The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-30 00:00:00

. ~(1 s t eNe a r grot sb,dow ,t L' er vs . illiir o iptvg ' t dire c ' t , s itioo t : also v.. , s -bridg e : t Fair is 11', , 0 t he in ' 10 fiber , an d nibs , . rll v. let bs vAe'lace' ,0 A - fe J er Yr 90 Bed fr°lll 10 clill re l ,, l o . I vinf i )of 'r, kovm Clte itic 3l c, ova l ialc lr i o n'e t for . Ne .) 4' , °CPI iPg MARLBOROUGH-STREET. , (THIS DAY.) Sir JOseph Douglas, of No. Cambridge-ter race, Hyde-park, appeared before Mr. Hardwick, the presiding Magistrate, to prefer a complaint against the,. driver of the Paddington omnibus No. 516, for furious driving, and against the conductor of the same vehicle for making use of abusive language. Sir Joseph Douglas stated that about three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last as he was proceeding in his carriage along Oxford-street, near to the Pantheon Bazaar, the omnibus in question was approaching in the opposite direction, the horses galloping at a furious rate of speed, and on the wrong side, in consequence of which the omnibuses came in collision with the carriage and smashed in some of the parinels, and on _the driVer being e x p os t u l a t e d with the conductor : t a „ . nlade use of abusive and insulting language. E, 3 Mr.HARDWICK ordered summonses to be issued s,`against the parties. Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk, said he thought, As regarded the conductor, to bring the case under . the provisions of the Act, commonly called the Stage Coach Act, that abusive language must be made use of to a passenger. Mr. HARDWICK said, that at all events the con . ductor was liable to be punished under the Police Aet, for using insulting language in a public highway, tending to excite a breach of the peace. On referring to the first-mentioned Act, Ist and 2 d Vic. cap. 79, sec. 16, it was found to be an offence for the conductor of Hny public carriage to use abusive or insulting language, " during his employment," to any person, and for which he was liable to a penalty not exceeding Si. Summonses were accordingly issued, and the hearing of the case fixed for Thursday. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) George and Elizabeth Ayres, a respectable trades man and his wife, were placed at the bar, the former on a charge of creating a riot, and the latter with en deavouring to rescue her husband from the police. Thomas Young, the landlord of the "Dudley Arms" Public-house, Paddington, stated that about half-past .• ten last night prisoner was in his house. Heard him quarrelling with the barman about the change of six pence. He requested defendant to leave the house, and as he would not, he was compelled to give him in charge to the police. • k'Kenzie, barman to the former, stated that when pee man was ta k en i nto custo d y, h e b ecame very vio nt, and on hi s wa y t o th e s t a tio n in Dudley- s tr ee t, be caught hold of the railings and pulled the bell twice or thrice. The policeman was obliged to throw Min &v im , an d k nee l upon hi m, t ill more ass i stance Mm Pol ice-constable 194 D took the prisoner into cus ass-1. When in Dudley-street, he was obliged to act se .: a es te c h ri eci bei h i is b f y ac l e a . st witness ; and prisoner's wife run ning %nit into the street, flew at him like a tigress and ]aid male prisoner in defence stated, that he had • dnlvn 6d. and was perhaps noisy at the idea of bei ng as he thought cheated. He denied having used any violence, but said that wishing to inform his wife and frie n d s t h at h e was b e i ng ta k en to the station house, he rung his own house bell, when the police- Man threw him down with the utmost violence upon the street, and then knelt upon his neck till he was al most insensible. He should have been dead in a militate or two had he not-been relieved. This evidence was 'confirmed by two witnesses. Air. LONG said, that after the very respectable wit nesses who had deposed to the policeman's conduct, he could not doubt for a moment that a great deal of un necessary violence had been used, and he also thought that the policeman's charge against the female could .not be proved in one particular. There was a very general cry against the police at present, and he thought conduct like the present was not calculated to allay it.—The case was dismissed. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Luke Vigo was charged with a cruel assault. It appeared from the evidence, that last night, be tween ten and eleven o'clock, the prisoner and a Young man named Bankes were drinking in a beer shop in High-street, Islington. The bar-maid gave the prisoner some beer unknown to her master, which Bankes communicated to him. Vigo said nothing at the time, but soon after left the house, and when ilankes was returning home, waylaid him at half-past eleven o'clock, in High-street. He first knocked him clown ; the fall rendered Bankes insensible. Vigo then jumped on him, and kicked him on the chest and leg s . lie was jumping on his body when N 280 came up. The prisoner ran away, but was soon after apprehended. The complainant was carried to the station-house in a state of insensibility. Mr. Sem ple, the police-surgeon, was sent for, who said the complainant had received dangerous internal injuries. Mr. GREENWOOD said a more brutal assault never came before him. If the complainant died, the pri soner would be tried for wilful murder. The sur geon should have been there to give his evidence. - Be would fine him 3/., or six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. UNION HALL.—(TIIIS DAY.) • The Rev. Mr. Curling, the Chaplain of Saint Sa-. Nimes, complained that a Captain Stevens, Proprietor of the baths in the Westminster -road, h a d extensively circulated a placard, describin g that he (Mr. Curling) • - • was about to preach a sermon in aid of the funds of the Swimming Bath Society. Now he (Mr. Curl ing) denied that such was the fact, and he was de sirous of disabusing the public mind on the occasion, as he had no such intention. His object in the pre ,- sent application was to give publicity to his contradic ' tion of such a misrepresentation. Caroline Fitzmaurice, a young female, was charged with attempting to drown herself. The unfortunate girl, who, it appeared, had only left her situation a fortnight ago, owing to her being enciente, and being driven to great distress, and appre hensive of going to her family in her situati on , deter mined on . self-destructio n . She therefore proceeded down the steps of London-bridge, and was in the act of precipitating herself into the river, when she was prevented by a gentleman. As she refused to give any information relative to her family, she was held to bail. CITY of LONDON REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) Mr. APCIIRISTIE, the Revising Barrister, sat in Court at ten o'clock this morning. John Kislonbury claimed a right to vote as a free man and liveryman of the Distillers' Company. The claim was objected to by Mr. Marr, on the ground that the claimant, who was recorded in the City books as a cook, could not be legally considered as a dis tiller with a view to vote, unless he had been formally translated into the Distillers' Company from the Cooks' Company, to which he had originally be -I°oged. It appeared that no such translation had taken place. Mr. Sewell, the Clerk to the City R emembrancer, stated that, according to the custom of the City, no party who had been a member of one Company could legally become a member of another, Unless he had been formally translated by a Court of -Aldermen. Mr. Kislonbury appeared, therefore, in the books of the Corporation as a citizen and cook, although he .had purchased his freedom as a distiller, 11 , 1 astouch as no formal translation had taken place. " It WaS contended in favour of the claim that, as Mr. Xislonbury was admitted to be a freeman and a li "Tyman, although of a different Company, the Re form Act gave him a right to vote. The REVISING BARRISTER observed that the point, turning as it did upon the peculiar usages of the 'City, was one of some difficulty. He should take - • time to consider his judgment in the case... A few of the parish lists Were then revised, but the P r oceedings gave rise to no point of interest. ~~ NIS - _ WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The Revising Barrister gave judgment this morn mg in the following cases : , Robert Taylor, in the parish of St. Clement's, had been objected to by the Torios. It appeared from the evidence that Taylor, who was a gardener, let the Whole of the house except the kitchen, to lodgers; and in the kitchen he kept some gardening tools. The CCess to the kitchen was through the street door, of which the party retained the key. The objection W as, that he o n ly occup i e d th e par t o f a house, and th at that occupation was not of the nature in * Melt a house was usually occupied ; and Barnes's ease at Great Marlow, Ist Baron and Austin, p. 17, Was referred to in support of the objection, in which e ase the vote was decided to be bad. That was a :mu g c __ e, as but in the absence of any reason for such decision, it was impossible to conceive what might h ave been the reason ; possibly it might have been 5 P.Posed that there was some fraud, or that the occu pation • • Ns as merely colourable, and that the vote w disallowed in consequence. There were, however, tt l eullfil eting decisions upon the sam e p o i n t s . It wou ld e n ecessary, therefore, to l o ok t o common -l aw au orities upon the subj ec t ; an d w itho u t mu ltiplyi ng th e " it might be sufficient to observe that the position rt the occupation of part of a house by a tenant, was in l aw considered the occupation of the whole, was estahli.lhed by Rex v. Ditcheat, and Regina v. St. f 4 17 lilttlendar, which showed that an occupation by t r inture or goods was suffie:ent. Lord Chief Jus ~o t ee beninen in that case said emphatically that a ti i ," 'night occupy by a bale of goods. The occupa -411 of a house, therefore, need not he an occupation ( . 