The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

Frabirbf 721ittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAM, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. 27. Dividend i per Annum. ii per cent. 41. 221. 16/. 41 10s. 4O& .15s. 1L M. i 31 12s. &L I. 10s. 171. so'. 1732i1. Itil. 8 percent. 28 211:. IL 108. ISL Dios. 101. 181. 10e. 11. 4.. 3 per cent. 1 / 4 per cent. 41 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 19s. 5 per cent. L per cent. AN I pet cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 1% per cent. /.1; ISL J. per cent. 11. 7s. & 14s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. at.C*l. pr 54 55. is. per share 5 per cent. 31. 5 perTent.l 30$. bs. j 434 per cent. 5% per cent. per cent. B per cent. 3 per cent. 4s. 2.. lid. per cent. '196. , 19 ih. & be. 11. ss. 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. per cent. syi per tient. 1/. 4s. 5 per cent. 10% per cent 51. P per cent. 6 per cent 6 per cent. sper cent tper cent. per oent. per cent. t per cent. I per cent. Ns per share lie per share 10 per cent. per cent. 16s. U. 58 11. - I' N. and be. 434/.and las. per cent. rcent. 10!. 10/. bi per ib ibs per s h 2/, per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 15 per cent 6 per cent. 63i per cent. 31. Ike. , 94 - 1 - 01. 2/. lOs. V. 10s. I per cent. U. 14.. Us. per sh 1/. 44. per cent. en. per sh. V. Si. per sh 10 per cent 1;4 per cent. N. ss. per sh 1 I. per sh. 123. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IXI. per sh SOL per eh. 11.145. &per share .314 d per sh $1.175. pr st 113 s per it L. 11. ss. 15s. IL 11 - 4; 10d. ils pet cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 percent, 14 U. 6d. i. io.. DOM; cent. Ws, per sh. U. au. Mr eh. I/. 4s. 14 15s. per cent. t per cent. iSs. arid frik6d. bs. j 'pet cent. iper cent. ‘4 per cent 6 per cen: LIST o SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. AUG. 1, 1844. ( percent. : Bank of Scorland 6 per eclat. Royal Bank 8 pei cent. British Linen Compny par co.. ,t Commercial Bank 7 per cent. i GlAsgow Union Bank p. - / cent. Western Bank riper cent. Central Pk. of Scotland 6 p.er cent. Caledonian Insurance 7 per cent. Hercules Insurance. e per cent. North Brit. Insurance t per cent. Insurance Co. •f Scott. (percent. Edinburgh Life Insur. per cent. Scottish Cnion Insur 0 per cent. Standard Life Insur per Cent. Dalkeith Rail way ▪l l per cent Edin. and Gist. Railer y 11,6 per ern t Mug. and Green. Rai l r‘adnoond Arbr Rail. .... --• .... -- I -- - ; - 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 —1 0 0 210 0 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - 115 Qof 22! 17 8 Z 2O s. 50 6334 12 Amount Names of Com- ; or panies. Share. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... Ashby-cle-la-Zouch-av Basingstoke Breckneck & Ahergay. Birmingham, l-I(ithsh. Do. and Liverp. data Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ..... Cromford ..„...... Dudley Derby Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and C1yde......... 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Birmingham & Derby firming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand J tinctio , , Great North of Engind Use t Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and 111 ckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Mid an Coulties North British h & Brandon Nor hero and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre......, Stockt 8 Darlington; South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lark and N. Midland Ditt , New Shams Mines. Albi n Copper Alten Anglo &lex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Dist Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. 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Soc South Austrdlian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land .2 s. d. 97 IS 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 lea 0 0 70 10 3 100 0 II 100 0 0 201 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 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 05 0 0 SO 0 0 20 0 • 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 • 20 0 0 20 0 • 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5• 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 • 50 0 0 50 0 • 50 • • 25 • • 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 • 0 30 0 0 100 • 0 03 12 9 100 • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 I 25 8 0 50 0 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 29 0 0 20 0 8 50 0 • 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 11 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 luo 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 U 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 13 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 2500 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Paid. Price. X s. d.l _ 100 0 0 - 107 41 13 4 ' 31 it - 64 100 - 0 0 103 - 162 100 0 0 cent. 1100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 1 :5 0 0 50 0 0 1 12 0 0 2 0 1 1)0 0 0 O 100 0 100 0 0 50 e 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 1 g 4 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 90 0 0 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 i 3! • 14 10 0 'lOO 0 (, 23 0 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 ao o 0 0 13 00 5.5 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 , 3 0 0 go 0 o 59 0 0 25 0 0, 1 7 0 0 - 150 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 ; 10 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 - 1 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 - 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 G 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 15 o 0 5 n 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 c 225 104 4., 11S 50 0 e 21S 26 18% 122 52% 52 106 3 11% 56 37% 37% 184 265% :37% 27% 105 4% 118 104% 28}, 14 0 0 1 10 0 30s pm 50 0 1 3 0 0 ; 4 0 0 ; 4t 75 0 0 j 17 25 0 0 50 0 0 0:1 518 % 100 0 0 100 o o 104 o 0? . 0 0 se o o so o o sit 20 0 0 20 0 0 CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. _ (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) ASSAIILT.—DanieI M'Diarmid, captain of the Pro tomelia, was charged with assaulting Samuel John M'Dowall, on Friday, the 5111 of July, on the high seas. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, a most intelligent but friendless boy, that he was ordered to clean a part of the ship. He went for a broom to do so, and the captain seeing him with it, struck him with his hand, pulled the broom from him, and gave him a blow with the handle of the broom. It would appear that the captain acted in this manner, because there was an old broom which he might have taken. He was obliged to lie by that night and part of the next day, when he came to him and asked to see the boy's thigh. After having stripped himself, the captain beat him with a rope about an inch and a half thick. After this he refused to do any more work till they came to London, the assault having been committed below Dungeness. It also appeared from the statement of the boy that on Sunday, the ith, he violently pressed his neck, and said if he did not work be would break his neck. When they arrived in London the captain was brought before a magistrate, and was committed to take his trial at this Court. There was a witness in the case, but when called he was not forthcoming. Mr. DOANE said that the captain acted as he did under the impression that the boy was feigning illness, in order that he might not work, and the boy admitted that the captain was very kind before the assault occurred. The captain was willing to make him some compensation. The RECORDER thought that would be the best way to settle the matter. The boy had acted in a manly, straightforward wanner in not submitting to be treated unjustly ; but the Court was willing to believe that the captain had acted under sa false impression. He would direct the jury to find a verdict of guilty, and the Court would then settle the amount of compensation. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, Mr. DOANE, on his behalf, offered 101. compensation, which was accepted as fair and liberal. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Are the slop-sellers of the metropolis alike destitute of the feelings of humanity, the sense of shame, and the consciousness of responsibility ? The fearful results of their grinding cupidity have been often exhibited, and their cruelty denounced. The Press has frequently brought before the public eye the sad scenes of privatiori, verging on starvation, caused by the miserable wages they pay to their wretched workwomen. The lingering death endured by many of these poor creatures—who, faint, from hunger, fatigue, and suffering, ply the needle through the greater part of the night, unable to procure sus tenance by unintermitting toil during the day—has been represented in the homely phrase of prose, and in the more affecting appeals of verse. Hood's " Song of the Shirt " will perpetuate, for it faith fully portrays, the sufferings of this wretched class of the most helpless of the sex. Their weakness and woes would appeal to the sympathies of their employers—if they were men. If shame were capable of moving them to virtue they would, ere this, have convened a public meeting of their trade and pledged themselves to each other and to the public, that an advance upon their scandalously low rates of wages fur the making-up of the shirts, trousers, and other articles of dress, in the sewing to gether of which large numbers of females are daily and nightly employed, should take place. And if humanity and shame had ceased to operate, the de nunciations of Heaven against those who " grind the face of the poor, and afflict the soul of the needy," might awake those apprehensions of future retribution against which the most obdurate are not altogether proof. But these considera tions seem incapable of moving the slop-sellers. Their poor workwomen ,are ground to the dust, and are even pressed out of life, by the operation of the system of competition which this class of traders persist in carrying- on against each other. The profits they acquire are wrung from the vi tality of the poor needle-women, who starve, while they " fare sumptuously every day." Another of these terrible examples is before us. A fine young woman, industrious and virtuous, unable to sup port life upon the wages of shirtmaking, and shrink ing from the alternative which lures but to inflict upon its victims a deeper depth of misery, has been impelled to suicide. A double suicide was only pre vented by the timely arrival of a labouring man, who, on his way to work, was attracted to the spot by a shriek, and succeeded in rescuing from death a sister of the wretched girl. They had agreed to terminate their miserable existence together by drowning. The survivor told the sad tale of their mutual struggles to :sustain life by their unintermitting toils, and of the horrid conclusion to which they came to terminate an existence which to them was alike destitute of in ducement, in the shape of possession, or of promise, to prolong it. The Coroner's inquest commenced its inquiry into the cause of the death of the poor suicide on Friday, and closed it yesterday. The name of the deceased girl was Eliza Kendall—her age nineteen—the mode of death was drowning—the place selected for the act a ecluded spot on the Surrey Canal The jury marked its sense of the cause which led to the catastrophe by the verdict it returned upon the evidence :—" That the deceased committed suicide whilst labouring under a fit of insanity ; and the jury cannot but deprecate the cruel practice of the slop sellers in London, of employing young females at needlework at so low a rate of wages as to preclude the possibility of a subsistence." This was, in fact, a verdict of wilful murder against the system by which "the slop ' sellers in London" manage their business. The manifest tendency of this system is the destruction of life. To re duce the prices of shirt 7 making to five farthings each,is —we will not mince the matter- -to consign the poor crea tures who are condemned to toil for such a pittance to starvation. The appropriate designation of such cruelty is murder. Rent—food—clothes—firing— candles (for toil by night)—and all these out of sew ing the materials of shirts together at five farthings each ! Those who think the thing consistent with the sustentation of life deserve to be undeceived, by being subjected to the experiment. Human legisla tion cannot prevent the horrible state of things. But public opinion can express its sense of the enormity ; and the public Press can, and will, utter its thunders against it, and against those who pocket the gains de rived from human misery. STANDARD.—The last telegraphic dispatch from Morocco offers a triumphant contradiction to the rumours so industriously circulated by the French Opposition Press, that Marshal Bugeaud was lying on his oars waiting for reinforcements, which his Government were indisposed to send ; and that in the interim a junction be tween the troops commanded by the son of the Emperor of Morocco, and the main body of the Moorish army would be effected, which would enable their united forces to overwhelm the comparatively small army at the disposal of the Marshal. He appears, however, to have wisely anticipated this junction, by striking a decisive blow at once. The affair, judging from the very meagre account supplied by the telegraph, would seem to have been every way worthy the military reputation of the Marshal, and the tried gallantry of the French troops. If, indeed, it be correct that the Marshal I left 800 of the enemy on the field, and captured the number of guns and the quantity of munitions of war and baggage enumerated in his dispatch, the moral effect of his victory cannot fail of being considerable, both in Algeria and Morocco ; and " far from leading, as a Contemporary suggests, to a prolongation of the contest, will, we hope and believe, bring it to a speedy termination. The Em peror has, undoubtedly, extensive means at his command for protracting the struggle, and greatly enhancing the natural difficulties with which his assailants will have to contend. But cui bond Under any circumstances, he must be a loser to an extent greater in proportion to his resources than any sacrifices he may force upon the French. If the professions of the latter, that they have no intention to occupy ultimately any part of Morocco, be as sincere as we believe them to be, the Emperor is fighting for a shadow, and may well afford to accept the conditions offered to hi:n. If we could suppose it otherwise, and believe that it was the determination of Marshal Bugeaud to conquer and take possession of the country, then would there be no other prospect than that of a long, and, to the invaders, a most harassing and un fruitful war—and we should consider this prelimi nary success as tending only to enhance their fu ture difficulties; for unless followed by the imme diate submission of the Moors, it will increase their exasperation to the highest possible pitch, until every foot of the soil will be disputed, and every means within reach of a barbarous enemy resorted to to drive them from the country; the heat of the climate, and the impossibility of provisioning an army, in many of the districts through which the Marshal will have to pass, offering of themselves the most weighty obstacles to the en terprise. It is possible that the conviction that the French can proceed but little further during the pre sent season, may induce the Emperor to delay his submission. The great probability, however, is, that we shall hear of his having accepted the proposed 1 terms by the next dispatch. The fact that the son of the Emperor had joined the Moorish camp would lead us to infer that the troops of which he was said to be in command had accompanied him, and if so, the Moors will have little prospect of repairing their disaster, and but little temptation (having been beaten at such tremendous odds-)-to renew the contest. RAILWAY ACCIDENT . — Friday afternoon, as one of the Paisley trains, drawn by the Hecate, one of the and when about w t e h w n e • Greenock Company's o gines, was on its way to Glas mw,n miles i from Paisley, the axle both tender and engine were of the tender broke, thrown off the line. None of j tef passengers or servants z ormer were slightly were seriously hurt ; three of soon after the injured, and were able to walk e ti n ; acci dent happened. The tender, and A a third-class carriage, were considerably damaged.' detention te to the seve ral trains took place in consequence of obstruc tion, but, by about half-past three o'clock, the rails were laid and the line clear.