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

LAW INTELLIGENCE. BANK RUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) IN RE THOMAS HUTCHINSON. This day being appointed for the choice of assignees under the fiat against the bankrupt, who was described as a sugar-refiner, carrying on business in W I Gravel lane, Wapping, a number of cre,irorg w er e i n at tenance 'to establish proofs iire-iiotts to voting. He had fixed for some time, at St. Ives, and afterwards carited on business in Crown -street, Finsbury, in connection with a person named Hodens. He ap peared in Court under an order from the Commis sioner, being under a detainer in the Queen's Bench. A long discussion ensued between the solicitors on both sides, as to the propriety of allowing his exa mination to be public, the solicitor to the fiat stating that an item of 4,0001. appeared in his balance-sheet, in relation to his connexion with Mr. Hodgens, and that it would, frustrate the interest of the creditors, even if the solicitor on the other . side were allowed to have a note o f the examination. The COURT eventually decided that the examina tion was to be considered private. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CHARGE OF EXTORTING MONEY BY THREATS OF 11AKING AN' INFAMOUS CHARGE. — Robert alias Thos. Addy, was indicted for feloniously. assaulting Mr. Henry Bellamy Webb, with intent to rob him. There was another count In the indictment, charging the prisoner with attemping to extort money by means of threats and menaces. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. The Counsel for the prosecution called Mr. H enry Bellamy IVebb, who stated that he re sided in Great Q ueen - street, Lincoln ' s Inn-fields, and Was employed in the house of Baring Brothers. He had been out in the eveninof the 20th of A ugust, and was returning home. W hen he came near St. M artin's-place, the prisoner came up and accosted ', hi m. Wit ness t oo k no not i ce of him. Prisoner fol sone • lowed w i tness. Witness turned, and s a id t o pri ?r, for " What the devil are you foll ow i ng me , Prisoner then turned back. When wit ness arrived under the Piazza, in Covent-garden, prisoner came behind him mid said, "If you don't, I Wiwilt give you in charge for an indecent assault:' tness did not notice any one near at the time. Witnesii exclaimed" What !" Poner said We, I will," an d gave witness into the reustody of , a " policell man at the corner of St. James -street on a char of making an indecent assault. It was Saturday night, and witness was locked up until Monday ma n ning in the same cell with Stringer alias Fitzgerald New stead, who were convicted here last Sessions of a charge of attempting to extort money by threats of an infa mous nature. The prisoner did not aat Bo- Street on th e Monday morning. From the ppear evidencwe of th e p o li ceman it appeared that if the prisoner had ap peared at Bow -street that morning, he must have seen Stringer and Newstead there. It appeared that the prisoner had stated that he lodged in Fetter-lane, and the person at whose house he had given his ad dress was examined to prove that he did not reside there.--The clerk to the Magistrates, before whr,rn the prisoner was taken, deposed that the pri soner, when asked if he wished to make any state ,ment, said that h e was su bj ect to fits, during which he had no knowledge of what occurred • that for s i x weeks b e f ore t h e 20th of August he h ad had a series of these fits and that it must have been during one of these fits that he gave Mr. Webb in charge, for that be had no recollection whatever of anything that occurred. Mr. PAYNE took several technical objections to the indictment, the whole of which were overruled. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to address the Jury for the prisoner, and contended first, that the evidence was insufficient to show that the prisoner had at tempted by threats to procure the goods or monies of the prosecutor. The "if you don't," might allude to a variety of things, and it was too much to call upon the Jury to say that it meant " i f you don't give me honey.' It was impossible for the Jury to state what was the intention, and if they could not do so they Were bound to acquit the prisoner. The Learned Coun sel stated distinctly that it was not his intention tocast ;by imputation on the character ofthe highly respectabl e gentleman who was th e prosecutor in this case ; on • The contrary, the prisoner distinctly admitted that the charge made was false. • Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, in summing up, said th ere Wa no doubt whatev e r o f th e commission of an as sault by the prisoner on the proseCutor, but he thought the words, " Ryon don't," were too vague to warrant the Jury in concluding that the assault had been com mitted with the intent of robbing him. He recom mended that they should acquit the prisoner of the felony, and convict him of a common assault. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of an assault. Mr. BODKIN —That is an assault under the statute, not a common assault ? • • Mr. Justice WlGHTMAN—Certainly. .11_ Mr. PAYNE said that the prisoner had been labour ,lg_runder insanity, and perhaps the Court would con . that as a mitis•ating circumstance in passing sentence. *: —r. ry 'GUTMAN the pri soner that ,in passing sentence , told prosecutor h a d not heard he had had a narrow escape. Th e distinctly what he had said " If yu don't, and there bei ng " Jury had g i ven hi m the benefit of previously t o say i ng,o some doubt as to whether his intent was to r o b , t h sentence of the C ourt was that he that doubt. T he should b e im prisoned in the H ouse of Correcti labour for t we l ve calendar months.o n and k ept to hard CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A POLICEMAN AFTER THE CHARTIST MEETING IN LINCOLN'S INN -FIELDS. Sykes King, aged 32, was indicted for assaulting Edward Sweeney, a police-constable, and cutting and wounding hi m i n the head, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. BODICIN opened the case for the prosecu and called th e f o ll owing witnesses, tion, Edmund Sweeney —I was a police-constable. On the 19th August last I was on duty at Lonacre, at ten o'clock at ni g ht. I saw a crowd, and o g-bserved that a policeman had a person in custody. The crowd followed him, calling out "Don't let the police take the prisoner." The crowd followed down 130w -street. I was going to the assistance of my heather constable, when I. received a blow of a stone or brick on my head. I was about ten yards from my broth er constable at the time. I di d not see who threw the stone. It came from the middle of the street. down m the bl ow . I was taken to the station house in Bow -st reet, and the surgeon saw me. I suffered about a fortnight from th e cu t i n t h e head. Cross-e xam i ned by Mr. BALLANTINE.—There was Charles crowd. Charles James Snitch —I am a surgeon, and was examined Calle d i n on the night in questio seen to Sweeney. I his head, and found he had received a contused wound, such a one as a brick or stone might produce. Thomas Wolf examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I belonged to the F division of Police. Between ten and eleven o'clock, on the 19th of August, I Vas in Queen- s t ree t, and saw a mob coming from Lincoln's Inn-fields towards Long-ac went to Bow street for assistance, and on my re turn I met a brother constable with a prisoner in custody. The mob was following him, and the pri soner was among them hissing and yelling at the 14olice. He was pointed out to me by a gentleman. l• took him into custody. He resisted, but I suc ceeded in taking him to the station-house. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—It was about half the length of Bow-street from the place where the gentleman pointed him out, to the statioiiiiicMr. William Warner, or Warry, was the gentleman who , pointed him out. He is here. Mr. W. Warner—l am a basket-maker, living in Great Alley, Long-acre. I reme m b er h ear i ng a dis turbance on the night in question, and went into 130w -street. I saw a man in custody of a policeman. There were a great many people in the street. I saw Sweeney knocked d own b y somet hi ng t h rown at hi m. The prisoner was the man who threw it. I saw him do it, and said it was a shame, and a mob collected round me. I did not lose sight of the prisoner until Wolf took him. lam sure it was him. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—It was two hours after I gave him into custody that I saw him at the station-house. I was next him when he threw. It was a stone or brick, I cannot say wl.ich, but it was something heavy. I could not see which it was. I should say that this happened about half-past ten. I did not know either Wolf or Sweeney before. Se veral , People came round m e , w h en I sa i d that it was a s oame. They pushed me about, and asked what odd s it was to me ? I spoke first to Wolf, and said that was the man that knocked the policeman down. I spoke first, W o lf did no t spea k to me before I spoke to hi m. Mr. BALLANTINE, for the defence,; admitted that ~the prisoner had no reason to complain of t he manner in which Mr. Bodkin had conducted the case. They would recollect that on the even ing in quest i on there was a l arge crowd collected. been had it i n ev id ence th a t one o f the witnesses had -zs•een there through curiosity, and he hoped the Jury 'Would consider that the prisoner had been there from the same motive. The prisoner was charged with committin gi a violent as sau lt, an d no mo ti ve h a d b een Mown to influence him to commit it; he was charged With this assault solely upon the testimony of one witness. Now it would be for them to say if at ten o'clock at night they thought it possible for witness to reeognisa the p r i soner among a Inc b persons. With re gard t o th e res i stance offered by the prisoner to his ap- P ebension, it was just the line of conduct likely to be adopted by .an innocent wan, apprehended upon a charge which he felt to be untrue. He did not in- ~_Ar EWS tan tin Il e nd Vioe r the diplo ter of the councils ounce t he Prince re of his at Bee Y the pro' o f Great ung Fria° cm the 16th I until the [or to the Lrovvn in k '-; adful !re ass erfr • ates of me of 0 14 Sown otbe f its r . dead. , arsons wet being ;ht ; befog ' t ie 6°14 1 1 church ° r of 0 2, 1 ; body • Atmar tie• ja iderati° il j. is it is, t" - n , Senega .l3 ll This, . 1 : 4 o f accuse. arsons t he ' U p a r], .wing e a re , in tted, an 0, an d till . te was q ul r j tured, Pa P er tlot ?.vident t sti lad al° quantity,°!, letter 0-1.; neasines6,4lt ide turraic it in PP r ieci of f° , r here t le a, , unter fe f i L them have the f or ,üblisheci b 1 he in° st 1 of brother: f o r Ir ma 1 0 the e ` - - ;cote!' r b e ' ' d, w 95 ice to l' ih r fi 13 ° Tit iS I ° l4e , L'ae ge'a PP' pjasl.. A-4 "if Icy Slier Lion, u f st• nces ° of provilf e os the iv ,y the lAA corar i : tr r obi ache , _(0 1 e the did rho dotoo,,st P. I IC A i 11°3a '. A t r nble Y a sse 1! tow.- )assw° s to 0 arriler e rratie ft - the uocl er eS eare t )ro f het Mob /11 : the C° lll l Datiw, ~c%~~ . r o tr-l leg th so k au* 4 irgs lorot 6 t* yet*, 4 -.0 ! de, 3 11) ; 76t 4 7 .y dis, 4 / st 5 yrs, 7s y ; 3 yrs, 7 roof lr EgP el / is k Ci r C r i st oaei to 1 2 00 lan CV 4 eo• frereci, no e, . 3u her' '7, to joii (1 1 ~ 0 ort „ row 0 , 1 i orcil o . 0 01 f raa tio° ink 4 a e t he , le a rice sinuate for one moment but that Mr. Warner firmly I ordered to stand believed the prisoner to be the man guilty o f th e as- he ptrty tone to r sta to ke a n ay .as 7rhether Mr. Sor mrsauarltn;erbumtigitht to the nR- 4- - throwing the stone. The prDoner . derne . ..atrhe atibmitted that committed the act in question • ^ tuat Ite;had was s ot h fo a r ve t b h e e en ju m r there Was ha evidence to prove the fee ., whoever threw . the pub ; and that a Cottimon atsault been ebtnulitten: only' - Oft witness, a neighhokir of tiw prisoner, who had known him for two years., gave him an excellent cha racter as'a quiet Well-behaved man. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. The prisoner, Sykes King, was again indicted for assaulting Thomas Wolf, a police constable, in the exe cution of his dnty. There was another count, charginOim with a common assault. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Chambers prosecuted, as in the former case, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The witness Wolf repeated the evidence he had given in the former case as to the resistance made by the prisoner to his apprehension. On his cross-examination 'Wolf said that he had resigned his situation in the police force since this occurred. He had received a notice that it would be better for him to resign, and he did resign. He had received that notice in consequence of having been charged with an act of violence against his wife. He had never been charged with any other act of vio knee. He had been charged before the Commissioners with taking a little drop too much to drink, and had been punished, for it. Re-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—He was not drunk on the 19th August, nor had his leaving the police anything to do with the transactions of that night. Edward Sweeney repeated the evidence he had pre viously given as to the conduct of the mob. Mr. BALLANTINE complained of the conduct of the prosecutor in keeping back this indictment until the last moment. Neither the prisoner nor his advisers were aware of the existence of the present indictment until the prisoner was arraigned. The prisoner was put upon this second trial unjustly and unfairly, and the Commissioners had no right to hunt him down in this way. On the former occasion he had put it to the Jury, whether they did not think there might be a reasonable doubt as to the prisoner being the per son who had committed the assault. They had thought there might be. They had given the prisoner the benefit of that doubt, and he stood there an innocent man. Being an innocent man, what right had the policeman to single him out from the crowd for apprehension ; and would not any man, feeling himself innocent, have resisted his appre hension ? Could they believe the witness Wolf, a man who, for violence, had been dismissed the force ? 'Was he a fit man to be trusted in an unruly mob ? or, rather, was he not just the man, by his violent conduct, to excite a quiet and orderly assemblage to acts of in subordination. These were the men who brought the police force into disrepute, and if the police force conducted themselves, as some of them had done, they would be treated with something more than hissing from the mob. He was, however, happy to say that he believed the Commissioners had dismissed several of these violent persons from the force. The whole case depended upon the testimony of Wolf, and he would ask the Jury if they could convict the prisoner upon such testimony? Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, in summing up, said that their verdict must depend upon whether they thought the prisoner was there accidentally as a quiet spectator merely, in which case the police had no right to interfere with him, or whether he was there for the purpose of aiding and assisting the mob in breaking the public peace, and obstructing the thoroughfare, and was taking a part in the dis turbance. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The cases that came before the Common Sergeant this morning were of a most trivial description. John Smith, a very respectably attired elderly man, was indicted upon several charges with stealing a vast quantity of valuable property belonging to his employer. The prisoner on being arraigned yesterday pleaded guilty, but in consequence of the prop er ty b e i ng i n the hands o f various pawnbrokers, the Learned Judge deferred passing judgment till to-day. At the sitting of the Court this morning the pri soner was again placed at the bar, and, in consequence of the recommendation of the prosecutor, was sen tenced to only one year's confinement in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL T.-( DAY.) Frederick Marks was charged with violently as saulting Samuel Howe, a Metropolitan policeman, and C. Marks with attempting a rescue. Samuel Howe stated that he was on duty in Dos well-street between twelve and one o'clock this morn ing, and he saw the prisoner making a noise, in com pany with a number of girls. He ordered them to go away, and after a great deal of abuse they went on, but still making a noise. Witness fol lowed them till they got into Aldersgate-street, and then they made greaterdissurbane e -. He came up to them, and he was immediately - knocked down by the prisoner, Frederick com mencedMarkswho kicking and biting him, whereby his finger was broken. Another policeman came up, and with his assistance the prisoner was taken into custody, when the other prisoner attempted to rescue him. He knocked down the other policeman, and both pri soners would have escaped if it had not been for a gentleman who was passing at the time. The prisoners said in their defence, that they were assaulted by the police-officers. Mr. Alderman KELLY said he did not believe the officers had exceeded their duty, and as it was the metropolitan police, he would give the prisoner an op portunity of compensating the officers, and if they could not arrange matters he must send the case to the sessions. The parties arranged the matter, as they did not return into Court. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectable-looking man, named Dawling, who was lately employed as collector to the Weekly Chronicle newspaper, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Twyford, charged with feloniously embezzling various sums of money, which he had received on account of the proprietors of that paper. Mr. Hatton attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Pentlow, from Mr. Flower's, attended for the prisoner. The first witness called, was John West, the optician, of Fleet-street, who proved paying to the prisoner 1/. 