The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. • FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—We think that an annually recurring deficiency, which they had vainly attempted to meet by increased taxes on consumption, ought to have led the late Ministers, like the present, to bring forward a temporary plan of direct taxation. It may, in deed, be said with truth, that none but a strong Government could carry such a plan. But with equal truth it might have been said that none but a very strong Government could hope to carry the fiscal and commercial changes which were then proposed. The present Government have taken a leaf from the book of the last, as regards these changes, and there would have been no harm in turning over another and bolder leaf for their benefit by bringing forward a temporary scheme of direct taxation, on principles as much better than the present as Whig policy could devise. The heads of our party not having done so, have, _s:ve think, in a good degree disabled themselves , and indiA posed the sober portion of their followers (amongst whom we h•pe we may rank) from offering any effective opposition to such measures as are now pro posed. The mode of direct taxation adopted is not that which we think most eligible. We wait, with Lord Howick, to know what are the practical means which Sir Robert Peel proposes to take to levy his income tax—to arrive at an accurate know ,iedge of the amount of income on , which it is to i'-be levied. We cannot but approve of The exemption ':o l f small incomes from the levy; but we foresee the danger that the revenue will lose what it ought to re . ceive from some, and receive what it ought not to re . ceive from others. Those who. do not care for ap pearances may contrive to evade taxation ; and those who do will suffer taxation beyond the real rate of their incomes. These objections of detail, however, we reserve, till we have further information. STANDARD.—It may be said, and doubtless it will •be said, that an income tax is inquisitorial. This is mere pretence. No inquisition can be necessary to aacertairi the income of the landholder, shareholder, or fundholder ; and as to professional and commercial men,, there is not one of them whose probable income is not already subject to an inquisition far less delicate, far more invidious and malicious than that of income tax commissioners, bound to se el'esy: The inquisition of neighbours, creditors, commercial correspondents, and commercial, or professional c ompetitors—this is an inquisition which we have never known any one fortunate enough to es cape, and it is the only inquiSition that can do any one a mischief. We do not know what honest motive any one can have for concealing the amount of his income. Tt seems to us that the interests of all honest men are --- much - ctineeened that there should be no conceal ment in the matter ; but the truth is, that 'no man -can or ever does conceal the amount of his income from those who are curious enough to inquire after it. Secondly, it is said that an income tax ought to be reserved for a time of war. It might be answer enough to this objection to say that the empire is at War, unhappily plunged into two most expensive wars by the late Government ; but we take leave to deny the principle. We say ' that a tax which is proper in war • cannot, when the wants of the country demand new taxes, be improper in peace. True, . you have not the whole of your available income tax with which to menace the enemy ; but what of that ? Neither have you the whole of your . available revenue; but you have all 'your reserved resources, of whatever Lind, and the shape of them does not make the slight est difference. Call the available income tax 15 per cent. (more was paid during the late war), will you employ 3 per cent. of this hi time of peace, in preference to taxes which cripple the industry and retard the progress of the country ? Are you the worse, because, with resources vastly improved by the preference, you face your enemy with three par cent. in appearance less of your income tax, but really with a greater revenue—meet him, too, with all the machinery necessary for drawing forth your reserved 12 per cent. in complete order and in' constant action? The pretence of a distinc tion between war taxes and peace taxes belonged, to • times when it was necessary to cheat men into the payment of taxes by artificial pretexts, because taxes were neither impartially levied nor always honestly .I%re repeat, that Sir nebert Peel's propo sition is the opening of a new and a happy era in financial Government—and the measure with which he opens it, is the measure of a true Statesman— bold, just, and, efficient. COLTRIER.With the 3 per cent. tax on pro perty, we cry content ;. with the tax on income we cry content also; but in respect of the supplementary houe. tax we must confess that our conviction of its judiciousness and impartiality is not so strong, al though we may take leave to say, that in comparison with the other burde n s re f erre d to its pressure can be of inferior concern only. We object to the house tax because, .if borne by the tenant, it will be an oppressive tax, except in the case of great fortunes and large. establishm e nts, w hil s t if cast on the landlord, With the pecaliar uncert a i n ty of returns from that sort of property, it will beano less oppressive, besides being a supplementary, tax on propeity.- ,'The ;only thOthentarily good 'object which,' as it seems to us, it will achieve, will be to discourage the inordinate rage -for building specula tions which has prevailed for many years, and whiCh has generally .ended in the ruin of projectors and traders, of all, in fiat but the owners of land co vered. But whilst this good will be achieved, and the population left to overtake the. means provided tbr their heaSe accommodation, on the other hand labour employed in that way will be thrown out of action, and the effect also may be to crowd families in the same dwelling by increasing rents, and for the labouring classes this would lead to the evil of depriving them of small' houses of their own, the happiest , result of industrial independence, unless, which does not clearly appear, a proper exemption should ,be made in respect of such sort of property. The exemptions from taxation of income and property under 1501. per annum arc humane. and judicious, so far as they go, although we think that 2001., as a round sum, and as freeing a larger class, not able to bear burdens, would have been a preferable limit. Upon in comes at the point stated it will forma heavy deduction. We cannot exactly comprehend the utility of some of Sir Robert's reductions of duty upon Commodities exported. The separate amounts are so insignificant that they appear to us to be levied almost solely for the purposes of statistical information ; and the total amount of the remissions is quite inconsiderable. We can perfectly appreciate tin piney of abolish ing or reducing the duties on the imports of raw produce indispensable for manufactures, as well as the export duty propoSed to be levied on coal. But - what will the free trader say to this ? Is it part o: the system of Russia —that land of exclusive prote.: tion, and intolerance of free trade ? SHIPWRECK OFF CA.LAI S. A letter signed " IL. W. Powell' (late of the East India (company's service)," dated march 10, an d w h o appears to: have been an eye -witness of the following transaction; "firridithes 'the following account of this inconsiderate'and sharneful affair:— On the 9th inst., about eight or nine o'clock r.u., a heavy storm •arose, and in the offing this morning was discovered a brig, with all her sails in shivers. About 11 o'clock A:M. to-day, she let go her anchor to the eastward of the pier, about a mile from shore, a most tremendously heavy sea running. About three o'clock the life-boat of this place was, after great persuasion, and after a reward of 501. was offered, sent to the assistance of the Vessel. From some great mismanagement on the part of the French authori ties the launch was not effected. At half-past six o'clock the vessel in the meantime cut away her an chors, hoping to drift ashore. She struck, and no further attempt was made by the Fr enc h. Th e tid e axas coming in, and the sea breaking over her. The eries for help of the unfortunate crew were dread ful. She was within a quarter of a mile at that *imp of land )half-past six -o'clock p.m.) The French, to their disgrace, ion 'every way. opposed all succour. At half-past seven o'clock Mr. Slater, second master of the 'Widgeon steam-packet of Dover, with a crew of six men, five of - whom were of the Widgeon, with the .. assistance of Lieutenant Scriven, Commander, procured from the harbour master, after two applications and immense,- difficulty, a boat be longing to the Humane Society, and then only upon Mr. .Slater guaranteeing the payment of any damage that "might accrue—boldly, with his small crew, manned t:he boat ; 200, EngliShmen in the laCe business, under the AuPerintendene e o f Li eu t. S cr i ven , no bl y ass i s t e d i n launching . the boat, a most tremendous sea running. They s t arted from the westward, and had to pass the head of both piers, a verydangeious `service even in mild weathe r; it took them half an h o ur to ge t th roug h the bar ; and but for the gallant intrepidity and dex terity of nobl e this otlicer and. his, crew, they Must have been all l os t : , rN% succeeded in their g 0 hours elapsed Vefore tliey 1 , i,01 t en t rp ß se reached - the vessel; say m gallant water . y. en human, beings ; tel minutes uiu aud.omustvery soul. must have peiished. ; Me bri g eva 4 ~zer Jersey, -bound from Stinderland, the master William Perrv, laden with' coals ; • tonmwe 163. ',', he vessof is a per fect wreck ; her' mainmast was , • • a . bakwards a n d t the time of the rescue sWinkin j ,, ,, forwards, and Mr. Slater exgeoted every - moment. she would iro over and had she done so, the gallant huat's crew must havi:. all met with instantaneous death. This is not the first 'time that '3lr. Slater, of th e Widgeon, has evinced his courage. The names of those brave 'men who manned the life -boat are— Richard annoy, quarter-master, Thomas Sinclair: Thomas Lawrence, Watkin Edwards, and Daifel Trim, able.