The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

b Ebition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES 11! CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 24. Thvidend Per Annum. Amount Nantes ofCom panies. Paid. per cent. 41. Canals. L s. d. Ashton and Oldham... 07 n 0 Ashby.de.la.Zoueh..av 113 0 0 Basingstoke 100 0 0 Breckneck & Abergay. 150 0 • Birmingham,l.l6thsh. V lO 0 Do. and Liverp. Juice. 100 0 0 100 Cheltner & Blackwater 100 0 • Coventry 100 0 Cromford. ....... 100 0 0 Dudley 100 0 0 0 Da übe and Mayne.... 100 41 13 4 41 Ellesmere and Chester 133 0 0 Erewash 100 0 0 Forth and C1yde.., . ,,,,, 100 0 0 1 0 0 Grand Junction,.... 100 0 0 Grand Union ....... OO Grand Surrey Grand We5tern.......... 100 0 0 . 00 Glamorgansh.; ay. post 1 72 18 4 Gloucester & Berkeley 1 100 0 0 60 0 0 41. 10i. 4 r,eritiat. 4/. 40/. .15s. • 11:54. if 17s. 80d. J 341. .I.los. SU. IW. W. 701. SL 104 104 17:. SOL 17131._ 101. 0 percent. 93 • 004 IL 11& 151. sez.les. 104 I. cent. 4 per cent. e l l per cent. 4 per cent. 31.10 x . 3 per sent. per seat. 1154 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 111 per oast. U..37ed. 181. Id. Mr cent. 78. Si. les. per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. s. 6d. pr .... /. Irk. V a pe7se n t. i'di• per ab. 1K Per ah. 11. 44. 11. 15e. 5 7 6 8 Kennet and Anon ...ay i M 18 10 Lancaster 47 6 8 Leeds and Liverpool... 10 9 • 0 Leicester •••••••••••• • 140 8 8 Leicester & Northanip. 83 10 0 Loughborough 142 17 • Monniouthshire 100 • • Mentgomeryshire....... 100 6 0 Melton M0wbray........ 100 0 0 Mersey and 100 0 I Macelesfield....... .. 100 0 • A, Heath 100 I I Oxford 100 0 Peak Forest..—......„av i 78 • 0 Regent's (oi Landon).. 36 16 S air 25 • I Shropshire 195 Somerset Coal 150 • I Da. Lock Fund Stock 19 10 0 Staffbrdaad Worcester 1140 0 6 125 0 I 5t0urbridge................ 146 0 0 Stratford-on-Avon...ay . 79 ..... 100 0 . 0 Severn & Wye & Rail. 98 Trent & Mersey, &b. 50 • 0 Thames & itedway..av 1 9 5 8 Warwick and Birming. 100 I 0 Warwick and blapton... 100 0 0 Worcester & Binning. 78 8 0 Wilts and Berks......av 07 1 0 9 Wisbeach 105 _0 Wey and Anat. 11• ....• • Dooks. Commercial ..... .. .. 1 00 0 0 East and West ln . slia... Stock London - Stook Ditto Bonds ............. Bristol ~.....,......«..a , 147 0 0 Do.Bnds, var. amounts i St. Katharine...„.„.„ ..I Stock Ditto 80nda.......... Ditto Bonds ......—..... Southampton .••........... 3 ° ° 0 Uri dges Ha nkneranalth......... 48 0 0 Southwark, new Subs': 63 ,, 5 2 ! Ditto New of 7% pr c. a" " • Waterloo.... ....... ..., 1 0 Ditto Old Ann. of /3 .. 4 . Ditto New ditto of 7/..00 El Ditto Bon Vauxhall. (per cont. pee ccnt. ALP. andl 114041, be. 6pt4cent. zwr cent. 4:ra per cent OPer cent Assurances. 500 0 0 50 Alfred 25 0 0 b Alliance Brit. and eer 100 a 0 11 Ditto 100 0 ... 50 0 0 5 Birmingham ... 25°_, • ! 35 . British Commercial . a Cler. Med. k Gen. Life 100 • 0 I County 100 10 10 • 0 " 6 Economic Life lOOO 0 0 050 European 20 0 0 Al Atte New........ ...... 20 0 0 Freemasons 2O Q 0 3 Globe ............ - Stock Guardian ...... lOO 0 ° 30 Hope Life .... 25 0 0 ' Ditto Fire 25 0 0 2 Imperial Fi.e... ... 5OO 0 0 50 Ditto Life... lOO 0 0 II Indemnity Marine lOO 0 0 5 Law Life lOO 0 0 10 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 London Fire 25 0 0 12 Ditto Ship ....... .... . 25 0 0 12 National .Loan Fund. : 20 0 0 2 Neptune Marine SO 0 0 2 Palladium Wt....- 5O 0 0 6 Protector Life. .... .... 20 0 0 1 Provident Lite lOO 0 0 10 Rock Life 5 • 0 10 R-yal Exchange Stock Sun Fire.. ........... Ditto Life 7............. ,„. University Life....... . .. lu° . 0 0 5 Universal Life..,..... 100 0 • 0 Union Fire and' Life... • 20 ° ° ° Joint Sik 311anks Au5tra1a5iv............. 42 0 0 . ..... ~. Ditto New .... ' 40 .. Brit. North American 5 0 0 ° 50 Commercial et London 20 Colonial ..... .. ... . . 100 0 0 25 London & West"M . in"st . ; 100 0 0 20 Ditto New.... ..... . 190 0 0 20 London Joint * Steck.... 59 0 0 1 ° Metr0p01itan............ 26 0 0 7 Provincial of.lrelanA.... 100 0 0 25 Ditto New..„. ' ... .... 10 0 0 10 National of Ireland.„ . 50 0 0 17 Nat. Provinci a l Englnd 100 0 0 35 Ditto New.............. 20 0 0 II Gloucestershire.....,.., 50 0 • 10 Union of Australia 25 0 0 25 Union of London 5O • 0 10 Gaslight & Coke I 13 4 0 00 0 0 0 Bath..- ... , ......... 20 0 • II British 49 • 0 111 Ditto Provlsicial 20 0 • 19 Birmingham.......... 77 10 0 Binning. & Staffo;dsl 3O • 0 SO Bristol ..... .... ..... 2O ~0 ,0 Brighton... ..... 2O 0 0 Ditto General 2O 0 9 20 City of London Ditto New..... ... Continental Coil Ditto Novr 5O 0 0 " Equitable ....««....««... •••••••••••••• 50 v Isle Thanet • 0 Y• Independent ..„.,„...„ 30 • 0 90 Phenix •......••«•.••••..•• 50 • 0 100 o o i• South Metropolitan..,.. 50 • • 25 United Genera 1........., 84 0 0 48 Westmins. Chartered.. 54 I • Ditto New................. 40 • 8 10 Water Works. Elnningham 25 0 0 25 East L0nd0n....—...... 100 • 0 Grand Junction .ay 41 13 4 Kent l5O • Nw Riv Lon. Bride An Manchester andSalferd 30 0 0 Vauxhall, late S. Lond. 150 0 0 West Middlesex .av 83 12 • Yrk BuldgCo.Les.Prop 100 • 0 Iron Railways. 1 Birmingham & Derby t 10 0 0 0 100 Binning. & Gloucester 100 0 0 100 Bristol and Exeter llOO 0 0 71 Caledonian ~ ....« 5O 0 0 5 Chester and Holyhead 5 Eastern Caunties......,. 95 0 0 23 Edinburgh & Glasgow 50 0 0 50 Grand Juncti0n..,,,.;. ., 100 0 0 100 Great North of Engld 100 0 0 100 Gre4t Western ........„ 100 0 0 15 Ditto Half Shares 5O 0 0 50 Ditto Fifths .. .. ... „ 2'o 0 0 12 Harwich (Braiib .. waite) 20 0 0 S Hull and Seib, ........ . 50 0 0 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 50 0 0 5 Leodt and Selby ... Liverpool & Mane; est r 100 I 0 100 Ditto Half-Shares 5O 0 0 50 Landon and Brighton.. 50 0 0 60 Ditto Loan N0te5....., 10 0 I 111 Landon and Bl.ckwall 16 13 4 London and Greenwich 12 15 4 London and Birtningh. 100 0 0 100 Ditto Quarter-Shares 2 Ditto Third 5........" London and C . We stern 41 6 10 London and Croydon, 13 15 9 Manchester and LeeSs 100 4 0 711 Ditto New Shares....., 50 0 I 30 Manchstr and firming 70 0 0 40 Midland Counties lOO 0 0 100 North British .. Norwi h & Bran don Northern and Eastern 50 0 tl 45 Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. die. 50 0 t , 15 Paris and Orleans. Si) 0 0 20 Paris and Rouen .... ....- 20 0 0 20 Rouen and Havrb 9O 0 0 10 Stockton & Darlington 100 0 0 100 South East. and Dover 50 0 0 50 Yarmouth and Norwich 20 00' 13 1 ork and N. Midland... 50 0 0 50 Ditto New Shares 25 0 0 i 25 Mines. Albion Coppor 5 0 0 : I . Alton .......... ....... 15 0 0 14 Anglo Mex., iss.s/. p.m. 100 0 0 1100 Ditto Subseriptioo 1155 BoLsnos ...... 150 0 0 0 Ditt.i ..... Brasil. Imp. 44.5/. p.m. 35 0 0 21 Do. Mocaub. & Coe. U. 25 0 0 25 Do. St. John Del Rey 90 0 01 13 British Irma lOO 0 0 175 Candonga....... 20 0 0 I 7 Ditto Registered Cobre Copper ..... 40 Copiapo I 90 • 0 13 Columbian, iss. 54 p.m 55 0 0 55 General Hibernian ...,...»......... SO 0 0 10 Imperial Slate Compy lO 0 0 3 Mexican OO 0 0 89 Mining Co. of Ireland 25 0 I 7 Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes — 180 Rhymney 1r0n........, Si 8 8 50 Santiago de Cuba...—. 25 0 0 United Max., isati.pm. 40 I 0 40 Ditto 2erip Ditto New scrip - i - I 3 Zit crazy. i Londnovith Sin.Tleket I 75 0 0 London University ... .. 100 0 0 100 Russell .... King's eall.e7t: •••••`••«„ 25 0 9 100 . •... Miscellaneous. 1 Anglo Mexican Mint.. 10 0 0 le Australian Agrieultur. 100 II / SO Brit. American Land,. se • • 35 ICanada Canada . Binds. . lee • e ; 32 Upper . Oen. Steam Navigation 15 S 0 14 Iberian Mercantile Co. ; e2ell Ditto Property Met. wood Pay., iss. 1/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick ( Lend) I New Zealand .. ••. tenins. & Orien. Steam I 5 0 0 e Royal Mail Steam ...... Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian ....... Thames Tunnel.. . .... -- - Van illemen's La n d ...I 20 0 0 !o 0 0 LUST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. per cent. 0 per Gent, • per cent. 0 per cent 7 per cent. 0 per cent. Iper cent, 0 per feet. Tper sent. pee cent. Apar cent. Cprr coat Zit• g•impt , gear L ^-J * - 1 SEPT. 2, 1844. 1 Bank of 5c0t1and....... Royal Bank .............. British Linen eompny. Commercial Bank ....- .. • Glasgow Union Bank.. . Western Bank . -. .. • , Central Bk. of Scot la n d • Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance. - North Brit. Insurance - Insurance Co. of Scott. - Edinburgh Life Insur. ••• ScotUsh Union Insur... - Standard Life Insur.... - Dalkoith Railway .•••••• ••• Adin. and Glas.ltaihry i .... g a mut , f l ',' eon. Rail I ... Ara Rai/. I ... • ,-,,t /:: -. ::i ..\'..":-,' t-,;/ SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—In answer to the demand for corn-- rents along with leases, a question has been put at which we are not much surprised, considering the quarter whence it emanates, but in dealing with which we do not anticipate much difficulty. It is asked, why corn-rents only ? If the farmers' rents are to be calculated according to the existing price of his produce, why not also his taxes ?—why not everything we purchase ? Now, there is one very . simple answer to this. Supposing it were so, into whose pocket would the difference go ? Whatever the farmer managed to save in low priced years, would only serve as a help to .meet his ever-recurring difficulty—rent. This objection —conclusive as it appears at first sight—is but one of the many ingenious devices of the landowners for keeping together a little longer their system of a monopoly rents. The readiness of the landowners, t o ° as a class, to adapt themselves to every change in 107 the state of public feeling or circumstances, 315 is really wonderful. When the manufacturer I 66 450 pointed out to the farmer how closely united 0 62 1110 were their common wa n ts ; h ow t h e i r j o i nt inter - ... 