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1 of ?re ,rIC S ton -flea , srs. ) at Lrge 11is lent the u it• to l ,ert, , a ft, P er ' non lore I stle ( otel" 1 ,10 rbY 4 11 t to ibe e3 e,o'l 4. ith as ° .9ge on° for the )0/4 1 g 0 ~., dt d~ ,~ e• 1-'' 3 1 0 '1 , ate of tPI• ill, llli in st , lie Sa' ion' Ili 138 11 Cher f ajol and I. n. .: J, :33 of t‘,W INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY: -(THIS DAY.) IN RE WILLIAM PRIESTLY. The bankrupt in this case was described as a wheel wright and general engineer, residing in High-street, Wapping. The amount of debts which appeared in his schedule was stated at 7,8501., and the liabilities about 12,0004 of which latter nearly one-half was marked in the schedule as having been incurred upon bills Of exchange without consideration. It appeared that up to the year 1837 he had carried on a very extensive business in Sheffield as an iron and plated ware manufacturer, when he removed to Liverpool, after h av i ng i ncurred debts to various per sona in Sheffield and other places to a large amount, was shortly afterwards arrested, and upon the hearing of his petition in the Insolvent Court, was remanded for eight months, for fraudulently contracting debts and vexatious defence to an action brought by one of his creditors, by which a large amount of law costs was accumulated. During his residence in Liverpool he had purchased a number of shares in those Welsh tin and copper mines which gained so much notoriety in Cave's bankruptcy before Sir Charles Williams; but although he alleged that he had paid several thou sand pounds for them, they were perfectly valueless now, From the statement of the amount of available assets and debts, it appeared that no more than about 5 00/. would be realised to meet his liabilities. A number of creditors were in attendance to prove debts previous to the choice of assignees, and after a long disc uss i on as to t h e propr i ety of ourning the election, Mr. Henry Williams was nominated. CR IMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Bef ore Mr. Justice WIGHT:mix and Mr. Justice CL. POST-O FFICE FORGERY WELD ) es Samuel BTO2III w ag in dicted with forging, on the 24th of August l as t , eight warrants for money, to the value of 391. us. 5 s 's with intent to defraud her Majesty's Post.. d in ic as , t e-General. There were three other similar in notagainst against the prisoner, to all of which he pleaded - A d N torney-General, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. el , Phns conducted the pr o secution. Mr. Phillip s , M. Clarkson, and Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoner. Tl ATT ORNEY-GENERAL stated the case for the '„ s z eoution, and ca ll e d th e f o ll ow i ng w it nesses : the luts. Eliz a b et h B lundell.—Witness ' s husband kept Post -offi ce at C amberwell. Often received money Before from the c oun t ry to pay to parties in London. those orders were paid they received a letter of ad v i ce . O n the 24th ofAugust the prisoner came to witness's house and resented, eight orders for money, which purported P at Sittinghourneto come from the Post-office On that morning witness had re ceived a lette r of: advice with respect to the eight or ders, and a ft er asking a few questions, witness paid the prisoner the m oney. Witness afterwards sent the o letter advic e t o t h e General Post - office. carne Cross-examined by M r . P HILLIPS— Th e pr i soner either in a cab or a carriage. Robert Polten was in the service of Mr. Wells, 81 f Able -keeper in the Blackfriar's-road. On the 24th gust the prisoner came to his master's, and or id_ser.e.dil two horses to be put to a Brougham that stood li n e the yard. He had a cash-box with him. When the" into the ca rr i age h e di recte d it to b e d r i ven t o Post-office at Kennington. Afterwards witness dro to the post-office in the Clapham-road, and then 4`7. a mberwell. Th e p r i soner th en di rec ted witness looi.nrive to I s li ngton, b ut t h ey stoppe d at t h e Post °e, and the prisoner then went to the Bank. Wit nenrY' afterwards drove to Sadler's Wells, where the I t : s°l 'er opened the cash-box and took a shilling from which h e gave to witness. There was at that time a g re at numb er o f sovere i gns i n th e b ox . r h ir • Marsh, was post-master at Sittingbourne. ie lette r of advice produced had never been sent by rn : nor did he receive the amount of it from any r phV. The eight orders produced did not issue from e a Sittingbou rn e post-office, but were all forgeries. Us 41 11 Reeves Kenries was clerk in the Money 0 Q d er -office of th e G ene ral P o st-office. Rec e i v ed n o j`," of advice fr o m Sittingbourne with respect to the a ti l t order s f or mone y p ro d uce d. K new th e p r i soner ,„ r ile bar well, h e had been two years a clerk in the r he office as witness. He had no doubt the writing o n the orders produced Iras the prisoners. A r P atrick Rowland Jackson was chief clerk in the „ s , °n eY Order-office. The prisoner had been there - at eighteen months. Witness fully believed that all '" the orders produced, as well as the letter of advice, w ere in the prisoner's hand-writing. On the 24th of outist, th e p r isoner applied to witness, as the head t he. office, for leave of absence, which witness gave h ail, and he left at 2 o'clock. Charles Frederick Armstrong was also a clerk in the Money Order-office. The letters of advice and the orders witness believed to be in the hand-writing of the prisoner. The prisoner had the means of access to the blank forms for money orders. Mathew. Peak, the constable at the Post-office, took the prisoner into custody. Upon being told the nature of- the charge against him, he said he could explain it. Ott searching him, found 251. in gold, a gold xvatc.h,,ehain, and ring. Witness then took him to Bow 'st reet ; he stated whe re he resided, at the same:, time observing that he had another place of going to his lodgings with Mr. Phillips, they found a cash-box, containing bank-notes and ten money -orders. There was upwards of 65/. in Bank of England notes, and 1891. in gold. --Hurst was a letter- carrier at Peckham, and had been so for thirty years. K new o f no such person there as 'William Coulter. Several other witnesses gave similar testimony. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that he was of unsound mind, and therefore not accountable for the acts he had co mmitted. From the statements of the L earne d h ad it app eare d th a t th e p r i soner , w h en a b oy, lad received a blow on the head from a brick thrown by his brother, from which he had never recovered, and such were the singularity of his acts at the Post leea; that he r ece i ve d th e a p pe ll a ti on among the rlis 'there of " Mad Tom." On one occasion he !,? 0 , k laudanum, and on another he fancied hi mse lf Ch arles the Sec on d, go t a d ress t o p ersona t e th a t Another Monarch,ete and ac t ua lly wa lk e d u p Fl ee t- s t ree t i n it. proof of the state of his mind was, that he t hought himself a Colonel, got a dress as one, and Wore a sword, which he took to bed with him. He 4 111 ea fan c i e d h e was go i ng to marry a C ountess w i t h t °, ° o o/. a year, and actually went to two ladies whom (Mr. Phillips) would call, to ask their advice on ' the subject. O n anot h er occas i on h e put hi s h an d i nto %oiling lead, saying nothing could hurt him. Upon Se things taking place the prisoner's father called o c Drs. Philli ps an d S ut h erland, who were c l ear l y o f 'nion that the prisoner was insane, and in that neon they were borne out by that of Mr. M'Murdo, urgeon of the prison, .The Learned COUNSEL then called the sister of the soner, who corroborated his statements relative to the unaccountable acts of her brother. He had often "led witness up to his bed-room for no purpose w hateve r , except asking her if she did not think him %er y beautiful. He had a sword which he would not ' to bed without, and he always fancied himself a Colonel, arid signed his name as such. AVitness had °ll ea found hint a irl in• O n the D emi" t night in the garden sitting in the of the marriage of the pri 5011er's brother, he put white ribbon on his shoes and ro und the nec k s o f the cats. Witness from all these 'higs beli eve d h er b ro th er !.° be of unsound mind. Another sister of the prisoner gave . 4 1rdlar testimony. , Valter Brown, the brother of the pi-1;2 11 er, stated ... on one occasion his brother put down a sZwe -ign for his father's dog to swallow, and upon the thtti attempting to do so, the prisoner picked up a sovereign and threw down a shilling, which the h ° g swallowed, when the prisoner observed that he 4. 