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s s fourth time the Jullads brought the bones of both the r . 1 - ringhees, and the Dbctor immediately said they were the right ores, on which he took them and deposited thorn in a boc. A gentleman of the name of Hart Saheb, who cv:s in Affghanisten in the regiment oi Sher Blizan, who had cone, via Peshawar and Caubul, in the disguise of Moollah, is also at Bokhara. He observed all the Customs of the Mahomedans after he quittedPesbawur, and said his prayers regularly five times a day, and al- Ways stood as an Imam in the different mosques which be v4ited. He reached Bokhara many days before Dr. Wolff; and he openly joined the Doctor and the vakeel of the King of Iran when they arrived, and attended them to the durbar, conversing freely with the King. Water used to be brought three times a month to Bok hara from the river Amoo, but since Dr. Wolff and his attendants have arrived water is brought ten times a month. Dr. Wolff goes to the King in a very indepen dent manner, and has given out that he means to remain a whole year, being provided with the protection of the two powerful Sovereigns of Room and Iran. He says he wilt prove before he goes away that the two Fering bees were vakeels to the King of England, and that they were registered as such in the proper offices. Naih Abd-001-Summud Khan was privately very kind to Dr. IVolff and to the vakeel. He is one of the great Ameers, and he was appointed to command the army of Bukhara. THE PUNJAUB. (From the Delhi Gazette.) The news from Lahore is important. Another link in the great chain which bound the empire of Runjeet Sing together has been broken. Dewan Mull, the respected Governor of Mooltan, is really dead, and his son, Lelia Meo!raj, a man of reputed talent, has been appointed by lieera Sing to succeed him. It is probable, though we can only surmise the fact, that the Dewan died soon after the infliction of the wound which has proved mortal. and that his relatives succeeded in eoncealing the fact, as is so often done in simillw cases, until the son should have made sufficient interest at court to obtain the appoint ment of his father. It appears, that a notorious criminal had been summoned before the Dewan in person, to un dergo the investigation of some late and heinous offence. On being taken before the Governor, he drew a concealed pistol, and discharged the contents at Sawun Mull. The first accounts were that he had not been hurt by the fellow, but as it was also reported that he had swooned, we could scarcely believe that a man of the Dewan's character would exhibit so much weakness at the mere discharge of a pistol. The next account received in La hore e as, that he had been wounded, but was ra- BAly recovering from the effects. Then came the azar report of his death, and in good time, when it might be safely made public, the authentic confirmation of that report. The loss is undoubt edly a severe one to the country he has governed so long and so ably, and is to be deplored by the lovers of good order, which he has certainly maintained on our frontier with a great degree of firmness ; we say our frontier, because the interests of the Khan Bahawulpore are so entirely interwoven with our own that we almost look on his territory as an integral pirt of the British d imhdon. Mr. T. Prins, p, who must, of course, have enjoyed the very best opportunities of acquiring accurate knowledge, in treat'ng of the passes from Hin dustan into Affghanistan, observed that those leading directly west from the banks of the Indus to the Ghuznee and Candahar districts would not have been available to us on account of the personally hostile feel ing of Dewsn Sawun Mull towards the British. No such opinion would have been pronounced by Mr. Prinsep if he had not had good reason for so doing ; but it is also certain that no occasion has offered, to the knowledge of the public, for the display of such feeling ; nor hays. we ever given him cause, that we actually kaow of, to exhibit its extent in his capacity of a :feudatory of the Punjaub empire ; but, nevertheless, we ZSSUM2 Oat such a feeling of enmity, proved as it is on Priosep's assertion to have existed, was not .ii:ceLy to have decreased by our encroachments on the very frontier' of his territory, by our relations with Bahawulpore, or by the cots stant passage, up and down the Sutlej, of large bodies a troops; and that in the event of a hostile invasion of the Punjaub by British troops as principals, Dewan Sewall Mull, however anxious ho might be to be inde pendent of Lahore, would have supported the head of the state against us, under the idea that the fall of the gene ral Government must involve the destruction of all minor dependencies. We may, therefore, look on his death as the removal of a powerful barrier to our possible inter ference in the affairs of the country beyond the Sutlej. ..iNlilitary preparations continue at Lahore;. troops are still being sent across the Ravee, and everything bears the appearance of a speedy rupture. The Minister is f e however, doubtful as to the result of the struggle, and Anxious to lose no opportunity of resorting to negotia tions. He seems, nevertheless, pretty certain that if his brother, Jowhair Sing, whom Rajah Gholab Sing is so anxious to see, went to Jumboo, there would be as little chance of an accommodation, and of seeing him re turn, as there appears to have been with the members of the previous embassy; we hear nothing of their return, And may therefore believe in the truth of the general re port that they are detained prisoners, propably with their .ewn consent. The 12th of this month was fixed on for the departure' of Heera Sing at the head of the array, but whether he will have actually marched on that day remains to be seen. Since the above was written, we have learned that the Minister has at lai,gth acceded to his brother's anxious - wish to go to Jumboo, and that ha was to leave Lahore .on the Bth or 9,h. ATTACK ON THE PIRATES OF SAKARRAN. (From the Singapore Free Press.) -- _ On Monday evening tin; Hon. Company's steamer Phlegethon (Scott) returned from Borneo, bringing ac counts of very important operations against the pirates of Sakarran, attended with much success, but also, we regret to say, with considerable loss on our side. Below we give an account of the expedition, the detailed nature of which renders any remarks of our own at present unnecessary. The Dido was to follow the Phlegethon to Singapore, and may be expected in about eight days -hen( e. The Samaravg. (Sir E. Belcher, 1CC.8.) was also at Sarawak when he Phlegethon left : " Last year I was enabled to furnish you with an ac count of the proceedings of her Majesty's steamer Dido (Captain the Hon. Henry K.eppel) against the piratical tribe of Serebas; and I am now happy to forward a brief -notice of the measures taken by that officer against the equally piratical Dyaks of Sakarran. " The piracies of these Dyaks have long been noto • rioas, and they have carried on their depredations along the entire north-west coast of Borneo, and to the south -ward even as far as Celebes. The principal promoters of piracy were Shereef Sahib, of Sadung, and his brother, itereef Moolah, of Sakarran, and the boldness of the liyaks is mainly to be attributed to these chiefs, as they ”e ere in the habit of sending parties of Malaya in every .Dyak fleet, both to assist and guide the Dyaks to their ;prey. They shared with their Dyak colleagues in all plunder and slaves, and exercised so evil an influence that the popular nicknare of Shereef Sahib was Bujang ]Brani (brave bachelor), the name of the Dyak bird of omen. Sadung has lung been the nucleus of piracy, and Malay prahus, frequently manned by Lanuns, were sent to cruise about the natunas and Sambas, whilst the re gular fleets of Lanuns, whenever they visited the coast, irnet with a friendly reception and drove their nefarious traffic with the inhabitants of Sangie. " Last year the severe lesson given to the Serebas horde alarmed for a time both these piratical Shereefa and their colleagues, the Dyaks of Sakarran, and many promises wire then made to Captain Keppel that they wouLi in future abstain from piracy. On the return of the Dido to China the coast remained quiet for some months, but it appears that about the beginning of this year the final resolve was taken by Shereef Sahib to col lect his followers, and, in ooncert with his brother and the Salrarrans, to resist any attack that might be made upon them. In April Shereef Sahib, having collected a large fleet of Malay and Dyck prahus, removed to Putusan, and directly began to fortify. No sooner was he estab lished than both Malays and Dyaks were let loose and committed depredations both by sea and land, stopping all trade, and butchering the unhappy inland Dyaks. It appeared as though the abstinence of a few months had given a keener relish to their ordinary pursuits, and it was, therefore, with heartfelt satisfaction that we hailed the arrival of tho Did) and the Ph!egethon steamers, who came to put en end to a horrible series of crimes, which it is needless for me to dwell upon more at large. Captain Keppel having inquired into the facts, de cided with his usual promptitude on making an imme diate attack on Sakarran, and punishing both Malays *lntl Dyaks for their repeated and flagrant acts of piracy so recently committed. On the morning of the sth of .August, the