1 23 est lay, in fact, in getting their raw material—the - o 0 20 farmer his land, an d th e manu f acturer t h e l an d' s pro ' - 22 0 duce—at the cheapest possible rate, the landowner 136 8 proclaimed aloud, w ith th e s t unn i ng au th or it y o f a - -. 14 Lord Peter, that the identity of interest lay between - 10 % him who let the soil and him who hired it. When _ v - 640 he found protection slipping slowly, but surely, from - 141 _ 71 his grip, who so urgent as he to teach the farmer not -. 1140 to rely on protection, but on his own industry?— - 16 4 who so unceasing in hi s en d eavours t o persua d e t h e _ - 117 farmer to expend his capital in improving his land- J 1 paid - 36 ° lord's soil ? Whe n th e coun t er - cry f or l eases arose, /6 - 365 what beautiful effusions upon " mutual confidence," - 5 2 —what " noble sentiments about " the old ancestral _ - ss relations !" And now, when it seems soms few leases _- 120 6 ° have here and there been wrung from them, and it is ~.. 190 found to be impossible to calculate a rental that shall - 48 11 give any real security t o th e f armer ; an d it i s there -- 0 220 fore reasonably enough demanded, that if the present - 9 ' 30 ' 0 system is to be continued, rents shall rise and . 240 fall with the fluctuations which that system 4 creates ; the reply is, i n h ear tl ess moc k ery : 95 10 "Oh yes, have corn-rents, corn-taxes, and every -367 thing else that your h ear t s can fi n d t o desire." 1.22 f , B We thank the organs of restriction—let it not be, 12 called " protection"—for their implied admission. Their system necessitates injustice to the farmer, ramifying through all the relations of his social life, 72 the only remedy f or w hi c h nee d s b ut to be named to 137}6 show that is i m p oss ibl e . Th a t t h e s lidi ng -scale i s the 15 real cause of the enormous fluctuation in prices, we apprehend cannot now be doubted. It may be conceded, - 117 that under a perfectly free trade between all the nations 101 ,, of the world, there wou ld b e cons id era bl e fl uctuat i on i n the produce of different countries in the same year, and some even in the aggregate production of different el% years. But two causes would materially operate to 16 3 lessen the fluctuation itself, an d s till more its effect 2upon prices. Wer e th e t ra d e un i versa ll y free, the aggregate demand would be known ; and would be % et lso the more effectually provided for, because every 00 % farmer would be sure of a market for an occasional surplus. And this, which provides for a supposed 19 ag- 0 o • 7 N gregate surplus, would also grea tly mo dif y th e ill con - • O 0 I N sequences of a partial deficiency. It may be stated, in °. 0 -6 X deed, as a statistical axiom, that the more wide the extent o 0 ste s 9 of surface from which the produce is to be drawn, 10 0 0N • • 7 the less will any fluct ua ti ons i n it s quan tit y b e f e l t. 0 0 But the sliding-scale narrows and cuts down the 0 0 a% extent of surface, embracing all Europe and America • 0 400 in its range, to two islands at the antipodes of each 11 paid 20 other. In so lar ge a proportion, therefore, d oes i t • I P 11. ' 1St exaggerate the otherwise slight and harmless effects - 140 34 of an occasional b a d ness o f t h e seasons. The sliding is • so 10 •/ 6 , scale causes the fluct ua ti on , b y w hi c h t h e farmer is 10 (3 0 0 188 the first to suffer. Wh en th e l an d owner, f or whose • • 1534 benefit alone it exists, at this cruel cost to his 12 I 2 7 immediate tenants and depe n d en t s , i s asked to o : i v a l interfere, his reply is—that it "depends on cir to 0 • cumstances over which the l an d owner has no 10 15 10 0 2 control ;" that so far as c orn - rents may be of • o n • 40a service, he will conced e th a t requ i rement when . •0 i 21a. the farmer has obtained a similar concession from :• : 23} every one with wh om h e may possibly have ---- , 182 dealings' Really, s i nce we hear so much about - tos " identity of interest," we shall be very glad to be in _ O 0 . 42 formed in what it consists. It is clear it does not con -60 i lbJ 15 sist in con cess i ons b y t h e l andlord. It does not con sist in giving the farmer the free use of his capital ; or o e 59 the labourer th e f ree use o f hi s hands ; it does not 0 4934 consist in leaving to either the freedom of their con -43 science; it does not consist in the security of a lease, 0 so 0 IN or the equity of a corn-rent. In the utter absence of o 0 26} information from those who most insist on it, and • e e /4 therefore ought best to know, we can but come to one 10 0 4 .„ conclusion : the " id en tity o f i n t erest " b etween the 3 3 1 .3- farmer and the landlord, consists in the farmer strug - 10 I 1656 gling to give, an d th e l an d owner ta ki ng, the highest • 0 33 • • 934 possible rent that can, by any manner of means, be • : 11 squeezed out of him. ee i. STANDARD.—So long as agricultural meetings promised to minister to the splenetic feelings of cer • • se tain mock- Conservative opponents of the Government 0 0 20 —so long as they afforded opportunities to a few can - leo kered and dissatisfied individuals to abuse Sir Robert • 0 0 Peel and denounce hi s new tariff—they were re - so .... 23 garded with peculiar favour by more than one of our • 0 0 73( daily Contemp orar i es ; an d an i mportance was at -0 • 150 tached by them to the more objectionable portions of 6 0 73 their proceedings, which could not be said fairly to • B2 7 0 o 0 belong to them. There is no public meeting con -0 0 84% vened, for a purpose however laudable, whose : : 3 4 3 harmony may not be destroyed, and its use I • • 0 sli fulness impair e d, by some no i sy an d i l l -cond i t i oned 76 o • 80 % person, who may persist in throwing the apple of • 0 2816 political discord among his audience. To such clis -1" • 11 sentients the untried tariff of Sir Robert Peel afforded an apparently exhaustless theme; and the o • 28 benevolent and praiseworthy objects of agricultural - 220 meetings were tol era t e d b y th e i r newspaper instiga _ 83 26 tors solely for the sake of such demonstrations. It - oe was soon f o u n d, h owever , th at t h e i ntro d uction of - l2O 57 _ 6% political ques ti ons a t suc h mee ti ngs was calculated - se to impair, if not wholly destr o y, th a t power for - the attainment of a common benefit, which nothing • but union can secure. The leadin g o bj ec t s o f agricul : : • 76 10 % tural associations are, or ought to be, to promote •oI 80 feelings of harmony and good will between the II 0 4% O 0 ex landlord and tenant, and the tenant and his e e to% servant; to remind them of their mutual obliga -6 0 6656 Lions ; and to supply a stimulus to industry, intelli -0 0 212 O 0 123 gence, and good conduct to the latter; and to afford 0 • 14 ! occasions for the diffusion of agricultural science, o • Bb% . 0 0 26 and the reciprocation of that most useful of all o 0 Toff 0 0 knowledge, the practical knowledge derived from ac -0 o 6% tual experienc e . Th ese are o bj ects with which party o e 0 0 ry7 politics can have nothing to do, and it has there : : 104 fore been wisely decided that political topics should • 0 it be excluded, for th e f uture, from such re-unions. t -0% This resolution has proved highly distasteful to those 0 2 journalists who wer e i n th e h a bi t o f i llustrating from e 16 )% : : 24 such displays their own can k ere d v i ews of political . 7 1 14 affairs ; but, most of all, to the pseudo-Conservative • 0 I le% oppo nen t s o f th e new tariff. They had hoped t o reap 20 o • 32 an abundant harvest of discontent from such 0 0 1 t 7 2 meetings, and th e i r p rop h ec i es somet i mes ful- I• • ,1 filled themselves. Since the declaration of Lord S 0 1 5 ;4 Noreevs, sad the d e t erm i na ti on w hi c h has been e 3 : 5 4 rliewgera exhibited to exclude political dia ." 0 SS cussion from agricultural meetings, however, they : : Mt have fallen a hundred per cent. in the estimation of 0 0 265 1 % this order o f p o liti c i ans , an d h ave become, in their o o , sa • 0 , 28 ss estimation, either altogether useless or absolutely ridi 0a , lot culous. It is not s ur p r i s i ng , t h ere f ore, that the pro ()0 51% 1 ceedings of the South D er by s hi re A gr i cultural Asso -1 0 134 ciation should have excited i n an extraor di nary degree 10 0 the anger of these atrabilious gentlemen ; for although 0u 1 2 one of them deals in grave regrets, and the other e ° ' , 7 3 % in that cheape s t o f a ll mun i t i ons of political 0 - 1 • 1 0 , warfare, ridicule, they b o th wor k i n one team. • • 1 6 9 4 The conduct of Mr. Colvile, in congratul a ti ng hi s 0 0 ism audience on the banishment rom agricultur a l meet -10 0 ; ings of political discussions, would of itself have sub -10 0 ; 20 jetted him to reproof on the one hand and sneers on I I : I 2 P 4 the other; but his explanation to the less correctly e e 1 iv{ informed of his audience, that the introduction I : : 1 of American cheese into this country had 0 4 0 0 benefited the poorer c l asses , w i thout dimi nishing in the slightest degree the profits of the Bri e 0 I 118 4% tish farmer, appear s t o h ave provo k ed the gravest •o I 9 condemnation. Mr. Colvile showed how absurd and e 0 24 premature were the complaints of the new tariff, by 0 _ o s s proving that, although it was perfectly true that 10 e 4 American cheese had been imported in large quan tities, the effect had been simply to super - 0 0 11 sede the use o f D u t c h c h eese — a commod i ty for 7 - ' a which an enormously larger price than its quality 9 u 16 warranted has heretofore been obtained. From his statistics on the subject we may infer that, e 0 14% instead of the importation of cheese having increased 1 : : 17 by reason of the new tariff, it has diminished during 11 o' 41 the last ten years by nearly 32,000 cw t . ; w hil st the - , 104% consumers of that commodity have been augmented o 0 ! % 311 upwards of two milli ons ! Thi s i s o f course a "great is 0 s kim , • I f 1 6 fact" on the wrong side ; but it i s one w hi c h oug h t to ' 0 6 ( 1 : ' vi suggest to farmers the necessity f or ma ki ng themselves 0 0 I ,o 4 acquainted with the geneial- resu lt s o f a measure of o , 8 6 ' 63 , which they profess to disapprove, before they complain - - 321 4 of it. B es id e the farmer is not i nsens ibl e to t h e ea o 0 100 0 0 104 csmforts of his labourers, and if so , h e cannot f a il 1 .. 