The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-21 00:00:00

Cbtrti Ebttion THE FUNDS-(CLOS[NG PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons.... 92/ Ditto Old Annuities ... - 4 per Cent. Red.....—.. Ditto New Annuities... New 3/ per Cent... ..... 301 Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 49 pm Ntw 5 per Cen'„,,r • Ditto 500/...... 51 pm Long Annuities t 6 expire Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct....... 93 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. : Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 351 Brazilian Bonds... b7i Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 20 Russian, 5 pet cent — Chilian, 6 per / cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .... Colombian, g per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 18e24 — Ditto, Deferred.... . -- Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange .—f --c. Mexican, 5 per cent 35 French, 3 per cent. —f. — c , Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2A per cent....... 52A Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 10'21 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd... 40 ' Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 40 Ditto New Shares (17A paid) Eastern ,Counties Railway (23 paid) ... — DittdNew Shares ( paid) .... ..... .... 81 45 2d Edit burgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 471 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid .. great Western Railway (65 paid) B2l Ditto New Shares (50 pud).. ......... Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) • . 331 London and Birmingham (90) - ... 182 London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) 58* Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)...... 24 North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip.(lo paid) .............. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPF.Lts OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The more closely the treaty nego tiated by Lord Ashburto - a with the American Go vernment is examine- - a, ?muse for dissatisfaction With the terms on w'Aich it has been concluded, at least so far as tl..e people of England are con cerned, will a.pp,e tt r. Althou gh _ among the fi rst to express ar. / opinion that British interests had not been sl: e rllciently protected by the nobleman to whose, 'keeping they were entrusted, we de clined to commit ourselves to a precipitate judg nw-xili a matter involving consequences so ha rm-tam as the maintenance of pacific relations between two great nations. For the " care and caution" we felt it a duty to exercise, we were taunted by a Contemporary; who asserted the positive excellence of the treaty, and eulo gized the wisdom of the functionary by whom, on the part of the British Government, it had been negotiated to.a conclusion. In the interim between the first perusal of the treaty and the application of the taunt, we " carefully" ex amined the treaty, and "cautiously" compared the boundary between the two countries, as set tled by it, with the line laid down by the Com missioners, whose boundary definition was in corporated in the treaty of peace between the jJrhted States and Great Britain in 1783. We nest compared it with the award of the King of the Netherlands of 1831. The result of both these met,ititds of testing the merits of the recently co/c'uded. treaty, viewed in its bearing upon 13ritish interests, is the same. We pronounce it an utter - failure—a surrender to America of advantages for which an equivalent is in vain looked for in the treaty itselt, and in any col lateral act . of her Legislature and Government. The boundary prescribed, and the path assigned ' between our dependencies of New Bruns wick and Lower Canada, is the least con venient, - and the most liable to obstruction and annoyance, in the event of hostilities between Great Britain and America, of any that cou'd have been marked out. The treaty assigns to the United States a larger por tion of land than even her wildest claims, when put info a tangible form, ever before ventured to ask ; and, in addition to this kind and liberal dealing with the American Government, Lord Ashburton' has conceded the free navigation of the St. John, through our colony of New Bruns wick, to its very mouth. In addition to this valuable concession, which may be turned again st us whenever the Power for whose special a,; van, , tage it is granted is disposed to annoy as, or to encroach upon our territory, the trea,cy gives up a disputed point on Lake Champlal . -.4 to the Ameri can Government; and most :::osurdly recognizing it, as though founded in justice and ascertained by an application of '.,he principle on which the original treaty of 1783 defined the boundary of the two•countrie„ J pledyes the British Gov ern - to pay to the Government of the United States, the a 4 09Unt of Inonies received under the name of "•;The Disputed Territory Fund;" us though ,41(e had, during the period which has el tii%ed since the territory was in dispute, been wrongful possessors, and were equitably liable to the American Government for the amount of " rents and profits" which we had received, or the State of Maine might have received or de rived, front the land in question during that period. No wonder that the Americans have feted and feasted Lord Ashburton !—that his Lordship has become the idol of their praise -_a perfect pattera of future negotiators! STANDARD.—The Morning . Chronicle of this dayAias a most warlike article upon the .Amerman treaty, charging the Ministers not very obscurely with having sacrificed the inte rests and horfour of the empire, from fear of a • quarrel with the United States. Such a charge is a grave one. Peace is no doubt a blessing above all price —except the sacrifice of honour and se curity; but honour and security are more pre cious than peace, if for no other reason, for this, that without them peace itself must be pre carious. The charge, then, which the Morn ing Chronicle brings against her Majesty's Go- Yertimetit is a most serious one. The greatest crime' t hat a Government can commit, next after deteriorating the Constitution of the country com mitted to its charge, and deprdssing the condition of the people, is Inc sacrificing of its honour arid interests abroad—these are the greatest crimes of a Government; but there are adjacent to these crimes of almost a's - deep a dye, though, notwith standing their real proximity to the others, of a seemiegly different cha.racter. These are, the putting the Constitution of a country and the hap piness of its people '4n peril by radi or interested experiments- tht t putting its external honour and its intrAy to hazard by unnecess ar y wars. To confin e ourse l ves, h owever, to the consider? on of external relations. To sacrifice . honour rid security, from fear of danger, is the grew st crime 7 -to risk honour and security by wurionly rushing upon danger, is a crime next in degree, h. crime divided from the other by a very slight difference. To avoid both these crimes, in short, to preserve peace without sacrificing honour and security, is, in cases of difficulty, the highest .triumph of statesmanship, and this triumph we contend the present Government has achieved in / 4ffecting the late treaty. "STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) There was quiet market yesterday, both for good s P. find yarn ;.and, in the absence o f any brisk demand, prices showed some tendency to recede. The real state of the market, however, cannot be ascertai ne d until the general resumption of employment, and the prod uct i on of a f u ll supp l y of , goods, shall have b roug ht forwa r d t h e erders which' have been suspended on account of the turn-out. ltoctinaLz FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY,.. SEPT . . 19.--W e ha ve h ad a very br i s k d eman d for flannels th-day, and pieces have been eagerly bought up; but the manufacturers have not yet been able to obtain a decided advance in Price. The wool market continues in much the same state it has been for some Mondays past. The dr4lers are very willing to sell at former prices, and the manufacturers buy very sparingly. T UR . CONSTANTINOPLE A ITG• 31 KEy t Mehemet Pacha, whose removal from office ha s and so oaten foretold, has been so long foreseen at length fallen in reality ; fallen with the hateful system h e sought to revive , ; o fallen; it is to b e hoped also distnisstai, ught rise aga i n .' The Tevdjihat announcinc, never and the ap pointment in his place of Rauf Paella, now Grand Vizier for the' third time in his lif e e I Was read at the Porte yesterday at an early h our. About the same time Sir/Stratford Canning wa s engaged in au:lin with the Sultan, the ostensible obj ect of which was hence Convey an autograph letter of thank s f rom her lqa.. jesty for the presents lately forwarded to her fro m Constantinople; but which there is every reason to presume was also turn9d to good account by the Am bassador for the expression of his sentiments with re spect to the Ministerial changes at that moment in operation, and which it had been the aim of his un ceasingona energetic endeavours, from his first ar rival M . the Turkish capital, to effectuate. Ile had scon at once that the Ministry, as then constituted, preF.ented Ls, basis for the establishment of British influenczVat .least such an one as was suited to his comprehensive ideas on the subject. Sacri ficing, therefore, all temporary and petty advantages which ,he might have obtained by conciliating the personal regard of the