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17 , XT C 14, 1 . AA.W 1.-NTEIALI" 11"/ • eIIANCERY,—(THIS DAY.) COTTRELL V. SIMMONS—JUDGMENT. The Loup CHANCELLOR, gjye judgment in this esli se • The matter • came before the Court sometime Bow e ' upon motion for the re-sale of certain property under th e d ecree o f t h e C our t. Th e s ale took P s l , a , e _e as far back a s A ugus t 1838, s o o n afterwardsthat Was confirmed, and the purchase money halt been 1' a ,. 1(1 , into Court. Under such circumstances, and after case a lapse of time, the Court would require a strong 4 e to justify it in ordering a re-sale. The application at , that purpose was made in the name of the heir 4, taw, Henry Flecknoe, who was an infant at the l ' l t e ra ll S of the sale, but had since come of age. He had, ewer, made no affidaiit in support of the motion, and it well be doubted from the state of the inte rest ni the p resen t ease,:whether he had any inte tat all i n th e ma t ter. It was a d m i tte d th a t Man hi,3 I ' l Js .. , the purchaser; did not make the purchase on h o a wn account, Vut f o r s o me of the defendants. r er e, Was much eohflieting evidence on the points wa wnom the p urc h ase w a s ma d e; in one instance, it s. it was mad e f or E d ward Simmons:done, while Su jin the other hand it" was said it was for Edward d avit iri "s and his wife. Manning: stated in his affi gat, that he m a d e it . for'Sinimons and his wife, but been was no t a t a ll' se ttl e d by the affidavit that a,„ 1. filed. Th en it was sa id that the transac t'ilwas altogether irregular, as the previous sanction h ‘ i t . e . court to the biddings had not been obtained ; :_nthat, in his Lordship's opinion, was not a suffi mtwidt ground for setting aside a sale. It was then tran the price was grossly inadequate, that the re. action was fraudulent, and on that ground a that was asked. It was further suggested the . at the sale a report was circulated that it was for benefit of the widow and children, in order to erudite ev er ue and damp the sale. That objection, how th was sufficiently answered, it was contradicted e auctioneer and by Mr. Manning, the latter of a Z al stated th a t it was supposed he was bidding for elation of his ow n , a wealthy grazier. As to the had :a r e Y ef price, it was sworn that every step it was ween taken to make the sale public, that ne m ; ll attended, and that the biddings were th e ot .r o- 111 , and that g ood prices were offered. On fe rme e r hand, several persons, had made affidavits, pe t t y and others, in w hich they stated that the pro worth.w:s„,snid grossly under its value, that it was Rat e d 0 ,7: an acre free of incumbranee ; and some have been if it had been put up again, more might st a t eme e n obtai ne d f or it ; but there was no direct such a n „ t j'y any of the parties that they would give thi s w , price. It was also not to be forgotten that ie a , a " the sale of a reversion, the purchase of which Wa s eies of lottery, and if the sale as stated Lordship attended, and there were many bidders, his vim the could not help thinking the result of the sale the market fairest test of the value of the property in v ot Altrket and the probability vas that the propertyr , s h ip :u a pot sell f or more if pu t u p again. His Lord sup,, at conside r i ng all the facts relied upon in that of the moti on , had come to the conclusion to j us , h . ° sufficient case had been made out Pleat;illy the Court in setting aside the sale ; such a t i2e would be unjust to the creditors, and the iip- Nv0 ,,,,0n therefore must be refused. The plaintiffs fri,..`"o.have their costs, but the parties who had in- Td the rules of the Court must not have theirs. b a : i _te Couar then proceeded with the hearing of krupt petitions. This EX PARTE SMITH V. HALLIN. sn fts _ ease came befor e th e Court upon a special case e nature of an appeal from the decision of the 8,7 0 t , of Review. The appeal was on behalf of Mr. p et: ,‘," a . solicitor, who had acted professionally for the itam'uoning creditor, and also under the fiat' in the th e ` of Hallin. A petition had been presented to that Court, of Review against Mr. Smith, praying t ee ,ue, might be ordered to pay to the official assig fe' sum of 95/. which he had received in his cha eyr or solicit or , on the ground that he had wrong e"l detai ne d it. The Court of Review was of nn that Mr. Smith was not entitled to retain e ordin n inney, 'and ordered him to pay it ac appeal*, and from that decision the present ' was brought. From the statement of the el a r s el on behalf of Mr: Smith ; it appeared that he I n tried to keep the money on the ground of his hav liAgfiven an indemnity to the Sheriff, and also as a the ior certain costs. The circumstances out of which l ow el aini to retain the money was made, were as fol ,s :-.---Shortly after the bankruptcy of Heflin, a wa, ut arisin as to the validity of the fiat, an execution hp,; 4 1311 t into . the house . of the bankrupt. The Sheriff sm, taking possession refused to allow the as- o -e " under the bankruptcy to take the goods ; as . this Mr. Smith, with the consent of the wilsign,he,es, ga ve the Sheriff an indemnity, upon th e h ne released the goods, which were sold un d er Th,aakruptcy, by an auctioneer in Chancery-lane. v a l ue auctioneer, being Mr. Smith's landlord, the in oti - ,," 1 ,, the goods was. not given to Mr. Smith in a c ,ceo u ',',„'",t it was 'allowed him m the settlement of 'itlith l iZ e tween him and his landlord, and Mr. ta tc li i e z to—th: offi zpr e7 , e d I l ia readiness to pay over the cfal assignee, provided he had given the a eount e • rresvnt r-lademnity ; but this being refused, Mr. A nd . - fteedin g s were taken. and Mr. J er ann appeared in support of the appeal, Whose f oc r t es Russell was counsel for the parties in The L on -r the judgment below was. I ti an t he se c 7b `-' ll Aficm,Loa said, after the facts stated see t b a gcase were properly set forth, the appel earefull 0 loe h 13 eo nsid US stands in the Court, but he would no unceder the special case before he pro judgment. BENCH.—(THIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) itee eo „ The the -• Tnu EAST INDIA COMPANY. Called thealynitelffmn this case was the owner of a vessel 'defendant for Fleming', which had been taked up by the country to I n a. cover a re balance the conveyance of troops from this la ; and the action was brought to re- Plaintiff, bein g c e 4281.; alleged to be due to the Paid by the defrtfilitd. ease was tried ilantspart of the sum agreed to be for the hire of the vessel. The stittings after T tiff for tthe full before Lord Denman at the last London Term, and the Jury found for the plain amount claimed. Tor a new o i s . nairo ßny on the now moved for a rule Was 'contr a r the ground that the verdict rn eater PortTo'nll.not to the whole, certainly to the h -veltin g of the evidence. This was a question healthmatters of great importance as regarded the th e pe u_ i ntllrort, and convenience of troops during 0 he r of , their passage from one part • th e ease per s dominions to another. The facts of engan.... _ , were theae. The East India Company had tiffwas a vessel, called the Fleming, of which plain sole owner and master and which was of 600 lronldsierstl,rt3heonf,fi for the conveyance to India of 103 rare that by officers, and 2 women. The Court was was io c u o s m Acts lld of Parliament the East filCourt y to in the East at least 20toOnniploy in their do , 00 troops belonging 4 7 the Crown ; and that. they were bound to 'convey "'use troops from, and bring them t back to this coun - ti?. . The Government, in order the troops on the passage, had m o ad it secure a the regulationh e al t health th at no troops should be' W hich had any dogs embarked on board any ship aWarg e of the board. The plaintiff' was ,that the t regulation, and also of the fact, had been taken for the conveyance of which his ship .1 1 4 (1 been inspeneutedw b ere ,Queen's troops. The Fleming ti l ki o reported that she y- was ai i Major -General state for th a e rd rec w e h p n ex :,a,t her Majesty's troops. At the time of this troo;nation there were no dogs on board. On the p ereei e mbarking, however, the commanding . officer fou n d l . e 4 d a most offensive smell, and on inquiry w ere i !