The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

LANCASTER. TUESDAY.—Here all is very quiet; but all the mills, except Gregson and Mason 's, and Satterthwaite and Burrows, are still at a stand. Yesterday morn ing a meeting was held of some hundreds on the Green Area, at which the speakers declared that their only wish was for peace and fair wages. About 400 then proceeded on the Bulk-road, and took up_ their quarters opposite the factory belonging to Messrs. Gregson and Mason. The hands in this factory had been desired not to resist any coercive measures, and nothing of the kind was attempted. All now remains quiet. BLACKBURN, PRESTON, BOLTON, WIGAN, &c. Our accounts this morning from these places, and various other small manufacturing towns, all concur in stating that the public peace is not like ly at present to be broken again, but the resumption of work is by no means general, in many cases the men still de manding the wages they 'had two years ago, and from which they state reductions have been made to the extent of at least fifteen per cent. Preston is, however, an exception, so far as regards the resump tion of work, and there it is thought business will peaceably pursue the even tenor of its way. THE POTTERIES. _ _ _ BURSLEM, Tuesday Morning. A large number of the colliers and potters re turned to work yesterday morning. The Chartist demagogues who incited the men to the disgraceful scenes of violence and plur.der in this district have nearly all decamped. Many have, however, been ar rested, and will in all probability be deprived of an other opportunity of trying their hands at mob legis lation. Scarcely a day passes by without some ar rests taking place, and prisoners are constantly being brought into Burslem on their way to Newcastle and the Whitmore station, whence they are conveyed by railway to Stafford Gaol. The Hanley police have just suceeded in appre hending a man named Richards, a Chartist leader, formerly a shoemaker in that place, and late delegate from the Potteries to the National Convention. On arriving at the Police-office, Newcastle, the prisoner, on leaving the car in which he was conveyed, gave three cheers for the Charter, but he must have felt no small mortification when they found no response from the persons who had assembled to witness his arrival. A report reached us yesterday that a large mob of persons had entered Congleton on their way to the Potteries, and there appears to have been some truth in the rumour, as a company of infantry left New castle in the course of the afternoon in that direction. MORE CHARTIST MEETINGS IN BIR MIN GRAM. BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday Eveninik The town has remained perfectly tranquil since yesterday, and would continue so were it not for the mischievous attempts of the Chartists to get up an other " demonstration" here this evening. The " demonstration" was appointed to take place at five this evening, on a piece of waste ground in Duddeston-row, between the Liverpool and Derby ra ilway stations, and about an hour before the time appointed, a large body of police:" headed by the Mayor, Captain Moorsom, and other Magistrates, marched to the spot and took possession of the ground, keeping off the people as they arrived, and who, in fact, appeared to be drawn together solely from curi os it y . lhay were provided with no sticks or any kind of THE SUN, ,LONDON, EDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1842. POLLT E:\C E. MANSION- H OUSE.--(T HIS DAY.) A MISTAKE.— Thomas Hall was placed at the bar before Sir P. Laurie, charged with being " a rioter." Police-constable 674 stated that he was passing along Cheapside last night, when he heard a noise, and on proceeding to the spot he discovered the pri soner and two others creating a disturbance. The Prisoner was flourishing a pistol in each hand, and Was saying he would be revenged. Witness took the prisoner into custody, but the other two persons es raped. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was a gun alaker in the employ of Mr. Bond, of Cornhill, in whose service he had been for upwards of twenty- Ave years. His father bad been in the same employ for more than 44 years. He (prisoner) was taking the pistols home, an d h e met two persons w h o j ost l ed in, and a scu ffl e ensue d . The pistols were not loaded. He hoped he had too much good sense to be a rioter. Sir P. LAURIE sent for the prisoner's father, who corroborated his statement. The prisoner expressing his sorrow for the disturb ance, Was then discharged. GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.) Vxcrimuni.—A shabbily dressed person, who id hi s name was Thomas, was charged before t h e tyin g Alderman with mitering the coffee-room of Wright, Holborn, and having called for various 9P B of coffee with et-cetera, which he dispatched th much apparent gout, coolly told the landlord to b°,j , k" the amoun t t o hi m as h e was w ith ou t cash. he worth y Alderman, as the prisoner was such a cell-kn own l victimizer, ordered him to find bail. In default he was conveyed to the Compter. „, 130 W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) tnE SUICIDAL MAMA.—A very pretty, intelligent o °° „ "jag girl, and though devoid of bonnet or cap, in :per respects well attired, who gave her name Sophia Harriet Wapshot, was charged with attempting self uestruct ion. e Yoheeman F 78 stated that he saw the prisoner last : i e l !linB' standing upon the steps of Waterloo-bridge, th 'eh lead down to the water. It was high water at ea e tith e , and she was just about to plunge in when he h ught her by the skirt and took her to the station itease. Shea ppeared to have been drinking, and al- F as a reason for attempting the rash act, that her fatherl had refused to take her home, and that she had, e lefore, determined to put an end to her existence. a 'lr. JARDINE put a number of questions to her in t o to which she stated that she had been three t, ll in London, and was living at No. 47, Clement's ,itl• Her father was a master lighterm an, residing s h lsleworth, and was in very excellent circumstances. Sh e was sorry for what she had done, and would not atte mpt,,,, it again. ho he policeman said that so short a time as half an te - ur ago the prisoner had told him that she was de iThined to destroy herself, and that she would make an other attempt directly she was discharged. 'lr. JARD I N E said, under those circumstances he huid not f o r a momen t entertain the idea of setting da r a liberty. office, This where was th parties had been charged e fifth case within three 1 ,,,),;” at this attempting the abominable crime of self-destrue -1,4,11. He should remand her till Friday, that corn-I mnieation might be had with her father. eLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) t b l irs. Mary Anne Stevens, a fashionably dressed ``ale, was charged as follows : q't appeared that the prisoner was wife to Mr. t r a rias Stevens, ironmonger, Great Russell-street, ti, °4l whom she was divorced for misconduct some e ago by the Prerogative Coutt. Since then she Cq o fro m time to time come to the complainant's k4 l4 e-t, knocking at the door, abusing him in the street, 't otherwise annoying him. Some time since she t w 43 brought before Mr. Combe, and ordered to find l securities in 401. each to keep the peace towards husband. She was brought before Mr. Broughton 111ay on a bench warrant. Ivanswer to the interrogatories of the Magistrate, e stated that she had an annuity of 50/. a year, and going to Calcutta in a few days to live with Cap -11,14 She then produced 1001. to show that she .‘' not in want. \ Vir. BRouGirroN—Have you the bail ready I" Mrs. N t . ells—l have it not, and will not procure it. ,\ BnouGliToN—Then you must go to prison for - " l nonths.--She was then committed. 1./ SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) 6L'ONDON, AUG. 24.—Wind,this day at noon, N.W., light 7ze, and fine clear weather. t40 4 ' 1 41., Auc. 23.—Wind S.W. moderate. — S l d. Posthu lt.tlBbydney ; Nayarit)°, Hobart Town ; William Bay ts`defe Isabella Blyth, Mauritius. THE SOUTH FORELAND, AUG. 21.—Anna and t,l l vP THE WIGHT, AUG. 23. — Duke of Argyle, Webb, ; e utta, left the Cape June 18. ITPORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Vernon, True Briton, London, for Madras. Arrd. off— lahuaux Nevis. lt l4 l , laouT'ii, AUG. 22.—Wind N. to E. fresh.—Sld. , JLI Tar (steamer), Vigo. ettisT oL , AUG. 23.—S1d. Orlando, New York; Albion, "j k leundland. IrwaxsEA, AUG. 22.—Arrd. Sumatra, Harvey, and Z r t - of Oak, Evans, Cuba. ,LivERPOOL AUG. 23.—Wind variable and light.— t I X I . Iron Queen, O'Brien, Mobile. Sid. Jeremiah Gar- Valparaiso ; Margaret Elizabeth, Brazils ; N Q ". Shepherd, New Orleans ; Portland, St. John's, Brunswick ; Traveller, Miramichi ; Cheetah, Que ,4' Pen e ll a and Native, Newfoundland. Arrd. Is 3r Russell, Montreal. VMELDS, AUG. 22.—Sid. Thomas Scott, Cape de ; Numa, Bombay. ' fl r EASTBOURNE, AUG. 22.—Claudius, New Orleans. BEACTIY HEAD, AUG. 22.—Theodor Komer, I t Orleans, for Bremen. IOLL, AUG. 22.—Arrd. Defender, St. Andrew's Greenland. 4 4 „Attraouni, AuG. 23.