The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-03 00:00:00

111. 1 . 7 . 111.. is iople, Shah, Otto! into rogt i tussia it. on , f i! b; yid by, have- (124.0 YrY, ljt .eaoloof aria . .1 14 S 4? 01 effr t Alt a f)tnel. !pi! ice . 4 0F • t 101 o ..- IA 1 • rar preo.pv osell7rl 40 111 1 to , , gOnt rtir!‘ El 06-11'AI • 1, 1 ,trucl'oli 4 lito Lb o Y=Fll #1 44 , I'AVV INTELLIGENCE. ,C H A.NCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westmin ster long rtoor:dal3- a , ea fo tn r io th , e first time sin c e th e t er min a ti on o f and pr ocee d e d w ith th e h ear i ng o f t!se and l unat i c petitions. 12eMany of the cause and charity petitions on the 4 USenc ,a_Per erewr struck out, in conseq uence e ither of the onsel or having previously been disposed of. , RE DURHAM CHARITIES. certaThiinSestWlSt the . petition of the surviving trustees of lef t fo es in the city of Durham, which had been t 431,, for estat es benefit and support of two bridges in the and the surplus rents were to be applied to the ior l i 'Port of a lecturer. The charities were formed as and g th a gO as 1698, .. the ancestors of Henry Baines, by tl trustees of them had always been appointed , e t r j h.ooat,rporation of Durham. It so happened, hoN%•• in the petition presented in 1836, under the ~,ne 7 e ' et t pal Act, for the appointment of new trustees, th e ' 4 ° charities were omitted ; since then, two of trustees of the other charities of the town had died, Zwhat the petition prayed was, either that it might to i n e e f r i etl to the Master to appoint new trustees, and eo4N. ad those two charities, or that they might . be th e ° Yell to the trustees of the other charities, under liirder of the Court. m r r. ItT.°:MILLY appeared for the petition. L ' ll :' did not oppose the petition, but sub por„e:il that the nomination should remain in the Cor 44.‘y%here it had been for the last century t . ion of such • 4 :‘ ° .riLL•ir had no objection to the adop ma.eourse. the3; .14 4 ° 41 ) CHANCELL OR ord e r e d it to be referred to th at ti B T -sr to appoint two new trustees, and declared ratio nom ination of the lecturer was in the Corpo -511 n of Durh am. Ti l r . ll. MATT ER OF SMITH, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. of 21 10 1 ' c, carne carne before th e Court upon the petition si on 4 . e I ‘,"e of Ja mes S m i t h , pray i ng t h at a Comnis- Pror,fOnatico inquir en d o m i g ht i s sue against him. rar e e t t affidavit; in support of the petition, it ap ad b e e n at Srilith Was so confirmed a lunatic, that it lunatic as „"nind necessary to place him in a private air . m ` G RAIkt appeared for the petitioner. o f the s„'„ °en t was couns e l f o r th e brothers and sister eatiti e d - PP°sed lunatic, and submitted that they were lu tistid. to att end the Commission, together with the • ora t n L ()11 1) CHANC E L LOR made the order for the to t 61.18141161; observing th a t th ere c ould be no objection the C - orm .. : atio and his brothers and sisters attending art A ' s ;l i° n , but it must be at their own expense, O a t , .4VANLEY V. THE EARL OF KINNAIRD. elf), a pplication of Alr. Wakefield, the LORD h a d 17414,0 R _ordered that the supplemental bill that b e f or 611 filed in this case, which had been set down the ae,L_Yice-Chancellor Wigram, be transferred to giai t yr of the Vice-Chancellor of England, the on "7-tlillaving been set down before his Honour. LS COURT.—(THIS DAY.) s TH E DEVON AND CORNWALL BANKING S 0. COMPANY. Was r - -` ll se, which had been part-heard yesterday,. a nd °s limed to-day, after some unopposed motions Itetitions had be en di spose d o f . Sp io e a pplication was on behalf of Mr. Henry ,77:1 late of the Banking Company of Sparks and 44; 4 Eketer, for an injunction to restrain the d!- 0tth,,!1t92-tr. Deny, who is registrar and public fro ft - `i e t the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, the-,-,'ssoing execution on a verdict obtained against w ar taitltitt in the Court of Queen's Bench, for up prte7„er 400/. ; also to restrain the said officer from `'`nlll. g in a suit to recover another sum of mentioned in the pleadings. It ap that Thomas Henry and Joseph Sparks . lkgk,, l l bankers in Exeter, and in the y . eal ta c t , i4 3 T agreed that Joseph should treat for selling till:transferring the business of their bank to the latteVl.and Cornwall Bank for 10,000/. ; that the d e h, were to wind up the affairs, assume the kid. u ; and discha rge th e li a biliti es o f Sp ar k s theb V4) * A part of th e arr angement was that eh t * L - evon and Cornwall Banking Company should plir tcrh- certain freehold and leasehold estates belonging kitt dad of Sp ar k s f or 24 ,00 01. A pr i va t e arrange - 4 ti also been made byJoseph Sparks on his own n t with the Devon and Cornwall Company, that Nuos e ph) was to purchase back the estates lit,g,Tled at th e pr i ce they (the Devon and Cornwall ti t (2 ) Were t o give, an d J ose ph accordingly had s i za Lvo It note for th'it sum, namely, 24,000/., and had spy time to time, paid 6,0001. of it. Joseph Ita lait ' f ,_ had since died, and the Devon against the 4 Co rnwall Company had proceeded for ° l ll y surviving partner, Henry Sparks, p o alance of 18,0001. 0n the part of the e had h it ts n ,d Cornwall Company it was stated that they used not Cornwall hlwigood the titles of the estates to be Sparks, le the surviving partner, Henry . t- 7„,jle had nothing to do with any privae rde c'llt n`7 . ,. o l the Company with his brother Joseph, - ..I ,.. a.„„7 ll ability to be bound thereby. 41 ' 1344 rd LANG having concluded his reply, ta - 1,"; 1 4.t, in passing judgment, said that the r decided was, whether the plaintiff was L'lvh e e 't to pay any money into Court, and if his a As - the transaction then appeared irdship, he thought he ought not Pel th e , the `whi ch ' Painful. money defendant to go on to .. corn to p a y the large sums of th eni t,1!:1 defendants claimed as due from him to Many in ,here were undoubtedly in the case a great the rtP ita nt questions, which, if not settled by --es without the intervention of the Court, Wer e t equire a great deal of discussion before . t they questi satisfactorily settled. But the singl e t arty °Tl a . c.. n Ovy to be considered was, whether on ave, ; v ia - vu Proceed on a legal right, which he might inl3' those h aving all the advantages of, perhaps, hav 11111 .,. P th en ° questions decided in his favour. His Lord rentien,o w ent on to recapitulate the facts above- Junctio n ' and declared it his opinion that the proc eed - 7 11 must be granted to restrain the With , L in g . ,• He would read over the answer and if v iew to determine whether any sum, I‘ishanY, wh a t sum should be paid i nto C ourt to b e d e d to avoid g i ving any opinion on the matters defendant eterr ained in th e case, b ut he d id not w i s h th e the ~,stitc. take a way t h e w h o l e o f t h e sums w h en fight be had n o t b een d e t erm i ne d, which • c determined in favour of the plaintiff. 1 7 017 :4-k-;t1 ANCERY,—(THIS DAY) the. v - - V I CE - CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) BT ' JAMES'S, CLBRKENWELL—SCOTT V. PAS b-,, CI LL, AND PASCALL V. SCOTT. tirCutbst:lS°l-111 gave judgment in this double case, the on it, ar ea COS of which, and the decision now given °Mc of great importance and interest to the 1, era Pari a h f u ratepayers of the large and . populous s; stated that he James's, Clerkenwell. His Honour the substantial t..at he meant ' to give judgment in both cases, • ex, question of which was, whether a deed 18i'7 11te ,1 by Mr. John Scott on the 27th of October, _Partie s s r,. lll d he allowed to stand as security, as the 4 11 z1 t . auirlof laiLing the cross bill insisted it should . do, for a 1,1, to the money said to be due from the said John Scot! • Parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. The plead `1;. ) 64 Weft '2, These. /lively extensive but the facts appeared to be v. t " month of March, 1834, John . Scott - hei ti ",. l.l eas public offices in the above parish, he i 44 0 0 unardi an of the Poor, and Overseer, and I ttil Trustee for some Church. In that month thiit e \ t :, asPicions were entertained by the paris Whe t , - John Scott had • not acted faithfully in the his ,;vuo 'sustained, but that be had appropriated to C0 1it „,, 4 use large sums belonging to the parish. A '1! tothe t"" tt ee was appointed by the parish to inves t tigato ru th of these circumstances, and John Scott took By eert tn a , at what was going forward in the Fin d s 14th ( * )f Ap r il n document s executed on the lathan of th 1834 . i t appeared that all the tangibleproper . tN . i < l iani e s s4id tkiln Scott was vested in his brother, -c °tt, and a gentleman named Turner. This ),4 tr pit rty consisted of a freehold, a leasehold tenement, • ass ) °l.t gage, and in addition a sweeping conveyance e ouv :' , ng over all his personal estate. These were all ,3ecl in trust for the use of Mrs. John Scott. was' Tuesday, the 15th of April, a warrant • Se,,,,. ta ken out for the apprehension of Mr. John the ""t, The above deeds were executed on ) of Albeit of the 14th, or the morning of the 15t kim . Vl], and on the morning of the latter day 'the 4 1 ) • Scott absconded, and remained abroad from th e he first left till the 26th of Oct., 1837. At offe time he left placards were issued about the parish, 314(1 11 n,_g a reward for the apprehension of Mr. J. Scott. Crator,.