The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-20 00:00:00

i jianes Cile lat.girnent, for an attempt to murder Joseph Allen, a non-commissioned Officer of the same regiment. The sentence of the Horse will n o t b e k nown until confirmed . by the Horse Guards. General Sir Robert Wilson, Governor of Gibraltar, embarked Yesterday at Portsmouth, to assume the Governorship of that fortress, in the room of Sir Alexander 'Woodford, who returns home. Lieutenant -General Sir James Lyon, who died a few dayS since, was descended from the ancient family of Lyon (Lord Glammis). During the Peninsular campaigni, at Vimiera and Talavera, he received a Inedal an d c l asp for his services, and 'for his efficient condtiet at Waterloo was created a Knight of the Order Of the Bath. z.avr AND POLICE, A charge of pledging and embezzling lace goods to ( 7;rile amount, by Mr. Emile Demaisse, a commission c gent, in Bucklersburv, was yesterday investigated Guildhall, and further postponed to Friday next. c es B o Miss M art h a Ann Lavell, charged with being ac ry, with her brother, in uttering a forged bill of e xchange for 1001., underwent a final examination yesterday at Lambeth-street. It was considered that fthere was some evidence in the case which should go oa jury, upon which the prisoner was committed r- trial, but hail accepted. P T wo cases w ere h ear d yesterday at the Thames ~..e li c-office, in which the free wat ermen an d li g ht er - Si'en of the river prosecuted individuals for invading privi Si) ed. lege s on the - river. They were respectively COMIT-FASUXON.A.33LE. 11 .„.orrince Estbe r b azy i s expecte d to leave Chandos at lice the end of the week for Germany. is l : l2 e Duk e o f Devonshire has, we hear, given up r, l ntended vi s it t o hi s estates i n Ireland. The Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh, and Colonel R ii have arrived at Fleurs Castle, near Kelso, $ 311 ,11 visit t o t h e Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh. t„. he Marquis of Salisbury gives a series of enter inn-lents this week at Hatfield House, Herts. Marquis of Hastings returns to Doddington The e arly next mo n th f rom S co tl an d. I.. st •Ile Marquis of He r tf or d l e ft D orc h es t er H ouse i wcek for Belgium. Marqui s o f Westminster has left Eaton H a ll thi s al kin Castle, to att e nd th e races , w hi c h commence Th e Earl theof Stradb ro k e h as j us t b een appo i nte d to To ro ' . uaussion of the peace for the county of Water- Sh. and Countess Louth left L o uth H a ll, I re l an d, 7„," on th e i r re t urn to B r i g h ton f or t h e w i nter. fe w , e of Dundonald leaves Chester-square in a • tr.3s for B r i g h ton. 8313urdett Coutts has taken possession of Clifden .s e are 0 'Pu vlsitcks, wh ere Si r F ranc i s an d L a d y B ur d ett Th e I) • to l eav like and Duchess of Montrose are expected Tor -111b1 tuchanan Castle, S ha cotland, early next month, Hall, near Nortmpton. 11,1 CISCEZTJANEOUS. thAllarf* cannon, fifteen feet in length, intended for Theilelua a Egypt, has been cast at Birmingham. c hri ate Marquis Wellesley was elected student of ear stch , u rch, Oxford, in December 1778, in his 19th at e a nu, in 1780, won the Chancellor's prize by his faeb,' 4l on the death of Captain Cook. His at- Tuki mart to Eton continued ardent to the end of his life, entiti eci an Y„ ,spa.ssages in his recently printed volume, feelin gs. rnmitice et ReliquiLe." record his grateful 410Nt Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. . CITY, QUAR7'ER 7'o 77.1REE'. 3uThere are accounts from the Mauritius to the 28th ~„`.,e. The Legislative Council, in order to afford r o e r elief to the planters until such time as the decila,ll Government should come to some l t d -81°11 upon the subject of Hill Coolie emigration, Lion Authorised the Governor to appropriate a per il: of the 25,000/. previously voted, to of- attai nment of other Asiatic, and al so are Afric an labourers. The bounties offered ab eve for Asiatic men or women 61., and for children 41 tw elve, 31. each. F or Af r i can men or women we '' r luld for children 21. each. The Asiatic labourers Ch. e se exPeeted t o b e procure d f rom among the tiome and Malays, and the same restric tit: - and conditions as to their return to espt co untry after the term of servitude, free of all o use, h a d been laid down by the Council, as in the -4 .,Z 7 Of the Hill Coolies. Plae e ry eat nest discussions are stated to have taken e i n e In the council relative to the condition of the . e A , - „, n3r, Which is represented as being very depressed s loom e d large amount of the circulating medium wa they in the Treasury, and the banks, as well as thi s n a l 7, a leultural interests, were much straitened from I , l;:uther causes. in i :11 ) *ech of the King of Holland upon the open izil t ° b,'A,States-General was considered satisfactory Which - ~._`413% The deficiency in the revenue, aiti„ `7. tO be met partly by the impo partlY 1 ( !)y . ft !' stamp and inheritance tax, and 611:1()%c:e%'°13ats5ebitledcber.11;esn'e ssxn of the remaining credit of ...ee i 'VV ' s fully expected by those who „ We are advisituation of Holland. Steam er another proof of ftbaken havi ng sed ' fl.O lll Liverpool, of the Caledonia nut an unusually large mail, : d e . wi ununi eat i o -..e increasing advantages of steam Might goods T he ,„ an n d . sThisvessel has also a full freight of -> t euttou tzar, Passengers. s e3 " e neY to d en Ica at Liverpool yesterday_ had a ha tes we re yeer-yne• Sales 3,000 bales. Itailee ay In the flat. - bee prod uce _ u-sines s doin markets here we have rather more Th e s g to-d ay. th e r, US PenSiOn of , %. , 11,zto ni.tio._ , two of the Surveyors-General inof was bi oiseif " e_ more the eit Y, the ex cites a good deal of remark especially as one of them in the snu g i ? ,',lCaged at first as a Commissioner Boar d to in au l r i e l e ir ? t o o u Court of Inquiry appointed by the r _Che r t.t. ,valne A e e has of the Customs frauds. of di an advance again of * per cent. in 9 3 11 ,, e 11ed 93i to r c lsois this morning, which have tr.e. for A ceo ___ ~ 34 for present transfer, and 93+ to omi tin , ; anudn.rt Exchequer Bills are steady at 57e. ul t4 :,k Stock i s , I ndia :Bonds at 465.t0 48s. premium; Ti ki-a-li alf ~e - 1 11 :a at 1651 to 166 ; the New Three ritell.he„e Per veerwUents. are 1014- to Oli ; and the di vidend niore b I ' An nuities 92 - .1 to 93. There is Form ed recr,i,._usiness doing, and the ( attendance of „,,g n s t _er,s at the Bank is pretty strong. h igher to 321 Stocks at a shade better. Mexican are -4 gner; ' and Chilian 82 to 83, which is a trifle to 38h. a " rt tigueF e x 32,; _ nd 384 , ~_, 'ew Five per Cents. have risen I , l .7qatd e h : l A ;`,?u the Converted Bonds to 32 and ": a nd-e..fi' l ves are quiet at 16 a 1 - ; and Dutch but "c Railw,,,. s P" Cents. firm at 52t. r Prices :ire -; 10 , ‘n-res are in only limited request, prone,lnlngharn, Ti'li'°,i'rer• Great Western realised 17 . -13 riglet en rus ' 28 ; and South Western, 161 111 0EK op 4 L ... r . e .1, 3 + to 13i discount. Gr oat ti , _k A , LW Ay 8. -.L'tttS' THIS DAY AT ONE. Don it ",.!!ter it ... ... Paid. Per Share. ttort aflifetlluariih.4:). . 1 1::::::: . ......... 654 ............ B.h to to Lorni o zi 811,1 tllackwall : ..... ••• "' 69 ...... 36ii __.- 13 Ctt n o TT. nirr ninik i; .......... Ig .. 51 to ' T )i tf --Ir d' ... ' I 1 ......... DO . _... k to.tcono New ...... .................. 32 ....... 60 . a neh e ,,, nd South ...... . . ...... ...... 2 .... 30 Ili, ik trut 'r and rti rrai :V; .. 411,‘ ... 57$ • to S I ' l o . l Ili u nties, mi d 7 at .. .... ( . 1 . ...... ••• 40 ...... 191 t o ... Eastern d".......... c i t • „% t° if Share.;* .................. 1 1 6° • ...... 613"-" to -- ... 00 ..... st4i to 89 . 1 . )xtt e s eri to 1).,, er .... •• 40 ...... 29i ..... ~ 1 tAliel 1)- .................... 6° ...... 22i to triro sec' 4'81 ' 44 T0 ... x ... D . ' 16 • ... 12 . ter l ittli ted l o °ll i B i n our c l, - ""' ; ' : en , x . e . u . - 6, :OcT. 19.—The and Bitlees Without lark et to-dm have been very - reinee, I/late/e e l oe . ; . 11 ches --Liq land c ..am, Vii; South iteratton.—., an b it triet aunties,' 61 Bank, 10/. 8 4; Ma uchesterand Liverpool ....._______! 9d . le : , %ex e n , . 0 0 R.N A -v -7----- --- r •th, .-,i, AN , ERA le'e t4 't tag" ee k ended '' lA gE PRI • • fir - "' wh e es," r 1 1, .the Oilier% I v pect, Oct. 15 1 „, . CES OF BRITISII Colti'•• b 42, nude up from the Returns of g o , a t t... • ...... ELperi,,,ii cl,,a,telrnt Cities and 'lawns in Englan.. and .‹vv: ........ `48,.10.1. I (I)tayl,s ..... .... 18 . 01, , He 224 44 . 4 "riditi j , v lv E _X:cs op . r ; .. ....... V.I rease 33 i 3d. Pt, j o - ---- . --!' H AT .........._n"Lsyl OA:.T SiZWERKS. I x 4,41, 0 , 4,7, .............. ~, t; , 2; T -........_ A Y E. BEANS. t p ......_ t, j ........ 54 g .. 27 7 1 1; n 10 . ; 9 2 1) Ell I F.. ........ V : ,- 4, :!, 11 '4 2 3 ? 10 33 0 ai 7 oi l i,'' ) lc, t " ; ....... 51 1 ii 170 1 8 g 6 l' 0 0 N 4 Z 36 1 ° lia,;‘t.. -1 ' look it - °I 3 1 '7 32 4 33 3 0, . ...:.... 52. 4. 'LATE AvititAnxs OE THE SIX Wr KS . •••. :„8,. a , 1 pat,.... i n ••• •• •10 3 , L I , ~a 04 W I , -..