The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

I SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. • . STAFFORD, `l_' H u The following trials have taken place since our last : (Before -Chief Justice TINDAL.) • ATTACK ON THE HOUSE OF ,al-7 3 -- ALLEN . Jame s Oldh am, .Hassells, William Barn field, John JolimiOn John Neale, Joshua Brock, llamas Farrell, Moses Deane; Eli Smith, and George Nixon, were i n dic te d for a riot and unlaw- ' fully asseinbling. Bamfield and Neale pleaded gUilty. Several Wanesses gave evidence of the prisoners' and enterinr. Allen's ho use , and robbing it of 301. sil g ver; M They* also brOke` and destroyed "all the furniture, drank the wine and spirits, and carried off lage quantity' of property. Several the - also d swords in their hands, which they flourished by. t m h • a el y ylme bf f i:aienti.nei itni t dation • over th e h ea d s - o f th ose w h om Ji.DGE summed up, and the ..Jury rFarrell eturned a verdict of Guilty against Oldham, Brock, Deane, Smith, and Nixon; and Hassells. and Johnson Nqt . G • The L earned JUDGE sentenced Oldham, Brock, Parr e ir,_ Deane, S m i t h , an d N ixon, to 18 months' im to l riso nment and hard labour ; a nd Bonifield and Neale .• - 2 rn9nths imprisonment and hard labour. o clo The trial did not te rm i na t e unt il h a lf -past n i ne. ck, the Court having sat upwards of 13 hours. Upwards of 50 prisoners have been fried to-day, and if the Judges proceed at the same rate to-morrow and Saturday, it is confidently anticipated that the Corn tnission will clos e on Saturday night. 11 Jam e s Stein was i n di cted for breaking into the "se of W. Forrester, Esq., at Stoke-upon-Trent, and stealing a gun.—The Jury found the prisoner guilty of the larceny. Samuel Clewes, Hamu e ,annah Boo ne , J osep h Wandle, 7 son , aleigh, Henry Hill var d, an d Ed w . 11 liki▪ n _ere indict e d f or a rick and unlawful assembly Mr. Porrester's house. ° '"e m el ewas Pleaded guilty,- and the Jury found all the rs Guilty of the riot and unlawful assembly. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) ATTAC K UPO N HANLEY POLICE-OFFICE.. Jo h n Were Clarke, Toft, Joseph Barrett, John \ e ‘ , o ei ,e, Joseph Martin, ad George Hemmings, e. indicted for breaking... intO, and stealing from m n'eY P lliee-office certain property belonging to narri.lGeorge Rose, and to the 'Commissioners of the and Shelton police, on the. 15th of August. ,71-,iindietinent contained several counts.. ship s C ounsel for the prosecution, under 11;s Lord 11,4Lri".ee t ° abandoned !the counts for - . burglary • riot, of • -11 3:, and pr ocee d e d against the prisoners for pßit.7:ll,.,they were all found .Guilty. , The f l oaNixo.—(BeAore Sir N. J.I7NDA.L.) n . nrnedi at -4 , r ‘ sat thi s morn i ng a t . n i ne o ' c l oc k, an d, eon v i cted ei3' aft erwards the. prisoners who hoc' . _been , ho se Iv demolition of the Rev. Mr. placed rt Th SENTENCE UPON Ellis, THE PRISONERS. .. l'iniorni,aS Murray, Henry Howrrd, . :Wm. ___ earner'" -1 ' l aY, John Cunliffe, Joseph Greene, and Wm. ,„, were then brought up.. . • . . .. „ • . . 8 4ne.Learned JUDGE then. addressed the prisoners, il-ai3il4,----The sentence of the Court is, that you, Thos. h at e r t _ a 3 - . and Henry Howard, who were .shown u een present at the actual firing and demolishing of the house, ant ~ .o eit er app . and N . ‘ • h lied r'...ie torch, or fed an ts; and you, William -El-li§, aLqough not pr . e s: ~.at the cornmeneetnent, la,_etion of the Jury, to be present in. the mob duri g e was proved, to; the : sa . t . °JthOtne continuance ..0 . ,' thoflarnes,-and to: wave been.ol se who mictht be considered rs. one of the t m and 441nediate Promoters of the orime by'.the.viol b en t,a Ititernperate speeches you addressed to the ino .= b s t . ea ch' of you be • transported for .twenty,one _, year— That h Mt, E lijah•Clay,.Cunliffe, and Green,. be trims- f ten and you, William ,Feerpe, or b e .• ~., years; td hard labour.'' imprisoned six months, and, kept Cuilliff e cried out several tiiies,,."ld. rather you'd na .„8' me up by the neck et. °nee, my. Lord. i pro- ~, - "Alia had a written paper il his hitrt•and vas ,_ 'eeding to nirke some remarks to the 'Cow.t,.Wllen he • :„. -, •as r emoved by the gaoler.-- --- - i in — w . ' and 11 Jain-es Ibbs, John Lovatt, George.S I en' were then' placed. at the, bar, and ,_sentgri John: ced,. P o d A the other three A en to ten years' transportrtioli;ans 1 b Lir 10 twelve months' imprisonment and'hard a o . . . . pr `ousn.. ATTACK ON MR. MASON'S il . . ~,r, William Pope, Stephen Wareham, John Swinscoe, t Myatt, "..,hbrnas Simpson, Denis Mulligan ; Her:3er . _ • ndicted. for. uc`sepli AliddFeton, and John Jones, .were Stoke-upon-Trent, 4 rlot and , unlawful assembly at .. . °" the 15th of August. uilty. - •, . Wareham and Mulligan pleaded g , and. crimin al evidence against Pope showed very violent identified - his part. Myatt was T. „procedure on and SiMpson, wo -8 Part of the mob, as also Jones . t. With. inscoe was not presen . t ram deposed that Sw .. . oceeding when the - "ne case for the defence ‘N ..!S pi train left. - • " . At the (Before Mr. . Thron. ROLFE.) . , sitting of tae Court this morning Simpkins,. "e of th e Parties concerned - in' the desperate assault upon the Pobee4eons able, Was placed at the brr, and‘ sentenced for 18 month to sbe imprisoned . and kept to. hard labour RIOT AND ATTACK oN THE .LONGTON 'POLICE-OFFICE. At the Aittin g f.' ' this morning, William -Ashton, Thomas o_ the Court .... -11 I Lettice Alyatt, Eli_ ,8.. a ..A. nderson, John Bail ley, Steele, were• I..aburn, - Thomas Jones, and Daniel , indicte for a riot and unlawful assem bly.ht the parish ofdAshton, It the 15th of August. Thomas Jones pleaded guilty. facts Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD stated the case, and the , as they afterwards the in evidence, may .by gathered f:om his observatiOnS. The prisoners at the: bar were indicted tbr a riot . On the 15th of August, at Longton. It appeared thet 'on. that day there were 'Various parties committing depredations in • different distri t • c s of the Potteries ; and towards the middle. of t , :h e day they came towards .Ongton, and attacked the rown-hall. They commenced casting stones rt the 'windo t the halt vs, and then broke open the door, and got into and destroyed The furniture and books, and every thing in the . 1 ; P c h-ce-office, and used so much iforee that they did iruury to the fabric of the building Itself. It was to b t o be found e regretted that women were d Concerned in acts of such violence,. but he would Show that they called out •to the mob, encouraged t hem, and pointed out *here the, 'arms were to •be ,ound. [One of the female prisoners. had a child in .herrras only a few months old.] Several witnesses were then called and examined top rove the -* in the i lot, and the part taken in the transaction Y several prisoners The c -se • • : 8 " 3 against the. several prisoners were taken ear elr, and the prisoners were all found. Guilty, 1 ala es being stron glyrecommended to mercy. Philip Hews° for break' • n and Jo Mellor were indicted Joseph . ing Into the dwelling- house of Mr. John Bel ot • 8, at Eurslem and t 1 . therefrom various-arti ti_ „ . , , sea ing , ; Th s or wearing apparel. ti- The prisoners made no defence, and were found Guilty. In . the course of the day, ten prisoners were brought zo ..P , and se ntenced to i mpr i sonment and hard labour r from two to six months. Edward Moss, to be trans Ported 15 years ; Samuel Gibson, to be tran rienecl for 10 years; Philip Hewsom and Joseph ' ell. °r, to be transported for 15 yen y _rs. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) RIOT AT IBURSLEM. pI, II G . eOrga Jones, John Harding, James Hill, Jethro eas Satnuel Tinsley, Thomas Sutton, Samuel Nixon, f ial u_ r ge_ Xixon, Phoebe Newton, Benton Vernon,. and ti riotnuel Colclough, were this morning indicted for on thand unlawful assembly in the parish of Burslem, M e 7 th of August. • is. Is ere e • 'rgettnt LunLow said that the Crown took a prose lfu l view of Phoebe Newton's case,an . d would s not Aire.licte her. She was liberated accordingl 3 . that ' g , i on ~e r- eant LUDLOW stated the case. It t a e p re p d ear th ed e town, . -- the night of the 6th, a large mob en stai ts , l .vho broke - open the watch and lock-up houses ,uttersQi. ' snouts. Then they broke the windo t ‘ h v o s se ar e ld f r of privat e houses, amongst' , others T o • ItYals and Mr. Barlow, and then attacked . the i ll i wn-hall, breaking to pieces a beautifully . ilium- Wnated clock. illiam' Wagstaff constable watchman, ztated that George Jones in the mob takingpart. e and night , was °ble Johnston identified John Harding .as one '°f' them b .. , Rushton identified the prisoner Hall as being I'lgaged in the riot. Jethro Plant was also seen by ' Wi tness. l ii h e h ad been n his cress-e_tamination" this witness admitted offence s . th seven times convicted for several. - ..... . Mr, Sergeapt LiMLON.V- itriniediately rose and said, that after such 'an admission he could not think of re-! taming'-Rushton as 'a Witness; and. as ,h o w as the be yonl wiitness against Hall, he begged that lie mi . ht acqiiitred. g . . , . _ nvronAsi3 OF ARTII LR O'NEIL TIIE CIIARTIST. After the last trial had terminated Yesterday even 'll , Mr. lowlinson,' the solicitor fbr Arthur O'Neil, ',ll,l3eared in Court, before Sir N linclal, and tendered -A ir. Page and Mr. Trim - jar), both ofßirmingham, as ,ttreties, for his appearance at the next assrzes. j•T o 'objection Was -offered on ' the - part oF the Crown, p re _ Y A „. ll s notice of the hail having been i given to Mr. 4 " 41, 11% .. the Ctown solie;tor; and . the partie3 having "nte red into their recognisances in the sum of 200/. "en, and O'Neil himself in the sum of, 4001., he vas ordered to be liberated. i He left the. Court accom- Paniod ly his wifo and Aeveral•friends, and immedi ately proe'eeded by the - railway train to Birrninginirn. It i s 1 ""lerstood that the Chief jur4ice will leave 1-Sitiatrord to-rnorroW fevenin. and. - that,the entire. of j - u e d l3 g u e l l P, , els, Will be - finished',that night-by the other • • •lt • • A Con;A leiter from. Par's. state.; thit • the 'subject of a rnereial treaty hetween qreat 13ritain France, Las ninre than onee been bro3ched wlibin the laSf few weeks 'bbtween 'the Fanbassi (or rather the first secretary of Legation, who was one.of.the Qom wissider when it „ as under consideration by 11.1. Tillers) atid M. Guizot. LORD ABINGER and MR. COBDEN. (From the Times.) Maaaiti EsrEa, Moroi ta'n a crowded meeting of the•Anii-Ccirn=lew' League as sembled at their new rooms in Newhall's-buildings. Mr. G. WILSON, Chairman of the Council presided. Mr. R. COBDEN, 111.1)., who was received with very great cheering, said—Ladies and Gentlemen, .it was not my intention to have trespassed on your attention this evening, for we have good friends present from a distance whom .you will be anxious to listen to.— (" No, no, go on")—but I. am anxious., to say a few words with a view of calling the attention of the' meeting to certain observations reported-to have fallen from a•Learned Judge at Liverpool during the pre sent Special Commission.—(Hear, and applause.) In doing so I should be sorry for a moment to be thought to be wanting in that respect which is due to the office—which is due to the distinguished office which that Noble and Learned Lord fills. If there is anything which as an Englishman I feel that I can be proud of; and that I have a right to be proud of; it is the dignity, the learning, and the unsullied purity that have adorned the English bench.—(Applause.) But it is reported that in delivering his charge it Liver pool Lord Abinger said—" But it is certain, from the information to which I have referred, that the disaf fection of the labouring classes does not seem to origi nate in any voluntary f2eling (if I may so express myself) of their own respecting their privations or the high price of provisions. They all seemed to be sen sible that the rate of wages must depend on the price of provisions, and I think it is evident that - they saw that those who promised them an increase of wages by a diminution of the price of corn were not persons to be trusted." Now, referring to the first pa - tof the passage I have read, which says that. the disaffec tion of the working classes does not arise from any feeling respecting their privations or the high price of provisions, 'I should like to . have the opportunity - of appealing to the Noble and Learned Lord, whether, during the last session - of Parliament, there wee not nearly 2,000,000 petitioners for the repeal 'of the Corn laws—(Hear, hear)—and all expressing the privation to which they were subject, and, theit"suffering for want of hread?—(Applause.) And I. would,also put it to the Noble and learned Lot - el whether there, were not upwards of 3,000,000 petitioners . .PraYing for the Charte;, in whose petitions there were the strongest allegations of extreme privation, want of,einployarent, 'and the ennsequentabsence of the means - of subsist ence ?—(Hear, hear.) Now, these Pre filets mbiOthe Noble Lordknew, or which as a public man he ought to been acquainted With -; and, if he "knew these facts, he ouglit.,not_tohave alleged that the , working classes hive not complained to the Legislature Of their suffering.—(Hear, hear.) But in the second part of this quotation from the observations of the - Noble and Learned Lord, he has thought proper to cast an im putation upon this body. I take it for granted that this body—the Anti-Corn-law Leagoe—as a body, is legally and constitutionally established.. This is a body he has gone out of his way to Papa, and of whom he has stated that we are not " persons to be trustecr—(Laughter.) We have promised to ..the working men, thrt, by • - 'ie repeal of the Corn-laws, they would get their wages raised end their employ ment increased.—(Applause.) know of no other means—l know of no other human means—by which both an increase of employment and an increase of food can be obtained for the people of this country, but by -a repeal .of the Col a -laws.—(Renewed ap .pliuse.) The Noble and Leau'ed Lord asserts; ac cording to the reports, that the rate of .wages rises and falls with the price of bread. . - Now, there was not a poor unhappy man stood at the bar before that Noble and Learned Lord that could not have told him,' :faom_ his own experience, that not only was he not. stating 'the fact, but :that he was stating the very opposite ,of *hat his own expel ienee had proved,,, to he the fact a —(Loild applause.) Any' man accustomed ,to the trade of this district will bear me out that -both wa?„-es .atKl e.mployment-, have in-' variably diminished w ith an ,increase in the price of food,. and risen again with the .low price of food. — .(Hear.) ' Ttis - deeply to be deplored that the .Noble and Learned Lord should - .so far forget . the proper fundions of hiS" - of&e.::—(Hear.) I say it is deeply _to be deplored' that the Noble and - E,earaed Lord should so far forget the pi•oper functions Of his office as to be attempting, to lay down the law which go-' verns wages, when his only duty, as, I understand it, is to lay- down the law : of the land.--(Hear.) At all events, if he undertake', this supererogatory duty, he should make , himself a !;ttle .better acquainted with the - laws of political eeonomy before he meddiee with the science.—(Laughter and applause.) .I.do . not know whether it is proper here to allude to another .extraordinary passage in one of the charges" Of 'that and Learned Lord since he has entered up on the Special Commission, brit I see it 'is stated very broadly, that the parties who' are engaged in seeking the. Extension of the Snffrage—who are endeavouring to obtain the rights of citizenship—l See he has alleged broadly that they aim •at the destruction Of the aristo cracy, the overthrow of monarchy„.and that they medi tate the violation - ofproperty. Now these are very, bold assertions to be made from the British bench.—(Hear, hear.) To charge the great body of the working classes of this Country with felonious and treasonable designs, when they seek constitutionally and legally to obtain the right of the suffrage, is a novel doctri ne b in toe laid downthese days by :a:Noble and Learned Lord presiding over a 'Court of Justice. Why, there .is another Lord, in the annals , of our cprilitiy a has laid it down that it is the right of every man paying taxes to the State to have a vote in the representatipn of the country. —(Hear, hear.) Blackstone has laid it down that it is the constitutional and fundamental law of the country that every man pang taxes has a right to be represented when they are levied, and that unlesS he ,be represented, you cannot legally call upon him to pay, even if the taxes be for the defence of the State itself.—(Hear.) 'Well, I am trespassing upon your time probably more than I ought—(" No .no ") ;—for my • object is not so 'much-- to lay down to you, who understand this matter as well as I do 4. my opinion upon this subject, as to show, should these few humble remarks reach his Lprdship through the press, that he has undertaken and done what is not only not in strictly good taste,. but what is not constitutional law.— (Hear, hear.) I ask, dO not , the 'great body-nf the people pay taxes? Why, what, de we read in' the newspapers ?- There is a great falling off in the re venue. And hoW is it accounted for ? The - news papers 'tell 'us it -is that a very large portion, of the industrious elesseS had ceased to labour, and that in consequence they had ceased to contribute taxes. This statement may be exaggerated, but -it goes to show that it is understood that the working classes do pay a portion, and a very considerable portion, of the taxes. I think that the language of the Noble and Learned Lord is indefensible in good taste, in sound judgment, as well as upon constitutional principles.