The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-05 00:00:00

LA W INTELLIG ENCE. BANKRUPTCY - .-(THIS DAY.) IN RE ROPE AND MORTON. e The bank rup t s i n thi s case h a d ca rri e d on an ex tsive busin ess as architects mid builders. The „2 Z° l lnt of debts in their schedule, as proved against . hint estate, exceeded 30,0001., for which the separate -ate of Morton was stated to be liable, independent of re Partnership transact i ons, to a b out 7,0001. H ope h a d l ikewise been in the habit of dealing largely in horses, a nd was the proprietor of a farm in Essex ; and in co nnexion with th ese t wo ma tt ers , had incurred liabl -4,7s amountin g t o u p war d s o f 1,500/. He was en titled to certain freehold property in right of his wife, and it was contended that this should become liable ,Z 1 .. ,the debts which he contracted, individually, in of being made available to the partnership Zi*"; while th e so li c it or t o the fiat alleged that the es ars• Macklin of Leeds, the chief private creditors "f the bankrupt Hope, were aware, at the time that They sold him the horses, by which their debt was in t'llrred, that he was under private liabilities. b oth the ad m i ss i on o f a number of debts against " the joint a n d se p ara t e estates, Mr. William Luke as a ppointed assignee. P OLICE INTELLIGENCE. uUILD HALL.—(THIS DAY.) eh Edward; , : a well-dressed young man, was in rged With defrauding Mr. George Eastwood, dealer c o i g ` 3ld and silver coins, of a cabinet of gold and silver 11 of the value of 52/. th e r *,Eastwood stated that about three months ago t or P r isoner called upon him, and said that if prosecu ict Would l et him have a cabinet of selected coins , he h l e , w a gentleman who would purchase them. He gave i: a C abinet of coins, with a proviso that he should d arn the coins- in the evening, in case the gentleman Dirt purchase them, but he had not seen them since. 1 Adams, of 20, Bridge-street, Lambeth , who oroker, proved that the brother of the prisoner , then,lB4 in Court. to watch the case on the part of had pledged part of the coins with him. men - ,tAGISTRATE then ordered tbe brother to be into CUStOdY• tom The Prisoner • 11 . oner, is defence, said that the coins were It to h un,although no bill passed between the parties. h e i n aPPeared th e co i ns were pr i nc ip a lly Justinians, espies of originals, and worth about 2/. 108. each. ple MA-GISTIt ATE , on the recommendation of the rose 2 a ell , tor, treated th e c ase as one of illegally pawn / -11 ' fined the prisoner in the value of the coins, and 20s. to the Queen. 110 tar -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) fehjrlost resp ec t a bl y a tti re d an d good-looking young e C ar tr; who gave the name of Mary Ann Clifford, was tt th ged with the following robbery from the person, tr e Adelaid e Gallery. l'art c " ' Jane Batts, of N 0.36, Albany-street, Regent's y est stated that she went to the Adelaide Gallery ot l t r i al. 7 l and that she joined hands with the prisoner to fore lie side, and another person on the other side Thck - , 111 ) , ',ring for the purpose of being electrified. that 0." had just been given when witness perceived te lop i n — gown was up as if some one had been at atslietri-g t° gain access to her pocket ; it immediately Piel u V e r°ss her mind that her pocket had been fo r C whilst she was being electrified, and on feeling ollte er /1 „ r - r"e7 she found that it was, gone. She at accused the p r i soner o f having robbed her, but she s+ ,bo r n deniedwitness, however, saw a 4 , %1 10 in her hand when she first accu sed ber, and afterwards she heard it drop on the floor from the rtl i t D. t roner' s h an d . I t con t a i ne d 10 s . 6d. in silver. cad:"ard Thompson, constable at the Lowther Ar ttuilPr°ved taking the prisoner into custody, and ner to b e searc h e d at the station-house, where 14-4s.other purses were found upon her, one containing 6 d., and the other 17d. in copper. tri g he Prisoner denied all knowledge of the prosecu- She, cur e• The others found upon her were her own. kr r efused to give any account of herself. Twrroan committed her for trial. to r . e i tail" Smith, an errand-boy, in the employ of ta ti „,'", the aurist, of 369, Strand, who was re witVed from this Court on the charge of absconding eke 2 e4 -19s. 6d. , which he had been entrusted to 1, 30 e to-the London and Westminster Bank, at Water -Plao?c,Pall,mall, to take up a bill with, was also tort:quitted. • 514:4- J-4,4--Y.LEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) o n ?" 4, Jessop; a butcher's foreman, was brough t u p th ellarge.:ofembezzling different sums of money „" Property of his employer, Daniel Brown. 40 `'aniel Harrow-road, stated that pn unaer had. been in his employment about five months , '/laa :been in the constant habit of taking round t-* Dar to the customers, and receiving money , for vhie , 4 1 ' did not account to him. It had proved, by 1a,44:X-; Alon ,that receipts in two cases h re g ad been given, so n ey retained. He therefoave the pri- I r 4 l 2teu s *,,i y .. k, cook to Mr. Johnson, produced for w i li •f,M4 in prisoner's handwriting, the money T he - - 44.1%.,1ir0wn had not received. next Psck4er. was then remanded till Wednesd a y , f tirthei evidence. rP tllll°N RALL,(THIS DAY.) sisterhe tethl of Mrs. Oxford, whose son is an inmate to en], for attempting the Queen's life, attended giv e her ev i dence against a man named P oo l e , f or littlerlng a counterfeit half-crown. bought ' w omen entered the complainant's shop and cro ght a. loaf, for whi c h th e y tendered a base half thwn• They wanted back the coin, and when e ties c omplainant th reatene d t o give them into s. Iceman, and appro ac h e d the door to call for " cer nac, the prisoner immediately presented , and taxelf, ler e d• assuming to be a policeman inter -44 and succeeded in the rescue of the two smasher s ," w i th whom there was no d ou bt h e was o,„ 41a ,_. 811 •c• He was a b o ut to quit the spot when the ah :!Plamant held him until a policeman came to the iT i. " t. , and it.was then discovered that the persons were , 111 :le habit of uttering base coin, and had been in N vas ° : fre d q ed ue . ntly on charges of that nature.—He Wt S TMINSTER REGISTRATION. Sir 11, (THIS DAY.) it f comas Peyton, who was registered in respect a house" in Grosvenor-place, was objected to by 0! Li berals, on the ground that he did not occupy LA the 30th of July last. I loft appeared, from the evidence, that Sir Thomas AC his hou se on th e 28th o f J u ly last, but he did not tually give up possession till the 30th. viAfter htaring arguments on both sides, the RE.- th"" BARRI S TER referred to the Act of Parliament, e Words of which were, " and shall have resided for j !x calend ar mon th s nex t p rev i ous to the last day of ttl Y He (the Revising Barrister) conceived that 41s 30th of July was meant by " next previous to the ast day," and as Sir Thomas occupied on the 30th, his ' l ame would be retained. MARYLEBONE REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The revision of the list of voters for this borough was this morning concluded by Mr. Alfred Austin, 4 the Court-house, Marylebone, when the learned gentleman gave his judgment upon several cases which nadheen reserved to this day. The principal of these Were the objections to the names of assessed tax col lectors upon the registry—(which objection was al lowed, and the names were struck off)—and the im rtant question whether Peers of Parliament, or Peers of Ireland or Scotland, were entitled to vote in the election of Members of the House of Commons. Ile case selected for decision as to the English Peers, ..!vas that of the Duke of Dorset; Mr. AUSTIN, in giv mg a very detailed judgment, said that the question of ,the right of Peers to vote in the election of Mem ..ll; of Parliament, was judicially determined by the Rouse of Commons in 1699, in the' case of Malden. At th e previous election for that borough the Earl of Manchester, a Peer, voted for the sitting Member. The vote was struck out by a Committee, and the House, nem. con., adopted a resolution—" That no Peer of this kingdom hath any right to give his vote in the election for any Member to serve in Parliament." Prom that time to the present there appeared to be °llly one case in which the question was again raised. The Droitwich Committee, in the case of Viscount gnuthwell, an Irish Peer, but who, at the time of his being registered, was not actually elected a Member of the H ouse of Commons, for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, resolved that his name should be struck off the poll, " in compliance with the Standing Order." According to these decisions the names of the Peers of Parliament, on the present re gistry, must be struck out. IRISH PEERS.