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phoon, and very bad weather has been experienced to the south,,vard. It seems that the Chinese were so confident at Woo sing and Shanghae, that they defied our forces to come on, and showed skill in the management of their newly-cast cannon. The shots from the " Tamer and Subduer of Barbarians," the " Great Barbarian," and other guns of like names having been fired with pre cision and effect. Our sailors, however, drove them out of the forte. The Chinese are much improved in gunnery, and have made vast preparations for defence this year; yet they have made overtures for treating which the Plenipotentiary wisely declines, except on the terms he firmly laid down. At Canton the au thorities are anxious to preserve peace, and afford pro tection to the Fanquis.—Engliehman, Sept. 13. COMMERCI AL INTELLIGENCE. CHINA. MACAO, JULY 20. IMPORTS. Betel Nut—The demand and price in Macao for this article have slightly risen. Broad cloth, extra superfine—Has declined in price in Canton. Cochineal (Garbled)—Has declined in demand and price in Macao. Cotton, Bombay—A large sale has been made at 8 taels 6,mace. It is reported that 20,000 bales of new Bombay cotton bare been sold, and prices have declined a little. Cotton Yarn—Going down. • Iron, Rod—Has slightly. declined, and hoop iron has slightly advanced in price. Lead—Has increased a quarter of a dollar in price. Longcloths, white—Are in rather better demand, the price has risen a fraction. Longeloths, gray— Are nearly stationary. Lon; Ells, scarlet—The price has advanced in the Canton, and declined in the Macao market. l'epper, Malay—Has declined in price in Macao. Putchuck—The price has fallen in Canton. Quicksilver—Has fallen in Canton consider:ll4. Rattans—lL:re fallen in price both in the Canton and Macao markets. • Tin-plates—The price has increased in Canton. EXPORTS. Cassia- 7 -The price has declined in the Ml:ce.o market. Galenqal—The price hag declined in the Macao market. Silkyllaw—The stock in the market is about 600 bale:i; price paid for line Tsatle 483 dollars cash. Teas are still dear,. and are received against goods. The prices in Macao have still advanced. Orange Paoe. plain, 28 to 43 tacls asked ; 38 tads have been offered for the finest ; old ditto, 25 to 27. The Tea-market is dull, and very little doing ; New Orange Pekoe, 35 to 45 ; old ditto, 28 to 29. F.XCITANGE. East India Directors' bills at 30 days are going freely at 222 fur cut money. On London 4s. 9d. sales. _ _ -Private paper, 30 days on Calcutta, has b:en dcnc at 222 Cunipau)'.- - , rupeezi for 100 &liars. FREIGIITS, per tun at Whainpoa. and at Macao 41.45. to 4/. Ios. CALCL TTA 'LARNE TS. CALCUTTA. ►SEPT. 9. Indigo—This article will cause this year the ruin of a great many planters, particularly in Bengal, where the arcraqe cost of the staple will exceed 350 rupees per untund. , It was expected for a time that the heavy fall ing off of the crop would cause prices to rise in propor tion, bet the uneasiness caused by the suspension of pay ment of the very extensive and respectable firm of Fer guson, Brothers, and Co., will have a bad effect on all country produce, and especially on indigo, of which staple. this house will be one of the most important holders. tThould, however, the news conveyed in the last mail induce capitalists to send out money to this country, exchange will keep lower, and consequently produce will realise better prices. Aa. s we anticipated in our last monthly circular, the heavy rains experienced in Calcutta have likewise been felt in the manufacturing districts of Kishnagbur and Jessore ; this will considerably reduce the figure we gave of the out-turn of these districts. The accounts from Tirhoot continue to be very unfavourable. Letters re ceived some days ago from the western provinces state that they have had rain, but the season is too far ad vanced to expect any great improvement in those dis• tricts, where the long-continued drought has ruined all kinds of crop. Nothing can now save the planters, and according to some people the total out-turn will not ex ceed 70,000 to 75,000 maunds. We shall at present give no figure, but wait till the next mail, when we shall know with a little more certainty what the western provinces are likely to turn out. The exports of indigo from the Ist of November up to date has been as follows : Chests. Fy. Mds. To Great Britain 29,221 1,04,842 France North America ... 1,083 3,840 Foreign Europe Red Sea, Bombay, and Gulfs All other parts Total Sugar—A very active demand has been experienced since our last for all deFxriptions, and the bazaar having bees well supplied, the shipments for the past month to Great Britain reached 258,396 bazaar maunds, or about 9,500 tons, and in this month they continue on a liberal scale, being from the Ist to the 7th inclusive 44,953 bazaar maunds ; notwithstanding these heavy shipments at this period we are still of opinion that the total ex ports to Great Britain, from the Ist of May, 1842, to the 30th of April, 1813, will not reach, or at all events ex ceed, 70,000 tons. Prices have not varied much since our last - there has, however, been a slight decline o n the middling and lower qualities, whilst for the fine kinds there is no charge. All accounts from the country agree in stating that the next crop (now growing) will be short, owing to the very severe weather that has been experienced, and also to short cultivation, caused by the low prices which ruled here in March and April (the best month for planting cane). Rum—We have not heard of a single transaction since our last, manufacturers preferring, to ship than sell at the low rates intending purchasers would be disposed to give. The exports are rather on the decline, being dur ing last month only 45,058 gallons ; from the Ist to the 7th instant they are, however, rather large, being 15,245 gallons. Saltpetre—The finer kinds have been in much request, and, owing to the scarcity of supply, prices have advanced to our quotations. The lower qualities have been ne glected, and have fallen a trifle ; the stock of all descrip tions is very light, and the exports moderate ; from the Ist to the 7th instant, they are 11,447 bazaar maunds. Raw Silk—Since our last there has been very little doing in this staple, owing to the almost total want of it in the market, from the decided failure of the crop in every district, aad the exports to Great Britain this year will be fully 2,300 to 3,000 bales less than usual ; from the Ist of May to the 31st ult. they were 2,541 bales, or 4,581 baziar maunds, against the same period of last year -3,535 bales, or x,346 bazaar maunds ; and in Sep tember and October of last year they were 2,245 bales. or 4,029 maunds,,whilst in those two Months of this year we are convinced they will not reach 500 bales. The shipnients from the Ist to the 7th inclusive, are only 29 bazaar mounds. Silk Piece Goods—The arrival of the last mail bring ing rather discouraging accounts for corahs, has caused a considerable dullness in this market, but owing to the present scarcity of raw silk, the holders of good corahs are not disposed to accept much lower prices. In chop- pahs and bandannas there has not been much (king, in deed they are very scarce. The exports from the Ist to the 7th inst. were as follows, viz. combs, 4,775 pieces ; chnppahs and bandannas, nil. Raw Cotton—We have no alteration to notice in prices, which continue steady, and shipments to China continue large. We have also to notice a shipment to Great Bri tain last month, consisting of 257 bales. The exports from the Ist to the 7th inst. are 36 maunds. Opium—This drug has again advanced considerably, but the price is very unsteady. we understand that some has been sold as high as 1,300 rupees per chest Rice—Owing to the probability of a very short crop this year from excess of rain, prices have advanced some thing since our last. The exports to Great Britain, as also to Mauritius, have been very light last month, as wilt be seen by the annexed table, and from the Ist to the 7th instant, they have been as follows, viz.:— To Great Britain. Br. Mds. 17,880 Mauritius 9 9 800 Shell-lac, Lac-dye, and Stick-lac—Shell-lac has con continued in excellent demand at higher prier. - , but our market is scantily supplied. Lac-dye very dull, ind we have only heard of one sale of European manufacture at 24 rupee s per maund. Stick-lac in good demand at for mer price..., , . The exports from Ist to the 7th instant aro shell-lac, 202 maunds lac-d y e 41 maunds. Hides and Horns—'llidesof good quality, particularly slaughtered ones, whilst inferioiresLh have been in good demand at fair prices, are much neglected. Shipments continue on a liber es l United States. H il o scale, both to Great Britain and the tips C r o i n is t ar e dull of sale, and prices are lower. • Horn riue in good demand at our quo tations. The exports