The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-12 00:00:00

MOIVE Y — TRADE—COMMERCE. The n ew d ocks at Newport, Monmouthshire, which Includ e , it is said, the largest lock in Europe or Asia, Were open e d yesterday, in the presence of 25,000 per- The event was celebrated by a public dinner. The Gov ernors of the Royal Free Hospital for the aestitute sick, in Greville-street, held their quarterly Meeting yesterday. During this period the number of patients has been 4,914, and the receipts for the same time upwards of 4201. The window duty for the twelve towns which con tribute the largest amount—viz. Liverpool, Bath, ;Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, Plymouth, Birming ham, Clifton, Leeds, Cheltenha m , Norwich, and.New ' stl e - on-Tyne, amounts, by the' last return, to 160 ,739/. !A de putation of the hotel-k ee p ers an d li cense d vic uallers bOrO at Bright on , presented a memorial to the Wereugh _ • gistrates o n M on d ay , stat i ng t h at th ere others for Ala 1 03 licen se d h ouses open, an d a num b er o f se the sale of beer : transfers of licenses in con rquence incessantly occur, and the memorialists pra y e d that, in future, licenses should be refused, ex- A ,Pt hc.: houses were 300 yards apart ; to which the ~-laiP.trates agreed. Many are at present within a few feet of each other. PVISLIC IMPROVEMENTS. A Committee, consisting of about fifty Dissenting Ministers, meet daily, we understand, at the Congre gational Library, in Bloomfield-street, to take mea sures for opposing the Bill of Mr. Mackinnon for the premoval o f t h e interment of the dead from towns. reY do not o bj ect to the closing of many revolting a ecs spoken of; but merely to the closing of those our.2l,en.tionssuch objections do not exist, and better re tp might be effected. LAW AND POLICE. Me of the Masters in Chancery are reported as abou t to retire, on their privilege of length of service. A l etter-earrier, named William Russell, was % ba rged yesterday a t B ow - street, w i t h stea li ng a let the' containing a soverei gn and a h a lf, the property of p ostmaster-General. The prisoner declined say g an Ything in his d e f ence , and was remanded for w, ek. ,Matilda Ann Layell, the young lady who was ged on Friday last with being concerned with her a nd in uttering a forged bill of exchange for 1001., :g for which offence the latter had been transported I) , t ven years, t was again brought up for re-exami vion at Lambeth- s t reet yester d ay . Th e ev id ence c," en did not establish the charge, and the prisoner l a dmitted to b a il, to appear aga i n on T ues d ay. r oad r • Daniel Boast, a surgeon, residing in the Kent utt as prisoner charged at Union-hall, yesterday, with wa a forged bill of exchange for 34/. 16s. The F44tr s held t o b a il, t o answe r th e char ge a t th e `ai Criminal Court. THEATRICAL. SS I Kenneth, daughter of Mr. Kenneth, the the- Rorl has lately made her debut in the musical t i, at Boulogne, and her execution is said to in - hopes for the future. Fi nny f et , Ellsler has arrived at Vienna, and is as much Sa s h wn country a, her s she was in the United o the 28th • She . danced at the Karnthnerthor theatre on ult COURT—FASHIONABLE. D lier Majesty, on the morning of her departure from o„nlinond Castle, presented Lady Willoughby Thestresby with a bracelet richly set with diamonds, of Il ls Ser ene workmanship. 415 Ser ene Highness the Hereditary Prince of ec klenbur g h S trel i tz arrived i n town yester d ay kal Kew. Lo le v i _ T d Stanley has left Drayton Manor for Knows , Lancashire. Gran ge and Lady Ashburton have returned to the I n ,Re, Hants, from Bath House. f or he Dowager Lady Ellenborough arrived in Strat 1-place on Monday. t h ; e non. Colonel C. Cavendish has returned to ngton-gardens from a tour. l e f t l a Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has Generalital:7 Castle, on his return to town. Sir H. King, Bart., has left town on a tour. Colonel le y streetand Mrs. Ma on berly have arrived in Berke- , from Bright. to Y-a sterday th e L or d Bi s h op o f L on d on me t a se nd athedral Portion of the c l ergy o f hi s di ocese a t St. Paul's alarming An misCELMANEOUS. accident befel Sir William Geary, on tilhursd „ }ellast, at Oxonheath, Maitlstone. It appears ne over a glass-screen, which . was broken to o'f ee tl , es, and large fragment of which divided a branch kftrvearotid artery in his neck. A Swiss present to compressed the wound till medical aid arrived. d Par a ) ° of blood produced entire . inanition, an fre' Bl3 succeeded. On Sunday, in answer to the retr omd . et i ed nriries, it stated only that he had not The Aw l work of clearing away , the wrecks of the Th ai „, ° and the Waterwitch, winch were sunk in the d by --es about five years since, will be commence the kl)tain Fisher, R.N., in May next. Downes, of St ver, h a . has Fisher, surveyed them for the purposes stxpilosion. 4ui e a r C h a a t v h i e n d g ral has been again re-opened to the undergone a thorough cleansing. L INTELLIG ENC-E• INsoT b. -_______; • ...._ L _. AA V EN T COURT—(T The lis insolvent, wb t z RENRY RARDINGRAM. WRS-;:llendad been HIS DAY.) z e til this day, Arnizances, and not liberated upon bail appearing, Registrar upon his Aelr;, NYOODRUEFE said he appeared on behalf of • inith, ho .p merchant, o. c Wandsworth. This gentleman's object originally was not se e4uße the • n lestioc in.solvent to be remanded, as to have an 1 much . to a Person, ion into be transactions between him and_ nl ,,_ named Lyall, wh o was at present possessed to i' . "i 8 Property, and he (the insolvent) in order , wa frustrate this aid off the retaining creditor, and nu s now at lamp Under those circumstances _ i i:_, ent applied that the petition might not be di_s tinsar.ged, i4lve,n order to keep the arrest still over the nt, and that an assignee might be appointed. /Ak a Li on: Commissioner BOWEN acceded - to the first ap but refused at present to appoint an assi gnee. IN nig MESSRS. PRILLIPS• p er ril ,_ e insolvents who were members of the Jewish si, 1-la sion and carried on extensive business at 129, , I rrcdi , as china and glass manufacturers, were . Fe P t n t : e d , ,b y A Ir. Nicholls, on behalf of the Companion sev e 7 "InPany, of Messrs. Loyd and Co., and f other creditors. co4ll.tey rather a lengthened investigation the . Learned disci nssiener declared the insolvents entitled to their Aiirge. 11313 L ESEX QUARTER SESSIONS Th e s (THIS DAY.) before Mr. Sessions Sessions commenced this morning of xga Sergeant ADAMS, Chairman, and a bench 1,14'1 gistrates. The chief business fixed for this day s _ verthe hearing of appeals in parochial cases. tl 7_ al which stood upon the paper were postponed, _enpa.rties not being prepared, and others that were Ivsetinto contained no new points. .......ThrAnATION OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR MOTHERS. cas e was the principal question involved in the 8,. ( 3 r St. Leonard, Sh editch against Christchurch, pit a ifi e p Or , Ilrird. us. The latter parish had removed to St. Leo -0 B workhouse under an order from the Magistrates, Jamesvy ehildren, John Sullivan, aged four years, and horooullivan, aged 16 months, they having been e 'II Par6l,. L o n g-alley, Shoreditch, which is within th oa r e Against this order the officers of _St. Leo of t 'laPpealed, on the ground that the children were I not en : Aer a ge, and could not be separated from the to g p li-r ' whom the parish of Christchurch had power b ao ,P i ti to Ireland with her family, if she and her hu!.i trig... c a d no settlement in that parish or elsewhere in I d. Ord e k r r . zaDERGAST appeared in support of the a nd read th e exam i nat i on o f the wi e, _wh_o . s h re that s h e was born and marriedin Ireland bu t (1 ,1 d not k now w h ere h er h us b an d was h o rn, fah she had heard that he was born in a th:rnlinegrit. 4 ettl e hospital, and therefore had no legal The Learned Gentleman contended w es . *under these circumstances the children who p ar '. e ,_ legitimate, belonged unquestionably to the that i n which the y were b orn. A s to t h e argumen t b e childr en w i thin the years of nurture could not par se Net , ated f rom t h e mother, he read a case in wh i ch c ot , - eParati on was enforced two years ago in the fou r o f Queen's Ben c h. I n th a t case a c hild o f on ly ho t nth s , old was se p ara t e d f rom t h e mot h er , an d tliato Ireland. t fter a very long discussion, the CHAIRMAN said in Prendergast's argument would not serve him o f , 11 ," COUrt of Queen's Bench. It was the opinion q uash Court, therefore, that the order must be th e e d, and the parish of Christchurch take back children. Ti the,l2E S o RE VAILING SICKNESS.