— (Hear.) I confess the charge of the Noble and Learned Lord, in which he implicates the great body of the working classes in these felonious and treasonable designs—l confess that I think that charge has been so calculated to prejudice the cause of those who have been tried at these Special Commissions, that if a ; motion was made in the House of Commons for an Address to her Majesty, to, remit the sentences of those men convicted, pursuant to the charge of the Noble and Learned Lord—l say if the repOrts be true —if the words of the Learned Judge be correctly re ported, as at present advised—l should' vote in favour of such a - motion.—(Loud' cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, I'll tell you what, in my opinion, is the proper duty of a JUdge upon circuit. His duty is simply and s9lely, to administer and expound the law of the land —(Hear, hear)—and the first requisite a Judge ought to possess, to retain to himself that influence and moral weight I should always wish to pertain, to the British Judge, is a due control over his own. passions, prejudices, and predilections.—(Cheers.) As the re presentative .of the Crown, in its executive capacity, the Judge, whilst administering justice, ought to knoY nothing of 'polities. Several other speakers . afterwards addresSed the meeting, and were rewarded by. a vote of thanks, after acknowledging Which the party broke up.' MRS. ALFRED SHAW. TO THE EDlT ORobseOrvFatiTocilinopEiiend7einsli?ty:: SlR,'—'-In reply to an Dramatic and- Musical lleuituy, the above dis tinguished of last night—namely, that .all the into, l s sent to the various papers respecting vocalist had hitherto been , "anonymous,” L bog ; ...to say, that mine was not (and which the Morning Lterald publiCly noticed). I also gave my address, and delivered the letters perscnally: Iwr induced to. this , from the circumstance of my having frequently met Mrs. Alfred ghaw . when she lira: quite young, and apparently at that time highly ae- Coinpliiihed, and which seemed,,to give, a direct con tradiction to that which appeared to me a succession: palphbleTalsehoods.- First,‘ that she, was a fticiou g irl. seconal that " some one " had had her. taugh t S i n gh*. Th irdly, that the factory girls had attended the . Liverpool Concerts in 1836 to hear their ,"ole companion " sing —and, ' lastly; that her Christian name was Margaretr'when to my certain know ledge the fact is otfien'i.fse. • I nm, sir, your obedient servant; 2 , Trafalgar -square, Strand. ; T.VILLIAAIS. SINGULAR CIRCUISISTANCE, bull, the property of 1 1rs...11iddleton, of ~erning.ord -Grey. Cambridgeshi re , . was missed, t h e I s t or last month. 'Seventeen days after the aninial was diEcovered dive in, a ditch,. f astened by .the nose to. the ground, in c dreadful stat e . o f emaciation. It appears. 'the .bull having got into 'the ditch, had• trod on .the chain Sp ,p!nde:d to the r i ng i n its' nose, and the ditch being of stiff clay, the c h a i n had beeorrie Sfrongly emb the. soil ; th e cari il age of the nose being. parti ded in cularly tender, had r , ot bee n a ble 1 6 ex t r i cate t h e Chain The animal it s mew, reco •• d C 9fintrl/ Pope;'. ed THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1842. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.-The Orestes 18, COM ' minder S. J. Cei. aegie, was this mining removed from her moorings by the Topaz hulk, and hauled abreast of, but not alongside, the dockyard, immediately opposite the Semaphore, for the pm pose of practically teseng the efficacy of h er li g ht n i ng conductors, by a series of experiments by Srow Harris, Esq., F.R.S., upon whose plan the conduc tors have been fitted up. She was moored about 10) yards from t'ae jetty, between which and the ship, about midway, a barge was placed contrining a car ronade. A wire leafing from the positive side of a powei;al electrical battery in the Semaphore was at tached to a cup of gunpowder, on her main , truck. Another wire,,leading froth the negative side of the battery, was attached to the gun in the boat. A short wire was placed on the touch-hole of the glib, and led over the,gauwale of , the boat to the surface only of the water, on the side nearest the Orestes. There was no communication between the ship and the berge. From the interesting and important nature of the subject, there was a numerous attendance.of naval officers from every ship in the pol;;, among whom were Admirals Sjr Edward Codrington and Hyde Parker • Captains Sir Themes Hastings, Lord John Hay, W. Henierson, Codringion, Carnegie, Willis, Hallowes;" the officers of the Austrian ft gate Bel lona ; General Sir Hercules Potential', and a num ber of scientific ind iv:duels from ell pir.;:s of the neigh bovrhc-xl. Mr. Harris first briefly explained the artificial ar rangement of the_ Leyden jar, by which all the results of lightning may Le imitated, and pm formed several interesting oxpeximentl illustrative of the definite aetion and laws of electrical discharges. It had been generally supposed that metals were attractive of lightning in virtue of some inherent affinity for the electrical agency. Mr. Hanes combated this supposi tion, and showed that the laws of electrical discharges were reducible to mere resistance or distancet-that, psi fact, the discharge through an impe...ect circuit or conductor, as:. an unprotected ship, merely picked out such pieces of metal as happened t.) lie in a line or lineS of least resistance to itscou-se. This was illus trated by passing an electric shock c -er small masses of gold distributed fortuitmsly - paper some of these were burned up, others remained untouchad. The armngement for illustrating the action of the cenduc'oms in the Orestes has already been desciihed. The object was to show that immediately an electrical discharge" reached the mast-heed; it passed' dow to, , end, was dispersed in, the water; by means of the continuous line of conductors. This was proved 'thus :—The electric battery in; the .Sema phore was . discharged; the discha rge passed along the copper wire from the metallic plate .on the interior of the jar to the mast-head; its presence there was rendered app. - rent by the ignition of the gun powder in the cup; it passed thence down the con ductor On the mast into • the hull 'of' the ship,' and along the condhetors on the hell into the sea. That it lied in . the sea was proved by the ignition of the powder over the touch-hole of the gun in the bOat, an-i the .consequent discharge of the gun,. be cause the only means by.which this gunpowelercould be ignited was the passage e the el - ctricitv .up .the, shoi.; copper w're which connected the touco-hole of the gun with the sea ; so that not only must the..elec-. tric -fluid have miived in the sea, but it must have paqsed through it to this short copper wire in the boy t. It is'ahnost needless `to add, that so rapid is the passage of the electric fluid, that the "report'of the d'cheu.'„ge of the batt-ry, the ign:tion of the powder at the inest-16;1; of that over the touch-hole 'of the gun, and .the . repoii; of the "gun itself, appeared siniulta neaus, notwithstanding the great distance traversed by the electricity, thus show 7ng Clearly-and satisfac torily _that 'nstant the .explosion.,o . .....yed at the uck, that same instant did theconductora clear it of the ship and trrnanit rt,to the water.