The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

,A 4 an:. COMMERCIAL NEWS. - - - theCITY THURSDAY EVENINGS The Eriglisii Funds retained their elagtirity lip to terrniiiatit!, l of business, end there was a f a i r • 933 and feet invc.stment. C'msois left off at 93# to nonev, and Mtl- to 93i for Time Exchequer 1311Is•vvere 575. rein., mi d India Bonds . 475. to 495, Prem. :New Three - a nd-a-Half per Cents. touehed 1011. The statement.of the Times relative to the suspen- Dsion of two of the "durveyors-General.of the Customs' epartment, is . a t l east premature, no such occur , as we are Credibly informed, having yet taken place, as both parties were on duty to day. The Ptimign market ret a i ns it s ' d u ll appearance, ex cept Its regard s P ortuguese Stock, which, for some Ililltcountable reason or other, has been rather sought afP.er at a rise oflearly a half per cent. It cannot be conceded that the prospects of Portugal are at all bright, hut the fatility offered for the transaction of I:42 stress, by .tfte 4llowanceof dealings in the converted Psttiy account for the advance, The New per Cents. brotight 384 to 38k, the Converted aged from 32 up to 33, and the Three per Cents. ire at 221. Chilian Bonds were worth 82 to 83, and Brazilian 64, being steady. Spanish Actives -•here marked 16 to 16+, and the Three per Cents. 21+, ' ute h Ttvo-and-a-H a lf per C ents. touched 621 to 52L ,1 4 7 ,,d the Five per Ce n t s . rema i ned nt look to looi. . 4 e, Ring of Holland's speech imp rove d t h em. . -the Railway Shares Were not particularly active, ttipared to the English Stocks. Great Western realised 18 ; the New, 101 Birmingham Thirds . \ N - ; the. south Weste rn , 16i; and the York and orth Midland, 39/ .prem.; Eastern C oun ti es were .4 1 ,inhurgh and Glasgow, 3a, ; Manchester and zpi• Eastern, 27i; i;s.; a nd E t Midland Counties, 38+; Northern as ern P 4 North Midland, 41+ ; and South were prem. • n. • Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares (From The Sun of Last Night.) fihere.are accounts from the Mauritius to the 28th - ll ee• The L eg isl a ti ve C ounc i l, in order, to afford n i re • reli e f to the planters until such time as the nzn Government_ should come t o some 1 1 E ' e zo i sion upon the subject of Hill Coolie emigration, . 4 04, authorised the Gov ernor t o appropr i ate a por tile of the 25,000/. prev i ous l y voted, to ti, attainment of other Asiatic, and also are Af rican labourers. Th e b ount i es o ff ered ,1 30 for Asiatic m en or women 61 ., and for children ye t welve, 31. each. For African men or women v e ' r nd for children 2/. each. Th e A s i a ti c l a b ourers ehi ll e ,„"Peetai to be procured from among the and Malays, and the same of restric tlw, and conditi ons as t o t h e i r return to c ountry aster the term of ser v it u d e , f ree o f a ll ciE'ase had b een l a id down b y the Council, as in the 3 , the Mil Coolies. Plac e el. Y earnest di scuss i ons ore state d to h ave taken No In the Council relative to the conditi on o f th e v tl.Y, Which i s re p resente d as being very depressed. lock:., r3 ' large amount o f th e c i rcu l at i ng me di um was th e in the Treasury, and the banks, as well as thCosrlcultural interests, were much straitened from Th ud other • causes. it* Speech of th e Ki ng o f H olland upon the open -14 5' the States -General was considered satisfactory wh ic r i e l e City. Th e deficiency in the revenue, oiflOA is to be met partly by the impo- Parti„'f a stamp and inheritance tax, and ..43,0 0 6,,"Y the remis•ion of the remaining credit o f J2 11 ,, e 4)0 florins' was fully expected by those who Iv:wathed the:situati on o f H o ll an d. ste Le are nAlvised, fr om Li ver p oo l, Of th e C a l e d on i a an they 1-• •Ar ting taken . out an unusually large mail, c on) , er 'proof of the increasing advantages of steam This vessel has also a full freight of goods, and 50 passengers. t ell T he Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday had a 93 7 to declin e . S a l es 3,600 b a l es. Raih ay Ires Were very flat. I _ l l the produc e mar k ets h ere we have rather more b, nes s d o i ng to-day. th p 1 1 ,e suspensi on o f two of the Surveyors-General of th;: City, exc i tes a good deal of remark in 'itY, the more espec i a ll y as Orlq of them 48 th eInself engaged at first as a gommissioner • 13 0 __ d snug little Court of Inquiry appointed by the inquire. into the Customs frauds. There has been an advance again of per cent. in t u'e value of Consols this morning, which have 1 3,1 e11 ,.d 9 3i to 93i for present transfer, and 93i to 11,41,,,Tr AC count ; Exchequer Bills are steady at 57a. ium ; and India, Bonds at 465.t0 48s. premium ; ah..". 3 Stock is firm at 1651 to 166 ; the New Three ira-Half per Cents. are . 101 i to 01i ; and the rath re e e r per Cent. Annuities 924 to 93. There is ditiimore business doing, and the attendance of Vend receivers at the Bank is pretty strong. 324. s ign Stocks are a shade better: Mexican are '•°' 321 and Chilian 82 to 83, which is a trifle te,": l *; 'Portuguese New Five per Cents. have risen 3 4"3"d 38f, -- and the Converted Bonds to 32 and- T is4 4 top ;aP ai i i s \ h va A y ctives are quiet at 16i ; and Dutch bang-a -Half per Cents. firm at al. Shares are in only limited request, Il irtrli t , e r ,,, s are not lower. Great 'Western realised 17 ; Ptern.•'ffpn, Thirds, 28; and South Western, 164 trans li ‘ c; 4l , ll r. t it c)ri are , 13-F , to 13k discount.. , . actio n , • STOCK EXCH./O,GL, ' OCT. 19.—The : fl ed, pri o 111 our Market to-day have been very a! and b• -es without material alteration.----Manches 4,yiid4 irtninenam 19a • South Western, 57i 58 ; .nd , 4 Ut tlet Ci es> 61 . 61 1 , ; Manchester and Liverpool 88. 9d CLOSING PRICES. : la k Sto c k BRITISH FUNDS. a Per nt. .. . •. . .... .165 i India ! Stock :sr Cc° t . C Z_ 93 !Ditto Bonds ... . t.,„Per, it, Re s ......... li3i Ditto Old Annuities :'it per c er d •••••.....100i1 Ditto New Annuities 9li L • Per c „At. ..... ..soli Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 57 pm t4 g A li • ..... unities to ... ... Ditto 5001... pm Ja.b. 4,60 expi re Ditto Small ( 3 )e t• If+s9 .."'•-• 12 5-16'Bank Stock for Acct. 166* e. ......... 12 3-16 India Stock for Acct... .... 141 A it • . - u : Consols tor Acct...: 93/ 11:1;: l an, 5 p er F OREIGN FUNDS. Br a lij n, 5 pe r e ee nt• ••• iPortuguese, 5 per cent. 84e la n Ltortasent ...... Ditto, New Ditto th•lAYres6 .... 64 Prussian, 5 per cent. btolan, 6 _er pesost. Russian, pei cent ....., rehi n,6 cent ...... 83 Ditto, Nleta.llic ..... -- C . Per ce tlt•.. Spanish, 5 per cent. 16A P u atd i r n ds, .... ....... Ditto, Deferred.... Gr eo _ p er 3 r cent. 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. At ezi a,lE. wi‘ ,t•vnt. ...... !Exchange —f --c. Dist, I.4Per cent. !French, 3 per cent —f. —c. P ! Per Per ..... !IMO], 2b per cent 52,1 440,26 Vent. In 7 'Ditto, 5 per c•en:. 100* et. ...... 'Eastern , SHARES.. GEdinbur )lifts ':,ounties Rail way (23 ra id) 8/1 Gr eat 141-i4 and Glas gow (50 pa id) ... 46i x e , 4t ern, (65 paid) Shares (50 paid 60* toe t it ( 4 paid) .. . Ltd" annadlitighton (50 paid) 7i 6* bitto Th. ackwall ( paid) ..... 5 1 b in.° ird s ( 32 paid) 60i Loedori an ew Share s ( 2 paid ........ 30 , dSoth Western (411 6s 10d pd) la e wi ne Cte,r and. Birmingham (40 paid)... .. 19i tartilernwanucintEleasstranilvvoiasy boo) ( a l i O4 paid) 41„ttihttioquidaiatoclRailvray ( 100 ) 36 'ollth East arrs (40 paid) to 8n c . rn and Dover (50 paid) 22k d No rth Midi ) York , e ") (15 p a i d 111 a n (50 paid) 149.0etilitrirolegttearts Ze :tained that t ' ---f-.--- . ---- b r e "' E rpt have not arrived,. but on quarter were goit!g the aff-•-•:grsnypg?'niittn6l-Itall, in Piccadilly, w on e b a t : l 9 a t hlY as the best friends of the ado 4114 74 h ad any reas,,,T) to anticipate. —Punch. 0f.413.'Y lIALL STEEn.E. 1.,...„4 this super. edifice was . z7o0:) gee about twf. 0 and towering fter- The . I;t P s u t l o i ne fir of d tb in e past three o'clocknn F....aay a s _ x ,Vvork,axid th:: event was announe':4 b y five or _ .1. !. ,, heigh—t tat s2ne top, Who stood . up on their toppli r - z The v'-ed their caps, and gave three loud . "che-,. .. tro t , . e, which is ten feet high, and in thre !. °llll . (°I- 2 43,:tf' Was Pia'ed o the to on MondsV Mottling. ,-Bntalt ' 11 P t , ...)1 1 „ ' "esscon:l•Art ,Catsc.:--At the htleestershir! 