The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GLOBE. —Political causes, to which it is impos sible to attach any credit, have been assigned for King Louis Philippe's change of route, so naturally accounted for by the weather. The departure of the King of the French from our shores has not lacked awful elemental accompaniments ; and super stition has not failed to croak its usual forebodings froth them. " The sky at this time," says a Con taro Eirary's correspondent on their Majesties' arrival at lqport, " was obscured by clouds of the most threatening nature. Even before the arrival of the royal party in the Victualling-yard the rain had already commenced to fall heavily, and the cir cumstance of a vivid flash of lightning, accom panied by a long roar of thunder, occurring just before their entry, was the cause of some curious observations among the superstitious. Fire from heaven was left at Portsmouth ; and fire on earth encountered at New Cross :—" His Majesty the King of the French arrived at the stat ion about eleven o'clock, and to get to the platform the royal carriage had to pass over several lengths of hose whilst the engines were at work. The scene at that moment was one of intense interest. The appearance of the troops who formed the royal escort, the reflection of the flames upon their bright helmets and accoutrements, the roaring of the engines working, the shouting of the firemen, and the huzzas of the crowd in honour of the French monarch, excited a feeling that can with difficulty be described. For some minutes the carriage remained stationary, and his Majesty viewed from the window the progress of the flames, which were within a hundred feet of him, the heat at that time being very great." We do not know what antiquity would have augured from these phenomena ; but, in our view, the rapid and skilful adjustment to awkward circumstances may be accepted; as regards the future, in the light of good rather than of evil omen. Incidents which would have overpowered arrangements of less civilised times, create no confusion—though some circuitousness—in the route of royalty ; and we trust the political storms which have likewise beset it may prove equally powerless to frustrate the ultimate attainment of the great end of peace and friendship amongst all nations —an object dependent so mainly upon France and England. STANDARD —lt is the cardinal sin of a certain ostentatious order of modern philanthropists, that they denounce or ridicule every plan for amelior ating the condition of their species, which does not originate with themselves. No sooner is a society formed for the relief of one class of sufferers than they are sure to suggest another, in their estimation, infinitely more necessitous. Cha rity must put on their spectacles, or she is nothing worth. She must not presume to alleviate any sort of misery but that which they have ticketed as best entitled to public sympathy. No scheme which does not minister to the morbid vanity of this order of philanthropists, by the adoption of their crotchets and the promulgation of their prejudices, can hope for their approbation. They profess to be sensibly alive to the miseries of the poor, but will not entertain any plan for their relief which goes forth to the world without their imprimatur. Nor is this all. The public is not only called upon to meet out its benevolence by their bushel, but must agree with thent in their notions of the causes of the evil to be remedied. To judge from the speeches of the small knot of exhibitors at the Manchester Athenaeum, who rejoice in the designa tion of " Young England," and the extravagant eulogies which have been heaped upon them in a newspaper which they have, with great pro priety, selected as their organ, they would seem to have patented all the philanthrophy which can have any possible reference to the improvement of the condition of the labouring classes. Their last discovery (cricket and public gardens having been, if we remember aright their panacea at Manchester) is the " cottage allotment system," which, from the tone of their speeches at Bingley, one would suppose had been patented by them, instead of having been in successful operation in all parts of the country for upwards of 30 years. Who that is acquainted with the labours of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, when Bishop of Chester, from twenty-eight to thirty years ago, re quires to be assured of the advantages of such a system, when the labourer, whether in the factory or the field, has leisure for the occupation it invites ? Of what service, however, it will he to the opera tives• of Mr. Marshall and Mr. Gott of Leeds, whose whole lives from daylight until long after *sunset are spent in the unwholesome atmosphere of a cloth-mill, we have yet to learn. As little can we understand how the fact that Lord John Man ners took an innings at cricket with the agri cultural labourers at Bingley, a few days ago, is cal culated to benefit the poor men who were the objects of his ostentatious condescension. That the over wrought factory operative after fourteen hours of in cessant labour requires a breath of fresh air to revive 11;s jaded energies, is a fact which cannot be disputed ; bet whether he will be in a condition to avail him pelf of the parks and gardens in preparation for him, or to cultivate the plot of ground which his master's kindness may have allotted to him, is much more questionable. Even more improbable is it, that the agricultural labourer will be attracted to s.ich pursuits, after a hard day's work, by the mere sight of Lord John Manners, " the son of a duke," ith his coat off and a bat in his hands. Were either the allotment system or cricket, however, likely to prove as great an alleviation of the condition of the p as Lord John Manners professes to believe, neither he nor his brother philanthropists hive any right to appropriate the suggestion as their own. Lome before his Lordship and Mr. D'lsraeli, who has lived something like half a century, were born, such exhibitions of sympathy for the poor were of common occurrence among the higher classes, and we rejoice to add, that the disposition is even now far more general than the Young England coterie would appear to suppose. Had his Lordship filled the bellies of the labourers of Bingley, before he " doffed his coat to bat Jem's ball," he would, we doubt not, have had to deal with more active and cheerful competitors. To provide cricket for men who are engaged in the most fatiguing occupations during the whole day in the open air, is, surely, a work of supererogation. A good supper, without a lord for a competitor, and a comfortable " settle," would be much more germane to the matter. As for the poor operative of the cloth or cotton factory, his cramped limbs and exhausted frame would hardly be provoked to such an emercise as cricket, even with the temptation of a Lord for a batman. Such suggestions sound well enough in oratorical displays of the kind usually supplied by Young England, but are they practical? Certainly not, until accompanied by much more substantial alleviations. The novelists and poetasters of whom this ambitious little clique is composed are not much better political economists than they are litlerateurs, and have as much defied the axiom of Pope (" drink deep or taste not"), in one capacity as they have in the other. We know not the motive which has prompted the adoption of the generic designation they have selected; but if a perfect ignorance and obli viousness of all that was accomplished before they arose on the political horizon, be considered their qua lification, they are young enough in all con science. We respect benevolence of motive, be the prpposed panacea ever so eccentric ; but there is something so impudent in the attempts of these five or six old and young gentlemen to persuade the peo 'tile of England that they are the only scions of the aristocracy (?) who care a straw about them—some• thing so exquisitely absurd in what the Morning Chronicle happily calls their " solemn dishing up of philanthropic odds and ends," as to render any grave contemplation of their proceedings wholly out of place. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London Mercantile Price Current, Oct. 15.) B. P. SUGAR.—A moderate business was done in W. I. sorts to-day at steady prices, amounting to :580 cks, including 150 cks Barbadoes at auction. 2,295 bngs Klitur Bengal were taken in. The Refined market is dull. MAuxrrius Sit:GAL—Scarcely any business was done in this description previously to a public sale of 6,017 bags on Friday, but only a portion was then disposed of, and that at a reduction of 6d per cwt ; middling brown to fine yellow at from 52s 6d to 63s 6d, with low brown at from 45s 6d to 49s per cwt. BENGAL "SUGAR was sold at unction on Friday last Is t.) 2s per cwt under the previously current rates. The lower qualities experienced the greater decline. Low to tine white brought from 56s to 645, low to fine soft yel low from 48s 6d to 54s 6d, and good brown was taken in at 47s per cwt. By private contract about 200 tons Khaur sold at from 44s to 46s for fair to very good. FOREIGN EAST INDIA. SUGAR.—About 1,000 bags middling-soft yellow Manilla have been disposed of at 19s per cwt, and about 5,000 bags of ordinary damp brown at 14s 6d to 15s per cwt. FOREIGN SUGAR.