The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

Ztittion THE FUNDS7-JC USING PRICES FUNDS. BRITISH Bank Stock 3 p,r Cent. Red. 3 pt.r Cent. Cons 93i ai t per Cent. Red 100 i New 31 per Cent... loli Ne a 5 per Cent — Lorg Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ( ict. 1859 .. Jan. 1460 l2 11-16 FOREIGS India Stock 254 pm Ditto Bonds ....... 50 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... 'Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 59 pm Ditto 500/...... 59 pm Ditto Small ...... 59 pm Bank Stock for Acct. !India Stock for Acct... Consols for Acct. 93, T FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 37 Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pes cent — IDitto, Metallic ..... .. Ar Arian, 5 per cent. — Be!sian, 5 per cent Br,zilian Bonds... 644 Bt ...nos Ayres 6 per cent. CL,lian, 6 per cent. B3J, Co:.;mbian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cesa Bonds, 6 per cent 79 /1 Danish, 3 per rent eek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 321 Disco, 6 per cent. 1837 Per v i an, 1825,6 per ct. , SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ...... 41i Eastern Counties (•.E3 paid) • • Ditto Debentures ( paid) 9S Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 47 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 4i Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid .... Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) •• .... London and Brighton (50 paid) .... - Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ........ ... London and Blackwall ( paid) ....... •.. London and Birmingham (90) !Spanish, 5 per cent l 7, Ditto, Deferred.... .. French, 5 per cent. —e. Exchange —f —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2} per cent. 524 Ditto, 5 per cent. 1001 361 10i 1811 London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) 5 London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 59 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 90 Ditto New Shares (20 ......... 374 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—That which Sir Robert Peel's Go ver invent is to the monopolists, the proceedings of Sir Cuarles Begot, as Governor-General of Canada, seem to be to the knot of Tories whc. 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 unti i it had alienated the bulk of the inhabitants fror i the British Government—who could have anti cipated that such an excellent and long exi .ting system of Tory rule, should have re eels ed its coil], de grace from a Tory hand, dire cted by a Tory Government! This was a blow so unexpected, and so positively astound ing that the" Family Compact" in Canada has bee n almost frightened into fits by the surprise, anc the Tory journals at home are one day specu lati. ig as to the cause, and the next lamenting over the consequences of the catastrophe ! That a Tory Governor-General should recognise the W. ,ig-Radical doctrine of " responsible Govern me .t," and endeavour to allay ancient feuds and con - tiliate estranged affections, by admitting to a shaee in the Government two gentlemen who post ess the confidence of a large party in the, cohuy, was certainly an epoch in its history. We. trust and believe that from it will be dated the commencement of a long, uninterrupted coy rse of tranquillity and prosperity; the Go ver sment in unison with the views and feelings of t ie people, and the people reciprocating con fide nce in the Government and a cheerful obedience to the laws. That Sir Charles Ba e ;ot 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 he would have taken upon himself—without being guided and fortified by the directions of the British Cabinet —Cie responsibility of a " revolution"—so the Ministerial Post designated the change—so cer tail of causing the loudest imaginable complaints fro. e the clique which has deprecated every con ces: ion to popular opinion, and who were sure to be ..ncouraged in their opposition by the organs of 3 oryism at home. The alternative of gratify ing .he ascendant few at the risk of provoking rest stance from the many—resistance which must embarrass the Government, if' it did not dist arb the existence of social order in the colony as too fearful to be encountered. Conciliation wa: determined on. The admission of two or three Lit orals into the Cabinet Council of the Governor- Ge :oral has furnished a gratifying pledge of the tat .re 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 bun - of the population of Lower Canada—a cha - .ge which had become essential to the re pos , and necessary to the development, of the res( arces of the colony. The Herdld of this moaning says:—" Sir Charles Bagot is really in a most unenviable position; the bid he has al rett(!y made for the support of the quondam pro moters of insurrection, is not high enough he meet make a further advance, or they will quickly return to opposition, invigorated by the importance he has thrust upon them." The dis sati.ifaction of the Herald with the "position" of Sir Charles Bagot, 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 lie was opposed to the Civil List unless voted by the Asse.nbly, and not by the Imperial Parliament." TJ pua this conversation—or rather upon the reple of Mr. Hinckes to the question put to the Mir istry 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 r to be open questions in his Administration ; while :.he probability is, that the recent admissions theret,l have given a majority to those of his present advisers who agree with Mr. Hincices,—those admis sions must at least have increased the strength of the Oppo: ition therein to the fundamental stipulations on -whicl: the Imperial Parliament restored constitutional Bove: nment to the Lower Province." We put a different interpretation on the answer. Mr. Hinckes, and those of his col leage es in the Ministry who occupy the same xelatve position with respect to parties with Jiimezelf, were doubtless admitted to the Cabieet without being required to recant the aopidons they had openly expressed under other circumstances, engendering other feelings, than /hoar by which they were now actuated. The object of the Government was concession : to have fettered the offer of a share in the Govern sent to the leading members of the popular party with conditions, would have defeated that object, and have revived the remembrance 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 perties. It is quite possible for Mr. Hinckes, .and other members of 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 zeta, their views on that question. "For a Go vern, r-General," says the Herald, "to select advisers regardless of these conditions"—theap vrovel 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 h.,rne summo n i ng to the Royal councils Mi inistres who were favourable to a repeal of the union between England ia and I rel and." Not so : it railer resembles the n admission of persons to the councils of the Sovereign who, previously to the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, were known to be friendlyt o the measure, and Catholic inr...iably voted for Emancipation; whi,.ll, for several years before that great conces sion to a proscribed people b ecame law,sc in the B r i t i s h Cabinet. , N , vas an 0: „ n question" Wh did not the late Lord Sydenham seek t h e assistanc e in la i Cabinet of any representatives of the French Ca: adians ?" Because social order, so sadly disje;nted by the insurrection, was not suffi cieL.ly tranquillised and settled during hi s go _ verement. Had his valuable life been spared, and ..e been allowed to remain in the government lie had so wisely administered in the spirit of ceeciliation, he would, doubtless, have intro duced. to his councils those whose assistance Sir Chap .cs Bagot, animated by the same views, has sucti.eded in obtaining. The gr eat mistake which the lier a ld, and those who in this country and Canada con d emn the course the Governor-Ge nen 1 . . has ad o pt e d i n t hi s matter, is, that he had an a::er native—except, indeed, that the adoption of rhi e l e would have ri s k e d another insurrection. The question was, Shall the - government be administered in conformity with public opi nio; or by the applicatio n of physical force? Shall it be a military despotism,, or a Govern mei. t,of law and of social order? The interval -which elapsed since the insurrectio n was a transi tioi state, in . which it was impossible for the c al:Ty:to remain. To retrace the path, for the ur; ose of restoring the ancient reg i me, would p • haw provoked resistance halite 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 and approval of all who believe that no Govern ment can be safely administered which is not based on the affections and supported by the approval of the governed. STANDARD.