The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUbLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PA PERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—That which Sir Robert Peel's Go vernment is to the monopolists, the proceedings of Sir Charles Begot, as Governor-General of Canada, seem to be to the knot of Tories who enjoyed exclusively the patronage and pay of Government in Canada. "Who would have. thought that the good old plan of making the personal and political rights of the many subser vient to the aggrandizement of the few—a sys tem of policy which had prevailed in Canada until - it had alienated the bulk of the inhabitants from the British Government —who could have anticipated that suck an excellent and long existing system of Tory rule, should have re ceived its coup de grace from a Tory hand, directed by a Tory Government! This was a blow so unexpected, and so positively astound ing that the " Family Compact" in Canada has been almost frightened into fits by the surprise, and the Tory journals at home are one day specu lating as to the cause, and the next lamenting over the consequences of the catastrophe I That a Tory Governor-General should recognise the Whig-Radical doctrine of " responsible Govern ment,' and endeavour to allay ancient feuds and conciliate estranged affections, by admitting to a share in the Government two gentlemen who possess the confidence of a large party in the colony, was -certainly an epoch in its history. We trust and believe that from it will - be dated the commencement of a long, uninterrupted course of tranquillity and prosperity; the Go vernment in unison with the views and feelings of the people, and the people reciprocating con fidence in ' the Government and a cheerful obedience to the laws. That Sir Charles Begot is • merely the instrument of effect ing the changed. policy of the parent Govern ment towards Canada, there is every reason to believe: It is not probable that lie would have taken -upon himself—without being guided and fortified by the directions of the British Cabinet —the responsibility ot a " revolution"—so the Ministerial Post designated the change—so cer tain of causing the loudest imaginable complaints from the clique which has deprecated every con cession to popular opinion, and who were sure_ to be encouraged in their opposition by the organs of Toryism at home. The alternative of gratify ing the ascendant few at the risk of provoking resistance from the many—reSistance which must embarrass the Government, if it did not disturb the existence of social order in the colony —was too fearful to be encountered. Conciliation was determined on. The admission of two or three Liberals into the Cabinet Council of the Governor- General has furnished a gratifying pledge of the future policy of the Administration, and has been accepted as the earnest of that ameliora tion in the state, and improvement in the posi tion, of the French Canadians, who form the bulk of the population of Lower Canada—a change which had become essential to the re pose, and necessary to the development, of the resources of the. colony. The Herald of this morning says :—" Sir Charles Begot is really in a most unenviable position; the bid he has al ready made for the support of the quondam pro moters of insurrection, is not high enough; he must make a further advance, or they will quickly return to opposition, invigorated by the importance he has thrust upon them." The dis satisfaction of the Herald with the "position" of Sir Charles Begot, arises from a conversation which appears to have taken place in the House of Assembly at Kingston, on the 19th September last. " Mr. _Moffatt thought this a fitting moment to ask the Ministry two questions—firstly, whether they were prepared to support the Union Act as passed by the Imperial Parliament ; and, secondly, to maintain the Civil List as it at present stands ? " Mr. Hinckes replied that he individually had never pledged himself to Support . the Union Act; and he was opposed to the Civil List unless voted by the Assembly, and not by the Imperial Parliament." Upon this conversation—Or rather upon the reply of Mr. Hinckes to the question put to the Ministry of which he is a member—the Herald founds the following comment ;—, " It is clear from that answer, that Sir Charles Bagot permits the terms dictated by the Imperial Pa rliament to be open questions in his Administration ;* while the probability is, that the recent admissions thereto have given a majority to those of his present advisers who agree with Mr. Hinckes,—those admis sions must at least have increased the strength of the Opposition therein to the fundamental stipulations on which the Imperial Parliament restored constitutional government to the Lower Province." We put a different interpretation on the answer. Mr. llinckes, and those of his col leagues in the Ministry who occupy the same relative position with respect to parties with hiinself, • were doubtless admitted to the Cabinet without being required to recant the opinions they had openly expressed under other circumstances, engendering other feelings, than those by which .they were. now actuated. The object of the Government was concession : to have fettered the Offer of a share in the Govern ment to the leading members of the popular party with conditions, would have defeated that object, and hare revived the, reniembrabce of grievances it was desirable should be forgotten, and provoked exasperation at . the moment when friendly co-operation was essential to the good of all parties. It is quite possible for Mr. Hinckes, and other members ot the Cabinet who concur with him in his views on that question, to be the medium of friendly dispositions between the Canadian party and the Government, and yet to retain their views on that question. " For a Go vernor-General," says the Herald, " to select advisers regardless of these conditions"—the ap proval of the Act of Union, and the voting of the Civil. List by the Imperial Parliament—" is to the province almost equivalent to the Sovereign at ,home summoning to the Royal councils Mi nisters who were favourable to a repeal of the union between England and Ireland." Not so : it rather resembles the admission of persons to the councils of the Sovereign who, previously to the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, were known to be friendly to the measure, and invariably voted for Catholic Emancipation ; which, for several'years before .that great conces sion to a proscribed people became law, was an " Open questiOn" in the British Cabinet. " Why did not the late Lord Sydenha rn see k t h e assistance in; his Cabinet of any representatives of the French Canadians ?" Because social order, so sadly disjointed by the insurrection, was not u suffi ciently tranquillised and settled during his g - vernment. Had his valuabl:, life been spared, and he been allowed to remain in the government which he had so wisely administered in the spirit of conciliation, he would, doubtless, have intro duced to his councils those whose assistance Sir Charles Begot, animated by the same views, has succeeded in obtaining. .The great mistake which the Herald, and those who in this country and Canada condemn the course the Governor-Ge neral has adopted in this matter, is, that he had an alternative—except, indeed, that the adoption of which would have risked another insurrection. The question was, Shall the government be administered in conformity with public opi nion, or by the application of physical force? Shall it be a military despotism, or a Govern ment of law and of social order ? The interval which elapsed since the insurrection was a transi tion state, in which it was impossible for the colony to remain. To retrace the path, for the purpose of restoring the ancient regime, would have provoked resistance before which the Go vernment would have fallen, if the colony itself had not' been lost to the British Crown. The Report of Lord Durham indicated another and a wiser course. That the Government has pur sued—to the sore chagrin of the friends of des potism in both countries ; but with the sanction of all and approval safely l l who believe that no Govern ment can be administered which is not based on the aff ections and supported by the approval of the governed. STANDARD. —Th e A n 1 Corn-law League want," not a " hero," for Mr. Cobden officiates for them in that capacity atptresosent, but some- attainment—they t hing much more difficult o want some money. ow e Pray Cobden, at a late meeting of the Lea Le says Mr. at r. Manchester, "to ask the country for 50 ,00 01.,5t o f to be paid into the Treasurer's hands by the 1 January, 1843." There is a touch of humour in this announcement which greatly exceeds that of any previous notification ef the body. The Morning Chronicle thinks there can be no man ner of doubt that the money will be obtained, and assures us that .50,0001. would be a cheap price to pay for the benefits it is to assist iu securing, With 50,000/. at his