The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

Jul' to bc, ltegimegt . that a'roun a ge of the 18 as to be par"01111L e 2S, 1842. f f a Caffi gf re zu a few wt 'ort Natal of =T. Pr°. and annliorea Conch, witlif letachn 2o,& , e s tores del on Will , il ls o , 113°° ir,ent A ptain ing his 1 0 ',, te harbour w',„ d collt rock ct ' an • 1 1 0 ou r ar 60 , Ade for ca l l, Ad the frigll emboric-e' . gb tak.o el 41 tto Ls) y cli; the Coi ) r ,, in the Po ad I dir ec e n to haid:oti the Ba l Ist th© O wer t e cargo o r nd tnlcc P t s' lie 'hai4 3°-o t o t h v iII 34 , c 0 risk fi 10; shore )itie yar‘l , • jg , p . .s°:oor Flick ,vvotole that hu:P' he i 0ppt . 1512 :4, cont'alu 'fel ( iin •Ifle• - tg..,tag t1:0` h t ,ici in nd g. the 1 ' tb ° *. l so .rc 4. l kept xf 03 4 i oze n o f s o thit.l i, c i r oo 1 )0 1 LC sin , e learn , Poo 'ort oss V.° P i Pre ' the Wel CO' wmed = „ t pd bush cr, c eil dist I•F.. 0 11 11 1)1 ' Ijor t, 14- 'o o, off Sac. -030 011 • - , Os 4 1 ro ts of de ad TesPv P 6, til :ion 3t 14.1' a of he e ntrsll 119 f )r u tv. about 1, „ rds (14 10°' tuttn ic° ;olorke ,i P 5 , *W ed ' De 13 11. th s ide or ra j, ptt Wit je d t illed' Port Natal, July 3, 1842. Sir,—The immediate effect of taking Port Natal on the afterinsen of the 26th ult., as reported in my des patch of the 28th to your Excellency, was, that on the same night the master of the Pilot brig, who had been detained as a prisoner among the Boors, and four other persons, made their escape from Congella during the panic caused by our advance movement on: Captain Smith's camp, and joined me at this place. They re ported to me that the Boors had abandoned Congella in the greatest haste, and had taken flight. .• On the morning of the 28th, however, we discovered with our spy-glasses that there were a number of horses about Congella, and I immediately determined to march upon it, for which purpose I collected from each of the outposts 100 men, and with this force and a howitzer I took the road to Congella. A small party of the insur gents' scouts were seen a little in advance of the place; on perceiving our approach they retired under the shelter of the bush, and we entered the village, consisting of about 15;or 20 houses, without any opposition. Here we found some stores, merchandise, spirits in casks, and their curious establishment Ihr moulding six pounder leaden Shot. I resisted the burning of the place, and prevented all plundering ; as however the troops were still without any of the provisions to be landed from the Southamp ton, and with only two days' provisions in hand, I ;directed such articles of consumption as were necessary fur the use of the troops to be put into a waggon, which we found there, and convey these supplies to the camp. Pour persons, inhabitants of Congella, gave them. • selves up to me ; one Quintus, a German naturalist, another Scholts, practising as a doctor, and two others ; I availed myself of these people to convey to the mis guided Boors the merciful intentions of Government, placing in their hands a copy of a public notice. which I affixed to one of the houses at Congella, and having liberated these people I returned to the outposts with :the troops. I regretted my force did not permit me to Reave a guard fur the protection of the property, the snore so as I felt every apprehension that the number of Caffres, who had made their appearance as soon as we got into the place, would plunder it the moment of our leavin g it. I understood the Boors have retired to one of their ,("arnps abont 12 miles off, where they were sa id t o b e 40.0" scut; ‘ strongut, with four or fi ve guns . lttncled'Witho • any of my provisions or ammunition yet 'froM the Southampton, or any means of organiz ti-ateport, I did not feel justified in entering upon 9 ,;;; 11 3.r . forward movement, which would tend only to lead • ,„ I sn. le away from. the more important object of strengthen 'nil ray posts, forming and securing my magazines. : Upon these objects have since been engaged, and Zl,4iaving required of the Caffres to bring me in as many ",,lorses and cattle as they could get, I have no doubt that ' shall soon b e i n a condition to take the offensive with som e effect. The Boors will in the mean time have had ample time • to consider their position, and the terms of my notice ; vnon the subject of which I received on the 30th ult. a lelieer from Pretorius, their Military Commandant, asking me it' I wished to confer with them, and if so, to appoint a,‘place between Congella and Captain Smith's camp to 7neet him. I answered that I could enter into no ne "t'wgOtiation with him without a previous declaration of sub. inission to her Majesty's authority. To this I have re., iseived no reply. Several inhabitants, 15 in number, have come in and ttaXen the oath of allegiance. On the 28th, 29th, and 30th the weather had continued so'hoisterous that, on an attempt being made on the last of those days to send on shore some provisions, the men's packs and our ammunition, the boats struck on the bar, cne man of the 25th Regiment was drowned, the whole -of the provisions were lost, all the men's packs thrown 'overboard, and 18,000 rounds of ammunition destroyed. `The greater portion of the men's packs were fortunately Ipe'cked up on the beach the following morning, wh en we fasund that th e f r i gate h a d b een obliged to put out to sea. regret to be obliged to close this dispatch with a re-. port which reached me last night, that the Cafl'res had egun 'to set upon the Boors, and that three had been liilled.by them. The enclosures explain the manner in ' , which I have treated this subject, and upon the prin ciples of which I purpose strictly to act ; fur if England 'Will not put doe n the Boors by her own legitimate :means, it were better to abandon the question altogether, 'and submit even to the insult we have received, than to. adopt the degrading process of enlisting the savage in our c:-.use, or call upon the Zoolah assegais to commit all :the atrocities of indiscriminate bloodshed and spoliation. I have received such aid from Lieutenant Maclean ItoYal Artillery, and his services will be of such advan , tate to me in our forward movement, that I have not 4nt him back in the Southampton. I h ope. to be able to send the sick and wounded by her. I have the honour to be, Sir, Yesnr Excellency's most 'obedient humble servant, A. J. C DATE, Lieut.-Colonel, • • Deputy Quartermaster -General Commanding. xi, Excellency Major-General Sir George Napier, K.C.8., Scc. P.S. Since writing the above, the Maid of Mona has come to anehor,,and the Reform is in the offing. , ..4 A. J. CLOETE. If: . sitcrit ". (Enclosure No. 1.) 3 t 946 • NOTICE. arty bore J!1!1 - Cong , ella, Port Natal, June 28, 1842. 133 By the' authority vested in me, a free pardon is -71.-Teby granted to all deserters from her Majesty's army •wOo shall return to their colours at the head-quarters of the troops at Port Natal, within ten days of this date. 2. All inhabitants of Natal who shall be peaceably 4lispoized, shall, on making their submission to her Ma jesty's authority, receive protection and remain unmo tlested. All those neglecting to do so will be treated as ;being in arms against her - Majesty's Government. A. J. CLOETE, Lieutenant •Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster General Commanding. ~. 11; 2 • (Encloisure No. 2.) • sd 6 -- N OTICE , Ili • - Port Natal, July 2, 1842. A report having been brought in to me that the Caffres h 6; ve killed three Boors (Dirk Van Rooyen, Theunis 1 0t, ithuizen, and another), the insurgent Boors are warned ,ofc consequences, such as these,-which it will be impos sibl 9 to arrest while they continua in arms against her esty's authority ; and thus bring all the evils and itch-r ors of Caffre murder and devastation upon them melt . e.l, their families, and properties, in spite of every en flees 'our on the part of her . Majesty's troops to prevent Them,. A. J. CLOETE, Lieut.-Colonel, Deputy-Quartermaster General Commanding. Port Natal, July 4. Sir,—Sime writing to your Excellency yesterday. I have recei v od from Pretorious a communication com plaining that the Caffres were committing fierce outrages .upon the Bootrs—that we were receiving the cattle plun alered from the Boors—that the destruction of the Caf , ties must follOw such proceedings—and that anxious as Ilie Boors were' to put a stop to all this war and coming hloodshei 1, that it was impossible for them to accede to The'vondi,tions of my notice, which required, as a first atop, a declaration of submission to her Majesty,s au ,..)ritv, and he ends his letter thus :-- I v raniA also acqoaint y ou th a t we h ave already made ier this country to htis Majesty the King of the Nether li.nds, and have called upon that Power to protect us, so aat we have every to expect that our cause will be upported in Europe." My answer to this letter is enclosed. [See below.] I have also been informed that Pretorious and his hos tile bands have retired from this neighbourhood to within 5 miles of Maritzburg ; this sudden move I ascribe to • tl le rumour that has just reached rne, that Panda and the Z oolas were marching against the Boors. All this is a melancholy- state, but unavoidable, when . !sling with such elements. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, A. J. CLOETE, Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster -General Commanding. • 1 1 is Extellency Major-General Sir B. G. Napier, &c. P.S.—/he detachment by the Maid of Mona has been I *' nded. A. J. CLOETE. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, A. J. CLOETE,Lieut.