—Lord Radstock was objected to cs an Irish Peer. By the Act of Union (Great Britain and Ireland) Irish Peers were declared eligible to be Members of the House of Commons, but so long as they continued Members of that House, they were not to be entitled to the privileges of the Peerage, and in "all proceedings civil and criminal," they were to be Considered "as Commoners." It was then provided that the " Peers of Ireland shall, as Peers of the United lingdom, be sued and tried, as Peers, except as aforesaid, and shall enjoy all the privileges of Peers as .fully as the Peers of Great Britain" (ex cepting that of sitting in the House of Lords, &c.) Hence, unless an Irish Peer was a ctuall y sittin g in the House of Commons, be was a Peer of the United Kingdom, and thereby incapacitated to vote at elections. SCOTCH PEERS.—The Earl of Dundonald was ob jected to as a Scotch Peer. By the Act of Union (England and Scotland), it was provided that all the Peers of Scotland should be thenceforth Peers of Great Britain, and be tried as such, and enjoy all privileges of Peers of Great Britain, except the right of sitt in g in the House of Peers and on the trial of Peers. The Earl of Dundonald, therefore, stood upon the sane HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1a42. STEEPLE CHASE.—To-morrow (Thursday, 6th inst.) a steeple chase, for 500 guineas a side, will take place on the Farthing Downs, at Coulsden, near Croydon. We understand that the horses that are to run are amongst some of the most "crack" horses in England at this sort of sport. It is to commence at one o'clock precisely. Yesterday morning, as the Pearl Gravesend steam boat was proceeding up to London Bridge Wharf to land her passengers, when off the Custom House she was run into by a brig, which was dropping down the river with the tide. The collision was of a serious nature, carrying away the frame-work of the star board paddle-box, with the cooking apparatus, &c., causing the greatest alarm to the passengers. When the vessels got clear, the Pearl came alongside the wharf, and afterwards went into dock to have the in jury repaired. • MODE OF INCREASING :THE GROWTH or POTA TOES.—The flowers being cut off as they appeared on the plants, the number of potatoes produced was much greater than where the blossoms had remained un touched. Early in October the stems and leaves of the plants which had borne flowers were strong and green ; the others yellow and in a state of decay. The plants which had been stripped of flowers produced (on the same space of ground) about four times the weight of large potatoes, very few small ones being found. Those on which the flowers and fruit were left, produced but a small number of middle sized po tatoes, with a great number of little ones. from the size of a common filbert to that of a walnut. —. New Genessee Farmer. SHIPWRIGHTS' STRIKE—The Shipowners of North Shields agreed, at a meeting of the various Marine Insurance Associations, held in that town on Monday last, to assist in every legal manner in their power, the ship-builders and dock-owners to discourage and break up the " carpenters' union,"—on the ground that "it has become so intolerable, tyrannical, and oppressive, that it cannot, and ought not, to be any longer borne or submitted to."—Tyne Mercury. We regret to announce the sudden demise of Mr. W. S. Hart, an old and highly-esteemed citizen, and one who was for many years identified with the Liberal party in the county of Dublin. Mr. Hart was in his usual health during the whole of yesterday. About two o'clock he was attacked with gout in the stomach, and before three had ceased to exist. — Dublin Pilot. SERVIA.—SEMLIN, SEPT. 19.—Accounts from Bel grade say that Kiamil Pacha sent [two couriers to Constantinople yesterday. It was asserted here that they carried to Constantinople the news of a counter revolution that had broken out in Servia in favour of Prince Michael ; for, during the last two days, th Prince's family , and those about them, have been speaking of the most brilliant hopes and prospects for the restoration of the expelled Government. Un doubtedly all their castles in the air are destitute of foundation. MINERAL WELL.—During the late low state of the Tweed a spring of water was discovered oozing from the bed of the river at Coldstream, considerably below the usual water-mark; and, to render it acces sible at all times, a pipe has been inserted, by which the water is conveyed up to the adjoining rock, and thence into a stone trough placed for the purpose of receiving it. The water is evide ntl y of the chal y beate class, being strongly impregnated with iron ; and when properly tested by chemical analysis, may be found to contain medicinal properties of no ordinary description.—Berwiek Paper. There is a proverb which says, " One man may steal a horse, where another may not look over a hedge." If the landowner feels it convenient to ' have a higher price for his corn, he goes at once and makes a law to take it out of his neighbours' pockets. But if the miller or the baker, who have no pretence to make laws, but are of the class which are to be hanged when they are found invading their neigh bour's property, do not come down with their prices to the perfect satisfaction of those who have just feathered their own nests by the robbery of the com munity, they are to be pointed out to public obloquy by the fingers of th e thi eves , an d th e r eal " rogues in grain" are to shuffle off the blame upon the shoulders of the honest tradesman, and expect us to be the sim pletons to aide—Lett/eft/on Colonel Thon2paclt• SPECIAL COMMISSION. STAFFORD, . - MONDAY. - At two o'clock the Grand Jury came into Court with several bills which had been found by them. BURNING of the REV. DR. VALE'S HOUSE. The Petty Jury panel having been called over, and the jury empannelled, the following prisoners were placed at the bar :—John Harris, Richard Wright, George Colclough, John Williams, James Saunders. Joseph Whiston, Hamlet Jackson, Thomas Wagstaff; James Millington, Joseph Saunders, Sampson White house, Thomas Cotton, Samuel Eaton, Wm. Shaw, William Bradbury, Richard Edge, Josiah Gilbert, William Cartledge, Thos. Banks, John Owen, John Powell, William Hollins, Thomas Jackson, Edward Smith, Henry Dimmock, Joseph Loft, James Hurst, Joshua Hurst, and Jabez Phillips, were indicted for riotously and tumultuously assembling on the 15th August last, and beginning to demolish the dwelling house of the Rev. Benjamin Vale, at Longton, in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. The prisoners severally pleaded not guilty. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Godson, appeared for the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Lee, Mr. Price, Mr. Mayland, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Neale for several of the prisoners. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opened the case to the Jury, recapitulating the leading features of the late riots in the Staffordshire district, and then detailing the circumstances of the attack upon the Rev. Dr. Vale's house on the 15th of August. The Learned Gentleman then referred at some length to the law as it bore upon the indictment preferred against the pri soners. He prayed of the Jury to dismiss from their minds every thing they had heard outside that Court, and to confine themselves strictly to the evidence which should be laid before them. The following witnesses were then examined: — Mrs. Mary Anne Vale deposed that she was the wife of the Rev. Benjamin Vale, of Longton. On the 15th of August she saw a mob approaching the house, and immediately proceeded to close the shutters. The mob, however, reached the house before she was able to do so. She was greatly alarmed, her husband not being at home. They demanded money and drink, which at first she refused, but she afterwards gave them her purse, containing ss. or 65., and desired the servant to give them some drink. They then proceeded to the study, and commenced destroying and burning the books and furniture. Some of them then went up stairs and set fire to several of the rooms ; others followed the servant to the cellar with a sheet, which they set on fire, and they then commenced drinking whiskey. Witness fled as soon as she saw the whole house in flames, and took refuge in an adjoining cottage, when Jabez Phillips, one of the prisoners, came up, and said, " They were going to London to burn, and bring all things to their proper level." The witness then pro ceeded to detail the several facts connected with the destruction of the property, and which have been already published in detail in all the public prints. The Rev. Benjamin Vale was then called and exa mined—He stated that he was absent from the vicar age when it was attacked by the snob. On his re turn he saw the house surrounded by a large mob, and the furniture and building in flames. He was prevented by a friend from going into the house. Sarah Turner, servant to the Rev. Mr. Vale, cor roborated the evidence of Mr. Vale as to the conduct of the mob, and the destruction of the property. The gardener of the Rev. Mr. Vale identified Shaw and Bradbury, Phillips, Williams, and Whiston, as being actively engaged in th e demolition of the house and furniture. After the examination of one or two other witnes ses, who spoke chiefly as to the identity of the parties engaged in the destruction of the property, The COURT, finding that a large number of wit nesses were still to be examined, adjourned the pro ceedings at a quarter past six o'clock, and the Jury were given in charge to three constables, and locked up for the night in the Sun Inn. The Court was extremely crowded during the day. TUESDAY. The Court was opened this morning at half-past eight o'clock, and shortly afterwards the three Judges entered the Court, and took their seats on the bench. The prisoners having been again placed at the bar, and the Jury called over, James Baugh was called and examined by Mr. TAL BOT—I live at Longton. I recollect the 15th of Au gust, when the fire took place at Mr. Vale's house. I saw several men about the house, and knew John Harris, one of the persons, who was very drunk, and was pulling the door down. It was a passage door. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—The engine came at four o'clock, and the house was then all on fire. There were five or six other persons in the room where Harris was. I had never seen Harris before. He had a staff in his hand which seemed like part of a chair. I pulled Harris clear out of the house. I said it was very simple of him to be doing that, and pulled him out. I told him he was very drunk. I saw him an hour and a half afterwards among the other prisoners. There were about twenty others. On the Wednesday I went before the Magistrates and pointed out Harris. There were 20 or 30 per sons accompanied me with the engine. I have no doubt whatever that the prisoner is the man I saw at the fire. George Bailley examined by the Soractrou-GENE- Ran--I, am a bricklayer of Longton. I recollect the 15th of Aug., and followed.the mob on that day when they attacked Dr. Vale's house. When I saw the house on fire, I went to fetch the engine, and helped to work it and put out the fire. I saw Richard Wright, 'Wm. Cartledge, John Williams, and Joshua Hurst among the mob hen I came up with the en gine. 'Williams came to stop us from working the en gine. He first set his foot on the hose, and then he borrowed a knife from Cartledge to cut the hose, but he was taken into custody before he could do it by Mr. Richard Cyples. I afterwards went into the house with the hose. I saw Hurst in one of the upper rooms throwing out the furniture to the mob to break up. I spoke to him, and asked what he was doing, but he made no answer. He and the others in the room continued to break up the furniture and throw it out. I saw Wright put a bed upon the fire in front of the house. I had known him before. I also saw Joseph Whiston, who was known by the name of Joco. I saw him take a piano and put it on the fire. He said the Lord was at his side, and the flames would not hurt him. Cross-examined by Mr. NEALE.--I first saw the mob at Stoke about eleven in the morning. I saw them at Lane-end about one, and was at the Rectory with them also. I have always given the same ac count of the transaction as now. I went before the Magistrates on the Thursday or Friday following. Mr. Neale requested the depositions of the witness to be read ; and it appeared that at the examination before the Magistrates there was no mention of the piano. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL -said there was another deposition made by the witness. IVright or Whiston were not in custody when the one just read had been made. He requested that the other depositions should be produced and read. Mr. NEALE objected, as also did Mr. lltlonnEsrois on the part of Wright. The COURT decided in favour of the Crown, and the depositions having been read by Mr. Bellamy, it appeared that they did not contain many of the state ments given in his evidence before the Court. The witness said he had stated these facts before the Magistrates, although they had not been put down. In answer to Mr. NEALE, he said he was aware that a reward of 501. had been offered for the pro. duction of evidence, but he had given his evidence before the Magistrates previously to the appearance of the proclamation. Cross-examined by Mr. HUDDLESTON—Was pre sent when the drink was given to the mob, but did not taste any himself. The witness underwent a long cross-examination, but nothing material was elicited. John Burgess, examined by Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW —I live at Longton, and saw the destruction of the property of the Rev. Mr. Vale. I saw Richard Wright among the mob. At that time there was a fire in front of the house, and I saw Wright put a bed, which was thrown out of the front window, on the fire. I saw him apply fire to a pile of broken furniture in a back room of the house. I believe it was that which set fire to the house. I saw him half an hour after wards intoxicated, but he was not so when he set fire to the furniture. I saw Williams among the mob before the engine came up, but he was doing nothing. He was looking on like myself. There were, per haps, 400 or 500 persons present. Broadhurst Harding, examined by Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—I am a constable of Longton. I know the prisoner Richard Wright; he is a neighbour of mine, and I saw him carried home drunk on a neigh bour's back the day of the attack on Dr. Vale's house. On the 19th of August I apprehended him about eight miles from Longton, on the north of Limekiln-bank. Thomas Hughes examined by Mr. GODSON—I am a cabinet-maker, of Longton. I saw Harris the day of the riot destroying the furniture at the Rev. Mr. Vale's. He was breaking the furniture with a crow bar. I saw him bringing fire from the kitchen, and applying it to the broken furniture. I could not be mistaken in his person, as I saw him frequently for about two hours. He spoke to me once, and said " How do you like the fun ? " He said he was a stranger from Manchester, and should never want. The witness was cross-examined at some length as to his having said that Dr. Vale was served right, as he got all his furniture from London, but he denied it positively ; he had only remarked that the furniture was London-made, and was very good. James Hulme, a porter at Longton, saw the mob at the Market-hall, and afterwards at Dr. Vale's. When he got there they were destroying the property. Saw Williams, the man with the crutch, throwing furniture on the fire. Saw Harris pulling down a door. Saw Whitehouse with one of Dr. Vale's night caps on his head. William Mitcham, a provision dealer, of Wigton, was at his own door the day of the fire, and saw the mob pass. One had-a pistol, another had a cutlass, and others had thick sticks. William Cartledge was one of the mob, and I heard him say, "he would make work for glaziers and joiners." W. Dawes, a surgeon, of Wi§ton, went the same day to Dr. Vale's about four o clock. He exerted himself to procure an engine, and got several porSons of the town to go with it. Was there when the mili tary arrived, and saw several persons taken into cus tody. The fire was extinguished about dusk.. James Rowbottorn, a glazier, of Wigton, was at the vicarage after the fire was extinguished. It was full of people, and on entering he met Thomas Banks. About twelve in the morning the mob were at Glover's brewery, and demanded that the gates should be opened, and that they should have some beer. They said they would make Glover open the gates, and one man got over the walls and opened them. They said they did not want meat, money,. or drink, but fire-arms. Banks was then present. When witness met Banks in the evening at Dr. Vale's he had some caps and about 21bs. of ham in his bosom. Witness said he was the man_ he wanted, as he had seen him in the morning, and then he gave him into the custody of the military. Joseph Malkin, a confectioner, of Longton, was at Dr. Vale's about four o'clock, and saw the prisoner Wagstaff putting part of a bed through the window. Ile then broke the frame of the sash. The house was then on fire. Also saw Banks there, and took caps, scissors, &c., from his person. [The articles were here produced, and some of them identified by Mrs. and Dr. Vale.] John Astbury was at the fire, and saw George Colclough throwing some of the furniture into one of the windows of the kitchen. Reuben Greatbatch, a newspaper reporter, followed the mob on the 15th August, and got to Dr. Vale's house about three o'clock. There was a fire then in front of the house. Saw Colelough throwing quan tities of furniture into the kitchen, where a tire was burning. The furniture • was first thrown