The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW 5. CHRONICLE.—The English Stock Market has to-day (Saturday) fully supported the prices of yes terday, although the transactions have not been large, and the rate of interest, from account to account, con tinues at from sto 6 per cent. Indeed, it would not have been reasonable to look for any material alteration for the better in the value of money until the quar terly dividends are in course of payment. According to the Jamaica Gazette the prospects of the crops were unfavourable, and an account is given of the produce of sugar and rum in the parish of Saint Mary's, containing 55 estates, for the last four years, showing a regular decrease each year on the crops of the preceding year, and a total decrease in the three years, from 1835 to the end of 1838, of 2,772 hogs heads of sugar, 950 puncheons of rum, and 68 pun cheons of molasses. At Barbadoes they complained much of dry weather, and scorching heat of the sun. The canes had suffered severely, and they feared injury to the corn crops from the ravages of the worm. The Guiana Chronicle says that the shipments of sugar for the first six months of 1839 from that colony are less than that shipped for the first six months of 1838 by 10,533 hhds. The lialifax Journal mentions a severe gale of wind having done much damage to ship ping in that quarter. Its effects appear to have been general, and great injury had been done to the crops in Prince Edward Island. The final arrangement made by Mr. Jaudon gives him the command of 800,0001. now placed for his dis posal for the relief of the engagements for the London agency of the Bank of the United States. The loan is taken, and is to be advanced upon the issue of bonds bearing interest at six per cent. for eighteen and thirty months, to be secured by a deposit of Pennsylvania stock to the required amount in the hands of trustees POST.—The satisfactory arrangement to which the moneyed interest have at length come with the agent of the United States Bank, Mr. Jaudon, has led to some further improvement in the value of the public securities ; but the more favourable appearance of the Continental exchanges on Friday has no doubt had its influence on the markets. The settlement of the , Ac count for the foreign house is fixed for Thursday' next, and it was the opinion of some persons abotat the Stock Exchange that the rise in that department, which was pretty general, was in consequrence of the partial arrangement of differences in advance. There was, at all events, no news in circulation of a political nature to affect the quotations . The announcement made respecting the Spanish fueros made no sensible impression on the market. It was an observation of our commercial men, that article 1 of the decision of the Cortes is completely neu tralised by article 2. The conduct of M. Men dizabal during the late discussions upon the. ques tion is calculated to excite very " great disgust. The whole of this pretended patriot's proct;edings betray the schemer and stockjobber, and it argues but a small share of discernment in Lord Clarend on that he should have formed of him the opinion he his. The Madrid correepondent of the Morning chronicle, of all papers, gives the following report of the ex-Mints ter of Finance : " It is stated, but I trust not justly, that on this most important and critieal eccasion Mendizabal made h;a; noisy and boasted patriotism subservient to speculations on the Bourse. After using all the efforts in his power -to sow dissensions amongst the authors of the project I have copied, and to induce some eminent members of dte Con gress to withhold their names from it in the early 7part of the day, Mendizabal despatched a courier yesterday, at half-past two, to Paris, from the very door of the C'ortes. A large speculation for the fall, in the event of the iruerns being thrown overboard, is given as the motive of th is pro ceeding. He afterwards proposed a new amendm exit on the fuero reports in the Congress, giving power t o Go vernment to do as they pleased ; thus fanning the :flame still moie between them and the Cortes." It this isecount be a correct one, of which, fra an the eh:irscter of the man, there can be no doubt, ti; e eon cwientious individual referred to would not, it is, quite apparent, hesitate, for the sake of making a few thou sands on the exchanges of London, and Paris, 1 o ex po.;e his country to all the horrors of a renewei civil war. We should think that every cee who is caps ble of reading a newspaper must by this time he tolerably well neqaailted with the knaveries of the foreign lea; n sys teal. Every day's experience furnishes us witia some fresh c n etunstaece or other in exemplification of them. W e have this morning a notification of Barorn Mon corvo. the Portuguese Minister, having on Frit!, a...yr wit nessed the can ce l naen t, a t th e B an k o f E ng l an d , o `Three / per Cent. Bonds to the extent or '2;3,0001. on ace cunt of his Government. This stock was contracted for, it is to be observed, at the rate of 70 pe r cent. 1835, but the Government of Donna Maria 'having stopped payment, and thereby reduced its market; value to -23, her Majesty's respectable agents deem it . proper to buy up at that price what cost a number their dupes not less thin 73 per cent. It has probably never occ,rred to the Governments of the North how excel lent a financial operation is to he accomplished 1 by the cessation of payment of the dividends on their f, sreign obligations, but the example now set by Portuga t will serve to enlighten them. To borrow money at 71 ) per cent., suspend payment of the interest thereupo& , and then to buy up the acknowledgments at one-tiiii .d of the sum, leaving altogether out of view the a rrear of dividends, which ought to be worth 9 pi r cent. more, is certainly a most safe and profitable s p ecu latien. Such a proceeding, if carried to any ,exk! , ent, as we understand it ° will be, must give iac re ased value to the bonds remaining in circulation , and pave the way for another loan ; but it striit es Us that any surplus fund which the Finance IYli ulster of Portugal may find himself in possession of might be more honestly applied to the redemption at 7 the overdue coupons, or the capital of the Treasury d eben tures, issued some time since, the amount of q hies, like those issued by Mendizabal on account e f the Spanish Exchequer, is very insignificant. Surel y the scheme of buying up bonds during an interval of iank ruptcy is not the one with which the Baron de 1 4agos comes entrusted ? Connected with this matter r eport speaks of some plan or another which is in con . lei avia tion for throwing the Three and the Five pe r %Cent. Portuguese Bonds into a new Six per Cent. Sto ck, and for appropriating a portion of the revenue to she payment of some part of the interest, so as to .give , it currency. We are unable, however, at present state any particulars upon the subject. It is infam o us to cancel public liabilities in the way we have her e de scribed ; but Spain and Portugal are as unequall( din devices of this description as is the patience of t hose who suffer so severely by their ingenuity. In vain will the Directors of the Bank of England increase ; their rate of interest, and suggest plans for preventing tht ex portation of gold, if so monstrous a system is to be per sisted in. TIMES.—Some inquiry is naturally made by par who are i nv it e d to ta k e a share in the subscript;iot •Itietos support the agent of the United States Bank, how the collateral security is to be placed so as to be made al 'al-- able thr the interest of all concerned, in case of n and what value is to be assigned to the stock se dt Po sited. These are questions the propriety of which is not to be disputed. and which will, no doubt, be satisfai: ton . IY answered when the proper time arrives. Such ii s th e mystery, however, in which this apparently simple a ffait is still involved, that though several houses have b leers named as taking the prominent part in these subs ic rip tions, for the benefit of the subscribers generally, • tb ere is no one which can with certainty be so design at kd. When the selection is made will be the proper tim e :for investigating the guarantees and securities under ri 'h ich the advances are subscribed. Some official returns connected with the expo; rt I if gold and silver are in the hands of some of the lea din t city merchants, which, as their accuracy is not to disputed, must lead to some very remarkable coneiusi ons as to the manner in which the affairs of the Rank of England have been conducted. These returns intend over a period of ten months, being from the tat of De cember, 1838, to the 30th of September, 1839,. and embrace the whole time ;n which the Bank difficulties have arisen—of the transition from full to nearly empty bar% from a state of con fid ence t o one o f a l arm., and is el mod _utmost. uncertainty as to the future. Th e f o lk w i ng un zeturn alluded to : British cub% ...... SOLD. Forei ...... 