The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-19 00:00:00

• tLir jsu tt Eja,, 3~ 1144kz, t~ Nit Y tti E V an: c t JAI F * 4 , ,lAL NiINS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The operations on account of the East India Company having been continued to-day, the market recovered its tone, but it was understood that the - whole of the amount to he invested has now been purchased. Conso"s left off at 93193* for Money, and 931 931 f or th e ' A cco n n t. Bank Stock, 165 166 ; India Stock, 250 252 ; Exchequer Bills, 55 57 prem. The prices of For2ign Securities were :—Belgian, 1031 1041 ; Dutch 'nye-arid-a-Half per Cents., 521 524; the Five per Cents., ICO 1001; Danish, 82 83 ; and Brazilian, 63 64. The quotation for Mexican Bonds was 321 321. In the Share market, London and Birmingham were 181 183; Birmingham and Gloucester, 40 41 ; Great Western, 82 83 : the Half shares, 60 601 ; south Western, 5758 ; North Midland, 58 59 ; the New Shares 281 291; South Eastern and Dover, 224 224 ; Eastern Countie:;, 81 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 45 461; Blackwell, 5 64; and Brighton, 36 36; per share. The rates of exchange continued favourable. Amsterdam was 12 61, 12 6; ; Rotterdam, 12 61, 12 7 ; Antwerp, 12 54 ; Ilainburgh, 13 12, 13 121; Frankfort, 1511; Paris, 25 871, 25 921; Genoa, 25 95, 26 ; Marseilles, 25 95, 25 971 ; Vienna, 9 571, 9 58 1; Madrid 364 361 ; and Lisbon, 521. The Bond s were thus quoted :—Colombian, 201 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cults. ' 371 38 ; the Three p er C en t s ., 221 221 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 16 161 ; the Three per Cents., 21 21/. sett • The new arrangement of coining early to 'Change Came into effect to-day, and was found to work well. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The English fuuds have been steady to-day, with more business doing, and money is freely Obtainable. Consols are , 931 to 931 for present transfer, and 931 1 for time. Exchequer Bills obtain 555. to 5 75. premium ; and India Bonds 465. to 48s. pre- Miura. The New Three -and-a-Half per Cents. are 100 1 to 1001; and the Reduced Three per Cents. 921 to 924. Bank Stock is steady at. 165 to 1651; . and India Stock at 2511 to 252. ris, Foreign Bonds are dull. Spanish Actives at 16 ; „Z t- Portuguese Th ree per Cents. at 224 ; Mexican at 32 is t o„ . i; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per . Cents at 521 to 524. In Railway Shares we notice but few operations. • Brighton are 131 131 dis., and Birmingham New 28 ~,, prem. It is to be regretted that the letters from Liver rlol report no increase of activity in the Cotton Eirkets, the sales continuing very limited as compared t i° form er periods. Yesterday ihey only amounted ' 13 ,500 bales at former prices, ,vit h a awl:Tate demand. Nor is the Apathy reigning throughout the country confined to mere commercial matters. The monetary laarkets, notwithstanding the abpndance of capital, 4 ro entirely overlooked, and Railway Shares bear Prices indicative of but little buoyancy. At Liver- Pool the sales yesterday were not large, but quotations Were steady. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 45;1 • Grand Ju nction, 172; Great Western Half, 60 ; Birming ham, 1821 ; South Western, 571; and South Eastern New,lll. The wind has allowed of numerous arrivals, but they are chiefly from th e Continent, and we have no at,, ship letters. ZIANCIIEST ER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 17.—Our market presents no new feature ; the transactions are • • again Very limited. London and South Western 47 i.; Manchester and Birmingham,l94 ;,Manchester and Leeds, Half-shares, 291 294 ; Ditto Quarter , shares, 4 41; Manchesterand Salford Bank, 101. CLOSING PRICES. B ank Stock BRITISH FUNDS. a . **** 165 India Stock 252 pm Per Cent. Red. . .. 92i Ditto Bonds a per Cent. Cone 9314 Ditto Old Annuities - isi 3 i Per Cent. Red.........100i Ditto New Annuities - " 3i per Cent... ...... 1011 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 55 pin "ar 6 per Cen: - Ditto 5001...... 55 pm IL nit Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 . pi Bank Stock for Acct. - ..... - Oct. 1859 - Jan. 1860 l2a Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. ~,Austrian, 5 per cent. ... - Portuguese, 5 per cent. - i a tt i ts ß pz i c s e .. n . t Ditto, New Ditto 33 Prussian, 5 per cent. - Buenos Ayres6 percent. 22i Russian, 5 pet cent - 9,hilian,. 6 per cent . Ditto, Metallic ...... . ritltorobtan 6per cen t... Sp anish , 5 per cent l6/ o, 1 •24 ' - tto Deferred.... . - Cu ba, t , Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. -f. -e. ""azlish• 3 per lent. - Exchange -f -c. ti'reek, 1825, 5 per cent. - French, 3 per cent -f. -c. N leaican, 5 per cent 32i Dutch, 2i per cent. 521 Ditto,. 6 per cent. 1837 - Ditto, 5 net :en:. .. ... 100 i J r rurtan, 1825,6 per et. - SHARES. !' Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... •• • 46 ; . Great Western, (65 paid) •Ditto New Shares (50 paid .. London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) .. ..... London and Blackwall (- paid) ..... 51 London and Birmingham (90) - Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... 3O London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 571 I\l '!nehester and Birmingham (40 paid)..... '2O Mo.._ - "ingl Counties Railway (lOU paid) Nom Psi Midland Railway (100) .. - surt % .... 111.-.•.""u R ouen (18 paid) GU •S •• • 22/ -....,„ - il litt ,-Za g stern and Dover (50 paid)... York eed VP (15 paid) Ditto N forth Midland (50 paid) - - , COURS E ,! I ', , Shares (20 paid) .. ... 37 `' M sterd "e EXCHAN 11E-4 YESTERDAY.) Dith. a m . V ---1 at s i ..... -P. 12 9/ 'Gibraltar . ... .. Bottezdol!ht •......... 12 6/ 'Leghorn . ... Antw erp ...... •••2 U. 12 10 Genoa tatournb:rgb., .............. N .. i ... 13 .. . 12 8 Milan 31 t . saris, 3 da .„ y . s . . .. .., ..... : 1 1 3 3 1 15 5 iiI\ N:e ap n i i e e s e ..... ............ 47 40 Jilt* 3 is iee i g * t • ... 25 75 'Palermo, per oz • 120 -Marseilles . ths ......... 26 0 Lisbon il_o ur d eaux ......... ... . 2ti 5 jOilorto s2i Frankf ort ..... , ....... 26 b ;Rio Janeiro 9.3i p an M a u e.ersb urfth ,„ 1 a •••152 lßahia Berlin , 's' 's• ... 37 23i r , • . ......... IBuenos Ayres - 'Lerma, effse. ft : ...... 7 New York, 21 days sight 461 Madrid , ditto 3 M.10 0 Philadelphia ... 44? ladrid , ........ ••• 10 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01.. Cadiz .. .. .............. 36i Fmoign Gold, bars £3 17 9 -13M, 50 ..................... 36i Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5 LB are 1 ......... • , S OS ..... ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 %extille ...... ....... • 36 New Dollars 04 9/ ........ .... "•••• 36 Silver in Bars... 0 4 11k ....... _ ____________ _ aTA public meeting R EPEAL OF 'IHE UNION. tlene.43l-room, Ge or ge - street, Regent-street, Lambeth,. was held last night in the large having for its object the repeal orthe Legislative Union. of Mr. th e Londonil/41Vistrict °Nrxti.L, who is appointed Inspector 'l' nt over th , took the Chair. He we _ which various arguments in favour of the repeal, being h ave so often been urged before, his speech relativea counter -part of the speech used by his great -ward on the subject. He urged them to come for _ .and the themselves as Repealers, and follow the vvic i e of one who, contrary to other leaders of the day, eel d not lead them into the meshes of the law. al other speakers then addressed the meeting, :l4riu the whole entertainment was enlivened by a band onsisting of a clarionet and bugle.. The meeting rp9'l seParated, having pledged itself to the following olution-...“ That we, the wardens and associates of Intl Loyal National Repeal Association,resident in Long sinu pledge ourselves never to cease our efforts to asst ' ber of Irand to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative Union by esery fair and constitutional Mean s :f , The m eeting was honoured by the presence of a ea t number of the fair sex, who of course will be .. ePealers from this day, as the Chairman told them, -taengst other benefits. it would give them all husbands NV: SST P PL' OF WATER TO LAM- I BET On Monday evening a meeting of the.inhabitants of Lambeth took place at Mr. 