6s. on the 7th October, 1841, on account of the Weekly Chronicle. John Philip Krantz, the publisher of the Weekly Chronicle, deposed that it was the prisoner's duty to hand over all monies which he received on account of the paper to him (witness). The prisoner had never paid over the 11.45. received from Mr. West. Witness also proved the signature to the receipt for the money to be in the prisoner's hand-writing. The next case was that of embezzling 1/.105., being part of an account of 6/. 10s. paid to the prisoner by 111 r. John Simmonds, straw-hat manufacturer, on the 6th July, 1840. Mr. Simmonds proved the payment of the 6/. 10s., and Mr. Krantz proved that the prisoner had also paid him 51. He also produced a ledger, in which Si.. only was entered as having been received. Mr. Hatton then applied to have the prisoner re manded, as he feared there were other and more serious cases against him. Mr. Penthern applied to have him admitted to bail on the ground of ill health. Mr. Hatton said he had no objection to bail being received. There was no vindictive feeling against the prisoner on the part of the prosecution ; they only wished to show to their extensive establishment that no one could be allowed to do any thing wrong with impunity. sureties eties p o ri f s r was then 4onaeach, forhis ord ap e p r el d to rancefinthdisbdaailyin week.two Ml _A. YLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) Barnard Garvin was brought up before Mr. Raw linson, charged with beating and starving his daughter, a child seven or eight years old. A witness stated that the child was literally starved, and were it not that the people about gave her bread and broken victuals, she would have been dead ere now. The child was placed before Mr. Rawlinson, and appeared quite famished, and full of disease. The prisoner stated that he had six children at home, and could not afford to give them all bread. He had been refused parochial relief. Mr. RAWLINSON ordered the case to lie over for full investigation by the authorities of St. Pancras. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRA TION.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. M'Christie, the Revising Barrister, took hfs seat in the Court this morning at ten o'clock. The Court proceeded to receive the lists of the liverymen from the various Companies. No objection was taken to the lists of Apothecaries or Armourers and Braziers. Mr. Marr, who appeared on behalf of the Conserva tive Association of the City, said that he had objec tions to make to various names on the list of bakers. It had been found that improper addresses were at tached to many of these names, some of the parties having removed, others having died, and others again never havin g res id e d i n t h e prem i ses men t io ned. A fruitful source of fraud and personation was thus opened, to which all parties should be anxious to put an end. Th e fi rst name he should object to was that in of Richard Allen, w h o appeared i n the li st as a resi dent Mount Etna-place, but, on inquiry, it was fund that no such person lived there. This me was TH E SUN. LONDON ; W, over till Saturd-^ ' an order to give T ear - in defenct of his claim. other cam were heard, but they possessed no interest. MARYLEBONE REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The revision of the list of voters for this borough was resumed this morning by Mr. Alfred Austin. In the case of a burgess who was objected to by the Conservatives, on the ground that he had not been continuously in occupation of the house for which he claimed, the same having been six months in the pos session of the assignees and officers of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, the Barrister decided in favour of the insolvent's vote. THE MARKETS.—(THis DAY. ) CORN EXCHANGE. There were but few fresh arrivals of Corn since Mon day. The trade dull, and Monday's terms could not be obtained. In other Grain no variation. Flour sold slowly. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand for produce was good, and although large parcels were offered at public sale, yet prices were maintained, and the chief part found buyers. The imports fall off. Brown West India Sugar sold at 683. a 615., and yellow 625. a 68s. per cwt. For Brandy the demand was good. .NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of all kinds of Game and Poultry were to a fair extent. Town as well as county killed meat was a little more lively than last week. Prime legs of Mutton only b roug ht, on an average, 6d. per lb. ; the finest Lamb brought 4s. 4d., other kinds, 3s. 10d. to 4s. ; Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d.; Veal averaged 45.; and Pork 2s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. for superior to prime small meat. Grouse dear, at ls. to ls. 6d.; Partridges, 9d. to Is. 6d.; Geese, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; Fowls, 33. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Ducks, ls. 6d. to 28. 6d. ; Pigeons, Bd. ; Hares, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d ; Eggs, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 120. TEA MARKET. There was more spirit in the biddings at the public sales of Tea, and a fair proportion sold at fully former rates. Common and good common Corgou fetched ls. fifd. to Is.9id. cash, and Company's, Is. 9d. per lb. FRUIT MARKET Currants were in good request at 50s. to 605., and New, Valentia Raisins sold freely at 38s. per cwt. TALLOW MARKET. There was less demand for Russian Tallow, but holders were firm, and would not sell New P. Y. Candle on the spot under 48s. per cwt., but Old could be had at 475. 6d. THE MARE'S NEST AT SOUTH- AMPTON. An Evening paper, on the authority of a South ampton Correspondent, publishes the following elabo rate refutation of the ridiculous story which ascribes to the leading Chartists a plot to assassinate the Queen. We published the account as it appeared in a Hamp shire paper in our yesterday's impression. " Peirce, the person alluded t o as t h e i nd i vidual whom a gang of Chartists tried to secure in a con spiracy to murder the Queen, and who, because he refused, narrowly escaped assassination, was some time ago possessed of considerable property, which he lost by investing it in an unsuccessful joint-stock bank in this town. He now keeps a small grocer's shop in a place called the Ditches. He formerly was a Liberal in politics. Two or three years ago he obtained a situation in the Excise, but he was reported to Government as having attended a Chartist meeting as chairman, and was instantly dismissed from his situation. He subsequently became a Tory. The marks in his hat, which he says were occasioned by his being fired at in the Hound well, prove the improbability of his story ; for the mark in the front of the hat appears as if a broomstick was thrust through it, just above the band, while it bears a bullet -mark at the back part, close up to the crown. Thus, it appears, that the bullet fired from the pistol must have entered the hat (which Peirce always wears to almost cover his forehead, and then must have passed in a semicircular direction towards the back part of his hat, to avoid touching his head. It is most unlikely that an assassin would have attempted murder in a place like the Houndwell, which is a small open place in the centre of the town, inter sected with roads and paths, and persons walking there at all hours of the night. It appears also that Peirce never attempted to secure the assassin, although it was impossible for the latter to have escaped if an alarm had been given ; and though he went to sup afterwards with a friend, he never told that friend what had happened, nor his wife, nor any of the South ampton police or Magistrates, but went immediately to London to speak to Sir J. Graham. The story about , the carriage b e i ng su dd en l y heard by the assassin on I the Winchester-road is considered by all persons ac- , qhaintvd with the spot as mast improbable. The statemMit of - Peirce, that Francis, who fired at th e Queen, was one o f th e gang of Chartists who visited him, will be disbelieved by all persons who read an account of Francis's trial, for the evidence given on the trial proves, almost demonstrably, that the firing at the Queen was done from an envious feeling towards the fate of Oxford. Again, Peirce in his de positions has stated that he walked with the three Chartists who visited him round the beach ; and that, though he met a great number of persons, he cannot recollect a single individual, so that any one might be brought forward to prove that he was walking in company with such persons at the time he states. No one not deprived of his senses can believe that a gang of desperadoes, bent on murdering the Queen, would travel to Southampton and seek an accomplice in a man engaged in business, a n d w h o never wen t ou t s id e the town." MASONIC OFFERING TO DR. OLIVER.