command, Mr. Cobden proposes that every elector in the coun try shall bevisited by an anti-corn-law missionary, • with not There' d.. y a tract or pamphlet, but alittle library of e livin knowledge on the subject his pocket. Should all these " a ids to reflection' fail, they are to b e letters as was followed up by some such series of Cleve land by that addressed to the Duke of brazen hireling of the Leae, Ac" land. Beside the empl oyment ofsuch means, Con ferences and meetin gs are r toh t e h le ec l o d u , n a t n r d y d ; ewphuitiasi. tions dispatched to all parts of a gegeral conference is to meet in London and re- • snaus.there during th e whole s ession ' ; or, in de • fault thereof, .as long as the money lasts. . What, adds. Mr. Cobden, is an outlay of 50,000/. i w h e n compared• with the object i t s destined to achieve? Although he has no doubt that this amount will be -Obtained, lie _wi s he s it to proceed from all parts of : the country, and therefore proposes 6it llPet upon the plan on which Mr. O'Connell levies his rent, namely, by the establishment of commit tees in every town. " Beautifully engraved sub scription cards will be handed round," and the names of contributors will be duly "enrolled." The collectors will each undertake to obtain a certain sum, and should they fail will be kindly permitted to supply the deficiency from their own pockets, their reward consisting in the emblazonment of their names and the amount of their collections on the " beautifully engraved" cards already referred to. Nothing is now wanted in further ance of this great object but the money, which, without the important machinery by which Mr. O'Connell's begging-box is replenished —we allude to his subordinate extortioners, the Popish priesthood—will not flow in in a sufficient vo lume to pay the amount of the " beautifully engraved cards," and other preliminary arrange ments. Mr. Cobden is, however, at no pains to disguise his impression that half a loaf is better than no bread and that if he cannot obtain the whole amount he has specified, he will be content with such a fraction of it as may be offered to him. Mr. Hindley, the only M.P. who could be i::duced to attend the meeting, and who was, by his own account impressed, nolens miens, into its service, told a marvellous story of a pretended conversation with one of her Majesty's Household, who, he says,assured him that Ministers did not:in tend to repeal the Corn-laws, as they had the " army at their back." Mr. Hindley says, he was evidently an " aristocratic personage," but we may fairly question the judgment of tile worthy Leaguer on matters which must so rarely fall under his observation. The great proba billty is that he mistook the red coat and bullion tags of some menial servant of the Household for the uniform of a military officer, and that the flunky merely talked big to keep up the hoax. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12A- per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 46k, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 671 t, it follows that gold is 0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 91, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 104, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The market for public securities exhibits consider able firmness, and prices to-day were quoted a shade in advance, the demand for investment carrying for ward the weight of stock offering for sale. No bar gains of magnitude were entered into, but the ge neral currency of business was such as to induce the jobbers to believe a further increase is likely to follow. The present abundance of money, and the few chan nels open for a profitable employment of it, is one of the principal arguments in favour of a rise in the value of the permanent stocks. A letter from the secretary of the Greenwich Rail way contradicts the statement, that there are no seats in the second-class carriages. "It is true," he says, "that the fares have been altered from 6d. and 9d. to Bd. and ls. but the former second class carriages were not enclosed and had no seats. Although there are the best reasons in the matter of the pending inquiry into the frauds on the revenue for not making public the names of individuals who have been accused, on the most suspicious testimony, of participating in them, great public interest attaches to the nature of the frauds themselves. The whole trading community may be said at this moment to be influenced by the most intense anxiety to learn how the imputed frauds have been possible at all, or so long allowed to be practised with impunity, and what means are to be devised by the Treasury for protecting the fair trader against a repetition of them. CHRONICLE.—The Operations of the Govern ment broker as a purchaser, on account of the gua rantee fund of the East India Company, were repeated yesterday and to-day. In adverting to this trans action on Saturday last, it was stated inadvertently, that the interest to re-invest amounted to 600,0001. on the 2,000,0001., whereas it should have been only 60,0001. The dividends have been re-invested as re ceived since the fund was set apart, and the original principal stock and accumulations now amount to from 50,0001. to 60,0001. semi-annually. The following are the official returns of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last, viz.:-- Silver Coin to Calais ... 170,000 oz. Rotterdam lO,OOO oz. " A South American Bondholder" suggests that it is now more than ever the duty of her Majesty's Go vernment to use all its powerful influence and exer tions with the States of South America to insure the regular payments of their hitherto irregularly paid dividends, inasmuch as by the Income-tax they would produce a considerable amount of revenue, and thus tend to alleviate the pressure of a tax that bears so heavily upon the community. Our correspondent thinks that Lord Aberdeen must consider himself bound to adopt efficient measures, with the view of enforcing the claims of the English bondholders on the non-paying states in South America. LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 26. IN RE SAMUEL ASKELL. The bankrupt in this case had carried on an exten sive business as a warehouse and Manchester merchant. The amount of debts and liabilities as stated in his schedule exceeded 47,0001., of which 24,0001. were described as without consideration, and nearly 10,000/. upon accommodation bills. It was cal culated that the assets, so far as the assignees had yet realised them would afford about 4s. in the pound. Proofs to the amount of 3,0871. were admitted with out opposition. Upon one, on a bill of exchange for 1901. being tendered, the solicitor for the fiat objected to its admission on the grounds that the creditor (Mr. James) became possessed of it without consideration. After considerable discussion the further consideration of this claim was ordered to stand adjourned to the day appointed for the next audit. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and Mr. Justice MAULE.) The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial of John Webber, aged 27, described in the calendar as an artist, charged with having committed an unnatural offence. The evidence, of course, is quite unfit for publication. Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner, and after some deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) John Bell Carter, a young man of respectable ap pearance, waa indicted with stealing the sum of 2.5/. orr the 24th of December, 1841, which he had re ceived on acc oun t o f S. T. Newington and Co., in whose service he \ as. There were other indictments against the prisoner, charging him with embezzling other large sums. The prisoner pleaded Guilty to both indictments. The COMMON SERGEANT inquired whether the pro secutor had anything to say in favour of the prisoner? --Mr. Newington said he had not, and added that, during the time he was in his employ, between 400/. and 5001. had been missed, and unaccounted for. The COMMON SERGEANT thought the present was a case which called for exemplary punishment, and he should, therefore, sentence the prisoner, on the first indictment, to seven years transportation, and also to a like term on the second indictment. Several other prisoners on being arraigned, pleaded Guilty, and were sentenced, sonic to transportation, and others to different terms of imprisonment. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SES. SIONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in deciding appeals against Magistrates' orders, in cases of parish against parish, but the only case of the least interest was an appeal by St. George's, Blooms bury, v. St. Clement Danes. The officers of the latter parish had obtained an order for the removal froin thence to St. George's, -of a pauper, who was in their ‘VOrichoiise. The orer was granted on the ground that the pauper had obtained a settlement in Blooms bury by service. The appellants alleged that the service was not sufficient to constitute a settlement, inasmuch as, although the pauper'had been engaged upon a yearly stipend, and served more than a year in the parish, residing in the house of his master, yet he was not a yearly servant within the meaning of the Act, because he had, by special agreement at the time of hiring, the Sundays at his own disposal. The Magistratts held the exception to be good, and quashed the order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YE g TERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. THI3 BRITISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR EMI GRATION AND COLONIZATION.