat for a short time, in the absence of 1)r. Lushington, but no business of importancT came before him. In the case of the Elizabeth and Jane, a motion, by Dr. Baysford, for a monition (at the suit of one joint owner of the ship against the other joint owner, who was in possession, and who had mismanaged her), either to give her up, or to navigate her on security for her safe return, was directed to stand over. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) THE WHITECHAPEL DISTILLERY-IN THE MATTER OF JAMES GOLDIE. This was the day fixed for the final adjourned exami nation of the bankrupt, who was well known as the pro prietor of the Whitechapel Distillery. The fiat was issued so far back as January last, and the hearings in the case have been unusually numerous. The first balance-sheet rendered by the bankrupt was found to be very erroneous. A second was next made out, equally in correct, a third sheet was prepared, as containing the best account which the bankrupt could offer. The debts and liabilities are heavy, and the probable assets very trifling. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD asked whether the " pro perty" which he saw entered in the schedule at 9,0001., was soon likely to be realized ; and The Solicitor to the fiat said he feared not, as the concern was deeply mortgaged, and at every step taken on behalf of the creditors they were met with increasing difficulties. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—Are the creditors' as signees satisfied with the bankrupt's accounts ? One of the Assignees—The books were very badly kept, but we impute no deception to the bankrupt, nor do we think that he has withheld any property from his creditors. The bankrupt having been sworn to the truth of his schedule, was declared to have passed his final exami nation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Boatswain Smith, who was on Tuesday charged before Alderman Pixie, at Guildhall, with having caused an ob struction in Smithfield, appeared at the Justice-room yesterday for the purpose of representing to the Lord Mayor the " severe infliction" to which he had baen subjected in the station-house, upon being locked up in the den of confinement there, when apprehended for preaching on Monday evening. Alderman WILSON, who sat for the Lord Mayor, re• cognised the old Billingsgate preacher at once, and re ceived him with kindness, expressing at the same time regret that it had been found necessary to interfere with his liberty, Mr. Smith said that his principal object in waiting upon the representative of the Lord Mayor was to return thanks to his Lordship for having ordered his liberation from the station-house, in which he had been locked up for a considerable time, upon his own recgnizances to appear to answer the charge. He had commenced his proceedings (which those who know him were perfectly aware did not correspond with the vile transactions of the Fair, when Inspector Hodson, of the City police, caused him to be dragged to the station-house like a felon, and locked him up for four hours in a cold damp cell, in which there was no bed or accommodation of any kind, and in which he should have been detained if it had not been for the humanity of the Lord Mayor. Alderman Wu.soN—Was there no place in which to lay down ? Mr. Smith replied that there was neither bed nor covering of any kind, and the want of that sort of com fort was very likely to be felt by a man of his advanced period of life. He could answer for it, that confinement in such a place was calculated to endanger life, and he determined to represent the fact for the sake of others who might be justly or unjustly deprived of their liberty by the City police. Inspector Brake, in answer to a question from Alder man Wilson, said there was no bed in the station-house for the accommodation of those who were locked up. Alderman WILSON—I should have thought that Mr. Smith was sufficiently known to the City police to be believed upon his promise to attend before the Alderman to answer for any alleged violation of the law, without being locked up in a cell. I must bear my testimony to his conduct, of which I took par ticular notice during my mayoralty. I have heard him frequently addressing crowds, and I am convinced that everything he uttered was good. I have learned, too, that he has done most extensive benefit through the king dom, for he will go into places where other preachers will not attempt to show themselves. I am convinced that the City Commissioner is a gentleman incapable of issuing orders of such severity against an individual who never has been known to say anything of an injurious or even doubtful character, and I think that the circum stances ought to be represented in that quarter. Inspector Brake (as we understood him) said that the orders issued were of a general nature for the protection of the peace, which was exceedingly liable to be broken at such a place as Bartholomew Fair, and under such circumstances. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL stated that in his mayoralty he had been obliged :to interdict holdings forth of all kinds in Smithfield, on account of the previous political matter which the Socialists and others used to pour out there. Mr. Smith begged leave to say that he was not con nected with any party political or theological, either at Smithfield or at Billingsgate, and that his object was to check as far as was in his power the moral atrocities which he saw daily committed, and of which Bartholo mew Fair presented the most hideous instances upon every occasion. The shows, at one time, were reduced, but the extinction of the fair was the only way of reme dying the horrible evils, and when in the midst of the children who are supported by the charity he advocated, he addressed those who were disposed to listen to him, he was seized and taken off to the station-house where his pockets were turned out, he thought it was really too hard. Alderman WILSON.--I think so too, indeed, and I advise you to go to the City Commissioner, who never shuts his ears to complaints, to my knowledge. If, however, you are not allowed to do good in the City, I trust you will persevere elsewhere. A young woman, named Mary Oliver, barmaid to Mrs. Walters, of the King's Head public-house, Pud ding-lane, was charged with having committed several paltry thefts in the house of her mistress. The com plainant and her daughters would in all probability have discharged the prisoner without appearing against her, if it had Not been for the fact that another servant had been turned away from suspicion of having committed the many robberies which the prisoner had been guilty of ; and the prisoner was the person who awakened and aggravated the suspicion. The most important article missed was the wedding-ring of one of the young ladies, a sort of memorial regarded with peculiar—indeed amongst many of the sex—with superstitious veneration. The ring was found in the prisoner's trunk, in a purse which had been given by One of the ladies to the poor girl who had been turned away ; and quantities of silver were found amongst the prisoner's clothes, of which money no doubt was entertained she had improperly pos sessed herself at the bar which she attended. The prisoner declared that all the articles were her own, with the exception of the wedding-ring, which she found on the floor, and intended to give to the owner, but her memory failed her. The owner of the ring asked the prisoner where she got the purse ? The prisoner—The purse ! Why, the ring was in it when I found it. The owner of the ring declared that that was quite impossible, and that the prisoner must have stolen the purse from the girl whom they had described as a thief, and to whom witness had given it some time before. The prisoner impudently denied the truth of the state ments against her, and was remanded for further exami nation. BOW-STREET. Mn. BANICES'S CASE AGAIN.—On Tuesday, Mr. Thos. Sneezum, a builder, residing at No. 13, Great Smith street, 'Westminster, accompanied by his solicitor, waited upon Mr. Jardine to inform him of an imposition which had been practised upon him. The Solicitor said, that in the course of last week a person of the name of Bankes was charged with an inde cent assault, and ordered to enter into recognizances to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Court. One of the bail on that occasion gave the name and address of Mr. Sneezum, but that gentleman knew nothing what ever of the matter till he saw his name reported in the newspapers. The charge against Mr. Bankes was of a most disgusting nature, and Mr. Sneezum's name being mixed up in such a transaction had given him consider able