The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

~ T ~` " , AY) veyor s na .t paten tee de of c, rh °3. ays• inl' is ircd ilitniDer in c:ru i ' v i nct irrel , 5 ° Cl. a" i' t vas e a iiix f w e e state ° ise beerl ivolvel vo adjourneti riy f o o 110 .1 t ,010 sP3r f ' t , as _ ye, before " the °' llo 4. 0 11 ones'o°l 00 $ )roclu e 10 1 ,77 , of 3 1 . la v i rov‘i ti !D e° oP risonert r De t° . cito . eding n et le p1 .15° , 0 0 been 't of 3 1 ° 6 ' co ale b e en r nece s ''' 1. a b lO , Y iltpplied generally in aid of the parochial collection, and those which, though distributed by the parish officers have been limited by the donor to a certain specific purpose; the receipt of the fernier has the same effect in working a disqualification as would the receipt of relief from the ordinary parish fund, but the latter has not that effect, except by the custom of particular boroughs." Chambers could not, there fore, be disqualified as a recipient of parochial re lief." The next question was, whether he was in the receipt of such " other alms," as by the law of Par liament would disqualify him from voting.. In dis posing of that point, the Learned Barrister referred to the Taunton case, 1 Douglas, 370, in which a Com mittee of the Rouse -of Commons held that " alms meant parochial collection, or parochial relief ;" while charity meant " sums arising from the reve nue of certain specific sums which had been esta blished or bequeathed for the purpose of assisting the poor." Now, according to those definitions it could nut be said that Chambers was in the receipt of alms. lie merely derived a charitable accommodation or advantage from a grant established or bequeathed no one knew how. The cases were numerous in which person had received money, clothing, and food from funds left by charitable individuals, and in which the person receiving such relief has nevertheless been held entitled to the exercise of the franchise. Among others, the Learned Barrister cited cases referring to the boroughs of Bedford and Sudbur y , in which the House of C ommons h a dd ec id e d such "aids" or " alms" as those received by Mr. Chambers to be no disquali fication, and finally remarked that Mr. Rogers had laid it down as a general principle, that " in old boroughs, where the usage is not clear, and in all the new boroughs, with regard to charitable foundations '' and endowments, those only appear to disqualify r;hoie funds have formed a part of the parish re sources for the relief of the poor, and have been managed - by the overseers or other officers." Now that 'description did not apply to the case of Cham bers;' and the Learned Barrister could not, therefore, 11 Atiliai - the words of the Legislature, " or other applied to him in a disqualifying sense; and `''tle . llkmeth6uld consequently remain on the list. list's' of householders were then received from 1 '• Vie . overseers and collectors. No point of interest arose in the course of the proceedings. ------- --- W ESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) . The list of objections in the parish of St. Martin in-the-Fields was gone through, and a very long dis cussion ensued upon the names of William Jones and Samuel Smith, who had been objected to by the Liberals. . It appeared that there were several persons in the parish who rejoiced in th 3 cognomens of " William Jones" and " Samuel Smith," and that the notice of objeCtion to the se p art i es d i d not distinguish, by • stating the residence or qualification of the parties . objected to, as is the usual way, which of the William - Joneses, or which of the Samuel Smiths, was intended. In this dilemma the overseers were not able to pub lish the residence of the parties in their printed lists, and the consequence wa s th a t t h e real Simons Pure, not being aware that they were objected to, did not appear to support their votes. The REVISING BARRISTER said, the difficulty which presented itself to his mind in thege cases was Ilether or not he should at once expunge the names the parties, as they had not appeared to support .their votes. Such a proceeding would, no doubt, be hard upon them, as they could not be aware that they were the persons objected to. Blame could not attach to them, nor could' it to the overseers, or to the person making the objection, for the overseers not knowing which of the William Joneses, or wlieh of the Samuel Smiths was intended, could not do ~more than publish the names without any residence or qualification. Nor did it appear that the notice of objection was informal, for all that the Act required was---" I ob . ;ect to the name o f - on the register ;" not a word was said about residence or qualifica tion.. Under these circumstances he should not ex punge the . names ; but he thought that the parties objecting should give notice to the persons objected to, that they might attend to uphold their rights, and in future when the overseers found themselves placed in a similar position, by far the best thing they could do, would be to publish the names of every person of name objected to, and then there could be no .mistake. `li. Trott, as the objecting party, at once assented to ";zend and inform the real William Jones and the r'e'ad Samuel Smith that they were objected to; and ;heir cases were subsequently gone into. EAST-INDIA HOUSE.-THIS DAY. COURT OF PROPRIETORS. The Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of Eat India Stock was held in the Court-room at, the East India House, Leadenhall-street, this morning at twelve o'clock. Sir J. 1,. LUSHINGTON, Bart., the Chairman of the tan -of Directors in the Chair. 7 frkii Secretary read the minutes of the last General kedourto:' - 511 131i6ienAmmAN then informed the Court that cer tvtiethins - which had been ordered by. Parliament 119:'-i4e; made were laid on the table, for the information ctt:the Proprietors. These returns related to the ind..an revenue. APFGHAN 'WAR. MO CHAIRMAN then stated that the Court had been made special for the purpose of considering a moti or „ of which an Hon. Proprietor had given notice, relating• to the expenses of the Affghan war. He therefor( called on that Proprietor to move. Mr. S,ILOMONS begged to postpone the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the expenses of the Affghan war, until the next General Court. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. Ll:vas then rose for the purpose of postponing the motion 'of Nvhich he had given notice, relative to the case of the raja of Sattara. He was induced to Postpone this motion until the next General Court on account cf the absence of several of those friends by whom he had hitherto been supported, but who would be there cm some future occasion. NOTICES Of --MOTION, The HON. PROPRIETOR ADJOURNMENT then gave notice that at, the next General Court he should move a resolution to the effect, that it is not competent to any Pro prietor, aftt r a notice of motion has been read, to Move an adj, - mrnment of the Court befor e suc h mot i on has been Imo% •ed and seconded ; that such a practice is objectionable in principle and subversive of . the con stitution and best interests of the Court of Proprietors. . EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES IN INDIA. The 'ION. PROPRIETOR also gave notice, on behalf of 11:Ir. Sullivan, ;hat he would mo ve a reso l u ti on a t the next General Court, to the effect that it is advis able to substitute to a greater extent than at present in s erv i ces of natives of India, instead of Europeans, ln the civil service in India; that such a measure is called for by justice a nd sound policy ; and that the Court of Directors be requested to recommend to the different Governors in India to appoint native Indians to all offices which they are competent to fill. Mr. MARRIOTT said, that he hoped when the Pro- Plietors gave notices of motion, for the future they would bring them forward, and not postpone them on account of the absence of certain persons who were lir the Habit of supporting them. lie (Mr. M.) had come down fully prepared to gc.• into the Sattara case, Ind to justify and defend the proceedings of the three nlnis; and he would go into the question at'Onee. -the unAißmAlk reminded the Proprietor that there will - no question before the Court. He therefore 1110 iTkd that the Court do adjourn. The vestion of adjournment was put and carried, a lliihe Court adjourned accordingly. - alLoyDis SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) 149NIK)N, SEPT. 28.—Wind this day at noon, 4ortherlv, fresh breezes, fine clear weather. S il • - SEPT 2 7 .—The Canopia (coal laden), 4 , 1:11.14.1.55, . • 3r ola lie North, for London, got on the Nore Sand last night, but was assisted .off after throwing part 'of cargo overboard, and brought in here leaky. i DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.— '( l . - Ankath o r, Ao nesen , P or t au P r i nce ; G er t ru d e , Ua"slop, Rio, for Brem en ; C opern i cus , H aes l o p, „,'w -Itedf or d., for Bremen ; Hirondelle, Fife, St. thotnas, for Hamburgh. ItAusuATE, SEPT. 27.