• Rye ......... ,„,, _•1 . (nu, .., ox 1"011.RIGN coals . v , 31 Pease 333 4^.d. II t . e 4 t .. 73 17T1 ts I ty ...... . 1 8i. od. ...... ~ 04. 01. I p a ts ......... 81. Od., Beang,... Ttl E ~_ "*""............'. 61.1.ea5e... .. 9 61. '1,031A ItI(ETS. el Th e •!lIITE cii ( ;lIIS DAY.) 'with re wa s a AP -EL MARKET. a.ei Euppl y o f !II(' •%la 4 C4) l , . (l _., der n in an C d ‘de fo r : Hay and Clover, all descriptions. Of Straw tioi.Q. Bs r . J . r r y as Short and prices Clover, 2/. 10s. les. ' ' II Y, 2/. 8::,.. to 4/. fir4mStraw 1/. 12s. to .„, ode w COLONIAL MARKET. (tie ~ d,01,,is carried on in a very sluggish manner, trc'ati,st_eed-t`lnquif...?..r almost all kinds of produce being of l': i ti ots i: ~,F?inediate wants of the buyers. The I.,\Y_ jterd a „ . " ~!;1 ' . .. est India Sugar supported the rates )1, 7 lu st, t , o d , ilauritius and 13engal were in steady 't rflod Drought higher prices. Refined Sugar Iti th " ' a te r i rl e . Cofree e quest, and prices remain unaltered. ton, g d ispiti , market there was rather a better Peel uehe, eed j e u , hut this Was entirely confl ' tied to L'ey -4.1. 1114241 f °"'er kin& of East India. Rice was in good wi„,`' r borne consumption Parcels, 1.,e sold a . , and same parcels of qualit ie, f or ex ,, ort t 12s. per cwt. Pepper, in small b . , In t_ ,at 2-d. a 2id. per 1. for common Usiu ess 4 tee Cotton market there bras a moderate one, TEA IVARKET. k~ e helzarket was in a very dull state. The deveries P PretV steady, but The stock on hand vvrslarge. eft.. TALLOW MARKET. of . -`,.113 article andgai firm at 48s. 9d. for parcels ",i'ne tzualityat s. 3d. for delivery up to the p yitr. Mr. CLARKSON then, at great length, addressed the Bench, in support of the renewal, and presented 247 petitions from inhabitant householders and traders in the neighbourhood of the tavern, and 19 petitions from Charitable Societies, testifying to the very excellent.manner in which the house was conducted, and praying for the continuance of the license. Mr. Rouse had expended several thousand pounds upon the improvements of the premises; and, at a cost of upvvardspf 1,0001. a-year, he had complied with the suggestions made to him by that Bench some years ago. Since the first establiF.hment of these enter tainments, there had not been a single police com plaint arising from any occurrence of any kind upon the premises. If the license were withdrawn, between thirty and forty persons would be thrown out of em ployment in the musical department alone. Mr. Willis (late M.P.), as a Magistrate, gave his opinion against the renewal, and addressed the Bench at great length upon the horrible immorality prevail. ing in the metropolis, which he ascribed mainly to music licences. He was left speaking. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (11:IIS DAY.) Henry Gould, a young man of respectable appear ance, who carries on an extensive business as a fruiterer and greengrocer at No. 46, Curzon-street, May Fair, was placed at the bar on the following charge :—Police-sergeant No. 8, of the C division, stated that about one o'clock this morning he was standing opposite to the prisoner's house speaking to two constables, under his charge, when the prisoner, in a very intoxicated state, came up accompanied by a friend, who was seeing him home, and on recog nising witness said—" Oh, there's that b— No. 8 ; I owe him a grudge." He then went into his shop, and brought out a packing hammer, used in the business (a most formidable weapon, shaped like a cDoper's adze, but larger and heavier), and spring ing towards witness, said, with his arm uplifted, ready to strike, " One end of this I'll drive into your b —y skull, and the other I'll pick the flesh off your b —y bones with ;" and, on the instant, he made a blow with all his force at the witness's head, which, no doubt, would have smashed in his skull, but, jumping on one side, and stooping his head, he pro videntially, but within a hairs breadth, escaped it. The prisoner then run into his shop, but was di rectly followed ; and,'after a most desperate struggle, during which the gas-fittings in the shop were torn down, the hammer was wrested from him, and he was secured and lodged in the station-house. Mr. HARDWICK, on handling the hammer, said that had the sergeant received the blow described to have been made at him by the prisoner, it was pro bable he would not have been alive this morning. The Worthy Magistrate then asked the prisoner what he had to say in his defence. The prisoner, who was evidently still under the effects of the previous night's excess, denied that he had attempted to strike the police -sergeant with the hammer, and alleged that the charge was trumped up against him by No. 8, as he had once reported him at the station-house for neglect of duty. Mr. HARDWICK inquired if such was the case ? The Sergeant said that no such thing had ever oc curred. The prisoner, he believed, owed him a spite, because he took him into custody about a month ago, in a very drunken state, at one o'clock in the morn ing, in N ew Bond-street, forpulling afemale's petticoats over her head. The prisoner was known in the neigh bourhood as leading a very intemperate life. Mr,llAßDwicx—lt is a most aggravated case, and more than disgraceful to a respectable tradesman. I shall inflict the highest penalty, viz., 51., or two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Prisoner—la! I should not have had to pay more if I had clove his skull, and I wish I had done it. The fine was instantly paid. MARYLEBONE.—.(THIS DAY.) John Martin, a little fellow about fifteen years of age, was charged with felony. John Brown, of 15, Gray-street, Manchester square, stated that the boy's father rents the house in which complainant lodges. Ile had in a drawer, when he left his room and locked the door, a sove reign and some silver. He missed them when he came home, and, from information he received, gave the prisoner into custody. Sarah Dollar—Lives 'in the same house ; saw the prisoner go into his father's room, between which and complainant's there is a door, which, however, is always screwed up. She (witness) heard th e com municating door broken up, and believes the prisoner did it. Saw him afterwards in the yard breaking up some iron instrument, which done, he went out of the house. Complainant recalled—Found the prisoner's hand. kerchief concealed in his father's chimney, with 11.35. tied up in it. lie (witness) lost in all 1/. 14s. The prisoner denied the felony, 'and he was re manded till Thursday next. QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.) Grant Sullivan was brought up before Mr. Bur rell charged with assaulting Mary Unwin, and put ting her in bodily peril. Mary Unwin, living in Old Pye-street, Westmin ster, stated that she had given information to the Police of a robbery, wherein defendant's brother was a principal, and the criminal officers were now after him. In revenge for this the defendant threw a large stone at her, this day, and missing her, he rushed upon her with a knife and wounded her severely in the wrist, at the same time threatening he would "do for her." He was ordered to find two sureties for his future behaviour. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 15, 1842 : Passengers Merchandise 448 2 10 £1,467 10 4 Corresponding week last year ...£1,451 7 1 Darlington, Oct. 19. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. HEWELL PARK.—At the review of the Queen's Own, which took place in the beautiful park at Howell, near Bromsgrove, the whole of the regiment were magnificently entertained by the Gallant Colonel, the Honourable H. H. Clive, under a marquee ; the description of which is copied from the Worcester Herald. The Dinner: The' tent in which the dinner was laid out was erected near the grand entrance of the Hall, under the direction of Mr. Benjamin Edg ington, of Duke-street, London ; it was a magnificent affair, and highly creditable to the taste and skill of the proprietor. The length was 196 feet, the width 36, supported along the centre by nine.pillars, 26 feet in height; the pillars were covered with wreaths of blue and crimson cloth ; down the entire centre of the tent, adjutting from the pillars, were placed, crossing each other, various national flags. The pillars, sup porting the tent, extended through the roof; and on the top of them nine flags floated in the breeze, and the Union Jack was placed over the grand portico of the mansion. From the roof were suspended chandeliers ; back lamps were placed agairst all the pillars, while :be lighting was completed by a brilliant display upon the tables of gold and silver candelabra, all filled with wax - candles. E x t en di ng d own th e whole length of the t ent were four tables, calculated to accommodate 800 guests, for which numEer covers were laid; the principal table was placed on a dais raised eighteen inches above the others ; this table was eighty feet in length, and on it covers were laid for 100 ; the dais was covered with crimson cloth. BRUSSELS, OCT. 16.