The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND. Extract - fromlt despatch from 'the . Marquis of Nor ' niiinby to Captain Hobson, dated Downing-street, 14th 1 August, 1839 : " It is not, however, to the mere recognition of the sovereign authority of the Queen that your en d eavour; I arc to be confined or your negotiations directed. It is l further necessary that the .chiefs should be induced, if I possible, to contract with you, as represent i ng h er Ma i jesty,. that henceforward no lands shall be ceded either gratuitously or otherwise except to the crown of Great Britain. Contemplating the future growth and exten sion of a British colony in New Zealand, it is an object of the first importance that the alienation of the unset tleds lands within its limits shall be conducted from its commencement upon that system of sale of which expe -1 rience has proved the wisdom, and the disregard of which has been so fatal to the prosperity of other British set ; thenents. With a view to those interests it is obviously Ithe same thing whether large tracts of land be acquired by the mere gift of the Government, or by purchases effected on nominal considerations from the aborigines. On either supposition the land revenue must be wasted, the introduction of emigrants delayed or prevented, and the country parcelled out amongst large landholders, whose possessions must long remain an unprofitable, or r, , t4er a pernicious waste. Indeed, in the comparison of the two methods of acquiring land gratuitously, that of grants from the Crown, mischievous as it is, would he the less inconvenient, as such grants must be made with at least some kind of system, with some degree of responsibility, subject to some conditions, and recorded for general information. But in the case of purchases from the natives even these securities against abuse must be omitted, and none could be substituted for them. You will therefore immediately on your arrival announce by a proclamation add*ssed to all the Queen's subjects in New Zealand, that her Majesty will not acknowledge as valid any title to land which either has been, or s h a ll hereafter be acquired in that country, which is not either derived from, or confirmed by a grant to be made in her Majesty's name, and on her behalf. You will, however, at the same time take care to dispel any appresensions wh ich may be created in t h e m i nds of the settlers, that it is intended to di-posses s the own ers of any property which has been a cqu i re d on equitable conditions, and which is not upon a sca l e w hi c h must be prejudicial to the latent interests of the commun i ty . Extensive acquisitions of such lands have undoubtedly been already obtained ; and it is probable that before your arrival a great addition will have been made to them. The embarrassments occasioned by such claims will demand your earliest and most careful attention. I shall in the sequel explain the relation in which the proposed colony will stand to the Government of New South Wales. From that relation I propose to derive the resource necessary for encountering the difficulty I have mentioned. The Governor of that colony will, with the advice of the Legislative Council, be instructed to appoint a Legislative Commission to investigate and ascertain what are the lands in New Zealand held by British subjects under grants from the natives, how far such grants were lawfully acquired and ought to be res pected, and what may have been the price or other valuable considerations given for them. The Commis sioners will make their report to the Governor, and it will then be decided by him how far the claimants, or any of them, may be entitled to confirmatory grants from the Crown, and on what conditions such confirmation ought to be made. The propriety of immediately subjecting to a small annual tax all the uncleared lands within the British set tlements in New Zealand will also engage the imme diate attention of the Governor and Council of New South Wales. The forfeiture of all lands in respect of which the tax shall remain for a certain period in arrear, would probably before long restore to the demesne of the Crown so much of the waste land as may be held unprofitably to themselves and to the public by the ac tual claimants. Having by these methods obviated the dangers of the acquisition of large tracts of country by mere land jabbers, it will be your duty to obtain by fair and equal contracts with the natives the cession to the Crown of such waste lands as may be progressively required for the occupation of settlers resorting to New Zealand. Ail such contracts should be made by yourself, through the intervention of an officer expressly appointed to watch over the interests of the aborigines as their protec tor. The resales of the first purchases that may be made will provide the funds necessary for future acquisition, and beyond the original investment of a comparatively small sum of money, no other resource will be neces sary for this purpose. I thus assume that the price to be paid to the natives by the Local Government will bear an exceedingly small proportion to the price for which the same lands will be resold by the Government to the settlers. Nor is there any real injustice in this inequality. To the natives or their chiefs much of the laud of the country is of no actual use, and in their hands it possesses scarcely any exchangeable ♦alue : much of it must remain useless even in the hands of the British Government also, but its value in exchange will be first created, and then progressively increased by the introduction of capital, and of settlers from this country. In the benefits of that increase the natives themselves will gradually participate. All dealings with the aborigines for their lands must be conducted on the same principles of sincerity, justice, and good faith, as must govern your transactions with them for the recognition of her Majesty's sovereignty in the islands. Nor is this all. They must not be per mitted to enter into any contracts i❑ which they might be the ignorant and unintentional authors of injuries to themselves ; you will not for example, purchase from them any territory the retention of which by them would be essential or highly conducive to their own comfort, safety, or subsistence. The acquisition of land by the Crown for the future settlement of British subjects must be confined to such districts as the na tives can alienate without distress or serious incon venience to themselves. To secure the observance of this rule will be one of the first duties of their official Protector. A company of Royal Artillery, under the com mand of Lieut.-Colonel Rudyerd, are to hold themselve in readiness for immediate embarkation for Jamaica, which will be as soon as a transport can be brought round to carry them to their place of destination. --- _ THE WEATHER.—Our harvest report is still a desponding one ; and bad though the weather has been of late, Saturday last was nearly the worst of all— damp, rainy, close, and warm. The standing grain I which has already sprouted to a very prejudicial ex tent, must have suffered more by Saturday than any day in the week. As yet very little of the grain of this year's growth has been brought to market here, and good samples are few and far between, but Ireland is already beginning to send supplies though scanty. Yesterday, ' we are happy to say, brought a most welcome change in the elements—the sun was bright, the breeze stirring, and when every day of sunshine and storm tells so in tensely on the comfort and well being of the kingdom, it is the prayer of all that it may continue.—Glasgow ' Herald. LABOUR-SAVING SOAP.— The following is a recipe for making the labour-saving soap (so called), which is an excellent article for washing, and raving of labour. The receipts for making it have been sold for from five to ten dollars, and the soap seven cents. per pound ; but it can be manufactured for about two cents. Take two pounds of sal soda, two pounds of yellow bar soap, and two quarts of water ; cut the soap in thin slices, and boil all together for two hours, then strain it through a cloth, let it cool, and it is fit for use. Directions for using the soap—Put the clothes i n soak the night before you wash, and to every pail of wa ter in which you boil them add one pound of soap. -They will need no rubbing ; merely rinse them out, and they will 'be perfectly clean and white.—New York Paper. ECONOMY IN CANDLES.—If you are without a rush-light, and would burn a candle all night, unless you use the following precaution, it is ten to one an ordinary candle will gutter away in an hour or two, sometimes to the endangering the safety of the house : —e This may be avoided by placing as much common salt, finely powdered, as will reach from the tallow to the bottom of the black part of the wick of a partly be'rnt candle, when, if the same be lit, it will burn very s:awly r yielding a sufficient light for a bed chamber ; the salt will gradually sink as the tallow is consumed, the retltidiallow being drawn through the salt and con sured in the wick."