-bodied; all of the Widgew;'and Nicholson, of the 'Frederick, of Sunderland, a collier, a yOUng 'mail, whose intrepidity and gallant conduct through out ought to meet with a high reward. A Madrid let►er in the Mire of. Bayonne states that the exact amount of the budget of expenditure for 1841 is ,71 60.301,6b1 reals, and of that of receipts 871,730,Cr44r., !Fay mg a dencitlor'the current year of 490,10t3,206r. THE LATE SEVERE GALE, The effect of the late hurricane has been most disas trous both by sea and land. In Dover and its neigh bourhood much damage has been done to property. Among the many unroofings that took place, there was no one more singular than that of Mr. I. B. Terson's Waterloo Rooms, the entire she e t- copper covering of the building having been lifted from its moorings at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and precipitated from a height of upwards of fifty feet into the street, about eighty feet off, without doing injurx to any one, though many persons were pass i ng near the spot at the time. We have not had so severe a gale during the whole(); the winter. The encroachments of the sea, and consequent loss of land, on which small tenements were erected to the west of the town, continue in a serious degree. Several ' chimneys also were thrown down, and some houses un roofed, in th e course of Thursday morning. A very large quantity of beach has been driven by the storm into the entrance channel, which, however, it is hoped, may be removed at low water, before the next spring tides. Yesterday, about noon, a collier standing to the west ward was seen to have in tow a boat containing so.oe men. The boat was observed, on quitting the collier, to make for the harbour, but the flood-tide was too strong, in consequence of which the Blue-eyed Maid hovelling-boat stood out to sea, and succeeded in towing into the harbour the boat, which contained eight un happy men, a boy, and a dead man. It appears they quitted the brig Mary Coxon, of North Shields,-at the , moment of her foundering at sea, and were thirty-six hours in the boat without food, so that the cold was the occasion of the death of the poor fellow. Four vessels are said to be' on shore to the westward of Boulogne ; one (a large American), with a crew of seventeen, out of whom only five are reported to have been saved. The schooner Emma, of Portsmouth, from London, with a general cargo, drove from her anchors under Dunge ness, and came in contact with the brig Hope, of Rye, when she was abandoned by the crew, and is supposed to have foundered, having received great damages.— Crew saved except two. On Thursday, during the gale, the Minerva, of Jersey, from Sunderland, with coals, sunk off Calais. The crew were saved from the sinking vessel by Mr. Slater, Second Master of her Majesty's steam-packet Widgeon, who, along with a crew of Englishmen, put off from Calais to their rescue in a whale boat, at great personal hazard, the sea running very high across the mouth of the har bour at the time.—Dover Chronicle. ROBBERY AND TORTURE IN TURKEY; We find the subjoined from Smyrna, 19th ult., in the Malta Times : " I related in my last a sh o rt accoun t o f a d ar i ng and, ultimately, as it turns out, successful attack on an escort in charge of a sum of money belonging to the Turkish Government, on its way from Aidin to Constantinople. The robbery, as then stated, would excite little curiosity, as the ends of justice seemed nearly all satisfactorily answered. Both the facts and results, however, differ so widely from that state ment, and seem with evil so portent, that nothing less than a full and detailed account will serve to convey an adequate idea of them. In the first stages of the horrible persecutions which I am now about to relate, such was the secrecy inculcated and observed, and such the tendency of the stories industriously circulated to allay or divert public curiosity, that suspicion, though long wakeful, was nearly lulled to repose, when suddenly it became known that torture had been applied to two of the prisoners, the surgeon of the Greek Hospital having been sent tbr to attend one of them, who was dying under its effects I A thrill of horror, like an electric shock, ran through the . *hole Christian community. It appears, then, that instead of nine mule-loads of money, there were twelve • but the amount i s th e same 100,000 piastres. The attack was made, not from or close,by a kaffene guard-house, but about mid-way between two kaffenes, an hour's distance from each other. In stead of a robber having been seized, an d, on b e i ng questioned, had confessed, and, in consequence of this confession, a great. part of the gang had been arrested, and nearly all the money found, only one of the number has been discovered, and he only cognisant and abetting—not present at the affair. Of the money, only one mule-load, and that by mere chance, the animal being found dead on the mountains ; it appears that it had been wounded in the affray, broken loose, and ran on till it fell dead with exhaustion. The gang seem to have made a successful razzia of all the rest, led them safely to the sea-coast, near Vourla, and to have got clear away with their booty in two open boats waiting there to receive them. Th e whole party was composed of Turks and natives of Samos. Of the two prisoners - above alluded to, one is a Turk who confessed not by questioning, but by torture, that he has leagued, though not pre sent, with the robbers ; he is the BollOok-nashi, or head of the guards at one of the kaffenes. The other is a Greek, arrested on mere suspicion, and now reported dead. Two other Greeks are also reported to have expired under the horrid tortures to which they were subjected to extort a confession of what they knew nothing. In vain they protested their ignorance torment after torment was added, until death released theth from their sufferings. The torture was inflicted as privately and secretly as possible. Every exquisite suffering that a fiendish imagination could devise was remorselessly inflicted. - They were first bastinadoed; the temples were then crushed by balls of hone pressed by a band twisted behind the head till the eyes started from the sockets. Needles were forced up the fingers ; boiling oil poured on the breast. If they still lived, red-hot horse-shoes were applied to the feet, the wrists were turned, and a red hot brass basin placed upon the naked head ! Other atrocities were perpetrated, far too horrible to name Two of those who suffered most severely, confessed all they knew, even before torture was threatened. _ Againsi these there were some grounds of accusation. It appeared by their own account, which is also con firmed by other evidence, that being at their occu pation on the hills, they were seen by the rob bers, who obliged them, on pain of death, to go to the next village to buy provisions. Had they disobeyed—much less denounced—these bandits, murder surely awaited them. More than fifty per sons in all have been tortured or imprisoned. Some of them have been released. Amongst those remain ing are three Primates of the village of Bouja, being held responsible for the conduct of one or two vil lagers who have been arrested on suspicion ; whilst from the confession of the Bollook Bashi it appears evident that none of these were any way concerned in it. The various European Consuls, and such of the respectable merchants as were known to have in fluence with the Governor, proceeded to the Konak to endeavour to induce him to mitigate the severity of these proceedings. Their humane intentions were however fruitless, and some of them were not even ad mitted to his presence. Said Paella, the Governor, be it known, is a most d evou t an d r i g id Mussulman. Dur ing the day he has a Mollah by his side reading the Koran. Being very regular in his devotions, he always retires from the scene of torture at the appointed hour. He was married to a daughter of the Sultan, but the Princess died some time ago. Latterly he was Governor of Aidin, where he still governs by deputy. His cruelties there to the Greeks are said to be of the blackest dye. At the time of the pro mulgation of the celebrated Hatti-Sch er if o f Gull- he was one of the leading . Ministers of the Porte, and the document bears his signature. No sooner did these shocking facts become known, than the English residents petitioned the British Consul to interpose all his influence and authority in behalf of the sufferers. This example was followed by the French residents. The only answer Mr. Brant could make was that Said Pacha might . question his right to interfere ; that he might place himself in a false position by attempting it; but pro mised to refer the case immediately .to Sir Stratford Canning. But the franctic rage of the Pacha has not stopped here. His vengeance could not be glutted, by his, unheard-of cruelties to the Sultan's subjects, he has dared to insult his master's best friend and ally (England) by bastinadoing two Anglo-Greeks. One of them, a farmer, he imprisoned on 'suspicion of knowing something of the robbers ; the other, by trade a butcher, was, seized for selling meat at a higher rate than that fixed by the Governor. In vain did Mr. Brant remonstrate and claim exclusive jurisdiction over them ; in vain he warned him of the consequences of his refusal to give them up to, him. They were both biutally beaten. COURT OF EXCISE. CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND BREWERS. (From the Swiday Times.) • _ _ _ Mr. .Henry Walker, chemist and druggist, in Skinner- street, Somers'-town, and a commissioner of pavements at' St. Pancras parish, was charged with selling grains of paradise, coculus Indira, liquorice, -linseed, caraway seed, and Cayenne pepper, to Mr. Frederick Brogg, a brewer. The information was preferred under the 50th Geo. 111., chap. 58, sect. 3, which imposes a -penalty on a !ruggist of . 