11 !4 r u a a t r i t ie er i: R00d. 4 , - ,- , , ?II _euesda:V 154., Louisa ittiireePklng girl, ;11/4ut 19 years of W a. ) ;:, e _ ;es . respectably h P ed with taji n 11 1 Mack, vms placed at the bar, aA telig,,ls sorel•eign!,, the property of John Taylor, 'Ai% • T'' ni e n i .4 !!econd indictment churned the prisonerd other Illttie 4!, (11 -. , ig a pair of breeches, ler• r''ngs' ar i ) Prisoner Nei ittieticlre, the roperty of Henry Smith. r Court, Ntig• ti - guilty to. both, indictments, bu 4 the } 11.,. .t 4 -nae quainted with the circumstances, requested_ ylor tOgive a relation of them, when it appeared 41 4 . th e • - time*Li nt , prisoner entered the service of the pro_seeutor 'ell months since, during the whole of which , teekssh:. con. ducted herself with propriety.. A few a4ther,cice. M. Taylor had occasion to remain at another th 't his - bonne in Leicester, leaving N en ree men in charge of. 1 - is house at Belgrave. the prisoner ill ll ' ' h R the . night the prisoner proceeded to a bureau 4 11(1 „.. L ' ci l 'she had seen. 1 - 12: master place some gold, 40. -,`l"-nee she tool< 19 sovereigns out of a sum of thAro'ii,e. then cut her hair ell' so close as to resemb e o), and man, after which she proceeed l to l the men's .., iih 4 I_, zicli;dressed herself in Smith's e 0 . , If , ..,.,_., of k e r l t I th it 4 "ou'..e.. Being overtalcep b d the e4trwrinaget'" th o e; L-'uner, of Deeoksby Hall nis lady order e d -?,44 a"t„,.l,'"na,,n to step, as she P ° :_ceil:ed that the pristitei le4:k., ON ' -t,''.ar appearane^„ ;Ind was er,yliktr treiy illtich. eilts.:4-1,". (piestiqn'l:6; ing put t - O Nl' she acknow sol,ii,:, that she had ceinitt6l. the robbery, and dis ,ti7.l_t _ it•th.e priFoner having been 34,4,.`1,1.11,ey50t' in la ett'l clothe s to a vcid detection. The preZit,tiollit;er Le/411461)g h put into the wit "; lat:d she could account in no other wa • fur tliC robbery than that she was pr e) , id; , .ind stole the /none with In intention of av o i d 418' herself durinp; her ' ) . ' c o q ‘. nnt, and thus 1)044 s`tilesi)f)sure t 0 which she vin•Ounlecinoilierwise have said i t ._ r t)°° tvd The Chairelan, Mr. W. Aleyrick, 00,4 e ww,,el. inns. of the most unheard of cases that had !itg.cut or r _ l ti his experience ; and had not the prose eh:_ortmencled he r to mercy, and some alleviat it)e,h.,ll,4lllltanees llPPenred .lie h'er-favour,- he should . 4 1-un 1.,„: •:' ''s'''.• 0 sr-otence of Iransportation ;wet • -.- il, p..i:..) : . .: .. . - . ve taca t tl,„, - ~ — -, .,..: ...-us sentenced to -'' Ilan.' labt4ur, three weeks solitary. ~ NEW BANXIttIPTCY COMMIS SIONERS. There has lately been .much speculation in legal circles as to the location of the new COITITIII.SSiOrteIS of Bankruptcy in the several Ylittfibts provided by the Act of Parlintntiii. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in meeting the wishes of the gentlemen appointed as to their ultimate destination, but an ar rangement has at last been made„ and the following are the appointments : Birmingham—Mr. Balguy, Q.C., and Mr. Daniell. Liverpool—Mr. Skirrow, Q.C., ttild Mr. C. Phillips. Manchester—Mr. &rgt. Ludlow and Mr. Jemmett. Leeds—Mr. M. J. West and Mr. Montagu Bere. Bristol—Mr. Sergt. Stephen antVMr. Stephenson. Exeter—Mr. Sergeant Goulburn: Newcastle—Mr. Ellimon. ROYAL POLYTE( INSTI- - - T U TION MR: LINGARD'S THEORY OF FUNGI, AND OF THE DRY ROT. Dr. Ryan, Professor of Chemistry at this Institu tion, read a lecture yesterday in the theatre of the Institution, before a crowded auditory, on the subject of Mr. Lingard's theory of the origin of fungous ex crescences in timber, and of the decay of vegetable substances. Mr. Lingard, who was present, ex hibited several diagrams in illustration of his peculiar views. This gentleman has devoted the last twenty years to the investigation of this in teresting subject, and the result of his observations has been to convince him that the commonly received opinion that fungi spring from seed is incorrect. He contends that fungi are produced by heat and mois ture, causing the expansion of portions of the timber Nuw as water, under increments of heat, ex pands to 1,700 times its bulk, so portions of timber, under the same agency, expand into various forms. Thus, according to Lingard's theory, fungi are only portions of matter in which the attraction of cohesion has, in a great measure, been occa aioned by the expansive power of heat, and are not the produce •of seed.. Mr. Lingard further states that all fungi take the peculiar form of the tree from the timber of which they have sprung. Mr. Lingard's means for preventing dry-rot seem to be the exclusion of moisture, and filling the pores of the timber with some composition known only to him self, which will for ever prevent the action of water upon it. 'Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the truth of this theory, there can be only one opi nion as to the importance, in a commercial and na tional point of view, of , :avestigations of this nature. Mr. Lingard seems to hav e cons id ere d th e su bj ec t with great attention, and if his discovery should prove the means of 'preserving timber from decay, he will be entitled to a high rank among the benefactors of the human race. We had not visited this admirable institution for some time, and were delighted to witness the progress which it has recently made. In the ante-room was a steam-engine, a - Napier's - printing-press at work, and a most inge nious invention, a pin making machine. This, which is one of the most complete machines ever invented, manufactures 45 solid headed pins per minute—the wire is gradually uncoiled at one end of the ma chine, and the perfectly formed pin is delivered at the other. Here also is the steam-engine, which works the colossal electrical machine, and sets in motion the various models. In one of the rooms up stairs is a beautiful specimen of art—the Table des llfarechaux—a table of the finest Sevres porcelain, embellished with mina ture portraits of Napoleon and his 'Marshals, exe cuted in the highest style of art. This unique table is valued at 5,000 guineas, and is put up at that sum to be raffled for. Napoleon paid 12,000 guineas for it. It is worth paying a visit to the Polytechnic to see this superbly elegant table. During the afternoon the process of coining was exhibited. The method of exploding gunpowder under water, as practised for the removal of sunken wrecks, &c., was next illustrated. A model of a ship was sunk at the bottom of the well; the diver, attired in his helmet and dress, descended and attached a small canister - of gunpowder, through which a wire had been passed, to the model; a stream of voltaic electricity was passed through the wires, the gunpowder exploded, the wreck was blown up, and the fragments ascended and floated on the surface. After this a party went down in the diving-bell. The amusements terminated by the exhibition of a beautiful series of dissolving views. A band of music was in attendance, and performed several popular airs during the course of the morning. The Institution was crowded during the whole day. THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. FRAUDS ON THE REVEN UE. We have fo announce the sudden termination of the investigation into the charges of fraud and peculation, brought against the officers of the Landing Depart . ment of the Customs, at least so far as the Board of Customs is concerned, it having been intimated to this body by the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury that it was the intention of Government at once.to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate, not only the truth of the present charges, but fully to analyse the whole constitution of this important revenue establish nient. It appears that this early termination of the labours of the Commissioners (if labour it may be called), has been brought about in consequence of it having reached the ears of the Secretary of State that it was the intention of the Board to suspend no less than seven other landing waiters, men of unimpeach able character, and of many years' service, upon the bare charge of having given credit, or accommodation, to importers, and this, too, upon the statement of a man whose conduct has been bad for years past. There is one feature connected with the above re- marks which deserves mention. The facts by which these men were to be suspended were known weeks since, yet they were retained on their duties in per- feet ignorance of the charges brought against them, until the day their salaries became due, when an order was sent to prevent the payment; luckily, however, for the seven gentlemen (whose names we are in possession of) the communication from the Treasury above alluded to reached the Chairman, Mr. Deane, and the order waS countermanded. The announcement of the suspension of the Sur veyors-General, Messrs. Dowding and Penning, in the Times of Wednesday, is without truth, these gentlemen having been actively ,on duty at the Custom-house yesterday, where the-, statement ex cited much surprise. As the names of these gen tlemen have been thus prematurely introduced to public notice, it may prevent misapprehension to state briefly the grounds upon Which our Contemporary may have come to the conclusicn that they bad been suspended. The recrimination between lastings and Burnby has led to some very disagreeable statements in re ference to the former gentleman, who, however inno cent, must nevertheless suffer in some measure by the reflections of even such acknow'ledged delinquents as these. It would be unwise on our parts to specify here the particular charges brought against Mr. Dowding by the man Burnby, wh%e evidence in too many instances has proved unworthy of credit ; but we may observe that they have been.neither of a very limited nor scrupulous character;lhd they Ailey are such as no doubt Mr. Do‘Oine •• ;;;ll necessarily find it expedient to clear o <4 pecially in re ference to the Irish afr:ar. The case of Mr. Penning is, however, diffe: ent, being in some mksureColllleo7oa with that rf. Mr. Rolls, whose dismiisal ittbSt Nth his ha:ein g admitted th a t an overtmt wai - ttia4e to him by '1 silk firm, which he alkged he etkininnnioated to pis superior officer, Mr. Penning, at the which this latter gentleman denivs: A.