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

Vie Committee of the Stock Exchange, in their endea Your to obtain justice for the Bondholders." The resolutions were carried new. ch . .;. A vote of thanks was who briefly ackno w l e d ge d , to the Chairman, (Ile honour, and the meet. 'rig: adjourned, - It'QYAL ASYLUM for DESTITUTE EMALES, MANOR HOUSE, CHELSEA. The following is the Eighteenth Report of this ad 'mirable Institution, of which the Queen is the Pa troness : `` The public attention has long been called to the consideration of prison discipline. The gradual ,ad Progressive improvements which have taken place in the diseosition of the b u ildi ng , b y p rov idi ng f or the separation, the cleanliness, and health of the prise tiers, and the extension of these improvements to the moral advance and reformation of the offender, are Well •known facts. The chief object of imprisonment seems now to be completely understood, and to be s ystematically p ursue d— t h at i s, " t h e reform of the, V T entler, and the p reven ti on o f f uture cr i m i na li ty. ' 0 far, then, our cr i m i na l an d vagrant populat i on i s ueaught under a happy influence ; and a good hope ulaY be entertained, that the means now offered by Judicious discipline and diligent instruction, operate in very many cases towards the moral good of the prisoner. But however great the change may be Which has been effected in this place of punishment, that place must necessarily be one of degradation still; an d if, on quitting it, the discharged female is desti heof a h ome, which is too frequently the case, Where can she seek protection? Not from the employer "he Prosecuted her ; nor can she elsewhere plead a claim _or respectable empl oyment. Sh e must t h ere f ore b e that led to h er f a ll . The open door offers no freedom t, l , p ne those forlor n i n di v id uals ; often, on the contrary, d o Y desire to be retained in the prison, that they may be saved from the dreadful alternative that awaits them in the fearful world without; hence it is seen how im - Portant and law necessary an appendage to a House t 1 Correcti on i s a House of Refuge, where time is al lowed, for ripening in sheltering security any seeds (4 good which may have been implanted. till " The objects embraced by the Royal Asylum are cal.- ( es at ed. to bring a remedy to the many bad evils which Pecially in large cities) produce delinquency, The 7 i e n gi ri ected and often forsaken child of bad parents, the ra n e ,'„ eeat _,ed and destitute orphan, who from her igno sh-,141u i,oefficieney is instantly turned adrift after Povv, e ° ,, - 4 , 11 C1 impatient trial has been made of her tir er , --„f°'frlsefulness ; thus exposed, those needy chil smiction must either starve or find resources p tr ,„„ ` c) ° often place them on the criminal list. Young di s b„ --s who have been committed for the first act of th e -rie stY, but w h o are not ot h erw i se d eprave d, f orm Th first class of the inmates of the Royal Asylum. b an e al e eond cla ss may b e sty l e d an i nterme di ate tri tha , this is composed of those who have been dis d un rged f rom service for dishonesty, but who have not bot !gone the ordeal of the gaol. A third class, and vo :_ttle lea s t important and interesting, is one for no shelter no place of instruction, is provided ar 'Y of the existing charities in London. In this ass the ignorant and destitute young female, who is Pable of gaining her livelihood, but who has icver b . crime become amenable to the law, r ` ce 'reci, protected, and instructed. These several 2_,sses are plac e d un d er t h e care o f a pr i nc i pa l matron 't? dud others who are constantly with their ap ed ed char ge . Although the time for detaining the Pt tes must depend upon circumstances, they are, It%'fl at ilece ss, arY, allowed two Tears for probation and _rution, during which time they are taught and „„ t lvelY employed in needle-work, washing, baking, E. l Cooking for the establishment, and every kind of -12sehol work. The most scrupulous attention is 2 7 to the religious and moral improvement of the d a nut tes• They attend Park Chapel twice every Sun ; and every evening, after the active duties of the , 4 7 . 3; are over, those who cannot read are instructed, : I st the more advanced prepare Scripture lessons _the in by the Ladies' Committee, who take classes, i fct at three times a week for the purpose. It In s tated in the last year's Report that an agreement r h Q •been entered into with the Committee of the 'lffs' Fund Society, by which the Sheriffs of i n n ution and Middlesex had the privilege of retaining Tthe Asylum twenty females, who had been tried, or 3eharged without trial, upon the payment of the 4140nal sum of 3001. This agreement, which was 4 1 . 141 ,, e as an ex p er i men t, cease d i n December, 1841. to kx entletnen' s Committee also, which had be en weed to manage the f i nanc i a l a ff a i rs o f the Society, given up their trust ; but at the time of their so Z 4 f3, ther e win - ere five young women in theinstitution -elve d on their recommendation, they agreed to pay l e shilling a d a y f o r the maintenance of each, s o tr a 4 t they found it necessary to retain them. Of Wh en n umber only two now remain; and t h e ' - ' thi s additional source of i ncome ceases, cert a i n (:)ele tY will fall back into its original state of un-. tion S P°rt, depending upon voluntary subscrip mer% e n asuUP ~1 donati ons , an d th e p ro d uce o f tha. ever pr e o e v q le orli and washing, which resources have a mount of eci insufficient, on account of the small the Corpor a j nn ual subscripti ons . Th e lib era lity of ciety With 200 a London, which presented this So and that °f thguineas (as stated in our last Report) dinner in coin he gentlemen who attended the public the Patroness memoration of her Majesty becoming d uf the Institution, who then gave dona e_ n subscripti !ear e d a h e , ons amounting to 3501., which up to the . 11 ,}' debt which had long affected it, and hcoartiveebettainansepreedseenacthtime the receipts and expenditure other ; but unless the stated in addition ~be Permanently increased, by a considerable tablv 04 annual subscribers, difficulties must inevi . arise. aon ei t Earnestly therefore,do the Committee .yensthis boon from the benevolent, from those per , of which the Joice in • • nu mber raisin th nliser and thei g r is great in these days, who S poor and the afflicted from their Poverty, and also endeavour to sub 41inticituctIhthetgentle influence of Christian instruction rtsstitution i.an relief for criminal prosecution. If in- Plied 4h s s zmilar to the Royal Asylum were multi and-through the land, our gaols would be thinned ; wn rever their influence extended, industry and happiness would be substituted for pauperism and vice. toil3ince the commencement of the Institution, 492 ( t h: l s Women have been received into the Asylum thoseutrerbeingfor some years . very limited).... Of a „ do majority have been provided witn situations in,„ „ estic servants; 84 have been traced as conduct thteynetnselves creditably ; 25 have been received by auiLritiarents or friends ; others who were not found for'.")* characters for Manor Hall, have been provided to ether charitable "ca• institutions ; some have been nett their parish es , h owever distant ; and during se rv i7 es ear only, 10 have been placed in respectable CRANCERY OFFICES ACT. I, SERVICES OF NOTICES. into Act, the sth and 6th Vict. C. 103, will come th effect on the 28th instant. We are not aware r a t ther e is any intention to exercise the ii vc c ' e r of suspending its operation. Practitioners hancery should be prepared accordingly ; and, Ipntopt other things we would particularly call their ion to the effect of the abolition of the Six Jerks, Offic e in regard to the service of notices, war ratts and other proceedings. These, instead of being lei at the Six Clerks' Office, must, in all probability, th se rved at the offices of the respective solicitors to eTti parties. " er e may be, a t fi rs t , some i nconvenience in this b e ge, but we believe it will ultimately be found oeticial. I n Common Law causes, the summonses and notices are always served on the opposite attorney, theit will soon become familiar and easy to pursue the I ,a roe practice in Chancery. not was lately intended to permit the transmission of * e " bir i the post, but it may be questionable . ether t is course will be expedient or safe in ad veNe • !Wei. • e ases ' and th e su bj ec t requir e s muc h con ation before it is adopted. p os . s e hope s oon to b e enabled to put our readers in tV es sion of th e i ntended New Orders for carrying e details of the Act into effect.—Legal Observer. Amer Majesty, on the morning of her departure rummond Castle, presented Lady Willoughby .4 10 ,;5 0 Y with a bracelet, richly set with diamonds, f ',,,eXCI.W.Site vvorkmanThip—its design the emblem iof f v raity.—Edinbur g h Witness. th --(„r• Edmund Burdekin, late Managing Director of Oj r : 'lank of Manchester, in consequence of various lilarities in connection with the Bank, which 44 7 . Ye Just come to light, has absconded ; we under cil7::‘, in fact, he has gone off to America.