500/. for disposing to a brewer either of the ' , ove specified articles, or molasses, honey, vitriol, quas- ca, or any extract or preparation ti such . " articles!' Mr. Golding Bird, the surveying general examiner of Excise, said that, on the 26th January last, he and Mr. :sullen were watching in the neighbourhood of Bfogg's brewery, and they saw a person leave Ids shop, and proceed to the latter place, whither they followed, and .seized two parcels, containing grains o f para lise, caraway seeds, linseed meal, and pepper. After a amverxation with Blogg, witness proceeded to the lefendant's, and asked him if he knew that ; and on his saying that he had been acquainted with him for several years, he inquired if he had served idm with any parcel that morning, and he admitting that he had, witness exhibited to him the packets he irad found on the brewery, which Mr. Walker at once identified as the same as he had sold, ett the same time squiring if there was anything wrong. Witness told inn that he must be aware. there was, and then asked dm what the parcels contained ; and he said a corn }ouud, whichit was usual for druggists to make up. In eply to further questions, he acknowledged that for hrce years Mr. Blogg had been dealing with him for urh articlea ; that the week • before he had 41b. of li ittorice - and some coculus Mr. MAYOW, the Solicitor for the Crown (to Mr. Bird)—Did you ask the defendant if he drank Blogg's beer ? Mr. Bird—l did ; and he said he formerly par took of it, but since last Christmas twelvemonth he had not tasted it. quently the prisoner and his mother (who is charged with feloniously receiving the stolen property) were both re manded for further examination. Patton, the policeman who was with the policeman on whom an inquest was held on Friday, when some whiskey was given them by a Mr. Huntsman, a che mist in Holborn, was UNION -HALL. yesterday ommwne d rs is . missed the police force, by order of the u Sarah Head, a young woman, aged 19, in the ser vice of Mr. J. P. Wool, of No. 10, Bowhill-terrace, Brixton-road, was charged with the wilful murder of her male infant ; and, Thomas Courtney, a lad of the same age, and in the same service, was charged as an stateder that at twelve o'clock on the p ae re cF e eo e sls di ioc n rey g mta n on fg th h leB t, 2m w Pur i d ile on duty in the Brixton-road, he was called into Mr. Wool's house, and informed that their female servant was suspected of having shortly be fore delivered herself, and destroyed her offspring. He immediately :proceeded to the water-closet, and, by the light of his lantern, saw a child lying on its back, with its legs underneath the soil, and the whole of the upper part of the body above the surface. With some difficulty he succeeded in getting the child up, and he then saw that its throat was cut in a dreadful manner, and that it was quite dead. Having conveyed the body into the house, he was informed by Mr. Wool that the girl sus pected of having committed the murder was in bed up stairs, and was in such a precarious state at present, that the removal would be attended with great danger. He was afterwards informed that the male prisoner was supposed to be the father of the deceased, and upon ques tioning him upon the subject, and when asked if he knew anything relating to the murder, his reply was, that the child was in a bucket of water twenty minutes before it was thrown down the privy. The witness added that he refrained from putting any more questions to Courtney, and then went and gave information of the circumstances at the station-house. He produced the body of the deceased in Court, which was that of a full grown child. The female prisoner was at present too ill to be re moved, and the medical man attending her said that her life was considered in dan g er. Mr. Corritiamix said it was his duty to inform the prisoner that the charg e against him was one of the most serious nature, and whether he wished to say any thing in reply to the statement made by the inspector ; the prisoner was not bound to say an thing in the pre sent stage of the investi ga ti on , un l ess h e liked, but what he did say he was to rember that it would be taken down in writing against him. The prisoner said that at present he declined saying anything on the subject of the charge, and he was re manded until the inquest is held, which will take place this day. _ _ Mr. MAYOW—What did you say to that ? Mr. Bird-- I remarked that I did not wonder at his leaving it off, knowing the properties of the stuff he sold him to put into it. The Hon. BERKELEY PAGET—Why, coculus Indite is a rank poison ? Mr. Bird—lt is. There is another ob servation made by the defendant which I had almost forgot to mention. He said that on one occasion he intimated to Blogg that he was feurful something wrong would in the end attend their dealings. Mr. Commissioner STEPnENsoN—Then he knew we that he was offending the law. Captain PERCY (to idefendant)—The - penalties in 'the whole amount to 2,0001; have you anything to urge . in mitigation ?—He expressed his regret, and prayed the Court to be lenient with him. The Hon. Mr. PAGET having consulted with his wor thy colleagues, informed the defendant that he had been guilty of a very serious offence, and he must pay 2001, and not a shilling less. Pin Frederick Blogg, a brewer, in West-street, Skin ner-street, Somer's-town, was next charged with having in his possession the before-mentioned articles, with in tent to use them as a substitute for malt and hops. Mr. G. Bird stated that the defendant was the person whom he and Mr. Bullen followed from Mr. Walker's shop. As soon as they were in the brewery, witness ad dressed the accused, observing - " I will thank you for what you have in your pocket," at the same instant thrusting his hand into one of the pockets and taking out a parcel. Mr. Bullen was equally quick in easing the other pocket of another parcel. When asked by witness how he became possessed of the parcels, he said he did not know ; but upon being told that they could giv him a little information on the subject; that they had seen him leave Walker's shop with it, he said he was a ruined man. The defendant denied that he had ever purchased such drugs before, and • more particu larly that he had ever used coculus Indite. Wit ness, at this stage of the matter, went to Mr. Walker, and after the conversation with him as previously detailed returned to defendant, saying that he had ascertained he was an old customer, and showing him a quantity of co culus Indite, which he had obtained as a sample from Mr. Walker, said, " This you know is about one dose for your brewing," to which he made no reply. The defen dant was then standing by his copper, which was filled with wort, in a boiling state, witness intimating that the drugs wouldhave been in the boiler before then, had they not have interfered. Blogg said he certainly did put the quantity seized into a brewing of eight quarters of malt, contending that it greatly improved the flavour of the beer ; and again denied that coculus Indite, or any other deleterious article, was ever on his premises. The defendant having somewhat recovered his self-possession, desired to know by what right witness and Mr. Bullen had picked his pockets ; and on being told that the law gave them that power, and that the dgfendant was not the first brewer with whom they had taken the supposed liberty, Blogg said, " Well, you know that all brewers do as I have done, and why pick me out;" andjwitness tell ing him to point out one, and he would immediately , pay him a visit, he objected to do so, and turned the subject to a plea for mercy. Mr. MAYow-I)id you taste the defendant's beer? Mr. Bird—l did. The - prisoner, who is quite a youth in appearance, did not evince the least alarm at the situation in which he was placed when the examination was going on, but when he was locked up he shed tears, exclaiming that he had nothing to do with the murder of the child. INQUEST ON A SWORD CUTLER On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Cock and Magpie Drury-lane, on the body of Mr. Sa muel Harrison, aged 40, a sword cutler, resident at 52, Stanhope-street, Clare-market, who destroyed himself by taking prussic-acid at No. 87, Drury-lane. Police-constable 93, F division, stated that on the pre vious afternoon about a quarter to five o'clock, he was told that a person had poisoned himself at the house of Mrs. Ferguson, who keeps a print and pamphlet shop, No. 87, next door to that public-house. On going there, he found the deceased lying on his back on a sofa in the parlour behind the shop, quite dead, although the body was still warm. Two medical gentlemen were in the room, one of whom gave him the small phial pro duced, which was empty. On the phial was a label with the address of Mr. Walker, chemist, &c., 108, Drury lane, and in the centre were written the words, " Pras acid—poison." Both surgeons said it had contained that deleterious liquid. Two females were also in the room. Searched the clothes of the deceased and found a silver watch and ss. 6d. in his pockets. The wife of the de ceased was one of the females that was in the room. Mr. MAYOW—In what state was it ? Mr. Bird—M experience told me that it was not the produce of ma] and hops alone. _ _ Defendant—l only put things in to flavour it, and not to injure any one. The Hon. B. PAGET—I never heard of Cayenne in beer before ? Defendant—That gives a hot flavour. Mr. STEPHENSONL-NO doubt of it. Defendant—Mr. Bird , and the other gentleman came on me so sudden that I knew not what I was about; they laid hold of my arm:, and Mr. Bird—That I deny ; there was no force requisite. If there had been; I should instantly have resorted to it. Captain PliRCY—It is to your credit that