507,336 O unces. Bullion`rn, . ........ 150,27$ .................. 325,534 783,148, or at 41. 3,13: 2,592 British coin 3ILVLR ........ 797,943 Foreign ................8, 255.780 Ounces. Bullion 12,459,137, or at 52. ....... 783 The probability that at least two-thirds of 14713 75 has been imported in the regu l ar course of trta,silver as the Bask Director: have contrived within th le, and same period to get rid of about 8,000,0001. value in go awl silver together, it would follow that only abou a half that amount has actually gone abroad, and that ti be rest written remains to be accounted for. A curious passage occurs in a private letter, , at St. on the other side of the American Continent Lois, Mississippi, on the 31st of August last , relativ e to the Bank of England, and which has s; lice been verified to the letter. The writer says—" I agape' for the honour and credit of the country, she will a ot go a borrowing abroad, as they do in this couutry on stocks and securities almost unknown to the lender." Vhere ever trade extends, the conduct of the Bankof tgland is closely watched, as a movement upon which tin of all depends. HERALD.—Tbet, in its commei .ciai departments, has acquired a tone, and a greater de; :Ter of firmness at present appear s to oossessed at prev a il i n i t t h al I i cope that nothi ng in coining event s wi!l tend to throe w cuand over the vast interests of this community. Tne circumstances which have brought about !he existing calm may thus be briefly related :—lt is now pretty well understood that much of the apprehension which did prevail in the Bank parlour has abated in consequence of the symptoms which appear, that the tides for the imports of bullion are at present moderately setting towards this country, and, as it turns out that the deficiency in the harvest in this country, as well as other portions of Europe, has been much overrated, it follows that the Bank of lingland Direction at present feel themselves in a much safer position. Another circumstance has also somewhat tended to bring about the present state of things, which is the general statement that the arrangements made by Mr. Jaudon, on the part of the United States Bank and the holders of its post notes, are now s atisfactorily settled. CORONER'S INQUESTS. On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr Payne, at St. Bartholomew's, on the body of Thomas Brian, aged five, who died in Aubin's pauper establish ment, at Norwood, on Monday last. The body was sent to the East London Union workhouse, the deceased child having belonged to Cripplegate parish. It ap peared that the child died of measles. The inquiry was a djourned to Monday, in order to obtain the evi dence of the master and of the assistant of the esta blishment. SUDDIN DEATEL—Last night an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Red Lion, Portland-street, Oxford-street, on the body of Mr. W. Drury, a person of property, who died suddenly on Wednesday evening while at tea with his wife, in their lodgings in Poland street. Mr. Airie, surgeon, of Poland-street, stated that he was called to the lodgings of the deceased on Wednes day evening. He found him stretched on the floor near the table, supported by his wife and another lady. He was speechless and insensible, and evidently in a dying state. Seeing that he had been attacked while at tea he examined his throat, lest it should be obstructed by a morsel of food, but the passage was free. He then bled him, but it was of no use, as the man was dead in a few minutes. He found a doctor's prescription on the deceased for a palpitation of the heart. It thus ap peared that be was subject to a disease which might at any time cause instant death. Verdict, " Natural death." THE SUDDEN DEATH ♦T THE FRENCH AMEASSA DOR'S—EIEMPTION IROM THE CORONER'S JURISDIC TION.—The inquest on the body of M. Pierre de Bou quet, the house-steward of General Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, who fell dead in the hall of his Excellency's house while speaking to a fellow-servant, on Thursday evening, was appointed to be held by Mr. Wakley, at the Westmoreland Arms, yesterday morning. At ten o'clock the Jury had assembled, and soon after Mr. Bell, the Coroner's clerk,came into the room, and said that Mr. Wakley regretted the gentlemen of the jury .had bad the trouble to attend. Mr. Wakley had learned since he issued his warrant that the deceased was in the service of the French Ambassador, and died in his Excellency's house and was, moreover, a foreigner. As the French Ambassador had not expressed any desire that an inquest should be held, he (Mr. Wakley) did not feel authorised to go into the inquiry, unless upon the request of the Ambassador that the English law should be administered. The Ambassador, under all the cir ,-,umstances, might not think it proper that an inquest should be held —he might claim exemption. A servant of the General said, his Excellency had spoken to him on the subject last night, but made no objection to an inquest. Mr. Bell—But he has not requested it should be held. The servant—He neither desires that it should, nor does he he object to it : he appears to have no wish on the subject. Mr. Bell—Mr. Wakley f!els he would not be justi fied in holding tile inquest, unless at the request of the Ambassador ; upon receiving that information, of course he will do so. The servant said the deceased was now in his coffin, which must soon be soldered down. The only tbing al luded to by the General, was a wish that the jury should see the body before be came down stairs. Mr. Bell observed that Mr. Wakley would not be there that day, for the reasons he had stated. The Jurymen were then discharged. THE LATE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AT THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB.—In a letter published this morning, Mr. Fenn states, that " on the evening pre vious to the lamentable affair, I went with Mr. Elder, toe then butler of the Club, to the Surrey Theatre, and returned with him about half-past twelve. I then went into the library, and saw the superintendent, with whom I conversed for a short time as usual, and then proceeded at once to my own room on the basement, which is si tuated so far away from all other rooms in the house, as to render it impossible for any cries proceeding from my room being heard in any other. As far as I am able to judge, I had not been in bed more than an hour and a half or two hours, when I was awoke by a blow on the forehead which nearly stunned me. I, of course, on the instant, jumped up, and struggled with all the desperate violence I could muster with my assailant, who appeared to have on a flannel jacket ; but I was at that moment struck by another man on the right arm so violently that I thought it was broken, when a series of blows followed upon my head, arms, and thighs, which eventually produced utter insensibility, in which state I lay till morning, when, on being aroused by some voice I crept to the door and called for assistance, the exertion of which so exhausted me that I sank down, and was found upon the floor by one of the servants of the establishment, who in the first instance threw a blanket over me, and then alarmed the house. When I recovered myself I found that I had two dreadful cuts across my fore head, which in both places reached to the bone ; five severe blows on the arms ; three upon the right and two upon the left, which are now distinctly visible ; and two black eyes, produced evidently by a blow across the nose, from which a piece of bone was extracted. The truth of this statement I beg leave to say can be proved by nearly the whole of the servants of the establishment; and yet in your paper, and cer tain others, with no disposition, I am sure, to blast the reputation of an innocent man, suggestions have ap peared having a tendency to create in the minds of the public an impression that I inflicted the whole of this horrible torture upon myself, and that for the purpose of plundering the Club, whose servant I have been, without a stain upon my character, for upwards of thir teen years. These reports and insinuations, of course, operated upon the minds of the Committee, who, without giving me the smallest opportunity of explaining the cir cumstances, discharged me, and threw me pennyless upon the world, with a sick wife and four helpless child ren, without condescending even to inform me upon what ground, but left it to be inferred that they believed me (upon no evidence) to have committed the murde rous outrage upon myself." THa _NEW NOVBLS.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following new works of fiction, which can be had at all the Libraries. 1. The Ro mance of Private Life, by Miss Burney, 3 vols. 2. Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians, by John Poole, Esq., Author of " - Paul Pry," &c., 2 vols. 3. Morton of Morton's Hope, an Autobiography, 3 vols. 4. Temptation ; or, a Wife's Perils, 3 vols. 5. Fair Rosamond, or the Days of King Henry 11., by the author of " Royston Gower," 3 vols. 6. The Lion, a Tale of the Coteries, 3 vols. 7. The Banished. Odited by James Monier, Esq., author of " Hajji 8,, , ba," &c. 3 vols. 8. The Phantom Ship, by Captain Mak•ryatt 3 vols. 9. Gurney Married, by Theodore Hook, Esq , 3 vols. 10. The Youth of Shakspeare, by the author of " Shakspeare and his Friends," 3 vols. 11. The Only Daughter, Edited by the author of " The Subaltern," 3 vols.; and 12. Zillah, a Tale of the Holy City, by Horace Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House," Sce., complete for 65., with 2 illustrations, bound, forming the new volume of " Col burn's Standard Novelists." Feargus O'Connor has returned to Cork, from his Chartist agitation in England.—Limerick Chronicle • EDUCATION AND THE ESTABLISHED CHURcH.—" It is loudly urged by the most devoted friends of the Church, that religion is essential to teach ing, and that instruction without religion is worse titan utter ignorance. Religion is essential to teaching, but it is also essential to the untaught ; and if it must be absent, it would not follow that the sufferer must also las deprived of all advantage. But, in fact, the obability of coming within the reach of religion Pr ss vastly increased by mental cultivation. The in , struc. *ed intellect has a thousand avenues by which it 1 , • reached, while the unlettered peasant knows many bnt one. The deaf or the blind have temptation at one uite shut out, and also the wisdom which H' atrance q me temptation. It may be that the let r night overco . dangerous than the ignorant, as the more' b doubtless ers are athletic men ; way Ct; ' majority of h i g h. I erect villain is sise 'muscles and the stature be but who would ers'n l P • . d.. , .Y . 4 a ,a more dangerous weapon ? cause a vigorous ba t of faith ; all things may The root of the error 1 w.cirl s each is to be perfected be used to good or evn, bu • \ after its kind. It is presumpti • 0 s a to doubt that means are to be prepared for the ac e n mplishment of ends which are beyond our sight. T,,le land will not bear neither will the nei corn by ploughing without seed ; but We doubt not that vain grow if the land is not prepared.. Churc h, ,. k 1 of the of a hearty acknowledgment, on the pal . a cheerful wil th a duty of unlimited instruction, n.trd counts , ;ness, when it cannot directly co-operate, to s slag ce the e ff orts of others, would tend to reconc ile it s James m a , stip, for the Hanover-square Rooms ; to Mr, far more t h an o pp t , 'nnts, and fix its wavering friends, litation for the Bible, the whole Bible, an.d nothing any a, but the ' Bible." —British and Foreign Review. At t , ' - ie Westminster Sessions on Friday, the :Ira gistrates , Iranted licenses for music and dancing to Mr. John Braila m, for the St. James's '.theatre ; for the ' t I Lowther B s , orns s for the Grapes, in Old Compton ; ; for the els Du , ess of Clarence, Vauxhall Bridge a 1 s t r eet road fo r the Svaa a Tavern, liungerford Market t r ; to a I ; • ' N.1%fl %eel, Wind 'll 1 the Catherine street ; and for the Lone. Acre. Windmill-street - 1 Windsor Castle, a THE LATE LADY HESTER STAN HOPE. We announced in our last number the death of Lady Hester Stanhope. Our readers will no doubt be glad to have a brief sketch of the principal cir cumstances of that extraordinary woman's life. It is at Djouni, in Syria, that Lady Hester has died, after a long illness, at the age of sixty-four. That reader must be indifferent who reverts not with interest to his recollections of a woman who has expired on the borders of the Desert, amidst th.- bruses and Turkomans, over whom that noble daughter of the infidels once exercised so strange and so marvellous a sway The destiny of Lady Stanhope presents one of those features of which not anotherinstance could perhaps be found in the an nals of the East. Only imagine forty thousand Arabs suddenly assembled upon the ruins of Pal myra, and these wandering, savage, and indomitable tribes surrounding, in silent astonishment and admi ration, a foreign woman, and proclaiming her Sove reign of the Desert and Queen of Palmyra ! Con. vey yourself in thought to the scene of this incre dible triumph, and you will then conceive what woman that must have been who imposed silence on Mussulman fanaticism, and created for herself, as it were, by magic, a Sovereignty in the domains of Mohammed I _ _ _ _ " Lady Hester Stanhope," says M. de Lamar tine in his admirable work, " was a niece of Mr. Pitt. On the death of her uncle she left England, and visited various parts of Europe ; young, hand some, and rich, she was every where received with the attention and interest due to her rank, fortune, mind, and beauty ; but she constantly refused to unite her fate to that of her worthiest admirers, and, after spending some years in the principal capitals of Europe, embarked with a numerous suite for Constantinople. The real cause of this expatriation has never been known ; some have ascribed it to the death of a young English officer, who was killed at that period in Spain, and whom an eternal regret must render for ever present in Lady Hester Stanhope's heart ; others have im puted her voluntary banishment to a mere love of adventure in a young person of an enterprising and courageous character. However this might be, she departed, spent some years at Constantinople, anii then sailed for Syria in an English vessel, which carried also the larger part of her fortune, as weh as jewellery, trinkets, and presents of all sorts, o! very considerable value." The vessel encountered a storm in the Gulf o' Macri, on the road to Caramania ; the ship syn . :- wrecked, Lady Hester Stanhope's property was lost, and it was as much as she could do to say her own life. Nothing, however, could shake 11,2:- resolution. She returned to England, gathered remainder of her fortune, sailed again for Syria. and landed at Latakia, the ancient Laodicea. Sh, had at first thought of fixing her abode at Broussa. at the foot of the Olympus ; but Broussa is a com mercial city, situate on the avenues to the Ottoman capital, and reckoning not less than sixty thousan6 inhabitants ; and Lady Hester Stanhope sough: the independence and solitude of the Desert. SIR• therefore selected the wilderness of Mount Leba non, whose extreme ramifications lose themselv in the sands. Ruined Palmyra—Zenobia's cient capital—suited her fancy. The noble exi: took up her residence at Djouni, prepared for ever:: vicissitude. " Europe," said she, "is a monoto nous residence ; its nations are unworthy of freedom, and endless revolutions are their only prospects.'' She applied herself to the study of the Arabic language, and strove to obtain a thorough acquaint ance with the character and manners of the Syria. , people. One day, dressed in the costume of the Osmanlis, she set out for Jerusalem, Damascus. Aleppo, and the Desert ; she advanced amidst ;, caravan loaded with wealth, teots, and presents for the Scheiks, and was soon surrounded by all th, , tribes, who knelt to her, and submitted to her su premacy. It was not solely by her magnificence that Lad Hester had excited the admiration of the Aral) , her courage had been proved on more than one oc casion, and she had always faced peril with a holi ness and energy which the tribes well remembervi. Lady Hester Stanhope knew also how to flatter, the Alahomedan prejudices. She held no intercourse with Christians and Jews; she spent whole days in the grotto of a santon, who explained the Koran co her; and never appeared in public without that mein of majestic and grave inspiration which was always unto Oriental nations the characteristic of prophets. With her, however, this conduct was not so much the result of design as of a decid:d . proneness to every species of excitement and Lady Hester Stanhope's first abode was but it monastery. It was soon transformed into an Ori ental palace, with pavilions, orange gardens, and ' myrtles, over which spread the foliage of the cedar, such as it grows in the mountains of Lebanon. The traveller to whom Lady Hester opened tins sanctuary, would behold her clad in oriental gar ments. Her head was covered with a turban made of a red and white cashmere. She wore a long tunic, with open loose sleeves ; large Turkirili trousers, the folds of which hung over yellow mo rocco boots embroidered with silk. Her shoulders were covered with a sort of burnous, and a yataghan hung to her waist. Lady Hester Stanhope had a serious and imposing countenance ; her noble ai.d mild features had a majestic expression, which her high stature and the dignity of her movements en hanced. The day came when all this prestige, so expel sively kept up suddenly vanished. Lady Hes.ci's fortune rapidly declined; her income yearly ck creased ; in short, the substantial resources with h had, at one time, sustained the magic of her ex traordinary domination were daily forsaking 11;1. The Queen of Palmyra then fell back into the rank of mere mortals, and she who had signed absolu; e firmans enabling the traveller to visit in security Lie regions of Palmyra—she whose authority the Sub lime Porte had tacitly acknowledged—soon saw her people disown her omnipotency ; she was left the title of Queen, but it was but an empty name ; a mere recollection, and again the monastery's silence ruled over the solitude of Djouni. A Queen, stripped of her glory of a day, Lady Hester Stanhope has ex pired, the sport of fate, at the moment the East is convulsed. She has expired in obscurity and lone liness, without even mingling her name with the great events of which it is now the theatre;-- Eastern Print. THE NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF " Rooltwoou."