The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION: COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Lady ;Barham left the Castle this morning for town, and is expected to re turn this evening. The Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget and the lion. Miss Anson, took a carriage airing this morning in the Park. The Royal Dinner Party at the Castle this evening will consist of the same guests as yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her Suite, rode out on horseback yesterday in the early part of the day. The Princess Augusta visited her Majesty in the afternoon at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Au gusta on Tuesday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Dun cannon, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Palmerston Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Holland, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council broke up at six o'clock. A deputation from the Commissioners for Paving St. James's Clerkenwell, consisting of Samuel Mills, Esq., Chairman of the Commissioners of Sewers, Hol born, and Finsbury Sewers, and Richard Carpenter Esq., had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby . vesterday at the Home-office. A. deputation on the subject of British Guiana, con sistiog of Mr. M'Carel, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Campbell, Mr. kin g , Mr. Colvile, and Mr. Holmes, had an interview with Loyd John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office Sir Johrr Colborne and Lord George Bentinck had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Smith had an inter view with Lord John Russell at the Colonial Office yesterday. The Attorney-General, Lieut.-Colonel P. Taylor, and Mr. Duncombe, had interviews with the Marquis of Natmanby yesterday at the Home Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday morn ing for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from S. r Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West India Colonies. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are entertaining a select party at their magnificent chateau at Stowe, _ where they intend to pass the Christmas. The Duke t of Devonshire, in an open landau, was amcrog the fashionables in the drive in Hyde Park yesterday. His Grace joined the party assembled on a visit to Lord and Lady Tankerville at Walton-upon- Thames on Tuesday. The Duke of Grafton has left Grafton House for Euston Hall, where his Grace will entertain a sport ing party. Lady and Miss i;outts Trotter left Grosvenor square on Tuesday, on a visit to the Hon. Major Kep pell, at Milton, Hants. Earl de Grey will leave town on Tuesday next for Bedford. The Marquis of Aylesbury is still staying at Paris, where, it is expected, he will pass the winter. HINCHINGBROOK HOUSE, HUNTINGDON. — Lord and Lady Sandwich have been entertaining the Marquis of Anglesey and Lady Adelaide Paget, Lord Templetown, and the Hon. Edward Upton, Lord and Lady St. John (of Bletso), and Mrs. Drummond. The Duke of Bedford has directed the whole of the splendid live fat stock of his late father, at the Park farm, Woburn, to be brought to the hammer on Tues day next. The stock comprises 60 Hereford and Scotch oxen, 130 Southdown n ethers ; also a quantity of fat Swine from the late Duke's extensive piggeries. RUMOURED MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.— The Marquis of Douglas, it is sjd, has at length won the affections of the beautiful Miss Stuart, the youngest daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothesay, and co-heiress with Viscountess Canning. We may congratulate the Noble Marquis on having fairly distanced his competi tors, as Miss Stuart is known to be as highly accom plished as she is fair. The Hon. Mr. Maynard will be united in the Spring to the Hon. Miss Murray, second daughter of the late Lord Glenlyon, and niece to the Dukes of Northumberland and Athol. It is also re ported that a Noble Marquis, recently become a widower, already contemplates a union with the only daughter of one of our Royal Dukes. We alluded in our paper last week to the current rumour that coupled Lord Palmerston with the Dowager Lady Cowper. Sir James Duke, M.P., has arrived at Sussex place, Regent's Park, from Italy. The Tithe Commissioners for Wales have ap pointed Robert Page, of Charlton-house, Somerset, Esq.. an Assistant Tithe Commissioner, for especial p L 'rposes. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT BUCK INGHAM PALACE.—Yoterday morning, about eleven o'clock, about twenty trick were at work upon a scaf fold, when one of the scaffoi:l-poles supporting the ex treme end, snapped asunder, and the men, three in ,number, who were at work in that particular part, were Precipitated to the ground, a distaoco of thirty feet. One of the men fell on his feet, a n d escaped without th e slightest injury, but the other two wOre dreadfully injured. Both men were immediately t a ;:en to St. George's Hospital upon shutters, and M•Car:tby, who has a wife and five children, died almost imme:tiatelY after his admittance. The injuries received by Camp bell are of so serious a nature that it is not expected he will recover. Wednesday afternoon, about two o'clock, a young woman, dressed like a servant, threw herself into the water in St. James's Park. She immediately sank to the bottom ; but the action being perceived by a Scotch gentleman, named Glendellin, he jumped in after her, and, with much personal danger, succeeded in bringing her to shore. She was immediately taken to Westminster Hospital, put into a warm bath, and every means were resorted to to restore suspended animation. In about half an hour she became sensible, gave her name Esther Beale, and said she was in service in Carr's place, Euston-square. She also gave the residence of her mother, who was sent for, but neither in her pre sence, nor before she arrived, would she assign any reason for attempting to drown herself. SACRILEGE, AND ATTEMPT TO FIRE A CHURCH.