you were quiet. What then can you complain of ? Defendant— Mr. Bird was so plausible that he induced me to say. anything. - Mr. MA.Yow—Plausible ! What would you have him be ? If it were not for steadiness and forethought we should constantly be defeated. Mr. Millen corroborated Mr. Bird in every particular. Mr. MAYOW called Mr. Walker, the defendant in the last case, into the box, as a witness a7ainst Blogg, but he found his memory so at fault that he could elicit butt very little from him. He, however, said he had at times sold to defendant coculus Indiva, and the other goods enumerated. Mrs. Mary Harrison deposed that that the deceased was her husband, and was 40 years of age. The de ceased was a sworcreutler, but his business had not gone on well lately, his mind having become irritated and much discomposed. Deceased was generally of sober habits. About half-past two o'clock on the previous af ternoon she went to the house of Mrs. Ferguson to see after the deceased, whom she found there. He was quite - sober. Soon afterwards he left witness and Mrs. Fergu son together in the parlour and quitted the house, but' returned abotlt half-past three o'clock, and, on entering the room asked Mrs. Ferguson if she and witness had settled matters. Witness said they had not, upon which deceased said, " Well, I'll settle it then," and he then sat himself down on the sofa; and put his hand upon his mouth, and on withdiawing it threw something from it on the Boor. He almost immediately fell back, and never spoke or struggled afterwards. Several surgeons were sent for, and three came immediately, and used the stomach-pump, but their exertions were of no avail. Mrs. Elizabeth Dismore, attendant at Mrs. Ferguson's shop, saw deceased there on the previous afternoon. He Mr. Major, the officer who surveys the defendant, proved that he (Blogg) brewed last year 4,000 barrels of beer ; consequently, it could not be said that trade was bad with him. Defendant—l have had many losses, and I assure you my trade has become so bad that I hsve been compalled to discharge my brewer, and do the work The Hon. B. RA.GET—Does that surprise you at all ?. 1)o you suppose that people, after they have tast . ed your beer, will ,continue - to deal with you? Sell a genuine article—that is the way to increase your trade, and the only way. You and the other defendant, it has been satisfactorily proved to us, have been in partnership to deceive and defraud the public, and we call upon you to pay a penalty of 200/. Defendant—l hope you will be more merciful. was quite sober. His wife came after him, but heard no quarrel between her and Mrs. Ferguson. Had never known any quarrels between them. Mrs. Ferguson, a stout, good- looking female, v.emingly about 40 years of age, deposed that she had known the deceased two or three months ; had been a friend to him, and had lent him 2/., 3/., and SL, at different times, for which she had his handwriting. Mr. Thomas Jeffreys, engraver, of 250, High Holborn, deposed that he was a friend of the deceased, whom he had known for a number of years, and during that time, up to his forming the connection he had, the deceased and his wife had lived on the most amiable ,and affectionate terms. Deceased had a good business. and had been very successful in it. There was plenty of property in his house to prevent any embarrassment, and friends who would have supported him had he acted right. He, how ever, left his business five and six days together, and on the last occasion, having been absent from - Monday to Friday, his wife wept to look after him to get him home, an order for swords having come in from Mr. Hart, of Pall-mall. He had not attended to his business but two days for the last three months. Said thatif •he . were to give up going to Mrs. Ferguson's he should make away with himself. Mr. STEPUENSON.--WC have given judgment, and wil enforce it. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Captain Simmons was summoned before Alderman Wilson, for not having sold his whole cargo of smelts within eight days after his arrival at the Nore, agreeably to the terms of the Act of Parliament. The penalty upon proof of • the charge in cases of the kind .is' exces sively severe, being the confiscation of the vessel and• cargo without abatement or modification. Mr. Young, the solicitor to the Marine Society, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr..Hobler, jun., attended for the defendant. • Mr. Goldlun, the clerk of Billingsgate market, was *Sent for the purpose of making a statement relative to the system pursued by the captains of Dutch steamers in smuggling great quantities of smelts into the port to the prejudice of- the English fishermen, and also. to - supply the Alderman with intelligence generally as to the viola tion of the Act upon which the solicitor to the Marine Society proceeded. • Mr. Young stated, that by the Act for the regulation of the new fish-market many years ago established in' Westminster, it was determined that every fishing vessel should report to the coast office upon her arrival, and pay dues amounting to 25., Is. 6d. of which was to go to the masters of the market, and 6d. to the clerk, for the trouble of collecting. The market was subsequently pur chased by the Marine Society, and the dues were depo sited as a fund for the service of the boys brought up by the society, by which means a great public benefit was rendered. It was also regulated that for the purpose of preventing the mischief arising from the delay of the. sale of fish brought to the port of London, every cargo should, under the very severe penalty of the confiscation' of the ship and cargo, be sold off within. eight days aftei the arrival of the vessel at the Nore. • : Mr. nobler, jun., said that his client admitted his error, 'but not his guilt, for he supposed that Sunday, not being a working day, was not included in the eight days specified by the Act of Parliament: Captain Simmons was a native of Heligoland, and, acted, as he believed, upon the fair construction of the Act of Parliament. Alderman WILSON-Did he sell the cargo on the day after the time limited by the Act of Parliament : Mr. Hobler, jun.;---Certainly he . did. Mr. Goldham can prove the fact. Mr. Goldham said it was true the defendant sold the cargo on the day immediately after the expiration of the allotted time. He believed, too, that the defendant acted in ignorance, but it was the duty of his salesman to have informed him of the exact state of the law. The salesman deckred that he supposed the captain •was within the law, and did not consider him to be capable of infringing it. Mr. Young said, that under such circumstances could not think of calling upon the Alderman for a con; viction, particularly as the penalty was one of so. awful a description. He thought it necessary, however, upoll the part of the Marine Society, to state that in all future cases of the violation of this Act, he should uniformly! enforce the penalty. The Captain assured the Alderman that he should pay most especial attention to the Act of Parliament. Mr. Goldham then said (and several respectable Bill lingsgate salesmen confirmed the account) that it is now the practice of several of the Dutch steamers to smuggle into London largo quantities of smelts. It was eontrary to law that foreigners should bring foreign fish into the London markets. The privileges of the English fisher men were, however, most extensively invaded, notwith standing the vigilance of the revenue officers, who made seizures wherever they could, and condemnation tun- , formly followed. Very lately he had heard of the arri val of contraband smelts, and ho had sent to a revenue cargo. office , officer, t u vh e e tsrlittsecteeedderlthuitn decisiveseizin measures a yseuartespart wouldof thehe adopted to cheek such tr-systemof smuggling, by which' the poor fishermen, who had already suffered so much by the horrible mixture of gas filth with the waters of the Thames above bridge, and by the progress of the steam-' ers below bridge, were brought to actual.. starvation. Alderman WILSON said he had no doubt that publid complaint would operate to the benefit of the fishermen:. and that he would most willingly represent to the Lord Mayor the necessity of actively endeavouring to correct an evil of such magnitude. He did not, he said, see why Dutch ships laden with eels should be allowed to remain in the river twenty-eight days, when such limits were placed to the stay of English vessels laden with smelts. Mr. nobler, jun., said the reason was that eels were ,:onsidered as an article of merchandize. The salesman assured the Alderman that the smuggling of the Dutch smelts knocked down the price of the English smelts altogether, although Of a very inferior. quality. The Captain then paid the expenses and was discharged.' !Valiant Joseph Browne, a young man of very respect-. .tl.)le appearance, was charged with robbing his employers if gold watches, and other property, to a very .consider able ext en t. Th e prosecutors are engage d in a very ex tensive business, and in the habit of shipping , large quali ties of goods to India. It was the duty of the prisoner to superintend the packing . of these goods; and he ab stracted the articles stolen front different parcels. Of l u t b rr u i l vl e l of th the the robbery could not b e di scovere d until after the to the prosecuPtoa t e .s k7, n e f s or i m n i l u n g di t : h t, e l m v h eonf the h e e .d e p fi a e r i t e i r e i s ei N e l s .ro i t u e the different packages they had received. An inquiry .vas immediately- instituted, when it was ascertained 'hat several of the missing articles had been pledged by ,e prisoner's mother with different pawnbrokers. The case could not be one into fully yesterday, in conse quence of the absetkeef a material witness ; and cOnse'- MroeOrge Ellis Griffiths stated that he was staying on a visit at. Mr. Walker's, chemist, 108, Drury-lane, and was present in the shop when the decased purchased the poison on the previous afternoon. Deceased appeared perfectly sober and quite collected at the time. The shopman refused at first to let the deceased have the poison, who said he wanted it for the purpose of trying an experiment with it on steel, which he had already tried with aquafortis and nitric acid. The shopman still refusing to supply him unless he produced some person who knew him, tho decased threw down his card, saying, " Do you think I'm going to bilk t h e eart h qua k e ? " an d added, that he could get it directly at Apothecaries Hall, upon which he was served with thirty drops. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARGIT - 14, 1842 CAPTAIN GRAY'S NARRA.TITE OF . AN - ESCAPE FROM THE GHILZIES. (From the Bengal Harkaru of Jan. 3.) We have:. the pleasure to-day to lay before our readers a most interesting narrative of the escape of Captain Gray, of her Majesty's 44th Foot, from the design of the Ghilzies ; and it will be Seen from it that the quern Beyer& perdere principle was in full operation on the fate of poor Burnes, who entirely disregarded the correct ;information sent to him by Captain Gray, himself an ekcellen linguist, and there fore welcapahleofcomprehending what the friendly chiof related :-- " I commenced my march from Cabul at daylight on the, morning of the 2d of October, with an escort of twenty Ilazir Bash horsemen, furnished me by Sir A. Burnes, and proceeded as far as a v ill age called Boodkhaii, about six miles from - Cabul, when one of the dak runner s came u p t o me, stating that a Kafilla• had' been plundered by the Ghil iies the previous night; at a place called Te zeen, and advised me not to proceed till I had heard from Sir A. Burnes, to, whem they had reported the circumstance. I, in, consequence, went . off the road, and remained there. till I cou ld h ear something further, but was not kept long in suspe nse , w hen I perceived a horseinan - galloping up in my direction. It was one from Sir A. Burnes, with a note for me, wishing me not to proceed any further, as the pass was not Safi; but to•go into th e v ill age o f Boodkhah, and there - ;r'em'ain till I should hear from him again. I therefore took his'advice, and on the evening of the 3d got another note from him, saying there was a party of 400 horsemen going in my direction, and that I might embrace the opportunity of accompany ing them as far as Gundamuk ; that the chief was a very respectable and trustworthy man, requesting me at the same tithe -to be altogether guided by his advice. I accordingly left the village and joined his camp on the evening of the 3d; and at daylight on the morning of the 4th, we commenced our march towards the Khoord•Cabul Pass, and on gaining the mouth of it,' found it'in pcissession of the Ghilzies, who were so strongly posted on the heights, that the chief thought it•advisable not to attempt a passage, but en deavour to get through anothir pais called the Chi naree. We then shaped our course for it, and on reaching it, found it also in possession of the enemy ; finding this to be the case, the chief held a consulta tion with his sirdars, whersthey•unanimously agreed to try another pass, stating at the- same time that the na tural difficultieS OM Were so great that he was afraid we should hot be able to surmount them ; however, it was decided that the: attempt should be made, and I am happy to say we surmounted every difficulty, and having got safe through by four P.M., took up our camp in the dry, bed of a river between Sa Baba and Tezeen. Everything, appeared to be quiet until be tween eight and.ninio'clock, when some people ap peared on thehills that surrounded us, and challenged some of our escort, saying that if they would give up the two officers, K— and himself, they should re ceive 3,000 rupees for each of us, and that the es cort would be permitted to proceed without moles tation. The answer: they received from our party was, That- the Officers were under their protection, and protect.theni they would to the very last.' The sentence was scarcely:finished, when a shrill whistle was heard in the hills, folloWed by a tremendous volley from the sides, and directed on my teat, which was the only one in our camp. I immediately jumped out of bed, put on my clothes as quickly as possible, and had the tent - Jstruck. then got our escort to saddle their horses; and•be prepared in case the enemy might descend; but, fincling•they-had no intention of doing so, but were determined to pick us off without ex posing themselves, our party thought it necessary that they should be dislodged, and commenced ascending the, hills, on each side, . the enemy all the time pouring on . us rpOst destructive fire ;• and, after a contest of several heurs,.they succeeded in driving them, from the heights. We were engaged from between 8 and 9 o'clock, at which time the moon had just got above the: hills that surrounded us, and threw her light on our party. below till four o'clock the following morning, .the •sth. On the re turn of our party a council of war was held, to which we were invited; the 'chief said, he had sent for us to know what eitrwishes were, whether we wished to proceed or return, that the whole of the passes of Gundamuck were in possession of the Ghilzies, that one of them had 5,000 Men in it, and that none of his escort had a..single ball . left. I replied, 'lf su c h is the case, ,I would certainly advise our returning to Cabul,' when:-*Very , young man, a sirdar, son of the Naib Shurreef, at Cabstl, started up and said, am directed to escort these officers as far as Gundamuck ; we have sustained the attack of last night, and why should we fly ?•No ; forward' is the word with me,' and, stroking his 'beard at the same time, which is considered in the light of an oath with them, they all followed his 'example, saying, Pesh,' which is Forward.' Tile chief then directed me to have my cattle loaded, and 'to disguise ourselves, which I accordingly did, _borrowing from amongst them one thing or another, and by day light on the sth we were- on the move towards Gundamuck, and on reaching the Parree Durra or Fairy Pots, -we found it.literally alive with Ghil zies.- We in consequence halted• for a few seconds to consult ;: h(i•Over; it -.was thought advisable not to attenipt it, but tot take another direction across the Doblee andlrdtilt Ilialruk Mountains into the Leigh non Valley, we' did, ' and it is only wonderful • • how We ever effected it • the ascent was dreadful— only one at -a time -could ascend; however, we got over i the diffic4its, keeping. on at a pretty good pace for fear cifthe enemy overtaking us, which they did not do till abOtit the close of the evening, when they came up with or straggling rear, cutting up every one they could lay hands on ; we had a great many camp followers who were returning to • the p rov i nces , and mostly all on .foot ; they • were all cut up, poor fel lows ; and several servants of K-- (six of them), his tent, bed-clothes, and two tattoos ; and it was not till abOut four, o'clock ..on the morning of the 6th we halted 'lt 'a village called Mumrour, our party coming 'in by twos and threes, having been on the move for .23 hours, without even a halt. You may guess the state, we were in when I tell you that the moment we got .into the village, K._ and I just tied our horses to a tree, and fell down fast asleep in one of the public roads of it, and had scarcely lain an hatir, when the chief sent for me; and informed me that we' were not safe in the v illa ge , an d th a t h e advised our proceeding on to one that we would be safe in. Away we started, and between seven and eight o'elock that evening, reached the fort of Teer Ghurree;.K.Tigree,as it is called ;. we were th en p u t into a hut, which waaattqouncled by a high wall, and there remained for : seventeen days, expecting every moment to have our .throats cu t. On the morning of the 7th, the chief .of*our party, Mahomed Uzzeen. Khan, came to me and. said he had something to communicate. I consequently took him aside, when he told me •thilt he was very much alarmed for our safety ; in fact, that the • whole of Affghanistan were determined to make one' cause of it, and to drive out and murder every Beringhee in the country, that there was not the least reliance to be placed on our escort, and that the country round about, and Cabul itself, , were ready, to break out. On hearing this from so respectable ,a ; chief and several other people, I thooglh4, it, j - hy, 'duty to apprise Sir A. Burnes of it. I immediately. sat down and wrote him an official letter, acquainting. him with what was ' going on, and that treachery was • at the very threshhold of their doors,•and also 'informing him of the attack upon us. near Tezeen. ° A new difficulty new presented ;itself—how the- letter was to be con veyed tohiin ; however this was very soon settled by the chief, WhO said that lie would give the man who took it and brought* back an' answer twenty rupees .and a khelat. -taken and delivered to Sir Alexander ,Burnes,..and the bearer of it brought a letter,.te : the thief, acknowledging its rece ipt, but I' lieVei heagd'.' a line 'from Sir A. Burnes. This can easily he accounted for—the idea of my writing and telling ,such bigwigs that treachery was on foot ! Had I *been a little political' they might have, given ear twit. What has been the consequence of his credulity ? Why. he, 'his brother, Swayne, Robinson, and • Raban, of -ours, and several others, were murdered in his house ! I only regret I did not keep a copy of the.:•Acial letter I wrote, for I Certainly 'Would Vtiblish' the whole transaction. As it was official, .