The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-31 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, AUGUST 29. The debate on the Regency Law began and ended t° - day in the Chamber of Peers. MM. de Breze, Yillemain, Gabriac, and the Prince de la Moskwa s poke, when the law was put to the vote, and:passed 7 163 votes against 14. Three per Cents., 79f. 25c. Madrid letters of the 22d state that the Finance kinister was about to capitulate with the Con tractors. The sudden return. of Gurrea, the Regent's aide-de-camp, to Madrid, was considered a cause of alarm to the alarmists, in the absence of any other cause. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. W e are happy in being enabled to state that the accounts received from Addington Park yesterday are rather more f avoura bl e . Ills Royal Hi g h nes3 th e D u k e o f Sussex, and seve ral :of the nobility and gentry, made inquiries at Lam beth Palace in the course of the morning. A bulletin, of which th e f o ll ow i ng i s a copy, was rece ived from Addington yesterday, at noon : " iiis Grace is a littl e better this morning, having had some hours of refreshing sleep, and been enabled to take more food. " Addington Park, Aug. 30, 1842." R B. i, HEYWOOD'S ADDRESS TO T r o - -"E WORKING CLASSES OF MANCHESTER THE PRESENT CRISIS. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., the tried friend of I,e working classes, has addressed an appeal to " The ,terking Men of Manchester" on the subject of the resent strike. It is distinguished by the same cheer faith,lei and earnest regard for the comfort, the well . il g , and moral progress of the operative population , which... t e have commended the worthy Baronet to the • iieetions of the hiliabitfints of Manchester. " I be ve You (says Sir Benjamin Heywood to the work log 'nen of Manchester) to be men of sense, intelli ;9ee, and right feeling, and not even the sad events bleb are going on around us have been able to shake anaYe°ofidence in you." This is a cheering assurance , when we know that it expresses the general feel- Av e r aollg these gentlemen, the employers of labou r, u'ilave mixed with the working classes of t he town ding"sir 144 , the late troubles , and who have observed, like g e neral Heywood, ' their soundness at heart and peaceful demeanour, we may congratulate • lves that there is nothing in the late turn-out • • 'eh in itself need perpetuate angry feeling or sus ' Pick, n between the operatives and their employers. At the very. moment (continues Sir Benjamin) to ' s ,en bett e r times seem to be at hand, and trade to be p u ving, and when, by the blessing of Providence, a * 1 ° 1 ,7 harvest appears to be in store for you, bringing . li l th them, as they assuredly would do, both higher i o ' a ,ges and cheaper food ; at the moment when, from 126 distress, your resources must be exhausted, you '` v e been thrown out of work, and told that by a sliTension of labour your condition will more be bettered. th dust think of the matter for yourse lves. Most o f who have been employing you have been paying your wages for some time at considerable loss to tll l e alselves. Some of them have sun k under the pres -41.e, of the times. Your temporary cessation f rom 1, 1 ,; (211 ‘K Can, in most cases, be no inju r y to y our em °,,Yers, whilst to ourselves ' ourse lves it can bring nothing but °° c reased distress. Bear this, too, in mind, that as `h ba de revives your wages will advance ; and when you ii • tv e well weighed these matters I am much mistaken You do not decide that the sooner you return to ° lir work the better it will be for you. With regard to the other object proposed to you 'thet People s Charter—l believe that the mor e you A n t ' ll4l ( about it, and the better you understand it, the • ,:te you will he convinced of its dan g er to your • L 'ves. Be this as it may—suppose that it involved a neficial change, and one conducive to your in rests, surely a very little consid eration must satisf y lOU that the way to obtain it is not to throw all into t° nftision in the country, spreading alarm around , and ; 1, a rr a, Y ing against you every real fr i end o f peace , law , • 11 ' 1 order. " I am not surprised that you should feel that the 4 course of legislation, as regards yourselves, has not en what it ought to have been. I feel it strongly z 't h ° illyself; but at a moment of excitement like the r esent, this question can be discussed with no ad vantage, and I would not say a word , but in the ; tfirit of ki n d nes s and conciliation. Sounder prin tb„ll)les and more enlarged views of legislation on be deeply affecting your interest , have al r e a d y , in (I 1 1 . 11 e degree, been acknowledged. The prospect is 48 1 1tening before you ; greater changes must soon made ; and your advancement be the sure result. kt " Let me entreat you, then, as you value your own taPPiness and well-being — let me entreat you for th e t 4‘e of your wives and children, to return at once (/ ,',Your work. You will be receive d, I d o ubt not , in a 'iberal and friendly spirit, and you will put an end a State of things full of peril to yourselves. " That you may all, by the blessing of God , soon :a the happy influence of better times, and be re. Paid, by many prosperous years, for the sufferings yon have so patiently endured, is the earnest prayer l your sincere friend, " Claremont." ~ B. HEYWOOD." SINGULAR TRIAL IN FRANCE. A.An interesting and affecting trial took place, a few i.`"Ys ago, before the Court of Assizes of the Saone et 4 'oire, M. Julien Larochette, a wealthy landowner, aged 37, was charged with of the environs of Macon, iring, on the 6th of May last, attempted to murder s, ' lv ! sister, Mad. Bouillard, and his two nieces, one of • pl at was her daughter.. It was stated in evidence, i l t!at on the day in question, the prisoner called upon 4 `' r i3 Sister, who resides at Solutre, and who was at the , I rne sitting with her daughter and niece. After con iLersing for nearly two hours on indifferent subjects, 'e manner of Larochette, which had been previously ~c ), °l and collected, b e came much excited ; and "'Qat the oun ladies were in tears, on account 41',' g his excitement and his distracted look, he seized th e hand of Mad. Bouillard, and exclaimed—" Poor sis ter, you know riot what misfortune is about to hap l'en to y ou ;" a dding, in allusionto the projected mar lage of one of his nieces, " Pauvre pet i t e, on v ent I sacrifier." Mad. Bouillard, finding all efforts to Ba lmhim vain, took a seat near the fire. Larochette d id th e same , a nd was for 'some time silent; but sud denly he put his hand in his poc ket, and , drawing fo rth a knife, rose, and struck his sister with it, ex -aiming, " I hips no longer command myself." He r lext attacked two n i ec es, and stabbed them re teatedly. The mother received six wounds, her ip having fourteen, and her ni ece four. The noi se brought assistance, the victims were immedi „, , e i tY attended to, and, notwithstanding the serious t i l , l 'ure of the wounds, they all recovered, after air lives had been some time in danger. . j 44 -1- Mtnediately after the attack , Laroche tte fled , 111 enacin all who tried to arr est him with a similar fate ; but, being at length secured, he declared .11a t he had acted under a belief that an attempt had be en made to poison him. Suppo sin g this to have b een the f ac t, h e was insane at the time ; but accord lll,g,to the act of accusation he was i n full possession (~ ,nis intellectual faculties, although suffering under b n o o tiily indi s position. He had sdemanded the hand of of his nieces in marriage , but she , considering hirn teo old, had. rejected the offer, and was to be married to another person. This rejection had preyed u pon his m i n d rind worked him up to violence ; but t he t medical men w ho were called in to pronounce as mental fa4ulties declared positively that they W ere not deranged. Amongst the witnesses called h. the the prosecution were the persons whom he brough t attempted to destroy. His sister was no sooner ought into Court than she endeavoured to rush " 4 into his arms, and sobbed hysterically. His neices 1 1, were almost as niuch affected ; and the prisoner him kZec. !elf, who, since the day of his arrest, had constantly X7:qtl• ! I ',,;zlnired after th em most affectionately, wept bitterly. 'nfe,Procureur .du Roi addressed the Jury in a pow theul speech, in , which he insisted that the act of which ‘N t , Prisoner ad been guilty had none of the character of insanity, and was the result of violent fenc e , and bad passions. The Counsel for the de- Lenee, on the ot'aer hand, contended that nothing was proved to show- that any motive had existed for the attempt, that the supposition of his having been in fluen and to by je3: lousy was not established in evidence, - an attack upon gbut insanity could account for such .4 to him. Who a persons who had always been dear tO the three victi the Learned Gentleman pointed to 1 , 1 4. hands toward s who were all stretching forth their the Jury, supplicating an acquittal, 'IF .'