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tn-K.14 • ~::° .s. i~~ Cbtrb lattion 1. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clvekt QUEEN'S BENCH.: -L—(THIS DAN.) (Sittings at Niai Priue, before Lord DENntc,..4 and Common Juries.) COBB V. SAITILL This Was an action by the proprietor of•the Theatre Royal ' Brighton, against the defendant, Whb was lessee for a period of three years, and'lt sought to redo - vetzabdut 401. for alleged breaches of certain covenants in the - lean. The lease was dated in 1841, and expired 13th April,. 1844; at a yearly rent of 400 L, and the breathe complained of was neglect in keep ing the theatre itself, and . the properties belonging to it, in proper and sufficient repair,. as covenanted in the lease. Counsel for the defendant maintained that he gave up - the theatre and Properties in a much better condition than he had received them in, having expended a considerable sum out of his own pOcket in repairs 'and 'embellishments. A great dumber of witnesses were 6xanifned:on both sides as to this point, but the evidence' wateit'mOst contradictory character. His Loansuir having summed up, The jury returned a verdict forthe defendant. THE LONDON . GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) THE BORNEO PIRATES. ADMILALTY, Nov. 27, 1845. Dispatches have been received at this office from Rear- Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., Cemmander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India, station, of which the following are copies or extracts : Agincnurt, off Pulo Luboan, Coast of Borneo, 13th August, 1845. , Sir,—l arrived off the river Brune (Borneo Proper) on the 6th instant. If their Lordships will be good enough to refer to a para graph towards the conclusion of the memorandum addressed to me by Mr. Brooke, under date the 3d July, 1845, they will find a statement of two natives of India haying been detained as slaves in the capital itself for two years, continu ing under captivity in the presence of the British men-of war, and from which slavery they made their escape on board the Honourable East India Company's steam-vessel Phlegethon on her last visit there, only a few weeks since. t7nder such a glaring disregard of the understanding en tered into with the Sultan in respect of slavery, I felt, in conjunction with Mr. Brooke, that it would not be right to permit thictransaction to pass without, in the first instance, holding the Sultan responsible for it, and Paugerau Beduru deen having stated that Paugerau -1.160 p was the real of fender, everything should be kept quiet 'until my arrival at the capital ; on the following day. I went with the steamers visit this singular : capital—or what is, called city—being a miserable collection of bamboo houses, elevated upon piles, surroUnded by water, except at low tide, when under many of theni you perceive the bare mud; the poverty of the 'buildings - being singularly and ine:xplicably contrasted with the manners; dresses, and deportment of the higher orders. • I visited the Sultan with all due ceremony, and, by pre-' ► Nious understanding with the Raja Muds I - lassien and his brother Bedurudeen, the visit was entirely complimentary, 7 . but after my departure on the same evening, and following morning, Mr. Brooke had..several meetings with those per sons. ; The s l lltell stated .he was quite ready to punish :pagerrat Usop if T would afford my assistance in accomplish ) • , it.. itapp . eared that ,I,Ts?p (I suppose from conscious 11 0 c o ncluded beFas tfie ohject sought, and had, on' the "i oY my visit, told"the" Sultan if called on to answer ' the Score ofpirao, he would 'defend himself to the last. In answer-10 tny'adilress to the' Sultan; I received the ac companying documents• (Nos: 2 and- 3), one calling for as- , sistance, the other fur personal protection; p. subaltern's guard was aceOrdinglykeric to the Sultan's residence; and it was settled, tkrmigh Mr.:lgOtke, that the sultan should call on T.IsoP to,present himself before him, unarmed, to an swer for his conduct, ana l if lie,,;(lld, not do so:, his residence was to'be• attacked. - ' The Ailtan't• commands were accordingly conveyed to rn, • *hid). not raving been repligcl`th 'within ,aigiven -time, nshot , wati"riTeerevii his hOush, to . volfleh he promptly re : plied WA se*e froth his battery, 'when afire in earnest - was IL...opened uponthiin 4 quid-iis a few , minutes"sent him and all 'his adherents of 6 to the woods, and the marines landed and took ,„ posses.sielit of •bis house, whare4 among other things, twenty handsome brass guns, of .various calibre, were found, and ape hunfli•ed and fifty half harTela of gunpowder. Thp"glina the *uitan.Te9n9iteljpe to keep; but reserving 4 . 'two of sfiralleat;,for thetrirs of sale, to produce funds turd two • Ve (nor serving on board the Pfnio) for' their flitir',ye'ars ° CaptYii i tt I sent the, remainder to r rttheSdltaii, 'With leinesdnge, throkik ' Mr. Brooke, to say, that pie travel accepted Any re•tilanerati6 l ll l far the 'protection of . friends - who - weft disposed-faithfully , to carry - out tke eng4ge.' silents they had entered into., L., t. Ileatn , frosn Brooke, ,wholas been in conuntniic4On. . Unda sinus „lals„properpy, that the.,occurrenee' has gjv en great confi,depc,to the lull-dissed party, and that it Will - equellY,ldepreis rgOp',3 adher ent s the„ town, of' •Iphoralteri were nota few,; and Ilook !or a double result pnbishment, naively, that'White it assures the timarefficrrerriment of at tiroper srt; 'they will eqnally. 'perceive theirod'ishat habesnYeti th.l should they be found twanting in their , owneoncloct.—l.tiave, &c. T. COCHRANE, Rear-Admiral and-Commander-in-Chief To the.Seoretary of the Admiralty, London. - . 1 Agincourt, - '' ' fat , 84 " at Sea, in eg. 14 min. N. lout., 116 deg. •• -•.-- •• 43 min., E., Aug. 2V,1845. - 1 Sir,—Following out the intentions referred to in my dis patch from Lobos" (No. 14),:0f= the 13tH August, I left that anchorage on the 15th instant, and reached the northern end , .of•-Borneo on the 17th. • " • - --Having beard-from various sources that Serif Housman had, for tha last twelvemonth, been making preparations against a probable attack, that he had strongly' fortified one of the branghei of a river in' ldalloodoo Bay, and was of a character, and supported by rmiiiite adherents not likely to yield without a' sharp s lit ale, rinacje correspond ' ' ing arrangement§ fel' attack; and having anchored the - Agincourt and frigates in a safe' position, in the hitherto Ifttleknown fine bay of 1/nllo6c - too, I hoiSted my flag on • board the ViXon steam sloop; and, attended by the Cruizer •• . • and' Wetverine'brigs, and the Honourable EaSt :India Com-. patty , s steam vessels Pinto acid 'Nemesis, proceeded to the 'head of the bay, carrying deep water until within a couple of miles of the river's mouth, When, the Vixen and 'brigs were obliged to anchof.„'and, not. fu within theta the Plato, drawingonlysii feet, gl•ounded . on the bar. 1 - . ' ' It being hOpeles's to ittteMPt . to rtiAke'a further progress in. these small vessels, I directed '.Captain Tilbot; assisted by "Aeting 'Captain lyster; arid' COmminidera Fanshawe laid Clifforid; t 6 takd Command of the - - grin and ether boats of the' • Ocinadrefi, tilled with Was Many' marines and smalli arm men as , -- they could with propriety carry, arid proceed up that branch of , .the 'Malloodoo, Stated by the pilots to be in the ohctrpation of ,Seriffllonsmanl and should their statements proVe correct, to ascertain, as far as possible, the strength of - his position ' and amount of force; ,either at tacking the . Seriff on lie refuLl , to surrender, should hp feel equal to Xhe epterpriza, or falling back to some suita ble position, Whilee Commuaicated with, jnii me ip the event.of .net.COli b idering hi4'force nfficient to guarantee his success. • •TheaciPompany . iiig letter ands report from C tain Talbot - will convey to their Lordships a gratifying 'nag tion of his , success, and provethesountineas of my indgmen in selecting this officer for the important duty'-confided to' hi , Their Lordihips will net fail to - unite with ein deep . regret attbe heavy loss we have incurred; b when- the : great Strength_ of the position is 'relined 'to,: d that :the . force was for one hour exposed' to- the steadily sustained fire • of eleven heavy gunt,• within little more than 2po .yards of ' - our own • position; it is' rather' astonishing than_ otherwise, . and a source 'of thankfulness, the casualties. ware not more 'Their-Lordships.will -not fail to ndike the va lorous eon , duct of Acting Captain Lyste r . an d th ose i mme d tely. under • . 'him, upon this occasion; who , undaunted byte, tire with 1 i which they were assailed, steadily Worked at 'a ;remarkably ;•-iwell constructed boom for above an hour befo he could effect an opening, and in the success 'of whoie exe r one mainly depended the advance of the force. who, i n i gno ante ... e of any if other mannerof approaching the forts than by thcriver, could not he . brought . forwat d . until this object as accom plished; and while I .feel.persuaded their Lords ips will be .... / . fully ali,vato such Ineritorieus'conduct, I deeply ament that death has removed •from Anil,' Lordships' power of reward. that' promisincyoung officer Mr. - Leonard Gibbaird,. mate of r. • the Wolverine, 'whO bravey- worked by Captiin Lyster's ... side;' the wound he received -on-that occasion flaying, tin .. ,fortuoately for biscountry , and , his , friends, proved fatal on .::the following. day..-'.' 1 • ~ • I-sent up the same eveni ng a small detachment of gun- boats, under Commander Gifford, ter burn - such prahnes and boats , '• and pat& Of-the - forts 'or town; as might have , remained not completely destroyed, 'and to render unserviceable any Won guns, and to 'bring. down with , him any! brasserd • nance that might.be there. ', , „; i . . . 1 :rye° .or _three zhiacs-are kticrwn to have fallen ton the, pre " sentioezasion, end there is every rezeon to believe that Seriff 'lons:nor,. -so formidable 'to' ail - the• neighbouring: ; country, and whose. =lone was worthy of a better cause is among • '1 tbe • number , slain-;- at ' least I . have certain information that he was - carried off' badly I%:eluded ; but whether .. de:ad 'or living, I Consider his influence fa) be en tirely annihilated, and his confederacy with . various piratical chiefs in_the Archipelago broken up, for his poWef -- as much. depended. upon his beingi4he encourager, of other piratical tribes, and 'their sapplier-Witti 'gni:ids - in exchange for stares;wiriistize force naturally at his command.' I . May add: that, among many other articles of European work Man - - ship,a bell belonging to ship Guilbeten LudWig,, of Bre : • avert, wits found In the town. This v'es'sel was rpposed to have 'been 'Wrecked 'on the Garsi bias , 'about cMber or November-Fast; but nothitighas been heard of . the crew. •- • ' ' • - I have; &c. - . . ' • 1 . ' THOS.'COCIIItk.NE, 'RearJAdmiral, "Ceennatider-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the' Admiralty, , London. . ft ' , t Itije4ty's steam-vessel Vixen, Maloodoo Bay, Aug. 9.0. Sir;--4 have to report the proceedings of the expedition you did ma the honour to place under my commancl. Your Excellency's flag having been:hying on board the d# Vixen, you are aware of its progress to the anchorage at the • head of the Maloodoa Bay ; I commence, therefore, the details from that period.- # The force, con s isti ng of live hundred and thirty Seamen and marines (the details of which 1 •annex), conveyed' in twenty four boats, of which nine were gun boats, left the Vixen at 3 pi.Nr.