•Colonel, Deputy Quartcr master• General Commanding. Pretorius, ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The transactions in the English Funds to-day have been but small; and prices of Consols are not quite so firm, being 924 92k for Money, and 93 for the Ac count ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 1014_; India Bonds, 36 ; E xc h equer B ills, Old, 49 51; New 51 53 prem. Business in Foreign Securities has been con fined to Dutchßonds, which have rather given way, theTwo-and-a-Half per Cents. being 521 524-; and the Five per Cents. 1021. The announcement of the payment of the dividend upon Mexican Bonds has not caused any' improve ment'in the quotation, they are now marked 341 for Money and for the Account. Scarcely any thing has been done in Shares; the market is, however, a shade better. London and Bir mingham, New Thirds, 304; South Western, 574 58 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22 ; Brighton, 33i; York .and North Midland, 89 90; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 8. Columbian Bonds are quoted 204 ; and Portuguese Three per Cents, 214- ; Spanish are not noticed to-day. The : report that several orders for goods had been received from Am er i ca i n consequence of the tariff being finally arranged, is confirmed by the letters from the manufacturing districts received this morn ing. The demand for cottons and wools have been more animated than for some time past. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAIL W A YS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayrshire 50 Do. Do. and Greenock 25 London ant'. Brighton . . 50 London and Birmingham 90 Ditto New London and S ou th W estern ... 58 South Ea , tern and Dower York and N,rth Midland. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 17.—Ex ceptinF London and Birmingham Stock, which has been in better demand, our Market is without life. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 474; London and Birming ham, 181 to 182 ; Ditto New Thirds, 30 : 1 to 31; Liverpool and Manchester Halves, sm to 88. WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) Thomas James Arnold, Esq., the Barrister, ap pointed to revise the lists of voters for the City of Westminster, held his Court at 10 o'clock this morn ing, pursuant to the provisions of the Reform Act, and, by permission of Lord Langdale, at the Rolls' Court, Westminster. The total number of claims by the Liberals this year is 100, and the total number of objections is 785,,being 569 on the House List, and 216 on the Scot and Lot. The Tories make only 16 claims, whilst the total number of their objections is 328, being 307 on the House, and 21 on the Scot and Lot Lists. Mr. Trott and Mr. Huggett, the Reform Advocates, attended for the Reformers, and the Messrs. Score, sen., and jun., attended for the Tories. The REVISING BARRISTER, having announced his intention of proceeding with the parishes in alpha betical order, Mr. Score begged to ask whether the Court con sidered it necessary to inquire that the overseers' lists had been published on the church doors, conformably to the Act of Parliament. The REVISING BARRISTER, in a lengthened and elaborate judgment, gave it as his opinion that such an inquiry was not necessary ; at any rate in the pre sent stage of the inquiry he did not think that he could enter into the investigation, nor indeed did he think that this was the proper tribunal before which such an investigation should take place. The 44th and 47th sections of the Reform Act were binding upon the overseer to make out lists of voters as well as lists of persons claiming to vote, and persons to whom objections had been made, and to fix such lists upon the church doors; and they (the overseers) were liable to a penalty of 500/. if they wilfully neglected their duty. But there was no clause empowering the Revising Barrister to inquire that th e overseers h a d performed th e i r duty in this particular. The lists of the various parishes were then re ceived, and the Court proceeded with the parish of St. Anne, in which parish the Liberals make 35 ob jections, and the Tories none. CRIMINAL COURT.— HIS DAY.) The September sessions of the Court commenced this day at the. Sessions-house, in the Old Bailey, before the usual civic authorities. The Grand Jury having boen sworn, were briefly addressed by the Recorder on the nature of their duties. The calendar contains the names of 169 prisoners for trial. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY. ) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were inconsiderable of English Grain, but good of Foreign Wheat. There was a good fresh supply of, new English Wheat, but not much other Corn. The millers being reluctant buyers, Wheat has fallen since last Monday 2s. to 3s. a quarter, for English, and 2s. for Foreign. Barley found sale at former prices. Beans and Gray Peas unvaried. Boiling Peas in demand, and 2s. per quarter dearer. Oats met a fair sale at their former value. The Flour trade was dull, but the millers have not altered the prices. ARRIVALS OE GR AIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK I " hear — I Barley. Oat, . Fleur 2,7C34r5. 1,575 qrs . 1,832 qrs. 4,987 sauce - -- 4,4 5 ---- 5,819 5,3311:n15. English Irish Foreign - . . riticits OH BOARD OF SPIP. Wheat,Red (old) 466 t 3,. Beans, small(new) ... s. 8. ---- White (01d)......525. 62.. ------ (old) 357 *s. ......--- Red 18.42) ......524. 565. -- Tick (new) 26 2.3 s .....--__ Fine -s -s ------- (old) 94.. :-...26. ---- Superfine . 566. 581. --- Harrow (iiew)......3i.:05. ....--- White (1842) s4s. 51s. ------ (old) - 145 35( ----- Fine -.1. -s. Brank ..... .. ................ . -6...1 ----Superfine tiOs. 624. Oats,Feed... .................. 164.21. ---Foreienfree 425. 626. ----- Neu . ............ -s.-s. tlyc 261:.. 40s. --Poland ... .. . ............. 215. 0 53. Barley 26,• , 326 --------- N... .-- Grinding .'36. 30s. - Potatoe, 2 , C 28s Malting 305.. 32s ----- ":ew 56 s. 60s. --- Scotch 2 5 ';.27 5a .. Malt .---- Fine New 62s' ti4s - Irish ...... ...17i.229. Pease, Grey, New ..... ....;.B.i. 306. Flou:Town (per sack)... 48s. 50s. ---- Maple New . 506. 345. - Seconds .............. 425. 445. --- White 326 345 . --- N.rtli Country..- 40 42 -- Boilers 366.38;, Bran 76. 8 1 . SIVIITHFIELD., The supplies were good, the inferior quantities of Beef and Mutton met a heavy trade. Veal fell 2d. per stone lower. Other articles as before. Beasts, 3,781; Sheep and Lambs, 29,400; Calves, 126; Pigs, 315. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 4d.; Veal, 3s. Bd. to .ss. 2d. ; Pork, 2s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. 6d. to 5 s. TEA MARKET. The Market was dull, but holders were firm, and at ls. Bd. for Common sound Congou, cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand good, and prices firm. P. Y. Candle 48s. to 48s. 3d. on the spot; and at 495. 6d. for deli very. HOP MARKET. A good business done, but prices were still de pressed, the supply being large ; 90s. to 160 s. for new. 1V001: MARKET. The public sales proceeded with fair spirit, and at nearly the last sales' prices. 7 a - - Les • " Port Natal, July 3, 1842. • , sr, . rr--I have received your letter of this day's date, .-see. .' I lk , 1 / 4 t,l Flo one can l a m ent more titan 11 myself th e me l anc h o l y LODGING-0113E SERVANTS.— IT — would frighten 7 t r i i..9,pect before us of see i ng. t h e savage engaged in a any servant but a real London Cinderella, to gn down H 1 1` onset of. extermination again s t y ou an d your i nto t h e k i tchen i n a .morning, and see the work those !! 14 t 1 "W-eetintrymen ; but it is an evil so unavoidably little hands have to do. The rows of boots and shoes to 'e l ;t e sequent upon the events which you and your unfor- clean—the candlesticks to rub bright—the dishes to wash " - I t tA et • ' e misguided people have brought about by y our u p— t h e pots an d pans to scour—the rugs to shake—the te e of determined hostility against her Majesty's Go- washing about of her own, all the week, although she is 1, t" le went and troops, that it o ug ht not to surprise you ; always adoing. Then the number o f time s s h e goes i n 4 ! I.,'s spite of all. my efforts to prevent, an d my d eter - an d out in. a day—now off fir tea—then butter—next a t'itt4"on to arrest, as far as in me lies, th ese excesses t i me f or a chop--then e a bottle of soda-wat e r f or th e gen -, a ;yol . will have seen by my public noti ces o f y es t er d ay , t l eman who had drank too much over night—again for nieb . _I have sent to you), you must be perfectly well, the newspaper--a letter to the post-office —•a pair of shoes "i are t-fsat b eyon d suc h pos i t i ve pro hibi t i on, an d the to mend—a bundle to be carried to the laundrese—a '' ll4 , - 7 .ireg e tuployed persons to explain my determination q uar t ern o f g i n for the landlady. As she is ever taking ii‘ l l .l l7.e CaNres, I have no power over these people. down her little bonnet, which she never ti es , an d throw ''"if have certainly requir e d the Caff res to bring into my ing on the h a lf shawl she never pins—then with the 1 11 Itlennenes,all the h orses an d ca ttl e th e y can g et, so as latch-k e y i n h er h and, pointing her head twentydifferent ' k sable me to act with vigour, and put down the state ways — going —returning—th en diving into the kitchen !A . ° ,2, war- and bloodsh e d w hi c h you h ave sprea d over for a f e w , moments to do h er wor k— then up again to ---ntki e districts ; and to expect that I should deprive my- answer the bell ; and never executing a single command of the only means I p ossess o f equ i pp i ng myse lf, an d o f the lodgers' with ou t b e i ng called into the parlour to tj'4 toe, in the face of your having cut off the whole of tell the landlady what it was.