The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-01 00:00:00

Portuguese Fives ...... 32 ... 321 ... 324- ... 32 Neapolitan ......... 108 311.. 108 50... 108 25... 108 50 Roman ......... 1054 ... 1054 ... 105 i ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Ver& ailles, R.ll ...... '265 ... 9 65 265 ... n L.ll .......... 97 50... 98 75... 97 50... 98 75 n e- "" ... .1 567 1 " 0 567 50... 567 50... 567 50 ........................... 6:3 75: 583 75... 583 75... 583 75 rasburg to Bale.-- `'o7 50... 207 50... 205 ... 205 We received a letter from " A Deacon of a Dis -1-1118 Chapel" same ten days ago, requesting us to ',_none certain questions in reference to the disputes . ';', l l3 .ng the clergy of Scotland, but from the style in Ivt,„, l • e i ll i t was written, and the obvious answers to '' might have occurred to any person possessing did not information we believed our Correspondent not seriously expect, a reply. .He calls the Peer! an ive ci o sat on the Auchterarder appeal case "lordlings, s i o like the w ild men of the North, treats their deci oil?. Wi th contempt. O n e of t h ese "l or dli ngs ," h e are to know, is seventy years o f age , a ll o f th em " tb. re ab r ove Sixty, and whether we regard their talents, Profound knowledrre of law and equity, or their sTanteral cha r a cter as upright Judges, we may safely wholeht it w ou ld b e i mposs i ble to find among the :' legal profession four other men whose opinions t n ; ll ,ch a subject are entitled to equal weight. They t ‘v decided' on e case , w hi c h se ttled some th a e ,at.Y cases of the same kind, and their decision was, this t ,„he appellants had committed illegal acts. Is dustL - uer.con- •of a , Church so ignorant ; that he of ".con to us for information, and ask_ what Act fro,arliament forbids any body politic or ecclesiastical bt 1-I„Z_Vecting, contrary to the law laid down r by the I re t authorities both in Scotland and nl robbing. thell,,,erahle Pastors from their holy offices, f ail ;:i.of their property, and ruining them and their li a ' e ? He might as wall ask what Act of Par- Zent forbid s a man "to covet his neighbour's wife, ill, is , o r, or his a ss ." Th e N on -I n t r usionists coveted k 'oi n , an ses and th e gl e b es an d th e s tip en d s o f th e ir their ua nrs, and th e y m a d e a l aw o f th e i r own to carry ofthilearposes into effect . ; Imit that law is not the cost law thei z o la nd, and th a t th e a g gressors now know to 1110 1 ,,, and COMMERCIAL NEWS. A CITY, QUARTER TO MARE. g st, °° €i deal of anxiety is . expressed at the non all' of the British Queen • and although we do not nia. - 3 , o t b e s ' a dd. to the alarm ' felt u on'the subject, we 'mo wn, e . r ve that she is longer out than ever before - u p to ey.ea last Christmas. Indi a st Lnis tim e nothing has been heard of the Wrest Soutb arn ee , lll er, though, had she come right on to ses s i on 1 3 , 1 °n, We should, no doubt, have been in puss Th e Tee' her letters ere this. t amely Veil are not inclined, it seem!,. to . be so by th; 81 , 1111 ( 1 L'd as ourselves, and are manifesting this dispositions for obtaining redress from the el a• a lie utan Uoverninent. We are told that the dis are'-'es in reference to the Tavogliere a see worae than . was expected, and that s carce] laid scheme of fraud has been discovered,. 'llea 3 ; one of the originators' of the concern being Itar e a e t ,_, any substance or ..character. 'The foreign all a. " . uters are consequently involved in the loss , of L4nr ,capital, and as the Government was insa u -lental aeld 'n the getting up of the concern, the Dutch The a Partly resp ons ible, at l east so repor t says. ', " beefa . ' upon b r i ms t one expor t e d f rom Sicily has tin e G - Ueed by 2 t ax i s per qu i nta l , pro b a bl y b ecause too 0 4e rntneat finds out that our manufacturers are the n ',ver in the a d opt i on o f f res h resources, to a ll ow army Blv, to be m a d e a h an dl e f or monopolists t o as, gains with. gena ge n tssian fair of Nischnei Novgorod has not al % so well as usual this year, a great scarcity of °Slr eY e ll aring prevailed, an d cre dit b e i ng as k e d no t ta le a_,`ur present purchases, but also for liabilities con ,7 on, account of former dealings. es ik ' e ad. money was scarce with every one, but more sua tl ally with the merchants of Kasen, who have tr er et ed so much by the conflagration there ; but in 01,4•1 instance a laudable desire was . evinced to meet l ();(1"alIdirla; engagements. Furs, iron, corn, &c., a sag I . ` lll -eii below their value ; and of tea the supply 1- I ; ar g'e, and the price cheap. tla t ' ‘ e , report of the Liverpool Cotton-market states th e '4e t ransactions yesterday were to a fair extent, l ita.ilaetations being steady. Sales 4,000 bales ß . r i n tea ' s wa 3 6 also, a moderate business was done. PiaT.:ere supported. Eastern Counties brought Sk; ket , "" ll ,gb and Glasgow, 461 ; Great Western, ' l l Liverpool and Manchester, 175 ; and Alto n u 4. Stool; Markets are closed to-day, and among co,,Pl'bers prices are nominally much the same. Zia abaut 931_,• Spanish, 171. hav e 4ICUESTEH STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 31.—We aad •market to-day, and. only a small arr airti a quiet ti o , tof business has been transacted... Our quota- Share as a re'. l Lancaster and Preston, Three Quarter ' 4 ; l s i,' B i; Liverpool and Manchester, Half . Shares, ter , 18 i; Liverpool and Birmingham, 20 ;,South Wes n' 6 4 to O. C M 111 ARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (I°-n r , g 1 rGR 'l l COLONIAL. continues to be a fiiir business tinurs UldlCl Plantation, about 500 hhds having ti`"Y for - pries, and the market con cel;e' of Ihopublic sales have consisted l a" 0 3' :;.a 5 f 1 0, 8 4 hag 41 casks Bengal, Sugar, and ready L.:"lasses• hags whole of the Stigar found 0 4 e , 1.8 at. to 60s Gd for t o f i n _ brightgeed, brown to h iole e white aleaow and a small portion of low 63 s fid t to 70s 6d, which are rather ) 'C r '`sal Pi l e ". The Molasses sold at 26s to 27s for p .i rti i i r li a ti al s l a t Y et ' ie b n e s hig the extreme value. • Privately have taken place worth re liavangt: \ '` a lth the exception of large. parcels of yellow xes e ,"2 of mid quality, consisting of ,nearly 2,000 oeirie'ti';'nela have been sold (for export) at 193 Gd, l atil a ti e e e';trenie value. The quantity, of British Al'ali a 1; 41 , "Inded last week at the East and West 14nd th ere ' s ' was 3,824 hhd s 385 tierces 51 barrels, 41 1ds la r were taken for home consumpton 1,478 set ae iu7 tierces 133 barrels. The stock in the eotl ' a llees 1 7,,508 hhds 2,174 ties and 1,717 brls. i ii3 Nas t P a * ---1 ,320 bags Ceylon at ,auction was all gag of . a ' 3, at 62s to 62s Gd for good ord, and a few i! n frior at 61s to 61s 6d, which is a decline of ‘;ofta a 2 s since Friday week. Fine mid Jamaica per -8 1375. to 1425, and fine Mocha 80s to 90s el at. It tat 4111 I\'7 - . a lh e quantity landed last week at the East \ Vbr e Docks, was 587 puns 99 hhds ; there 4, a & . : 440.11 .or, home consumption -312 puns 45 hhds, sar ae 4 ,l'nrted a ao c puns 125 hhds. The , stock in the is 13,867 puns 2,422 - hhds: \‘ l l , 4B .tal ca lt i• - --Of 861 bags at , auction the whole a'i ,ea 41 above the value, viz., at 29s 6d to 30s for tent refraction. „ ta aa _ a ,„ s ""had e article is firmer, and in some instances an."-igher, though the business doing is limited. t 5 °te Congou is 61d to 2s Sal; Twankay is 71d la t ' and Ilyson 2s to 4s 9d per lb. the L tow p y - q 1 042. • .C. is quiet, 48s 6d per cwt on At ; and Town at 51s 6cl per cwt. a trivo 1--- T he inquiry is ircreasing, but the large C'ec'f Currants have redudad-prices. Old Zante ' L aisi n4 , l)ll4l -orlia at 46s to 48S per cwt. New Valentia ,eo i i i ,a re n in request at 365. Turkey Figs, 655. 1 4 01" ta km i) :: --- T , he public sales consisted . of 825 'ales r_a x .es Ceylon, 774 bales 11 boxes Malabar, ta4',eve. ellieherry, and 68 hales 1 chest Java. The a 1 w t! ' I\ ial a h ere _ P r incipally taken in at is advance, and ar sold , %1 at full pri c e s . HAY MARKETS. 4/ 44 dif.lL33.----Coare meadow hay, 3/5s to 31 18s; t -, ; I°s ; -. 4 ° ' 4 / to 4/ 5s ; fine upland ditto, 41 6s to ut - 1/ a ever hay, 4/ ris to .5/ las; oat straw, 4/ 6s S; • tr ak i INheat straw, ell to 2/ per load. Supply (.! ta 'rate, a ' st e t , 41 14 and trade dun. t o ditt' ll -)•--Cearee meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 4/; to 4/ 1 3s . 9 , 4/ 4s to 4/ 8s; fine upland ditto, 4/ lOs 4 1 2 i; Iv i i e lover haY, 415 s to Si 8s ; oat straw, 41 8s Pal a eat straw, 2/ to 9 / 2s per load. A short a.\n'airlaa sluggi l ah inquiry, at late rates. ti.7tto 31 15s; aldit,Al'ae.