—The holders have not been dis posed to realise, unless at extreme rates, which limited business until Friday, when there was an improve ment in demand, and considerable sales made at very full prices. The reported transactions during the week are as follow : 1,300 boxes white I lavannah at from 26s fyd to 30s for low to good quality ; 250 chests fine yellow Trinidad de Cuba at 22s 6d ; a floating cargo of 370 chests white Bahia at about 239, deliverable at a new port on the Continent ; fl sating cargo of 2,800 boxes brown Ifavannah at 20s, and one containing 440 chests brown Bahia at 18s 3d, both to be de,gvered in London ; also a float ing cargo of 350 chests Pernambuco, brown a t 16s, and white at 22s 6d per cwt, deliverable in the Mediterranean. At public sale, 113 chests Rio brought from 20s to 22s 6d for ordinary to good middlinr , white, and from 16s to 18s for low to good brown, which are considered moderate rates, in comparison with other transactions. REFINED SUGAR.—In the grocery descriptions a steady business has been done at rather easier rates. Crushed in bond for exportation remains at the previous week's quotation, and continues to find purchasers. In loaves there bao been no alteration. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING OCTOBER 16 1844 MOLASSES —There has been but lit tle business doing in this article, and there is no change ()f• value to report. SPIRITS.—In Rum the transactions: have been rather limited, but no alteration of rates can 13e made. Brandy is in full demand, and large parcels probably could be obtained at Id per gallon under our quotations, but for sm all quantities former prices are pe,7ld. Delivered for ha me use last week 147 puns. COFFEE.—The market for the Brit ish West India sorts has been very languid. There has been no public sale. Some small parcels of B.P. were 'offered and sold to- day at auction. Ceylon Coffee went steadily at a sale of 342 bags. 334 bls Mocha were taken in. OTHER E. L AND B. P. COFFEE.—At action 197 bales Mitlaba, subject to the high rate of duty, sold at from 39► a 6d to 45s 6d, with one lot at 46s per cwt for good to fine ordinary. In other sorts there has been nothing doing. Mocha is without alteration. FOREIGN COFFEE. —Very little business has been done for exportation, and prices remain unaltered. On Friday 4& barrels superior Rio and 37 casks from Puerto Cabello were taken in at auction ; the former at 43s to 459, the latter at 503 per cwt foi fine ordinary Plantation Cocoa.—There has been no public sale. Prices of both British Plantation and Foreign remain unaltered. TEA.—Since our last publication no alteration of prices has occurred, but the demand has been limited a public sale is advertised to take place on Thursday next, for which 37,000 pkgs are announced. Tea duty paid last week 560,4821b5. Ilws2.—Since Tuesday, even rates have ruled for Ben gal in the private transactions, which have been moderate in extent. The demand for Madras has been rather dull during the week. Of Siam 500 bags low white sold steadily at auction at from 9s 6d to lOs per cwt for ordinary to middling white. Carolina has met a good demand for home consumption, and former prices are firm. No particular business has been done in Java description, the holders requiring higher prices. A cargo of 7,000 bags is expected to arrive shortly. At public sale, 147 boxes Pearl Sago sold; duty paid, at 14s 6d per cwt four low quality. SPICES.—As the large parcels of Cassia Lignea lately arrived will soon be offered at auction, the trade defe r their purchases, for the execution of orders, until the sales take place, so that business pri vately has been suspended. Business in all kinds of Pepper has remained quiet. On Friday there was am auction of 380 bags Malabar which were all taken hi above their value, namely, at from 3kl to 34d per lb for good half heavy to good heavy shot kind. The holders of Pimento have asked very stiff rates, which has limited the transactions. FRIIIT.—New Valencia Raisins are muth wanted, in the absence of arrivals. Of new Muscatels two small cargoes hare arrived, and are being sold at the quota tions. Of new French Fruit the following descrip tions were disposed of at public sale :—lmpe rial, in cartoons and half ditto liOs to 1265. Quarter and eighth ditto 115 s to 130 s. Quarter boxes 655, and eighth boxes 755 per cwt. At auction, also, 38s butts, 48 caroteels, and 26 barrels fine new Patras Currants, all slightly or badly damaged, brought from 44s to 48s. A cargo, consisting of 122 butts and 80 caroteels, out of condition, partly sold ; damaged 41s to 435, with some sound at 45s per cwt. Privately fine new Currants bring 475 to 49s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Private transactions since the public sale have not been worthy of public notice ; the holders are firm in their demands for the full rates. The price of Nitrate of Soda has been nominal, no sales of interest having been effected. For British Refined there has been a moderate demand at former rates. INDlGO.—Yesterday and to-day the demand was good, and the prices of desirable shipping sorts fully main tained, but consuming qualities have occasionally gone rather lower. To this day 4,872 chests are actually sold, 823 chests have been taken in, and 3,098 chests withdrawn, leaving 4,179 chests for sale. After the public sales of East India, 181 serons of Spanish were offered, and partly disposed of at a reduc tion of about 4d per lb from former rates ; cortes and sobre 2s 8d to 3s 4d per lb. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon 413 bags Honduras were offered at the public sales. A fair proportio - a was disposed of at a decline of 2d per lb on the low qualities, and ld per lb on the good. TALLOW.—This market remains steady. Letters rom St. Petersburgh to the sth of October, report the sale of 5,000 casks in the current week at 103 to 106 rbls. Exchange 38 9.32 to 5-16. OILS.—A parcel of British Sperm sold last week at 1911 103 for Oil and head -matter. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, OCT. 14, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to direct lettems patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dig nities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right H)nourable "Edward Lord Ellenborough, and the heirs m ale of his body lawfully begotten, by the naiws, styles, au titles oc Viscount Southam, of Southam, in the county of Glou. cester, and Earl of Ellenborough, in the county of Corn. berland. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 14. The Queen has bean pleased to appoint W.ll. Draper, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for that part of the province of Canada formerly call ed Upper Canada. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Morris, Esq., to be Receiver-General for Canada. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Denis 13. Papinean, Esq., to lie Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canada. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint James Smith, Esq., to he her Majesty's Attorney4leneral for that part of the province of Canada formerly called Lower Canada. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Domi nick Daly, Esq , to ba Secretary for Canada. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Downie. Esq., to be First Puisne Judge for tine colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Fran. cesco Dahlias, Esq., to be Cashier to the Gcryernmen of Malta. ANK RUPTS. WILLIAM MINTER, innkeeper, Colchester, to sur.. render, Oct 21, at half-pa=t twelve, and Nov. 26, at too, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, , Coleman-street ; Milne and Co., Temple ; Smitb.ers and Co., Colchester. THONI AS B NTT II ALL, grocer, Coggersh , Essex, Oct. 25, at twelve, !Ina Nov. 26, at three, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Wire and Child, St. Swithen's-lane, London. EREDERICK ARNOLD BERENGER, clothier, Homer-street, Crawford- street, Marylebone, Oct 26, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court if Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. MICHAEL LEE and BARNETT LEE, tailors, Duke street, Piccadilly, Oct. 26 and Nov. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. GIDEON BALL, builder, Bath, Oct. 29, and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acranaan, official assignee, Bristol; Drake, Bath; Richards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. HENRY DAVID WILLIAMS, plumber, South ampton, Oct. 26, at twelve, and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street- buildings ; Paterson, Bouve rie- street. THOMAS TABERNER, corn-factor, Birmingham, Oct. 29 and Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bartlett, Birminghan ; Holm° and Co., New Inn, London. JAMES BIBBY, livery-stable keeper, Liverpool, Oct. 29 and Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornth waite, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry chambers, London. WILLIAM JOHN JACKMAN COALL, grocer, Exeter, Oct. 22, and Nov. 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Slog don, Exeter ; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, London. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. W. Davey, Buckingham, Oct. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Cole, Hampton, Middlesex, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. G. Smith, schoolmaster, Greenwich, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Upton, tailor, Godalming, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. F. Ashbey, miller, Knockholt, Kent, Nov. 11, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. \, T. Jones, velvet 'maker, Peter-street, Bethnal-green, Nov. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. Levy, clothes salesman, Dartmouth-street, West minster, Nov. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. D. P. Brand, saddler, Timberland, Lincolnshire, Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy official assignee. L. Alman, musical instrument seller, Bristol, Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Coiirt. Miller, official assignee. J. Monk, farmer, Bispham, Lancashire, Oct. 25, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. S. Price, grocer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Nov. 1, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Littlewood, jobbing butcher, Sheffield, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. .1. Foster, alias Cook, cloth manufacturer, Morley, Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. J. Bottomley, plasterer, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. J. J. Wylde, milliner, High Harrogate, Yorkshire, Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free man, official assignee. J. Coleman, jun., ribbon weaver, Coventry, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. J. Quin, son., licensed hawker, Birmingham. Nov. 11, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittlestone, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Walker, cordwainer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Nov. 5, at half-past one—W. B. Smith, surgeon, Sudbury, Suf folk, Nov. 5, at two—J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent •road, Nov. 5, at two—P. Tansley, straw plait dealer, St. John-street, West Smithfield, Nov. 5, at half past twelve—H. Wood,: woollen draper, Basinghall street, Nov. 5, at eleven—C. Graydon, ship chandler, Limehouse, Nov. 8. at eleven—T. Donkin, victualler, money n n e a y x ter.w scriveners , . harfin Cambridge, Nov. 8, at half-past eleven—G. and W. Helder, g C er le , m m en on t' t s a Montague-close, e o , v'B, a t South wark, Nov. 6, at eleven. In the Country. E. MIMI am] N. Walab, paper makers, pm Darwen, Lancashire, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—J., W., and E. Yeardley, flax spinners, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—E. Johnston, jun, and T. Manley, sugar refiners, Whitehaven, Nov. 5, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—E. Johnston, A. Adamson, and J. Hope, bankers, Whitehaven, Nov. 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Parsons, starch manufacturer, Upper Eaton street, Pimlico, Nov. 7—R. Beesley, wine cooper, Well's street, Oxford-street, Nov. 6—J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent-road, Nov. 5—T. Cook, silver cutler, Acton-street, Gray's Inn-road, Nov. 5—E. Walker, auctioneer, Newman-street, Cxford-street, Nov. 5—T. Brand, livery-stable keeper, , Stamford -street, Blackfriars, Nov. 19—J. Bedford, iron merchant, Melina place, Lambeth, Nov. 6—J. Kitchen, corn dealer, Stock port, Nov. 7—H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, Nov. 6—B. H. Hunter, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 7 R. K. Mann, wine merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 3—G. Craven, jun., corn miller, Rochdale, Nov. 14—H. Lane, innkeeper, Derby, Nov. 19—M. M'Divitt, mer chant, Liverpool, Nov. 5—W. Toft, alkali manufacturer, Wakefielel, Nov. 5—T. Carter, jun., butcher, Waltham, Leicestershire, Nov. 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Leach, G. Lee, and W. Amphlett, machine-makers, .Manchester—S. Scott and G. Watts, tailors, Grange road, Bermondsey—T. Bird and J. Boak, drapers, Com mercial-road East—H. F. Main and J. W. Miller, soda water manufacturers, Wells-street, Upper East Smithfield—W. and J. P. Sandie, farmers, North Ocken don, Essex—H.Greenfield and J. Buscall, cabinet makers, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road—W. and J. Wild, cotton spinners, Oldham—J. M. Parton and S. Clark, pub lishers, Holborn—H. Bailey, H. Waddington, and N. Bailey, coal-merchants, Biddulph, Staffordshire—D. Allan and J. Grieve, lithographers, Nicholas-lane—S. R. Crowther and J. Smith, iron founders, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—A. Cann and J. Sanders, attorneys, Nottingham —G. Dixon and J. Wooler, mercers, Stockton-upon- Tees—W. Chrystie. J. Porteous, and J. Carson, mer chants, Kingston, Jamaica (so far as regards W. Cbrys tie)—J. Wharton, B. Armitage, J. Wharton, J. Fozard, C. Wharton, M. Milnes, T. Fozard, J. Nowsome, M. Fox, G. Lister, G. Day, M. Hirst, A. Naylor, W. Cross land, scribbling millers, Batley Carr, Yorkshire—(so far as regards J. Fozard and A. Naylor)—H. Whiteman and H. Bourne, innkeepers, Brenchley, Kent--L. J. Ma sure and F. Bertin, gold cutters, Clerkenwell-close—W. Walter and W. Whitehurst, coach-builders, Oxford street—B- Millichamp, W. Taylor, and H. Millichamp, i r onmongers, Birmingham—NV. Blomfield and W. Snelling, upholsterers, Brighton —T. Key, W. Dell, and W. Hale, engineers, Woolwich. The RECORDER wished to know whether Mr. Salo- , mons asked the Court not to tender the declaration ? Mr. SALomoris—No; I only ask for a delay of a fort. night. Sir J. KEY thought the request a reasonable ore and would move that the delay of a fortnight be granted. Mr. Alderman HUmpIIERy seconded the motion. The worthy Alderman was about to enter into a dis cussion on the merits of the case, when he was called to order, on the ground that the question of delay was the only question before the Court. Sir PETER LAURIE was quite prepared to argue the question. He opposed the application for delay. They were there not to alter or modify the law, but to see the law obeyed. They were acting ministerially, not judi cially, and they could not grant the request for delay. He entertained a high respect for Mr. Salomons per sonally, but he should vote against delay. Mr. Alderman HUGHES opposed the motion. It was not as if the case had been new to Mr. Salomons. This declaration had been before tendered to that gentleman, and refused. It was therefore impossible to say that he had not had an opportunity of well considering the subject. It was not as if he had come before the Court for the first time, and he could not believe that the delay of a fortnight was necessary, in order to enable Mr. Salo mons to ascertain his position. It was out of the power of any Court, except the High Court of Parliament, to modify or alter the declaration. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS reminded the Court that since Mr. Salomons' last election the law had been modi fied, and whatever might be his opinion on the matter in question, he should certainly vote for giving Mr. Salo mons all possible time to consult legal authorities. As he understood the question, Mr. Salomons contended that the qualifications had been so modified by as recent Act of Parliament as to enable him to take it, apd he cer • tainly should have ample time allowed him to consider the subject. Mr. Alderman WOOD believed, as a lawyer, that the case was one in which grave doubts might be en tertained, whether the law, which had been alluded to, had not been modified by a recent Act of Parliament ; and surely every opportunity ought to be afforded to Mr. Salomons to get the best advice on the subject. He should vote for granting his reasonable request. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL would be happy to accede to the request if he could do so legally. He should like to know, from the Recorder, whether they could do so legally. The RECORDER said they were assembled there to perform a public duty, which was to tender a declara tion 4o a gentleman who offered to take upon himself the duty of Alderman of the City. It would be a most inconvenient course for them to pursue, if they were to interrupt that proceeding by a motion for delay. No thing as yet had occurred which rendered such an appli cation necessary. He should advise that the declaration should at once be tendered to Mr. Salomons. He would then be in a position to state any legal question, and show cause why he refused, and the Court could then deal with the legal merits of the ques tion. But, at the present stage of the proceed ings, to entertain a motion for delay was what. in his opinion, it was not competent for the Court to do. He should recommend the Court strictly to walk in the same path in which they had hitherto walked—to tender the declaration as had been done in all previous cases. Mr. SALomoNS had attended there in obedience to the summons of the Court, and all he asked was for a delay of a fortnight. He trusted he should have a definite answer given to his request for delay. The RECORDER recommended the Lord Mayor at once to proceed to the business, and to tender the decla ration to Mr. Salomons to make and subscribe, who would either decline or give his reasons. The Lon. MAYOR decided that the declaration should be again tendered to Mr. Salomons. Mr. Alderman Woon wished to make a motion. Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES submitted that they were not in a condition to entertain a motion until the decla ration had been tendered. The RECORDER wished to know whether or not Mr. Salomons refused to take the declaration? Mr. SALOMoNs did not rc fuse to subscribe to the de claration. He asked for delay. The RECORDER would remind Mr. Salomons that the Act did not state refuse. The words of the Act were, " that if any person so elected should omit or neglect to make the declaration, such election should be void." Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES thought they ought at once to ascertain whether it was competent to them to entertain the motion for delay or not. He called upon the Lord Mayor at once to state whether he would put the ques tion of adjournment or not. The LORD MAYoR did not sit there to be dictated to by Mr. Alderman Hughes. He should pursue his own course in his own time. He was anxious not to press heavily upon Mr. Salomons ; but it was due to the Court either that he should take the declaration, or state his reasons for refusing. Mr. SALoatoris still urged for an answer to his applica tion for delay. The RECORDER reminded him that it was not neces sary that he should give a verbal refusal. A refusal might be given either by word of mouth, or by gesture, or by any act; and it was competent to the Court to de clare the election void, in case of any omission or neglect on his part to take and subscribe the required de claration. A long and very disorderly discussion here arose as to whether the Court could entertain the proposition for delay. Mr. Alderman Ms SGROVE wished to know from the Recorder, whether, in his opinion, a member of that Court could at that stage of the proceedings legally pro pose the adjournment of the Court for a fortnight ? The RECORbER was of opinion that such a motion could not then be 'legally entertained. Before such a motion could be made Mr. Salomons must either refuse to subscribe the declaration, or raise some legal point on which he might submit to the Court that he was exempt from the necessity of taking the declaration. In ten dering that declaration they were engaged in a solemn act of duty, and that act could not be interrupted by any motion for adjournment. After a few words from Mr. Alderman Farebrother and Sir Claudius Hunter, The LORD Mayon announced that he had determined not to put the question on the motion of Sir John Key for delay. His Lordship then formally called upon Mr. Salomons to make and subscribe the declaration which had been tendered him by the Town Clerk. Mr. SALoIeONS then proceeded to address the Court. He had hoped that his application for delay, which had been made in no bad spirit, and with no sinister motive, would have been acceded to in order to have en abled him to present to the Court the opinions of those eminent men whose names he had mentioned, and to procure their assistance to advocate his cause if neces sary. As it was, however, he would at once proceed to state the reason why he was of opinion that the Court was not called upon to adopt the course which it an peared to him they had determined to pursue. He begged for their indulgence for a short time. Having refused to grant him the time which he asked for to pro cure eminent legal authority, he would argue the law of the case as well as he could. It had been observed here with some truth that the question was no: new to him, but he could show that the ques tion presented itself to him and the Court under a completely new aspect. He regretted the re sponsibility thrown upon him of being obliged ,to say that there seemed to be an impression amongst several members of the Court against the application he made. He begged to draw the attention of the Court to the fact, as it appeared to him there was a greatdistinction between what the Court must do, and what they might do. Mr. Salomons then referred to the case which came before the Court some years ago, in which it was decided by Bench, ete declaration to be h the Exchequer Chamber , contrary to the opinion of that the Court of Al derment the ak eaCourt before of c o u l Queen'scould the r require oath. Th ere were seven judges against five on that point, which bad been tried in his own person. But it would appear, from the judgment, that it was in the discretion of the Court to decide whether the oaths should be administered be fore the declaration, or the declaration before the oath. The same would appear to have been the opinion of Lord Eldon, as appeared from his judgment in the case of the Queen's College, Cambridge. He had also the opinion of a most eminent lawy er , M r . M. D. Hill, who stated that the declaration need not be taken before the actual admission. He begged to impress on the Court, that if they wished, they might have the oath administered in the first instance, and the declaration signed afterWardS. The next point to which he drew their attention was as to the practice of the Court, and observed that it was formerly the practice of the Corporation to force persons, under heavy penalties, to serve in offices for which they were not qualified, as persons who had not taken the Sacrament according to the forms of the Church of England twelve months before. It was well known that many individuals were elected Aldermen who had not taken the Sacrament twelve months before their admission ; but though that was required by law, it was not the practice to enter into such an inquisitorial process. The RECORDER said the Court was with Air. Salo mons on that point. If he did not take the declaration, they would not impose a fine of 5001. on him for not doing so. Mr. SALOMONS then referred to two statutes, the Ist of Victoria, c. 5, and the Ist and 2d of Victoria, c. 165, which relaxed the laws in England to Aloravia,ns, Quakers, and Separatists. The RECORDER said that if Mr. Salomons made the declaration as a Separatist, it would be sufficient under the Act of Parliament to which he referred. Mr. SALOMONS then referred to Ist and 2d of Victoria, which was much more extensive in its proviso, and gave the amplest scope to persons taking office to take any oath which was binding on their conscience. Mr. Salo mons then referred to the various offices which he held, and urged that it would be most illiberal if the City of London were to reject him, when the Governments of the country, of both parties, the Whigs in the first instance, and the Conservatives, who followed the example of the Whigs, seemed anxious to unite per sons of all denominations. It was Sir IL Peel's Govern ment which appointed Mr. Lonsada, a Jew, to serve in the office of High Sheriff for the county of Devon shire. Sir Moses Montifiore also was appointed a magistrate, and the Duke of Wellingtom himself made him a magistrate of the Cinque Ports. lie hoped there would not be one mode of proceed ing in the city of London and a different one in the rest of England. He would ask, whether it was fair or right to press him to do that to which be was conscientiously opposed as a man of honour ? If the Court pressed him to take the declaration, he had no hesitation in saying that he would sacrifice his ambi tion to his conscientious convictions ; but if he was elected, it would be his object to do his duties in such a manner as to confer honour on himself and the Court of Aldermen. Sir P. LAITRIF. said he had the highest reqpeet for Mr. Salomons, but he would advise the Court not to act con trary to law. They were a Christian people, and Chris tianity was the law of the land. Mr. Salomons had referred to the Acts mitigating the law in favour of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. Now, if Mr. Salomons felt it right to subscribe the declaration as a Separatist, he would be glad to hold out the hand of fellowship to him But he begged to remind the Court that one of the opinions of the Separatists was, that it was not right to take an oath. If Mr. Salomons could declare that he was a member of the sect called Separatists, and made the de claration as such, he would be glad to see him amongst them. But he heard Mr. Salomons say that he would give up his ambition rather than his religious convictions, and he was glad to hear that sentiment, for it was that of an honest man. If the Jewish persuasion wished to be relieved from the necessity of taking this declaration, they should go to Parliament. Mr. Grote made a motion on the subject in their favour. He (Sir P. Laurie) was as liberal as any one —(Great laughter)— but he could not consent to see the laws of the Court violated. He should therefore move that the declaration be put to Mr. Salomons in the usual manner. • Mr. Alderman HuonEs seconded the motion. The RECORDER then put the question that the declara tion be tendered to Mr. Salomons by the Town Clerk in the manner prescribed by the Act. Alderntan Sir J. KB! moved, as an amendment, that the oaths of office be tendered, in the first instance, to Mr. Salomons. The worthy Alderman commenced by passing a high enlogium on the character of Mr. Salo mons, public and private. There were few persons who were more ready to support by his means the charities of the City of London, no matter of what religions com plexion, than Mr. Salmons. With regard to any danger to the Church, he would observe that a most respect able clergyman, Dr. Bunting, came forward and bade Mr. Salomons to go forth and prosper. He thought that the Court would do well to accommodate themselves to the temper of the times, and admit Mr. Salomons as an Alderman. Mr. Alderman W. HUNTEtt seconded the amendment. The RECORDER then put the amendment, when Mr. Alderman HustruEßv rose to reply to some ob servation of Sir Peter Laurie, and said that the statute to which the worthy Alderman referred, respecting the Separatists, was repealed by the statute of Victoria. He thought that Mr. Salomons could take the declaration made by Separatists. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he should vote on this occasion for the amendment, because he did not think they would be abrogating any law in putting the oaths first, which would give time to Mr. Salomons to take the highest legal authority. Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to speak, when Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER rose to order, and said that after the question had been put, and since Sir J. Key had not replied—(Laughter and a hiss)—it was irregular to proceed. He would move, in consequence of the disturbance of the Court by the person who hissed, that the Court should be cleared.