from ' the o Ist to the 7th instant are cow and buffalo hiday, 2 4 13,036 pieces ; horn tips, 262 81 _ n maunds. pieces ; buffalo horns, Jute and Hemp—Both geitting excellent , demand at our quotations, but they scarce in the mar ket. The exports from the Ist to v'- t r l Y ie 7 th inst. are, jute, 3,390 maunds. Oils and Oil Seeds—All deseri • ptions of go o d s in h e e • under this head are in good demand, parti cu l ar l y for the' rican markets, and prices have advanced somewhat. A t. rr exports from the I st to the 7th inst. a re , castor oil, 245 ' maunds ; linseed, 1,156 maunds ; musta rd teed, 1,096. mounds. Safflower, Dftmject, Ginger , and Turmeri c — Safflow er continues in good demand at former prices. Munjeet, little or nothing doing in this article. Ginger in gond demand f or th e A me rican marlcct,. nothing doing f or Great Britain. Turmeric—Large shipments continue to go forward to Great Britain, and the market here is ste adY• The exports from the Ist to the 7th inst. are, Turmeric, 896 mounds. Cowries, Borax, and Kutch—Cowrie!t —l' he market is burr, export la:.t month 100 mounds. Borax —Nothing silvtever doing, and no shipments for the last six months. Mitch—The low price and low freit:hts have caused some shipments of this ar!iele. Stock here very small. The7exports from the Ist to the 7th ill Si. are, kutch, 42'5 mounds. - IMPORTS FROM EtT British Cotton Pi ec e G ' l I . I n 'h n e PE s'ales in many of our lading staples hare been e" and the want of ; the pressure for money, however, oi rain in the upper prorinccs, have c a used a further denre •- i -st,n, and, with tinustiallylarge cargoes on the wa may be fairly anticipated.' y, still lower prices White long-cloth and stirtinl_7s are down 9to 4 annas, with a certainty, as the up-country season - draws nearer to a close, of declining still further. Gray shirtings have again been sold largely at a further reduction of 4 to 6 annas ; 40 inch 60 to 64 reeds cannot now be quoted at more than 4-10 to 4-14 Com pany's rupees per piece. White and Gray Jaconets remain steady, and the medium qualities, we believe, are remunerating. Lap pets, scarfs, book muslins, mulls, and other Scotch fabrics continue in limited request, and prices are gene rally discouraging. The imports of the most important articles last month were as follow, viz., long-cloths and shirtings, 1,360 packages ; jaconets, 349 packages ; cambrics, 83 pack ages ; checks, spots, and stripes, 138 packages ; lappets, 472 packages ; book muslins, 121 packages ; lappet scarfs, 156 packages ; Madapollams, 47 packages. Printed and Coloured Goods.—Prints of all kind s could scarcely be in a worse position than at present. Prices are miserable, and as the season is well advanced no improvement can be looked for. Turkey red plain cloths, 72 reeds, are still saleable at very fair prices. Twills, on the other hand, are down 2to 3 pieces per yard. The imports of all kinds, last month, were 502 packages. Woollens.—A limited business has been done, and a reduction must be noticed of 2 to 3 annas per yard upon the current qualities of striped and saved lists. The im ports last month were 86 packages. White Mule Twist.—The sales have again been to a considerable extent ; but a large portion must be attri buted, we believe, to the circumstance of holders gene rally being anxious to realize. A decline of fully 2 pieces per morah has been established upon the rates current on the 12th ult. The quantity forthcoming is large, while the stock is probably 1,000 bales lighter than it was a month ago. No. 40 of ordinary quality is not saleable at more than 3-8 i to 3-9 per morah. The imparts last month were 1,464 packages, weighing 7,17,1501 b. Co;ottred Yarn.—ln Turkey red and Gorman dye nothing doing ; a !ale of English manufacture at Is. sd. per pound is reported ; in other descriptions w•e have no sales to notice. The import last month was red yarn, 76 bales, weight 324601 b. ; orange, 16 bales, weight 6,7001 b. Copper.—ln this metal transactions have been limited, in consequence of holders being unwilling to accept of the low prices offered. Some sales o: sheathing aru re reported at 36 rupees per factory maned, showinc , slight advance on our previous quotations. In other qualities little has been done. The imports were as fol lows, last month, viz. :—Sheathing and braziers, 4,410 maunds ; Peruvian, 1,300 maunds ; tile and ingot, 5,530 mantis ; old, 165 maunds ; bolt and bar, 191 maunds ; nails, 58 maunds. Iron.—The market for this metal has been very dull during tlle past month, and we have no alteration to notice in the prices; the imports last month were : Flat, square, and round, 17,371 maunds ; sheet, 5,191 maunds ; hoop, 830 maunds. Spelter.—Very little business has been done during the month, and a decline of 1.8 to 2 rupees had taken place since our last issue, but within the last few days this metal has been in better demand—the imports last month were 7,323 maunds. _ Lead.-131isiness hiss been very limited ; a few sales have been effected at previnus rates. The imports last month were, pig lead, 1,650 maunds ; sheet lead, 436 maunds. _ _ _ Beer.—The prices of all the different brands hare kept very steady during the month, and large sales have been effected at our quotations. The imports lust month were as follows, viz. :—Allsopp's, 716 hhds. ; Saun ders's, 479 hhds. ; Tennent's, 92 hhds.; Bass's, 367 hhds.; Sundries, 92 hhds. EXCHANGE. Since our last issue transactions have been unusually small, as there is a great scarcity of bills with docu ments, and purchasers are unwilling in the present un settled state of the money-market to take uncovered hills. Exchange is however firm, with a slight tendency downwards. The rates of the day are as I . OIIOW :- Agency bilis with documents at 10 months' date - Ditto without ditto - to 2 scotch Bank bills 60 days' sight Ditto ditto 90 ditto 2 1 CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK, AND OTHER SHARES. To bell. To Buy. Transfer 5 per Cent. Remit able Lc.an (Sicca rupees) 7 8 to 8 0 premium Second 5 per Cent. (Sicca rupees) 0 14 to 0 10 discount. New 5 per Cent. (Company's rupees) 0 5 to 0 2 discount. Fourper Cent. (Sicca rupees) 14 8 to 14 0 discount. Ditto (Company's rupees) l3 0 to 12 8 discount. Bank of Bengal shares, capital 4,000 rupees each, Company's rupees 2,475 to 2,500 premium. Union Bank shares, capital 1,000 rupees each, Com pany's rupees 30 to 35 premium. Assam—Nominal. • Bonded Warehouse Association-40 rupees discount on paid up capital of 375 rupees. Steam Tug Association—To sell 1,100 Company's rupees, to buy 1,125 rupees. Docking Company's Shares—Nothing doing. FREIGHTS. The rates cf freight have declined still further since our last issue, and at one time 355. were willingly taken. Rates at present arc nominal, for parties would submit to lower rates to be able to start their vessels before the holidays. The rates as follow, viz.:— Sugar, 1L 15s. to 21. per 20 cwt.; saltpetre, 11. 15s. to 21. per 20 cwt.; rice, 21. per 20 cwt.; jute, IL 10s. to 1/. 13s. per 50 cubic feet ; indigo and silk piece goods, 31. to 31. 10s. per 50 cubic feet ; gruff measurement goods, 2/. to 21. 10s. per 50 cubic feet ; raw silk, 3/. to 3/. 10s. per 10 cwt. Mauritius.—Rice, 14 annas to 1 rupee per bag ; gram, &c., 1 rupee 2 annas per bag ; light freight, 15 rupees to 20 rupees per cubic foot. China.—Opium, 10 rupees to 12 rupees per chest ; cotton, 4 rupees to 5 rupees per bale. SU PPLEME N T. CALCUTTA, 16.—Since our last. issue of the 9th inst. business has continued dull, and we have little or no change to notice in our market. The exchange has been declining : the rate of the day for bills at ten months' date is 2 2, but we have heard of some small transactions at 2 14. Rates may be quoted as follow, viz..— Agency bills, 10 months' date.... 2 4- to 2 2 Ditto, 6 months' sight 2 1 2 Treasury bills, nominal. Missionary hills, 30 days' sight 1 114 2 0 FREIGHTS.—Owing to the large quantity of ships in the river, rates have receded a little, and parties would be disposed to take dead weight at 34 per ton. ONEY-MARKET. (From the Bombay Courier, Oct. 7.) But little business has been doing in the Money market since our last.- Exchange on London is less fluctuating than was expected last week. Consequently, on the!sruall amount of bills against shipments at present offering. those of six months sight are in demand ; a moderate amount on France has found - purchasers, and the following may be looked upon as the rates of the day :- 10 months' date 6 months' sight 2 2 to 22 Bank Bills 2 0 to 2 0 Treasury Bills 1 llk to 1 11; i Government securities continue firm, but little doing in them. FIIEIGJITS To London and Liverpool continue at former rates, but shipping orders have been granted at a reduction on present quotations : Ls. X s. Sugar 2 0 to 2 2 per ton of 20 cwt. Saltpetre Rice ' 2 0 to 0 0 ditto. Oil seeds .... Hides 2 0 to 0 0 per ton of 50 cubic feet. Rum ... 