pain. Mr. Sneezum's nephew, who was of the same name, and was in the employ of his uncle as a servant, had entered into the required sureties, and declared him self to be a housekeeper, residing as above, which was totally untrue. Mr. JARDINE inquired whether the nephew's name was Thomas ? Mr. Sneezum answered in the affirmative. Mr. JARDINE—Does he reside on the premises ? Mr . Sneezum—Yes ; but he merely resides there as my servant. Mr. JARDINE—I S he a housekeeper ? Mr. Sneezum— Certainly not. The Solicitor inquired whether he could not have the party re -captured and fresh bail taken ? Mr. J ar di ne was of opinion that he could not do so. The Solicit or sa id , that at all events t h e recognizances were void. Mr. JARDINE inquired whether the recognizances had been returned to the sessions ? The chief clerk said they had not at present been returned. Mr. JARDINE said, of course Mr. Sneezum was not responsible under the recognizances, but it was quite cer tain that his nephew washable to be indicted for perjury. It was a subject of great and serious importance, and he (Mr. Jardine) would take time to consider what course he ought to pursue. It was evident that he had been most grossly imposed upon by the false representations made, more particularly so after he had sent an officer to inquire into the sufficiency of the sureties. He would consider what steps he should take. The parties then leftthe office., On Wednesday Mr. Gregory, a solicitor, attended before Mr. Jardine, in consequence of a statement that appeared in the newspapers respecting the sureties of Mr. Bankes, who was last week charged at this Court with a misdemeanor. Mr. Gregory said, that he was the solicitor for the family ,of Mr. Bankes, and having seen it stated in the Times, and other papers, that an individual of the same name as one of Mr. Bankes's sureties, had appeared here and complained that he had been personated, he (Mr. Gregory) made it his duty to see Mr. Bankes on the sub ject, and he had ascertained that neither Mr. Bankes nor his servant was aware that the person who became surety was not the proprietor of the premises in Great Smith street, and a householder. But, as it now appeared that he was not, Mr. Bankes was ready to furnish the Magis trate with another surety this evening, and inquiry might be made concerning him, and to-morrow (this day) be EVENING SUN 0 01 Id attend and enter into the requisite recognizances. Mr. JARDINE—I apprehend that can he done. Mr. Gregory said that he would not now enter into the merits of the charge, but he might state, that at the pro per time Mr. Bankes would be prepared with a sufficient answer to it. Mr. JARDINE observed that the case had certainly been misrepresented by the papers. Mr. Gregory—Yes, grossly misrepresented. Mr. JARDINE—The nature of the charge has been en• tirely misunderstood, and there is a common saying , that " misunderstanding brings many lies to town." It was then arranged that the surety alluded to by Mr. Gregory should attend here to-morrow (this day). [WANDSTVORTH POLICE. A POLICEMAN FINDING PROPERTY.—James Potter, police constable 268 V., was placed at the bar, before Mr. Paynter, charged with stealing a fur boa. Charlotte Weston stated that she was a widow, and lived in Plough-lane, Battersea. The fur boa produced, value Is. 6d., she lost on the eveninc , of the 4th of Sep tember, in Battersea Washway, and gave information o her loss at Clapham station-house. James Titmos, a youth, about thirteen years of age, said, that a little after that time he found the boa on the foot-path. The prisoner, who was close upon his heels, asked him what he had got, and he said, " A pussy and prisoner said, " I must have that, my man." He took it up, and put it inside his coat. Police Sergeant Emerson proved that information of the loss of the boa was received at the station on Satur day, and at nine that night it was read in orders to the men going on and coming off duty ; the prisoner being one of those present, he was asked if he found a ny s uch article, and he said he had not. He was asked again on the following morning, if he knew anything of it, and be said he did not. It was his duty to have brought the boa to the police-station, after finding it. The prisoner said a few words in defence, that amounted to nothing, and was fully committed to tile Central Criminal Court for trial. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORNS For the Week ended Sept. 3, 1841, made up from the Returns ti the Inspectors in the different Cities and fawns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat— .... 745. Id. Oats Barley ns I Id. Rye AVERAGES Or THE LAST RIX WEEKS. Weft ending' wnerr. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEASE; riTra ir- 6B 2 33 11 23 1 35 7i 4n 3 44 I Aug. 7 7O 5 34 6 23 9 35 H 41 5 44 ! 14 72 11 35 11 23 6 36 3 42 1 43 1 21 76 1 39 7 24 5 0 0 43 9 4i ; Sept. 8 74 1 39 1 2i 3 40 1 44 0 45 4 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WHYS Wheat ..... .... 725. &L Oats ......... 235. lld.l Beans 424 gd• Barley. 36i. I bd. Rye DUTIES ow FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 23. 84 - 1. Oats I Barley 9s. 4d. Rye THE M LIIKETS. ARKET. last market day, 141. COAL M. Ships arrived since L _ •. d 's. d• Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 16 0 Walls End Haswell. ...... ... 19 9 Can's Hartley Hebburn Main l7 3I Walls End Lambt on . ... . .... 19 Ncw Tanfield M00r.... l5 0 W. E. North Hetton Lyons 18 f Old Taefield .. .. ....... Ord's ltedhugh l4 oWalls End Russell's Helton 1 7 I Original Windsor's Pontop 1 i 6 Walls End Stewart's 2O S Pontop Windsor l6 00 1 Walls End Whitwell lB 9 Stella Freehold l4 0 , Walls End Caradoc l9 0 Townley... . , ... • l5 0 Walls End Hartlepool 2O ! West Hartley ........ ........ 18 (1 Walls End Kellee .. ....... Walls End sell and Brown 18 0 'T ees H art l ey l4 ?, Walls End Bewicke and Co. 18 3 Walls End Adel a id e ..... Walls End Clennell 6 0 Walls End Barrington * Tees 16 P Walls End Clark and Co. Walls End tiosforth Walls - End Heaton lB 0 Walls End South Durham 18 r., Walls End Hilda ..... 17 6 Walls End T ees H etton .... 16 l Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End N. , rrhurr.berland 17 0 Cowpen; l6 /I W. E. BraddylPsHetton ... 20 0 Howard's Neth er t on M a i n l3 Walls Endßelment . ..... .. 18 9 South Pelton ........ „ Walls End East Hetton lB 6 Victoria St eam l4 ~. Per Quarter Baston ilsaintree 8 ighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn 4aidstone COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. i I Barley. Oats. , 8. to 8. 55 74 52 70 68 84 s. to a. 22 38 27 34 28 32 I. to 6. 18 22 93 29 25 9.9 23 24 26 23 28 22 28 18 21 24 25 22 30 21 26 22 25 20 24 26 32 28 30 25 26 20 30 26 30 25 27 20 23 27 31 24 30 IANKET.. Beans. Pease. a. to s. 35 38 33 38 41 4' s g 39 4 ,1 35 4u 40 41 37 as 4 4 2 43 44 4$ 33 37 36 40 38 40 37 39 34 45 37 40 34 38 34 38 38 40 38 40 42 44 3:: 44 35 43 62 74 60 68 60 73 56 74 63 78 50 73 50 76 62 68 63 68 59 76 58 72 73 74 CO 78 62 71 (18 72 55 68 35 37 68 76 37 42 GO 74 , 38 40 , _ V ERPOOL _ —Sept 7 ish, White, per Red 0 Scotch, Welch, and Manx —.. Irish, White 8 3 9 --- Red 7 9 9v • Foreign •• ••• OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b ... 2 9 3 9 Irish 00000000000 . 3 1 3 —Foreign u 0 &ARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 37 g 39 ; Scotch and Irish, pet GOlbs Feeding 4 2 4 Brto Eas. English, per Imp er i a l quarter 4 t 0 48 Irish, 40 0 49 Foreign 43 0 45 tl PEASE, For Engl ei ish, per Imperial . quarter 42 411 gn 0 40 4 0 .1 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish. per 2 4 0 1hs .. 2 4 4 8 96 v INDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. 00000000 3 0 ti 40 ..- Rys, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter Norwich ~ Petworth 3 - . 4 88 36 7il 34 SS 34 39 38 40 40 32 39 41 36 46 34 .11 3L 39 9. Romford Sandwich Tnetford Wisbech Witham Yarniouth i LI WHEAT, Engli 'rorn the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, Herts., to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle' street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King Williaced . street, Batik of England.