The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-17 00:00:00

9Ztfitiou THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUND, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .. 931 ,Ditto Bonds .......».. 51 pm 3 per Cent. Cons.... 94i Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent. Red... 100 i Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent... ...... 101* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 56 pm New 5 per Cen'.. — Ditto 5001...... 58 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 58 pm Jan. 1860 ....•.... 121 Bank Stock for Acct. 169 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1?60 l2l Consols for Acct....... 94i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Po N ew u 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent - -Ditto, Ditto — Brazilian Bonds. BuenosAyres6 per cent Russian, 5 pen cent..... . 113 Chilian, 6 per cent... 69 Ditto, itletallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per eerk — Spanish, 5 per cent. I8& Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Danish, 3 per :ent — !Exchange —f —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. I French, 3 per cent --f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent..... 33 I Dutch, 21 per cent. 521 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 IDitto, 5 per cent. .. ... 101 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. I SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) Eastern Counties (23 pail) Bl Ditto New (—paid) Ditto Debentures ( paid) .10,1 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 471 Great Western, (65 paid) ... B3l London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 591 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) . ... PI Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) Bi North Midland Railway ( IOU) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) .`'oath Eastern and Dover (50 paitl) _22l Ditto Scrip (20 paid) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROH THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—It would seem that the selection of the new functionaries for carrying out the provisions of the Bankruptcy Bill, had been dictated by a determi nation to see how far instinct can be made available in the place of education ; for nothing short of a sudden inspiration can have qualified the majority of the gen tlemen who have been appointed by Lord Lyndhurst. From nine out of ten the only answer that could con scientiously be given t) a question as to their fitness to administer the law of bankruptcy, would be the same reply as that made by an individual who, when asked if he could play on the German flute, observed that " he really did not know, for he had never tried." The law of bankruptcy is about as mysterious to the greater number of the new officials as was the German flute to the gentleman who had never tried to play upon it. We were, however, about to observe, that, if the Commissioners are bad, the Registrars are not likely to shame the incompetency of their superiors by a display of a higher degree of ability. Like Peachum and Lockit, they are very likely to be " both in the wrong ;" and as each of them owes his official exist ence to jobbing, neither can make the other feel shame at a display of inability. Among the Registrars we find the name of Mr. Wilson, a nephew of Sir Robert Wil son, a politiCian of that peculiar turn which was likely to recommend - him to the favour of Lords Abinger and Lyndhurst, the first of whom made the renegade Baronet's relation a revising barrister in Kent, while the Chancellor has converted the " Learned" gentle man into one of the new Registrars. When pre siding.over the Registration Court at Rochester, Mr. Wilson, though he only received five guineas a day for his services, was so exceedingly lavish of the time he generously gave up to the public at the low stipend we have named, that he manifested the greatest deliberation in considering and delivering his judg ments. It is said that on one occasion the learned Revising Barrister was applied to by the attorneys act ing as election agents for both parties, to "make up his mind one way or the other ;" for it was felt that the continued sacrifice of his valuable time to the public for only five guineas a day, was more than either par+y had a right to expect from him. If Mr. Wilson gives as much satisfaction in his character of Regis trar as he did in that of Revising Barrister, we feel that any compliment we may be disposed to pay him on his recent appointment, would be completely super fluous. If the other similar situations have been filled in the same way, we can congratulate Lord Lyndhurst upon havin,g.displayed a very nice regard to uniformity in the bestowal of his patronage by se lecting Registrars in every way worthy of the Com missioners over them. STANDARD.—In the selection of men - to exer cise the important functions of a Judge, some more. certain test than the caprice of Fortune is to be con sulted ; and a man to whom the duty of selection is assigned must, if be is honest,. avail himself of all the lights within his reach. If he knows of his own knowledge, or from the report of those upon whom he can place a firm reliance, that A. is a more able and learned man than 8., and equally incorruptible, ha will prefer A. to 8., though fortune or vulgar suffrage may have declared ever so loudly in favour of the latter. Lord Lyndhurst, says his accuser, "recollects with feelings of regard those who 'were his associates at the bar in early days ;" and the Noble Lord is elsewhere blamed for having accepted " the associates" of Lords Brougham and Cottcnham, upon the recom mendation of those Learned Whig Lords. Now, to be the professional associates of such men as Lords Lyndhurst, Broughain, and Cottenham, surely some qualifications—and some qualifications Of not a mean order—are requisite. The most distinguished men at the bar do not select their associates from the class of ignorant or idle dunces ; and if we knew nothing of the new Judges in bankruptcy but that they have been the professional associates of three Chancellors in succession, we might take it for certain that they are not incompetent men. To be lieve them incompetent, we must assume the paradox that Whig and Conservative Chancellors not only have preferred dunces for their professional asso ciates, but they are all so indifferent to the public interest as to agree in filling the benches with incom petent Judges —a paradox in which it is not easy to acquiesce. Stripped, then, of what is personal, unjust, and ungenerous, the complaint comes to this—that Lord Lyndhurst has not made the appointments in the Bankrupt Courts in a spirit of political feeling—a complaint natural enough in a supporter of " the political jobbers" who unfortunately administered the Government for th e e l even years ending September, 1841, but one with which the public will scarcely sympathise. It is a new complaint, and one which we may venture to say will never be directed against a Whig Government, should th e country be again dishonoured and endangered by Whi g rule. AMERICAN NEWS. (Further Extracts from the American Papers.) ATLANTIC STEAM SHIPS AGAIN.—On authority, we now inform the public, that the terminus of the Columbia, Caledonia, Acadia, and Britannia, hereto fore known as the Cunard steamers, is to be changed from Boston to this city. It is stated that the pioneer of the line will make her appearance in our beautiful bay early next spring. This important change is no more than what we expected. It is plain to the meanest capacity that this city is far superior as a terminus, for a line of steamers like the above, than Boston, or any other seaport on the American coast. This alteration in the route of these steam-ships will, of course, be strongly opposed by the Bostonians. One of their papers has already come out with an ar ticle denying a great many facts set forth by us, and asserting to the truth of a great many falsehoods set forth by themselves.—New York Herald. DAY or JUDGMENT.—Joe Miller, the prophet, the grandson of Joe Miller, the jester, opens his budget to-morrow at Newark, to prove that the day of judg ment takes place the 23d of April next, and no post ponement on account of the weather. Tne SHIPPING INTEILESTS.—Why do not the de pressed shippi ng i nterest i n N ew Y or k, i nc l u di ng ship-holders, shipowners, sailors, and stevedores, call a public meeting to consider what are the causes of the decay in their business ? Quica. PASSAGES. —Thre e in remarkably short passages from Europe : the . Ville de Lyon, Capt a i n Stoddard' , and Angelique, Cap tain Brewer, in twenty-one days, and tire Westmin ster, Captain Atwood, in nineteen days. Where are the steam-ships ? Our packet-ships are takini , the steam out of theinboilers. FORGERY IN BOSTON.—Forgeries of cheques and notes are again getting to be most alarmingly fre nent We have had three or four in thi s city within (I • a week. In Pennsylvania recently, two or three fe male forgers have been detected ; and in Boston they are beginning the same game. Oliver W. Blake was arrested in Boston, Thursday afternoon last, for forging the name of Wm. Whiting to a cheque on the Merchants' Bank for 700 dollars. FIRST FRUITS OF THE TREATY.