The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-07 00:00:00

MORNING SUN THE CORN LAWS AND COMMERCIAL REFORM. ALL-SOULS AND TRINITY DISTRICTS, MARY- LEBONE. A public meeting was on Tuesday held at Mr. Graves's Aucton-rooms, Mortimer-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the measures necessary for the repeal I tthe Corn-laws. The attendance was very numerous, telarge room being completely fille(2, and great interest eras manifested in the proceedings. On the motion of Mr. DEEKS, seconded by Mr. ULPH, Mr. SODDEN took . the Chair, and in a short but neat and forcible address,'opened the business of the meeting. Mr. HEARN proposed the first resolution :—" That in the opinion of this meeting, the Corn and Provision-laws, by their operation, diminish the comforts and increase the privations of the great body of the community ; and that they are the chief cause of the present depression of trade and the aggravated distresses consequent thereon." 1)r. BOWRING seconded the resolution. He said he felt no small satisfaction when he left those who said they were the representatives of the people, but who were deaf to their prayers, to come among the people themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The House of Commons was a house of incredulity. Night after night they were told of the distresses of the country, but they were told in vain, and the real representatives of the people were about to return to their constituents, and tell them that in the House of Commons there was no hope for justice to the suffering and toiling masses. The people had ap plied to the Queen for relief. s She answered the appeal in the language of benevolence.—(Cheers.) She called on her Parliament to listen to the cry of the suffering millions. Her Parliament refused—they asked for five months' delay—five months, while the people were star ving—five months of hope deferred. To „address the present House of Commons was just as unnecessary as to address the House of Lords. To -morrow they were to be dismissed, to tell the people the sad story of their being helpless and despairing. helpless, did he say ? No, the question of cheap bread was beginning to be un derstood. When this state of things was in existence, redress must be at hand. Sir R. Peel demanded fire months' tranquillity. He would not get them.—(Hear.) Mr. Keaseee supported the resolution. Mr. SIDNEY SMITH addressed the meeting in favour of the resolution. During Mr. Smith's speech the Chartists eattiedlome interruption, but were eventually silenced. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, M.P., spoke in favour of the resolution, but encountered the same systematic oppo sition which had been put in practice against his pre decessor. He remarked that public meetings were either good or bad, as they were conducted, but he felt con fident that Englishmen, whatever might be their poli tical sentiments, would hear both sides of the question. —(Hear.) He fully concurred in the resolution which was before the meeting. Parliament did not represent the feel ings of the people at large. On the first evenir ' e on which Parliament met a certain Hon. Member of the House had come forward, and said that the Queen had sent the late Parliament to the country to ascertain the feelings of the people ; and that the House he was then a idember of had assembled to answer the appeal. Now he did with that the Ministerial party had uttered a more candid and a more truthful statement. Had they done so they would have said, " we have come to your Majesty through elec tion bribery—(Cheers)—we were richer than the Whigs, and we bribed higher—we had more power, and we used it for the purpose of intimidation to a greater extent.- - (Hear, hear.) We have come to tell your Majesty that the people shall still eat dear bread, and use bad timber. We will religiously preserve all abuses, we will not allow the Whig; to abolish one of the many iniquitous laws we glory in..'—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) After some further remarks upon the shuffling and blinking policy of the Peel Cabinet, as regarded every branch of the." policy, and deprecatory of the now rapidly increa sing Oartist tumult, the Gallant Gentleman concluded, amidst I.oud applause from the great majority of the meeting by - seconding - the resolution. After some confusion, occasioned by amendments put by the Chartists, the resolution was carried by the Corn repeaiers, aniii the most tumultuous outcries from the Chartists. After the Chairman left his position, the Chartist,: rernaine..:l in possession of the Hall, and an nounced their intentn to oppose another anti-Corn-law meeting, to be held intiee° district this week. ST. MARTIN'S 4,.:-THE-FIELDS. The Churchwarden: of St. M a rtin's-in-the-Fields, in pursuance of 4. requisiteei. enmerously and respectably signed, have convened a public i,setry meeting of that parish, for the non prorogation of Isa. - liament. POPLAR. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Poplar it held on Friday, at the Poplar Literary Institution, when a memorial was adopted for presentation to the Queen. CHRISTIAN MINISTERS AND THE CORN-LAWS. The Christian ministers of Paisley, Stockport, and other towns, in which distress exists, have agreed upon solemn addresses to the Queen. At almost every anti- Corn-law meeting we find ministers of various denomina tions delivering animated and effective speeches. 'We regret extremely that the crowded state of our columns prevents us front enriching them with such eloquent speeches as those delivered at Exeter, Southampton, Li verpool, and many others that might be named. At Manchester a large melting of lay church officers is about to be called to protnt,'..q the same object. We have no doubt that the example wii.! be universally followed. . BRECHIY: A requisition, signed by the most respectable mer chants, manufacturers, and other inhabitants of this town, having been presented to the Chief Mag;strate, praying him to call a public meeting of the inha:.,its.nts, the meet ing was held in the Town Hall on the .27th ult. The attendance was very numerous, comprising the most in fluential ,gentletnen engaged in manufacttw, millspin ning, and other branches of trade, and most of the other respectable inhabitants of the town. Resolutions were moved, and unanimously agreed to, expressive of the distress among th e manufacturing and trading roula non, and an address to . her Majesty adopted. Petitions were also resolved on to both Houses of Parliament to the same effect. An address to the Queen has been forwarded to Lord Melbourne for presentation to he: Majesty, nearly 1,000 signatures having been adhibited to it. YEOVIL, SOMERSETSHIRE., A public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was called on Friday last, and a memorial to the Queen unanimously adopted. An Anti-Corn-law Association has been established at Barnard Castle, which will continue to hold its meet ings every fortnight till the alteration of the Corn-laws is effected. The Society already can boast of 300 mem bers. Such Associations should be formed in every con siderable town. Their influence would be fatal to Peel's Government. --Tyne Pilot. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We cannot help noticing a somewhat cool proposition of a Tory print, that those who talk so much about the public distress should put their hands into their own pockets, during the recess, for the purpose of reliev ing it. This is something like the recommendation of Sir Robrt Peel some few years back, who, when applied to for protection to. property, on account of the disturbed state of the country, told the applicants they must protect themselves, for he had no assistance to offer them. Now, there is no doubt that there are many wealthy and ex cellent men, on both sides in politics, who would cheerfully contribute from their own means to the relief of their distressed fellow-countrymen ; but tem porary private charity is not a fit, and could not be an effectual, remedy for evils of which the cause an d the root are allowed to continue permanent. It is also to be remembered that a system of ounty, if it exalts the giver, must in almost every case humble the recipient ; and there will always be a sulficent field for its exercise as a Christian virtue in those accidental and unusual cases which should be the exception and not the general rule--fur independence, and not dependence, ought to be the condition of the people, at least if we are to desire elevation of the hu man character. It is the duty of gosernment to make pri vate charity in its common acceptatitna,; much as possible needless, by exalting the condition of the people; and no risk will be run of givirig a check to good feeling, for there are many nobler and better ways than giving money, in which the truly charitable may practise the duty'of bene volence. We hope, with our T ory Contemporary, that the hand of bounty will be liberally opened to the poor dodog the ensuing recess ; but we thi n k i t unworthy o f a Government to shelter its own insensibility to the s atin-hie 4 of the people behind the expected sympathy of individual s, which, however freely exerc i sed, cer tainly cannot be practised to the extent requ i red in alleviating the sufferings- of the poorer class es o f t h e community. STANDARD —ln the House of Lord s l ast n i ght Lord Radnor was pleased to make another displ a y. H e began by hune a n s t i ng that the Duke of Wellington had the proposition that the corn put a final negative up on odifie treate e cor laws should be in any respecstm, which d, ou g ht c lo t be dish question as a question pe r e cussed without reference to ot an c y or o n the i r a stuhbejeceto,unatnryd argued that the abundance was no proof that the peopl e might not be in want of it. We have alr e ady exposed the gross misrepresenta tion of the Duke of Wellington's words ; and last night his Grace himself took the unniescreespsraersyenptaaitnisonto; expose th a t w ilf u l an d ver y gross ni but it may not be improper to touch upon Lord Radnor's other argument?. - First, it is, however, useful in con sidering this, as in considering every dispute, attention to the thin g disputed. The thing to vocal disputed in the case b e f ore us i s the necessity of i n imediai_ discuss ing th e C orn-law question as an efficient means of prese, t Lord Radnor's t o the public. distress. Now, how do Radnor's arguments apply to this question ? lie says that the Corn-law question is a question per 85. Setting on one side the monstrous absurdity of a preposi tion, that a law of the whole frame of social indus try, can be treated in this isolated manner, is it quite clear that any meastire one of the effects of which would be, says bird Charles Ruesell, instantly to withdraw two millions ot' scres from the plough, must not produce more present distress than it can pntsibly relieve ? We are not, in the discussion now in hand, to look to future results. Granted that such results might be as bene . ficial as, in fact, they must prove calamitous—is it. we repeat it, quite clear, that to deprive instantly of em ployment the labourers upon two millions of acres, and instantly to deprive. of their accustomed trade all w h o find their principal purchasers among land-owners, professional men, farmers, and others dependant upon the land for their incomes, would not greatly aueenent, instead of relieving, thessent distress ? This is a vi ew o f th e ma tt er t o re,' rd Radnor has not condescended ; but it is, ne e ess, an important one, inregard to the question, immediate discussion of the Corn-laws, either 'tt !sum aliis, would effectually relieve the present lER.