out of the upper windows. There Were at least thirty or forty persons in different parts of the house, breaking and throwing out furniture. George Barker was at Dr. Vale's house the day the fire took place. The mob were breaking the win dows. Saw Wheelton put some bed linen on the fire outside the house. He then put some furniture on the fire. He said, "It was the Lord's work and the Lord's doing." George Ryles, superintendent of police at Burslem, had a warrant for the apprehension of George Col clough, but could not find him. He was subsequently arrested at Newcastle- upon-Tyne. John Green, a potter, of Longton, identified Wheel ton as having been the party who lighted the fir e on the lawn. He brought a lighted paper from the kit chen, and he then broke some small boxes and put them over it, and went on his knees to blow it. He said, "The Lord was with him, and the Lord helped him." Could not recollect his dress, but he had an apron in front of his dress, which fell down two or three times, and that made witness remark it. The case was proceeding when the post left. APPREHENSION OF AN ANTI CORN-LAW MILL-OWNER, AND SIX MORE CHARTIST LEADERS. ASHTON, • TUESDAY MORNING. —Throughout the whole of yesterday and Sunday the greatest excite ment prevailed in the districts of Ashton-u on nder-Lyne, Hyde, Dukinfield, and Stalybridge, account of several of the leading Chartists being arrested under warrants issued by the county Magistrates. The prisoners—Thomas Pitts, William Woodroffe, Thomas Storah, John Bryerly, George Welby, George Johnson, and Mr. George Southern, a mill owner, were yesterday charged before the Rev. R. S. Evans (Chairman), James Jowett, and James Lord, Esqrs., with seditious conspiracy at Ashton, and other places in the neighbourhood. George Miller, having been sworn, said he was an overlooker at Messrs. Swire and Lee's coal-mines, Dukinfield. On Friday, the . 12th of August, I at tended a meeting at the Chartist Association Room at Hall-green. I went there for the purpose of ob taining leave for our men to ge t coal to enable us to ork our engines. I asked Pitts if there was any thing unreasonable in it, and he said not. Pitts went with me to the room, and when w e got there I asked him to open my business for me. .He did so at my request, but he took no further part in the proceed ings of the meeting. Joseph Pownell was next called —I reside in Du kinfield, and am a coal miner. On the 12th August I was at Hall-green meeting. There were a great number of persons present. I believe Pitts was the chairman of that meeting. Twelve or fourteen per sons were appointed as a committee. Amongst them were Thorpe, Wilde, and Hague. The duties of that committee, as pointed out, were to receive any depu tations that might be sent on the su b j ect of ceasing from labour. I have subsequently seen Pitts at meet ings held in the same place. W. R. Cotton—l reside in Dukinfield. On Friday, the 12th August,l attended a meeting at Hall-green. The prisoner Pitts was chairman. Pitts said he had an application froth - Messrs. Swire and Lees to allow two men to get coals to work the engines, a nd that he thought the request should be granted, a s by refusing to allow them the pits would become filled w ith dam p , and the consequence might he that lives woul d be lost. He put it to the meeting, and permission was given. Cross-examined by Mr. HunsoN—l will not swear the meeting was on the 12th August, but I believe it was on that day. It was a perfectly peaceable meet ing, and I did not hear anything said about the ap pointment of a committee. John Robinson was the ne x t witness—He said I am captain of the watch of thi s b orou gh. On the 15th of August last I attended a mee ti ng o n ground," in Ashton. Abel Duke was chairman. There might be between 4,000 and 5,000 people present. The prisoners Storah and Pitts were speakers, but none of the other prisoners were present. On the 17th hperoNeVeaesdOinngesOf of the th espeakers. delegate " Thackray's of August I saw the prisoner Pitts at another meet ing on the same ground. It was a large meeting, and m l i e e e t n a g v e a a t on the previous day. Matthew Maiden was next sworn—l am a police constable at Ashton. On the 13th of August I at tended a meeting at Tha 1 ' c (ray s-ground. There were Ispaciolfesttheer about 400 or 500 present. The prisoner Bryerly was at the meeting. A pe rson go t -up and said they would go to Bolton and turn out the hands, but Bryerly said they were tired, and as Sunday was the next day they must rest, andget up on Monday morning, at three o'clock and go to Bolton, which they would reach by eight o'clock the same morning. He (Bryerly) would go with them and head them up, but they must take their thick sticks with them. Lee was also at the meeting, and he told them to take their thick sticks with them and put their bull dogs (pistols) in their left-hand coat pockets. Joseph Hague—l live in Booth-street, Ashton. I have seen two meetings on 'Thackray's-ground. I was present at a meeting on the 26th of July last. The prisoner, William Woodroffe was chairman. A person named Atkin spoke at that meeting, and ad vised the cotton lords to keep within the precincts of their own palaces, as dark nights were coming on, and the day of reckoning was nigh. I was at a meeting on the 12th of August which was held in the Charles town Chapel. I saw the prisoner Woodroffe there. He said he was one of the persons who called that meeting, and they were called together to consider whether or not all labour should cease. He then pro posed a resolution to the effect that in order to facili• tate the advancement of wages, it was expedient to cease all labour until they had obtained their object. He argued that the best way to accomplish this end was by stopping all labour. On the 14th of August I attended another meeting, at which I saw the pri soner George Johnson. I saw several persons present who appeared to be preachers, and they advised the people to be quiet. Johnson was there, and he gave out one or two verses of a h y mn . ie then took a passage from Scripture, ,‘" That th e poor h a th th e Gospel preached to them. On the 30th of August I was on duty in Stamford-street, Ashton, as special constable. I saw a proc ession g oi ng in the direction of Stalybridge, at the head of which was Woodroffe and Welby. They were four and five abreast, and as they passed along the street they called out to all per sons whom they met, " Fall in and join us." There were other persons walking in the same direction. Joseph Armetage, being sworn, said, I attended a meeting on the 9th of August. The prisoner Salm son was present, and advised the peopls to be quiet, and said as long as it was a " wage question " he would go with them ; but if they made it a Charter question he would have nothing to do with them. The prisoners Johnson and Storah were two of a de putation appointed to go to other towns to endeavour to make some arrangements to bring all masters to pay the same price. He said, as the Stalybridge people had fetched the workpeople of Ashton out, he hoped they would stand, and not go in until they ob tained their price. The prisoner Johnson also at tended a meeting on the 13th, and said he had been to Bury, where he had met the people, and told them what had been done in Ashton ; but he would not ad vise them. They might please themselves. William Schofield deposed—l am a cotton-spinner. On the 9th of August I attended a meeting on Thack ray's-ground. On that occasion the prisoner George Southam took the chair. He addressed the meeting and said he had come there to act as chairman, and he hoped every one would soon have a fair hearing. Ile then sat down, and a person named Pilling got up, and addressed the meeting at great length. Pilling proposed a resolution to the effect that we do not re sume work until we obtain " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," or the prices paid in 1840. The re solution was seconded by another speaker, and the prisoner Southam put it to the meeting, and declared it to be carried unanimously. He said he was a Char tist, he was born a Chartist, and he imbibed the Chartist principles from his cradle. There was another reso- lotion passed ; it was proposed by Pilling, "That we it, should go to Manchester and stop all the mills." Pil ling said as it was a rainy morning we had better go to our breakfasts, and come again at one o'clock, and then proceed to 'Manchester. There was an amend ment moved, " That we should go then," and George Southam said "There was nothing like time present —you go to Manchester, and I'll lead you up." Pilling then said, "As I am beaten I must give in, but as you have got a cotton master at your head you cannot take much hurt, so I will go home and get my break fast, and follow you to Manchester." I did not go to Manchester. There was nothing before the meeting but the " wage question," until Mr. Southam intro duced the Charter and the Corn-laws. The prisoner Southam said, if they would go for the total repeal of the Corn-laws he would go with them heart and hand to any meeting or procession they thought pro per to propose. Robert Newton, the deputy constable of Ashton, deposed that the whole of the prisoners were in his custody on a charge of conspiracy, and that between the 26th of July and the 19th of September last many meetings had been held, and serious breaches of the peace had been committed in consequence of such meetings. Mr. John Gatley, deputy constable of Stalybridge, deposed to the same effect, as regarded Stalybridge and Dukinfield. This was the case for the prosecution, Mr. Hall, the Clerk to the Magistrate, having intimated that he would not call any more evidence, Mr. HUDSON addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoners for some time, and urged that no case had been made out to warrant the Magistrates in sending them to trial. He would not call any witness on be half of the six prisoners ; but on the part of Mr. Southam he would trouble the Court with some evi dence, which tended to show that he had been forced to take the chair on the occasion alluded to, and had advised quietness rather than disturbance, being against the violent measures proposed. This being the whole of the evidence on both sides, the Magistrates retired into their private room, and returned in about fifteen minutes. • Mr. EvArts said that after due deliberation they were of opinion that they were all cases for a Jury to decide, except that of Welby, who should be bound over to keep the peace for six months, himself in 501., and two sureties in 251. each. The other prisoners were then committed to take their trials at the forth coming Special Commission, but they would all be admitted to bail, Johnson, Pitt, Woodroffe, Storah and Bryerly, themselves in 501., and two sureties in 25/., and Mr. Southam in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each. Bail was forthcoming and the prisoners were liberated. EXAMINATION OC OF RIOTERS AT ST. The minute investigations by Mr. Gregory, through his assistant, Mr. Parte, which commenced In Stock port on Friday, relative to the origin and progress of the late riots in that district, has led to the apprehen sion of other parties implicated, and who had not been previously in custody. On perusing the depo sitions already taken, and further examining the diffe rent witnesses, disclosures were made, and parties named, which justified Mr. Parte, through Mr. Barrett, the special high constable for the . Stockport division, to apply for and obtain warrants against several other rioters engaged either in destroying pro perty, intimidating the operatives against the tenor of the Queen's proclamation, sedition, attending un lawful meetings, &c. Two of them were apprehended by the borough police, and brought before the borough Justices on Monday. James Hors field and Thomas Smith were placed in the dock, charged with riot, and breaking into the Stockport. Union workhouse, on the 11th of August, and stealing a:quantity - of bread therefrom. The pri soners, who declined saying anything, were fully com mitted to Chester for trial. John Rhodes and James Harrop were charged with an offence similar to the two last prisoners. The evidence against Harrop being weak, he was dis charged ; but Rhodes was committed to Chester to be tried by the Special Commission. --Ilarrop was sub sequently placed in the dock, fresh evideiu having been discovered, and he was eventually committed for trial. John Webb, James Hatton, Joseph, and Amos Smith, were examined on a charge of riot and felony at the Union workhouse on the 11th of August, and com mitted to the assizes for trial. CONSPIRACY AT MARPLE. William Turner, Samuel Kay, and Robert Robinson, alias " Rough Robin," all of Marple, were brought up before James A. Newton, Esq., a county Magistrate, on a charge of conspiracy and intimidation on the lath August, at Marple, in the county of Chester. James Crompton, a county constabulary officer, stated that on Saturday, the 13th of August, he was on duty at Marple, and saw a procession of 200 or 300 persons on the highway ; they were walking four a-breast, and armed with sticks and bludgeons. Saw Kay and Robinson amongst them when within a mile from Marple Hall, the seat of J. B. Isherwood, a county Magistrate. Was standing with Joshua Graham, the manager at Mr. Shepley's mill, when the mob came up. Robinson approached Mr. Graham, and demanded that he should go along with them, observing, that if they allowed such as him to remain at home they would do no good. Asked Robinson where the mob were going to, and he said "To stop Mr. Isherwood's workmen," and they proceeded in that direction. Crompton, however, took means to reach the hall sooner than they arrived, and apprised Mr. Isherwood of the contemplated visit. They came, and formed themselves in a line in front of the hall. Turner had a stick in his hand. Some of them ex pressed a desire to see Mr. Isherwood. Witness told them that all Mr. Isherwood's workpeople were per fectly satisfied with their wages. Turner said, " That's no matter; no man shall work until the laws are al tered, that everybody may have a fair day's wages ;" and they insisted that all labour should be stopped. Mr. Isherwood and Robt. Hollingworth, Esq., an other county Magistrate, came out of the hall, and the latter remonstrated with the people as to the ille gality of their proceedings. Kay said he would be if he would return to work at the old prices; he would rather be hanged first. Robinson said he did not care for either constables or soldiers ; but they (the mob) would alter things now they had started fairly. . If Mr. Isherwood's hands did not stop working, they (the mob) would break their heads. Peter Waine, a labourer at the hall, said that when the mob came there were seven men at work opening a pitstead; but they were obliged to desist on being threatened by the mob, who were armed with sticks. Kay and Robinson were amongst them. A hedging bill, which witness had been using, was taken by some of the mob for the purpose of cutting sticks and bludgeons out of the woods and plantations. Upwards of 50 provided themselves with staves. Asked them to allow us to finish the pitstead, as Mr. Isherwood was desirous of its . being done without delay; but Kay and Robinson said there must be no work done till all had got their rights. In consequence of that, and being fearful of personal violence, the workmen took away their implements , and ceased working. Mr. Dakin, solicitor, appeared for Turner and Kay, but he did not, in his cross-examination, succeed in eliciting anything favourable to his clients. Thos. Torkington and Werther Thorniley, joiners on the estate, said they had been induced from fear to discontinue work. The defence of the prisoners was that they had been compelled by the mob to join them. Not being able to find bail, they were all committed to take their trials at Chester. SEDITION AND RIOT.—A CHARTIST DELEGATE. — Joseph Taylor, an intelligent-looking' individual (a shoemaker by trade), from Compstall-bridge, was placed in the dock, before the same Magistrate, to be lexamined on a charge of sedition and riot at Marple, on the 15th ult. James Crompton, the Marple constabulary officer, stated that on Monday, the 15th August, he went to Hawk Green, near Marple, where a meeting was being held, at which about 1,000 persons attended, and nearly all of whom were provided with sticks. The prisoner, Joseph Taylor, was chairman. He said, " Friends, and fellow working men, we are met here this morning, not to discuss the question of wages, but to see whether you are content to live slaves, or whether you are willing to use every exertion in your power to make the charter the law of the land; that you may obtain an equal representation, and place yourselves upon an equal footing with your tyrannical masters. If you were to go to work to-morrow you would be a hundred times worse off than you were before you left work ; but if you will resolve to work no more until the charter is the law of the land, you will be in a condition to make your masters give you anything." The prisoner afterwards added, that he hoped the people would remain firm, and not return to work till the charter was the law of the land. That day the navigation of the Ashton Canal, which runs close by, was interrupted and the locks injured, for which offence three men who attended the meeting have already been apprehended, and committed to prison for trial. This was all the evidence for the prosecution. He was then committed to Chester Assizes for trial, refusing to'enter into bail. We understand that the convocation at Stuttgardt of the delegates of the Germanic Customs Union has now broken up, and to our no small g ratification we find that, thanks to the enlightened views of the prin cipal State, the many strenuous and vigorous attempts to raise the import duties on some of the most im portant British export articles have failed, and least that consequently these rates r emain unaltered for at three years to come. We allude, of course, to cotton twists, the total imp orts of which into the Germanic Union from Great Britain amounts annually to 54,000,0001 b. weight, and iron, of which the quantity manufactured in pigs now exported from Scotlandfa r exceeds the general estimate. footing as an English Peer as regarded the right of v , 3ting at elections for Members of Parliament, and his name was struelt off the list. By these decisions (as to the Peers), 22 names were off the registry. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 8 to 1 ngst Belissuna—taken, and afterwards offrd. 8 to 1 egst Portrait—ditto ditto 31 to I agst Blue Bonnet—taken 12 to 1 agst Arcanus—taken 12 to 1 agst Heslington—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Florence—offered 14 to 1 agst Thistle Whipper—taken 100 to 6 agst Pharold—taken 100 to 6 agst Lucy Banks 5 to 1 agst Dawson's lot—taken several times DERBY. 11 to 1 agst A British Yeo- ' 1 25 to 1 agst Winesour Mall 30 to 1 agst the Queen of 22 to 1 agst Napier Trumps colt 23 to 1 agst Cw,herstone 40 to 1 agst Black Drop 25 to 1 agst Philip - - SINGULAR CASE at BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY, Six, P.M.—This morning the Magistrates were engaged for a considerable length of time in the investigation of a singular charge. It appears, that for some days past a fo reigner, who represents himself as the Archbishop of Tripoli, has been on a visit to Birmingham. In the daytime he has partaken of the hospitalities of the Rev. Josiah Allport, and at night he I:as slept at Beech's Railway Hotel, or at the Liverpool station. As he came very highly recommended, and brought with him alleged credentials of his authenticity from the highest authorities in the Church; the Rev. J. Allport took the greatest interest in this foreign Pre late, and ‘l,'ls instrumental in obtaining several dona tions for him towards the purposes which are fully de tailed in the following copy of the Archbishop's circular : _ _ . " In consequence of the sufferings of the Christian Church in Syria. the Archbishop of Tripoli, whose province includes Mount Lebanon, has visited and is now in England. In 1840 five small towns near Mount Lebanon, besides many villages, were con sumed by fire, and Tripoli, Beyrout, and other ma ritime towns sutlered severely. In 1841 a civil war broke out, and raged between the Druses and the Maronites, in which the Christians were greatly oppressed. Upwards of twenty-five towns and 125 churches were destroyed. The Archbishop's resi dence having been destroyed by the former cala mity, and the people being too much impoverished to help him, he solicits assistance from British Chris tians ; but is at the same time more especially solicitous to raise a fund for providing means of extending education on true scriptural principles throughout his whole diocese. About 2001. is still wanting to enable him to return and commence preliminary measures, whilst he will leave a young Syrian, who has accom panied him, under the care of the Rev. Joseph Bay lee, of Birkenhead, near Liverpool, to be educated for carrying out his subsequent objects. These include the effecting a new translation of the Scriptures into Arabic, with elementary books on religion, and school books on general subjects ; and on the young man's return to Syria, duly qualified, the Archbishop pur poses (D.V.) to ordain him for the ministry. These proposals have been most kindly entertained by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London ; the latter, in transmitting the sum of 501. from himself and the Archbishop of Canterbury, observes in the note accompanying the donation, ' We hope your Eminence will receive it in testimony of the good-will we entertain for the Levant Church.' Several clergymen of distinction in London, Liver pool, Bristol, Brighton, and other places have warmly patronised the Archbishop's objects ; and he hopes to meet with the generous consideration of Christians in Birmingham. Any donation in aid of his plans may be paid into Messrs. Taylor and Lloyds' bank, and the Rev. J. Allport has engaged to see to the due transmission of any sum to the Archbishop." Then follows a list of benefactions :—" Rev. J. Garbett, 1/.; Rev. R. R. Mendham, 1/.; Rev. J. Allport, 1/.; James Taylor, Esq., 11.; Rev. Thomas 'Moseley, 31.; a Friend, 1/. ; Mons. J. O'Flannagan, 10s. ; Rev. J. A. James, U.; Rev. J. 0. Oldham, 1/. ; Mr. R. G. Reeves, 1/. ; Rev. E. Kempson, 1/. ; Mr. H. H. Cracklow, 1/." Yesterday, while the Archbishop was endeavouring to excite the generous feelings of the inhabitants of Dudley and Wolverhampton, information was brought to the Rev. J. Allport by several parties, to the effect that he was harbouring and recommending an im postor. Upon hearing this, the Rev. Gentleman in stituted further inquiries, and having enlisted the ser vices of Mr. Inspector Hall, he became suspicious of his protege. On going to the Railway Hotel, he as certained that the Archbishop had never had any lug gage there, and that he had ceased to occupy his bed room ; and on following him to the Liverpool station they met with the young Syrian who attends him on his travels, and is the same referred to in the above circular. The account which the Archbishop gave of himself was not satisfactory to Mr. Allport or the Inspector, and accordingly both the prelate and his disciple were taken into custody by Inspector Hall, who also seized their luggage. This morning the two foreigners were brought up for private examination before Drs. Booth and Mel son, and C. Shaw, Esq. There were also in the room the Rev. J. Garbett, Rev. J. Allport, and Mr. Samuel Allport. Evidence was adduced to show that the prisoners had given most contradictory accounts of themselves ; but, on examining the passports, creden tials, and other documents in their possession, the Magistrates were by no means satisfied that the Archbishop was an impostor, and accordingly dis missed both him and his associate. EXAMINATION of the CHARTIST PRISONERS. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY MOEN IN G.—This morning the following prisoners were brought up for examina tion at the New Bailey :—The Rev. James Schofield, William Schofield (his son), James Leach, Robert Ramsden, Thomas Railton, Christopher Doyle, John Massey, Bernard M'Cartney, the Rev. W. Hill (editor of the Northern Star), George Julian Harney, Wil liam Fletcher, John Campbell, James Arthur, Richard Hockley, John Thornton, John Norman, Robert Brooke, T. B. Smith, John Allinson, and Samuel Parkes, on a charge of a general conspiracy and inti midation. _ Considerable anxiety appeared to exist, great num bers of persons having assembled outside the Court and also within the building, to ascertain the precise character of the charge against the prisoners, which it was understood would be fully detailed this day by the agents for the prosecution. Mr. J. F. FOSTER, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, having taken his seat on the bench a few minutes after ten o'clock, the proceedings commenced. Mr. Gregory and Mr. Paite were in Court on be half of the Government ; and Mr. Robert Brandt, barrister, appeared in support of the charges against the prisoners. Mr. Cobbett was retained on the part of the Rev. James Schofield and his son, Leach, Ramsden, Doyle, Massey, the Rev. W. Hill, Harney, Fletcher, Camp bell, Hockley, Thornton, Nerman, Brooke, Allinson , and Parkes. Railton, Aartney, Arthur, and T. 13. Smith, said they would defend themselves. Mr. BRANDT opened the case by stating at consi derable length the nature of the present proceedings, detailing, as he went on, the nature of the insurrec tionary movements which had led to the recent dis turbances, and connecting, by ingenuity and argu ment, the prisoners either as taking an active part in the illegal proceedings which had led to the appre hension of the prisoners, including Mr. Feargus O'Connor and Mr. M'Douall. The Learned Gen tleman was quoting a number of the Chartist placards, documents, and publications when our dispatch left. THE LEVANT MAIL. MALTA. Our letters from Malta are up to the 23d inst. The principal topic of conversation there was the second Court-martial on Lieutenant Place. He was fully acquitted of the foul charies which had been trumped up against him, and Sir I rancis Mason, in returning him his sword, assured him, in the name of every indi vidual member of the Court, that he was left without the slightest stain on his character. On returning to his own ship, the Queen, the Gal lant Commander-in-Chief (Sir E. W. C. R. Owen) received Lieut. Place on the poop—where all the offi cers of the ship had been previously summoned—and after shaking him cordially by the hand, and making an appropriate speech, presented him with his com mission to the flag-ship, on board of which he had heretofore been a mere supernumerary or additional Lieutenant, a mode of proceeding which fully makes known to the public in general the restoration of Lieutenant Place to that position in the service, from which, with such poignant feelings of regret to him.