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• • , _____ .. .moRNING- SUN. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI".II3- . l • l- s if'..4 --. .. _ k D a , ,' `'PION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS awl , j ''''' -"e' ..o 4 ..., `"ENINGS except SAa iIIIDAY F.VENINGS. . . o s -ewe 1 4 14 , S,Elit ES tif entirely NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ie. '' - r; '': 4 p- rating CONSTANT IN. ,PLE and the SCENERY of the , s ' ? i kt it o T P' 3 PI - 10RUS, by Wrench and Snnth. 'I he FIRE of the ' IN . . - 4- 41 1 " - ) WER of LONDON, -pith the Military Signals continued. . • . - • 11A PR --- WISE AND I3AIN'S ELECTIIO MAGNETIC CLOCKS , on %lists principle one, on a large scale, is at _ s - t %; . :or kin front of the I n stitution. Wt'IGHT and BAIN'S -- ___ ' TRAIN PATENT ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAILWAY j"Alisl CONTROLLER. New and varied LECTURES, No. 15,389. . LONDOIS i " , apted to the taste of the Juvenile. Visitors. will be delivered 'ging the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The MICRO- -- : '''..,'''GPE, DIVING BELL and DIVER, ORRERY, 2,000 HIGH SCHOOL OF GLASGOW. eIOVERNMENT LONG and TERMI , • VIEW eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity, &c. &c. A M.R. D'ORSEY, ENGLISH MASTER, ‘...A MINABLE ANNUITIES.-The attention of the DEL of CANTON,by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MO- can receive a RESIDENT PUPIL, who will enjoy Holders of the above Annuities, which end in the Years 1859 - ' of the UNDERCLIFF, of the Isle of Wight, and va- the combined advantages of Public and Private Education.- and 1860, is directed to the elaborate and lows-published Rates ' P ° o% COSMORAMIC PICTURES,:are added to the Even. Only Two admitted. of the PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE AND AN , 'ne Exhibition. A Prospectus will be sent on application. NUITY COMPANY, for DEFERRED SUM and DE ` Admission to the whole, One Shilling. ; -- sacrifice from their Incomes, they can secure, when the above t ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU- SAINT MARYLEBONE, DEC. 30, 1841. Funds shell terminate, either a certain Sum, or an Annuity TO BRICKMAKERS, &c.-BREEZE. Ti Oil.-CL &SS LECTURES, coatmencing the first during the remainder of the Holder's Life. week in January. The Vestrymen of this Parish hereby give Notice, that they M. SAWARD, Secretary. ' will meet in the Vestry-room of the Court-house of the said 1 , C HEMISTRY, under the direction ol JOHN RYAN, `". Do LL.D ,M.R. C. S &c. Parish, on Saturday, the 15th day of January, 1842, at Eleven 9, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London. o'Clock in the Forenoon, to RECEIVE TENDERS from ENGINE DRIVERS' . i , , assisted by a practical E.ngineer and Engine Driver. A. - SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe e.XPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, under the manage- ASHES of the said PARISH, for One Year, from the 31st Asir London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per moot of Professor G. H. BACHIFIOFFNER, Ph. D. day of the said January. dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, li inch diameter, STEAM ENGINE and STEAM NAVIGATION CLASS, Payment of one quarter of the year's Contract Money must Is. 3d. per foot •; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders, for Naval Officers and others. P ERSPECTIVE, as applied to Mechanics, Engineering, Ar chitecture, and the Fine Arts generally, by JAMES SMITH, C. E. and Architect. The Mathematical Class is continued as heretofore. . The. above Lectures will be illustrated by an extensive col-lection of the best Models and Diagrams. A • spacious and complete Laboratory is attached to the be made to the said Vestrymen at the signing of the Contract, and be continued to be aid one quarter in advance throughout 4 11 1 ;!g 9 s. the Contract. The Pariah is divided into Five . Divisionsfor . the purpose of Contracting for the Breeze, particulars of which, with the form of the . Contract and Tender, may be had of the Surveyor, Mr. Robert Scace, at the Ccurt.house, from Twelve till One o'clock daily. All Tenders to be sealed, and no Tender will be received SUPERIOR ef' LONDON TABLE CUTLERY IVAR RANTED.-TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 6 14s. r. vr dozen ; Dessert Knives, 1 Is. ;Carvers, 4s. d. peopm , able Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape. Tea urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Pa Tier M . acke Tea trays, gothic shape, 50s; the set o f full size?. Catalogues, after Eleven o'Clock on the said 15th day of January. Institution. containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery By Order of the Vestry, „ P respectuses and further information may be obtained on ap- C. FLOOD, Vestry-Clerk. Article necessary to the furnishing of it house of any site,_ 25 Il d eltion to Mr. R. J. Longbottom, Secretary, at the Institu , 19 0, 309, Regent-street. N.B. 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YOUNG, Secretary. taro, by H. Marshall, Esq. at the Tower JA N . ..... 1 . 2 3 4 5 6 7 • eeDie.... ,England' Toole t t, 94 1341.' 8 ' 9 10 11 12 13 14 England's Wooden Walls-The Examinations at Addiscombe ' ,e; NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY Monarch Di s t ri b ution of the Arm y and 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Historical Yarns and Shakings Navy, with all the Naval and je LIF E FOR GRANTING 29 30 31 & Forcing the Dardanelles in Military Intelligence of the ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANN UITIE S, c. 1 2 3 4 1807 Month FEB ! • . . . No. 26, CORNHILL. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Anecdotes of Rodney's, Fleet , , Capital £500,000. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 The NeW Year being a favourable opportunity for corn/nesse 4't Empowered by Special Act of Parhamept. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 tug a periodical, those who may desire to take in the United DIRECTORS. Service Magazine, are requeseed to give their orders imme- 26 27 28 , T. 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Policieofor Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any , - 11 12 13 14 la 16 17 ' other Office, with option of centinusmce_for Life, at the usual IN THE PRESS, TO BE READY sgottn.Y„, , 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 . rates. S OME ANSWER to the inquiry, '. Why are • • 25 , 26 27 28 29 30 ‘'l DEFERRED ANNUITIES. you become a Catholic!" in a letter to a friend, by the JULY ..... ...„ .... ..• . • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The best and meet varied provision for after life hitherto Rev. RICHARD WALDO SIBTHORP, 8.D., late Minister , . fered-X2 1 of- of St. James's Church, Ryde, Isle 'of Wight. 9 10. 11 12 13 - 14 15; give the -. per ertomn (Is. per week! at 20, will at 65 16 ' 17 18 19 20 2l '22 PolicY-ho'llter'the choice of an annuity of £ 47 iris. 6d., London : Charles Dolman, 61, New Bond-street. , _,.° l ' £849:115.. cash, or r aolicy at death of £466. Similar ad- ,23 9 4 25 26 27 28 29 HANDSOME PRESENT FOR THE NURSERY.' 40 31' vantages at 50, 55, a 6 0-Two-thirds payments lent at any j , . • time, mad Two-thirds eeterned in ease" 44 premature death. . ' This day is•published, price 3e., . A ITGUST. ..... •• ~ The detailed Plans, aud Last Anoint Re.port to be had at This NEW CHAPTER of KINGS:` or, 6 • 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 " Office, at any of its Branches, or ors application will be JL 'the 'HISTORY' oreENGLVVID in MINIATURE, 'lB 14 ,15 16 17 18 , Ift forwarded post free. for the Use of Children, with Forty Illustrations,' including a. 20 21 '22 23 24 25 ...26 • ' SEPT 27 28 ,29 30 31 F. FERGUSON CAMROUX , Secretary'. complete Series of Portraits •from 1 2 ' WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR to QIITEEN VICTORIA. . • • ; NOTICE. —You will frequently see. published, London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgat e -street. ' 3 ,t 5 6 7 8 9 accounts . of the extraordinary curative powers of 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 • PARR'S LIFE PILLS. The names of most of the Parties B LACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MA. ~ . 17 le 19 20 21 22 23 there mentioned are well known to the public as gentlemen 24 25 26 27 - 28 29 30 whose'cliaracters stand high in societ, and whose unsolicited GAZINE, No. CCCXV.,.for JANUARY. '0CT...... 1 2 3 4 5 ti 7 .., CONTENTS :—4 . a testimony must place the , e facts beyondpossibility of con t ra 1 philo so phy o f Herodotus-e-11, The, World of Londote l a 9 10 11 12 .13 14 .. - I. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 . i , tt!etion• Theyhave also kindl \'• promised to answer the immi. Part 8-111. The Spy-IV. Sketches of Italy. No. B-V. ;,+, , rte of . any . earlier, wh o desire flit ther particulars. These faCts Impostures-VI. The j-leiressand her Friends-V 11. Paris': - . 