—The Economist. Al Th e t, QUEEN.—A poor woman, residing in rdeen, and original] belonging to the parish of Cul almond, aged Boas was 90 y the wife of a soldier of the 92d, one of whose whom died on the killed at Waterloo, and two of fatigue and previo she: confines of Spain and Portugal, from wounds, lately sent a petition to her Majesty, stating situation. , In the course of ten days a letter was sent from Lord barracks, Hill to the Command ing Officer of the Aberdeen M a j e stytrr acks, enclosing the sum of 101 as a present from he rfor the temporary relief of this now helpless woman, but in her better days the helpmate and nurse of our country's brave defenders. --Aberdeen Herald. WOLF SCALPS.—A SPECULATION. The Na s hville Banner says :—" By an old law of t ' o h n i t s - State a premium of three dollars and a half is St a te Treasury for every wolf scalp taken o ver a ef the tain age—say six months. The Hamilton Gazett e re ' lates an anecd ote of a man in the u pp er end of that county, who, wishing to do ' the State some service,' ea ught a couple of old wol v es , took them h ome , and in t h e c ourse of a year, has reared a brood of law offenders, w hi c h hzs executes from time to time, as they reach the proper age, receiving for their scalps the premium in such cases made and provided." AVALANCHE OF EAIITH.—On the lands of Fieckhouse, a mile to the north-west of Blair-Adam House, a portion of tree face of the hill, amounting to nearly half an acre, has, to use a geological term, slipped during the late rains, carrying along with it a quantity lof turnips on it s surface. A similar occurrence took p; ace nearly two years ago, during frost, on the bill of Bai:narty, near West Brackley, where at least two acres of plantation were carried down with the earth, w hi c h now covers more than two and a half acres of ground.—. Edinburgh Courant. I i THE CORN-LAWS. (From the Nuffield Independent.) The present year is likely to supply us with another and striking illustration of the operation of these laws. The last harvest was deficient in quantity, and though some of the corn was of bad quality, it was but a small proportion. The averages, therefore, rose rapidly, and foreign corn was soon admitted at the lowest duty. Thus the country acquired food, though at an enor mous expence, with the additional inconvenience of em barrassing trade, by deranging the Exchanges, and al most exhausting the stock of gold in the Bank of Eng land. It seems probable that this year we may have a harvest of average quat fey , but to avery great extent, of bad quality. In most southern climes abroad the harvests are remarkable both for abundance and excellence. In a natural state of things, therefore, we sh . onld replace our bad corn by importations of good foreign corn for hu man food, leaving the bad to be applied to inferior pur poses. But here the Corn-laws will interpose ; and as they have, since last harvest, made bread dear, they sill now compel us to eat it bad. There will; no doubt, be enough of good corn for the use of those who can afford to pay the highest price; but there will be so much of inferior quality, that the average of price will be kept low enough to exclude the importation of fo reign. The poor will then be compelled to use bad and unwholesome flour, which will reduce their strength, and render them the victims of disease and death by thousands, while th e b ounteous g if ts o f P rov id ence, de signed to supply our wants, l ocked up b y our monopo lising landlord s i n f ore i gn granar i es, may rot there, alike useless to their owners and to us. (From the Corn Law Circular.) If we have not indeed very signally misunderstood the present position of affairs, there is a faction of the belly that will soon outnumber all the rest ; and it has its most eloquent of all orators, emptiness and famine, that will shortly rob every other demagogue of his ad miring followers. If nothing else will bring the working man to his senses, wby his stomach must e'en do it, and if speedily it gripe him not out of all his speculative wrongs, we shall begin to suspect that human nature is incapable of discovering on which side its bread is but tered. The five points may do so long as men do not know that they have mouths and appetites, but we mis take them if the rebellion of the flour sack be not more than a match for that of constitution cobblers. Work ing men, listen to this, and answer when you hear : " Sir,----I was lately visiting a large farmer in Che shire, who treated me to some very excellent brown bread of domestic baking. Upon my begging him to sell me a few bushels of the flour, he excused himself on the plea that he had but a very small stock of last year's growth on hand, and the present crop was all spoiled. He took me into his corn fields, where the wheat was standing in shocks, and pointed out the long sprouts that grew like a green thatch upon them. I thrust my hand into several of them, and found they were as wet as dung to the centre. I asked the farmer what he would do with this corn. His answer was that he should thrash it out as soon as he could, and send it to Manchester, where it would sell very well to the working classes ! This anecdote will show the Chatrists of this town the interest they have in the Corn-laws ! Z." Here's news for ye ! You are to eat—if the food will stay on your stomachs. You shall have good shrivelled, rotten, musty wheat. All that does not go quite to dung shall be yours. Aye, and you shall get it simply by paying for it 150 or 200 per cent. more than the Yankees do for the very best. Yes, you that toil and slave for all the rest—you that produce our wealth, and make all our comforts—you that exhaust your physical strength for us, and spend your days and nights in unremitting toil—you shall have typhus spread ing, fever forming, stomach racking, foisonless flour. Let us assure you of it; for we are assured that it will " sell very well to the working classes." Spain has this year a crop of the very finest quality, and a sur plus of several millions of quarters. You could have it landed in England at 40s. a quarter ; but such a sublunary affair is unworthy the attention of a sound republican. The gripes are not a real grievance, and the belly-ache is a trifle, in comparison to liberty and equality. On the coast of the United States the finest wheat costs only 4s. a bushel, and in the interior it is as low as 2s. 6d., or only 20s. per quarter. But what is that to Universal Suffrage and Annual Parlia ments ? Let them keep their wheat ; we can starve in freedom, or at least in a very hopeless attempt to pro cure it. If we pay 10s. a bushel for alum, plaster of Paris, ground bones, and rotten wheat, we have the satis factio❑ to know that we are not much further off the at tainment of the five points than when we began, and that the landowners are made rich by the starvation of our selves and our children. Yes, the landowners,—these men who are so much in love with the Charter that they have volunteered to hang all its advocates who could be presented for prosecution at Chester Assizes. Aye, and they have no objections that the Anti-Corn-law Lec turers should keep you company, with a member of the League pending from every heel. 0 what wise men of Gotham are your true and genuine Chartists, that, like the lawyers in the Scriptures, will neither go in themselves nor let others enter I But enough. The colic will bring reason ; bad and dear bread will prostrate the boldest faction ; famine will bring common sense ; and the Corn-laws will be abolished. AN TI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. (From the Dundee Advertiser.) Upwards of three hundred were present, including a very considerable number of manufactures. Mr. David Baxter in the chair. He expressed his regret that Mr. Kinloch of Kinloch, owing to the death of a near rela tive, had been unable to attend. Mr. Kinloch had ad dressed a letter to the Cornmittee,which he would read : " Kinloch, Sept. 24, 1839. " Gentlemen—l regret that the death of a near rela tive will prevent my having the honour of presiding at your meeting this evening. " Cordially approving, as I do, of the object of your association, I trust that it may prove the means of uniting all classes in this district in urging upon the Legislature the total repeal of the Corn-laws, and, I may add, of every tax upon the food of man. I much fear that, before the winter is past, neces sity will make many a convert to the propriety of repealing these abominable laws. Indeed, I attri bute a great part of the difficulties under which the mercantile community is at present labouring to the operation of these laws ; and if, as I fully expect, we will this season require to import not less than five mil lions of quarters of wheat, at a cost of fourteen or fifteen millions of hard cas h, we w ill see this