—Godfrey Malvern. • ap t gin Smith's cattle, to the amount of some 700 oxen, The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel luixe.- 4 -. ies causing the destruction of his horses, and having the Ocean, Hest, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Cus - - -. :si e• seized all the stores of those inhabitants who are tom-house yesterday, . with the Dutch mail ; also the Pe' at eably disposed towards her Majesty's Government, John Bull, Corbin, and Hamburgh, arrived off the Tower 13. , tk: le ._ : suppose me incapable of reasoning ana acting. this morning, with the Hamburgh mail. lou have caused the horrors of this state of things, We have heard a report that it is in contemplation ad you must bear the consequences to yourselves, your to stop half-pay from all officers while on leave from their 1) -11iperties, your wives, and your children. Y regiments, except on medical certificate. We do not ere ou say you would still be disposed to avert the evils di t t hi s re p or t (which throughout the Service wou ld b e l 4 f this Cowin g bl o od s h e d, which you are aware will lead regarded as oppressive), but merely mention that it is cur , e xeestninetion. It' you are sincere in this, there can rent among men generally well informed on military to i •-t nothing degrading, in so great a cause as humanity, ~ pies.—Nueal and Military Gazette. 4 14 , Your giving in your submission to her Majesty's it tbority as an indispensable and preliminary step to al6th inst., with the Marshes STlLLER.—Experiments took place in at oo mei, on fe al ' „., adjustment, which you may be very certain the . 2 : -, ‘ eeernment has every disposition to settle with justice Captain Norton's concussion shells, in the presence of Major-General Drummond, C. 8., Director-General of • t . I leni ency towar d s t h e em i grant farmers ; and in the Artillery, and a numerous field of Naval and Military . la v.Curable interpretation to your int erests you will find officers. Twenty shells were fired at the wooden frame, 1! k 'yself a friend, rather than one inimical to your un- at a range offour hundred yards, ten from the - eight-inch inp,e countrymen. gun, and ten from the thirty-two pounder. This was to I rex-ret much that you should have allowed yourselves the trying test, and the result was highly favourable and , lie et: grossly deceived with regard to the intentions perfectly conclusive. " I ,rethe :bang of Holland, by a person totally ietiaccredited, .---The steam-ship Ant- EXPEDITIOUS TRAVELLING *// I . l7, t_thatshould have been urged to aot as you werpen, Captain Jackson, left Antwerp on Wednesday ' 4 l. 'r ye, upon the vain supposition that any of ebe Eu- e mternoon last at a quarter past one o'clock ; she got up 1,21 ; 'Can Powers' would lend an ear to any question to the St. Katherine's Wharf, Tower, before nine on -- , iiii e - between England and her coleny of the Ca l te of • Cr ; sufficient e s , end Hope, of which you cannot be so isnorant .4,s Thursday morning, and in time for a merchant of Liverpool to leave London for that place by the ten " . te e to know that 1 ' 0 " Natal has always been a dee' o'clock train, so as to reach Liverpool that evening ; to : . 1 1 ' ll' V ene •Y* use the gentleman's own words in writing after his arri • 4.- shalt be happy to lend my best efforts to arrest any I ;ene.val rising, or pa r ti a l acts of violence of the Zoolas Loal,rs`:ol--ceonaplishing the distan c e of 440 miles in thirty' _st te Caefres ; but I feel my i ncapac i ty to d o muc h i n thi s inspectN bile your peopl e continue in arms against h A parajraph, originating,er Globe, has been goin s the round of the papers, stating Majesty's authority, and thus lead these tribes to think in thethat the penalt%' for sporting l' creased from t4wemey tofifty without a license was we believe, with the that whatever injury they do you must be pleasing to Government. —Worcester Relate: pounds. It is not correct. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEIVIBER 19, 1842 STATE of the MANUFACTURING DISTRI CTS. MANcnEsuat, SATUILDAY EVENING.—In the course of yesterday afternoon, one of the persons who at tempted to turn out the hands at the factory of Messrs. Morris, in Oldfi e ld-road, Salford, died from the wounds inflicted on him by the hands in the en counter. This affray seems to have produced a con siderable degree of exasperation amongst the turn-out power-loom weavers and the Chartists, who plainly assert that the unfortunate victim was a mere passive spectator, and has met his death by unfair means; in fact, nothing less .than the conviction of his assailants of the crime of wilful murder will satisfy the turn outs. Subjoined is a report of the evidence as it was given before the C.oroner this evening. In the town, however, there are indications that all is not over, and in consequence of certain reports which have reached the authorities, it is considered necessary again to have detachments of police and special constables in almost cnnstant patrol through the streets: In the surrounding .towns matters do not wear any better aspect, but rather the contrary,. and you may not be surprised if next week should not again wit ness as extensive a suspension of labour in the mann facturing towns an d v il lages of Lancashire, if not more so than that of the 9th of August. There is now an attempt being made to effect such a measure; and in order to do that, deputies have left this town for all parts of the county. Whether it will be suc-• cessful or not, is at present of course only matter of conjecture. At _Bolton, Blackburn, Hindley, and several other places, the notices given by the men that they will leave work unless the masters agree to give the prices of 1839, expires to-night, and in some in stances it would terminate last night. As it is the general determination of the masters not to give the advance required, there will probably be a turn-out of considerable numbers on Monday morning. In fact, already have a large body of hands refused to work at Bolton-le-Moors, and were this day idle. The circumstance of the death of the man in the infirmary has caused the appearance of a large placard of an inflamatory tendency, emanating from the Weavers Committee, which has been very plentifully distributed throughout this town and Salford, headed "Starvation and death demand s justice;" and after alluding to what the writer terms the "lying" state ments r n m ehe t s ogether, an d ter Guardian , hen alludes to cans on the weavers to the stand M firm the death of the party above- mentioned as follows : "Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen !—ls this a time to submit to the tyrants'grasp, when some of the blood-thirsty villains in the employ of Messrs. Morris have most brutally beat and killed poor Lyons ? It is high time that the authorities of Salford should take some steps to prevent the wholesale massacre which is carried on by these fellows." IN— QUEST ON THE BODY OP A RIOTER. This afternoon, at five o'clock, a respectable Jury, consisting of gentlemen from the townships of Salford, Pendleton, and Broughton, Was summoned by Mr. W. S. Rutter Coroner for the Hundred o f S a lf or d, t o inquire into die circumstances of the death of Joshua Lyons, who died from the effect of wounds inflicted on him at the mill of Messrs. Morris, in Oldfield-road Salford, on Thursday morning la s t. Th e Jury, to , the number of 18, assembled at the King's Head Inn, in Salford; and,having been sworn and briefly charged by the Coroner, proceeded to the Manchester Infir mary to view the body. After having done so, the following witnesses were examined : Mr. Edward Tomlinson, house -surgeon to the Infir mary, being sworn, said, the deceased, Joshua Lyons, was adMitted into the Infirmary on Thursday last, the 15th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon. He was then. in a state of insensibility, and labouring under symptoms of compressure of the brain. Wit ness examined him, a nd found a scalp wound on th e left side o f th e head, with protrusion and discoloura tion of the left eye-ball. He remained in a state of curred on th e f o li o wing morning at ten o'clock. This insensibility up t o th e time of his death, whi c h oc day (Saturday) witness had made a post mortem exa mination of the body. On opening the head, he found a quantity of extravasated blood under the scalp, and also covering the left temple. There was also a fracture of the skull in that situation, and rup ture of the vessels internally, causing the infusion of a large quantity of blood into the skull. This was quite sufficient to account for death. There was more blood infused into the orbit, which had caused the protrusion of the eye-ball. The external injuries might have been caused by a blow from a bludgeon or a brickbat. Rachel Wroe was next called, and she said she lives at No. 22, Hulme-street , Oldfield - road, Salford. Winess did no t k now t h e deceased. On Thursday last h er li tt l e boy was out i n th e c r o wd a b ou t M essrs. Morris's . , f actory about half-pmt eight o'clock i n th e ' ll ° ll) ing. On hearing a noise in the street witness ran to fetch him in. When she reached near the gate of Messra. Morris'3 factory there was a large crowd about the gate. 