—Sid. Chieft a i n , J ama i c a. _ .FAENto rTit , SEPT. 2G.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., fr( breeze.—Sld. Royal Tar (steamer), Vigo. s k''l' Co RK , S EPT . 25 . —Eli za b eth Bentley, Craig, t ;_,_a - °bn's, New Brunswick. k.rx.F. THP: WIGHT, SEPT. 35.—Audacia, New York, f or _A t nsterdam. ~ Stu ANRA ER , S EPT. 2G . —Th e C ossack, from Malta. 10, GlasgTow, got on S caur L aggan yester d ay morn :2,, and Was a b an d one d b y some of the crew, but was "rwards' got off with l oss o f ru dd er - case, ru dd er 'un t h : , I. o i Teed, mid six feet water in hold, and brought j , 3 . / 1 I to Dally Bay, and has been beached ; the cargo hero,g disci Itrg, ed. .e1:-IrvEnroon, SEPT. 27.—Wind E. moderate.—Arrd. ..1 1 `" s ! 1° tte, Lyon, Africa, sailed from Fernando Po 191 ,t 6 ; Pjzabetit, Poole, Rio Grande, sailed July Ai %. i liseilla, T a yl or , P ara ib a , sa il e d Au g . 24 ; L y di a, A,Y, Antigua; Alexander, Leeds, Virginia; 04 i liliss, Quebec. Sld. Orion, Trinidad. ItAi t ir i * ' • - Lbs SiciT ' 4 • 6 —The Delight, Cull, from sr „,- iti c iw ,-7 1. 4.., in taking the bar, last night, got on the l t . , imt - Carne off at high water, with little damage. d a o .foo'vrE," SEPT. 27.—1 t has blown hard all „ r Y , and a very h eavy sea, h as prevente d any b oa t i• ~'ytt.cting to the wreck of the Susan, on the sands. _ I t ig is currently reported i n D u bli n, t h a t M r . Shaw to b e th e new M atter in Chancery. In this case Mare will be another vacancy in the representation of the Coll ege , and an opportunity or more likelihood w isheil-forill offer isea ttself i for Par providing Mr. Smith with the ISh.for seat in iarliamsat.lia, DORCHEST_TaR. DORCHESTER TO WIT.-It is with much pleasure that we announce the occurrence of an event in this borough, which may eventually tend to emancipate it from the thraldom in which it has so long been held. A few days ago an election took place for a Town- Councillor, in the place .of the late Robert Bower, Esq., when the burgesses nobly exercised their fran chise, by electing the man of their own choice to the post of honour, in opposition to the individual selected by the stewards of the influential patrons of the bo rough and the Tory Town-council. The successful candidate was Mr. John Wood, an old inhabitant, and a respectable victualler ; and we have no doubt his conduct in his new capacity will serve to justify the conduct of his friends in sel ec ti ng hi m t o fill t h e vacant office. We are gratified in being able to state that a party of sixty individuals assembled at the house of Mine Host, on Monday last, to celebrate this auspicious event. An abundant and elegant spread was made on the occasion, of which Mr. Wood was respectfully solicited to partake. The feast was honourable alike to the new Councillor and his nume rous supporters ; and we hail the occurrence as a fa vourable symptom of strength and independence in the burgesses of Dorchester. We hear that arrange ments are making to secure the election of four good men and true to the Council in November next. The means of rescuing the borough from its degraded condition are in the hands of the electors, and we trust they will not fail to use them fearlessly and faithfully. ROYAL MAIL. STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) An adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at one o'clock this day, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. JOHN IRVINE, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. The minutes of the last proceeding, and the report of the Directors having been read, The CHAIRMAN pleaded his own inability, from in disposition, to address the meeting, and called upon the Deputy •Chairman, Mr. Colbyn, to explain to them the views and wishes of the Directors. Mr. COLBYN, the Deputy Chairman, in a length ened address, went over the various items of the Re port, and stated his conviction, and that of the Direc tors generally, that whatever might be the losse3 the Company had unfortunately already SII3- tained, ;. they - had - no reason to despair of their future prospects. He trusted that no resolu tion so rare as an abandonment of their undertaking would be adorited. The Proprietors should re member that if they took such a course they could not calculate on receiving for the ca pital they had embarked in the purchase of vessels, and in other items of expenditure, a return at all equal to their original cost. If the under taking were given up, that property would be sold off at an immense loss.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. POYNDER, after expressing his confidence in the ultimate prosperity of the Company, moved the following resolution "The Proprietors having taken into consideration the Report of the Directors laid before them at a gene ral meeting specially convened, and having heard the Chairman and Deputy Chairman on various points brought under their notice, beg to state that whilst they deeply regret the losses hitherto sustained by the Company, and the consequent disappointment to the Company, yet confiding in the opinions expressed by the Directors in their Repert, that the receipts from passsage moneys and freights, together with the 240,0001., which will continue to he received from Government will be adequate for a dividend on the future operations of the Company ; and which opinion was confirmed by the Chairman in his address to the Proprietors; they do not think it expedient to advert further at this time to those losses, but being fully impressed with the absolute necessity and great national importance of maintaining and upholding a steam-packet communication at this crisis with the British colonies in the West Indies, they deem it advisable to urge upon the Court of Directors to per severe in their endeavours to perfect and accomplish the great objects for which the Company was established. And they respectfully suggest to the Court to avail itself of the further assistance of such professional persons as are most experienced in the machinery and construction of vessels navigated by steam. " The Proprietors also trust, that in future the Di rectors will convene a public meeting of the Company once in every six months, and lay before them a report of their proceedings and statement of accounts, made up to the latest . period. " And influenced by these considerations the Pro prietors now beg to assure the Directors of their earnest desire to co-operate with them in every laud able endeavour to advance the prosperity of the Com pany and the great national interests involved in its success" Mr. DAVID BARCLAY seconded the resolution. Mr. LIGGINS, who had moved the adjournment of the last meeting, moved a counter-resolution, to the following effect :—" That a Committee of seven, three to be a quorum, should be appointed to inquire into the present state of the affairs of the Company." He believed that as those affairs were now managed, it was im possible to expect that the undertaking could be made to realise the expectations of its original projectors, or that it could be profitable to the shareholders. Sir FRANCIS AUSTIN seconded the amendment. [We will give the conclusion in our Third Edition.] A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.—SINGULAR ACCI.• DENT.—Mr. Baker held an inquest yesterday at the Gunmakers' Arms, Bow-common-lane, Stepney, on the body of Charles Honeyball, aged six months. Susannah Snare said that on the morning of Sunday last she was with the parents of deceased, at their lodgings in Regent-street, Mile-end. Wit ness was at the table, while the deceased sat in a small chair by the fire. Witness heard a sudden scream, and when she looked towards the fire, saw that the deceased was overturned on the fender, and that .the scalding water from a tea-kettle was pouring down upon its head, neck, and shoulders., The deceased suffered great pain from the scalds until its death, which took place the next evening. Verdict—Acci dental death. PRICES OF BREAD IN THE METROPOLIS.—The various prices at which bread is sold in the metropolis call loudly for . some legislative enactment fixing the assize. The 41b. loaf of the best h3u3ehold bread is now selling in Tottenham-Court-road for .51d., in the Borough and Lambeth for 6id., in the Broadway, Blackfriars, and places adjacent, for 6d., and in Oxford-street, Holborn, Drury-lane, Clare-market, and the Seven-dials, for 7d. and 7d. The full-price bakers charge from 80. to 91d.; that extortion exists somewhere is evident, and it is equally plain that neither the corn merchant nor the miller is in fault, else bread could not be sold by one baker, at such a reduction, more than another ; upon whom, then, does the blame rest ? SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Last night about eight o'clock, as Mr. Onwhyn, news agent and publisher, of No. 4, Catherine-street, Strand, was proceeding homewards, and when within a few yards of his own door, his foot suddenly slipped, and he fell heavily into the road with his right leg bent under him. He was immediately raised by some passers by, who, however, found that he was unable to stand. A shutter was procured, and he was conveyed without loss of time to the Charing-cross Hospital, where it was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. Mr. Onwhyn, who is upwards of 60 years of age, remains at the above Hospital ina state of great suffering. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE REV. MR. SIUTHORP. —On Monday morning the Rev. Gentleman was pro ceeding in a gig, accompanied and being driven by a servant of Sir Charles Tempest's, in order to meet the morning coach at Skipton, on his road homeward, when the animal, a very spirited one, took fright near Snaggill, and ran away at a furious speed. Gentleman v i a o n l e d n t e h u e p o s n e r t v h a e n t g r l o v u e n r e d b A o i t r h . t T h h ro e w i n te o ‘ i ' i . t Sibthorp had a cloak wrapped round him at the time, and was unfortunately pitched upon his head with such force as to lay the front part above the right eye open, and severely bruise the shoulder. He was im mediately removed to the house of Mr. Marsden, surgeon, of Skipton, put to bed, and, by prompt at tention, was enabled to he removed in a carriage to Broughton-hall, where he now lies. The servant escapedwith a few slight bruises.—Bradford Observer. FATAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. On Monday an inquest was held at the George and Dragon, Blackheath-hill, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., on view of the body of William Noyes. aged 1 Nilo was in the employ of Mr. Carpenter, Steam Flour Mills, Greenwich. It appeared by the evidence that on Friday afternoon he was at work in one of the upper rooms in the mill, and slipped through a trip-door, and fell head first into a sack of meal. He was extricated almost immediately, and taken to a surgeon's, but he died in a few minutes, a quantity of the meal having entered his lungs and caused suffoca tion. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death.' ------- THE MARCII OF INTELLECT.—" You be goin home, ba'ant 'ee, zur," said Brooks, the other day, to a young person who was about to visit Wales. " Yes, Brooks," was the reply. "You do go by staim, on the water, don't 'ee?" "Yes." "Well, now, I never seed a staimer; but do they swem like other sheps ?" " Swim ! no ; they go along upon wheels." "On wheels, aye ? So I've heard ; mortal big wheels they must have' to touch the bottom of the sea, zur. should very much like to see a staimer."— Somerset Gazette. • A few nights ago, says a letter from:Lille, a pea• I=ant, who had entered the garden of a gentleman :It ',annoy, for the purpose of stealing fruit, was fired at by the gardener, who, when his victim had fallen, came up, and with th e b utt - en d of hi s gun d as h e d his skull to pieces. The gardener has been arrested, and placel in prison at Lille. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING . SEPTEMBER 28, 1842. tiREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL. FRESH OUTBREAK. LIVEI:POOL, TUESDAY.--Yesterday morning it was thought that an effective check had been g iven to the progress of the flames, but at eleven o'clock last night the fire again broke out with renewed vigour, illu minating the whole of the river, the shipping, docks, and the Cheshire side of the water. The flames, it appears, last evening communicated t o a s t a bl e , an d before he horses could be released five of them were burnt to death. Ten or twelve pigs also shared the same horrible fate. The following are extracts from the different Liverpool papers published this morn ing relating to the fresh calamity : At a quarter to ten o'clock last night, our reporter returned from an inspection of the yet burning ruins of the great and calamitous lire which has just visited this town, when the few engines which were still pour ing water upon those parts of the ruins where the fire was burning with the greatest vigour. In about five minutes afterwards the fire-bell again sounded; the rattles of the policemen were sprung in every direction ; a rumour flew quickly through the town that the fire - had again broken out, and a confirmation of the report was quickly visible in the fimament, which was once more redly illuminated. Oa hasten ing to the scene of the late terrible disaster we found that a fire had unexpectedly and suddenly broken out near the bottom of Crompton -street, within a short distance of the place where the great fire originated, and in close proximity to the extreme western point of its extension. The alarm in a few minutes called together some thousands of anxious and curious spectators. This fresh fire broke out at ten minutes to ten o'clock, in a marine-store in Crompton-street, and in a very brief space of time extended to a stable above and behind it, and to a cooper's yard also, at the back of it. As the premises were almost entirely composed of wood, and fided'with light and combustible mate rials, the flames increased with great rapidity, and for some time presented a somewhat alarming appearance. Immediately to the east of the stable in Crompton street there stands a range of low sheds ; on the west there is a single cottage, apparently used as an office of some description. At the rear of the stables, and approaching closely to the burning ruins of the late fire, there is another range of low buildings or sheds, and towards the west there are several outhouses which stand in the cooper's yard, and adjoin the Ro tunda public-house, from the top of which so many hundreds of persons have obtained a commanding view of the late conflagration. Last night a number of persons again thronged to the Rotunda, and some ap prehension was for a short time entertained lest that building and the adjoining property should now meet the fate which they had fortunately escaped before. The space covered by the marine -store, the stable, and the cooper's yard, is about thirty or forty square yards ; and in less than a quarter of an hour after the tire broke out the whole was one mass of flame. The wind was from the N.N.E.; and though there was but a very gentle breeze, it gave the fire a tendency towards the low erections adjoining the Rotunda, but at the same time carried it away from the one storied sheds or warehouses on the opposite or north side of Crompton-street,. which were filled with cotton and other valuable property. Mr. Whitty had about three minutes before the fire broke out passed through Crompton-street, and had only got a short way up Formby-street, when he was overtaken by an officer, who gave him the surprising intelligence that another fire had broken. out in Crompton -street. Alert and active as ever, notwithstanding all the fatigue he has recently undergone, Mr. Whitty has tened to the spot, and gave prompt directions for a couple of engines to be brought up. Though the orders were executed with all possible dispatch, the engines could not be brought into play so as to save. the places that were then burning ; but the water was poured upon the extremities of the yard, so as to prevent. any extension of the fire. In fact, all that was in the interior of the space before described was of com paratively little value, and was speedily consumed, with the exception of a few articles which were taken from the cooper's yard. Several carts which stood in the stable-yard were either partially or wholly burnt, and we are sorry to say that of seven horses which were in the 'Stable five were burnt to death. A poor donkey broke loose, and, though at the expense of a singeing of hiS coat, made his way through the flames into the street. Some fears were for a time entertained lest the ware houses on the north side of Crompton-street should take fire, and in order to prevent this, several persons recommended that an engine should b e brought up to play upon them. Superintendent Leverett, however, who was on the spot, thought that an engine would be of very little use without water, and he theiefore adopted the expedient of forming a small dam opposite to the marine store, so as to catch the overflow. from the engines that were playing on the embers of the late fire higher up the street. The water thus accu mulated was thrown upon the heated woodwork of the sheds, and prevented ignition. The fire, especially in the marine -store, close to the isolated cottage to the west, burned with consider. able fury and obstinacy for above an hour ; but the two engines, having :Iseen-got into good play, gradu ally contracted.the circle of the flames, and by half past eleven o'clock the fire was completely subdued. The only places consumed were the marine -store, stable, and c.oOper's yard. It is not known how this fire originated i fs The marine-store, in which it com menced, was ;the point: furthest removed from the burning piles of ruins left by the great fire, and by some it is :therefore considered impossible that any flaming fragment or ember from the heap. could have ignited the store; but we are more willing to believe that this was the case than to attribute this new dis aster, as some, did, to wantonness or malice. The