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EVENING EDITION. THE N jam. POSTAGE. 1 (We republish this important Document, for more general information.) We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the first important step towards carrying ( into execution the plan for a Uniform Penny Pos tage. In order to familiarize the pereono engaged at the Post-office and the public with the new ar rangements for charging by weight, that plan is to take effect on the sth of December. At the same time the public will have the benefit of a reduction of all rates above 4d., to that sum, the reason for not reducing it at once to ld., being to avoid encum bering the new arrangement with the great influx of letters which might then be expected. The Post office, it will be seen will, after the sth of Decem ber, carry packages of the weight of 11b. on paying a proportionate postage. The inhabitants of the London district will be immediately gratified by a penny pre-payment postage, which will serve gradually to introduce the uniform penny rate over the whole empire. For this attention to the public wants the Ministers deserve the nation's gratitude and best thanks ; what their opponents would have done were they in office may be known from the pages of the Quarterly Review and the Tory journals, several of which still daily labour to prove that the public ought not .to have a cheap and uniform postage. Here is the TREASURY MINUTE, DATED NOV. 12, 1839. M Lords read the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 1 52, for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage l entil the sth October, 1840. Since the prorogation of Parliament my Lords have turned ther unremitting attention to the mea sures necessary for carrying into effect the intention of the Legislature. The power with which this Board are invested by the Act were recommended to Parliament, not lonly for the purpose of enabling my Lords to adopt 1 such mode of payment as might on consideration appear the most advisable, but also to enable my Lords to carry into practical effect this great' altera tion in the manner which might be least liable to derange the regularity and the dispatch of the cor ' respondence of the country as now executed by the Post Office. My Lords have always been aware that the con temporaneous adoption of charging letters by weight and the reduction of postage to an uniform rate of ' one penny would be attended with much practical difficulty. The time occupied now at the large 1 offices, and at the forward offices, in charging and sorting the letters, has been reduced for the public c onvenience to as narrow limits as possible. To alter the mode of charge from that to which the officers of the Post Office have been long accustomed, must of itself for a time he accompanied with some inconvenience, and my Lords apprehend it would be imprudent to increase that difficulty by adding at the same moment so large a number of letters as must naturally arise from the immediate reduction to the penny rate. My Lords fear, that for a time at least, great irregularities would prevail, and much public incon venience result. However satisfactory, therefore, and however desirable in many points of view, it might be, to carry into execution cotem poraneously the complete plan, their Lordships upon a full consideration have come to the conclu sion that, by adopting some measure, and bringing into operation the mode of charging the letters by weight, previous to the entire reduc tion of the rate of postage, their Lordships will not only avoid the risk to which the other course is lia ble, but materially facilitate the introduction of the remaining parts of the plan. With these opinions their Lordships have, in communication with the authorities of the Post Office, turned their attention to the framing such regulations as may introduce, with as little delay as possible, the charge by weight. Their Lord ships propose to accompany this arrangement with such reduction of postage as will be a material relief to the public and not interfere with the pro per discharge of the duties of the officers of the Post Office, as at present arranged. By the regulations which, in conjunction with thc Post Office, have been matured, and which this Board propose to sanction, my Lords apprehend material advantages will be secured. A consider able relief will be given to the public, as reg ards the charge of letters. One of the great departmental difficulties in introducing the penny rate will be re moved, and such information be obtained as will enable my Lords to adopt with more security, and consequently at an earlier period, the remaining part of the system. In giving their sanction to the proposed arrange ment, my Lords consider it as a temporary measure only, and as a step to the introduction of the uni form penny charge ; and their Lordships will con tinue their anxious efforts to give effect to the whole of the intentions of the Legislature with as little delay as is consistent with the due consideration o the public convenience. Their Lordships are pleased to direct that al letters posted on or after the sth of December nex shall be subject to the following regulations. General Post Letters shall be charged by weigh as follows :- 1. Letters not exceeding i oz. one Postage. do. . . 1 do. 2 Postages. do. ... ... 2 do. 4 do. do. ... and so on, adding 2 Postages for every oz. up to 16 ozs., beyond which no packets subject to postage shall be received. 2. All single postage rates between places within the United Kingdom, which now exceed 4d., shall be reduced to that sum. Inferior rates to remain undisturbed, but the letters to be charged by weight. Additional charges to which Gene ral Post letters are now liable, if posted, or de livered beyond the limits of the General Post free delivery, as also the additional halfpenny on Scotch Letters, and the additional penny for passing the Menai and Conway Bridges to cease. S. All Letters and Packets exceeding the weight of one ounce to be pre-paid, and delivered in at the windows ; if not so pre-paid and delivered, to be charged with Postage. Foreign Letters and Packet Letters will be charged according to the preceding scale of weight. Letters to and from the British West Indies, to be charged one shilling per single rate, the same charge to attach to letters from and to Gibraltar Malta, and the lonian Isles, conveyed by packets and not transmitted through France. My Lords v'.serve for future consideration, the whole ques ticol P Übe rates on Foreign letters, as their Lord ships consider that it will be a proper subject for co mmunication with Foreign Powers, in the hope th at such Foreign Powers may be induced to maße a corresponding reduction in their charges on lettem to and from this country . All ship letters betw . een parts of the United Kingdom, including the Chan ne l I s l an d s an d the Isle of Man, t o be e chargedon by weight according to the rates char , eabl n in land letters. Other ship letters to be charged by weight ac cording to the foreg o i ng scale, the single postage ra te remaining as at - present, and the inland rate, being regulated as for inland Ietters.TD,;ILNivC E LUDING LONDON DISTRICT PoS SECOND AND THIRD half an oun ce p 1. All letters not exceeding vided the postage be pre - paid , to be charged ornoe penny. 2. The twopenny charge on General pou letters delivered in the London district to cease. 3. No further alteration to be made i n the charges levyable in the London District Post. My Lords have no intention by the present ar rangement to make any alteration with respect to newspapers, franked letters, or Parliamentary p a . pers, which will still continue to enjoy the same privileges, and be subject co the same charges as at present. Transmit copy of this minute officially to the Postmaster-General, and desire his Lordship will give the necessary instructions to his officers to carry the directions of my Lords into effect. Desire also that he will direct the Solicitor of the Post Office to prepare a draft of a warrant, ill conformity with the provisions of the Postag e Acts, to be signed by my L or d s, and inserted in the Gazette. I LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Nor. 14. NELSON V. BRIDGE/ AND ANOTHER. In this case the defendant Bridges was the owner of a quarry. The plaintiff Nelson was a stone quarrier, and before the institution of these proceedings, Bridges granted a license to Nelson to work it. Nelson took possession, and was proceeding in his work. In that state of things he was turned out of possession by Bridges, who granted a license to the defendant Wood head to quarry the same stone. This bill was then filed by Nelson for the specified performance of the agree ment, and to stay the proceedings in an action which had been brought to recover possession. An answer was put in, stating a case which precluded the pending e su action, iin equity, plaintiff from applying for an in j unction to sta y the proceedings in the actio n. there fore, proceeded ; andtheTh it possession was recovered. When the Equity suit was brought to a hearing, the Court declared that the plain tiff was entitled to a specific performance of the agree ment. In the meantime, the stone which was the sub ject of the agreement, and the benefit of which the plaintiff was to have, had been subtracted and actually taken away by the defendant Woodhead. That fact, however, was not made to appear at the hearing, and therefore a bill was filed to have compensation given to the plaintiff. Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. ELMSLEY appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. ...RICHARDS and Mr. LOFTUS WIGRAM for the defendant. The Mama of the ROLLS was clearly of opinion the plaintiff was entitled to relief. The form of giving that relief was certainly a matter of very serious consideration. He thought the amount of what was due to the plaintiff ought to be ascertained by an action. Indeed, he did not well see how it could be ascertained in any other way. But the quarry was not worked in such a way as to make the most of it, for Bridges enter taining a feeling that it was doubtful whether he had a right to give Woodhead a license, discouraged Wood head from working, and he therefore only took that which it was most convenient to take. The action would, therefore, be to recover, not the amount of pro fits, but the amount of loss the plaintiff had sustained. His Lordship thought the proper mode of assessing the damages would be to require the defendant to admit such facts as necessary to enable the plaintiff to bring an action quantum damnificavit. He trusted, however, that some arrangement would be made by which further litigation would be unnecessary, as it was clear the plaintiff had sustained some loss. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor 14. (Sittings in Banco.) APPOINTMENT OF CHAPLAINS.—THE POOR-LAW COM MISSIONERS V. THE GUARDIANS OF THE ERAINTREE UNION. In this case a rule had been granted calling on the Guardians of the Braintree Union to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be directed to them, to obey three orders of the Poor-law Commissioners, dated the 2d and 21st of August, and the 19th of September, for appointing a Chaplain to the Union and reporting thereon to the Commissioners. Mr. KELLY now showed cause against the rule, and was heard at some length. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was about to argue in sup port of the rule, when Lord DENMAN said the matter was of such import ance that the rule had better be made absolute, when a return might be made, and it could be fully discussed. THE QUEEN V. THOMAS HARVEY. In this case a rule had been granted calling upon Mr. Harvey to show by what authority he exercised the office of Crown Counsellor of Liverpool. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. WIGHTMAN showed cause against the rule. After Sir F. POLLOCK (with whom was Sir W. FOL LETT) bad been heard in support of the rule, The COURT made it absolute. BAIL COURI, Nor. 14. (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.) THE QUEEN V. APPLETON. Mr. ADDISON inquired if his Lordship had made up his mind in this case, which was an application for a writ of certiorari to bring up the proceedings of an in quisition for the purpose of their being quashed. His LORDSHIP thought an excessive deodand was not a sufficient ground for quashing an inquisition. If there W 23 anything to complain of on that ground, the proper course would be to apply to the Court of Exchequer. It was the duty of Canners in all cases where deodands were levied, to return the inquisition into the Exchequer within 14 days, and process thereupon issued upon the first seal day after the following term ; most probably in the present case the return bad been made to the Court of Exchequer, and if so, process would issue soon after the term. ruis Court could not direct a Coroner's in quil.ition to be quashed except where there was a defect upon the face of it. Mr. ADDISON said that in the case of the Hull steamer Victoria, which was at this moment under judgment in the other Court, a writ of certiorari was granted on the affidavit that the defendants had not bad the opportunity of seeing the inquisition, or taking any objection to it, and on a subsequent view of it, the objections were taken which were now under considera tion. He (Mr. A.) had no doubt there were many de fects in the present inquisition, but he was, of course, unable to point them out. His LORDSHIP said that mere surmise that there were defects in an inquisitioa was not a sufficient ground for the Court to interfere. The case had better stand over until the other should be disposed of. THE QUEEN V, BAYLEY. In this case, two or three days ago, Mr. NEWTON applied for an attachment against Mr. John Bayley, Clerk to the Northern Assizes, for contempt in not having made a return to the Court, his excuse being that his fees bad not been paid. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 14. (Sittings in Banco.) HIBBLEWHITE V. IIeMORINE. This was an action in which Mr. Alexander ob tained a rule nisi for a new trial early in the term. Mr. Baron GURNEY now read over his notes of the trial, from which it appeared that the parties were Stock and Share Brokers, residing in Liverpool. In Sept., 1838, the plaintiff contracted to sell the defendant fifty shares of the Brighton Railway Company, to be deli- vered at par, on the Ist of March, or before if called for by the defendant, the plaintiff to make a legal trans fer of them. In the month of December, the plaintiff entered into a contract with a person named Pritchard to purchase from him 100 shares in the said Company. Pritchard gave him the Scrip for such shares, and, on the Ist of March, plaintiff sent his clerk with the . . transfer of 50 shares . to the defendant, but he refused to accept of them. The plaintiff sold them in a few days, at a discount of Si. 2s. 6d. per share, and be brought his action for the loss sustained by such re sale. The jury found for the plaintiff. Mr. CRESSWELL contended that there were no grounds for disturbing the verdict. The rule, he un derstood, had been moved upon the ground that the plaintiff, upon the Ist of March, was rat in a situation to make a legal transfer of the shares, inasmuch as he had not obtained such a transfer from Pritchard as enabled him to appear in the books of the Company as a proprietor of the shares. The Learned Gentleman contended that the offer of the transfer from Pritchard, was a legal tender, because the defendant, by going with those documents, and paying the calls due upon the shares, would have had the shares immediately transferred to his own name. The plaintiff might have done so, but it was a matter of arrangement amongst them that the plaintiff was not to pay the last call that was made. He was, to all intents and purposes, the proprietor of the shares from the time he made the pur chase from Pritchard, until he offered them to the de fendant, at which time, therefore, he had a perfect right and power to make a legal transfer of them. Mr. COWLING followed on the same side. Mr. ALEXANDER (with whom was Mr. TOMLIN SON) supported the rule. The contract made it re quisite that the plaintiff should be ready and willing to make a legal transfer of the shares on the day on which the contract was to be completed. In order to do that the plaintiff's broker calls and offers a transfer, not of shares in his own name, but a certificate of shares in the name of Pritchard, there being nothing on the face of it to show to whom they had been transferred by , Pritchard, as they were merely printed certificates with Pritchard's name. That, he contended, was no legal ten der of a legal transfer of the shares, for until the whole of a the calls had been paid up , n o t ransfer could be mad e i n the books of the Company . Th e Act of Parliam en t framing the Company req uired that cert ain forms should take place before any p erson could becom e one ,, of nd th a e proprietors. All ca lls must have been paid up, regular transfer must take place in the Company's book before the purchaser had any right to the profits of the Company, and before he could vote or do anything else in regard of them. Now in this case not one of those things had been done. Calls were due on the shares, and they all remained in the books in the name of Pritchard. If he should fail on all other grounds, he submitted that the verdict ought to be entered for the defendant, on the ground that according to the 157th sec tion of the Brighton Railway Act, Pritchard had no power to sell or make any transfer of the shares, a call being then due upon them. After hearing Counsel at very great length, The COURT said, as the case was one of very consider able importance, and as it would be likely to affect a great many contracts, they would take time to consider it, and give a formal judgment upon it. newCotruinaslse,lthneoct G b u e r i t ng ro r s e e a a d t y h t a o lf- p p r a o s c t ee t d wo w o i . t c h loc th k e , other WESTMINSTER, COURT OF RE. QUESTS. A broker in Whi tcombe-street, named Trendall, was summoned by a little girl, formerly his servant, for her waL'es• The claim of the girl was for 20s.