steamer Phlegethon, with the boats of Dido in tow, and accompanied by about 20 native prahus, pro ceeded to the entrance of the Batong Lupar, which was reached the same evening. On the following morning, the boats having joined, the force moved up to the en trance of the Linga river, and anchored for the tide, to I enable the steamer to. pass the shoals, which intervene bctwi en the Linga and Putusan. " To enable )uur readers to follow the further pro ceedings I may here briefly describe the river and the various localities. " Batong Lupar is a noble stream, about two miles in width at its entrance ; for twenty miles it is deep and free from danger, and at that distance from the entrance is the considerable river of Linga on the right hand. From the'Lings to Putusan is about twenty miles fur ther ; the river is shoal, is obstructed by sandbanks, the tide rapid, and at the springs a heavy bore runs in, which is dangerous for boats. From Yutusan to the small and rapid river of Undup is f rem fifteen to twenty miles fUrther, and five miles beyond is the town of Sakar- Tau, situated on the junction of the Bat/Jug Lupar and the Sakarran. " The river Sakarran, which runs to the left from the town of the satne name, is navigable for boats for forty miles, and is a narrow but pleasant stream, with cleared banks well cultivated, or laid out with fruit trees. The Batong Lupar is likewise well cleared of jungle on the banks, and inhabited by llyaks, who, however, are less addicted to piracy than th> I)yaks of SAkarran. - " The Undup is a small stream, and about five miles from its entrance was the town of the same name, the residence of Shereef Mulah. Beyond Undup the stream becomes very narrow, the banks are wooded, and there are no inhabitants until reaching the village of the Undup Dyaks, about twenty-five miles further. On the morning of the 7th the steamer, with the boats in tow, weighed at daylight, and advanced towards Putusan ; after safely passing the shoals she anchored fur an hour to wait for the rise of the water, and afterwards brought up abreast of the forts of Putusan: The position was 1 - ,ot ill ch osen , the straggling town being situated within the stream of Grattan, the north of which was defended Ly three forts situated in a bight, whilst the approach was protected by a sandbank in the middle of the river • another fort wa s b u i lt on a point, close t o w hi c h th e steamer was obliged to,nfass, and on the left or opposite bank from the to wn oil utusan. Orders had been given by Captain Keppel not to fire first on the enemy, and on approaching the left hand fo r t th e boats ware t .a r if. and pulled for the two forts on the l e f t or th e en-e;;;;; THE SUN, 'LONDON, THURSDAY E VENiNG,_,DECEMBER 5, 1844. position. The first fort we found abandoned, but on the approach of the steamer to her anchorage, the fort on the right of the position opened a fire with e a guns, which was returned. In the meantime the boats of the DUo and Phlegethon dashed gallantly at the two orts on the left, and the men landed and carried them. A native boat, manned from the Dido, advameed to the right hand fort, and, after an engagement of about ten minutes, the third and lest fort was taken. The village immediately in the vicinity of the forts was burnt, the forts dismantled, and after a short pause the men 'sere` landed, and marched-about half a mile to the town of Shereef Sahib, where it was expected a further resist ance would be offered. The town, however, was found deserted, and was burnt, while the enemy were pursued iii every direction they showed themselves. From fifty to sixty guns` of various sizes were taken in and near the forts, and upwards of a tun of gunpowder was found in a detached magazine behind Shereef Sahib's house. It was evident how resolved this chief was to defend. hip self, as besides the forts already completed, eight other forts, in different states of forwardness, were in the course of erection ; and, had the attack been delayed, greater trouble would have been experienced. and more lives lost in the capture. The Bth and 9th were passed in burning and destroying the rest of the straggling town, and the boats, which were very numerous; and on the 10th the force proceeded up the river, and, passing the river Undup, anchored off the deserted town of Sakarran, which was burnt. On the evening of the same day, the native boat before-mentioned advanced up the Undup a--few miles, and on the morning of the 11 th attacked and carried a small fort, well situated on a hill, and de fended by a barrier across the river. The enemy retired up a hill, and as they tsept up a straggling fire, a gallant native chief, named Patine - Alli, landed with his party, and drove them ; sword in hand, from their position. On the 12th, after overcoming numerous obstacles;-the boats reached the town of Undup, which was deserted, and passing on (leaving the Malays to destroy it) worked till dark in removing the trees which bad been felled across the river. The morning of the 13th the same obstacles were encountered and overcome by twelve o'clock, and the lighter boats were enabled to advance. and continued, during the day, pulling against a strong fresh breeze in the river. Early on the 14th it was evi dent that we were approaching the enemy, as a few boats were fallen in with and taken in full retreat ; and about nine o'clock a.m. a large fleet was found in a creek below the Dyak village of Undup. Above the creek, on a rising ground, was the temporary encampment of the enemy, and the Dyak village stood on a hill above, at a long musket range distance. The enemy abandoned their boats and encampment and opened their fire from the Dyak village upon our party. The position was commanding, and, I regret to say, that Mr. Wade, the first lieutenant of the Dido, was killed whilst gallantly advancing to the assault. The place was carried with out a check, and the enemy were completely and finally routed and driven in every direction into the jungle. The object of the advance having been thus gained, the force dropped down the same evening to the still burn ing town of Shereef Mulch. The 15th and 16th were passed at the steamer, to rest the men after the severe Logue encountered up the Undup, and in preparing for an advance up the Sakarran river. " The Sakarran, as I have said, is well cultivated on the banks, and the advance was made for two days with ease, although each night we were annoyed with parties of, Dyaks, who threw spears from the bank, and occa sionally used the sumpitan or blowpipe. An advance of Malay boats each day preceded the force, and burned numerous villages on the way, but all the property had been carefully removed into the interior, and it was evident that the enemy were prepared beforehand for cur coming. " On the morning of the 19th a further advance was made till nine o'clock, when the leading boats of the Dido stopped to breakfast, and a force of about t.n small native boats under Patingi Alli was sent in advance to reconnoitre, with strict orders to fall back on any appearance of the enemy. These boats soon came up with a strong force of Dyaks, stationed on either bank, and rashly advancing across a barrier thrown over the river, pushed forward. When beyond the reach of aid, a raft was cut adrift, and six large native prahus, with from 50 to 60 men in each, suddenly bore upon them (three from either bank), impelled down the strong stream, and closed before it was possible to re treat. A scene of confusion and dismay followed, and our native boats one after another were capsized, and about 30 men were speared before the second gig and pinnace of the Dido arrived to their relief. The fortune of the day was soon turned, the war-boats were captured, and the Dyaks were driven with great slaughter from the banks, whilst the boats of the force advanced upon thenliss quickly as the current would permit. " The loss of the enemy must have been very great, as a body of 4,000 or 5,00*a - flea were exposed to our fire arms for several minutes, and. the crews of the war prahus severely handled before they get ashore. The expedition may here be said to have closed, as no-fur ther opposition was offered, and the boats returning to the Phlegethon, reached PutuSan on the 22d, where we Here joined by two boats of her Majesty's ship Sama rarg (Sir Edward Belcher), and on the night of the 24th once again reached Sarawak. Having remained in Sarawak a day or two. Captain Koppel received infor mation that Shereef Sahib had taken refuge iu the Linga river, and that be was there collecting his fol lowers with the assistance of Shereef Jaffer, a resident of that place. On the 28th the Phlegethon steamer and the boats of her Majesty's ships Dido and Semarang once more started, and proceeded up the river Linga. After pushing forward for two days through numerous obstacles, we had the satisfaction to learn that Shereef Sahib, on hearing of our return, finally and precipi tately abandoned the country, and fled across the mountains to the Pontianak river. The boats, in con sequence, returned to Banting, where a conference was held with the Malays and Balow Dyaks of the place, and it was fully explained to them that the measures elken against piracy were for the protection of all peaceful communities of the coast. From these people many assurances were received of their willingness to co-operate with us, and one and all were alike urgent that