—Our neighbour of the Chronicle is, , of aect* be, dissatisfied with our valu at i on o f the official - capacities and services of Lords Clarendon and Cianri- ' carde and Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer. We a re, to our loss perhaps, so little accustomed to the favour of his approbation, and as little to cater for his peculiar palate, that we have all the less difficulty in consoling ourselves for this unavoidable misfortune as best we may. And yet we do not find that he has much improved upon our estimate either _of the Lords or the Commoner. The former, indeed, are briefly and coolly dismissed by him self with very poverty-stricken testimonials to character, as thus in reference to Lord Clarendon. " Upon such a point, however, we presume the testimony of the Duke of Wellington will be deemed satisfactory, and such was his Grace's estimate of Lord Clarendon's (then Mr. Villiers) capacity, that when called to power in 1833 he solicited him to retain the appointment at Madrid." Upon this it is necessary only to remark that the same compliment, for into nothing else but compli ment can it be tortured, was paid to Mr. Villiers as to nearly every other diplomatist then in active service. He was requested.to remain because, as the then Govern ment regarded itself as only provisional, and rightly an ticipated the advent, so soon realised afterwards, of an adverse parliamentary majority, the Great Duke, with equal disinterestedness and delicacy, refrained from more interference with existing. arrangements than was abso lutely indispensable, in order not to embarrass his suc cessor and interfere with his policy, if policy as a system he may be said to have had. We believe that he did not disturb, or offer to disturb, a single appointment in any of the legations. That Whig practice under the same circumstances would have been essentially the re verse, there is ample evidence in the reckless jobbery and shameless precipitation with which every vacant place, and vacancies purposely created by forced retirements, were filled up on the instant, to the last moment of appa rent official life, and even indecently booked in the Ga zette after formal announcement of the resignation of office, since the famous " No Confidence" vote by which constitutionally the condemned Ministry should have felt itself interdicted from action of any kind. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—One of the observations made last night in the House of Lords by the Duke of Wellington touched upon that vulnerable point in our financial system, out of which arises much of the embarrassment which the Whigs, unable to deal with it themselves, have handed over to their successors. His Grace said that 2,500,0001. " was not the only deficiency ; there was a large amount of arrears to be provided for by some means or other." Nothing can be more culpable or more mischievous than the course pursued of late years, of limiting the effort to the meeting the estimated deficiency in the cur rent year, and making no provision to cover the ar rears, which, unfortunately, are not a subject of " esti mate" merely, but a matter of certainty, and are suffered to accumulate with as little concern as if the final settlement of them were put off for ever. Any merchant or banker who pursued such a system would soon be ruined, and though that cannot well happen to a country so rich and powerful as this, the injury that results from it is by no means of a nature to be despised. One great aggravation of the evil, however, is the form in which the public accounts are kept, which exhibit oLly the excess or deficiency of the current year, and do not bring forward the deficiency of the years that are past. If his Grace, who now holds no office, and has more time probably at his disposal than any member of the Cabinet, would direct his powerful mind to a re-or ganization of the finance accounts, and to the infusion into them of some of that order by which his own ma nagement during his great military campaigns, was dis tinguished, he would confbr a service on the country and on the Administration to which he belongs, beyond all price. POST.—Money was more in demand to-day than it has been, but no particular cause was assigned fur the change. It is, perhaps, in part attribut:able to the calls made within the last day or two upon the banking inte rest for the increased accommodation needed by mer chants in order to make good their monthly engagements maturing on the 4th. But several failures here, and on the Continent and elsewhere, have taken place, and it is not unlikely that this may have had its effect in a more considerable degree. A woollen house at Huddersfield is named as having stopped payment for a large sure, and which will, it is supposed, entail heavy losses upon firms in the same line of business at Leeds and in other parts of Yorkshire. The stoppage of a first-rate Spanish house, at Lisbon, that of Cor pus, Garcia, and Co., with liabilities to meet of 150,0001., is also announced. This is believed to affect English interests to a serious amount. An American firm carrying on business at Antwerp, and in active correspondence with one of the first houses in London of the second class, has likewise been under the necessity of suspending payment. A firm in this city, in the Mediterranean trade, but ole of less importance, is said to have been reduced to a like extremity ; while two others, in the tallow line, have so far compromised their credit as to require the temporary indulgence of those to whom they have come under acceptance, a de mand the result of which has yet to be ascertained, and which would appear to be quite uncertain. The worst case of all is that of the respectable and long-established banking-house of Halford, Baldock, and Co., of Canter bury, drawing on the London establishment of Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Ce. This Kentish firm has been compelled, from causes at present not stated, to close its doors, and the fact, when a knowledge of it came to be obtained, had a visible influence on prices at the Stock Exchange. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 5. JOHN HETHERINGTON ' S BANKRLTPTCY.-TEA SPE• GELATION. In this case the bankrupt, who is described as a tea ' merchant, of Kink's Arms-yard, and is known to have deeply speculated in teas, has absconded from his cre ditors, and the sitting to-day was for the auditing of the accounts and the declaration of a dividend, which de claration was not, however, made, as the funds at pre sent in hand are not sufficient to divide among those who here proved debts. A n , nt; the proofs was one, the subject of which was brought u,7fore the Court by Mr. Bowley, the party in terested, in p e :son. It appears that he had a great num ber of transactiol:s with the bankrupt in respect to tea speculations, and 11.'d a runninc , account, the settle ment of which would,' it was admitted, show, no doubt, some balance proveable _against the estate. In this case arose a point up3n Ni .hich the official assignee wished the decision of the Court, did also Mr. Bowley, before the accounts were gone into, The affair was this— Bowley purchased on account of Hetherington a number of chests of tea, which were to be delive.'ed on a certain day, but in the meantime Hetherington absconded. Bowley, then having no opinion of the stability of the market, and fearing that if he did not sell he would in cur a great loss, sold the teas a few days before the con tract expired, at a depreciation compared with the con tract price, charging the bankrupt's account with the loss. A day or two before the contract expired the market rallied, and so brisk was business, that prices again ,suddenly advanced, and considerably above the contract price. The assignees claimed to take this profit as a set-off against Mr. Bowley's accounts, instead of his charging the transaction with a loss. Mr. Commissioner EVANS said, whatever might have been Mr. Bowley's opinion, he had no legal right to sell before the expiration of the contract, or at least without the consent of the creditors. However unfortunate it might be for Mr. Bowley, and it appeared to be so, con sidering his position, the law was such, and he must abide the result. In answer to a question from the Court, it was stated that it was not likely that Hetherington would ever sur render. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 5. LADY HYDE PARKER'S CASE. The Insolvent, who has been already frequently before the Court, applied to be discharged. The present debts amounted to 1,6001. , Mr. Creswell opposed her application, on behalf of a creditor of the name of Clifford (a butcher), on the ground of her havia,;:, , vexatiously defended an action on a Bill of Exchange, in which a verdict was twice given against her. On the first trial she denied her signature to the bill, which she afterwards admitted. Mr. Cooke (who, with Mr. Woodroffe. supported the petition) said that the insolvent had moved in a superior sphere in life, being the wife of an Admiral, who, when he died, left her a handsome house in Cumberland-place, well furnished, and a retinue of servants, with a splen did fortune of 33,0001., which she had lost by being security for others. Her family were of the first respect ability, and he hoped the Court would not feel it a case to visit her with imprisonment when the case was ripe for adjudication, which it was not at present, there being a creditor to serve. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said no judgment could be pronounced at present, on account of this de fect, but added, he might at once say what his impres sion was of this case He lamented deeply that he should be obliged to give an adverse judgment," espe cially as the insolvent was a female, a lady by title, but he sat there to administer justice between all her Majes ty's subjects, be they rich or poor, and to see that the scales were equally poised. Without giving his opinion at present respecting the defence to the action brought by fo on the some Mr. r Clifford, he wou ld say that enough had b een ftaiemeeof whenthe sschedule appearedto fo r remandjudgment. b e e n insol ventt. shown Her Lad) ship was conducted in a carriacre to the Queen's Bench Prison, in company with the 'officers of Justice. The Court was occupied during yesterday morning in hearing applications to bail, the greater number of which were granted. Not the slightest point of general interest was in volved in any of them. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A diminutive and curious looking person, about 27 years of age, named John Llyhtbourne, was placed at the bar, befiwe Mr. Alderman Ifumphery, on the charge of deserting his wife and children. Police-constable, 233, said there were two distinct charges against the prisoner, the one- before the Alder man, and a second of bigamy. The prisoner resided in Coventry, and some years ago was married to a young female whom he soon afterwards deserted. He then left the place and married another, by whom he had two children, and again deserted her, when the parish au thorities caused a warrant to be issued for his appre- hension. Prisoner (with much impudence)—The parish might save itself the trouble, for I have not got any wife as I can say. I have not seen one of them for four years. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—One of them ? Prisoner —Yes, one of 'em. The constable said he h a d heard the prisoner had been Married a third time. He was certain,. however, that i tragt Sunday six NV4ti - S - the banns had been published be tween him and a young woman, when, fortunately for the latter, he assaulted a policeman of the G division, for which he was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY ordered the case to be postponed. The prisoner then left the bar with the utmost sang froid. KINGSTON POLICE. An elderly man, named Barnard Kearney, was brought before Mr. John King, the MayOr of Kingston, charged with being disorderly. The defendant, who is between fifty and sixty years old, and apparently in a most miserable state, was for merly in very good circumstances, ar.d was brought up at one of the Universities, and received a classical edu cation. In consequence, however, of his depraved habits, all his friends forsook him, and he was reduced to the most abject state of distress, and has latterly got his living by mending old saucepans, retiring at night t,) a miserable tent in Oil Mill-lane, Kingston. The charge against him on the present occasion was, that, while very drunk, he had g one to a beer-shop, kept by a person named Shaw, and, when requested to leave the house, he refused to do so, and assaulted the servant who attempted to remove him. As he had acted in a similar manner on previous occasions, Mr. Shaw gave him into custody. Mr. KING asked the defendant what answer he had to make to the charge of assault ? The defendant commenced an address to the Magis trate in Latin, but he stopped him, and told him that this proof of the education he had received only aggra vated his misconduct. It was melancholy to see a man possessing the advantages of the defendant conduct him self in such a planner ; but he felt himself called upon, under the circumstances, to commit him for seven days to the House of Correction. The defendant was accordingly conveyed to gaol. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1841. THE QUESTION OF LOW FARES. (From the Railway Magazine.) The subject of fares is one which, with the extension of railways for traffic, must necessarily attract much attention, and it is evident that. it now attracts a great deal. Like all other questions, it has two sides and two parties, one, which we may call the passive party, that which holds that the higher the fares the greater :he profit, and the other, which is an active party, which ad vocates low fares as the only genuine source of healthy traffic and steady profit. For this latter came we have long laboured, both in the former series of the Magazine and in the present, and we beliQye that we may claim the merit of having been the first and most persevering ad vocates of this great principle. To us, therefore, to con template the present state and prospects of the parties contending fur low fares, must be most agreeable, and we know no period more fitting than this, when the yearly meetings of most of the Companies have been held. It will be found from this investigation that the principle of low fares is no longer dependent upon the pen or upon theory, advocated only in the closet by a few, but that it is daily making way, and coming into practical operation among large number of Railway Companies. It is evi dent that the sticklers for high prices are alarmed, and although Mr. Chaplin and its other partisans may thunder forth from the Chair diatribes against writers and theorists, he and they. will find that the rapid pro gress of the other system already prognosticates the ulti mate result. The following, among other Companies, have now declared themselves in favour of low fares : The Manchester and Leeds, the Glasgow and Ayr, the Glasgow and Greenock, the Croydon, the Blackwall, the Dundee and Arbroath, the Arbroath and Forfar, the Dublin and Kingstown, the Chester and Birkenhead, the Hull and Selby, and the Stockton and Darlington. The following have affirmed the principle of third-class carriages at low fares :-I'he Great North of England, the Greenwich, the Newcastle and North Shields, the Eastern Counties, and the'Birmingham and Gloucester. We shall now proceed to give some of the testimonies to low fares, furnished by this year's proceedings from the present - volume of the Magazine. The Newcastle and North Shields Directors state that " they had ad vanced the second class fares, and given increased ACCO modation, at the same time they added a third class of open carriages at a lower price." The Grand Junction announce " a further reduction in the rates for the car riage for goods has been made since the last general meeting ; the result of which has been an increase in the quantity. as well, as in the money receipt from this source. The Directors ~have been guided by a conviction that the prosperity of the un dertaking would be promoted f)y the increase of traffic created by such inducements." The Green wich Directors confess that they have been obliged to introduce third class carriages, "rather in deference to the wishes of many of the Shareholders, and to the prac tice of other railways, than from conviction of their own." At that meeting they seemed rather disposed to throw them up, but in July they say, " Some experience has been afforded by the use of these lower-priced carriages for the last twelve months, by which it would appear to be imperative, from the existing competition, that they should be continued." They further recommend the abolition of 2d class fares, and reduction of Ist class fares. The Directors of the Eastern Counties say, "that they have been for some time in ne gociation with the- Thames Haven Company, and the Harwich and Colchester branch, to decrease the toll." At the North Midland meeting, the Chairman stated that the Board were prepared to entertain the question of a reduction in the Manchester and Leeds toll, as a matter only of revenue, but as a matter of prin ciple there were some diaubts. By the Manchester and Leeds Directors, who honourably lead the way in main taining the great principle, it is avowed that the Com pany have adopted this " principle of carrying a larger number at low fares in preference to a smaller number at high fares." In March the Croydon Directors announced that " they adhered to the opinion expressed in their late Report, that increased facilities and reduction of fares are the means most likely to lead to a remunerating revenue." Again in September, they say. that " they are firmly convinced that lower fares would sa greatly increase the number of passengers as to add to the income of both Companies (the Greenwich and Croydon.) The Dublin and Kingstown Directors ex press their satisfaction with the result of the late reduc tion in the second class fares, and in the rates of sub scription, and with the plan of family tickets. They also intimate an intention of giving greater facili ties. Notwithstanding an increase of a quarter of a million of passengers, or 20 per cent., the expenses of the locomotive and carriage departments were 772/. less on the year. The Chester and Birkenhead Board report that the charges had been reduced, and the traffic has since steadily and progressively increased. The Directors of the Hull and Selby state that they have consented to grant monthly tickets to parties residing on the line of railway, allowing them to pass as often as they think proper, on the payment of one fare daily. The Glasgow and Greenock board announce that their fares are unusually low, and that the result already con .irms the soundness of their views. The Glasgow and Ayr Directors advocate a reduction in the fares of the joint lines. The report of the Blackwell Directors states, that " although the present fares are unquestionably low (perhaps lower than any other railway in England), the Directors would deprecate any increase, until the pre sent rates have had a fair trial, with the advantages of the extension line." The Great North of England Di rectors state that " third class carriages have been at tached to some of the trains, and the scale of fares fixed so as to enable all classes, according to their means, to avail themselves of the railway." The Ulster Directors announce that " they are anxious to settle rates of fare on as moderate a scale as possible." Another proof of the interest taken in the subject is in the debates which have taken place at several of the meetings. At the Manchester and Leeds a long and interesting debate took place on fares, and even in chat liberal Company a motion was brought forward to 4ive some additional accommodation to third-class pas sengers. At the Dublin and Kingstown meeting, emi nent for its maintenance of low fares, a motion for increased accommodation was similarly brought forward and dropped. At the Greenwich meeting some able remarks on