—six weeks at 2s. 6d. p e r we ek—this included six wee k s o f serv i tude, and a fortnights notice, according to ag reement . T he delen ' dant it appeared had turned her out of the house at a minute's notice. CHAIRMAN—What objection have you to make to this little girl's claim ? Defendant—Oh ! the girl suited us very well, and we would'nt have parted with her on any account, but for a discovery which my wife made. She had occasion to go into this girl's room, and she just looked into the drawer where the girl kept her things. Now, under her nightcap, wrapped up in a little gauze handkerchief, my wife found a piece of our soap, I should think worth a penny or three-halfpence. Of course it was quite im possible to keep a thief in the house, especially as we locked up nothing, not even the bread and butter. Having made this discovery, I told the girl to leave the house directly. Girl—You said you would kick me out. Defendant—Kick! oh, oh I Girl—Yes, you did ; and I went home directly to my father. Now, gentlemen, I hope you will hear what I have to say about the bit of soap. There was not any soap in the house, and my mistress sent me for half a pound, which, when I brought home, she told me to cut into pieces, and put it in the room. I cut the soap up, and then I asked her to be so good as let me cut off a little piece for myself, which I would keep in my room. My mistress said it was a very good plan ; and I took a little piece and kept it my drawer with my clothes. CHAIRMAN—Pray, was this drawer open, so that everybody could have access to it ? Defendant—Ob, yes ; it was always open, certain'y. It was, in fact, a sort of lumber drawer. CommissroNEß—But is it not rather a harsh proceed ing to turn a girl out of your house and destroy her cl:a racter for a half-penny worth of soap, which she says 11Jr mistress told her she might use ? Defendant—We found the soap concealed in 11,1. r handkerchief, and it was impossible to keep a thief in our house. COMMISSIONERA do'nt think there is the slightest ground for applying such an epithet to this girl. Defendant—Mrs. Trendai will prove that she never gave the girl leave to take any of the soap. Mrs. Trendall was sent for. Her story was the counterpart of her husband's. Shd admitted having sent the girl out for threepenny-worth of soap, but she declared the soap was to be cut only in ti7o pieces, neither of which were to be used by the girl. Girl—You told me I might cut a piece off one of the pieces. You and Mr. Trendall were always hunt ing over my drawers. I am sure the things were tumbled over a dozen times a day. COMMISSIONER—Was there any soap in the house besides this half-pound, which the girl could use ? W ife—Oh, dear me, there was soap lying about in every direction. Husband—She might have had a tun of soap to wash herself with. Nothing was kept from her. I never locked up the bread and butter cupboard ; and she had even access to the place where we kept our fruit. Mrs. Trendall, when asked about the hiring, declared that she engaged to give the girl only a week's notice. A witness who was present swore that the agr,:e ment was as the girl had stated, namely, for a 10,1-aight's aight's warning. A COMMISSIONER remarked, as Mrs. Trendall had been contradicted in what she had asserted concern%ig the terms of the hiring, that the probability was girl had stated the truth about having had permis:;oo to take a bit of the soap from her mistress. The COURT instantly found for the whole sum claimed by the girl. KENSINGTON PETTY SESSIONS On Wednesday an adjourned Special Sessions of the Magistrates acting in and for the Kensington diviiion of the county of Middlesex, was held nt Kensington, for the purpose of resuming the proceedings commem:Al under the new act (2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 84), for the collection of Poor -rates, by the Board of Guardians of the Kensington Union, against the Churchwardens, Overseers, and five of the parochial Committee men of St. Luke, Chelsea, for non-payment of an arrear of a call made upon them on the 18th of July last, of 2,4691. amounting to 9611. 11 s. 2d. After much angry conversation between the parties, The BENCH ultimately decided that they had no power to allow the set-off claimed by the parochial So licitor of Chelsea, and ordered the whole of the balance, 8111. 115.2 d. to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the Union, before twelve o'clock on Tuesday. It subsequently appeared, on the statement of Mr. Cornell, who appeared for the Guardians, that the de fendants had paid in the sum of 6501. on the I:3th (Tuesday), leaving a balance of 161/. Ib. 2d. Upon this a question arose whether the distress war rants should issue for the 811/. Ils. 2d. Ultimately the warrants were signed for 161/. lls. 2d. After some dispute as to whom the costs were to fall upon, ultimately the BENCH fixed the costs at 4/. 153., which sum was included in the distress warrants. The BENCH then broke up. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Christopher Lynch, a porter, in the employme o! Messrs. Slater and Coates, of No. 5, Wood-s 1 , Cheapside, warehousemen, was brought up for :it examination upon the charge of having robbed hi.: i ployers. Mr. Hobler, jun., attended for the prosecutors, ,Lad Mr. Wontner for the prisoner. Samuel Knight Fortescue, a boy employed by the {l.-m to assist in the warehouse, stated that on Wcdn..s. :ay morning last, on entering the shop quietly, he saw he prisoner shuffling about the counter in a su,pi cious manner. The prisoner, upon observing I , :in, tried to get him out of the place by sayiog something about the arrival of some Manchester guods, which were expected at an early hour, and respecting which he wished witness to leave the place to make in quiry. Witness, however, refused to go, and perceiv ing that the prisoner had a parcel, followed and a.,ked him what he had ; and he showed witness two pic,ei of waistcoating, and dropped on his knees and begged that nothing might be said about them, as his character would be injured if the prosecutors were informed, ~nd declared that he would make all right at the end of the week. Witness said that he would not stand by and see his master robbed. The prisoner then, notys ith standing what had passed, went away with the two pieces, and witness immediately upon seeing Mr. Coates mentioned the occurrence, and the latter went after the prisoner. Mr. Wontner—Why did you not follow the ioner? Witness—Because there was nobody else in the warehouse, and I would not leave the place exp .:ed to plunder. I was just going to ring the bell to give the alarm, when Mr. Coates entered, and I told nirn what happened. Mr. Coates said that in the morning in question, he saw the prisoner within a few doors of the warehouse with two parcels. He immediately ran into the ware house, when the last witness mentioned to him what had taken place. Witness then ran after the prisoner, who had the parcels of waistcoating about him, and said that he meant to pay on the next Saturday. Witness allowed him to go, but upon returning to the warehouse, and talking Co Samuel Fortescue, le dt ter mined to take a police officer with him to the pri soner's house to search for property there. The search was successful. In a trunk, of which the prisoner's wife said her husband, who was out, had the key, were many suits of clothes, evidently new, and in the pocket of one of the coats were found 50 sovereigns. Prisoner absconded, but was apprehended next day. Mr. Wontner—Was not the prisoner in the habit of getting pieces of waistcoating at the warehouse ? Mr. Coates—Whenever any one employed by the concern wants anything of the kind for his own use, it is given to him at first cost. The prisoner also has occasionally had small