‘_oe terror of what was going forward appeared t(., 111:e very strongly on the mind of Mr. Scott. Beside ; die__N'arrant. in the month of June, 1835, an iplict nt outlawry was brought against him, ar:4 as hi th e °t aPPear in person to plead to that is as talnPiroceedings of outlawry were made ti,erfect against th at t 7 i • A ugust, 1836. It was fairly to be inferred p se e real ob,;ect of these proceedings was to enable g"roantconducting the prosecution, by means of soul,. the Crown, to obtain dominion over th( per son from It it, eatir . a o l property of dr. Scott, either to deprive him 01 co mpel him to appear to the indictment ; 1 in the v __ time his situation abroad appeared to be one o 4 sgreat distress. On the lath ot July, 1837, a letter. e t Tri 4 t,ed to have been drawn up by Mr. Bodkin, th, :touilffitileeren.tpttja.reiossdhucid,nsel, who throughout acted as the advise, was sent to the Committee, in the slam, ott. If really written by Mr.. Bodkin. • 'a great letter n 1 a great deal of credit, for it showed cu rnstan d e egree of feeling and regard, both for the cir • posc s h fM. J. Scott and the parish. The pro subs, ' "ever, C ) ntained both in this letter and in ; b y eel t one sent on the 20th of July, were rejected It appeared as if the parish was im- I n a. ° Z n a e b i :, 11 : 11 1 that nothing could satisfy it but the i „ „g _ se cured to it th e whole of that sum which. manner held out to be due to it from Mi On the 26th of October, 1837, Mr. Scott re '410:013:1 and iramediately proceeded to the Central Criminal Court, and pleaded to the pro ceedings of outlawry, which gave him the power of reversing them ; on the 27th he attended at the offices of Messrs. Pownall and Cross, where Mr. Bodkin and several other parties were present, and executed the deed which was the subject of the present proceedings. The question was, whether such an account of the sum due to it had been taken by the parish, from the security for which the Court ought not to relieve ? It appeared to him that no account had been taken. A committee commenced an investigation, and after it had made some progress in it, it is stated that when Mr. Scott appeared before it his manner was that of a man who considered himself guilfy. That, his Honour thought, was not the course that ought to have been taken ; the report itself states that much of it could only be considered specu lative, that its amount was not exact. In the proceed ings taken, the parish only professed to exercise a law ful power, but did they use that legitimate power in a lawful manner ? The whole course of the transaction appeared to show that there was an undue exercise of lawful power on the part of the parish. It was utterly inconsistent that the parish should be allowed to be come themselves judges in their own case, and with out allowing the matter to be investigated, to assume that to be an absolute debt due to them which their own Committee had stamped with the character of uncertainty and doubt. The justice of the case re quired then, not that the deed of the 27th of October, 1837, should be set aside altogether, but that it should be ordered to stand as security for what, on taking an amount, should appear to be the sum due to the parish on the 27th of October, 1837, with interest. The Court, therefore, declared that the deed must not stand absolutely as security for the sum of 10,5741. 19s. 2d., but for what should, by taking an account, be found to be justly due. The conduct of Mr. Scott was inconsistent with the supposition that nothing was due, but the account must be referred to the Master, to ascertain what was the amount of the debt, with interest. The Court would make no declaration as to costs, but he should reserve the consideration of them till he had the Master's Report before him. Even if it should turn out that nothing was due to the parish, it would still be a very great question as to how the costs should be disposed of. His Honour also decided that with re spect to an objection that had been taken as to the parties to the case, it was perfectly sustainable, though only Messrs. Pascall and Adams were made parties to it on behalf of the sixty-three Guardians of the parish. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) WILSON V. beLEAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a lady keeping a young lady's school, against the defendant to recover 671. 10s. for the board and education of the two daughters of the defendant. The first count of the declaration claimed 261. 55., because the plaintiff had, contrary to agreement, removed his daughters without giving a quarter's notice of his in tention so to do; which notice, according to his agreement, the plaintiff contended that defendant was bound to give. The second count claimed 45/. 15s. for work and labour done. Defendant did not join issue on the second count, but paid the sum of 451. 15s. into Court. The defendant pleaded to the first count, that he had given the ne cessary notice, and thereupon issue was joined. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman, and the Jury found for the plaintiff for 26/.55. Mr. THESIGER, on behalf of the defendant, now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Learned Counsel contended that the defendant had really given all the notice required by the agreement, and that the dispute had arisen entirely from the confused and ar bitrary manner in which the plaintiff divided what she called the " school year," consisting of nine months. The COURT granted a rule nisi. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) BLACKBOURNE AND ANOTHER, V. WHITEHEAD--LOAN SOCIETIES. This was an action brought by the trustees of the Amicable Loan Society, to recover the sum of 91., being the balance due upon a bill of exchange, of which the defendant was one of the acceptors, and which had been received by the Society as security for a loan of 151., advanced to a person whose name did not appear. The case was tried before the Se condary, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Sir T. WYLDB now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial. The action was brought under the sth and 6th Will. IV., c. 23, one of the provisions of which was, that loan societies, whose rules were deposited, certified, and enrolled in manner and form therein specified, should have against defaulting borrowers and their sureties certain facilities for recovering payment, not available under other circumstances; and, further, they were allowed to receive as security unstamped bills of exchange or promissory notes, and to proceed upon them with the same effect as if they were stamped. In the present case it appeared that at the time when the loan was made and the bill of ex change drawn, the rules of the Society were not certified, enrolled, &c., as required by the Act. Therefore, the Learned Sergeant contended, that the Society did not., at the time of the loan, come under the Act, and the unstamped bill ought not have been received in evidence. On this ground he moved for a rule to set aside the verdict, and grant a new trial.—ltule to show cause granted. TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1842. gone off rather flatly this morning. There are no public sales of sugar announced for this day. , The Hosiery Trade intend, we hear, to wait upon the Lord Mayor to ask his protection from a system of annoyance. The sale of braces and other articles made in part, orin whole, of caottchouc, is an important branch of the hosiery trade, and a company having a patent is pursuing retailers for penalties. Many com promises, it is said, have already been made rather than Chancery proceedings should be brought into operation against the parties. , PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties 8/ 6s. Bd. . Ed D in i b tt u o r Nw e e i and Glasgow 5O — ...... to Ditto New Great Western bitto New . .. 50 London and Blackwell London and Birmingham 9O Ditto Thirds Ditto New Northern and Eastern Paris and Rouen ... .... . ...... 20 South Eastern and Dover... Ditto Scrip . . . - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 2.—The market is quiet, but steady. Manchester and Leeds Half Shares, 28} ; Manchester and Birmingham, 19i to 20 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 45i to 46 ; Man chester and Liverpool District Bank, 10i. ~ t • - KINOTT. V. FORD. This was an action of debt, in which the verdict was for the defendant, who proved that he had ten dered, before the action commenced, the amount for which he was sued; but the tender was accompanied by a condition that the plaintiff should admit a certain set-off, and give a receipt in full of all demands. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL ob►tained a rule absolute for a new trial, the Court holding that a tender made with such conditions was not a legal tender. PETITT V. MITCHELL. The plaintiff in this case is an auctioneer, carrying on business in Brewer-street, Golden-square, and this action was brought to recover 311., the amount at which the defendant, a draper, bought a piece of cloth on sale in the plaintiff's rooms. The defence was, that the cloth was deficient of the measure which it was stated to contain when put up to auction. This, however, was not held at the trial to be a good de fence, because the defendant took away the cloth from the sale-room before he measured it. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS now obtained a rule nisi for : new trial on the ground of misdirection. The Court rose shortly after one o'clock. EXCHEQUER COURT—THIS DAY. The Court proceeded this morning to take the pe remptory paper. THOMAS V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF SWANSEA. In this case a rule had been obtained last term by Mr. Earle, calling on the Mayor and Corporation of Swansea to show cause why the Master should not review his taxation of the plaintiff's bill of costs, and state the amount of the items disallowed. The charges in question were for certain services performed by the plaintiff, as Town-clerk of the Cor poration. Two or three of the items for legal and other expenses were objected to by the Corporation under the Municipal Act. Mr. CROMPTON now appeared against the rule, and contended that the taxation of the Master should not be disturbed. The arguments in the case were of a purely technical nature. The COURT held that the Master's taxation should not be interfered with ; and the rule was accordingly discl , arged with costs. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FORD V. THE HON. ST. JOHN FOLEY. Sir J. Baillie and Mr. Thessiger appeared to show cause against the rule obtained yesterday in this cause. An action was brought last Trinity term to re cover from the defendant 1,0001. upon a promipory note given by him to Mrs. Edwards, and parsed by her to the plaintiff. The defendant to this pleaded four pleas--first, that he did not make the promisso:y to P Mr s. Ed wards ; secondlx, that Mrs. Edw: a d s 'did not _se it to the plaintiff; thirdly, ttiat she was at theendto_r a married woman; and y that the consideirm.ae tion was for the purse of living in adultery tii with the defendant hitn.6o4„: A postponement of rial took place, in .consequence of an afhdavit statinz e Mr. EdwP,:i-ds and Mrs. Edwards were necessary - wiat , nessFs, but could not be found, for the purpose of serring them with subpoenas, and on condition that the money should he paid into Court ; and for the same reason a rule nisi to postpone the trial was ob tained yesterday, upon the affidavit of Mr. Cook, de fendant's attorney, stating that every exertion had been made to discover their residence, and that the le,fendant was himself discharging his public duty is Aide-de-Camp to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land, and was not, therefore, able to make an affidavit. The plaintiff, in reply, stated in his affidavit that the defendant, in a correspondence which he had with the deponent, admitted his liability to Gray, and that the plea of Mrs. Edwards being a married woman was used for the purpose of delaying the action, she 'laving admitted to deponent that her husband was lead, and that she was a widow, and that. the Hon. Mr. Foley's being in Ireland was no substantial remon why he could not make an affidavit. Mr. ITtELL replied in support of the rule. Mr. Justice PATTESON—AIthough the paymcnt of money into Court appears to give a greater security to the party, yet when there is reason to suspect such pay ment to have been made for the purpose of postponing trial, ad libit um, I don ' t see how I can i n t er f ere . In this case I do not think sufficient diligence has been used.—Rule discharged, with costs. (Sittings at Nisi eilll6 ) roRD v roL , T The first CAUSO called on was that . in which the rune rties e concerned and talc facts of which IYaye (116034 Sir J. Baillie opened the pleadings, and Mr. Thesi ger stated the case. Mr. Cook, the defendant's attorney, proved that the hand -writing of the promissory note passed to Mrs. Edwards, was that of the Hon. St. John Foley. Mr. Lane proved the endorsement of the note by Mrs. Edwards to the present plaintiff. There was no defence. The Jury found for the plaintiff, 1,0001. damages, and 40s. costs. Mr. THESIGER—Can we now apply, my Lord, to have the money taken out of Court ? Mr. UDELL—That will be the subject of another motion. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You can't uply while I am sitting at nisi prius. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.) IN RE REUBEN MARTIN 4ADP• The insolvent, the well-known pugilist, commonly called Reuben Martin, came up for judgment this day. He had already been frequently before the Court, when the particulars were reported in The Sun. After a few words, Mr. Commissioner HARRIS ordered him to be discharged forthwith. CONTEMPT OF COURT.-IN RE EDWARD NASH. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Coolie, on behalf of Mr. Lewis Norton. solicitor, and after hearing evi dence, the case was adjourned to procure the attend ance of a witness. As the opposing creditor was passing out of Court by the box allotted to the insolvents, Nash stood up, and placing himself in a fighting attitude, said, " D— your eyes, I will give you a dig in the face, I will serve you out." Mr. Commissioner Hams said, it was enough that creditors should suffer by being deprived of their money, without being threatened and insulted. He should, therefore, remand the prisoner to the Debtor's prison for the county of Middlesex, and no new order for hearing to be made, until he was purged of the contempt of Court. IN RE DANIEL RUFFN.ELL. The insolvent was opposed for a vexatious defence, by which his creditor was put to costs equal to twice the amount of his debt ; and remanded for Mx months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEN WELL.--(THIS DA Y.) Michael Marlow, late a police constable in the N division, N 0.139, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Marlow, a gentleman residing in Wood-green, Tottenham, said the prisoner applied to him at half past six on Sunday evening for money,-he presented a petition, stating that he had a wife and children in great distress, and a farther and mother depending on him for support; that he had left the police a short time before in consequence of ill health. There was a certificate of good character, purporting to be from Mr. Johnson, superintendent of the N division, ap pended to the petition. He produced several other do cuments, and by the number of signatures attached to the memorial, seemed to have received numerous and considerable sums of money. He gave him some money, and affixed his signature. N 26 deposed that the prisoner was discharged from the police because he was charged with felony at Worship-street police office, and for other misconduct. Mr. CONIBE said he would at present remand the prisoner, whom he believed to be an impostor. MARYLEBONE.-(T HIS DAY.) A respectably dressed young man, but whose clothes had apparently sustained, but lately, very rough usage, was charged on suspicion of felony. Police constable 57 D, said that he found the de fendant last night, about eight o'clock, lying insen sibly drunk across the pavement of the New-road. He therefore took him to the station-house. The Inspector said, that when searched, a great deal of valuable property was found on him. On being asked his name this morning, he refused to give it, or to furnish any account of himself. The property was here produced, and among other articles was a silver-watch and chain, several silk and woollen handkerchiefs, all new. Twenty-four sove reigns in a bag, a pocket-book containing one ten, and two five-pound notes, besides other valuable papers. Mr. LONG to prisoner—What is your name, Sir ? —I do not wish to give my name. Mr. LONG—Then I must commit you to prison— what is your employer's name ? (With considerable hesitation)—My name is John -Kinnaird. Mr. LONG—How are you employed ?—My master keeps a wholesale warehouse in Cheapside, and the money I collected for him. In answer to other questions, the prisoner would give no further information, and he was remanded till Saturday, to give time for further inquiries. Wm. Miles, a tall, powerful fellow, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and injuring Mrs. Games, a respectable married female, and also assault ing a police constable, and was fined 20s. for each assault, or one month's imprisonment. UNION HALL.