—The Liberty, Lilly, from New te to Southwold, has been towed in here, with stern tie. and loss of maintopmast, having been in contact last l t off Cromer, with the John Proud, of Poole. t t i, s _ 4 e Navarino, Mathewes, arrived at Cork from oi l de's Island (Africa) very leaky . (98 days out), spoke kt‘r York 2d inst. tle American brig Suplice, sailed to 10C lurk, in lat. 39, lon. 34, had landed her crew at .1 ‘) / 41 in a state of mutiny; a brig from Liverpool to St. W h if e, N. 8., had put in there (with passengers), short t'tovisions and water. TUE MAtthETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. he arrivals of English Grain since Monday have it steal', and of Foreign Wheat large. There was Iv b !' e ''lY any business done, and the terms of Monday 814: %ith dculty maintained. Flour almost unsale , as it is ex iffi pected lower. Tlit iTE AND LEADENHALL. sal continued large supplies of Grouse caused the 1 4 , ' 4 414- n to sell at any price. Some fine Grouse, which IZ u ght ss. 6d. each two weeks back, could have been la. 4ht at Id., 2d., and 3d. each, and less, by taking any 0" quantity. Fur Poultry we had but little done, and 4 were lower for all sorts. Eggs . dull, at 4s. 6d. to 14 1 ,1 1 . per 120. Meat of all descriptions in plentiful itay t t?:. The trade bought only for immediate wants, ta,,c,"e sale s men were glad to accept lower prices for the rtk - 4 ,' quantity that was sold. A great portion of inferior rt . tuained at market. Th TEA MARKET. e demand was limited, and prices look down, large C o l e is being declared fo auction on Tuesday next. DanY's Congou, Is. 9d. r cash, P l`h TALLOW MARKET. e market is inactive, but prices remained firm ; and C:todle on the spot was not to be had under 475. 'Av Per c•svt. For delivery sales were made at 48 s. 6 d. t. 41. WOOL MARKET. f air business clone in both English and Foreign cl e : ht tlit at firm rates. Large public sales will be shortly re d- There have been several arrival& Ir o METALS. r;51 ,, ,: 4 was in good request, and prices for English are g' Lead sold slowly. The Lin market was flat. SPORTiNG INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) 'th YORK AUGUST MEETING.—Momnay. The Wilton Stakes of 30 Sovs. each, h ft. T.Y.C. kr • . A (Three Subs.) by Jareed, out of Ganyrnede (J.Holm es) 1 A l i w t W bite's c, . Milner' s f, by Sh ee t Anchor, Osberton'a dani 2 Bell' s R ev i ewer 3 'epstak es of 30 Sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile and a quarter. k r Monek' s c, by L angar , d. by Filho da Puta (Lye) 1 P . Smith's Newbold Q ui Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Two miles. Cradoek's The Provost, 6 yrs (Templeman) 1 A i L• Osbaldestone's Woldstoan, 3 yrs 2 Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 3 r• Richardson's Aurum, 3 yrs 0 STETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY ,LEG ER: — -6 to 4 agst Attila (t) ; 12 to 1 ags t ,4 0 41111 rst ; 13 to 1 agst Fireaway ; 13 to 1 agst P o li cy; tto 1 azst Cabrera ; 25 to 1 agst Cuttonite 25 to o gst Artf u l D o d ge r ; 33 to 1 agst Sir H urry (t ) ; 35 I not Golden Rule. I) E 1111 L—NO betting. ; MAJESTY'S V IS IT TO SCOTLAND. — This morn 'llg, between five and six o'clock, several of the Royal } 4 . E rtages d rawn b y f our b eaut il u l horses, and atten.ted. t ? coachmen, p ost ili ons , an d f oo tmen, passed through ';", Coy to the Lei t h Wharf, East Smithfield, where they "I be em b ar k e d on board the: Edinburgh steamer, Frei will proceed on its voyage immediately that the tght is complete, in order that the vehicles may be in cadiness for the use of her Majesty and suite at her de tt!tiation from the Royal George. There were also in It", train s evera l R oya l caravans, laden with chests an d hTPers of al mos t every size, containing r e f r e s hments ; Q:eoi.ne of th em conta i ne d part o f t h e war d ro b e o f t h e `,Vi and h er R oya l C onsort. IRE AT SEA.—The Defiance of Sunderland, t _.: 4- "tull, master, sprung. a l ea k i n the Cromarty roods, 2tr fire, and is now in the harb our di sc h arg i ng , t h e h u ll i lib l e ng Partly destroyed. lier sails, rigging, &c., have 14 Yeide—Rositqlsin Advatiaer. THE DISTURBANCES IN THE ANUFACTURIN G DISTRICTS . MANCHESTER, Tuesday Morning, Eleven o'Clock. Up to this hour the town is in a state of perfect tranquillity. The turn-outs are assembling in groups in the streets, but they evince no disposition to dis turb the peace, their only object now- seems to be an advance of wages. The number of mills that have started this morning are not yet known, but in most instances where the works did start but few hands went to work. The reports from the country districts are of a like nature. The meeting of dyers and dressers, which was held yesterday at the llall of Science, and which was strictly private, was not concluded until the afternoon, and this morning various resolutions which were adopted have been extensively posted on the walls. The reso lutions were respecting their wages. MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER TAILORS This body met last night at the Farriers' Arms, Lower K;ng-street, for the purpose of receiving a re port of the proceedings of the delegates from William Duffy, the representative of the tailors. A report read at the meeting was unanimously adopted, and some explanations were made tending to show that Duffy had withdrawn from the delegates, a,nd had not been dismissed, as was reported by the few members of that body who met on Saturday last. It will be remembered that when the mob came down upon Mr. Thompson's mill in Hope-street, Sal ford, on Tuesday last, the hands armed themselves with bludgeons, and bravely defended their employer arid his property. Thompson is paying his weavers higher prices than any other power-loom manufac turer in Manchester or Salford, and has promised that, if any other manufacturer gives an advance, he will do the same. MANCHESTER, Tuesday. A meeting of colliers on Kersall-moor was held yesterday, but all passed off quietly, nor was any out rage committed. There is not however a single mill in operation in the whole of Ashton, Hyde, Staly-- bridge, Mottram, or Dukinfield. The following placard has been circulated through the streets to-day, in reply to a former one headed "Run for Gold :" GOLD ! GOLD "OR, ADVICE TO POOR MEN WHO HAVE GOT MONET IN THE BANK. " RUN FOR GOLD! " And a very pleasant run it is—if asthmatic, probably a walk might be preferred. Joking apart, what motive can induce those who have their small savings in the bank to draw them out of safe keeping and thereby render them insecure ? What national -good would it achieve if every penny invested by poor men were withdrawn from the bank to-morrow ? None. Sup pose you had it, and the kind friend who advised you came to congratulate you, and at the same time to gratify his sight you showed him the bright yellow sovereigns you had just released, and he should - ask you to lend him some—do you think they would be safer in his hands than the banker's? Or, suppose you should put them in your chest, your box, or your drawers, and a thief should take them—would you prefer their being in his hands to those of the bankers? " The first man who tells you to run for gold, put one single question to him, and then judge for your selves of the honesty of his advice—ask him if he has any in, or ever had ? Ten thousand to one, and these are long odds, he has not; and, what is more, never will have. " Be advised by one who is a working' man, one who is deeply interested in the welfare of his order, end keep your gold in the bank until you can make a better use of it. I have only a very little in, but that little makes me feel more independent of my master than I did when I had none. Besides, now I would not submit to a reduction of my wages without a struggle, which I could not do if I had not some thing tq back me. " Ketp . your money in the bank, those of you who have any in; it will be the best friend you have should a rainy clay come. He is no friend of yours who ad vises you to run for gold. Your adviser tells you that every sovereign is worth 30s. ; but I know a poor man who, took one to the grocer's on Saturday night, and he only got 19s. 9d. for it. Poor John has been humbumid by get-and-keep-gold men, and he lost 3d. by it. Take care of yours, and keep it safely in the bank, or you may lose more than John.