The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-21 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN ROSS. (From a Second Edition of the Hull Advertiser of Friday.) We stopped the press at half-past nine o'clock this morning, to announce the arrival of Captain Ross, whom we had the pleasure of welcoming to Old England on board the Gazelle, Rotterdam steam-boat. He came ac companied by our townsman, Captain Humphreys, whose vessel they bad quitted off the Humber, and to whose bold seamanship and manly exertions the shipwrecked navi gator and his crew are, under Providence, indebted for their rescue. We have been put in possession of a num ber of most interesting particulars, the accuracy of which may be relied upon, and we lose no time in laying them before the public. In 1829, our readers are aware that Captain Ross fitted out his e xpedition with the view to determine the practi cability of a new passage which had been confidently said to exist, particularly by Prince Regent's Inlet, and that in consequence of the loss of the foremast of his vessel (the Victory), and other untoward circumstances, he was obliged to refit at Wideford, in Greenland. The accounts of his departure from thence on the 27th of July, 1829, formed the last authentic intelligence received of the ex pedition, until the commander and crew were picked up by Capt. R. W. Humphreys, of the Isabella, of Hull, Capt. Ross's oh! ship. By Captain Ross's account, it appears that the first season—that of 1829—was the mildest that had ever been recorded, and the sea was more clear of ice than had been experienced during any of the former voyages. On the 14th of August, he reached the spot where the Fury's stores were, landed without difficulty, and there he found the provisions, &c., but not the wreck, which had totally disappeared. Having supplied all his wants at this depot, he advanced to the southward round Cape Carey, from whence the west coast led him in a south-west direction, to the latitude of seventy-two de• grees north. Here be was, for the first time, seriously impeded by ice: but after examin)ag an inlet, he proceeded to urge his way to the southward, as near the west shore as the shallowness of the water would permit, and occa sionally landed to take possession of the newly discovered region for the British Crown, with the usual ceremony. Owing to the rapidity of the tides and currents, the stubborn quality of the ice, and the rocky character of the coast, the voyage was perilous in the extreme. Having experienced several almost miraculous escapes from shipwreck, they ultimately succeeded in reaching the seventieth degree of latitude, in a direction nearly due south of Fury Point, where their course was arrested by an impenetrable barrier of ponderous ice. In a harbour which they found at this extreme point, they wintered. In January, 1830, they opened a communication with a most interesting tribe of natives who had never before held intercourse with strangers. Friendship being soon established between the adventurous tars and these primi tive people, the first winter, which was not more than commonly severe, was spent very pleasantly. Having learnt from the natives that the East sea was divided from the West by a neck of land, this point was examined, and all hope of effecting a passage in that direction com pletely extinguished. Commander Ross, (nephew of Captain Ross) who was sent to survey the coast of the West sea, leading to Cape Turnagain, succeeded in getting within 150 miles of it, and left off within a short distance of where Captain Back expected Fish River to join the sea. They also determined that the land was continuous to that which forms Repulse Bay. During the autumn of 1830, the voyagers waited in vain for the ice to dissolve as it had done the preceding year. Although they used their utmost exertions, they had not succeeded in retracing their course more than four miles, when they were arrested in a very dreary position by the approach of a winter unparalleled in severity—the lowest temperature being 92 degrees below the freezing point. The summer proving no less rigorous fur the season, little hope was entertained of a release, and a further progress of 14 miles was all they could accomplish. In October, 1831, the ship was laid up in the harbour in which she at present lies moored—and where the party endured the rigours of another winter not less severe than that of the preceding year. Their provisions being consumed they had now no alternative but to abandon the vessel, and to -proceed to the spot where the Fury's provisions still re mained—a direct distance of 200 miles, which was in. creased by one half, in consequence of the circuitous route which the ice obliged them to take. They, accordingly, left the Victory in May, 1832, and, after a journey of uncommon labour and hardship, they reached Fury Beach in the month of July. During this journey they had not only to carry their provisions and sick, but also a supply of fuel, for without melting snow, they could not procure even a drink of water. They re paired the Fury's boats and attempted to escape, but it was September before they reached Leopold's Island, which they have fully established to be the N.E. point of America. Here they waited with inconceivable anxiety for a disruption of the ice, but in vain. It presented one impenetrable mass, extending across Lancaster Sound, and intercepting the progress of the fishing ships, which could advance no further than Admiralty Inlet, where some remained so late as the 19th September in the same year. Winter set in, and no choice was made but to re trace their steps and spend another inclement season in canvass huts covered with snow. Their sufferings at this time, aggravated by want of beds, clothing, and animal food, must have been of the most acute description. Capt. Boss says they never can be completely submitted to the public, for he could not expect it would be believed that human beings could undergo such poignant misery for so protracted a period. We find that the