'Three men went up to the deeeased and knocked hi m d own. Th e y struck him with their sticks or blud geons. Thev a l so s truck him after he fell. Th e d ecease d t h en got up and ran across into a field thirty or forty- yards off. None of the parties who str uc k him followed him into the field. They all three struck him at once. A woman, who is at the door, followed him into the field to take care of him. They struck the deceased once before he fell, and all of them struck him o nce a f ter he f e ll. The deceased did not go to kick at--the gates—he was s tanding at some distance very quiet. : • In answer t o quest i ons from severa l J urors , th e witness said th e th ree persons a ea red to strike him about the same part of the b o d y ' ) At the time they struck him h e w as doing nothing more tha n witness was then. H e h a d nothing in his hand, and was standing qui e tl y on a hea - p of cinders. Witness did men not know any o f t h e three w h o attacked the de ceased. p. Elizabeth Hughes stated that she was a widow s re siding near Messrs. Morris's factor Witness heard y. the noise of th e mo b on the morning in qu estion, and heard some children say the snob were coming. She went to the bottom of her y ar d, a nd saw in Messrs. Morris's employ beating the the hands mob. Soon after the deceased (Lyons) came round the corner of the factory, between the stable and an old boiler. He was follow e d b y a man, who struck h i m w i t h a piece of wood over the left ear. Witness believed they called the pieces of wood it picking sticks." When the decea se d was down, the man was about to strike him again, when witness asked him how he could for shame strike a man in that way ? on which he left him. Witness then took the deceased to her house. Ile was bleeding from a wound behind the ear, and the blood was runnin— g on his jacket. She gave him some water, and h e washed himself; after which he went into the was very sick. yard , and After that he faint e d, and witness bathed his temples with vinegar. When witness first saw the deceased, he was walking towards a field, and appeared quite insensible. Witness only saw him struck once. The people called out that 'lt :rigley had murdered him. The deceased had a c ap on at the time. The CORONER here observed that the inquiry was likely to last a considerable time, and therefore, if the Jury wished, he would adjour n it. It was then agreed that the inquest should be ad journed till Wednesday next. A great mass of evidence is about to be brought forward by the power-loom weavers, with a view of , implicating the parties who attacked the deceased in the crime of wilful murder. On Monday nex (to day), they intend to apply to the Magistrates for warrants for their apprehension. . . ___. POLICE THE T GOVERNMEN AND • THE MANCHESTER MAGISTRATES. • Captain Sleigh's name - (the Assistant-Commis sioner of Police) having b. -en broug the Manchester ht into question in connexion with th e conduct of Justices during the di s t ur b ances of the last few days, that gentleman has addressed a lett er , of which th e following is a c o py, t o Si r Charles Sh aw :.._. " Sir,—My duty to the pub li c carrying ch out your order, a nd the importance of a consideration for m y official aracter, . urgeupon me the necessity of being re l ease d f rom the serious ing in conjunction with, or followin, instructions l 'eisponsibility of act emanating from, either an errone ous judlment or sug gested by biassed impressions. 'this request and these observations are founded on t h e following cir cumstances :—On the 13th inst. the afternoon, I received informat i o . that concourse of people were assembling at - k ' about 5 o'clock in — street,-street, in- and around a Chartist meeting-hous e , and I immediately proceeded to that neighbourhood w itb a body. of 100 police, and, finding the report correct, and that the as semblage that crowded the surrouudin„ ground and streets were addressed by a man from theivindow of the Chartist meeting-house, who bade them sta n d fast, and finding they would not be removed without force, the police immediately dispersed them, and succeeded in arresting 45. The prisoners were accordingly es corted by two strong detachments Of police ; however, on the line of march to the Town-h ii -- a.i- When they ar rived at Portland-street, I observed Mr. 'W a lk er , Ma gistrate, speaking to an inspector of police, who was on duty with the escort detachment, and on inquiring from that o ffi cer the reason why Mr. - Walker ad dressed him, he answered that the Magistrate had asked what the prisoners were taken for ; the o ffi cer explained the nature of the occurrence, when the Ma prisonersgistrate retheplied, ' What is the 1 -Is e of taking them , re is no case against them?. cc ' re time after the same Magistra.te visited the lock-ups, where the pris one rs had he m co n ve y e d, accepted bail f or t wo , an d sugg ested that bail should' be taken for others, and finally said that he ' would be absent from town and the Court-h ouse to-morrow, therefore he would be out of that m ess! " On the following morning this ci rcumstance was reporto to me by a S uperintendent, to whom it had been communicated by the officer on duty at the time at the lock-ups ; and during tha da h e f eline, i by the. ; official returns, that 48 prigmers real we l set at liberty by the stipendiary mneistrate on their own recog- nizances in 201. each to keep the peace for three months, and the remaining two were bound over in 401. each( 'and 201. from two sureties, to keep the peace for the same time, one of whom was foremost in throwing stones at the police, and the other in ex citing the mob. " I will not here comment on the above conduct or magisterial measure, nor advert to the reason why they are represented to you, till I explain the unac countable instructions and the facts by which they were preceded and followed. "At half-past ten o'clock on the morning of the 14th inst., information was brought to the Magis trates, and conveyed to me, that vast numbers of arti sans and weavers were assembling on the borders of this borough, beyond the township of Beswick, that they were armed with bludgeons, and that their in tentions at the time were unknown. "Further information confirmatory of this arrived shortly after; I therefore immediately concentrated 200 of the police in that quarter of the town, and awaited the order of the Magistrates. Further re ports up to one o'clock wero continually received by the Magistrates and transmitted to me, to the effect that numbers were coming from Ashton to unite with those who were meeting at the before-mentioned place. Notwithstanding the information of these threatening circumstances, I still remained without instructions from the Magistrates to proceed to the ground where the meeting was going on.; but fearing, however, some evil consequences, I ordered out 100 of the special constables, who were on reserve at the Town hall ; and when in the act of doing so I was addressed by the Magistrate on duty, who told me he would first go to consult the stipendiary Magistrate (who was then at the Borough Court) about the special constables going out to the meeting. I informed him in reply that it was then one o'clock, and since eleven o'clock informations to the foregoing effect had ar rived, and were communicated to him ; he therefore had had three hours to consult or deliberate, and that I should forthwith proceed with the force to the ground; I would do my duty to protect property and the public, he therefore might send his instruc tions after me. " On arriving at the boundary of the borough, near Beswick, having on my way united with the 200 re serve police previously stationed near that quarter, I found that the reports to a very great extent had been correct ; but on the approach by two different roads of the force under my command, they moved off towards Ashton, many people having appeared on the roads, and crossing the country in considerable num bers ; I rode forward to Ashton, being anxious to satisfy myself, if possible, of their intention, leaving the police stationed within the limits of the borough. On my return to Beswick I found, much to my asto nishment, that the force which I left there to stop any body of people that might attempt to come in that way, and in order to protect the works of Mr. Chapel, which in the forenoon were threatened by the mob, had been reduced by the unnecessary with. drawal of the special constables, at the direction of the Magistrates, although I had left 50 as a reserve at the Town-hall ; thus leaving exposed that part of the borough to the incursions of those who had been hold ing illegal meetings during the forenoon. "Although I feel the high importance attached to the moral influence Magistrates should possess, and consequently am sensible of the criminality of unjustly animadverting on their conduct, yet I conceive myself bound, while reverting to that which I have already stated, to direct your attention to the following facts, which, when linked together, will leave you to draw such conclusions and take such steps as you conceive that justice and the public are entitled to. In the first place, on the night of the 12th of August I waited on the Mayor by your orders, to inform him the police were worn out, and that the town, therefore, was unprotected, and that I was to urge his Worship to request of the military chief to furnish night pa trols, as it was impossible to say what might occur in the present excited state. His Worship regretted that I should have troubled him, and referred me to the stipendiary Magistrate whom he had deputed, and who was at the York Hotel; I accordingly hastened there, and saw the Magistrate, in the pre sence of the Assistant-Adjutant-General. To