--Glasgow National. All paid 60 0 0 40 0 0 54 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 i le i 10 e • 5 0 0 1250 I 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 10 0 0 b 13 • 10 I 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 5 5 0 20 0 • 40 0 40 0 0 5.1 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 29 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 95 0 0 10 0 • 10 0 0 2400 10 0 0 Id 0 0 II 0 • 19 0 I 50 0 0 26 0 0 100 0 • 75 0 • 31 5 0 28 • 0 50 0 • 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 3800 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 • 0 25 0 0 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1844. LORD J. RUSSELL AND ti SPECIAL BURDENS." (From the League.) The last discussion of the session arose in conse quence of a speech delivered by Lord John Russell on the condition and prospects of the country. In that speech the Noble Member for the City of Lon don returned to the question of " special burdens" on the land. In the debate on Mr. Villiers's motion, Sir Robert Peel confined his "special burden" complaint to the single " burden" of maintaining the poor; but the Noble Lord has discovered two other " bur dens," the county rate and the malt duty, which, in his opinion, entitle the agriculturists, that is, the land owners, to peculiar consideration on the part of the Legislature. It is pleasant to find the question of protection to agriculture, or, to speak more correctly, of protection to rent, placed on some ground which can be understood and fairly grappled with; and we feel grateful to our opponents when they show us their points of defence. From the importance attached to the question of county rates, one would be led to imagine that this impost was one of a very heavy and grievous cha racter ; and that, although raised from the land, it was appropriated to objects in which proprietors of the soil had no interest, and that over its expen diture these ill-used individuals had no control. Now, what are the facts of this case of suffering and injustice inflicted on the owners of the soil ? The county rate is a burden laid upon all land - and buildings, and is, for the most part, expended in the maintenance of roads and bridges, and in the pro secution of various classes of offenders against the laws. The amount of the rate is fixed by the magistrates in each county, and in their hands is the control of the expenditure. The magistrates are generally landowners, and, if there be any want of economy and care in the disbursement of the amount collected, they are wholly responsible for it. The entire amount of county rate collected, in 1842, for England and Wales, was but 703,5261., England paying 666,977/., and Wales 36,549/. ; and this sum was levied on land and buildings spread over more than thirty-seven millions of acres, averaging not more than 4id. per acre, and being not more than 31d. in the pound on the annual value of the property assessed. But in what coun ties is it that the county rate appears as a very large item of expenditure ? Middlesex pays not less than 87,715/. ; the West Riding of Yorkshire, 49,592/. ; Lancashire, 41,328/. ; Surrey, 32,543/., that part of the metropolis on the south of the Thames causing Surrey to stand so high on the list. The amount paid in 1842 in these four coun ties wag 211,178/., or very nearly one-third of the, amount paid by the whole of England. Lancashire alone paid 41,3281., whilst the whole of Wales paid but 36,5491. From this it is clear that this " special burden" is not special at all, but general, and shared in by the towns and the manufacturing as well as by the agricultural districts ; and unless it be assumed that land ought to pay no taxes, and that owners of land are a class of so sacred a cha racter as to be entitled altogether to exemption from taxes and all other inflictions to which man kind in general are subjected, we know not how any sane man can regard the county rate as any ground for the existence of the corn-law as a means of compensation to the class of landowners. In the discussion of the question of the food mo nopoly, there have been adduced many reasons for its continuance—some fraudulent, and others simply ridiculous; and this of the burden of the county rate is about the most absurd of all. What is the value of land without roads and bridges, and who are so much interested in the punishment of offen ders as the owners of property ? How many in stances are there in every county, of the value of land being prodigiously increased by the forming of roads and the opening of new markets for the produce of the land ? To dwell upon these points would be to assume a want of common capacity on the part of our readers ; and we confess we cannot persuade ourselves that Lord John Russell was in earnest when he ven tured to speak of the burden of county rates as one entitling the landowners to tax the food of a whole nation and to inflict the evils of famine upon multi tudes of their fellow-countrymen. The landowners would do well to inquire if county rates are not greatly increased by the " burden " of prose cuting and punishing a class of offenders who are made so by laws enacted by landowners to provide sport and amusement for themselves and their friends. How much of the county rate in Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckingham, and other agricultural coun ties, is expended in maintaining a police force to act as gamekeepers, and in punishing poachers ? The landowners and magistrates in those counties can give some interesting particulars on this point; and, if they had a particle of decent shame about them, they would be the very last to have this question breught before the public eye. But suppose we grant that the county rate is a " special burden" on the land, and how far is it repaid by the corn-law ? The county rate of 1842 amounted to 4id. per acre in England and Wales. To compensate the landowners for this grievous burden, how much should the corn-law give them in return ? The tax of 4id. per acre surely cannot require a pro tecting duty of 20s. per quarter on the importa tion of foreign wheat, nor yet of a fixed duty of Bs. as proposed by the late Government in 1841, nor even a " moderate fixed duty" of any amount above lid. per quarter, supposing each acre to pro duce equal to three quarters of grain. Let it be remembered how small the whole sum of this " burden" is—that it is paid on buildings and ma nufactories as well as on land—that it is levied by the county magistrates, generally proprietors of land, and that it is expended entirely by them— that it is applied chiefly to the maintenance of roads and bridges, without which land would be almost valueless and to the prosecution and punishment of off enders against the laws made for the security of property, and largely on account of of fences against the game laws made by landowners to provide amusement for landowners—that it only amounts to 4id. per acre throughout England and Wales ;—let all this be remembered, and then imagine the amount of credulity the man must be blessed with, who believes this "burden" to require a Corn-law to compensate for it ; or the as surance or ignorance cf a statesman who can bring forward this " burden" as a ground for the continuance of a tax upon the chief article of human subsistence. It is indeed amazing with how much coolness these pretences are put forward, as if the owners of land were the only men who became acquainted with tax-gatherers. The 700,0001. collected in county rate is about as much as the tax levied on cotton, the raw material of our most I important manufacture. For the county rate the landowner gets roads, bridges, security for property, value to land ; for the cotton-tax, what do those en gaged in the cotton-trade receive ? They have this tax laid upon them, not to provide roads, and bridges, and markets, b u t t o go t o th e general taxation of the country, and to hang upon them as a dead weight in the fierce competition they meet with in every market in the world. To what a wretched condition are our landed proprietors reduced when they can stoop so low as to ask for the perpetuation of a bread tax on grounds so contemptible as this. Of the malt duty we have little to say, except that we deem it in itself an unwise impost, inter fering with the carrying on of an extensive depart ment of trade, and we would willingly see it abo lished. But as a. ground for maintaining a tax on bread, it is not less foolish than that based on the payment of county-rates. The landowners have made a law to 'tax malt, by which beer is made dearer to the consumer; the demand for barley is thus, to some extent, lessened, and in this way the tax is injurious to the landowners; but as respects price, it is only injurious to tho boor-arinlrpr_ Thu landowner has no pity for the consumer; it is not for him he wishes the tax repealed ; but he has great compassion for his own class ; he proposes, therefore, to tax the beer-drinker's bread'to repay himself for the injury he suffers from having taxed the beer-drinker's beer. If the landowners don't like the malt-tax, let them abolish it; but in the name of all that is just, don't ask the people to give up the consumption of bread because they have already been put upon short allowance of beer. From our hearts we pity any man of ordinary in telligence who steps forward to defend the corn-law. The fraud is so glaring and so wicked that no man can stand in its defence without damage to his cha racter and his influence; and that Lord John Russell should volunteer as its champion is a wonderful and a sorrowful passage in the history of one of the most distinguished families in the ranks of the Bri tish peerage. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AVG. 26. Corps of Royal Engineers—First-Lieutenant C. F. Skyring to be Second-Captain, vice Coddington se conded; Second-Lieutenant J. W. Lovell to be First- Lieutenant, vice Skyring; Aug. 16. 'BANKRUPTS. JOHN THOMAS WILDE and WILLIAM WILDE, merchants, Basing-lane, Cheapside, to surrender Sept. 11, at twelve, and Oct. 8, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Lowless and Son, Il a tton-court, Threadneedle -street. WILLIAM MAY UNDERIVOOD, miller, Fyfield, Eisex, Sept 10, at one, and Oct. 8, at two, at the Court or Bankruptcy . . Belcher, official assignee ; Wright, London-street, Fenchurch-street. ARTHUR LETT, timber merchant, Lambeth, Sept. 7, and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. IV hitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside. ROBERT BUCKLER, grocer, Portsea, Sept. 5, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Smith and Son, Bloomsbury ; Binsteed, Portsmouth. WILLIAM YU - ILL, tailor, Cornhill, Sept. 5, at half past one, and Oct. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Buinghall-street ; Tilleard and Son, Old Jewry. JACOB FORTH, hatter, Nottingham, Sept. 5 and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, of fi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Barlow and Radcliffe, Oldham. ROBERT GARNETT, boot and shoemaker, Leeds. Sept. 6 and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Rushworths, Staple Inn, London ; Bradley, Leeds. JOSEPH WHITE LEWIS, victualler, Bath, Sept. 10, at One, and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Chapman, Warminster ; Holme and Co., New Inn, London. ROBERT CURRIE, bookseller, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Sept, 6, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at two, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assig nee, Newcastle•upon- Tyne ; Bennett, Bolding, and Pope, Scott's-yard, Cannon-street ; Wailes, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. R. Knight, farmer, Byfleet, Surrey. T. Webster, bricklayer, Wakefield. SECOND NOTICES. A. B. S. Ramsey, broker, Percy -street, Fitzroy-square, Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. G. Rudrum, farmer, Surlingham, Norfolk, Sept. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi-. cial assignee. E. Godwin, butcher, Portsea, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Newlands, West-square, Southwark, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Nye, surgical instrument manufacturer, York place, Westminster-road, Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Atkinson, linendraper's assistant, Lowndes-terrace, Knightsbridge, Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Walker, wheelwright, Caddington, Hertfordshire, Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee. W. Holmes, barrister-at-law, Cambridge, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Carstairs, cabinet-maker, Foley-place, St. Mary lebone, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. A. Halinburg, author, Albany-street, Regent's-park, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. A. Collingridge, Boulton-place, Chelsea, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. R. Rushbrook, veterinary-surgeon, Rayleigh, Essex, August 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. Lamb, deputy sea-coal weigher, Dorset-street, Com mercial-road, August 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. R. Knights, butcher, John-street, New-road, Mary lebone, Aug : 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. W. F. Perkins, broker, Vine-street, Hatton-garden, Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. M. Keymer, warehouseman, Hulme, Lancashire, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. J. H. Lonsdale, tea dealer, Bamber-bridge, Lancashire, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee. G. M. Priddey, grocer, Ellesmere, Salop, Sept. 10, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. J. Finney, miller, Burslem, Staffordshire, Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. G. Smith, glazier, Newent, Gloucestershire, Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. W. H. Dark e, paper-stainer, Aston juxta Birmingham, Sept. 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official ass ignee. H. Spencer, blacksmith, Silsden, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. W. Golland, pork butcher, Sheffield, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Hamnett, hatter, Walker-gate, Lincolnshire, Sept. 3, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Turner, butcher, Newcastle-under - Lyme, Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Jones, tailor, Bath, Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Bris tol District Court. Miller, official assignee. W. Haigh, plasterer, Halifax, Yorkshire, Aug. 30. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. Farnell, Bradford, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. G. Richardson, Leamington, Sept. 3, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. G. Littler, gentleman's servant, Euston-square, St. Pancras, Aug. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. C. Green, coachmaker, Semer, Suffolk, Aug. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. C. Sewell, shoemaker, Gestingthorpe, Essex, Aug. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Walker, clothier, Leeds, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds district Court. Freeman, official assignee. T. Brook, Nunroyd, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 27.) SUGAR.—Previous rates have been sustained for West India of all descriptions, and' a good demand has pre vailed for bright yellow sorts, of which there is only a moderate quantity still in the market. To-day there was less inclinatimi shown to purchase West India Sugar. From Grocers and Refiners the demand was limited, and the rates accepted were 6d per cwt under those of Friday for brown and inferior sorts, but good and fine yellow maintained the former currency. A public sale of Barbadoes Sugar went hea vily at a further decline in price of 6d. per ewt. ; low yellow at 56s to 56s 6d, mid 57s to 58s, good mid 59s to 60s, good 60s 6d to 61s 6d, and fine 64s to 64s 6d per cwt ; the trade generally still ontertain a prejudice to wards this sort of Sugar. REFINED.—The market has assumed a firmer appear ance for Refined Sugar ; the demand from the Home Trade has been good, and stiffer rates given. To day refined goods were in excellent request by the home trade ; Brown lumps at 735, and standard lumps 74s to 74s 6d per cwt. The market is firm for bonded crushed Sugars, and there are no sellers under 27s 6d per cwt for first quality. MAURITIUS.—A fair demand has prevailed by private contract, especially for the better qualities, and former rates are sustained. This afternoon buyers were less desirous to purchase, and a part only was disposed of, but full rates were obtained; fine yellow fetched 61s to 635, good 60s to 60s 6d, good mid 57s 6d to 595, mid 54s 6d to 56s 6d, low 53s to 545, fine brown 52s to 52 per cwt. and ord 48s to 49s 6d E s 16:1T, INDIA. —For 60$_ F 0 to r 51s Bengald6 the demand has increased, andseveral parcels of strong yellow and the by private better so bite have been disposed of at rather higher rats. This aft ernoon 5 7 2 b ags o f B en gal Sugar were offered at auction ; near l y t h e w h o l e w as damaged, and of low quality, and was chiefly taken in ; brown drainage damaged at 42s to 475, low soft yellow Ms to 525, damp ditto, 60s, low soft white 56s 6d, and treaty s everal w damp ditto 55s per cwt. There was less business doing by private contract, and easier rates were accepted for common sorts. rates. For Hyson 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb. is the value of common quality. In Young Hyson and Caper more business has been transacted, and prices have an upward tendency. For Black and common Green Tea prices rule under those of last season, but for fine sorts they are rather above those of that time. To day several parcels of Tea were sold at firm rates ; sound common Congou, cash, is not to be purchased under I Id per lb. SPlCES.