‘ proceeded from a pack of fox-hounds, which n etv ,..leunelled under the long boat. The plaintiff, fug hstanding the remonstrance of the officer, re th p"" land the dogs. The matter was reported to e • I °r° G • 'ordered that t he tr `e Guards, and the authorities •to ° 2 3 Ps should te disembarked, and should proceed a ef, td n some other vessel. The agreement of the 13°Iti i ante had been to pay the passage money in two 111 ,..0nZ t---- one-third when the ship had been at sea two % and the bal ance o n her arrival in India. to de fendants, under the circumstances, had refused ahip K t 2tly portion of th e mone y, and, as soon as the hea 7 1 been at sea two months, the present action In ec r'en brought. At this trial some of the highest teal th w oui „ authoritie s gave it as th e i r o pinion, that it "'nave been e tr oo extremely prejudicial to the health of Ps to have gone out in a vessel which had dogs th e - Tr& The vessel had since arrived in India, and esi had brought another action to recover the ie L ord tue passage money. kwait the suggested that it would be better to aj oo ,_l r n a issue of that trial before making an applica tion new trial in the present action. o f p e,, o r roaNey-Gematai, adopted the suggestion p r e s " e a n t , t. rdship, and withdrew his application for the CpOR v.This THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY COMPANY. lands an action abutti brought by a farmer occupying to reeeive clam on the line of the Aylesbury Railway, out o f 9,anlaUes for certain cows which hadstrayed tr a i o, field upon the line, had been run over by a ford, hefo destr o y e d. Th e cause was t r i e d a t Bert returned r e th e Lord Chief Baron, and the Jury had Mr, se a . verdict f or d e f en d an t s . tri a l ig e ant SHEA applied for a rule nisi for a agai nst the on the ground that the verdict was ltailw a , A Weight of evidence. By the Aylesbury whi ch the Company were bound to erect gatt s thelin e,a __Tut oPen - inwards on all lands abutting on th e ta a i nti n f ( l l . i t t n keep those gates in repair. On the part of was sho wn th a t th e ga t es were i n tended to strin g to, struction as shut of the mse l ves , but that their con °". Thvas so bad that the wi n d would blow them th at the ere was ev id ence on t h e ot h er s id e to s h ow Learned J i t l ci ates were prop er ly cons t ruc t e d. The dut was the ge in summing u p t o ld th e J ury th a t it repair. ” .. y of the Company to keep the gates in The Jury. retired, and delivered their verdict in the absence of fh - e - L - Ord Chief flaren. - - - --The verlict was in the following ''terms—" Verdict for. the de fendant; at the same time the Jury consider the pre sent condition of the gates capable of. improvement; the condition of which they specially recommend to the Aylesbury Railway Company." If it had not been for the language used in the verdict, and the summon ing up of the Learned Judge, the present application would most probably not have been made; but hd submitted that the language of the verdict proved that the Jury were of opinion that the gates were not pro perly constructed, and that therefore their verdict for the defendant was against evidence. - Lord DENMAN—The question seems to me tole whether the Lord Chief Baron was satisfied with the verdict. The language appended to the verdict seems to -meto be language without meaning. A Jury has no right at all to interfere in such things. It only tends to keep up litigation. The COURT took time to consider its judgment. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) MORTIMER AND .ANOTIIER V. CRADOCIi. The plantiffs in this case are the eminent jewellers, Mortimer and Starr, New Bondstreet, and the de fendant is a coffee-house-keeper in King-street, Covent-garden. The circumstances out of which the action arose were, that in the spring of 1840 the plaintiffs missed out of their stock a diamond neck lace, antique, and valued at 5001. About the same time the defendant sold a large brilliant for 901., eight diamonds of a peculiar cut for 301., and 14 small fcr 701. to certain dealers of respectability in the City of London. The large brilliant and eight smaller were sold to Messrs. Blogg and Martin, who, upon hearing of the plaintiff's loss, and comparing these jewels with the advertised description of those which composed the missing necklace, were corgi/bleed of their identity. .They accordingly took the stones which they had purchased to Messrs;.Mortimer, who imrne diateli recognised them as component parts of the necklace. Of the large stone , there was said to be no doubt ; and althoughit had no fault or peculiar mark, it was said by all the witnesses on the trial to be such • a stone, that it could be recognised amongst any num ber of diamonds. _ The lesser brilliants were also found to have been of the mine. cutting and quality as • those that had formed part..of the necklace. They `were not all of one size, but graduated, and set in'a fashion which might he "from fifty to five hundred years old:" • : :The-riefendant was then applied to for tin .explanation' 7 Zis 'Or* .manner in which he heel* , possessed of them, : w hen lie. said that. lie had been employed to dispose of them by a person named Wilson, of whom, however, he knew nothing, inure than that he travelled a good deal on the Continent, and had some . dealings With the defen dant when he was in, the watch and jewellery busi ness, in the New-cut, Lambeth. The plaintiffs brought this action for the value of the lost necklace, on the ground that so many of the richest stones be longing to it were traced to the defendant, and that ti - e latter. could not show. that he had purchased them legally in open market. The Jury found for the plaintiffs in the full amount-500/. Mr. Sergeant COANNELL now moved for a nonsurt or a new trial, on the ground that if the plaintiff's case were true, and the diamonds traced to Cradock were- really theirs, they could have detained them when they were produced in Court, leaving those who had purchased from the defendant to their remedy againit him for the moneys paid to him. . The COURT held that the plaintiffs could not have detained the jewels, as they had been purchased ac cording to the usage of the trade, and in open mar ket ; nor could they (were it 'Otherwise) .take any course to obtain repossession of the property without separate actions against the several holders. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL, after the opinion from the Court, would content himself with asking for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be re duced to 1901., being the fair value of so much of the property as had been traced to the defendant. The Count would grant such a rule on a Condition only, that the defendant should pay into Court that sum of 1901., together with the -taxed costs in the cause up to the argument on the rule. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL took the rule on this condi tion, and then put in: affidavits (not, he said, for any legal effect, but to justify his client's conduct), and from these it appeared, that jewels of the same cha racter with those which formed the subject of this ac tion had been seen 'in the possession of Wilson, in Paris, and afterwards in that of another dealer, named Katz, in London, and dealings of a prior date were shown to have passed between these persons and the defendant. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BAINBRIDGE V. BOOTH. Mr. BYLES in this case moved for a rule to show cause why the award made should not be set -aside, on the ground ,of the improper refusal of the arbitrator to hear evidence on the last plea in the action. The defendant, it appeared, gave a cup, value 40 guineas, to be run for at the Bedford races on cer tain conditions, which it was alleged had been won by the plaintiff, who had fulfilled the necessary con ditions, but the defendant refused to give up the cup. A difference as to the right of the cup having thus arisen, the parties agreed to refer the subject to whatever arbitrator should be appointed by the Duke of Bedford. Two gentlemen were ap pointed by his Grace, namely, Colonel An son and George Bayne, Esq., who decided against the defendant. This was the subject of the last plea, to which the plaintiff replied that the cause of action was not referred to the arbitration of persons chosen by the Duke:of Bedford, which became a material issue in the cause. Before it came to be tried, it was a second time referred—on the part of the the plaintiff to Mr. Cromlyn, and to Lord Charles Russell on the part of the defendant, who disagreed on the subject. It was a third time referred to the Hon. Capt. Rous, and three affidavits were sworn as to the manner in which he acted as umpire. The first was by Mr. Booth, who swore that when the action took place the Duke of Bedford was in Devonshire, and that he applied for an adjourned hearing of the case, to have the benefit of his Grace's testimony, to which Captain Rous replied, that though his respect for the persons named by the Duke of Bedford was great yet he would pay no attention to them ; that he had a sort of compound of sea-faring and racing in his head, and would cut the matter short.—(Laughter.) He (Captain Rous) also stated that there would be no use in hearing the case, if he was guided by other people. There was also an affidavit made by Lord Charles Russell, who stated that he was present on the 22d of June at the place of hearing, and that Captain Rous refused to hear evidence of the fact that the question of dispute was before decided by per sons chosen by the Duke of Bedford, and that in his (deponent's) opinion, the defendant was thereby deprived of a ma erial part of his defence. the decision of the umpire was adverse to the defendant. He (Mr. Byles) submitted that such a decision should not have been given when the umpire refused to hear any evidence on the part of the defendant. Mr. Justice PATTESON—He does not appear to have understood his duty at all. Take a rule. BOSANQUET AND OTHERS V. GRAHAM. Mr. TIIESIGER applied for a hearing in this case, which is that' of the Westminster Bank against an officer of the Southern Banking Company As the case was one of a peculiar nature, and likely to occupy a considerable portion of time, his Lordship said that it would be better it should stand over till Monday. Mr. TIIESIGER — The circumstances are pressing, and perhaps your Lordship would hear it in chambers. Mr. Justice PATTESON—That would be still worse, for when I go there at three o'clock, there are gene rally 30 or 40 short cases to be, heard. If I cannot hear it to-day, it must stand till ilonday. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) BARBER V. LYNN. This was an action for false imprisonment. The defendant, who is an umbrella manufacturer, living in Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, ,put in a distress for rent on the goods of a person named North, residing at No. 12, Northampton-row, where the plaintiff also was. The plaintiff was seen coining out of the house about ten o'clock, after the distress was made, with a bed in his possession, and was met by a police constable named Taylor, who made him go back with the bed, and went to inform Mr. Lynn of the fact. Mr. Lynn came with the constable and gave Barber to the policeman for a felony in stealing the bed, who took him to the station-house, where he was confined in a cell till next morning, when the charge of felony was dismissed by Mr. Coombe, the Magistrate. The Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff—. Damages, 51. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.). IN RE HENRY ELLIS. The bankrupt was described as a horse-dealer: The amount of debts in his schedule was 4,7501., and the assets were comparatively nothing. It appeared that he had had at one time several contracts for horsing coaches upon the North-road, but one by one, as the railways became the general mode of travelling, the coaches were taken off the road, and in one instance, where a Leeds coach was given up, he had to sell no less than 37 horses by auction, whereby he lost a large sum. The only property which it was consi dered would be made available to his estate was a re versionary annuity, to which his wife would become entitled after the death of her mother, which consisted of certain freeholds in Chelsea, a mounting to about 3001. a year. There were also !lodged in Court some bills of exchange, drawn by the bankrupt, and ac cepted by the well-known Goodered, the former pro prietor of the Eccadilly Saloon, but these were al most valueless, from the fact of Goodered himself being a probationer in this C our t. The further examination was adjourned t ) the sth of December. The Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the daughter of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, is about to bestow her hand on Duke Adolphus, of Nassau.—Du:seldorf Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 5, 1842. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO VV-STREET.-(T HIS DAY.) A respectable-looking lad, named Chartes Short, was charged with stealing several proof sheets of a new work, which is in course of being printed at the Beaufort Printing-house, Strand. • Henry Guoyn, the overseer to Mr. Whiting, the proprietor of the establishment, stated that the pri soner was an apprentice in the house. On Wednes day evening several proof sheets of a new work were found in a cupboard which was used by the prisoner. There happened to be a rival work in the market, and it was, therefore, ' a great object in each printing office to keep the progress of the work through the press as secret as possible. Great inducement was held out to printers' boys in publishing offices, to steal these sheets, whiCh they sold to other publishers, who by this means produced a similar work before the publisher who had purchased the original copy could get it out. Mr. Whiting, the proprietor of the Beaufort printing-house, instituted the charge, to show to the Various publishing houses with which he was connected, that he did all in his power to keep the work secret. They had lost a great number lately, and several being found in the prisoner's cupboard, he,;was given into custody. The prisoner reserved his defence to a future day, and Mr. Twyford remanded him till next week. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) James Cooper, a young man respectably dressed, was brought up before Mr. Long, charged with as saulting a police-constable. • Policeman Con, 50 D; said, that in consequence of numerous robberies taking place in .York-court, he was appointed to that place exclusively, and, at a late hour last night, the prisoner walked up the court. Witness went up, and asked him if he lived there, to which defendant made no answer, hut walked on, he (witness) followed him until he saw him .in at his own door. In a short time defendant came out again„, and saying, " Now, then, you see that I live here, and I'll stay in the court as long as I please." 'Witness said that he should not, and forced him into his own door, but as he would not remain inside but insisted upon walking out, he took him. into. custody, when the defendant struck him. He was therefore takentothe station-house. Mr. LONG—What business - had.you to take him intdOrs: tody ? Becau " mould not go iutide his door. /AR Loge—l canfi..l..e why a matt should not - walk outside his own door if he chooses to do so. ! If you! had thought him a suspicious character you had certainly a right to watch him, but none whatever to take him into custody. (To the prisoner)—You are discharged. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Cornish, a weather-beaten sailor, was charged with stealing a coat, the property of Thomas Blake, the landlord of a public-house in High-street, Shadwell. The prisoner was paid off from a vessel just arrived in the St. Katharine s DOeks, from Sierra Leone, and upon getting ashore, he met some others of the crew, commenced " a cruise " until he spent the whole of his hard-earned wages, amongst the loose fish in the locality of Ratcliffe highway. He afterwards went to the complainant's house, without a " shot in the locker," and having had pint of purl on trust, he made free with a coat that Was hanging up in the room, and, putting it on, &lipped out of the house unperceived, and was subse quently taken into custody, having " spouted" the watch to " raise the wind." The prisoner said that he was groggy, or he should -not have put on a long tail coat. The fact was that he had not been sober since his arrival, and to prove it, he had spent the whole of his wages on a spree. The MAGISTRATE said he had no other alternative than to commit him for trial. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supply of vegetables on offer, in to-day's market, was large for the time of the year, owing to which the demand was slow, but we have no material variation to notice in the quotations. Very large quantities of both English and foreign fruits are on sale, the inquiry for which is extremely dull at low prices. In forced luxuries next to nothing was passing. Potatoes were abundant and cheap from 2s 8d to 4s 3d per cwt. Turnip radishes, 64 to 84 ; coleworts and greens, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; and leeks, Is 3d to 2s per dozen bunches. Onions, is 64 to 2s 64 ; apples, is Sd to 3s ; pears, 2s to 4s ; onions for pickling, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; damascenes, 2s to 4s ; common plums. is to 2s ; and cabbage lettuces, is 64 to 2s 3d per half sieve. Lemons, 7s to 8s ; and walnuts, 6d to is per 100. Filberts, 10d to Is ; hot-house grapes, 23 to 3s ; foreign grapes, 6d to 2s ; pine apples, 7s to 9s per lb. Long radishes, 6d to 84 per dozen hands. Endive, Is 6d to 2s ; red cabbages, 2s to 4s ; and savoys, 8d to is per dozen. Broca, 12s to 18s ; and celery, 103 to 15s per dozen bundles. Mushrooms, 8d to is per pottle. Small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet. NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL. An immense arrival of both live and dead Poultry having taken place from Holland this week, and the sup ,plies of English being large, the demand is excessively sloacizt.priec* barely equal to those noted on this day se'nnight. Turkeys are selling at from 4s to ; Geese, 4s to 7s ;' Capons, 4s to 6s ; Rabbits, 6d to 2s ; Ilares, 2s to -3s 6d ; Partridges, Is 6d to 2s ;• Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pigeons, 8 d to is each ; Fowls, 4s to 8s ; Chickens, 2s 6d to 5s ; and Ducks, 3s to 4s 6d per couple. We had on sale 'one of the largest supplies of town and country slaughtered Meat almost ever recollected ; as might be anticipated, the demand is very slow, at droop ing currences. Beef from 3s 2d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 5d to 4s ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Although we had a large supply of fish on the market this morning, the inquiry was steady, at the following rates :—Turbots, 8s to 16s ; Brills, 4s to 12s ; Cod Fish, 4s to 18s ; Haddocks, Is to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 6d to is ; Mackerel, 6d to 8d ; Dory's, 2s to 6s ; Crabs, 8d to 2s 6d ; and Lobsters, Is 6d to 3s each ; Soles, 10d to as per pair ; Smelts, 2s 6d to 3s ; Fresh Herrings, 8d to is ; and Thames Flounders , is 6d to 2s per dozen; Sal mon, 10d to is 6d ; Crimped Skate, 10d to is ; and Eels, 4d to is per lb. HUNG ERF ORD. For Fish, the supply of which was good, we had a fair lemand, at prices about equal to those obtained at Bil ingsgate ; but in Meat, Vegetables, Game, and Poultry, very little was doing. NEWPORT. Although the supply of each kind of meat here, to day, was not to say great, the inquiry was very dull, in some instances at, depressed rates of currency. Beef, 3s 2d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 2d. ; and Pork, 4s. to 4s. Bd., per albs, by the carcase. WHITECHAIT L. Our market.was again well supplied.. Trade, however, rated dull, at about stationary prices. Beef from 38 2d. to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and fork, 4s to 48 6d Sibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 315 s to 3/ 15s ; Useful ditto, 4/ to 415 s ; fine Upland ditto, 416 s to 4/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 51 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Both Hay and Straw were very heavy in sale, at late rates. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; Useful ditto, 414 s to 416 s ; fine Upland ditto, 418 s to 41 12s : Clover Hay. 41 5s to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 2s per load. A fair average time of year supply, and a sluggish inquiry. WHITECHAPEL.—Course Meadow Hay, 31 to Si 15s ; Useful ditto, 41 to 414 s ; fine Upland ditto, •4/ 5s to 4/ 10s ; Clover Hay, 415 s to 5115 s ; Oat Straw, 11 16s to "1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. FIDE MARKET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 81b :—Best steers and inferior, 5s 8d to 6s; middling Hides, 5s 2d to 5s 6d; inferior do., 4s 8 d to s s. Sheep and Calf Skins, per skin :—Market Calf, 6s 10d to 8s 6d; large woolled Sheep, 3s to 4s ; short do., 2s Gd to 3s 3d. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are 'rom 7d to 8d ; of Household do., 6d to 7d per 41b WAKEFIELD CORN MARIar moderate supply of most articles. Good New Wheat ob tained an advance of Is. per quarter, and Old fully as dear. Oats and,. Shelling rather higher. The supply of Barley being trifling, it was Is. per quarter dearer. Beans as before. No variation in other articles. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. Wheat, Red, Essex and Kent New 48s. to 50s. extra 52.. Norfolk and Suffolk New 445. 50s. 52t. Boston and Wisbeach New 445. 48s. s"'s. Yorkshire. N w 421. 46,. ... 48s. English, White New 48,. 545. ... 55k. Old k °reign tied " 48L 53c, Per quarttr imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk New `.:6t. w 28, , x t ra Yorkshire a d Lincolnshire 25.. tr7l. ... 295. &Itch . 2ss. 275. ... 281. Griodirg Per qr. of 631 b. to th: bushel. Beane, New 00000000000000000 ••••••••••• 00000000 •w. 22.. 343. ... Old "433'. 355. ... 365. Oats, Potato a d Poland _ . ...... 10d to 10)4d .N. w 11d, 11)4. pot Ston, Stmlling "45. to per [cad. Malt Itspeseed —l.ol 301.01. 311.01: per L ►Lit GRACE DARLING.—The admirers of this departed heroine have resolved to perpetuate her name, and with it a record of her bold and humane exploit ; with that view they will erect a monument to her memory over her remains in Bamburgh ; and they will also insert a tablet in the lighthouse adjoining the Fern Island, whence she departed with her father to the rescue of the Forfarshire steamer. The tablet will merely contain her name, with the number saved, and the date when they were rescued. It will be re collected that there were nine • saved by her on the 7th of September, 1838. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland is quite favourable to the intended memorial to Grace Darling. The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" is gene rally dropped at the agricultural dinners this year. The omission is very natural. Should the distresses both of the farmers and of their customers continue, as they seem likely to continue, and to become yet more aggravated, perhaps next year the vacancy thus I left may be filled up by "Free Trade," . • MEETING--OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE. MA y CHESTER, FRIDA Y MORNING.—A crowded meeting of the Antii-Corn-law League took place last evening at the Pictnre Gallery Market-street, John Bright, Esq., of Rochdale, and Gallery, Rev. Mr. Bonner, of Bilston, Staffordshire, having been invited to ad s dress the meeting. In addition to these gentlemen, Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., W. Rawson, Esq., Al derman Brooks, Alderman Walker, R. R. Moore, Esq., barrister, and Henry Rawsori,lEsq., were pre sent. George Wilson, Esq., Chairman of the Coun cil, presided. In opening the proceedings, the CHAIRMAN said, since the last meeting they had progressed somewhat in making the arrangements for collectin g the 50,0001. In Manchester • a local committee had been formed, and they,were most anxious to add the names of any one who would be willing to lend his assistance and take cards. These cards had been arranged to meet the circumstances of every class of people. They had them from sixpenny subscriptions up to 100/.,, or even, thousands—up to any amount persons might be willing to give. Cards had already been issued which, when filled up, would contain subscriptions to the amount of 7601.; and the persons taking them had the fullest confidence of being able tb return them fil led up in very short time. In addition to the committee he had men tioned,there was another committee (the local committee) sitting every day, the object of which was to form local committees in every town in the kingdom to co-operate with them. He was happy to siaytheladies meet dformed acommitteeeN.-Tencug at five committee.—(Applause.) They would every Tuesday o'clock, and they were going most zealously to work. They would also in,sorne measure form branch com mittees in other tovvus ; and he trusted that he would soon be able to state that these were all in active co operation throughout the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) The working men were invited to lend their humble aid, and as an instance of what even they could effect in this way, he might mention that during • last year a committee of working men was formed on a small scale to obtain weekly subscriptions among working Men, and in about ten weeks they raised no less a sum than 3001.—(Applause.) The cd-operation of the working men, therefore, was looked to as one very material means of assisting in this great scheme, the success of which gave stronger tokens of success at every approach towards the carrying into practical effect their plans for working it out.— (Applause.) TWOheirman then annonneedsthe s •Of liil§ton, but before he rose, "+s R. COBDEN, Esq., M.P., said—l am very sorry to interpose one moment with a matter of business, but I have a contribution to present to the League ; and as I do not know the party from whom it comes, I must explain the circumstances to you. An elderly gen 4 tleman called upon me on Tuesday, having the ap pearance of a country gentleman • and he put this paper into my hand, accompanied by a Bank note " A landowner, possessed of several farms, subscribes 1001. to the Anti-Dorn-law League Fund.—(Loud applause.) It is a. money question, and the money speaks for itself. The subscription shall be repeated, it' requisite."—(Loud cheering.) I never saw the gentleman before—probably shall never see him again. He did not wait for any conversation. I tried to have a little talk with him, as to his views on the Corn laws, as affecting his interests ; but I could get no thing from the old gentleman but this sim p le remark —" It is a question of money — it is a q uestion of money—and the money speaks fo r i t self."— ( Lo ud applause.) In handing this money over to our wo rthy treasurer I beg leave to move a vote of thanks to Mr.. u\n\lrs.nou Awso ourunknown benefactor. —ltld faet\°'lrd—i(Applause.) the meeting think it would be well to frame and glaze this note ? Mr. COBDEN—No, no. suggest a much better use for the money, and I hope our venerable friend will be satisfied that. it has been applied to a much better purpose. We will spend it in canvassing 2,000 electors of this kingdom; they shall be effectually canvassed, and supplied with all the information that is at our disposal, with this 1001.— (Applause.) I have lately received a letter from Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock, which I will read to you. He dates from Kelly, Oct. 25, 184 . 