'Thomas's, the White Hart Tavern, Kennington• cross, for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of the Lambeth and Vauxhall Water Companies, in raising their rates for the supply of that necessary article of consump tion, from 30 to 50, and even 150 per cent., without any justification for so doing ; and, at the same time, to receive the report of a Deputation who have had an interview with B. Hawes, Esq., M.P., upon the sub ject; also to adopt such resolutions as may be deemed expedient for forming a Society, to be called The Water Consumer's Protection Society, whose objects shall be to afford legal assistance to its members in resisting the present extortionate demands ; and to promote the formation of a Joint Stock Company, upon principles that will effectually secure them from being at the mercy of any monopoly, and have the ultimate effect of reducing the charge for that pensable element of health and comfort. The great room of the tavern was crowded to suffo cation. At eight o'clock the. Chair was taken by Baker, Esq., one of the overseers of the parish. The CHAIRMAN stated the object of the meeting. The SECRETARY, Mr. Rogers, then stated that he had written to Mr. Haw's, who expressed his readi ness to render every assistance in his power to the inhabitants of the - borough; he declared he had no connection with either of these Companies, and said he was thankful he had not ; he recommended that further information should be obtained before a public meeting was convened, and that some communication should be made to the Water Companies. Mr. Hawes, at the interview referred to, in making his remarks upon Water Companies, observed, that the public had a right to demand explanation in respect to the altered rates of charges in question, as respected the two Companies referred to; and he concluded by saying, that if the inhabitants of the lafirough manifested a feeling in opposition to the conduct of the Companies to warrant him in taking the chair at a public meeting he should have great pleasure in doing so. This it was that induced him to issue the circular calling the pre sent meeting, which he was happy to see had been re sponded to by so large an attendance of the inhabi ants of the borough.—(Hear, hear.) It was his duty to observe that Mr. Hawes suggested that it would be desirable to form a Committee, one of whose duties would be to ask some explanation of the Water Com panies in respect to the course which they had pur sued; but he really did not know if this was neces sary, after the very summary way in which they had acted towards the cor.sumers of water in that borough ; however, this was a matter for their consideration, and with the meeting he would leave this matter.— He had prepared a series of resolutions, the first of which was as follows :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of the Lambeth and Vauxhall Water Companies in raising the rates for the supply of that necessary article, without assigning any reason, is arbitrary and unjust." The second resolution had reference to the formation of a Joint stock Company, to compete with the existing water companies, and entered into detail as to the mode in which the matter was to be managed ; and the third had relation to a Committee to carry out the object. He begged, in conclusion, to say it was for the meet ing to agree to or reject the resolutions, which were merely prepared with the view of facilitating the object which they were met to carry out.—(Hear.) Mr. COOPER of Guildford-place, said he would have great pleasure in moving the first resolution, which was seconded by Mr. ORME, of Gibson-street, and agreed to unanimously. Upon the second resolution being read by the CHAIRMAN, Mr. CHUBB, of the Brixton-road, thought that they ought. not to enter into details, with respect to the formation of any Company, at that meeting. It would be sufficient if they determined that a new Joint-stock Water Company should be formed, leaving for the public meeting the mode in which they were to work out the details. With that view, he.would move that merely the first portion of the second resolution „should be adopted, which was as follows :—" That it is expedient to establish a Company for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of this large and popu lous district with cheap and wholesome water, upon principles that will effectually secure them from the possibility of being subject to any monopoly." The proposition of Mr. Chubb was carried, having been seconded by Mr. Bird, of Union-row, Kent-road: . Mr. JOHN Hum', of Lambeth, moved the resolution, having reference to the formation of a Committee, for the purpose of carrying out the object of the meeting, in the propriety of which he entirely concurred. Mr. BIRKETT, of Clapham -road, seconded the .pro position, which was unanimously adopted. A Committee, coasisting of the following gentlemen, was then appointed :—Mr. Chubb, Mr. Birkett, Mr. Baker, Mr. Hunt, Mr. J. Budgt., Mr. Cooper, Mr. Oliver (Princes-street), Mr. Wilde, Mr. Bowles, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Palmer, Mr. J. E. Rogers, Mr. Roger (New Cut), Mr. Atkinson, and Mr. Roupell. Mr. Hunt was appointed Treasurer, and it was also agreed that five of the Committee should form a quorum. Mr. DRUMMOND moved, that the Secretary be in structed to communicate to Mr. Hawes the thanks of the meeting, for his kindness in offering his aid to the inhabitants of Lambeth in the present instance. The motion having been seconded, was adopted. A vote of thanks was finally passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, OCT. 18.—Wind this day at noon, light south-westerly breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, OCT. 17.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. St. George, Novice, Sydney. PORTSMOUTH ' OCT. 17.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.-- Arrd. Berriard,Drimble, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind E. to N.E., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Eve, Airth, Rio Janeiro, sailed 27th July ; her Majesty's steamer Flamer, Antigua, left 4th ult.; her Majesty's steamer Alban, cruise. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—Wind S., light.—Acrd. Sarah Ann Fortune, Quebec, sailed 16th ; Diadem, Sennot, St. Domingo. 17th. Renata, Schaur, Rio Janeiro; Sarah Bell, Bell, Jamaica; Magistrate, Turner, Africa. SWANSEA, OCT. 16.—Arrd. Minstrel, Cuba. NEW LIGHT-HOUSE ON THE COAST OF SWEDEN. The following has been received at Lloyd's, from the Swedish and Norwegian General Consulate : 26, - Crosby-square, Oct. 15, 1842. Sir,—l have it in command to communicate to you the following translation of an ordinance, issued by the Royal NaVal Board at Stockholm, under date of Sept. 6 :—" The Royal Naval Board hereby makes mown for the information and guidance of mariners, that the revolving light at Hallon, situated about a quarter of a mile south-east of Salo Beacon, in lat. N. 58 deg. 20 min. 30 sec., and lon. 29 deg. 25 min. 45 sec. east of Ferro, or 11 deg. 16 min. 45 sec. east of Greenwich, which was announced by the ordinance of the 11th January last, will be exhibited on the Ist of November, of the present year, and will after that time continue to be lighted at such periods of the day and night as are appointed by law. This light, the flame of which is 116 feet above the level of the sea, will revolve, and consists of nine polished reflec tors, so placed that during the period occu pied by each revolution, which is six minutes, they will show nine flames of short duration, with dart t intervals. This light cannot, therefore, be mis taken for that at Maistrand, which shows only four lights, of longer duration during each revolution of eight • minutes. The tower, being of stone, and coloured white, is forty-four feet from the ground to the light, and is built upon the south-eastern side of Hallon, about the centre of the island, near the principal entrance to Kongshcmn, by which means' it will be possible for vessels which may have entered into the dangerous north-east bay, and during a lee wind find it difficult to keep clear of the shore, by the assistance of the light to seek shelter behind the beacon land. The light will be visible from the sea in every direction, except when made E.S.E. by the compass, when the same is concealed for some minutes of the circle by the " Salo" Beacon. Towards the land it is seen obscured be tween N.E. by E., and S.S.E.. from the light." (Signed) CHARLES TOTTIE. ir1.„,., ILL OT THE LATE LOUD CONGLETON.—The will codicils of the lute Lord Congleton (formerly Sir PreerY Brooke Parnell, Bart.) have been proved in the Nativ Court by the Hon. Henry William Par te n , ~ e f or I .,Lne second son, and as such the residuary legatee eerie ir e ; Lord Congleton, th. eldest son of the de die;iedt and the sole executor ' na r i r n h e e d i s n ec t o h n e d se c c o o d n i d ei c l o i - s A _ t baying first renounced. 14 ` t ed as lately as the month of April • in the present Sear. The personal property of the deceased" Noble 111a54,141. s been sworn under 7,0 , 001. rhe gilt ball was placed u „ ~, AlAtiTiN's Curacii.— ti:_Ene spire of this church yesterday afternoon, and d Hem inienwhole may now be said to be fimshe • Mr. ~ ,gs, the spirited contractor, allowed his workmen . - lioeral supply of bread and cheese and ale on the • gav easio n . leakr!s! MARTINEAU AND THE CIVIL LIST. —We Bullerlrlll a correspondence betwetni lisp and Miss Martineau, which has n. sw been pub- Mr. Charles ouuted, that Lord Melbourne, previous tv on i nt . office, was desirous to place this lady" 8 mine his , going tne civil list, with a pension of 1501. a-year, ." a proofjr' of his respect for her writings and her charaC" A t ' and accordingly made such offer to her through mrr• Buller. Miss kart ineat!, in reply, declines the l ier er L and does so in a !,sander li:gliiy 'creditable to in head and heart. Among her reasons for deelinr w a g ,',, the following !-111,1s )teoe.