—Yours, fellow men, " JAMES JACKSON, " Small-ware weaver, Newton-lane. " Monday, Aug 22." MANCHESTER, Tuesday Evening, Half . past Seven. The town has remained perfectly quiet during the whole of the day. This being our great market-day, we have had many manufacturers from the country, all of whom report favourably of the several districts from which they came, including a circle of upwards of 30 miles round Manchester. In almost every town from which these gentlemen come, they report that up to the time of their departure very few hands had resumed.wurk. This remark applies to Ashton, Stock port, Bolton, Oldham, Blackburn, Burnl4,lVigan, and most other places. The number of mills that had resumed work in Manchester are but very few indeed, but where they have continued to run their engines, the hands have more freely gone to work to-day than yesterday. A report is pretty generally circulated that the masters are about to offer some terms to their hands. The advance spoken of is but trifling, and in some instances it may be given by the manufacturers, but we shou:d think this feeling is very limited. However this may be, the insurrection is for the present at an end, and no further disturbance is apprehended. At Ashton the special constables have been dispensed with, and in Manchester a portion of them are also relieved. It is reported that a Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of certain parties is now on foot, , an - d that the Commissioners have been in town for some days. This report, we believe, is quite correct, although their proceedings so far have been kept secret. There is no doubt a day of reckoning close at hand, and the general feeling here is, that no respect ought to be paid to wealth over that of poverty. The rich agita tors are more faulty than the deluded victims of their advice and eloquence. In the course of the day the Chartists and some of the rioters in custody were brought up at the New Bailey, before Mr. D. Maude and Mr. J. F. Foster, but the evidence against them not being yet com plete, in consequence of the attention the police are still obliged to pay to the state of the town, they were in most cases remanded to Friday. weapons, although they had been told by their leaders last evening, to " come prepared to defend - their rights." - At five o'clock the persons assembled could not amount to less than 5,000, but the numbers con tinued to increase till half-past five, when White and Fussell, the two leaders who had been instrumental in getting up the meeting, made their appearance on horseback, and signalled the people to follow them to another part of the town. A large body of persons have in consequence withdrawn from the ground, and have taken the road leading to the Asylum, where the meeting was held yesterday, but afterwards occu pied Hunter's-lane, some waste ground ai'joining the Nunnery. Here the multitude, fairly tired out, came to a dead halt, and the police having been rein forced by a party of. military, the avenues of the road were guarded; and the further progress of the mob was effectually cut off. The police then charged the multitude, and dispersed them in a few minutes; in the melee, however, White the leader of the party, effected his escape. Whilst these proceedings were taking place in one quarter of the town, the mob continued to increase in Duddeston-row, and the police, stationed there to keep the ground clear, found considerable difficulty in accomplishing the work, their force having been con siderably weakened by the detachment which had beon sent in pursuit of a portion of the mob. In this state of things information was sent to the public office, where the Magistrates were sitting, that further as sistance would be required, and Col. Thom, the Com mandant of the district, instantly placed himself at the head of a party of dragoons and galloped to the spot. On his arrival he found that the mob had com menced throwing stones at the police, and were fast pressing upon them. The appearance of the military, however, produced an instantaneous change in the disposition of the mob, who immediately fell back and , cheered the dragoons and their gallant commander. Colonel Thom addressed a few words to the people, and advised them to separate, telling them that in case of their refusing to do so, the Riot Act would be read, and prompt measures adopted to disperse them. This advice was followed by a considerable portion of the meeting, but others evincing an indisposition to move, the dragoons were ordered to charge, which they did with great success, using the fiats of their sabres with mucl effect, and the ground was cleared in a few minutes. Numbers of persons, however, continued loitering about until dusk, but no attempt was made to congregate in a body a second time. In consequence of private information received by the Magistrates, a warrant was issued this morning for the apprehension of White, whose house, or lodgings, in 13romsgrove-street, was searched by the police, and a large quantity of papers and cone spondenCe 'of a most seditious character were dis covered, clearly proving that the present movement was long planned by White and his mischievous associates.. Although the warrant for White's appre hension was in the hands of the police the whole of to-day, and at the very time that he made his ap pearance at the meeting, no attempt was made to take him into custody. This circumstance has excited much animadversion, as White is supposed to have been the chief instigator of the attempts which have been made to create discontent and disturbance amongst the working classes in Birmingham. The Mayor and Magistrates continued sitting at the public office up to a late hour to-night, and the spe cial constables and police are kept in readiness for duty at a moment's notice. Had not the Magistrates taken measures to disperse the meetings, there is no doubt that aserious disturbance, and much destruction of property would have taken place, as it is now ascer tained that the Chartists intended to parade the town after nightfall, when the most disastrous consequences would in all probability have ensued. Immediately after the dispersion of the Chartist meeting yesterday by the police, Mr. Sturge issued an address entitled . Address of the Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union to the Working and Unenfranchised Classes of their Countrymen.' Want of space precludes our giving it. STOCKPORT, Tuesday. The masters, mill-owners, &c., yesterday opened their works generally, in deference to public opinion, but there appeared to be no disposition on the part of the workmen to resume their labours, and sufficient hands did not return to work the mills, so that they were again in many places closed. A' largemeeting assembled at a village called Godly, but on the arrival of the military were dispersed. This morning all is peaceable, and some .of the special constables are dis charged. LEICESTER, August 23. The town has remained tranquil since Saturday, and there is no appearance of any further disturbance takin place. Two troops (Lord Howe's and Colonel Keck s) were discharged from further duty last night, and the other troop will be dismissed to-night. August 23, 2 40 P.M. Mr. Goodyer, the chief constable of the county, arrived here last night by the 9 P.M. train from Loughborough, with five men in custody. It ap peared that a meeting had been held at the latter place in, the afternoon, at the close of which a. body of men armed with short bludgeons, proceeded on their way to Mountsorrel, with the object of turning the framework knitters, &c., out. A detachment of police, with a number of out-pensioners, armed with cutlasses, came up with them, when they opened for the purpose of letting the police, &c. walk into their ranks, after which it was intended to close upon and disarm them. The police, however, acting with de termination, completely subdued the party, and took five men prisoners. They were taken before the bench at Loughborough. .The result of the proceed.. ings was as follows : Samuel Morley, convicted in the penalty of 51. ; and, in default, committed for two months to the common gaol ; at the expiration of his imprisonment to enter into his own recognizance in 201., and to find .two sureties in 10/. each, for his good *behaviOur for twelve months. John Thompson, Thomas Unwin, and John Dennis to enter into their own recognizances in 51. each, and two sureties in the like sum for three months. Com mitted, in default, to the common gaol. Francis Emerson, to find two sureties ,in 101. each or six months. Committed in default. • This proceeding appears to have paralysed the party, as no assemblage has since taken place; and the ex pectation is, that the men will return to work as usual to-day (Tuesday). THE " STRIKE" OF THE WORKMEN IN SOUTH WALES. MERTHYR, Monday Night. Things still remain here in a very fever - ish ;fate— the workmen have not returned to their work, and, as a consequence, alarm and anxiety. prevail. It is true, that the increase of the military force in the town, and the prospect of a still larger amount of pro tection, has tended in some measure to allay the fears of the more timid, and in all probability it has pro duced some effect on the "turn-outs" themselves; bnt at the same time meetings are being held, strong language used, and the example of the "men of Man chester' and elsewhere held up to the masses as being worthy of imitation. THE KENNINGTON MEETING. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Permit me to call your attention to what ap pears to me a most dangerous attempt to stifle truth by some, indeed all, yourself excepted, of the Daily Press. Your report of the doings on Kennington Common is the only true report that has appeared, not one of the Morning Papers publishing anything like what happened, unless I allow a slight exception on the part of the Herald, whose reporter stood by my side. What surprises me most of all is, that the Advertiser and Chronicle, after being furnished with honest, though concise, accounts, should fall into the same mistake as the Tory Journals—whom I have no doubt, had they been furnished with the truth, would have paused 'before they committed to print such garbled statements. [Our Correspondent will see that we have omitted that portion of his letter which attributes very un worthy motives to some individuals connected with the Press.] (FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF " THE HERALD. " ) The substance of the account contained ,in the Times amounts purely to this—that vast numbers assembled at the t'icimmon and in the neighbourhood, but made no attempt at a meeting ; that the police arrived en masse and cleared the place in a short space of time in a masterly manner, and without unnecessary violence ; a statement so utterly untrue that 1 cannot but doubt whether the writer of the article was himself a witness of the scene. I am myself entirely opposed to all such meetings,' as well as to the absurd ob,ects sought by the Chartists; and I went to the place of meeting with the full ex pectation of enjoying the amusement of seeing the vast body evaporate at the sight of the autho rities. When, the latter made their appearance i saw every prospect of my expectations being realised to the letter; for at the first glimpse of them the two orators who were addressing the Meeting, waved their hands for a disso lution, and all began to disperse as fast as legs could carry them. What could the authorities seek beyond this ? I know not ; their motives are secret, but their actions were plain. The mounted police made a violent rush upon the dispersing mul titude, followed by the whole force. Men, women. and children were rode over, trampled on, and struck 'indiscriminately; many persons, who had not even approached the meeting within 200 yards received violent usage while effecting their escape, and some while merely passing to their own homes, quite dis tinct from and heedless of the whole affair; one old man, at least 60 years of age, I saw struck so violently while proceeding quickly, and at a distance from the place of meeting, as to cause the blood to flow lite rally in a stream from his head, and oblige him to be immediately taken to the nearest place for surgical as sistance; one young man, a widow's only son, quite un connected with the meeting, is said to have been killed while Passing the Oommou; at a word, the effect pro duced on my mind, and also on the mind of the gen tleman with whom I was in company, was this :—I went to the spot pitying the misled Chartists for their folly, and , fully approvingof the determination of the authorities to disperse them ; but en witnessing the unnecessary, and I consider . unjustifiable , violence of the scene which ensti e d, I could but feel the highest indignation and contempt fOr Pall parties acting in the disgraceful affair; indeed I believe this feeling to have been. general among the spectators, for whereas before the arrival of the-police, I heord in every direc tion laughter at the Chartists and approval of the ex pected dispersion, so subsequently I heard nothing save pity for the parties dispersed and execrations, dee pand evidently heartfelt, vented against the Force. INCOME TAX, AND PAYING DUTIES OVER AGAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The inhabitants of this city are in a sad di lemma concerning the insolvency of any collector, and insuch a case a re-assessment would have to be made on them. The Commissioners appointed for this borough lately issued precepts to the different parish authori ties for them to send in names for assessors and col lectors. In defiance of the different lists named by the parishes, the Commissioners have elected their own friends for those offices, and the collectcrs having been spoken to on the subject of their giving security, they all declare the parishioners have nothing to do with them, and that they are not bound and will never give security even if the Commissioners should think they ought to do so. This flagrant conduct has put the older inhabitants in remembrance of the defalcation of 1,5001. of one George Strawbridge Minifie, a collector of the Abbey parish, about 25 years ago. ' The facts are briefly these, Minifie was known by the parishioners to be a man of doubtful responsibility, and therefore they refused to name him as one of the collectors; but, notwithstanding which the then Com missioners would have him appointed. On the imprisonment of Minifie for fraud, a re assessment took place ; and bitter were the wailings and lamentations of the injustice: The Commissioners were waited on, and told they ought to pay the amount out of their purses, as Ali iiitic was elected by them alone. To this the Com missioners replied, that the parishioners ought to have known the law in such cases, and required that the collector should find security, and not having done so, the re-assessment must be enforced, or distress warrants would issue in case of refusal. Upon this defeat one of the parishioners then con tended that the parish had a complete answer to the re-assessment, as all the receipts were made out in the joint names of Taylor and Minifie. as co-collectors; and until Taylor could be proved to be insolvent the re-assessment was not valid. At this state of the case the Commissioners were quite aghast, for Taylor was a very wealthy man. They then pondered over the matter for some little time, and some bound book was referred to; but I confess I could not see the least applicability to our case, though our wise acres, in order to get out of their difficulty, contended it did, and that the receipts of one collector, though in their joint names, did not bind the other, unless it could be shown that the co-collector had participated in the money. The parishioners finding that all they could urge would be of no avail, paid the money, fearing if any further stir was made in the matter they' would be considered, and marked down as disaffected to the Government ; hilt this was in our most palmy days. It appears that the only safe course to pursue, and to prevent taxes being paid over again, will be for the parties to make their returns to the Special Com missioners, and then they would have to pay the du ties to the Receiver-General when he comes round on his audits. Perhaps some of your legal readers can point out another course, if so, the people of this city will be greatly obliged. Your faithful servant. Pulteney-street, Bath, Aug. 19, 1842. S. N. U. INCOME-TAX TO BE PAID BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.—The following is the Report of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, relative to the Income tax to be paid by the Corporation of the City of London. It is to be taken into consideration at the next Court:— " We whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, to whom, on the 23d day of June last, it was referred to give directions to Mr. Chamberlain, respecting the necessary measures to be adopted for carrying into execution the provisions of the Act of Parliameut, made and passed in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled ' An Act for granting to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices, until the 6th day of April, 1845,' do certify that Mr. Cham borlain having prepared and laid before us a statement of the incomes of the Corporation, exclusive of rents and interest on funded property, for the year 1841, together with the several abatements and deductions therefrom, with a view of showing the amount which should be re turned to the Commissioners, acting under the said Act, in order that the Corporation may be assessed to the dutiei_paYable thereby for the year ending the sth day of April, 1843.; we duly considered the same, and find, after a careful examination thereof, that this City's income, subject to the duty of sevenpence in the pound, amounts to the sum of 4,470/. 7s. 71d., as will appear by the statement hereunto annexed ; and we are of opinion that the sum of 130/. 7s. Bd., being sevenpence in the pound on the said sum of 4,4701 7s. 7Ad., shoald be re turned to her Majesty's Commissioners of &Amps and Taxes for carrying the said Act into execution." THE AGE OF INTELLECT.--On Tuesday evening last, a " grand hoax" and act of swindling was played off on the credulity of the good folk of the town of Penrith, in Cumberland, by a swell-mob-raise-the-wind blackleg, calling himself Wainwight, the greatest magi cian in the world. He caused a number of hand-bills to be circulated through the town, setting forth that he would perform several incredible tricks, never before attempted by the most learned of the magi ; among which was, that he would cut off a man's head, without his eeg it, and replace it again. In the e l ve r knowing ningtheau o d r feeling it, at the large assembly rooms, in the Duke of Devonshire's George Inn, kept by Mr. John Watson, from whom he received' two shillings il a N p l i n ce g arrived, ; commence the performance h eft the door, where he had t l l r te an ti vi ta r e igh t t o i beet, robbing the money, and proceeded behind the e ai a v n ed d , I scenes, and all were gaping on the tiptoe of expectation; but, alas ! the curtain was not drawn ; and . the company getting impatient, the magician was frequently. called, but never made his appearance. On examination, how ever, it was found that he had _fled down stairs, and made his escape out of the town, taking with him about Si., leaving the room, his lodgings, and the printer's bills unpaid. Afterwards the magician was seen on the road to Kendal, : making his way with all speed. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE : A - BIRTH IN THE STREET.-011 Tuesday last, about noon, a woman, who had that morning come from Wales, was suddenly seized, in Hardman-street, about fifty yards above Rod ney-street, with the pains of labour. As soon as her condition was discovered by the passers-by, persons ran into Rodney-street for a surgeon to attend the delivery. Before one arrived, however, the woman was actually delivered, on the flags of the footwalk, of a fine child. Some horse-clothes were brought- from an adjoining stable and placed under and around the mother and child. A clothes-rail was also brought., and, some carpet being thrown over it, a kind of screen was made to keep off the crowd who had assembled, and who were exceed ingly intrusive in .their" demeanour. The surgeon, as soon as he arrived, performed the necessary part of his duty. A gentleman .then sent for a coach, and the poor woman and her infant were conveyed to the workhouse. , done as well as though in a chamber, with "all tThheey deliveryh ave since, had we s e k u e n a d e p r l s a t d appliances and means to boot."—Liverpeol Albion. ALARMING FIRE AT THE SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last night, shortly before twelve o'clock, the greatest excitement prevailed in the immediate vicinity of Kennington, in consequence of an immense body of fire suddenly shooting forth from the centre of the Zoological Gardens into the air, which illuminated the horizon for miles round. Several persons were in stantly despatched to all parts of the metropolis for the assistance of the various fire-engines, and in the course of fifteen minutes the engines belonging to the London Brigade, from Southwark Bridge-road, and Morgan's . lane, were on the spot, with the West of England engine, under the superintendence of Mr. Connerton, and also the Waterloo-road Brigade and Watling -street engines, with Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent. But by the time the engines arrived the flames had greatly sub sided, through the workmen employed on the premises throwing a large quantity of water upon them. The cause of so much alarm was the pictorial model of Rome, situated on the borders . of the lake in the gardens catching fire, and which was partially destroyed before it could be.extinguished. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained, but the prevailing opinion is, that it was through some sparks falling a few hours previous amongst the buildings during the discharge of the fire works: ST. OLAVE'S REGATTA.- - The twentieth annual Regatta given by the inhabitants of SL Olave's, South wark, took place yesterday, an d was well contested, and equally as well attended. It was amongst six scullers, in four heats, on a system very superior to the old= fashioned one, three men starting for the first heat, and the other three for the second ; the four worst of these for the third, and the fi rst of that co ntending with the first men of the first heat and first o f the second for the piia, ; and Ch arles grand heat. William Mitcham, i Pearce, ta blue, rowed the opening heat, which was won by blue, red being second : and William Henry Law, green ; Richard Robinson, yellots ; and George Mead, purple, were the competitors in the second, .which was won by yellow. The third heat was won by pink, and he and blue and yellow started for the grand heat, to row from Chamberlain's-wharf to George's-stairs, Horselvdovvn, and back again twice to Battle-bridge, to conclude the heat. Shortly after the start blue took the lead, and won by twenty yards. Yellow was t.econd. CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.—We have received se veral letters complaining of the conduct of the police in attacking the persons assembled on Kennington-com mon, Clerkenwell - green , &c. The writers declare that there was no justification for t he in discriminate assault of theth ew police riter s up to on b t e h the correct people, account of what occurred at taking the s t a t e ments of the places.r - eferred to, it appears that the police exceeded their duty, and were guilty of most uncalled-for harsh ness. .We are prevented by a. press of matter from giv ing the letters in-question.'-Advertiser, THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH' TROOPS AT PORT NATAL. Cape of Good Hope papers of the 18th of June ar rlveu late in the evening Yesterday in the City, and state that the troops sent from the Cap e to subdue the Boers at Port Natal had been defeated. The commander, Captain Smith, thus announces the event in his report to the Government on the subject:— " PORT NATAL, MAY 25. " SIR,-It is with feelings of deep regret I have the honour to communicate to vou the disastrous re sult or' an attack made by the force under my com mand on the emigrant farmers congregated at the Congella camp at this place.. " In my last despatch I detailed the various steps taken by the farmers to annoy the troops, and my de termination to abstain, if possible, from hostilities, if it could be done without detriment to the honour of the service, in the vain hope of conciliating these mis guided people, and smoothing the way to the quiet settlement of their long-disturbed position as regards the Government of the Cape. But the receipt of an insolent letter, demanding that the force I commanded should instantly quit Natal, followed up by the re moval by armed men of a quantity of cattle belonging to the troops, rendered it absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken in order to prevent the re petition of such outrages. " I therefore determined after mature consideration to march a force and attack their camp at the Con gella (a place about three miles from our position, where they have been for some time collecting), and set apart the night of the 23d instant for that ob ject. As the road leading to the Congella from the post the troops now occupy lies for the most part through thick bush, I thought it best to cross the sands at low water, as, by this means I could avoid annoyance from the farmers until within a short dis tance of their station. Fitting a howitzer, therefore, in a boat, under the superintendence of Lieutenant Wyatt, of the Royal Artillery, and leaving it under the charge of a sergeant of the same corps, I gave him directions to drop down the channel to within 500 yards of Congella, and await the troops, in order that they might form under the cover of its fire, aided by that of two six-pounders, which accompanied the force I took with me. This consisted of one subal tern, and 17 privates, Artillery ; one subaltern, one sergeant, and two privates, Royal Sappers ; two cap tains, two subalterns, five sergeants, and 100 rank and file, 27th regiment; and two mounted orderlies of the Cape Rifles. " Having previously sent out a picket to feel the skirts of the wood in front of our position, in order to prevent our movements being discovered, I put the whole party in motion at eleven, p.m. (it being bright moonlight) and arrived without molestation till within nearly 800 yards of the place, I proposed to attack. To my great mortification I found the boat had not dropped down the Channel according to my instructions, but as I considered it imprudent to wait the chance of her arrival, I was forced to make the attack without the valuable assistance a discharge of shells and shot from the howitzer would have af forded me. Giving the order to advance, therefore, the troops had just moved to where the termination of a range of mangrove bush opened to a level space in front of the Congella, when a heavy and well directed firefrom the bush was poured on them ; upon which they immediately formed and commenced a fire in return while the two six-pounders were loading. I " Unfortunately one of the draught oxen being shot caused some interruption, but this being soon got over, a destructive fire from our guns silenced for a while our opponents ; but several more of the oxen being wounded, on escaping out of their traces, rushed among the troops and caused much delay and con fusion in the ranks. This circumstance again favoured the Boers, who, taking advantage of it, opened a re newed fire with their long pieces (much more destruc tive than a musket,) and a severe loss among the troops was the consequence. "Finding, then, that I was not likely to accom plish the purpose for which I had put the detachment in motion, and that the men were falling fast, I thought it expedient to retire ; effecting, this object after some delay, the partial rising of the tide render ing the road difficult. The troops, however, reached the camp about two o'clock in tolerable order, leaving behind