The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-05 00:00:00

QTEAM to and from CALCITTTA, MADRAS, CEYLON, and-ENGLAND, via EGYPT—for Pas sengers and Goods. The PENIN SUL AR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAUNTY'S Steam-ship, GREAT LIVERPOOL. will start from :SOUTHAMPTON on the Ist of February next. and Passenger 'a will be booked by her through to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, to be conveyed fr y Sue z i n the COmpany's Steam-ship HINDOSTAN, which will start from Su e z as soon as the Passengers shall have arrived there. Light Goods, Packs , ges, and Parcels, may be forwarded by this conveyance with certainty and at to crate rates. To secure passages, and forward goads and parcels, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary-Axe ; . 11 ,1 . (1 inf ormat i on may also be obtained at 4 4 , R egent - stree t, , r e . lce c ad a illY ;_of Earle Lang s t o n, Manchester r. and W. and E. Falmouth. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ROBERT CURREY. Esq.. Chairman. uTTs.he Directors, Members, and Friends of this: Society WILL NET OGETHER, at the London Coffea.House, Ludgate hill, on TtionsoAr. the 29th of December, 1842, at Six o'Clock precisely. Tickets, One Guine. STE VrA EDS. _ Messrs. E. Baker. J. Capper. . . J. D. Carter. J. 11. Cuf!ley. T. Dakeyne. W. M'Culloch. T. Reid, • 11. Ridley. • T. Roberts. • .• • C. tiymp son . Tickets may be had at the B; of the Stewards; and ot Mr. Secretary, at the Office; Arthu By Order of Messrs. W. R. Spicer. J. Spicer. F. Starr. H. Sterry. J. Stokes. G. Stockdale. J. Walsh. It Wilcoxon. W. Williams. ,r of the London Coffee-house; 41.• v Jenkin Jones, Actuary and ir-street West, London-bridge. the Stewards, JENKIN JONES. ttOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, ex "t:nst the varied and' beautiful Phenomena of ELECTRIC .tl9llTi the AURORA BOREALI:S, &c. &c. is shown fail ` at Three o'clock, and at Eight.in the Evenings. Three ' e ,,, ti ! e nt SPECIMENS of MACHINERY have just been • ii, - , l 4 , eted, and are now at work by Steam. Power, in the Hall of :144. factures. CALOTYPE PORTRIkITS taken daily by 1!1!. Collfn. The Weekly List of POPULAR LECTURES delivered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhc ffner , and the other -s•ecturers with the appointed hours fo r each, is suspended the Hall. The fi ne Exterior of SAINT PETER'S at MIME, and the Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. H ELENA ERUSALEM, the latter after D. I toberts, R.A. (pub by Mr. Moon), are among the latest additions to the ZIVuo tiIIG ED DISSOLVING VIEW.... The ORRERY. 'VIET,„G HELL, DIVER, &c. &e. To the COSMORAMIC b ee . " 0 . shown in the Evenings a beautiful addition has just si on - : l ll 2 . ade_ z _ Conduct or of the ' Band, :Mr. Wallis.—Admis chools, half-price. EL ASTI° GAITERS.—POPE and PLANTE Pall r „ ( I , a ,e Pope and Firth), Hosiers, 4. Waterloo-place, Lad t - , - , 4 ',n. are introduced ELASTIC SILK GAITERS for die, ,;" w inch require neither lacing nor buttoning, and are for Ries, whi ch and off with facility, forming an excellent substitute s enon ' t s- at a moderate price, appropria to for the winter neo n ,: They fit close to the ancle and inster, with particular e que ;;7 ; suitable for home, the carriage, promenade, or wear. Can be forwarded in a letter. C i t UT 0 N.—MEC S MAGIC STROI'. & h +," The Real Magic Strop"—" The Double _ : 1444 1 . -- „" The M ag i c Strop"—are all base . imitations of 'La j a,lagic Strop. None are genuine without Mechi's writch they dare not use ; yet, strange to say, many this timers. calling themselves respectable, endeavour to palm is. (they cost from 3d. to sd. each in Sheffield) on ih e at. Publi c as Mechi's genuine Strop, although the oAsessno w e e e , n ing properties whatever, but the very reverse.—T h e Onown MAGIC PASTE is an invaluable auxiliary to lii e e t ,,a Strop ; its renovating properties are astonishing.— nt RAZORS stand pre-eminent. E HEE LEY and SONS' PATENT l a , CANDLE SPRING com bi nes th e following advan -4,7e 7' , --It holds th e can dl e fi rm l y , i s muc h neater in appear ka_v than paper, is more r eadily applied, is more cleanly in its prlrevents all waste, and is a security from fire. i i , per Box, containing six Springs, 9d. ; Tinned ditto, Is. • and SONS' celebrated PENS of very superior tho " , ' , , to suit every description of writing, viz. :—The Entr.o rr Alae.rostyle, Diamond, Ruby, Mercantile, Rhadio end tl thic, Cleveland's Patent Pen, and the Patent Hand Pen, Leads, in Boxes, 6d. ; and Packets Is. J o i E LI-EY and SONS' P a t en t R e volving Stirrups; Patent Idnt(l 'trouserStraps, stra with and without Springs; Patent i ng Pins, ~'urkers c t his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Mount- PATENT LEVER WATCHES. ESSRS. HORTON and CO., Watchmaker. and Jewellers, 35, Ludgate-street (apposite Messrss tb.. lD gton and Co.'s), off e r to their friends and tle public celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, of work ). ta 1 , 44. 11 1 )(4 the highest cla ss of e x ce llence, capped and jewelled, LA 7, l lling power, &c., at the following prices : to I, l es i Lever W atches, Gold Cases, and Gold Dials, 121. 12s. i 163.,• Gentlemen's Lever Watches, Gold Cases, and lltaelled Dials, 141. 14 s . to 181. 18s. ; Gentlemen's Lever atel les, Silver C ases , an d Enamelled Dals, 6/. 6s. ; the Ho : srstal Movement, in Flat Gold Cases, Si. B s. to 12/. 12s. ; I : l°rz °ntal Movement, - in Flat Silver Cases, 4/. lOs. ; the v Movement, in Gold Cases, 61. 6s. to 101. 10s. ; the "lical Movement, in Silver Cases, 2/. 12s. 6d. to 4/. 4s. A warranty for twelve months. large stock of new and taste f u l Jewellery, Ladies' and "rd Cases and Vinegarets , Gent lemen s Snuff B oxes, tibi y - ,,great vaiety of other Fancy Articles, at prices consider ti.e. usual London charges. 111:' \. PI Rll kCIIE TEA TRAYS.—A . set of 42- th r E eq Gothicishape (including the 2s largest . size made), usual; t hree,_ Gothic shape Japanned, . three Sandwich u sually 1 1 .) `''' and every article in Furnishing s Hardware, un it' ii,,l,„',"' ; quality is here the primary consideration, hence ",,,, ~,I.",i'oPied success for 50 years, and its .present celebrity 1 1, 4 l A tm h ` l i' . ,l 7:: t and most extensive Furnishing Warehouses r ro e rn ' s , g rt!9 - 3. 4 ‘, C itr ll : e E r 5, Ivory handles, warranted, I Is. per doz: ; of - f , W ith halsnee .8 45. per pair. Al sock of '2OO sets to select and 70s. the long set 2 1 40 y p ieces __ t%h i h .e andles, bone, and other handles, Bs. to 153, the Theecep3', handled s g - Carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair. Tare tal;its',lbliallMents f C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN) less, h e : Pr,e-etninen°t. fur 50ears for their superior Table ‘..es s 7. -- whole , and sub. o f marked with his name and ad which is . C. W . Pet to exchange if not approved of. Il l'ich i s Sal e i nventor of the NEW ALBATA PLATE, 41 and 42 8° ra P idl Y superseding Silver. Exclusive Warehouses, , Rarbican, and at 16, Norton Folgate. Established 1795. li --- , -- -----_ - __ — A „ -11 il ra l: 4 4 - T LEVER WATCHES.—This cele can be cons truction (tho most accurate on which a watch latest unmade ) is now offered at the following prices, with the four b oi Pr•vernents, i. e. the detached escapement . , jewelled in ee ntin. ,_el, hand to mark the seconds, and maintaining pow et to " Ping while winding uP. SILVER CASES. WW!t.t.hde'oble-bottoed cases, capped £6 6, 0 I,R hunting case s , capped 6 16 6 Siz e . GOLD CASES. Ditto for Ladies, with e l egant go ld di a l £l2 12 0 Siz e , in double-backed cases 14 14 for Gentlemen, enamelled dial l3 13 0 ect7A Ditto extra full size, capped.... 