1 Fot e noug h i n hi s i ns ide to last him a week. ' l ' l Y Branscombe had known the family of the Prisoi:er for some years. In May last he called upon ' wi tness, for the purpose, as he said, of consulting her Pon his marriage with a Countess of 40,000/. a year. l tbess considered him of unsound mind, and endea rlaured to pacify him as much as she could. Witness Ip. doubt that he was insane. „ Nadame Amyotte, the wife of an officer in the tench army, knew the prisoner, and always consi dered hi m a s t range an d f oo li s h young man . H e o nce called on w itness, to consult about his marriage with a lady of 40,0001. a year. Dr. Sutherland examined the prisoner on the 16th °f the present month, and the result of that exami -11,,,ti°11 was, that the prisoner was of unsound - "hd• On questioning him he said he 'had been guilty of no crime, that he had acted for the good the St a t e, an d t h a t it only required he should see 1 -ord Lowther, and he should get promotion. lie g r ,ttid h e h e l d a comm i ss i on i n the ar m y, an d w as a °ionel i n t h e 16 t h L ance rs. On witness asking him t ' ° give him his designation in writing, he wrote in a b o l d hand " C o l one l James Samuel Browne, 16th hucers, 17th September." Under the letter " S," Prisoner wrote. the figures " 24th ;" and upon ;" ( ,toess asking why he had done so , he replied , << fitness I mean to dine with Mrs. Ducrow on that as I have received an invitation from her." . D r i'ness had several other interviews with the A t ° l l, er, in company with Dr. Phillips and M r . ,:` 6l urdo, the surgeon of Newgate, and all of them s ' El le to th e conc l us i on that the prisoner was of un 411111€1 mind. Dr. Phillips and Mr. AP.Murdo gave similar ev idence. thehe ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa id that after hearing levidence that had just been given of the medical Then,. he did not feel himself called upon !eta furth er aga i ns t th e p r i soner , b u t would leave to press the it d,' the hands of the Learned Judge and Jury. Be ~.(1 this w ith th e more sa ti s f ac ti on b ecause should the J ury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, acquit the prisoner, he would not be set at liberty, and thereby enabled to commit the crime over again, but would be taken care of as an individual of un sound mind. - - Mr J ustice WIGIITMAN summed up at some length. The Jury, without the slightest hesitation, ac qu'tted the prisoner, on the ground of insanity. The other indictments were ; not proceeded with. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Matthew Stevenson, aged 34, and Wrn. Stevenson, aged 26, were indicted, Matthew, for embezzling and stealing six Bank notes, value 301., and money value 371. 17s. 7d., of Edward Slater and another, his mas ters; William ' for feloniously receivinglone Bank note, value 51., well knowing the same to have been stolen. The prosecutor is a butcher in an extensive way of business, and the prisoner Matthew Stevenson was in his service, and was empowered by his master to re ceive money, for which it Was his duty to account to his master every day. The prisoner, however., had received at different times the sums in question Of different customers of his master, and had appro priated them to his own use. The evidence against the prisoner William Stevenson, the brother of the other prisoner, went to shoNV that he, William, had offered a 51. note, part of the money in question, for change at a public-house. He had, it appears, received the note from the other prisoner to get change, and it was inferred that he must have known that his brother could not have become possessed honestly of such a sum of money. The Jury found both the priSoners guilty, and the COURT sentenced Matthew Stevenson to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour, and William Stevenson to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Elizabeth Webb, 20, and Elizabeth Moir, 25, were charged on two indictments - with stealing one pair of boots, value 4s. Gd., the property of John Simpson, and one pair of stockings, value Is. Gd., the property of James Gill. The property was found on the prisoner Webb. The case, however, against Moir was very weak, and the Jury acquitted her, and found Webb guilty. It appeared that - Webb had hitherto borne an irre• proaaable character, and that her relations, who re sided in the county of Essex, and who were persons of great respectability, were willing to receive her. Under these circumstances, the Court sentenced her only to four days' imprisonment in Newgate, on the understanding that at expiration of her term of im prisonment, she should R SERVANTSt to her friends in Essex. ROBBERIES In- —William Tute pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having stolen a large quantity of plate, the property of his employer. The COURT in passing sentence on the prisoner, said that his conduct was wholly inexcusable. The prisoner belonged to a class of persons, viz., gen tlemen's servants, who were overfed, overpaid, and underworked ; and if they committed these crimes, there was not the same allowance to be made for them as for persons who were in a state of destitution'. Notwithstanding he was well fed and well paid, he could not keep from robbing his master. The sentence of the Court upon him was, that he be transported for seven years. The prisoner, it appeared, had taken the property to Bristol, and had offered it to pledge to Mr. Chil cott, pawnbroker, in that city, who very properly stopped it, and by whose exertions the prisoner has been brought to justice. Joseph Innes, aged 20, a footman, who appeared at the bar dressed in livery, was indicted for stealing two silver spoons, the property of Miss Emily Herbert. The prosecutrix resides in the neighbourhood of. Hanover%square, and the prisoner had been in her em ployment as a footman. On the 19th of Septeinber he offered the spoons in question to a pawnbroker, who stopped them, and gave the prisoner into custody. Miss Herbert was out of town at the time,' and the prisoner had been left in charge of the house. The Jury found him guilty. — In answer to questions from the Common Sergeant, Miss Herbert stated, that she had no reason to sus pect that the prisoner had previously been guilty of dishonesty—that he had been some time in her service —and that she had had a twelvemonth's character with him from his last place. The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, told the prisoner he had had a narrow escape from trans portation. After what Miss Herbert had stated, how ever, the Court would give him one more chance. The sentence upon him was that he be imprisoned for twelve months, and kept to hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Mary Moran, a respectable-looking woman, was charged with stealing a number of duplicates, the property of Mrs. Bennet, of Union-court. The prisoner took lodgings in the house of the prosecutrix, and some days after the duplicates were missed. Suspicion falling on the prisoner, her box was searched, and the duplicates were found there. It appeared that she was the wife of a traveller, who was at present on his journey in the country. When she was taken into custody eight sovereigns were found upon her. There were two other charges of robbing in houses where she had lodged preferred against her. The prisoner, in her defence, said it was the first offenca she had ever committed, and hoped the Alder man would overlook it. As further evidence was forthcoming against the prisoner, she was remanded for a week. MARLBoROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Henry Wilson, a young man of respectable appear ance, was charge with stealing Wilson, of Edin burgh's, edition of Shakspere's works, from the shop window of Mr. Thomas Mudie, of St. Martin's-court, bookseller. It appeared that between five and six o'clock last evening, the prisoner was observed lurking about the prosecutor's shop, by an opposite neighbour, and his manner exciting suspicion, he was narrowly watched, and after waiting for above three quarters of an hour for , an opportunity, when as he thought he was unobserved, he reached down the volume in question from off a shelf in the shop front, the window being open, and depositing it in a small basket that he drew from under his coat, was making off, but he was not allowed to proceed fir before he was stopped with the stolen property. Mr. llARnwicx—What have you to say to this charge of robbery ? Prisoner— merely took the book up, intending to pay for it. I did not place it in the basket. Mr. HARDWICK (to the prisoner)—What are you, and «here do you live ? Prisoner—l am a master biscuit baker, and reside at Tottenham, but I am now out of business. Mr. llARnwircx—Well, it is a case I shall send to the sessions.—The prisoner was committed. MARYLEBONE,(THIS DAY.) William Willie, a tall athletic man, was charged with assaulting his wife, who stated that last night she had come home about one o'clock, when her husband struck her a violent blow on the head. and, in falling, she came upon the fender, and was for a time nearly insensible. While down pri3oner kicked her in the side, and trod upon her in a shocking manner. She screamed mur• der, and a police-constable came to her assistance and took Biro into custody. , Prisoner, in his defence, stated that his wife was in the habit of coming home drunk every night, and last night she being tipsy as usual, he bad thought proper o chastise her. M r , LONG, after severely reprimanding him on his , lepravity anti pruelty, fined him al., or two months' UNION lit: 1 .1...