0 0 to 0 0 31 a 30 0 0 3% !to have di scovere d h ow vastly superior is the qua ..(lo 0 . 4 lity of A merican cheese to the trash it has super ' seded- With regard to the alleged decline in the prices of British chesse, we can only add, that if the statement be correct the British consumer has 176 yet to become acquainted with the f a ct F or ! 168 ourselves we believe, that although it has stso ,as afforded excuses to the manufacturers to deteriorate the quality, it h as l e d to no substantial Ireduction of the price of th a t description of chee se 0 0 0 23 which used to form the stapl e o f the market. The 0 19% 0 0 4 0% i 2214 I same remark will, we believe, apply to meat ; and y e t 10 9 . 13 0 the poor have been greatly benefited by th e c h ange. ensure rivalled el se . e o i 21s. The pressure was at first great, b u t as i n England the 1 0 ° 0 ° 3( 1% quality of the c ommodity will always pre -0• 1 12 1 ference, and as that quality is rarely °► i where, it was soon found that the competition, f 54 Ss. per share b per cent. EL per cent % 30.. be. j 41t per cent. 11 per sent. per cent. 6 per cent. A per cent. 4e. _. Is. Bd. per cost. 391. --- 1$ Rh. & he. 14 54. 10e. 5 per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IL se, 4;. 5 per cent. $3 perc ent. 11., Spec cent. JO% cca t • per cent. spec cent. 5 per cent. toper coat, ttper tent, pet cent. per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent, els per share Or. per share 10 per cent. per cent. les. 14 ss. 14 7s. 81. and be. 4j44 and be. Err cent scent. 104 104 11i per ibarr sh R peTcent. 5 per cent. II per end. per coat 6 per cent. I 3 per coat. SI. Ms. V. 101. 2!. IN. 24 lee. 1 per cent. 41. 16s. 14 144. JIG. per th 1/. 4s. per cent. Ss. per sh. SL Ss. per sh le per cent ?34 per cent. ft as, per 811 IN/. per sh. 12s. per sh. .... per cent, 10 per cent. 10 per cent. I}6l. per eh LW. per eh. 1/. 14e. W.per 'hare .3,44 per eh 1117 e. pr sk 1134 1 r g U is lis. L. lii. led. I S per oent. Per cent. AD per vent. 11 percent, IL 11. 31. b. 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, .844. affecting only the inferior produce, had been emi nently serviceable to the poor without prejudicing the farmer. Most of the charges which were originally brought, with so much apparent good faith, against the new tariff have successively vanished into thin air, dissipated by facts which its assail ants have been wholly unable to contro vert ; and the mischief to the meaner order of the opponents of the Government is, that the facts evolved at every successive agricultural meeting is sure to disturb one or other of their anti- ministerial theories. Their towards agricultural associa tions, since the exclusion of political topics from their discussions, is therefore easily to be accounted for. COURSE OF EXCH . Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 3i Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp 25 85 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine SGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan — Venice 47 Naples 39i Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 11/ Seville THE LONDON GAZETTh (THIS EVENING.) CROWN-OFFICE, SErr. 24, 1844. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR LIAMENT. County of Lancaster--Northern Division.—John Tal bot Clifton, Esq in the room of Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley, who has accep ted the Chiltern Hundreds. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. First West Yorkshire Yeolnanry Cavalry—Cornet W. B. Naylor to be Lieutenant, vice Holdsworth, retired; R. W. Drake, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Naylor, pro moted, Sept. 7. NATIONAL DEBT OFFICE, SEPT. 21. In pursuance of the Act 10th George IV., c. 24, the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have approved and authorised the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt to adopt, until further no tice, certain tables for granting, under the provisions of the said Act, annuities upon the continuance of single lives, and annuities for terms of years, when the price of 3/. per Cent. Stock (ex dividend) is 100 L 16s. 10d. ' and under 102/. I Is. 3d., and also when th e p r i ce ( ex divi dend) is 102/. 11s. 3d., and under 1041. 6s. Ild. And the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the said tables are ready f or delivery, and may be obtained (gratis) upon application at the National Debt office. • - S. Hrcuass, Comptroller-General. INDIGO.—With the exception of small parcels of East India taken for the Russian market, there has been little business transacted ; prices however remain firm, and there are no sellers but at priees equal to those of the last quarterly sale. TALLow.—lmporters of Russian are not inclined to submit to lower rates, but at present there is only a limited demand on the spot at 41s to 41s 3d for old, and 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt for New P.Y. Candle. For delivery in the last three months in the year the price asked is 41s 9d per cwt, but few con- Itracts hare b een entere d i nto. S out h American has sustained its former worth, and 502 pkgs at auction fetched 34a 6d to 40s for common to fine; and very dark and soft 29s 6d per cwt. Of Town Tallow the market has been again cleared at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt nett cash; there is not a large quantity being produced. Ons.—For common decriptions of Fish Oils prices rule firm, and a good demand has prevailed by private contract at 3415 s to 34/ 15s for pale Seal, and 331 lOs to 341 for Cod ; 60 tuns of Southern at auction fetched 30/ lOs to 3215 s per tun. Sperm Oil is still wanted, and previous high rates are well sustained. Linseed Oil an extensive business was transacted at 24s 6d to 24s 9d per cwt on the spot, and the market has a firm appearance. Rape Oil firm at 36s to 36s 6d for pale, and 35s to 35s 6d per cwt for brown. Cocoa Nut Oil at auction went at 261 15s to 27L Palm, good and fine, at 26s to 27s 6d per cwt. Of Olive many parcels hare been disposed of. Gallipoli at 441 to 454 Spanish 41/ to 431; the value of Barbary is 39/ to 401 per tun ; but the quantity here is still small. Of American Lard Oil some parcels sold, but not at better prices. A VICTIM To SCIENCE.—George Cuthbert was charged with being drunk at an untimely hour in the streets. When asked by the policeman who he was ? " A victim to science," hiccupped George ; " but I've found it out." "Found out what ?" inquired the police constable. " Silence, and I'll tell you," murmured George. "Don't you know, and if you don't you ought —you ought, I say, to know, that I've been indeavour ing to hascertain the comparative strength of alcoholic fluids for many years, and I've just found it out. It's whisky, sir. Tell you how I did it. I takes three glasses of brandy, no effect ; three of gin, no go ; three of whisky, done i n a m i nute. M y grandmothr always said I'd be a victim to my scientific thirst." " Very well," said the constable ; "come with me aad study in the watch-house."—Liverpool Journal. Sir Robert. Pigot has announced to his tenantry his intention of allowing them twenty per cent. in the pre sent year's rental, to meet the losses sustained by the late unpropitious season. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. MARLBOROUGH-S 7 BEET. Yesterday Adele Dupierre or Dupre, und e r wen t a second examination before Air. Maltby, on a charge of having stolen and pawned a large quantity of shoes, the property of Mr. Van Bever, shoemaker, Burling ton-arcade, with whom she lived as shopwoman. Mr. Lumley, from the office of Mr. Flower, at tended for the prisoner, and a solicitor from the office of Mr. Goatley for the prosecut or . M C r u . Lumle y . He said he had a n app li cation to make to the proposed to cross-examine Mr. Van Court. Bever, and also Mr. 116ever's s o li c i tor. Now he hoped the Court would order that one party should not be in Court while the examination of the other was pro ceeding with. The solicitor expressed his surprise at this an nouncement. He had no evidence to give that he was aware of. He was not a witness, and he was only present as Mr. Van Bever's legal adviser. Mr. MALTBY decided that the examination of the solicitor, as proposed by Mr. Lumley, would be irre gular and unnecessary. Mr. Van Bever was called, and the statement which he made on the former occasion relative to the dis covery of the deficiency in his stock, the admission of the prisoner Adele Dupierre that she had pawned the property, and the steps he took both against the prisoner and another young woman, formerly in his service, in consequence of a statement, subsequently disavowed, made to him by the prisoner, was read over to him. The solicitor then asked Mr. V. Bever various questions, to which he replied that he had never, at any time in his life, given the prisoner shoes to pawn for him. On the 9th of August he left England to go on the Continent, and he returned on the 24th of Au gust. The prisoner had money given to her for ex penses during his absence. During the time he was out of England the prisoner had never received per mission to pawn any goods, nor was he aware that she had pawned any until the robbery was discovered. The solicitor here said he should produce a number of duplicates relating to shoes and boots pawned by the prisoner during the period of Mr. Van Bever's absence. Mr. Van Bever, in continuation, said as soon as he returned to town he settled accounts w i th the pri soner, and at that time bad not discovered his loss. As there was another young woman engage d f or t h e s h op he made preparations to take stock, as was his custom when he had a new hand. He intended to have taken stock last Monday week, but was prevented in conse quence of a firs happening in the shop, which fire he had reason to suspect the prisoner had caused. Mr. Lumley said there had been nothing hitherto said about any fire, and it was not correct for Mr. Van Bever to make any allusion to it in the present stage of the proceedings. Mr. Van Bever replied the charge would be made before the case ended, as he had instructed his solicitor to do what was proper in the affair. Mr. Van Bever urther said that after the stock was taken, and the deficiency discovered, he charged the prisoner with the offence, upon which she began to cry. He told her it would be the best thingfor her to tell the truth, and she then said she would work out the amount, and wouldp o r r o e du ab ce ou th t e the ti m ck a e t t i s er i . f he would not say anything morC Mr. Van Bever underwent a very long cross examination by Mr. Lumley.—Had been twenty-nine years in England, and all that period in the service of Mr. Erard, the h arp - mac hi n i st. K ep t a shoe shop about eighteen years, b u t was a harp-machinist. Worked piece -work for M r . E rar d. H a d been in partnership with Mr. Reynolds, in New Bond-street. Had quarrelled with his wife, and had been two or three times brought to that Court for alleged as saults. The prisoner bad been first engaged about three years ago. She h a d l e ft f or nea rly t wo y ears , and had been e-eng age d i n consequence o f h is f ormer shopwoman lea v i ng hi m. It was as false as —to say, that at any ti me he had either given her shoes i to pawn, or had authorised her to pawn shoes. Had never asked the prisoner to meet him at night. Had given money to his wife the last time he was in Paris. Was not in the receipt of thirty shillings a week as wages from Mr. Erard. Found his earnings enough for his expenses, without having occasion to abstract money from the shoe business. Here Mr. Van Bever's patience appeared to fail. He said, what have my private actions and my do mestic affairs to do with the case ? I have been robbed, and I come here for justice. I appeal to the Court for protectio n aga i nst suc h nonsense as is going forward. Mr. MALrur wished to know what bearing the questions had on the case which the solicitor was putting. to Mr. Van Bever ? Mr. Lumley said he should presently show that the probable solution of the deficiency in the stock was, that Mr. 'Van Bever had taken the property and caused it to be pawned for his QWI3 private ends, SPlol9.—Prices are net so firm for Jamaica Ginger, and the public sales of 185 pkgs went at a decline on former rates of 5s to lOs per cwt, low to fine quality selling at 31 lOs to 11/ 135 per cwt This afternoon sales of Cassia Lignea were made privately at is to 2s per cwt advance on the rates of the last public sales. Of Cinnamon small parcels have been sold at prices rather abo►e those that prevailed towards the close of the last quarterly auctions. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDB.—For Jamaica pre vious improved retell are fully sustained, and a good business has been transacted to supply home and export orders ; the operations are three hundred puns, at 3s 10d to 4s 6d for mid to good quality 30 to 36 per cent 0. P.: of fine and high flavoured sorts there are scarcely any in the market at present, and they ate much wanted. Leewards at 2s 5d to 2s sid proof strength, and good brown ditto 2s 6d per gallon. Calcutta at 2s 3d to 2s 31- proof with certificate. Deme rara 3s 2d to 3s 6d for good and fine. Of Jamaica the arrivals are large since this day week, but of Leeward Island small. For common sorts of Brandy prices are kept up by the short supply. Cognac best Wands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 69, puns 4s 10d ; 1840, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 6d ; 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd, and mid to good mid 3s 4d to 4s per gallon. Geneva is not so much wanted for shipping, ls 10d is the value ; of fine fit for duty prices are steady at 2s 6d to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits lOs 4d per gall, cash. To-day asliod demand existed for Leeward Island and Calcutta Rum ; sales of the former were made at 2s 5d proof, and the latter at 2s 3d per gallon. Jamaica was not so much in request, and there is a large quantity of mid qualities on the market ; however, holders generally are not inclined to take lower rates, as arrivals are nearly all in for the season. RlCE.—Holders of Bengal show firmness, and have refrained from offering any at auction ; by private con tract there has been a much better demand, and the rates paid are rather above those previously quoted. To-day a good demand prevailed by private contract for Bengal and middling white was not to be purchased under lis per cwt ; but at auction the sound of 1,000 bags was taken in at 12s to 12s 6d for fine bold clean white being above the value ; a few lots of sea damaged were however sold at lls for first class, lOs for second ditto ; and 8s per cwt for third ditto. FRUIT.-44s to 47s is the value of Patras and 38s to 41s per cwt for Zante and Cephalonia. New Muscatel Raisins have been sold, boxes in layers at 955, half ditto 100 s, and quarter-ditto 120 s per cwt. Valentia Raisins are much wanted. In other sorts of Fruit scarcely anything has been done. SALTPETRE.—lroporters of rough are not inclined to submit to any further reduction in prices, and none has been offerd at auction ; privately, however, there has not been much business transacted ; we quote low 23s 6d to 245, middling 24s 6d to 255, good 25s 6d to 265, and fine 26s 6d to 27s per cwt ; rather under these rates, .there are, however, some orders in the market . English Refined is not much wanted, 29s to 29s 6d per cwt is the value. • Mr. MALTBY said he had not heard such a state ment made by the prisoner, nor had he seen it in any of the public journals. The solicitor said the prisoner, had certainly made such a statement in open Court, in the hearing of se veral of the residents in Burlington-arcade, and he supposed it was owing to the reports of those parties that the rumour had gained publicity. Mr. Van Bever had been greatly prejudiced by the report, and it was but an act of justice to him to show that the prisoner's story did not contain a single word of truth. In the former examination some mention was made of the interest taken in the proceedings by a Colonel Loftus. On the authority of a highly -respectable legal firm in Lincoln's Inn-fields, we have to state that the individual in question was not Colonel Per rers Loftus. . HAMMERSMITH Henry Janes, John Hill, William Benson, Henry Key, and James Foreman, labourers, were charged with causing the (loath of a man named George Ben son, in a fight, which took place on Sunday morning, near the Basin of the Kensington Canal. The first was charged as a principal, and the rest as aiders and abettors in acting as seconds. After the hearing of the evidence relative to the fight, and the death of the deceased from the injuries he had received, the priso ners were remanded till Thursday. CURIOUS FACTS REGARDING FILTRATION. (From the Chester Chronicle.) %%r5 believe that to our noble neighbour, the Mar quis of Westminster, is indirectly owing the existence of the system of filtering large bodies of water, which our neighbours, the manufacturers of Lancashire, are adopting. Th e N o bl e M arquis gave notice, about four years ago, that he should revive the Committee for inquiring into the supply of water for London. This notice was seen in St. Petersburgh by a young engineer, born in Tartary, of English parents, who having been deeply injured by the corrupt and arbi trary conduct of the Russian Government, panted to get away to the land of his ancestors. His father and brother had built the greater part of the Russian navy, and the latter had been ennobled by the Em peror Alexander for his great services. A new reign, that of the present Emperor, produced men "who knew not Joseph" or his family. The author of the modern system of filtration, the late W. H. Stuckey, civil engineer, invented it in Russia, and offered a plan for providing St. Petersburgh with pure water. The Governor, Count Essen, highly ap proved of this plan and granted his permission. A large building was erected and pipes laid down. A contract was entered into which it was thought by a relation of one of the Ministers would be, very profit able. As everything goes by favour or bribery in Russia, there