- 7 (THIS . DAY.) James Mullett, the son of a respectable auctioneer, was charged with the'following robberies. It appeared that the prisoner had absconded from his father's house, after taking some property, and having kept away, as soon as he expended what he had he engaged a lodging, in which other young men were, and got up in the night and carried off their clothes. He subsequently went to other lodging houses, and committed similar depredations, until he was at length taken into custody, when several of the articles he had possessed himself of in the way de scribed were found upon him. In the course of the examination it appeared that the prisoner had for a considerable length of time contracted dishonest habits, although his parents, who are highly respect able, had done everything in their power to cure his propensity for ;theft. He had &so suffered former imprisonment in the House of Correction, where he had undergone the strict discipline of the gaol, with out its tending to improve: his habits. The MAGISTRATE said that it was quite useless to inflict summary punishment on such a hardened offender, and therefore committed him for trial. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There are higher rates of insurance offered on the British Queen, regarding the safety of which the public anxiety does not appear to abate, but it is hoped that some arrival will ere long put us in pos session of authentic particulars, supposing her to have really put back. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was quiet yes terday, and prices were steady. Sales 2,500 bales, viz., 300 bales Surat at 34d. to 4d.; 60 bales Rlaranham 54d.; 40 bales Bahia, bid. ; 150 bales Egyptian, 6d. to 64d. ; and 1,960 bales American, aid. to 6d. per. lb. Railway Shares were firm. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 45i ; Grand Junction, 173 ; Great 'Western, 834: Birmingham Quarter, 471; Brighton, 361 ; and Paris and Rouen, 224. The Belgians, suffering like ourselves from the de pression of trade, hare turned their thoughts to colo nisation, but the scheme in reference to Vera Paz is generally disapproved of by the Press of that country, and is therefore not likely to be carried out. There is another project, however, for the settlement of Belgian agriculturists in the thinly populated pro vince of San Catharine, in Brazil, which appears to find inore favour, and the Commissioners sent over are empowered to select a tract of 400 square leagues. ' The country is fertile, and the climate is said to be good, though probably the Government will hare to look after the matter. Every day, in fact, proves more and more the imperative necessity of our own Government attending to the control of emigration, the British American Association being a case in point, should any recent one be necessary to adduce. There are, it is true, authorised agents at the different ports, Lieutenant Lean acting for London ; but this is scarcely sufficient. The Consul Market has not been so firm this morning for Accouut or for Money. In other words, for immediate transfer Consols are worth 4 per cent. more than for the next settling-day. We quote the latter at 931 and the former at 931 4. The Bank brokers ' bought 10,0001. stock for the Savings Banks, as is assumed. This makes very nearly 50,0001. on the same account in two days. The purchases were to be continued. The object, no doubt, is the enhancement of prices, and thus frustrating the contemplated reduction of the rates of interest upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., the price of which, this morning, is 1004 4, and for the New Stock 1014 4. Exchequer Bills are 575. 9d. premium ; India Bonds 50s. to 525. prem. ; and Bank of England Stock 166 to 167. The Foreign Stock Exchange has assumed rather more activity to-day ; business having been transacted in several of the Bonds.. Mexican Stock has been at 321 32 ; Peruvian are firm at 17 171. The Bond• holders are looking for some good accounts from the Republic, but we can scarcely hope that any remittances will be made, except for a small divi dend, for a long time yet. Spanish Bonds are fiat at 171 4, for the Active Stock. There have been no fresh quotations of the New Three per Cents. up to this hour. Danish Stock is quoted at 83 to 831 ; Dutch Five per Cents. at 1001; Portuguese Converted at 324 ; Brazilian at 63 ; and Buenos Ayres at 22. There has been a very limited demand for Railway- Shares this morning. The public have received with satisfaction the announcement of a reduction in the fares of the London and Blackwell Company. We say to the Greenwich and Croydon Directors " go and do likewise." Blackwell Shares have been purchased this morning at 94 discount. The London and Bir mingham Thirds, have been quoted at 281 premium the New Ditto at 28 premium; the Eastern Counties, New, at 1 premium; and the Paris and Rouen at 21 premium per share. I AO public Woo of Paco And otllcr produce, inwq MUSIC. THE MUSICAL BIJOU FOR 1843. Edited by F. H. Burney. The "Musical Bijou" for 1843 falls nothing short of its predecessors in beauty of exterior, or in the in trinsic value of its contents. The embellishments are of the most gorgeous description, and in the list of contributions (comprising no less than sixty-six pieces, vocal and instrumental), we are pleased to observe the names of many of our po p u lar native composers, in addition to those of several foreigners of distinction. Among the most attractive features we may individualise the " Cujus Animam," and two other gems from Rossini's celebrated " Stabat Mater" —two new and capital sets of quadrilles (the "Royal Naval," and the "Neapolitan") by the prince of quadrille writers, Jullien—two ballads by Crouch, the composer of " Kathleen Mavourneen," and various morceaux of distinguished merit from the favourite pens of Sir H. R. Bishop, B. J. Loder, John Barnett, John Parry, J. P. Knight, C. Horn (author of the " Deep, deep Sea"), and other esteemed composers. Among the instrumental contributors we observe, also, the names of Milliard, Weippert, C. Glover, &c. &c. On the whole we are inclined to think this the best Number of the "Musical Bijou" that has hitherto appeared. SIR CHRISTOPHER, WREN'S OPI NION ON INTERMENTS IN CHURCHES. I could wish (said he) all burials irichurches might be disallowed, which is not only unwholesome, but the pavements can never be kept even, nor pews upright; and if the churchyards be close about the church, this also is inconvenient, because, the ground being conti nually raised by the graves, occasions, in time, a de scent by steps into the church, which renders it damp and the walls green, as appears evidently in all the old churches. It will be inquired, where, then, shall be the bu rials ? I answer, in cemeteries seated in the out skirts of the town ; and since it is become the fashion of the age to solemnize funerals by a train of coaches, though the cemeteries should be half a or more distant from the church, the charge need be little or no more than usual. But for the poor, and such as must be interred at the parish charge, a public hearse of two wheels and one horse may be kept at small expense, the usual bearers to lead the horse, and take out the corpse at the grave. A piece of ground of two acres in the fields will be purchased for much less than two roods among the buildings. This being inclosed with a strong brick wall, and having a walk round, and two cross walks, decently planted with yew trees, the four quarters may serve for parishes, where the dead need not be disturbed at the pleasure of the sexton, or piled four or five upon one another, or the bones thrown out to gain room. In these places beautiful monuments , r, with large marble may be erected ; but yet the dimensions should t o o f m e b v s e , r3 ; would shoulderdon;when a pyramid, be regulated by an architect, and not left to the fancy a good bust, or statue on a proper pedestal will take for th o u u s t th il e ie r p ic oo h up little room in the quarters, and be more proper than figures lying on marble beds. The walls will contain escocheons and memorials for the dead, and the area good air and walks for the living. It may considered, further, that if the cemeteries be thus thrown into fields, they will bound the excessive growth of the city with a graceful border, which is now encircled with scavengers' duogstalls, FAILURE IN BIRMINGHAM.