carpenter perished, and several others of the crew were so much reduced, that they had to be carried to Batty Bay where the boats had been left. The spring and summer of the present year afforded the desolate party more cheering hopes. The ice opened on the 14th of August, and on the same day that Captain Humphreys, in the Isabella, tried to reach Leopold's Island, they arrived there. The former could not cross the ice, and was driver, by a N.W. gale, to the south ward, up Prince Regent's Inlet. The party remained until the gale had departed, and having crossed when the Isabella was to the southward, they passed to the north ward of her, and *having gained the south shore of Lan caster Sound, they nearly reached its cry'. ,nce b fore the Isabella overtook them. It is impossible for any descrip- ' tion to do justice to the feelings of either side on meeting. None but those who have been in a similar situation can form any idea of what passed in the minds of men rescued from such misery by the hand of Divine Providence—nor can the feelings of him who has teen selected as the in strument of mercy, be fully appreciated. The party were not more reduced by their sufferings than might have been expected. In consequence of kind and truly British treatment they may be said to have corn nletely recover ed. The circumstance that C a p tain Ross corn } rescued by the ship he commanded in 1818, cannot f a il t o 1,0 considered an extraordinary as well as a happy conclusion of the voyage, the result of which has been, as far as the ende3vours of the explorers were directed, of the most conclusive nature—namely, establishing that there is no new passage south of 74. Q N. The country dis covered, which is larger than Great Britain, has been named Boothea, after Felix Booth, Esq., who was Sheriff of London in 1829, and acted as a truly patriotic and public-spirited citizen in assisting Captain Ross, when tittine out the expedition. The true position of the M ig netic Pole has been discovered, and much and valuable information obtained for the improvement of Geographical and Philosophical Knowledge. Captain Ross had a good opportunity of verifying his former survey of the west coast of Baffin's Bay, which every master of a Greenland ship can testify is the most correct. Only three men died during the voyage, two of whom were men whose consti tu'ao ns were unfit for the climate. On the whole, it may bet truly said that this expedition has done more than any that has preceded it, and be it remembered that Captain Ross and his nephew were volunteers serving without pay for the attainment of a great national object, n prosecuting which they have lost their all. RECEPTION OF CAPTAIN ROSS IN HULL. The hardy veteran was dressed in seal skin trousers, with the hair outwards, over which be wore a faded naval gnifotns, and the weather beaten countenances of himself emel his companions bore evident marks of the hardships they bad undergone, although they appeared to be in ex cellent ketalth. On landing, at half-past nine this mot n og, from the Gazelle, the Captain and his comrades, c o mmander James Ross, Surgeon M'Dearin, and Mr. Thou], the 2d officer of th e expe di t i on, w i t h C apta i n HumphroTh Proceeded to the Vittoria Hotel. Within a few minutzs of his arrival, the ne w s_ spread rapidly throm g hout the town , and numbers ofour most r e sp ec t a bl e merc hants procee ded to o ffer their warm and hearty con. partook graiulatious. Before the hour of eleven, the Mayor and Aldermen waited upon Captain Ross, in proceteon, and conducted him to the Mansion House, where he of a refreshment. The President and Members of the ilosnpical so ds P (1 b. 1_4 the War dens ciety presented their co n g ratulations, a nd several of the Elder Bre thren of the Trinity House, and a deputation from the Commissioners of Pilots; the bells are now ringing merrily, the colours are hoisted on nearly all the shipping in the port , an d at two o'clock a public dinner is to be given to the Cap tain, by the rin p cipal inhabitants, at the Victoria Hotel, previous to his departure, at four o'clock this afternoon, for London. The face of every inhabitant wears a glad smile, and every demonstration of rejoicing, which the shortness of time allows, is exhibited on this unexpected but most welcome occasion. We und ers t an d th a t t h e f ree d om of the Corporation will be presented to Captain Ross, in a silver box, before his departure. Such a proceeding will be creditable to the Magistrates. PRICES OF STOCKS THI e DAY AT ON. O ' CLOCK. Bank Stccit - .„.„ 1 per Cent. Rect. 3 per Cent. Cons. ... 87 !f., 6% 7 Ditto Bonds 21 33 20 pm. N per Cent Ditto Reti 94if, 4 Old Annuities New 314 per Cent. 95% 5 New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 17.26 .. 1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto 5(x0...... 37 35 pm. Jan. 5, 0 16% 11-16 i Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 ---; Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 l7 , Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, IPSO — Bank for Account. April 5, 1880 ....... ........ India for Account ..... Jan. 5, 1870 - Cons. for Account ... ..861,L IA t,i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 964; Belgian Ponds 933 / 5 N Ditto Account 94 31.4 Brazilian Bonds P6 Ditto Account... C 6 i 5 6 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto ACcount Chilian Bonds ov Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 21;4 Ditto Account— 21 1 ,4 1 20y4 Danish 80n,13 72V2 Ditto Account arcek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Nf exi ca n Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent '35!4 Ditto Account ~..35 6 ,”.,. Neapolitan HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning:... 7 minutes after 9.1 Evening... 37 minutes after 9. ERRATUM.