-13`urtieS' ought to have laid it before Sir William 3PNaghten and the General. lam not aware he did not, but strongly suspect so, other wise he would ,nqt have suffered as he did. Whilst we were, I may , say, prisoners, several old Mollahs used to some t in ; and, .see"us ; and I very soon found out the•chift of one man's visits, and therefore begged of K-- to- leti'm.e conduct the whole of our plans for-leaving the place We were in. During our con finement I hadreceived several letters from a Captain P. Burn, at Gundamuck, requesting me to proceed with the estort With 'me' to his support. On the receipt of hie. 14ter I Skit over to the chief Of our party; and ,requested him to allow me to take the party to his assistance ; -he said he could not, that he , was sent for the • sole protection of the property en the Leglinon Valley, and that on his leaving it the Ghilzies would immediately attack the places and- destroy - the - whole valley. I wrote to Burn to this effect, .e.quitinting him, at the same time, that the party:was ! , not, ,under my command, but, on the contrary, that my hands had been completely tied by SirA. Burnes previous to my leaving Cabul. however, several notes passed between Captain Burn and myself, and his chief object appeared to me to be to get' , Us out ,ilif'th'e dhlentmii we were in, and he wrote 'rather a Severe lhittO to the chief, who appeared to be much aniloyedoind'Catne over to us, and asked me if we were an, , cious te,go.. I replied, We are, and that if he would 'give trio.2o horsemen, I would make the attempt to Gundamuck: He said, Very well; the day after to-morrow be ready to start ; in the mean time I will 'send. , Dat a lieople end find out the state of , the pass to ‘JellalabadA said, wished to go to GundirMick Captainißurn.'. However, before the day arrived for sair4devar4urrei, ;he came and said it CORONER'S INQUEST. _ _ An inquest was held on Friday at the Workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, before Mr. WAIMEA, M.P., upon the body of James Falkes, a police constable. After the examination of police constable Patten (No. 137) the man who was taken to the station-house in a state of in toxication, and who spoke as to the identity of Mt. Huntsman, the doctor, and his giving the deceased and himself whiskey on the night in question, Mr. Huntsman said, in explanation, that all he knew of the matter was as follows :.—A. policeman came up to him, and said it was a very wet night or wet morning, or something of the kind. It was raining heavily at the time, and the night was a very disagreeable one.. The pelicemam asked him for a drain and went in with him, a n d h a d a b out a w i ne glass full of whiskey in some warm, water. The policeman then left. He (Mr. H.) was sitting up for somebody coming in, and he saw the policeman pass again. The policeman said, He would have no objection to some more of that same." He (Mr. H.) answered he did not care about his having a little more, and ho (the policeman) had another glass. Another policeman then came up, and they both had sotne whiskey, but nothing else, beyond half or three-quarters of a drachm of sal volatile, which was only a stimulant. The policemen left my house shortly after they had the whiskey and water and sal volatile. Mr. then cleared, Whitfield,elceoarn dutaanisodun:ghe surgeon, Rn J: au r c y pc , oon a r l dt t ah e n r e cpoe s a bout wiin t ho h , rte ternhe e ionmfe n awn b a y sh examination of the deceased's body, returned the following . verdict :-".That James Falkes was found dead, and that his death was caused by . an extravasation of blood on his brain, produced by a fall occurring to him while he was in a state of intoxication ; and that whether the said intoxication vhis pro duced by excusable causes or otherwise, there is not before the Jurors sufficient evidence to prove." The CORONER then addressed Mr. Huntsman. He said, the Jury considering the statement he had himself made—viz. that he had gone to seek for the deceased with the other policeman after he had observed that he (deceased) was in toxicated, and had afterwards given him more whiskey, had felt it to be their duty, under all the circumstances of !the case, to return the verdict just read. In the propriety of opinion pu ia T nr i la toe e nr sm o g that verdict he entirely concurred. Mr. Huntsman would understand that he was not relieved by the verdict from responsibility, for, frOm the evidence before them, the Jury could not come to any o her verdict. The witnesses had not been quite so clear in their statements as could have been wished • but in all probability the Commissioners of Police would institute a further inquiry, and that inquiry would very like 'y become more useful when the policeman who had been examined to-day had thoroughly returned to his senses, for-it was evident he was now in a confused state of mind. The France publishes the following . letter, •ad dressed to it b y G enera l C a b rera , Count de Morella, dated Lyons, 25th ult. :—" I have read in your journal an article giving an account of the causes which might have inthwed me to take a journey to Paris, and the reasons I had for not doing so. Infamous caluthnies have for some time been spread as to my political conduct. Much has been said, much has been written, and many falsehoods have been told ; but you, Sir, have said the truth; and I thank you for ha vin g do t . e me jus tice. It is tru e that, but for the injunction I received from an authority I shall always respect, I should, perhaps, have gone to Paris, whither I was called by personal affairs, and not by arty political matters, in which Lititpther do nor will take any p ar t. You may m a k e a declitration - lo this effect in'your journal, with confichnee that you ear not deceived." The tilt-hammer works at .the smithery in Ports mouth yard are stopped, in consequence of the dangerous state of the chimney, which, from the great heat, is split on one side very considerably for a length of fifty feet. It is supposed that it will be necessary to take it down and have it re-built. We understand that should it fall during the working hours, scores of live would be sacrificed, as from its great" height and weight, it must of necessity carry the whole of the smithery, and perhaps theinet al mills with it.--Hampshire Independent. Il'argits O'Connor has been attempting make Ifrns If f to L e o wonderful importance at Manchester, by stating in the police court that some parties had entered into a conspi racy to assasin a t e hi m . H e b ro ught no proofs to sa ti sty t h e magistrate of the correctness of his accusation. Between the patty of the Hon. Gentleman and some other persoai of Man-. cheater there was a row on Tuesday, when Mr. O'Connor was lecturing, and ft om that row resulted some proceedings in the police - court, anti this charge of assassination. • was impossible to go, as we were literally surrounded by the Ghilzies, and put us off for a couple of days more. We were obliged to submit, but at the same time determined not to be put off another day, and made every preparation for starting. Two days previous to our leaving, the old Mollah came and asked me if we had made up our minds as to when we would leave, and in what direction. I told him that we had, that we should leave on such a day, and go to Gundamuck ; but at the same time I must tell you I had a most faithful and intelligent spy in my service--my muleteer. Through him I heard of all that was going on ; consequently, on the morn ing we started he took me on one side, and told me that the Mollah had been very busy in planning our destruction ; that he had taken the Ghilzies off the pass leading to Jellalabad, and had placed them on the road to Gundamuck. Shortly after this the chief sent word that he was ready to start. We did so at daylight on the morning of the 23d of Oc tober, all the party fully expecting that Gunda muck was to be our destination, and on our reaching the junction of the t wo roads I asked the chief to let me have 50 men, and that I would make the best of my way to Jellalabad, and not to Gunda muck ; I was determined on doing so, and by five o'clock that evening reached it, a distance of forty miles. I went and called on the Governor of the place, and requested him to give me protection, which he did; halted the 24th, and by the 28th reached Peshawur, where I considered myself safe ; halted a day there, and in 15 days reached Ferozepore ; halted there four days, and at Loodiana two, and arrived at Kurnaul on the morning of the 3d of December, a complete Affghan, with a beard, &c., as long as my arm. My disguise saved me many a shot, and, thank God, I have got through all my difficulties without even a scratch." ERECTION OF THE STATUE TO ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM. (Abridged from the Carlisle Journal) Wednesday last having been fixed for the ceremony of erecting upon its pedestal the Statue of the late Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, upcn which Mr. Dunbar has been engaged for the last two years, the little town of Lang holm, whose inhabitants have been on the qui vine since the announcement was made, began early to assume a more than usually bustling appearance. The band which paraded the street early in the morning reminded the good folks of the town that an interesting event was at hand, and notwithstanding the dirty state of the roads, occasioned by the snow which had fallen during the night, a large number of persons residing the neighbourhood assembled to witness the ceremony. The statute had been ereeted on the Ist March, but had remained covered, since that time. One o'clock on Wednesday was fixed upon for unrobing it. Before the hour arrived, a banner of pink, blue, and white, was paraded about the streets, accompanied by an efficient band of music. Shortly after one b'clock, a procession was formed, and headed. by Sir James Malcolm, Sir C. Malcolm, and their friends, and accompanied by banner and music, proceeded to the monument, which is situated a few yards in front of the town house, in the centre of the street. The site has been well chosen ; the statue is the first object that strikes the eye on entering the town. Sir J. Malcolm, and Sir C. Malcolm, accom panied by J. Little, Esq., of Bombay ; J. Scott, Esq., Barugh ; J. Connell, Esq., of