- on the 18th inst., and, after some little difficulty in hitting on the channel, was anchored off the mciixth of the Sonny-bisar, a little after sun -set. ' H ere we were . joined by • a boat from the Pluto, carrying Agincourt's field-Piece. The tide serving, about eleven P.M., weighed, Mid, passing within it; at daylight, on the 19th, we .y lhe • VoC bar, anchored e eded up the river in t w o divisions ; after proceeding about two Miles, I was informed hythe Brune pilot s we were . the lOwn, I therefore 'Went ahead With Captain nearing On coming to an ab rupt Lystei , to.reconnoitte.turn in the f endourselves suddenly river, about three miles higher, we _ ' in front of the , position, which Consisted o two' stockaded forts, of eight aril three guns each, commanding the reach. . About two hundred yards below the forts was a boom across the river, apparently well constructed. The forts appeared t o us testand ou a tangos of land, from which we were separated . by the river, which at that point divided into twobranches, o i and the pilots declared such• to be the case; that turn ing to the right we observed was • still further defended b y .a floating battery. There appeared, therefore, to,be no means of Carrying the position but by forcing the boom. On rejoining the rfoce, arrangements were made for the gun-hosts to advance to the boom, to cover the party ap pointed to cut through it, the remainder of the force to hold 'themselves to act when ordered. - We had approached the boom fa within one hundred yards, when a flag of truce was observed to be coming to•vards. :Conceiving the.object of the enemywas merely to gain time, I sent back a message, "that # unless Seriff Osman came to me in half an hour, I should 0 1 3 e 1 ,&e.7 Via' being conveyed to the fort, the flag re turned with" offer to admit me with two boats, that I might,visit the &riff. I declined, and the flag retired : the moment it was clear of the line of fire, the three-gun bat - terir;olietied, and the cannonade became general on both sides. The boom was composed of two large-sided trees, each sup-, , -porting a chain cable, equal to ten or twelve inches, firmly ' 01..,'0" THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1845. 'ch bank; bolted and secured round the trunk of a tree on e,. wa s i m _ a cut in the right bank allowed a nanoe to pass, but N. ru passible to any of cur boats. ve Ode liofir nefifiy* . elapsed* 'before we could' in' anyremo " the obstact4 iluiing ithicli time. the itre=of the enemy was well sustained, all the guns being laid , for t he boom. I need hardly mention it was brisklY returned from our side, both from guns and small arms ; and some rockets, well'thrown by a part which had been landed en the ,right bank, , ap peared to produce considerable effect. As soou as the passage was open for the smaller boats,- they passed through rapidly, and embarked the marines from • thee - large boats across the boom ; ultimately, the whole force passed through. The enemy immediately:quitted their de fences, and fled in every direction. The marines- and small- arm men having cleared the town, the marines were formed as a covering party, and parties of seamen were pushed up , both banks of the river, but met with no opposition; at the same time preparations were made for spiking the guns and destroying the stockade and town ; in a short time these were completed, and the whole town in flames, as well as three large proas, and several smaller ones. Being anxious to save the tide,' and conceiving that the object contemplated by your Excellency was accomplished, I ordered the force to be re-embarked, and proceeded down the river to the Vixen. When your Excellency considers the strength of the enemy's position, and the obvious state of preparation in which we found him, you will be prepared to learn that this service has not been performed without considerable loss. I regret very much to state it at six killed and fifteen wounded ; the loss on the part of the enemy was, unques tionably, very great, but the surrounding jungle afforded the enemy the means of carrying away their dead, according to their custom in such cases. Nevertheless, some of those left on the field we recognised as persons of considerable influence. Whilst I record my admiration of the gallantry and steadi ness of the whole force under a galling fire, sustained for a long period, I must particularly mention Captain Lyster, who directed his attention to the boom, and by whose personal ex ertions that obstacle was overcome. M. Gilbard, mate of her Midesty's ship Wolverine, was, I grieve to say, mortally wounded by an early shot, when gal lantly working at the boom with an axe. I beg leave to point out to your Excellency the conduct of, Mr. Williamson, Malay interpreter .to Mr. Brooke ; he was with me-during the attack, and was exposed to the whole of the fire —I have, &c., CHARLES TALBOT, Captain. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cockrane, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief. Detail, of the Naval Force employed in , the Attack on and the Destruction of Malloodoo, under the Command of Captain Charles Talbot, H.M. Ship Vestal, on the 19th day of August, 1845. liar Majesty's ship . Agiacout's, (gig), Captain Lister ; Mr. Cresswell, mid.; 1 petty o ffi cer and 5 seamen. Gun Boat (launch, Lieut. Lowther; Mr. Whepple, assist ant. surgeon; Mr. Burnaby, mid.; Mr. Barton, mid.; 1 petty officer and 18 seamen. Gun Boat - (barge), Lieut. Paynter ; Mr. May, mate; Mr. Patrick, assistant surgeon; l_petty officer and 14 seamen. (Pinnace, with rockets), Mr. Reeve, mate ; 3 petty officers and 18 seamen. (Cutter), Mr. Simcoe, mid. ; 11 seamen. Gun Boat, manned from Agincourt, Hon. East India Com pany's steam vessel Nemesis, with Ist company small armed men (Ist cutter), Lietit. Reid ; Mr. Hathorn, mid. ; 1 petty officer and'lo seamen. Gun . Boat (2d cutter), Mr. Young, mate ; 1 petty officer and le seamen. ; Gun' Boat, with Agincourt's field piece men, Pluto's (cutter), Lieut. Heard; 2 petty officers and 13 men. Her Majesty's ship Vestal's (barge), Lieut. Morritt, senior lieutenant ; gun boat, Mr. Pym, second master ;. 1 petty officer and 13 seamen. (Pinnace), Lieut. Pasco ; Mr. Ward, assistant surgeon ; Mr. Sanders, mid. ; 1 petty 'officer. and 13 men. Her Majesty's ship Vestal's, gun boat (cutter), Mr. Durbin, mdte; 11 seamen ; (gig), Mr. Ecles, clerk ; 5 seamen. Her Majesty's ship Dndalu, gun boat (launch), Mr. Wilkin ' 'setond' master; petty officer and 18 seamen ; (barge), Lieutenant Randolph, sen.-lieut.; Mr. Huxham, mid. ; 2 petty officers and 17 seamen ; (pinnace), Mr. Nol- . loth, mate; Mr. 'Balcomb, mid.; 1 petty officer and 12 seamen ;" (cutter), Mr.:Protheroe, mid. ; 1 - petty officer . and 8 seamen. Her Majesty's steam vessel Vixen's,' gun boat (pinnance), Lieut. Wilcox, senr. lieut, Mr. 'Dent, mate ; 1 petty, officer andls men ; (larctittet), Mr. W. Sainsbury, mid. ;, 9 seamen ; (2d cutter); Lieut. Bonham ; 11 seamen. Her Majesty's iloop Cruizer's, gun boat (pihnance), Lieut. 'Rodney, senr. lieut. ; Mr. Cotter, mitt. ; '1 petty officer and 12 /*ten ; (gig), Corinnandar Fatishawe ; 1 petty officer, and 4 seamen ; (cutter), Mr. Tuke, mid.; .1 petty officer And 1 'seamen. • • Her Majesty's sloop Wolverine's (pinnace), 'Lieut. Hillier, senr:dieut. ; Mr. Johnson, mid.; 1 petty officer and 12 seamen ; (gig), Commander Clifford ; 1 petty offlogr .and seamen ; (cutter), Mr., Gil)bard, mate ; 1 petty qfficer * ll' d A: 1 4 . 4 11. . • . Abstract oS the foregoing Detail. Agwcourt—officers, la, ; petty officers, 10; seamen, 99 . 9 e . eat —officers, i B ; petty officers, 2; Seamen, 42. _Total '52. - . . Dmdalus—Offiders, 6 ; petty officers, 5 ; seamen -65. Total 66. - • • - Vikn- , - . -oftcers, 4 ; petty Officers, 1 ; seamen, ,P 5 . -7 Total 40. crnizer---afficers,.. 4 ;, , petty officers, 3 ; seamen, 24. — Total 31. • Wolverine-officers, 4 .; petty officers, 3 ; seamen, '24:— total 41. • Grand Total—officers, 44 ; petty officers, 24 ; seamen, 279.—T0ta1, 344. • , Royal Marines Employed. Captain Hawkins, IL M. S. Agincourt. - . Lieutenant Hambly, H. M. S. Dmdalus. . . Lieutenant Dyer, IL M. S, Vestal. Lieutenant Kennedy, H. M. g. Agincourt. Lieutenant Mansell,-11. M. S. Agincourt. . 8 sergeants, 8. corporals, 3 fifers, 178 privates. • , f Abstract. Captain, 1; Lieutenants, 4 ; Sergeants, 8 ; Corporals, 8; Fifers, 3; Privates, 178—Total 202. _ . Total number of , seamen, 344; marines, 202. Grand total, 546. , CHARLES TALBOT, Captain, H. M. S. Vestal. Return of Killed and Wounded in the Boats of the Squadron employed in the Attack on Matloodoo, August 19, 1845. H. M. S. Agincourt. Killed-2 seamen; 2 royal marines. Wounded—Lieut. Thos. Heard (supernumerary belonging to the Semarang), slightly; .2 seamen, severely; 1 marine, slightly. , • H. M. S. Vestal. Killeil-L1 'royal marine. Wotinacl=Mr. Pym, second master, badly ; 1 royal marine, slifhtly; p - H. M. S. Daedalus. Killed—none. • IVTiladed-2 seamen, dangerously. M. Steam Vessel Vixen. killed—none. Wounded--1 Setaitan; severely; 1 seaman, slightly; 1 stoker, slightly. II M. )3rig Gruizer. l '; Killed=hone. Wounded-2 seamen, slightly. • 11. M. Brig. Wolverine: , ounded—Mr. Leohard Gilbard; ill ate, dangerously ; 1 royal inarimi; severely: ' - - - Womitled—Totatl4:. 1). A. WPIPPLE,, Assistant Surgeon H. M. S. Agineourt;tand Senior Medical officer of the Force employe& • ' 'WHITEHALL, Nti . V. 26, 1145; JThe Queen has been pleised to preient the Venerable Wil liam.Rovre Lyall, M.A., to the'place and dignity of_Deitn qt her Majesty's metropolltieal chnich of Canterbury, void by the translation' or the Hon. and Right Rev. Father in God Rithard Bishop' of Oxford, late Dean of the said metiopoliti- Cal church, to the see of Bath and 'Wells." - • WHITEHALL,' Nov. 27. _ _ The , , , Qtteen has been' pleased' to cOnstitute and appoint the Rev. William Backland, D.D.', to be Dean of the col legiate church of St. Peter, 'Westminster, void by the pro motion of-Dr. Samuel Wilberforce; late Dean thereof, to the Bishopriek of Oxfiird. ' The Queen °has also been pleased to - present the Rev. Thomas Walpole, I‘PA., to the 'rectory of Alverstoke i in-the county of Hants and diocese of Winthester; the same being. void by'the promotion of Dr: • Sanaud 'Wilberforce. to the Bishoprick of Oxford. ' 1 1 . • ' • WAR7O'FFICE, - Nov. 28. • 4th Dragoon Guards , —Elisign T: B. Williams, from .59th, • Foot, to be tbrnet, vice` T. S. larke, appointed to 59th Foot, Nov. 28. • ''" ' • ' . sth - Dragoon Guards—Cbrnet J. Henley to be Lieutenant,' bypurchase, *lee Sir WAt'Don, Bart., who retires; Ensign ll.Peard, froth 69th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase,' vice Henley, Isidvi 28. 6th Dragooil'Guards—Cornet S. J. Morton to be Lieutenant Lby,purehase;' vice Lord A. Churchill, who retires;. T. Hey-, wood, Gent?, to be Cornet, by purchase, trice MOrtou, N0v.28. • 'l7th Light -Dragoons—Cornet W. I. Anderton to be Lieu tenant,:, by purchase, vice Lindow, whO retire; W IL K. Erskine;' Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,' viee Anderton, Nov. 28, ' Ist in. Grenadier Regiment of'Foot Guard —Captain R. Younghusband, from half-pay 53d Foot; to be Lieutenant and Captain, mice the Hon. W:11, Leicester, deceased ; En sign and Lieutenant J. G. H. Viscount Stopford;to tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Younghusband, who retires ; Second Lieutenant F. A. Thesiger, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign- and Lieutenant, ,by purchese, vice Viscount Stopford; .Nor. 28.. Scots Fusilier. Guards—Lieut.-Col. G. Tuite, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice F.; H. Turner, who% mcchanges ; Lieut. and Capt. F. H. G. Seymour, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,, vice Tuite, who retires; Eusiguand Lieut: Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart„ to ,be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Sey mour; Second Lieut. Lord A. F. C. W. Vane, from the Rale. Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir A. K. Macdonald, Nov. 28. 4th Foot—Ensign A. .V. .Harris to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glazbrook, who retires; J. It. Lovett, Gent., . to be Ensign by purchase, vice Harris,Nov. 28. 6th' Foot—Lieut. R.. Peel to be Captain, by purchase, vies. Home, who retires; Ensign T. H. Somerville too be Lieute nant; by purchase,' vice G. A. H. Chichester, who retires, Nov. 28; _Ensign G. Armytage to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Peel; Nov. 29; Ensign R. Thompson, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Somerville, Nov. 28 ; Hon. H. L. B. Rowley to be Ensign,, by purchase, vice , Armytagey Nov. 29. Gth EtisignAX - I%P.Parnet.to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dickensoii, who retires ; W. S. Leder, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M•Barnet, Nov. 28, 31st Foot—Ensign and Quartermaster. J. A. Hickson, from" the 73d foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice C. T. Cormick, dismissed the service by the sentence of a General Court Martial, Nov. .• • 46th Foot—J. Crymes, Gent, to be Ensign, .by purchase, vice Thompson, appointed to the. 6th Foot, Nov. 28. 56th Foot—H. J. ,Tolcher, Gent., to. be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Spedding, who retires, Nov. 28.. 59th FOot—Cornet J.. S. P. Clarke, from the 4th Dragoon GUards, to' e Ensign, vice Williams, appointed' to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Nov. 28. 69th Foot—W. S. Milner, Gent, to be Ensign, b y purchase,. vice Pettid, appointed to the sth.toragoon Guards, Nov.. 28. 73d Foot—Quartermaster Serjeant J. Carson to be Quar termaster, vice Hickson, proutoted in the 31st Foot, Nov. , 28. 78th Foot—Serjeant Major T. Walsh, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, without putchase,vice T. Collingwood, cashiered by the. sentence of a General Court Martial, Nov. 28. ' Rifle Brigade—J. E. Boileau, gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord A. Vane, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, dated Nov. 28. The lion. L. Curzon to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thesiger, appointed to the lat or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, dated Nov. 29. s TA FF.--,MajorG. C. Mundy, on half-pay tiaattached, e t w o be Deputy - Adjutant-General to the troops serving in w South Wales, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel .in the army, Nov. 28. BREVET.—Otpt. R. Younghusband, of the 1.0 or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Major in the army, Julr22. Commission signed by theLorcl Lieutenant of Sussex. • Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia—Major J. Paine to be Lieutenant-copuel,vice J. H. Willard,Aeceased,ov.,l9. 'Commissipn„,by the - Lord .Lieutenant Lancashire. Second gegirneut.of_Duke.ofLancaster's Own 1 4. .. Knight, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 25. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. glades Scriven, farmer, Speen, Berkshire. BANKRUPTS. Lue)-,k„.Q , p e rs , Charterhouse• square , to surrender Dec. 12, at Long and Ann Bayley Smith, private boarding house- eleven ant : Jan. 8, at one, at the Court Of Bankruptcy. John eon, official assignee, Basinghall-streel ; Hindmarsh and Son, Jewin-crescent , Cripplegate. Thomas M‘Laien Forrester, woollen factor. Gresham-street, City, Dec. 12, at balf•past two, and Jan. 16, at one at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, o ffi cial assignee, Abchurch • lane ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury. Andrew Palmer, druggist, Feltwell, Norfolk, , Dec. 9, at twelve, and Jan. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, ofiltial assignee,' Old Jewry-chambers; Isaacson and Martyr, Norinlk-street, Strand. Henry Robinson; sbare-broker, Copthall-chambers, Cop thall-court, Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 13, at eleven. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham; Coleman stre-r ; Spiller, Camomile-street. George Bond, licenced victuoller, Epsom, Dec. 3, at half past one, and Jan. 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. - Bell, Coleman-street -buildings, official assignee ; Pile, Castle-street, Holborn. Thomas Ellis, bootmaker, Wisbech St. Peters, Cambridge shire, Dec. 9, at half-past one, and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing , hall-street • Fladgate and Co., Essex-street, Strand Thomas 'Snaith and George Snaith, ironmongers, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Dec. 11, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 14, at two, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assigdee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, - 01 d Jewry, London. Mark Cooke, builder, - Denton, Lancashire ' Dec. 10, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Manch ester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke, Medealf, and -Gray, Lindoln's Inn- fields, London ; 3rooki, Ashton-under-Lyne. George Atkins, brewer, Liverpool, Dec. 12, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the . Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, LiVerpool ; Bridger and Blake, 68, I London-wall ;or Midge, Liverpool. . PRICE OF SUGAR. - - - _ The average price of - Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British Possessions in America, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 25th day of No vember, 1845, is 345. 434 d. per cwt. _ COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam CF. 12 . 11 Ditto, at sight l2 7i 'Rotterdam 2U. 12 11 Antwerp 26 15 tHamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altana Paris,3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles ........ ' 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 123 i )- (4l3i;urgh, 3 Us.. Berlin effee. IA 9 Trieste, ditto Madrid • Cadiz Bilbao o ••• Barcelona ......... Seville iNGE-:. (THIS DAY.)- Gibraltar._ ..... Leghorn .... ... 30 75 Genoa Verdes Naples .... . Palermo, par oz. ll9l Lisbon .. 52i Oporto., . s2* Rio Janeiro - 23i 8ahia_.......,..... — Buenos A • NewYork,2ldSrssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold,bars...t3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.— 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars .... 0 4 11 MARKET I N TELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 28.) Matturtus.—This .afternoon Mauritius met with little . attention, and 4,508 bags at auction were only in part sold, at rather lower .rates. ; , LOT Itipta..-This afternoon the market- :was letter sup plied with Bengal Sugar,, and.; three parcels, athounting to 2,700 bags Were offered at auction. : FPREl.9N.—Vthough there are few, shipping orders for any . 91eSeriptions of Foreign, and our refiners 'working under bond Pamg supplied for the present, still holders show firmness, ai4have refrained from bringing any to public sale. Mot.Assus.—Holders of West India submitting to rather loyier rates, caused buyers to operate more freely, and 500 puncheons hays been disposed, Cocoa.—British - Plantation is little wanted, and the quan tity brogT t fOriard, having exceeded the wants of the trade a. decline m price,of:ls per cwt _las occurred this week. • SUGAR.—To-day there was not muckinclination shown to purchase. West India Sugar, but.. Merchants evinced, firmness, and. the small business transacted was upnn.formerAerms. • RE:vt.sima.—There has beep an extensive demand for' re fined goods for hOtne consumptiOn, and advanced rates have . been pia indee4 the market has been nearly cleared, es- . , pecially of the low and Middling descriptions. • CoFFEE.TO-day there was littledesire., evinced to pur , Chase Mocha Coffee; and' at thepublib sales of 9 `case s 387 ." bales; vices declined is to 4a per cwt ; a small pari.dnly, was dis_posed of. , • , - • • •.• - 'rim—There , bas been .no. public . sale held i i nee our last report, but ,there is, a large quantity on offer by private, treaty of black and green; the trade, howeyer, both in town and . 'Country are' not inclined to take mere thah their present wants 'require—notwithstanding 'the • moderate rates that SPlCEs.—T.'4kafternoon Black Pepper was purchased with caution, and,soo Z,74,0 of Malabar at public sale were taken in at for 814 a fo'r heavy Sound, but the sea damaged sold at 2%i1 `to 3d. 30 sacks 85 bags Nutmegs in the shell went at Is 3d to is sd. 624 bags East India' Ginger were withdrawn, -but 30 casks of Jamaica•sold at 6/. 16s; for good ; 558 to 67s for middling to good middling, and 49s for low. RlCE.—There has been little desire evinced ti purchase Bengal 'privately : three' parcels amounting to 1,451 bags and 700`pockets"were Offered at public sale, and a part only sold at' a' decline ohfortner rates of 6d to leper cwt. Madras is little wanted and- prices are not so firm. •Of Java there is still little to be had. Cleaned Rice is held with firmness and is wantev; Patna at 23s to 275, and Carolina 36s to 40s per cwt. SPIRITS.—There 'has been a' brisk demand for Leeward Island Rum this week, and'an advandan the value of Id per gallon 'has taken place; indeed' nearly the whole on show has been cleared of the market. For Calcutta the demand has been active, and higher rates paid; Demerara has been in good demand, and - prices keep .in the 'advance. 'The' Govertunent 'Conti - la for 100,000 gitlloneof Rum, half Eft and half West India was taken this afternoon by, Messrs. Lemon, Hart; and Co., within a fraction' of 2s lid 'per gallon proof strength. Brandy : has bOn in good demand, prices have advanced - a 'little. Geneva has been in • good request. British. Corn Spirits are much ' in demand at , 10s 9d per' gallon nett cash. Malt Spirit- according to quality is selling at 12s 9d to 'l3s 6d. . For Gin the demand hrs been active, and mites are very firm. , _ , • ' 'Fratkr.-4n Currants, by private contracts,. tbe Importers having shown a disposition to Meet , theiheci of the buyerS, a large -business appears to' have been done. Of Turkey Pulled,Figs,, in the low and inferfarlillalities solne extensive sales have been made at reduced rates,. but fine rathersbarce, and obtain full prices ; of Muscatels, but Pia finer 'qualities sell freely at very full prices. ; " Sean.-LThre afternoon at' public' 'sale '391 bags tif,Sago "Floth were taken in at•2OS fild," but' sea-damaged sold at 13s 6d tO-;,1 4s 6d. , - • .PALTrE,T , RE.-7-Thjs afternoon, at public sale; 1,500. bags Calciitia went with spirit at a further advatwe,,of 64- per cwt. .''''6ll..s.This'affernoon if 'Public sale 'ilo l tint of Foreign ' sperm Oil were offered, and nearly all' boVglit fin. 10 tuns Newfoundlaed Cod Went at 271. 19 tins 20'c'eaks. Lard Oil were taken in at 41/,to 441. 