the Government of their river should be transferred to the English. On the 4th of September the force reached Sarawak, and thus terminated a brilliant and successful expedition against the worst pirates on the coast of Borneo. " It is needless here to mention the gallant conduct of all concerned, but I may briefly sum up the service per formed and the obstacles overcome. A Malay horde, long the terror of the coast, fully provided with arms and ammunition, have been defeated and dispersed, and their leaders driven from the country, while numerous peace able communities in the vicinity have been released from a thraldom which has long borne heavily on their in dustry, and other chiefs have been shown what they may expect should they follow the same course. The Sakarran Dyaks have been punished along with the Malays, and there is every reason to hope, now that the evil influence of the chiefs is removed, they may shortly be reclaimed from their piratical habits ; and, above all, the sufferings of the inland Dyaks have been ended, and the trade (which has yearly been more and more ob structed) protected from a horde of pirates who have lung carried on their depredations with impunity. A shoaling and rapid river has been ascended for upwards of 100 miles, obstacles of no common description have been removed, and the enemy beaten wherever encoun tered ; and all this peformed with a cheerfulness and good-will which renders war an amusement as.well as d.ity." CHINA. Paul Ivy Stirling, Esq., Attorney-General of this cilony, has been appointed a member of the Executive Council.—Friend of China, Aug. 7. CANTON.-Our dates are to the 14th. All was quiet. Some heavy purchases of silk have been made. Another meeting was held at the Consulate regarding the build ing-ground leased by her Majesty's superintendent of trade from the Chinese ; but as formerly, the merchants would not agree to the very stringent terms upon which it is proposed to sub-let part of the ground to them. Two houses, as we mentioned some time ago, have signed the agreement, but nothing has been done in the way of building. The Hong merchants have had another call from their Government to pay five millions of dollars, their portion of the Canton ransom money, but they continue inflexible in their determination not to do so. They were all summoned into the city on the 12th. .The result is not known, but the impression is that they bill be imprisoned. However, Samqua, and others who are possessed of valuables, have removed from their own bongs, so as to be out of the reach of the Government barpies.—Friend of China, Aug. 15. By her Majesty's steamer Vixen we have two or three papers to the 27th ult., but as our intermediate dates between the sailing of the Spiteful and those brought by the Vixen are still wanting, our intelligence is incomplete. We gather, however, from those papers hich we have received, that much sickness has again prevailed at Hong-Kong, and that a number of deaths have occurred. At Amoy also there seems to be much sickness, though we ;cannot gather from what cause. The sicknes s at Hong-Kong is attributed to imperfect drainage, &c. The Rob Roy, on her way from Macao to Calcutta, was obliged to put back to Victoria, having sprung her foremast in a heavy gale. We observe that the French Plenipotentiary arrived at Macao from Ma nilla on the 15th ultimo, when his Excellency immedi ately landed. We gather from the Friend of China, that the American Plenipotentiary has been negotiat ing with Keying with a view to the improvement of some parts of the British treaty. It is mentioned that he has got the 17th article of the supplementary treaty, by which small vessels visiting the different ports bad to pay such enormous duties at each plane, amended. The 13th article of that treaty, however, by which Chi nese merchants coming to Hong-Kong to purchase goods must ship them in a Chinese vessel, seems to remain unaltered. The mandarins at the new ports have put tt a 'very wide interpretation on this clause, since they have even extended it to the case of Chinese merchants sending goods from Singapore. We believe that they objected to admitting goods sent by some of the Chinese here in British vessels, and that the difficulty was got over by making out bills of lading in the names of the com manders or other persons not Chinese. The attempt to strain this article so as to apply it to Singapore is very absurd, and the more so, as it happens that most of the Chinese here who have shipped largely for the northern ports, are not subjects of the Emperor of China at all, but British subjects born in Malacca. After a little more experience of the working of the treaties, Mr. Davis will find room enough for a new supplementary treaty. Mr. Davis was to leave Victoria in company with the Admiral on the 28th ult., on a tour of inspection of the northern ports.—Singapore Free Press, Sept. 12. We understand the French squadron arrived at Micao on the morning of Thursday last, and the Am bassador landed in the course of the day.—Hong-Kong H.gister, August 20. Our brother of the Friend of China, in his issue of the 14th instant, says he cannot corroborate the state ment in our last number, that another week (from the 6th to the 13th) h a d p asse d without his hearing of any additional cases of sickness of a serious nature in the settlement ; and says unfortunately there have been both new cases (of fever) and new deaths. We certainly have no wish to become alarmists, and think besides that there is a tendency in certain quarters to convert any instance of sickness which occurs into the fever of last year, We do not think the welfare of the colony is promoted either by wilful concealment or exaggeration of the sickness, and believe our Contemporary would be as far as ourselves from giving way to either. Within the period mentioned we certainly had not then heard of any deaths, and have since heard only of one, which we have been assured was not from fever.—lbid. In our neighbourhood there is little to notice beyond the continued violence of the rains and the influence they eiiert on the streets, which in several parts 'au scaroely passable, partly from the giving way _ill bridges, and partly from water lodg in g in the hollowi and softening the newly-laid on materials. The appear ance of the sky, joined to the rise of the mercury in the barometers, lead us to hope the weather will now clear up, and we trust before a return of such a deluge the improvements so- much wanted will be made upon the roads. It is understood the governor will take his de parture on Wednesday, in the Agincourt, in company with the Admiral, on an inspection of the northern ports opened to our trade. From the notification in this day's paper, it will be seen the Hon. Major D'Aguilar acts for him in his absence, in his capacity of Lieutenant-Go vernor. Her Majesty's steamer will convey from these shores Captain Michael Quin, late of her Majesty's hos pital ship Minden, this ship having been all but put out of commission. Captain Quin will carry with him not only the good wishes of all who have bad the pleasure of his acquaintance, but of all those who have suffered from sickness on board the Minden—to whom his kindness and humanity greatly endeared him. This is Captain Quin's second visit to China ; he commanded, in 1835, her Majesty's ship Raleigh, of Typhoon celebrity. We hear that the Driver, which left this on the 21st of June, with Sir Henry Pottinger, is expected to bring on the July maiL If this information is correct, it may be very soon expected. Last year it reached Macao on the 7th September, by the Anonyma, twenty-nine days from , Bombay—Hong-Kong Register, Aug. 27. IRELAND. - DUBLIN, DEC. 3.—The first of a series of projected meetings condemnatory of the Catholic Charitabie Be quests Bill, was held ,his day, in the Linen hall Ward, pursuant to public notification. Town-councillor Sheri dan presided, and Mr. O'Connell was present during the entire proceedings. After several spirited and manly resolutions, expres sive of disgust with the insidious Catholic Charitable Be quests Bill, and declaratory of the fixed and unalterable determination of the people, by every legal and consti tutional means within their grasp, to give the measure the most unbending and fierce opposition, were adopted, Mr. O'CoNNELL came forward to address the meeting, and delivered an eloquent speech. He denounced the B. quests Act as an insidious attempt to cause disunion between the Irish laity and their clergy, the Government being jealous of that well-deserved and most natural in fluence which the Roman CatholiC pastors possessed over their flocks. The Bill, if carried into opera tion, would not render the people anything better than they were before. It was nothing short of a delusion, a mockery, and a snare, to assert that this legislative enactment was calculated, from the beneficial tendency of its provisions, to ameliorate their condition. The measure he looked upon as an insult to the Catholic Church, an injustice to the Catholic clergy, an impudent and wicked attempt to meddle with matters of a purely clerical character, and by that means sap the foundation of the true faith itself. Nothing could be 'more manifest than the desire of the Government to render the Catholic clergy less powerful, less influential, and less beloved, than they undoubtedly were in Ireland. But the Catholic people of Ireland were not the willing serfs, or the submissive slaves of foreign despotism, to suffer the degradation of their clergy.