Langholm ; Mr. Dunbar, &c., mounted the platform erected in front of the monu ment for the occasion. The band then struck up " Rule Britannia," and the cloth having been removed from the statue the crowd gave three hearty cheers. The statue, which is seven feet high, stands upon a pe destal of granite eleven feet high, so that it is raised eighteen feet from the street level. It is made of the most durable Italian marble, and represents Sir Pulteney in the costume of a British Admiral. His left hand rests upon the hilt of his sword, and his right upon the Orders of St. Michael and St. John, which appear on his breast. All who knew Sir Pulteney say the likeness is admirable. The front of the pedestal bears the following inscription: —" In honour of Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm. G.C.8., G.C.M.G., born February 21, 1768, died July 20, 1833." The statue and pedestal together weigh about ten tons. The whole is enclosed by four strong iron rails resting horizontally upon four blocks of granite cut into the form of cannon. After a brief address, suitable to the occasion, by Si r James Malcolm, the procession and crowds dispersed. At three o'clock, afterwards, upwards of fifty gentlemen sat down to a dinner at the Crown Inn, and a party of forty, comprising the trade smen o f Langholm, in another room. A ball afterwards, at eight o'clock, in honour of the occasion, was well attended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GREAT D RI FFIELD STEEPLE- CH A SE--WxmizsDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 Sovs. each, with 50 added ; second saves his stakes ; four yrs, lOst 71b ; five, llst 51b ; six and aged, 12st ; Mares allowed 21b ; winners, 51b extra ; four miles (11 sobs.) Mr. J. Lamplugh's in Romp, aged ...(Mr. W. Lamplugh) 1 Mr. E. Baxter's bh by Sandbeck, dam by Lottery Mr. J. Lamplugh's Birthday, aged Seven others started. Won easily. COURSING. BIGGAR CLUB, MARCH 3RD AND 4TH.—The Champion Collar (13 dogs) aas won by Lord Douglas's Kent ; the Stranger's stakes (12 dogs) by Lord Douglas' Ardock ; and the Challenge Cup, by Sir W. C. Anstruther's Brunswick. Brarcimkat, MARCH B.—The Chesterfield Stakes were won by Mr. Foster's Belle, beating Mr. Hutchinson's Grasper. NORTHLRACH, MAncx s.—The Gold Cup was won by Mr. H. Herbert's Handsome ; the Farringdon Stakes, by Mr. H. Herbert's Hebe ; and the New Barn Stakes, by Mr. Cook's Nailer. MIDDLETON (NEA R KIRKBY LONSDALR), MARCH 4 ANDS. —The Grimeshill Cup was won by Mr. Turner's Trip, the Middleton Hall Stakes by Mr. Moore's Medusa, the Park Stakes by• Mr. Wilson's Macaw, and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Burrow's Major Monsoon. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.. Her Majesty's Stag hounds, Mon., Salt-hill ; Thurs., Sun inn, Maidenhead; Sat., Dog and Pot, Stok e C ommon -11. East Sussex hounds Mon., Abbott's Wood; Th urs. , Laugh ton Pound ; Sat., Mu:ldleswood Gate-10%. Brighton harriers, Mon., Thunders Barrow, near Portslade ; Wed., Patcham ; Friday, Dyke -road-1 la. Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., Tels combe Tye-10i. Mr. Mare's hounds, Mon., Balsham ; Thurs., Felsham Green-10i. Marquis of Hastings' hounds, Mon., Tickwell Village; Wed., Leek Pett-house ; Sat., County Bench, Derbyshire. Mr. Archer's hounds, Mon., Clapper Bridge-10i. Devon harriers, Mon., Pocombe Bridge-10i. Mrt Meynell's hounds, Mon., Loxley ; Th„ lngestre ; Sat., Black Slough. • • Holderness hounds, Mom, Catwick Mill ; Tues., Bainton Village; 'Th., Burton Constable; Fri., Helmsley Beacon. Warwickshire hounds, Mon., Print Hill ; Tues., Mitford Bridge; Fri., Harwood House ; Sat., Epwell White House. Cheshire hounds, Mon., Booth's Obelisk ; Wed., Ridley Toll-bar ; Th., Wilkesley Village ; Sat., Acton Village-10i. Mr. Atty's hds., Mon., Gradmington. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Penissa Pluid Toll Bar; Th., Tallycold Wood--10f. Pembrokeshire hounds, Mon., Roch Bridge; Th., Blackpool Mill-10i. East Kent . harriers, Mon., Lower Eythorne ; Tues., Adi sham Downs ; Th., Sutton Down-10}. Mr. Robertson's hounds, Mon., Luck Hall ; Tues., Stam ford; Th., Whittingham ; Fri„ L em i ngton Branch-10i. Mr. Hellier's hounds, Mon., Tile H 111; Fri., Castle Brom wich. Tickham bounds, Mon., Long Beach-10i. East Kent hounds, Mon., Ashley; Wed., West Brabourne ; Fri., Sweech-gate-10i. ajor-General Wyndham's hounds, Mon., Heath Comm o n ; Wed., Tidman's ; Fri., Munstead Heath% Sat ~ Lisgate Common-14. Rufford hounds, Mon., Eakring Village; Th., Dean Mr. Foljambe's hounds, Mon., Headon Clump ; Tues.. East Mar kham; Th., Frimingley park; Sat., North Carl ten-14. Mr. Muster's hounds, Mon., Stainton Hall ; Tu., Ronghton Scrubs; Th., Mavis Enderby; Fri., sth mile-stone, Louth road, from Horncastle-11. Oakley Hounds, Tuesday, Knotting Fox ; Thursday, Had dington ; Saturday, Cranfield-11. Mr. A. Smith's Hounds, Tuesday, Chatford Oakeuts ; Thurs day, Conhalt Park ; Friday, Manningford-11. Pytchley Hunt, Wednesday, Arthingworth; Friday, War wick Warren-14. Cottesmore Hoinids, Tuesday, Burley-11. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, Wednesday, Stanwick Pasture ; Friday Stammerton Grove ; Sat ur d a y, B urt hl ey - 10. Bedale hds., Wed., Busby Hoop ; Friday, Seorton-101. Cleveland hds., Thursday, Lackenby Lane-end-10h. Lord Yarborough's hds., Wednesday, Elsham Hall; Friday, Fox Dales-11. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Tues., Bardney ; Wed., Langton by Wragby ; Th ur ., W a lli ngore ; F r i . , Langtonby Wragby ; Sat., Carlton le Moorland-11. Sir M. W. Stanley's hounds, Thursday, Ince Hall ; Satur• •day, Hooton Hall-11. B. V. H., Saturday, Sturminster, Newton Gate-14. Craven hds., Wed. Henswoed ; Fri., Welford House ; Sat., Haycroft, Forfarshire hds., Wed., Logie Muir ; Fri., Powrie-10i. Atherstone hds., Tues., Weddington Castle; Fri., Fisher wick; Sat., Croft-hill-104. Wyndham hds. Kennels ; Thurs., Holdforth-bridge-1011. Lieut.-Col. Hilyard's harriers, Wed., Carlton Guide Post; Fri., Crathorne-10%. ambridgeshi r e hds., Fri., Long' tanton-10%. York and Ainstey hds., Tuesday, Red House ; Thursday, Oulston , Saturday, Naburn-101 t . Eddlethorpe hds., Wednesday, Westow ; Friday, Settring ton Beacon-10i. Heythorp hds., Wed., Tar Wood ; Fri., Tangley-10i. Berkshire hds., Wed., Kingston Inn ; Fri., Cokethorp Park, mi. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, MARCII 1 1.—The sales of sugar in the past week have been, as it was natural to ex pect, very trifling. The long agitated question relative to the duty being now about to be decided, probably business will be resumed more actively. It is currently reported that the cargo recently arrived per Reliance, from the Mauritius f has been privately dixposed of for cash, and will not make its appearance in the general market.—Bristol Mercuril. A bold attempt at escape from the prison of Coucy le Chateau, in the Aisne, was ma d e a f ew days since. Restel, a soldier of the garrison at La Fere, having obtained a furlough for a few days, went to Coucy to visit a carpenter with whom ha had worked two years, Unfortunately, on the last day of his leave, he got drunk, committed acts of violence, and was sent to prison. His vexation was :nereased by learning that he was to be handcuffed, and thus conducted by gendarmes to Chauny, where his father and mother lived. Determined to avoid this disgrace, he contrived to get from his place of con finement in the Hotel -de-Vi le up to the bell-tower, which is immediately above it, and, having reached the top, got out through a narrow window. Hence he jumped down on the roof of the building, which was 20 feet below, and then rolled or slid down the roofs of other buildings, until he fell into the street, a depth in all of more than 70 feet. He was stunned by the fall, but able to rise again almost immediately, and, receiving a glass of water from a woman near whose house he fell, he the next moment darted off at his utmost speed. He was, how ever, unable to go far, and therefore returned and surrendered himself. His bruises were found to be severe, and he was of necessity placed in the hospital. Sir Francis Burdett and a Deputation had cn view with th e Chancellor of the Exchequer on ,Saturday at his official residence in Downin-street. FLANDERS M A A N I D LS H . AIIBURdit` late an t! tr: c s: o ts i ,pallisedacluv with 10.---Last rain,lyh nightich hour ; a quantity of chimneys and tiles were bl down, and many windows broken. There is reason to fear that great damage has been done. a ce GHENT, MARCH 9.—The Schelde and the Lys irj again overflowed their banks in all directions ; Tournay to Wetterin, and from Harebecke to GlicTr i continued swe had till b a u , the two rivers form an immense sheet of w ater, whic h fills the entire breadth of these valleys. At Gliellt , F or the sluices for letti ng o ff th e wa t er have been open ed several days. OSTEND, MARCH 7.—There is no longer any lV,: s t, '' gettinc , the City of Edinb urg h a float. All the arnd saved, the machinery, &c., are put on board-the ni Melville, to be conveyed to London. When as oAr possible has been got out, the hull will be sold by 0 61 to• be broken up. It is feared that the hurricane has done great 1181 ' 3 1; on the coast; it was very severe at Antwerp. The str' 4o were covered with chimneys and tiles,so that, many places, it was dangerous to go out f doors der' the hurricane.—Antwerp Journal. been VIENNA, FEB. 25.—New credentials have . ti e dispatched to Baron Neumann, in London, aPP °II/ of him Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary at ie Great Britain. „ of th e COPENHAGEN, MARCH 4.