—Man- Guardian.„(er 144e'ne following extract from an advertisement in a 1 York paper would tempt the aristocrats of the fa _L . er country to attach some value to the prestige of descent, seeing that even Jonathan, who can It b„ r eelY trace his pedigree higher than three degrees, which it is lost in the Old Bailey records, be y,liS to prick up his ears and talk of heraldry farlt° it s of Heraldry. —Coats of arms found and ed for stained glass, windows, or carriages, and two , 4r ded to any part of the United States. Price withmollars and upwards. Books of heraldry kept -Air4lawards of 100,000 names:' most ' I leory Betty has been perlorniing some of his Past wsueeessful characters at Margate during the Past 07 ee k• In Romeo and Macbeth his fame has al -Iread, and people are now aware of the excel - 8 1 3 e1r. , h is Performance in these and other of Sha h .c . - s , deb ut • Plays. This talented actor has now made is L ott .lo two fresh characters—that of Claude Mel- C a i, e ,,n the Lady of Lyons, and Thoas in the Athenian fe e fre• Both of the se h e susta i ne d w i t h i ntense oured ng and great effect. Hi s per f ormance was piaewith the p resence of the elite of the .teate The celebrated and talented author; Mr. Ser it Talf ourd, came down purposely to witness Mr. tiAsegrct.Y'S rep resentation of Thoas, which appeared to e perfectly with his conception, as he joined con _l4lltls the-aPPIUUSe which resounded on all sides. A THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBF,R 12, 1842. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUDS. Yesterday a meeting of Spitalfields weavers was held at the Duke of Gloucester, Seabright-street, Bethnal-green-road, to take into consideration what steps should be adopted by them in consequence of the recent discovery of frauds committed by the Cus tom-house officers on the importation of silks and other articles at the Custom -house. Mr. FOSTER having been called to the chair, stated that a Committee of the trade of journeymen silk weavers had been formed, in consequence of a corn ' nmnication from the masters, and that some meetings of the Committee had been held, who had received information that enormous frauds had been com mitted on the revenue by the Custom-house officers upon the importation of foreign, and more particu larly French, silk goods.—(Hear, hear.) The reason of their present meeting was to discuss the injury that had been done to the trade, and to determine what course they should pursue to protect themselves. —(lean) It had been ascertained, he had been told, that in the article of silks alone the revenue had been defrauded to the amount of nearly one million of pounds, but which affected the trade to the actual value of goods exceeding in amount above 4,000,0001. It was very likely that a great deal had come before the Government which they had not thought proper to disclose, and that the revenue had been much more defrauded than they were aware of. It appeared that the investigation was going on very tardily. They (the weavers) hoped that by laying their case before the Government they might be able to urge a more full inquiry into the transactions at the Custom-house. Mr. BERRY said that what the Chairman had stated in reference to the enormous frauds practised at the Custom-house, ought to induce the Government to try what remedy they could apply. He thought that they could have no protection unless the duty on silks was collected; as in the year 1829, when the importa tion was confined to three ports in the United King dom, the penalty being the forfeiture of any vessel that went contrary to such regulations. From what he had heard of the plans carried on to effect the frauds, a more efficient body of Custom-house officers was required, for if they looked at the returns they would find that as many goods are imported without paying duty as pay duty. The effect of such a system was to rob both the capitalists and the labourers of the whole country, and the fair trader was under sold in the market. Mr. CLAISSE observed there was no question but that the late Administration were aware that the duty was not efficiently collected, and that the ma jority of silk goods passed the Custom-house without paying the duty.—(Hear.) A deputation of journey men silk-weavers waited on Mr. Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, and laid such facts before him as were sufficient to support their assertion. Their Chairman had stated that there was a deficiency in the revenue in the article of silk alone of 1,000,0001. It was a fact, well known to the trade, that one of the largest manufacturers of figured silk velvets (some of the weavers in the employment of which firm were present) had not made any for some time; yet there was a large quantity of figured silk velvet in the market, though the Custom-house returns did not show that there had been any large importation of that article.—(Hear.) This was hard upon the poor operatives, who were thus deprived of employment; and it was well known by the journeymen silk-weavers, who had looms for making figured silk velvets. It was thus that so much distress prevailed among them. He hoped that the Government would take some steps to protect the trade. Mr. PATERNOSTER remarked that the fact which had been disclosed sufficiently explained why the value of their labour was so low. If the duty were paid there would be protection for those in the country working in the silk trade. He had seen silk goods at the Custom-house sufficient for the supply of the whole country. The CHAIRMAN said, it appeared that silks had been . entered in the books of the Custom-house as toys. The boxes, on being opened, were found to be ap parently filled with toys, when they were registered as such, and re-shipped for the purpose of being taken to be sold for toys. It had been ascertained that the boxes had but few toys in them, the contents chiefly consisting of silks. The consequence was, that while the duty on silks was about 301. per cent., and that on toys about one per cent., that the Government had been defrauded of the difference. The CHAIRMAN remarked that they ought to me morialise the Government to let them see that their proceedings were not so secret as they imagined, and that they should call together the whole of the trade, and lay the circumstances before their fellow-workmen. Several weavers having addressed the chair, it was resolved that the Committee should ascertain what steps the masters intended to pursue, and that they should call a meeting of the trade. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL'S AD DRESS AT SrAFFORD. We think it might be productive of great good if the Government would print, upon a broad sheet, and circulate as widely as possible in every part of the manufacturing districts, tire address of Lord Chief Justice Tindal at the opening of the Stafford Special Commission. So far as the Government could diffuse that address among the people, it would be really diffusing useful knowledge. We think, too, that it would pro bably be received with reverence, because it was spoken by the Chief Justice upon such an occa sion. The great difficulty with the English com mon people is to make them receive any advice with reverence. There is more chance of that reverence in the case of an address spoken by a Judge than in any other. The virulence of Dissent - has made such progress among them, that any advice from the authorities of the Church might, perhaps, be treated with little respect. Indeed, it is to be feared that they would be taught and exhorted not to regard any such advice, because the Church had sent it limb. But the power and authority of a great criminal Judge is a palpable thing, of which they are all conscious, and what he said was so extremely applicable to the mischief' existing amongst them, that we think his advice, and information, and warning, might have a great effect. Would not such a passage as the following, for instance (immediately after the admission that workpeople possessed the right of withhold ing their own labour, if discontented), be likely to produce a strong impression ? " You will have many cases where large bodies or discontented workmen, by personal violence and threats, and intimidation, compelled others who were content with their callings, and willing to work for their rate of wages, to leave their work against their own will, and add to the number of discontented. A more glaring act of despotic tyranny one man or set of men cannot perpetrate against others. If there is one right to which a man is entitled, it is the right of exercising his own skill, knowledge, and labour, with a will free and unshackled by any control or dicta tion ; yet, strange to say, this right, which the dis contented claim for themselves to the fullest extent, they, by a stranger perversity and unmeaning sel fishness, refuse to others. Such proceedings, so un reasonable as they are—so injurious as they are to the interests of society—so detrimental as they are to the rights of trade—so oppressive against the rights of the poor—and which are