55 casks Palm. Oil were sold at 317 to 311 Ips for fine, and, 271 to 30115 s for ;middling ,to good. "210 hhdi 115 pipes Ceylon Cocoa N7ut sold at 31110 s to 334.. ' public sale 489 casks of New WaleS Talrdw were offered arid 'all sold; fine,at 413 6d .to42g•3d,' middling: to goott.4os 3d td 41s 3d, low 38s 3d to ,39a 9d. tion of the dealings of Jarvis with other parties in the trade, I and it..svas now said for himiithat if the did truspJarvip, it 4 " was no more than other parti e s h a d do ne w h o were'inl the' same- line of- business. • • The names of •several - - firms. were'" mentioned, and the amounts named; but they were small sums compared to the credit allowed by the bankrupt. I Reay said that he had made investigation of the position of Jarvis at his tanker's, but no name. was given. If he did 1 inquire, he would have found that the person to whom he gave, so large a credit never dealt further' than to' the extent of 1001. or 150/. Reay trusted him' as , others did. That was the excuse; but he (the Commissioner) would beg to remind Mr. Reay, that if he turned to the first item of all in Jarvis's books, he would there find his own name entered for large credit, and especially during the first part of Jarvis's trade, was his name entered for a very con siderable amount. Was it, therefore, surprising that when the world saw (for, no doubt, Jarvis advised the other houses of the fact) that Reay was giving support to this new firth, that others followed the example to a limited extent? Cer tainly not; and if Reav chose to give false credit in this manner, and thereby induce others to do likewise, he must take the responsibility. It was through the credit given by Reay to Jarvis, that that person (who described himself as a porter, and Reay as a clerk) in the course of eleven months obtained 36,000/. worth of wines, all of which had gone to the winds. If the bankrupt's conduct was to be blamed in the case of Blumenthal, it deserved much greater censure in the case ofJarvis, for the last credits were all given in the year 1844, when, as a faithful steward of the property of his credi tors, he ought to have stayed his hand from further transac tions of the kind. It was, however, evident that, so long as he could obtain the discount of paper, so long was he, de termined to pursue this inconsiderate course of dealing. The allegation that the bankrupt had engaged in accommodation bills was most strenuously denied. Ile (the Commissioner) had closely investigated the case on that point, and was per fectly satisfied that a system of accommodation transactions had been Indulged in, between thP banktupt and several of, his insolvent customers. It was said, the course the parties had adopted in this respect was a custom of trade. If it were, it ought to be most strongly reprobated. There was no, doubt, from' the books, and the discovery made since the bankruptcy, that bill dealings had been engaged in by the bankrupt for the purpose of keeping these parties " going," and supporting a fictitious appearance of credit. If it were not so, how was it that several thousand pounds' worth of bills were found in the bankrupts' drawers after the bankruptcy ? They were there ready, of course, to be, pushed into the market to keep credit alive, 'and deltie 4 e* the public into the belief that they were dealing •vilth men of substance. It was only when the bankera and bill-brokers refused to discount further that the 'ruin to the parties engaged was made apparent by the fiat. Could any one say this was proper conduct ? No one, not . even the bankrupt himself, whom'he (the Commissioner) be lieved, if he calmly reflected for a moment, must admit the impropriety •of his career. It was necessary to state' so, that the creditors Might not be deceived, that the assets under the joint estate would not realise more thin 2s. 6d. in the pound, and this one-eighth of the gross amount of his debts and liabilities was all that this merchant, who once oc cupied a proud position in his trade, could offer to his ere, ditors in satisfaction of their claims. It now became his (the. Commissioner's) duty to say what 'amount of punishment was to be awarded fpr this want of proper conduct - on the part of the bankrupt. If the Court wholly refused the certiticate,, it would be inflicting on the bankrupt a punishment amount ing to a commercial outlawry. That he was not desirous of doing,. considein some of th featurei the case resented. He thought the r were were mitigating cireumstances to be taken into consideration ; one of which was the very good conduct 'of the bankrupt since his bankruptcy—an ingredient allowed by the terms of the .Act to have weight in the judgment of the Court. He hoped he did not permit the sympathy which . he felt for the bankrupt's position to interfere with the course of justice ;'biit he did consider that that circumstance ought to weigh in favour of the bankrupt. He could not but hope that inquiries like these wohld, be of essential service to trade ; because, by flats power the Court now Possessed in granting or reftising certificates,o persons must undergo the ordeal in public instead of private, as heretofore. Traders would now' find that the moment would conic when whatever might ha4e been done in the closet or the counting hOuie would be ex-, Pesed On 'the hoUse-top. The present case ought, therefore,to be 'an example to thein of truly and fairly looking their affairs in the face, and if on true balance of books they fonrid . f t u h l e l m a se nd.lyeecisulavi distribution. rontogiv Looking euptliepr at ope all thertythey possessed of 'this - for bankruptcy, his Honour said, in conclusion, that it appeared to him the justice of the case would be met by, the snspensien 'of the certificate. for two yeara.—Certificate suspended accord ingly. ' _ LLOYD'S - SHIPPING—(T,HIS DAY.) - Lo,;m 9 N,..Ncw. 28.—Wind at noon S. light breeze atidfine: . Nov. 2 7 .—Wind W.5.V.,,-Arrd. Bangalore,. China;, Arequipa,- Lima ; Adelph, Peterson, Bahia. Aiid. from the. River for, Governor llPLean ' •Mayo, River Gambia ; Beacon, Hill, St., Helena ; Acconie, Dahlbey, Rio Janeiro.. Put back, Ruby, Allen;for Jamaica. • LIVERPOOL, Nov. W.S,W.--And. from, Emilia,"Ratclift,Ambrez ; Reliance, Bedford, Para ; Epamo nidas, Cheek, New Orleans ;, Independence,: Allen. New : York, with part of,cargo thrown overboard ;, Swap, Quebec. .Off port, Snowdon,, supposed from Africa. The Atercedita Cortina, from London,•waa abandoned by the ere*, except, one man, on ,the North Bank, but came off on the flood, and was run on shore in Bootle Bay, and has since been towed into the pKince?s Dock, without much damage. • , RAaf,sos,Tp, Nov. - 27.—The, St. ,Lawrence,, Woitlkinkton, bound to Havre, put in here tp-day leaky, and:subSegnently got in contact with the Saiah,Alargaretha, from Skeleffea j ,t6 Honfleur, anctrpcei'ved damage. his boots. He had previously left me on the Tuesdz, and he came back on S a t ur d a y 'M orn i ng, a t. ` w hi c h find e left, and I have not seen hi m s i nce. When he went ' ay on Tuesday; he said he was going to Hampton afatibh"fe - tyy and get a job, and he should be back at night. He"left be hind him a Scotch cap, which he usually wore, and several other articles. . Mrs. Maria Raven, the wife of a farmer in the parish, de posed that on the 17th instant, in the afternoon of the day, she saw two men in the lane. One, who was dressed in a light-coloured jacket and waistcoat, was standing at the top of the lane; the other, dressed in a velveteen jacket, appeared to be coming in the direction from Tranter's house.- lam sure that the man Read was not one of those: Thomas Trippas, the parish;!constable; said that in con sequence of information he received oh Wednesdry last, he went to Tranter's house, and found the doors fastened and the Window-shutters closed. He obtained an entrance to the house through one of the upper windows: There was a box and two drawers open in the room. A,great number of papers had been strewn about the floor, and the drawers and box had been ransacked. ' On proceeding to another room I ,folind the articles in it in a similar state of. disorder; •but there. was no appearance of anything having been disturbed iii the attics. The witness here detailed the circumstances attending the finding of the body of the murdered man. In the course of the inquiry, the bill-hook and the axe which were found near the body, and with which in all pro bability the murderers executed their bloody deed, and a straw lint were produced, which, some of the witnesses alleged they lrid seen the old man wear. It was much stained with blood, and there was a:deep indentation in the crown,of it which corresponded exactly with the end of a hedge-stake . cut in a peculiar manner. Two or three other witnesses were examined, whose evi dence was chiefly in .corroboration of the foregoing, and at six o'clock the inquisition was adjourned. • • , The jury again assemOled at ten o'clock this morning; a number of witnesses were e.Aarained, amongst others. George Hopkins, a labOurer, who. said that on the Wednes day after Voe .committal of the murder he met the man Read about fives, miles from Birmingham. Witness conversed with him as t_c• where he had been, when he said that he had been in Birr:fingham in search of employment from the previous Monday; but that he had not succeeded, and was returning horre., Read has not been seen thrice.: , Joseph Buick, a shoemaker, residing at Balsall-cominon, said that he. examined a number of footmarks near Tranter's house, and the impression on his mind was, that they were produced from a hoOt which he made for Read in May last. The inquiry had not terminated when our report was 'dispatched ; but the 'general opinion is that Read is the mur dere: ; and a reward of 1001. will be offered for his apprehen sion. The old man who'has been murdered was exceedingly penurious ; he is supposed to have had a considerable sum of money in' the liouse, i 'but 'Sixpence only was found in his pockets. One circumstance tends materially to confirm the sapicioni entertained against Read. It appears' that a short time since he was found concealed in the old man's houie; he was giVeti in charge to the police ? • but Tranter afterwards declined to prosecute.' YeSterday's Government' Gazette contains the fol lowing additional information respecting the man named William Read, 'alias James' reed, who 'standa charged with the wilful murder; on the' Pith' instant, the parish of Berkswell, in - the , eountY of Warwick, eif Thomas Tranter:— " The suspected murderer, who hits absconded, and is sup posed,to be, working on one of the railways, is described as about nineteen or twenty years of age, five, feet four inches high, stout inade, and when 'talking has a smiling counte nance ; had on a Pair of narrow' cord trousers, which had a hole in the left thigh, and Is' supposed to have with him an old pair :of plaid trousers and an old' dark jacket, which he ' may' be wearing. He is - believed to be. in the neighbourhood of Biriningham." LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE CORN-LAWS. • • - --(From the-Timm). — It is ascribing not so much to Lord John Russell's character, and position as ,to Ministerial blindness and difficulties, to pronounce the letter " to the electors of the city of London" the final 'deathblow of•the corn-laws: Opportunity, which Makes a child'a match for a giant, has conferred on Lord John Russell a principal share in a noble achievement. It has been left to hini to dictate the terms of a great,capitula tion. A few weeks, nay, a few days ago, Sir Robert Peel might have done this with comparative freedom and com parative honour. Though not, the highest act of initiative wisdom, it might still have been the generous humility of a great statesman, ready to sacrifice his own, consistency for his country's advantage: Lotd John Russel' has made the. measure his own, and it cannot now betaken away. What ever place in the arena of public controversy the proposition of a perfectly free trade in corn has lately or long ago held, Lord J. Russell is the foremost in the great political group to link-with it his name and his fortunes. The Premier cannot. now adopt it without adding to all his • other difficulties and disagreeables the ignomony of being taught and, led by a rival. The public sense ,of justice will not quarrel at such a result. It is fit that Sir Robert Peel should have no portion in that which is not really in any sense his own ; and the whole world might have repelled the illusion *hien should make him appear to lie the author. The. Premier only fulfils his own instinct and 'follows