--A letter from Bir mingham, dated Nov. 2, says, a good deal of anxiety was experienced amongst our manufacturers this morning by the rumour of-the failure of the house of Messrs. Goddard and Hill, American merchants and factors, which unfortunately , turns out to be true. The firm carried on an extensive buFiness, chiefly with the small hardware manufacturers in the adjoin ing towns, who will b e th e pr i nc i pa l s ufferers. The liabilities of the conce rn are state d a t 60,000/., and the embarrassments which h ave l e d t o the present failure are attributed to the gra d ua l d ec li ne of our trade with lc prohibits h a large America for some yea rs p as t, ow i ng to the competi tion of the German m anu f acturers , and also to the operation of the new tariff, wh* proportion of our good s . DEATH FRO M Lo cx J aw Yesterday an inquisi tion was taken before M r . W a kl ey, M.P., at the Kin g 's Head Inn, Mill-hill, i n the parish of Hendon, on the body of John Burr e ll, aged 34. Jr. Henry heaton, surgeon, of Mill-hill, deposed, that °ll th Saturday, the 18th inst., h e was at hi s house, when It w e he was informed that th e d ecease d wa s lying dead in the road, having bee n run over. asevening of between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and dark. He found the deceased lying in the road about 30 y ards from that house, with the inte gume nts of the left arm lacerated in a frightful ma nner. O n b r i n ging him into the house and examining him more m i n utely, he found the blade bone of the shoulder broken in two or three places. He attended him until symptoms of lock jaw set in, o f w hich he died, and which resulted from the inj ur i es . On inquiring of deceased as to the cause of theoccutr'rreidnacye, was riding a young colt in fr on t o f his cart laden with man ure, and the colt all at once b ecam e restive. He last, when said he was struggling with the animal, and was suddenl y thrown, in consequence of by the noise of some boys near . Before he could recov er himself the whe e l s o f t h e ca rt went over him. By the Jury—He attributed grea t bl ame to the boys, who, he said, were clapping their han ds the horse being startled and shouting very loud. A j uror sa id he also un derstood that one of the boy s had thrown a stone, and he hoped that somethin g would be done to prevent their unruly conduct. The Coroner said, surely they cou ld not inflict punishment on the boys for shouting. Pleasure was not so abunda n t that they need en deavour to put a stop to it. In a dull place like that he thought it must be a great luxury to the inhabi tants to hear the mirthful vociferations of a few boys. A Juror — Yes , but it is no great luxury , Mr. Co roner, to have your window s , and probably your head, broken with stones being thrown, which was nearly m y case once. Aft er , long discussion and further early evidence, it was found impossible to inculpate the boys in the death of the deceased, and ultimately the Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died of lock-jaw, occasioned by an accidental fall and being run over. THE STORM ON THE SCOTCH I.IOAD .: vT.-4NVERNESS. —The boisterous weather which commenced upon Monday last week has continued ever since, with little or no intermission. Wind N. and N.E. The Duke of Richmond steame r left Granton at her usual ne hour, and encountered the gales on Tuesday on her way to Aberdeen, off which sh e d o d ge d f or some time, but the sea ran so h i gh upon th e b ar that it . 'Captain Campbell then mst'eaesreilnposs d for passengers there; and this bein g equally impracticable, he judged it his most pr udent c ourse, for the safety of i s b t l o e n to ehaygeent , hoping in. t o b e able to l an d hi s all, to run out to sea, and lie -to till the storm abated. This he accordingly did, and upon Thurday, it having moderated a little, he again made for Aberdeen, off which he found the Sovereign and Bonny Dundee 1 steamers waiting for the signal to cross the bar. The Sovereign, as drawing less water, entered first, then the Bonny Dundee, followed by the Duke. After a most tem pestuous passage, the Duke reached Inverness no.xt day (Friday), and left for Leith at two o'clock next morning. The North Star was also out in the storm of last week, which came on upon this side of Flamborough Head. She was obliged to put into Bridlington Bay, where she remained for twelve hours, and reached Inverness on Saturday. The Maid of Morven, upon the second day of the gale, a ft er leaving Burghead, was watched with deep anxiety a nd alarm by groups of people upon the Moray side, the wind at the time blowing a most I terrific hurricane, the sea running fearfully high, and shore, the vessel being on a lee slt was feared by the spectators that she would be cast upon the Findhorn sand-banks, but the captain of the Maid, equally alive to the danger, ordered sail to .be made. The first hoisted was blown to rags, but a second attempt was more successful, and with this aid the little witch got to windward, sometimes completely buried out of sight from land in the yawning gulfs between each successive billow. She arrived all well that same afternoon at five o'clock in Inverness. Tuesday night and Wednesday we had a long fall of snow, and upon the latter night the wind again increased with heavy showers of rain, accompanied with frequent flashes of lightning.—. Ross-shire Advertiser. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the ColuMbine, *eft Rotterdam, arrived off the Cus tom-house at eIM4 'o'clock ,this day, , with the PIAtCII Magi ' I ' )— ,,.''''. '7 'ii - 4 W. 1.14 ".' , t4 : ' . , . • "0 la, V • THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. KENDAL—TUESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. The following is a list of the candidates for the office of Town Councillor for the Borough of Kendal, with the number of votes registered for each at the close of the poll : EAST WARD. LIBERALS. TORIES. Mr. T. Broeklebank .. 88 Mr. John Gandy Bl I Mr. Samuel Bolton ... 88 Mr. Forrest WEST WARD. Mr. H. Ifewetson.... 84 I Mr. Parkin .. 49 Mr. John Fisher ..... 84 I Mr. Longmire........ 43 NORTH WARD. Mr. I. Edmondson .... 79 ➢ir. Banks . 87 Mr. John Bitching ... 59 Mr. Raves 5B Andrew Thompson, C artist Mr. Longmire, a Tory, has been replaced by Mr. Banks, a Tory. The corporation, therefore, remains as it was—all Liberals except one. BRIDPORT, Nov. 2. The following persons were duly elected Coun cillors for the borough of Bridport NORTH WARD. Mr. John Pike Stephens (Reformer) Mr. Joseph Ralston (Reformer) Mr. John Smith (Tory) SOUTH WARD. Mr. Walter Eustace Gundry (Reformer) . 235 Mr. Richard Tucker (Tory) lBl Mr. Joseph Gundry (Reformer) 152 GREAT YARMOUTH, Nov. 2. • The following persons (all Reformers) have been elected Councillors for Great Yarmouth : NORTH OR ST. NICHOLAS WARD.—Charles May and William Henry Bessey. MARKET WARD.—Edward Sewell and Stephen Miller. _ _ _ REGENT WARD.—Cufaude Davie and John Fish. ST. GEORGE'S WARD.---Philip Pullyn and Thomas Lettis, sen. NELSON WARD.—Samuel Robinson and John Sy monds. GORLESTON AND SOUTIITOWN OR ST. ANDREW'S WARD.—Aaron Thrower and William Hurry Palmer. The following is the result of elections which have take taken place in other boroughs BOSTON.---TllO Tories have obtained the majority. BURT ST. EDMUND'S.—No opposition by the Li berals. _ CAMBRIDGE.—Four Liberals retired and six Tories, in whose places were elected 8 Tories and 2 Liberals. COLCHESTER.—The Tories in a majority. DOVER.—Five Tories returned and one Liberal ; the strength of parties in the Council remains as before the election. ILkawicii.—Liberals, 9 ; Tories, 9. Irswicir.—The parties here stand at present—Li berals, 19 ; Tories, 21. It is stated that this election has cost the Tories upwards of 2,0001. LEEDS.—The Council here now consists of 42 Reformers and 22 Tories. LEICESTER.—There have been elected here 10 Li berals, 3 Tories, and -1 Chartist. LunLow.—The parties here ars equally balanced. MANCHESTER.—Every Councillor elected is a Li beral. ----- PRESTON.—The majority returned are of Conser vative politics. STOCKPORT.—A gain of one to the Tories. SOUTHAMPTON. — The elections in this town have ended most favourably for the Liberal party. WALLINGFORD. — Three Tories and one Liberal re turned without opposition. WIGAN.—The Reformers offered no opposition. WINDSOR.—Five Tories out of six were returned. WORCESTER.—AII who have been elected are ' Liberals. Yonic.—Eight Conservatives to four Whigs, being one Conservative more than was elected last year. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) I am happy to inform you Glasgow has done its duty. Four o'clock closed the poll this day in favour of the free trading party—there is now a majority of Liberal men in the Council: The struggle was hard by both parties, but I am happy to say justice has gained the day. The Conservatives, by this election, have ruined themselves by the means they brought to bear on the electors. Bribes to the amount of ten pounds were offered, but, as far as I have yet heard, only in one instance was it taken. The majority in favour of the Liberals is such (I have not learned the amount) that farewell to monopoly in Glasgow for ever may be pasted in placards on the four corners of the city. The Tories were to-day and yesterday like men escaped from Bedlam. One gentleman in particular, of church-building notoriety, was (I am told) cau tioned by his medical attendant to take a day's fishing on Loch Lomond, for fear of consequences. This he would not do, but should anything occur his medical adviser has nothing to answer for.