—lmporters of Cassia Lignea are still anxious sellers, and have submitted to a reduction on previous rates of is to 2s per cwt. Nutmegs have met with more attention, and full rates paid. Singapore fine bold brown at 5s 2d, good 3s 8d to 3s 9d, good middling 3s 6d to 3s 7d, middling 3s 4d to 3s sd, low middling 3s, and worm eaten 6d to Is ld. Mace, Singapore fine bright at 5s 7d, good 4s 6d to 4s 9a, middling 3s. 2d to 3s 6d, interior 2s Bd, mouldy is 10d—a very small part for exportation only was, however, taken in at is per lb for low old. Cloves have fallen 2d per lb, Penang at 2s 5d to 2s 7d for fine bold bright, and 23 to 2s 3d for good. Black Pepper is held for the former value. Cinnamon 2d to 3d per lb above those of the last quarterly sale. RlCE.—lmporters of Bengal are not inclined to sub mit to any further decline in prices, and have refrained from offering any at public sale. This afternoon there was a limited demand only for Bengal Rice, and 1,183 bags at auction were partly disposed of, but full prices were obtained ; mid pearly white went at lOs 6d to I Is, good mid lls to lls 6d, sea damaged first class lOs 6d to I Is, second and third ditto 7s 6d to 10s, sea damaged and repacked 8s 6d to 9s, Indigo ditto lOs 6d tp lls 6d ; the remainder was taken i❑ at 12s to 12s 6d for fine bold sound white, and lls 6d to 12s per cwt for good, being above the value ; fair market rates were offered. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—AII descriptions of Jamaica Rum are much wanted, and further improved rates have been paid, but, in importers hands, there is little undisposed of. Leeward Island Rum, at 2s 41d to 2s 5d per gallon, proof. Demerarnat 3s 5d to 3s 7d for fine quality 36 to 41 per cent overproof. Calcutta at 2s 21d to 2s 3d per gallon, proof strength. Brandy is firm in price, and a fair demand has existed. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1839, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1840, hhds 5s Id, put s 4s lld ; 1841, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; 1842, hills 4s t'd duns 4s 7d ; mid and good mid 3s 3d to 4s 6d, and lo v2s lid to 3s Id per gallon. Geneva for expor tation at is 10d to Is lid ; fine for home consumption hr s been fetching 2s 6d to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits at 103 4d per gallon, cash. To-day several inquiries existed for Rum. Jamaica 28 to 30 per cent O.Y. at 3s 7d to 3s 10, 32 to 37 3s lid to 4s 4d, superior 4s 6d to ss, Demerara, fine 38 to 41 per cent over 3s 5d to 3s 6d, in hhds 3s 7d, and proof Leewards 2s 5d to 2s 51d per gallon. Cocoa.—There has been a brisk demand for West India, and a further advance in prices of is to 2s per cwt has taken place. This afternoon West India was sought after, and some parcels have been disposed of privately at firm rates ; 41 bags 18 brls Trinidad at auc tion went at an advance on the rates of the last auctions of Is per cwt, and sold at 42s to 43s for mid red, 40s for low, and 37s for very low grey. INDIGO.—The market is firm, and a good export de mand still exists for all descriptions. This afternoon Spanish Indigo was wanted, but higher rates being asked checked business, and 137 serons of Guatemala at public sales were all withdrawn 2d per lb above the value. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was an increased demand for Cochineal; at auction 40 serons Honduras, and 31 bags Vera Cruz were offered, and nearly the whole sold at full rates ; the former, fine bold silvers at 4s I Id to ss, low to good black 4s 10d to 5s 8d; the latter at 4s 6d to 4s 7d for mid silvers rather damp, 4s 10d to 4s I Id for low and mid blacks. • SALTPETRE—There has been a much better demand for Rough, and the rates paid are on a par with those of this day week Calcutta, middling grey 201 per cent. refraction 23s 6d to 245, 131 to 91 per cent, middling ditto 24s to 24s 6d, 3A- per cent. fine grey bold chrystals 26s 6d, 24 to 2 per cent. good white 26s 6d, unrefrac - ted 21s to 25s 6d. English Refined at 30s for barrels, and 29s 6d per cwt for hhds. Oms.—Although the market has been largely supplied with Southern Oil, still former rates are fully sustained, and a good demand has prevailed ; 128 tuns were all disposed of at and after the public sale ; first quality at 30/ 5s to 31/, second do 291 lOs to 291 15s, third do 281 lOs to 29/, and black 26110 s to 271 108 per tun. Seal 341 lOs to 35/ per tun for pale, being 5s to 10s cheaper ; a small parceika brown Seal at auction fetched 2615 s per tun. Cod Oil 33/ lOs to 341. With Sperm the market has been better supplied ; British of first quality at 841 15s to 83/, not so well spermed 82/ 15s, two lots of very inferior 70/ to 73/ 10s, and Headmatter of first quality 901 to 911 15s per tun. For common Fish Oils prices are rather lower than they were last year at this period, but considerably higher for Sperm. Linseed Oil is 6d per cwt cheaper, and the sup ply is getting large, at 24s 6d to 25s per cwt. This af ternoon prices were firmer for Southern Oil, and at pub lic sale 381 casks, equal to 300 tuns, were sold at 31/ lOs to 32/ 5s ; 40 cask of Sperm Oil sold at 791 to 801 for American, one lot very low 70/, and Headmatter 901 5s to 90/ 15s per tun. TALLow.—Prices are still improving for Russian Tallow on the spot ; a good demand has prevailed, and 41s 6d to 42s are the current rates paid for P. Y. Candle of first quality. Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s nett cash. The public sales of Tallow went at rather higher rates ; 456 casks of New South Wales fetched 36a to 42s 3d ; 99 casks of Taganrog 38s 6d to 40s 3d ; 419 casks South American 35s to 39s 6d; 56 casks fine Odessa Sheeps 40s 3d to 40s 6d, and 18 casks East India 42s to 42s 9d per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam CF. 12 5 Ditto, at sight l2 3 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp 25 85 Hamburgh M.B. 1313} Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin _ Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 952 Trieste, ditto • 9 53 Madrid 37 LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice 47 Naples 39i Palermo, per oz llBl Lisbon s4i Oporto s4i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldyssight 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 4 114 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 ... Seville DR. WOLFF'S IMPRISONMENT AT BOKHARA. Captain Grover has communicated to us the fol lowing account of Dr. Wolff's imprisonment at Bokhara : The last letter written by Dr. Wolff, while at liberty, was written at Bokhara, on the 16th of April, before he entered the city. Ile had no writing paper, and this letter is written upon scraps torn from his memorandum-book. A. Turcoman had just arrived from Merv, bringing him a lamb as a present, and he took advantage of his return to send a few hurried lines. He is surrounded by people of Bokhara, Kokan, and Taschkand, and, therefore, says his information may be depended upon. He trembles somewhat for Stoddart and Conolly, for they are not seen at Bokhara, and the person alluded to in M. de Ghersi's dispatch, he has ascertained to be a Persian, and the European young man with him is an Italian watchmaker, named Giovanni. However, he says, " nobody has witnessed th, e l c c c u . t , i on o weref Stoddartpu b l i cly and Conolly, whilst Youssaf Khan, ex FOREIGN.—The market has still a firma ppearance for all descriptions of Foreign Sugar ; for White Havannah there has been a better demand, and the rates paid are executed. The Khaleefa (Holy-man) of Merv, tells rather above those previously quoted. To-day the mar- me positively that Stoddart was alive. Ido not feel ket was better supplied : at public sale 587 boxes 18 brls much apprehension for my own safety , but should Ibe of Cuba, and 1292 boxes Havannan were brought for- , ward : nearly the whole was disposed of : white fetched detained, pray get the Queen herself t o write a letter full rates, but brown and yellow 6d to is per cwt cheaper— to the Ameer, for he felt deeply offended that hi s l e tt er, Cuba, good white fetched 27s to 28s, low to mid 25s to which he wrote by Stoddart to the Queen, was answered the Governor-General of India. Get al so th e Em mid 26s 6d, washed 24s 6d, good sound yellow 20s to 20s 6d, , mid 19s 6d, low 18s to 18s 6d, washed 19s ; Havannah y went at 31s to 31s 6d for fine white, 29s to 30s for good, peror of Russia to write. Whatever happens pray 28s 6d for mid, 25s to 27s 6d f or d amage d, 205 to 20s 6d take it as coming from the Lord. Did not our Lord for good sound yellow, 19s 6d for mid, 17s 6d to 18s 6d suffer P" man sent by the Assef-ood-D ow l a h to ?" for low, 18s 6d to 19s for dameista, end 16s to 17s for corn low to good sound brown. MOLASSES.—For West India prices are kept low by mand the escort which was to protect him the heavy stock ; a good demand however has prevailed. against the Turcomans, turned out a great scoundrel, and the Doctor was obliged to This afternoon some pa rc el s o f West India were sold peal to the Turcomans for protection a ga i ns t hi s ap privately, but at th e l ow ra t es o f ra t e s o f 20s to 24s per . cwt. Those parti es h owever th a t we re anxious to rea lime hare mostly di s p ose d o f th e i r s t oc ks. escort. Between them, however, the poo r D octor FRUIT.