The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

rttrli IZtittion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock 17,9% Indian Stock ..... ........ 282% 3 per Cent. Red ..„.« 99l Ditto Bonds ........ ..... 94 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red ..«....„ 102% {Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent IOI% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 136 d ... 75 pm. New 5 per Cent...« ........ Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... ...... ..... 75 pm. Jan 1860............. 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859. .... ........ Consols for Act.... ..... 98% Jan. 1e50.....•.... sem 12% India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 par Cent ....... , Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto ..... ......... Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — ' Russian, 5 per Cent ..„........ Chllian, 6 per Cent ..... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 18'24 — ,Ditto, 3 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 r Cent.... I Ditto, Deferred 12% Danish,3 per C ent ........... (French, 5 per Cent —t. —c. Greek, 1815, 5 per Cent ..... ,Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... 35% French, 3 per Cent ......—f. —c Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18:37....... putch, 2% per Cent.... 61% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 'Ditto, 5 per Cent ........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 114% Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Dublin and Cashel, 234 paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) i.. Ditto Registered (8/ 65 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,No. 1 1 Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 w Grand Junction, 100 paid 220 Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B2 Hull and Selby, 50 paid 65 London and Blimirigham (Stock) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 7% London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. paid) ...... London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 19% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto, Half Shares, 50 paid Midland Counties (100 paid) 109% Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 47 North British, 2% paid 2% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid 1434 South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Paris and Orleans (20 paid) SPIRIT GI the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF TIT'S DAY. GLOBE.—The bombardment of :Tangiers by the Prince de Joinville's squadron, intelligence of which reached the British metropolis yesterday, and was announced in the Globe, seems to have taken all par ties by surprise. Hostilities between France and Morocco— which it was hoped and believed had been averted by the interference of Mr. Drum mond Hay—have actually commenced. " The dogs of war" have been let loose; and the capital of Morocco is laid in ruins by the cannon of France. Another difficulty is thus created in the pending negotiations between the Cabinets of England and France; from which we sincerely hope the two countries will, by the wise policy of their Ministers, be extricated, without being involved in w ar w ith net; other. Such an event cannot be too strongly depre cated. The discharge of the first hostile cannon in a dispute between France and England, from whatever cause it might arise, would be felt as the shock of an earthquake, by every civilised nation in the world. The interests of every Power would be effected in a greater or less degree, in proportion to their local posi tion upon the map; nor could the most far-seeing statesman set limits to the extent of the hostile operations, nor predict the duration and effects of the conflict. Such are our deliberate and deeply felt opinions respecting the consequences of wor between France and this country. It may fairly be asked, why the hostile position in which France and Morocco are placed toward each other, should create fears that England will become involved in the contest ? Are not the two former coun tries completely independent Powers ? May they not quarrel and fight, if they please, without involving England in the strife ? The question, in this abstract form, seems capable of an easy and satisfactory reply. There is nothing in a war between France and Morocco which, necessarily, involves this country. History and experience, however, prove that events far less likely to produce war, of a com prehensive range, and of protracted duration, than the present quarrel between France and Morocco, have caused the sword to be drawn by almost every Power, on one side or the other, until the whole continent of Europe became converted into the scene of its calamitous operations. Nor is this the only source of our apprehensions. The war party in France possesses considerable and growing influence. M. Guizot, it is evident, is disposed—probably more from compulsion than inclination—to a seeming corn • pliance with its incessant clamours for military demonstrations. The Prince de Joinville's pam phlet—though a mere feather in the scale was caught at with avidity. As a feather, it was thrown up to ascertain the popular ' feeling in France. The experiment was successful. Its senseless gasconades were largely quoted as indisputable autho rity by the mischievous party with which this hair brained youth had joined himself. His vanity was fed by ai plause ; and his warlike doctrines were quoted by the Fi ench press, as though they had pro - eeded from an oracle. If p u-lence had actuated the French Minis try, and peace had really bean its cherished and deter mined pu pose, would a youth like De Joinville have been appointed to the difficult mission with which he was entrusted—a mission in which the alternative of hos tile attack was to be preceded by negotiation ? To our mind the selection of the Prince de Joinville for this service seems pregnant with suspicion as to M. Guizot's desire for peace. It indicate a pre-determined purpose, on the part of the French Ministry, that negotiation should be the precursor of hostilities; and not that it should prevent them. We will assign one or two of the reasons which induce this opinion. The first is the language held by the Paris Globe—M. Guizot's own organ—on this very subject. The fol lowing extract from an article on the Morocco war— though written some days before the French expedi tion appeared before Tangiers, anticipated the result ; and avows the real purpose for which it was under taken. It will be seen that England's power in the Mediterranean is to be reduced by the subjugation of Tangiers :—" Morocco is evidently the dependent of England, who maintains and protects it. Eng land can only hold Gibraltar, as long as no great Power has possession of the coast of Morocco and Tangier. Place French cannon on the African coast of the Straits, and the import ance of Gibraltar will diminish one-half. England is, therefore, obliged to maintain the Islamism of Tangiers in order not to have France there, as she is obliged to maintain Constantinople, in order to pre vent Russia from taking it." Another reason is, the manifest importance which the French attach to the possession of Tangiers, as the means of securing their Algerian territory. That Abd-el-Kader had greatly annoyed the French in their military progress, is unquestionable ; and that he was able thus to impede their operations, and, to a consi derable extent, frustrate their quiet settlement in Algeria, cannot be denied. But Abd-el-Kader's irruptions into Algeria supply no justifiable reason why the Emperor of Morocco should be attacked, and his capital bombarded. To implicate the Emperor of Morocco, it was necessary to show that he connived at, and assisted, that formidable chieftain in his sallies, and in his other annoying proceedings. Whe ther implicated or not in the hostile irruptions of Abd-el-Kader—the alleged provocation given to France by the Emperor of Morocco—nothing can be more certain than that England cannot permit France to possess herself of Tangiers. An attempt to appro priate to herself a single foot of land in the Empe ror of Morocco's dominions, would—at least, if the Cabinet of England be not criminally imbecile, and traitorously indifferent to what pertains to the honour and interests of their country—be followed by a de cisive protest against the act. This, if not imme diately successful, an armament, on a scale sufficiently large to give effect to that remonstrance must in stantly be dispatched, to enforce upon France the necessity of keeping within those limits which the preservation of the balance of power manifestly pre scribes. England has no disposition to acquire fur they territory. She neither seeks to add to, nor to make a boast of, the strength she wields. A. tran quillity of spirit—the result of a consciousness of power to resent insult, and to protect herself against aggression —pervades the nation. A force is con stantly at the disposal of our rulers, which, if pro perly prepared and employed, enables this country to rest quiet, devoid of fear, and as little disposed to boast. STANDARD.