—The Bangor Whig states that a number of the citizens of Maine are making preparations to engage in t h e lumber busines.s on the Aroostook and Fish Rivers, this win 'r This movement is attributable to the free navi gation of the St. John's River, secured by the recent treaty - betwee n Great Britain and this country. THEATRICALS IN THE UNITED STATES. Braham and his son are on their way to New York, after a most successful tour through Upper and Lower Canada. They will probably pass the winter :n the Havannah and the British West India Islands. Several singers are in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Seguin, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Knight, &c., all appear at the Park in the new musical drama of MOWS in Egypt, accompanied by nearly one hundred choristers. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins and Billy Williams also appear in it. • Coleste has returned to the Bowery to play a fare well ene , agement. Neither her sister nor d aughter Will return to Europe with-her; Celeste. leaves New York on the 18th of November for-England, wh'ere she will resume her engagement at the Haymarket, . In Philadelphia, Forrest is playing Jack Cade, but does not draw very well. Richings, Miss Ayres, &c., are at the Chesnut. Hackett is doing nothing. Hill is lecturing all over New England, and holds forth somewhere every night except Sundays. A SQUEERS' AFFAIR. Four youths, very indifferently attired, applied at the Hull police-office on Saturday, for assistance to enable them to get to London. On being questioned by the Magistrates, they stated that they had run away from school, at Winton, near Kirkby Stephen, in Westmorland, kept by Mr. Twycross, in con sequence of ill-treatment. They all stated that they were not half fed, nor allowed to write to their friends, except what the master dictated. They had walked from Winton to Selby, and thence had taken the packet to this town. One shilling and sixpence was the whole sum they could muster on setting out upon their journey, but they had re ceived assistance from the authorities of several places at which they halted. William Griffiths, one of the youths, said he was seventeen years of age, and had been at the school seven years. It was two years since he had seen any of his friends. He did not know where his parents resided. His father is a bookseller and stationer in London. He knew the residence of bis grandmother.—William G. Wright, said his father was a lawyer at Temple bar. He had been at the school two years, and had not seen or heard anything of his parents during that time. Thomas Wilson said his father was a lawyer in the Strand; had been at the school six years, and had not seen or heard anything of his parents or friends during that time.—Thomas Forbes said he had no father; he had been five years at school ; but had not received any letter from his mother during the last two years.—A lodging house keeper, said she had kept the applicants for three nights ; they had remained in the house durinc , the day, and had conducted themselves in an orderly manner. She thought that half-a-crown would not more than compensate her for what she had done for the lads.—The Mayor ordered 3s. to be given her from the poor-box.—The Magistrates then subscribed towards defraying the expenses of the youths to London, and the deficiency to be provided from the poor-box.—The Mayor also said he would go down to the agents for the London packet which was to sail that afternoon, and make the best bargain he could for their passage. The boys had gone by way of Ripon.—Huil Rockingham. PREVENTION OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AT SEA. A letter has been received at Lloyd's from their agent at Sydney, addressed to W. Dobson, Esq., en closing certain suggestions by a Dr. Wm. Bland, on the subject of spontaneous combustion of wool ships, and submitting a certain plan for its prevention. The whole is too voluminous for insertion, but the follow ing will be found to be the substance. The Doctor suggests as a preventative, the use of carbonic acid gas, as its specific gravity and so lubility . in atmospheric air does not prevent its sub siding in that fluid, and remaining unmixed even under extensive exposure to its-action. With regard to what substance would best afford the supply of gas required, he states that about 4001bs. of carbonate of lime in the form of whitening, chalk, the poorer marbles and lime stone, yield about 1801bs. of carbonic acid gas, nd more than sufficient to fill a space of 20,000 cubic feet, or 500 tons, by measure ment ; that the admixture of one part of carbonic acid gas to four of atmospheric air, will prevent or extinguish combustion. The mode of application he advises, is to have a cask for each hold, placed on the keelson, perforated in the upper third of it, each about an inch in diameter, the lower two-thirds to be lined internally with lead. Into the head of each cask a metallic tube, of about an inch in diameter, to be fixed, leading from the deck, the whole length of each tube to be protected by a strong casing of wood. Each cask to be provided with the requisite quantity of whitening, and when required foruse pour do wn,by means of the tube, the requisite quantity of sulphuric acid, diluted in the proportion of about one of the acid to four or five of water, when the carbonic acid gas would disperse along the vessel, and replace all atmospheric air. BANKRUPTCY COURT—NEW JUDGE.--Vice-Chan cellor Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, was, shortly before two o'clock to-day, sworn in before the Lord Chan cellor in. the Court of Chancery, as Chief Justice of the Court of Bankruptcy. Her Majesty's letters patent were read, by which his Honour is invested with all the rights and authority of the office, but without receiving any additional salary. The patent directs that his Honour is to be admitted to the office without the payment of any fees or fines whatever, and also states that the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Ers kine, late Chief Justice in Bankruptcy,'had formally resigned that office. After hii honour had taken the oaths, the Lord Chancellor presented him with his patent of office. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.—Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., arrived here last night from Dublin, in order to be present at the annual dinner of the Catholic Benevolent Association this evening, it being an nounced that he will take the chair. To-morrow evening he will address the Repealers at the Music Hall, and on Friday will take Dart in the proceedings of the " Free Trade Festival," to be held in theßoyal Amphitheatre, on which occasion the 'attendance is expected to be from 4,000 to 5,000. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—We are enabled to state that it is now determined upon, that the office of Commissioner of the Insolvent Court, vacant by the death of Mr. Commissioner Bowen, is not to be fillekuy. - A NOTORIOUS GANG OF SWINDLERS.—At Guild hall, this day, two men, named Homer and Moore, were placed at the bar before Sir Peter Laurie, charged with being concerned with a man named Clark, who is at present at large, with defrauding several tradesmen of property to the amount of seve ral hundred pounds. The Justice-room was crowded with persons who have been duped. In each case a reference was given to a person said to be named Hamer, who turns out to be a man of straw. Sir Peter said he was determined to do all in his power to break up the notorious gang of swindlers, with which London at present abounded. The prisoners were again remanded. PROPOSED RAIEWAYS.—A survey 13 now in pro gress for the construction of a line of railway to pass thrcugh the towns of Greenwich, Woolwich, Graves end, and Rochester, terminating at the town of Maid stone.' Surveys have lately been made for a line of railway from Oxford, to join the Great Western at Wallingford ; also for a branch line 'to join the Ayles bury railway—thus opening' a direct eornuitmication between Oxford and London: . NEW SOUTH WALES.—A brutal attack with fire arms had been made. by a party of Europeans upon a number of abori g i nes , w h om th e y had surpri s ed sleeping in a tea-t ree scru b, i n th e P or tl an d B a y district. Three females and a child had been mur dered, and a fourth female wounded. Pie Govern ment Gazette offers a reward of 1001., or, in the case of a convict, a free pardon and passage to England , for the detection o f th e o ff enders. —Liverpool Courier. ALARMING ACCIDENT AT PERMARSIL-011 the sth inst., several lads having p rocure d a hollow piece of iron, plugged it up atone end f or the purpose of mak ing a cannon, and whilst in the act of ramming into it a charge of gunpowder, stones, and rusty nails, it burst, and struck one person on the head, causing a considerable flow of blood ; another bystander received a wound in the side close to the heart, and a third was injured in the abdomen. A spark, caused by th e friction of the stoneliSed in loading, it is supposed, occasioned the explosion. —Es sex Herald. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster have returned to Eaton Hall, near Chester, from Hal kin Castle, Flintshire. The improvements and em bellishments at Grosvenor House, by the removal of the mansions lately occupied by the. United States Minister and Lord Trimlestown, have a'ready com menced, the workmen having nearly razed those edifices to the ground. _ REMOVAL OF THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST TAB CHARTISTS TO THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—WO understand that, on Monday last, all the sixty defen dants indicted at the late Special - Commission at Liverpool and who then traversed to the next !A.3- sizes, were served with summonses of a merely for mal nature, the terms of which, we understand, not a little puzzled some of them, as they were therein required " to come before her Majesty on the 15th November instant, wheresoever her Majesty should be in England." As her Majesty is now at Walmer Castle, near Dover, the appearance of some of the defendants there would no doubt cause considerable surprise. We know that some of them seriously contemplated the necessity of surrendering in person, in London ; while others, we believe, have instructed a London: attorney to put in. an appearance for them. We believe the legal effect of this is merely to give the parties formal notice that the indictments against them have been removed, by the Attorney-General, from Lancashire and ,Cheshire, into the Court of Queen's Bench. In this case, there fore, in all probability, neither personal surrender nor appearanc e by attorney will be requisite- ; and the re pewal of the bell, if necessary at all, will very likely be taken in the country , under an order of the Court. —Manchester Gu ar di a n' . - It was stated a few days ago that four of the regis trars of the Court of Bankruptcy were to . go into the country to assist in 'putting the new bankrupt law into operation in the district courts. Two of them only, however, are gone, Mr. Parry and Mr. Campbell. Alr Parry is commissioned to go to Birmingham, and Mr. Campbell to Liverpool, and we suppose that he wil j,ef tvhueblicChance llor's by establ i i s sh li i k u ely a uniformity g also go to Manc hester a nd Leeds, as occasion may re quire. This arrangement to be ' extremely of practicemelYuseful to throughout th e diff erent courts. The lion. F. Curzon takes Mr. Parry's duties in London. rnE. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1842. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-stock banking having become a subject of paramount interest at the present moment, the fol lowing description of the actual working of the system in Scotland, taken from the "Bankers Circular," will be generally acceptable : " We shall employ a few words in describing the present general state of the Scotch banks. On the late Parliamentary investigation into the affairs of Banks of Issue,' it appeared from their witnesses that the aggregate amount of their deposits was at least 30,000,000/. One of the most intelligent of the class (himself a deputy to London on the occasion), however, told us that he had no doubt the actual sum exceeded 35,000,0001. sterling. What do the bankers do with this large amount ? We often see mysteri ous allusions in the London journals about the in vestments of the Scotch banks in the public or Go vernment securities, and they are no doubt at times large; but we are of opinion they never form more than a comparatively insignificant portion of the amount of the available funds of the Scotch banks— that is to say, meaning so far as such investments are the property of the institutions, separated from those of their customers and business connections. 'We have no doubt that we could name about a dozen in dividuals in England whose aggregate capital invested in the public funds would, when taken at the highest, much exceed the sum invested in the same by all the banks of Scotland, taken at the highest. Immeasur ably the greater portion of the sum under the com mand of the banks of Scotland is employed within the country, on mortgages, loans to public Companies, merchants, manufacturers, and farmers—the greatest proportions of the amount being in the latter channels. ." There is nothing more difficult to obtain than ac curate statistical information relating to banking af fairs; and the Scotch very wisely keep theirs as close as possible, except when acting in obedience to the command of Parliament. From the best information we had access to, we state our belief that the annual discounts of all the banks of Glasgow amount to a sum exceeding 50,000,0001. sterling ; which, taking the bills discounted at an average length of three months' date, would show that those banks always hold an amount of 12,500,0001. The average length of time would, however, probably exceed three months' date, for there are cases where bills are occasionally dis counted which have 18 months to run, and not a few at six months' date; therefore we think we should be perfectly safe in stating the amount of bills always held by the banks of Glasgow at 15,000,0001. sterling. The major part of these bills are local, and never travel out of the bank in which they are discounted, till taken up, or presented for payment. And, as some sort of evidence that we do not overstate the annual amount, we may mention, as a fact, that one of the new banks of Glasgow discounted within the first year of its operations 2,500,0001. sterling—a fact which at once illustrates the amount of IN hat all the larger and older banks may do, and shows the practice and habit of the people, and the use they make of bankers. Now, when we find upon reasonable estimate such a sum as this in one large town, what must be the entire amount lent out to the people by all the banks of Scotland ? " Let us observe, too, that so long as enterprise and industry prosper—and they always would prosper with occasional, but not dangerously convulsive, checks, if Scotch bankers were appointed to rule us this money is lent out with prudence for the most beneficial uses. The bills (as a rule) are not dis counted to supply funds for distant and hazardous un dertakings, on the faith of some great mercantile name, but on a knowledge of local character, habits, and pursuits. We may state (again as a rule), that bills in Scotland are never re-discounted by the banks. We know that we cannot state it as an absolute un varying rule, because we are acquainted with the fact that two or three of the Scotch banks have occa sionally re- discounted with the bill brokers of London. But we affirm our conviction, that if the sums so re discounted since the first bank was opened in Scotland to the present day could be seen in figures, the entire amountwould be much less than the sum sore-discounted by the Northern and Central and Bank of Manchester in one year. In fact, the great proportion of the paper discounted being local, it could not be used out of the country, if there were a disposition to do so, which there is not. It is astonishing to find so ex tensive a system in operation kept almost entirely dis tinct and apart from the money-market of London. Even the most opulent and powerful of the Scotch banks never (as a rule) resort to it to buy bills when they are most burdened with money. We believe there are not more than three or four bf those insti tutions having any regular correspondence with the London bill-brokers ; and we could name bankers who command a fund in capital and deposits of from 3,000,0001. to 6,000,0001. sterling, that never opened an account with those new and influential agencies for the disposal of money capital. They are wise to keep their concerns as much as possible free from the hot and cold fits and feverish convulsions of the London money-market ;—wise, at all events, for the interest and welfare of the community which has made them rich and powerful. " We say again that John Knox had much to do with making Scotch banking, and by consequence, Scotch agriculture (which is in a great measure the creation of the former), what they are; for it is owing to that spirit of resistance to foreign interference, and the desire of fostering and aggrandizing (per haps too exclusively) everything Scotch, that the ex traordinary phenomenon of the prosperity of Scotland is to be attributed. We are firmly of opinion that Scotland is suffering much less at this trying juncture than England; and that because the banks protect and identify themselves more with the people than the English banks. And they have done this so far with less danger, for we were told by one of the best informed bankers of the country, that during this protracted period of embarrassment and suffering the losses sustained by all the banks of Scotland would in the aggregate amount to a small proportion of the loss which we have suffered by the six banks of Manchester." The merit which is here claimed for the Scotch banks of acting with more steadiness and ability than those in England (though the latter, by the way, pro fess to be formed entirely on the Scotch system); must certainly be conceded to them. - Whether there is