0 „ 4 dwelling house or residence. It was possible to Pan a case, indeed, in which the occupation of a ;,`'nf a house would be so utterly different from the occupied, b i l lt Anses for which a house was usually a t such occupation might not be considered a constructive occupation of the whole house. ut here, the tenant was by business a gardener ; he resided in the h ouse it was not in-pos ble he would use the part •i‘ here he now kept Ins tools, for the same purpoSe. There was no "in therefore, here inconsistent with the occupation by the party of the whole house ; there was nothing to show want of bona fides, or that the occupation was merely colourable. The name, therefore, would be retained. George Sherrill, of St. Clement's, had also been ob jected to. This party had also let out the whole of his house, except two rooms at the top, which he re tained for his own use, for the purpose of keeping fur niture there. This case fell within the principle of the last, and the name would therefore be retained. St. Martin's Parish was concluded. The Re formers have established one claim, and the Tories none. The Reformers have also caused 95 Tory names to be expunged from the register being 44 on the house, and 51 on the scot and lot lists. The Tories have only expunged 41 Liberal names, being 39 on the Buse, and 2 on the scot and lot lists. The parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was then proceeded with. In this parish the Liberals made 5 claims, and 32 objections; and the Tories 16 objec tions, but no claims. THE MARKETS(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The week's arrivals were small of English Grain, good of Irish Oats, and considerable of Foreign Wheat. The price of Wheat the same as on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Peas unvaried. Good Oats with out alteration, and Irish rather cheaper. SMITHFIELD. The supplies were moderate, and but little demand, four-pence per stone for Beef and Mutton, while the demand for Veal and Lamb was still worse, at prices from 6d. to Bd. per stone lower. Pork was much the same. Beasts, 676; Sheep and Lambs, 7,000; Calves, 270 ; Pigs, 417. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d.; Mutton, 3s. to 43. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 2s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 9d. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand for Produce was rather limited, but fair business was done. The sales of West India Raw sugar were about 300 hhs., and the prices were rather lower. Mauritius and Bengal passed off quietly. Good White Bengal sold at 675. to 68s and fine yellow Mauritius at 655. 6d. to 665. 6d. per cwt. Refined Sugar also rather lower; standard Lump at 775. 6d. per cwt. Coffee was very flat, and prices 2s. to 3s. lower. Rice in moderate request, Saltpetre firm, and Cassia Lignea in demand. pOOL. THE STIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1842. • him in the opinion that their object was to prevent the marriage, and at the persuasion of Miss Dryers he felt convinced that they should he interrupted if he attempted 'to get 'married at St. Mary Redcliffe Church, and . that - they.had - better get married. near London. • With 'his view the sister-in-law was dis • patched to Miss —, to :ilforin her of this alteration, and make the necessary 'arrangements , This being done, Miss Bryers, in - the most artfal : manner, in formed Mr. Wooley the next day that, inconsequence of the brothers leasing found it out, there had -Iseen - a te , great disturbance,- and that Miss had- left her and was then in the house, where she -would' remain until the day of • their starting for . London, but that no one must see her except Miss Dryers, not even the servant, as her cha racter would he compromised if it should ever become known that she had been in his (Mr. Wooley's) house before they • were married. Ire • order to favour this 'deception,,Miss Bryers had pro cured the daughter of a neighbour who was kept up stairs by her, and requested to frequently walk about. " There," said Miss Dryers, "don't you hear her over head walking about—how ag it a t e d she must be, poor thing!" Mr. Wooley pressed very hard to be allowed to see her, but this was still refused, and tender billets were passed by the hands of Miss Bryers, upstairs and down, almost every half hour; and at length, in • compliance with his tender entreaties, the lady above stairs agreed that on his retiring to rest at night he might shake hands with her, but that he must not at tempt to force his way into the room. Accordingly on going to bed at night a hand was put out through the door, and tenderly kissed bv him, which hand it now turns out was that ofhis sister-in-law, Miss Bryers. On the fourth morning it was arranged that they should start for London, and the supposed Miss de scended to the carriage thickly veiled, and accom panied by Mr. Wooley, Miss Bryers, and• a male friend of Mr. Wooley's. They proceeded to Bath, where they dined at an hotel. Miss Bryers•and the lady in one room, and Mr. Wooley and his male friend in another. The male friend then returned to Bristol, and the other parties proceeded to London, where a license was procured, and after the iburteen days had transpired which by law they were compelled to re main, they were married, Miss Bryers officiating as bridesmaid. After the marriage they drove to the country, and visited the Isle of Wight, Southamp ton, &c., driving everywhere with four horses, and living in the first style to pass away the honeymoon, and on Monday last Mr. Wooley and his bride returned to Bristol. On the day after their arrival at home friends called, as is usual. to offer their congratula tions. Amongst them was Mr. , who, on seeing the lady, said, " Why, my dear ‘Voolev, I thought you had told me that you had married Miss --, of , sister to the Messrs. —, African mer chants ?"—" So I have," replied Mr. Wooley, "this lady was Miss , she is now Mrs. Wooley."— " That lady !" exclaimed the friend ; "she is no more Miss than I am." The friend then departed, and Mr. Wooley immediately charged his wife with what he had said, " Indeed," said the lady, "I'll convince you and all the world in the morning that I was Miss —, for your sister-in-law and myself will go to my brothers and bring away the deeds of my pro perty, S;c;!. Upon hearing this Mr. Wooley was reas sured, and everything passed off well until the morning, when the bride and Miss Bryers went out for the purpose as stated by her the preceding evening. It is needless to say that they abscsnded, and have not since been heard of; and Mr. Wooley discovered , that instead of having married the rich Miss—, with 47,0001. besides ex ies eetanc be was, through the contrivance of Miss • • 'Dryers, married to a person bearing, indeed, the same name, but• not worth 47 How the affair will end we know not; but it will doubtless furnish abun dant occupation to the gentlemen of the long robe. Supposing the wife to be a party to the fraud, we should suppose that a marriage under such circum stances would not be valid. What were the reasons inducing Miss Bryers to play her brother-in-law such a trick remain a profound secret. It is right to state that the lady whose name was so unwarrantably made use of to deceive Mr. Wooley n ot on ly knew nothing of the transaction, but is a perfect stranger to both Mr. Wooley and Miss Bryers.. CHARGE OF ARSON AT LIVER- The Liverpool Mail of yesterday contains a long account of the examination of a man, named Patrick Doran, on the charge of setting fire to his premises; (- which are insured for 500/. The following abstract of the evidence will show the nature of the suspicions entertained against the prisoner.. Alexander Beesley was the first witness calle3. He deposed as follOws :—I am a labourer. I did not know the prisoner before. I saw him on Friday night last, about twelve o'clock, in the house of Mr. Bushell; a carter. Mr. Bushell's house was next door to the prisoner's, in Crompton-street. There was a gateway between the two houses. The prisoner was about half drunk when I saw him. He said that " if hi s m i s t ress had not been master of his place it would h a v e b een burned long since — that he had five tons of oakum there, a nd that it would • make a fine bonfire." Mr. and M rs . Bushell went up