—(Hear, hear.) He repeated, that the Catholic Charitable Bequests Bill could not be looked upon in any other light than as an insult to the clergy of the Catholic Church. But the Government should not be permitted to drive their bantling on Irish ground without finding, at all events, that the Course was not as clear or unimpeded as might be desired. There should be well organised, well com bined, well directed, but nevertheless most constitutional agitation, against the measure. They should meet in wards, in parishes, in districts, all over Ireland, and-pro claim that that they considered the offensive and in sulting character of the Bill quite sufficient reason for pledging themselves to impede its working, if the Go vernment persevered in driving them to adopt that course. Mr. O'Connell then stated, at great length, his objec tions to the Bill—the objections of the entire Irish people; and concluded by stating that if no other person were to be found, he would himself, at the next meeting con vened to protest against the!Bequests Bill, propose a re solution, as one of the . Archbishop's subjects, calling on the Most Rev. Dr. Murray to decline affording the Go vernment any assistance in working out the details of the measure, and to refuse accepting the Commissioner ship, which either had been offered or was about to be offered to his Grace.—(This expression of Mr. O'Con nell's determination was loudly applauded.) The meeting separated at four o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 3. STRIKING A SOLICITOR OFF THE ROLL FOR FRADULENTLY PREPARING AND FABRICATING CERTAIN DEEDS,.--IN RE ANDREW CHRISTOPHER PALLOS, ONE OF THE SOLICITORS. Mr. PIGOT, Q.C., at the sitting of the Court, read the affidavit filed by Mr. Pallos, solicitor, in obedience to the orders of the Chancellor, explanatory of the part taken by him in the execution and preparation slf cer tain deeds referred to in the cause of " Foster v. Goold and others," which were declared in the course of pro ceedings before the Court of Chancery on Monday week to have been fabricated for the purpose of imposition and dishonesty, and with the intent of conveying, granting, aliening, and releasing unto Pallos and J. J. Hardy cer tain lands and heredttaments, forming portion of the Goold estate, in the county of Tipperary, and to their heirs and assigns. When the Chancellor discovered , that the deeds in question were impeached by counsel for the defendants in the cause, he ordered them to be collected and impounded, and directed Mr. Pallos to be called upon to answer to the Court fur his apparently fraudulent, most improper, and exceedingly dishonest conduct. The Learned Counsel addressed the Court at consider able length on behalf of Mr. Pallos, and commented for cibly on those portions of the affidavit in which the depo nent swore that all the deeds were prepared in the office of hardy, and amended in his own handwriting ; that he did not know by whom the alterations in the deed of 1834 were made ; that they were not done by him, or with his knowledge, assent, privity, or consent, or by any of his acquaintances, and that he was ignorant of the object of such alterations. That he was willing to sub mit to the inspection of the several parties interested in the case, all documents, deeds, and mortgages in his pos. session, and that he never was a party to, or cognisant of, any plan for raising money, and that he never con templated the raising of money by any dealing under the deed of 1834, which purported to make him and J. J. Hardy trustees, The Lord CHANCELLOR stated that the explanation stated to be given by Mr. Pallos did not at all relieve that person from the serious charges appearing against him, and that, therefore, for the sake of the respectable profession to which he belonged, for the safety of the suitors of that Court, as well as of the public generally, it was his painful duty to direct that Mr. Pallor's name should be removed from the roll of solicitors. As re garded the part which Mr. Hardy had taken in the transaction, explanation should be offered for it before thy Benchers of the Queen's Inns. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in Se Week ending Saturday, tilt. 30th of November, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 220 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 123 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l4B 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c l3 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l2 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, 34c .. Old Age, or. Natural Decay 72 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance specified e Causs .. __ 1074 942 Deaths fiora all Causes . 1075 946 IDEATH6 FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES IXCLUDIiD UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Weekly Average Total. of Five Years. Consumption Scarlatina 56 34 Pneumonia .. l2O 79 Dropsy . . . Hooping Cough ... ........ .. Typhus Small Pox 46 15 Disease of the Heart Measles 3O 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain .14 9 Diarrhsea Sudden Deaths ....... —....—.. 26 15 DISTRICTS. West 147 138 North 174 171 Central East 258 207 South 295 242 • Total .... . 946 COUNTY OF ELGIN.—THE BANKING SYSTEM. 'A special general meeting of Deputy-Lieutenants, Com"- m;ssioners of Supply, Justices of the Peace, heritois, farmers, manufacturers, and other inhabitants of this county, was held in the Court-house, on Friday week, for the purpose of considering the threatened alteration of the present currency , of Scotland. - On the motion of John Lawson, Esq., of Chapelton, the Hon. Sir Archi bald Dunbar, of Northfield, Bart., was unanimously called to preside. Sir Archibald Dunbar having accord ingly taken the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting, and read a letter he had received that morning from the Right Hon. the Earl of Moray, Lord-Lieute nant of the county, expressing his regret that, owing to his present state of health, he could not be present at the meeting ; but stating his cordial concurrence in the purpose of it. Peter Brown, Esq., of Dunkinty, then rose and moved a series of resolutions, deprecating any change whatever in the currency of Scotland, and pledging themselves to oppose such a measure, which having been seconded by George M'William, Esq., were unanimouslyagreed to, and the meeting separated. • itaß. com3ußN 13, Great Marlborough street. ill SHORTLY PUBLISII TUE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS : I. STRITIIERN, A NOVEL. By the i.IOIINTESS of BLES GTO.N. ADVENTURES of an OFFICER ' l{ ~e SERVICE of RUNJEET SINGH. By MAJOR H. M. L. LAWRENCE, Bengal Artillery, British Resident at the Court of Nepaul. 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations,. 111. ME3IOIAS of SOPHIA DOROTHEA, CONSORT of GEORGE 1., Elector -of — Hanover and King of England ; with Extracts from the Private Journal of her Conversations with various distinguished Personages of her Time ; and Selections from her Correspohdence. Now First Published from the Originals. 2 vols. ivo., with a Fine Portrait from an original Painting. IV. 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DEDICATED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR NEIL DOUGLAS K.C.B. and K.C.H., Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Scotland. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Portraits, price 21s. bound, my ADVENTURES. By COLONEL MONTGOMERY MAXWELL, K. 11., Commanding the 36th Regiment. Flenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - - _ NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. On Monday next, the 9th Inst., will be published, Two Vols. Bvo, with Portraits from Original Paintings, &c., MEMOIRS OF TULE REIGN OF GEORGE II By IIORACII WALPOLE, Earl of Orford. Edited, with Notes, &c., by Sir DEN IS LE:MARCHANT, Bart. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THEATRE ROYAL., DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5, • Will be repeated a Grand Opera , aria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corner.), Mr. Borrani ; filoncenige, Mt. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; .• atarina Corium, Rainforth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Aehmet, M. Desplaces; The Pefi, Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal. D'Bryan ; Aysha ! Mrs. Payne. The Box-orrice is open daily, from Ten In the Morning until Six ia the Evening, where Private and Family Baxes, Stalls, Places, ad Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, *.ired OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket dr. Salckland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe , Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of t .n.pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestsis ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia .ennett. After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled . 0 MEBODY ELSE. Hans Merits, M-. Charles rlathews; +ladame Vestris. I'o c.e folLwed by, a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG I:NOLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James ecoley, Mr. Buckstone ' • Mrs. holes, Mrs. Humby. Private. Boxes, Two Guineas arid Ow<= Guinea and a-Half each tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ac eher, at the Box-office, rom Len till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI ,dOLINA • et', Ruse de Guerre. P r i n cipal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS iTRANGER. Court Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanilla. Mr Selby ;' be Alysterieus . Stranger, Madame Celeste ; :requet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. 'To conclude with NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul tiedford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gatot ; Principal Painter, dr. Pitt ; Leader of the M Sand ,. Mr. Mellon.—Box-octii e open from Eleven till Four. Private Stoma to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5, Will be r, sented tl e Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Nallack, Harry thunder, Mr. Fitzjames ;' Sire, Mr. Oxberry ; Ephraim; Mr. Compton; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Stiriing; Jane, Mrs. Brougham; Amelia, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by the New Drama, called DON CE.SA R DE BAZAN ; Doe (*astir, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Maritana , Mrs. Stirling; Couatesi di Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Di ector, Mr. Emden. Afacbinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Galls It Half.price at Vine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. ad. ; Boxes, 12s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and ; Prosce. aium Boxes, Two OUlitt*S and a . Half. Doors to be opened at Half. vast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the 'direction of Mr. W. Massiogham Private. Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. IMEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS. EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 'Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. Tne characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlech, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINOEN Charaeters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin otli, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Re 'ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In tie course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which hillitik's Mazurka and Cellanus Valse will be danced by slats. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and 111. s Fairhrother. After which, a Nel4-Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MAR RY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS VlTltin s eptirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, da. Principal Characters by Mr. piddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. raven, and Mr. Keedsay..;_ Miss Fairbrotber, Mrs. Woolli Ige, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, at,. James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADldlSSlON.—Balicitry-, Boxes 4i. • Uppe' dozes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price— Balcony B oxes, 2e. , Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit,. Is. Private Boxes on the ttsicony i.olding eight person.), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second her (holding eight- persons), One guinea and a.Half, Private Bowes on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guirea. fhe Box-ntice is open from Ten to Four e'Clock, under the dlrec. tien of Mi. Grogan, late otCovent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPtiII'HEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race -Hope and Life's Course of Man and Steed introducing unequalled Natio! al Fetes. Real Fox-chase on too Stage and in the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased ny Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel productisn. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. - New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Censcripta Acting and stage manager, Mr. W.. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art et Riding Mr. R. Smith daily. • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY I'HEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 5. Will be performed the admired Romance of CRICHTON OF CLUNIE, AND CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. James Crichton, Mr. E. E Saville • Ginevra, Mu. R Manner. still n Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL A MERICAN ELS. To conclude with ROBERT MAC SIRE Robert Macaire, Mr. B. F. Eaville • Jacque( Strop. Mr. W. Smith. Places ond 'Private Boxes to be had of Mt Kerschner. at the Box Agee from Eleven to Four. THE WEA HE R- -- SuN OFFICE, DEC. 5. Lowest,T 26; High es t, 37 ; --- Titiramommr sit , Noon. 31 BARODIZTEE, 30.15.—Wnm, N.E. _Neyrm.—The number 32 on the Thenuometer denotes the re-ezing point, and 55 temperate. Barometers fair i 6 temally placed opposite 30, and rain a t 9 • • HIGH WATER AT LONDOVIRR - H.IGE THIS DAY. bl Oll l ,l B ... 4 minutes a fter I grealiagN,.. 99 minutes after 9 , :Fil, ..P;#q ' k,* i• ~ 4X • ~ e- -4-.?.. -v , s p, a u -- i .. 4, j . . , ~., ..1 • % .; 4 . 1 % l---Arke 41 : .• 4. 4. , •firt i o t ; \ . . 1 .4 t„;... 1— . 0fr„.• , ...,. : _ 0 , . .... A , , '... - ' e :" Ne4llll l r. , , ' .J'• 1. r. ..,. ` fi r.4 ..--x . r• *.,,,,,-- ' •-•:, •- , • ' _ • _ SECOND EDITION. e t , Jou/ Ikt ::,,Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1844. Notwithstanding Mr. O'CoNNELL's apparent ear nestness in the cause of Repeal, and the prominent manner in which he has put it forward at every public meeting that has been held in Ireland for the last ten years and upwards, we have always entertained an impression that, being convinced at heart. of the utter impossibility of his ever being able to carry it, he merely agitated the measure with a view to drive the English Government into doing justice to the sister country, by, showing them how thoroughly awakened the Irish mind was to a sense of its wrongs, and how resolved it was no longer tamely and sulkily to submit to them. That many others were of the same opinion as ourselves on this subject, is evident from the circumstance that. Mr. O'CONNELL has at length deemed it expedient publicly to disclaim his having been influenced by any such motivei, and to insist that in his agitation of Repeal he is as sincere, as sanguine, and as enthusiastic as ever he was in his agitation of the Catholic Emancipation question. At the last meeting of the repealers in the Dublin Con ciliation Hall, the lion. and Learned Gentleman thus emphatically expressed himself :—" The English newspaper of the. Dissenters,;; the Patriot, alleged that he was looking for repeal, not in order to obtain it, but in order to coerce England to do some thing in the way of concession or justice to Ire land. That was a total mistake, and he wished the people of England now clearly to understand that there was nothing equivocal in his looking for Repeal, and that England could offer nothing short of Repeal which he would accept." This language is explicit enough. As the Duke of WELLINGTON told Mr. llusKisson, " there is no mistake here." Mr. O'Con- NELL really is sincere in his repeal agitation; and not only this, but he will take nothing short of it from the English Government! Was there ever such an instance of arrant infatuation, to use the mildest term ? „With the QUEEN—the two Houses of Parliament—the majority of the English people, and no small ; portion of Irishmen of the more respectable and influential class—with all these various powers warmly opposed to a Repeal of the Union, what earthly chance has Mr. O'CONNELL of ever being able to carry it ? He deprecates, we see, all idea of having recourse to physical fore°, ancj tho current of public opinion has set in strongly against his crotchet. How, then, is Ise to bring it to a suc cessful issue ? We almost doubt whether he has ever thought of seriously putting this question to himself, or he would not persevere so strenuously in the agitation of a measure, which, in the first place, is impracticable ; and, secondly, if practicable, would be attended with the most ruinous results to both coun tries. That Repeal is popular among'tbe lower classes in Ireland is natural enough, for it is placed before them in the most specious garb, and their profound igno ranee prevents them from detecting the, real nature of the humbug. They dream--alas, how idly I—that it will supply all their wants; remedy all their wrongs ; pay all their taxes ; give them as much to eat and drink as they could desire ; render them in dependent of their landlords ; and enable each, and all of them, to live like gentlemen, working just when they please, and making holiday when they please. Such are the agreeable expectations which the thoughtless, sanguine masses of Irish peasantry entertain from a Repeal of the Union with Eng land ; and in these flattering delusions they are artfully encouraged by their leaders, who never let pass IT_ opportunity_ of insistink on the wonderful benefits that would accrue to them from the restoration of their old Parliament in Col lege-green. No Repeal agitator ever thinks of giving them a common-sense view of the question—of show ing them the reverse side of the picture—how the internal discords, and jealousies, and distrusts, and divisions that would infallibly ensue from Repeal, would have the effect of driving capital from the country, putting an end to all commercial enterprise, rendering the landlords more keenly and selfishly alive to their own particular