—We are requested to state that the new romance entitled " Jack Sheppard" by W. Harri son Ainsworth, Esq., author of " Rookwood," &c., em. bellished with twenty-seven illustrations by Gee,•ge Cruikshank, and a portrait of Mr. Ainsworth, by IL. I Lane, Esq., R.A., will be published to-morrow the I.szh instant, by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, com plete in 3 vols. post Bvo. bound, price 255., being uai form in size and price with " Oliver Twist." Agen . s : for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinbui...;ll ; for Ireland, Mr. J. Cumming, Dublin. Orders reccivoci also by all booksellers throughout the United nn. Mr. FENIMORE COOPER'S ARISTOCRATICAL CONNECTIONS. —We observe by the American papers, :Taunt Mr. Webb, th e e di tor o f t h e Neu) that Mr. Fenim ore Cooper has c ommence d a criminal proseetztina York Inquirer, or a libel, and, according to the rep,rt in that journal, action s for damages against the pro prietors of several ot ter papers into which the ii'oel was copied. According to the ex parte statement of Mr. Webb, the circuingtances are as follow : Mr. Cooper's work, " Hom'Ward Bound," was in tended, and calculated, to p r oduce an imprez.,ion abroad, that he (Mr. Cooper) was a gentleman of high aristocratic pretenaion, the scion of a noble El e iish family, living on " the estate of his father"in a kind of baronial style, surrounded by a depends ilt peasantry, consonant alike to his early education, his :toble de scent, and habitual tastes, while his country:lloa We!'e a set of ignorant, vulgar, uncivilised boors, .suit able subjects for the jests and jeers of his noble Eti,g glith visitants and his French governess. Mr. therefore, who spent years of boyhood in the neighbour hood, and who knew that nine-tenths of Mr. Cooper's neighbours were persons of better family than himself, thought it his duty to expose the assumption of this, :n d to state what he knew to be facts—that Mr. Cooper was descended of humble, but honest parents ; that his Le, ler was a hawker of fish through the streets of Bailioa!‘ subsequently a wheelwright, who, by industry an(' e.n terprise, rose to be Judge of the county where be no"' resides ; that his paternal (maternal) grandwg: Ller, Mrs. Fenimore, for 30 years occupied a stall, and is a vender of vegetables in Philadelphia market, and is a ell remembered by many, who often exclaim, when s heir vegetables are not so fresh as t h ey s h ou ld b e, jas, when shall we again see such as Old Mother Fenill.pre , i:urnished us ?"—ilthenceum The Shrewsbury Chronicle says that a Er ,tier near Osweitry was so enraged with his narometer (le r:og the late unfavourable weather, that he broke it top:: ees, and another, because the " glass" did not sal: Lim, brought it to town to " de Italean" to get it alte , ,•c • THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1839. THE LATE TAMPERING WITH PARISH REGISTERS.—PAYMENT OF THE RECTOR'S STIPEND, &c. On Saturday, the Marylebone Vestry assembled at the Court House for the despatch of business. Mr. A. Daniel in the chair. _ _ The following resolution, agreed to on the previous Saturday, was then read:— ' That the payment of the quarterly stipend of 1001. to the Rector of the parish, the Rev. Dr. Spry, be suspended, until such time as he should attend before the Committee appointed to investigate into the late surreptitious interpolation in the parish registers and obliteration of the tombstones, for the purpose of afford ing an explanation as to the cause of the neglect which had resulted in that disgraceful affair, and that the check drawn be retained in the hands of the Vestry Clerk until such time as the Vestry deem it fit and proper to be paid over to the Rector." On the resolu tion being put in the usual way for confirmation, Mr. FOSTER, upon the ground of the illegality of the proceeding, and that it was most arbitrary and unjust towards the Rector, moved the confirmation of the minute. Mr. COPELAND seconded the motion. Mr. KINIETT supported the confirmation, and was surprised that no other argument than that of illegality had been adduced in opposition. If the Vestry were acting illegaly in suspending the payment of the Rector's stipend, when it was clearly proved he had not done his duty, how much more so was it that the Rector should inflict the gross injustice upon the District Rectors, of compelling them to pay 1001. per annum each in lieu of what was termed Easter offerings. By the Act passed in the year 1812, the King's printer was bound to supply every Rector and Curate in the kingdom with a copy of that Act, informing them of their duties ; among those duties it was distinctly specified that the Rector or bead Clergyman was bound to send dupli cate copies of all registers of christenings, burials, and marriages, to the Bishop's registrar, which it was clear had not been done by Dr. Spry, and thus the tampering 'of the registers in that parish had ensued. The onus with respect to that disgraceful affair rested equally on the Bishop of London and the Rector, who, had any fees been derivable from their keeping, would have been active enough to have performed the duty, and have grasped them. He maintained that this was the only way the Vestry had of visiting punishment upon the Rector for the gross neglect of duty he had been guilty of, and that therefore in justice they ought to confirm the minute. Mr. HOVENDEN did not stand up as a defender of the conduct of Dr. Spry, but it would be illegal for that Vestry to retain in their hands money which they held merely in the capacity of trustees. If Dr. Spry had neglected his duty, the legal and proper course would be for the Vestry to have made a representation to the Rector's superior, and let that party visit him with the punishment he deserved. Mr. GIBSON argued that the Vestry had the power to withhold the payment of the stipend for foe space of one year. It had been said, why not leave the case in the hand of the Rector's superior ? He would say that that Vestry might as well send a letter to Aidgate pump, as to the Bishop of London, against the Rector. Mr. THEOBALD concurred in the observations made by Mr. Hovenden. It was said that the Act fixed no specific time for the payment of the stipend, but the Vestry had fixed the time themselves ; and having drawn a check, and placed the same in the' Vestry clerk's hands, was ample proof that they had the money, and that it was only withheld for the purpose of com pelling the Rector to comply with an illegal and unjust condition ; and he urged upon the attention of the Vestry, that if a mandamus were issued against them, it would be at the cost of the parish. The Rev. Dr. DIBDIN said, that as the Vestry had on the previous Saturday paid under an Act of Par liament the salaries of tour out of the five Rectors of tile parish, as a logical sequitur they were bound by tie some Act to pay ..he fifth, they all being incorporated in it.—( Hear.) He denied the right of that Vestry to interfere with the stipends of the Rectors at all, or even the right to inquire into the late interpolations in the parish registers, and that in doing so they had assumed an inquisitorial power which no local or any other Act of Parliament had delegated to them.—(oh, oh, and " Hear.") He had well read the Registration Act, and be could not find out that a clergyman was amenable to any one but to his Bishop or the Registrar-General. He certainly was not so to Bishop Kensett.