such gross, flagitious, viola tions of the law—must be put down by prompt mea sures, and severely punished as soon as the guilt of the parties practising it is established." Such a lesson as this might be most useful, amid not the less so the strong warning against the selfish miscreants who, for the promotion of their own vile purposes, go about inflaming the minds of the common people, and teaching them irreverence for religion, and disregard of the laws:— " Ile who delivers addresses to the poor working classes, or to the unemployed, brooding over real or imaginary wrongs, will soon have a crowded auditory, and shall not want hearers ready to perform any acts of mischief. You will, in such cases, consider the language used on that occasion. If it consist in broad assertions, unfounded in facts—if, in speaking on religious topics you find him sprightly and face tious on subjects which make good and wise men serious; and it, instead of arguments, you find him to deal in sneers and sarcasms, it will be for you to con sider whether he be an honest but mistaken man, or whether he is wickedly intent to bring into contempt the Government, the laws, and the religion of the country, and all that honest men hold in • respect and veneration." Such sentiments as these would probably pro duce a strong impression when read as the words of the Chief Justice. And his concluding sug gestion that the only effectual method of con quering the wicked attempts of designing men to undermine the principles of the working people, is the diffusion of a sound religious knowledge, in which there can 11 no excess, might, under the blessing of •Providence, have the effect of sending many deluded people to seek for that knowledge, and so to become peace able, well-disposed members of society.—Post. TRADE OF CALCUTTA. The Indian papers, among the commercial infor mation available for. the English reader, publish a comparative statement of the .imports into and ex ports from Calcutta, with some statistics connected with the • shipping frequenting Bengal, all illustra tive of the progress of the trade ,of that part of the world. The calculations profess to be made upon official data, and include 1837-38 to 1841-42. To show the traffic of the port, it will be as well, in the first place, to give the amount of tonnage for these respective periods, which, it will be perceived, on imports, gives, in favour of the latter period, taking into account the coasting trade of the country, the great excess of 86 per cent. ; the amount being in 1837-38, 163,690 tons, by 596 vessels, and in 1841- 42, 304,977 tons, by 1,001 vessels. The export tonnage shows an increase of 61 per cent. ; the amount in 1837-38, by 530 vessels, being 172,111 tons ; and in 1841-42, by 885 vessels, being 277,816 tons. Prom the details of these respective returns it is ascertained that the traffic to and from Great Britain had increased nearly twofold. The total value of imports general, including treasure, in 1837-38 amounted to 4,06,99,504 Com pen* rupees,. and in 1841-42 to 5,42,86,722 Com pany s rupees, proving an increase of nearly thirty per cent. As a commentary upon this progress of imports, the leading articles are selected to show the proportion. Cotton twist and yarn is the first eluci dation offered ; in 1837-38 the value of this import was 51,22,564 Company's rupees ; in 1840-41 it rose to 79,90,932 Company's rupees ; but in 1841-42 it was , only 55,27,997 Company's rupees, the check being. _ beyond all doubt, produced by the generally disorganised and unsettled condition of trade there and at home. The value of the import of salt, another article selected as illus trating the rise and fall of this branch of Indian commerce, was in 1837-38 13,49,043 Company's rupees ; in 1839-40 it rose to 18,64,340 company's rupees, but in 1841-42 fell to 614,591 Company's rupees. The value of coffee imported in 1837-38 amounted to 96,288 Company's rupees ; in 1840-41 it rose to 413,782 Company's rupees, but in 1841-42 it had decreased to 317,890 Company's rupees. The article of tea, in contrary movement, shows an increase, even in lace of the war with China—a fact not a little remarkable, seeing how sensibly the market in this country was affected by the antici pated decrease in the supply, especially at and about the period in question. It is stated that the value of tha import of this leaf in 1837-38 was 339,276 Company's rupees; fell in 1838-39 to 153,507 Com pany's rupees ; rose in 1840-41 to 619,443 Com pany's rupees, and was in 1841-42 3 9 8 ,9 15 Com pany's rupees. The import of coals in 1837-38 was valued at 74,278 Company's rupees, and in 1841-42 358,372 Company's rupees, but how much was Eng lish was not stated ; and indeed, there would appear, from the manner in which this item is dealt with, reasonable grounds for supposing that a very small proportion, if any, was the produce of our collieries. The value of the imports of tobacco is stated at 6,762 Company's rupees in 1837-38, and at 95,724 Com pany's rupees in 1841-42 ; and the question is very well put—why is not the tobacco of India, the plant being indigenous to the country, improved ,by the use of foreign seed ? The total value of exports general, including trea sure, are stated at 6,50,45,959 Company's rupees for 1837-38, and at 8,39,40,592 Company's rupees for 1841-42, or an increase of 34 per cent. In the same way, to exhibit the progress and fluctuations in the export trade of Bengal, the leading articles of produce are adduced as in the case of imports. In digo is stationed to take the lead ; the exports of this article in 1837-38 valued 1,12,47,681 Company's rupees, and in 1841-42 2,39,51,284 Company's rupees —a good increase of 112 per cent. Opium in value . in 1837-38 was 2,12,92,386 Company's rupees, but in 1841-42 it was only 140, 01 , 281 Company's rupees —a decrease of full 52 per cent. Of sugar, the ex port in 1837-38 was in value 67,18,911 Company's rupees, in 1840-41 it was 1,64,68,898 Company's rupees, or the enormous increase of 144 per cent., which to a trifling 'extent was afterwards counter acted by the depression of the markets, in conse quence of the over-abundance of supply, as in 1841-42 the amount had decreased to 1,39,16,426 Company's rupees, or about 107 per cent., compared with 1837-38. Here it may be remarked that the astonishing progress of sugar cultivation received a timely check by this over-supply, and in addition curbed many proprietors who, it is stated, flushed with'the success the sugar cultivators were acquiring, had determined on throwing out their indigo estates to bring them under this then considered profit able employment. The export of raw silk in 1837-38 was 46,54,517 Company's rupees, and in 1841-42 it increased to 85,15,404 Company's rupees. The value of raw cotton exported in 1837-38 was 18,61,165 Company's rupees, in 1838-39 it was 22,21,889 Company's rupees, but from that point gradually decreased, till, in 1841-42, it is noted at 12,05,347 Company's rupees, the obvious objec tion in all markets being its - inferior _quality to that of other countries' growth—. Both of sugar and cotton, it is remarked that the Presidenciei are capable of yielding any quantity, and when time and management shall have afforded sufficient im provement, they will become formidable rivals in these two products to the other cotton and sugar producing countries. The value of the exports of saltpetre, in 1837-38, was 26,32,867 Company's rupees, and in 1841-42, 32,10,734 Company's rupees, showing a gradual improvement. Rice is adduced as showing a small but progressive increase ; in 1837-38 it was 24,72,283 Company's rupees, and in 1841-42, 36,21,510 Company's rupees. And wheat concludes the category, the value of farina exported in 1837-38 being 262,914 Company's rupees ; in 1840-41 it was 599,301 Company's rupees, but in 1841-42 had decreased to 224,010 Company's rupees. As tending to give some idea of the positive and successive increase of the trade of India, these figures are entitled to consideration • and as so much import ance now attaches to all that takes place in that quarter of the world, particularly in reference to the progress of commerce, and our claims upon its ter ritory, other facts and figures, calculated to throw more general light . on its principal trading connexions may hereafter be given .as a supplemental notice of the subject. Mns. ALFRED SHAW.—A paragraph which ap peared in our Monday's impression, copied from the Dramatic and Musical Review, and alleging that this justly celebrated vocalist had been originally a " fac tory girl," and proceeds to give some other particu lars of her progress, has sent forth several some what indignant contradictions from this lady's friends. We are assured that there was no kind of foundation for the paragraph above mentioned, that Mrs. Shaw's friends are and have always been of the highest re spectability, and that so far from having received musical instruction only when the rich quality of her voice had attracted attention, she has had from the first every advantage that could assist her in the improvement of her talent. MORE CONVICTS TRANSPORTED TO ENGLAND. — At the sitting of the Guernsey Court, on. Saturday last, Richard Mayne and James Dashwood, convicted of having stolen some pears, were condemned to one month's solitary confinement, and afterwards to be banished to England for the term of five years. It is generally understood that Southampton will be favoured with these fellows.