* niatter of course, under these oiretkrastauttS, ehe dismissal of Mr. Rolls on so slight a charge could not but in jus tice he followed by that of Mr. Penning, supposing it were established that such information had been given, but which does not yet appear. It is true that Mr. Penning has been recalled from the port of South ampton, where he had been investigatin g upon a spe cial order the con d uct of the Customs' business. Three or-four dismissals among the previously suspended o ffi c c t e m r i s l p h l a a i v n e o c t scu on t r h r occurred since eother hoaunrdare made of the Rain of discrimination on the part of the Customs' Aelef* to a tta r I ( c l n ti s ti d g t e „ b i' e r n u B. - ee pe n i t e l l i t : d in u I d e i n s t t e g a u l i e s r h , l a n g c case between v‘ i n that of the firm which had its tea • l - unjust y seized a few days since, much to the prejudice of its character among several of its connexions, who were abused by the ex-parte statements which got abroad on the sub ject, at a time when excitement caused imperfect ru mours to gain ready currency. The best proof s it may be observed, of the entire conviction otthe board of Customs that no fraud was about tit) be practised, may be inferred from the fact of the uSual satisfaction money paid to the officers as 9) . 1 • ;ncentive to vigilance having in this iristanceloeen withheld. ...,r1 - REPUDIATI'- The following, re spectableletter ,- • subject by .Mr. J. Speed, a . •itten on this "l influential gentleman of Baltimore.:— " an extract from a and debtor class mu - uprises l at ,:_ ~ . . _,..., of tne o o .. u th r i, rn, the p l otr l; ,at a ,i l oti l , trad a in:;n: t rit l ie : s anstt li o k tf e lls. uffrage prevails 1 :;"C;l7l.dlicriftfl'l4'f:l).lr°thdeoeLs Legislature would a mt , d o e u b ld tor so a o n i c l i cbie•ediin the field ? The former would prevail, of course ; and then would come the Wildest sweeps of licentious ness in l eg i s l ation. All debts over a certain limit would be declared void, as being oppressive and onerous upo deeds won the people—large e s t a t es wou ld b e b ro k en up— recordstitle- e uld be c ance ll e d an d torn f rom the —agrarian laws would be passed. Is there any painting i n t hi s ? Does it not all follow as a necessary consequence of the one great act of perfidy ? Does i t go beyond the measur e of a act of per cation of th e pr i nci plain and practical appli ples that dictated that fidy ? In my judgment it does not. But I turn away from a subject that must be so distressin..to the . mind of every p a t r i ot, and will indulge in no g. more previ sions of the sorrow and shame and disgrace that must fall 111... - .' - cy ...1,1,.-pa'.cl it ever bc: betrayed into, the sin of rep u di at i on, " ' . . , .. , PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. CEYLON BANK. LONDON, Om 21, 1842. Thy fdllnti iiio aVerage priCos of Brown or Musco vado British Sugars, exclusive of duty; will be pub lished in the Gazette of this evening : , West India 3ld.per cwt. • East India 36 114- Mauritius 32' 34 A general meeting of the Proprietors and Share holders of this newly-established undertaking took place yesterday at one o'clock, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the Report-of the Direc tors, and declaring a dividend. As this was the first meeting that has taken place of the Proprietors, the Companyhaving been in existence only twelve months, considerable interest seemed to be excited to hear the Directors' statement of the affairs of the Company. JAMES J. CUMMINS, Esq., on taking the chair, after reading the advertisement calling the meeting, pro ceeded to read the Report, from which it appeared that although commercial distress had existed to a great degree in the Eastern possessions of this coun try, yet the Bank had gone on prosperously, and was likely to do so; that during the year that it had been established not a single bad debt had been incurred ; that a Committee of Management had been established at Colombo ; that the Company had obtained from Government an extension of three years for paying up the capital, that authority had been sent out for the establishment of a Branch at Candy, that the nett as sets of the Company were 80,528/. ls. 6d. on the 30th of June last, that the paid up capital in London at the same period was 68,7301. and that in Ceylon 5,145/., and that after deducting all current expenses there was a nett profit of 6,6531. Is. sd. Taking, therefore, all these circumstances into consideration the Direc tors had thought it consistent with their duty to pro pose a dividend of 6 per cent., carrying forward the balance that remained to the next year's account.— (Cheers.) Dr. BOWRING wished to know what was the amount of notes the Bank had in circulation in the Island ? The CHAIRMAN said about 9,0001. Dr. BOWRING—Are the notes payable on demand ? The CHAIRMAN—AII the notes issued by the Bank are payable on demand A PROPRIETOR wished to know what was the rate of interest in the Island ? The CHAIRMAN—Nine per cent. .Mr. PoTrs was anxious to be informed whether the Bank was in the habit of lending money on real pro perty in the Island ? The CHAIRMAN said the Bank confined its business to the discount of commercial paper. —(Cheers.) . Mr. POTTS was extremely glad to hear this, and trusted that the Bank would persevere in the course it had adopted. Dr. BOWRING suggested the propriety of publishing the Reports befoi e the meetings took place. He thought the adoption of such a course would be at tended with great convenience. The CHAIRMAN did not think the printing of the Report would be attended with the advantage many Proprietors apprehended, but if it was the wish of the Proprietors, of course it could be done.—ln an swer to a question from Mr. Wilkinson, the Chairman said he was happy to be enabled to state that the pre liminary expenses were very small, that they did not amount to more than 2,0791., that of that amount 4251. was paid, and that the balance was proposed to be paid off in six years. On the motion of Mr. BROOKS, seconded by Mr. ROBINS, the Report was unanimously agreed to. The C HAIRMAN, in answer to the question of a Proprietor, said the list of the Proprietors would be published, and that any gentleman might see the Charter who was anxious to do so. Mr. POTTS wished to know whether the Directors meant to pay the Income-tax, or deduct it from the Proprietors ? The CHAIRMAN said they were bound to deduct the Income-tax from the dividends of the Proprietors, but they might depend upon it they would not keep more from the Proprietors than they had to pay to the Crown. With respect to the prospects of the Bank, he was happy to say that without a single exception all the commercial houses in Ceylon had opened accounts with their Bank.—(Cheers.) From the Government also they had received the greatest encouragement ; in addition to giving them an extended time to pay up the capital, they had given up the practice of, giving to merchants and planters bills on Candy, thereby affordin g to the Bank an opportunity of taking up the legitimate business of banking; and he w ou ld a dd, that it was with the concurrence of the Governmen The total average price of the three descriptions is 355, per cwt. The actual weights of Sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 18th inst., accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the Sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and on which weights the above prices are computed, con sisted of 28,895 eivt, West India, 2,835 cwt. East India, and 5,342 cwt. Matrititts, About 4,000 cwt. of dark unsound Sugar have been sold in the same week at from 225. to 255. per cwt,; one portion of which being classed as East India, and the other as Mauritius, unfairly depresses the average prices of those two kinds of Sugars, and by so doing, of course reduces the total average price of the three descriptions. It is whispered in the Sugar market, that, amongst other important matters, Mr. Ellis has been sent to the Brazils, for the purpose of impressing on the Go vernment there the mutual benefit to be derived by both countries - by a reduction of duties, and of pro posing that the duty on British manufactures im ported into the Brazils should be reduced to 15 per cent., ad valorem, and that, in return, the British Government will admit Brazilian Sugar to consump tion here at a duty of 15 per cent. on, and in addi tion to, the duty of 255. per cwt. now imposed on British Sugars. This will reduce the duty on that sort of foreign Sugar from 665. per owt., which now operates as a prohibition, to 295. per cwt , giving the West India interest a protection of 4s. per cwt., which, on all the British Sugar now imported in a year, would be equivalent to 800,0001. sterling. Whether there be any truth in this rumour is difficult to say, but it would be more difficult still to assign any just reasons :why the Sugar-growers should be allowed to fleece annually this impoverished nation out of such a sum of money as 800,0001. sterling. It has been with much truth stated by an able writer on the subject (see third edition "On Financial Reform," page 244), that there are only three ways that colonies can be of any advantage to a mother country; first, in furnishing a military force ; second, in supplying a revenue ; third, in affording commer cial advantages. In contemplating these three re marks the question naturally suggests ;itself, do the British West India Colonies in any of the ways named requite the mother country for the enormous sacrifices of life and treasure which she has for years and years past lavished on them ? 