The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-15 00:00:00

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WRSTMINSTER REVIEW, No. XLII. Simphin and Marshall, London, 1834. the be sett i ng sin of this number is want of interest. ther e ir is no l ack of information or sagacity, but they e a cold, dry, repelling character. We miss the ree , ful learning the occasi ona l fi ne p l a y o f w it an d ti 7 - --the su b t l e cr i ticism—the historical portraiture— toe.esse--the spirit—and the variety—that delight us b , lll the Edi n b urgh and Quarterly Reviews. In the estininster—as regards the present number at least is formal and pedantic, and lifeless as the dry leaves 41 autumn. We have r ea d it w ith some atten tru, but can scarcely fi n d one art i c l e , w h ose mo d e o f 15:talent is lik e l y to render it popular. The best, n al 3 s is th e " Di amond District in Brazil, " though si tgliiiise,vdoeussly in ps pite the stores o f i n f orma ti on it contains, point of dullness and prolixity. ject 4 rabie M anuscripts in Spain, " which, from its sub eo_, should h ave teemed with interest, comprises but the Passage worth remem b er i ng, v i z., a d escr i pt i on o f scurial Library. We subjoin it accordingly the hil when he completed the magnificent edifice of th e ps.curial, ordered a library to be collected for . the use . of t r 4 the who were to inhabit that dull and giganti . cmansion; spacegoeinUmber and quality of the works collected in the short of th e ti t wo years, did not disgrace the grandeur of . the rest Pet tse _ealgn• Philiphis successor, spared neither ex sersuor trouble in of the literary treasures that were all ovrraer the Peninsula, and conveying them to the At a lat er per i o d , i n 1611, some Spanish vessels It h ; g, nI the S ea of Barbary, attacked near Salle two vessels k te i e e e n were effe c t s b e l ong i ng to Muley 'Leiden, Emperor of '444 t i l ! and sotne chests containing three thousand volumes, tet te , Is Prince, extremely fond of literature and worthy of Zeid: u aYs, had caused to be bought in the East. Muley fo r th l e l felt excessively this loss, and offered to redeem them . e v'ete 4t st lin uf seventy thousand gold ducats ; and the . Ki . ng !ho e , ; 1 1 , , 0 11 condition that he would give up all the Christian i t •" Qis dominions, to which the Moor agreed ; so that, kt era ll ?Cbeen for the civil war which at that time agitated . We l k t i re, his nephew Muley Sheikh having rebelled, Spain Yef erth a ''e been for ever deprived of these literary treasures. tbe4:oately the greatest part of these volumes perished in aSttl; w hich consumed part of the Escurial in the year 1671. 4 te ke e remains which have been preserved from that calamity,. it iv ehn sufficient to class its library among the richest, ta le mo • 4 , 1 ,„ st extensive, in the world. 14 f ine library of the Escurial is divided into three parts ; Icrfer Library, the Upper Library, and the Manuscript Itt rse k The principal one, which is the Lower, consists of usok one of which is 197 feet long and 32 wide. The lt i soiCles are magnificent, and composed of the choicest ( „laioo o T he number of volumes which they contain are nek',, ai llong which there are about 700 Spanish, Latin, and 74,07anliseripts. Among this number are to . be seen q neks written in the seventh and eight centuries ; there ,Oat th famous made at the be(rinning of the fourteenth century, , k i„ book called :la Historia del ConclF Ferran " 4 id i • - ` l. one of the oldest monuments of Spanish literature, I ,hey e l a history of Spain from the invasion of the G . oths , to 'eti 8 4 '2 67 - Another book of the poems of a Rabbi called "gt t ' q b t°S Carrion, and a great number of old chroniclFs . ; Nt t o —e re is not a printed catalogue of the books, it isdifh- Lktipi.. es tnuate the value of the whole. The Upper Library „lit ie . ; ti le, same number of rooms as the lower one, and was ;hi t : r a , years after the principal one, when it was perd elllerai d a t it would not hold all the books. The number an 4114 ' the 0 - t e h s e e r lption of its contents are nearly the same as those bib ie ker s The books which are generally shown to visit th ese t wo lib rar i es , are some old MS. If ; ticlll Y painted and illuminated." 'we reme m b er r i ght l y, M r. B ec kf or d i n hi s delight 6°iunle of Trav e l s thr o u g h Spain and Portugal, be C ve . 4 an account of a visit to the Escurial, in which th e In part f oresta ll e d t h e i n f ormat i on conta i ne d i n tio: L e °v e Passa ge . I n t h e " Hi s t or y o f th e Revolu the 1688 ," the Reviewer strives hard to depreciate titr e e t ,, -4ra cter of Ki ng Willi a m. He even goes the potiop- l ength—s o b en t i s he on being original in his 4sil„° l saying, " the character of William is more k eee ' u nderst oo d t h an t h at o f J ames, for it is of a far Nil: 4l4l ° l 'Y des cr ipti on ," by which, we presume, he ieo indirectly imply that the bigotted Catholic was he i t : f l l ess capacity than the tolerant Protestant. tpi h i o vie wer will fi n d few to agree with him in this tare, 6 4 ' w hich, we suspec t, h e wou ld never h a v e y e n- Willi a . :Put forth, had he read Defoe's character of hett er % au whom no man knew that able Monarch o ften er o, w t it td h the exception of his Ministers, was to his presence. The author of the wi tikeci e Bori c Englishman" was not one to be hood ke w or Carri e d away b y hi s pre j u di ces or par ti a liti es . Putsni a t s a s tern, uncompromising lover of truth, in the 4 lter t : an d exposition of which he rendered himself I llth b atel Y the id o l an d th e a bh orrence o f th e kii l 4 - ; Naturally cool, sagacious, and intrepid ; his th e e disciplined by adversity, enlarged by travel, and th: li d st ant habit of mixing himself up with the topics 13 t44„" a Y , Defo e w as, of all men of his age, the one eh ‘Led to sit in judgment on such a complex character ttt lea - : of William. We do not remember the exact 6 p , 11 which he delineates this Monarch, but its t heNr s i r s essentially at variance with that displayed by lief orb, es tminster Reviewer. " Second Session of the >githed House" speaks of the Repeal of the Union tlik earnestness and gravity that are less edifying l Udicr ous. Under no possible circumstances that I „ i lat e : l l + illia gine, can Ireland regain her domestic Par itC,excePt to the utter ruin of the empire. " New litCustralian Colony" is unfavourable to the pro ithe r a e has been lately set afloat on this subject. l ' e llgti a l ele is a useful one, though of most intolerable ).(1 4c4 c ` Influence of the Press" is a seasonable, last 1,„1 - the ast n - -I-fly to some absurd suggestions put forth Ply but one of Blackwood's Magazine. 4.4 I)R TTE PLTBLIQUE ET DES FINANCES , h. 1)E 4 4 MONARCHIE ESPAGAOLE ktli t l a ' , R A. BORREGO. PARIS, 1834. 11 %kbi" Work has ma d e it s a pp earance at a most sea :e juncture at a time, in fact, when every person he t i 14t erested in the affairs of Spain is looking for 11\v';tiliotene anxiety to their definitive settlement. o g° , the a ohor of the above brochure, seems NI) a~ta'4 We ll skilled in fi',73ancial matters, and his little Ighilie: contains much usei9 information upon the kttik iii and present state of Spain. It is most truly a eu g ela mple of th e e ff ec t s o f misrelep that a coun 41tIsb4'ed with th e r i c h es t gifts of natuite, whose ri r4 a g forth in abundance both corn and wine--- j i tl - . e rs are b roa d an d nav i ga bl e — an d whose Yield th e use f u l meta l s t o t h e enterprizing I, ° ah e t a digs for them, should be so degraded and t h e 41% s Spain has been. M. Borrego probes I tpi r , 8 ' and they are all financial, which have thus k to lo wer hi s country i n t h e sca l e o f E uro . 