• and th us s h wa i ng that they believed the prisoner to ; 1 :v.k. . have be en lala miring und er temPorary insanity when bye e attempted to take th e i r lives, all who were in 1Z1.,: _ , Court, partica tlarly the females, who were in great l mber, wor e most painfully affected. Even the .14 • qrs Judges could scarcely refrain standing the f kIN om tears. Notwith powerful appeal of his Counsel, the pri soner was found guilty, but without aggravated eir- Crf, cumstances, and w as sen t ence d t o ten 3 , ears' simple \„;._ imprisonment, without exposure in the pillory.— Galignani s Messenger. GAmE.- —Partridge shooting commences on Thurs ',4l,„!,, day next, the Ist of September. As the fields are well cleared of corn, and birds are abundant in all directions, 7.4 4 Capital sport is anticipated. Grouse an d bl ac k coc k s are 4t.4-,11.. very plentiful on the hills, and in the best possible con dition, but they are so wild and strong on t h e w i ng , t h at "I h ,."' it is with difficulty they can be approached ; th e r e is 'tl Consequent ly much work for the sportsman, and small .454472,, result. G rous e are selling in this town at f rom 4 s . to s s . tt 4 '4l4 t '• per brace..—Newcastle Journal. „ DOVER, AEG. 29.—His Royal Highness Prince George of.' Cambridge is expected to dine at Walmer Castle tli;_s evening with his Grace the Duke of Welling . ton, and -to embark at this port to-morrow morning by her Majetsty's steam-packet sv/snow, Captain Sherlock, for OsteAl, EXCHEQUER BILLS FRAUD. REPORT. TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. (Continued from The Sun of Tuesday.) CASE XII. No. 8,381, 8,382. (2 Bills.) Claimant.—Thomas Browne, Esq. Series of Holders.—Thomas Browne, Jghn Wray Scott, F. T. De Berckem, William Mariner, E. Rapallo. Mr. Browne was formerly a chemist at Camberwell, and on retiring from that business received a sum of 2,0001., which lie was desirous to lay out at interest, and was introduced for that purpose by a respectable party to John Wray Scott (mentioned in Case VI.), whom that party had employed as a broker for several years. Mr. Scott said he thought he could get Ex chequer bills, and afterwards informed Mr. Browne that an arrangement had been made witlYa party for the loan of the 2,0001. for two or three months from the Ist of October, at five per cent., and that three months would be preferred to two. In pursuance of this arrangement, Mr. Browne, on the 2d of October, 1841, handed over the 2,00 01 . to Mr. Scott upon a loan for three months, at five per cent., Mr. Scott being (as usual in such cases) the apparent borrower, and the principal not being named. And Mr. Browne received, by way of security, a deposit of the two bills now in question, which remained in his hands at the time of the public discovery of the fraud. Mr. Scott had received the bills on the same day from Mr. De Berckem, in the course of the transac tions betwv,en those parties that are described in Case VI. (See Scott's Account A., p. 154, and F. De Berckem's Account, Table 11. e, p. 358). CASE XIIL Nos. 7,096, 7,910-7,930, 8,386, 8,387, 8,470, 8,471. (26 Bills.) Claimants.—Messrs. Price and Co. Series of Holders.—Messrs. Price and Co., E. Rapallo. Mr. Solari was introduced to Messrs. Price and Co., July, 1836, and immediately opened an account with them, in the course of which he obtained suc cessive advances from them on the deposit of Ex chequer bills (or instruments purporting - to be such) at such dates, and for such amounts, and at such rates of interest as set forth in the Accounts, p. 427. After Solari's death, in October, 1840, Mrs. Solari, his widow and executrix, introduced to Messrs. Price and Co. Rapallo, whom they had not before known, and requested them to take his orders for the manage ment of the account. The account was accordingly continued by Rapallo, and in the course of it, viz., on the 31st of July and 3d of August, 1841, he ob tained from Messrs. Price and Co., on the deposit of the Exchequer bills now in question, the several loans of 21,0001. and 5,0001. at the interest of 5 per cent. per annum, for a month respectively, which loans were successively renewed on the same terms, to the 3d of November and the 31st of October, the same year. The bills in question remained in the hands of Messrs. Price and Co. at the time of the public discovery of the fraud, the several sums of 21,0001. and 5,000/., then, and still, being wholly unpaid. Interest, however, has been paid on the 21,000/. up to the 31st of October, 1841, and on the 5,0001. to the 3d of November, 1841. CASE XIV. Nos. 8,307, 8,308. (2 Bills.) Claimants.—Messrs. Wolfe, Brothers, and Co. Series of Holders.—Wolfe, Brothers, and Co. ; John Wray Scott ; F. T. De Berckem ; William Mariner; E. Rapallo. Mr. John Lewis Wolfe, and Mr. Lewis Mortlock Wolfe, carrying on the business of stockbrokers, under the firm of Wolfe, Brothers, and Co., and at the time when the case now in question occurred, were in the habit (as incidental to that business) of lending out their spare money from day to day. On the 22d October, 1841, Mr. Scott (mentioned in Case VI.), with whom Messrs. Wolfe, Brothers, and Co., had before had occasional transactions, in formed their clerk, whom he met in the marked on the Stock Exchange, that he wanted a loan of 2,0001., on Exchequer bills, and on being asked at what rate, mentioned 5 per cent., which was the common rate at the time. The clerk accordingly agreed to lend him to that amount, and at that rate of interest, for one day ; and the money was paid over to him by Messrs. Wolfe, Brothers and Co., accordingly ; the bills in question being deposited with them, at the same time, by Mr. Scott, by way of security. The loan was afterwards renewed or continued upon the same terms, and remained current at the timo of the public discovery of the fraud. Mr. Scott had previously received these bills from Mr. De Berckem, in the course of the transactions between them that have been described in Case VI. (See Scott's Account A, p. 154, and F. T. De Berckem's Account, Table 11. e, p. 358.) Since the public discovery of the fraud, Messrs. Wolfe, Brothers, and Co., have received from Mr. Scott reimbursement to the extent of 4001. CASE XV. Nos. 7,052-7,055, 7,056. (5 Bills.) Claimant.—George Bunter Clapcott, Esq. Series of Holders.—G. B. Clapcott, John Wray Scott, F. T. De Berckem, William Mariner, E. Rapallo. Mr. Clapcott, a gentleman residing at Bath, placed 5,0001. in the hands of his broker, Air. John Wray Scott (mentioned in Case VI.), and sent him an order to make a temporary investment of it in Ex chequer bills. unless there should occur an oppor tunity of doing better with equally good security. Mr. Scott finding that better interest could then be obtained on stock than on Exchequer bills, executed this order on the Bth of December, 1840, by lending the 5,000/. until 15th of January following, on the security of Three per Cents. Reduced, at the interest of five per cent., out of which half per cent. was pay able to himself by way . of commission. Before that loan expired, viz., on the 11th January, 1841, Mr. Scott wrote to Mr. Clapcott, that as the rate of interest on stock was then lower, he should find him some other security, and that he had one in view equally good, viz., Exchequer bills. To this Mr. Clapcott acceded, and the 5,0001. having been re paid by the borrower on the 15th of January, Mr. Scott accordingly lent the 5,0001. on the 16th to Mr. P. T. De Berckem (according to the course of trans actions between them, described in Case VI.), at per cent. (being 5 per cent. to Mr. Clapcott, clear of commission, for the period of two months, secured by a deposit of five instruments purporting to be Exche quer bills, and informed Mr. Clapcott of the transac tion, at the same time forwarding to him the bills so received in deposit ; but, as usual, in such cases, no mention was made of the name of the borrower. At the period of the March ex changes, these bills were withdrawn, and others substituted ; and after wards, about the period of the June exchanges, these last were in turn withrawn, and the bills now in question substituted. The loan was in the meantime continued indefinitely, and remained current at the time of the public discovery of the fraud. CASE XVI. Nos. 6,434-6,443, 8,401, 8,402, 8,404, 8,405, 8,407 8,410. (18 Bills.) Claimani3—The London Joint Stock Bank. Series of Holders—The London Joint Stock Bank, R. and W. Hichens and Harrison, E. L. Morgan, William and James Morgan, E. Rapallo. The London Joint Stock Bank had, previously to October last, been in the habit of lending money to R. and W. lichens and Harrison (mentioned in Case VI.) on Exchequer bills and other securities ; and these loans had taken place to the extent, altogether, of several hundred thousand pounds. On the sth, 12th, and 28th of October, 1841, the London Joint Stock Bank advanced to them three several sums of 10,0001., 15,0001., and 10,0001., for periods of six weeks, two months, and one month re spectively, at the interest of 4 per cent., with powers to the lenders to recal the loan on demand, in which case the interest was to be reduced to 4 per cent. Among the securities deposited from time to time on account of these three advances, were the bills now in question, which Messrs. R.'and W. Hichens and Har rison had themselves received from Mr. E. L. Morgan, being among the 60 bills which he deposited with them from May to October, 1841, as stated in Case VI. Part of the above-mentioned sum of 35,000/. having been since paid off, the London Joint Stock Bank now limit their claim against Messrs. R. and W. Hichens and Harrison to the balance of 16,597/. 