—A man of seaman-like appearance, who stated that his name was Pratt, ap peared before the Lord Mavor, in consequence of the account which he had seen in the newspapers relative to the emigrants to Prince Edward's Island. He was accompanied by four or file persons who said they had claims against the Association or its agents. Mr. Pratt stated that he was the second Captain who had been engaged to take command of the ship Barbadoes, bound for Prince Edward's Island, and which i t h a d been stated was on the point of sailing, and he was given to understand that a representation had been made to the Lord Mayor th a t hi s serv i ces we re rejected, because he was excessively addicted to liquor. Low mmcoß said it.ha . d been mentioned th a t the Captaiu, first ogag ed , The s in such pecuniary dif. wa TRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1842. ficulties as to be afraid to :appear publicly, and that the Captain appointed to supply his place having been , found blind drunk, and in the company of a prosti tute, was considered an unfit person to manage a ship, upon the safety of which the lives of so many persons , depended. It had also been mentioned in the state ment made in the Justice-room, that a third Captain had been chosen, who was considered unexceptionable, and that he was in the ship at Gravesend. Captain Pratt declared most solemnly that a greater falsehood could not have heen told than that which reflected upon his character as a man of sober and steady habits. The object of those who uttered such a calumny was merely to afford something like a reasonable excuse for the course they were pur suing. It was the wish of the passengers that he should go out as Captain, but he had peremptorily re fused to take the vessel under his command, as everything connected with it was a dark mystery, and there was no evidence whatever of the stability and correctness of all the arrangements, notwith standing the high description given in answer to the complaints of the emigrants who appeared before his Lordship. The LORD Maim supposed that a satisfactory ar rangement had taken place between the party who contracted with the emigrants and the men who ap peared to complain on Monday, as he had heard no thing more of the matter. It struck him upon that occasion, and he had mentioned the fact, that so important a business as that in which the Association was engaged, seemed to have been most loosely and negligently transacted. Well acquainted as he hap pened to be, from the nature of his own commercial transactions, with the means which ought to be adopted with regard to the transmission of multitudes of people to distant countries and harsh climates, he certainly felt that there was something which de manded explanation. One of the persons who accompanied Captain Pratt here stated that five of the emigrants were in London on the previous day, ready to make complaints, and that no money was to be had. It was, he observed, very extraordinary that an Association, boasting of such wonderful patronage, and promising nothing less than the making of people's fortunes, should be so badly managed that tradesmen were apprehensive est the credit they might give would leave them in the lurch. The LORD MAYOR said the superintendence of the pecuniary affairs was evidently defective, and he had no ticed that as one of the principal objections, amongst which another was the late period of the year for sail ing to such a climate. Mr. Hobler—A climate that requires Buffalo hidcs as a protection against the intense cold. Captain Pratt—The emigrants were most anxious that I should go, but I have withdrawn myself; and lam anxious to get my clothes which are on board. The emigrants have, I understand, already objected to eat the meat given out to them The LORD MAYOR—I cannot consent to hear any more, except the parties interested for the Association are present, and I would not have listened to so much, if I had not been given to understand that they knew of Captain Pratt's intention to be here to• day. Captain Pratt assured his Lordship that he had intimated to the gentlemen who had attended to de fend the whole of the proceedings on the part of the Association, that he meant to apply to the Lord Mayor on the subject of the slander which had been uttered against himself, as well as other matters con nected with the contractor, the owner, and the Asso ciation. The LORD MAYoß—Well, I shall not say anything more about the business until I hear from his Grace the Duke of Argyll, to whom I wrote yesterday. Such an account of what took place here on Monday has appeared in the press, as lam sure will lead to a complete explanation, for some of the highest names are mentioned as sanctioning the proceedings of the Association, and the strongest assurances are given that the Association was actually the child of the Duke of Argyll, and that his Grace entertained the most sanguine opinions of its success. The Captain and those who accompanied him, said they would wait anxiously for a communication from the Lord Mayor on the subject. Mr. Wm. Bennet, a young man of comparatively small dimensions, was summoned by Mr. James Mil ler, an able-bodied six feet high, hulking Scotchman, for an assault. Mr. Miller said that he called at the house of the defendant a few evenings ago, to inquire for some body, and no sooner had he put his head inside than he received a whack on the head from Wm Bennett. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, and what did you do? You are big enough to stop that sort of play, I think. Mr. Miller—He was higher up on the stairs, and he caught hold of a broom and gave me a topper with the handle. The LORD MAYOR—And all for nothing ? Mr. Miller—For nothing at all. The LORD MAYOR—Pray, have I not seen you before, Mr. Miller ? Mr. Miller—l dare say you might, my Lord ; but that has nothing to say to this. The LORD MAYOR—I don't exactly know that. Perhaps we shall know a little by and bye. Pray, who was the somebody you went to inquire for ? Mr. Miller—Why, it was for my wife. ot The LORD MAYOR—Oh ! it was for your wife ? You have been here many times about her. I mean about beating and kicking her? - Miller—That has nothing to do with this whatever, your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have you to say to this accusation ? Mr. Bennet said that Mrs. Miller, having been grossly insulted and abused by her husband, and being apprehensive of some fatal attack from his brutality, had placed herself under Mrs. Bennet's protection, and was, when Mr. Miller called, in the house. He (Mr. Bennet) opened the door when Mr. Miller knocked, and told him his wife was not in the house ; whereupon Mr. Miller, being full of drink and fury, made a most desperate outcry, and used language too dreadful to be repeated. Under such circumstances, and as Mr. Miller seemed determined to force his way up stairs, it was certainly considered necessary to take up the broomstick, upon receiving a tap of which, Mr. Miller roared like a bull, and ran out of the house.--(Laughter.) Mr. Miller—l was not in liquor, and I used no bad language ; and I had a right to go where my wife was. Mr. Hobler—You have been frequently here for most violently assaulting the poor woman, who has thrown herself away upon you, and who, it is evident, ought to be here now, to punish you. Here the defendant handed to the Lord Mayor a published account of the last of numerous complaints, made by Mrs. Miller against her husband, at the Mansion-house. The report gave a particular descrip tion of the cowardly behaviour of Mr. Miller, against whom the public indignation was warmly expressed. The LORD MAYOR, at the conclusion, said, why Mr. Miller, you positively declared upon this Occa sion that you would pack up your all, go off to Scot land, and never trouble your wife more, if she would only save you from being locked up. Slr. Miller—Now my Lord, you must know that has nothing to do with this. What has my going to Scotland to do with this man's knocking my head about with a broomstick for nothing at all ? The LORD MAYOR—You had no right to go like a great ruffian,' as you are, into his house. • Mr. Miller—But I wanted my wife.