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ‘,. have . tatesthe effect of creating an immense demand for the B Cl . ir s o i n in tcle: of th&C . ite, :; VIII. The frisoner . of Ghent:, 111 9 9 30 31 , medicine, and, as is always the casp, when this large sale b 1 2 3 4 Legend el St. By Det Nov cattle known, ceelein upprincipl e d adventurers' immediately set ` I IC., Thr t d s.-. ht Puestn- )4 14 TAe . Deserted Village- Is o about preparieg,and offering to the public variouteonnterfeits. 3E11...1'en Ve Y a r Wof tiie Whigs. Ilieir stet ements 4 ex,hibit the mess ,unbtuehing effrontery, jwhich '. 4 1 1 7111ium Blackwood aids Sons,' PaUnliurgh, ,and 22;Pa11-inall, ,71conceiled uder pleuilble pretexts, calculetedao *mite the lonaoh. ' "..- - • „ teary. - There is fortunately, bowever, &proteetion for the - • ' 4 - '-' ' ' k .'"' 3s 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 , 20 21 22 2:3 24 25 4 .. , ~ 26„ g 7 28 , , 29 30 DEc. 1 2 , 8 9 V., "Ptalie in Ike Government Stamp ; and 'although needy shop- 'NEW WORK ON DEBILITY, &c. 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 i ba4pers may attempt, for the sake of larger gain, to force the - Just published, price 45.; or serit by Post, free, Sc., a 18 19 20 21 1 2 3 - '. e eputious sort upon ynu, he sure you purchase' none without the QELF-PRESERVATION ; a Popular Essay 24 25 26 27 2S j 29 30 • 'ernordsl'tßßLS LLF .,. EPIL LS are engraved 'oh 'the Govern- 1,..7 on the Concealed Causes of those•obscure and neglected I 31' ' " ''..,-:*;',-,:,„,..".',.• 77. - • ' „= - •.7 , - -,, ......._...,... _O' ...--,..... e.....e,_,,,.,, 1' I.Llf c'' • - lr TA 1 - - .O. vI • ~),t • ,„ , ..10.7 C ( 1 / I( 1 4 *4 r . r lTh•• : 0 11 * I ‘ Z ° 4t . a,k • • t t ririt f " , ~. .• • ,~ 7410414 4 / 1:!' „.. 5: = "6 - , •-; 4 s 14111111 1111,. :" S # . /11.1...., At ( H/x. 36 0 " /hit A rr ..- OIT ? 4 441 u net 94t1, 11AZ DI E. dp,, r 9. • MORNING SUN. .__ ~. , LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1842. PRICE 5d tion to quash the presentment. Reasbns to befiled to-morrow morning, at which time the motion will probably be. argued. ThiS matter has created great' excitement, filled the city with - rumours, and not a few. wvith fear and trembling, as the Grand Jury state that they have others in course of investigation. Nerily, the day :of roguery and finance seems to be ? nearly run. The only fear now is that the Court will not join heartily in the work commenced by the Grand Jurv.—Nous vekron.s. The evidence on the part of the complaint,.be fbre the Court-martial sitting for the trial of Captain Bolton, was concluded to-day. The de fence will, open to-morrow„ That he will be ho nourably acquitted seems now to be conceded by all. and the explosions, and defalcations, and deve lopments that will occur will astonish both this country and Enrope. Already the ball has been opened in Philadelphia, where the Grand Jury have presented Nicholas Biddle, Samuel Jau don, Cowperthwaite, and others, for conspiracy and fraud, and ask the Criminal Court . to have them arrested, and - direct bills of indictment to be found against them. This has occasioned a terrible stir in Philadel phia, particularly among the pious and fashion able financiers of that city, and if: properly persevered in by the Judges of the Court, and the prosecuting law officers, may yet lead to 'some strange developments. We thus can show to England that our Juries, at least, are upright. Judge Gridley asto nished the people of England by his impartiality 'in the trial of M'Leod ; and we will yet show our forefathers of the old world that their children have not degenerated, but are as virtuous as ever they were. It only remains for the Judges in Philadelphia to do their duty, regardless of con sequences, and thus wipe away the odium from this country, which the numerous bank frauds have heretofore cast upon it. !to come towards us until within two hundred yards, when a very heavy sea swamped her, covering her entirely. The sea was now so ',high that it was impossible to lower our own boat with any degree of safety. The ship now heaving forged ahead of the boat ; we wore around and pre pared rope's and spars to heave to them, but, in the wearing, we fell much to' the leeward, and could not fetch so near them as before. We continued to make short tacks by wearing until ten minutes' past ele ven o'clock, and could frequently see the boat. bottom up, far to the windward. The boat had a varnished bottom and green streak, with four men in her. During this time, broke slings off foresail and split reefed main sal and jib.--New Orleans Bulletin, Dec. 2. By the packet barque Orb, Watts, from Kingston, Ja maica, we learn that the scarlatina prevails over the whole island, and is sweeping off great numbers.— Baltimore American. The business in stocks to day was light, at a further decline in the price of State Fives, Girard Bank, Mechanics', and fact almost all that of fered. Exchange on New York 6 3.8 prem. Forrest drew a rousing house last night at the National, and never appeared to be in better spirits or more capable of delighting his audi ence. The house at the Chesnut was thin. William Milnor, who some time since forged a check for nearly two thousand dollars on the Bank of the Northern Liberties of this city, in the name of Adam H. : Hinkle, is now in prison, having been committed . a few weeks ago by the Mayor - ..., His accomplice in the crime, and who is believed to be the instiga-, for to the commission of it, is still at large. It appears they left the city together, and went to Pittsburg, where Milnor was robbed by his colleague, and left perinilcis. After which he determined upon •returnix4 to this city, and, giving himself up to jas'oce, and did so. The other no doubt is in Texas by this time. Samuel M'Henry, late Chief Justice of Harrison county, Virginia, has been tried for stealing slaves, and convicted of the offence by the jury. General Doty has been unsuccessful in his attempt to negotiate with the Winnebage Indians for a cession of their lands and their removal to the north-west. FROM AFRICA. ANOTHER BRITISH OUTRAGE.—We have received by the Atalanta and William, intelligence from Africa to the Ist of October. CIRCULATION OF THE FREE BANKS, AND VALUE OF THE SECURITIES PLEDGED FOR ITS REDEMPTION. MARKET VALUE CIRCU BANKS. • OP SECURITIES. LITTON. Agricultural Banl , 33,41¢ 49,000 Clinton Bank Mechanics' Banking Association Farmers' Bank, Orleans - ,'. 64,340 ".. 105,894 Lockport Bank and Trust ' 99,380 166,800 Niiw York State Stook Security .4‘4964 34;54 4freharts' and Farmers' Bank v:,f Syracuse - -• 39,i86 11:400 ' Farmers' and Merchants', Genesee 24,86-1 44,093 Bank of Kinderhook Powell Bank • 64,300 160,250 Bank of Central New York Bank of Silver Creek 23,295 43,800' Exphange Bank, Genesee , • 37,372 ' 65,312 GenCsee County Port Plain Bank 47,162 80,040, - Bank of Attica Ballston• Spa, Farmers' Bank, Hudson 1944cantile Bank, Schenectady .... . Bank of Watertown Albany Exchange Bank ' 36,900 60,350 Bank of Lowville 40,575 53 . ,000 Bank of Waterville 38,725 73,184' Bank of Corning American Exchange-Bank 121,200 274,851 Manufacturers', Ulster Bank of - Mbitestown . 50,000 66,000 Pine Plains Bank Canal Bank, Lockport Howard Trust and Banking ..., . 31,625./ 43,000 'Washington County Bank Bank of Commerce 240,000 299,840 Commercial Bank, Troy ...... • 24,300 46,000 Bank of Vernon mohawkr - v - airey ;New York Banking Company Commercial, RoeheiOr )141iddletown Bank - Vela:ware Bank 37,9Q0 60,978 Fanner's, Geneva . Farmers' and Mechanics', Rochester 19,800 38,900 . Bank of Danville Farmers' and Drovers', Somers 22,950 55,830 Farmers', Amsterdam -Bank of Albion Exchange Bank, Roch e ster ' - 12,250 21,600 `Hamilten Bank - Bank of BrOckport - ' 18;250 26,000 The brig Tribune of New Orleans from Charleston was at Galenas. She had lost nearly all hands by fever. Her Captain and one boy only left. Another outrage had been committed on an Ame rican vessel by a British cruiser. We understand that her Britannic Majesty'_ brig Dolphin boarded the Wil liam, which 'arrived. yesterday, whilst she was at Galenas, and whilst , j)er officers were below. The seamen of the 'Dolphin broke open the hatches of the schooner and overhaled the cargo, using insulting lan page-to-all on board. The Dolphin hits boarded three or roar other American ve,seisi4ind treated their officers in a very insolent manner. We trust she will soon fall in with the slaver that lately so handsomely whipped her Britannic Majesty's ship Iris. We learn from rifrica's Luminary, of the 30th August, that her Britannic Majesty's vessels of war cruising upon • the coast, are instructed by their Government to refrain from searching vessels sailing un d er th e U n i te d States' I ,' • colours, and having. American papers. Reverend Jabez Aiken Burton, A.M., Principal of the , Liberia Mission Conference Society in Monro Via, is dead. In' consequence of the death of Thomas Buchanan, •.Governor of Liberia, Joseph J. Roberts, Esq., by virtue of being Lieutenant-Governor, is thereby charged with the Executive authority of that Commonwealth. Salt and fresh vegetable and animal food, continued to be very scarce at Liberia. Rice makes its appearance srowly ; flour was out of the market, „and the common market products were,doled ou t w i t h a sparing hand. A large emigration has lately left Sierra Leone for Kingston, in Jamaica.' Also a considerable number from •the same place, for Trinidaii. Brig Splendid, from the'' United States, had arrived .out. Schooner Regains 'sailed froth Monrovia, Sept. 18th, for Sierra Leone. PROSECUTION OF THE 'UNITED STATES' BANK.