was little difficulty in obtaining an order to supersede the original contractor; poor Stuckey was commanded to take down the building which he had erected. Stuckey refused until a reason could be assigned—" you have no right to ask imper tinent questions but to obey" was the reply, and the order was repeated with threats—he still refused; 200 men of the Fire Brigade were then directed to take the building down by force in the dead of the night. The next morning not a stone was standing. The foundation of the disease of which Stuckey died was the result. He recovered —came to England— offered his invention to Parliament —exhibited his filter at work—Lord Brougham saw it in opera tion, and spoke of it twice in the House of Peers, strongly counselling the Government to adopt it for the benefit of the nation at large. Lord Radnor did the same, and resented Stuckey's petition to the Lords. Sir F. Trench and Mr. Mackin non presented similar petitions to the House of Commons. All was of no avail. The invention was merely for the public good, and did not con tribute to any party object s for which cause it was clearly ufireasonable to expect that public money should be expended upon it. Poor Stuckey, after dancing attendance for a whole session, found the only result to be, attempts to discover his secret. Con trary to his intention, he was obliged to take out a patent. Fortified with a letter of recommendation from Lord Brougham to the celebrated Arago, he also obtained a patent in France and another i n H o ll an d . All these were matt ers of difficulty, but they were ac complished. This year the Emperor of Russia ar rived, and the Marquis ofNorthampton, as President of the Royal Society, called upon the English nation to treat the Autocrat with kindness on the ground of the encouragement given by the Russian Govern ment to Englishmen of science. Poor Stuckey had petitioned that very Government seventeen times for redress, and could not even get an answer. He was much excited his father-in law, Mr. Northhouse, (he having married in England) addressed a large body in London, stating the foregoing circumstances, which appeared in a popular London newspaper of the ensuing Sunday, on which day the Emperor suddenly and unexpec tedly left our shores. Intensity of feeling had how ever secured its victim--Stuckey died at the early age of 35, just in time to behold the voluntary appli cation of his system of filtration by several of the leading manufacturers of Lancashire to their works, and also by the engineer of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in making the fountain in Tra falgar-square, and the Aid-de-Camp of King Louis Phillippe and his partners, to the fountains of Paris. Such is the fate of genius ! Such is the simple nar rative of one of the most useful discoveries of modern times! Well might Moore say,— In the land of the north there are insects that prey On the brain of the Elk, till its very last sigh ; Oh I genius, thy patrons more cruel than they, First feed on thy brains and then leave thee to die EXEMPTION OF FARMING STOCK PROM AUCTION DuTv.---Many questions having arisen as to the extent of this exemption, we have made inquiry, and the result is that it does not apply to cider, butter, cheese, flour, &c. ; neither does it extend to all property which may belong to a farmer, but only to such things as belong to, and are used on, the land. Green-houses, hot-houses, nurserymen's stock, &c., are not considered t o come aL within the exemption.— Wiltshire Independent. The arrangements for carrying out the Act of Par liament constituting Manchester a port for warehousing. goods, &c., under the Board of Customs, are now com pleted. The establishment is to consist of a collector, comptroller, six clerks, and two landing waiters. Mr. Powell, at present comptroller of Newcastle, has been appointed collector ; and Mr. Shelley, com p tro ll er of ac counts at Liverpool, the comptroller. The principal officers will take their seats on the Bth of October, for the purpose of arranging the routine ; the clerks, &c., will join on the lOth, and public business will commence on the ilth. Mr. Van Beyer emphatically repeated that he had never authorised at any time the pawning of shoes or boots. Cross-examination con ti nue d—Th e receipts in the shop had fallen off very much within the last week or two. This he attributed to a conspiracy between the prisoner and his former shopwoman. He had received information that the prisoner had sent customers to another shop in the arcade. Had never expressed a determination to any one to get Miss Cook out of the arcade. After the prisoner and Miss Cook were in custody, did not say to his solicitor that he only wanted to punish Miss Cook, and not to hurt the pri soner. What he said was, that from what Dupierre had told him, Cook had been his ruin. Had never promised to give 501. if Miss Cook were got out of her shop. On taking stock had found about 105 pairs of shoes and boots deficient, but from the quantity in the hands of the pawnbrokers which he knew to be his pro perty, his loss was much larger. Thomas Wood, shopman to Mr. Wood, pawnbroker, 65, High-street, produced samples of 74 pairs of shoes, which the prisoner had pledged at the shop since August. The witness said that the prisoner had been in the habit of pawning shoes at his employers shop for some years. He had a list of pledges of this sort made in 1841 and 1842, at a period when the prisoner was not in Mr. Van Bever's employ. A shopman in the employ of Mr. Young, pawn broker, Princes-street, said the prisoner had pledged between thirty and forty pairs of shoes since August last. The prisoner had pledged shoes at the shop for a considerable period. The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, in broken English said she had never known anything about pawning shoes until sent by Mr. Van Bever. Mr. Van Bever wanted to get Miss Cook out of her shop, because since she had opened a shoe shop for herself, he had not done so much business. Mr. Lumley, for the prisoner, said he should only urge the great improbability that the prisoner could have pawned so large a quantity of shoes, and in her own name, without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Van Bever. There was a great deal of animosity on the part of Mr. Van Bever towards Miss Cook, and this was the foundation of the present charge. The pawnbrokers also proved that the prisoner had for years been in the of pledging shoes with them, and this afforded strong presumption that the prose cutor must have supplied her with shoes, at least during that period when she was not in his service. Mr. MALTBY said there was not proof before him that these shoes were Mr. Van Bever's property. From the evidence which had been produced, he felt it to be his duty to send the case to a jury. The depositions were then ordered to be taken, and the prisoner to be brought up again the next day in order to be fully committed. Mr. Van Bever's solicitor said he now had to make a charge which, as it had got publicity, he felt it was due to Mr. Van Bever that it should have investiga tion. Mr. Van Bever's shop was set on fire on Mon day week, and this act he believed to have been com mitted by the prisoner, who was alarmed at the pros pect of detection which Mr. Van Bever's proposal to take stock held out. The prisoner, however, had as serted that she had been told to set the shop on fire by Mr. Van Bever, and this statement had gone forth to the public, and had seriously injured Mr. Van Bever's business. Victoria Station, Sept. 14. Your note on the subject of the recent accident near this station has been received. In the present case I cannot, I think, do better than inclose the fol lowing paragraph from the Guardian, which contains the substance of the coroner's inquest :—" On the 4th inst. a fatality occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, near the Hunt's Bank station, to a porter in the service of the company, named Samuel Mil lington. It appears that when the six o'clock passenger train started the deceased was standing on the foot board of the second carriage, on the near side ; and after the train had proceeded about 300 yards he jumped off, but unfortunately fell, both his legs lying across the rail on that side. The near wheels of five carriages passed over his thighs, fracturing them severely, and he died from the effects of the injuries about two hours afterwards. On Friday, the 6th inst., Mr. Chapman held an inquest on the body of the deceased at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, when it was stated that he had been frequently cautioned against standing on the foot-boards after the trains had started, and that he was liable to be discharged for disobeying such order. A verdict of ' accidental death' was returned." In addition I have only to say that every precaution is used to prevent the ser vants of the company and others from recklessly endangering their lives by such very imprudent and totally unnecessary exposure. GEORGE HALL, Chief Inspector. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM. Manchester, Sept. 16. I am directed to hand you the following particulars of the accident on this line at Alderley Edge. On Mon day the 9th inst. there was a cheap trip from Manches ter to Alderley Edge and back. About half-past 10 in the morning a train was dispatched from Manchester, which, in consequence of the number being so large upwards of 2,000, consisted principally of box wag gons, opening behind. On arriving at Alderley, the fore part of the train being required to go forward, the carriages were unshackled, and directly after an order given for that part of the train to proceed for ward. After the usual signal by the engine whistle had been twice given, the train started, when it was found that some person, without any authority, had reshackled the train, in consequence of which a woman, of the name of Mary Bealey, who was in the act of getting out of the waggon, was thrown down under the wheel, which passed over the lower part of her head. An inquest was held on the following day, and a verdict of " accidental death," returned, no blame being in• any manner attached to the servants of the company. I beg also to observe that the Directors had taken great pains to prevent any accident occurring, two of the chief officers of this Company being in attendance, and directing the movements of the other servants at the time of the melancholy accident. With a view, however, of preventing any accident arising from the same cause, the Directors have resolved that this de scription of vehicle, opening at the end, shall not be again used in the conveyance of passengers, and are ordering carriages of a superior description for the accommodation of parties supporting their cheap trips. THOMAS FROGGATT. —Railway Chronicle. NEW REAPING MACHINE. The following account of a new machine for cut mg, or rather gathering wheat, which has just been Invented in Australia, is very curious, and the results of the invention may be most important. It is com municated by Governor Grey, of South Australia, to the Royal Society of England, under the date of December 13, 1843. He says : " The colony continues to prosper; and the only event which has created any sensation is the complete success which has attended the operations of a newly-invented reaping machine, invented in this colony. This machine reaps, thrashes, and win nows, all at the same time, and this at the rate of nearly an acre an hour; the machine requiring to be attended by two men, and to be pushed by two horses. The corn is at once taken from the machine (which is stopped for the purpose when it is filled), and put into bags for exportation. The total sum charged for this operation is 10s. per acre ; the sowing, saving of corn, time, and labour, and consequently of expense, is very great. The inventor of the machine antici pates that, next year, the whole of these operations will cost much less than 10s. an acre. I have seen this machine at work, and was quite satisfied as to its success. You will say, But we shall soon make such a machine in England, when the principle is known.' It is, however, based upon a peculiarity is this climate, and could, I think, only succeed in a similar very dry climate. I must now give you a description of this invention. It is something like a cart pushed forward loy two - horses, instead of being drawn. In front of the machine is a very large steel comb, which is pushed forward and seizes the straw of the wheat, as an ordinary comb seizes hair. As the machine is moved forward, the straws are by the motion drawn through the comb, and dragged upwards towards the mouth of the machine. From the peculiar dryness of the climate, the wheat sheds very easily—that is, the corn or grain falls very readily out of the husk ; indeed, so much so, that wheat cannot be reaped here in the usual manner without considerable loss from shedding. As soon,therefore, as the head of the wheatis caught in the comb, the grain is, as it were, combed out, and falls down the comb to the mouth of the machine. That part of the head of the wheat which does not go through (which is too fine to admit it, until the grain has fallen out), is ultimately dragged up to the mouth of the machine, where it is knocked off by an appara tus like that of the ordinary thrashing machine, and the wheat is then thrashed in the same manner as in other thrashing machines; whilst the rapid advance of the machine creates a strong draft, by aid of which the corn is winnowed. The straw is left standing. So much of it as is required for manure, &c., is mown, and the remainder is burnt." CHEss.—The P a l am id e o f t h e present mont h con tains a correspondence between Mr. Staunton and M. St. Amant, by which it appears that a new chess-match is to take place on October 15, at Paris, for the same stake (100/ a side) as that played for last year. The condi tions will be, in the main, the same as those agreed to for the former match ; there are, however, one or two points which are at present under consideration, and which may be modified. One of those is a proposition of Mr. Staunton's to play the king's pawn two squares by both players, whether for attack or defence, at the commence ment of each:party ; another point proposed by th e gen tleman is to limit the match to thirteen games in place of twenty-one--the winner of the first seven games being the conqueror. The object of this latt e r c h ange i s to lessen the time which the match will cause him to re main in Paris. As there is no doubt from the tenour of the two champions' letters that these matters will be arranged, the match may be leeked 011 s nettled. H FRAGMENTS OF A CHINESE ELEGY. In the fourth moon, at the season called Mang ' tchong, the air is pure, the sun shines in all its splen dour. How many ungrateful husbands give them selves up to pleasure, and forget her whom they have lost. The husband and wife are like two birds in one forest. When the fatal time comes they fly off each its own way. This so accomplished beauty, this ten derness without bounds, they have vanished in a morning. Why, alas, two spouses so closely united, why should not they have lived and grown old toge ther ? I am like a man whom an enchanting dream has cradled in a sweet delusion. When he awakes he seeks the young immortal who charmed his ears and his eyes; and he finds around him void, solitude, silence. On the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, when the disk shines in all her splendour, they offer to the gods melons and cakes, of a form round as the lamp of night. Men and women go two and two, to walk in the country, and enjoy the sweet clearness of the moon. But the rounded disk would but recal to me the wife whom I have lost. Sometimes, to dissipate my grief, I pour into my cup generous wine; some times I take my guitar, but it scarcely gives out a sound under my languishing hand. My relations and friends come in turn to invite me ; but my heart, filled with bitterness, refuses to partake of their plea sures. In the ninth moon, at the time called Tchong-yang, the chrysanthemums open their cups of gold, and all the gardens give out a fragrant odour. I would wish to cull a nosegay of newly-opened flowers if I had a wife with whose hair to adorn them. My eyes moisten with tears; my hands contract with grief, and strike my fleshless bosom. Igo once more into the shining chamber which my wife inhabited. My two children follow me, and come in sorrow to em brace my knees. They draw me by the hand, and call me in a stifled voice. They ask me of their mo ther, by their tears, their gestures, and their sobs.— From an " Elegy on the Death of a Wife," in Capt. Pidding's Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 21. RAIL WAY CASUALTIES. So much is done to circulate exaggerated accounts of accidents on railways, tending to prejudice the pub lic mind against the system and management, that we have thought it our duty to exclude from our columns all such statements as are not vouched for by offi cial authority. None but practical men can possibly conceive the extreme thoughtlessness with which mul titudes are ready to expose their lives ; it is scarcely possible for the strictest vigilance to prevent men from throwing themselves in the way of danger, and nearly all the accidents which occur on railways may be directly traced to individual perversity or reck lessness. It is desirable, where this is the case, that it should be publicly known, in order that the management may be acquitted in public opinion, and also that precautions may be taken on other lines against the recurrence of similar danger. In this view an authentic register of accidents may be useful both to railway property and railway management. We have great pleasure in referring to the two fol lowing statements. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ALFRED KNOTT, miller, Birghton. BANKRUPTS. CONRAD ROSENSTERN WILLERT, merchant, Church -court, Clement's-lane, to surrender Oct. 8 and Nov. 6, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Jones, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. DUNCAN JOHN MACKENZIE, provision mer chant. Chambers -street, Minories, Oct. 8 and Nov. 6, at half-past oae i at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi cial assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street ; Law ranee and Plews, Bucklersbury. WILLIAM ARCHIBALD MEARNS, brewer, Clapham, Surrey, Oct. 8, and Nov. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street ; Fyson and Curling Frederick's-pl ace , Old J ewry. , JOSEPH WILLIAM SNELL, lodging-house keeper, Oct. 8 and Nov. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch- lane, Lombard-street; Stephen, Skinner-place, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. PETER ROBINSON, bottle manufacturer, Warring ton, Lancashire, Oct. 14 and Nov. 8, at the twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official as signee ,• Oliver, Old Jewry ; Evans, Liverpool. THOMAS MOSIER MONCKMAN, tobacconist, Bradford, Yorkshirie, Oct. 4 and 28, at eleven, Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wiglesworth, Gray's Inn ; Barwick, Leeds. HENRY GIBBONS, chemist, Wolverhampton, Oct. 3 and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Phillips and Bolton, Wolverhampton. WILLIAM BOWEN, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Gla morganshire, Oct. 11 and Nor. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, and Jarman, Bristol. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. From the London New Price Current of Sept. 24.) SUGAR—Since Tuesday last there has been more activity in the West India Sugar market, but importers generally have been more inclined to realize. To-day there was a good demand for colory and strong refining sorts of West India Sugar, and the rates previously esta blished were - fully supported, but inferior qualities met with a slow sale, and in some cases the prices accepted were rather under those of Friday. The total purchases are 460 hhds, including a public sale of 150 hhds Bar badoes, a soft parcel, which went heavily at a decline on the rates of the last auction of 6d for the better, and Is per cwt for low and middling sorts. Fine yellow said at 625, good middling 58s to 58s 6d, good 59s 6d to 61s, middling 56s 6d to 57s 6J, low 55s 6d to 56s per cwt. REFlNED.—Previous rat es are we ll sustained for Re fined Sugar, and the demand has been lively from the home trade ; the market is still sparingly supplied. Brown Lumps for melting have been selling at 72s 6d ; brown grocery 73s to 73s 6d ; standard Lumps 74s 6d to 75s ; Tittlers common to good 74s to 78s, fine ditto 79s to 83s ; Hambro Loaves 745 6d, to 84s, double ditto 85s to 90s, and wet Lumps, 71s to 73s per cwt. The Grocers do not hold large stocks, notwithstanding the immense quantity of Refined Sugar purchased by them of late. Bastards in large parcels have been disposed of, low to middling at 41s to 475, good 48s to 525, and fine 53s to 57s per cwt. To-day Refined Goods underwent no variation in the value ; there was a good demand from the home trade, and the market hss a firm appearance. Bonded Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and there are not sellers under 27s 6d for first quality. MAURITIUS.—The market has been much better sup- plied, and prices haue declined 6d to is per cwt for grey, brown, and common yellow qualities, of which the sup ply has principally consisted, but the better sorts of yel low brought fully former rates This afternoon there was no public sale. By private contract bright yellow sorts were wanted at firm rates, but inferior kinds were not much sought after. EAST INDIA.—IR the value of white or strong yellow descriptions of Bengal Sugar no variation has taken place since Tuesday last; a good business has been transacted, but common yellow sorts have met with a dull sale at a decline on former rates of Is per cat. This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar, amount ing to 6,258 bags 9 chests, were brought to public sale ; 4,321 bags 9 chests of which consisted of date, of these a small part only sold at • easier rates, and went at 51s 6d to 53s 6d for low and soft yellow, 54s 6d to 578 for mid, 50s to 55s for damp and washed, 62s 6d to 65s for good and fine sound white, 60s for bid, and 58s to 61s .6d for damp and washed ; other sorts were all sold at stiff rates—very fine sound white fetched 68s to 69s 6d, fine 65s 6d to 675, good 62s to 63s 6d, low and mid 59s to 60s, damp and washed 578 to 68s ed per cwt. Manilla was in increased request privately, and the sales since Friday are 5,000 bags, nearly all at 19s per cwt. FOREIGN.—There has been more activity in the foreign Sugar market ; importers manifest firmness, and none of any description has been brought to public sale. For yellow Havannah there has been a much better demand, and a large business has been trans acted at prices rather above those of last Tuesday. This afternoon -there seta no public sale of Foreign Sugar ; by private contract several transactions were prevented by importers asking rather higher rates ; the market has a firm appearance. MOLASSES.—West India was rather cheaper, but the purchases made have been extensive, amounting to 450 puns at 20s to 54s per cwt for low to good quality; there have been further arrivals. East India dull sale at 14s to 16s per Cat. COCOA.—West India has been sought after, and full rates offered, but there is little on offer in the private market, and none has been brought to public sale ; prices have a firm appearance. Forei gn h as b een sought after, and the parcels sold were at firm rates. COFFEE.—Although importers of West India have been more inclined to sell, and submitted to a reduction on previous rates of 2s per cwt, still the trade have ope rated with much caution, and the quantity brought for ward has proved more than sufficient for their necessi ties. The public sales went off with heaviness, Jamaica good middling at 955, middling 82s to 85s, low middling 75s to 80s, fine ordinary 63s to 725, fine ordinary 59s to 61s 6d, good ordinary 54s to 58s, ordinary 50s to 525, and triage 31s to 48s per cwt. East India has not been much inquired for by shippers or the home trade, still holders show firmness, and supply the market sparingly. Ceylon, at auction good ordinary pale at 575, low middling bold palish coloury Plantation kind 755, fine ordinary bold pale coloury 66s to 675, pea berry 80s, and triage 50s per cwt, being the former worth, and merchants are not inclined to press sales, although there is a great increase in the stock as compared with that of last year, and prices much higher than they were at that period. Of Bengal 28 bags at 4d per lb were of at auction, sound was taken in at 57s for pale, rather broken, sea damaged, however, sold at 51s 6d, ditto and repacked 45s per cwt. Of other East India sorts none has been brought to public sale, and the busi ness transacted privately has been extremely limited. This afternoon there, was no public sale of any descrips tion of Coffee, and the purchases made privately were extremely limited in all sorts ; Ceylon of good ordinary quality, however, could not generally be obtained under 57s per cwt. Mocha could only be disposed of on lower terms. Of Foreign Coffee some parcels are offering at easier terms. TEA—lmporters are more inclined to realize, and several parcels have suddenly been declared for public competition. To-day 1,016 pkgs of Assam Tea were offered at public sal e , :ai d near l y all di,po se d ,f Con goll at 10d to 2s 9d, chiefly at is to is 7d. Souehong fetched 2s to 3s ld, low 103 d, and Pekoe 2s 4 : id to 3s lid per lb. In the private market there was little busi ness done in any sort. The trade waiting for the auc tions of 10,000 pkgs, declared for to-morrow. A STARVED CLERGY l—The Canterburf ret, consisting of a d ozen canons, en j oys a b ou t 11170: 4 annum ;at Durh am t h e same apostolic 11 0111 05,1 about 30,0001, a y ear . London is nearly 17. ''20,0,1":„ Westminster an d Wi n d sor come very c l ose t,..° a year each. Th e war d en and ten Wincbeen fel obt share about 10,5001. for positively doing - o rt: Not a s ermon can b e extracted from • one, o r ~,,‘"‘ that we ar e aware o f . Th e ent i re income °,`„' thedral and co ll eg i ate b od i es stands in °l'dSn - mentary- reports at 284,241 1., exclusive ls leases, residences, and the like ; which, gis gose 4 . 4 known, and w as d emonstrated i n t h e on otP ait :' Commons by L or d M onteagte, would ddb, S 250,000/. of annual revenue to the amount': ~10 0 10 1* - 0 change of l ease h o ld s i nto freeholds. It i s not therefore to take the gross sum, comprehendingwesl i w ti about sixty sinecure rectories, at 550,0004 1 100; a capital of ab ou t e i g h teen m illi ons sterling, For't sent prices of la n d e d an d real property.—Rou te- 4e, A n se . TRIAL UNDER LORD ASHLEY'S •,,e O Ol-e the instance of the Procurator-Fiscal of Cle f . of . shire, against ono of the workman in the ser'',„w o nt el, Clackmannan Coal Company, for the employ be female in one of the coal mines belonging to t ,le pany, was tried on Wednesday last befe ll / : i , Tait, Esq., sheriff of the county. About , previously the owner an d manager of 0 1 ti o li c liery had been t r i e d f or t h e same off,encebutilfs ploying, am ong o th ers , t h e same female;oe h it a long trial, the sheriff assoilzied the own er of 4, ground that there was not sufficient evidence f isi o having authorised or permitted the women oft In the coal mines in Clackmannanshire, thf o peo; wrought as wheelers to the workmen, who, L l,' d i eg j o both employed and paid them ; and the do en feO A this case was charged with having employed I,lole l rt in the month of June last, under ground, P o f of the 13th section of the Act, which enacts ' raAC-r 4 O O ~t shall be made t o a p pear, to the sat i sbf the sheriff, th a t the offence was coramitte",,,, P e t ,' under the autho r ity o f a wor k man, without 6.. h." sonal consent or knowledge of the owner, it 'oge e ' lawful for the sheriff to summon the workman to for such an offence, and convict him in lieu al b° of IP ; Various objections were made to the releraAnefofter 0 libel, but they were repelled by the sheriff, l eu t ' e nced_ th t proof; the workman was found guilty and se ° o f c 0.7. pay the minimum penalty of 51., with 3 1 , 25 ' w be ef e j; and in default of payment within one month , 1/1 51 witted to prison for one calendar month- 'C. ; nn asioth e i ber of colliers being present, the sheriff,t, ° , °— he pronouncing judgment, to state that while in oth er; ; the exe cu ti on o f t h e Act i n this count 7/ L'binat might at first infli c t i n di v id ua l h ar d s hip, the° lo re m- to was to better th e con di t i on o f t h e co lli e rs, and : res peel ~,„"t ej, females f rom an emp l oyment wh i ch was , with duos them, both unsuitabl e an d d egra di n g. ct, i! r re . that whate ver th e co lli ers m i g h t th i n k o f the . 