late Grand Vizier, he made open' war on. him and his system from the outset. The course adopted by more than one of his diplomatic colleagues was far less dignified and consistent. Their amiable optimism could adapt itself to any state of t hi ngs , howev!kiuinous. Their views extended to t h e paz=sing,Aay, and no further. Their triumphs, - • therefore, are like to prove altogether as ephemeral. One advantage they may certainly derive from these tactics, which is, that their objects of one day (to which, as I h ave remarked, they are strictly confined) by no means interfere with those of the next. A re markable instance of this appears in the behaviour of' one of these gentlemen on the present occasion. While the position of Izzet Mehemet was secure, the Minister was his strenuous supporter and fulsome apo logist —when it became doubtful he held his tongue and grew circumspect; but when, under repeated blows dealt by a vigorous hand, the Vizier began to totter, when it was known that his dismissal from office was only retarded by the diffi cu lt y w hi ch presented itself in the choice of a successor--then, and not till then (and now only f our d ays ago) a sudden and most spirited attack was made upon him by the preux die vaher and courageous diplomatist in question. Rauf Pacha, who waS President of the Supreme Council, has been replaced in that post by Halil Pa eha, the Sultan's brother-in-law ; he is considered able and clever, but at the same time unprincipled and corrupt, but he does not openly set his face against reform, like Izzet Pacha; he is, on the contrary, per haps, too friendly to innovation. Rauf, the Grand Vizier, is, b o th w ith respec t t o hi s c h arac t er and his. views, a perfect cypher ; and he has evidently been put in his pre sen t p os t, a d i n t er i m , till a more efficient minister be chosen to occupy it. TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1842 FATAL PRIZE FIGHT. _ - - Salisbury was on Monday last disgraced by a prize fight, in which a young man, 18 years of age, named James Lenton, fell a victim to his adversary, a per son about his own age, named Joseph Coombs. It appears that . a spirit of r i va l ry h as f or some time been marn . fested In both the com b a t ants, w h o were first cousand both of them by trade cordwainers, and Monday was fix e d upon f or a trial of prowess. Ac cordingly a w ager was l a i d, and the parties, having calmly selected their seconds and bottle holders, proceeded to a field near Lobcome-gate, about a mile on the London-road where they were prohibited by . the owner of the field from exhibiting their brute like passions. Nothing disconcerted, however, they repaired to a meadow some quarter of a mile nearer the city, but also within the precincts of the borough, and commenced fighting. The combat lasted nearly an hour, with half-minute intervals between the rounds ; but before many had been fought the de ceased was beaten " stone blind." In order, how ever, that this mischance should not interrupt the exhibition his eyes were lanced, and he continued to fight until nature became entirely exhausted, and he was heard to say that he would give in. At this time he was ghastly pale, and trem bled from head to foot, but being over-per suaded to have one round more, he stood up for that purpose, and while Coombs was again putting him self in a fighting attitude the deceased fell, to rise no more. At this period, although life was evidently all but extinct, the conquering party drew the stakes and almost immediately repaired to their rendezvous, leaving the deceased upon the field. There he was allowed to remain about a quarter of an hour, and was then removed on a hurdle to the Salisbury In firmary, but before the poor fellow reached the insti tution death put an end to his sufferings. The Ma gistrates immediately ordered the police to apprehend the parties concerned, and one of the seconds, named Read, is already in custody, and as the others are known we trust that every one will be punished. We regret to add that upwards of 200 persons wit nessed this revolting transaction. CARD PLAYERS, BEiVARE I The haut ton of Boulogne have been in a ferment during the week, and justly. We shall repeat the particulars as we have heard them. Two Poles of distinguished families have been residing at the Hotel des Bains. On their arrival they met accidentally an English family of the highest respectability. Through them they were introduced to some of the haut ton at present here. A picnic was given on the 6th, to which the Poles were invited. During the picnic, as a return of the compliment, they requested several of the gentlemen to dine with them on the following day. Two English and one French gentleman dined with them. After dinner cards were the order of the night till the Englishmen lost, one 16f., the other 20,000 f., the Frenchman 40,000 f., of which he won back 30,000 f., leaving himself still indebted to the Poles 10,000 f. The Englishman gave next morning his bills at short dates for the 20,000 E, one of which for 3,000 f. was paid the same day ; the other paid his 16f., but the French gentleman neither paid; nor gave any ac knowledgment of his debt. The English gentleman who had lost only 16f. invited the whole party to dine at his house on the Saturday following, a clear sign that either he was in league with the Poles, or that nothing unfair or dishonourable had passed before him. On Saturday, however, at two o'clock, the Poles were arrested and sent to prison as cheats and vaga bonds, who had deluded the innocent gentlemen to play, and by trickery had won their money. In vain were they expected at dinner at six o'clock ; instead of them came a letter stating that they were arrested. They were so, all their money and private papers seized and examined to make out a case against them; the week has been passed in the examination of wit nesses, and the trial looked forward to with more than common curiosity ; of course every vile epithet has been heaped upon the accused, and their names blackened. The following rumours were in dustriously spread abroad:—First, that the party they invited were made regularly drunk-- that has been disproved by the fact that the five only drank three bottles of wine ; second, The wine drugged ; this again has been disproved by the very nature of the wine on table, and the time it was placed there. 3d. The cards were marked, &c. ; but it is proved they were purchased on the same evening, and while the parties were at table. 4th. that the Poles were connected with a set of disre putable characters at another hotel, that the police had orders to watch them closely, &c. This has been again denied, and also many other sayings and doings equally flagitious, all trumped up to raise a prejudice against them, whether they be innocent or guilty of the charge at present hanging over them. Whether that charge be true or false we cannot say. But ' there are some facts connected with this case that de- ' mand serious attention.—Boulogne Gazette, 19th inst. GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR RE LIEF of DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. A Return of all Aids afforded by the Treasury De partment of Government for Relief of Distress, with and without a specific Vote of the House of Commons, from Ist January, 1826, to the present time; specifying, Ist, The Date at which the Aid was given, and whether Parliament was then sit ting ; 2d, the Place to which the Aid was sent ; 3d, the Articles sent; 4th, the Value of the Articles; sth, the Circumstances requiring Aid; 6th, Whe ther advanced as a Loan or as a Gift : 7th, if as a Loan, on what Security ; and Bth, the Date of Re payment :—(so far as relates to the Treasury.) PARLIAMENT SITTING.-9th Feb., 1826, Spitalfields, in money, 1,0001.; 4th April, do., do., 1,000/. ; 26th April, Macclesfield, do., 1,0001. ; 26th April, Black burn, do., 1,000/. ; Ist May, Rochdale, do., 5001.: 2d May, Manufacturing districts, general subscription, 2,000/. ; 2d May, Craven, do., 500/. ; 9th May, Bol ton, do., 500/. ; 12th May, Glasgow, do., 1,000/. ; 12th May, Paisley, do., 500/.; 15th May, Dublin, do., 5001.; 15th May, Drogheda, do., 2001. PARLIAMENT NOT BITTING. --12th June, 1826, Manchester, in money, 1,000/. ; 15th June, Lower Darwen, do., 100/. ; 15th J une, Thornton, do., 50/. , 21st July, Spitalfields, do., 1,0 00 / . ; 14th August, Distressed Irish, do., 3,0001. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-21st Feb. 1827, Dis tressed Operatives, in money, 1001. PARLIAMENT NOT SITTING. --25th Sept. 1827, Ma nufacturers' Relief Committee, in money, 2,0101.165.5 d. PARLIAMENT NOT SITTING.--Bth Sept. 1826. The London Committee for the Relief of Distressed Manufacturers, in money, 10,000/. ; 13th Jan. 1827, do. do., 5,0001. Advanced as a loan ; no security ; repaid 23d June, 1827. A resolution of the Committee was passed, stating that they would repay the money if a sufficient surplus should remain in their hands, which was done accordingly. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-13th June to 17th Aug. 1831. Westport, Newport, Castlebar, Galway, and other places in the counties of Galway and Mayo, by the purchase and distribution of potatoes and other provisions, small sums distributed to numerous fa milies, contributions to soup establishments, and money paid to the central committees of Mayo and Galway, 14,8671. 16s. 10d. This money was ad vanced from time to time by the Commissioners of Victualling, and afterwards repaid to them out of the grant. Money paid for potatoes purchased in Jersey, and shipped to Ireland, 1,6341. 