44 att e: l—te lls ; and differs in Coto from the soi-disan t 11qt t° tbell who tend that a great debt is a great be -1)11 To o a ra elun tr; He refers all the woes of Spain, di an physical, to the extravagance of her the fo o li s h l eg i s l at i on w hi c h , soon a f ter t h e ; 114 4 1 . 1 7: f America, struck a blow at her trade and : e t've ',, i " r° flt the effects of which she has not yet Zect tut,l ow as Spain has b een , a b r i g h ter pro - Z'4ile:eetllls at to be opening before her, and it is to be our — a wise and lib era l Government will en oa j o e t s l t: i re public confidence, that great im -4 h er ea prosp er ity, a nd thus enable her to ,k'or,gagernents and redeem her honour. H t e I,4lakeites east ar e Still great, and when she has comp l e t e ly ai i °4‘ the nightmare which has sat so long upon W, must e will re- awa k en t o new lif e . I n eonclu.. I les e ol will this book of financial statis -4t tb e all who are interested in the welfare of Spain ; 1 /4 cO t i, i aT tle time remarking, that many of our own t on would do well to give it their serious ali d, by bearing in mind the fate of another earn wisdom regarding their own. 1 , Th e A oYer rintent has furnished an hotel for b the ur 'Z%ll,:lbassador in the Rue St. Dominique Faux . o g eit which his Excellency has taken possession.— , \ %O 414134 / 1) . ,,, „ kir UNIVERSITY, °C T ' 13 ' 7-I : HE Ph• Physic; Qeldart-e:%-;,rha.ncellor, Dr. Graham, Chr i st's, Divinity; mnity-nall, Law ; Dr. Hariland, John:s 14441)h er SiVorqs,al:oll2:Qeen's, Senior Non-Regent.; M r. Trinity, Senior Relent. NEW POOR LAW BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, The NevvPoorLaw seems to be strangely misconstrued by the Metropolitan Police Magistrates, if the newspaper reports are at all to be depended on ; and I can assure you, from what I have myself seen and heard, that the unpaid Justices of the country are not behind their salaried brethren of the town in similar misunderstandings. In particular, it appears to be almost universally consi• dered by them, that the power of Magistrates to order relief to paupers is altogether taken away, and that however pi tiable the pauper's distress, and however culpable the ne glect of the Overseer to relieve, no Justice has power to interfere with the determination of the parish authorities. This, however, is far from the fact, and as it is desirable that a misconception so pregnant with danger and suffering to the poor, and so likely to bring the new law into un merited odium, should be corrected, perhaps you will allow meto point out briefly in your columns to what extent the power of Magistrates in ordering relief has been taken away by the Act, and to what extent it is still left in their hands. The 53d and 54th sections are the only parts of the New Act which limit the power of Justices in ordering relief. The 54th section, which declares it unlawful " for any Jus tice or Justices to order relief, &c." applies only to such parishes as are " under the government and control of any guardians of the poor, or select vestry," and leaves un touched the jurisdiction of Magistrates over the great mass of parishes, forming five-sevenths of the entire number in the country, which are not managed under any local act, nor by a select vestry. The 53d section limits this jurisdiction to a certain ex tent by repealing the 36th, 55th, and 59th Geo. 111. (by which Justices were empowered to order relief for indefi nite periods to paupers at their own homes), but leaves in full force all preceding acts, in particular the 3d and 4th William and Mary, c. 11, and the 9th Geo. 1., c. 7. By the first of these acts one Justice is empowered to order relief to any pauper. By the second, this power is limited to an order of relief in the workhouse, where a parish possesses one. But where a parish has no workhouse fit for the reception and decent accommodation of the pauper (of which fitness the Justices are made the judges under the 22d Geo. II.) the order of a Justice can compel out-door relief. Even in unions and parishes governed by select vestries, or under local acts by boards of guardians, Justices are empowered to order relief "in articles of ne cessity to poor persons, not settled nor usually residing in the parish " (casual poor), by Sect. 53 ; and likewise to order out-door relief in unions to infirm persons certified to be incapable of work, by Sect. 27. It is thus apparent that Magistrates still possess very considerable authority in ordering relief to deserving objects, and in controlling the parish officers when they show an inclination to save their own funds at the expense of humanity and justice. Some overseers appear to imagine that they are inter dicted by the Act from relieving paupers with money in cases of emergency by Sect. 54. But the limitation con veyed in the words " not in money " in that section is clearly confined in its application to the relief which the overseer is " required " to give in such cases, (of course under pain of indictment for a misdemeanour), and does not extend to that relief which, in the preceding part of the same paragraph he is permitted to give at his discretion without consulting the Board of Guardians. Take, as an illustrative example, the case of Emma Passau, reported lately in the newspapers. She had slept a night in St. George's parish, and was, therefore, chargeable to that parish as a casual paup er , b o th un d er the old law and the new. The overseer was bound by the late Act to afford her relief ‘' in articles of absolute necessity," her's being a case " of sudden and urgent necessity ;" and for neglecting to do so he was liable to be indicted as a misdemenant, and, had the woman died of want, as a murderer. Upon his refusal to relieve her, Mr. Conant might have made an order upon him, and fined him in 51. if he neglected in stantly to obey it. But if the overseer had chosen to re- Here her spontaneously, (as in truth it was his bounden duty to do), lie might have done so, even in money, with out the leave of the Board of Guardians of his parish, under the 54th clause. The only other misconstruction of the Act which I will at present notice, is that most absurd one attributed by the police reports to Mr. Ballantine, viz., that all orders of affiliation extant at the time of passing of the late Act, are void, because the word. "only" is not introduced into the clause which repeals the old bastardy laws "so far as respects children born bastards after the passing of the Act." The introduction of the word ". only," would have accorded with the usual pleonastic phraseology of Acts of Parlia ment, but is wholly unnecessary to give full effect to the intended meaning of the passage. If it were asserted that Mr. Ballantine, by this quibble, had lost his character " so far as respects sagacity and legal discern ment," the assertion would still leave his character un touched in all other respects, notwithstanding the omission of the word " only," in the qualifying phrase employed to designate the extent of his loss. The outstanding claim of tile various parishes through the country upon the fathers of bastards affiliated before August last, must amount to a very vast sum in the aggregate, and it would be indeed la mentable if a debt of such magnitude were to be extin guished by such a miserable verbal fallacy as that to which Mr. Ballantine is reported to have lent his authority. I am, Sir, your very obedient Servant, JUSTITIA. MIDDLESEX GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS and a Bench of Magistrates.) Robert Smith was indicted for stealing a horse-cloth, value 55., the property of Mrs. Sarah Waters., The prisoner, upon being apprehended, at once admitted the robbery, and stated that he did it for the purpose of get ting transported. The prisoner upon being called upon for his defence stated, that at the time he committed the offence misfortunes had borne so heavy upon him that he thought it would be better for him to go into another country, than remain in one where nothing but misery and destitution awaited him. He had for merly carried on a respectable business in the oil and grocery trade ; but misfortunes overtook him, and he was obliged to abandon it. The prisoner, who appeared in the dock without his coat, stated that he had been obliged to sell that article, as well as his hat, to procure sustenance. He expressed great sorrow for what he had done, and trusted the Court would be lenient towards him. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS, under the hope that the contrition he had expressed was sincere, and that in future he would en deavour to lead an honest life, would pass a lenient sentence. The judgment of the Court was, that the prisoner should be imprisoned six months in the House of Correction ; one week of that period to be spent in solitary confinement. Daniel Ross, a young urchin, fifteen years of age, was con victed of stealing a silk handkerchief, value four shillings, the property of Ann Yates, and sentenced to be imprisoned one week, and once well whipped. Mary Robinson was indicted for stealing on Sunday se'en night a sovereign, the property of her master, Mr. James Evans of the Swan, Knightsbridge. From the evidence of the, sister of the prosecutor it appeared that on the day in question there were three sovereigns, and four half-sovereigns, in the till. The prosecutor, on missing a sovereign, taxed the pri soner with the robbery, who . for some time denied it, but ulti nlately admitted it. Other persons besides the prisoner could have access to the till. Policeman B 55, stated that on taking the prisoner to the station-house she admitted she had taken other things, but denied purloining the sovereign. She said she could not think what possessed her to take the things, as she had a good roaster and mistress. On arriving at the station-house, she 'sdmitted taking the sovereign, but not the other things. The prisoner in her defence stated that she confessed to her master that she had taken the sovereign, previous to the po liceman being sent for. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character for honesty. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recom mended her to mercy (in which recommendation the prose cutor joined) on account of her previous good character. The COURT sentenced her to six months imprisonment, three weeks to be spent in solitary confinement. Wm. Hutchins, a respectable looking young man, was in dicted for stealing eight stoves and two ranges, the property of Mary Price. Mary Price stated that on leaving a house in Tottenham court-road, she was indebted to her landlord a twelve months rent and employed the prisoner to arrange matters with Mr. Dawson, the solicitor, giving him liberty to state to the land lord that she would leave the fixtures in part payment of the rent. The prisoner having had the key to give up on the fol lowing Thursday, called and informed the prosecutrix that he had delivered the keys to Mr. Dawson, who would see the landlord, and endeavour to get him to take the stoves and fix tures. In the meantime the prisoner had removed the fixtures, having no authority from her to do so. On cross-examination witness believed that the prisoner was in great distress, and had a family of four children. Mr. Sanderson, an ironmonger in Somers-town, stated that on Thursday the 19th Sept., the prisoner came to him, and stated that he had a house of stoves to dispose of for a relation of his. Witness declined buying them, as they were so old fashioned, but consented ultimately to purchase them for old iron. The next day the prisoner brought the stoves, and sold them to him for old iron for the sum of 11. 3s. The CHAIRMAN inquired of Mr. Price whether the prisoner was any relation of her's? Mrs. Price said he was not, but she had heard that he was a 19th cousin to her husband.—( Laughter.) The prisoner said nothing. in his d e f ence . Mr. Blacktnore, the solicitor in whose employ the prisoner had been for some time as a clerk, gave him a most excellent character, and stated that he could only attribute the present offence to the great distress he was suffering. If the prisoner was at liberty he should have no objection to employ him again and entrust him with the receipt of large sums, as he ':gad previously done. • . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly reconi mer.ided him to mercy. The Conroy sentenced him to three days imprisonment. Tho prisoner has already AlT,ffered one month. T:itt StN, LONDON, WEDNEShAy, OCTOBER 1 .1E; FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, OCT. 13, 1834. The King has been p'eased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Bristol, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Doctor Robert Grey, late Bishop thereof; and his Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter Joseph Allen, Clerk, Doctor in Divinity, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 14. 31st Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes, K. C. 8., from the 78th Regiment, to be Colone% vice General Sir Henry Warde, deceased, Oct. 10. 78th Foot—Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, K. C. B. from the 96th Regiment of Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes, appointed to the command of the 31st Regiment of Foot, Oct. 10. 96th Foot—Major-General William Thorntcn to be Colonel, vice Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, appointed to the command of the 78th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 10. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM HENRY JUDD, draper, Bath. JOHN BENTLEY, silk-warehouseman, Cheapside. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM REDHEAD, Jun., ship-broker, Lime-street, to surrender Oct. 21, at ten, and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Goldsmid, Basinghall-street, official assignee. PETER WOOTTON, grocer, Birchington, Kent, Oct. 21, at one, and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee ; Goddard, Wood-street, Uheapside. JOHN HARDISTY and WILLIAM BECK, druggists, Li verpool, Oct. 28, and Nov. '25, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London; Atkinson, Liverpool. THOMAS MEREDITH, maltster, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Oct. 31, and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Sellwood, Horncastle, Dyneley, Coverdale and Lee, Gray's Inn. THOMAS HOLDSWORTH, wheelwright, Leeds, Oct. 21 and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. Payne and Eddison, Leeds ; Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury square._ SARAH MANN, widow, grocer, Norwich, Oct. 29, and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Rackham and Morse, Norwich ; Ling and Harrison, Bloomsbury-square, London. JOHN BELLAMY, apothecary, Ross, Herefordshire, Nov. 11 and 25, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Ross. Smith, Son, and Merriman, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square; Hall, Ross. FR AN CIS HENRY MA IR, beer-brewer, King's Lynn, county of Norfolk, Oct. 29, and Nov. 25, at twelve, at the offices of Messrs. Beckwith and Dye, Norwich. Clarke and Medcalfe, Lin coln's Inn-fields • Beckwith and Dye, Norwich. GEORGE REED, corn-merchant, Bristol, Oct. 23, and Nov. 25, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whit more, Bedford-row ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. JAMES MITCHELL, cotton-spinner, Sowerby, Halifax, Oct. 31, and Nov. 25, at ten, at the Magistrates'-office, Halifax. Stansfeld and Craven, Halifax ; Vv'iglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's Inn-square, London. JOHNIODGKINS, brush-manufacturer, Liverpool, Oct. 29, and Nov. 25, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Holden and Galloway, Hull. DIVIDENDS. T. Turkington and T. Winlaw, tin-plate-workers, Leeds, York shire, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court-House, Leeds. E. Gray, nail-factor, Harborne, Staffordshire, Nov. 13, at twelve, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. F. Metford, mealman, Bath, Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Christo pher Inn, Bath. J. Ingle, tanner, Beverley, Yorkshire, Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. H. Milledge, carpenter, Milton-street, Dorset-square, Maryle bone, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Bennett, draper, 'Worcester, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. E. Watson, merchant, Bucklersbury, London, Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Richards and J. Harwood, Fleet-street, newspaper proprietors, Nov. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. D. L. Cohen, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Pitman, saddler, Park-lane, Piccadilly, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. H. Biddle, carpenter, Grays, Essex, Nov. 5, at half-past ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Wilson, distiller, Hackney, Nov. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Nevett, broker, George-yard, Lombard-street, Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Sutcliffe, shopkeeper, Butterworth-hall, Rochdale, Lancashire, Nov. 5, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. C. M. Wilks, innkeeper, Greetham, Rutland, Nov. 5, at twelve, at the George and Angel Inn, Stamford. R. Roberts, ship-chandler, Liverpool, Nov. 4, at one, at the Clarendon-Rooms, Liverpool. T. M. and J. B. Knight, lodging-house-keeper, Hammersmith, Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Wilson and E. Broadribb, merchants, Mark-lane, London, May 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. F. Miller, victualler, St. Alban's, Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. G. Gerard, merchant, Basinghall-street, Nov. 5, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A. Asseretti, auctioneer, Bridge-street, 'Westminster, Nov. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Machlachlan and D. Macintyre, merchants, Cornhill, Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A. C. Marsh, navy-agent, Great Scotland-yard, Nov. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Bolton and R. Barnes, corn-merchants, Preston, Lancashire, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. J. Ryley, draper, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Nov. 5, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. J. H. Arthur, stationer, Garlick-hill, London, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. F. Woodgate, baker, Tonbridge, Kent, Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Wallis, builder, Fen-Ditton, Cambridge, Nov. 10, at ten, at the Red Lion Inn, Cambridge. J. Hadwen, cotton-spinner, Lockwood, Almondbury, York, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the White Horse Inn, Huddersfield. S. Rucker, merchant, Old South Sea-house, London, Oct. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Thompson, grocer, Sheffield, Nov. 6, at one, as the Town hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES—Nov. 4. R. Back, carman, Gardener's-lane, Upper Thames-street. G. Willson, victualler, Atherstone, Warwickshire. C. M. Burgess, builder, Toxteth-park, Liverpool. T. Dodson, needle-mannfacturer, St. Paul's Church-yard. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. L. Carpenter and J. Tilley, hat-dyers, Union-street, Southwark. J. Gardner and W. Cutting, maltsters, Finningham, Suffolk. G. Armitage and A. Wild, fustian shearers, Manchester. M. Mier and Co., jewellers, Cheltenham. R. Graham and Co., ironmongers, Wapping (as far as regards J. Graham). R. Graham and Co., refiners of metals, Calvert-street, St. George's-in-the-East. It. and T. Robertson, bakers, St. James's-street, Westminster. T. Morgan and J. Tamsett, sail-makers, Mill-lane, Tooley erect, Southwark. It. Halford, W. H. Baldock, 0. Snoulten, jun., and E. Kings. ford, bankers, Canterbury (as far as regards E. Kingsford). J. Reynolds, J. Harding, and S. Baker, drapers, Birmingham (as far as regards J. Harding). J. Jeeves, sen. and jun., and G. Jeeves, brush-manufacturers, Sheffield (as far as regards J. Jeeves, jun. ). J. Squire and F. Maceroni, steam-coach-proprietors, Padding t-m -green. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. CIIRISTOPHER LAW SON, watchmaker, Edinburgh, Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, at two, at Ferguson's Inn, Edinburgh. THE THEATRES. Opera House. The best part of his performance was in the duct " A secret of importance," in which he was well sup ported by Giubilei, who took the character of the Baron. Signor Giubilei made in this character (so far as we know) his first appearance on an English stage. Although a fo reigner from the soft southern climes, his pronunciation of English is correct, and clear and good. Miss Betts played the other daughter of the Baron respectably ; but Mr. Meadows deserves a better mention. In the comparatively insignificant part of Pedro he contrived to keep the house in a roar of laughter, and was comically emphatic in the delivery of his foolish nothings. DRURY-LANE. The " The Road to Ruin," was played here last night, with a good cast of the characters. After the comedy, the drama of " Inkle and Yarico" was performed, but a very con siderable interval having elapsed after the first act, some im patience was manifested on the part of the audience. This was at first quieted by the band performing some favourite pieces of music ; but when the :delay still continued, every bar of music was interrupted with cries of " No, no I" At length the curtain drew up, and Miss Betts, who had just come from Covent-Garden, appeared. The cries of " Olf, off!" and Stage-Manager I" now became very loud ; and, after a little hesitation, which must have been painful to the lady, who still remained on the stage, Mr. Cooper appeared. As soon as silence was obtained, a short, and, se far as the stage-manager was concerned, indiscreet dialogue took place, in which Mr. Cooper, after innocently asking to know the pleasure of the house, and being answered that they complained of bellhg kept waiting so long, said that they com plained of delay, but yet would not allow the piece to proceed. This reply raised a storm of disapprobation ; in the first mo mentary cessation of which the stage-manager prayed for the piece to be allowed to proceed, and he then withdrew. Miss Betts attempted to sing, but in vain. The cries of " Apo logy" were now loud and incessant, and the stage manager again appeared, and then said—what he should have said at first—that " Truth was the best apology, and that, in fact, the first appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Wood at Covent-Garden had delayed the performances there till a later hour than was expected—an accident which, he trusted, would not happen again." This apology was received favourably, and the per formances were then allowed to proceed. Miss Taylor ap peared for the first time as Yarico. COVENT-GARDEN. A very crowded house welcomed Mr. and Mrs Wood last night, on their return from America; the opera chosen for their re-appearance was Rossini's Cenerentola. Mrs. Wood does not seem much changed in her person since we last had the pleasure of seeing her ; she was evidently labouring under indisposition, and her performance was characterised by con siderable languor. The plaintive air, " Once again their charms to try," in her first scene, was but indifferently sung, owing, no doubt, to the excitement caused by seeing herself again amongst her old friends ; but she quite recovered her self in the first scene with the Prince, and sang her part of the duet and the following quintette exquisitely. " With grief no longer bending," in the finale to the opera, was an extra ordinary specimen of musical science and vocal skill. The au dience insisted on having it a second time, and Mrs. Wood, though much exhausted, went through the arduous task without flinching. Mr. IN' ood is improved, both in his looks and in his voice ; he is