The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD CO unr. William Robson, aged 3?, was placed at the bar on an indictment, charging him with having on the 16th Sep tember, at the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, knowingly had in his custody a mould, on which was impressed an aprarent figure, viz., the King's head, on the obverse side of a half crown; a second count charged him with having a mould, on which was impressed the figure representing the reverse side of a half crown. Sir Jams SOARLETT stated the case for the prosecution. Charles Waller, a city 'policeman, No. '7l, stated that Le was in the watch house in Smithe_eld, on the morning of the 16th September, about 10 o'clock, when a person named James Smith was brought in; in consequence of what transpired, he with another officer accompanied Smith into Smithfield market ; Crawley wag the other officer; they saw the prisoner in the market, and took him to the station-house ; on asking where he lived, be said at No. 1, Barley Mow -passage, Long lane; the prisoner asked why be was taken into custody, and witness answered it was on suspicion of having bad money. Witness accompanied the prisoner and Crawley to the prisoner's residence ; the prisoner had the key and unlocked the door himself ; the parlour was searched ; witness asked if he had any lodgers, and he replied that there were none, and that he occupied the whole house himself. Witness told him he should search to see if he had any bad money, or tools for making it; the prisoner replied, " Very well ; there is nothing in this house that I know of." On searching the chest of drawers in the room, witness found, on pulling them from the wall, a mould he now produced, which had dropped on the floor; in the drawers he found a bag of plaster of Paris, some metal, some military buttons made of white metal, and some quicksilver. In the coal cup board he found a ladle to melt metal in, and two tobacco pipes ; in the table drawer were found two small files and three metal table spoons; on going into the cellar he Bond three half-crowns behind a beam of the staircase, !made of base metal. In the cellar he found a bunch of pick-lock keys ; in the attic he found a piece of wire, with a small portion of white metal on it, in the stove, between the bars ; the prisoner was then sent to Guild ball, and witness kept the key of the house door ; witness went a second time to the house, and searched the privy, where he found part of a mould; Mr. Compton, the Landlord, was then present ; the mould had the impression of one side of a crown piece; be also found a half pint pewter pot there. Policeman Crawley, No. 61, stated that he was present at the searches and corroborated the preceding testimony. He was the officer who took Smith into custody on a charge of passing bad, money; Smith was tried and con victed. Sarah Hillier lived next door to the prisoner's house; bad seen him go backwards and forwards, and other per sons with him ; saw him go out about nine o'clock on the morning he was apprehended. James Crompton stated that the prisoner's house be longed to him ; the prisoner paid the rent, which was 25/. a year. Mr. Field, Inspector of the Mint, examined the moulds and other things found ; the moulds were made of plaster of Paris; on one half of the first one was impressed the obverse aide of half a crown ; and on the other half was the impression of the reverse side ; it had been used for the purpose of casting ; the other things found were such as were used in the manufacture of base coin. The two half crowns were counterfeit, and appeared to have been cast in that mould. The following was the prisoner's defence :—His wife was in the hospital with a broken leg, and on the day he was taken he was going to his work after having been to see his wife. Since she had been in the hospital be had bad a person named Brown to lodge with him, and Brown bad plenty of opportunities, if he pleased, of taking any thing in or out of the house, while be, the prisoner, was at his work. He declared his innocence, and said that as it was known to the officers that Brown was acquainted with Smith, who gave the information, it was more proba ble that Brown placed the articles in his house. He put it to the Jury whether, if he were guilty, he should have taken the officers so readily to his house. He called no witnesses. Mr. Justice PARK having summed up, the jury found a verdict of Guilty. Michael Farrell was indicted for having, on the 27th of August, at the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, cut and wounded Wm. Bannister on his nose and face, with intent to disfigure him, to disable him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pi-miles appeared for the prisoner. Witnesses on both sides were ordered out of Court. The prosecutor stated that he lived at No. 84, Golden- Lane, and was a coalbeaver. He eiimmenced working at that business in January last. He and those who worked like him were called by the old coalheavers " lumpers." On Tuesday, August 27, between six and seven o'clock, he was returning from his work, having pre viously been to the Green Dragon public-house.