stairs about the same time. I said to the p rison er that he deserved horsewhipping for using such language. In consequence of what fell from him I stopped on the premises all night. Cross-examined , by M r . J am e 1 1th a e n t d im a e. man named ges Rogers were in James—Had -no acquaint ance with the priso ner b e f ore that time, nor on any house.the house Jack part 1 0)-m occasion. Bushell's i s not a pu blic but a private wa s present, and a stranger, whom I n ever saw b e fore, when the pri soner made use of th e l anguage. Rogers is in Court, and was in attendance upon the Magistr ates y esterda y , but was not examined. All the persons at Bushell's were strangers to me. I took a walk out to see the fire that night, and Bushell being an acquaintance of mine I went in. I was not drinking there, and only took a drink of water. No drink was produced. The prisoner was in the house about an hour and a half ; he came about 12 o'clock. This was the Friday night before the prisoner's house had -.been set on fire. I remained up the whole night, and stopped in one of the sheds occasionally, until half-past six in the morning. Mrs. Bushell's female servant and a carter were with me. I was never alone with the servant. The carter's name i s Rogers, the man I mentioned before. Sometimes they went out, and sometimes I went out during the night. We were then about three or four a ards from the stable that was burned at the back of Bushell's house. I went out to the stable during the night to see the prisoner's premises, because I was afraid of the great fire ex tending across to them. The great fire was a long way from the premises of the prisoner. it was more than 100 yards. It was not in consequence of the great fire being raging that I remained up through out the night, but solely in consequence of what the prisoner had said. If there had been no lire I would not have remained up. The prisoner was not so drunk but he knew what he was about. I swear positively that Iwould not hare remained up if it had not been for what the prisoner said he would do. I said very few words to any one about what had fallen from his lips, but I told Mr. Bushell that " he was deter mined to do it." That's the word I said to Bushell the very same night in his house. Bushell was pre sent when the prisoner used the 'words, and he must have heard them, for Bushell and himself were talk ing together. I did not ask Bushell to employ me to watch, nor was I employed by any one. Bushell did not pay .me for sitting up, nor did I receive pay from any one for watching that night. lam not to rece i ve a ny pay for watching. Bushell did not re main up himself, because he was unable, having for a long time been confined from rheumatic fever. His daughter remained up. I know not whether she is in Court. When the prisoner came into Bushell's he said, " how is my neighbour getting on?'" He then -said, " It is a pity they weren't all on fire at once, land they should be before a Week was over."' : Let him contradict me if he can, for it is the truth I am speaking. Ile was the worse for liquor, about half and-half, hut he could walk as straight and as steady as anybody. When he went o u t, I did no t go out with him. ✓ I did not see any one follow him. I knew he would take means to carry his threat into execu tion. I thought so at least; b ut Bushell's daughter said—" It's- no- use to keep watch, he's only indul ging in his nonsense. I said it was very queer non sense. Bushell did not also say that the prisoner was in his nonsense. I did not mention to any one that it would he prudent to go and see where the prisoner went. ..I went out by the back-door, and the prisoner left by the front, but I never watched him into his own house. I. am a bailiff as well as a carter. I have been employed as a bailiff for the last three years, and am in employment at present. I am not occasionally employed as a watchman, but only as a bailiff. The prisoner had nothing to drink while . lie was at Bushell's. I had been at Bushell's about two hours when the pri soner can - te in. I rent there at ten o'clock, and was *n the house when the prisoner entered. I left the house before the prisoner entered, to see how the great fire was getting on. It WCS not for the same purpose :hat I went out after he did come in, but it was more :I3r fear of him. I looked all around the buildings be fore he entered, and, amongst other places, I looked it Bushell's stable. . James Walley examined---I live in London-road, ind know Sixsmith's public-house at the corner of Crompton-street. I am in the habit . of going there Mails'. I was there on Monday night from about eight till near two o'clock on Tuesday morning. I had occasion, about half-past nine o'clock lo' 1 o- to go into the hack premises, where there is a yard, in consequence of a y oung man s aybg that one of the young pigeons had fallen out of the ;poxes. I went with the young man to look for it. We had a light with us, and, while : there, 1 • perceived a lump of hemp or tow, or something of that sort, which had a parcel of oil or turpentine over it. It was of A dark brown colour; and I believe it is commonly called oakum. I. spoke to the•young-man about it, and he said that per h a p s some one threw it over from the fire. On looking TEA MARKET. There were several public sales, consisting of 27,000 packages, which were well attended, but the biddings were by no means animated. The deliveries were larger. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair demand for Russian Tallow at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. for arrival up to the close of the year. SINGULAR DEATH OF A GENTLE MAN AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—An inquest was held in this town last night on the body of a gentleman, named Richard Howley, of rather eccentric character, who died suddenly at his lodgings in Gough-street, on Monday morning. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was 54 years of age, son of Richard Howley, Esq., of Grome, Leicestershire, and cousin of the Archbishop of Canterbury. At an early age he went to Am erica, wherehe continued to reside, making occasional visits to England every.three,or four years. In the month of July last he arrived in Birmingham by railway, and travelled in the same carriage with Mrs. Lord, the landlady of a tavern near the Birming• ham Railway station, and a young friend of hers, a Miss Hunt. To this latter lady the deceased subsequently became much attached, and offered her his hand, and it was finally arranged that after consulting her friends at Oxford she was to meet deceased in London at a given time. Before the day of meeting, deceased became very ill, and h 2 wrote to her, requesting her to return to Birmingham. She did so, and attended him during his malady with great assiduity. The deceased, however, from a penurious disposition, re fused to obtain medical advice, which doubtless in creased his disease. On Sunday night she left him for two hours, and on her return, to her great horror found him dead in bed. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but no aid could be rendered. The surgeon, who made a rigid post mortem exa mination of the body, deposed that deceased died of asphixia, caused by water on the chest and an ex cessive enlargement of the heart, and the Jury re turned a verdict to that effect, expressin g c , at the same time, with the entire concurrence of the Coroner, that there could not be the least possible reflection upon Miss Hunt, for whom all present seemed to feel. The deceased intended to marry her, and retire to America, where it is said, he has left an estate of some magnitude. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREETS.—Mr. Wakley held an inquest yesterday at the St. Marylebone workhouse, on the body of John Tate, aged 35. It appeared that the deceased, who was a broker's assist ant, lived in Circus-street, New-road. On Monday afternoon last he left home on business, previous to which he, as was rather unusual, kissed his wife and child affo:asionately, bidding theta each "good bye." -He then seemed in perfect health, and had the same day said that he never felt better in his life. Shortly afterwards he was proceeding along the north side of Bryanstone-square, when, on arriving opposite No. - 24, he was observed suddenly to stagger - and fall on the steps. Assistance being immediately rendered he was carried to a surgeon's, where life being pros nounced extinct, he was removed to the above insti tution. The Jury having remarked upon the many instances of sudden death which had of late occurred, returned a verdict of " Natural death." METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Last night, at nine o'clock, a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, was held at the Cambrian Tavern, Castle-street, Leicester-square, for the purpose of having the principles of the Metro politan Reform Association explained, and of adopting resolutions thereon. Dr. Black observed that sixty years ago, in the city of 'Westminster ' a public meeting was held to consider what steps should be adopted in order to promote Parliamentary Reform, when:a Sub-Committee was formed, who reported a plan which was the basis of the Radical party of the coun try. Since the passing of the Reform Bill the Radi cal party among the middle classes had been in abey ance, and they have found that the working classes have taken up the six points. It was in the view of at tempting to form an association adopting the old principles of Reform, that some gentlemen who were connected with the Corresponding Society of 1780, had come forward to organise the Metropolitan Reform Association, consisting of the middle classes. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU TION, LEICESTER-SQUARE. --The lecture season at this Institution commenced yesterday evening with a conversazione. M. Hanhart, Esq., delivered a most interesting lecture on lithography, in which he fully explained the entire process, and elucidated Hullman del's method of printing in colours or lithotint. After the lecture the company adjourned to the reading rooms, in which various interesting articles were ex hibited. We noticed a fine collection of ancient armour from the time of Henry VIII. to Charles I. Several very beautiful carvings in wood, calotype, portraits, and views, and some fine specimens of elec trotype, the principal of which was a splendid copy from Plaster—subject, "The Last Supper," after Leornardi da Vinci. Professor Wheatstone's Electro- Magnetic Engines attracted considerable attention, and his Stereoscopes afforded much amusement. Hughes' Marine Telegraph was also an object of much interest, as well as a most superb casket, executed by Mr. Rogers, for Baron Rothschild. DREADFUL DEATH OF A FEMALE FROM FIRE.— Last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the De vonshire Arms, Queen. street, Golden-square, on the body of Mrs. Ann Cubitt, aged 24, wife of a respect able upholsterer, residing at 6, Sherrard-street, who, since the lamentable accident that caused her death, has been in a state of distraction bordering upon madness. Deceased's clothes caught fire whilst she was endeavouring to take off the grate a pot of French varnish that had boiled over, some of the flaming liquid falling on her dress. Her husbandin try ing to save her was dreadfully burned, and his anguish and agony had been so great since, that it required the strength of five men to hold him down in his bed. Mr. WAN oodridge, surgeon, ofJerm yn-street, who was called into to see deceased soon a`ter the accident, said that she was burnt dreadfully from the alleles to the hips. She never rallied, and died on Tuesday last from a shock to the nervous system, caused by the burns. The husband not being able to attend, and his evidence being considered necessary, the Foreman of the Jury went to examine him, and on his return reported that Mr. Cubitt had left his wife in care of the piplcin, which boiled over, and that in trying to take it off she set fire to her clothes. Verdict—" Ac • cidentall burned by a mixture of spirits of turpentine and bees •wax." FIRE AT SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.—Last night, about nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the property room of Sadler's Wells Theatre, which for a tune threatened destruction to the whole building. It being a benefit night, the house was crowded to ex cess in every part, and the greatest confusion pre vailedon the audience discovering the cause of the dense smoke which issued from the stage. The actors, supernumeraries, and the property-men, ex erted themselves to their utmost, and to their un ceasing exertions in procuring water, is to be ascribed the safety of the theatre. As it is, property to the , amount of between 80/. and 1001. has been destroyed. The fire was completely extinguished in about half an hour, and the performance proceeded. On inquiry we learn that the fire originated in the following manner :—Harvey, the property-man, in supplying a boy with a t orc h, i ncaut i ous l y wen t too near the blue and red fires an d other fireworks, upon which a sp ark from the torch d roppe d , and the room was immed iatel y enveloped in fl ames . The fire was happily confined to the room in which it originated EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY. BRI4TOL, SEPT. 29.—Bristol has been the; scene of 'one of the most romantic incidents in real life which ever occurred, and of which a highly respectable mer chant of this city has been unfortunately made the dupe. This affair has been made public in consequence of the gentleman (Mr. Wooley) having been charged before the Magistrates with having conspired to de fraud a goldsmith of a lady's gold watch and chain. We subjoin an accurate -account of the facts of thiS most extraordinary conspiracy. Mr. Wooley has been, it appears, for' the last five years a widower, and Miss Bryers, who is now about twenty-two years of age, and whom he has brought up and educated from the early age of eight years, resided with him in the New Cut. About six months since, Miss Bryers intimated to him that a lady whom she knew, and whose property was worth 47,0001., had accidentally seen him, and had on the instant fallen in love with him ; that she had striven long to conquer her passion, but in vain; that her declining health bore testimony to the in tensity of the struggle ; and that, as a last resource, she had communicated her passion to her (Miss Bryers), with a view to her sounding her brother-in-law as to the state of his heart, with much more sufficiently nonsensical and absurd. Hearing this tale, Mr. Wooley, being of course most anxious to know who the lady was, pressed Miss Bryers to inform him who the fair inamorata might be, and was at length told by her that she was Miss -, a lady of the first family and respectability. Mr. Wooley, who had never seen the lady whose name was men tioned to him, oddly enough agreed to reciprocate the alleged affection, and pressed anxiously for an inter view. To this Miss Bryers replied, that such a course was entirely out of the question, for should the rela tions of the lady arrive at the knowledge that such an acquaintance existed, they would immediately lave her removed, her peace of mind would be ruined for ever, and Mr. Wooley's chance of the 47,0001. would be destroyed. To mitigate the rigour of this sentence, however, a tender correspondence was fabricated and carried on in this lady's name (who was all the while unconscious of even Mr. Wooley's ex istence) through Miss Bryers, and in answer to one of these tender billets, Mr. Wooley pledged his honour not to seek an interview with the lady until it could be safely granted. The matter having been men tioned to some confidential friend by Mr. Wooley, it was suggested to him, that he ought to be better as sured of the truth of the affair, and that it might be a hoax. This insinuation was, however, indignantly met by Mr. Wooley, with the reply, "Could they sup pose that she whom he had brought up as his own child, from the early age of eight years, whom he had ever treated in the most kind and indulgent mante,-, would attempt to or be a party to the playing off of any trick upon him who might be considered as her father ?" His friend still remaining incredulous, Mr. Wooley said he would write a letter to Miss -, which should be taken by Miss Bryers, and that to sa tisfy himself of her truth, a female, the wife of a person in his employment, should see whether she went to the house where the lady resided, with it. This was done, and Miss Brvers was watched by the female to the door of Miss ---'s house. Shortly afterwards - some circumstances transpired from which he was again led to think that a trick was being played him, add de termined to make assurance doubly sure, he •inen tioned his suspicions to Miss Bryers, wrote a letter to Miss -,.and proposed himself to accompany, Miss Bryers to the door of the lady's house, and to wait outside for an answer. Miss Bryers, nothing daunted, reproached him for entertaining the slightest suspi cion, and said that she should be most happy 'to con vince him, and that he had better at once write the letter, and they would walk together with it to the house in which the lady resided. This was accord ingly done, and on reaching the house, Miss Bryers knocked at the door, and having ascertained that the lady was at home sent in her card (both being per sonally wholly unknown), and desired Mr. Wooley to wait for her. She then with unparalleled ef frontery introduced herself into the presence of the lady. Being requested to lie seated, she apologized for her intrusion, but that being informed that Miss - was very kind in administering relief and reli gious consolation to the poor, she had presumed to solicit her to visit a poor woman 'at a place in Cathay, which she named, to admi nister some relief - to her mind. That the poor woman did not need pecuniary assistance, as she (Miss Bryers)' had procured for her everything which was necessary. , The lady replied, that it was true she was ever most happy to contribute to the relief of the suffering poor as far as possible, but that with respect to religious consolation, she thought the clergyman of the parish was the proper party to he applied to. Miss Bryers immediately acknowledged' that this was the proper course, and