—A letter from Antwerp, of the 15th of October, says—" The British Queen, Bel- . gian steamer, On its arrival arrived at N e i N t y Yhaodrkt.o pay on the 28th . of September. a tonnag e duty, amountin g t o B,ooof. or 9,000£ Besides this, the import duty on coals is notb it leaves, and under this head there returned when to _ will be a loss of 400 f. or 500 f. These facts are serious,and unfore seen and injuriou s that we 'cannot , to earn so ly call the attention of the G overnment to them. ,e i s tithe e,- gian ship Mercator has likewise had to bear this un usual increase of the tonnage duties. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) MUSIC LICESSES.—This being the day fixed for the renewal of music licenses to public-houses and places of entortainment in the county of Middlesex, the Court and the Bench were crowded to excess, and there were no less than forty Magistrates present. The greatest interest was excited, on account of its being known that strenuous efforts would be made to deprive the Eagle Tavern, City Road, the Royal Standard, Shepperdess -fields, White Conduit House, the Eyre Arms, and other favourite places of recrea tion, of the licenses under which they have hitherto conducted. Licenses were renewed, without opposition, to the Mermaid, Hackney ; to Sadler's Wells Theatre ; the Angel, Edmonton ; the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham street, Tottenham-court-road ; and the Abercorn Arms, Stanmore. The application of Mr. Carter, of the Southampton Arms, Camden-town, for a renewal of his music license, was opposed, and ordered to stand over. TUE EAGLE TAVERN.—On the application of Mr. Rouse, of the Eagle Tavern, City-road, to have his license for music and dramatic entertainments re newed, a memorial, signed " James Hudson," was put in and read. It set forth the opinion of the memo rialist as to the immoral effects of such places of en tertainment, and prayed that the license should not be renewed. The memorialist being called to sustain the allegations, did not appear. Mr. BODKIN (with whom was Mr. CLARKSON), on the part of Mr. Rouse, submitted that the Court could not entertain the memorial, which was thus abandoned by the memorialist himself. The Comir, after some discussion and a division, decided that the memorial should be laid on the table. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NORTHALLERTON RACES—(CONCLUDED). SATURDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; with 10 added. Once round. Mr. Heseltine's Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs ...... (Bumby) 1 Col. Cradock's Pagan, 4 yrs - 2 The Selling Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 20 added. One mile and a dis. Mr. Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs . (Hemgall) 1 Mr. Gill's Swodale Jack, 2 yrs Mr. Jefferson's Fitzwilliam, 6 yrs Mr. Lancaster's Simon Pure, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Stebbing's Portion, 3 yrs The Gentlemen's Plate of 501. Heats, two miles Mr. Bell's Eboracum, 3 yrs (Bumby) 1 1 Mr. Clarke's Maid of Auckland, 3 yrs 4 2 Mr. Orde's Beeswax, 3 yrs NATIONAL. ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. BIRMINGUAM, TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 18, 1842. A preliminary meeting of an important nature, has this evening been held, in the Court-room of the Pub lic-office, to consider the subject of the following form of circular, which had previously. been sent to the most active, zealous, and persev er i ng f r i en d s o f f ree trade in each of the Wards of the town : ORGANISATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM,. OR IRON DISTRICT ! SlR,—The Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League have determined upon . a system of registra tion to include all persons favourable to the total and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws. The kingdom is being divided into twelve districts ; each district to be re-divided into sections. A lecturer is appointed to assist in the organisation of, and a superintending registrar is to be appointed to conduct the enrolment of, members' names in each district. A subscription of not less than one penny, and not more than one shilli ng , i s td b e g i ven for the enrolment of each name, and all persons so registered will be en titled to a card of membership. Females, as well as males, are equally eligible to become, members. The names of electors and non-electors will be distin guished, so as to enable the League to ascertain the real electoral strength in any borough or county, favourable to a repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws. Every section is proposed to be divided, and canvassers obtained for every portion of it. The object of the present movement is not so much an increase in the funds of the League, as for the en rolment of the largest possible number of its friends by the time that Parliament again assembles. It must be observed that, for the purpose of registration, only one subscription will be required of each mem ber. Also, it must be observed that the present movement is independent of, and unconnected with, the operation of local Anti-Corn-law Associations. Birmingham is comprised of thirteen wards or sec tions. The whole of these require organisation. Committees, consisting of the most active and zealous of the friends of free trade in each ward, should im mediately be originated; and out of each Committee a deputy registrar should be appointed to conduct the canvass of the several wards, with which they may be respectively connected. To consider this important plan of operation, in connection with our own bo rough, a general meeting of persons from each of the several wards, who may be favourable to the objects stated above, will be held in the Court-room of the Public-office, on Tuesday evening next, October the 18th, at half-past seven o'clock, which you, and as many friends as can be induced to accompany you, are invited to attend. A deputy from Manchester is likely to be present on the occasion.—l am, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, Mr. Jaques's Playfellow 7, 3 yrs 2 4 Mr. Wormall's Millepede, 4 yrs Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 10 added ; second saves his stake. Gentlemen riders. Heats, once rounnd and a distance. Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged...(Mr. Simpson) 1 1 Mr. G. Stockdale's Jim-along,Josey, aged 3 2 Mr. Milbank's Slasher, aged 2 3 LEEKS RACES.—MONDAY. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and a purse added, thrice round and a dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Onglay's Roderick, 3 yrs, beating Zarifa, aged, Chance, 5 yrs, and another. A match for a. was won by Mr. Rogers's Little Rory, aged, beating Mr. Keates's Doubtful, aged. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 soya. each, with a purse added, twice round and a distance, were won by Mr. Carter's Negro, 6 yrs, beating five others, wh o a ll bolted. TUESDAY.—The Moreland Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with a purse added, twice round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 4 yrs, beating Isabella, 6 yrs, and Infidel, 5 yrs. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 151 added, twice round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Lowe's Intruder, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Heathcote's Za rile, aged, Mr. Hopwood's Oakbranch, 5 yrs, and two others. The Free Handicap for the beaten horses was won in 2 heats, by Mr. Lamb's Sambo Sutton, beating Oak branch and Jim-along-Josey. HOLYWELL HUNT RACES.—TUESDAY. Produce Sweepstakes of 100/. each, h It. Two miles. Mr. Price's Valentina (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Irony - 2 The Chieftain Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h f. Mostyn Mile. Mr. Price's Marion, 3 yrs walked over The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. Mile and three-quarters. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's fby Bay Middleton, 3 yrs wlk over The Stand Handicap of 10 says. each, and 30 added. Mile and a half. Mr. Mostyn's Peter the Great, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 Mr. Price's Valentina, 3 yrs 2 ; Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Cerito, 4 yrs 3 ] The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Mostyn Mile. Mr. Price's Marion, 3 yrs (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Bower's Collina, 4 yrs 2 J. A. I.ANDER, Superintending Registrar. Birmingham, Oct. 10, 1842. A. IV. Paulton, Esq., lecturer of the League, in compliance with invitation, was present, to explain the nature of the future operations of that body, which principally includes the system of registration, recently propounded, and which is now extending it self over the length and breadth of the land. Joshua Scholefield, Esq., M.P., was also present, and appeared to take exceeding great interest in the business of the meeting. The Hon. Gentleman ad dressed those present at some length, and pledged himself that he would, by every constitutional means, assist them in the promotion of the important object which they had in view. • Mr. James Swift, Mr. Councillor Smith, Mr. Councillor Court, Mr. IV. H. Ashmore, Mr. Mack a y, and other parties, severally addressed the meeting on a resolution of confidence in the future measures of the League, and of thanks for the invalutble services THE LATE JOHN BIBBY, ESQ., OF LIVERPOOL. It will be remembered that this gentleman, who was an eminent merchant, and a Director of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, was found drowned in the month of July, 1840, in a pond of water, in a secluded field, about four miles from Liverpool and about two from his own residence, which was at Bootle. As it was certain that he had been robbed, and too much reason to believe that he had afterwards been murdered, several men were apprehended on suspicion ; but, after every inquiry had been made, the County Ma gistrates, before whom they were exainined, discharged them for want of evidence. Within the last week, however, information has been received which shows that the unfortunate gen tleman was robbed, though it is only by inference and supposition that it is believed he was afterwards mur dered, by a gang of villains. The information, de rived from the confession of the convicts, is to the fol lowing purport :—Three men of bad character, who have since been convicted and transported, and who appear to have known something about Mr. Bibby, having seen him, on the evening of the day pr ece di ng the morni ng o f that on which he was found drowned, go into the Royal Bank, formed a plan to waylay and rob him as he was returning home. He left the bank, where, it . having been the July half-yearly meeting, there had been a cold colla tion, in a car, accompanied by another gentleman, who, living at Everton, got out on the road. The car then drove towards Mr: Bibby's residence at Bootle. A short distance from his house he got out, intending to walk home, as was his custom. The three men seem by some means to have got to the road about the same time. They seized Mr.• Bibby, jostled him, and robbed him of his money and his watch. Among the money were two guineas, which, it ap pears, he had kept as pocket pieces, and which, it has been ascertained, were among the money which the robbers confess to have taken from his pockets. They confess; we believe, to the robbery merely; but there is not the slightest doubt, that, after having robbed. the unfortunate gentleman, they carried him off the road into the adjoining field, and ultimately threw him into the secluded pond described already. which its members have rendered the cause of the people in times now past and gone. The meeting stands adjourned until this night week. It is whispered that a great free trade demonstra tion in Birmingham is likely to take place shortly, and that several influential members of the League are likely to attend. Birmingham certainly requires rousing, for such a feeling of apathy as now exists is frightful in the extreme, in the midst of such a ruinous and deplorable state of things. Ilow TO CURE A SULKY WlFE.—Take her, wrap her in a linen cloth well tied at 'both ends; when she sings out you may be pretty well certain that she re quires air; then take a good sized pair of kitchen bel lows, and work them till the cloth is well inflated and the contents pretty well blown ; now call her " Dear," accompaning the adjective with a whistle,_ gradually dying into a whew whew; insinu a t e a b unc h of nettles (holly will do as well), with which keep her well stirred up for 10 minutes. Should she give tongue under the operation, immediately open the co vering, and add 18 lively humble bPes (apex cestuans), for the sake of their honey, which should be quite fresh. She will now speedily simmer down to a proper con sistency. Leave her for three hours to come to her senses; go to your dinner ; administer three leaves of Mrs. Fry's powers of persuasion, when cool take her out. If dry, offer her a glass of Hodgson's bitter ale. —.Maryland Observer. AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PRESS..--" When any man of any grade of desert, in intellect or character can climb to , any public distinction; no matter what, in America, without first grovelling down upon the earth and bending the knee before this monster of depravity; when- any private excellence is safe from its attacks; when any social confidence is left un broken by it, or any tie of social decency and honour is held in the least regard; when any man in that free country has freedom of opinion, and presumes to think tbr himself and speak for himself, without hum ble reference to a censorship which, for its rampant ignorance and base dishonesty, he utterly loathes and despises in his heart; when those who most acutely feel its infamy and the reproach it casts upon the nation, and who most denounce it to each other, dare to set their heels upon and crush it openly in . the sight of all men ; then I will believe that its influence is lessening, and men are returning to their manly senses. But while that press has its evil eye in every house, and its black hand in every appointment in the State, from a President to a Postman—while with ribald slander for its only stock in trade, it is the standard literature of an enormous class, who must find their reading in a newspaper or they will not read at all—so long must its odium be upon the country's head, and so long must the evil it works be plainly visible in the republic. To those who are ac customed to the leading English journals, or to the respectable journals of the Continent of Europe—to those who are accustomed to anything else in print and paper—it would be impossible, without an amount of extract, fcr which I have neither space nor inclina tion, to convey an adequate idea of this frightful en gine in America.—Dichens' Notes on America. BRUSSELS, OCT. 18.—The Legation at Madrid has informed the Minister of Foreign A ffairs, that the Spanish Government has placed at the disposal of M Hernandez, its Charge d'Affaires at Paris, 150,000• francs, to pay part of the arrears to individuals who belonged to the foreign legion in the service of Spain. Claims below 106 francs will be paid in full, those above that sum only in part. REPUDIATION.—The following is an extract from a letter written on this subject by Mr. J. Speed, a re spectable and influential gentleman of Baltimore : " In all trading communities like our own, the debtor class comprises at least two-thirds of the population. A very wide right of suffrage prevails with us; and who does not see that debtor and credi tor candidates for the Legislature would soon be in the field ? The former would prevail, of course ; and then would come the wildest sweeps of licentious ness in legislation. All debts over a certain limit would be declared void, as being oppressive and onerous upon the people—large estates would be broken up— title- deeds would be cancelled and torn from the records—agrarian laws would be passed. Is there any painting in this ? Does it not all follow as a necessary consequence of the one great act of perfidy ? Does it go beyond the measure of a plain and practical appli cation of the principles that dictated that act of per- fidy ? In my judgment it does not. But I turn away from a subject that must be so distressing to the mind of every patriot, and will indulge in no more previ iiens of the sorrow and shake and disgrace that must fall upon our country should it ever be betrayed into the sin of repudiation." The Earl of Egmont has recently become the pur chaser of the Cowdray Estate, near Midhurst, for merly the property of the Lords Montague, and re cently of the late W. S. Royntz, Esq. The purchase money is said to have been 68,000/.—Brighton Gaz. WOOD PAVEMENT.—The first wood pavement that was put down in London, at the east end of Oxford street, four years since, is now being reversed and re laid, and causes much surprise by its great durability, many of the blocks not being reduced half an inch cf their original length, Which was one foot, though ex posed to all the traffic of Oxford-street. The fine weather is very favourable for the new wheat. In some fields in the neighbourhood of the Jubilee Pit, near Gosforth, the wheat is about six inches high. In other parts of the country, we under= stand, the wheat has an equally favourable appearance. —Tyne Menu?' y. THE SUN, LONtIOI4, THURSDAY EVENING, oCTOBP.R, 20, (842. into as they very often have been, and, when broken, ' the suff erers wou l d enjoy much better protection. As the payment of dividends gives them a sort of clue to the names and residences of the holders of such secu rities, contractors of loans possess the knowledge which is essential towards making a combined and energetic effort. We should, in that case, occasion ally hear of mee ti ngs of the parties principally con cerned (for the smaller creditors might properly be left out) at the counting-houses of the contractors, and we might expect—what ought to satisfy every body— as much care and diligence to be used as if the whole debt were due to the contractor alone. CHRONICLE.