the former I made the same communication as I had to the Mayor; his reply was, that he did not think anything would take place, and that there was no alternative but to leave the town as it then was.' I replied that it was exceedingly dangerous in my opinion, more particularly as the Riot Act had been read during the day ; and that, at all events, I should 'main on the look out all night. "Again, on the following day, while moving to wards Granby-row Field, where it was reported that the rioters were re-assembling, with the police and special constables, accompanied by Mr. Steward, a Magistrate, I was ordered by you to hasten the force forward, in order to take up an advantageous position, which could not be attainable if the military, which was marching on the same point parallel to us, arrived at the fields before us. I accordingly gave the order, but on the instant it was countermanded by the Magistrate, who obliged the body to come almost to a dead halt, although I explained the object end necessity of the order. The result of this was, that the military force halted across and before at right angles to the civic force, and became clubbed together, which so embarrassed both, th a t h a d a mo derately determined resistance taken place, the confu-., sion and the evil consequences might have been serious. " Furthermore, on the 7th inst. I was requested to attend at a meeting of the Mayor and Magistrates, in order to account for some falsely-stated inactivity of the police on the preceding day, which the Guardian newspaper had represented, and on the faith of which the Mayor remonstrated with me on the mob which the re port alluded to not having been dispersed. Ireplied I was on the ground myself, and the statement was un founded. At the same time I requested definite in structions from the Mayor and Stipendiary Magis trate; when I was told by both that her Majesty's proclamation of the 13th of August, and that of the Mayor and Magistrates, were still in force, and would be during the continuance of present circumstances, by which alone I was to be guided, and that every meeting should be dispersed at all hazards, and if the assemblage; would not separate arrests were to be made, and that the law would be enforced. On the faith of the sincerity of those instructions I acted on thz evening of the 13th inst. in dispersing the meet ing in Brown-street, and arresting 45 prisoners, all of whom were liberated, as previously intimated, by the Magistrate who was resolved to be out of the mess on the 14th, I also acting on the same, when three hours were allowed to pass without the Magistrates ordering the borough to be protected from a re-occurrence ; and when at the expiration of that time I moved off on my own responsibility to afford that protection, and to disperse, according to the proclamation and my instructions of the 7th inst., illegal assemblages, I was told by the Magistrate on duty, he would consult before I was to take the special constables ; and lastly, the withdrawal of that force, without my know ledge, at the Ashton road, while danger still threaten ed that quarter of the town. These circumstances, united to the transactions of the night of the 12th and the day of the 13th of August, the instructions given to me by the Mayor and Magistrates on the 7th instant, added to other anterior occurrences of a judicial nature, emanating from two of the before mentioned persons, which, although serious in them selves, are, in some degree, irrelevant to the present, became imperative reasons' in honour and honesty why I should lay theni before you for the public good as her Majesty's Chief Commissioner of Police, and in order that in future I may be held irresponsible by sou and her Majesty's Government if obliged to act in conjunction with or follow the instructions of those in whom I cannot repose confidence." (Signed by Captain Sleigh, and addressed to Sir C. Shaw.) TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF AN EXTEN SIVE COTTON FACTORY BY FIRE MANCIIESIER, SATURDAY. — This morning, at ' an early hour considerable alarm was spread through the town in c situateoc n o t s t e o q n uf ma i t c i l e lß of aocf k i t f s A ilae b rs e ss. i r n sst g ; e a eLt n ,o n cs o k u awl n foo c o e r dd d that The mill is sit ua t e on th e b or d ers of rn h e l of, ra l n a mt r . o g e us e Salford, on the edge of the Irwell, which divides the towns of Manchester and Salford, and in a densely populated neighbourhood, where the streets are ex ceedingly confined and narrow, except the main street, to which the factory fronted. Soon after the arrival of the engines an immense body of water was poured into the factory from all six engines, but it was of no avail. It was after this experiment that the efforts of the police were directed to the surrounding pro perty, and it is fortunate that nearly a dead calm prevailed, or the whole of Blackfriars-street would most certainly have been consumed. It was rumoured about that the factory had been set fire to by an in cendiary, but on the best inquiry that can be made at present it is ascertained with tolerable certainty that it was a pure accident, having originated in what is termed the blowing-room, and is supposed to have been caused by friction from one of the shafts. From the basement story there is a communication from room to room to the top of the factory, by means of a kind of basket or tub, which is hoisted up through trap-doors in each story. Through these places the flame* immediately spread through the factory, and with such astonishing speed that the workpeopfe, who lit.d only just begun labour, were compelled to make a pi ecipitate ret rea t f rom th e s p o t, mus t o f them with tFe loss of some portion of wearing apparel. Such was the rapidity with which the flames spread that in little more than two hours the whole edifice may be said to have become little better than smoking ruins, not a vekige of the property having been saved except the books of the con cern. For some time considerable alarm was ex perienced lest an explosion of the boilers should talie plaeo, they having been filled with water for the day, and it was apprended that should the fire heat them red hot, the quantity of steam which would in consequence be generated would cause a tremendous • THE ARMY. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 17.—Captai Desbrisay's 'com pany, 3d battalion, and Major Durnford's company, I 4th battalion of Royal A r till ery , were i nspecte d i n heavy marching order on the guard mounting parade, by Lieuteaant-General Lord Bloomfield, G. 0.8. and G-.C.H., and the ba g gage of th ese compan i es was put on board the Dee steam-vessel on Monday, the 12th inst., and the-companies embarked on the following day at the Royal Arsenal, at half-past eight o'clock in the morning, for a passage to Gibraltar. On Tuesday last, the 13th inst., upwards of 50 non-commissioned officers and gunners arid driVers passed a medical board previous to obtaining their discharges. Major Anderson's company, Ist battalion, will pro ceed to Chester early in the ensuing month to relieve Captain Dick en's company, 6th battalion. The latter company will return to head-quarters. On Thursday last 15 non-commissioned officers and men embarked on board a steam-vessel at the Royal Arsenal to complete the company and troop of Horse Artillery in the northern district. The practices at the mortar and howitzer battery, and in the marshes, have been carried on regularly during the past week; and also battalion drills, under the superintendence of Colonel Turner, C.B. The battalions have been supplied with blank cartridges at those drills, and the manoeuvring was excellent. After her Majesty left the dockyard to-day the Royal Marines, who had been on duty for so long a period, formed and marched before the Earl of Had dington, Sir W. Gage, Lord Bloomfield, Sir F. Col lier, and other superior officers, in .order of review, first in slow and after in quick march, and then left the establishment for their quarters. Lord Hadding ton paid a high compliment to Colonel Parke on the appearance of his men. CHATHAM, SEPT. 17.—Yesterday afternoon the 2d battalion of the 12th Regiment of Foot marched into this garrison from Weedon Barracks, which place they left by railroad on Wednesday, the 14th instant. The battalion, which is newly raised, consists of 291 rank and file, 10 sergeants, and four drummers. The troops are under the command of Major Sir Robert Douglas, with Captain Percival, Captain Granet, Lieutenant Bishop, Lieutenant Marconi, Lieutenant- Adjutant Lawrence, Assistant-Surgeon Booth. The rear of the battalion was brought up'by 32 prisoners handcuffed, all charged with desertion. The batta lion will shortly embark for the Mauritius to join their head 7 quarters.. This morning, a detachment of the 75th Regiment loft this garrison for Tilbury Fort, with their band anal drums. The b an d, w hi c h i s new , h av i ng on l y bee:i in existence one month, played merrily out of the town. The detachment is under the command of Major Halifax, with Captain Jardine, Lieutenant Brownie, Lieutenant Brummell, Lieutenant Gordon, Lieutenant Hill, Ensign Knox, Ensign Matge, and Assist.-Surgeon Anderson. There are two other de tachment s of this Regiment, one stationed a t Har wich,-and the other at Sheerness. The head quarters are now at the Cape of Good Hope. . A detachment of the East India Company's troops, consisting of 120 men, left Brompton barracks on their march to Gravesend this morning, where they embarked at the Custom-house.quay, on board the Company's ship John Bibby, bound for Bengal. The detachment is under the command of Capt. Gidley, of the 11th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry. Lieut.