not, under the surface, a great deal of oppression exercised by these banks to secure the payment of the advances by them in preference to creditors of every other class, which inflicts suffering on the community at large, not much inferior to that produced by the failures under the system as practised in England, has been doubted by many persons ; but this is a ques tion upon which the materials for deciding are quite removed from the view of the public of this country. Experience has proved it to be wholly unsuited to England ; and the cause probably is that the wide ex tension of them prevents their acting in concert, which forms the great security of the Scotch mode of business. In regard to the reforms constantly called for on all sides in the English system of joint-stock bank ing, numerous suggestions are almost daily offered, but chiefly on the means of securing Shareholders from the consequences of the neglect, or the igno rance, or the dishonesty of Boards of Directors. That the Directors are usually elected, and Boards formed, before the concurrence of Shareholders is invited, is admitted to be in many cases a necessary evil ; but a general complaint is, that once organised, scarcely any change, unless by death or voluntary resigna tion, is afterwards allowed to take place, as few Shareholders venture to oppose the re-election of those who have already served, and come recom• mended by the Board ; and hence it is suggested as a check e o'this r and Nevs beneficial a lt era ti on i n thi s respec t, th at a t eac h annual meeting on e Di rec t or a t l eas t s h ou ld abso lutely otu al ofd tnewh form o r Bmoa rd membervh certainly o a belected in his place. all their acts mus t be subjected become responsible mores i b e vigilance f r, to the scrutiny er of individuals wh o h a d ne i ther being ve a ry war u e s that e l fu retire, nthe participated in, nor b o muche m re s n exer cisetihßauledwhtoenact- ing under the impression th a t th e k nowledge of their transactions was never to travel out of their own cir cle. Though the practice of re-election, indepen dently of the will of the Shareholders, 'possesses a sanction so venerable as that of the Bank of England, the suggestion referred to is not the less valuable, and it is to be hoped that some of the higher class of banks will set the example of adopting it. Another recommendation is the introduction, in all deeds of settlement, of what already exists in many of them—a clause empowering or making it impera tive on the Shareholders to elect two or three of their number, not being Directors, to audit the accounts and report on them to the next gerieral meeting. This is also a judicious suggestion ; as is a third, that it should be imperative at all times for the clerks in Joint-stock Banks to furnish lists of the Shareholders for any of the customers who might ask for them. Since the system has taken too deep root to be easily eradicated, the effort should be to ohtain through the Legislature such reforms as may tend to make it work more safely and efficiently.—Times. On Monday morning at eight o'clock, the family of Mr. George Liquorice, a respectable boot and shoe maker, residing at No. 91; Roston Old-town, was plunged into the utmost distress by the discovery of the unfortunate man having committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. It appears from the statement of the deceased's son, that the deceased not coming down stairs to breakfast at his usual hour, he proceeded up stairs, and on entering the bed-room of his father he was horror-struck at finding him lying on the floor weltering in his blood, from an incision in his throat made with a razor. Surgical assistance was procured, bdt life had been some tine extinct. No cause is assigned for the rash act. The deceased retired to bed on Sunday' night at his usual hour, having, according to his custom, read a chapter from out of the Bible to his wife and family. The de ceased has left a widow and large family to deplore the melancholy event. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Nov. 16. IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. DR. DILLON. Mr. MILLAR stated that several parties were pre sent to make a return to the writ of habeas corpus ob tained in this case. He was, however, unable to serve the writ on the principal party, Dr. Dillon, himself. The returns of Mr. Goodyear, and others, were then read, but not being in the proper form they were amended, and all the parties stated that the child was not, at the time of the service of the writ, in their power, nor did they know anything about her. Mr. Justice PATTESOW—Then you must be satisfied Mr. Millar. Mr. MILLAR—I suppose so, for the present, my Lord. SLATE V. TDB EARL OF WALDEGRAYE. In this case, which was reported a few days ago in The Sun, Mr. PEACOCK moved for a distringas to pro ceed to outlawry against the defendant, which was refused, on the ground that a distringas to proceed to outlawry would not lie where Erie party was not liable to a capias, and the Court on that occasion expressed a doubt whether a distringas to compel an appearance could be granted, unless the affidavit set forth that the party had kept out of the way to avoid service. After the case had been argued at somelength, Mr. Justice PATTESON said, under these circumstances you may have a distringas to compel an appearance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. ALICE LOWE AND LORD FRANKFORT.-- Mr. Vaughan, pawnbroker, of the Strand, appeared before Mr. Twyford yesterday, hawing been summoned by Miss Alice Lowe, to show cause why he refused to deliver up two snuff boxes, which had been pledged by her with Mr. Vaughan. Miss Lowe came in a private carriage, with a fe male friend, and was attended in Court by Mr. Adol phus, lin. counsel, and Mr. Flower, her attorney. Mr. Charles Montague appeared as counsel on the part of Lord Frankfort, and Mr. Lewis as his at • torney; and Mr. John Scarborough appeared for Mr. Vaughan. Mr. Montague said Mr. Vaughan had been sum moned by Miss Alice Lowe to show cause why he refused to deliver up two snuff-boxes, pledged by her for 51.45. These snuff-boxes had been the-subject of an indictment at the Central Criminal Court, upon which Miss Lowe was honourably acquitted; but that acquittal had, it appeared, led her and her legal ad viser into a misapprehension, as they seemed to sup pose it had given her a title to the property in ques tion, which was quite a fallacy. Mr. TWYFORD— I must have it proved that Lord Frankfort is the owner of this property, as the Act of Parliament says that the reel owner of the property shall give notice to the pawnbroker. Now, there is no proof of that notice before me. Mr. Montague said that proof could be given if the case were adjourned for two or three clays. Mr. TWTFORD —There is sufficient doubt about the real ownership for me to hold my hand, and I there fore adjourn this case until the lst-of March next. Mr. Flower—l think it had better be the Ist of April.—(Laughter.)---The parties then left the Court. CLEI?KEAW ELL. George Henry Wheeler lyies charged with embez zling 91., the money of Messrs. Cooke and Shoolbred, the great linendrapers in Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner had been in their employment as col lecting clerk. Last Monday another of the clerks ap plied to Mr. Last, trunkmaker, Oxford-street, for the payment of 91., the amount of his debt to the prosecu• tors, but he had previously paid the prisoner, whose receipt he produced, and who had embezzled the money. Police-constable Dalglish E 3, deposed that he took the prisoner into custody and put to him several ques tions regarding the subject of his arrest ; such as what he had done with the money—why he took it— and how he meant to replace it. Mr. GREENwoon--According to my idea of these matters, policemen have no right whatever to put such questions to priionera, nor indeed any questions at all. They should first caution them, and on no ac count go further than to say that they were willing to hear anything which the prisoner wished to communi cate. Even a Magistrate did not presume to interro gate a prisoner, and always told him that whatever he said would be written down. Any other course was il legal, improper, and unfair. The prisoner was committed for trial. iVORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Mary Sivield, alias Goldsmith, alias Walters, a rather respectable looking woman, nearer 70 than 60 years of age, was finally examined before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of bigamy. Mr. Horry, the barrister, attended for the prosecu tion, and Mr. W. Heritage for the prisoner. The parish-clerk of South Hackney church pro duced the registers of two marriages, in both of which the prisoner had given her maiden name as Mary Walters, on the 23d of August, 1835, to Robert Gold smith, and on the 6th of November, 1837, to Daniel Sinfield. The prosecutor, Daniel Sinfield, a greengrocer, up wards of 60 7ears of age, living in Spitalfields, said that he was in the habit of supplying potatoes to the prisoner's sister, who, as he was a widower, offered t o introduce him to her sister, then living with her. The introduction accordingly took place, and in a few nights they were married at South Hackney church. In about three years afterwards, however, the sister, in the course of a quarrel, informed him that his wife had another husband living, and he had since ascer tained that such was the fact. Susannah Abel, the prisoner's sister, appeared as the attesting witness to both marriages. Mr. BROUGHTON asked her how it was that she had afterwards introduced a second husband to her sister? The witness said, in excuse, that she had considered the first as no marriage, as the elderly bridegroom had contracted it in a wrong name, for after their re turn to church he said to his wife, he said, " Oh, Mary, I have done wrong, for my name is not Gold smith, but Coesmith."