pieces cut off for him at that rate. Mr. Hobler, junior—Have you not missed property, upon taking stock? Mr. Coates—l have missed since September, in waistcoatings alone, between 401. and .501. worth of goods, Mr. Wontner— hat s nothing to this case. Mr. Hobler—lt is something to this case. The pri soner has been plundering the firm for some time . The LORD MAYOR—I shall send the prisoner to a Jury. Mr. Wontner said that at all event s the-e was no ground for detaining the prisoner's money, which he had received by the sale of property a short time before, as could be proved. _ . Mr. Hobler, jun —That money is part of the pro duce of the plunder, and I must object to his Lordship giving it up. The LORD MATOR—I cannot allow the money to be given up, the Jury must decide upon that question ; but in order that he may be enabled to pay for hi; de fence I recommend that 5/. be given to him from the money found in the trunk. The prosecutor consented. Mr. Wontner submitted that as the case was ois of mere suspicion it would not be u nreasonable to ei)cct that his Lordship would tyke bail. The LORD MAYOR refused to take bail, and the prisoner, who declared that he meant to pay for the pieces, as he always had done, was comm,,tted for trial. Mr. C oa t es sa id that h e cons id ere d t h e b oy had acted with a great deal of spirit and discretion in a ccusing the prisoner, who was a power f u l man, o f ro bb'erY when alone with him, and in not leaving the premise.: exposed by following him. STREET. Elizabeth Par BO W"servant to Mr. Stammers, silver smith, No. su spliocoio,uSstreainred,u attempting to set fire to her master's house, under the m w s a t, s inc Y e e s st : lday charged with Inspectorin Mullins stated that, at about hall past lraneserdairitlidvigfedta that he learned from the ten o'clock on the morning previous, he receivel in he found the chairs.leanedirpcluit formation of a fire being in the Strand, and on going to f circumstance a e e chest o c o candle in the apart mentdrawers had been burned in . an upper room, but it had the house been eu riv i e put rd.? Tb ryl o rv u hy t er obl carelesslyneß f sp o p r ei encqt inquired THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1839. prisoner, at the time, that she had placed a pair o f sheets before the fire to dry, but, upon his examin ing the room, there was nothing to induce him to suppose that such could be the case. Constable 72 F proved that shortly before 12 o'clock he saw the prisoner standing at the street-door, when she told him there was a fire in an upper room. On going up stairs she pointed out the door to him, and on his going into the room she suddenly turned back, say ing she would go down stairs and procure other assist ance; but he prevented her, as there was no necessity for any more help. On examining the furniture he found a chair on fire, and the prisoner pointed out a chest of drawers which was much scorched and burning on the top part. Witness instantly procured water and extinguished the fire ; and on examining the articles he found that all the drawers were in a smoulderinc , state except the bottom one, and his o pi n i on was th at the fire must have been communicated from without. The prisoner said she had lighted a fire at half-past S o'clock for the purpose of airing some sheets, and being sent on an errand she was informed by Miss Finch, a lady who lodges in the house, that there was a burn ing smell up stairs, but she could not tell how the fire had been communicated to the chest of drawers. Mr. Wcstrnacott proved that he had a temporary lodging at Mr. Stammers' house, and being out at a dinner until half-past one o'clock, he found on his return that a policeman had possession of his room. He thought it impossible that the drawers could have caught fire from the sheets on the chair, admitting that they had taken fire, as there was about nine feet distance between them, and neither the mantel piece nor the space between the drawers and the chair, where there was a wash-bandstand, had been in the slightest degree injured. There was a quantit y o f t i n d er b urn i ng i n the lower drawer, and it was a circumstance attended with no small degree of suspicion, that every article he had deposited in the drawers was missing, nor was there a vestige of them to be found, and although he attached very little value to the articles lost, the other part of the charge was of a very serious nature. The prisoner appeared to hesitate in accounting for her absence during two hours from the house, and she was ordered to be remanded for a week. Samuel Beckford, who was committed for trial on Wednesday last, on two distinct charges of stealing coats from the Auction Rooms of Messrs. Storr and Debenham, King-street, Covent-garden, was again placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch from the Auc tion Rooms of Mr. Jones, in Leicester-street, Leicester square. Mr. Judkin appeared for the prisoner. _ Mr. Henry Jones, son to the prosecutor, said that a gold watch had been stolen some time back off a tilt) in the Auction Room, and from information he had re ceived, he thought it necessary to have the prisoner ex amined on suspicion of having stolen it. Mr. Archbutt, a pawnbroker, of Westminster-road, Lambeth, identified the prisoner as having about six weeks back pawned a gold watch with him, but not being aware what the nature of the case he was summoned upon might be, he did not bring the watch with him. The article answered to the description given of it by the prosecutor. The prisoner reserved his defence, and he was or dered to be remanded until Saturday next. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The appointment as a Magistrate of Frost, the leader of the Newport Chartists, is seized upon as a legitimate cause of accusation, or rather of vituperation against Ministers. " Who appointed John Frost a ma gistrate ?" is repeated by every Tory Journal, and responded to by ever Tory par,isan. This inqnir ) alight be answered by a similar reflection up- n communities for the improper conduct of indivi duals who, when they had no reason to suspect their principles or practices, had been placed by them in offices of honour or of trust. The same mode of inquiry might be adopted with equal reason, and for the same sinister design, with reference to any dep trt ment of the public service, in which any one of officers had committed some gross and flagrant crime. Every one will at once see that imputations of neglect or connivance on the part of Government, under such circumstances, are unreasonable and unjust, and can only flow from the virulence of party. It so happens, however, that in the case of John Frost the vindication of the Government is complete. The Town Council of Newport recommended Mr. Frost as a fit person to be placed in the commission of the peace for the borough. Complaints of impropriety of conduct in some parts of his previous history being made against Mr. Frost, Lord John Russell refused to adopt the recommendation of the To w n Council until the circumstances referred to were properly investigated, and their truth or falsehood ascertained. That the inquiry might be properly con ducted, and its result such. as would authorise Lord J. Russell to act with confidence upon it, the investigation was entrusted to the Lord Lieutenant of the county :vho recommended his Lordship to comply with the recommen dation of the Town Council, by placing Mr. Frost in the commission for the Throu,, , ,rh. When Mr. Frost <as subsequently dismissed io,r his connection with ,Lie Chartists, and his improper mode of addressing Lord John Russell in the cm-respondence his Lordship held with him on the ;subject, a petition nume rously signed was forwardied to Lord John Russell strongly urging his restoration. To this application his Lordship very properly refused to listen. What more Lord John Russell c ould have done in the affair which has furnished the Tt my press with matter of ac cusation, those who urge the imputation of neglect or connivance will possibly cc ndescend to state. At all events their not doing so , Rill manifest that faction, rather than truth and hen esty, has supplied the motive of attack. (From th el Courier.) The arrival out of Sir C harles Metcalfe and his con sequent inauguration as Governor-General of the in] portant island of Jamaica , of which intelligence was received yesterday by the Delight packet, may, we hope, be hailed as the con itnencement of a new, more pacific, and more prospero' as era in the history of that suffering colony. It is ti me, if the preservation of a British interest in that colony be worth the care of those who at present rule over ut