The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-06 00:00:00

ON DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF ASSURANCE. Can Insurers get superior, equal, or less actual bene,i l :, in a Bonus Society than from establishments on other principles ? Adduce the man, who, in 1817, insured at 30, for 100/ in the Equitable (here only specifically named as the leading type of the Bonus class)—the annual premiu m tnen andnow 21. 13s 6d. In 1840, what were his pros pects ? Re had paid twenty-fbur times 21. 13s. 6d., i. e. 641. 4s.,.improved'at 4 per cent. interest toIO4L 10s. 11d., the amount virtually outlaid : and has still to pay yearly 2L 13s. 6d. Thus the Society have 1041. 10s. 11d. in band, and further derive from him Cl. 17s. 2d annu ally (1. e. the 21. 13s. 6d. and 41. 3s. Bd. interest on sum saved). For these he is promised 100/ at death, and 221 10s. Bonus, made up of 2i per cent. per ann. from 1831 (the earliest time at which Insurers after 1816 be came entitled to anyßonus), to 1840, together 122/.los.with a prospective 24. per cent. if he die betbre 1850. Modern rates, if taken in 1817 (as by the Asylum Company since 1842) without Bonus , would be, premium 2L 25., sum paid 50/ Bs, improved to 821. ls. 6d., yielding inte rest 3L ss. Bd., and the 21. 25., together 51. 7s. Rd., for 1001. at death. —Now to contrast : PAYMENTS. On Old System, he has vir tually paid £lo4 10 11 On Modern B2 1 6 Difference £22 9 5 Cash in hand. EVENTUAL RECEIPT. On Old System, at death, with future Bonus no tict-d below On Modern lOO 0 0 --- Difference £22 10 0 payable at death. Thus on Old System, the higher premium yields 221. 10s. more at death, but on he Modern 22 1 . 9 s. sd. present cash in hand, which should purchase at the Equitable's prihted prict s 40/. 13s. 7d. Bonus, instead of 221. 10s., a difference fully equal to expectations dependent on a life now aged fifty-three, surviving decennial periods, and on other circumstances. Thus as to past, Old has no ad vantage over Modern System ; whereas, for future, the difference between 2/. 13s. 6d. and 21. 2s. is a clear an nual saving in favour of Modern. Other ages would give similar results, and of course with extended effect on larger sums. A Policy before 1817 would be at a period when fluctuation in the value of money afforded means of investment which it would bo sheer speculation to expect to• recur—and a more recent Insurance might have no Bonus. It is notorious that the Equitable has afforded the greatest actual and comparative Bonuses of which the system is capable. It .may seem unanswerable, that if Proprietary Com panies make a profit, Mutual Assurers without Proprie tary must have such profit returned to themselves. This can never be the case—every soundfSociety will have a collected fund, to counteract specific contingencies in deaths. Proprietors furnish this by forming a capital ; and the premiums necessary for deaths and expenses are increased to yield interest to Proprietors for the use of such capital. But in a Mutual Society, no capital being present, high premiums must be charged to provide a " Reserved Fund," and of course this can only be founded on such part of the high premium as deaths and expenses do not consume, consequently the Assured can never have all the savings returned, because portion must be held back to sustain the reserved fund, and this pardon as above shown exceeds in practice what a just Proprietary need require as profit on subscribed captal. In brief the assured pay to a sound Proprietary excess to yield mere interest : in Mutual Associations a capital itself has to be created and sustained from time to time by excess of premium. It is clear therefore that more must be retained from the assured to form and sus tain a reserved fund, than Proprietors need exact as in terest for a capital already furnished. The above, more in detail, may be had at the ASYLUM OFFICE on inquiring for Paper on " Bonus Systems." ASYLUM LIFE OFFICE, GEO. FARREN, 70, Cornhill, London. Resident Director The Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry and Dismounted Cavalry assembled on Friday last fur eight days' permanent duty, and they have ac quired marked attention from their most unsoldier like appearance. The awkwardness of the men mounted on horses of (yen variety of size, has af forded great amusement. his a pity the public have 10 pay so dear for their amusement.—Tyne Mercury. TH - R BRIGHTON MAlLS.—Arrangements have just "'en concluded between the Post-office authorities and the directors of the railway for the transmission of bOth the day and night mails. Hitherto the day flail only has been carried by railway, the night mail travelling by the old road, owing to several of the towns within its delivery not being adjacent to the railway. Mail carts from the various stations will now convey the letters to these towns, and the new arrangements will come into operation in the course of the present week. STATE OF TRADE.—The market yesterday pre, tented the same appearance as it has bornc during the last fortnight or three weeks; the demand for nearly all deSeriptions of goods and yarn being very mode rate, and prices generally tending downwards.-3fan- Chester Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, OCT. 3.—The de mand for flannels still continues good, and we have had a fair average market to-day, at former prices. The wool market is still heavy, as the manufacturers 'Purchase for immediate use only. Wools of middling .na finer, quality are father better to buy. AMATEUR PRIZE FIGHT.—An amateur prize fight took place on Tuesday in the marshesopposite Graves end, the parties being Mr. Burke of trotting notoriety, ,and a Mr. Chilcott. Some words having occurred betwee n the parties a short time since, the result was a challenge to a pugilistic encounter, which was ac cepted, and a match for 1001. a side w as m a de, and was named as the day for settling their dif ferences. Accordingly, at an early hour the parties, With their respective friends, proceeded per stea mer to G ravesend, _ whence they crossed the river , a nd after S o me delay succeeded in forming a roped ar ena in the marshes for the display of their prowess. Mr. Chil cott was considerably heavier and taller than h is op rntmt. Aft er fighting 110 rounds, occupying two , ours and a quarter, Burke was oblige d to cry ' enough," and was conveyed from the ground appa rently much mortified at his defeat. Tuesday morning, about half- p ast one o'clock, a ii,„ brokesituated out on the premises o f Mr. Hulse, chemist, at No. 37, Leadenball-street. Several engines ,'were soon on the spot , a nd were g ot into w er 2 ' l, awl by dint of gr eat exertion the flames e subdued about three o'cloc k, but not before a considerable destruction of proper t y took p lace. The to loss, it is thought, w ill exceed 1,.0001. How the e originated could out be ascertained,, nor yet in what offi ce Mr. Hulse is i. , sured. MinacuLous ESCAPE. —An attempt at self-destruc tion was made on Monday afternem by John Martin, a man who is well known on the Brip.-aton beach, as tie master of a pleasure-boat. He had I) , :.en living for several years with a woman somewhat his junior, who on Sunday morning disappeared, and at the saint' time he missed a considerable portion of his portable pro perty, which, on inquiry, he learned had been I.i:- stowed by her as a marriage portion on a man tc whom she, on leaving the house, had immediately got married, at St. Nicholas church. The loss of his companion, perchance of his hoarding - s, so preyed on his mind, that on Monday he resolved on self-destruc tion, by throwing himself down the well of his own house. He was observed in the act of leaping down, and a young man, a neighbour, at once voluntered to descend in the bucket. He did so accordingly, and brought up Martin, who, to the astonishment of nn 50 ,, 5., who had this time congregated merous per around the well, proved to have entirely escaped in jury. The well, which is at the back of Chester field-street, nearly at the top of the bill above Devon shire-place, is upwards of 120 feet deep, and contaituul 20 feet of water. A PROFESSIONAL STEAK.—We had a good dinner, of course: good dinners constitute portions of travelling . equipages, with two servants in the rumble. Few people have any idea of the systematic principle upon which your free vintner exhibits his rations of solid` and liquids : accident alone let me into the secret. I happened to be in the act of ascending the stairs of of the free-and-easies in the vicinity of Covent garden, dedicated to midnight melody and mutton chops, as the writer from the landing-place thus be spoke the chef de cuisine :-- , 4 Cook, six muttons, four Welsh rabbits, and three stealzs (professional)," with a fall of the voice Never h a vin g seen steaks of that sort, I watched for their appearance with some' curiosity. As I entered the room, " Glorious Apollo" was in full grind, first, second, and third, pumping out their lungs as for dear life. The song ended; in came the supper; each of the glorious Apollos being supplied with a slice of flesh, " all bone and gristle, like a dying gladiator." I never see a dogs'-meat barrow without thinking of a professional steak.