—The unhealthiness of I , 4,,j a t n, of which the reports of the Registrars last -' Have given such melancholy and striking proofs, th e extended its influence to the higher, as well as to, th e lower classes of society. At Sir Robert Peel's iii:srehduice of Austria was so indisposed that a p, - ; 3 ng . er wa s sent to Chatsworth to put off his lm qt 'al Iligh ness s visit to the Duke of Devonshire. a n d ra nnu Hall hi s E xce ll ency t h e R uss i an A m b as - Ni t) ! was likewise taken so ill as to require his re day im mediatelv to town for advice. The next lik e u ls Seren e High ness the Prince E ster h azy was moved wise attacked with severe indisposition, and ,s _ at once to town. To show the extent to l , h_ is h . tin ss has prevailed even in one single class of d ttuelitedeypersonages, we have only to add that his the French Ambassador, after paying his 11 , 1 , 7) ects to her Majesty at Windsor, - was attacked by r o ,.ejn its severest form. Serious illness from this saf aPpear to prevail amongst the higher orders . of PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. BO IV.STREET.—(THIS DAY.) I A young man, named George Phillips, an appren tice, was charged with insolence, and refusing to obey the orders of his master. Mr. Wyld, the mapseller of Charing-cross, de posed that the.prisoner was his apprentice. He had served the greater part of his apprenticeship, and, though witness had received no premium with him, he was paying him a salary of 1/. a week. his con duct was generally v'ry bad. (Mr. Wyld then pro ceeded to detail several acts of insubordination of a gross character.) He had, however, no desire to punish the young men, if he would express his sorrow for his conduct, and promise not to offend again. Mr. TWYFORD said it was very improper to behave in such a manner, and told the prisoner that - he was liable to a very ssvere imprisonment in the. House of Correction. Would he (the prisoner) promise to obey his master in future ?—The prisoner, who seemed very sulky, refused to answer. Mr. Twiroun•:—Then I shall commit you_ for a month. Mr. Williams, of the Dispatch, who was in the Court, here came forward, and wished to address the Bench. Ile said he had apprenticed the young man to Mr.Wyld, of whom he wished to ask a few questions. Mr. TWYFORD said the case was disposed of. Ile could not see what right Mr. Williams had to interfere. Mr. Williams warmly—Well, I've been in a good many Courts of Justice, but I'll be hanged if ever I saw such justice as this. It's monstrous. Mr. T WYFORD—Do you mean those remarks to ap ply to-me, Sir ? If-you don't take care what you are about, I shall commit you as well as the prisoner. Mr. Williams—Oh no ; I was not speaking to your Worship, I was only teaking to a friend. Mr. TWYFORD—It's well for you that you did not. I commit the prisoner for a month. Shortly afterwards Mr. Wyld applied to the Bench to have thg sentence commuted, and at his earnest desire Mr. Twyford altered the term of imprisonment from a month to seven days. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Samnel Ogden, a powerful Man, about twenty-five years of age, was brought up on a charge of assault. Daniel Ormond, 15, Beaumont-buildings, Maryle bone, was returning home from a friend's this morning about one o'clock, when he heard a female scream " Murder," and hurrying to the place saw prisoner strike a girl and kick her. He (witness) interfered, and received two violent blows on the face, he there fore run for a policeman, with whose assistance pri.;. soner was secured, but not without offering a great deal of resistance. Sarah Allen stated that while she and another girl, Sarah Wilson, were hurrying along the street, pri soner came up and assaulted them in an indecent manner; they resisted and screamed out, when with his clenched fist he struck witness on the head, knock ing her down. Her screams at last brought the pre ceding witness and a policeman, when the prisoner was secured. Mr. RAWLINSON fined him 40s. for each assault, or six weeks in the House of Correction. UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) THE LATE CONSPIRACY AT BRISTOL. The Court was very much crowded this morning, in consequence of its being the day appointed for the examination of Ann Bryers and Mary Ann Morgan, the two young females who have rendered themselves so notorious in the late matrimonial hoax, successfully practised on Mr. Woolley, the Bristol timber-merchant. In the course of the morning it was intimated that Mr. Woolley did not intend to be present to proceed any farther against the accused parties, and this was borne out by the fact that he had already commenced proceedings against Mary Ann Morgan in the Eccle siastical Court to obtain a divorce, that person having been served with a citation from Doctors' Commons while in gaol, the preceding day. One o'clock being the appointed time for the investigation, at that hour the prisoners were brought from the county jail in a hackney coach, by Mr. Keane, the Governor, and placed at the bar. _ _ _ Mr. Woolley's name having. been thrice called, and no answer being returned, the Magistrate discharged the prisoners. - Lyndsay Crawford, the claimant to the Crawford Peerage, was brought up, charged with returning from transportation before the expiration of his sentence. A constable from Londonderry, where the prisoner was tried and convicted of horsestealing, having pro duced evidence to that effect, the prisoner was sent off to Ireland, in the custody of the officer who brought him up. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Joseph Catchpole, a young man, of respectable ap pearance, was charged with having been found drunk in the streets. Police-constable 20 N, stated that at about four o'clock this morning he found the defendant lying on the road in Kingsland. lle aroused him, when de fendant stated that he had been robbed of his watch and of four sovereigns. The guard of his watch was broken, and had evidently been forced. The defendant, who, it appears, kept a draper's shop, stated that he had no recollection how he had lost his property. He had driven in a cab to a public house at about twelve o'clock at night, he beimg at the time intoxicated, and had no recollection of what had happened after, until found by the constable. Inspector Pritchard stated that the police had dis covered that a number of persons had I een drinking in the public-house in question at as late an hour as three o'clock in ,the morning; and the =ter was about to be brought before the Commissioners. The Magistrate, under those circumstances, de• dined to call the publican in evidence. The defendant was fined 55., and discharged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET RACES—TUESDAY NIGHT. DERBY BETTING.-7 to 2 agst Scott's lot (t)-16 to 1 agst Napier and Murat (t)--30 to 1 agst Napier (t)- 30 to 1 agst Winesour (t)-33 to 1 agst Murat (t)-40 to 1 agst Parthian (t)-50 to 1 agst Vulture c. OARs.-30 to 1 agst Macremma f (t.) The entries for to-morrow (Wednesday) closed as follow : Town Plate.—Camille, the Jewess, Viola, Image, The Biddy, Woldsman, Prosody, Utopia. Sweepstakes, T.Y.C., winner to be sold for 8.1. Sweetmeat, 3 yrs—Blazer, 3 yrs— Ameine, 2 yrs—Row land, 2 yrs—c by Hymen, out of Antelope's dam, 2 yrs —Miniature, by Nonsense, 2.yrs—f by the Saddler dam, by Partisan, 2 yrs—King of Trumps, 2 yrs—and Rho dacantha f, 2 yrs. - (It was T. Day that rode Arcanus, and not John Day, jun., as stated in some of the morning papers.) DERBY BETTING AT MANCHESTER (YESTERDAY.) 11 to 1 agst A British Yeoman-23 to 1 agst Cother stone-23 to 1 agst Napier-25 to 1 agst Winesour—and 30 to 1 agst Canton. On dit, that overtures have been made by an in fluential party in China to the British authorities in that country, the objects of which are to depose the Emperor, to establish another form of government, and to enter, should the revolution succeed, into terms of amity with Great Britain, both political and corn mercial.—Times. We are authorised to contradict the statements made in several papers in regard to the magnificent Highland brooch worn by the Queen at Taymouth. It was, as we formerly stated, submitted for her Ma jesty's inspection by the Hon. Mrs. Malik, and pur chased from our active and intelligent townsman, Mr. Macgregor, by the Queen's directions.—Perth Paper. The 3lagistrates of Dover have filled up the ap • pointment of a new turnkey to the borough prison, in session, W. Bodkin, Esq., in the chair, by electing Back, a police sergeant, to the vacancy. The Court gave Macdonald, the late turnkey, a certifieate, testi fying their approbation of his conduct during the eighteen months he had filled the office, and his general qualification for turnkey, gaoler, or inspector of police. HANOVER.