2 5 to 2 10 per ton of 4 hogsheads. Shell-lac, lee-dye 20to 0 0 per ton of 50 cubic feet. Hemp and jute 2 0 to 0 0 per ton of 5 bales. Indigo Silk pieee goods 3 0 to 3 5 ditto Raw silk TO CHINA. Opium Cotton TO THE MAURITIUS. Grain, Company's rupees 1 3to 1 4 per bag. Measurement goods, do. 20 oto 0 0 per ton of 50 cubic feet. PREVIA OP INSURANCE. From Calcutta to Europe 2 per cent. China and Manila 2i ditto. Penang, Malacca, and Sinivapore ... -A- ditto. Ran g oon, Moulmein, and Singapore Coast .. Java, Malabar Coast, and Bombay New Holland and Van Diemen's Land 3 ditto. Coromandel Coast and Ceylon 1 ditto. Four months certain 3l per cwt. Six ditto 6 ditto. Nine ditto Twelve ditto Insurance on bullion has an abatement of 1-6th. Indigo—Since our last report we regret to say no fa ronrable advices from the indigo districts have reached us. On the contrary, disaster has been succeeded by disaster, incessant rain, rapid and high inundation, hav ing all tended to ruin the planter's hopes. In Lower Bengal, which produces nearly one-half of the annual crop, the manufacture has closed with, in most concerns, but one-third of last year's out-turn. From the I'urneah and Bhaugulpore districts no more cheering accounts have come to land. From Tirhoot receive worse ac counts every day. The small rivers in that district have risen to an unusal height, and inundated all their low lands, and the deluge of rain they have experienced has put their koontee crop in jeopardy. The planters are now reducing their estimate of the crop in that district below 12,000 reminds, as last reported. Mirzapore and u of the the more we s t ern d is t r i c ts send us more favourable ac counts ; but, from the great reduction in their cultiva plant, the quantity they can produce will tend bat little to make up for the serious deficiency in all other quarters. Under all these circumstatices the pre -1 vaineg opinion among best informed parties is, that the crop will not reach 80.000 reminds. The ex ports since the Ist of November, 1841, to the present date, have been :bout— Maunds. To Great Britain To all uthur parts 39,000 T0ta1..,,,, 1,44,000 Raw Silk—The late reduction in prices has been caused by accounts received by th e l ute overland mail; consc q pently, riot much business has been doing in the article; very little of fine quality is procurable, and the lower sorts have not been sought fur. The accounts from. the s ilk, districts have been most unfavourable, owing to the incessant rain; indeed, the . bund . of the season has been almost a total failure. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 7, 1842, Present rates are as under:— R.A. R. A. Cossimbazar and Gonatea 7 8 to 10 0 per fy. seer. Juugypore and Baulcah 6 8 to 9 9 per bazaar seer. Hurripaul 7 4 to 8 12 per bazaar seer. Radnl:crore Corahs—Business has not been brisk in this fabric since our last report. Fine qualities only have been in demand, and they are very scarce. There has been no thing doing in inferior goods. We quote— IL B. Best qualities, at 125 to 150 per corge. Inferior . . Saltpetre—Owing to the extremely low - freight; which prevail, and favourable accounts from Europe, this pro duce has maintained good prices—little of tine-quality is procurable, and the market is supplied almost solely with the coarser descriptions. The quoted prices are from 5-4 to 6-4 per factory maund. Sugar—Business has been rather brisk in this staple since our last issue, but holders have submitted to lower rates. We may quote — R. A. R. A. Benares 9 2 to 11 0 per bazaar maund. Other sorts lihaur ...... 3 8 to 4 12 per bazaar maund. Rum—Has been in no request ; the price is from 6 to 8 annas per gallon. Rice— Qualities suitable to the European market have not been in demand. Table rice is worth from ... 2 0 to 2 4 per ba. md. Iloonghy and Balla m... 1 2to 1 6 1-lides—The market was dull just subsequent to our last report, but latterly some large parcels hare changed hands at the following rates : Slaughtered cow bides Brined ditto 3O to 33 ditto. Other descriptions Buffalo 26 to 49 ditto. Good hides are, lmever, very scarce. Burns and horn tips are selling freely at our quota tions, but the stock is not large : Buflalo horns lO to 20 per 100 Born tips Linseed and mustard seed command very high prices owing to the small supply of last crop, and the excellent remittances that have been made of these articles—we may quote : Linseed cleansed at Rs Mustard ditto Safiluw•er continues in demand at former rates Ist sot - . 2O to 25 per ba. md. 2d ditto Turmerie—Not much hu:iness has been doing in this article. We have heard of some having found sale at Rs. 2 7-6 per maund ; the quoted prices are 2 4 to 2 8. British Piece Goods—The demand since our last issue has a little improml, particularly. in gray and white thirtings, in illadapollauns a good business has been clone ; lappets hare been much in request, and some ex tent of business has been done in scarfs ; dhootees, espe cially flesh-coloured bordered ones, meet a very ready sale. Mule Twist—The demand has remained s!cady during the month, with little alteration in quotations. Coloured Twist—A moderate business has been done, and German reds have maintained :he prices of last month ; other colours have suliCred a slight decline. Woollen Goods—Pieces are improving in price, and the demand for the season has commenced. Metal—lron and Iron Goods—ln these wo cannot observe any improvement upon our last quotations. Lead remains at the same rate. Saltpetre has suffered a considerable decline. Copper, both sheating and tile, have also sustained some reduction in price since our last. Wines, Beer, and Spirits—Wines of all descriptions the market is full of, and only the superior qualities find demand, and that very moderate. • Beer—Bass and Allsop have remained at our last quo tations ; of the former the steck is small, and holders are firm, requiring an advance. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—This magnificent under taking is rapidly advancing to completion : the stair case of the shaft on the Rotherhithe side of the river has been finished several days, and, during the week, the men have been employed in removing the gear, which was sold by auction some months since, and which formed a portion of the machinery which was originally laid down for the excavation . of the "shaft. the old steam-engine has been removed,. and a new and more compact one has been erected for the purpose of drawing off the water, which would otherwise accumulate from the land springs. The entrance for the public from the south side is not ex pected to be opened before December next. For some weeks past the time of admission has been extended from five o'clock at night to nine o'clock, which has afforded an opportunity to many to see this splendid work of art, who had not the time to spare in the course of the day. CHARGE OF SMUGGLING.—On Friday last, a decent looking female, a native of Scotland, was charged at the Police-court with smuggling 141bs. weight of tobacco, with which she had been stopped by police officer 176. The prisoner, in her defence, stated that she had just arrived in this country in the ship Rochester, with her child ; that her husband had died in New York ; that she was very poor, and that the sailors in the vessel had made up the tobacco for her from their own stocks, so that she might dispose of it for her support on landing. She had left her infant child on board the vessel. An officer was sent on board the vessel to make in quiries, and it appeared that she had come by the vessel a returned emigrant, and that her child was there. Mr. Rushton kindly sent a communication to the Collector of Customs, to ascertain whether, under the circumstances, he would abandon proceedings against her ; but the reply from that gentleman Was, that he had no power to mitigate the penalty in such cases without directions from the Commissioners in London. Mr. Rushton informed the prisoner of this fact, and stated that he . was under the necessity of imposing the penalty fixed by the statute of 1001., or, in default, imprisonment; but be should represent the case tb the Board, who, he hoped, would mitigate the penalty, in which case she would be liberated after a few days' imprisombent. Mr. Rushton or dered that her child should be brought from the ship and given to her while she was detained.