interest than ever, and adding tenfold to the difficulties of the peasant in ob taining even the scantiest subsistence. No repeal agi• tator, we say, ever thinks of giving any other than a one-sided view of the question. It would not suit his party purposes to do so, and ac cordingly the restless and sanguine Irish masses are left to anticipate all sorts of benefits from Repeal, not one of which will ever be realised. This is a sad state of things to contemplate, and the only remedy we know of, consists in the prompt introduc tion of such a system of popular education into Ire land as shall give the peasantry a better insight than they now possess into their real interests. The operation of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S banking legislation is now beginning to develop itself in good earnest. It is with no feeling of satisfaction that we note the gradual, but we fear inevitable, fulfilment of the predictions which, from time to time, we have hazarded as to the results that would ensue on the famous "complement," in 1844—0 f the disastrous urror of 1819. And yet that error was sufficiently comprehensive and various in its character, one should have thought, to have rendered unnecessary the fur ther tampering of the "renewing" and "regulating" statutes of last session, touching the charter of the Bank of England, and the circulation of joint-stock and other banks of issue. For there are few men of 'ordinary intelligence, who will venture at this mo ment to deny, that the Currency Act of 1819 has diminished the resources of this nation some fifty per cent., through the destructive action of suddenly pro claimed gold prices on the industrial and productive classes, in the shape of enforced and unnatural dimi nution of wages, and through the stupendous injus tice of compelling all persons under liabilities which had been contracted in the previously-established paper circulation, to redeem them in gold at a fixed specific rate of value, instead of at its current market price. Nobody now doubts, who has once taken the trouble to examine into the very simple elements of this question, that the establishment of a cheap gold standard, with natural or gold reduced prices and low gold wages, has had the effect of throwing the great burden of all our indirect taxation upon the shoulders of the very industrial classes whom it has so cruelly mulcted in the wages which would otherwise have easily borne it. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S early initiation into official station appears to have rendered familiar to his vanity the notion that he has received a mission to turn his hand to any and every species of remedial statesmanship. Heaven knows, he will never reap the graceful praise bestowed on poor GOLDSMITH— " Nihil tetigit quod non ornavit." His monetary law making began, has continued, and will terminate in mistakes. He mistakes the first element of money— which should be representation of value, not value itself. The presence of intrinsic value, if deemed in dispensable, in any well-regulated circulation, is suf ficiently provided - for by such a quantity of gold and silver bullion as may serve to represent, promptly snd conveniently, the balances of our transactions in foreign commerce, and perhaps in our internal trade. Retained for purposes like this, it does not impede, but facilitate that commerce and trade. It does not reduce the prices of the products of our highly-taxed industrial population to the level of the natural or gold prices necessary to remunerate the far more lightly, if not wholly untaxed, producing classes of the Continent. It leaves the circulation of bank notes to its own natural tendencies to expand or ,to contract, according to the demand and supply of " Money," or -its larger and more proper significa tion in the market. It does not, by the dangerous high-pressure of artificial limitations on the quantity of money which the producing power of this king dom requires for its representation, positively and iniquitously and ruinously prevent the distribution of wealth. But Sir R. PEEL having thus determined to have only intrinsic in lieu of symbolic money, or at least to tolerate symbolic money only under the unqualified condition of its immediate convertibility by the issuers, into gold, on demand, at and after a fixed rate of 3/..175. 101 d. per ounce, next proceeded to make this condition, to the best of his power, if not impracticable, destructive of the permanency of his gold system. To pay bank-notes in gold, it is evidently necessary to be provided with a sufficient quantity of that metal to equal the amount of bank notes at any time outstanding. This it would ever be a sufficient . puzzle to procure under any circum stances. But by the profound expedient of perMit ing gold to be sold and bought as freely as any other commodity, and thus enabling it always to command its market price, and therefore its fluctuating price— the market of the world has always run against the Mint on Tower-hill. At the Mint they were com pelled to issue, and at the Bank of England they were bound to pay, as well as to receive —gold at the Act of Parliament price. In Cheapside, or anywhere else, gold might be fetching a price from four or five, to twelve and twenty per cent. higher. So the Bank was always in danger of being drained, even despite its extensive purchases of gold in the very market which had just drained its coffers, at such an advance on the price it had itself issued at; and despite the still more mischievous and sudden contractions of its issues of notes, rendered imperatively necessary by its perpetual liabilities to this run for gold. In 1844, neither former blunders, nor the prices and the crises consequent on them, nor the destruction of .many eminent banking and mercantile firms, nor the sudden, cruel, and needless overthrow of many ample private fortunes, had cured Sir ROBERT of this fatal propensity to interference with matters monetary and commercial. As in 1819 he had been scared by colossal windmills, in the shape of adverse foreign exchanges, so, in 1844, he was frighted out of his propriety by two more mar venous discoveries. He discovered, first, that there was a tendency to excessive speculation in the com mercial interest ; and therefore he started from an arbitrary point, with a given entire circulation as that which he thought adequate for the wants of the country, and which, by the division of the Bank of England into two 'numbers, a bank of issue and a bank of deposits, was always to keep for that corpo ration a sufficient store of bullion in its coffers to pay , all its own notes presented for that purpose. He dis covered, secondly, that the amall-note circulation permitted to Scotland ought no longer to continue— not, however, on the equitable ground that not being permitted to England it ought not to be allowed in Scotland, but on the assumption that it was injurious for the latter country. Well, at the end of last session, these views, except in so far a 3 with regard to Scotland, their carrying out was Postponed till 1845, were affirmed by Acts of Parlia ment. Since then, spemdation—which it was his avowed object to repress—has become rampant, throwing itself into railroad projects of all kinds and prospects—and foreign securities, good, bad, or in dif?erent-•--with a prodigality, savouring almost of insanity ; and with results, the period of whose de velopment has not yet arrived, but will' ere long §holy themselves in characters very intelligible. Sipes then, legitimate commerce, which it was his avowed object to uphold and encourage, has so seriously declined, that the market for colonial pro duce, for example, is left almost without buyers, according to our Mincing-lane Circular of the day before yesterday. Grievous complaints are made of the almost total cessation of purchases. Would either of these results, both of them so deeply to be deplored, have occurred, under a monetary sys tem founded on a basis of symbolic money issued from responsible quarters, and a quantity sufficient for the legitimate purposes of representing property seeking investment or distribution ? We boldly an swer in the negative. The very same causes—the selfsame impolitic tampering with private credit, and the elasticity of commercial confidence—which the Act of 1819 called into such desolating energy in 1825-26, will assuredly bring about, ere many months, at the utmost, have passed over us, some ter rible convulsions, again, if, in the meanwhile, Sir Ro- BERT persevere in tightening the screw which already paralyses our national resources by its unnatural ten sion. He is, it appears, determined on next experiment ing upon Scotland. She shall not have 11. or one guinea bank-notes. It is inexpedient for her welfare to retain them." Indeed ! She has now possessed them about 140 years. With them, and with her present system of banks, she has survived the shocks of two native rebellions against the Imperial Government; she has reclaimed her sterile wastes, improved in the most ad mirable and advantageous manner the whole face of her arable soil ; beautified, aye, and built, magnificent cities and towns, and, aided by the intelligent saga city and industry of her people, outstripped almost every other competitor, in the proportion of her means, in the rapidity of her career of national prosperity. Her monetary system has afforded all encouragement to industry—all