—(Loud laughter.) If Dr. Spry had been guilty of indiscretion and neglect, it was not therefore in the province of the Vestry, but the Bishop, to chastise him. It did, however, appear that this subject had arisen from per sonal and private pique, and not from any public feeling of justice on the port of the prime movers. Mr. SODEN was surprised at the statement that that Vestry had not the power to inquire into such an extra ordinary and disgraceful affair a 4 the late mutilation of tombstones and the alteration of the registers. Mr. RATHBONE denied the right of the Vestry to withhold the Rector's salary because he had not per formed a certain duty, and said he would deny the as sertion of Mr. Kensett, made on tha previous Saturday, that the Bishop of London was an indoleLt and luxuri ous man. Mr. KENSRTT—I am prepared to prove it. . . Mr. WALPOLE said there, was no clause in the Act of Parliament which warranted the Vestry in assuming that they had only occasion, if they thought proper, to pay the stipend but once a year ; by the 12th clause of the Act the money was received by the Rffctor of the pa. rich from the district Rectors as an Easter offering, through the hands of the Vestry, and they could only retain it by being put to th expense of an action at law, The placing a check in the hands of the Vestry Clerk to be retained by him, was unjust, illegal, and indecent ; and he believed, if the Act were rightly interpreted, equal blame would be attached to the Churchwardens with the minister, on account of the non-transmission of the re gisters, as they were equally bound to do the duty. It was a strange thing that there was in this Act of Parlia ment only two penalties to which the clergy were liable for non-performance of the duty ; the one was for not certifying that the registers sent were true copies, and the other in the event of no cbpy being sent am ail, rendered them liable to be reported to the Bishop, and to be punished as he might think proper ; but any other coursq than a representation to the superior of the Rec tor would be illegal on the part of the Vestry. The resolution was here put, and on a division being demanded by Mr. Kensett, the numbers appeared— For the motion for non-confirmation 30 For the confirmation 8 Majority for payment of 1001. to the Rector •. —22 On the original question again being put from the Chair— Mr. KfiNSETT moved that in the payment of the sa lary of Dr. Spry, the Vestry protest against the gross neglect of the Rector, in not having certified and trans mitted the registers of the parish to the Bishop's Court, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the 52d George the Third. Mr. GiesoN, in seconding this resolution, observed, that he believed thatthe result of the extended inquiries of the committee appointed with reference to the interpolations of the registers would be that they should get all the parties, from the person wh• signed the certificates, knowing at the same time he did so the entries to be forgeries, down to the lowest person concerned, indicted for a conspiracy at the bar of the Old B a il e y, an d con vict them in that penalty which the law of the land allowed for such practices, namely, fourteen years' transportation. Mr. FOSTER moved an amendment," That the money be paid forthwith without any protest by the vestry," which having been seconded, a second division took place, the result which was— For Mr. Kensett's motion in favour of the protest lB For Mr. Foster)s amendment Majority in favour of the protest ...-3 The Vestry then adjourned. ALDERMAN SCHOLEY'S WlLL.—Very much to the surprise of the citizens of London, Alderman Scholey is said to have died worth no more than 120,000/. He had retired from business many years, and is reported to have stated, at the period of his rz•- tirement, that he was worth a plum and a half, arid the calculation was that his property amounted to 500,000/. as he was a very economical liver. His executors are Alderman Thompson, Mr. Atkinson (formerly Alder man Scholey's partner), and Mr. Freshfield. We are told that he gave strict directions to those around his death-bed that his body should lie in state for two days, and that, in accordance with those directions, the room was lighted with tapers, and on Wednesday and Thurs day last the friends and neighbours of the family were admitted. The disposition of his property has been, it is said, rather extraordinary. To his son, who is forty eight years of age, he has left the interest upon 40,000/. in the Three per Cents. for his life, but without permis sion to touch a farthing of the principal ; to Mrs. 13,?!- lamy, his daughter, he has left the interest upon 20,000/. but with the principal she has no more to ; lo than her br ot h er h as. Upon the death of son and daughter, the principal devolves to others. To a fema'a child, about thirteen years of age, the daughter of widow who kept a hotel at Brighton, it is stated that he left. the sum of 10,000/. This little girl was christ ened Georgiana, in compliment to the Alderman, whose name was George. To the mother of the girl he has :villed an annuity of 195/. for life. It is said that he has left 10,000/. to a charity. To an old woman, who lived as a sort of upper servant in his house for thirty-eight years, he left 5001,, and to each of his other servants ;.e left 100/. ----- ETIQUETTE UNDER OLIVER CROMWELL.— simbassadors were received by the Protector standing on a platform raised three steps above the floor, o u which was a chair of state. They were instructed to make three reverences • one at the entrance, a second at the midway, and a third at the lower step, each of T v.hich Cromwell acknowledged by a slight inclination of the head. The Ambassadors of the States w, re invited to dine with him. Oliver sate alone on ole side of the table ; they, with some Lords of the Coun cil, on the other.—Wade's British History. PILCHARD FISHERY NEWQUAY.—The pilchard fishery still continues un successful here. Large quantities of young herrings, or herring bait, have been in the bay during the last few days, but Mr. Vivian's driving boat came in this morning (Wednesday) without either pilchards or herrings. ST. ITIII.--No pilchards have been seen during the week ; but some of the mackerel boats brought in, on Wednesday morning, from two to three hundred each. Every other kind of fish is very scarce. Goaaaw HavEN.—The Alfred, of this place, shot in Hemmick, on Monday night, briming, and took nearly 13 hogsheads of pilchards, which were all sold fresh. Several small shoals of fish have been seen off here, and the scans are once more in the turns. On Thurs day last, the Fly, of Mevagissey, took three hogsheads of pilchards. The drift boats, too, got good catches on Tuesday night. They saw large quantities of pilchards, which has caused great bustle amongst the seaners. PoaTLoE.—One of the seans belonging to this place shot in Gerrans Bay on Saturday evening, between the two lights, and began to tuck as soon as the sean was rounded to, &c. Their movements were closely watched by the crew of another sean, and when the shot seen was half hauled up, the other crew, suspecting that a bungling affair was likely to be made of it, shot their sean round them. The first sean took about five hogs heads, and the watchful party got nearly seventeen hogsheads as a reward of their industry ; showing that a good shoal of fish is frequently lost from want of proper management. A Porloe sean also shot Tues day night off Port Holland, and took twenty hogsheads of pilchards. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN RE CHARLES BRIDGES WOODCOCK. Mr. Woodroffe in this matter moved fora rule ab solute under the following circumstances :—From the affidavits read by the Learned Counsel, it appeared that the insolvent possessed very large estates in the king dom of Ireland. In 1817 he was discharged by an Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England. Five suits were carried on in Ireland by and against the assignee during the period of upwards of twenty years. The estates sold for payments of incumbrances in Ire land, and a fund of 27,0001., is now in Court in Ireland, which suits are all terminated. About 6,0001. or 7,0001. is now receivable by the creditors, and more than sufficient to pay 20s. in the pound to all the Eng lish creditors, being a surplus. The assignee is a lawyer's clerk, at a low salary. The application was made on the affidavits of Mr. Greatorex, the solicitor for the English creditors and others, in order that the funds may be paid into this Court to prevent the cre ditors' assignee from receiving the same, when the Court was pleased to order that the Accountant-Ge neral in Ireland should have notice of this motion, and made the rule absolute for paying the 6,0001. and up wards into Court, after which the Court adjourned until November next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. _ - INFORMATION AGAINST A GINGER-BEER SELLER.