—In Currants there has been a good business was plundered of everything, and, on entering the transacted ; the supply is falling off, and prices rule the a s a K man ing ordered w hose was wh . e l n o , ok h e o d we u v p e o r n , firm at 47s to 49s for Patrass, and 41s to 43s per cwt city, he was deserted by all except one m an, name d for Zante and Cephalonia. To-day accounts were re- d ll o ti orn sse w in a , s a s n e d ale h d e . ceived from th e I s l an d s an d the Morea, up to the 11th August, stating that the Currant crops had Nayeb to receive him into his house the been much injured, and would be less than it was last scenechanged , year. Holders here, in consequence, displayedincreased andpredicted that all danger was over. He was in firmness; indeed, several of them would not name a price. troduced to the King, kindly received, and he plainly The nearest quotations are 48s to Ms for Patras, and told the object of his visit. The following day the 42s to 45s for Zante slid Zephalonia. Raisins have met ' Kings Chamberlain, accompanied by th e with ready pur c h asers ; r e d S m y rna at 43s to 445, and C omman d - Sun 383 per cwt. ant of the arsenal, ordered him to write in their COFFEE.—The trade have shown little inclina on to presence the letter i n w hi c h t h e Ki ng de better West Indi a Coffee, and the market havin g been t he put Stoddart and C ono lly t o a etter supplied, a decline in prices of 2s. per c wt has dares that death • taken pl ace . Thi s a f ternoon H ava nnah of sound in the month of July, 1843, and of quality was all taken in above the value, fine ordinary this letter he had to make a translation in Persian. at 43s 6d to 44s 6d, good ordinary 39s to 41s; the damaged Ile was then told that he was free to depart. The at moderate rates, first class at 33s 6d to 355 6d, second do 31s Gd, third ditto 28s 6d, .and sea damaged and re .l et t er having been dispatched to Captain Grover, the packed 275. Ceylon was taken in Is above the value, Doctor received an intimation that he would be de good ordinary at 565, and ordinary 54s ; 70 bags were, tained. Having a slight fever he wished to be bled ; however, sold at 57s for fine ordinary, and 46s 6d to 543 this for damaged in the country. Trinidad fine fine ordinary being communi ca t e d t o t h e Ki ng, perm i ss i on was at 62s to 655, fine ordinary 56s to 60s, and ordinary 50s refused , the King saying that bleeding was not to 52s per cwt. good for him. Dr. Wolff had recovered Co - TEA.—The market has a firm appearance for nearly lonel Stoddart's " official seal." The Doctor writes, every description of Tea. None has been offere at auc- „ d to Ild Lion. Common Congou has been fetching 10i . . pray for me, and thank God with me, that he hath ' hitherto good common 1 lid to is 00, but middling and middling helped me." At first he wore his clergyman's blackish leaf is Id to is 3d, good blackish leaf is 3d to robes, and rode about the town unattended, which, he Is 6d, fine and Pekoe descriptions is 60 to 2s 4d, s ys, a the R • Ambassador Russian, who had just left, was Pouchong at sid to 9d for common to good, and superior 9d to is per lb. Souchong has met with a slow sale, and not allowed t o d o . I n ano th er l etter h e says he has i prices are not so firm. Scent e d Orange Pekoe was in brisk , a dopted the Bokhara dress, but does not say whether ‘ demand, and the supply being small prices continue high; ; this was done from choice. sales made at 3s Id to 3s 5d per lb. Plain Orange Pekoe at On the Bth June he writes two lines to Colonel E. Is 7d to 2s 4d. T wan k a y, Is 2d t o i s 3d paid for com- Shid, in which he says, that in spite of all the pro- : mom, Is 4d to is 8d for middling to middling brightish wises of the King, he is now a prisoner at leaf, and is 9d to 2s 5d for superior Hyson kind. Gun- that he has not the least hope of being Bokhara, soon res.. powder and Imperial have been disposed of at very full l e ' ased. __ _ _ THE HARVEST. Considerable progress has been made with the liar. vest in this neighbourhood during the present week. The weather has been extremely favourable ; and the scythe and sickle have been in active operation both early and late. In some situations, the wheat is so fully ripe that the labours of reaping and loading have been going on in the same fields at the same time. The grain also is so remarkably plump and so liable to shake, that great care is required whilst pitching sheaves for the purpose of stacking. There is but one opinion, indeed, as to the wheat crop, viz., that it is most bountiful, that it will weigh very heavy, and prove of superior quality. A considerable portion of wheat is cut in the neigh bourhood of Castle Donington. The head is very fine and bold, and bids fair to yield well. Barley and oats are also much improved since the rains, and are expected to be average crops. Should the weather continue favourable, a great part of the grain will be housed in another fortnight. Such has been the anxiety of one farmer, at Melbourne, to get his corn before continued rain set in, that he has been carry ing it for the three last successive Sundays, a , signing as his reason for so doing that it was easier to get assistance on those days than on others ! —Nottingham Review. Excepting Sunday, which was dry, warm, and de lightfully bright, we have had more or less rain every day during the week. The rain has not fallen in any considerable quantity ; and being generally followed by light winds and occasional intervals of sunshine, the moisture has not yet been productive of any more serious injury than that of retarding the work of the sickle. Every dry interval is now eagerly seized to carry forward the important operations of the harvest, and in the earlier districts a considerable breadth is already in stook. Everywhere in this neighbourhood, and to the east and west, there is much grain ready for being cut, and dry breezy weather is looked for with the utmost anxiety. All accounts agree as to the great bulk of the crop ; what the quality and yield may be cannot be ascertained till it be brought to the test of the barn floor. No doubt wheat will be coarser than what we have been accustomed to for the two past years ; but if there be no sprout, a slight degree of coarseness will be no serious evil, and will be amply atoned for by the great bulk of the crop. Potatoes and turnips are thriving beyond all precedent; and, judging from the samples of the former, which we see and taste daily, the quality promises to be ex cellent, being in general dry and mealy, and having already attained their delicious October taste.— Scotsman. CAPTURE OF BUSHRANGERS IN VAN DIE3IEN'S LAND. It is with sincere pleasure that we have to an nounce the capture of the bushrangers Jones and his two companions, being the remaining tail of Cash, Kavenagh, and Jones's party. The capture was ef fected in a very masterly style by district-constable Morton, of the Brighton police. This officer, having received information, proceeded to a spot near the Pear-tree, where, after having watched upon the hills for two days and two nights, he at last saw circumstances which convinced him the bushrangers were in a thatched store but a short distance from his look-out. Hereupon Morton returned to a gully where he had planted three of his constables out of sight, and also called at Mr. Turnbull's house, when he requested Mrs. Turnbull to write a note to Mr. Foster, the police-magistrate at Brighton, inform ing him of the position of the bushrangers; and re questing immediate aid. Morton then made arrange ments with his four constables, and proceeded towards the place. When near enough they. made a dash upon the hut, and, according to the preconcerted scheme of attack, each man occupied his post. Mor ton then called out for every one in the hut to sur render and come out unarmed ; upon which five free men presented themselves, and were ordered to ad vance about twenty yards and then lie down, under a threat of being shot if they attempted to stir. Mor ton then called upon Jones to come out, instead of which the bushranger fired several shots out of the window. Morton called them cowards, and told them, if they wanted any firing, they had better come out of the but ; upon which Jones rushed out, and fired his gun at one of the constables, but without effect ; the constable, however, returned the fire upon Jones, and shot him in the head, and a second shot told upon one of his arms. Jones dropped, and crawled into the hut, and in a few minutes crawled out again, and lay down about twenty yards from the hut. Morton then again called upon the others to surrender and come out, which they said they would not do so long as they had a round of ammunition left. Morton then gave directions to set fire to the thatch of the hut, and again called upon them to surrender and creep out on their hands and knees; which Moore, one of the bushrangers, did, but no sooner got out of the hut than he endeavoured to get possession of Jones's gun, which was on the ground. Morton called upon him to stop, which, however, he did not do; and one of the constables fired, and severely wounded him in the head. The other man (Platt) and a woman (Bridget Brown) then came out, and surrendered themselves. The two men (Jones and Platt) were brought into town the next day, and are now in the Hobart Town gaol. Moore is too severely wounded to be removed, and we understand his life is despaired of.