—(TH1S DAY.) E A ruffianly fellow, namesl Lguikvan, was charged with a desperate assault on Ann Smith, who was un able to attend owing to the serious nature of tht injuries inflicted by her assailant. The complainant, a respectable married woman, on leaving home the preceding night, was met by th( prisoner, who attempted to take improper liberties with her. She resisted, upon which the defendant seized her by the shoulders, and threw her down with the utmost violence upon the pavement. Her hus band, hearing her cries, left his shop and went to the spot, when he was also attacked by the defendant in the most furious manner. The prisoner was remanded until the injured woman should be declared out of danger. James Doyle, a boy of 12 years of age, was charged with entering the house of a gentleman at Camber well, and stealing a quantity of soap. The prisoner was detected in a cupboard with the soap, where he was discovered by a servant. He said he was starving. He was committed for a month to Brixton gaol. SUDDEN DEATH.—This afternoon, at a quarter before one o'clock, a respectable married woman named Mary 'Wilson, who resided at No. I, Yates's court, Clements-lane, Strand, went into Mr. Sayer's wine vaults, Clare-street, Clare Market, for some re freshment, but before she could give an order she fell down and almost instantly expired. Mr. Lovett, sur geon, of Clare-street, was immediately sent for, but before his trrival life was extinct. Notwithstanding the fines weather experienced during the harvest, which raised the hopes of the farmer from deep despair, it has continued equally favourable for the pr e paring the ground for n ext sea son's culture. Seldom has such weather been known. The harrowing operations are forwardly advanced, and everything at present bears the brightest pros pec ts. --Kenti sh Gazette. It is stated that her Majesty's Privy Council have given directions for the preparation of a form of thanks giving to Almighty God for the late manifestation of his goodness by the bountiful harvest. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRA TION.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. M'Christie, the Revising Barrister, tool: his seat in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, at ten • 'o'clock this morning. The lists of the Liverymen were proceeded with. it appeared that throughout these lists the numbers of the houses in which the different claimants resided were not stated, and considerable inconvenience and discussion were thus created. One party was de scribed as residing in Bishopsgate• street, another as residing in South Lambeth, so that whole streets, or even districts, had to be searched in order to learn a claimant's abode. This practice, it was stated, had been adopted on the recommendation of a former Revising Barrister. Mr. M'CURIsTIE said that the practice appeared to him to be calculated to lead to great inconvenience. Indeed, it could hardly be said to fulfil the spirit of the Act. lle hdped it would be discontinued in future. The parties ob:ected td were 'allowed to appear on Saturday next to defend their claims; :• ,• • . No other cases of interest arose during the day. WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) The parish of St. Clement Danes was proceeded with. RATE-BOOK ERASURES.-IMPORTANT DECISION.— Henry Gray Holmes, who was registered in respect of a house in New nn-buildings, was objected to by IN fr. Score, on the ground that his name was not pro perly entered in the rate-book. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Holmes, that he hid been in possession since June, last year, and paid rates, &c. Mr. Schervin, the collector of the poor's-rates, who was called by Mr. Score, produced the rate-book, in which it appeared that the name of Elizabeth Down had been originally entered • a pencil mark had, however, been drawn through the name of Down, and the name of Holmes had been written above in pencil. The witness proved that the name of Holmes was in his handwriting, and that he had made the correction when he was collecting the rate—after the rate had been made, allowed, and published. Mr. SCORE addressed the Court at some length. He contended that after a rate had been made, al lowed, and published, the collector had no authority to alter that rate and introduce a name, so as that that name should be considered as the one originally in the rate. Mr. TROTT, for the vote, said that without going into the question as to how far the Court could re ceive evidence contrary to any rate, as it appeared be fore the Court, he apprehended that it was enough that they found the name of Holmes in the rate. Under the Reform Act, a party might claim to be rated, and the overseers, in that case, must put the name in the rate; and inasmuch as the name did ap pear in the rate-book, he denied the power of the Court to do otherwise than to assume that a claim to be rated was made in some way or other. The REVISING BARRISTER said that this case was not without considerable importance, as it affected a large class of cases. He had, however, a very clear and decided opinion upon the point. He very much doubted whether a rate being produced with a name on it, he had any authority to inquire how it came there. It appeared to be enough for him to find that the party was rated to the relief of the poor. If he should ever find that the name got there improperly, he did not see what jurisdiction he should have to re ject the rate which 'vas produced as a valid rate. But, waiving that point, he clearly agreed with Mr. Trott that the onus rested with the other side to show the absence of a claim to be rated. The name should, therefore, be retained on the register. CORN AVERA GEN. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, rur the Week ended Sept. 17, 1842, made up from the Returns 61 the Inspectors in the different Cities and fawns in England at.d Wales, pet Imperial Quarter. Wheat 52.. 8.1.1 Oats &trim 27s 2.1.1 Rye AVERAGES OF TILE LAST RIX WEEKS. wells ending, WHEAT. BARLF,Y.[ OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. i PBAS h. - - .........--...---... - (21 2 32 9,34 1 34 7 ' 19'5 31 6'3: 8 33 11 18 7 1 6131 11 32 6 1i 9 31 5; 33 1 32 5 Aug. 13...... 11 17 6 t 1) 56 5 26 J 17 55 U 27 3 Sept. 3 53 3 27 2 10 17 52 8 27 ' 2 17 6 V 10 32 10 32 11 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AvIIIKAnRs OF THE SIX WEIKS ►Vhrat q3s 6d 54 ' 71 .1 Oats .......... 1041.1 Beans larley V7a 2cl. I Rye .... 3h 9.1.1 Pease 33., 4d. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24 1842. DOMES OX FOILIIGN CORN. Wheat lB, tht. Oars Barley THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was a great deal of business done, hut chiefly by public auction, and in many instances easier prices were accepted. The transactions in West India Raw Sugar were not large, but former prices were paid. Bengal and Mauritius were a shade cheaper, with a slow request. In Refined a good business was done for home consumption at firm prices. A fair business done in the good kinds of Coffee at about former rates. Bengal Rice rather firmer. TEA MARKET. This market exhibited a very firm tone, and with an indication of improvement in the good, useful de scriptions. Common Con gou Is. Bd. to ls. 9d. per lb. TALLOW -MARKET. There was still little done, and prices were little better than usual at 48s. on the spot, and at 475. 9d. for forward delivery. IV - 11 - 11 - 'l4: - adAPEL HAY ATARTiTT. The Market was moderately supplied, and the trade was brisk at our present quotations. clover, 2/. 12s. to 51. 10s.; Hay, 21. 10s. to 4/. 10s.; Straw, 1/. 13/. to 1/. 17s. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 18.—Count Le lion, Belgian Ambassador at Paris, has arrived at Brussels. It is affirmed that a Commission will very shortly be appointed to examine some questions relative to the revival of the tariff of customs with regard to cotton manufacture. The Commission will consist in a great measure of manufacturers, and Count Hane de Potter will, it is said, be the President. The Count D'Ursel, eldest son of the Duke D'Ursel, is going to be married to the eldest daughter of the Marquis de Rumigny, Ambassador of the King of the French at the Court of Brussels. The Memorial de la Sambre says :—"W e learn from good authority that the Company which has obtained permission to construct the iron railway of the Sambre and the Meuse has joined with one of the principal undertakers of such works in Belgium, who will execute the work and give his name to the Com pany. We also know that three foreign Companies have each offered to advance the whole of the funds required on the guarantee by the Belgiat. Govern ment of a minimum of interest." BRUSSELS, SEPT. 20.