10s. 6d. exclusive of the interest due. (See Mr. Pollard's Evidence, p. 266, and Mr. Harrison's, p. 286.) of Messrs. Hoare, on account of the loan made upon the 14th of October. These bills had been received by Messrs. R. and W. Hichens and Harrison from Mr. E. L. Morgan, being among the 60 bills which he deposited with them from May to October, 1841 as stated in Case VI. CASE XVIII. Nos. 7,092, 7,093, 8,417-8,428. (14 Bills.) Claimant.—Mr. Charles Keyser. Series of Holders.—Charles Keyser, E. L. Morgan, William and James Morgan, E. hapallo. On July 16, 1841, Mr. Charles Keyser, a member of the Stock Exchange, and a dealer in English secu rities, received these, together with 3,0001. in good bills, from Mr. E. L. Morgan (mentioned in case I.) with whom he had had frequent dealings, as security for 17,000/. then lent him by Mr. Keyser. The money was lent until the 26th of August following at four per cent., and the loan renewed until the 14th of Oc tober following at 4i per cent., and on that day re newed again for a month at five per cent., and re mained current until the public discovery of the fraud. In this transaction, though Mr. E. L. Morgan bor rowed in his own name, he raised the money in fact for William and James Morgan, and received from them the bills given in deposit. CASE XIX. • N05._7,066, 7,099. (2 Bills.) Claimal'it.—Mr. Samuel Richard Heseltine. Series of Holders.—Samuel Richard I]eseltine,F. T. De Berckem, William Mariner, E. Rapallo. On the 14th October, 1841, Mr. Samuel Richard Heseltine, of the Stock Exchange, dealer in foreip securities, having money to receive from Mr. F. I'. De Berckem (with whom he had often dealings) in re spect of a sale of Spanish stock, the latter said he was short of money, and asked Mr. Heseltine to give him credit for 5,0001. of it on the deposit of Ex chequer bills. Mr. Heseltine consented to this, and received on that day from him, by way of security, the set of bills now in question, with three others, it being agreed that the money was to remain outstand ing for a few days at five per cent. Afterwards three of these bills were redeemed by Mr. De Berckem, but the other two remained upon the loan until the public discovery of the fraud. - • .. CASE XX. Nos. 7,100, 7,101. (2 Bills.) Claimant—Mr. George Edward Cooper. Series of Holders.—George Edward Cooper, E. L. Morgan, William and James Morgan, E. Rapallo. Mr. Cooper, of the Stock Exchange, and dealer in Exchequer bills and India Bonds, lent on July 15, 1841, to Mr. E. L. Morgan (mentioned in Case I.), with whom he had done business for many years, 2,0001. on the deposit •of the two bills in question. The money was originally lent until the 26th of August (the next account day), at the rate of four per cent., but the loan was afterwards continued for a fortnight at the same rate, and again to the 27th of October following at the rate of five per cent.; before the expiration of which period the public discovery of the fraud took place. The loan was obtained by Mr. E. L. Morgan in his own name, but on behalf of William and James Morgan, from whom he received the bills in question, for the purpose of the deposit, and to whom he paid over the money. CASE XXI. Nos. '8,275-8,277. (3 Bills.) Claimants—Messrs. Bennison and Lennard. Series of holders—Bennison and Lennard, John Mollett, William May Simonds, F. T. De Berckem, E. Rapallo. Mr. Mollett (mentioned in Case III.) deposited with Messrs. Currie and Co., hankers, by way of de posit upon loan of 13,0001., thirteen instruments pur porting to be Exchequer bills, which be had himself received fron Mr. Win. May Simonds, and which the latter had received from Mr. De Berckem ; and Mr. Mollett afterwards paid off 9,0001. of the loan obtained of Messrs. Currie ; all which circumstances are more particularly set forth in the statement of Case HI. Upon the repayment of the 9,0001. Mr. Mollett left in the bands of 111essrs. Currie and Co. (as in that case also explained) ten of the bills that had been de posited with them, but the remaining three (being the bills now in question) . he took away, the same having been redeemed by the repayment of the 9,000/. ; and afterwards, on the sth of June, 1841, deposited them on loan with Messrs. Bennison and Lennard, of the Stock Exchange, discount brokers and money dealers, with whom he had had some occasional transactions of the same kind. The loan was from day to day, and remained current until after the public discovery of the fraud, viz., at the rate of 5 per cent. to the 20th July, 41 1 2 - per cent. from 20th July to 25th August, and 5 per cent. from 25th August to 26th October. CASE XXII. Nos. 8,278-28,282„8,374-8,376. (8 Bills.) Claimants.—Bank of England. Series of Holders.—Bank of England, Harry Tomkins, F. T. De Berckem , William Mariner, E. Rapallo. These bills were originally deposited with Mr. Tomkins (mentioned in Case 1.) by Mr. De Berckem, in the course of the transaction between those parties that is described in the same case. (See the Accounts set forth at pp. 356, 360.) Afterwards these bills were deposited by Mr. Tom kins with Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Co., bankers, being part of a considerable number of instruments purporting to be Exchequer bills, on which he from time to time procured loans from them in his own name, but on behalf of Mr. De Berckem; an account of which loans will be found in the evidence of Mr. Dobson, p. 179. On 23d September, 1841, Mr. Tomkins redeemed the bills in question, with three other bills, from Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Co., and obtained an ad vance of 11,0001. upon them in his own name, but on the behalf and at the request of Mr. De Berckem, from the Bank of England; the period of that loan being until the '2lst October following, and the rate of interest 5 per cent. Of this sum 3,000/. was repaid to the Bank oc England on 22d October, 1841, leav ing a balance due of 8,0001., against which the Bank held the bills now in question. The balance last mentioned not being repaid, the bills were on October 23,184], sold by the Bank of England to W. Scott and Son, and by W. Scott and Son to Mr. J. Capel, who purchased them. by direction of Messrs. Coutts and Co., bankers, for a Mr. Mitchell Innes, on whose behalf they were deposited for safe custody with Messrs. Coutts and Co. Afterwards, on the public discovery of the fraud, these bills were re turned by the several purchasers in succession upon the'Bank of England, who were obliged to provide new bills. The Bank subsequently brought their ac tion against Mr. Tomkins for reimbursement ; but though they recovered judgment against him, they have never been able to obtain satisfaction. They are consequently now claimants on the bills in question. CASE XXIII. Nos. 6,414, 6,424-6,432, 6,446-6,459, 6,465- 6,473, 6,489, 6,492, 7,094, 7,095. (39 Bills.) Claimants.—Messrs. Coutts and Co. Series of Holders. Messrs. Coutts and Co., Wil liam and James Morgan, E. Rapallo. On the 15th of October, 1841, Mr. William Mor gan, partner in the firm of William and James Mor gan, requested Lord Viscount Strangford (to whom he had for a long time acted as stockbroker, and who had an account with Messrs. Coutts and Co., bankers) to introduce him to Messrs. Coutts and Co., with the view of his obtaining from them a loan of 40,0001. in Exchequer bills. Mr. William Morgan was on the same day intro duced by Lord Strangford accordingly, and Messrs. Coutts and Co. made an advance to him to the amount above mentioned for the period of a month, and at the interest of 5 per cent. ; and received from him by way of security on such loan, a deposit of forty instru ments purporting to be Exchequer bills, comprising the bills now in question, and one other, which has since proved to be genuine. The bills so deposited remained in the hands of Messrs. Coutts and Co. until the public discovery of the fraud, which took place before the expiration of he period for which the money had been advanced. CASE XXIV. Nos. 7,077-7,081, 8,271-8,273, 8,300-8,303, 8,314 —8,318, 8,354-8,363, 8,442-8,444, 8,447-8,455, 8,456 (40 Bills). Claimant.—Sir James Shaw, Bart. Series of Holders.—Sir J. Shaw, John Wray Scott, F. T. De Berckem, Wm. Mariner, E. Rapallo. J. Wray Scott (mentioned in Case VI.) was rela ted to Mr. Scott, now deceased, chief clerk of Sir James Shaw and of his predecessor in the office of Chamberlain in the City of London ; and having be come known through that circumstance to Sir James Shaw, was employed by him from November, 1839, until the public discovery of the fraud as his stock broker; and during that period large sums of money were borrowed by Mr. J. Wray Scott from Sir J. Shaw, secured by the deposit of Exchequer bills, or instruments purporting to be such, and among others the bills now in question, which last mentioned bills remained in Sir J. Shaw's hands until the public dis covery of the fraud. The amounts and dates of these loans, and the rates of interest charged thereon, are exhibited in the ac counts delivered by Sir J. Shaw, p. 220 and p. 230, and the account delivered in by Mr. John WTray Scott, p. 154. The bills now in question had, previously to their respective deposits with Sir James Shaw, been de posited from time to time with Mr. John Wray Scott by Mr. De Berckem, in the course of the trans actions between those parties that are described in Case VI. (See Scott's Account, A., pp. 154,,359, and F. T. De Berckem's Account, Table I. e, p. 359. (To be continued.) TO TALE GREASE OUT Or SILK.