-Cearse meadow hay, 0 6 L di 418 5 3 / I.Bs ta r aa, 9 s ; fine upland ditto, 4/ 4s 1' Cs t 0 clover hay 41 lOs to Si 15s ; oat straw, ea,4/ s s . uhs v veeat straw, 11 8s to 2/ per load. , Bot No te tra N r moved off heavily, at the prices aeoved • . I tla aaa-- 4 ta • rrisu ' l 'itar n erally. uEEN.—Apprebension has been 1 4 n pressed respecting the safety of the aaa -atteee. th a a o aercb, steam-packet), now some th a_ uit aaa, - .the British Queen left New York on 44 , ali c a theataor Southampton and Antwerp, and al -4111;141411:II . o S'al mail steamer Columbia from Boston h c i a _ s ,l o i t s: r ar i riv e d at Liverpool, sailed l a 6 s t m h s la4 t i r en, l _ o„. n the_ month, viz., on d of the al o ya, ni,,,a he nothing has yet been hear the \i forn L er . 34,.'es°1nidt onhad . board, as passengers, essr, S i r ssr a . Ivo enan, and Richards, of New York ; d a 9ebal „ 4, 11011 5 e Stevens, David H. Mount, and Ij iiladelphia; Messrs. Thomas Morgan, Rill -ea rian ° s, and William Crcssley, of England ; 4 1er, ,(2f Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Mr. G. LOOT, t Germany. WOI,ING C OMPOSING-ROOM.—The speech of a s vu s Z n a fOr s t ‘ e ie r, v in aneuii-hall, on Friday, was re nt- d• eaew York Tribune by Mr. Raymond, Retitl e _ e 'tor of the New York Tribune. That note s 0"iall Wrete Out the speech verbatim from his from _ b oard the steamer Rhode Island, on her pas suea„°. Stormingto to New York, on the night in a a e ' ll na' its a n %m a; been in. adeevery Boston, and, arrangements t on bo x t f , or the , purpose, the syee;Thessvvas Yorkp tak e lerr n" cont >oat. On reach ing sa• 41 to t h 'nentng the matter was immediately ""lie e ° fflee of the Tribune, and in a few e ; e ; e , t4 a e • e°rPel fur ° , f i _Extra Tribune, ' containing the a:care inaany quantity—wholesale _ and r be'a a r ',. -- as par c h a p s e n i r di s . _ eldt then nearly h le o t u e, ati:l',l ll Y oth er h . peec com . p col Y' Raymo n d .Itors•-•-.Boston is Pet tilts succeeded in distancing all ye AND ilWtAtc Opintou, 11;4o runs may read." :F.i. 011',ZIGIV. Laugier, a young astronomer attached to the observatory of Paris, discovered about seven o'clock in the evening of the 28th ult. the existence in the constellation Dragon of a comet, extremely weak, and without the appearance of a tail. At about ten mi nutes past ten o'clock, Paris time, the right ascension of this star was 16 hours 41 minutes, and the boreal declension 68 degrees 44 minutes. The right ascen sion increased in 6ix hours by 3 minutes 33 seconds time, and the declension diminished 20 minutes in the same interval. Letters from Belgrade of the 17th state that all doubt on the result of the late revolution in Servia had ceased, the Sultan having igsued his Hatti Scheriff confirming Prince Alexander Georgewitsch as Oberk nes, or Governor of Servia. A. letter from Berlin confirms the report that the Russians had ceased to act on the offensive in the Caucasus. The pretended plan of surrounding the Circassians in their valleys was said to be a mere boast, by which the Russians were endeavouring to mask their retreat. The Augsburg Gazette of the 26th ult. announces that the Russian Government, considering the Con vention made with Prussia for the surrender of deserters to be no longer in force, has given orders to the authorities not to receive any deserters or re cruits surrendered by the Prussian Government. Prince Galitzin ' Captain of the Guards to - the Em peror of Russia, died at Paris on Saturday in his fiftieth year. The railway from Berlin to Frankfort-on-the-Oder was opened to the public on the 23d inst. No less than eight of the most celebrated composers of Paris are competitors for the vacancy in the aca demy of fine arts, occasioned by the death of Cherubini. It is stated that the Ipsariots have abandoned Greece. A hundred fan - 1111u, of these brave. islanders have embarked at Syra, and intend to settle . at ip sara, thus making themselves Moslem subjects instead of continuing under the rule - of King Otho. , After an animated debate of five hours, the Com mittees of the Prussian Estates have declared that they consider it to he advisable that a great system of iron railways should be undertaken by the State as soon acs possible. The several railways prOposed to their direction, and the manner in . which the State shall take part in them, will be the subject of future discussion. 2 3 1713L1C OP. =ION. , We quote the following from the Times :—"W e should be glad to be informed of the precise terms on which the British American Association' undertakes to remunerate the volunteer .agents who conduct on . its behalf the department of speculative emigrant hunting. A fresh advertisement,' through the me dium of the Lord Mayor's Court, has, notwithstand ing the publicity attained by the last announcement of the sort, been put forth by the Society on Saturday last, the most striking feature of which appears to be, that the aforesaid British American Association for Colonization and Emigration' pays nobody—nobody whomsoever. Agent, emigrant, seaman, tradesman, all stand in the same predicament;. however they may differ in their claims, their services, or their expecta tions, they are all alike unpaid. Complaints were made both on the first occasion on which this Com pany figured before the public, and also on Saturday, by tradesmen who had furnished the Company with goods, and by seamen engaged in its behalf, that sums of money, to the applicants considerable, were due to them from the Association, and that they were unable to procure payment." The Herald, alluding to the trial of Alice Lowe yesterday at the Central Criminal Court, says— " This trial originated in a charge of felony brought by the Right Hon. Lodge Reyrnond de Montmorency, Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency, Baron Frank - fort of Galmoye, in the county of Kilkenny, &c., against one Alice Lowe, a girl of nineteen years of age, described in the calendar a spinster,' but in reality a recent paramour of the Noble' Lord. It was a trial which (in conjunction with some recorded and other understood facts that have recently trans pired) will not greatly tend to exalt the character of the order' to which his Lordship belongs, and we rise from the perusal of the details as much astonished at the fatuity as disgusted with the immorality of the `right honourable' prosecutor." The Chronicle says :—" A paragraph is going the round of the press, stating, as a rumour in legal circles, that Lord Lyndhurst will retire from the woolsack, and be succeeded by—of all men in the world—Lord Abinger. From the quarters in which this paragraph has appeared, it seems that there are Tories who would not be ashamed of such an arrangement. Still we cannot regard it as more than • a feeler ; an ex periment upon what the public will bear. Or, to take a yet more charitable construction, it may be thrown out to elicit such an expression of opinion as will strengthen Sir Robert Peel in declining to make an appointment which would be of so little service to his Government. If so, we heartily Wish the purpose may be answered. This is a case in which we would gladly contribute to strengthen the. hands of her Ma jesty's Ministers. Lord Lyndhurst's appointment was not altogether satisfactory, on moral grounds, to the more decorous portion of the Tory press . . But the splendid talents of the Noble Lord, and his services to the party in the House of Lords, enforced some sort of acquiescence. Lord . Abinger .has not a like redeeming power and service to be pleaded -on his behalf." ' TVIONEIf-TRADE - comrarmcn. A meeting of the Delegates of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association was held yesterday at their rooms in the Strand, when the Registration Reports were received, which showed that at the dif ferent local Associations about 1,400 persons had re rcistered ; and a Committee was formed to consider the best means for promoting future plans. MCWIAESCASTICAL t The Wesleyan Missionary Society held a meeting yesterday in Aldersgate-street. It appeared that the Society was formed in 1786, and, next to the Mora vian, was the oldest in the country. The Bible had been already rendered into 22 languages, and the in come of the Society during the past year had amounted to 101,0001. _ N/LVAIL AND 1VZ1L.XT.5.72-Y. General Sir W. Doyle, who died a few days since at Paris, acted in the Peninsula, in both a diplo matic and military capacity. He had several decora tions conferred upon him by the municipal authori ties of Spain, and wore a medal for his services in E The late Lieutenant-General Count Claparede, Peer of France, was born at Chignac, in 1774. He commanded Cape Town when the army of blacks re volted, was wounded at Pulstuck, and distinguished himself greatly at the battle of Wagram. LAW AND POIACII. The New Insolvent Debtors Act comes into opera tion this day. The enactments, which amount to 15, are framed for the purpose of enabling debtors to be relieved from thei difficulties without the necessity of previously going to prison. Captain Archibald Douglas, 49th Native Infantry, was yesterday brought up at Marlborough-street, attended by his friends and professional advisers, charged with being a: deserter from the service of the Hon. East India Company. He was remanded till Friday next, to procure the attendance of the captain of the ship in which he sailed to England, and to supply other evidence. TTIMATTLXC,.II.Z. A new farce, called My Valet and I, was brought out at the Olympic Theatre last night. It was very successful with the audience, and was well supported by the' acting of Mr. Wild. COURT—FASHIONABLE. Lord Stanley arrived in St. James's-square yester-.. day from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Lord Wharnclitre, President of the Council, arrived in Curzon-street yesterday from Belmont Castle. Sir Robert. Peel arrived in 'Whitehall Gardens yes terday from rayton Manor. .., The Chancellor of .the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday from the Isle of Wight. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left 'town yesterday foe,Broadlands, Hants. Viscount Canfalupe has left England for the Medi terranean. . ‘ . Lord Wodehouse is entertaining a distinguisbcd party at Keniberly, Norfolk. , . The Duke `of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness have arrived 'at Howick Hall, on a visit to nag Grey. The Marquis and Marchioness of WaterfOrd enter tained a brilliant party of fashionables at 'Curragh more during?the Caher race meeting. The Countess of Leicester, with Lady . Margaret Coke and the young Earl, intend to winter in . Italy. Lord and .Lady John Russell are expected to leave Endsleigh Muse on Saturday for BelgraVe , square. Lord Pluriket arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jer my-street, on. Saturday last, from the Continent. ZIXISCELLANEOU. The remains of the ancient town of Roxburgh, in the South of 'Scotland, have lately 1 een exposed by the ploughshare; while driving over its ancient site ; the line of the streets and foundations cf the public build ings are plainly discoverable. 1 1 At the late festival at the collieries of the Marquis of Hastings in Leicestershire, Mr. Maulmat in pro posing his Lordship's health, stated that on the occa sion of the late disturbances, his Lordship being in London, he was asked by the authorities whether any troops should be sent to protect his property from the depredations •of misguided and lawless men. His reply was :—" No, I du not need. troops, I can depend upon my colliers. Th ey w i ll defend my property, if attacked; and, should it be necessary to rep el force Iby fence, I shah feel Perfectly secure inthe four or five hundred of my against a; host." . flannel jackets from Moira, LAW_INTEL:FL,. IGENCE. INSOLVENT COURT--(THIS6 DAY.) The Court resumed its sitti ngs this morning, at the usual hour. In consequence of the death of the late lamented. Mr. Commissioner Bowen, Mr. Commis sioner Harris presided. THE SUN, ILONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1842. were indicted for stealing a ;mare and cart, value 101., the property of Charles Frt. nklin. The Jury convicted Edwards, And found Meyers Not Guilty. The COMMON SEEGEANT sentenced Edwards to ten years' transportation. ROBBING FURNISHED LonolNGs.--;WiWain Watson and Mary Harrill were ,convicted of robbing their ready-furnished lodgings, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. 7 - (THIS DAY.) John Dunn, and Ellen Dunn, his wife, and E,2en Dunn, their daughter, were charged on suspicion of stealing 40 dozen of wine, the property of Mr. Samuel Anderson, of No. 10, Symond's-inn. It appeared that about three weeks agothe younger prisoner was seen in the cellar where the wine was kept, and on Mr. Anderson returning to to wn yesterday, he found that the cellar had been brOxen open and the wine gone. The prisoners' lodgings were searched, but nothing was found.. The male prisoner had a key of the :chambers. Mr. TWYFORD said he would remand the prison ar, in order that search might be made for the wine. • CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DA Y..) Thomas Wells was charged with deceiving arr.{ at tempting to deceive her Majesty's subjects. it appeared that yesterday evening, between four and five o'clock, the prisoner threw himself on the side of Tottenham-court•road, and pretended to be labouring under convulsions of the most dreadful de scription. .He around his teeth until the blood issued from his gums, and made all sorts of wry faces. Hun dreds of peopl e collected round him, and countless halfpence were; poured in upon him. Police constable . 121 E remarked that, notwith standing the violence-of the fit, he managed to pick up the halfpence regularly. He watched him narrowly for a few minutes, and then discovered it was all sham. Police -constable Restaud, said that was an old trick of the prisoner's. He was generally accompanied by another person who held up his head during the fit, and made loud lamentations: The mention of a sur geon was quite a restorative to the prisoner, who had been several timez imprisoned for tricks of a similar character. Mr. GREENWOOD said it was a most gross and shameful imposture. 116 would send him for six weeks to the House of Cowrection, andhari labour. MARY LEBO NE.—(THIS DAY.) Caroline Mitrphy and Hannah Mahoney, were charged by Jones, an officer' of the Mendicity Society, with begging. Complainant saw the two prisoners following seve ral ladies and gentlemen in. Langham-place, and when he went up to them, they could make no excuse for their conduct. He, therefore, took them into custody. Horsford, another of the Society's officers, showed Mr. Rawlinson a list, by which it appeared, that he had had the former priSoner up himself 14 times, and that each time, she had been committed a month. The other woman was not known. Mr. RAWLINSON sent • the former to the House of Correction for three months, the other was dismisEed with an admonition. Edward Bourke, a gerrtlemtmly personage, residing in Ityde Park-square, was charged with being drunk, and refusing to pay cab hire. Charles Dollery, cab-driver 1,535, stated that while in the rank in Oxford-street a brother cab drove up, and he drove defendant from the stand in Oxford street to Hyde Park-square, and when the gentleman got out demanded his faro 15.6 d., which he (defendant) prise by persons unacquainted with the circumstances refused to pay, and witness, gave hip into custody. The gentleman, in defence, said that he had paid the first cabman 3s. 6d., for which he was to have been driven the whole way. He was sorry, however, for the trouble he had given, as had he not been tipsy he should not have refused. Mr. I.3,Awrassozz advisedlim to settle with the cab man, and the gentlemen expressing his willingness to do so, the case was difeharged. LAW NOTICES. Sittings at Nisi Frills appointed in Middlesex and London, before the Eight Honourable Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westmin ster, in and after Michaelmas Term, 1842 : IN TERM. Middlesex—Tuesday, Nov. 8 ; Tuesday, Nov. 15. London—Friday, Nov. 11 ; Friday, Nov. 18. AFTER TERM. Middlesex—Saturday, Nov. 26. London—Monday, Nov. 28. N.B.—The Court will sit at ten o'clock in the fore noon on each of the days in Term, and at ha'f-past nine precisely on each of the days after Term. The Causes in the list for each of the above sitting days in Term, if not disposed of on those days, will be tried by adjournment on the days following each of such sitting days. On Monday, Nov. 28, in London, no Causes will be tried, but the Court will adjourn to a future day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LoNDox,- Nov. i.—Wind, this day at noon, westeriy, fresh bieeeze and hazy. POILTSMOUTH, OCT'. 31.—Wind W. to W.N.W.— Sid. her Majesty's ship Orestes, West Indies. POOLE, OCT. 31.--Acrd. West Indian, London, for Jamaica ; Hector, Hamburgh, for Vera Cruz. FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W., light breeze.--Acrd. Firefly, Smyrna. Sld. Unicorn, Africa.L LIVERPOOL, OCT. 81.—Wind N.W. light.—Arrd. Fortunata, Peegrave, New York ; Courier, Quebec. Arrd. off Jumna, Calcutta. Ski. Areta, Hobart Town ; Rebocca, Port Philip ; Josephina, Singa pore ; Cassiopeia, Mauritius ; Arica, Arica; Arione, Rio Janeiro; Mary Queen of Scots, Pernambuco; Mary, Poynter, DEnmara ; Jane, Erskine, Grenada; Clio, Barbadoes; Jamaica, Jamaica ; Michigan, and Lanarkshire, New Orleans. , CLYDE, OCT 29.—S1d. Douglastown, Barbadoes ; Mary, Allan, St. Thomas's. GALWAY, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Midas, Moore, St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, OCT. 29. Arrd. Robert Tier, Quebec. DITBLIN, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Indemnity, St. John's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, OCT. 30.