them, I regret to say, the guns, which the death of the oxen rendered it impossible to remove. " Thinking it probable this partial success of the farmers might induce them to make an immediate attack on the camp, I made such preparations as I thought necessary, and found my suspicions realised shortly after by a large body of them opening a heavy fire on three sides of it. This was met by a spirited resistance on our part, but they did not finally retire until about an hour before day-break. " Such, I regret to inform you, has been the result of this attack, and the consequent loss has been severe, the total in both skirmishes being such as detailed in the enclosed return. One great cause of failure I attributed to the mismanagement of the boat, in which I had placed the howitzer, by the shells of which I had hoped the farmers would have been thrown into confusion, but she dropped down too late to be of any use, and even then took up a position too distant for her fire to produce much effect. " Among the many matters connected with the subject of this report, and awakening the deepest re gret, is the death of Lieutenant Wyatt, of the Royal Artillery, who for the two previous days had exerted himself much in making the necessary arrangements. He was killed early in the action. Of the zealous exertions of Captain Lonsdale and Lieutenant Lun nard, of the 27th Regiment, I was also deprived, both these officers being severely wounded. In fact, under •the trying circumstances in which the detachment was placed, I have only to regret that, with such willingness to perform the duty assigned to them, the result should have been so unfortunate. " The loss on the part of the Boers it is difficult to estimate, but I am told it has been severe. The whole of this day they have made no movement, but I have to give them the credit of treating such of the wounded as fell into their hands with great humanity. These, with the bodies of those who fell, they sent to the camp in the course of the afternoon, and to-mor row the sad duty of interring our departed comrades will take place. _ _ " What steps the farmers may take I cannot at this moment surmise with any degree a certainty, though I think it probable they will again demand that I quit the territory they call their own within a certain time. I shall, of course, do what I can to maintain myself in my present position ; but considering the number of the disaffected, and the means they possess of mo lesting the troops, I beg to urge the neeessity of a speedy reinforcement, as I scarcely consider the troops at present stationed here sufficient for the per formance of the duty . to which they have been as signed. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obe dient, humble servant, "J. C. SMITH, " Captain ' 27th Regiment, commanding. " His Honour Colonel Hare, C.. 8. and K.H, • Lieutenant-Governor," &c. RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING, BE LONGING TO TnE DETACHMENT UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT. J. C. SMITH, 27TH REGIMENT, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 23D AND MORNING OF THE 24TH OF MAY, &c. Royal Artillery Killed Lieutenant Wyatt ; gunners, Springhold, Speed, and Hawkes. Severely wounded—Bombadier Sadbrok. Slightly wounded— Gunner Stubbs. _ . Royal Sappers—Slightly wounded—Privates Bur ridge and Sebbs. 27th Regiment—Killed—Privates A. Callaghan, J. Fitzpatrick, S. Greeson, J. Griffin, W. Grime, R. Kerr, W. Bowles, and J. Bowne. lst and 2d Companies—Dangerously wounded— llayeock, J. Fitzpatrick, and James Fitzpatrick. Slightly wounded—li. Stuart, J. Baker, J. Glancy-, and W. Gallaghan. SeVerely wounded—D. Donohoe. James Kelly, and J. Sullivan. 3d and 4th Companies—Severely wounded—Cap thin Lonsdale, Sergeant Clynn, Privates J. Carroll, J. Ford, J. Kane. and Doherty. Dangerously wounded—Privates Kerberry, H. Coyne, T. Higgin, and J. Mulvey. Slightly wounded—Sergeant Arm strong, Cogan, J. Ford, J. Kane, and J. Reaves. Missing—J. Breslen, 2d Company. Buekstone took his leave of the New York public on the 13th of July with the following characteristic re marks:—" Ladies and Gentlemen—As it is not the first time that I have received the compliment of a call before the curtain in this theatre, I ought to have been pre pared with an oration—especially on an occasion like the present—but I am not ; and, therefore, feel like a detected culprit, without a word to say for myself; ex cept to thank the American public, through you, for many considerable favours. I came out here as an im porter. My stock in trade was but a few laughs, and as I have sold them over and over again, I think it is time to go home fora fresh supply ; and though the cus tomers to this store have not been quite so numerous as formerly, in consequence of a great demand for another article, yet I still hope for a return of good times, and that jokes and hearty laughs will go off as briskly us ever. Your liberal patronage has enabled me to travel throughout the United States, and I have to thank you for many pleasant hours passed in this country. In re turn, ladies and gentlemen, I wish you health, happiness, and a speedy re-appearance of prosperous days." With this address the theatre closed. THE MONUMENT.—The City Lands Committee, at a meeting on Monday, determined to prevent any other persons from precipitating themselves from the top of this pillar, by having some strong iron bars fixed sufficiently close over the head of the visitor to leave no chance of squeezing through. The additional railings will be painted white, so as tc be invisible at a distance. The Surveyor of Works was directed to proceed with the alteration immediately ; ant, till it is finished, the Monument will remain closed. TuE Poitz of GOOLE.—There is a considerable improvement in the shipping trade of this pert within the last two weeks ; our docks are well filled, and the want of warehouse-room is found to be a great obstruction to business. BRAZIL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Every honourable mind revolts at the idea of occa sioning a run upon any particular bank or mercantile firm, by unfounded reports as to their solvency, and must join in condemning the person who can be guilty of such conduct, which not only leads to the failure of the parties thus attacked, but causes great loss and inconvenience to the public. The mischief, however, may be much greater to the latter, when a Government is thus calumniated, and its funds sought to be rendered valueless, or deteriorated in the money market. - • I have been led to make these remarks in conse quence of a series of unmerited attacks, since the recal of a late diplomatist (a well-known colleague of the Andrades, the always-Anarchists of Brazil), having been made in a Morning Paper, against the credit of the Brazilian Government and Treasury. As a proof of the inaccuracy of the intelligence or facts stated in those articles, 1 shall select the follow ing few, as I am apprehensive it would take up too much of my time, and of your space, to go through the whole. A sample or two will satisfy the most sceptic : in the first place the writers assert that " the Rivolution! in the province of St. Paulo was daily becoming wider-spread, and therefore more formi dable and difficult of suppression ; whilst the Govern ment in revenge was every day becoming weaker." A Government becoming weaker in revenge! was ever such nonsense recorded ! and at the time of writing the first sentence the writer must have known that the insurgents, or rebels, had been completely defeated. Then he proceeds to say that the rebel " Paulistas, comprehending as they do not alone the mass of the pr., , 0,p1e of that extensive province, but headed as they are by all the persons of the greatest wealth, intelli gence, and influence, including the late Regent of the empire." Why not give the names of those influen tial, &c., persons, and of the Ex, or rather Ex-Ex -111,,,ent ? for a very good reason, because he cannot give any of the former, and if he had said the latter was Senhor Padre Diego Antonio Faijo, every body acquainted with Brazils would have known that he had been disinissed the Regency for incompetency, and resigned his Senatorship from incapacity, in con sequence of a paralytic seizure some four or five years agol an active man to head an insurrection ! Then again Senhor Jose Feliciano Pinto Coelho ,is represented as at the head of another revolutionary party in Minas Genies • whereas it is one of the noto rious Andrades, who having thus committed himself as a rebel (which Senhor Pinto Coelho was too pru dent to do), it is to be hoped will meet the reward all rebels deserve. It is stated, with the same regard to truth, that the rebels in Minas Geraes " amounted to 4,000 men, and were everywhere received with en thusiasm ;" whereas they only consisted of from 200 to 300, and had never left Barbacena, to which the insurrection had been confined, and where no doubt it has been long since crushed ; and those in significant movements in Saint Paulo and Minas Geraes, will, it is to be expected, from the prompt and decided measures taken by the present Government, be soon put