—Glasgow, Nov. 1. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—On Monday the Orestes corvette, Commander the Hon. S. Carnegie, got under weigh, and proceeded through the Needles on her way to the West India station, taking dispatches for Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., which she will land at Ber muda, and thence go to Jamaica and the Leeward Islands. On Monday the Success hulk, with the mooring lighters, was towed into the harbour for the winter season, operations on the wreck of the Royal George at Spithead being discontinued until next summer. Major-General Pasley will quit this neighbourhood in a few days for London. On Sunday the Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, arrived from Quebec, where she arrived from Plymouth on the 30th September, and left on the Bth October, bringing home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under Colonel Lascelles, which disembarked on Monday, per Echo steamer, at Spithead. She will return to Plymouth in a day or two. The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, is hourly expected from the same quarter, with two companies of the Grenadier and Colstream Guards; also, the Crocodile, 26, Mr. Elson, master, commanding. The crew of the Jaseur, 16, Commander Willis, is to be turned over to the new sloop Frolic, lately launched at this port. The brig Racer, 16, Commander Harvey, recently from the West Indies, is paid off, and is to be surveyed for re-commissioning. The Thunderer, 84, Captain Pring, is refitting in Plymouth Sound, destined, according to report, to proceed to Rio de Janeiro with dispatches. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, may be ex pected to arrive from the Mediterranean in about a fortnight, to be paid off. The Inconstant, 36, Cap tain Mitchell, was at Malta on the 12th October, but had received no orders at that date to proceed to England. At Spithead—Calcutta, 84. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent., Royal George yacht, Resistance, Jaseur, Nautilus, Echo, and Austrian frigate Bellone.—BrightonGazette. Woonwica, Nov. 2.—The Dee steam-vessel, Master Commander Thomas Laen, which sailed yes terday with two companies of the Royal Artillery for Barbadoes, has been ordered to call at Portsmouth and Plymouth on her passage out. Immediately on the two companies of the Royal Artillery being landed in the West Indies, the two companies they are sent to relieve at that station will embark in the Dee and return to England. The employment of steam troop-ships to convey regiments and detach ments from one distant station to another, and the use of railways for the same purpose at home, will be found equivalent to the addition of 2,000 or 3,000 men to the army, if the comparative periods of time occupied in an inactive state by the men, when con voyed in transport sailing vessels instead of steam, or when marching on land instead of being conveyed by railways, be taken into consideration. The Gorgon steam-vessel, one of the present first class steam-vessels, has been ordered to be brought forward immediately at Woolwich for commission. The Acheron and Megmra steam-vessels, which have been refitted at Woolwich, have been ordered to Sheerness, for the purpose of being commNsioned at that port. The Sulphur, late surveying vessel, and at present used as a hulk for the crew of the Sultana, belonging to the Imaum of Muscat, has been ordered to be fitted up for the use of the engineers' apprentices under a course of instruction. They are to be under the superintendence of Commander G. Smith, who was recently appointed additional to the William and Mary yacht, with Mr. William Shaw as first engi neer. The boys are to be instructed by Mr. Shaw, who will have the entire control of the mess depart ment, Bc.c. There are upwards of thirty boys at pre sent receiving instruction in this branch of the naval service in the dock and school, under the superintend ence of Mr. John Dennin, ono of the engineer fore men belonging to the factory. --- Societies for putting down the smoke nuisance have during the Season been formed at Manchester and Leeds. The Society at Manchester states that the difference between the wear of linen on ordinary days and on Sundays, or holidays, when the fires of the f urn aces of that town are not in full action, was found, on a low estimate of the destruction of clothing and extra expense of washing, from sooty particles in the air, to be a loss of one - halfp enn y per head each week for every working man's family. This for Man chester alone would amount to a charge upon the in habitants of 30,0001. per annum, and in London, at the same average, to an annual charge of 162,520/. ARCHES' COURT. —The case of Jones v. Jones came on for hearing yesterday, being a suit for nullity of m arriage, on the ground that the wife was married in a wrong name. It appeared that the surname only was incorrect, and the Judge (Sir Herbert Jenner) was of opinion that the libel could not be admitted, and that a party being married -even under an as sumed name, did not vitiate the contract H .I,ac cotdingly decreed the marriage va lid, • J i•‘.• FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. John Thomas Selwin, Esq., Mrs. Selwin, and family, at the ;Waterloo Hotel, dermyn-street, from their seat at Harlow ; Mr. and Mrs. Barry, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, at ditto, from Somersetshire ; Hon. William Petre, at ditto, from Southampton ; John Bainbridge, Esq., and Captain Waters, at ditto, from Irelarid ; Mr. and Mrs. Grant de Lonkueville, and the Misses Colmore, at Markwell's London Family Hotel, Bond-street, from the Continent; .Mrs. Lindsay, and the Miss Cruikshanks, at ditto, from Scotland; Capt. Lindsay, at ditto, from Scotland; Lady Macdonald, at ditto, from Berks ; John Blayds, Esq., at ditto, from York shire; Hon. Henry St. John, at ditto, from Cranford. DEPARTURES. Mr., Mrs., and Master Oliver, from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Melton ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, from ditto, for Pope's Lodge, Bracknell ; Captain Levett, from ditto, for Devonshire ; Rev. H. T. Young, from ditto, for Colchester ; Henry Surtees, Esq., from ditto, for Norfolk ; Monsieur Schirmacher, from ditto, for Liverpool ; Baron Avme, for Ham burgh ; Mr. and Mrs. Iltad Thomas, prom Markwell's London Hotel, Bond-street, for Swansea; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Corbally, from ditto, for Worcester shire ; Mr. and Mrs. Charleton, from ditto, for De vonshire. THE COURT.—We are enabled to state on the beat authority, that the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have given up their intended visit to Brighton for the present, and instead will go to Weimer Castle, the seat of the Duke of Wellington, on the Kentish coast. We understand extensive pre parations have already commenced there for the re ception of the Queen and Court in the course of the ensuing week, the Noble and Gallant Duke having given up the use of the Castle solely for her Majesty's convenience. The Duke leaves Apsley house before nine o'clock this morning for Walmer Castle, in order to make every necessary preparation for the residence of the Queen and Prince. The whole of the Noble and Gallant Duke's domestic establishment leave Walmer Castle for town on Saturday, on which day a portion of the Royal Household will arrive there. It is very probable that her Majesty, after a sojourn of ten days or a fortnight at Walmer Castle, may pro ceed from thence to spend a few weeks at the Pavi lion, at Brighton, where the necessary preparations are still in progress for the reception of the Court. Her Majesty will proceed from Windsor to Padding ton by the great Western Railway, and from thence through Kent by the usual route to Deal. PROPORTION OF VALUE OF MONEY AND PRICES IN DIFFERENT PERIODS.—Taking two periods of twenty years each, if from 1440 to 1460, the average prices of wheat were 6s. Bd. per quarter, and from 1686 to 1706, it were 40s. the quarter, it is plain that Si. in the time of Henry VI. would have purchased 15 quarters of wheat, for which quantity in the latter period 30/. must have been paid. So that 30/. in 1706 would be no more than equivalent to Si. in the period 1440-1460 (Henry VI.) Again, if oats in the former period were generally at 2s. the quarter, and from 1686 to 1706 12s. the quarter, it is mani fest that that 12s. in the latter period would be no more than equivalent to 2s. in the former, though but a sixth of it. Ale in the former of the two periods named was only lid. the gallon; in the latter, Bd.; or rather more than five-fold more. Si. in the former period would purchase no more ale than somewhat above 25/. in the latter. Good woollen cloth, in the former period, was 3s. 7id. per yard, at which rate Si. would have purchased 28 yards or thereabouts. In the latter period, the same quantity of fine cloth cost some what under 351. There is good reason to believe, that beef, mutton, bacon, and other common provisions of life were six times as cheap in the former as in the latter period ; so that 28/. or 301. a year between 1686.1706 was really no greater sum than Si. be tween 1440 and 1460. SLEEP OF ANIMALS AND MAN.