—The Anti-Corn-law League " want," not a " hero," for Mr. Cobden officiates for them in that capacity at present, but some thing much more difficult of attainment—they want some money. "We propose," says Mr. Cobden, at a late meeting of the League at Manchester, "to ask the country for 50,0001., to be paid into the Treasurer's hands by the Ist of January, 1843." There is a touch of humour in this announcement which greatly exceeds that of any previous notification of 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 in With 50,0001. at his command, Mr. Cobden proposes that every elector in the coun try shall he visited by an anti-corn-law missionary, with not merely a tract or pamphlet, but a little library of edifying knowledge:on the subject in his pocket. Should ail these "aids to reflection" fail, they are to be followed up by some such series of letters as was addressed to the Duke of Cleve land by that brazen hireling of the League, Ac land. Beside the employment of such means, con ferences and meetings are to he held, and deputa tions dispatched to all parts of the country ; whilst a general conference is to meet in Lyndon and re main there during the whole session or, in de fault thereof, as long as the money lasts. What, adds Mr. Cobden, is an outlay of 50,0001. when compared with the object it is destined to achieve ? Although he has no doubt that this amount will be obtained, he wishes it to proceed from all parts of the country, and therefore proposes to colleet it upon the plan on which Mr. O'C o n ne ll 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 induced to attend the meeting, and who was, by his own account impressed, nolens volens, 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 the worthy Leaguer on matters which must so rarely fall under his observation. The great proba bility 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. 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 excee di ng l y 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. Sir Robert Peel leaves Windsor Castle to-morrow for Drayton Manor. A messenger was sent off this morning:from the Home-office, with dispatches for the Right Hon. Baronet. ADMIRAL NUGENT.—The answer to inquiries at Charing-cross Hospital to-day were, that Admiral Nugent was going on as favourably as could be ex pected, and sanguine hopes were entertained of the gallant officer's ultimate recovery. Sir James Graham leaves town to-morrow on a visit to Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor, and will not return until Monday. Lady graham is expected in town from the Isle of Wight to-morrow, but will not accompany Sir James to Drayton. SOUTHAMPTON OCT. 25.—The Peninsular Com pany's steamer the Little Liverpool arrived this morn ing from Spain and Portugal: she was due on Sunday. This is the slowest boat belonging to the Company ; she brought fourteen passengers, but no tariff cattle. This is the first voyage, since the operation of the tariff, that no cattle have been brought from Spain. The Little Liverpool has . been seized by the Custom house authorities, because contraband tobacco and cigars were found on board. Some portion of the contraband goods were discovered at Falmouth, and a quantity was detected at this port. The British Queen is expected hourly at Cowes. The Avon, a new West 'lndia steamer, will shortly arrive in Southampton Water. The Clyde is expected from the West Indies, with the mails, next Friday. FUNERAL OF SIR WILLIAM RAE , BART.—Yes terday the remains of the late Right Honourable Sir William Rae, Bart., Lord Advocate of Scotland, were interred in the family burying-place at Inver esk. The funeral was as strictly private as the nature of the high office which he held would permit, the attendance being confined to the relatives and friends, and those who held office immediately under him, his Lordship's Deputes, the Crown Agent, &c. A meeting of the Faculty of AdN'ocates was held last week, when it was unanimously agreed that they should attend as. a body at the fu - neral, if agreeable to the family, but this was respectfully de clined.—Edinburgh Advertiser, Oct. 25. DRUNKARDS AND DRUNKENNESS.—By one of the clauses in the new Improvement Act, an information may be laid against any person who is is seen in the streets in a drunken state. Even though the party be escorted home, instead of being taken to Bridewell, the police may still lay an information against him. On Tuesday last, at the police-office, informations were heard against seven individuals, all of whom were fined 55., with 4s. 6d. costs. If this clause be rigidly enforced, the sight o f a d runken person in the streetsy of Liverpool will be as rare as it used to be common. —Liverpool Times. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER) CHARGE OF PERJURY.—WiIIiam Smith was in dicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. lie pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. THOMAS opened the case for the prosecution, and stated that the alleged perjury had been commit ted at the Police Court at Wandsworth, by the de fendant, on the 2d September last, on the hearing of an information exhibited by defendant against John Dark Lyons, before T. Pa Alter, Esq., the presiding Magistrate in that Court. Having concluded his ad dress, the Learned Counsel called John Dark Lyons.—l was at the Swan Inn, at Wandsworth, on 3d August. There was a coachman there. I had a summons in my pocket for an assault on defendant. I showed it to the coachman, and asked him to read it for me. Defendant was there, and wanted to get the summons from the coachman, but the coachman gave it back to me. I was smoking my pipe. Defendant annoyed me, by striking my pipe with a little stick. He begged my pardon. I never, at any time during the evening, dangled the summons in his face, and offered to fight him. On the 6th of September I went to the police-court at Wandsworth, in answer to the summons. De fendant then swore that I pulled the summons out of my pocket, and shook it over his head, and n d — d him and Paynter too. I never said any such thing. H e sa id h e was not i n t h e room half-an hour,la naondansthwaetr a l bo t u hr t e i. w t him out of an omnibus ; and that was p re tt y we ll a ll he sa id . The M ag i strate . de Cross-examined by Mr. CL IRKSON—I was fined 40s. for assaulting .' ' - defendant. lam a baker, and was a tenant of the df e endant' s. Ido not owe him rent. lie has brought but I an actio n aga i ns t m e f o r borro wed mone y so/. of hi m o ne , e andowe him none. I borrowed 1.0. U. I go t i t back and d aid him. I gave him au Mr. CLARKSON (proad c. burnt it long ago. Is that your writing? _u . ing an 1.0. U. for 331.) Witness—lt is, but it ought to have been burnt long ao•°. Mr. CLARKSON—You are a baker. Do you ex hibit nothing else in your shop but bread ? Witness —Yes., halters.