-011 Tues day evening a meeting of Freemasons took place at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of co-operating with the Masonic brethren in Lincolnshire, and other parts of the United Kingdom, in the presentation of a suitable testimonial of regard and esteem to the Rev. George Oliver, D.D., the cele brated historian of the craft. The chair was taken by E. R. Moran, Esq., of the Grand Master's Lodge, and a series of resolutions passed in furtherance of this very praiseworthy object, severally proposed and seconded by brothers H. Philips, 'l'. Pryer, R. T. Crucefix, M.D., Z. Watkins, J. L. Steven s , R. Fi e ld, G. W. Tur ner , M. Sangster, and W. L. Wright. Not a dissentient opinion was uttered, nor were the subscriptions, immediately commenced, unworthy of the occasion. Dr. Crucetix was appointed treasurer, and Mr. J. L. Stevens secretary to the metropolitan body of subscribers. EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF TEE PRIS CILLA TIMBER SHIP.—On Saturday last the above vessel was towed up to Deptford from the Downs, having made her passage across the Atlantic under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. She has been engaged in the timber trade for some time past. It appears that in shipping her last freight at Quebec great want of caution must have existed, for during the voyage, while under sail on the larboard tack, her cargo shifted, and threw the vessel completely on her beam ends. The weather was fortunately calm, or the ship must i nev it a bl y have been lost. Much credit is due to the captain for his skill in navigating her home, as the result of making any sail after the accident occurred, except under circumstances of the greatest caution, must have resulted in her total loss. Her appearance in passing up the river attracted much attention—the masts, instead of being per pendicular, formed an angle of about forty-five de grees, and she is still the subject of much observation by all persons passing up and down the Pool. An accident of this nature, with a similar result, is of rare occurrence—the loss of timber ships under similar circumstances is notorious, and calls for legisl a ti ve interference as to the mode of loading vessels in the colonies. DIGNITY OF GASTRONOMIC DISCOVERY.—A pa triotic Frenchman has observed—"l regard the discovery of a dish as a far more interesting event than the dis covery of a star ; for we have always stars enough, but can never have too many dishes ; and I should not regard the science as sufficiently honoured or represented among us until I see a cook in the first class of the Institute." SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--A bout half-past eight o'clock on Thursday night, Henry Mayne, a child two years old, whose father is a respectable master baker, and resides at 7, Chichester-place, Gray's Inn-road, at tempted to swallow a halfpenny, which stuck in his throat, and he was seized with violent convulsions, nod became black in the face. It fortunately happened that Mr. Liston, the eminent surgeon, was passing as Mrs. Mayne was rushing into the street with the child in her arms, and he, after many attempts, at length succeeded in extracting the halfpenny from the child's throat. The Minister of War has ordered that the new in fantry uniform, which has been for some time on trial in several regiments, shall be adopted throughout the army. The old uniform will have completely disappeared in the course of three years.—French Paper. STAGE-COACH DUTIES.—By an Act of the last SeS • sion of Parliament, which is to come into force on Saturday week, the Ist of October, the stage-coach duty, per mile, is reduced one-half--viz., from 3d. to I id. The fraudulent system of sweating gold coin is, it seems, becoming adopted in other countries as well as in England. The money-changers in Paris have lately observed that many pieces of 20f. and 40f., of fered to them to he changed are below their standard weight. WESTMiNSTEIt REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The parish of St. Clement Danes was commenced this morning; and in, this parish the Liberals made 6 claims and 97 objections—the Tories also made 2 claims and 74 objections. No case of importance came on up to the time of our going to press. • DN r" `r' x EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1842, THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS. 11Aticitmstim, TutsnAt,. - - -, The tewn is particularly quiet this itioriting' to .all appearance. The turn -outs are, however, meeting in various places, and the great subject of discourse : amongst them is the death of Lyons, who, they conti nue t o declare, was " mur dered by the hired assassins of the Anti,Corn-law Magistrates. In many of their speeches delivered this morning they referred to the Anti-Corn-law processions which have taken place from time to time headed by Magistrates, and declaim in no measured terms against the Magistrates for what they call "their most unjustifiable mode of dealing out public justice." The police were again on duty this morn ing, with orders to patrol the mill district. Their re ports are generally favourable as to the hands resum ing work, although in some mills the number of workers has been reduced. On the whole, however, the numbers of those at work are increased this mornir.g. Joseph Lyons being the first person who came to an untimely end in consequence of the riots in Man chester and its immediate vicinity, the funeral created very great excitement amongst the turn-outs, not only in this town, but throughout the district. In accordance with previous arrangements, which were unknown 'to the police, about two o'clock in the afternoon great numbers of turn-outs began to arrive from most of the towns within Bor 10 miles of Manchester. The first of these processions which attracted the notice of the police was one from Bury (nine miles from Man chester), consisting of about 200 persons, including a large proportion of females, most of whom were decently dressed. On the head of this procession reaching the end of Piccadilly, on its way to the place where the corpse was lying, they were met by a strong body of the police, under the command of Sir. Beswick and Sir Charles Shaw, with whom was Mr. Maude, the Stipendiary Magistrate.• The police formed themselves into a line across the street, and refused to allow any person whatever to pass. The progress of the procession thus interrupted, they divided themselves into sections, and by passing along back streets succeeded in reaching their intended destination, as had several thousands from various other quarters. The police then, by the directions of Mr. Maude, cleared the streets, and formed themselves into lines across the street on each side of the house where the body was laid. Every avenue leading to the house was completely blockaded by the police and special constables, and it was then ordered that the friends only of the deceased should be allowed to follow him to the chapel-yard. After some delay, occasioned by the interference of the officers, the corpse was brought out, and the friends of the unfortunate man having been formed into procession, the police surrounded the body anti the funeral procession on all sides, and thus they moved along the streets until they came to Mr. Scholefield's chapel-yard, Every-street. On the ar rival of the police at the gates of the chapel-yard, Mr. Scholefield refused to admit them; hut by previods arrangement the chapel-yard was crowded by the mob, as were also the walls, by the permission of Mr. Scholefield. The police, however, kept the street clear in front of the yard to the no little annoyance of Mr. Scholefield, who on one occasion attempted to drive the officers; but he was told by Sir Charles Sha&, that if he interfered with the police he would order him to be taken into custody. The police remained on the spot until all was over, and were every now and then assailed with groans and hisses by the mob. 'Whilst the attention of the authorities was directed to the funeral procession of Lyons, a detachment of the rioters proceeded to Mr. Thompson's power-loom factory in Mill-street, and almost in the twinkling df an eye demolished the windows and turned out the hands that were at work. Information of this outrage was instantly conveyed to the police, but on their arr rival all was as quiet as if nothing had happened. The whole of the windows and frames of the first sto4 were completely demolished, and a great number of the windows on the second and third stories were alsi;i broken. Shortly after the engine was again set to work, and a great portion of the hands resumed their{ emplopnent. Having satiated their vengeance ofi Mr. 1 homps on ' s mill, a direction of Oxford-road par ty of them w en t o ff i n t l4 S. and H. Mar s land's mil and again attack e d M essrs: l in Chester-street. F o rtu; will b e Court. brought nately the p o li ce arr ived in time to prevent furthet i s for Daniel mischief th an th e b r eaking of a few wi n d ows. O rd up the appeara nce o f th e police the rioters fled in all dil rections, and one o n ly of the ringleaders, whose name ADJOURNED SESSIONS, NEW BAILEY. (Before J. F. F osTisa , Chairman, and J osurit in w a t a i o s n this day a apprehended.t He the Borough L E ESE, Esq.) MONDAY.