'With regard to furnishing a military force, have they at any period of their past history, or do they now, aid Creat Britain in that manner ? Certainly not ; for, on the contrary, they constantly require the presence of many regiments cf British soldiers to enable the colonists to command a due observance of the barbarous laws which.they have themselves concocted for the purpose of keeping the black population in a wretched state of degradation and subjection; and in time of war a much stronger force. Taking the period from the commencement to the termination of the late war with France, it is re corded that Great Britain was frequently compelled to cripple her own means of defence, by sending ships and regiments to secure ;these value less possessions from capture, and she ha's had in return for this misplaced protection, the misfortune to wit ness and mourn, without any beneficial result, the de struction of a greater number of brave men through the pestilential effects of a West India cli mate, than were killed, during the same period, in the numerous battles gloriously fought and won by the Duke of Wellington. How many battalions, 600 strong when embarked, have been reduced by a few months' residence in the West Indies do mere skele tons; and how many thousands of recruits, sent out to complete the ranks of these regiment thinned by disease, have also perished, without even hearing a shot fired in anger ? The geographical position of these islands, it has been said, is important in a mili tary sense. Such an assertion may be justified when applied to Gibraltar or Malta ; but to the West Indies it is worse than a waste of words ; if they were obli terated to-morrow from the map, they would not, for their military utility, be missed. S o muc h f or th e first. The second observation relates to raising a revenue for the benefit of the parent State. Whe ther that be practicable or not is set at rest by an Act of Parliament, which declares that no taxes or duties shall be levied in the Colonies, except for their own use. The third way in which colonies may be valuable, is in affording commercial advantages. The trade with the West Indies consists in their buying about three millions worth of manufactured articles, the production of this country, upon which the manufac turers may possibly obtain a profit of 5 per cent. The freight outwards of these manufactured, goods is merely nominal, so that the colonists, apply where they please, could net obtain similar articles more cheaply, or more regularly, from any other country than they get them from Great Britain. If the West Indies were under the control of the United States to-morrow, and her merchants could exercise a free will, their own interest would guide them to our markets. The Act of Parliament restricting them to make their purchases here, is consequently a ' dead letter • there is no need of any restriction of the kind. A West Indian pays our men chants no more than another customer would pay them—there is no favour conferred ; there are, con sequently, no thanks due for the transaction. Thus much for one side of the book; now let us turn our eyes to the other, for this we refer our readers to the article under the head "Price of Sugar," published in The Sun on the 7th instant. We pay the West Indians 19s. a cwt. for their Sugar more than they could obtain for it elsewhere; 325. per cwt. for Coffee; something considerable for Rum, the protec tion of the latter as against Brandy being 14s. per gallon ' • and in favour of each article of prod uce im ported from these colonies there is imposed on all similar articles, the production of other countries, a strong pro tectirg duty; these protecting duties compel British consumers to pay in the aggregate 5,000,000/. sterling a year more for West India produce than they could buy in other markets similar articles of a better qua lity. In a commercial point of view, therefore, Great Britain loses immensely by the West Indies ; it may suit the purpose of the proprietors of Sugar estates very well to hide the costly deformities of these worn out possessions by mixing them up in the general term colonies, and then vaunt about the advantages of ships, colonies, and commerce ; but, somehow or another the public at large has discovered that there are two kinds of colonies, namely, good and bad. Great Britain doubtless possesses many valuable and important colonies—possessions whicl handsomely requite her for the protection she affords them. She has also, unfortunately, others of a directly oppo site character—colonies, which, for time immemorial, haVe been, and now are, a source of frightful exen di_ ture and of heart-siel , — r vexation to her. In this ;Jest Indies stand prominently in advance. Common sense dictates that the mother country should either insist upon an entire alteration in the manages ment of these solcipiesi str ata_ that a Bank had been established at Candy. He could assure the Proprietors, that it was with great satis faction that he announced the prosperity of the Bank. In all his experience, he did not know of an infant establishment like the present, one that had only been a year in existence, that had done so much, or any think like so much, business as the Bank of Ceylon. —(Cheers.) He begged, in conclusion, to assure the Proprietors that, in declaring the dividend of 6 per cent., the Directors had not gene beyond the earnings of the Bank in Ceylon—(Cheers)-- - and that, if they had not a strong confidence in the progress of their business, justifying a continuance, and perhaps an in crease, they would not have declared a dividend of 6 per cent. Dr. BowitiNia wished to know whether the Direc tors intended to make further calls on the Proprietors ? The CumnmAN said, that as soon us the business at Colombo exhausted their capital, they would make another call upon the Proprietors . , but not till then. Mr. HANKEY observed, that the Directors did not intend to levy any contributions on the Proprietors for their services up to the 30th of June , (Cheers,) If the Proprietor s were satisfied with thei r exertions, that was all th e remunerat i on theyrequi re d, A PROPRIETOR lamented th a t some proposition h a d not been brought forward that day to remunerate the Directors for their great an d success f u l exertions._ (Cheers.) Ho hoped it w ou ld b u co nsidered at a future meeting, . _ A vote of - thanks was then proposed and carried unanimously to the Chairman and Directors, and the meeting separated. DREADFUL DISASTER AT SEA. (From the Waterford Mirror.) Intelligence of the following disaster, attended, there is every reason to fear, with the loss of the crew of the vessel run down, with the exception of one man, the writer of the subjoined statement, reached this city on Saturday. it appears that the brig Dundonald, of Troon, D. APNicol, master, which sailed from this port on Tuesday evening for Troon, laden with ballast, came, shortly after her departure, in contact with the schooner Kirby, laden with slates from Dudden, a small seaport on the borders of Lan cashire and Cumberland. The only particulars that we have yet learned are contained in the letter at foot, written by one of the crew of the Kirby, which letter he handed to the pilot authorities at Passage of Waterford, where he arrived i n the Maid of Alostyn. It is to be remarked, that the l e t ter i s no t s i gne d w ith the writer's name. The . Dundonald took her departure from Hook. Tower at eight o'clock on Tuesday, evening, and her collision with the Kirby occurred about three hours after, and about sixteen miles from the Hook. • We learn that the night was rather cloudy, but that the sea waS smooth With a light breete. While we anxiously await some • further intelligence, and in particular the version of the occurrence to be given by the Dundonald, we think that it appears at least some what probable, from the following letter, that the Kirby itad the temainder of the crew went down :—`, This is ttl eeiiify that the schooner Kirby, of Dudden, was from Dudden to Youghal, with toti Tuesday, October 11, betwixt n.m... the brig Dundonald, of tliliolgiiiioigiasilszigidei_ 4 " . —44, one another about a mile to the southward of the Con got entangieu \ , ..