—Live7pool Mercury. :MEETING OF COLONEL FERGUSON, M.P., WITH MIS CONSTITUENTS:—CoIoneI Ferguson delivered an address to the electors of Kirkaldy, in the Town-hall, on Monday evening, Provost Swan in the chair. He briefly detailed the proceedings of the late session of Parliament, and stated the reasons for the votes he had given, which appeared satisfactory to the electors present at the meeting. He said that during the course of the session he had been unbiassed by 'party feeling, and that althcugh he had in general been hos tile to the policy pursued by the present Administra tion, he had nevertheless, in some instances, given it his support. The measures in favour of free trade which passed last session he considered erroneous, but was of opinion that some good would result to the country by their adoption. He had supported a great part of the measures proposed by the Liberal party in Parliament; and although he could not conscientiously vote for universal suffrage, he had supported Mr. S. Crawford's motion for inquiry on the subject. No elector present interrogated the Colonel, with the exception of Mr. William Lockhart, who wished to be informed how the existing difficulties of the country could be removed. The Colonel said he could easily answer the question but would refer Mr. Lockhart for information to Sir Robert Peel and the Ministry. A motion of confidence in Colonel Ferguson as the re presentative of the burgh was afterwards proposed and unanimously agreed to.—Fifeshire Journal. DEATH OF SIR JOHN CROSS.—We regret to an nounce that Sir John Cross, Judge of the Court of Review, expired on Saturday afternoon, at his house, in Whitehall-place. The death of the Learned Judge was quite sudden, as he had been out during the fore noon taking his usual exercise. His Lordship was for a great number of years well-known on the North ern Circuit, when Sergeant Cross, and was the leading advocate in the well-known cause of Turner v. Wake field. whole rgilo : sd,s o 3 f l,ln. t e h a rgeeouesspeciallyth congregations rotlsguhmo tunt c o o tnh n e . e n: Tiiz LATE DR. lIERSCIIELL metropolis )tetoetrlrdot their ts u iia rd nt adhyel7, respectiveny thega: places of devotion, for the purpose of offering up prayers and thanksgivings to the Almighty for the repose of the departed soul of the late Dr. fierschell, Chief Dignitary and. Rabbi of the Synagogue, on which occasion, also, contributions were received from all who have the means to give toward the support of the poor. The new Synagogue in St. Helen's was hung with black velvet and crape, and the mar ble pedestals, in connexion with the altar, were orna mented with festoons of black crape and velvet. O ver the reading-desk was a covering of rich damask, mag nificently embroidered, and which is only devoted to occasions similar to that it was used for on Saturday. A funeral prayer, which is exclusively chaunted on the 'death of a Chief Rabbi, was performed by the Reader, assisted by the congregation. The entire funeral ser vice was also different from the ordinary practice. The whole of the ceremonial, in the course of which no singing was permitted, was conducted in the most solemn manner. At the Great Synagogue, in Duke's place, Aldgate, the same solemnities were proceeded with. Sir Moses Montefiore, Messrs. D. Salomons, Aaron Cohen, Henry Moses, &c., attended at their respective synagogues, and about 2001. was subscribed. The mourning will continue for thirty days, and on all holidays throughout the year prayer will be offered up. The successor of Dr. Herschell has not yet been named. On the 24th ult. a man, named Chapuizot, an inha bitant of the hamlet of Azzouville, in the Eure-et- Loire, aged 65, attempted to carry into execution a threat he had repeated!) , made of making away with his wife, by setting fire to the straw mattress of the bed on which she was asleep. Ilis pro:ect was, how ever, defeated by the timely assistance rendered by the neighbours. The Magistrates wore sent for, but when they arrived Chapmzot was found dead in a loft, where he had hung himself. Five young men were, some days ago, sailing on the Seine, near Mantes, when, by a sudden gust oj wind, their little boat was upset, and they were all plunged into the water. Four of them saved them selves by swimming to shore, but the fifth, a very fine youth of 19, was drowned. The LORD MAYOR then declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. Payne and Mr. Pritchard. Several gentlemen immediately left the Court de- I termined to take no part in the election. The numbers were then taken, which were as fol lows : Pritchard BO Payne Eight gentlemen recorded their totes in favour of Mr. Harvey. Only eight Aldermen polled, all of whom gave their votes in favour of Mr. Payne. AN AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE. This is the name which has been given to a new machine, for which a Company has taken out a patent, and which is to convey passengers, goods, and dispatches through the air, performing the journey from London to India in four •days ! and to travel at the rate of from 75 to 100 miles per hour. At the first glance of such an announcement our readers will doubtless feel disposed to treat it as some chimerical absurdity, written merely to excite wonder and expressly fox-the marvel-loving mass of society; but the facts connected with the subject are of a kind to diminish disbelief, at least as to the truth of such a contrivance being in process of formation. A com pany of gentlemenis really formed even of mechanical men : the patent was formally sealed on the 29th of September last, and systematic arrangements are in progress to complete the design. At least this would prove that the inventors and their supporters are. well convinced of the certainty of their invention ; land, wonderful as may appear this • announced stride in science, we may surely pause in our incredulity when .we remember with what unbelief the proposi tion to light the metropolis with an invisible fluid was received—and when we know that seventy years since we should have been deemed madmEn if we •had stated that we should thereafter travel at the rate of forty to sixty miles an hour. In such an age of improvement, we really have no right Or precedent, to deny the possibility of this mea , . sure, and, therefore, we allude as we do to the fact of such a steam-carriage being, not only contem plated, but in the engineer's hands, to be borne on the air, unlike the principle of the balloon, and to which even the winds are to be made subservient ! The subject is one so replete with matter for spe culation, that we will not venture to point out the consequences which would occur—still, not denying the rapid transit to be practicable, and even likely to be carried into operation ; but in January the ma chine will be thoroughly organised, and until then we take leave of the subject, and only trust that this alleged -invention is neither exaggerated, nor an Utopian project ; and from the conversation we had with those in connexion with the design, we have every reason to believe that neither is the case.—Atlas. HORRIBLE INFANTICIDES. SIX INFANTS MURDERED BY THEIR MOTHER. We haVe this week the painful duty of recording a case of long continued and inhuman depravity almost unparalleled In the annals of crime. It ap pears that a woman named Frances Bennett, residing at Ruardean-hill, in the Forest of Dean, being very ill, and probably fearing to 'die with the undivulged guilt of murder upon her conscience, commu nicated to the Reverend Henry Formby, curate of Ruardean, that about twelve months since she became the mother of a child by a man named Thomas Yapp, with whom she has `been cohabiting for about eight or ten years, which child, after it had lived a few days, she destroyed• by poi soning it, after which she and Yapp buried it be neath the pavement of the brewhouse. The wretched woman further added that she had been the mother of five other children by the same man, all of whom she had murdered at their birth, and with Y app's assistance had buried their bodies at separate spots beneath the floor of the brewhouse, and near a barn adjoining her cottage. These horrid confessions seemed, from their unex ampled atrocity, to be more like the ravings of deli. rium than truth ; but upon information being given to the police, and a search being made in the spots indi cated by the unnatural woman, the skeletons of her six murdered offspring were all found, and stamped truth upon a tale much too horridelse for belief. Upon this Yapp was taken into custody, and a policeman, we believe, remained to take charge of the woman , w ho repeated her confession to her sister and afterwards to the policeman, Towler. The facts were intimated to J. Cook, Esq., and a warrant was issued for sum moning a jury to hold an inquest. By this time, how ever, the woman, Frances Bennett, had recovered in a measure the hardihood of her character; and on the inquest, which was held on Tuesday last she positively denied that she had ever given birth to any children, except to two which she bore to her late husband, and which were alive now ; and she strongly persisted that she had never made any communica tion such as tha4 above stated, either to her sister, to the policeman Fowler, or to the clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Formby. The latter gentleman was examined by the