12s. 7d. Freight of vessels conveying provisions, expenses of conducting the service, rent, postage, &c., 5101. 1 ls. lid. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-23d Feb., 1832, Dublin, ra c'tl*Y paid by direction of the Irish Government to the, Relief Committee of the Mansion-house in Dublin r l o B r 3 therelief ft o ri f t.i t te h s e poor in Dublin, 5,0001.; 1831 and Western districts of Ireland, money expended uwpdestrthneddiosirection of the Irish Government in em v9yinetit in 1831 for of distress in Ireland . rr Ireland, d p , u l b 7 l , i 9 c B6. works, lB s . Rd. c. , in the F uld from whence Taken.- 40,0001 . voted by Par- IiamentPARLIAMEN T SIT N I employment Ti t of the poor and re liefand September, 18 3 Western coast of Ireland ay, June, July, August, ; Distressed districts on the i s n o d i , viz. —Counties Clare, 751. • ' Cork, 20/. ; Donegal, • ; Galway, 951.; Mayo, 207/._ 18s. lOd.; Kerry, 65/. scriptions. Aid affor—derdn to _money in aid of l oca l subscrip loan funds, 3501. E x - Purchasended in employing es, 3 Poor 17: public works, 1,600/. of poptatos3/. PARLIAMENT SITTING.---15t1 July to 31st Aug. -1 lOd. i 836- Northwest coast of '' - ` 0 " ' l egal, in the purchase of oatmeal, small sums given to the poor, and ex penses of the inquiry, 1,1931. 10s. Id. PARLIAMENT. SITTING.—ApriI to August, 1836 ; North-west coast of Donegal, in the purchase of po tatoes and oatmeal, 1,9561. 12s. 4d. ; in money, and expenses of conveying and distributing the provisions, &c 56a. 15s. 9d. ItARLIAMENT SITTING UP TO 17TH JULY.—June to September, 1837 ; North-west coast of Donegal, in the purchase of oatmeal and potatoes, &c., 9321. 3s. 10d. ; medical attendance on the sick poor, 1121. Is. 10d. PARLIAMENT SITTING..-.. April, May, and j'une, 1837 ; the Highlands and Western Islands of Scot land ; money, in aid of local subscriptions, for the purchase of oats, corn, and potatoes, and expenses o f conducting the service, 6,6221. 9 s . 10d. ;—this service was conducted by Sir John Hill. Further expense of inquiry into the state of the destitution, 1271.25. 10d. ; —this service was performed by Mr. Graham. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-21st June to 13th Au gust, 1839 ; Donegal, Mayo, Galway ; money, in aid of local subscriptions, expended in employing the poor on public works, 1,4401. Cork, Clare, Roscom mon ; money given to the sick and infirm, and most necessitous poor, 4001. Kerry ; purchase of potatoes and other relief, 3001. Remuneration and expenses of conducting the inquiry, 361/. 10s. sd. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-21st June to 13th Aug., 1839; Kerry ; Dingle, Bandon, Valentia ; purchase of potatoes and other relief, 3761.12 5 . 3d. PARLIAMENT SITTING.-2d June, 1842 ; Paisley, in money, 5001. NOTE.—There have been several issues during the period of this account, for the relief of distress, occa sioned by calamitous events ; such, for instance,-as Hurricane in the West Indies XlOO,OOO in 1832 Earthquake at Zante . 4,000 in 1840 The Cholera various sums in 1830-1-2 Fever in Ireland (grants to hospitals Ditto, Ditto 5,529 in 1837 &c. But it is presumed they do not come within the meaning of the Order. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 20, 1842. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John M`Duff to the church and parish of Kettins, in the pres bytery of Meigle and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev-David Symers. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 20. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Second Captain W. H. Forbes to be Adjutant, vice Gore,,w:io resigns the Ad jutantcy only, Dec. 17 ; Second Captain J. W. Mitchel. to be Adjutant, vice Griffith, promoted, Jan. 15 ; Second Lieutenant J. M. Hill to be First Lieutenant, vice . Wyatt, deceased, Aug. 10. MEMORANDUM.-The dates of the commissions of the under-mentioned officers have been altered as follow, viz.:-First Lieutenant T. R. M`Queen, May 24 ; First Lieutenant C. T. Franklin, July 4 ; First Lieutenant A. C. Hawkins. August 2. BANKRUPTS. EDMUND HENRY LABATT, commission-agent, Mincing-lane, London, to surrender October 6 and No vember 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Coe and Paterson, Queen-street-place. HENRY ADAMS, dealer and chapman, Totnes, De vonshire, October 6 and November 1, at tw e l ve , at t h e Royal otel, Plytrouth. Charles Michelmore, Totnes, Devonshire ; Fronde and Edwards, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. GEORGE OLDEN, grocer, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Sept. 23 and Nov. 1, at ten, at the Black Horse Hotel, Salisbury. Walker, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury square. London ; Alford. Salisbury. JOHN JENKINS, draper, Cardiff, Sept. 30, and Nov. 1, at one, at the Comtrercial-rooms, Bristol. Abbott, Jenkins, and Abbott, New Inn, London ; Clarke, Bristol, JAMES BROMLEY, coach proprietor, Knottingley, Yorkshire, September 27, and November 1, at eleven, a! the Guildhall, Doncaster. Williamson and Hill, Ye rulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; England, Howden, Yorkshire. JOHN SPENCE, gas manufacturer, Alford, Lincoln shire, Oct. 7 and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Public-build ing, Mercer-street, Louth. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Bourne and Son, Alford. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. D. Taylor, oilman, Lower Holborn, Oct. 3, at twelve -W. H. King, 11. King, and D. King, coach builders, Old-street, New-road. Oct. 12, at one.: In the Country. B. Jacques, J. Cotton, and T. B. Oliver, hosiers, Not tinghatn, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the George the Fourtl Ina, Nottingham-J. W. Timmins, nail factor, Wes Bromwich, Staffordshire, Oct. 14, at one, at the Wa terloo-rooms, Birmingham-C. Benson, solicitor, Edgb..s. ton, Warwickshire, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Waterloo. rooms, Birmingham-H. J. Shepherd, dealer, Beverley Yorkshire, Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Tiger Inn, Beverle3 -R. Vann, coal merchant, Bramstone, Northampto 1- shire, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Office of Mr. Wratislaw, Rugby, Warwickshire-W. Goode, draper, Monmouth, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Mon mouth-J. Ward, innkeeper, Greta-bridge, Yorkshire, Oct. 15, at two, at J. Hills, innkeeper, Richmond, York shire-W. Oxendale, cattle jobber, Scorton, Yorkshire. Oct. 15, at twelve, at J. Hills, innkeeper, Richmond, Yorkshire-W. Houlding, cordwainer, Salford, Lance shire, Oct. 14, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-G. T. F. Johnson, chemist, Norwich, Oct. 14, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich-J. Edmund son, merchant, Manchester, Oct. 14, at three, at the Commissioners'-ioe ns, Manchester -J. R. Fletcher. wine merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, Oct. 13, at two. at the Hotel, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire-J. Barlow, brass founder, Birmingham, Oct. 11, at eleven. at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-H. Merridew, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, Oct. 13, at two, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry 'I). MacDougall, factor, Liverpool, Oct. 12, at twel ve , a t the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-P. Backhouse, glass dealer, Liverpool, Oct. 12, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-T. Lewis, tavern keeper, Plough Inn, Lincoln, Oct. 13, at four, at the City Arms Hotel, Lincoln-J. Berry, grocer, Rugby, Warwickshire, Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Graziers' Arms Inn, Rugby-J. Jackson, chemist, Lincoln, O c t. 12, at two, at the Office of Dudding and Danley, Lincoln -J, Benson. confectioner, Birmingham, Oct. 12, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-H. Kendall, E. Ken dall, J. Kendall, and J. Kendall, perfumers, Deritend, Warwickshire, Oct. 12, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham -W. and J. Wallis, corn merchants, Wragby, Lincolnshire, Oct. 12, at three, at the City Arms Hotel, Lincoln-T. Roe, miller, Whitley, Coventry, Oct. 14, at four, at the Castle Inn, Coventry-J. Pilling, millwright, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, Oct. 18, at ten, at the Bull Inn, Burnl e y -J. B yng, jun., common brewer, Kegworth, Leicestershire, Oct. 17, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough-R. Wilson, steam engine builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne-J. Brooke, woollen cloth manufacturer, Dews bury, Yorkshire, Oct. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-R. Mitchell, jeweller, Birmingham, Oct. 19, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham -H. Raines and J. Savage, steam boiler makers, Dukinfield, Cheshire, Oct. 14, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-T. Charlton and E. Thompson, wine dealers, South Shields, Oct. 14, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room. Newcastle-upon- Tyne-.T. Cockcroft, sen.. and A. Fletcher, jun., stuff merchants, Cheethatn, Lancashire, ,Oct. 15, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-W. Maddick, drysalter, Manchester, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Com missioners'-rcoms, Manchester-I. Levers, corn dealer, Manchester, Oct. 14, at eleven , at the Commissio ners '. rooms, Manchester-W. and J. Losb, calico printers, Manchester, Oct. 14, at two, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manchester-R. and F. Palmer, coal merchants, Heading, Berkshire, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Georg e I nn, Reading-E. C. Radford, Ja. Radford, and Jh. Radford, ironfounders, Manchester, Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms. Manchester-J. Swanwick, silk manufacturer, Leigh, Cheshire, Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-reoms, Manchester-J. Parkinson, cot ton spinner, Moorgate-fold, Lancashire, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston-T. Manley, jun., ma nufacturer, Atherton, Lancashire, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Bolton-le-Moors-T. Willacy, corn dealer, Windle, Lancashire, Oct. 13, at two, at the Cla rendon-rooms, Liverpool-W. Hyde, comb manufac , curer, Sheffield, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Town-hall Sheffield. CERTIFICATES—OcT. 11. S. Poake, builder, Ramsgate—W. Ward, plumber, Manchester —W. Comer,ironmonger, Nantwich, Cheshire —J. Johnson, druggist, Nantwich, Cheshire—C. Bindley and F. Copland, carriage dealers, Birmingham—S. Speakman, ship builder, Preston,Lancashire—J. Tilston, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. H. Green, G. H. Meares, and E. Richards, ship brokers, Lombard-street—H. Williams and C. W. Buck ingham, cabinet makers, Ipswich—C. and J. Barlow, hat manufacturers, Reddish, Lancashire —W. Garstang and J. Clarkson, maltsters, Preston, Lancashire—W. C. Cole, G. C. Holroyd, and J. C. Cole, bankers, Exeter— M. Fisher and A. Dutton, milliners, Charlotte -street, Fitzroy-square —W. Parkes and W. Lea, factors, Wolverhampton—R. Williamson, W. Cooper, and W. Hudson, iron founders, Habergliam Eaves, Lancashire —W. M'Kenzie and R. Batley, fancy woollen manufac turers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—C. Cheshire and P. Bishop, porter dealers, Birmingham—J. Bird and 11. Brook, coal merchants, Weymouth, Dorsetshire—T. M. I. Tilby and J. Churchill, tin plate merchants, Liverpool —J. and W. Gundry, meahnen, Congresbury, Somerset shire—R. W. Jearrad and R. W. Jearrad, jun.. archi tects, Cheltenham—W. Kidd and J. a Procter, machine makers, sit. Helen's. Lancashire—W` Junes and J. Ro berts, slaterF, Liverpool. St OTCti bEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN LUNN, builder, Edinburgh, Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, at one , at the Office of T. M'lndoe, Edinburgh. JAMES ROBERTSON and CO., manufacturers, Alicia, Sept. 27 and Oct. 18, at two, at the Crown Inn, Alloa. PETER ROBERTSON, tailor,. Edinburgh, Sept. 22 and Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Counting-ho use of W. Crease and Sons, Edinburgh. JOHN THOMSON, cfraper, Annnn, Sept, 26 and Oc% 17, at twelve, at the Queensberry Arms Inn, Annan.' GEORGE WAUCHOPE, ivory turner, Edinburgh, Sept. 26 and Oct. 17, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. LONGEVITY.--There is a person now residing in the village of Yeadon, of the name of Wm. Peate, who is in his 95th year, and who is up to this day fol lowing the occupation of butcher's lad, and who went his usual rounds for orders for feast beef; and after wards carried the meat to the customers' houses. He has been with his present employer between 20 And 30 years.--Leeds Mercury. AFFAIRS OF THE CAPE ti. u • f...." 10 P. • HOPE. (From the United Service Gazette.) We have great pleasure in giving a prominent place in our columns to the following judicious review of the affairs of South Africa, illustrating, as it does, most completely . the causes of the recent events at Port Natal. It is from the pen of an intelligent officer, who has resided several years on the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope, and does but confirm our impression of the folly, as well as injustice, of the war in which we are at present engaged with the Dutch emigrants—a war which demands at least six times the resources at present at our disposal in that colony to conduct it to a successful issue. " Sir,—The account of the late repulse our troops have met with near Port Natal, in a conflict with the Dutch emigrants, may render the following commu nication interesting to some of the readers of your valuable paper. Having myself resided on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony from 1834 to 1841, during which period I had many opportunities of acquainting myself with the habits, character, &c., of the Dutch farmers ; and having acquired a pretty intimate know ledge of their language, I venture to offer the follow ing remarks, which are mostly the result of my own observation. I shall at first describe, in as few words as possible, the origin of this emigration. " It began on a grand scale in 1836, and the chief causes which led to it are enumerated by Major Chartres, R.A., in some excellent letters published by him in the United Service Journal (see 'Notices of the Cape and Southern Africa,' United Service Journal, 1839) as follows :—First, ' Abolition of slavery,' and the compensati on mone y b e i ng ma d e payable in London, so that the Boer (farmer) had to submit to the tender mercies of certain Cape Town merchants, who brought the money to such a concen trated state, that he had no need of his ox or waggon to carry it home. Secondly, ' The abuses in the measurement of their farms, and titles to property.' In several instances the Dutch farmers have paid for the measurement of their farms twice and thrice over, being anxious to get the diagram and title, which in many cases laid in the Sur veyor-General's-office at Cape Town for years. Thirdly, 'Seizure ofproperty during the Kafir War of 1834-5 by the. Colonial Government, to the amount of 25,0001., without adequate remuneration for the same.' Fourthly, ' Insecurity of the frontier.' As these causes are so well explained in the article above mentioned, I merely refer to them as being well known matters of colonial history , ; but I shall add a fifth cause, . Which is n ot so well known. On the arrival of Captain (now Sir Andries) Stokenstrom, on the eastern frontier, as its Lieutenant-Governor in Sept. 1836, he received, among several addresses from the frontier towns, one from Leitenage, a town 95 miles west of Graham's Town. In this address the emigra tion was not alluded to, but Capt. S.'s reply contains the following paragraphs relative thereto : ' It is but can did at once to state that lam not aware of any law which prevents any of his Majesty's subjects from leaving his dominions and settling in another country, and such a law if it dil exist, would be tyrannical and oppressive ; nor could we wish to prevent our brethren from bet tering their condition.' —(Dated 14th September ; 1836.) Upon Capt. S.'s arrival on the immediate frontier, a correspondence commenced between him and Field Commandant Retief, who was preparing to emigrate, with a numerous body of farmers, from the Winterberg di§trict, should their condition be not bet tered and rendered more secure. In a letter to Re tief, dated Shiloh, September 24, 1836, Capt. S. writes as follows :—' With respect to those who in tend leaving the colony, I can only say I cannot pre • vent them from so doing ; and if they could be hap pier in another country I would advise them to remove.' The written opinion thus given by the Lieutenant-Governor of the eastern frontier to his sub jects, and which he repeated in addressing the Dutch farmers, operated as a fifth cause to the emigration ; the result was that many who were previously wavering, from their doubts as to the legality of the step, decided a t once ; the sluice was withdrawn, and the full tide o f em i gra tion swept across the northern frontier. No attempt was made by the authorities to stop this movement. I believe Mr. H. Cloete, an ad vocate of Cape Town, an able lawyer, and a country man of the emigrants, offered the Governor to visit personally the emigrating farmers, and expostulate with them on the step they were taking; but his services were declined. It was not until May, 1838, when Sir G. Napier (then appointed Governor of the colony) addressed the emigrants in terms of con ciliation, on his visit to the eastern frontier, but without effect, and several times afterwards with as little success; this is not to b e wondered at, when the movement had been allowed to progress so long " Before p rocee ding farther with the history of the without int er f erenc e. emigration let us take a glance at the early history of Port Natal. We first hear of Port Natal in 1589, when it i s sa id t o have been purchased from the na tives by th e D u tch East India Company for 20 ,000 guilders. M r . Sake Bannister mentions this, and a so that, in 1690, a tract of land was again bought by the Company for a like sum ; moreover, that ' the Dutch, after abandoning, the Cape colony, settled De la-Goa Bay and Port Natal in 1820, but abandoned them both in 1831. The Portuguese soon after set tled the former. In 1823, the Salisbury trader, char tered by Lieut.