country in a state of distress such as we have never witnessed. How different it would have been had we not been suffering from the bread tax ; and, instead of sending abroad our rash, sending fourteen or fifteen millions' value of our manufactures ? Let all classes unite— (but more especially, let no jealousy prevent the middle and working classes cordially drawing together)—and, before another Session of Parliament is over, the Corn laws will have ceased to exist. " To the operatives I beg to say, that their interests are the same as those of the middle classes ; and, if they expect to obtain any measure for the common good, they must carry along with them the great body of those who have, by honest industry, 1-isen from the ranks of the people. In the words of the martyr Muir, Ours, Gentlemen, is a righteous cause, and ultimately must succeed.' But on the people depends whether now or at a future period. Believe me, Gentlemen, your faithful servant, (Signed) " GEORGE KINLOCH. " To the Committee of the Dundee Anti-Corn-law Association." Mr. BAXTER gave a luminous view of the origin of the Corn-laws, and of the effects they had produced in keeping up the price of food, and obstructing the progress of commercial and manufacturing enterprise. The sole object of the Corn-laws was to afford a monopoly of the home market to the landed interest—to limit the importation of foreign corn to the smallest possible quantity at the highest possible price. The Corn-laws, however, had not succeeded in realising to the utmost extent the wishes of the landlords, because it luckily happened that although they had the power of framing laws, they had not the power of control ling the seasons.—(Cheers.) These laws, however, had had the effect of raising the price of food a great deal higher than it was in foreign countries, and a great deal higher than it would have been had free importa tion been permitted. This would be evident if they compared the average prices of grain in this country with those in some of the continental states. Dantzic, 1822 to 1831, ten years, 335. .sd. Hamburg Amsterdam . London This showed distinctly the operation of the Corn-laws in enhancing the price of food. But the effects were not confined to that alone—they hampered commerce and enterprise, and compelled other countries to esta blish manufactures, seeing that we will not take in ex change the article they have to dispose of. In conclu sion, he expressed a hope that energy and determina tion would be displayed by the Dundee Association, and all similar Associations throughout the country.-- (Cheers.) The prosperity of this country depended on the removal of restrictions of every kind ; and if these were not speedily removed, this country would be sup planted by the rivals which our present system had caused to spring up in other countries. For his own part, he would give every assistance in his power to for ward the objects of the Association.--(Cheers.) The following resolutions were agreed to : " 1. That the present existing Corn-laws are ex tremely injurious to the interests of all classes of the community, by raising the price of food, and at the same time by reducing the rate of wages and the pro fits on capital." " 2d. That it is therefore the duty of all classes to co operate in procuring the total, immediate, and uncondi tional repeal of the Corn-laws, and all restrictive or prohibitory duties." 3. That this meeting, therefore, resolve to use every exertion to procure such a unanimous expression of public opinion as will induce the Legislature to remove these unjust•and impolitic enactments." An effort was made by a Chartist to impress upon the meeting, that if they would unite in aiding the-Na tional Petition, it would be abetter plan than to direct their efforts alone to the abolition of the Corn•laws. He w s friendly to the abolition of these laws, but thought that success would be more complete and speedy were Universal Suffrage gained. The Chairman showed the impolicy of individuals anxious, according to their own admission, to obtain a repeal of the Corn-laws, withholding support merely because the advantage was not gained in their own way. A weight of opinion could be brought to bear on the anti-Corn-law question, which could not be got for Universal Suffrage. The rules and regulations were adopted, and office-bearers and Com mittee appointed. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY.. OCTOBER 2, 1839. FOURTH REPORT of the PRISON INSPECTORS OF THE HOME DISTRICT. TO THE RIGHT HON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Raymond-buildings, Aug. 12,1839. My Lord,—We beg leave to lay before your Lordship our Reports upon the General Peniten tiary, and on the county and borough prisons in the home district. Upon the alterations which have taken place in the prisons of our district within the last twelve month, we have but little new to remark. In the inspection of these prisons we have not failed to offer any suggestions which appeared to us calcu lated to effect the improvement of their discipline, although we attach comparatively but little import ance to any changes of a minor character, so long as the great evil of the association of prisoners is al lowed to continue. It affords us great pleasure to find that a strong feeling prevails in several counties in favour of the enlargement of the gaols, with a view to the introductio n of the separate system. With respect to the metrorolitan prisons, they re main as described in our last report. In the county of Middlesex a new prison for the untried is urgently required in the room of the Clerkenwell Gaol, the defects of which are great and irremediable. Strongly as we are opposed to the silent system, which is en forced in the House of Correction in Coldbath fields, and in the convict part of the Westminster Bridewell, we feel that it is but justice to the county Magistrates to state that great attention is given by them to the management of these two prisons, and that their condition as to cleanliness, order, and dis cipline is highly creditable to the visiting Justices, as well as to the officers of every description who are connected with the management of these pri sons. We wish that it were in our power to say as much in favour of the prisons belonging to the Corporation of the City of London, which continue to be in a most objectionable state ; and which, for their size and importance, are unquestionably the worst gaols in England. In confirmation of this opinion we beg to refer to the reports in the Ap pendix upon the prisons of Newgate, Giltspur street, and the Borough Compter. It affords us the highest gratification to know that the views of prison discipline put forward by us in our previous Reports have met with your Lord ship's concurrence and support ; and that, to carry those views into effect, the Legislature has, on your Lordship's recommendation, given its sanction to three important measures ; viz. Ist. The erection of a model prison on the separate system ; 2dly, The rendering legal the separate system of prison discipline ;* and 3dly, The establishment of a na tional prison for juvenile offenders. Agreeably to your Lordship's direction, we have prepared, with the able professional assistance of Captain Jebb, and have inserted in this Report, the plans of the model prison. In the enactment which has recently passed, " for the better ordering of prisons," the separate system of prison discipline has been clearly defined. We are particularly desirous of calling the attention of the Magistracy to this fact, because there pre vails in some parts of the country an opinion that a plan for the individual separation of prisoners may be adopted without any material alteration in the cells, as at present constructed, and without those arrangements and securities which experience has shown to be indispensable. We are the more earnestly induced to advert to this opinion, as it was owing to a similar misapprehension that evils of a very serious character occurred in the United States, when the separate confinement of prisoners was originally introduced into that country. We cannot, therefore, too strongly urge on the Magistracy throughout the kingdom, and especially in those counties in which the adoption of the separate system is already contemplated, the necessity of invariably and fully complying with each of the conditions required by the 4th section of New Prisons Act, viz. that no cell be used for the separate confinement of any prisoner which is not of such a size, and lighted, warmed, ventilated, and fitted up in such a manner as may be required by a due regard to health, and furnished with the means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and also that the prisoner shall have the means of taking air and exercise at such times as shall be deemed necessary by the surgeon ; and shall be furnished with the means of labour and employment, moral and reli gious instruction, and suitable books. It cannnot