his, destiny ; and we should be puzzled, if not disaPpeanted, were he to act otherwise: Mistaking his own vocation, he . thinks to dictate principles rather than to adopt them from the people. Thus he holds on to systems till they are virtually abrogated by the decisions of the national mind. lie waits till that abrogatio&only requires to be recorded,—till it is reckoned, realised, and all but historical, till, in the city phrase, it is actually " discounted" by the political world, and-then at' the last moment he comes in and consents to be vanquished with as good a grace as be can ; making up for the ignominy of a real defeat by gaining. a victory over his friends. When concession is inevitable, it is wise to concede before necessity destroys both' freedom of thought and dignity of.movement. It is wiser, also, to read and learn a political lesson before it has to be enforced by the , rough-discipline of, events. , Lord John Russell does not boast himself greater than nature,. kinder than Providence, or wiser than the people. He cons his task with all docility, and confesses that 'heis the wiser for it. Hence he becomes the fit historian of the Premier's wilfulness " But .1 confess : that on- the general subject my views have in the course.of 20 years. undergone a great alteration.,. I used.to-be of opinion that corn was an exception to the ge neral rules of political economy, but observation and experi ence have convinced Me that.we, ought to abstain : ' from 'all interference with the supply °flood. Neither &Government nor a Legislature can ever regulate the corn market with the beneficial effects which the. entirefreedom of -sale and pur chase are sure of themselves to produce„ I have for several . . years endeiToured to obtain a compromise on this snbject. In Mg I, voted for a Committee of the whole House; with. the view of supporting the ; substitution of a moderate fixed chity for , the sliding-scale.. In 1841 , I .announced the intention of the then Government of, ! proposing a fixed duty of ss. a quarter. In the sat session I proposed the imposition of some lower duty, These 'prepo sitions were successively rejected. The pres t' FirSt Lord of the Treasury met them in 1839, 1840, and 1841, by elo- quent panegyncs of the existing system--the plenty it had caused, the rural happiness it had diffused. He met the pro . . . positions for diminWied protection in the same nay iri which he had met the offer of securities- for Protestant interests in 1817 and 1825—in the same wav in which he met the prd posal to allow Manchester, Leeils, and Birmingham to send Members to Parliament in 1830. The result of resistance to qualified concessions must be the same in the present instance as in those I have' mentioned. It is no longer worth While to contend for a fixed duty. In 1841 the free-trada party' would have agreed to a duty of Bs. a quarter on wheat, arid after a lapse of years this duty might have been further re duced, and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of anr duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would' but prolong a contest already suffi= ciently fruitful of animosity, and discontent." Everybody has experienced the sensation of having been at .some time or other before exactly in one's present position'and cireV.m.; stances—of having before seen, or 'heard, or said the very 'same things as at this present moment. One asks, "'Have'l dreamt this ?" "Is this the recollection of a former 'state'? Or is it' all A reverie- ?" Sir Robert Peel sets one rubbing one's -eyes' under this' visionary' 'im pression: Surely- all, this show' of desperate clinging to the corn-laws, protracted till the patience and the' mb deration of the people are 'utterly worn out,—surely, this intense determination of the applicants, and rapid aggrava tion of their claims, has , all passed before.. ,By what a6ci-' dent does it revisit our senses? It has ,all passed before. With a trifling 'change of circumstance it is the perpetually recurrent action of the Conservative leader. It is the old plot, the old charactees, the old dresses, the old scenery done up with just the alteration of an incident, a name, or a . patch. A few dabs of paint have changed the ruined C&Stig intii a barn,• and. the church into a hay-stack. Instead of spears there are.. pitchforks, the carbonari for this ei-enitig ere poachers, and the • ,Venetiao, senators are tricked'out for a .rural precession ; . Theosuak,company 9f the boxes may be flolighte4 with that poyelly, of the entertairmient ;• but the More knowing i'reqnentel' - or the pit is, disgusted at the im pudence of the fraud. , The peculiar line whichi the'Premier' has worked into systein, - and which' is the historical reality represented by - the nameof Coneervatiant; has been illustrated -by variousamages more orleis'fitting and dignified. "It has, been 'likened to ballast, to the dragchain, and the safety valve. .We am inclined, to think people have missed the most,! appropriate; .The -Right Hop. Baronet and his party are the stopcock of the nation. It is the • ,spirit of this i age, at ..leaat,„ , move by Steam ;--s-that is; by a series of explosiens. Irpitblfc opinion had continual • legislative vent, it would waste itself in idle noise, and never accuinnlate the'poWer for effective Measures. Conservatism offers itself to obstruct the passage. Sir Rtobert Peel chokes 'it with himself. • 'After a brief interval, fresh steam has been generated,-and the social piston has ascended to its former ,place. ; With•the most mechanical precision Sir Robert with draws, and the,. steam , does its brief and powerful work. Without so useful an appendage we should have continual waste,—without its ,periodical retirement we should have a destructive catastrophe. The nation is a very hard creditor. bis Charge its lawful demands as they become due, and the :cost is tolerable. Let the account run, or pay your 'debt ,with a mere note of hand, and yen Soon filiffyourself ever 'verwhelmed with arrears,' and c'eaqiotind interest hunting you' down. No usurer could te - tfore extortionate. After a 'long period of perhaps imaginary insult and vexatiouslthilay, the people demands its pound of flesh with an almost insanity of purpose. Has Sir Robert forgotten how quickly the hum ble ; netlti9a !or two Members. for :Birmingham being once superciliouely,denied, grew up to the awful dimensions of " the Bill, the Wlple Bill?" Has, be forgotten that and twenty other cries of furious onslaught, and, final victory? Refuse' i 'fixed duty, - and you have no other choice given you but a "total repeal; 'You cannot now offer the alternative which you have yourself taught the reople to despise. -The only question is; ivhat further de mands will now be added? Had you capitulated, it would have been on. terms. , , You -choose to be gtornied, and must now submit to the conditions of ,an enemy flushed with triumph and ,angered, with delays. But, how can '6, 'man' make terms who is himself hampered by conditions? There is the nib. ,It is perhaps the fundamental tlefeet of Sir R. Peel's position that he never was a through master of it. linfeels r the hardihip of his - Case, atid the sense of injustice mikes him the more unscrupulous. Wflatservant ever was faithful to's, hard master?' The landowner, represented by his House, constitutes Sir Robert his attorney in the national -suit. The Baronet is•nothing loth, and offers to procure good terms. " Stand by me, and rwill stand by you." , Mean while .he knows , they, are in heart only standing by them-, .selves,..and.he accordingly only, stands by. himself. ,It is:in-, credible that lie should, reallynnegine, with his experience, that he can effectuate their conditions, and maintain th e as cendancy a cla'ss: Yet he flatters and eludes their, imbecile : expectations by still negotiating 'on that holtow basis. Go on, Sir Robert,' Master of a"Policy your . Own. Lead your. friends 'into the treatherofts'defile of a proud' and intractable obstinacy; and then, whatever be the glory orthataahieve-, -ment, deliver , them unto- the foe. - - You need not fear. You have the gift of infinite plausibility, and;your friends, often as you have deluded them, will neverthelesstrust you again. „- ~.„ (From,the Chronicle.) The comments, if such they may be called, pf the Govern ment and monopoly journals,npon Lord John Russell's letter are the best, proof that it adeCliVe b10w... The whple, au perstruetare of profection;patehed and' Propped up „a t it is by a hundred'inake'-'shift expedients, totters from the glee's, and will, before'very long, tome to - the ground. The dismay, the annoyance; -the exasperation 'of Ministerialists and Protec-, Aienists exceed , al+ bounds, and , we , may say all utterance. They foath at. the mouth, and cannot for very rage make known articulately the grounds, of their discontent. Their, :overcharged ,soulsseem toffindsno relief but in a free.use of the most abusive epithets.. As specimens of their flowers of speech, take, the ; following from,, the Morning H era ld : "Matchless presumption,", "unexampled indifference to shame," " stale ,and vapid sniera," - "low and spiteful spirit," and divers Passagea "as Wise and well-toned as the following: Lord' John's changes have' 'always Veen made at the tail of the worst and wickedest rabble, 'because decent persons renounced him ; and , always• made with some aspect to &violent convulsion. Such is mean and bad spirit of the man, and suelasis- the spirit of his lettere' TIO Post, in like manner, is so ,vehemently angry that it quite ftirgets the Proprieties: . " Great ignorance,"." great spiteful 'fleas," "impudent assertions," " unmitigated nonsense," " cool effrontery;' " a man so utterly shameless as Lard John Rassell," are some of the phrases which Our; polite Contem porary thinks 'applicable and becoming in discussing the Noble Lord's letter.. To reason wait people in such a state of frenzy would be waste of time. Let theM by all means go op and 4f unpack their hearts with words," if they find it a relief. The public will 100k,.0n quietly :and •forin its own conclusion, remembering the old Aware to be draWn whOft d,iaputantsare&een to lose their temper. The really provok-: ing festive of ,Lord John Rusaejl's address' is, that it eJiii bineS weight, of argumentwith weight, of entho'rity: It exhibits, With extraordinary , brevity, clearness, and force, the • main considerations by which the policy of England should at the ' present moment be governed. Almost any one 'of its pregnant sen tences contains matter enough for an essay. How fruitful topic, for instance, is the contrast, brought home to us by few striking words, between the.present state of prices and that Which would arise under a healthy system ? Variations in prices, when not artificially produced, are the result of' 'a highly beneficiallaw in social economy. The, price of food ? When settled by natural Causes, is the best regulator of con sumption. Cheapness in such a case indicates plenty, and favours a free use of the bounties 'of' ProVidence, without leading to , any evil results. Dearness proves scarcity, and , obliges us to he sparing in the consumption of a supply WhiCh is insufficient for our ordinary , wants. Whenever Govern ments have attempted to alleviate the .evils Of scarcity by 'forcibly preventing prices from ascending beyond a certain point, all men are now aware that instead of diminishing they have aggravated the mischief. But if any other causes pre 'vent prices from accurately indicating the extent of the sup 7 ply on which we may count; evils of the same kind must inevitably Mb:Av. 'At the present moment, partly from natural and partly from artificial causes, the prices of food do not truly lnfbrm us of the state of our supplies. In the first folitbe, tlie'priee of potatoes, though much higher than usual, is kept down by the fact that they are known to be perish, 'able.' 