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ebtrb Xltitton THE FUNDS-( CLOS I NG PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .166 'lndia Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 93 Ditto Bonds ....•••..„ 52 pm 3 per Cent. C0n5.......... 93i Ditto Old Annuities -- 3i per Cent. Red ...100a Ditto New Annuities... New 31, per Cent... ...... 101 i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 59 pm Nstiv 5 per Cen' — Ditto 500/... •• Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 59 pm Jan. 1860 ....•.... 12 5-16 Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o l2a !Consols for Acct ...... 93i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... ...... 631 Prussian, 5 per cent.., — Buenos A yres 6 per cent 22 Russian, 5 pei cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... . .... Colombian, 6 per rent — Spanish, 5 per cent l7l Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... .„ Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 791 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Danish, 3 per :ent B3 Exchange Greek, 1825, sper cent. French, 3 percent —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 321 Dutch, 24 per cent. s2il Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... 1001 Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. 17 SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) ... 8% Ditto New (—paid) lO Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 44 Great, Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid .. Hull and Selby (50 paid)... 32 : 1- London and Brighton (50 paid) 36; Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) a 10' ... ..... .•• I.ondon and Blackwall ( paid) • 6 London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ....... ........... . . 60% Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) .............. 30 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) •36-1, Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... Ditto Scrip (20 paid) '.. loi York and North Midland (50 paid) ... 9l QUEEN'S BENCH—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) MILBANKE V. GRANT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a me dical practitioner, to recover the amount of his bill, from the defendant, for medical attendance. The case was tried before Lord Denman, at the last Middlesex sittings, after term, and a verdict had been returned for the plaintiff of 281. 1 ls. 10d. Mr. CROWDER now applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, or why a new trial should not be granted. He made this application on two grounds—first, that the plaintiff was not duly qualified as an apothecary, and therefore could not recover ; and secondli, that the plaintiff had previously sent in a bill of particulars to the brother of the defendant, demanding from him, the brother, the amount ; thus showing that the plaintiff considered he had been em ployed by defendant's brother, and not by defendant. With regard to the first point, it had been admitted by the plaintiff that he was not a licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and therefore to enable him to recover it was necessary for him to show either that he was in practice on Ist August, 1815, or that he had held a commission as a surgeon or as sistant-surgeon in the army or navy. A Captain Gar rett had been called, who proved that plaintiff had acted as assistant-surgeon to the Tipperary Mi litia from June, 1809, to July, 1815, at which period he had left, and had been re-appointed in 1818. No commission had been produced, although Captain Garrett, who had acted as Paymaster, stated that he had paid plaintiff as assistant-surgeon, and that he should not have done so if plaintiff had not produced his warrant or commission. Now, this evidence did not show that plaintiff was in prac tice, on the Ist of August 1815, and it had been held that it was necessary to show that a party was in prac tice on that day, to enable him to recover, and that showing he had been in practice previous to that day was not sufficient. With regard to the plaintiff's al legation that he was an assistant-surgeon in the Tip perary Militia, the Learned Counsel submitted to the Court that the commission itself must be produced or at least shown to have been lost before secondary evidence of the fact, such as that tendered by Captain Garrett, could be admitted. On the second point, the Leanied,Counsel for the defendant had, at the trial, called 'a witness to produce the bill of par ticulars which had been sent in to defendant's brother. That witness happened, unfortu nately, and quite unexpectedly, to be absent at the time, and, consequently, did not appear. He now, however produced an affidavit from that witness satisfactorily accounting for his absence on that. occasion ; and the bill of particulars delivered to the defendant's brother was annexed to the affidavit, which bill corresponded exactly with the bill delivered to defendant. _ _ _ Lord DENMAN decided against the application on the first point, thinking that there was evidence to go to the Jury as to the fact of the plaintiff having held a commission in the Tipperary Militia, and that after a lapse of 27 years he could not be called upon to show what had become of the warrant under which he had acted. On the second point the defendant was entitled to his rule.—The other Judges concurred. Rule nisi fora new trial granted on the second point. SPIRIT of PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The bursting of the British Ameri can Emigration and Colonization Bubble, and especially the circumstances which led to the ex plosion, continue to excite no inconsiderable sur prise, even among those whose position has en abled them to watch the concoction and working of similar schemes, and their temporary success in drawing the credulous and unsuspecting within their snares. The source of this surprise is dis covered in the prominent place assigned to his Grace the Duke of Argyll in the formation of the Association, and the confidence with which the agents of the scheme have referred to his Grace as the parent of the undertaking— a statement which received a considerable mea sure of confirmation from the fact, that in theprogramme of the scheme, the Duke of Argyll was held up as the illustrious " President " ot the Association. A long list of Scotch Baronets were included in the list of Directors—we beg pardon, "Commissioners"—in whom the honour ' and responsibility of managing the affitirs of the Association were invested. That such an Asso ciation—the Duke of Argyll at its head, and a loin.; line of titled names following, with due re gard to heraldic precedency, as honoured asso ciates.with him in the cause of Emigratioir and Colonization —that such a confederacy of titles and philanthropy should turn out no better than it should be—a scheme to entrap the unwary— another of those bubble-companies, by which so many of our fellow-countrymen have been de ceived to their ruin—was indeed a finale to so high-sounding an overture for which few, if any, were prepared. Yet such it has proved! We alluded yesterday to the history of this additional instance of the ingenuity and impudence which characterise the - proceedings of adventurers who prey on public credulity, for the purpose of cau tioning persons of rank against being duped into giving eclat to such schemes by permitting the use of their names as Patrons, Presidents, Chair men, or in any other way, until they have, by close personal inquiry and investigation, obtained assurance that they are rendering a service to the public by giving this certificate of good cha racter to the projects, instead of being, as they often have been. the mere tools with which knaves have worked upon the unsuspecting, Whom they have fleeced by their means. To this extent only we were at the first inclined to re gard the Duke of Argyll as blame-worthy. We treated hi m as t h e d upe o f c l ever k naves; w h o ]lad cajoled him into lending his high-sounding name to their scheme, well-knowing that their own would be ineffectual for deceiving even the most simple. A closer acquaintance with, and fuller information upon, the subject, supplied by his Grace's own er.t.o the Lord Mayor, place the Noble Dukeettina position fr o m which we can cannot see how he escape without paying the penalty of the responsibility. he has chosen to e very incur, by indemnifyingone who has been induced to embark - his property, or to intrust his person to the supposed . integri ty of the scheme, on tl;e faith of his Grace's nam e . From this re sponsibility there is no loop-bole of retreat. STANDARD. —A reverend gentleman latel y charged the Conservative press with apostace haNY'L' .because of the less attention which v , lately devoted to the proceedings of Mr. O'Con nell and the political Roman Catholic party in Ireland. We have an unfeigned respect for our accuser—hard as is the measure of his renronf_ and can