—As the Committee appointed to carry into effect the resolutions of the late public meeting for the earlier hours of 'Change will assemble to-morrow (this day), we hope they will not overlook the complaints, which are very numerous, regarding the delay in returning bills left for acceptance. Mr. Bates allowed that the delay in issuing foreign bills, which often detain merchants until nine P.M., was a grievance which called for amendment, and we are sure that if any improvement can be made in regard to the accepting of bills of exchange, it will not be opposed by the leading. firms. The practice at present is not to deliver bills left for acceptance until twelve o'clock on the day after. Nov, it is true that full time must be allowed for inquiry in such cases, but we do not think it unreasonable to expect that bills left ikir acceptance should be delivered by ten A.M. of the following day. This would still allow nearly an entire day for consideration, and would remove the complaints now made regarding the delay experienced in this important branch of mercantile business. In the produce markets, the motion made by Mr. Cook yesterday, of the firm of Trueman and Cook, was also well entitled to support, as it will bring about the saving of an entire hour in Mincing-lane. The practice at present is for the buyers of East and West India sugars, &c., to inspect the samples on the day of sale, which go on in rotation as the same may be arranged in the list. The result is that there is no sufficient time for the buyers to inspect the sales, which begin at one P.M., and that there is a regular scramble afterwards to get through the business of the day. Mr. Cook proposed that the samples should be seen and examined by the buyers on the day preceding the sales, and that the latter should begin at twelve o'clock in place of one o'clock, thus giving ample time for inspection, saving a complete h our t o the trade, a n d enabling iem to conclude their labours in perfect time to attend 'Change. A , meeting was held to-day, at the George and Vulture, in Cornhill, of the principal holders of Goldsmid's Portuguese Loan, to receive a proposition from the Brazilian Government for a settlement of their engagements to the holders of the stock in ques tion, which, however, was negatived after some dis cussion. The proposals made were to give Brazil stock of Samuel and Philips' loan in exchange, at about 85, the price of Brazil stock at the time this loan was issued. The price of Samuel and Philips' loan here is now about 55, which at first looks very objectionable; but it is to be considered that stock is to be given both for principal and arrears of interest, so that if the offer had been accepted the holders would have received a stock paying 5 per cent. on their principal and arrears in place of their previous bonds, which now bear the price of 52 or 53, and only pay 2i per cent. on the principal alone. The ar rangement would have been to this effect, that the holders would have exchanged a stock worth now about 53, and paying 2i per cent., for stock to cover' principal and arrears, worth about the same value in the market, and paying a dividend of 5 per cent. POST.—The Government broker effected a further purchase of 10,0001. on account of the East India An nuity Fund dividends. The investment was made in Three per Cent. Reduced Stock at the price of 92*. It is assumed, as pretty certain, that this is the last of the present series of operations for the same account,. Some attempts were made by speculators to pro duce more activity in the low priced securities of the Foreign Market, but with no better effect than here tofore. There is no disposition on the part of tile public to engage in renewed dealings in these danger ous investments, and, to add to the previous distrust of individuals, sinister rumours, to which no m ore than a mere allusio n can b e safely made, are in cir culation. Brighton Railway Shares are looking up, the return made of the traffic for the week being again favour able. The receipts have been 4,6471., namely, for 12,617 passengers 4,1621., and for goods 485/. Other descriptions remain at about the same quotations. Corrientes papers to the 19th of June had been re ceived at Buenos Ayres, in which it is stated that a decree had just been published by the Government of that province, calling upon all the male inhabitants between the ages of fourteen and fifty years to take up arms in defence of the country against the aggres sions of Buenos Ayres. It was also said that Itioja, Tucuman, Salta, and Jujui, had joined the cause of liberty. The Monte Videans speak in terms of great satis faction of the conclusion of the treaty of commerce and amity between the Republic and Great Britain, regarding it as an earnest of the good feeling enter tertaineetowards them by the latter Power. The conduct of France, in getting the State into d;fficul ties with its ruthless neighbour, and then abandoning her to her own resources, is commented upon in a less amicable spirit. The reports of a frowning state of affairs having sprung up between Buenos Ayres and Chili are revived. There were in the pert of Monte Video 124 vessels of all nations, whereas at Buenos Ayres . there were but 52. This is a feature that does not escape no tice here as one of importance, in a commercial point of view. • Of English ships there were 25 at Monte Video, and at Buenos Ayres only 12. The Exchange at Buenos Ayres was 3 1-16, and at Mcnte Video, 42. SUN.--The Stock market closed well, and we hear, contrary to expectation, of another purchase of Reduced Annuities by the Government broker, being on account of the East India Annuity Fund. Con sols leave off at 93f / for Money, and 93i to 4 for the Account. Discounts to-day were called 21 to 2f per cent. on first class mercantile bills. Exchequer Bills were 555. to 575. prem., and New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 101/ to 1014- ; Bank Stock was a shade higher. The Foreign Bonds were steady at the previous rates, except Spanish Actives, which were at 16k I o and the Three per Cents. at 21f, being a trifle higher. Mexican Stock was at 321, and Colombian at 20k. Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 38, the Con y erted Stock 314 to 32, and the Three per Cents. 22k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52k; Austrian, 113. The Brighton Shares were steady, but there was less doing in them. There were a few sales in Bir mingham and Gloucester, Cheltenham and Great West ern, Eastern Counties, &c., at about former quotations. The merchants attended 'Change again this after noon as early as three o'clock, and seem generally well pleased with the alteration. By four o'clock the ma jority " cleared off." PRICE OF WHEAT. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh is 126 rix dollars current the last, which answers to 41s. 3d. the quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality in London is 60s. the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 45+ per cent. dearer in London than at Hamburgh, and that with the sum of 31. a man may buy 11i bushels of white wheat at Hamburgh, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels in London. 1 1 The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the first quality at Amsterdam is 290 florins the last, which equals 465. 9d. the quarter; and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality in London being 60s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 28+ per cent. dearer in London than at Amsterdam. The highest quotation of Polish wheat of the first quality at Stettin is 52 dollars current the wispel of 24 scheffels, which is equivalent to 355. sd. the qr.; and the highest quotation of wheat in London being 60s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 693- per cent. dearer in London than at Stettin, an d that with th e sum Stettin, f 31. a whereas, m an m z , n i tahy the samelsum 3 bushels of wheat at he can buy only three bushels in London. The mean or averages of th e pr i ces o f w heat of th e first quality at Hamburgh, is 41s. ld. per quarter and the p r i ce in London being 60s. per quarter, it follows that th e price in London is 46 per cent. hi g h er th an the average o f th e t h ree above-mentioned places. Amsterdam, and Stettin, The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into England is 18s. th e quarter, which is equal to the following rates a rate of 43/1 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Hamburgh ; to a rate of 38i per cent, on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a rate of .501 , ,, p e r cent. on the prime cost of wheat at St e t t i n ; and to a rate of 43i per cent. on the mean price of the above-men tioned places. A BALI. AT THE • COURT OF RUSSIA.