-Adjutant David Beatty, of the 99th Regi- • silent, resigns the Field Adjutantcy of the provisional battalion. He is to be succeeded by Lieutenant O'Molloney. DUBLIN.—The first division and head-quarters of the 58th Regiment, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Frith, arrived in Dublin on Thursday from England. The remaining division arrived on Friday, and will occupy their old quarters in Rich mond barracks. The first division of the 45th Regiment, under the command of Captain Cooper, embarked for Cork on Wednesday evening. Six hundred and eleven strong in all ranks. The head-quarters of the depot, 67th Regiment, will arrive in Cork this day from Youghal, for em barkation for Portsmouth. We, give the following statement on the authority of the Linieric . Chronicle The colours of the 44th Regiment were preserved to the very last extremity, and until the, battalion , was reduced to twelve men, worn out and exhausted, after six days' constant fight with a vastly superior force, in the midst of frost and snow. Lieutenant Souter was then made prisoner with the Queen's colour, but the man who had the regim en t a l co l ours wrapped round his body surrendered the precious charge to the ferociouS enemy only with his life, for he was butchered on the spot. He was colour sergeant, and an Irishman. His, name was Carey." PORTUGAL. FALMOUTII, SEPT. 17.—The Lady Mary Wood steamer arrived last night with Peninsular mails; her dates are, from Gibraltar the Bth, Cadiz the 9th, Lis bon the 12th, Oporto the 13th, and Vigo the 14th inst. LISBON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12.—The Cortes will re main open throughout this week for the purpose of carrying the Douro Wine Bill, the Bill for trying the assassins of persOns in authority by court-martial, and some other administrative measures. The - Ministerial question remains. in the same position, with this dif ference, that the Minister of Marine, Campilo, tired out by the badgering in the Chambers, with reference chiefly to the case of the General Marinho, condemned for irregularitfof pipers, and, in reality, u slaver, has withdrawn temporarily (meaning finally) from the exercise of his official duties, and that Baron Tojal, byßoyal decree, holds this portfolio, together with that of Finance. The Baron has instituted a searching inquiry into all the circumstances of this affair, which is clearly most disgraceful to the previous ad ministration of the Marine Department, it being per fectly certain that the custom-house officers were in fluenced to make a fraudulent valuation at about 1,2001. of a vessel clearly worth 5,000/. Baron Tojal will this day bring together the mem berS of the Finance Committees of the Peers and De puties, and submit to them his proj e ct fo r l ev yi ng an additional 5 per cent, upon all the customs duties in the kingdom and colonies, with which he is determined to persevere. Thc Tariff Convention has made no advance since my last communication. The distress continues to be most alarming in the Douro district and in Tras •os- L%lontes. The Queen and Court returned from Cintra on Saturday to take up their residence definitively in Lisbon, the great heats having subsided. The proro gation of the Cortes will take place by Royal decree, without any formal speech. MURD — E - 11 IN TRANCE. At the Assizes of the Aveyron, on the 31st ult., a man named Merle, aged 36, a grocer, in the village of Salais, and a youth of 19, named Gaubert, were tried for the murder of a widow, who also kept a grocer's shop in the same village, and against whom Meric entertained feelings of hatred, on account of her shop being more frequented than his own. The murdered woman was found by her neighbours in the morning, with her head lying in the fire-place, and much burnt, and it was at first supposed that she had Pen drinking, and had fallen into the fire, but on exa minntion, it was discovered that the head been frac tured by the blows of a hammer, and the body had evidently been placed in the position in which it had been found by the murderer or murderers, in the hope of causing a belief that she had accidentally been burnt to death. Suspicion was entertained of as he had been heard to threaten the life of the woman, but there was no proof against him, until dis closures were made by Gaubert. This person was sitting with the deceased by the fire-side without a light on the evening of the murder, when Merle rushed into the place, and, without seeing Gaubert, struck his victim repeatedly on the head with a hammer. On perceiving Gaubert, he threatened to murder him also, if he did not swear to preser ve th e secret, and at the same time offered him 200 f. out of a sum of which he robbed the house of the deceased. Gaubert gave the promise, took the money, and went home, but Meric followed him, with the intention of murdering him, having, on reflection, thought it better to remove the only witness of his crime out of the way. Gaubert, however, had locked his door, . , and ref - used to adinit Meric. For some time Gaubert kept the secret ; but one evening, as he was going home, a large stone was hurled at him, and as he had no doubt of its having been thrown by Meric, for the purpose of killing him, he r eso l ve d t o make dis closures. As the accounts which he gave were such as to cause a suspicion that he had assisted in the murder, he also was brought to trial, but was ac quitted, as there was other evidence to show that his only crime had been concealment and the taking of a bribe. Meric was found guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, notwithstanding the deliberate ferocity of his act, and was, therefore, condemned to impri sonment with hard labour for life. Mr. Stephen Plummer, of 11, Ludgate-hill, has published a statment of the number of persons, vehicles, and horses, that passed his house on the 13th inst., from 9 o'clock in the morning till 9 in the evening of that day, being an ordinary day of business, and at a time when London is considered empty, and no business doing, by which it will appear there were 8,572 vehicles, in 12 hours, 714 per hour, 12 per minute ; 13,024 horses in 12 hours, 1,085 per hour, 18 per minute ; 105,352 persons in 12 hours, 8,779 per lu ur, 146 per minute. The condition of the Ivor in this town, we fear, notwithstanding the bountiful supply of almost every description of human food, is not improved ; so fur at least as the means of obtaining the necessaries of life are dependent upon employment.—Leeds Menniqb Bnussms, SEPT. 17.—Among the foreigners lately arrived at Brussels are M. W. Rahleigh, I.Y. ; Sir Iler.ry Seymour and family, Lord and Lady Berehaven, Count Hamilton, a Swedish officer ; the Duke of San Carlos, tke. The Prince de Chirnay has returned from Paris, •,1.4 ! blow up, but either from the safety valves proving how safe and efficacious they are, or from some other cause, the anticipated event did not happen. Nothing is now standing of the immense edifice but the ruins of a portion of the walls. The damage is variously esti mated, but the most probable amount is about 13,0001. The machinery and stock was insured at the amount of 9,0001., and it is said the building is also insured, but of this fact there is not sufficient authority for stating it to be correct. Several fire-offices are also mentioned as being losers) by the event, but such statements are not ascertained to be correct. The factory was at work, and has been for about a fort night past since the turn-out, with nearly the full number of hands, and during the fire it was pleasing to observe haw anxiously and earnestly they afforded every assistance in th e i r power. There has been no fresh attempt to renew the dis turbances in this town, and the situation of affairs with respect to the weavers remains the same. In Stockport and Stalybridge the milk are at work with few exceptions, but at Ashton -under-Line only one is working. At Bolton this day the spinners ceased work, the notices which they gave to the mas ters a fortnight ago having expired. Reports are rife that another general turn-out of power-loom weavers is to take place throughout the whole of the manufac turing districts next week, and that delegates from the union have this day been despatched to the dif- ferent towns to effect the object. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, SATURDAY EVENING.