—The Government charged some time back the Director-General of Indirect Taxes to draw up a paper on the propriety and necessity of Hanover .joining the German Customs' Union. This document has just been printed, but only a few copies have been distri buted to the Ministers and public functionaries. It extends to forty pages quarto. The author• declares in favour of the accession, but without concealing the disadvantages which the measure would produce.— AI/genie/tie Zeitung. TIIE Itor AL MINT.—The employes at the Mint are daily at work in striking the new coinage both in gold and silver, in order to meet the demand that will be made upon the Batik of England for bullion in the course of the payment of the forthcoming October dividends, which commence to-morrow, the 13th inst. The average quantity of specie struck at the Mint since the light gold panic has been 300,0001. per 1 week. The Bank has received no less a sum than 6,500,000/. sterling in light sovereigns and half sovereigns since the Royal proclamation. In con sequence of the demand for bullion, the new half : farthing coinage cannot be issued from the Mint until the commencement of 1843. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Last evening the Grecian Saloon was engaged for a benefit, in aid of the fund of the above excellent institution:. The pieces selected for the occasion were Auber's favourite opera of Fra Diavolo and Don Juan, in addition to which there was a grand ball, at which dancing was kept up with great spirit until a late hour. ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN oXEN AT LIVERPOOL. — The first foreign oxen ever on sale in Liverpool were shown yesterday week, at the Old Swan Market. There were only seven of them, and they were very poor in quality. They formed part of a lot of Dutch oxen imported into Hull, and had, therefore, been brought across the island either by land carriage or ion foot, which certainly can never pay with such poor cattle,—Liverpool Times of yesterday. CROWN COURT. HOUSE. CLOSE OF MONDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THE SUN, LONDON, SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. Nisi PRIMUS COURT.—(Before Lord ADINGER.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.—ATTACK ON A MlLL.—Jauies Kelly, James Dolan, and Ar.drew Cosgrove, were charged with a riot at Manchester, and with having then and there begun. to demolish the mill and premises of Messrs. Sterling and Beckton. The case was clearly made out against the two first prisoners, against whom the Jury found a verdict of Guilty. Cosgrove was acquitted. His LORDSHIP, after severely reprimanding the prisoners for their conduct, sentenced them to one year's imprisonment. John Hickey, Hugh Cavanagh, James Saxton, Matthew Dalton, Edward Sullivan, and James Twee dale, were then indicted for returning, on the 10th of August, to the mill of Messrs. Sterling and Beckton, and breaking the windows. The case against Sullivan was not made out, and he was acquitted. The rest of the prisoners were found Guilty, but James Saxton, who was only a boy, was recommended to mercy. Sentence deferred. The Court rose at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. Immediately after the charge had been delivered in the Nisi Prius Court, Baron ALDERSON took his seat on the bench in the Crown Court for the trial of prisoner•. RIOT AT THE MANCHESTER POLICE STATION.— William Lee (21), John Sheridan (18), and Jane Carney (11), were charge for having riotously assem- Med at Marchester, and feloniously demolished a station-house of the police establishment at Manchester. Evidence having been given, The Jury found all the prisoners guilty of the riot, and recommended the female prisoner to mercy on account of her age. Mr. Sergeant Atcherley concurred in the recom mendation, and consented to have her liberated. His Lordship accordingly ordered her to be dis charged, and delivered up to her parents. RIOT AT CROWTHER'S MILLS, BLAKELEY. Joseph Shaw, 15, and George Turner, 12, were given in charge for having prevented certain of her Majesty's subjects from following their lawful occupa tions, and compelling them to depart therefrom, at Blakeley. The case was proved by Samuel Crowther, the pro prietor of bleach-works at Blakeley; Joseph White head, in the employ of last witness ; Mr. Colt, a spe cial constable ; and Charles C. Stephenson, Superin tendent of the Manchester police. The Jury found both the prisoners guilty of riot. RIOTS AT WILSON'S PRINT WORKS, SALFORD, John Tear was given in charge for having been concerned in a riot at the print-works of Messrs. Wilson Brothers and Co., Salford. _ _ The prisoner was defended by Messrs. Cobbett and Whigham, the former of whom endeavoured to prove an alibi. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a re commendation to mercy. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) In about three-quarters of an hour after Lord Abinger had finished his charge to the Grand Jury, Mr. Justice Cresswell left the bench in the Nisi Prius Court, and took his seat in the Magistrates' room. The prisoners first placed at the bar were George Thornton, Joseph Webb, Patrick O'Brien, and James Melburn. They were indicted for a conspiracy, on the general charges of preventing workmen, &c. The Jury, after a short consultation, found all the prisoners guilty. Sentence was deferred. John Cannon, George Thornton, James Harring ton, James Healey, Joseph Webb, Thomas White head, John Calvin, John Stones, John Fallan, Ed ward Mitchell, Thomas Berry, and Barney Collins, were then placed at the bar, on an indictment pre cisely similar to the foregoing, and also found guilty. Sentence deferred. Joseph Thomas, an idiotic black man, John Old ham, John Edwards, Ellis Hall, James Richardson, Thomas Booth, Michael Clerk, Thomas Clegg, John Lever, Patrick O'Brien, and John Holmes were next placed at the bar, and charged with rioting and unlawfully assembling. They were chiefly concerned in attacking the mill of Messrs. Burley, and breaking several thousand panes of glass, and other damage, to the extent altogether of between 3001. and 4001. Many of the prisoners' witnesses attended and spoke of them as being steady, quiet, and industrious per sons. All the prisoners, except Thomas Booth and Patrick O'Brien, were found guilty. Sentence deferred. John Galvin, who was tried and convicted, was allowed to be discharged on finding a surety for his appearance whenever called upon for judgment. He had enlisted since the occurrence of the offence for which he was indicted. The Court adjourned shortly after seven o'clock, until nine this morning. BURNING OF THE REV. MR. AITKEN'S STAFFORD, TUESDAY.—At the time my despatch was forwarded yesterday, the Solicitor-General had not concluded his reply upon the evidence. Upon the conclusion of his remarks the Court adjourned for ten minutes, to enable' the Jurors to obtain some re freshment. On the re-assembling of the Court, The CHIEF JUSTICE, in his usual clear and per3pi cuous manner, summed up the evidence; and after a powerful address, which occupied nearly five hours, the Learned Judge left the case to the Jury for their deci3ion. The Jury asked leave to retire for a few minutes, and, at the expiration of about ten minutes, returned into Court with their verdict, which was read over by the Clerk of the Arraigns as follows :—" Elijah Simpson, John Owen, and Thomas Murray, guilty; George Kelsall, Philip Deah, and William Spode, not ' guilty • Henry Howard, William Ellis, A. ood, Elijah Clay, John Cunliff, Joseph Green, Richard Croxton, John Rathbone, William Turner, Thomas Roberts, Wm. Fearne, and Geo. Colclough, guilty." The prisoner Ellis burst into 'tears on the verdict being announced. They were then ordered to be removed, and the Court adjourned at seven o'clock till the following morning. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Thomas Rowley, John Rowley, Thomas Smith, Mark Baugh, and Cornelius Hichen, charged with riotous assembly and riot, who were reported yesterday in The Sun as 'having' 'been found Guilty, were addressed by the Learned Judge, who, for their offence at once sentenced them to be trans ported for the term of their natural lives. Charles Lee was indicted for a riot at Mr. John ston's pit at Bilston, and by intimidation inducing the men to leave off work. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour.—The Court then adjourned. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Joseph Linney, aged 33, a man who appeared Trucja superior to the general class of his co-prisoners, and Michael Byrne, were arraigned for an unlawful assembly, riot, and assault, in the parish of Kings winford. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. Godson pro secuted; Mr. Neale defended Linney, and Mr. Spooner appeared for Byrne. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW stated the case. He alluded toLinney, as an itinerant orator, who went about from place to place, biassing the minds of the people. Mr. Reuben Plant, a coalmaster living at Goose tray-bank, near Brockmore-green, close to Dudley, examined by Mr. GODSON—On the 3d August there was a meeting, which was attended by Linney, who said that he expected to meet hundreds, but that he was happy to see thousands. There were thousands present. He addressed them as follows :—" Coun trymen, brothers, Chartists, and oppressed colliers." He bid them stick out, and said his interest was theirs. If they would stand out they should have their wages and all they - wanted. The masters in this county were calling out for protection, and why ? Because they knew that the poor were a starving people, and a starving people were a rebellious people. The masters said " they can do without you, but if you stand and be ruled by one, we will show them whether they can do without you. We will put them in a ship and shove them off, and and tell them that we can do without them." The mob shouted. He then said "we will di vide the land, and live upon it as ours."—(Lin ney here laughed.) He was from Bilston, but wit ness did not know his trade. The mob consisted of colliers. The men worked until the 3d of August, the day of Linney's speech. After that they ceased working. The crowd was determined, and cursing their masters and oppressors.—(Linney here burst out crying.) William Price examined—He was assistant-con stable at Kingswinford on the 27th of August. There was a meeting on that day at Brockmore-green. He saw Linney there at the rear of the Cross Keys, be tween six and seven, p.m., addressing 900 persons. He said that " he knew he would be taken, and that he might as well be taken there as anywhere else." Mr. Whittaker, special constable, corroborated the last witness's evidence. On the night of the 27th of August, a woman said to Linney, " I heard that you were lost--that you were in prison." He replied, "No, I am come here to-night to he taken." Griffith, special constable, saw the prisoner, Linney, at a meeting, at the Pit-bank, on the night of the 27th of August. Price was there. He heard Linney say that if they stuck out for four days longer they would have their wages. He said that they would be there on Wednesday if he could keep up the " ruffles." Witness did not know what " ruffles" meant. James Smith, Sergeant-Major of the Emley troop of cavalry, was on duty on the 27th of August, at Brockmore. There were 500 persons present. He saw the prisoner Byrne throwing a stone at the cavalry. 'Witness told prisoner that if he threw an other stone he would shoot him. The prisoner jeered and laughed at him. Thomas Beddows—Saw Byrne throw a stone at the soldiers. Verdict, Guilty of an unlawful assembly, against both prisonere. EDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1e42. TUESDAY.—(Before Sir N. TINDAL.) SENTENCES. ON THE PRISONERS. At the sitting 'of the Couti7thiS morning the 26 prisoners found guilty of the att ac k on an d demolition of the Rev. Dr. Vale's house, were placed at the bar, and having been called upon by the clerk' . of arraigns in the usual way, to know whether they had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon them according to law—all the prisoners answered in the negative. The Learned JUDGE said the verdict of an intelli gent, patient, and upright Jury had decided that they were guilty of the offence charged against them, of riotously and tumultously assembling and demo lishing the dwelling-house of the Rev. Dr. Vale. It was :fearful offence of which they had been found guilty. For an offence like theirs, depriving everyone within their reach of the protection of the laws, and robbing them of all the comforts and hap piness of social life, a punishment propor tionately severe must be inflicted. Happily for the prisoners, he was saved the pain of passing sentence upon them for a capital offence, and, as there was some doubt, from the wording of the Act, whether he could pass sentence of transportation for life, which some of the cases seemed amply to deserve, looking as carefully and anxiously as be was able at the circumstances of each particular case, he would endeavour to distinguish between those who were present when the house was set on fire, or actively en gaged in feeding the flames, or endeavouring to pre vent their extinguishment, and the others who were not perhaps so actively engaged. Bearing th6e ob jects in view, the sentence he should pass upon John Raines, Richard Wright, George Colclough, John Williams, Joseph Whiston, C o tton, and William Cartlidge was, that they be transported for twenty one years ; that Jervase Phillips be transported for fifteen years ; that Thomas 'Wagstaff, Jos. Saunders, Samuel Whitehouse, Joshua Gilbert, Bankes, and Edward Smith, be transported for ten years ; that Wm. Shaw, Wm. Bradbury, John Owen, John Powell, Dimmock, Tort, and H urs t, b e imprisoned for twelve months, with hard l a b our; that James Millington, Samuel Eaton, and Ri c h ar d Edge, be im prisoned for four months, with hard labour; and that James Hurst, who, from his extreme youth, he hoped had been unconsciously led into it, be imprisoned for two months, with hard labour. He should pass no sentence upon James Saunders, because he had been since tried before his brother Parke, who would pass sentence upon him. The prisoners were then removed. CASE OF ARTHUR O'NEIL. The ►SOLICITOR-GENERAL understood that his Learned Friend, Mr. Lee, had an application to make on behalf of Arthur O'Neil, to traverse to the next session or assizes, and he wished his Lordship would then hear the application. The Learned JUDGE, after hearing Counsel, said he would take the affidavits and depositions in the matter, consult his two learned brethren, and give his opinion the following morning. TRIAL OF COOPER FOR ARSON. Thomas Cooper, of Leicester, the Chartist leader and orator, was then placed at the bar, with twelve others, charged with having riotously and unlawfully assembled and demolished the house of Mr. Parker, at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. The prisoner Cooper, a respectable-looking middle aged man, said he ob;ected to be tried with the other prisoners, and the Counsel for the Crown agreed to take the case separately. The other prisoners were ordered to go down from the bar. , Mr. LEE said the prisoner bad resolved to conduct his own case, and had requested him to give him the benefit of his assistance upon points of law that might arise affecting the interests of his client. Mr. Yardley was also retained by the prisoner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case against Cooper, and detailed the circumstances under which the attack took place upon Mr. Parker's house. The question the Jury would have to try was, whether the prisoner, Thomas Cooper, was one of the mob who attacked and destroyed the house of Mr. Parker ? It was not necessary to show that it was his hand that set fire to the house, but if he could be shown in such a position with the mob as to be aiding and exciting them to the work of destruction , t h en he would be guilty of the offence equally with those who com mitted the work of destruction. The Learned Counsel then stated the facts of the case as they afterwards appeared in the evidence, and called Alary Travis, housekeeper -to Mr. Parker, and Andrew Rowley, a potter living at Shelton, who gave evidence, but it did not tend in the least to inculpate Cooper. Mr. LEE submitted that the evidence now given could not be received unless it was shown that Cooper was present, or that he was connected with the mob by some previous acts or declarations. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL apprehended that it would be sufficient to show that the prisoner formed a part of the moll. If they could not do so, then all the evi dence went for nought. The Learned JUDGE overruled the objection. Un less the prisoner was connected with these acts then there was no case against him. Josiah Mills—l am a painter and gilder of Hanley. The mob had turned out in the month of August, and were compelling the colliers and others to strike. They were holding meetings in different places. I was at the meeting on the morning of the 15th, about eight o'clock. lt hail then commenced; there were about 1,000 present, and many of them had heavy blud. geons in their hands. I saw Thomas Cooper on the Sunday evening preach, or pretending to preach, to the crowd at the Crown-bank. I saw him,at the meet ing on Monday morning. I heard him say, when ad dressing the mob, that he considered himself the self elected chairman of that meeting. Af te r that a man came forward and moved a resolution agreeing to stand by the resolution passed at the Manchester meeting, to cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land. I heard Cooper say it would be an easy matter to get the Charter, for if only one-tenth part of the population were to come out on a given day and hour, and say, " We will have the Charter," nothing could stop us. He also said, alluding to the strength of the soldiers, that there were not more than ten soldiers for every large town in the king dom. Alluding to the s t r ik e, he said that sonic people thought the winter time would be the most favourable, but he thought the present time was the most favourable ; that it was better to be idle in the fine weather than in the winter; that it was better to be idle when there was plenty on the ground. He would not advise them to steal, nor would he steal him self, but left them to put their own construction upon it. They all rose up and shouted, and then they went towards Lord Granville's collieries. Those around the platform appeared to be leading the others. I fol lowed them down, and at the first pit the engine was stopped. After the last engine was stopped, they or dered myself and some others who were standing on a bank looking on, to come down and join them ; many had very large cudgels. I accompanied them a little distance and got away. I was present at a meeting in the evening at the Crown-bank. The crowd was then greater than in the morning. It was then near seven o'clock. I had then heard of the outrages that had been committed. I saw Cooper going towards the George and Dragon, and then he returned towards the Crown-bank, to which the meet ing had been adjourned. He was singing, and had hundreds following him. I heard him singing in the chorus ' " Spread the Charter." The meeting was opened by singing, Cooper giving out the lines, and the chorus was something respecting O'Connor. I the round meeting h in i recollect two lines— " The lion of freedom's let loose from his den, And we ucneedieloceukn_up Halley and released three or four prisoners. . 'they H again and again." I heard o. say that he understood many of them had got drunk, and that some about him then were tipsy; but they must abstain from to be, detected. I then drink, or they would be sure eft while he was speaking. Cross-examined by the prisoner —I stopped at the meeting in the morning till it was concluded. I took no notes gave o that particularly from Cooperl rally at t f h vi e i partsat y o ofu s youraid at anyspeeches eeh of the mee tings. I only e s struck my attention. I did not listen to all you said, fo towards the man, but at a words tion e shouldight or come fda‘ms anynine I e after n have no antipathy i Reuben entertainr I thethosedisgusted expressions il nn a feelings e you what of u disgust you said. I d on 't now towards you. I was so rr y such aPaper reporter. I am connec lti t iGh e a d e ne meeting, 'They were very r . lavt l ib eti fi lace r t s h _ g v ,ear the mt i h n afsotonrmff ordshi re Mercury. chief ev bailiff of Hanley. I saw a number of pe rsons at Lo rd Granville's col liery. plugging the i boilers. K h They The then hand went just T y h t a h t e vas din ten in the tomorn s the e noisy, and beating abo ut with s ticks. Many had sticks in their bands. They went to th e police office, about 100 yards off. They broke_ the glass, and some persons came out with constables' staves. They threw out papers, and tore up books, and threw them about the street. (The trial had not concluded when the train left.) (Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.) Richard Croxton, John Rattlebone, Edward Wil kinson, John Brunt, a nd William Johnston, were in dicted with burglariouslY breaking into the house of Mr. Griffin, at Chilton. (The trial was proceeding when the reporter left.) (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) BURNING of LORD GRANVILLE'S OFFICES. Thomas Roberts, William Turner, James Slack, Edward Smith, Joseph Wild, Henry Gibson, and Isaac Col clough, were indicted for a riot, and demolishing by fire the offices, &c., of Lord Granville on the 15th of August. art of Col Mr. Spooner (on the elough lack) ), and Mr. Neale (on the part of S, challenged the Jury to the full number of 20. teat difficulty there was to In consequence of the g empannel a Jury, The Learned Js ordered the pnsoners to be put aside, with the exception of Thoma 3 Roberts, who was t ' put upon his trial, and pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. Godson prosecuted; Mr. Spooner defended the prisoner. (The trial was proceeding when the train left ) THE NEW DOCKS AT NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPORT, TUESDAY MORNING.—The public cere-. mony of opening the new and splendid docks which have just been completed at this port took place yes terday. The day was observed as a holiday by all classes, and in all probability there never was a period at which the town of Newport presented so animated and gay an appearance. As might have been ex pected, the influx of strangers from the surroundir g districts of Usk, Tredegar, Monmouth, Caerleon, Car ditf, &c., as well as from Hereford, Bristol, Gloucester, Mother more distant towns and cities, was unusually t. It is calculated that there were from 5,000 to 10,000 strangers in the town. The festivities of the day were commenced by a splendid champagne breakfast, given by the worship. ful the Mayor, Lewis Edwards, Esq., at his house, to the. members of the Corporation. After the repast had been disposed of, the ch is procession, consisting of several barouches and four, accompanied by the police and other public officers, proceeded down Stow hill, and over the bridge to the Caerleon-road, where it had been arranged that the general cortege should be formed, preceded•by bands of music. In the procession were the equipages of the princi pal noblemen and gentlemen of the neighbourhood; those of the Lord Lieutenant (whose attendants were dressed in their full court liveries of scarlet and gold), and of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., Gen. Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., and Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P. for the county, attracted considerable notice. On arriving at the dock, where the ground was kept by the 73d regiment, commanded by Col. Love, the cortege formed round the walls of the principal dock, the Freemasons' and Odd Fellows' lodges occu pying the front rank. A very large fleet of vessels, moored in the dock, were dressed out in their gayest flags, with their yards manned, and kept firing salutes at intervals. The banks of the river, the surrounding house-tops, &c., were crowded with spectators, and there could not have been less than from 20,000 to 30,000 persons present. The docks have been con structed at an expense of about 150,0001., and their most prominent feature is the entrance lock, which is the widest, and one of the longest in the known world, and is capable of admitting into the dock the largest ship in the British navy. The dimensions of the lock are 64 feet in width and upwards of 200 feet in length. The depth of water 35 feet i inches. The civil engineer by whom they were designed, and under whose superintendence they were constructed, is Mr. Green. The contractors - are Messrs. Rennie and Co., who contracted largely on the Great Westentßailway. The works were com menced in 1835, but owing to difficulties, pecuniary and otherwise, the progress was so retarded as to have carried on the period of their completion to the pre sent time. The..inhabitants of Newport anticipate, as the result of their completion, a very great increase in the com merce of their port, as the large ships of different nations will now he enabled to lay their cargoes in the port instead of having, as now, to have it carried in small vessels to other ports and transshipped. A very considerable carrying trade is also expected to spring up, an expectation which would seem, to a great extent, to be justified, when it is considered that Newport is so closely connected with the following extensive coal, iron, and tin-works :—Risca, Black wood, Gellygroes, Rock, Tredegar, Vartey, Hengced, Bedwellty, Waterloo, Beaufort, Sirrhowy, Pennmaen, Mannowl, Victoria, Union, Penyban,. Ebbw Vale, Crwnlin, Pont-a-brig, Crwndruss ' Abercarne, Blaina, Great Rymney, Nantyglo, Gellyare, Blaenabon, Pont-na-wynyd, Pont-y-mbile, Stourbridge Glynos, Clyda, Cwmbram, Hanson's new tin-works, Caerleon, &c. The opening of the lock commenced at twenty minutes past ten o'clock, and occupied twelve minutes. The Usk steamer then took the Henry in tow, both vessels being covered with flags and streamers, and proceeded With her into • the dock. The Hercules steamer followed, having in tow a ship called the Great Britain ; the Eirene, Channel mission-ship, having on board the Rev. Dr. Ashley, Channel chap lain, followed, and then came the Tiger