--Owing to the unusually heavy calendar at the l as t S a lf or d H un dred Sessions, occasioned b } + the number of persons apprehended and left for trial during the outrages committed during the last six weeks, the Magistrates, after having been occupied in both Courts for more than a fortnight, were obliged to adjourn the proceedings until to-day, to meet the convenience of the gentlemen of the bar, who were engaged in cases to be tried at the Preston ses sions. This morning the Court met at ten o'clock, , and proceeded with the trials of the rioters. Edmund Lyons was the first prisoner placed at the bar. lie was indicted for riot at Messrs. Birley's mill, on Wednesday, the 11th of August, and he was further charged with assaulting the police in the exe cution of their duty on the same day. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. John Berry and Betty Kershaw were next placed' in the dock, charged with unlawfully assembling to-' gether, with other persons, at Bury, in this county, on the 18th of August, and, in company with a large mob, proceeded to Messrs. John Hoyle and Sons' mill, situate at Mossfield, where, by threats and inti midation, they forced the workpeople to leave off their lawful avocations. These facts having been esta blished by evidence, the prisoners' were found guilty Sentence deferred. Henry and Joseph Hibbert and Benjamin Birten shaw, were then brought up, indicted for riot at Droylsden, in this county, .0n the 12th ult. The Jury found them guilty. The Hibberts were sen tenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard la bour, and Birtenshaw to two months. Barnard illVay was found gidlty of riot and as sault at Messrs. Jam es K ennedy an d S o ns' mills, Ancoats-street, Manchester, on the 2M ult. In his case the sentence was also deferred. Several other rioters were disposed of during tin day, but the charges against them were not of an aggravated character, an d their sentenceswere course not severe. Th e C ourt rose about six o'clock. The accounts from B o lt on this morn i ng are verj unfavourable. The notic e t o qu i t, w hi c h ex pired On Saturday night, has been pretty genera lly put in, ot practice. There are at present 28 mills standing, and only four in full employment. The four at work are those of Mr. Hardeastle, Mr. T ow li nson , Mr. Knowles. and another. The hands of these four are uncle) notice, and it is thought they will leave off work at tht end of the week. The town is quiet this morning. The accounts from Ashton and Stalybridge are of: more favourable character —there the whole of th( mills are either wholly or partially at work, and th( towns are in a state ot perfect quietness. At Stockport and Hyde the hands are nearly all at work, and as far as these towns are concerned the turn-out is at an end. PRESTON, MONDAY EVENING.—In the course of last week a writ came down from the Lord Chancellor, addressed to the Clerk of the C rown f or th e D uc h y oi 4 whose office is in this town, ordering. a gaol delivery for Oct. 1, at Lan caster. The writ was forwarded to T. B. W. France, Esq., the High Sheriff, Lancaster, R. W . Hopkins, E s _ ., prisoners, committed from , who issued summonses for about 100 Jurymen, addressed to various parts of the to Kirkdale Gaol, besides committed ts . it is not stated in the ninevc count-. u r i n o t u y s who. parts are :there oo fu t theareon bail,ll 2 countybut for 'trial at the. dif ferent a "general gaol delivery, it is not known who included in the Com tfehreerntthqousear\tVehrOssetsasniodn mission. On this subject the decision of the three' Judges named in the Commission, Lord Abinger, Baron Alderson, and Baron Rolfe' will be received at the Sheriff's office to-morrow. The prisoners in the gaol at Salford, from Manchester and the surrounding neighbourhood, are very numerous sessions will ; but in Preston House of Correction there are only fi ve, and in Lan caster but two, committed on ch arges connected with the late riots. There will be tw o Courts open. On Friday two of the rioters in th e late t u multuous , proceedings in this town, on the 12 t h August, were apprehended by Joseph . Dea?d en, th e town bea dl e, and committed for trial 133, Magistrates at the Town Hall. Along with several others wh o are w e ll ' known, and for whose apprehension warrants have for some time been issued, they had kept out of the way until the restoration of tranquillity emboldened thin, 1 to return into the town. One of these, Thos. Norris, was charged before John Barstow, Es q ., as one of the leaders in an attack committed b , y a great crowd of persons at the mills of Messrs. Germ a i ne, Petty, and Co., at Leighton, where condu cted d alcted th emse l vesl with great violence and disorder, and caused the mill to be stopped. The hands having left work the crowd dispersed. Thomas Pedder, the other prisoner, was charged with h av i n g, on the same day., attacked the factory of Messrs. H or rocks,. in Ca nal -street, and having led the mob up the staT, Where he behaved with a considerable degree of violence. Along with the other prisoner he was committed to the Il ouse o f Correcti on . Th e th re e unhappy indi viduals wh o we n wounded by the fire of the sold iers on the same di still remain in the Jiouse of Correction, eic during con s id era bl e s uffering. One of these, a steam loom weavJr, 21 years o f age, who w as s h ot through the cap o : the knee, had his leg amputated imme diately, about six inches above another, Bryan Hutchings, a shoemaker, wa s wounded in the side, the bullet adll remaining in the body ; and th e thi r d, aged 21, was s h ot t h rou gh the wrist. It will b e some tune befo re th ey can l ea ve this benevolent institution, but, in e)nsequence of their sufferings, the Recorder hag wily informed them that, although the two former were recognised as amongst the most active leaders of .the mob on the late fatal occasion, their proseetitinn Will not be proceeded with. In addition to Lancaster and Mercer, the individuals who died in this establishment, these are the only ones amongst the wounded who were taken there ; the two other unhappy men died at their own homes, where also Marty of the other wounded were conveyed, whose number is not estimated, but the same forbearance is shown to them as with those at present in the House of Recovery. The spirit of Chartism and insurrection is entirely broken in the town. In connection with the new military arrangements for the northern districts, Preston is to become the future northern depot of a large body of troops. There have hitherto been no barracks in the town, and the troops now here, consisting of about 130 Rifles, are quartered in temporary barracks, in a factory in Water-street, in addition to another detachment who are doing duty on the turrets of the gaol. A site of 251 acres on l'ulwood Moor, and in the centre of the fbrmer race course, has been secured by Government for the erection of barracks capable of containing 2,000 troops. An active correspondence has lately been carried on with the Board of Ordnance, and it is daily expected that contracts for estimates will be ad vertised. The spot has been selected by Captain Bur rows, Barrack Master at Blackburn, and Capt. Ruther ford, Engineer to theßoard of Ordnance at Manchester, and many plans and estimates have been sent up to London for the approval of the Government. The circumstances which have dictated this choice over the place proposed for enlarging the barracks at Blackburn, in order to make that the northern depot for troops, appears to be the facility of their transport by railroad to the south, and to Ireland and Scotland through the new port of Fleetwood. The inhabitants of. Preston and Blackburn have both taken up the matter very warmly, and in the latter town a site of land was offered gratuitously for the erection of bar racks. The matter has, however, finally been set at rest by Government having acknowledged the supe rior advantages of this town. This decision was come to chiefly from the opinion of the Duke of Welling ton, who gave his approbation to Preston, in prefer ence to any other place which had been pointed 01 in the northern district. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. TIM ES.