the reduction of fares were mate by the late Resident Director, Mr. George Walter, and a long debate ensued. At the Grand Junction Meet ing a sound and sensible speech was made by the retiring Chairman, Mr. Moss, on the subject of low fares. At the Sheffield and Manchester meeting Mr. Jackson advocated accommodation for third class passengers. It was at the North Midland meeting, however, that the grand debate for the year took place, on the speech of Mr. Vickers, and although the motion was lost, the opposition was evidently of a very moderate character. A Proprietor at the Glasgow and Ayr meet ing expressed an opinion in favour of high fares, but the sense of the meeting was against him, and the meet ing subsequently passed a resolution declaratory of their desire for a reduction of the fares on the joint line. At the South Western meeting. Mr. Chaplin delivered a masterly speech in de fence of high fares, which may be considered as the counterblast of that expiring cause against the opinions of Mr. Vickers. Discussions of questions were also raised at the meetings of the Great Western, Birming ham and Derby, and Blackwell Companies. Thus the question of fares has come before the meetings of eleven Companies. We have now to sum up the names of the advocates who have this year declared themselves on either side. We therefore find among the advocates of low fares, At% Moss, late Chairman of the Grand Junction ; Mr. Houldsworth, Chairman of the Manchester and Leeds ; Mr. Routh, Chairman of the Blackwell ; Mr. Jrawshay, Chairman of the Northern and East ern ; Mr. M'Call, Chairman of the Glasgow and Ayr ; Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Chairman of the Croydon ; Mr. George Walter, late Resident Di- Director of the Greenwich ; Capt. Lewes, Superintend ant of the Manchester and Leeds ; Mr. Bass, Manager of the Glasgow and Greenock ; Mr. Entwisle and Mr. Gill, Directors of the Manchester and Leeds ; Mr. Vickers, &c. Those who have stood forth in defence of high fares have been Mr. Chaplin, Deputy Chairman of the South-Western ; Mr. J. P. Maubelt ; Mr. Levi, the Turnpike Contractor ; and Mr. Henry Wheeler, Direc tor of the Greenwich, who cuts so ludicrous a figure in our pages. One of the results of the agitation, which is not the !east curious, and another proof of the progress of low Fares, is the recent formation of a third party, which tdopts modified views, and which may be regarded as a weakening of the high fare party. This party may be considered ,o have deClared itself at the North Midland meeting. It was, then put forward that high fares are to be preferred, but that low fares may be adopted, as expediency may dictate. Among the adherents to this expediency party we may reckon Mr. Glyn, Chairman of the London and Birmingham, and North Midland ; Mr. Hudson, Chairman of the York and North Midland; Capt. Porter, R.N. ; Mr. M.A. Goldsmid, Director of the Brighton and Greenwich ; and Mr. Robert Stephen son. Mr. George Stephenson- expressed an opinion, at the Birmingham and Derby meeting, against high tolls on mineral traffic ; but we do not rightly understand whether he objected to high rates on mineral traffic on canals only. The Memorial di Pau !elates that a few days ago, while a fine young man, about 22 years of age, and a beautiful girl, about 17, who had arrived at one of the principal inns in the town, were at table together, their fete-a-tite was interrupted ' , by a Com missary of Police, who took them before\,the Procu reur du Roi. The captive, and, as it appeared, capti vating youth, pretended for a moment to be an artist, and produced a passport in that character, but there were witnesses present to prove that he was the son of the Marquis de P-, of Saint Sever, and that the fair lady was the daughter of one of the most re spectable and wealthy inhabitants of Toulouse. The young gallant was committed to prison, notwith standing his companion took all the blame upon herself, and protested that he had been induced to make the elopement by her solicitations. It appears that the disappearance of a case of jewels was also a subject of inquiry, but the fir fugitive declared that it was left in safe hands at Toulouse. Mademoiselle was delivered "ver to two of her relations, and was taken back to Toulouse. In the year 1765, instead of agriculture being fettered at that time wish Corn -laws in this country, we were expoiters of grain. In 1766 the ex p ortation for a gentleman after which the expostatiml the 29th of September, in consequence of a bad harvest, sbhaorgrtotteinregcebiveeedan lateidmpoonratrhyeinetxeprrourptattwitnil; by' c a o n rn em on - SINGULAR CIRCU named Pugh, while sporting along with others, on the A,l r s e i 4ol7 i tn c e; ._ ced A . Beacon Hill, Radnorshire, on the 28th of August last, shot a fine grouse, attached to the leg of which was a small canvas bag, containing a silver fourpenny piece, wrapped in an envelope can which was written, "clock, 21. Bs. Od." The coin is still retained by Mr. Pugh as a curiosity. A ROGUE'S HISTORY. A convict named Thomas Rainbow, who was convicted at the last Summer Assizes, and ordered to be transported for life, and who has recently been removed to the Justitia hulk, at Woolwich, preparatory to his being sent out of the country, made the following extraordinary statement of his career of crime, to the governor of the gaol, prior to his departure. His statement was as fol lows :—He said that when a boy about seven years old, he was employed as a bird keeper in the corn fields, and he saw the fine pheasants walking through the corn, and he thought he should like some of them, and upon making in quiry of some young men in the village, he was informed how to catch them, and he bought two rat trap's or gins, but he said he did not make much of them, as he sold them to the young men for a trifle, but in a very short time he found a better market, and this made him look out for hares, and led him on to visit gardens and orchards, stealing fowls, ducks, and anything else that came in his way. Soon after this he fell in with a gang of young poachers, and they were not satisfied with the profits of day poaching, but took a worse step by going oat night poaching, and spending their days half drunk in the beer shops, and they then sallied out at night armed with guns, and took all the game they could lay their hands on. In 1830 he, with one of his comrades, was committed for house- ' breaking, but on the trial they were acquitted. In 1832 he and another were committed for night-poaching, but there was some difficulty as to their identity, and the Grand Jury ignored the bill. In the same year he was again committed, with two of his companions, for bur glary, and was again acquitted. The next assizes he was tried for fowl-steeling, and was again fortunate enough for be acquitted. In 1834, however, the law overtook him. He was convicted of night-poaching with gins, and was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for twelve months. Since this time, he says, he was in ten or twelve different gaols for various offences. In 18:37 lie and two of his companions com mitted a highway robbery and left the neighbour hood and went into \Vales, where they got work in the iron mines, and earned about eighteen shillings a week ; but this did not do for them, and they soon re turned to their old courses, and went from place to place stealing from houses and robbing every one then could on their way. They seldom, however, he said, committed a fresh offence until they had disposed of all the booty which they had obtained from their preceding act of plunder. They had a great deal of cash and a number of watches, and sometimes got hold of some plate, but they had no difficulty in disposing of the stolen property, no matter of what description it was. On being interrogated on the subject, lie said that he did not recollect ever hurting any body that they robbed ; hut if any resistance was offered, they gave them only a bit of a squeeze, and they were then generally glad enough to give up all they had, without any more violence being necessary. The convict, in conclusion, admitted that he had been concerned in more than a hundred and fifty robberies, asd that he knew of as many more having been committed by his companions, but in which he had taken no part. The country may congratulate itself on being rid of such a hardened ruffian as this fellow has owned himself to be. GALLANT AND ENERGETIC CONDUCT. In April last, whilst her Majesty's ship Conway was lying off Whampoa, a party, consisting of Lieut. Bea• don (recently made Commander), Mr. Smith, Assist ant-Surgeon, and Mr. Tournour, midshipman, and fourteen men, left her in a large boat, and pro ceedcd to Macao where they stayed a few days, and , left that place to return to the Conway about noon on E niter M mday. A fine breeze carried them safely over half their distance, when, it being too dark to see the numerous fishing-stakes laid down at the mouth o! the river, or to discover any'of the landmarks, they cast anchor about midnight. At one A.M., on the 30th, Lieut. Beadon, feeling the boat ride uneasily, gave or ders for the cable to be cut, but, before even this could be done, a heavy squall took her, and she filled bead foremost, becoming instantly a wreck. The miserable crew clung on till daylight in spite of a terrific tempest, accompanied by violent thunder and lightning. Seve ral junks passed and avoided them (which, perhaps, is not surprising), but, to their shame be it spoken, on European boat, belonging to the same people at Ma cao, passed the helpless group with equal apathy. At length, after being washed about for some hours on rafts, which Lieutenant Beadon, almost single-handed, had constructed, for, with the exception of a man and a boy, the crew were too panic-struck to render much assistance in lashing them together, they descried a Chinese fishing junk containing one old man ; Lieutenant Beadoa forbade any whining supplication, but ordered the men to give three good hearty English cheers ; th, good old fisherman (who proved himself a Samaritan truly, whatever his creed) waved his hand, and instantly bore ,down to their as!istance and picked up their scattered and exhausted party, and gave them food and covering. Lieutenant Bea don offered him forty dollars to take them to her M rjesty'a ship Wellesley (that being the nearest). He did so, carefully concealing them from his own country men. They sustained the loss of one man, a carpenter. named Shroushire ; he was washed off the deck when too much exhausted to regain his hold, and sunk to rise no more. Lieutenant Beadon endeavoured, during fourteen hours of awful and appalling danger, to stimu late the crew to exertion, telling them it was a mockery of God to give themselves up to prayer without at the same time using the bodily powers and mental faculties he had given them for the preservation of their lives ; but immediately they were on board the junk he ad dressed the men upon the awful warning of the uncer tainty of life they had just received, exhorting them to make that the era of the commencement of a new life, be the help of God, and lamenting his own unfitness and un worthiness to offer up a prayer of thanksgiving, earnestly imploring each to offer one up in his own heart. Upon their arrival on board her Majesty's ship Wellesley the) were warmly welcomed by Captain Maitland and of ficers , the former immediately ordered eighty dollars of the public money to be paid the old Chinaman, in addition to the feet, Lieutenant Beadon had promiserl from his private purse. Mr. Beadon was a consider• able loser by this unfortunate occurrence, having lost his sword, dressing-cese, spy-glass, clothes, bedding, some silver, a variety of handsome presents he had bought to send to his friends in England (from whom he has 'peen separated beyond the usual period of foreign ser vice), also his desk, containing all his private papers and sundry articles of comfort for the ship's company, purchased with his own money, about 301. worth, and a variety of other things, making altogether not less than 801. or 1001. worth.