—In our Paper of Saturday, in the advertisement of " England and America," for " A Companion of the Social and political State of the two Nations," read "A Comparison of the Social," gic. THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 7 IN% Ditto Account 7l Reg. Scrip 2l 2054 pm. Ditto Acc....2fi% 11 2034 pm. Prussian Bonds lOl Ditto Bonds, 1822 102% Russian Ponds, 1822 lO l l4 Ditto Account lOl% f New Loan lO9 'Spanish Bonds, 1821 0 1 3 4 V 2 Ditto Ace. 2 l ,ii 2 14, Ditto 80nd5,718:73 1914 Ditto Account 19% French Rentes, sp. c. —1 —c. --- Exchange —f. —c. 1-1% per cent. —f —c. Exchange.... --f —c. Dutch, ‘ - '4 p. c 484 8 1 4 Ditto Account 481414 Ditto, 5 p. c 90%b6 Ditto Account _9O l / 2 %4%4 French Scrip 414 pm. Ir , A,.. 1. . , ivy LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1833. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morning. It appears from them that a Courier had arrived at the Spanish Embassy from Ma drid, which place he quitted on the 12th inst., when every thing was perfectly tranquil. The French Ambassador, M. de RAYNEVAL, had, on the preceding day, an audience of the QUEEN REGENT, in which he stated that LOUIS PHILIP offered, as her friend, ally, relative, and neighbour, his services in maintaining the rights of her daughter. The Madrid Gazette of the 12th, which had arrived in Paris, contains the formal adhesion of Generals SAARSFIELD and MIRILLO, the Marquis DE LAS AMARILLAS, and several other captains-general, to the Government of the QUEEN. The Gazette alludes to the Carlist movements in dif ferent parts of Spain, but attaches no importance to them. BOURMONT and his companions were still, it is said, performing quarantine, under peremptory orders of embar kation at Cadiz or Malaga ; but the place at which they were performing quarantine is not mentioned. Nothing is said of Don CARLOS in the Gazette ; but it was known at Madrid that he had left Santarem. It is stated that SANTOS LADRON, the leader in the late Carlist movement at Los Arcos, and who was made prisoner there by the troops sent against him, was shot on his way to Pampeluna. Ac cording to the Madrid accounts, the Spanish Liberals are generally taking arms in favour of the QUEEN. A considerable body of troops had left Madrid for the purpose of subduing the rebels at Vittoria, and several columns were organ izing in the capital to repair to places which are threatened by the Carlists. On the whole, the accounts are favourable to the present Govern ment in Spain, and the adhesion of SAARSFIELD is highly important ; for if he had declared for Don CARLOS the success of that Prince would, for a time at least, have been materially pro moted. Should it prove true that the Liberals are arming in support of the QUEEN REGENT, the Carlists must be put down, as it would be utterly impossible for them to contend long against the administrative power in the hands of the QUEEN, supported by the Constitutional ists. We have seen in this country what a poo r fight the Tories made against the Government when backed by the Liberals. Let us hope that if the Spanish Liberals give their aid at a crisis when, without them, the Government could not exist, they will not, when calm shall be restored, find the QUEEN regardless of their aid, and tnadlv resolved against permitting useful inno vations. The French funds rose on Saturday, in consequence of the accounts from Spain, notwithstanding the statements in some of the provincial journals, that, in consequence of recent news from that country, the French troops near the frontiers had received orders to advance. FRENCH FUNDS.—Putts, OCT. 18. Five per Cents., 100 f 911 e. 101 f. 10c. 20c. Three per Cents., 71f. 95c. 721 72f. 35c. Bank Actions, 17001. Rente de Naples, 88f. 87f. 95c. 88f. 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 873/ 88 884. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 144 44 15. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 32% 34 3.13/. Royal Spanish Loan, 73. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 54% 55_56. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 921%. ExemmiE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251. 35c.; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 2:c. —Cours Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, OCT. 19. Five per Cents., 102 f 101 f. 75c. Three per Cents., 73f. 35c. 73f. 40c. Bank Actions, 1,710 f. Rente de Naples' 89f. 65c. Roman Five per Cents., 90%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 36. Royal Spanish Loan, 76%. Rents Perpet. d' Espagne Five per Cents., 59%. Belgian Loan, 1831, 93. ' EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper 25f 30e. , money, —f. —c. Three months, ' ' paper, 25f. 20c.; money, —f. —c. —Gouts Authentique. The German Papers, which arrived this mornings contain an article from Rome, dated the sth inst., in which it is stated that in the' consistory of the 30th tilt., the POPE communi cated to the Cardinals, " the many attacks and acts of injustice committed by the present Government of Portugal against the Holy See, and declared that such conduct would effect the total ruin of the Church, in a kingdom styled the most faithful." His Holiness, however, confined himself to protesting against these proceedings, hoping that the Government would revoke its resolutions, and restore the Church to its ancient rights. We hope the Government will do no such thing, knowing, as we do, that the ancient rights of the Church, as they are called in Portugal, are at variance with the rights of all the Portuguese, who are not of the privileged classes which support, and are in turn supported, by the church as it exists under the supremacy of the Holy Father. Whatever the result of Don PEDRO'S conduct towards the church in Portugal may be, as regards his own interest, we are sure it can only tend to the welfare and happiness of the people, and to the true interests of that reli gion which has been so much professed, but so little practised, in countries where the rights of the Church are maintained at the cost of general happiness. It appears from these papers that a conspiracy has been disco vered at Ancona, and that documents have been discovered in the possession of GALETTI which are said to throw great light on the sub ' ject. An article