— Henry Hill, also a lumper, was with him ; they came nut of the house, witness saw the prisoner and several persons in company with him. The prisoner said some thing which witness did not hear. The prisoner was talking to Hill, and Hill told witness that what the pri soner had said to witness was, " we are -- Jumpers." Witness then said to the prisoner, " You had better go about your business before you get to the station-house." The prisoner then struck witness a violent blow with his list ; it was a very severe blow, and made him insensible for a short time; he bled a great deal, and was ill for four weeks afterwards. Cross-examined—Had seen the prisoner before, but bad not spoken to him. Knew his brother, who was very rsuch like him. The prisoner was taken into custody a few days afterward■. Did not fight a few rounds, nor did he give a blow. Several persons were present. Did not offer to fight any one. Henry Hill, a lumper, was with the last witness. The prisoner and several others came up to them. The pri- soner said, " Look at the lumpers." Bannister had said nothing to them before that. Witness asked the pri soner what he had to do with the lumpers, and be answered, "What you like." The remainder of the witness's testi mony was in corroboration of the preceding evidence. He added that after the first blow, which made Bannister insensible, the prisoner repeated the blows several times. Bannister lost a great deal of blood. A man, named Grioable, was there, but not at the commencement of the blows. Four or five minutes after the blows were struck, witness saw an oyster shell in Grimble's hand. Cross•examined—After the first blow Bannister was leaning against the side of the house, and did not speak a word; while in that situation the prisoner repeated his blows. A number of persons were there, and the prisoner repeated the blows so quick that witness could not interpose. Witness stood by and saw the prisoner strike an insensible man. Witness could not call it any thing else but a fight; but never saw Bannister strike a blow or offer to fight. The prisoner's brother was there at the time. Maund was also there at the time. James Grimble, who said he was both a lumper and coalbeaver, was in the Green Dragon. In consequence of a noise he went out, and saw the prisoner kicking and beating Bannister. Bannister was leaning against the house next to the Green Dragon. The prisoner was beating him, and his brother and others were making towards them, but they did not inflict any blows. Ban nister was insensible, and " profusely covered with blood." The prisoner made his escape directly, and witness took up Bannister, and carried biro to the Green Dragon ; his face was so disfigured that he could not be recognised. Cross-examined—When the prisoner was beating Ban nister, three or four others were stripping to second him, and rushing towards him. Mr. PHILLIPS-What do you mean by that expression ? Witness—The same as I might rush across the table to get at you.—(Laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—My Lord will give you a lodging, if you don't conduct yourself better. His Lordship desired the witness to give his answers properly. Cross.examination continued—Before being in his pre sent tituation he had been in the police force, the K ; be left it on his own account, but without any disgrace ; no complaint was made to the Commissioaers against him ; be was not discharged ; he left because he got something better. Ann Wiseman stated that she was servant at the Green Dragon ; she saw the prisoner give Bannister a most " woeful blow ;" the prisoner had an oyster-shell in his hand. Cross-examined —It was about ten minutes after the blow that she saw the oyster-shell ; after the prisoner struck the first blow, he stood there ; saw him do nothing more. Mr. Samuel Hawn, a surgeon, was called in on Friday, Aug. 30, to see the prisoner ; he was even then bleeding profusely ; there was a lacerated wound on the right side of the mouth. The cartilage of the nose was separated, and considerable tumefaction about the right eye, which was closed. It was not very serious. The hemorrhage which had taken place was a decided effort of nature. His Lordship here stopped the case, and said he could have wished that the prisoner had been indicted for an assault, but he was of opinion that the capital offence was ~~~~ ~~ . "~ not made out, because, 'if the prosecutor had died, the offence would not have been murder. The conduct of the prisoner was most brutal and violent ; and if he had been indicted for an assault he would have been deserving of a very severe punishment. It was impossible to suppose that the prisoner contemplated the murder of the prose. cutor, and as, from the evidence, the case, in the event of death, would have only been manslaughter, it did not come within the meaning of Lord Ellenborough's Act, on which the indictment was founded. The Jury, by his Lordship's direction, acquitted the prisoner. NF T 7 COURT. The Court tat at 9 o'clock, when two cases were called upon., 'out as the prosecutors did not appear, they went off. it was then adjourned till the business was finished in the other Court. At one o'clock the Recorder, Sheriffs, and Alderme❑ took their seats on the Bench, whe❑ the awful sentence of death was passed in a very impressive manner upon Thomas Linger, James Dutch, John Delany, Patrick Mahoney, Richard Ryan, James Franklin, William Hedger, Thomas Knight, Samuel Johnson, Henry James Graves, James Isaacs, Alfred Green, Francis Marryatt, James Wood, and Joshua Woodcock. The following were sentenced to be transported for life :—R. Davis Corhet, John Nicholls, Joseph Hayes, Wm. Robson, Philip Harvey, James Brunsden, William Manly, Henry Hicks, Sarah Hollington, and Thomas James Richards. FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.—Joseph Temple, Richard Thompson, Sarah Newby, George Iscott, Phoebe M'Queen, Abraham Morgan, James Brennels, Robert Emmett, and Thomas Ward (two indictments). SEVEN YEARS' TRANSPORTATION.