—We learn from Ardenne, by letters dated yesterday, that the King was preparing , to leave his country seat to visit the camp at Bever ion, where the Minister of War now is. It is pro bable that the camp will break up after the general review by his Majesty. M. Sylvan Van de - Weyer has returned to Brus sels with his family from his visit to Cologne. We learn that he will not return to London till next month. Several Spanish emigrants, both Carlists and Chris tinos, residing in France and England, have agreed to meet at Brussels, in order to confer with M. Olozaga, who has a special mission to our Cabinet and that of the Hague. We are assured that these emigrants in tend to concert with 111. Olozaga the means of return ing as soon as (possible to their own country, if the Government of the Regent is inclined to give them the assurance that they shall not be prosecuted or molested. The buying up of butter in several Belgian mar • 'sets, to export it to, England, has attracted the atten tion of the Government. Orders have been given to all the municipal authorities in the kingdom to take ,neasures to check these proceedings. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bkussus, Seer. 2t Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. 10: 4(, Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Three per Cent.......... Thirty-seven ns, ditto 1840) lO2 Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. 22 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. 96 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 75)4 National Society ..... gipharge pn London (short) ::.--4trlf or' ?riper', SePi 20. - puTcH FUND'ANNTERam, SEPT. 19. None,. nil% A etuAl Deb 614 per Cent .. 524 L 2 Ditto, ditto 5 per emit. ' 1 2 Amon Syndic, 44 Forma ........ 94 14% INtto, ditto, 8% per Mit .. 77 77% Commercial Company, 4% per cent '3B .391 Ditto (1895 and 1837) 5 per cent. 1 4 N Loan 1837, 5 per cant. l9, ga Exchange Oft Londos, (Inc month l2 f2s4 9 S ..... 12 15 flazanyirb, gi RHO e month , P'7% Tpto manna 35 F 4 Dutch Papers, St5A. 19. AUSTRIAN FU91D5.....V1P1N4. SEPT. 12 Five per Cents. Metalliquee Four per Cents . 1 hree_per Cents . . Bank sbares Nig:wine Zei/ung, $ pt. Mr CORONER'S INQUEST,—This morning at tell delAck an inquiry, which lasted nearly three hours, was proceeded with before Thomas Walden Esq„ the Coroner, and A Jury, assembled in the Board room of University College Hospital, relative to the death of Ellen Rugen, aged s)Xty years, who wa3 alleged to have been killed by her husband, in a quarrel which occurred between them, while they were both in a state of intoxigation, on Sunday afternoon last, at their lodgings, No. 7, Bainbridge ltreet, St, Giles's. Th e deceased was shortly after brought to the hospital in a state of perfect insensibility, and died on ftwsday last. The verdict of the Jury was to the effect that the death of the deceased resulted from injuries she had sustained, but whether inflicted by her husband, or caused by her accidentally falling while in an in toxicated state or otherwise, there was not sufficient evidence to prove. The Barristers for revising the List of Voters for October, for commencing thpir dpty, at the Town this borou g h have appointed Wednesday, the 12th of Hall, at ten o'clock in the morning.--Brighton Gazette. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—We recur to-day ' to the articles of impeachment against Lord Ashburton's treaty. The first objection which we dealt with yester day, though insufficient, was yet sound as far as it went. It was true that certain concessions had been made, though . not true that those con- . cessions were sufficient to put us out of humour with the treaty. We proceed now ti.. - the attempted cry against the two articles which bear reference to the slave-trade—a cry to which we cannot give the same modified acquiescence, Let us see first what they are. The first •stipu lates that each party shall maintain on the coast of Africa a squadron of not le: than. eighty guns, "to enforce separately and respectively the laws, rights, and obligations, of each of the two countries, for the suppression of the slave-trade," the two Governments stipulating, meanwhile to give such orders to the officers in command as shall enable 'them to act in concert if necessary. By the second, "the parties to . the treaty agree that they will unite in all be coming representations and remonstrances with any and all of the Powers within whose domi nions such markets are allowed to exist, and urge on such Powers the propriety and duty of closing such markets at once an d f or ever ." On these stipulations our Whig Contemporary pours all the indignation it can muster, as a degrada tion beyond precedent of the British nation, which is depicted as " going to beg another to help bee' in " representing" to Spain and Portu gal the "propriety and duty" of fulfilling their engagements to itself—as a cession of the ex pected right of search—a step backwards in the road of abolition, and so on. Now, on the part of Great Britain, it does not of course pretend to be any step at all ; but in its bearing on the United States, the first article is a plain prac tical stipulation, which, if' the American Govern ment will but appoint a proper person to the command of the African stati on, may be'produc tive of the highest advantage, This, we believe, the present Executive is inclined to do. And it is much to invest all future Governuients with a permanent responsibility of this kind, of which any evasion will be openly and deeply dis creditable. And the second (though it has not, much in it) is yet, as far as it goes, "a step" on the part of America in • the right direction ; and though a mere pro fession, not leading to any immediate result, might prove of importance as shaming that Power from interference between us and any third party towards whom we ourselves were authorised by treaty to use more effectual means of persuasion than " representation and remon strance." And further, every American decla ration against the slave trade, if it does nothing else, at least strengthens the hands of those of her own citizens who are engaged in earliest in its suppression. To say with our Contemporary that by this article " we go and ask the United States to help us to complain" is absurd. We are actively engaged ourselves in pursuit of an object. The United States will co-operate with us to a certain .point, but no further. Is it " degrading," is it " imbecile" or useless, to enter into a mutual pledge which, while it excludes nothing, secures that co-operation as far as it offers itself ? Is this the way that successful politicians pursue their objects? Do they refuse the pledges of independent allies because they do not go so far as • they themselves could wish ? Did Mr. O'Con nell refuse, or would he have been wise in refusing, the alliance of his protege Lord Nor 'Hanby, because that Noble Marquis did not go the whole length of repeal? The existence of our more stringent engagements with other Powers —with Spain, and Portugal, and the Brazils— instead of aggravating, excuses the inadequacy of the declaration in which we have joined America, because they witness that the views of England are not confined within the words of that single declaration : they preclude th a t ex elusive mterpretadon which might oth erwise , though unfairly, h ave been attached to our-as sent to this c er t a i n ly insufficient article. O ur Contemporary o b serves truly, that "we might send missions e noug h t o Wasbiogton before our good brother Jonathan would make" any such engagement as it suggests. True. Nor have we any right, if we had the power, without a gross and arrogant interference with national indepen dence, to compel such terms. But the argu ment seems to have lost its way in our Contem porary's columns. It shows the expediency, not of rejecting, but of accepting those engagements which he will make. In a matter so plainly optional, he is ev en l ess likely to bull ied than to be draw n i nto compl i ance w i t h our wishes. CHRONICLE.