from Dresden, dated October 10, states that by a convention between Russia and the German . Powers, all the Poles still in Germany are to be sent out of the country, and to embark for England or North America. The few Poles who remained at Dresden were to receive passports for England. We are neither surprised at the persecuting spirit of the Autocrat nor at the meanness of the German powers in being the instruments of his tyranny. They hate all that belongs to freedom. The funds at Vienna, on the 10th, were— Five per Cent. Metalliques, 93 2-5; Four per Cent., 83 5-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,198 k. We are glad to hear that another effort is likely to be made by the French Government to induce the Duke of RICHMOND to allow the introduc tion of French newspapers into this country at a low rate of postage, on a similar advantage being possessed by this country as regards the introduction of English newspapers into France. Considering that the gain by such an arrangement would, in a pecuniary sense, be entirely on our side, and that morally and politically we have a greater interest in the extended circulation of English newspapers in France, than the French can have in the increase of the sale of their newspapers in this country, we must allow that there is great liberality in the attempt of the French Government to bring about such an arrangement ; and we must be permitted to express our astonishment, not only that there should be any hesitation on the part of our Post-office authorities to accede to it, but that they should not have been the first to propose it. The postage of a newspaper of the smallest size, from London to Paris, is 2s. 4d. on this side of the water, being ls. 2d. for the sheet itself and Is. 2d. for the cover, and about four francs for the postage from Calais to Paris, making a total of ss. Bd. ; but if the sheet be double, the Post-office here charge by weight, as well as in France, and the postage of a double Times would be about ten shillings. The French newspaper arrives here at a smaller charge, for it bears no other charge in France than the inland postage, common to all papers sent into the provinces, and which is very trifling, and is merely charged the 2s. 4d., being ls. 2d. for the sheet, and is. 2d. for the little band on which is the direction. Here, there fore, so far as pecuniary interests are affected, the French Government would, supposing the number of papers sent to and from France under the present system to be equal, suffer an injury but the sacrifice which the French are willing to make becomes more striking in another view. The government stamp upon a French newspaper is one halfpenny—upon an English newspaper nearly three-pence halfpenny. Thus, for every shilling which would go into the French treasury, from the circulation of French newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland, seven shillings would go into our trea sury, supposing the number of English news papers circulated in France to be equal to that of the French newspapers received here. The probability, however, is, that if English news papers were allowed to circulate in France at a very low rate of postage, the number would ex ceed in the proportion of three to one the cir culation of French newspapers here ; therefore, for every shilling that we should pay to the French as the stamp duty upon newspapers, they would pay us one guinea. After so plain a statement, we ask whether there ought to be a moment's hesitation in complying with the wishes of the French Government, and we are at a loss to conceive what motive can be assigned for having so long refused to accede to them. Whilst on this subject, we may allude to another circumstance highly creditable to the French Government, although it does not, like that to which we have adverted, affect us in a national point of view, except as regards the pride which we must feel in seeing English en terprise and ingenuity acknowledged by foreign countries. The French Government has, it seems, applied to Sir CHARLES DANCE, the inventor of the steam carriage which was for some days running between London and Greenwich, for information , with a view of introducinc , the use of steam carriages into France, probably for the conveyance of the mails which are now conveyed by the Maitres des Postes at an ex pense at least six times greater than it would be by means of steam carriages. The total re ceipts the Post-office dep ar t men t i n F ranc e for the of h e year 1831 were about 1,400,0001., on which the expenses were 760,0001., being more than one half, whereas in this country the ex penses of the Post-office are considerably under one-third of the total receipts. The difference arises from the mode in which the service is performed. Here it is by contract with coach proprietors, the Government having nothing to do with the passengers ; in France, the mails are horsed by the illaitres des Postes, who charge the Government so much per stage, and the Govern ment convey passengers by the mails on their own account. Although the charge for passengers by the mail is considerably higher than by the diligence, the profit to the Government is very small, on account of the heavy charges of the Post-masters. Should recourse be had to steam carriages, the expense of conveyance will not only be reduced to one-sixth of what it now is, but the receipts will be much larger ; for, instead of carrying only four passengers, as is now the case, in each mail, there will be a dozen, so that,: after reducing the fares one-third, there will be a great increase of profit. At pre sent the gross receipts of the French Post ' office, although annually increasing (whereas those of our own Post-office are less than they were eight years ago), are not equal to our own by one-third, and the expenses, as we have said, are one-third higher, so that the net receipts are considerably less than half of what they are in this country; but if the French Government should adopt the use of steam-carriages, the net profits will be quite