that the system upon which it's administration has been conducted for several years past should be radically char I, ged ; that the House of As sembly, if it's existence be, as we presume, a constitu tional right, should no bongo r be regarded and treated as a mere court for the r(!cg istration of the decrees of the Colonial Office ; and t h at the body of island pro prietary should cease to be 'persecuted by official under lings and non-recognised authorities as a proscribed race. The party domino xit and all-powerful under the late Governor, he Li 'e not been slow with insidious attempts and fluttering appeals to entrap the new Governor in their toils, but we ob serve with satisfaction, that without any unneces sarily offensive repulse hi ; has been cautious to avoid compromise to any opinio nor any course of action. It may therefore be assumed i that he is carefully measuring his ground, so that his step may be sure, and his future position resolute and dig :nified ; that he will no more permit the ascendancy one and the undue humi liation of another part y, but deal out equal justice to all. And, above all , ,we trust that be will suffer the interposition of n( ) unacknowledged and ex traneous influence fron r this side of the water betwixt himself and the subjects delegated to his Go vernment by the Sovereip ;n whose high commission he bears. He brings to the task, happily, that experience in the art of governing of which his immediate predeces sors have unfortunately b een so deficent. (From tl le Standard.) It is stated by the Min isterial Journals that a special commission for the trial of the Monmouthshire rebels, will be issued forthwith. About 12 persons already stand committed on a charge of High Treason, as participators in what Lord Normanby mildly cha racterises as " the outrage." We hope that the public attention will be steadily fixed upon the proceedings under this Commission 1, as otherwise there is little reason to hope that the ends of justice and truth will be satisfied. We trust that we shall not be suspected of any wish for sang, ainary sacrifices, but we are convinced that the safety of the country, and the well-being of the In ambler classes, demand a strict and searching investigat ion of the origin and progress of the late insurrection. , We shall not be sorry if the utmost latitude of r nercy is extended to the rebels, after conviction, but r ye must insist upon it that mercy shall not be shown to rebellion by the concealment of its sprin gs and instruments, as will be the case if every prism ter committed for treason shall not be brought before a jury, and confronted with all the evidence that can be fairly adduced against him. The country has a right to demand the most com plete account of atr ansaction that has caused the destruction of so mar iy of our fellow-subjects. We think it necessary to I give this early warning , because we have heard vahispt :rs of a proposition to Frost and others to banish then 'se lves, as the price of pardon, and because we knc ,w that all such compromises as that suggested i n this proposition are of the worst consequence. Even, if Frost be guilty, we do not want to have hi, al hanged ; on the contrary, we sincerely hope that no more blood will be shed in this disgraceful rebellion ; but if Frost be guilty, a f u ll ex posure of his guilt, an; Ic f the guilt of his accomplices, and of the means emp, 'oy ed by them to seduce the un happy thousands led in, !o crime by their arts and exam ple, is absolutely necessary to protect the giddy populace from similar seduction hen 'after. 7 i:JETTERS FOR NE` V YORK.-The following notice ha° been posted at the General Post Office : '° Ship Letter' Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, Nov. 13, 1839—A ship leti?r-bag wi 11 be made up for New York, to be forwarded b y t h e Li verpoo l s t e amship. L e tt ers in time at this offic e t ill sew n o'clock on Friday evening next, the 15th inst ant ." A storm in the far west is thus graphically de scribed :—‘• The skv was ; black and dreary ; murky and ominous clouds drove fu riously from the west, a n: l in fifteen minutes it ra i ne d like everlasting hoky."___. N. 0. Picayune. NEW CHURCHES AT ROTHER- HITHE. A general Vestry was yesterday held in the Vestry room of the parish church of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, convened by the Churchwardens to consider what steps it may be proper to take in order to prevent the new churches in, the parish ever proving bur lensome. This meeting was convened in consequence of a public notice having been given of an intention to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session, for an Act to facilitate the collec tion of highway rates, poor-rates, and church-rates in this parish, to consolidate the rates as to collection, and to extend the powers of a former Act, so as to provide by rate or otherwise for the future repair of such churches or chapels as may be erected in the parish, and to enable the Rector to provide for the future endowment of such churches and chapels. At twelve o'clock the Rector, the Rev. Mr. BLICKE, took the chair. Mr. Churchwarden SIMPSON said that he was desi rous that the parishioners should distinctly understand that the Churchwardens had not, in any way, pro moted these proceedings. A few days since he had been waited on by the worthy Rector, who requested him to convene a meeting of the parishioners for the purpose of enabling him (the Rector) to submit cer tain plans to the parish for their consideration ; this, after consulting with his colleague, he bad re fused to do—but when, on the following day, the Rec• for had presented to them a requisition, signed by thirty three respectable inhabitants of the parish, himself and his colleague had thought it their duty to convene the present meeting. As regarded the interest of the Mother Church at Rotherhithe, he for one, would never consent to any measure that should be to the injury of that Church so long as he should have the honour of holding the office to which his fellow parishioners had elected him. He hoped the proceed ings would be conducted in a spirit of peace and unanimity. The CHAIRMAN said, that as far as he was concerned, the statement made by the Worthy Churchwarden was perfectly correct. He (the Rector) might, had he chosen, have called this meeting on his own authority, but he had adopted the method he had, as beinc , more respectful to the parishioners. He had always taken care to prevent the new churches being any burden to the parish except by their own consent. His intention was to resign one hundred guineas for the benefit of the pa rish, but he could only do this for his life—he could not bind his successor except by Act of Parliament, which he could not obtain without the assistance of the parish. He already obtained the consent of the Bishop to the proposed plan. What he wanted was to raise 1,000/. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., which would produce 701. per annum for the clergymen of each of the new churches, and with what they might expect to get in addition from the Clergy Aid Society, and the Pastoral Aid Society, he thought the Parish would not be troubled for any thing more beyond voluntary con tributions. The pew rents might also be expected to realize a considerable sum. In consequence of the increase of the population of the parish between 1820 and 1838 they had been obliged to procure various Acts of Parliament for providing new churches and additional burial-grounds, at a cost to the parish of not less that: 2001. per annum. He proposed to introduce a clause• in the new Act authorising the taking offers for burials in the Church-yards in Trinity-street and in the Dept ford-road. The powers of the present Act would cease at the death of two aged persons, and they would soon not be able to take fees for interments in the burial ground belonging to the Mother Church. He did not expect the obtaining the Act would cost the parish anything ; as on a former occasion the Church Commis sioners had not insisted on their right of coming on the, parish for any expenses, he did not imagine they would do so now. He proposed to introduce a clause enacting that for the future no rate should exceed fourpence in the pound ; and, whereas by the existing law, the persons inhabiting the districts of the new churches might, after paying rates for twenty years, throw off all connection with the Mother Church, be proposed to prevent this by the introduction of a clause into the new Act for that purpose. Mr. Churchwarden SIMPSON thought the better pl,tn of proceeding would be to appoint a committee to in quire into and report on the subject, and concluded by making a motion to that effect. The CHAIRMAN said that any delay would be at tended with additional expense, and they must not be surprised if, in the course of twenty-four hours, they were to see the requisite notices in the Gazette and the Surrey Standard. The motion having been seconded, Mr. SPURGIN moved, as an amendment—" That the further consideration of this subject be delayed for twelve months." After cor - "--Able discussion, the amendment was put and neg• -iginal motion carried, and the com mittee "ut two o'clock, 'US BODIES :s Clergy on 'tame pro all -e or ft . • sn. Now this the most decist en at least, in which • .agemert to a religion, • ..I.e re , ur n m a d e t o the House moneys gr ited to the various relig. .e Colonies fo the year 1838, shows ti. „all C"urch Establishment has received the " non s portion. The account stands thus:-. X. s. d r~ T j. Granted to the Church of England in the Colonies 134,450 10 11 To the Church of Scotland 9,267 6 8 To the Dutch Church 6,886 4 6 To the Church of Rome 14,763 11 4 Cape of Good Hope, Wesleyan Mi- . . . _ nister Jamaica, Wesleyan Chapel 5OO 0 0 Jamaica, Baptist Chapel Jamaica, Jews' Synagogue 1,000 0 0 Making a total of 168,242/, 13s. 5d., out of which the Church of England received 134,4501. 