--.nently for t,• Speaking of th? -, e , •king-classes. she says : licit services as I ma e have rendered them are nneo_se. rewa rd iously received by them ; but I cannot :accept ii() , 4 , 1 11 at any expense to them. If this provision be ilDif:l,Fsigned as a recompense, but as aid, as a pure av i I cannot take it ; for they who provide the means till e no voi ce i n the appropfintion of it t o me person th.i. Whenever we obtain a just stystem of taxation, eill er lil le maY, perhaps, follow, when, among other con ations so pe,,, ie ,_ , me plan ma3he • discovered by which the eotirr_s_ representatives may exercise the power of en thr„g ng and rewarding merit and services, working vi rgh the press ; and even then the most scrupulous, t ott :l_o4 better view of their own claims than I have, fr' l I '? - ha ppy to receive, in their time of need, aid tr u l y . Te public _purse. Meanwhile, I seriously and the late William extre feel that I had sather, if need were (to put an A legacy 's, Isle of Thanet, Kent, k 4' 1.00/., bequeathed by the: ol e . case), receive aid from the parish, and in Bl.ack.burn, kl.sq., of St. I eter th an i Mr. Blackburn 4house, where I could clearly read my claim, h a s bee n paid by the executors . to the Treasurer of n the • Society. e aTl see very agreeable manner propose'd, where I the Commercha.l Travellers' . tT ue th no excuse for my ow.) indulgence. If it be re resented for - great ‘ many years , highly* esteemed at, in the ' " ' of th e Strand and wa..., s ure th e case oi lots we do not nicely mea- Twinings, circle in th,, grou.nds of claim, surely and a large .t there is an exception 1 and respec. , ,ed by those gentlemen, c 0 11 e cavo of gifts from the public purse." iof commerc tial friwids and connexions. LAUNCH OF THE CUMBERLAND. The Cumberland of 70 guns will be launChed at Chatham on Friday, the 21st inst., at half-past one o'clock. At the suggestion of the late Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, whilst he was at the Admiralty, this s hit) was constructed to serve in the Baltic seas. Her dimensions are very large in relation to . her force, w hil s t ,Iler draught of water is moderate. The fol lowing ofe her dimensions : Ft. In. Length on :he gun deck Do. of the _keel for tonnage Breadth extreme 64 0 Do. for tonnage D. moulded D, Ipth in liold Bu i •then in tons 2,214 ARMAMENT. No. Cwt. Ft. In. Lower .'leek .., 4 8 inch 65...1ength.. 9 0 Do. ... 22 32 pdrs. 66 . Main dec k . ... 2 8 incn '65 ... Do. ... 26 32 pdrs. 50 ....,... Quarter deck and foreeasle. 5 16 32 do. 39 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1842. HAIVIBURGH. OCTODEIL 14.—The reported arrangement which has been made, or which is about to be completed, be tween the Governments of Great Britain and Hanover, relative to the transit dues exacted at Stade, is as little palatable in this city as it is in the man facturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It is said that concessions have been made to Hanover, under an implied promise on the part of the 'Hanoverian Government to abstain from becoming a party to the Germanic Union of Customs, and it is farther whispered that the Hanoverian Government is secretly negotiating in Berlin to be allowed, under certain condi tions, to become a party to the said Union. The probability is, that negotiations have been mooted in Berlin which are not intended seriously, but which, by their abandonment, are to be the justification of Lord Aberdeen's policy in this matter. The numerous failures which occurred in Hamburgh during the past twelve .months, and the miserable amount of dividend which will be eventually paid (in more than one instance the • assets will barely cover the expense of the commission), are directing at tention to the state of the bankrupt law of • this city, and it is to be hoped that laws will be enacted whereby distant creditors will be placed in a better position than now appears to be .the case. However stringent the laws here may. be under par ticular circumstances, it does not appear a difficult matter, on the part f any individual, prior to a de claration of his insolvency, to give undue preferences —to pay away the whole of his assets to favoured ere ditors who may be on the spot, and to leave the distant creditor without the hope of ever again seeing one shil ling of his claim. A case of this kind is at present under investigation, which excites a great deal of interest and attention amongst the mercantile classes The number of the habitations for the humbler classes which are springing up in and about Hamburgh since th e great calamity of May last is almost inconceivable, and cannot now be much short of one thousand. These habitations are. to all appearance comfortable, and well situated wi th reference to health. It is probable that some years will elapse before they are again removed, and during that period they will stand a monument at once of European sympathy (for they have been erected from the funds so liberally subscribed for the relief of the poor in the city) and of the active bene volence of the more opulent inhabitants of Hamburgh. IMPROVEMENTS AT WESTMINSTER.—In the course of repairs going on in that part. of Westminster School called the Little Cloisters, some of the carved tombstones of the earliest Abbots have been exposed. The following are the inscriptions upon some of them which have been renewed :—" Vitatis Abbas, 1082." " Gislebertus Crispinus Abbas, 1114." " Laurentius Abbas, 1176." The figures are lying at full length, with the hands crossed upon the breast. Time, how. ever, has effaced all distinctive marks, saving that on one of them something like a crosier may be faintly traced. There is another plain slab in the centre of the cloister, inscribed " Gervasus De Blois Abbas, 1106." PnteE or GOLD.—An account of the average price of gold in each year, and in each period of five years, from 1797 to 1842 inclusive, has been published, agreeably to an order of the ouse of Commons. The return is signed by Mr. Gray, the Deputy Accountant of the Bank of England. The price, since 1819, has been nearly stationary, averaging about 31.175. 9d. the ounce, and is the same as in the four years ending with 1800. During the war it varied considerably. No prices'are given for the years 1801-2-3, but in 1804 it had risen to 4/. ; in 1811 it was 4/. 15s. Bid. ; and in 1813 it was at the highest, having reached the enormous price of Si. 6s. lid. It gradually declined till the passing of the Currency Bill in 1819, when it was 3/. 18s. 9id. FALMOUTH, OCT. 16.—The Avon and Flamer Go- . vernment steamers have put in to-day ; the former from the Channel, where she has been cruizing, to relieve the windbound with provisions, from the circumstance of two of her crew having been severely attacked with illness. The other steamer is from the West Indies, (last Antigua) in six weeks ; she came in with her paddles unshipped and under sail. By the Montrose steamer, which sails to-morrow, the Gallant 'Sir C. Napier and lady are passengers; Lieut. Wise will take charge of the mails ; and of those by the Dee (both of which have arrived, and are coaling), for the West Indies, Lieut. Belhair will be in charge. CAPTAIN BASIL HALL.—It is with infinite regret that we have to confirm the sad accounts in circula tion respecting the very severe illness which has seized on Captain Basil Hall. His glowing and active mind has been too wearing a tenant for his body, and para lysis is the consequence—we earnestly hope and trust only for a brief season; but it is melancholy to have so bright a sky so suddenly overcast.—Literary Gaz. DEATH OF A PATRIARCH.—On Monday last, William Taylor, aged 102, died at Old Moss, Fyvie, He retained his faculties to the last, and was hale and healthy till within a few days of his death. About two years ago he opened a ball, on the occasion of a local festivity, and led off the merry dance with a de gree of vigour and hilarity that would have done cre dit to a youth in his teens. Nothing gave this worthy old patriarch more pleasure than to talk of the stirring events of the '45. He recollected well of the Duke of Cumberland's army marching north, and gave a gra phic detail of its arrival in the parish of Fyvie. He was in the field with his father at the time, who, dread ing their devastating propensities, despatched William to place the poultry in a situation where they would be free from scaith ; and, while others had their barn yards cleaned, the feathered tribe of the tenant of Old Moss lived to see other days. Among the remarkable incidents which happened on this occasion, William used to relate that the stable in which the Duke's ca valry were accommodated, was the parish church of Fyvie—the seats of which were taken out to make room for the horses. Our informant states, and truly, that the worthy old man has not left another in the parish who began the journey of life with him.—Aber deen Herald. • DR. SMITH, or LIVERPOOL.--We have no know ledge of any individual of this name and title; nor of the person who uses them in his movements in Lon don, relative to educating pauper girls to qualify them to become wives of professional gentlemen. — Liverpool Mercury HORN FAIR.