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—And he was determined to protect your wife against your brutality ; and he has done it like a man. I dismiss the complaint, and I advise you, Mr. Miller, to take care how you are brought here again yourself. Mr. Miller—Thank you, my Lord. Good morn ing to your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR—I wish you a very good morn ing, M r . Mill er. —(G reat l aughter.) for Mr. Benn e t su b sequent l y assure d the L ord Mayor t f h ee disappointment a fraid makeby t h e of the charge. police ee must a pprehend YORrhiifm,heansd brin g hould ahcitni here, badly andt the and I will deal with hi m . B ut I have given him a hint which I think he will not forget. BOW-STREET. Thomas Smith, a tall powerful man, a private in the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, was charged with as saulting Mary Limeberry, a respectable m arr i e d woman, residing at Chelsea, and also with assaulting the officer who took him into custody. Mrs. Limeberry stated that she was passing along Pall-mall last evening, at about eleven o'clock, when the prisoner, with four other soldiers rushed out of a public house in a state of intoxication, and com menced taking indecent liberties with her. She re pelled them, and attempted to make her escape, when the prisoner knocked her down. She screamed " Police," and an officer came up and attempted to take the prisoner into custody, bUt he knocked hi'al down. He was, however, secured and conveyed to the station-house. The prisoner, in his defence, merely said that the prosecutrix was a woman of bad character, wl - iom he had seen receive money from gentlemen, while h e was on duty at the Palace. The policeman was recalled, who stated th'it he had been on that beat six months, and he had n ever seen the complainant before. Mr. JARDINE said he could hardly conceive a more cowardly assault, or a more unmanly defence ' and he should punish it accordingly. He should fine the prisoner 41. for the assault on the female, or, in de fault, commit him for three weeks ; and for the assault on the constable, he should commit him for three weeks to the House of Correction. CLERKENWELL. William Edwards, who had been remanded from the previous day on the charge of robbing several medical gentlemen under pretence of wishing to con. stilt them for a " bid thumb," was brought up for examination o n th e on ly remaining charge againSt him, that of Air. F. T. Basire, who stated that be was a resi dent pupil of Dlr. Phillips, surgeon, of 44, All*. street, Hyde-Park. On the 6th of "September, at about half-past one in the afternoon, the prisoner rang the surgery bell, which was answered by wit ness. The prisoner asked to see Mr. Phillips, and on being told by witness that that gentleman was not at home, prisoner said he was willing to wait even for an hour, as he, witness, would not do, for he had a very " bad thumb." Witness thereupon invited him into witness's study, which was also used as a consulting room, where witness left him alone whilst he went to partake of luncheon with Mrs. Phillips in an ad joining room. There being but a very thin par tition, and merely folding doors between the two rooms, witness distinctly heard the bolt of the drawer-lock in the study.' click" as if turned by a key. Witness then sent the footman into the room, telling him to fetch abook,and to see what the prisoner was doing, In some short time after this, the prisoner tapped at the door of the parlour, in which witness and Mrs. Phillips were sitting, and told witness he could wait no longer, and would call again in the morning. Witness attended him to the door, and was in the act of letting him out when Mr. Phillips came in, with whom the prisoner returned to the study. They re • !mined in consultation some little time, and the pri soner left. In about a quarter of an hour after that witness had occasion to go to his drawer in the study, when he found that the key was gone and the drawer locked. In this drawer he kept several articles of jewellery, consisting of two valuable gold mourning rings, &c., and on Mr. Phillips opening the drawer with a key of his own, he discovered that the whole of the jewellery, of the value of about 161., besides a purse containing from 12s. to 18s. in silver, had been abstracted therefrom. Witness had seen all these safe in the drawer a few moments before the prisoner's arrival, and he could swear that no person save the prisoner, Mr. Phillips, and the footman, as before mentioned, had entered the room in the interval. He had traced the two mourning rings to the possession of a pawnbroker, with whom they had been pledged by or at the instance of the prisoner. Mr. Phillips said he saw the prisoner at the time mentioned by the last witness. The prisoner told witness he had injured his thumb in a frolic with some companions on the previous night. On examining the thumb witness's impression at first was that it was an old dislocation. (It was stated on a former occa sion that the prisoner has the power of dislocating his left thumb at will, which is by no means an un common thing). Witness finding that he could make nothing of the alleged " bad thumb," recommended the prisoner to go across to St. George's Hospital, permitting him to use his name to the house-surgeon, and telling him that probably that gentleman might be able to detect, what he (witness) could not. As the prisoner was about to leave, witness asked him to whom he (witness) was indebted for the honour of the introduction ?—(A laugh.) To which the pri soner replied he was recommended to come to witness by a man named Davis, of Prague-street, a person - whom of course . witness had not the slightest know ledge of. William Chapman, footman to Mr. Phillips, con firmed the evidence of Mr. Basire as to his being sent into the study while the prisoner was there. Witness found him sitting close by the drawer belonging to Mr. Basire, apparently "whistling for want of thought," and with his back towards the window. He seemed to be quite unconcerned about any thing. The prisoner declined to say any thing in answer to this charge. He also declined, although good humouredly pressed by Mr. Mould, to edify the Court by showing how he did the trick "of dislocating his thumb at' pleasure. He was fully committed for trial, and left the bar smiling with affected indiffe rence ; as on the previous occasions. THE BOERS AT THE CAPE. The recent disastrous conflicts between the British troops at the. Cape and the Dutch boors, afford a favourable opportunity for some account of these re mote settlements, of which little appears generally known, except to emigrants and traders. Port Natal, from which the news is dispatched, is situated in Eastern Africa, in 29 deg. 53 min. S. lat., 30 deg. 32 min. E. ion. It has a narrow entrance with a bar across, but with a depth of water sufficient to admit ships of from two to three hundred tons burthen. It spreads in the interior, into a fine sheet of water, surrounded with rising ground covered with wood, and having an island in the Midst. Taking the river Umzirncoolu as the southern boundary, forty miles to the south-west of the port, and the Arnata koola, seventy miles to the north-east of it, there appears to be one hundred and ten miles for the extent of the sea-coast of the Zoolu territory. On the whole, it may be assumed, measuring by the Quathlamba moun tains, which run parallel with the sea coast, that the Zoolu country, in which Port Natal is situated, forms a square of about one hundred miles on each side. From the range of the Quathlamba mountains, a number of rivers intersect the plain in their way to the sea, the largest of which, frequently unfordable, appear to be the Umzimcoolu and the Tugela. As regards climate, no place can be deemed more preferable as a place of residence than the Cape, and the countries included generally in that term. Situated in a temperature equally removed from oppressive heat or shivering cold, where the fig-tree, the vine, and the orange luxuriate in the open air, requiring but little aid at the hand of man, it cannot but be other than a delightful seat. Emigrants acknowledge this fact universally ; but there are certain draw backs which, not existing in the natural features of the place, are found among the inhabitants there lo cated. Close to the frontiers of the Caffre country, such proximity has caused between the Dutch and other settlers a mutual pilfering of cattle, a kind of black-mail business, which has led to a constant col lision of interests. Other casualties, such as that which has just taken place, have on various occasions tended to distract these regions. The change produced, 'by a few . Europeans at Natal Bay, may be regarded as a picture of what English labour and industry has effected, wherever it has planted its foot, or actively engaged its hand. Shortly after the emigrants had settled there, says Isaacs, the whole landscape around Natal became changed from one of a wild and savage description to a basy and in dustrious scene of natives engaged in that to which they before devoted but little of their time—the la bouring of the soil. Natal from this time seemed as if every.hing was changed from the savage aspect of its more primitive