Coroner, and deposed as above ; and he further admitted that the woman had subsequently made fur ther disclosures and confessions to him, but as they were made to him in his spiritual capacity, he must decline to divulge them. After, without effect, en deavouring to prevail upon Mr. Formby to state all that the woman had told him, and after unavailing re monstrances against the withholding of evidence, the Coroner left the point as it stood, and passed on to the examination of the sister of Frances Bennett, whose evidence was to the effect that on Saturday last, October 29, she was with her sister, who had been in a weak state of health for some time time, and hail been confined to her bed for about a week ; that before Mr. Formby called, her sister made an alarm, and ex claimed that she would have her dead children dug up and buried in the churchyard. She said that immedi ately after the infants were born she held them under water till they were dead, and that then she and Yapp buried them. She added that the last of the six children was not served in this way, but lived for two days; and that it was weakly, and she gave it some arsenic and it died ; that •Yapp was very sorry when he found this child was dead, and said he would not have lost it for fifty pounds; 'and that they both toge ther buried the child in the brewhouse. At this stage of the proceedings it was thought advisable to adjourn the inquiry, in order to afford opportunity for further and more deliberate inquiry into the cir cumstances of the mysterious and very extraordinary case, and the inquest was accordingly adjourned till 'Wednesday the 9th instant. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN DOUGLAS A writ of habeas was this morning moved for in the Bail Court to bring up this gentleman, who was committed on Friday as a deserter from the East India Company's service. The writ was moved for by Mr. Chambers, and was granted by Mr. Justice Patteson, and it was expected that Capt. Douglas would have been brought up be fore the full Court. It had been understood that he would not be removed from Tothill-fields before half after two o'clock. .On the messenger arriving at the prison at quarter before two o'clock for the purpose of serving the habeas, he was informed that Captain Douglas had been removed from the Bridewell about a quarter of an hour before for Chatham in custody. Messengers were instantly dispatched with the writ, in order, if possible, to overtake the prisoner before he shall be removed out of. the jurisdiction of the Court. This sudden remaial is rather sharp prac tice on the part of the East India Company. CHINESE ARTS AND ARMS.—We shall not attempt a description of the arts in use by so artful a people as the Chinese. Suffice it to say, that Chinese society is one " Royal Society of Arts," of which the Emperor is perpetual President, and every individual in the nation a life-member. As to their arms—the arms of the Chinese are almost as curious as the feet of their wives. Their weapons are not numerous. Their swords, like all bad arguments, may be said to cut two ways, for they sometimes kill themselves with them instead of their enemies. Their guns are match-locks, and each soldier who carries a gun, car ries also a math-lock for himself, though no match for us. Their cannon are so formidable, and so fearfully constructed, that our soldiers, when they have cap tured one (which they rarely succeed in doing unless they try), are actually afraid to fi re th em for fear they should burst. Their bows and arrows are per haps their best weapons, for if they hurt nobody else with them, at least they don't hurt themselves. We should be inclined to think that the most truly de structive of all their instruments of war are (strange to say) defensive weapons—namely, their shields— for on these they paint such dreadful faces, that the very sight of them has been known to make English soldiers fall down, and almost die,--of laughing. The effect produced on the nerves of weak people, when they behold specimens of all these tremendous imple ments of destruction collected together in one spot, may be imagi ne d, b u t canno t be described.—Punch. IDicd, lately, at Rumncy Ironworks, Mrs. Joyce, aged 108. She was th e mo th er , gran d mo ther, great grandmother, and great-great-grandmother of 105 children. WOOD PAVING.—On Saturday the first section of a new system of wood paving was laid down at the entrance to Lombard-street. It is called by the in ventor the " Stereoprism " system, and is about the sixth now upon trial in the metropolis. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, Nov. 4.—Sugars con tinue exceedingly brisk, and anything good, more par ticularly in groceries, is eagerly taken at gradually advancing rates. The stocks are decreasing, and con fidence in future prices seems to he perfectly esta blished. Our fruit-market is in a sate of confusion, owing to peculiar local circumstances, and although the quality of this year's import is much finer than usual, prices of currants are daily declining, and will not now bring more than 50s. Valentia,s, 368. Bristol Mercury. _ , , r r 4 A 4, '4so.ll(t'c'bitt et THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICE - S.) BRITISH FUNDS. Dank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 931 Ditto Bonds .... —pm 3 per Cent. Cons... 93 !Ditto Old Annuities ... 91 3i per Cent. Red......... 106 Ditto New Annuities... New Si per Cent... ...... 101 Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 60 pm New 5 per Cen' — Ditto 500/...... 60 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6O pm Jan. 1860 .. l2 5-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 169 Oct. 1859 Jan. Ip6o 124 Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds 634 Prussian, 5 per cent..,. DuenosAyres6 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent....,, (Affirm 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — 'Spanish, 5 per cent...... 18 Ditto, ' 1824 2li Ditto Deferred.... . 10a Cultaßonds, 6 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Danish, 3 per :ent Exchange Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. 'French, 3 percent Bof. 75n. Mexican, 5 per cent 3.3 Dutch, 2 per cent. s2i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 100 Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. 17i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 40i Eastern Counties (23 rah!) Ditto Debentures ( paid) Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid . London and Brighton (50 paid) 36 London and Blackwali ( paid) London and Bit minghain (90) London and South Western (41/ vs 10(10) CO Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 6} South Eastern and Dover (50 raid)......... 224 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) ... 17i York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 91 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paift) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 7 - 7 FIIO3I THE ETENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The recently issued orders of _the Court of Chancery, to which general attention has now been called, arc exciting the universal disgust of the entire legal profession. It was supposed that a measure brought forward in Par liament as one of reform would at least have pro vided against some of the most flagrant abuses connected with the subject to which it referred; but the recent (li l ac:anent is so monstrous a piece of extortion and injustice, that many suspect its framers of a desire to bring the name of Law Reform into disrepute,. and prevent the public from making any further demand for it. The evil of the modern practice of wasting the early part of the Parliamentary session in idle debate, and hurrying measures through both Houses within the last fsw days, when no time remains to deli berate, was never more forcibly illustrated than in the present instance. The Bill out of which the evil now complained of arose, proposed simply the abolition of ceradu offices which public opinion had long condemned as needless and extravagant. A measure having for its object the getting rid of the Six Clerks was sure to meet with general approbation; but the public little dreamed that certain compensation clauses were to be thrust in at the eleventh hour, by which a system of permanent extortion was to , be established for the purpose of making up the loss that parties deprived of their situa tions would otherwise experience. We remem ber that complaints were made by one or two Members that they had not sufficient time to ex amine the proposed measure. It was immedi ately replied, that Chancery retbrm was called for, and that when a 13111 was before the House, there had been no frivolous objections made, on the score of non-acquaintance with its details, to passing it. By these means, many were entrapped into supporting a plan of