The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

' .UICTV.ARY OF PiE AN D b7 t ••• ttbitt 149pt:ttelitt 1:4 /11 '` Who runs map read.." P(OREIGN. The Moniteur gives the following population re turns for a eight of th e princip-1 towns in France 4 1 - 11 e arrondisseme n t of Par . / s have 935,261 inhabi tants ; Bordeau x , 258,490 ; L i lle, 328,005 ; S tras - I2ourg, 228,038 ; Rouen, '248,115 ; Lyons, 344,793 ; Grenoble, 218,334 ; and Nantes, 216,148. It appears, from a re'Larn which appears in a Paris 1:11per, that between tYle Ist of November, 1841, and o IP 9 Ist of th e p resent month, there have been declared tv. bankrupt c i es; amongst wh i ch were 66 j o i nt-stoc k " r i!anies. l'auongst the bankrupts 104 have been m e onvieted of 'fraud ; and within the same period eight n kruPt of former years have had their names re oved fre,m the li s t o f b an k rup t s , h av i ng p a id a ll th e i r debts r, vvied i int erest. 1 111 , e Ottoman A m b assa d or , R esc hid P ac h a , was re the at St. Cloud on Saturday, to present to the Ring of th e F renc h the Sultan ' s letter, announc i ng the birth of Prince Abdul-Hamid, second son of his that the A letter from Toulon in the Commerce, states line-of-ba ale ships at Toulon, ordered by the ~litl'ster of Marine to be laid up in ordinary, had ! T :: 1 , 41 3r been hauled into the inner harbour. 8 h e "Wt`.4)aer became intensely cold in Paris on i n atur , d ay night. At seven o'clock on Sunday morn ( e temp era t ure rose t o 32 d eg . F a h ren h e it, b u t 're eight o'clock fell to 30, and continued below e freezing point throughout the day. MONEY—TRADE—COMMEILCE. ? , t the m ee ti ng o f t h e P ropr i etors o f t h e G ran d nl°l ' Canal, held, yesterday, in Surrey-street, Strand, the R epor t s t a t e d th a t th e receipts arising Ntn t onnage; f or 12 mon th s , o f 1841, am ounted to te s ' 3 ) c., and f or th e same per i o d o f 1842, u p t o Sep wiTiclher , last, t o 6,6081., s h ow i ng a d ecrease o f 1841., t rad \Nu attributable to the falling off in the coal e to the extent o f 1 0,0 00 tons , an d t o th e s t r ik e °I - ig the colliers for wages. Th e ELECTIONEERING. of c i r esignation of Mr. Horsman, for the borough I,: ea etmouth, is now about almost certain. Mr. Dovenby, the present High Sheriff, is lof on th e Lib era l s id e ; a nd M a j o r-General :- „ ' 4lll , on the Conservative. LAW r AND POLICE. :Rrid vp Be Speed, a boot and shoemaker, living in Qu ee V °ll. , Pimlico, was yesterday charged at ttar -- qukre on a summons with selling fireworks. (irdered to pay a fine of 3/., or have a distrees A a nt iF,sued against his goods. i °ll -ng man, named Benjamin Reed, was charged fi um l a t r Ylebone, with having stolen 32 gold rings l a tid - fu T i e shop ofMrs. Harding, Oxford-street,. j eweller, 1, Eliza 1 Y Committed to Newgate for trial. ,1 1 ,„, and Ann Kirby, sisters, were charged at 4048 res-street, the former with stealing property to a the amount from the house of her master, ' en e other with receiving it. They were both nitnitted. -;, p ZaTERA.RY AND SCIENTIF IC. te,, re , s r,derick. William Pixis, the distinguished German :).Yeajof his age. use died at Prague on the 20th ult., in the 57th T h COURT —PASRIONA.BLE. c t, "e Duke o f D evons hi re l e ft Ch a t swor th yester 3, for town, T h. he Earl of Sh e lb urne arr i ve d a t L ans d owne H ouse , nal Paris. The 4 0 _Earl of B rown l ow re t urns t o t own t o - morrow , Lanford House. e accounts received in town yesterday state, that lasto Melbourne continues to improve in health. and Lady John Russell arrived on Saturday La t BoWood-park, Wilts. d Stanley arrived in town yesterday, from tv The Indsor Castle. )3 11 Duke of N or f o lk h as gone t o F arn h am H a ll, ,Z St. Edm un d' s . 14 Th e Duke an d D uc h ess o f S u th er l an d arr i ve d a t st. ° „wiek On T ues d ay, on a v i s i t to Ear l G rey. ''t 'le Duk e an d D uchess of Montrosel are expecte d 4 th ° ar rive at the close of the week at Sulby Hall, Nor aalPtonshire. e t is stated that a marriage is on the tapis between A; ti ,k o ang Earl of Leicester and one of the Ladies utoo, daughter o f the late Earl of Durham. The i'"° rl in his twentieth year, and the lady somewhat , anger, 'p a e Earl an d C oun t ess of Clanwilliam have been Ong the autumn at Gill Hall, near Dromore. 141 0 7, e Earl of Belmore has returned to Castle Coole, visiti ng hi s Tyrone estates. rr is L e a n i er a l 31ISCELLANEC1)11S. sj , late Sir John Cross was knighted on the occa (l'°- of his succeeding to the office of Attorney of the counties Palatine of Durham and I , as easter on the resignation by Lord Abinger. He ! th -,b orou ',second son of William Cross,. Esq., of Scar ", tiin e 4cl a nd was born in the year 1768, being at the Serge - -4 ' death in his 75th year. He was made a p an t - atL . a‘v in 1819, and appointed to a seat in trib ur Zrt °f Review upon the institution of that A1 'n ; ,,! 8 32. b of , "rY-d Ilone, the well. known author of the aY book, " Table-book," and " Year "efene -"' whose prosecution for blasphemy with his e b ef e prosecu 'ne of t h e ° re Lord Ellenborough, may be considered hous e i n e wes celebres of this country, died at his Sir rOl- e -place Tottenham, on Sunday last. St. . Thn "'le was yesterday elected President of . ealvE tn ueeeased Hospital, in the room of Sir John Tim MARKETS.-(THIS —44 DAY.) sii G COLONIAL. but '„ P t.----- The market for British Plantation is firm, rat e ; ll 'Y about 400 hhds have been sold at previous s 1 3eo - 1 T he public sales have contained 3,707 bags NIA', 2,152 bags Manilla, 619 chests 30 barrels Cuba IquietlY browny' I°`v to, but. wentoff 451 casks and 178 barrels b se°vado Nearly ' the whole of the Bengal found without spirit at 63s to 68s for o go ad ° :niddling white, 57s to 62s 6d for middling . t RreYish yellow , and 48s 6d to 54s 6d for mid to floe bri h in, t , l g t brown, being for the lower sorts in some er g fle es rather cheaper. All the foreign found buy-. lit 1 5 4114 to good brown Manilla (but damp and heavy) Porti o t° 15 s 6d ; a few lots, 16s to 16s 6d ; a small ben iine fro w n t , i linv ° o r.Yw- to mid w hit e Ri o , a t lo 18s to 22s ; low bro w t ., good yellow ditt_o, 14s 6d to 17s ; and good yellow C u b a MuScovado, at 16s to 19s 6d, l att _g for t h e whole comparatively cheap; the hood, descripti on was all taken for refining in tit y ,nd the f ormer for export. The quan i at th e t ° ' Briti s h Plantation landed last week tierc:st and West India Docks was 1,709 hhds, 107 tati o '.and 426 barrels. The stock o British Plan tier ti ' In the port of London, is 21,620 hhds, 3,024 o - ,ces' be rather more than last year. The stocks limited iea dY all the other descriptions are also more rall y The home consumption this year has gene h increased but the export in many instances ex 'Zts a decreaFe. „Ceyl o n , 297 packages tna•-108 casks British Plantation, 64 bags East India, 198 packages 67 NA,1 1 4 Rio have been offered by auction , nearly the gol d of the former was taken in at 104 s to 105 s for ,7 0l u ti q and colory was ; fine to fine fine ord Ceylon d br o ,: t 65 s to 82s 6d; good and fine ord pale an i tar n Manilla at 43s 6d to 48s ; and good ord ~, "r kubngarbled Mocha at 55s to 604. The whole \PM II j '`io (in chests) was taken in much above k th qiialqll.4l.4,lY, at 48s to 58s for fine ordinary , B°4l nr n 'i n ti q one lot inferior at 425; thesen " ba r g Y s i lv hich a - i .: 3 ,, C 1 a to 33s for good ord mixed to fine ord, 4 r ather 1 a bout former rates. The import generally must Is "eep f • 'eas than at this time last year, but we has Cu t e r Z e i g d n sorts . EastTheconsum i p ,l t a io n n ta o ti f on git R h , but that of British a and d ln in F d o i a •• t lere 4 cos a falling off, probably on account of the ' 4.4, 4 ernsilinption and the cheapness of Tea.. 'hide4r-I:he accounts by the Overland . mail have largelatltill'atiltic.ritilifyi 1 '' lo markets a little firmer, as prices at Macao . Re to i • g el'. T he . any marked rise. stock , here, however, is too and i'llivr"-The quantity landed last week at the East h e t India Docks was 1,396 puns 145 hhds. 1 7 c ' elt in puns exceeds that of last year, 8 't is rather lower. ~y1.1 e, ,„ but in °t iered '' ----8 00 chests of Cassia Lignea (mouldy) s f qr i . at auction all found buyers at 80s 6d to 8v 75, 1141.t0 good mid quality, and broken at 773 to 1, 4 1 vi bleb are comparatively fair prides. Os eciL"...----P.Y.C. is 48s 3d to 48s 6d, and Town Per cwt. For the spring P.Y.C. is 495. per cwt. 5A,,...,. HAY MARKETS. clover hay, useful A"rlELD.—Coarse meadow hay, 31 5s to 41; 4/ 1 2 "at% 4l 4s to 4l 6s ; fine upland ditto, 418 s to t o 11 3 1'. 4/ 5s to tit los ; oat straw, 1/ 166 oat , h ° B ; wheat straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. The of tul N r, arid straw, met a steady inquiry, at full rates was d o r _ tl eY ; but, in all other kinds, exceedingly little to 4(11 ditto, 4/ Co ht ,', lB. ' 4 'ef 1 -- ' Lll " lll3 ." — •Coarse meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 41; 4s to 41 8s; fine upland ditto, 4/ lOs 1/ 1 8 14 s ; clover hay, 4l .10s to Si 8s ; oat straw, iin o s h, to 2 / ; wheat straw, 21 to 21 2s per load. IV-,..: verY moderate, and trade dull. 3/ 15"1TteRAPEL.