—S1d. Underley, St. Thomas's; Merapia, Bermuda. ThooN, OCT. 22.—Arrd. Panope, Walker, St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Baltic, Quebec. OFF FALMOUTIL—DUCIICSS d'Orleans, New York, for Havre. BRIDLINGTON i I3AY, OCT. 30.—Arrd. Amelia, Amest, Miraraic if BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 3 4 1—The Maria Lowther, Richards, from Portsmouth to Sunderland, was fallen in with 27th inst., 75 miles W. by N. of Flamborough Head, in a sinking state, crew saved, by the Charlotte, arrived in the Bay. PORT ISAAC, OCT. 29.—The Timbuctoo from Africa, has been hove off from her former position, after discharging her cargo, and is now lying on the beach. SELBY, OCT. 29.—The Hopewell, Broadhead, sprung a leak at her moorings, 23d inst., and sank. STROMNESS, OCT. 22.—The Margaret, Ross, from Archangel, bound to the Clyde, is aground in the harbour, but expected off without damage. MARGATE, OCT. 31.—The Tretten, Svorg,ie, from Shields to Marseilles, was wrecked on the Kentish Knock yesterday, part of materials saved. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—The Erin, packet, from London to Cork, in leaving the harbour last night, ran foul of the Victoria and Ino (coal laden), and car ried away bowsprit, &c., damaged bows of former, and carried away bowsprit, &c. of the latter. SALE OF PART OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S STUD.—The Duke of Beaufort having determined to reduce his extensive hunting and racing establish ment after the Newmarket meeting, a large draft of his Grace's s t u d was b roug ht up from the paddocks at Badminton, and sold by auction, yesterday, at Tat tersall's, We subjoin the prices of some of the prin cipal lots. There was little competition, and the horses generally were knocked down at low prices. The highest sum realised by one animal was his Grace's valuable hunter Masquerade, which fetched 125 guineas; Assassin, thorough bred, was sold for 96 guineas ; Anspach, 41 ; Retatnosa, 97 ; Hotspur, by Percy, 70; Bayadere, 33 ; Lovely, 27 ; Sweet meat, 24 ; Mare by Percy, dam by Sultan, 15 ; Cor sair, hunter, 20; Jasper, 46, lately ridden by the Marquis of Worcester ; Fantastic, by Percy, was knocked d own a t th e l ow p r i c e of six guineas. His Grace's thorough -bred horses the Abbess, Young Duchess, Bonnet Pet, Delicate Daphne, &c., realised moderate prices. The Noble Duke, it is understood, intends still to keep up his splendid hunting and racing stud, at Badminton, but on a less extensive scale. SAVING A PENNY.—A farmer, in the neighbour hood of Balfron, sent his servant girl last week to that village with five pounds' weight of butter to sell. Having learned that in Campsie, about fifteen miles off, a certain price could be obtained—one penny a pound more than he expected in 13alfron—the girl was ordered, if she did not obtain the higher price in the village, to walk on to Campsie with her basket. The result was, that the girl had to trudge to Campsie and back, about thirty miles, to gain fire pence for her money-making master. It is needless to say that her master did not agree to keep the servant in shoes.—Dundee Herald. CANAL BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS.—It has been decreed by the Congress of New Grenada, that all the privileges which have heretofore been given to the French and English, in opening a canal through Panama, be forfeited and withdrawn, and the project of connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific be thrown open to the competition of the whole m odd. IN RE GEORGE 13117MPIIRYES. The Insolvent's petition was opposed by Mr. Wood ruffe, on the grounds of fraudulently making away with property. It appeared that the insolvent had executed certain assignments of his property, and, upon receiving the money, expended a large portion of it in defending ah action brought by the opposing creditors, and the rest, according to his schedule, he los.; also in law ex penses. He had been now in prison upwards of six months. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the insolvent's con duct rendered him amenable to the 76th section only of the Act, by which a remand of six months could be inflicted. As he had ben in prison since his vesting order fora much longer time than that the judg ment of the Court of course could be only nominal, and he regretted this more, as in his experience few cases came before him which exhibited more fraud and villainy. Ile was then declared to be entitled to his discharge in six months from the date of his vest ing order. IN RE JOSEPH JOETT. The insolvent, who was described as a wine mer• chant, applied on his petition to be discharged. He had been a bankrupt a'short time back when all his property was sold by the assignees, and nothing was available now to his creditors.—Discharged. IN RE THOMAS BODGEII-LOAN SOCIETIES. The insolvents' schedule showed the greater part of his liabilities to have been incurred either as principal or_ security to Loan Societies. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS in ordering his dis charge said, those transactions with Loan Societies Were always very doubtful, and in the Loan Societies themselves his daily experience in that Court taught him there was much which required to be set right. IN RE JOHN MARSHALL. The insolvent had carried on business at South ampton as a manufacturer of steam-boilers, and sub kequently as an engineer and general founder in Col chester-street, Whitechapel. In 1839 he became bankrupt, when the amount of his debts was 4,0001. The sum from which he now sought to be relieved was nearly 2,0001. A number of creditors opposed. After a number of cases were heard against his discharge, the Court ordered the further hearing to be adjourned to produce two witnesses. CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice MAXLE.) FORGEEY.—E. Bannister and J. Cumpbell, who were acquitted on a charge of forgery on Monday last, were this morning arraigned for a misdemeanor, in having an engraved plate for printing notes, re presenting Bank of England notes, in their possession. By arrangement with the prosecutors, the parties pleaded guilty, and were respectively fined one shil• ling and discharged. FORGING AN ACCEPTANCE.—Edward John Steven son was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged ac ceptance to a bill-of exchange for 691., with intent to defraud John Malinson. Mr. BODKIN opened the case for the prosecution, and called John Mnlinson, the prosecutor, who is carrying on bbsiness as an outfitter. Prisoner, who stated he resided in Ratcliffe-highway, called upon wit ness. Subsequently a person named Williams called on witness, and afterwards Williams and prisoner called together, and selected goods for purchase to the amount of 821. The goods were sent. Williams and prisoner again called, and - Williams said that he sup posed cash was always acceptable, and gave witness four 51. notes. Witness had subsequently applied for payment of the balance, and saw Williams and the prisoner together. The prisoner had before then told witness that Williams was about to get some bills discounted, and that if he would come down they would settle his account. A bill for 691. 17s. was given, and witness paid in cash 81. 175., being the difference between the amount of his account and the bill I:iven to him, Williams having refused to take out the difference in goods, or to have any further transactions with him in con sequence of witness's unbusiness-like conduct in asking payment of his account. The bill was drawn by J. T. Cutting. The prisoner stated that the drawer was the Cap tain of a vessel then at sea, and that he was a respect able man. James Carter, a policeman, who has lived in Ips wich for 36 years, knew a Captain Cutting there, who has been dead these three years. Never knew any other Captain Cutting. Cross-examined--Knew another man named Cut ting, who is not a captain. The other Cutting is a fisherman. Has heard him called Captain Cutting, within the last few days, in London. Witness said to him, '"You are Captain Cutting here, but you are not in Ipswich."—(A laugh.) . . From the evidence of other witnesses it .appeared, that when taken into custody, the prisoner had stated his name to be Williams, but had after wards • admitted that it was Stevenson. It further appeared that several persons had sent goods to the premises in Ratcliffe-highway, occupied by the prisoner, all of which had been removed at an early hour in the morning, and the policeman who searched the premises found nothing there but. empty pack-, ages and cases of shavings, &c. Mr. CLARMON, for the defence, said he should in °duce the person who had accepted the bill, and called John Thomas Cutting—l have commanded the Eliza, a fishing-boat of 14 tons. They call me Cap tain Cutting in Ipswich. The acceptance to this bill is my writing.. Cross-examined—l have left gaol twelve months. I was there six months. It is five or six years since. I commanded the Eliza. I have a rowing boat now. I wrote my name to that acceptance in Ipswich in July last. I had no goods from Williams, but I con sidered I owed him money. I had lost some cloth of his. My family have applied for relief to the work house. 