—Horn Fair, which is at all times a place of great resort of the inhabitants of Greenwich, 'Woolwich, Charlton, and the vicinity, took place yes terday at Charlton. It is a fair held on the estate of Sir Thos. Maryon Wilson, Bart., according to an ancient tenure, and is opened by the ceremonial of carrying a pair of horns round the estate. Sir Thomas, being a bachelor, the horns will be carried by his land agent, but had it been otherwise, they would have been borne by his eldest son. It is usual during the day for most of the officers and families of the neighbouring gar rison, as well as the gentry residing in the locality, to visit the village and its attractions, which partake more of the character of a Venetian Carnival than a fair, from the long-established usage of assuming fancy dresses. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.— It will be remem bered that the Great - Western, Lieutenant Hosken, R.N., sailed on the 3d of September, at five o'clock in the afternoon, from this port for lTew York. She reached that city on the night of the 17th, having made the passage in a few hours above 14 days. The British and North American steamer the Acadia, Captain Ryrie, sailed on the 4th, at noon, for Halifax and Boston. After having landed and received the mails at Halifax, she proceeded on to Boston, which she reached on the 18th, at two o'clock in the after noon, the voyage having occupied under 14 days. The Belgian steamer the British Queen, Lieutenant Eckroyd, which sailed from Portsmouth on the even ing of the 10th, arrived at New York on the morning of the 28th, the passage having occupied 18 days. On the afternoon of the 29th the Great Western left New York with 37 passengers for Bristol. She anchored in Kingroacl on the 12th instant, at nine o'clock at night, after a passage of 13 days and 6 hours. The Acadia sailed from Boston with 33 passengers on the Ist instant, at four o'clock in the afternoon, called at Halifax (where she - stopped 11 hours), and was off Holyhead on the 14th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, havinc , made the run to that point (equal to a run to Bristol) in 13 days. At nine o'clock she came to her moorings at the Sloyne. The Columbia, Captain Miller, which sailed on the 20th ult. for Hali fax and Boston, arrived at Halifax on the evening of the 2d install*, and proceeded on to Boston.—Liver pool Albion. THE ACCIDENT TO SIR WILLIAM GEARY.—(From the Maidst .ne Gazette ofyesterday.)—We rejoice to be able to state that Sir W. Geary still survives his dread ful accident, and that during several nights since our last he has enjoyed some refreshing sleep. The wound in his throat is fast healing, he has recovered his sight, and regularity has succeeded in many important func tions which had been deranged. He receives nourish ment about every two hours, and his medical attend• ants, Dr. Taylor and Mr. Stirling, have remained with him night and day. Lady Geary has not taken her clothes off for several nights, and has been most unwea ried in her attentions. Sir William is of course kept as quiet as possible, but is in full knowledge of all that is passing around him, although he is only allowed to speak in whispers. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have been pleased, through one of the Lords in Waiting, to cause inquiry to be made after Sir William. Indeed, inquiries have been made almost daily by nearly all the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood. Sir William is still in a very critical state, but from the length of time which * has occurred since the accident took place, and the improvement observable, considerable hopes are entertained of his ultimate Tecovery. The fol lowing is the latest bulletin that I as been if,sued " Oxonhoath, Monday.—Sir William Geary has hal several hours' refreshing sleep, and is gohig on satis factorily. The ligature on the carotid artery is nit yet detached.—GZOßGE TAIWII I M.D.; ROBERT J. STIRLING.' ;.‘ THE NEW TARIFF. The following are the new duties which came into operation on Monday, the 10th inst.:— Beef, salted, Bs. per cwt. Beef, fresh, or slightly salted, which was prohibited, Bs. per cwt. from foreign countries, 2s. from British cobni(-s. Pork, salted (not hams), 83. rer cwt. from foreign countries. Pork, fresh, was prohibited, but now admitted at Bs. per cwt. from foreign countries, and both only 2s. per cwt. from British colonies. Hams, which paid 285. per cwt. are now admitted at 14s. per cwt. Nutmegs now pay from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per lb., and after the sth of July, 1843, will pay 3s. 81 per lb. from foreign, and 2s. 6d. British. Onion Seed now pays ls. 6d. per lb., and after the sth of July, 1843, will pay 20s. per cwt. from foreign and 10s. from British colonies. Timber or Wood ---30s. per load of 50 cubic feet and 255. after the 10th Oct., 1843, from foreign countries, and Is. from British colonies. Deals, Battens, Brands, or other timber, sawn, 38s. per load of 50 cubic feet, and 325. after the 10th of October, 1843, from foreign countries, and 2s. from British colonies. - Wood, planed, or otherwise dressed for use, 9d. per foot of cubic contents, and further for every 1001. value 10/. ; 7d. per foot after the 10th October, 1843, from foreign countries, and from British possessions only 51. for every 1001. value. Oil, Train, and Blubber, the produce of foreign fishing, now pays 261. 12s. per tun, and after the sth July, 1843, will pay only 61. per tun from foreign countries ; from British possessions, ls. per tun. Oil, Spermaceti, pays 261. 12s. per tun, and after the sth July, 1843, will pay 151. 10s. per tun, and be free from British possessions. Cork now pays Bs. per ton ; and after the sth of July, 1843, it will pay ls. per ton. Corks, ready made, pay 7s. per lb. ; and after the sth of July, 1843, will pay Bd. per lb. Whale Fins, of foreign fishery, pay 95/. per ton; and after the sth of July, 1843, they will be admitted on paying 201. per cent. on value. EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF.—FAIRS, &c. That part of Sir Robert Peel's tariff which relates to the importation of butcher's meat came into opera tion on Monday, and we are informed that the whole quantity of beef and pork takers .out of bond during that and the following day in Glasgow, scarcely amounted to fifty barrels. This appears to have been taken out principally as samples, as the duty was paid upon it in small lots of from three to five barrels each. -Scottish (Glasgow) Guardian. THE 'TARIFF.-A gentleman farmer not two miles from Aberystw ith, purchased at Lledrod fair, in Oct. 1841, nine head of cattle, and kept them well with turnips, hay, &c., during the winter, and on excellent grass through the summer, and at the last Lledrod lair, held on the 7th instant, sold the nine, and had only realised to his pocket for their excellent keep the sum -Carnarvon Herald. The beneficial of effects of the new tariff have, we ls. congratulate the public, reached Bedford, by affording to us excellens American salt beef at 4d. per 'lb.- Bedford Mercury. *FOREIGN PICKLED Poax.--Good pickled foreign pork has been sold at Darli n gt o n at 3 d. a nd 4 d. per lb. Pickled dried tongues were sold at 2 d. per lb. gin i n l i i i e ig in t h o ab re ita e n iv ts e of the benefit. " good old town ' are be nefit. of Sir R. Peel's t ar iff. Canadian and American hams and pork have been offering in Halifax at low prices ; and on Thursday the bellman announced the arrival of a boat-load of fine white potatoes at 4d. per stone, or 4s. 6d. per load. -Halifax Guardian. Hula. FAIR.-Our annual fair for foals was held on Tuesday, and was more numerously attended, both by buyers and sellers, than has been the case for many years. A good amount of business was done, at en couraging prices. Superior foals were not numerous, sold readily at good of horned cattle and, price 1 s ) ifiri from l e a 2 g o e l r . 1 yt to s 2 o 6 u l g . h tTahfet shower, was unusually large, including a considerable propor tion of Holstein mid other foreign breeds, a portion only of which were sold at moderate prices. Axminster fair, on Wednesday. was the fullest, both of bipeds and quadrupeds t h at we ever remember to have seen. The supply of sheep was parti cu l ar ly abundant, upwards of 10,0 00 head having been penned. Ewes varied in price from 245. to 37 5 ., an d l am b s from 16s. to 21s. each. Fat mutton fetched sd. per lb. The bullock fair may be pronounced good, though the supply was by no means so large as we have seen on former occasions. Best beef sold at 95., and lean stock at 6s. 6d. per score. Household cheese realised as much as 285., but the general price was . 275. per cwt. ; raw milk cheese varied from 565. to 60s. per cwt. On the whole the fair was very dull, and many sales of stock were effected at actual pecu niary loss to the sellers.- Western Times. TAVISTOCK, FAIR, OCT. 12.-This is the largest fair in the year, and, from the very fine weather, at tracted a greater number of visitors than on any similar occasion for many years. The number of both cattle and sheep was immense, and a great deal of business was done, but at low rates.-Thid. At Sweepwash fair, on the 6th instant, there were not so many bullocks shown as on some former occa sions, but the greatest part were in fine condition ; caws and calves in great demand, at from 11/. to 14/. each ; steers, lease cows, &c., were rather a drug, but several bargains were effected in these at prices cor responding with the neighbo ur i n g fairs of late.