—The affair of Otaheite is, we trust, in a course of satisfactory accommodation by , the only , parties who ca n properly or safely meddle with it, the responsible executive Governments of Great Britain and France. Certain it i s t h at the facts which come to light day by day are net of a character to make the accommodation more difficult on the side of this country. Already Great Britain seems to be scarcely a party in the dispute, which in substance lies not between France and this nation, but between France and an anomalous sort of government in ' Otaheite, in which power is divided betweens jealous tehaenuastivoef Queen and a society of missionar ies , as the influence of Great Britain at least as of the influence of any other European power. Were it not that by an unlucky chance the missionary prime minister of the Queen has obtained the cha racter of . a British Consul, which, however, he solemnly renounced four months before the acts now complained of occurred, Great Britain would really have no concern in the affair. A writer in this day s Times, whose statements are entitled to the considera tion due to those of every man who verifies what he says by his name, gives an unpleasant view of the moral state of the higher authorities in Otaheite, and even charges the missionaries with connivance at what they ought certainly to condemn, if they can not prevent it. This writer, who signs his name " Walter Brodie, the Gore, Eastbourne," charges Queen roman with bigamy and habitual drunken ness,. intimaetng that a considerable p o rtion o f the Iramnonaries themselves are the reverse of teetotallers, and mentioning the imprisonment " in the stocks" r of Mr. Pritchard's representative, the British Vice- Consul, whose habits are, it appears, rather too jovial. This outrage upon British rights was, it appears, offered by the Otaheitan Government; but we have not heard that any reparation was de -1 manded for the restraint imposed on the Vice-Con sul's legs. Mr. Brodie alleges against the Otahetian Government and its missionary adviser the graver charge of having accompanied, by unneces sary harshness and indignity, the deportation of the French missionaries two years ago the "fons et origo" of the dispute with France. Now, these considerations are of great importance, not merely in relation to the question in dispute between Great Britain and France, but to the continued progress of true religion and its conse quences—the civilisation and happiness of the human race. As regards the present diplomatic ques tion there is much in the state of society which we have been contemp!ating in Otaheite to com mand a great relaxtion on the part of diplo matists on both sides. Our free-acting ancestors of the eighteenth century used to hold, that whatever might be the state of political relations in Europe— " there was no peace beyond the line." Now it may be wise to adopt the same discriminating boundary, for a somewhat more pacific purpose, and to hold that rigid rule of public law ought not to extend much beyond the northern hemisphere, more especially in the imperfectly civilised islands of the Pacific ; in deed, public law being, like all other law, ex instituto, and of a reciprocal obligation, in order to be ju. , t, cannot well be applied in dealing with uncivilised na tions anywhere. The second, and immeasurably the more important consideration is, the light thrown by the events at Otaheite upon the missionary system. That the missionaries have wrought an immense amount of good in the South Seas cannot be disputed; even the least satisfactory picture of Otaheite that has reached us presents a glorious contrast to the state of the island fifty years ago ; but here comes the me lancholy reflection, is this good likely to be permanent ? Is it not even apparent, that under the missionary government the course of retrogradation has already commenced, and commenced with the missionaries themselves ? If the truth be, as we fear it is, that the moral state of these new acquisitions to the king dom of truth already declines, must not we conclude that in foreign missions, as in home teaching, the voluntary system is radically vicious ?" " There is," as a good man said, " a little Pope in the heart of every one of us." We all . wish for power ; we all wish that other men should adopt our views in religion, as in every thing else; give us power, however, and though we may first use it for the good of others, we will soon apply it to our own profit, and to the se cure preservation of the so profitable power. The principle of Popery in this respect is universal, and in the relation between intelligent, and there fore powerful, missionaries and ignorant con verts, it has full sway. The All-wise has not, how ever, left his own service without a protection from this danger : that protection is "'civil government :" —civil government which forestalls the tempt ing lure, temporal power, that has led so many religious teachers into mortal error— leaving the ministers of religion to their sacred office, and preparing a people upon whom that office may be most effectually exercised. Might not the principle of a civil control and a civil support be ap plied with the best effect to missions among the heathen ? The subject is intricate, but the end is all important. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1844. getts, wine -merchant, Oxford, Sept. 7—F. Stokes, French warehouseman, London-wall, Sept. 10—J. Cuttell, clo thier, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Sept 6—R. Baxter, mer chant, Sheffield, Sept. 6—J. B. Lord and M. Coghlan, woollen cloth manufacturers, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Sept. 6—J. Gould, cheese factor, Sheen, Staffordshire, Sept. 6—. T. Porter, victualler, Honiton, Devonshire, Sept. 6—E. Hodson, linen draper, Thrapston, Northampton shire, Sept. 6—J. Smith, wine merchant, Warwick, Sept. 6—W. H. Nash and W. Gardiner, drapers, Exeter, Sept. 6—R. Ellis, laceman, Manchester, Sept. 6—R. Youd and W. Rennards, cheese factors, Liverpool, Sept. 6 —J. T. Boor, eating-housekeeper, Lower Thames street, Sept. 6, PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPEN DITURE. A paper, containing an account of the public in come and expenditure of the United Kingdom for three years, ended the sth day of January, 1842, 1843, and 1844, has been issued in a printed shape on the motion of Mr. William Williams, the Member for the town of Coyentry. The following particulars of this document will not be uninteresting to our readers generally. We find, first, that the gross total amount of the public income was, in the year ending January 5, 1842, 52,315,4331.; in the year ending January 5, 1843, 51,120,040/. ; and in the year ending January 5, 1844, 56,935,022/. The gross total amount of the public expenditure during the same period was, in the year 1841-42, 54,465,3181.; in the year 1842-43, 55,195,1891.; and in the year 1843-44, 55,501,740/. It accordingly follows that in the two first-mentioned years, 1841-42 and 1842-43, there was an excess of expenditure over income, amount ing in the former to 2,149,8851., and in the latter to no less a sum than 4,075,1191. In the year 1843-44, however, the tide turned once more in fa vour of the revenue, the amount of income having exceeded the amount of expenditure by 1,433,2831 Thus in the above three years the balance appears to be 4,791,721/. against the revenue, inasmuch as that excess of expenditure over income still remains to be reduced. It is known, nevertheless, that the quarterly returns for the current year, hitherto published, have been generally favourable to the revenue and therefore a gradual extinction of the adverse balance seems far from improbable. Proceeding to details, it appears that the total amounts received under different heads during the three years in question were as follow, viz. :—Customs in 1841, 28,376,3051.; in 1842, 26,289,776/. ; and in 1843, 27,928,6591. Ex cise in 1841, 9,471,917/. ; in 1842, 9,311,1381. ; and in 1843, 8,641,222/. Stamps in 1841, 7,276,360/. ; in 1842, 7,139,7831. ; and in 1843, 7,076,752/. Assessed and land taxes in 1841, 4,715,358/. ; in 1842, 4,485,410/. ; and in 1843, 4,385,0681. The property- tax yielded in 1842, 582,0381. only, but in 1843-44, 5,387,455/. ; the Post-office, in 1841, 1,495,5401. i in 1842, 1,578,145/. ; and in 1843, 1,535,2161. The Crown lands and other ordinary rescources are hardly worth mentioning. Under the receipts of 1843-44, however, the sum of 1,315,2081. (the money received from China under the treaty of August, 1842) con tributes to swell the amount, and virtually consti tutes, in fact, the surplus of that year, which was only 1,433,2831., as already mentioned. We now pro ceed to the " expenditure" side of the account. As the total amounts under the different heads vary but little in the three years, we shall merely give the particulars of the amount disbursed in the year ending the sth of January, 1844, the grand total of which was, as has already been stated, 55,501,7401. In fine, the charges of collecting the revenue cost the country 2,783,542/. ; the charge of the public debt. 29,261,0121. (of which the sum of 24,512,7531. was foi interest on the permanent debt; 3,924,1841. on the ter minable annuities ; 135,9911. for the expenses of ma nagement, and 688,0841. for the interest on Exche quer bills.) The civil Government entailed an ex pense on the nation of 1,626,2191., of which the sum of 371,8001. was appropriated to the Civil List and Privy Purse, 308,4231. to the allowances granted to the several branches of the Royal Family, 26,3171. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland's establishment, 106,0011. to the salaries and expenses of the two , Houses of Parliament (including printing), 510,394/ to the civil departments (the Government offices, &c.), including superannuation allowances, 297,977/. to other annuities, pensions, and superannuation al lowances on the Consolidated Fund and on the gross revenue ; and 5,307/. to civil list pensions. The charges incurred by the administration of justict amounted to 1,782,4691., of which 580,5161. was ap propriated to courts of justice, 566,4381. to police and criminal prosecutions, and 635,5151. to correction. The diplomatic expenses amounted to 361,4261., viz., 178,456/. for the salaries and pensions of foreign Mi nisters ; 125,708/. for Consuls' salaries and super annuation allowances; and 57,262/. to the disburse ments of outfits, &c. The gross total charge for the maintenance of the sea and land forces amounted to 14,513,9171.; of which the sum of 5,997,1561. was appropriated to the army, 6,606,0571. to the navy, and 1,913,7041. to the ordnance. Among the less important items, there figure the following sums, viz —416,056/. for the China expedition; 1,245,8231. for the opium compensation ; 11,2861. for bounties, &c., for the promotion of fisheries; 405,2461. for public works ; 211,561/. for improvements and various public services (paid out of the revenue of Crown lands) 996,8341. for the Post-office ; and 1,760,4631. for a variety ofroiscellaneou3 services, too numerous, and not sufficiently important, to merit a detailed enumera tion. The charge, in 1843, for home secret service money was 10,000/. ; for foreign secret service money 33,800/.; and for secret service money in Ireland 5,770/. The amount of terminable annuities was, on the sth of Jauuary, 1844, 3,924,7231.; and, in cor responding perpetuities, as estimated by Mr. Finial son, 1,550,762/. ; leaving a difference of 2,373,961/. We have thus endeavoured to give our readers some idea, however imperfect, of the present condition of the pecuniary resources of their country, and the pre sent expense of maintaing its various institutions in a manner becoming the honour and dignity of so great an empire. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—An attempt was made on Wednesday to swindle Messrs. Hunt and Rosteel, goldsmiths and jewellers, New Bond-street, by means of a spurious cheque on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith for 2001. A person entered the shop under pretence of wishing to purchase some fashionable jewellery. He de sired particularly to see the diamond ring tray, but as his appearance was not altogether satisfactory, an excuse was made. After some conversation on business mat ters, the assumed customer concluded by giving a very good order, presenting at the same time a blank cheque on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., which he filled up for 200/., and signed it John Russell, jun. The cheque was presented, but the answer was the drawer had no account there. The address given was Russell-square, which of course was incorrect. As good grounds exist for believing this is no t t h e f i rst attempt- of the same kind, nor likely to be the last, tradesmen would do well to be on their guard. The individual is about five feet six in height, sallow complexion, of dissipated appearance, and was dressed in a brown coat. Camels are the only animals that cannot swim. It is an extraordinary fact that the moment they lose their footing in a stream they turn over, and can make no effort to prevent themselves from being drowned. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. The Hon. C. H. Maynard to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 25. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Bucks. C. G. Du Free, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; M. A. de Rothschild, Esq., to be ditto, July 31. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire. First or East Devon Regiment of Militia—W. D. Band, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 23. Royal First Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, Bart., to be Major • E. A. San ders, Esq., to be Captain, July 29 ; J. B. to be Cornet ; T. Daniel, Gent., to be ditto, Oct. 17. WHITEHALL, Aua. 12, 1844. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Hands comb, of Ampthill, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan cery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 13. Th© Lord Chancellor has appointed Alexander Ander son, of Aberdeen, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM LAW, draper, Reading, to surrender, Aug. 23, at half-past ten, and Sept. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Moger, Paternoster-row, London. HENRY CHARLES YORK, lodging-housekeeper, Cheltenham place, Westminster-road, Aug. 23, and Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Hubbard, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge. FREDERICK COCK, painter, Lambeth, Aug. 26, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Marsden, Cloak-lane. HENRY CHRISTMAS WALTON, surgeon, Liver pool, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Chester and Co., Staple Inn, Lordon ; Tyrer, Liverpool. JOHN CHARLES WHITE and GEORGE HOR WOOD WHITE, music -sellers, Bath, Aug. 30, and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol ; English, Bath. JOHN TAYLOR, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Aug. 27, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Capper, Birmingham. JURY SHORE, flannel manufacturer, Rochdale, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Sept. 20, at twelve, at the Man- Chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man chester ; Heaton, Rochdale ; Wilson, Manchester ; Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, Staple Inn, London. HENRY WEST, grocer, Burgh, Lincolnshire, Aug. 30, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court- Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Overdale and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Ingolby and Co., Louth ; Black burn, Leed., GEORGE SHORTRIED RUTHERFORD and SAMUEL RUSSELL, Britannia-metal manufacturers, Sheffield, Aug. 30, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Dun can, Featherstone-buildings, London ; Unwin, Sheffield; Blackburn, Leeds. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. T. F. Sawyer, tailor, Romford, EsseY. R. Anderson, farmer, Angerton Broomhouse, North umberland. G. Carstairs, cabinet maker, Foley-place, Marylebone. H. Green, omnibus driver, Park-street, Camden-town. G. Richardson, farmer, Leamington Priors. J. F. Hennessy, carpenter, Cheltenham. M. Graham, attorney-at-law, Middlesborough.Yorkshire, J. Sabine, brewer, Oyster-street, Portsmouth. T. Wharton, labourer, Skipton, Yorkshire. G. Reynolds, blacksmith, Blacktoft, Yorkshire. J. Nunn, Cambridge. T. Tarrant, Cambridge. M. Nicholson, mercer, Bedlington, Durham. H. Rice, currier, Leicester. W. Rinks, Portsea. SECOND NOTICES. C. W. Bond, eating-houskeeper, Long-lane, Ber mondsey, Aug. 23, at half-past one, at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. H. Fowler, grocer, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Aug. 23, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. A. Pyle, Great Yarmouth, Aug. 23, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. H. Glazebrook, coach-maker, Long-lane, Bermondsey, Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. R. Nash, Yarmouth, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. R. Higgins, meat-salesman, Newgate-market, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E. Morton, Winchester row, Paddington, August 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. A. Newcomb, cabinet maker, Albion-place, Walworth road, August 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. _ Pennell, official assignee. J. Mash, coal dealer, Hoxton Old-town, August 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Sibley, blacksmith, Luton, Bedfordshire, Aug. 22, at half-past two, at the Court f Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. F. Redshaw, upholsterer, Frederick-street, Regent's Park, Aug. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel cher, official assignee. J. Goom, Oxford, Aug. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Mather, teacher of music, Bronti-place, Walworth, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit- more, official assignee. 11. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich, August 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Ellard, furrier, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, August 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee. J. Wilson, chenelle manufacturer, Sclater-street, Beth nal-green, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. R. Brook, cab proprietor, Claremont-mews, Clerken well, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. W. Rotley, dancing master, Elm-lane, Bayswater, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrnptcy. Alsager, official assignee. T. S. Dear, baker, Bow-street, Covent-garden, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Cottee, cabinet-maker, Araldon, Essex, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Berenburg, commission agent, Southampton-street, Strand, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. D. Duncombe, coffee housekeeper, Drury-lane, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Childs, grocer, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. W. Charingbold, barman, Lower Edmonton, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. G. Brown, blacksmith, Malden, Essex, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Quelch, jun., hair-dresser, Reading, Aug. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. J. Cotterell, boat-builder, Neithrop, Oxfordshire, Aug. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. R. S. Kersey, cabinet-maker, Ipswich, Suffolk, Aug. 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee. J. Robson, butcher, Manchester, Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. C. Whitlow, laceman, Salford, Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Valpy, official assignee. J. Massey, tailor, Kidderminster, Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. R. Isabel], builder, Swansea, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. S. Lenox, sail-maker, Liverpool, Aug. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. R. Jones, farmer, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Dufton, post-office messenger, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Aug. 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. H. Brereton, farmer, Croesfryn, Anglesey, Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. R. Derbyshire, butcher, Liverpool, Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as . signee. J. L. Roberts, journeyman packer, Manchester, Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Stan way, Manchester. J. Drinkhall, porter, Manchester, Aug. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as signee. A. Morris, butcher. Hulme, Manchester, August 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. J. Birley, commission agent, Bawtry, Yorkshire, August 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. J. Firth, journeyman clothier, Leeds, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. D. Wilcock, journeyman cloth weaver, Batley, York shire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. G. Leach, greengrocer, Bingley, Yorkshire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee._ W. Alcock, Normanby-grange, Yorkshire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. T. Greenwood, dealer in woollen flocks, Halifax, Yorkshire, August 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Evans, J. Foster, S. Z. Langton, and T. Foster, East India merchants, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, Sept. 10, at one. In the Country. W. Carpenter, innkeeper, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—E. Gibson, builder, Kendal, Westmoreland, Sept. 13, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Hentig, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Hodge, licensed victualler, Abchurch-lane, Sept. 11 —D. W. Blake, merchant, City-road, Sept. 10—F. Mar- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. G. Swift and C. G. Swift, stock makers, Addle street, Wood-street----W. Thomlinson and E. Robson, farmers, Hesket, Cumberland—Jas.Park, John Wemyss, L. Chalmers, John Park, J. Loyie, G. Walker, J. Walker, and d. Webster, Fraserburgh Ship and Boat Building Company—R. Williams and P. Williams, silk mercers, Chester—W. Weedon, J. Barker, and A. H. Codner, London (so far as regards W. Weedon)-0. Jenner and C. Jenner, mealmen, Chelsea—R. Hind and R. Clarke, brass founders, Carlisle—T. Phillips, T. W. Cooper, and R. Rough (so far as regards R. Rough)—T. Penny and G. J. Penny, painters, Berkeley-place, Con naught-square—W. T. Hesketh, H. Hesketh, and E. Hesketh, corn dealers, Manchester (so far us regards E. Hesketh)—D. Reddin, M. J. Reddin. and E. Reddin, contractors, Castle-yard, Holland-street, Blackfriars-road (so far as regards I). Reddin)—G. S. Chapman and C. T. Chapman, eating-housekeepers Bishopsgate-street-- T. Mellersh, H. Marshall, and H. Mellersh, attorneys, Godalming, Surrey—C. Green and E. J. A. Dimsdale, merchants, Coleman-street—J. Shuttleworth and R. W. Godwin, boatwrights, Lincoln—M. Davis and H. Aaron, dentists, Bristol—R. W. Cronk and W. Tapley, drapers, Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent—W. Beeby and T. Brown, slate merchants, Maryport, Cumberland—J. F. Cork and J. L. De Carle, coach builders, New Bond-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ROBERT CRAWFORD, farmer, Greenock, Aug. 23 and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the office of Dunlop and Neill, Greenock. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Au g . 13, 1844, is 325. lid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named John Tennyson, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed Mr. Thomas Dunster, of Gun-street, Spitalfields, of a pocket handkerchief. The prosecutor said that as he was passing through Petticoat-lane he felt somebody busy about his pocket, and on suddenly turning round saw his hand kerchief in the prisoner's hand. He immediately collared the thief, but was surrounded by a gang of fellows, evidently the companions of the man with whom he was engaged, and if it had not been for the police, who ran to his assistance, he entertained no doubt that his life would have been endangered, as, amongst the crowd, he saw several most desperate vagabonds, and there appeared to be gathered together about 150 persons. The prisoner—My Lord, the gentleman is all in a mistake. He happened to fall up against me, and when I turned about he produced the handkerchief, and said Ihad robbed him of it, though I never thought of such a thing since I was born. Several of the policemen stated that they had fre quently seen the prisoner in the company of thieves ; and Gooch, the turnkey of the Giltspur-street Compter, recognised him as a customer. The LORD MAYOR observed that the prisoner was just the sort of person who ought to be sent out of the country.—Committed for trial. Mr. George Deacon, a person who was said to be very respectable, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having caused great disturbance in Mark-lane and its neighbourhood. by addressing the passers-by in the language of Scripture, and dis tributing amongst them hand-bills, containing a most extravagant rhodomontade about his former business of a farmer and breeder of cows and sheep, and his present occupation of promoter of the religious ad vantages of his fellow-creatures. The LORD MAYOR asked Mr. Deacon whether he belonged to any business ?—He replied, no. I am disposed to do nothing but to serve the Lord by ad vancing the interests of his creatures. The LORD MAYOR—What money have you about you ? Mr. Dea2.4on—Oh! I have as much as I want. I have twenty sovereigns, at any rate. The LORD MAYOI-4 am told by your uncle that he has reason to believe that you have a great deal more. Mr. Deacon—l have no more than I shall require to answer my necessities in doing the work to which the Lord has called me. The LORD Mayoa—But you must know that we cannot permit such interruptions to business as your conduct has occasioned. _ _ vA Mr. Deacon—lf the Lora requires me to do it how cant, his bumble servant, refuse to obey. Oh, no, no. The uncle of the defendant declared that the poor man was harmless, and disposed to perform generous actions, and that no doubt he would attend to the direction of the Lord Mayor. His LORDSHIP having addressed the defendant in a very kind and soothing manner, obtained from him a promise that he would, if possible, serve the Lord without preventing his creatures from saving them selves. The defendant, who was supposed to have nearly 1001. about him, then retired in company with his uncle. BOW-STREET. Charles Lamb Dowden, latel y an actor at Sadler's wells Theatre, was brought up, having been reman ded,and uttering several bits of exchange, purporting to be drawn on Mr. Thomas charged with forging Hagger, and accepted by him. The prisoner was the nephew of the person whose name had been forged. In March last the prisoner called on Mr. Edward Wells, who keeps an inn near to Sadler's-wells Theatre, and asked him to cash an order for 91. His uncle, he said, allowed him so much a year, but as his uncle's pension would not be due for a few days, he had allowed the prisoner to draw upon him at a short date. Upon this represent ation, the witness cashed the order. When it had run out he presented it for payment at the address mentioned in the order, but it was dishonoured, as no such person as Thomas Hagger lived there. Upon this he went to the Surrey Theatre, where the pri soner had been engaged, and there saw him, and told him that the order had been dishonoured. Upon this the prisoner expressed his astonishment, and said he would take up the order in the course of the day. He did not do so, and the witness heard nothing of him until he was taken into custody. There were several other cases of a precisely simi lar nature against the prisoner. The old man, the uncle of the prisoner, whose name he had forged, is upwards of ninety years of age, and is bedridden, having been ill for a consider able time. Mr. TWYFORD remanded the prisoner until next Friday, in order that he might attend at the old man's bedside to take his deposition. It is, however, much feared that the old man will not survive until the day. The prisoner was then committed on the several charges of forgery, but was ordered to be brought up again on Friday next. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A MEMBER OF THE Tuar.—George Martin, alias Toby, a powerful man; who called himself a jockey and gentlemen's bet-maker, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for having cruelly beaten Richard Parrott. The parties lodged at No. 14, Shepherd's-market, where SOME differences occurred between them. About six weeks ago the defendant attacked the com plainant outside of the house, about half-past twelve o'clock at night, knocked him down, broke his leg, and hammered his head against the pavement. The landlord of the house came out, and succeeded in put ting a stop to this ruffianly attack by seizing the de fendant by th e th roa t an d dragging him out. While the complainant was resting on a step of the door, the defendant rushed at him and renewed his violence. The bystanders interfered, and the complainant was protected from further injury. As it was discovered that the complainant's leg was broken he was re moved to the hospital, where he has been confined ever since. The landlord of the house, named Rowe, corrobo rated the statement of the ferocious violence displayed by the defendant towards the complainant. In reply to the charge, the defendant said he had been jockey boy in the service of the Duke of Cleve land and afterwards of the Earl of Pembroke. Re cently he had picked up a living by going about for gentlemen to see horses entered for the different races, and to form a judgment of their chance o f winnin g . If bets wer e won on information which he furnished them, he received a gratuity ; if they were lost he re ceived nothing. With respect to the assault, a gnar croelmhpali had occurred, got the rred,andwaorfis.gtht h a d ensued, in which the l Mr. HARDWICK said nothing could be more cowardly and plainant's h ea d on th e paveme nt after he had broken unmanly than for the defendan t to beat the com his leg. H e s h ou ld inflict a fine of 4/. for the assault, or six week s ' i m p r i sonmen t. CAUTION TO HOTEL KEEPERS.—MF. Dick , pro prietor o f th e Bl ue P os t s Hotel, Haymarket, was summoned by the police for having his house open after the hour prescribed by the Act of Parliament. Police-constable Gray proved that he went into the defendant's house at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and found three persons, men and women, taking refreshment at the bar. He went up stairs and found several other persons having supper. Mr. Dick said he was willing to admit the cor rectness of the statement of the police. His house was an hotel, and frequented by company of respec tability. Parties who attended the Opera, after the performance repaired to his house for supper and refreshment. As the utmost decorum and propriety were observed, he really thought some little indul gence ought to be extended towards him. The police admitted that the parties in the house appeared to be persons of respectability. Mr. HARDWICK said the public might possibly suffer some inconvenience in not having the means of procuring refreshment after the performances of the theatre ; but the Act was peremptory, and he was bound to put it' in force. If an indulgence was ex tended to well-conducted houses, other houses not so well-conducted would claim the same privilege, and thus the very evil which the Legislature sought to remedy would be created to a great extent. The fine of 20s. was then inflicted. The next case was against M. Duliourg, the well known restaurateur, in the Haymarket. The evidence was similar to the previous case, and the penalty was the same. Mr. Baker, the late superintendent of the C division, accompanid by Mr. Beresford, the new superinten dent, came into Court, and, addressing Mr. Hard wick, begged to be allowed, on his retirement from the police, to express his grateful thanks for the kindness and assistance he had invariably met with from every Magistrate who had sat on the bench, and to beg for a continuance of the same advantages to his successor. Mr. llAnnwicx said he was pleased at the oppor tunity of expressing his satisfaction at the respect and attention which the officers of the police had in variably paid to the suggestions of the bench. Such a good understanding was calculated to render the administration of the law by Magistrates more secure and more respected, and at the same time to add to the efficiency and the respectability of the police force. The parties then retired. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Sarah Bagley, who it will be recollected assumed the dress of a sailor to accompany a young midshipman to sea, and who was charged with having absconded from home, taking a quantity of clothes and also some money belonging to her father, a letter sorter in the Post-office, was again brought before Mr. Cottingham, having been remanded from Wed nesday, in order to have inquiries made with a view of discovering her paramour. The girl's father said that she still maintained the same silence with respect to giving any information as to the person who inveigled her from home, as she did on the former occasion ; the only circumstance she divulged being that he was a midshipman in the navy, but as to what ship he belonged she refused to tell. He added that he was willing to overlook all that had occurre 1, if she promised never again to assume the disguise of the other sex ; that he had a comfortable home for her, and that he and her mother would receive her with open arms. Mr. COTTINGIIAM in vain endeavoured to extract from the girl the reason of her having quitted home under such extraordinary circumstances, and he pro ceeded to put several questions as to her acquaintance with the man whom she said, on the last occasion when she was brought up, had promised her a berth on board his ship to go up the Mediterranean. She said in reply, that she went to Dover with him, and that he took her on board his ship, which was lying in the docks there, and that she walked on board, and that he was called " Ned " by his shipmates ; that when she returned on shore, he took her into a pub lic-house, desiring her to wait for him, but he never returned, and she was obliged to make the best of her way back to London ; that she afterwards met him in town, when he promised to take her to Italy, and marry her, and she prepared to go with him in the garb of a sailor, to work her passage, and to make him fulfil his vows when they got to the end of their voyage. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he now believed the accused had been telling a great many falsehoods, for it was absurd to suppose that there were men-of-war lying in the dock at Dover; that she had prevaricated a good deal in her story, and that he supposed she was anxious to make a noise and excite the astonish ment of people by acting in the manner she had dohe. She must get rid of the romantic nonsense which was floating in her brain of her inclination to act the part of a heroine in followingher lover in disguise to Italy, and instead of reading such balderdash as she was in the habit of doing, attend to her domestic affairs —to stop at home at the house of her father, who was a respectable man, and held a responsible situation, in stead of playing the fool, which would assuredly end in her destruction. The Magistrate, having cautioned her as to her future conduct, consented to liberate her on her promise to accompany her parents home, to which she agreed : and she was accordingly given up to them, and they left the Court, she having pre viously doffed the sailor's togs and dressed herself in her own clothes. HAMMERSMITH. ROBBERY Or THE WINDSOR COACll.