development to trade—all facilitieS to agricultural improvement. Surely the shrewdness of the people of Scotland will not permit solid advan tages of this kind to be immolated to a worthless crotchet of the Premier's. But they must go further than they intimate their intention of doing. They must vindicate the broad, general, practical principle of that symbolic money, and that expansible mo netary system to which they owe so much ; and not content with simply averting from themselves the infliction of an enormous scheme of currency regulation which has worked se much injustice and mischief to England—and because Eng land is their own grand mart and customer, has pro portionally prejudiced their own interests. They must insist on the Premier's retracing the steps he has taken, or his repealing the Act of 1819, and its supplements and complement ; and on his restoring that tried and salutary monetary system, which can alone secure to the dormant capital of this empire its full evolution ; to its productive power, its full energy; to,.its industrial classes, " a fair day's wage for a fair day's labour ;" ..and the distribution, in the shape of these legitimate wages, of a fair proportion of the wealth they. generate ; to its manufacturers and ar tisans, remunerating prices, not artificially kept down by a cheap gold standard; and to the whole country, the full and absolute benefits of that free trade which our geographical and commercial position so well qualifies us to realise, but which we are deliberately convinced no other means, whatever, can enable us to arrive at, of which this return to the better system of currency that we have foolishly abandoned, is not a primary and essential element. Madrid papers, of the 27th ult., contain some de tails of the melancholy events at Logrono. A letter in the Gazette states that the other son of ZURBANO, BALLANAS (his aid-de-camp), and five others had surrendered to the General commanding in that dis trict, and were immediately ordered to be shot. Several others, who had surrendered at Burgos, had under gone the same fate. ZURBANO still continued to elude his pursuers. The farce of discussing the Re form Bill was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies. MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 27.—Three per Cents., 34; for cash, 34. Five per Cents., 24 for cash, 22 for account. The executions at Logrono, the state of Spain, and the singular and unexpected attack made by the Journal des Debuts on the policy of Queen CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ, form the leading topics in the Paris journals. Most of the Opposition papers express astonishment and indignation on finding a Ministerial organ disowning and denouncing the policy of the present rulers, who were abetted in all their intrigues at Paris, and forced on Spain by the French Go vernment. "If you," says the Courrier Francais, in animadverting on the ,new tact of the Cabinet, "had no confidence in the men who now govern Spain, why did you assist in composing the new Spanish Ministry ? Why did you give the mot d'ordre to M. MARTINEZ DE LA. ROSA, who transmitted it to NAavai z ? Nobody will be your dupe. Whatever is now doing in Spain is your own work. How will you exculpate yourselves in the presence of the Chamber ? This is your great embarrassment. You will get out of it by denying your acts, as you have always done, and as cowards always do." The National, equally indignant, accounts for the change in these words :—" The Journal des Debats speaks of these things as every honest writer ought to do. But it is rather late in the day for this mani festation, and we shall take the liberty of inquiring into the motive which now induces the Conservative journal to take part against the odious Government of NAR VAEZ. The motive, we think, is simply as fol lows :—As the season is near at hand, the Ministry is afraid, and with good reason, that it will be re proached with the existing calamities of Spain, and therefore seeks to avoid, by means of a few newspaper articles, all identity with the NARVAEZ faction. But who does the Ministry think to deceive by this tardy repudiation ? Has it not done all in its power to establish the party which at present reigns and exe cutes in Spain ? Did it not openly protect CHRIS TINA, and shut its eyes when her friends were re turning to their country, which they are now deluging with blood? Will the Ministry say that it groans at the excesses, which the different Governments of Spain have by turns committed, but that it laid down for itself a law to maintain, as regarded them, a scrupulous impartiality ? 'Do not the facts,Ton the contrary, show that the French Ministry did every thing in its power to deliver up the kingdom of Spain a prey to the Moderados ? Do not facts show that the French Ministry has contributed, as much as it could, to overthrow with ESPARTERO what it was pleased to call the government of the sword, and to preserve the present Government, to which it is certainly im possible to give a milder name ? An article of the Debats will not suffice, at least we hope not, to enable M. GUIZOT to wash his hands of the responsibility that lies upon him. The Chamber, notwithstanding the prudent outbreak of the Debats, will, without doubt, call him to an account for the blood which his miserable policy has shed in Spain, and for the in creasing degradation which his policy there brings upon the name of France." There is great truth in these statements, and it is now very evident that in the forthcoming session an attack will be made on M. GUIZOT, meant for the KING, in regard to the wicked interference of France with the government of that unfortunate country. It will And a response in the heart of every generous Frenchmen, and will give the Cabinet more trouble 'than Queen POMARB and the right of search. " The Government of NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA," says the France, " has roused the indignation of the whole of Europe. It is repudiated at PariS as a disgrace to humanity. 'How was it to be supposed that the diplomacy of Europe, which has hitherto abstained from all contact with the usurpa tion of Madrid, would consent to press the hands stained with blood which the executioners who sur round the daughter of FERDINAND VII. are con stantly holding out ?" The Constitutionnel and the Commerce express similar sentiments. The following letter from Bayonne, published in the former journal, places the cruelty of the executioners in a stronger light than they have yet appeared : "Fresh information, brought us by our correspondence with Bayonne, convinces us more and more strongly of the reason and justice of General Oribe, in suspending the execution of the barbarous orders he had received from Madrid. It was not, as has been said, Caio Muro, the brother-in-law of Zurbano, who was arrested and shot with the General's son. Caio Muro was the Com mandant of the National Guard of Logrono, and his being, as it were, a man in office, the rigour used would in his case have been, if not justifiable, at least expli cable. The person arrested and shot was also a brother in.law of Zurbano, being the brother of his wife ; but he was entirely a private character, and never belonged to any party. name was Juan Martinez. lie left ; Logrono solely at the entreaties of the youn g w if e of . . Benito Zurbano, to endeavour to prevent his joinini in the insurrection, and i n d uce h im t o return home. !Juan Martinez prevailed upon Benito, who had separated hill?' self from his father %shell ho and his uncle were dis covered and taken." The Gazette de France contains the following:— " News was received a few days back from Otaheitef which the Ministry has not dared to publish. Th e restoration of Queen Puniare was therein announced. al it was stated that th e event took p l ace i n t h e m idst disquieting demonstrations. As was to be expected, th e French were in consternation, and the . English las' sionaries exhibited an insulting joy. The dispatch ° which contained the orders of our Government were, taken out by an English vessel, and this circumstanc e, it is said, has augmented the humiliation and die" couragemeni of our seamen. At the moment whe n this intelligence left the island, a great fermentatio n reigned' there, and grave complications were apPrr hended." THE BOURSE=—TUESDAY, DEc. 3. First Highest Lowest Li e Price. Price. Price. Pea', French Five per Cents...... 119 20 .. 119 50 .. 119 20 •• 119 Fours . 107 .. 107 .. 107 •• 11" Three per Cents..... 84 25 .. 84 30 .. 64 10 .. $4 15 Bank of France 3160 —3165 —3160 —318 5 Latlltte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslo9s .•1095 —1095 • • 1095 5,0001. Sharesso42 50 —5042 50 ..5042 50 —5042 Belgian Bank ..•• .• .• •••• • 885 .. 885 .. 585 •• 555 , Belgian Flves,lB4o •••• •• • • 103# .. 1031 .. 103 f .. 10311,„. Two-aud-a-Half• • 61 60 • • 61 60 61 60 .• 61 to Dutch Two and-a-Half .•••• 63 .. 63 .. 63 . 63 _ tipanish Threes • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • 36 .. 36 .. 36 .. se Active •••••••• .• •• 322 .. 321 .. 321 .. Passive ...... .• •• •. 52 .. 52 .. 51 .. Neapolitan•••••••••• •• . • • 56 .. 96 40 96 .. 96 ' " Roman •• • •..........•• lO4l .. 1041 .. ion 153 1 RAILWAY SHARER. St. Germain Versailles, ........ • . 440 .. 440 .. 437 50 .. 431 Iv - L.B. •••••••••• 320 320 .. 313 75 .. 3 15 R0uen.......... •• •• •• •• —lOl7 50 . 