—Elizabeth Haward was convicted of the same crime, and was condemned to a fortnight's imprisonment, and then to be trans ported for three years. She will be shipped for Southampton also, and there left to find her way to Devonshire.—Frederick Westbrook, found guilty of stealing a pair of boots and a shirt, was condemned to two months' imprisonment, and five years' banish ment to England. Winchester will doubtless be honoured with Mr. Westbrook's company.—Jersey News. - - PRESENT FROM PRINCE ALBERT TO MR. MAULE. We (Perthshire Advertiser) saw yesterday, in the shop of Mr. Macgregor, jeweller and lapidary, George street, &beautiful silver powder flask, enclosed in a handsome morocco case, which was presentecthy Prince Albert to our distinguished representative, Mr. Maule, upon his Royal Highness leaving Taymouth Castle. Upon the one side of the flask is the letter A, with an Imperial Crown (and accompanying motto) very finely executed ; and, on the other side has been engraved the following inscription :—" The gift of H. R. H. Prince Albert, to the Right Honourable Fox Maule, A 1.?., Taymouth September 10, 1842." However much the proprietors of the Lancaster and Preston Railway may benefit by the leasing of their line to the Lancaster Canal Company, it does not appear ; that the arrangement will contribute much to the advantage of the public. We understand that the cheap boat has been taken oft the canal, and that the mode of communication in the district is now an unmitigated monopoly.—Railway Times. MONUMENT OF MOREAU.—Not much more than a mile from the walls of Dresden stands the lonely mo nument of Moreau, on the spot where he fell. It is merely a square block of granite, surrounded below by large unhewn stones, and bearing on its upper surface a helmet, a sword, and a laurel chaplet. The ' brief inscription, " The hero Moreau fell here by the side of Alexander," is worth mentioning, merely to notice the audacity with which some u ngenerous spirit has dared to violate it. An unknown but de liberate hand has tried to efface the word " hero" and has carved above it, as regularly and deeply as the rest of the inscription, the word traitor." So pro .fessionally has it been performed, that it has not been possible to obliterate entirely this deFadin . g exploit of cowardice and malignity.—Russell's four in Germany. A WELL-SEASONED OLD SMOKER.—The Castel lano of Madrid states that a priest of Rivadavia has just died at the age of 112. This man, during the .latter years of his life, made seven. meals a day, smoked in the same period 24 cigarettes, and took half an ounce of snuff, • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft. First half of AL M. (3 Subs.) I)uke of Bedford's King of the Peak, 5 yrs, Bst 31b 1 Mr. Thornhill's Menclipe, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ... 2 11 to 8 on Kit* of the Peak. Won by three parts of a length. CESAREW ITCH BETTING. 7 to 2 agst Belissima—taken 13 to 1 agst Ld. Kclburne's 7 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's 15 to 1 agst Tamburini Two—taken 20 to 1 agst Florence—taken 10 to 1 agst Arcanus—taken 25 to 1 agst Ma Mie—taken 12 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet 10 to 1 agst Ma Mile avid 12 to 1 agst Heslington Florence—taken 13 to 1 agst Portrait— taken 100 to 6 agst The Shadow--t The following are expected to run :—The Shadow, Roscius, Ralph, lleslington, Thistle Whipper, Tam burini, Una, Rhodanthe, Lord Kelburne's c, Belissima, Young Quo Minus, Florence, Buffalo, Ma Mie, Blue Bonnti (carries 6st 121 b), Dilbar, The Gleaner, Ar canus, the Bizarre f, Portrait, and Anspach. One or two of these are doubtful. CLEARWELL.—The starters are expected to be one or two of Lord Exeter's, ➢Murat, Napier, Mr. Bouverie's c, Testy; and Pine Apple. A Match for 100 sovs., h. ft., T.Y.C., is made for Friday, between Buffalo, 4 yrs, 9st 71b, and Bossy Bedlam f, 2 yrs, 7st 31b. (RECEIVED THIS MORNING) NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. (MONDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED.) The following are a few additional partic'ulars of the Handicap and Plate Races : Handicap.--The Tragedy colt made the best running he could, followed by Pelerme, Cruiskein, and Rapture, the others being closely laid up ; they kept so to the cords, when the Duke's colt declined, and the lead was taken by Jeremy Diddler, who went on with the running to the end, and won easy by a length. The Hymen colt rushed it at the last, and was placed second ; Camelcor, the Tragedy colt, and Rapture were well up. T. Y. C. Plate—The race throughout was between the two horses placed ; they kept nearly abreast till half-way up the ropes, when The Queen of the Gipsies quitted her companion, and won in a canter ; The Prince of Wales, Rook's -nest, and Mr. Payne's filly, were head And head about two lengths from the second. The appearance (.1 . Lord Lowther's name as the owner of Silvertail colt, gave great pleasure to the old frequenters of Newmarket. A. F. Plate.—St. Francis had the lead fur the first quarter of a mile, but the speed not being good enough, John Day, on Discord, put on the steam, made play at a strong pace, disposed of the favourite at the ropes, and won easily, by a length. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 7to 2 agst Bellisima—t. 15 to 1 agst Tamburini 7to 1 agst J. Day's two—t. 100 to 6 agst the Shadow—t. 10 to 1 rgst Arcanus—t. 20 to 1 agst Florence—t. 12 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet 25 to 1 agst Ma Mic—t. 12 to 1 agit Heslington 10 to 1 agst Florence and 13 to 1 agst Portrait-4 Ma Mie—t. 13 to 1 agst Ld. ICelburne's c. A match is made for Friday between Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, 4 yrs, 9st 71b, and Mr. Payne's f by Muley Moloch, out 'of Bessy Bedlam, 2 yrs, 7st 31b. T.Y.C. 100 h ft. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK.—The Cesare witch decided this afternoon, although, from the indiffe rent grade of its competitors, the worst in the estima tion of sporting men that has been run since the race was established, has not been less attractive with the public ; from which we may infer, that although racing and betting have gone hand in hand together for so many years, as to be almost identical with each other, the existence of the Turf is not " necessarily dependent on the Ring." Whether this is a source of congratulation, or not, we leave others to settle ; sufficient for our present purpose is it to state, that the immense assemblage on the point of dispersion when this dispatch was made up, proved indisputably that " the race"—as a betting one, incomparably , lost none of its interest with " the million. ' The town and neighbourhood have been in a state of bustle and excitement from an early hour, and an excellent day has been made the more enjoyable, by weather delightfully bright and warm. At half•past one, business commenced with a Match for 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Kelburne's Mina ret, Bst 71b (Robinson), beat Lord Kelburne's Retainer colt, 7st. Betting-7 to 4on Minaret. Won in a canter by two lengths. • Mr. Payne's Cecil, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Magog, 3 yrs, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 150, h ft. 7 to 4 on Magog, who was defeated in a canter by two lengths. _ _ _ _ _ The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sons. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b ; the winner of the July Stakes 71b extra. T.Y.C. ( 26 Subs.) Col. Anson's Napier (F. Butler) 1 Col. Peel's Murat. The following also started but were not placed—Lord Exeter's f by Jerry out of Macremma—Mr. Bouverie's c by Bolero, dam by Walton—Mr. J. Sadler's Testy, and Mr. Watt's c by Yaxley 2 darn by Blacklock. Betting-2 to 1 agst Napier ;sto 2 agst Yaxley colt; 3 to 1 agst Testy ; and 4 to 1 agst Murat. Won by a head after a splendid race. Lord Exeter's Celia, Bst 7lb (Darling) beat Lord Al bemarle's Nuncio, Bst. ; T.Y. C. ; 100, h ft ; 6 to 5 on Nuncio. Won by two lengths. Lord Exeter's Albion, Bst 41b., received forfeit from Mr. Grerille's Gunter, Bst 716 ; A. F. ; 200 h ft. The Cesarewitch Stakes of 25 sous each, 15 ft., with 2001. added by the Grand Duke Cesarewitch, the se cond to receive 50/. Cesarewitch Course. Two miles. Mr. F. Clarke's Arcanus. 