-At length we are justified in announcing that there is a decided prospect of a speedy termination of the out break. This town has all along been regarded as the nucleus of the agitation, and the vigorous steps taken by the authorities here within the last day or two pro mise to be attended with the best effects. We allude more particularly to the apprehension of a batch of six or seven of the most active ringleaders, under whose direction the whole of the riotous proceedings in this district have been concocted and carried into effect. At the head of these is Pilling, the leader of the Chartists of Ashton, who accompanied the mob in their circuit through the whole of the manufacturing districts in Lancashire and Yorkshire, urged them on in their most desperate attacks on the various works, and publicly boasted on several occa sions that he had been the instrument of throwing out of work at least two millions of hands. This daring and unprincipled fellow was, thanks to the intrepidity of Mr. Robert Newton, the chief-constable of this borough, apprehended last night in th e m id s t o f a Chartist meeting, held in the Chartist Association Room, in Charlestown. Pilling was speaking when Mr. Newton entered the room, and the mob imme diately broke into the most savage yells and threats, crying " Knock him down," " Turn him back ;" but Mr. Newton was not to be deterred from the dis charge of his duty, and he succeeded, with the assist ance of a small force of special constables, in securing Pilling and five other well-known individuals. They were immediately lodged in the gaol, and though the town was in a very disturbed state in the evening, no outbreak took place. At eleven o'clock this day, the Magistrates sat in large room of the Town-hall, to investigate the charges against Richard Pilling, James Thorpe, Saml. Fean, George Taylor, William Wild, and James Nague. All of the prisoners are of mature age. Taylor is apparently about 60 years of age. A great deal of evidence having been taken, The Rev. J. S. R. Evans, the chairm an , addressed the prisoners, and said they must be satisfied that the case had received every requisite attention, and the conclusion which the Magistrates had come to, after giving their most careful consideration to the evidence, was that the charge of conspiracy was distinctly proved against the whole of them. It was their duty to commit them all on that charge ; but two of them, Pilling and Nague, stood prominently forward, and the amount of bail required for their appearance would be, in each case, themselves in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each ; in the other four cases, the principals in 501. each, and two sureties in 251. each, with 48 hours' notice: of bail. Pilling will take his trial in the county of Lancaster, the others in the county of Chester.—The prisoners were then removed. (From the Manchester Gtardian of Saturday.) The only new feature in the state of the working population of this district is to be found in the com plete break up of the turn-out qt Stockport, where the workpeople are all rapidly returning to their work, on the same terms as before the turn-out; and, from what we hear of their feelings, we believe there can be little doubt that they will continue steadily at their work. In Ashton, there is not, as yet, the slightest appearanc; of any general resumption of employment ; and the hands of Messrs. Whittaker and Sons, who returned to work on Monday, as mentioned in the Guardian of Wednesday last, are again at a stand, having evidently been so far intimidated by the at tempt made to turn them out on Tuesday, that they have not ventured to resume their employment. At Stalybridge, although most of th e f actor i es were at work yesterday, the hands are evidently in a very un settled state, and at present it seems somewhat doubtful whether they will continue at their labour. At Bolton, the spinners have all given notices to their "employers, which terminate this day ; but we believe nothing is yet known as to their real intentions. In this town, the weavers are gradually returning to their employment at the old prices, and every day witnesses a considerable augmentation in the numbers of those at work, as well as an increase in the exas peration of those who remain out. Several efforts have been made during the last two days to turn out those who have returned to their labour; but, with one trifling exception, they have all been unsuccess ful • and, on one o r t wo occas i ons, t h e assa i lants have ffe sured rather severely. In one case, we regret to say, one of them received a blow which has termi nated fatally; being the first instance of loss of life that has occurred in this town since the commence ment of these extensive and protracted disturbances. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—If the symptom of a rise in stocks is to be regarded as favourable to a revived action in trade, the reason why that has not taken place at the present moment can be easily explained by a fact which has before been adduced to illustrate the temporary dull appearance of business. It seems to be generally considered, and indeed it is admitted by many of the influential dealers in the Stock Exchange, that the purchases by the jobbers have, to a considerable ex cess, been in advance of the ordinary demand of the public, and hence that the free delivery of stock, when a call appears, checks for the while any mate rial advance in value. On the other hand, there is also stated to be a gradual increase in the employ ment of capital, which, although it does not to an inconvenient degree raise the rate of accommodation for short periods, nevertheless has the effect of re straining those facilities of business afforded at a period of unrestricted abundance. These circum stances combined will in a great measure account for the present stationary position of matters at the Steck Exchange, but they can hardly with fairness be ac cepted as causes originating the complaints daily made of the slackness of mercantile operations, which yet seem to call for some vigorous action to put them in a train to relieve the many cries heard of the hard state of the times. After all it may possibly occur that the working out of capital from the funded se curities is for the more profitable disposal of it else where ; and should this prove the case, before the year closes signs of increased activity may yet become visible in most departments of trade, which would at once impart that unity of purpose which could not fail to make the stimulus general, and produce a salutary effect. The new scale of corn duties is extending its effects to the continental speculators. Many failures in the north of Europe, we are given to understand, have occurred, from the extensive fluctuations noted in the value of wheat in our market, but none have occa sioned so much regret as the stoppage of Messrs. Lu bienski and Co., at Dantzic, announced in the letters received thence yesterday. It has been before rumoured that they would be obliged to arrange with their creditors, but from their high connexions in Poland, it was not for a moment apprehended that they would be reduced to the painful necessity of closing their doors. From what has transpired on this subject in the City, it does not seem that their whole burden of misfortune has been created by the operation of the new scale of duties, though there can be no doubt of its having hastened the catastrophe, for, it is universally believed, that the firm had sustained damage in connexion with failures which have taken place here and in Ireland. The continental houses are expected to be the greatest suf ferers by this event. It is yet hoped that their family connexions will come to their assistance. Their debts and liabilities are stated to spread over 100,0001. to 150,0001., and their assets are reckoned at not more than a tenth of that amount. It is understood in the City that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has proposed to allow Portuguese wines to be bottled in the merchants' private vaults for home consumption, under the lock and s urvey of the Excise, and under proper regulations for th e pre vention of abuse. The wines would b e t h us stored till the reduction of the duties by the Act of Parlia ment, and would then be removed, the difference of duty having been allowed upon them. The effect of such a proposal would be to prevent the trade from losing the present bottling system. POST.--The Ame r i can j ournals seem to give pro mise of a more f avoura bl e state of affairs in the Union for the coming year than has for some time existed, independently of the cheek to commerce anticipated in the operation of the new tariff. In dwelling upon the advantages derivable from the exportation o f the gre at , staples of the count ry, i t is remarked that there are already indicati ons of a movement in the article of cotton, the sea son f or which commences in. (kt° The transacti ons i n this staple, as well 45 In teg c - ' to bacco, and su gar, W i ll be carried on in a specie cur- rency, and much benefit to individuals, as also to the community at large, is expected from the circumstance that such a mode of doing business ensures low prices, which will yield better profits than have been realised for the last ten years. The price of cotton isexpected to average from five to ten cents. per lb., being lower than it has been these fifteen years past. Imme diately after the great crash of 1836-7 cotton fell to seven cents., but the speculative proceedings of the United States Bank, the directors of which at that time came into the market, caused a rise in prices in less than a year, and a consequent fluctuation that only heaped ruin upon ruin, a condition of things which, it will be recollected, was confidently pre dicted on this side of the water as the inevitable re sult of the bank's interference. The delinquency and destruction of the banks in the south are considered fortunate events, inasmuch as they have the effect of clearing the way for a more healthy state of trade. The exportation of north-western wheat from New Orleans will be very large, the estimated quantity being as ten bushels for every one of former years. The abundance of the crops had brought down the price to an average •f 50 cents. per bushel, flour selling at a proportionate reduction. The aggregate of exports from New Orleans alone is estimated at 40,000,000 dollars, which will be paid to producers in a sound or metallic currency, with a restricted admixture of paper. It is added that preparations upon a vast scale were making by the large commission houses of Europe and America. Messrs. Brown, Messrs. Baring, and Messrs. Nichol son, are understood to be of the number in the field, and who are furnished with many millions of dollars. It was hoped that the old system of accommodation bills would be somewhat broken up. Large arrivals of specie from England to pay for southern produce were looked for. Exchange, now at 4 dolls. 