—United Service Gazette. WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO READ SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON.—Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In five or six impatient minutes, before the dinner is quite ready, who would think of taking up the " Faery Queen" for a stop .gap, or a volume of " Bishop Andrew's Sermons?" Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music—to which who listens had need bring docile thoughts and purged ears. Winter evenings—the world shut out— with less of ceremony, the gentle Shakspeare enters. At such a season, The Tempest—or his own Winter's Tale. These two poets you cannot avoid reading aloud—to yourself, or (as it chances) to some single person hstee mg. More than one—and it degenerates into an audi ence.—Charles Lamb. GREAT CHARTIST MEETING IN ST. PAN CRAS.—On Monday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the extensive parish of St. Pancras took place in the vestry-rooms, Gordon-square, pursuant to public notice. for the purpose of meeting Mr. Feargus O'Connor ; and further (according to the placard) " to take into consi deration what measures should be adopted in the present state , of the country." Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr. Nicholson, a vestryman of the parish, was called on to preside, and briefly alluded to the object of the meeting. the various speakers alluded to the great distress which their brethren in the various commercial towns were buffering. Mr. Feargus O'Connor having addressed the meeting, resolutions were passed in accordance with the notice convening it, and the assemblage after giving three cheers for the Charter, and three groans for the factious, broke up. There could not have been less than a thousand persons present, a great number of whom were females. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a few days, will remove from his house, 2,9, Albemarle-street. to his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Gentleman has purchased of his predecessor the principal part of his (Mr. Baring's) furniture in Downing-street, and the remainder was removed this morning to his (Mr. Baring's) country-house at Lee. FREAKS OF NATURE.— A white hare was kilied at Offronville, near Dieppe, a few days ago, a cir cumstance uncommonly rare in France, though white hares are often found in the north of Europe. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MAR RIAGES. The " Third Report of the Registrar. G:neral of Births, Deaths, and Marriages' has just been published, of which the folliwing is an abstract. The Following table will show the numbers registered in the year ending June 30, 1810, comparei with those of the preceding years :- 1839-40. 1838-39. 1837-38. Births.... 501,589 480,540 399,712 Deaths ... 350,101 331,007 335,956 Marriages 124,329 111,083 111,481 Thus showing an increase in the number of births re gistered in the year ending June 30, 1840, over those in 1838-39 of 21,049 ; ever those in 1837-38, of 101,877 ; in the number of deaths registered in the year ending June 30, 1840, over thos. in 183 S 39, of 19,094 ; over those in 1837-38, of 14,145 ; in th! num ber of marriages registered in the year ending June 30, 1840, over those in 1838-39, of 3,246 ; over those in 1837-38, of 12,848. The increase in the number of registered births is said to be the result of the successful operation of the new law. The increase in the number of regis ered births has not b-en confined to a few localities, but has been generally diffused. During the last three years the proportion of male and female children has been nearly the same. There appears, from the Report, to have been An apparent in crease in the number of deaths compared with the two preceding years. The first year's registration did not comprise the deaths of the whole year, which, including those registered eubsequently, amounted to 338,660. The real increase, therefore, over the registered deaths which occurred in the year 1837-8 is 11,441. In con sidering this subject, we should recollect that the popu lation of England and Wales has increased from 1821 to 1831 at the rate of 16 per cent. ; and if it be assumed (as is probable) that this rate of inc►ease has continued to the present time, the population in the years 1838.9 and 1839-40 will probably have increased to the amount of from 220,000 to 240,000 annually. The proportion of male and female deaths in each of the three years has been nearly the same. Males. Females. Year ending June 30th, 1838... 170,965 164.991 Ditto ditto 1839... 169,112 161,895 Ditto ditto 1840... 177,929 172,172 More than half of the excess over the deaths of 1838.9, and more than three-fourths of the excess over those of 1837.8, consist of deaths of children under five years of age. This increase in the rate of mortality, we are happy to say, has not been general throu;hout the kingdom. but has been confined to a few unhealthy localities. From a tabular statement attached to the report it appears that there has been a progressive decrease of mortality from 1837-8 in the Mttropolis, and in Devonshire ; and of progressive increase from 1837-8 in the counties of Derby, Leicester, Northamp ton, Nottingham, Rutland, and the northern parts of Lincolnshire ; the counties of Chester, Salop, Stafford, except the mining part of the two latter; Lancaster, south of Morecombe-bay, except Liverpool and Manchester ; the West Riding of Yorkshire. except the northern parts thereof ; and Leeds ; the City, Ainsty, and Eest Riding of York. Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and Wales. The greatest increase of mortality has been in the following counties :—Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Northumberland, Durham, Derbyshire, and North Wales, the combined increase of which alone amounts to 15,231 out of the total increase of 19,097. It will be noticed that this increase of mor tality has occurred among the manufacturing portion of the population. A great number of deaths in these districts is to be traced to the prevalence of epidemic diseases, particularly typhus and scarlet fever ; and, besides these, other circumstances to which those living in the manufacturing parts of England are exposed, which will always be operating prejudicially to health, and cause an increase in the rate of mortality. The Report shows a gre it variation in the mortality in dif erent districts, especially in childhood and old age. The deaths of children under one year of age, constituting a fourth portion of the whole mortality, appear to have been comparatively most numerous in the mining districts of Staffordshire and Shropshire, the south of Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, and Cam bridgshire ; the manufacturing parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire ; in Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, &c. The proportion of deaths at advanced ages has been greatest in Devonshire, Dersetshire, Wiltshire, Cornwall, in the counties north of Yorkshire, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. It has been least in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and the mining dis trica of Staffordshire and Shropshire. In the number of marriages there has been an in crease to the amount of 12,848, as compared with those registered in 1837.8, and an increase of 3,246 over those of the year 1838-9. The number married under the age of 21 was as follows :—Men 6,101, women 17,909, being in proportion to the whole number married 4.90 per cent. and 14.40 per e t. respectively. This proportion is in a slight degree leght r than in the preceding year, when the numbers were 5,628 men and 16,414 women, and the proportions 4.64 and 13.55. It appears front the Report that in 13 English coun ties, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in Wales, more than 40 per cent. of the men =riled could not writs their names ; and that in 19 English counties, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in Wa'es, the seine fact ex'sted with respect to more than half the women. It appears from th.e abstract of marriages contained in the report, that in the whole of England and Wales, out of 124,329 couples, their were 41,812 men, and 62,523 women, who it is presumed either could not write, or wrote very imperfectly. With reference to the ages of those married, it ap pears that in the years 1838-9 the average age of rn tr riages was, for men, about 27 years ; for women, 25 years and a few months. It now appears, from an ana lysis of the recorded ages in 10,019 marriages which occurred in June 30, 1840, that the average age for men is 27.4 year!, for women 25.5 years. The places registered during 1840 for the solemniza tion of marriages unconnected with the Church of Eng land amount to 188 The number registered the pre ceding year was 246. WHIG AND TORY PATRONAGE IN SCOT. LAND.