—One of our Contemporaries has at last opened its fire upon the new American treaty, and as it has done us the honour to quote with approbation one part of our judgment con. cerning that treaty, we need hardly say the most unfavourable, we think ourselves bound to re peat our conviction that, on the whole, the ter mination of the affair is one for which we have to he grateful to the Government. We agree with him that the treaty gives us less than we were entitled to; and we add, that we have little satisfaction in concessions to an adversary who has conducted the controversy with so little frankness and generosity as the people of the United States. But the question is not one of feeling, but of policy. The question is—have we, or have we not, reason to rejoice that the open questions are finally settled between the two countries, even with some sacrifice of what we consider our equitable rights? Now, first, there are several assumptions in the article we allude to which could not be very well insisted on in discussion with the American Government. The construction there put of the King of Holland's decisions (respecting streams falling into the Bays of Fundy and Chaleurs) is denied, and we think with plausibility, by the Ameri cans; nor can we maintain with our Contempo rary, that the commission of Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonehaugh has "proved by actual observation and survey, that the features of the country along the line claimed by us agree en tirely with the words of the treaty of 1783." That the line claimed by the Americans does not so agree is clear enough, but that our own literally and " entirely" does, is still a more difficult . thesis to maintain. The boundary line is one which, it will be remem bered, is slightly more favourable than that pro posed by the King of the Netherlands, and the road " from the St. Francis to Quebec," which our Contemporary describes as so highly unpro tected for about 60 miles, is separated from the American frontier by about 30 miles of country (including . that range of hills along which the Americans wished to draw their boundary line), and of which a strip of apparently some 10 or 15 miles in width has been 'gained by Lord Ash burton's negotiation over and above what the de cision of the King of the Netherlands would have awarded us. On the subject of the free navigation of St. John's we have already ex pressed our opinion. We are ready to confess, too, that we regret the cession of the Madawasca settlers. But are these disadvantages to be set aguinst the settlenient, once for all, of the ever menacing boundary quarrel ? Here we are met by the answer that we might have settled it in our own way; that " no country was ever less prepared or less inclined for aggressive war than the United States;" and that whatever hap pened, war at least they would not have hazarded. Perhaps not. But that is not the question. Would they have settled the dispute on any other terms? This is the real point of the matter. Would they not have interposed delays—would not Maine have been refrac tory, and the Federal Government lukewarm ? Would not the independence of the individual State and the inability of the Government to act without its concurrence, have been again played off upon us? And would not the question have been thus adjourned till the next occasion when Grreat Britain appeared to have her hands full ? America is perfectly aware that every year's de lay is in her favour. Every year increases that force which the growing provinces of Maine and Massacliusets are prepared to pour, nay, have long been pouring, upon the disputed territory. Every year consolidates by fresh facility of com munication and density of population the body of the Northern States into a mass available fbr supporting with effect the pretensions of their countrymen. This growing power is ever on the spot—it is by no sacrifice of labour or money that it keeps itself in preparation fbr the contest. That is its natural position—a position in which without effort it is daily strengthening itself. But year after year does not facilitate the concentra tion of the British forces on New Brunswick or Lower Canada. The population of our North American colonies is told by thousands, .vv!lerc those of the United States count their milLons. It is only by the onerous presence of a large and disciplined fbrce that we can keep our selves prepared for untoward emergencies ; it is pretty plain, then, which party is most in terested in clearing off such controversies as these. The United States feel this acutely enough, and, we need hardly say, are not likely to give up their advantage for nothing. They lost nothing by open questions; we did; and we had to expect that we should be made to pay for closing it. But there is always an alternative. We might have threatened, we might have de dared war upon the United States, if they re fused to accept an equitable arrangement at once, dictated, we presume, by ourselves, of a question which has puzzled the two nations for fifty years. Few, probably, will advocate this mode of deal ing with the question; least of all, perhaps, the partisans of a Ministry who tell us that all:our late distress is because we - impede the natural trade between England and the United States. But in case any such partisan should be suffi ciently determined to support that mode of in ducing a speedy settlement, we will remind him how the matter stood. In 1828, after much ne gotiation, the Tory Government agreed with the United States to refer the matter to the arbitration of the King of the Netherlands. In 1831, under a Whig Government, that Monarch gave his decision, awarding to the British a frontier, as we have said, somewhat less advan tageous than that secured by Lord Ashburton's treaty. This decision the English Whig Go vernment, in the Words of our Contemporary, c , signified their readiness to accept." For two years Lord Grey's Government pressed the United States to acquiesce in this arrangement ; but in vain, and in 1833 the Royal decision stood rejected by both parties. There was no talk then of enforcing by war the authority of the King of the Netherlands—no disposition to assert our whole rights at once, when it became clear that the Americans would not "split the difference." It would be rather bold of a Whig advocate to maintain that these ten years had precisely suf ficed to exhaust the permissable degree of pa tience, and that the Conservatives were bound, on coming into office, to resort at once to the tre mendous expedient of war to obtain that which the:Whigs had shown could not be obtained by peaceful means. Such, as we view it, is the case for Lord Ashburton's concessions. A speedy set tlement was necessary. It was more necessary for us than for the Americans—and they knew it was. By war, accordingly, or by sacrifice, the settlement must have been purchased. The first expedient was neither justified by policy nor called for by honour. L?ast. of all could the ne cessity of such a decisive measure be urged by the supporters of a Government which hacl.been already ten years (the period of their existence) fumbling about the matter. Concession re mained. That it is concession, we are aware. Whether any part of it could have been avoided, it would be difficult, without an accurate know ledge of American politics, to pronounce. But that, has been less than the value of that, we hope, lasting quiet which it has purchased, we entertain no manner of question. gERALD.—If Lord John Russell is not to resume next session his congenial position as leader of the Opposition, who is? The reasons which will remove the Noble Lord from the chieftaincy of f ac ti on are equa ll y potent to re- I strain the succession of Lord Palmerston or any of his late colleagues thereto. The fact is, that the members of the defunct Administration who still have seats in the House of o,mmons con stitute the rump only of the Opposition forces, and fur the first time in . the history of party we have the Opposition led by men whose only claim to its confidence is that they have been Ministers of the Crown—responsible advisers of the Sovereign, who were driven from office be cause their continuance therein was almost uni versally felt to be dangerous to property and i good order. It is n o t surely sufficient that there is coincidence of view between the majority otl'a party and its leader on minor questions o f p u bli c interest? Unanimity of opinion on the sugar duties, the timber duties, or the Corn-law—on the latter there is perfect discord between Messrs. Cobden, Villiers, Bowling, and Lords John Russell and Palmerston —cannot surely b e the basis of a political combination such as an Opposition ought to present? Agreement on the subject of free trade and disagreement on the far more important question of the suffrage, is the predicament in which Lord John Russell and his followers stand. The sentiments of the Noble Lord are as wide as the poles are asunder from those of three-fourths of the free com panions who have hitherto fought under his banner. How long, then, is a compact alliance so monstrously immoral as this to continue ?—an alliance which requires a greater sacrifice of per sonal convictions, and of larger moral responsi bilities, than the most insane advocate of party combination can justify or excuse. An end it must have, and that shortly, if either Lord John or the Radicals have one drop of sincerity in their bodies. The success of free-trade prin ciples under the leadership of the Noble Lord would only be the removal of obstacles to the attainment of those ulterior objects of his sup porters which he has 30 frequently declared lie never will assist in reaching. Defeat on econo mical questions, under the guidance of Lord John, will only increase the demands of his fol lowers for an extension of the suffrage, as a means of achieving the application of those commercial views which they and their chief entertain in common. Thus does Lord John Russell, whether successful or unsuccessful, as the head of the O pposition, advance—so tar as his own party is con cerned—the repeal of the Reform Bill and the extension of the suffrage, which he is so vehe mently, and, if words are binding, so irretriev ably pledged to oppose. POST.