— . If no immediate good from the Peel p o li cy i s to b e f oun d in the manufac taring distri c t s , w h ere e l se are we to look for it? Are time agriculturists more at ease than they were? Have ffey obtained that cur against change whet was re presented, .by Sir it. Peel lihnself,as so vitally essential to their sety _i in terests ? Why, just now th e y seem to be giving 1 away their cattle in a fright f o r the benefit of the butchers. Two million q uarters o f foreign corn have poured in upon them, at an Bs. duty , in the I. °nth of harvest. Time wor d 4i ren t' has been reiterated with significant emphasis. The wretched labourers have been rendered yet more wretched by competitive swarms of destitute ope ratives, added to those of the destitute Irish, who are always upon the m at h arvest time.. T h e small cloud of agric u lt ura l di stress is already on the verge of the horiz on . B ut t h e ne w Bill has let in foreign corn t o k eep t h e p e ople from starving; and that f act must b e reckoned amongst time operations of th e P ee l policy'. We grant it must ; and let us l oo k at t h e fact , aided by the tables present e d b y t h e Q uar terly .Re view. Between April 28, when the new law came into action, and September a, there were entered for home consumption, at ten of the principal ports of Great Bri tain, 2,457,931 quarters of wheat and wheat flour, paying a duty of 974,0241., which averages Bs. 4d., per quarter. The proposed Whig duty of Bs. per quarter, was actually paid on four-fifths of the whole quantity. The " pro tection" of the odd fourpence is what the agri- ' cultnrists have gained, and all they have gained, by the fierce and costly struggle that displaced the late Government and installed its successors. They . have paid dearly for their " most filthy . bargain." Were the expenses of the late elec tions in their pockets, the money would be a much better protection. What a bustle for a paltryduty ! Th e w h ole amou nt, for the cost of a contested election i n a large county. year, tbur would PennY scarcely more [than cover the And the moral cost, in false p rom ises and yet more deceitful suppressions —in confidence de stroyedvated to ten-fold bitterness ; in di sg raceful exhi bitions cif theanrimuloinsigtie engendered, - or aggra vated and pestilential cor ruption amongst the many, is far heavier than the pecuniary cost. The partisans must be made of no penetrable stuff who can look back on the means by which their Iburioenny victory was achieved, and still regard it with co mplacency. But although the difference be littl e to the win tiers, it is much to the losers, The Ss. duty was proposed as a substitute for other taxation, the Bs. 4d, duty is in addition to a heavy and new taxation. The one would have been a relief, the other is a pressure. The one would have been levied instead of more onerous imp other is the companion of' the lncome-tax. The people would have had the benefit of time first, tiny- , appendage imposts, and the but the other simply enlarges the resources of the n try practically G d does r t l l l i t e ne t a l tie r i en o c t e in to th consist, but in the entire amount. With the modified Whig bread-tax there would have been no income-tax. With Sir Robert , Peel's Income tax he ought to have foregone the whole of the oration of a fixed duty and a bread-tax. The fourp sticks in the beam of the balance, arid throW s b oth ~ , c ri te l m y fe" p ci.P e ue e e , weights markets, or no upon the people's scale. ference is that which has w hich will have toe paiil Another material dif' exist between the op been often proved to elt IltLintAlee"s4:as°Claalbeult markets, for manufacturing industry, It 6 not sliding scale ; the difference of the saving of t h e f eu rpenceo, hitt th e saving of' time American trade, for which the manufacturers ofconlin erce. have struggled. What they want is the previous knowledge of the duty on iinporpg peril togetll nesg of its amount, sb. 010 it grateful to time Peel 'fire 0 itr.PoFe, is ini itlf V e i rt ilinty, The able quantity irito the arrangements ents mischief; is liq )4 w . trot 14,;?; - .! 1 it.l Whett 4 r . e , presepts, t 9 Itself ? the Witinnfl_ pre isuro way 4! 3 4011 1 movp tlip ty of a 6 " 11111 packet of poison to a neartly-la en porter, but in that packet there is death. Stilt Otero 4, 4 it* the o w have served the (p‘orteriy Reviewer argoo , , l , l f 4 o V r e N 'Z i o c i l l i u , unusual sup- PIY Of food for the people , it is as- Slimed, we should be very e iod v 4 most Polloy, That the 11 7 14 Prq p ", s r i t,i 4 a N lA h rl i d t have spread this sopply over We wonie Year, instead Wails of' concentrating it upon the injures the farmer, and least benefits the eon . Amer i . and that it w0i1144 large. by. the • the regular trade created, than by the food imported ; , these are 4 1 0 classes not less provision average duty P °lo4 Oil which we Shall not .now p oo twen, We restrict ,oitrselVe s , t 9 tli© writer's of food for g people by t h e policy of Sir Robert Peel. And allow us to o h. on what v 0 4444 ,00 N i t i t e e M s '. 4. - , H vi e n re is a munificent During I on foreign corn has been ss. 7d.; in this year of difficulty, distress, and starvation, the Peel policy Nis rwoo it ~0 8. . 4d, During those fomrteen Lie last fourteen years, years, in several of which the harvests were re markably deficient, the average price of wheat was 595. per quarter. In the eighteen weeks of I Peel policy the average price is 625. ld. per quarter. And in these weeks of suffering, so extended as to be properly called national, the amount of direct bread-tax, levied under Sir Robert Peel's Bill, has been very nearly one-fourth of the total amount of duty collected during the last fourteen years.- And thus it is that the poor are provided for, when in point of starvation, - by the " happy novelty " of Peel policy. These are amongst the "singularly satisfactory results" which have already occurred, and which so delight the heart of the Quart er ly R ev i ewer . W e shall speedily resume our analysis of his panegyric. HERALD.—The Chronicle yesterday por tentously announced that a treaty was upon the point of being concluded with Hanover, by which the Stade duties were to be increased. Admit ting such is the fact, what does it amount to ? That class interests will suffer slightly, where general interests are advantaged. In lieu of an arbitrary tax upon property, according to the in terpretation of the imposer, we are to have now an ad valorem duty of one-eighth per cent. upon all articles of merchandise. We are firmly per suaded that a public benefit will accrue thereby, instead of the '" flagrant wron g " threatened by the Chronicle; and, as re g ard s the revenue of the King of Hanover, we question if it will be affected in the slightest degree by the change. Whatever may have been the substance of Lord Palmerston's speech at the close of the session, respecting this dreaded "concession," the quasi merit of its discovery was at any rate not his. His Lordship was not even the pump-handle of the question, but simply the spout. The well was dug by his protege, the .late Commissioner Ward, and however brackish the water, it be hoved Lord Palmerston to discharge it. When the subject of the Stade duties was first discussed the then Minister far Foreign Affairs had never even heard of the Castle o Brunshausen, and his only resource was to send somebody into the north to try and learn something about it. With the information thus hastily obtained and crudely digested Lord Palmerston began to di plomatise. Luckily we have been -spared the result. ADVERTISER.—We learn • from private sources of information that the farmers are in a state of the utmost consternation. They are haunted with the fear that before Christmas the price of wheat will be as low as forty-five shil lings per quarter ; iu which case, with their pre sent high rents, they see nothing before them but inevitable and irremediable ruin. Their apprehensions, we have no doubt, are well founded. They persisted in clamouring for a , sliding-scale in preference to afixed duty, and ' the operation of that scale has, conjointly with the excellent and ample harvest, produced a state of things which they are led .to regard as the necessary prelude to . their .ruin. Let us not be misunderstood. We do not mean to say that with the eight shillings fixed diity, proposed by the Melbourne Ministry, there would not, with such a harvest as the present, .be . as great a fall in prices as that to which we have referred as likely to take place before Christmas; but we mean to maintain—and no advocate of the . landed inter es t w ill ven t ure t o ga i nsa y our position—that if a moderate fixed duty had been substituted for the sliding-scale, the landlords would have . been compelled, as a measure of prudence for themselves, to have made a material reduction in the rents of their tenants, in which case the fall in prices would have been in a great measure, if not 1 wholly, counterbalanced. AS it is prices fall with a vengeance; but the tenants must continue to pay—that is to say, if they can—the same rents as when prices were thirty or forty per cent. higher. Hence the effects of a fall in prices flit! solely on the farmers; the.landed oligarchy, whose vassab; they are, have ingeniously con trived, by means of the sliding-scale jugglery, to escape the consequences of reduced prices altogether. We are gratified to learn that the Anti-Corn-law League are not inactive specta tors of the present state of, things among the farmers. They are about to send Anti-Corn-law lecturers into the agricultural districts. The step is a wise one, and the time selected singularly seasonable. The lecturers will proselyte the farmers to the principle of Corn-law abolition in thousands. There are whiSpers of an intention on the part of the landed interest to interdict the entrance of Corn-law lecturers among the farmers: Let them make the attempt if they are so dis posed. We shall then see whether the Consti tution of England or a mere handful of oligar chists he the victorious party in the contest. POST.