__ Troon, and the said schooner, nibegs Light-ship, when the master of the schooner e th a o ll;d 6ai d d it i tid ills iittilydduli You will run us down ; r rig lielin doWrii' ante itnitiediafely ' the ssel stitielt, tiihen our master Called out, 4 8.4 t§_ . o o l, l o d e ,isiv4iiii ; pails jtiontSeltreg if - jrOn ban i' With that I lett the nom, anti r:'.l 4 . §Ri t if t l i oild gdi hold of the brig's bobstay, along with my shipmate, but I not know whether he went overboard or not. Therd*tifi one of the brig's crew assisted me in getting giving orders to his men about hl3 over the bowel When I got on deck I heard m master - say, i Oh, deaf, eaptiiiii, AtAtid by us 1' an d he gave him as near e the e lest words I heard no answer, but was jib-boom ; for it was carried away, I kept looking as I can calculate I 1112 .• the rtijilii s t eh: ti on th e i r h , ti ii t n e t my Captain say, were, ' 01 1 , my dear Wite4 i I went tothq Captain of the brig, and said, `You would better stritid towards. her ;' and he said, ' What good can Ido ? Let if . he would allow his men to pull us get our own jib-boom in. I wanted him to put me in r;q;1 lianas thq board the Lightship, but he would not do it, and I re maino on board o s f e l il le on ti e l r l , T a h n u d r h sd e a i y ial t d he it l3 :w t as h, w a ii d e a n is l i saW A schooner standing in for the Tuskar Light. I ni a s e ll e a t o t zt li t e ti O n a l p i t t a h i e n she .- • AI "—^ nf tha . • work, n was so tar orr, anu i,..... ~ would go, and he said `Very well, call the bawls 4. 4 So we lowered the boat and pulled towards the schooner, and made signal to her, and she hove to until we came up to her, which we found to be the Maid of Mostyn, Captain Edwards, bound for Ross, and I asked a passage from him, and he told me to • -.4 kw*, g cm., then: She was about come aboa,— - 0 j ,. 4, 1 cd . Tusit . , ~ _ At Lrght: We e seven miles to the r.,,J. , . I . ' - gt 111ae ) ' i w riter expectation the° expectation of able to prosecute her state ment, It appears that he was a north of England tx;e4ctEit im l yg i fo a ay v f in e anae o n.n t dg hli learned Naes, etohteoruno t eso h ti e lotonh n o :at that r y e ti o loe f u will be rea lized. Her crow consisted of the master and three men, and it appears that t he m a st er's wife was also on board, Tint REGIUS PROVESSOBSIIIP OF DIVINITY,—WO hear that the following Rev. Divines are likely to be candidates for the important dice of Regius Piofessor of Divi n ity : ---The Rev. John Graham, D.D., Master of Chri s t' s; the Rev. S a muel Lee, Queen's, Professor of Arabic, and VrebenaAry of Bristol; the Rev , W. H. Mill, D.D„ Trinity ? late Principal of Bishop ' s College, Calcutta, and Chaplain to the Arch bishop of Canterbury; the Rev. Christopher Words worth, D.D., Trinity, ard Head Master of Harrow. —Cambridge Advertiser. • • • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1842. NEW MUSIC. THE BANKS OF THE WYE. A Ballad. Novello, London. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, ONE OF THE POINTS OF REFORM SOUGHT FOR. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) No person who looks at the inequality of the popu lation in cities, boroughs, and counties in this United Kingdom, that send Members to the House of Com mons, can do otherwise than exclaini, " Such a state of the representation ought not to continue?' That Harwich, with less than 200 electors, and the Tower Hamlets, with 16,000 electors, should both send the same number—viz., two, representatives to the House of Commons. The formation of electoral districts, into which the whole kingdom should be divided, with the popula tion in each as nearly alike as the several parishes in chided will allow, and each district sending one re presentative, is one of the points in the Complete suffrage Movement, and also in the People's Charter. As we know that man y good Reformers, who are willing to agree to the Extension of the Suffrage and the Vote by Ballot, as part of the scheme of reform, yet object to the dividing the kingdom into electoral districts, as a work almost impossible to be done, we annex a copy of th e e l ec t ora l di str i cts into which' the State of New York has been distributed in August last. By the constitution of the Federal Government at Washington, each State is to return a number of representatives to the General Congress, according to its population ; and as the population increases at a very different ratio in different States, it is directed that after each census, taken'cvery ten years, there shall be an alteration of the number of representatives, and new electoral districts formed in each, i. e. a re-distri bution of the districts that are to elect them, accord ing to their population. The Central Government at Washington ordered by Bill that the re-distribution into new districts should be made by each State, and as the number of representatives from New York State has been reduced to 34 for the General Con gress, the Senate of that State proceeded immediately to make the new distribution ; and it will be seen that on the Committee of the Senate, appointed for that purpose, making their Report to the whole Senate, it was agreed to, and a Bill introduced and passed the Senate without one division—thus making it the law Of the State for future elections until a new census shall require a new distribution. We see no reason why a distribution of the population of Great Britain into districts should not in the same manner be as easily made as it was done in New York. There is, indeed, a greater difference in the number of the po pulation in the districts than we should have expected, the highest population returning one representative being 86,183 for Genesee, Orleans, and Niagara; and only 58,578 for Richmond and Kings—showing a difference of 25,605 souls. But, as no objection was raised in the Senate, there must have been a good and sufficient reason for the same. We annex the Report of the Senate : NEw YORK LEGISLATURE.—On Tuesday the Senate passed a Bill, districting the Senate by single districts unanimously. The following is the apportionment reported by the Senate Committee. The rule adopted by the Committee was to divide no counties but New York : Dist. Territory. Population 1. Suffolk and Queen's .. 62,793 2. Richmond and Kings ... 58,578 3. Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th wards New York . 4. 7th, 10th, and 13th wards N. York 70,594 5. 11th, 14th, 15th, and 17th wards, New York 6. Bth, 9th, 16th, and 12th wards, New York 7. Westchester aad Rockland .. 60,661 8. Putnam and Dutchess 9. Orange and Sullivan 10. Ulster and Delaware 11. Columbia and Greene 12. Rensselaer 13. Albany 14. Washington and Essex 64,714 15. Schenectady, Saratoga, and Warren 71,342 16. Fulton, Hamilton, Franklin, and 73,670 Clinton 17. St. Lawrence and Lewis 18. Jefferson . 19. Oneida 20. Herkimer and Montgomery 73,295 21. Otsego and Schoharie 22. Broome and Chenango ... 63,123 23. Madison and Oswego 24. Onondaga 25. Cayuga and Cortland, , 26. Tompkins, Tioga and Chemung 27. Seneca and Wayne 28. Monroe .. •• • 29. Ontario and Livingston ... . 77,641 30. Yates and Steuben • 66,592 31. Allegany and Wyoming 32. Genesee, Orleans and Niagara 86,183 33. Erie 34. Chautanque and Cattaraugus The bill having been read twice, Mr. RITGER moved that the Senate do now go into Committee of the whole on the same.