—We ex pressed our satisfaction two days ago on the reception which the treaty concluded. by Lord Ashburton with the United States Go vernment had experienced in this country. Up to the moment at which we wrote we had heard of nothing but expressions of satisfaction on the termination, upon fair and honourable terms, of disputes which placed, during their existence, in continual hazard the amity of two great nations, whose hostility would be a calamity to both, and a calamity not to themselves only, but to the whole civilised world. It seems that we were premature in congratulating our readers On the suppression of party feeling upon , this occasion. Yet we had allowed three days to the Opposition press to take its ground, and it had taken none. It seldom happens that the journals devoted to the interests of a political party, when they have a good or even a plausible reason for attacking their opponents, require so much time to find it out. We, therefore, cannot blame ourselves for having arrived too quickly at the conclusion— improbable as it was—that the treaty with America was not to be made the occa sion for the display of party spirit. Still less can we blame the Chronicle that the spirit of party, as displayed at last in its columns, required to be nurtured and stimulated for no less than three days betbre it was in a con dition to show. The fault was natural 'on both sides. Whence our Contemporary derived his tardy inspiration we do not presume to guess. But whether he resorted to the Pantheon or the firmament—to Cupid or to Ursa Illgjor—he has plainly had recourse to a fallacious oracle. The treat fault of the treaty concluded by Lord Ash burton, according to the Whig oracle is, that its three objects, the boundary line, the suppression of the slave trade, and the mutual surrender of criminals are comprehended in one act, instead of b eing accomplished by three separate con ' ventions. And why is this a fault? Because the American Senate would equally have ac cepted r ach of the three separate conventions, and England might have driven a tighter bar gain by dealing with each subject apart from ' the rest. We collect from this merely that Lord Palmerston, had he attempted to settle the disputes with America at all, would have niggled in the manner which the Chronicle so strenuously advocates—would have given occasion to three debates in the American Senate instead of one—and would have multi plied, in a ratio far greater than three to one,- the chances of complete failure in his attempt to settle all existing disputes. But our Contempo rary endeavours to show that the Senate of the United States would have been sure to ratify three separate treaties as easily as the one which it has ratified, upon the ground that each of the three arrangements of the present treaty, sepa rately considered, is adverse to the interests of Great Britain, and favourable to those of the American Union. And, first, with respect to the boundary line : the Chronicle, through three weary columns, labours to prove that the inte rests of England have been betrayed, and that everything claimed by the United States has been conceded. We will not travel with our Contemporary through the intricacies of his geo graphical argument. It is enough for us to per ceive that the guides for whose assistance he had the condescension to wait no less than three days have led him into a dilemma from which he will not extricate himself very easily. Three days of cogitation and consultation" might surely have sufficed, if not to secure clearness and accuracy of statement, at least to avoid manifest and pal pable incoherency. We may think it worth while to discuss with the Chronicle the new line of boundary, when it has made up its own mind whether this line is a matter of national or merely of provincial importance on the other side of the Atlantic. CHRONICLE. —We are informed that a treaty is upon the point of being concluded with Hanover, by which the Stade duties are to be increased. In the speech which Lord Palmer ston delivered at the close of the session, he stated his apprehension that the Tory Govern ment would make some such concession to King . Ernest. The supposition was repudiated at the tune as being too discreditable to Sir Robert Peel's Ministry. But old predilections, it s eems, are too strong, and the Tory Go vernment is about to levy a tax upon British commerce and British shipping—to re ward the King of Hanover for the old services of the Duke of Cumberland. East, west, north, and south, it is the same story. In India, in Turkey, in Americ.i, in Spain, in Africa, in Hanover, the same systematic abandonment of the interests, the same scandalous indifference to the character of this country, Upon many of our commodities, upon raw cotton,. for instance, we understand the duty is to be doubled. Something like a hundred thousand pounds a year, it is estimated, is to be levied by the new trea , t, for the benefit of the King of Hanover. V e trust that by calling attention to this subject in' time, we may be for tunate enough to put the o ercan tile community upon its guard in sufficient time to prevent_ i s at perpetration of this flagrant w;co , ear, no room tog. That i t at present intended, there is, we t doubt. BURRING OF A VESSEL AT SEA.—Tfte following communication was received yesterday at j.d2oyd's : Havre, September B.—Captain Garton, master of the brig Prosperite, which arrived at this port y.esterdav from Marseilles, reports that on Monday, the 22d of last month, when in lat. 39 7, long. 12 57 wect 7 be observed at a distance of some ten or twelve mil es a great mass of smoke ; he immediately bore down tv wards it, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause. j when it proved to be a vessel on fire. It appea red to be an English schooner, about 200 tons burden, and laden with cork. The masts were consumed and had fallen overboard, and she was burning rapidly to the water's edge. He remained near the unfortunate vessel for a considerable time, and sent several of the crew up aloft to discover, if possible, the ship's boat, and those belonging to her, but n one co uld be seen. At seven o'clock in the evening he proceeded on his e voyage. The ship was still b urnin g , and the flame , were distinctly seen for hours a f terwards . Her s could not be ascertained , in consequence of the namedn smoke with which she was surrounded. Mr. "'POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE . Martin, " the author of a little book with this title, has invented a simple plan for teaching mental arithmeti c . B y a few concise and simple rules the amounts of fractional numbers at fractional rates can be immediately ascer tained, without the aids of pen,ink, and p a p er : and abstruse calculations a re ma d e in' the tenth part of the number of figures that are used in the ordinary mode of managing pounds, shillings, and count ing-houses, or in any of the expeditious money calculations various trades in which te arc an object, a know ledge of Mr. Martin's s of a given questio n must y bs m of arriving at the result e found very use f u l. A man of the n ame der at Sydney, la s t ° Lynch wasra banged for ur having been a principal . April, f and at the scaffold he confessed c'pal in no less than ten murders. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEAWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 351, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 571, it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgb, the price of gald is 433 per mark, which at the English Mint price , of 3/. 17s. 101 d, per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 101; it fellows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London, than in Hamburgh. Some interest is felt in the City as to the manner in which the Corporation of London are likely to fulfil the duty which is shortly to devolve upon them, of electing a Chief Commissioner of Police, as this is a case in which, above all others, personal considera tions cannot for an instant be permitted to interfere with those of the necessary qualifications for so im portant an office. The Corporation have been bithello a little vulnerable oil this point : and it is not wonder etnhtat check niay fuolipoonw, :h i e n in t wonder ful, th ere f ore, that in so val ua bl e an appointment as this the same i mputations should be hazarded., There is a siittici , his h c o as wre a r n , y iii n th effi e cen e i nn i f seque n ces nomination. Were they to return to the Secretary of State, who, by the Act of Parliament, has a veto. the name of any individual that the G overnment could not approve , itcould fail not to react upon them as proof of general incomp e t encY to such nominations, and disturb th e i r c l a i m to the management o f the City police itself, . un d er which they have sho wn so much jealousy of any interference by the Government. POST.