—We are told that the only means of restoring and insuring happiness to the people of England is to keep the great factory establish ineuts in full activity—to increase the proportion of the whole population which is dependent for subsistence on the operations of these establish ments—and if, waiving for a moment the discus sion on the merits of the system, we ask how this factory predominance is to be achieved, the answer is, by making the people consume foreign instead of home grown corn. The general or exclusive consumption of foreign Wheat is said to be the sure method to maks our manufacturers as flourishing as the most ambitious of them could wish to be. So argue the section of poll- ticians who profess to be the Most philosophic, the most enlightened, the most liberal. They say to us give up growing food for yourselves— • throw yourselves on foreign countries for a sup ply—and foreigners, in return, will take and pay for as much of your cotton, silken, and woollen goods as you can make up for them. But it is indispensable that you depend on them for bread. Without this manufacturing pros perity is an impossible dream. _While England continues a self-supporting nation—whileEnglish melt persist in eating their own bread—the ma nufacturing interests never will, and never can, be in any other than a depressed and ruinous condi tion. Foreign corn and factory prosperity mean one and the same thing—they are inseparable, iden tical, and one cannot,, exist without the other. This is a convenient way of solving the problem 'of national polity. Unfortunately, however, it will not bear the test of one moment's thought and inquiry. Experience dyes not confirm the theory—it contradicts and disproVes it. Take a period in which the manufacturers were on fessedly prosperous—the years, for imitative, be tween 1832 and 1836. To these years the oppo nents of the Corn-laws are In the habit of refer ring as to a period when the millowning interests were in a state of high prosperity. . Never were there so many factories open i never so many workpeople employed in them, Never were larger fortunes made by those whose only notices of duty are concentrated in the pursuit of money makine.. But in these halcyPa days of factory extension what was the extent of corn importa tion ? A mere cipher. No foreign wheat was admitted. We were consuming time produce of our own fields, and yet the factory masters throve and fattened. They grow in wealth and power; they found markets for their goods abroad, though not on the termsof taking wheat in return. THE STADT DUTIES. The Morning Chronicle of yesterday conta i ns short and venomous notice of the treaty with Hanover, which is on the point of signature, for the future re gulation of the Stadt duties—an article which c a p tains almost as many lies as sentenceo, it i$ notorious that the Stadt duties are the liewilitary property of the King of Hanover, 4114 tV•aceahle' as to their origin up to the very c3orlipi era of German history; and there to which th e y are now about to b e sub mitt ulaioll m itt will have reference, not so much to their amount as to the mode of collection, The Chronicle asserts that the tendency of the proposed treaty will be to augment the present amount of the impost, and t o lay upon English commerce a. b ur d en equal to . 100,000/. per annum ! The truth is, that the opera tion of the new system will be . to ai.iwish the levy by the abolition of all fees wilts collection ; and this diminution will be eft cted on a gross amount which TIPM exceeded by more than a few 144474 au ave• rage of 14,0001. per annum on Jititi4 shipping! So much for this fresh ilhistrOion, adduced by the Chronicle, of the §Oiwifice of the.commercial interests of li s reutl by the ConservatiVe Government,—Post. As her Majesty ( Tema wh a, ,Vokbn such a liking ma to Scotland, have 09 ~M t that the beautiful goluery of that country will attract the notice of strangers even more than it leas hitherto done. We understand that the Directors of the Northern Rail roath ate about making an arrangement to ruu the train which leaves London at 'a quartet past nine in the morning, through to Darlington (where there are some most comfortable inns) in - twelve hours. There are coaches frau] Darlington to Edinburgh in about fourteen hours, When this arrangement is coin picted a person will be able to leave Brighton in the morning, say at half-past six, and reach Darlington that night soon after nine. The whole expence from Brighton to Edinburgh by the first class carriages, and: outside the coach beyond Darlington, is under 61.—Brighton IlOgs OF A RUSSIAN MAN 05' WAR.—(From a Correspondent.)—A Russian ship of the line, a new 74, going from Archangel to the Baltic for her stores, was lost last Sunday week on the coast of Norway, off Christiansanci, with about 400 men. The wind was a high northerly gale, of the land, and it is riot known whether she sprang a leak or was out of her reckoning, but many reports, all unfhvourable to the Captain and officers, were in circulation at Gotten , burgh, MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. posT.—fas British Packet, that the Buenos Ayres Government has any intention of improperly interfering in the affairs of Paraguay in the way which it h as b een accused of do i ng, alt h ough groat pains are taken by the people of Monte Video to establish the fact. The following paragraph is ex • traced from a lengthened arti c l e on th e su bje c t : ,: rst, is stated that General Rosas harbours designs against Paraguay, and that, but for the ob stacles he throws in the way, nn important commer cial intercourse would be kept up with that country. The fact of his havi ng d ec li ned to grant facilities to certain diplomatic gentlemen to proceed thither is adduced as a proof that he claims Paraguay as an in tegral portion of the Argentine Confederation, and that he is only waiting his opportunity formally to assert that claim. Of course, it is assumed that a radical change has taken place in Paraguay, and that this El Dorado of many day-dreams isionging for the arrival of foreign adventurers to relieve it of its superabundant riches." The British Packet proceeds to explain that, from what it can learn, little or nothing of what was an ticipated on the demise of Dr. Francia has been real ised, the system of the Dictator outliving its founder ; and that, a lth o u g h some s li g ht modifications have been int ro d uce d, t h e pr i nc i p l es w hi c h cons tit basis remain unaltered. There is little doubt, it is added, that there' is a disposition on the part of the Consular Government to adopt a more enlightened policy, bat it is questioned whether it would be con sidered safe or expedient at once openly to attack the prejudices o f a peop l e, w h o, i t matters not what is said to the contrary, fondly cherish the memory of the late Dictator. The -admission of foreigners into the interior of the country, with liberty of egress, is, it appears, nearly as rare now as was the case under the dictatorial regime, nor is it pretended that any ma terial change has taken place in the Doctor's singular mode of levying and collecting the duties, or in the patriarchal manner of transacting business generally. It is declared to be an error to suppose that Para guay offers an important outlet for foreign manu factures, and that, paradoxical as it may seem to some, all who possess correct notions respecting its population and the prevailing mode of living, will readily agree that one Liverpool cargo would suffice to supply the wants of the people for more than a year. From the geographical position of Paraguay, which formed one of the provinces of the ancient vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres, it is considered that whenever she relinquishes the state of insulation she has so long preserved, she must seek to cultivate the most intimate relations with the Argentine republic, since she can maintain an intercourse with foreign nations only through its territory. The character of these relations is not as yet defined, and it is held to be highly prudent on the part of the Buenos Ayres Government, so long as this state of uncertainty shall continue, to observe such a line of policy as shall awaken Paraguay to a sense of the importance of abstaining from contracting obligations which it will be impossible for her to fulhl without the concurrence of the republic, 700 miles of whose territory must be traversed before any other direct intercourse can be effected with other nations. TEDIES.