—Carried. The Committee of the whole, Mr. Root in the chair, then took up the above Bill. The Bill was gone through and agreed to with ut debate, and ordered to a third reading. On motion of Mr. Won/0, the Bill was ordered to be printed. This song has a good melody, and is written for a tenor voice in the key of A flat. The words and music are well adapted to each other, but the song would have been more effective with a more simple accompaniment; we should also have preferred the cadence at the beginning of page 3, being accompa • vied by one or two simple chords instead of so many notes. THINK OF THEE NO MORE Novello, London. We were pleased with this song during the first eight bars because the melody is pretty, but the rest is beyond our comprehension, being quite diffe rent measure, and without design. At the commence ment of the third page there is a rambling bit of symphony, which does not return to its tonic until it has been jerked through several extraordinary changes ; this want of keeping spoils what would have been an agreeable song. There are points in these songs which show that Mr. Caunter can do better things. TVEIPPERT'S SET OF QUADRILLES. John Weippert, London. Mr. Weippert is a practised hand at quadrille mak ing, and if we consider the collection only as dance tunes, they will answer the purpose extremely well, but are defective as musical compositions. We notice particularly the abrupt modulations in the two last of the Rouen Quadrilles, and there is an omission of several accidental sharps and flats. The three first of this set are much better written, and the tunes sprightly. The Royal Scotch Quadrilles being within reach of ordinary players, are likely to enjoy great popu larity. Mr. Weippert has also given with these, some capital spirit-stirring tunes for the dancers of reels and strathspeys, which dances we hear are likely to be come fashionable. The Royal Philippa Waltzes are very pretty, and having a definable melody throughout, they are well adapted for this sort of dance ; they have also the - .rit of facility, which in these days of Lanner and nl.._to be met with. Strauss is ra - fLe Postillon de Long jumeau The pretty opera . and for the romp in sen g . , makes very good dance muse , rtishing ; galoppade better couia. 2ot have been chosen. These galoppea we recommend, ttitil,v are spirited and will give Mit little trouble to the perto,7cr• Tits' 41, ~. r . , ; , ,i FRAUDS ON itmitairck=- -- knO.i 4ttention of the public has been recently di rec t e d 0 the digtOtety• of a series of frauds, which, it is a ll ege d, h ave b een c - . 'pitted upon the reven ue by th e a id an d connivanceni of soine of the officers of th e 'Customs. An ' n veimstie in ga den itito the eirtdritistances has been forsomee time progress, condtteted, it , * believe, by the landing sur veyors, the senior officers Of that &Tartu - tent through which the revenue has been defrauded, We have ab etained from any comment upon these proceedings from our Inability to get at the truth in any tangible form, and from a COniidion ,that an inquiry before ' a competent tribunal could 6%4 he satisfactory to the public and the parties said iti 1• impli cated. The . question does not . rest solely [l'6.- ttteeti the Commissioners and their of : the adittri6reitil 'World has a right to know the whole troth, t , Specially, where miles and regulations that are #iiii6iiillg, 4lf7,t!ipiffl7 ohnotious and troublesome have t)een fornia flt;' be inoperative for the collection of the revenue. The evidencle on' *Mcl such charges are to be sustained should be taken by A6fili 60 acquainted with the rules of evidence, and in an open COnit the witnesses should be subjected to an examination cal culated to elicit the truth. It is scarcely possible to imagine that an inquiry into charges which derogate from the utility of the whole department, and which affect the honour and character of the parties con cerned, could, with any prospect of a satisfactory con- . elusion, have been delegated by the Commissioners of Customs to the discrimination and judgment to of their inferior officers. We are, therefore , happy st that the Lords of the Treasury have taken the inves tigation into their own hands, and we have no doubt that the result will be most beneficial to the public service ---Times. LAW ArPOINTMENTS.—"ThO Tory lawyers have a story very current amo n g st them to-day, that Lord Lyndhurst retires, to be succeeded by Sir Edward Sugden--that Chief Justice Fennefather is to get the Irish Seals, to be succeeded in the Queen's Bench by Mr, Blackb urne , and that Mr; Warren is to be Master 1 of the Rolls, This is the Orange arrangement. We should not be Am-prised at anything, however, mon strous, after the appointment of Bishop 5t0pf0 r d....... Dublin Evening Post. Pitionil&E !"BENCH • YlNWitAttiDs: • the ou tfil y/e's be . 664 - bohtams some interest rata concerning the production of Wine in France between 1791 and 1842. During that interval the cultivation of the vine, whieh ocen pied at the former period 1.574,000 hettareSi tgetided by degrees to up . wartfi of i);000,000, The export Of wine in those fifty ears y however, rtmhined ttcarl stationary, During the 60 yogi or the present century it alTiount - ed to 1,053,000 hectolitres ; but since 1830 it increased to 1 ; 306,000, including about 125,000 exported to Algeria. The whole pro. duce of the telifitry is now calculated at 48,000,000 hectoiltrt§, "16k000 , ,000 *hie are stillieet to t&.A4' TWo 4iainst the prosperity of 111 the interior of France—the elevation cst the tolls or entrance duty, and the adulteration of the wine in the cities. In Paris, for instance ; the tell is 20 1-3 cents. per litre on wine in dasks, which in some cases amounts to more than the cost of the wipe. Its falsification is necessarily encouraged by the enor mity of the duties ; and to give an idea of the extent to which it it now carried, it will suttee to ifiliSMT6 that the receipts of the tolls on wine, in Paris and eisewhere, are inferior to what they were thirty years ago. " From 1809 to 1841," says the Journal ties Debats, " the Parisian population increased troth 600,000 to 912,000, exclusive of tha garrison, and of about 25,000 foreigners, or 52 per cent. Neverthe less, however, incredible the fact may appear, the con sumption of winei, instead of augmenting, has de creased in equal proportion. In 1809, each inhabitant of Paris consumed 166 litres of wine ; in - 1840 the consumption was reduced to 95. This is not.th e effect of ehanea..:._;+ ; " a permanent result. .r rom' 1806 to 1811 the Parisian consumption wasl62 litresperhead. From 1830 to 1835 it fell to 103. We may safely As sert that the apparent falling off in the consumption of 59 litres per head is Thewine," Debats then calls on the Le. gislature to enact severe penalties against that frau dulent practice, so detrimental to public health, "The question," it says, " is well worthy the attention of the Chambers. The culture of the vine, as we have already stated, occupies upwards of 2,000,000 hectares out of the 52,000,000 hectares under cultivation throughout the kingdom ; the number of proprietors of vines exceeds 2,000,000, and the produce amounts to between 500,000,000 f. and 600,000,000 f. per annum. There is more capital vested in that branch of industry than hi atiy other, and none affords more labour to the people. The men devoted to the cultivation of the vine are moreover healthy, vigorous, active, laborious, intelligent, and friends oforder and peace, and in every other req., tact entitled to the solicitul: of the powers .of the State: • • NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 18, 1842.-- A preliminary meeting of an important nature, has this evening been held, in the Court-room of the Pub lic-office, to consider the subject of the following form of circular, which had previously been sent to the most active, zealous, and persevering friends of free trade in each o f the Wards of the town : ORGANISATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM, OR IRON DISTRICT ! SlR,—The Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League have determined upon a system of registra tion to include all persons favourable to the total and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws. The kingdom is being divided into twelve districts ; each district to be re-divided into sections. A lecturer is appointed to assist in the organisation of, and a superintending registrar is to be appoint e d t o con d uct the enrolment of, members' names in each district. A subscription of not less than one penny, and not more than one shilling, is to be given for the enrolment of each name, and all persons so registered will be cis titled to a card of membership. Females, as well as males, are equally eligible to become members. The names of electors and non-electors will be distin guished, so as to enable the League to ascertain the real electoral strength in any borough or county, favourable to a repeal of the Co-n and Provision-laws. Every section is proposed to be divided, and canvassers obtained for everyportionof it. The object of the present movement is not so much an increase in the funds of the League, as for the en rolment of the largest possible number of its friends by the time that Parliament again assembles. It must be observed that, for the purpose of registration, only one subscription will be required of each mem ber. Also, it must be observed that the present movement is independent of, and unconnected with, the operation of local Anti-Corn-law Associations. Birmingham is comprised of thirteen' wards or sec tions. The whole of these require organisation. Committees, consisting of the most active and zealous of the friends of free trade in each ward, Should im mediately be originated; and out of each Committee a deputy registrar should be appointed to conduct the canvass of the several wards, with which they may be respectively connected. To consider this important plan of operation, in connection with our own bo rough, a general meeting of persons from each of the several wards, who may be favourable to the objects stated above, will be held in the Court-room of the Public-office, on Tuesday evening next, October the 18th, at half-past seven o'clock, which you, and as many friends as can be induced io accompany you, are invited to attend. A deputy from Manchester is likely to be present on the occasion.