stouter in person, and the compass of his voice is increased, that is, n o t hi s re gister voi ce , b u t his voce di testa, to which he has frequent recurrence ; it is, fortu nately, of an agreeable quality. The style of this gentleman is, altogether, more finished and musician-like. He was a little confused on first appearing, but speedily recovered him,: • self. He sang the scena beginning " All around is silent," with considerable neatness, and throughout the opera added much to the effect of all the concerted pieces in which he bore a part. Mr. Seguin took the character of Dandini in manner quite equal to What tvaa t , .xpFcted fro him, hat n 4 equal to what it required. In fact, it was totally deficient in that comic humour which has made it so popular at the Italian COURT CIRCULAR. M. De Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, and M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business yester day at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. M. de Bacourt, the French Charge d'Affaires, Sir John Hobhouse, Sir John Newport, Mr. Hume, M. P., aad Mr. Cleghorn, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secretary Rice at the Colonial-office. Viscount Althorp arrived in town yesterday afternoon from a visit to the Duke of Richmond at Goodwood, Sussex. Mr. Secretary Rice visited Lord Auckland yesterday at the Admiralty. . _ The Right Hon. James Abercromby has arrived in town from Northamptonshire. _ Mr. Colquh - oun transacted business yesterday at the Colo nial-office. The Attorney-General transacted business yesterday at the Treasury. Sir John Hobhouse has arrived in town from the North. Sir Robert and Lady Peel took their departure this morning for Calais, in the General Steam Navigation Com pany's packet Lord Melville. The Hon. Miss Bowis, and Mr. Fordyce and family, also left this morning for Rotterdam, in the Company's mail packet London Merchant. The Hon. Colonel Francis Wm. Grant of Grant, M. P. for Morayshire, has come forward in the most handsome manner and taken shares in the Stotfield and Lossiemouth harbour to the extent of 5001., thus showing his desire to en courge public improvements connected with the borough of E lgin. --Aberdeen Observer. A monument to the memory of the late Duke of Sutherland is about to be erected on the summit of Benvragie, a mountain in the parish of Golspie, county of Sutherland. The monument is to be erected by the tenantry on the estate, and will be 75 feet high. —Aberdeen Observer. LORD CLONMEL.—This nobleman, taking into consideration the depression of the times, has, we learn, gene rously and humanely come forward to the relief of his nume rous tenantry, by making a reduction of one-eighth in their rents. Gratifying in very deed is the task to public journalists, of recording such splendid acts of disinterested patriotism and honourable conduct.— Tipperary Free Press. Signor and Madame Garcia gave a grand Concert at the Rotunda on Saturday morning last, assisted by Mr. Sapio, Mr. Conrad Boisragon, and Mr. Lacroix, a pupil of Signor Garcia, in the vocal, and Mr. Bauman and Mr. Pio Cianchittini in the instrumental department. And on this day Bochsa and Mori, with Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, and Mr. Boisragon, gave a concert at the same place. —D üblin Free man's Journal. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A Court of Aldermen was held y esterday at Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor, sixteen Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and City Officers were present. Precepts for the ceremonial and procession on Lord Mayor's Day next were ordered to be issued. The Sheriffs reported the state of the prisons. Several of the French papers state that many of the superior officers of the National Guard feel themselves to have been greatly slighted in not having been included among the numerous visitors invited to Fontainbleau. Mr. Morier has dedicated his new Turkish Ro mance " Ayesha, the Maid of Kars," to the travellers in the East, to whom he observes :—" It has frequently occurred to me that a tale of no common interest might be formed from the adventures of those who have explored the countries in which the scene of the following narrative is laid." Who, in deed, that is at all conversant with Eastern life and manners, but must recognise the truth and beauty of Mr. Morier's de scriptions, as given in this new story, independently of the romantic adventures with which it abounds? " Ayesha " will increase the high reputation of the author of " Zohrab." We copied yesterday from a morning paper, an an nouncement that Mr. Charles Phillips, the celebrated Irish barrister, had been appointed by Lord Brougham to the situ ation of Public Prosecutor, under the Central Court Act, with a salary of 2,0001. per annum. In looking into that Act, we find no mention so much as made of any such office ; and conclude, therefore, that this announcement must at least be premature ; and that neither the office nor the salary can have existence till both have received the sanction of Parliament. Saturday last, when the Morning Star steamer was off St. Andrew's Bay, on her passage from Dundee to New haven, the captain observed a hawk in keen pursuit of a lark ; the passengers watched the movements of the birds with great attention, until the lark finding itself exhausted sought refuge among the passengers. The hawk, determined not to lose its prey, perched itself on the rigging, ready to pounce upon its victim, if it should leave its asylum ; but the captain took the bird under his protection. FIALLEY'S COMET.—Seeing in your paper an extract from a New York paper, stating that Halley's comet was visible in the constellation Taurus, I beg leave to state that that comet will not be visible to this planet previous to August, 1835, and that its nearest approach to the earth will take place on the 6th of October, 1835, when it will be nearly vertical in this latitude, and will be visible in the evening, in the constellation of the Great Bear, never setting for several days.— Correspondent of a Dublin Paper. Hancock's steam-carriage is now undergoing the only test that will satisfy the public of its utility—actual re gular work upon the road. The road taken partakes of every variety of rough and smooth, hill and dale, paving, flint, and metal, with vehicles, horses, and pedestrians of every grade ; through all this he has continued his career daily for the last two months. Mr. Hancock began his experiments in 1826, and his experimental carriage " Infant " was the first steamer that plied for hire on the common roads, in Feb. 1831 ; since then he has built five others. _ At Fareham, on the 3d and 6th instant, the thermo motor rose to the extraordinary height of 123 degrees, at which height the index having reached the bulb, the subse quent increased heat, if any, could not be ascertained. The Frankfort Postanzpt Journal states that a young lady, 20 years of age, residing near Dresden, had been bled to death by the bite of a leech. These animals had been applied to the throat upon medical advice. One of .them having filled upon an artery, the bleeding was so pro fuse,,ald all attempts to stop it so unavailing, that the young lady expired. The number of voters in Herefordshire is 4,970 ; last year it was 4,944. The number in Cambridge town is 1,581 ; last year it was 1,456, and in 1832 it stood 1,499; of this number 70 are freemen, they were in 1832, 79. In Wol verhampton the borough voters are 899. Brecknockshire has 1,898, an increase over last year of 102. In Kidderminster the number of voters is now 361 ; in Rochdale borough, 767. The votes allowed this year in Leeds are only 85 out of 606 ; the total diminution in the borough, from the number last year, is 667. For the borough of Greenwich and its precincts, the number of voters in 1833 was 2,464, in 1834 it is 2,520, show ing an increase of 56 over the last year. Great complaints have existed generally of the neglect of the overseers to pre pare the lists required by the act. There is scarcely a Middlesex or Westminster Session that we do not hear of bills of indictment preferred and found against persons for keeping gambling-houses, but we never hear anything farther about the matter, unless such bills are found when presented by parish authorities. It would bc' a wholesome alteration in the law if means were devised to oblige parties to come into Court, who should not be permitted, by juggle or compromise, to defeat the ends of public justice. If the sums extorted for any given year from individuals, by the threats of common informers, could be ascertained, and made the aggregate amount, it would astound and astonish the public. THE QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.