— S'porting Review. HER 'MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—A report hsi reat;hed us, which we notice that it may be con tradicted or explained, that none of the persons on boardihe Trident received any gratuity whatever for their services. Even the stewardess, who was in ' e lwe personal attendance on her Majesty, as an ex .iperienced female sailor, was not rewarded. If this statement be correct, we are sure that the omission to Perform so grateful a duty on the part of her Ma jestY's purse-bearer, arises from some mistake, or perhaps th e ac k now ledgment is only d ela y ed to make it the more handsome and the more acceptable. Count Creptowitch and Prince Labaroff left London ,tEonco 3 m - e p st a e n r x d ,, ay by the General Steam Navi st.l D al?S. Strati:l P , Cant R. s m a f e o k r et i Countess of Lonsdale, iamburgb, en route for eterFnurgh The late Irish Master of the Rolls had his life in sured f or 25 ooni He is succeeded in the bar onetc y by his S 0 I,110:; • Sir COleMaD who was Called to the 'l b rin 1841. I k N. - 1 I , 11 4 t \ 1 1 A ------ NE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. lOur own Funds remained in precisely the same condition at the close of business this day as they have been for some time past; that is to say, an in - olination to advance, while the jobbers are so well supplied with Stock, as to be able to answer any de mand for it, and at the same time indisposed to in crease they quantity they may have, and hence the almost total absence of business. Consols' were 928 93 for Money, and 93 93* for the . .itecount ; Bank Stock, 247 249 ; Exchequer Bills are higher, the New, 50 52; Old, 51 53 premium. The inactivity to which the English Market has been reduced of late, has caused greater attention to be directed towards some of the Foreign Securities, and among them chiefly to Dutch and Belgian. The situation of the finances of the former of these two countries, while it presents no cause for exhibiting a decline in the price of its bonds, certainly does not warrant any expectation of a rise. It is extremely doabtful if the revenue of Holland has at all proxi mated to the expenditure, especially when the ex penses of maintaining the colonies be added. Large sums have for some time past been distributed among the native provinces in the east by the way of subsidy or reward fbr exclusive commercial privileges, while to support the powerthus gained, great expenses have been annually incurred without any proportionate return beyond a consolidation of future power. The Nether lands' Trading,Company, although originally of private formation, and for private benefit, has now become so interwoven with national concerns, as to render the condition of its finances of as much importance to Holland as the state of our Indian empire is to this country ; and this is not so favourable as the Dutch could wish, inasmuch as the exclusive system pursued iu Batavia in regard to foreign commerce, and the heavy export duties, have obliged almost the whole of the produce to be sent home on account of thi.; body, whereby some heavy losses ha ve been sustained. The late alteration in the tariff with regard to one of their staple commodities, coffee, and the new fruitless voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, has caused a further decline, and consequently greater loss on this article. This was purchased at the periodical sales in Holland, shipped to the Cape in Dutch vessels, and so brought in by British ships, as being " imported from within the limits of the East India Company's charter." The Two and a Half per Cents. were 52 521 ; the Five per Cents., 100+ 1002; Belgian, 102 k 1032 ; Danish, 82 83 ; and Brazilian, 63 64, ex div. The arrival of the Dee, with about half a million of dollars, though the exact portion on account of the dividends is not known (it is currently stated to be 26,000), caused a firmness in the quotations of Mexican Bonds, which were 33+ 334 ex div. In the Share Market Brightons were still the favourite, and a fair extent of business was done. Some of it was doubtless speculation, but the larger part was for investment ; the last prices were 36* 36i; London and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 39 41; Great Western, 82 83 ; the Half shares, 592 60; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New shares, 274- 28f ; South Eastern, 23+ 23i ; Eastern Counties, .8-1- 8f ; Northern and Eastern, 35 36 ; south Western, 572 58 ; and Black wall, 6f 7 per share. The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 21 212 ; Peruvian, 15+ 161 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.. 36 364- ; the Three per Cents., 21/ 214 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 16* 161 ; the Three per Cents., 21 21*. The circumstance of the Dee having arrived off Southampton at eight o'clock this morning, is offered as another proof of the superiority of this port over Falmouth as a station. Without going into the question, it is beyond doubt that had the letter-bags been landed there, merchants would have had their letters to-day, instead of to-morrow; and this is not the only instance. A very awkward attempted evasion of the revenue laws has, it is said, been discovered to-day ; the ar ticle, which is of universal consumption, is more for the inside than the outside. (From The Sun of Last Night:) The funds remain steady as to prices, but without any fact worthy of particular notice. Consols are 94 93 for Money, and 93 for the Account; New Three and-a-Half per Cents., 100* 101 ; India Bonds, 39 ; Exchequer Bills are again better, those bearing 2ed. per day being at 50 52, and those at 2d., 49 52 prem. Dutch Bonds are the only Foreign Securities in which transactions have taken place; the Five per Cents. are 1001 ; and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52*. The quotation for Mexican is rather better, it being 331 331 ex div. The Share Market has had but little business, ex cept in Brighton, which continue to be favourites for investment. The price now is 36k, and the Loan Notes 1c1; Great Western, 82* 83; the New Shares, 594 ; Fifths, 7i 7f ; Northern and Eastern, 14*; South Eastern, 23* ; and Midland Counties, 59*. The Bonds quoted are—Colombian, 21* ; Portu guese, New, 36*; and Spanish Three per Cents. 21*. It appears to be now generally understood that the time for business in the City is to terminate at four o'clock, and to which arrangement it would seem that no objection has, or can, be made. But those altera tions will prove of limited benefit practically, while the hours for receiving letters on post-nights remain as they do; that is to say, eleven at night; so that, on Tuesdays and Fridays, every person connected with the Continental trade will be employed just as late as they were when 'Change did not terminate until five o'clock ; and a kind of extra meeting was held outside for ' nearly another hour. The latest time for posting letters for the East or West Indian or Ame rican ma ils, is the usual inland hour of seven ; and the correspondence by any one of them is quite as voluminous and valuable as that to the Continent, while it is all deposited in the office four hours before the letters, and consequently . is by so much a relief to all engaged m it. From the crowded state of Cheapside at five minutes to eleven, when the pave ment is filled with persons running to be in time, with scarcely a moment to spare, and the confusion at the Post-office itself, it may be inferred that, were the time extended, the letters still would not be brought till the last minute . , and it has, therefore, b e en asked why, as procrastination is th e order of the day with houses connected with Europe, the time can not be lessened, it being certain that quite suffi cient would remain to transact all business and with out undue precipitation. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE , OCT. 4.—There has been no improvement in our market, and prices remain unaltered. Our quotations are—Bristol and Exeter, 45k; South Western, 574; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 461 461 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 214 22 ; Paris and Rouen, 20 20*; Union Bank 8* 81. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH, FUNDS. Bank Stack 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. 93 3i , per Cent. Red — New 3i per Cent... lOl Ngw 5 per Cen: Long Annuities to expire India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds ...... 39 pm Ditto Old Annuities — Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21 50 pm Ditto 5001 50 pm Ditto Small 5O pm Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Acct.