-Ibid. new pasture. The MALTON MICHAELMA S C ATTLE FAIR.-011 Tues dayai, m r the i r li e eh w N‘ as , er a e v e e x r h y ib n it u e i d numerous show s h show of cattle at this f show of incalving cows a n d h e if ers was fair, and th e y sold also at fair prices. Th ere was a great number of good pricess t;e of f r s, English thoughh heifers s m t were e s o l l v d, and those at supply, lw and n good qualities sold at fair prices, though inferior sorts were not inquired for. The show of Irish heifers was numerous in quantity and excellent in quality; in fact, the best . that have been exhibited for many seasons, but they only met with a dull market. Ewes and lambs experienced a bad trade, there being but little demand for them, and, where sales were effected, the prices were low indeed. Good turniping wethers met with a fair demand at from sd. to 6d. per lb. Altogether, it would appear there is either 'a scarcity of money amongst the farmers, or they are afraid of 'laying it out under the .present unfavourable and un settled aspect of affairs in the country.- York Herald. BRAINTREE FAIR.-At this fair, which took place se'nnight, there was a very on Monday and Tuesday full attendance, particularly the first day. The show of beasts was larger than has been known for many years, but the demand was by no means brisk, one third of the number being turned out unsold. Of Welsh was very limited, compared m '2O to 25 per cent. low er t h an were o b ta i ne d at t h e last fair. The greatest d epress i on was i n t h e b est description of beasts, which hardly found a purchaser, litehlsbbeasts and they were nearly all moved off to Norwich. The trade was very limited, at a depression, in many former ly both kinds, prices were from instances, in the price of ewes of from Bs. to 10s. each ; keeping sheep, of which the supply was short, were most in demand, and they obtained good prices. Down ewes fetched from 21s. to 265. ; Down lambs, from 12s, to 18s. ; half-bred Leicester lambs, 14s. to 205.; wethers, 265. to 325. 6d. About one-third of the sheep left the field unsold.-Of hops there mas a larger, supply than has been known for the last few years, and they were, for the most part, of pretty good quality. The sale was, however very limited, the prices for those of Essex growth ranging between 4/. 10s. and 51. 125.; Kents, of which there were few shown, 4/. 10s. to 51. 10s. A quantity of new Kent and Essex were sold by auction, by Mr. Surridge, and some of the latter realised 90. per lb. The growth this year in Essex, we are informed, averaged. from seven to eight cwt. per acre. , -Hertford Chron. AIR MICIIALMAS HORSE X'Ant.-This fair is being held at the Nolt Faulds to-day (Thursday). It is a dull market, the supply being very short, the quality inferior, and the demand very slack. This- at first thought may seem remarkable, as keep of all kinds is both plenty and cheap ; but the languor that paralyses business and trade, and the uncertaint y that perplexes the farmer, coupled with low p rices, continue to make agriculturists keep a s few idle beasts about them as possible.-Ayr Advertiser. The October fair of Nenagh was held on Monday last, and was of the most cheerless character. It is said to be the worst fair which had passed for many years, there being a tolerably good sto c k f or sa l e , b u t few sales and purchasers, and ; prices anythingbut remunerative. Beef from 3i - d. to sd. p er lb. Mil& cows, 71. to 9/. 10s. ; heifers, 51. to 61, ; yearlings, 21. to 31. 10s. ; wedders, 255. to 355.; ewes, 21s. to 325. ; hoggetts, 18s. 6d. to 28s. ; lambs, 15s. to 18s. Gd. ; pigs, 28s. to 325. per cwt.-Nenagh Guardian. The fair of Tralee, on Monday, vvas well attended, and an ample supply of every description of stock was exhibited, but the f ar mers and graziers were loud in their complaints of the low prices. On the other hand, we consider it but fair to mention that the butchers aver that these complaints are not well founded. However, all parties agr ee that the average price of horned beasts was fully . 1/. a head under last year's prices at the October fair here. The sales were cer tainly limited, and it may with truth be said that this fair afforded another of the many illustrations lately exhibited that rents must be lowered, or the graziers and farmers will be beggared. Store sheep fetched from 6s. to Bs. ; fat ditto, 12s. to 155., and a few prime ones 205.; good milch cows, 71. to 91.; inferior ditto, 6/. to 6/. 163. ; pigs, from 345. to 365. per cwt.- Kerry Examiner. At the fair of Charleville, beef rated at 38s. per cwt., and mutton sd. per lb., sinking offal. Mr. Keating sold ten cows at 9/. 12s. 6d. ; Mr. Condon seven ditto at 121. Mr. Keating ten ditto at 12/. ss. -.....a........a55.aaann0m Mr. Papineau is said to be in New York, on his way to Canada. Mother .Rumour, the old h ag w ith a thousand tongues, gives him a birth as Deputy Post master-General of .Montreal.—Halifax United States Paper. THE TRIAL OF MARSHAL NEY. (From the Edinburgh Review, just published.) In the beginning of 1815, Marshal Ney was Go vernor of Besancon, but residing on his estate near I Chateaudun, a town between Chartres and Orleans, labout 80 miles from Paris. On the 6th of March he received an order from Soult, then Minister of War, ' to proceed to Besancon. News travels slowly in France ; though Bonaparte had been five days in Provence, the fact was unknown at Chateaudun, and Ney, curious as to the motive of the order, took Paris in his road. He arrived on the 7th, and found M. Batardy, his attorney, at his house waiting for him. They arranged some private business, and Batardy, surprised at Ney's making no allusion to what occu pied every mind in Paris, ventured to remark, "This is a strange event." " What event ?" answered Ney. "Don't you know," replied Batardy, "that Bonaparte has landed at Cannes—that Monsieur proceeded this morning to Lyons, and that you are ordered to your government ?" At first Ney treated the news as in credible ; but when he was told that it was officially stated in the illoniteur, he leant his head upon the mantel-piece and exclaimed, " What a calamity 1— what a horrible event ! What can be done ?—what is there to oppose such a man as that ? Would he have ventured to return unless he had relied on find ing here enemies to the Government ?" ' Ney went immediately to the Minister, and was told that he would find his instructions at Besancon. He then saw the King, made his memorable promise to bring back. Bonaparte in a cage, left Paris for Besancon, and appears to have arrived there during the night between the 9th and 10th. The 10th he employed in directing the forces under his control to meet at Lons le Saulnier, a small town to the South of Besancon, and to the east of the high-road from Lyons to Paris. On the 11th he set out himself for Lons le Saulnier. In:the mean time, Grenoble had opened its gates to Bonaparte ; he had rushed forward to Lyons, the second city in France, occupied by a considerable force under Monsieur and Marshal Mac donald. The city and the garrison had received him with enthusiasm ; Monsieur and Macdonald had been forced-to fly • the trifling band with which he - had landed had been swelled by the garrisons of Grenoble and Lyons to more than 10,000 men, and was aug menting every day by the desertion rom the Royal forces of individuals, companies, and even regiments. On his road Ney met M. de St. Amour and M. de Soren returning from Lyons, who described to him the revolutionary madness which they had witnessed in the people, and the cries of Vice 1' Empereur which they had heard from the troops whom they had met on their march. In the mom- ing of the 12th he reached Lons le Saulnier. During the whole of that day, and until the night of the 13th, he appears to have been making active pre parations to attack Bonaparte, or at least to resist him. The troops nominally under his order did not amount to 5,000 men ; they were deficient in ammunition, and scarcely provided with artillery—the artillery horses having been hired by the farmers, and not to be found when unexpectedly wanted. Bonaparte's proclama tions were scattered round, and seemed everywhere to produce their intended effects. In the evening of the 13th, Ney's spies informed him that Bonaparte, preceding his own forces with an escort of only 40 men, had entered Macon in triumph ; that from Macon to Bourg (which is only seven posts from Loris le Saulnier) the whole country was in what the French call exaltation, that even the villa g ers, and the people in the fields, were crying Vivel'Empereur. Ney's last acts on the lath were to make arrange ments—the prudence and details of which raised the admiration of the peers at his trial—to write to Mar shals Suchet and Oudinot, who were co-operating with him in support of the Royal cause. to communi cate his proceedings vend to require all the regimental and non-commissioned officers of his small force separately to swear before him to be faithful to the Bourbons. It is to be observed that on this