3 yrs, sst 4lb (J. Day, jun.) 1 Duke of Grafton's Florence, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :-- Mr. Goodman's The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Mr. Gray don's Roscius, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs, Sat 41b—Major Yarburgh's Ileslington, 4 yrs. Bst —Mr. Etwalrs Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b— Mr. Isaac Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, 7st 1016 Mr. Isaac Day's Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Lord Chesterfield's Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Lord Kelburne's colt by Mnley Moloch, dam by Actzeon, 4 yrs, 7st Mb—Mr. W. Sadler's Bellis sima, aged, 7st 51b—Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Stephenson's Ma Mie, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Lord Eglinton's Blue Bonnet, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Duke of Port land's The Gleaner, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Mr. W. S. Stanley's filly by Bizarre, out of Flambeau's dam, 3 yrs, sst 81b— and Duke of Beaufort's Anspach, 3 yrs, sst. • Betting-7 to 2 agst Bellissima, 10 to 1 agst Arcanus, 10 to 1 agst Portrait, 10 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet, 13 to 1 agst Lord Kelburne's colt, 14 to 1 agst Rhodanthe, 14 to 1 agst The Shadow, 20 to 1 agst Ma Mie, 20 to 1 agst Roscius, 20 to 1 agst The Gleaner, 20 to 1 agst Florence, 16 to 1 agst Ralph, and 25 to 1 agst Buffalo. Won by a neck. SPORTING FOOT RACE.—At the conclusion of the Caledonian Hunt and Perth Races, on Thursday last, a race " not in the programme," took place, which ex cited a good deal of amusement. -- Stanhope, Esq., nephew of Lord Mansfield, challenged Mr. Maule to run 100 yards, giving the Right Hon. Gentleman a start of ten yards. The ground was accordingly measured, and the competitors set off at the top of their speed. Mr. Maule came in winner, amid cheering, by at least a couple of yards in addi tion to the " start " given by the challenger.—Cale- , donian Mercury. FOX-HUNTING IN PERTHSHIRE. The Perthshire hounds met on Saturday at the Old Half-way House, Crieff and Perth-road, privately, and for a day's cub hunting, previous to their regular turn •out for the season. After drawing Gorthie and Fowlis-Wester Plantations without a challenge, they proceeded on to the Abercairney property, in expectation of finding a litter of cubs there, but were also disappointed. As the hounds were leaving the west corner of the Low Moor Plantation, above Abercairney House, an old veteran varmint jumped up and shook his head, when away went the merry lads in black and white, and hard by his wake. On they steamed through the Low Moor Plantation, and over the open ,• and when above the village of Fowlis the fox was headed, and returned to the Low Moor. Here he had no time to tarry, threaded the Muckle Burn, and again broke over the open for Ballnello Wood, which he also threaded in double quick time—the merry lads still keeping up the ball behind him ; and on leaving this wood, the noble and stout-hearted varmint faced the open moor and on to Foulford, where he crossed the Taybridge-road, and then gallantly faced the wild and stupendous Grampians ; passed Conachan Cottage (Major Moray's shooting lodge), turned to the right, and so past the farm-house of Fendoch. Here he again put his head for the mountains, determined to penetrate the wilds of the Sma' Glen, and crossed over the very top of the mountains, when he was run to ground among the rocks above the bridge of Newton, and the head of the wild and rugged pass of Glenaimon, after a gallant burst of one hour and thirty minutes, from find to finish. This is the only fox that has ever had pluck enough to face the wilds of the Sma' Glen since hounds have been kept in the county ; and Smith was struck with a s t on i s h ment when he found himself in so wild a country.—Perth Paper. THE WERTRNGTON TESTIMONIAL.—In consequence of an application from the Sub-Committee on the Wellington Testimonial, the Directors of the Royal Exchange have agreed to give a site in front of that building for the erection of the equestrian statue in honour of the Duke. We understand that the statue is expected to be finished, and in Glasgow by the Ist of May next, the birth-day of the Noble Duke.— Glasgow Arg US. TRADE.—This week remains, without any altera tion. The supplies of yarns, especially the common kinds, are very limited, and no extensive sales have been effected, and prices for these sorts are fully maintained at our quotations. Linens are moving off slowly at a figure that will barely remunerate. Arrivals, have been few in number this week. One from Narva, two from Memel, and one from Konigs berg. The Flax and Codillas are of excellent qualiti , .?s. The Jute Hemp market appears to be improving, and sales of 1,850 bales of good quality have been made at Liverpool, at 141. 10s. ; best, 151. 15s. But from accounts received from India, that arrivals from Calcutta will not be heavy this month; in conse quence, holders will not be disposed to sell.—Dundee Herald. A LARGE ADDER. —On Sunday morning last an adder was kill e d a t H ookstone Cragg, near Harrow gate, which in length measured four feet eleven inches, and was seven inches in circumference. The reptile's stomach contained four birds of the linnet species, three field mice, a weasel, aryl a toad RUSSIAN FINAN CE. His Majesty the Emperor has addreised the follow ing ukase to the Minister of Finance:— "Taking into consideration that the projected forma tion of a railroad from St. Fetersbui?h to Moscow, at the expense of the State, will require during the progress of the work the sum of forty or fifty millions of silver roubles, according to the calculated estimate, we have thought fit to negotiate a foreign loan on the following basis : " 1. For the expenses necessary for the construc tion of the above-mentioned railroad during the year 1843, the loan is fixed at eight millions of silver rou bles. During the following years, the amount of the loan is to be regulated according to the progress of the work. " 2. This laan is to be inscribed in the great book of the public debt of Russia, under the title of the second loan at 4 per cent. "There shall be delivered for this loan inscriptions of 500 silver roubles each. They shall be distributed in 320 series of 50 inscriptions each. "These inscriptions shall bear an annual rent of 5 per cent., to be dated from the Ist of August of this present year. 20 coupons shall be attached to each inscription, on the presentation of which the rent due at the corresponding term shall be paid. The payment of this rent shall take place at St. Peters burgh, at the Commission of the Sinking Fund, half-yearly, from the Ist to the 15th of February, and the Ist to the 15th of August, inclusive. " At the expiration of the first ten years of the loan, fresh coupons shall be issued for the inscriptions still in circulation. " 3. For the sinking fund of these inscriptions,a spe cial fund shall be assigned, which cannot be con founded with other loans, and will form, for each of the two first years, commencing with 1843, 75,000 silver roubles yearly, and for the following years, commencing with 1845, 200,000 silver roubles, or 24 per cent. of the nominal capital of this loan, yearly. " This fund, as for the first loan at 4 per cent., shall be effected at the reimbursement of the inscriptions belonging to the series, which are to be drawn by lot, so that for each inscription drawn by lot, there shall be paid 500 silver roubles. To this effect the inscrip tion shall be recommitted to the Commission for the sinking fund, with the coupons, the terms of payment for which shall not yet have expired. "4. The realisation of the loan for the construc tion of the railroad between St. Petersburgh and Moscow is confided to the commercial house of our banker, Baron Stieglitz, at St. Petersburgh, who has shown a laudable zeal on this occasion, for the ac complishment of this important national undertaking. The firm of Stieglitz and Co. will realise this loan, according as circumstances shall require, and con formably with your notification. "5. As this loan is intended for the said railroad alone, the money arising therefrom cannot be appro priated to any other purpose, but must be placed sepa rately from all other revenues and expenses of the State. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." PRISON DISCIPLINE.—DEATH OF MRS. SHEEN.— The woman who was the mother of Sheen, who some time ago escaped the consequences of a. capital in dictment laid against him for the murder of his child, owing to a flaw found in it through the legal subtlety of his Counsel, Mr. Clarkson, has breathed her last. Some time after the escape of her son, Mrs. Sheen fitted up two houses of a certain description, and ma naged to make a great deal of money, until about two years ago, when she was apprehended as an extensive receiver of stolen property, and fully committed for trial. On her trial it was proved that she had pur chased a waistcoat from a youth, who had stolen it from his parents, for sixpence, which a few days before cost 15s. ; and on an officer going to her house a quantity of stolen property was found there. She was convicted at the Old Bailey, and sen tenced to seven years' transportation. Previous to the trial, however, she made over her property to her favourite son "Bill," so as to secure it from the grasp of the Sheriff in the event of conviction. The pro perty, consisting of Bank Stock and houses to a con siderable amount, was taken possession of by Bill, and Mrs. Sheen being considered too old to be sent " over the water," was transmitted to the Millbank Peniten tiary instead of New South Wales. Owing, it is said, to the prison discipline, and being deprived of those luxuries she had been in the habit of enjoying, her health gradually gave way, and at Length her ill ness assumed so alarming a character that a fortnight ago her sentence was wholly commuted, and she was discharged from the prison. She was taken home in a cab to the house of her son, where die gradually got worse, and expired on Saturday last.