steamer, tow ing in the Rothschild, of London. This noble vessel, whose burden is above a thousand tons, belongs to the wealthy metropolitan firm of Rothschild Brothers. The opening dinner took place in the afternoon in the National School-room, erected a few years since by the venerable and universally beloved Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar. Covers were laid for upWards of three hundred, and the company included all the rank and fashion of the neighbourhood. Ladies were admitted to the gallery, who by their presence cheered and, animated the scene. The fine band of the 73d was also stationed in the room, and played various marches, overtures, &c., in a manner which elicited the frequent and oud plaudits of the com pany. The Chair was taken by R. Blakemore, M.P., and the Vice-Chair by Samuel llormfray, Esq., of 13edwelty ; on the right and left of whom we observed Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. M.P. ;' Colonel Love, Com mandant of the South Wales district ; Octavius Mor gan, Esq., M.P, for the county ; the Rev. A. Isaac son, Vicar of Newport; the Rev. Dr. Ashley : Josiah Baily, Esq., M.P. ; Major Dawson ; General Sir Digby Mack worth, Bart. ; R. H. Blewitt, Esq., M.P.; Colonel Vande Mutin ; Augustus Morgan, Esq. ; William Booker, Esq., of Velendra ; L. Edwards, Esq., Mayor of Newport ; Thomas Powell, Esq., of the 6aer ; Captain Jones, of Llanwith ; William Meyrick, Esq., of Gwylud-y-garth ; Somers Harford, Esq., Sirrhowy ; 0. A. Wyott, Esq., &c. On the cloth being removed, the CHAIRMAN pro ceeded to give the usual loyal and patriotic toasts. In proposing the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the Newport Docks," the Chairman addressed the meeting at very great length, pointing out the man ner in which . they were calculated to promote the commercial prosperity of the port and its neighbour hood, to assist in developing its manufacturing and mining advantages, and to render available the great facilities afforded by the natural safety and excellence of the river Usk. The Hon. Gentleman contended that the importance of the neighbourhood demanded the formation of such an undertaking, for it was,a fact that the commercial increase of their population had greatly exceeded that of other parts of the king dom. In support of this argument he quoted from various statistical tables, showing that the increase had been 36 per cent. at every census, except that of 1821, while the average of the kingdom had been only 14i per cent. In alluding to the natural and local advan tages of the port, and the benefit likely to accrue from the completion of the works, he compared the cost of .carriage between Birmingham and Liverpool and Birmingham and Newport, the former being from 15s. to 255., and the latter at the most only 10s. per ton, affiarding on a quantity of 200,000 tons a saving of 100,0001. The Chairman further referred to the connection of their town with the mining and iron districts, and concluded his speech by proposing the toast, which was drunk with great applause. " The Members for the County having been drunk, • OCTAVIUS MORGAN, Esq., returned thanks for him self and colleague. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart." Sir CHARLES MORGAN, returned thanks in an elcuuent speech. The CHAIRMAN gave "The Health of the Member for the Borough, R. H. Blewitt, Esq." Mr. BLEWITT returned thanks. Various other toasts were drank, and several ex cellent speeches delivered. In the evening a very grand display of fireworks took place, on the Rodney wharf, in the presence of a very large concourse of spectators. A large beacon fire was also lighted on the summit of the lofty moun tain, Twm Barlwm, which was the signal for similar bonfires on the summits of other eminences.. The day was altogther creditable to Newport and its inhabitants. THE SLAVE TRADERS, TO THE EDITOIi OF THE SUN. Sia,—l have - observed a paragraph in your valu able Evening Paper, of the 6th inst., headed " Slave Trade," copied from the Journal du Havre, stating a fabricated occurrence supposed to have happened be tween her Majesty's brig Rolla and a piratical armed , layer, which article commences with an untruth and ends with a falsehood. In the first place, the Rolla never belonged to the Congo station, and was there only a few hours, and then in company with her Ma jesty's sloop Persian. There is no slaving establish ment in the roadstead at the CongO, or within sight of it. The Rolla never had a man killed by the ;laving pirates—reason why ! they always gave her, •mnd her boats, a wide berth. Very unfortunately for her crew, and fortunately for the piratical. clippers, ;he Rolla did not sail very well. I beg to caution all Editors of respectable papers not to be imposed on ay specious reports from unprincipled slave dealers, or their agents, who are all well known to be the scums Jf the earth, totally divested of every Christian prin ciple, and void of every spark of humanity.—l am, .iir, your obedient humble servant, CHARLES HALL, Commander, late Rolla. Devonport, 10th October, 1842. • SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A gentleman of the name f Wagstaff, residing in Park-road, Regent's-park, was returning home late on Monday evening, and when nearly opposite his own door, stumbled, and fell. While in the act of falling, he threw out his hands to save himsel; a nd the violence with which they came in contact with the ground produced dis location of each wrist , together with the fracture of both fore-arms. Mr. Rugg, surgeon, was immediately called in, and the unfortunate gentleman, under his care and attonticol we DA's happy W state, is doing well. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS Or THIS DAY. CITY, TIJESDAY EVENING. .TIMES.--The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mwhich, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 38, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 624-, it follows that gold is 0.98 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 433 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.10, it follows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The effect of the revenue return was a very slight decline in the value of the public securities ; indeed, so slight that the tone of public feeling on th e su bj ect could not be gathered. It is so well understood that a very small portion of the proceeds of the Property tax is represented by thatitem in this quarter's re• turn, that the amount which is exhibited furnishes no criterion whatever of the probable operation of the law. The only sums paid into the Treasury on ac count of the Property-tax would be those on the dividends of the Government securities, for the amounts due on the profits of business, whether from individuals or companies, will not be paid till the end of this month. The decrease in the Excise, which is chiefly on the quarter, is fully accounted for by the disturbed state of the manufacturing districts, and hence there is E 1 hope that this diminution will prove but temporary. A further increase from the Customs • may be anticipated, from trade becoming more steady now the Tariff is concluded. Altogether, though the return is not so satisfactory as could be wished, the better aspect of those succeeding is looked forward to I,‘ ith confidence. The meeting of Portuguese Bondholders held to day was a short and uninteresting proceeding. On the recommendation of Mr. R. Thornton, who spoke much in praise of the honourable and straightforward inten tions of the Portuguese Government, under the ad vice of the present Ministry, to liquidate the interest and principal of the foreign debt, the whole of the persons present with the exception of two who were for no compromise, though willing to accept whatever Portugal might offer as part payment of their claims, agreed to enter immediately into the scheme of con version, so long a subject of debate among them. Mr. Thornton's chief reasons for acquiescing in what he had before strenuously opposed appeared to lie in the belief that the present Ministry are conducting the business of their country on an economical scale, and will, therefore, be able faithfully to discharge what they promise to the Bondholders, which, according to ealculatibn, he says will produce them an interest within a fraction of the rate paid upon Consols. Re solutions were passed pledging the meeting to carry out the conversion, and one included the recommenda tion to the Committee of the .Stock-Exchange to quote the new bonds in their official lists. Captain Britten, one of the parties who was opposed to the concession ; publicly resigned his seat at the Commit tee, on the principle of not submitting to any sacrifice connected with these securities. At the conclusion of the business Mr. Thornton