- Several experiments were then made- to -prove. that the . principle 'held . goed . in the case when the top masts and top-gallant=masts were ack. These were . Very"eonclusive, - the'electrical current folloWed the continuous litie %vithout . ,i t all' diverg7ng to those portions, of the . - eanduCtOrs, Which by the 'striking mOf the astswere‘ Rioted in a position out of that line. ' Wi - T ropesconducters were then considered, and the several ohjections to them farly end conclusively stated. The danger of a. man being killed in 'the bight of such. -a rope, while striking. the top or top gallant - mast during a thunder . squall, was most clearly' proved by -a every neat experiment. • Such • a case was represented by gold leaf on paper, and when an electric shock vVVS pasSed'over, the paper, , the gold was burnt up in the direction of t l ,--6 man, but 're mained untouched round the'biolit of the rope'. are lest experiment Which was per-fin-Med WeS wit'n a view: to prove_ pt once the coMplete..proteetion afforded -by the continuous conductor,, and the . ad - r s parent impossibily of the least action ,taking place oar metallic bodes out of it, thus practically reuting.the. suppositiOn of any'lateraldiScharge . tak-ing place.,, A ,model. of a mast about ten feet in length was made in parts,:and an interrnpted line''of metal placed in the heart of it. Percussion powder, - which, it is Well .known, will inflame with the least spark of electricity, was placed between these interruptions. On the outer surface .of the mast a continuous conductor was placed, the extremities of which were con nected .at each end of the model of the mast with the . extremities of , the interior and interrupted lint of m e tal. In order to make the experiment more complete,-bands of metallic leaf were made here and there to surround the mast as hoops, together with other 'metallic bodies which could enter into the mast itselfand touch the internalline of metal. An intense' shock of electricity was allowed to fall upon the upper extremity of the mast, where both lines of metal were in conjunction, with the view of discovering (sine: the electric matter had thus, it may be said, the choice of two lines) whether it would pass,_ upon the metal within, or whether it would be dispersed • between the two lines and pass down each, or whether it would only pass. down the exterior line, and whether, in passing down. that line, it could cause a lateral dis charge to 'enter the mast, or in any way to affect the interior. This was a severe test, from the highly in flammable nature of the percussion powder, and it succeeded perfectly: As long as the continuous ex teinal conductor remained perfect, the discharges of electricity were innoxious ; when, however, the ex terior, conductor was removed and a simile , - charge was thrown over the model, , the mast was blown to pieces by the ignition of the percussion powder, evi dently proving that if the previous discharges had in any way, or under any form, • pervaded the interior, this effect would have resulted in the very first instance. In repeating the expel invent of irssing the electric fluid through the Orestes, an accidental circumstance ;ally proved Mr. Hants's theory, that metals of them selves are not attractive ; and that lightning will take the most direct continuous way to au.ive at its course. The wire which led f.-om the Semaphore to the cup contriving the gunpowder at the mast-head of the ship, was not properly placed—the bight touching the mast a few irches below the cup. The discharge, therefore, instead of continuing along the wird to the cup, was conveyed to the conductor at the spot where the bight touched the mast, and carried through the ship, and thence by the sea to the boat where it fired the gun, leaving the gunpowder at the mast-head un exploded. - After Mr. Harris had concluded 'his experiments, Adt&ral Sir Edward Codrington said that after what he had witnessed, he thought it' but right publicly to observe that he felt pel:ectly convinced of the efficacy of the conductors upon Mr. Ha' fis's plan, which, after the conclusive and satisfactory tests they had that day undergone, would no doubt he generally used through- „ . out the navy. All the ()flier officers present were equally gratified, and expressed their approbation of ,he plan. The Jaseur, commissioned yesterday prter noon, by Commander W. Willis. The .Warspite,.so,' capt. Lord John flay, bent her sails this morning, and will go out of harbour next week. The Owen Glendower transport 1N:11 leave Spit head tó-metro* for 'Gibraltar, with com;ets WoolAlch and tl -, ;s pm • The Pi cenix steam-frigate is hourly expected from the Mecrteifanean. Ship at Spithead—Owen Glendower. Ships in Hrrbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excel• lent, Warspite, 02eStes, Jrseur, Bellona, (Austran), Royal George yacht, Echo steamer, Java transpoi Toomvicu, OCT. 14.—The A. lel steam-vessel, Master. Commander L. Smithett (act , ng), left Wool w;ch on.Tuesthy to resume her duties on the Dover station. The Sindbad auived on Wednesday from Ports mouth. The Falmouth al Aved on Thursday :zom Plymouth. The Lightning, 'Sterm-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander G. Snell, who has not yet been superseded, although appointed to the Nautilus, tender to the Royal George yacht, leA WOolwich yesterday with Monsieur Clement and Mr.. Joseph Large, one of the foremen of the yrrd, to. act as interpreter during the expel:ments!ordered to be made by the Lords of Admiralty, NN th a ppr.ri tus invented and fitted on board the Lightning, .11111; Clement, to rseerteitr the speed. of the vessel, determine the beat - of the water in the boilers, and enable navigators to discover when they are within 15- miles of en iceberg, and furnishing a sure ':'ndientor of all . sudden changes :rom deep to Ballow water:- The first is named the Sillometer, a itle given to 'a substitute for the comraoh bas been approve: of by the French Admiralty and n.roducecl mto e.veral of the finest ships . in the loyal *Navy of France. . Monsieur _Clement has ibed the •• hollow ..!opIKT -ball, . against which the , water : s attached. to a moveable plug of the same metal, slides: in a copper tube; pass;ng through the c.entre . of the vessel 'to the keel. , To th=s plug is at- I -ached a lever, which, , by means of a vectical rod, acts on a second lever, placed on the, deck, of .the y es d communicating with a spi . pg; the tension of the sling constitutes An equ;librium witb„tile pies_ sure o the watex on the ball, and seryes,to measure the rate at which the ship is moving by means of a 8 , hand, - .the movements Oft - iibich, on a graduated dial, indicate at every - mOment not only the speed of the, ship, but also the, , ,distance run in any given .time. The silloineter Appears to be an ingeniously cola , ' strutted instrument, and promi es to be of great pc lc-, tical Value. It trives every moment the rate of: A the' ship'ss:tiling, and the space traver,ed . in any time. It indicates the slightest cheng,e iii the plf!.cang of the ballast or guns, and what is the most fil-Y-01 able direction of the wind for its action 'on the sails, and theinfluence.of each sail furled or unfurled. It offers, also the advantage o; measuring, when at anchor, the force of the currents on the keel of the vessel,. The second invention consists of an insti. merit which indicates constantly the elasticity of the steam both 'in high and IoW - pressure engines, and the leVet of the water in the boilers. Th e 6team - eng i ne `indi cator, as it is termed, may be applied'to the pistOil of an engine so vs to show the loss of power sustainelio, its way to it. A tube similar .to the manometer is , affixed to the instrument. through which the. st , am ascends, and is introduced into a copper or brass box placed on the deck- of the vessel, end upon which a graduated dial indicates, by means of a hand, to the officer of the watch, the effects of the engine, without his haying to send below to ascertain it. Thethirq invention of M. Clement is a submarine theimometer. He remarks---" It appears from the thermomeaical observations of many scientific naviga tors, that in seas of unfathomable- depth the water is not so cold as over banks, and that over banks near the shore it is less cold than over those at a greater dis tance, but colder than in the open sea. In experi ments which have been made on the coast of Frar ce with this submarine thermometer • results ,hay e been obteined which fully establish the great service this' instrument may render . to utiv:gation by ; ar ni4iing a sr"e end const a nt i t 'di cation 'ofa :;udder ' changes from deep to 'shallow It is evident also that it will serve to. _point out the proximity of.. vessels to icebergs, which at certain serious render_ the. navigation,of. the. Atlantic. attended with danger. This test cannot, of _course .be mad e ;in the experi• ments with the Lightning, the other. impoi; it qualities will be correctly ascertained, ' M. Clement's thermometer is 'kept constantly under wa:er at Tile same depth, and indicates. the different temper: toes of the water by means of a dial placed on the dick the_ vessel, end always. open to • examination. The immediate. action ,is communicated by w h e el s , th e working of which turns two hti,n& upon the 'd;7l, the one marking the single degrees, and the other the, tens. The whole is enclosed in a tube; end attached to !,lie side of the vessel. The Bee stem-vessel, constructed for the use of the students on bwrd - the Excellent, gunnery. sh;p, at Portsmouth, was taken up ,to Deptford yesterday, to be fitted lA;th a .crew-propeller by M. Steinman Steinnian. SPIRIT . of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRON ICLE.