17 17 0 ~,Prturophlet: containing observations respecting the various in geid"nua on which Watches are made, with the prices o si bs tUd silver cases, and a variety of sketches of new de sent: Which have just been completed in gold Chains, will be Cox v i a and postago free, on application by letter to T. troin t rac e, W atchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Londun, seven doors racechurch-stree. TIT iE—NIL.,,IINIA_Tism CURED FOR A SHILLING. " I 'S MAGIC PILLS, for the cure of the 411,j all Elli GOUT, RHATIC GOUT, RHEUMATISM, e • • EUM his umatie Affections. !noit extraordinary Medicine, which I now offer to . the ren„i'ubliVs.deeidedly the most convenient, safe, and expeditious U o , t, Y 'n the world for the cure of the Gout, Rheumatic t inde r Rheumatism,"and indeed, for all Rheumatic Affections, Lu '' r b t aß b o e , 7 B„ a c ri "' l'ame: of Face-ache, Tic-Doloreux, Sciatica, It con , • tosi o , aim! , neither Mercury, Antimony, nor any . other an h, °lihstanee.; relieves a fit of the Gout or Rheumatism in Than hour or two; give, t h ; g and refreshing sleep; and, in tli a j tw ea e s n es v ,...l o have known patients .n walk well and easy in less t ur hours. 1 4's no doubt there are hundreds of cases where poor.fami thi_nave been deilived many of the necessaries of life by tties !Nei dis(irder. it is true there are several excellent reme h,v,lor.. Gout and it ; but the prices the proprietors tin der chosen to affix to each is (to the class of persons . now "hin "n f " r ati) a , ' complete a barrier to thei r . use as if trPi ` g ' °rt \vas in existence.—lt is my intention, Dat I ttN ) !'e, as it has pleased the Divine Will, that I should b e 'itliatiOn above worldly want, to offer this Reme d y price, as to meet the means of the class of my fel -1 ,re" who stand - most in need of our attention. the 4 '14" '11(1 aside portion of my private fortune,.fo.r and b c h a ll'llt 1 , ° 4 1 , , h ,.. ri , u g in g a this medicine before the public , th e n . Nn th e Ai ‘ t in benefiting f , mankind, without any very large family, I shall be amply paid by t ,: o v aeti ,± rl.rit ance o tri T t ort o f a up of liming con ) tributi'd in some degree to the th e h class —much needing the sympathy of the wealthy '11 1 „. utna ne l'"th'va-',-1 are s wholesale,by Barclays, Farringdon. street; ( IN a r ''' , St. i? Bow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Nide ;and s ; buttons, Bow 6 3 Co., 3, Oxford-street, London. P rie a e n l n s a ..p ' e ' r Box, and 1 d. duty. -101 t ._ 4'ER's EMBROCATION (201),.., ItHEUMATIsM, TIC DOLOREU X, _for aerUT, tit t! '' a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, E ; gi. last, to I}:rribo,e.k. , near Walsall, Staffordshire, en the 6t h July Surgeon, 4, ,:i'r.U'll6l" of the " Times :" ,E ,v /te c r E : -- 1 think it a duty I owe to the public tomakekno a w ri n d hi e i, ''''' born remedy which I met with accidentally,‘self. S tylcalt'Vas of such wonderful benefit to my•el . f. ''' tilt ed ; !, ( 4° I met with a very severe accident, having dislo ti„ -.no fractured tarry ancl i e te se u v n e a r b e l l e y. From the great tender vn 'I t't tile joint I to walk, the limb con- e much sw s ol i l u en and adematons, and I suffer ed maeitfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which :r0: 8 41 "„frorn the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the d thy • " 4ring exhausted every resource of relief which lan 1,4,1,,n1,,cdieal friend s in the country could suggest, to no saltin g fi r 'et out for London with the intention of c.on bmili g Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt se vib, g ' By By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-h il l, I h a el"ied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishmen t, rou rni .," 'Dann that night, nor have I had one since. The next IQ, n 'it 1 crane down stairs without my crutches, and was hew to wa l k the swelling ' of the limb soon subsided, and lam t ensi 'naly recoverin.. Having for many years had an ex no n lie medical practice in the county of Stafford. I know o f 10 compound possessing such wonderful e ffi cacy. tn i , e i d l iliß my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac desire b y do other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere ferers. t. ma ke known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf aglin't P"sessi ng, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice las t in,",erYthing in the shape of quackery, I should be the to b e ,„,,'.' "Phold a system - hich, generally speaking, I know - ""ii.! but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " ' am; your obedient servant, "Cann ock At the van". li . 5.2 near l ooni :TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon . opinion t Surg eons and ti . . for. ultations . held up3n my case, the morintahtie ; g at I I, P ysicians (including myself) rare decidedly of the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter. had th e • °e —jaer, but, as I have before stated, I have . . n ot slightest symptoms of spasms since the fi rst application ~,..aextraordinary ernbroeation.—T. H. i n 81_41 justly-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious . nt , "Y of the above afflictions) may he obtained of, or through coY respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or un trY, at the Depot, corner of Wellington -street, Strand ; LT (van the Propnetor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. 1; , , 4 l_~t ~~ • 7 • e - . i,.. - _ ..,.•, 4 , „ •, : z .. ... ,. -,- , ;,-, 4 . ---___ ........ I , ~ ~,,,,, ti, ( -... T 4 44'3'" ) .. q . ilk -':'--- :• --- . „ , i r.„ : . ~, , ~,,--' . , ,i, , .41,.., 15.: . 1 . 0.. U I . 2, 1 . _ , .. . 4.* - s‘ * 1 -1 . -.': , - , 4.141.'f t - 4). 4 c f,..' •ft ‘,- -k ... a ,,_ ,,t. k wtAi - 7- 44k . iit ~P "" 4 .:....:,..._______ ---__ '''' '' '.. 4 ' ; ' 4 . '. 3, '... ,.."4,.. t . ' ~. ...., 4 . ... . 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THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERTOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARETAMENTA.RY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that -Hour. ADVERTISEMRNTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morni n g, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, Second Edition, price Is. REMARKS on our PRESENT POSITION with AFFGHANISTAN and CHINA, addressed to Bear-Admiral Sir Edward Tucker, K.C.8., by ROBERT N% ISE, Esq., of Allonby, near Carlisle, (late of Liverpool). The profits arising from the sale of this work to go to the Caubul Fund. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Chairman. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. I.tenry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P. Ralph Fenwick, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F. R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June, 1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus 9f nearly similar amount was declared in June, 18136. At each period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged rather more than 28 per Cent. en the amounts of Premiums paid thereon during the preceding seven years. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assu rances which expire at Christmas must be renewed with in fifteen days at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place,Cl 4Y' Pall-mall, N London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Errol Earl of Stair Earl of Courtown Earl Somers Earl Leven and Melville Lord Viscount Falkland Earl of Norbury Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stenton DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. H. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Charles Graham, sq. Esq. F. C. Maitland, E E sq. Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyct, Esq., As- John Ritchie, Esq. sistant Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. SECRETARY.—Patrick Macintyre, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commence ment in 1834. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Share holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par ties who had insured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scales and only a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the Insurance is for life. The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December 1840, is as follows : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £ ,000 6 Years 10 Months £136 13 4 1,000 ...4... Years llO 0 0 1,000 3 Years Every informatio n Ye ar will6o 0 0 Esq., of No. 8, W a t er l oo - p l ace, be afforded on application to 0 the Resident Directors, Ed war d B oyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd , Frederick Hale Thomso n , E sq., Surgeon,all L 4B o , n ß d e o r n. ne rs. s treet, attends at the Office daily, ab ou t H a l f - past T wo o'clock . PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. LONDON, Nov. 5, 1842. The following average prices of Brown or Musco vado British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub lished in the Gazette of last night : East India ........ 