equal to those of the British Government, although, from the circumstance of the postage of the letters in France being only half of what it is here, the gross receipts can not, of course, be equal to those of our own Post-office. The Revue Encyclopedique, in a recent article on the Post-offices of London and Paris, gives the following as the daily movement of each : Paris. London. Letters from the interior, and from 32,000 35,000 abroad. By the petite post, which is three- 13,000 40,000 half -pence in Paris Letters sent to the provinces, or 70,000 45,000 abroad Journals 05,000 ......... ......90,000 2020000 'lo,ooo It will be perceived from this that the number of letters sent from and received daily in London is rather more than it is in Paris, consequently, as the rate of postage in France is little mole than half of what it is here, the gross receipts cannot be much more than half, but there is a small postage on newspapers in France, which, on so large a number as 90,000 daily, must make a considerable sum at the end of the year. There can be little doubt, therefore, but that M. THIERS will, by the employment of ateam carriages for the mail service, be able very mate rially to increase the Revenue of the French Post-office, at the same time that he will have the credit of being the first person in Europe to cause their use for government purposes. A Board of Admiralty was held yesterday for the purpose of receiving Captain Ross, who arrived at the Admiralty a little before 12 o'clock, with his Nephew and Purser. They were nearly an hour with the Lords of the Admiralty, and communicated much valuable and interesting information. The veteran Officer, who appeared in excellent health, met with a cordial greeting from all the persons at the Admiralty, and was in his turn de lighted at seeing his old acquaintances. He ac counted for not having written to the Admiralty and his friends to announce his arrival, by stating that a whaler, the captain of which had promised to take letters, sailed without giving him any notice, and that when he landed at Hull the mail was just leaving. Captain Ross and his brave companions suffered greatly during a long time when they were living in snow huts, constructed like those of the natives, but they kept up their spirits, and passed their last Christ mas Day with all the usual observances, ex cept in cheer, having had as a substitute for roast beef and strong ale, a roasted fix and cold water. That they were not destitute of pro visions, however, appears from the fact of their having brought a large bear as a present to the Zoological Society. We alluded on Friday to some extraordinary proceedings of the Magistrates assembled at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, for the purpose of granting music licenses. Whatever absurdity, whatever abuses, whatever reasons occasioned the restriction of magisteral discretion in the Beer Act, they would all seem to be infinitely stronger in favour of restricting their discretion in the granting of music licenses. It is barely possible that a case might be found in which it would lead to dangerous or improper conse quences to allow music at a particular place, but special grounds ought to be shown to jus tify a restriction of a harmless enjoyment which ought to be as open to the poor as to the rich. The rule should be the generally allowing of music. Indeed, we cannot see why, in the present state of the law, music should not be allowed in every public house whatever, if desired by the master, for it is difficult to conceive how a house, fit to have a license at all, without music, is rendered unfit by having music. Mr. M'WILLIAM, who appears to look upon a fiddle with hcrror, and would probably faint away at the sight of a flute, opposed a petition for a license to have music played at the Rising Sun, in the New-road, on three grounds. He first opposed the application on the part of the publicans generally, for he considered the grant ing of a music license to any particular house must necessarily injure every other house in the neighbourhood. Most people would think this a reason for allowing all houses to have music. It is manifestly unfair that one public house should have the privilege and not another, equally well conducted. But good conduct did not seem to enter into the consideration of the Magistrates. Several persons applied, having the certificates of the churchwardens, overseers, &c., and were refused a license for no reason in the world except that it would put the applicants upon a footing of equality with a neighbour) who had been fortunate enough to propitiate the favour of some of the Bench. Those who do not disapprove of music altogether, act with gross inconsistency, to say the least of it, in opposing any license to a well-conducted house. Mr. M'WILLIAM had a second reason against granting a license to the Rising Sun, wifich was, that " the music would annoy persons who might be riding along the New-road ;" but finding that even his brother Magistrates laughed at it, he added, that in his opinion a music license " made a place twenty times a worse nuisance than a house of ill fame." Some were unpolite enough to laugh at this also ; but Mr. PARRY, who had kept the house five years, and pledged himself to maintain order and de corum, having no friend to speak for him on the bench, of course, lost his license. Another more remarkable instance of the manner in which the Magistrates suffer themselves to be guided, not by the merits of a case, but their feelings of courtesy one to another had oc curred just before. Mr. FRAMI'TON, of the Chequers, a public-house at the corner of Abingdon -street, within a dozen yards of the Royal entrance to the House of Lords, applied to have his music license renewed, but was opposed by Captain FITZGERALD, who stated that the house was frequently kept open at an improper hour of the night. There could be no doubt of the fact, but Captain FITZGERALD forgot that it was for the accommodation of the Footmen and Coachmen of Noble Lords and