—About a month ago we called the attention of our readers to the state of poli tics in Canada; andanticipated, on :the audios rity of a well-informed correspondent of the ColortialVtizette,'a.' vote of the, Assembly:hws tile to the provincial administration. These' anticipatiOns have been completely realised, in asmuch as'a vote of want of confidence was pro posed as an amendment on the address in answer to the Governor-General's speecle' 'rite' news that this amendment was under discussion, with a certainty of being carried, arrived' a 7. few days ago, in company with the unpleasant intel ligence that Sir Charles Bagot's attempts to strengthen his Government by a• tardy and lin perfect offer •of office to the leaders of the Re formers of both Upper and Lower Canada, had failed; and that a period of temporary coca: anion might be apprehended P•om the impossibility of farming a strong Government. The news-brought by the ,Halititx packet yesterday is most gratifying.' it appears that. Sir Charles P-got renewed his offers to Messrs. Baldwin and , Lafentaiiie, s ea ' that those gentlemen have' consented to - join "a portion of ' the present provincial a dministration, as . Atto , - ney-Generals ' for the two dirtsiens .of 'Canada, iii place of - Messrs. Ogden and Drape:, the two repres en t a tives of the old Tory , par , -, who./retire. In addition, Mr. Girouard, o ne o f the most eminent leaders Of the French C.llla (ban's, is also to take office. The Executi ve Council, - as now constituted, is completely Liberal, and will probably command a decided 'majority in. the A ssem bl y . When we express our great Sati's.faction at this result;it is not, we must confess., at the individualS whom 'their iu- fluence in the:Assembly has thus brought into ,taine i s teg i na l eman . office. Mr. Baldwinis a p s o •e i r i , t y ;c l l. l a o l i i i . est i p r u . tLantootn. • very :"skilful or practiCal of great pretansiOns,s but;' , We suspect, littl e so lidity ofjUdgment ; and his reputation f or political virtue is by GO, means above suspicion.- Mr. Girouard, who was inn. Hprisoned during the insurrection of 1837, and suffered greatly on account of unjust suspicions of disloyalty, is, from all we hear, much the ablest of those who have joined he Gore rn 7 went. The men of greatest practical talent ia ibe li r c a ls° l orb ; aoPb i l i el E* l the. Executive Council are the old members, Messrs. Hinch, Daly, and Harrison : and the change is valuable because the Provincial Mini-- try, try, in place of its former anomalous and be;ere i tt consistent nd v i g a o n r d o u sii will geneous character, is now . Liberal But the great subject cif g-ratification is , the complete completely a triumph of Lord Durhatn's principle of respOn sible Government, which the recent change re cognizes and establishes. Th e m embers of the present Provinci a l Government are the persons in the province the most obnoxious to the old Tory party. It cannot be supposed that Sir . Charles Bagot has selected them from any par ticular partiality to their vi ews . It is obvious that he has taken them into office solely on Ile:. count of their posseSsing the confidence ortlie majority of the Assembly. The rationabsyskem of representative Government is, therefore, 'est?. Wished in Canada, in the most marked matinei The men in whom probably of all in the proVinee the Government confides the least are takeivbil, him to dire& his poliCy beeadse they are , those, in whom the people confide the most. A vote• of the Legislature in Canada, as in the mother country, now determines who shall wield execti tire 'Phis 1 authority.: -1 as been the g r e at snbject', of conflict hitherto bet we e n the Tory and Liberal ' politicians of the province. I t is now decided in favour of the latter. We In a_ , oe a ll owed almostto express a regret y that such a constminiation has been brought about by a Tory Governor= General. But this, after all, is only one of many pros of the fact that.ll ewvernme n t in the pre sent day, whether in th e hands of Tories or .of Liberals, must be carried on on Liberal. prin ciples. Nevertheless, it must be said that this adoption cf Lord Durham s admirable principle does great honour to Sir Charles Bagot. His must be regarded as no imperfect or insincere adoption of it. Unwilling, 'in the first place,' i't may have been; but since he saw that he rintst adopt it, he has gone into it thorough,W a"ed cheerfully.. We have only to wish that lii ex cellent intentions may not be ...., , counteract:co I,y orders from home ; and, th at he may he allowed to carry out thoroughly and consistently..the ad mirable career which, ,t° his bonour,..,:he has that, commenced. Strange at l a f ter all t 1 . me outc:y against Lord Durham' s Csnadian Government, and his Report, the great Liberal principle of that Report should be now first fully realised by it Tory Government! We do not 'Mend to predict Provincial . that the G o %, P,‘ , ernmentnow con- Sainted will be 'of long duration or d'a much service... We shall be content ? if its establish ment satisfies the majority For a Milk, and if, when the majority,turns against it, it shall make way fbr those who shall Olen possess the public confidence. But sure we are 'that hothmo, can ensure good , government in Canada but a prin ciple which shall thus adapt the constitution of the executive to the variations Of Pu b lic opinion. It WE'S this principle which Lord Durham milli tabled in his Report, and this principle which circumstances compel even his oppon en is to niaintain in 'practice. . TlMES'.___Th6 i n telligence which has 'use • i las just ar rived from Canada comprises an:aimoutteement. which presents at first siglit a son i t moat startlitlr appearance.. Sir C. Basgot, t htl Governor-Ge.- neral, after declaring. that ".the d es i re , , ». loud entertained by him, " of uniting to the aid 'tii, and cordial co-operation with, his Government, :lie popidation of French origin i n . 1,,, m , r Canada, is unabated," has proceeded to offer the post Of Attoruey-General . (;1 L ow e,. with a seat at the Execut•ve C Canada, ouncil to 11 , . Lsi'ontain e democrat e , , a noied _ f that province, alleging as the sole ground ofLi ie appointment the Freneli origin of that gentlman, and his iilfliwnee wiLli that class of the population- -Act ing on the same principles the Governor-General has appointed Mr. Girouard, also a violent poli tical partisan, to it lucrative office and a scat in the Council. It is, we•believe, as ' m , torious es it is undeniable, that Mr.' Lafontaine wa s ae ,_ i ively ene n er d in the rebellion of 1837, and that Lf;rd Seaton olThred a reward Of 5001. fin* Hs apprehension. Mr. Girouard was likewise engaged, or, as .it is now deli cately expreswd, was 4 i .COlLPrOlniSedii in .the sane insurrection. Now, these are filets which certainly demand explanation. -n, , ir'e entirely , agiee witli the Governor-General in the abstract doeuine. which; apparently, lie holds,' that t h e uceident of anian's.paren'sge or descent should, .sullposing him to be admittedly a n atura l - b or n snlijeet and citizen of the State, neither'quAre nor disqualify him for alp pesE ; ess;.en' ,of civil , rights or privileges, or for the tenure of office. If one who is OnfeSsedly neither. .denizen nor alien, but entity d by law citizenship, is also true, loyii4 obecient, and well qualified, we can see no earthiy . rt . ason for his rejection - from office in the fact of his descent from parents who were once aliens. If he poSsess the above very requi- Site personal qualities, we cannot see why he 'Should be excluded, though his parents were .Hottentots or Hindoos. We are no 'up holders of distinctions of caste. But if this is so, equally and undeniably true it is that when a • 'man has no such personal qualifica tions, and, much more, when be has personal dis-qua'fficatiOns, he Oughtis. certainly to be re bgiously excluded from office— , and that, though he were descended, not from the .Hindoo or the Hottentot, but from Solon - or Lycurgus; and, at any, - rate, - his Hindoo 'parentage should be no recommendation- to him, when 'otherwise unfit, however strongly it .be :insisted on that such d'eSeent should' be - no-d:a=qualitication. Now, Sir 'C.' Bagot has,' so thr as hitherto appears, chosen two' very infelicitous instances for exenpe plifying this doctrine about the abolition of caste. Do not exclude Frenchmen as such;—but, on the otherhand, do.hot promote proscribed trai tors, merely because they happen to be of French I extraction. There is a very large and numerous claSs of peopic--Lvery numerous, we believe, ever since the days of King James the First—who would, doubtless, Hunk it very hard and unjust to exclude every Scotchman from stations of emolument in England. But it would have been 'thought (150 years since, what ever it might be now) rather an extraordinary way of obviating this 'injustice to have ap pointed certain fanatical and rebellious Cove nanters, vho had had' a price put upon their heads, toliosts of 'authority in 'England, merely in order to •show a just inipaAiality towards. Scotchmen.. And in the same way it.ntight be :thought - a - Very - Irish way of doing. " justice to Ireland," it 'Sir: 'Feafgus O'Connor (Who ,has lately earned some such honourable. distinction as Mr. Lafontaine) should be appointed English • Attorney-General merely because : he is an Irish . man, and MIA-der to prove the impartiality of Government.. Yet Sir C. Bagot, in toe letter by which hi offered the:appointment to Mr. lafon taineo: a man :who. has had. ..a.price • set upon his head, assigns no other reason for his conduct than his desire to conciliate the •popula ' tion . of Trench extraction. • Sarely there - were ,other persons of • French extraction in the colony,—persdris of tried loyalty, ability, and wisdom ; at any rate persons who had not actually committed themselves as these men have done, who might baVe formed fit cases for evidencing this just impartiality. The appo'ntment of such men as Lacontaine and Girouard seems really as if no better men of French extraction could be foutid. le is a libel on the French population of the colony. We are now speaking, of course, only of what appears on the face . of the appoint ments, and in the letter of the Governor-General. There is doubtless some further, 'and we , hope sufficient reason, .tor these appointments, which has nos. - . yet transpired, and which w ill, perhaps, put the matter.in a different light. As it stands at preseitt,mOst certainly it'dernands explanation. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. • ; - , CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIM l S.—The effect of the payment of the divi dends at the Bank of England was more sensibly felt ;n. the Stock Exchange to-day by the increase of business in the shape of permanent investment, which has raked the value of Consols for money to 93+ to 1-, and for the accotint to 933- to thei•• closing quota tions ; Exchequer hills for both 2d. and the 24d. issues are quoted 555. to 575. 'premium ; the scarcity of them in the market having - wholly destroyed the preference before' exhibited for the one' description above the other. . . . The - holders . of Foreign Secum:ties generally are beginning to feel the importance of forming a "Fo reign - Loan Association;" for the purpose of getting back the large sums 'of money that have been ad, winced on different occasions.' If it answered no other end, it would at nnYiate fbrid a centre for the col lection "Of information 'on the subject. • The neglect into which the 'elaimik against: several of the South American ' States; especially Bnenos Ayres, have fallen, seems to have given a great stimulus to , the i notion, • Tlie list of "debts 'due mtom the Peninsula .and from' North and South Ameriea, many. of them dishonoured ' with 'the - Most ; flegitant want of faith, .:gives • a melancl.olY picture,' and the concentrated energies of the Unnierous creditor's' to this one subject • could not fail of has :ng a beneficial effect. :The coun ti :es Whose:existence almost' hes been owing to'fhe confilence", br' t i`e , m t rglbill . . apitalists' should at least be taught.that these are earnest in their demands, and the negligunee‘ - bfTenrrtrfletOrs 'sho'N's that :it IS their own exe7tiowi 'on which - they Must depend. The Tay stetnner, bringing the West India mil, has made a quick ppssao.e ) not being a day b e hi n d th e ..3 pet:od allo we d f or her e' rival, a fact worthy Of notice; ps sho'w;;ng that it was; ia..er _all,' the want - of expe -1 'ream, 'as much as anythin else, which produced those delays hitherto' occurring. -' By the .advises :froin Jamaica it appears that the commercial prospects of the islind are daily becomtng more disheaM,:ening, the great causes being the dis tr,,,,st of capitalists, and the deficiency of labour. As some remedy to this discouraging state of things, the merchants contemplate the reduction of the freight of sugar to "Is. Pei' cwt,`; end it was expected that a meeting :would be called on the subject. The pre sent rate of ;:eight from Jamaica nearly doubles that trot llaYanneli, Ad it is said exceeds that from the E,,.st Indies. A- lighthouSe ' has been erected on MOrant-point, iind :vm;11 be illuminated i on the Ist Of November, with a revolving light. The tower is kcmain'ed white, amid stands 103 feet aboye the level of the sea, the centre of the light being 9G feet, :and distinguishable at the distance of 21 wiles, in 'clear weather, The - am:Awl of a native of St. Do lminzo, who called hiniself a brother of the late King of. II ay ri; - h,a afforded much a iitm semen t at Jamaica. , lle cane W:1 - 11 - a company Of youngnegrOes, and took up his abm ie ,in a most respectab'e lodgmg-house. A black l'evC a wi l s' beliVevery' day,- and the appearance, of Royalty was kept up ; when at last the landlord applied for payment, and was informed that the Prince wished the . claim to be deferred till he had received . the suni of 40,000/. due to, him from the British Geve•.:.inaent. The whole affair ended with the mcck Pr'nee being sent to the House of Correc tion. 'The Pot;;uguese are said to be carrying on the slave-trade as assiduously as- ever, in spite of all the efforts 'of thiS country to restrain them. SUN.—In addition to thepurchases usually made for investing the dividends now payable, the mc•-ket to-day has received an accession of firmness, in con sequence of its having become necess..ry to place an accumulation of uncleimed dividends, arising from the East India Company's stock, out at interest. The amount thus to be purchard is about 40,0001., of Which Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced to the extent of 10,0001. was , bought to-day, and it is un derstood that the purchases will be continued de die in diem, until the whole shall have , been included. Consols left off at 934 b3' , " s i for Money, and 834 93i for the . Account • Bank Stock, 164166 ; India Stock, 250 252 ; Exchequer Bills 55,57 premium. , - In Foreign Securities the extent of business )vas merely sufficient to allow aeLual-pi:ces to te noted. Belgian, were 103 104; Dutch Two-and-a-Half- per Cents.,. 52. i 52: 4 1 ; the Five per Cents. 100 1004; Danish,. 82, 83; and Brazilian, 63 64. Some of the speculators in Mexican Bonds haye, taken advantage ~ of the idea which has become prevalent, though . erroneously, that the sumphis , of the money .Yr . the hands: of% the agents, after the ,payment . of the dividends, should be appliell to the liquid a ti ons o f t h e d e b e n tures. in order to- deprgsp..quo'ation s . It was undoubtedly.'! ir mderstood that such should be the case, but it %yes also as el0 1 :13' flAcert*Oo that it was necessary, in order to, give effect to such arm angeinent, that the con sent.should be obtained. .. o 4f .the executive , •. oppor tunity to effect . this has : yet occurred, in consequence ,of the. prorogation of tl. - e, Cortes, but it is to be ex , pccted that, immediately. after re-assembling, the necessary, power& w :11 be forwarded to this country, and the agreement will be ca-mied into effect. Aanwhile, .eacij _opportunity appears to be taken to keep up -the, national.faith, by remitting the allot ment, of the , receipts of the Customs ; and, at the ,prepnt time, 4 loge sum is : in the possession of time agents, to be applied either to the dividends, or to cancelling the debentures, as may he ordered. Should the conditions : rem:o,l urn•olfilled after a certain pe riod,. it seas understood that the otiginal bondholders were to re-nssume, their coupons, though these had. lmeen turned into ,debentures. , The quotations for the Bonds, ,at the closeof business, was 321 324. , : A further, improvement in Ilmight•mn Shares w." the only : feature in.the .$lll re Market; t,iese left off at; 36 364. London and Birininghem Were 1,82 184; Bi. wing -haul and ..Gloncesto.r, 4Q,41; Great,Western : . 1 82 93 ;, the Half 7 shnres, 50 504; hiouth Western ,1 57 58 ;,..Noti,h, Midland, .57 4.5 ; the New shares, 28 29 ; South tr.tct a, 22i 23 i ; Eastel n Countie' ~ 81, 84; Nortber4 and Eastern, t.t54 361; Bled:lva - 1, 6 64; and Lrighton, 86 364 per share. . `lherafcs, ofexchange.were, again. more, in fay , Jur of this cuuni ,y,. especifilly onAlamburgh, and Pt xis, the quotation for the latter being 25 85, 25 924, and the. former, J 3,12, 1.3 12-1-. The quotation on Airster- AlRM.was 0,61, 13 : 6,i • Botterdam, 12 kif-1.; Ant werp,: 12 44, 12' 4* ; Frankfort, 151,-i- 1514,; Genoa, 26 ' , 26.5 ; Marseilles: 25 95, - 25 974 ; I Vtenua,•9 57, c, 58; Madrid, 3€* 36.5:; and ,Li5b0n,,,524 524.- --, ~ . -,,The settling, of the half7moutili.Y account i t i th e Bonds cansed; i.e change ,in : the q uotatio n s, me itb er were any J bari, aims entered into. ColopmF man . \yen ,. 203 : '204; Peruvian, 154 164 ; Portugues e . Fiw, per. Comts,, 3.6.4,371 i the :Three per Ceutl. ~ 21 221 .;i 110. Spanish Five per Cents., 16 16k ; the Three per .Cuts., 204 21. The Indigo sale has today exhibit , d a gre: to • in - provement, the quanl.:ty sold exceeding one-third of thPt put'up; the home trade were again ti e larger buyers. COURSE OP EXCHAN GR—(YESTERDAV. 