2, and say s ,— "My dear Sir—There. cannot be a doubt in the minds of those who look dispassionately into the state of the working and industrious classes generally, of the necessity—l use the word advisedly—the neces sity of the state of the nation being, without loss of time, discussed by the representatives of the people in Parliament. Ministers cannot resist this, any more than those they removed from office ; for the causes of our present condition are all easily traceable to both as well as to either. But the state of the country, and the condition of the people all I • over it, 'call with a voice of lamentation , which should neither be scorned nor unattended to, for an immediate and searching inoSsiry, by the in quest of the nation, into the causes of the degraded position of our country. This was my opinion when I moved my six resolutions last My, respecting the then undeniable existing distress. the distress of the people was then made a party question, and its con cealment was part and portion of party tactics. I firmly believe the same game is still going on all over the country, and that the actual condition of the starving Millions is kept back 'from tbc Government by their adherents in the provinces, just because they have got a hint that to state unpleasant truths is by no g y, means to please at pres en t. I know of no other organised body which at thi s ti me would be so much attended to throu hout the county on the all-impor tant question of Parliament being assem bled, as the League. In the usual r ou ti ne of parliament ar y tactics, four months must b e a dd e d to the two which have elapsed before Parliament can take any steps for the relief of the country ; for should we really meet the day after pheasant shooti ng c l oses (and no Minis ter can command his thick-and-thin supporters' sooner), nothing effectual could be done before the 20th of February. You cannot fail to remember we were told, day after day, from the . Ministerial benches, that it was too late in the session, and that there was not time for such important mea sures. Well, let us begin in time, I say ; let us begin now, and work until we have done our work properly and completely. At all events, I earnestly hope to find that the Anti-Corn-law League has done its duty, not only by urging the immediate meeting of Parliament, but by using e ver y means at its com mand to keep the actual state of the working classes, and those depending on them, before the public." — (Applause.) I thought it only due to Mr. Wallace, one who is so well known for his patriotic and honest Conduct, both in and out of Parliament, that this com munication should be • thus publicly made known to the members of the League. I may add that the Council of the. League, to whom I referred it, do not think it advisable to recommend any agitation for the purpose of making any demonstration to Government of the necessity of calling Parliament together. It has been determined that the course we are now pursuing is that which will most conduce to the interest of the great mass of the people, whose sufferings, along with Mr. Wallace, I am sure that we all earnestly deplore. —(Hear, hear.) It appears that there is no inten tion of calling Parliament together earlier than the usual period. The responsibility of this must rest wholly upon the Government ; I should say rather emphatically, it rests wholly with Sir Robert Peel.— '(llear, bear.) Nov, during the last session of Par liament, very great allowance was made, very great forbearance was exercised towards the Premier, on ac count of the difficulties ,of his new position ; and I must say I think- he traded through that session very much indeed upon the bankrupt political reputation of his predecessors, the former Ministers. (Loud applause.) Great forbearance was exhibited towards Sir Robert Peel by the Opposition, because it was felt by the independent part of the Opposition that any very strong attacks made. upon him would be misconstrued by the country, and thought to be rather unfair, and to be playing into the hands of the Whigs, who had preceded him.—(Hear, hepr.) Now, it is quite clear Sir Robert Peel can be entitled to no such forbearance in the approaching session. He is now responsible, at all events , for not 15. . 4 v ,;, the present state of the country diligen tl y in quired into instantly by the Parliament. He has it in his p ower to call 6 the Parliament together t his week, if he pleases ; an d as he fails to do so, Sir Robert Peel will be charge able when Parliament m eets a g ain:i n February, with the protracted suffering s of the, p e ople during the w i n ter.—(Applause.) He volunt arily charges him self with all this responsibility. What his object may be I cannot pretend to divine. I believe him to have been without a plan from the binning of his go vernment.—(Loud applau se. ) eis eminently a Minister who lives up on expedients, who lives from hand to mouth, who t rusts to the chapter of acci dents—(Cheers)—and prob abl y h e expects that there may be something in the doctrine of chances that may February.—(Applause.) b h e a n v e e fi p t ru h p i h m esi b e e d fornext tu e him before , and ho wever disre garded my prophecies may have bee n , they have not been less true ; and I venture to predict now, that he is only putting off the day of reckoning in order to augment very much indeed his liabilities. I must confess the experience we have had of Sir Robert Peel, is calculated to diminish the general belief in his su pperurhioarhltyaleu As a speaker, he is nntrsrvalcliedeainr' th b e ear ilouse of Commons ; he would have been unrivalled in a nisi prius court. We have seen lately that 'a very good pleader may make a very bad Judge—(Applause)—and I am not sure a that an excellent Parlias very y indifferent Prime i t u h e a u t ta we y s u h r a a l t l u n r o t ma live make e Minister.—(Applause.) I never gave the present Cabinet credit for having much heart.—(Hear, bear.) Those who have watched the tactics of the party may have seen a good deal of profession of sympathy for the great body of the people, in order to cover their own serf-seeltings ; but, for my part, I have never seen anything like a real regard for the interests of the country, such as would induce the Ministers to make a sacrifice, or to „risk anything for the benefit of his the people. But' bad, up to t tune, believed that there had been talent in the Cabinet ; I had, until this time, believed Sir Robert Peel to be a man of emi minent ability; but, looking at the course of his po licy at the present moment, when the country is in its present state, I must confess I am brought very much to doubt whether we have not both a heartless and a headless Cabinet.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. W. H. BONNER then presented himself, and vas loudly cheered. He said—Xr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen,--I have long observed a growing decline in the condition of my poor Christian brethren. lam used likewise to hear tradesmen tell of unparalleled difficulties arising from decreasing custom, and manufacturers and merchants lament a perpetually sinking 'and embarrassed market, . and their consequent inability to keep up their usual amounts of employment and remuneration.—(Hear.) In all the dwellings of my toiling neighbours I be hold the reign of destitution—(Hear)—in all their forms I see the portraiture of woe ; and on every side I hear the Sighs of sadness, and the murmurings of discontent. This is the case in the district in which I reside ; and not only so, but throughout the length and breadth of the land, I find it is the same. I have heard the sons and ornaments of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, tell the same pain-giving, tale as do the af flicted children of England.—(Hear, hear.) Then whence our-distress ? Is there, on ;he part of our foreign customers, any indisposition to deal with us ? Their repehted and straight-thrward messages to our Government assure me in the negative.—(Bear, hear.) They would, if they could, deal with us on equitable terms :'to; an indefinite extent, and so set all hands to work, and so give us the advantage of our abuhdance and strength.—(Hear, bear.) What hin ders _them ? The refit-law of the lords of our soil. —(Applause.) : A body of men forming a nine hundredth part of our population has effected this mischief. By this law, the master-piece of class le gislation, they have locked against us the storehouses of our allies, hand-bound capitalists, beggared our ar- tisans, and served themselves.—(Applause). As. a lover of my kind, I am a friend to popular education. I believe ' the Corn-laws greatly assist to perpetuate ignorance.--(Hear, hear). The inadequate wages fixed by a fettered commerce disable a father by his own industry to support his family. His wife must therefore work, and thus her offspring are deprived of her tender' care and instructions.—(Hear, hear). The toil of bath is insufficient; on this account the little ones cannot be sent to school beyond a very limited period, Their infai4 days must be spent in a mill or workshopond their feeble toil must contribute its mite to • the still scanty pittance. Excessive or prolonged labour indisposes to the habit of study, stunts the mental energies, and produces depravity of manners.,- - ''No wonder then that masses of our people, with their haggard faces and ragged garbs have ignorant and embittered minds, and that some of them are sus ceptible of the infatuation inspired by artful dema gogues.—(Hear.) Yet the authors of their debase ment cruelly reproach them with unfitness to be in trusted with the civil rights of man. Humanity, with tearful eyes, points to starving thousands, and be seeches them to unite; reason, with truthful argu ment, persuades them to unite; justice, with sterner tongue, commands them to unite ; and religion, hold ing forth the Bible, and, pointing towards Heaven, seconds the proposition in the name of the God of righteousness, and waits to rejoice in their success. On the Rev. Gentleman resuming his seat, the com pany rose, and cheered for a considerable time. T.BRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale, after a few prelimin ary observations, said he regretted that the plan which had been agreed upon for conducting these meetings had not been followed out that night by havitig a a Member of Parliament to address them.