10s. 11d. And yet the Bishop says equal encouragement is given to all religions !—Patriot. Mr. Philip Hope has arrived at Connaugh House for the season, from a tour. ENCROACHMENTS OF T HE THAMES.—In consequence of the recent high tides, the streets adja cent to Bankside, Southwark, have been frequently under water, to the great annoyance of the inhabitants, and also destroying a vast a mount of valuable property. The banks, being in a very dilapidated condition, were insufficient to stem the furious rush of the water. For several days past workmen have been engaged in re pairing the banks facing this part of the river in so substantial a m anner that no further irruptions need be feared. . _ Vv No fewer than three dwelling-houses were robbed in this city on Sunday evening last, whilst the families were at chapel. The house of Mr. Robert Sadler, in the Fellmonger's Arms-yard, St. Martin's at-Oak, was broken into, and 50/. or 601. in gold and silver was stolen therefrom. The house of Mrs. Fletcher, on St. Cathe rine's Plain, was entered by a pick-lock key, at the front door, and 31. in silver and 6d. in copper were carried off. Bury Post. THE FIRST OFFICIAL SUNDAY OF THE PRESENT MAYORALTY.—Next Sunday being the first Sunday of an official nature in the present Mayoralty, his Lordship will attend, accompanied by the Sheriffs, at Christ Church, to hear a sermon to be preached by the Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, for the support of the Ward Schools of Farringdon Within. Mr. Henry Gauntlett is to preside at the organ upon the occasion, and suit able anthems will be sung by the children of the schoo!. The Charity is a noble one, and the occasion is ominous of a Mayoralty and a Shrievalty distinguished for chari table actions. _ On the 4th instant Sheriff Wheelton gave his first official dinner at his house in Myddleton•square. Some apologies were received, and the company con sisted (but none of them took notice of the remarkable fact till next day) of two Lord Mayors, two Sheriffs, two Aldermen, two County Magistrates, two U n d er She riffs, two Chaplains, and the wife of each of the gentlemen. The Nuremberg Correspondent maintains, not withstanding the assertion of the Moniteur to the cor,- trary, that negotiations for the recognition of the Queen of Spain were carried on under the auspices of the French Government with the Northern Courts, and that Prince Metternich, during his stay at Johannisberg, had expressed himself in favour of the measure. The initiative taken on this occasion by Holland was consi dered to be the forerunner of a similar resolution on the part of the Absolutist Powers. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Wednesday af ternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the White Bear, King William-street, City, on the body of Francis Williams, aged forty, late in the employ of Mr. Harrison, painter and glazier, of Martin's-lane, Can non-street. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been separated from his wife seven years, on account of a difference of opinion on religious sub• jests. Latterly he had been in a bad state of health, when his wife, hearing of it, went to his lodgings and begged of him to reside with her again. He consented, and went to her residence on Saturday night. On Sun day a gloom was observed on his countenance, and he appeared to be very restless. On Monday he went to his employment, and was not seen till Tuesday morning, when he was discovered by his employer in the water closet with his throat cut. The wife of the deceased said that he had told her that he had once put a pistol to his head, but that God stayed his hand and prevented him from committing the rash act. He likewise talked of the lad who threw himself from the Monument, and said the survivors were the on l y parties who felt it Verdict—" Temporary insanity." SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. The usual half yearly meeting of the South Eastern (London and Dover) Railway Company took place yesterday, at the Company's office, Coleman-street. J. W. Tyndale, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said the first business would be to affix the common seal of the Company to the register of Proprietors. A SMAkEPIOLDER said he believed the register was incorrect, and should oppose the motion. Mr. D. W. HARVEY wished to know what was the object of affixing the common seal to the register ? The CHAIRMAN said it was to estabiish the right of those who had become shareholders since the last ge neral meeting. Mr. LEE said he should oppose the motion. The CHAIRMAN said the shares of Mr. Lee were in arrear, and he must be aware that he was not entitled to vote or take any part in the proceedings. Mr. HARVEY begged to dissent from that statement. He was himself in arrear, and he wanted to have in for nation on the affairs of the Company. Although he might be prohibited from voting by the Act of Parlia ment, he was not precluded from making any observa tions he thought proper with respect to the guardian ship of his property.—(Hear.) He hoped the meet ing would allow the Proprietor to state the grounds he had for opposing the motion, as it would be satisfactory to persons in similar circumstances. The CHAIRMAN conceived no Proprietor in arrear could vote or take part in the discussion. That at least was his construction of the clause. Mr. HARVEY—That may be a convenient construc tion for the Chairman, but it won't do for the meeting. The CHAIRMAN did not know what Mr. Harvey meant. He had no right to impute motives to him, Mr. HARVEY—I don't mean to impute motives, but we won't take your construction. The CHAIRMAN—You have given your opinion, and I have a right, I conceive, to give mine. Mr. HARVEY—I beg your pardon. I only state a fact. Mr. LEE said he would object to the motion, because certain parties had obtained shares at a sum of 31., when he had been obliged to pay 71. on each. Another Proprietor said he thought if a shareholder would not pay up his shares, he did not think they were justified in hearing his observations or entertaining mo tions submitted by him. It would be permitting an in terference with the property of others. Mr. HARVEY was glad to receive any suggestion for the benefit of the Company to which he belonged. He dissented, however, from the doctrine that a shareholder in arrear should be only heard on sufferance. Every shareholder had a right to address the meeting on any point affecting his interests.—(Hear, hea.) He was there as the guardian of his own inte rests, and if he did not get protection there he would go elsewhere.