easily enough understand wily h e , w h o Properly confines his consideration to the strictly rOigion s question. should look at the progress of affairs in a light different from that in which it limits pre sent i tself to us, w h o transgress t h e nits of Our province, if we go beyond conside rations merely potitiel ' i Not that our care for the interests others, true ( religi i on ought . to he less than that of t vz s tr e r e i n , q s n any t iers, hut that we are incompe tent to save its political defences. of the Protestantpotuistsel'int that the political defences are secure in the custody of her Majesty's ab solutely free from till danger, Ministers, or, if not • at least so much more secure than under the ascen dancy 'of Mr. O'Corinell' tool menprepared with heavy blows and great discouragement for the religion of truth— a s to authorise:f not en- join', a different line of action o n.our part. N o , is the time ihr the immediate ministersf cli- gion to exert themselves zealously as su ch; have done our Fart in labouri ng to procure them as t an opportunity, freQ from the malign influence of a corrupt and hostile Administration-:Llet them use that opportunity, as we believe the im mense majority are using it. Although, how ever, the Mr. O'Connell of 1842 is a very diffe rent person from the Mr. O'Connell of 1840, this " Wallenstein of the gutter," while he is still able to keep round him his •rabble of adventurers and desperadoes, and to persist in his career of outrage, delusion, and robbery, must not be !altogether neglected, merely because he can no longer display a recognised banner. Treason from the lips of lany one, however con temptible, may lead to mischief; and from the lips of a chief of faction it will probably infect of his faction as many as are not already thoroughly tainted, and even reach others. The O'Connel lite faction, too, though hourly diminishing by the secession of conscientious land prudent men, must be expected to receive in exchange re cruits from the wounded self-love or disappointed ambition of many deserters from other parties, if men are not fully warned of the road upon which they enter when they proceed to join him. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1842. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SITTING OF OCT. 24.—One of the first papers read in this sitting was by M. de Romanet, on the means of improving the resources of the French pea santry. It has been frequently remarked with sur prise by persons unacquainted with the circumstances, that the French, although possessing rich pasturage and all the other apparent means of operation, should be tributary to Switzerland, England, and other countries, for the better sorts of cheese consumed in France. Why, it is asked, should they go to Eng land for Cheshire cheese, and to Switzerland for Gruyere ? The answer is because in France property is so divided and sub-divided that there are no dairies on the extensive scale required for carry ing on this branch of rural manufacture with success. But it will be again asked—lf the divisions of pro perty are so numerous in France, are they not equally, or even more so, in Switzerland, and yet the cheese trade is a continued source of wealth in that country ? This question brings us precisely to the main point of M. de Romanet's paper. In Switzerland, until of late years, the making of Gruyere cheese was limited to a few wealthy persons; for as it was necessary, for Ithe quality of the article, that the cheeses should be I very large, and that the milk should be coagulated on the day of its being taken from the cow, it was only by keeping a very large number of cows that the maim facture of Gruyere cheese could be carried on. The owner of one, two, or three cows, was therefore, unable to profit by the demand for this particular kind of cheese in foreign countries. At length, how ever, an ingenious mode of enabling the poor pea santry to compete with the more wealthy, was hit upon. It was proposed to establish a cheese-dairy upon a joint-stock principle ; to keep an account of the quantity of milk delivered by each person, and to apportion the profits arising from the sale of the cheese to the different contributors, according to the amount of their contributions. The idea was carried into execution, and has become general in Switzerland. M. de Romanet proposes that the plan should be tried in France. It could not fail to be successful, for how many peasants are there keeping only one cow who are unable to dispose of the milk to advantage ? In this way, a constant and regular market could be se cured, and the dairy-keeper, to whose care would be entrusted the interests of the mass of contributors, would be able to give the fullest extension to the ar rangements which are necessary in order to compete successfully with the wealthy agriculturist. The reading of this paper was followed by one of a curious nature connected with the food of herbivo rous animals. The author, M. Dumas, says he has ascertained that the quantity of fat in animals, in a healthy state, does not depend, as has been generally supposed, upon some pecu liar process in the digestion, but upon the quan tity of fatty matter contained in the food that is eaten. In order to establish a theory so absolute, and, as many will think, so unreasonable, M. Dumas has given an account to the Academy of several practical experiments. He begins by stating that, on an ana lysis of hay and maize, or Indian corn, he found the former yield 2 per cent. of fatty matter, and the latter 9 per cent. Herbivorous animals, says M. Dumas, always make less fat than the amount of the fat contained in their food, but the milch cow furnishes a larger quantity than any other animal, and the quantity of butter that she supplies would, if weighed, be found equivalent to that contained in her food. M. Liebig, who has written on this subject, denies that the maize contains any portion of fatty matter. He states that having given to a goose, weighing four pounds, 36 pounds of maize, the ani mal grew to the weight of nine pounds, and when killed furnished three pounds and a half of grease. All this he contends was the result of digestion, the food having no fatty matter ; but without adopting the theory of M. Dumas, which indeed appears to us to be a very strange one, it is impossible not to be struck with the opportunity that M. Liebig's experi ment affords to M. Dumas to establish his theory in his own way. M. Liebig says that there is no fatty substance in maize, and consequently that as a goose, after eating 36 pounds of it, acquired three pounds and a half of fat, the result was .due to the mysterious ope ration of the digestion, and not to the food. N. Du mas, on the contrary, contends that in maize there is nine per cext of fatty matter. Nine per cent. upon thirty-six pounds, and an allowance for the quantity of fat upon the goose when it weighed only four pounds, would give something like the quantity which M, Dumas says exists in the food in question. A communication was made to the Academy of an animal of the rat species, until lately unknown, having been found alive on the summit of the Faulhoon Mountain, in Switzerland, which is 2,683 metres above the level of the sea. M. Martins ' who dis covered this animal, and who has several specimens preserved in spirits, has given to it the name of arvicola nivalis. According to M. Hugi, an animal of this kind was seen upon the Strahleck, at the height of 3,150 metres above the level of the sea. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.—It is expected that the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, with his Royal Highness the Heredi tary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, will he solemnised very shortly. Ile: Majesty's consent to the nuptials having been obtained in due form at the Privy Council yesterday, the necessary state document has had the Great Seal of England attached to it. Lady Seymour arrived in town this morning, having, had a splendid passage in the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steam-ship Wilberforce, Captain John Stranack, of only eighteen hours, from Antwerp. The Wilberforce left 131ackwall again this morning, with Sir Peregrine Maitland and family on board. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 2. (Before the ICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Ills lloNoun, in the course of the day, inquired of the gentlem en o f th e b ar w h ether there were many motions for hearing, as, in that case, he would take only unopposed petitions to-morrow (this day), and would afterwards proceed with the seal. Mr. BETHE LL observed that there were several mo tions to be made, but he did not think any pressed. Mr. ANDERnox said that he had one motion which it was necessary the Court should dispose of as early as possible. Mr. WAKEFIELD observed that his friends, Mr. Bethell and llr. Stuart, together with hi mse l f, after . much consideration on the subject, had come to the conclusion that it would be far better for the suitors and all parties interested, that the Court should pro ceed regularly each day with the appointed busine ss , and if any particular case pressed a special application might be made for it to be heard. After some short discussion it was determined that the Court should proceed with the hearing of petitions to-morrow (this day), and that after the unopposed ones were disposed of, Mr. Anderdon should make the motion that pressed. The Court disposed of several other motions, and rose shortly before four o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE. IN RE THE EARL OF STRATHMORE. Mr. LOVATT applied to the Court to have the pub lication in this cause stand enlarged till the plaintiff, the Earl of Strathmore, had put in an answer to a bill of discovery, filed by Lady Glamis, the defendant, in order to aid her in her defence in those suits pending between her Ladyship and Lord Strathmore. His HONOUR thought that, under all the circum stances of the case, the bill having been filed in the year 1838, and put to issue in 1841, and an order to enlarge the publication having been already made in the present year, he thought the delay would be too great to justify he Court in making the order applied for, unless some arrangement should be made in re ference to the other case of Gibbon v. Strathmore, which had been referred to. If such an arrangement could not be made he must refuse the motion with costs. Mr. LOVATT—No arrangement of the sort, I be. lieve, can be made. His HONOUR—I must therefore refuse the motion. COURT of EXCHEQUER, Nov. 2. WRIGHT s'. MAULS AND OTHERS. This was an action of tresspass for false imprison ment brought against the defendants, who were the three Commissioners of Bankruptcy at Leeds, by the plaintiff, who was an attorney's clerk. The case was tried at the York Assizes betbra Lord Chief Justice Denman, who gave it as his opinion that an action could not lie against the defendants for the manner in Ns hich they bad discharged what they considered to be their duty in the case. His Lordship, however, said he should leave it to the Jury to say what the amount of damages might to. be in case it should be afterwards decided tinit the a rrest of the plaintiff had been illegal. The Jury found that the plaintiff was entitled to no damages, even in that ease, mu c h t o the 0.1111450 of akiloot every one. Mr. KNOWLES now moved for a new trial, on the ground that the apprehension of the plaintiff had been illegal, and that he was consequently entitled to da mages for false imprisonment. The COURT however, was of opinion that the arrest of the plainti ff was legal, inasmuch as he did not appear as a witness when called upon in obedience to the first summons of the Commissioners. The rule, was, therefore, refused. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 2. The Court was occupied up to two o'clock in hear ing applications for bail, of which there were thirty two country and four town cases ; none presented any public interest. IN RE HENRY CHARD, ALIAS HENRY LEE ALLEYNE. The insolvent in this case was a person who, some short time since, occupied a considerable portion of the public attention, in conjunction with, a criminal information in the Queen's Bench, arising out of cer tain slanderous expressions towards him and his al leged sister, who became the wife of Mr. Dempster Hemming, the eminent banker, of Caldecot Hall, Warwickshire, under rather peculiar circumstances. It appeared that in 1836 he became bankrupt, and not giving a satisfactory account of his property, and refusing to answer certain interrogatories, was in consequence' refused his certificate, and committed by the presiding Commissioner to Lancaster Castle, where he remained until June, 1837, when he pe titioned the Court, and was discharged, owing at the time debts to the amount of 10,0001. Up to this time he was known as Henry Chard, but then assumed the name of Henry Lee Alleyne ; set up a splendid establishment, with a large retinue of servants, horses, carriages, &c., in Warwickshire, and it was then and there the singular courtship commenced between Mr. Dempster Hemming and the insolvent's sister. It was ascertained some time back by the creditors, from whose immediate power he was released in 1837, that at the present time the Leicester and Warwickshire Banking Company were indebted to him in the sum of 10,0001., and that he had instituted legal proceed ings against them for its recovery; also, that a gentleman, name.' Needham, was indebted to him for 3,0001. On a former day, Mr. Cook moved for a rule, calling on those debtors of Alleyne not to pay down the money to him, and also requiring him to show cause why he should not, according to the provisions of the 89th section of the Act, pay over to the assig nees the sum of 10,000/. Mr. WOODROFFE, on behalf of the insolvent, ap peared now to show cause, and handed in a number of voluminous affidavits and other documents. Mr. COOKM, for the assignees, requested a postpone ment of the case until he should have tithe to read over these documents. The COURT acceded to the request, previous notice of the day for hearing being given. It was stated in Court, by those most likely to be well informed, that Mr. David Pollock, the brother of the Attorney-General, was to be the successor of Commissioner Bowen. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND OTHER SESSIONAL RESULTS. At the termination of the sessions yesterday a number of prisoners were brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, and some who had been adju dicated upon instanter , came up to have their sentences commuted. The following is a list of the sentences and final adjudications : Transported for Life—Alfred Lewes, Robt. Spring Snell. For Fifteen Years—George Hawkins, W. Elston, Robert Fletcher, Henry Passenger, Henry Cox. For Fourteen Years—W. Lone, J. Smith, J. C. Bell (afterwards commuted to ten years). For Ten Years—M. Goutley, E. Brocknell, M. Murray, W. Walker, E. Grover, J. B. Carter, Louisa Grange, W. Edwards, George Moulden, J. Collins, Benjamin Smith, J. Maxwell, T. Matthews, H. John son, Henry Griffin, W. Carley, Thomas Welch, J. Smith, J. Kelly, Mary Angus. For Seven Years—T. Buckingham, R. Sinefield, T. Robinson, J. Rolston, Henry Smith, R. Boynett, Ann Newman, W. Ingram, Nathaniel Marskill, W. Buckland, F. Buckland, P. Mackay, W. Castle, R. Lennon, J. Jones, J. Worrall, J. Thompson, Boncer Hiam, W. Hawkins, W. Othen, W. Butes. J. Otzen, T. Birch, W. Cooke, C. Mason, H. Drew, Thomas Smith, H. Ward, H. Price, G. Shore, W, Russell, J. Bayliss. Imprisonment and Hard Labour in the House of Correction : For Two Years—W. Jones. For One Year—William Smith, Mary King, R. Phillips, Mary Harriel, C. Escott, W. Kidd, J. Brown, Elizabeth Edwards, M. Hassey, W. Watson, William Smith, George Smith (30), George Smith (19), R. Nicholson, Mary King, Mary Cleale, W. Tasker, J. Powell, Amelia King, J. Avey, Sarah Dyson, F. Kirby. For Nine Months--William Whitbread, J. 1111- den, J. Hastev, W. Fowkes. For Six Months—Thomas Bowie, J. Taylor, J. Thomas, J. Holloway, Mary Jones, W. Bays, A. Clark, Jacob Wall, J. Morgan, J. 'Welch, E. Atherey, H. Bayliss, A. Griffiths, Catherine Donovan, D. Pio mals Piani, William Spark, •Mary A. White, W. Martin, Mary Dudmau, Mary Thomas, R. Elcomb, Elizabeth Trigg, T. Warman, T. Bartholomew, J. Wrigglesworth, J. Union, J. Watkins, Sarah San ders, J. Foley, W. Shoebell. For Four Months—A. Allen, F. Wild, Jane Kitchen, Maria Mulbigh, Margaret Trot, Ann Moore, T. Beaumont, G. Palmer, Ant. Smith, Thos. Anly, W. Swallow, J. Heskett, Mary A. Clark. For Three Months—Hannah Chapman, Sarah Nash, Mary A. Cleland, Mary Crawford, Elizabeth Davis, Eliz. Powell, Sarah Beeman, J. Brown, N. Hudnott, E. Cannon, Agnes King, Cath. llanney, J. Morgan, W. Gardner, J. Page, Jas. Duke, E. Brown, T. Rus sell, T. Elsey, W. Payne, W. Waite, Saml. Bridges, Eliza Williams, J. Morgan, J. Bagwell, Ann Stevens. For Two Months—Alice Walker, Mary Smith, Ells. Blake, J. Stannard, J. Rolston, D. Donovan, Geo. Bishop, J. Brown, Susan Smith. Imprisonment for six weeks, 2 ; one month, 2 ; fourteen days and under, 13 ; privately whipped and discharged, 2; judgments respited upon, 9; acquitted and detained, 1; remanded and traversed to next ses sion, 5; bills ignored by the Grand Jury, 9 ; ac quitted by the Petit Jury, 58 ;,discharged, 5 ; entered into recognisances, 2 ; discharged fur want of prose cution, 7. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. John Sly, who had for some considerable time been a waiter at the North and South American Coffee house, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wilson, charged with having plundered his employer, Mr. Markwell, the present owner of that establishment. The evidence exposed a desperate system of robbery. Mr. Chadwick Jones, the barrister, stated for the prosecution, that Mr. Markwell, who was also pro prietor of Long's Hotel in Bond-street, had become master of the North and South American .Coffee house, formerly kept by Mr. Davis, and continued the prisoner, and a lad named Chesterton, who had been in the service of the former landlord in the house, the one as waiter, the other as billiard-marker. In consequence of a robbery which had been committed, the prisoner, of whom some suspicion was entertained, was discharged, and, as appeared from disclosures subsequently made, he induced Chesterton to aid him in plund e ri ng th e house. By the activity and vigi lance of the City police, the whole plan was discovered. Mr.' William Markwell, son of the proprietor of the North and South American Coffee-house,, stated that his father entered into possession of the premises on the 24th of February, and the prisoner and the boy named Chesterton were transferred to the new owner, c a wo n asff d e s de l -e e hp 0 s p o t l i st n ee d ti tas e h e h r o ee u n, s t w e e entered, In plaun J nd u d l e y trhe l ed ast co , asf th hfi e -fbt b yox ar ,po o wu f hn t idc h sh e , odd shillings. In the October following, the bar was broken open again, and stripped of all the plate that could be found in it. Mr. Jones asked whether wine and spirits had not been missed ?. Witness stated that th e w i ne and lip', rits were continually disappearing, and nobody could tell how it went. The prisoner was discharged a fortnight after the first robbery, but Chesterton re. mained in the service of the house until within the last fortnight. Witness consulted with the Superintendent of the City Police upon the subject, and it was then satisfactorily ascertained that Sly and Chesterton had been in the habit of committing robberies in the house, and that the former prevailed upon the latter to continue the system of plunder after Sly's dis missal. John Chesterton was then called. He stated that he at that time resided under the care; but not as a prisoner, of a City police officer. He had been turned over to Mr. Markwell's employment along with the prisoner. and they slept in the same room. Witness frequently saw bottles of wine and spirits in different parts of the establishment in the possession of the prisoner. Mr. Jones—Did he show you how to get into the bar and get the key of the cellar ? Witness—He did, and how to take wine and spirits, and I used to help him to them; and I drank the wine and spirits with him too. Mr. Jones—How long did this sort of wink go on? Witness—For a long time. He used to bring up wine first in tumblers, but afterwards he brought it up in bottles. Another young man used to driuk with ur. Mr. Jones—Dil you see Sly soon after he was dis charged from his situation ? Witness—l saw him next day, and h e a s ked me to get him some wine, and told me how to get into the bar and procure the key of the cellar. I did as he told me, and I brought him three bottles of wine. I was to meet him at the side of the Bank betwem Ai* and seven in the morning. I afterwards brought him seven bladders of sherry alzd two of brandy; mid he told me he sold the int/to j a person at the west-end-of the town, and he gave me 10s., and said he owed me 1/. Mr. Jones—About the time of the last robbery in the bar of the house had you any communication with him ? Witness—l saw him at the burner of Finch lane, and he asked me to let him into the house at night, but I told him I would not. In our conversa tions he said all he was afraid of was a policeman whom ho named, and another person whom he also named, and he said if they should split it would be all up. W. H. Wollen, a City policeman, said he searched the prisoner's lodging at No. 23, Charing-cross, in the presence of Mr. W. Markwell and another, and in a drawer in the prisoner's sister's room he found seven glasses he produced. John Blundell, also a City policeman, stated that he accompanied the prisoner from the Compter to the Mansion-house, and the prisoner, without being ques tioned, said he did not care if and would split, as they could not hurt him, and it was quite time the party was broken up. Mr. Mark well, upon examining the tumblers, said he believed them to be his father's property, but there were no marks upon them. A waiter in the establishment also said he believed that the tumblers were his master's property. A great number of glasses had been lost at the house. Mr. G. Smith, of Conduit -street, Regent-street, believed that he had sold some of the tumblers pro duced to Mr. Markwell, but he could not, of course, swear to their identity. Mr. Jones submitted that there was evidence enough to justify the committal of the prisoner for trial, and stated that he was convinced the testimony would be greatly strengthened before the trial. Alderman WILSON agreed that there was evidence enough to commit upon, and accordingly committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial. The prisoner appeared to think lightly of the charge against him. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Mr. Crisp, who attended professionally for Robert Lindsay Craufurd, the claimant of a Scotch peerage, when he was brought to this Court on the alleged charge of returning from transportation, waited on Mr. Cottingham relative to some proceed ings which had been adopted against that individual since he had been taken into custody and removed to Ireland. Mr. Crisp reminded the Magistrate of the different occasions on which Mr. .Craufurd was brought before him on the charge of returning from transportation, until he was at length discharged by him for want of the necessary proof to establish his identity. Since then, however, Mr. Craufurd had been subjected to very great persecution. He was again taken into custody about three weeks ago, dragged away from his wife and family in Lambeth, and on a warrant brought over from Ireland, backed at this Court, he was taken to that country. The only evidence adduced in support of the charge against Mr. Craufurd was that of a person named Lamb, who identified him as having seen him on board the Essex hulk at King town, previously to his transportation. If such was the fact that Mr. Craufurd had been sentenced to banishment, how was it known to the witness that the sentence bad not been com muted ? But upon the bare testimony of the person alluded to, he (Mr. Crisp) considered that it was a great hardship for his client to be re moved from this country, where all his witnesses were present, and taken to Ireland, particularly as Lamb was over here, and might be called on his trial. The Magistrate who backed the warrant in this country had no alternative, and Mr. Craufurd was taken away. He (Mr. Crisp), since then, had a copy of the depositions taken in Dublin transmitted to him, upon which Mr. Craufurd was committed for trial, and the only evidence implicating him in the alleged charge was that of Lamb, who, as before stated, had, according to his account, only seen him on board a certain hulk, preparatory to his transporta tion. If Mr. Craufurd had been committed here, his trial would have taken place at an early period, in stead of which, he is now doomed to remain in gaol until the next Spring Assizes before he is tried. With respect to the alleged charge of Mr. Craufurd having returned from transportation, he (Mr. Crisp) was satisfied there was not the slightest grounds, and that it was a vile conspiracy got up against him in order, if possible, to get rid of him out of this country, so that he should not be in a condition to prosecute his claim to the Craufurd peerage. Shortly before Mr. Craufurd was taken into custody the second time, persons had called on him in Lambeth, and made a proposition that if he admitted being the husband of a certain woman, no steps would be taken in refe rence to the alleged accusation against him; in fact, the man had been persecuted in every way possible, anti when Lamb was brought forward to identify Mr. Craufurd, a policeman of the L division pointed that individual out to Lamb, instead of letting the latter person select him out from others, as ought to have been done, under the particular circumstances of the case. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said, that it appeared to him to be a hardship oil the accused person to be taken to Ireland. He recollected his having been brought be fore him on the alleged charge of returning from trans portation, and being remanded from time to time, until at length, finding that there . was n o ev id ence pro duced to sustain the charge, he discharged him. Since then, it appeared by the depositions, a Mr. Lamb had come forward and identified the accused. This per son, it was said, had come to town for the purpose, and as he was on the spot, the trial, if allowed to have taken place here, would give the accused an opportu nity of bringing all his witnesses forward to rebut the charge, if he was in a condition to do so. Mr. Crisp said that that was the object Mr. Crau furd's friends had in view. They were anxious his trial should take place in this country, where his wit nesses could attend, instead of his being put to the great expense of sending for them from Ireland, his present resources being very limited. Mr. COTTINOHAM said that an application to the Queen's Bench on the subject might be attended with success, or if not, to the Government ; and that, in the event of Mr. Craufurd's acquittal, he would then have an opportunity of retaliating upon those persons who were said to have entered into a conspiracy against him, and had trumped up the charge upon which he was committed for trial. CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. At the last meeting of the Croydon Bench of Magistrates, a question of very considerable import ance regarding the liability of unoccupied premises to be assessed to the poor -rate \s as brought before the presiding Justices, Messrs. Lucas and A. K. Barclay. Mr. 11. Richards, of Croydon, attended, and applied for an order for the payment of the sum of thirty nine pounds, the amount of a poor-rate assessed upon an oil-mill and other premises in the occupation of Mr. John Watney, in the hamlet of Wallington. Mr. Templar appeared to oppose the application. Mr. Richards said he attended on behalf of the officers of the hamlet of Wallington to apply for an order for the payment of the amount of a poor •rate assessed upon some property in that hamlet which was in the occupation of Mr. Watney, and which, in his opinion, there could be no doubt was liable to be so assessed. lie should show that the rate had been legally made, and this being done the Bench would only have to sign an order for ,the payment of the amount. • Mr. Templar said, that to save trouble, he would admit the rate,.but he should call evidence to show that Mr. Watney was not liable to be assessed. Mr. Richards contended, that as the rate had been legally made, and there had been no appeal, the Bench could not on this occasion go into evidence respecting its-validity. The MAGISTRATES, however, decided that they would hear what evidence Mr. Templar had to adduce. A man, named William Denny, was then called, and he proved that he was in the service of Mr. Wat ney, and that the premises in question, consisting of an oil-mill and other buildings, were closed in April, three months before the rate was made, and that the that tt one Ar. of machinery had n o t s i nce been at work. In cross-exa mination and d d b l the r i a n tan y he t o n the persons in his e m pl o y occupied a cottage adjoining the mill, and that th ere were desks and chairs in the counting-house. Y d Alr. p. rßemicibse Richards, upon s it lease, ap p Mr. Richards in reply, contended that upon these facts there was such a beneficial occupation of the premises in question as rend ere d them liable to be assessed to the . ,` poor -rate, lie need not, he said, remind the Bench that it had been decided that a beneficial occu pation did not at all require that there should be a profit derived from the business, but, on the contrary, if a man carried on a business whereby he might be living on a thousand a year, the premises he occupied were equally liable to be assessed to the poor-rate as though he were gaining the same amount. In this case, he submitt e d that although Mr. Watney was not, personally,•in occupation Of the premises, yet that he was so in law, inasmuch as he had on servant re. siding upon them, the counting-house was furnished with desks, seats, and all the necessary appurtenances, and he might at any time enter upon the premises, and commence business. Mr. Richards then cited several cases that had bean decided, in support of his argument, and concluded by stating his opinion, that the Magistrates were bound, under the circumstances, to grant the order for payment of the rate. The MAGISTRATES having . consulted for some time, expressed their opinion that in this case there was a holding, and not. any occupation, by Mr. Watney, and they therefore considered him not liable to be assessed, and refused to sign an order for payment of the rate. Mr. Richards said he must, of course, bow to the decision of the Bench, but he felt so stro.ig an opinion upon the point that he should certainly lipply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus, and take the opinion of the Judges upon it. For the future, Swedish and Norwegian vessels are to enjoy in Russian ports the same privileges as Russian vessels., and. are to be subjected to no higher udties. THE LATE LIVERPOOL FIRE. We have much satisfaction in announcing that the claims on the, various insurance offices are nearly all satisfactorily settled. The Liverpool Mail of Tues day says— " The extent of these fires, the destruction of mer chandise, and the enormous amount of loss sustained, exceed anything of the kind ever experienced in this or any other port. "The immediate cause of the conflagration re mains in perfect obscurity; but our own conviction is, that it arose entirely from spontaneous combustion ; and if argument were wanting to support this con viction, it would be the confirmed fact that cotton and oil deposited togethe9will, of itself, from natural causes, ignite—hence we think the disaster. "We congratulate the merchants of Liverpool upon the prompt and immediate settlement of their losses. We may say, from authority, that up to last evening claims to the amount of 355,4001. had been paid, although it is but this day four weeks since our columns contained an invitation to all sufferers to send in their claims. The amount of property burnt and not protected by insurance is, we are happy to say, but small—and from our observations we believe that the settlements made by the gentlemen repre senting the united companies interested have been of a satisfactory character ; indeed we must congratulat' the companies upon their choice of representatives in this importent affair. The method adopted of making the settlement of each claim simultaneous by certi ficate, removes all rivalry between agents; and the requiring but one statement of stock held by claim -1 ants is a boon to the merchant, inasmuch as all unne cessary exposure of his stock is avoided. " We offer our full share of praise, and we are quite sure that the merchants of Liverpool will join us in thanking the companies for the cheerful and prompt manner in which these serious losses have been paid—losses which nothing but combinations of wealth and capital could combat—and we should do a needless violence to our feelings did we not thus record our sense of the high dignity and reputation of these societies." MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY. The following strange story, relating to a supposed series of horrible attacs upon a young lady at Brad ford, Yorkshire, is detailed in a letter to the editor of the Bradford Observer:— On one evening in last January the heroine of this tragic narrative had occasion togo up stairs with some linen. After passing through her mother's bed-room and dressing-room, the furniture of which she noticed to have been somewhat discomposed, she passed across into another chamber. Upon entering this she was sur prised to observe, among other signs of confusion, that all the drawers of a chest were open. This in some degree alarmed her, but being, though a very mild, gentle, yet an equally courageous young lady, she proceeded to scan the room more closely, when she perceived a man partly crouched under the bed, but with his head protruded somewhat to wards the window. At the sight of him she quietly put down the linen, which she had in one hand, on a chair, and, walking to the door, took the key from the inside, and locked it on the out. She then gave the alarm, but as there were none but women and children in the house, some mi nutes necessarily elapsed before assistance could be procured, and in the mean time the man made his escape by the window, and over the yard wall, taking with him some of Miss Rigg's dresses, nor was he af terwards taken. One Wednesday evening, about a month ago, at the hour of nine o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Rigg being absent from home on ministerial duty, Miss Rigg, who had been sitting in the back parlour, with her mother and brother, had occasion to leave them for a few minutes. In about six or seven minutes a candle stick was heard to fall, and there ensued an unac countable scuffling and noise, then a stifled scream, followed by one louder. Mrs. Rigg thinking the noise was up stairs, and that one of the children, who had just retired to rest, must have set herself on fire, directed Mr. H. Rigg to run and see what was the matter, and she herself hastened after as fast as her feelings of alarm would allow. She had, however, just reached the door leading down to the cellar, which she had to pass in order to go up stairs, and which was standing partially open, when Miss Rigg came out pale as a corpse, and bleeding about her neck, though from what particular parts the blood proceeded was not at first easily seen, her neck and shoulders being covered with blood, and her white dress from her shoulder downwards presenting a frightful appearance. " Mother," she cried, " a man in the cellar has stabbed me." Her agonised and agitated parent laid her on the sofa, and sent im mediately for her medical attendant, afraid herself to look on what was done. On the arrival of Dr. F., it was found that she had been mercifully preserved from serious injury. 