—Joseph Parish, John Jones, Charles Mason, Jonathan Randall, Charles Stevens, H. Cornelius, Richard Drew, Eliza Murphy, John Herring, Wm. B. Dell, Richard Poole, Hierom Holmes, Ruben Benjamin, Thos. Johnston, John Bing, James M'Queen, Jane Green, Frances O'Haro, Thomas Smith, Joseph Pearce, George Gordon, John Kenny, Robert Howse, Joseph W. Carnac, Hester Branston, Henry Brewer, Thos. Charlton, Wm. Gadsby, John Spencer, Edward James, Robt. Blaikie, Edward Johnson, Thos. Arnold, Frances Clement, John Wilson, Thomas Bennet, Mary Ann Heikh, Wm, Chipps, JaQ. Ramsay, Henry R. Ogilvy, and Samuel Ogilvy, (aged 10 years) and Hannah Hutchinson. A number of other prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and the sessions were adjourned. When Corbett, who was transported for life, was called up for judgment, he objected to it on the ground that he was not, at his trial, called upon for his defence. The shorthand writer was called upon to state what took place at the trial. He said he had it in his notes. When the prisoner was called upon for his defence, Mr. Clarkson, who was counsel for the prisoner, said, " Well, my Lord, I will call my witnesses." The Learned RECORDER overruled the objection, stating that the legal objection which was taken at the trial he was also inclined to overrule, in which opinion Mr. Jus tice PARK coincided. However, if the prisoner's Counsel brought it before the whole of the Bench, he (the Re corder) would not stand in the way. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Allen Mining Company .£4 416 Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at N. pm ).£lOO 1014 10 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 125 714 Brazilian Mining Company £s 1 3 / a Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) C2O Ditto National 2O Ditto St. John Del Rey Bohn Ditto Cocaes 5 Cata Branca IMining Company British Iron Minim, Company X5O Columbian Minim, Co. , iis 9151. pm.) 51% 12) English Missing Company 12% 27) General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Co. £lo 4 Mexican Mining Co. £4B 11 Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 52 3) t' rated Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 12 Ditto New Scrip 5 16%3,4 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11 t'.s Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 ' 51 General Steam Navigation Co National Provincial Bank of England 5 4100 i Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 6 minutes after 10. f Evening...3s minutes after 10. GERMAN PAPERS. BRUNN, OCT. 4.—The estates of Moravia have re solved to commenscrate the joy of the inhabitants, at his Majesty the Emperor having received no injury by his fall from his horse, by assiging 20,000 florins to be united to the actual capital for establishing an asylum for the blind ; 10,000 florins to increase the number of ad missions into the asylum for the deaf and dumb; and 10,000 florins to encourage the establishment fcr infant children. They have obtained his Majesty's permission to call their establishments by the names of Francis and Caroline. The Estates have, besides, caused large sums to be distributed among the poor. BERLIN, OCT. 9.—ln spite of the unfavourable weather this summer, the prices of corn have again fallen, the speculators for a rise having become sensible that it would be out of their power to control the prices. In almost all the eastern provinces the corn is good, but not in sufficient quantity. We may observe that rather higher prices of corn would be desirable, and it is time for Prussia to be enabled by the convention on the tariff to treat, in its own name, and that of its allies, rather more on a par with England and France. The union in a common system of Customs is consi dered not only as a commercial improvement, but as a kind of security against the augmentation of the existing indirect taxes, or the introduction of new ones which cannot be imposed without the consent of the contracting parties. In this manner the Government has set itself bounds which indicate its intention. CARLSRUHE, OCT. 13.--In the sitting of the Second Chamber yesterday, the subject of the public prisons and houses of correction was mentioned. Several of the speakers dwelt on the necessity of a different arrangement with respect to persons put into prison for misdemeanors or crimes of different degrees of guilt, and of the pro priety of classing them. With respect to persons confined for what are called political offences, they ought not to be con founded with persons who are the very reuse of society. The respective rank in society of persons guilty of the same offence, would frequently make the very same punishment much heavier on one than on another. After some discussion, the Chamber resolved to enter on its Journals the wish that the persons guilty of political offences might be lodged, if not in different establishments, yet at least distinct from other persons. M. Von Rotteck, observed on this occa sion, that there are political offences in which the essence of a crime is not to be found, viz., that the person com mitting an act knows that it is deserving of punishment. Such, said he, are most of the offences committed by means of the Press.—Frankfort Papers, Oct. 15. VIENNA, OCT. 11.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 93 3-16 ; Four per Cents. 83 1.16 ; Bank Stock 1,193. —.Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 16. LONGEVITY.—There is now living at Clap ham-common a Lady who was present at the Coronation of George the Third. It may also not be generally known that the widow of the celebrated circumnavigator, Captain Cook, is living at Clapham, and, we believe, she is nearly a hundred years of age. SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD AT TARBET.— On a signboard of a public house near Tarbet, is the fol lowing inscription : " Mrs. MThail, Licensed to retail Spirits, porter, and ale ; In the afternoon she has for sale, Oatmeal bannocks, flesh, and kail, Which travellers, hungry and athirst, May swallow till they're like to burst; And Mrs. MThail here lets them know Her charges are all very low." —lnverness Courier. One would suppose, at first, that the Church of England must be strong from all the exterior advan tages it possesses by its alliance with the state ; but no, it is really more impotent, as the following comparative view of its exertions and those of Dissenters for the year 1828• 29, will manifestly show : CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge £9,2OS 9 5 Society for Propagating the Gospel 0,1239 10 5 Church Missionary Society 52,050 29 1 £67,528 18 11 PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. Wesleyan Missionary Society £41,846 12 10 London Missionary Society 37,207 0 6 Particular Baptist Society General Baptist Society 190,010 5 0 --Correspondent of the Sunderland Herald. PATRIARCHAL FAMILY AT HOLT.