—AS proofs of the different manner in which Whigs and Tories exercised their patronage,: pray ob serve that during the ten or twelve years preceding the reign of.the Whigs the Tory Administrations promoted to the bench in Scotland the following Whigs—namely, David Cathcart, John Clerk, George Cranstoun, Sir J. Moncrieff, John Fullerton—five Whigs. Nark the per contra ! During the ten years of Whig administration the Whigs promoted Henry Cockburn, Francis Jeffrey, John Cunningham, J. A. Murray, James Ivory— all Whigs, and not one Tory. Very good people, I dare say ; but so stands the fact as to the diffe rent manner in which the two parties acted towards their opponents. Correspondent of the Times. (Why does not this correspondent state the cause of the difference ? These Whigs were promoted during the Tory reign, because the stock of Tory advocates was absolutely exhausted of men fit to sit on the Bench, and President Hope, afraid that he might come in for a share of the public ridicule directed against his colleagues, prayed Sidmouth, and afterwards Peel, to improve the stock by a new race. It was a matter of necessity, not of choice.) THE WAY TO PREVENT A PIG FROM BEING IMPOUNDED.—The owner of a pig, enraged at being a second time called upon to pay the penalty for its break in.- bounds, went to the pound with a large whip, and shutting the door, to prevent piggy's egress, whipped the poor animal until it squeaked for mercy. He then told the hayward, that if he ever got the pig within the pound again " he would forgive him.' Within a day or two the pig again broke loose, and the hayward was at his post, but all at tempts to get it anywhere near the pound were fruitless. The hayward pushed forward—piggy pushed backward, and beat the hayward by chalks. The Irish method was tried ; and an attempt made to persuade piggy that it was required to go a different route, by putting his head towards the pound and pulling his tail from it ; but piggy was not to be done. Neither strength nor stratagem had the least effect. At length the owner came, and amidst much laughter took the animal home.—Hamp shire Advertiser. PARLIAMENTARY VOTES OF THE WIGAN MEMBERS.—Great consternation has this week been created in the Tory camp at Wigan, in consequence of its being announced in the London journals that I'. Greenall, Esq., was one of the majority on the division fur the grant to Maynooth, and that T. B. Crosse, Esq., tearful of giving offence either to the Premier or to his constituency, had absented himself from the house alto gether on that occasion. Benjamin, the prophet, is in a perfect rage ; and he and his party declare that they have been woefully deceived in their men. Mr. T. B. Crosse has also voted, contrary to his elec tioneering promise, in favour of the continuance of the New Poor-law, and on the same question his w o rthy col !ewe absented himself. Thus, on two important ques tions, have the honourable Members for Wigan voted and acted in • direct opposition to their former professions. Several of the leading manufacturers—and we have this on good authority—who voted for these gentlemen at the late election, have publicly declared, in consequence of the Ministerial refusal to examine into the distressed state of the country, that in the event of another appeal to the electors, the free-traders shall have their support. This looks like re-action in good earnest.—Manchester Times. A white hare was killed at Offronville, near Dieppe, a few days ago, a circumstance uncommonly rare in France, though white hares are often found in the north of Europe. ALARMING FIRE,—On Monday mining, at half-past four o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Mr. • Roynolds, landlord of the Black horse public-housc, Kent-street, Borough, which entirely consumed the house, stock, and furniture. The inmates were all in bed, and effected their escape in their night dresses. It is unknown in what manner the fire originated. YANKEE IDEAS OF THE " AWFUL. --A recent New York paper heads an artic:e " Awful" that states that, during the present summer, about 1.500 dogs have been killed, under the provisions of the dog law HUNTING BY STEAM.—On Monday, as the Shoreham branch of the London and Brighton Railway was, proceeding to Shoreham, a harp r=an-on the fgr Some distance, but eventually poor puss was overtAeu and cut in half by the train. PRICES OF CANAI4,I3OCK,ASSUR ANCE CJMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. _ LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 5. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. tier .ceires. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. 104 1,482 41. A3hby.de-le-Zotich Average 1131. eh. 72 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.5 h. 5 1,065 .511. Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O/.sh. 92 8,000 1..16th. 101. Birmingham, I.loth share ...,bll. & 711. 200 4,000 ......... Ditto & Liverpool Junct.ist9l: sh .100 pi 25 600 31. Bridgewater-and Taunton.lool.sb. all pi --- SOO 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. sh. 105 SOO 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 305 Croydon.... ..... .., Average3ll.2B 10d. sh. - 2, 60 51. Oa. Dudley 1001.5 h. 94 1100 131, Derby lOOl. sh . 120 '..21),000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 30 3,575 i 4' Ellesnure and Chester Averegel33l.lb. 80 231 621 Erewash .".. .......... .......... 1 . ... 1 0 01 •11 11 . 705 ,297 351. Forth and Clyde.... Average 400/. 16s. b. 62e 11,1)00 71. Grand Junction ...1001.8n 110 2,3491 255. Grand Union lool.Bh . 26 ',SOU ......... Grand Surrey ..... ...... leash. 15 1,0001 41. per cent , Ditto (optional) Loan 1601. 096 600 131.125. WI. Glamorgan:hire, Avcr. cost 1721. 13s. Id. '2OO 749 11s. Gran tii vs', l5Ol. sh. 20, 6 . 138 V. Os. Iluddersfilld Average ir /1. Ss. fid. en 27 100 92.723 11.10 s. Kennet 2nd Avon, Av. nut. 155.10,1. sh 22% 11,6991 I/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. Sd 23 2,897 t 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. sh 7.0 5451 111. Leicester 140/. It 150 1,897 W. es. Leicester & Nortkarnpton Aver 1-31.10 e 70% 2,409 101. Monmouthshire .......... lOOl4l 200 250 101. Melton Mowbray 100 254 Mersey and Irwell lOOl. eh. 550 3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 21 24'7 171. Ncath lool.sis. 322 2,400 51. Peak Forest kvali.ge about 731.1 h. 71 21,418 65. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.16i.ed. sh. 81i 5,689 N. Rochdale Average Mi. 500 R. Shropshire SOO 101. Os. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. ISO 3,6001. 41 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 11 1 4 100 361. Stafford and Worceste ,. 1401.5 h. 6SG X3O 151 Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 91. 3tourbridge ...... ...- 145/. sh. 306 3,647 21. Os. Stratford.on. Avon A fer.... 794. 9s. bd. sh. 35 533 1211 Swansea lOOl. sh. 265 4,762 21. 10s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 2,6601 so. 41. 10s. Trent and Mersey, } share lOOl. sh. 5',0 8,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191. Ns. 6d. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 ,6 1 Warwick add Birmingham lool.sh 230 I,ooolth. ' 960 10. Warwick and "sapi,,,i lOOl. sh. 130 7,000 41 Wsircesly & Birmingham Av.76/.Bs. sh. 55 2,1 1 01) 36z. Wilts and Berk/ Average 671. lOs ed. sh. 2311 eon 6.. W I elev and rasington 1251. sh '74 26 .. . i ... . W.sneacn -•;77,1. sh. 3 9 0 OS s Wey and Asuri llol,bn, AN DOCKS. ,61)0 & 1. , )651 . h. 1 3p. c. Commerc al ........ &COL oh. 61 5 per ,en t. East and West India 3,4.38,310:1. St. p.ct. London Stock 7t N, Ditto itonds ..... _ 10,2% 2,209 2/. Rs. sd. Bristol Average 1;"1.9s. sh. 75' 69,324/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Notes, variour, amount, IGR 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock f!2 500,0tal 1; per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds lor 10 years Deptford l'ier ' ) 01. en. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 I/. Hammersmiti • 50/. vb. 21 1,231 Southwark, Old ... ... ...Av. (.31.2s 6d. sh. 35,, 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 72 per cent., 50/. sh. 16 ,4000 5,000 228. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si 001. p 4 2 1 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 185 10,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bouds 5,848 las Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31 Ills Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72 n „, s 6 per cent./ kili ance British & Foreignlool. sh. 111. pd 14 50, " t and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 5 24,000 11. per eh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14 1,200 *eh. 51. Birmingham 1' ire.. 0 501. sh. 551. pit 10754 30,0(;(1 V. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 40 13,000 61. per cent. tritish Commercial 5Ol. O. 51. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1001. sh. 21103 pd ..Ni 4,000 310 s County lOO l. sh. 101. p d IC 9000 as. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 5 °An f an p d 301 bs. jer cent./ Economic Lite 10001. sh. 250/. pd 409 '''' / 2,271 221. percent. European Lite 9 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 9 0/. sh. 21. sod 1 ,000,0001. 61. per ct Globe Stock 115% 'O,OOO ht. Guardian 30,000 4s. 04. Hope 5O/. sh, Si. pd 5% 2,400 5!. 123. Gd. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 Os. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10 13 ; 459 5!. par cent. Indemnity Marin , . 100!. sh. 81. pd 29 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 9/. sh. all pd 92 • 31. Ditto I.ife 5Ol. pd 66 10,000 103. Law Life 100!.:h. 101. pd 5,000 16s. London, Fire '2sl. sh. 12/. 10s. pd IN 3,9(10 10s. London, Ship °U. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18% 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. eh. 500,000/. 3;!,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lilo 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 216 s 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector I,' f.: 0 01. sh. 21. pd 18s Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant ...issenters -AO/. sh. 51. pd 5% 9,500 11. Provident Lite 200,000 48. Od. Rock Life 89,220/ 5!. per c..xt. Royal Exchange . Stock 175 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 514 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7511 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Com. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 15,000 6 percent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 55 10,006 10 Percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 101. pd 13 1(1,000 10 percent. Birmingham Bank 5O/.sh. 10!. pd 19 3),000 0 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 201, pd 21% 00,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/, sh. 101. pd 12 5,000 4 per cent. Lancas'er lOOl. ,h. 504 pd 30 25,01,0 1); per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 12i1. pd 19 50,000 72 percent Manchester and Liver 1 50/. . h. 151 pel 16N pool Distri-t 20,000 7 per re , t. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 4 54 20,1)00 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of I relandlool. sh. 251. pd 42 10,!00 6, er mit National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. 17j/. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Prev , ,,cial Eng.looi. sh. 351. pd 35 10,000 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. th 101. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 10s tki Bath 201. sh. 101. pd 22 5,000 British 401. sh. 16/. lid 18% s °''" nni , f 5/.per cent./ Ditto Provincial land Bs. Cs. j 20!. sh. 191. pd 245( 928 51 106 Birmingham 50!. sh. 96 5,250 21 Os Bristol '2ol. sin 36 2.250 31 lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13% 7.10 3/ 10. Ditto, New 9 01. sh PM pd 9 2,411 41 per cent. Brighton General 9 0/. sh all pd 9 5% 1,000 71. Itis, Continental Consolidati,d ....751. 02#!.1x1 1011 1,000 10!. City of London. t,OOO 61. Ditto, New lOO/.5h. 751. pd 150 1,01.0 31.05. Equitable Sill. pd 20 10,600 32. per cent. Imperial 5.51. sh. 5: MX) 51. per cent. Isle nt Tnailei . 2,350 6/.1.•:,r cone. i ndei,endent :Nil. sh. all r... 56 3,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh 391. pa 30N 1,000 4!. per cent. Itatclid liXil.sh. 601. pd C 3 ,000 South nitropolitan 504 sh. 19/. pd 16 ~1.010 51. per cent. United General 50!. sh. 471. pd 31 240 st. per crnt. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent WaKeliAd ,......251. sh. 22 2,000 31, Westminster Chartered 6,000 (2s Ditto New 5 ll. sh. 011. pd 11N 750 3 per cent. Yarmouth V/. sh. 18/. pd WAT i....;*i W.; :KS ..........- ..., ____, i,BOO 313. hiriningh...in •P.' sh. t5/.1,0 ( 21 1,4:.i.3 71. il:ast, London 1(101. sh. IC,/ 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 11l Lls. Id. sh. 61 3,000 21. Kent lOU sh. 47 '372 In/. Liverpool !tootle 9 201. sh. 326 1,500 2/10s Nca River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 IN Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 55}6 1,000 5 per coll. South Loudon lool.sh. 08 '8,294 4 it. West Middle x Avenge 631. - 12 s. 9d. sh. 90 1,360 11 14s York Building f,o. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6;XO - ....... 100/ pd 55 .j , 550 Birmingham and Gloucester !COL pd 1,534 15,00 0 Bristol and Exeter IOU!. sh. 60 pd 2E, 7,590 Cheltenham &G. Western 1001. sh. 62, 1 / 4 1. 1: 3,00 0 Clarence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 20 8;000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 30.00 , Eastern Counties 251. sh. 231. pd 8 10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. 901. pd 65 10,918 13 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl.O. all pd .500 25,000 3 per cent Great Western lOO/ sh. 651. pd 7634 25,600 Ditto New 50/. sh. t 01. pd 54% 5,000 5 per cant Gosport Junction.. 5O/. sh. 501. pd 51 4 9,t00 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1601. oh. 100/. pd 145, 1 8,000 Holland Selby 501.1h. 501. pd 39 2,100 4/. per coat. Leeds and Selby 5,100 ho percent. Liverrool & 51anchester 101.3.5 h. 100/.1;4 199% 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares sl+l. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 36 ,0 00 ..... .... London and Brighton 501. sh. 501 pd 43 94,000 Londo n and Blackwall 251. sh. 251. pd 9% ko,ooo 0 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sit. 201. pd 7% 25,000 Flinn cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd IGO 25,000 21. (s. Ditto Quarter Shares -.25/. sh. 51. pd 2114 31,250 Dit o New Shares 3 . 24 sh. 32/. pd 53 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 384 17s. 9d. 51 1 4 33,000 London and Croydon} Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 13 3 Ditto New Scrip.... 13,00 09 0 3 per cent. Manchest:r Ditto llalf Shares ed5...100/ 7 . Zl. 50/. '. p p d 24 d 514 30, 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 401. 21 ;4 ditto Extension 7l. pd 2% )0,000 21.1 c s. Midland Counties 'OO/. sh. 100/, pd 75 15,000 7!. Os. North Midland 11.10 s. Ditto New 4O/. pd 3214 10:6 Northern and Eastern.... 501. sh 351. pd 15 `‘,600 ... ...... Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 20/. pd 36 38,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,000 I Of. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IVO/. sh. 2115 9,0011 Thames Haven 5O/. sh 5/. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 77 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51. s `, fig pd 12 4,000 11. 51. Alien l5/. sh 121. aL pd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss..s/. pm.lool. sh. al 'i d I g Ditto Subscription 251. pu I 2,000 In/. Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 95 10,000 11. Ills Brasilianimp. iss. 51. pm... 851.0.201. pd 5 6,000 ......... Macaubas et Cocaes United 251.5h.251. pd 4 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...20/. sh. 14/. pd 1% IC ,000 Bolivar Copper Company. 20/. sh. 2W. pd 1 10,000 ••••••••• Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 601 pd ,000 BriLisli Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 1% ~ ..... .. C ita Br..nca 54/. pd 6% Cantionga ... 7ll. pd 5 10,000 1 1 Copiapo ...., .. '204 sh, 1:31. pd 10 8,500 ... ColumMan, ills. se. pm.... 551. sh. 55/. pd ON 20,05031. Etvglish 20,000 General Mining Association2o/ sh.lB/. pd I% 6,155 ... ...... Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 5741 pd 6 3,008 Polb;:rou Consols .. lOl. sh. 81. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2 1,4 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 160 United Mexican, iss. 2 pni. 40/, sh. all pd DAR. Scrip 25( Ditto New Scrip 41 pit 3 West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 32 LITER A RY I NSTITUTIONS. ..... I mo ...... London, with Bronze TiCiet — ...7sgs. eh. 14% 1,500 Londun University IGO!. sh. nil pi 7 700 King' College too:. 1954 141SCELLA NEU US. ._ 10, :1.1 1 ; lbs. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 'lb/ pd 39 6, X( 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3'.l‘, pd 9% 10,0 C( 61 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 3'211. pd 2e4, 10,0 Ci; 51. per cent. Upper Cana, a Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO% 20 . 000 it, Os. CieneralSteam Navigation 151..1). 141. pd 25 10/.per cant. Hudson's Bay Stock ........ „,„., ...... ~ „ 254 ,000 H. London Corn. Sale Rooms... Av. 751. sh. 19 00C Caovtchouc Company 121/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company SCI. pd 12 2,;51 5/. per cent Reversienary Int. 50c...100/. sh 100/.14 95 V;33 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100'. Fri 107 .1,000 Thames funnel 5Ol. sh. all pd 10 . o, onp 68. Van Die. ner.'s Land .... 1001. eb . 1711. pd !,„•3e LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PEW, oc - r. 2. 1841. BANKs. 1,000,0ce , 6/, ?. et. h ank of Scotland ...831. Os. bd. th, all pd 759 2,000,001. f l. p. et. Rey.tl of Scotland ............ 100/.sh. all pd 150 500,000' Si. p. ct. British Linen CompAny...lool.sh. all pd 215, 500,0001. 01. o. ct. Commercial .......,,•..•..5001. sh. 100/. pd 165 500,000,. on. e.r. NatiOnal ... ........... .10CZ, Sh. 101. pd 14 500,00 a 18'. p. et. Glasgow Union "50/. sh. 501. pd 85 1,000,0001. 13 p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd GY INSURANCE COMPANIES. 256.0005 h AI p. ct. Scottis h Union .C1.36. 11. pd 241 Ocl. 7,500 lo p. c t. Hercules 1001. d 13 sh. 101 . p 10(,000 10 ). ct. insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd Piy 50,000 10 p. ct. North British 200/. sb. 101. pd 17 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire wet. sh. 10/. pd 20 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh 1.../e 1001. sh. 104 NI 141 4 100,000 34 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd Id ISCELLA NEO US. 4,818 ........ Fdin. And Ulas. Un. Canal.so/. sh. all pd 10 Ditto Allocated 901. sh. an pd 43 ef25,49( ri per cent. Edinb. Joint Sink Water.2sl. sh. all pd 34 I m us h 21 per cent. Shotts Iron I 0unavrv......50/. sh 48/ pd 4,- 0,0 00 , I , per ctent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. IQ xi '% 000 10 per cent. Edinbu r g h Coal Gas ..... —.131. sh. all p i d 49 g( li . .. :.e i i i ia i t l C :r °' : C h l3 Fn a t s l D .. 3 . 1 . 1c . eI t h , 1: 2 1 15 `! 1 : : ai5 : 0 111 ). : d h 2 5 :: ::7 4 1 5 5 : 4 7 1 11 Edi nburg h :r . cent. .. cant, VESSELS SPOKEN WiTii.—The Ann barque, of Liver pool, Aug. 6, hit. 1 N., lon. 3 E ; Jan az i o , o f P a l ermo, fifty days - from Uio Janeiro, 3d ult., lat. 28, lon. 34, by the Reliance, arrived in the River. Caledonia, Liver pool to B o ston, 17th ult., by the B r it ann i a steamer, ar rived at Liverpool. Briton, St. Andrew's, N. 8., to De merara, by the Racer, arrived off Falmouth. Elizabeth, Liverpool to Bombay, 22d July, lat. 22 S., lon. 28 W. ; Jane Princat, Arica to Liverpool ; Annie, Bonny to Liverpool, 12th, lat. 12 N., lon. 26 ; Argagre, Calcutta to illuivion, 17th Pit-, off Flores, by the Lyra, arrived at Liverpool. - Urania, of Cork, out tnirty-five days, lat. 46, lon. 58, by the Samuel, arrived at Kinsale. MORNING SIT,. RDAY. THE MARKETS.-YESTE CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week hare been mode rate, with a good quantity of Flour, coastwise. There being few buyers of Wheat, prices remained as on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Peas unaltered. Oats met a'-gend mand, and were rather dearer. Flour found a fair sale at last , quotations. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat , was rather short, trade was at as 11 0 7 , .; of 2.d. er stone. Beef, ?s. 4d.- t o 4 1 . ; Mafton, .36. 44 is 45, 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. to ss. %Veal, 3s. Bd. to 40. B d.; 4s. to ss. Bd. per stone of 'dips;' The supplies of Gams al Poultry were rather short. Th e d e mand was graa 4 ,l prices were rather higher. • Eggs in good supply, trade al" - and prices as last quoted. COLONIAL MARKET. both . The Market was firm, and fairpurehases were made , for hon.e consumption and shipping at full Yates. Th e publc sales were light, but some large parcels of goods were &elm" f3r this and next week. The imports light from all TEA MARKET. The demand was good, and prices were firm • le. 1 1 0. for Company's Congou cash, and Is. lld. the lowest pant the the market for free , trade Congou. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, and prices still depress 'd• P. Candle on the spot was offered at 465. 6d. per cwt., bu t wit h fee buyers. The arrivals large. • WOOL MARKET. 