-Fanwell and Mr. ' Thomson, visited Port Natal on a c ommercial speculation. On the Ist of May, 1824, Lieut. F. reported his proceedings to the es tablishm en t th ere ; i t was grante d , . tCoafpeormCoalotnriadalinGgovernment, and re q ue s t e d permi ss i on with this proviso,' that Government would not sanction the acquisition of any territorial possession, without a full communication to the Governor of the circum 'tances under which it might be offered, and be in tended to be received.' In September, 1824, Lieute nant F. reports to the Governor that he had received a sale and grant of land from Chaka, King of the Zocloos, nearly depopulated, and ha v i ng 35 miles of coast-line, and extending 100 inland. Mr. Saxe Ban nister, in Isis valuable work already referred to, urges the necessity of the Government taking possession of it. Sir G. L. Cole, then Governor of the Cape, and the Secretary of State, seem to have held a different opinion, for the latter states in answer to S. B.'s re commendation,unbo Majesty's Government could , such advanta ges wou ld accrue t o th e is suggestio ns , would coun terba ppublic, c perceive, b by ad ot p that adopting s that his as u h lance the expense, &c., which must inevitably attend the formation of a new settlement.' In 1835 the same request was urged by the merchants of Cape Town, and the Colonial Government returned the same an swer. From the foregoing facts it is evident that Port Natal never belonged to the English Govern ment, and that they, moreover, disclaimed all idea of forming a settlement there. It has been already stated that the ground granted by Chaka to Lieute nant Fanwell was nearly depopulated. The actual population was between 300 and 400 souls, over an extent of countr l y of upwards of 3,000 square miles. Chaka by a series of bloody wars laid waste this and the country south-westward of Natal for two hundred miles. It has been supposed that one mil lion of human beings were destroyed by him, so that he has been well designated -th e ' Attil a ' of Southern Africa. Dingaan, his brother, murdered him, about twelve years ago, and by his cruelties has well earned the title of 'Nero' of that country. When the first division of the emigrants under Retief arrived in the Zooloo country, they t rea t e d with Dingaan, and were by him grant e d th e N a t a l territory. Soon afterwards, however, Retief and a hundred of his party were treacherously butchered by Din- Dutch encampment, and mur d er i ng the remainder, Pan, who consummated this act by surprising the with th e women - and children. This was the be ginning of hostilities between the emigrants and the Z oo l o os; The Pr i mary aggress i on was Din gams's. I. a m ind uce d to dwell upon thi s , as many the e s e aggressors,the opinio n that the emigrants were in all cases and behaved in a brutal manner towards the aborigines. The path of their emi gration was, indeed, marked with blood, but not by rggresaion. They to act offensively, had they wished, prove, that in everyand just sufficient carried too many cattle with them to excite the cupidity of clic aborigines. The paper written by Major Chartres, before referred to, will the farmers were first attacked. A series ofconflicts, therefore, ensued after the treacherous murder of Retief and his party, and Unmini, the rightful possessor of the Natal country, from whom Chaka had wrested it, assisted the emi grants in their war, instance and agreed to their possessing their territory.t It was in this state of affairs tha t Sir G. Napier, G overnor of the Cape C olon y , consi dered it advisable t o se i ze on the Port o f Natal, fo r w hi c h purpose, in November egim,e 1838, be sent the light com pany . of the 72d Reginvent , w ith some artillery thither, and issued a proclamation, i n w hich he a ss i gne d as a reason f or such ' se i zure ; the maintenance of peace between the emigrants and native tribes, and 'not pa r t a k ing in any d egree o f the n a t ure o f colonization, as annexed to the Cr own of Grea t Bri tain, either a s a colony or co l on i a l d e pendency.' This force was w i t h drawn in Decem b er , 1839, b y or d ers from the Home Government. It was not, then , until January, 1841 , that the presen t f orce und e r C a pt a i n Smith wagsent, besides fifty Cape Mounted Rifle men, who w ere latterly ex pense. This force at first marched no further than giant 'Boers 1 ' commandant, Fakoo s countrwithdrawn owing. to the ex chief of the Amaponda), and its ostensible motive( was to protect him from the emi ' Pretorious, their present , • wio under near Fakoo. Centel Smith's force only marched to Natal recently, - n "Having no leaving the colon y, had attacked N'Capai, a chief living belonged to the British Government, but was ceded by treaty (a written )of the Dutch emigrants, w shown that the Natal territory never one and that little or n o opposition was offered to their from a high aut h ority wh i c h touches upon both these ' points, viz.,l shall conclu de this b y a quotation .Vattel's Laws of Nations,' book 2d chap. vie, sect, 96_' An independent indi v id ua l , whether h e has b een d r i ve n from his country, or has legally quitted of hi s own accord, may settle hi a P «i c:: p:~~~' ierwards make could not do it with justice, vv. THE QUEEN'S CONSCIENCE. The Non-Intrusionists are showing the last symptoms of desperation. Defeated in the law courts, discountenanced by the public, slighted by Royalty, and with a dreary prospect of increased expenditure and diminished income before them, they have become utterly reckless, not merely of character, but of what many of the least able among them will find to be the very means of living. While they had hopes of main taining their ascendancy, or holding out an equal fight, they were careful not to expose the Establishment principle to risk or ridicule; but now that their discomfiture is certain, they have become the best allies of Voluntaryism. If anything could induce a belief in the sincerity of their professed determina tion to go out of the Church, it would be their ob vious efforts to make it not worth remaining in. Convinced that they themselves cannot much longer enjoy the advantages of State connexion, they seem resolved to render the endowments of their succes sors as precarious as possible. Better, they think, that there should be no Church, than that there should be a Church without them as its office-bearers. This feeling has been indicated more than once within the last few months; but never so strongly as since the Queen's non-attendance at the High Church of Edinburgh. The Scottish Guardian's remarks are already known to our readers ; but the Witness, al though in more cautious phrase, has been equally im pertinent. Not content with expressing grievous disappointment, this pious and loyal journal has been showing its regard for the text, " Honour the king," by hinting at the fate of Charles I. and James VII., as warnings to our excellent and beloved Queen, and exposing the weak points of State religion, by insist ing that her Majesty should have nothing but a po litical conscience, or one that should adapt itself to the reli2,ious opinions of her subjects, wherever she may for the time be. Dissenters have been in the habit of urging that the connexion between Church and State places the Government in an anomalous position ; but they have hardly gone the length of the Witness in urging the individual responsibility of the Sovereign. If it be true that her Majesty must personally coun tenance every form of worship that is supported by the State—personally take part in the religious ceremonies of every sect that enjoys the advantages of Government support—she must discipline her conscience till it become much more elastic than even the Witness would like. In some parts of England, she will be Puseyite ; in others, Low Church ;—in some parts of Scotland, she will be Presbyterian Non-Intrusionist ; and in others, Presby terian Moderate ;—in Ireland, she will be by turns Episcopalian, Romanist, Presbyterian, and Seceder ; and, should it please her to pay a visit to the more distant portions of her empire, she will have greater changes to undergo—even to Mahommedanism and the creed of the Brahmins. Moreover, if she must join in one part of the religious service, why not in more ? The Presbyterian may ask her to sit (limn at the Lord's table; the Romanist, to join in the mass ; the Mahommedan to perform the ablutions and her Hindoo subjects, in the unfortunate event of Prince Albert's death, might require her to mount the funeral pyre, and submit to be consumed with the corpse. It will not do to say that the violation of her Ma jesty'3 conscience, in the one case, would be more than in the other ; for, besides that strict conscien- tiousness makes no allowance for small departures from the truth, the Witness knows that between Pu seyism and Romanism there is less difference than between Puseyism and Presbyterianism, and that the clergyman who conducted the services before her Ma jesty in Dalkeith Palace, would rather officiate in St. Mary's than in St. Giles. Nor is it alone in denying a conscience to the Queen that the Witness belies the principles that reli gious men profess to hold. Speaking of the attend ance of the Prime Minister in the parish church of Dalkeith, he says—" What does it matter to the Church of Scotland where Sir Robert Peel worships, or what he worships, or whether he worships at all ?" Really, for the organ of a party who pray publicly and earnestly, every Sunday, that our rulers may rule in the fear of God, this is rather a strange doctrine. But it is quite consistent with their recent acts, which seem to say plainly—Let us succeed, or let everything go to wreck and ruin.—Aberdeen Herald. [ADVERTISEMENT.] PARLIAMENTARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMMITTEE.- The daily instances which occur of the evils arising from the breaking up of ill-concerted and speculative associa tions, render it to be regretted that the Parliamentary Committee appointed in 1841, for inquiring into abuses of this nature, was so soon terminated. During its sit ting, however, many valuable suggestions were thrown out for the protection of the public ; amongst others, the registry of the deed of settlement of every established Company, and the publication from time to time of the names of the shareholders ; and it is true that two or three Companies were brought under the notice of the Committee (the Law Life Assurance, and the Protector Life-office), as having published not only the names, but the residences of their shareholders, with the number of shares held by each ; and it is to be much regretted that this example has not been more generally followed, as by this regulation alone the public have within their reach the evidence of so many living witnesses, that the Corn- Emily or Society they may be desirous of treating with is acting in good faith, and is altogether secure and respect able. MRS. HOFLAND'S NEW NOVEL.—It is so long since this highly popular writer appeared before the public, that her new hovel of " The Czarina" was looked for with unusual curiosity and interest ; and the result has more than justified these. It proves to be truly what its second title promised—" An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia," and at the most remarkable and ro mantic period of that Court --namely, at the accession of Catherine the First, immediately after the death of Peter the Great. The numerous scenes in this romance, illustrative of the extraordinary condition of Russian aristocratic society at the period in question, are exe cuted with as much truth as spirit ; aad the parts which many of the old Russian nobility play in them must ex cite great interest in the reader, considering that every one of the names who figure in the work, maintain nearly the same position in European society now as they did a hundred years ago. The love story blended with the fate of the unhappy " Czarina" includes every f: at ure to interest the younger and more romantic por tion of those numerous readers which the popular name of Mrs. Hoflancl will secure to this work. Dr. Morrison says, its some provinces in China a public notice is issued by wealthy parents to obtain a husband for their daughter; this is done by the afilu ent who are unwilling to part with their child, and who, therefore, bring the son-in-law into their own family, instead of the usual practice of sending the daughter from home. WORSHIP-STREET.--The following additional dona tions were received yesterday, by Mr. Broughton, for Charlotte Briggs, the poor cabman's widow, and h er dis tressed family W. C. (Bristol), 214 Sir Denis le Slarchant, 11. ; Z., IL ; Mr. Mor. is. Lincoln's Inn, 10s.; a gentleman, 11. ; anonymous, 2s. 6d.; and ss. from Mr. Lord, landlord 4.1 the Salmon and Ball Tavern, Bethnal-1 Been. country which he finds without an owner, and thus igdfspcmdent domain. Whoever would af • ir.4ter of the entire country, - ""nt respecting the 12.4 if be rights and independence of this person. ...... himself finds sufficient men who are willing to live under his laws, he may form a new state withinthe country he has discovered, and possess there bothlthe domain and the empire. " Now, this is exactly our position with regard to these Dutch emigrants ; therefore, upon the plea of justice, our occupation of Port Natal cannot be de fended. The policy of such a step I will not contro vert. Port Natal, at least, must be taken possession of. Any attempt, however, to coerce or subjugate the Dutch emigrants to British law by mere force, will be attended, with immense expense and bloodshed. With equal, or even superior numbers, we have no chance against them. Arab-like, they will evade pur suit, while armed with their long guns, and being excellent shots, they will contrive (being mounted) to keep within their own range, and far beyond that of our muskets. Artillery is of little avail against them, for they scatter too much. Equally useless would be any attempt to prevent their obtaining ammunition. It is a well-known fact, that dotted as the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony is with military posts, along the extent of 100 miles, we have been unable to prevent ammunition and guns from being smuggled to the Kafirs. How, then, can we expect to arrest the same system along the northern frontier,, where there does not exist a military post, and which is in extent 600 miles, inhabited also by fellow-countrymen of the emigrants ? It has been suggested, even by the ' Aborigines Protection Com mittee,' I believe, to incite the native tribes to fall on the emigrants. This would not be exactly fulfilling their .duty, nor the intention of Sir G. Napier, in sending the first expedi dition. What a spectacle must the late conflict have presented to the surrounding black tribes ! White warring against white, after our missionaries, more particularly in that quarter, have been preaching against all bloodshed. Were Pretorious and a few others in our power, something might be effected ; but I repeat, that any.war with the emigrants (should they remain united) will be attended with defeat on our part. The wilds of Africa are before them, and they will only retire into the interior. It is not improbable that the next accounts will be of a more serious nature. Captain Smith's instructions, of course, we do not know, but he appears , to have been rash in attempting an attack, even on the provocation he received. It appears extraordinary that he should have gone into action with his artillery unloaded, and, on abandoning the same, that he should not have spiked the guns. The authorities at Cape Town are, no doubt, to blame on many points, which, indeed, are so apparent, that it is unnecessary to enumerate them. With a hope, however, that affairs may be amicably and honourably adjusted, I remain, Sir, " A VOICE FROM NATAL. " Chatham Barracks, Sept. 10, 1842." • ROMANTIC, YET TRUE ! ( The Hon. Francis North, subsequently Earl of Guilfbrd, had a large family. His eldest son, Lord Frederick North, became Prime Minister to George the Third : his eldest daughter became the wife of an 1 --mble tradesman. Her mother dying when our ~..... - "(ing, she was consigned, w ith h er bro heroine was .'.-mare of a foster-moth er , an d ther Frederick, t o I LK . -- -leceased parenteragnr resided with the re l a ti v e s o f h er .. - • " Grosvenor-square, London, where she :l a ceir education befitting her rank. On entering her ....... she became an inmate of Bushy House, the residence of the Earl of Halifax, whose sisters ; the Ladies Mon tague, watched over her 3routh. A young man named Brett, nephew of Sir William Smith, was in the habit of waiting upon Lord Halifax, then (1748) a Lord of the Admiralty, and, falling in love with the Honour able Miss North, offered her his hand. The offer was refused by her " friends :" the match was con sidered unequal—and she was sent off to Preston, to prevent further intercourse. While living in Preston, she received word,that Mr. Brett, supposing she had gone to France, had set out in quest of her, and was drowned in crossing from Dover to Calais. Returning to London, she laid open her griefs to her foster mother, and, in the passion of the moment, declared that she would accept the first offer that was made to her. Her foster-mother named the circumstance to her nephew, a young man from Preston, who was re siding in London to improve himself as a tradesman. This young man proposed to Miss North—was mar ried to her within three days—and they shortly after wards took up their permanent abode in a house in Fishergate, Preston, now occupied by Mr. Taylor, seedsman. There she gave birth to twelve children, one of whom now survives, and still lives in Preston. Her marriage was never forgiven by her family— that is, the injured party was never f org i ven b y t h ose who had injured her ; for the story of her lover's death was a cruel forgery. Mr. Brett lived to become M.P. for Sandwich, and a Lord of the Admiralty. Ile died unmarried. The daughter of Lord North and Guilford—his first and only love—died in 1790, aged 62, her husband having preceded her to the grave. During her widowhood she was in reduced circumstances, and obliged to part with her jewell e ry, including a valuable ring, presented to her by the Duke of Marlborough, on his marriage with her cousin.—Abridged from Me Preston Chronicle. ...,.. ni ,. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of September 20.) SUGAR.—There has been less activity in the British Plantation Sugar market. Importers generally have shown firmness, in some cases, however, rather lower rates have been accepted. This afternoon a public sale of 100 hhds Barbadoes Sugar went off briskly at 6d above those of the last auction: fine yellow fetched 67s to 68s 6d, good 65s to 66s 6d, and middling 63s to 64s 6d per cwt. REFINED.-The demand has been good for all qua lities of Refined Sugar for home consumption, and full rates have been given. To-day there was less demand for Refined Sugar, and prices gave way a little: Standard lumps selling at 77s 6d to 78s, and brown grocery at 75s to 76s 6d per cwt. Treacle however, met with a free sale, and in Bast ar d s and Pieces large sales were made. Bonded Crushed Sugar is in good request at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt. A I AURITIUS.-Firmer prices have been paid, and a good demand has existed both for bruwn and, yellow kinds •, at public sal , - 4358 bags were all sold, good to fine yellow at 64s to 65s 6d, low to mid 59s to 635, good to fine brown 57s to 58s 6d, mid 56s 6d, low 49s 6d to 52s 6d, low to fine grey 595 to 64s 6d per cwt. Three vessels have arrived since we last wrote; the quantity to arrive for the remainder of the season is trifling. EAST INDIA.