'Who will fill his attires with stock of this kind, when he has no Me:Sociable assurance that two or three months may not convert It into a heap of rottenness ? :The consumption Of potatoes, therefore, beyond a doubt, is not checked, as it would be if the 'preservation for ni n e mon th s even of the deficient supply slaw available could be relied on. The price acorn is deranged by .other causes, and is a source of Much and very pernicious error. Averages,always to a cer tain extent deceptiire, are tam more so than they have probably ever been, from the large proportion of this ye. 4 1 40 iheit crop which is of an inferior. quality:, There is scarcely any newspaper reader whose eye has net As. qaently rested, within the last few weelok an pare graphs like the following,' which *Awn Newcastle-upon- Tyne :—"'The bulk of straw , 4Oa largest ever known, ' On, all our best . sp,Ws the oropa were much lodged and beaten driwn; this caused the ear to fill badly, and the grain to be thin and shrivelled. The anxiety of our, ,farmers to secure their crops led thereto hurry much into their stack-yards In the worst condition. The greater portion, canaespently,, conies to hand unsopnd, and so soft as to be quite unfit to .grind without the use pf the,from our poor lands,,; yOniT ttAg Aleut was thin and not laid, the' sample is soine what better. On thrashing, the yield of the whole proves LA* , INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY COURT,- Ndvi 27. ' ' - - " ' (Beroie')iff:COniini4sioner Gouutuni.) ' • EEAY ASD REAR'S BAIIKEUPVY.-IESYME TRADE. His Iloir?Eut gave judgment in this case this morning, and 'the CsittA was gr i owded with creditors and nutnbers of the Wind trade on the occasion. Ife saidhe hid looked into the whole of the procee4ogs, anti the hankrnpt .natlst be satis lied:that in he k osee ntion .of this inquiry eviery possibl e `advantage had been afforded J il in.' 'lie ha d stated his own case . as, he thought, and he had given his statements tin* the "sanction of an oath, ,and had been assisted by his, counsel with zeal and ability. „The charges preferred againse the bankrupt by the assignee'!i. were, the; absence of the proper balances of the beoks, the parc h of geode. and pledging them, the " overdrawing" on ci.itomers, and generally ieckless,'cOnduct in trade. His Honour 'thee, at some length, referred to the condition of the bankrupt's , estate, tracing it, through its various stages, from the petlod of .hif solvency ,down to, the date of the, fiat. In the course of - the "narrative, he recapitulated the leading factS which were brought out in discussion yesterday, and which have already been reported. His, Honour, was understood dis tinctly to say that the bankrupt app eared td have been solvent in 1841. It was a distressing, thing tp;see the bank .rupt, a man who lied occupied so high a position in the mercantile World, before the Court under the ,present' ecindi tipp o f cjiygthstapces. , After haying for &series Of yeanscon 'ancted his biiSiness with, .credit, to himself,,, it seemed that all of a sudden lie had attet:ed.his,Course, and, Ipy the reek ess line 'he had pursued, invo lved his crditors. It was said on his behalf, that the punishment of this positi+n was very 'fr.reat, and his (the Commissioner) could well, helievethat it Was a bitter and deeply humiliating position fort e bankrupt i t to be in ; and as'he (the Commissioner) thong t the bank rupt felt it deeply, he should, take that punishnie t into con sideration in the judgment he'was about to give.; Generally, it was - Said, there were mitigating circumstances in this case. To see how this stood - it -- was necessary to folio the bank rupt into the details of some.of his transactio4. With re gard to Wright, his conduct ought not properly to be made a matter of censure. The transaction with that person ap peared to be the result of many years' dealings, and Wright having got into his confidence, left, him largely in debt. Be sides, the affair was wound up, and what loss was made was made when he was solvent, so that, the ,creditors could not interfere with that—for bad as the bargain was, if he had then been called to account he could have paid every . farthing 'he owed.. .He (the , gomniissioner) wished lie could . say the same of the' debts of Blumenthal . and Jarvis. He must say . that .he thought the conduct of the bankrnpt with respect to Blu menthal amounted almost tc insanity. Blumenthal had been a bankrupt, and so he told Iteay. Ileay admitted that in his examination before the Court. It was much to the bank rupt's credit to say, that since his ,bankruptcy le 'had be haved in the most candid manner, and had afforded every assistance for the realisation of the assets of his estate. It ,was extraordinary how the bankrupt, without reason, could allow Blumenthal so ntuch confidence as to trust him nearly to the extent of 50,000/. It was scarcely to be credited, and yet, there was no excuse offered. If the bankrupt were ab solved from the penalty of such conduct in the.case of Wright, because he was then above the, complaints of creditors, ,it was different .with respect. to Blumenthal. At the date he trusted that man his affairs *it& in . ! a the very, different pesition, and h proper balance of his books in 1843 could not have deceived him. In 1842 -it might be a question whether he was entitled so to deal with : Blumenthal ; but, in 1843 ,no person cyould have been .ignOrant of the condition of his "tiPirs, such as the bank rupt's were, without wilfully closing his eyes. The bank rupt, as he himself ought to have known, was then in a hopeleis ConditiOn, or, at least, fast going down the road to insolvency. He (the Commissioner), therefore, did consider that the charge of reckless trading was made out against the bankrupt, with little or no excuse far his conduct. The case of the credit to Jarvis was more extraordinary. Jarvis, - according to Ileay's own account; was known to him-as being a clerk in a respectable house. With respect to this point of the case a curious argument had been used for the bankrupt. Reay, since his bankruptcy; being alarge"Creditor against Jarvis, had been afforded an opportunity, under the process of bankruptcy, of inspecting Jarvis's books. What was the result? Why, that he had supplied himself with inforrua- DELIBERATE MURDER. On Thursday evening, at about a quarter past five - o'clock, one of the most cool and deliberate acts of. murder that has been 'committed in the metropolis far many years, was ver petrated in Peacock-street, Newington. At that time a Daniel Fitzgerald, a labourer in the employ ment of Mr. Quennell, a respectable builder in Kennington lane, and a countryman of his, named Owen M'Carthy, were proceeding home after the labours of the day, and they turned into Peacock-street they were met, at rather a dark Spot, by a person who came in front of them, 'and who, With out the slightest parly or uttering a sentence, deliberately presented a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald and dis charged its contents into his body. M'Carthy was so affected with the suddenness of the act and the flash of powder in his face, that he became powerless for the moment', and the as- . sassin woald have. escaped but for the promptithde of two' gentlemen named Cotton and Allem, who, witnessing the murder, immediately pursued the murderer,who, on committing the act, instantly took to his heels. His pursuers, however, gained ground so fast upon him that they succeeded iii eltp-t -turing him before he had got far down Renningtorillene, after running about 500 yards or little better. On securing him those gentlemen took'him on to the police station-house in Kennington-lane„ and gave him over to 'Cockier, the gaoler, saying that he had been Shooting somebody, but they did not know whether the man, he shot at was dead of not. The prisoner all this time never . uttered a syllable, end' was taken into the reserve room at the station by LoCkier, where he sat down apparently quite composed. In a few Minutes intelligence had reached the station that the unfor tunate man Fitzgerald was no more, and that I so deliberate was the act of assassination that the poor man ikeiti . (rig? .uttered a groan. The body having fallen , close to the Pea cock public-house, at the corner of Peacock-street and Ken nington-road, Was carried into that house, and Mr. Smith, a sergeon' in the neighbourhood, was in immediate attendance, but the instant lie,saw the deceased he .pronottuced Thin dead. On examining the- hody he found that thehall had entered the left breast, passed through (he . had not the slightest 'doubt) the heart, and come out at the left side of the 'back, Se that his death must have been instantaneous; and one of the policemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal, wound at the bOttom of the staircase of the Peacock, it hay s big fallen from the body while the deceased was being moved; . The murderer, upon the charge, being about to be.entered against him, gave the name of Samuel' Quennell, and it was then ascertained that he was brother to Mr. Quennell, the builder, and, as well as the deceased, had been employed by him. While _the, charge was being taken .Mr. Inspector. Carter asked the , prisoner if he had the pistol about him, and his rpenPisYen was, er that he had n ot. I mme di ate l y a f ter , h owever , the was in the act of takinglidmethiug out of his pocket, When Lockier seized •his arm, arid found that he had got a pistol in his hand, which was' immediately secured. .' it vp, a good sized- pocket-pistol, single barrel, percussion lock, an! it was evident that it had b een b u t lust discharged ag wa Upone thse pfigrier being further searched, somestrong cord found in his pocket, with twopence in copper, and some trifling articles. Before the charge was fully taken, Mr. Rutt, the inspector-of the L division, arrived .at the station -house, and - having been made acquainted with its., serious natu're ? and perceiving also that' the prisoner, had, himself, he gave' 'orders that two men quantity ,of cordage about him, as if he intended:to got a cp. peremptory destroy with a light ,shouhl remain in the cell with him all night, some Cause in o g r which order was complied with. On making, inquiries as to tl an act of murder, it ap Par - - other the prisoner had been discharge d fiOm his, employment by his brothel: ' on Saturday last, and conceiving that , Fitz• gerald had been the cause of his had the causes which iliorl'ect to been heard during, the week ,to make use of . violent threats towards Fitzgerald, and Some "go so far'as to saythat he had declared he should shoot him and that witnesses can, be produced to prove the' fact ;, a t all events nothing could be more determined thiin the manner in which he has-dispatched his unfortunate victim. Poor Fitzgerald resided at No.:11, -1 Peacock-street, and' his assassin resided close by, co That the unfortunate man met his death within a few yards of his home; indeed, sufficiently near for his wife and five children to hear the report . of the shot which deprived them of * bus-. band and ;a father, and in an instant hurried him into the pre sence of his Maker. The prisoner, who is an unmarried man; and 22 yew 8, of eget maint a ined a perfect silence, and remained c l until called on by Mr. Games, perfectly calm, sad unmove b retained y fiends to defend the solicitor, who 112 a been following (this) day. He then, him at his examination 0: 11 -ta 6 . for the first time, appeared id re flect upon the,dreadful deed b d tl y. He soon, he had committed, and shed tearsaun an at half howevei, recovered kis self-possession, an h d . h -past erg d and WWl', w lc had been sent took some coffee and, bread to him from his brother's house. At a later hour Mr. Carter had ascertained from the,pri soner's landlord that the murderer, during the day, had been to see the deceased at work, and having returned home. re mained there until about five minutes before the murder _was ,committed.. He also. says ( that the prisoner was perfectly sober akthe time. THE • LATE MURDER NEAR COVENTRY , .; COVENTRY, THURSDAY , NlGlq.