—If a little powdered magnesia be applied on the wrong side of the silk, as soon as the spot is discovered, it is a never fail ing remedy, the dark spot disappearing as if by magic.— .Essex Standard. ;ted vel iebe °f se3s°n' A ll s vrt 00a •- = set )10, lj° A 10 age d it a g e 5 file which t, Dok -stre t e he hour , .0 obser ° i j o cc The o f if abing jle hociP t , (1 0 , Th i u rn tr i v er 'e o he o .°, aff rd n ob g i v e r 39° 11er g ola e di s te r resid en to c ot Pot'es. Ln ti•Corv r; best es . sf :lo rer 3 l* dir isele ss ed so Mtge gt t h ° he) that er fi n e °P h t in" op 11 resew, rotect" ioa P- )11rY In Viil b b i 4 th at do l ' 11 ''' t 1 . 10 .0 1 1, ci 5.1 11 e. kr' is 1 , 11 ,1 1 er his 11I ' v ei r • of ta of , CASE XVII. Nos. 7,070, 7,098, 8,379, 8,385, 8,406, 8,412-8,416, 8,429-8,436, 8,457 8,462. (24 Bills.) Claimants—Messrs. Mare. Series of Holders—Messrs. Hoare, R. and W. Hichens and Harrison, E. L. Morgan, William and James Morgan, E. Rapallo. Messrs. Hoare, bankers, had, previously to October last, been in the habit of lending large sums of money to various persons, secured by deposits of Exchequer bills and other securities, arid among others to Messrs. R. and W. Hichens and Harrison (mentioned in Case VI.), with whom they had dealt in that way for the last twenty years on very numerous occasions, and to a very great extent in point of amount. On the 14th of October, 1841, a balance of 75,0001. remained due from Messrs. R. and W. Hichens and Harrison to Messrs. Mare, in respect of such ad vances, and was on that day lent by the latter to the former until the next account day, viz., the 25th of November then next, at the interest of three per cent., with recal by Messrs. Hoare at pleasure ; upon which loan various securities were deposited, and among others 44 instruments, purporting to be Exchequer bills. Some of the bills so deposited were afterwards exchanged for stock, and stock was afterwards with drawn and exchanged for Exchequer bills (such sub stitutions being according to the usual business in dealings of this description), and in the result 39,0001. Exchequer bills (or instruments purporting to be such), comprising the 24 now in question, were, at the 777 time of the public discOvery of the fraud, inthe hands POLICE OUTRAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. TI3 SUN, LONDON, WE MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1842. SWEARING IN SPECIAL CONSTABLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN., Sia,—l have taken the liberty of sending you the following important statement : Mr. Thomas Clutton Salt, a large and influential manufacturer, and one of the leading members of the late Birmingham Political Union, in common with a great number of other respectable inhabitants, were summoned to attend the Committee-room of the Town.hall, at nine o'clock on Monday morning last, for the purpose of allowing themselves to be sworn es special constables. Mr. Salt immediately made known his intentions to the whole of the workmen in his employ, and likewise to its many of his politi cal friends as time would allow, and it was arranged that the parties should assemble at eight o'clock, on a piece of waste land adjoining the residence of Mr. Salt. At half-past eight. the assemblage became numerous, and Mr. Salt submitted to those pre sent the propriety of being' sworn in as spe cial, constables, on condition that the Magistrates would agree to memorialise the Queen on the distress of the people, and praying for the adoption of instant measures to remedy the same ; and also claiming for the people their just political rights and privileges. To these conditions the meeting unanimously con sented, and at nine o'clock Mr. Salt, his workmen, and his friends, marched in'extremely good order to the Town-hall. On the oath of special constable being tendered, Mr. Salt, in conformity with the previous -resolution, said, before he took that oath, he wished to state that, in obedience to the summons he had re ceived from the Mayor, he had not only attended himself, but had brought with him all his workmen and a numerous party of friends, and on his own and their behalf, he wished to state that they were desirous of giving their best assistance to the Magistrates in the measures they deemed necessary for the promotion of the public peace ; but he held in his hand an official document, to which many of those Magistrates were parties, in which they affirm " that the legislative measures passed and persisted in by the Government must be the production of a general-state of suffering, which would cause a general alienation of the public mind, of which revolution .mt,ist be the inevitable result." These were the very words adopted by those Magistrates. Now he did not feel justified in taking up the constable's staff to repress the wrong doings of the people, so driven to despair, unless he received a pledge that the Magistrates and special constables would take up the just and lawful weapon of remonstrance to stay the wrong doings of the Government also. There was no attempt to disguise the fact, that the present general excite ment arose from the intolerable wrongs and suffer. ings of the people. Her Majesty's Ministers had acknowledged the full extent of those sufferings, and they had been equally acknowledged in the Speech from the Throne, as well as the exemplary patience with which they were borne ; and dealing with such a people as this, he would put it to the Magistrates whether, while all measures were being taken to restrain by force any violence on the part of the people, justice and humanity, and sound policy,did not require that sympathy should be shown them, and that they should be made fully aware that every effort was being made to do them justice, and to re store to industry its due reward. Francis Clark, Esq., the Magistrate in.attendance, stated that the Magistrates could not be expected at that time to enter into any pledge, whatever, and that if they objected to be sworn in, Mr. Salt and his friends might retire, and they retired accordingly. - I am now enabled to inform you, on good authority, that the Magistrates of this boroughl have come to the determination of adopting the excellent suggestion of Mr. Salt, and that a memorial is already prepared for transmission to the Queen, with a prayer, similar to the one suggested by that gentleman, on Monday last.—l am, Sir, yours very obediently, JOSEPH A. LANDER. Birmingham, Aug. 29, 1842. Sra,--If beg permission for the insertion of the fol lowing statement in your journal, relative to the meeting held near the Pin factory, London-road, the said meeting having for its object the considera tion of the present awful state of the country. I al lude to the conduct of policeman 85 M division, which I think was calculated to disturb the harmony and good order of those assembled, inasmuch as he, with an air of self-importance, pretended to be taking notes of the speeches of the various speakers. I do not complain of his doing so, but the objectionable manner in which he acted, by sneering at, and de riding the objects of the meeting. At the conclusion of the proceedings the people departed peaceably, but as he made himself so foolishly conspicuous, he was followed by a few boys ; on arriving at the corner of Westminster-road, he began to beat them ; one of , them he cruelly used, and caused a 'crowd. to assemble ; whereupon several respectable in habitants of the place remonstrated with him ; one and all declared he was far from being sober, and not fit to he entrusted with the pre ' servation of the peace, among whom was Mr. Buck, No. 4, Johnson's-buildings, Westminster-road, who considered his conduct highly reprehensible, and ought to be reported. Myself and others who took part in the meeting have no desire to incur the re sponsibility of a breach of the peace, brought about by the officious conduct of ignorant policemen; it is quite sufficient to be held responsible for our own acts. We have every desire to enforce our opinions in a legal and peaceable manner, being fully con vinced that our own views are founded on truth and justice, and therefore do not require their dissemina tion by riots, tumults, &c., but by endeavouring to create an enlightened public opinion, with a view to their adoption. I should not have troubled you with this, but I think the conduct of these officers ought to be exposed. I am, Sir, yours, &c. 86, Waterloo-road. J. W. PARKER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—ln your article in yesterday's paper you have stated that the Directors of the East India Company "spontaneously offered to nominate" me a member of the Law Commission of India. This is a mistake,. this was done on my application to Sir James Came, the Chairman, and I subsequently de clined the appointment, on learning that I should have to forfeit, while I held it, the service pension to which I had become entitled. _ I cannot say that the deposed Raja. of Sattara is a stranger to me ; I have been in his presence probably a dozen times ; however, it is certain that I know him rather officially, and by reputation, and the re ports of others, than personally. My excellent friend, Mr. Willoughby, was one cf the Commissioners who tried the Raja for attempting to seduce the native officers from their allegiance; but from that period his immediate connexion with the Raja's case terminates, except so far as his duties as Secretary to Government bring him into contact with it. I beg that you will be good enough to give this letter a place in your columns. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, C. NORRIS. Albany Lodge, Regent's Park, Aug. 30, 1842. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette of yesterday.) . MAIDSTONE.—Wherever there is bine there are hops, but although the clusters appear very beautiful to the eye, and hang excellently for the pickers, yet as there are few bines "shaking lands,", it is feared that the crop will be a " top crop," and will disappoint the general expectations. Picking will be general this week. MEREWORTH, &c.--Most of the hops are now ar rived at maturity ; some planters have begun picking, and find the crop short of their expectations. The pick ing will be general this week. CANTERBURY.—There was scarcely ever seen a greater distinction in the hops grown on good lands, than this year. From the excessive drought the flea h as ma d e extensive ravages, and it is impossible to form an idea of the extent of growth. The duty is under our former quotation, 150,0001. We have heard of odds being taken against 135,0001. TICEHURST, WADHURST. AND BERWASIL—The hops are nearly arrived at maturity, and picking will become general in the course of the week. There is a com plaint of the red rust in some grounds, but the gene rality of them are bright. IVIAYFIELD.—The hops in this parish have so much improved of late that it new appears we shall have many more than was at one time expected, and several farmers think of commencing picking this week. BATTLE.—Several growers in this neighbourhood have begun picking ; not because the hops were sufficiently mature, but in consequence of the " red rust" having attacked them. A very choice pocket of new Sussex hops, grown by Mr. James Bourner, of the Chequers Inn, Maresfield, was sold on 'Wednesday last at 61. per cwt. HEROIC CONDUCT.—Mr. Baker held an inquest yesterday, at the Ship and Dolphin, New GraVeMane, Wapping, on the body of Cornelius M'Carthy, aged nine years. Daniel Murphy, a labourer, of No. 19, Ship street, St. George's-in-the-East, said that, in the after noon of Saturday last, he saw several boys, of whom the deceased was one, bathing at a part of the river, near Wapping, called King Edward's-hole. He had not been many minutes watching them when the deceased got out of his depth, and after struggling and vainly calling for help from his companions, sank. Witness, without re moving his clothes, leaped off a barge, swam to the spot where he had seen him sink, and dived several times in the hopes of saving him, but becoming at length ex hausted with the exertion, he was compelled to return to the shore without him. The dragS were then got, but it was not until eleven o'clock at night that the body was found. A juror said that' the witness Murphy had upon a great many occasions risked his life to save persons from drowning. Many sailors who had fallen from their ships and boats would have been drowned but for his bravery. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE QUEEN'S TOUR.—Her Alajesty, it is said, has expressed a wish ,to - visit they,itenes of Sir Walter Seott's novels. • - • Lit) ~0 UWECt - tfi THE AMERICAN STEAMERS. (From the European.) The deep interest we have ever felt in the question of steam communication between America and Eng land has frequently caused us to advert to the subject with a view of illustrating its importance, and of the necessity which exists for one great steam line being permanently and efficiently established. We have now the satisfaction of finding our remarks taken up by far abler hands, and therefore, have increased cer tainty of seeing the time when public confidence shall be firmly enlisted in favour of the steamers, and that they meet such support as their necessities require. Since the issue of our last number, we have it pub- Hely and officially announced that the Great Western Steam-ship Company are in extreme financial diffi culty, so much so, indeed, as to be compelled to bring the whole concern to an early close. This announce ment, though much to be regretted, goes clearly to prove the truth of our assertion as to the enormous cost of keeping these great steam-ships afloat; and it is a duty we owe to the public to make them acquainted with every fact in relation to the matter, as a continua tion of what we have already given. It may be said that the North American Mail Company is the only party now left to prosecute the enterprise, even though some two or three other powerful concerns were in operation simultaneously with it, each conducted on a magnifi cent scale, and with every endeavour to be rendered permanently successful. In our desire to give the mast correct information on this important subject, we have endeavoured always to place facts before the public, and. we have never .disguised the truth that the statements thus given have invariably been ob tained from such sources as to place their correctness beyond any possibility of honest dispute. The pecu liar position of the North American Company in being now left to work out the scheme of Atlantic steaming, and the attacks made on the Government support awarded the concern, require that we give some short outline of its history, and of the manner in which its present state of excellence has been attained. An erroneous idea prevails with the public that Mr. Cunard is the sole proprietor; and it is customary to term it "Cunard's line," whereas, in point of fact, the individual named is only one of the general proprietors. The British and North American Mail Company is composed of a party of about thirty gentleman, who are associated for the conveyance of these mails—Mr. Cunard, of Halifax; Mr. George Burns, of Glasgow; and Mr. David Mac Iver, of Liverpool, being the in dividuals recognised by Government as the con tractors. It differs from joint-stock concerns gene rally, to so far as the whole management is implicitly left to the two gentlemen named as the Glasgow and Liverpool contractors, who are not hampered or con fused. with board meetings or any other such ma chinery. We believe the partners originally came together and took up the undertaking on the repre sentation of these two gentlemen ; and would appear to have reposed such trust from a knowledge of their individual experience and fitness of managing the property aright. On the 4th of July, 1840, they commenced with the steamer Britannia—the first voyage of the contract service of carrying the mails across the Atlantic, for which the Government was under agreement to pay 60,0001. per annum. After about nine months' service, the managers drew the at. tention of their colleagues to the then condition of the concern, sho wing the result to be so unsatisfactory that it would be proper to get altogether out of it if possible, and that unless some additional assistance could be obtained from Government the whole pro perty must inevitably be lost—a true illustration of the advantages derived from management being centred in a few. A joint-stgek company might have prolonged the existence of such a con cern for a year, or even more, but it must be clear that in this case the conductors could have no purpose to serve beyond the simple and honest one of carrying on the business effectively, and with a just hope of fair remuneration to the parties whose capital was embarked ; but when convinced it could only be carried on at a loss, they properly determined to exert their utmost efforts in bringing the whole business to a stop. Owing to their having performed the public service with such efficiency, they obtained from the Government a hearing of their statements of revenue and expenditure, and were allowed to prove all that was advanced. The Accountant-General of the Navy, a gentleman from the Treasury, and another from the Admiralty, met together, and rigidly examined vouch ers for every account, beginning with the contract made with the builders and engineers, and so on up to the end of the nine months then expired. No in vestigation was ever of a more rigid description. Every separate account was examined and compared with the expenditure of those steamers under the im mediate control and direction of the Government, and to this searching tribunal of appeal every statement was made clear, even to the very letter. Notwith standing they had carried a large number of passen gers and light cargo besides, yet it was undeniably proved and acknowledged that the revenue derived from these sources, when added to the Government allowance