— John Jones, a man of colour, who keeps a well-known ginger -beer shop in Coventry-street, was summoned by the police before Mr. LONG, for having, before one o'clock on Sunday last, sold a certain fermented liquor called " beer." The information was laid under the New Metropolitan Police Act, which inflicts a penalty upon publicans or other persons selling wine, beer, dis tilled or fermented liquors. Mr. James Isaacs, who attended on behalf of the defendant, asked Inspector Beresford if he considered that the defendant acted in the character of a publican ty selling ginger -beer. The Inspector answored in the affirmative. Mr Isaacs—And do you mean to say that ginger beer is a " fermented" liquor ? Inspector—Certainly ; when the bottle is opened the beer ferments just the same as soda-water. Mr. LoNG—What is ginger beer composed of? Mr. Isaacs—Nothing more than water, sugar, ginger essence, and something to produce effervescence. Mr. LONG—Is it a fermented liquor ? Mr. Isaacs— By no means. Mr. LONG—Would it cause intoxication ? Inspec tor-1 should think not. The fict is this house is open at unreasonable hours, and a number of improper characters resort to it ; we are trying to get rid of the ❑uisance. Mr. Isaacs—You have no business to bring that for ward now. What you have brought the defendant here for is for having sold " beer," and that is the offence you arc to confine yourself to. Mr. LONG—I must be satisfied before I can convict that ginger beer is an intoxicating liquor, for I arc clearly of opinion that the Act refers only to liquors capable of causing intoxication. Inspector—I hope your Worship will adjourn the case for a week, and then I shall perhaps be able to bring evidence as to whether ginger -beer is a fermented liquor or not. Mr. LONG--No ; I am satisfied upon the present evidence to dismiss the case. Thu information was accordingly dismissed. MARYLEBONE. It was stated to the Magistrate that in the morning Inspector Campbell, of the D division of police, had taken a razor and attempted to cut the throats of his wife and child, but that they escaped with only a few wounds. Immediately afterwards, his wife having left the house, the miserable man contrived to cut his own throat in a frightful manner, from the effects of which he now lies in a very precarious state. John Millbank, the proprietor of a coffee-house in Wych-street, Strand, was charged with forgery. A Mrs. Heath applied to the Loan Society, Silver -street, Golden-square, for the loan of 5/. for her husband, and gave the names of two securities, which being ap. proved of she was desired to send her husband for the purpose of signing the book and receiving the money. The prisoner went to the office, and repre senting himself as Mr. Heath, signed the book in his name, and on receiving the money handed it to the fe male. On finding that the prisoner had committed a for gery upon them, the Company ordered that he should be taken into custody. In his defence the prisoner said that no fraud was intended ; the husband of Mrs. Heath was much distressed and obliged to keep out of the way, and what he did was merely to serve a friend. The Magistrate said that the case was fully made out, and committed the prisoner for trial. Q UEEN- SQUARE. James Hubbard, owner of the boat 750, was charged by Dr. Bowring, late M.P., with having taken more than his legal fare for conveying the complainant from a foreign steamer. In stating the case, Dr. Bowring said that the prac tice of exorbitant charges by the watermen was carried to a very great extent. He said he could assure the worthy Magistrate that the watermen who make it their business to embark passengers upon, and take them from foreign steamers, act in a most rapacious manner towards their fares ; in fact, in some instances commit ting a fraud, as in the case of a foreign sailor, which complainant witnessed. The sailor was rowed alongside the steam-ship, got upon the deck, and gave the water man a sovereign, the only money he had, to take his fare out of. The fare was but threepence, but the waterman took the sovereign, put it into his pocket, and rowed away laughing. The consequence o& this rascally treatment was, that the poor sailor was left without a farthing in the world, and the passengers, pitying his forlorn condition, made up the money betwixt themselves. The Magistrate said that the rapacity of the water men was the cause of so many small cheap steam vessels plying on the river, so that they had brought the ruin on themselves. The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10s. HATTON-GARDEN. Mr. Inspector Jenkins, of the E division, applied to Mr. GREENWOOD under the following circumstances : On Wednesday night last Miss Eden Tree lost a bracelet while being conveyed in her carriage from Haymarket Theatre to her residence in Tav istock square, A man, who is not in custody, offered it on the following day to a jeweller for sale, and it was d, - tained, his account of the manner in which he had be come possessed of it being anything but satisfactory. The article was given into the care of applicant, who, having discovered the rightful owner, was desirous of restoring it, and he wished ti:e sanction of the Magis trate for that purpose. Mr. GREENWOOD—Did the man who offered it fur sale make any inquiries with a view to find the owner ? Mr. Jenkins—No ; at the earliest opportunity he tried to sell it. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then he acted very wrongly, and rendered himself, had a sale been effected, liable to transportation. If property be picked up, the finder is bound to endeavour to ascertain the owner by adver tisement or otherwise, and if he do not, and appropriate it to his own use, is guilty of felony. Inspector Jenkins—l don't think that he had a!,y felonious intention. Mr. GREENWOOD—I suppose that Miss Tree would not like to prosecute if he were in custody. Inspector Jenkins—Oh, no, Sir; she wishes it back if it is possible to obtain it ; it is very valuable, and "if withheld will spoil a set of jewellery. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then let her have it. The Inspector said he would proceed directly to her residence and deliver it up. James Lee, a carman, in the employ of Messrs. Raymond, coal-mtrchants, was charged with riding in his waggon. whereby damage was done to the stanhope of James Hawkins, of Grove Cottage, near Peekhalo, and to an omnibus. Mr. Hawkins stated that on the Bth instant, as he was driving up Broad -street, Holborn, the defendant was going the same way, riding inside his waggon, when an omnibus coming in the contrary direction, the c:),,!- waggon was not drawn out of the way ; and the con plainant's gig, in which was a young lady, was jammed between the two vehicles. So great was the force of the concussion that three people on the omnibus were thrown to the ground. The complainant, who had a iady with him, asked the defendant to tak • her from the perilous situation in which she was into the cart, but he brutally refused. The damage done to the gig was nearly five pounds, and to the omnibus upwards of four pounds. The defendant, who declared he was not in fault, was fined 20s. for riding in his cart, and 101. for the damage done to the vehicles, or twenty days' imprison• ment. THAMES OFFICE. On Saturday, William Smith, landlord of the Royal Sovereign public•house, Bluegate-fields, Shad well, was charged with a brutal assault upon his wife. The com plainant was at tea, when her daughter, making use of an offensive expression to her, she threw a knife at her head, and cut open her lip. The daughter went up to her father, and telling him what her mother had done, Smith went down stairs and struck his wife about the head and face until she fell down upon the fender, cut ting her head in a dreadful manner, and then he kicked her about the head and body until she was insensible. Smith, in his defence, said that his wife was a drunkard and spendthrift, and had almost ruined him ; in ackition to which she was of so vile and vindictive a disposition, that the lives of his children were constantly in danger. The defendant's daughter confirmed her father's statement, saying that her mother drank ten quarterns of gin daily. Mr. BRODERI? said that, however infamous his wife's conduct, it could not excuse his cruel and cowardly at tack upon a woman. For this offence he inflicted a fine of 41. and costs. Mrs. Smith was then put to the bar for wounding her daughter in the face with a knife, when the Ma gistrate said that had not her husband beaten her in so terrible a manner, he should have inflicted a higher fine ; he then sentenced her to pay a penalty of 40s. and costs. Both parties asked if the Magistrate could not separate them ; to which he replied he had not that power. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Kemp, a bill-broker, made an application to the Magistrate to assist him in recovering a forged bill, which had been taken away from him by a man named Parker, for whom he discounted it. The applicant stated that John Thomas, now in custody for forgery, had fabricated the bill in question and others, purport ing to bear the signature of Mr. Haywood, who had set him up in business. Parker asked him to look at the forged bill, which was for 601.. and on getting it into his hands, he walked off with it. The Magistrate ordered a summons to issue against Parker for his ap pearance with the bill. UNION-HALL Jones, Roberts, and Brown, three privates, belonging to the Artillery, were brought up under the following circumstances :—A policeman stated that at nine o'clock on the previous night he saw the three defend ants in the Greenwich-road, coming towards town with their shirts outside their jackets, to look like smock frocks, so as to conceal their regimentals. Having some suspicion that they were deserters, he followed them, and saw them throw some bundles over a wall into a garden, which turned out to be three military jacke ts and trousers, three military caps and stocks, together with other articles belonging to the dress of a soldier. When they were afterwards stopped and questioned, they ad mitted that they were soldiers, and had left their bar racks without leave. In reply to Mr. TRAILL, the defendant Roberts said in broad Scotch, " We cam frae Walling to tak i walk and get, fou, but we three are wulling to gong bock agin tel our Regiment." The policeman said that when he stopped them they told him that they were going to Edinburgh, and at first pretended to be labouring men. _ _ _ The Magistrates directed the defendants to be taken back to Woolwich, and delivered up to the Regiment, where they would be dealt with according to military law. IMPERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND On Wednesday, an adjourned meeting of the claimants on this unfortunate concern took place in the large room of the Clarence Hotel, Spring-gardens, Manches ter. The attendance was very numerous, including a number of profesQional gentlemen, who represented several of the large creditors. A. Waller, Esq., Chairman of the late Board of Directors, was called on to preside. Mr. PHILLIPS, accountant, produced a statement of the assets and liabilities, of which the following is a summary : LIABILITIES. Accounts owing at Manchester and the Branches £101,573 3 1 Amount owing on Deposit Receipts 25.856 2 6 Circulation of Notes 23,940 0 0 Letters of Credit 2,117 6 0 Drafts on Prescott and Co. dishonoured 5.175 5 9 Owing to Prescott's and other Banks 10,370 10 5 Liabilities on Bills. of Exchange in the hands of said parties 75,519 11 3 ASSETS. Estimated value of debts owing at Man- 242,456 1 8 chester and the Branches .. .. 66,049 17 $ Bills of Exchange on hand, not due 6,003 12 11 Cash in hand at Manchester and the Branches Past due, Bills in hand 30,152 12 6 Bills lodged with Prescott's and other Bank as Collateral Security ... 27,919 7 6 Value of Premises and other items Amount estimated to be realised by over due Bills 185,090 11 8 Leaving a deficiency of 57,365 3 3 £242,456 1 8 Mr. PHILLIPS explained that he could not be an swerable for the estimate put upon the assets, not having had an opportunity of examining the books. The CHAIRMAN entered into some statements to show that the amount of the deficiency might probably be reduced to 22,6691. On the motion of Mr. RAY, the meeting was ad journed in order to give the professional gentlemen en gaged on behalf of the creditors an opportunity of consulting on the best course to be adopted. A NEVI TALE OF A TUB.—The Police Com missioners. in their rage to shut up all houses for re freshment, put forward one of their Inspectors on Saturday, at Marlborough -street, to prove that ginger beer is a " fermented" liquor, and on this a solemn consultation was held. The Inspector had no doubt on the subject, and asserted the fact with as much gravity as Peter announced to Jack and Martin, that a loaf of bread was a leg of mutton. The Magistrate was somewhat credulous, till he was assured by the solicitor that there was not a word of truth in the assertion, and finally dismissed the charge. What additional blessings this New Act would confer if the police had the power of Peter ! OPENING OF DIWRY-LANE.—Hammond will not open Drury-Lane until a week after the period ori ginally proposed, owing to the necessary preparations not being fully completed. In the present thin state of the metropolis this is perhaps as well. The whole inte rior of the house has been completely refreshed ; cart loads of filth and rubbish have been removed, and every thing will soon be in good acting order. His first no velty of consequence will be Jerrold's new comedy of the Spendthrift, in which James Wallack will perform, and probably Warde ; but great reliance is placed upon the production here of the Strand Rifteciamento of Scribe's Fairy Lake, done by Selby, the actor, with Alexander Lee's selection of music, none of the original by Auber having been introduced. In this piece Mrs. VVaylett is to make her first appearance since her indis position. Some beautiful scenery has been painted for it by Marshall a:id Parker, and there will be some pretty dancing by the new ballet mistress's Madame Vedy's, pupils. The system of management to be pursued at this theatre is understood to be that of a steady couree of novelty, avoiding stars and monstrosi ties, and keeping the expenses within bounds. The Fairy Lake is confidently expected to run to Christmas, if not to overflow the house. Sir James Graham, Bart>, Lord Rector of the University, and Kirkman Finlay, Esq., Dean of Facul ties, attended a meeting ,of the Senatus Academicus on Tuesday forenoon, previous to the opening of the winter session of the College. The classes resume to-day.— Glasgow Argus. A NIGHT-CAP WORTH ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.—An old gentleman of the name of Hyatt, who was a resident in the West Indies, when he arrived at the age of seventy, being afflicted with stone in the bladder, determined to come to England to undergo an operation for its removal. Sir Astley Cooper performed the operation with consummate skill. When the patient was well enough to leave his bed, he observed to Sir Astley, " That he had fee'd his physician, but he had not rewarded his surgeon." Upon asking Sir Astley what his fee was, he replied, " Two hun dred guineas." " Pooh, pooh I" exclaimed th e o ld gentleman, .‘ I shan't give you two hundred gui neas—there, that is what I shall give you," tossing off his night-cap, and throwing it at Sir Astley. " Thank you, Sir," said Sir A., " anything from you is accep table," and he put the cap into his pocket. Upon ex amination it was found to contain a check for one thou sand guineas !—Physic and Phy s i c i ans . WEYMOUTH.—The arrangement fora regular periodical intercourse between this port and Cherbourg, and leading through Normandy to the interior of the Continent, is at length finally adjusted, and the public have now the benefit of a certain, regular, and direct communication by steam vesse'il from Weymouth twice a week, say every Monday and Thursday, for the transit of pas•wngers and goods to any even the most distant part of Europe. The advantages of such accommoda tion will doubtless be dulyby appreciated the commer cial w or ld , whose interests iqy be thus safely and speedily expanded to an unlimited extent of interchange. —Shcrborne Journal. EVENING EDITION. FRENCH BREAD COMPANY The following account of an ►nstitution worthy of imitation among manufacturers is given by the Courrier du Bas Rhin:—" As long ago as April, 1832, the work men of the manufactory of Nicolas Schlumberger and Co., at Guebwiller, resolved, instead of buying their bread of the bakers, to make it for themselves, and elected a Committee to superintend the operation. This Association pays SOO francs a year to a person employed to keep account of the receipts and payments, 1 franc 16 sous per day to a labourer who takes care of the wood, &c., and 5 francs a day to the chief baker, who is also one of the contributors. Messrs. Schlum berger and Co. grant gratuitously the use of the oven and bake-house, with a place for the wood. The So ciety, which at first was composed of from eighty to a hundred ratnilies, consists now of three hundred and thirty, of whom between thirty and forty purchase only their flour from the Company, and bake their own bread. The Company at this time bakes 210 loaves of slbs. each per day. Every head of a family, before being admitted as a member, pap down a sum of twenty francs as a guarantee. The bread and flour are paid for in ready money by some, and at the end of every three weeks by others, accord ing as they receiv,: their wages. No further credit is gig eii, (Acept in the case of sickness, and then only for a limited time. The Committee make contracts for a supply of flour for :ix or eight months, and consequently there can he o variation of price but at the end of each contract. Still it is always from fifteen to eighteen centuries per loaf less than the bakers', and yet produces a very fair profit, which is kept in reserve for any con siderable increase in the price of flour. The average price of the 51b. loaf since the institution of the asso ciation has been seventy-seven centimes, and from that period up to the Ist July last, its bakery has made 452,18 l loaves of this weight, which at an annual saving of 124 centimes a loaf, has produced a profit of 56,522 f. 62c., besides a saving of 13,000 f. upon the bakers' prices, making consequently an aggregate gain for the Company of 69,522 f. 62c. independently of the cer tainty of having the full weight of pure and wholesome bread." - _ MR. WAKLEY'S INQUESTS —At a meeting of the Marylebone Board of Guardians, held on Friday, the subject of Mr. Wakley's inquests was brought for ward. Mr. Kensett observed that much had been said about the vast number of inquests held by Mr. Wak ley. The fact was that from the new light thrown upon inquests by the present Coroner the press had been in duced to report many more of them than of those of other Coroners. From an accurate calculation, it ap peared that Mr. Wakley only held thirteen inquests per week, whilst his predecessor, Mr. Stirling, held on an average fourteen, and, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Wakley's district of the county contained 200,00 0 persons more than that presided over by Mr.