—The inquiry,. : into, . , the circumstances attending the, death of the unfortunate.man Tranter, who was murdered in his own house, on the 17th inst., took place on 'Wednesday, and . was adjourned until to-day, when, amongst others, the following iniportant fatts, were elicited : • The boy Satchellf who, it will be remembered , had accom panied the old man over some land on the morning of th e murder, said—When I was in my master's house, on th e. morning previous to my going out to work, a man. named Roberts, a shoemaker, came in and held a short , cunversa-,. thin with him. • He did not remain long, and we went out into the. field... About a quarter of an hour altar my master had returned to the house, I observed that the shatters were closed. • Half an hour after that saw a young man come out of the front door. He locked it after him,.and put. the key in his pocket. At twelve I endeavoured to get into. the house, but could not. I tried again in the evening, and on the following morning, but the house was stilLahut up. On Wednesday I gave information to. some persons in, the village. . Mr. William Iliffe, a farmer residing at Berkswell, said that on Monday, the 17th, about midday , he saw' a Alan. named Read in the road, near to•Tranter's house. ..:He was. talking to a man 'in my employ, named Wright, and wore corduroy trousers. He had resided in the naigbboulbood. •three years, working as a day labourer. He usually wore 4.„ cap. , the next witness was Mrs. Ann Hyatt, who said—l reside a little way from the place where the murder was committed. The man (Read) has lodged at my house ever since the ant Monday in July. He left last Saturday week, the 15th instant, and did not say where he was going, ifs ba4 pp a,. 'dark green waistcoat, uncle-jack boots, striped , corduroy trousers of a drab colour. There were tips on the. beets of DEPLORABLE''CALAIVIITY-SIX- TEEN LIVES LOST. At a late hour. last night. accounts reached town of the occurrence of a calamity of the most deplorable nature, of which, in the course. of the evening, the Royal Canal was the theatre, .and by which the lives of:very many otour fel low-creatures were, sacrificed.. It is certain that sixteen are already dead. Qf emme the full particulars of this 'shocking .affair are not yet fully known,"but the following facts may be relied upon, having been communicated to us by an indi yidual who ar4Yed in town In the course of the night from the scene, of the tragedy. •:' The night boat fe Longford started yesterday at .the usual , hour; ,two o'clock in the afternoons , There were eight Passengers in the fore or 'principal cabin, and ;considerably. upwards .of, , twenty in the after-cabin.. Upon reaching the neighbourhood .of Clonsilla, the steersman went beloW to dine,: and unhappily committed the rudder, as we have been informed, to a _boy employed on board the boat. Thig boy,, either . , knowing nothing of the proper mode 'steering, iior not attending to the serious duty, unfortunately and rashly committed to him, perrnitted the boat to run upon the bank of the canal, wiligh cau.sed her immediately to cap srge, and speedily • to. fill, with water. - The fore-cabin passen gera were sawed, as tbat portion 'of the boat lay almost out of.. the water, which isof course, shallow at the bank; the ,w 1 happy after-passengers, plunged into the deepest portion of the canal, could not extricate themselves, and as no imine diate, assistance was at hand;many of them have perished in the waters. At ,the time our -correspondent left eloWsilYS' sixteen, of the drowned already crowded the banks„ and the drags were plying , busily . in seaich . of more: , '• This is a horrible calamity.. It must be rigorously inquired • into, and this frightful sacrifice of human life be excused by evidence, or puqished by law.--Freeman's • Journal of Wed *ll.lY- M.oNEY' MARKET and CITY gtVrg CITY, THURSDAY EVENING., POST..-L.The public Securities rallied to-day to the extent ' of nearly lh per cent. on yesterday's • closing ,quetatiens. This was owing ;principally perhaps exclusively—tn'the breaking up of, the,l3enk Directors (it being the weekly hoa,rd-day) without issuing,any fresh order resPeeting the rate of discount. The minimum remains the same a's flir the last three weeks, namely, 3i i i per cent. In refraining 'tam any, further, ,ac,tion • upon the currency the Bank have, we think, acted for the best in. every respect—best for the cor poration and best for the public, Apart from political em barrassments, there is nothing whatever to create uneasiness. The Bank have a superabundance of treasure, aod ,Ave ; ,no longer hear of any pressure for money abroad, nor, with the exchanges so high as they are, is it ;possible to believe that . a scarcity exists. Already we find the value of merchandise has been forced down in a serious degree by the operations of the. Bank. parlour. ThiS' ih an evil that requires goirection, .and, ,in the application of the remedy—the relief of the money market-,the cases of Tani oos other important interests will be benefited. The fund holders and the holders, of all descriptions of joint-stock •pro perty cannot but partieipate in the cousequences of the.in delgence shown by the Bank, to , the trading classes in the greater liberation of their aecemmodation, and the modera tion of the charge they make for it. Under thesecircum stances, dull es many things have been again to-day, an ini-, orevement is thoeglit to he close, at hand. Ministers have - , we,hear, reSolyed to. adopt , measares of some sort to prevent the payment of deposits on railway shares from disturbing the circulation of the kingdom. Should this prove to be the ; feet, it will. have an. ameliorating influence such as is so ge nerally needed.. ,- , TIMES.FrPnI ,various letters, : received on the subject there would appear to be a pretty general disposition among those who , hey& received ,letters of allotment for shares in railways, but who have sold those letters, to resist any, claim now,anadeimenthein for.the,payment of the depoSit. Their liability t 9 sucks veyment is niAilenieci, but as they conceive that it can only, be enforced by a suit at equity, which most of the promoters of bubbles would have, peculiar reasons for not resorting to, they are : inclined to await the result without -much apprehension. In' the event of such suits being insti tuted; it is not difficult to imagine' the perPlexity in which some parties 'would he placed ; when necessarily called upon, as the-basis 'of their clairn upon others, to make affidavit that they had themselves paid the deposit on their owe shares ; Such,parties, it is' obvious, could never maintain a suit in equity, and their victims- would be in no sort Of jeopardy from . their resistance to such a call. But in the compa nies of a sound and legitimate character it is equally clear that the case weeild be materially altered, and if the concern is proceeding with a fair prospect of ultimate success, it is the duty, and perhaps the policy too, for every man to keep to:. his engagements, .as he 'will frequently thus assist in creating a value for the shares which they would not other wise possess, end legal proceedings would, in the end. ulti mately compel him to do so. The great objectionable feat] re of the matter, as.regards the -promoters of railway projects, ' it the' lateness of: the application, ' and `the consequent short. nets of time 'Which mppeari in many instances tq be allowed for makingthe.payment." Had - all been fait With ' l the directing board or committee, they would at' the &'itset ' have adopted; as a stringent rule, the' payment of the deposit -within a , given time, and-- made it a part of-the - original -letter "of Allotment, - which' would have made the applicant, • fully . aware , of Ahe liability in which he was placed; but, during the prosperous run of ' railway ' affairs, nothing of , the sort was even .hinted at. • They evidently held it 'to be'their policy:to say, As little at possible that Could alarm their dupes; and the energy 'they are now• tieing to compel payment ',of the deposits by the parties who. originally applied-for the'shares only brute the difficulty- into which they- themselves have now in turn justly been.* brought'''. In almost 'every' instance, therefore, their easewould be far from' a 'strong one, and in a great majority-. of them' quite untenable. Much credit is-due to the Directors of the Bank for the arrangements made to shorten theperiod' during which 'the books aie to be closed against the transfers 'of' stock. 'Last year the shutting day was the 3d' of `December, but the approaching shutting is" lint' 1111 the 10th of December. This ' arises ..chiefly from 7 tile . 'reduction of the 'labour required. , in making out the dividend warrants, in which, by order of the Directors, the names of the holders of the stock are not in future to appeal. ;' and . this is 'adbpted to answer' the &utile purpose of lessening the period of s'hutting, and of withholding that information of the accounts, as ' to names and amounts of stock, which: is, capable of being turned to fraudulent uses. At all times an additional week for public transfers is valuable, but it is most. particularly go at present. There has not occurred fur many 'Years a period for closing the Bank books against transfers which has been regarded with so much anxiety. - The Directors Of the Auction Mart 'have passed a resolu tion that their roonis shall not be used for the sale of scrioitr projected. undertakings not authorised by Act of Parliament.:. HERALD.,-Another weekly , meeting of the Bank Direc tors. has passed off to-day without prliducing any : further ' change in the minimum rate of interest by that establishment. This fact will be, anything but gratifying to the alarmist's, some of whom predicted that, ere this, the minimum rate of interest would be not less than fiveper cent. The foundatiop bed is, however, even more fragile than that of some - of the bases upon which they have,relied for support, , The fall - in the pricesof railway shares has not made , money fess fibun 7 1. dent, but, on the contrary,, 14 restricting the field Melts etn -1 ployment, it is iapidly f accemillating in the ' hands'. of the London bankers, and by necessary sequence tending to reduce its Value, ! The distrust which has been created continues to . impede discount tranaactions, and to some extent has enhanced . the terms ;-but, as we have often had weasion to remark, there was:no speculation in commercial commoilities,and the busi • 'less-of the countxy, being amid at the core, the effect of the 'reaction in ; railways will be but partial in extent, and comparatively temporary in : duration. , Already . the, bankers and other capitalists are getting tired of keeping large sums of money unemployed in their tills, They have not, however, got entirely rid of the apprehension created that money will be more in request towards the end of the - year, and shortdated paper is, therefere, discouoted at rates considerably lower than the difference of time compared with long dated bills. A. preference is given to lending money re , turnable on call, from. tke same apprehension, and it can be ;obtained in abueden9o bY the discount houses on these termi .at the rate of three per cent. per annum. Whilst this , gtate of things lasts, it is not to be presumed that the Bank of. England will increase their present sate as the inevitable re = sult would be the loss of, much of' their discount And loan business. As no valid reason can be given for the expeeta- . . tion that money will be scarcer and dearer at the end 9f December than it is now, within the hist two or three AP ' sew of the, shrewder bankers have become less Aernptilon# with thefedliCotints , - Fiddle sect rities have been relief ;.firmer to-day, and the speculaters for the decline have lost confidence to carry their, operations further. One of the re-' sults,,indeed, of, injuring commercial credit, is to send mere money to the public securities . for investment, and of this the eTperiefteefl speculators are so viell aware th a t they hesi- tide about tinting their ftef,01444 and proceeding for the , nti /MUM - • . : . ' ?r extremely defective.' Other accounts tell 1. 