—A chance vessel brings some interesting accounts of the late workings of the Imperial Brazi lian Mines. For 20 , days, the aver .: ge success had been at the rate of 101bs. of gold per diem. Several of the days produce of late exhibits the unusual, but gratifying, result of 361b5., 381b5., and 321bs. of gold per diem. Whether, however, a vein has at length been discovered in new ground at the 41st fathom, or whether it is a mere " rest " or bunch o f gold that has been met with, does not trap Aire. The ensuing arrival is in consequence looked fur with much in terest by the parties who have long had theireitsl locked up in th e conce rn, and in a state of UV tic. tiveness. The returns, on the whole, of the t six months, indicate richness in the mine, the amount ex ceeding considerably 6001bs. of gold. A ,dividend seems to be, therefore, already made certain. Strict economy in the management of the affairs of the Com pany, and a reduction of the duty from 25 to 10 per cent, were also points of importance in the history of the mine. It should be added, that it was at the 41st fathom such large returns were yielded some eight or ten years ago by the Congo Soco. The Imperial Brazilian shares, lately selling at 71. to SI. per share are now held at 8/. to 101. per share. SUN.—Speculators and jobbers being equally averse to engage in operations in the present state of the money market, prices have undergone but little va riation. The market has not, however, been firm, and Consols were last marked at 924 92* for Money, and 93 93* for the Account ; India Stock, 249 251; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. The prices of Foreign Securities were better— Belgian,' 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 5 24; the Five per Cents., 102+ 102* ; Danish, 83 84 ; and Brazilian, 671 681. The quotation for Mexican was much worse, being 344 35. The Share Market was without any great business. London and Birmingham were 181 183 ; Birmingham and Glouc es t er , 42 44 ; 'Great Western, 82 83 ; the Half Shares, 59i 60; South Western, 571 58; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28; South Eastern and Dover, 218 22 ; Eastern Counties, 8+ 81. ; Northern and Eastern, 36 37 ; Blackwall, 61 7; and Brighton, 328 331 per share. The quotations of Exchanges were—Amsterdam, 12 6 12 61 ; Rotterdam, 12 61- 12 61; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Hamburgh, 13 11* 13 11 ; Frankfort, 150 1 151 ; Paris, 25f. 75c., 25f. 80c. ; Genoa; 25 871 25 90 ; Vienna' 9.554 9 56 ; Naples; 40/ 401 ; Lisbon; 521; and Madrid, 37 ; all at three months. The Bonds were' thus quoted :—Colombian, 201 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 35+ 35/ ; the Three per Cents.; 20 201; Spanish Five per Cents., 16+ 16a; the Three per Cents., 218 21+. Some letters have been delivered to-day from Van Diemen's Land to the sth of June ; the accounts are generally favourable. As far as the original settle ments are concerned, mercantile affairs are repre sented as having to a great extent recovered from the extreme depression they have of late exhibited, which had been owing chiefly to over-trading. The crops being expected to be most abundant, no apprehensions were entertained but that the prospects of the colo nists would realize the anticipation which had been formed. The intelligence more interesting is to be gathered from the accounts of the country in general, in preference to particular places., inasmuch as these more particularly concern a large portion of the popu lation of this country. It would appear that the pro fits or comforts to be derived from the newly located distrtcts are great; that the settlements lately formed are progressing favourably, and that new sournes for the distribution of the produce, are being almost daily opened. But very few years have elapsed when the quantity of wool exported from Australia was represented by a cipher, and a small portion from the Cape of Good Hope was literally given away, the only stipulation in the contract being, that the buyer should pay the dock rates. Facts are now, however, completely reversed, and England, from being dependent upon continental nations for the supply of this most necessary article, has a sufficient quantity derived from the colonies, not only to supply the home demand, but also to allow a portion of it to be shipped to those countries upon which it formerly relied. One of the greatest evils with which these colonies have had to contend, has been the high rate of interest, and a proportionate advantage has been taken of the necessity under which they were to bor row, in order to charge a high rate of interest. It is satisfactory to be able to notice that the value of money there is ' likely to be reduced to something like an approximation to what it is in this country. The rivalry of the various establishments in London has doubtless materially contributed to bring this about; but from whatever cause it may have arisen, the bene fit to the inhabitants in the reduction will be great. For example, by a Parliamentary return, a sum of about 59,0001. appears to have been borrowed upon Government Bonds for a particular purpose, the interest paid upon which, in six years, amounts to no less a sum than 23,000/. It may therefore be calculated how great the benefit will be which a smaller interest will confer upon individuals, when Government have paid so dearly for a loan ; and it will be the more apparent when a comparison is in stituted between the credit security which one party and the other were able•ba offer. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.I ' Amsterdam CF. 12 9 "G ibraltar ...... .... 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 91 1 Genoa •, •96 5 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 iVeniee 47 Alton . Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon ...... 52 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro ............... 23i Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia .................... . Petersburgh, 3Us ... 361 Buenos Ayres ...... Berlin . 46 Vienna, effoc. fl. 3 M 959 Philadelphia ..... . .... ... Trieste, ditto 1 . 7 9 .07 c . Madrid 0 0 0 Cadiz Doubloons 0 0 0 Bilbao 3O New Doub 0 4 56 New Dollars... lO Barcelona Seville The Rev. Henry Edwards, author of "Piety and Intellect relatively E st i m ated," with several _political writings, has received the diploma of Doctor of Philo sophy from the University o f Giessen. D r. Edward s is , we understand, brother o f T. Edwards, Eso ' , author of "Nisi Prius," one o f the leadin g counsel on the Western Circuit FATAL LivAE: Inq u est wu'leTs was litTliE MACH:ISM' Or A. SE m TA ..1 1. 1 A OAT c . held l ast even i ng a t T the Bull's Head, High-street, Shadwell before Mr. Baker, o n the body of William Maughan , John Baker,, said th a t the d a g ed fort y' deceased was chief engineer of the Nelson steam- b ingTowing to the Shipowners' oat, a vess e l belong , C Mon ,jay afternoon the vesse l was Company. On Mon hulk at Gravesend f or the lying by the side of the purpose and while all the men, wit hPotke of getting in coals, the exception of deceased, were busily engaged latter call fromthe upon deck, witness heard the enolne- hatches r oom for assistance. The were immediately raised, and the deceased was then seen firmly fix ed which was i n motion, th oughamongst the machinery, they had orders to stop. Witness with the dep uty engineer ran below, and by that time the machiner y stopped ; but they had to set it in motion ag a in to h between release the deceased's foot, which was jammed the piston and the bar ca.led the " cross head." Jiis bod y was also dread fully mangled. A surgeoti\was sent for from Graves end, hot, notwithstanding his..attention, deceased died in a qua:ter of an hour. The )nachinery was not set in motion by the steam, but by the tide against the paddle-whe.els. The deceased was oiling it pd making the screws tighter when The accident ha'o pened. The deceased was alone to Warne. Verdict— "' Accidental dad]." STE ATITBOGIR. --The Sacrament a Cairne3 dispensed on sabba,th last, by Mt. Cowf the -. was minister, to a very cro+vded, attentive, and P k. ' ' grP gation. The number of cotninuni . ' l°l3 colj- - emits excettikd that of last year ; among whom there were fifteen rm. the first time. These are really cheeri ng 3 fifteen mptoms, And show how well attached the people are to s: _ their tninisttsrs, not ' wi th standing the persecution and tyranny to whicit they have been subjected by an unscrupulous and despotic priesthood in the very b osom of the Church of Sco:land. —Edinburgh Observer. The British and North 4 Royal ma steamer the Colombia sailed - ineric24 iday, for fax wards of 60 sosengers. from Liverpool yestere ax and Boston. Rs carried out ere P -