4 rates fal The demand for English and foreign Wool was good, were paid. The Market wore a firm aspect. 1 11 " -- rivals keep small. quarters . an IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week ending OCT. I. From To ILLOI • 817 Wheat,perbarrelUt stollen 21 0 35 0 2 8 , 6 821 8ere.......—. ...... .. 16 t tow l4 6 15 3 V; 4 7 . 412 Barley l6 stoue..... 16 0 18 0 ' „.. 3 623 Oat% '4 at0ne...... 10 0 12 0 . 0 0 Flour, per cwt 8 5t0uc...... . 0 —' 0 ;‘, 3, . ' }77 Oatmeal 9 stone.... 11 0 IA 0 " Sold to Bakers only. no gg 16,570 Cwt. F10ur........ ...... ......... .. 10 0 24 0 ~.. Average price .11 Wheat a nd lour 51. 9d per sack. Receipts of }lour, 12,149 1 secon. .. • Firer 5... . ,....... from ins. Od to 25. a . Dales of Do. 14,051 • l'hird, ..2...—. from I7s. Od. to 2 .. front tOs. 04.1. to 15. 1, la rtvw it tw 1311.11•1). -, , Quarterr. Loat - .' ' CORE MARKETS— Oct. 2 .04 Wheat (per LlOst.)l4s 1.0. lk Md. 1141.104 U (per 14st. .... 64.0.1. to 13.4 . 0 Barley (per 165t.;11 0 :5 0 IFlorr (per cwt ;,.. 11 0 ' t l° .. Oatmeal (per cwt.)... ..... ....a.. Od. to 168 Od . . Neel, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. 060, Veal, 4d to fld Pork, 40. to sd. —Fresh Butte:, 10d. to lid per lh. Pant or UUTTER. ,' ' To the Merchant,. To the Cou ntr First Quality... ........., 85 , ...........................•. 7 ., 61 Second B2 .. l ' ' Third .. „ . 7l ..."............... Iry .«.• • fBFourth 6° Fifth 69 ....• ..Mo. ... , • .... Sixth en 58 .. .1.,..•• • ..... CLONMELL ,1 A ItK ETS.... Oct. 2 Per t wt. d. ; ; 1.,.. 4- d. s. d. sd. ~;.:p Rew Butter B4 otoBl i , Hides iraw).... ....- oto ~, 0 Oattuea 1 — 0 12 6 13ac0nP15....;.,.....44 C "" 1 Rendered Lard 0 52 ir de5d5.................112 0 '''''' - ' Per £4,. 91 ° flour. Second 0 41 Lt IF tour, Thards....... --- 0 0 • —Household...— 0 42 0I -- Fourths.... 20 0 - , Per Barre. Rapesetd. 20 0 01 BArley ............. 11 '.l I. 0 Bere lO 01 Coalt •...............‘,..,- it ' 4. •• ' KII. K ENNY IcIA ItHEIS. ~,. a Wl.cat s per barcel)2si.Otl.to 351.0 d. Beef raver It., ..... 0 9, od , W s -- 8 Eiatlzy 12 0 15 0 51u!keT, .............„ 0 5 Wits 0 ' 14 0 15 I' Pork . ..... ti 4 A r Flour (per bag) —.20 0 58 0 Ver ..............., 0 6 1 u Butter( per cwt.) 90 0 10.. 0 Frost' Butter .... 0 0 nlO Bacon Pigs 5S 0 42 6 clan. Ditto ,„...... op 6 0 ° Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatocs,:per sc.) li 9 MARKETS. Barley, Mecklenbnrgh 180 o 2$ Magdeburgh 2 10 ; 0 0! . -- Holstein . / 8° ' 1411 -- Summer ....... 7g to Oats, Elder to 02 - Mecklenburg 1 J O -- Holstein lll to 05 , - Esst Friedand 9 ° I° gglr Pease, Mecklenburg 255 I °„,* Beaus 2 56 t ° Buck Wheat itig toy o Rapeseed, Hanover Malt 150 t o is Tares 'ON. tot Mar:mham 7 A` 0; Madras 4 % 5 4 Swats Domingo .......... FEE. Domingo Ls Guayra 114 to 64 Porto Itico ...... liavannah 4%1 6 ' 4% 7 )1 . . 4% ' 4 ii 8% Discount.) ne. tog/ - Bahia. White ........ .. ....... 2 . Brown . m ... . . ..... - $ Pernambuco. White .44 1' 1 Brown ... 1 n. 2t4 to 2i( HAMBURG GR Wneat, Marks 402 to 456 ; -- Magdeburg 408 to 462 , - Anhalt, white 403 to 4, 2 - red 41;1; to 444 Brunswick 403 to 45F, - Mecklenburg 348 to 464 -- Polish 404 to 45 ; • - Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg .....211) to 24 Dantzic ....... 223 to 255 Elbing and Ku nigsburg 'Al to 236 - Upland - Riga 224 to 232 Cori Carolina and Tennessee 'NI.° 9% Georgia, Ist suit 2d 6%, 7% 3d and 4tli oN COF Mocha 13 to 1354 Batavia Sumatra Rio :; 54 554 Bahia 354 556 SUGAR.—(Witt Havannah, White 3 to 4 Brown Z 2 3( Rio, White 2% 4 Brown Manilla. Brow ISLE OF SKYE.—DISTRESSING Oe RENCE.—About ten days ago Mr. Lindsay cs Excise in the Island of Harris, to all appeatlance by his death in the following manner we nt ouL ' !-, 7- a promontory which juts into the sea, near the tno usw- ( - 1 of Rodil, for the purpose of shooting solan-geese, Olt was accompanied, it is said, by two dogs. lIIS comity , home at night created much alarm to his fea," On the following morning search was reads for fit while on the promontory mentioned were found th e ur dogs lying beside some birds which had been si wt t v xr no trace whatever could be found of Mr. Lindsay the • is supposed that he must have lost his footing..oo ~ slippery . shelving rock there situated and Wien mto tG sea, which at that place is of very considerable cleP He had on his person at the time a heavy shet-10l which, together with his gun, would probably caused him to sink immediately. His remains havo s ' n ' t i . 1 been found. He was much respected iu the OV , • has left a wife and numerous family to httnet 4 timely end.—Edinbu rg h Witness. REMARKABLE OC CURRENCE . On t h e v• noon of Thursday, the 16th ult , during verf thunder shower, a considerable ult., f a stuoit u Li a " fell from the clouds, at the Town-hill, about o a mile n0." , - - 2 l' east from Dunfermline. They were in 'general frool th ,' tr , 31 inches in length; and, although they must from a considerable height, many of them were:/10.); after they fell, and jumping among the grass. ----A"7" burgh Courant. HOUSE PLlES.—These troublesome sects may be effectually destroyed without poison. Take half a teaspoonful of broWn sug# 2 :' i , o f a teaspoonful of black pepper, and one tablesi3or in cream ; mix them together, and place it in a FUr_ i the room where the flies are troublesome, and the}` ' • soon disappear. SILVER•PLATED CORNER D15HE,.,5,0*-..i:,'z T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, N 0.47, kill, London (Seven door. from Gracechurch-street). oubtir . the prices of the following patterns of strongly Plated TO!, Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver shi el " engraving the crest or coat of arms :- 0 The Gadroon Pattern. Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... x,'" 1 0 Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and I g ' 0 Covers The Flower Pattern. e Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and IS I ° t' Covers tIO - N.B. The covers are made with moveable handles, 'l4O they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above forty:l%7 any part of Great Britain cr Ireland, postage free. ...%<„,t.i• itrr C. J. DENT begs to acquaint his Friend', the Public that he has just had the honour of veeitilli subjoined letter from the - Admiralty : (Copy.) 10 1 ' . " Admiralty, 29th September, of ber " Sir—The annual trial of chronometers for the us• recol le Majesty's Government having now terminated, I 0 0 ipfie s _ t mended by my Lords Commissioners of the AdmireitY - t he fn . ~, you that their Lordships have directed me to purch as e • t s i t fia, , lowing chronometers at the various prices specified ag aills respectively, liz. : Dent, No. 1,571 55 guinea' ,e, ,, Dent, No. 1,606 Dent, No. 5,621 (pocket) 3O gilin es 'S.,,r s k t e " Their Lordships having been pleased, in'order to ''',l o int" superior performance of 1,571, to as s ign to it a proP°r` ' enclosed price to that usually given. , , " I am, Sir, your most obedient servao,t, n bet " F. BEAUFORT, 1 4 9d r ri rir ' ~ u p ' " To Mr. Dent, Chronometer Maker, 82, Straw.: . 60 0 - ... ' Out of 80 Chronometers a by various Makere,, tttl ice I , the late trial by order of tleir Lordships,. the _ e nTiiiii;',., ' ~. above three, with two selected for the Ni gee Itflw - t i, - , iii ' ,, -. others, enables Mr. Dent to affirm that he belioiel''',l,:i•-for ',,,, year supplied their Lordships with more Ch r onorec."‘"iijoin ' 4 use of the Royal Navy than have been furnisbed i'" '. A any other Maker. • 'Oat a a s It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to Sta te - oar ehe bon ..,, to their Lordships' high recommendation he ones r* ishgor • 1 " -- - having made a Gold Chronometer, presented to th e to pedition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. , wate bitt ' t . ' I Dent's Lectures on Chronometers, Clocks, an. ,steitt• • be obtained at 82, Strand, price one shilling, bat P"'" ,• customers gratuitously. rs ‘ 'alai' . , Present price of 'Two-day Chronometers, 4O ~',_....,,.,,..- BIRTHS. L nd obil t i On the sth inst., at 17, Southampton-street, 13w-- square, Mrs. Hedgman of a son. ' of Of On the Ist inst., at Woodville , near Douglas, Isle o r ig, - ! ' the lady of James Martin, Esq., late Captain Riu ° of a daughter. the V I7 ,' On the 2d inst., at Frant, near Tunbridge- w ells, ..,,‘; of Robert James Hebden, Esq., of a son. ' • J''' ' T. ~ On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Bedford, Mrs' ' k , ' Green, of a son. Gue ill On the 3d inst., at Denmark-hill, Mrs. Freifirick / of a ~ ris otLhnoe, Lombard -street, e . teht: P South War,, lan O e dau o g n ht t e h r e . sth Hon. Mrs. Ch i a n r s l t es ' On the sth inst., in Lennox, of a daught La e et r n . Gn lady and o Trinity-square, 3rlirh.itJyo.sselhharTea,ylor, of Cl eir e ll , ja t f• V O ' ,l: Hanger-lane, • , y , ', '; • ~ oroxvße-hetniedr:roofada,ssStotanu.ifJorodh.ntisil-ini 0rifari.!,7...,,,,, MARRIED. of C O4. ' h t • On the 4th inst., Oetavus Undecitnn; Trezevant, „40 , f ,r. ti l A r- ", ter-terrace, Reget's-park, to 'Maria Dorothea vt ,„ Belgrano, of Buenos Ayres. It° Pi' are, A r x On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-ego % c s ibt,i4 ‘, King, Esq., of Chester-street, Grosvenor-p!aee, to , s ib ,‘,":' Frances, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Di1,,,L1P,',7 , Cornwallis Eustace, K.C.H. and C. 8.. ' o ,sts f r ' ' Essex. P. "? ' ii, of Start" - ,- ',l:l' On the sth inst., at Sunning-hill Church, John , _, Esq., Royal Hot s, -Guards, eldest son of the late ‘' E P 6 , 4 -.. 0 , tard, to Anna, daughter of the late Jaeob Ricartlo,„„r. cbs'A, On the stk inst., at St. Clement's Church , °: et terr, Burfield, jun., of Hastings, merchant, to Miss Roy . L , - , of the same place. ' 'l llll. DIED. lip Beddinglield, Esq., of Ditehingliam Hall.. 00 'ize , „',I On the 22d ult., at Thornton Lodge,:Vorkshire;rllll4',:. ,y,.: On the lit inst., Eliza , the wife o f Mr. George • , G. 11!•;.. Hermitage-bridge, Wappin:. ging On the 28th ult.., at Chipping Norton, John i vest ~, ~,. On the 3d ii st., at Albrighton, Salop, Riche r ' , , , 0 ? , , late of London aged 84. 1 1 Igariat, s , ,ti,` the the 4th , inst., at Greenwich, Susanna a 4: • the Rev. T. Hitchin, aged 70. ' - - ns, " 1-- .0 , , 'zur ell asti S- ' On the 4th inst., at Leamington, Zaccar ia., . 0 v ; On the 4th inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, l a . ~* I ' ' Es ~ Queen's Counsel. _q .....,4 „, ,= „ e l" i . f --,, • it.O l P'OlO P " London: Printed and Published by MURD O , - sirs - No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office No. l ''''' l B,4l* the county of Middlesex, Thursday, dsliber 7 , ' 1" 7