• She had also been told by her sister that the marriage was never consummated. A daughter of the man Goldsmith, or Coesmith proved that, after the alleged marriage, her father and the prisoner lived as man and wife ; but at last the prisoner turned him out of doors, and he died in St. Luke's workhouse. It was alleged, in defence, that the prosecutor, when he married the prisoner, knew of the first mar riage, but there had since been frequent quarrels be tween him and the sister, and, in fact, a warrant obtained against him by the latter was still out. Sinfield, being recalled and cautioned, swore that he was ignorant of the first marriage until nearly three years after he married the prisoner. The sister was in the habit of getting drunk, and on one of these occasions he was obliged to turn her out of the house, and she then called him an old fool, for thinking that he had a wife, while his wife had another husband. He did not believe it at first, but had since ascertained the fact.—The prisoner was committed for trial. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. - - CHATHAM, Nor. 16.—This morning, at five o'clock, the second division, comprising three com panies of the 97th regiment marched from Chatham Barracks for Gravesend, where they embarked on board a Gravesend steamer for London-bridge. The strength of the division consists of 344 rank and file, 12 serjeants, 14 corporals, and 4 drummers, with 16 women and 37 children, under the command of Capt. Colville, with Captain Maskell, Lieut. Hutton, pay master ; Lieut. Brabazon, Lieut.-Adjutant Bruce, Lieut. Burton, Ensign Feries, quartermaster ; Ensign 1-l Ensign Kelly. and Staff Assistant-Surgeon .i.lla,Grernecgeo, r.This division will proceed for the ter minus of the Southampton Railway at Vauxhall, for Winchester Barracks, where it is expected they will remain until January next, when they will embark from Portsmouth for Corfu. The first division, whiCh left Chatham on the 11th instant, under the command of Captain Russell, will embark from Portsmouth on Saturday next, the 19th inst., on board the troop-ship Boyne. Letters were received here last week from the regiment, stating that the head-quarters have removed from Zante to Corfu, there to remain to meet the reserved battalion from England. The head quarters are in excellent health ; very few casualties have occurred since their arrival in the Mediterranean, which is now a b out two years. Th e reg i men t h as only lost five men, who died of natural disease. The reserve battalio n w i ll leave b e hi n d them a depot at Winchester, cons i sting of C apta i n M`C as kill, Lie u t. Dillon (wh o i s l ately returne d f rom I n di a ), an d En sign Kelly, with s i x serg eants, six corporals, two drummers, an d 67 rank and file, who are old soldiers of 19 years' s erv i ce. On Tuesd ay evening last, about five o'clock, the first division of the 58th regiment marched into Chatham Barracks from Gravesend. This division the 9th ; but o« i » left Dublin on th e B t h , an d wa s to have embarked on to the boisterous state of the weather, the Capt a i n o f t h e s t e am-vessel Ballinasloe refused to put to sea ; consequently, the troops re mained at Richmond Barracks for a day, when they embarked on the 10th, and arrived at Liverpool on . then proceeded b y ra il way t o London, and from , the 11th,. at four o'cl oc k in the morning. The divisidn Lendon by steam to Gravesend. The strength of the 'division consists of three companies, 279 rank and file, 12 sergeants, 12 corporals, one drummer, under the comma n d o f M a jor Irving, with Captain Hume, Lieut. llill Lieut. Masters, Lieut. Mairs, and Lieut. Rush. Dean Park, t hho s pitable seat of the Earl of Cardigan, is now full of visitors. The sports of the field occupy the mornings, cards and music fill the e venings. Princ e G eorg e of Cambridge, who has a visit - to Lord Forester , at Willey a . s igon expected to join the circle. Mr. and Mrs. Dpb e ae e r n kji s )n gh sister to the Countess, are among the visitants. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. AYLESBURY, BUCKS, Nov. 16. • SMITH V. DAT, CLERK. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages which the plaintiff had sustained by reason of the conduct of the defendant in having committed a tres pass upon his property, and having assaulted his wife. Mr. James was detained on behalf of the plaintiff, end the ref. defendant appeared in Courtlin person, but without either counsel or attorney. Mr. JAMES stated, that he appeared as counsel for Mr. Smith, a gentleman of independent property, re siding at Beech-lodge, Chesham, in this county, to complain of a most serious and unprovoked assault by the defendant on the wife of the plaintiff, and to seek compensation in damages for such an outrage. The rev. defendant was the rector of the parish of Haw.; ridge, in this county, and lived in the Vicarage, about a mile and a half distant from the plaintiff's residence. It appeared that upon the evening of the 7th of July last a little child, in company with a servant of the plaintiff's, was proceeding along the road, near to the plaintiffs house, when, in consequence of some observation made by the child, the rev. defendant got off his horse and followed the child onto the lawn of the plaintiff for the purpose of beating it. One of the servants of the plaixtiff upon seeing this interfered to prevent the defendant hurting the child, upon which the defendant with an oath struck him very severely. Mrs. Smith, the wife of the plaintiff, who was sitting in a room from which this could he seen, came out upon the lawn, and in quired of the defendant the reason for his conduct; upon which the defendant, as deposed by the wit nesses, struck Mrs. Smith several blows, with the butt-end of his riding-whip, upon her neck and shoul ders, and continued to do this until prevented by an other servant of the plaintiff. Mr. Smith, the plain tiff, then came out of his house, and remonstrated with the defendant upon his conduct. The defendant sa;d to him, " D—n your eyes, yo u are on ly an o ld p au p er ," and rode off, but returned shortly afterwards, 'and, during the absence of the plaintiff, who had gone to procure the attendance of a constable, proceeded to break down the gates of the plaintiff and injure his property. Under these circumstances the plaintiff claimed damages of the defendant for this gross and unprovoked insult. Several witnesses were examined upon the part of the plaintiff, who corroborated the statement of the Learned Counsel, and the surgeon who was called in to attend Mrs. Smith, and other gentlemen deposed that she had suffered very severely from the injuries of the defendant. This closed the case upon the part of the prosecution. The UNDER-SHERIFF, before he summed up to the Jury, asked the defendant, who was present in Court, whether he wished to address any observations to the Jury in his defence ? The defendant answered in the neFative, and Ehe Jury, after a short time for deliberation, re turned a verdict—Damages 2001. Mr. JAMES then stated, that he was instructed by the plaintiff to say that this sum which the Jury had awarded as damages should be appropriated to the charities of the county. CORONERS' INQUESTS. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WATERLOO BRlDGE.—Yes terday Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, on the body of Donald M'Donald, aged 22 years. James Templeman stated that deceased, with a party of young men,. were returning on Sunday afternoon from a rowing match, upon which deceased had betted. They had been drinking a good deal, and the deceased was in a high state of excitement, partly arising from being a winner on the match, and partly from the liquor taken after. When they reached the toll-bar on the Surrey side of the bridge, deceased attempted to leap the gate, but was stopped by the gatekeeper. On his friends paying, however, he leapt over, and challenged one of the party to run a race ; they did so for about twenty yards, when de ceased leapt upon the parapet, daring the other to do the like. He ran on the parapet for about forty yards, when he fell over, striking his head against the abutment of the bridge, into about a foot of water, the tide being out at the time. 