of 60,000/. per annum, would not pay the expenditure of the ship; as to profit, that was entirely out of the question. On the Report made by the Navy Accountant-Ge neral, the contractors succeeded in getting an addi tional sum of 20,000/. per annum; but that rigid care of the public money which is generally found to pre vail in every branch of government, was exercised even in this extra grant. The additional 20,000/. was given on the distinct principle of what the steamers might be sailed for ; expenditure and revenue were the only considerations, without any provision being made for the owners, as merchants, entitled to some profit for capital invested. It is now two years since those steamers first commenced that duty they have so brilliantly performed; they have certainly brought success and popularity to the public service, and have done more to open new branches of commerce, as well as add to our previous intercourse, than anything ever before known. But, though this much has been secured in a public point of view, what has been its individual result to the owners as merchants, and, therefore, parties engaged with a view to profit? We are assured by honourable men, in whom we can place the utmost reliance, that the undertaking has not yielded any profit. Such a result, where the sum of 300,0001. has been embarked, would be a serious affair even under any circumstanegs, but how infinitely worse does it appear when we reflect on the energy and zeal here shown in the discharge of every duty contemplated in the scheme of service. The Government have been abused for giving, as it has been termed, a monopoly to the North American Company; and it is said that competition across the Atlantic by steam has been thereby destroyed. This abuse appears now and again 'under the signature of " Cerberus," and is evidently the ill-disguised venom of some unfortunate schemer, who would induce par ties to plunge headlong into some ruinous steam pro ject. We merely allude to this and such like attempts in order to show their real nature and objects, and as uniting with the facts mentioned, to prove beyond doubt that it is a mere fallacy to talk of competition in a matter of business where the whole revenue possi bly to be obtained would be vastly too little without some help from Government. The disclosure of the Great Western Steam-ship Company's affairs, as made at a late special meeting, is of a character not only to prove what was formerly asserted by the managers of the North American line, but it also demonstrates the utter madness of parties enteringon ocean steaming, apart from being connected with the mail service of the country. There can be no doubt but that all the voyages of the Great Western, even from her very commencement, successful and pros perous as they at first appeared, have been losses to the proprietors. When crammed full of passengers it could not be profitable, if the intention of a busi ness is to work to the end of a term of years in a healthy state. According to the statement of their accounts, submitted in April of the present year, the ship stands at upwards of sixty-one thousand pounds, and yet after having run several years they had a re served fund of a mere trifle towards her repair and future renewal. It is not fur us to set any amount as the present value of this very admirable vessel—it must be manifest that after enduring her great work, great depreciation must have taken place ; neither do we intend entering into the scientific andexperimental part of their proceedings—such as building extensive works, and also the enormous iron-steamer. Our object is to confine our remarks to what we know and have proved as a fact, that the conveyance of goods and passengers across the Atlantic, without help from I Government, is a hopeless case. We do not publish our remarks on the condition of the Great Western Steam-ship Company in any other than the best possible spirit., and should not have alluded to the losses that have befallen them, and which have so insidiously and gradually grown on their trading, had not the whole state of their affairs been publicly .made known., Another principal yea son of . adverting to it is, that we have reason to be lieve a scheme is proposed to bring out the concern in some other shape, such as getting the property from the bulk of the shareholders cheap, and then in ducing capitalists to come forward by the use of ar guments from this, and a fancied prospect of Govern ment helping them by a contract to convey the mails to and from New York. It is our duty to expose all such attempts, not only from their bad effects gene rally, but especially in the present case, when mate rial injury would befal the parties who have shown such extraordinary rigour in carrying out the North American mail contract. If the parties sought to be introduced into this new scheme were to have the property handed over to them in a free gift, it would be ultimately ruinous. It could not by any earthly probability return a profit of itself, but the very con trary, and therefore we would warn the public against any such projections. Any extra work required in carrying the American mails can easily be added to the service already performed by the present contract ors, and we should conceive it to be a matter of very little import to them whether their ships run to Boston or New York. There is one‘ other point we would remark •on in Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. reference to this subject, and which has been treated in the City article of the London Times with that Wonderful ability so observable in the daily metro politan journals. The absence of all experiments likely to incur risk is a distinguishing feature with the North American mail line. All the vessels are on certain well-tried principles. Experimental or theo retical science must not be brought to bear on At lantic steaming. On certainty and safety all its merits and recommendations depend. All persons, who consider what a limited thing a ship is for space, may dispose at once of the many theories for improve ment on engines, boilers, &c., which may have a feasibility of being at least worth trial on shore. Since the time of James Watt, so little new has been added to the stock of knowlOge regarding the steam-engine that we are forced to confess quackery has run riot in patents for improving engines, boilers, paddle-wheels, fuels, &c., &c., but that no real improvement has been made on the principle of such engines and boilers as are now used in the Navy and those present Atlantic steamers. We have taken thus much trouble in obtaining in formation of an authentic character from a sense of duty and conviction that in so treating the matter we render service to the whole mercantile public. The statements we have set forth are facts not to be disputed, and the straightforward manner in which all information has been rendered, whenever applied for, contributes in no small degree to stamp truth on all that has been asserted. The present is an age es pecially remarkable for bubble companies and stock jobbing trickery ; the whole trading community are pestered by a set of schemers, whoae ingenuity is per petually employed in devising new plausibilities, whereby they may gain advantages to themselves, without any regard for those whose means are trifled with. Any new contrivance in the shape of an At lantic Steam Company must of necessity come under such classification, as it cannot be originated with honest views of profit to shareholders, but, on the contrary, would swallow up any amount of capital embarked. It is a duty of the Press to aid in increas ing the efficiency of what exists, and to denounce whatever would have the effecb of impairing its in fluence and weakening its resources. THE STADE DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE , SUN. SIR,—In the treaty of 1691 between Sweden and Hamhurgh, when Stade belonged to Sweden, it was stipulated that a duty of one-sixteenth per cent. ad valorem should be imposed. It is now stated that the English Government has consented to increase the duty to one-eighth per cent. to the Hanoverian Go vernment, on the plea that the concessions granted by Hanover to England in 1736 were revocable, it being held out as a threat that they would be re voked if the demands of the Hanoverian Government were not complied with. It is to be hoped, that if the English Government has consented to double the amount of duties secured by the treaty of 1691, it has also taken care to render the concessions of 1736 now irrevocable. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Ilfracombe, Aug. 27, 1842. R. W. D. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ECCLES RACES—MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, and 20 added; for 3 yrs-old, ist 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 5 yrs, 9st 41b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 101 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. The second saves his stake. Twice round and a dis. (9 Subs.) Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs (Walton) 1 Mr. King's br Iby Muley Moloch, out of Lillah,; 3 yrs 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bennett's Inquisitor, 3 yrs ; Mr. James's Gasparoni, aged ; and Mr. Higgins's Fatalist. A very fine race. The Trafford Park Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. The second saves his stake. 