down, as those much more formidable in surrections were in Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranham Para, and St. Catherina—and as that in Rio Grande will, we hope, likewise shortly be. Our clever writer, with wonderful tact, tells us we must believe what he says, in preference to the Brazilian journals, as they are all in the pay of the Government— and calls the Jornal do Commercio, of Rio de Janeiro, a Government Paper, when he must have seen the declaration in its front page, that "it publishes all the public acts of the Government, but is not an official paper." It is further asserted that all the opposition papers have been bought over, or put down by the Government—when in fact they went down of their own accord, for want of support from the public. All the houses connected with Brazils in the city, can be appealed to for the truth of my assertions. Let us contrast the accounts published in those Rio newspapers, and then look attentively " at this picture and at that." At or near the town of Campinas in St. Paulo, the rebels had been defeated, dispersed, and pursued by Baron Caxias ; therefore the movement had not moved from the spot it broke out at—Sorocaba. At Barbacena, in Minas Geraes, a disturbance took place on the 10th, when the parties proclaimed Jose Feliciano Pinto Coelho, president, and at first im prisoned a few individuals, whom they afterwards liberated ; but the number of the rabble they could collect did not exceed 200, badly armed. The military officers on the spot immediately called out the National Guards, whilst the President of the Province, and the Commander of the Forces at Ouro- Preto were prepared to send some regular troops to quell the insurrection at once. In all the other provinces of the empire the utmost tranquillity prevailed, and the most sincere and hearty assurances of loyalty and attachment to the Sovereign and Constitution, and of obedience to the laws and orders of the Government were pouring in from all parts, from those of the provinces of St. Paulo and Minas Geraes in particular, notwithstand ing all the arts practised and false reports resorted to by the leaders of the rebel party. Since the foregoing was written, another, and, if possible, a still more virulent attack has been made in the Morning Paper alluded to. Indeed so violent, and without any apparent cause on the part of the pro fessed writer of it, that I am wholly at a loss to account for his motives. There is at the same time such in consistency and dereliction of. the principles, high Tory, which the public journal in question professes to entertain, that I cannot refrain from noticing them. In the same day's periodical the riots and disturb ances in our own country are decried, and the aiders and abettors stigmatised, whilst the instigators and promoters of the disturbances in Brazils are lauded to the skies. Brazils may be, and is no doubt, labour ing under financial difficulties; and is not England in a similar situation ? Witness the Income-tax--reform of the Customs tariff. Should the Andrades and their insurrection succeed, that empire would very soon stop payment of the dividendl on its foreign debt; consequently English writers who espouse their cause are cutting their own throats. A sample of the An drades and their compeers' regard for the national credit and honest intentions towards the Bondholders, was exhibited not long since by withholding the cus tomary notice of the payment of the dividends. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITI TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, srives an exchange of 25 354, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being '25 55, it follows that gold is 0.78 per cent. dearer in Loudon than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 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 follows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1061 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.32 per cent. against England ; but the quoted exchange at New York being at 60 days' sight, the interest must be de ducted from the above difference. The only alteration in the foreign exchanges to day was a slight advance in the rates upon Amster dam and Hamburgh. The rate upon Paris remained the same as last post. By the official returns published by the Customs the export of the precious metals to foreign and colo nial parts, for the week ending Thursday last, was as under, viz. : Ounces. Silver coin to Bombay 13,000 Silver coin to Hong Kong . . . Silver coin to Singapore A meeting of the Clarence (a coal-mine) railway shareholders took place to-day at the George and Vulture Tavern. The Press were on this occasion excluded, and from the address of the chairman it was singularly evident, that while when in a state of prosperity the Directors have no objection to pub licity, they have, in the hour of adversity a great de sire to keep their misfortunes secret. HERALD.—The investigation still proceeding into the frauds announced some time since as having been found out among the sub-officials at the Custom-house is attracting some attention in the City. Fresh dis coveries are daily making, and now that the authori ties are fairly on the train it is expected that a very complete detection and exposure will eventuate. The number of ' clerics, some of them in rather high and confidential situations, suspended and believed to be inculpated is already considerable enough, and receiving fresh accessions occasionally. Other parties out of the house in the trading community are al. o mentioned as implicated. If one tithe of the reports in' circulation may be credited the Custom-house would seem to have been a very,Augean stable of mal practices and iniquity. The question naturally arises upon such a state of things, what the Board of Com missioners have been about that such misdoings should take place under their very noses, and by peo ple under their surveillance, and yet they the last parties to hear of or detect them. The Board is a to lerably costly and wei-paid piece of machinery, and could hardly be constituted for ornament alone, The whole system on which Custom-house appointments are made requires, indeed, a thorough revision and re form. Indi v iduals are nominated to all manner of offices in the establishment generally without the slightest reference to any other qualifications than the Parliamentary influence by which recommended, whereas it is clear that some previous practical ac quaintance with business, and the verification of busi ness habits in the applicant for place, should be an in dispensable preliminary to appointment. The first ening which led to the suspicion and eventually to e imrtigalion as anntalaraent of thee frmds at the Custom-house originated, it is said, out of certain information supplied by the books of one - 4 f the late notorious babkruptcies in the the linendrape ry line. SUN.—The funds left off firma) ,and with every ap pearance of a further rising ; Consols dos' d at 92, 92* for Money and for the Account ; 33111 lk Stock, 1691 170 ; India • Stock, 250 252 ; E :chequer Bills,Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. • The prices of Foreign Securities were---Wlgian, 1011 102 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., _ 621 52 ; the Five per Cents., 101' . 1014 ; Dank , h, 83 84 ; and Brazilian, 65 66. _ _ The quotation for Mexican was 34i 351. London and Birmingham Railway shares were, I'l3l 183; Great Western, 86 87; the Half Shares, 62f 62; South Western 63 64 ; North Midland, 58 60 z the New Shares 28k 291; South Eastern and Dover,. 214- 22 ; Eastern Counties, 9 91 ; Northern and Eastern, 38k 401 ex div. ; Illackwall, 8i 91; Old Brighton, 32i 33f per share. The rates of Exchange exhibited a further rise; considerable amount of business was done, and the quotations were—Amsterdam, 12 51 12 6; Rotter dam, 12 6 12 61; Antwerp, 12 41; liamburgh, 13 12, 13 121 ; Frankfort, 151 f 151/ ; Paris, 25f. 75e. 25f. 80c. ; Vienna, 9 551 9 57—a1l the above at three months. The Bonds are thus quoted—Colombian 20+ 204 ; Peruvian, 15-1, ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33* 34; the Three per Cents.. 19¢ 20+ ; Spanish Five per Cents., 201 21, and the Three per Cents. 20 20k. Tlie extracts from the American papers, per the British Queen, published in the second e diti on o f Th e Sun to-day, have superseded the necessity of adding anything from the private letters by the same convey ance. The tariff, w hich there appears would form the subject of remark, were it not for the probability that the intelligence of it having been vetoed will be re received to-morrow by the Great Western. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1 Amsterdam CF. 12 MI 'Gibraltar .. . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 , U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp Hamburgh lll. B. 13 15 , Venire Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 (Palermo, per of 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 (Lisbon 51 -4 , :i11r . 25 90 ' - 52# Marseilles - . Oporto ... Bourdeaux 25 93 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort on Maine... 