The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-07 00:00:00

LL 0 Y D'S SHIP PIN to N s. DEC. 6.f100n, southerly,—Wind this day at %, and hazy. /A P. DEC. s.—Wind . S.W.,- light.—Arrd. Cunni ng h am , Chi na . DEc. s.—Welcome Home, Marseilles. 41 %:011111, DEC. 5, cal m.—Arrd. John and Joseph, s e v i lle , astle .pr Seville, put back _l6O miles west of and 3 r i lost bulwarks, stancheons, sails, &c., sprung, mainmast. b re .r-Aul nurn, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W., moderate Ita . e , z ci•—Arrd. 3lontrose packet, with Mediterranean ,ps• Std. Jeune Lion, Bahia. SoSo 4 1 ‘ 1 -1- so, DEC. I.—Arrd. Ulswater, Sydney, New Wales. BC ARDOROLIGn, DEC. 5.--The Maria Darlington, frcm Middleborough to Colchester, sank off 1 0 3' Brid ge yes t er d ay —morning ; crew saved. ts alt " ll , DEC. 3.—The barque Ruth, in leaving the °II: this morn i ng , go t ashore on the mud, but is '•Pzted off at high tide. xAmtnco, Ocr. 21.—The Mischief, from Liver 'l, was off this port on the 25th ult., but was blown iu s r, u.Y a norther, and has.not since been beard of. ,3 A , v l ie . ‘ • AZULLA, Oct. 15.—The Celt, : which sailed l e Lee or London a few days ago, has put back awl is likely t' be condemned. 4 I... WET:POOL, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.— iglq. Park er , Deme:ara ; J. Allerton, New Weans ; lnter, J ames, S avan ill a, sa il e d O ct . 15 ; L oo Ch oo , 11i PPe:), Savannah, sailed Bth ult.; Souter Johnny, 'tt , Quebec. Sld. Lenira, Demerara; Aramuda, 'ew Orleans. Ar ° Fr CORK, DE C . 3.—Mango Park, Richardson, tant e v ido. A PIIIRALTAn, Nov. 24.—The Emerald, Irons, from ith.e.landria to Cork, was stranded near Punta lala in v i a ls Bay', 18th inst., but was assisted off without much nia ge- The Enterprise, M‘Ritchie, from Leghorn h Liverpool, put into th's port 20th inst., having lost r nainmast off Corsica. 4 44 „ 18 n0rc, Nov. 26.—A brig, name and nation un "1", abandoned and on fire from her stern to the t,in-natchWay, mainmast gone by the board, foremast 8 1 ,7 114 i/ I 'r, with double-reefed topsail and foresail set, 18 1 t i k ilhe c 'r 'head to N.E., was seen on the night of the th,Nnst., at eight P.M.. 25 leagues S.W. of Scilly, by "Ines Wearne, Morton, arrived here. At two .:14 ' she sividerily disappeared. ALEXANDEM, Nov. 21.—The wreck of an English y e 4 el Was seen about 50 miles west of this port with Z'ay.is standing, but the sea was strong over her 'hull the -- arrived here to-day. iIeLISLON, Nov. 29.—Thu James Wearne, arrived re Morton, from "14iverpool to Beyrout, put „ i here 28th inst. with loss of bowsprit, sails, I t gßing, Szc. The Espoir, Grosican, frcm Marseilles to i c ," 4l en .put in here 26th inst. leaky, and is ashore be telein Castle • is discharging and expected to be C i t o ff-, The Mary ' Ann, Woodworth, from Alexan _,a to London, put in here this morning with con 6klerable damage in her upper works, sails, and rig ng% The Nova, Amiz.lde, Borges Rio Janeiro, b ar her e t o -d a y, lost anchors and cables on the Or thi s morning. The Mary Jane, for Newfound :n(l, and J ames D unn , f or St. Übes, have put back i l th lo ss o f anc h ors. 14 ICE TO MASTERS AND OWNERS OF BRITISH VESSELS. t The foll ow i ng h as been received at Lloyd's from erT Majesty' s C o nsul at Malaga:— t may not he generally understood that British C s. „ els are allowed to engage in the transport of p l ace 'coal from Gijon, in Biscay, to any other or port in the_ Peninsula, the restrictions on the coasting trade baying been rescinded in favour of this Particular article. The great consumption by the foundries and orpthing works on the south-east coast of Spain, d„ e " an advantegeous market, and a consequent in h,"c'ernent for British shipping to avail of the specu i:'en hi, and the conveyance of, this fuel. The coal ~exceedingly cheap, and the freights equal to those Paid on this species of cargo from England. Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's : "Grenada, Nov. 2. " We re gre t t o announce that two cases of small- Po Ch ash occurred on board the Crocodile transport, tnade its appearance after she left Demerara. flvery precaution has been adopted by the authorities to prevent its introduction into the island. The Kate, brigantin e , has been moved out into the bay, Lod the cases put on board of her. The Crocodile '`,,‘ be en p l ace d un d er str i ct quarant i ne f or t wen ty- one should no more cases appear." ESSELS SPOKEN ITlTlL—lielen, Tampico to Li el.llool, Dec. 1, lat. 51, i on . 11, by the Loo Choo, ar 'l , ed at Li ver p oo l. Bl an d, Liverpool to Calcutta, 3 0th „ ,v `t-, lat. 44, ion. 11, by the Chariot, arrived at Fal . 111 ,outh. A n d rom ache, Odessa to London, 9 th ult. , by `Be Montreal, arrived at Gibraltar. Caledonia, Liver poolt to St. Domingo, 15th ult., lat 41 , lon. 1 E. , by t he Wat e r Lily, arrived at Cadiz. Margaret, Ma 1111la to Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 7 N., ion. 12 3 W.; barque Tamerlane, from Liverpool, 16th ult., _'at• 28, ion. 33 ; Brilliant, Clyde to Bombay, 30 th , 1 4t t• 47 Ion: 11, by the Carnatic, arrived at Deal. (' k'ardian (barque), for Algoa Bay (out 83 days), ,7 lat. 35 S., lon. 19 E. ; Australia, for Bombay, 1 - ) u , Allt lat. 13 N., lon. 26 W., by the Iris, arrived off th,"g,eness. Donald, of Milford, lat. 46, lon. 18, by 4 ebe, arrived at Poole. • FREE T ADE. (From the New York Daily Morning Post.) GREAT MEETING OF THE WORKING MEN AT l 4ll MAwy-HALL.—This important meeting was not e ntunerous and spirited than was anticipated. A le g` • H e j un .-of hardy Democrats poured into the Great • and filled it to its full capacity the moment the er ''''rs leading to it were opened. The meeting was Oallised by the selection of Alderman Elijah F. n„r,cly,for chairman. -telve secretaries having been named, Mr. Purdy took the chair. • l \ir• SLAstst then produced the following Address 4 4d resolutions, which were read and'adopted : ADDRESS TO THE MECHANICS AND WORKING MEW or THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. " The duty devolved upon us of directing the Wen -I:en of th e l a b our i ng c l asses of the city and county of dew York to the danger by which labour is sur rounded was never- less difficult of execution. The eh eering news which pours in upon us as State after State wheels into our ranks, has already done the York to our hands. The cheat of Whig protection to ° me industry is aready seen through and appreciated. . "The history of the world is but the history of a st ruggle for capital and power. In every page of it Re find capital resorting to every possible subterfuge, • •Venrible it to suck up the hard earnings of labour. ith the general spread of intelligence, a spirit of re sistance has grown up to the extortionate demands of t i a p i tal ; and in Great Britain the unwieldy propor n of capital and the institution of white slavery , arc length both sustained only by a large standing ' O - f .". And yet Great Britain, with all its affluence the few and its grinding poverty of the masse 3, is t he model government of the friends of the restrictive - 6 3 1 . 1 st etn• The mechanics and working men who are fields 'ng the teeming cities, and spreading over the broad of this fruitful country, have yet to resist the . deleterious i n fl uence o f th e institutions of Great Bri tl upon o ur ow n—to restore the perfect equilibrium be tween capital and labour—to prevent labour from Co ntinuing in any degree a prey to the rich—to pre vent labeur from striking two blows for capital and °lle for itself. . 4. , " The first device of capital to obtain by indirec tion the earnings of labour is the banking system. . 'l r e have seen the whole capital of this country con centrated in banking incorporations. We have seen them swelled up by a portion of the capital of Europe. ` l7 O have seen issues of paper money creating artificial • 'iSe in prices—tempting labour to hazard in specula tions the` hard earnings of years. We have seen con tractions of the paper circulation, causing periodical l 'evulsions, in which the large estates have eaten up smaller; th e and we have seen the breaking down of the banki n g system, its machinery, - and its grand re gulator, before the progress- of free opinion. With ka e i downfal of the banking system, the notion is fast -- ' a f f . 4l g ground that capital is monopoly enough of B j - ,' 41 '4 that no other incorporation is needed, than 4 a an iZ eu rporation of the intelligence of the mass, in ri—r to enable it to stand up against wealth. to " flaring gone to the wall upon the banking sys tem' strong friends of capital have concluded to play a p r 66 game upon the tariff. They yet hope that their B tw ' en erg- of protection to domestic industry will lure, o their ranks the unthinking and the credulous—that the Phrase of protection to home labour will prove a bait that will be greedily swallowed. In order t o ascertainf what protection to labour means, when pu t f orth b Y the party which contains all the respectabi lity and all the wealth,' we have only to look to that Country where a kindred party has protected it to th e: d utmost. I n G rea t Britain the system works to mirati on . After centuries of experiments, the pro blem of the capacity of capital to contrive, and labour t in endur e , burdens seems there about to be resolved. 