—On the marriage of Mr. Thompson, of Wrexham, with Miss Pate, of Chester, a week or two ago, the happy pair took up their residence at Holt, with Mrs. Pate, the mother of the bride, and two sisters. The united ages of these five individuals amount to four hundred and fifteen years I Mr. Thompson (the bridegroom) 93 Mrs. Haines 93 Mrs. Pate B9 Mrs. - (the other sister) B7 Mrs. Thompson (the bride) Total 415 Another remarkable circumstance is, that the house in which this patriarchal family resides, is upwards of 3 . 00 years old, and is the only one now standing in the ancient borough of Holt that escaped the ruthless ravages of Cromwell's army in the civil wars.—Macclesfield Cour i er. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF GORDON.—The Laird of Lochinvar, once on a time, killed a wild boar which infested a part of Galloway, cut out the tongue, put it into his pouch, and went to sleep. A Seaton,. his rival i n t h e c h ase, cut off the boar ' s head, and carried it to the King, claiming the honour of having killed the animal, and demanding the reward annexed to such an enterprise. The Laird of Lochinvar awoke—suspected the trick—set off forthwith for Holyrood—p ro d uce d t h e tongue, w hi c h , on examiaation of th e b ea d , was found missing, and esta blished his veracity. " How did you kill him ?" said the King. Please your 111ajesty, I just gored him down." " Very well ; as the reward of your merit, you shall be henceforth Goredown, K n i g h t of Lochin; ar."—john. seone's Edinburgh Magazine. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1833. The French Papers of Sunday have been received, by which we have the following from Bayonne to the 14th of Oct :—" The Diligence has arrived, after being detained for three hours at Vittoria ; the Spanish passengers were arrested, but the French were suffered to continue their journey. The following is the information relative to Navarre :—SANTOS LADRON has sustained a combat at Los Arcos, where he lost some men killed, and eleven prisoners, and he still continues to command in Navarre. At Bilboa all the Liberals, without exception, are confined as prisoners in their houses, and a contribu tion laid upon them, which will ruin a num ber of houses. The Clergy are greatly exas perated, and put themselves at the head of the volunteers. The Indicateur to the 16th October, says, the communication is still interrupted between Bayonne and Madrid. A brigade, composed of a regiment of Infantry and a regiment of Cavalry of the Guard have proceeded to Vittoria. BOURMONT and his officers have asked per mission to embark at Carthagena, in Barcelona, which was not granted to them. The German papers state that the price of corn has fallen throughout Prussia, in spite of the speculators for a rise. Prussia expects many benefits from the operation of her tariff. We have read with great pleasure the follow ing plain and simple address of the Lieutenant- Governor of the Bahama Island (BLAYNEY TOWNLEY BALFOUR, Esq.) to the slaves, on the occasion of the terms on which slavery was to be abolished reaching him. His Excellency appears to have been somewhat at a loss how t o explain to the blacks the distinction between ap prenticeship and slavery ; but wherever an im mediate outbreak of the slaves is avoided, there can be no fear of their not soon being made practically acquainted with the meaning of the Legislature : " My Friends and Fellow-Subject.,—You have heard that the Parliament of Great Britain is about to do some. thing for you. I only heard yesterday what the House of Commons has agreed to do, and I hasten to let you know it, that you may not be led away by liars, or in duced by ill-disposed persons to offer resistance or disobe dience to your masters, nor in any way to disturb the public peace: for if you do you will not only be severely punished, but you will prevent the Parliament from finish ing what it has begun for you. -" The House of Commons, which is one great part of Parliament, has agreed to make a law by which you will be free, but you all know that freedom does not mean that you must not work. You will be free, but you will be made apprentices to your masters for some years, and he obliged to work a certain number of hours every day for them. In a few years afterwards —in six or seven, perhaps—if you conduct your selves well, you will be altogether free people, like those at Grant Town or Carmichael. The House of Commons has not yet fixed when you are to begin to be apprentices, nor for how long you are to be so. Do not believe any one, therefore, who says the change has yet begun, or that it will be immediate. lam your friend—l will never deceive you—l will tell you whenever the time is fixed for slavery to end ; that is, when you are to begin to become apprentices; but you must not forget that you are at present slave, and that, if you are disorderly or riot ous, I must punish you, and compel you to be quiet and obedient. So the King h3l ordered me, and so I will do; but I hope better things of you—l hope you will remain quiet, peaceable, and obedient. If you are so, be assured that care will be taken of your interests, and better care than any of your own exertions can effect. (Signed) " B. T. BALFOUR." An eighteen-penny pamphlet, bearing the title of " Thoughts upon the Corn Law Question," has just made its appearance. It purports to be written by an elector of Green wich, and is particularly addressed to the electors of Greenwich, and the western division of the county of Kent. It does not contain any new argument, and indeed it would be difficult to find one on the subject since the publication of Colonel THomPsoN's Catechism of the Corn Laws ;" but the author is evidently in earnest, and