0 to o• the determination o f th e G overnment to Pet it Put it pres,xr. and unless th e pr ac ti ce was discontinued, et7,4Ject,,,` Lions would undoubtedly take place.—BerWiere"al ol _,A .- off DANGERS OF THE AFR ICAN GUANO letter, dated Sunday, received at Liverpool or," from Falmouth, co n t a i ns a statemen t o f a le' dinary character, the truth of which there 0 ,11 son to doubt. It is as follows :—The Stun P' l , l- 0 bff' of don, arrived off here (Falmouth), reports t"c n u . rfr n a Vaughan, master, of the merchant bri,g, w ittse,L, 7, London, having touched at Bathurst Vii e d if the 15th of June, whence the Sam Slick et shot fi :aed made a declar a ti on to th e au th or i t i es thet i nast e n 'ano, the whole of that vessel's crew, as we ll as C 4l- o f Le oo o some of the seamen of the barque Margare t ' the ey including the captai n , b a d b een captured I 'lwbei" the at Arguin, upon the western coast of Afriet c indilSfri• had gone to procure guano. Seven men, lte„rten" chief mate of th e C our i er , h a d b een kille d o ff x"„," canus, of London, C a pt a i n I semonge r, laleEi oe d u r ea, die, having heard of th e t rage d y , h a d ransom Ma: 0 0 of nine piersons, including the captain of 100 .4 . for 3001. : and six of the party arrived e t f . t he o D ar the 6th of August, including the captain o ee tatt ret. Three remained behind, unable to tr av he quence of their wounds. The captain of G o at , t was three months in captivity."—Manchesiert sudittbe The Earl of Harbor oug h, a t his rec ell ho le of or Melton Mowbray, caused the rents of the ; oe, sto cottage tenants on his estates at Whies un bet a. ford, Saxby, and T e i g h, t o b e re t u rned to t ------ b A ri e°l' BIRTHS. On the 26th of last June, at Bhooj in the Pim - ihter%.A dency, the wife of Major Skeffington 'Poole, of a dil; 010 On the 18th inst., at Chislehurst Kent, the ladY t'l . f Harrison, Esq., of a daughter. ' Devonshire, the Ilidt ° On the 18th inst., at Combe Roy al, Zachary Mudge, Egg ,of a son. d r k sbert 44 At gailsea, Somersetshire, the lady of Edwar d D. of a son. ilv J. Dow, On t th sg e ., l9 o t f h a i s n o s n t., s a ti t ll S -b tr o e r t the la-. of ham Paragon. wentwor th On the 20th inst., at Downes, the lady o f James ~..h, of Buller, Esq., of a daughte r . J J " • Gi W s' On the 20th inst., at Hornchurch, Mrs. • • i r e of tw O in n s lh a e b 2 o o y th an in d st i , rl a . t Clifton Villas, bl"-- alr ' f williata .1 0 15 Sle t he w A. A. Mackey, Esq., of a son. l a dy 0 On the 21st inst., in Woburn-place, the la Atherton, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a deng.,, b e te ciidy of Sydney On the 21st inst., in Berkeley -square , fr' Smirke, Esq., of a son. tthsh.ete.Eiw9l7BBs,initt.neho:c;OfAEnfitus:;:ll.ll:vlr:taet'o4:ls Nest I ndies , tow o O n n n , M‘Leod irthelin ...---- 4).Trinit Lague Bro wne, le& church of St. Andre , Jamaica, David Judge oleo Turnbull Fsq her Majesty's Court Commission, to ce , of Mined ' ' .' Ali daughter of the lite' s i '' Musson, E On the sq.. °f Paynter-vale, Bermuda. 19th • S. 11 , 10 9 HI ao o el nis n ftat the r h i is ti : e l Eih9sttstlecitir. inst., eldest Southses, to Susan, second daughter of the lb. On ncrieffe, M.A., Rector of 1•0t011, Somerset. ..., fr. nsootsff.:C theaaart m tivira a tt r ieel t se h t j e pH : E . or i.astshb Norris, Thy:, :se h : , ss q : i5f:::,....: of 31 . 13 0 f inst., at Clifton, Charles Henry Seottz.f.ry Harris,T. ‘io E B q. , of Coventry, to Elizabeth, daughter of lle Jeannt 1 1 e i el‘psias r i c (4k s h a e Y r , gel de l s i t s c d k a jun:l'llle r of 411 v. the 19th inst., at St. Diary Church, SCchallrbrcobro'tuG_gea°lrsg: nt if el l Tomlin, Esq., solicitor, Richmond, Yorkshire, to iffarYtfulf, .rm Jen - L Z a n an g i gi s or , rid, to gv, er : e l sN a t r ail ia z , 1.0 na gtth,biEiredsys,edxsau.ussgehxterEsocif J. Turner, of to"' On the 21st inst., Lewis Ph'illip;, Esq., of the Stock-Pi change, to Miss Jane, third daughter of Mr. John GrsY' 0 E5q.,.,,.. 0 otfhteh2elustniintseld.,sattaStets.,George's, Hanover-50_0e, clhicerilvt, - ii gg, M.D., to Elizabeth, relict of the late M. M. P erk . _..-----"" DIED. t ot r A es / On the 20th inst., in Park- lane, Lucy Elizabeth, "'" Dowa On the 14ter of B hrainst dford,in a S g loane-street, Elizabeth LTono ed 78. -bol l ' relict of the late ICH u neyborn, Esq., of Dishley , Lela* shire, aged 86. € Athe r On the 17th inst., at Ramsgate, Cicelia Pilgrim , 0 A i lk. stone, Warwickshire, relict of J. E. Pilgrim, of Pentonvilso On the 18th inst., at Burdon, near Darlington, corrk, Margaret, relict of tne late J. Waldv, Esq., of Yalln' Eel On the 19th inst., Hannah, thewfre of Mr. Samuel Fe - of Horr:se) -lane, Highgate. A r o t On the 20th inst., Mr. James Classon, Winchester' Marylebone, aged 70. . 0 5' ... ' - of London: Printed and Published by MUSD° TO °GC No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oince,Z;ti Strand, in the Prednet of the Savoy?, in OA to h Outcast Aliddleact, adis 24, Lb*. AN EXPEDITION TO THE R° Cl' MOUNTAINS. tolls° The St. Louis Missourian contains the - particulars of Lieutenant Fremont's expeditioei., has just retur ne d t o t h at c i ty from the far icesteio " The party, it w ill h e remembered, left this the 23d of May, 1843--very nearly fifteen 1111 ago—and the latter part of that month they had the western boundary of Missouri, and laun°2 into the Prairies. Leaving the frontier in I 'd ginning of June, and travelling along the line , Kansas River, the party reached the Beat i s ' tains early in July, and occupied that m onth io ploring the heads of the Arkansas. At the l !) the month they crossed the mountains, and COatit their way to the westward, had reached the Salt Lake i n th e b eg i nn i ng of September. A° i, being had ever before visited the island of the brated lake ; a n d a f ew wee k s were spent in °IF i ; its unknow n waters, and in surveying the st i country. The l a tt er part o f this month f o oP w d do# a , at Fort H a ll, w h ere t h e w i nter set in early wl, vere storm on th e 19th . P ursuing their sval, 0 0 6 0 Oregon road, th e y reac h e d the Falls of the LA', o rf early in the m on th o f N ovem b er. Leaving hn'ir here, Mr. Fremont proceeded by water to F o ;,, j ir couvre, at which place he arrived at the °.° 131 .,,,ptif meat of the rainy season. On the 25th of 20 'i, o str in a snow-storm, they left the 'Falls' on the ll 4o4, ward route, intending to return by way of the and Mary's Lake. No interruption in tho ill iof difficulties occurred to impede their march 11 ° t rpr had passed the Kiamet Lake, in the middle °f 04 cember, when their course to the southws7 o o eastward was barred by parallel ranges of on ° oil volcanic mountains, in the valleys of which tb e f o i e il forced con s t an tl y t o t h e southward, making Pots no easting. Th e y t rave ll e d th i s way along &eels base of the great California Mountains, 1 0°1- 0 0 rise 17,000 f ee t a b ove the sea, encountering, of bands of Indians of a very wild character, an 0 10 of whom h a d never b e f ore seen a white roan. 0 0 01 the end of January, their animals' feet had be c° o l l much worn by the ice and rocks, that thei niip ts scarcely able to travel; awl provision haa be fists / fail, as the coun t ry h a d b een found destitute °d. —the Indi ans su b s i st i ng on fish, or roots s uld stitar They were now b e t ween the 38th and the 3w os i gree of parallel, immediately under the snow of Califor n i a . M r . F remont determined to 1401°1 to cross this, a n d t o f orce a way to the s ettlein e IP; the Bay of Sa n F ranc i sco. Th e mountain is It fe its l ! miles broad, and on its upper regions the esw," e otlil from sto 20 f ee t d eep. T hey were occu pienr a l e oll a month in c ross i ng it, but finally succeeded, 101 l . tY "in March e xc h ange d t h e snow of mid-Winter ~.ritl, verdure of p er p e t ua l spr i ng, i n the va ll ey of ?!'ej Sacraments. The party were cordially rece l : o l hospitably en t er t a i ne d at hi s res i dence nea r feet of San Francisco, by Mr. J. A. Sutter, fr e ,oll the frontier of C a lif orn i a. H ere they remain e 4 time to recruit, an d at t h e end of Marc h t ee sei se t , their home war d j ourney. T hey proceedect, degrees to the southward to recross the 111 , be r o i and passing over the California deserts by t h e A nish Trace, reached Bent's Fort, by way T „i f 0 : waters of the Arkansas, on the Ist day of s)"' of ;ti: the frontier of Missouri on the last of the same G" Der a r u ,__ } , c at4r Of pa t° the p a Will b e SePterni x Vtlarter t I, ECTI; Pellinentk , s 4 xt_itre v —Actin( !each th e H a 4l b rs of .op p ,„ TE il—et is he ( rtwia So; lANK EI 311eRRT. ()Pries! The obi . l ▪ i ttation t ented I , • tages:- "'CURTI • lIFEC' PIIACI '▪ ItATE GOAD O WER in ENT WEAN 4 ND -111 :41140 t iik for Comps Mr. stiir„ 1/( Pitr ItEPLII AN 111 It. aig t Props "'lily. :.. teat.l I1 :1 ce rol n C i e n i t ni : ,eitied ( t4lnY c ool rOlgestint *bet ion. .rhe MA ~. — Lhe had "lie wo , - ' l l Bite ' C * here a Is blkUsly, AT 4 rding a 1 The ot , and ktut • ' 4 l 4 '7 - %, ktl_tuic The , ti ,. Yard 'c id st rueti _ *h er 2n, eih tl O St ? 'ZTIti 4 R. Zthe ti cou t foI 4 sue :: 411 alld 4 1. 11 . 44 te in kA avant, Liam of .Peric .4eellent hi s Thai Noieuit u : it, ell tor etti on c --. a rid viti wtZto 6 4414 t tiet .1 : 11 W l b* tilt ) Atot RI - "Q is bad be tto k , 4ik voity off et F.,