The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-09 00:00:00

Vbirb Vbition THE FUNDS-(CI BRITISH Bank Stock .173 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 93i 3 per . Cent. Cons 9 ,4 3 per Cent. Red 100 i New ai per Cent... lolf New 5 per Con' 125 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1660 ...USING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock • ...258 pm Ditto Bonds ...... —pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 59 pm Ditto 5001...... 59 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. 173 India Stock for Acct... Consols for Acct. ST FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent 5B Ditto, New Ditto 3Bi Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pes cent IDitto, Metallic . FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent 'Brazilian Bonds. BuenosAyres6 per cent. 21 Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per .ent Greek, 1525, 5 per cent — I%lexican, 5 per cent 33a Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. SHARES. . Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 41 Ditto New Shares (17* paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (—paid) lo* Ditto Debentures ( paid) lo* Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... 8 London and Brighton (50 paid) 36* Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) 10* London and Blackwall ( paid) London and Birmingham (90) ........ Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares _( 2 paid .. . Of Spanish, 5 per cent lB Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f. —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. 5 .2i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100* London and South W e stern (41163 10d pd) 591 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...) 10 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover ( 50 paid) 221 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 911 SPIRIT of tae PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The report which is now in general circulation, that the Chancellor of the Exche quer intends to propose to Parliament the conversion of the Three -and-a -Half per Cents. into Three per Cents., has excited no little surprise and apprehension—not so much ofi account of the contemplated change as the means now in course of ope ration for preparing the way for carrying the financial project into effect. A recurrence to the period of 1829, when Mr. Goulburn then held the same post in the Government he now occu pies, will show, by the course he then pursued, that which he is now supposed to be secretly, but efficiently pursuing ; and which only re quires to be explained to be generally and de servedly condemned, as unworthy of a public functionary, who, in the performance of his public duties, should invariably seek the attain ment of his objects by an open and straightfor ward policy, rather than by a stealthy pace and sinister paths endeavour to reach them. Those who remember the mode in which Mr. Goul burn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 1829, prepared the public funds for his conversion of the Four per Cents. into Three-and-a-Half per Cents., may naturally be apprehensive that, con templating the conversion of the latter into Three per Cents., he will now practise on the money market by a similar agency, viz.—by causing large purchases of stock, so as to esta blish such higher prices as will ensure success to his project. Other means were employed in 1829 to operate collaterally with that we have mentioned. Thus the price of stocks was then forced up to an artificial height, to the manifest injury of the holders of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., who will be again deprived of what would be the fair price of their stock, by means which are discreditable to the Government, because dis honest toward the public creditor, who has a right to expect from it protection, and not injury. We rather allude to the subject than attempt a discussion of the entire question. To the pro posed conversion we offer no objection. It' the state of the money market afford a fair opportu nity to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for ef fecting that conversion—the Government having taken no part in producing that state of the mar ket—he has a right to avail himself of the event for financial purposes : but for a Chancellor of the Exchequer to engage in what, in another individual, would be deemed gambling in the funds, will neither increase public respect for his character, nor strengthen public confi dence in. the Government of which he is a member. What with his Income-tax—deducted upon the receipt of dividends, although in amount greatly under the exempted income—and the contemplated conversion of the Three-and-a- Half per Cents., by which the income of the fundholder will be materially diminished, Sir Robert Peel seems likely to provoke as much hostility from the fiindli older as he has managed to secure to his Government from the landed interests by his tariff and sliding-scale. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle takes the occasion of the civic anniversary to compare the state of public feeling at present with what it was 12 years ago. We can have no pleasure in referring to the state of things in 1830, though we have no reason to be ashamed of the part, humble as it was, which we acted at that time. However, it is right, when the subject has been brought forward to lead to false inferences, that the truth be told. The cause of the disgrace ful exhibition twelve years ago was this— " the Conservative democracy," the real strength of the country, the party which com prises nearly all that England possesses of real intelligence and of disinterested patriotism, had been—whether upon good or bad grounds matters apt—disgusted and stupified by the events of the preceding year into a state of absolute neutrality. They had tried the aris tocracy, and the chiefs of their own party, and thought they ought no longer to trust them. The Whigs had this advantage, that they were untried; and thus the question of who should govern the State became to the mass of the really honest and well-disposed men of the country a matter of the last indifference. They, therefore, withdrew their attention from public affairs, and left the field open to the Whigs and their Radical allies. How this allied part; gam boiled in the open field is told in our history. They passed a Retbrm Bill, which they themselves now assert to be the worst possible Reform Bill that could he passed—they passed a New Poor-law Bill, upon which the country has pronounced its opinion they converted a surplus reve nue into a hopeless deficiency—and in the end broke down in the attempt to carry measures which they themselves but twelve months before declared to be the protnptings of insanity; these were the achievements of the Whigs in legisla tion ; their other exploits it would be tedious to recapitulate. Rebellion in the colonies, betray als and disgusts of allies, unprovoked and seem ingly interminable wars bequeathed to their suc cessors, may serve for general heads of the sche dule. In short, the Whigs have had a trial of ten years, and the Conservative democracy is no longer at a losstodecide upon which party power may be most safely conferred. Men must be stupid indeed if they will not endure and forbear under such a Government as Sir Robert Peel's, with the proof in recent memory that a change must place them under such a Government asithe country was cursed with from 1830 to 1841. No less a sum than 100,0001. —we have it upon the confession of the Leaguers themselves—has been employed to excite disaffection to the law, and hatred of the Government; the disaffection is excited, but the low rate of wages becomes its object—the hatred is excited, but the direction it takes is against the millowners, who underpay their labourer s , not aga i nst the Government. Why, then, must the multitude we refer the indisposition of to mob ministers to the discipline of the peaceful and successful o Reform agitation ? The multitude has reason l for personal ill will to Sir Robert P col leagues, but the reverse, andee and his they certainly will not mob any one for the sake of the Whigs, whom they so justly abhor. But we must not pass without a notice this modest assumption of the peaceful character of the Reform agitation. Why, if we a re not mis taken, the disgraceful scene enacted thi s d ay twelve years, to which the Morning Chronicle refers as the contrast of _peace, was itself part of the Reform agitation [indeed our Contempo rary'e, whole argument rests upon the assump tion]. Was that peaceful ? The London riots, in which the Duke of Cambridge's, the Duke of Wellington's, and so many other houses were attacked—were they peaceful ? The menaced march of 300,000 armed men from Birmingham —was that peaceful ? The fires at Nottingham, and Derby, and Bristol— were they peaceful? If they were the Whig Government hanged a great many peaceful men; but the fa c t i s that the Reform agi▪ tation was not peaceful, nor At intended to be peaceful. the end of twelve years, w that the Ministers o f thethe repeat o ur assertion then Soverei▪ gn called for threats of physical force; and Lord Mon teagle and Mr. Edward Ellice know - the truth of what we say. We have no mobbing now, and we shall have none while the Gover nment preserves its present character—not the characterof aban dotawg principles, for it has abandoned n but the character of strictly maintaining princi ples, and of obstinatelg maintaining nothing else. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) The improved feeling in the market, which we no ticed lad week, was fully supported to-day ; and a fair business was done, both in goods and yarn, at the full prices of last week. In some cases, attempts were made to obtain a slight advance on one or two counts of mule yarn, and on 40-inch shirtings ; but we do not think they were generally successful. On the whole, however, the market was very firm, with a tendency rather to advance than otherwise. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 7.—The demand for flannels still continues brisk, and the regular buyers have purchased more freely than usual. There is every prospect of this continuing up to Christmas at least. The prices are the same as they have been for some weeks past. In the wool market there is no change to report, either as to prices or quantity sold. The dealers are quite ready to sell at former rates ; but the manufacturer purchases for immediate use only. ACCIDENT TO LORD LONDONDERRY. — A corre spondent writes as follows :—" The Marquis of Lon donderry, when following the fox-hounds on Monday last, fell from his horse at Two-mile Houses near Stockton-on-Tees, and broke his right arm. His Lord ship was immediately conveyed to Wynyard Park, where he received surgical assistance." It is stated that Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews have withdrawn themselves from Drury-, lane Theatre, in consequence of a misunderstanding with Mr. Macready. THE INDIAN PRISONERS.—A correspondent of the Post states that the English prisoners taken by the Affghans, including the ladies ' concerning whom so much anxiety has been felt, have been removed by Akbar Khan to Bameen, seventy miles to the north west of Caubul. The removal, it is said, has been a consequence of the advancement of the British forces upon Caubul. A public meeting took place in Nottingham last f night, to petition the Home Secretary for a mitiga tion of the sentences of imprisonment passed on the 26 men found guilty on an alleged riot at the last Quarter Sessions, and to collect a subscription to support their dependent families. Resolutions to carry out both these objects were adopted unani mously. There is no foundation for the report that Mr. David Pollock is to be appointed one of the Com missioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, in the room of the late Mr. Commissioner Bowen. In fact, a very general opinion prevails in Westminster Hall that it is not intended to fill up the vacant office. It is also considered doubtful whether the judgeship of the Court of Review, vacant by the death of Sir John Cross, will be filled up. 'We believe that we may state with certainty that Mr. Alfred Dowling will be immediately raised to the dignity of a Sergeant-at-Law. There are, we understand, a . number of applications for the coif by gentleman of the different law courts ; but nothing is decided with respect to them. RALEIGH AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.—An adjourned meeting of the creditors of this firm was held at the Bankruptcy Commissioners' Rooms yesterday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the claim of the Bank of Manchester to prove its debts on the estate ; which claim was resisted on the ground that after the issue of the fiat, in which the registered officer of the bank was the petitioning creditor, the bank received different sums from the bankrupts ; which, it was contended, vitiated its claim. After a very long examination of witnesses, the meeting was adjourned to Friday next, at two o'clock. The claim of the bank upon the estate is about 170,0001. — Manchester Guardian. LONGEVITY OF AN EEL.—A few days ago Mr. William Hunter, of Ballyboghillbow, near Grey abbey, on clearing out his well, which is situated on the summit of one of the highest hills in the Ards', found an eel in good health. He put it into the well shortly after his removal there, upwards of 40 years ago.—Banner of Ulster. SINGULAR CASE OF DEATH FROM FRIGHT.— Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the White Bear, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, on the body of George Morgan, aged fifty-three, a brass worker, re siding at No. 27, in the above street. John Morgan, son of deceased, stated that his father generally en joyed good health, but was of a nervous temperament. About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon last they were both at work in the upper part of their house, when some person entered deceased's bedroom andstole therefrom two coats of his. Witness discovered the rob bery and communicated it to his father, who directly turned very pale and trembled exceedingly. Witness had occasion to leave the workshop for a minute or so, and during his absence, hearing a heavy fall, he hur ried back and found deceased lying by a bench with one of his sides paralysed. Though several surgeons were sent for, not one could be found to come before seven in the evening. Deceased died on the following day, from the effects, witness believed, of the shock he received when the robbery was communicated to him. Mr. Liddle, surgeon, said he visited deceased as soon as he could, bled him, and continued to attend him until the day of his death (Sunday). Deceased died of paralysis produced by the shock his nervous system had sustained, his nervousness predisposing him to such an attack. Verdict, " Natural death from fright." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COWBT OF CHANCERY. Nov. 8. EX PARTE EYRE IN RE WRIGHT, DIDDULPiI, AND CO. The arguments in this case, which were commenced yesterday, were resumed and concluded to-day. The case came before the Court upon a special case in the nature of an appeal from the decision of the late Sir John Cross, in the Court of Review. The bank rupts in this case lately carried on their business of bankers in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, and the appellant, Mr. Vincent Eyre, banked at their house. , In the year 1835, the appellant deposited in the house of the bankrupts, in a tin box, various securities, among which were Cuba bonds to the amount of 52,0001., he having given for them upwards of 48,0001. Those bonds bore an interest of 6 per cent. In Sep tember, 1838, John Wright, the principal acting partner of the firm, requested the appellant to let him have 25,0001. of these bonds, for which he agreed to deposit 429 shares in the Southampton Railway Com pany. This was agreed to by the appellant; and in Ib3i, at the request of the partnership, he lent them the remainder of the Cuba bonds upon the deposit of Norristown and Bally Railway shares to the value of 33,000/. ; and in 1840 these shares were exchanged for Cairo City and Canal Bonds, which were deposited in the appellant's box at the banking-house. Of this box the bankers had the key, and after their bankruptcy in September, 1840, the appellant discovered that the securities he thought were in the box, had been removed, and debentures in the Commercial Steam Packet Company and in the Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company, had been substituted. In 1841 the appel lant presented his petition to the Court of Review, praying that these debentures might be put up for sale ; that the appellant might be at liberty to bid for them, and that he might prove for the deficiency against both the separate and joint estates of the bankrupts. On the case coming on before the late Sir John Cross, he ordered a sale of the securities, gave e the appellant liberty to bid for th em , an d also tsOv prove against the separate estate of John Wright for the amount of the first loan of 25,0001. Cuba Bonds to him ; but with respect to the second loan of 28,0001. Cuba Bonds, his Honour held that the appellant had no right of proof at all, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. BETIIELL and Mr.PuEvis appeared for the ap pellant, contending that a breach of trust had been committed by all the partners, and that such being the case, the appellant had a right to prove against the separate and joint estates of all the partners. Mr. SWANSTON and Mr. Maori were counsel for the assignees, and submitted that the judgment below was correct, and ought to be allowed to stand. Mr. Puavis, in the absence of Mr. Bethell, having replied, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he must consider the case before he gave judgment, which he would do in a day or two. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 8. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FOSTER. _ The hearing of this cause, which was part heard before the commencement of the long vacation, was concluded this morning. It was an information against Mr. Foster, Mr. W. Patten, M.P., and another gentleman, as trustees of the Manchester school. _ _ _ _ . In his reply on behalf of the defendants on Saturday, Sir Charles Wetherell stigmatised the suit as an attempt, since Manchester had become a borough, with all the adjuncts which attach to boroughs, to democratise the school, and even to sansculottize it, by converting it from a classical into a commercial academy. Part of the case of the de fendf..nts was directed to show that the master had by tradition a right to take boarders, which right had been disputed by the Counsel for the plaintiffs. Mr. ANDERSON addressed the Court this morning in support of the information. His HoNouß. said he should certainly not decide the case without referring again to the cases which had been cited; but he certainly did not entertain the least doubt as to the principle on which he ought to act. In this case an information was filed, and cer tain persons were made trustees. Pending the pro ceedings in the cause, and before a decree had been drawn up, some of the persons who were trustees at the beginning had ceased to be so, and three new trustees w ere appointed. Before the decree had ; rneata. bill had been filed against the 4.1ree.2 bill insisted that the new trustees were bound by all that had taken place in the cause before they had become trustees. The three new trustees, who had been made parties to the supplemental bill, had put in an answer, in which they hrd set up several matters which would go to show that the original decree ought not to have been pronounced ; they insisted, in fact, that they had a right to make a defence of their own as to the relief sought by the information. Exceptions were taken on the ground of impertinence; it was stated that inasmuch as they were bound by former proceedings, all that was said about merits was irrelevant. The Master decided that it was not impertinent, and exceptions were taken to the Master's report. Sir Charles Wetherell and Mr. Russell were heard for the defendants, and _ _ _ The case was ordered to stand over for judgment. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 8. (Sittings in Banco.) HUNT V. HELPS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a paper manufacturer, carrying on business in Bermondsey, against the defendant, as the public officer of the Bri tish Alliance Insurance Company, to recover 2,0001., the amount of a policy of insurance, for goods destroyed by fire. The declaration was drawn up in the usual form, and it was set out therein that in the policies of insurance granted by the British Alli ance Company that, in case of the destruction of articles by fire, the assured should, within a certain day thereafter, give in the statement of particulars of the articles so destroyed, on which the claim was made, and that he should verify such statements by affidavit before the Lord Mayor, and that if there 'should be any fraud in such statement then the assured should forfeit all the benefit to be derived from the policy. The defendant pleaded, first, that there was a fraud in such statement of demand, and a fraud in the affidavit made by plaintiff before the Lord Mayor. Subsequently two other pleas had been added—first, that the fire had been occasioned by the wilful procurement of the plaintiff; and, secondly, that the fire had been occasioned by the wilful act and connivance of the plaintiff. The case was tried before Lord Abinger at the last Surrey Assizes, and the Jury found a verdict for the defendant on the plea of fraud. Mr. Sergeant Sims, on the part of the plaintiff, now moved for a rule to show cause why the ver dict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted, partly on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge, and partly on affidavit. From the state of the pleadings, their Lordships would perceive that as the burden of proof lay upon the defendant, it was for him to begii. Accordingly the Counsel for the defendant opened his case, and undertook to prove the pleas. The ease for the defendant occupied the whole of the first day of trial, and almost the last witness called was Mr. Abbott, the surveyor to the Company, who stated that a few days after the fire the plaintiff had called upon him, and he had questioned plaintiff as to the items which he had returned as having 'been destroyed in the machine-room to the value of 1401.—that he had questioned him as to the value of each particular item, asking him, item by item, and among them he (Mr. Sergeant Shea) wished particularly to draw their Lordship's at tention to one item, mentioned by Mr. Abbott in his evidence, as a great deal turned on that item—it was, press boards, 51. 6s. The value of the articles thus enumerated by Mr. Abbott amounted to 50/. only, instead of 1401., and Mr. Abbott stated that, in reply to his questions, plaintiff said that he, plaintiff, wished to do the best he could for his creditors ; and, in fact, it appeared that he had made an assign ment of the whole of his property, including this policy, for the benefit of his creditors. Such was the state of affairs at the conclusion of the first day. He (Mr. Sergeant Shea) had an affidavit from plaintiff's attorney, stating the occurrences on the morrow. The plaintiff's Counsel opened his case, and was pro ceeding with his address to the Jury, when he was interrupted by Lord Abinger in these words—" Do you mean to contend that Mr. Abbott is perjured, because, if you do not I shall direct the Jury to find for the defendant;on the plea of fraud." The Counsel for the plaintiff replied that the evidence of Mr. Ab bott was capable of explanation, on which Lord Abinger put it to the Jury if they believed Mr. Ab bott. The Jury expressed a desire that . the case should proceed, on which Lord Abinger said to them "The question you have to decide is if you believe Mr. Abbott or not." The Jury expressed a desire to re tire, when one of them asked if the only question they had to try was, whether they believed Mr. Abbott or not, to which Lord Abinger replied, " That is the only question you have to try ; if you believe Mr. Ab bott you must find for the defendant on the plea of fraud. _ _ Lord DENmAst—Were you present at the trial, brother Shea. _ _ Mr. Sergeant SHEA—NO, my Lord. I was not. A learned friend of mine conducted the case for the plaintiff, and he did not think it right to move this rule. I have satisfied myself as to what took place, and having been requested to move on this affidavit, I conceive I have no option but to move the rule. Lord DENMAN—If you move on affidavit, your affidavit should state everything. It should not only state all that the deponent saw and witnessed, but it should also state that application had been made to the Learned Counsel engaged in the cause, and that he had refused to act. Mr. Sergeant Snui—That is the fact, my Lord. Lord DENMAN—If you will undertake that the at torney in the case will make an affidavit to that effect, you may go on, but for the future affidavits of this nature must be perfect in the first instance. Mr. Sergeant SHEA undertook that such an affida vit should be made. The result of this interference on the part of the Judge was the plaintiff's cause had never been heard at all, and that his charac ter had been blasted, and his creditors had been deprived of the property without his being heard in his defence. He (Mr. Sergeant Shea) submitted that the question put by Lord Abinger to the Jury, was not the question in the cause at all. In a case which had been stopped in thismanner, of course he could not refer to the evidence, but he had an affidavit of merits. He had an affidavit from the plaintiff, stating that all the pleas were false and untrue, and setting forth that if the cause had been allowed to go on, it must have been proved to be the mistake of Mr. Abbott. The plaintiff stated that Mr. Abbott had asked him ques tions as to the value of various items, and among other questons had asked him the value of the boards, to which he had replied .5/. 10s., but that Mr. Abbott had never asked him about three presses which constituted one item of the demand, and which ,were of the value of 901., which, together with the 50/. admitted by Mr. Abbott, made up the amount 1401., which was the amount claimed. The plaintiff further stated that the remains of these presses were still visible, and were capable of being valued. He submitted, therefore, that he was en titled to a rule, inasmuch as the plaintiff's cause had never been tried at all. Lord DENMAN—IVO will see the Learnd Judge on the subject. We are in doubt as to whether any affidavit is necessary, whether you ought not to have credit ex relatione. You have heard from the Learned Counsel that all that the affidavits state took place. Mr. Sergeant SHEA—The Learned Counsel has told me all that passed, not perhaps in the same words as the affidavits, but he has satisfied me as to what occurred ; and I am also bound to state that my Learned Friend has also satisfied me as to the pro priety of his not making the motion as a matter per sonal to himself. Lord DENMAN—We will take a day to consider what the practice ought to be, if it should be all affi davit, or all matter of relation from the bar.