—(Cries of " Mr. Cobden.") He regarded Mr. Cobden as their own, as one of themselves.—(Applause.) He regretted it, because the presence of Members of Parliament gave Some little additional interest to their meetings ; but he regretted it the snore, because he thought that was an atmosphere which it would be exceedingly serviceable for a great many Members of the House of Commons to pass through before they went up to Parliament.—(Applause.) From what little observa tion he had been able to make during his visits to London on the question of the Corn-laws, there was a good deal in that House to make a man less honest after he entered it than before he went there.—(Ap plause and laughter.) The atmosphere of that room, on the contrary, was of a peculiarly bracing cha racter ; and he was quite certain that if all the Mem bers of Parliament could be made to pass through that room before the commencement of the next session, a very different tone of feeling would be manifested in Parliament to what was displayed last session,. A fortnight ago they had the pleasure of the company of the Member for Ashton ; he trusted he had received no injury by coming there.—(Applause.) Last week theS , had the Member for Bury, whose speech must have been gratifying to all who had heard or read it, except the monopolists themselves.—(Applause.) Mr. Walker had alluded to the representation of this county, and said that if the repeal of the Corn-laws depended on the Members sent from Lancashire, it could not be carried. It appeared there were as many Me mberifor Lancashire who voted wrong as voted right; therefore, as far as the number of votes went, Lanca shire was unrepresented in the senate of the country. But he trusted the time was coming when there would `be a marvellous change. He thought they Might prognosticate, from circumstances passing before them, *' that at some coming general election they should be able to make a clear sweep of every monopolist from the county.—(Applause.) In Manchester and Sal ford the registration and the constituencies were in such a condition that no monopolist would dare to show his face at any future election.—(Applause.) No monopolist, as a monopolist, had dared to do it at the last election : they had come under the character of free - traders, but were found out, and were not trusted. 'At the next election, the men of Manchester and Salford, having no contests in their own towns, would have more time to devote to the county elec tions. The same would be the case in Rochdale and some other boroughs. Warrington was now repre sented by a monopolist ; at the next election, there was every reason to believe that he would be relieved from his duties.—(Applause.) At Wigan there was a divided interest, one of the monopolists having been unseated on petition ; at the next election there was every probability that that borough would return two free-traders. At Blackburn there were at present two monopolists ; one had slipred in by a majority of One, the other had very few more ; but they had it on the authority of a monopolist newspaper in that town, that " the vile Anti-Corn-law League party had obtained a decided majority of votes" at the last registration ; therefore, those two monopolists must give place to better men at the next election.—(Applause.) Clitheroe was also represented by a monopolist, who had been seated on petition ; but from information he had obtained, he had not the smallest doubt that that gentleman would be relieved from future service at the next election.—(Applause.) There remained only Lancaster and Liverpool. Lan caster returned two monopolists, one by a very small majority ; he would undoubtedly be relieved at the next election, and it rested with the free traders of that town whether both would not, for they had power enough, if they would work hard, to turn both out. — (Applause.) As to poor Liverpool he was almost at a loss what to say ; but this might be said, that if the I Reform Bill constituency alone had existed in Liver pool, no monopoly Member would have been returned since the passing of the Reform Bill. At the last election a decided majority of the ten-pounders were in favour of the free trade candidates; and had it not been for the venal freemen who were base enough to sell their votes, and certain men on 'Change, who were a thou sand times more base, inasmuch as they bought them, free trade representatives would have been returned for that borough. What a strange thought that Liverpool should return monopolists ! What did it consist of? Shipowners, brokers, and carriers. Shipowners were properly carriers—not between this town and Liverpool, but from one 'country and one eontinent to another; and yet :they were ignorant enough to suppose that, with a great extension of trade, and with a consequent greater quantity of pro duce being brought from America and all other countries, their trade as carriers would be greatly in jured; in fact, they declared it would be ruined. If the different railway companies in the kingdom were to petition Parliament to pass a law to compel people to stay at home, that would be just about as wise a thing as was done by the Liverpool shipowners, who abetted and petitioned in favour of a law, and sent to Parliament men to support a law,' which declared that there should be little trade, and a much smaller quan tity of goods passing over the ocean than would other wise be the case. But the merchants of Liverpool had been so dreadfully injured by the last three or four years' bad trade, that they were coming somewhat to their senses ; they had got as far as a moderate fixed duty, which was somewhere between ss. and 155., according to a man's own notions. But they had no notion of a change in the Corn-laws for any other object than to make the price a little steadier, in order that they might safely speculate on the price at which they could sell foreign corn, and the rate of duty at which it could be introduced. If these men wished to maintain the character which English merchants once held all over the world, they must look around them, and ask themselves what was to become of millions of their fellow-countrymen who were not so rich as them, and to whom the a difference o f a few shillings in the price of a sack of flour was a matter of the utmost consequence.—(Applause.) • There were other objects to be gained by the repeal of the Corn-laws besides the creating of a steady trade. If the trade were steady, as it would be under a fixed duty, that was no reason why they should hold themselves satisfied and content, while the whole people were starving, because the Liverpool mer chants would carry on their trade as steadily as possible.—(Hear, hear.) As for the brokers on the Livtrpool Exchange, he sometimes thought they would not see a single fibre a breadth be y ond the sta p le of the cotton . about which they were concerned,— (Applause.) They seemed to crawl and cringe_ to some great men whom they knew had cargoes to sell; they hardly knew their souls were their own ; they seemed never to read or reflect; and in the Liverpool Exchange, for one newspaper in favour of free trade, there were ten in favour of monopoly.—(Applause.) Such was the blindness, the benightedness of the leading interests in that town. Notwithstanding this, if things went on as they were going on, the strongest prejudices would break down, and the misled people would be brought to their senses through the potent influence of empty pockets. In conclusion, he moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Bonner. Mr. Alderman BROOKS seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and briefly acknowledged by Mr. Bonner; and the proceedings then terminated. GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTER. EIGHT PERSONS KILLED. FRIDAY MORNING, ELEVEN O'CLOCI.—A shocking fire broke out here last night at the extensive cotton mills of Messrs. Pooley, Mill-street, Ancoats, about two hours before the time at which the place usually closes for the night. The fire originated near the centre of the building called the New Mill, which is the only portion of the premises not fireproof, and such was the fearful rapidity with which the flames spread, that a portion of the hands had not time to escape. Hence, in addition to the destruction of pro perty which followed the calamity, it has been at tended with a fearful loss of life. It may be necessary to mention that the fire broke out near the grand staircase, by which access was obtained to the different rooms, and this will explain the reason why the escape of some of the work people was cut off. The fire sneedily illuminated the whole town, and the town fire-engines were im mediately at work, but a great portion of the new mill was soon a mass of ruins, and the flames had spread along the roof of what is called the fire-proof mill, before its progress was arrested. Some of the hands whose escape was cut off were seen clinging to the windows during the progress of the fire, and some attempts were made at rescue, but the risk was too great, and they were buried in the ruins. Exaggerated rumours are abroad as to the loss of life, and it is said that 25 persons are missing. At the time we write eight dead bodies have been re moved from the ruins, and one more (that of a female) is known still to be amongst the fallen wreck of ma r terials. Some boys ' employed as scavengers in the mill, are still Missing, but it is not known whether .thev are amongst the sufferers. 