3ss. 9id. per cwt. Mauritius 32 West India 33 4-4- us.—The same is the case with respect to Wells. The total avenge price of the three descriptions is 35s.id. per cwt. The actual weights of Sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the Ist inst., accord ing to the returns Made upon oath by the Sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and on which weights the abov?, prices are computed, con. sisted of 33,660 cwt. West India, 8,431 cwt. East India, and 1,072 cwt. Mauritius. About 1,600 cwt. of very dark unsound Sugar have been sold in the same week at from 225. to 275. per cwt., which having been classed in the returns as East India, unfairly depresses the average price of that kind of Sugars, as well as the total average price. Foreign Sugars, quality for quality, with the ave rage of West India Sugar, may be bought for 17s. 6d. per cwt., they are consequently 18s. 3d. per cwt. cheaper. The total sales for the week in Mincing lane were 43,163 cwt., taking the sales at the outports to be together the same as the London market ; the consumers bought 86,000 cwt. of Sugar at 85s. 9d. per cwt., amounting in round numbers to 152,0001. sterling ; they might have bought the same weight, 86,000 cwt. of foreign Sugar at 17s. 6d. per cwt., amounting to 75,2501. sterling; they have, therefore, given the monopolists, over and above the real value of their Sugar, 76,7501.—pretty well for one week. On the 9th September last, under the head " Price of Sugar," we stated that by throwing out of sugar cultivation the worn-out soils in the West Indies, the rich and good yielding plantations might he culti vated at a proper rate of wages; and that, in the aggregate, more sugar would be imported into this country from the West Indies by such an arrange ment, than by the system now in practice, of apply ing labour to exhausted soils. That the wages of the blacks would, in consequence of the adoption of the proposed mode, be reduced to such an amount as would compel them to work continuously, in lieu of alternate days ; and that the proprietors, provided they resided on their respective estates and looked after their own affairs, as they ought to do,_ would be enabled to undersell, at ex-duty price, the sugar produced by their foreign 'competitors through the means of slavery, in any market in the world, thereby effectually driving slave labour from the field. Great Britain has, therefore, cheap and easy means in her own hands of annihilating the slave trade by rendering it unprofitable to those who carry it on. While this great truth is apparent, she may send fleets to intercept the traders; she may burn barracoons, and make other violent demonstrations if she please to submit to the costs of so doing, and of the chance of embroiling herself in a war ; she may have one set of Ministers, who stimulate by their in structions the energies of her sail ars on the African coast, and another set who counter-order the direc tions of their predecessors, and thereby damp those energies. She may do this, and a great deal more, but she will signally fail to impress either the nations of Europe or the United States with the belief that she seriously intends merely to suppress the traffic ; they will place no more reliance on her declarations than we (the English) do on the assurances of the Go vernments of Cuba and the Brazils that they are in tent on abolishing . slavery: We naturally p erce i ve that a feW policemen, judiciously stationed in Cuba and the • Brazils would, at a small cost, prevent the landing of the slaves from the slave traders' ships, or, at all events, the sale of the un happy victims afterwards. We therefore arrive at the conclusion that these Governments turn a willing ear to their supposed interests, and fling humanity to the winds. So they, the nations of Europe and the United States, have a right fairly to conclude that Great Britain, possessing as she does the means of exterminating tht slave trade at little cost, whenever she chooses, is not honest in her views, or that, if she really intends to stop the traffic, she has also some ulterior object to attain valuable t4her commerce, in proportion to the pains she takes, and the expense sise is at, in displaying her 'oppo s ition. These nations have also remarked that, throughout the contest in this country about slavery, the people invariably took the lead ; the people compelled a powerful interested aristocracy into the grand measure of emancipa tion ; .the people loosened the grasp of the slave holders, and d rove t h em from che rished practices, sanc ti one d b y time and cus tom. To the peopl e , an d to th em alone, the negroes in the Briti s h p ossess i ons are indebted for their freedom ; all the G overnment o f th e day did was to place such a price up on th e b oon o f th e ir liberation as was thought would arrest .the realization of the people's wishes—an amount more than the worth of the fee simple of all the West India Islands put toge ther, as they were then, and are now managed. Con trary, however, to expectation, the money was cheer fully paid, and the great and glorious day for general emancipation appointed. Foreign nations witnessed these. proceedings ; they remarked the unwillingness of certain influential parties to come into the measure,. they now behold those very parties in power ; with them they must treat wh en any great ques ti on i s under consideration. Are th ey wrong , then, when the subject of slavery is th e quest i on , i n di s trusting the sincerity of these men ? Can blame attach to a foreign Minister who refuses to enter into treaties containing conditions which, in operation, would cer tainly detract from the dignity of th e nation he repre sents, and, probably, interrupt h er l eg iti ma te com merce. Are the Governments of France and the United States wrong in resisting such a humiliating measure, as the proposed right of search—especially, knowing, as they both know, that the degrading pro ceeding is unnecessary to secure the professed object ? That Great Britain holds the cards in her own hands —that she can so play them, if she please, that slavery will be speedily annihilated. Slave produce is bought on account i G ts re c a h t e ß ap rit ne a s i s n cheapness, not because it is slave produce. manage her West India poss essions, as common sense di c t a t es s h e s h ou ld d o , and free-labour produce will become the cheapest, to the certain exclusion of slave-raised sugar from 11 Let f the markets in the world. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.). MANSION-HOUSE. TDB LONDON CAOUTCHOUC COMPANY.—Yesterday Mr. James Morley, of the firm of J. and R. Morley, of \o. 18, Wood- street, Cheapside, accompanied by Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry, solicitor, and about fifty of the most respectable hosiers from the City and West End, appeared before Sir Peter Laurie, to com plain against the London Caoutchouc Company. The scene was one of the most extraordinary description. Mr. Morley stated that he had to complain of the conduct of certain parties, representing themselves to be the " London Caoutchouc Company," and profess ing to sell articles ,made of India rubber, the interest in three-fourths of which Company he believed to be vested in Mr. William Leaf, of the Old 'Change, in having filed 55 bills in Chancery against the retail hosiers in the metropolis for an alleged infringement of their patent. The articles alleged to be pirated were those into which strips of India-rubber were in troduced, surrounded by thread, and so covered over that it was impossible for any one to discover whether they were or were not similar to the articles manufac tured by the Company. Sir PETER LAURIE said he had acquainted himself with the nature of the article, and inquired whether a.by one was present in behalf of the factors ? Mr. Warne, the secretary of the Company, and Mr. Wight, of Percy-street, Bedford-street, then pre sented themselves upon the part of the Company. Mr. Leaf, to whom it was stated notice had been sent, was not in attendance. Mr. Morley continued.