—Judg ment postponed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 8. IN BB WILLIAM HENRY BALL. The o K e r e Kennington-cross, fianngtlhtruoonia-otclorwooassisb, omnibuses sbe but t describedplywasin plying as better b a e coach t keen no proprietor , a o t w Kennington, and the City. The amount of debts, as stated in his schedule, was 4,5001., and the assets available to the estate only 231. 10s., and even that sum was described under the h ea d of " good debts." This day being appointed for the final examination, the Court was crowded with creditors; and after a very lengthened examination of the bankrupt, Mr. Commissioner FAYIE said, when, as in the pre sent instance, the balance-sheet presented such a large amount of debts, and only 231. l Os. available to the creditors, he could not allow the bankrupt to pass his final examination except the accounts were most sa tisfactory and explicit to the whale body of the cre ditors. He should, therefore, adjourn the examination for a month and, in the meantime, unless the bank rupt rendered to the official assignee all the required information, he should order the case to be adjourned sine die. THE BOULOGNE EXPEDITION.—A report having been industriously circulated that the expenses of the expedition to Boulogne, under the direction of Prince Louis Napoleon, had to the amount of 80,0001. been defrayed by the concocters of the Exchequer-bill fraud, we are enabled by documents submitted to us, unquestionably authentic, to give it the fullest con tradiction. Every shilling expended in that expedi tion, as well as in the purchase of certain journals in Paris, has been paid out of that Prince's own private funds. Whatever imputation, therefore, may rest upon his prudence, none whatever can attach upon his honour.—Evening Paper. THE SWEARING-IN OP THE NEW LORD MAYOR.--. Yesterday Alderman Humphery was sworn into the office of Lord Mayor, with the usual ceremonies, at the Guildhall. On Monday, the 7th inst., a general assembly of the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. Thomas Cres wick, Mr. John Hollins, and Mr. Francis Grant, were elected Associates of that Institution. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Lee, the mock wine -merchant, who has undergone several examinations on charges of having defrauded tradesmen of goods, was yesterday brought up for final examination. The solicitor for the prosecution stated that he con sidered there was sufficient matter in the evidence of Mr. Leach, the clerk to Messrs. Teddy and Co., tobacconists, to prove that the prisoner had obtained the goods under false pretences. The prisoner, with out having any license for the sale of wines, applied to the prosecutors in the character of a wine-mer chant, and gave in his card, which represented him and a Mr. Gould as wino-merchants at No. 14, Cooper's-row, Austinfriars, a neighbourhood in which men of eminence in the wine trade resided. Now the prisoner was anything but the character he represented himself to be, and Mr. Leach would not have allowed the tobacco to be taken to the premises of the prisoner if he had not believed him to be a wine-merchant, which he certainly was not. Lee said he had dealt in nothing but wine for the last seven years, and the solicitor for the prosecutor happened to be a customer himself to one of the persons with whom he (the prisoner) had had dealings in wine. The solicitor to the prosecutor—Who is that ? Lee —Mr. Hennekey. The solicitor for the prosecution—As you have mentioned that name, I shall tell you what Mr. Hennekey told me. He declared that you swindled him to the value of 401.—(A laugh.) Lee—That was all owing to a bad debt, and as for Mr. Teddy, I assure you, my Lord, he never asked me for the money at all.—(Laughter.) The prisoner was then committed for trial for hav ing obtained goods from Messrs. Taddy and Co. under false pretences. A lady, who put no signature to her communication to the Lord Mayor, inclosed a 101. note to his Lord ship for the service of the poor. His LORDSHIP said the season was approaching when contributions of the kind would be most neces sary to meet the pressing demands at the Justice room. He hoped that his successor would find, at the commencement of the new Mayoralty, that the female friends of humanity would rally round him, and that the new Lord Mayor would be enabled to do more good for the poor by the assistance of the bene volent, than any of his predecessors. A man of respectable appearance, named Peter Adamson, appeared before Alderman Gibbs, on Mon day evening, at a late hour, charged with having ob tained the sum of 2001., under false pretences, from a young Scotchman named John Heron. The pretence was understood to be, that the complainant should be a partner in a commercial agency at Port Phillip. Mr. Clarkson attended as counsel, and Mr. Bozon as soli citor for the prosecution. Mr. Clarkson stated that Mr. Heron resided at No. 1, Bridge•road, Lambeth, and had lately received 4001., which had been bequeathed to him. He was of age in June, and he had a cousin who was employed in an Australian house, whom he sometimes visited. He met there the prisoner, about the 24th or 25th of July, and held some conversation with him about Texas, to which place Mr. Heron intended to go, for the purpose of advancing his condition. The prisoner declared that he was going to Melbourne and Port Phillip, that he had been an emigration agent, and that he had letters to secure his appointment to a colo nial agency, from Sir James Graham and Lord Stan ley, so that there was no doubt whatever as to the profitable nature of the transactions in which he was concerned. The prisoner further stated that it would be folly on the part of the prosecutor to set off for Texas, when there was such an opportunity to go with singular chances of a prosperous result to a place so much superior, and added that he had been kept dallying about a partnership with a gentle man for some time, and if the negotiation were not completed within a very short period, it should be wholly terminated. The prosecutor finally was induced by the representations of the pri soner, of the correctness of which he entertained no doubt, to accompany him to Port Philip. The pri soner had in the course of their communications toge ther told him not to mention anything about their plans to his cousin or friends, and thus the prosecutor had nobody to direct his inexperience or secure him by advice against the inducements held out to him to part with his money. The consequence was that Mr. Heron was prevailed upon to sign a deed of partner ship and to give to the prisoner the sum of 2001. It • was in vain he requested to be allowed to consult his friends in Scotland. The prisoner declared that con siderable loss had already been sustained in consign ments in consequence of the delay made by the gen tleman who was to have been his partner, and no fur ther procrastination could take place. The prosecutor found after he parted with his money, that Mr.Adain son was not so anxious to see him, or to depart for the place in which they were to reap such advantage. Disappointment after disappointment took place, and at length the prosecutor determined to try the effect of an appeal to the Lord May or. Mr. Heron made a statement to the effect of Mr. Clarkson's address. He said the prisoner had the deed of partnership executed by an attorney, no pro fessional man having been present on his (witness's) account. The prisoner was to have seen him two days an explanation on every point, but did t h e a ppointment, an d w i tness did not see t h e coming after the to of payment of the m one y, f or th e p urpose not keep prisoner until ten days afterwards, although they were to meet every two days, and the prisoner was to have brought the letters in testimony of the fidelity of his statements, It was, however, evident, that no• thing honourable was intended by Mr. Adamson, al though he said he was a most honourable man ; and witness declared to him that he was desirous to have his 2001. returned, in order that he might prepare to go to Texas. The observation which the prisonermade upon being thus applied to was, that he should hold the witness as a partner, but that he would consent to let him have his note of hand, or bill for 1001., at six months' date. Upon the part of the prisoner, it was stated that the prosecutor and Mr. Adamson were partners, and signa ture of both parties attached. was produced, with the a deed Alderman of partnership GIBES a lied the prosecator whether he would have parted with his money if the declarations attributed to the prisoner had not been made. The prosecutor said he certainly would not. The prisoner was then remanded. Alderman GIBBS at the same time stated that he