—A meeting of r venalore' inhabitants of this city and neighbourhood (se ns der vious meetings had taken place) was of a plan for paying off the National Debt by n i t l es tp voluntary contributions. An address to his 3 L 9 J c ihe stating the desirableness of such a proceeding; gentral wish of the nation that it might be reans ' giving the outline of the plan, was agreed upon - the This address was presented to -his Majesty' ° ll .", i dior and most graciously received. He thanked thel - t hetti of the address for the feelings which had protoPte" th olie to set about so great a work, expressed his hope .. eh bit might be able to assent to their plan, respOtinglil'oeei4 promised to declare his determination in C I sr • rescript. , ~0 1 1 s af BERLIN, MARCH 3.—Letters from St. Petersea.i, are°l that a mutiny of some importance had broken,— A 10t the troops there, and that several staff-officers ba" f die their limes. No details respecting the grounds °, dissatisfaction of the soldiers are given in the le, tt i e n l . c loo HANOVER, MARCH 5.-The , estates of the hie have received a rescript in reply to their petition -p - oster' Majesty for an adjournmeht ''.till after t he His Majesty thinks that it would be detrimental t° the public service to grant their request, adding A lliit frolo Chambers have a right to adjourn for three dais. the 28th to the 30th of this month. • 10 called, to-Cclr', of HAMBURGH, MARCH B.—An express from Sch w r i : tlis t arrived here this morning with the affljctingtt,, - bud his Royal Highness th e G ran d D u k e o f Mec.",-, 1 01 Schwerin, after an ill ness o f severa l d ays , died yes morning, between five and six o'clock, in the 42 ___ A " , e l ycY of his age. He is s uccee d e d b y hi s s on, Francis, born 28th Feb., 1823.--Hamburgh or' BELGIAN I. UNDS—Bausexte M A nca 9,„ x Actual Debt, 2% p e r C ent . Rothschild's Lean, 5 p er C cnt . *** .• Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3 per 73S Thirty even, •• 105% 0&M)... 9B Loan of City, 1U2,4 per Cent. 82 Society ef Commerce, 4 5.; per Cent :139 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent , NationalSeciety. 00 0 00 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• rn ee '.... Exchange on Londex (short) ..... ............• ''''' —Brussels Papers, March 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViiiNt4a, MAW'• 2 •O4 Ftye per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. •••••.••••••••••••••••••••• 0000000 ...MON 00000 100 16. Three per Cents. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 161 0 kShares 000000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0000000 ...• •••••• HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Malta 5 . 4roeft ' Bilis. P..... Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1605 itt94 Anglo-Russian Loan llO , • Russian 5 per Cent. , let series, Certific a t e IOBA • ... Inscription, let series .. Russian 5 per Cent. Hope a n d Co., 3d and 4th • ... Series V9 , • , Ditto in Certificates f9 , 94 ; New 4 per Cent. ( 18411 )........,......••••••• • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% . per Cent. ......... .....• 5 1 ..-• ',, Ditto 5 per Cent. • ,"' I Polish Bonds 169 ~• ~ New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 per Cent s . elm., 1 7 % i V _ e per Ce Bark Shares EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 8.-13 9.—Two months, 13 7q• PETRIGIBURCH, FEB. 28 —Two months, 37 1 -1 6 pen SToesHowd. MARCH 4—Sevent y- fl v e days, 12. 17. BREMEN, MARCH 2—Two months. 6 lit. VIENNA, MARCH I.—Three months. 9. 39%. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bgamn. M4RCH le m o nd' Bills. St. Schuld. Sch., 4%, per cent. ........ ........ 105% 1 02)4 Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 per cent.... 103 , Exchange on London, three months .....,ti 22 7 s —Prussian State Gazette. March 2 STATE OF TRADE. rrt FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 11•"*" . tjb mand for the middl e an d l ower qua li t i es of foreign wool c . ° steady, at firm prices ; but for the finer descriptions ill ° I" are limited. C s l# ENGLISH WOOL .=TRADE, L EEDS , M ARCH , i te during the present week have been limited to the bs ; e requirements of th e manufacturers, and last week's pr l ee s been with difficulty maintained. fey' t Os TRADE OF 1-Reps.—With th e except i on o f a a do, $ tweeds and fancy good s , su it a bl e for the spring. tr $ Ol, market for goods of a genera l d escr i pt i on cont i nue s in tm ?Oct' dull state which we have noticed for same weeks Past, r * ss° je are far from lining sa ti s f ac t ory to t h e manufacturer. - h.'" remars applies to the b us i ness transacted in the win:6°7„ fr 0, although ther e h ave b een rather more buyers ea lo drapers in market du r i ng th e week, their pureb age o " 01 ' been s, 2dingly limit e d as to cause no perc epti'''' provement. e, BRADFORD MA RKET , THURSDALon —We have had liinited attenda nce o f b uyers in the piece market, and ur bol ivB. means an active dem an d. N o particular alteration. the week there ha s b een a b out an average business a°„,,ioo yarn, and prices without a lt era ti on. Th e business done ',"etia during the week i s o f li tt l e i mportance ; buyers are_e , e disi , with extreme caution, an d on l y supplying :t h e i r irg wants. The Bristol wool fair was held on Wedne' b „ise c Y Thnrsday, last week. O n th e fi rst d ay scarce l y any to se ' transacted, the h o ld ers o f woo l not being peoPar" ()a i s cept such prices as the buyers could afford to give• boo: latter day so me t ransac ti ons took place at lower, rates ; by tb . the whole, it was a d u ll f a i r. Th e prices dernanded to ce' , grower render it ex t reme l y diffi cu l t to obtain mote t hy' and expenses of transit in this market.—Leeds AfercurP .. THE MARKETS. • COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ........„..," re • Wheat. Barley. O ats. Beans. „..... I. 'i ----- .......—___ -----,... 44 Per Quarter. s. to s. •s.to s. s. to s. a. to g. oft Abingdon ... 57 72 25 26 2 0 31 3; 44 •'„ ttanbnry l Andover 5O 66 • . 6 YO 26 28 4 , 2 / .. 44 46" 56 65 32 49 % 33 36 4 Basingstoke 34 68 34 37 24 28 4' , 33 / Cirenc..ster 53 70 23 25 22 31 43 4* 40 .0 oventry — 61 24 32 21 Vaventry Derby .... Howden — 63 —3, IS _ 4u se . 0 Hungerford 46 13 29 37 25 30 40 45 4 1 Melton MaiV.enhead 52 75 32 35 25 31 36 44 , Nottingham 58 68 28 30 19 24 37 40 .. / Wantage 6B 78 36 34 30 32 36 40 ..... is Warwick ~ — .8 38 26 _ - Winchester 76 36 29 _ 43 York 5B 64 30 36 17 22 30 46 - _., 4,4. Per Bushel 0.0. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s . d . s.d, li. A• 4. 41. 14 • - 6 0 Birmingham 7 0 2 6 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 0 5 0 7 • BULL CORN MARKET. ..„ Wheat, White (per Quarter) 6os. 13z 1 . as " : Red - Foreign Barley, Malting 3OB 325. six. GriEding 2l9s 995. 20, Oats, British T 2. Foreign (in bond) l B3 50s. ps. . Beans 313, ac s ' 4 4 . Pease, Grey Blue and White 36 s , 38s. 4 , 68• 6. Linseed..,. s2s. 5 • . 25, Flour per sack Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) ..,61. —.l. au - • EDINBURGH Wheat. Barley. First 6Bs. Od 341.0 a. Second 6O 0 - 30 0 third 5O 0 lff; 0 Average price of Wheat PRICES OF PRI Beef, per w. Us. bd. to 01.711. Mutton 0 5 0 7 Veal •••••••••••••w w 0 7 0 10 0 5 0 7 Lamo, per qr. .....13 0 14 0 fallow, cwt... 0 42 0 Quartern Loaf U 9i 0 10 Potatoes, 141 b, 0 0 0 5 EDINtUROH M Per Sack of 2801 h. Imp. First Oatmeal L 1 16 0 Second ditto Barleymeal 1 10 0 P•tserneal ......" . . . . 1 8 0 Pot; laarley from 30: ORN MARKET. fell Oats. means- 40' • 1349. 84. Os. Od -26 0 55 0 1 1 18 8 34 0 3/. °VISIONS, AC. to " ji g . Freskßutter, lb. 1r 8 Salt Ditto...—. 0 10„ I 90 Ditto, per mitt... 78 60 Eggs, per doz.. 0 1," 0 OatStraw(4l.). 7 • Wheat Ditto... 0 9t Barley Ditto ..... 6 Hay, per5t........, ly ZEAL MARKET Per Stone of 14 1 b. / TO First Oatmeal ....... ..... 0 - Second ditto 13arleycieW Peasemenl. ..... ... to 498 , per saelc • MARKS" CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel-) Wheat. Barley - •I.d.tos.d.s. 0. to s. •• g s 4, Truro... ........ 0 7 5 0 3 .b 7 8 0 3 3 St. Austell — 0 6 0 -- 0 039 - ' flottmt it — 0 8 8 0 4 4 0 g „ Liskeard — 0 7 6 _ 3 6 •-• ; Launceston .... 0 7 5 - 0 3 Cant !ford 6 76 3 0 94' 0 • A v 0 Penzance ti c -- 0 10 D STATE OF TRADE.—The market hhas be - d o ni p depressed during the week. Some business has WI n reo' l l , exceedingly low ra t es , pr i nc i pa l ly for immediate an r o ot) d orders. The disastrous news from India bas had all. r 4 Wi ps $ll able effect up on th e mar k et, and has made = tile 5 0 shirtings worse t o sell. We have to report the todae',4 house in the print trade, and also some stoppages portion of the liabilities of which will fall on Manche° At. large factory,- employing 1,200 h an d s , was c losed last Manchester Times. BIRTHS. W On the 10t1 in s t., a t L y ddi al R ectory, H er t s , the it ; Rev. Charles Maxwell, of a son. Sone-: 1 On the 10th i ns t., at B e df or d , the lady of Philip 0 . Esq , of a son. On the 11th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. Chu.chill of a daughter. On the , 1 lth inst., at Shenley Rectory, the wife of t l3. gEI .• W. R. Hall, of a son. joy , cor , On the I lth inst, at Brunswick-street, Brighton, th e E. N. Hall, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Of On the 18th of December last, at the Cape of Gv-, -- Ge ow,. Thomas John Fead, Esq., youngest son of Colon" attic - ; Fead, C. B , late of the Grenadier Guards, and grantison peg late General Fead, of the Royal Artillery. to Pol he reiV Baynes, youngest daughter of Captain J. L. White, of place, Aluldlesex, and granddaughter of th e L a te Genet s White, of Bengal. DIED. On the 2311 of November l ast , at C a b o9 l . C ap taie trb° o : l ' Walker, of the 4th Local Horse, and nephew to mu te General Sleigh, C.B. CAr t On the 10th of February, at Malta, Captain, S. • . • wright, of the 23d Bombay Native Infantry. 11 1 '7 On the 11th inst., at Salisbury-place, Nr,w-road , Hodges, wife of Mr. Edward Hodges. On the 11th inst., at Clapham-rise, Frederick Barri , • of Birchin-lane, aged 46. • London: Printed an d P u b lished by MU DO -Y°, 153 3.41 An . 'r„;'" No. 112, Stra n d, at The Su,. Office. "N o. 112, ° U.- . the County of NI h,adlesex, Monday, ll arch 14, 1842' II -11. i.