—The dividends on the several portions of the public debt, the transfer books for which have been closed for some weeks past, commenced paying at the Bank of England yesterday morning, and there was a greater pressure to receive the interest among the holders of Stock than is usually the case on the day fixed upon for the first payment. The interest now in course of payment has be come due upon the following Securities :—Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, Bank Stock, Three-and-a-Half per Cent Reduced, Three and a Half per Cent. of 1818, the Four per Cent. (not Reduced), Long Annuities, and Annuities for a term of years, there were also in the course of payment the dividends on South Sea Old Annuities. The transfer books for Bank Stock were re-opened yesterday for public transfers, and the remainder of the transfer books which have been shut for many weeks will open on the following days :—the Reduced Annuities on the 22d instant, for the Three-and-a-Half per Cent, Reduced on the 23d, for the Three-and-a-Half por Cents. of 1818 on the 17th, for the Four per Cents. on the 22d, for the Long Annuities on the 20th, and for Annuities for a term of years on the 23d instant. The transfer book of Old South Sea Annuities re-opens at the South Sea House on the 22d of the present month. POLITICAL PERSECUTIONS IN GERMANY.— The proceedings against the political offenders are carried on with great zeal ; and it is said that some persons, who were far from being suspected, were compromised by the investiga tions, as by the confessions of the prisoners. It is supposed that there are from 2,000 to 3,000 persons at this moment in Germany accused of pretended political offences. Some groan in prison for months, others for years, and all are at last libe rated as innocent. NUMBER OF CHILDREN ABANDONED IN FRANCE,—From official accounts it appears that in the year 1819 the number of children abandoned was 99,346 ; in 1820, 102,103 ; in 1821, 106,000 ; in 1822, 109,000 ; in 1823, 111,000 ; in 1824, 116,749 ; and in 1831, 122,981. During the last-mentioned year the expense of nursing and maintain, ing these children was 8,725,845 francs, about 350,0001. There have been no accounts made up since the year 1831. A cellar belonging to Mr. R. Battley, merchant tailor, south Shields, having been of late much infested with rats, and he being desirous to rid himself of such unwelcome visitors, set a steel spring trap. On looking to it on Friday last, what was his surprise when, instead of finding a rat cap tured, he discovered only its two eyei, left fast to the teeth of the trap ; on the following day a rat was killed in an adjoin ing coal-cellar, minus its organs of sight !—Durham Chro nicle. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, OCT. 12.—The King had returned to Laeken yesterday evening at 8 o'clock. The Chevalier d'Almeide, charge d'affaires of Portugal to our Court, notified to their Majesties the day before yes terday the death of His Imperial Majesty Don Pedro, Duke of Braganza. The Portuguese Legation is in the deepest mourning ; the Hotel of the Legation has been wholly closed since Thursday, when the news was received of the loss which Portugal had just sustained. The Government has received the notification of the Royal Decree, dated the 18th of September last, by which the Queen Regent of Spain declares the coasts of the north of the kingdom in a state of blockade. M. de Lalaing is to set out for Madrid very shortly. It is stated that Messrs. Lalrousse and Bethune have received permission to reside at Brussels. The Marquis of Lansdowne an d su it e arr i ve d a t Brus sels yesterday morning. A letter from Courtray of the 9th says,—" For this last fortnight the English have been running about the coun try,going to the meaner peasants, and buying up all the flax, as soon as it is dressed ; then come the French, among whom the crop has almost wholly failed. I fear for our poor pea sants ; if this goes on for a few week s , th e y w ill h ave no flax to weave, which is their only resource for a whole winter. The following resolutions, relative to the recruiting of the army, has just been issued from the War Office : " LEOPOLD, &c. " Considering that in the situation in which the country now is, the men belonging to the National Militia, who have com pleted their five years' service, cannot be discharged. " Considering also, that in this state of things, the voluntary recruiting of the army is considerably restricted (seeing that it is in a great degree supported by the men who are liberated from their service in the militia, that the privation of this re source may have consequences prejudicial to the welfare of the army, by depriving the corps of the means of filling up the vacancies which occur. " Considering, besides, that among the men belonging to the militia who have served for five years, there are many who are inclined to contract voluntary engagements, and that it is for the interest of the army to take a measure to favour such engagements, by granting to the mili-tiamen who contract them the same advantages as are enjoyed by the voluntary recruits. " On the proposal, &c., We have decreed and decree, Act. 1, Articles 6 and 9, of our decree of the 30th December, 1832, are rendered applicable to the men belonging to the National Militia, who having served during five years, have voluntarily enlisted in the army since the Ist of January this year, or who shall so enlist in future. " Art. 2. Our Minister, &c. (Signed) "LEOPOLD. "The Minister of War, EVAIN." 3 Brussels, Ist October, 1834." The camp at Diest is raised. The head-quarters of General Magnan will be at Liege. One of General Magnan's Aids-de-Camp has just, died at Diest of the Asiatic cholera. In consequence of the arrival of higher quotations from Paris, the Spanish funds experienced a considerable im provement yesterday. Yesterday evening at Lloyds the Perpetuelles were at 48 I. Cortes, 46 it. Coupons, 24.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 18. FRANKFORT.—It is said that the German Diet, in the Sit ting of the 18th Sept., discussed, among other things, the answer to be given to the English and French ambassadors to their notes respecting the placing our troops of the line under the orders of the commander of the troops of the Confedera tion. It is affirmed that the President, in a very energetic speech, showed the necessity of repressing the presumption on which those notes were founded ; the Governments of France and England having on this occasion attempted to assert rights which no independent state that valued its honour could grant to another; that such mistakes could be explained only by total ignorance of the laws of the Confederation, and the most incomprehensible confounding of the plainest ideas. The concluding proposal is said to have been, that it would be wholly unworthy of the Confederation to enter into a defence of the measures in question towards Foreign Powers ; the only thing to be done was calmly to protest against the theory that the having concurred in signing the act of the Vienna Congress gave foreign powers a right to interfere in the internal affairs of the German Confedera tion ; to declare this by a formal resolution of the Diet once for all, and thereby enable the President on all future oc casions to proceed at once in the most suitable manner. We are informed that this proposal was unanimously adopted, and the resolution, with the detail of the grounds on which it was founded, presented to the two Legations by way of answer. Nothing is yet known of the sensation which this energetic (and in the opinion of the most com petent judges) highly appropriate conduct of the Diet, has produced on the representatives of the Great Powers con cerned. VIENNA, OCT. 4.