would take bail for the prisoner's appearance. MARYLEB ONE. INTENDED DUEL. ----BLOODSHED PREVI3NTED. WILD V. Tiniasio.John Edward Wild, a queer looking little man, residing in Bowling-green-build ings, New-road, and who deals in bottles, &c., was brought up by Whipp, the officer, on a warrant charging him with having sent to Mr. James Tilling, landlord of the Royal Oak, Circus-street, Bryanston square, a letter, calculated to provoke him to a breach of the peace. Mr. Tilling's evidence was to the effect, that de fendant was constantly coming to his house, and an noying the respectable company assembled there, by preaching about Chartism and other " nonsense." lie had been expelled from the parlour ; and a short time ago he brought against complainant a charge of as sault, which was dismissed. He had often used threatening language out of doors ; and a few dnys ago complainant received from him a letter. The fol lowing is a copy : " November 2d, 1842. " Sir,—The bearer of this is my friend. I wish you to Name a friend, and meet me at any Plaice you you may name on Occasion of your Abusive Condickt in sending me a Lawyers Letter in regard of your unmanly Condickt towards me. John Cowell is my friend. " JOllll EDW. Winn, " 4, Bowling-green-buildings. " To John Tilling, Esq." Coster, 41 D, stated that, on the 29th of October, he heard defendant, who had received from Tilling a lavryer's letter, say it was the worst thing he could ag t wo sureties in 50/. each, for his have done, and th rea tened to go to his (Tilling's) house and blo w out hi s brains. The little d e f en d an t, who denied the truth of the allegationsagainst him, was held to bail, him self in 1001., and , keeping the p eace, and being of good behaviour, for the next twelve months. THA ME .S.POLICR. ROBBERIES AND SACRILEGE IN ESSEX .— John Ro berts, a se aman, w h o w as formerly a drover, was brought before Mr. Broderip for re - examination, on a charge o f b reak i ng i n to the parsonage-house at Lawford, i n amount of 2001. th ere from. He was also charged Essex, and stealing property to the with stealin g a ba6 the river, off Union-stairs. of clothes from the ship Triumph, of Ipswich, lying in The first case agasns t the prisoner, that of obtaining a bag of clothes and a hammock from the Triumph, by falsely r e p resent i ng that he had been sent for them by a seam an name d G o och, who was formerly his shipmate, tion, and it was th en stated that he was the person was fully made out on the first examina described in a placard offering a reward for the ap prehension of John Roberts, who broke into the par sonage-house at Lawford, on the 16th of October, while the incumbent of the living and his family were attending Divine service in the church. Mr. BRODERIP asked if there was any further evi dence against the prisoner. Mr. Valentine, inspector of the K division of police, said he was prepared to make seven charges of rob bery, burglary, and sacrilege, committed in Essex, against the prisoner, in addition to the case of stealing clothes on the river Thames. Mr. BRODERIP said there appeared to be a multi tude of very serious charges against the man at the bar, and he had no cbjection to go into one or all of them, but he thought it would be the most convenient course if he was to fully commit the prisoner to New gate for,trial for stealipg the bag of clothes from the ship Triumph on the river, and the prisoner could, on application being made to the Judges, be removed into Essex on a writ of habeas, or in the event of his acquittal at the Old Bailey the inspector would be authorised in taking him into custody immediately after, and conveying him to Essex to answer the charge of sacrilege and burglary. Mr. Valentine said he intended to adopt that course in the event of the Magistrates not proceeding with the cases. Mr. BRODERIP, after consulting with Mr. Symons, the chief cl4rk, committed the prisoner for trial for the felony on the river, and directed the in spector to make the Judges acquainted with the other cases when the prisoner made his appearance at the Central Criminal Court. The inspector would then act on the instructions given him. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1842. KINGSTON. A very fine young woman, who stated her name to be Ellen Johnson, and that she was sixteen years old, was brought before Mr. W. B. Jones, the Mayor of Kingston, charged with having attempted to de stroy herself. James Stevens Wiggins deposed that on Monday morning he was going from Ham towards Kingston, and when he arrived at a place called the One-tree, a short distance from the Thames, he heard a noise in the water which attracted his attention, and on going to tho bank of the river he saw a human body float ing in the stream, with the head part above water. He immediately jumped into the river, and dragged the drowning person, who turned out to be the prisoner, to the shore. He asked her how she came into the water, and she told him that she had thrown herself in purposely. She at the same time told him her name, and said that family disputes were the cause of her desiring to destroy herself, and fearing from her manner that if she were not prevented she might repeat the attempt, he obtained the assistance of a policeman, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody. The MAYOR asked the prisoner, who appeared quite callous, and who did not evince the slightest regret for the desperate act she had attempted to commit, how she came to attempt self-destruction ? She re plied that she was very uncomfortable at home. Her brothers were constantly abusing her, and her father encouraged instead of checking them in their conduct. She could not live at home any longer, and therefore she attempted to destroy herself, and she would rather do anything than go home again. The Aaron inquired whether any of the prisoner's relatives were present, and a decent-looking young woman, who represented herself to be her sister, step ped forward, and in answer to questions from the Magistrate, she said that there was no truth in what the prisoner said relative to her being ill used by her brothers. The fact was that she had stopped from home one day rather late, and her father, thinking she had not been in good company, had remon strated with her upon the subject, and pointed out to her the impropriety of her conduct, but instead of listening to what he said she flew into a violent passion, and declared that she would drown herself. She added that the family were willing to receive the prisoner home again. The prisoner said she would not go home any more, for she was sure to be " blowed up" by some of them. The MAYOR said the prisoner did not seem to be at all aware of the dreadful character of the offence she had attempted to commit, and he did not think it prudent to discharge her at present. She was, there fore committed to Kingston Gaol, to give an oppor tunity for her friends to make some arrangement respecting her, with a view to prevent her from making any further attempt on her life. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. The following has been posted at Lloyd's :-- DIRECTIONS FOR NAVIGATING THE GULF OF GMYRNA AND THE NARROW CHANNEL OF ST. JAMES ' S CASTLE. Four buoys have been placed on the north side of the channel leading to the Bay of Smyrna. They are painted black, having the depth of water in which they lie marked on the head in Roman cha racters, excepting the outer, or westernmost, which is marked S.W. Spit. This lies in four and a half fathoms on the S.W. projection, or elbow of the shoal, A mile and a half eastward of this is the mouth of the llermus, which may be known by the rushes growing near it. The shoal water is very apparent. The baulk is nearly dry, and covered with bushes and stumps of trees. A beacon has been placed on its outer edge in five feet water. There are five fathoms at half a cable's distance south of it, thence increasing to 13 and 25. Three quarters of a mile east of this is another spit, on which a buoy has been placed, in three fathoms, E. by N., one mile and a quarter from N.' is a buoy, in four fathoms, and E. one quarter N. one and - one eighth of a mile; further, another in three fathoms ; this last is on the spit opposite St. James's Castle, where the channel is only three cables and a half wide, and the shoal very steep, there being six and seven fathoms immediately without the buoy, and at fifty yards distance within it not more than six or seven feet; this buoy is placed on the most project ing point, and nearly in the middle of the flat head which bounds the channel. They are placed on the extreme points of the shoal ; no vessel should endea vour to pass beyond a direct line drawn through them; by keeping without she will avoid all danger. The peak of Ninnas at the middle of the hollow between the two northermost peaks in Long Island bearing N.W. by W. clears the S.W. elbow in sixteen fathoms at three cables distance. A slip may pass close to the buoy, as the bank is steep, but if bound out of the Gulf should not bring the peak to the northward of the mark until you are one mile and a half N.W. of the buoy, as there is danger on the western projection of the bank. The north end of the old castle over the city of Smyrna on the south end of St. James's Castle E., one quarter S., clears the south edge of the bank leading close to the S.W. spit mouth of Hermus, and Hermus spit buoy ; to the eastward of this buoy a vessel may stand more to the northward, taking care not to pass the line of the buoys. No mark can be given for standing towards this part of the Bank. That used in the Narrow 3 abreast of the Castle is exceedingly difficult for a stranger to make out, and can only be distinguished in certain heights. It is the cliff over Kooklujah, on with the south end of the barracks at Smyrna, bearing E. half S.: the barrack is a long white building near the water, in the south end of the town. High mountains rise behind Kooklujah Cliff, which prevent it being seen in the mornings when the .sun is behind it. When Mount Sipylus (which has a black appearance from the trees on its summit) comes on with Menimen Scala, bearing N.E.lthree-quarters N., you will be to the eastward of the shoal. The coast from the St. James's Castle eastward is steep and clear of danger. The bearings are, true variation, 12 deg. westerly. THOMAS GRAVES, Commander of H.M. Surveying vessel Beacon. VESSELS SPOKEN `PlTH.