—By the official returns published by the Customs, the exports of the precious metals to foreign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday last were as under : ox. Silver coin to Rotterdam Silver coin to Calcutta 39,750 Silver coin to Hamburgh 5OO Silver coin to Hongkong and Macao 213,647 Silver bars to Calcutta 25,208 The Buenos Ayres papers of the 16th of July, re ceived in the City, allude to the escape of the Revis tera squadron, seen off Martin Garcia, out of the reach of Admiral Brown, whose flag-ship had got aground, and prevented his proceeding. The three vessels, it was expected, would take an uninterrupted course to the Parana, and there co-operate with the troops on its banks. The British Packet gives the particulars of the interview of the new Brazilian envoy with Rosas, who had received that delegate with the honour necessarily due to his character a nd station. A slight r eac ti on in the quotation of the Exchange would lead to the supposition that business was not so brisk as it had been ; the last quotation was 3d. per paper dollar. There were 61 vessels in portlat the latest date. The same arrival has brought a financial document of some intere3t, being a "general statement of the operations of the public stocks frOm their commence ment on the Ist of January, 1822, to the end of June, 1842 ; together with a cash account from the Ist of April to the 30th of June of the present year." From this it appears that the whole debt created in that period was $2,000,000 in 4per cent., and V 2,360,000 in 6 per cent. stock; that of this amount there has been - redeemed, or otherwise put out of circulation, about $750,000 of the 4 per cent., and $22,000,000 of 6 per cent. stock ' • and. that the whole remainin g debt of the Republic amounts, consequently, to $1,250,000 4 per cents., and $30,360,000 6 per . cent.% It further appears, from the " cash" account, that the amount received from the Customs, 'to pa^ in terest and sinking fund, for April, May, and ,June, was abeut $940,000 ; that about $460,000 was em ployed in redeeming stock for th a t quar t er, an d that there was an available balance, to be employed in July, for about $580,000 for interest, and $156,000 for sinking fund. This document presenting a satis factory account, beyond all question, of the financial situation of Buenos Ayres, leads naturally to the kiquiry, whether, the debt to this country has been wholly laid aside and forgotten. It was originally, we believe, only 1,000,0001. sterling, and negotiated by the house of Baring at the fair market price of the time, and the amount of counte duly remitted ; yet no interest has been paid since 1827, and the matter is as little asubject of discussion in th e Cit y as if no intention existed of preferring any claim for payment. As the States of Mexico, Colombia, and Chili, if not doing all that they ought to do, are making some effort, at least, for the satisfaction of British claims, founded on advances instrumental mainly to the establishment of their ; independence, the supineness of the creditors of Buenos Ayres, supported, as they would be, by the powerful firm who negotiated the ion, is most extraordinary. This document, his to be hoped, will put them into some, action, The project, currently announced by advertise ments in the public journals, for raising the treasure beloughw to the French em i gran t s , suppose d to h ave been sunk in the Telemaque, off Quillebceuf, in 1790, naturally raises the very significant inquiry, made by more than one correspondent, how it happens that the French people, who have the most interest in the result, quietly suffer so large a profit as that held out to be reaped by the English ? As the answer to such an inquiry is by no means an easy matter, people begin to assume, as at least possible, that the real object may be that of relieving the parties who origi nate it from the expense incurred in various pam phlets and advertisements, and other matters con nected with the affair, amounting, as has been stated, to about 3,6001., by a dip into the pocket of honest and confiding John Bull. A n appea l to the public for raising a joint-stock capital is always to be looked at with suspicion when the sum is so small as to be within the reach of any private capitalist from his own resources, It seldom happens in such a case that decidedly good things are offered to the public, and we quite concur, therefore, itt.tlle suspicion ex pressed with regard to the Telamaque, French treasure-ship," SUN,The market closed with more firmness than yesterday, although prices remained nearly the same. The jobbers have now taken so large an amount of stock, in order to protect themselves from the chance of A fall, that any sales, however trifling, are almost certain to cause a depression, and until the pay ment of the October dividends it may safely be con tludod that they will remain without material altera tion. Consols left off at 92i 921 for Money, and 93 sellers for the Account. India Stock, 949 251 ; Ex chequer Bills Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 . . 51 premium. The prices of ' Foreign Securities were better-- Belgian, 102 103: Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. , 52* 52i; the Five per Cents., 102* 102 i ; Danish, 83 84 ;, and Brazilian, 671 681, The bona fide dealers in Mexican bonds have not altered their quo tations for business, which were to purchase at 35 and sell at 351. The chief variations in the Share Markut were a decline in Birmingham and Gloucester, and a decided improvement in Brighton, the lattol"geing 33 331 and the former 40 42; London ttn.',3.lliiriningliant 181 183; Great Western, 89 8 9 , ; the Half Shares, 591 60; South Western, 1 : ' 58i ; North Midland , 56 58 ; the New 8/litres, 27i 28i; South Eastern and Dover, 211 22 ; Eastern Counties, 81 iq ; Northern and Eastern, 35 36 ; and Blackwall, 61 7 per share. Very few bargains were made in the Bonds, the quotations for which were nominally—Colombian, 20i 21 • Peruvian, 15 16; Portugue 3 e Five per Cents. , 35i ,351 ; the Three per Cents. , 21 21 i ; Sp an i s h Five per Cents., 16 1 16 1; the Three per C en t s., 21* 211. u d o u tl r li i t n ig , the politi ca l l y twelve cally t o Intelligence to the 17 th July has been received thfroenalcßcouuellittos w Buenos lAyres.iieliiavlc t adds arrived months ; the Buenos Ayreans, profeslang themselves to be highly enraged with the inhabitants Video, and the latter, if it b e poss ib le, of M on t e embit tered against the former. Were the more papers alone to be consulted, some e several news m n ight be made of th e position le amusing ex t rac t s of affairs but mercantile l e tt ers represent at present, most flourishing condition. Thesematters to be in a between the two countries, each petty squabbles their aggrandisement, lead each carr i e d on f or to no result as far as themselves are conc e each run away as the rned; inasmuch as they like an oppositi other may show any thing; but in this unsettled state our interests are s uffering materially. Not only are they largely indeb ted for former advances, and for which no return in the shape either of principal or interest has yet been made, but the prospects of the countries mainly rest upon British commerce, which is now sorely crippled in its extension, as well u proving a gretit loss to merchants, from the want of power ' to close former operations by these intestine outbreaks. It would appear to be the aim of both these provinces to obtain exclusive possession of the Rio de la Plata, and to prevent it being navigated, lest the Power which might do so should perchance assist either one or the other of the belligerents. As long as Francia existed as Dictator of Paraguay, so long its inhabi tants dared not exercise free commercial transactions ; but since his death, every disposition to change the late despotic Government has been shown, and a de sire to open a trade .with foreign nations, especially with the English. This can be carried on sucee3s fully but by the •internal navigation through the various branches of the river Plate, and Rtsas i. stated to be exceedingly jealous in allowing vessels to pass Buenos Ayres, and to proceed up that st.•eam. Thus it would appear that these two cities, which, with the whole of their land and sea forces, could be annihilated by a small squadron of British vessels if war, are permitted to close a large portion of the in terior a:ot, o ci f ‘3,vh t iti l iasi l lc e artl South American continent against us. It would seem to argue a great remissness that a ter into mination ee l. , : am e r iL a p lneg u t t eeme to em:itg i li e nt s s e bne d ort isr obetece t . e n s w , en o tf r er , roed a n t any i injury by them. EXTENSIVE FORGERY. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPT. 20.