—Yesterday a respectably dressed young man, named Frederick Fleming, described as an omnibus conductor, was brought up before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting Magis trate, in the custody of police-constable Puddiford, T 127, charged on suspicion of having been concerned, with two others not in custody, in stealing a port manteau and a box containing jewellery and other property, to the value of nearly 2001., from Stacey's Windsor coach, on the Bth instant, at Kensington. Evidence having been given to show that the pri soner was the only outside passenger when the coach stopped at Kensington, that he was seen in a sus picious position there while the coachman was setting down a lady, and that the portmanteau had dis appeared, The prisoner, in answer to the charge, protested his entire innocence. He was, he said, the brother of the proprietor of the Chertsey and Chobham coach, with which he came up on the day in question to Kew-bridge, but it there became very heavily loaded, and he got off and came up by the Windsor coach. Mr. Crave said the case was one of strong sus picion. It would be necessary to have the attendance of Mrs. Batchelor ; for which purpose, and to give time for further inquiry, he should remand the pri soner until Thursday next. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 18th day of May, 1844, to the 10th day of August, 1844, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation .......£21,324,000 Securities £22,908,000 Deposits ... 14,090,000 Bullion £35,414,000 11, Downing-street, Aug. 1 £38,487,000 ;, 1844. GAME.—(From a Hampshire Correspondent.)— There has not been known for very many years past so much game as has been already noticed in the different districts of this sporting county. In the various walks of the New Forest, more especially throughout the fir plantations of Denny, Iron-hill, the Nodes, and Ashurst, black game is most abundant, which circumstance may be attributed to the very favourable state of the late breeding season, as well as to the great profusion of whortle• berries produced this year, upon which produc tions the young poults of the tetrao genus chiefly feed. Hares and pheasants in the above royal preserve are proportionably numerous. Should his Royal High ness Prince Albert make any stay in the Isle of Wight this season, it is generally believed that it is his inten tion to make the New Forest the principal scene of his sporting operations. In the more open and champaign districts, particularly around Andover, the coveys ap pear remarkably strong, and probably partridges were seldom known to have proved more numerous in these parts than they are observed to be this year. The land rail (or, as the farmers style it in this quarter, the corn crake), which is a migratory summer visitant, is un usually plentiful at present, and a few coveys of quail have been repeatedly of late trodden upon on the slopes of the uplands. On the whole, the most encouraging prospects are held out to the sportsman this season throughout every part of this fine sporting county. INTEIIESTING RELlC.—Arthe 'Conference of the Wesleyan body, now sitting at Birmingham, the ex- President, before quitting the chair, made an interest ing statement. He held in his hand a small pocket Bible, which, with its case, had belonged to Mr. Wes ley, and which Mr. Wesley had been accustomed to use in his field and out-door preaching. It was printed by Deane, and was given by Mr. Wesley, in the year 1789, to the late Rev. Henry Moore, who, in his will, be queathed it to the Methodist Conference, to bo kept by the President for the time being. It is supposed to be the same Bible which the artist had before him when he painted the likeness of the venerable founder of Metho dism, kept in the Chapel-house, City -road. Some dif ference in the apparent size will be observable, but that is attributahle to its having been rebound ; and this became necessary in Mr. Wesley's lifetime, from the frequent use which that devoted man made of it. It is almost needless to say, that the Conference most cor dially accepted this interesting bequest.—Doncaster Gazette. MUSICAL TOURS.—The following will be found a pretty correct sketch of the intended tours through the provinces by various singers and instrumentalists : Grisi, Favanti, Mario, and F. Lablache, will take the midland and northern counties, and they will also visit Dublin. Persiani, Orsini, Salvi, Puzzi, and Fornasari, will proceed westwards, taking Bath, &c., in their route; they give two concerts at Cheltenham next week. Si vori, Miss Lucombe, Miss S. Flower, Mrs. C. Harper, and Lavenu, are traversing Kent and Sussex, and they will pay a visit to the eastern counties. De Meyer, with the Misses Williams and Mr. Hayward will take Manchester and that neighbourhood. Mr. John Parry is engaged to sing at the Theatres Royal Bristol and Liverpool, also at several of the principal towns of South Wales ; he will join the Persiani party at Bath, on the 28th instant. Mr. Wilson goes east, west, north, and south, and finds a welcome everywhere; he was so hoarse at the Burns Festival that he could not sing a note. Mr. IL Phillips starts this day, we believe, for America, with a view of giving his vocal entertainments, which cannot fail of pleasing Brother Jonathan. —Dramatic and Musical Review. THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO.—The present Em • peror of Morocco was originally a merchant in Moga dore, and the previous Emperor bequeathed the crown to him in preference to his son, who was a scapegrace. That very son is now with Abd.el-Kader, and should the Emperor not proclaim the " Holy War" at once, Abd el-Kader will proclaim this son the rightful heir to the throne, and will place him there. The Emperor is, therefore, in a cleft stick, and has no help in the matter ROBERT BURNS. 'We have been favoured by a friend with the fol lowing extract from the original letter, of which he is in possession, and addressed to Mr. Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh, well known as a staunch friend of the poet. The post mark is " Mauchline":— " I don't know how my farm may turn out, but I shall fairly put it to trial. If it should not do, I won't struggle with a ruinous bargain, but betake myself to my excise business, as I have got my in structions, past trials, &c., and have no more to do than ask employment from the Board. "My present design is to inform you, that I have left with the carrier from Mauchlin to Edinburgh, a small cheese of last year's produce, which I hope will do no dishonour to Ayr s hi re . You will please ac cept of it as a small acknowledgment for those obliga tions, which the world, so far from imitating,-would scarcely believe were Ito tell them. I propose it as an annual tribute, which, my dearest Sir, you must allow me to tax myself with while I am a farmer. My best compliments to Mrs. Nicol, little Nod, and all the family. Would to God, Sir, that instead of this lame, dull epistle, I could send you a transcript of my glowing heart .. „I think of you ! Louis Cauvin, noble exception to the general doctrine of original sin, remember me to him. Mr. Vair, too, please give him my compliments. "O, Mr. Nicol, can time ever extinguish the glow ing remembrance of you in my bosom! The idea of your uncommon abilities may dissipate a little in com parison, but where, except surrounding the Fountain of Goodness, shall I find a heart equal to yours!— Adieu. ROBERT BURNS. —Caledonian Mercury. COMMISSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) The second quarterly meeting of the Commission was held in the Assembly Hall yesterday, at twelve o'clock—Principal Lee, moderator, in the chair. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. Principal M'Farlan, before the Commission pro ceeded to business, said, there was a subject which bad an especial claim to priority. There was no in stance, he believed, in which Divine Providence had conferred a peculiar mark of favour on the Royal Family, certainly there was no instance in which that favour had been marked in the birth of a Prince, that the members of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland had not considered it a sacred and imperative duty to come forward and tender to the Sovereign the homage of their con gratulations for the auspicious event, and their thankfulness to Almighty God fur his goodness to the mother for the preservation of her life and that of the infant Prince. He would not at that hour take up the time of the Court by indulging in any tribute of praise of her Majesty the . Queen, or to speak of her conduct in her public capacity, or as a private individual—of those qualities which called up expressions of regard and admiration from all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and which were the means of securing to them the many blessings which, as a nation and a Church, they had derived from her reign. These feelings were still as warm and en thusiastic as ever, as was shown by the spontaneous expressions of good-will and regard which had been borne to her throne since the birth of the young Prince. He would at once move, that an address of congratulation for the auspicious event—for the prospect of good health still afforded to the royal mother and the infant Prince—and, above all, for the additional comfort thereby accruing to the Royal Family, as well as additional prosperity to the nation at large ; and their hope that these blessings may be continued and perpetuated to the latest times.— (Hear, hear.) The motion was cordially agreed to, as also an ad dress to the Prince Consort, on the motion of Bailie Mack, and both were remitted to a small committee to prepare and transmit. The report of the Committee to frame regulations for expediting the trials of students, reported thst those as recently in force should be adhered to, with some trifling alterations, which they recom mended.