1 hawk apple 3 and other things about the street. Mr. BODKIN (handing him a piece of paper)— Write y(ur name on that. The witness went to the table, and wrote his name. I wrote my name and the direction then, which is written across it. I had nothing given me for ac cepting it. Re-examined—Williams told me he would take up the bills, and that I should have no trouble with them. I was in gaol for smuggling—never for debt or for felony—only fur smuggling. • Mr. CLARKSON—You have never been to prison, then, for anything affecting your character for honesty? Mr. Justice MAULS.—What ! not for smuggling ? —(A laugh.) It is committing a fraud on the re venue, and that is dishonest. I cannot suffer such an observation to pass unnoticed. Mr. I3omiug replied. Mr. Justice MAULE summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. There was another indictment against the prisoner for a misdemeanor, which he traversed until next sessions. The indictment was for a conspiracy to de fraud. Mr. CLARKSON applied to the Court to admit him to bail. Mr. Justice MAULE—What is the value of the pro perty ? Mr. CLARKSON—Under 200/., my Lord. Mr. Justice AIATILE—Then let him give bail, him.. self in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. each, for his appearance next session. Mr. BODKIN—With the usual notice, my Lord ? Mr. Justice MAULE—Of course, with the usual notice. NEW COURT (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Elizabeth Millington, a genteely dressed young female, was indicted for stealing on the Ist of last month, a gold watch, chain, seals, &c., the property of 1 R. Dick, from his person. Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prosecutor had been to see a relative in Holborn, with whom he remained to a late hour, and having drunk pottle deep of .:,trong Scotch ale, when he got into the street his head reeled round, and he became unconscious, and upon getting home he missed his watch, which was brought to him next morning by a policeman, who had taken it from the prisoner. The chain, seals, &c., were at the station-house. The prosecutor said 'be was so stupid that he could not state what occurred, but of this he was confident, that he did not see the prisoner that night. 'The COMMON SERGEANT—If that is the case it is impossible to convict the prisoner. The prisoner was accordingly acquitted. The COMMON SERGEANT told her to be cautious for the future, because if she was placed at the bar again she would be recollected. The prisoner declared that the prosecutor gave her the watch to take care of because he was tipsy, and that, having it in her possession, she did not make away with it as she might have done. COMMUTATION or P UNTSIIMENT.— James Andrews, who was convicted on Friday last of a robbery upon the person of a gentleman named Harris, and sen tenced to fifteen years' transportation, was this morn ing placed again at the bar, in order that that sen tence might be commuted to ten years. The COMMON SERGEANT said that it had been in timated to the Court that he had fallen into error at a later period than was at first believed. He would, therefore revoke the first sentence, and the judgment of the Court no vv was, that he be transported ten, in stead of fifteen, years. HORSE-STEALING.— Joseph 11Icyers and J. Edwards, THE LATE ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, " He sang Old songs, the product of his natire hills : A skilful distribution of sweet sounds, 'Opening from land to laid an easy way, By melody, and by the charm of versc." This remarkable man was, as the public is well aware, bred a mason, and it may, therefore, be natu rally supposed that many of the works that proceeded from his pen on the subjects of sculpture and archi • tecture, would in such cases abound 'in many shrewd practical hints, technical observations, and apprecia tive criticisms on those subjects, worthy of universal attention. To all his views on these points, perhaps, many men would not wholly subscribe, but the sym pathy with which he recorded the fortunes and fates of such men as Wykeham, Jones, Wren, and l'ran brugh—the diligenc e o f hi s researches, ie generous character of his sentiments, the unaffected case and clearness, and here and there the picturesque strength and eloquence of his language, must obtain the ap probation of every impa r ti a l judge. It will always remain one of th e mos t remar k a bl e and delightful facts in the history of letters, that the " Lives of British Architects," a publication conveying so much valuable knowledge in a style so unaffectedly attractive—so imbued throughout, not only with lively sensibility, amiable feelings, honesty and can dour, but mature and liberal taste, was produced by a man who, some twenty years before, earned his daily bread as a common stone mason in Nithsdale. " Donest Allan !" so the great minstrel was accus tomed to call him, began to be known early in life, although it was perhaps a good many years before he began to be familiar to the public. " Mark Macrabin," or "The Covenanter," a prose tale of great power, was one of the first of his productions, which appeared in Blackwood, and was then highly appreciated; so also, was a series of tales and tradi tions which he :published in the London 111a:Tazine, and afterwards in a separate form in two volumes. The songs and ballads of hiS own composition which accompanied the former of these dramas, and which Mr. Cunningham published in his early days, he confessed to have taken almost at random from a mass of verse, which the leisure or idleness of many winter evenings accumulated. Several of them ap peared at different times printed in various lyrical publications. To many of them, which our readers must know are remarkable for their beauty of melody .and exquisite simplicity of manner and expression, he owned that he was indebted for some of the best friendships of his life. One of them we remember, in particular, which obtained so much celebrity, entitled the " Mermaid of Galloway," that Mr. Hilton, R.A., painted it, and it now hangs in the galleryof Sir John Leicester. Mr. Cunningham's four volumes of " Scottish Song" were published in 1825. His wish in this work was to amend, renovate, and illustrate each of them with characteristic notices, and he executed his labour well. The finest songs of Scotland can be found nowhere else in the same perfect state; to many old verses of pathos, or of mirth, he gave suitable companions, and added besides many matters, critical and, traditional, unknown to any other collection. While upon this labour he gave his eulogy to the songs of his long tried and excellent friend, Sir Walter Scott, who has adorned his novels with little pieces of poetry often surpassing the best stanzas of his more finished poeti cal works. In 1831, appeared Mr. Cunningham's " Lives of the British Architects," which was at that time published in the " Family Library." It was a work calculated to gratify a large circle. It is a volume full of in struction and amusement—not only containing lively sketchds of the lives of the irrost eminent architects of our country, but conveying, in an unpretending fashion, views concerning the history and progress of the art, such as were calculated to at once gratify general curiosity, and reward critical examination. In 1832 Mr. Cunningham published his " Maid of Elvar." It is unnecessary to enter into a review of this work, which is one of our British classics, and is in the library: of every reader of poetry. The cha racters of Sir Ralph Latoun, the Cumberland Chief— of the fair and heroic Sybil Lesley, the Maid of Elvar —of Eustace Graeme, the wooer—together with its rural imageries, delicate fancies, and heartfelt sensi bilities, are fresh in one's memory. It is a poem that beats with a fine, free, healthful spirit—beautiful with love, and glowing with imagination.' Indeed, considering the character of Mr. Cunning ham altorrether, there needs no testimony from us either to . his intellectual accomplishments or his moral worth ; nor, thanks to his own virtuous diligence, did he need any patronage. He was fortunate enough to secure a respectable establishment in the studio of a great artist, who was not less good than great, and was even thus excellently in the eye of the world, even had his literary talents bgen less industriously exercised than they were, Mr. Cunningham married, we believe, in the year 18]1, a lady of Dumfries, and by her he has several children. hntertainin g for her always the most ar dent affection, he has made the close of his poem of the " Maid of Elvar" immortalize her memory in the last stanza : My song is ended ; it was dear to me As light to morn—as morn to Solway brine • As showers to corn—as blossom to the bee ; And dearer, sine., dear wife, 'twas pleasant unto thee." STATUE or Tun QUEEN.