deserves the thanks of his fellow-electors for the honour he has done them in the dedication of his pamphlet to them. There is, however, an oversight in it of some importance, whi c h i t may b e as well to point out. Speaking of the amount to which t h e present corn laws tax the consumers of food, the author say s , «Good wheat at this time may be purchased in foreign ports at thirty shillings per quarter, which, with all expenses added to it, could be sold here at 40s. per quarter ; but none can be sold without first paying a tax of 20s. per quarter, thereby malting the selling price 60s• per quarter. This being the market price of home grown wheat, no foreign wheat is taken out of bond ; nevertheless, the con sumers of bread have been as effectually taxed, as if the whole 20s. per quarter duty had been paid into the Exchequer." The author would seem to imply here that were it not for the corn laws, wheat might be sold for 40s. per quarter. No mistake can be greater. Were there no corn laws, the price at Dantzic would rise to the level of the price in England, minus freight, and it is the cost of transports, &c., amounting to 12s. per quarter, not 10s.' which is the advantage the home grower must, under any circumstances, have over the foreign grower. Also as it is a natural advantage, it is one which no man could or ought to complain of. The author combats the idea of famine, arising from permission being given to import wheat from abroad very successfully. He says— " Now even under these frightful circumstances, which have been hinted at, I cannot see any increased danger of a famine, or of famine pt ices, than now exists under the present corn law; nor can I see how our corn law has a tendency to prevent it. It no doubt occasions a greater quantity of wheat being grown in England than otherwise would be ; but there can be no doubt that it materially contracts the growth abroad and in the aggregate. Were our ports always open to a foreign supply of wheat, it is, I think, certain, that a very large increase of consumption would be the consequence, and, of course, of production also. There was a time when some of those frightful circumstances were in full operation, and in the hands of a power determined, so far as his authority extended, to accomplish our ruin as a nation. I allude to Napoleon in the zenith of his power, when every port in Europe was ordered to be shut against us, and the Berlin and Milan decrees were in full force. We were at that time very large importers of wheat, &c., and although every obstacle and device was then put in operation to prevent onr urgent demands from being satisfied, yet the result proved the utter inefficiency of any power, how absolute soever, to prevent its importation. For, during the whole period, we imported and obtained a far greater quantity of corn than at any other time either before or since, and continued to do so, as long as our necessities required it. So much for continental opposition. " Even under still more unfavourable circumstances than having the whole power of Europe, headed by our most implacable and powerful enemy, assisted by his nu merous army, opposed to us ; and supposing, even under the circumstances arising from a bad season or seasons, Europe should be visited with a general scarcity, leaving only a single Egypt free from its influence, should we, even under all these circumstances, be in a worse situation, if exempt from a corn law altogether, than when under the protecting influence of our present Act? For let it be observed, it is not in the power of an Act of Parliament to command obedience from the seasons, so as to produce abundance at all times, even in this highly-favoured nation." We agree with the author that the Houses of Parliament consisting for the most part of men who sell corn, any proposition for breaking up a system which they consider a protection, must be distasteful to them, and will be post poned as long as possible. But come be fore them in a definite shape it must ; and when it does, let the buyers of bread mark the conduct of their representatives, and be their services what they may, dismiss, at the next election, all who oppose freedom of trade in food. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Loa of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Supply moderate, and trade dull ; prices as last quoted. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 Kew Meadow Hay 3 15 4 8 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 E'ine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 4 8 Clover Hay 4 0 5 5 Oat Straw £1 6to £1 8 1 Wheat Straw... 1 10 1 13 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0. to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ftye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s s... Generally Oat Straw... £1 Bto £1 10 1 Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13 ;Supply short, trade very dull, and prices barely stationary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The only arrival we have this morning is from Madras, papers to the 23d of June having been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Meerut Observer.) We understand that a mutinous disturbance occurred not many days ago in his Majesty's Sikh Regiment at Ghaseepore, to quiet which the 3d Cavalry was called out. The particulars have not as yet reached us. treman.... We copy the following melancholy account from the Egyptian Itloniteur:.