—Morning Ad vertiser. We understand that the copies of the British treaty and correspondence, published first in a certain paper, were stolen from the files of the United States Senate, with the connivance of a United States senator, sworn to secresy till the injunction was removed. It was then sent to New York and published, for the pur pose of deprecating the President and Mr. Webster. We learn further that the whole transaction will soon be brought to light.—American Paper. BANKING HOURS. The weak side of the case of the City bankers in their proposing to curtail the hours of business seems to be this,—that they take too much into consideration their own convenience or that of their clerks, and bestow too little thought on the convenience of the rest of the community. Thus, in the signatures ob tained previously t o bringing their proposition for ward, there appear only those of the bankers, or of the managers of the Joint-Stock Banks, which, if they are unanimous, will enable them to dictate what terms they please to their customers. The first step to be taken on their part, and for their own protection, undoubtedly was that of ascertaining that all the banking establishments of the City would agree to it, but having done so, and to avoid the appearance of forcing the measure upon the trading interest, some signatures of the leading merchants in the City should have been obtai ne d ex pressive of their willing assent to it. This h as no t, w e believe, as yet been done, and we know as a fact that some of the first foreign houses in the City are opposed to it, and anticipate much inconvenience from its being brought into operation. It is needless to recur to arguments already used against its adoption, but it is notorious that all things have tended of late to im pose greater labour and o ccupa ti on of time upon commercial men, compared w ith a few years back, under thecombined effect of s t eam -boats, railroads, day mails, and cheap postag e ; an d the time chosen is, therefore, rather an unfortunate one for the bankers to claim a remission, especially if that remis sion should militate against the convenience of the public. The situation of the bankers' clerks generally is certainly deserving of consideration and sympathy, but much depends, with them, upon their know ledge of, and attention to, their business, so that a well-ordered house will have made up all their ac counts, and adjusted their balances, within an hour, perhaps, after ceasing to pay o ver the counter, while others, through blunders and confusion arising in the course of the clay, will k eep t h e i r c l e rks up all night to correct an error i n th e b a lance. But if the proposed change is found t o b e inconvenient to the public, then the consideration of the inferior agents must yield, as it is uniformly made to do in all such cases. This is the only basis on which the question can be argued, and the bankers will only injure themselves if they adopt any other, for the keen competition among them will soon reak through the compact they ha ve en t e red into, and bring the present rule back into operation, which would he placing the whole of them in a very humi liating position. It is a most dangerous thing to dis turb by force the current of business in a great trading community. We repeat, that at the present moment therefore, that the arguments osed by th e L on don bankers ndghna increased .iinnsutt itnhn t e a , c ac i d t a i n e bg s eel a epevreto,op desired rather than any have more force and validity than those advanced in its favour. It should be known, that it is not the intention of those who have brought the matter forward to make any alteration in the hours of the clearing-house, but only to close the payments over the counter at four o money to be placed to ac 'el cotn . t, t A ha s t t ‘ o vi t ll he be r a e l c l e o i red of even after five o'clock, clerks in attendance. aßnudt thisso b long eng a t s he th e e a r s e e, i a t re is a n n u y t easy to see whence the relief for the clerks, for whom so much sympathy is solicited, is to arise. It resolves itself, at all events, into a very trivial matter.—Times. time M. Perneau, rdieu, a gentle man °a t ß l o N u 'e lo d g n n e e s- - d ACCIDENT ay F , A t T h a e r. 2Bt ti t i‘ N ir E . A l ftez ia u n L l oc i ll op l 3ua . from the town. souf ro s N it s re l o i r o i 1 o(hlNiarned,e dined residedav tiivillage e f h o o r aub s so o eu m ot e f t a i m hism i l e As he did not return at ni g ht, was anything heard of him even next d a y , me ssengers were dis patched nor country nor the next. On ; but no tid- Saturday, a peasant havi n g occasio n to go to a well, situate in an unfrequented place, about a quarter o f in (s were into y e cei the v e surrounding f him that day, a mile from Ostrohove , discovered a hat floating on the surface of the water ; and, a l adder having been procured, he went down into the well, and there found the body of the missing gentleman. The authorities had it conveyed to the hospital, where it was ascertained that no violence had been offered to the deceased ; and that his death must have been accidental. It was elicited afterwards that he left his friend's house, for the purpose of returning home, at about nine o'clock; and it is supposed he must have missed his way, as the evening was dark an d wet. The well (a n open one) in whith the awful catastrophe occurred is about 200 yards from the road leading to Boulogne, is not near any house, and was seldom used. The deceased, who was about 70 years of age, was of remarkably regular and abstemious habits. Ile had been a partner in the old and respectable firm of Bourdieu and Sons, West India merchants, and fo reign commission agents, of Lime-street. WATER.—The combination amon g the water com panies to raise their charges for serving the public with water, has led to a revival of the old project of bringing a supply of pure water from the Thaine.., above Barnes, where it may be procured free from the filth and pollution which enters into the river nearer the metropolis. The proj ect was supported some years si nce by Sir Robert Peel, who stood fOrward in the llouse of Commons a firm advocate for supplying the public with one of the great blessings of life — good and wholesome water. The intention (accord ing to report) is to convey the water by pipes or an aqueduct to Lambeth and Vauxhall. CORONER'S INQUEST. THE MURDER AT BERMONDSEY. Yesterday an inquest was held at the Coopers' Arms, Russell-street, Bermondsey, before Mr. Carter, to inquire into the circumstance of the death of Eliza beth Jessup, thirty-five years of age, who was mur dered by her husband on the morning of Monday last. Jane Burton Shepherd, of No. 3, Goulstone's buildings, Bermondsey, New -road, deposed that on Monday Morning last, about six o'clock, he heard the cry of murder,. and on looking out of his window he saw a lad named Thomas Jessup, standing at his fa ther's door, No. 14, in the above b u ildi ngs , w i t h on l y his night-shirt on. He it was who had been calling murder. He immediately went across to him, and with another neighbour, named Crampton, entered the house, when he saw William Jessup on the floor in a kneeling posture, with a razor in his hand, in the act of cutting his throat. Crampton wrenched the razor from his hand. In the back room he saw the deceased lying on the floor with her head near the stairs, and a deep wound on the left side of her neck, from which the blood was flowing. She breathed faintly and expired. The police and Dr. Sterry were sent for, and after the latter had bandaged up the wounds in Jessup's throat, he was taken to Guy's Hospital. Henry Crampton said—Jessup was sensible, and on my saying to him, " Why did you do this," he replied, " I had a call from the Lord to do it in the night." I said, " The Devil you mean." He made answer, " The Devil then. I had a call to do it, ant the time was come." Witness said that he spoke no thing more on the subject. Thomas Jessup, 16 years of age, stated that the de ceased was his niother-in-law. On Monday morning, about six o'clock, she got up first and went down stairs. In about five minutes his father went down, he had only his shirt and stockings on. Directly af terwards witness heard his mother call out, " Tom," as if in a state of alarm. He ran down and saw them both struggling together at the foot of the stairs. He made towards the door of the house, and on turning round saw his mother fall, and blood: appeared to be issuing from her neck. He then called out " Murder." Mr. Henry Sterry, surgeon, stated that he was called in, when he found the deceased on the floor quite dead. There was