—The case of ex tensive forgery upon the Branch Bank of England in this town, to which we have already adverted, came on for hearing at the police -court to-day, before Mr Rushton, stipendiary Magistrate, and Mr. Houghton, one of the members of the Town -council. The indi vidual charged with the offence is a young man who has scarcely attained his twentieth year, an d i s most respectably connected. His name is Devaines Barnsley. Ile was defended by Mr. Myers. The case for the Bank, and'on the part of the proiecution,, was conducted by Mr. Robinson, and excited thy attention of a very crowded Court, which numbered. among its occupiers several of our principal chants. The prisoner was charged with the comr„i s ., sion of two forgeries. The first consisted of ktheck, dated the 10th of September, for 2441. 3s. 5 a., which purported to have been signed by Messrs. Corrie and Co. cotton-brokers, of this town ; and the second con sisted also of a check, dated the 13th of September, for 8471. Gs. 10d., which purported to have been. signed by the same parties. - The first witness called was Mr. W. D. llaggar, the teller at the Branch Bank of England., situate in Hanover-street, in this town, who gave evidence as to the cashing of the cheque. John Cooper, who was employed by the prisoner to get the cheque cashed, identified the cheque, which he said he knew by a mark it contained or, - the signa ture, and said it had been cashed by Mr. Haggar, the former witness.. Mr. John M. Corrie, one of the London partners, was next called, and said, the cheque for the 2441. was not in his handwriting, neither did it hear his signature, but it had a wry strong resemblance to the signature of a Mr. Bernard, who had been a member of the firm in the beginning of the present year. Mr. Frederick Bernard stated, that his partnership with the firm bad been dissolved upon the 30th of last April, and that the signature to the cheque resembled, but was not his own signature. Mr. John Gray deposed, that he was a cotton-bro ker, and that the prisoner had been in his office for a year and three quarters. The body of, as well as the signature to the check for the 2441. was in the pri soner's handwriting. Witness searched the prisoner's drawer on Wednesday morninghtst, and found a num ber of papers in his portti4iO, on some' of which the name of " Corrie and Co." was written by him seve ral times ; so also were a number of figures, and among the rest, the figures " 244/. 3s. 5d.," the exact amount of the check, as though he had been repeat edly endeavouring to imitate the handwriting of Mr. Bernard. Witness had been in the habit of keepin g his cheque-book in a drawer in his office, which is sometimes locked and sometimes open, and two cheques had been missing therefrom, the numbers of - which correspond exactly with those on the 244/. and the 847/. ones already produced. Mr. William Baird deposed, that he was a superin ten4ent of police in Montgotneryshire, anti that he ap prehended the prisoner on the night of Sunday, the 18th inst., at Aberystwith. Upon searching him lot found 1001. in 10/. and 5/. Bank of England motes, 91. 10s. in gold, and 4s. l Id. in silver and copper. He also found some memorandums upon him, wine]) con tained entries of receipts of money from varie-os par ties, and also some blank cheques were discov ere d i n hi s pocketbook. _ _ The case, as regarded the cheque fe:r the 2441. hav ing here closed, some evidence was given with respect to the forgery of the larger elnek, and the forgery proved. _ Mr, Myers admitted ilia the case appeared ex tremely arcing against the unfortunate prisoner, and that he hail felt it useless to cross-examine the wit nesses ; but lie earnestly hoped that the Beneb would admit the prisOner to bail, the more particularly as he was very respectably connected. ltusuTort said, he was aware of his respecta bility, but that respectability was far ever gone when a man stood under such circumgiances in the dock. lie might be willing to admit him to bail, it the case presented any features to entitle him to commisera tion ; but when the contrary was the tact, and when it was a direct forgery, and an attempt to entrap lads of a tender age into crimes of a serious character, no bail could be taken. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial at the nut assizes. ALARMING FIRE AT WHITBREAD'S BREWER T ._ This morning, shortly after one o'clock, a fire broke out in the above , brewery, which for some ti me threatened the most serious consequences. It appears. that the firm has long been in the habit of manufac., turing their own gas for consumption on the pre, wises, and the apparatus for the purpose is situate. at the southern entrance, in Chiswell-street. At the hour above-named one of the watchmen on duty ob served a strong glare of light through the windows of the building containing the gasometer, and before an alarm could be given, the whole of the place was in flames. The private engines of the establishment, were got out, and messengers dispatched to the vari ous brigade stations. Mr. 13raidwood, with the Wat ling-street engine, and those from Jeffreys -square and Farringdon-street, as well as the West of England, were soon on the spot, and a supply of water being obtained, the ravages of the fire were most fortunately confined to the building in which it originated. The supposed cause of the accident is, that the gasometer was overcharged, but how the ignitem took place re mains a mystery. Th e cooperage is closely adjoin. ing the gas-works, and had not the flames been cor.- fined to the latter building, the whole .premises worald most probably have been destroyed. Although all danger was at an end before two o'clock, it was found impossible to extinguish the gas, and the reflection of the blaze might be occasionally seen from ull parts of the City. 1 ANOTIIER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES. —lnff,,rmation was yesterday received at Bow-street, that," on the afternoon of Thursday last, there w: ,y stolen from the person of a gentleman, in the streetsoof Edinburgh, a yellow morocco pocket-book, a bout` s i, i i ) n o c t hes ezeboynsiszlg o three, containing tat‘ilnvintrtl2iews.uonnieoff,o4r24/. 101_, int,tr.votnfkor 5/., and 0 4 for 1/., of Sir William 1 ort2s r.nd Co. an li d at ; ik aiss° of bankers. Edinburgh; also one for 100 Z,, two for 20/., in florins one for I vi., one for 404 and one for 20/., which had been cut in two, and pinned together, and very dirty; and one for 101. of th Ro f ia r l Gltilera.ria:miknaallor;o:Sniacdtnoh,teoluage, by two for 101., and two English v il e l ir t : h ! sip t ss ec i : o rities, or in T flo i r E i tils i i n n on g e lt 3 t n, d' ex Messrs. Rothschild, dated "Vienna, 1839 , ,i an th l e " G s and wo r th . about 70/. • a money bill in florins money, l l :r i e l s ce sed wise in expressed i language, upon Messrs. Rothschild, au .d of t val ue of about 37/. 10s.; and two - , --.... curb. No description of the thieves Baden Go- Money, expressed In the German language, and of the value of about; begivsenl., lo lAaqua , WELLESLEY.— their 'apprehension. We regret to learn that a reward o f 5 01 . has been oifered f or can the above distinguished from severe indisposition at Kingston IluonoNseve. Nobleman is suffering is 1 abouring from its debilitating venerable efie Ma rquis ts_ n w ain ' m ei , y l , a a t u 11 fro m a.diarrhcetic attack, and non week, very o l f t t is m s fir o liy f e 1 connectionsitsltsi. t,m,lainedh heitisUrosrdsosmhipe,suneexasteinnseissvet6o,,ctiee Marquis, and we are abl e does trot d n i o ff t k agr t e o he f n o d resec Dr. Chalmers is in attendance on the : N i s i:t en th: l : e g w e n i _ a t: r i g e u ma v a s any immediate danger % a:though advanced age is taken into consideration. Rumours het to say of rather an lilanning nature were in circulation last evening at the western part of the metropolis ; but the above authentic information sufficiently proves their exaggeration. The Marchioness Wellesley COW" to WWl' to-day. A CROWNED HEAn.—Among the incidents which served to break the monotony, and divert the attention c w t of the crowd, when her gracio us M a j esty visitr 4 Stirling, was the following :—A p oor i nsane creatr known l ir running about i n a rA t and tartan trousers, with a n immense crown cc* great 'Stirlin created Stirling by by , laughterby the n ame o f " Daft P a made of painted tin upon his head. li e ran h i ther arid to the great diversion of the crowd butt ; intended as a burlesque upon Roy a lty, con stables, thinking, perhaps, that his ainted P ln-own was theehitherbe removed from his head. Lan cashire turn -outs came to Slaithw,aitc,e.`coafuts:dem_itaeto. A POSER FOR TILE TURN - OUTS.-1 3 .1man the se costed an old fellow thus—" Ine er ss.w s i ck a soft set as you are here, you dare do nought." " Soft 1" replied he, " nay. We have just cut one of your set his head off, and given it into his hand to take houuawith him"— Correspondent of the Liverpool Courier.