having apolo gized for troubling Miss- ' requested to be allowed to write a note to the Rev. Gentleman soliciting his aid. This was, of course, acceded to, and Miss Bryers sat down to write the note, but instead of writing to the clergyman, she penned an amorous answer to Mr. Wooley's letter, in the 'name of the lady in whose house and presence she was .com mitting this wanton fraud. Having finished, and used a wafer instead of a seal, she wished the lady good morning, and having rejoined Mr. Wooley in the street, she triumphantly produced the note, still wet,' told' him -'Miss -- was much annoyed at his suspiciOns, int 4 in fact, completely con vinced the too credulous Mr. Wooley that all things were proceeding rightly for his marriage with the lady. The correspondence continued un interruptedly between the parties, and at length Miss Bryers, producing a very handsome ring with the ini tials of the lady'engraved upon it, told him that she had sentit with the request that he 'would wear it for her sake. Things being in this state, it was arranged, on this semi-fictitious correspondence, that 20,0001. of the lady's property should be settled on herself, while the other portion should be at her husband's dis posal. A request was also made that they should ex change watches, and Miss Bryers produced a neat lady's gold watch and chain, which the police reports show that, together with the ring, she had procured from Mr. Jones. Mr. Wooley was, of course, de lighted, and immediately handed Miss Bryers a very valuable gold watch, &c., which he wore. Mr. Wooley then became most anxious for the lady to name the happy day, but Miss Bryers told him that before he Married, as he had been a widower for some time, he ought to refurnish certain portions of his house in a style befitting the reception of a lady. This was, of course, agreed to. Miss Bryers was directed to select the necessary furniture, and on her handing in the various bills .cash was given her to dis charge them. At this period this artful young lady, in order to still further blind her too-credulous rela tive to her machinations, requested him to accompany her to make a morning call upon the lady, of one of the first merchants, at her residence at Clifton, and told him that this lady was most intimate with Miss -, and would no doubt induce her to immediately name the day. Mr. Wooley, accordingly, accompa nied her in the carriage to Clifton to the house of Mrs. ' When they arrived there, Miss Bryers per suaded him not. to enter the house, but to remain in the carriage while she went in and spoke to Mrs. - upon the subject, as they should not be able to con verse freely in his presence. Miss Bryers then went into the house, and on being introduced to Mrs. --, whom she had not at all known previously,. informed . her that she had been taken suddenly ill at her door, &c. It is needless to say that the lady, of course, sym pathised with her for her illness, and persuaded her to take a glass of wine, which might recover her. The art ful girl did so, and took care to spill a portion of the wine on her cambric handkerchief; she then assured the lady of the house that she felt better, and having returned to the carriage told Mr. Wooley that she was sorry to have detained him so long, but that Mrs. - had promised to go immediately to Miss -, and that she would make her have a glass of wine, and, "Bless me," added she, "I declare I have spilt some of the wine over my handkerchief." If any doubts whatever had remained in Mr. Wooley's mind he must have been .more incredulous than the gene rality of men if he had. any longer entertained the slightest suspicion, and accordingly he procured the license for their marriage in Redcliff church. • Bridal dresses and presents were prepared, bride cake ordered, and every arrangement made for the performance of the ceremony ; on the day preceding which, however, a' strange series of events took place. In the afternoon of that day Mr. Wooley sent to the house of the Rev. MarCus D'Arcy Irvine, to request that gentleman to perform the ceremony on the en suing morning. The Reverend Gentleman was, however, gone out .to„ a dinner -party, and Mr. Wooley, the anxious bridegroom, sent again and again, at six o'clock, at eight o'cicck, and at ten o'clock at night, before Mr. Irvine returned home, who then stated that he would per form the ceremony in the morning, but that it was a strange time of night to come to a clergyman about such an affair. In the meantime, the confectioner, who had orders to make the bridecake, happening to see one of the brothers of Miss the circum stance was mentioned, to the utter astonishment of. that gentleman, who immediately communicated the to his b ro th er an d Miss -- ; and, az , was to be expected, finding th a t th e i r s i ster h a d never seen Mr. Wooley nor knew aught o f th e matter, they determined that a respectable man like Mr. Wooley should not be made the victim of so cruel a hoax. They, in the evening of the same day, went to his house, sent in their card, and desired to speak with him. Mr. Wooley was at home, but, being persuaded by Miss Bryers that they had found it out and were only come to stop the marriage, lie had himself denied. and would not see them. These gentlemen, how ever, in the most praiseworthy manner, made another effort to undeceive him, and wrote him two notes, desiring to soe him at their counting-house on busi ness of the utmost importance, at the earliest hour in the morning, and beore he went anywhere else. These notes, however, together with their call, and the answer of the Rev. Mr. Irvine, only strengthened further about I saw two or three more pieces of oakum mixed with turpentine, and made a remark that it was rather singular. I left the oakum in the yard, after we had put the pigeon in the box. We then returned . to the house, and in about ten minutes w e !c:::rd the cry of. " fire" outside. None of the oakum in the yard appeared to have been ignited. [A small bag filled with oakum and saturated with turpentine was here produced. and identified as that found in the yard.] I ive separate pieces of the oakum had. been foUnd, one of them on the top of a hen-coop. When the alarm ofsfire - had been raised, I immediately re collected the extraordinary circumstance, and ran into the yard-to put the oakum out of the way. At the end of the yard there was an entry through which any person might pass. William Norman examined—l am the waiter at Sixsmith's public-house. Many persons come in there in the course of the day, labouring men and others. I saw one man in during Monday last who had been working at some turpentine, but he did not pass through the yard. I have seen the pieces of oakum produced. I saw three different pieces of them lying in the yard. I was the servant in the house all day. The evidence against the prisoner being closed, Mr. RUSHTON said—So far as the parties charged with the prosecution are 'aware their case will termi nate here ; but you, Mr. James, must not depend upon that fact. If you think it right to enter upon the pri soner's defence now, I am willing to hear you. Mr. James—l should wish the whole case against the prisoner to be gone into in the first instance. Mr. RUSHTON—I am not aware, after having com municated with Mr. Dowling, whether there be any more evidence to be oftered ; but you are well aware that additional evidence may be produced before the Grand Jury. There may be now, even after I shall have heard your defence, sufficient evidence whereon to commit the prisoner for trial. Would you like, under such circumstances, to proceed with your defence to night, or would you prefer waiting until to-morrow ? Mr. James—l have such a body of evidence to bring forward, that I certainly should like a post ponement until to-morrow, if (and I should like to obtain your opinion upon this point) you think there is a sufficient case made out against the prisoner. Mr. RUSHTON-If you leare the case as it now stands, I shall certainly commit him for trial. Mr. James—ln that case I would address a few observations to you upon the evidence, in the hope— Mr. RUSHTON—It will be better for you to go into your case first. Mr. James—The question seems to be, whether I shall do so to-night, or postpone it until to-morrow. Mr. RUSH :CON—Decidedly. I am willing to sit and hear it to-night if you like. Mr. James —I think, acting on my own discretion, although there seems to be a difference of opinion on the point, that I should prefer having it adjourned until to-morrow ; for I came into Court very much unprepared, and, I may say, totally unacquainted with the facts of the case. I feel that the interests of my client warrant me in praying for a postponement. - Mr. RUSHTON—You shall have it. The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock, and the prisoner was ordered to be confined meanwhile in the main Bridewell. MONEY MARKET and CITY . NEWS, • CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—Out letters from Amsterdam advert to the failure of recent negotiations at the Hague as the cause of the decline in the value of Dutch Stock. It appears that the impossibility had been recognised of getting through the number of small