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 99 1-3 ; Four per Cent., sof ; Bank Shares, I,2s4.—Allgemeine Zei tung, Oct. 9. OLD BAILEY. THE ENS UL "G SESSIONS. A SUMMARY STATEMENT, DESCRIPTIV WHICH THE PRISONERS SE, E OF THE VARIOUS OFFENCES WITH .IARALLY STAND CHARGED.- _ Burglary 4 Cutting and maiming ' 2 Housebreaking 4 Unnatural Offence 1 Highway robbery 1 Horse-stealing Stealing in dwelling-houses ll Stealing a Letter sent by the Stealing from the person 35 Post Office 1 Embezzlement 8 Breaking into a w0rk5h0p....... 1 Coining 2 Perjury Larcenies Stealing a valuable consideration delivery of goods 1 for the security of money 2 Fraud 1 Felonious assault 4 Total 194 STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE, MADE UP TO TUESDAY EVENING. Males. Females. Prisoners under sentence of death Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life 7 7 14 years .... 2 10 7 years .... 32 17 Ditto, sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, having been convicted of felony, &c. 6 0 Ditto, for trial at the ensuing Sessions l6O 34 Ditto, remanded from the last Sessions 3 0 Ditto, whose judgments are respited Ditto, acquitted on the ground of Insanity, but remain dur ing Royal pleasure Ditto, committed by the Courts of King's Bench and common Pleas Ditto, committed by the Commissioners of Bankrupts Ditto, acquitted and detained in custody 1 0 Ditto, committed by Commissioners of Taxes 1 0 Total ... 237 122 359 The Baron de Vincent, formerly Austrian Ambas sador at the Court of France, died a few days since at Nancy. His remains have been conveyed to an estate which he pos sessed at Bioncourt, where he had expressed the desire or being buried.—French Paper. Mr. Livingston, American Ambassaa . -,,, arrived in Paris the day before yesterday. He is said to be the bearer of new propositions from his Gove7nment relative to the claims of 25,000,000 rejected by the Chamber of Deputies last ses sion. It is stated that, in order to put an end to this ques tion, and to counteract the possibility of new obstacles on the part of the Chamber, the Cabinet of Washington will reduce its claims by one-third.—French Paper. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending the 11th instant is as under : Gold coin to Hamburgh 3OO ounces. Silver coin to Cadiz According to the last lists that have been made up by the Prefect of the Seine, and which will be published on the 20th of October, it appears that the number of electors for the twelve arrondissements of Paris is 15,309 ; the number for Sceaux and St. Denis is 1,416 ; and the number of per sons liable to serve as jurors, in Paris, is 498.—Gazette des Tribunaux. EMIGRATION.—The number of steerage passen gers arrived at New York from the British Isles, from the commencement of the present year up to the last week inclu sive, was 21,373. Arrived since last week, and all from Li verpool, 21,984. Number of steerage passengers arrived at New York from the continent of Europe from the commence ment of the present year, up to the last week inclusive, 7,885. Arrived since last week, and all from Havre and Amsterdam, 8,662. Total from Europe since the Ist of Ja nuary. 30,646. These returns are drawn from official sources, being prepared with great care by a gentleman in the C: ds _ toms, expressly for this p a p er . —N ew York Emigrant. THE DAHLIA FANCY.—The Metro-eolitan So ciety of Florists and Amateurs, by whom disgraceful and fraudulent attempt to carry off their see' l :;ing prize by disguis ing a flower, was detected just in 1 1,:nie to reverse their deci sion, have done themselves , gre'..c credit by the firmness w ith which they ha v e denounce,e, the individual who was guilty of the deception. At a "leeting, held on Tuesday, at the Crown and Anchor, andve; ,7 numerously attended, a resolution, de claring he had utted disreputably and dishonourably, was passed unanimously ; and we hope, for the sake of so beautiful a science, fte example will abolish the hopes of such exhibitors all (ner the country. The Horticultural Journal and Florist's Register takes the proper view of this important subject, and the last Number not only exposes the whsle affair, but pro wises much more in the November Number, as will be seen by the advertisement. A PRODUCTIVE Lo A N.—The following statement of the application of a portion of the proceeds of Guebhard's, which has been extensively circulated at Madrid, is said to have had a considerable influence with the Chambers, in re fusing to recognise that loan. As pots-de-vine to several persons were given —M. Aguado, 30,000,000 of francs ; King Ferdinand, for his privy purse, 10,000,000 ; cadeaux to the Queen and Princesses, 2,000,000 ; M. Burgos, one of the Ministers, 5,000,000 ; M. Ballesteros, another Minister, 4,000,000; M. Encima Piedra, Director of the Bank, 3,000,000 ; the late M. Goicorrotea, 1,000,000; M. Ugarte, the King's favourite, 3,000,000 ; M. Carresse, 2,000,000 ; M. Guebhard, 1,000,000 ; M. Salcedo, the King's private Secretary, 1,500,000 ; M. Grijabla, another of the King's favourites, 1,000,000; M. Minano, 400,000; the Count Ofalla, Ambassador at Paris, and negotiator of the English loan, 1,000,000 ; the Madrid Gazette, 300,000 ; making in the whole, 69,700,000 francs, nearly as much as was paid into the Treasury. ;_,. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K.C.8., hoisted his flag yesterday, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India station, on board of the Winelzester, .50 guns, Captain Sparshott. =This morning an American ship car rying a burgee, but no pendant, passed through Spithead from the westward for London, and saluted his flag with 17 guns, but it not being customary for men of war to return the compliment of merchant ships, no return salute was given. The Winchester will proceed to India about Mon day next. The Admiralty has purchased into the packet service Lord Belfast's yacht the Water Witch, and she is every way adapted for the purpose : but there is something in the mode in which the thing has been effected, that is anything but what is straightforward and honest; in the first place the dock-yard officers found and reported her to be properly built, of rather more than sufficient scantling,' and that she was worth 151. per ton ; upon this Lord Bel ' fast, or his shipwright, Mr. White, of Cowes, offered her at 131. per ton to Government ; Jewish like, the Govern ment say we will give 121. 10s., and if that price is ac cepted, Mr. White shall build us two packets instead of the one which he has already contracted for. Mr. White is of course ready and glad to accept the bargain, for he has now three vessels to build instead of one, for having contracted to build one packet, he has now to build two, and having sold Lord Belfast's yacht, he is commissioned to build another of five feet greater length and eighteen inches more beam ; and having capacity under water which Captain Symonds's vessels have not, she will be a very fine craft, if not over-masted. WEST NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The importance and value of institutions like the one of which I am about to speak, are so well known, and so generally admitted, that it would be a waste of time to set about proving that which requires no proof. I proceed, therefore, at once to business, by stating that the first ploughing match of the above Society, took place at Down_ ham on Thursday the 9th inst, when twenty ploughs started for the various premiums. The spot selected for the occasion was a clover stubble of Mr. Garnham's, at Wimbotsham, adjoining the Lynn: turnpike-road. The fineness of the weather, and the inte rest generally attached to such meetings, attracted many spectators, who expressed themselves highly gratified by the scene before them.