1 . 1 ...40 proportion of this year's crop will not grind we t il h e r u with old wheat, and that for that purpose , if goes tit, other, foreign corn will be needed. But the 1 :1_, feriOr wheat now in our' market, and the operates upon the averages, was most clearly: Pl' f i e Baines, in ,his speech at the great Leeds settpgt " Let them o b s erve that the price of . t m liP year was 545. per 'quarter, whereas the prtrus No quality this year was 74 5. per' cluaf tei '' t o rigid! difference of 20s. per quarter between the tw to. l —(Hear, hear.) Now the range of alTrag,e,,y.,o year was 40s. per quarter for the lowest q uality . o i] b o 545. for the highest; but this year the range I ,e_ 3 : st. ,{ for 'the 'lowest quality, arid 745. for the lugu!soo. 'hear.) Last year the difference in the rango_:ct'qusli uarter between the highest and the to Wes t wheathear.) That butTh atthiashyoewaredthee'odniffaeurseinvcelyamtohtmattelien,t_do Fb e moment a great quantity.of bad and low-pricch coutitry-(ilear , hear)--=the effect' Ot to iF A P ' down the averages, and, bbykeeping th e "' fore the duty, which prevented the Impol just at the time when it was most vr price of corn, as well as a price of ' lated to give ns false itnprQssions of regotrces, and to bide from us in'sol which we are threatened.• This der by which our usual calculations are re , more necessary to take every precaut We see the course pursued by neigh situated, and the effects it is prods stance, finding her supply of food may prove so, opens her ports to all quarters she' receives what she req.' from the Baltic and the Black Soli France—nay, from England and S.e o ' away. beyond a doubt, by the drier(' That it 'should be as easy, or even gium, to get supplies in this way, only, neglect .them,, but keep UC I 3 excluded, is not very creditable to Englishmen are supposed to show in but we may fairly' hope that the our reptitation, so far as this ma , fully vindicated. Iltrty4e4tihn.,°,vserreAdeebtt:rebje, .te I feanS of 40ek of lion den Professor ti -I " t s , rs ekt,,,,, one c 'lr . I) ''' SP BERI "'ne th Pia n ' ecr * Ns ofort e, will 1 4 31, t„ f ,, v °tlrite y 15rv -- " Satard EXGINI A nt.rcent Otrf c /Icl very ° bei IX lIEL I)°ItKING tie Letters f t he '4 t' -a'e bee —° n of the I ti les the Lette :4411tide Rot e l , L '3411C1141. , - - , (From the Adver WG ye,aterday, alter perusing Ott Member .for the city : of 'London, 1 annihilation of the randlords r 'Ulk eqUal confidence-anticipate the abed if that can be said to be suscepti :never, ,strictly speaking, had.. a though not in the literal reuse eve . 'fixed-duty prineiple possessed a 'stt the Whigs, as a party. It will he that existence. As a. principle, /6 blow., . The .letter of Lord John RI the city of London, and that,pf. Lor of Leeds,. eoming ,simultaneou`sly, a] understanding,between the two Nol moderate fixed-duty Principle its will Sir R. Peel do now ? I e has' to him. Ile must make his choice must abanden the,monepolists to measure for the repeal of the can uffige, and make way for a succesS oi the alternatives set before the Pier make • a selection. Which will b will .tell?.,.We have our. opinien • persue.lie will not resign ; or a particular purpose, namely, that, if party he ma still be said to hairy corn-law abolition. If he tender intp the ltands of his Sovereign, it, to office as a total and inomediat , will then,carry,the ,extinction of a high hand. He Will carry it w• down .with despair, and oyerwh , .landed interest.will:. be incapable 01 resistance. Let us not be misaav that Sir Robert Peel will ever avt Russell and'Lord *Orpeth haVe . don of corn-laW'eXtinetion. But' the W tion prOve no bairier to his in the immediate • and, entire repeal of food., Si; Robert Peel has no, idea justice ',of a Measure, is at all neesssw forward., The greatest measures er by him, have not been grounded , justice, butbecause, he deemait ea pass. Witness ,the repeal of the. Tt That measure he always disliked: it was (rem dire neeessity.lM consen DoublY true deed the remark hor Emancipation. The Premier nevk that measure on. the ground of it be he felt it to be expedient—,in other not help. ,himself, but must f sure or, resign, that lie cons' ward. And so of nearly, all thi Sir Aebet has been instrumentel .o ",tile 'cern-laws will, we doubt noi ' 'Ogee of measures which the Prei dieney. or necessity, but which he. 'forward' from, a conviction of the pokee of a second alternative.. V Ile, though* iMprObable in the big mier will.resign_ofliee .altogether than be the. instrument of carryinf monopoly. Even were it so, tht prevent(' the repeal of the Corn- , would betbe successor of Sir Robe one of bra - first measures would be poly. 114,4er any . ,eircuinitances, ministerial changes there maY, the 'not onlyinevitable, but will be hill we yesterday said, that, before a fo. sion has ',passed, the doom of the formally sealed by Parliament, am tioricannofinced. DUTCH 'M AID' Are THE HAGUE, Nov: 23.—. We hiro pers to.the 20th of August. The folio' ,0 0 tracts : " BATAVIA, AUG. s.—Accounts fr eeQg7 nounce that on . the night of ,July tbr rain did great damage at Bouthain, o"-to,oritb. of • Celebes, and cans( d the rivers banks. The ' fields were'from 2 t° ' . frov The 'rampart of Fort Rotterdam is N 4 stroyod, and there is a breach in the of 50 feet. t he : I, " The River Bouthain, flowing by A 50 0. • Baroe.'carried away a piece of grour l ' fl o and 200 feet in length, with two it the inhabitants of which were save d'' ~U "'His Majesty's steam-frigate B o ,r o f• te',l' 4 si capore on the 13th of August, 9 °"' i b- • t ilr9; Reona Munlok, arrived here ,"„glei", (V/ month, has brought a part of the °yell s- pi') of _O tot! Europe on the 7th and the o r he i , d l, l , l l ,regular, communication betweoll a t opened. It : appears from the dates nc ,ti j • sl id i pe,Tii performed, in a very short flinch' o f P . , re expected from. London on the 2 ' s ," a k t oy Ceylon on the .27th of July, Fauellb ; :pc' t a j 'el e , month, and Batavia on the 27th 0- 0 41.9 , o The voyagefrom London to Sincarr, e _ 65°' • formed-in 42 days', and to Batavia w 't „1./ • min e - d ays , passed at Sincapore. deli/ o f fro. "If we are rightly informed, the o ils 'Phik that he 'greater part of . frol' 1 0:01, June, and among them most of th° s : c t . 11 11 : r t I a l e to have been. sent to Calcutta, s" Arid _when, the l3rome . left. Sincapore% 01A," unforeseen delay, we may affirm t:9l:4d • munication is .entirely organised , 1 sending letters and newspapers g ell i - v ed by the overland .m be reee'" h et' may • OW 50-days. or, . " His Excellency M. J . oell'l.0 e 11'1. possessions'in India, arriVed . at Sate friglrsslloV September, on board of her Majes'Y-f Y e- e r 'l l A royal resolution, of the 11 th ° I .,0e 1 • 1 1 , annidling ,the. decision of the GoVer ll - 1 1 0 0 , h ilili E l f , oflsth,December,.lB43, at. Banca, is relieved from --all r e , s ` t oeaof extrordinary. measures taken by i s iao g' rectionnof the Chinese miners • in t h e x.ll. September, 1843." 21; DUTCH 'FUiTl3B:4•ArisrEa"" ) - 0 3 4 r 71,, - Actual Debt, 23¢ per Conti,. ~"...• •• • Of' T! i i t I%itto, 3 per Cent ...... ..... fleg Ditto, 4 per Cent...." • • • • • • • ' • • •• • Amoi•t Syndic, 434 per Cent.. —• • .• • oil+ r, "Ditto, 334 'per Cent:— ..... • • • • Commercial Company, 4% Per Cent • • - East - India Loan, 4 per cent •••• "' • .• tl • Exchange on London, at sight •• .• q5 t Twi montlis.• • • • ••• • • sight • ,5 " ••• 3 • 'On Hamburgh, at.• s l , . Two months... •••• • • • • ••• 5 1 ' On Paris •• • ' ...• TWomorittis, •••• " '• —Dutch Papers, Nov. 011 ri6 r el 0 4 t 9 F tOll. • EADVERTISSMENT.3-4ASES S Of - MACHS,SICK,IIEADACHES, WISH l' C' ji t ,f.,s•l o o% ENEfteT, C.:nagn Br HoLi,owaY' s 'foe ',NY above cases the hands and feet ,svvell, th e oiot r times.r. sense of fulness will be no de(' t cl oe vo attoluled generally with much nerlequeotits Spirit% ; Thou, symptoms, if neglectedq uj i .11 0 he .c lt i7 paralysis, or apopl ex y. To regain is ,eat no vegetables, get .plenty, of. exerci'" , a 1 1 1 tl',/ take Holloway's Pills, according to th e a wi ot hero. them, when any of the complaints be n eradicated from the system, even vi hr Po • s d at had failed.---,Sold by. all druggists; a stablishment, 244, Strand, London. , . Vi , --- ___..----- sq o . n , s l u V r e g dn 0 n e s,doafya, mats 2 6 tl h : lißnsrtil. , ig ill e 1. ife ' . l';' per id P. ' ' :E Josephd i o O ugn n ht t t : ener e .a l 2 :th at Sheerness , ' Cent' til:ter.ird ''' 10 0 10 .F. G. Campbell, 91st Regiment, of a daegoei r, tle f On the 24th inst at Ham o tend, 3 . 14.6. h ill, t AW E t; w O . F a u .2 t i h l eeer 2Maitlandss.fthhr 25th in n ß i s s n st., a t S t ted 1 u - •t f James °ll+l Spicer, N:s:sevivia::::s.r. va i : I : i I: rg'ing-1 :11: t. : 11 :r ire tt4tl" l) :/: ; ei;': On the 22d inst.,, at Ho lif rsie ß y il , l G lnc4l. ces ' te e rtisX P le'lC " . ' l;''' ' C. Hayward, to Elizabeth Esther, geipoc`reli,Ve late Rev. J. ,'helps, Rector of AlderleY,v,xiitifoe On..the 25th inst.; at St.Barthololnel h ter 0 0 0, 1 ' f';l George . Duke, .Esq., t o M a ry, only dag a tive l ',`Vid` Hopkinson, Esq., of ldillbrook, nea r '-is'ilP n i . tv ic .1i Lee -grove, 5 13 t i h ac i k n h st ea ., t a b ! tLoclnCnb3ufracrl);, 'oalY 414roglett./ the late . Mathias Dipnall,,Esq• . ~,.„r 1/. 1 „ 1 ,:i 343/3 / On the 26th inst., a t All s o uls' u17.1 4 e s Lase,' Painter, Eaq., of.Berners-street, to 01— ---- --- D/ED. es On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Jai t ' o tr r" M.D., of Strotton Hall, Cheshire, ,sfi fr 4 On tho 22d inst., at York - ro w, j e ttw ift'" Sandell, daughter of W. Sprig s ' , r eect f lifP On the 23d inst., at urnhari-tr 0 1 . ' Alexander Daniel, of the 63d Regini•Vie oife On Abe 24th inst., Elizabeth, or ( Yuji!, of Leadenhall-street. On the 2'4th inst., D unc an Slav -- ek° lll4' Middlesex. An tboilipi o On the 24th inst., at Fulhanh f 6. •Of On the 25th inst., Mary, the Wile ° .to sail-road, Brixton. On the 25th inst., in the Grove, Shearman, Esq. fP 0 16 1 1° y 0 its iat ignt(o l 24l/ 0 London : Printed and Published by Strand, Printer, at The Bus let lii(3ll l r , of. the savoy; In the CQUALY QA lii4b. .: I •4? ;Jai • g them i.,--, roroy r ,L 1.,,. portation e i l bil ' e yie o r'no, o rn, tran sm Nauted. '•h IP agtni, Y, la, Itt . tee.) able if klati ii ! h a , dell vota. fourth tit , atti o , e 'orb( 'the eiteat thel dA , lit ni l anagi n , °f ,,behii une de'gree ihe stv, t,ih e 't und - ireei rangemerit 0 ler3to, ~,neeankrsating regulated rerieuce Itith for s 9 ' s, ?r n tin itiou prudear. De , :,ttes fltp„il and *ng TAU°, f‘ titratt°rParii ' 1r • hbourt „epos), it. lo n in line r lacing. 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