—On Tuesday an immense block of freestone was brought to town from Binny Quarry. It is the last of a number of huge blocks supplied by .Mr. Lhind, tacksman of the quarry, for the erection of a colossal statue of her Majesty Queen Victoria, now being executed by Mr. Steell, sculptor, and which is to be placed in the north front of the Royal Institution, Prince's-street. This stone is upwards of 22 tons weight, and was brought to town on a waggon drawn by 16 powerful horses, assisted at certain difficult parts of the road by a number of Mr. Lhiud's men. It was safely lodged in a large wooden Bread-street,' where Mr. Steell is already far advanced in the formation of this gigantic struc ture, and which, when completed, will weigh altoge ther upwards of 90 tons. From the well known talents of the artist, the beauty and solidity of the Binny stone, and the commanding • situation it is to occupy, this statue of our beloved Sovereign cannot fail to be an object of great attraction and will corn • plete the beauty of the splendid building which it is intended to adorn. On the morning of the Queen's arrival in Edinburgh, and when proceeding down Hanover-street, Prince Albert pointed out to his Royal Consort the proposed site of the statue (his Royal Highness having previously been made aware of what was intended), and we are informed that her Majesty, afterwards expressed herself highly gratified by this mark of loyalty and attachment to her person on the part of the Directors of the Royal Institution. Caledonian Mercury. DEER STALKING.—If fox-hunting and steeple chasing, with their hairbreadth escapes, make men courageous, there is nothing more calculated to add patience and perseverance than following a herd of deer. Suppose, as often happens, the sportsman has to lie for hours in a corri, not only must he creep with " stealthy pace towards his design," but he must be aware of putting the very crows on wing, or throwing a glance of the sun from his rifle, either of which rouses the attention of the wary tenants of the forest ; when up they start, and, tossing their "beamed frontlets to the sky," are soon beyond the reach of the deadly bullet. There 'must be something very exciting in this kind of sport, else what could tempt the noblest in the land to leave the busy haunts of men, and retire for months among the solitudes of the highlands ? To possess fine specimens of horned heads is the deer-stalker's ambition. These are preserved, and ranged in the hall or gun room, with the date and place where the animal was captured. Stags with wide-spreading royal horns are most prized. The largest we have seen had a clear space of three feet between the horns, each of which measured the same, following the curve from the head to the tip. Parts of the horns of wapiti, a gigantic species of red deer, now extinct in Scotland, are occasionally found imbedded in mosses and on the beach. A pair of these, nearly perfect, are in this town. The beam measures in circumference eight inches, with antlers from sixteen to nineteen inches in length. The annual shedding and reproduction of these firm masses of bone has engaged much attention frcm anatomists and naturalists. That the old horns should be separated from the head, and new ones formed in the course of ten weeks, is a wonderful phenomenon of nature ; at first they are encased with a fine velvet-like covering to protect them from cold, and when completely formed, the animal feels his powers by rubbing off the decaying velvet on trees. Then it is that the noble creature comes forth armed, and conscious of his strength, disputes his forest rights with the other animals. We have at various times given notice of some feats of that noble sport, deer-stalking ; and, as the season is now over, we give some of the last few days' work in the forest. At Pock-a.-Buy Lodge, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., killed 11 stags in eight days, four of them in one day, and three of them at one stalking. At Culnakyle, Mr. R. Winsloe killed two large stags, one of them with a splendid head. At Erchless Castle two were shot, one with very wide-spreading 10-antlered horns. At Achnaclairoch Mr. Collingwood got a fine stag ; and on the west coast Mr. R. G. Cumming secured two large ones. Mr. H. Hyett, at Balmacarra, on t e ' stag. Mr. H. C. Raven at Guernsey, one stag with 10, and another with 11 branches on the horns. Dur ing the season, Mr. F. Macneil, Torrishledge,killed 29 (leer, 25 of which were stags, four of t hem for his last day's shooting. We have also heard that Captain Inge, at Locharren, got five stags.—lnverness Courier. A sharp contest is likely to take place for the office of surgeon to the Surrey County Gaol, occasioned by the death of Mr. Malcolm, There are three candi dates in the field—Mr. William H. Smith, of Marl borough-place; Mr. C. Waterworth, of the Kent road ; and Mr. C. Meymott, of Stamford-street. THE MINES OF ALMAbEN. • At the present moment, when the Minister of Fi• nance awaits the decision of the capitalists of Europe respecting the loan of 40,000,000 of reals, which he has proposed to secure the repayment of upon the quicksilver of Almaden, a brief sketch of the present state of those famous mines may be interesting to our readers. It may be noted that this quarter of the country is now the seat of an active war: ire against the brigands of Toledo and La Mancha, against whole Brigadier La Corte is directing the exertions of between 5,000 and 6,000 troops, and communica tion with Almaden is not very easy just now. These mines have been worked for at least 22 cen turies as Theophrastus speaks of their renowned cinnabar; and the Spanish engineers of the pre= sent day have declared' that their ascertained con= tents are still so great, that they will afford a yearly supply at the present rate of 22,000 quin tals for at least 500 years to come. One of the most recent improvements consists in a return to ancient workings in the grand valley of Sisapo described by Pliny that of Valde-Azogues), where the Romans burrowed superficially, like so many rabbits (not knowing how to extract the water if they sank deeper), until - tliey pulled down the side of the hill and com pletely interrunted their own scratchings. After thirty years of toil, frequently interrupted by war and want of funds, the present miners have hit upon the original and almost untouched vein of fourteen feet in breadth, and here • also, as well as in Almaden and Almadeuejas, their works are in full activity. They are carried on in a very old-fashioned style, partly from the natural difficulties connected with the loca lity, partly from the unhealthy nature of the work, and partly from the great disinclination to change old customs, which marks the Spanish character so strongly. The isolation of the site may be judged of from the fact, that the roads around are in the same • condition that they were in in the days of Theophras tus, that is to say, in a perfect state of nature, and 'that the metallic produce is borne to Seville, a jour ney of between three and four days, a ionic; that is, literally, on the loins of mules, for carriages of any ' kind are yet an unheard-of invention in those rocky regions. The injurious effects of the labour on the health of the miners arc, indeed, serious and lament able. Formerly condemned felons were employed in great numbers there, and even paid highly to induce them to exert themselves ; but they did little excepting mischief, setting fire to the mines in the year 1752, and ' discrediting the honest calling of the miner. The ad ministradors long and loudly complained of their in efficiency, and of the want of willing, active, indus trious hands to carry on the work. The measures adopted, in consequence, by the arbitrary Govern ment 'of that period were very characteristic of the system which reduced Spain to the wreck of an em pire without ships, colonies, commerce, or a dollar in her treasury • the free and guiltless peasant r y o f th e surrounding treasury; were impressed and driven per force to labour in the mines in society with felons ! This could not last, for human sympathies are stronger than the caprices of courtly politi cal economists. The peasantry gradually continued to run away and leave the mines to the case of the felons and the barbarous Government that knew not how to avail itself of the labour of free men. The succeeding Ministry made, however, a "great step in reform." Finding that the neighbouring peasantry were, forewarned by experience, abandoning all con nexion with the mines from the dread of forced la bour, attempts at colonization were made, and indi viduals were induced to come from Arragon by the promise of high wages and certain valuable privileges, such as an exemption from taxation, both local and public, from service in the army,&c. The Arragonese, however, finding themselves :attacked by the serious and unknown disease ; induced by worldng in the mercurial vapours, speedily abandoned their labours and privileges and returned home again. The felons were, therefore, still kept in requisition until the year 1801, when they were shipped off to the preside . ° at Ceuta, exactly 49 years after they had set fire to the mines and stopped the workings for a couple of seasons ; during which extensive era (comprising two generations) they had been endeavouring, unsuccess fully, to convince the Government that they were the most unprofitable labourers in existence. At length the revolution, came, and with it glimmerings of the unprolitableness of contending with nature. Now the mines are all worked on the principle of free labour, well paid and willingly exerted, under diffi culties and trials to health almost incredible. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A new comic drama, entitled the Turf, from the pen of Mr. Ark Lemon, was produced at this theatre, last night, and was fully successful. The whole plot turns upon one - of those tricks which are practised in manifold ways on the Derby day. The leading eha meter is Clovis Culpepper (Mr. Bartley), late grocer in the Barbican, who, having received a legacy, re • tires with his wife (Mrs. Hamby) to the fashionable quarters of Montagu-place, Russell-square. Here Culpepper determines to start for a gentleman, and having made acquaintance with a Captain Flatooker (Mr. Walter Lacy), a lounger about Tattersall's, is led, on the Derby day, to book some thousands on the favourite horse, Woodman, the property of Squire Warren (Mr. F. 11Iatthew's). Flatooker had tried in vain, on account of his reputation, to to be accepted by Squire Warren's daughter (Miss Lee) ; and he now uses Culpepper for the double purpose of making money and gaining a character. Of course the grocer loses his cash, and, worst of all, Squire Warren, who has upheld the turf like a true country gentleman for the encouragement of sport, is ruined by his bets. The trainer's uneasy conscience, and the hints of the jockey, John Trusty (Mr. Ridg way), betray the secret. The Captain offers to gua rantee all 'the losings if he can but carry off the daugh ter ; the Squire re . ;ects all such base offers, and sifts tha whole to the foundation. The sharpers, to raise money on the pinch, have induced Culpepper to make a compromise, by paying 3,0001. in a cheque, with which they are about to " bolt" to France, when it is discovered that Clovis Culpepper is not entitled to the legacy, that a stop is placed upon the money at his bankers, and the " biters" are regularly " bit." The piece not only carried with it a good moral, but was sharp and witty in its dialogue, and was throughout excellently acted. The house was very full, and it was announced for repetition amid hearty applause. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. W. C. Towers, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Towers, at Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, from a tour; Major Hobart and Mrs. Hobart, at ditto, from Exeter ; Mrs. Purcel and G. Pureul, at ditto, from Calais; George Reid, Esq., and Miss Reid, at ditto, from Ostend; C. G. Parker, Esq., at ditto, from Chelmsford, Essex. DEPARTURES. Mrs. Alleyne and Miss M'Culloch, from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Oxford; Major-General Monteath, from ditto, for Madras. Thanks to Sir IL Peel's tariff, American cured meats are placed within the reach of the poor of Halifax, at very low prices; but are accompanied by a vigorous competition, at proportionably low prices, of fresh beef in our market. Last week no less than 61 fat beasts were slaughtered at the Halifax New market—an unprecedented number. The competi tion of the butchers has I l educed the Halifax prices about Isd. per lb.—Hal/fax Guardian. EXHUMATION 01' BATMAN BoNEs.—The men en gaged in digging up that part of Oxford-street, for merly known as Oxford-road, threw up, yesterday morning, two skulls and other bones, belonging to the human species, but they were in such a decayed state, that Mr. Coroner Higgs, after consulting with the authorities, declined holding an inquest upon them, as it would be impossible to say how the parsons to whom they belonged came by their death. The general sup position is, that where they were found formed a por tion of one of the old metropolitan burial places. The bones were ordered to be deposited in the parish churchyard. PEDESTELLNISAL—A first-rate pedestrian match, which drew together upwards of a thousand spec tators, took place yesterday in the Wandsworth-road. It was a six-mile race, for 101. a-side, between Samuel East and John Pink, two men who, although termed novices, have before acquired some celebrity as walk ing men. The ground selected for the match was from the two-mile-stone between the Goat's Head, and the Stags, or Spring Wells Tavern, to the third mile-stone and back (a mile out and a mile in), and at three o'clock, the whole of the parties being on the ground, the umpires and referee were chosen. Bet ting was in favour of East ; but there was a great deal laid out at even that the winner would not ac complish the six miles under fifty-eight minutes. At a quarter-past three the start took place. East took the lead in going off and maintained it in the most gallant style, nev er giving his opponent a shadow of a chance, and winning, without being in the slightest degree distressed, by nearly half-a-mile. He accom plished the distance in fifty-five minutes and, a few seconds, and exhibited in his style of walking con siderable freedom and excellence. THE ARMY.— CHANGE or REGIMENTS.-teYgiemSteenri day morning three companies of the 15th of Foot,*ander the command of Captain Cuthbert marched from Windsor to t ra o Watford f Manchester,e d o distance r (a m:nina, b 3 up wards of 20 miles), where they were bill e t e d f or the tnoigpitr.mi will ßirmingham, and proc eed then thence this 'wrdlre, he way ' it is expected, the regiment will remain during the win ter. The 2d division, under the command of Major Smith, will leave Windsor to-day, proceeding to Man chester by the same route ; and th e 3 d or head quar ters 'division, commanded b 12,0 0 r n d u Drought, ctof the men leave Windsor to-morrow. The during the several months the regiment has been in garrison at Windsor has been, generally good, the good,an and nearly equal to that of th e men co regi ment it succeeded, the 72d, one of the best disciplined corps in her Majesty's service. TBE ELECTORS OF FRANCE. The Journal des Debuts publishes the following statistics relative to the increase in the electoral body throughout France since the revolution of 1830 : In July, 1831, when the elections were about to commence, the number of electors inscribed amounted to 166,583; in June, 1834, the number increased to 171,015 ; in November, 1837, to 198,836 ; in March, 1839, to 201,271 ; in July, 1 1 542, to 220,040. " The conclusion to be drawn from these numbers," adds the ,Debats, " is, that the electoral body Obeys a laW of progression both significant and rapid. Thus, by the simple force of the law and the natural development of property, 53,000 new electors have been added to the list since the revolution of 1830—nearly one-third of the num ber of electors inscribed at that period. In 1331, 125,000 electors took part in the elections of that period ; in 1834, 129,000 ; in 1837, 151,000 ; in 1839, 164,000 ; in 1842, 173,000. We find by this return that the development o: public spirit follows the same law of progression that is observable. in the development of wealth and prosperity. The fol lowing changes have taken place in the composition of the Chamber: At the elections of 1831 there Were - . 222 old Members re-elected, and 200 new Deputies. In 1834 there were 392 re-elected, and 142 new Deputies. In 1837, 310 re-elections, and 138-- new returns. In 1839, 381 re-elections, and 76 newXembers. In 1842, 356 Deputies reelected, and but 94 new." . GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—We have great pleasure in announcing, that it has been definitely set tled that the great Caledonian Railway shall piOceed from., Lancaster, by way of Kendal, a ; and that the London and Birmingham Railway Company haveOorne to the resolution to promote it by every means in their power. The several engineers are now upon the line, making such corrections and alterations in the , plans as more minute surveys may have shown to bd necessary, to be ready to go before Parliament at the 'earliest period of the ensuing session. That an Act will be obtained, there is little doubt, and with the aid of the London and Bir mingham, the Grand Junction, and the other Railwiy Companies interested in the line, and the assistance .