claims which Belgium had against Holland, and which were to be deducted from the sum which Belgium had to pay Holland, according to the treaty of April, 1839. Belgium was therefore requested to name a certain sum, the payment of which would satisfy all her claims, and the Belgian Commissioner went to his country to settle the amount. He has since returned, and the sum claimed by Belgium is said to be so exor bitant that it will be impossible to bring the affair to a conclusion, the amount being equal to one-fifth of that due from Belgium to Holland. The policy of the present duty on tobacco has been lately examined at length by 'llfr. Todd, Chair man of the American Chamber of Commerce, in a letter to Sir R. Peel. The purpsse of his communi cation is to show the expediency of reducing the rate from 3s. per lb. to ls., for the benefit both of the consumer and of the revenue. The present cost of tobacco, including freight and all charges, being from 3d. to 4d. per lb., it follows that the duty is 900 per cent. on the value, and the cost of smuggling being no more than 91d. per lb. (including the first cost), it follows that the smuggler can sell his tobacco at 2s. 6(1. per lb., which is 6d. less than the duty alone, and can still gain ls. Bid. By this a great tempta tion to the smuggler is clearly shown, and the statistics of the consumption of tobacco from the year 1801 to 1841 prove that it has not increased according to the ratio of population, while the consumption of tea and coffee has even increased beyond that ratio. The table 3 showing the con sumption of these several articles for the years above-mentioned give 77,6511. as the amount yielded by coffee t..) the revenue in the year 1801, when the duty was Is. 7d. per lb. ; 379,6501. for 1821, when the duty was ls.; and 710,5241. for 1841, when the duty was 6d. Tobacco in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yielded 3,164,673/. ; and in 1841, at 3s. per lb., 3,314,215/. ; the difference of the duty not being sufficient to limit the profits of the smuggler to any material extent. Ireland furnishes the American with a further illustration of his views. In 1798 the consumption there was 8,000,0001 b. and now, though the population has doubled, it is about 3,000,0001 b. less. The reason alleged is, that the duty was but Bd. in 1798, and at that period England and Scotland together, with more than double the population of Ireland, consumed very little more tobacco, the duty in England and Scotland being Is. 7d. The total consumption of tobacco in Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1841 is set down at 22,094,7721 b. ; but this is merely the quantity that yields duty, and Jr. Todd believes that the real quantity is about 53,711,8561 b., the bulk being supplied by the illicit trader. CHRONICLE.—The Emperor of Russia has pub lished an Ukase, authorising the banker, Baron Streg litz, of St. Petersburgh, to make a lean of 40 to 50 millions silver roubles to defray the expenses of the railroad between St. Petersburgh and Moscow. For the present year only eight millions roubles will be issued, giving four per cent. interest, and the loan is to be called the Second Four per Cent. Loan : inte rest to begin from the Ist of August. The dividends are payable, Ist to 15th of February, azd Ist to 15th of August, at St. Petersburgh. The sinking fund will amount to 75,000 roubles per annum for the first two years; and for the following two years, beginning 1845, 200,000 roubles. If, by and by, it should be more advisable to issue the other parts of the loan at 34 or 3 per cent. it will be done. The amount to be issued every year will depend upon the outlay which the railroad may require, and six months' notice will be given to Baron Streglitz. Letters from Amsterdam mention that the loan will be issued in a very few days, and that it will most probably come out there at about 94 to 95 per cent. HERALD.—The recent failures in the Corn Market and in Manchester appear to have exercised a more sinister influence upon the Money Market, than from the abundance of unemployed capital, and there • fore of money, might have been anticipated. 'lt is remarked, in monetary circles, that an unusual scarcity of good bills is apparent among those presented for discount, and this. if true, necessarily tends to an in crease of caution in discount transactions. The scarcity alluded to may, however, and most probably is, more imaginary than real, that is relative rather than posi tive, and may be sufficiently explained upon thehypo thesis, or rather by the fact, that the class of bills • which some few weeks, or so far back as three months a cre, only would have been deemed unque s ti ona bl e , have now been disqualified as such from the unfortu nate casualties in those particular branches of the trade with which connected. Thus many bills tainted immediately or remotely with a corn trade or corn speculative origin, the integrity of which it would have been heresy to doubt some time since, have now fallen under the ban of opinion, and from being placed in the first rank of standard discount values are reduced to a. more dubious stand ing of second or third class mercantile securities. The same may be said of some descriptions of Lancashire paper values which have become discredited more or less by recent joint. stock banking disclosures and trading misadventures. The rates of discount have consequently advanced, and money, of which so lately there was a plethora, appears to have become scarce; appears, it is said, because with a circulation so full as at present, and with a demand for it for the active purposes of trade so little, if at all, on the increase, the filet cannot in reality be so. For first class, as admitted to be so, the rate of.discount is now 3 per cent., so lately as low as 2:}- and even 2 per cent. For other sorts of paper, which a short time ago would have passed unquestioned, the rat)! cannot be fairly specified, as they are of fluctuating amount according to the faith and opinion of hankers and money brokers, and the subject therefore of special agree ment between parties when accepted at all. CustOm•house frauds- are not of course confined to this country, nor, as it seems, is the discovery of therr According to the Dutch papers a system of extensive frauds has just been found out at Rotterdam, ti' ex planatory details of which, however, are Iv A given, further than that they have taken place it . re•ned to sugar, and that the Ifandelmaatshapr:)., the great •Netherlands Trading Company , wi ll • cc the sufferer, and not the Government. The reports in the Herald 'arid other ' i rt.pers re specting the frauds in the Cr.stom-house lire have excited considerable interest, although 5 0 f ar i t i s remarked that they do not quite fulfil expeeta _ tions raised by the promise of th e astou , d .. 1.3 g revela tious of facts anti parties implicated hiele: were to follow. It is, however, considered to be impossibl., that the matter can stop where it is, and that in due course the whole of the nefarious practices now opened will be followed out. Where so many par ties are Cognisant' of course no secret can be kept for any length of time, and if it could the approaching session of P; , rliament must put an end to all mystery, fbr a report will be called for and must be made by the . commission of inquiry. Such report cannot fail necessarily to he full and complete, seeing so many parties are mixed up in the inquiry both as witnesses and as implicated in the malpractices so long going on The immediate progress of the exposure is how ever looked for with much anxiety, and the forth coming articles in the papers me awaited with in terest corresponding. SUN.—Prices in the Funds exhibited an upward ten dency this afternoon, and Consols closed at 92:1 921 for Money, and 92i 93 for the Account. India Stock declined, 247 249 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 49 51 ; New, 48 50 premium. 1 The prices of Foreign Securities were, Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 51; 52 ; the Five per Cents" 102 102 f ; Belgian, 102 103 ; Danish, 83 84 ; an d Brazilian, 66 67. The Share market showed a decided improvement. London and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birming ham and Gloucester, 39 41 ; Great Western, 81 82 ; the half Shares, 59 59f • South Western, 57f 58 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New, 27 28 ; South East ern and Dover, 224 23; Eastern Counties, 81 8} ; Northern and Eastern, 35 36; Blackwall, 6f 7 ; and BriOton, 34i 34i per share. quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 15 16 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.. 