—We ex-- ract from 'the Journal de Frankfurt the following details, which an eye-witness gives of a ball at the Court of Russia :—‘. Immediately after my presenta tion to the Emperor and Empress of Russia, I had the honour of being present at a magnificent ball, which showed the Court in all its splendour. On such occasions no civil costume is admitted. Every one is in uniform, and the variety of dresses gives a splendid character to the sc ene . Imagine gigan tic rooms lit up by thousands of wax-lights, an assemblage of more than 1,500 persons, women admirably beautiful, whose exquisite dresses add to their beauty, and you would suppose yourself in a fairy scene. The Emperor opens the Court balls with a Polonaise, dancing at first with the Empress, then with the Princesses of the Imperial Family, and next with the ladies of the highest nobility, or the handsomest. At the Court of Russia beauty has the ten. The Empress loves to collect round her the handsomest faces, and it is not rare to see the young and causes birth to be functionariesforgot sofofthee7ztree, of a fortune and rank alto gdpleiltivhgelleritgesecondary, become ladies of honour to the Em press, thanks to their beauty and agreeable appearance. When the Emperor has danced a certain number of polonaises, French quadrilles and mazurkas are taken up, all concluding with cotillons. The Empress formerly was exceedingly fond of dancing, and excelled in the art, but at present she rarely does more than figure in a quadrille or the guests or take a turn or two in a waltz. At twelve (fel re paired to the marble hall, and th e I mper i a l f am il y took their seats at a table apart ; th e ot h ers p l ac i ng groups themselves at tables arranged in oe oups about the Im table only- a few the winter gar dpeenri,alsonnde. ad T m h i e tte E d mp to ero h r is su s p u pg er i .. n chosen persons. This winter garden, ornamented n tim w e ho, to fri t g in h le with tapers. The half light with which it was owhrminthpianlgm -contrasttrees an d w m i th ag t n h i e fic s e n n p t p o e r r a ge t rees, f orms a . room resplendent tened by the lit i s u o p , , s e t n h t e f l o i r t t t lhe fbro m ds, i o r m d s , a few short e l r l s Over darkness, ilanlstooflaoaded with silver spirits and oblig ing, those a n inn o od t etso, producedand the t t i h le e int perfume rimuthe eofife from co t ti h rc e i ii .i fl san o nt N i N so - e nchanted appe a l r e e l d ac t e o . man could hide won dersl had whotnh next x elw t a umgnehieea.d littlethe plate; there was before me a vase, weighing, it was himself. I learnt from my neighbour that this mag nificent silver service came from the Empress Eliza said, 200 killogrammes, in which beth, and, after having been for a length of time shut up in cn,3es, had been discovered two 3 - ears before in the marble palace. The supper, which was composed of hot dishes, was served by a crowd Of footmen, and some Moors amongst them were remarked for their strange and or i g i na l cos t u me. RAILROAD FROM GENEVA TO CHAAIRERT."—A letter from Geneva, in the Courrier de Lyon has the 1 following :---‘! One of the senators of Chainl;ery is at present in our town, for the purpose of making to the Government propositions relative to the establishment of a railroad from Chambery to Geneva. From what we learn of this project the canton of Geneva is to undertake at its own expense all the charges of con struction on its own territory, and the line is to finish at Plainpalais. This propositio. is so much the more important, that at present the goods from Marseilles intended for Geneva are sent more and more by the Chambery-road, and with the interminable delay which the French Government exhibits as to the navi gation of the Upper Rhone, the Chambery railroad is perhaps the most certain and ready means of securing to our town the transit trade." was last W ee k caught by a vagrant act o f wh n . ich th o e verh ung hi s own RURAL POLICE.—A respectable farm er a t Winch comb, named Stephens, k ru r i z 'a e l ki c n u g ns a ta m b ,a u l l r a iu ry t off ser a g t e l a v r e lt i stol Mirror, field. The o ff en d er w as kept . m custody 10 h ours , and afterwards fi ne d Is.--Br istol MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES. The market for English securities re • mains unchanged. The bargains entered into were few, but the aspect of quotations continues as firm as previously rated. On 'Change 'to-day the merchants assembled at three o'clock, and it then presented as busy an appear sapee.as formerly, when the old hours of attendance .*.eTe in full force. The Committee appointed at the litt,blic meeting it a t th e L on d on T avern, to f rame „., regulations to carry out the plan : and it is believed that when the public sales in Mincing-lane and the vicinity are conducted at an earlier hour, a corre spondence w ill b e opened w i th the Gresham Com mittee, who will probably give their consent to the plan. The subject of an alteration in the sales of pro duce, the commencement of them at about 11, or half past 11 o'clock a.:n., instead of between one and two o'clock p.m., the hours at which, according to present regulations, the great bulk of goods are disposed of, is understood to receive the support of the chief houses, and it only requires the example to be set to make it general. If this is accomplished, there can be but little doubt of the result. The Penguin packet has arrived with. dates from Rio Janeiro to the 15th of August, Monte Video to the 29th of July, and Buenos Ayres to the 13th of July. It app ears th a t none of the Brazilian Mining Companies, although this packet 'is stated to have brought 30,0001. in gold on freight, have received any intelligence, the communication with the interior being stopped. The gold the produce of the mines of several of these Companies, which should have been received by this arrival, will therefore have to be sent down under joint escort to wait the next packet. The political news from the Brazils is not of interest. The Money Market. was suffering much from the over issue of paper by the Government, and the exchange, which had been down to 24/, had, however, since re covered to 25+ to The depressed condition of busi ness was unfavourable to a revival of confidence, and hence there was a good deal of uncertainty prevailing as to whether the exchange would maintain the point now quoted. • The estimate of the new crop of coffee was on the side of an advance in price. Local Stock was quoted 69i. to 70. The Monte Video papers announce a variety of facts connected with the dispute at present pending between the Uruguay and Argentine Republics, but none of which arc of sufficient importance to de monstrate the progress of hostilities between the two Governments, and only serve to illustrate the partial manner in which the press is conducted in those coun tries. Rivera was in the capital, and this was pre sumed to be indicative of the little fear entertained respecting the assault which, in the shape of an in vasion, had been threatened by the force of Rosas. The presence of his Excellency at the seat of Govern ment was considered to be a sufficient guarantee for the permanent welfare of the nation. The Corri entes, according to the accounts in these papers, have taken up arms against the Buenos Ayreans, to arrest the aggressions Rosas seems inclined to make upon that province. Some allusion is made to • a mediation by the English and French repre sentatives between the belligerents, but it does not appear that they are inclined for a settlement without a decided conquest is declared either on one side or the other. Trade at Buenos Ayres and Monte Video was not, as regards British manufactures, in a thriving condition, and the latest rep or t s were , th at though extensive sales had been made, they were all at lower prices. Under the head of "Exports" we find allusion made to the increasing business of Monte Video in hides and horns, and, with the assistance of the new treanes concluded with England, Spain, and Sardinia, it bids fair in this respect to become a for midable rival with the Buenos-Ayres market. The severance of friendly intercourse with Buenos Ayres by the Chilian Government is also alluded to, but only in the same indefinite terms stated on the last arrival. It is further aseerted, that La Madrid, with other leaders, had already stirred up a revolt in the provinces, and that Tucuman, Salta, Jujui, and La Rioja, were subversed. The Buenos Ayres papers give the circulation of Treasury Nils on the Ist of July at 4,385,600 dollars, and the number of vessels in port at the latest date as 52. The exchange on London was 3 1-16 d. per paper dollar. One of the papers from Monte Video contains an article, the design of which is to prove that it is the interest of Europe in general, and of this country in particular, to oppose the tyranny of Rosas. The " brutal system" of Rosas has, it is said, caused a loss to British commerce, which may be easily ascertained by comparing its increase under the republic of Uru guay, with its decline under the Argentine republic, as governed by Rosas. Before he had attained the Dictatorship, there was double the number of British establishments, and double the number of British vessels navigated the River Plate. But the lass sus tained by England is not merely indirect, and the writer of the article computes 14,350,000 dollars as direct loss. Among the items which compose this sum, are 9,800,000 dollars for debts and arrears ; 1,250,000 dollars for the mines of Uspallata and Rioja; and 1,000,000 dollars for losses sustained in consequence of the prohibitory duties imposed by Rosas on British manufactures. But the worst act of Rosas, in a financial point of view, is his seizure of the lands pledged for