days. Its plains, its savannahs, its eminences, and its undulations, had all an harmonious appearance. Hamlets, with numerous inhabitants, pursuing their avocations of guarding their herds and cultivating their patches 'of land for corn and roots, could be discerned from every quarter. `With regard to the general character of the boers, a correct idea may be formed of the nature of persons the British, either in a military or commercial point of view, have to deal with, from a representation which we shall endeavour to draw up, from traits given by travellers of these Dutchmen. A Dutch boer may be said to have not the smallest idea of what an English farmer means by the word comfort. Placed in a country where not only the necessaries, but almost every luxury of life might by industry be pro cured, he cares for the enjoyment of none of them. Though he has cattle in abundance, 'he makes very little use of milk or butter. He drinks no, wine, in the midst of a soil and climate most favourable to vine-' culture. He makes use of few or no vegetables or roots. Three times a-day his table is loaded with masses of mutton, swimming in the grease of the sheep. His house is open to the roof, or covered only with rough poles, and turf ; the earthy floors are covered with dust and dirt, swarming with insects and the disagreeable terms. His apartments are almost destitute of furniture; a great chest contains all his moveables, and two other smaller ones fitted to his waggon. The bottoms of his chairs con sist of thongs cut from a bullock's hide. But the boer, notwithstanding, has his enjoyments. He is absolute master of a domain of several miles in extent, and he lords it over a few miserable slaves or Hottentots without control. Unwilling to work, and unable to think, he indulges to excess in the gratifica tion of every sensual appetite. The African hoer thus grows to an unwieldy size, and is carried off the stage by the first inflammatory disease that attacks him. The cruelties exercised upon the Hottentots by these boers or graziers in remoter parts of the colony-, are nowhere exceeded. The boer has been hitherto almost constantly above the law, and, relying on his gun as the magistrate alike of his house and his dis trict, resists, often with impunity, the payment of his rent, or any other demand which ,ustice or social claims might tend to make upon him. REGISTRATION COURTS. The following are the results, issuing out of the objections made by both Liberal and Tory parties in the country, in the different Revising Courts of the towns and boroughs specified below : WEST NORFOLK.—TotaI gain for the Whigs, '250. —Norwich Mercury. EAST SOMERSET.—CIear Liberal gain, 346. Keene' s Bath Journal. WEST RIDING, YORK.—It may be safely stated that here the Tories have put on several hundred double claims, which will prove so many phantoms on the day of election.—Leeds Mercury. ABERYSTWITH.—Twenty-two entirely new votes have been gained in this borough by the Liberals. BEVERLEY.—The result of the Parliamentary revi sion here shows a total Liberal gain of 52, which, with the gain of 45 last year, places the Reformers in a position to return two representatives, should an election take place under the present registry.—Leeds Mercury. BEWDLEY.—The objections preferred by the Re form party were 66, claims 14 ; objections by the To ries 52, claims 19. The actual number of the consti • tuency of the borough is now about 360.—Worcester Chronicle. CITY or Duumksi.—The apparent majority here is in favour of the Tories to the number of 11. The balance, however, is turned in favour of the Liberals by the fact that 25 out of the 41 objections sustained by the Tories were against individuals who were not on last year's register, and whose rejection, conse • quentl. ,v involves no diminution of the ,former strength of the Liberal party.—Durham Chronicle. HULL.—The Reformers have here a majority of three.—Hull Rockingham. KNARESBOROUGH.—In this town there is a majority of four in favour of the Whigs.—Leeds Mercury. LEICESTEB.—The Liberals in this borough have a real gain of 35.—Leicestershire Mercury. . NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The Tories of this borough have had 18 expunged ; the Reformers, 14. The new voters on the side of the latter are as two to one.—Hants independent. PETERBOROUGH.—The termination of the revision has been considerably in favour of the Liberal party. —Cambridge independent. TEWICESBURY.—The Parliamentary revision here leaves the Liberals in a clear gain of 12 votes. — Wor cester Chronicle. THE ARUNDEL BANK. MESSRS. HOPKINS AND DREWETT'S BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioners Green, Ellis, and Powell.) On Monday morning a meeting of creditors in this bankruptcy took place at the Norfolk Arms Inn, Arundel, for the proof of debts, the audit of the ac counts, and declaration of a dividend. Mr. French attended as solicitor for the assignees. Mr. Blackmore, solicitor, of London, tendered a proof for 881. 4s. 6d., by Mr. Wilson, a co-assignee with Mr. Hopkins, under a Mr. Bowman's bank ruptcy. Mr. Mant, a solicitor, tendered a proof for Mr. Tomkins, the surviving assignee of Penfold, for 4851. 10s. 10d., under similar circumstances. The Commissioners, after a long consultation, ad mitted both the proofs. Mr. Edmunds, a solicitor, of Wanking, made an application for Mr. Hopkins, one of the bankrupts, fur the usual allowance. _ Mr. Blackmore applied, on behalf of Mr. Drewett, for a similar allowance. _ . The Commissioners granted the applications, and directed the assignees to pay to Messys. Hopkins and Drewett 4001. each. The auditing of the assignees' accounts since the last dividend meeting were then gone into. On the separate estate of James Hopkins, after paying the creditors 20s. in the pound, the assignees had a balance in hand of 1,6851. Bs. 10d. to be carried to the joint estate. On the separate, estate of John Dreviett, the assignees had a balance in hand of 4,4861. 16s. 10d. to be carried to the joint estate, after paying the credi tors under the separate estate 20s. in the pound. On the joint estate, the accounts showed a balance in hand amounting to 8.2061. Bs. 5d., out of which a dividend of 4s. in the pound was declared, making on the joint estate 14s. in the pound. On the separate estates of both the bankrupts, 20s. in the pound has been paid. The Commissioners complimented Mr. French for the manner in which he had worked the fiat for the benefit of the creditors. THE WEATHER:We have had severe stormy weather since Monday last. On that day the wind changed to the north, and on Wednesday there were several showers of snow. The hills, particularly Ben Wyvis, have put on their winter garb, which, upc,n the whole, is early even for our stern climate.. So boisterous and rough hag the weather been, that the Duke of RiChthond ster.mer is two days behind her time ; and we understand that the snow lay nearly two feet deep on the Highland road on Thursday.-- Ross- shire Advertiser. TOWN-HALL, BRIGHTON. Wm. Treherne, who was, on Monday, charged with stealing four 51. notes of the Bank of England, orMr. Marchant, landlord of the Crown, in this town, was brought up again this morning for re-examination, when the whole of the evidence taken at a preiions examination, an outline of which appeared in this paper a week ago, was read over. From the respecta bility of the-prisoner's connections, his father having carried on the business of an upholsterer in Oxford street, London, for many years, his case excited a great deal of interest, and the Court was crowded. Mr. Paine, of the firm of Paine and Atherly, now attended for the prisoner, and cross-examined the witnesses. for the prosecution at great length, but without' eliciting anything material. He then, in a short address, commented on the meagreness of the evidence as to identity., and called a witness, in order to show that the prisoner did not change a Si. note in payment for his railway ticket. Samuel Aldridge, a drayman in the employ of Messrs. Trayton and Pagden, brewers, Epsom, stated, that, on the day of the robbery, he returned from Eastbourne, where he had been spending a week's holidays with his friends, and on entering the Brigh ton terminus for the purpose of taking a ticket for the half-past six up train, be saw a young man, whom he now recognised as the prisoner. He saw the prisoner take a third-class ticket, which he paid for in silver; and he (witness) then took a third-class ticket also, and they rode in the same carriage together as far as Croydon, when witness left in order to go to Epsom. Mr. Paine—Did you, in the course of conversation with the prisoner, tell him -where you were going to ? Witness—l told him I was going to Croydon, and thence to Epsom. Are you quite certain that the prisoner paid for his ticket in silver, and not in a note ?