—The first intimation given to the parties was the service of the writs, in some instances in a very offensive manner, requiring them to appear and answer a bill in Chancery filed by Mr. Wright, in the name of the London Caoutchouc Company. When the parties applied to Mr. Wight for information, they were told they had infringed the Company's rights, but that he was willing to com promise the matter, and in many instances they were induced, through intimidation and ignorance of the awful proceedings with which they were menaced, to pay large sums, varying from 151. to 701. Mr. Wight asked much larger sums than he eventually consented to take, his principle being apparently to get as much as he could.—(Laughter.) In one in stance he asked 45/. of a respectable tradesman, de claring that less would not pay him, but he was at last satisfied with 15/.—(Laughter.) The great op pression and cruelty in those proceedings on the part of the Company was in selecting as victims the retail dealers, who were struggling for an honest sub sistence, difficult in such times to be obtained, in stead of boldly attacking the manufacturers of the article complained of, who, if any were really liable, must be the parties to answer, and who could afford to spend 1,000/. if need be, in contesting the right. No wonder that some of these parties should be glad to stop Chancery proceedings, at the sacrifice of the sums set forth in the list, when many who were better acquainted with the nature of such proceedings would probably have acted in the same manner. Sir P. LAURIE here read the list of the names of some of the parties who had compromised upon being threatened with Chancery proceedings by Mr. Wight, and of the amount for which these tradesmen had compromised with that gentleman. It was as follows : James Beale, Bond-street . Gilbert Wilson, Oxford-street Goy and Evans, Cornhill .. 20 0 0 J. and B. Taylor, ditto 2O 0 0 E. and J. Burch, Great Russell-street 20 0 0 Samuel Barton, Strand 2l 0 0 John Lord, Burlington-arcade .... 28 0 0 John Jowett, Conduit-street Thomas Flint, 337, Oxford-street Alfred Faulkner, 107, Regent-street 21 0 0 Charles Fossett, 76, Quadrant ... 20 0 0 Jeffery Ludlam, 174, Piccadilly l6 16 0 Foster, Porter, and Co, 124,W00d-st 7O 0 0 Samuel Morgan, 173, Strand l5 0 0 Smith and Withen, Poultry Mr. Mohler, upon being referred to by Sir Peter Laurie, said he certainly never heard of such a sys tem, and that if what had been stated could be proved elsewhere a stop would be soon put to it. Mr. Morley—ln a case of such a nature, of so ex tremely oppressive a description to a large body of tradesmen, it is most important to have the opinion of Sir Peter Laurie, to whom tradesmen are already under the greatest obligations. A letter has been this morning received from Brighton, stating that Chan cery proceedings had been instituted by the Company against retailers there ; and parcels have been, we are assured, brought from Bath, which have been pur chased of shopkeepers there, and upon which the soli citor to the Association means to take proceedings. Sir I'. LAURIE—As far as I can judge, from what has appeared before me, this mode of getting money by the compromise of Chancery proceedings, is likely to be more profitable to the Association than their professed business.—(Laughter, and applause.) Mr. Warne— Whatever the solicitor to the Com pany gets by these proceedings, not one farthing goes to the Company. Sir P. LAURlE—Certainly, if we may judge from the profits of the solicitor employed to protect the in terests of the Company, the Company itself must be an admirable one. I never heard of such a system in all my experience. It is clear to me that the Com pany are responsible to every man who has been ap plied to and been induced to part with his money through apprehension, in order to stop proceedings, for the acts of tLe secretary and solicitor are the acts of the Company.—(Loud applause.) Mr. Morley—But the Company disclaim the acts of the solicitor. The principal shareholder in the con cern declares that the solicitor has gone further than he was authorised to go. Sir P. LAURIE—I should wish to be informed by the solicitor to the Company whether he had instituted these proceedings by the desire of the Company. Mr. Wight—l have proceeded by the desire of the Company, certainly. Sir P. LAURIE—Then the Company are amenable for your acts ? Mr. Wight—The Company are not aware of the extent to which the proceedings have been carried on, for they are not aware of the extent of the infringe ment of their patent. It is my duty to protect them, but it is not by any means true that I have proceeded in every case of violation. There are 150 parties who have infringed the patent, but against whom I have not proceeded. Mr. Warne stated that the solicitor, in filing the bills against so many parties, exceeded his instructions. Several tradesmen Isere stated that Mr. Warne had made a similar statement to them. Mr. Wise said the receipts were in some instances for damages and costs. Mr. Wight said he had general instructions to protect the Company's interests, on whichhe had acted. Sir PETER LAURIE here intimated that he had looked at the Patent law, and had Treat doubts whether the patentees had any remedy against a party who sold only, and did not manufacture the article ; and it ap peared to him that the circumstances might amount to the offence of obtaining money under false pretences. —(Great cheering.) Proceedings more discreditable had never appeared before him on any occasion. He wished to know whether any of the parties who had paid the sums specified in the list were present. Mr. Foster, of the firm of Foster, Porter, and Co., acknowledged that they had paid 701., under the ad vice of their solicitor, to avoid litigation with the Company. Sir PETER LAURIE—It was not very creditable to you, Mr. Foster, or any of the other parties, to submit to such extortion. - Mr. Morley denied that his object in applying to Sir Peter Laurie was rather to give that publicity to the proceedings which he had no doubt they would obtain through the medium of the press, than at pre sent to consider the remedy which the injured persons might calculate upon. The mode of proceeding had been to select a few who had submitted to the pay ment, and when they were settled with, to frighten others into a like compromise, and it was impossible to know where it might end. Mr. Wright denied the imputation, and stated that the subject could not possibly be argued or determined in the justice-room. Mr. Morley said, nobody could say to what extent the nuisance had spread, as he had heard from parties in the country, who had been served with a similar process, and who had no means of discriminating be tween the genuine and the spurious articles; and that the articles complained of had actually been bought of the agents of the Company, and proceedings in some instances commenced on these very articles. Mr. Wmarne hoped Mr. Morley was stating what 1 he was prepared to prove. Mr. Morley said, he undoubtedly was. Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether the tradesmen particularised had sold much of the article which was said to have been made in violation of the patent ? Mr. Wise said that some of them had sold no more than one or two pairs of braces, and ddemands, w own the solihich citor popped upon them, with enormous , after some expostulation, was reduced to the amount specified. Sir PETER LAURIE—And perhaps those braces were purchased by the sufferers at the warehouses of the very parties who accused them of the offence.—(Loud laughter.) I certainly never heard of anything more discreditable, and I advise all who may now be under threats of proceedings in Chancery not to pay one farthing. Ilere there was a cry from several voices, "We never will. Mr. Morley requested to be informed by Mr. Wight who made the purchases of the articles at the different shops ? Mr. Wight—They were made by various parties. Sir P. LAURIE—No doubt the solicitor to the Com pany sent round his clerks to purchase.