said, that as connected with foreign loans there were now 100,000,0001. due to British capitalists, he threw out the hint for the adoption of more competent per sons of the organization of a " Foreign Loan Asso ciation," which if it were conducted with spirit and perseverance he was sure would speedily gain a set tlement of these claims. One objection to the proposed alteration of bank- I ing hours not yet adverted to has been well put by a correspondent, who remarks that for nearly 200 years the custom with bankers of opening their doors to payments at nine in the morning, and closing them at five in the afternoon, has been recognised by the Judges, who have in innumerable instances estab lished that custom as law, and hence it has been allowed to regulate all the monetary affairs of indi viduals. But it must be perfectly senseless for them to expect, by any act of their own, to infringe this custom with impunity, by altering the hours of pay ment. They ought at least to weigh carefully the possible consequences to themselves of doing so. The public in general might perhaps submit quietly to the arrangement, but some tronblesome person would ine vitably be found who, having some banker's accep tance to present, would select a time after four o'clock, the proposed new limit, for doing so, and being refused would repair to the Royal Exchange, then occupied in the usual business of the day, and proclaim to the assembled merchants the fact that the particular banking-house had stopped payment. To carry his power of annoyance still further he might early on the day following, serve each partner with legal process. Such a proceeding would place the bankers to say the least of it, in an uncomfortable position. In fact, the whole thing is now blown upon in the city as frivolous, ill-considered, and unworthy of them, and the sooner they retrace their steps, and allow the whole to be forgotten, the better. The agitation of the subject will have een of some use if it leads . them, by augmenting the number, to lessen the labours of their clerks, a-point which has been drawn into the discussion by main force, but with which the public, in reality, have no concern whatever. POST.—The funds were rather depressed in the early part of the day, owing to an unfavourable hn pre:,sion created by the publication of the revenue tables for the quarter just ended. The public had been led to believe that, as the Income-tax has come partially into operation, the result would have been more encouraging ; but, if something has been ac quired by her Majesty's Exchequer from the source alluded to, it must be borne in mind that there has been a considerable relaxation in the import duties. In the wine trade, in consequence of the uncertainty which exists with regard to the adjustment of our commercial relations with Portugal, and the expecta tion which prevails of a diminution in the duty on port wine, there has been a palpable falling off in the pay ment of duty during the last three months, but con sumption goes on as usual, and, the treaty being con summated, it may be reasonably assumed that the de ficiency of the quarter ending yesterday, will be com pensated for by the increased payments that will be made at a future period, probably between this time and the sth of January. A more sober view of the matter being accordingly taken, as the day advanced, the quotations rallied before the transactions of the day were concluded. At the meeting of the Portuguese bondholders the proposition for agreeing to the confiscatory measure of the Portuguese Government was acceded to by a large majority. The bonds fell subsequently to the meeting, a tolerably clear proof that the operations in the first instance were, as was suspected, confined to parties who had confederated for the purpose of prop ping it up. An attempt was made to depress the market for Brighton Railway Shares. It, however, did not suc ceed. They left off 35i to 36k. The quarterly sales of indigo commenced to-day. The large quantity disposed of at the July sales, and the unsettled state of the trade generally since that pe riod, produced a stagnation in the market until the ar rival of the Overland Mail in the beginning of last month, stating that the growing crop in the principal districts had sustained great injury. This information gave another tone to it. Higher prices were de manded, and, in some instances, an advance of 3d. to 6d. per lb. on the July rates was obtained. On Fri day last accounts from Calcutta of a month later date came to hand, confirming the preceding statements to the full extent, and expressing a fear that further da mage to the crops was almost certain through inun dations, in which case the supply would fall short of 70,000 maunds, and which, at the best, and with the most auspicious weather, could not exceed 100,000 maunds. Such a change of prospects was calculated, as is observed in the circular of Messrs. Wilkinson, to check the downward tendency, and to create firmness, as well as confidence among the buyers. The circular proceeds to say that— " The sales opened by the importers of the first parcel buying in 18 lots at 6d. to ls. 3d. per lb. above the July prices, when finding only one single bid, er, parcels n a m were e!y, 6 , 8 v 9 i t chests; hdra v‘, o , theyafter withdrewwhich sev tl e l ra e lreinthaei am ounting in all to 1 , 808 chests, in addition to the other 576 withdrawn before ; after which a great part was bought in ls. to Is. 6d. per lb. above the July rates, when the biddings commenced at more modernt s ruled generally from 6d. to Is. per lb. mors. rates, where the importers were disposed to sa , bo an y c e price the July rates, the greater part finding ) purch out 1,846 chests have been gone through t( -y, I erall w ithout reference to quality , ran g ing gen y prices, which 1,047 were withd rawn and 405 b ought in at from 9d. to Is. 6d. per lb. , but in some instances from rates, and 394 6d. to . 2s. per lb., about the July above the July p rices. Prices have ranged actu ally sOld from 4 d. to I s. pe r lb. averaging about Bd. per lb. for Bengal from 3s 9d. to 7s. 9d. per lb., and for lb. There Madras from 2 s. 6d. to 3s. 2d. per was a good attendance of buyers from the Continent, a s also from the manufacturing districts, but both s eem unwilling to give more than 6d. advance on the July prices, therefore unless importers meet them there will be but little sold." SUN. Extensive purchases, and one of them by the I Government Broker , ha v e c ounteracted the unfavour able- able feelhig which was visible in the morning, and caused the funds to advance, Consuls leaving off at 93 54 56 nt • for , ; I New,ndia S s t 3 oe s k s , 2 9 51 2 f0 5 r 1 ; M E o x n c e h Y eq a u n e d r Bills, Old, Account premium. Foreign Securities were—Belgian, l . beprices of 103 104; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524 52i ; the Five per Cents., 1 00 1001; D an i s h, 83 85 ; iexic in iu and Brazilian, 63 64. wi ' i l h 'h o e utany transaction of interest quotation forl remained at 321 33 1 , Some parties wh o h a d been spe.cul ton Railway Sh ares made exertions in a Iv part lower prices, of the day to low •“ Dingarket3__ but the object of ang ing" the m seen thtwig6i per ire, or at t ii r i a g einrß_brigh h, they recove red, ther above ' - • and left offat • what they were yesterday. Tke . operations were the chief attraction, the others rppnamir , ig nearly sta tionary. London and firming ' 411Q1" Bir mingham and Gloucester, 40 41; Great Wek - ditil .l32 83 ; the Half-shares, 591 601; south Western, 57 58 ; North Midland, 57 58 ;:the New shares, 28 29 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23 23i ; Eastern Coun ties, 81 81; Northern and Eastern, 35i 36k; wall, 6+ 61 per share. The rates of Exchange were again more favourable for this country ; Amsterdam, 12 64, 12 61 ; Rotter dam, 12 61, 'l2 7 ; Antwerp, 12 41, 12 5 ; Ham burgh, 13 1 11, 13 12* ; Frankfort, '1511151* ; Paris, 25f. 85c., 25f. 90c. ; Genoa, 25 95, 26 ; Marseilles, 25 90 ; Leghorn, 30 40, 30 45 ; Vienna, 9 56, 9 57; .Madrid,-361 ; and Lisbon, 52k, all at three months. At the meeting of the creditors of Portugal to day, the conversion scheme of that Government was acquiesced in, although two-thirds of the bond holders have hitherto stood out, and with some show of reason for so doing. It was difficult to gathe r from the arguments used in fa vour of this course, the exact reason for such a proceeding, beyond that for introducing a new de scription of bonds into the market wherewith to spe culate, it not being expected for an instant that any greater chance for obtaining a dividend exists now than there was two years since. The cause of the late rise may be found in the fact that when the ac ceptance of the terms became known, the Five per Cents. fell to 361 37.