3 yrs-old, 7st 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 10lb ; 5 yrs, 9st 41b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 1011; Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Winners once this year, 71b ; twice, 101bs. Heats, twice round and a dis. (5 subs.) Mr. J. King's br f by Muley Moloch—Lillah, 3 yrs Mr. Toke's Ermengardis, 4 yrs Won by a length. The Pony Race was WOTI. by Mr. Holland's Cupid. STOURBRIDGE RACES—MONDAY. The Prestwood Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Copeland's King Cole, aged, 9st ...(Marlow) 1 1 Mr. Speed's Emperor, 4:yrs,Bst 21b Mr. J. Taylor's f by Colwick, out of Game Lass 3 3 The East Worcestershire Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared, iPtith 50 added. Two miles. (Eight Subs.) Mr. Grazebrook's Miss Kitty Cockle, aged, Bst 21b (Calloway) 1 Mr. Flintoff's Wings, 6 yrs, ist 51b The Stand Purse of 50 sovs. Heats one mile and a quarter. Jones' Portrait, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Marlow) 4 1 1 Raworth's Chance, 5 yrs, 9st 61b Arthur's The Star, 4 yrs, Bst Mb 3 3 dr Flintoff's Wings, 6 yrs, 9st Charlton's Nix my Dolly, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2 dr ROWING MATCH. PococK AND JAMES MAYNARD.—The scullers' wager between these two men for 201, came -off on Monday, and was decided in favour of Pocock. We have rarely met a match in which the one so com pletely run away from the other, as in this match, to the dissatisfaction of many who had considered them selves good judges. Both men ply at Lambeth stairs, and have acquired considerable repute as scullers. They were generally considered an even match, but the result has proved the contrary. Pocock gained much note by defeating some good men in Lyon's sovereigns match this season, after he had almost been lost sight of as a waterman for half a dozen years, and Maynard, who had signalised himself in various contests, won the Vauxhall prize last season. Pocock took the lead from the first moment, had three lengths a head at the Horseferry, half a dozen at Vauxhall bridge, and continued gaining, winning easily. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUGUST 29.—Wind, this day at noon, S.W., light airs and cloudy. DEAL, Auc. 29.—Wind S.E., Camden, Armstrong, Quebec. Ski. Auriga, Hobart Town ; Riga, Honduras ; Prince Albert, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Wind E.—Arrd. Prince of Wales, London for Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, A uc. 29.—Arrd. Liverpool steamer, Gibraltar, left 18th inst., Cadiz 19th, Lisbon 22d, Oporto 2.3 th, and Vigo 26th. OFF SALCOMEE, AUG. 27.—Sir Isaac Newton, New York. FALMOUTH, AUG. 28.--Wind variable and light.— Arrd. off, Scotia, Campbell, Calcutta, left St. Helena 6th ult. ; Alexander Mansel, for Monte Video ; Glencaira, Newcastle, for Rio. LIVERPOOL, Auc. 29.—Wind S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Denison, Wright, Antigua ; Europe, New York. Sid. Dan, Rio. ABERDEEN, AUG. 27.—S1d. Heroine, Quebec. HULL, Ata. 29.—Wind N.N.E., light.—Arrd. Eng land's Queen, Tullock, New York. BRISTOL, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Englishman, Dyer, Africa; Dochfour, Wakeham. Quebec. NIGER EXPEDITION. Her Majesty's steamer Kite, from the coast of Africa, is reported to have arrived at Lisbon, having on board the remaining persons who formed this expedition. NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Tagus steamer arrived at Falmouth from the Mediterranean, spoke her Majesty's steamer Kite, steering fur Lisbon, from the Coast of Africa, last from Sierra Leone and Madeira, with the remnants of the crew and apparatus of the late Niger expedition. The Tagus received her despatches, but no details could be obtained. Mem.—A letter from Lisbon, dated Aug. 22, mentions the arrival of the Kite at that port, with the officers of the expedition on board, Witich is reported to be broken up. CAUTION TO MARINERS.—The wreck of a vessel of about 300 tons burden, (water-logged), was passed on the 19th inst., in lat., 49.29 N., and lon. 11 W. in a very dangerous position, and in the immediate track of vessels bound for the British Channel. A heavy sea running at the time her name could not be ascertained. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Pigeon, London to New foundland, 18th inst., lat. 50. lon. 16, by the Maria Ce cilia, arrived off the Start. Orpheus, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, June 12, 40 miles from the River Plate, by the Navigator, arrived off Cork. Flora, of Poole, 10th inst., lat. 47, lon. 24, by the Julia, arrived in the River. Beethoven, Liverpool to Rio, IGth inst., lat. 49, lon. 14 ; Waterwitch, of Belfast, 19th inst., lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Hugh Wallace, arrived in the River. Celia, Brest to Quebec, Bth inst., lat. 45, lon. 55, by the Penelope, ar rived at Cork. Congo, Bonny to Bristol, 23d ult., lat. 20, lon. 34 ; Ara, Rio to Rotterdam, 11th inst., lat. 37, lon. 36, by the Yarmouth, arrived at Cork. Admiral de Ruyter, Amsterdam to Batavia, 15th ult., lat. 13, lon. 24; Ceres, Rotterdam to Batavia, 16th ult., lat. 13, lon. 26 ; Tagus, from Sunderland, 15th inst., lat. 48, lon. 15 ; Messenger, London to Boston, 17th inst., lat.. 48, lon. 14; Erfprinses van Orange, Rotterdam to Batavia, 19th inst., lat. 49, lon. 9, by the JongeJacobus, arrd. in the Downs. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrival.—Scotia, Campbell, from Bengal, off Fal mouth, sailed 20th Feb., Madras lith March, St. He lena 6th July. Arrivals at St. Helena.—William Carey and Eliza both, June 30, from Calcutta, and both sailed Ist July for London • Woolsington, Pearson, July 1, from Cey lon, and sailed Ist to London ; Timor, from Java, and sailed 2d to Dordrecht ; Justinia, Loader, 2d from Ben gal, and sailed sth to London ; Louvre, Blackler, from Batavia to Boston •, 'Willem, from Padang, and sailed sth to Rotterdam ; Paris, Baudin, from Mauritius, and sailed 6th to Bordeaux; Andromeda, Coltish, from Ben gal, and sailed sth to London; Ocean Queen, from Mau ritius, and sailed sth to London ; Agrippina, 3d from Ceylon, and sailed 4th, to London ; Stratheden, Wolfe, 4th, from Bombay to London ; Christina, Simpson, 4th, from Bombay, and sailed, 6th, to Liverpool ; Thomas Hoult, Uppleby,. sth, from Singapore, and sailed, sth, to L on d on ; Medic's, Maniese, 6th, from Bengal to Havre ; Courier, Baigrie, 6th, from the Cape, passed to London. Departures from St. Helena.—Harvest Home, Small, July 5, to Trinidad; Enchantress, Cormack, to Liverpool. Arrival at Fayal.—William Jardine, Crosbie, August 13, from Sydney, and sailed 13th to London. Arrival at Berbice.—Egyptian, Skelton, July:4, from St. Helena. Arrival at St. Kitts.—West Indian, July 20, from St. Helena, and sailed to Jamaica. Arrival in Table Bay, Cape of Good 110pe...-Amity, Warner, Juno 18, from London. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WINDSOR CASTLE, Auc. 27, 1842. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Charles George Young, Esquire, Garter Principal King at Arms ; to invest him with the gold chain and badge, and to deliver to him the sceptre of the office of Garter. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 26. _ _ In consideration of the distinguished . gallantry dis played by the 13th Light Infantry, during the cam paigns in the Burmese empire and in Affghanistan, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of that Regiment assuming the title of the 13th, or Prince Albert's, Regiment of Light Infantry, and of its facings being , changed from yellow to blue. Her Majesty has also been pleased to authorise the 13th Regiment of Light Infantry being permitted to bear on its colours and appointments, a " mural crown," super scribed " Jellalabad," as a memorial of the fortitude, perseveiance, and enterprise, evinced by that Regiment, and the several corps which served during the blockade of Jellalabad. Her Majesty has b:en likewise pleased to permit the lath Regiment to receive and wear a silver medal, which has been directed by the Governor-General of India to be distributed to every officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, European and Native, who belonged to the garrison of Jellalabad on the 7th of April, 1842, such medal to bear on one side a mural crown, super scribed " Jellalabad," and on the other side, " 7th April, 1842.." WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 30, 1842. 19th Regt. of Foot—MajorC. C. Hay to be Lieutenant- Colonel., by purchase, vice Hamilton, who retires ' • Cap tain J. Semple to be Major, by purchase, vice Hay ; Lieutenant H. Calley to be Captain, by purchase vice Semple ; Ensign H, J. M. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Calley ; C. K. Skeete, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Campbell, Aug. 30. 33d Foot—Lieut. J. Knight to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Smith, who retires ; Ensign H. U. Burke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Knight ; H. Trower, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burke, Aug. 30. 