'the damage is rumoured to exceed 10,0001., but nothing like an accurate estimate can yet have been formed of the real loss. ANOTHER. ACCOUNT. It falls to our lot to record the particulars of a fire which has beeti attended with consequences of a more lamentable nature than have resulted from any similar occurrence for a considerable time past. We regret to say that the event of which we now speak is de plorable, not so much on account of the extent of the damage to property, as' on a,ccourt of the melancholy sacrifice of human life, no, less than six young persons having been killed by scorching, suffocation, and in other ways. The fire took place on Thursday: even ing, at the extensive premises of Mr. Chas. Pooley, cotton-spinner, in Bradford-street, Ancoats, and broke out about six o'clock, while the whole of the hands were at work. The buildings form two sides of a parallelogram, and are situate between Bradford street and the Rochdale Canal. The names of the sufferers are—William Ridgway, aged 18 years ; John Snape, aged 15 years ; Mary McKenzie, aged 16 years ; Mary M`Corville, aged 14 years; Robert Garvin, aged 14 years ; and James M‘Munn, aged 19 years. The building next the Rochdale Canal is a con tinuous one; it is twenty-two windows in length, and the building running towards Bradford-street is pro bably about half that length. Information of the fire was received by Mr. Rose, at the police-yard, at a quarter before seven o'clock. The Niagara engine was immediately got ready, and Mr. Rose and his son, with a company of firemen, proceeded with it to the spot, but on their arrival, so rapid had been the pro gress of the flames, they found that part of the pre mises called No. 3 Mill, was completely gutted, and that the fire had communicated to the warehouse, which gave every appearance of being speedily in a general blaze. No time was lost in getting the engine into play, a plentiful supply of water being i obtained from two plugs in Bradford-street. The pipe from the Niagara was conveyed over the wall into the yard, and from thence up the staircase, with a view of preventing the fire communicating with the rooms of the fire-proof building, which was full of carding and other valuable machinery. A branch from the Vesta engine, which shortly followed the Niagara, and which was . supplied with water from plugs at the top of Bradford-street and Beswick street, was also conveyed up the staircase, and the quantity of water thrown from the 'two engines had such an effect in diminishing the heat, that the firemen were enabled to ascend gradually from one landing to another until they arrived at the sixth story. Here they discovered the dead body of a boy lying in the doorway of the rooms, and it was evident that the poor fellow had been scorched to death in attempting to escape by the staircase. he -body , `cam immediately conveyed into_ the yard, and from thence to the Bridge Inn, a shore' dis tance from the scene of the melancholy catastrophe. Soon afterwards the bodies of four more young persons were found in the same room. One gave slight signs of life, and was taken by the police, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Sawley, to the Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary ; but by the time they arrived there life was extinct. The body was then conveyed to the Navigation Inn. Previous to this a boy had been killed in attempting to escape from the fourth story of the fire-proof mill, by letting himself down by a ladder. The whole of the warehouse adjoining the mill and one portion of the mill were destroyed. The fire was got under about one o'clock yesterday morning. The stock and building are insured for a sum which it is supposed will more than cover the loss. An inquest was held on the bodies before James Chapman, Esq., the borough Coroner, and a highly respectable Jury, at the Bridge Inn public-house, corner of Houldsworth-street and Beswick-street, Bradford-road, but had not terminated at half-past seven o'clock. THE NEW RIVER lIEAD.—The process of cleansing the reservoir of the New River Company in Clare mont-square, Pentonville, proceeds but slowly, and numberless are the complaints of the nuisance created thereby to the entire neighbourhood. The men are stated to be frequently standing idle for want of a suf ficient supply of carts to carry away the mud which it has been found necessary to remove. The nuisance is intolerable ; the streets and avenues are complained of as being in a most filthy and unwholesome condi tion ; and surely the work which is productive of so much unpleasant inconvenience ought to be accom plished by the parties engaged in it with the greatest possible expedition and dispatch. It is to be hoped the authorities connected with the Company t will look to this and provide means for relieving respect able residents in the vicinity from the great evils to which a protraction of the task of cleansing the reser voir exposes them. • THE LATE MR. SERGEANT SPANKIE.—The fol lowing anecdote of this late eminent and gifted indi vidual may be relied on as authentic :—The public has already been mad e acqua inted with the fact, that Mr. Sergeant Spankie, during the time he was keep ing his terms, w ith a v i ew t o be called to the bar, was: employed as a Parliamentary reporter. Young Spankie (for such he then was) was on duty in the gallery of the House of Commons at an early hour of the morning, after a protracted and important debate, when a division of the House took place, the result of which was looked for with considerable anxiety throughout the country. The avenues to the House were crowded with strangers, and egress down the narrow staircase by which strangers reached the gal lery in the old House of Commons was next to an im possibility. The hour of the publication of the jour nal to which he was attached was fast approaching, and Spankie, knowing the importance to his proprie tors that the conclusion of the debate and the division should be early before the public, had recourse to a feat which surprised and astonished those who wit nessed it. lie climbed over the balustrade of the stairs which communicated fromthe old smoking-room with the strangers' gallery, and, suspending himself by his hands therefrom, dropped into the Members' lobby below (a height of from sixteen to eighteen feet) amidst a crowd of senators. So suddenly was the affair accomplished, and so fleet of foot was the per former, that he escaped caption by any of the myr midons of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and reached the office in safety and triumph. When Mr. Sergeant Spankie sat in Parliament for Fipsbury, the occur ' rence was frequently related by the late Mr. Wright, an old and well-known messenger of the House, who was an eye-witness of the transaction, and who gene rally pointed out the hero to strangers, whom curiosity nightly brought to St. Stephens Chapel. DEATH OF THE lION. CAPTAIN JOHN H. PE RT. The family connexions of the Earl and Countess Limerick have received the mournful intelligenceO of the death of the Hon. Captain John IL Pert', who ex• pired on the Bth ult., at St. John's, Ne after an illness of about seven weeks, ngsawlliacnki Captain was in command of a lle comp ' ; :3 7 o hru f e the 30th Regiment on that station. third son of Henry, the late Lord Glentworth,was grandson of the Earl of Limerick, and had just st entered his 30th year. The Earl and Countess of Limerick, Dowager Lady Glentworth, the Hon. Henry and Lady Frances C Mr. Spring Rice, Sir alder, Lord and Lady Glentworth, Lady Cecil Delafield, Mr. and Caroline Russell, Mr. and Lady Lady Louisa Pole, and seve ral other families, arein placed in mourning by the death of the 110 11. were to be Gentleman. His mortal remas interred at St. Johnl. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPE/IS OF TIIIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. CHRONlCLE.—Abundance of money, and no demand for it, is the general complaint in the neigh bourhood of the Bank of England and the Stock Ex change, while poverty and no means of getting money is the general complaint in the provinces. Money i s heaped in large lumps in few hands who do not know what to do with it, and thus we have the anomaly of a great cheapness of money with a great depression in prices—a most unhealthy state of things. The job bers on the Stock. Exchange were taking in Stock Yesterday at one per cent., and the bill discounters in Lombard-street cannot do business at more than a fraction above two per cent. Yet the prices of commo dities are extremely low, and are.showing a tendency to further decline. The circulation of the Bank of England is 19,503,000/. by . the last returns, which is greater than it has been at any period since the last renewal of the charter, with the exception of the memorable year 1838, when it was as high as 20;249,4004 in July, and 19,782,0001. in August of that year. These large amounts were produced by the attempts made -at that time to stop the drain of bullion required to pay for foreign corn by an ex pansionah b oasv England,ne o -ont a above-n a m e d, of paper. c e de l l i o a tr p r i dl repeat e d. p r nn e g a a t t e et dos The. now theWitherror the t discovered, w o e xcept i a o n n d s l i a n s t issue i b i 3 s - h t e l d i e I r 3 e a t t a i k r n o , ! ' exceed any former amount that a pp ears i n t h e retur n s since the charter was last renewed. In no one in stance since that renewal has the same high amount of paper issues, with a large store of bullion, been co existent with a general paralysis of trade, absence of all commercial enterprise, and a serious and inveterate fall in prices. Plenty of money has generally been first felt in the metropolis, from which it has spread naturally and quickly to the provinces; but this pre sent year of 1842 is an exception to the general rule. Money is a drug in London, where it remains. There is . no sympathetic action towards the provinces, and an increase of 2,163,000/. in Bank of England notes within the last twelve months 'has been counteracted by a decrease of 1,882,3001. in the notes of other . banking establishments. Here we have a key to the anomaly—a solution of the problem that couples the .cry of too much money in. London, with that of no money at all in other parts of the kingdom. I But then comes the question, "Why is this ? I What is the cause that abundance exists in one part _of the kingdom,: and that scarcity _..pe..r vades every other ?