be too constantly borne in mind that without these securities individual separation is not the separate system of prison discipline which is author . sed by law ; and it is due to the advocates of that system thus early to renounce, on their behalf, all respon sibility arising from the confinement of prisoners in separate cells unaccompanied by these indispensa ble safeguards. In our last annual Report we dwelt on the bene fits that would result from this measure, and we now revert to the subject from a conviction that the erec tion of police cells would be extremely advantageous to the discipline of the metropolitan prisons, the moral welfare of many prisoners, and the administration of justice in the police courts. By such an arrange ment most of the inconveniences and difficulties now felt in conveying prisoners to and from the metro politan prisons and police courts would be obviated ; whilst much of the time of the prison officers might be saved, which is at present employed in attending to the reception, cleansing, warding, and registering of prisoners who remain but a few days, or perhaps even hours, in custody. But this is the least con sideration in favour of the proposed measure. The more knowledge we acquire of prisons the more deep is our conviction of the importance of diminish ing, as much as is practicable, the number of com mitments. The committal of a pemson to gaol is a very serious evil. It is almost always attended with injurious consequences to the morals and reputation of the prisoner, inasmuch as an acquaintanceship with prison associates, and the routine of prison management, have an inevitable tendency to de grade ; and to lessen, in after lif e , th ose restraints on the - commission of crime which arise from the dread of imprisonment. By the erection of police cells many respectable persons convicted of trivial offences, arising from a single act of in discretion, might be spared the moral injury and indelible disgrace of being committed to a gaol, and recorded in a prison register. Th e ju ven il e delin quent, led astray for the first time, might then re ceive a sharp but short punishment, in a separate cell, on bread and water, with or without corporal 'punishment, as the Magistrate might determine. Many a parent might then be willing to subject his child, or a master his apprentice, to immediate cor rection for a first offence, instead of being induced, as is now too frequently the case, to pass over re - ; peated errors and delinquencies, rather than inflict upon a youth the ruinous consequences of a com mitment to prison. • We are induced, at this time, the more strongly to call your Lordship's attention to the subject, as the powers conferred by the new Police A c t (2 and 3 Victoria, c. 47), while they will doubtless tend to enhance the efficiency of the metropolitan police, will also greatly increase the number of persons committed to prison for short periods and trivial of fences. Such offenders will, in our opinion, be more advantageously dealt with by being sentenced by the Magistrates to confinement in a separate cell attached to a police court, than by a committal to an ordinary prison. The provision of adequate cells at the police courts would not only place at the disposal of the police Magistrates a salutary mode of punishment, but it would afford great facilities for the confinement of police offen ders immediately on their apprehension. The cells are lamentahl-- in th e present police stations cleanliness,individuals, who deficient in space, ventilation, and warmth. Respectable who are placed in the hands of the police, some times under a false or trivial charge, are at present frequently and necessarily confounded with criminal offenders of t h e worst d es cription. But were cells such as we propose erected, offenders might be taken at once to the police courts ; and parties ap prehended w ou ld he spared the expos ure o f being taken on th e followina morning through the public streets. The police courts would thus have the * In our last annual Report we omitted, amongst the authorities who have written in support of the separate system of prison discipline, the name of Lieutenant Sibly, R. N., Governor of Brixton House of Correction. We have much satisfaction in now stating, that this gentleman presented to the Lords' Committee on Gaols, in 1835, several valuabl e p apers on this sub j ect , in which he a bl y asserted the superiority of the separate over every other system of prison discipline ; and he has since published it very useful pamphlet on the same subject. Mr. Sibly's observations are the more important inasmuch as he has considerable practical acquaintance in his own prison, with the working of the silent system, and speaks experiment. ally of its various defects, and of the unavoidable evils which attend its enforcement. FROM LAST NIGHT'S brAZETTE At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of September, 1839. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council : This day the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macauley was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE—SEAT. 26. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant J. Des champs to be Second Captain, vice Wynne, retired on half-pay. Sept. 11. Second Lieutenant C. A. Balfour, to be First Lieutenant, vice Deschamps, Sept. 11. Second Lieutentant G. B. Shakspear to be First Lieutenant, vice Patten, retired on half pay, Sept. 11. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain J. E. Portlock to be Captain, Sept. 20. First Lieutenant J. Twiss to be Second Captain, vice Port lock, Sept. 20. Second Lieutenant D. W. Tylee to be First Lieutenant, vice Twiss, Sept. 20. Second Lieutenant H. C. B. Moody to be First Lieutenant, vice Dashwood, deceased, Sept. 22. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding o Yorkshire. Sir R. F. Russell, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; H. W. Legard, to be ditto, Sept. 24. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 24. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Johnson, of Mid• hurst, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraor• dinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOSHUA BRIERLEY, cotton spinner, Prestwich-cum• Oldham, Lancashire. WILLIAM WILLIAMS BANKRUPTS., grocer, Brewer-street, St. Pancras, to sur ren d er , Oct. 12, at two, and Nov. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Corn hill, official assignee; Blake and Tamplin, King's-road, Bed ford-row. CREASY BEBBINGTON, jeweller, Burslem, Stafford shire, Oct. 15, and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Legs of Man Inn, Burslem. Taylor and Richmond, Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. JOHN DENNIS, baker, Devonport, Oct. 15, and Nov. 12, at ten, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple, London; Ramsey, Devonport. HENRY SOULBY MELSON, wine merchant, Liver vool, 0ct.15, and Nov. 12, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Li verpool. Crump and Hassall, Liverpool ; Batty, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London. SWIFT DICKENSON, draper, Leeds, Oct. 9, and Nov. 12, at two, at the Court House, Leeds. Holme, Leeds ; Ben nets, Manchester; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. OLIVER SPRINGETT IRON, chemist and druggist, Blackfriars-road, Oct. 10, at eleven, and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall. street. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee ; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings. HENRY Al AINWARING, draper, Manchester, Oct. 19, and Nov. 12, at ten, at the Co mm i ss i oners ' Rooms, Manches ter. Makinso n and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple, London ; Ogden, Manchester. ROBERT HENRY WALSH, warehouseman, Alderman bury, Oct. 19, at three, and Nov. 12, at ten, •at the Magis trates Office, Halifax. Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury_ square ; Bennett, Halifax. JOHN RUSSELL, jun., mercer and draper, Leominster, Herefordshire, Oct. 10, and Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Royal O a k and Unicorn Inn, Leo m i ns t er . Alb an and Benbow, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Herbert, Leominster, Herefordshire. WILLIAM READ, victualler, Blandford Forum, Dorset shire, Oct. 4, and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Greyhound Inn, Blandford Forum. Moore, sen., Blandf or d F orum ; Bi s h op, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. THOMAS LINFIELD, jun., builder, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-road, Oct. 10. at twelve, and Nov. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Alsager, Birchin lane, official assignee; Ling and Harrison, Bloomsbury-square. THOMAS FITCH, cheesemonger, Leadenhall-street, Oct. 7 at twelve, and Nov. 12 at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assigne e ; Oldershaw, Tokenhouse-yard. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. F. Westley and A. H. Davis, booksellers, Stationers'-hall court, Oct. 22, at half-past eleven. J. Hinton, carpenter, Macclesfield-street, Soho, Oct. 22, at half-past one. J. Lawrence, Manchester warehouseman, Bucklersbury, London, Oct. 22, at one. A. Miller, carver and gilder, Thayer-street, Manchester square, Oct, 24, at twelve. T. Marshall, cheesemonger, High-street, Whitechapel, Oct. 24, at one. C. Terry, quill-merchant, Shoe-lane, London, Oct. 22, at one. In the Country. T. Kennington, horse-dealer, Wrawby, Lincol ns hi re , O c t. 23, at two, at. the Lion Hotel, amford Briggs , Lincolnshire. T. Moss, d ra p er , Ki r t on i n Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire. W. Ashmore, optician, Sheffield, Oct. 2t3, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. J. Lloyd, joiner, Liverpool, Nov. 5, at one, at the Claren don-rooms, Liverpool. W. Barrett, jun., grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire, Oct. 25, at ten, at the Golden Cross Inn, Oxford. M. A. Fles, merchant, Manchester, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. T. H. Rideout and W. Batho, stuff-merchants, Manchester, Oci. 20, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. J. Cooper, innkeeper, Isle of Wight, Nov. 1, at one, at the Green Dragon Inn, Newport. R. Brown, draper, Buckingham, Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Cobham Arms Inn, Buckingham. J. Hiley, currier, Caistor, Lincolnshire, Oct. 23, at one, at the Ljon Hotel, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire. J. Turner, linen-draper, Penrith, Cumberland, Oct. 25, at eleven, at the George Inn, Penrith. CERTIFICATES.--OcT. 22. J. Yeomans, fellmonger, Sheffield. S. Pinkard, brewer, Southsea, Portsea, Hampshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and J. Embling, tailors, Oxford. T. Bowles, D. Forty, and M. Forty, butchers, Drury-lane. T. Woolby and J. W. Lacey, plasterers, Norwich. J. Robinson and J. Gell, builders, Cheetham-hill, Manchester. J. S. Edwards and J. Lidbetter, tea-dealers, Birmingham. T. Weatherall and W. Stevenson, bleachers, Bobbers Mill, Radford, Nottinghamshire. W. C. Williams and T. James, upholsterers, Exeter. G. Mew and H. Burgess, silk-mercers, Holborn. J. Sharp and H. W. Moreton, ship-brokers. J. Parker and R. S. Parker, factors, Bucklersbury. J. M`Laughlin and J. Jewell, hot-pressers, Peterborough court, Fleet-street. J. and F. Joule, brewers, Stone, Staffordshire. W. Bevan and M. Brittan, jun., attorneys. E. Sargant and W. L. Sargant, sword-cutlers, Birmingham. J. and K. Ward, tailors, Nottingham. J. Morren and W. J. Nettleton, corn-dealers, Gun-alley, Bermondsey. W. Tucker and E. Lait, pawnbrokers, Kingston -upon-Hull. T. Smith and P. Hammersley, maltsters, Foleshill, near Coventry. James Wardle and Peter Parr, brewers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. T. Taylor and S, Saxton, hat-makers, Gravel-lane, Southwark. T. M. and W. N. Vicary, chemists, Plymouth. M. and P. Colliver, merchants, Penzance, Cornwall. M. Drew and H. Cunliffe, common brewers, Southampton. R. Greenway and W. Pugh, charter masters, Horsley Col liery, Tipton, Staffordshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN NICOL, builder, Broughton-street, Edinburgh, Oct. 7, and Nov. 1, at twelve at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. JAMES DOUGLAS MACKAY, china and glass dealer, South St. Andrew-street, Edinburgh, Oct. 9, and 30, at eleven, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a little girl, the child of a roan named Rees, living in Calvert -street, Swansea, was severely burnt, in conse quence of her dress igniting while putting a kettle of potatoes on the fire. In a state of great alarm, she rushed into the street, enveloped in flames. A medical gentleman, being on the spot, took her into the house, and on examination he found the face, hands, and abdo men severely scorched. Having covered the injured parts with wheat flower, he gave strict injunctions that she should be left perfectly quiet, and that the room should be cleared ; but no sooner had he left, than the child's mistaken friends removed the flour, and applied linseed oil, &c. The poor child lingered in agony un til the following morning, when death put an end to her suffering. Through the prejudice of those around her was this poor child deprived of the only chance of reco very, as the application of flour has been proved to be the most efficient of all remedies in similar cases.— Welchman. THE LATE PROFESSOR MYLNE.—The lament.. ed death of this amiable and eminent individual will long be regretted by his former pupils and friends, with the reverence and gratitude due to departed genius and worth. Professor Mylne occupied the chair of Moral Philosophy in Glasgow University for the long period of forty-two years, and amply sustained the character that the previous Professors—Adam Smith and Dr. Thomas Reid,—had imparted to it. Mr. Mylne was elected to the Professor's chair in 1797, having been previously a clergyman of the Established Church in Paisley. He married a daughter of the celebrated Pro fessor Miller, who shed a lustre on the University of Glasgow which will not be effaced during the lapse of ages. Under the roof of the father-in-law of Mr. Mylne, the present Premier of England, and many other South erns who have since distinguished themselves in the world, received their education. In politics, Professor Mylne was a staunch Whig, and was much respected for the firm and judicious manner in which he main tained his character as a politician.—Glasgow Chron. DREADFUL FlRE.—Just as we were going to press we received intelligence of a dreadful fire having broken out in the rick-yard of Mr. Proctor, of King's Pyon, in this county, by which several valuable ricks had already been consumed, and others were threatened with destruction. The city engine, with as many men as it could convey, was despatched, drawn by four post-horses from the Hotel, immediately after the news reached Hereford.—Hereford Times. means of providing accommodation for the large number of prisoners who a r e a l mos t daily assem bled there from the respective stat:ons, and who are now, for want of accommodation, placed in crowds in the passages or yards adjoining the offices, some times in immediate communication with friends, ac complices, prosecutors, and witnesses. We have the satisfaction to state, that, in ac cordance with the suggestion contained in our re port to your Lordship, dated April 28, 1838, the four vans heretofore used for the conveyance of prisoners between the several police-offices and me tropolitan prisons, and against which there existed so many serious objections, have been discontinued. Four new vans, each with twelve separate compart ments, have been constructed upon the plans sub mitted by us in our third annual report. These carriages have been placed under the direction of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, and we are authorized by them to state that the vans have proved thoroughly efficient, and that not only has no complaint in any instance been made against them either by the public, or by the prison ers conveyed in them ; but that, on the contrary, much thankfulness has been expressed by prisoners on may occasions for the protection and accommo 6ation thus afforded_ to them. The individual se paration, which is invariably maintained in these carriages, present a striking contrast to the crowded and disorderly condition of the vans formerly in use. The importance of this improvement may be duly estimated when we state, that although the four new vans have been in full operation for a period of but nine months, they have conveyed up wards of 26,000 prisoners. An interesting return on this subject will be found in the Appendix, ex hibiting the total number of prisoners conveyed monthly, and the number and particulars of the daily journeys performed by each van. In our former reports we have adverted to the great importance of exertions being made in the several counties for affording assistance to prisoners who, on their liberation, are disposed to reform ; but who, being destitute, are unable to find the means of obtaining an honest livelihood. The loss of character, the want of friends, and the con sequent inability to procure employment, are insu perable obstacles in preventing a discharged convict from regaining a reputable position in society, and he has not unfrequently no other resource for a sub sistence than to return to the commission of crime. Assistance of this nature is best administered by the establishment of local associations. It is, therefore, with great satisfaction that we find that a society has been formed by the Magistrates of the county of Surrey " for the employment and reformation of discharged prisoners," and that the example has been followed by the Superintending Committee of Milbank Penitentiary, in the estab lishment of a " Society for Assisting Destitute and Deserving Prisoners to Obtain