-White Bengal Sugar bas been in excel lent request ; at auction 4,000 bags were all sold, low white at 65s to 66s 6d, mid to good 67s to 70s, good strong yellow 64s to 665, low to mid 59s to 635, fine Dobah strong bold grain 69s per cwt ; Manilla, good to fine yellow at 17s to 18s, and low to fine dry brown lrs to 17s per cwt. ; Java at 16s to 20s, brown and yellow 15s to 18s 6d per cwt. Siam has been in steady re quest, low to good white at 20s to 23s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal met with a good demand, and 650 Lags at auction were sold at full rates, good yellow at 65s to 65s 6d, mid 61s, mid white 67s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-There has been a good desire evinced on the part of shippers to purchase yellow Harannah, but the smallness of the quantity at market has operated materially against business, and the private sales have been confined to 200 chests at 18s to 21s for common to fine, being rather above former rates. White Havannah inferior at Is per cwt advance. Brazil has brought full rates, 250 chests white Pernambuco have been sold at 20s 6d for rather - soft common quality, and 200 chests Bahia at 14s to 18s 6d for very low brown to middling yellow. Porto Rico has secured a fair sale, at ls. 6d to 17s for low heavy quality. This afternoon white Havannah was in excellent re quest, and 782 boxes at auction went is 6d above late rates : good white fetching 34s to 35s 6d, middling 32s to 33s 6d, and low mid 31s per cwt ; all other sorts were sought after, but few parcels are to be met with ; sales were made privately of brown Rio at 153 to 17s 6d for low to good, yellow good and fine 17s Gd to 18s, and yellow Havannah at 18s Gd to 21s for mid to fine. MOLASSES.-The demand has been lirely for 'West India, and full rates have been paid although there have been large arrivals, 450 puns have been sold, Antigua fine at 30s 6d to 31s ; St Kitts, good 27s to 27s 6d ; Nevis, common 25s Gd to 265. In Foreign Molasses pur• chases have been made at is to 7s 6d, and in Bengal syrup at 24s to 25s per cwt. COFFEE.-The market has been in a very dull state for West India Coffee since Tuesday last. Holders have been compelled to take rather lower rates. This after noon Coffee was in better request by the home trade, and for shipping a good demand prevailed for nearly all descriptions of Foreign and East India. The public sales comprised 1,094 bags St. Domingo, 1,021 bags Java, and 175 bags 13 casks Plantation Ceylon ; St Dominos), in consequence of the high rates required, was all taken in at 34s for fine ordinary; Java partly sold at 37s to 37s 6d fur good ordinary brown Singapore; Ceylon fetched unusually high rates, fine middling coloury 122 s to 1235, middling 98s to 98s 6d, and pea berry 113 s per cwt. TEA.-In the early part of last week a fair business was transacted in this market, but during the last few days the trade have operated with caution, in conse quence of the p u bli c sales declared ; but holders are firm, and have obtained full rates. To-day the market for Tea presented a . quiet appearance, the demand was limited for all descriptions, and the public sales were thinly attended. Pouchong but mid high but coa is 7d, do do Cap fig Is 80, good ord coa is 8/d, good ord coa but Is Bd, very ord flat faint but Is 4d to Is 41d, ord to good ord flat heated, is 6d but mid fr brit lit flat Is 71-4 to Is 74d, good ord but but Is 6,f, but mid to mid but ra scd is 101 d, spurious is 4d to is 41d ; Hyson, but mid ra str 2s. 4d, mid str bnt 2s 100, mid fr and str bnt 2s but mid ra coa ra Twa fla 2s 14-d to 2s l' 4 l d, mid fr ra str hi 3s lid Caper, but mid ra str is 10i-d to is 101 d ; Congou, ord to good ord flat new 11 M kind Is 7d to Is 7/d ; Young Hyson, good mid 3s 4d, mid fr and str but 3s Id, mid ra str 2s 101 d ; Gunpowder, good mid str 4s 2d. SAGO. -Prices have been sustained for Sago, and the demand has been good; 275 boxes Pearl at auction went at 12s 6d to 14s for common and mid; privately good and fine have been selling at 16s to 20s. Sago Flour is in request, and 1,919 bags good, at auction fetched 12s to 12s 6d per cwt ; there have been arrivals of both. This afternoon 437 boxes Pearl Sago, and 61 bags Flour were submitted to public competition; the former sold at stiff rates, fine at 20s to 21s, and low mid 123 6d to 14s 6d, the latter at 12s 6d per cwt, SPICES.-This afternoon 49 bags white Pepper, and 25 casks Jamaica Gituier were sold, the former at sid for mid, the latter at 9115 s to 11/ lOs for common to fine bold white. To-day several parcels of common Sumatra Pepper were sold privately at 2fd to 2/cl per lb. RICE.-For Bengal Rice since Tuesday last, prices have advanced 3d per cwt, good mid to good clean white at 12s to 13s, mid 1 Is 6d to 12s, low 11s to 11s 6d, yellow. 9s 6d to lOs ; the private purchases have been 4000 bags at 113 6d to 13s 6d for low to fine white ; shippers and speculators have been again the chief operators. Java, low and mid white selling privately at lOs 9d to I Is, good mid to fine 12s to 13s, and yellow 9s 3d to lOs 3d per cwt. Patna at 19s 6d to 21s for fine, good 18s to 19s, mid 16s 6d to 17 6d, and corn 15s 6d to 16s. Carolina first sort at 30s second do 28s, and corn 26s per cwt, This- afternoon the demand was less active for Bengal Rice, and 4,875 bags at auction went 3d to Gd per cwt under former rates, but the whole was disposed of, fine white at 13s to 13s 6d, good 12s to 12s 6d, mid and good mid 1 Is 6d to 12s per cwt. Hops.-The market has been in a dull state since our last report, and prices have further given way, the supply being large. The duty is still estimated at 150,0001. for the kingdom. Rtmz, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The transactions in West India Rum have been extremely limited both for home consumption and exportation, the arrivals having been large, former rates have been barely sustained—ls 10d to is .11 have bee n accepte d for proof Leewards, 3s 3d for Jamaica 28 per cent. overproof of good quality ; East India dull of sale at is 4d to is 41d without, and Is 5d to is 8d with certificate. Of Cuba, 10 casks were taken in at public sale at is 9d for 30 to 37 per cent overproof of good colour. The market for Brandy has presented a more lively appearance, the home de mand has been good, and several purchases have been made for exportation ; the prices paid have been id per gallon higher —Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1837, lihds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; 1838, Idids 5s Id, puns 43 lld ; 18:?9 hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; 1840, hhds 3s I Id, puns 3s 9d ; 1841, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva is difficult of sale, and prices are drooping; Is 9d to is 10d accepted for shipping sort. British Corn Spirits have been taken sparingly, at 9s 8:1 per gallon, cash. To-day Rum was dull of sale, but no further de pression took place in prices ; importers of West Indi a have Made a stand. For Brandy the demand increases, and largo parcels of Martel's best brands of the vintage of 1840 were sold, hhds at 3s 11(1, and puns 3s 9d per gallon. Oft.s.—For common descriptions of Fish oils prices have further advanced 15s per tun, the demand from the home trade having been brisk, and the supply small, in. deed the quantityat market has not been adequate to the vi ants of the trade; and all the parcels .offered have been readily disposed of at the following rates : Pale Seal at 411 lOs to 421, yellow and straw colour .35/ od los to 401 los, brown 341 lOs to 3 51 5s ; C 331 15s to 351; Southern, common and middlin 35/ to 371, good 37/ lOs to 391. agd fine 39 / 1 0s t g o 411, 10s. per tun. The stock of all sorts unsold is only 480 tuns. an unusual circumstance for the time of year: and nearly the whole of our supply h as been received for the season. For export, however, th ere are still very few orders. Sperm is firm in price, and in good request, fins ritish at 82/. to 821, 10s. per tun ; the deli v,?ries still exceed 4he arrivals. In Linseed extensive pur cha,es have been macit: by the home trade; export demand has been good, and the advanced rates of 33s 9d to 343 per cwt have been .paid for parcels On the spot ; for de livery many contracts have bet.s.n entered into at 32s 6d to 335. The crushers are still poly partially at work, 4‘.? the quantity of Oil making is nut larger than' the demand. Prices are still looking np for Rape, and at 44s to 44s 3d for Dale, and 43s to 43s zii! for brown many purchases have t cell made ; the supply is falling oft. Oli ve i ihs s been in brisk i'Nuest, and prices ire rising ; Gallipoli se:Jing at 57/, Spanish 52/ 10s to 531 :o,', and Barbary 511. to 52L per tun.—The stock is but a Im-der ate one. Palm ha. , secured a fair sale, common to goN I at 28s 6d to 31s, , and fine at 31s 3d to 31s 6d per c‘l t. Th'o imports this year have been 1,660 tuns, the total deliveries 1,860, and the stock is now 1,160 tuns ; in 1841 to this period, 1,622 tuns were imported, 1,832 delivered, and the stock was 634 tuns. In Cocoa Nut Oil the transactions have been on a more extended scale, at 38s 6d to 39a for fine, and 37s to 38s 3d for common and mid quality; 1,400 tuns have been imported this year, 1,060 delivered, leaving the stock 1,043 tuns ;\ in 1841 the quantity imported was 1860 ; the deliveries, 1,930 ; and.the stock, 1,200 tuns. This afternoon it parcel of East India Cocoa Nut Oil at auction went at 37s to 38s 3d per cwt. For auc tion 150 tuns Southern and 300 tuns Sperm pro declared TALLow.