- self and his friends, he has been necessarily suspended pending the late proceedings, which have occupied a fortnight. Sir E. W. Owen, in promulgating a general order on this subject, concludes in the following words : " I congratulate the fleet on the discovery and expo sure of this nefarious conspiracy. The breasts of those whoy for malicious purposes, could conceive and support on oath a project so calculated in its conse quences to degrade and vilify their object, and against which, when supported by false testimony no man can be secure, must be indeed most infamous and diaboli cal, devoid alike of every feeling which can be calcu lated to teach reliance on the mercy of their God, or their duties to society. Those who have so acted in this instance must be cast out from amongst us, and their future disposal must be a subject for future con sideration." DISTRIBUTION OP THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. — The Ceylon, receiving ship, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis, Superintendent of Malta Dock-yard ; Savage, 10, Hecate and Phoenix war steamers, and the Alecto steam packet, at Malta ; the Queen, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief; the Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear - Admiral S ir F. dason, second in command; Impregnable, 104, Rodney, 92, Monarch, 84, Indus, 78, Scout, 18, Devastation and Geyser war steamers, and Locust steam tender, cruising in the channel of Malta; the Formidable, 84, Thunderer, 84, Belvidera, 38, Jaseur, 16, and Lizard steam tender, at Gibraltar ; the Snake, 16, at Tunis ; L'Aigle, 24, at Corfu ; and the Prometheus steam packet on her way from thence ; the Stromboli war steamer, at Constantinople ; the Magicienne, 24, at Smyrna ; the Vanguard, 80, Cambridge, 78, and Cyclops steam frigate, at Alexandria; the Vernon, 50, Inconstant, 36, and Vesuvius war steamers, on the coast of Syria; the Medea war steamer, at Alexan dria ; the Polyphemus steam packet, on her way from Gibraltar; the Beacon surveying vessel , at S m y rna ; and the Magpie surveying vessel, at Suda, in Candia. MOVEMENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 15.—The Poly phemus took her departure for Gibraltar with the in termediate mail for England on the 19th inst. Vice- Admiral Sir E. W. C. It. Owen, the Commander-in- Chief in the Mediterranean, in the Queen, with the Howe, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, teicond in command, Impregnable, Rodney, Monarch, and Indus, ships of the line, Scout, cor vette, war steamers Devastation and Geyser, and steam tender Locust, put to sea early yesterday morning, and remained in the offing until sunset, awaiting the return of the Devastation and Geyser war steamers, which were sent to make a trial of their speed round the island. They steered away for the westward about noon, and passing through the channel between Gozo and Cumino, ran round the island, making their appearance from the south-east, former at four, the latter about an hour after, giving the former the superiority over , the latter of some 12 miles or more, in a race of 45 miles, done by the for mer in four hours ! Both vessels then stood away with the fleet, but it is generally rumoured the Gey ser will be despatched to the lonian islands to over haul the number 4 boats purporting to be under lonian flags which have no authorised papers, and of which she will, of course make lawful prize. Th e fleet intend, it is supposed, to cruise until the 26th bs tween Malta and Sicily, and then the Admiral will stand in and anchor or not, as the accounts from Alex andria may warrant. The Cambridge from the Le vant, and the. Thunderer from Gibraltar, are ordered to England, with the Vesuvius and Phcenix war steamers • arring a mail. M the latter leaves to - morrow , c r. Hoare, mate of the Queen , will take pas sage in her. Lieutenant Rattray, a dditional of the Queen, has been appointed to the Monarch ; Mr. Wilson, mate of the Queen, as acting Lieutenant of he Scout. SYRIA. BETROUT, SEPT. 3.—From the many reports in circulation on the arrival of the French squadron, one conclusion was apparent, viz., that the whole country, both highland and lowland, would hail any change of Government that promised them relief with the greatest enthusiasm. The inhabitants are greatly dis satisfied with the Government. No open acts of hos tility have yet occurred, but the mountainous districts are slumbering like a volcano, that will break out with greater violence after a short cessation from eruptions. Omer Pacha is feared, but not liked, by either Druse or Maronite, and this dispute between the great Powers and the Sultan respecting the placing an Emir of the house of Shehab as Governor of the Lebanon in the stead of Omer Pacha, is looked upon as a circumstance that will eventually cause a renewal of disturbances in the moun tains. The commerce of the country Was ne ver k no wn to and be in so stagnant a state.' Stooks are large, d daily accumulate, but there is little or no in dean— prices are falling, and coins rising. from Beyrout is not un even riding a short distance Travelling in the interior is rendered un . safe, and Thi s is mi l, a lamentable attended with danger. picture of the state of the country. AMATEUR PRIZE FIGHT. —An amateur prize tip. took place yesterday in the marshes opposite Graves end, the parties being Mr. Burke of trotting notoriety, and a Mr. Chileott. Some words having occurred between the parties a short time since, the result was a challenge to a pugilistic encounter, which was ac cepted, and a match for 1001. a side was made, and yesterday was named as the day for settling their dif ferences. Accordingly, at an early hour the parties, with their respective friends, proceeded per steamer to Gravesend, whence they crossed the river, and after some delay succeeded in forming a roped arena in the marshes for the display of their prowess. Mr. Chil cott was considerably heavier and taller than his op ponent. After fighting 110 rounds, occupying two was obliged to cry " enough," and was conveyed from the ground appa rently much mor tified a t s he defeat. Last night Mr. Payneld an inquest at the Bridge-house, Borough-road, on the body of Mr. Henry Jackso n, a g ed 52, the landlord of the Friar., to l r t es a !: lslse 4 " n e in i e i o n ' c l e ot deas lac ec kfri ed ars r - eir roat e l a I de r n i a c r e s t that t tb e B on Sunday night last. At five morning his wife awoke, and foundohel°ek the ne:t face by her side, quite cold and d im i leg on his had lately drank to such excess, thead. ' e deceased prior to his death, except Sunday,at for three weeks he had not been sober. mi.. George the day before it, of Great Suffolk-street, was ca lled Luke, surgeon, He said he endeavoured to deceased had apparently been bleed him, but failed, for hours. Death was dead for upwards of two caused his having lain on his fac e by suffocation, owing to that he had been • . in bed; and, from the fact three weeks, the drinking constantly for the last strength to alter his surgeon thought that he bad not suffnQated." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS; CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Yaost THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard' gold, gives an ex change of 25 38, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 60, it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent. dearer in London than , in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 431 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives air exchange of 13 8, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London: at short being 13 94, it fellows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1074 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.83 per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at New -York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. POST.