spoliation under the as surance that they were aiding in Reform, and the law was thus passed without that examina tion which would have detected its barefaced iniquity. It is well known that the emoluments of the Six Clerks were found, on investigation, to be much more e xorbitant.than had been sup posed, and this was a strong reason for the abolition of their offices. In providing for compensation, it is, in our opinion, most unjust to take the very exorbitant scale of remuneration which has crept in from old abuses. The allow ance to the individuals who retire should be framed with a view to what in fairness they ought to have been paid, rather than with regard to what by a corru pt system they have been in the habit of receiving. Besides, supposing that it is thought fit to compensate in proportion to the extravagant e moluments obtained, why should a permanent charge be laid on the suitors in Chancery to meet a temporary purpose? for, though pensioners are proverbially long-lived, it is to be remembered that the Six Clerks and their troop of compensated copyists are, after all, only mortal, while there is no provision for re leasing the suitors from a tax imposed to raise pensions that will be no longer payable. That the attention of Parliament must be called to these Orders, there can be little doubt; but we should suggest to Lord Lyndhurst the propriety ofacceding htepof r sseioitl, a to the nd feeling universally expressed by rescinding, or, at least, modifying some of the most obnoxious of the new regulations. STANDARD. — Our anxiety to give as much as possible of the intelligence brought by the Overland Mail compels us to abridge our obser tions. We cannot close our reference to these two most unprofitable wars in which our country is engaged, without lamenting the circumstances which have placed the nation in theSe " bella Milks habitura tnumphosi" these wars in which • we cannot conquer without incurring new danger, • and from which we cannot retire except as conquerors, without disgrace and ruin. It is surmised, that a sense of the folly of continued resistance has at lengh touched the Chinese Go vernment, and there seems every reasonable prospect of a successful termination of the cam paign in Afghanistan. But what then ? We shall have proved to the Chinese and the Affglians that we are able to beat them, when we choose but shall we have proved that attack thorn we were te j ust_ or wise in making the .attack ? Is the mere display of so much power worth , the thousands of lives and the millions of money that have been squandered upon it? But if the country gene rally has reason complain of these wars, how much or has the pr e se n t Government? Their stupid and unprincipled predecessors lmereason to office have, to borrow the simile of one of the Whig party, "fastened them in a groove, from which they cannot deviate to the right or left, and in which they cannot even turn about." This is the condition of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet in relation not to the Affghan and Chinese wars only, but in reference to many other de partments of policy in which their conduct is blamed by inconsiderate Conservatives. ELECTION OFHIGH BAILIFF FOR SO UTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) A Court of Aldermen and Common Council was held this morning, at one o'clock, at the Mansion house, at which there was a particularly full attend ance of members, in consequence of this day being appointed for the election of a High Bailiff for the borough of Southwark, in the room of the late J. Holmes, Esq.; as also for a housekeeper to the Cen tral Criminal Court. The candidates for the office of High Bailiff were Mr. D. W. Harvey, Police Com missioner ; Mr. Payne, City Coroner ; and Mr. W. Pritchard, late Under Sheriff. After some preliminary business of no public im- 1 portance, exactly at half-past one the Court proceeded to the election of High Bailiff. It was proposed that the deed conveying the office of High Bailiff should not be signed to-day by the successful candidate, but that it should be signed and sealed on the n ex t Court-day, s 9 that the fortunate c andidate may h ave suf f ic i en t ti me to make hi mse lf acquainted with th e con diti o ns imposed by the Court. —Agreed to. Tl.e petitions of the candidates having been read, Mr. D. W. Harvey said, that if he were elected he would resign the office of Police Commissioner im mediately, or so soon as the Court should think re quisite. Mr. Payn e a lso said that he was prepared to resign on e o f h is present o ffi ces , that of Clerk t o the Justice s , b ut shoul d con ti nue t o hold the City Coronership. Thes e gentlemen, and Mr. W. Prit chard, the other candidate, said they were prepared to execute the . deed. The 54th s t an di ng or d er o f th e Common Co unc il, requiring th a t if t h ere were more ca ndidates th an t wo the number should be reduced to two by show of hands, those two to go to the poll, a show of hands was then taken, which was declared to he in favour of Mr. Payne and Mr. Pritchard, the numbers being—For Mr. Payne 59, Mr. Pritchard 56, and Mr. Harvey 5.5. Here a scene of ver y great confusion .ensued, the friends of Mr. Harvey wishing the numbers to be again taken, in some more minutely accurate manner than a mere show of hands, and Mr. Payne's friends contending that if another division took place, it must be between Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Harvey, the num bers for which gentlemen so closely approximated. The noise and confusion were here so great that it was impossible to hear a single observation made by the various gentlemen who addressed the Lord Mayor, in the midst of which his Lordship said that it appeared to him that the best mode of proceeding would be to take the show of hands agair .—(Great confusion.) The RECORDER Said, it would be better to take a show of hands, to ascertain the wishes of the Court upon this very difficult question. After a scene of the greatest uproar -and confusion, POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY) Mat NS/ON-I/O USE. THE BRITISH AMERICAN COMPANY.—,The Lord Mayor has received the following communication from Lord Elibank, who name. was used in the list of Vice-Presidents of the American Emigration and Colonization Company : " Ryde, Isle of Wight,' Nov. 3, 1842. " My Lord,—Having lately observed in the papers several reports relative to an Association called The British American,' and also that my name has been coupled with it as one of the Vice-Presidents, and in consequence of the manner in which the said Associa tion seems to be conducting its proceedings, in justice to myself I take the liberty of acquainting your Lord ship how I became connected with it. " About eight years ago, or, perhaps, more, several reports of proceedings were sent to me, having for their object the recovery of certain lands in - Nova Scotia, said to belong to the Baronets of that Order. The representations were so plausibly made, and eemed to be sanctioned by so many respectable par sties, that I felt no hesitation at the time in adding my approval of the measures. It soon afterwards, how ever, became evident to me, that the attempt to re cover these lands from the Government was altogether absurd, so that I ceased to feel any interest in the mat ter, and never took any further notice of their pro ceedings. " By what species of ingenuity the object of re covering land, said to belong to the Baronets of Nova Scotia, has been made to slide into the present scheme, lam at a loss to understand. I was appointed to become a Vice-President, but to this application I never replied, nor have I in any way sanctioned the carneleon-like proceeding whiehhas been adopted. " I might not have considered it necessary to have objected to my name being mixed up with this Bri tish American Association, had its objects been clear and intelligible, and likely to be of any advantage to the public. But since arl its proceedings seem to be so dark and mysterious, and of very questionable ad ' vantage to those for whom they are said to be devised, I think it due to myself to send. your Lordship this explanation of my connexion' with the British Ame rican Association.—l have the honour to he, fie." ELTINK." A man of respectable appearance waited upon the Lord Meyer in the course of the day with a letter from the conductors of the Company, requesting that his Lordship would direct that the parcel which had been delivered to Childs, the constable, by some person who had a temporary authority on beard the Barba does and which was stated to be ealued at 2 ,0001., should be handed over to the Company. The LORD MAYOR asked what the parcel contain ed, and was informed that its contents were merely papers relating to the originating of the Company and the Baronetage. The LORD MAYOR—Any property of value ? The Messenger—None at all. Some of the papers, which appeared to be what it was said they were, were exhibited, and. his Lordship delivered up the parcel, stating that he had no right to examine it. WINE ROBBERY.