— Consols for Acct. I FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 36 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pel cent — Ditto, Metallic...... . Spanish, 5 per cent.. Ditto, Deferred.... . French, 5 per cent. —f. --e. Exchange...—. —f —c. French, 3 per cent. --f. —e. ,zont 5i Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 . FOREIG IN Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds Bi.nos Ayres6 per cent 22 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2l Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Danish, 3 per :ent G reek, 1825, 5 per cent — .•- le4ll, !Per a:4,A Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. 100 i _ . . SHARES. Birmingham and Derby-Railway (100 pd 38/ Eastern Counties Hallway (23 paid) ... Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid)... ......... ... 591 Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... .. . London and Brighto:, (50 paid) 364 Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) .. ...... ... 10i London and South N 1 ester ii (411 6s 10dpd) 574 Midland Counties Railway ( Wit paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) , 144 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Smith i'lastern and Dover (50 paid) 234 Ditto Scrip (15 paid) .. 12i DEATH OF SiR LOWRY COLE. We regret to an• nounce the death of General the Hon. Sir Galbraith yesterday, after place flihfield Park, Hartford hhoutro,okat an illnessiolvry oCfoalbet"mtwahnic Bridge. The deceased was uncle of the present of Enniskillen. He was in his 71st year, and in Earl l in 1815 Lady Frances Harris, daughter of the first Earl of Maltnesbury, by whom he leaves three ct chil dren. Ile was also a Grand Crass of the Bath, Colonel of the 27th Foot (which appointment he held nearly 16 years), Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, and a Commissioner of the Military College and Military Asylum. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in Ward's Foot in Nov. 1794, and Colonel in the army in January, 1801. He was second in command at the battle of Maida, and wore a medal for that sPlen did,victory. In 1309 he was present, in command of a division (the 4th), at the battles of Albuera, Sala manca, Vittoria Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes , and Tou louse, for which ' he had the honour of w earin g a cross and four clasps. On the 3d of February, 1812, he received the thanks of the House of Commons, through the Speaker, while attending his place as a Member of the House after his long absence on duty; a similar honour, one of the highest in mortal deserving, was bestowed upon him on the 20th of May, 1816. ' ------- SIR JOSIIIM. REYNOLDS ' SERMON.—IVIT. 1 , 4 , ortii cote relateA a story that a clergyman, a friend of Mr. Opie, declared to him that he once delivered from the pulpit one of Sir Joshua Reynolds' discourses o r lectures to the Royal Academy, as a sermon, with no other alterations but in such words as made it ap plicable to morals instead of the fine arts. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1842. NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAIL= WAY COMPANY. A Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the above Company was „held 'at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.-tstmetc yesterday-, at one o'clock, for the purpose , - of - considering the subject of disposing of 3,136 forfeited shares, and also to authorise the Di rectors to borrow a sum of money not exceeding 155,1101. The Chair was taken by W. Marshall, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors. Before proceeding to the business of the day, The CHAIRMAN desired the Secretary to read to the meeting the Report of the Committee appointed at, the last General Meeting to conduct the negotia tions with Mr. Parker for the leasing the railway to certain parties represented by that gentleman. From the Report, it appeared that, at an early stage of the proceedings, the negotiations had been broken off, and had not since been renewed. After a lengthened discus sion, which latterly assumed somewhat of an acri monious personal character, the Report was received. The CHAIRMAN said that this subject having been disposed of, it now became his duty to submit to the consideration of the Proprietors a scheme for the dis posal of the forfeited shares, which they would either reject or adopt, as they might think best. He would put it to the meeting without further comment. It was a scheme for disposing of 3,136 forfeited shares of 501. each, upon which calls to the amount of 451. per share would be considered to have been paid, leav ing 51. per share to be called for. The shares to be sold pro rata among such of the Shareholdeis as might be willing to take the same" at a discount of 5 per cent. upon each share, which plan would allot about one share to every three at present held by the Proprietors ; the sum of Si. per share, to be paid on the allotment, and a further sum of 51. to be paid on the Ist of March, 1843. The remaining 301. per share to be payable by half yearly instalments of 51. per share on the Ist of January and July in each year, until the whole was paid, the first of such instalments to be payable on the Ist of January 1844, with power to the Directors to extend the period of payment, if money in the mean time should be raised by loans. The shares to remain as security to the Company until all the instalments were paid. In lieu of the dividends on these shares, the purchasers would be entitled to receive interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the whole amount for the time being paid up, the discount of Si. per share being considered us so much paid up ; the first payment of interest at the rate of Si. per share upon the amount then paid up would be made when the dividend was declared for the current half year. The holders to have the option at any time of declaring their intention to receive for the future, in lieu of interest at 5 per cent., dividends payable after the same rate as other Shareholders. Should any Shareholder elect not to take the propor tion of shares to which they would be entitled under the arrangement,. on or before the Ist day of Decem ber next, then such shares to be divided pro rata among such of the Shareholders as might be willing to take them, and so en until the whole number should be disposed of. Mr. VIZARD objected to the proposed scheme as being likely to depreciate the price of the old shares. He likewise wished to know the opinion of the Soli citor as to the legality of it, Mr. MAYNARD considered that the shares having been offered for public sale, and not having been dis posed of, the original holders were barred from all further claim on them. It had been demonstrated by that fact that the Company had done all in their power to make the forfeited shares of value to the original owners, and that the shares were of no value to those who had forfeited them. Under these cir cumstances any further claim on the part of the ori ginal owners was barred, and the Company had a right to dispose of them in the way proposed. Mr. COSTE wished to know what reason there was for supposing that these shares would be all disposed of in the manner proposed ? Mr. RosKILL thought there could be no doubt but that they would all be so disposed of, as the terms offered were so advantageous. The time was come when it was necessary to dispose of these forfeited shares in some manner. Mr. GURDEN highly approved of the proposal, and thought that no Proprietor, who consulted his own interest, would refuse to take his share. Mr. GILBERTSON thought that if the forfeited shares, which had weighed like an incubus on the undertaking, were disposed of; the price of shares would rise in the market, for the resources of the line had not as yet been nearly developed. Mr. VIZARD wished to know why they could not raise all the money by loan, instead of part by loan and part by the disposal of the forfeited shares ? The CHAIRMAN said that the disposal of the forfeited shares was part of the security offered for the loan. Mr. (-1-uRDEN had no doubt but that if the forfeited shares were disposed of, tha le an would he raised with the greatest facility. The resolution, for the dispisal of the forfeit d shares, having been proposed and second , cl, was then put and carried, Mr. Vizard being the only Proprietor who held up his hand against it. The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution was to the effect that the meeting should empower the Director s to take up at interest, upon loan notes or otherwise, the sum of 155,1101., upon the credit of the under taking. Mr. SMALE wished to know whether the amount asked for was not more money than was necessary for the purposes of the Company . ? The CHAIRMAN said certainly not. Mr. SMALE said his reason for asking the question was a desire not to give the Directors power over more money than was wanted, because he thought it must be apparent to every Proprietor that the Direc tors had not acted in every respect for the best inte rests of the Company. It was his wish to see some new blood infused into the