—Hobart Town Courier, March 22. 'ASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—Applications having been made to the Customs authorities by certain passengers vho have recently arrived at this port from Sierra Leone and New South Wales, praying that some skins and other articles of trifling value, intended as presents, and found n their baggage, might be delivered upon payment of the British possession duty, notwithstanding that they were not included in the certificates of clearance, the board having conferred with their practical officers, and being of opinion that in cases of this kind, where the high duty on the articles may not exceed 10s., and the principal landing officers are satisfied that the goods are im ported from a British possession, and are intended for private use, the articles may be delivered at the low duty, without a special application being made. Orders have been issued to that effect, of which the several depart ments have been apprised.—Morning Herald. PEARGOS O'CONN•R.—A correspondent informs us that Mr. O'Connor appeared in the Market-place, at Hanley, on Monday evening last, according to previous announcement, for the purpose of addressing the people, when the numbers who attended were so very few, that, after speaking a few minutes, he gave it up as a hope less case. About seven shillings were collected on the occasion towards the expenses.—Macclesfield Chronicle. A TERRA-COTTA CHURCH.—At Haugh, near this town, a beautiful church has recently been built, entirely of terra-cotta—burnt clay. The inside, outside, tower, and basement, are all of.,the same material, a kind of fine clay, found near the spot, between the beds of coal, in Mrs. Fletcher's mines, which, after being subjected to a great pressure, is burnt. The colour is rather good, a kind of tawny. The situation, too, is very pretty. The architecture is florid Gothic. The interior is much decorated—the roof of dark stained oak; the floor is of tile, inlaid with numbers of crosses; the steps of the communion, encaustic tile; and all other matters in con formity. The seats are open, not formed into pews. The architect is Mr. Sharp, of Lancaster.—Manchester Guardian. IMPORTANT TO HIGH-CONSTABLES. -An Act of Parliament has just been passed " for facilitating the collection of county rates, and for relieving high-con stables from attendance in certain cases, and from cer tain other cases." Under the system in practice hitherto, high-constables of the hundreds had to receive the amount of the county rates after they had been collected by the overseers, and then personally pay over the same to the county treasurer. They had also to attend per sonally at each quarter sessions, on pain of a heavy fine. By the Act just passed, they are relieved from having anything to do with the county rate, nor are they re quired in future to attend the quarter sessions. The rates are to be collected by the boards of guardians of the poor-law unions, and by them paid to the county treasurer. WooDcocKs.—Last year we noticed that two woodcock's nests were discovered in Melkinthorpe Woods, near Lowther, by Mr. George Harrison, game keeper to the Earl of Lonsdale, and that in both in stances the eggs were all hatched. At that time both Mr. Harrison and his brother (his Lordship's principal gamekeeper) expressed their decided opinion that many of these delicate birds, if unmolested in their favourite retreats after the beginning of February, would become naturalised and breed in this part of the country. In support of their opinion, NS e have now to report that five fine young birds, strong upon the wing, were sprung a few days ago in the same locality. As these woods are strictly and carefully preserved, and seldom entered during the summer months, probably many more breeds yet remain to be discovered.—Lancaster Guardian. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK WAREHOUSES.-011 Tuesday last, from twenty to thirty of the most influen tial gentlemen from various parts of the country as sembled at the Monk's Ferry Motel, for the purpose of discussing the propriety of erecting warehouses round the Birkenhead Dock, and adopting the most advisable course of bringing the subject prominently before the public. We understand that the project met with una nimous concurrence, and that every gentleman present agreed to become a shareholder in the undertaking to a considerable extent. The parties dined together at the Monk's Ferry Hotel.—Liverpool Journal. Mrs. Drummond, the widow of the late Under Secretary for Ireland, lately paid a visit to the Royal Exchange, in order to inspect the marble statue of her late husband, executed by Hogan, The visit was strictly private, and Mrs. Drummond remained fir a consider able time contemplating the work, which so vividly re called the features of the departed.—Cork Southern Re porter. KILGERRAX FAIR.—OUT fair last Wednesday was a bad one as compared with former ones. It used to be one of the best fairs in the country ; but this week the show exhibited a falling off, and what is worse, prices ruled in the same downward direction, stock of all sorts fetching inferior prices to those obtained at the last Car marthen Lammas fair.— Welshman. FACTOR! CASE.—At the Borough Court on Friday, Thomas Shorrocks, a spinner, in the employment of Messrs. Simpson, Thompson, and Co., Collyhurst, was convicted, at the instance of Mr. Armstrong, sub-inspec tor of factories, of overworking his brother, and not • : ending him to school, the boy bein g un d er 13 years o f ag e. He was fined 195., including costs.—Manchester I Guardian. • LONDON PEACE SOCIETY. Memorial of the London Peace Society on the affairs of Morocco, Hayti, and Otaheite. To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart , First Lord of the Treasury; the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State fur the Foreign De partment; and the other Right lion. Members of her Majesty's Government. The Memorial of the Committee of the London Peace Society, Showeth,—That your memorialists are fully.pq suaded that war is repugnant to the spirit and princi ples of the Christian religion, subversive of the true in terests of mankind, and as unnecessary as it is una vailing as a mode of settling international differences. That whilst your memorialists regard with pecu liar satisfaction the continuance of peace among the nations of Europe, they are deeply and painfully af fected by the hostilities which at the present time pre vail in some other parts of the globe ; especially i" the empire of Morocco, the island of Hayti in the West Indies, and the island of Otaheite in the Southarn Par•ifc. That your memorialists as the Committee of Society whose sole object is the promotion of paint. nent and universal peace, abstain from expressing of opinion on the political questions supposed to be at issue at these various regions ; but they venture re spectfully and earnestly to press upon the Right Honourable Members of her Majesty's Government , the importance of employing (as your memorialists thankfully acknowledge that they have often and, successfully done) their best efforts by argument and persuasion, founded on principles of true reason and policy, as bell as on benevolent and religious con' siderations, to put a speedy determination to these distressing circumstances, with a full regard to strict justice towards all the parties who are variously con' cerned in them. And your memorialists venture further to e xpress their earnest desire and hope, that the entire pro' ceedings of her Majesty's. Government may be such as shall promote a peaceable spirit and conduct among all classes of British subjects; and minister no jot ground of offence, either to the great and m ighty nations of Europe, or any'of those States which, io some respects, may be esteemed more feeble and less, important, but whose natural rights