—" Gentlemen, having been deaf fa many years, I was induced from recommendation to try your Invisi• ble Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in telling you that ' they enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of wor' ship most distinctly; and in consequence of the great advantag e which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to r° lll and their report is similar to mine—most favourable. The Spa' tacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me are very excellen t, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass any thing of the kinj I have ever tried; the transparency of which is so brilliant, th at " . although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of May last, yet did enable me to read, &c., by candlelight with the greatest ease sn comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return you my best tbauk i t and remain your a set obedient servant. HENRY COWPER''' . June 22, 1839." From T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R 54 to Messrs. S. and B. Solornons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadill y , opposite the York H o t e l , and 76, King William-street, Bank 1" England.—" Gentlemen,—l have no hesitation in replying ! your inquiry as t o th e results obtained by the use of improved spectacles; being in the constan *habit of reading an d writing for ma n y h ours together by lamp-light, it is but Justice t o say, that your newly-invented spectacle lenses have 'forded el : the greatest comf or t. Wh en I employed the ordinary pebbled, never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in th e eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer (rota I _l inconvenience of the kind. I shall ever feel grateful to my Ife. friend, Dr. Blundell, fa r h av i ng d rawn my attention to the subjec t' —Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, T. J. Parriottaif, Saville-row, Jan. 4, 1839." PLATE.—T. 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BIRTHS. sti On the 3d inst., at 11)the, Kent, Mrs. Edward Watts, - zughter. On the 7th inst., at Leggatts, Herts, the lady_re.h.Omd - Kemble Esq., of a daughter, which survived but. On the 7th in.t., at Chester-terrace, William Chrystie, of a son. oOnakinsthoen7,tohf a inst., so.. at Thomas- s street, he H at e h r , sel A y i d r o s w . s j , 11,.01:1:0; • On the 7 th inst., at Ham pa Hoare, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. George Heilman, ' 4 a daughter. O n the 7th inst., Mrs. W. H. Warton, of Guilford-str eet ' Russell-square, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., Et Curzon-street, May Fair, the Wi fe of Mr. W. H. Seguin, of a daught er. ~r On the 13th MARRIED. iv., .1 of July, at Zante, Willi am Edmonstone ____,-,•-'4. R.N., second son of th e l ate Sir Charles Edmons tone,'rfrn: .: to Mary Eliza, eldest daughter of M a j or T. W . P arson s, r•fi" dent of that island. 1, ra On-the 7th inst., at Penshurst, the Rev. George Ric -s e Boissier, a Oakfield, Kent, to Maria.. only • • ''' (laugh"- survivin h of the late Richard Anima, of South Park, Kent. ortb On the Bth inst., 4 St. John's, Hackney, James Holsw_ . „, , Greenhalgh, of Charlottee-street, Fitzroy-square, Es 3., to '"' Mace, widow of the late James Mace, of Bromley, Es, , l io r s. On the 7th inst., at To Church, Samuel wi. e s , son, Esq., o f P endre, Holywell, to Miry Ann, eldest dog" " • of John Day, Esq., Tottenham. On the 7th inst., at Gedney, Thomas, only son of 1 : 01 14/ .. 8 : ' Harrison, gent., of Spalding-common, Lincolnshire, t o " Robbins, of Gedney-dike. ---- • DIED. On the 29th ult., Anne, widow of the late James Esq., of Great House, Radnor, aged 86. On the 30 t h ult., drowned near Rugby while exerting bl; self to save t h e li fe of a schoolfellow, John, eldest son 0 ( 4 Walker, Esq., of Crawfordton, Dumfriesshire, aged 16. , r ii. On the Ist inst., at Tickhill, Y or k s hi re, the R ef . T . Marihall, A.M., Vicar of Pontefract, aged 85. f the • On the 3d i ns t., a t Sutton, J o h h Mill s Jackson, Eicl•P 0- • Island of St. Vincent's, aged 80. On the 3d inst., John Rees, Esq , surgeon, of Blackf riart. - road, aged 52. On the 4th :list, at droydon, Ma r y, w id ow o f t h e late bfr. Benjamin threes., aged 80. Alba On the 4th in? at Tiverton, near Liverpool, Ara. Anderson, El., ' , lnn. East Indi GgiPapani:i nice. d On the 4th :nsf. at ..sington, Mrs. Jane Howe,' , " Antoni Pantaleon Hoar,, Esq., aged 86. - O. On the 6th inst., at West H eat h, E r i th, Kent, the n't," Preston, M.A., usher and under -Tauter of Westminster Se.'" Afr , )- On the sth inst., Edith M ar i an, daughter of Mr. s. F r' 'd°". Miller, of Sakkville-street, aged 9 months. London: rogsololl° Printed and 'Published .b y MURDO , Jr: t Ns. 112, Strand, at Th e Sun Office, Na 112, Att lis- ' the county of Middlesex, Thursday, Sapter a bv g, 184).,