—George Blyth was charged with having robbed Tom's Coffee-house, in Cornhill, of a quantity of wine, and David Chambers, a waiter of excellent character, at the Baltic Coffee-house, near the Royal Exchange, was charged with having received the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Wild appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson attended as Counsel for Chambers. Charles Foote, commonly called " Old Charley," a person jobbing in Cornhill, stated that about two or three months ago, at severe o'clock in the morning, he met Blyth, whom he had often seen at Tom's, in the street, carrying a barrel. After a few words of con versation Blyth told him he might carry the load, and he consented. Blyth then left him under a gateway, near Finch-lane, and went somewhere for the direc tion to which the barrel was to be taken. On Blyth's return Witness took the barrel, in which he had got a glimpse of bottles, according to the direction, to a beer shop at the corner of Tabernacle-square, and was, on coming back to his stand in Cornhill,, paid the sum of ls. by Blyth for his trouble. -Charles Howard, the keeper of the beer-shop, stated that he received the barrel from David Chambers, the prisoner.• Chambers, whom he knew for some time, asked him whether he would , receive a parcel for him, and he consented. The barrel was the second parcel he had taken in for Chambers. He went to a baker, the brother of Chambers, and told him that a barrel had arrived, and the brother took it away. Nathaniel Chambers, brother of the prisoner Cham bers, stated that he received the barrel, but did not see what it contained. The contents of it were, he be lieved, deposited in a cupboard, of which his brother kept the key. The police searched it, and 'found two dozen and four bottles of wine in it. He could not state the time, but he believed it might have been three or four months ago. Inspector M‘Lean, of the City police, stated that he had traced the wine to the cupboard in the house of Chambers's brother, and learned from that person that David Chambers was a waiter at the Baltic Coffee house. Witness then went to the Baltic, and asked the prisoner Chambers whether he knew Blyth ? Chambers took him aside and said he knew Blyth, and appeared to be ready to give every information in his power. Mr. W. B. Silk, one of the proprietors of Tom's Coffee-house, stated that he believed the whole of the wine had come out of his cellar. He had never autho rised any one to sell wine from his stores, and he had missed wine repeatedly in May, when Blyth was cel larman in the house. Blyth i had subsequently been discharged for breaking into the cellar. Mr. Clarkson, for Chambers, submitted that there . was no evidence calculated to show that that prisoner r had any guilty knowledge, supposing that the posses sion .of the wine was undisputed altogether. The LORD MAYOR said he thought the case of Chambers ought to go to a Jury. Chambers knew that Blyth was cellarman at Tom's Coffee-house, and ought to have asked the proprietors whether they authorised the sale of wines before he bought of Blyth who had never produced a bill of parcels at all, and had consented to receive three shillings a bottle for sherry, which, if good for anything, was worth fire. Chambers must prove his innocence elsewhere. Mr. Clarkson—No, my Lord, the difficulty will be to prove his guilt. The LORD MAYOR—I shall take bail for Chambers. ' I commit Blyth, for the robbery, to Newgate. Chambers was instantly bailed. GUILDHALL .John Kennard, lately a footboy to Mr. Watts, a respectable solicitor, whose office is No. 8, Coleman street, was charged , with stealing 821., the property of his employer. The case had been fully heard, and only stood over for the attendance of a witness to prove that on the day named, viz., the 28th of October, he sent up 821. to Mr. Watts, to meet a bill due on that or the following day. Evidence was given to prove that the prisoner was intrusted with the money by Mr. Watts to take up the bill of exchange, but he ab sconded, and a hand-bill was circulated offering a re ward for hiS apprehension. Mr. Inspector Black, of the 0 division, who brought the prisoner in custody, deposed that he was found "drunk and incapable," on the footpath of the New . road, St. Pancras. Before he was locked up, a 101. note, a 51. note, 26 sovereigns, and some silver coin, was taken from him. After the lapse of an hour he sent for him, and requested his name and address, but he was mute. In the course of the night he had him up a second time and questioned him, but with no better effect, so that he took him before Mr. Long at the office-hour. On his way (he having in the interim received the hand-bill produced), showed it to the pri soner, who burst into tears, and said, "I am the person." He (the inspector) finding newly-purchased articles about him, and not giving an account of him self, was the reason why he first detained him. Sir PETER LAURIE observed that a clearer case could not be conceived, and committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial. BOW-STREET. E. Dash, an ex-assistant to a linendrapers a young fellow of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a variety of a r ti c l es , he property of Mr. Helme, a herald chaser, residing in Long-acre, and Maria Robinson was charged with being an accessory after the fact, and harbouring and maintaining the prisoner. About three weeks ago the prisoner Dash, and another young man named Hill, were brought to the above Court, on a charge of having assaulted the prosecutor, who on that occasion stated that his wife had suddenly absented herself from his house at Hol loway, and that he having ascertained the place of her retreat, went there, and demanded an interview with her for the purpose of inducing her to return to his house, when the prisoner Dash presented himselfand declared that he should not see her, and that ultimately he saw her coale out of the house, and•get into a cab, followed by Dash and Hill, both of whom, on , his going to the cab to demand his wife, committed a violent as sault upon him, and for which offence they were sen tenced to pay a fine of Si. each, and in default of pay ment committed for two months to the House of Cor rection. The fine levied on Dash was immediately paid, and (as prosecutor had since ascertained) by his (prosecutor's) wife ; but Hill having no friend ready to furnish him with the money, was committed to pri son, where he now remains. Yesterday the prosecu tor stated that he had subsequently missed several ar ticles. from his house at Holloway ; and that, with the assistance, of the police, he had succeeded in tra c i ng some of them to the possession of different pawnbro kers, with whom he also ascertained they had been pledged by the prisoner Dash ; upon which he gave him into the custody of a policeman, who, on search eng him, found a cornelian, which prosecutor at once identified as his property ; and also a letter from the female prisoner (Robinson) warning Dash that the prosecutor and the police were looking after him. After the prisoner Dash had been given into custody, the prosecutor, accompanied b y a po li ceman, went to his lodgings, where he found hi s w if e ,. an d also-the fe- male prisoner. On his telling the latter that he sus— pected some of his property was concealed in thehouse,.. and demandinglts restoration she denied all knowledg-e -of it, but subsequently admitted that it was pledged, and offered to give up the duplicates, provided he would promise not to prosecute Dash. To this proposition he refused to accede, and after some delay Robinson gave up to him thirty duplicates, relating to v arious• articles that had been taken from his house, declaring at the same time that those were all she had, but 0P the policeman searching the house he found several.. other duplicates, relating also, as prosecutor believed,' to his property, upon which Robinson was also, given into custody. The Solicitor for the . pros ecution applied to the Court to remand both the prisoners for further exa mination, as he had no doubt he should be provided with additional evidence against them on a future day, and he also requested that directions should he giv en ' that in the meantime they should not be allowed to hold any communication with the prosecutor' s wife. he Mr. TWYFORD acceded to both requests, and t . prisoners were remanded accordingly.-- n opplien, t _l ° " was afterwards made to admit them to bai l, but wn'-e the worthy Magistrate refused to accede to. MARLBORO UGH- S T.REE llrilliam Wu g ener, a fereigner, was brought up fore Mr. Hardwick, charged with having on il t s. e 'd appropriated the sum of 901., which he was irtrus to receive for a person named Crofts. It appeared that Crofts was connected gaming- house, No. 2, Rupert-street. A- g en" man went into the house about a fortnigh t aK and was pigeoned to the tune of 1201., for wil l i e " he gave his I 0 U fur 301. and 90 7 ,. Th e witl the fendant, who was also connected in some Ava.)