fire, we trust, is for the present got under; and, but for the amazing rapidity with which it burst, we may say, amongst - the wooden buildings destroyed, would have been arrested in a few minutes by the large and active force at present on the spot. We regret to say that five valuable horses belonging to Mr. Bushell are de stroyed. We saw, amidst the smoking ruins upon the site of the stabling, the carcases of two, charred to a cinder, and the bones perfectly white, in parts of which the skin and flesh had been stripped off. A donkey was the only tenant of the stabling which made its escape without assistance ; and, as it rushed through the gates of the yard into Crompton-street, with its long ears all a-flame, and shaking its head, furnished a laughable exhibition contrasted with the horror of the remaining scene. The stench which we experienced, whilst seeing the remains of the four footed tenants of the stable, was dreadful. A meeting of the fire-insurance agents has taken place with a view of assessing the amount of,damage sustained, and it is also rumoured that it is in con templation to raise the rate of insurance in Liverpool. After "comparing notes" on the engagements of each office having liabilities in connexion with this destruc tive event, the following was reported as the result Sun Globe . Royal Exchange .... . Phoenix.. • • • •• London Corporation . Liverpool .. York and London.. Imperial.. 20,000 Scottish Union. 20,000 West of England . 20,000 Alliance Atlas Manchester .. 10,000 Guardian. Yorkshire. Norwich Union 3,600 County. North British •. . 3,000 London Union . . •.. Total liabilities ... .... .R 350,000 Some uncertainty, however, exists as to whether all the liabilities have been ascertained, the meeting having been called so soon after the conflagration. No doubt there would be much property uninsured; so that the result of the meeting tends to prove that the loss cannot be far under what we have stated. The amount of damage sustained, it is said, will exceed 700,0001. INQUEST ON THE THREE MEN KILLED. (From the Liverpool Times.) ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.—An inquest was held yester day (Monday) before P. F. Curry, Esq., Coroner, touching the death of John Martin, Luke Smith, and James Bell, the three men who, as has been previously mentioned, were killed by the falling of a wall, and whose bodies are lying at the Northern Hospital. The witnesses examined were Edward Knight, warehouse-keeper; Samuel Tack, police-officer; Hugh Falkner, labourer ; Joseph Massey, inspector of po lice ; Michael Martin, labourer; Mr. Harris, surgeon of the Northern Hospital. But the most interesting portion of the evidence which had reference to the origin of the fire was given by the servants of Mr. Peniston, the bone merchant, in whose premises, it is said, the fire originated, and was to the following effect : John Coghlan examined—l am the engineer at Mr. Peniston's, in Crompton-street, and have been in the employ of Mr. Peniston for the last three years. 1 have the charge of the engine, have to look after the fires, to lock up the place at night, and I have charge of everything in the yard. The last time that I locked up the gates on Thursday night last was at ten mibwes to ten. Before leaving the place I drew the red fire out of the stove, as usual, and filled up the bars with slack, in order that we might have a small fire ready for use on the following morning. Sometimes when I have slacked the fire, it has been completely burnt out when I went next morning; but generally there was a little fire in the stove. I have followed the practice of slacking the fire for the last four months. The engine was• set up with brickwork. The smoke was carried off through a line which went under ground, the whole breadth of the yard. The engine-house was built of brick; and wood. The roof was of wood, and the back was of wood. There was a sufficient brick wall around the boiler, as is the case with almost every engine, and then, there was a wooden partition between the engine-house and the next yard. The furnace has an iron door, divided into two halves. lt was not closed at night. If we had closed it, there would have been no draught, and the fire would have gone ou t. I t was alivays left open at night. The engi ne -h ouse i s fl agge d. There were no chairs in the engine-house, nor any seats of any kind. There was not a joiner's bench in - it. There was a bit of a board temporarily fastened to the wall, and to which the vice was made vast; We used it to lay our tools upon,: but. never as a seat. Inspector Murray—That is the bench of which I spoke. It might have been used for laying tools on, and also as a seat. John Coghlan, in continuation—l was roused out of bed on Friday morning, at about a quarter before three o'clock. The man who knocked at the door in formed me that the yard was on fire. I first ran to my master's house, told Mr. Peniston, and then went to the yard. I found the whole of the building be longing to my master on fire, and other places besides. There were two buildings, one on each side, on fire. I have no idea where the fire originated. On Thurs day night I ordered the lads to fill up the slack, and they threw their spades, three in number, into the fire-hole. The spades were lying there the next day, and the handles were not at all burnt. We left no light of any description in the place. We would not be allowed to do that. We have a dark lantern, which was not lighted more than one night in twenty. We were very cautious about lights; for if it had been known that I had had a candle about the build- , ing, I should have been turned off. The beadle mentioned that he had in waiting an othQr witness, one of the boys in the employ of Mr. Peniston, who was also present when the place was locked up. He could corroborate the evidence of Coghlan. Mr. Curry remarked that he had no reason to doubt the truth of Coghlan's testimony, and that it was un necessary to call the lad. He added, " The fact which the last witness has mentioned about the spades is sufficient to convince me that the fire did not originate from the stove." Inspector Murray—When I went in, the fire was confined to the engine-house. I did not see anything of the spades. They might have been there though I did not see them. The CORONER—Have you any idea, Mr. Peniston, how this fi re or i g i na t e d ? Mr. Peniston—Not at all. I feel confident that it could not have originated in my yard. I feel very sorry, for lam a sufferer very nitwit by it. I had not a farthing of my property in sured. I have examined all over, and there was no thing at the end of the yard that could have ignited. The CORONER—It IS now a question for you, gentlemen of the Jury, whethor we should adjourn this inquest for further evidence as to the origin of the fire, or not. Mr. Peniston—l should be very glad if any gentle man would come and examine my premises, to see whether there is any proof of the fire having origi nated there. The boiler is all good. The CORONER—Do you think, gentlemen, there is any occasion to adjourn, in order that we may have furthef evidence as to the origin of the fire ? Or, supposing that the premises were maliciously set on fire, wculd , that have any effect on the verdict you would return ? I have not any doubt on my own mind.; but some. persons have doubts, though they lean to my way of thinking. We are of opinion that that though, the place was maliciously . set on fire, and these' parties were killed in assisting to extin guish it, the only verdict could be accidental death. I have put the point to one or two, and they think that there is something in it; and, as this was such a melancholy event, and involved such a loss of property, (with which, however, you have nothing to do), as well as of life, I think that it would be better to adjourn for further information as to the origin of the fire. I s'. , nt a note to Mr. Shuttleworth, and he has returned me an answer, stating, that the point to which I have alluded involves a very im portant question, and one he should not wish to decide upon in a hurry. I should not myself hesitate to give my opi n i on on th e law of the case ; but it will no doubt be more sa ti s f ac t or y to the public to have th e case sifted as th oroug hly as we can do so. What witnesses can you get, beadle ? Beadle—There are several police-officers whom I can get, and the man who first saw the fire. H e Cane perhaps, throw some light upon the origin. Then there is Mrs. Isaac's man. lle was in his mistress's place the last, though alone. • Mrs. Isaac was present, and stated that she could give no evk:ence which would at all tend to elucidate the origin of the fire. She added, "My place is an oil and colour store, and we have a boiler in it ; but the last fire we had on the premises, and the last light, either candle, match, or anything else, was on Tuesday, when a small fire was lighted to heat some water." The I3eadle--There is some tar scattered about the yard, and that is thought rather curious,- as tar was more likely to burn than run about. v A