'Witness thinks the wind, which was pretty high, blew him over. J. Caulfield confirmed the preceding evidence, adding that the Thames-police boat was t xenty-five minutes bringing him ashore, and that deceased was thrown in the bottom like a dead dog. Mr. CARTER said the conduct of the police was to be reprobated, and, no medical man being examined, the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The deceased was the only support of a widowed mother. Mr. Higgs held an inquest the same evening at four o'clock, in the "Black Bull," Little Chapel street, Westminster, on the body of Henry Frederick Dumbarton, aged 38 3-ears. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that deceased was a very healthy and remarkably sober man. That on Sunday morning last he rose at half past six, and took a walk till half-past eight, when he came in to breakfast. While sitting down he suddenly turned pale and fell upon the floor; his wife sum moned some of his neighbours who ran for medical Assistance, which, however came not, and the man died about nine o'clock. It was' elicited by the Jury, that Mr. Campbell, the parish doctor, Mr. Paynter, and Mr. Davis, had been successively called upon, and they each excused themselves on the plea that they could not leave their shops, one of them reCommending that the police should be called to carry the dying, man to the hospital. Mr. HIGGS said there was no law to compol medical attendance, but, fortunately instances of utter heart lessness like the present were seldom exhibited. The Jur y }-, after expressing a hope that such con duct woula be exposed, returned a verdict " Died by the Visitation of God." SINGULAR DEATH.—Yesterday afternoon, an in quest was held at the Hero of Waterloo, Wa terloo-road, before William C ar t er , E sq ., th e Co roner for Surrey, on view of the body of Sarah Fuller, a maiden lady, aged 65 years. The deceased resided in Stamford -street; and, on Saturday week last, as she was taking up a trussed turkey to look at, slightly pricked the back of the third finger on her right hand, near to the knuckle joint, with the point of an iron skewer, which was rusted. Towards the evening the wound became extremely painful, her hand and arm swelling greatly, and she complained of feeling excessively ill, and was seized with violent retching and sickness. On the following morning she was visited by her usual medical attendant, who found her confined to her lied, labouring under fever, and great debility and exhaustion ; her hand and arm were much swollen, and the latter in a' high state of inflammation. She was treated with the view of stopping the progress of the affection, but, on the Wednesday following, she expired from the effects of the irritation of the system and exhaustion, consequent upon mortification. Verdict—" Accidental death." PENZANCE, Nov. 10.---THE PILCHARD FISHERY. —'We are glad to be enabled to state that, although up to the last few days there seemed but little robability of these mysterious visitants of the Cornish coasts making their appearance this year, on Wednesday, the 9th instant, they apploached in vast quantities towards the St. Ive's shore ; 12 seans were shot, en closing from 12,000 to 13,000 hhds.: and yet, al though the weather was stormy, blowing off the land there, should they have three or four days at most given them of even such as it then was, they would, be enabled to secure them all. Estimating their value at the moderate computation of from 40s. to 50s. per hhd., they may be fairly be said to be worth 25,0001. or 30,0001—a rich prize to the takers, and a great blessing to the surrounding country. It is also rumoured that at Mevagissey some 8,000 or 10,000 hhds. have been taken.—Sherborne and Yeovil Mer- I ATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—OR Saturday morn ing last the neighbourhood of Messrs. Russell and Co.'s Works, at Risca, was thrown into great conster nation by a report that an explosion of fire damp had taken place, and that several of the colliers had been injured. On repairing to the spot it was found that the report was correct, but fortunately that the fatality was not so great as was at first supposed. On going down into the pit, and examining the stalls, it was as certained that four men had been badly burned by ex plosion, and two, named John Thomas and Joseph Smedley, were found dead. The NN hole were brought to the surface with the least possible delay, and me dical aid obtained for the wounded men; they were at tended with all the care their painful situation required. Monmouthshire Merlin. BATTLE OF ScoßploNs.,—Four scorpions were put into a hole dug in the earth. They soon began to fight. The mode was curious. Having two claws like a crab, with these they attempted to seize each other by the head. When one happened to be thus caught, he seemed sensible of his danger, and cried out, and the other, regardless of his cries, turned round his tail and gave him one sting. The one that was stung, as if aware of its mortality, resist( d no more, but laid down till he died. The other, as if aware of the same thing, gave himself no further trouble. They all had the same method of fighting, and all the vanquished acted in the same manner. The surviving conqueror was put to death, as too dangerous to be allowed to escape.—Campbell's Travels in South Africa. FIRE ON HOLBORN-HlLL.—Yesterday morning, about twenty minutes before one, much alarm was created in the immediate vicinity of Holborn, owing to a, fire which at first threatened to be attended with the most disastrous consequences) breaking out on the premises in the occupancy of Messrs. Martyn, wholesale tea-dealers, situate at No. 76, Holborn hill. The fire was soon subdued, but not before damage to the amount of nearly 5001. was sustained, which will fall upon the West of England Insurance Company. The fire was caused through an escape ment of gtul . under the shop. THE POLISH BALL. The Guildhall of the City of London, with its brilliant fittings, was once more devoted last night to the cause of true charity—the increase of the funds for the relief of the Polish exiles ; and again was there a most numerous assemblage of beauty and fashion to grace the ball-room with their presence. We can not pretend to enumerate the whole of those friends of the poor exiles who shared in the gaieties of the night. At one period there could not have been less than 2,000 in the Hall and Council Chamber ; but amongst them were— The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and family; Mr. Alderman Hooper, and Mr. Sheriff Pilcher and ladies; le Due de Guiche, Earl of Chesterfield, Count de. Grammont, Earl of Hillsborough, Earl of Portarlington, Lord Foley and the Hon. Misses Foley; Viscount Castlereagh, Lord D. C. Stuart, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lord Fitzgerald, Lieut.-General Sir Burgess Camac, C.B. ; Mrs. and Miss Hammersley, Sir Horace St. Paul, T. S. Dun combe, Esq., M.P.; M. Philips, Esq., M.P.; Lieut. Hunter Blair, Sir Felix Booth, Bart., Sir J. L. Goldsmidt, Bart.; and family ; Sir George Carroll, Mr. Alderman John Johnson, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Thomas Wood, the High Bailiff of Southwark, the Under Sheriffs ; William Ward, Esq., Mr. Deputy Peacock, D. W. Wire, Esq., Mr. George Cash, the Secretary, and other long tried friends of the charity. The fete was announced as a fancy dress ball, but most of the visitors most wisely adopted full rather than fancy dresses ; where the general rule was de parted from, the failures were, with two or three ex ceptions, most manifest. One gentleman dressed bluff King Henry extremely well; his robes were right royal ; but there the personation ended, for there was none of the fierce humour and gaiety of the king, who kept the most witty of jesters, and who, in spite of his corpulency, was one of the most winning of men. Two or three very artificial Greeks, a real Turk, a solitary Jagar, two -fac-simile ifghlanders, a fox hunter with a clean satin lining to his bespattered red coat, and three or four nondescripts were lost in the crowd. The gri-at attraction, however, of the even ing was an excellent concert given from the gallery at the west-end of the hall, to which the following ladies and keutlemen kindly and gratuitously lent their as sistance : —Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Miss Rainforth, Miss Bassano, and Miss Maria B Hawes; Signor Ferrari, Signor Burdini, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Manners. Conductor, M. Benedict. The programme presented this popular selection : FIRST PART.—Quartett, Miss Bassano, Miss Maria Bs Hawes, Mr. Manvers, and Signor Ferrari, " Ecco quel fiero instante " (Costa). Aria , Signor Burdini, " Ecco it pegno," Gemma di Vergi (Donizetti). Ballad, Miss Maria B. Hawes, " Oh chide me not my mother," (M. B. Hawes). Aria, Miss Bassano, "lo l'udia," Torquato Tasso (Donizetti). Aria, Signor Ferrari (Rossini). Aria, Miss Alfred Shaw, "Ah quel giorno," Semirarnide (Rossini). New song, Mr. Manvers, "The Star of Poland," the words written expressly for the occasion by H. J. Bradfield, Esq., the music composed by Mr. G. Reed; trumpet obligato Mr. Harper. Glee, Miss Bassano, Miss Maria B. Hawes, Mr. Harrison, Signors Ferrari and Burdini, "Blow gentle gales" (Sir H. R. Bishop). SECOND PART.