- Baker, yet he held two inquests a week less than the latter gentleman—Mr. Baker's number averaging fifteen. With regard to economy, it appeared that the cost at tending the inquests held by Mr. Baker averagedl/.105. 9 d . each, whilst Mr. Wakley's only averaged 1/. 6d. As to post mortem examinations, it appeared that Mr. Wakley had only ordered three during the past month, whilst Mr. Baker had ordered double the number, and the monthly average during the time of Mr. Stirling was six. It was true that of late years the numbe r of inquests had greatly increased, but that was occa sioned by the Registration Act, which compelled an account of every death, no matter from what cause, to be given, and this, in that parish alone, had caused the inquests, which averaged about 100 per annul°, prior to its introdu c ti on , to i ncrease to the exten t of 160. Mr. Kensett then moved, and Mr. Pritchard se conded, the following resolution, which was carried unanimously :—" That this board regret that any state ment emanating from them should have appeared in the public prints having a tendency to disparage the conduct of Thomas Wakley, Esq., Coroner for this division of the county. The remarks were intended to apply solely to the unauthorised conduct of the summoning officers ; and this Board have no hesitation in express ing their approbation of the conduct of the Coroner, aid their entire confidence in the zeal and ability dis pia) ed by him in the discharge of the onerous duties of his office." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Thursday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, an accident of tt,heart-rending nature occurred on the river, between Hammersmith and Barnes, by which two fine young men, sons of a respectable tradesman, met with a watery grave. At the hour above stated cries of dis tress were heard on the river, about 400 yards from the Suspension•bridge, and between that and the village of Barnes. Several boats immediateiy put off. The night was exceedingly dark, with the tide running very strong. On the boat reaching about mid-stream, seve ral persons were discovered through the gloom strug gling in the water, and a faint exclamation of " my dear brother !" was heard. However, frem the darkness and state of the tide, the persons wh o courageously put off, only succeeded in recovering one individual ; the others disappeared, and thoug h all night, and up to yesterday, the drags were put in requisition, the bodies have not been discovered. The young man who was picked up was conveyed to the Crown Tavern, near the church, apparently in a lifeless state. Every assistance was afforded by the landlord, and the attendance of Mr. Clark, a surgeon, residing in the village, was promptly obtained, who re sorted to the usual means of resuscitation. Ultimately the individual was restored to consciousness ; yet little can be collected from him, as his condition renders it imprudent to put many questions to him. It appears that an hour before the calamity took place, himself and two others left Mortlake in a skiff, for the purpose of going to Westminster-bridge ; that, owing to the tide being against them, they hoisted a small lug-sail, the wind being in their favour. On arriving within sight of the Suspension-bridge, a sudden squall upset the boat ; that the three of them buffetted in the water as long as their strength would allow them, hut at last both brothers sunk from exhaustion. They wer en gravers, carrying on business in Alton -street, Clerken well, under the name of Leithwitch. The survivor carries on business also in the same neigbourhood. SEPTEMBER WEATHER.—The - total quantity of rain which fell in September was .2.982 inches, Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th and 19th, were the two wettest days. The mean of the thermometer, at 9 A. 111., was 60.8—the hottest day being the Ist, when the glass was up to 67.5 ; and the coldest being the 30th, when it was down to 54.4. There were 21 wet, and only 9 fine days. The wind was southerly and westerly for 18 days. No POPERY.—A petition got up by the fana tical Tories is lying at a little shop in St. James's-street for signatures, praying her Majesty to dismiss the Ca tholics holding office in the Administration. If the French had petitioned the King of France to dismiss Guizot, because of his religion, it would have been cited by the Tories as a proof of the intolerance and exclusiveness of the Catholic church, but now that this intolerance and exclusiveness emanate with themselves, they regard them as virtues. The extreme sensitive ness manifested by the Tories on these a ppointments , shows how fearful they are of their opponents.—Brigh ton Herald. . . SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLER S A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmit hs 14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and OWN!'" MENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), 81. 10s. the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. Ss. the pair; the Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair ; th e D res den Cooler, 191. th ! pair, &c., all of whic.. are strongly moun ted with Silver , and have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat o f Arms, A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above and other articles of plate generally, w hi c h may be had in applica tion, free of cost. PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, Ste. : 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), Lo ndon, The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and Forks, 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights ree .Te mended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at to same price per ounce : oz. s. d. £ I. 0 12 Fiddle-pattern Table Spoons 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 73 0 12 Ditto Table Forks 2O at 7 2 1 0 15 12 Ditto Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 ! 2 Ditto Gravy Spoons • lO at 7 2 311 1 Ditto Soup Ladle 4 Ditto Sauce ditto 4 Ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 1 Ditto Fish Slice 2lO ; 12 Ditto Tea Spoons ................10 at 7 a l6 n" 1 Pair Ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) N.B.—A pamphlet containin a list of Prices Plater Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, Vic., may b -e had gratis, o r will be forwarded in answer tc, apost-paidapplication. afo BIRTHS. On the Bth i nst., at Park-place, Brixton, the wife of James Crosby, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., Mr. C. W. Crowdy, of Brixton-hill, of a daughter. On the 11th in s t., M rs . Alf re d T. Ta n ner, of Tipper Mille hill, Brixton, of a daughter, still-born. of York . On the 11th i ns t., t h e l a d y o f M a jor Richardson, street, Portman-squar e , o f a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist of July, at Belleville, Upper Canada, Lieutenant- Colonel the Baron de Rottenburg, commanding- at Be to Louisa Mary, eldest daughter of George Neville RidleY, Esq , of the same place. On the 9th inst., at the parish church of Hilton, Ilunti9g-f donshire, the Rev. W. B. Killock, to Eliza, eldes t daug hte r o George Margetts, Esq. DIED. On the 10th inst., at h is house in Duncan-terrace, Emanuel de Berga - eche , Es q ., a g ed 79. I s lington , On the 7th inst. , at Rhiw Rectory, near Pwlhely, Cone: von shire, Martha, wife o f F. W. Grant Calder, Es q ., 2d BE" meat of Life Guards, aged 27. On the 9th inst., at Sharstead House, Kent, Mary, rellet Of Alured Pineke, Esq., aged 100. On the 9th inst., at Camberwell-grove, Selina Catherine, the wife of Mr. Sam uel Frearn, aged 60, On the 9th inst,, at Kensington, Ann, the eldest daughter of Mr. Harvey, late of Battle, Sussex. 01 London . Printed and Published by MURDO YOU NG) ,be No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in coun ty of Middlesex.—Motidav, October 14, 18139. —dr