—The aCourt was then cleared. After some time the Court was again opened to strangers, when Mr. Alderman WOOD rose, and argued that itwas per fectly legal to put the oaths of office first to Mr. Salo mons, leaving Mr. Salomons to take his own course with regard to the declaration. The declaration was a substitute for the sacramental test. Persons were ad mitted by the Court who had not complied with that test. He did not think, therefore, that the Court ought to insist on Mr. Salomons taking the declaration then. The amendment was then put, when there appeared— For the amendment 6 Against it Majority against the amendment 4 The amendment was then declared to be lost. The original motion was then put, when there ap peared— For the motion Against it Majority -- 7 The declaration was then tendered to Mr. Salomons by the Town Clerk. Mr. SALOMONS said he begged to say that he protested against the construction put upon the Act of Parliament. There was nothing in the Act to compel him to subscribe before the oath. He would do so in the legal form if the oath were put to him. ' The RECORDER said the effect of his not complying with the order of the Court would be to render his office void. .... 10 ......,.... Mr. SALOMONS—I ask of you to tender me the oath of office. The RECORDER said the next resolution he would have:to put was "that D. Salomons,Esq., having neglected and omitted, and in fact refused, to subscribe the usual declaration, as prescribed by the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 17, this Court doth adjudge the election of the wardmote of Portsoken to be null, and the Lord Mayor is directed to hold a wardmote of Portsoken to elect an Alderman, in the room of the late Alderman." He wished to read this to Mr. Salomons before he put it, in order that he might not be taken by surprise. Sir PETER LAURIE proposed, and Mr. H. HUGHES seconded the resolution, which was put and carried, by a majority of ten to four. Mr. SALOMONS protested against the proceedings of the Court, because he had not neglected or omitted to do anything which was lawful. Mr. Salomons then left the Court, and was cheered outside. The Court then transacted some other business, after which it was cleared. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS KINGSTON, OcT.ls.—The General Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey were held this day at the Court house, Kingston-on-Thames ; Mr. E. Penrhyn, Chair man. _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the Parliament. jury, drew attention to two or three new Acts of Parliament. The Night Poaching Act made it an equal offence if persons committed the act of shooting game at night from the paths or highways, as though it was done in an inclosed place. Au alteration had also been made in the law of arron, doubts having formerly been entertained whether sheds or eut-houses came within the provisions of the Act ; but now, by special enactment of the Legislature, they wore declared to be so ; and a provision was also made empowering the Court, in cases where such offences were committed by boys under eighteen years of age, to order them to be once or twice privately whipped. To prevent such offences all should endeavour, by every means in their power, to disseminate information, and also exert themselves to give full employment to the labouring classes. He felt satisfied that very great in jury was occasioned by farmers discharging their labour ers in winter, and that it was always in their power pro fitably to employ labour. He thought it was a matter for their grave consideration whether it was not better for them to employ their capital in this manner than to throw the labourers on the poor-rate, or run the risk of losing their property by driving them to desperation. The surgeons of the different county gaols reported their several establishments to be generally healthy. Mr. Meymott, the surgeon of the county gaol, llorsernonger lane, in the course of his report, expressed an opinion that the practice of confining the prisoners closely to their room, except during the hours of divine service, and meals, on Sundays, was calculated to be injurious to their health. The surgeon of Brixton House of Correction in his report stated, that there had been a great many cases of itch in the gaol, and the great majority of them were persons who had come from the union workhouses. Mr. flawEs, M.P., expressed an opinion that the names of the unions whence such persons came ought to be reportei, for he considered it disgraceful that such establishments were not kept in a cleanly state. vV The report was received. The Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the county gaol, made an annual report, and after detailing the numb( r of prisoners that had passed through the gaol during that period, he stated, that the extent of ignorance that pre vailed among them was almost surpassing belief—not one-third of the whole number being able to read, and out of 1,258 prisoners, male and female, only 304 were able to repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Commandments. The prisoners from the rural districts appeared to be the most ignorant. They all, however, appeared anxious to learn, and paid great attention to those who endea voured to give them instruction. The Rev. Gentleman, in his report, went into a variety of statistical details relative to the prisoners and the causes of crime, which were listened to with considerable attention by the Court. Mr. lawEs moved that this report be printed, with a view to its being circulated among the magistrates of the county. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. SMALLPIECE, the county treasurer, made a report of the state of the finances of the county. It appeared that, from the last quarter, he had a balance of 9,0591. ss. Ild., which was increased by other receipts to 10,0991. Ss. 11d. He had since expended 14,5141., which sum included a payment of 5,0001. on account of the lunatic asylum. There were accounts outstanding to the amount of 12,9721. 3s. 11d., which would be chargeable upon the rate now in collection. The rate would produce about 18,0001., so that he should have a balance of about 5,000/. Colonel CHALLENon observed that, on repairing the gaols of the county, 1,8001. had been expended ; but the accounts did not show that this was the amount sanc tioned by the Court. His impression was that 1,4001. was the sum granted, but he had no means of ascer taining whether it was so or not. If it were the case, 4001. had been expended over the amount agreed to by the Court. Mr. PUCIELE assured the Hon. Magistrate that the estimates of the repairs had never been exceeded, and in many cases they were below the amount granted by the Court. Colonel CHALLENOR said he had no doubt that what Mr. Puckle said was quite borrect ; but still he thought they ought to have some means of seeing in the accounts that, where a certain sum of money was allowed by the Court for a specific purpose, no more was expended ; and, as the guardians of the county purse, it was their duty to do it. Some routine business having been disposed of, the Court then adjourned. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFI DAVIT MADE BEPORE THE LORD MAYOR CONCERNING A SURPRISING CURE /IFFECTED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINT MENT AND PILLS I—James Stanley, li►ing at Long- Ditton, made an affidavit before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, on the 14th instant, to the purport that he had been upon crutches, and bad for two years, with 26 holes in one leg and 14 in the other ; that he had been into two hospitals and got no relief ; and that, after every other means had failed, he had been radically cured by "Holloway's Ointment and Pills." Sold at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand (where advice may he had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.--Just forty years ago Mr. Trevethick. a. rnininq en7irvpr. eort;!rl!•teri tho locomotive engine at Murthyr and applied it suc cessfully to the traction of c 941 and coke.—Cambrian. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEIV WELL. A stylishly-dressed middle-aged man, who gave his name as John Gill, was charged with violently assaulting Mr. Haynes, landlord of the Mortimer Arms, in Tottenham-court-road, under the following circumstances : lt appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that on the previous night, at a very late hour, the prisoner and two other persons came into the bar of the Mortimer Arms, and having called for some drink, one of the prisoner's companions obtained five sovereigns from the prisoner and said he would toss any one present for one or for five sovereigns. There were several highly respectable tradesmen present, and the prisoner and his party made several attempts to induce them to gamble with them. The landlord, however, said he would not allow any such illegality, and desired the prisoner and his gang to leave the house. The prisoner refused, using grossly abusive language towards the landlord, who no sooner at tempted to expel him, than the prisoner attacked him in the most violent manner, and literally tore the clothes off his back to the very last garment, and even that same. He struck the complainant a violent blow on the chest. When the police arrived he wanted to give Mr. Haynes in charge for stealing his watch. Mr. GREENWOOD—DO you know who this "man is? The prosecutor--Oh, yes, I know him very well ; he is what is commonly termed " a sharp," a well-known character in the gambling world. Some of the licensed victuallers know him to their cost. The prisoner called his two confrieres as witnesses. The first was a sharp-looking fellow, dressed as a groom, who said his name was Stephens, and that he was servant to the Hon. Augustus Chichester. He subsequently stated that he was groom to Earl Grey, but on being closely interrogated by the Magistrate he admitted that it was six months since he was in the service of either of these gentlemen, and that during the latter period he has had no certain means of sub sistence. He swore the prisoner only assaulted the landlord in self-defence. The second witness was a person named Smith, who gave his address as Half- Moon-crescent, but who, in cross-examination, turned out to be a man of unsettled habitation and occupa tion—at one time a carver and gilder, at another time an engraver, at another time a servant; in short, a sort of Caleb Quotem. He admitted having offered to bet five sovereigns, and swore that Mr. Gill had been assaulted in the first instance. Had seen a silver watch with the prisoner before the occur- rence. Mr. GREENWOOD said a more abominable con spiracy to take away the character of a respectable tradesman he had never listened to. It was quite plain that the whole trio were nothing but. a set of sharpers, who entered the house at a late hour hoping they might find some inebriated persons there, whom they could cheat out of their money. The allegation of Mr. Haynes having stolen the watch he belieied to be a base falsehood. He did not believe one word of what the two witnesses for the defence stated, and should fine the prisoner 31., and the amount of damage done to Mr. Haynes' dress, orpne month's imprison ment.—The money was paid at once. MARYLEB ONE. Yesterday Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, be tween forty and fifty years of 'age, was brought up in the custody of Sergeant Thompson, 4 D, charged with having murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the Paddington canal. Constable Ross, 15 D—At three o'clock yesterday, as I was passing Northumberland-street, i saw a great crowd round the workhouse door, and on inquiring what was the matter, I was informed that there was a man there who had been making away with his vs ife. I went inside, and the prisoner was given into my custody ; he told me that he had not spoken to her (his wife) for the last three months, during which time they had lived apart. Ross added that the deceased had not been near her home since last Sunday night week, and he had not, as yet, had time to get witnesses together, who would, he believed, be able to prove that she and the prisoner were, on the evening of the day in question, seen drinking together, and afterwards quarrelling at Maida hill, a short distance from where the body was found. Mr. RA.WLINSON remarked that he had heard quite enough to justify him in detaining the prisoner, and de sired the officers to get together all the evidence they could for the Coroner's inquest. The prisoner, on being asked if he wished to say any thing on the charge of having murdered his wife by drowning her, replied, -" I know nothing about it ; I have seen nothing of her." Mr. RAWLINSON (to the officers)—l have no objection at all to his being taken before the Coroner, if his pre sence at the inquest should be required.—The prisoner was then remanded for further examination, and at five o'clock was conveyed to prison in the Government van. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday IVilliam Woobton, aged 19, a mat-maker, was charged before the lion. G. C. Norton, with causing so serious an injury to the person of Elizabeth Dowell that her life is at present in serious jeopardy. From the evidence it appeared, that during the per formances at the Garrick Theatre on the preceding night, a quart stone bottle fell from the gallery on to the head of Elizabeth Dowell, a respectable young woman, who was with her mother and other friends in the pit. Such was the force with which the bottle fell, that it smashed into pieces, and in flicted no less than four serious wounds upon the head of the yotmg woman. The sufferer was carried to the house of a neighbouring surgeon ' who recom mended her immediate removal to the London Hospital. The unfortunate circumstance created a strong feeling amongst the crowded audience, it being suspected that the dangerous missile had been flung from the gallery by some mischievous person ; and Mr. Gomersal, one of the proprietors of the theatre, went on the stage, and offered a sovereign to any person who would point out to himself or his officers the person who had flung the bottle. The prisoner instantly acknowledged himself as the person to blame, but declared that the bottle had slipped from him by accident, while he was in the act of handing it to a friend to drink some beer from it. The young woman being pronounced by the surgeon who had examined her to be in a dangerous state, Mr. Gomersal felt it to be his duty to give the prisoner into custody. The prisoner repeated his former statement that the affair was perfectly accidental ; but the surgeon's certifi cate declaring the sufferer to be still in very great danger, the prisoner was remanded to a future day. Mr. NORTON, - howevei, consented. to take bail for his appearance. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an investigation took place before Mr: sHiggs, at the Pine Apple Tavern, in Hun gerford-street, Hungerford-market, relative to the death of a man, name unknown, and who is strongly suspected to have been murdered. The case excited a very strong senstation in the neighbourhood, and the inquest-room was crowded to excess. Mr. J. W. Monks, of the Rose and Crown, Shad- Thames, depsed that he had seen the body of the deceased, and could positively identify it as being that of a man he well knew by sight, but whose name he could not recollect. He was, witness believed, the master of a schooner commonly called a " billy-boy," latterly employed in bringing stone from Yorkshire to the New Houses of Parliament. Richard Penin, aged ten years, the son of a water man plying at Hungerford stairs, deposed that, on Sunday morning, he was in a boat on the river, with another boy, near to Hungerford, and while rowing between the Duke of Buccleuch's and Whitehall stairs he saw the body of the deceased floating on the water, face downwards. Witness fastened a rope round the body and towed it ashore. The deceased had on a blue cloth jacket, such as is worn by sea faring men, a black cloth waistcoat, brown woollen trousers, of railroad pattern, worsted stockings, Wel lington boots, newly fronted, a flannel waistcoat next his skin, and a striped cotton shirt over it, with India rubber braces; he also wore a truss. :Mr. John Nathan Bainbridge of No. 86, St. Mar tin's-lane, surgeon, stated that he saw the body of the deceased at St. Martin's workhouse ; it was that of a well-formed man, about five feet five or six inches in height, with light sandy hair, without whiskers ; the forehead was slightly bald; there was discolouration of portions of the body, arising from putrefaction having commenced. There were five punctured wounds about the trunk, four near the pit of the stomach, and one about two inches and a half lower down, towards the right side. The four wounds were about an inch apart from each other. There were openings in the flannel-waist ' coat and the shirt corresponding with the punctures. One of the wounds was four inches in depth. Wit ness opened the body yesterday. He should think that the deceased had been dead a fortnight. The wounds penetrated the cavity of the abdomen. The two upper ones were close against the lower end of the breast bone. The liver was wounded and the stomach perforated. None of the intestines were wounded. The punctures must have been inflicted with a sharp pointed cutting instrument, such as a clasp knife. Witness was of opinion that the deceased could not have inflicted the wounds on himself. Each of them was likely to produce instantaneous death. Inspector Lewis, of the Thames-police, said that he had made every inquiry between Richmond and Chalton, but could not hear of any person answering the description of the deceased being missing. Several of the jurors expressed a wish that the in quiry should be adjourned, in order to trace out the relatives of the deceased. _ _ - The inquest was accordingly adjourned until Tues day next. The well-known Dr. Lardner is entertaining the citizens of New York with his " Personal Recollections of London and Paris." The New York Herald re marks:—" The opportunities which Dr. Lardner enjoyed for so many years of observing society in these capitals, and the advantages he derived from his acquaintance with almost all the characters of our own times, distin guished in politics, literature, science, art, and fashion, will afford rich materials for amusing narrative. Among :ni a7l .. 