—(Laughter.) Mr. Taylor (one of the tradesmen who compro mised) said that Mr. Wight, accompanied by another person, called at his shop, and routing about some articles, pkked out a pair of braces, paid for them, and took them away. Intelligence reached him that a neighbour in the same trade - had been proceeded against by the Company ; and soon afterwards, to his surprise, he received a subpcena fro m th e Court of Chancery. Mr. Wight offered to take a compromise of 30/., but at last accepted 201. Sir P. LAURIE—And you, unconsciously as to the patent, had purchased the braces ? Mr. Taylor—l had purchased them in Maiden-lane, without any idea of breach of patent. I had a doubt whether they were bought at my shop, and I told Mr. Wight so, but he said he was ready to make affidavit That they were. I offered him 1.51., hut was at length induced to give him 20/. Sir P. LAURIE—And I dare say you suppose that you are exonerated from further demand. Don't be too sure of that. 31r. Wight, the attorney, may say. " I have my 20/. ;" and afterwards Mr. brown, the attorney, may come down upon you for 20/. more. Mr. Wight assured Sir Peter Laurie that he might have insisted upon the whole amount. Mr. Warne complained that the name of Mr. Leaf had been used invidiously in the course of the state ments, in order to annoy that gentleman, when it was well known that there were a great many proprietors. Several of the complainants loudly asserted that what Mr. Morley had said as to the interest Mr. Leaf had in the Company was perfectly correct, and denied that they had other reasons than those stated for using Mr. Leaf's name. Mr. Morley said the great ground of complaint was that those odious and oppressive proceedings had been resorted to without any previous warning to the public. Mr. Warne produced a newspaper, which he alleged contained due notice. Mr. Morley was aware that an advertisement had been published, but it was headed " The New Tariff," and as the new tariff did not affect the price of those articles, it could not afford proper notice to parties, who would be more likely to look under such a head ing, for the price of beef and pork. He referred to the honourable course recently pursued by another pa tentee in a similar case, that gentleman having caused circulars to be sent round to the trade, containing a copy of the injunctions obtained by them against the manufacturer, and warning them against any future dealing in the spurious articles. Sir P. LAURIE, after a great deal of cross firing between the complainants and the secretary and solicitor to the Company, again expressed his astonish ment and disgust at the proceedings described, and said he would adjourn the further hearing of the matter till next Friday, when he trusted Mr. Bevan, the solicitor to the great mass of the complainants, would be prepared with all necessary information. Mr. Morley hoped that Mr. Leaf and others of the shareholders would attend, and not leave the whole business in the hands of the secretary and solicitor. He trusted also that Sir Peter Laurie would attend to decide upon the case. Sir p b e u c t t reallyL A n LAURIE thoughtsaid h t e h s e h o c u o l m d p rn la o in st a N n i ts 'il , li i n f gl t y h ey attend, ex. e h d eP t . o see any other faces on the other side than those of the secretary and solicitor, would be very much disappointed. The crowd of complainants cheered the conduct of Sir Peter Laurie, and thus ended this most remark able case. OPINIONS OF THE TRESS. . . " Some points are new, and are put forth by one whose in tegrity.is indisputable, and experience is extensive."—Colonial agazine. Mr. Wise's views on China are sound and practicable."— Indian News for July. " The great value of this work consists in the practical infor mation which it contains."—Gore's Liverpool Advertiser. " The information it conveys is the more valuable, as it is the result of personal observation obtained many years ago, and is matured and strengthened by the remarkable operations car ried on by the British forces on the west and east of our Indian possessions."—The Sun. Whittaker and Co., and Smith, Elder, and Co., London ; J. 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The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. E UROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY. No. 10, Chatham-place, Blaekfriars, London. Established January, 1819. PaEsintarr—Sir JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, Bart., Rook Cliff, Lymington. VICE•PAESIDP:NT.—GEORGE FORBES, Esq., 9, Fitzroy square. With Twelve Directors. Facilities are offered by this long-established Society to suit the views and the means of every class of insurers. Premiums are received yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly—or upon an in creasing or decreasing scale. The insured for life participate septennially in the profits realised. A liberal commission is allowed to solicitors and agents. DAVID FOGGO, Sec. N.B.—Agents are wanted in towns where none hare yet been appointed. GENUINE FORFEITED PROPERTY. MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORK, will Sell, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on Tnunsnay, Nov. 10, and fallowing day, at 11, excellent gold, silver, and gilt WATCHES, by eminent makers; brilliant ring., pins, and brooches, gold chains, handsome brooches, lockets, rings, armlets, bracelets, &c., mounted in fine gold, and enriched with coloured stones; modern plate, superior dluble and single guns and pistols, superfine cloths, kersey meres, buckskins, waistcoatings, linendrapery, he3iery, rich silks, satins, velvets, laces, shawls, scarfs and handkerchiefs, ladies' and gentlemen's fashionable apparel, table and bed linen, capital feather beds, carpets, chimney, pier, and dressing- glasses; capital mahogany dining and Pembroke tables, chests of drawers, and other effects, pledged in months prior to December, 1841, with the following pawnbrokers, viz. !--Aarons. late Boards, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriar , -road ; Aldridge, Orange street, Bloomsbury ; Boards, late Dunnell, Commercial-road; Bromley and Crush, Museum -street, Bloomsbury ; Burgess, Clarerwe-place Camberwell ; Grant, London-wall ; Lloyd, Strotten-ground, Westminster; King, Hign Holborn; Kingsland- road ; Smallbone, Fleet-street, late Page and Small bone, Great Newport-street ; Trail, New Church-street, Lis son-grove ; Vesper, Sidney-place, Commercial-road ; Tomlin son, Upper George-street, Bryanston-square. May be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Rooms. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH', FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—The Pique frigate, Captain the lion. Montague Stopford, has not yet arrived from Quebec. Her delay is attributed to having had a more than lengthened passage out, as she had not reached her destination when the Colum bia, Halifax steamer, brought the latest ;tdvices from Canada, extending to the 13th ult. The Rhine, Dutch frigate, arrived at Spithead yes terday evening from Flushing, and another Dutch frigate, the Jason, is hourly expected from the same place, both bound to the Mediterranean. The usual salutes were exchanged between the frigate and the garrison and the St. Vincent this msrning. In the evening the Dutch officers attended a ball given by the Port-Admiral, Sir Edward Codrington, to which also were invited the officers of the St. Vincent, Vic tory, Excellent, Royal George, and all the other men of-war in the port, and those of the Austrian frigate Bellona. The order for the embarkation of the 12th Regi ment to-day, on board of the Java transport, has been countermanded, and the troops will not leave Win chester barracks until next Wednesday, when they will be conveyed to Gosport by special train, and em bark about eleven o'clock the same day for the Mauritius. The depot of the 75th Regiment will be conveyed here on Tuesday next froM the Vauxhall terminus, being ordered here from Chatham to meet the service companies which are on their passage home from the Cape of Good Hope. The Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, which brought home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, has sailed for Plymouth, it is said to be paid off. The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will be ready for sea the beginning of next week. It is not known what will be the part of the world to which she will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring home troops. The ‘Taseur, 16, Commander Willis, which has been recently recommissioned, is advertised for sale at this dockyard in a few days. Her officers and men are to be turned over to the Frolic. His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria is expected here for a few days the latter end of next week. It is said that his Highness will afterwards proceed to Brighton. A Russian man-of-war anchored at Spithead this afternoon about 4 o'clock. The usual salutes were exchanged. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Bernard, and the In constant, 36, Captain Mitchell, are hourly looked for from the Mediterranean. The Racehorse, 16, Commander E. Peel, has sailed from Halifaxfor England to be paid off. Ships at Spithead—Rhine (Dutch frigate), and a Russian man-of-war. Ships in Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Resistance, Nautilus, Bellona (Austrian), Jaseur, Java transport, and Echo and Rocket steamers. WooLwicil, Nov. 4.—The Rhadamanthus steam vessel has been ordered to be paid in advance, and pro ceed to the Mediterranean. She will take out two companies of the Royal Artillery, to relieve the com panies at present stationed at Corfu.- - A casting of 12-pounder brass guns took place at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, at the foundry in the Royal Arsenal. The quantity of metal fused for this casting was about nine tons. A casting on a smaller scale will take place to-morrow (Saturday), at three o'clock, r.m. The quantity of metal to be fused on this occa sion will only be about rOur-and-a-half hundred weight, the quantity required to form one of the leaves of the Corinthian order which will be placed upon the column of Nelson's Monument, in progress of being erected in Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross. Several of the leaves, cast from the brass of old guns, are already finished and bronzed; and have a very chaste and elegant appearance. The whole of the remaining leaves and flutings will be cast at the foundry of the Royal Arsenal, under the immediate superintendence of the contractor, Mr. Clarke, Bir mingham, a son of the late celebrated Mr. Clarke, sculptor. The brass work still required to he com pleted for the Nelson monument will occupy the artist about eight months, without making any calcu lations for emblematical pieces, should they be de cided upon. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. The following has been received at Lloyd's : " Foreign-office, Nov. 3, 1842. " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you a translation of a note from the Sicilian Minister at this Court, forwarding a Medal which his Majesty the King of the two Sicilies has been graciously pleased to confer on Captain Amy Bourtillier, of the English brig Teazer, who in the month of October, 1840, saved the lives of seven in dividuals who were shipwrecked in the waters of Stromboli; and I am to request that you will lay the same before the Committee of Lloyd's, and that you will move them to acquaint the Earl of Aberdeen with the present address of the above-mentioned Captain Amy Bourtillier, if they should have the means of ascertaining what that address may now be. (Signed) " H. W. ADDINGTON. " To the Secretary, Lloyd's." (Copy.) " London, 16, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, Sept. 23, 1842. "The august Sovereign of the Two Sicilies having been informed of the generous action of Captain Amy Bourtillier, of her Majesty's brig Teazer, who, in the waters of Stromboli, saved the lives of seven ship wrecked individuals, directed that he should be deco rated with the gold medal of Civil Merit. The un dersigned Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of his Majesty to her Britannic Majesty, has now received the above-mentioned medal, and hastens to inclose it to the Earl of Aberdeen, her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, for his Lordship to be pleased to convey it! through the usual channels, to the hands of the gen tleman concerned, who no doubt will know how to appreciate the honourable recompense bestowed upon his philanthropy and courage. Awaiting his Lord ship's kind answer, the undersigned, &c., (Signed) "CASTELCICALA." LIWITHOusE AT FALSTERBO. The following has been received at Lloyd's : " The Swedish and Norwegian General Consulate, 2, Crosby-square, Nov. 4, 1842. " Sir,—Referring to my communication of the 18th of June, I have now the honour to transmit you the following translation of an ordonnance issued at Stockholm on the 4th of October : " 'The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the guidance and information of mariners, that as the contemplated Lentille Light at Falsterho cannot be raised this year, but the re-erection of the Tower is now completed, the former open Coal Light, placed at the same height as hitherto, will . be exhibited during the dark season, or, from the commencement of the month of October in the present, until the middle of the month of April in the ensuing year—instead of the Provisional Light, which has been exhibited during the summer ; after which the illumination, by means of a large lanthorn, will be maintained, until such time as the Lentille Light can be erected.'—l am, &c., (Signed) ." CHARLES TOTTIE. " William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Fortuna, Pernambuco to Hamburgh, sth ult., lat. 26, lon. 35 ; Hermes, Monte Video to Liverpool, 12th, lat. 37, lon. 31 ; Dutch barque, 57,618, lat. 45, lon. 27 ; Visitor, London to Demerara, 30th, 60 miles W. S. from the Lizard, by the Laura Louisa, arrived o FFahnouth, VIENNA, OcT. 22.—We learn from good authority that a considerable reduction will zhortly be made in Austria on the import duty on several foreign articles, especially on coffee and sugar. The Ist of January, 1843, is the time when this alteration is to take place. This is an additional proof that the Austrian Govern ment is departing from the prohibitory system hitherto in force, to adopt a system of protecting duties. GREENRITHE PIER. On Monday last the retired and beautiful village of Greenhithe assumed a most animated scene, upon the occasion of the opening of this Pier. On the arrival of the first steam-boat at the Pier, which con veyed several of the Directors and Shareholders of the Pier Company, they were received by a numerous assemblage of their friends. A salute of cannon, and the National Anthem of " Ged Save the Queen," per formed by a well-regulated band, also welcomed them. The Pier being open to the public throughout the day free of any charge, a vast number of the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood availed themselves of the tiful views of the it cannot fail to sameme e a g s r a o a p t r . o a n t t - i r e a n o a t d io e u ; fr a o n m d , tb a e s s b u e e a h u , Harmer, Esq., r a i o v d e rt,htehe surrounding adjoining o g o r u o ti n t n r d 3 s ,. of James Afterwards a large party of the Shareholders and their friends partook of an excellent dinner, provided at the Admiral Keppel inn, at which the usual loyal toasts were drank. D urin g t he evening, some g di b se y harges of can ieces by the band, Messrs. Jolly : al x rio c do e , F l t e i glees il i aa performance and ,t,ro songs .,suoofo e l s N ee , e dv r ee e dr as by 3 n p, he and a good display of fireworks at the Pier head. The watermcn of the place, and the men engaged about the works, were well re g aled with a dinner and plenty of good cheer. Altogether, the arrang ements of t he day passed off to the satisfaction of every one, and the general inte rGe rs The el% the. c io h r ps uct r constructed r i well of t be- imb long remembered in er, , and is remark able for durability, chasteness, and el egance, and re flects great credit on Messrs. B ush, the engineers and designers. The packets of the two . p rinci p al Gravesend Steam Companies now call daily at this P ier, whereby the o v n i s i t great accommodation of a passage to and from Lon don is afforded to the inhabitants and visitors of the village and neighbourhood, free from the danger which has hitherto attended the landing and embarking of passengers in small boats. THE COUNTY EGISTRATION .