55c., was expected to go down to 4 dolls. 37c., and this branch- of business would, it was believed, assume a steadiness and yield a profit suck as have not been witnessed for a'very long time past. It is admitted that legislation, in the United States is running in a direction diametrically opposite to that of England, and the worst consequences are prophecied as likely to flow from the adoption of so high a standard of rates as that which pervades the measure. It is not thought that even the manufactures of the United States themselves will derive any real benefit from The excessive p rotect i on afforded them b y Congress. Influence of an active foreign competition will, at all events, be cut off, and, in this way, improve ment in the useful arts will cease to be encouraged. SUN. —The extent of business in the English-Mar ket was to-day exceedingly small, but prices were very well maintained, Conz,ols leaving off at 92i 93 for Money, and 93 to 93f for the Account. India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53; New, 49 61 prem. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 102.103; Dutch T wo - and-a-Halfper Cents., 52i 52i; the Five per Cents., 1024 103 ; Danish 83 84 ; and Brazilian, 671684. The quotation for Mexican that is to say the rate at which it may be fairly negotiated, was 3.54 359, still rather lower than yesterday. Shares were—London and Birmingham, 191 19S; Birmingham and Gloucester, 42 44 ; Great Western, 82k 834 ; the Half Shares, 59 60; South Western, 57 58 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28; South Eastern and Dover, 22 224; Eastern Counties, 84 8:I; Northern and Eastern, 36 37 ; Blackwall, 61 7 ; and Brighton, 33 334 per share. The quotations for the Bonds were :—Colombi an , 204 21 ; Peru v ia n , 15 16 ; P ortuguese Fi ve per Cents., 35 ; the Three per C en t s ., 21 214-; SpaniSh Five per Cents., 164 164; the Three per Cents., 21i 21f,. A:Correspondent wishes to know how it is that the quotation for Buenos Avrean Bonds is so much bel ow the price which other South American Stocks beir in this mark e t'? To those who are conversant with the working of it; the discrepancy is easy of solution. It is perfectly - correct that the amount of bonds which were issued in the first instance was so small, that it would appear that no nation could hesitate for a mo ment to redeem them upon the plea of a want of means ; but there is no single country in that part of the globe but what is torn by intestine struggles, each party striving for the mastery, and hence the money which should be paid to the foreign creditor is; absorbed to further these disputes. But the great source of the evil is to be found at home. Time bar gainS are made in this or other description of bonds, each speculator fleecing the other as they may have been buyer's or sellers; and to these operations the depreciation of property may be traced. It is a ivell understood fact, that the agents of many of these countries are now, and have been long in the market buying up the bonds at the present rates ; and to such an extent has it been carried, that it would raise the quotation of many of them at least ten• per cent. were the delivery insisted upon on the account day. The original holders have nothing to fear for their money, all doubtless will be ultimately paid, but it is speculation which has reduced prices to what they now are. The great evil which has to be guardrd against is conversion • and for the rea son tbat . it affords the opportunity o f emitting an amount of spurious issues, which it is impossible to guard against. If it be ordered that new bonds shall be given for old, it is merely the engraving of five in stead of two hundred copies, the extra three hundred being sold in the market without a possibility of a cheque. Some few years since, a Finance 31inister of Spain gave orders to his agents, " Sell so long as the market will take the bonds off," and upon th sale of the surreptitious bonds the price fell from 60 to 16. A similar game is now being played, and so long as speculation is encouraged, so long will it be to the interest of the various debtors to keep it up, to the loss of the individuals who may have been en gaged in it. IMPORTANT TO CIRCULATING LIBRARIES AND Boot. CLUEs.—These establishments are placed in a very serious position by the 17th section of the New Copyright Act (5 and 6 Victoria, c. 45.) It is well known that most of them have for years been in the habit of obtaining and letting out to hire foreign editions of English works, in finitely to the prejudice of English authors and pub lishers, who are now, however, most amply protected,lby the Act in question. The mere "having them in their possession for sale or hire" ex poses them to the penalty of 10/. for every such offence, together with d ou bl e t h e value of every such copy o f the work. This very strin gent provision is no more than has long been called for, and threatens those who disregard it with almost imme diate ruin. It is not only by the lending out such pirated copies, but the mere having them in their posses sion for such purposes, that this penalty is incurred. There are many libraries, especially in the country, that keep almost exclusively such cheap and foreign editions ; but we trust that this prompt intimation of the conse quences of such acts will enable them to avoid the ruinous visits of the informers—for those gentry are, no doubt, on the alert. The penalty is to be divided between the informer and the author. DUTY ON RUM.—Friday night's Gazette contains an Order in Council, fixing the duty upon rum from Ma dras according to the following schedule :—For every gallon of rum, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sik es ' s hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon. being the produce of the territory subject to the govern ment of the Presidency of Fort saint George, in Madras, not being sweetened, or mixed with any article so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascer tained by such hydrometer, nine shillings and fou thec e. For every gallon of rum s h r ub, h owever , sweetened, produce of and imp or t e d f rom s u c h t er ritories, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, nine shillings and fourpence. Loan COTTENHAM.—We underst and that Lord and Lady Cottenham and their fair daughters They intend, North of Devon, enjoying the beautiful are in th e scenery and th e bracing breezes of that romantic region. it is said, to pay visits in the south of the county before they leave it. Lord Cottenham's presence_ will belmiled with pleasu re w h erev er he appears. He is one of the few Lord Chancellors who discharged the duties of that important office with unmixed satisfaction to the suitor and whose retirement was followed by the universal ex pression of approval of his conduct alike by political foes and friends.—Exeter Times. OXFORD-STREET PAVING.— QII Saturday the Mary - lebone Vestry re-assembled after the pu r ifi ca ti on ami d re-decoration of the Court-house, which occupied six weeks, and the principal business was the presentation of a memorial from the rate_payers of that portibn of Oxford-street lying between ilathbone-place and high-street, St. Giles's, praying that as, they had ex perienced all the inconvenience of the trial of the van ous bituminous pavements, they might, when the road way required new paving, participate in the advan tages derived by their neighbours from the wood pavement, and have a similar material laid down in front of their houses. After very violent speeches from M r . Cl app and others, who said that if the vestry acceded, and thus spent an additional 3 , 000 L, they would, by th e i r mad-headed conduct, ruin the parish, it was ag ree d t h at when t h e eastern en d of Oxford street required repair, the matter should be taken into consideration. DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES Thursday evening, about severhi perambulating 00% o'clock, l as NK , k r N h T o s m .— as the causeway Jones, a waterman, a large box, which near Whitehall-stairs, be observ ed wall. Having secured the tide had washed agains t Shore, when to his infinite the box, he conveyed d it tha i t its coqj f ents were those of n m w e i a t l h t ( i . m , , t ee s aiecnohligl wrappedfht a t was peram ed surprise he discovereants_ ono a Mile, the other a fe male, bodies of two infants —ono piece of coarse linen. He lost giving in f roe rm co a n ti v o e n ye t d o t t o he s p t. e i‘ li i c a e r , g a a n r c e l t t , h s e w b or o k x : house, where present remain. The bodies were subsequent.), examined, but, from their state of decom position, it was impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty II healer the infan.ts were still-born, or were born alive,-l-I.oleswor 1% 1 th, and had — beenhs seat u n f a o i f r y s d i r et ,t, t in. with. PENCARRO Bart., has recently undergone consi dera bletm provement A piece of ground has been prepared, in which is planted of the worthy Baronet. a ve ry interesting collection of New Zealand plants lately sent home by the brot he r From the present appearance of_ the foliage, there seems to be many new plants among them ; and there is reason to expect that they will be of great benefit to our shrub beries and ornamentalplantations,—CornicullAdver 4