- (Prom a Correspondent. of the New York "Jerald.) THE GRAND JURY OF PHILADELPHIA, AND THEIR PRESENTMENT OF THE OFFICER:4 OF THE LATE UNITED . RTAVER BANK. It seems that the country cannot go into liqui dwtion and settlement of its accounts and adopt retrenchment and reform in its expenses in a plain and honest way ; but each portion in its turn must vie with the other, in a resort to trick, stratagem, 'and chicanery, in order that a few may encounter the evils as well as bear the' burdens belonging .to thu,inany. We have a bold game of this sort attempting to be played off in our city at this timet i brough the medium of the grand jury now in sessions ; subject, the dead monster United ' State 4 - Batik, and several of her late officers. Videlicet, Mr. Austin Montgomery, living in Arch:street; 'addressed the following letter to the grand jury : ." I charge Nicholas 'Biddle, Joseph Cowperthwaite, Thornas'llunlap, Samuel Jaudon, and John Andrews, With fraud and theft, in taking and using for their own benefit, and accommodating their friends, the money be longing to the stnekboldeis of the United States Bank, is WO they are liberally paid to guard and not to abuse, 'My proof is the report of the mvestigating Committee, made to the stockholders in April, 1841. As to the idea of the above being a breach of trust only, 'tis not so— 'tis too idle and insulting to be pretended or entertained for one moment. Away with it, then, and for ever.. Those men were servants and paid for their services—so are your family dOmestics, to whom you give in charge your plate and other valuables. *tut if they appropriate • it or them to.themselves, they are unhesitatingly charged with and proceeded against as for theft—and why not N. Biddle and the rest?" This rain document induced the Grand Jury, who are composed of plain good meaning citi zens, to hantriff a paper to the Court on Satur day.last,:entifteda presentatent, in which, after saying their attention, had:' been - ealled to the matter by the above letter, which was annexed, and they had examined the pompittee, &c., who had made the report in ARIA, they request the Court'uldirect the Attorney-General to send up to them hills of'indictment as follows :—Against, Ist. N. .Biddle, S. Jaud!,M, Ji Andrews, and others, to the Jury unknown, forentering into a copspiracy to defraud ,the stockholders of the Bank of the United States of the sum or sums of 4,000,009 dollars in the year 1836, and endca 7 vowing to conceal the same by a f rau d u l ent entry in 1840. Mumbo-Jumbo, or African God of the Woods, who seems to be, to the Afri cans on th e G am bi a coast, w h at the "Country Devil" to the tribes around Liberia, has been shot, much to the joy of the people. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. DEC. 15.—The sales at the Stock Board have been small to-day, and rates hive not' changed materially. Indiana Bonds fell -g- per, cent. ; Illinois rose 1; ; North Junction deelinedi. per •cent. ; Mohawk a ; Paterson rose 1 ; Sales of Bills on Phil a d e lphi a G 1 ; Harlem t to 7 ; Mobile 10 to 12 ; Cincinnati 10 to 14. This is bill day for the Boston steamer, that takes her departure to-morrow. A moderate business in bills only was done yesterday, and rates presented but little varia • tion from those of the last packet. The exports of produce to Prance have thus far been larger this year than last, and• the supply of bills on that quarter has consequently been good. On London, however, there is not so many bills offering, owing to the unto ward state of the English market having prevented the free export of produce. To-day the Southern mails failed, the supply of bills not being equal to the demand. There was an improvement in prices. The shipments of specie have now nearly ceased. There is still,.however, a great degree of caution among capitalists, chiefly arisin„e• from the great discredit grow ing out of the position'of the State debts: The influen ces of those defalcations extend through every descrip tion of borrowing . paper ; and, while the banks eagerly .seek after good business paper, the generality of paper offering cannot be done short of.l a 11 per cent. per month. „ Just published, price 4s. ; or sent by Post, free, bs., ELF-PRESERVATION ; a Popular Essay 1...7 on the Concealed Causes of those. obscure and neglected Disorders of the Genertive System, originating in certain ifblilasy babts, Toinlirulfeesses; aritsfectivis, auct - ternaiirating in Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Gonorr hcea, Syphilis, Indigestion. Insanity, and Consumption. With Practical Observations on MARRIAGE, and on the Ana tomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain directions for their perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LA'MFRT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 21, FALKNER-STREET, MANCHESTER, THE NEW ItU The following is a table of I statement of the New Import E the Russian Government upon low, and which come into operatil We also annex the Old Tariff fol SIAN-TARIFF. the New Tariff, which gives a )uties about to be imposed by various articles mentioned be nn on the Ist of January, 1842. r the sake of comparison : 24. N. Biddle J. Cowperthwaite, T. Dunlap, and oth6W, — iiiihe Jury unknown, fir entering into a conspiracy to dethud, & - e., the stockholders of the Bank of the United States, during the years 1836,1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840, by which the stockholders have been defrauded out of the sum or sums of money. exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. OTIC E.—You will frequently see. published, accounts of the extraordinary , curative povieris of • R'S LIFE PILLS. The names of most of the parties tl, __ mentioned are well known to the public as gentlemen whose l characters stand high in society, and whose unsolicited testimony must place thee facts beyond possibility , of contra diction. They have also kindly promised to answer the inqui ries of any parties, who desire fill they particulars. These faCts e have iaad..the of et of creating an immense demand for the , medicine, and, a s i s a l ways the ca sr, when this l arge sa l e be ' came known, certain upprincipl e d adventures immediately . set, about prepariag, an d o ff er i ng to thepublic variouteroonter%ls. Their Vat emerits i e..xhlbit the mpst,tinbluahing effrontery, rivitich concealed umierplavilble pretexts, caicuki ted.todeceive the untrary. " There is fortunately, bowe v er t a.proteetfon fbr:the Public in be Government Stamp ; and althou g h needy shop.. kiepers may attempt, for the sake of larger gain, to force the spurious sort upon you, he sure you purchase' none without the words PARR'S LIFE PILLS are engraved ' on ' the Govern nt Stamp in white letters on a red ground. . 6°1(1 wholosaio, -- by - apponirtnWiTlifle: Eilwards, 67, St • "I's, London, and retail b all respectable medicine vendors In boxes at Is. l 2s. 9d.,.and I Is. each. u, e G 52 yßATlearsS.