-- The result of the late registration is all that the Reformers could wish. Objections have been made so successfully in almost every part of the southern division, that were an election to take place on the present list, there is little doubt Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham would be defeated. The Tories are not so strong as at the last election, when compared now with the Liberals, by some 850 votes.—Liverpool Mercury. A Cabinet Council was held at three yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. it was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Buc eleuch, Lord Stanley, and most of the othet Cabinet Ministers, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday the adjourned case of Captain Douglas, charged with desertion from the service of the East India Company, came on for hearing. So great was the excitement caused by this novel case, that the. Court was crowded to excess by military men and others connected with East India affairs, and numbers of respectable persons were refused admittance. Mr. Clarkson was for the prosecutors, and Mr. Chambers for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON observed, as since the last examina tion sundry unpleasant communications had gone forth, through the medium of the press, to the world, he would briefly recapitulate the main facts of the case. It appeared from his instructions that the de fendant had, in March, 1841, served as an officer in the 49th Madras Infantry. He had obtained leave to go to the Neilgherry hills on account of a complaint caused by the climate ; that leave of absence was, however, expressly confined to India. Since he (Mr. Clarkson) had previously appeared in this case, he had again consulted the Queen's Advocate, and upon the opinions which he had expressed called upon the Magistrate to commit him (the prisoner) to be dealt with as a deserter, under the Act of 5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 12, sec. 22. He would now, however, make no secret of the real charge against the prisoner, which was, that in his official, civil, and political capacity, he had been guilty of most important malversa tions, and of receiving bribes to an enormous ex tent. The Advocate-General of Madras had been con sulted by Lord Elphinstone, and 21 criminal informa tions had been exhibited against Captain Douglas. In consequence of this he had surreptitiously left Tan jore, and instead of stopping at the Neilgherry hills, had prone through' Mahee or Mahal, in the assumed name of Jackson, through a French port to Bombay. where he embarked in the ship Reliance, still in his assumed name. On the passage he, however, let slip his real name was Douglas. Ile (Mr. Clarkson) was now in a condition to produce Captain Hall, the com mander of the vessel in which Captain Douglas had . come to England in the name of Jackson. He had further proved the transfer of India Stock by the de fendant in the name of N. Douglas. The East India Company, feeling that it was due to themselves, as well as to the officers in their employ, had caused this inquiry to be proceeded with. In conclusion, the Learned Counsel quoted the 22d clause of the Mutiny Act, 5 and 6 Victoria, and called upon the worthy Magistrate to keep the defendant in custody until he could be transmitted to the Secretary at War. The defendant had been identified by his hand-writing, and also by his admission to the officer who had ap prehended him. The Magistrate had no option but to commit. Mr. Fitzpatrick (the chief clerk) inquired of the defendant whether he was now prepared to state his name? Mr. Chambers replied in the negative. Mr. Clarkson observed that, for the sake of the de fendant, he did not wish to have gone further into the case. Ile must, however, nosy c all two witnesses. Mr. Chambers said, that what had hitherto been done had been through his advice. His client was charged with an ignominious crime, of which he was prepared to prove his innocence. Mr. Clarkson then called James Borrock Egan, the Assistant-Military Se cretary to the East India Company, who produced and read the letter signed "Lieut.-Colonel Alexander, Commander of Fort St. George," by which it ap peared that the defendant had absented himself with • out leave; and also a letter from Major Gunning, of a similar import, and a letter from the French Gover • nor of Otocammund, relative to the defendant's pass ing through the French territories, in the assumed name of Jaason, and finally embarking at Bombay for England. Mr. Stewart Milne partly repeated his former evi dence, and produced one out of a number of writs issued in India against Captain Douglas. Mr. Clarkson read the extra c t , which was the copy of a writ signed "George Norton, Advocate-Gene ral," for 23,000 rupees, a ddressedto am th o e un S t h e e h ri a ff rge o ci f Manras, on the Bth June, 1842. Mr. Clarkson—What is about the against the defendant ? Mr. Milne-128,000 rupees, or about 12,800/ witness also produced a copy of dispatches relative The to called the defendant from Lord Elphinstone, stating that in quiries were instituted respecting the defendant. Mr. Clarkson having read the dispatch, of the Relianc Thomas Cameron Hall, Captain passenger i in his ship proved that the prisoner came iBtl Bombay,f o ro f m iltine. i,h ewphri prisoner place ne r l e left d from on the of Cork, and the ship proceeded he thsaclne s a o t n e the passed Cove where she arrived on the 22d ult.Theeshp i r i t i ) o Liverpool, by the name of Captain Jacks on , but had paid his passage-money by a draft signed " Mr. Chambers in defence said, that as of the Queen's Advocate had been handed in, he had another to produ ce from Dr. Addam which was dia metrically oppos e d to the s, a g n las o . p " in ion former one. The Learned Counsel contended at great lenkth, that under the v clause of the Mutiny Act his client was not respon sible to the military law, which merely related to soldiers and not to officers. The powers of the Ma gistrate were therefore limited, and this was not a case in which he could derive. the inference that his client was a deserter. He had, forsooth, been accused of certain crimes, and because he had, before his leave of absence had expired, chosen to come to England to consult with his legal adviser—was he to be branded as a deserter ? Were the.. East . India Company, powerful as they are, to be judge and jury ? He hoped not. Mr. Chambers finished by calling upon the worthy Magistrate to discharge his client. - . Mr. HARDWICK wished, for his own guidance, to be informed by some one of the officers of the Hon. East India Company as to the terms in which. the leave of absence was couched. Mr. Egan replied, that the leave of absence was for India alone. Bad the defendant been allowed leave of absence to come to En g land it would have been expressed as a furlough to England. Mr. IlAnnwlcx observed, that the course he had to pursue was a very simple one. It was proved in evidence that the defendant was the Captain Douglas who had leave of absence to the Neilgherry hills, but who • had chosen to come to England, rightly or wrongly that was not for him to say, and whether or not he was a deserter, was not for a Magistrate to decide. Ills duty was to ascertain from the evidence laid before him whether the defendant was or was not the person described as a deserter. From the evidence adduced he was of opinion that be was, and should therefore commit him to prison in accordance with the provision. of the Mutiny Act ; and the chief clerk would, at the bottom of the commitment, point out that he shout. be referred to the Secretary at War. In the meantime the Learned Counsel for the defen dant could apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus to remove his client.