The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-04 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock PRICES OF SHARES LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 4. Dividend . per Annum. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ash by-de-la-Zouch—av Basingstoke Breckneck& Abergay. Birmingham,l.l6thsh. Do. and Liverp. June Chelmer & Blackwatar Coventry Crom ford Dudley Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester L a. d. ioo b o 41 13 4 Erewash Forth and Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western........- Glamorgansh, ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield Kennet sod Avon ...av Lancaster ...............av Leeds and Liverpool Leicester ••••••••.••••••••• Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath ..... Oxford ...... Peak Forest.....—...av Regent's (or London) R0chda1e................av Shropshire Somerset C0a1........ De. Lock Fund Stock Staffbrd and Worcester 5hrew5bury,..„........... Stourbridge.......... ...... Stratford .on.A von...av Swansea..".-.............. Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent Ic Mersey, sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and 'Arming. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Binning. Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun....... i No o 0 100 0o Alilaid Docks. Commercial ....... East and West India London Ditto Bonds ....... Bristol... ..... ..... ..... AT Do. Bnds, var. amounts 9t. Katharine Ditto Bonds Ditto B.nds Southampton ...... Eridges Hammerintlth ...... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c. Waterloo...—. ........ Ditto Old Ann. of Si,. Ditto 1 2.1,.v ditto et7l. Ditto Vauxhall. ......... .......av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine... 7 British Commercial. , Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Economic Life ..... European Llfe Dttte New, ......... ••••••• Freemasons ..... Globe ..... 0000000 •••• Guardian Hope Life Ditto Flre..„ Imperial Fi Ditto Life... ...... Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship ..... National Loan Rai Neptune Marine Life Protector Life Provident Rock Life... ......... Rpal Exchange Sun Fire.. ....... Ditto Life........ University Lite- ..... Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Ditto New ..... Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto Landon Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial et Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto Now Gloucestershire .... Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight di. Coke Bath •••••••• British Ditto Birmingham ........ Binning. & Statfordsh. Bristol Brighton Ditto General.. ...... City of Londpn Ditto New.. Continental Consolid Ditto ..... Equitable......- Imperial ..... Isle of Thanet Independent Pho Retch South Metropolitan United General.,,., , Westmins. Chartered Ditto Water Works. Birmingham ...... East Grand Junction...„—a• Kent .............. Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex......av Yrkßulsig Co. Les. Px ep Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birmiug. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction,,,,..„ Great North of Engnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths.. Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manch estr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmtngh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Mid ian.l Counties North British ........, Norwi h & Brandon „. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, its. 5/. dis. - Paris and 'Orleans Paris and Rouen..„..„, Rouen and Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich fork and N. Midland Ditto New Shates Mines. Albion C0pper........« Alten Anglo Mex., iss. 51. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos ' Ditto Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m. Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron .....« Candonga. ..... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Columbian, iss. 4 6l. p.m General Mining Hibernian .. Imperial Slate Compy Mexican t:ios. Japer cent. JOB. per sh. Mining Co. of ireiZr. Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan . Notes.... ithyrnney Iron.— Santiago de United Mex., iss.2l. pm. Ditto Scrip ..... Ditto New Scrip.... IL. MX per ob. Literary. Londn, with Sin.Tlckot London Univermity Russell 00000 King's C011egt,....«..... Mirteellaneons. IL li. IL 15.. Anglo Mexican Mint.. Australian Agricultur. Brit. American Land,.. Canada ••ill 11,•••••• 000000 t per cent. & per oent. ger. and/ N. Upper Canada Bondi.., Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Wet. Wood Par., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) twr cent. 'pee cent im4 per cent *per cent Mew Zealand ..........:. Penins. IkOrien. Strom Royal Matt Steam Reiersionary Int. Soe 1 South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diensen's Land LIST op SCOTTISH COM OCT. 2, 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank ..... Central Pk. of Sct. tl ni Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance. North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of a'cotl. Edinburgh Lite Incur. Scotthh ljnion Insur Sunda,' Life Insur I)4lteith RAH way Eden. and Glas. Railwy (laagg and Green. HaiL Duntieeand ArW Rail.. per cent. 6 per coat. $ per cent. per cant 7 per cent. 6 per cont. eon gent. 6 per cent. ?percent. 9 per cent. bper cent. 6por cent. tper cent. S per cent e st cent I per cent , per teat ebtett Mration IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. ount 1 Names Of Corn- Am of I Paid. Prim. panles. Share. I 111 per ear 4/. 44 1O& 4 perccat. .15s. IL sa. Si 125. Bd. .ss. .I.los. 344 101. 34 17g. od. 101. 6 percent. 28 .54 204 IL 10i. • 154 324 — ios. I. 4a. cent. per cent 41 per cent 4 per cent. W. 10e. 5 per cent. per cent. 6% pet cent 4 per cent. 6 per Cent. 1% per cent. 11. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7.. 10e. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. f. per cent. Ss. lid: pr sh s'. 5-s. per share i per cent 31. per 301. ht. 434 per cent . Pt per cent per cent. 8 per eget. 3 per cent. 44. Rs. 6d. per eent. , in.& b.. IL ss. 10a. lON. 5 plat cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 3 per cent. IL sa. 5 per cent. IN per cent. I/. 4r. 5 pe , cent. 10ii 5 r cent P per cent. 6 per cent. D per cent. bper cent. epee cent. per cent. per cent. Si per cent. 6 per cent. els per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. per cent. 18s. IL 56. 11. 76. 51. and b.. 5J41. and hi. per cent. leent. 101. 101. bl per sh 16. per oh 21. S per cent. 3 per cent. 6 per cent. toper cent eper cent. 04 per cent. 34 21:104. 21. 100. 21. IN. b per cent. 44 16s. 11..1U. 10e. per sh 11. is. per cent. Se. per eh. S& per eh lu per oent 1;4 per cent. IL ss. per eh 11341. per eh. 12s. per eh. per tent. 10 per cent. 10 peT cent. I}4l. per sh 101. per sh. 11.145. IL per share .35id per sh k 171. pr II 113sdir 51 11. Si. ISi. IL IF.. 10d. L 5 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IL U. St. 14. W. 104 10s. 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 - 0 0 soon 63 2 8 50 0 0 Iwo 0 0 70 10 3 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 IL 0 0 5 0 0 S 0 0 S 5 0 0 5 _0 0 21e t 10 0 8 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 9 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 9 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 2500 10 0 0 17 10 0 2500 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 2000 100 o 75 0 0 3L & 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 23 0 0 100 0 (1 100 0 0 20U 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 • 0 41 13 4 190 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 19 9 100 0. 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 AO 0 0 2500 S 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 0 0- O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 50 • 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 e I 100 0 ) 50 0 0 100 0 0 [5 0 5 9 0 5 0 0 [0 0 0 0 C 5000 100 0 0 100 0 23 0 0. 20 0 50 0 0 1 30 0 20 0 0;20 0 ANIES' PRICES. 10 4 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 10 0 30 0 • 30 0 25 0 0 55 9 0 12U 717* 100 0 0 2 0 0 92 0 0 S 1 0 1 10 0 'lOO 0 V 25 0 ( 1.40 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 b 9 0 0 7 0 .0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 40 r - 100 0 0 1 - 300 0 0 10 0 0 90 • 0 35 10 0 94 II 0 14 0 1 10 50 3 o 7 0 75 0 25 0 50 0 41 104 5 , 34 1 im $O3 240% 104 THE EitTN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINCa) OCTOBER, 4, 1844. for their acceptance, will reject so great a benefit. What the Channel Islands are may be easily told. What they would be with augmented wealth and improved harbours no man can imagine who does not fully appreciate—as who does ?—all the wonders that are about to be developed by steam na vigation. We are firmly convinced, from all we see, the value of these islands would be multiplied tenfold to the islanders themselves within a very few years of their perfect incorporation with England; while the gain to the empire, even under the head of abolish ing the contraband trade, would be enormous. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of September,lB44. ISSUE DEPARTILIINT. Notes issued ... 28,362,830 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and 1 bullion Silver bullion £28,362,830 M. MA Dated the 3d day of OctoE 1 £28,362,830 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. )er, 1844. BANKING Dl - - Proprietors'capi tal 14,553,000 Rest 3,568,518 Public deposits (including Ex chequer,savings' banks, Commis sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend ac- counts) Other deposits 8,286,772 Seven day and other bills 1,052,280 X 33,470,8081 M. MA . Dated the 3d day of Octot £33,470,405 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. er, 1844. TIIE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, OcT. 4, 1844. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain E. 0. Wrench, from half-pay 9th Light Dragoons to be Cap tain, vice Eliot, deceased; Lieut. G. Rochfort to be Cap• Lain, by purchase, vice Wrench, who retires ; Cornet R. Souter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rochfort; Ensign M. M'Creagh, from the 49th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Souter, Oct. 4. 17th Regiment of Foot—Ensign li. P. Onslow, from the 38th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Belton, whose appointment has been cancelled, Oct. 4. 31st Foot—Lieutenant F. Spence to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet Major Urinston, deceased ; Ensign J. S. Gould, to be Lieutenant, vice Spence, June 28 ; Ensign C. T. Cormick to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gould, whose promotion, on 23d July, has been cancelled, July 28 ; E. W. Kingsley, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cormick, Oct. 4. 38th Foot—C. Clerke, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Onslow•, appointed to the 17th Foot, Oct. 4. 43d Foot—Major-General the Hon. Sir 11. R. Paken ham, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Lord Keane, G.C.8., deceased, Sept. 9. 49th Foot—C. G. Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Creagh, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Oct. 4. 57th Foot—Ensign J. H. Chads to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Morphett, appointed to 53d Foot, Oct. 3 ; Ensign R. T. S. Boughton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pitt, appoint e d to 80th F o ot, Oct. 4; J. Hassard, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Chads, Oct. 3; E. J. B. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Boughton, Oct. 4. 65th Foot—Captain C. E. Gold to be Major, by pur chase, vice Smyth. who retires ; Lieut. R. Newenham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gold ; Ensign H. Scott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newenham ,• S. Blake, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, Oct. 4. 70th Foot--Lieut. T. F. H. Alms to be Adjutant, vice Evatt, who resigns the adjutantcy only, Oct. 4. 77th Foot—Ensign G. L. Rathborne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morritt, who retires; G. R. Becher, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rathborne, Oct. 4. 85th Foot—Lieut. W. Todd to be Captain, without purchase, vice O'Reilly, deceased; Ensign W. Ogilvy to be Lieutenant, vice Todd, Aug. 13; R. P. Floyd, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ogilvy, Oct. 4. BREVET.—Captain E. 0. Wrench, of 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Major in the Army, May 27, 1825 ; Brevet Major E. 0. Wrench, of 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, June 28, 1838. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. C. Shirley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 21 1844. 175 for good mid, 18s to 20a for good, and 215 to 24s for fine. For Sago Flour prices keep high, but buyers are cautious in thir proceedings, and 240 bags auction only partly sold at 20s per cwt. Arrowroot is abundant, and prices consequently are kept low ; the supply ex ceeds the demand. COFFEE.-Importers of West India have been anxious to realise this week, and the market has been largely supplied, indeed the quantity brought forward has been more than sufficient for the demand, the home trade have purchased with reluctance, and a decline on former rates of is have been accepted for middling, and 2s to 4s per cwt for the lower sorts, of which the supply has nearly all consisted. This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met with little attention, and 1,120 bags at public sale were only partly sold, at a decline of 2s per cwt; making the fall fur the week 4s to ss. Ord mixed sold at 51s, good ordinary 52s 6d to 53s 6d, real good ord 54s to 54s 6d, fine ord 57s 6d, fine fine ordinary Plantation 69s 6d, triage 35s to 47s low 17s 6d. Of Rio 116 bags 13 casks were offered, and a small part only sold at 52s for low middling, and 423 to 46s per cwt for fine fine ordinary. The market closed very flat for all sorts of Coffee. TEA.-There has been more activity in the market this week, merchants have shown firmness, and none has been brought to public sale. For Congou a good demand has prevailed, but no improvement has taken place in prices, still there is nothing offering upon lower terms, sales at 10d to 10id common, lld to 1 lid good common, Is to Is Id but mid rather strong, is lid to is 7d blackish leaf, and Is 8d to 2s 7d tor Pekoe flavour. Tvrankay common selling at Is lid to is 2d, brightish leaf is 3d to is Bd, and Hyson kind is 9d to 2s 6d per lb. Scented Orange Pekoe 3s 24d to 3s 3d per lb. You chong at 6d to 10d per lb. In Souchong there has been rather more doing. Imperial and Gunpowder have met with free purchasers at high rates. Hyson has been much inquired fur, and full prices are offered. For some parcels of Young Hyson stiff rates have been obtained. In Caper the operations are upon a more extended scale. COCOA.-An increased inquiry has prevailed for West India, and fully former rates are offered, but the supply at market being scanty, business has been restricted. The demand is increasing for foreign Cocoa. SPICES.-This afternoon black Pepper met with little attention, and 1,000 bags at public sale were all taken in at 2isl to 2-d per lb for common light Sumatra, being the former value; 150 bags Pimento sold at stiff rates good fetched 4;id to 4id, mid 4d to 44d, low 3id to aid ; 2 casks Mace taken in at Is 3d per lb for low quality, and 48 bags of Amboyna Cloves at is 4d per lb fur bold but dingy, being above the value. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been an increased demand for Jamaica Rum this week ; 23 to 28 per cent over proof fetched 3s 9d to 3s lid, 30 to 34 over 4s to 4s 2d, 36 to 39 over 4s 4d to 45 6d, and small parcels of superior 53 to 5s 6d per gallon. Leewards 2s 4id to 2s 5d per gallon, proof strength, but the demand has been only for small parcels. Demerara at 3s 2d to 3s 6d per gallon, for strong quality. Calcutta at 2s 3d, proof strength. In Brandy the trans actions are upon a more extended scale, but not at higher rates:-Cognac, best brands of the vintage, 1838 selling, hhda 5s ld, puns 4s lld ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s I Id, pans 4s 9d ; ditto 1840, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, low 2s lld to 3s 3d, and mid 3s 4d to 3s 10d por gallon. Geneva at is 9d to Is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 6d to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits at 10s 4d per gallon, cash. RICE.-The demand has been good for Bengal Rice by private contract sales of middling white made lls to 11s 6d, good mid to good 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. The supply at market is not sufficient fur the wants of the trade, none has been offered at auction. Madras yellow fetching 8s 6d to 9s per cwt. Java is mach wanted, sales privately made at 83 6d to 9s for yellow, and 9s 6d to 11s for white, at which holders are firm. Cleaned Rice is in fair request, Patras 13s to 17s, and Carolina 21s to 26s per cwt. Isanco.-Prices are supported for East India, but there has been little business transacted in any descrip tion this week. The quarterly sale will commence on Tuesday ; the quantity declared is 12,951 chests ; Spanish is not much wanted but in the value no varia tion has taken place. Oms.