—(A laugh.) Mr. CLARKSON—How long after the hearing of this summons did you exhibit this bill (a scur rilous bill) in your shop i Ns . ndow in a THE SUN, LONbON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, iB4g. Mr. CLARKSON—Did not King tell you that you might carry a halter in your pocket if you liked ? The witness, after a deal of pressing, refused to swear that he did not. The handbill produced (a bill re flecting on defendant) was printed by my orders. The printer was J. Head, facing the Spread Eagle, Wandsworth. I meant it to annoy Smith, because of his treatment of me. When Smith came into the public-house, I hung up the halter. I might have said tflat Smith deserved to be hung more than Good the murderer. On the 14th July both Mr. Smith and I were bound over to keep the peace. On the 29th of August I was in an omnibus. It was very wet. I saw Smith upon the box. I said you have got that man on the box. Mr. Smith en deavoured to get into the omnibus. I shut the door, and I pushed him out. I said before the Magistrate that I had a mortgage on the omnibus, and that, therefore, I shut Mr. Smith out. I did it because I was afraid he would quarrel with me. I do not re collect whether at the hearing the Magistrate said that what had occurred at the Swan had nothing to do with the matter. Mr. CLARKSON—And yet my Learn. Friend asks you to testify to the words used by Mr. Smith on that occasion. On your oath have you not held up your finger to Mr. Smith since this indictment has been found, and said to him publicly, "You shall be tried in the dock at the Old Bailey for perjury ?" The witness, after a great deal of' hesitation and pressing by the COURT, admitted that he had made use of the language referred to. The cross-examination was continued at great length, and during the course of it, it appeared that the prosecutor had adopted every possible means to annoy defendant, and that on the hearing of the case before the Magistrate Mr. Smith's professional adviser had said, all he wanted was peace, and that if witness would give security to keep the peace the charge would not be pressed; but Mr. Paynter would not permit it to be settled in that manner. He was again pressed about his consulting King as to the le gality or illegality of exhibiting halters, and at length admitted that King might have said there was no harm in it. In answer to the COURT he said that there was no printer's name to the bill when delivered to him, and that he could not tell why the printer's name had been omitted. Mr. Fletcher, the Clerk to the Magistrates, pro duced the depositions, and said that Mr. Paynter had directed all relating to the Swan public-house to be struck out as immaterial. Mr. Smith is a gentleman of independence, but too fond of frequenting public houses. A person named Butler, an omnibus driver, who was present at the Swan on the occasion in question, deposed that Lyons took the summons from his pocket, handed it to the coachman, returned it to his pocket, and did nothing more. On his cross-examination he denied that he had fetched Lyons to the Swan when Smith was there, or that he had handled the halters in Lyons' shop. Lyons had c desired him to be in attendance when the hearing came on before the Magistrate. lle had seen nothing of the assault, and could not tell why Lyons desired him to be there. By the COURT—Lyons did not say that there was any part of the summons he could not read. The coachman read a part of it aloud. W. B. Linfield, who was also present at the Swan, saw Lyons give the summons to the coachman. The coachman did not read it aloud. Smith tapped Lyons' pipe, and they had some angry words. Witness could not swear that there was nothing said about fighting. Several other witnesses were called, who gave various accounts of what had passed at the Swan, some corroborating the prosecutor, and others contra dicting him. Mr. THOMAS, in answer to the Court, admitted that the case was proceeding in any thing but a satisfac tory manner to him, and the Jury at once returned a verdict of acquittal. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) THE BURGLARY AND ROBBERY AT HAMPTON I COURT PALACE.—Henry Grover, 30, Martha , his . wifetand Mary Ann Goatley, were indi c t e d for bur , glariously entering and breaking into the dwelling house of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and stealing therein a quantity of silver plate, of the value of 301. and upward, the property of Caroline Hamilton She ridan, on the 14th of the present month, and Susan Foster, a widow, aged 67, the mother of Martha Grover, was charged with receiving, part of the pro perty, knowing it t o b e s t o l en . They were also in dicted in like manner for having committed the bur glary on the day aforesaid, and stealing therein a quantity of wearing apparel, the propert y y of Lady Helen Selina Dufferin ; and the prisoner loster was charged with the guilty reception of the property. All the prisoners, on being arraigned, pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of some of the pri soners, applied to the Court for the purpose of having the trial delayed, on the ground that the prisoners were only sent up from Hampton Court for trial on Friday last, and they had been unable to procure the depositions and prepare for their defence. The trial was then put off till a later period of the day, when the following evidence was adduced. The Hon. Caroline H. Sheridan said that she had apartments in the Palace at Hampton-court, and the prisoner Goatley had been in her service. The 26 forks, the tea-pot, and other articles of plate which had been shown to her, were her property. Mr. W. Train, a gentleman resident at Hampton court, deposed that on the evening of the 14th inst. the windows of the prosecutor's apartments were secured, but on the following morning witness found the squares in one of the windows had been cut, and he observed foot-marks on the flower border near it, apparently those of a man and woman. On entering the apartments he found the drawers and other places had been broken open. The policeman who apprehended the male prisoner at a beer shop on the evening of the 15th inst., stated that he saw the mark of a man's foot afterwards on the border near the parlour window, in which there was the impression of six hob nails. lie also saw the marks of three or four female footsteps. On Sunday the 15th he went to the house of Foster at Peckham, when she gave him a bundle, which she took from under her pillow, and the next Ilay he discovered at a Mr. Howard's, a pawnbroker in the Kent-road, some plate, which he now produced. Cross-examined by Mr. PRICE, who appeared for Foster.—The bundle was tied up when Foster gave it him, and appeared to contain apparel. It was so por table that any person who called at the house might have left it unknown to Foster. Mr. Howard deposed to receiving the plate pro duced, principally from the prisoner Goatley ; but the woman Grover pledged the tea-pot when alone, fcr 51. At other times they came together. The COMMON SERGEANT—Are you in the habit, Mr. Howard, of taking in such a quantity of valu able property from persons like the prisoner Goatley? Mr. Howard—Goatley was not dressed then as she is now, but as a young lady ; and represented herself as the daughter of a respectable lady, who was in want of a temporary supply of money, and in this statement she was confirmed by Grover. The COMMON SERGEANT—What amount did you advance on all this plate. Mr. Howard-231. The COMMON SERGEANT—And what do you esti mate it to be worth ? Mr. Howard—About 251. I have delivered up all the plate I had from the pri soners. Elenry Green proved that he saw Grover, his wife, and Goatley at Kingston, early on the morning of the robbery ; the woman Grover had a bundle under her clothes. A person residing at Kingston proved that . Grover . and Goatley called on him on the morning d in question; the former said she wanted a horse chaise to convey her husband and sister to Vauxhall, an as she had re ceived a letter that her mother was dying. Witness refused to let them have one - , and they both went out and spoke to a man, but witness could not say it was the male prisoner. The coachman of the Kingston stage stated, that on the same morning the two females took a seat on his coach, and after he had driven a short distance, at their request he pulled up, for the purpose of taking up a man dressed like the prisoner Grover. Witness, however, could not say whether he was the man, as, after riding a short distance, he abruptly left the coach. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PRICE then addressed the Jury for Foster, contending there was no case made against her. The Learned Counsel then called a respectable looking per son, named Lipson, who gave her a good character. Mr. BALI„INTINE then addressed the Jury in behalf of the prisoner Goatley, contending that she had been made the dupe of the other prisoners. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up at some length. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, acquit ted Foster, and convicted the other three prisoners. The COMMON SERGEANT wished to know whether there was any proof that Martha Grover was the wife of the male prisoner ? A gentleman in Court said he had no doubt of their being married ; he had known her some years, and had transacted business for her father. He was not at the wedding, but had seen the certificate, and could produce it. Mrs. Grover having been taken to the back part of the bar, her husband and Goatley were called up to receive judgment. The COMMON SERGEANT then sentenced them both to ten years' transportation ; and respited the judg ment on Martha Grover, until the certificate oF her marriage was forthcoming. There was another indictment again it all tle p. iso ners, but it was not proceeded with. halter ? Witness—About a month after. I have carried about a halter in my pocket. I did not hold it up to Mr. Smith, I held it to a gas-pipe. Mr. Sylvester is my attorney, he is not here. His clerk, Mr . King, is._ Foster, who...had been acquitted, was however again plr.ced at the bar, and arraigned on the other indict ment; but no evidence being offered against her by Counsel for the prosecution, she was acquitted, nr.d ordered to be discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. GRETILLR-STREET HOSPITAL.—The LORD MAYOR said he had received a letter, the publication of which he had every reason to believe would materially aid a charity, the utility of which was likely to be put greatly to the test during the approaching winter. The_ institution had become more generally known when the cholera was making its ravages, and the amount of good which it had accomplished was, he had good grounds for supposing, incalculabl e . The experiment which those who superintended the insti tution were now making was one of great extent, pro mising great advantages to the public, and he hoped the public benevolence would exhibit itself in the hearty support of its object. The following is a copy:— " Mr LORD,—As your Lordship is ever ready to assist the cause of true charity with your influential example, it would be but a false compliment were I to apologise to your Lordship for now addressing you. " The Royal Free Hospital in Greville-street (it is in behalf of this institution I write), was founded in the year 1828, upon the truly noble principle of giving free and instant admission to the destitute sick, no previous letter of recommendation, nor preliminary form of any kind, is here necessary to entitle the ap plicant to attention and relief. The hospital recog nizes the claims of all who are sick and destitute, and asserts itself to be the friend and physician of the friendless diseased. " Hitherto the principle has been carried out:(so far as the funds subscribed would permit) at a house in Greville-street, Hatton-garden, having between seventy and eighty beds, and the consideration of th e essential service this small accommodation has enabled the Governors and officers of this institution to afford to upwards of 100,000 persons (I quote from the last Report) since-its foundation, must be matter of sincere congratulation to them. But the zeal of the pro moters of this charity has not been satisfied to per mit its usefulness to remain limited, whilst the appli cants for its aid increase so rapidly. By an adver tisement inserted a few days since in The Sun and other newspapers, the public were informed that the Secretary (the Rev. R. E. Packman) had been for some months previously engaged in a correspondence with several members of her Majesty's Government, in the hope of obtaining a grant of some site on which to erect a more suitable building than their present hospital, and a sum of money equal to that which might be subscribed by the public for that purpose. This correspondence appears to have termi • nated unsuccessfully ; the Government, though ap proving of the objects of the institution, being fearful of the consequences of such a grant being made a precedent. " Notwithstanding this discouragement, the Go vernors, upon their own responsibility, and in the hope of the public's liberal co-operation, appear to have taken the extensive pr em i ses i n th e G ra y' s Inn road, recentlyin the occupation of the Messrs. Seddon, and which, happily, with some slight alterations, may be adapted to the purposes.of the institution. " Now, my Lord, under the circumstances above alluded to, the advertisement put forth by the Go vernors of the Royal Free Hospital appears to me pe culiarly entitled to the favourable consideration of the charitable. The Governors have taken upon them selves a heavy liability without waiting to make their appeal to the public, lest from the time that would thus be lost, the winter should have set in before they should have increased their means of usefulness. This reliance upon the good feeling of the public will not, lam sure, be misplaced. It has created so strong an interest in my mind, tliat, though my means are very limited, and I have - a young and increasing family, it affords me much pleasure to subscribe 51. (now in closed to your Lordship) in aid of the completion of the arrangements as to the recently-taken premises:; and perhaps some notice of the subject by your Lord ship in your magisterial capacity, might obtain for it greater publicity and support. "In conclusion I have only to add, that I am in no way connected with the Hospital, nor do I k now a single individual concerned in its management. My interest in it arises solely from the Christian principle upon which it is founded, and the zeal and ability with which that principle is carried out. In the course of last winter I forwarded to it, through your Lordship, a donation of 31., under the signature of ' A Friend in Need,' in which character I beg again to subscribe myself." Mr. Hobler said, that if the Institution received support commensurate with its efforts to do good, as testified from its commencement, the community would receive immense benefit in return. who had been remand e d f rom William Edwards, CLE RKEIV WELL. the previous day on the charge of robbing several medical gentlemen under pretence of wishing to con sult them fora " bad thumb," was brought up for examination on the only remaining charge against him, that of ' Mr. F. T. Basire, who stated that he was a resi dent pupil of Mr. Phillips, surgeon, of 44, Albion street, Hyde-Park. On the Gth 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 d o , f or h e h a d 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 a book, 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 Witness attended him to the door , and was in the act again in the morning. him d ou w t o N u vh ld en s a whom the prisoner returned to the study. They re • of n le lo tt n i g n e g r, Mr. Phillips' came in, with mained 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 th e f oo t ma n, as before mentioned, had entered the ro om i n th e 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 impressio n a t 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 telline , him that p ro b a bly 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. inciebted for the honour of the introduetion ?