—Yes, quite certain. Witness added that he never saw the prisoner be fore he met him at the station, and had never seen him since he left him at Croydon. Prisoner's father and another gentleman found him out at Epsom by inquiring for him last Wednesday. The MAGISTRATES said the evidence was so con tradictory, that some testimony ought to be given to Aldridge's respectability. Aldridge said his master's son lived at Mr. Tamp lin's, in Brighton. Mr. Pagden was thereupon sent for, and on his arrival said the witness had been in his father's employ for between three and four years. Greene still adhered to his statement with regard to the prisoner ; and neither he nor Mr. Caffin re membered Aldridge taking a ticket. The MAGISTRATES said the evidence was so can tradictory that they must leave the decision upon it to a jury. The prisoner was therefore committed for trial at the East Sussex Adjourned Sessions, in December next. Bail was taken for his appearance, himself in 2001. • and his father, an upholsterer, in Oxford-street, and Mr. Joseph Goodman, landlord of the Plough, Crown-street, Soho, i n 1001. each. THE OLD TOLBOOTH STEEPLE. (From the Glasgow Argus.) The renovation of this ancient tower has of late been the subject of various paragraphs in the news gapers. During the disastrous reigns of the later Stuarts, Glasgow Tolbooth was frequently tenanted by the victims of their tyranny—the Covenanters of the West were in great numbers immured within its dungeons, and not a few who had been confined there ended their days on the public scaffold. Of these in mates, many interesting tales might be told ; but to enter upon such a field would be travelling beyond otr purpose—and to make any reference to the history of the prison, so far as regards its criminal records, is still farther from our intention. 'VT are not sure of the fact, but there is some reason to believe that, in 1725, when the Shawfield riottook place, even the Magistrates of the city were placed within the precincts of the Tol booth. Certain it is, that on that occasion they were taken prisoners to Edinburgh, and stood trial before the Lords of Justiciary for mismanagement, if not some thing worse, in connection with the riot, when they were all honourably acquitted. To this riot, never theless, the city is indebted for the impost on ale and beer, which was raised, in the first instance, to reim burse Mr. Campbell, of Shawfield, for the loss which he had sustained. Apart from its actual history, however, the Tolbooth of Glasgow has been made ever memorable by Sir Walter Scott, in his novel of "Rob Roy," where he represents the outlaw and Bailie Nicol Jarvie as holding, unknown, at the first to each other, interviews-with the unfortunate Owen. Every reader must be familiar with the descrip tion of the worthy Bailie thundering at the identical door which forms the subject of our notice, while the Dugald Cratur kept ward and watch within, and with the graphic and interesting account of the scene in the prison, where the Bailie became aware of the pre sence of the fearless freebooter. The old Tolbooth was erected in 1603, and there is no reason to doubt that the present is the door originally erected. In 1812 the gaol was, sold to the late Dr. Cleland for 8,0001., being a b ou t 45/. the square yard for the groun; and when that building was taken down, the tower, and of course the, doorway into the prison, were left untouched. There are no records showing that any repairs had taken place on this portion of the building previous to 1812. ANINFURIAT ED O X .—On Tuesday morning great terror was ex c it e d b y an o ver-driven ox, which was making its way t h roug h King William-street to wards London-bridge. Crowds followed the animal, and as it reached the bridge it attacked a man, whom it tossed up, an d so injured, that he had to be carried to the hospital. It then continued its on ward course in the direction of the Borough, where it was captured, after having injured a woman and a child. On the same day - , a drove of oxen, under the care of a boy not. exceeding fourteen years of age, greatly frightened the passengers of Holborn by the constant rushes they made on the flagway, and the animals would no doubt have done some harm, had not another drove come up at the time, which they immediately joined, and proceeded quietly along with them. _ _ _ A Magistr a t e wa k e d a ne gro if he could read. " Yes, massa, a little," said he. "Do you ever use the bible ?" inquired the us,lice. " Yes, massa, I strap my razor on him" BAROMETRI , ' "AL FLUt TUATIONS )1.11. last baronh.it.:. occurred. ,t,.. 71i yesterday mornin?, when another rather con: , ideranle fall took place. The mercurial column had main tained a considerable elevation throughout the early parts of October, rising on the 9th to within a few thousandths of 30-5 inches. On the 16th its altitude decreased from 30.255 to 30.155, and the 17th and 18th were characterised by a rapid and extensive call. At 48 min. past 10 p.m. of the 18th the mercury stood at 29.214 (the lowest reading), the extent of the fall being 1.041 inch in three days. The afternoon and evening of the 18th were very wet. The mercury then gradually rose until a quarter past 10 p.m. of the 21st„ when it stood at 29 . 964 ; this rise of of an inch occupied another three days. It may be remarked, that the fall on the 17th and 18th was more precipitous than the subsequent rise. On Saturday last the fall was more rapid and greater than on Monday and Tuesday. The lowest point was passed on the forenoon of Sun day, the barometric column standing (at 18 minutes past 10), at 28 - 783. On this occasion the mercury fell PlBl inch in a day and a half. The barometer has since been rising.. These and other observations at intermediate inter vals, upon being projected on a suitable scale, clearly indicate the passage of large atmospheric waves over the metropolis of Great Britain ; and were meteorolo gists upon such occasions to note, as often as conve nient, the altitudes of the barometer (at fixed hours is not necessary, though advisable), the passage of these waves might readily be traced over the kingdom, and were similar observations made on the Continent, also over Europe. It is an extremely interesting consideration that these immense waves are more or less accompanied with bad weather, especially at the time of the passage of the minimum, or lowest reading. The writer's experience leads him to entertain the opinion that the falls are usually (though not always) characterised by continuous rains, while the rises are marked by con siderable wind and showers, especially if the falls have occupied comparatively short intervals, the cloud known as cumulostratus being prevalent. Clouds of this character generally accompany the latter half of a rotatory gale, during which the barometer rises rapidly. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) There was no improvement in the demand yester day, either for yarn or goods ; and prices of both, es pecially of the latter, continue gradually to decline. At the same time, stocks of all current numbers of yarn, and of most descriptions of goods, with the ex ception of printing cloth, are exceedingly light; and most of the spinners and manufacturers are working to order. These facts show the exceedingly prostrate condition of the trade at the present time ; but they also give promise of improvement at no distant period. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, OCT. 24.—There has been another brisk flannel-market to-day, and pieces have been easy to sell at former prices. In wool there is no change to report; the manufacturers still continue to buy for immediate use. THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supplies of English Gram since Monday were small, and of Irish Oats considerable. The Wheat trade remained dull at Monday's prices. In, other Grain not much done, and Irish Oats on rather lower terms. % COAL MARKET. Sts arrived since last market .day, 26 Aclair's - l5 6 Buddle's WeSt Hartley l'7 0 Car's Hartley Holywill Maln l7 0 New Tanlield M00r... a d. Walls End Haswell. ... 21 6 Walls End Hetton 2l 3 Walls End Lanibton Walls End Morrison Walls End Russell's Hetto 2l 3 Walls End Stewait's Wails End Shincliff 2 0 Walls End' Wh itwell l9 6 Walls End Burdon lB 6 Walls End Caradoc 2l 6 Walls End Heugh 3 Walls End Adelaide Walls End Richardson'sTeeslB 6 Wal d 'I ees :1 0 Wall•• End West detton Howard's West Netherton• /7 9 Hartley . Old Tan6eld ... ........ .... l5 01 Ord's Redheugh l3 6 Pontop Stanhope l5 0 Pontop Windsor L. 0 Ravensworth West Hartley 17 0 South Pontop West Hartley ....... West'. ylam l5 6 Walls End Elm Park Walls End Hgaton l9 9 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Riddell's Walls End Wharncliffe . l9 9 (From the London New Price Current of. October 25.) SUGAR.