—That. prices * fall lower and lower, while money is to be had at 2 per cent ? The answer is, that it arises from wide-spread poVerty amongst the masses, and want of confidence amongst the manufacturers. Those who have goods in hand cannot sell, and those who have not are afraid to get into stock, for, as we have frequently observed before, prices seem to find no bottom. This state of things is replete with anxiety, and it is fool-hardiness for men in power to look calmly on and do nothing to brighten the melancholy picture which is presented by this rough survey of the present condition of the country. But the leading members of the Cabinet point to the funds as a triumphant reply. Consols are at 94, they say, and such a high state of public credit is ample proof of the substantial prosperity of the nation. We have already exposed the fallacy of that argument, and shall not repeat it. The funds are high, owing to the total stagnation of trade, and Consols were done this day at 94, but closed at 931 to i. The Bank broker made his usual operation of 10,000/., and a strong manifestation was evident for a further rise, but the advance does not suit the jobbers, and they are doing their utmost to obstruct a further improvement.. It remains to be seen whether they can carry out.their purpose. TIMES.—By accounts just received, it appears that a new tariff has been promulgated by the Sar dinian Government of the most favourable charaiter as regards British commerce, and possessing at the same time a very liberal character as regards other nations. The reductions on the old duties are said to vary from 20 to 50 per cent., but the full particu lars are not yet made known. The decree is dated the 24th of September, and will come into operation on the Ist of January. From the intelligence recently received by the merchants connected with the United States, as well as from such commercial surveys as the one noticed under this head the other day, it may be gathered that the American tariff has failed, not only as a pro tective, but also as a financial measure ; for it is un dersto;)d, that foreign produce is imported at so high a price, that purchasers cannot be found, and there fore it has to be re-exported, when a return of the duty is obtained. If this , is the case , the expense of the Customs' establishment must be nearly a total loss to the Government. The Democratic Relive, already referred to, most 'distinctly asserts that the want of a tariff has not been the cause of the depres sion of American trade, but that the difficulty has rather arisen from a great revolution not only in the manner of doing business, but in the direction of business itself. SUN.—The Foreign Exchanges were not so firm this afternoon as on last post (lay, but the variation is scarcely worth attention. The rate upon Paris was last quoted on 'Change 2.5 f. 82c. to 871 f. ; that oh Amsterdam, at 12 6-1- ; that on Hamburgh, at 13 11:* to 12 ; and that on Antwerp, at 12 5. We have not heard that any bills of importance were sent back for protest. There Was a very large amount,of paper presented , t his bein g the 4th of the month.. We are happy to remark that there are no reports of additional difficulties in the commercial world. The public sales of Colonial and other pro duce were but small this afternoon. The high price realised for Consols for Account, was not maintained up to the end of business. Some sales for Money were made this afternoon at 93 . 1, and for Account the market left off at 934 i. Reduced Annuities (Three per Cents.) were sold at a fraction lower. Exchequer Bills closed at 60s. premium. Since our morning report, there has been but few bargains done in the Foreign Stocks. New Portu guese offered at 32}', Colombian at 21, Dutch Two arid-a-Half per Cents. at 52i, and Mexican deferred at 91. There were several bargains made in Shares, shortly before the market closed. The Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Shares were bought at 31 discount ; the Birmingham and Derby (New) at .5 discount. The Great Western New at 11* * premium; the Man chester and Birmingham at 19i discount; the Northern and Eastern Scrip at 2 premium ; the Paris and Rouen at 2f premium; and the South Eastern and Dover Scrip at 2f discount. COURSE OF EXCHAN Amsterdam CF. 12 9 1 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam OU. 12 91 1 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' Fight ... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine l2: 5 2 Petersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin Vienna, effec. ft. 3117 lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 i Cadiz Bilbao lO 3 36 Barcelona Seville .. 36 _____ GE-(YESTERDAY. Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 26 10 Milan 31 Venice ... 47 !Naples Palermo, per az 120 Lisbon Oporto .... . ....... —....., bn Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres ..... New York, 21 days sight 461 Philadelphia PRICES. OF BULLION, TEE Ot. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0in... 3 17 5 New Doubloons OO 0 New Dollars ... • 4 91 Silver in Bars... ..•••0 4 111 Hector O'Halloran dashes on through a host of startling and dramatically to ld incidents. The attempt t o assassinate him fails by the unexp ec ted appearance of the hero's foster-brother O'Toole and Shemus Rhua, the rat-catcher ; and the defeated assassins, being dis appointed of the price of th eir villany, way-lay, der, and rob the lawyer who had engaged them to wciciuerrrN‘,ed' psg of attack Hector. In the sequel Hector is ordered to join his regiment abroad, and there is a love-scene be tween him and the fair daughter of the mysterious o fa u e s t Hartley, in the midst of which that gen n t u le m m brn an ea m d a e k a es d. his appearance, sanctions their attachment, and then electrifies the young Irishman by . since . disclosing dee the that he is Hector 's uncle, long morning,,At°ioanbethh-1 Then comes the termination of the regret, but we console ourselves with e x pe ctatio n when e e n r our again meeting our gallant lies next do congregate.—Derbi .31 • ix ee e ar s of age, FATAL ACClDENT.—YeSteljas"ret Courier . n our 3 j e er. in High twelve o'clock, a fatal RC y ci o d u e n n g t It appears that the lad was go ing rough in street, Borough, to a lad about alongnanl e d t Sullivan. h e iio a ewiartti,l tallow, w as opposite' the Town-hall, he had occasion a waggon, heavily laden . to pull up at the moment the opposite directionute s ' the , and the wheels becoming en tangled, under the unfortunate wheel, lad was thrown out, fall ingcould be a few minof the waggon, which, before he conveyed to St. e xtricated ,Th o mas's passed over his chest. He was omas's Hospital, where he died in after his admission., MARRIAGE OF TIIE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS.—The preliminaries of a marriage between the Marquis of Douglas Duke of , the eldest son of the Hamilton, an d a Princess of Baden, have been finally arranged, and it is - expected that the ceremony will take place in the course of the present or earlN• in the ensuing month. The noble and illustrious bride elect is about 22 Years and rare age, and is possesse d of extraordinar y beauty ci rare accomplishments . Letters reached the members of the family of the Duke of Hamilton yesterday morning, announc in g the conclusion of t he arrange ments relating marriage. to the The ceremony will t a ke place in Germany. The Marquis of Breadalbaue went on Saturday from Taymouth Castle, Perthshire, to Glasgow. On Monday the Noble Marquis IT Rector of Glasgow niversity, consequent On his by Lordship's re-election t he students of that Uni versity. The Noble Marquis, after taking the cus tomary oaths, addressed the Professors and studen t s . The Affghanistan dee r, recently brought from Judi *, have been . presentedto t h e Marquis, and are forthw ith to be removed to the grounclaig chateau of the r u , extensive forest .. ur his Lordship, in Terthshire. ,0% Id' Lot ya [on the illea lea° peat° sue; lan" ,vl .l fold for art.,