35f 35i ; the Three per Cents., 21 211; Spanish Five per Cents., 154 16; the Three per Cents., 204 21. Much has appeared upon the subject of frauds on the Customs, and which would lead to the inference that frauds were of recent occurrence. Such, how ever, is not the case, and, from practical knowledge, it may be stated that this great inducement to commit ' them was removed by Lord Monteagle, when Chan cellor of the Exchequer in 1833, and that the system then acted upon by the Government, leads but to the conclusion, that if completely carried out, robbery would be ended. The method by which these frauds have been committed has been by smuggling, with or without the connivance of the officers, or by de ceiving them, and thus causing them innocently to become agents. thereto. It has been already stated in the public prints that some few binding waiters have lent themselves to what might be going on, and the lowness of the pay might have induced them to facili tate that, which with all their vigilance they knew they would not be able to prevent. So far they de served punishment, but it comes with a bad grace to extol the superior activity of the present authorities, whose information has been derived from the reports of their own officials upon petitions for the restoration of goods which had been seized under circumstances of suspicion. The frauds committed at the several quays by shipping one description of goods instead of another (the latter being delivered for home consumption), has for years been notorious to every merchant. Changing pack ages on their way to the vessels for others, contain • ing earth and bricks, by means of bribing the ser vants of the Crown to shut their eyes to the fact that the cart which bore a certain number up to a particular spot, bore an other when it arrived at the destination, caused the discovery of the famous opium robbery, and chiefly led to the reduction of duty upon this ar ticle. Shipping juniper-berries for the drawback, from which the virtue had been extracted, and importing coculus indicus, with a feworange berries mixed with it, and paying the duty upon the contents of the pack ages under the latter denomination, have all, years since, been brought before the Commissioners. It was not until the rates of duties were so greatly re duced, that a principal qualification of a merchant's clerk was to be able to obtain as large a tare as possible ; the articles being sold duty paid, and at the real tare to the purchaser, the difference of course being profit. An instance could be cited in which instructions were sent to Sicily to make lids of certain particular cases of the heaviest that could be found. The object here was to get a large tare, it being then the custom to weigh the cover and calculate the total at five times as much. To prevent detection, with the merchant in question, contrary to usual rule, it was stipulated that the actual weight of the chests should be ascertained at the warehouse of the pur chaser, lest (and this is important) the Customs' officers should by accident discover what had been done. In stance upon instance similar to these would be ad duced, but all temptations to these frauds have for years been done away with ; and by the tariff at pre• sent in operation it is not worth the trouble of any to attempt to commit them. The articles chiefly smug gled now are tobacco, tea, and some such necessaries, loaded with heavy duties ,• and the grave question arises whether greater comfort could not be given to the consumers by a further reduction, so as to render contraband trading unprofitable, and the huge ex penses of the Customs' police unnecessary, whereby much would be gained and much saved to the country. 6PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—We have already shown that Lord Ashburton's capitulation has been in its 'Meat features needless and an injurious surren der to the United States of British rights and interests; that it has yielded up a territory coo sisting of about seven thousand square miles, to which the right of England bad been recently established, and that it has 'given to the United States additional means of attack against our North American provinces in case of war. But if the smaller details of the treaty are examined, it will be seen that they are all framed " in the sante spirit,' to use the phrase of the New York dinner, namely, in the spirit of entire submis sion, in every respect, to American pretensions and encroachments; for, not only have all points on which the construction of the treaty of 1783 bad been disputed been given up to the United States, but a wanton concession has been made to them on a point with regard to which the treaty of 1783 was precise and unquestioned. The treaty of 1783 says that part of the boundary is to consist ofa line to be drawn due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and that this line is to be continued up to the highlands described in the treaty. In the years 1817 and 1818 surveyors were employed on both sides to draw this line from that point which the two Governments had bound themselves by the treaty of 1798 to consider as the source of the St. Croix. These commissioners, however, did not profess that the line which they partly marked out was to be the final boundary, nor was it ever till now acknowledged to be such by the British and American Governments. It was always described as being that which it really was, namely, an " exploratory north line ;" a line cut through the matted wilderness and. forest to pave the way for a more accurate line to be traced out afterwards. Accordingly, as this line was understood not to be a final one, the English surveyors were careless in tracing it ; but not so time American surveyors, who seem to have outwitted their English colleagues as much as Mr. Webster has outwitted Lord Ashburton. At every prolongation of the line,from station to station of observation, the ,American surveyors kept edging away to the eastward instead ofloing due north; after a certain distance, it is believed the English surveyors went away and left the Americans to finish the work ; and the result is, that this " exploratory north line" runs to the eastward of the north, and at . its intersection with the St. John, is at a considerable distance front the true meridian of the head of the St. Croix. This must have been known to the Bri tish Government and•tO Lord Ashburton, 4at all events, it ought to have been known to them. Now, in the late treaty, Lord Ashbur ton, instead of adhering to the words of the treaty of 1783, which say that the line is to be drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix, adopts instead of such a line the exploratory line traced out by the surveyors in 1817 and 1818, which has been proved by subsequent observa tions to be an unfair and considerable encroach ment upon the territory of New Brunswick. The treaty of 1783 says that the boundary line is to be drawn along the highlands down to the ;lord,- westernmost head of the Connecticut river, and. a difference arose between the two Government% which that bead was. The British Goverunte-At contended that it was the head of ilia' riverwhlch bears the name of the Connecticut trout its source, and which traverses a lake ca':,ed the Connecti cut Lake; while the Amer' x an GovernMent in sisted that it was the 1te' 3 ,.. 1 of a small tributary stream which falls in'.o the Connecticut some way c ut Luke, aid which h as never below n e n Co e n al c i v c e t: i the Connecticut R iver, lint bears na me of " S The head ' o f "Ball's Stream" is no more the head of': aa Connecticut, than the head of the WeY 'or the Collie are the head of the Thames. Th', Ki n g. of Holland decided this question in ur favour,:and thelate Commissioners Captain B r oughton and Mr. Featherstonhaugit, report that time river Connecticut, at the point where Hall's Stream falls into it, is so much the largest of time two that not a doubt can exist as to which is the main river, and whi c h t h e tributary stream. But the admission of th e head of Hall's Stream as the n orth - westernmost head of the Connecticut, gives to the United States e y en wTu i l l d es in le1 1 gt". and breadth, whi c h the a tract of, about fifteen not get, tf the true head of the • arid, le river were adopted, therefore, it can be no matter lbr n Lord Ashburton has adopted in his t rp y the head of Hall .s Stream, as the bead o f the Con necticut.treaty that HERALD. —The getting rid of the substitu tion of. female and infant for male labour in our factories, is not merely desirable on humane and economical grounds,—the restoration of adult • male labour is absolutely necessary as a con dition precedent to the only effectual cure of the evils of our manufacturing - System,—the moral and religious • culture of the operatives. It is idle to erect churches, to endow incumbencies, to establish schools, to extend 7irlissionary- exer tions, or to - rely on either lay or Scripturiii edu cation, until factory wives are restored .to. their husbands, mothers tO their children, and children to their homes—until men are enabled by their labours to support their familiez , .