—Ditett, Mrs. Alfa Shaw and Miss Rainforth, "Dark day of horror," Semiranzide (Rossini), charmingly sung, and kindly repeated on an encore. Ballad, Miss Maria B. Hawes, "I'll speak of thee " (M. B. Hawes). Song, Miss Rain forth, "Where the bee sucks" (Dr. Arne), which was also honoured with an unanimous encore. Bar carole, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, " Ii segreto per esser felice," Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti). Glee Miss Bassano, Miss Maria B. Hawes, and Signor Ferrari, " Sleep, gentle lady" (Sir H. R. Bishop). Finale, "God save the Queen." The dancing commenced soon after eight o'clock, and, with the interval of the concert, continued with spirit till a late hour. Refreshments, under the su perintendence of Messrs. Bathe and Breach, were well served during the whole evening, and there was nothing to detract from the pleasures of an evening, which must have been most favourable to the benevo lent object for which the entertainment was given. GENERAL MS TRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l have for some years been a daily reader of your Paper, and deeply lament that your liberal sen timents are not general with men of all parties. But the time has now arrived when politicians must cease to strive for victory, and direct their energies and at tention to the good of their country, without reference to Whig or Tory Liberal or Conservatives. In fact, the present distress of the country, must force itself upon the attention of all men, and it is our duty to view the state of our affairs calmly and uispas sionately. The knowledge of a disease is half the cure ; and the question we have to resolve is—How can we diminish the general distress ? There is but one answer. We must find profitable employment for our la bourers of all descriptions, whether agricultural, com mercial, or manufacturing. You most justly observe The quantity and value of manufacturing and com mercial products must be increased before there can be an , thing more to give to the farmers." This is a truism which should be impressed upon the considera tion of all statesmen. No improvement in agricul ture, no draining, nor increase of produce, can be of any service to the farmers or landlords, unless they can increase the number of profitable consumers, of men who can earn wages by their industry. Trans porting the " turn. outs," or sending them to prison, and their wives and families to the workhouse, will not diminish, but rather increase our distress.t ! They are all unprofitable consumers of food, inasmuch as they live in idleness, and must be supported by an ad dition to our taxes and poor-rate. There is a melancholy and mistaken opinion, too prevalent with farmers and landlords, that they are sometimes sacrificed to the manufacturers. Now if they will only reflect upon the subject, they must be aware that this cannot be the case, and that the more the manufacturers flourish, so much the better for the agriculturist, as it necessarily increases the value of the land, and all its produce. No trade can be injured or depressed without the injury being felt in a greater or less degree by all classes, and it is for the benefit of society at large that all should be prosperous. Irreparable injury has been done to the farmers by our Corn-laws, which have driven our capital and skill, our men and machinery, to seek more profitable employment in other countries, to the primary injury of our own manufacturers, and the consequent distress of our farmers and landlords, who only reap a tem porary benefit, from our unwise and unjust policy. The mischief that has been done is past remedy, and freeing trade more and more, without any refer ence to commercial treaties, can alone arrest our downward progress, a truth which is now admitted by reflecting men of all parties. • We have much to dread from our notoriously cor rupt Commons, for ,Montesquieu has foretold that " the English Constitution will perish when the Legis lative power shall have become more corrupt than the Executive." But let us hope that this may not be the case, and that the union of good men of all par ties may arrest our downfal, and save us from still further misery and misfortune. Your most obedient servant, A KENTISH LANDLORD. Nov. 10. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE .—On Tuesday, 26th ult., an occurrence of a most painful nature took place between Kishorn and Applecross. A young man, passing on a visit to his parents from the former to the latter place, was unable, owing to the fall of snow that had taken place during the night, to proceed by the way that crosses over the top of the hill. Taking a byeway which leads from the end of Loch Kishorn to the farm of Arighriseach, from whence he thought he would soon reach his father's, as he was passing he went to a house at Russel to warm himself; being com pletely benumbed with cold. The hospitable occupants of the house entreated of him to remain a few days till the road should be passable, but no solicitations could prevail upon him to wait. The weather, instead of clearing up, became more and more boisterous, and the young man, unable to reach shelter, was not heard of again till the Saturday following, when his body was found by some shepherds at some distance from any path.—Caledonian Mercury. ' Rot - AL " BICKER."—Among the various presents made to her Majesty during her tour in Scotland, one, and that not the least interesting, which has re mained unnoticed until now, was a bicker, or quaich, presented t o h er b y th e arl of Mansfield during her short sojourn at Scone Palace. The quaich was sent to the Earl by Mr. M'Robie, lapidary, George street, for presebtation to her Majesty, who after ac cepting it, and examining it carefully, expressed her admiration of the ingenious manner in which it was fashioned. It was made of 500 pieces of four different kinds of wood, of Scottish growth, and did infinite credit to the artist who pit it together, an individual, we believe, belonging to the Carse of Gowrie. Her Majesty. and Prince Albert, we understand. partOok of doch-an-dhorris out of the bicker, immediately pre vious to the Royal carriage leaving the Palace.— Perth Courier BRIGHTON, Nov. 15.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have entered into a third engagement with the mana gers of our theatre, commencing last night. Mr. Kean played Macbeth and Mrs. Kean Lady 11 facbeth. - This evening they appear in the Rose of ArraFon, to .mor row in Richard the Third, on Thursday in Much Ado About Nothing, and on Friday they take their benefit. During the whole of their engagements they have been playing to excellent houses. It is a fact that the managers reckon upon the engagement of Mr. Kean as the only means of enabling them to go through the season. Mr. and Mrs. Kean go from hence to Bir mingham, to fulfil an engagement. A subscription has been entered into at Brighton in behalf of the family of Nicholas Humphrey, who it will be remembered lost his life by his fishing-boat being run down by th© steam-packet Albion. It already amounts to 611 ONLY MARKET and CITY N.EWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. CIIRONICLE.—The English. Funds were ex tremely firm in the early part of the day, and Con sols for the Account advanced to 944 ; but a sale of 40,000/. stock for money checked the advance, and, although the Government broker made his usual pur chase, the price at the close was 943 to f for time, and 941 for immediate transfer. Letters from Hamburgh mention the failure of the old and respectable firm of P. C. Kundsen, at Copen hagen. Symptoms are to be observed which lead to the impression that there will be a division of the com munity in regard to monetary affairs during n ext session of Parliament. When, for instance, OlP ri ' vate bank in England is obliged to suspend pay ments, there is a party instantly ready to con vert such a misfortune into a weapon for attack in g • the system of private as distinguished from the _ joint-stock system of banking; and again, on the other hand, the failure of the Manchester Ban k has been converted by the section of partisans of the private banks as an instrument for. attacking the system of joint-stock banking. All this is very much opposed to the public interests. When the large amount of capital invested in private banks, and the extent of their issues hell by the public are considered on the one hand, and when the rapid progress made by the joint-stock banks in Fogi i land is considered on the other it is plain en ou g h that there is room for both in ingland, and that the great object of those whose opinions are placed in a public position should be, not to condemn either sys tem, but to point out their mutual defects, an . a t suggest - improvements for their remedy. rega_ i. to private banking, the sphere is comparatively lim it '' Monthly returns of their circulation are now eni forced, and, as respects those which are bank s f ) , issue, it has been suggested that their deposits shoula also be included within the scope of those returns. The same improvement might be extended to the i. returns from the joint-stock banks. Such a prorse would most likely encounter very strong from the banking interests combined; but the interests ought not to give way to such obstructions - and the ensuing session of Parliament must give rl5 to discussions of the most important nature connected, with these matters. The renewal of the charter octi the Bank of England cannot be longer postponed , t the debates which the consideration of that impor.; measure must occasion will necessarily intr o bole notice, and to the disposal of Parliament, the sv"" ot ü bl system of banking in the United Kingdom. It ja ,l l ; e r oppositio.n likely that the Government will appoint annfr; Select Committee to consider the question, and tti port specially in reference to the Bank of Eng7 o f The whole facts connected with the manageme nt that institution since the year 1833, and also reg a so, ing the private and joint-stock banks have been fully sifted and laid operi by th e p u blished repor ts ' that further inquiry would seem superfluous. SUN.