1017 50 ••1015 ..101 5 Rouen to Havre.... Orleans 1055 ..le6o ..1055 ..101 6 Strasburg to Bale•• •• • 278 75 .. 278 75 .. 277 50 • 275 7 Avignon to Marseilles.... 922 50 .. 922 50 .. 920 .. 920 RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, DEC. 3. Versailles, R. 8....... L.B . Rouen ....1016 25 ..1016 25 ..1011 25 —lOll Rouen tojHavre 787 50 .. 787 50 .. 782 50 782 Orleans •........•• •. ••••••1060 ..1060 "1058 75 —lO5B 7 ' Strasburg to 8a1e..... Avignon to Marseilles 922 50 .. 926 25 . 917 50 .. 917, 50 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dac. 16. Versailles, E.B.— •••••• 322 50 .. 322 50 .. 313 75 .. 318 lb Rouen •• .• lOlB 75 —lOlB 75 ..1015 —lOl5 Rouen to Havre 790 .. 791 2b e. 785 .. 785 .„ Orleans • 1058 75 ..1058 75 ..1056 15 —1656 7 Strasburg to Bale 2BO .. 280 278 75 .. 278 7 ,: Avignon to Marseilles 925 .. 927 50 .. 917 60 .. 917 9' BIRTH.—On Wednesday, the 4th inst., at Holkharnt the Countess of Leicester, of a daughter. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week ending Nov. 30, is consider' ably above the average, and exceeds that of the pre' vious week by 161, the average for the last five autumns being 990, the number last week being 21 4 1 and for the week just ended 1,075. The increase Is chiefly in deaths caused by small-pox, scarlatiee (which is on the decrease), sudden deaths, apoplexit bronchitis, inflammation of the chest, and gener"` . „, diseases of the lungs. Small-pox i s s till ver y &Ls' as compared with former years. Last week the number was 46, while the average is only 17. These deaths occurred at the following ages :—Nine u nder 1 year; fourteen 1-3 ; ten 3-5 ; nine 5-10 ; tW ° 10-20 ; one 22 ; and one 31 years. The following is an analysis of the list of violent deaths :—Fracture and contusion, 13 cases, of which 1 was by carriage, 6 by falls, 1 by the fall of a heavy body! 2 by machinery, and 3 by means not stated ; wound , 3 cases (suicides) ; drowning, 3 cases (of which I was suicide ; in one the jury could not ascertain, q have neglected to state, the cause of the person e being found in the water ; in another it could not be ascertained); hanging, 4 cases (suicides); burns, cases (accidental), of which 1 was reported to be by the clothes taking fire; scald, 5 cases; poison, 1 nil (suicide) ; and misadventure (a defective verdict)' 1 case. Total, 25 males, and 13 females. THIS DAY'S NEWS, PRIVY COUNCIL.-(TIIIS DAY.) The Judicial Committ ee o f t h e P r i vy C ounc il N i to-day, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Low present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Park* , the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Jll o 6 e of the Admiralty Court. JONES V. GODNEY. The further arguments in this appeal from the dec i• sion of the Prerogative Court occupied their Lordship' the whole day. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and heard appeals to-day. Thu cases of the Marquis of Hertford v. Lord Lowtbir and Tulloch v. Hartley were ordered to stand over, ft' t the convenience of counsel, till a future day. SPALDING V. RUDDICK. The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which P 95 sess no interest except to the parties ctskterned, occupio' the Coart the remainder of the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAT) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN an Middlesex Special Jury.) THE QUEEN v. GOLDSHEDE AND ANOTHER. This was an indictment against the defendants, Gold' shede and Sidney, for a conspiracy to defraud the fforli Richard Camden B ing h am , h er M a j esty ' s Secretor,' °f Legation at Turin, by substituting one bill of exchaer for another. The bill in question was au accommodY tion bill, accepted by the prosecutor for a Mr. Shiel, friend of his. The bill s in dispute had been the subject of a Chancery suit between Mr. Bingham and the fir fendants, which had been determined in IMr. Binghs' favour ; and immediately afterwards the present prose* cution had been commenced. The Solicitor-General and Mr. numfrey appeared fir the prosecution • Mr. Platt and Mr. J ames d e fenen Sidney • and Air. Cockburn and -M r . Phi nn defende" Goldshede. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having stated the cast t° the jury, as it aft erwar d s a p peare d i n ev i dence, can e d the following witnesses : s' The Hon. Mr. Bingham examined by Mr. HustraZl"; The witness is at pre sen t Secretary of Legation to th e Court of Turin. W as Secretary of:Legation at Muni ch in 1835 and 1836. H e b ecame acqua i nte d w i th C aP tt m Richard Shiel in 1834. He was applied to in 1835 V that gentleman to put hi s name t o a bill o f exc h ange ..' 6 was at the latter end of that year. 'He was then walking ( with Mr. Vern o n Shi e l, w i t h w h om h e was on ternis ° f great friendship. Mr. Harris, the clerk to the attorney for the prose° . tion, proved the ser v i ce o f no ti ce to pro d uce a bi l l o f el' change on the prosecutor's agent. On his cross-examination by Mr. PLATT, h e admitte d l that he had not ser ve d a notice on the defendant Gold ' shede himself. Mr. PLATT submitted that personal service was go °. lutely required in all criminal cases. He hoped th e Court would take a note of his objection. Lord DENMAN—Of course, I shall take a note of your objection, but there is nothing in it.—(A laugh) . . 4 Mr. Ashe, an officer of the Record office in the Coni of Chancery, p ro d uce d t h e answers filed by Bingham an Goldshede in the Rolls' Court. Mr. Bury, of the Commercial Bank, proved the hoed' writing of Sidney to the answer. The counsel for the prosecution then proposed to P i in the answer dated Aug. 29, 1840. Mr. PLATT objected, on the ground that in critaiej/ cases examinations up on oat h were not a d m i s sible against the parties accused. A long argument followed on the point, which W terminated by Lord DENMAN overruling the objection. The answer, as far as it related to the possession Sidney of a bill for 250/. was then read. The examination of the Hon. Richard Bingham I ' l '4 then resumed. The bill produced was that which, it 'had accepted. 'H e h a d rece i ve d no value• for it, a nd. had never been und ers t oo d t h at h e was to pay it. a, . 1839 he was arrested on it on a Saturday in June. was dressed to go ou t t o di nner , an d hi s cab was weitit4 at the door. Sl oman , th e sheriff's o ffi cer arrested b ias He insisted on being taken to his solicitor's, but they re: , fused, and he was u l t i ma t e l y ta k en to a spong i og ...boo! l where he was d e t a i ne d unti l m id n i ght. The puties.r . not continue th e p rocee di ngs aga i nst h i m ; they 011'4 drew the record, and never went to trial, although was at Croydon e ver y d ay awa i t i ng i t. He has 02°3 from Aix-la-Chapelle to attend this prosecution. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—Accepted the bill P' day before he l e ft E ng l an d. A ccepted it for Mr. Kiehl' rd Shiel, whose brother k new not hi ng o f i t. Did no t es , pect his friend would have suffered bins to have 413 4 trouble about it. Was once arrested at the suit otod Mrs. Curzon. It wa s di sm i sse d en i re l y ,he on the grou p of its being a gambli ng d e bt. N ever was arrested at ; a suit:of Mr. Hay es . K nows H ayes, who i s an aegrsult in Regent -street. Gave him an order, before be England, to the amount of 20L, and paid him. OP return he ordered mor e goo d s . All t h e goo d s receive re from Hayes before I l e ft i n N ovem b er , 1135, !Lit paid for, t o th e b es t o f my recollection. Has —of outlawed illegally. Has been outlawed at the sat o Bigg and Company. Has not settled with them. s i understood that there wa s a j u d gmen t aga i n st 1 24 % 0 the suit of D av is, b u t k nows no such person. It v ir t o - d an accommodation bill. Did not go b e f ore the g r a n jury. Did em pl o y t h e attorney to conduct th i s pivot:: tion. Was introduced to him by Mr. James Court em 'E a wine m e r c h an t. N ever went by the name of Cl e v r, bell. Once went by the name of Browne in Dene rn bi a 1839, for th ree d a y s . D av i s ' s was the on l y c l a im & do unprovided for. N ever h ear d o f M r. S tammer s in be, Strand. Kn ows no thi ng a b out M r. D av i s, or where lives. H e h as o f ten gone b y another name a b roa d- io gone by the name of Camden, but never in this cou p ' and never on a cc o un t o f debt. My name is Camden Bingham. I never borrowed five shilli n b' my life. at' By Mr. COCHBURN—I gave instructions to torney from the moment of my arrest to institute to prosecution as soon as t h e t i me s h ould come, n°L., to any vindi ct i ve f ee l ing b ut from a desire to b r i ng them of justice. H a d never any conversation on t h e sum.l". oo anything to be got from this prosecution. Nothing/01 ever said to me on the subject of coniproTise'. ll , never accepted more th an t wo accommo dation hl his life. be nd ' Sloman, the sheriff's officer, produced the ba il nt of Mr. James Cuurteney, wine merchant, the aq., di nt the prosecutor—ln December, 1837, the dem" ci .j o i Goldshede called on him and stated he had, %toted against Captain ShieL He stated that he had dsc ihat to a bill on the Hon. R. Bingham of 250 L, and maturity' be: oblige Captain Shiel when the bill came to maturl t .- Oh In ter Say s Wilt Ti tuN Olrf i R o r k pl k i n It Z esi eof r ttUt tha t /41 re prod io 40 3. ( 4 1to the k of , hip ec t o then fBt, q u the c u t