-In Olive Oil there has been rather more busi ness transacted at firm rates ; sales of Gallipoli made at 441 to 454 Spanish 411 to 431, and Barbary 39/ to 401 per tun. Palm Oil is dull of sale. Cocoa Nut has been in increased request; 53 buts 4 hhds at auction fetched 27s 3d to to 29s 6d for Cey lon, and 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for Cochin China. Southern has been in brisk demand, and the rates paid are 10s to 20s above those previously quoted ; 108 tuns at auction went briskly-fine at 32/10s to 33155, good 321 to 32155, mid 31/ to 3 1 / 1 5s, low 23/ 15s to 30/, very ordinary 261 to 27/, a few lots Voreign in bond 321 to 33/ 15s. In Seal the transactions are upon a large scale at prices 20s to 30s higher-pale selling by private contract at 351 10s to 361 ; 25 tuns brown Seal at public sale fetched 261 to 29/. Newfound land Whale Oil at 30/ to 31/ ss, anti inferior 271 to 29/ ss. Cod at 33/ 15s to 34/ per tun. Sperm has been in increased request ; at auction ,S 5 tuns fine American sold at 88/ 15s to 891 ; 4 tans of British of rather inferior quality at 871 15s to B'B/ 15s per tun. Linseed Oil at 24s to 24s 3d per cwt. ,y,ape, pale at 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 358 to 353 6d per ewt. This afternoon 28 buts 114 pipes 290 hhds Ceylon C oena Nut at public sales were nearly all taken in at 27s to LI9A, but 344 casks of Palm were partly sold at 23s to 27s per cwt for low to fine. TALLOW. —lmporters of Russian hare Leen more in clined to realise this week, but submitting to a reduction on former rates of 3d per cwt ; on the spot, buyers have been tempted to come forward more freely, and a fair business has been transacted at 40s 91 to 41s for old, and at 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt for new P.Y. Candle. This afternoon at public 461 packages of South Ameri can were sold at 43s to 39s Gd, 130 packages of New South Wales at 396 to 42s 3d, and 62 casks East India at 42s Gd to 44s per cwt. FACILITIES FOR RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. From the geological and topographical details re garding the surface of the country, it will be easily understood that Ireland is most favourably circum stanced for the construction of railways. The great limestone plane which occupies an area in the inte rior of the country of not less than 10,000 square miles, presents facilities for railway engineering scarcely to be equalled. In the north and south the mountain ranges afford some obstacles, which, how ever, are not beyond the usual run of engineering difficulties, that are every day overcome in such un dertakings, and there is hence no physical reason why this country should not rapidly acquire an efficient system of railway intercourse. In nothing is the dif ference between Ireland and England more marked than in the extent of navigable rivers, of canals, of railroads possessed by two countries. Independent of common roads, of which I do not know any estimate, there are in England. Ireland Canals (statute miles) 2,478 . . . .372 • Navigable Rivers ... 1,820 380 Railroads 1,842.... 65 What renders this contrast the more remarkable is, that the great majority of these facilities of internal intercourse are spread over a surface not greater than that of Ireland. In fact, the inhabitants of almost every district of the sister kingdom have pla , :ed at their very doors the means of the most perfect access to markets for their produce and the material% of their manufactures. They are thus enabled to pro secute their various departments of industry under the most economical conditions. Time is money— labour is money—the canal, the river, or the rail road, which places its facilities at the disposal of the manufacturer or farmer in England, is an increase of money price for what he brings to market, which enables him to undersell and ruin the Irish artisan. — Dr. Kane's Work. POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named John Hitchcock, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having stolen a great number of pairs of boots in the house of Mr. Smith, of Barge-yard. The prisoner, who was in the employment of a tradesman in the same building, was in the habit of going into the prosecutor's warehouse, and having in curred the suspicion of one of the shopmen, was _seized and searched, and a pair of boots, which were identified as the prosecutors, was found in a basket which he was carrying. Th e po li cema n into whose custody he was given found upon him several dupli cates for boots pledged at a great var i e ty of places, and those boots were ascert a i ne d to b e the property of Mr. Smith.—The prisoner was committed for trial. TwAirls, named Ellen Hart and Emma West, who had very much the appearance of country-bred girls, were charged with having plundered a shop in Greenwich of about thirty yards of . doe-skin cloth, value 4/. Mr. Lowe, jun., who is connected with the shop which was plundered, stated that the piece of cloth was exposed at the door, and had been suddenly missed from the place. The firm had been very often robbed by shoplifters. One of the servants of the concern stated, that in consequence of information which he received, he went to the railroad, and saw the two prisoners go into one of the carriages. The train was just about to start at the time, and witness got into another of the carriages, determined to follow and cause the pri soners to be apprehended. Upon the arrival of the train at the London terminus he saw the two pri soners get out and take a cab, into which they both went, and as soon as the cab reached Gracechurch street he directed a policeman to take them into cus tody. At the bottom of the cab the piece of cloth was found. It was identified. The prisoners both declared that a woman had given the piece of cloth to them at Greenwich to take for her to Aldgate-pump, where she promised to meet them. The policemen present, upon being asked whether they knew the prisoners, replied that they had never seen either of them before. The prisoners declared that they had never before been in such a place, and that they did not know what it was to be before a magistrate. They were committed for trial, and upon being introduced to the lodge at Newgate, were immediately recognised as persons who had been tried at the Central Criminal Court for shoplifting, at which act it was stated they were particularly clever. DUTCH PAPERS. THE CONVERSION. The ITAGUB, SF.PT. 30.—The official journal pub lishes to-day a Royal Resolution, dated the 28th of September, regulating the drawing by lottery of the second series of bonds of the national debt bearing interest at 5 per cent., which are to be repaired or converted into inscriptions in the great book of the national debt at 4 per cent. The amount of the in scriptions of two series to be designated by lot for re payment or conversion, is fixed at a capital of 25 mil lions of florins, but it may be increased to 27 millions, if it appears at the time of drawing that this increase will prevent the division of the same inscription, or inscriptions, under the same letter. . - The drawing will take place on Saturday, the 2d of November, at seven in the evenjng. The holders of the bonds drawn, who do not desire to convert their stock into 4 per cent., are to declare their intention at the latest on the 28th of December. The holders of bond 3 at 5 per cent. may exchange their capital fur inscriptions in the great book at 4 per cent., without previous declaration, after Monday, the 7th October, 1844, till this commission is re voked; but, at all events, not after Saturday, 26th October, at two in the afternoon, in the form pre scribed by the 9th article of the Royal Resolution of Bth August, 1844. The price of the stock bearing interest at 4 per cent., which will be issued on the let of October, 1844, in exchange for the capital converted by virtue of the preceding article; and the interest on which wil commence from that date, is fixed at 96} per cent., consequently the holders of every 100 florins converted will receive three florins in fifty in money, without any other indemnity for the difference of in terest. ROTTJRDAM, SIFT. 26.—A private letter from Batavia says, " 300 hogshead of wine, brought by the Fran& ship the Grand Duquesne, from Bordeaux direct, were by the order of the Governor-General seised by the police, and emptied into the sea. These were not only adulterated, but mixed with deleterious ingredients." 'We hope that this will be favourable in future to the sale of wine from Holland direct, and will contribute, when the unfortunate commercial treaty with France expires, to prevent its being re newed, as it makes the importation of all French articles in French ships from the mother country direct absolutely impossible, and in particular has caused the demand for wines from Holland wholly to cease. B➢RLIX, S➢PT. 25.—1 t is said that the King will make but a short stay here, intending to go to Stock holm, to be present at the coronation of King Oscar, and that he will be attended by Baron Alexander Von Humboldt.