—The Life and Times of Old P arr , w h o li ve d to of age; containing Remarks on Disease, Health, and the Means of Prolonging Life, 32 pages with Engravings, Anecdotes, Poetry, &c., may be had gratis of all agents. Read the following from Mrs. Moxon. York : " York, Sept. 7,1941. las,:oGr(eireitleraen—We shall feel obliged by your repeating the piekford r , forp Parr's Life Pills, and forwarding immediately by tinually Instances of extraordinary cures are con been, to us by their agency. One woman who had a reduced almost to the last stage of existence by extreme was, by taking two or three boxes, restored to health. Another instance is a man who had been confined to his bed byrh eurnatism for sixteen weeks, quite incapacitated for Life walking;3 but by simply taking two or three boxes of Parr's heal can walk with all the activity and freedom of perfect VI. I could enumerate many other instances, but these 417 suffice to p rove the value of the medicine in ameliorating ‘aFgeoranfidl.euhio'fixromniin, health. I r emain, your obedi en t servan t, " JAMES BAYNE." Just published prine 35., and sent free on receipt of a Post office Order for 45., MANLY VIGOUR : a Popular Inquiry into TuRE the CONCEALED CAUSES of its PREMA ett,,,„, D ECLINE ; with Instructions for its COMPLETE n-'-'0 'ORATION, addressed to those suffering from the De e.tive Consequences of Excessive Indulgence in Solitary and Delusive Habits, Youthful Imprudence, or Infection ; with ....._eln!rks on the Treatment of Gonorrhoea, ar siphilis. Illustrated with Cases, &c. Gleet, Stricture, „Y, C. J. LUCAS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, London. tt rublished by the Authors ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater ,,:nster-row ; Effingham Wilson, 18, Bishopsgate-street ; Field, s,)?a Quadrant, Regent ; Burgess, 28, Coventry-street, Pers9Market ; Huett, 141, High Holborn ; and by all Booksel i ,c ii_t_ the United Kingdom. city The various forms of bodily and mental weakness, incapa nrfrering, and disease, faithfully delineated in this cau !ally,9s y written and practical work, are almost unknown, gene misunderstood, and treated upon principles correspond li!rasngly erroneous and superficial, by the present race of medical ctitioners Hence the i!!aely safeg necessity for the publication of a , uard a silent yet friendly monitor, or, where debi cert'l has made threatening inroads, the means of escape and the ainty of restorat i on. The evils to whiela this book adverts Zextensive and identical in their secret and hidden origin, t h.ere are none to whom, as Parents, Guardians, Heads of ' ni nes, and espec i a ll y of public Schools, is confided the care Of that yoiunn g people who ought to remai n f or a moment d evo id o f f • • t ended to ormation and those salutary cautions this work is convey. N o t Not only are the most delicate forms of generative debility negleeted by the family physician, but they r equire for their safe menaeement the exclusive study of a life entirely abstracted from the routine of general practice, and (as in other departments of the profession) attentively concen trated in the daily and long-continued observation requisite for the con ect treatment of sexual infirmities. " If we consider the topics touched upon, either in a moral or Soc ial view, we find the interests and welfare of mankind seriously involved. The effects of licentious, indiscriminate and secret indulgence in certain practices, are described with an accuracy and force which d.splay at once profound reflec tion and extensive practical experienne."—Planet. " The best of all Friends is the Professional Friend : and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secresy than in " Lucas on Manly Vigour," The initiation into vicious indulgence—its progress—its results in both sexes, are given with faithful, but alas ! for human nature, with afflicting truth. However, the Authors have not exposed the evil with out affordi ng a remedy. s It shows how " Manly Vigour " te mporarily impaired, and mental and physical emasculation, Produced by uncontrolled indulgence of the passions, can be restored ; how the sufferer, who has pined in anguish from the cnnse o quences of early indiscretn—afrd lmost t encounter his fellow man, can regain the io vigour ai of a health and moral courage. The work is written in a concise and perspicuous Style, displaying how often fond parents are deceived by the the a ttenuation of the frame, palpitation of the heart, derange ment of the nervous system, cough, indigestion, and a train of sYm Ptants indicative of consumption or general decay, are often :ascribed to wrong causes ; and instead of being the natural re tuns of congenital debility or di sease , are t h e consequences of n alluring and pernicious practice, alike destructive to the mind and body.' —New Bell's Weekly Messenger. x" and a newspaper is not the ordinary channel for the : P r ession of opinion upon the merits of a medical work, this xilendsark is open to exception in any instance where the public, tre =non the 'lot the isolated and exclusive members of the profession, parties addressed. Upon that which is directed to will indis criminately, the world will form its own opinion, and ae,,o;(l.,etnand that medical works for public study should be r oo .'"; of that mysterious technicality in which the science of beforee has hi therto shrouded its own ignorance. The work str ait i lls treats o f su bj ects we believe generally, yet very dn u b tl 'Y, negle c t e d b y t h e med i cal attendant, and requiring ey al e 'slY (as in operative midwifery and the surgery of the ' st tic i lin entire d evote d ness to a deeply important branch of iss W Y I , The t one of th i s book i s highly moral, and it abounds e n , se e "s written, harrowing, yet correct displays of the suffering be th ( e luen t upon unbridled sensualism. No human being can for its perusal ; to multitudes it must prove a LlZng beacon, a well-told aeal to reason, a permanent ile at i' y i lL It is written in a clear, intelligent style, and is rm . blithe‘pittitatiorte. IN u production of a mind long am! practi cally conver t diseases of the most delicate division of the human ' I —Magnet s a t ti . l4 security of Happiness in the Marriage State is the chief th ' il 'ati / :I f all ; but many dread entering upon the wedded —s ttik`areugh a secret fear of unfitness for the discharge of dremtkiial Obligations. This essay is most particularly ad d,atitel t `° all suffering under a despondency of the character oopin,,lt and advice will be found calculated to cheer the 11,etsWa y art, iind point the way to renovated health f Tee till is L ucas and Co. are to be daily consulted from residen ce; . l°, and rum Five till Eight in the Evening, at their ~,60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, : London. ' 4 th i Country , r atie ts are requested to be as minute as possible i the ayeZftail 0 th n eir cases, as to the dur : ation of the complaint, "fe 0 - f -1 4 - , °ln So 1 neral habits of living, and occupation . in e - • ;he party. e Cif The communication must be accompanied .1 , th e us 14t.„ ' 4l consultation fee of 11,, without which no notice se_ s•er sa tbe taken of their application; and in all cases 41 Most Ineleiabic ` erect' may be relied 011. Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Membe:. of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li.. centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. &c. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 26, Paternoster-row ; Courier Office, 4, St. Ann's-square, and Lewis, Market-street, Manchester; Newton, Bookseller, Church-street, Liverpool Watts, Snow-hill, Birmingham ; Cornish. 154, Briggate, Leeds ; Fryer, New Bond-street, Bath ; Healey, Cheltenham ; Independent Office, Cambridge; and by all Booksellers. The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, which the world are severally anxious to fulfil, are the inhereut privi leges of mankind, and but for the accidents of mortality would be awarded equally to all. To such, among others, this essay addresses itself; and, by its perusal, many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted, that admit of no appeal, even to the most confidential friend. To fan the spark of hope, to dissi pate groundless alarm, to restore failing confidence and point to the means of securing a happy old age, is no trifling recom mendation of an effort directly tending to the social and moral welfare of all classes of the community. Mr. La'Mert is to be consulted daily, at his residence, and Country Patients are requested, in their letters, to be as mi nute as possible in the detail of their symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life. The communication must be accompanied by the usual Consultation Fee of 11.. without which no notice whatever can be taken of their appli cation; and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be re. lied on. 21, Falkner.street, Manchester. Sold in London by Mr. S. Gilbert, 26, Paternoster-row ; and by all Booksellers. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 354 ; and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office order, for 3s. 6d., .... _ MANHOOD; the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, &c., illus trated with cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. SEVENTH EDITION. Published by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Pattie, 4, Bridges street, Strand, London ; Guest, Birmingham; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Philip, South Castle-street, Liver pool ; Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton-street, Dublin ; Duncan, 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers The following are a few of the numerous testimonials this popular work has received, and which the limits of an adver tisement will only allow of being published : The rage for books in all departments of Science, literature, and the arts, was, we believe, never so prevalent as at the pre sent time. The unavoidable consequence of this is, that we meet a very considerable proportion of indifferent, usele.d, and even bad books. With the force of thin prejudice on our minds, we with no little reluctance were induced to peruse Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhood ;" nor did it re quire much perusal fully to satisfy us that the book was not one of the common stamp. The scientific views taken by the authors of the source and origin of many of the most distressing effects of certain depraved habits, fully establish their claim to the character of experienced and judicious surgeons. To quote passages from the work in prsof of our assertion would be departing from the established rules of the daily press. The result, however of our careful perusal of the work, has been to impress us with a thorough confidence in the talent and skill of the authors, and to satisfy us that those entrusted with the care of youth are not a little indebted to them for fur nishing them with a means of preventing some of the most frightful maladies to which flesh is heir.