4°l 'dly estates and princely pensions on the one hand, a nd fatigue and starvation upon the other. Mechanics fi nd worki ng men , s h a ll we no t resist at the threshold e effort s of capital here to turn labour to its own account? Shall we not prevent the entering•wedge syste m w hi c h, un d er th e gar b of protection, would Ir nately tax every article that enters into the con • mption o f th e l a b our o f th e c ountry ? If the labour ing'lclasses of Great Britain had the power to '' 'would they not free themselves at once from legis late, the sh ,;;volis exactions of their s ealthy capitalists; and l Nve, the real labourers and only true protectors of 'pour here—shall we be led hood-winked to the s n PPort of a par t y w h ose affinities are entirely with the. monied cla sses o f G rea t Britain, whose hypocriti , cant about protection is an insult to the true dig it't.y ,r of labour ? " The doctrines of free trade are more and more ' , l :.;ll),vccitit e d as conducing to the benefit of the labour , great country ; t . 4 and the least departure from B, g doctrine s c ono i s •tent with the collection of ade- quate revenue, is all that can be yielded to its future 9 legislation. n equal or horizontal tariff would afford sufficient revenue to the. Government, and sufficient and equal protection to labour; but it would not suit the purposes of the capitalist, whose love for labour is extremely discriminating. - He loves the manufac turer of iron more than the builder, the rigger, the navigator of a ship ; he loves the manufacturer of coarse wools more than the grower of soarse wools. His love for the manufacturer is a dollar a-yard, and 'for the wool grower, a mill per pound. He loves that branch of industry the most, the gains of which he can secure to himself the easiest. He loves anything that is a corporation. " The temporary ascendancy of the Whig party has enabled the capitalist, in addition to a bank and high tariff, to shadow forth their necessary adjunct, a national debt. In order to bring labour into com plete subjection, the whole three are necessary. The annual taxation of labour by the Government of Great Britain, is two hundred and forty millions of dollars; and of this sum one-halfgoes to the capitalist , in the shape of interest upon the national debt. The debt itself is viewed with indifference, but in the struggle to meet the interest, labour seems to have sunk into an entailed and grievous servitude. Shall we not, mechanics and working men, resist here, all debt, whether state or national, in its incipient stages? Shall we not work with all our might against a party THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER CHURCH GOVERNMENT. (From the Bishop of Llandaff's Triennial Charge.) But the distraction introduced into our Church by the circulation of certain opinions, and by ostenta tiously practising forms of no intrinsic importance, as if they were vital parts of Christianity, is an evil which requires some more definite and decisive autho rity to control it than the actual condition of our national Church supplies. The dioce3an is in the first instance the appointed guide in cases of doubt. But different Bishops may decide differently; and cases of doubt will multiply, as time goes on, and manners change, and unforeseen circumstances arise. Even that serious point of discipline, the repelling communi cants from the Lord's table, which by the Rubric is in certain cases enjoined, often involves doubts for wh;ch no adequate solution is provided The question of lay baptism, as entitling a deceased. person to burial with the rites of the Church, is in deed now decided by the highest authority ; and to that authority it is our duty to bow. But when we read the reasons upon which the decision is made to rest, and find it stated, that because the Church has generally held the validity of lay baptism in cases of emergency, so far as to preclude the practice of re-bap tising, therefore, it is to be regarded also as sufficient, our knowledge of ecelesiasiastical antiquity makes us reject such a conclusion, if by it is meant that no further act is requisite to entitle the party to all the privileges of Ch ur ch membership. Whatever the Church may in charity have conceded to those who, being baptised by lay hands in infancy, died before they were formally received into the Church, we ven ture to declare, upon the evidence of ancient writers and of ancient canons, that the practice of the Church has ever required, as a general rule, such baptism to be completed, either by solemnly receiving the infant into the Church, or by confirmation with laying on of hands by the Bishop. To infer from a permission given in cases of urgent necessity, and that too when all the parties concerned, though laymen, were yet members of the Church, that, therefore, a heretic or a schismatic may, without necessity, and acting in open defiance of the Church, merely by using the scriptural form of baptism, con fer the full privileges of the Church, and that the clergy are bound to give their services in burying, such a person, though never recognised, directly or in directly, as a member, is certainly wrong in Christian theology, as attested by the uniform practice of the Church in all ages, however deficient the ecclesiastical laws of this countrr may now be in providing for such cases. Before the Reformation such a case could not have happened. Yet in the actual constitution of our National Church there is nb remedy for this grievance. We must, therefore, obey the law, as expounded by our lay Judges. The Church, must, to use a phrase inju riously applied to her sacred formularies, " continue to work in chains ;" but we may appeal to the Legis• lature for emancipation from this bondage, contradic tory as it, is not only to the whole tenor of our eccle siastical polity, but to the plainest principles of reason and equity. We have no wish to debar those who are out of the pale of the National Church from Chris tian burial—not even to deprive them of what is said to be their civil right, burial in the churchyard of the parish to which they belong—but for the Minister of the parish to be compelled to read the service of the Church over those who neither belonged nor wished to belong to the Church is a grievance far beyond any which sectaries complain of as imposed upon which sets no bound to debt and — extravagant expen diture—opposes all taxation of capital, ani shifts off upon labour all the burdens of payment? " Our approaching State election again calls upon us to sustain the democratic policy, the true working man's policy, with reference to State debt and inter nal i!Aprovements. Shall we, throligh supineness, again allow a party to take the reins, which at the time of its arrest, was trafficking away, at a most ruin- . ous depreciation, the credit of the State—sinking us deeper and deeper in embarrassment and debt? The progress of democratic principles is onward; but it must not be forgotten that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. The conviction that cur principles are eternal, prevented our glorious democracy from becoming disheartened when the cohorts of Whiggery triumphed in the memorable campaign of 1840. The general defection of the States from the Whig cause, and their return one after another to the democratic fold, leaves the Whigs no other boast of 1840, hut that it marks an epoch of their success in appeal ing to the passions, instead of the reason of the people. Shall we, through divisions in our own ranks, neglect to secure at the coming election, mem bers of Congress in favour of preserving the distinct rights— the cherished institutions of the States ? Shall we, from local or personal considerations, or from sectional jealousies, hazard our ascendancy in the State Legislature, and fail of sending back to his post the distinguished democrat who now so ably re presents us in the Senate of the Union ? If any in centive to duty is needed, we have only to look at the heartless proscription which our divisions among our selves have enabled the bitter enemies of the demo cracy, though in a minority of thousands in this city, to inflict upon us. Let us each one make some sacri fice for the common good. ' Let us present an undi vided front in favour of regular nominations. Let us come out in our full strength, recollecting that we now have to whip the federalists in their last strong hold, and in their very latest disguise. We have to whip them now as the pr•tectors of labour. " RESOLUTIONS. "Resolved, That the best protectors of the labour ing classes are the labourers themselves, and that to the Whig capitalist who volunteers in our behalf, we reply in the language of Colonel Barre, in the British Parliament, to the officials who claimed to have acted upon a similar principle of protection towards the early settlers of America. No ! they grew by your neglect—the moment you began to care for them, that care was manifested in sending over swarms of officers, to eat out their substance, to misrepresent their liberties, and to prey upon them.' "Resolved, That we recommend to those protectors of labour, the old democratic creed, so clearly stated by Professor Holland, in order that their principles and practice may hereafter more perfectly agree. 