—Captain Douglas was then removed, and sent off in the care of the gaoler to prison. CLERKENWELL. Charles Viwzia, professor of languages, and Mary Taylor, were charged with causing the death of John Taylor by poison. It appeared from the evidence, that for sometime back the male prisoner has been ; lodging with the female one on Saffron-hill. lie has been labouring under an.aftktion of the heart, .for. which_he„used to drink prussic acid in a diluted state. Thig morning the deceased, Mary Taylor's son, a child, was pla.ying with the bottle containing the mixture, and drank some of it, which caused almost immediate death. But what seems very extraordinary is, that his sister, a child almost seven years, drank some of it too, and it did not injure her up to the time the emetic was given, three hours after the poison was taken. She seemed: in perfect health when giving her evidence. She said the poison was very bitter. That her brother got sick at once, but that she did not feel it at all although she took more than he did. The male prisoner produced a letter from the Earl of Surrey, speaking highly of his character, and en closing him 101. They were both discharged. TEE PAST MATORALTY.—It is said that Sir John Pirie intends to withdraw from public life at the dose of the present Mayoralty. Whether such be the fact or not, few of his predecessors in office will have carried with them into retirement a larger amount of respect and'esteem than the worthy Baronet. With a total absence of party bias, and of that appetite for notoriety which characterise some civic functionaries, the present Chief Magistrate has discharged his vari ous important duties in a firm, able, and conscientious, but perfectly unobtrusive manner Cand, whilst reviving the hospitality of ancient times, Sir John Pirie has never failed throughout his public career, to manifest a prompt and open-handed sympathy with the friend less and unfortunate, qualities not of daily occur rence, and which will be long remembered and appre ciated by his fellow-citizens. FUNERAL OF ALLAN CUNNINGIIAM.—Yesterda v, at one o'clock, the remains of this lamented author and artist were removed from his residence in Lower Bel grave-place, to the general cemetery in the Harrow road, for interment in the catacombs of that place. The funeral was conducted in the most private man ner, and consisted of a hearse and two mourning coaches. In the first carriage were the deceased's youngest son, his brother, Mr. Peter Cunningham, Dr. Tweedie, and Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. In the second rode Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Martin, and Mr. John Murray, the eminent book seller, of Albemarle-street. The deceased has left three other sons, all of whom are in India at present. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A gentleman in this town has received a letter from his sister, at Dublin, who embarked on board the City of Limerick steam packet, from this port, on Monday morning, the l'ith of October, bound for Dublin, with a number of pas sengers on board. They passed the Land's End about twelve o'clock at night, and soon after that time, on entering the North Channel, a great noise and con fusion was heard upon the deck, mingled with the cries of " Stop the ship—stop the steam,' " A woman is overbOard. The captain, who had turned into his berth, hastily ran upon deck, and immediately or dered the boats to be manned, and the steam to be turned off; but after the most strenuous exertions, nobody could be found. There were a number of deck passengers on board, who saw a female come up the companion stairs, and instantly throw her self into the sea, over the ship's side. The sea was running very high at the time, and the vessel going at the rate of seven or eight knots an hour. The un fortunate deceased was a respectable middle-aged woman, who, with her husband, was a cabin pas senger, and had stolen from his side in the stillness of the night, and perpetrated the fatal act. She had been liable, it seems, to temporary fits of insanity, but had exhibited no symptoms of the kind during the time she had been on board. The husband, on be coming acquainted with the circumstance, was so ov ercome with horror and amazement, that he became frantic in his grief, and it was with the greatest diffi culty he could be prevs . nted from plunging into the deep ; and it became imperatively necessary to lash him down, in order to restrain him from throwing himself overboard.—Plymouth PRECAUTIONS TO SAVE CHILDREN FROM BEING BURNED. — At this season 9f the year it is truly ocalamities e children an painful to read the accounts which appear not only every week, but almost every day of the being burned albl i yunrontehlengtpothubdtlheiacethj.our carelessnessr rl , a h l e s s , eeofsfadlhrs d n young t leaving children not only without are gser vantsprotectors, but in many instances actually locked in rooms where there are fires. gre W a r t h e e s r t ever this practice exists danger, owing to the there must be the h o m r uch pla le yi ss n fire.. The use of a simple natural fondness of child many lives. Linen pinafores are children n ire guard would save take fire than cotton ones. It playing oath ought also to be known that in case of the clothes of best means of extinguishing it is c is i by takingth th row i n g t o child on the floor, and wrappi ng t iii ro a wi h n l b anice e t or Woollen cloth of any - V child is in an upright position the flames from the clothes burn fiercely, and as their natural tendency is towards the head, consequently if the child be laid down, the flames will instantly become feebler, and be much more easily extinguished. To smother the fire by wrapping the child in a woollen cloth, is a much quicker and safer mode than by tearing the clothes off piecemeal. After a burn, n o application is better than a plentiful sprinkling of flour. FEROCITY OF A HORSE.--AfARCIL—On the 28th ult. an accident occurred at the Chequers Inn, to a man who had the care ofa beautiful spotted pony, belonging to Mr. Ginnett, the equestrian. lie was feeding it, when, in an instant, the animal caught hold of his hand and flung him over its back to the other side of the stable ; it then sprang upon his shoulder, and with the greatest ferocity bit a piece out of his bottom lip, and would have killed him had not his dreadful screams brought one of the company to his assistance, who beat it off him with a fork. The poor fellow w as taken into the house covered wi th blood, and dreadfully bruise d about his breas t and shoulder. After his wounds were dressed and he was a little recovered, he was enabled to leave the town • in a ;vim with the company.—Cambridge Ad • verhser. SINGULAR PLEDGE.—We have ju st its heard the fol lowing story, but cannot vouch for truth. A young woman went into a pawnbroker's many miles from Kilmarno c k, the of other day, with a establishment, not basket containing a quant i ty wished to pledge with " min china, w hich she e exa mining the content s o f the uncle " for 21. After could only advance basket, he gravely stated he his statement s h e the sa id could _ half of that sum . i n reply to she was a servant, and that the articles were the property of her mistress, whom she would require to consult before taking the money. She therefor e le ft t he office for that purpose, and in a short time returned with the basket, saying that her mistress would take what was offered. " Mine uncle" ag •am glanced into the depository of the precious ware, and saw that it apparently contained the same goods that he formerly examined. The cash was then paid to the woman, who immediately left the house, and the case was then carefully set aside. In a short time afterwards a feeble cry was heard by the broker issuing from the basket, which he again examined, and in which, to his utter astonishment, he found a fine child carefully wrapt in flannel, and over whi c h a slight covering of china had been ingeniously placed for the purpose of deception. • The pawnbroker, it is said, applied to the authorities for a nurse to the little pledge, but was told that, like other pledges, he was bound to keep it for 12 months, and if not redeemed at the end of that time, to bring it to the hammer, like other vawned property !"-- Ayr Observer. A 1 ouNG PREACHER.—TIui anniversary ser mons in behalf of the Primiti ve M e th o di st S un d a y Schools, ons Oldham, were pre ac h e d on S un d ay l as t by a boy of Joel Hodson, of L anca s ter. Such years of age, named • as ter. Such was the excitement of the public to see and hear this juvenile prodigy that the congregation were ad mitted by tickets sold at Is. 6d. each.-111anchester Advertiser. 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