4 Lord Brougham, Bulwer, Sir Walter Scott, oui zo t, D'lsmeli, Dickens, and other notabilities: " THE LEVIATHAN TELESCO The Earl of Rosse read a memoir of the constr.lls tion of his reflecting telescope at the meella w nic s „ section of the British Association at York, on 1- day last. A model of the telescope, on a small sea j for the purpose of showing the plan of mounting and of making observations, was on the table ; and model of the app a r a tus with which he ground , polished the speculum. Lord Rosse commenced eiL explaining the objects he had in view w hen the directed his attention to the construction 0 ' t , telescope, and the difficulties that had to be over, come. Having determined, after a consideraew of the peculiar difficulties attending the construet,l ti t of refracting and of reflecting telescopes, to sal t the reflecting principle, he was met in the oulst, by obstacles that appeared almost insurnsolVot able, and which nothing but the most aru e y , and persevering efforts of ingenuity could ll i a to overcome. In the first place, ordinary aPe cu s o metal is more brittle than glass, and it is test greatly expanded by heat that it is with the great. tit difficulty a large. speculum can be cooled witz'°de splitting. In Lard Rosse's first attempts, he In re a bis one hundred castings without being successful. -1-. fog difficulty is avoided in inferior instruments by ol i o the proportions of tin and copper, which form bhe , speculum metal, also by the addition of zinc, but a re brilliancy of the polish and the reflective power s a t thereby greatly diminished. An attempt was h ieh made to cast a speculum of baser compound, W the would not be brittle, and afterwards to pla te a y surface with the best speculum metal. swered the purpose tolerably well, but the ll tl t ee junctions of the plated metal caused diffraction a it light injurious to the distinctiveness of the imag e ;„ e . then occurred to him that as the s plitting he ni culum metal in cooling must be caused by tIA gular manner in which the:process could be reg ultt •d e , so as to make the metal cool gradually on one s t t o that the difficulty might be overcome. To effe et h iet the lower part of the mould was made of iron, %I te d the sides were of sand; by which means the It es o , mass cooled below at a quicker rate than i n e li n g other part, that being comparatively the only e e " r e surface. By this means speculum metal o f the bere quired size would be cast without splitting, bu tt s it was found to be a defect in the metal arising fr°l7itsi§ bubbles rising through the metal. To overcool° sds new difficulty the under surface of the mould wa s W oa d of vertical plates of iron placed closely together,s tesj through those lamina of iron the air escaped i t s eo of rising through the melted metal. The prone) of which the speculum metal consisted sver e et ess parts of tin and 126.4 of copper. So many 031 " n6 i , are required to be attended to, that even the e orci L to tion of the melting pots was found to be essellPT re s the perfection of the process. In the ordinarpbiob melting pots there are minute holes througll i vl et some portions of the tin of the speculutn me ta ' b o le; when melted, and deteriorates the alloy ; these t ie are prevented from being formed by c asting d melting pots in an inverted position, /list ° igla erect. in grinding the speculum, which W e t ti three tons and three-quarters, and is silt te tbiell diameter, it was placed in a tank of water, in eio sea, it was kept revolving, and the polishing tool , 'PO with two eccentrics and worked by steans was applied on the top. Lard Rosse minu tel y scribed the contrivance for obtaining the reel, form, which he illustrated by reference to the tos and the required focus was obtained by o bserl l os e not by measurement. The : speculum, wil en ief eoll t pleted, had a focus of fifty-three feet, and the eel XOB was fitted on the Newtonian . plan, the image .. ., tie ' reflected to a hole in the side of the tube, lle,'lo top, into which the spectator looks, instead of le ° o ll towards the object. The tube weighs six t ong res in half, and the joint and apparatus on which it t ight weigh three tons and a half. To support this two high and massive walls have been bn il ',K, moveable galleries are fitted to them to elevate th e - 0 tator, and enable him to look through the eye-gig s/ n( 10 elevations. It is fitted as a transit instrument , s : s lti f scarcely any other than a vertical movenaent, nine td intended for making observations when stars CO tlte the meridian. To compensate in some degree '1 want of a traversing motion, • a reflector is us , e , soa r which means any heavenly body may be see n %atb ° before it comes to the meridian. In supPor ti ld, tube so as to render it manageable, by one Il la L t counterpoise weights are employed, which °I Tb, by resting on the ground as the tube is elev ate a or, actual weight to be moved, therefore, does n et " t e three hundred weight, and one person can ale? tsbe with great ease. The lowest angle to which ed to can be inclined is ten degrees, and it may be r 3 30% four or five degrees below the pole. Whe n s h il es set of the power of this instrument, Lord Rosse '7 O O that the principal advantage to be derived li t 01 • was the far greater quantity of light whi ch mitted, for with the same magnifying Ile vv o e t l a sr te!, e ; would be seen distinctly that would, In al ! isle. P A ) scope of smaller aperture, be scarcely e v e ls ted itl aw e s using an eyeglass he had magnified the r e— s c to 7 there her three hundred times. He was able with great distinctness nebulae which, in othe,rt; be scopes, though the same magnifying ow er O A., es used, would appear merely as confused paws bo sliii light. It was the examination of the nebulous 4 ,40 in the heavens that he principally had in vie w Aftee l he commenced the construction of the telescolt,"t It years ago, and it was to one of those bodies tt`' 11 0 telescope was first directed when completed' sell s Lordship exhibited representations of several eo?! as they appeared through his smaller teles tP of three feet diameter. From these drawirforg nebulous bodies appear to consist of clusters °eyed with one or more larger luminous bodies . iiotg them ; and in the drawing of the nebulous &or examined through the great telescope, the sta r t r si posing it appeared as large as stars of the firs s eB° nitudc, though the whole cluster of them wh eli ci ii through a moderately good telescope, appear when a white patch in the heavens. In most of he ir ll si o are seen filaments of light issuing from .441 and Lord Rosse conceives that when he br e l ",,o l „ great telescope to bear on these filaments, tt'ell'ea' be found to be composed of stars. In this Ina ll aos e Lordship will be able to verify the ideas of It ' te llitl mers, and not limiting his discoveries to n ew s a rie s :o or planets, he will make known the exi.sethe esla suns and of planetary systems, compared wr rs s• our celestial system is but a speck in the unlve DEAFNESS. r TESTIMONIAL from John Sawyer, Esq ° l3, $Ol wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. a n btljo mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentle ele lita;fr been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the o „,.° ° joard 'ember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice O6l and, although at my advanced age, at that time Pa' t ec iisnif year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief, yet speol applied them I could hear the general conversat io to hearing has become so much improved by their use, v" now bear acutely without their aid." I am, Gent,,,lel e / r t. most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22d June, lc' f ierta k i the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters , b oy Messrs, S. and B. Solomons:—Gentlemen, haliegbo for many years, I was induced to try your lOW o ar"! Conductors. They enable me to hear persons 10 00/ and at a place of worship most distinctly. The Speep e fiti t i, Handglass which you have sent me are very exe% so : 4 0 suit my sight perfectly, the transparency of whieb t hem liant, that although I have passed my 86th year i igbt , yd May last, yet they enable me to read, and by c andle' ;el,/ the greatest ease and comfort to myself. I return If ' vo'l thanks, and romain your obedient servant, Henry ;,4.0.1( 22d June, 1839.—Telescopes, Opera Glases , 0 , &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Caution.—Messrs. S•110401.d. lomons, Opticians and Aurists, arc not in any waielbos th e, a person of the same name in their immediate neiff, eo ,ll, l, Nor n any part of the country. To prevent ruistawaries tious, and Observe,—Only to be bad at 39, Albe ll ' Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ofl BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., the lady of W. Saurin CO/ daughter, still-born. as° On the 13th inst., at Sidmonth, Devonshire, th e DI o tt' Whittle, Esq., of a son, still-born. ol t b As o o On the 13th inst., at Dulwich; Mrs. John B 0 .