—(Hear, hear.) He did not ap prove of the illiberal construction which the Chairman had put upon the clause when any subject was brought forward which was calculated to advance the interests of the Company. Now it appeared to him a good ground for refusing to assent to the present motion, that some parties had obtained shares for Si. which others had paid 1.5/. for. The CHAIRMAN had never controverted the right of any Proprietor to address the meeting. There was, he could confidently state that there was no single act of the Directors which they would shrink from giving the utmost publicity to. Mr. HARVEY said, that having been compli mented with legal proceedings, he should now look into these proceedings. He should pay the solicitor his paltry costs, and pay the instalments due upon his shares, and then at all events he would he entitled to look into the concerns of the Company. He should be glad at all events to know who the favoured parties were who got the shares at that low rate. Mr. TYRRELL said there were several statements made relative to the number of shares forfeited, and he would be glad to know which of them was the correct one. A rather angry and personal discussion here took place between Mr. Tyrell and the Chairman, the latter indignantly repudiating the charge that he had made in consistent statementswith respect to the number of for feited shares. The SECRETARY said Mr. Tyrell's error arose from a confusion of dates and facts. It appeared that some time ago 7,504 shares had been re turned to the Company which had been treated as forfeited shares. These, by a resolution of a general meeting of the Proprietors, had been re-issued at 121. discount, and sent in the first place to the Pro prietors for their acceptance. No preference was given to any party. At the general meeting in May last it was stated that the register consisted of 26,173 Proprie tors, leaving a deficiency of 1,827 shares ; these 1,827 had been since disposed of, and the purchasers were then upon the register of the Company. The number of forfeited shares at the two different periods led to the mistake which Mr. Tyrrell had made. Mr. HARVEY said he thought the discussion they had had was in some respects useful. It might perhaps be an object to have the common seal affixed to the re gister, and if so, he would not object to it. He was glad the explanation had been given, that instead of 7,500 shares, only 1,800 had been forfeited, and sub sequently sold at a loss. Now, he would wish to know what the amount of that loss had been in the transfer. The SECRETARY said there was no loss to the Com pany in the transaction. If a party had taken seven shares, and paid 21. per share, he received in exchange for them two shares at 71. each. The loss arose when the general meeting, in May 1839, authorised the sale of the 1,800 shares at a discount. The loss sustained included the amount due upon the consolidation of the shares of the Hon. Member for Southwark himself. Mr. HARVEY—Now, Sir, you are the servant of the Company, and I call you to order as their servant and as mine. You are paid out of my pocket, and you have no right to make an observation which is uncalled for and unfounded. The Company will suffer no loss from me.—(Hear, hear.) The SECRETARY—AII I can say is, that it has been lying over a year and a half unpaid. Mr. HARVEY—Have you not charged interest? The SECRETARY—I have not. Mr. HARVEY—Your solicitor has marked it with in terest, and every penny shall be paid.—(Hear.) The CHAIR MAN reques t e d the Secretary to state the amount of the loss. The SECRETARY said the amount lost by the issue of the new shares at a discount was 135,000/. The motion that the common seal be affixed to the Register of the Company was then agreed to—three nands being held up against it. The R port of the Directors was then read by the Secretary, with the half-yearly statement of Receipts and Expenditures. A lengthened and able Report from Mr. Cubitt, the Engineer, was then read, detailing the progress of the Works. Mr. HARVEY before the Report was adopted, wished to offer a few remarks. The great question with the shareholders must be, whether, the capital in their hands would be adequate to accom plish the object they had in view. The capital to be raised was 1,400,0001., and if he took down the figures of Mr. Cubitt correctly, the four divisions into which the work was divided would amount to something under 1,300,000/., which left a sum of 100,000/. sur plus ; but it had been stated a short time previously that they had lost a sum of 135,0001., so that they were , n fact 35,000/. deficient. But that was not all—they had already expended a sum, as appeared by their ac counts, of 275,0001., for objects not worth a farthing-- (A laugh)—at least the greater part of the expenditure before Parliament was, so far as the profit's of the Com pany went, of not the least value. Besides, there was the sum to be paid to the Brighton and Croydon lines for the use of a portion of their line to Godstone. Now when it cost more than the original capital to make the line from Dover to Godstone, through a district where the land was cheap what additional sum, he would ask them, would it cost, either to purchase the right of going upon other lines or ' constructing one for themselves from Godstone to Lon don ?—(Hear.) Mr. FOWLER said he had been lately at Dover, and he did not think the works at the Shakspeare tunnel were going on in a business -like manner. Mr. CUBITT—May I ask when that was Mr. FOWLER—About a month ago. Mr. CUBITT said the works were not then in the hands of the Company —they were in the hands of the contractor. A PROPRIETOR said the works at Sneeth would be extremely heavy, and he feared from all he had seen of the line, that they never would be able to accomplish what they contemplated. He h a d gone over de a great part of the lin e , an d cou ld speak that unless ocular unless there was It appe a red to him, satisfactory e vid ence or s t a tements_ e given to them, th at they had b e tt er at once dissolve his professional Company, Mr. CUBITT would stake professional c h aracter upon the Report he had made. He lee e had n d ot insensibl e to the difficulties of the line,a dluded t o these points of Sneeth and other andplacesin his Rep ort , and he was satisfied it could be completed for the esti mated sum. Another PROPRIETOR wished to know if it was true, as had been reported abroad, that the chalk stratifica tion was incliued towards the sea, that water would penetrate, and that it would be liable to expansion from frost, by which the stability of the works would be endangered ? Mr CUBITT said the Hon. Gentleman had been to tally misinformed. The works were all of the most permanent and stable character, and any Gentleman applying at the works would receive the most satisfac tory information from the resident engineer.—(Hear.) Mr. TYRRF.LL wished to know whether the Direc tors had not lent a sum of 10,000/ ? The CHAIRMAN said the question was asked by the legal adviser of a party who had filed a hill in equity, for the purpose of making the Directors personally- liable. The object was merely to ( ntrap him into an answer which might be used else where to his (the Chairman's) personal injury, and to ETENING EDITION. defeat the just claim.‘ of the Company. Under such circumstances he trusted he would not be compelled to answer the questio n .—( H ear , h ear .) H e wa s their Chairman, and be trusted he should receive their pro tection.—(Cheers.) Mr. TYRRELL said a sum of 3,0001. was lent to ano ther Company, and he wished to know whether any se curity had been obtained for that sum ? The CHAIRMAN said he had the same objection to answer that question, as the object of both was the same. One word with respect to himself—he had been met with anything but the cordiality which he expected under the extremely embarrassing and disadvantageous circum stances in which he and his brother Directors were placed. He should be most happy, and it it would take a load of anxiety off his mind, to resign the position he held, at the very earliest °ppm-unity. The Chairman then entered into a variety of de•ails connected with the fur ther progress of the works, for the purpose of showing that the funis at the disposal of the Company would be amply sufficient to c ,rry them to completion. He would state in conclusion, that he never knew a period when the proceedings and affairs of the Company were in so prosperous and satisfactory a state. He felt satisfied that the undertaking would amply remunerate the Proprietors, and if he individually had the means he would not hesitate to carry out the line to its completion. There was not a single state ment connected with the management of the Com pany, which they wished to hide, but it was one thing to give an amicable explanation and another to have statements dragged from the Directors which would be afterwards used in a suit against the Company , —(Hear.) Whatever result they might come to he was satisfied that they would give the Directors credit for having conducted the affairs of the Company to the best of their power.—(Cheers.) Mr. HARVEY was gratified to hear a good deal of what had fallen from the Chairman, and if it was under stood that when the next call was made a Committee would be appointed to report upon the practicability of completing the line, he would cheerfully pay up his shares, with all the instalments due upon them. As to re moving the Directors, he for one never entertained the slightest idea of the kind.