very day, at a Council held in the Tuileries, it was ad mitted that resistance was hopeless—that not a soldier would fire on his former Emperor, and that the only debatable question was, in what direction the King should fly. Late in the night between the 13th and 14th, Ney was guilty of his first breach of duty. He admitted messengers from Bonaparte; they brought him a letter from Bertrand, assuring him that Louis had been been betrayed by his Ministers ; that troops de voted to Bonaparte had been posted along the road to Paris, so as to ensure his advance without oppositi on ; and that the whole enterprise had been concerted with England and Austria. The folly of the last statement ought not to revolt us, when we remember that the successor to Napoleon was the grandson of Francis, and that M. Berryer, who has passed his life in estimating evidence, even now believes that we effected Bonaparte's escape. Absurd as they really were, they did not appear so to Ney. With Ber trand's letter came a proclamation ready prepared in the name of Ney, in which he was made to declare that the cause of the Bourbons was lost for ever, and that liberty and Napoleon were triumphant. And there came also orders from Bonaparte, expressed as if the old relations between himself and Ney had remained uninterrupted, and giving instructions in the style which he had long been accustomed to obey. Between three and four in the morning of the 146, he was roused from his sleep by M. de Capelle, the Prefect of Bourg, who had to tell him that one of his regiments, the 76th, stationed at Bourg, had pro claimed Bonaparte ; that even the regiment at St. Amour, which formed the advanced guard of the small force at Lons de Saulnier, was preparing to go over ; and that throughout the country the higher classes were stupified, and the lower mad with revo lutionary excitement. This information appears to have convinced him of the impossibility of further opposition. " Can I stop," he said to M. de Capelle, " with my hand the rising of the tide ?" A few hours afterwards he ordered his troops to be called together ; but before he took a decisive step, summoned the two generals next him in command, De Bourmont and Le courbe, both of them supposed to be devoted to the King, showed them the proclamation, repeated the contents of Bertrand's letter, and asked their advice. No fourth person was present. De Bourmont and Lecourbe state that they urged him to remain faithful to the King ; Ney maintains that they approved of his joining Bonaparte. It is in favour of Ney's state ment that they both accompanied him to the parade, where the troops were formed in square, stood on each side of him while he read the proclamation, heard it without any expression of dissent, and dined with him the same evening. The dinner was silent and melancholy. We fully believe Ney's account of the effect produced on his own mind by the irrevocable step which he had taken. " From the time of that unhappy proclamation life was a burden to me ' • I wished for nothing but death, and did all I could to find it at 'Waterloo. A hundred times I was on the point of blowing out my brains ; all that restrained me was my wish to defend my character. I knew that all honourable men must blame me—l blamed myself. I did wrong, I admit it, but I was not a traitor ; I was partly deceived, and partly carried away." Ney proceeded to meet Bonaparte at Dijon, and a few days afterwards was ordered to visit the northern and eastern frontier, from Lille to Landau, to ascer tain the state of the fortresses and hospitals ; and to publish everywhere that Bonaparte had returned under a treaty between himself, England, and Austria —stipulating that he was never to carry on war be yond the frontier of France; that he was to give France a liberal constitution ; and that his wife and child were to remain as hostages in Vienna until he had performed all the positive parts of his engage ment. Having executed his mission, he retired into the country, and took so little part in the transactions of April and May, that when, on the Ist of June, h e appeared at the 'ceremony f the acceptance of the new Constitution, Bonaparte told him that he thought he had emigrated. " I ought to have done so lOng ago," answered Ney; "now it is too late." He returned after the battle of Waterloo to Paris ; and by his bold exposition in the Chamber of Peers, on the 22d of June, of the real facts and consequences of the battle, materially assisted in driving Bonaparte from power. In that speech Ney maintained that the allies would be before Paris in a week. His predic tion was accomplished ; and on the morning of the 3d of July it seemed probable that, before the evening, a battle would have been fought,' more disastrous to France, and particularly to Paris, than any event in the history of the French nation. Davoust, who com manded the army defending the town, had a large body of infantry (80,000 men, according to M. Berryer), 25,000 cavalry, and between 400 and 500 pieces of field artillery—a force insufficient for victory, but suf ficient to maintain a contest destructive of the city in which it was to take place. Already the firing had begun, when the Provisional Government and Davoust sent to propose a negotiation; of which the bases were to be the entry of the allied forces, on the one hand, and the preservation of Paris and the security of all who inhabited it, on the other. On these terms the i, Convention of the 3d of July, 1815, was framed ; and ratified by the Duke of 'Wellington and 131ucher on the part of the allies, and by Davoust on the part of the Provisional Government. The twelfth article provided that all the inhabitants, and generally all persons found in Paris, should continue to enjoy all their rights and liberty, and should not be liable to any molestation or inquiry whatsoever with relation to their functions, to their conduct , or to their politi cal opinions. It appears, from the evidence of Gene ral Guilleminot, one of the negotiators of.the Conven tion, that this was the clause to which the defenders of Paris attached the most importance. Had it been re fused, he was to break off the discussion, nd the battle would have commenced. Relying on the protection given to him by the Con vention, Ney remained in Paris till the 6th of July, and continued in France until the 3d of August, when he was arrested on a charge of treason, and ordered to be tried by a court-martial, comv•ising among its members four of the Marshals of 1 ranee. 1 Ney protested against the jurisdiction of such a tri bunal, and the Court, unfortunately, as M. Berryer thinks, for the prisoner, declared itself incompetent. The cause, therefore, was transferred to the House of Peers, the Court appointed by the charter for the trial of treason. The object of Ney's counsel was to gain time. They knew, from the experience of thirty live years of revolution, that political resentment is a passion ss fleeting as it is fierce; and that, if a delay of a few months could be obtained the Government would no longer have the courage to execute him, nor indeed the wish. For this purpose they endeavoured to show, that although the charter rendered treason cognisable by the House of Peers, yet it laid down no rules by which the House was to be governed when sitting as a Court of criminal justice; and they re quired that the trial should be suspended until a law regulating the procedure of the House should have been passed. M. Berryer's speech is an admirable specimen of legal and constitutional reasoning; and indicates, with great sigacity, the errors into which such a tribunal, unless supported and directed by strict regulations, would be likely to fall. The House, hoWever, after a secret deliberation of an hour and a half, decided that the trial should go on. Objections were then raised to the indictment, and though they were over-ruled, so much time was gained, that the House, which had met for the trial on Nov. 11, did not really begin it till Dec. 4. In the meantime, Ney had applied to the Ministers of the Allied Powers, and required them to interfere, and prevent the Convention of the 3d of July from being violated in his person. Their answer, drawn up by the Duke of Wellin.gton, and adopted by the Ministers of Austria and Prussia, stated that "the object of the 12th article was to prevent the adoption of any measure of severity, under the military autho rity of those who made it, towards any person in Paris, on account of the offices which they had filled, or their conduct, or their political opinions ; but it was not intended, and could not be intended, to pre vent either the existing French Government, or any French Government which should succeed to it, from acting in this respect as it might deem fit." In this extremity Madame Ney sought the aid of Lord Holland, a name illustrious throughout Europe as the friend of the oppressed. She requested him to lay Ney's memorial before the Prince Regent. It was done; but the only effect was a letter from Lord Liverpool, referring her to the communication al ready made to her husband by the Duke of Wellins - Lord Holland, however, did not yet despair. He still thought that the Duke of Wellington's in terference