an Honest Live lihood on their Discharge." It is proposed to accomplish these objects— First--By restoring the prisoners to their rela tions and friends, where such restoration shall ap pear to be for their advantage. Secondly—By finding permanent employment for discharged prisoners, as apprentices, servants, or labourers, under suitable masters and mistresses. Thirdly—By promoting emigration to such colo nies, and under such circumstances, as shall ap pear calculated to secure the emigrant from temp tations to return to dishonest practices. We have inserted in the Appendix the address which has been issued by the Committees of these Societies, in the hope that the attention of the Magistracy throughout the country may be directed to an object which is not only one of enlightened humanity, but upon which the successful results of the best systems of prison discipline must, after all, essentially depend. It is our duty to remark that the erection of im proved prisons is materially obstructed by the want of a legislative enactment for promoting the estab lishment of district prisons. In several parts of the country the Magistrates of counties and of boroughs are willing to unite in the construction of an appro priate prison for their joint purposes—a measure which would be attended with great advantages. We trust, therefore, that the bill for the formation of district prisons, which was introduced, but with drawn, in the last session of Parliament, will be immediately renewed, and become law. We cannot refrain from expressing our regret that a clause which was contained in the Bill " for the better ordering of Prisons," the object of which was to enable the Magistrates to grant, if they should think fit, a superannuation allowance to the subor dinate officers of prisons in cases of sickness, age, or infi►mity, has not passed into a law. We feel it to be our duty to bear testimony to the general merits and increasing respectability of this class of public officers, and to state that their salaries are usually so inadequate as to prevent them, if they have fa milies, from making from their own resources, that provision which it was the object of this clause to enable the Magistrates to grant. It is not, how ever, on private, but on public grounds, that we earnestly recommend the re-consideration of this subject. In former years appointments of this kind were not made with that care and vigilance, and regard to the qualifications of the candidate, which are now generally observed : there are, consequently, to be found in several prisons inefficient officers, whom the Magistrates would willingly supersede. They feel, however, that they cannot take so harsh a step as to dismiss an officer of this description, who has been for a lengthened period in their ser vice, and who has been guilty of no misconduct, without some provision. The officer consequently remains to the injury of the prison discipline, and to the detriment of the public interests. It should also be observed, that of late years in creased attention has been given to the selection of prison officers of every description, and a very fa vourable change has occurred in their general cha racter. It is a great object to make the situation of prison officers respectable in the p u bli c est i mat i on. They have highly responsible duties to perform, and much must depend cos their zeal and fidelity for the success 'of the discipline which is enforced. Every effort should, therefore, be made for bringing into and retaining in this department of the public ser vice persons of sound principles, respectablity, and intelligence, who are capable of being trained to the higher duties of prison management. The pros pect of having some provision in the case of age, sickness, or infirmity, would tend to invite eligible parties to enter and remain in the service, and sub sequently operate as an encouragement to good conduct. These considerations induce us to hope that in the next Session a measure, so modified as to be free from th e o bj ect i ons w hi ch have led to the rejection of the clause in question, may receive the sanction of the Legislature. We request your Lordship's particular attention to the general digest of criminal returns inserted in this Report. These tables exhibit the number of prisoners for trial at the Assizes and Quarter- Sessions in the course of the year, and the mode in which they have been disposed of, as well as full and detailed particulars with reference to that numerous class of offenders—prisoners un der summary conviction ; information which has nevee been furnished in any other tables. Your Lordship will observe that we have drawn a dis tinction between adult and juvenile offenders, and have given the statistics of each of these classes separately. This is, we believe, the first time that any returns have been obtained by which the number of juvenile offenders may, with any degree of confidence, be ascertained. It appears that the total number of prisoners under seventeen years of age, confined in the prisons of England and Wales in the course of last•year, was 11,444 males and 2,156 females. Of these were in custody at the corn- Males. mencement of the year Received under commitments, and who have not been in custody of others Received from the custody of other keepers, and enumerated in their returns Committed for re-examination, but afterwards discharged ...... Females. 205 8,067 1,495 663 141 1,463 315 11,444 2,156 Of these prisoners there were :_• Under twelve years of age Twelve and under fourteen Fourteen and under seventeen Our tables also exhibit the number of recom mittals in England and Wales, the state of instruc tion, the terms of imprisonment, the cases of sick ness and of deaths, and the number of punishments for offences within the prisons, with reference to both classes, adult and juvenile offenders. Also detailed accounts of the expenses under the several heads, together with the amount of earnings and receipts, and calculation s of the cost of each pri soner per day. These data furnish the means of comparison between the cost of maintaining the several prisons. By a comparison between our present digest and that of last year, it appears that there is a decrease in regard to prisoners committed for trial, and those under summary conviction. _ Males. Female. In 1837 the numbers committed for trial were In 1838 20,764 4,836 In 1837 the numbers of summary convictions were In 1838 43,450 13,286 The number of criminal lunatics confined in the prisons in England and Wales in the year 1838 was-47 males, 13 females. The number of deaths was-262 males, 45 females. The mortality will appear to be remarkably low, when the total amount of prisoners is considered. The whole number of prisoners confined in the prisons in the course of the year was as follows : Males. Females. In custody at the commencement of the year 10,013 2,445 Received under commitments, who have not been in the custody (4 others Received from the custody of other keepers, and enumerated in their returns Committed for re. examination, but afterwards discharged Total number of criminal prisoners 85,907 24,608 Debtors, exclusive of those confined in the Queen's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea Prisons 12,022 775 Making the number of debtors and criminal prisoners And a grand total of 123.312 Our tables also show under the various heads of expenditure, inclusive of repairs, alterations, and ad ditions, the total costs of the several prisons of Eng land and Wales, in the course of the year, amount ing to the sum of 302,9021. 1 ls. Bd. They also furnish the receipts of the prisons, and earnings of the prisoners, in the course of the year, amounting to the sum of 30,1601. 18s. 4d. ; leaving as the actual cost during the year to the counties, cities, and boroughs, in England and Wales, for the maintenance of their prisons, the sum of 272,741/. 13s. 4d. The improved manner in which the registers, journals, and accounts are kept in most of the prisons, the increased familiarity of the respective governors with the returns required of them (the present being the third year of their having been furnished) and the care which we have bestowed in preparing the forms of the returns, and in revising them when received, justify us in expressing great confidence in the general accuracy of the statistical information with reference to crime, which we now beg to lay before your Lordship. We have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servants, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, Inspectors of Prisons for WHITWORTH RUSSELL, the Home District. 4 ' From the defective manner in which the registers are kept in several prisons, we have been unable to obtain in some cases the ages of many prisoners. THE HARVEST. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) EAST NORFOLK, HAPPING HUNDRED We have great pleasure in stating that the crops in this part of the country are now all housed, and, as far as we can learn, generally in good condition. The principal part of the Wheats going up in prime order, and the Barleys, though they had some rain, yet, in stead of blackening and spotting them as was expected, it even in some places improved their colour. We can state with confidence that the crops are a very good average in most of the dist r i c t s i n thi s p ar t o f th e coun try. Beans are not a very extraordinary crop, though for the most part podded well ; we saw two stalks the other day, one havinc , 56 pods, and the oth er 55, eac h pod averaging thr ee beans. Turnips are a capital crop, and so are Mange! Wurzel, and, as may be expected, lean bullocks on the hill for stall feeding are at very high prices. The late very heavy rains have raised the price of Corn, so that at Norwich, on Saturday, White Wheats in good order were worth from 745. to 765. per quarter. Red Wheats from 70s. to 72. ; and it is expected, should this weather hold, that Wheats will be worth nearly 80s. next Saturday. We have heard it stated that the harvest is se backward in the North that a gentleman gave an order to have all the flour bought that his agent could lay his hands on, as there was no prospect of a harvest for some time to come, and if the weather did not mend they did not think they should have one at all. NORTHAMPTON CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL. The George Inn at Northampton was graced on Monday by a great many Conservatives, who congre gated on this occasion to feast luxuriously and speechify not too sensibly —or, according to their own account, to display " Constitutional feeling." Would to God that these rustic revellers would display some human feeling, and, while eating their venison and drinking their champagne, bear in mind that the cost of these super fluous luxuries are mainly derived from that cruel tax on bread which is working the impoverishment of all (but themselves) and the' starvation of many. The price of the four-pound loaf now has nearly reached t welvepence. Wages are low, employment is slack and difficult to obtain. We wish the country gentlemen would feast less and think more, and then we might hope from their common humanity a repeal of the iniquitous and most unholy Corn-laws. EVENING EDITION. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of October 1.) Suoart-The operations in the British Plantation Sugar Market were extremely limited in the early part of last week ; bet towards the close, the merchants having sub mitted to lower prices, caused buyers to come forward more freely, and on Friday a fair business was done, but at prices Is a is 6d under those of this day week. This afternoon there was an improved demand. The prices of Friday were supported. 115 hhds Barhadoes at public sale sold at the rates previously estalatished, fine fetched 68s 6d, good 663 to 675, and middling 65s to 653 61 pis. cwt. REFINED. -The Grocers have purchased more freely of refined goods; standard lumps have fetched 803 to 80& 6d, and brown ones 78s to 79s per cwt. Treacle has Eiought . previous rates. The shippers ha ve b oug ht sparingly 01 goods refined under bond, and 34s 3d has been accepted for crushed. Of Dutch 100 casks have been sold deliverable in Holland at 33s 6d per cwt. To-day there was a fair demand for Refined Goods far borne use, and previous rates are supported. For export still few buyers of goods the production of Foreign Sugar ; , ' 38s is the value of 141 b Loaves, and 39s of 101 b. Crushed difficult of sale at 34s 3d per cwt. MAURITIUS. -In the early part of last week the opera tions were on a small scale privately, and prices were in clined to give way, but since then buyers have come for ward more freely ; low to middling yellow fetched 615 to 633, good middling 63s 6d to 645, good 64s 6d to 653, fine 65s 6d to 66 , , middling grey 61s to 61s 6d, ordinary brown 55s to 565, middling to good middling 57s to 5936 d, good to fine 605 to 61s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the public sales consisted of 1682 bags Bengal, 7366 bags Siam, 900 bags Cochin China, and 90 cases ;Manilla; Bengal was all sold at full prices, it was an indifferent parcel, good white fetched 683 good mid 67s a 67s 6d, mid 65s 6 , 1 a 665 6d, greyish 64s 6d a 65s 6d, low mid yellow 63s a 63s 6d, mid 643 6d, damps 623 a 665, and washed 61s 6d a 64s 6d; Siam and Cochin China brought within 6d a i s of their previous currency, the former good strong white fetched 29s 6d, mid 26s 6d a 275, ord 25s 6d a 265, fine yellow 24a a 24s 6d. washed 24s a 275, damps 24s a 26s ; the latter sold as follows-ord soft white 25s a 25s 6d, fine yellow 243, damps 18s a 24s 6d, washed 20s 6d a 22s 6d; Manilla was taken in at 21s 6d fo low strong yellow. FOREIGN.-The better kinds of white Brazil have been in better request, and the private sales have amounted to nearly 200 chests at very full prices ; good qualities have fetched 31s, for inferior soft descriptions there are still few buyers. White Havanriah has been in brisk re quest, principally for the Baltic, and the private purchases have nearly reached 3,000 chests, principally at 44s to 44s 6d for good quality, some small parcels of fine hav e fetched 465, and middling and good middling 42s to 43 1 per cwt; 25s 6d to 26s has been paid by private contract for 250 boxes of low and middling quality ; a cargo Jost has been taken for Antwerp a trifle under 27s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.-The transactions in West India have been on a small scale : and rather lower prices have been lab' mitted to, common qualities have been sold at 31s to 3 25, and the better kinds at 33s to 35s per cwt. COFFEE.-Prices continue firm for all descriptions of British Plantation, and a fair demand has prevailed this day week, particularly for ordinary an d fi ne or di na ry clean qualities, which have in some instances sold ra th er dearer : at public sale, 140 casks Jamaica were di s p ose d o f, good mid 1355, low mid and mid 114 s to 118 s 6d, fi ne t o fi ne fine ord 106 s to 112 s, good ord 95s to 1003, low or d 76 s 6d to 845 6d per cwt. East India has maintain e d p rev i ous r ates, but there has not been much business d o i ng pr i va t e ly, a nd there has been no auction of m o m en t. since This afternoon the home market was firm, but the de mand was limited for most descriptions ; 63 casks Jamaica were offered at public sa l e , an d on l y part l y so ld a t at' prices, good middling fetched 124 s to 1265, fine middling was taken in at 145 s to 147 s per cwt. Tateow.-This market has shown very little variation since our last. Prices have fluctuated between 493 6d to 50s on the spot, and 49s to 49s 6d to arrive towards the close of the year. The present quotations are 49s 3d to 49s 6d for first quality on the spot, and 493 for arrival. TEA.-The Tea market last week presented a brisk appearance for all kinds. For Congou of ord and mid and blackish leaf qualities merchants obtained a further advance of ld per lb; the former readily brought Is 81 to is 81d, and the latter i s 9d t o 2 s : strong an Pekoe flavour descriptions 2s 2d to 2s 4d, and superior uP to 2s 8d; Twankay common sold freely at is lOid , brightish leaf is 11d to 2s, whilst Hyson kind only brought 2s Id to 2s 2d per lb. Orange Pekoe Is 8d to 2s, and good to fine scented 2s 8d to 3s 2d per lb. Hyson Skin is 5d to is 7d for common, and Is 8d to 2s ld for mid and fine. Young Hyson, common selling at 2s 5d to 2s 6d, good and fine 2s 7d to 3s 3d per lb. Hyson, 2s 5d to 2s 8d for ord, 2s 9d to 4s for mid and good, and 4s 2d to 5s 6d for fine and very fine. Caper, is 7d to 2s 3d. Flowery and black leaf Pekoe were sought after, the former at 2s s-,1 to 4s, and the latter Is 7d to 2s 4d per lb. Imperial. an d Gunpowder of low quality 2s 6d to 3s, mid and fine of the latter realised 3s 6d to 5s 6d. Fokien Bohea, subject to Is 6d duty, 2s 2d for half-chests; Canton advanced to Is I Id to 2s. Company's Congou is 9id to is 9id per lb. During the last two days, however, there has not been so much life in the trade as there was in the early part of the week. To-day the trade purchased rather cautiously, the large quantities of Tea which have been sold of late having generally supplied their wants for the present ; some of the merchants are not so firm in their pretensions, and com mon Congou may be bought at Is 7 d, Twankay Is 10d, and Company's Congou is Bid per lb. RICE -To day the limited transactions by private treaty in East India were at prices 6d under those of la s s week for Bengal ; good white has been sold at 14s 6d per cwt' Rum, BRANDY, AND H OLLANDS.