—(Hear, hear.) Notwith standing what had been thrown out by Mr. Tyrrell, which pointed out where be might have a good defence, he would not withdraw from the statement he had al ready made, that he would pay his instalments to-mor row morning. He hoped it would be understood that, before the next call was enforced, a Committee would be appointed to investigate fully the affairs of the Com pany, so that, if there was no ultimate prospect of suc cess, they might get quit of all liability. A PROPRIETOR (M r . P a l mer , we un d er stood) said he would move the adjournment of the meeting till Sa turday next, or until a Committee had been appointed. He thought that would tend very much to restore the confidence of the public. Mr. RENNIE would also support the motion for the appointment of a Committee. The CHAIRMAN had no objection to the appointment of the Committee at the present time. After some discussion, it was moved that a Commit tee of five be appointed to investigate the affairs, ac counts, and works of the Company, and report to a special general meeting of the Proprietors.—Agreed to. The Committee was then named. The Report wa s th en agree d to , an d ordered to be printed. Thanks were then voted to the Chairmain, and the meeting, which was rather numerously attended broke up- DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 9 —We learn that on the exam'' nation of the prcposed financial laws in the sections of the Chambers, any Important objections have been made to them, and that various questions have been asked by several members. It is said that very important calcu lations have been entered into. The Second Chamber is to have a public sitting on Tuesday next, at two o'clock. It is affirmed that the proceedings of the Chamber will be suspended till the end of this month, by which the Government will be enabled to prepare, meantime, answers to the objections which have been made in the sections. The HAGUE, Nov. 11.—His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by Col. Cornwall, arrived here yesterday. Nov. 12.—The Chamber this day adjourned to Monday, the 2d of Dec. nest. The Dutch Funds were again depressed to-day which was ascribed to a report which was in circulation yesterday, that the Bank of Java is at this moment in some difficulties. Notwithstanding all the pains we have taken, we have not been able to ascertain whether the report is well founded or not. We therefore merely give it as we have heard it—observing that it must not be credited, but with the greatest caution. It was only in Two-and-a-Half per Cent that much busi ness was done. There were, indeed, many sellers; but on the other hand, some purchases at the prices a sked, so that the Stock remained pretty firm, in comparison with the other descriptions, which declined consider ably. The Shares of the Commercial Company (Has' delsmaatschappy) are depressed, in consequence of the settlement which is to-morrow. Spanish Stock being in some degree affected by the decline of ours, advanced but slightly, notwithstand ing the improvement at Antwerp.—Dutch PaPei' s ' November 13. ODESSA, OCT. 17.—During the first eight months of this year, 1,158 ships of various nations entered the Sulina mouth of the Danube, and 950 sailed from it. They are still Turkish, Greek, Sardinian, Russian, an i l Austrian vessels that are the most numerous. There were lately eighty ships, under different flags, at the mouth of Sulina. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. I.—Exchange on. London, three months, 39i-I—Gazette de St. Petersburg, Nov. 2. DUTCH FUNDS.--ASTEADAMM Nov. 12. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 236 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Ss ;Idle, 4)6 per cent 913( 92 Ditto, ditto, 3)6 per cent 76 763{ Commercial Company, 4!6 per cent.-- Ditto(lB32and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. lOO% 100% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ..... 94 94% Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months —Dutch Papers, Nov. 12. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLS, Nov. 9. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1598 1595 A n,lo-Russian Loan 1 1 ,6 „ 106% Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series . Russian . 5 per Cent. Hop • and Co. 3d and 4th Seines 9714 -- Ditto in Certificates - Dutch ctual Debt, 2% pe Cent 50)6 50% Ditto 5 per Cent 98% —„ Poli,h Bond New icket Anglo. anish Loan, 3 per Cent '7l 70 % Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent... S, , anish, New . per Cents. 24 " FRCSS! Air FUNDS.— BERLIN, Nov. 9. Bills. Moan . * St. Schuld. Sch., 4!' per cent. IOIN 103% Prussian Engiish aan, 1830, 4 per cent 102)6 102 Kxeliange on London, three months 6 21% —Prussian state Gazette, Nov 19. ___—.msiei_!! T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornbill London ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch•stret), informs do Public that he has fitted up THREE SHOW RO °MS pressly for the display of a large assortment of superior"t SIL' ER-EDGED PLATED GOODS. He offers t hew ' those low but fixed prices, which hav e ' been so succe ssful in drawing public attention to the WATCH, _JEWELLERY.' SILVER SPOON and FORK, and several branches of I?! trade. N.B. A pamphlet, cont a i n i ng a Detailed List of T e ma e Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, .I‘:•;oa_palY d had gratis, or will be for war cledin aswer to application. PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and M SON S . anufaauring Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, ( Iva opposite _t_ , _ Bank o f E ng l an d), o ff er th e best rick SHELL-BORDERN 0. SILVER WAITERS, of every size, with plain centres, at '9 -------------------' per ounce, or with cha se d cen t r es, at S. 6d. per woe. Price, with Chased Centres. I- IL ! Diameter. Oz. c 14 - A round liver Waiter, with shell border, 0 in. 12 at !8. 64. - - • A round Silver Waiter, with shell bor ler, 9 17 • 1 0 A rond Silver Waiter, with shell border, 9 I. A round Silver Waiter, with shell border, 12 39 15 h A round Silver Waiter, with shell border, 15 42 19 ,W , 0 4 round Silver Waiter, wit h shell border, 111 80 4tl I , • A round Silver Waiter, with shell border , It 1r44 0 The Plate rooms of this Establament, whick are 1i e %tee" sive, contain a large and choice selection of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, and every article rei vice. List of Prices gratis. A. B. Savorand M anw S avory S ons, . . .1, • factoring Silversmiths, N.. 14, Cone • 1 ite "" Bank of England. at 1, London, opplo tlis;.to to com plete a se' —.me B/R THS. On the llth inst., at Vass - al-road, Brfitton, Mrs. Fait!): a son. of Cl a n so t o h . e 12th inst., i n C onnaught-place, West, L a dy Freelingo On the 12th inst., at. Chelsea, the wife of James Al exander, Esq., of Duufernaline, of a daughter. On the 12th /last , at Springfield, Upper Clapto n, Igrs. Charles Bl ac h o ff , of a. daughter. On the 131.1 1 inst., at Grove-house, Hammersmith , the wife of G eorge Croldsmith Kirby, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. n 13. On the 11th inst., at Milton next Sittingbourne, Mr. •-••_, Batehellor, proprietor of the 6 , Dever Telegraph," to 1 11. - 1 Ann, eldest daughter of the late John Pembroke, Esq., of th e Dover Bank. On the 12th inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Walter Rich ard ' only son of Mr. and Lady Georgiana Barnes , to Christi a n a ' Isabella, eldest daughter of the late J. K. Douglas Wino', of Twyford Abbey, Middlesex. On the 12th inst., at John's Church, Hackney, Mr. Nutter Gray, to Miss Atkinson, both of the above DIED. On the sth inst., at Minshead, Ma r y Jane Harvey A'ls' aged 29. On the 10th of August, at M adras, Catherine Jane, wife . of G. L. Prendergast, Esq., aged 28 ; and on the 29th of July' James Lushington, son of the above, aged 10 months. On :he 11th inst., at Bath, Margaret, relict of John Ford, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Sevenoakes, Louisa Bethia, daughter of the late William H u g hes, Esq., and Harm s wife, of Bet shanger, in Kent. On the 1 lth i n st., at Woodside, near Liverpool, Th omws Hubbard, Esq. On the 13th inst., Frederick, only child of Frederick Yates, Esa , o f Great George-street, Westminster. aged 4 years. On the 7th inst., Sophia, the wife of Mr. Grant Coster, of 11;l -street. On the 12th inst., the Rev. Jamos Geldart, LL.D., Rector of Kirk Leighton, Yorkshire, aged 79. London: Printed and Published by MURDO 'YOUNG of No. 112. 'trawl. at The Situ Office, No 119, Strand, hi t" count% of Niiiltliesex.—Frida‘, November 15,1839.