4 A perfect equality of political rights ; the sovereignty of the State Governments ; a strict construction of the Constitution ; no privileges to particular sections of the country, or to particular classes of the community; no monopolies, trading companies, or corrupt govern mental banks ; frequent rotation, strict responsibility, and small parade in office ; moderate legislation ; a revenue meeting the wants of the people, and no more ; simplicity in the laws; and the least possible re straint upon the mind, person, energy, and industry, of every man, consistent with the rights of his fellow men.' "Resolved, That while we hear of a large profit already secured by the manufacturing capitalist in the rise of his goods, and of an advance in the com mon necessaries of life consumed by the labourer, we have yet to hear of the first dollar added to his wages. "Resolved, That the instincts of wealth are the same everywhere—that the affection of capitalists for the labouring classes is no more disinterested in Great Britain than in the United States—that in monopo lising the earnings of labour in the former, they march more boldly to their ob;ect ; while here they seek to obtain it by tricks in tariff, currency, and debt. "Resolved, That the democracy of this country are fast learning to interpret the catch-words of Fede ralism. Log cabins and hard cider mean extreme friendship for the labouring classes everywhere but in Rhode Island—there it means disfrancisernent ; protection to labour means the securing to the labourer ample opportunity to work, and to the capi talist, the profits of his labour in the shape of high duties. "Resolved, That the selection of William C. Bouck and Daniel S. Dickinson, as candidates for the two highest offices under our State Government, meets our hearty and cheerful approval—that the further selection of candidates to advocate and represent the cardinal doctrines of democracy, made in accordance with long cherished democratic usage, will doubtless be such as to claim our undivided support—that the success of our measures is so much more important themselves. The best remedy, however, for this and for other existing anomalies is a topic of such vast extent and importance, that I must content myself with having barely touched upon it. It will not be long, I trust, before some ecclesiastical jurisdiction is framed, com petent to decide questions of a purely spiritual cha racter ; or a commission, at least, appointed to prepare such laws, under the sanction of the Sovereign, as the state of the Church, from time to time, may seem to call for. Whether a convocation of the whole clergy of the realm be the form best calculated to give effect to Church government may well he doubted. Such bodies have been held by judicious and pious men to lead to so much strife and ambition, as to defeat in a great measure the good purpose for which the y were convened. It has been thought that th e evil will always predominate over the good; and certainly the latest experience this country . had of them tends to favour that opinion. But the increasing conviction of the necessity of an efficient Church government will, if temperately expressed, doubtless lead to this im provement, under some form or other. In the meantime, my Reverend Brethren, be it our care to strive without ceasing against the prevailingevil of this part of the country, religious dissension ; to bring together, as far as lies in our power, the scat tered sheep of Christ's flock, and to unite them in one fold, as the Redeemer willed them to be, and ap pointed us his ministers for that purpose. If they still obstinately refuse, let it not ruffle our temper, or in terrupt charity—nay, let it not grieve us overmuch or be the cause of lasting uneasiness or vexation in our minds. God forbid that we should cease to pray for them, although we bear testimony against the sinful ness of the course they are pursuing. Whatever the issue may be here, such labour of love you are sure will not be unrewarded in Heaven. Your greatest difficulty will be to induce minds trained in another school, and long alienated from the discipline of the Church, to lend an unprejudiced ear to your instruc tion. That point once gained, I am certain that many will be brought to understand the obligation they are under to join us, in obedience to the last solemn injunction of the Blessed Founder of the Church : and what they are brought at first to do as an act of obedience to him, for conscience sake, they will soon by habit learn to do from pious affection, and from a desire of • that comfort to the soul, which true devotion, under the guidance of the Church, never fails to afford. LORD HUNTINGTOWER'S IN SOLVENCY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 3. To-day Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque resumed his sittings in the investigation of this extraordinary case. He took the business in the Judges' Chamber up stairs, and at 11 o'clock precisely it commenced. Lord Huntingtower being still in custody, was attended to the Court by two of the tipstaffs of the Queen's Bench Prson. The course of inquiry pursued on the pre sent occasion was the examination of his Lordship's transactions in the shape of bill discounts, &c., with Messrs. Angell and Cooper, money-scriveners, of Warwick-chambers, Beak-street, Regent-street. Mr. Nias, the solicitor to the fiat, conducted the examina tion.. His Lordship was protected by Mr. Marsh man and Mr. E. James appeared for Messrs. Angell and Cooper. Mr. T. J. Angell examined by Mr. Nias—How long have you known the bankrupt, Lord Hunting tower ?—Since June, 1841, I think. I was intro duczd to' his Lordship at that time by Captain Byng, for the purpose of raising for his Lordship's use a large sum of money. Oa that introduction we en tered into business for his Lordship. The particulars of this transaction were these :—I received four bills, amounting to 1,0001., drawn by Captain Byng, and accepted by his Lordship, which were given me as the agent for Mr. Chandler, who gave into my hands the sum of 8501., which I handed to his Lordship. This was the consideration given for the 1,000/. bills. Mr. Chandler is, or was, a money scrivener, residing at 36, Bury-street, St. James's. Mr. Angell was here requested by Mr. Nias to withdraw. Mr. James took a legal objection to Mr.; Angell's evidence, but the examination was continued.—What was your next transaction with his Lordship ?4-The next transaction, as far as I recollect, was an applica tion made by our firm on his behalf to the General Reversionary and Investment-office, Charles-street, Regent-street, for 40,000/. What was your next transaction with or on behalf of his Lordship ?—I really am unable to furnish you with a strict account of these transactions, as Mr. Coorer attended to that particular department. Did you receive from his Lordship any bills of ex change or promissory notes ?—To the best of my re collection I received two bills of exchange in addition to the 1,0001. worth of bill before mentioned. I wish to say that these bills were our own transactions with his Lordship—that we discounted them, in faet, in PEACE WITH CIIINA.—If the Tories really believed consequence of an application from his Lordship, that the war with China to be the unholy thing which he was much pressed for money. One was for 5751., they described it to be, their note of triumph is neither and the other for 1,0001. The 5751. is in the hands more nor less than an astounding blasphemy, and of Mr. Moss Davis, as trustee for us. •Of the other deserves all the reprobation which good men can be- bill (I mean the 1,0001. bill), Ido not know what has stow upon it; while, if, as it should now appear, they become of it, but I believe Mr. Cooper can tell. only abused it for the sake of vilifying their po- What consideration did you give to the bankrupt litical rivals, they stand convicted of another mean- for the last-named two bills of exchange, and when ? ness, in addition to the many others which they —5OOl. was given by us to Lord Huntingtower, and have so unscrupulously employed to lower the Liberal we can prove we paid 5751., the amount of the bill, party in public estimation. Not only does Lord to obtain the money for ourselves. We made no profit Stanley thank the Almighty for giving a triumph of it. His Lordship applied to us, being pressed for to an unholy (so called) warfare, but he speaks money. of the Emperor of China being compelled to Did you give the bankrupt any more than the recognise the claims, mark that, the claims, positively 5001. you mentioned for the two bills of 1,0001. and the claims of Great Britain, thereby passing a vote of 5751. ?