'When the miscreant attacked her, she was in the act of mounting the cellar steps, and consequently, on that narrow ground . he could only assail her from behind, in which position her long and thick curls interposed between his blade and her neck, and there can he little doubt saved her life. She had; - hoWever, one deep cut, four inches long, on the shoulder, with four smaller ones near it, and a slight wound on her breast. In making his brutal attempt, the ruffian had held her by one shoulder, but her dropping the candle pre vented him from seeing precisely where to strike. He had, however, besides inflicting the above-named wounds, severed a large portion of her hair, which, from its great profusion and strength of curl, must have required a very vigorous and deter mined stroke, or perhaps a succession of strokes. Miss Rigg distinctly heard her mother direct her brother to see what was the matter, as her assailant must also have done, and this made him quit his hold. Re treating by the front cellar, or under kitchen, he made his escape by the b k i s ek door, and over the yard wall. He had been in the upper rooms, had ran sacked the drawers, and secreto some articles of value, among other things, some sliver spoons, and had taken the razor with which he atteopted Miss Rigg's life, from her father's dressing-room. Jn his alarm he secured nothing ; the silver spoons he At tempted to take with him, but dropped in getting over the wall, and the razor was found crusted with blood on the other side of the wall. What was the reason of his brutal attempt is known to himself and God. It is not easy to conjecture it. It may have been that he thought that Miss Rigg had seen him, and he feared through her means discovery. He may have been the same man whom she had pre viously encountered, and in that case, with the fear of discovery may have been united the desire of revenge. Still, that the man, unmolested, apparently unob served, should either from fear of discovery, go the very way to insure discovery, or should so harbour revenge as to determine to attempt the life of an in nocent, unoffending girl, seems at first incredible. Yet subsequent circumstances render it almost certain that the latter is the true solution. At any rate, the attempt must be admitted to have been one of the most cruel, unprovoked, and brutal, that was ever made ; and one would have tho that every heart would have swelled with indignation against the perpetrator, every hand would have been ready to seize and consign him to justice, and that all would be inspired with one common feeling of sym pathy with the sufferer. A man was taken on the Friday after the attempt, on suspicion of being the guilty party, to whose fea tures Miss Rigg could swear as identical with those of her assailant, with the exception of his whiskers— features which every one knows can be diiguised at pleasure. Yet with this testimony; and 'the full evi dence in the Court of the circumstances detailed above, the Magistrates not only dismissed the man, but, though he was known to be fellow of bad character, they did not even interrogate hh as to where he had been on the evening in question. conduct And what has been the consequence of th, of these Magistrates ? Listen, Sir. Last Sunday' even ing, during service time, as Miss Rigg was going the back parlour for a book, a man followed her and struck her violently on the arm twice with some heavy instrument. She fell shrieking to the ground, and her cries brought assistance, which frightened away the incarnate fiend who had attacked her. He left the house without taking or attempting to take anything. Her arm exhibits a dreadful contusion from above the elbow partly to the wrist. Here seems an infernal plot against the life of this young lady, than whom there never lived one. gentler or more amiable. It can scarcely be doubted that it is one and the same man who has been concerned in all three attempts. It is remarkable that the last time he had his face blackened, as though determined not again to run the risk of having his features recognised. TUB NON-INTRUSION Non-Intru sionists are at their old game, trying to frighten the conntry into a concession of their claims, by a show of earnestness in their threatened secession from the Church. Finding that vague declarations had no effect—that such phrases as "suffering to the death," " forsaking, their stipends,' and "going to the hill sides," were regarded as mere figures of speech, they put forth their celebrated boothy scheme, in the hope that a formal and detailed plan would look something serious—bat it would not do, the public laughed at the wooden kirks as much as they had done at the pseudo martyrdom, and Dr. Candlish's manifesto fell still-born. Still not dishEartened; they have made a new attempt to work on the fears of the godly—another sham move ment, intended to draw the constitutional party from the stronghold behind which they are entrenched. A general circular, drawn up, it is said, by the leaders .. in Edinburgh, but subscribed chiefly by adherents in the country, has been issued, calling a convocation of the whole clergymen, to be held in Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 17th of November, and to continue as many successive days as may be found advisable. That the clerical muster is intended merely to date the Giiiceninaent, without at all committing its meMbers to any definite step in the fulfilment of their pledge to leave the Church; might be pthered from the circular itself.-Aberdeen-actuld, :.. 2. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. RULES AND ORDERS MADE UNDER THE STATUTE STH AND 6TH VIC., C. 116, INTITULED 44 AN ACT FOR I TILE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS." It is ordered-1. That everylpetition for protection from process under the statute passed in the Parlia ment holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Re lief of Insolvent Debtors," shall be taken to the Chief Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall street, or to the Deputy Registrar of the district Court of Bankruptcy in the county (as the case may be) between the hours of eleven in the forenoon and two in the afternoon, who shall file and number such petition, and such Chief or Deputy Registrar shall ' . thereupon allot such petitions by ballot to one of the Commissioners in London, or of the district Court in the country where there are two Commissioners, and such petition shall be prosecuted before such Com missioner, or before the district Commissioner, where there is only one Commissioner : provided always that any one Commissioner in London or the country may, in the absence of any such Conimissioner, act for him. 2. That every such petition shall be, as far as the case will admit, in the form set forth in the schedule marked A No. 1, annexed to these orders, and shall be supported by an affidavit in the form set forth in the schedule marked A No. 2, in the schedule annexed to these orders ; shall be sworn (unless otherwise ordered by a Judge or Commissioner of the said Courts) before the said Chief or Deputy Registrar, and filed at the same time with the said petition. 3. That the schedule to be annexed to such petition shall be in the forms now in use in the Court for the relief of insolvent debtors. 4. That each sheet of such petition and schedules shall be signed by the petitioner, in the presence of, and shall be attested by, his attorney, who shall ve rify such attestation by affidavit, to be filed with such petition. 5. That every petitioner shall, immediately after filing his said petition, deliver over to the official assignee appointed to his estate all books of accounts, bills, notes, securities, papers, and writings, relating to his estate and effects. 6. That the protection from process to be given to any petitioner upon filing his petition shall be called the " interim order for protection," and shall be set forth in the schedule marked A No. 3, annexed to these orders. 7. That the time for hearing the matter of such pe tition shall be appointed to the Commissioner acting in the same, such time not to be less than five or ex• ceeding eight weeks .from the date of the advertise ment of the intention to petition'required by the afore said statute, and shall be advertised in the form set forth in the schedule marked B No. 1, annexed to these orders, in the London Gazette, and in one news paper circulating within the county in which the peti tioner resides, three clear days, at least, before the Ap pointment of such sitting. 