are equally sacre d and inviolable, and dear to themselves ; and whoa* very weakness, in a political point of view, claims for them the sympathy and moral assistance, and protec; tion of the more powerful nations of the world, and especially of Great Britain. And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. N.B. A similar memorial was sent at the same time to his Majesty the King of the French; both of which have been favourably received, and duly ac knowledged. STOPPING FOOT-ROADS. In Nottingham a highly respectable Committee (through a public meeting) has been formed, for the purpose of preventing any further illegal stopping ur t , of foot-roads (which has been frequently done in tha t locality latterly) belonging to the public, and for the purpose of re-opening those which have been illegal closed. Some of those roads have already been re" opened to the public by the Committee, and subscrir tions to aid them are handing in. The " rnee l : stoppers" have now a force against them they do ye; relish. The Committee have obtained opinion °' counsel. Subjoined is a copy : " The law relating to public roads is very dig's , rent from that which relates to private roads; twentl years' usor or disusor has no reference to the fowler,' The Crown (that is, in effect, the public) are barred by no lapse of time, except in cases provided for 1 1 particular statutes, none of which apply to pub is : roads. Previous to the last General Highway M" any person might dedicate his land for a public rool, and when once dedicated, it becomes a public road ic o . ever, unless stopped up by legal proceedings, none Act' a have been adopted in this case ; since that M" a party cannot dedicate a road except as therein Pr e : vided. Before that Act, no precise number of year* permission for the public to use it was necessary ° constitute it a public road; length of time was 04 evidence, more or less strong, of an intention to del i ' cate, and an usor of much less than twenty years W ° held sufficient. " Applying these principles to the present woe , the ground proprietor set out roads which the pubh have used for several years, much less than twentl, the public have the right now to use those roads, the' is, assuming they were set out and used before Al v gust, 1835 (the date of the Highway Act). The non-usor of the other roads would not e s tinguish them; the only effect non-usor would have! would be to render it a question for the jury, wheth er . they ever were public roads; if it can be cleat/ shown they were, they are not extinguished by 00 ' usor. " This answers the first and second queries. Il l ,: Committee may legally insist on all roads which We public all the year being open all the year ; but the fact of their having been closed nine months is e/i" dente that they are not public roads all the Yee!' What evidence the Committ ee h ave t o re but this .L not know; it is a question of fact for the jury, e n ° not of law. " C. H. WHITEHURS T • " Temple, June 18, 1844." A SCHOOL EXHIBITION GAINED BY A FACTO- Boy.—Mr. Saunders, the factory inspector for Y„.° l3 ; shire, in his report for the quarter en d e d the 30th Jut last, says :—" That the education of factory child re h where sufficient attention is paid to the subject, inaiLs efficiently conducted, has been proved during the 0 7 i i quarter, by a factory worker having b een the success ( candidate for an exhibition to th e Y or k T ra i n ing Sch,? ° l which was open to th e co m p e titi on o f a ll N a ti o nal Scu`A children in Leeds. A second factory boy who offe n C e , himself was favourably noticed by the examiners. boy, Edwin Spencer, now between fourteen and fin, years old, who has gained the exhibition, has worked iv a factory since he was ten years old ; and the 0 111 /_„-b l e struction he obtained during that time was as a rei,.. e s, half-time attendant at the National School at Leeds , ' O , tablished almost expressly for factory children. lg e , B „ e it Hives and Atkinson, in whose employment he has Vo (for the sake partly of reward, and partly to stirellil l all to exert themselves), permit four children, after tb s e d have obtained the age of thirteen, to continue 55, 11 , 4 . timers, but in the receipt of the same wages as e it ployed full time, on condition that they continue t attendance at school. Had these boys been obliged work twelve hours from the time they became thir tee to it would, of course, have been impossible for the t t e , have undergone the same stiff examination to which " l e i:, were subj 4 ct on this occasion. The success of E. SP en i o n there is no doubt, will excite others to greater o a tteat e and regularity, and will, I am convinced, prove of C to service to many. The principle of giving this preat; o to a limited number of well-conducted boys has 2O adopted by other mill-occupiers; and the expensf e - oge each case will doubtless be in part repaid, by the, • conduct of the whole number of children empleYea• The Admiralty have issued orders to build, so contract, two second-rate iron s t eam -f r i g ates--a e r e work with paddle-wheels, and the other to have * Se 57 propeller. They are each to be 203 feet in lengtht_.„, feet in breadth, about 1,300 tons burthen, and 500 1:1°;i. power. On the 27th July we stated that "Mess rs 4,oo Fairburn and Co., of %Unwell, were in daily exPe c test e * of an order from the Admiralty to build an iron ,„: frigate, on a new patent principle of their own invente;ce They have now received the order, and will cony ° forthwith.—United Service Gazette. —.OOl BIRTS. On the 22d inst., at Mountfo H rt House, Islington, Al" — nelius Paine, of a son. I of° On the 22d inst., the wife of the Rev. Richard po le ' son, still-born. the On the 22d inst., at Lansdown-crescent, Cheltenhani, lady of Captai inst., R. Nugent Everard, of a daughter. On the 23d at Bails Vicarage the wife of the Cornwall Smalley, jun., of a daugter. winisns On the 22d inst., at Grove. lane, h Camberwell, Mrs . " Stevens, of a son. On the 23d inst., in Arlington-street, the lady of Stanhope Illingworth, Esq., of a daughter. , e 210 °. On the 23d inst., at South-street, Finsbury- 6 4u — Michael Henry, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, the lady of r illdirici‘ Robert Crowder, Esq., of a son. T rh o ' On the 23d inst., at Commercial-road East, Mrs. T. lip O , of a son. les /. n the 24th inst., in Portland-place, the lady of Cha r lee Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., the lady of Robert Hawthorn, a son. On the 25th inst., at Champion-hill, the wife of 11'2°1° Hilton Bothamley, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. gr. / A . On the 24th inst., at Bromley Church, Middlese-1, e on' Durham, cutler, of Regent-street, to 111iss Agnes, r scoy daughter of John Edie, Esq., of Bromley, many Y es o o9 ' fidential clerk to Frederick Hodgson, Esq., brewe r, - 0 4 t he Middlesex. The happy pair immediately set off to es honey moon at the Isle of Wight. On the 20th inst., at St. George's Chapel, Stl eil f6 644ll Lieutenant James Jarvis, 88th Regiment, to Istib.„ e L l e ' e et•„ daughter of the late James Rose, Esq., Bequis, St. v T one I On the 20th inst., at Christ Church, St. MarYle titer Deverell, eldest son of Robert Pyper, M.D , late 4th k ilter 01 Irish) Dragoon Guards, to Harriette, younge st datig Captain Cuthbert Featherstone Daly, R.N., C.B. I s le °I On the 15th inst., at the Ch urc h of St. Ilel" 's ! ss Job e ' Wight, Alexander Oswald, E sq ., M.P., to Lady -D ul not., atone, widow of the late Sir Frederic Johnatone, Weaterhall, and only daughter of the late Earl of Crin: N o r On the 22d inst., at All Saints Church, Beaulieu-Pl' joie, wood, Surrey, John Coates, Esq., o f Demerara, to Moultietor eldest daughter of the late Charles Bingham, E s q' ° lieu-bill, Norwoo, at On the 22d ' i ns t , , W et Hackney Church, lir. 13 ' e '' u t ng elL son, jun., of Mark-lane, to Elizabeth Cathe rine, Y daughter of the late Mr. Mills, of Spital fi elds. On: st On the 22d inst., at Rendcomb, Gloucestersbn!. e id Miller, Esq., of Preston, Lancashire, o Caroline n'.d 6 ' daughter of the late R. Robbins, Esq. t , of Lincoln. 4 3' lu" self. DIED. the On the 23d inst., at Bridgewater, Jefferys 941 0 . f On the 24th inst., G. Blandford, last surviving son late W. Burgess, Esq., of St. John's, Southwark. _4,01 On the 11th inst., at London, Mr. James Crichton, surgeon, Perth, Swan River, Western .4-1 London : Printed and Published Iv , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIN SUS 00104,11 w o - Strand, in the Precinct of the S a voy, in OS Middlesex, Tuesday, August 27, 640 141 j 71 'll4O 160 thi 114% 63( 5% 400 !JO - 3k 168 15% 27 40s. tile. 23% 5 5 , 1 48 43 22 13% 21 441( 17 14 1 4 &I% 9)4 25 30% 32% 6 13 es 322 72)i IS% 16