—l am, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, J. A. LANDER, Superintending Registrar. Birmingham, Oct. 10, 1842. A. W. Pauli° . n, Esq., lecturer of the League, in compliance with invitation, was present, to explain the nature of the future operations of that body, which principally includes the system of registration, recently propounded, and which is now extending it self over the length and breadth of the land. Jo: nia Scholefield, Esq., M.P., was also present, and appeared to take exceeding great interest in the business of the meeting. The Hon. Gentleman ad dressed those present at some length, and pledged himself that he would, by every constitutional means, assift them in the promotion of the important object which they had in view. Mr. James Swift, Mr. Councillor Smith, Mr. Councillor Court, Mr. W. H. Ashmore ' Mr. Mackay, dnd other parties, seve ra lly a dd resse d the meeting on a resolution of confidence in the future measures of the League, and of thanks for the invaluable services which its members have rendered the cause of the people in times now past and gone. The meeting stands adjourned until this night week. It is whispered that a great free trade demonstra tion in Birmingham is likely to take place shortly, and that several influential members of the League are likely to attend. Birmingham certainly requires rousing, for such a feeling of apathy as now exists is frightful in the extreme, in the midst of such aruinons and deplorable state of things. PRICEOF WHEAT. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh is 126 rix dollars current the last, which answers to 41s. 3d. the quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality in London is 60s. the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 451 per cent. dearer in London than at Hamburgh, and that with the sum of 31. a man may buy 11i bushels of white wheat at Hamburgh, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels in London. The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the first quality at Amsterdam is 290 florins the last, which equals 465. 9d. the quarter; and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality in London being 60s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 28i per cent. dearer in London than at Amsterdam. The highest quotation of Polish wheat of the fist quality at Stettin is 52 dollars current the wispel of 24 scheffels, which is equivalent to 355. sd. the qr.; and the highest quotation of wheat iA London being 60s, the quarter, it follows that wh ea t i s (i9f percent. dearer in London than at Stettin, and that with the sum of 3/. a man may buy 13i bushels of wheat at Stettin, whereas, with the same sum he can buy on!yr three bushels in London. The mean or averages of the prices of wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, and Stetti n , is 41s. Id. per quarter, and the price in London being GOs. per quarter, it follows that the price in London is 46 per cent:higher than the average of the three above-mentioned plxes. The present duty on the importation of fbreign wheat into England is 18s. the quarter, which is equal to the following rates :—To a rate of 4313 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Ilamburgh ; to a rate of 38 . 1 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a rate of 504 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 43i per cent. on the mean price of the above-men tioned places. A BALL AT THE COURT OF RUSSIA.—We ex .tract from the Journal de frankfort the following detaiLs, which an eye-witness gives of a ball at the Court of Russia :—" Immediately after my presenta tion to the Emperor and Empress of I had the honour of being present at a magniht:ent ball, which showed the Court in all its splendour. On such occasions no civil costume is admitted. Every one is in uniform, and the variety of dresses gives a splendid character to the scene. Imagine gigan tic rooms lit up by thousands of wax-lights, an assemblage of more than 1,500 persons, women admirably beautiful, whose exquisite dresses add 1, to their beauty, and you would suppose yourself in I a fairy scene. The Pmperor opens the Court balls with a Polonaise, dancing at first with the Empress, then with the Princesses of the Imperial Family, an d next with the ladies of the highest nobility, or the handsomest. At the Court of Russia beauty has the privilege of the entree, and causes birth to b e forgot ' ten. The Empress loves to collect rou n d ' her the handsomest faces, and it is not rare to see the young daughters of functionaries of a fortune and rank alto gether secondary, become ladies of honour to the Em press, thanks to their beauty and agreeable app earance . When the Emperor has danced a certain number of polonaises, French quadrilles and mazurkas are taken up, all concluding with cotillons. The Empress formerly was exceedingly fond of dancing, and excelled in the art, but at p rese nt s he rarely does more than figure in a quadrille, or take a turn or two in a waltz. At twelve o'clock the guests re paired to the marble hall, and the Imperial family took their b ; t a a ts f; at c a table apart; the others placing themselves arranged in groups about winter th gar- den one. The EmpeA7v supped in cupper-table only a few garden, ornamented den, and admitted to his . chosen ersons. This winter with palm -trees and magnificent orange trees, forms a charming emitraat with the supper-room, resplendent with tapers. The half light with which it was lit up, the little birds, who, frightened by the noise, sent forth from time to time a few aii.art notes, and the perfume from the flower;, appeared to me to be the triumph of civilisation Over Liarkmss and produced in me the effect of an enchanted palace. I hed heat me a little man full of spirits and oblig ing, who laughed at the extasy into which those won ders threw me. The table was loaded with silver p , late • there was before me a yaw , w ei g hing, it was isl'aidim,l6/6 I 00 kil l l e o a gr rn a t m fr en o e m in my ieh a neighbour In h nat couldtss,mhaigde. n ificent silve7 to vice came from the Empress Eliza l'iv ie b ighbot ais " Beth, and, after hatinv been fora l en gth of time shut up in cases, had been discovere w‘hvid to years before in ci . was composed the marble palace. The su pper, of hot dishes, was served b y a crowd of footmen, and some Moors amongst them were remarked for their strange and original costume." RAFP.ROAD FROM GENEVA TO CHANHEIiy,--A letter flail' Geneva, in the Courrier de Lyon, has the following :--"• One of the senators of Chambery is at present in our town, for the purpose of making to the Government propositions relative to the establishment of a railroad from Chambery to Geneva.. From what we learn of this project the canton of Gene va is to undertake at its own expense all the charges' of con struction on its own territory, and the line is to finish at Plainpalais. This proposition is so much the more important, that at present the goods from a intended for Geneva are sent more an Chambery-road, and with the more. by the interminable delay which the French Government exhibits as to the navi gation of the Upper Rhone, the Chambery railroad is perhaps the most certain and ready means of securing to our town the transit trad. , . RURAL POLICE.—_A- respectable farmer at Winch comb, named Stephens, was last week caught by a rural constabulary sergeant in the vagrant act of knocking a walnut off a tree which overhung his own field. The offender was kept in custody 10 hours, • Aftgrarcti fined is.—Pridol Moron • - BIBLE MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Bungay, Oct. 18, 1842.. Sta,—Among all the London journalists, you wet.