might be obtained, and must be decisive; and in that hope he addressed to their common friend, Lord Kinnaird, then at Paris, a letter which was to be shown to the Duke. What effect it might have had cannot be told. It arrived the day after the sen tence had been executed. As this admirable letter has never been published, we cannot resist the temp tation of extracting some of its most material pas sages " Middleton, Dec. 5, 1816. " Dear Kintaird,—What is passing at Paris annoys me more than I can describe. For La Valette, on the score of private acquaintance, though slight, I am much concerned ; but from regard to the character of our country, and to that of the Duke of Wellington (in whom, after the great things he has done, even as decided an opponent of the war as myself must feel a national interest), I have conceived more horror at the trials and executions going on in the teeth of our capitulation than mere humanity could create. How can such a man as Wellington assert that the impunity for political conduct extends only to im punity from the Allies for offences committed against them? When ships, when garrisons surrender, do the captains or commanders stipulate that the foreign conqueror shall not molest them for their political exertions ? With or without such stipulations, what shadow of right has a foreign enemy to punish indi viduals for opinions held or conduct pursued in their own country ? It is clear that the impunity promised was impunity for crimes, real or supposed, against a French Government. If the French Government was a party to that promise, by that promise it must abide; if not, the other Allies are bound in honour not to deliver over a town taken in virtue of it, without exacting the same terms from those to whom they deliver it. Such, perhaps, is the formal, technical way of putting the argument. Practi cally and substantially the case, if not more striking, is yet more conclusive to men of justice and honour. The Allies have virtually, I might say formally, too, been masters of Paris, while the persons who de livered it to them on the faith of impunity for politi cal offences have for political offences been impri soned, tried, condemned, and executed! Wellington has himself precluded all doubt on the question. He maintained, in his letter to Lord Castlereagh, that there is no article in the capitulation securing to the town of Paris the pictures and statues ; and therefore he argues, and he acts on his argument, that the Al lies may seize the pictures, &c., and seize them with out any fresh or formal cession from Louis XVIII. Up to that time, then, the Allies, according to him, were in military possession of Paris, and up to that time, therefore, even upon his own view of the sub ject, the inhabitants were entitled to claim impunity for all political opinions and conduct. Those who had the right and the power of taking forcibly from Paris property not specified or disposed of in the capitula tion, notwithstanding the nominal government of Louis XVIII., must surely have a right to enforce on any such nominal and dependent Government the ob servance of the promises on the faith of which the in habitants had surrendered the town. "Technical arguments may possibly be urged on both sides ; and, though they appear to me all in favour of Ney's claim, it is not on them I lay stress, but on the obvious and practical aspect of the transac tion, as it must strike impartial men and posterity. The plain relation of the events in history will be this. A promise of security was held out to the inhabitants of Paris—they surrendered the town, and while Wellington and the Allies were still really in posses sion of it, Labedoyere was executed, and Ney was tried for political opinions and conduct. Even of sub• sequent executions, and I fear there will be many, it will be said—the Allies delivered over their authority in Paris to a French Government, without exacting an observance of the stipulations on whichi they had originally acquired it. " Had we taken Martinique in 1794, on a promise of not molesting individuals for political opinions or conduct, should we have been at liberty to cede it, had Louis XVIII. been then restored, without insisting on the impunity of all po litical offenders; or, at the very least, on the right of leaving the country for all such as might have so offended ? In Egypt the French stipulated that no natives should be molested for their conduct or opinions during the war. We took military posses sion of the country on these terms, and then delivered it over to the political authority of the Ottoman Porte. When, however, the Capitan Pacha, acting under that authority, began murdering the Beys, and proceeding against the adherents of the French, we not only remonstrated and threatened, but actually protected the persecuted men within our own lines. Yet, by reference to the history of those ti mes , we find that many blamed Lo r d Hutchinson for not having recourse to yet more violent methods, to en force on the legitimate political authority the observ ance of engagements entered into by our military power on taking military possession of the country. " What would Wellington himself have said, if the British troops had surrendered any town in Spain to the French with a similar stipulation, and if, on the flimsy and " hypocritical subterfuge of a distinction between Joseph's Government and the French mili tary authorities, all the Spaniards who had assisted us during, the siege had been prosecuted for treason against Joseph ? Yet, where is the distinction ? " The want of principle and consistency, and the disgusting changes of the Marshals, have, I know, steeled men's minds to their sufferings. This is na tural enough. But when the violence of the times is gone by, and, above all, when the tomb has closed on ' their offences, the transaction will be judged with re ference to the nature of the promise, not to the'con duct or misconduct of the sufferers. Si ego digna in quain faceres, to tainen indignus qui feceris, Pamphik. " Nor is this all. If we judge by former instances, even the crime itself will be regarded with more in dulgence by posterity than any irregular mode of punishing it. Allowance for individuals is made in all great changes. It is difficult in sudden oemer gencies and great convulsions of state, especially f or tr professional men whose lives have been passed i n camps, to weigh maturely all the considerations by which their conduct should, in the strict line of duty, be regulated. Unforeseen cases occur, _an r d eed m . en i of good principles and understanding are fiunto acts of inconsistency and politic al immorality. "In this latter view of the subject, 1 know I am somewhat singular. Few at present ma_ke such allow ances for the political tergiversations of the Marshals ; and many, more indulgent than I am in their judg .vditiffih ciunl-t judg ment of political apostacy in England, are quit e out rageous with Frenchmen fo r n ot acting flexible principle i n the most tr y i ng and circumstances. Some, however, anion the most in dignant at their crimes, yet doubt the justice, poli c y, and safety of punishing them ; and, more especial! y among the moderate of all parties, think the claim of the capitulation conclusive ; or, if not quite so of a nature questionable enough to induce Welling ton, for the preservation of his own and the national character, to give it the construction most favourable to the weaker party. " My opinion is of no importance ' • but it is so strong that I could not res i st expressing it to you, who have access to those w h ose character is most in terested in forming a sound one on this important subject. I have not spoken of La Vallette. All my arguments apply in his favour as strongly as in Ney's; and surely he is not, as others may be, any object of a bystander's indignation. He seems an honourable man throughout. Your's ever truly, " VASSALL HOLLAND." The progress of the trial had been comparatively rapid. In two sittings, on the sth and 6th of De cember, each party proved satisfactorily their prin cipal points; the accusers, th a t the treason ws legally completed—the defenders, that the crime In been unpremeditated. But when M. Berryer open( 1 the real defence, the Convention of the 3d of Jul . , he was interrupted by the Counsel for the Crow, . M. Bellart, their leader, protested against any allu sions to a Convention, the conditions of which been demanded by rebels, and had never been ac • cepted by the King ; and he presented to the Hou:As a requisition, by which he formally opposed the ret,. - ing of the Convention, and any allusion to it, a: 1 required the House, by the Chancellor, its Preside! , to order Marshal Ney and his defenders to confi; their defence to the mere facts of the indictment. The Chancellor, speaking in the name of the House, answered that, foreseeing the line of defence the ; would be adopted, he had already taken the opinie t of the House; and that the Peers had decided, by large majority, that it would be be highly improp to rely in:that House on a Convention to which t_va King was no party, and by which it was obvious, fru. J. the mere fact of Ney's prosecution, that his Majes.t," did not consider himself bound. He therefore foi • bade the defenders to make_anyuse of the Conventio: . Ney's counsel replied, that they bowed to the will ( the King, and to the decision which the Court, withoi hearing them, had thought fit to adopt; but that th.fr felt bound to offer a plea to the jurisdiction of tha Court —namely, that Sarre Louis, the birth-place e r their client, having been ceded to Prussia, he was 1. a longer a subject of France. Here, however, the counsel were interrupted by Nev - .. " No !" he exclaimed, "I was born a Frenchman- I will die a Frenchman. Up to this time my defent has been free, but I now see that it is to be fetters I thank my generous defenders for the exertions will( a they have made, and which they are ready to make ; but I had rather have no defence than the mere shade e. of one. If, when I am accused in the teeth of a solen treaty, I am not allowed to appeal to it, I must app sd to Europe and to posterity." " Gentlemen, counsel for the prisoner," said Cs Chancellor, "continue your defence within the lire '.ll which I have prescribed." "My Lord," said Ney, "I forbid my . counsel s H a y o u a s n e o ‘ t v h h e a r t w. You y Y o h r nkfi t; Excellency buta s m t a o y give ve coups tt 1 . 