Hon. Members, who were sure to have a friend on the bench. It seems, however, that the worthy Chairman, also forgetful of the manner in which the rules were suffered to be blinked, in certain cases, at once put the question, and a majority of the Bench decided that the license should be refused. The publican, doubtless much astonished at the result, called upon the Court to revise its judgment, giving it to understand that he did not violate the law in favour of hard working men, mechanics, or tradesmen, but " the PRINCIPAL attendants of the Houses of Parliament." This quite altered the case ; and Mr. HA LSWELL stating that he had been told the House was well conducted, the same Magistrates who had by a majority refused to grant it a music license, at once unanimously acceded to the application. Eren Mr. M‘WIL LIAM, whose opinion of the effect of a music license we have mentioned, did not raise his voice against the application of the Chequers.' Perhaps he thought that a tavern, even twenty times worse than a house of ill fame, might be suffered without danger in the neighbourhood of the greater House, near which the Chequers stands. Other petitions were refused, and others were granted, but upon no principle that we could discover which would not admit of the imputa tion of favouritism. Is it fit that such a system should be continued ? No one surely can pre tend that in principle it is right any set of men, however respectable, should have the power of injuring the business of a dozen publicans, for the purpose of favouring another not a whit more deserving. The abuses which have arisen, the hardships which have been inflicted under the exercise of the irresponsible authority, some of whose freaks we have adverted to, are too great to be longer borne, and it is to be hoped, that as soon as Parliament has disposed of the important questions which must come immedi ately before it, its attention will be turned to limiting the discretion now too frequently left to the magistracy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 20.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived from the river and sailed the Fortitude, M'Clure, for Charleston; Ina, Alexander, for Jamaica. The Wellesley, for Jamaica, remains; and Cecrops, for PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19 AND 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Zenobia, Owens, from London for Bengal; his Majesty's ship Pandora, from the eastward, and sailed on the 20th for FaL mouth ; Thomas King, Williamson, from London for Deme rara ; and Planet and Stately, from London for Jamaica. Sailed his Majesty's ships Challenger and Rapid, for South America; and his Majesty's ship Vestal, for the West Indies, ProolouTii, OCT. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Nautilus, Tate, from Halifax; Reform, Leader, from Labradore ; St. Aubin, Carroll, and George Canning, Byron, from Malaga; and his Majesty's ship Nautilus, from Cork. FALMOUTH, OCT. 18 AND 19.—Wind W. to W.N.W., strong breezes and squally.--Arrived the Thais packet, from Vera Cruz—sailed the 18th August, and Havannah the 11th ult., with 650,000 dollars on board in freight; and William Wal. lace, Jackson, from Odessa. Sailed his Majesty's ship Con. fiance, for Oporto and Lisbon, with mails. DOVER, OCT. 20.—Arrived off port the Treunde, Meyer, from Trinidad de Caiba ; and Nestor, Dickman, from Cadiz. STANGATE CREEK, OCT. 20.—Arrived the Lively, Ford, from Constantinople; Rapid, Phillips, and Pomona, Spriggs, from Vostizza , and Countess of Errol, Maitland, from Leghorn. HASTINGS, OCT. 20.—Arrived off port the Dart, from Ma deira. C OWES, OCT, I().—Arrived the Hereford, Freer, from Bahia. NVEymooTn, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Neptune, Davis, from Quebec. BRISTOL, OCT. 20.—Arrived the Astrea, Fyall, frem Lisbon. JERSEY, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Judith and Esther, Vebert, from Gaspe. The Concordia, Pot, from Liverpool to Dordrect, was run foul of the Bth instant, off Dover, by the Montreal, Champlin, and sunk—the master drowned. The Rebecca, Booth, from Berwick to London, foundered on the Galloper the 17th instant—crew saved. _. . The Witham, Middl emas , o f Sunderland, — was wrecked on Thursday last. The Debens, 111`Intyre, from Hull to Rotterdam, was on shore at Bridle Island, on Friday. The George, Tell, from St. David's to Dordt, is lost on the 'lender Bank. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Mexican mail has arrived this morning by the Thais, sailed from Vera Cruz Aug. 18, and from Havannah Sept. 11. It confirms the accounts we received from New York last week of the 24th of August, from Tampico. (Posted at the North and South American Coffee-house.) " Falmouth, Oct 19. "The Thais packet is just arrived from Mexico, with a freight of seven hundred thousand dollars on merchants' ac count. Mexico is in a very unsettled state. The cholera is very prevalent at Tampico." The New York packet of the 24th has arrived; but it does not bring papers of so late a date as those previously received, :sth of September. The papers by the above packet arc of little import. THE FUNDS. a sp d e u n t l a a p t p n e r a s. ran s c p e a , in wit w h as un r f e a p v n o r u t r ed ab t i n e p b o e li i t n ic a a s for te from one end of it to the other. This w with a more favourable appearance, stateLtiust commences of o f w m revolution, u e n m e d k e s n h a c a d n e d s accord ing to the Parisian intelligence, if it is to be credited. There is also an improvement in the French funds. A few days will put us in possession of the real facts. As troops have been sent from the capital to put down the insurrections, ere this, no doubt, they have come in contact with the Carlists, by which we shall ascertain the strength of the parties. It appears, according to the Dutch mail, that the informa tion from Amsterdam has a brighter prospect towards the settling of the affairs of Belgium than for some time past, in consequence of which the Dutch stock has improved. We have no fresh arrivals as yet from Portugal. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 86 7 /,, for the Account, opened at 87 1 / 4 to 1 ,4, owing to the improvement of the French Funds. All the Foreign Securities have a more healthy appearance. Portuguese Scrip 21 %to 22 prem. Spanish 21 i 8 to 22 lA. In other Foreign Securities little doing as yet. HALF POST ONE. Accounts from Constantinople state that great dissension prevails in the Ottoman Council, owing to the illness of the Reis Effendi. Six thousand five hundred dollars have come for the Mexi can dividends. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 87 % to 1 4 for the account ; since which they have been done at 66 % % for money, and 87 to % which was done at 22, is at for l t n h t e h a e c c F o o u r n e t ig , n w m i t ha market t e t t l e Spanishdoi g. , present 21 %%. Portuguese Scrip, 21% % premium. The letters from Mexico bring accounts that the in)unction which was laid on the Mexican United Company's shares, has been taken off. We have no accounts or reports from Portugal, as yet. THREE O' CL 0 Cli: Consols for the Account 87 to li. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. bad Thomasla en) t C° O . n . morning. On Mr. Baron Vaughan and Mr. Serge° Arabia taking their seats, the trial was proceeded in., the Savory, bail,su r t r h e e nderedto silversmith taikneChoirsnthriialli wthid: The defendant was permitted to sit in the body °' Court. The indictment charged that th e d e f en d an t, on the 2 v c it , August last, in the p irish o f St. P e t er , C orn hill, nn ia s i% fully exposed for s a l e cer t a i n wroug h t p l ate ; to wi t i ter , silver spoons, on each of w hi c h was a f orge d an d CO un t - to frit mark, such as was required by Act of Portion° e he put on wrought plate, viz., a leopard's head, he re ing such mark to be forged and counterfeit. There other counts charging the defendant with actually se t o plate with those forged marks on it, he knowing the y ' be forged. t he Mr. ALLEY, with whom was Mr. Plums's, stnt - sjo • c Ise far the prosecuti on . Si r J AMES S CARLETT an" . Sergea ANDREWS conducted the defence. Thews witnesses on both sides were order e d o u t of • Lott except those to defendant's character. ir jeo I Mr, Wm. Cocks depos e d th a t h e was Prime I',oe of the Goldsmiths' Co m p an y. I n consequence of s° t 6 thing he heard, he we n t on W e d nes d ay , t h e 21 s t A 05 , 1, to Mr. Savory's shop, in Cornhill, and asked for si t s spoons, stating he wished to buy six plain tea sr into s They were supplied to bin), and he now produced t He thought the mark s o n th em were f orge d, an d ael‘' j '' l i te see some more spoons, and if th ere were spoons o f anon pattern, higher in price, but of the same quality. 0 sbopman said he had none then, but should have so° t o the afternoon. There were three shopmen, and t heY cl ro served bins looking at th e mar k s . H e as k e d if the O r were proper ones, and he observed something P 39s tween two of the shopmen. t y Sir J. SCAItLETT objected to what was said vibe ° defendant was not present, but the objection wile 0 press, d. Witness—The sbopman said the spoons were all n o t, at their manuf ac t ory , an d di recte d h i s attention to a bolAid, " Myrtle-street, Baton," as their manufactory, atl, that if the masks were not p u t on a t Goldsmiths' Phet they were subject t o a p ena lty o f 50/. on every as ticletrot sold without the regular marks. Witness paid 2/. for six spoons. Cross-examined by Sir JAMES SCARLETT....";O was not in any way connected with the trade. A co i. named Treen was then under suspicion, but not in ot tody. The defendant and Treen were suspected a t to same time. Witness could not recollect wbetlserpi knew Treen bad been working for the defendant je e not know the defendant personally, nor did he ask t° Jiit him. He sent Mr. Prideaux after the defendant to 0 , Gower-street, and Mr. Prideaux brought back six seir Witness did not direct Mr. Prideaux then to tnak e d tt quiries about Treen. Wh en th e searc h- warran t Wa° to the defendant's shop, a quantity of plate was brti to the Hall. The cle r k o f t h e C ompany cou ld tell bi t much was returned, and how much kept. Was De v i gr fht defendant's shop after making the purchase. plate was here examined—it was found marked "W' as being the initials of the maker.) Mr. John Smith, engraver to the Goldsmiths' Cf e a l pany, look e d a t th e s i x spoons purc h ase d b y l as t Wit 1 0 and said the marks on them were all forged, vier_ . , " variable" letter S, the initials, the King's head, lee r O O head, and lion r am p an t an d p assan t. Th e l etter S de j A( the manufacture to be o f th e p resen t y ear , an d that P',/ came into use May 29th ; W. T. d eno t e d t h e i n itial ° the maker. 001, Cross-examin e d—H as b een engraver t o the C0,,,0, ever since 1807. Th e C om p any cou ld i mpose staleri f il their own on silver, and it oug h t t o b e stampe d at 1100 own Hall. All the stamps were put on at the same t :0 Witness was not in the habit of attending w hen were put on. The perso n sen di ng pl ate to b e at°,si put it in a bag with a ticket, containing the quan titi.