—Old England. Messrs. Curtis's work, entitled "Manhood," is one of the few books now coming before the public on such a subject which can lay claim to the character of being strictly professional, at the same time that it is fully intelligible to all who read it. The moral and medical precepts given in it, render it invalu able.—Magnet. The perusal of Messrs. Curtis's book entitled " Manhood," has really astonished us by developing a series of maladies, the never-failing consequence of the vicious habit of which it treats. The clear connexion pointed out between the assigned cause and the effects is perceptible to every capacity. We strongly recommend the work.—Age. The multitude of books daily coming frain the press, some, nay most of them of a very questionable tendency, made us ex • tremely reluctant to take up another. Having, however, been induced by the character given of this work by an intelligent friend, we ventured to open its pages, and now feel no hesita • tion in saying that we arise from its perusal instructed and edified. The clear exposition of the source of many of those diseases which proves so fatal to youth, and which are set down by the every-day observer as the result of common causes, such as exposure to cold, sudden vicissitudes of tempe rature, hereditary taint, &c., is truly convincing and extre mely satisfactory. We say " satisfactory," inasmuch as Messrs. Curtis have shown that many diseases, such as Pulmonary Consumption, Epilepsy, &c., hitherto the opprobria of medi cine, may, when taken in proper time, and submitted to judi cious treatment, be brought to as favourable a termination as any other class of ffections. We do not think we go too far in saying that society is deeply indebted to the authors for producing so useful, so much wanted, so valuable, and so truly moral a book.—Conservative Journal. We recommend the work entitled " Manhood," &c., to the careful perusal of persons of all classes. The moral as wel las physical advantages sure to result from such perusal, will be most readily recognised and felt by those who stand most in need of them.—Statesman. Messrs. Curtis and Company are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases.—As to the duration of the coin• plaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occu pation in life of the party ; the communication must be ac companied by the usual consultation fee of 1/., without which, no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in alleases the most inviolable secresy may be relied on. Articles. Coffee Cotton-wool Cotton-yarn Cochineal .. ......... Indigo . Quercitron Bark ..... Brazil, Nicaragua, St. Martha, Lima, Ja pan, and Logwood Fustic Lead, in pigs ... Tin, in blocks .. Olive Oil Rice Salt Sugar Cloth, halfcloth, ker seymere, ladies' cloth, tricot, of black, dark blue, dark green, white, and blueish white colour, also with small white spots —hitherto prohibited, Rubles. Copcks. p. pond* 6 12 0 25i 5 734 11 47i 4 59 0 86 New Duty, from Jan. 1, 1842. Rbls. Cps. p. good 6 15 0 25 6 50 13 50 5 1 0 Iberkowitz 1 72A 1 144. - 0 25i p. pood 0 251 1 72b 0 45 2-10 0 401-6 3 21 3-101 berkow•itz 2 0 1 40 - 0 10 p. pood 0 60 1 85 _ 0 60 - 0 40 3 80 per lb. 3 50 * A pood is equal to 361 b. English. N.B. The quarantine and additional duty will not be paid further, except on the old duties. AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 3 A.M. The Acadia, Captain Eyrie, has this moment arrived from Boston and Halifax with her Ma jesty's mails, after a speedy run of eleven days. She left the former port on the 16th, and the latter on the 19th, bringing thirteen passengers. By her arrival we are put into possession of New York dates to the 15th, inclusive. The main feature in the intelligence is a pre sentment of the Grand Jury against the officers and others of the United States Bank. No material variation had occurred in the Money Market. The rate of exchange on England was 9 to 91. (Correspondence of the New Yorh Herald.) PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 14, 1841.—The much talked of presentment of the Grand Jury in the case of. alleged frauds in the U. S. Bank, was made public this morning, or rather this afternoon. This presentment was made on Saturday, and asks that the bills be sent up for their action against Nicholas Bid dle, Samuel Jaudon, John Andrews, and others, to jury unknown, for entering into a conspiracy to defraud the stockholders of the U. S. Bank of the sums of 400,000 dol. in the year 1836, and endeavouring to conceal the same by a fraudu lent and illegal entry in 1840, • and to sustain the charge, the Court is authorised to endorse Austin Montgomery, Capt. Henry Mallory, Henry Horn, as accusers; Moses Kempton, Edward Coles, Jas. S. Newbold; Joshua Lippincott, Jonathan Patterson, Thos. Taylor, and William Drayton, as witnesses. They also ask bills against Nicolas Biddle, Jo seph Cowperthwaite,Thomas Dunlap,and others, to jury unknown, for entering into a conspiracy to defraud, &c. &c., the stockholders of the United States Bank during the years 1836, 1837, 1838, 1830, and 1840, by which the stock holders have been defrauded out of a sum of money exceeding 300,000 dollars. The same accusers to be endorsed as in the first case, and as witnesses Moses Kempton, Edward Coles, James S. Newbold, Joshua Lippincott, Jonathan Patterson, Thomas Taylor, William Drayton, Joseph Cabot, Rodney Fisher, Richard Price, and George Handy. They also ask for bills of indictment against Alexander Lardner, Thomas Dunlap, Richard Price, Lawrence Lewis, George Handy, and others to the Jury unknown, for feloniously, &c., conspiring to cheat and defraud the stockholders of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania of the sum or sums of about 130,000 dol.; in the year 1840. To be sustained generally by the witnesses as before named. _ The attention of the Grand Jury was called to this matter by a charge in writing, signed Austin Montgomery, who assumes the proof of it, by the Report of the Investigating Committee, in April, 1841. The Court directed the names of those pre sented to be called, when John M. Read, Esq., as the counsel for Nicholas Biddle, made a mo 3d. The Grand Jury do further ask for a bill of indictment against Alexander Lardner, Thomas Dunlap, Richard Price, Lawrence Lewis, and George Handy, and others, to the Jury un known, for feloniously, &c. conspiring to cheat and defraud the stockholders of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, of the sum ofone hun dred and thirty thousand dollars, in the year 1840. One would think, upon reading the above, that • the stockholders of that corporation will be the only sufferers by its failure, and certain officers of the Bank the only delinquents. I am no friend of the strangled monster, whose groans and death struggles have for so long a time con vulsed the country, nor have I ever been the ad vocate of such unwieldy corporations. But lam the advocate of the Constitution, the laws, and even-handed justice. Here we are presented with another view of this subject, which will serve to show that there are virtuous and unofiending sufferers, and not a few. I mean noteholders, and that at the hands of the stockholders, through their investigating and dividend committees. In July, 1839, the di vidend committee, Ambrose White, J. J. Von derkemp, Mr. Newkirk, and others, report ed that the Bank had an aggregate of surplus pro fits amounting to 4,421,289 dol. 32c.; and they de, Glared a dividend of 4 per cent. • the Board, then consisting of Mr. Eyre, R. Alsop, J. Bohlen, J. J. Vonderkemp, Mr. Newkirk, C. Kickman, Wain, Cope, White, and Price, unanimously ratified the dividend. Here, then, was a divi dend of 4 per cent., or 1,400,000 dol., paid to the stockholders, and a false credit given to their notes, or promise's to pay, and the poor induced to regard them as good; while they, the noteholders, do not receive one cent. for the promise to pay of the agentS of these very stockholders. And now they are the only parties injured, while thousands of the humblest men in the community, have, within the last few months, been induced to deposit their notes with them, and receive, in