49th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class W. M. Ford to be Surgeon, vice French, promoted on the Staff, Aug. 30. 53d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon T. G. Logan, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice.Maclean,promoted on tho Staff, Aug. 30. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff-Assists,nt- Surgeon J. Mar shall to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Ford, appointed to the 49th Foot, Aug. 30. MEDIORANDU3I.—The commission of Lieut. H. Blair, as Adjutant of the ad Foot, is to be antedated to 9th Nov. 1.841. The commission of Ensi g n J. Jones, as Adjutant of the 37th Foot, is to be antedated to 2d April 1842. The names of the Colonel, on half-pay of the Royal Staff Corps as Lieutenant. Colonel, are Henry Du Vernet Grosctt Muirhead. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. —John Battersby, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Boode, re rimned, Aug. 24. The following . places have been duly registered for solemnizing marriages therein; pursuant to the Act 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 85 : The Baptist Meeting-house, Braintree, Essex. Ebenezer Chapel, Worle, Somersetshire. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM MEARNS, shawl dealer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BOWLER, carpenter, Walsall, to surrender Sept. 14 and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Harding, Birmingham ; Stafford, Bucking ham-street, Strand. THOMAS THOMPSON, tanner, Hambleton-in-the- Fylde, Lancashire, Sept. 20 and Oct.ll, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston. Wagstaff, Son, and Lash, War rington ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. AUGUSTUS APPLEGATII, silk-printer, Cray ford, Kent, Sept. 7, at half-past one, and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official-assignee ; Marsden and Pritchard, Newgate-street. ANDREW GULLIFER GIFFORD, wino merchant, Mark-lane, Sept. 9, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Hook, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. THOMAS SMITH GOODE, merchant, Manchester, Sept. 9 and Oct. 11, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle temple, London ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. GEORGE WARDEN, innkeeper, Leicester, Sept 8, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Castle of Leicester. Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Douglas, Market Harborough. JOSEPH FISHER; boatwright, Snairiton, Notting hamshire., Sept. 8, and Oct. 11, at three, at the King's Head, Loughborough. Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury square, London ; Hucknall, Loughborough. EDWARD CORAIL hosier, Bristol, Sept. 6, at two, and. Oct. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Ashurst, Cheapside, London. LOUIS COQUEREL, hotel keeper, Leicester-street, Leicester-squni e, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, °fa cial assignee ; Mullins and Pattison, Great James-street, Bedford-row. GEORGE BODDINGTON, coach builder, Warwick, Sept. 12, at eleven, and Oct. 12, at half-past two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. Watson and Broughton, Falcon-square, London ; Briggs, Leicester. WILLIAM BURTON, miller ' Hutton, Yorkshire, Sept. 6, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Vane Aries Hotel, Stockton, Durham. Perkins, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Wilson and Faber, Stockton-on-Tees. CHARLES BIGGS, merchant, Manchester, Sept. 13, and Oct. 11, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms Man chester. Milne Parry, Milne, and Morris, ' Temple, London ; Jesse, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingliall-street. W. Crowther, coach maker, Charles -street, Middlesex Hospital, Sept. 22, at two. In the Country. It. Morris, timber merchant, Chepstow, Monmouth shire, Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Beaufort Arms Inn, Monmouth—C. Dean, E. Cope, and W. Tomlinson, jun., ironmasters, Birmingham, Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Wa terloo-rooms, Birmingham—T. W. Wright and G. W. Hyde, dyers, Nottingham, Sept. 22, at eleven, at the George .the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—l. Hooky, miller, Nottingham, Sept. 22, at three, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—W. Barker and S. Adams, hosiers, Nottingham, Sept. 22, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—ll. W. Jackson, wine merchant, Ha verhill, Essex, Sept. 20, at three, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Saffron Walden—J. Lloyd, tanner, Beaumaris, An glesey, Sept. 21, at twelve, at the Uxbridge Arms otel, Carnarvon—J. Haughton, cotton spinner, Blackburn, Lancashire, Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester—W. Hounsfield, commission mer chant, Manchester, Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Pickering, wine mer chant. Loughborough, Leicestershire, Oct. 11, at four, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough—C. Hilton, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. 20, at ten, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. B. Price and J. Ed wards, bankers, Shrewsbury, Sept. 27, at twelve, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury—W. ICent, cordwaincr, Burton upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Sept. 21, at twelve, at the New Inn, Derby—J. Garry, brassfounder, Manchester, Sept. 21, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manches ter—T. Sleemin, wine merchant, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol — J. Evans, ironfounder, Darwen, Lancashire, Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Bolton-le-Moors — E. Bevan and M. Yates, merchants, Bristol, Sept. 27, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—T. W. Gibbs, soap maker, Cathay, Bristol, Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATESSEPT. 20. T. Woodman, farmer, Great Billington, Bedfordshire —J. Hopkins, butcher, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire —E. Paine, drysalter, Liverpool—W. Durrant, coal mer chant, Southwick, Sussex—T. Endicott, innkeeper, Bath —J. Mills, ship owner, Clapham—S. H. Crosswell, wine merchant, Walbrook' City—W. Powell, brass founder, Bi rm ingham—S. P. Gladstone, shipwright, Poplar. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Watts and F.- R. Mason, Oxford-street—J. Wright and W. Dodsworth, machine makers, Bradford, York shire—J. Housman and J. Woodcock; logwood manufac turers, Pendleton, Lancashire—T. Jevons, W. Jevons, jun., T. Jevons, T. Wood, and D. Smith, Venalt Iron Works, Glamorganshire—W. Davison, G. Davison, and B. Bell, farmers, Embleton, Northumberland — H. King ham and J. Dell, confectioners, Richmond. Surrey—W. Medland and R. Edwards, wine merchants, St. Neots, Hnntingdonshire—S. and M. D. Scott, mercers, Carlisle —G. G. Aylmer, J. H. R. Curzon, R. Ferguson, J. Dixon, J. Longridge, M. Warwick, and J. Hodgson, common brewers, Carlisle (so far as regards J. Hodgson) —P. Fletcher, B. Fletcher, jun., and J. Fletcher, plumbers, Burnley, Lancashire—T. Woodcock, J. Wood cock, and A. F. Haliburton, coal miners, Wigan, Lan cashire—W. Roebuck and B. Tasker, dyers, Leeds—M. Sayce, W. Sayce, T. Lane, and T. Pritchard, coal pro prietors, Mynydd-mawr, armar thenshire (so far as re gards T. Pritchard)—W. B. Earl and T. Harrison, timber merchants, Sunderland, Durham — S. Bayley, W. Ads head, John W. Nowell, J. W. Nowell, J. W. Christmas, and C. J. Christmas, cement manufacturers, Rotherhithe (so far as regards J. W. Christmas)—J. and A. Beaton, tailors, Islington—J. Relph and J. Witham, warehouse men, Mitre-court, Milk-street—W. E. Staite and J. H. Ash, iron merchants, Bristol—J. Bromley and W. G. Newton, coach proprietors, Manchester—G. Haworth and E. Briggs, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire— Ja. Bower, sen., Jn. Bower, Ja. Bower, jun., 11. Wood, C. Grosvenor, and J. Lee, coal miners, Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Bower)—J. Challice and R. Druitt, surgeons, Bruton-street—J. Worthington and A. Bentley, flax spinners, Wortley, Yorkshire—W. Elam and B. Rhodes, card makers, Heckmondvvike, Yorkshire —T. and W. Fanein, merchants, Dublin. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. CHARLES GALLI, picture dealer, Edinburgh, Sept. 6,and 27, at three, at the Old Si g net Hall, Edinburgh. JAMES ROBERTSON, wood merchant, Dumfries, Sept. 6 and 27, at two, at the King's Arms, Dumfries. JOHN ROBERTSON, shipowner, Dumfries, Sept. 6 and 27, at one, at the King's Arms, Dumfries. NEILL CAMPBELL M'LAREN, accountant, Glas gow, Sept. 2 and 23, at twelve, at Brook's Coffee-house, Glasgow. ALEXANDER PEEBLES, millwright, Glasgow, Sept. 5 and 26, at two, at the Chambers of A. Fletcher, Glasgow. JOHN - DRYSDALE mid SON , manufacturers, Bal birnie, Sept. 5 and 29, at twelve, at the National Inn, Kirkcaldy. ROBERT CURROR. Dunduff, Fifeshire, Sept. 6 and and 23, at one, at the Spire Inn, Dunfermline. BATH.—Steps are being taken for the purpese of making a public cemetery in the neighbourhood of this city. Thu un wholesome practice of int err ing in towns and cities is now occupying a good deal of public utten tion.—Sornerset County Gazette. Y MI