the security of the public debt. He is stigmatised as the first who has ventured to commit this breach of s public faith. It has been stated to-day in the City, on authority which leaves no doubt of the fact, that Mr. Dowding and Mr, Perming, Surveyors-General of the Customs, have been suspended ; also that the Treasury have now taken the investigation into their own hands. Some inquiry is made by different correspondents as to the present position of a loan entered into some time back by Mr. Jaudon, agent for the United States Bank, with the house of Denison and Co., when a deposit was made, as collateral security, of Certificates of Pennsylvania 5 per Cents., Michigan 6 per Cents., and Mississippi 5 per Cent. Bonds. These securities were retained by the contractors, who issued debentures for the amount of the loan, (400,0000 bearing 6 per cent. interest, which de bentures were to be paid off in April, 1842. The ruin of the United Sates Bank followed very shortly after the conclusion of this contract, and some of the States, whose bonds were appended as security for the final payment, having at the same time adopted the " repudiation " system, the value of them fell rapidly, so that it became .necessary to ask for an additional deposit, which was given. At that time, according to the market rate, the securi ties in the hands of the contractors were considered worth $2,450,000, or about 500,0001.,—sufficient to cover the whole loan and the interest upon it. But the state of Pennsylvania having since " repudiated," or rather declared her inability to pay, Michigan being bankrupt, and it being uncertain whether the Mississippi bonds so deposited stand within the range of Governor INl‘Natt's inderdict, the value of the whole deposit has become very uncertain, though it may be safely affirmed that it falls very short of the sum bor rowed. So far from the debentures being paid off in April last, when at maturity, a correspondent states that on applying for his half-year's dividend, which was 301., he received only 191. 15s. Bd., which he was told was the produce of the interest upon the Penn sylvania stock only. The question is, of course, to what quarter the holders of the debentures are to look in future for the payment of the interest and of the principal. A suggestion is made that Messrs. Denison and Co. should sell or divide, at the value of the day, according to the amount for which the debenture was granted, a propor tion of each' stock which they hold as se curity, among the holders of the debentures, and further give to them a certificate that they would use their best exertions to recover the deficiency in value from the parties by whom the securities were deposited. A sale of these stocks to any extent is now out of the question, and the prospect a very doubtful one of recovering any assets from the wreck of the United States Bank, so that a division of the securities among the holders of the debentures seems to be the only course open for consideration, and that to be taken as a final winding up of the affair. As it is understood that Messrs. Denison and Co. have exe cuted a trust deed, declaring that they hold these securities, which 'are particularly enumerated in a schedule to the deed, for the benefit of the parties in terested, it may be safely assumed that a house of such high character is prepared to fulfil that trust in any manner that they may be called upon to do, pro. vided all the parties agree upon the course to be taken. This is one difficulty; and another obviously is how to settle the value of an article for which there is lite rally no market, and which is not to be got over, unless the parties, which is hardly likely, would agree to take Them indiscriminately at their nominal value. They might in that mode finally close the affair, and even retain their original debentures for what they were worth; but Messrs. Denison will naturally re quire to be satisfied that they all agree to accept such stock as an acquittance of the claim, so far as they are concerned ; for many holders might prefer leaving the securities in their hands and under their manage ment, until an opportunity was afforded of realizing them for the general advantage. It were greatly to be desired, as is remarked by this correspondent, that houses engaged in loan con tracts for foreign States and Governments would take a more prominent part than they usually do in protecting the rights of the creditors, under any breach of faith that may be committed. The con tractors, almost uniformly, derive great advantages from all transactions of the kind ; they are very fre quently the only persona who do so ; and yet in a time of danger, when a struggle is to be made f or th e keep entirely aloof, instead of creditors, they usually occupying a prominent place, which their character and standing as capitalists would enable th em , w i t h great benefit, to do. If this was felt more than it. is to be a moral and honourable obligation among them, contracts would not be so inconsiderately entered CHANCERY REFORMS.—It is d un erstood that the Lord Chancellor and the other Judges of the Court of Chancery, have had it in contemplation for some t i me past, in additio n t o t h e extensive alterations which will come into operation on the 26th inst., to remodel many of the subordinate branches of their respective Courts, with a view of placing them on such a footing as cannot fail to ensure their practical utility. The functions of the six clerks and sworn clerks, or, in common language, the clerks in court, will cease on the day in ques ti on, and their t o successor s reo o s a , , I l d r e taxingto be officers. designated clerks of masters, who will perform the duty at, it is said, one-third of the cost at present charged to the suitors. Amongst the departments expected to be improved are the Ac countant-General and Registrar's offices. These offices are to be kept open from ten to four o'clock, instead of from eleven to two, as at present, and which has been a source of complaint in the profession. The mode now adopted of taking the depositions of wit nesses, which is open to serious objection, will be thoroughly sifted and examined, with a view to its amendment. The Masters' offices, and the Affidavit office, are likewise destined to undergo very consider able alteration, in order to curtail the charges and to facilitate the.operations of the practitioners. THE BOY JONES AGAIN.—The boy Jones, who, on several occasions intruded himself into Buckingham Palace, has again made his appearance in London. It was stated some time since that he had been sent out to South Australia ; such, however, it now seems was not the fact. After his last examination at the Home office, the boy was sent to Portsmouth, where, we understand, he was apprenticed, or, at all events, he was sent on board the Warspite man-of-war, which ship carried out Lord Ashburton to the United States. On the return of the Warspite to Portsmouth, about three weeks since, he was allowed occasionally to go on shore. Information was sent to the station-house in Gardiner's-lane, on Monday evening, that the boy I . Jones was returned to London. This information was communicated to the proper authorities, and in structions were given to take him into custody, h• promptly obeyed, father's ' - es , t l e ' rd i a e 3 ll ' . house, instructions were morning he was apprehended at his Notice of Bell-yard, York-street, Westminster. N • prisoner being in custody was sent the offices, and in the course of the afternoon t. a Govern to the public hat he should be fr ment order was received directing ui as it was not con at once taken back to Portsmouth, sidered necessary that any in should be insti tuted in town. Accordingly Jones c irywas conveyed, in the custody of a police-oflicer fthe A division, by the South-western railrozd, to Portsmouth. For stopping a man's mouth, when he is in the habit of uttering disagreeable truths, gold. Complaint having h there is no gag like shop, that a vicar i n his 'd• been made to a certain bi against pluralities, " I diocese w as a l ways preac hi n g will silence him in less than a , week," said the prelate; and so be did, by giving the vicar an additi ona l b Dispatches Were received yesterday at the Colonial- office , from th ei Governor of St. Helena. - - BIBLE MONOPOLY, 1 TO THE EDITOR OF DBE SUN. Bunglay, Oct. 18, 1842 . SlR,—Among all the London journalists, you were the only one who could be found to lay before the public, during the active agitation of the Bible Mono poly question, the facts which were elicited in evi dence before Parliament, or which arose in the pro gress of the matter. The Times had then recently adopted the cause of Toryism, and Was especially vigorous in defence of the Bible Printing Monopoly, a worthy offset of its new ally. Its usual tactics were pursued, and having ventured to assert that the patent provided security for correctness of the sacred text, discreetly adduced in evidence--hot a copy of the patent—but the fact that errors were to be found in books printed by myself. The truth was, that no security for correctness was taken from the patentee, and, until public