- Various were the opinions on the me rits of the respective competitors ; but all seemed to agree on the general excellence of their performance, notwithstand ing the disadvantages under which they laboured, in conse quence of the dry, chubby state of the land. The subjoined award does not specify the time it took to plough each half acre, but doubtless that circumstance entered into the consideration of the judges. The shortest period was, by horses, one hour 34 minutes; the longest, by oxen, two hours, twenty minutes. One pair of these latter performed their task in one hour, forty-four minutes—thus satisfactorily proving, that in activity, no less then in strength, they are able to compete with horses. Be it remembered that in this, as in all Norfolk plough ing matches, whether by horses or oxen, a pair without a driver is always understood. HORSES. £ s. d. To John Oldfield, servant to Mr. Wright, of S. Rune ton, the first prize of Thomas 01lett, do, to Mr. Bird, of Shouldham, the second ditto James Garner ditto to Mr. Gar n h am , o f Wimbots ham, the third ditto Wm. Robinson, the fourth ditto OXEN. 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 To John Pearman, servant to Mr. Wm. Long, of Mar ham, the first prize of Wm. Lawes, ditto to Mr. Negus, of Crimplesham, the second ditto Leonard Brooks, do. to Mr. John Stebbings, of Dere ham Grange, the third ditto John Cooper, ditto to Mr. Bloomfield, of Barton, the fourth ditto ROOTS. To Mr. Brown, of Denver, for the best 12 ?clots from not less than one acre, the premium of 11. for his Swedish turnips grown at Ryston. (Signed) JOHN FREEMAN, NICHS. NORTH, 1- Judges. EDWARD LONG. Besides the above, a variety of other roots were exhibited by Messrs. Lemon, of Shouldham, S. Taylor, and H. Bennett, of Whittington. A species of cattle kail was also shown by Mr. Taylor, which, being a hardy perennial, easy of propagation, and much relished by sheep and cattle, promises to be a valuable acquisition, even in this far famed district. It is said to have been of Guernsey ex traction ; but Mr. D. Grant, of Lewisham, Kent, from whom Mr. T. had his plants, appears to ha ve been the first to direct attention to it as a cattle pl , -nt. After the ploughing match, *le company adjourned to the Crown Inn, Downharo, where, to the number of 4.5, they sat down to dinner ; C. B. Plestow, Esq., President, in the chair. ( I',n more than one occasion has it been my lot to bear my willing, but feeble tribute to the talented exertions of this highly respected gentleman ; but never were those exertions more conspicuous, or more successful, than at the meeting in question. They imparted a greater interest on this occasion from his being unsupported by any of the neighbouring gentry—not even by the two county Members for the western division, though they were at that very time recreating at Ryston House, within a mile and a half of the place of the meeting ! It is hardly ne cessary to add, that this insult to a respectable body of their constituents was met by no very equivocal marks of disapprobation and disgust by men of all parties. Was it politic to give occasion for remarks like the following ? —" They would have been here if an election had been at hand"—" Pretty agricultural members, truly, when the: only agricultural meeting in their division they think it be. neath them to attend"—" If they won't condescend to come amongst us, we'll look out for those who will " " Shame ! shame!" &c., &c. To the political principles of the two honourable mem bers, no person is more sincerely attached than I a.;:n ; nor is it a trifle that would induce me to withhold. from them my support. This is, therefore, not the language of an angry, captious opponent, but of a fir m political friend. I speak in sorrow rather than an P:r, and I tell them (still in the spirit of friendship, an' in the language of sincerity, they may believe it or not, as they think proper), I do tell those honourabl.L gentlemen, that unless th e y wi ll now and then mix 'with the yeomanry, and thereby prove that they . t a ° , some little interest in the prosperity of th a t agr i cu lt ure by which they get their bread—unless they will do this, aye, and something more than this, I tell them plainly, fearlessly, and unreservedly, they are not safe in their seats. However great their influence, however strong their confi dence in that influence, it will assuredly fail them in the day of trial. Formerly it would have carried them through ; but, thanks to the Reform Bill, that day is gone by, and the veriest Tory in the land now admits that we must have working men as our representatives ; and how can men work for the people unless they work with the people ? To our county members generally, and to our own in particu lar, I would therefore say—" Aware as you must be of the increased power of the yeomanry under the Reform Bill, be careful above all things how you drive them by any neglect on your part, to exercise that power in a way which to you would be most injurious and mortifying, and to your friends. most painful and provoking." 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 SUICIDE AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, inquisition was taken before Mr. STIRLING, at the rT ..oy tavern, Hampton Court, on the body of Elizabeth. ' - treet, forty-six years of age, wife of one of his Maje.7.;c's household servants. Mrs. Rebecca 'Was the first witness called. She deposed that she h.-A' seen acquainted with the deceased for many years, on Friday last she called on her at the Hampton Couit Palace, when she appeared cheer :u1 and well. On Saturday she repeated the visit, on knocking at the dece a sed' s bed-room door, at half past ten o'clock, she received no answer for some time, and at length having gained admission, observed the deceased pale and trembling, holding a handkerchief up to her throat. In reply to witness's question whether she was in ill health, the deceased . pointed to a penknife besmeared with blood, which was lying on the floor. Witness then discovered that the deceased had cut her throat, and .immediately sent for a surgeon. In answer to the Coroner, the witness stated that the deceased was of sober habits, and she could not. account for her committing the rash act. She had never before attempted to commit suicide. By the Jury—Witness asked the deceased why she had committed so dreadful an act, and she replied that she had been awake all night, and that many persons had been grinning through the window at her, but she did not con template the awful deed ten minutes before committing it. The fatal weapon was here produced, and from its dimi nutive size, the deceased must have been very determined. in effecting her object. Mr. Baker, surgeon of Hampton Court, stated that he was called in to attend the deceased, and sewed up the gash, which was three inches long. She expired at seven o'clock on Saturday evening. Proof having been adduced that the deceased had latterly evinced insanity, and that she had repeatedly expressed fear of coming to a workhouse, the jury, after viewing the body, returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed her self, being at the time in a state of temporary mental. derangement." rOURISTS TO THE RHINE.- TheCologne gazette says " The steam-boats continue to be crowded with passen gers. It is calculated that the number of persons who have travelled by the steam-boat this year, only between Mayence and Cologne, is above 120,000. •