—Yes, most decidedly. 8501. was given by us censure, in language not to be exceeded in force and to his Lordship. strength, on his colleague, Sir James Graham, and Do you mean to say that you have given to the .other malignants of the faction who have so indus- bankrupt 8501. in addition to the 5001. you have men triously laboured to prove that the rights of the quar- tioned for the two last-named bills of exchange ? rel were entirely with the Chinese, while all the wrong Most distinctly. That is 1,356/. The 1,000/. bill was in this country. We thank the Noble Secretary also we made no profit upon. I wish to explain, in of the Colonies for the vindication of this branch of I reference to what I have already stated, that the the foreign policy of the Melbourne Ministry.— 1,0001. bill forms part of the judgment in the war- Liverpool Albion. rant of attorney taken from his Lordship at the time A hundred and forty. eight persons, who passed the a settlement of accounts took place between us, and frontiers with the Polish insurgents, who have not ap- when Mr. Bower was acting as his Lordship's so plied from their present places of abode for pardon, licitor. Perhaps you will allow me to say that we and did not seem to wish to take advantage of the took a bond of indemnity from Lord Huntingtower indulgent pardon, and the time granted for their re- to secure us against the consequences of our having turn, according to the Royal Ukase of the 16th Oct., drawn and endorsed the bill of 5751. for his accom -1834, are now declared to be exiles from the empire, l modation, and in contemplation of our becoming and are for ever forbidden to return to Russia ;at the liable as drawers to his Lordship for bills to the same time all that shall be proved to have belonged i amount of 5,0001. Not to exceed 5,0001 . That bond to them is confiscated for the use of the Government. l of indemnity is in the hands of Mr. Moss Davis. In than the mere temporary elevation or depression of any set of men—that, sinking every minor considera tion, we will carry the men for the sake of the mea sures." The following reso'utions were submitted by Hiram M'Collum, Esq., and adopted:— " Resolved, That as mechanics and working men, we are opposed to a tariff. " Because, first, it tends to impoverish the country. He who asks that a tariff of 25 per cent. be laid to enable him to compete with the foreign manufacturer of the same fabric does, by that simple demand, ac knowledge, that the labour of the country, as distri buted in its various occupations, does produce that which exchanges for 25 per cent. more of the foreign fabric, than could be produced by the same labour, if diverted from the fields and mechanics' shops, and employed in the home manufacture of the article sought to be protected. If this be not true, why ask protection ? Labour is more profitably employed, else it could be successfully engaged in manufacture without the aid of a tariff. A tariff, then, does not enrich, it impoverishes a country. We are opposed to a tariff because it distributes the burdens of Go vernment unequally, shifting its main support from the shoulders of the wealthy to those of the mechanic and working men. It taxes them heavily, either for the support of the Government, or for the support of the manufacturer. " Resolved, that the argument most relied upon by those who advocate a tariff, viz., that the agriculturist, the mechanic, and the labourer are compensated for the burthen which it imposes upon them, by relatively high prices, a home market, increased consumption, and increased demand for labour, is a fallacy. If the price of labour and produce rise in proportion to the protected article, how is the manufacturer benefited by the tariff? It is evident that he would be obliged to abandon his manufactory. " Resolved, that for these and many other reasons which might be adduced, we are in favour of perfect and entire free trade, as the system by which alone the labour of the country can be protected ; and while, ' at present, we do not oppose a tariff sufficient to meet the necessary and economical expenditures of the Go vernment, we trust, that at no distant day, this will be effected by direct instead of indirect taxation." consequence of our want of faith in his :Lordship, this transaction was not carried out beyond the 5751. - cons equently the judgment entered inb ) for 10,000 i. against his Lordship stands only as security for the 5751. (Inquiry here took place relative to the warrant of attorney obtained from his Lord Ship.) Did vou receive any money out of Court in a cause called t` Ryan against Lord Huntingtower ;" if so, what amount ?—Yes, between 7 0 0 1 . and 8001 ., the amount being one-third of the whole amount taken out of Court, except some expenses paid to Messrs. Bower and Back, agents of Mr. Footner, Lord Iluntingtow er's attorney. Mr. Moss Davis received the other two-thirds, which would be double the amount. _ _ Mr. Angell, in continuation—Thiere are two bills of exchange received from Mr. Hume, which also go in reduction of this warrant of attorney, and a further sum of 2501. cash, paid at the time the warrant of attorney was signed. Have you any and what &aim upon his Lordship under the judgment entere , i up on the warrant of attorney dated the 13th of Dec. ?—The amount we claim upon that warrant of attorney, to the best of my knowledge, is about 3,0001. Are all your transactions with the bankrupt entered in the cash-book now produced ?—I believe they are, and if not, I shall be bappy to afford all the informa tion I can. Has any account between your firm and the bank rupt ever been made omit, examined, and sign9d by you and the bankrupt ; but a short statement was made by Mr. Bo rver at the time the warrant of attorney marked A w as taken, and I applied to Mr. Bower this morning i br that statement, as I kept no copy of it, and he info umed me, that in the absence of an authority from Lo:r d Huntingtower, he should not be justified in handing the same to me. The parti culars of that statemer it, to the best of my belief, are as follow :—Mortgage !, 3,036/. ; the bill for which the indemnity was taken ~ 5751. ; bill of exchange for 1,000/. ; premiums o. a insurance, say about 1201. • cash, 50/. ; costs, 461. 1 . 12s. 2d.; the credit to Lord Huntingtower for 2501. cash, and also credit for 2501. on an I 0 U, which he never paid, making a total of 5001. to be deducted :from 5,242/. 12s. 2d., leaving 4,7421. 12s. 2d., for which the warrant of attorney was taken. The state: Inc:nt referred to was made out by Mr. Bower, and la' is Lordship was asked by Mr. Bower if that was cc rrrect ? His Lordship replied that he was perfectly a itisfied therewith, and that the same was correct. ri Chis conference took place in Grafton-street, at the residence of the Countess Dy sart, about three or f, zur o'clock in the afternoon. The parties I saw there, were Mr. Hume, Mr. Flower, Mr. Bower, Mr. Steela. Mr. Douglas, I think, was in the house, but I did not seohim, and my partner, Mr. Cooper, was also th ere. Mr., Nias said, he th ought when his Honour came to hear the charge all( gad against Messrs. Angell and Cooper, it would be his opinion that the course he (Mr. Nias) was pursuing in this examination was the proper one. He was instructed that the facts were that Messrs. Angell a nd Cooper when they waited on his Lordship at the Countess Dysart's took with them Mr. Flower and a polit:eman. The policeman waited outside the door, and -when his Lordship came down he was told that the a was a policeman outside the door ready to take him into custody for obtaining money under false pre ,ences. Mr. Bower, the agent for kr. Footner, the solicitor to his Lordship, hap pened to be in the Imouse, and instead of its being between three and fou r o'clock, as had been stated, he was instructed that it was after dinner, which was rather between six and seven o'clock. When his Lordship came down stairs and found that there was a policeman aubd an Old Bailey practitioner ready to take him before the Magistrates at Marlborough-street on the grave charge alleged, which was the threat held out, his Lordship sent up stairs for Mr. Bower. It was then stated, so he was instructed, that, without full security was given at that time, and at th at place, his Lordship would have to take the consequences. Lord Huntingtower, naturally enough, alarm ned at the presence of Mr. Flower, and the attenO‘ant policeman, consented to give a warrant of attorn4,y, and the account was actu ally drawn out by Mr. Angell himself. Mr. Bower advised his Lordship not to give any such security, intimating at the same time, that as there was an Old Bailey practitioner present on behalf of Messrs. Angell and Cooper, it would ;le as well that one should be called in for his Lordiship's assistance. Mr. Steele, another Old Bailey pr ictitioner, was sent for. He came. He also advised. his Lordship not to submit to any warrant of attor;ivg thes