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 1. BURSTING OF A STEAM-BOILER SALFOUD, WIIDNESDAY. -An explosion of an alarming nature took place this morning at Islington mill, in this township, which resulted in blowing up a portion of the building, killing one man, andscalding two or three others. The mill in question in the pro perty of Mr. Bateman, Kuypersley-hall, Staffordshire, but is occupied by Mr. W. Norris, cotton-spinner and manufacturer. The engine had just been set in motion, and had not made above a score of revolutions, before a tremendous explosion took place, which shook the mill and all the buildings round about. The rooms over the boiler-house were rent open, the bricks and mortar flying about in all directions, and one of the steam-boilers was seen to rise quickly from its bed and make a complete summerset into the field adjoining the premises, carrying down the wall of the boiler-house in its progress. The people in the mill were completely astounded. Bricks, mortar, and broken pieces of beams were flying about in all directions. One large piece of timber was blown upon the top of the factory, which is seven stories high; the distance being upwards of 40 yards from the seat of the explosion, whilst slates and bricks were blown into streets a distance of 200 yards. Of course there was an immediate cessation from work, and a search made far the parties who were sup posed to have suffered from the explosion. The watch man, Atkins, was found amidst some rubbish, with his left leg broken, and his face frightfully disfigured. He was alive, but insensible, and was being taken to the Manchester Infirmary, but died on his way there. Michael Tyman, the fireman, and a man named Tipping, who were also near the spot at the time, were found slightly injured. Upon examining the boiler it was found to be per fectly sound; but at the upper end there was a rent in the flue, the result, doubtless, of insufficiency of water in the boiler at the time of the explosion. gPiR/T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE ILV/LNING ra.enns OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—We see with unfeigned satisfaction the sort of revival which seems taking place, in the sense of social relations between the wealthier classes in the country and its peasantry. An instance of this will be found in our columns in the meeting at Ongar, addressed by Mr. Raikes Currie. We cannot, however, dissemble to ourselves that there are lions in the path to a more healthy harmony between lower and higher classes. That the atmostphere, in some Way or other, will at length clear itself, cannot be doubted; but that it will clear itself without storms, we dare not pre dict. There is so much to readjust, after so long an artificial regimen, and so little certainty, at any time, amongst mankind, of vigorous measures of improve ment from higher quarters, and definite and moderate views in lower ones—or rather, there is so complete a certainty, at all crises, of more or less deficiency in both—that, while we rejoice in the evidences of an improved spirit, we cannot but rejoice with trem bling. This is the way to be dubbed alarmists —a charge for which we care very little. Those who can view without alarm the incongruities of our present situation, and the provocations to criticism of that situation administered from higher quarters to multitudes, who were never so expressly called on to canvass their condition before—those who can look upon all this, and remember that, whoever may stir social questions, there are always aspiring or embit tered spirits in society eager, in great numbers, to work them, and to possess the people, called to discuss those questions, with belief in the efficacy of only such measures as only men malcontent with the whole order of things would propose—but which must find a fearfully sympathetic chord in breasts enduring hardships under that order—those who can regard these commencements, and contemplate those hardly to be shunned consequences, without alarm— shall be welcome to call us alarmists, without ruffling our equanimity. The truth is, that the higher order of men (we mean higher placed socially) whom awakened feelings of social relations prompt to express generous sentiments to those classes which have least reason for attach ment to their existing state, and perhaps a little too apt to enjoy the pleasurable novelty of their own posture, without fully appreciating the claims and responsibility which must ensue. We consider Young England, in some of its abler organs, a little in this predicament. A gentle glow of enthusiasm in the privileged may pass by a too easy transition into a fierce and uncontrollable fanaticism in the unprivileged. The labouring people are little ac customed to excitement on social questions ; but let them be once fairly excited on them, and we do not think a second Coningsby, or a second Bolingbroke (see Smythe's " Historic Fancies"), will prove their congenial or lasting orders. For such reasons, or under such impressions as we have slightly indicated, what we most desiderate at the present crisis are two things—sobriety and decision. Sobriety in the sentiments which are now so widely ventilated on social themes—decision, and self-sacrifice, in the measures of practical improvement. These may be too much for our hopes, but they are net too much for our needs. We are deeply persuaded that sanguineness in words, and selfishness in acts, will soon come to a settling day. Poets and novelists may excite agree ably " the new generation ;" but excitement of suf fering men will be no poetical or imaginative matter. Stern realities must either be soberly and unsel fishly dealt with by our statesmen ; or sterner realities will spring out of that very awakening which has now begun amongst gentlemen. Generous sentiments are a luxury ; indolent ease is a luxury too. The utterance of the one, and indul gence of the other combined—will be public ruin. It is, therefore, we read with particular pleasure speeches like these of Mr. Raikes Currie ; and we entirely agree with him in regarding religion as the great principle of social _harmony. But then it must be social religion—it must be something really bind ing and connecting classes. It will no longer do to recommend religion, like cheap soup, as an excel lent thing fur the poor. The sense of religion must be shown in public action ; not in mere preachments. In holding out to the peasantry the consoling prospect of a future life, gentlemen must deal with the affairs of the country, and with their own, so as to show that their own souls are not swallowed up in the present. Inequalities involving miseries must be mitigated—those of style and station excite no envy amongst the masses, because they do not stand near enough to them. The enviers of these are a rather higher class ; though it may happen, as formerly it has happened, that the " proud man's con tumely," galling those just below, may supply leaders for the more substantially suffering multitudes. STANDARD.—We copy from the Times a long, and not very temperate, article upon some recent transactions in the island of Jersey. We do not pin our faith, as it is pretty well known, upon the accu racy of all our Morning Contemporary's statements ; nor are we very confident in the candour with which it reasons, even from facts which it states accurately. Upon the merits of the par ticular case referred to, therefore, we offer no opinion. Still there is enough in the anomalous condition of the Channel Islands to suggest a suspicion that some great change in that condition is required, not only for the good of the empire generally, but for the benefit of the islanders them selves, and particular inquiries have led us to the conviction that in Jersey, at least, scarcely any change can be made which must not be an improve ment. We are no admirers of innovation, and hold still, as we have always held, that existing institutions have this twofold presumption in their favour—that they have obtained the approbation of the good and wise of successive generations, and that society has commonly so adapted itself to these institutions as to render a violent revulsion from them likely to produce as much evil as good. But this presumption, of course, involves the qualification that the institutions have really been approved of by free agents, and that the social state has not outgrown them, instead of adapting itself to them. Now this qualification applies, as we think, fully to the state of Jersey, (we confine ourselves, as far as possible, to that among the Channel Islands, as the one to which our investigation has been most particularly directed). The constitution of government in the island is a singularity in the whole civilised world, the sole exist ing remnant of the political system of the eleventh century. Now, to believe that this constitution has had the deliberate approbation of the Jersey people for eight centuries, is to suppose that the inha bitants of the island differ from all the rest of mankind. The history of the island, however, at tests the fact, that the people of Jersey have not been free agents in the matter, if by free agency we are to understand the exemption from a sinister influence, as well as from brute force. The history of the island tells why the Jersey people have rejected the benefit of English law, and the honour of consti tuting an integral part of the metropolitan state of this great empire; or, if history do not give full satisfaction upon the point, perhaps the matter will be found fully elucidated in the records of the Customs' Board. And how has this political isolation operated upon the people of Jersey ? Good laws are among the first wants of a people, and what sort of laws have they in Jersey ? The old Norman code, the old martial law of a purely military age—the law • which has been rejected by all the nations of Europe that ever submitted to it, and to which in its extent England never would submit. The Con tumier is still the "institute" of Jersey law, and even its language is preserved in legal proceedings five centuries after that language has been rejected from our English courts. " The common law of England," that wisest code that ever was framed by hu man wisdom, because resting upon the primary principles of justice; which few and plain principles were, by the provisions of our Saxon ancestors, adapted to the equal benefit of all classes of the people—the common law of England, the basis of our own legal constitution, and the basis of tha constitution of the United States as well as of the Code Napoleon, by which so much of Europe is now governed—the common law of England has no place, never had, any place, in Jersey. In England men are sure of having justice adminis tered in consonance with equity and reason ; in the United States also, and in France, we meet only the principle of our common law, but between the shores of France and England, and in the dominions of Queen Victoria, we find a law which no Englishman can fully understand, and which, as far es it is intelligible, fills one with disgust. The Englishman on one side and the Frenchman on the other 'have spurned this most absurd law (moat absurd as applied to our age) ; but it is the law of a British island, but a few leagues from London, according to our present rate of travelling not above 10 or 12 hours journey from Westminster Hall. If this were simply absurd, that would be bad enough, for absurdities cannot be safely in dulged in matters of government; but it is now greatly worse than absurd. The Channel Islands, hitherto and still of little value to the empire, may be made of great importance in the new mili tary and commercial relations which Europe has been made to assume by the introduction of steam navigation. But, in order to obtain this importance, they must be made rich ; and to be made rich they must be made thoroughly and in all respects English—English in language as they are already in habits and interests ; subject to English laws and to the English system of revenue. Rich the islands will never be while Englishmen fear to trust their property, and even their persons, to the mercy of the local laws. In such case the highest destiny of the islands must be to con stitute a refuge for insolvents and an en trepot for smugglers. Surely the inhabitants will be ambitious of a higher destiny. Private interests will of course excite an opposition to such a reform, but it cannot be that the mass of men living within sound of British law, and having it offered MYSTERIOUS CASE. An adjourned inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Baker, the deputy-coroner, under circumstances of a peculiarly suspicious nature. The deceased, Samuel Cornish, a man about fifty-six years of age, who acted as a steward on board the Dee mail-packet steam-vessel, was in the habit for some time past, on the arrival of the vessel in the port of London, of residing with a woman named Southerland, at present living at 44, John-street, St. George's-in-the-East. The I)ee arrived in London about the middle of last month, an'i Mrs. Southerland, as was her custom, went on board and' attended deceased, who, after eating some apple pudding, became very ill. The symptoms, which ap pear ed to be those of dysentery, continued, notwith standing the efforts of two surgeons, and ho died on the night of the 17th ult., and was buried on the following Friday in the Beaumont Cemetery, Stepney. Inconse quence .of information forwarded to the Coroner, the body wea disinterred on Tuesday, and Dr. Letheby, of the London Hospital, was requested to examine it, and analyse thaw contents of the intestines and stomach. The jury merely viewed the body on Tuesday, and the further impiry was:adjourned until yesterday, when Dr. Letheby eirtvred into a long and interesting detail of the various testa which he had applied. In the stomach he discovered the presence of opium and saffron ; and the large intestinal canal, as well as the smaller ones, proved beyond doubt; that arsenic had been taken into the sys tem. There was no arsenic in the intestinal canal, which had been den red out of every particle of forces, but no doubt existed that it had been taken. In answer .to the CORONER, Dr. Letheby said that, under ordinary - circumstances, arsenic was never found in the hum an body in such a degree as to be discoverable by any of th e k no wn and usual tests. Mr. Christoplher Tatham, surgeon , of Po p lar, was called in to th e decased, on board the Dee, on Tuesday, the 17th ult., and he treated him for d y senter y , thou g h at the time ho vras a s t t e r n e dt cou l d a no t survive o t survive more than prepa ration of opium, and sa w no other s y m p toms than those which m ig ht be the result of the disease for wh ich de ceased was treated. He died the same ni g ht. Witness 204 f hours. opinion I t i h e a a t d th m e in p i deceased a second time the same day, and saw a Mrs. S ou therland, whom he understood to be his niece. attended She told witnes s the deceased had made a will in h er favour, and put a p a p er p ur p ortin g to be such int o his hand in the presence of his patient. Witness told her she had better send for a lawyer. She sent a young inan named Bromage, who was with her in the cabin, for a solicitor. In the interim, witness asked deceased if he wished to make a will, and in whose favour. He an swered, " I have made my will, and I wish to leave all my property to my niece." Witness said, " Wh o i s Y ou r niece ?" To which deceased, p u tti ng hi s h and on NCYa. Soutkerland's shoulder, said, " H ere s h e i s. " He e t h ou embraced and kissed her. In about a quart er o f an hour Bromage returned with Mr. W a l s h, so li c i tor, Bit ttoerwn-hiicliri he (Mr. Tatham) was one of th e attest i ng wit nesses. ' Blackwell, when a will was f orma ll y executed, On leaving the Dee witness left Bromage, who, ho understood resided in Holborn, behind with Mrs. Southerli tnd, and never again saw deceased. Sir. C. floise, surgeon, of Baines's-place, Mile-end-road, attended tiivi deceased two years ago. He came to him again on the. 14th ult., accompanied by a Mrs. Souther land. He said he bad been ill from eating a dumpling and felt at tha time as if he should burst. Mrs. Souther land appeared nervous at the time. She came again in two days after, and said deceased was delirious and had thrown up the medicine which had been prescribed for him. On the following Monday a person named Small don, who witness had no doubt was connected with Mrs. Southerland, came to say that Cornish was dead, and that suspicions were entertained of his having been t e poisoned.' After that Mrs. Southerland ca ll e d on wit ness, accompanied by a person named Pil e , t rave ll er to c a a l t i i n se en o d f r d a e p c e e r ase in crs t d h e e at ß h la ; ek bu fr t i . k ara n - o ro w a i d n , g was to be held, witness declined saying anything until called before the Coroner. Susanna Ellis, 4, Jenkins'-court, R opema k er ' s -fi e ld s, Limehouse, said, that deceased came to lodge at her house last April two years, and told her that Mrs. Southerland with whom he lodged, and who called herself his niece, though she was no relative, had that morning mixed laudanum with a cup of coffee, which she gave him, but the smell was so strong he would not take it. He re peatedly made this statement while lodging with witness, but still he used to go to and from Mrs. Southerland's, who kept a beer-shop at 94, Fore-street, Limehouse, to whom he said he had lent 501. to open it. He afterwards went again to lodge with Mrs. Southerland, and witness observed that whenever he went to visit her, though a sober man, he used to look heavy and stupid. John Ellis, husband to the last witness, corroborated her testimony. Deceased told him he would not be a live man if he stayed much longer with the Southerlands, and added that they had been drugging him several times ; upon which witness remonstrated on his going there. Often saw the deceased arm-in-arm with Mrs. Southerland. Ann Blackmore, 14, Tarling-street, had known the deceased 22 years. In April or May, two years ago, he at c o o p m hai p i mnl in ee t h ah a pe t pa M eda. r r s Se. appeared ht o o u e t tb h oe e o r ki l n a h n ai d had mst a :oe a is i d o d n Li it i t ar e yi r u, e m d a d f r sr u ou g irn. s r. geon in the Commercial-road, where he again said Mrs. Southerland drugged his - ,, for the purpose of possessing herself of his money and papers, adding that he had lent her 50/. to set up a beer-shop. Mr. Kay said he had better leave such people. Witness saw the deceased on the sth ult., and complimented him on his ap pearance, 'saying " You get no drugs now." He replied, ` 7 No, I think Mrs. Southerland will not repeat the practiCe, and has entirely forgot it." He at the same time added, that if anything should happen to him, they might conclude ne had been done unfairly by. He was a temperate man, laboured under no delusion, and was to have dined with witness and her husband on the Sunday after his death. She heard him often say Mrs. Southerland was no relative of his. Wit. Hesa hoard of his death ufi thu ist ult„ when sac, outligt on Mrs. Southerland, and asked her if she was aware of what the deceased had said about having been drugged, to which Mrs. Southerland replied, " Oh, the world will say anything," and added, " there is a person up stairs who was present at his death." _ _ At this Atage of the proceedings the further inquisi tion was adjourned n s it Monday next. Sergeant Shaw, o ft to K division, who was appointed to watch the case, then took Mrs. Southerland, who was in an adjoining room during the inquiry, into custody, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of de ceased by administering arsenic. She is a comely woman, about 40 years of age, and is understood to have admi nistered for the money and effects of the deceased almost immediately after his death. The money is said to amount to upwards of 200 L The case excited the deepest interest, and the evidence of Dr. Letheby, proving the presence of a mineral poison, was heard with breathless attention. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. NEW ZEALAND.—(CONCLUDED.) " The error in policy which your Committee have pointed out as having in our opinion been fallen into by the officers who have held the government of New Zealand, in not asserting the right of the Crown to all the unoccupied soil of these islands, is very closely connected with another, to which we also feel it necessary to advert. It appears to us that there has been a want of vigour and decision in the general tone of the proceedings adopted towards the natives; measures have not been taken, as we think they ought, for making the original inhabitants under stand that they are now to be considered as British subjects, and must therefore abstain from all conduct inconsistent with that character. The local authori ties may have been guided by a desire to treat the natives of the soil with the most scrupulous justice, and with the greatest consideration ; but we are not the less persuaded that, not only in what has been done with regard to the ownership of land, but also in showing too much respect for native customs, they have been led to pursue a line of policy which in its consequences must be injurious to the true interests of those, out of consideration to whom it has been adopted. We agree in the opinion expressed by one of the witnesses we have examined (Mr. Earp), that the rude inhabitants of New Zealand ought to be treated in many respects like children, and that in dealing with them, firmness is no less necessary than kindness. In the first instance there was on the part of the natives a disposition to defer with almost super stitious reverence to the authority of the Govern ment ; and had this authority been firmly and judi ciously exercised to suppress intestine war, and all savage and barbarous customs, and to enforce between different tribes and between individuals the great principles of justice and respect for property, no serious resistance would probably ever have been at tempted. But from an over-sensitive fear of in fringing upon native rights, the authority which, had it been decidedly assumed, would, there is every reason to believe, have been willingly submitted to, has been lost, and the consequence has been, that murder and cannibalism have been allowed to be com mitted unpunished, and that very serious hostilities have broken out between different tribes, while the right of the British Government to interfere has been repudiated by the more powerful party, and the want of the promised protection loudly complained of by the weakest. Your Committee are persuaded that an en lightened humanity and a regard for the real welfare of the native tribes require that British power and authority should be resolutely exerted to put a stop to such a state of things, to maintain internal peace, and to prevent native customs and usages from being acted upon in a manner inconsistent with good order and morality, and with the progress of civilisation. We would beg to refer to the report of Captain Grey, the Governor of South Australia, on the best means of promoting the civilisation of the aboriginal inhabi tants of Australia, which was transmitted by Lord J. Russell to Captain Hobson, for his guidance, as con taining an able exposition of the policy which ought to be pursued upon this important and difficult subject. " It is necessary to observe that the policy we recommend requires for its safe adoption, in the pre sent state of affairs ; that the Governor of New Zea land should have at his disposal more power than he now possesses of enforcing obedience to his authority. We see no reason to apprehend a successful attempt by the natives to overturn by force the power of the Government; we concur with Major Bunbury, in thinking that the jealousy and rivalry of different tribes amongst themselves would prevent their acting with any effect against the European population,' and we have no doubt that civilisation and intelligence, in the event of a struggle, would maintain their ac customed superiority; still we consider that it is of the utmost importance, in order to avert the calami ties which must ensue from even an attempt at resist ance to the authority of the Governor, that he should be armed with so obviously superior a power as to prevent any such attempt from being made. Addi tional means of enforcing obedience to lawful autho rity are required, not merely against the natives, but against the lower class of emigrants, an account of whose insubordinate proceedings at Nelson, which from the want of force could not be properly put down, will be found in the Appendix. " Adverting to the scattered situation of the settle ments which have been formed, and to the importance of their all being not only promptly protected when ever an emergency may arise, but also frequently visited by the Governor in person, we conceive that by far the most useful addition which could be made to the force at his disposal would be that which would be afforded by placing an armed steamer of moderate size under his orders. In addition to this, we think that a militia composed of the settlers should be organised, from which we would by no means ex. dude such of the natives as should so far have adopted the habits of civilised life as to be fit to bear arms in the same ranks with Europeans • we need also hardly observe that such a f orce should always be kept under the complete c on t ro l o f the Governor, and that he should always have such a proportion of regular troops under his command as not to be en tirely dependent upon the militia for support. We are further disposed to believe that advantage might result from endeavouring to create a permanent native force under European officers, but in which their own chiefs might also, perhaps, hold commands • such a force wou ld pro b ably afford,' not only a cheap' addition to th e m ili tary power of the Governor, but also a valuable instrument for gradually training the natives to habits of order and subordination. " Your Committee cannot offer these recommenda tions, tending to what may be thought a more severe enforcement of authority over the natives, without, at the same time, expressing their strong sense of the duty incumbent upon the Government of adopting the most effective measures for their welfare and im provement. With this view, we conceive that every effort should be made to amalgamate the two races ; more particularly, the utmost attention should be paid to the education and training of the rising generation of the aborigines ; and whenever their improvement in intelligence will admit of it, the natives should be placed in every respect on a footing of perfect equality with their white fellow-subjects, and as soon as possible, they should be employed in the civil service of the Go ver nment in any situations in which they can make themselves useful. We also attach much importance to the adoption of a good system of making reserves of land for their benefit. These re serves ought, in our opinion, to be of moderate size, and interspersed with the lands destined for the occu pation of settlers ; the natives should be encouraged, themselves, to occupy and to cultivate the land thus reserved for their benefit, and only those parts of it for which they might have no immediate occasion should be allowed to be let on lease to Europeans, the leases being restricted to a moderate term of years, and the rents so obtained being considered as ap plicable only for their advantage. By this arrange ment the natives established upon such reserves being scattered, a few together, amongst the European population, would be more likely than under any other plan which has been suggested, gradually to adopt the customs and way of life of their civilised neighbours ; whereas, if the land reserved for them were in large blocks, and they were collected together in considerable numbers, the probability is, that they would cling far more pertinaciously to the habits of savage life, and if so, this interesting people would too surely melt away before the advancing tide of European settlement. " It is an evil of which the experience of other colonies affords frequent examples, that the progress of settlement is impeded by land coming into the possession of persons who endeavour to derive a profit, not from its improvement, but by suffering it to lie waste until it acquires value from the labour and capital expended in the surrounding district ; it, therefore, appears to us, that means should be taken to guard against this abuse in New Zealand. This will, we trust, be to a great extent effected by the regulations which will prevent property in land from being acquired otherwise than by purchase; but, as a further security, we would recommend that some part of the colonial revenue should be raised by means of a tax upon land. On the North American continent, when a tax has been imposed upon land with the view of checking its being held by persons not really intending to make use of it, we believe the tax has generally been laid upon wild land only. Looking, however, to the difficulty of accurately de termining the degree of improvement which should exempt land from a tax applying only to that which is designated as wild, and to the facility thus afforded for evading the burden, it appears to us more ad visable that such a tax should be imposed on al land, whether wild or otherwise. If the tax were low (we think it ought not to exceed 2d. an acre) it would be unfelt as a practical burden on land really turned to profitable account, while even this small payment recurring annually, would powerfully tend to discourage the retention of land by parties deriving no immediate advantage from it. " Such a tax ought - not of course to apply to land now occupied by the natives, or to that held as re- SI % 66 4.56 240 SO 49& 10 IST t 22 :37 115)s 10134 21)6 1% 3 24 21)6 120 72% 19 -611 6% 5% 400 11,,19x. 4.16 188 45% 5% 15 15 2 40s. 21s. 23% 5 3gN 76 20% 34% 66 105 52% Sii 7 5 12 ss 18 21k 4% so BANKRUPTS. LENY DEIGHTON SMITH, HENRY SMITH, and GEORGE FREDERICK SMITH, crape-manu facturers, Gutter-lane, London, to surrender Oct. 9, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers; Kirkman, King William-street. ALFRED TULLEY, grocer, Hackney, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgete- street. ."FRANK HOWARD, publisher, Tonbridge-pl a ce, Hoxtou, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Bird, Lincoln's-inn-fields. JOHN METCALF, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, Chester, Oct. 18, and Nor. 7, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Ainsworth, Macclesfield. GEORGE CROXTON, china dealer, Manchester, Oct. 18, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Jaques and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Chew, Manchester. GEORGE ALEXANDER, innkeeper, Beaminster, Dorset, Oct. 18, at one, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Newman and Co., Yeovil ; Raven, Temple, London ; Terrell and Roberts, Exeter. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Oct. 1, 1844, is 335. Sid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam CF. 12 6i Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 7 Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Alton* l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles • 25 90 Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice Naples 391 Palermo, per os llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars../.3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 111 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Berli❑ Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Loxdon New Price Current of Oct. 4.) SUGAIL—To-day the market for Colonial Sugar pre sented a firmer appearance; buyers of West India Sugar came forward more freely, and a large business was transacted in all descriptions at previous rates—indeed, in some cases, a small advance was paid. The quantity sold amounted to 850, making the total purchases for the week 2,100 lihda and trcs. The market closed with a firm appearance. REFINED.—There has been less activity in the market for Refined Sugar this week, but in the value little change has taken place, the supply being small, parti cularly of low and middling descriptions ; there has, however, been a fair business transacted, and a large consumption is going on. To-day there was a better demand for the low and middling descriptions of Refined goods, and former rates were fully supported. Bonded crushed Sugar is still much wanted. _ _ MAURITII7B.—There has been less demand this week, and the market haring been abundantly supplied with brown sorts, a decline in the value of is to 2s per cwt has taken place ; yellow kinds are 6d per cwt cheaper. excepting fine, which has sustained the former currency, the quantity at market being small. This afternoon more inclination was shown to purchase, and some par cels were sold privately at full but not at better prices. EAST INDlA.—Tbere has been a very large quantity of Bengal Sugar brought forward this week, and it "has proved more than sufficient for the wants of the trade. White and strong yellow sorts have been less in request, but previous rates are supported ; inferior yellow 'and brown, of which the supply has chiefly consisted, have met with a dull sale at a decline on former prices of is to is 6d per cwt. This afternoon there was a largo public sale of Manilla Sugar ; the whole sold at rather higher rates ; low damp dark brown went at 15s to 16s, washed 14s, mid sound grey 19s to 19s 6d, good 22s 6d, damp 18s 6d to 19s, washed 16s 6d to 18s 6d per cwt. Bengal was in better demand, and 990 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates ; fine white fetched 65s good 61s 6d to 62s 6d, mid 60s 6d, low yellowish white 58s 6d to 59s 6d, damp and washed 57s 6d to 645, low date sound yellow 51s to 53s 6d, mid 54s to 56s 6d, damp and washed 50s to 55s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To.day all sorts of Foreign Sugar were much inquired after, but a further advance in price being asked tended to check business ; a cargo of white Bahia afloat per /termini containing 400 chests were sold at 23s per cwt. Moulsts.—For West India there has been rather more demand this week, and previous rates are sup ported. Sales of Antigua made at 22s 6d to 24s per cwt. Importers are not so desirous to press sales, al though the stock is still a very large one. East India Molasses are still dull of sale, at 14s to 16s per cwt. SAGO.—Although there are sellers upon lower terms, and the stock is small, still the demand has been limited ' by private contract at 12s to 14s for low to mid, 15s to :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (includ ingDeadWeight Annuity) 14,554,834 Other securities 9,795,840 Notes . 8,460,705 Gold and silver coin mervos too thaw boiive6, silat, 13110 .rtiiito(l to thii New Zealand Company ought also to be regarded in a different light from that held by private individuals;_ they have obtained th a t l an d i n t h e c h aracter o f agents for the public in carrying on the work of colonisation ; so long, therefore, as they adequately discharge the duties belonging to that character, they ought not to be subjected to the tax in respect of land they hold for this purpose ; at the same time, care should be taken th a t no pr i v il ege capable ofbeing abused should be given to them. We would, there fore, suggest, that the lands remaining unsold in the hands of the Company, should be free from the tax, so long as the extent of land so held should not exceed that which would remain to them supposing that from the commencement of their operations they had one year with another sold 1-25th part of the land assigned to them by the Crown. Should their sales upon the whole fall short of this, they might fairly be required to pay the tax upon the difference. It might also be proper to insist, as a condition for their enjoying the proposed exemption, that a fixed proportion of the proceeds of th e i r l an d sales should be applied to the promotion of emigration. " Your Committee have now stated very fully their views upon those parts of the subject referred to them which have the most important bearing upon the practical measures which ought now to be adopted, and having in their resolutions adverted to some of those measures which do not seem to require any particular explanation, had originally intended to have offered some remarks upon the complaints which the servants of the Crown in the colony, upon the one elide, and those empl o y e d b y th e New Zealand Company on the other, have mutually made against each other; but upon further deliberation, it has ap peared to us that the unhappy differences which have prevailed are most likely to be allayed by our for bearing to pronounce an opinion which must of ne cessity involve an expression of blame on some, if net all, of those who have taken part in these proceed ings ; we therefore have thought it most expedient to abstain altogether from entering further into this part of the subject; even as to the unhappy affair at \Vairau, by which so many valuable lives were lost, we will add nothing to the resolution which we have unanimously adopted, and we will only express our earnest hope that all classes of settlers, and more especially those persons to whom important duties in the newly-established colony have been entrusted, either by her Majesty's Government or by the Com pany, will feel that the interest and welfare of all re quires that harmony should be re-established, arid that this can only be accomplished by mutual for bearance and moderation." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WREXIIAM RACES.—WEDNXBDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 . sore. each, thrice round. (8 Subs.) Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Marlow) 1 Mr. Price's Valentina, 5 yrs, Bst Blb 2 Won in a canter. The Bryn-y-Pys Stakes of 25 sovs, each, with 50 added. Once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Milton, Bst 41b (Marlow) 1 Lord Westminster's Thais, Bst 21b 2 2tol on Milton. Won easy. Handicap of 10 sows. each, 5 ft, if declared, with 30 added. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs., one of whom declared.) Mr. Speed's Everton, 4yrs, 7st 71b (Copeland) 0 1 1 Mr. Price's Valentina, 5 yrs, Bst 2lb 1 2dr Mr. Thonspson's Hudibras, 6 yrs, Bst 2 dr The Selling Stakes of 5 sous. eac h, w i t h 20 a dd e d , t h e winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Heats, ono mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Minor's Sinbad, 4 yrs, 9st (Darling, jun.) 0 1 1 Mr. Owen's Joe Raphael, 3 yrs, Bst Mr. Mostyn's Albanley, 3 yrs, Bst 0 0 3 Mr. King a Yarrow, 3 yrs, Bst 0 2 4 Mr. Price's Missey, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 0 0 Mr. Bennett's Viscount, 4 yrs, 9st NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old, 6st 101 b ; three, Bst 81b ; four and upwards, 9st. Rutland Stakes Course. The winner to be sold for 70L, &c. (3 Subs.) Lord Albemarle's Alexandrina, 2 yrs (Sharp) 0 Mr. Deakins's Caractacus, 2 yrs 6 to 4 agst Caractacus, and 2 to 1 agst Alexandrina. Several bets were laid against The Great Mogul at 5 and 6 to 4, the ring, for want of a telegraph (an improve ment to be found on almost every course in the kingdom but Newmarket), being in ignorance, to the last, that no jockey had weighed for him. The filly bad all the best of the race to the cords, but ran unkindly, swerved from an injudicious use of the whip about 20 yards from home, and was caught on the post, the judge giving it a dead heat. Lord Albemarle and Mr. Deakins afterwards agreed to divide the stakes (5 6013., subject to deductions), and Alexandrine walked over. The Town Plate of 501. ; for 3 yrs old colts, Ist 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. D.I. Duke of Richmond's Pastoral (Nat) Lord Exeter's Merope 2 Lord Albemarle's Candidate 5 to 2 on Pastoral, who made his own running, and won at least by twenty lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, for 2 yro old. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen, (Abdale) 1 Col. Peel's f by Slane, out of Seakale, 7st 111 b 2 Lord Exeter's Petrowna, 7st 21b 3 6 to 4 agat Laird o' Cockpen ; 2 to 1 agat Seakale filly ; and 3to 1 agst Petrowna. Tho running, for the first 200 yards, was made by the Seakale filly ; she was then headed by Petrowa, who went front to the dip, where the favourite and the Seakale filly headed her, the former leading half-way up; the filly challenged, and a good race ensued, the horses winning only by a neck. Petrowna was a bad third. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft ; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes, 71b extra; and other win ners 31b extra. From the turn of the Lands iv. (11 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Prologue (E. Edwards) 1 Lord Albemarle's Tisiphone Duke of Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Estelle 3 The following also started—Mr. Isaac Day's f by Liverpool, out of Busk ; Mr. G. Ongley's Symmetry ; Lord W. Powlett's f by J erry , out of Zeal ; and Lord Sandwich's f by Jerry, out of Legend. 5 to 2 agst Zeal filly, 4 to 1 agst Prologue, 5 to 1 agst Symmetry, and 6to 1 agst Busk filly. Prologue made all the running, followed to the Duke's Stand by the favourite, and for the remainder of the distance by Tisi phone, winning, without being headed or called upon, by half a length. The Estelle filly met with a disappoint ment at starting, and lost some ground, but caught the Zeal colt about a distance from home, and beat him for the third place by a neck. Symmetry was fifth, the Busk filly sixth, and the Legend filly, which ran in front until half-way between the Duke's Stand and the chair, last. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; for three yrs old, fist 21b ; four, lost 71b ; five, 1 Ist ; six and aged, list 41b. R.C. Duke of Richmond's Pastoral, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 Mr. Dixon's Oliver Cromwell, 3 yrs 2 Lord Albemarle's Robinia, 3 yrs Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs 4 7 to 4 on Pastoral, and 5 to 2 agst Wee Pet. Pastoral made strong running all the way, and won by three lengths ; Wee Pet and Robinia were beaten a mile from home, and walked in. Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst (Bell), beat Mr. E. Walker's black cab horse (h b), 6 yrs, 7st, by six lengths, T. M. M., 150, h ft.--3 to lon the winner. Mr. Ford's Piccolina, Bst 31b (F. Butler), beat Mr. T. Theobald's Desperation, Bst 71b.-7 to 1 on Piccolina, who won easy by half a length. It is reported to the clergy of Killala, that the deanery of that ancient see is to be conferred by the Lord Lieutenant upon the Rev. Mr. Trench, of Clough ordan.—Pilot. BIRTHS. On the 20th ult., on Southernhay, Exeter, the lady of W. H. Begley, Esq., of a son. On the 22d ult., in North-street, Portsea, the lady of C. Houghton, Esq., of Demerara, of a daughter. Ott the 24th ult., at St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, the wife of A. S. Finley, Esq., of Castl e T owar d , A rgyllshire. of a son. On the 25th ult , at Bingfield, the wife of William Annan dale, Esq., of a son. On the 30th ult., at Ringwood House, near Shalfieet, Isle of Wight, the lady of J. Fowler, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. James Winstanley, of a son. MARRIED. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Frederick James Clark, of Lancaster-place, Strand, to Ann Elizabeth Goslin, of the Richmond -road, Fulham. On the 30th ult., at St. Michael's, Comhill, Archibald Monet, wine -merchant, of Creed-lane, Ludgate-hill, to Caro line, daughter of the late H. Kincaid, of Cranbrook, Kant. On the lat inst., at the Abbey Church, St. Alban's, the Rev. Serocold Wade, to Elizabeth M ary , e ld er d aughter o f John Sam ue l Story, Esq., of St. Alban's. On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Alban, second son of Willi am Samman, sq., of Middleton•stoney, Oxon, to Sarah, third daughter of the late S. Falloner, Esq., of Hammersmith. On the Ist inst., at St. Helier's, Jersey, Edward Marshag White, Esq., to Maria H arr i e t, youngest d aughter of Com missary General Drake. On the Ist inst., John Woodcock, Esq., of Wigan, to Alice, daughter of the late John Knowles, Esq., of Liverpool. DIED. On the 2d inst., at Epsom, where she h a d gone f or c h ange of air, the Hon. harlotte Bowes Lyon, eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord Glamis, aged 18. On the 23d ult., Lady Ellen, wife of J. W. Fane, Esq., of Shirborne Lodge, Oxfordshire. On the 25th ult., at Lethen House, Nairnshire, Bahia, wife of John Clerk Brodie, Esq., Edinburgh. On the 28th ult., Mr. Joshua Thurling of Streatham, Surrey. On the 29th ult., Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Jokn Slaney, wine -merchant, of Wellington, Salop. On the 29th ult., in Knightrider-street, Maidstone, E. Peale, Esq. On the 30th ult. ' at Cambridge- s t ree t , C onnaught-square, Mrs. Hey, relict o f W. Hey, Esq., a ge d 37. On the 30th ult., Daniel William Hughes, second son of the Rev. Dr. Hughes, Rector of Llanfylin, Montgomeryshire. On the Ist inst., Sarah, the relict of the Rev. Thomas Waters, D.D., aged 77. On the Ist inst., Ann, widow of the late George Knott, Esq., of Bohun Lodge, East Barnet, Herts. On the Ist inst., at Bruton, Sornersetshire, Harriet Thrale, wife of Thomas H e lt on Kei th , Esq., of the Grove, Highgate. LOT indon: Printed and Published by PritrliDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printe r , a t Tfie Sue Offi ce , No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County 01 Middlesex, Friday, October 4,1844. grt she litr last. I . M. ] John 1 Ifiehen Reu s s liderari Theme 104 dames %N.., laLt on PaattA rife pertant !Yen after Otte] Tim I Most es aid Alt It, N,. 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