Direction. -. Mr. BAGSUAWE thought Hon. Proprietors ought not to complain of the Directors, for they had, in fact, been the bankers of the Company up to the present moment, and would have to be for some time to come. Mr. LEVY wished to know whether the Directors were to have fixed salaries ; if they were, the Proprie tors ought to know the precise sum. Mr.WARD,M.P., said after what had passed to-day, and after the opinion they had heard expressed by some of the Proprietors, no member of the Board of Direc tors would condescend to accept a single sixpence. During the interregnum which would take place in the winding up of the affairs of the Directors, he trusted the Proprietors would adopt some measures to furnish themselves with new Directors, as he felt sure that the present ones would resign their trusts as soon as they could settle their affairs. He felt convinced sonic new blood should be infused in the Direction ; but, at the same time he thought they did not deserve so much blame as had been imputed to them. The Proprietors should consider that but for the course pursued by some of them of advanc ing money, the concern would have been in a very different state to what it was at present. He thought the best thing the .Pro prietors could do was to elect a proper Direction, and the best thing the Directors could do would be to re sign their offices into the hands of the Proprietors. He believed that the benefits to be derived from the line I ad not been half exhauitel ; but he thought, at the same time, that it would have been most unwise to have leased the concern. He hoped when they had a vigorous Direction the anticipations of Mr. Bid der would be fully realized. After the present meet ing, it would be for the Directors to. make arrange ments for calling a Special Meeting, at which it would be the province of oi,c Px upi-letors makes-ioich ciumgza as would be satisfactory to them. The resolution having been agreed to, and a vote of thanks passed to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting separated. SPECIAL COMMISSION. STAFFORD, AiONDAL-At two o'clock the Grand Jury came into Court with several bills which had been found by them. BURNING of the REV. DR. VALE'S HOUSE. The Petty Jury panel having been called over, and the jury empannelled, the following prisoners were placed at the bar :—John Harris;4tichard Wright, George Colciough, John Williams, Jhmes Saunders. Joseph Whiston, Hamlet Jackson, Thomas Wagstaff, James Millington, Joseph Saunders, Sampson White house, Thomas Cotton, Samuel Eaton, Wm. Shaw, William Bradbury, Richard Edge, Josiah Gilbert, William Cartledge, Thos. Banks, John Owen, John Powell, William Hollins, Thomas Jackson, Edward Smith, Henry Dimmock, Joseph Loft, James Hurst, Joshua Hurst, and Jabez Phillips, were indicted for riotously and tumultuously assembling on the 15th August last, and beginning to demolish the dwelling house of the Rev. Benjamin Vale, at Longton, in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. The prisoners severally pleaded not guilty. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Godson, appeared for the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Lee, Mr. Price, Mr. Mayland, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Neale for several of the prisoners. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opened the case to the Jury, recapitulating the leading features of the late riots in the Staffordshire district, and then detailing the circumstances of the attack upon the Rev. Dr. Vale's house on the 15th of August. The Learned Gentleman then referred a t so me length to the law as it boi-e upon the indictment preferred against the pri soners. He prayed of the Jury to dismis's from their minds every thing they had heard outside that Court, and to confine themselves strictly to the evidence which should be laid before them. _ The following witnesses were then examined : Mrs. Mary Anne Vale deposed that she was the wife of the Rev. Benjamin Vale, of Longton. On the 15th of August she saw a mob approaching the house, and immediately proceeded to close the shutters. The mob, however, reached the house before she was able to do so. She was greatly alarmed, h"r husband not being at home. They demanded money and drink, which at first she refused, but she afterwards gave them her purse, containing ss. or 65., and desired th 9 servant to give them some drink. They then proceeded to the study, and commenced destroying and burning the books and furniture. Some of them then went up stairs and set fire to several of the rooms ; others followed the servant to the cellar with a sheet, which they set on fire, and they then commenced drinking whiskey. Witness fled as soon as she saw the whole house in flames, and took refuge in an adjoining cottage, when Jabez Phillips, one of the prisoners, came up, and said, " They were going to London to burn, and bring all things to their proper level." The witness then pro ceeded to detail the several facts connected with the destruction of the property, and which have been already published in detail in all the public prints. The Rev. Benjamin Vale was then called and exa mined—He stated that he was absent from the vicar age when it was attacked by the mob. On his re turn he saw the house surrounded by a large mob, and the furniture and building in flames. He was prevented by a friend from going into the house. Sarah Turner, servant to the Rev. Mr. Vale, cor roborated the evidence of Mr. Vale as to the conduct of the mob, and the destruction of the property. Th. gardener of the Rev. Mr. Vale identified Shaw and Bradbury, Phillips, Williams, gild Whitton, as being actively engaged in the demolition of the house and furniture. After the examination of one or two other witnes ses, who spoke chiefly as to the identity of the parties engaged in the destruction of the property, The COURT, finding that a large number of wit nesses were still to be examined, adjourned the pro ceedings at a quarter past six o'clock, and the Jury were given in charge to three constables, and locked up for the night in the Sun Inn. The Court was extremely crowded during the day. TUESDAY. The Court was opened this morning at half-past eight o'clock, and shortly afterwards the three Judges entered the Court, and took their seats on the bench. The prisoners having been again placed at the bar, and the Jury called over, James Baugh was called and examined by Mr. Au gust,TAL- when the fire took place at Mr. Vale's house. I nor—l live at Longton. I recollect the 15 th of saw several men about the house, and knew John Harris, one of the persons , w ho was v er y dr u nk, and was pulling the door down. It was a passage door. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—The engine came at four o'clock, and the house was then all on fire. There were five or six other persons in the room where Harris was. I had never seen Harris before. He had a staff in his hand which seemed like part of a chair. I pulled Harris clear out of the house. I said it was very simple of him to be doing -,,hat, and pulled him out. I told him he was very drunk. I saw him an hour and a half afterwards among the other prisoners. There were about twenty others. On the Wednesday I went before the Magistrates and pointed out Harris. There were 20 or 30 per sons accompanied me with the engine. I have no doubt whatever that the prisoner is the man I saw at the fire. George Bailley examined by the SOLICITOR.:GENE RAL—I am a bricklayer of Longton. I recollect the 15th of Aug., and followed the mob on that day when they attacked Dr. Vale's house. When I saw the house on fire, I went to fetch the engine, and helped to work it and put out the fire. I saw Richard Wright, Wm. Cartledge, John Williams, and Joshua Hurst among the mob when I came up with. the en gine. Williams came to stop us from working the en gine. He first set his foot on the hose, and then he borrowed a knife fro m C ar tl e dge to cut the hose, but he was taken int o cus t o d y b e f ore he could do it by Mr. Richard Cypl es . I afterwards went into the house with the h ose . I saw Hurst in one:of the upper rooms throwi ng ont t h e f u rniture to the mob to break up. I spok e t o hi m, an d a sked what he was doing, but he made no answer. He and tte others in the room continued to break up the furniture and throw it out. I saw W r i g h t pu t a bed upon the fire in front of the h ouse . I h a d k now n hixi before. I also saw Joseph Whi ston, w h o w as known by the name of Joco. I saw him take a piano and :?ut it on the fire. He said the Lord was at his side, and the flames would not h ur t hi m. Cross-examined b y M r. NEALE.--4 first saw the mob at Stoke abo u t e l even i n t h e morning. I saw them at Lane-end a b out one, and wa.s at the Rectory . with them also. I h ave always g i ve n the same ac count of the tran sac ti on as now. I Vent tefore the Magistrates on th e Th urs d ay or F r iday folio ving. Mr. Neale requested the depositions of th witness to be read ; and it appeared that at the examination before the Magistrates there was no menticn of the piano. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there was another deposition made by the witness. Wright or Whiston were not in custody when the one just read had been made. He requested that the other de ?ositions should be produced and read. Mr. NEALE objected, as also did Mr. HUD OLESTON on the part of Wright. The COURT decided in favour of the Cr° wn, and the depositions having been read by Mr. B. •liamy, it appeared that they did not contain many of lhe state ments given in his evidence before the Court. The witness said he had stated these facts before the Magistrates, although they had not been y ut down. In answer to Mr. NEALE, be said he vas aware sb P a t r d e hvei beenou previously al ydofferedthe n forh apt sr 2 e the ev aidr ae p nn r c o c e d t that beforeiao on of h e oe w f reward gd o ei f snt. er s ea o , : e . o -of the - prdelamation. Mr. HUDDLESTON —Was pre sentgiven to the mob, but did Cross-examined when the drink n bky was not taste any himself. The witness underwent a long cross-examination, but nothing material was elicited. John Burgess, examined by Ws. Sergeant LUDLOW —I live the destruction of the property otfLthn Vale. a I saw Ri c h ar d W r ight among the mob. At that time, th ere was a fire in front of the house, and I saw ly r • at Longton, Mr.nrd. s w .ght put a bed, which was thrown out of the front Window, on the fire. I saw him apply fire to a pile of broken furniture in a back room of the house. I believe it was that which set fire to the house. I saw him half an hour after wards intoxicated, but he was E of so when he set fire to the furniture. I saw Williams among the mob before the engine came up, but he was doing nothing. He was looking on like myself. There were, per haps, 400 or 500 persons present. Broadhurst Harding, examined by Mr. Sergeant TALFOTJRD—I am a constable of Longton. I know the prisoner Richard Wright; he is • a nei • ghbour of mine, and I saw him carried home drunk on a neigh bour's back the day of the attack on Dr. Vale's house. On the 19th of August I apprehended him about eight miles from Longton, on the north of Limekiln-bank. Thomas Hughes examined by Mr. GODSON—I am a cabinet-maker, of Longton. I saw Harris the day of the riot destroying the fur n it ure at the Rev. Mr. Vale's. He was breaking the furniture with a crow bar. I saw him bringing fire from the kitchen, and applying it to the broken furniture. I could not be mistaken in his person, as I saw him frequently for about two hours. He spoke to me o nce , and said " How do you like the fun ?" He said he was a stranger from. Manchester, and should never want. The witness was cross-examined at some length as to his having said that Dr. Vale was served right, as he got all his furniture from London, but he denied it positively; he had only remarked that the furniture was London-made, and was very good. James Hulme, a porter at Longton, saw the mob at the Market-hall, and afterwards at Dr. Vale's. When he got there they were destroying the property. Saw Williams, the man with the crutch, throwing furniture on the fire. Saw Harris*pulling down a door. Saw Whitehouse with one of Di-. Vale's night caps on his head. William Mitcham, a provision dealer, of Wigton, was at his own door the day of the fire, and saw the mob pass. One had a pistol, another had a cutlass, and others had thick sticks. William Cartledge was one of the mob, and I heard him say, "he would make work for glaziers and joiners." W. Dawes, a surgeon, of Wigton, went the sam e day to Dr. Vale's aout four o'clock. He exerted himself to procure an engine, and got several persons of the town to go with it. Was there when the mili tary arrived, and saw several persons taken into cus todv. The fire was extinguished about dusk. James Rowbottom, a glazier, of Wigton, was at the vicarage after the fire was extinguished. It was full of people, and on entering he met Thomas Banks. About twelve in the morning the mob were at Glover's brewery, and demanded that the gates should be opened, and that they should have some beer. They said they would make Glover open the gates, and one man got over the walls and opened them. They said they did not want meat, money, or drink, but fire-arms. Banks was then present. When witness met Banks in the evening at Dr. Vale's he had some caps and about 21bs. of ham in his bosom. Witness said he ,was the ynan he wanted, as he had seen him in the morning, and then he gave him into the custody of the military. Joseph Malkin, a confectioner, of Longton, was at ; Dr. Vale's about four o'clock, and saw the prisoner Wagstaff putting part of a bed through the window. He then broke the frame of the sash. The house was then on fire. Also saw Banks there, and took caps, scissors, &c., from his person. [The articles were here produced, and some of them identified by Mrs. and Dr. Vale.] John Astbury was at the fire, and saw George Colclough throwing some of the furniture into one of the windows of the kitchen. Reuben Greatbatch, a newspaper reporter, followed the mob on the 15th Aug* and got to Dr. Vale's house about three o'clock. There was a fire then in front of the house. Saw Colelough throwing quan tities of furniture into the kitchen, where a fire was burning. The furniture was first thrown out of the upper windows. There were at least thirty or forty persons in different parts of the house, breaking and throwing out furniture. George Barker was at Dr. Vale's house the day the fire took place. The mob were breaking the win dows. Saw Wheelton put some bed linen on the fire outside the house. lie then put some furniture on the fire. He said, "It was the Lord's work and the Lord's doing." George Ryles, superintendent of police at Burslem, had a warrant for the apprehen3ion of George Col clough, but could not find him. He was subsequently arrested at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Green, a potter, of Longton, identified Wheel ton as having been the party who lighted the fire on the lawn. He brought a lighted paper from the kit chen, and he then broke some small boxes and put them over it, and went on his knees to blow it. He said, " The Lord was with him, and the Lord helped him." Could not recollect his dress, but he had an apron in front of his dress, which fell down two or three times, and that made witness remark it. The case was proceeding when the post left. APPREHENSION OF AN ANTI CORN-LAW MILL-OWNER, AND SIX MORE CHARTIST LEADERS. ASHTON, TUESDAY MORNlNG.—Throughout the whole of yesterday and Sunday the greatest excite m-mt prevailed in the districts of Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde, Dukinfield, and Stalybridge, on account of several of the leading Chartists being arrested under warrants issued by the county Magistrates. The prisoners—Thomas Pitts, William Woodroffe, Thomas Storah, John Bryerly, George Welby, George Johnson, and Mr. George Southatn, a mill owner, were yesterday charged before the Rev. R. S. Evans (Chairman), James Jowett, and James Lord, Esqrs., with seditious conspiracy at Ashton, and other places in the neighbourhood. George Miller, having been sworn, said he was an overlooker at Messrs. Swire and Lee's coal-mines, Dukinfield. On Friday, the 12th of August, I at tended a meeting at the Chartist Association Room at Hall-green. I went there for the purpose of ob taining leave for our men to get coal to enable us to ssork our engines. I asked Pitts if there was any thing unreasonable in it, and he said not. Pitts went with me to the room, and when we got there I asked bins to open my business for me. He did so at my request, but he took no further part in the proceed ings of the meeting. Joseph Pownell was next called—l reside in Du kinfield, and ani a coal miner. On the 12th August I was at Hall-green meeting. There were a great number of persons present. I believe Pitts was the chairman of thlt meeting. Twelve or fourteen per sons were appoi ited as a committee. Amongst them were Thorpe, IVilde, and Hague. The duties of that committee, as pointed out, were to receive any depu tations that might be sent on the subject of ceasing from labour. I have subsequently seen Pitts at meet ings held in the same place. W. R. Cotton—l reside in Dukinfield. On Friday, the 12th August, I attended a meeting at Hall-green. The prisoner Pitts was chairman. Pitts said he had an application from Messrs. Swire and Lees to allow two men to get coals to work the engines, and that he thought the request should be granted, as by refusing to allow them the pits would become filled with damp, and the consequence might be that lives would be lost. Ile put it to the meeting, and permission was given. Cross-examined by Mr. HUDSON—I will not swear the meeting was on the 12th August, but I believe it was on that day. It was a perfectly peaceable meet ing, and I did not hear anything said about the ap pointment of a committee. John Robinson was the next witness—He said I am captain of the