8. That the time for making a final order, unless cause he shown to the contrary, in the matter of such petition, shall be appointed by the Commissioners act ing in the same, of which time notice shall be given as aforesaid ten days at least beFore the time appointed, which notice shall be by advertisement in the form set forth in the schedule marked B No. 2, annexed to these orders. 9. That the final order shall be in the form set forth in the schedule marked A No. 4, annexed to these orders, and shall be inade in duplicate, one copy to be filed with the proceedings, and one copytobe delivered to the petitioner. 10. That all bills of fees and disbursements of any attorney or messenger for business done under the aforesaid Act shall be taxed by the Court in which the petition shall have been filed, according to the table of fees eet forth in the schedule marked C No. 1, an nexed to these orders, provided that any charge re specting any action at law or suit in equity shall be settled by the proper officers of the Court in which such business shall have been done. 11. That until further order the forms of proceed ings under the same Act, not herein specially provided for, be, mutatis midandis, in conformity with the like proceedings in bankruptcy. The schedules referred to in the above rules would only be interesting to practitioners and suitors in the Court,_who may easily obtain them from Mr. Johnson at the Court of Bankruptcy. We subjoin, however, as interesting to all parties, the table of " Fees and Disbursements to be allowed to the Attorney of Peti tioning Debtor',' : C. No. I. (above referred to.) Instruction for petition ~.. Filling up the same and form Filling up schedules and forms per folio of .ninety words, for the first ten folios Ditto, for each subsequent folio Attesting petition Filling up affidavit and form Attending with petitioner on registrar, presenting and filing petition, witnu.sing ballot, and afterwards on Commissioner for the ap pointment of official as signee, time of first exami nation and fqr protection: . Paid house registrar for building fund and fee - Paid messengers for atten dance, for advertisbg first examination towards Ga zette (ls.), and for news paper, whatever shall have been actually paid for ad • vertisement and newspaper, £ s. d. X s. d: 0 6 8 As revised. 0 2 0 O 0 8 O 0' 4 034 0 6 8 010 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 and Attending Court on first ex amination or adjournment . Paid house registrar for build ing fund and fee Paid messenger, for attend ance, pens, and paper Paid messenger for advertising the sitting of the Court, for making final order, towards Gazette (Is), and for news paper, as above, and Attending Court, if final order not made, and on all ad journments Attending Court when final order made Paid • house registrar and fee 0 5 0 Paid messenger for attend- ance, pens, and paper .... Necessary attendance on the Court when any order made Necessary attendance on the Court when no order made Letters, when necessary, each (if circulars Is. each only) postage-stamp included .. All copies (when necessary) per folio. Instructing or attending coun sel (when necessary) Drawing briefs (when neces sary) per sheet of ten folios (ninety words) 010 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 034 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 3 4 nowo 10 0 6 8 0 3 4 0 2 6 0 0 1i 034 0 6 8 0 5 0 CONDITION OF TIIE POOR IN LAMBETII.-•-AD in quest was held yesterday before Mr. Carter, at the Sea Lion, Sea Lion-street, New-cut, on the body of Louisa Hart, aged five months. From the evidence it appeared the - deceased went to bed with its parents, costermongers, otw Wednesday night last, apparently in good health, and the next morning the mother was awakened by bearing it groan. Deceased died at six o'clockthat morning. The mother could not account for itsdeath, andsaid the only injury deceased received was on the 3d of September, when she fell on the pavement with the child in her arms, and the Batter re ceived a blow on the head. During the investigation the B :,-rgcon complained of the excessive filth, the bad yen tihtti2u,. and the state of the sewers in the street in w hi c h a ,veased resided. It often happened that the water-closets were overflowed to the extent'of three or four inches, so that the lodgers were obliged to cross the yard upon planks. The inhabitants of the houses lived in a shocking state of filth. They were, nearly all costermong and it was no uncommon thing for them to sleep the room in which crabs, oysters, fish of other kinds, and vegetables, were kept under the bed. He was afraid to enter one of .the houses a few days ago, it was in uch a danger ous state. The Coroner said it was not pssible to pre vent costermongers having what they sold ;31 the room where they slept. He recommended any 'iner_sons Who might feel aggrieved to represent the state ofthe houses to a Magistrate, and indict the owners or oc cupiers of them for a nuisance. Verdict, " Died zeroed an effusion of blood on the brain, but how caused there was no evidence to show." IMPORTANT TO HOY GROW ERS.—The Lords of the Treasury - have directed that the hop grounds should be assessed for the property and income-tax under the general rule applioilble to other lands, and not under the special 'rifle containe d in schedule B, No. 8. The assess ment is, therefore, on all hop plantations io be made at 7d. in the pound una , :r schedule A, and . 30. under schedule B. The special rule above referred to directed that the assessment under schedule B should be estimated according to the rules in schedule D, and the duty to be charged in such last-named schedule. A similar allowance was granted under the former Property-tax Act by a Treasury Minute of 15th of July, 1 81 !J.—Kentish Gazette. STATE OF liIRMINGHAM.—If what every one says be true, thelpast has been, perhaps, the worst week of trade which has been felt in this town. The corn plaints are almost general. There are few orders in the wa rehouses. The men are daily being leSs em ployed, money is consequently scarcer, and the :hop keepers can best tell their own tale. To add to the gloom, the winter has set in with snow, cutting winds, and pinching night footo.—/linnifislinni Jourlial• . _ . --- PRESENT STATE OF THE NAVI GATORS' ISLANi)S. ~• • In year 1830, when the Missionaries Williams and Barft first landed at Savaii, one of the Navigators Islands, a dreadful contest was about to take place owing to the murder of Taimafainga, a powerful ru!er. By the interposition of these benevolent• men, the pe riod of hostility was shortened; and a better spirit in fused ihto the minds of the leaders. The happy change confirmed the influence of the new faith, and led to the desire for new teaChers, which was gratified to a certain extent, at least, in 1836, when several from England arrived on their shores. At a meeting of the Chiefs, among whom was Malietoa, these ser vants'of Christ entreated that the war should not be renewed. They were assured that it should not, and, moreover, that, if any quarrel arose among the leaders, a reference would be made to them as umpires. The author of a letter from Upalu, dated two years later, calculates, that the number of Christians there is about twenty thousand; that, in Savaii, there are between twelve and thirteen thou sand ; in Tutuila, aboutsix thousand ; and in Mallon° all the people, amounting to not less than one thou sand, have openly professed the faith of the Redeemer. In one of the districts of Anna was held, in 1837, the first missionary meeting in the Navigators' Islands; ..•; It was attended by two thousand five hundred persons ; the conquerors and the conquered mingling together. Chiefs of each party delivered speeches oa the occasion, in which, while they did not forget the wain object of the assembly, they severally m ade ,; touching allusions to their former contests, contrast ing with those sanguinary scenes their present dc lightful harmony. On the very spot where the last de structive war was waged a number of flourishing Vii• lages now stand, each of which has one or more schools, and divine worship is regularly performed on Sun day, Wednesday, and Friday. Even in their uncon verted state, as already noticed, the manners of the SA' 4 'l moans, and their skill in the construction and m anage - , 11. ment of canoes, were greatly superior to those or the Marquesan and the Society Islanders. Now there is further observed a considerable degree of dignity in their behaviour towards visitors and strangers rtt' h e common dress of the men was formerly very slign consisting of nothing more than a girdle of leaves , while the women .satisfied themselves with a shaggY mat, to the t,on‘vhi e c x h tilnieymdatisteprlasyoedf dress.ailthe ingenuity p enu r i e t s y en P t ee; greater number wear d ecan t wrappers o f calico, present" shirts and gowns ; and when they cannot afford these, they. appear in garments of a coarse though not no:' seenily cloth, manufactured from the bark of tree; , • Formerly when vessels arrived, mus k e t s a nd beads l i c; n . the articles most in demand; but n o w th e prine,ir B ud quiry is made for wearing a pp are l, s l a t es , re e l ' l n dy writing paper. The master of a whale ship t e , ce . ou p • confessed that he had carried to th e N av igators g l jn forty muskets for barter, and had only sold two. 0 . a word, the history of modern mi ss i o ns does not 51 viv S 0 or ply a more powerful inducement t o Christian ze 3 "h e . a more gratifying reward to the intrepiditY, which their great objects have been pursued. few years ago, the European who casually landed on O der, ~ islands, saw everywhere prevailing rapine, ul ti i r ipar t cannibalism, and other crimes, at which his, i n sickened; at present, he may contemplate, at l ell ' ure , the christianised districts morals comparativelY P the exercise of a rational worship, peace, and brotherly kindness, all h e i g ht ene d by the assernet intercourse of social enjoyme n t.