—Rambler, Liverpool to Bey rout, Sept. 27, off Gibraltar, by the Queen of the Isles, arrived at Cagliari. Sovereigns, Miramichi, to Gloucester, lat. 48, lon. 27, by the Atalanta, ar rived in the dlyde. Commodore, of Bristol, off Ma laga, by the Susan, arrived at Falmouth. Susan, of Glasgow, 27th ult., off Ile, by the Hop e , a r r i ve d at ditto. William and Henry, Palermo to Liverpool, 10th ult., in the Straits of Gibraltar, by the Earl of Zetland, arrived in the Clyde. Kate, of Greenock, 10th ult., lat. 16 N., lon. 58 E.; Sutton, of Leith, 14th, lat. 13, lon. 48, by the Cleopatra steamer, ar rived at Suez. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Queen's Prison, before W. Payne, Esq,. the Coroner for the jurisdiction of the City of London in South wark, on view of the body of Mrs. Anna Maria For ster, aged 55 years. Mrs. Eliza Rose stated that she had been intimately acquainted with the deceased, who, since the beginning of August last, had been re siding in the prison with her husband,, who was a prisoner. She bad been in an ill state of health ever since she came there ; in fact, her " whole mass of blood" seemed turned ever since her husband's arrest, and she daily grew weaker. About three o'clock on Sunday afternoon last, she requested to be assisted out of bed. Witness did so, and placed her on a stool, when she said, " Where shall I lay my head ?" and as witness was answering her she fell on the floor on her face, and nearly instantly expired. Mr. John Maze ley Forster stated that he was the husband of the de ceased. He was formerly in the navy, and after that for many years held a situation in one of the public offices, which he quitted on a retiring allowance granted to him in consequence of a reduction in the establishment. His wife was a lady of rank, being cousin to the present Earl Courtenay ; and the me lancholy bereavement he had sustained by her lament able death was the more distressing to his feelings as they had been brought up together from mere childhood. On the 27th of July last, he proceeded to the Audit-office, accompanied by the deceased, to re ceive his quarterly allowance, and was there, by the treachery of a party he had known for 23 years, arrested for debt. The deceased, on seeing the offi cers, sustained a shock from which she never re covered, and from that time she lost her spirits, and her strength left her daily. On Sunday afternoon, on coming up stairs, having been to order dinner, he found his wife a corpse. Surgical aid was procured, and on a vein being breathed the blood flowed freely, but yet she was past all human help. He attributed her death to a broken heart. The medical attendant of the prison said her death certainly resulted from an affection of the heart. The Jury returned a verdict of Natural Death. CHATHAM, Nov. 7.—An official order from the Horse Guards arrived at the Commandant's office at this garrison on Saturday, respecting an escort of the Bth Hussars that will arrive at this garrison on the 11th instant. The escort will consist of four officers and 52 men. Stabling for the horses and barrack room for the men will be appropriated for them at Brompton Barracks. The escort is to proceed with her Majesty from Rochester to Canterbury, in her Majesty's route to Walmer Castle. The day of her Majesty's arrival at Rochester the order does not sive. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPITFIRE. The subjoined relates to the loss of her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, contained in a letter just received from a Captain, 3d West India Regiment : "BELISE, HONDURAS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 17. Thinking that you in England might hear of the total wreck of her Majesty's steamer Spitfire, about 70 miles from this place, having on board two com panies of the 3d West India Regiment, and fearing that you might imagine me on board, and perhaps lost, I hurry over a few lines previous to the departure of our post to let you know I am perfectly safe, and and am happy to say that out of 200 souls but one was lost, a private of ours, and that through his own impru dence. The steamer was wrecked on Saturday night last, shortly before eleven o'clock, having struck on a reef; and in less than two hours her hold was full of water, and we expected her to part during the night. Had she done so there was no probability of a single life being saved, land not being in sight, nor did we know exactly where we were. We landed, however, on two islands the day following, two other officers with myself and 115 men on one, where we could obtain neither water nor anything to eat without sending to the wreck, nine or ten miles off; we got, indeed, some of each, but not at all sufficient for our wants. We reached this only last evening, and here we found a portion of our baggage, but all completely ruined." PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN LON- DON, PARIS, AND NEW YORK. The beneficial effects of the new tariff of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel are by degrees showing them selves; as, in consequence of the extensive importa tions of foreign cattle from Spain, Rotterdam, and Hamburgh, the farmers, as well as the butchers, are obliged to reduce their high prices. The quantity of bacon, hams, and cured meat from the United States of America and Hamburgh has had the good tendency of lowering the price in the English markets. The same may be said with respect to foreign wheat and flour, the importations of which have far exceeded all expectation, and reduced the price of bTead, notwith standing the monopoly exercised by many of the bakers, particularly at the West-end. BREA - D.-The Price of the first quality is Bd. per 41b. loaf; the second quality, 60. In Whitechapel, the Minories, Tottenham-court-road, Blackfriars road, the New-cut, and Westminster, it is only 50., and some charge but sd. per loaf, and of very good quality. MEAT.-Beef, 4d. to 7d. per lb. ; mutton, sd. to 7d.; Veal, id. to 9d.; Pork, sd, to 10d. ; but by pur chasing any quantity at Newgate, Leadenhall, White chapel, and Newport markets it can be had at 3d. to sd. for prime parts. Bacon, 4d. to 7d. ; Ham, sd. to 71b. per lb ; American Pork and Bacon 3d. , Ham, 4d. per lb. Butter, Bd. to ls.per lb. ; Cheese, id. to 7d. ; Dutch and American ditto, 4d. to sd. per lb. Sugar, moist, 6d. to 7d. ; loaf ditto, Bd. to 10d. per lb. ; Tea, 4s. to 7s. ; Coffee, ls. 4d. to 2s. 6d.; Cocoa, Bd. per lb. Poultry and game are extremely cheap for this sea son of the year, and Leadenhall and Newgate mar kets are well stocked with every description. Geese, 3s to is ; hares, 2s to 3s. The price of meat in Paris, and throughout France, is 4d to 7d ; bread, best quality, 51d ; second ditto, 41d per 41b 7oz English (2 kilogrammes) ; butter, 6d to 81 per lb; and cheese, 4d to 6d. Wages are, how ever, more than one-third less than in this, country, so that provisions, sugar, tea, and coffee, are equally dear in proportion. Wines and spirits are cheap, as well as fruit and vegetables, eggs and poultry. PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN NEW YORK.—Flour, best wheaten (per barrel of 1961b5), 11 ss; rye ditto, 16s 8d; bread, wheaten, 41b loaf, 60; India corn meal, per 1001bs, 5s 4d to 5s 10d; beef, roasting, per lb. 5d to 61d; ditto, boiling, 31d to 41d; mutton, 2d to 51d; lamb, 4d to sd; veal, 21d to 6d per lb; chickens, in summer, 2s 3d to 2s 9d, ditto, autumn and winter, Is ld to 2s ld; butter, per lb, 61d to lld ; cheese, 31d to 7,id ; rice, 11d to 24d ; pork, salted, 21d to aid ; lard, 30 to 4,d; hams, 34d to 51d; shoulders, ditto, 11d to 2id; smoked beef, 31d to 51d; ditto salmon, 4d to 71d ; ditto shad, ?id to 34d; tea, cheapest, is ld ; dearest, 5s `2d ; coffee, raw, 5d to 81d ; cocoa, 3d ; sugar, loaf, ..Icl to 7d ; ditto, New Orleans, 21d to 31d. Fruit—Raisins, lid to aid per lb; dried ap ples, per bushel, 41d to 51d ; ditto, peaches, 12s to 20s. Brandy, per gallon, 6s 3d to lOs 6d ; rum, 4s 2d to 8s 4d ; whiskey, is 41d to 2s 9d ; and oil, 3s ld to 4s 4d per gallon. The above are the prices generally throughout all the States. In Upper and Lower Canada they are rather higher. Fish, poultry, and game in abundance. MARKET INTELLIGEN CE. ( From Me London New Price Current of November 8.) SUGAR.