watch of this borough. On the 15th of August last I attended a meeting on " Thackray's ground," in Ashton. Abel Duke was chairman. There might be between 4,000 and 5,000 people present. The prisoners Storah and Pitts were speakers, but none of the other prisoners were present. On the 17th of August I saw the prisoner Pitts at another meet ing on the same ground. It was a large meeting, and he was one of the speakers. He gave a report of the proceedings of the delegate meeting at Manchester on the previous day. Matthew Maiden was next sworn—l am a police constable at Ashton. On the 13th of August I at tended a meeting at Thackray's-ground. There were about 400 or 500 present. The prisoner Bryerly was at the meeting. A person got up and said they would go to Bolton and turn out the hands, but Bryerly said they were tired, and as Sunday was the next day they must rest, and get up on Monday morning, at three o'clock and go to Bolton, which they would reach by eight o'clock the same morning. He (Bryerly) would go with them and head them up, but they must take their thick sticks with them. Lee was also at the meeting, and he told them to take their thick sticks with them and put their bull dogs (pistols) in their left-hand coat pockets. Joseph Hague—l live in Booth-street, Ashton. I have seen two meetings on Thackray's-ground. I was present at a meeting on the 26th of July last. The prisoner, William Woodroffe, was chairman. A person named Atkin spoke at that meeting, and ad vised the cotton lords to keep within the precincts of their own palaces, as dark nights were coming on, and the day of reckoning was nigh. I was at a meeting on the 12th of August which was held in the Charles town Chapel. I saw the prisoner Woodroffe there. He said he was one of the persons who called that meeting, and they were called together to consider whether or not all labour should cease. He then pro posed a resolution to the effect that in order to facili tate the advancement of wages, it was expedient to cease all labour until they had obtained their object. He argued that the best way to accomplish this end was by stopping all labour. On the 14th of August I attended another meeting, at which I saw the pri soner George Johnson. I saw several persons present who appeared to be preachers, and they advised the people to be quiet. Johnson was there, and he gave out one or two verses of a hymn. He then took a passage from Scripture, "That the poor bath the Gospel preached to them." On the 30th of August I was on duty in Stamford -street, Ashton, as special constable. I saw a procession going in the direction of Stalybridge, at the head of which was Woodroffe and Welby. They were four and five abreast, and as they passed along the street they called out to all per sons whom they met, " Fall in and join us." There were other persons walking in the same direction. Joseph Armetage, being sworn, said, I attended a meeting on the 9th of August. The prisoner Salm son was present, and advised the people to be quiet, and said as long as it was a " wage question " he would go with them ; but if they made it a Charter question he would have nothing to do with them. The prisoners Johnson and Storah were two of a de putation appointed to go to other towns to endeavour to make some arrangements to bring all masters to pay the same price. He said, as the Stalybridge people had fetched the workpeople of Ashton out, he hoped they would stand, and not go in until they ob taine4l their price. The prisoner Johnson also at tended a meeting on the 13th, and said he had been to Bury, where he had met the people, and told them what had been done in Ashton ; but he would not ad vise them. They might please themselves, William Schofield deposed—l am a cotton-spinner. On the 9th of August I attended a meeting on Thack ray's-ground. On that occasion the prisoner. George Southern took the chair. He addressed the meeting and said he had come there to act as chairman, and he hoped every one would soon have a fair hearing. He then sat down, and a person named Pilling got up, and addressed the meeting at great length. Pilling proposed a resolution to the effect that we do not re sume work until we obtain "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," or the prices paid in 1840. The re solution was seconded by another speaker, and the prisoner Southern put it to the meeting, and declared it to be carried unanimously. He said he was a Char tist, he was born a Chartist, and he imbibed the Chartist principles from his cradle. There was another reso. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 8' to 1 ngst Belissima—taken, and afterwards offrd. 8 to 1 agst Portrait—ditto ditto 11 to 1 agst Pkte Bonnet—taken 12 to 1 agst Arcanus—taken 12 to 1 agst Heslipgton—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Florence—offered 14 to 1 agst Thistle Whipper—taken 100 to 6 ngst Pharold—taken 100 to 6 agst Lucy Banks 5 to 1 agst Dawson's lot—taken several times DERBY. 11 to 1 agst A British Yeo- 25 to 1 agst Winesour man 30 to 1 agst the Queen of 22 to I agst Napier Trumps colt 23 to 1 agst Cotlierstone 40 to I agst Black Drop 1:5 to 1 ngst Philip WREXHAM RACES—TUESDAY. The Wynnstay Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 501. added by Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. ; the second to receive 15/. Twice round and a dis. (8 Subs., 2of whom declared.) Mr. Price's Valentina, 3 yrs, 6st (J. H ow l ett ) 1 Lord Westminster' s Satirist, 4 yrs, 9st 2 A fine race. Won by half a head. The Town Plate of 501., for all ages. Heats, two miles. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Cerito, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr. Graydon's Recompense, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2 2 Mr. Jones's Tubalcain, 6 yrs, 9st 11b The first heat was won by a head, and the second by half a neck, after a good race. To-day a steeple chase, for 500 guineas a side, will take place on the Farthing Downs, at Coulsden, near Croydon. We understand that the horses that are to run are amongst some of the most "crack" h orses i n Eme and at this sort of sport. It is to commence at one o'clock precisely. RENT OF A LORD MAYOR'S HOUSE.—In the year 1275, George Rokersley, Lord Mayor of London, occupied a house in Milk-street, Cheapside, for which he paid the enormous rent of 20s. per annum ! lution passed ; it was proposed by Pilling, " That we should go to Manchester and stop all the mills." Pil ling said as it was a rainy morning we had better go to our breakfasts, and come again at one o'clock, and then proceed to Manchester. There was an amend ment moved, " That we should go then," and George Southam said "There was nothing like time present —you go to Manchester, and I'll lead you up." Pilling then said, "A s I am beaten I must give in, but as you have got a cotton master at your head you cannot take much hurt, so I will go home and get my break fast, and follow you to Manchester." I did not go to Manchester. There was nothing Wore the meeting but the " wage question," until Mr. Southam intro duced the Charter and the Corn-laws. The prisoner Southam said, if they would go for the total repeal of the Corn-laws he would go with them heart and hand to any meeting or procession they thought pro per to propose. Robert Newton, the deputy constable of Ashton, deposed that the whole of the prisoners were in his custody on a charge of conspiracy, and that between the 26th of July and the 19th of September last many meetings had been held, and serious breaches of the peace had been committed in consequence of such meetings. Mr. John Gatley, deputy constable of Stalybridge, deposed to the same effect, as regarded Stalybridge and Dukinfield. This was the case for the prosecution, Mr. Hall, the Clerk to the Magistrate, having intimated that he would not call any more evidence, Mr. HUDSON addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoners for some time, and urged that no case had been made out to warrant the Magistrates in sending them to trial. He would not call any witness on be half of the six prisoners ; but on the part of Mr. Southam he would trouble the Court with some evi dence, which tended to show that he had been forced to take the chair on the occasion alluded to, and had advised quietness rather than disturbance, being against the violent measures proposed. This being the whole of the evidence on both sides, the Magistrates retired into their private room, and returned in about fifteen minutes. Mr. EVANS said that after due deliberation they were of opinion that they were all cases for a Jury to decide, except that of Welby, who should be bound over to keep the peace for six months, himself in 501., and two sureties in 251. each. The other prisoners were then committed to take their trials a the forth coming Special Commission, but they would all be admitted to bail, Johnson, Pitt, Woodroffe, Storah and Bryerly, themselves in 501., and two sureties in 25/., and Mr. Southam