yi,nbu warrant tthisdidnootf attorney. ufficeto calm his Lordship's fe:trs, who was still anxious to get rid of the threat by It seemed somewhat singular how all these gentlemen —Mr. Hume, who had swept . _ away the whole of the estate, and against whc:m Air. James so loudly the other day proclaimed, .Mr. Douglas, who was now not to be found, and the others — were by accident at the residence of the Countess the very day and hour this warrant of attorney was given. But there they were, and the war rant of attorney was prepared in the house by Mr. Angell, and Lord Huntingtower signed his name to it. With respect to the allegation of Mr. Bower being the attesting witness on the occa sion,- madethe account t declare to himself a consenting party, he was only so at t he earnest desire of his Lord ship, who entreated him to put his signature to the rdocument.rules of the Judges eCourts the well knew admitoey was ew that under the new be correct. This, he was instructed to say, was the history of that warrant of attorney, and he had no doubt but that he should be able to work it out if his course of examination were allowed to proceed. Mr. James objected to some questions that were put in pursuance of this examination, when Mr. Nias, in support of his right of examination, contended that the admission of Mr. Jones was in fa vour of the course he was pursuing. Mr. Angell's claim was a charge upon the estate now withheld from the bona fide creditors. It was a registered judgment, and though not in action against the bankrupt's pro perty, could be brought into action immediately that property appeared. Mr. James—You say there is no property. Mr. Nias—Oh yes, there is property, we hope, when these claims are cleared away. Mr. James—You must establish that, then, before you can inquire. Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE having referred to the clause of the Act, said, I shall take time to consi der this point. A doubt does appear to arise in my mind as to its being the estate that is meant. There is also the word " dealings," which will allow of con siderable scope, but it must be considered, which I will do between the present time and our next sitting. If the legality or illegality of the transaction can be proved in any manner to affect the bankrupt's estate, then it will be a question whether they can do it, quia timeat. Mr. James said, he thought he should be able to point out to his Honour two or three cases when he next came before the Court. The proceedings were therefore adjourned, for the consideration of the.point of law raised. MONDAT.—This day the further examination of witnesses was resumed in the matter of this bank ruptcy, which has already occupied so much of the public attention. dthi i‘e Mr. Nias attended as solicitor for several creditors, an witnesses who were examined in I c r o . u D rs e e l a o m f e t r h e fo ed r ay. Mr. Matthew Sherborne, sworn and examined by Mr. Nias, stated in substance as follows :—I am an oilman, carrying on business in Oxford-street, and also a farmer at Easton, near Hounslow. Knew a person of the name of Chandler, who lived with a Mr. Whitehead, and who brought certain bills of the bankrupt's to discount, to the amount of 4,0001., and for which I gave cash to the sum of 3,2001. I was, g iven to understand by him that they were good bills, or I would not have cashed them. Mr. Sherborne underwent a long examination as to whether, and when, he had instituted any proceed ings against Lord Huntingtower for these bills, to which he could no t give any ver y d e finite answers. It was, however, before he was threatened with cer tain proceedings in the Cour t of Chancery on b e half of Lord Huntingtower . A person but yourself an interes t in them ? — (A p ause ) . By Mr. Nias—Did you ever execu t e an y instru mentNto the on e t . i m e that the bills became due, .had any relating to these bills P—No, I am quite sure I did not. When did you firs t g ive authority to any person to act on your behalf ? -IVb y , I have mostly lived in the country,Didyou ever my brother b r other has ac t e d f or me. Chandler a power to act for you ? and m —Chandler took th e bills ; he was to act for me , and put the things upon a firmer basis. When did you first know of the dishonour of these bills ?—I cannot state, as I kept them with Chandler to manage for me. Having given Chandler an authority to act for you, why did your brother interfere in the conduct of the business ?—Because he was unconcerned, with Lord Huntingtower. Were the bills ever in the possession of your bro ther Edward ?—Never. You have been ask ed if, before your broth er told you that proceedings should be taken, wheth er y ou gave instructions in y our ow n name to proceed for the recovery of these bil ls, a n d to which you have an --Never. swered "No ;" have you any further explanation to give of the matter now ?—N one, except that I left it all to Chandler to act as best he could for me. Did you give these instructions or authority in writing ?—Never. Mr. Edward Sherborcie, of the Strand, was next called in, and examined by Mr. Nias—l have a claim against the bankrupt for 20,500/. upon bills, which I now produce; but I cannot state the particular month in which I received them. It was, however, at my own house in the Strand, when no one was present except Chandler, and perhaps one of his messengers who was in the habit of bringing notes to me -apcn business. What consideration did you give for these bills ? Sixteen shillings in the pound for 18,5001.; and 17s. 6d. in the pound for 2,0001. Was that paid by cheques or bank notes, or in what manner ?—By cash or cheques, which I might happen to have in hand at the time that I took to (discounted) the bills, for I keep no banker. Are these bills entered in any book kept by you ? No. Is any thing relating to these bills entered in any books kept by you?—No. Is the consideration which you have stated you gave for these bills entered in any book kept by you ? —No. For your ordinary business purposes do you keep books ? Yes. Aro you sure that you have made no entry in these books of the bills of exchange, or of the consideration given for them ?—Sure, farther than this, if I have had 201. out of my business, or any other sum, I have charged myself with it. Can you, by reference to your books, show any sum whatever given by you for these bills Y—No. State the particulars of the cheques whicliyou . say . • you gave in part consideration for theSe•r only speak of cheques I had in handomtPivhieh might have received in business or otheriiisti,:;:Y`: Can you show the source from which Yvii-OtaiNed'.l either the cheque3 Or bank notes which you 'state yo.d gave in consideration of these bills ?—.No. Can you name any person capable of supplying the information ?—No. Did you take any thing in writing from Chandler or any body else, which, if produced, would furnish that information ?—No. An application was here made to the Learned Commissioner, by Mr. Delamere, but from the low tone of voice in which he spoke we cowl d. not accu rately carch his object. Mr. CommissionerFosßLAsQuE—lf I find assets I shall direct a dividend to be made as rajidly as possi ble, and those creditors who do not cc,me in to prove in time will most probably get nothirig. I have per mitted this examination to prom KI thus far in order to affbrd every man mixed up in it, if he have a par ticle of reputation left, to manifo: t his anxiety to sup port it. My thorough determination is not to wait the declaration of a dividend for tl . .ose creditors who have not proved. The creditors - w'bo have proved are fully entitled to this inquiry, amt I think Mr. Dela mere will best discharge his duty to his client by urging him to give the fullest ar.swers in his power to all such proper questions as ma y be put to him. By Mr. Nias—Has any portion of the considera tion which you say you gave for these bills ever reached the hands of the bankrupt, to your know ledge ? Mr. Delamere desired the witness not to answer the , . question. ' Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE —lt is a question as to a direct dealing with the b'nikrupt. As such, it is a legal question, and if not answered I shall commit the witness. Mr. Delamere—lf, sir, according to your decision in the matter of Angell, this witness is not in a con dition to be examined at all, then I submit that this question cannot be put to him ; and if put to him again, I advise him not to answer it. Do you know W. H. Douglas, the endorser of these bills ? Witness—Under advice I shall decline ans wering that question. Mr. Delamere—The truth is, we do not wish to prove. Mr. Nias (to witness)—Sign your depositions. Mr. Delamere—l advise him not to sign that which contains your objectionable questions. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE—The witness has consented to answer certain questions. These ques tions are legal ; he must sign his depositions, and if he refuse to do so, I shall commit him. This decision had its effect, and the witnes signed his depositions, when the Court rose, and the hearing was adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—While the Times is alternately exalting and aspersing Bishops, it is seeking to revive one of the worst claims of priestcraft in behalf of " Pres byters"—we mean the claim that auricular confe:sion of criminals is to be held sacred to them. The Rev. Henry Formby, curate of Ruardean, has been backed by the Times in the announced resolution to plagi arise from the Romish Church (in contempt of law) the doctrine that confessions made to him by . a dying criminal are sacred from justice. His peni tent was a woman who had committed repeated acts of infanticide—it is supposed with an accomplice— and her dying confession Mr. Formby keeps secret. The law recognises no such privileged communica tion ; the State, which upholds church endowments, probably does not uphold them in order to maintain functionaries who aid and abet crime, and comfort criminals by easing their bosom of the perilous stuff, which they are found so often ready to reveal to justice rather than retain uncommunicated. We are now told by the Times, and by the curate of Ruardean, that the State ought to permit the clergy of its choice to receive these confidences, under the seal of confes sion, and thus, in many cases, intercept them from justice. It is easy to see with what motive a section of the Anglican clergy may desire to snatch this privilege of confdssion from exclusive enjoyment of the Romish priest. It is a power over weak and guilty minds, useful for priestly purposes. The question is whether it is conducive to religious, moral, or political ones. Whether the intention of the State, in upholding a Protestant clergy, is to revive the doctrine of a power in the Church to absolve delinquents from their human duties, and to defraud human justice of the benefit of their confessions. This has always been held by Pro testants the worst relic of priestcraft among Roman Catholics ; and the Times has not been the slowest to denounce its supposed effects in Ireland. In those parts of continental Europe which were long the most priest ridden, and partially are so still, the effects of the prac tice appear most unequivocally. "When in the South of Eiirope" (we quote the late esteemed historian, M. de Sismondi), we find all assassins, all thieves, all prostitutes, very scrupulously fulfilling all the observances of re ligion, we are apt to accuse them of hypocrisy, and to imagine that, by their exterior of Christianity, they have no other object than to deceive those who observe them. This is a mistake ; throughout the South of Europe, this refuse of society is bona fide religious. Malefactors becoming numerous, have found, have formed bad priests, who live by their offer ings, and who, as they partake the product, are always ready to sell the absolution of crime. STANDARD.—We must respectfully claim the attention of our readers to the proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, in the case in which this journal was charged with libel. We shall not be accused of having neglected to raise our voice against the libel code until that code touched ourselves : the readers of the Standard know that we have never permitted any distinction of class, or sect, or party, to restrain our protest against that op pressive and degrading code as often as the oc casion occurred. This has been our conduct through a long course, in which extraordinary care, and we hope the influence of an anxious desire, never unnecessarily to damage the interests, or wound the self-love of an individual, has obtained for us an im munity from libel prosecutions. Yesterday was the first conviction—almost the first prosecution—of the Standard for a libel, since its establishment, nearly sixteen years ago, and of the offence, whatever it might be complained of yesterday, the proprietor or editor of the Standard was really as innocent as any person who may read these lines. Under such cir cumstances it may be • forgiven us if we feel deeply hurt by a conviction, and if we demand to present our wrongs to the public. We feel that we suffer a grievous injustice, not from a judge or a jury—who must act as the law requires them— but from a tyrant law ; and the individual's acute sense of injustice it is a duty to proclaim, because the sense of individual wrong, from tyranny of every kind, serves to the social body that purpose of announcing the approach of danger, which physical pain sup plies to the natural body. It is by practical expo sure, as instances occur, that the public is to be taught the true character of that libel code which places the property and reputation of every person committed in the public Press, at the mercy of what every individual pleases to indulge his cupidity or malice at the expense of a newspaper proprietor. We do not conceal that in the present case the command of public duty is powerfully re-inforced by an earnest wish to acquit ourselves of the moral stain, for as such we esteem it, of a libel conviction. We are not con vinced by Sir Thomas Wilde's reasoning that a good character is a bad thing, which ought to go in aggrava tion of the punishment of him who has earned it, and thereon we shall try at whatever pecuniary cost to preserve the character we have earned, re joiced that a good character is the only topic of reproach which our general conduct affords to a vin dictive accuser. With infinitely more pleasure do we pay 2001. as the penalty of a good character, than we should obtain one hundred times the sum as the fruit of acts that could justly fasten upon us a cha racter of an opposite description. We are not of Sir Thomas IVilde s school of mercantile morality; we cannot bring ourselves to think of money lost in da mages for libel as merely so much tare and tret upon it may be a gainful trade : we might think so if it were the money only that was lost, for that is nothing; but no profit can in our judgment be set in the balance against even a formal conviction of a vio lation of the law to the injury of a fellow-subject. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR CHEPSTOW. CHEPSTOW, DEC. s.—On Saturday, the 3d inst., between the hours of twelve A.m. and two P.M., a most atrocious murder was committed on the person of an unmarried female, aged 36, named 3loxley, who re sided with her father at a farm called Ponlesasen, about a mile from the village of St. Owen's, Mon mouthshire, and two miles from this town. It appears, from the facts that have transpired, that the father left home about eleven A.M. on the day of the murder, for Chepstow market. On his return, at t w o o'clock , he found the lifeless body of his daughter lying in a pool of blood at the back door, and beside her a large hedge-stake, by which it was evident the unfortunate woman had been deprived of life. The drawer in the house had been broken open, and about 201. in cr.sh stolen therefrom. The Rev. Theobald Mathew is to visit Jersey and Guernsey, by invitation, immediately after Easter. We hear that the number of students at Gottingen, in the winter quarter, which has just commenced, is very much decreased. m o l r m d e m r d a i a t s e t r i o n h f g o r m m a u t s i o t e n rof having th e beennei g hb ou rs given o imme diately went in search of the murderer ' • and during the day several persons were tak en i n t o custody on suspicion, but from want of evidence were discharged. Yesterday about noon the supposed murderer was captured at Tintern Abbey, about two miles from the scene of the murder. lie is now in custody awaiting the decision of the Coroner's inquest, now sitting. The prisoner, Edward Reece, is a man about 26 years of age, a near neighbour of the deceased. Sus picion fell upon him in consequence of his having been spending considerable sums of money on the preceding day; as he was merely a farm labourer it was at once supposed he could not by honest means have been in possession of the money. Since his apprehension a shirt and waistcoat belonging to him have been disco vered in the thatch of one of the farm-buildings, covered with blood. It appears the villain entered the house while the woman was engaged in her do mestic duties, and struck her with the hedge-stake on the hack of the head. The blow having failed to stun the deceased, she appears to have struggled with the murderer, as it is evident that she had moved about the room previously to the villain accomplish ing his purpose in her final destruction. The prisoner had been married the preceding Sunday. Meyerbeer has suffered a great domestic calamity. He has lost one of his brothers, scarcely 44 years of age. This brother, to whom he was much attached, was struck with apoplexy while walking in one of the streets of Berlin. Ile dragged himself home with difficulty, .and died two days afterwards. THE SCILLy ISLES.