—Coarse meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ r, , ; useful ditto, 4/ to 4/ 4s ; fine upland ditto, str o ,,' to 4/ 10s ; clover hay, 4/ 5s to Si 16s; oat lo a d v ' I/ 16s to 1/ 18s ; wheat straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per barely A' good supply. Trade throughout dull, at Y stationary prices. Th e b were uchess of Sutherland and Lady E. L. Gower orth Cast] "Peeted to arrive on Saturday at Ravensw t _ , atid e " a visit to Lord and Lady Ravenswor h da is thenee her Grace intends, after passing a few 1 /0 With the Earl and Countess of Carlisle at Castle wa rd, to proceed to Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. ~... ,-- ~- ~ - y LA W INTELLIG ENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) qUARAIEU .V. COULSON. - .1 i:DGMENT. The LOAD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued some time since upon an appeal motion from the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor of England. His Lordship, in giving judg ment to-day, said he did not .conceive that suffi cient ground had been shown to justify the Court in restraining the defendant from proceeding with his action at law. The memorandum was prima facie evidence of the debt, and there was nothing in the answer or the correspondence that ihowed the con sideration for the claim was illegal. It appeared that the defendant and the testator travelled together on the Continent. They agreed to divide their expenses, the defendant paid more than his proportion, and the difference constituted part of the debt, and with re-, spect to this no objection was made. AnOther part Of the debt consisted of money lent to the testator when he was playing at the public tables at Baden Baden, in Germany, and that the money was employed in gaming. His Lordship did not see what ground had been shown for saying that money could not be re covered. First, it did not appear what the games played were, or that they would have been illegal even in England; and until the late case of Mackinnon v. Robinson in the Court of Ex chequer, it had always been supposed that securities given at play, though void by the statute of Anne, yet that the money might be recovered. In the case of Mackinnon v. Robinson, it was held, and his Lordship thought properly held, that money lent to play at il legal games could not be recovered ; that was decided on the principle that money lent for the purpose of enabling a party to do an illegal act, with the know ledge of the lender, was not the foundation for an ac tion at law. That rule did not apply to the present case, for there was nothing to show that the gaming tables were not lawful in the country in which they were. The presumption was, as they were public tables, that they were legal ; indeed it was notorious that in several places in Germany, they were sanctioned by the Government, who received a rent for them. It was clear, therefore, that the money was not lent for the purpose of playing at illegal games, and his Lordship could see nothing that prevented the defend ant from recovering this part of the debt by an action at law. The only remaining portion of the sum was the small amount won at cards. It did not appear that this was an illegal transaction ; there was nothing to show that it was illegal by the laws of the country in which the money was won ; neither would it have•been illegal in England, because the defendant had sworn that he had not won more than 101. at a single sitting. As the memorandum afforded prima facie evidence of this, and as there was nothing to show that the consideration was illegal, his Lordship saw no reason why the Court should interfere, and why the defendant should not be allowed to prosecute his action. The order of the Vice-Chancellor must therefore be reversed, and the defendant must have the costs of the application in the Court below. EX PARTE EYRE V. WRIGHT, BIDDULPH, AND OTHERS. The arguments in this case were resumed to-day, but had not concluded when' our Evening Edition went to press. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged with consent petitions and short causes in the early part of the morning. CORT V. WILSON. In this cause the bill had been filed for the admi nistration of the testator's estate, who had died some years ago, and by his will bequeathed 1,3001. a piece to his three natural cht lren, the plaintiffs in the re cord, and had directed that these legacies should be paid in priority to all other legacies. The testa tor had also given other legacies to different parties, after the payment of which the re sidue of his property was to go to his three chil dren. At the time of his death, the testator had been in partnership with Mr. Wilson, who had been ap pointed the guardian of the children, and there appeared to be some doubts as to whether all the assets of the firm would be realised. The Master had, under the decree of the Court, made a report that there were no debts on the estate, and Mr. Wilson had been directed to pay into Court, from time to time, such sums of money as the estate might realise. A: further report of the Master had been also made, from which it ap peared that there would be sufficient in the fundpaid in to Court to satisfy the plaintiffs' claim in respect of their legacies, but not sufficient to leave any residue, and therefore the amount of the legacies of 1,3001. each, was all the interest the plaintiffs could hare in the estate. Mr. PEMBERTON, who appeared for the plaintiffs, said that what was now proposed was to have all the costs of the suit taxed, and to refer it to the Master to inquire and report what sum should be set apart, out of the money paid into Court, for the legacie4.: Mr. KINDERSLEY appeared for Mr. Wilson, the guardian. All he asked was, that, for the future, the income of the children's legacies should be allowed for their maintenance, ac cording to the Master's report. Also to refer it to the Master to inquire whether any and what sum should be allowed to Mr. Wilson, for the purpose of making up for the time past, during which the sums paid into Court on account of the legacies, were not sufficient for their maintenance; to inquire what arrears there were of the interest on the children's legacies, which the fund ,had not yet been able to supply ; and also what amount had been allowed for the maintenance of the children. Mr. PEMBERTON—That is the object we propose. Order granted. NOICES V. WHARTON. _ _ _ This part-hea;de;use, which had engaged the Court the whole of Saturday and Monday, was resumed to-day, and Mr. Pemberton brought his reply to a conclusion.--Judgment deferred. The Court rose at one o'clock. -.......... ute bat [a the ad ;ist- ST 0° !oh' . the tro bi ire and D er, tips 0 oil 10 11 , 5 ,bica cone onc l been t '& 115 It °I ¢ Frell eh dinle P r ey. Fr e rtlY®r o 113 ir di an I° l , sol:, e g e )teil tr i a 1 35 lZe 3, for 45 f' ti • P e ' t r uin 4t, the r t he 00 1 , • sin e eP o i rea na pt ,- 11 to tha t til !s eas ll , lel ;fr , s t intr - 0 , is a b ,,io (10°11 ox- ea cb° ) 11eu : / fr t bf „ o r the tie' AT L ted o l"/ .s. O rt re? ° cot the" ere • i et ge° 55g : Vf 0- 4,1 06% 9 .2 tf, 000 0 ' 1 i ° ltil)/i 8 a t th re ! povi e a esPect ner °li t! 11,5trce pA 5 ' ) an y P e• for ,nien derA te. ijo re_• of ancl, ids; 3ren` , Las s' rr ci• ,ti• 11 0 00 1 5 c rew s ea, a 00 .rOO ll t he ,ff 0 0 0 1 fro 6 . I ° l„ 3 t. °l` go' VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) EVANS V. JAMES. The hearing of this case was resumed. It was an application on the part of the personal representative of the plaintiff to remove a deed executed by him, as conclusive evidence of a debt of 1,500/. due to de fendant, who had acted as the solicitor of the plaintiff for a number of years. The deed was drawn up by the defendant himself, and witnessed by his clerk. Mr. BETHEL, in support of the application, said that no account of the items of the debt had ever been rendered. _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Stewart was heard on the part of the defendants. His HONOUR said he must read over all the plead ings before he gave his decision.—Ordered to stand over for judgment. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. WALTON. In this case a scire facias had been issued, for the purpose of trying the validity of a patent, which the defendant had obtained for certain improvements in • troduced by him into a machine for carding and comb ing wool and cotton. The invention consisted in the substitution of India rubber for leather, as the bed for the teeth of the carding machine, whereby superior elasticity was obtained. The issues set up on the part of the Crown were, that the invention 'was not calculated to be of public use ; that it was not found out by the defendant; that it was not a new manu facture; that the specification was insufficient ; that it was useless for some of the purposes stated in the specification ; and that it had been in public use before 1834. The trial took place before Lord Denman in the sittings after last term, and the Jury found for the Crown, thus invalidating the patent. Sir THOMAS WILDE now moved for a rule nisi for a new. trial, on the ground that the verdict WEIS against evidence. The validity of the patent had been tried twice before in actions brought by the patentee for the infringement of his patent, in both of which he had received verdicts. On the trial it would be contended that the invention did not essentially differ from the inventions of M'ln tosh and Hancock, whereas elasticity constituted no feature of their invention, while it wa s th e distin guishing characteristic of the invention of Mr. Walton. Lord DENMAE thought it a very fit case for further inquiry. The defendant was entitled to a rule to show cause at least.—Rule nisi granted. I'UNDS. rriUll SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1842. have been quoted at 58-1, the, Three per Cents. at 231 ; Spanish at 18i; the New Three per Cents. at 22 ; the Dutch Five per Cents. at loq, and the Two and-a-Half per 'Cents. at 52k. Very little alteration can be noticed in the Railway Share Market to-day. London and Birmingham have been sold at 92 premium ; the Eastern Counties, New, at 1 I premium ; the Great W es t ern , N ew a t 114 prem. ; the London and Brighton 13k din. ; the Midland Counties at 34 discount ; an..a.the South Eastern scrip at 2 discount. The value of the Joint-stock Bank Shares remains at the prices of yesterday, 'not a single transaction in them having been reported. CLOSING PRICES. • BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .172 India' Stock - • 257 pm 3 per Cent. Red. ...•.... 93i Ditto Bonds . 63 pm 3 per Cent. Cons ......94 Ditto. Old Annuities ... 91i 3i per Cent. Red......... 1001 Ditto New Annuities. 4. -- New 3i per Cent... ...... 101 k Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24. 59 pm Nees 5 per Cent - Ditto , 500/...... 59 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 59 pm Jan. 1860 .. . ... Bank Stock for Acct. 172 ''Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o — "Consols for Acct....... 92i Portuguese ' 5 per cent 5Bl Ditto, New Ditto • Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent '— Ditto, Metallic . Spanish, 5 per cent lB Ditto, Deferred ... 10 French, 5 per cent --f. —c. Exchange —l. —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 21- per cent. 52% Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100; BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SMITII V. LORD DYSART. 11.IT.BARSTOW moved for a distringas in this case to compel the defendant to appear. It appeared f rom the affidavit that a person went to Lord Dysart's resi dence, and after having appointed a day to see Lord Dysart to serve the writ, he called on the day ap pointed, but was told that Lord Dysart had left in the morning. It also stated that Lord Dysart's solicitor said he would not appear.—Application granted. BOSANQUET AND OTHERS V. GRAHAM. Mr. OGLE moved for a rule to show cause why the judgment signed against the defendant, as a public officer of the Southern District Banking Company, and all subsequent proceedings, should not be set aside for irregularity. The motion was precisely similar to one made yesterday by Mr. Thesiger, the scire facias being merely against another party. Application granted. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. BELL V. ANDERSON. This was an action for demurrage, tried before Lord Abinger at the last assizes in London, when a verdict was returned for the defendant. It appeared• that the plaintiff was the master of a vessel called the Union,and the defendant had en tered into an agreement with 'him for the transport of a cargo of coals from the north of England to the port of London. Five days were to be allowed for clearing the vessel, and for any additional time she might be detained the plaintiff was to be allowed V. per day demurrage. The vessel arrived on the -10th of March at Greenwich, where she was detained -until the 21st, when she came up to London, she hair ing been entered in the meter's list at Greenwich ; but the meter not having come on board until that day. The plaintiff claimed demurrage for the days the vessel was thus detained. A verdict, however, was entered for the defendLnt, on the ground that she had not arrived at the port of London according to the terms of the agreement until after she had left Greenwich. Mr. ERLE now moved for a rule to show cause why this verdict should not be set aside, or a new trial granted, on the ground that the defendant was answer able for the delay of the vessel in arriving at the port of London.—The Court refused the rule. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) - Their Lordships this, day, took the demurrer paper, and were occupied the whole morning in hearing ab struse or technical arguments on points of law, en tirely destitute of interest to the public. NSOLVENT COURT-(T HIS DAY). UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND FUND.—In a case where an insolvent's petition was filed through the agency of this charity, Mr. Commissionet Harris said he would make a general order, that the attorney appear ing for such insolvents should receive no money from the fund until after the hearing. In the present in stance the insolvent's conduct had been such as to in duce the Court to refuse no less than three applica tions for bail on his behalf, and yet, after getting an advance from the charity, with which the detaining creditor was paid, the insolvent was discharged, thus prejudicing the interests of the more worthy appli cants. IN RE lIENRY THOMAS The insolvent had carried on extensive business as a cab•owner and job-master. At a previous period be had also been a butcher in Newgate-market. Mr. WOODRUFFa opposed his discharge on the ground of fraudulently and vexatiously defending an action brought by the detaining creditor ; also for having made away with a quantity of property, and sold a certain reversionary interest to which he was entitled, to the detriment of his creditors. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he should order the insolvent to be remanded for six months from the date of his vesting order, for unnecessarily defending the action ; and as there was considerable suspicion about the case, an assignee was appointed to watch it closely. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY . ) Mr. Bond, the newly-appointed Magistrate in the room of D. W. Gregorie, Esq., of Queen-square police-office, sat with Mr. Jardine at this office this morning. Two little boys named Stanfield and Jones, about 8 years of age, were convicted of stealing fruit in Covent-garden market, and sentenced to six days' im prisonment each. Mr. Jardine said he was deter mined to put a stop to these petty depredations, as complaints were hourly made by the market people. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Robert Hulton, a young man, shabbily dressed, and who looked as if he was famishing, was charged with committing the following daring robbery : Wm. Southwood, shopman to Mr. John Saunders, of No. 54, Regent-circus, tailor, stated that about half-past five o'clock last evening as he was standing by himself in his employer's shop, the prisoner, whom he had for some time observed looking in at the win dow, suddenly threw open the shop-door, and rushing forward for between two and three yards snatched down a great coat from off a peg on which it was hang ing, and darted out of the shop with it. Witness pursued him calling " Stop thief," and in Sherrard-street, Golden-square, he was stopped by the police with the stolen property in his possession. The coat was valued at three guineas. Mr. MALTBY (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say anything in your defence ? Prisoner—No. I admit having committed the robbery as the witnesses have described, but I was forced to do it by hunger. I have been in a state of destitution for many days, and God knows that it is the truth, that from Satur day morning last, until this morning at the station house, when one of the constables, out of compassion, gave me a penny loaf, I had not tasted food of any sort. I have applied to the parish, but they would not assist me, and starvation at last made me reckless of what might become of me. He was then fully committed. A respectable looking, tall, middle aged man, who was described on the charge sheet as a grazier, staying at the Euston Hotel, Euston-square, was charged with having been found at 10 o'clock last night in an ex tremely intoxicated state, in King-street, St. James's square, shouting and conducting himself in such a disorderly and violent manner, as to cause a mob of persons to assemble about him. He afterwards forced his way into some of the houses in King's• place, Piccadilly, and commenced stricking at every person that came within his reach, and . at length he was taken to the station-house, where on searching him, eleven sovereigns and some loose silver were found in his pocket. The defendant said he was very sorry for what had happened, but he had taken too much wine; he had also lost twenty-seven sovereigns. Mr. Clements, the chief usher of the Court, said the defendant three times , previously appeared before that Courtunder similar circumstances, on each occasion he was fined Si. Mr. MALTBY said he should now fine him 21., which was immediately paid. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Four men, named Donovan, Hewitt, William and John Nelson, were charged with attempting to break into the Duke of Sussex public-house, Oakley-street, Westminster-road. About two o'clock that morning, the inmates of the Duke of. Sussex were aroused on hearing a noise at the rear of the premises. The policeman on duty was informed of the circumstance, and he and another went into the yard and succeeded, after a desperate resistance, in securing the prisoners, in whose posses sion were found a set of housebreaking implements. When taken to the station-house they were all recognised as belonging to a gang of burglars who have infested the neighbourhood for some time. On examination it was discovered that the pri soners had attempted to break into two houses ad joining that of the Duke of Sussex. The prisoners were committed, as reuted thieves, to the House of Correction, for three months each. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE.. The accounts from the Liverpool Cotton Market notice a good demand yesterday, at steady prices. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were on speculation ; Surats ranged from 31d. to 4d. and American at from aid. to 811 d. per lb. Railway Shares were firm, but not brisk. Edinburgh and Glasgow sold at 461, Birmingham Thirds at 601, South Eastern New at 17f+ 1 and Grand Junction Half at 861. The letters by the Overland mail were delivered this morning being much sooner than is usual after the express comes in. Upon the subject of politics they do not generally add any information of interest to the British reader, but the cry everywhere-in re ference to commercial matters is excess of shipping, glut of goods, and want of confidence. Of Singa pore, Manilla, Macao, and Batavia, this remark holds equally good as of our Indian Presidencies. The Dutch have been incited apparently by the example of the Belgians, to attempt the extension of their trade in parts of the world where hitherto, it has not been of much account. The ne cessity of the times is indeed sharpening the enter prise of most countries, and were matters to revive there would probably be a benefit resulting from the present exertions which would prove very lasting. The Chambers of Commerce in Holland have received a communication from the Minister of the Interior, stating that Messrs. Hoeslin and Co., of Athens, one of the first houses in Greece, and Mr. Salvago, the Dutch Consul in Syria, were ready, with the view of furthering Dutch commerce, to open warehouses free for the deposit of samples and patterns of goods fpom Holland, and that from solid firms they would take commissions to effect sales, &c., their agents in Am sterdam giving all requisite information. The continued improvement in Bank Stock, is a subject of much speculation in the City among ca pitalists and others. There have been purchases made this morning at 171, a rise of not less than six per cent. within a week or ten days. The report is that the Directors are to give their strenuous support to the conversion scheme (Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to be reduced to Three per Cents.), and that as a sop in the pan, the charter is to be renewed with but slight modifications. That something is in the wind cannot be doubted, or why should, it is asked, the Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank be such frequent visitors to the Chancellor, as they have of late. Bank Stock after reaching 171 this morning have receded to 170, the present value. As respects Three per Cent. Consols, the high prices of yesterday were pretty well sustained, 94 to 94* having been the ruling prices of this morning. Monov Stock is in demand, if we except theThree-and-a-Half per Cents., which remain very flat at about 104. The Three per Cents. Reduced Annuities had reached 93t-; Long Annuities were at 12i ' • Exchequer Bills ha ve risen to 61s. premum ; but India Bonds have fallen. The brokers for the Savings Banks Commissioners made another purchase this morning of the Three per Cents., amounting in all to rather under 10,0001. ' The speculative demand for Mexican Stock has been very good to-day, and purchases have been made in it at the advanced prices of 331, though the market is now / per cent. lower. Colom bian Bonds have also risen a little, the price now being 21+. Portuguese Securities, Five per Cents., FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... Buenos A yres 6 per cent,. Chilian,,p per cent......,. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2l Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per !ent Greek, 1625, 5 per cent Mexican, 5 per cent 33i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvilt% 1625, 6 per et. • SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ... ..... ... .. 44 Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (—paid) Ditto Debentures ( paid) Great Western, (65 p a id ) Ditto New Shares (50 paid . London and Brighton (50 paid) ..... 36 London and Blackwali ( paid)' ....... 5 i London and Birmingham (90) ...... ........ 181 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid ) ... ........ ... 30 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 59& London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...) 94 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 224 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) LITE ttATURE. THE LA TV OF NISI PR ICS,EVIDENCE IN CIVIL ACTIONS, AND ARBITRATIONS AND AWARDS: with an Appendix of the New Rules, the Statutes of Set-off, Interpleader, and Limi tation, and the decisions thereon. 3 Vds. By Archibald John Stephens, Barrister at Law. London, Longman, 1842. The object of this carefully digested work is to supply the legal profession with a practical treatise, not only upon the law of Nisi Prins, but also upon the subjects :of evidence in ci v il ac tions, and arbitration and award. "An appen dix of the new rules," observes the author, "and of the Statutes of Set=off, Interpleader, and Li mitation, with notes of the cases that have arisen on them, is likewise given, in the hope of in creasing the general utility of the publication." A work of this sort was much wanted, for though we have a multiplicity of law-books treating, with more or less ability, of every branch of the profes sion, yet we have none on so comprehensive a scale as the present, at once so minute and so copious, so methodical in its arrangement, so clear and con cise in its explanations, and ranging over such an infinite variety of subjects. Here we find brief but pertinent expositions of the law in all its myriad varieties and ramifications—we have the laws relating to bankruptcy—bills of exchange and promissory notes—debt—exe- cutors and administrators—fisheries—insur ance shipping— tithes imprisonment-,-libel ; we have the laws that regulate these, and a hun dred other matters, defined with a simplicity and perspicuity that must render them obvious to the most obtuse capacity. It is greatly" to the author's credit, and vouches for the scrupulous accuracy with which he has executed his labo rious task, that he has put forth no one state ment—no matter how apparently unimportant it may be—without producing the soundest and most recent. legal authorities for it, to which-lie is careful to refer the professional or non professional —as it may be—reader, by note s placed at the foot , of every page. In tr ea ti ng on that complicated subject, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes lie does not content himself with merely explaining the usual routine mode of proceeding , but points out all the technical difficult i of the alterationscase layshich, in a greater or l ess also those material an d, immaterial degree, affect the validity of a bill. On the im portant question of Bankruptcy the author is not less particular, and we find that lie has di ligently noted the latest changes which arc now so . extensively making in a branch of the profession that has long stood in need of refo rm . In that portion of the w or k which is devoted to the consideration of the L aw of Evidence, we perceived that all its special distinctions—such,- thr instance, as relate to presumption, hearsay, and documentary evidence, either in their primary or secondary points of view, are. marked with great discrimination; while as re gards the law r es p ect i ng Landlor d an d Tenant, nothing can be soun d er or c l eare r than the author's exposition ,e,xttpnod " Ejectment."sition in his chapter , headed Equally lucid is he on that ill-understood and enigmatical question, the Law of Libel, the proceedings in which, under existing statutesiand judgments, are it must be confessed, in a most unsatisfactory and inefficient state. We should not omit to men tion that the work possesses the advantage of one of the minutest and most copious Indexes that we have ever met with, and moreover that 'each separate department contains its own analytical table of contents. Tlins recommended, we can. not doubt for an instant that it will soon win its way to popularity, not merely among profes sional men, but generally among the higher and middle classes, vvlio will find it invaluable as a .work of reference. It must have cost the.author, Mr. Stephens, a world of labour and research, traces of which are visible in every page; but it will not be labour thrown away, but, like the seed sown in good ground, i t w ill return hi m f ru i t fourfold. SELF-D E VOTION. 