in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each. Bail was forthcoming and the prisoners were liberated. EXAMINATION OF RIOTERS AT STOCKPORT. The minute investigations by Mr. Gregory, through his assistant, Mr. Parte, which commenced in Stock port on Friday, relative to the origin and progress of the late riots in that district, has led to the apprehen sion of other parties implicated, and who had not been previously in custody. On perusing the depo sitions already taken, and further examining the diffe rent witnesses, disclosures were made, and parties named, which justified Mr. Parte, through Mr. Barrett, the special high constable for the Stockport division, to apply for and obtain warrants against several other rioters engaged either in destroying pro perty, intimidating the operatives against the tenor of the Queen's proclamation, sedition, attending un lawful meetings, &c. Two of them were apprehended by the borough police, and brought before the borough Justices on Monday. _ _ James Horsfeld and Thomas Smith were placed in the dock, charged with riot, and breaking into the Stockport Union workhouse, on the 11th of August, and stealing a:quantity of bread therefrom. The pri soners, who declined saying anything, were fully com mitted to Chester for trial. John Rhodes and James Harrop were charged with an offence similar to the two last prisoners. The evidence against Harrop being weak, he was dis charged ; but Rhodes was committed to Chester to be tried by the Special Commission. Harrop was sub sequently placed in the dock, fresh evidence having been discovered, and he was eventually committed for trial. John Webb, James Hatton, Joseph, and Amos Smith, were examined on a charge of riot and felony at the Union workhouse on the 11th of August, and com mitted to the assizes for trial. CONSPIRACY AT MARPLR. - William Turner, Samuel Kay, and Robert Robinson, alias " Rough Robin," all of Marple, were brought up before James A. Newton, Esq., a county Magistrate, on a charge of conspiracy and intimidation on the 13th August, at Marple, in the county of Chester. James Crompton, a county constabulary officer, stated that on Saturday, the 13th of August, he was on duty at Marple, and saw a procession of 200 or 300 persons on the highway ; they were walking four a-breast, and armed with sticks and bludgeons. Saw Kay and Robinson amongst them when within a mile from Marple Hall, the seat of J. B. Isherwood, a county Magistrate. Was standing with Joshua Graham, the manager at Mr. Shepley's mill, when the mob came up. Robinson approached Mr. Graham, and demanded that he should go along with them, observing, that if they allowed such as him to remain at home they would do no good. Asked Robinson where the mob were going to, and he said "To stop Mr. Isherwood's workmen," and they proceeded in that direction.. Crompton, however, took means to reach the hall sooner than they arrived, and apprised Mr. Isherwood of the contemplated visit. They came, and formed themselves in a line in front of the hall. Turner had a stick in his hand. Some of them ex pressed a desire to see Mr. Isherwood. Witness told them that all Mr. Isherwood's workpeople were per fectly satisfied with their wages. Turner said, "That's no matter ; no man shall work until the laws are al tered, that everybody may have a fair day's wages ;" and they insisted that all labour should be stopped. Mr. Isherwood and Robt. Hollingworth, Esq., an other county Magistrate, came out of the hall, and the latter remonstrated with the people as to the ille gality of their proceedings. Kay said he would be - if he would return to work at the old prices ; he would rather be hanged first. Robinson said he did not care for either constables or soldiers ; but they (the mob) would alter things now they had started fairly. If Mr. Isherwood's hands did not stop working, they (the mob) would break their - heads. Peter Waine, a labourer at the hall, said that when the mob came there were seven men at work opening a pitstead; but they were obliged to desist on being threatened by the mob, who were armed with sticks. Kay and Robinson were amongst them. A hedging bill, which witness had been using, was taken by some of the mob for the purpose of cutting sticks and bludgeons out of the woods and plantations. Upwards of 50 provided themselves with staves. Asked them to allow us to finish the pitstead, as Mr. Isherwood was desirous of its being done witiout delay ; but Kay and Robinson said there must be no work done till all had got their rights. In consequence of that, and being fearful of personal violence, the workmen took away their implements, and ceased working. Mr. Dakin, solicitor, appeared for Turner and Kay, but he did not, in his cross-examination, succeed in eliciting anything favourable to his clients. Thos. Torkington and Werther Thorniley, joiners on the estate, said they had been induced from fear to discontinue work. The defence of the prisoners was that they had been compelled by the mob to join them. Not being able to find bail, they were all committed to take their trials at Chester. SEDITION AND RIOT.—A CHARTIST DELEGATE. — Joseph Taylor, an intelligent-looking individual (a shoemaker by trade), from Compstall-bridge, was placed in the dock, before the same Magistrate, to be examined on a charge of sedition and riot at Marple, on the 15th ult. James Crompton, the Marple constabulary officer, stated that on Monday, the 15th August, he went to Hawk Green, near Marple, where a meeting was being held, at which about 1,000 persons attended, and nearly all of whom were provided with sticks. The prisoner, Joseph Taylor, was chairman. He said, " Friends, and fellow working men, we are met here this morning, not to discuss the question of wages, but to see -whether you are content to live slaves, or whether you are willing to use every exertion in your power to make the charter the law of the land; that you may obtain an eqnal representation, and place yourselves upon an equal footing with your tyrannical masters. If you were to go to work to-morrow yo' would be a hundred times worse off than you were before you left work ; but if y ou will resolve to work no more until the charter is the law of the land, you will be in a condition to make y our masters give you anything." The priso ner afterwards ad ded, ich u that r l i n e s el t the ed ad tthe e Cana], loek s which inju re d, f or hoped the till thepe the charter w r as em t a h i e n la fi w rm oi andthe land. Th a t not return to daoysethe y nwa-aysigintitoenrruopf Ashtonn which offence three men who attended the • have already been apprehended, and meeting prison for trial. committed to This was all the evidence for the He was then committ e d t o CI prosecution. refusing to enter into bail. 'ester A ss i zes f or trial, We understand that the cony at Stuttgarcit of the delegates of the Germanic Customs Union has now broken up, and to our no small gratification we find that, thanks to the enlightened views of the prin cipal State, the many s t renuous and vigorous attempts to raise the import d u ti es on some of the most im portant British export articles have failed, and that consequently these rates remain unaltered for at least three years to come. We allude, of course, to cotton twists, the t o t a l i mports of which into the Germanic Union f rom G reat Britain amounts annua l 54,000,0001 b. weight, and iron, of w hich the manufactu re d in pigs now exported from Scotland far quantity to ntity . exceeds the general estimate. THE PRINCIPALITY OF SERVIA The attention of the Press has been much directed within these few days to the change which has ensued in the administration of this principality by the de • position of Prince Michael, and the elevation to the hospodarship in his stead, of the son of the celebrated Czerny George. In this instance, no less than in the hundred others of their history, the independence and unsuccumbing spirit of the Servian nation has been shown, by heroically resisting in any shape the op pression or dissatisfactory government of their rulers, whether Turkish or native. Their history presents us with the picture of a people, who, continually pressed down by the stronger arm of Turkey, have eventually and repeatedly risen superior to the tyranny imposed on them. This patriotic and magnanimous people must be reckoned among those races who vibrated between the iti N nnhoe o i r irr t ao h iciieevdald nd Eaast ; possessing to-day, dispossessed to nqi Macedonia wa for r t e fi r x s e n' s a a n r d moa n nt o ei a N s v , faon ‘ r s d n i nsneadtnet3rl settling gg generationsnhsaesrivniga at last. But en- to trace following their history, as to trace their course, is Sava and impossible. te Danube, h At last t and Belgrade growsheeyefixesthem t up as the central point round which the power of Servia gathers itself together, and . stretches itself along the right bank of the former river, southwards to the range of mountains which spre a d to the Al Adriatic, and to th e verge of which-o nte the Ilnegro. Anciently