1 , e they may go on if they are free, but if they are to be restrained by your limits I forbid them to spP: k. You see," he said, turning to M. Berner, who v 119 anxious to continue, " that it is a decided thing. I had rather have no defence than one chalked out ly my accusers." " Then," said M. Beßart, we waive our right; reply; if the defence is at an end, so is the accusa'iic a. We have only to demand the judgment of the Com!,;." " Have you anything to add ?" said the Chancell or, turning to the prisoner and his counsel. " Nothing whatever," replied Ney, in rather an patient tone. The Chamber was then cleared, and the Peers alc (le remained in deliberation ; the result of their ( <e liberation, and of the attempts afterwards made to obtain a pardon, are too notorious to require repetiti m. The execution of Ney was one of the grossest far Its of the Restoration ; his crime was great, but, as wee have seen, it was not premeditated ; only a few licr tra elapsed between his active fidelity and his treason : it was the effect of the pressure of circumstances of traordinary difficulty and perplexity on a mind un: be customed to balance conflicting motives. MURDER AND ROBBERY EN DUNDEE. EDINBURGH, SATURDAY, OCT. 15.—The follow *Dr particulars relate to a case of murder, perpetrated in Dundee on Thursday night, which, for cold-bloc i ted atrocity, has had few parallels in this part of the cc sin try. On Thursday morning two men, who gave t ieir names as M'Kenzie and Duff, and who appeared 31* substantial north country graziers, on their way from the Falkirk tryst, called a t Mr. Croall'a c ,ach. office, Prince's-street, and inquired into varion3 culars regarding the starting of the Dundee co-eb, which leaves here at ten o'clock. They subset fueLtly started b' different routes, but ultimately join ed e ach. other at .DTewport. On crossing the Tay ferry, M'Kenzie's manner caw observed to be somewhat agitated, so much so , _ the t fa. person who knew him remarked to anoth er that ;hat was Mr. M'Kenzie, an extensive cattle dealer, but that he seemed to have got a slap over the fingers ; ;hus. referring the strangeness of his manner to some . sup. posed loss he had sustained. The coach arrive d Dundee about four o'clock in the afternoon ; and our information regarding them from that time is n( so. precise. What is certain is, that in the evening two men, answering in all respects to these pen ons, and of whore identity with them our infon nant had no doubt, were walking out of Dun lee ; and when beyond the Law, on the northern extre mit? of the town, and close to the Newtyle railway , this short man was shot from behind with a pistol, a ad it is supposed left for dead on the road. The poor man. however, recovered a little, and was able, we have been told, to crawl to some house in the neighl hood, or otherwise obtained assistance, and had RA. , cient strength left to tell the whole story, and t a fir upon his companion as his murderer, charging hi in at the same time with having 1,0001. of his proper; ;v• in his possession. Information was immediately se at to. the Dundee police-office, and a search being set on foot, the other was apprehended at eight o'clock yest€ rday (Friday) morning, in one of the carriages in the int train of the Dundee and Arbroath railway. The mur dered man died at five o'clock on Friday mo - i The rumour in Dundee, when our informant lef t, was to the effect that the two parties had dined toget2. er Dundee, and that Duff asked his companion for his property; that he evaded the request, under ther pretence that that was not a proper place for sett ling their accounts, but proposed that they should oth proceed to a friend of his a few miles out in the c( iun try, where they could get a bed for the night, and might settle their affairs quietly. To this in an evil hour the unhappy man consented. It is said that the tall man bought a pistol fr( a young man in a respectable ironmonger's sho p iu Dundee. It is remarkable that Thursday we! . the fast day in that town, so that he would have fi mnol some difficulty in finding a shop open. It is also raid. that when be was apprehended a large aum of m aey was found upon him. This horiid case .had excited, as well it nfleat, a great sensation in Dundee, both from the respeciablo sphere in which both parties had previously been moving, and from the deliberate villany with NS hicb the murder must have been perpetrated. WOOLWICH —MONDAY. A letter was received at Woolwich last week, r..orn Major Messiter, of th e 28th R eg i men t, wr itt en s f e w days ___ after his arri va l i n I n di a f rom N ew S o uth Wales ; but there is not the slightest allusion in it to the 41st Regiment, and the near relations of the Major in this quarter cannot imagine how suet an account as is said to have emanated from him could have found its way into the columns of the Stant-lard, unless a mistake has occurred by substituting the 41st for the 44th Regiment. The letter from Major 1 les siter to his sister, at Woolwich, is dated A u g ust 27, and does not allude further to military matters • ;ban merely an observation that he had assumed the om mand, and that, owing to the boisterous state (A: the weather, the 28th Regiment had not been able to land at the time his letter was written. Col. A. Creagh, C. 8., late of t he 81st Foo has been appointed - Barrack Master of the North Dis trict, Gibraltar, vice Captain Chambre, retired on half- pay. The Dee steam-vessel, Master Commander The MB3 Driver, arrived yesterday evening at - Woolwich, ' rota marcht d to and Captain - Rawneley and Captain iol- L an ie d utenaut comperes of the Royal Artillery, bro ight -in the - J fee, c G o i m bra be l , t s ar c , home in her, on being relieved at that station, dit em barkedjiooniielieaadtldl.dicsi;n,:itotreolisanlginAratthttilheleegrdicrekias3om'aner.d, home his term of du t y at Gibraltar ha ving expi r ed, The Adventure transport ship arrived pester& yat Woolwich. of I ‘7ire: THE ARMY IN INDIA.—The formation l arg e armies speaks of more extended operationstaa a mere march on Caubul, or of a c nistan. Wof ampaign in Aff ;to. opinion that the treacherous conduct of the At ieers of Scinde w Auld force require the pr esence o f a large in that countr • r, to secure the safety of our commerce and communicat ions with those countries throwrh which the Indus f. )WS. Sir Charles Napier, lately commanding the T )o r s Division of the Bombay army, has been nominated t( the command of th e t roops a b out to b e assem bl e d, ace )rd ing to the last accounts, in Lower Scinde. Our prim vatel etters inform us that the 2d Bombay Regii: :ent, her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, her Male sty's 22d, 28th, 78th , and 86th Regiments, would con pose the European force, together with a proportic nate body of Horse and Foot Artillery. This army MS to be brigaded near Kurrachee by the first wee a is November. Already we liave seen the detail of the large Army of Observation to be assembled. at Sir hind, under the Commander-in-Chief; and we lave since learned that General Nott is to proceed to Der Ismail Khan with 8,000 of his force, and will prof ably be united to the troops now under Pollock and ;ale. To us it appears quite evident that Hyderaba( , in Scinde,—Lahore, in the Punjab,—and Caubu , in Affghanistan,—will before long be in the possessit a of the British.—Naval and Military Gazette. UNAPPRECIATED GENIUS.—The Marquis of donderry is an ill-used author. His last perform: nce,, as our readers are aware, was rejected, the other lair by the Conservative Committee of the Sunder land Library. Slighted, ;dam therefore, on the Wear, it proce _ in a huff to th e T ees , and knocked at the door ( 1-rnv public library in Stockton. Well ! the question _nil put to the vote whether the work should be ads' - Two gentlemen said "Aye! " the remainder said " No! " The Noes have it," said the Chaib ian; and the bo o k w as t urne d_ from the door. Teo bad! "--Gateshead Ok:errc.".