—A letter from the Vice Consul at Jaffa, addressed to the Consul General of Spain, at Alexandria, states, that on • the 12th July last, Isidere Bagnul, Procuror of Spain at Jerusalem, with five of the religious order, all Spaniards, and several other passengers, embarked on board a Turkish goelette, bound to Alexan. dria. The crew of this vessel was composed of the Captain, four Turkish sailors, and four Greeks. Owing to adverse winds, the ship was raged to put into Tama gusta, in the island of Cyprus, and on the following night they put to sea agrin. The Greek sailors had a quarrel with the captain, and formed a plot to murder him with the passengers, which they put into execution about 12 o'clock at night, when, finding the whole of the ship's company sound asleep, they armed themselves. Two other Greeks, who were hid in the ship, joined them. They commenced by murdering the captain, and afterwards vented their rage on the passengers, all of whom they put to death. Two of the Turkish sailors, who were not mortally wounded, succeeded in hiding themselves in a corner of the ship. The murderers, after they had plun dered the bodies and thrown them into the sea, took to the ship's boat with the valuables. The two Turkish wounded sailors finding that all was quiet, cams out of their hiding place, and succeeded with much difficulty in steering the vessel to Cyprus, and informed the Governor of the me lancholy event. The number of persons murdered were 16. The Governor immediately sent in search of the assassins. PftlOES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONe O'CLOCK. yank StcCK - 3 per Cent. Hee. 3: per Cent. Cons. ...... ...86% 7 % Ditto Bond' .0 21 19 pm. 3% per Cent. 94% South Sea Stock Ditto Red 9416 4 14 Old Annuities B4 New 3% per Cent 95% 5 New Ditto --- 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 -- 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto 500 96 34 pm. Jan. 5, 186 0 16% 11-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 16% 9-16 r Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860...... 16 15-16 17 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account April 5, 1880 — India for Account ..... ... 239 Jan. 5, 1870 — I Cons. for Account ... ..... 87%1,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 97 Belgian Bonds u3ai Ditto Account 93%N Brazilian Bonds 6 Ditto Account 66 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 21% Ditto Account... 2114 1 20% Danish Bonus . 72% Ditto Accrunt Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent `.. ) .7 Ditto Account THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. 'Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 71% , Ditto Account 7l _ . ...... .. Ditto New Bonds SS ' Ditto . Accontit 58 %% Prussian Bonds ____ lOl Ditto Bonds, 1822 IO 2SQ !Russian Bonds, 1822 lOll 1 Ditto Account lOl% Ditto 111 ;Spanish Bonds, 1821 21% I Ditto Arc. '1 % 34 Ditto 80nd5,7182 .........12% Ditto Account 19% French Rentes, 5 p. c. —f..—.e. Exchange ...... —f. —c. —:1 per cent. ...... -1. -c. -- Exchange...... —f —c. Dutch, 24 p. c. 48 % 1 4 Ditto ccount 48 % %% Ditto, 5 p. c 90 1 i Ditto Account. 90% 3 4 1 French Scrip 4}.ipm. D D t t o o , c i c )e o r u c n e t t 35 t‘ 34 Neapolitan oir, k iti, its .0 0 1 ,41 THE FUNDS. Owing to the boisterous weather which prevailed during yesterday we are deprived of arrivals from the Continent this morning as well as from Portngal and Spain, in consequence of which we are very dull in the City, and the Funds are stationary at the leaving off prices of yesterday. Consols opened at 87 to k for the Account, and 86i for Mosley. The Dutch merchants and speculators are anxiously waiting for his Dutch Majesty's speech, which is expected to night or early to morrow morning. In the Foreign Market nothing doing except in Spanish Bonds at 21i ; Portuguese New Loan 58i to. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols continue steady at 87k, buyers for the Account, with little doing. In the Foreign Market—Portuguese Stock, 581 i; Spanish Stock, 21i In other foreign securities no business doing. Dutch Stock is improving, in anticipation of the King of Holland's speech being favourable. THREE O' CL O CE. Consols for the Account, 87k. CLOSING PRICES.-:FOUR O'CLOCK. -- - Bank Stock 2071 3 per Cent. Red BG, 3 per Cent. Cons B7l 31 per Cent. -- 3A per Cent. Red 941 New 31 per Cent 95.1 4 per Cent IC2I Long. Ann. to expire Jan 1830 16% 11-16 0ct.1859 16% 9-16 Jan.lB6o 17 FOREI G 1 Austrian, 5 per cent 97 Belgian, 5 per cent 9 ll Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 22.1 Ch Alan, 6 per cent 22 C o lumbian, 6 per cent l7l Ditto, 1824... 2 ll Danish 724 Greek, 5 per cent..........., 001 Mexican 6 per Cents, 1825 28 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 344 Peruvian 6, per Cent. ". ...... 18 1 India 5t0ck...... ....... . : ... Ditto 80nd5.... l9 pm South Sea Stock Ditto Old Ann Ditto New Ann Ex. Bills, 10001 ,... 33 pm. Ditto 500/ .... 36 pm. Ditto Small 36 pm. Bank St. for Ace. 2OB Consols for Opg B7l- India St. for 0pg....... 239 r FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent.... 71 Ditto, Reg. Scrip Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 1011 Ditto, Metallic 10) Spanish, 5 per cent 214 Ditto, 1823 l9l' French 5 per Cent 101 f. —e. Exchange 2sf. 60c. French 3 per Cent —f. —c. Dutch, 21, per cent 11 48 ; Ditto,,s pereent . 9Oll LITERATURE. MISS EDGEWORTH'S TALES—Oxmo.vD. VOL. XVIII. LONDON, 1833. These admirable fictions are now brought to a close, the present volume, which contains the well-known tale of " Ormond," being the last of the series. Few writers bear republication so well as Miss Edgeworth—none better. There is an inexhaustible fund of sound com mon sense in every tale she pens, not put for ward in a formal or assuming manner, but with the strictest modest propriety. She is no dog matist, no petticoat pedant—whatever Lord Byron may say to the contrary—but the gen tlest, consequently the most persuasive, of fe male philosophers. Her natural sensibilities are strong and ardent, but they are ever at her command. Indeed, if she have a defect, it is that she holds too strict a watch and ward over them. She too often strait waistcoats her impulses ; claps them too often under hatches. Had she allowed them freer play, and a wider range ; with her keen sense of the odd and ridiculous, her exuberant buoyancy of spirits, happy cordiality of tempe rament, and, above