a deep wound on the left side of the neck, eight inches long. The carotid artery and jugular vein were divided. She must have died instaneously. The wound appeared to have been in flicted by a sharp instrument, such as a razor. After some other evidence, the Coroner explained at some length the law, as applicable to such cases; and the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against William Jessup. The Coroner then issued his warrant for the re moval of the wretched man to Newgate when suffi ciently recovered ; Mr. Slow the Beadle, on behalf of the parish authorities of Bermondsey, was bound over to prosecute, and the several witnesses to give evidence. STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY. We have deferred, till all use of deferring longer is over, the giving any decided statement as to the pre sent state of trade in this town, and the prospects for the winter. Feeling for the manufacturers and mer chants in business, as well as for the workmen, whose last hope of comfort, if not of existence, depended on the success of our fall trade—bad as we knew it to be, and doubtful as were its prospects—we were resolved that not a word from our pen would make it worse, or tend in the smallest to influence either merchant or weaver in delaying to purchase, with the hope of a better bargain in the forced sale of the fashionable pro ductions prepared for this season of the year. All mo tive for silence in this respect is now, however, over. The period for the fall trade has commenced, gone on, and is now within a few days, or, at the most, weeks, of its conclusion, and we are now bold to state, without fear of contradiction, that a more complete failure, and a more dismal prospect for the period that must inter vene till the spring trade will commence, never pre sented itself to the inhabitants of this place. The dropping of hands last year was nothing to the almost universal dismissal of workmen in the rich shawl trade which is now taking place. Good and bad tradesmen, the individuals at the rich pattern and the plain, are almost indiscriminately turned adrift as their web is finished, and no hope whatever remains for their obtaining labour in the branch they have been accustomed to for at least three or four months to come. The manufacturers have all light stocks at present, and, from the sad experienee of the last few years, they are determined to keep them so, with the resolution that it is better to have no trade whatever, than a trade of utter ruin. We highly approve of this resolution, because the empty warehouses can scarcely fail to open up a ready and wholesome trade in the spring season, unless the energies of the country are to further exhausted by the ruinous restrictions of monopoly. As Jriay readily be supposed, the prospects and condition of the town, under such a state of things, is dismal in tho—extreme. The Relief Committee are not only entirely exhausted of funds, but so deep in debt, that with time whole of the members, it is a matter of serious consideration whether or not they should continue in existence for one other week. For the last ten days the Committee have been as a body almost inoperative ; relief is refused to all but those who were previously on the list, with the exception of cases actually starving; while, at the same time, hundreds:and hundreds of families are every whit as much in want of relief•as those who are receiving it, and only enabled to keep themselves in life by pawn ing and selling such necessaries as they possess in the shape of furniture and clothing. In the adjoining villages and towns dependent on the Glasgow trade, hand-loom weaving is at present quite abundant, and all of the Paisley tradesmen who can obtain such work are rapidly turning their hapd to it. Many of the Paisley houses have also com menced the manufacture of tartans in all their different varieties—but as the season for that description of goods must be soon over, the engagements of the workmen are limited to very short webs ; and, as may easily be supposed, no change of trade such as this can be expected to take up at once the thousands of workmen who are now being thrown idle.—Saturday Post. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Ocean, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House at one o'clock p.m. yesterday, with the Dutch mail. _ _ FLOATING BREAKWATER....-111 consequence of the reduction in the duty on cork, Captain Tayler has used it for increasing the buoyancy of his floating breakwater in lieu of the small air vessel attached to the caisson, and it is not only cheaper, but not liable to be injured. He also uses hlr. Jeffrey's glue with treenails, by which means he does away with all iron bolts.—Plymouth Journal. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.----ThOMRS Brandon Brett and William lrizard, Esq., the barristers ap pointed to revise the lists of voters for the town and borough of Southwark, held a Court for the registra tion of claimants entitled to vote, at the Town. hall, on Monday. Claims were made in only two parishes— one in Christchurch and ten in the parish of St. George the Martyr. None of them involved points of any interest. TIIE ELOQUENCE OF THE TEX lAN BAR.—May is please the Court, the learn e d b arri ster reminds me of an dilated,Andalu tiee sia kb n bull, oNs.e d,taNit tail l h nostrils distended, eyef p h l e u ig n h g t i s ng a , nd bel w lo id m e ing and , curled, roaring and leaping, plainscharging o f joveruri jurisprudence.; d Alpine ilc e ; extended but, may it pleaseth e eCourt, the gentlemen has failed n his demurrer.— New Y or k Paper. " Gentlemen of the Jury, ,, said a Western lawyer " would you set a rat-trap to catch a bar ? Would you make d—d fools of yourselves by endea vouring to spear a buffalo with a knitting-needle ? Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi with a gourd? No, gentlemen, I know you would not. Then how can you be guilty of the absurdity of finding my client guilty of manslaughter for taking the life of a woman?" 'FRE NEWPORT Docx.—Nothing can be more spirited and creditable than the conduct of the Dock Directors throughout, and nothing can be more har monious than the arrangements between them and the town authorities, for the celebration of the day of opening. Amongst the vessels expected from Bristol on Monday are the Great Britain, and the fine Avon steamer, one of the ships built by the Messrs. Acra man for the West India packet' tation, and of larger dimensions than the Great Western. At a late meet ing of the Dock Committee, a letter was read from a gentleman of influential station, conn ecte drein with the a leading Steam Navigati on Company, whe writer stated that if the Newport Dock had been opened five years ago, his Company would have saved upwards of 3,0001. in coals shipped from this port for New York, instead of being shipped direct from New port.—Monmouthshire Merlin. • ASPARAGUS.—Takeked ove r . If a quart wine boatntlde,sescuuerhe . French wine is sold in, i it m a -e nt r hi t leo i tg t br o eo v ui e tu r ndoc t , he head of an will ro t w d up into th e by the un osed to, w ill i :b a f p - t a t i h r r an asparagus s i sti just c s k t a s t , r e i s:o i t n h t g e h a n as t bo p itav ragus ce ninstietarlioirleoaft th a e nd bo m ttl o e is a tu n r d e b i e t in is g s th ti e m r g e ul e a x e p s peedily fill it. As soon as this tiie has asp a t r a e k g e t i l i s p r l e ac in e o , v t e l ( i i e , a h n a d v e formed a t hi ck head of bottle when i t m w u i s l t l be be fo b u r n o d k broken, and and as compact as a lender delicate shoots, all eatable,cauliflower.—Gardener's Chron ic le. Mr. Sperry, who keeps a SOMETHING NEW—SA M S / IC sealed and look LAND. warehouse in Fulton-street, IN ENGLAND.— for . England, on an adventure on the Ist instant el aC K taken with him 600 Yankee re entirely new. He has will doubtless pay him a which to astonish the natives wooden clocks, with Ives ; and if well introduced highest duty on on this article is only handsome profit. The duty 25 per cent., which is the paper. any manufactured article.—American EXTRACTS FROM THE « INQUIRY INTO THE SANITARY CONDITION ob"I'llEl LABOURING POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN."-(CONTINUED.) A practical example ot:the money value.which lies in the refuse ,of a town, when removed in the cheapest manner, and applied in the form best adapted to production, viz., by a system of cleansing by water, is afforded in connexion with the city of Edinburgh. In_ the course of the sanitary inquiry in that city the particular al.