—Agreed to. SIR DAVID BREWSTER ' S CASE. This case, which came before the Court in the shape of a dissent and complaint at the instance of Dr. Ferrie, against a decision of the Presbytery of St. Andrew's, to proceed by libel against Sir David Brewster, having been called, parties appeared at the bar. Mr. Montgomerie Bell, advocate, appeared for Dr. Ferrie, Principal Haldams and Mr. Taylor of Carnbee for the Presbytery. After some desultory conversation, The Procurator said, that there could be no doubt that the printed libel which had been put into the hands of the members of court contained a great deal more than was at first intenled. It was true that the General Assembly had referred the libel to the Commission under the general reference of all cases not disposed of by it; but the Commission had now seen the libel, and undoubtedly a glance at that docu ment was sufficient to show them, that they had to deal with and decide a very important question of ju risdiction and relevancy—a question so important that he could scarcely think it either proper or safe for this Commission to take up unless it had been sent to them by the General Assembly by special remit. As that was not the case, he would propose" that the Commission should refer the whole case to the next meeting of the General Assembly. He (the Procu rator) did not think it necessary to enter into the reasons which induced him to propose such a motion, but he might say, that he thought it the most wise and prudent course to follow in this very important and difficult case, if it were agreeable to the wish of the House.. He therefore moved that the Commis sion refer the case to the next Assembly. After some further discussion, and the parties at the bar having consented, it was unanimously agreed to leave the case to be heard and determined by the next General Assembly. COMMISSION OF THE FREE CHURCH. A stated meeting of the Commission of General Assembly of the Free Church was held in the New College, George-street, Dr. Black, of Aberdeen, Mo derator. It was intimated that twenty applications for new charges had been forwarded to the Committee ap pointed by last Assembly to carry out the views of that court, in reference to the sanctioning of charges. It was agreed to remit these applications to the Com mittee, to state whether any and what number of them were of a nature which warranted a departure from principle, that the General Assembly shall be the only court having the power to sanction charges —to report at a future diet. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Mr. Blackadder wished to call the attention of the Commission shortly to this subject. lie had advised his friends to purchase stock in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, with the view of extending the influence of those favourable to the principle of the Sabbath observance in the affairs of that Company. He was happy to say that his advice had been acted on, and there was a possibility of their friends having a majority in all questions relating to this subject. There was to be a meeting of the shareholders on the 27th of this month, in Glasgow, and he wished to impress upon all the opponents of Sabbath desecra tion the importance of being present at that meeting, personally, and not allowing them selves to be represented by proxy. As some mis apprehension existed as to the extent of Sab bath desecration, he would state, that during the six months previous to the 31st of July last, the average number of passengers travelling on Sunday on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was—first class, 42 ; second class, 1,798 ; third class, 732 making a total of 954 persons. The number of first and second class passengers had not materially varied, being nearly about the same in summer as in winter, but the difference between these two seasons in the third class was very great, the number on the 28th of July last being upwards of 1,300, while the whole three classes on that day contain 1,500 persons. This was a fearful state of matters, which he trusted the Free Church would do everything in its power to correct. After some discussion, in which Mr. Gibson, of Glasgow, Mr. Sheriff Speirs, Mr. Moncrieff, of East Kilbride, and others, t,,ok part, in reference to the Bill on this subject lately passed in P ar li ament, a Committee was appointed to inquire into its pro visions, with the view of petitioning the Legislature on the subject. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The works of this Com pany, at various places along the line between Exeter and Newton, have actively commenced, and many oc cupiers of houses and premises through which the line will pass have received notice to quit within twenty one days. In the Exwick fields, on the St. Thomas side of the Exe, a great number of labourers are at work. The contract, No. 1, extending from the south side of the terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Rail way on to Powderham, has been taken by Messrs. Carpenter and Chesterfield. The contracts, Nos. 2 and 3, run from Powderham to Teignmouth, and are let to Mr. Waring. It is provided that half these works shall be completed by the Ist of February next, and the entire contracts by the 4th of May following, under a penalty of 20L daily after that period. A num ber of men are employed in tunnelling near the Teign mouth beach towards Dawlish ; and the line is staked out from Dawlish Beach to Starcross. Two shafts have been sunk on the Brent side of the Marley tunnel, to the depth of sixty feet, which is considered the level re quired on this side of the hill ; on the other side the shafts will be considerably deeper. The progress of the works is at times impeded by the flow of water into the shaft. The strata is of slate dunstone for about twenty feet below the surface, a mixture of clay of slight thick ness, and very hard slate, with veins of white spar at the evel of the line.—Plyntoua Journal At the Cambridge Assizes,• there came before the grand jury (and which will be tried next assizes) a bill of indictment about sixteen feet long, against certain par ties for refusing to obey as order of the justices to pay 4 church-late.--Cambridge Advertiser. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 16.) SUGAR.-There has been an inclination generally no the part of importers of Muscovado Sugar to re - B llse this week, and they have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 6cl per cwt for all descriptions; thes e terms, however, have induced buyers to purchase on! more extended scale. To-day no alteration occurred I° the value of infcrior and brown sorts of West India Sug,,r, but good mid and fine yellow sorts fetal stiffer rates : a good demand existed for all sorts, an 450 hhds were sold, making the total purchases for the week 2,500 hhds and trcs. Ilerieten.-Prices have suffered a decline of 6d to is per cwt for refined Goods this week. To-day a g!) 61 demand existed for Refined Sugar for home consumpn° sl but no improvement in prices occurred, brown Lun/11 selling at 735, and standard Lumps 74s per cwt. R o nde Crushed Sugar has brought further advanced rates' there is very. little offering, the Refiners having new , largely for forward delivery, and are now demanding 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-The demand has been good, but in r , , porters have been compelled to accept prices rathe under those of Friday last, the market being well supplied, especially with the lower scriptions. This afternoon there was a large nn,": lie sale of 10,147 bags, of which nearly the wh° l ' found purchasers, but at prices generally 6d per ef t under those of the last auctions-fine yellow fetche d 62 6d to 63s 6d, good mid and good 57s to 595, mid 5 45 to 56s Gd, low 53s to 53s 6cl, low and very low brow ° 40s to 455, mid 46s 6d to 49s 6d, good 50s to 51s, fine 525 ' to 52s 6d, and grey 53s to 58s per cwt. , EAST INDIA-Foreign East India Sugar has beennY quircd for this week by shippers and refiners working here under bond, but business has been restricted, fi i i/ consequence of the reluctance of holders to ne'' This afternoon, at auction, 3,715 bags of Bengal Sul / wore offered ; the best white sorts fetched full rates, 15" 13 , the lower kinds went rather cheaper-fine and verr l white brought 65s 6d to 69s 6d, good mid and good n , d id Gd to 635, mid 58s 6d to 59s 6d, and low to god lh a „! yellow, 54s to 58s. Of Manilla, 206 bags were taken' at 18s 6d per cwt for ord grey, being above the value- FOREIGN.-Yellow Havannah Sugar is still mu/ wanted, and a large business has been transacted, b ti , importers have not been able to obtain any further vance in prices ; white is held with firmne s s' but the demand has fallen off ; a fair bin' ness, however, has been transacted at fi r ; rates ; sales privately of low to middling made 2Gs to 28s, and good to fine 28s 6d to 30s per cwt. Brovii Brazil has been sought after for export and refining here under bond, but the supply has become swag; prices are firm, and IBs to 18s 6d per cwt have bee paid for small parcels of Bahia : in white the trans' Lions are trifling. MoeeSSES.