Juryman-,lt, .is quite necessary, I think, that further eidence,p4ould be.h ear d, if only for the sake of these"'iwO . ..partieS here, Mr. Peniston• and Mrs. Isaac, who - are •blanied'about the town. The Jury thougytitYas very desirable that further evidence as to the origin of the fire should be obtained, and agreed to adjourn The CORONgIt remarked, " Suppose the premises had been maliciously set on fire, would it alter the verdict or not ? I have no doubt about it; but as one great legal authority holds a different opinion, I shall accede to the wish of the Jury, and adjourn the inquest." The inquiry was accordingly adjourned. THE BLESSINGS OF NEW DISCO- The following bea u tif u l address was delivered on VERIES IN ART AND SCIENCE. the Lith of Septemb er , by M. Lamartine, at the meet ing of the Acad emy o f M acon, of which t hi s e l o q u ent speaker is resid en t. I t i s in reply to some remar k s made by M. Lacret e ll e , respecting the i n j ur y done to certain interests by mo d ern discover i es an d chiefly the changes caused by machinery and steam " Gentlemen,—l intend to answer, in the name of that body I have the honour to represent, those inge nious arguments upon the dangers of industry which he has advanced. "In listening to his spiritual and eloquent critique on the industrial system, I could not forget that Jean Jacques Rousseau once sustained, with equal elo quence and ingenuity, a thesis on the inutility and danger of human learning. The paradox has past — the immortal writer rests ' • and France having ap plauded the sublime attacks on the base of her glor = y, has advanced with a firmer and a more rapid step in the paths of science and of genius, where Europe is . dragged behind her. Thus shall we do to-morrow, after protestations as eloquent against industry. Our rail-roads will be continued, our mechanical powers ' increased. I can believe that a mind preserving all the freshness of its poetry in the maturity of its reason bewails the loss of a more pastoral civilization, and ac • euses our engines of soiling the azure heaven with their black smoke, or our railways of having depoet ised the sweeping undulation o f nature's youth. But the severe and lofty reason of the statesman cannot associate itself with dreams like this ; and finds a truer Poetry in the feverish action of the industrial world, which makes fire, air, and wate r , living slaves of man —than in the idleness of ignorance, or that contempla tive repose which refuses to multiply the work of God : , y the toil of man. " You have quoted, Sir, the great modern English poet to support your .opinion. Chan ce condemns you by the mouth of your own authority. You have not read all Lord Byron, or you would have found this very question answered against 3'o u i n t h e no t es t o his immortal pilgrimage of ' Childe Harold. "They , d crossed only by t , Ife savage 4 which is most , oncemost poetic—scienceaskedth:itillustroiortansalvtirreiter 7 He pointed to the or covered with yes ei s which he considered , shadowy withil ocean. 'I, in turn, ask you,' said h e poetic—that oce an, v oid, bare, desert e in them th ousan ds of disciplined me n yi g , and ' curbing the subjugat e d waves by the powerful a nd hidd en dower of their h e lm?' Was not asking th us , to answer ? " You ac cuse machines ; they are the artificial hands of th e l a b o urer. All natur a l t hi ngs are machines f or man as I hi s the frail c l cloud canoe, of thei r canvas ' carrn soon as he Can think. No inimal invents a machine; in this is its weakness. Man does, and in this is his force. They attest his perfectability. Blaspheme not creation by accusing industry. Corrupted and crafty civilization has not made man industrious, but God.—( Applause.) " You say that England outrages the universe to force its markets. I neither excuse nor accuse Eng :and. History listens not to the accusation of one people against another. Yet may I assert that a wide difference exists in the conquests made by the indus trial prin c ip a l—h owev er violent or unjust they be— and those consummated by a brute and military sys tem. Where conquering Rome trod, she left a desert. What have Tyre Carthage, and England left ?—colo nies, peopl e , civilization,-thew groupin gs of consumers And producers. Unjust as the Chinese war—the opium War —may be, if we raise our thonghts o the philosophic height of historic reason, is no compensa.. Lion to be found ? Who knows but the first shot fired !iy a Chinese merchant vessel which commenced. the., Chinese war, bath. burst asunder the port a l s of a new world ? Who knows but that it . has linked, in ,on#fi communion, four hundred Millions of active men with, Europe ? "To prove how cautious we should be in predicf•:' ing consequences, even from the most trifling facts, I will mention three facts, yet providential ones, at the commencement of this age. " In 1768, I believe, they, for. the first time, brought a few packa os of tea, as a curiosity, to the Governor- General of India, and to-day ontire fleets are employed in furnishing its consumption to England, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, &c., the mighty exchange of two worlds. " Another fact is this. Forty years since they pre sented a cotton plant to the Egyptian Pacha, and now one-half of the Meditteranean navigation bears the cotton (f the Nile into Europe. This is nothing. His eyes are opened by his new wealth to political wisdom, and he has suddenly bethought him that the Isthmus of Suez, so long forgotten by trade, is the shortest road to India. lle is about to open the path between the two Continents. " Again, a last fact. Fifty years since an English machinist discovered the incalculable force of expan sion possessed by the compressed vapour of boiling water. The steam-engine was invented. " What results, gentlemen, from these three coin cident industrial facts, occurring in the same age? A second creation of the geographical, political, moral, and commercial world. The extremes of the earth have approached ; languages, races, interests, religions have been blended together. The result for all hu manity has been an increase of force and unity that God alone could compute. In short, these result in a certain and perhaps nigh future, the realization of that chimera of all conquerors and of all creeds—universal monarchy; but at the time universal monarchy, the monarchy ofintellect, commerce, industry, and thought. " Industries are the degrees of rising civilisation. Will you dare to curse, to check, and to destroy them? But 1 know such a thought is far from you. I know that your complaints are only jests. But, Sir, it is a dangerous thing to sport with the truth. From such men as you are, all is considered serious. In scoffing at your age, you run the risk of forcing an error on it. " Independently of this, what is the truth ? It is that the world is changing, and becomes more and more industrial and democratic. The. one must fol low the other. Well, shall we deny the facts for aye —shall we abstain from resolving those two grand and difficult problems which Providence itself hath placed before us ? No; in place of stopping our work men, and destroying our machines, let us accept and triumph over the difficulties of our epoch. The great successes of civilisation are born convulsive efforts. The world becomes industrial. Give industry a soul which shall nullifyits great vice—the hardness of heart begotten in nations who make wealth their idol. " You have pronounced, in conclusion, a word for the language of religion destined al so t o become a po litical term, charity.' That word is also ours, be lieve me. I call to witness all my honourable col leagues in the Council-General of the Department ; they know that our sessions are filled with the sole thought of assisting the working classes; we are not of that implacable school of economists who cast out the poor from their communion, as insects which so ciety should crush. We are well aware how, at an other epoch, materialism produced this legislative ego tism. We have our faith by which we regulate our actions—we hold that society ought to act, heal, and vivify—that there is no legitimate source of wealth which is productive of any unmerited misery—in a word, that policy should be led by science, and admi nistration in the same path along which religion is conducted by virtue ; that is to say, to the relief of all that can be relieved, to the regulation of all that can be regulated—in short, to the general equilibrium of all the great industries. " We do not deny that there are great obstacles— we meet with them every day in our deliberations. Did I not fear to abuse the attention with which you have already heard me, and which must now be nearly exhausted, I would glance rapidly over those ob stacles.