- which the landowners along the line are prepared to give to the undertaking, no fear •is entertained of the requisite funds being supplied. As soon as the Act has been obtained, and the proper ar rangements made, it is understood that the work will be commenced simultaneously from Carlisle to Pen rith, and from Lancaster to Kendal. The second por tion of the' great project, froth Carlisle to Glasgow and Edinburgh will also, it is understood, be prose cuted as early as possible ; though we are not aware that it is contemplated to go to Parliament for this portion in the next session.—Carlisle Journal. MEETING OF.LORD ASHBURTON AND LOUIS PEI LIPPE.—In the year -1798 Lord Ashburton, with one or. two friends, paid a visit to the Falls of Niagara. Upon their return they. stopped to visit the F a ll s o f Genessee. It was late when they had finished their examinations, and, as there was no house in the neigh bourhood, they encamped out for the night. They were somewhat fearful that the Indians might try to plunder their camp, and they kept a good look-out. In the early part of the night they heard a rustling among the leaves and a crackling • among the dry branches, but whether they proceeded from the tread of Indians or wild beasts they could not tell. The footsteps were, however, approaching their tent. They kept strict, silent, and anxious watch for some view or sound that should reveal the character of their visitors. Soon they distinguished human voim and saw the shadowy outline of human forms. she party came nearer they heard them conversing in French, and, in a few minutes Lord Ashburton gave Louis Philippe and. his companions a cordial welcome to his tent. They had before met amidst the artificial splendour of Euro pean courts—and now, surrounded by the sublime and stupendous natural scenery of the American wil derness.—Rochester Post. DEATHS sis- FlRE.—Last evening Mr. Higgs held two inquests on the bodies of persons whose deaths were caused by the accidental ignition of their wear ing apparel. The first was at. St. George's Hospital, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Cheese, aged fifty-five. It appeared from the evidence of the deceased's brother-in-law, Mr. H. Cheese, of the Flora Gardens, Bayswater, that on the night of the 22d August, as 7 she was going up stairs to bed, with her gown, which she had taken oft; in one hand, and a lighted candle in the other, she struck her foot against one of the steps of the stairs, and fell forwards. The fall caused the candle to come in contact with a muslin kerchief she had round her neck, and set it on fire. which commu nicated to other portions of her dress. By the advice of Mr. Feld, a surgeon, she was the next morning, brought to that hospital. Mr. G. A. Davis, house surgeon, said the deceased was admitted on the 23d of August, very much burned about the head, shoulders, and back. She went on well to the 6th of Septem ber, when she was attacked by erysipelas, under which she gradually sank, and died on Saturday last. Verdict, "Accidental death." The second inquest was held at the Duke of Ormond, Prince's-street, Westminster, on the body of Mary Ann Garlick, aged fcur years. The deceased's parents reside at No. 6, Providence-row, Westminster, and on the mormrg of Thursday last, during the momentary absence of her mother, she set fire to her clothes while standing on the fender to reach a toy from the mantle-shelf. She was f Rthwith removed to the Westminster Hos pital, in which she died on Friday last, Mr. Reginald James the house surgeon, said, from the effects of the burns. Verdict, " Accidental death." At the late Middlesex Sessions several persons were tried for keeping disorderly houses in the parish of Marylebone. In one of these the Chairman, in his charge, said, it was not enough to prove that women of bad reputation resided in a house, or that men and women were seen going into it at late hours of the night, to constitute it a disorderly house, and, as such, subject to indictment. In the present case there was no proof that the house was a nuisance to the neigh bourhood, but the evidence was, in fact, altogether to the contrary. It was quite possible in those cases to be over-wise, and he thought that it would be as well not to interfere with those people whilst they abstained from committing any act against public decency and order. TIIE DUKE WHO THINKS ALouD.—A Royal Duke is no more distinguished for the graceful urbanity with which lie presides at any public dinner, given for any purpose, at any hour, and at any place, than for a constant habit of thinking aloud. You are in the pit of Covent-garden theatre : well, five minutes before the overture begins you hear a voice above your head, thus communing with itself:—" Whenever I come to the theatre, I make it a point to dine at five o'clock !" The Royal Duke, having addressed this information to his playbill, takes his seat, and, throughout the play, keeps up a running accompaniment of assent or dissent to the speeches entrusted to the actors. At the Chapel Royal his Royal Highness is equally audible, and equally faithful to his habit of commenting upon all he hears. A few Sundays ago, the Minister and the Duke proceeded as follows :—Minister—From all evil and mischief, from sin, from the crafts of the devil—(Duke—To be sure : very proper—very pro per.) Minister—From all sedition, conspiracy, and rebellion—(Duke Certainly : very right very right.) And thus Parson"and Duke proceeded toge ther almost to the end. However, the worthy clergy man had to offer a prayer for the sick. Proceeding in this piouS task, he thus co mmenced: —Minister — The prayers of this congregation are earnestly desired for--(Duke—No objection—no objection !) as sociations exhibit marks of human frail ting new facts, influ ential members, instead of communicating of ar risk aedf;.(asAns:' g Ch emistEl orp i e r y n s SCIENTIFIC A ssocr.sTlONS.—Of cours t e y a . I S f ue h e or verifications of old ones, occupy the time the ge lTil t t ha o t n th u e n y cer h t a a N i T n e ade of. But this is assembly wastedpremises, t il i %us t vt l am i ul lefrcuyrossiti:lti ii be a e l acknowledged hypotheses,o elisn iteidu bread, og.u.l e rats s im. i u e f i mr i oNin b as. ak baker's theof evil abuse we were e f a t h s e tr t o h Nl,l i ag n i g i ad , rgnaolLmitenhisel against use. If te f ns t tu h i ca e he att admixture P,Veults, olwirfoeeu.vldenybieeigtainst the practice of the arts of ordinary ell associations, is to deny the superiority of united over that any r. wee k s ago, at the annual sesstipohones,itMni i fib n ro d eua i idtu SALUTARYIi 'ololiedgffehonArayict at efforts.—Annals n p n m a l op s cfr Mr. Marshall, a Ma gistrate, osi this r t t o e uf , on r rt e yt s d oe ipnepgxo exemption men opposed t n o e h edo e f rn m h r u . n H dr . e A ds . sh o - f then of uneccu oon p rt i of his commercial friends, that trade' wasbuaibldoiuntgs,to&e., ' from the county-rate, and stated, upon the authority re vive, and therefore it would be unnecessary to make any reduction in the rate for that sort of property, as very soon it would again be fully occupied. Last week, at the adjourned session, the same gentleman opposed, Colonel Austin's motion for an increase of pay to the rural police ; adduced the prices of wheat in *he markets of Lancaster and Preston for the last three years to show that the reduction of 32/ in the price of this description of food ought to be deemed addi tional salary ;—reminded the Magistrates that every interest was suffering, agricultural and commercial; quoted from "Passages in the Life of a. Radial," by B =- ford, who, he said, had well observed, "that unless every interest was willing to make a sacrifice, this country would, like others, be swept away from the face of the earth; and, after some allusion to the frightful increase of the poor-rates, he (Mr. Marshall) inquired how tenants were to pay their rents, and how landlords were to live ?—Lancaster Guardian. '• A PLURALIST.—The Rev. Joseph Birch, who holds the living of Bywell, i n N or th um berland ; h a s j us t been appointed to one at Brighouse, near Hudders field. How is this pastor to look after these two , flocks, separated as they are by such a distance ? Can he minister to them as a parson ought to minister to his parishioners ? " No," we fancy we hear some ' one say, "but he e an.s h ear then at the tithing season. Leeds Times.