- P r i ces have suffered a decline since we last wrote of 2d, and in some instanc es of 2isl per gallon for Jamaica Rum, making the fall fro'.the highest point 4d t o sd ; b ut this has led to only t h e disposal of 340 puns, 30 to 33 per cent over proof 5a 7d a 5s Bd, 34 to 35 over Si 9d a 5s 10d, 36 to 38 over 5s lld a 6s 2d. Alth oug h h o l ders h ave accepted lower prices for Le ewar d s, sti ll it has not tempted buyers to take more than 200 puns, proofs at 31 3}da 3s 4d, 4to 6 per cent over prooF'33 6d a 3s 7d, 9 to 12 over 3 s $ d to 43, being a reduction s i nce our l ast of lid a 2d per gall. The arrivals continue t o come i n f ree l y. B ran dy has ex perienced a fair sale, and prices are very firm, it, b e i n g re ported that the supply will be small from France. Gene va has been less in request, but in quotations no change has occurred. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending SEFT.29i From • To Av. rse lo e. f.,•,e3A?. Wheat, per barrel 20 atone 22 0141 0 40 (05 Bere l6 stone l4 0 16 0 la 6 ( Barley .-, 0 - 0 -_ 0 3,674 Oats l4 sto ne m 0 23 0 19 1 0 '.l Flour, per cwt ... 8 staite - 0 -0 I 756 Oatmeal- 8 stone 2B 0 20 0 20 3 Sold to Bakers only. 6,281 Cwt. Flour 25 0 28 0 i 26 4 Average price of Whe a t and Flour 655. CI. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 11,713 Firsts from 255. Od. t o M s. Od. Sales of Do. 18,003 Se conds from 16‘. Od. t o 265. Od. Thirds from 10s. Od. to 134. Od. PRICE OF BREAD, Quartern Loaf I Id, J Half Quartern ...... 4irl. CORK MARKETS.-Sept. 28, Wheat ;per 2 , ".)5t.)22s 01. to 395. 041. Oats (per 14st.) ... 9 s. 00 .. to 1 7 s. Od. Rorley (per 165t.)14 6 19 0 (Flour (per cwt )...16 0 24 0 Oatmeal (!ier Cwt.) 12s. Od. to !fr. 6:1. Beef, 4(1. to 7d.-Mutton, sd. to 6 d.-Veal, Ca. to 6d. Pork, 41d. to 5d.-Fresh Butter, 10d. to 114. per lb. PRICE OF BMTRA. To the Merchants. To the Countr! First Quality Bos. 764. Second B2 ~.3 Third Fourth Fifth 7O 6l Sixth CLON NI ELL MA RKETS.-Sep% 28. • Per Cwt. d. .. d. s. I. s. d. '' to 24 0u New Butter B3 ot o 9o t) Hides (raw).... ...... - 0 Oatmeal 12 0 ;2 3 Bacon Pigs ' 3B 0 40 0 Rendered Lard - 0 52 0 Heads 28 0 --- ° flour, Second Per Bag. 0 44 0 IFlour, T 0 32 'Thirds........- - 0 - -Household.-- 0 42 01 --- F0urth5......22 0 Per Barrel. 0 Rapeseed 20 0 -0 1 Barley 13 0 14 0 Bore 8 4 10 0 1 Coals _ 0 "- KILKE MAR C 4 Wheatper barrel)3os. Od. to 375 N. Od NY . i BeefKETS. (per 1b... ; - Os. ---nd • to 04. 4 3arley .20 0 22 0 M utton 0 5 0 0 Oats . 12 6 14 6 Pork Hoar (per bag)....30 0 40 0 Veal 0 0 0 7 Butter (pet cwt.)...90 0 98 0 Fresh Butter 0 0 1 0 Macon t Macon Pigs 35 (1 3 t ; 0 Salt Ditto 0 Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per st.) 0 2 _ • THE NEW PORTABLE ALARUN , size of a small Snuff Bor, can be placed on the Dressing-tab le ' and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price Three Guineas. T. CX , Goldsmith, Watchmaker, O &c.,SAVORY 47, Cornhill, London (Seel doors from Graeechur c h- s t ree t). N.B. A pamphl e t, con t a i n i ng a detailed list of the Pric e ; of Silv er Pl a t e , Pl ate d G oods, Watches, Clocks, &C., s be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-Pl' application. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLER S A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmitits; 14, Cornhill, Lond on ( opposite the Bank of E n gland), have A.. choice in their war erooms a Selection of PLAIN and OIL' MENTAL ICE PA ILS, to which th wish to direct atten tion. The price of th e Pl a i n Tub-pail (now much in use), 81 ' 1 : the pair ; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. 13.5. the P l ' . ; the Victoria Pattern, 1.51. the pair ; the Dresden Cooler, 194 • i pair, &c., all of whic.. are strongly mounted with Silver, and have Silver Shields for Engraving - the Crest or Coat of Arun; A pamphlet is published, with drawings of the above and other arti c l es of plat tion, fre e o f cost. e generally, whi c h may be had on aPPlica- BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Rotherfield, Sussex, the wife of T. A" Stone, Esq., of Clifford -st ree t London, of a still-b orn child. On the 28th u l t., at Lumley-lodge, Richmond, the wife of. the Rev. Charles Lawson, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., in King's-road, Bedford-row, the. lady o f J. C. Hale, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 12th ef uly last, at the Cape of Good Hoe, M or " gr Witham Lloyd J , Esq., of the Madras Army, son of p the late Captai n W. Ll oy d , I t. N. , of Cork, Ireland, to Harriet. eldest surviving daughter of Edmund L. L. Swifte, Esq., Master of the Jewel-house. On the 29th ult., at Etehingham Church, Simplex, Mis s , Rhoda Russell, o f H urs t- green , t o Thomas B a k er Standen, of. Fetter-lane, London. DIED. On the 23d ult., at Newcastle-on-Tyne, General Tetrot, of the Royal Artillery, aged 82. On the 26th ult., at Margate, W. Haye s Lewis 'Bird, Esq., o f the 12th Regiment Bengal Native infantry, aged 27. On the 28th ult., at Fulham, Ann, relict o the late Richard Wilks, Esq., of Dartford, Kent, aged 70, On the 25th ult., suddenly, at Thames Dittos, Surrey, Henry Salkeld, Esq., aged 59. On the 28th ult. , Mr. Vvilharn Owen Stone, of Mayfield , Sussex. solicitor, aged 48. On the 28th ult., at Walthamstow, Essex, Miss Mary Ann Tuckey. London . Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG* of N.. 112, Strand, at The Shn Office, No 112, strand, in the county of Middiesex.—Wednesday, October 2, 1839. THE MILITARY COMMISSION ( From the Naval and Military Gazette ) The best course we can adopt to satisfy the nume rous inquiries poured in upon us, respecting the Mili tary Commission, is to recapitulate the original informa tion which at different times has appeared in this paper. We have already said the information may be relied upon, and therefore we shall only notice a contradiction put forth by a Contemporary, by assuring our readers who are absent from the metropolis, that there are at least one hundred officers belonging to the United Ser vice and Army and Navy Clubs who know Just as well as ourselves that the statements are almost to the letter correct. The resolutions were long since settled, we believe on the 18th July, and the menibers of the Com mission have dispersed : there is no secrecy in the matter ; and the only pending questions are the form of Report, and the mode and extent of publication. The Mates of the Royal Navy (as stated in our last) will receive commissions, an increase of pay while serv ing, and half-pay after certain service. The Lieutenants of the Royal Navy, while serving, will have an increase of pay, which may encourage them to remain afloat. Adjutants of regiments (Lieutenants in the Army) will receive the benefit of the one shil:ing increase of pay from length of service, and thus be induced to retain the post of Adjutant. A certain number of Officers of the Royal Artillery will be allowed to retire. The pay of Captains of the Royal Marines will be as, similated to that of Army Captains. The Medical Departments of the Army and Navy will be improved. An allowance granted to Naval Officers for loss .31 baggage, &c. Colonels on the full pay of regiments as Lieutenant- Colonels are to be permitted to retire on 3001. per annum, but when advanced to Major-Generals to receive 4001. per annum. Army Officers of thirty years' full pay service wil be allowed to retire on the full pay of their regimenta rank. EW PUBLICATIONS.—W e are requested o state that M r . C o lb urn, of Great Marlborough-street, lasjust published the following New Works, which can )e had of all Booksellers and at all the Libraries : . The Romance of Private Life, by Miss Burney, 3 vols.-2. Little Pedlington and the Pedlingtonians, by John Poole, EQq., Author of " Paul Pry," 2 vols.- 3. Narrative of the Voyages of her Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Round the World, by Cap tains King and Fitz Roy, 2 vols. Bvo., with an Appendix by Major Sabine, with maps, charts, and upward s of 60 illustrations, 21. 18s. bound.-4. Morton of Morton's Hope, an Autobiography, 3 vols.-5. The Life and Times of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, by his Son' M.P., 2 vo l s . B vo., wits portrait, Henry Grattan, Esq., &c.-6. Temptation ; or, a Wife's Perils, 3 vols.-7. Mr. Darwin's Journal of his Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various Countries Visited by her Majesty's Ship Beagle, 1 vol. Bvo. (contai n i ng as much matter as two ordinary octavos), 18s. b oun d . — And 8. Zillah , a Ta l e of the Holy City, by the Author of " Brambletye House," compl e t e for 6sbour , with two illustrations, forming the N ew volume o " Col burn's Standard Novelists," a collection of the best works of fiction of the most distinguished English writers. RAIN WITHOUT CLOUDS. 011 the ev en i ng of the 26th ult., about seven P.M., as the editor of this journal was going along a lane called Plough-lane, leading from Nottinghill to Kensington, he was sur prised to find a somewhat thick but firm r a in descend ing, there b e i ng neither wind nor a cloud within, per haps, fifty degress of ti• zenith. Th e atmosp h ere , except a f ew small and light clouds at a long distance from the zenith, was exceedingly clear and serene, and the smaller stars round the zenith were distinctly visi ble.—Railway Magazine.