151$ Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos . Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. I. 3 M 937 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto 9 59 !PRICES OF BULLION, FEW OZ. Madrid ... ......... Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona '36 I New Dollars... 04 91 Seville IMPORTANT TO PROSECUTORS AND WITNESSES AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Heretofore, at every session the business has been delayed, and the Lime of the Jury uselessly consumed, in consequence of the ;ion attendance of prosecutors and witnesses, and in numerous instances the ends of justice were frustrated. As remon strances from the Bench. proved unavailing, the Court have issued the following orders, which will be rigidly enforced in all cases :—" Notice is hereby- given, that all prosecutors and witnesses are required to attend the Court at nine o'clock in the morning. If they fail in their attendance at that hour they will forfeit their re cognizances, and will not be allowed their expenses." RE-PAVING OF LONDON-BRIDGE.—In consequence of the number of labourers employed in repairing this fine structure, the right hand or western side wjll be finished by Thursday next (to-morrow), so as to throw it open to vehicles crossing from the City to the Borough; and the left-hand side, over which they now pass, will be finished with all expedition, so that the general traffic shall not be impeded by the ciirpuit over South wark-bridge. We understand the Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. Sergeant Stephen a country Commissioner under the recent Bankruptcy Act ; and Mr. Francis Barlow one of the Commissioners in lunacy. ANTWERP, MONDAY, AUG. 22.—The steam-ship Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, arrived here this morning at an early hour. The numerous promenaders on the Quay, who were waiting her coming as usual, were much surprised and interested to see her literally covered with flags, and concluding that some personages of eminence were on board, saluted the gallant ship with three cheers. It turned out that in addition to a very large complement of passengers, the Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer, with his family and suite, were on board. The Quay presented a most busy scene for up wards of two hours, caused by the landing of the pas sengers, and the clearance of their baggage, and the bustle had hardly subsided when it was recommenced by the arrival of the Wilberforce steamer, a short time after twelve o'clock. MR. ANDERSON'S MODELS OF MERCANTILE COR RESPONDENCE consist of a series of three hundred letters, on every subject that can come before a mercan tile man. The style of them is simple, clear, concise, and correct ; it is accompanied with an analytical index, an explanation of mercantile technicalities, with forms of all commercial documents and accounts, evidently the re sult of practical experience. It will form a moot useful intermediate step between the school and the counting house ; and for all young men intended for mercantile life it will be indispensable. In fact, we have rarely seen so much useful commercial matter in so small a compass; we cordially recommend it, not only to merchants, but also as an appropriate exercise book for the use of schools, and we venture to suggest that every pupil destined for mercantile life should be required to copy the book from beginning to end. GROUSE.—This beautiful bird is not very often found in the lower part of this county, but on the borders of part of Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire it is found in great plenty. There is an abundance of them this year, more than has been for some years past ; they are unusually forward and strong on the wing, doubtless owing to the general fine weather. Broods of 14, 16, and 18 have been repeatedly seen on the hills in Cardi ganshire. The other sorts of game are also very Abund ant—The Welshman. The inhabitants of Erith have determined on frivin • a grand fete next Monday, in honour of her Majesty s passing that town on her projected tour to Scotland• EXECUTION AT NENAGH.—The extreme sentence► of the law was carried into effect on Saturday, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, on James Shea, alias Smyth, who was found guilty at the last assizes of this town of the inhuman and most barbarous murder of Rody Kennedy, at Loughane. Previous to the wretched culprit making his appearance on the platform, the Rev. Mr. Scanlan, Roman Catholic clergyman, came out and addressed the multitude. He begged of them to pre serve a solemn silence during the awful ceremony, and not to disturb the last moments of the poor man by any unseemly demonstration. The Rev! Gentleman hoped that if the condemned one addressed them, that he would be heard without interruption. He then begged of them to kneel down and implore the Almighty God to have mercy upon his soul. Those assembled simultaneously knelt and prayed audibly. The cap being drawn ever his fave, there was a fearful pause of some seconds, during which the ill-fated young man moved his hands and bowed his head as if engaged in prayer. The bolt being sprung, he was launched off suddenly. He showed signs of life for eight minutes, but his struggles were but few and not violent.—Nenagh Guardian. TROPHIES OF WAR BROUGHT FROM CHINA. — The ship Wellesley, recently arrived at Plymouth from China, has brought home the following trophies, cap tured by the Royal Marines in that country : -A yellow banner, imperial colours, captured in the Chuenpee upper fort in Jan., 1841, the inscription in Chinese characters, " flag of the tower of Cha-keo." A large green flag with golden dragon, taken by the battalion at the assault of the citadel of Chinhae, in October, 1841. A smaller and imperial colour, yellow and gold dragon, taken at the capture of Ning-po-foo in the same month. A battle axe and long-handled sword taken from the Chinese, in August, at Colorgso, from the strong battery of 16 guns, which the Marines took at the point of the bayonet. A MUTILATED BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.— Early yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Tooley-street, from a report that the trunk of an elegantly-dressed female, without head or arms, had been taken out of the river, opposite Pickled Herring-stairs, Pheenix-wharf, Tooley-street. The supposition is that the body has been in the water a considerable length of time, and that it was during that period torn to pieces by the steamers. Identifica tion is out of the question ; her dress was also torn to shreds. This is the sixth body that has been, within a few days, taken out of this part of the River. THE INCOME-TA X.—The delivery of the Income tax schedules in Lincoln is beginning to arouse the bile even of the Tories. "No deduetion for the maintenance of a family;" "no allowance for debts except such as are proved to be bad ;" are such plain intimations of a determi nation to fleece to the uttermost stretch of made-out in come, as are working Sir R. Peel's supporters urn "prin ciple" into a towering passion. Some of them, with rueful-looking countenances, are running about, eagerly 'inquiring whether the amount of trade licences will be allowed in addition to the two-thirds rental ; and upon being informed that the non-allowance of maintenance, pretty nearly half of which is tax, warrants the inter ference that it will not, exclaim that the law is an ini quitous one, and that Sir Robert is a hard task-master to tax them in a per tentage upon the amount paid in taxation ! Some who so prettily mouthed at the last election " let the galled jade wince, our withers are un wrung," wince as bad as if a sore place had been scraped and dredged with cayenne. Most agree that there is only one good that can flow ont of the namely, shorter periods of credit taken by great fats, and those who Lave been in the habit of buoying them selves. up with the capital of the tradesmen, used in the way of long standing bills. It is supposed that Mr. So and-So will not relish having his name blabbed to the Income-tax Commissioners as a debtor of two or three years' continuance.—Lincoln Mercury. U PION AT PEACE AND PLUG DOCTRINE.--OH Monday last, a speaker of Todmorden concluded his harangue to the thousands who had assembled to hear him, in the following extraordinary manner :—" Now. lads, I've three questions to ax ye—will ye be united ?" " Aye, that we will," responded they. " Will ye be peaceable, and not brisk t' law ?" " Aye, for sure, w'd need," was the universal cry—" An now fax ye, will ye pull t' plugs out ?" " Aye, we'll do't for 'em," was shouted from all parts of the meeting, amidst tremendous cheering. This needs no comment—Leeds Times. TILE INcomE-TAx.—lt has been decided by' the Commissioners of . Taxes, 'that the carriage and horses of a medical man, although required for the exercise of his profession, if occasionally used by him or his family for pleasure, cannot be deducted from his profits, nor will awdeduction be made fortbessseased tam %them it. reis the fro' de 2ateS No iomo aris. )ons, ?IiLIS 310 ary, Nero [bra* Pass n not it'rt tb° 3 F° in• ) ra ar- /: 7