-Importers of Wrest India submitting to rather low v giver rates, has occasioned a considerable inere in the demand : the purchases made have been extol amounting to 1,000 puns ; Demerara good at 225 0 2 0 6d, Antigua 235, St. Vincent's 225, St. Kitt's, low , mid 20s to 21s 6d, and better quality 22s to 24s per CI East India Molasses are little inquired for, altheng offered at low prices. TEA.-There has been less activity in the Tea snaei/ r ' this week, but holders remain firm, and in prices S", is no variation. This afternoon the public sales of „e• were brought to a conclusion. There was a better n` mand, and the rates previously established were ported, excepting for old Hyson, which went id to per lb cheaper ; the biddings were, however, still 1 :5 , guid. Of the total quantity offered 8,000 packages w sold. COFFEE.-For West India Coffee the market has b in a quiet state, and prices are looking down for 11/ 4 lower and unclean sorts, of which the supply princiP l :i (1/ 05 consists; middling and good Jamaica of clean ' are, however, held with firmness, the supply being 0 .41 but at present few purchasers are to be met wir o fi This afternoon the large quantity of 4,809 bags. 0 Padang were brought to public s a le ; sound, of lOU the principal part consisted, was all taken in at veil' . rates-good ord at 30s ; the sea damaged was all went poeed3of at a decline of is to 2s-first class went 26s to 275, second class 25s to 25s 6d, tt e j class 235 to 245, and sea damaged and repoicPo 24s 6d to 255, a few lots of fine ord sound, however, n°, at 38s to 38s 6d, and one lot sea damaged 375. Of Woo 35 bales were offered ; two lots of' green Mysore s° y were sold at 51s 6d, and the remainder taken in at l e s for yellow, being above the value. 144 bags of CO a were only partly sold at 54s ad for good ord, 55s 6d r ie very good ord, 41s to 48s 6d for sea damaged, and 2 1 ! k IW 24s 6d for sea damaged and repacked. 31 ba g s of Sa l were taken in 80s 4 for sound. 50 bags of St. Dom e" went at 32s 6d to 33s for very good ord coloury. As s market is quiet for Ceylon, and 54s 6d to 55s is the IP of good ord. Ma 1 a SPICES.-A good demand has prevailed for AL l va, r e Pepper this week, and full rates have b een g i v en. 7 ' l l day two parcels of Black Pepper, amounting to 2 , 0 1 , bags, were brought to public sale, 1,287 bags consis, A , of Sumatra, the sound of which was taken in at full ra n' ' ' ordinary light dusty 2-ad. Bengal Ginger at 25 5 p , cwt for good bold but rough, being above th e vallle t , the remainder inferior at 20s. Nutme gs a t 23 ci c li. 2s 2d for Cape. Cleves at is 2d to i s 8d for P i r ib From Bombay taken in at is 2d for bright, and 15 P et for dingy. Cinnamon at 56s per cwt. and Cocos.-The demand is improving for foreign, 0 some parcels have been disposed of by private treat)/ , full rates - Trinidad was all dispos e d o f 2s a b ove prev/ 01 1 rates, and fetched 47s for fine red, 45s 6d to 46s for gn. 43s to 44s for good mid, 41s 6d to 42s 6d for middll : 40s to 40s 6d for common, and 40s to 42s 6d f o r gre y Grenada went at a similar advance, good red selling,, 42s to 42s 6d, good middling 41s to 41s 6d, and middl" , 40s ; Dominica brought 41s per cwt. „ RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has pree•-. 0 large business transacted in a ll d escr ipti ons o f Jan 3ssl . Rum this week. Shippers and th e ho me t ra d e have r 0 _ d chased freely, paying a furth er a d vance o f Id to 285 gallon-fair quality 31 to 33 p er cen t over proof n: to 6d to 3s Bd, good 34 to 36 over 3s 10d to 4s, fine 3 V fic r 38 over 4s 4d to 4s 6d, and very fine 5s to 55 68 c #l gallon. Leewards at 2s 4d to 2s 4 , id proof, and g brown ditto at 2s 5d per gallon. Demerara at 35 ,, 5 a to 3s 4d for strong q ua lity 32 t o 37 per cent ove r. ',. / a cutta Rum at 2s id to 2s 2d p er ga ll on proo f, w ith c,, e , f i s ficate the supply is smalL Brandy o f a ll s orts ref assumed a firmer appearance. Cognac, best branes,t /I 0 the vintage of 1838, hhd s a t 4 s 4d, p uns at 5 s 2d, u i e § 1839 hdds 5s 2d, puns ss, ditto 1840 hhds 5s Id, P h i'4, 4 4s 11d, ditto 1841 hhds ss, puns 4s 108, ditto 18 42 2'0 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d, middling and good middling to 4s 6d, and low 2s 10d to 3s per gallon. Ge ne 4$ Is 10d for common shipping sort ; fine tit for d0 4 ) 1 0 2s 6d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at 4d per gallon, cash. ; th e RICE.-There has been a considerable increase In demand for Bengal Rice this week. This afters 11t Bengal was in excellent request ; good bold clean %et/ fetched lls 6d to 12s, good mid Ils 6d, small br° white lOs 6d, and 'damaged 5s to lis per cwt. b ee SAGO.-Holders show firmness, and none has be et/ offered at public sale : the demand privately has 60 6 only for small parcels at 13s to 24s f o r comm on to 0 , but as prices are moderate a better de man d m ay be pected shortly to take place. nd FRUIT.-The demand for Currants has been 0 4 '01 prices are firm, Zante and Cephalonia at 413 t o Patras 47s to 495, and superior 505 per cwt. COCHINEAL has been more in demand privatelft lo r the parcels disposed of brought full r a t es . This noon a good demand existed, and 77 bags T l e lb silvers at auction were all sold at 4s 5d t o 4 s 7d P er for low to good. elf INDIGO.-East India is wanted, but importerss/ I Pe r e ing the market sparingly, larg e t ransac ti o ns are,P„er vented : picked lots are fetching a profit o f 2d to 4 u r e ,o lb. The deliveries for home consumption 01 ° 4 0 1 increase over those of last y e ar. Of Sp an ish se' parcels have been sold rather above former rates. to e OILS.-In Olive Oil the transactions have bee n , / for large extent at 45/ to 461 for G a llip o li, 43/ to 4 ,1 1 0 Spanish, and 391 to 40/ for B ar b ar y. Li nse ed o 0 25s 3d to 25s 6d per cwt o n th e s p o t. R a p e Oil, L O ils selling at 375, and bro w n a t 36 s p er cwt . 3 11 at 35l to 35/ lOs for pale Seal, 34/ for cod, and 27 1 "",en for Southern. Sperm Oil 851 to 861 for fine British' "till 83/ to 841 per tun for American ; the supply is let's° small. Cocoa Nut Oil at 28s to 308 per cwt. rei; Oil 27s to 28s for fine quality. This afternoon and Oil went at 25s 9d to 275, and low 24s per cvit , too . Southern Oil 29/ to 301155, low 27/ 15 s to 28/ per t TALLOW.-There has been more inclination sb o ,00 i i ace purchase Russian Tallow on the spot, and pric e° ,ls to ruled firm ; a fair demand h as p reva il e d, and 110. 4ls Gd per cwt paid for P. Y. Candle first quality lei afternoon New South Wales sold at 40s 9d to 4253- 375. ' 601 36s to 38s 3d, 211 pk gs S ou th A mer i can 3 5 5 9 d to 1 00 167 casks North American 40s to 425, 9 casks of 1 . ,, 41s 9d to 425, and 23 k n p s k s o f C ape 44s 3d per 0 7 0 tes SALTPETRE.-For English refined rather 101ge!; 95 6c 1 have been again ac c ept e d, b u t a t 30 s f or b r ls, and te 4 ' per cwt for hhds; a fair business has been a/ 0 1 5 1 ,14 1 This afternoon Rough met with a tt en tion, and o f 0 bags of Calcutta at auction w e re r ea dily dispose d o et an advance on the sates of yesterday at 6d Pr 24 fta middling grey damp 10 per cent refraction went Al to 255, and good dry white 2 per cent at 27s p~ BIRTHS. St • girl' tb• On the 13th inst., at the Rectory, Orcheston wife of the Rev. E. T. Bidwell, of a daughter. L oabet li ' On the 13th inst., Mrs. J. Obbard, of South of a son. 9 4 " On the 13th inst., the lady of W. V. Pettigrew' Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, of a son. o °l° On the 14th inst., in Harley-street, the lady of Nettleship, Esq , of a daughter. t he On the 15th inst., at Gordon-street, Gordo n-sqnre' wife of the Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A., of a sol_____----'-' MARRIED. ald scan, second ofßduacukginhgtheramo- On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras Church , Mr. Cameron,ettaDtig,. o; New Millman- street. f c A h abmrabhearms, coAdoeplpehr:,}:tosqlf.,fag'A., 01 HIED. patam, in the East Indies Lieutenant A. F. Colle, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment-of s t. Helena'sO n t e Corps, 2 dinst., Gower-place, r.Michaelplacle'leursttyo,nE. ssqqu.,alraet., surgeon i r of On the sth inst., at Popla , r, Frederick Whatley Ce e '-'' the Hon. East India Company's Pilot Service, Calcutta...._„., On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Martha, widow of Begot, Esq. shad' On the 9th inst., at Tunbridge-Wells, Mr. James forth, aged 42. On the 12th inst., at Park-road, Stockwell, Henry • • King, Esq., surgeon, aged 25. 0 f Cu' On the 13th inst., at Ashford. Mr. Daniel Collins, sitar-street, Chancery-lane, aged 70. 11r. Fre dericig On the 13th inst., at Park - p lace, Layton, Hockley. ths Bloomsburf , On the 14th inst., at Cha rlotte-street, Rev. 11. F. Cary. 01 London : Printed and Published by riII.TRDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum. Office,N ° •‘, of N Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Colov Alicicll949x, htArclay, "law* 17, 1e44. I ,