—We believe we are correct in stating that the regular mail communication bet ween Penzance and the Scilly Isles, and which has for so long a time been interrupted, to the great distress, in convenience, and danger, both of the inhabitants of those places and all others elsewhere, having corres pondents and business there, will be shortly resumed, if, indeed, it may not be said already to have com menced. The differences existing between the Post office authorities, and the owners of the " Lionesse" Scilly Packet, and from which all the inconvenience alluded to has arisen, are, we are informed, adjusted. I The Lionesse, (Tregarthen) brought over the ma 1 from Scilly on Tuesday, the 29th ult., as formerly, an d will take it when she sails again, on the Friday following, and we hope and believe that no further interruption will take place. We congratulate the inhabitants of these places respectively on the probable completion of this to them—important arrangement. —Sherltorne and Yeovil Mercury. IN . Mr. Payne held an inquest last evening at the Ci • ty MR. TURNBULL AND THE AU -1 one of the inmates. It a pp eare d ,sin t g h fr a oa t m th la e rGg d eu ec ils ea dqhu sV airei had body of 'William Smith, ag e , I 18, THORITIES OF CUBA. Bridewell, upon the We have received, the following communication from the British and. Foreign Anti-Slavery Society: — been committed for two month "DEAR ' S ' N lR as ,— sa :lti N nf ass" ü ß r a e h d an th as at Monday last, for wilfully break' interest in the ? .nevements of any who are engage _, plate glass in the window of Mr. Doudney, clothier, whether officiral 4or otherwise, in seeking to break Fleet-street, valued at 12/ unming a le i Thursday morning he complained of headache and cold ~ his plea being that he vas; the iniquitous bonds of slavery, an r emove fron 1 destitute, and wished to be sent to prison. l on. the earth rm.- ev il whi c h i s mire of An 4 this remov e a d n 1 uhaisrstpresvvinolups curse, perk the liber t . .i .of troubling yor aps, than any that, can be narrdt.ij e over his body, and was admitted into the Infirmary There :are evils, and g ' Mr. Crooks, assistant-surgeon, attended him till - his - - toms of typhus fever, and his medical attendant' had . :with this Valinnunl' i°l 4.ei l : .... e g eo d decease on Sunday. Ile had all the t h . : i c, k no doubt it had been induced by re At o e n ry es,t a h n atlas su ld a s:: . arising from them, hat, at is evil •' - particularly exposure to the he a tree bearing. none but deadly fruitunder la i shadeFk. The ser • rcuit is made a beast, and the mat. h •privations, • amo ester. , having shept in the streets six nights beforadmission. " l'he name rd T bll . .. was miserably filthy, and in an extreme state of Turnbull u you may perhaps be farm- Ile liar with. It • 'ion. Verdict—" .Died from natural causes." is a name that deserves to be known exhaus. . and.respect :expect, •ne held another •He was our Consul at Ilavannah for a Mr. Pit ) 1 inquest at the Bal - ere short tar ne, Tower -street, on the body of , ..e, and was no discredit to the Government Hall, Harp-. a V •"" aim he was appointed. Proving himself the Duncan 111,cra:. aged 24, a p r i va t e i n th e S cotc h ,-.. ener - 4 of injustice and the friend of th e o pp resse d, h e F us ili ers , a t preset . .t quartered in the Tower. John `vas nit the sort of official the Spaniards wanted, and Matthews, the watchufan At the Custom-house, saw !te ,1 , ..e the pro-slavery clamour for his removal. So the deceased at half-past tv7elve on Saturday night 14Tong, indeed, was the current of feeling against him last. He was leaning thcmgii:tilly upon one of the * Ilavannah, that he deemed it unsafe to remain on gates leading to the water, arid aller remaining so for '.,* . :tiore, and sought refuge on board the Romney, the a few minutes, he went down the vatermeies path .. 4. (Tot for captured Africans lying in the harbour. He way to the st e p s , an d th e w it ness s a w no more o r teas super s ed e d in his office as Consul, but retained him. The Coroner and Jury censured this witness that of ' Protector of liberated Africans.' The fide- very severely for his neglect in not wacning the de lity with which he discharged the functions of this ceased of the dangerous path he was purstring. The important office is proved by the continued and in- witness said it was no part of his duty to. pr event creased enmity of the man-stealing and slave-dealing people from going into the river if they were so in- Spaniard. dined. Sergeant Baddelly said the deceased' 'was a "In August last Mr. Turnbull visited Nassau. He native of Ross-shire, Scotland, and enlisted in .1839. had received from our Government an official paper He bore a good character for steadiness and sobeety. respecting some British subjects held in slavery in Verdict —S" Accidental death." Cuba, who had been carried thither in direct contra vention of an Act that had passed the English Parlia ment for the purpose of preventing the exportation of slaves to a foreign port or country. The intent of the Act was clearly obvious, but one section not being so declaratory as it should have been, these men (the slave-owners), always distinguished for works of supererogation, availed themselves of the defect in the letter most flagrantly to violate the spirit of the law. At different times, therefore, hundreds of slaves were removed to Cuba, where they, or their descend ants, still are. "Immediately after Mr. Turnbull's arrival here he commenced his inquiries, in order to learn who had been carried away, and by whom. A large number of persons appeared to give evidence, some of whom had children there, others parents, brothers, and sisters. Some had themselves been there, and could give the names of fellow-slaves, whom they left, and who are no w groan i ng b enea th the iron yoke. It was proved but too clearly, that a gentleman, holding an office in the Court of Vice-Admiralty, had British subjects as slaves on his estate at Cuba. Mr. Turnbull, thinking that he should be able to identify them, and obtain their liberation, or if not all some one or two who would extend and increase the evidence already supplied, and hoping, too, to be able to visit several islands of the colony from which people had been carried, and thus collect more facts, left Nassau in the beginning of the month of October. On the 16th of the month they reached Gibara. The sloop did not enter the harbour until Mr. T. had been gp shore and ascertained from the proper officer if she might do so, to which he at once assented. Accordingly the sloop entered and was moored, but the crew were not to be allowed to come on shore. Mr. Turnbull was about to procure the usual securities for the crew„but the officer, or commandant, told him that there was no necessity for his being at the trouble of getting securities, for that he himself would be answerable for them. But all these movements were preconcerted, for they had been apprised by some at Nassau of his coming, and of all that he had done here. " Mr. Turnbull had to go sixty miles inland to visit the estate. lie obtained a horse and was accompanied by three military men. He soon found that he was a prisoner, and not at liberty to go where he chose. He was taken before the Governor of the district, where his passport was demanded, which he produced, and this, contrary to all international law, was taken alto gether from him, and my informant tells me that it was only by showing the firmest determination that he obtained a copy of it. • " No sooner had Mr. T. left the harbour than the commandant, with his soldiers, boarded the sloop, and made the crew prisoners. The next day Mr. T.'. valet, the captain, and the pilot, were taken on shore and put into the stocks. The day following the rest of the crew were taken from the sloop and imprisoned. Two days were these innocent men, British subjects, confined in a filthy narrow cell, knowing the want of both bread and water. On Mr. Turnbull's return from the interior he was made acquainted with the perfidy of the commandant, and, on his evincing deep feeling for the unoffending crew, the officials grinned satisfaction at their sufferings. " Mr. Turnbull's valet had with him a large num ber of books; most, indeed all of them, were religious, except an English grammar ; he had also a large number of Spanish tracts, which he had receivedfrom the Baptist mission at Nassau ; also a Bible and a Companion to the Bible. All these they took away and still retain. * 4 * " 31r. Turnbull, when the sloop was sent away from Cuba, was then in the hands of the Spanish au thorities, who were about to take him to Havanmah to subject him to an examination, and to deal with him accordingly. Some of the old slave-owners at Nassau, I am told, were overjoyed at the good news of his captivity, and his friends are thinking of the possible issue with. anxious feeling_; but Mr. T. was confident that he should be at Nassau about three weeks from that date, Oct. 25. " I shall be happy. if at Nassau when he returns, to give other and further .particulars of this daring outrage on the liberty of British subjects, and on an agent of the British Government. Surely these blustering slave-owners—these people long notorious for iron-heartedness, treachery, and faithlessness—will not be permitted to insult an accredited officer of a mighty people with impunity. •" Some indemnification ought to be made to the crew for their ten days' suffering in their dark and filthy cell. during a part of which time their feet were made fast in the stocks. The offer of a thousand dol lars a day, the Captain of the sloop declared in my hearing, should not induce him to visit Gibara again. "I am, Sir, (Signed) "H. CAPERN, Baptist Missionary." The Dowager Lady Holland has been suffering froi indisposition, arising from, a severe cold, at h er L a d y - ship's temporary residence, Lord Kilmaine's mansion, in .Fouth-street. THE WEATHER.