± oo ( the duty was Is. 6,1. an ounc e . Did not ii o o that 3d. an ounce was allowed as discount. ° t op went to defendant's shop to search, on the 24th floti Mr. Fuller and Mr. Miles went with witness. Mr. was the assayer. Forrester, the officer, was with t":ra lp , , , Went there between eleven and twelve o'clock. Savory was asked for, but he was out. o° i, the clerks asked leave to write a letter to the y ; tendant. Did not see the letter after it was Wr 4 o l . They remained at defendant's shop about an boufl o si took away the wh o l e o f th e pl ate i n t h e s hop I °` considering whether it was forged or not. After' 00° there was another search ; but at the one wittie ° present at, 655 ounces were taken away. Witness bd not present at the first search, but Mr. Miles Wil*, - 0 1 he brought away b u t a sma ll quant i ty, b ut h e cou l d ° c o tell how much by w e i g h,. Of t h e 655 ounces , wit:o returned all but sixt een ounces an d n i ne d wts . It .tbO witness four or five hours to examine the plate 0 0, glass. The marks we re covete d w i t h p o li s hing ° ,,t r , which was used to clean it. Did not recollect "" e j, Miles or somebody else saying it was all fi i or that he replied, Oh ! you know nothing abou t , Could not call to his mind an y diff erence o f opini°_,," the subject; the whole 655 ounces were e xamined oia nutdy ; some portions of the marks were well dooetob. others but indifferently so. A s il versm ith wo uld 115 to detect them, but the public could be deceived. On the application of Si r J AMES S CARLET T, ° e lse fondant was permitted to sit beside his Counsel, M r ' rice PARKE obs e rving t h a t f rom t h e i ntr i cacy o f the n , thought the defendant ought to be allowed that privaloO l i Mr. George Miles stated that he was assay-lot 0' Goldsmiths' Hall; he a c c om p in i e d th e o ffi cers , C01'.",,A Forrester, to the def e nd an t' s shop, on th e 23d . 14 ' Ae rr with a search warrant ; they seized about 27 o ° ° l ,oo plate, which he now produ ce d ; th ere were f ou r tea'"; and six butter ladles, the w e ight o f w hi c h was 16 o il ~10, of he found the 16 ounces o u t of th e 27 i m pressed forged marks ; the remaining part of the 27 oUD I genuine marks ; on the next day, he went with Mr. 40 and Mr. Richards to the defendant's shop again, left Richards and Smith there. fa r , Cross-examined-0u the 23d they went betWee - or i and five o'clock. There were four young men in tb e 4 They did not ask for the defendant, but they aed e t all, he was at Hastings. One of the young men letter to him, which the officer (Mr. Cope) saw at' Did not examine the plate in the shop, because tb f : 4 , was small and customers were coming in, and there /11° proposed to have all the plate taken to the Hall. 411 0 1 looked at a small portion in the shop, and the raar'4 lo , cleaned out by one of the shopmen. Was there day, about an hour. As assay master, it was v 0 business to see that the quality of the plate was ae. ci to law, before it was a ll o w e d t o b e s t am p e d. It f i . 0 0, 0 his duty to examine the marks. Had no r e coiled:oo 4 having made a mistake in the qu a lity. B y t h e defed w y book now produced, in which was an item airiastl witness, he took away on the the 23d of AY % lA ' variety of articles, which he enumerated, mak i° , ounces. He took th e m awa y, sus p ect i ng the oort vo i l to be forged. He, howev e r, no w on ly pro w Or o portion of them, which he found to be forged. to ,f altogether twenty articles, but only found tea l ; forged. When at the shop, he expressed a doubt ,11 1 : 6 they were all forged or not. He did not then o ° o ,ol, T plate in the shop, because there was so large ag b ot el ; and he left the shop in charge of Mr. Cope. attljl tides he found to be genuine he had not yet re t t o r rpf they were at the Hall. Did not remember at eft d e I any inquiry for Treen's plate. He saw 1,00,10 Treen's, which had W. T. on them. On the , c iori Aug., they went to the shop between 9 an d 10 o il re the morning, taking Mr. S m ith, t h e engraver,Ote A proposal was then made by the shopmen to t o ooly plate to another shop to be e xamined, but on t ar oo lf that shop it was declined, and they determille a t ho p t the plate to the Hall. The spoons were, in fact , i cery things that witness suspected, but that was not 00 .1 " 0 0 1 of anything about Treen. It was the practice to P o ilTs qu ite i bt i roo plate to have it tried and stamped before for at times the stamping put it railer 09; ° 4' The money for the duty is paid by the worliel e tto brings in bag the plate and the amount of 0 '0:of The bag was never sealed. A person might the i'f° bags at the same time, one containing large an d gi n l o tte small spoons. If a man sent two hags of the f i ci be 0 0 work, it would not be received ; but he tv oo ' pelted to put them into one bag. A separa te „ Ad" allowed for separate woik • but if it be a larg',e,o° 4 of plate it might be in different bags, proyide9 t bf but one note with one weight ! jt was 'then e° ° ;olo° one parcel. The defendant was not in tow n , he f rif searches were made, but on the letter being o a f folio° voluntarily before the Lord Mayor. Witrle'll,t% 0 4, 11 stamped plate for four years, but not wit" l t oP tio oHS; fifteen years. It sometimes happened that ill,' to o°, or m was stamped too light, but it never was r narke" suip eof i ,ir Had known instances of plate too lightly " To I° llll b e ing sent back to be stronger marked. u. of each workman w e re k e pt in a b° ,.°, a e .4 0 ct plate was brought t o b e stamped it -6 0a rnak in a book. An a b a t ement o f 3d. p er wa s b r k w m i a t d in h h e thet plate, d iat u e t p y when s ; o i t t h w at as th ill e a( m le on ey the paid bag. 9 wa s ounce. Doh Os Re.examined—On the larger articles, V 3:. rays 04 tea-Rote, he found no forged War* Wm , v , 14 41 1 : e • ( tlie: t its t AiE_e t ?MOSS OF SHARKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £4 436 Anglo mex. Min. 4..;0. tiss. at 51. pm ) £lOO 10 1 10 Rolanos Mining Company £l5O 132% 125 Brazilian Mining Company £s 1% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 55 Ditto National 2O 22 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 I% Cata Branca Mining Company ll4 416 British Iron Mining Comnany £5O 27 Columbian Mininh Co. 'iss at 5/. pm.) 515! 12% English Mining Company 1234 2714 General Mining Association l2 10 Hibernian Mining Co Mexican Mining Co £4B 115( Real dcl Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 55 4 5 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 13% 14 Ditto New Scrip 5 165{ 34 A'liance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11% Protector Insitrance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ........ . ........ General Steam Navigation Co National Provincial Bank of England 5 4 3 414% Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 as% ,