—Most animals sleep more than man ; some, indeed, for months, as the hibernating tribes of bats, dormice, marmots, and bears. Cats and dogs would seem to have the faculty at will, as have some idiots and persons of a low order of intellect. The ideas or impressions upon their minds are so feeble or so few, or are made at such long intervals, that succession is lost for want of con tinuity; hence the organ retains imperfectly, and but for an instant, the image which the external senses have presented to it ; weariness supervenes, uncon sciousness follows, and lastly sleep, as a necessary con sequence of inanition, is induced. It is observed, however, that monkeys do not sleep as much as other animals. Whence is this apparent deviation from the ordinary law of nature affecting animals ? Is a mon key a reasoning animal ? Observe a dog chained ;he twists his chain, shortens it, and cuts himself off from his platter. Does he seek to untwist it, to re store the links to their wonted extension ? No ;he continues tugging and howling till some friendly hand frees.him from his toils, and restores him to his former range. But how is it with the monkey under similar difficulties 1 Why, he deliberately untwists the chain which he cannot sunder, and hence evinces something like reason. Is the sleeplessness of monkeys, then, a proof of reason ? We think so. Bi 4 infants, they are frequently sleepless. Yes, but never in a state of health. Restlessness in them is always an indication of hunger, or a symptom of disease. The absence of sleep cannot be long sustained. Damiens slept on the rack ; Luke in his iron crown ; and a battalion of in fantry have been known to slumber during a march ! Muleteers frequently sleep on their mules, post-boys on their horses, and seamen "on the high and giddy mast." " Massa call you," said a negro to his com rade, who had fallen asleep near him ; " Sleep has no massa," replied the wearied boy ; and he was right. We may bear the privation of fire, food, and even drink, longer than we can the want of sleep.—Dr. Binn's Anatomy of Sleep. A CHINESE DANDY.—This mandarin was one of the finest specimens of a man I had till then seen in China. He stood about six feet two or three inches, and was apparently stout in proportion. He wore the winter cap, the crown of which was of a puce-coloured satin, shaped to, and fitting close to the head, with a brim of black velvet turned sharply up ail round, the front and hinder parts rising rather higher than the sides— in fact, in shape much resembling the paper boats we make for children. On the dome-shaped top of this he wore a white crystal sexangular button, in a hand some setting. Beneath this was a one-eyed peacock's feather, falling down between his shoulders. This feather was set in green jade-stone about two inches long, beyond which about ten inches of the feather projected, and though apparently but one, is in fact formed of several most beautifully united. His ma kwa, or riding-coat, was a fine blue camlet, the large sleeves of which extended about half down the fore arm, and the skirts nearly to the hip. Under this he wore a richly-figured blue silk jacket, the sleeves equally large, but reaching nearly to the wrist, and the skirts sufficiently long to display the full beauty of it below the ma-kwa. these loose dresses always fold over the isght breast, and are fastened from top to bot tom with loops and buttons. His unwhisperables were of a light blue figured cutNankinc m r e a d pe ia , telyhe muchlow th in e the modern Greek style, being immediately knee tucked into the black satin mandarin boots, that in shape much resemble the old hessian, once so com mon in this country, with soles some two inches thick, the sides of which'were kept nicely white, Warren's jet not yet having been introduced. To this part of his dress a Chinese dandy pays as much attention as our requisites do to the formation of a " flumby." The figure was completed by his apparently warlike, but really peaceable implements, which no respect able Chinaman would be seen without, viz., the fan with its highly-worked sheath ; the purse or tobacco pouch, in the exquisite embroidery of which great ingenuity is displayed : a variety o f silver tooth and ear picks, with a pocket for his watch, the belt to case fixed these are attached ha vin g a small leather fixed to it, to contain his flint be a utiful tail, the pride of every Chinaman' forgotten his ta:l,—hisand steel. I had nearly proud of it. lam afraid to s a y how might well be s heart--and in this case , if all his own, he half-way down his leg, a th n i d ck l itMacassar to give a ner wouldNs'as d b e u fy t it n e cea i c a h n ed xs . gloss. c ID Chinese cars r he WAS the very s epitome of a dandy The Postmaster-General shlorPollicer.—Bingham s Narrative. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.-- of the danger of enclosing coin in letters that has again issued bills all over . the country, warning pers ons pass transmission of small tion of Post-office orders for the through the post, and recommending the ad Pt small amounts in letters to a poor sums. A person who was in the habit of sending as bedridden, the to give his correspondent, h through the post, had one stolen, andrbeing unwilling he bought a t ro uble to attend to Post -office umber of buttons such as are bought by w ce n orders, tailors to be n _ covered with cloth. Th ese buttons were the precise rsemittance, he placed a ha lf-soverei g n on a button, ize of a half - sovere i g n. When he wished to send a and covered it with a thin piece of cloth in the m anner a tailor would do it , which scarcel y occupied the la bour of a minute. The button was then fastened in a letter, and the eye of the former was made to pro trude through the latter, so as to - neake it appear as if ssov ander eigns their from a pa tt e rn button was merely sent through th e Test. This ingenious device evidently - deceived th e Post tohffie a ce p g p e r i o i pt gentry, and sceclanwrsedofsepovesrtami as sistants.ahsatlefr- Every button came safe to hand. FUNERAL OF TME LATE DR.' lIERSC HELL __The obsequies of the late Dr. Herschell, Chief Rabbi of performed with g t England, were yesterday so lemnity. Precisely at ten o'clock the cot se, inatheexpress d pl a i n deal coffin, covered with black cloth (in which de ceased), was removed fr y om his late resid es ete o i f n t •it had been deposited b court, St. Mary-Axe, tothe • place, supported by Sir other leading members the progress from th door of chief Synego Moses Mont 4 of " the Bethdill' Ct the srogol3ll Bheuri „gue, Duke s plice, and 23 • n During e to the ark' Jai th 'an aPPropti ie w a s c hanted by the Rev. Mr, ilor e refer ; sa d after the bier P rt of, • 0 had been placed before the ark, an impressive cere monial in accordance with the Jewish faith was gone through. The ark was covered with black cloth, the numerous windows were darkened, the synagogue was illumined by wax tapers, and the whole arrangements had a sombre and most im pressive effect. This portion of the religious observance having been completed, the procession was formed to convey the mortal remains of the much-respected and deeply-lamented deceased to their last resting-place in the Jews' Bu rial-ground, North-street, Mile-end. The proces sion comprised the children of both sexes belonging to the Spanish, German, and Portuguese charity schools, the youths training up for the priesthood, the readers of the various metropolitan synagogues, the hearse conveying the corpse, and the carriages of the leading Jewish laity, including those of Sir Moses Montefiore, Barons Rothschild, Mr. D. Salomons, Mr. D. W. Wire, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, &c. The ca valcade comprised upwards of 100 carriages. The deceased left orders that no mourning-coaches should attend his funeral. The principal mourner was his grandson. On arriving at the ground in North-street, the body was carried into the Hall, and placed in the centre, and the reader taking his position at the head. of the coffin, repeated th e usua l b ur i a l -service in a very impressive manner. At the conclusion of the prayers the corpse was borne to the grave. Several brown-paper parcels, sealed with wax, containing papers and documents, were thrown int o th e grave, by order of the deceased, and a large box, containing one of the laws of Moses, written by himself on parch ment, was also consigned to the grave, by speci a l orders of the deceased. Th e s h ops o f the tradesmen. of the Jewish faith in the line where the procession passed were all closed. The ceremony lasted from 10 in the morning till near 3 in the afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, a robbery was committed in one of the Pad dington omnibuses,on the road from the Bank of Eng land to Paddington, on the person of Mr. Roberb Lasterman, a stock-broker, residing in Star-street, Edgware-road, who was robbed of his pocket-book, containing three 1001. Bank of England notes, num bers 3,841, 3,842, and 3,843, dated January 18, 1842 ; also a 501. note, number 1,646, dated May 11, 1842. Mr. Lasterman had sold stock out of the Bank for a person to whom he intended to pay over the notes on his return home, but to his utter as tonishment he found on his arriving at his residence that some dexterous thief had abstracted his pocket book with its contents, and effected his escape. The time the robbery was committed must have been in Oxford-street, when two well-dressed young men, in passing Mr. Lasterman, for the purpose of quitting the omnibus, pretended to stumble, and one of them on getting up asked Mr. Lesterman's pardon as he left the omnibus. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—The absence of the British Queen is a matter of much anxiety among the mer chants connected with the Atlantic trade. The loss of the President, a vessel built on the same scale and dimensions, naturally increases the fears already en tertained for her safety. At Lloyd's yesterday the insurance upon the British Queen advanced to fifteen guineas per cent., and before the close of the room a speculative risk for a small amount had been taken at twenty guineas. THE ARMY.—The 27th Regiment, which se dis tinguished itself under the command of their brave officer, Captain Smith, in the recent affair with the Boers at the Cape of Good Hope, has been ordered to embark for the East Indies. DARING ROBBERY OF WILLS, &C., AT RATTERSRA• —On Friday last a most daring robbery was com mitted at the residence of Mr. Ashness, an indepen dent gentleman living in Batteasea-rise, and the cir cumstances under which it took place leave but little doubt that it was planned and executed by a dishonest servant. Two tin boxes were found to have disap peared; one was filled with wills, deeds, and other valuable documents, and the other contained, in addi tion to a number of papers, between 501. and 601. in gold, a diamond ring of great value, and a mourning ring set with hair, encircled with pearls, and engraved " Anne Ashness, died April 9, 1832, aged 81." In formation was immediately sent to the Clapham and Wandsworth station-houses, and Sergeants Emmer son and Burchett, of the V division, were employed to investigate the circumstances, and if possible trace out the perpetrator or perpetrators of the robbery. On Saturday and Sunday the premises underwent a strict search. During the rigid search the police were making in the garden and fields in the rear of it, they found one tin box embedded in the mud of a ditch. This had been forced open, and it was soon ascer tained that it was the one which was filled only with wills, deeds, and securities. Some idea of the value of the papers may be formed when one which was lying exposed on the top of the others was a bond fcr 40,0001. The other box, containing the money, &c., being still missing, it was determined to search the house thoroughly, and ultimately it was found upon the top of the house. The papers that were in it previously remained, but the gold and rings were gone. The whole of the servants were strictly ex amined, but nothing was elicited to fix the offence upon any one of them. The ancient world was only a little world. Al though warlike, it derives its chief glory from the works of genius—from the writings of poets, histo rians, and philosophers. Viewed through this glow ing but exaggerated medium, that looks great and magnificent, which in reality was stinted, meagre, and desolate. Alexander vainly thought he had conquered the universe, when he had only ravaged a district. Nations were then only tribes, empires cantons, and their half-savage rulers hardly more potent than Emirs of Lebanon, or Khans of tartary. Most of what now constitutes the earth, and fills it, was unknown ; the great seas and continents were hid below the hori zon of the ancients ; even the swell of an ocean tide had scarcely been felt by them ; and all their con quests, battles, and bustle—the sites of their great cities and kingdoms, as well as of their histories and epic poems—never ranged far from the tranquil shores and islets of the Mediterranean lake. The number of people corresponded to their narrow geographical limits. How, indeed, could mankind be numerous with out the means of sustenance, when there was little commerce, and no manufactures ; when they were strangers to the useful arts, by which a dense popula tion can alone he fed, clothed, and lodged? All, there fore, which has been transmitted as to the extreme po pulousness of the ancient world, may be considered ; er g A: pf i t o ace r h ue e ser n ° m r sli l i n l n ti c io g o l n u n t° s - s, almost as deceptions as i f ts ootah o orna r t a iin c il l hii e ona s nb . i C ;tat a hßo rt eots ha sme p a n b r ed o o b u a t 7 b r l a e l: s S lit t v r ie a s o bo fn , sol c ta o v n ei tai ms. there is a wrong figure or a redundant one. State ments of numbers are very liable to errors, and the d m et u e l e t t ip t l h ie e d m , as . t ß h es e is eerorn4ortsruteotiboen does cop not i e dor grammatical 0t ' m u be remembered of Athens and Rome, that, though termed cities, they were more properly districts o r provinces, walled in. The present remains of the Roman walls show that they were of vast extent ; but they encompassed large tracts of country—were truly rus in urbe, and included in their circuit woods and water, and corn-fields, as well as mansions and spa cious gardens. And Rome, as is well known, com prised the chief of Italy. Genoa, Milan, Florence, Leghorn, and other noble cities, are of recent founda tion, tion, and pertain entirely to modern history. Ity even in the Augustan age. must have been th inly peopled and doubtless afforded a free passage enough , for those vast herds of swine (one thousand in guided r) of which Polybius w rites, and which were horns. The in t h e i r pastoral migrations by the blowing of The severity of the climate in the most busy regions of the old world atte sts the scantiness of population. In Ovid's time, the Black Sea was often frozen, which n ould be quite a phenomenon at present. That Italy is warmer now than formerly, we have m any testimonies. From various passages of Horace, • wt , may suppose , that the streets of Rome were f u ll o f snow; and Juvenal refers to a woman breaking th e ice of the Tiber to perform her ablution. I never met with a tourist who had seen snow in Rome ; and the Tiber is hardly' more liable to freeze tha n th e Nile or Ganges. This increase of temperature is satits factory pro of of an increase of People ; f or numbers tend much to the civilization of climates, as of manners and institutions.— Wades Le c ture . o n A nc i ent ea . Modern Society. An adjourned meeting of the letter-pres s p a i n t ers Herrings, BeU-yard, Attended was yesterday held at the Three Temple-bar, which was of the unemployed takecompositors into consideration the present. the trade, when a resolution was passed to the effect, that the unexampled distress which prevails among the of the loved letter-press printers unemployed metropolis, through laxity of business, com pelled the promoters of a subscription for their relief to call the trade together, in order to effect the objects which they have in view, and to use their utmost ex ertions to promote their interests generally. I.IORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first ordinary meeting for the winter session was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the society, in Regent street. Amongst the specimens was some fruit of ' oxalis deppii, a new edible vegetable, from Mr. Co c k. burn, which bears out all the remarks which havebeen made in its favour. Some specimens of COf• I S golden drop plum was exhibited, in a perfect state of preser vation, in which condition they were kept by being contained in muslin bags. From Mrs. Lawrence was exhibited a fine specimen of the gesnera sabrina, with several other plants ; and Mr. Appleby, of the Fence, near Macclesfield, exhibited some fine specimens of orchidaceous plants; to each of these silver Knightiaa medals were awarded. Silver Boni:Jinn medals were awarded to Mrs. Lawrence, for a collection of Plan ts • Mr Mr. Crawshay and Mr. Roberts, for grarg" ag; Judd, for grapes ; and certificates of blank t a ii" Fleming, for pules; Mr. Cockburn, for oak ; and Mr. Waller, for a plant of allot& The meeting a dj ourne a tiutbe4tit 4 -