1 Amsterdam . ...... CP. 12 9 1 1 Gibraltar.~ Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ........,2 U l2 10 Genoa . . 26 10 Antwerp Altona .• 4O Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 ' Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Lisbon -, M i arseilles llourdeaux 26 b' i f mo Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine -.152 13abia Petersourgh. 3 Us. ... LI Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, etrec. 3M lO 0 Trieste, ditto lO 2 Madrid Cadiz 36i Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville .... 36 !New York, 21days sight 461 1 Philadelphia 4lt ,PRICES OF BULLION, PER On. ,F0a... - eign Gold, bars l 7 9 Portugal Geld C01n...3 17 5 I Ney/ Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars... ..... . . 0 0 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 0 0 PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX 'DUTY. (From Willich's "Income Tar Tables.") By the following Acts of Parliament the Duty was fixed at so much in the pound, viz.: A. B. C. D. E. 1803 43 Geo. 3d, c. 122, is. 9d. ls. ls. ls. 1805 .45 Geo. 3d, c. 15, One-fourth increase on t ite above 1806 46 Geo. ;:d, c. 65, 2s. ls. 6d, 2s. 2s. 2s. 1842 5& 6 Viet. c. 35, 7d. 31d. 7d. 7d. 7d. The following remarks show the diff e rence between the present a n d former Property-tax : FORMER. PRESENT. Incomes under 60/. ex- A" Incomes under 15C/. neomes ., 2tween 601. wholly exempt. and 150/. stthjec:. to reduced scale of charge. Chr - gamposed. Charge Impact'. In 1798 10 per cent. 1842, 7d. rn the Pound, or 1803 5 „ • 21. 18s. 4d. per cent. 1805.......... „ 1806 10 „ Tax. payable •in 'respect Tax . e . ,paYable in respect of the O ccu p a ti on o f L en d . th Occuprtion of Land :1 England of the a b ov e in Etif;lend of the abo• e Ultes, end in Scotland at the Foreigners having money' rate of 20: ;n' the Pound, ;•1 ne Fords exempt froth • Alt lundedf Prdperty Duty on such proper 4. charged - s th Duty. PROPERTY ASSESSED IN• 1814 UNDER FORMER ACTS IM POSING .A PROPERTY-TAX. Sources of Income classed in Five Schedules. A. Propel.) , derived f-om Land 1. Rent of Lrid 2. Rent of /louses 16,260,000 3. Tithes, Mines, Quarries; Canals, Iron Woiks, &c 4,4 70,000 A. Total £60,130,000 B. Rent of Land in respect of occupation '38,396,000 C. Income dei:ved from Public: Funds and s;Trilar Sccur:ties (sum on which As - Se3Stuent wade) 30,000,060 D. Profits of Trades and Professions 38,310,000 E. Income of Public Officers ,... 11,744,000 £178;50,000 SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ESTIMATE, MARCH 1 1, 1842. • • Income, • • - Produce of Tax. A. 1. Rent of Land £39,400,0001 • 2. Rent of Houses 25,000,000 3. Tithe5...X3,500,000 Dh:dends of 16 .1 - way Com- pal"( s, • rndpro- ' perry of sSrr:lar • 1 / 4 - • desci ;p- lion ...3,429,000 Aunes P T .Iron .Works 1,509,c00 . 8,4;1..9,000 • .£72,829,00 . 0L P. Rent'of Lod in respeCt or occupation* C. InCome from Public • Furth, &c. D. Profit's of Trades and Professions • ' • • .56,000,000. E. Income ofPublie (Accra' 7,000,000 A. £1,600,000 B. 150,0 10 C. 646,000 I). 1,220,000 E. 155,000 Tote £3,; 71,00 Q • * Tenants paying less Rent than 3001. a year arc exempt. N.B. From A, C, D,' anal E, one-fotirth'of the amounts to be , deducted for exempt Ineoines under 1501 a year. RETURN OF THE GROSS AMOUNTS RAISED BY INCOME AND PROPERTY-TAX IN GREAT BRITAIN.. • . • At 5 per Oent..:: ... . . 1804 £3,578,890 (10. 61 per cent 10 per eept do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. N.B. Inn Tux was repealed in 1816. THE ANOUNT OF PROFITS ASSESSED ON TRADES AND PROFESSIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN, UNDER SCHEDULE D. IN THE YEAR 1812. • Under .ZSO . Above 50 and un(kr £IOO 100 150 3,306.934 .£13,136,014 Above £l5O and ruder £200... 1,723,818 200 • , 300.4. 2,379,332 300 . 400. 1,089,895 400 500... 1,183,116 500 • . 600... , 1,164,113 - 600 700... 795.557 -- 700 800... 560,580 800 900... 609.895 -- 900 • 1000: 294,583 1000 1500... 1,710,821. 1500 2000... 1,043,099 2000 3000... 1,593,692 3000 . 5000. 1,851,725 5000 and upwards 4,647,395 £34,383,635 Or under £l5O £13,136,014 above 150 21,247,C21 £34,383,635 POPULATION OF 'GREAT BRITAIN. 1801.. 10,472,048 Deceneial Increase. 1811 11,969,364 1,497,316 1821 14,073,331........... 2,103,967 1831 16,260,381 2,187,050 1841 18,656,414 2,396,033 NOTE.—We find that the population of Great Britain was about 12 millions in 1812, and rather above 181 tnil lions in 1542. The produce of the 10 per cent. or 2s. in the pound Property-tax in 1812 was £13,628,454 If the wealth Of the country has increased , • in the same ratio as the - population,' the tax. of 7d. in the • pound should produce rather more than 4,500,000 Or about a of a million morn than the e'nount estimated by Sir Robert Peel. C. M. W. 25, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, 26th Sept., 1842. THE' QUARTER'S REVENUE. NUE. TO THE EDITOR OF-THE SUN. Stu,,-4n order PrOperly t o d escs ibe the deficiency the revenue, I consider that the amount of the pro perty-tax, 313,8441,, ought to be added to the sum of 67,473/,,,and the deficiency made 331,3171. It is a well•:knOwn fact, that the Government has not re ceived one single penny at present from the property , tax. The stun of 313,8441., stated,to have been re ceivedhas only, accrued by means of a reduction of expenditure, and not :1:3 a yielding, or productive tax to, the Government. The sum of 30. in the pound .has been deducted from the,amount of the bidf year's dividends vvb;els have been paid ; so that the Govern ment has paid 98/. 105., 10(1,, instead of 100/.; there fore the sum held back, viz., 1/. 95.,2d., is not an ad ditional sum of money in the hands, of. the Treasury. A part of the sum ,of 313,8441., also ‘ arises from mo ney stopped back from Government salaries; and even a large sum-,-part of that stated to have been received —will have to.be .returned to claimants whose incomes are under 150/. per annum. , 4 tax on the Funds and on Government.sdaries.never cau be a producing:tax ; it merely acts .as. a. reduction - of expenditure. By such reduction the Government has much more to ap ply to other purposes;. ,Suppose, for instance, that the -- Customs duties were express l y p rovided to pay the dividends, :end suns to be paid was one 011 ion, sud.afterwards tu;Kuf Are per cent. were put on th e ;,if the Customs dutiesedi(lslot. creditorsp would be reduce the million, as before,. the Government vvoula not benefit the. five.per cent., although lh mulcted that ainount. 1 am, Sir, yours, & e . Ilry.T„combe, Oct. 1:3, 1842. P. W. D. ki t uErN TO In,uLA;p:7--The Evening on, pp l s ' i t . S:rr on o ta p ii, T s lll: he following :—,--".W e announced s atri .dv, on the authority cif. a Chester paper, that our Most Gracious Sovereign,accomponied tv PI in ce .2.01),;1 t, • intended vi6ting this country ensuing uring the summer. It is n ow , stated that the latter end o f July is the period fixed for this s In :addition to the recepti on which sohawaieriousMajesty and her Royal Con sor t at the Viceregal Lodge„in the Phcenix Pavk, the Duke of Leinster, Lord Powers copra the Eini of Kenmore, Alarquis of 'Sligo, the .AgAimuii of Downshire i and the Niargnis of Aheroorn, are prepOrod to e n t erta i n the illustrious visitors.' _si r George Clerk is expected in Inverness, on a ',tour. l of inspeetion through th e line of th e Caledonian Cana , , STATE OF TRA (From the Lee("'s Mercury of this day.) FOREL 1S WOOL n ADE, LEEDS, OCT. 14.—For 'some des •riptions of 1- oreign , Wool- there -hue been . more inquiries than fur same weeks past, but on the whole the trade cot tirues in a very depressed state, ° and generally very unrtmuner itive to the dealer. ENGLIS:t WOOL MAI. KET, LEEDS, Om 14.—Dur 1 • report of this. hiariia. of the trade during the rocfirp s week does not vary materially ',..con the prerrows bne In Combin.: -Wools sales have been very. limited. In Clothing Wools the demand has been.moderate, and juices stationary. TEADE-.OF ),EEns.---Eus'ness getS n - ) better at our Cloth Halls; the, m for goods Ufa general de scription -hue. been dull this week. Tweeds, fancy cloakings, and piOd berveis are the princip: articles in demand, whilst, cloth continues very • difficult of sale. BusineSi'S•al4) *dull in the WarOptiscs fur the season ;_the,principal sales now Making ire to buyers from the -country, who buy"in the nor, and only for present need.. ••., •... 13RADFORD 11.1 ARK LT, Tnuasrikv.