attention had been directed to the fact, the Bibles were the most inaccurate and slovenly books produced to the public. About 1833 the monopolists felt the necessity of some improvement in their Bibles, and some benefit resulted ; but in 1837, I presented to a Committee of the House of Commons a list of variations between two of the best recent editions, amounting in number to eight hundred, and involving many serious errors. In 1839 the Scottish monopoly of Bible print ing was abolished, and in order to provide a real security for the public against errors in the sacred text, a Government Board was created, composed of public, legal, and ecclesiastical officers, to whom are submitted proofs of every Bible about to be published in that country, and who give a license to such as they find correct. Two official Reports have issued from that Board, and I annex, for the information of your readers, an extract from one lately published, confirming the ground I took in assailing the English monopoly, and furnishing abundant reason to the people of this country for strenuously labouring to place themselves on equally advantageous ground with their northern countrymen. As to the price of Bibles, the Report states : " The anticipations in which we indulged in our former Report, in regard to the effect of competition upon the price of Bibles, have been more than realized. In the case, of various editions the diminution of price amounts to more than fifty per cent. Bibles printed by authority in England, are now sold in Scotland at greatly reduced prices, to a very great extent. There can be no doubt that the diminution of price has increased to an extraordinary degree the sale of Bibles ; and the benefit of a more extensive circulation of the Scriptures is beginning to be experienced." And on the subject of cor rectness and uniformity, the Board reports, that they have diligently compared thirteen editions of patent Bibles, all of the authori se d vers i on, and they transmit to Government more than three thousand variations in the book of Genesis alone, found in these thirteen editions. Your readers will, I am sure, understand the value of evidence like this, from a source of such unques tionable authenticity, and they will perhaps remember what reception was given to my statements, having the same general purport—how I was bullied by the Times—sneered at with the petty superciliousness of the Patriot—l lament to add, defamed by agents of the Bible Society—and, with a few honourable ex ceptions, whispered about by Dissenting ministers ; but through various channels the truth is being gra dually developed, and I am happy to add, many per sons are honourably making reparation for their pre vious injustice. With so much evidence, to the evils inflicted by the Bible Printing Patent in England, and the bene fits derived to our Scottish neighbours from its abo lition, how comes it that We are so passive under the infliction—that we are content to deprive all classes in this country, except the printers to the two Universities, of the common right to print the au thorised version of the Scriptures, and to confer a sole privilege of doing so, on one indivi dual, and that, without any bond for correct ness, or limitation as to profit ? If the mono poly had no existence, the Bible Society would be able, with its present funds, to circulate a vastly in creased number of the Scriptures, and private traders, with their various facilities, would publish editions in so many forms, and to such an extent, as with our present experience we are hardly able to estimate; although a faint idea may be formed from the fact, that already, in Scotl an d, li censes h ave b een granted to various printers, whose names are given in the Re port, for twenty-three new editions of the Bible, and forty editions of the Testament. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CHILDS.- -- --- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—The Warspite, 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, C. 8., was inspected yesterday by Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. She went out of harbour early this morning, and remains at Spithead. It is understood that General Skpobert Wilson, ap pointed Governor of Gibraltar, will embark in the Warspite this week, accompanied by the Right Rev. Dr. Tomlinson, the Bishop of Gibraltar ; and his Excellency Sir Alex. Woodford will return to Eng land in that vessel. The Thunderer, 84, Captn!:n Pring, and the Phoe nix war steamer, Captain Richardson, are hourly looked for from the Mediterranean. The wind having changed to the westward, it is probable these ships will arrive during the night. The former vessel left Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and the latter on the sth. The Orestes, 20, Captain J. S. Carnegie, 111. P., will go out of harbour on Friday next ; her destina tion is supposed to be the West Indies. The Brunswick, Plymouth steamer, sailed this afternoon for Devonport, with a proportion of the 67th Regiment (depot) ; the remainder will embark in the Brunswick on her return to this port. The Bellona Austrian frigate remains at present in harbour, where she is painting, having undergone the necessary repairs of caulking, &c. Ships in Harbour—The St. Vincent, the Victory, the Royal George, the Excellent, the Orestes, and the Echo and Rocket steamers ; Bellona Austrian frigate. At Spithead—The Warspite. DEVONPORT, OCT. 18.—Le Sanspareil t old French man of war, for many years used at this port as the sheer hulk, is in dock, being ripped up. The dock yard authorities have taken drawings from her, and it is said the Admiralty intend to have a vessel laid down immediately and built from her model. She was taken from the French on the Ist of June, 1794, and was afterwards in the Channel fleet with the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, the father of Sir G. Seymour, one of the present Lords of the Admiralty. She has ever been thought a beautiful specimen of naval architecture, and when in command of Lord Seymour, in 1799, was the crack ship of the fleet. The Gipsy tender arrived here from Chatham on the 14th inst. with the seamen that navigated the Ruby iron steam -vessel to that port. She returned again on Sunday. er T e h: ,e N ste a r u d t a il y us , 0 , n l i O le , r CCommander passage to riPsalson, this Mg from. Pembroke. In the Sound—The Nautilus. In Harbour in Commission—The Caledonia, San Josef; Kite and Confiance steam-vessels; Hamoaze, Devon, and Tortoise lighters. RUNNING MATCH ON BLACKHEATH. Yesterday the much talked-of match between Jem Cook (generally called the Greenwich cow-boy) w h o had b e en for some time in the service of J. Anger stein, Esq., of Blackheath, and Gazly, the " Star of Kent," came off from the fifth mile stone, oppo site the Green Man, on Blackheath, tototh3;ehaenirnuthesmainled stone, en the drop of the hiell gec,,,..o.ttinnosgeentc:ards Cray ford.first-ate duetl ' They started shorn fterlse‘-'en, Both appeared, as the Ygocoperanskiasihonirsem_tehneusamyp,iriens closing up nbee'neck and sneck, vas for 101 . a side, B d ti e l er seconds f g th t 1 1 fourregulations e n m de i l d e , soouft toahbnesderroilnamd.n on en The e b ue l er a i h n r ete mile keeping fair and lair, and th pretty nearly s la e es c v o ei n i.: dl an ; asd th : e . 3 iSgdill done second mile, in 4 minutes 52 6minutes 28 seconds ; the ; the fourth minutes 4 seconds' seventh, 6 ; third, 6 ,mi,,nutes 6 minutes 32 seconds ; 6 minutes T . 24 seconds eighth, ;the a fi b n o is v hm: 4 from th e e ....... t G he a s zi i;:th w , in s n m in i g nu b te ) s , up-hill for nearly Man for three-quarters of a mile,:xe except tremendous, a froms tlie tremendously Ge° rnese n : which both re urn' t three miles, and a sharp steep as a :t h he ar cis. of course, requiring a strong pull, of them felt at the summit of Shooter's hille return • Gazly had then gained 20 yards. The speed ' was increased down the hill, although each sspteeani;utes 2 seconds ; and t h e 'was reserving himself for the "rise." The next mile, which included the "pull-up," took 6 minutes 2 seconds, and the finish, on, the level they started from, was reduced to 5 minutes 24 seconds—the difference of the first mile to the last being 32 seconds. Gazly headed his opponent 40 yards, and both came in fresh. Heavy bets were dependent on the issue. THE DEOUGHT. — The scarcity of water under which we have for some time suffered has been as severely felt in the county as in the town. Between Biggar, Broughton, and Peebles, nearly all the corn mills have been stopped, and there is scarcely a farmer, except those on the banks of the larger rivers, who are not under the necessity of carrying water for their ordinary domestic purposes, as well as for drink to their animals ; and in some instances the water is carted from a distance of four miles. In town a num ber of engines have been stopped from the same cause, and private families are suffering the utmos t inconvenience frora the want of this most indispensa ble element. ---Edinburgh Paper. Arrrwrin , OCT. 19.—The sec tion of theironi.ail way, from Leige ' opened to Chenee, was yesterday.