31 1 Vols. Colburn, London, 1g4 9 . " The following volumes," says the Editor, Mr. Gleig, in his introductory. notice, " came before the public under circumstances of so ya nature, as will not, I m a degree of interest striking k sl i i n r g e, a f n a d il n t t o el g a i n v c e h t c o il at once more powerful and more lasting than their intrinsic merits might perhaps have other wise called forth. Not that on the latter score I have one word of apology to advance fin- them, for they are every way worthy of the reputation of the authoress of the Only Daughter.' It has become my sad duty to announce that Self-Devotion' is a posthumous work, written, indeed, and printed off more than two years ago, yet now standing forth as the last legacy of her whose genius wove the web. For Harriette Campbell has been removed, in the very spring time of youth and beauty, from this world to a better, without having been per mitted so much as to see, in their perfect state, the results of some months of light, but not, therefore, unlaborious exertion." Under these circumstances, criticism is necessarily dis armed ; but, in truth " Self-Devotion" stands in no need of the critic's indulgence, but may safely rest on the broad basis of its own merits. It is sweetly. and feelingly written throughout, and there is just enough of mystery in the plcit to keep on the stretch. drawn with uncommon • skill and d e li cacy ; an d Thete reader ' s heroine, curiosity continually nandolph, is a portrait the scene at the Nun's Fountain, wher e Julian, the twin-brother of Katherine, plights his troth to the young and susceptible Lady Ida, is scarcely inferior to the memorable interview b e tween Lucy Ashton and the M aster of Ravenswood, em phasis in the. "Bride of Lammermuir:, with such which Sir Walter Scott describes THE ANTIQUARY. Cad e ll f o rd edition This part re-publication by Mr. Cadell. The abbey scene of Arbroath, which constitutes so pictur esque a formsol.the the l a l v b e u r r i t e e y en v ntohvg the Abbots ford now' under , part of the original—Dousterswivel digging for the treasure—Edie Ocbiltree's listening to the rumour of the -swamping.of M ucklebackit's boat —and the humorous interview between the Antiquary and the Phoca—liiive been well con ceived by the artist, who with these and half-a dozen other 'good designs, has embellished ten more chapters. completes the twentieth THE TALISMAN. Cad e ll. now issuing in small of T ti l l i e e Ipvraevseenritoyvoll.culmneinctso,m i octavo; and. th e accompanying part, that of the fifth, republishing in size royal. So establi s hed in public fa v our, and the acceptance of every imaginative mind, as are the !ales of the Cru saders, it is: necessary only to make allusion to their rich Oriental pictures, hazardous incidents, and historic scenes, clothed in the s pl en d our o f Scott's fancy, .and crowded with the personages of European and Asiatic chivalry—S a l a di n , Richard, Berengaria; Plantagenets, Templars, and Barons—to re-invite perusal of them, in the cheap and, p o pular form in which they now ap pear before the public. Some minor pieces of Sir Walter's, also, ac company the volume and the part, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—The. Indian news, which we were yes terday enabled to lay before the pUblic in our First Edition l although interesting, contains little that our readers will- not have already anticipated. Generals Nott and. Pollock have proceeded each some marches on their road to Caubul, General England towards Quettah, and Affghan politics remain in the same dis . .. tracted state as ever. } Futteh Jung, son and heir of Our old protege Shah SoOjah, has taken refuge in the English camp, and very various. reportg prevail con-' teTning th e state o f affairs at Caubtl, of which the most unsatisfactory is;' that Mbar Khan has mur dered Captain Troup (a story; 'lioirever, which seems entirely to want confirmation); arid the most favour able, that the KuzzilbaShes; constituting 'the 'British party in that city, Were in possessiOn of thoseprisoners who were there confined, and' of the person of Akbar Khan himself. We rejoice that decisive steps have at last been taken to rescue the prisoners:from their peril, and that Lord Ellenborough has redeemed himself from those imputations of spiritless hidiffetence to the fate - of our countrymen to which his reported policy gave a too plausible occasion. It is a useless and 'frivolous task, with our present knowledge, to speculate upon the past. Lord Ellenborough may or may not have issued the ultimate order to withdraw the troops. 116 may or may not have had reason for what he did. The Want of cam6iS—the negotiations entered,on by Akbar Khan—hapes, expectations, fears, and their reasons—all these are things which may hereafter be laid before the world. It is' enough for us at present to know, that vigorous measures, and timely measures, are being pursued ; that the season for advance is not to be lost; that we shall yet this autumn demand our countrymen from the citadel of Caubul. Little us we have ever liked this unscru pulous war, highly as we value the independent rights of nations, and earnestly as we should depre cate in the case of others any tyrannical interfer ence which England would reject with detestation if attempted against herself, we have never had other than one opinion as to the mode in which, having a just demand, it was incumbent on us to enforce it. Faithless Asiatics are not to be tampered and treated and dallied with. They are to be coerced. By the strong and inflexible arm of force—by deeds—by the steady infliction of an increasing chastisement, inces sant, inevitable, and, if need be, ruinous—by such media alone is redress to be sought from the wild and lawless Affghan. Treat, if you please ; but advance. Reversing the saying of the great Athenian, " Hear," we should say, " but strike." Our course is at pre sent clear---let our policy be as unambiguous as our claim —war, decisive, overwhelming, and unwavering, till our demands are in act and deed complied with. Why this course has been hitherto delayed, we do not, and have not materials to inquire. It has now at length been taken, and we look to hear next month of its triumphant results. Most thankful shall we be when these shall be accomplished, and our troops at liberty to retire within those boundaries which they should never have passed. • CHRONICLE.—It was justly observed by one of the speakers at the Hardy Commemoration Dinner, on Saturday, that bad as the present state of things may be under a Tory Government, yet "if the Chair man had lived in the time of the trials of Hardy and the others, he would have thought it a reign of terror then, and comparative quiet now." And certainly had the Government succeeded in those trials, no man's liberty or life would have been secure. As it was, the most flagrant outrages were committed on per sons obnoxious to the dominant party ; and a series of atrocities perpetrated, according to forms of law, or with ." a vigour beyond the law," which would in fallibly urge the existing generation into open rebel lion. But, as the speaker went on to observe, the tone and temper of society has changed, and it is now much better informed than it was while it endured or cheered the proceedings by which Pitt sought to de- - stroy his former associates in the cause of Parliamen tary Reform. It may not be amiss, however to re mark, that there are no decisive indications of Toryism having changed with the times. The restraint of external opinion upon it will partly account for the greater lenity of its rule. And there are other causes. Toryism is yet but fresh in office. There are no sanguinary French revolutions in progress to scare the people. No plot has yet been got up successfully, though the disposi tion has plainly not been wanting. And the party itself is in a somewhat disjointed condition, from the crooked policy of its leader. Means and appliances