—ln the Piece Market we Inve fell attendance of merchants, and Cie deniand for. Mer'nos and - low • Orleans cloth ' continues t) be fully as good as for scithe wcekS past, " and pi ices without alteration. Fancy goods are hardly so much inqui. ed after ; but 'so ruinously low have they been sold, that a great many manufacturers have been conipilleil to turn f. om theni and recommence' • 'plrin goods. '"lie dein.ind for t9lerably •• ' stem' ly, but we.regret to herr that Many of, the most extensive horses continue to .work short lime, or day ltht only; this has the eff ect of prevent:ng. azcumu lri:on, and cadsing'pvie. - .5' to be sterly. The trans act,Lons in WOOL sill' of a chtu the spinners,huyin.g only for inune4iate consumption : and what little is done is at pi.ces that the stapler., say , they cannot replace, and unless the .growers will give way, we may shortly expect our market to be less abe - ml-ntly suppjied. TRADE OF I.IANCIIESTER, THURSDA Y 'We have'(as was anticipated wbuld he' the,case) .now miived at as low a figure for all kinds of rind and power-loardicllsth as before tie late tiansicilt vitaj ce; Indeed, some kinds of cloth are lower' than was ever 'known. This point being arrived at, many are sum.. 'grine enough to expect a. steady business, as well as a r lorge one, whilst there are marry . others who have rlready come to the conclusion that there is no remedy but short The turn-outs ought to be well satis fied if they .can , only ,be employed at the . , present wiges- but they must not reckon too certainly on even that, fora reduction in time will be tantamount , t) a real reduction in many departments. The aspect of th:ngs for the coming winter is gloomy in the ex treme. Twist is, if Pnytbing, the turn lower again. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in .the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes ltq,'stered in the week ending Ozt. 8, 1842." Tho Table is issued from the Office of the ltegistrar-Ganeral:— Weekly Average b 35-9 Total. g: -. 1r -A-- Four Summers I Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 177 191 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 137 150 149 Diseases of the Lungs, *and other Organs of - Respiration ... I..llseases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of Kidn4s, &c Childbed; 'Diseases - of 'the Uterus, &c lO 8 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 3 5 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of. Uncertain Seat 92 95 104 0 1 . d Age, or Natural Decay . • 6B • 54 69 Deaths by Violence; Privation, or intern petance Causes not specified ...... „ - ..... Deaths from all.caases - - .848 , Menge Weeklv,Deat to B4s 912 Population . ' Average Death en u- Weekly in tnerated , Deaths the 1541. lEtir-t - -4 , -1. eek. West—Kensington, St. George• -• t--. (Ha novvr-square), Westmin- Four Four ster, , St. Martin in the Fields,.. Ye,rs.lSummers. St. James Alary-le•bone,. St - • Pancras, Islinton; Hackney 36s,66o' 162 • 149 141 Gcntral—Saint Giles and Saint • - - • George, Strand, Clerke.well, • • Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon. • don, West, London, City ,of London... ... ..... -.373,806 163 174 204 East—Slioreditch,W iiitechap6 , ' • Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, P0p1ar392,49; 206 198 19P South-4-St Siivionr, St. Olave, . St.George(Sonthwark),Ber. , mond.ey, Newington. Lam beth, Gaml?erv- , 4), Bather- _ hithe, r ...-'3B,oed 221 " 2O ' 193 • CAUSES OF DEATH. Total 1,870,727 912 MS 848 It is stated that under the tet as Metropolis are comprised the 3 . 2 dist-icts herein mentioned, which" include the City of Lon don with and without tho w alls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes with inl the Bills of Mortality-:-. and thep . arishes of St. hlariletione, St. Paricras,.. Ketwington, Fulham, Hammersmith aaapelty), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard ( Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greeawich, St. Nicholas and St. Pact ("Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, ard in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weeNly averrge for T 833, 1839, 1840. and Itl4l, was obtained by dividing the deaths In the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPEEATUKE IN TILE WEEKS ENDING Oct. 1. Oct. 8. 63' 61' 42 Highest ... Lowest : - Daily Mean General Register Office, Oct. 13, 11333. BR IGH TON RAILWAY.—We understand the goods traffic on this line has already risen to 70 or 80 tons a day, and is expected to increaae much more. —Rail way Magazine. GREENWICH RAILWAY EXTENSION LINE TO CROYDON.—WhiIst the Croydon Directors are taking pins to obstruct the traffic over the new line of the Greenwich Railway built expressly for their accom modation,. Mr. Walter has put forward an excellent line to Croydon, by which the Croydon line, and its inerne plane at New Cross, can he avoided altogether, and the passengers conveyed at a cheap rate over the Greenwich line through Deptford, thence branching to the right, cross the Ravensbouine near the bridge, and continuing by the Lewisham valley, fimin a junc tion with the Blighton and South Erst2rti and Dover line, at their station at Croydon. [Our opinion hoW ever is. that neither this project, nor that to the Brick layerslAi ms, will be listened to in Parliament.—" Nous Verrons."—Ed.]—Railway MagaziUe. MURDER tbhee A e T nbode ß n : oo L wf x. n i a NG ai z ti GI Billingsgate liFgos: forallti es sine 10, SUSP E CTED ia ,ion. g :e ears at ts e i ab abst, ii tide, as Market under the cognomen of " Jim Crow," was discovered lying in the mud between two Dutch eel boats at Billingsgate. The deceased, when seen last Tuesday, was in his usual avocation of visiting the various boats that arrive at the market stairs, and an altercation took place between him and two others concerning some half-pence, when, it is supposed that the deceased's companions, who, it is stated, have not been seen since, knocked the deceased overboard, and he was drowned. The body, on being taken out of the River Thames, was in a dreadful condiiion, and the face seemed very much bruised, but whether from the effects of being wedged between the boats on the rising of the t'Ade„ or personal violence previous to death, re mains for a Jury to ascertain. held at St. Bahholomew's hospital before Mr. Payee, CORONER'S INclirEsT.—Last . night an 'nqucst teas n `he City Coroner, on the body aged 62. It appeared. bilolet, On Monday . de ceased was prophetor of a ea iwelve o'elool:, morning last, between ' eleven and l t . old ' .r. em the evidence 1 1 1 ;C i e l ' _ i t a i :a t tl e se n' he was diving niong the Old-street- r oad i r .towards . ;SitlYedrgetrf violent contact with a coal wa threw the deceased into the road. lie wits taken up Shoredit2h church, when the ggo n n ea . r 1 %; lieee concussionl t! antem 'n an insensible state, z.nd conveyed to the hospital. There did not appear to be any blame attached to the driver of the waggon, who was sober at the time, oi , 1 f,o, hospital iioetia, jaw', , ,Isl, said ti t proper ilinotttii 1 1 eesii. deceased d j e n . i :_ l : ' e h s e . h a i n , d o e u r s e ,dei died on the .Verdict—" Accidental - death." - . GEouG E.-011 lloneaY, Th 1 fracture LITSt ay works, aec om _ last m k Right I n f l o oir' : °l . lii: S ;g: ir George Mur Orelance, and, Governor of Fr-eneral or the to i bi'..,. fortress.' After tort-Geor ge: p a id a visit P ar;ed by the staff andoffic ers of the • ^ • • George pas,iook of' :luncheon garrison,; Sir otliciai;og Governor, and n at Major Fraser's, the even;ng, passi nc i • 114 set out for Perth in the , t rough • Courier.l nverness. In:erness UPPER RHINE, . Mr. Wheaton, the OC T.CT J. — The neotiation, which endeavoured to American Ambassador at Berlin, etritom s , results Union Vie Customs commence with the • Deputies of the reducti„ n of ~ at Stuttgard, wish a view to iins\p',,,eAtilnasgtthe 'ea ' the obtain a me anpott du..y on American tobacco, di d not -succeed; but the have had the following :-----lri,ryia.rn fur the refusal of the Deputies ~ ' : ",f Wheaton 1 Union to entei..ain the proposal of Air. we lave the answer in the new Amerlcrai when tal:lr, which imposes a bevy duty on 'German pro duce. and manufactures. This is probably only a prm sioral threat, for, if we are rightly Informed, Oct. 11. Mr. Wheaton had scarcely returned to Berlzn, he ; - rned'ately tc.ok some, steps to enter int., fresh negotiai ions with Prussia.—Hontbrirgh Paper, iSr; • PETERSBURG:II, OCT. 1.--His Majesty the Emperor r-riv...d on tae 23d of Sept. at Tschug ur jen, . bar ng reliewed on the 'preceding day th e tr w• s at I Kursk. ' Vis . a OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON.—BRIGHTON, Fi,,,Ay.—The Lord Chamberlain arrived this morn ing at tile Priam, and a...er going over the various a pattments with Mr. Henry Saunders Inspector of P a l aces , who arrived f7oin town last night, his Lord ship returned to his seat, Buxted-parli. Mr. Saunders re mains at the Pa'ilee. We believe that alterations ore to be .effeeted in some of the rooms prior to her Ma'esty's v;sit, w hi c h , it is probable, will take placeders in the co urse o f next month, but no positive ur have been received. ~. DISTRICTS.. ~•••- •*1