return, a certificate with another promise to pay interest on then' at some distant day. If one of these parties is in dicted, the whole I have mentioned should in justice be included, and no crafty, knowing (if not dishonourable) ones make others their scape goats. I trust that we shall in our far-famed city be too vigilant for these gentry. (From the New - Yorh iderold of the Lth Dec.) STATE - OF 'TEM COUNTRY: With the exception of an occasional forgdry, defalcation, and breaking' of a bank or two, we are at present in a comparatively calm state in this country. Our relations with England have recently as sumed a more tranquil aspect, and from present appearances we think all our difficulties with the mother country arc in a much more likely state .of peaceable adjustment than they have been for some years past. And the correspondence between Mr. Stevenson and Lord Aberdeen, on the right of search, just published, will go far to assist in healing the old wounds, and closi ng the breach between the two countries. - In political matters there is a calm before a terrible storm ; the country has be en revolu tionized; all the old parties have been broken up, and new ones are now forming; but the ele ments are so discordant that there will be con siderable trouble in causing a re-union. Every politician views his neighbour with distrust; and every one seems about to buckle on his armour for some great political battle, the nature and extent of which neither he nor any one el se can at present form any conception of. On the subject of . the currency there is consi derable diversity of opinion. Wh a t C ongress may do in this matter it is impossible at present to say; but judging from the nature of the Financial Committee of the House of Represen tatives, just formed, it is probable that Congress will pass some national system of paper currency this session; and perhaps adopt the plan recom mended by the President in his Message, strik ing out the exchange part of the scheme. And even the stock jobbers themselves, and those who recently were the loudest declaimers for a National Bank, upon the plan Of the old U. S. Bank, now seem willing to take the President's plan of a Fiscal Agent, for better for worse, and give it a fair trial, with some slight modifications. There will be terrible work this winter, and the ensuing spring in commercial matters. The Bankrupt Law, which goes into operation on the Ist of February next, will sweep out of existence a large number of rotten institutions and firms; Total $;1,320,296 $3,730,698 In every instance it will be seen'thelianks are heavily deficient, and the 'circulation in the aggregate is worth 65 cents. and no More.. A large proportion ,'of these banks will stop, and there will'be loss of near 1,000,000 dolls. to the pdblic. These fuets the Commissioners know, and yet they state that the banks are all in good 'condition. The only course is to abolish ' this useless office of Bank Commis sioner, and compel from the banks a full monthly statement of their affairs. The nature of the business done by the western banks, and the worthless character of the real estate paid in as the capitals of most of them, added to the great fall in the value of the stocks, has ruined them as a mass: As an instance of the value or the bonds and mortgages, we will state fa ct well know al nto the Commissioners. A 810 Bank — held a piece of land, which was mortgaged in the first place for 9.0,000 dol., and again for 14,600 dol., making 34,000 dol. This was lodged with the Comptroller, and when sold on the failure of the Bank, the highest cash price it would command was 3,300 dol. This, to a greater or less extent, is the case with all the mortgages. The more speedily that red-back money ceases to circulate the better for the public. Old Duty, including quarantine, and the 12i per cent. additional. INTERESTING FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Yesterday we received plenty of intelligence from South America— from Buenos Ayres, the British Packet, to the 10th of October, from Monte Video the El Constitutionel, to the 16th of the same month, and from Pernambuco, the Diario de Pernambuco to the Bth ultimo, No intelligence respecting the operations of the hostile naval forces of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. A re port was current that Admiral Brown had landed at Buenos Ayres and retired to his country seat. Official notice is given to the residents of Monte Video that the two ports of Soriano and Paysandu, further in the interior, had been opened to foreign vessels, and every facility promised at the custom houses. A large quantity of counterfeit coin, of the smaller denominations, had lately been put in circulation. The Argentine squadron returned to their anchorage in the Pozos on the 9th of October. Buenos Ayres was open to foreign commerce, but not yet for the import of flour. The United States corvette Decator, Capt. Ogden, was at Buenos Ayres. According to the last accounts from the interior, General Oribe was within twelves leagues of the capital of Tucuman, a squadron of his, under the command of Colonel Lagos, having completely routed a division of 400 men of the revolutionary troops. Lavalte, it is said, had abandoned the territory of the Republic General Pacheco, in conjunction with the division of Cuyo, was in pursuit of La Madrid, whose march was in the direction of Mendoza. The vanguard under Ge neral Benavides and Colonel Flores was already harras sing, his rear. Everything was quiet in the province of Para on the 22d of October. There had been slight disturbances at Maranham during the elections which took place on the 7th. News from Bahia to the 28th of October, state that there had been a revolt in the town of d'Aqua-Pria, and the authorities were compelled to remove the archives. Robberies and murders were the order of the day. According to the Diario do Pernambuco there appears to be a feeling in Brazil to divide that empire into three States. It is now composed of nineteen provinces. In a long editorial article it is argued that such a division would not be beneficial to the people. The only news from Rio Grande is that the Imperial Army had gone into winter quarters at Cochocina.— New York Herald. MORE ENGLISH AGGRESSION.—A letter from Ila vannah says:—" A serious affair has just commenced in the neighbourhood of 3fatanzas. It appears that the English Consul went a few days since tO plantation situated near that town, and attempted to obtain the emancipation of all the slaves belong ing to a planter who had arrived from Jamaica His seditious counsels might have occasioned a general revolt among the coloured population of that place. As soon as the commander of Matanzas obtained informa tion of this occurrence, he arrested the Consul and sent him back here, escorted by soldiers under the order of the Government. We do not know what will be the result of this affair." PIRATES IN NEW ORLEANS.—A New Orleans paper says—On the 19th of Alay, 1841, Mr. Desache, while a passenger on board the schooner Caledonia, Cap tain J. W. Potter, bound from Maryas to St. Thomas, was seized, together with three other passengers, and, put into a small boat , at sea, by the Captain, mate and crew, armed with pistols and knives, in order to rob them of what property they had on board. Desache had 470 doubloons, besides valuable merchandise, &c. The wind blowing fresh towards the land at the time, they were blown into Porto 'Rico in twenty-four hours. Deiache who is now in this city, learned that Captain Potter, was at this port, sailing as mate of the ship Tirien. Yesterday morning Desache made an affidavit of the above facts, before Recorder Bertus, who issued a warrant for his arrest. Police officer Hoey, with two others, succeeded in arresting Potter. While searching for him on board the Tirien, Desache recognised one of the sailors, Frank Garnet, as having been the mate of the Caledonia at the time, whom they also arrested. They will be examined before Re corder Bertus this morning. One of the other passengers, now in Havannah, will be sent for to appear on the trial. MORE DEATHS BY SEA.—The facts so feelingly narrated by the following extract from Captain W . - lard's log-book, induce the belief that some vessel must have been capsized or swamped in the gale, and that the sturdy voyagers of the deep who were seen in the boat, had escaped the fate of their com rades, to meet an equally gloomy one at the moment of hoped-for succour :—Extract from the log of the Ocean, J. Willard, from New York, bound to New Orleans.— Sat. Nov, 13, lat., 38, 15 N., lon. 73 25 W.