--The market has presented a firm BP pearance fo r Russian Tallow since this day week, but uo further advance in prices has taken place. This afternoon. there was but a middling demand for p:1; Candle, and holders are not so firm. We quote old on t h e s pot 47s 6d, new 435, and for delivery 47s 64 to 47s 9d pci' cwt. For auction 500 casks of South American are dfclared. INDIGO.—For InJigo several inquiries have prevailed both from the home trade and shippers, but the unwil lingwss of merchants to realise, has tended to restrict business. Madras, Kurpah and Oudes are still wanted, but the supply is scanty ; prices are 3d to 44 per lb higher. Spanish in small parcels has been disposed of st full rates. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. ----. --. --,—.--• ---. —....---' :Per Quarter.: a. to s. a. to s. s. to s. s. to 5. s. to s. - Carli,te 6B 51 23 46 -- -"" Hexham 44 72 36 33 s 3 23 —. "'. Morpeth Pennth — 06 :13 25 ....: 46 -' Sheffield ... 64 32 —. 23 ... 43 •••• Winchesttr 52 56 27 flq 20 26 35 '4O Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. IL al Carmarthen 6:f 70 00 40 00 19 86 801 0 0 00 ,, Cowbridge 76 80 36 46 29 30 50 5 :3i (.1 0 0 00 " Swansea Per 8011. Barnsrdcastle 17 0 166 89 90 40 74 b 6 It 0•0 00 Durham Richmond Stockton HAMBUR:4 MARKETS. GsLAIN. Wneat. Marks 285 to 269 k Barley, hlecklenbargh 158 to 18 0 ---.... Magdeburg 282 to 3e2 --.. Magdeburgh... I:1 to 180 Anhalt, wnite 312 to 334 -- Holstein l5B to 18 0 ----- red ... 282 to 375 --- Oderbruck 174 to 190 ----- Brunswick 294 to 375 Oats, Eider ll4 to 15 0 -- Mecklenburg.. 276 to 360 --- Mecklenburg Polish 3lB to 408 -- Holstein 144 to 18 0 Holstein - Upland Rye, Mecklenburg .... 240 to 279 i Pease, Mecklenburg -- Marks 240 to 254 Beans 258 to 4+' o --Elbing and Ko. !Buck Wheat 231 to 30 1 nigsburg l9O to 215 tiapeseed, Hanover ... 504 to 518 --- Pomeranian 46 to 279 Malt 18 0 - An halt _ _ CUT 'ON. _ _. _ curl Carolina and Tennessee 7 %to 9%1 Georgia. Ist cost 7)fi 2d 614 651 3d and 4th 416 itairnhaket Madras"." &&&&& ••••••••••• Surat; Domingo 'EE. 5N to Of 4 3 / 4 34i 4 4g 6 cob] Roche.- 9% to 14 Batavia Sumatra Rio 2% 4% Bahia 2% 4% SUOA it.—(Wit t Havannah, 5%t0 7% Brown. Rio, White 5 7 Brown . Manilla, Brow! Mining() Lr iitiayra 00000000000 Porto ftico flavannalt 31,‘ col% 4 0% 434 tiN .h 8% Discount.) Batua, White 'frown Pernambuco, White , 'Brown , 'n. 4% to 4% ..5 1 4 4 11351 ..9, ~a 511 EXTRAORDINARY SPECIMEN OF WEAVING.-3S r e, have recently had an opportunity of inspecting wh a t we believe to be the most extraordinary specimen .ot the textile art that has yet been seen in this country, produced at the works of Messrs. James and Abrahaul Meyer and Co. of Brandenburg, near Berlin. j t e contains a medallion portrait of the late King 01 Prussia, supported by four emblematic female figures. representing Wisdom, Power, Justice, and Mercy: and also a copy of the will of that monarch, and'ez his well-known address to his son and successor. The whole is executed in silk; in the manner of the per' trait of M. Jacquard, which many of our readers mei recollect to have seen at the Anti-Corn-law Bazattr , in the Theatre Royal. The produce of the Prussida loom, however, appears to us greatly superior in deli cacy of execution to the French; and some of the figures, with their draperies, are equal in effect to the finest productions of the engraver. We understana it is probable that this beautiful and unique specimer , which still belongs to the manufacturers, would, on proper application, be presented by them to any pub' lie Institution in Manchester, where it could be pt'lr' licly seen; and we are quite sure that there is no ier stitution to which it would not do credit._Manchest Guardian. A PIOUS FRAUD. Ti - e Edinburgh Witness o f Wednesday announced with great importance • ti?,': Sir Robert P ee l, a t t h e l evee on M on d ay at Dalkeltil Palace, had left his position near the throne in order ";,to salute Dr. Chalmers with a cordial shake o f the hand." That Sir Robert Peel did leave his positiot% near the throne is quite true, but it was to salute with a cordial shake of the hand the Rev. Princ i P al Macfarlane of Glasgow, with whom the Premier en tered into earnest conversation.—Edinburgh PaP er ` FATAL ACCIDEN T .—It i s aga i n o ur ta s k to reco r d another death in this neighbourhood from "lock-jaw.• The unfortunat e d ecease d was • th e youngest son of the Hon. Mr. Norton, and his death occurred under the following si ngu l ar c i rcums t ances . O n M on day week the boy was riding a small pony, which became nil" manageable, and ran away with him ; before proceed ing. far be fell from his po n y, an d on examination lu s face was slightly grazed, and also his arm near the elbow. The boy soon recovered his usual spirits, and the wounds appeared to be doing well. Last Fridai, week he went out as usual, on Saturday s y m ptoms 01 ":lock-jaw" were visible, and on Sunday he was a cose.—Leeds Journal. CHIMNEY -SWEEPERS.-A man, named Martin, a master sweep, was charged, on Saturday last, before g_r• Rushton, at the Liverp oo l police-office, with having se nt a boy under the age of 21 up a chimney. Mr. Richard Houghton was charged also with having permitted a WY under 21 years to ascend his chimney. The information was laid at the instigation of a master sweep, for w hoel Mr. Davenport appeared, and stated that the defendan t (Martin) was one of those who were determined to set the Act et defiance, and not to sweep by machinery . One of men in the employ of the informant p r o Fed the case - apinst both parties. Mrs. Houghton, who sr peered on behalf of her husband, having satisfied the Magistrate that she was deceived by the • defendant both as to the age of the boy and the age specified by the law, was acquitted. Mr. Rushton, however, told her to talc° notice, that the law did not allow any individual undo' 21 years of age to be sent up a chimney, and that all housekeper suffering an individual under that age 50 ascend a chimney became liable to a penalty of not less than Si,, and which might, be 10/. •Martin wag fined 51., and, in default of payment, was ordered to be, imprisoned one m ont h. M r . D avenport said, be luta, to apply to the Ma g i s t rate on b e h alf of the indiv id Uel who had given evidence, who had been threatened by a number of sweeps and was afraid to move abroad; The back part of the Court was at this moment crowded with sweeps. Mr. Rushton said, if the witness received either threats or injury he was to apply to him, and he would make a severe example of the offenders. EDINBURGH COMPLETE SUFFRAGE UNION...At lest weekly meeting of the Council, the Secretaries laid on the table a letter which they had received from Lord Kinnaird, expressing regret that his engagements in Perthshire, at the end of the month, and particularly 011 the 29th instant, would preclude his presiding at the banquet to be given on that day to Mr. Wm. Sharman Craa ford, and the other Members of Parliament who voted with him on the presentation of the petition for complete suffrage. It was then arranged that Mr. Dun lop, the President of the Union, should take the chair on the occasion. Besides Mr. Crawford and the o ther Members of the House of Commons who had acc e pted the invitation of the Union, it was announced that letters had been received from the following gentlemen, inti mating their intention of being present at the banquet---- Messrs. Joseph Sturge, George Thompson, Henry Vin cent, John Collins, John Henderson, Provost of Paisley, and the Rev. P. Brewster.—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. BIRTHS. -- On the 16th inst., in Hertford-stre e t, M ayfa i r, the lady o f Captain Darley, her Majesty's 9dth Regiment, of a son. On the 16th inst., at the Parsonage, Bognor, Sussex, the wife of the Rev. Edward Miller, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., Mrs. William E. East, of St. Dunstaw's hill, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the wife of John Shephard, Esq., of Kerr sington-square, of a son. On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. P. R. Wain. s9n, of a daughter. • On the 15th inst , at MARRIED. Hollingbourne, Kent, John Savage Esq., of Jennings, of the same county, to Sarah Charlotte , daughter of B. D. Duppa, Esq., of Holingbourne House. On the 15th inst., at Horncastle, the Rev. R. D. B: Rawns ky, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxon, to Catherine Anne, only daughter of the late Sir Willingham Franklin, Knight, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Madras. On the 13th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, David Rey nolds Davies, Esq., of Withington, Lancashire, to Ellen, sienna daughter of the late Joseph Barton, Esq., of Bermondsey. On the 17th inst., at Wellington. Somersetshire, Edward Wardroper, Esq., Captain, Madras Army, to Mary Anne, only d lughter of James Marsh, Erg., of Alphington Villa, Exeter. DIED. At Berne, in Switzerland, the lady of Colonel Steiger, late Prefect of Interlacken. On the 12th inst., at Glasgow, Archibald Harvey, Esq., of K.illellan. On the 16th inst., at Kingston, Richard Vowel', e!delt son of the late R. Clarkson, Esq., of Fairvvater House, Taunton. On the 17th inst., Cecilia Rebecca Morson, sister of J. C. Constable, Esq., of Oak House, Battersea. On the 18th inst., at Esher-place, S urrey, A nna Maria Harriet, eld es t twin aughter of J. W. Spicer, Esq., aged 18. On the 18th inst., at Streatham, William, youngest sun of Air. Joseph Raw, of Eastcheap. 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