„°_ ; • - •,ig • On the 13th inst., Mrs. J. L. Barclay, New P'' - ` .6 of a son. On the 14th inst., at Watlington House, Be lau— 919 Frederick Purvis, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Herne-hill, Mrs. J. D• e-li esP" On the 14th inst., at Park-street, Grosvenor lady lady of Major-General Frederick, C. 8., of a son. 0.4 1 1 MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, at the of Holy Trinity, the Rev. Robert Merry, A.M., Irle e ' t Morden, Cambridgeshire, to Maryanne, younge s , of the late E. Rees, Esq., of Clifton. OO" On the 11th inst., at West Farleigh, Frederit ter of Esq., of the Rectory, East Mailing, to Ann, dg u g late John Miller, Esq., of Yalding. il f DIED. P . On the 11th inst., Elinor Esther, the daught er ° Bodge, of Great Marlborough-street. On the 4th lust, Blackhall-place, Dublin, A iirrftbr, pher Irwin, relict of Captain Irwin, late of the 88,l'„ On the 9th inst., in Castle-town, Isle of bii,eslyso Spencer, Esq., formerly a Captain iu her g e i Regiment. of A On the 9th inst., at Fawsley, Elizabeth, wife tl Lee, Esq., of Chesham-street. f th e A d On the 10th inst., Richard Stileman, ESC' o .0 I , A, Winchelsea. On the 10th inst., at Cul tra, in the county of 9°- A ttl Y e i Cairns, Esq. 019 4 On the 11th inst., at Princes-street, Cave,s q , Charlotte, relict of the late Thomas •Howar d, fir Uxbridge, aged 93. Afati On the 12th inst., in Salisbury-street, Strand,- ltc Rainals, Esq., aged 32. V ille' tf On the 12th his t at Claremont-place, P en-il Cowley, aged 74. # road' d On the 12th inst., at Thirza-place. Old lien.' fir relict of the late W. Hall, Esq., aged 97. Job° On the 13th inst., at Rochester, the Rev O r Spong, 8.A., Curate of Eastry and Worth? ,o pert v' On the 12th inst., at the Highway, Enfield, e idf the infant son of Dr. John Jameson. „ he late i d On the 13th inst., Hannah, the witioW 0 " e s l , h On Smi, of Paternoster-row. the 13th inst., in Wilton-Wilton-place, Adam Orfor d ''' . r elr ) son of Adam Bromilow, Esq., b arr i s ter-at -law' ,a,e,r ol3 ' On the 13th inst., at Kingston-upon - Tl aaoJes ' of the late G. Roots, Esq. ..111,0,1.meava.rammasummes 1;),•.. 1 +0.7 f i 2 i L.2,1:d. h ' ; tiv7, &rand, n the Precinct of the Ssvon Middlesex, Wednesday, October4 6 ' 1844' COURT OF ALDERMEN. A special Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the Guildhall, for the purpose of receiving the return from. the ward of Portsoken, and tendering the oaths to Mr. David Salomons, the recently-elected Alderman for that ward. The hour fixed for opening the Court was twelve for one, but long before that hour the avenues and approaches to the Court were crowded to excess by respectably-dressed persons, the majority of whom ap peared to be of the Hebrew descent. The proceedings appeared to excite the greatest interest in the City. At one o'clock precisely the Lord Mayor took the chair, and the names of the Aldermen having been called over, the minutes of the former Court were read. THE ADDRESS TO THE RING OF THE FRENCH. On that portion of the minutes being read which re lated to the presentation of the address of the Court to the King of the French, Mr. Alderman WILSON asked the Sheriffs if the ad dress had been presented ? Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY replied that the address had . been presented. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked why the Court had not been summoned to present the address ? Not only had the Court not been summoned, but one of the members of the Court, who was then present, had been positively told that if he attempted to attend with the deputation, he should be given into custody.—(Hear, and a laugh.) It was time that the rights of the Court should be ascer tained, and that it should be known whether it was an independent Court, having a right to present an address, or whether it was a mere appendage to the Court of• Co mmon Council. The LORD MAYOR denied that there was any desire to encroach on the privileges of the Court, but the stay of the King of tho French was so short, that it was thought better to present the address of the two Courts by a de putation. Mr. Alderman HUGHES had assisted in drawing up the address. He had been excluded from seconding the motion for the address by Sir Peter Laurie, and on that occasion he had expressed his regret. He lived at Windsor, and certainly he had felt great surprise that he had not been asked to asaist in the presentation of the address. A Noble Lord about the Castle had asked him if he was not to be present at the presentation? and he had replied that, strange to say, he had been excluded.— (A. laugh.) Ho had written to the Remembrance; stating that his equipage should accompany the deputa tim, a-id the Remembrancer had replied that he was ex cluded from attendance, and Sir Chapman Marshall had told him that if he or any other person attempted to accompany the deputation, he should be taken into custody. After a few words from Sir CLAUDIUS HUNTER, The Lout? MAYOR explained that the address was pre sented by a deputation composed of those members of the Court of Aldermen who were in a position to attend. Now the proper place for Mr. Alderman Hughes on Sa turday was not at Windsor, but at the Guildhall. He was the Alderman upon the rota, and it was his duty to have been there to pass home 400 Irish paupers. Mr. Alderman HUGHES said that Mr. Alderman Wilson had attended for him at the Guildhall, and bad dischar g ed the duty for him. He thought the observa tions of the Lord Mayor totally uncalled for.—(Hear.) The conversation then dropped. The return of the prisoners in the various metropolitan gaols was then read. Several persons appeared to be admitted as brokers, and, on the report of the proper authorities, were ad mitted accordingly. MR. SALOMONS' CASE. It was then ordered that Mr. D. Salomons might be called in. 11Ir. Salomons having come into Court, Mr. SAMUEL HALL read the return of the ward of Portsoken, and in presenting Mr. Salomons to the Court, said that Mr. Salomons had been elected as Alderman of the wardmote of Portsoken. He was glad that he was introducing a person who was already known to them, for he had filled the office of Sheriff for the City, the duties of which he discharged with the greatest credit. He was brought up in the City of London, and had obtained the highest character at the Royal Exchange, which entitled him to be placed in the foremost ranks of the merchants of the City. He was, moreover, a magistrate of two counties, and had now for several years discharged the duties of a magistrate to the entire satisfaction of his brother ma gistrates. It was moreover the pleasure of her Majesty in Council to place Mr. Salomons in one of the most im portant trusts that could be held by a subject, that of High Sheriff for the county of Kent, the duties of which office he also discharged with entire satisfaction. These cir cumstances influenced the electors of the ward of Port soken, but they were also further influenced by the high and unimpeachable private character which Mr. Salo mons was well known to possess. It only remained to submit the choice made by the ward of Portsoken, which presented to this Court Mr. D. Salomons, to fill the office of Alderman for that ward. Mr. DAVID SALOMONS said ho b ad reason to believe that there might be some technical objec tion to him which would require legal infor mation to guide. both the Court and bun in the position in which they now stood. He had obtained legal information, but not of that high legal character by which the Court would probably be influenced. He intended to have the opinions of men of such high legal standing as Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Kelly, or Mr. Erle, but he was unable to procure them in consequence of their absence from town. He therefore begged the Court to grant him a fortnight, to obtain such legal ad vice. He would, if the Court desired, read the opinion of two excellent lawyers whom he consulted. The Court would not hear the opinions. Mr. Salomons was then asked if he had signed the declaration required by the statute of George IV. within the previous month? Mr. SALOMONS asked if he was to understand that his application was denied?: Mr. Alderman WOOD said he thought, before that question was put, the re q uestof Mr. Salomons ought to be considered and discussed. _ - The - RECORDER said that the proper course to be pur sued was to tender the declaration in the first place. Mr. Alderman WOOD thought that the discussion upon the request of Mr. Salomons ought to take place first. Alderman LUCAS said he understood that Mr. Salo mons asked for time in consequence of being asked to sign the declaration. Mr. Salomons was then asked whether ho was pre pared to sign the declaration ? Mr. SALOMONS said he made the application he put forward in the best faith, and he begged of the Court to give him the time he asked to consult counsel as to the course he ought to pursue in circumstances altogether new. He asked it as a personal favour to himself. Mr. Alderman FAREBRoTIIER said he thought the Court ought to be cleared before they discussed the sub ject. Sir PETER LAURIE said, if the declaration was not taken, he would move that the election be void. Mr. Alderman Husirrunlv did not see why they should discuss the subject with closed doors. Mr. Alderman HUGHES hoped the Court would not be cleared. Mr. Alderman WOOD hoped that Mr. Salomons would be allowed the time he asked for. The REcoRDER advised the Court to pursue the usual course pursued on occasions like the present, which was to tender the declaration in the first instance. Mr. Alderman FAREBRoTHER said it was competent for any person to have the Court cleared. Mr. Salomons was again asked whether he would take the declaration. Mr. SALOMONS begged for time till that day fortnight. Mr. Alderman HUGHES wished to know the grounds on which this application was made. Mr. SALOMONS said he made the application in order to have an opportunity of consulting Queen's counsel on town as. Hehad u b je i ct. A t soughtpresent fonro Sirn b T. ut j % u v r i i i i d o e, counselr At were inholly, attaitnheedy had opinions andM o Dir. E f r i‘ le ir. b .f ut am in es v a a h in d . j..sfr H . advised him to ask for time , as t he y wished to consult their seniors. e We h l a c d h, The RECORDER asked if their opinions went to the fact of his liability to be required by t he C ourt to sign the declaration? Mr. SALOMONS—Yes, as to the mode in which the qualification was to be taken, and as to the modifications made in it by a recent Act of Parliament. 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