—Since the morning the English Stock - m a r n : ket has remained in very nearly a stationary posing} being generally steady up to the close. Consols c. off at 94 to 94* for . Money, and 941 f or , t count. Bank Stock was depressed to 1691, an d Bills India Stock only brought 2601. Exchequer -111,1 were at 57 to 59 premium, and India Bonds at ' re premium. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. w e t dull at 1011 to 1011, and the Three per Cen t ' . a 931 to 1. • The Foreign Bonds were su ppo rted an d the tr e V: actions of the afternoon comprised. Belgian at WI; , Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52i ; 13°11 1. Ayres, 22-1 for Account ; Portuguese Converted 32 ' Spanish Actives, 181 ; and the Three per Cents. 21 ' t Railway Shares did not sell freely, and the ne re i s . prices were these—Eastern C o u n ties Brighton, 15 ; Croydon, 41 ; and North Midland 4 01 ! discount. Paris and Rouen were 28 to 3 Pre ceill Australasian Bank Shares were 1 9 1 ; London aev Westminster, 2; and Uni on o f A u stralia, "C e ‘. ' 24 premium. were 1401 THE M ARKETS. 'A It K ET. last market ilay, 203 I. d ri 1 , :20 _ Walk End Lambtnn ........ 0 0 1 Walls End Stewatt's ...... •-• 29 9 I Walls En' Cassno ............ it,,, ; Walls Ertl Hartlepool •••••• . 24 , 9 . Waltz End Kellne .............. , 0 6 I Walls End 8arrett........... !.. 7 0 I Walls End Bowburn ....... !• 0 'Walls End Brown's lleanelLii 6 l Walls End Richardson'4Tcv",9 i Walls End Seymour Tee.. o 1 9 0 %%adz EA West - -f e tton•••• • i i ,f I WAlls,End West I'ees ..... ..• 04,,..0 COAL M Ships arrived since (1.1 Buddle's West Hartley l7 0 Car's Hartley West Hart1ey.......... West IA ylam. l5 3 Walls End Aeon: I 4 I . Walls Eist Bell and Brown 19 3 Walls End .9 I %Vail, End Heaton tri• Wails 1 , 41 d Hilda r 6 Walls End Hotspur • 17 Si %Valli End N r hur,berla. d 17 Walls End Todd's Bensham 14 6 Walls,End Hettun llO ;t4 I f!',. MAR. I. OUBLIN MARKET IRISH NOTE for •h KETS e We e k ending N Ov ' I. From T„ A v g 4 • 25 3,069 Wheat,per barref'do •c00e...... 22 ~ 51 0 1 iaere ~ 2,167 Barley 12,010 ( )Mc '4 5tmt.,... ) 7 6 12 0 ' . ' Pour, per ewl . . 4 44,,iv. — u — I) 10 4 1,47.: , /anneal --........, A 5t01ie.,.... 9 . 12 0 - Sold to Ihkers only j 9 4}9 0,461 Cwt. r t0ur...,,, 6 o 19 U Average pric ..1 V‘ heat apt Flour 46 /ii per :AO , . od • Fin(' lrorn 17, Od to I .' od Itrceipts of Flour, 11,51-9 ) s t . coo , "...* from 14s Od• '''' ‘ s' 0d "ale' of I)° ' 12 ' 461 I:Ti,irti; - . ~' ". * ; , from 6 ,. . a t° 131 PRICK (s 3K.FeI. I. Quartert. (.oat ...... 7cl. ; nail 1,) .ettern , „Slit' . fid• CO 12. nlto u - 0 Wheat (per 207t.:2), 0 1. tc..25 , 00.1tiati per list. , 11 5 .1 " 10 Barley (per 16st.) 8 0 13 0 1.1.1 , y (per cwt `... 6 • . Oatmeal avr cwt.)..........., 9 Ud to 9, 6 (1 ta 0 Yeef, GI. to 60. Muttrh. scl. ft,', —Veal, .11 -' l'cric, -hi c , - iLi.--Freqh Ittittet I Id. t , ....41 per lb' - PRICE OF utrrrea. 00. 4 To the 3h:reliant& To the .70 First Quality .. SO Secoh,l ... . 74 ~ third ... - -• 0 Fourth CO Fifth .• .............•••• sees. 11••••••• 63 .....». ....... ... ~ .... •"... :)11 f Sixth 4O „,..,„,......„ ... ......... •• CLO N NELL II A lIKETS...-Nov, 12 i. Pet t. wt. t. j _ 0 ..... s. d. a. d. a. ti•t ',. New Butter ...... 9B otot9 0 HA i iraw) .......- - - • 4 ' ) 0 Ontuies , — 0 14 6 Bacon P.9s 44 ' ...- Renderen lard 9 52 'J Head 5................ . - fa Fer 1:14.. 0 28 U Fleur, Second .. t 49 , 1 Elour II :,.r05..... —* 6 --. ---liousehold...— (' 38 ol --: Foul Las.... 1. 5 0 Fer Barrel. 0 1 3 e -- 1 1 11 3 , ........ ....... . 16 ~ 13 ° CAJo ............ .....-- Q la KILK NARK EIS. WI mAt.per barrel)2Bs. Od. to ER 335. od. £ eft aer 'h..... Os. e i 'tc 0 1). 1 . Barley l2 0 19 0 Hater, ........... 05 • 0 ; Uat5........ ....... l4 0 15 0 Pork .............. 0 ! 0 Flour (per bag) 25 0 :19 0 ce. , ...,.....„ .0 6 a Buttcr(percwt.) 0 0 98 0 'crest: Butter ... 0 (6) 0 10 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 'ialt Ditto ~....... 9, V Coals 1 0 1 2 P o t a t oe s ;per at.) . 9 Rapeseed.. ...... ....”20 0 Sere—. ..... ..•.••-•.•• 1 , 15 1'0 THE ARTS.—Another martyr to the ent",7 ~o e ‘ they inspire has just fallen in Italy—John 1-°tbe architect, of York, and Honorary Secretary T o ne branch Government School of Design there, st arte d of of its most active and zealous promoters; he s c `' l , , it• from England on the sth of June, on a tour to, .J0`13,, zerland, Italy, and Sicily. After visiting ex- by Vicenza, and Venice, making numerous drawing.seoo the NITy, he went to Florence, and passed ft fe w find in sketching in the country between Fl o rence nu e Rome, Tend and its falls, Nar n i, a nd the picte Ed in subjects he met with on th a t rou te; be er r ' ve afte r Rome on the 3d of September; he was 500/1 1 1 in seized by the malaria fever, from which, the t , an danger, he partially r ecovere d ; b u t, urged e n f . ) ;',, t ue ardour of purpose, which his then weaken ed ,„, by could not support, he pressed forward to sea from Civita Vecchi a; a roug h voyage agg ra' o . ber , his malady, and he died at Naple s on the 18th O ct 3 4th in less than two days after his arrival, in th e year of his age. o f the MILITARY TOVEMENTS.—Six COUlpar lieel gar Coldstream Guards, arrived in our barracks I p re!. day last per rail from Gosport, where they t u „,: ii ieS viously landed from Canada. Two more c " u 'r o rt, - are now on their way home in the Pique tran sPhort and are expected to join those now here in "` their time. Opinion is divided as to the probability the two rpmaining here, and it is probable that wh_ remaining companies arrive the whole willb secon oy?ti L e to to the metropolis or its neighbourhood. r iß e leave battalion of the 12th are still here, but expect daily.—Humpshire Independent. o f Col' BIRTHS. Esq., On the 12th inst., the wile of Samuel Tillett , . cheater, Essex, of twin daughters. f I:ings On the 12th inst., the lady of Thomas Ware , Ef q" ° land-road, solicitor, of a dau g ht e r. _„„ uit .. , . , , th, On the 15th inst., at M o nt s gu-street, Portman- ''i lady of W. Archer, Esq., surgeon, of a son. Rector of Ba hwick, Bath, to Elizabeth , S., MARRIED. the car th. At St. Mary's Chureh,Cheltenham, the Rev. 11. 11 -• , of the late Rev. J. L. Harriilton, Rector of Ellesboreugh, 1__...7,,0ft On the lOth ult., at Malta, S. Rene, Esq.. to Jane, rZ O 4 Baughter of the late Hector Zimelli, Esq., Swedish and l' , wegian Consul at that Island.Alit' On the 15th inst. ,(Lurch' Robert . at St. Mar oifing son; Esq., of Berners-street, to Jane Dillon, only' surelsted. child of R. D. Tennant, Esq of Edinreagh. Tyrone. 1 At, On the 15th inst., at the"lndep•ndent Chapel, -Vl br hi e Mr. John Nash, of the same- Hannah, eldest daughter place, to of Mr. R. Tate. of Holborn, London. A of Croy only dattgot,:e ki, On the 15tb inst., at Croydon George Drunimon-, - tic ,.. ibis, Esc! , to Sarah ins on, Esq., of Fairfield House, Croydon. Cdeutta, Oil the 15th of September, at the Old Church , i ; Est t Frederick Alouat, M.D. son ~f Colonel Mouat, II; i aus h,. India Cons-anz's service to Mary Rennards. y ()tinge Br i xt on, . second daughter of William Sanders fer of the late William Boles, Esq , of Raleigh House, surrey. DIED. Gera rd 11 " 1- On the 26th tilt., at Csversham, babel, write of ston, Es., aged 24. ed SI . On th e 12th inst., at Cheam, Mr. W. Griffith og o f the On the 13th inst., at Bootham , York, MarY, r el ict late S. F. Barlow, Esq., of Middlethorpe, Yot kshre. erpetual On the 14th inst., the Rev. James Henry Stone, r . Curate of Eye, near Peterborough, aged .40. F. 14 On the 15th ins . . , at Carshalton , t he Rev. ~, ger f On the 14th inst., in High Holbor n, Mr. Benton,afeglotortt of that plate, and Slings Oakes, Chelsham, Serrey , sgc - A pt C: On the 15th inst. , in the Crescent, SouthatnP . ;..... '''... wife of Rubett Smith, Esq., aged 80. 0/ 11 4 4 .' ,On the 15th inst., at Gloucester-terrace, Cambridge.„.,.,,:;, Mr ( s ) . n tylg, ti ml t. 7 ,1 Sudbury, R. Andersen, Eol" age" On-.-- - _, ri d . ---- - -- .1 I N .., • - 0 V°' London: Printed and Published by Nam") d is , 1 9, S. ol '' No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offioe, No. - IT 1:80' the County al Middlesex, Thursday, Natasha ,"