-}, and the Three per Cents. to 211 221. The other quotations were —Colombian, 204. 21; Peruvian, 16 17 ; Spanish Five per Cents 151- 16*; and the Three per Cents., 201 9 04. The accounts of the prospect of the failure of the Indigo crop rendered the importers ex tremely sanguine in their expectations at the sale which commenced this day. Of the 1,846 chests, which were got through, only 394 were sold at from 4d. to ls. (an average of Bd.) above the prices of last sale, the remainder being bought in Is. to Is. 6d. ely neithergo good, s ee and m e d e eah above those rates. The attenda n ce b oth of home a b p u pe ye a r r s ed and anxious shippers in clined to give more than about 6 d. adva nce. The attempt to hush up the late fraud in the Tea to pu w r Its cha e se x , tr but em trade is beginning to excite some attention, the more connexion with circumstances which occurr ed y ears when the names of officers are publicly mentioned in since, while parties, hitherto of high standing, are shielded from their participation in recent transactions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. ) Amsterdam CF. 12 96 Gibraltar... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. /2 10 'Genoa 26 5 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 14i1Veniee 47 Altona , - Oh 70 ,Palermo- 120 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per as Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 23i Frankfort on Maine ...151 1 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin.. Vienna, effec. A. 3 M 959 Philadelphia .. Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 36} Portugal Geld C0m...3 17 3 Bilbao 36 New Doubloons .......0 0 0 Barcelona Seville NOVEL AND JUDICIOUS PUNISIIMENT.—We were not a little amused lately to see, paraded by the bell man of Helensburgh, a notorious thief, upon whom it seems " durance vile" could work no reformation, and ever and anon the town-crier, at all the most public places, proclaimed the fellow to be an incorrigible thief, at the same time warning the lieges to mark him, and take care of their property. We should not wonder but this species of punishment may have a better effect than 60 days in Bridewell ; at the same time we think the worthy authorities of Helensburgh might have made a good wind up to the exhibition by subjecting the culprit to ten or fifteen minutes under a good-going pump.—Glasgow Constitutional. A bookbinder, named Rolland, was lately brought before the Correctional Police of Brest for breaking his ban. He thus related the proceedings of his life : --" You see before you, Messieurs, a man who never did the slightest harm to any one, and who would think it a crime to take away to the value of a pin's head, and yet four condemnations have fallen on me in different parts of France ! What did Ido to merit such disgrace, and find myself always deprived of the means of earning my bread ? Why, one day I hap pened to be without papers, and I was taken up and condemned for vagabondage. From that moment I never had a moment's repose, for, being under the surveillance of the police, no person would give me work. Get once under surveillance, and you may die of hunger. I tried to slip away and get work in another town, but scarcely was I settled and likely to do well, when I was arrested again, and "tin con demned. At last I fixed on Brest, as being likely from its importance to give me employment ; but I was again taken up, and informed that Brest is ,for bidden to persons under surveillance. Here, then, I am, Messieurs, before you, and, as I have laid my situation before you, I think I may claim your indul gence." The Tribunal, being obliged to apply the existing law, condemned the pi ironer to 15 days' im prisonment. HOSPITALITY INCULCATED AMONGST TIIE Inleli~ Many superstitions of the Irish p e asantry, as will be suosW;inculcate the old Irish virtue of ho s p italit y . Our guide at Killarney, " Sir" Richard Courtney, gave us one. A traveller one day wentinte a cottage, where he saw a very aged man sitting by the fire. The owner of the house welcomed the strangtor, , but told him not to be frightened at anything he might hear or see. "For," says he, " that smy old father ; he's been dead 20 years ; and when the nights are cold, he comes to his cabin to get an air of the fire, and goes away when the morning dawns. My mother sits outside under the thorn-bush waiting for him ; but she daren't come in ; and the reason, ye see, is this; the old man, while he was alive, vas always kind to the wanderer, and would give the bit and the sup for God's sake; but the old woman grudged every morsel hegave, an d used to send the hungry stranger away .when her husband was not by. So both have their recompense."—lreland,by Mr. and Mrs. Hall. phi t 24. THE MINER.—" There's danger in the mines, old man," I exclaimed to a miner, who, with his arms bent, leaning against the sides of an immense vault, absorbed in meditation—" it must be !frightful life." . The old man looked with a steadfast, but somewhat vacant, stare, and then, in half-broken sentences, he muttered, "Danger—where is there not danger—on the earth or beneath it—on the mountain or in the valley—on the ocean or in the quiet of Nature's most hidden spot—where bath not death left some token of his presence ?"—" Truly," I replied, " but the vicissi tudes of life are various—the sailor seeks hs living on the waters, and he knows each moment that they may engulf him-.-the hunter seeks death in the wild woods—the soldier in the field of battle—and the miner knows not but that the spot where he now stands to-morrow may be his tomb. - -" It is so, indeed," replied the old man, "we find death in the means we seek to perpetuate life— 'tis a strange riddle, who shall solve it?"—" Have struck with the old man's manner.—" From a you long followed this occupation," I asked, cfihnusedt'enteoytoho'lingest— mines—l shall boy—l drew my fi rst breath in the have seen some some whatyield it up in their gloom."—" I said, "to which y you just now of these vicissitudes," 11 boys "I I have. There was a time when ft three her stra were s alluded."—" Yes," he replied, with a faltering voice looked up to me, and called me but sturdy striplings. stood before inc in the pride of their strength, and I Now, it . seems t yesterday ley they sprung up mass ; we were to tilN;eithpraoufidi l i l e (Ls t_ vr h i c t r y e are S t u h t ey th o e o NN I :? ord I he was the dearest of the flock— hisl i e s ed bleeding blood sawitnhoether's spirit seemed to have settled on him— crushedgeti,er— into my face. Molten lead had been less last ing than those fearful drops. One and his light laugh was in y moment, to gether—so nn'e):'irfeettl;ata my ears —the next, and the large mass came ; there was no b u t transition to eternity as was the cry of terr or , _and my poor boy lay crushed beneathightning's flash load, It was an awful moment the fe ar f u l cliangeth All things, brought relief, • hut time, that SODS.. '"But my cup of affii v and I s till h a d tAo full— they, too, were t a k en f rom was not yet n died—not a s their brother , but me. Sid e b y s id e t h ey their breath, an d left t hem scorched a n d lif e less. They brought th em b —than wh om earth' Tile to the old m an ; hi s jewels no price —and s richest tr easures i n hi s s i g ht had toldhim- lie was childless and alone. It i s a strange decree that the old plant should. thus survive the stripling things we shaded, and !or whom it would . - t imes. Is have died a thousand_ . Is it surprisin „ that I should wish to die here in the "lies —" lou have, indeed, I replied, " drunk of affliction —whence do you derive consolation ?"—The old man looked up—" from Heaven ; God gave, and he tak e th away , bl ess ed be his name."—l bowed my head to the miner's pious prayer, and the old man passed on: .Tournal. In accordance with the General Order , Captains Phillips, Calamy, Brown, and Watson, the officers of the Royal Marines, ordered on hoard the Excellent, to go through the practical and theoretical gunnery drill, for the purpose o fenabling them to superintend the instruc tions of the four divisions in that branch of science. commence duty next week. Twelve non-commissioned officers anti eigllt privates, vvho hay e also been instructed in gunnery- drill (luring the same period, will disem bark with them. Batteries are b• mg constructed at each division ; and it is intended that every officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, shall hereafter be drilled and perfected in the exercise ofg rea t gun-, before he is emba r k e d i n any sea-going ship. BY these Means the injury to the public s ervice occasioned by the reduetion of that admirable force the Royal Marine Artillery, will, in due time be repaired.— Uoited seipi!cf gc4ette,