—(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 eviden ce o f Mr. B as i re as to his bein g se n t into the study whil e t h e pr i soner wa s there. Witne s s 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 d ec li ned to say any thi ng i n a nswer to this char ge . H e also decl i ne d , a lth oug h good humouredly pressed by M r . Mould, to edify the Court by showi ng h ow he " did the tr i c k" o f di s l oca ti ng his thumb at pleasure. He was fully committed for trial, and left the bar smiling with affected indiffe rence ; as, on the previous occasions. • • . . TOWN-HALL, BRIGHTON. Win. Treh erno, w h o was, on M on day, char ge d w ith stealing four 51. notes of the Bank of England, of Mr. Marchant, landlord of the Crown, in this town, was brought up again this morning for re-examination, when the whol e o f t h e ev id ence taken at a previous 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 fitther 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 (lid not change a Si. note in payment for his railway ticket. Stimuel 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, he 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 con 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, i n O x f or d- s t ree t, and Mr. Joseph Goodman, landlord of the Plough, Crown-street, Soho, i n 1001. each. - - FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 25. 1841. 4th Light Dragoons, Captain G. W. De Renzy, from half-pay 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Harrison, who exchanges ; Lieutenant J. T. D. Halkett to be Captain, by purchase, vice De Renzy, who retires ; Cornet W. K. Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Halkett ; 11. D. Slade, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Fraser, Oct. 25. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of FOot Guards—Lieute nant E. G. Wynyard to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pnrchase, vice the Hon. M. P. Bertie, who retires ; J. F. D. C. Stuart, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynyard, Oct. 25. 6th Foot—T. H. Somerville, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Loinsworth, promoted in the 18th Foot, Oct. 25. Bth Foot—Brevet-Colonel W. Macadam, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice T. G. Ball, who exchanges; Major C. St. Lo Malet to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Macadam, who re tires; Capt. T. Kenyon to be Major, by purchase, vice Malet; Lieut. F. D. Lumley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kenyon; Ensign W. T. Granville to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lumley; E. J. Charter, Gent. t o b e Ensign, by purch ase , v i ce Granville, Oct. 25. 9th Foot—Ensign W. W. Williams to be Lieutenant, vice M'Caskill, deceased ; Ensign H. Thomas, from the 57th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Williams, July 11 ; C. W. Ilinxman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burdon, whose appointment on Aug. 16, has been can celled, Oct. 25. 12th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel P. Pratt, from half pay unattached, to be Major, vice H. A. O'Neill, who exchanges ; Brevet Major Sir R. A. Douglas, Bart., to Major, by purchase, vice Pratt, who retires ; Lieutenant R. G. Duff to be Captain by purchase, vice Sir. R. A. Douglas, October 25. 17th Foot--T. A. Macan, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Pherson, promoted, Oct. 25. 21st Foot—Lieutenant A. Seton, to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet Major Thain, killed in action, Jan. 14 ; Second Lieutenant W. Savage, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase ; Ensign W. C. Dilkes, from the 3d Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Savage; Lieutenant G. Deare to be Adjutant, vice Seton, pro moted, Oct. 25. 26th Foot—J. Mountain, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Synge, promoted, Oct. 25. 27th Foot—Sergeant-Major M. Reilly to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hutton, promoted; Oct. 25. 28th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase— Ensign F. L. Loinsworth, from the 6th Foot ; Ensign A. Browne ; Ensign H. Webb, vice Andrews, promoted, Oct. 14. To be Assistant-Surgeon —B. William Marlow, Gent., Oct. 25. 29th Foot--St. George M. Nugent, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Macadam, appointed to the Ist Dragoons, Oct. 25. 31st Foot—Lieut. J..C. Stock to be Captain, without purchase, vice Shaw, deceased, July 12. To be Lieutenants, without pu rc h ase —E ns i gn H . W . Hart, vice Stock, July 12 ; Ensign R. Law, vice M'll veen, killed in action, July 27. 33d Foot—Ensign H. C. Fitz gera ld t o b e Li eutenant, by purchase, vice Clough, who retires; Gentleman Cadet T. Wickham, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald ; Quartermaster- Sergeant J. Jones to be Quartermaster, vice Oldershaw, deceased, Oct. 25. 40th Foot—Ensign J. A. Macgowan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lee, appointed to the 10th Foot, April 8 ; Ensign J. Cormick to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Macgowan, whose promotion by purchase has been cancelled ; Quartermaster-Sergeant T. W. Hives, to be Quartermaster, vice Philips, deceased, Oct. 25. 44th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—A. Greene, Gent.,vice Fulton, promoted, Oct. 24; L. H. Scott, Gent., vice White, promoted, Oct. 25 ; J. Robinson, Gent., vice Swayne, promoted, O c t. 26 ; J. Le Merchant Carey, Gent., vice Arthur Cary, promoted, Oct. 27. 58th Foot—Quartermaster T. R. Timbrell to be Pay master, vice Fugion, appointed to the Depot Battalion ; Ensign E. Kirby, from the 63d Foot, to be Quarter master, vice Timbrell, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 25., 63d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant E. Kirby, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Crow ther, promoted, Oct. 25. 67th Foot—Ensign W. C. Pratt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dury, deceased, Sept. 15 ; -Ser geant-Major J. M'Donough to be Ensign, vice Pratt, Oct. 25. 71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Johnston, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Carr, who exchanges, Oct. 25. 74th Foot—Ensign T. Wallnutt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warde, promoted ; F. Fellowes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallnutt, Oct. 25. 84th Foot—R. C. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Macbean, promoted, Oct. 25. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon G. Carr, from the 71st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Johnston, who exchanges, Oct. 25. BREVET.—Captain G. W. De Renzy, of the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Major in the Armv, Jan. 10, 1837. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. W. Warde, from the 74th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, Oct. 25. MEMORANDUM.—Second Captain George Birch, 'of the Royal Artillery, has been allowed to retire from the Army with the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Canada, Oct. 25, 1842. The com mission of Lieutenant John Anstruther Macgowan, of the 40th Foot, to be antedated from the Bth of April to 4th of March, 1842, to place him in his proper position in that corps. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN • BUTLER LODGE, bath proprietor, New Bond-street, Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. ROWLAND EVANS, JOHN FOSTER, SKINNER ZACHARY LANGTON, and THOMAS FOSTER, East India merchants, Barge-yard, I3ucklersbury, City, to surrender Nov. 8, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Courl of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Great Win. chester-street. JAMES WYATT, upholsterer, Plymouth, Nov. 4. and Dec. G, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Badham and Houghton, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Barber, Bridgnorth ; Elworthy, Plymouth. JOHN DAVISON, farmer, Middlesbrough, York shire, Nov. 2, and Dec. 6, at two, at the Black Lion Inn, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham. Garbutt, Fawcett, and Hick, Yarm, Yorkshire. HENRY HEDGER and JAMES HEDGER, watch manufacturers, Coventry, Nov. 4, at half-past nine, and Dee. 6, at eleven, at the Craven Arms Inn, Coventry. Weeks,. Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Dewes and Sons, Coventry. JOSHUA ALLEN, cattle dealer, Much Wymondley, Hertfordshire, Nov. 4, at eleven, and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basinghall-street ; Pontifex and Moginie, St. An drew's-court, Holborn. THOMAS ALLEN, silk man, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Nov. 3, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Angel Inn, Maccles field. Brundrett, Randall, Simmons, and Brown, Inner Temple, London ; Thompson, Glossop. HENRY BLACKMAN, grocer, Cranbrook, Kent, Nov. 3, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-court, offi cial assignee ; Batho, America-square, Minories. JOHN ALEXANDER and HENRY GIBBONS, chemists, Wolverhampton, Nov. 9, and Dec. 6, at ten, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Bennett, Wolverhampton. , DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy,Basinghall-street. T. J. Ashton, tailor, Pall-mall, Nov. 15, at twelve— G. B. llarding, paper hanger. Cannon-street, City, Nov. 15, at one—P. W. Carter and J. Jackson, woollen drapers, 13rewer-streets, Golden-square, Nov. 15, at half-past twelve—C. Bailey, W. H. Potter, and T.'clift, wholesale druggists, Garlick-hill, Nov. 15, at half-past one—J. Brown, upholsterer, Minories, Nov. 15, at two—W. Dickinson, warehouseman, Milk-street, City, Nov. 15, at half-past two—F. Sandon, druggist, Newgate-street, Nov. 15, at one— W. Payne, victualler, Hand -court, Hol born, Nov. 18, at twelve—A.. Bouglinva and J. Farring ton, manufacturing chemists, Stratford, Nov. 17, a t twelve—W. K eep, tailor, Northumberland-street, Strand, Nov. 17, at half-past eleven—A. M. Soulby, wine mer chant, St. Mary -at-Hill, Nov. 15, at half-past one—W. Mason, timber dealer, Watford, Hertford, Nov. 15, at half-past twelve—J. Lamb, victualler, Chancery-lane, Nov. 15, at twelve—G. Topham, coal merchant, Rich mond, Surrey, Nov. 15, at eleven—A. Lafargue, mer chant, Great St. Helen's, City, Nov. 15, at one—W.-Hill, ironmonger, Bridge-street, Lambeth, Nov. 15, at half past twelve—E. Hickman, bill broker, Lombard -street, Nov. 17, at one—R. Wontner, woollen draper, Cloth-fair, City, Nov. 17, at half-past one—H. Till, draper, Chat ham, Kent, Nor. 17, at eleven—G. ,W. Roberts, mer chant, Adams-court, Broad-street, Nov. 15, at eleven. - - In the Country. T. F.cll,lrdber, New Mills, Derbyshire, Nov. 15, at, twelve, at the Rutland Arms Inn, Bakewell—R. Insoll, coach maker, Brighton, Nov. 7, at two, at the Town-hall, Brighton. CERTIFICATES —Nov. 15. G. Bogs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, jun., merchants, Great Winche s t er - s t ree t—W. Reay, builer, Walker, Northumberland--W. D. Wheeler, money scrivener, Birmingham—J. P. Austin, paper maker, Bristol—M. Glascott, G. M. Glascott, and T. T. Glascott, copper merchants, Great Garden-street, Wbitechapel-road—S. Life, milliner, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire—J. Henshull, ironmonger, Witton, Cheshire—J. Dockray and T. Pinder, machine makers, Leeds—C, Stanley, money scrivener, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. Taylor, - oil dealer, Liverpool—T. F. and S. Jackson, woolstaplers, Bermondsey -street—W. Bushell, innkeeper, Evesham, Worcestershire--W. S. Goodeve, brick-makers, Chi chester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Grover and J. Grover, jun., builders, Rickmans , worth, Hertfizdshire—A. Morris and M. E. Juckes, mil liners, Ludlow, Shropshire —J. Tildesley and J. Sanders, Willenhall, Staffordshire—J. and C. Cumberland, pub lishers, Cumberland-terrace, Camden New-town—H. T. Church and F. Dowsing, lithographic draftsmen, Hatton garden—C. May and J. W. Teversham, soap manufac turers, Great Yarmouth—J. and H. Penman, iron mer chants, Sunderland—W. Hill and T. Cook, flax spinners Leeds—N. and H. Jacobson, merchants, Great St. He len's—Jn. Leeming, W. B. Leemin g , E. L eem i ng , M . E . Leeming, and J. eming, worsted spinners, Manchester (so far as regards J. Leeming)—W. Yalden and R. Ne vill, jun., ironfounders, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire—E. and H. Humphreys, farmers, Frongoch, Montgomery shire—J. Kidney, T. Kidney, and Gibson, drapers. Portsea, Hampshire J. Platt and C. White, rope ma nufacturers,-. Lees, Lancashire—J. Cooper and S. T. Barr, wood engravers, Birmingham—R. Smith and S. Cuddon, china dealer s , R egen t- street —R . C . Whi n fi e l d, G. H. Whinfield, and R. Courage, tallow chandlers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —L. Arrenberg and E. M. De maisse, Bucklersbury—J. C. Eaton and R. Booth, cotton twist dealer* Manchester—J. and T.- Darwen saddlers, Birmingbam—J. Willi ams , W. C ooper, J. Cooper, C. Boyle, W. Cooper, jun., J. W. Boyle, and T: Cooper, wholesale stationers, West Smithfield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. STEVEN, WALKERS, and CO., merchants, Glas gow, Nov. 1 and 21, a t one , at t h e Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. JAMES FAIRLIE, cabinet maker, Edinburgh, Oct. 31, at two, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. ALEXANDER M'DONALD, ironmonger, Dundee, Oct. 31 and Nov. 23, at one, at W. Anderson's, jun., inn keeper, Dundee. ALEXANDER DUNLOP, Esq., Keppoch, Nov. and Nov. 22, at one, at the Tontine Inn, Greenock. CORONE'R'S INQUESTS. After a long deliberation the Jury returned a ver dict—" That the deceased died from congestion of the brain, but whether produced by taking laudanum, mental excitement, or natural causes, there was' not sufficient evidence to show." A WEALTHY DEBTOR.—Mr. Payne, the City Co roner, held an inquest yesterday afternoon in the Queen's Bench prison, upon the body of John G. Hawkins, aged 43, who had been an inmate of the Bench for the last twelve years. From the evidence of his brother, it appeared that deceased had led a most dissolute and idle life, and was at last arrested for a trifling debt of 301., which he ob stinately refused to pay, although perfectly able to do so. During the twelve years of his confinement, he had spent upwards of 3,0001. in the most reckless manner. He (the witness) had no doubt that his death was caused by dissipation. He had requested Mr. Laws, his family surgeon, to wait upon deceased, which he did from the 16th till last Saturday, when he died. Mr. Laws was present, if the Coroner would examine him. A surgeon, who had been, previous to Mr. Law's attendance, called in to see the deceased, stood up, and requested to explain his course of treatment to the Coroner, as aspersions had been thrown out by de ceased's brother, which, as a professional man, he would not tolerate. Mr. PAYNE said that Mr. Law's opinion as to the cause of death would be evidence sufficient to satisfy the Jury, and he should therefore feel obliged if the gentleman would make no further observations. Mr. Laws gave as: his opinion that deceased died from consumption, brouzht on by his previous habits of living. Verdict—" Natural Death. LA WOF COPYRIon T. Miss Martineau's works—be their contents valu able or worthless—have sold well ; yet she is in want, because the