Servia formed p ar t of Illyria, theTnhaemsee Servians a Ni n seemsiaa,inrtetiLuecdedfour nadgeernp et ; dominion. b .t the dru.h o m m u a s n s s t , ru u g n g de le r ut with the power of the Byzantine empire; T u r k had grappled with, and utterly broken them, nearly a century before the final ruin o f C onst antinople. campaign in which their freedom was beaten down,e never again effectually to re -assert itself, is abun dantly celebrated, as might be expected in their minstrelsy. With those who are familiarised with these national out-pourings, the ballads of the long trampled Servians may be found entitled to a place not below those of haughtier nations. Perpetually they allude to their fatal overthrow by Arnurath : extolling the valour and conduct of the heroes of La zarus, the King or Krall of Servia, and the immense superiority of the number of the hostile host. The fatal issue of this battle to the liberty of Servia is in cessantly bewailed. Subsequent to this period, as we observed, no dawn of liberty has shone upon Servia. Reduced to be the bloody theatre of the fierce wars which have been carried on between the Turks and Hungarians, every struggle for freedom—each feebler than the former one—has only served to deteriorate her con dition and to destroy her hopes. After the battle on the Amselfeld in 1447, by which the Hungarians, under Hunniades, were completely overthrown, Servia was altogether subdued by the Turks. In 1459 she was treated as a conquered province, her most respectable families banished or destroyed, while from time to time vast numbers of Servians emigrated to Hungary. In 1801 the barbarity of the Turkish governors, into whose hands the State of Servia had again fallen, together with the arrogance of their janiza ries, led to an insurrection. George Petrowitsch, a man of courage, known by the name of Czerny George, placed himself at the head of the malcon tents, and fought for eleven years with the greatest ardour. He demanded of Turkey that Servia, like Moldavia and Wallachia, should be elevated to a principality under a Greek hospodar. The demand was rejected . but Czerny George, aided powerfully by the Russians, defeated the troops of the Porte so often, that an armistice was at length proposed, and concluded at the Servian head-quarters in 1808. Czerny George, with the other chiefs of his nation, now prepared a Constitution for Servia, under the protection of Russia. Having been before appointed chief ruler by the people, he was formally declared Prince of Servia, and recognised by the Russian Emperor, who, at the same time, made him Lieuten ant-General of the Russian army, and Knight of the Order of Alexander New.iky. War again broke out, which was, however, sub sequently ended by a peace concluded at Bucharest, May 28, 1812, between Russia and the Porte. By this it was agreed, that the Porte should treat the Servians with kindness, and grant them a full amnesty. The administration of its internal affairs was committed to the nation. The Servians were to enjoy the same advantages with the Turkish subjects in the islands of the Archipelago and other countries. In July, 1813, however, the war between Servia and the Porte again began, and was prosecuted with bitterness and with various success. After it had continued four months, the Turks prevailed. The country was made a desert. Finally, under the con duct of Milosch, the Servians concluded the treaty of December 15, 1815, which made them not so much the subjects, as the dependents of the Porte. The attempt of Czerny George in 1817 to kindle a new war, cost him his life. Till 1820, negotiations with the Servians were continued in Constantinople. They demanded that no Turk should possess property in Servia, without the walls of Belgrade. It was granted. From that time the country has been governed by a Senate, which consists of a President, Milosch, who was made Prince in 1817, and four members or Syrian repre sentatives. The Senate then held its sessions at Semendra, a fortified city on the Danube, containing 8,000 inhabitants, the residence of the Archbishop, and the Hospodar Milosch Obrenowitsch, formerly a General under Czerny George. Prince Milosch, in 1825, put down with an iron hand a rebellion excited by his own severity, and was rewarded for it by the high office of Hospodar. Prince Milosch has, however, highly benefited his country, and under him have been worked out many of those needful reforms which it would be well if the whole of Servia were to experience. The best accounts of the great change he has superinduced, are to be found in his own words. The people demanded a re pre he s e constitutionn t tat y ive ohtanied. At from the fi P rs r t in A ce sse 11 m li b lo ly sch of , and this the States, held at Karagozovitz, on the 16th of February in 1835, he pronounced a speech, which not only shows the present state of the Constitution of Servia, but is a characteristic specimen of statesmanship : "It is but a year since Servia has become a State. In laying down the foundation of a new one, it is necessary to go slowly to work, to take care not to utter a single syllable, which, to-morrow, we shall have to retract. Centuries have gone by before the different States in the world could attain the position in which we at present see them. Yet every day their institutions require some alteration. Such must also be Servia's fate. Servia, cannot in one year become a State so perfectly administered as to be faultless." On speaking of the new statute which he was about to promulgate for Servia, he said— " This statute, which accurately defines the rights and duties of the Prince of Servia—the rights and duties of the Servian Magistrates—as well as those of every Servian, shall be read in your presence. You will see that the general national rights are the ri g ht s which every Servian is to enjoy—are suc h as humanity demands : that the person of every Servia rt n is f roee—he. that every Servian is master of his PrePe who are now here assembled, brethren who happens to be absent We must swear swear dience to this statute we must not oe . small nhoo ecl peculiar leei indirect. the people—the Magist i r l at r es rin gi nce tra a te nd s a t a n d e "T o people—the people to t one to the other—the Prince to t c o et t .ha h ne e d M r isfri a agistrates— we hold the Gospel to cred and inviolable, as ter a single we shall not swerve one inch rom that we consider this statue.te sa . be invifolableit,aonrdaslacred—.that : p iously o taming the ap ed to ex lain the n f • ew ormations a d e th th e e Co re u vis n c io it ti o o f f S t t h at e e — eiN t i h l e an m d a e g r i i s m tra in c a y i re whole nation." saxations for payment of officers, troops, of the countr,y— quarantine, tribute to the Sultan, &c.,d i s i y ro l H l v a a e b l l t e a h n e e d n f i c p t o r ' . n o c w se e i n ed th t e o u f t th i e he had m contributions, I have established but prevent the people being hourly teased and this made on this score : ar rovision w onone of three dollars every• e. Let every one, half r - yta yearly, and thusbe exempitfsraoym, s plpaying three months, s y d t o il l from i l n b a r g y s , whether for poll-tax, church-taxes, matrimony-tax, mill and distillery-tax, on Indian corn, wheat, a ba e l o i rl ey l- , tax, Alluding to this remodelling of th tions of the country, he modestly remarked " Neitherbee-hives,and a andso t the i t n e e n . ! h possessed of,illnyorargekneed7Linstitu the judgment,time nhoaryteh at e information m y disposal, l ha a v m e sufficed to bring to perfection this important task, so as to enable me to say, No one will be able to find fault with my work,' or 'lt is the most perfect work upon earth.' " Prince Alilosch was born in Dobriaja, in 1780, and is therefore at present about 62 years of age. He spent his youth in " herding the famed swine" of Servia, which attain their perfection in consequence of the abundant crops of acorns which the boundless forests of the interior afford. This was the man, who, in the course of half a century from that time was to be Prince of the Servians—not a swine-herd among them. The only visit Milosch made to the Frank towns was when he hired himself as a drover, with a large herd of cattle going to Zera. He was forced to abdicate early in 1838, in favour of his son Michael, and chiefly through the machinations of Jefrem Obrenowitsch, his own brother. Prince Michael, till within these few days the reigning Prince of Servia, has, as our readers know, been deposed in the assembly called by the Notables and Senators at Belgrade, which consisted on the occasion of 12,000 Servians, while Alexander Petro witsch, son of the famous Czerny George, now forty years old, and bred in a Russian military acade m y' has been unanimously elected in his stead. The Obrenowit sc h family, it is stated, Nave enjoyed no popularity among the people ~ a nd ever since the accession of the late Sovereign,Michael, th has been in a most unsettled stat e. the country c