—lmporters of British Plantation have dis played firmness since Tuesday, and the trade have been desirous to operate ; for yellow descriptions the demand has been lively, and the market has been nearly cleared at an advance of is per cwt.. Indeed, the supply has not been sufficient for the wants of the trade ; brown and grey kinds have been in good request, arid in several cases an advance of 6d per cwt has been paid. The pur chases for the three market days have been 2,000 hhds and trcs ; the arrivals have been light, and there is a de ficiency in the comparative stocks. Prices are on a par with those of last year for common, but 3s to 4s lower ibr fine yellow, and of which the supply is very small for the time of year. The arrivals of West India Sugar have ex ceeded those of last season by 12,000 hhds. To-day -the market fbr Wcst India Muscovades Sugar exhibited a firm appearance, both grocers and refiners were desirous to purchase ; for yellow descriptions the demand was animated, and the market was cleared at an advance on Friday's prices of 6d per cwt ; the transactions would have been on a larger scale had the market been better supplied ; a good demand existed for grey and brown, and the rates . paid were fully equal to those previously established ; indeed, strong sorts of the former in seine cases brought a small advance. The total sales are 950 hhds and trcs. Si!:ce makiag up our weekly statement of imports, eight vessels have arrived from the West Indies with 2,519 hhds and tree, and 30 brls of sugar, 1,060 puns Rum, 1,230 bags Pimento, and 280 puns Molasses. REFlNED.—Refined Sugar has been in good request by the home -trade ' and prices have further advanced ; brown melting .lumps selling at 723 to 72s 6d, brown patent 73s 6d to 74s 6rl, standard lumps 765. tittlers or dinary 74s to 755, mid 75s 6d to 76s 6d, good 77s to 78s, fine 79s to 845., Hatnburgh loaves common 75s to 76s 6d, mid.77s to 78s, good 78s 6d to 80s, and fine 81s to 82s per cwt ; these rates are still low in comparison with those of raw sugars. To-day the home-trade were free purchasers of refined goods, paying 76s to 76s 6tl for standard, 74s to 75s for brown patent, and 72s 6d for melting lumps. Treacle was in active request at 23s 9d to 31s. Bastards and pieces in brisk request at the prices quoted above. Bonded crushed Sugar is firm in price, and in good requ , st at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—YeIIow descriptions have been much sought After, and rather higher rates have been paid pri vately, the supply being small ; fine has been disposed of at 66s to 67s 6d, good mid and good 62s 6d to 655, low to mid 56s to 61s ; the purchases made in brown have been to a fair extent at 52s to 55s for good and fine, and at 48s to 51s fur low to mid ; none has been offered at auction, and there has been no arrival ; supplies of the new crop are not expected before January next. The stock hero consists principally of inferior sorts. This afternoon the demand was good, especially for Gro cery descriptions ; 962 bags at auction were readily dis posed of at full prices for brown, and, 6d higher for yellow, low brown went at 43s to 45s 6d, good and fine 53s to 565, low yellow 57s to 595, mid 62s to 635, good 63s 6d to 66s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—The home trade have been ready pur chasers of white and strong yellow descriptions of Bengal paying full prices, but browns and soft yellow kinds have moved off slowly, and at barely previous rates. ,This afternoon there were four public sales of Bengal Sugar, consisting of 4,098 bags ; the trade were desirous to buy, and the whole sold at very full prices ; mid white fetched 64s to 655, low 63s to 645,.g00d 675, mid to good yellow 61s to 645, low 59s to 60s, damp brown 50s to 58s 6d; and low 47s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of all sorts of Foreign Sugar manifested firmness, and supply the market sparingly : Brazil has brOught full prices, and :he demand has been brisk both for white and brown sorts the private sales have amounted to 350 chests ; 'Pernumbuco low brown at 14s to 9d to 13s, common white 20s 6d : Bahia, low white 21s, middling 225, and good brown 16s to 16s 6cl. To-clay there were several inquiries both for Brazil and Havannalt, but the stiff rates asked checked businesS by private contract : at auction 50 cases 13 brls Bahia were sold at full rates—low and mid white at 20s to 225, com mon to mid brown 16s 6d to 16s 6d, and mid yellow. 17s 6d to 18s per cwt. COFFEE.—For middling descriptions of West India coffee several inquiries have prevailed by private con tract and full prices offered, but few parcels are to be met with ; inferior kinds, however, have been little asked for, the trade being enabled to supply their wants with Ceylon on more advantageous terms ; none has been offered at auction since we last wr o te. This after noon little demand existed for coffee for home consump tion, and shippers were for the most part disposed to do business. The public sales consisted of 636 bags Singa• pore Java, 719 bags Manilla. and 500 bags Brazil,; Java 'near all taken in at moderate prices, fine ord brownish at 365, and good ord 35s to 35s 6d, a few lots were sold at the latter rates. Manilla all bought in at stiff rates, fine ord coloury at 455, and good ord 42s ; sea damaged, however, sold at . 38s to 40s for the first class ; second and third ditto 34s ; Brazil taken in at 31s 6d 32s 6d for good ord pale to coloury, being full prices. The stock of West India coffee is 676 casks 337 brls and bags less than last year ,• but of Mocha it is 2,607 bales, &c. ; Ceylon 19,872 bags larger ; of other East India and Cape sorts 50,54 0 bags less th an 1841 at this period. TEA.—There has been - more activity in the market since the conclusion of the public sales, and for both. black and green descriptions a lair demand has existed ; some large parcels taken in at the late auctions have been disposed of at full prices—ls Id to is lid paid for common sound Congou cash . ; is 71d for good common, and Is 74d tp is 8d for common Tr. ankay. Holders de cidedly- show more firmness, and the trade entertain a better opinion of the article, as prices are moderate in comparison with those of former years, and the consump • goingti n on large. N o public sale is declared. The deliveries during the past week amounted to 470,000 lbs. There has been no arrival, but three vessels from China are shortly . expected. To-day there was little business transacted in the market, but holders were firm, and re fused to sell, excepting at former rates ; good sound common Congou could net be had under Is 74c1 cash. • Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The home trade were free purchasers of Jamaica Rum, they being desir ous to get into stock at present moderate rates, and which are lower than has been the case for some years ; the export demand has been good, the sales have reached 550 puns, since our last at the following rates :-27 to 33 per cent. over proof 2s 9d to 3s 2d, 34 to 36 over 3s 4d to 3s 6d, and finer 3s 8d to 4s 6d :per gallon. lieewards in good request, 320 puns proof 11, , en sold f 3 the rate. of :io!d • , - - - „, 4 . i at: Is 4; cer oa•e. The st—ck or Ruin ha 4 g r ea tly diminished of late. Brandy has secured a good sale, and the market is' firm ; Cognac first brands of he vintage if 1839; hhds 4s 4d, puts 4s 2d ; 1840, hhds 4s Id, puns '3s kld ; 1841, hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d ; the stock is on the 'decrease. Geneva is in request at Is 104 to is I Id. E ng if s h Corn Spirits in good demand at 9s 8d per gallon, which Was the price all last . week. To-day Leeward Island Rum was sought after and 100 puns sold'at the rate of Is 9d proof, but Jamaica met with less attention owing to large arrivals ; good end fine sorts were held for full rates, but common declined in value, 2s 5d accepted for cloudy 2 3 per cent. over proof. INDIGO.—The large and 'important quarterly sale ° East India terminated this day ; the attendance of the trade throughout has been large from the country, and many fbreign buyers have been present. The quantity declared was 15,001 chests, which presented the follow ing assortment :-800 chests fine shipping quality, 2, 510 good ditto, 3,200 middling ditto, 3,818.g00d and fine con suming and ordinary shipping quality, 1,930 ordinarry and middling consuming and low shipping quality, 9 " 3 low and very defective sorts, 400 Oude, 686 madras, 590 K • urpah, 31 Manilla. 24 Bimlipatam, and 62 chests Bombay—total, 15,001 chests. • IRISH MARKETS. ()OMAN MARKET NOTE for .he Wcek ending OC7. 9l From To A.."' 7 SAFI) Wheat,perbarraifzo 19 0 M. 0 r i 3 78 Mere 0,227 Burley ......... stout...— lO 9 15 1: 3 14,496 Oats l4 stcric...... 7 $ 1 3 Flour, per cwt 6.000..... 0 A 1,260 stone 6 6 12 0 a" Sold to Bakers only I i t 4NI 11,646 Cwt. , Average price. ... „.„ V‘' . hear And Flour from 1 .46 8.1 75.0 per sack Fir,ts d to 20 tht Receipts of Flour, 10 009) •••••••••••• from I4s. (Id. to 15s Sales of Do. 8 , 965 '" . " 11 t Trards from 6s. Od. t o 12s Od raave Ur aarAs. Quarterr. Loa: ...... 72. Halt cr , itotern . ~3 Nid KETS.-- Oct. . 05. Wheat (per aIst.)I6 CORI 0 %MAR ed.luatstper 145t. 22 61.0 n is 084' Barley (per 16st.) 6 0 13 0 11.1m•r (per cwt 6 0 1 Oatmeal ,per 9.. 0(1 to 9s. 6 ' Ilea, 6d. to (lid.— Mutteu, s d. i • l —Veal, 4id to 5d Pork, 4d. to 541.