proceeds of the public patronage have not reached her • they have increased th e wea lth of publishers, and she is deprived of competence thereby; they have given employment and good wages to hundreds, and large profits to booksellers ; and the hand' that • set so much industry in motion, and created new sources of wealth, is enfeebled by disease, and Miss Martineau languishes in ill-health in an obsure sea-side village in Northumberland, be cause her moderate wants have not been supplied by the exercise of those powers which has given plenty and the means of enjoyment to others Had adequate and just protection been afforded to the harvest .of mental culture, as it is, we think, wisely under existing circumstances to the harvest of agricultural cultivation, Miss Martineau would have been now enjoying competence, and, in all probability, health. As it has not been given, she has been compelled to taste of the hardships, though apparently she does not feel the bitterness, of poverty. Something, it is true, has been done to remedy the defects of our law of copyright. That something is, we fear, but little that will benefit authors such as Miss Martineau. The great want for them is a law of international copyright —a law which will suppress literary piracy in the United States, and put an end to literary smuggling from Belgium and France. Sir Robert Peel aspires to be the friend—we will degrade neither the Premier nor authors by writing the patron—of literature. He has now an opportunity of establishing his claim to that friendship. Let him urge on foreign States the justice and the necessity of suppressing the piracy of letters, and attempt at least to place the laws of Europe and America, with respect to publications, on as intelligible a footing as those relating to butter and bacon.—Morning Herald. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of October 25.) SUGAR.--Importers of British Plantation have dis played firmness since Tuesday, and the trade have been desirous to operate ; for yellow description s th e d eman d has been lively, an d 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, and 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 for 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 for West 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 some cases brought a small advance. The total sales are 950 hhds and trcs. Since making up our weekly statement of imports, eight vessels have arrived from the West Indies with 2,519 hhds and trcs, 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 72s to 72s 6d, brown patent 7.3 s 6d to 743 6d, standard lumps 765, tittlers or dinary 74s to 755, mid 75s 6d to 76s 6d, good 77s to 78s, fine 79s to 845., Hamburgh 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 6d 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 request at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt. Metiumus.—Yellow 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 for 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 here 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, good 675, mid to good yellow 61s to 645, low 59s to 60s, damp brown 50s to 58s Gd, 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 the 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 15s, common white 20s 6d : Bahia, low white 21s, middling 225, and good brown 16s to 16s Gd. To-day there were several inquiries both for Brazil and Havannah, but the stiff rates asked checked business by private contract : at auction 50 cases 13 larls 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 cos' tract and full prices offered, but IV 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 ha! been offered at auction since we last wrote. This after(' noon little demand existed for coffee for home consump tion, and shippers were fur the most part disposed to do business. The public sales consisted of 636 bags Singa pore Java, 719 bags Manilla. and 500 bags Brazil ; Ja ys 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 damag ed ' however, sold at 38s to 40s for the first class ; second and third ditto 34s ; Brazil taken in at 31s 6d 32s 6d fo r ~ good ord pale to coloury, being full prices. The stock. ot West India coffee is 676 casks. 337 brls and bags less than last year ; but of Mocha it is 2,607 bales, ke;l Ceylon 19,872 b ags l arger ; o f o ther East India and Cape sorts 50,540 bags less than 1841 at this period- Tlia.—There ha s been more activity in the marke t since the concl us i on o f t h e public sales, and for bulb black and green d es c r ipti ons a fair demand has exist"' _; some large parcel s t a k en i n a t th e late auctions hafvour been disposed of at full prices-1s 7d to is 7id PR ici a B common sound Cong u u c as h ; i s 7id for good common olders e and ls 7,N to ls 8d for common Twankay. cidedly show more firmness, and the trade entertainaa better opinibn of the article, as prices are rnoderateni comparison with those of former •years, and the consump tion tion going on large. No public sale is declared. I„°_, deliveries during the past week amounted to 470,000 I.ms There has been no arrival, but three vessels from T e n s , are shortly expect e d. T o -d ay there was little hes , i i transacted in the market, but holders were firm. al l d fused to sell, exce p t i ng at f ormer ra t es ; god 50- u common Congou could not be had under is 71d cash. de Rsmr, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The bola were free purchasers of Jamaica Rum, they being °l i d ous to get into s t oc k at present moderate r ate ' t which are lo wer th an has been the CAS° forth° sales years ; the exp or t d eman d has b een goo d, w have reached 550 p uns , s i nce our l as t a t the following rates :-27 to 33 per cent. over proof 2s 9d t o 33 4,61 34 to 36 over 3s 4d t o 3s 6d, and finer 3s 8d to 4s f per gallon. Leewards in good request, 3 20 p uns P r°° ol to 16 per gent. over have been sold at the rate it ,. is 9d proof. Of Demerara 160 puns have • 3s for 38 per:gent over. In Calcutta sales 'lava be _ e f il . made at is 4d to is 8d with, and at is 3)d tificate. The ,stock of Rum has greatly diminished is late. Brancti. i las secured a good sale, and the mart& firm ; CognaclFst brands of the vintage of 1839 '; 8 41, 4s 4d, puns 4s 2tl ; 1840, hhds 48 ld, puns 3s lld ; se , hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d ; the stock is on the deer rora Geneva is in request at is 10d to is lid. English „ i s Spirits in good demand at 9s 8d per gallon w h ' e- nuel is apNt%hiaroesiovpi;saio•libsucuge but Jamaica ;goodal 1 maf l at a aei s enr t ad awmfinenedeteklws.ooiort with less punsol were - s d es a rsa : o - t lit L ldeen e la e dt ti w otf onahr!fuw; r h a ro ° o n i r ? g,;9 u owing but. perco Ne m pe o niG n to.o—veTr declined proo in f. value, 2s 5d accepted fo r c ge an d important attendance °f s:°'fliedthoebf East India terminated this day ; the attenda"trY, and trade throughout has been large from the On ° uo tity many foreign buyers have been present. 'rh o qfollow declared was 15,001 chests, which presented the 0, 510 ing assortment :-800 chests fine shipping qoltia'e-eon good ditto, 3,200 m iddli ng di tto, 3,818 go od an" ,i ,,, - ,dinarY suming and ordinary shipping quality, 1,9 3 ° ; t 9 53 sl a o9 n wo d i n ia t un i drddp very o ld n e3 s ff u eac m nti i iv n lle g a s a o n r d t 8 1 , 0 snippingw hioo ode, ah, Bombay—total 15,001 chests. 24 Bimlipatazn, a na e COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ._L_--- -- ' 2:ff . l,, e ' Wheat. Barley, Oats. Beans. ..-- to 0 --- .—_.. --.-- a s. ...... 'Per Quarter: a. to a. 3. to a. a. to I. l• W -. -- tarlible • 61 SI 23 46 ~.• Hexham 44 72 36 38 23 28 -- ~.- -- .51orpet 46 ....• • Penrith - 4 4 --- ...• Sheffield ..._ 64 _ 32 _ 23 ..... ; ..... 4, Winchester 52 b 6 07 30 20 2 6 35 4 .7 ' d SA jj - 0 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. a.