are not in readiness to play over again the remorse less game of. Pitt. We should not, therefore, rely too, confidently on the increased intelligence of the people ; nor should we rely at all on the ameliorated temper of Toryism. Were the lives of Parliamentary Reformers attempted now, as they were in 1794, there are Tory journals that would vindicate the deed. Those days, and the spy system of Castle reagh that followed, and the .Manchester massacre, are looked back upon by the party without any shame, or change of opinion. They do not even deem it worth while to say that it would be abhor rent to re-enact such scenes. They have no regret that Horne Tooke, and Jeremiah Joyce, and Thomas Holeroft, were not han ge d. A n y reflected share' in the moral responsibility of those purposed beastly murders does not offend their consciences. The dif- ference is a difference of external circumstance; and not, even in profession, a difference in the actuating principle. If the Southampton pistol plot had not missed fire ; or if the other " conspiracy" hoax had succeeded ;, or if any similar trick should generate alarm, however groundless, and " fright the isle from its propriety," our commemorators of the " acquitted felons" of 1794 would soon be transferred from Rad ley's to Newgate to hold their anniversary. A panic amongst the people of property, that is the only desi deratum. And we have little doubt that it will be tried on the first promising occasion. Such legal doe trines as those of Lord Abinger would answer all the purposes which a Tory Ministry could desire. There is " ample room and verge enough." Nor can we be - surprised:should a Tory Executive pursue opinion as a crime, and construe it into a treason. It is the mo rality. of the party. No name can arise in literature, however bright, which • it does not seek and toil to overcloud, should the author not be a tool or ally of the faction. All are judged and appreciated accord ing to their politics. . We believe the party is quite ripe for a crusade against all freedom of, thought and Speech,' and - only Waits" its opportunity for emulating its political ancestors. HERALD.—The intelligence brought by the overland mail from India sets at rest all doubts as to the course which Lord Ellenborough has adopted beyond the Indus; and its chief value is that it does so. Sir Henry Pollock has advanced to Gundamuck at the entrance of the Khoord Caubul Pass. General Nott was en route to Ghuznee, and General England was retrograding from Candahar to obtain command. over the•Bolan Pass. It has, indeed, peen suggested that Sir Henry Pollock has not made Gundamuck to push on to Caubul, but will diverge eastward towards Ghuznee, and after uniting with General Nott will retire by way of the Bolan Pass on Dadur. But this suggestion is contradicted by Sir Robert Sale's order of the 16th of August, in which he calls on the officers and men of his division to march as lightly as possible, that every camel and beast of burden might be rendered available for ammunition, &c., "to enable this force to meet General Nott at Caubul." There cannot then be any doubt as to the orders which the Generals commanding-in-chief have received. Well ; Caubul will doubtless be easily reached; Generals Pollock and Nott will meet there ; one divi sion of its population, the Kuzzilbashes, is said to be disposed to receive our troops quietly; while discord and confusion seem to prevail amongst Akbar Khan and his chiefs and followers ; his breach of the laws of war will probably be avenged by the death of some thousands of his countrymen ; we may even compel him to release his prisoners ; but having re-occupied Caubul what are we to do next ? Will not our real difficulties again commence with success, as the late Lord Wellesley warned the Whig Administration in 1838 ? The difficulties which that great statesman then predicated were not to be the result of the mis management of our officials, but the consequences of the country, the people and the climate, and they are just as predicable of the reiterated as cf the original assault on Affghan independence. The Duke of Wellington is said to have joined in his departed brother's warning in 1838 ; if so, his Grace must renew it in 1842—for the war in Affghitnis tan is as unchangeable in its nature as war in Spain. We are, it is said, only making a demonstration of our strength, and proving to India that our armies are ultimately invincible ; the pity is then—if this be so — that we have so bad a cause in which to prove what no one within the Indus doubts—that we are obliged . to demonstrate our prowess by repeating ou r in j ustice: ' But we do not believe that the intention of Govern ment is by any means so limited; Affghanistan will not be evacuated after Caubul has been retaken, the prisoners released, and a few royal salutes fired ; the millions which these operations will cost will not be invested so profitably ; Generals Pollock, Nott, and Sale are not marching for any such parade purposes; and Caubul re-occupied is not to be shaken off so easily. When the British flag is again mounted in the capital of the Affghans, the country will have to be re• settled, another Shah will have to be placed on the musnud, and another attempt be made under his Government to reduce Affghanistan to a British dependency. Our ambition will swell as our success progresses, and Lord Ellenborough will in co urse of time probably see less " folly" in- the de , - , claration of Simlah than he once and no " crime in the subjugation of this distant country. - Prince Futteh Jung has re-appeared, and accompanies Sir Henry Pollock, anticipating doubtless , that elevation which the valour of Lord Keane s army purchased for his father Shah Soojah. Sir Robert Peel congra tulated himself that death had determined the treaty of Lahore, it remains to be seen w hether victory will not revive some part o f its obligations or its spirit. POST.—An unjust war will always be an unfor tunate one. Victories may be gained by the assailing party—cities may be taken and sacked—thousands of ffies may be slaughtered—mighty conquests may be achieved, and mighty devastations made :—in all its superior results, the war is still an unfortunate one. Injustice carries its curse with it ' • and this observa tion holds g oo d more w ith regar d to the present age than to any precedin g one —th e sp i r it o f th e camp has so much succumbed to that of the council chamber. It applies, too, to Britain more forcibly than to all . nations of the earth besides ; for, large as is her mate rial strength, how powerless would it be in asserting dominion over the world-like regions subjected to her sway, were it not for the moral support she derives from the impression so carefully cultivated in the minds of foreigners by our olden statesmen, that vulgar fraud and robbery are at all times excluded from the objects and purposes of any war in which we may engage. Are our wars against the Affghans and Chinese destined to read us a harsh though whole some lesson on the impolicy of unjust aggression? Human foresight can form no clear opinion as to when and where these wars, and the effects that may flow from them, are to have a termination. Up to the present time, in Affghanistan, all has been dis honour and disadvantage to England. The short lived flush of triumph that attended the first advance of Sir John Keane, has proved to all, except that lucky person himself, a most signal misfortune. It paved the way, under Whig imprudence and mis placed confidence, for the unguarded, fast-and-loose state of things that left our armies and our envoys to be massacred by the savages whom we had wronged to the point of desperation. And, since then, it has been disaster after disaster—confusion becoming worse confounded—as each successive month goes by. We know the beginning of thecalamity-, and can but specu late on its end. From the intelligence brought by the monthly mail just arrived, can we glean anything of sub stantial comfort for the conscientious and really patriotic Englishman ? We fear not. Forward movements are making—movements on Ghuznee—on Caubul—with burning of villages and slaughtering of natives. Se cresy is stated to be a feature of Lord Ellenborongh's policy, but we may presume that one main object of these movements is recovery of the British prisoners so long in the hands of Akbar Khan. It seems the idea is that we may easily regain possession of Cau bul, and that the surrender of Lady Sale and her com panions will be an immediate consequence of this. That it may be so we earnestly hope, but deeply do we lament that the prolongation of our ill-omened visit to Affghanistan is involved in these operations. If our countrymen can be released without the in fliction of fresh violence on people with whom we ought at this hour to be on terms of friendship, it is clear that any dragging on of the war would be altogether unadvisable. Three deadly scourges —war, pestilence, and famine—make daily ravages amongst the British troops. And then the narratives of outrage that we see coupled with the English name ! The burning of villages—the de struction of vineyards and orchards—what worthy monuments of our national glory ! Such matters, it will be said, are amongst the chances of war. But what a war is it ! Every one of.the objects for which the Affghan expedition was said to be undertaken— the raising of a "bulwark" north-west of our Indian empire—the extension of English commerce in Cen tral Asia—the frustration of Russian intrigues—every one of these objects is now much more difficult of accomplishment than it would have been five years ago,. before the Whigs had crossed the fatal Rubicon of rashness and wickedness. After the war is termi nated Government will have a mighty work on its hands. There will be the undoing the mischiefs gene rated by this unhappy contest—mischiefs that grow with its duration. And then will come the establish ment of some fixed and permanent policy with the several nations that border on our territories. The evil opinions which, by waste of so much blood and treasure, we have lately been at pains to inculcate amongst these nations, will make this a matter of much greater difficulty, now that Palmerstonian wis dom has been brought to " mature development." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The merchants, on the appearance of the Sardinian tariff, have generally expressed strong approbation of the conduct of Sardinia. While France, the United States, and other important coun tries have shown a bigoted predilection for a high protective system, the little State of Sardinia, with out a single application from abroad, has come for ward, and of her own accord, has in the most liberal manner declared herself an advocate of free trade. A circular, which has been received by some of the highest firms in the City, has caused a considerable sensation, as it is one of those evidences of unwilling ness to satisfy just claims on the part of a private American debtor which we have often seen illustrated on a large scale by the State Governments of the country. Often have the honest citizens of the United States deplored the probable effects of " repudiation" on the morals of their country, and warned ti e States that profligacy in a Government is likely to be fol lowed, sooner or latter, by profligacy in individuals. The meaning of the whole affair seems to be that the creditors of the firm in question were at last wearied into accepting a composition, of 50 per cent., as they despaired of obtaining anything further, and that they now learn from the writer of the circular, who is more punctilious than his partners, that the private property of the chief member of the firm was never taken into consideration, but that he has con trived to keep his own fortune untouched, while pay ing the creditors half their dues. As the opulence of the members of a firm is often the principal reason of the credit given by individuals, it is highly essential that such conduct as is exhibited in this ease should be visited with the severest censure. CHRONICLE.—Within the last eight months the price of Whitby and Newcastle built ships has fallen nearly 3/. per register ton, while new ships sent over from America have been sold at 3/. 10s. to 4/. per ton register, which cost the owners 8/. to 101. per ton. The gross amount of British registered ton nage is 2,600,000 tons. The best informed parties valued this property eighteen months ago at an aver age of 111. per ton, including steam-boats, the finest East India ships, colliers, and coasters, giving for value 28,600,0001. The same parties calculate the depre ciation within the last eighteen months at about 40 per cent., or 11,440,000/., a most fearful loss of pro perty, and it is said that one-third part thereof is mortgaged. Ships are crowded in different parts of the globe waiting for freights, but, even at the low export quotations, merchants• do not ask for ships, prices in England offering no inducement. The same observation as to lowness of price compared with cost of freight and charges, applies to the case of British merchants who have goods on hand. Generally speaking, they are exported to the colonies at a loss, although the last advices from our Australian markets were of a more favourable character. That single gleam of light in the black perspective of the future is swamped by the blunder ing American tariffs, the prohibitory ordonnances of the French against our linen yarns, and the protec tive principles manifested by the States of Germany. The renewed rumours of a commercial treaty between Spain and England can scarcely be relied upon as yet, so as to be thrown into the sca l e as a ma k e - we i g h t against the gloomy catalogue. A general prostration of trade and commerce has had a most adverse influ ence on capital embarked inPin and the reduc tion of the timb er d u ti es under the new- tariff has added to the evil. Here is another instance in proof of the truth of the prediction delivered by Lord John Rus sell, that the tariff of Sir Robert Peel would disturb everything and settle nothing. Never wars there a political prophecy more literally ful filled. The new tariff has done a vast deal of absolute mischief, and almost the only good it has as yet effected, is its admission of a sound principle, but that eventual good has been purchased in the mean time by an immense amount of direct and immediate evil. The shoema kers, the glove-makers, the corkcutters, the Cornwall miners, the lace trade, and others, have all been ex posed to great injury by the diminished duties levied on foreign articles imported, that now compete with them at lower prices in the English markets. Ladies can buy their eau de Cologne at a less exorbitant cost; their gloves, shoes, and furs at lower prices. Spices are also lower ; so are hams, tongues, and American pork , • but want of employment and lack of wages are still nearly as great as before. If Sir Robert Peel had not touched a single article in the old tariff that he did touch, and selected instead the two staple articles of co nsumption only, namely, corn and sugar, he would have conferred a real and substantial boon upon the poverty-stricken masses of his countrymen; trade would have revived ; wages would have improved ; and the agriculturists would have been spared the panic which has afflicted them by the recent fall in the price of cattle. We have no doubt that the farmers would. also have been spared the double panic to which they have been exposed ; for if foreign corn had been admitted during the past year at a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter, the late sudden depression in the price of wheat, greatly aggravated by thelnumerous t - failures in Mark - lane, would not have occurred. Wheat would not have advanced to a famine price, nor been down so low as 4 8 s. per quarter. i would have been regulated by a steady action of sup ply and demand, and we should not have known the baneful effects resulting from extremes of high and low prices. The industrious mechanics, the straw pwl.oaiutl-dwork have er b s, e anden lteft the unrepresented in their e edclasses r generally, p e ete branches of trade, while they would have enjoyed the benefit of a cheap loaf; and th e intercnange of Ame rican and European wheat for British goo ds, steady trade, would h ave relieved thelistre t u s s s n wd-ehir, a which still presses upon the manufacturing districts. glut of money. in , Lo n d on would have ' been .The l d in a healthy. demand to prise. Our foreign tradeinvest ihrlaCvoelnimmeprreoi:yelde,ntaenrd prices would have advanced under a simultaneous im [ provement in the price of wages. The shipping in terest would have participated in the amelioration o trade, and with a diminished cost for fitting out and working their ships, would. have experienced .the.be nefits of an advance in freights. SUN.—Stocks closed firmly this afternoon, a fair bu siness having been done. Consols for Money left off at 94 to : 4-, and for Time at 94k to I. Exchequer Bills were again .58s. to 60s. premium, New Three-am - 1-a, Half per Cents.loll to Reduced Ditto poi- to 1 1, and Old Three-and-a-Half per -Cents. 100bt. Bank Stock continues slowly to advance. This a!ternoon it reached 169 to 170, since, in the event of a conver sion, there would be some little profit on management for the Corporation. India Stock also improved, being at 255 to 2.56. India Bonds were not dealt in. The additional transactions in the Foreign Markel this afternoon were limited to Colombian at an advance to 21i, to Mexican at 33i to Brazilian at Portuguese ConVerted, for Account, at 33, and to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52 Shares were rather firmer this afternoon. Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway at ; Brighton at 14 to 13Z- ; Blackwall at Hi ; and South Eastern at .2.74. discount. Birmingham were 911 ; Great Western, 191-; and Northern and Eastern Scrip at 11 premium. National Bank of Ireland Shares were 11 discount; Union of Australia, 8f premium; and Union of London, 'par. We have no further news this afternoon. THE THEATRES. H 4 Y.37ARKE T. < A new monopolyiogue, from the pen of Mr. Buck stone, entitled the Belle of the hotel, was produced at this theatre last night, the clever and accomplished actress Mrs. Fitzwilliam re-appearing here tbr the first time since her return from America. The piece was written purposely for her performance, and was founded on the "Notions," which, with Mr. Buck ' stone, they had picked up during their sojourn with brother Jonathan. The scene, as imparted by the title, represents an American hotel, and our ; heroine, after a few rhyming lines, appears as Miss Protea Snook, and tells us she has run away from. England *ith her Italian singing master, Signor Amoroso, who is teaching .her his divine science, but Slie is du bious whether she shall be contented With `becom ing a prima donna only, or whether slie shall not also rival Rachel in tragedy, and Taglioni in sal tatory accomplishments. She expresses her intention of studying all three arts; and makes her exit. She again appears equipped in the full costume of a Yankee fireman, Jerry Phoenix, who is in love with the aforesaid Miss Protea Snook. In this character Mrs.Fitzwilliam ' gives us a bit of genuine Yankee, with a new version of the tippecanoe air of " Old Rosin the Beau." Here she is transmogrified into Mrs. Macscribblescrabble, an elderly lady, who is busily engaged in Trollopizing America after the. most approved precedent. Then appear Signor Amoroso himself, Shelah ,Mullins, an Irish chambermaid with a brogue that is certainly divisible by a knife, and, finally, Mademoiselle La Petite Sylphide—a fat danseuse—a corpulent serial lady. This was the last disguise which our Protean actress assumed, and the piece terminated with the agents of Miss Snook's father, by the - contrivance of Jerry Phoenix, carrying off Mrs.,Macscribblescrabble instead of the erratic daughter. " At the fall of the curtain Mrs. Fitzwilliam Was loudly called for. Mrs. Fitzwilliam also performed in the petite comedy of My Little Adopted, in the character of Lauretta Sey mour. Mrs. Honey acted as Kate O'Brien in Per fection. ADELPHL A new farce, from the French, entitled Antony and Cleopatra, and a musical extravaganza, or ballet, called Alma, constituted the two new attractions at this theatre last night. In the latter, which is a burlesque of the successful ballet which had so long a run last season at the Opera-house, Mr. Bedford's mock heroic and bravuras, with Mr. Wieland's comic dances, elicited considerable applause from a crowded house. The new farce, called Antony and Cleopatra, was pro duced immediately after Mr. Stirling s adaptation of the lifiser's Daughter, which promises to be for some indefinite length of time the leading attraction at this littl*theatre. In this Wright's acting was inimita ble, and would alone have insured the success of the farce, . while Miss Murray proved herself a capital actress. Mr. Gladstanes continues to enjoy that nightly pleasure—the sight of an overflowing house. As regards the last piece, Mr. Wright and Miss Murray kept the house in a roar for the brief dura tion of one act, without the assistance of any other performer. OLYMPIC. Sunshine and Shade, an effective drama, from the pen of Mr. W. L. Rede, was last night produced at this theatre, and was exceedingly well received by a crowded house. The situations in the drama are striking and effective, and the very excellent acting of Miss L. Melville and Mr. Fitzjanies; as Jane and Graves, tended materially to its success. Mr. Wild, in the character of Lysimachus Dobbs, did much to delight the audience. Ills comic song, " The Ad ventures of a Vagabond," (extracted from " The Ad , rentnres of a Gentleman"), is irresistibly droll. The evening's performance consisted further of My Valet and I, Norval (burlesqued), and Which is Which? SURREY. A new nautical drama, entitled " Union Jack; or The Sailor and the Settler's Daughter, was produced at this theatre last evening, with the most unequivoca_ success. There is an introductory first act, the scene of which is laid in the neighbourhood of Plymouth ; but - the action of the piece takes place at the Cape of ,food-hope, at which colony Jack Steady (Mr. T. P. 1Cooke), who, from his peace-making qualities had .!,obtained the sobriquet of Union Jack, had arrived from a cruise on the China coast on board her Majesty's ship Union. Jack Steady, like. all nautical heroes, is of course a model of seamanship and constancy, a reg'lar-built male-angel afloat, and has of course - his counterpart in a reg'lar-built female angel ashore, "young, lovely, and in distress." The female angel in the present instance was one Mary Stockwell, a Devonshire lass, who had emigrated to the Cape with her father. Mrs. H. llonner enacted the character, and youth and loveliness could not have a fairer representative ; and as for the distress, that was furnished by a body of Catires who, at. the in stance of Hans Mordenbrenner (Mr. N. T. Hicks), a Dutch smuggler and slaver, the black angel of the piece, make an irruption into the English settlement, burn the crops, plunder the settlers, and carry off Mary, who is conveyed on board the smuggler's ship the Pluto, which said ship Pluto is attacked by Jack and the crew of the Union, who are all ign o r an t o f the fact of Mary being on board, Hans sets fire to his ship ; and after the crew of the Union have quitted her to save their lives, he tells .Tack that his revenge for the destruction of the ship will be ample, for that Mary is in the powder ma gaz i ne . Jack instantly re turns, boards the burning vessel, reaches the maga zine, and rescues M ar y. A s J ac k a nd Mary quit tne ship she blows up with a terrific explosion. The piece is admirably got up, and is plentifully inter spersed with combats and dances and songs, all of which were received with shouts of applause. The scenery was very good, and the effect of the last scene was novel and magnificent. The flames rose gra dually, the fire increasing in intensity, accompanied by occasional explosions, until at length the final ex plosion took place. The piece was announced for repetition every evening, amidst the most , vocife rous applause of a very- crowded house. '1 he drama of the Tire Locksmiths followed, with 11. Hughes as Peter. Burl, brave Burl, philosophic Burl, who "takes things quietly." Mr. Hughes's acting in this charac terins proves him to be a c onsummate art,t attained the secret of tru e acting. He understands the power of repose. If some of our " powerful and effective " actors would go and study the acting of Mr. 11. Hughes in Peter Burl, they might learn a useful lesson. They would then see the superiority of repose over rant, and learn, like Peter Burl, " to take things quietly?' The house was crowded. ETON COLLI:Of:, MOND Ay.—Soine cases of fever having occurred amongst the pupils (two or three of which have terminated fatally), upwards of two hun dred of the b o y s left for their resp ec ti ve h omes during the pay t Week. In all cases of fever mani-. fasting itself at the Colle g e th ere is generally more alarm cr eated than the circumstances w arrant, and it is therefore feared that the school will be broken up this year long before the usual time. A survey is now in progress for a line of railway from Norwich to Cambridge, so as to connect both places with the metropolis by means of th e N or th e rn and Eastern Railway. There are several landowners who oppose the scheme. SALE OF PRINCR—XLBERT'S LIVE STOCK.—Th e annual sale of li ve s t oc k from his Royal Highness s Norfolk (Windsor) Farm, by Mr. Tibbott was attended by gentlemen an dealers, and realised verylots markets, than those good prices —higher,. ,, according the e to the of last year. Ibis farm, .as `N ell as the Flemish—the property of the Prince—is under the management of Alaior:Generali Weir a, Clerk Marshal to his Royal Highness, and both are in a thriving condition. THE M ANCHESTE R ZOOLOGICALGARDENS.—An , other proof is about to be given of what depressed trade can effect, in the fact that these splendid gar dens are on the eve of being fivally closed. The concern is as completely bankrupt as is that of th e Bank at Manchester, so far as the loss of the sub scribed capital bears out the resemblance. ST. PAUL'S CATIIEDRAL.—Amongst the recent im provements at St. Paul's Cathedral, a material one has been effected at the north entrance, by 'the erection of additional doors on the outside of the massive doors under the portico. The addition has been made to prevent the continual opening and shutting of the ori ginal doors, Which are exceedingly heavy, every time a visitor required admission, when Divine service was not being performed. The new doors are but a few inches . from the old ones; they open outwards, and close with a spring, and there are two panes of glass in each door, so that the door-keeper may .see the up preach of persons desirous of being admitted.