—and until youth in .Lancashire and Yorkshire be again the season of instruction, of domestic uurturc, and of glad ness, until it be a fit preparation fur manhood and age, and he not converted into the four:- dation of disease, the period of exhausting ex ertion, and of tuition in vice. Vain are all our efforts to extend opportunities of moral and religious education so long as wives support by their intense and wasting labour in mills and factories their husbands, so long as (I f . ir ox t ,ii l stiit : s r i s lnc a tei r r e ,o compelled aa nts, t o so r em ain o,r in os their e squalid children half fills the daily po't, so long as the f an adult male a v lmost depends on his cit i li t oel a elan v t i bi n joie g ntnhaites s rn iins arid daughte rs whos e premature exertions lie can sell to capital. Until this per he version of social, azoral, and economical laws nd and duties ae o tt b ssha l e i: , o r r naitl r rie t :i.tlit M l;:ttet a tiii i ii i tte c : tt l lt i fi e rr s e t vs, t i :r c a et our of sl; f . nrl li a ;sa rid i c ti o u i s i t fe i d k e i r u a r t is io h n si , u r p : sa. anti-sociall tar) condition,te populationir of luxuriance, in all their pesrits • • all their rank t Cala, Vigour, Cor rupting and polluting by their miasmatic exha lations the great body of labour throughout the United Kingdom. " The great undertakin e , of domestic regeneration, " to use Lord Ash ley' s S a o, gestiVe language, Must be fairly commenced before we can hope fur any but isolated and un.!on ireligious be instruction n by ; t a n t:! nected, and perhaps evanescent instanc es o f the s tit i tt c( ; es C i o o ni andnfulilemicaeml ts en employment of men instead of %waren and children. This is the condition precedent, the preliminary requirement to religious and eduea tional means of improvement. POST.—Mistaken as we believe that part (4' the nem tariff %Illicit permits the introduction of foreign cattle at a duty of 11. a-head, the evil is not seen in half its magnitude till we contem plate the effects of the clauses regulating the im portation of store meat. The hardships of this latter branch of the law will be little less than intolerable. They will soon be crowding on Us, and if we cannot avert them, we shall at least do our duty by keeping people's minds in a state of preparation—by putting them on their guard, if so they can in any way mitigate the force of the blow. We would just ask our readers to early with them the terms of the navy provisions con tract—terms dictated by the Government which proposed and carried the tariff. The meat is to be of the " cure" of the United KingdonoThe Government which proposed the introduction of foreign salted meat for the general consump tion of the public, thought their' duty to that same public called on them to exclude it from the consumption of the navy. Far be it from us to complain of this ; but we say that it is an un equivocal, though an indirect confession, that the law is itself a bad one. We give the Go. vernment credit for sagacity as much as for in tegrity. The blunders of the wise are proverbial. We believe they made a sad mistake in drawing up their tariff,.and we are willing to think that, having discovered one of the mistakes, they did, like honest men, endeavour, in this contract bu siness, to do something towards its retrieval. DE LA MAR TINE ON THE TNDUSTRIAL PROGRESS OF TILE HUMAN RACE.—" Permanent enlarcTement" has proved fatal to the morals of one of our " highly re spected" contemporaries. Like • the old bone at the door of certain " slop shops," " Permanent enlarge ment" signifies that all literary wares will be received without asking questions. It is necessary, however, to serve them as dog-stealers do spaniels, either by painting a few fresh spots, or, at the least, cutting oif a stray inch of tail or ear, that the wand er i ng pup may not be recognised. On this principle is our pet spaniel, M. Lamartine, doing duty with shortened ears and strange mutilations in our friend's perma nently enlarged kennel—we beg pardon—columns, without acknowledgment, and under a somewhat varied name. Our contemporary's adroitness equals its honesty.—Post. METROPOLITAN Impßov EM ENTs.—Mr. Cubitt is now making a new square on the Marquis of West minster's Pimlico estate, to Tie called Saint George's square, extending from Besborough ;place to the river. It will be 1,170 feet wide, and 1,213 yards long. Mr. Cubitt is also going to erect chain pier at *loot of Vauxhall Bridge, for the accpmui4ation of the steamers. The new road that W nav making from. the bridge to pass through those elegant squares in a line, will be opened to Albert-gate in November next. The Government contract for the supply , of 100,000 • gallons of ruin for the public service was taken at • Is. 74 1. per gallon. , The sons of the Prince of Schonberg, accompaniekd by their tutor, Professor Bach, of Mlle, are, d ur i ng ,their vacation, paying a flying visit to our metropolis. On Monday they were conducted by Mr. 11. Fearon, jun., over the St. Katharine and London Docks. In one vault which they visited (there are eigrit others) there are now 28,000 casks of wine; they then went over the Custom-house, the Bank, and - other City establishinents, with the colossal magnitude of which they were a. , :tonished and gratified. They proceed to Manchester. We understand that on the Ist of October the mu nicipal authorities of Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton will, for the first time, undertake the direc tion and management of their. own. police % From 1839 to the present period the police force of Man chester and Birmingham has been under the com mand of Sir Charles Shaw and Captair, Burgess, Commissioners appointed by Government- We have learnt with regret that Captain Burgess 'has received an intimation from the town-clerk, thc - ., by a reso lution of the Watch Committee, his assistance will not be required after the Ist of October , the period at which his services terminate ; and it is under stood that .the auth 2t o isi r eo i ti d e n s uletny o , f nlo A vlh i v a o t . i r c ae b rr e ef s o, t re ei le( h ti a b v ei • e )yls p t s r e oi - rf f t o o rce tak of e ' p O a e r t e le a r , Charles Shaw's force, which, it.. is said, acre then to be disbanded. Th e arrangehmts with. regard to Bolton have not transpired. Colonel .Angelo \vas appointed the Commissioner of Police fa: Bolton by the Whig Government in 1839 ; but, aftor organizing the necessary force of about 20 men, the, Gallant Co lonel, in a spirited letter to the Mayor c if Bolton, re signed his appointment, freely 'expressin F his opinion that it would be " a complete robbery Aar him to ac cent from the town of Bolton a salary of 5001. per annum for an office, the duties of which esaildi , )e per formed by a corporal in the regular sirvice. , Col. Angelo is now one of. the candites for; the office of Commissioner of Police for the City of 11mdoninItihe event of a 'vacancy, through the election , f r. Whittle Iltirvey to the situation of 1144:1 Bailiff' of Southwark. Some change in the discip line oi . the City police is evidently necessary , tir, witia some very few exceptions, they are perfe ctl y unetlual to thea duty.—Times. k h TuR STATUE or' WUJAAM i l t T e , dn fe e r sd t ai an immense block of Haytor or Devoe &lire granite i l( 1 : - •::e - r w p h : a ir r t f' of the Statue of the was removed from Tuck Well ' s Nor ss ay Wharf, is thirty tons, of an ciCtagonal and vas' drawn pl ( a i ut r ie e p e lo ii ie ‘ n • f.h forming l to t s slsCi weight is j iron '. f l . ' b .e .y i - g o hin Ziity of the largest and usost • shape, and it NV lIS placed on a truck - wide - chiefly of irn from the verful horses. F. was landed on Friday last fix. DI a vessel by means of the largest crane ever used f or,such a ur pow in London. In consequence of et" P enormous we i g ht, intimation of its approach v as TI; .. sent; ,e - tersoftlieCroydonßailwaye om pany,and_Ar:o - regory, the engineer at the New Cross station, sinstatitly sur veyed the hAdge, which is made of iron.,- told at once :lirected a strong shoring to , be. placed -under the l E:idge, to guard pressure against any accidelit that might arise owing to the 0 from. above. It took upwards of six hours remove it from the'Wharf into the street, the earth having sunk in several places from the weight. Another block of the same ~.,t-rzinite, weighing fourteen tons,-was removed -from the wharf yesterday to the works tT fl Ch • ra a gar-squai armg cross, to form a portion of the abacus of the Nelson pillar, and is of a somewhat triangular shape. The entire erection, with the statue in the City, will weigh about 140 tons; the head, &c., of the .tattle alone requiring about ten tens. Hons.—lt is said that. the produce will be larger than was anticipated, previous to picking; and the estimated duty has consequently • advanced to 58,000/. In the Maidstone districts picking is now so far closed as to enable the planters to ascertain the amount of their crop. ' rh e yield in this district is generally equal to e xpectation. The deficiency in the Weald is doubt less considerable, and in that district the duty is con sidered overrated.—Kentixh Observer. The Duke de 11--, who was formerly the inti mate friend of M.. Lebrun, was enutherating the other ilay the places and favours which his tragedy of Marie Stuart had procured him, viz. :—a French peerage, the direction of the Royal illiprimierie, and a.seat In the Academy. Alexander Dumas thereupon asked , what then ought to be done' to recompense him for his 40 pieces for the stage, and 80 volumes of novels ? French paper. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Coloniul otliee, from the Governor of the Cape f Good Hope.