% 1 : ' o —. o' 0 • . Carmarthen 63 70 00 40 00 19 56 ",../ 0 0 of Cowbridge 76 .80 36 46 29 30 56 - e e -' 6 0 Swansea - 0 0 Per 8011. 1 II 6 6 Barnardcastle 13 0 16 6 II 9 9 0 4 0 7 4 9 6 A 6 9 0 A ---` Durham ll2 0130 0 0 80 5 9 69 9 0 . 0 0 - 0 4 Richmond - 113 6 15 6 g 6 10 0 6 0 11 010 0 11 ~ s o 0 Stockton il4 0176 9 0 90 6 0 7090 11 6 i . NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE Whits- ~,,,fria"'" ' Red. . 561. ll lO What, Northumberland 42s. bls ...... • ms s ' . coa , • _ et -- Norfolk and Suffolk --- Berwick and Scotch Foreign , 42s 465.....• 46 ' a . to , Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 0 6 5 4 00 . 1 ... :::: ... .. .. ..... ... ... ... 444 .,.. :57: :::::: Foreign .... a. $ , ; ig , Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk xlli. 30a....••• -,'•„.-.. 4 ...9 Grinding and Feedin . -''• • % Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk g Tick :. 30 05 . ..54.4 34, ..-. 0 ... .1: .... „ .. - 7 . . . 5 ,1' ,"" : Beans, Small 6.91. 401 ....... -- ~ .... s. ... . Pease, White --- Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... .-------. ...-.. Feed lis. 21s ..... .. "-- ....s. —Foreign Flour (per sack) SBs. 41,......." 4* 1 (I. i' DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d S' • • ' Par Quarrer. s. d. a. 1. Per Quarter. s. '.• •9 " • First Wheat 5B oto F 2 0 Oats.... ..... •••••••• sd 0 Second ..... 54 0 59 0 Beans ..... .. ........... , n 0 .... Third earley2os. 225....... --5....4. 23 0 20 0 Bread (pergalwe' El ADDINGTON CORN AIARIO..T. res,e. Oa Wheat. Sarley. Oats. Set,, t ; I 403 First 604 01 /12s 6d 22 . 64 54. 132• Od Third A 4 v l e s or Od arA,Bo 2 o 44 Od 16s Od Secondj sos Od 2-is 61 20s 81 W C0RN 21. 1%1 0 1 41R 5 : 8- p l ' E : 1 ; 1 /:;.. , s s • V tu i 6 * _ ;12 0 ; tc l i l th 30 ....0d A g, d. Wheat, per 2401 b. a. d. s.d. English 220 to 24 0 i r i,l 3 ~ , ......... .. ..... 1 5 0 1 6 0 Scottish IS 0 28 0 British ..... •""ofllb. 1ri5h...,,,.,, - i s 0 I* 6 Foreign 0 18: Barley, per 320th. Scottish . •••••• ...... 17 6 19 English 23 0 24 C Pease Scot tish ...... , 7 0 1 1 0 Scottish 2O 0 22 0 Oatmeal, p eer il:Jib. ; 17 0 SI. Irish DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 7 , n s. Wheat . Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. 1 1.: 0,1 First los 00 3 2 s 61 ; ins 01 041 01 1 n ,„ 0 ,1 Second I 54s Od 118 s Od I 90; 01 82. 01 j '-: DA third - EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET'. Per Sack of 2301b5. Per Stone of 14th. n 1 iit First Oatmeal £l 13 0 First Oatmeal...._ Xl' i 8 Second Ditto. 1 12 0 Second ditto ... ......••• . 6 Barlerneal . 0 i 0 Peasemeal 1 7 0 Peasemeal ........ .. ~.. 0 1 Pot Barley from 2 s. to 555. per sack. i FRANKLIN'S SPECTACLES.—Dr. Franklin ueswpribe* oojif a curious pair of spectacles which he used oces si° h e ) to wear :—" The same convexity of glass (sal s t t he through which a man sees clearest and best a t for distance proper for reading, is not the bea „ me rli greater distances. I, therefore, had ' ° `io• two pair of spectacles which I shifted 0 ° t o nally; as in travelling I sometimes r ead ' the often wanted to regard the prospects. Findiegesdi, change troublesome, and not always suilicientlY r os o° I had the glasses cut out, and half of each kin d iew .. ciated in the same circle; the least convex fo r !oe ; ing distant objects, in the upper part of the l o wer and the most convex, proper for reading, in th e half of the frame. By this means, as I wear 17 1 s n r or tacks constantly, I have Only to move my eye s ai ll a s! eS down, as I want to see distinctly; the proPe r ,„ti e sisb being always ready. Although I cannot dis"" . ?with a letter, even of large print by the naked qt ie fal the assistance of this invention my eyes are ss:efeets i s r, nee , to me as ever they were ; an d if a ll the other 14 sod and infirmities of old age could be as e aSill it l ve A cheaply remedied, it w ou ld b e wor th while to . good deal longer." . an t sar ; THE TARIFF IN SHEFFIELD.-011 Friday 11. " 4 ill : turday last there was considerable Fargate in consequence of Mr. Challenger, u j i to e- exhibited for sale a large quantity of cu red fro m rican beef and pork, which he quickly sold the n ag 30. to 40. per pound. We tasted some efl i i r g it • yesterday, and have no hesitation in pretion ne ua litf• really good. There was no mistake as to the ,, of i t ' : , - 1 We wish our working population had Plexti ler s, in In the course of Saturday some of the butch , pe t opposition, ticketed their meat from 3 d elteite"e l i P 44 pound ; but what we saw looked scraggy' a ssege' • it was of " foreign growth," starved- o n the P, instead of killed bef o r e starting.—She ---- BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at H as ti ngs , th e lady of - i hn S a verY' the Esq., er of h seven nst., atnth so. ' Racedown House otsir e ' On the 22d i wife of Henry Northover Pink, Esq., of a daughter : Lieu, of •L ietv On the 23d inst., at Welford-park, Berke, the tau- , tenant Robert Miller Mundy, R.H. A., of a daughter • i coptaia On the 2.1 d inst., at Barnes; Surrey, the 11 ' 4 ° of R. H. S. Jackson, of a son. • FA' P On the 23d inst., the lady of W. A. F. Saunder s ' ',, i Winnington Hall, Lancashire, of a daughter. , - . o f PP' On the 24th inst., at Dunstable, Cassandra, the wi fe : park, til, 141 Pearse, Esq., of a son. On te 24th inst., at Lennard Villa, Regent's of S. Nouaille Rudge, Esq., of a son and heir. „,,....,,,„stroe t ' 1, On the 24th inst., the lady of Dr. Dickson, Cl a ra lob t of a son. tk he On the 24th inst., in Cambrid ge -s q uare, Hyde-Par ' tk t of Robert Lloyd, Esq., of a son. if/de-Ps i. " l, ' On the 25th inst., in Cambridge-terrace, --, a lady of Louis Samson, Esq., of a son. Estl'' On the 25th inst., the lad of Edmund Barlow' h o urs' lc , Torrington-square, of a son, v ho only survived $ few irioco t On the 25th inst., in Harley -street, Mrs. Henry A -1 _. 09, of a daughter. ' Hyde - P a - ps, k- Bard ! 41 On the 25th inst., at Clar endon-place, HY---- r il Mrs. Villiers Dent, of a son. On the 24th inst., at Brixton-place, Surrey, Igo B ie r s ...... Kettlewell, of a son. ___------ On the 21st inst , at S t . 3f------ AR Nicholasß 1 E D C . r ow, of Shirley, near South h a l l r p c Andw Ba 1 . eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Taunton, of ' u g s q. ° l4 On _ _ er the 24th inst., at Welchpool, John Edmunds. odvi 'arct %dcl ton, Montgomeryshire , to Mary, daughter *f •''' Pugh, Esq., of Bryntirrion Welch. .. goal On the 25th inst. at St. Ann's , Blackfriars, PO' bier Chetiins, of Easton Manor, Essex t Marv, second daug of James Toplis, Esq., of New Bri ' dgu-st.--- ------ tho'n,GtouillVlVlLf/01,"Pr4f0; '. - -- On the I s t o f Septembper,lEatDbemerara, Ml iliani ne y n ill e * " " third son of M r , Andrew Smith, of P en ton-street ,,Fe r i te.i le .. _ o o o n the 10th inst., at Venice, the Baroness Vander - 1 : 2 130 ,6 , / Ili-1 reel, youngest daughter of the late Langford H Y Es q., of Ulendtragh, Antrim. V' On the 20tItikitit., at Moor Lodge, Sheffield, the Rf w ' thaniel Philippe, DeD , ad 85. On the I9th inst., ' at Leaming ton, William Leatham, "? banker, of Wakefield, Yorkshire . ,i,ter o f th tb i l On the 22d inst., in High-street, Oxford, Mary' lateU n o i v i‘n e i r trh s . i e t p y 2 . late Dr. George Williams, M.D.Professor of BotaoY i ll a 2 i d me ir r i , st o ., f s at ta H m i f g o h rd o ß n i g ve ar rs , On the 22d inst., at Sidmouth, Cutler, Esq. 1 E'er for O m n er t ly he sh 23 ipo d w i n n e st r . o , f a t t hat Scarborough, aedHenry LessA ( /' ' - ..-•:"-' • place, ..e 77. 10 ,A3Elibislisn.exiPa,,aaglystiedeL,7irgoliet. tio,ifet; Urt~r , ~~ o! 0 London: Printed and Published by MURD 0 • v - - stri dt4: No. 112, Strand, at The Sin Office, No. ""' 184 k. - the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, Octobf ,t 16,