—Edinburel Cav i Library, No. XXXIIL Polynesia. cohtidenreS ,u4~ :.R M THE M . COAL M Ships arrived since d. Buddle's West Hartley l7 8 Chester Main Hastings Hartley ......, l6 6 riolywt.ll Main l7 U Hebburn Slain West Hanky West Wylam l5 9 Walls End Clark tini Co. WaLs End Elm Park.. lB 6 Walls End Heilley l9 6 Walls End Hilda lB Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's Walls End Belmont W. E. Braddyll'sHetton Walls End Harwell. ...... 21 0 Walls , End Raton 21 0 Walls End Lambton ARKETS. last market day, 11. 19 6 Walls End Morrison ...... .. 0 Wid. End Stew:at's . • ...... . at . ; • WatleEnd'Shineliff ••••••••••: 2 1 6 Walis.Etid" Carado c ........• n , p Walls Eud tiardepool 5 Walls End Kelloe ......... . ; p Walls End Adelaide •.••.... 9 Walls I.:nd Coundon Tees.. I 440 Walls End Richardson'sTessL ,iolf Walls End South Durhanl. 9 Walls End Tees Bettor' Wal!, d 'levs •••••• ..... IV‘an: , End West Hatton.... • 5 Walls End West is itowp,:n ................ !I; Howard's West Nethert on I .; iSidney's Hartley ............ t': COUNTRY CORN 11IARICE1 as ---- Wheat. Barley. Oats. BOO' j. t. :Per Quarter.:ll s. to s. s. to s, s, to s. 0. t 8 sit st -- 23 -- 46 Hexham 4,4 72 36 38 'ill 2E4 itiorpeth - Penrith . - (6 -- 33 4 5 " -.- Sheffield - 23 -- -- 40 F VVinchest , r 52 56 27 61 20 211 35 a,( Per Bushel. d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. ti. 01 0 (i0 Carmarthen Cowbrioge 76 80 $ 6 461 S 9 30 5e (3)1 0 j ' Swansea l'er 8011. . 4 1 ° Bas arnardctle 110 16 6 $9 90 40 7 fi A T 11 0 01 ': Durham Richmond 1 0 11 0 0 Stockton R 0 17 0 90 90 60 70) 9 0 bi HADDINGrON CORN DIARKBr. peace. Wheat. Harley. I o a t.. ! , te": o.t Fir.t 49; Od 18 , 2 s lid es. 6A Od j 3 6 ' "" Second soi Od v. 6 .1 1 n o , 84 132 ' „ i .0 11 20: reAee;. c• ti .... ... -- 1, F. d ' e a • a O p to 9 , (; 0 ' 80 A' fi i v t" Bp l'n 166 50 904 0 7 : 06 11 't, 120 !30.00.60.59 6-W • ° ti 01 .1 1 13 4 6 0 1 15 7 (G 9 9 G O 1 9 0 ( 0 . 6 6 0 ° 8 7 O i l 100 00 i I a A (oki D a DlN g22 7 6d6 oN C07:376,1:1A1132:1,701 aerste;:kl W so.o ll h : eat. H arl ey . I oat. Se.' 7, ! 4., nu : E v e, : e r ein . : t a,d,d..,.... ..1, a: r Avera ge tmo b . 1s Od , 24s Od i° - d / SO: Od .Od • 1 $ 0- ; ‘ l , . 10, 91 3 .I.2ths , • GLA s S( d I . OW c C d. ORN MARE. . cl. Oats, K per . T .:64 11 ). 1 , 3 04 ,16 I/ English 220 to 24 0 I , i.h ................... 5 0 Scottisn /a 0 23 e British ' ................. i Irish Foreign • Barley, per 3201 b. scottiol II 19 S a ' English 2:3 0 24 0 Pease Scottish . •••• I , 1 0 a ' Scottish 2O 0 22 0 Oatmeal, per 1 trlh. 1. 40 Irish is 0 21 0 Flour per 2sol l, .. 07 DALKEITH CORN MARKET. flee"' Wheat. 1 I Barley. I Oat:. Pease. . 84 , od . First tils nu 328 64 21. Od :'4 Ws Od od •: 1 Second Ms , d 281 , d 203 0.1 3'23 Od I (Id Third ....1 41s Od 21s ad E.. 0. 1 —.6 0.1 , . EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 26c1hs. Per Stone of 11.11). 1 if , i . First Oatmeal ......£1 13 0 First Oatmeal-- . 0 1, 1 a , Second Dicta...—. 1 1 1 6 1 0 Second ditto ........ ... w f3 BArleyteoal Peasemeal 1 I 0 Peasemeal... ... , ... .... • '' Pot Barley from 2 1 s. to 335. per sac k.i SELF DEVOTION, EDITED BY THE Ar ig°ll ; " LIE SunALTEnx.”—These volumes come before ti.. world under circumstances which give an ad ve i n • p g tious interest to them that their intrinsic merits might well have dispensed with. They are a med production of a young and beautiful Scotch lady 11— *ust ' Campbell, who has been taken from the world .1 chef she was- about to reap the reward of this, her Cr .. 4. literary labour, in the admiring gratitude of its reacl e The novel belongs to an excellent school, that 0_ 0 7 ) , Austens, Ferriars, and Bruntons, and more than , c ter s firms the favourable impression made by the first production, "The Only Daughter; its r w ters, incidents, and situations being not mere'Y oe r• strictly domestic nature, finding an echo in t.h e , ihef • sonal experience of all; but the plot with vvh'!,"tiece and sterling are connected is contrived with great care, an; o ept loped with a degree of artistical skill and ill, less which are now-a-days rarely aimed at, mu' nti lar achieved, even by the most experienced and P i k novelists. Ar ch On Saturday last, his Royal Highness the riot duke Frederick of Austria and suite visited the, l e ipbi. works of Messrs. Wilson, Brother, and Co., on After witnessing the various operations o t he left there, and expressing the highest gratification! , od a donation of five pounds for the sick a nd burial, eta' ..• of the workpeople employed in that extensive • lr blishment.—Manchester Guardian. -ette PRUSSIAN COMMERCE. — The Leipsic Qa " de' lishes the following account of the arrivals !!,,fernel, partures of the ten principal Prussian POlO kn'ornides Pillau, Dantsic, Swinemunde. Wolgast, Rufund) in Colberg, Solpemunde, Grasswald, and S t ' 1, 105 ; 1,10 5 1841 :—Vessels, Danish, entered and sall e 19 ; Mecklenburgian, 75 ; Hanseatic 73; 1 1 1 4 1; 0 3 ' Swedish, 124 ; Norwegian, 73 0 ; 'English; 1' ( i s , 91 5 ; noverian, 752 ; Oldenburgian, 149 ; Nethet l i a t ;ijan; 6; French, 18 ; Portuguese and Spanish, 2 ; American, 8 ; Prussian, 5,712. -.;.;.....-.........,......--•--..-------.--''—''"''''--- On the Ist inst., in Hans-place, l a dy f A bia BlRTliCtelses, the 0 Wood, Esq., of a son. A tbe wi fe On the Ist inst., at Claremont - pl ace, Brixton -rot" of Otto Alexander Berens, Esq., of a son. • a MARRIED. On the Ist inst., the Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverierosuee;t son of the Earl of Radnor, to Aliss E. A. Baffeur,,,,!, countl daughter of the late General Balfour, of Balbirnie, in the Fife. • rlort°°' On the Ist inst., at St. James's Church, Francis., da ub jun.,of Farm-street. Berkeley-s quare , to Jane, only ":-' of Mr. Henry Frost, of York-stritet St. James's -qua"... e ldest 0 Jane, 00thnne relict ttl h te e 2 :l do t ifei l nth ll bso l e t ia . ,i , saa a tTte t St. George's:Camberwell, nor e '—, to son of Patrick Johnson, Esq., - West-gr, en. Tettonbs't. Caroline, third da ug h t e r On the 31st ult.. *dge E of Charles Stanbrr , Paul' t • Paul's. terrace , Islington. DIED. ton, Somersetshire, aged 72. Rev. Richard • MoonsteSjm .pse.Ar ileayr Addison. Mary's, siq, .I,i E no s gt q . t•.N.,in,oa, n ff .: hate, toehand.ete. u r s rienc i si s op st to. • . Winsloe, AL Neobf°Alllag"da4el:.rr CacrrilTgaeu'nit°l4ll:l:(l-6. Rector of .Minster and Forral;u9ry, Cornwall, Curate 0 o p well , ° I On the 29th ult., Alice, the wife of Alr. Charles Duke..lreet. St. James's. eyton, o f Chearider , aged 3. On the 30th ult., Air. Henry Pet, On the 30i.h ult., in Baker-street, Portman-square, .., Leese. Esq., aged 68. fteeee°' On the 31st ult., ai`. Lou r : Won, -r-?P' o g E,(q).n, aged 79. uli . ., at East Sheen, Surrey, Frederick , : Vansittart, voungest son of John Finksison, Esq., b..bt, affcd 21 months. On the 3I at nit.. at. Fulwell Lodge, Twickenhator On th e 31st ult., at Southatpton, John Clerk, Ea POO Temr,le Bowdoin, Esq., aged 66. On the Ist inst., P. H. Richardson, Esq.. of t n re lict Regent-stri et, aged 54. On f il e I s t i n st., at Acre- lane, Brixton, Mrs. 5t,_e:d6:211,7,1;59n3t.; Jo,hua Lockwood,'E,q., aged 66. On the Ist inst. at Betchworth, Surrey, On the tat inst., at Walworth, ActuaFr;reosftt'he National of the late Captain Robert Pettet, R .N. (in the tat inst., at I wickenbam-greeo, "' ~ of Walli , A tterbury, ogod 93. . John On the 2d inst., Susannah, the wife .of Mr. . Camberwell, aged 35. On the 2d inst., Henry, the yolliensg.esßtelice 'I: , ag eall oc h 4t e r r e, t . e t i te , t Flit pi::: ton, LarsdOwn-place, Brunswick-sqare. r JOE London ; fruited and Pubh,bed by MUSD() 1e420 t No. 112, Strand, at T he Sun Oftice.2. °"inbe 1s1"• the County of Alitidle!ex , IhurlfdaYt r 4 Z r : a fre e tel