—At the Stock Exchange, there is still an almost total absence of activity. Indeed, at this place ofbusiness, so greatly diminished as it is, the propo sition for a reduction of the hours devoted to it may easily be complied with. It is understood that the private bankers generally have signed an agreement idtonies oivnetrentdheedthat, to nothing e shall t. be counter for lat e r t h th e a f n u t f t o i re, o'clock o'clock in the afternoon, so that the duties of the clearing-house will have to be. got through at the corresponding early hour of three o'clock. It will be necessary, moreover, that the Stock Exchange should close its doors at that time of the day, and, the ar rangements of the private bankers being completed upon the plan proposed, there seems to be no alterna tive for that establishment but to acquiesce in the measure. The banking and stock jobbing transac tions of Par's and other great Continental cities oc cupy much less time than they have heretofore done in London, and although there is no reason why the latter should, as a general principle, look to its infe riors in importance for an example in matters of com mercial discipline, there would appear to be in all cases more than is needed for the dispatch th e 1 ,mate and actual business. The dealings at the S ;Exchange here conducted as they ar e u p on the li mited scale indicated, may be got through an hour or two earlier each day than they are at present just as well as not. To remain in attendance from ten o'clock till four, as is now the practice, must be irk some to the jobbers and brokers, and gambling or unprofitable speculation is often resorted to as a means of whiling away the ti me. The proposed change seems to meet the wishes of many parties engaged in mercantile affairs. CHRONICLE.—The special mission of Mr. Ellis to Brazil is exciting interest in the City, but the real purpose of his embassy does not appear to be dis tinctly understood. We believe it to be of a very important nature :—first, to adjust the term of expiry of the existing commercial treaty with this country ; and, secondly, to negotiate for a renewal on favourable terms. The slave question and the marriage of the Emperor and his sister being accessories. The point at issue regarding the continuance of the existing treaty is one of much consequence to British merchants. Both Governments being agreed as to its first and specific endurance of fifteen years, from November, 1827, that is, until Nov ember, 1842 ; but a difference has arisen in consequence of an ambiguity of expression respecting its absolute endurance, it being provided that the treaty shall continue for a :further term cn two years' previous notice from either party, The Brazilian Government gave notice two years back that they held the treaty at an end in November, 1842, whereas the Br itish Government maintain that this notice can only take effect from November next ; thus preserving the sub sistence of the present tariff on both sides until No vember, 1844. The Brazilian Congress, however, has given authority to their Minister of Finance to levy new duties on British imports, from and after November, 1842 ; and one main object of the special mission to Rio is, without doubt, to prevent the Bra zilian Government from putting that authority in force. It is surmised that Mr. Ellis will propose a compromise, continuing the present tariff until November, 1843, in order to give Sir Robert Peel time to bring round the refractories in his camp to the admission of Brazilian produce at lower rates ; and as a sop, to let them down easy, something may be introduced about the slave-trade. The Brazilian Government, we believe, have intimated plainly that they will not renew the present treaty with England, unless concessions are made to them, lowering the import duties now levied on their sugars. The following are the official returns of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Calcut ta and Madras 71,000 oz. Bombay ............. 48,000 /I e „ tars to Calcutta and Madras 52,898 Bombay ............... 25,170 e e Gold coin to Bombay ..... 643 Madras and Calcutta 1,000 11 If Ceylon SUN.—The market recovered from the dulness observable in the morning, but still bargains were few. Consols left off at 923 93 for Money, and 93 933- for the Account ; India Stock, 247 249 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 50 52 ; New, 49 51 premium. The closing prices f Foreign Securities were-- Belgian, 1024 1034; Dutch 'Two-and-a-lialf per Cents, 5111-Pi ; the Five per Cents. 1004 ; Danish, 82 83 ; and Brazilian, 631 64, ex div. The Chili= G ov ernment are abo ut to convert the arrears of interest upon their bonds into a stock bearing 3 per cent. interest, and for some of this latter 25 has been offered and refused. One part of the plan is to issue new bonds in lieu of those from which the coupons will have been detached, a course highly to be deprecated, inasmuch as it is not of the slightest utility, while it affords the greatest facility for fraud. There can be nothing more easy than to cOnvert coupons, which sh ould have been destroyed, into stock, and manufacture a few thousand extra bonds, and send both into the market, thus raising a new loan without publicity. Spain did this some years back, and doubtless intended it in the present year, had it not been for the vigilance of the press. It may be mentioned that Senor Calatrava is stated to be anxious to come to some arrangement in regard to the Treasury Bonds. The condition to which the finames of that cauntry are reduced, may be inferred from the fact, that all those patient and ill-used creditors re quire to settle their claims is as nearly as possible 5,0001. each half year, and yet even this small sum has never yet been remitted, although the payments of one-half the principal, and a portion of the interest, were, by an Ambassadorial notice, advertised in 1837, to be paid off according to contract. The inquiry for all description of Shares continued to be good, but chiefly for Brighton. The condi tion of this Company, the probability of it offering very shortly the shortest route to Paris, thus natu- IttB,llsl::hree per ICBe4n, natu rally increasing the traffic, and the present price of the shares, appears to have called public attention to the line ; the last price was 364 364. London and Bir mingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and Glouces ter, 39 41; Great Western, 81 82 ; the Half shares, 59 595 ;' North Midland, 56 58 ; the New shares, 27i 284 ; South Eastern, 231 23i ; south Western, 57-i, 58 ; Eastern, 81 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 35 36 ; Brighton, 65 7 per share. for T t h h e i s country, Exchanges especiallywe r were all firm o n a i n ,a d ri m s . o r e A f in s v s t o ie u 2r r a d4a b il l l e : 12 6+, 12 65 ; Rotterdam, 12 64 ; Antwerp?.. 1511 ; Hamburgh, 13 11, 13 114 ; Frankfort, 151 Vienna, 9 56, 9 564; Trieste, 9 9 1841 it 2 . a l r i riN : ed 1;1 1 ; 11 11N'Inarrissei121e5sf, 8 2 2 5 4 8 e 5 " , 2255f.9087; Le gGh05ern7n73255074390;0,,i‘32-105a- d93r5i5a;,; I 36! 36.7, •; Cadiz, 36i Messina, '1201 : 11 8 6 6 o ; i n Bonds 0: rt w_ it tu; were—Colombian, e —tltil transmission, eas Portuguese T o F l h o ir. m v. : b . i p a : n er , r,e 525 524 • Oporto, 52.136533; NraaPlel'ersn''°4,ol-52;N"Li1:421)07,; 201 Cents:, 36 3 6 1 r ; t in consequence of th C SP e a " n t' l l '72 I 214. f the Indian Mail is looked forward to 'll 2 e li q I ti ; , o i quotations i rp e o u n: r 1 s f cr o it; r een The alai N'til °. i v I s 10 duesuperior Amsterdam Pc COURT m es°coul rnedee.facilitieso. c o i 1' Thursday. n u e E X I C 2 II A O N G E Genoa -- ESTERD AN . ) ow Bth e , xi b st u in t„ g anxiety. In October, ..0 F. 12 % Gibraltar .. H pa a r m is b: 3 rg d h ays, smission, it 5ig :.8 ... .. 1 25 3 1 7 4: Venice Ditto, at sight - l2 %Leghorn . ....... 46 ... , • ••• 3O 40 Antwerp 31 Altona ....... 13 15 Naples 47 .g Ditto, 3 months .... 25 95 Lisbon Palermo, per °Z. 120 5.) Marseilles 52 Bourdeaux 'l6 0 Rio Janeiro 23i 1 Frankfort on Maine —l5l t t Bahia Petersburgb, 3 Us. 36); Buenos Ayres tr e ll , . effoc. 11. 3 M 959 Philadelphia..... . .. . *. ******* .... ***** 4 — tr Trieste, ditto lO ,Palc as OF BULLI ON, TER 0... Madrid ' Cadiz Mt Po."tugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5 Bilbao 36 Neu Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona ,Pollars. 0 4 94 Seville ... 36 Isi i ver , ill Bars... ..... 0 4 11s ____L—................ tioirnnmplt ; I) e 31st ---.___--------. -----___. . Mr. lliggs held an inquest yestet,day in the General Penitentiary, Milbank, on the body .of John Walker, aged 08, a prisoner. It appeared ie evidence that the deceased was admitted to the gaol en the 17th of March, 1840, having been convicted on the Ist of e jnne in the same year, at the linutsfora Sessions, o r Lirceny, and sentenced to seven years' trk nsporta- That sentence was subsequently commuted to isonnient in the Penitentiary, which would zxpire of December, 1842. On the 27th oF :lune last the deceased was admitted into the infirinaM suffering from dysentery and general debility. He was supplied with the most nourishing food, but he never rallied, and died on September 30. A pop , mortem examination proved the cause of death tot be ulceration and scrofulous disease of the lun e 1 gether with his former disorders , Verdict, "Is aural 1 death:'