—At 8 A. 51., strong gales, high sea, and clear weather. At ten, discovered a boat about three quarters of a mile to the n windward, with men in her rowing to the leeward after us ; brought the ship by the wind immediately, with the maintopsail aback ; the boat continued ' COTTON TRADE. The' accounts, of the crops continue to be contra dictory. Many statements from the Mississippi repre sent a great tailing off in the production of those sec tipm ectima re _the yield. of the year,,at.otot. - 0113-11 than 1,300,000 bales. Others place it at 2,000,000 bales. This great discrepancy arises from the state of finan cial affairs ; and it is not improbable that a very great reduction in the production of cotton will take place during the present year, through the operation of the general bankrupt law, which may lead to suspen sion of business on all those plantations which were sti mulated into activity by the paper expansions a few years since, and which have thus been struggling for life by the extensive bank favours that must now be brought to a close. It is scarcely possible to estimate the extent to which the cotton production may be reduced by the change. The result will" be an immense gain to those planters that are on a substantial basis. CORN TRADE. This Market is now rather inactive. Sales are made at 6 dols. 25c., which is about the average price in all the markets in the country. One year ago the average price was about 5 dols. a barrel. Comparative Statements of the Exports of Flour and Wheat from the Port of Cleveland, for the month of November, 1840 and 1841, show the annexed result 1840. 1841. Flour. Wheat. Flour. Wheat. U. S. Ports 51,152 86,145 24,677 88,403 Canada 2,856 28,444 403 none 45,008 114,589 25,085 88,403 This exhibits a large aggregate decrease in the ship ments in November. And a statement we publisfied a day or two since, of the shipments on our canals, showed the same for the same month. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. War Department, Dec. 1, 1841. Sir,—The reports of the Major-General commanding the Army, and of the Heads of the different Bureaus, at tached to this Department, upon the several subjects com mitted to its charge, are herewith submitted. The accuracy of the information, and the fullness of the views thus exhibited, will render superfluous any ex tended observations from one but recently called to the consideration of the various matters so well presented by officers of great experience and acknowledged ability. Such remarks, however, as seem required, will be made in the course of the following statement of the general results derived from these reports. From the general return of the Army, contained in the report of the Major-General Commanding-in-Chief, it appears that the %%hole number of troops now in service, is 10,694; consisting of 728 commissioned officers, and 9,966 non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri vates. The aggregate exceeds the number specified in the report of 1840 by 124. Of the whole number 9,882 are reported as present, and the residue, 812, are absent or sick ; of whom 447 are absent on detached service. To complete the organisation of the army, 1,838 recruits are required. During the past year the whole number recruited was 4,922. It is gratifying to find that the number of deserters within the year, as compared with the number enlisted, has largely , diminished.—[Zs this ironically intended : ED. Sun.] Within the year anew aspect has been given to the mi litary operations in Florida. The minuteness and 'ac curacy with which they are detailed in the report of the Commanding General, render any other account of them unnecessary. It would be unjust, however, to withhold the expression of that cordial approbation, which is felt by this department, and, it is believed, by the whole country, of the gallant enterprise and patient en durance of the troops and their able Commander, Colonel Worth. Overcoming the feelings which a con test with such enemies must produce in the soldiers of a civilized country, and consulting only the highest dic tates of duty, they have persevered in a contest which, in the only means of conducting it, more resembles the pursuit of animals than a warfare with human beings, and in which the triumphs of success are mingled with pity, not far removed from contempt, for an inglorioue foe. The very moderate increase of two regiments to our army, recommended in the same report, will unquestion ably be received with all the confidence due to any sug gestions from such a source. The necessity for such an increase, to man the forts, posts, and fortifications, on oar inland and maritime frontiers, will be apparent on a consideration of the plans for the national defence which has been proposed, and wholly or partially adopted. The defences of the northern frontier must be de signed for a protection against a powerful enemy, pos sessing all the means of warfare along a distance of more than two thousand miles. Naval forces on the lakes un doubtedly afford our chief reliance for defence and offence. To furnish them shelter from tempests, the har bours must be enlarged and rendered accessible ; and to protect them and their supplies, as well as the property and lives of our citizens from an enemy, those harbours, and most important of the straits and rivers connecting the lakes, should be fortified. The omission to make the necessary appropriations has prevented anything more than a partial execution of the defence of the nortern frontier. Fort Niagara has been reported ready for armament, and a company has been ordered to garrison it. So much has already been done at Fort Oswego as to justify the belief that at the end of the season it will be in a condition for effective service. Under the appropriations made in September last for the defensive works at Detroit, Buffalo, and the outlet of Lake Champlain, raeans have been taken to select sites for their construction, which will be commenced as soon as the titles to those sites shall be secured. The division of our national defences relating to our maritime frontier, presents a subject of the deepest in terest. s Alk and or Engineers was organized in 1816, and has continued in existence ever since, to which WitV specially assigne4 the duty of preparing a general system of de ' fence for the seaboard. It made personal examinations of every harbour on the whole coast (excepting only a few in East Florid a ) access ibl e t o seago i ng vessels. Re porte of the pro g ress were made in 1817. 1819, 1820, 1421, 1822, 1823, 1824, and 1825 ; and at two different times, namely, in 1826 and )836, a summary Report was presented - to the Executive, and sent to Congress, de ' scribing the system briefly in its application to the seve ral parts of the coast. In pursuance of a resolution of the House of Repro. sentatives, of April 9, 1840, a Report from this Depart ment was made on the 12th day of May, in the same year, transmitting one from a board of officers assembled for the purpose of considering the subject, which con ' tains a very full view of the system, in a brief compass and geographically arranged. It exhibits the various • works deemed ll:Tess:try along the Atlantis: coast, and along that. 01 the I; ulf of Mexico, and the order of their relative import:l,ms, in reference to the time of their con struction, with estimates of the expense of each, and of the aggregate cost. The elements of that system are, first, naval forces ; second, fortifications; and third, interior communications. As to the first, independent of all other considera tions, it is supposed that floating-batteries of any description that are to remain stationary at the exposed points, cannot be expected, because the aggregate expense of providing and maintaining the large force that would be required for the numerous points on our coast, would be beyond our means. A navy which would carry the war into every sea where the enemy's commerce was to be found, would effectually keep him from our coast, by rendering his presence ne cessary elsewhere. For the defence of inlets and har boars, whose entrances are shallow, a class of steam ves sels, of light. draught, Would doubtless form a necessary part of our defence, and. where the inlets are numerous, such vessels ivould be indispensable. The second element of defence consists, therefore. in permanent fortifications. While they are more effec tual for defence, in certain positions, than floating forces, they are less expensive in construction, more - durable, and requiring an outlay in repairs utterly insignificant, when compared with the expense of maintaining ships, and renewing them. .They are deemed indispensable for the purposes of covering the military and, naval depots, and all other public or private establishments which would invite the enterprise or the cupidity of a foe, and of excluding him from strong rsitions, where his naval superiority might enable )l himself, mei from which he might make incursions into the interior, of assail an extensive • line of coast. The positions deemed necessary to be occupied by fortifications " along the whole Atlantic coast, from Passamaquoddy Bay to Cape Florida, and along the Gulf; from that Cape to the mouth of the Sa bine, were indicated in the report before men tioned, with the reasons for their selection, the