—To-day the market for West India Mus covado Sugar was firm ; colory descriptions were taken readily by the Grocers at prices fully equal to those of Friday, indeed the supply falls short of the demand. This afternoon a public sale of 93 hhds 7 tres Barbadoes went off steadily at full rates ; good yellow at 67s to 68e 6d, mid 64a to 665, and low 62s to 63s Gd per cwt. REFINED.—To-day prices improved for Bonded Crushed Sugar, at 25s 3d to 25s 6d per cwt. Loaves met with ready purchasers; 10 lbs and 14 lbs at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. ✓ Refined goods were less in request for home use, but prices were sustained, and the supply is but moderate. Refilled Sugar is cheaper in proportion to the raw article. In other articles theire is no variation. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but privately yellow sorts were sought after, and 61s 64 paid for a parcel of middling dingy yellow. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand for Bengal was good, and 3,000 bags at public sale were sold at full rates, fine white at 70s, good 68s 6d to 695, mid 64s 6d to 65s 6d, good yellow 63s 6d to 645, mid 62s to 635, and good mid I)obah 67s to 67s 6d per cwt. Prices for Bengal Sugar are much the same as those current of last month, but bright strong yellow and good white are 2s to 3s higher. FOREIGN.—To-day all descriptionS of Foreign were sought after, and the rates paid were rather above those of Friday ; the transactions in yellow Havannah in cluding the parcels disposed of yesterday amounted to 1,400 chests at 20s to 21s for mid and good, and a float ing cargo of 2,000 boxes fine, for Holland, at 21s 6d per cwt. Of Bahia some parcels were sold at 16s to 17s for ord to good. MOLASSES.—The demand has been brisk for West India Molasses. Antigua, fine at 30s to 31s ; St. Vin cents, good 28s ; Demerara, ord 26s to 26s 6d ; Mont serrat 27s to 28s 6d per cwt ; fine Dominica Cane Juice at 36s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 24s to 275. Foreign Molasses at 7s to 8s per cwt. COCOA.—Although prices rule unusually low for West India, still the trade have operated with much caution by private contract, Trinidad at 33s to 33s 6d for mid Bed. Foreign has sustained the former value. CoFFEE.--40-day there was a better demand for Coffee from the home- trade, and holders were less desirous to press sales. Padang at 27s 6d for good ord ; Porto Rico at 40s for fine ord mixed ; Rio at 31s to 33s 6d for good and fine ord, damaged 27s to 3ls 6d, sound mid colory 70s 6d ; Ceylon. fine ord colory at 66s 6d to 675, fine ord pale 63s to 63-; 6d, country damaged 60s 6d to 63s ; Triage, 23s 6d to 24s 6d ; Mocha sold at 76s 6d to 77s for geod mid brownish. TEA.—To.day holders of Tea were not disposed to submit to any further decline in prices ; but the trade purchased with much caution ; common sound Congou cannot generally he had under is 7d per lb. cash. The news from China has produced no effect on the market one way or the other. SPloES.—Cassia Lignea has been in brisk request pri vately at advanced rates. Pepper is firm in price and in fair request. Pimento is in good request and prices firm. Ginger is firm in price and in fair request. For Cloves full prices have been given. Nutmegs have been more in demand. Mace is unaltered in value. This afternoon 12 pkgs Nutmegs and 2 chests Mace were offered at auc tion ; the former sold at 6s to 6s 2d for good, and the latter at 3s to 5s fur mid to good brown Singapore. RUM, BRANDY, AND 1 - IOLLANDS.—IIOICIeTS of Jamaica Rum are not disposed to press sales at existing low eates, and former prices have been sustained ; middling and good quality 30 to 35 per cent, overproof at 3s id to 3s sd, and better quality at 3s 6d to 3s 9d per gallon. For Leewards prices are firm ; proof of common quality Is 9d, good brown is 10d per gal. Demerara 2s 9d to 3sli. Calcutta at is 4d to is 8d with, and at is 3id to is 4d without certificate. Brandy has been in brisk request, Cognac, best brands, of the vintage of 1839 has been sel ling at 4s 6d for hhds and 4s 4d for puns, 1840 hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s, and 1841 hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d per gal lon ; Geneva at is 9d for common, and fine for home use at 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; English Corn Spirits at 9s 8d per gal lon, cash. lUm—Prices for Bengal have again slightly given way ; low white lOs to lOs 3d, mid lOs 6d, good mid and good lOs 9d to lis 3d, and fine Ils 6d per cwt. Java has moved off slowly ; holders have obtained former rates for small parcels. Carolina at 26s to 30s, and Patna at 15s to 21s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal sold at 9s for small broken white. SALTPETRE.—This afternoon Rough was sought after, and 231 bags Bengal at auction were readily disposed of at stiffer rates ; common grey, si per cent. refraction, fetching 295, and sugar, damaged, 23s per cwt. The stock is nearly all in the hands of two firms. TOBACCO.—Throughout the month a steady demand for Virginia leaf has taken place, both for export and for manufacturing purposes ; for the former about 260 hhds sold, principally of good and fine qua lity, at from qd to sfd per Ib, and a few com mon at 2id per lb ; for Ireland about 130 hhds at from 34d to 5d per lb ; and for the home trade about 250 hhds at from Sid to 5 1 d. Stript Leaf has been in steady demand, at from sfd to 7d, for a few of new selected as high as 7fd to 70. In Kentucky leaf much business has been done ; in all about 2,000 hhds sold, a propor tion of which are for re-sale, the price paid re ported to be about 2d per lb ; about 400 hhds for export at from 2i-cl to 4d per lb ; the remainder for home use at from 3id to Old : the late importations which have been sampled, turned out of fine strong qua lity and in very good condition, but very few of a silky free, or with much nature or pliability : no cargoes offering or expected. About COO hhds stript leaf have been taken by the home trade, mostly of the late importation, at from 4id to 7ci, which have turned out of a good strong quality. In Maryland but little done. Negrohead, common 2d to 3d, mid to good 4d to 5d ; for the finest brands 7d to Bd. Such qualities of Havannah and Cuba, Columbian leaf and roll, St. Domingo, as suit for our home purpose meet with a steady sale at former price. Fer export little done, the holders demanding more than buyers can afford. Segars, good qualities and sizes meet with a ready sale for home trac l e at full pis s, and common in good demand for export a t from to 5s per lb. INDIGO.—This afternoon East India Indigo was much inquired for, and towards the close of the market Ben' ual could not be purchased under an advance on last quar terly sales rates of Gd, and other sorts were held for 4d per lb advance. The purchases since the arrival of the mail amount to 700 chestz. Oms.—Prices are firm for common descriptions of Fish Oils, and the home trade have been purchaser! to a fair extent, paying 351 for Cod, O a 421 10s to 431 for Pale Seal ; at auction 68 tuns Southern went at 38/ 5s to 421 for ordinary t o fine ale. Southern Sperm, fine British at 181 15s to 821 per tun ; Linseed Oil, at 32s 9d to 33s on the spot. Rape, Pale at 43s 3!! to 43s Gd, and brown 42s 3d to 42s 6d p e r cwt. Olive 011 at 541 for Gallipoli, 501 to 51l for Spanish, and 491 to t 49/ 10 , for Barbary. Cocoa Nut Oil firm ; ceylon 1 38s Gd to 39s 6d for common to good. By private coo' tract 40s to 41s paid for fine. Palm at 305 to 3 15 f or good and fine, and 28s to 29s 6d for low and middling quality. TALLOW.—To-day the market presented a: tra n q uil .Y. acpapnedalreanceen, the ed spotlow lower selling were accepted ; d 3d to 485 new, and 48s 6d to 48s. 9d for at 48s for p e ter" hr spring months. The shipments from St. burgh being larger than was expected, Og eS • e c t with the weather b • being* mild, tends rests' veers' bu • in • mess this market. The export from St. - ; burgh has been 109,000 casks, against 128,000 in l'" 137,800 in 1840, 149,200 in 1839 d 1 2 . '0 cas ks I , an 14 Dal 1838. For • • Tallow are declared. delivery in COUNTRY CORN 111ARKE . rte , .......-.*" Wheat. Barley. Oau. Be an& ....—...---- to I. • ...., 'Per Quarter.: s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. t „.... -- ... "Carlisle 6B 31 23 4 6 ... ..- ~.. Hexham 44 72 36 38 .3 28 --- 4 2 .-- .. 