—(Go on, go on.) " Well, then, the difficulties to which I allude are these : " Public wealth has three inflexible absolute laws. Labour, liberty for labour, and competition. Every man should labour; it is a law of nature, a law of spirit as well as matter. Every man should labour freely without any other restraint upon his power of working and producing than competition with those who labour and produce as he does. This is the law; if it be violated we become arbitrary and oppressive; obstacles are raised up against one man fur another's profit, or a maximum of labour and production is established which not only impoverishes and ruins the State, but which throws a chain on the most incontestible of the rights of man—the right of living by the sweat of his brow. I know that there are some whose opinions advance forward with rapid strides ; who hold that a forced organisation of labour should be established, and a partition of the public money, without regard to conditions. The secrets of futurity lie hid in the bosom of time—but in the present state of our knowledge we believe that liberty is still synonomous with justice—that to sup pose the possibility of a forced arbitrary organisation of labour is to dream of the resurrection of the Indian castes, instead of the ascendant equality of the modern world, and the tyranny of labour, instead of its inde pendence, and retribution, by the accomplishment of its work. "But we must not hide from ourselves that com petition alone is insufficient—competition is egotism abandoned to itself—it acts with the blind brute force of fatality—it crushes and tramples on all around it. Let the whole world fall to ruin provided that Ibe enriched.' This is its motto—can this be the device of a well-organised, moral, aud, above all, Chris tian society. No; when competition has annihilated industry, and wrenched the last penny, the last crust of bread, from the hands of the labourer without em ployment, society cannot turn round upon him and say, `die of hunger.' The last word—the last reason, which a well organised society could utter could never be death—the last words of society are life, that is to say, labour and bread. That is the bourne at which we must inevitably arrive; it is there that we are turned by the most wholesome study of political economy, and by those inspirations of the human heart which precede and complete every science, and which one of our colleagues has so well defined in those sublime words, ''To love is to have knowledge.' "Yes, the science of political economy is confined — law is austere and severe, and competition is without pity; but then, is there nothing beyond science, corn petitions, systems, and written laws ? Beyond this lies a whole world—a moral world; there is 4od, with his laws not written, but interpreted and expounded y philosophers and religious men, in which we find cor rection and compensation for our imperfect laws, as all must be imperfect that is written by the hand of man. Yes, therein do we find inspirations immea surably superior to those of bartering avarice, or of a purely human' policy. Without such inspirations there is no society that will not sink under the weight of its own vices, egotism, inequalities, and miseries. The equilibrium which is ever and anon thrust aside by cupidity may be restored by care and courage. " There is a ceaseless struggle between charity and cupidity. And for what do we ask ? That political society should not stand by passively gazing on the struggle that is going on between industry, wealth, and labour ; that it should interpose, not by pushing itself arbitrarily between the manufacturer and his workmen—between the consumer and the producer —but that it should interpose, with all the power which it possesses, to afford asssistance wherever there exists a necessity for its helping hand ; to shower down a temporary supply of funds wherever there be a congregation of the working classes out of employ ment; in a word, let it be as a visible, enlightened, active Providence, shedding its healing balm upon the sufferings of the population ; let it strive to imitate that invisible Providence which is sometimes hidden from the sight of the unfortunate, in order to endow society with the glory and honour of supplying its place for a moment.—(Applause.) " And will the means ever be discovered for realis ing this desirable object, which has been lately in volved with such hopeful earnestness by the illustrious philosopher to whom I now reply. For my part I have no doubt upon the subject. Society has never failed to invent aught that was necessary for its wel fare or support. Genius is not_the grand disco verer and inventor in the ranks of society. This grand inventor is love; genius is but a faculty, whereas the lore of man is an impassioned virtue, and for our honour or excuse let it be said that this passion for the improvement of any class of human beings is the characteristic passion of the present age . It is to this passion that we owe the invention of so much that posterity will appreciate better than we could have done. It was this passion that invented the French Revolution, dispassionately and morally considered, the audacious application of the principles of the fraternity of men, drawn from the Scriptures, and philosophy, and introduced into political legisla tion—it was this passion which borrowed from reli gion that sublime word " equality," and which will shortly, I hope, borrow from the same source that still sullimer word, the union of all classes. Ah ! the present age, which has been so loudly blamed, but which all hilosophers should bless, has made rapid strides in political science. This science was wont of yore to look upwards only, but now it descends to look downwards. Of yore, it founded claims upon force alone, and now it founds them upon rational grounds, and, above all, on that religious reason which is not the problematic product of science, but which the ministers of divi..e law, those stepping-stones between God and mankind, received and inculcated with the very dogmas of their faith. "Let us separate with these hopes, and in accept ing the democratic conditions of society, let us each, in our own sphere, labour for their improvement. You, members of this academy, which shows the human mind in all its brilliant and solid phases—you who light up the road of thought—reflect, meditate, and create science. We men of application and ad ministration, we will make laws and regulations — and you, pious men, ministers of alms and human 'virtues, lend us, for the consummation of our im perfect laws, those two powers which you alone pos sess, and without which no society can hold its " ground —charity on hie h and resignation here below. CHEAPNESS OF FRuiT.—The quantity of fruit in our market on Saturday was very great, and the p r i ces at which every description of it was sold, were aston ishingly low, apples being sold for ad., per gal., and in some instances lower ; Keswick codlings were sold in the evening at td. pergallon, other fruit in proportion.— Leices enhire 21Tavvry. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. The lifoniteur publishes an article in which the writer contends that " the productions of France are treated in the new American tariff with greater favour than those of other countries, thanks to the modifica tions introduced into the Bill by the Senate. In the original project the silks of all countries were to be subject to a duty of from 40 to 45 per cent. ad valo irsenre.epllacned tariffythebb now in f orce t he d uty ad vcrenz a specific duty of $24- per pound weight, a change highly favourable to French silks, on account of their being lighter and of greater value than the other silks imported into the United States. French wines were at first to be made liable to a duty of 20c. per gallon ; by the new tariff they will only pay 6c. and 7in., that is, less than was stipulated in the Convention of 1832. Cotton goods of French manufacture are likewise t.) enjoy an indirect advan tage. The nominal duty laid on that article is 30 per cent., but, it amounts in reality, in certain cases, to 100 per cent., whilst it invariably remains fixed at the first rate for the fine Indiennes, which constitute the most considerable portion of the export of French cotton goods to the American Union." The Presse says—" The new American tariff, which was thought to be indefinitely adjourned in consequence of divisions in the legislative body, ap pears to have caused a grave perturbation in our prin cipal commercial towns. The Bordeaux papers, amongst others, have already noticed the disastrous effects which this recurrence to the prohibitive regime has produced. An American vessel, the Sea, was taking her cargo on board in the harbour, and on re ceipt of the new t ar iff t h e merc h ant had his goods landed again, preferring to pay the penalty of half the freight he was subject to by his articles of agree ment. The Sea will quit Bordeaux in ballast, and will be followed by the other vessels in the harbour, 10,000 or 12,000 tons of merchandise which were to be taken to the United States will, therefore, remain in store; and similar facts are taking place at present in our other commercial towns, and most probably in all other countries which are affected by the enact ments of the American Bill. A' double evil will result