- tendon of Dr. Arnott and myself was directed ter the effects of some offensive irrigation of the land s which had taken place in the immediate vicinity of that city. It appears that the contents of a large proportion of the sinks; drainS, and privies of that city, are conveyed in covered sewers to the eastern suburb of the town, where they are emptied into a stream called the Foul Burn, which passes ultimately into the sea. The stream is thus made into a - large uncovered sew e r of drain. Several years ago some of the occtivierg of the laud . in the ialtnediate vicinity of this stream diverted parts of it, and collected the soil which it contained ill tanks fbr ose as manure. After this practice had been adopted for a long period, the farmers in the vicinity gradually found that the most beneficial mode of applying the manure was in the liquid form, and they con ducted the stream over their meadows by irr'ga tion. Others, perceiving the extraordinary fer tility thus obtained, followed, the exampl e , and by d grecs about three hundred acres of meadow, chiefly in the eastern parts of that city, but all in its immediate vicinity, and the greater part or it in the neighbourhood of the Palace of Holyrood, have been systematically irrigated with the con tents of this common sewer. From some or this land so irrigated, tour or five crops a year have been obtained; laud once worth from 40s. or 50 s per acre now lets tbr very high sums Liebig, the greatest living authority on agricul tural chemistry, states that night-soil loses L i drying half its valuable products, that is, hall' its " nitrogen," for the'' ammonia" escapes into the atmosphere. By irrigatiOn, by the diffusion and conveyance of the manure to the p!aut in tilt) medium of water, the escape of the valuable sal). stance as a noxious and injurious gas is dimi nished. rounded the Palace of Hol s Yrood having, as it is considered, rendered it prejudicial to health, her Majesty's Government, for the protection of this Palace as a Royal residence, have directed legal process for the trial of the right claimed to the irrigation. The defendants vindicate the mea sure on the ground of its utility as an agricultu ral operation, and treat the proposal to divert the contents of the sewers, as being, in Stet, a pro posal to deprive the city of the milk and butter yielded by more than 3,000 milch cows, and the markets of the meat from their carcases ; that, in fact, " the grass. which in virtue of irrigation these meadows produce, supports in Edinburgh 3,300 Cows, and in Leith 600 cows, during the season. We were informed that the parties in terested in the lands estimate the compensation that would induce them to discontinue the prac tice at 150,000/.; and a pamphlet written at their instance, in 1840, states this as the sum which the proprietors of the meadows to the west of the city would be legally entitled to (independently of the claims of those in the east) were the prac tice abolished by legislative authority. The pro prietors have had, on several occasions, sufficient influence to frustrate the efforts of the city autho• rities to obtain legislative sanction for the re moval of the nuisance, and for a more salubrious disposal of it for the advantage of the inhabitants themselves.—Pages 48-51. The comparative economy of conveyance of fluid in pipes has been but little observed, and has only recently, perhaps, been applied for the purpose of cleansing. The following is an in stance of the application of the principle :—A contract was about to be entered into by the West Middlesex Water Company for hauling out from their reservoir at Kensington the de posit of eight or ten years' silt, which had accu mulated to the depth of three or four feet. The contractor offered to remove this quantity, which covered nearly an acre of surface, for the sum of 4001., in three or four weeks. The reservoir was emptied in order to be inspected by the engineer and . directors before the contract was accepted. It occurred to one of the officers that the cleans ing tn;ght be accomplished more readily by merely stirring up the silt, to mix it with the water; and then it' a cut or outlet were made in the main-pipe used for conveying the water to London, that it might be washed out. He accord ingly got thirty or flirty men to work in stirring up the deposit, and accomplished the work at the cost of 401. or 50/. and three or four days' labour, instead ors° many weeks; when the directors went to see the basin, to decide upon the contract, the reservoir was as free from any deposit as a house floor. 'Since the discovery thus made, the silt ha's been regularly cleansed out into the cootnion sewer. It is to be observed, in respect to the relative cheapness of the two modes, that the contractor would only have removed the silt to the nearest convenient place of deposit in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir, whereas, in the fluid state, it might be carried at the actual cost of co nveying water as far as it is at present conveyed, and sold with a profit, twelve or four teen miles, and raised to heights of 150 feet, at 20. per ton.—Pages 52, 53. The expense of cleansing the streets of the township of Manchester is 5,000/. per annum. For this sum the first class of streets, namely, the most opulent and the large thoroughfares, are cleansed once a week, the second class once a fortnight, and the third class once a month. But this provision leaves untouched, or leaves in the condition described in Dr. Baron Howard's Report, the courts, alleys, and places where the poorest classes live s and where the cleansing should be daily. There are abundance of recom mendations to the effect, "Let it be ordered that the streets be properly cleansed;" but in this in stance the cost of cleansing the whole of what is properly the same town, Salford, and the out townships, would be 8,0001. or 10,0001. per annum; and such a recommendation, under the existing modes of management, is equivalent to saying, let 20,000/. or 30,0001. of additional rates be ex pended, and 40,0001. or 60,000/. additional loads of refuse be removed. In other large towns, the service and the expense is on a similar scale. At the rate of expense of one large parish, the pre sent cost of cleansing in the metropolis may be estimated at about 40,000/. per annum. This ex pense, however, is generally repaid by the sale of the coal-ashes, which are used in the manu facture of bricks.—Page 53. Two-thirds of the usual expense of street cleansing is the expense of cartage, which, with a proper adaptation of the sewers, is wholly un nscessary. •The exclusive use of hand-labour in street-sweeping is pronounced by competent judges to be a mere barbarism, and several ma chines have been invented which demonstrate ' that by mechanical pswer, moved by horses t the c s l , ez e sin o g t. in sides, where it remains until it can be f these e b be effectedrape mud the a r rsildn6irirei lifted do tine. atnd the streets nient by the shopkeepers, an inasmuch carted away. But this is o l td jec ti t i e e d sc to av a: n i g n t e c r o s n ( N;l: - - ject that it is no convenience to them, the liquid, and increases time cartage; . _ by hand is as more over, that time process of sweepi n g as raking it in heaps prevents tlieevapaondra,tiont)f Manchester which ra pidlymachine has been used at l but there still the encutn quick as the carts cat sweeps t t i i i i r e n le o v r e t s s u r i e .f i a n c o e v s a o l and cleanly b st i i;e u e l and de sti process ocess rapidityo fs street-cleansing pple•or: delay of cart i is ng the refuse to a place of deposit, wI • tac may ce be several miles distant, and returning toere-load. i o n fTb a e labour,eart and cost a valued °tot. poi is wnie d, but at present it is usually io delayed until the sun or the air has done a large . Portion of the work by the evaporation of the m moldy, however, to the deteriorationmoisture, corn the town and the health,and of the air of also tion of time value of time a the deteriora refuse.—page r ,s 4. who have been long mention that two of the officers y known to be alive; with are happy hnaopwp' to reckne : l ---- the - e. fal l le N n -e , ngsthetstehoarsee who Doctors d and wounded Campbell and Bryce, purpose, The former is safe at Caubul hostages, It appears that when it was de cided to leave some medical officer in charge of the sickremaining at Caubul, lots were drawn for the when Dr . C and the chance fell to a married man, r. Campbell came forward and volunteered to relieve him ; as he shook hands with his brother offs• cers of his corps at the gates of the cantonment, they gave him to understand that they looked upon him as devoted to destruction, little thinking how Much nearer was their own fate. As r4gards Dr. Bryce, a sepov of the 54th regiment came into Brigadier Mon teith's camp on the 18th July; he had been confined in a fort in the n eighbourhood, and states that Dr. Bryce had been a prisoner in the same fort, but that he had been taken away further into the hills about a fortnight before.—Overland Calcutta Star. II AN AR KS II TRE.----COLLIMIS' STRIKE.—The colliers about Airdrie, Coatbridge, and Holytow n,with few ex ceptions still continue on strike, but no disposition to out rage has been manifested amongst them since the riot at Airdrie, about three weeks ago, when a number of prisoners, on their way to Hamilton gaol, were rescued by a mob. A small party of military, called out on that occasion, is still stationed in the district, as well as a considerable body of police, and to this cause, we have no doubt, may in a great measure- he attributed the continued tranquillity of that part of 1 the country.—G/asgow'Argus.