51orpeth ... Penrith - 43 •-• Sheffield W inchester ,52 56 27 30 20 26 35 , , Lit 0 Per Bushel. , s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. S. Ii- i 0 0 . pa Carmarthen 6:3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 9 5 6 53 9 0 0 Cowbridge 7 6 8 0 3 6 4 6 2 9 3 0 5 0 6 0 u . Swansea Per 8011. a 0 6 il 0,-, • O. Barnardcastle 13 0 166 II 9 90 4 0 74 9 9dr . 00 Durham ,120 13 0 00 80 59 69 00 , i 0 0.. 00 Richmond 136 15 6 96 Id 0 6U II 010 0 , 6 0 • Stockton HADDINGrON CORN 111ARKES Tiv o li I I Wheat. Barley. Oats. iße ..,§ 'O5 od First 574 Od Es 6d 21s 04 1 34 , ty. ,18 m • ....". HADDINGI'ON CORN MARKe..• /VI Wheat. Barley. Oats. Be ..,§ ' sii od First s7s Od Es 6d 21s 04 34 , Od i5l 04 Secondk 4... Od 263 64 las 51 22, Od ~.‘,. Third 3os 64 19. Od 151 Od 261 Od Average 24 cr. 101. 8.191 0i * a . GLASGOW CORN MARKET. f..' 117 WI ea', per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 1'6 4 N is 0 l jog English....... 1$ 6 Scottish lB 0 23 C British ............. : ; gh ,. lit ; Irish ... ..... 19 0 21 0 Beans, per Yu 1. "1.1 0 El 0 22 0 to 24 0 1r..h11• Foreign Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish .. . ... , .•.••" 0 2 r 76 English 22 0 Mio Pease,Scottish ...... ) 5 0 4 10 Scottish 190 2110 Oatmeal, Z 1.- .91b ' 311/ 0 Irish l7 0 13 0 Flour per l'•••••• DA LKEITH CORN MARKET. I yrs% Wh First .. . ... ... M e e t. B 3 a h rte od y. I 2 Cl is at 4 s i . ?eve. O6. 04 34 36' °d 1 641 Second 5l. Od 26s Ud 1 las 04 ,Od gli I third EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 2101bs. First Oatmeal .......£1 19 Q Firs P t e Oa S t r Second Ditto. 1 0 0 Second ditt0......... 0 1 Barleproal .. 1 Y Peasemeal 1 6 0 Peasomeal ......... .... Pot Barley from 2Us. to 335. per sack. _. t m on e e at o ...1..411,...4.: MAINZER'S " MUSICAL lop a newspaper, be it metropolitan, be it Pr° ll BSiar person often meets with paragraphs, headed, ,ftioes ing for the Million?' How many " of lost this simple expression has been printed within ,„ides, ides , three or four months, we can form no adequaw_nast but that it has been printed millions of ti03e5.706 be doubted. Most of our readers will assoc/e idea with the name of Mr. Joseph Mailli er ' o otol, gentleman has a musical reputation, and h as " er e himself for some time past in a laudable and manner to create a taste for music among th e - 05 1 We are told that he has been eminently su ing and we rejoice to believe it. There is sonlewio' sweet, so soothing, in music; it.; tendencies tl o _, refining, so ethereal, so spiritual, so hurnall' s 7 / ;ce we cannot but wish that a taste for the s „, e i f l a t sweet sounds were as prevalent as is the craw which such a taste might be engrafted. ol 00 1 ,0 opinion, we like to see such a periodical as the ether Times—the organ of Mr. Mainzer, and the 01;0 through which, to the readi ng world, he en fe ioses,. i : object of his chosen mi ss i on . The Musict i ` i i published every alternat e wee k, a nd is w e the attention of amateurs.—Bradford Obsert r . f POISONING WITH PRUSSIC ACID. OD S °ll l, ( !it t re eti n Wakley held an inquest at the George t nr °° d ° q ui - Holborn, on the body of John Taylor, Dit,tr" years and a half. Mary Taylor, of No- ta r Saffron-hill, said she was the mother I"' lo t she ceased child, and that on Friday mortlitlicor, She found him in what she thought a fit on thepG re vihr immediately took him to the Free Hospita l, IV" street, but he died before she reached there' v otnee_ A roner—How do you account for the fit ? ' - 01 There were some phials on a shelf in the roo the child cried for one of them to p l a y w th. . him one with a cork in it, an d which I thouga r es empty. Th e c hild b a d it b u t for tvvo or tudd, minutes, when a daughter of mine, twelve years o t he called my attenti on t o h er b rot h er , who wa s ° littl e , floor with his eyes fi xe d. O n qu estioning IV A sua girl, she told me she took the cork out of the PllaW/ 1 that deceased drank a portion of something that Obit it. A Mr. Vinn, teacher of languages, was i n w„ - ,W e of coming to thy house, and leaving phialsF t bela' mantel-shelf. The phial in question was olle„ ° Mr. T. W. Harle, one of the surgeons to the u r _ A ylO street Free Hospital, said that when decqpilis brought to him he was quite dead. The pug' , t he eye were dilated, the muscles relaxed, s n " . c acl black. The mouth emitted the odour of prus si c ( tilt Mr. B. Walker, one of the medical offie,e re ,. Vl° Marlborough-street Dispensary, said, I' ei. f ther boo ks was in the habit of getting medicine cording to a prescription entered in the Fr e i by a predecessor of witness's. The ell 0 scribed thirty-two drops of prussic acibout which Mr. Vinn asked for and obtained thug week ago. No label was put on the phial te, 0: tained it. Mr. Vinn was in the habit of Wooer) usually large doses of prussic acid. The CV .° des 4ll o is monstrously imprudent to send out suc h 33 ; ti r li poison as prussic acid without a label indicat it was poison. A Juror—ls there no law t ° 6 10 , 1° medical men to do so ? Coroner—There is 3 t holllr o compel a chemist to label a deleterious drug,verao he should send out a hundred weight of it. —Accidental death. Irc olaf THE COURTS OF APPEAL AGAINST T.-u--n ,jobrilliisoo TAX FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.—The opt he assessment for the Income and Properli,e o f persons in the City of London are expected t° for of numerous and protracted. The first Court 6th above purpose will be held on Monday , the!, core: December, at the office in Basinghall-stlv7itilollis" mencing with the ward of Aldersgs te. Should any defaulter remain after the abuYerecovoi the following notice will be issued for the Lions d o of the same :—" In pursuance of the dil de . 0 the Acts of Parliament in this behalf in s ur o' ea 1 0 hereby give you notice that you are re ( f istr icti e a schedule to the Commissioners .of thi s ' d 11 0 11 : a defaulter for non-payment, after derp o r 18 ,11 of the undermentioned duties for the Y t t he ended the sth of April, 1843 ; and th it ,ife t „Yli Commissioners have directed me te,„:0 111 1 . 4 further notice, that they require me ' lie - raj t to collect the said arrears, and, in cases O r at e so be necessary, to make use of my war'lo rj " re forcing the same ; and that if the duties to the recovered the schedule will be returne d gib es ceiving-officer, and by him certified into D er 409", 10 ?al Court of Exchequer, and process will i3suelcosts for the recovery of the said duties, with °la" expenses attending the same. Coll ° BIRTHS. On the sth inst., Mrs. William Lane, QV"' 13rg eat e Russell-square. a son. 1 14 J. On the 6th inst., at King's-parade, Chelaeat - Le tb' • of a On t he dahter, still-born. fCa sh° ll 7th inst., at Woolwich, the lad,' bridge, Royal Artillery, of a daughter, which li' A Yes li r period. On the Bth inst., at James-place, Harley hall, Mrs. Thomas Austin, of a son. votl MARRIED. e 'ek 1 31 " h P er On the 27th ult., at Mund en , H a nover, Fr. l- ; 1 2 Neydock, of Bamberg, B avar i a , t o Oetaeia oa r ' tbgll' e Soo t§4 4 4 the late Quarles Harris, Esq., of Bourne-gr° l- ' g therTh r On tee sth inst., at Chesham Bucks, Joh n - "u n ser a' " g iVlr of Milk Hall, to Sarah Ann Pell att,' fourth &IV - o f he r Pellatt, Esq., of Thorne House, late Store-keeper pool jesty's Ordnance, Weedon. gene, hter Oo the Bth inst., at St. James's Church, oil% 01 , dad o P f u f o o h r n d , B S n u r r b b i d i tgoen: Esq.,hill K o i f nis m t o a r t i , , o LA, Elisabeth, anta. ° p At St. P e t er ' s D u bli n , t h e R e v. Francis job s oll• Mary Eli za b et h, d aug h ter o f t h e late Rev. Job DIED. On Sunday morning, the 6th in afte r I 41 "- t21111:14 William Greathead Lewis, aged 5 2, wh o for ow', gad le st connected with the London press. in the., ;cm On the Bth inst., at No. 3, Euston - sq uare, of her P'sk, of his age, Charles Dirck Wittenoom. Esq., 0" Messengers for the East India Mails. I gune eSt°°' On the 27th June, at Tamar Cottage, ''"". o py Diemen's Land, Emily, the wife of Mr. Georg Cap vs In September, at Manoors, Point, Borabt ie t . .fl oo t• Elias Sawbridge, of her Majesty's 28th Regi Jone s P On tho 4th inst., the Rev. Thomas trrate on toe -- ingOtonnt,hoef thel6 hl2Stehptßemegbiemre, Regiment t t a o w n p c o o r o n; r a P e. t no a gk l s u s in( Lb I t o elms' r West and South Hanningfield, Essex, Magi' rth daugh ford bench. fi)u On the 4th inst., at Sidinouth,Sarah Lou _ .ro. ter o o n f D th r e . 4Ptharirnys,to.f iSnucoommkecihroltyl,,Bsatth..n.incr.ssian_reoacd:t3yl., _op Shirt, wife of Mr. Shirt, formerly of Minciof of Bisho p g On the 4th inst., Sir. Edward Hodiofl, I le Dr. c _ o af street Within. On the sth inst., at Torquay, Kirkman c i s n orth , "- Pr O eb n en th d e ary st o h f iwnseta.t,rnaitnstoru,rangeemdomut.h, theGartraeivo'er, On the 7th inst., at St. Ann's-hill, Wan relict of Mr Owen Corthorn, aged 89. London; Printed and Published by WIRD O i nntsit t No. 112, Strand, at The Sus Office, o. jor tho Count of Middlesex Woisoidgo 111356 i: 0 the don for the the of j or to beiv Pen Per eaci *hi I AR Pre4 It v ett N o , day, 1 T G~ h h i , C t , 4,