from this. In the first place, the countries of Europe, which were accustomed to send their natural or fabricated products to the United States, will be affected by a crisis more or less in tense; and, next, the United States themselves will undergo the reaction of the evil which they will have caused. If in a few points only the conduct of the Bordeaux merchants be imitated, the quantity of im ports to America will diminish considerably, and the customs' duties, calculated after a more elevated tariff, but on a much smaller quantity of goods, will remain, most probably, below the figure which they have hi therto reached. The measure adopted to supply the deficit of the American Treasury will, therefore, be inefficacious, and their financial situation, in place of improving, will become worse. Thus, by a just re turn, the abuse of the fiscal and prohibitive system al ways falls back on those who try to seek safety in it." The Delnds has the following :—" The new tariff adopted by the American Congress, after so many ter giversations, and to which President Tyler has given the sanction which he had previously refused, will affect the commercial relations of the United States with all Europe. It certainly will limit interchanges. It is not only fiscal, the only character it ought to have assumed to be consistent with the federal com pact—it is also protective. With'regard to iron, and cotton linen and thread, it is so in a high degree. The duties upon ccttonnades are nominally 30 per cent. ; but, according to the manner in which they are to be assessed, they will, for common or medium cottonnades, be in fhct still greater. On our beauti ful Indiennes they will not be less than 30 per cent. The duties on woollen cloths are also considerable, and will be prejudicial to the English manufactures. These duties were partly occasioned by a desire to fa vour the manufacturers of cottonnades, cloths, and iron goods in the north. The spinners and weavers of New England having coalesced with the iron masters of Pennsylvania, this object was pertina ciously pursued, and is now attained. The interests of France, however, have, in the new tariff, been more considered than those of England. Instead of the feeling of hostility against us that some persons have believed to exist in the Union, there remains at bottom the old attachment which took root on the eAtablishment of the independence of America. Admitting for a moment that . relief to the federal finances was all that was required to restore order, stability, and prosperity to the States, let us ask, can it be expected that under the new tariff the public re ceipts will bring into the Tresktry at 'Washington a sum of from 30,000,000 to 32,000,000 dollars, of which it is in want ? According to the American journals, the best judges on the other side of the Atlantic do not anticipate any such result. Such members of the Congress as are imbued with democratic prejudices have not dared to come to the only resolution which can be efficacious, that of laying a heavy duty on the three articles which are of most general consumption in America—we mean tea, coffee, and sugar. The first two articles are now, as previous to the tariff, en tirely exempt from duty, and the third only subject to such a charge as is necessary to protect the,sugar manufiletories of LotrNiatia. Nothing can be more easy than to draw from these articles customs' duties to the amount of from 50,000,000 f. to 75,000,000 f. The people of America are sufficiently rich to bear such a tax without injury to their fortunes. They, however, have not as much wisdom as wealth. They cannot overcome their political passions as easily as they overcome natural obstacles. May Heaven grant that the cruel warnings of adversity may not be neces sary to bring America back to her senses." The Ministerial evening journal, the M'essager, in an article on the new American tariff, after alluding to the duties on French articles, says :—" On the whole, if we consider the necessity that existed for the Federal Government to augment the Customs' duties (almost the only source of revenue), in order to meet the public exigencies, we have no reason to be dissatisfied with the charges upon our products. The active solicitude of the King's Government, ably seconded by the judi c i ous nego ti a ti ons o f t h e F renc h Minister at 'Washington, has ordained results which insure for them in the markets of the United States an advantageous and permanent sale." M ONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 35i, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 571, it follows that gold is 0.88 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By Idvices from Hamburg+, the price of gold is 433 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Hainburgh on London at short being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The Funds were a little flat in the early part of business, but they closed rather firmer, and at the price they opened. Loans of cash were made at three per cent. during the day, which is rather a higher rate than previously required. By the official returns published by the Customs the exports of the precious metals to foreign and co lonial parts for the week ending Thursday last, were as under : Silver coin to Rotterdam 6,000 oz. A small failure his occurred on the Corn Exchange, viz., that of Messrs. W. Hills and Co., corn factors. It is mentioned in the City as of minor importance. though it serves as an additional instance of the losses by over-advances on corn, which have of late been so frequent. Among the plans which are mentioned in the City as likely to promote the importation of bullion into India, it is suggested that the Directors of the East India Company should suspend their tax of 4 per cent. upon coining. While this exists the Govern ment can make bullion yield them 4 per cent. more than the merchant; and he cannot ship it so as to yield a remunerative exchange. The abolition of the tax, it is thought; could be easily effected without considerable change, as the Mint establishment is per manently employed and paid. There is no doubt that some remedy is wanted for the depreciation of cur rency in India, the war in China operating as an ad ditional cause to those already touched upon in pre venting the influx of treasure into the country. SUN.—An improvement was visible in the condition of the Money market in the afternoon, and Consols left off at the prices of yesterday, being 92a 921 for Money, and 924 92i for the Account. India Stock was about 2 per cent. worse, the rate being 247 248. Although money was in greater demand, but more from an apprehension that it may be wanted than any actual pressure, the premium on Exchequer Bills remained at 50 52 for the Old, and 49 51 for the New issue. The prices of Foreign Securities were rather bet ter, although no decided change has to be observed. Belgian Bonds were 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents., 511511; the Five per Cents., 102 102 ] . Danish, 83 84 ; and Brazilian , 66 6 7. ;f1 The quotation for Mexican Bonds wa s 3 51 35i, with but the smallest amount of busine ss . Birmingham an d The Share-market showed more firmness; London and Birmingham were 182 184; 81 82 ; th e 4 Gloucester, 39 41 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 58,i 59+ ; South Western, 57 58 ; Shares, 27 28; North Midland, 56 58; South Eastern and Dover, 22,} 2 the N 81 81 ; Northern and Eastern,'l ;Eastern Counties, per share. 64 7; and Brighton, 34 34J 8 9 ; Blackwall, Exchanges, A decided e s i p m e p e r i a o l v l y e improvement t was seen in the rates of ; Amsterdam + ; Antwerp, Paris, which was quoted at 25f. 80c., 25f. 85c. terdam, 12 6 . e i r ,) arn 12 6, 12 61 ; Rot 13 11+, 13 . 114 ; Frankf P ' 4, ' 12 44- ; Hamburgh. 25 90 ; Marseilles, 25 ort, 150+ 151 ; Genoa, 25 85, Vienna, 9 55i 9 r 8 5 ; Leghorn, 30 30, 30 35 ; • , 06i ; M•ul I.'ld 36a 36/ • Lisbon, 521 524 all at th ree month's ' 4 8 ' The quotations f or the . Bonds were—Colombian, °Of 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese . Five per Cents., 35+ 351 ; the Th ree per Cents., 21 211,- ; Spanish Five per Cents., 15-1,- 16k; the Three per Cents., 2.01 21. . . . A speculative demand, which had arisen for deal • ings in Spanish Bonds, has been suddenly checked by the announcement that M. Calatrava has in course of preparation a complete account of the liabilities and sources of the income of Spain. Senor Calatrava resided for many years in England, and, during that time, earned the reputation of being a highly honour able and straightf orwar d man of 'business ; his pro • ceedings since his accession to office have not been such as to alter the opinion of those who then knew him, but rather to strengthen it. The subject of Indian finance has at length become ' to be seriously considered, and the discussion at the General Court to-morrow is looked forward to with anxiety. This, it is supposed, will i,e protracted to a , great length, as the noti ces o f mo ti on f or an account of the Atfghan war will naturally include a detail of the policy pursued. That the revenues of India have been seriously (commercially) trenched upon .is be yond a doubt, and it is to be feared that the results may be severely felt at home. COURSE OF EXC HANGE —(YESTERDAY. 