all, with her power of drawing forth, unconsciously, as it were, the slyest and most close-hidden traits of Irish cha racter, she would have made a deeper impression on the public mind than she has yet done. In all, even the best, of Miss Edgeworth's tales, we fancy we trace a salient, quick-witted intellect, afraid to trust itself to the free play of its own fine impulses, just as if, by so doing, it would be overstepping the proprieties. This want of mental courage is oftener the ruin of excellence than the world supposes. Had Scott laboured under it, he would scarcely have won a Euro pean reputation. But he knew his powers ; whereas Miss Edgeworth seems never, at any time, to have been more than half conscious of the extent of hers. The cold, freezing, practical quality of her father's mind, to whom she sub mitted all her productions, and from whose decision there was no appeal, though it may have strengthened her judgment, has had, we suspect, a depressing effect on the fire and elasticity of her genius. Such, at least, is the impression made on our minds by a reperusal of " Ormond." The character of King Corny—one of the boldest and most original ever projected by wo man—bears all the appearance of having been tamed down in accordance with the conven tional notions of a common-place critic. It sets out in fine style, is full of whim, spirit, and ingenuity, but instead of deepening in interest, flags as it proceeds, till finally it becomes a bore— just as if Mr. Edgeworth's sense of the orthodox and the judicious had had the effect of frighten ing his daughter from the wild by-paths of originality, into the broad, beaten, level track of common-place. Miss Edgeworth has some where observed, that Ormond as originally written, was twice the length it now is. This may have been an improvement, as respects the minor characters of the tale, but we have little doubt " King Corny" has suffered by the curtailment, and that what was left out was far more quaint, clever, and spirited than that which has been left in. The young Irishman Ormond, like the character to which we have been just alluding, is more boldly conceived than executed. We are perpetually told of his rash, fiery, enthu siastic temperament ; that he is the creature of impulse, the slave of passion, Ste. ; but really we see little or nothing of the sort in his conduct : he keeps ever within the proprieties ; is fond of the society of grave, learned clergymen, shocked at the slightest overstepping of conventional decorum in woman, alarmed for his morals at Paris, and his purse in London, and is, in fact, so far, at least, as we can see to the contrary, a perleot, pattern of good sense and sobriety. This softening down, and frittering away a bold conception, is another proof of Miss Edgeworth's undue diffidence. Though she had got hold of a spirited idea, she was afraid to work it out. Conventional taste was too much for her. She thought of what her orthodox readers would say, when she should have been thinking only of how she could best do justice to her own free, cordial impulses. Another peculiarity in Miss Edgeworth's tales, is the utter absence of the picturesque. A bit of wild, or rural land scape, is a perfect God-send in her pages. We know she has a horror of fine writing ;" but so had Scott, yet who has given us such mag nificent, yet chaste, descriptions ? What a fine thing the " Black Isles," with King Corny's nondescript palace, and his equally non-descript subjects, would have been in his hands ? He would have painted them to the life, in impe rishable colours, such as those in which he has pourtrayed the Baron of Bradwardine's " here ditary tenement" of Tully Veolan. As at pre sent drawn, they are merely faint, meagre, out lines in water-colours. With the exception of these drawbacks, " Ormond," like all Miss Edgeworth's tales, abounds in beauties. The wild Irish coquette, Dora, sliding afterwards, by a very natural metamorphosis, into the accomplished Parisian intriguante, is drawn with amazing skill and power, impressive as a whole, highly finished in all its details. Not less so is the po lished, but heartless, public jobber, Sir Ulick O'Shane, a character now, we believe, be becoming fast extinct in Ireland. As a speci men of Miss Edgeworth's singular power of drawing forth the subtlest and minutest traits of such characters as happen to jump with her humour, we subjoin an extract, descriptive of a quarrel between Ormond and his coquettish playmate, Dora, loves,,wfihguoresin the de yet disdains serpi ttoi show description, i s it. Shelah, an old Irish nurse, who is equally attached to both, and has shrewdly penetrated the secret of their hearts. The touch at the close, where, in replytoOrmond and fo 's stern threat ever, reat t she,q uito i her i i father's sit er pe house immediately of herself, betrays her love, by insisting that the old crippled nurse shouldt eway in which she en stick of him, hiding her affection under pretence r laetasn her on t l o him ,—the an interest in the old woman ; lest without make —t h a e walkingpe h some such drag-chain on his movement!, v mond might really put his threats into executt°l is a shrewd, quiet, delicate trait of charade' worthy even of Shakspeare or Scott. I I" Since I am allowed, Dora, to speak to you brother -." " Who allowed you, Sir ?" interrupted Dora. " Your father, Dora." My father can not, s h a ll no t ! N o b o dy but 0 1, can make any man m y b ro th er — no b o d y b u t torel f ' allow any man to call himself my brother." 