--Fresh ;lintel 11d. • —el per lb. PRICE OF HOTTER. To the Merchants. To the Coul d ' s. ' Falai Quality. so 81 • ctMd is third ......... 9 50 Fourth Fifth Sixth 4O ......... CLO N Al ELL 04 A. ftKETS.— Oct. 22 Per 4 wt +a d. 4. ii. .4 New Butter .N oto 99 li &der ea.t, 4, ..... .' 0 Oatmeal' — I: 14 6 Bacot'," .r 0..... ,L,..44 e Rendered Lard 0 N 0 rinds ............. .... V. 1 ei Bei, Fleur, Second .. ... ... l' 40 I .1. lout, 10 ..rda.... ---Household Is 38 tr 1---- Fourtn4 ... 1 8 4 _ _ s 0 . • Mapcserd, 2O 0 Bere.•.. 000000000000 ....•• Per Barrel .... 0 I Carlo , ......... 13 o r %dr 1 6 0 KILKENNY AtAttKl , 4... 0o W',e.tt,pyr barrel)2Bb oci. beef v r Barley 12 0 19 0 0 vats. 14 0 15 • Post Flour (per bag) 25 0 59 0 1 ., P 9 1 v Butter(percwt.) 0 0 98 0 ems! , Butte' 0 0 Bacon rigs 45 0 46 0 ktait Ditty n v e Coals 1 0 • 1 2 Potatoss;pet ate) HAMBURsiI MARKETS. GitAIN. .. .65 to Micas Marks 276 to 351 Barley, Meolttenocagli : n ~, 22.4 -- Magdebure 270 to 35l slagdeburgh••• `' . .l' i-, 10 Anhalt, While 300 to 36 1-- Holstein ........ la. - 1 0 —-- red - Oderbruck ...... 174 1.." , ca 04t o 1;1 -- Brunswick 276 to 35110ats, Elder Mecklenburg 276 to ail blecklenburg • • -"" 144 ''' pe ---• Polish 3l to 79 -- Holstein ............. 144 to 1.0 ---- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg --- Marks 240 to 284 Beans .........••••••••••"'" '..: I. 1 in ---- Elbing and Ko. Buck Wheat... .... . . .... V„, ~, 519 nigsburg l9O to 215 Rapeseed, Hanover ••• DY...7 :. 24 --Pomeranian 4O to 279 Malt ..... ............. ... ...' ln . 04 --Anil - tit COTTON. .t. tog% Carolina and Tennessee 7 too 9% .slarrnham . ............... ,-.• 5 4 georgia, Ist sort .7% 7% Madras .......... . .......... Vs 44 2d •••• 04 644 Surats. ............... , ..... 3% • 3d and 4th ... 43c, 6 Domingo ..... ............ 4% COFFEE. az tr• -4 Mocha 9% to 14 Dcmingo ..... .......... ... 57. 6% , Batavia Sumatra 2 4Z 4 ..... 5% % Pi L io i. arv G taon ti tt a i l c r ho a ................................. ......... ........ ... 1 4 A lt Rio Bahia 2% 4% . SUGAR.— (With 8% Discount. , ilavannah, White..., 5 , a to N Bahia White ............... 5 I° l Brown 3li 5% Rio, White Brown Manilla. Brow 2 % % 11. 4% to 44f ON DlT.—That Sir 11t 3ert Peel,.in a conversati,,ll° with the of a scientific institution connected wi`,, t t dni l he i ae: return,dl rae G eret o ud v rs e ohnT r enuhamdens did deno Premier comply w‘lwn confessed Income-tax his ig n o o t r i g a T e t e ; o and v 1 oomiht:viakaseprnl asked how, i n a case to i h th o_w th t e o r ni eq a u k t e 'reta " e t w .--?s°-f°tb° Act ! is not expected that the buildings to be erected FRRINGDON- STREET IMPROVEMENTS.--It -- W i n the n e e n , Farringdon-street will be commenced before th e o d suing spring, for which purpose two plots of gr ci e to have been taken by contractors. The houses a t r by be second-rate, having a frontage of about 18 f ee ; a ll a depth varying from 50 feet to 60 feet. TheY a ' e rd t ( ,o ;u b i ei Guildhall. i a i . sim T il i a ie r re el elevation, t t i o on b , e a2n7dotno thebe erectedv,es t. n iti v e:?,,i ins; to plans and specifications at the Office of' fsr thefrom no e l east side. e ,coveredperiodAi c no c f o ar the h i e n t h g e to expirationth building e e o b n e t O f ni " m r" ced, and is to be completed in twelve months. • are granted by the Lord Mayor, the comet pc t at Ofd citizens. of London, in conformity with the :A c or ,. Parliament, and, as expressed in the terms of the e bse „ tract, for 61 years, at a peppercorn rent, and sn. e a quently at such yearly rent as mav be deterl D T is being Cg t, C COf lrif; ee ll ii elo:autsnhse a; upon. During the next session of 'Parliament,' , intended to apply for an Act, empowering the l,.'_'„", missioners appointed to carry into effect the Citylf;., provements to extend the line of street to Cow-cr",_; by which there will be an open communication Wl.sid Clerkenwell-green, and from thence to Islington, ti..."ci which will be the means of removing a very dense a" closely populated neighbourhood. o l' E XXTRAORDI NARY CASE OF DESERTION.--- 5.5 dier of the 9 0 th depot (lately s t a tioned here) v'' n t , drinking in a public house in this town, in coniPt4 with a mason named Warty, when the latted'e ri s he should like to see how he would look in solra. clothes. The complaisant soldier immediately g o f tified the mason's curiosity, and an exchangftter dress was made accordingly. The sOldier,,st praising the martial figure of the mason, he should like to see if any of his comrade 5 01 ?, fo r would recognise him in the mason's clothes, ad has this purpose he proceeded into the street, an" his not since been heard of, having deserted i.n• the disguise, taking with him 4s. 6d., which was ' ci a bf mason's coat ! The ci-devant • soldier, exc ite ine rtia l the fumes of the "native" and his .. , iv iit clothing, perambulated the streets until the t ' . o the picket most unceremoniously dragged him °I T n og , guardhouse, where he remained until the nw r iv re stated ;nets when the whole circumstance was inimediateo to vealed, the corporal of the guard being surP r 'l„,soll see one of his comrade soldiers minus an eye (the J e “ oor cl. being blind of one eye). The duped man wa sl ' v re ingly handed over to the civil power, and he I f ` eo cied mains in durance vile, to make amends to the o of . ity laws of his country for being made theldiunrs......o2oo other.--Drogheda Conservative. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A "'" - 13 2..0t, T Monday morning Miss Peers, of Fontenoy-niVLO on to have been married at St. Augustin 's, ant.' " o we' her way there in a coach. She was s eddentf s icen with a fit, and although she was immedintie.}l neyer home, and medical assistance rendered, s'ltatili* rallied, and died in an hour or two, in her brin;y be The poignancy of grief of the wedding Part/deice.' conceived from this sudden visitation of Prat Liverpool Times. BIR TES "er f , P On the 21st inst., at Hastings , the lady of J° b n hia , Esq., of her seventh son. ,rsetshire' On the 22d inst., at Racedown House, SO P : ~ ~„0 • wife of Henry Northover Pink, Esq., of a daugh` e of I ' l ' On the 23d inst., at Welford-park, Be a k, t he la dyhl.• apes' tenant Robert. Miller Mundy, R. H. A• , of a d iLug le of C a l ) On the 23d inst., at Barnes, Surrey, the la dy of R. H. S. Jackson, of a son. Et4•' Hall, wi O n n ni t n h g e to 2 n 3din t Lane the a l sandiyreo, of W. On the 24th inst.. at Dunstable,be I d/ Pearse, EN., of a son. o k, t On the 24th inst., at Lennard Villa, Regent _.,t. of S. Noutulle Rudge. Esq., of a son and heir. ,isrgerstrv" On the 24th inst., the lady of Dr. Dickson, " be 01 of a sop. 110 On the 24th inst.. in Cambridge-square, oYde.pa of Robert Lloyd, Esq., of a son. Hyde'Par ko the On the 25th inst., in Cambridge-ter race, o f lady of Louis Samson, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., the lady Torrington-square, of a son, who only survive!". _ r _ 0,0 uthndoev;e of j ah° On the 25th inst., in Harley-street, Mrs. lieP J rde 2°. of a daughter. .d daughter.. u ' Cassandra,g h F t ' e r S . ar4l l On the 25th inst., at Clarendon -place, Hyde - 1 n st i Mrs. Villiers Dent, of a son. M icil Surrey' On the 24th inst., at Brizton-plac e, Kettlewell, of a son. 14' MA R Guildfor AOO , of Edmund 13.aar1f0:;4:41.!:t0 On the 21st inst., at St. Nicholas Churchr to Ais i ldier' l Andrew Barlow, of Shirley, near Southampton. of G O . O f eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Taunruna,, P.OOl On the 24th inst., at Welehpool, John Ec'T, et . o f .g"' Edderton, Montgomeryshire, to Mary, daugn, • geed Pugh, Esq., of Bryntirrion Welch. , Cheffins, of Easton Manor, Essex, t" ?" 1 ' __________-------- of James Toplis, Esq., of New Bridge-street. • On the 25th inst., at St. Ann s, Blackfrisaer,svtolYriiitivgbt.eC,, iii , 0 o° 6' T) / p .6 treea , Peg te de On the Ist of September, at Detnere r !' Wi...fl- ° rill°. thitd son of Nlr Ando ew Smith, of Penton-, Vander is,eonviod, On the 10th inst., at. Vrn.re, the BrrLsangferd I -1 . Moorsel, youngest eaughter of •he rat .. Ply Esq., of 61. ndaragh, Antrim. I avh cl. On the 20th inst., at Mc) , r Lodge , th.otiel Philipps : D.D.. aged 85. William L e4t) On the 9th inst.. w Leamington, ofthe , o ter t hat banker, of Wakefiel•l, Yorkshire. Oxford.l9/' yin ()II :he `22“ cost .., in High-street, , o tan • sb,ffieid, the' Iles Professor or • late Dr . ticerge Williams ' ALD " - "f Ole relici• University. tir Pa liner ' 0' On the 22d inst.. at High Ongar, • • „„ e d 7• , "ROI hut " r. Pa'mer, of Stamford RiVerF, Es , ' , e! , -fiduvr 0' o ', n the ••)n inst., at Si,!n.outh, Albno, v. $Ol .l 1,0 151.1 ! Cutler. Esq. On the. :13d inst., at Scarborough, He n* ... ___ --, - ; 0 / formerlytil2:'Llei of that place, age ... 4,71.:...--- -- : s iral" t " ill ..,,R Du tria' London ; Printed and Published by 111 `!, )1-2., l i a, No 112, Strand, at The Sun office, il e , L I, lu" - the County of Aiiddiftes, Thurodilp °°t° ~~ I i