? gaming -house, was sent to receive the money. cordingly the defendant applied to the g entle! nan , n .: 11 was immediately id his demand. Instled ii i . v ' n „ g ' the whole sum toCrofts, he only paid over 3 01, 'el with vs in g back 901., which at first he said be had lost. rr story was not believed, and as he persisted in keeping the money, he ws given nto cuod. The defendant a asserted that he st ba y d as 'et mu ch to the money as Crofts. He bad been uined.in , 4 11 v0 in the capacity of partner, he had a right house ; the people owning it owed 3001., and 3 5 1/e himself by holding the money he had received. dot Mr. HARDWICK decided upon holding the defen the in custody till Monday, in order to give time ! ° , l ) prosecutor to obtain the attendance of the gentle"' in question. b fore The Hon. Mr. Henry Plunkett was brough t Mr. Hardwick, charged with having conducted "tin self in a disorderly_ manner in the house ° f Forbes, No. 10, King-street, St. James. ,• w ay to reps) 'Captain Forbes said the defendant pashed "' be ' to w Into his (complainant's) hod-room that morni n f h t hat he was dressed, and possessing himself of 0 ' c ,,,,sth was in the room, he proceeded to require °l ts n t of. questions respecting matters which he was ignera $ As the defendant's manner and actions were.ool threatening nature, he (complainant) required in, the ()t wo. withdraw, and rang the bell for the attendance landlord of the house, at the same time alln in g at taeli• self with the poker, in readiness to r epel any - ho se The defendant, however, would not leave tn e hp l e ft until a police-constable was sent for, and then i(131r• in the constable's custody. Captain Forbes te iflt. Hardwick he had no wish to press the charg e, ould Plunkett would give him an assurance that he w t o n not intrude himself ',into his house again in Einc abrupt way. Mr. Plunkett said there had been some actions in a pecuniary way between him and Carre, Forbes—if he was a captain. Capt. Forbes ha' ; ported untruly that he (defendant) owed hinl I n°ll 4es and he thought it his duty to call upon Captain / ° with 4 : to get a denial of this report. He took a frie nd a nd' him, and walked into Capt. Forbes's bed-o° lll 'f his. -; there he held some conversation on the subject 0 rev . visit. A stick being handy, he laid hold of it I t e eo o. , as a support, and this action was seemingly ID strued by Capt. Forbes. Mr. ling to promise not to intrude upon Capta in ; this • any more ? Mr. Plunkett said he should g- t ,v a r 'bo, tra.,sisi: assurance—that be would not seek out CIO., '' ) e f bis but if he met him he should tell him his opinion conduct. t this Capt. Forbes appeared as if about to aeeeP, e ine limited pledge, but upon Mr. Plunkett apPlY lll L t ier, opprobrious names both to him and to a Ctif t , -- ad visable to have Mr. Plunkett bound over as "11 , nuance of the course he had chosen to AM" most likely lead to a breach of the peace. r into' Mr. HARDWICK directed Mr. Plunkett to tote lluceci. sureties in 201. each. The sureties were Pre and the defendant was liberated. NAVAL INTELLIGEN CE. (From the Hamphire Telegraph.) . OO iS PORTSMOUTH, NOV. s.—The St. Vincent, L. ! , ordered to be fitted with Mr. Snow' Harris's conductors. b . tir " , . The Jaseur sloop-of-war, at Portsmouth, and f .... 10-gun brigs at Plymouth, viz., the Forester, 130. fa. zard, Lyra, and Nightingale, are advertised to be 5 ' 3 ' 4 out of the Service, together with two lighters, l' Woolwich. ivill lghtruf IN The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Pal , P . • ~. is be ready for sea the beginning of next vireo , . , 1 • c h. ; not known what win be the part of the worl d tolm Iv ` l ...di ° " she will next be ordered, either to carry o ut or home troops. 7 ' 80 0 The Solway, West India steamer, w ith 7 5 • 0 ,.. '`. dollars in specie, arrived at New Orleans on se her 23, having sustained some damage in a hurl", on the sth. - L . ~Vent, . In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, x.l•'''',..oop Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Resistance L" ship), Frolic, Rocket, Volcano and Echo, n l _ .1 Nautilus, Java, transport. At Spithead—Rhine and Jason (Dutch) . PROMOTIONS AND . APPOINTITENTS. vriCe PROMOTIONS.—Mate—Mr. John A. r • in eo,, (Thunderer), to the rank of Lieutenant. Willi =, front APPOINTMENTS.—Commander W. A. " the Jascur, to the Frolic. r; C. Lieutenant—E. R. J. Belfour, to the Ge Y se. L. Hockin, to the Wasp. Master—Robert Fuller (acting) to the Kite: col t. Second Master—Charles Greig, to the St. ...„. 171 , n eeri t• Master's Asssistant—H.H. Smith, to the St- v 1 , 9 ' . il r • Mate—Robert Reid, to the Caledonia ; 11 ' '' Ingram, to the Geyser nO ; -sr e lca. - Assistant Surgeons—J. Boland, to the ~,,,ks, John Bernard, to the Rhadamanthus ;H. 11. ''' • to the Royal George. a u Volunteers Ist Class—T. J. Young , to .f6rce, sistance • J. F. Baker, to the Howe ; T homas C. S. to the Thunderer ; J. W. Pike, to the Frolic ;_ hue ll,, Guthrie, to the Thunderer; James Henry 1311 ' to the Winchester. Ai la • Clerk—John Barrett (additional), to the • ° First Engineer—G. Murdock, to the Per-telt/4' teo l4l/Its There have been statements and counter -stn - t o f 11 in the newspapers in respect to thi gr ar t l I V e Civil List pension to Wordsworth, te r„., - " t v bi l i s understand the fact to be that her 1% NW SO been graciously pleased to grant a pensi on ', s ort°' per annum on the Civil List to Mr. Worolaied Her Majesty has also, we are informed, g,r,, g o I‘l ls ' pension of 1001. per annum to each of '' t li;ea - Kennedys, the sisters of the late Sir ite, he l o s t he nedy, to whose distinguished services O r e , such, war, as Commissary-General of the F t : e r c ....vs r4t i e , ( 1 ) ; honourable testimony was borne by Wellington in his place in the House of Lordeicilhosei the . last session of Parliament. Neither have th e in the I n iu tike, h f t er t; science been overlooked by her Maie st S 10° 1 appropriation 'of the very limited fun the dis has, been placed by Parliament 5t ,.., , servi ce posal of the Crown for the reward o s f .ci P e and of distinguished literary and Every friend to science will rejoice to hen r ; o f the, name of Mr. Owen, the Hunterian profes'? _ list 0 ' College of Surgeons, has been added to te:, , 0 1 eminent men (Airey, Farraday, and other.sae y o se distinction), whose claims upon public gratiiitz.:aaper• been acknowledged by the Sovereign.----Ece th d i v ision Private Robert Newman, of the PI-Y ie°3. rt-Inar of Royal Marines, has been sentenced, by eou /i dea be bri t . tial, to seven years' transportation, and to _lves with the letter " D, s ' for robbing the par °lllce. of England Conservative. -- - On the 27th ult., at Liv .B er i p ß oo T l, B E S li; 3, of Jo il " P. Roche, Esq., American merchant, of a son. A 410 14 " roa • On the 4th inst., at Portland-Place, Clapham- ‘. o re, of Joseph Graham, Esq., of a daughter. "" klenburgh-aq On the 4th inst., it Dought3-street, .....ec.. w oody the lady of H. M. Bagstor, Esq., of a ton. t• .r°h"'s. On the 4th inst., at Marlborough-place, S• _ son• f the lady of Coryndon Henry Luxmoore, Esq. , of '_ n L u cas , ° Mrs. Orton On the sth inst., in Chesham-places lire' a daughter, still-born. 7- 2: t the n °ll. On the sth iust , at Dyrham-park , c e ' the rife Mrs. Gir t° Trotter, of a son.. On the sth inst., at Fort-place, Bermondsey, Legg, of a daughter, still-born. ; a ster , 31 A RR I E D. eh A v' e stm . to , On the sth inst., at St. Margaret's Chur , ~ and his . Henry Thomas Ryall, Esq., her (laughter r J , rival engraver, to Georgiana, second on 0 , Esq., Duke-street, Westminster. James, thiriLs ,h,, At St. Martin's, Birmingham, Edward v hart to Wl"' „ the late Captain Francis Parry, of Shreci'denorth. , of Bri „ eldest daughter Gil M. Coley, Esq. r elict' DiED. ,s ar n, - f Esther P e 01 61 * On the 29th ult., at A 3 lesbury,, .1•1 , . seow „hill, ag lioot of Joseph Hearn, Esq., of the Kings A !_,. rn"isainbrifige P? of 31,ksty,, rartraoil. J. copei, On the 2d inst., at Derby, Diana Hsy Davison, t,sq. youngest daughter of the late Daniel Wilson v. Brand Hall, Shropshire. On the 3d inst., in G e orgc-street , Vizard, Esti., aged 39. Richard P • • On the 4th inst., at Southampton, Mr. late of Temple-row, Birmingham. _______----- - ii r 6 - ; rd ------ -- rt --- npo 1.19- - .4 0 : London; Printed and Published b_y ML , .„...• 1/ 2, Str r - - No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Mee, v" ) ,... . 7 WO . l' ' the County of Middlesex, Monday, Novem be r ' Portman. square, wiTit:rl:l