* the only one who could be found to lay before the public, during the active agitation of the Bible Mono, poly question, the facts which were elicited in evi dence before Parliament, or which arose in the pro gress of the matter. The Times had then recently adopted the cause of Toryism, and was especially vigorous in defence of the Bible Printing Monopoly, a worthy offset of its new ally. Its usual tactics were pursued, and having ventured to assert that the patent provided security for correctness of the sacred text, discreetly adduced in evidence—bot a copy of the patent—but the fact that errors were to be found in books printed by myself. The truth was; that no security for correctness was taken• from the patentee, and, until public attention had been directed to the fact, the Bibles were the most inaccurate and slovenly books produced to the public. About 1833 the monopolists felt the necessity of some improvement in their Bibles, and some benefit resulted; but in 1837, I presented to a Committee of the House of Commons a list of variations between two of the best recent editions, amounting in number to eight hundred, and involving many serious errors. In 1839 the Scottish monopoly of Bible print— ing was abolished, and in order to provide a real. security for the public against errors in the sacred text, a Government Board was created, composed of public, legal, and ecclesiastical officers, to whom are submitted proofs of every Bible about to be published in that country, and who give a license to such as they find correct. Two official Reports have issued from that Board, and I annex, for the information of your readers, an extract from one lately published, confirming the ground I took in assailing the English monopoly, and furnishing abundant reason to the people of this country for strenuously labouring to place themselves on equally advantageous ground with their northern countrymen. As to the price of Bibles, the Report states :-- ""The anticipations in which we indulged in our former Report, in regard to the effect of competition upon the price of Bibles, have been more than realized. In the case of various editions the diminution of price amounts to more than fifty per cent. Bibles printed by authority in England, are now sold in Scotland at greatly reduced prices, to a very great extent. There can be no doubt that the diminution of price has increased to an extraordinary degree the sale of Bibles ; and the benefit of a more extensive circulation of the Scriptures is beginning to be axperienced." And on the subject of cor rectnesff and uniformity, the Board reports, that they have diligently compared thirteen editions of patent Bibles, all of the Lluthorised version, ar.d they transmit to Government more than three thousand variations in the book of Genesis alone, found in these thirteen editions. 'Your readers will, I am sure, understand the value of evidence like this, from a source of such unques. tionable authenticity, and they will perhaps remember what reception was given to my statements, having the same general purport—how I was bullied by the Times—sneered at with the petty superciliousness- of the Patriot—l lament to add, defamed by agents of the Bible Society--and, with a few honourable ex ceptions, whispered about by Dissenting ministers but through various channels the truth is being gra dually developed, and I am happy to add, many per sons are honourably making reparation for their pre vious injustice. With so much evidence, to the evils inflicted by. the Bible Printing Patent in England, and the bene fits derived to our Scottish neighbours from its abo lition, how comes it that we are so passive under the infliction—that we are content to deprive all classes in this country, except the printers to the two Universities, of the common right to print the au thorised version of the Scriptures, and to confer a sole privilege of doing so, on one indivi dual, and that, without any bond for correct ness, or limitation as to profit ? If the mono poly had no existence, the Bible Society would be able, with its present funds, to circulate a vastly in creased number of the Scriptures, and private traders, with their various facilities, would publish editions in so many forms, and to such an extent, as with our present experience we are hardly able to estimate, although a faint idea may be formed from the fact, that already, in Scotland, licenses have been granted to various printers, whose names are given in the Re port, for twenty-three new editions of the Bible, and forty- editions of the Testament. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CHILDS. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—The Warspite, 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., was inspected yesterday by Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. She went out of harbour early this morning, and remains at Spithead. It is understood that General Sir Robert Wilson, ap- Winted Governor of Gibraltar, will embark in the arspite this week, accompanied by the Right Rev. Dr. Tomlinson, the Bishop of Gibraltar ; and his Excellency Sir Alex. Woodford will return to Enc.. * - terid in that vessel. The Thunderer, 84, Captain Pring, and the Phoe nix war steamer, Captain Richardson, are hourly looked for from the Mediterranean. The wind having changed to the westward, it is probable these ships will arrive during the night. The former vessel left Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and the latter on the sth. The Orestes, 20, Captain J. S. Carnegie, 111. P., will go out of harbour on Friday next ; her destina tion is supposed to be the West Indies. The Brunswick, Plymouth steamer, sailed this afternoon for Devonport, with a proportion of the 67th Regiment (depot) ; the remainder will embark in the Brunswick on her return to this port. The Bellona Austrian frigate remains at present in harbour, where she is painting, having undergone the necessary repairs of caulking, &c. Ships in Barbour—The St. Vincent, the Victory, the Royal George, the Excellent, the Orestes, and the Echo and Rocket steamers ; Bellona Austrian. frigate. At Spithead—The Warspite. DEVONPORT, OCT. 18.—Le Sanspareil, old. French man of War, for many years used at this port as the sheer hulk, is in dock, being ripped up. The dock yard authorities have taken drawings from her, and it is said the Admiralty intend to have a vecsel laid down immediately and built from her model. She w a s taken from the French on the Ist of June, 1794, an d vas afterwards in the Channel fleet with the flag of Lon.: Hugh Seymour, the father of Sir G. Seymour, one of the present Lords of the Admiralty. She has ever bee: thought a beautiful specimen of naval architecture, and when in command of Lord Seymour, in 1799, was the crack ship of the fleet. The Gipsy tender arrived here from Chatham on the 14th inst. with the seamen that navigated the Ruby iron steam-vessel to that port. She returned again on Sunday. The Nautilus, 10, Commander Paulson, arrived here yesterday, on her passage to Bristol. Tlrifeoni TortoisePembroke. In arrived with stores this morn ing In the Sound—The Nautilus. Jo l se n f l ; i Devon, and Tortoise lighters. K ar i b te our an i d n cCoonmfimanissceiosnte—amTh.veesCsealsloHntloaSzae.n RUNNING MATCH ON BLACKHEATH. Wednesday the much talked-of match between Jem Cook (generally called the Greenwich cow-boy), who had been for some time in the service of J. Anger stein, Esq., of Blackheath, and Gazly, the " Star of Kent," came off from the fifth mile stone, epp ,.. site the Green Man, on :I : h e e kh y ea o th rk , s t hi o r t e h m e en say, n inth mil . e stone, on the drop of the hill getting towards Cray ford. Both aMare, n a d n l d 'a i i r n , . and Th The first cs:67: mile in first-rate "fettle. ' They started shortly after seven,, attended, a,ira tioa as might regulations m u o f e i observancegthhet rbobe. d. o The n beingsuch c rarace paid c.9,,as,ai the os t n o sf_o tll rules eum p.ai r. - ,4 5 in 4 minutes 52 sc i e::: e e l l ,:os i n , u p !en), and was done neck and neck, 4 seconds; 6minutes 28 seconds ; the 101. a side, f l o it: r pl m n se conds ; the second mile,r ty nearly third, 6 minutes; the fourth g ile f s ai i r pu a t the fifth, 6 minutesthe sixth, 6 mioutes minutes 32 seconds; ii seconds ; the seventh, 6 ' eighth, 5 minutes 24 minutes 2 seconds ; and the above 40 3 , -ards. Th seconds—Gazly winning by dating that from e speed was tremendous, cond.- Man for the start, except from the Green up-hill for nearly three-quarters of a mile, it was tremendously three i miles, and a sharp steep as a finish: the retur which both of them'o course, requirin? a strong pull,. felt at the summit of Shooter's hill on the return ; Gazly had then gained 20 yards. was The speed increased down the hill, although each was reserving himself for the "rise.' The next mile, which included the " pull-up," took 6 minutes Sig seconds, and the finish, on the level they started from,, was reduced to 5 minutes 24 seconds—the difference of the first mile to the last being 32 seconds. Gazly headed his opponent 40 yards, and both came in fresh. Heavy bets were dependent on the issue. Tux D ROUGH T.—The scarcity of water und e r w hi c h we have for some time suffered has be en a s severe l y felt in the co unt y as in the town. Between Biggar, Broughton, and Peebles, nearly all the corn mills have been stopped, and there is scarcely a farmer, except those on the banks of the larger rivers, who are not under the necessity of carrying water for their ordinary domestic purposes, as well as for drink to their animals ; and in some instances the water is carted from a distance of four miles. In town a num* ber of engines have been stopped from the same cause, and private families are suffering the utmost inconvenience from the want of this most indispensa ble element,—Edinburgh Paper. ANTWERP, OCT. 19.—The section of the iron rail way, from Leige to Chenee, was °Pell° Ye6terdaY` an ed he he