extent and nature of the required works, and their,. expense. As the execution of all these works could not be simultaneous, the order of succession was regulated by reference to the value of the object to be covered, to the nation, or to an enemy: its exposure by isolation ; its accessibility, depending on distance, time, or climate ; the means, source, and time of obtain ing succour, and, finally, the condition of existing de fences. The order thus established has been adhered to with a few exceptions, occasioned by different views on the part, of Congress. Great progress in the - execution of !he system has already been made, of which the details are given in th e reports of the Ord nance and Engineer Bureaus. Most of the works or primary importance, including the largest and most ex pensive, are heady .. completed. About $14,000,000 have been expended, and $9,000,00 more will finish all but those deemed of minor importance, and which may be postponed without risking serious consequences. A thirdelement of great importance in the considera tion of the defences of the sea-coast, and of the northern and north-western frontiers, consists in the facility and rapidity of interior communications. They are strictly means of defence, and incapable of being perverted to any purpose of conquest ; a feature which commends them to every friend of our institutions. The facility afforded by the needn to movements for the purposes of attack, is met by a facility of movement on land, fitrnished by the triumphs of genius and art in the application of steam power to land carriage, and in the construction of length ened lines of canals. The speed with which troops can be ' moved, obviates the necessity of embodying large mas'its of them at any point ; and the amount of force required for the defence of any given post would consequently be diminished in proportion to the reduction in the time n e s. ' cessary to concentrate it. The whole force along the whole line may be rendered available for the defence of any point in that line; while, without such means of com munication, a separate army would be required at each city, harbour, or military post that was to be defended. This may be illustrated by facts within the knowledge of all. Troops may now be brought from New York to the City of Washington in 18 hours, in a condition requiring: little cr no repose to fit theM for immediate action. And the whole physical force of the populous country be tween these two points may be concentrated at any inter mediate place in a few hours. Were Philadelpfsla as sailed or threatened, a movement of military fos.ce from Pittsburgh, which but a sho r t ti me s i nce is ould have occupied from twenty to twenty five cl a y s w ill now be accomplished in five. Situilar illustrations are furnished by various railroads awl canals in different. parts .of the country. And as 'the great secret of sues ,4e9 in slyaris s.UppettleiA s tts be the ability to o p pose the many to tie few, it is evident that, in any defensive operations, we shal► be able to compete with and to conquer any probable force that an invading enemy could bring against that portion of our territory which is intersected by these interior communica tions. Another consequence of no little moment flows from the same cause ; the poe er to defend ourselves with armies of very diminished numerical force, compared with those which have heretofore been necessary in our national conflicts, or those which are usually employed on the European continent. The facilities afforded by canals and railroads to col lect, with any desirable expedition, the supplies of an army from a country abounding with them, and to trans port them to the proper points, will render large depots unnecessary. An object of attack to an enemy is thus removed, and the consequences of the capture of large collections of munitions of war, or of subsistence, by _a hostile force, thus enabled to maintain itself,:arc obviated. The expense of military operations will be reduced be yond any present means of exact calculations, by the same facilities. During the last war with Great Britain, the cost of transportation from New York to Plattsburg, Sackett's Harbour, and Buffalo, was from five to twelve dollars per hundred. The present cost to Plattsburg -is 30 cents., and to the other points named, GO cents per hundred. A twelve-pounder, which, at the c h ea p es t ra t e , could not have been curri e d to Buffalo for less than two hundred dollars, may now be transported to the same point, in one-fifth or one-eighth of the time, for twenty-four dollars. In every point of view in which these works can be considered, their cost is so much actually added to the defensive means of the nation, without any expense to the General Government other than the subscriptions it has authorized to a few of them ; and it may be affirmed, without exaggeration, that the aggregate of saving, in any future war in which we may be engaged. in the comparative small amount of military force that will be necessary for defence, and in the cheap ness of transportation afforded by railroads - and canals now in existence, will be equal to the cost of their construction. It' then, the making of these works has been premature or improvident, in reference to the means of the States that undertook them, and has involved -them in pecuniary embarrass ments, the National Government should not complain of an enterprise that has placed these incalculable ad vantages in its hands ; and, if it cannot relieve, will at least sympathise in the misfortunes which have re sulted from such efforts. The Report from the Ordnance Office exhibits the measures which have been taken for the armament of fortifications, and the forts which have been wholly or partially armed. This object will be steadily and vigorously pursued, to the extent of the means provided by Congress. The estimate fur that purpose is the amount originally contemplated as being necessary to the completion of the armaments as rapidly as the nature of the service would permit. It is to behoped that, in view of the great importance' of the object, no reduction of the estimate will b.) made. The attention of Congress has, for the last ten years, been repeatedly invoked to the necessity of a foundry for cannon, belonging to, and under the charge of the Govern ment; but., from an apprehension of the great expense which it was supposed would be incurred by such an an establishment, or from a doubt of its necessity, nothing has yet been done towards its accomplishment. I cannot hesitate earnestly to recommend its execution. It is known that there arc some hundreds of different kinds of iron pro duced from our mines, of various qualities, and adapted to different uses. The fotindry may be connected with one of our arsenals, so as to be under the charge of officers already in the public service, by which the cost of its construction and supervision may be essentially diminished. Admonished, as we are, by the efforts of other nations to improve the weapons of destruc tion, it would seem that no time should be lost in the necessary incipient measures to select and purchase a site for a foundry, on the limited scale suggested, but capable of expansion according to future exigencies ; and it is therefore hoped that the sum estimated for that purpose will be appropriated at the coming session of Congress. The Quartermaster-General's Report exhibits the very extensive operations of that department during the past year, and the efficiency and energy with which they have been prosecuted. The various recommendations which are made by the distinguished officer at the head of that department, will doubtless receive all the consi deration which is due to the suggestions of great ex perience and high military talent. Among those which appear to the undersigned as most deserving immediate attention are the following:— The recommendations of a military road within our acknowledged limits, to supply subsistence and other stores at Forts Kent and Fairfield, in the State of Maine. Circumstances of a peculiar character seem to demand that no time should be lost in the commencement of this work. The establishment of a strong fort at Fort Brady, with commodious barracks, commanding the communication with Lake Superior, seems also indispensable. And a post on ie Missouri frontier, south of Fort Leavenworth, is necessary, in connection with the plan of defence for that portion of our territory. The propriety of commencing the erection of perma nent works in the keys or on the peninsula of Florida, is strongly represented. The condition of the Military Academy at West Point is exhibited in the Report of the Chief Engineer, and in that of the Board of Visiters, selected from the dif ferent portions of the United States, to scrutinize all its affairs. There is great reason to congratulate the coun try upon the success which has , attended the persever ing efforts of . congres9 ' „ va n s of ~.