1 Amsterdam CF.I2 9 "Gibraltar... 7% Dolan ........ ..•• .•• 30 40 Ditto, at sight Antwerp ...... 1 1 2 2 Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12 9 • Genoa "26 0 31 Ilamburgh 11.13. 13 14frIVeniee ... 47 Altona ................. . 13 I 5 i Naples .. Paris, 3 days' sight • ... 25 65 iPalerrno per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months...,_ 25 90 !Lisbon . : 5O Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 !Rio Janeiro 23i Frankfurt on Maine... 131 i Illahia .... ................. 23 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 36,i /Buenos Ayres Berlin .. Vienna, etrae. fl. 3 M 959 .Philadelphi a ............. 4 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao .. .. . Barcelena 36 'New Dollars— ...... 0 0 0 Seville NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY ORD,ER, The following paragraph has gone the round of the daily Papers •: " COMAIISSIONING TEN MEN•OF-WAR.—SIISEI t - NESS, SATURDAY ' SEPT. 24.—Three first-rate, three second-rate, and four third-rate men-of-war are or dered to be brought forward at this yard, ready for commissioning. India and China are reported as being the destination of some of them." The truth of this matter is said to be as follows : Some months ago the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ordered estimates to be prepared for them at the principal dockyards, showing the expense of putting a number of ships of the line in such a state of repair and forwardness as to be available for imme diate commissioning, should circumstances make it necessary that a larger naval force should be employed in active service, or shculd the ships on foreign stations require to be relieved, or want such repairs as can be done only in our English dockyards. Their Lordships, having obtained the estimates from the authorities, have it, we believe, in contemplation, although n'thing has yet been definitively settled, to do away with the system of having what is foolishly called " demonstration ships," and to bring forward. in lieu of them ten ships of the line at each of the three principal ports, Viz., Sheerness, Portsmouth, and. Plymouth, to be denominated " advanced ships of the ordinary." It is understood that these ships are always to be kept in such a state of readiness for com missioning and proceeding to sea, as regards their hulls, that they shall neither require docking nor. caulking, nor any work to be performed on board! them, on being ordered for service, except to adapt the ports to the guns, and to take down any tempo!. rary ordinary fittings, such as shipkeepers' cabins, or dinary galleries, Sce. To meet this; intention the ships selected for. advanced ships will be regularly docked in turn from time to time, to have their hot-. toms properly cleaned, Sec., as riezessary, so that they may be in such a state as to proceed to sea, when ordered, without risk of waiting to be docked for either a year or two. Should these intentions of the Board of Admiralty be ultimately acted upon, of which there is litth doubt, a bona fide force of thirty sail of the line, the majority comprised of new ships, will always be ready for service on any emergency. This force not being commissioned will be no additional expense to the country, and the constant overhauling that the ships will have, in their turn will preserve them from that decay which many fine ships in ordinary have hereto fore suffered ; and in the long run will amply com pensate lbr the small amount that is required to he expended upon them to keep them in a proper,. effi cient state; while the inestimable advantage will be gained of having such an imposing fleet ready equipped. for sea in the space 'of ten days or a fortnight. Letters from Plymouth state that 'the St. George, 120; Koval 'William, 120; Royal Adelaide, 110 ; Albion 90 ; Canopus, 80 ; and the Clarence, Bouihey, Foudrant, Wellesley, and Impregnable, line-of battle ships, are likely to be brought . forward there as . "'demonstration ships. " (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Tyne, 28, Prince ' Regent, 120, Edinburgh, 72, President, .50, (;on way, 28, and Athol troop ship, are in dock for repair; the artificers are taken off from the whole of them, with the exception of the President, for the purpose of building the new ships and the bringing forward 10 line-of-battle ships into an advanced state, so that in case of their being required on an emergency, they would be ready to receive men without waiting for the dockyard, and being incommoded by the artificers working while the ships are fitting. These advanced ships are not in future to be called demonstration ships, as at present, but ships in an advanced state or crdinary. The like number are to be brought for-. ward at Sheerness and Plymouth, so that if there be a change of the French Ministers, and the war party should be in power, we shall at any rate be ready with ships to meet them, and in a little time men with hearts of oak would, no doubt, be found to man them. Three of these ships, the Vanguard, 80, Vengeance, 84, and Powerful, 84, are already in hand. The Powerful was the ship Charley Napier commanded while performing his feats on the coast of Syria. The Athol troop-ship was built from the timber grown on the Duke of Athol's estate (Scotch larch) : she is now upwards of 20 years old, and is ordered to he repaired with similar material, and she will then, no doubt, run 10 years longer, proving the durability of the larch timber. The Orestes, Captain the lion. Carnegie, M.P., went out of the basin into the harbour on the 23d inst., and the Powerful brought in. The Frolic, 16, constructed o i the plan of Commander Hendry, is fitting in the basin, and the Samarang, 28. On the two slips that have been repaired the Albert, 90, and the Royal Frederick, 110, are in frame : the Albert is a similar ship to the Albion, that was launched at Plymouth a few weeks since. The Eurydice, 26, a frigate on the plan of Admiral Elliot, who commanded the fleet at China, is progressing fast to completion : it is supposed she will be launched text May. am A eng gr m e ,he at ii d i eias s Italian l e t timberevery fine has been timber, Nvh icirj is thought mach of, from its beautiful curvature, for the purposes cf ship building. THE CAILBUL PRISONERS. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of a Morning Contemporary 'Dublin, Sept. 23. other news papers SlR,—Thq Morning Chronicle, and papers in the service and pay of the late Government, aldwtheel laontt other e r l tki: , li ff e cg s eh an si r l d n ar t ! " 7 of f a vob honourcen endeavouring o p u ar r i t n g o f toth the prove Government,t l s ie tae, cruelty onan dt haei svoe. or: the British troops, hampered in Afghanistan, in . not noofwthe 13ri advancing (without means of transport) to the rescue i(i)fatoitilisr of u n it h k ac z i: r y mmander-in-Chief, p ss s u i e n d a by active servicee late best lt aNtltitlll:orpietrvitlatphst:t, on the first advan ce description, to in the fiPeelrde.mP" or ders Khan bcountrymene tish army into Afghanistan, the ir a io n s y t :orbidding ladies, or women of As long as the C ommander-in -Chief ( o le i r i s ltl ' l V e e t r r e Ce i j Henry Fane, was with the , General Sh hably obeyed ; but long before army this order was pro ladies and multitudes of women be quitted India and other places then in women hastened to Caubul all military oblio•atioi our possession, released from is by civil authority. They are all p rison ers , very unfortunates oners and will 1 it will be seen that these and dishonourdis gracethe to the British arms. advance women that would alone prevent any on our part (even supposing that our troops were perfectly • equipped for a forward movement on Caubul.) A.kbar Khan • . o f , at the first intnnation a move on s capital, will send in such a message as this " Move at your peril : I have hitherto treated your ladies and prisoners kindly, but the first move towards Caubul I shall consider myself releaSed from all obli tzations towards them and you. I believe such a message (and such an one will most assuredly be sent) would even puzzle the writer of the Indian articles in the Morning Chronicle. Let the writer only inquire what treatment Chris tian ladies and women might undergo in the bands of" furious and bigoted Mahometans ; if he did, he would learn that which might in common charity (leaving the defence of Whig policy aside) deter him from urging measures which would only lead to outrages upon our unhappy women a hundred times worse than death itself. HENRY PANE, Lieutenant-Colonel, Aide-de-Camp to the late Commander ' in-Chief in India. If there is a delicate, deformed, or weak-minded. child in a famil y , i t i s generally t h e f avour it e with parents. This is a beautiful illustration of natv,ri. taking the part of the most helpless.