1 0 1 " I am sorry I pre , unied so far, Miss O'Sbane°"*" only going to off er one wor d o f a d v i ce. " 0 " I want no advice--I will take none from you; f r o " You shall have none, Madam, henceforwar d, Harry Ormond." "'Tie well Sir. Come away, Sheelah." k elsb , " Oh ! wait dear—O c h ! I am to o ld," sa id S'; fo r groaning as she rose slowly. " I'm too slow entire!' these quick passions." " Passions !" cried Dora, growing scarlet B L' a lt b?' in an instant : " wh a t d o you mean b y pass i ons , Slie fr 1 " I mean changes," said Sheelah, " change!, de' r ;pf am now ready—where's my stick ? Thank you, Harry. Only I say I can't change nay quarters and ° so quick as you, dear." " Well, well, lean on me," said Dora, impatientiP o rri " Don't hurry, poor Sheelah—no necessity tO fel away from me," said Ormond, who had stood for b o ,l I moments like one transfixed. "'Tie for me to go - 100 will go as fast and as far as you please, Dora, asy s Y you and for ever." " For ever !" said Dora: " what do you mean ?'' t ot, " Away from the Bla c k I s l an d s ? h e can ' t mean said Sheelah. " Why not ?—Did not I leave Castle Hermitag e moment's warning ?" 11 0 " Warning ! Nonsense !" cried Dora "lean 0° ~bere O J Sheelah—be h as f r i g ht ene d y ou ; l ean on hi m , co 3 —sure he's bett e r th an y our st i c k. Warning !1"00 did you find tha• pretty word? Is Harry °mos° turned footman ?" EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY, fife XI - IL, _VI V.—A 34314. EDINBURGH, l BS5' The history of which these volumes treatt li 4' often been the theme of elaborate discus s ' s among the best writers., but is nevertheless of those enchaining subjects of which the rn li ' v never wearies. Arabia ! Th e ver y wor d fill s l l es imagination. W e thi n k o f t h e earlier 111111,11, of Scripture, and th e scar c e l y l ess miraco`°i, triumphs of Mahomet; of the gorgeous 1114'1 0 1 1 ficence and unequ a ll e d v i c t or i es o f his c s1;1 0( 1 successors ; of Vathek th e W on d er ful, $, Al-Raschid the Enlightened, with his in c° parable Queen S c h e h ereza d e — a fi ct ion, 13/I j l yet how real !—of the holy cities of Mecc a iv Medina, which Burckhardt, with his sketches, has placed so v i v idly b e f ore u s; 3n v .: turning from historical a nd l egen d ar y, to recollections—of the d ece itf u l m i rr h ag e ar id j; blasting simoom ; o f oceans o f b urn ing s3il d of sudden whirlwinds, that once overwhelll3,, an army, and still overwhelm whole cars/3.0; of green, sunny o a s es , g litt er i ng w i t h founts l oo and alive with the music of birds, that btir s the weary traveller's eye, like gleams of Fa r l i j o i on the visions of a saint ;—to speak, to s o but of Arabia, is at once to recall these on so thousand other equa lly s t r iki ng associat e all Mr. Crichton, in the volumes before us, 0 s a u w b a j r e e ct, o h f as th t e rea i t n e t d ere it st wi a th nd al i l m b p e o fi r t t t a in ne g e re o s f il i: He has not slurred it over, as if engaged mere bookseller's job ; but ransacked a uthor, n y r w e e c i o g n h c e i t l i ad th t e he co d n is fl c i r c e t p in a g nc t i e e s s ti o m f on m ie a s ny of a tr p a u v z e z i o l i e legend—in a word, has done his best. task was one of vast labour, but a willing 5 1 3 1 ; i0 was at work at it, an d h as ca rried gl) triumphantly through. His details of the e life of Mahomet, when, undisturbed by dr es i of fanaticism, he was merely the lowly and P oil j lover of Kadijah—that paragon of widows s p wives, the Josephine of the Arabian NaP ° le pd though unlike her, loved to the last---all s iclt in interesting matters, for the best part of ` c ci ll Mr. Crichton has been indebted to Sale, a ri ollh more to the researches of the late Charles `', , ,f,tt whose " History of Mahometanisin" is is ' o rd 4 the best book of the sort extant. Bur ci ‘ 4o ce /I in like manner, and in one or two ins j t " Bankes and Buckingham, have supPli e ` h ig of with the materials for his descripti°l" , 0 1 the local scenes, ruins, and geng ll ` b 0 peculiarities of Arabia; while Gab ° h 0 supplied him with a few hints, and taug h s o l3 ; where to look for fuller inform a tion on t' be ject of Arabian literature, and more espe el t i sl e its algebraic discoveries. To those w b° lvo tti ti f not time to peruse the whole work, w e te e recommend the chapter entitled the " O s. the Wahabees,"—one of the most extra° rcl ,; Aeto. sects now existing in the world—the tA o rw, whose moral influence over the lawless sonse desert, possess all the fascination of rornai le r ' e lis h will enable the reader to enter with Mor e o tiO f than ever into the vivid descriptions of the ef of " Anastasius"—the most magnificent sv , o tb is fiction, despite its dull attempts at nit , 1 or any language. CABINET CY CLOPiED.L 4. iva r The forty-seventh number of this useilltise 4/f; consists of the first volume of a " Tr ns tit d the Arts, Manufactures, Manners, an d CO', e ij tions of the Greeks and Romans." T he sc ll)' volume, it is announced, is to be devoted 10°' lively the mann ers, and laws,customs of the ancients' literature, philos op h Y bi t re cii y first, now before us, although professew co' scribing their arts and manufactures ($ ,,0 ' i,,, 11. tains incidental particulars of other matt °. co" - : be dr) greatest interest. It appears to have - st piled with the greatest care, and at al° - tO hi be page a cloud of authorities are quote' r, 01ld the learned may refer for confirmat i° h - s ll°' I) statements here made. A work Whirls 101°0,, condense into a popular form all that I d 10 3 , of the state of the arts, manufactures, , r ners among the ancients has been I ° l "s ° ffr h e and Dr. Larduer's book well supPli es . s th' t e t e o If we have any complaint to make 4 n ot # ha tio o part relating to ancient architecture ..- -s e t). somewhat more curtailed. Several reP ; h e y, na e s ~ e 6 ' occur in it, and there are man); t — f e ssi might be reduced to a summary 01 3 6 1 •0 g, At present it might perhaps weary Y°uo"l,„ and the greater part of readers are 11 m ailer ,tg COr 1 ‘ the. But we will not complain, for d o ry a tremendous task before him ; and - of 1 ' is ll be...00f easy to say that a particular part u might have been more condenseti , it so v t ° f Is difficult for most to imagine the "te he h ledgi p 0 N zul looki