—During the whole of yesterday. the metropolis was enveloped in a dense fog, render-- ing it necessary to use artificial light in all the City offices and warehouses. This sudden change from the fine open weather prevalent during the last few days, may be considered the harbinger of winter. The temperature throughout the day was much lower than on Monday, and the market waggons from the suburban districts were covered with hoar :frost EFFECTS OF THE INCOME-TAX.---At a, recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, the guardian for Lostock, who is not of the school of Diogenes, appeared in an exceedingly ill humour, its ebulli tions continually bubbling into all the business of the Board. The Chairman, an Income-tar Commissioner, at length said —"I think, .Mr. Shaw must have been before the Income-tax Commis sioners."—" Why ?" said Mr. Shaw.—" Because," re plied the Chairman, " you are so cross." The Chair man often speaks of the beauties of the new Poor law ; to put people out of temper appears to be one of the beauties of the Income-tax.—Bolton Free Press. THE PROPERTY TAX.—The Post-office revenue promises to be considerably increased by the necessity of serving proprietors assessed to property, who live at a distance from their estates, with notice of the time the appeals are fixed to be held. A letter from Rock ford division was lately received by an owner wherein the tax amounted to 4s. 4d. and the charge for post age was 2d.—Essex Herald. - LADY AUGUSTA SOMERSET.—The best practical re futation of the atrocious falsehood so industriously circulated, and so eagerly caught up by the Liberal press, derogatory to the fair fame of this amiable and accomplished member of the ducal amuse of Beaufort, is to be found in the fact that Badminton Hall is at this moment the scene of a splendid reunion of the nobility of the realm, in which his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge take part.—Where and how the diabolical rumour could have originated we are at a loss to con ceive, but we sincerely trust that it is now put at rest fur ever.— Cheltenham Journal. THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON BAILWAY.--IM MENSE CONSUMPTION OF CAST IRON.—In conse quence of the intended junction of the Liverpool and Manchester with the Leeds and Manchester Railway, at Hunt's-bank. about 200 or 250 yards will have to be executed by the Bolton Railway Company. It will be formed entirely of cast iron, and will be elevated some 18 feet above the level of the street ; to effect which 51 immense cast-metal beams will be required, each weighing about seven tom, and a similar number of pillars, each weighing five tons. Besides this, the entire length and breadth of the road will have a complete cast metal flooring. The estimated weight of the whole is 1,030 tons, ewe elusive of the wrought iron and the rails. The rail way will be formed in the centre of Tee-street, leav ing a carriage road on each side. The design is beautiful ; and the work, judging from appearances, will be of the most substantial description.—Bolton Free Press. IRISH OFFICERS IN CHINA AND INDIA.-Sir Hugh Gough, whose command of the British force in China has been one* scene of victory and triumph, is son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Gough, of the City Limerick Militia, and commenced his military career in_ that regiment in 1793. As Major in the 87th (or Faugh-a-Baullaghs) he commanded that gallant corps at the memorable battle of Tala vera, where the 87th captured a French eagle, and he was severely wounded. His gallantry , during the siege of Cadiz was so conspicuous, that Sir Thomas Graham (now Lord Lynedoch) honoured him with brevet rank from the date of his dispatches, being the first instance of the kind which occurred in the British army. On the 31st of December, 1811, Lieutenant-Colonel Gough repulsed, at Ta rifa, with his eight companies, 500 strong, no less than 1,800 picked troops, whi) assaulted a breach. A general order on this occasion spoke of his conduct as " surpassing all 'praise," and the Prince Regent ordered the word " Tarifa" to be thereafter im printed on the regiment's colours. He next commanded at Vittoria, where the 87th lost half its number. On this occasion he was honoured with the thanks of the brave Picton, and received a third medal of distinction. He commanded at the battle of Nivelle, and was severely wounded. On this occasion he was honoured with the cross, and the officers of his regiment presented him with a valuable vase. Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, 9th Regiment, who has so distinguished himself at Affghanistan, is bro ther of J. E. Taylor, Esq., Cranbrook, Fermanagh. BLETSOE.—NoN-EMPLOTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LARoURERS. — I regret to inform you that indications of a commotion among the agricultural labourers in this hitherto peaceabledistrictlegin to develope them a f s a s r e m m e b rs le, re a ci n u d estin g g one em r p o l u o n y d men i t n . b A ands bod to y selves. • Bodies of men have a l rea d y b egun the of seven or eight men belonging to Harrold went round to the farmers of that parish about the beginning of last month, and in some places expressed themselves in strong language, saying "they could not starve, and bread they must have: At length one of the farmers gave them employment, but some of them could not earn more than 6d. a-day.—Cor respondent of the Northampton Mercury. BANKRUPTCY.—SuffoIk, Essex, Harts, and Barks form the district allotted to Mr. Commissioner Meri vale.—lpswich Express. TRADE IN NEW ZEALAND.—The whale-trade stands prominent in point of importance compared with all the other sources of wealth and naval power which have opened in New Zealand. Hitherto, it must be acknowledged the mother-country has not availed herself to the full extent, of the advantages which the new colonies have presented, especially in regard to the enlargement of the mercantile n av y , viewed as a e nurseryan scould oo ifo boastr about two hundred and fifty , ships, each from three to seamen. of having Severaln the years South ago , Sea fishery the Ameri cans five hundred tons burden. The officers and crew of every vessel amounted, on the average, to twenty five individuals, five of who m ma y b e considered as yall the whole of whi c h the never having been at sea before. The voyage lasts gener allysailo r s aboutare afl o at , threeat exposed ears, o ende toa climates and - to r every vicissitude of weather ; the tempests of Cape Horn, the squalls of the tropics, the hurricanes of California, and the typhoons of Japan, being equally familiar to them. The emp loyment of whale-fishing, more perhaps than any oter, habituates the men to danger, and calls forth such a degree of skill, nerve, and presence of d min ,as renders them well fitted for the duties of an armed ship. It de serves to be mentioned, too, that nearly half of the black oil obtained by the adventurers of Nantucket and New Bedford is conveyed to England , and sold there at a pro fit of 50 per cent., even after paying the duty chargeable on it as a foreign commodity. This fact, if it does not prove a great relaxation of enterprise on our side, leaves no doubt as to the increasing activity and suc cess of the shipping interest in the United States, the natives of which at once increase their wealth and add immensely to the future resources of their coun try.—Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXXIII. Polynesia. INCENDIARISM.—The fearful spirit of incendiarism has made its appearance in the neighbourhood of Col chester, and during the past week much alarm has been occasioned amongst the inhabitants by repeated rumours of fires in the adjacent villages. On Friday night, we regret to state, a cry, too well founded, was heard about seven o'clock, of a fire at West Bergholt. The engines and firemen were dispatched with the utmost promptitude, NI hen it was ascertained that a detached barn was in flames, which with its contents consisting of clover seed, the produce of eight acres, rapidly fell a prey to the devouring ele -ent. The whole was the property of Mr. R. Brad rook,'b whose stock has been three times fired since the harvest. The scene of the present burning was but a very short distance from Mr. Thomas Daniell's, the destruction of whose property . we recorded last week. Mr. Bradbrook was not inaured.—/Pswich 6 Express. T fl