—On Monday night, or early on Tuesday :morning se'nnight, St. Mary's Church, in this town, was bi ‘oken into, and two scarfs, a black one and a white one, and a cassock, belonging to the Rev. H. Farish, a black scarf belonging to one of the congregation, and a tumblei - glass, some wine, and other articles, were taken therefroni ; and on Mondry night week, or early on Tuesday Laorning, a diabolical attempt was made to fire the building,. but happily without effect.—Sheffield Iris. Yesterday afternoon a very protracted inquiry took place befove Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Marquis )of Anglesey pub lic -house, Devonshire-street, Lisson grove, on the body el William Shofield, aged four years, whose death was alleged to have been occasioned from unskilful medical treatment received at the Western Dispensary. It appeared from the further evidence adduced that the deceased died from a disease called I" gangrenis oris,'' or mortification of the cheek. It had been alleged that the child had died from having had an unusual quantity of calomel administered, but from the evidence of Dr. Hall and other gentlemen of high respectability, it was proved that the disease was known to °ecrtr without the presence of any calomel whatever. The chid was attacked with hooping-cough on the '29th of October, accompanied with inflammation of the lungs, the combined effects of which produced extreme ex haustion and debility, and he expired on Thursday se'n night. The Cecina, in summing up, after expressing his confidence in the medical authorities, said there Ras no evidence to show that the child died from mer curial action. The Jury, after a long consultation, re turned a verdict, " That the deceased died from mor tifieat:on of th e f ace, b u t how such was produced there is no evidence to prove." POISONING By MISTAKE.'"- Yesterday an in quest was la,_•id bef ore M r. C arter , et the Star and Gar ter, Neckinge;eroad, Bermondsey, o n the body of Maria Ann Baylis, a child fourteen weeks ' old. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died from the e ff ec t s of opium, given it by mistake for another medicine." ALLEGED MURDER BY TWO BROKER'S MEN, —The adjourned inquest on the body of Edward M'Kenzie Meredith was resumed last night at the George, Brook street, Holborn, before Mr. Wakle • It will be recollected that deceased had been violently . a sa nited by two " broker's men," who were convicted a s ; the Old Bailey, and are now in the House of Correc tien for the offence. Mrs. M‘Gulre and two other wit nesses were examined, and their evidence as to the at tack inade on deceased on the 27th of July last, was in strict a ceordance with that of the widow of the de ce ase et, d. Mr. Benson Wh itfield, of 64, Lamb's Conduit-stre surgeon, stated that he had made a post mortem exami nation of the body, and found that the brain, lungs, and kidneys were extensively diseased, and it was his opinion that the violence which the deceased had received was not the cause of his death, but that he bad died from disease of the chest, produced by natural causes. Ver dict—Natural death. DETENIINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest Was held at the Cro wn Tavern, St. Paul's-terrace, Ball's Pond, Islington, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of 1 Mrs. Ann Payne, aged 46, a respectable married fe =ale, who committed suicide by precipitating herself (Pot of a second-floor window. Deceased was the wife of Mr. Robert Payne, teacher of languages, at Graves end, .yid had lately resided with her friends at Islington in ecm , equence of her bad state of health. She was very 1 0w ,..Ipirited, and frequently complained of violent pains in hor head. She bad lately lost her mother, which preyed .heavily on her mind. Verdict—" Tempo rary mental der .Ingement." CRUELTY T G' ,AximALs.—Three faghionably dressed young men were yesterday fined 10s. each by the Magistrates of jToion-ball Office for having " set on" a dog belonging to one of them to worry a cat till it was almost dead. Tlim had been locked up in the t s tation-house all night. STOCEIDALE v. 11AISSA3tD. -JP We observe among our advertisements this day the following : " To PRINTERS AND OTHERS.—By Mr. Crook, OR the premises, Tichbourne-court, Whetstone-park, Lin coln's Inn-fields, on Tuesday, December 17, at Twelve, by order of the Sheriff of Middlesex, under a writ of firri facial, in a cause ' Stockdale v. Hansard and Others.' No Hydraulic Presses, with force-pumps, complete, two standing presses, with Athol power, eleven Stanhope presses, with banks and horses, and inking tables complete, and one wood proof press.—To be viewed the morning of sale : catalcT•ues to be had on the premises ; and of Mr. Crook, auctioneer, 45, Skinner-street, Snow-hill." On the 17th of this month will the property of Mr. Hansard be disposed of by a public sale Be fore the 17th steps must be taken by the House of Commons to vindicate their privileges, if they do not mean to renounce them. To say one word more after drawing attention to this advertisement, would be to suppose that the House of Commons is indifferent to the preserva tion of attributes essential to the due discharge of the part assigned them by the Constitution ; a libel on that body which we will not permit ourselves to commit. —Morning Chronicle. PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Yesterday a most respectable meeting was held at the London Coffee-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting measures expressive of the feelings of the community towards the late Lord Mayor for his admirable conduct as Chief' Magistrate of the City of London, and towards the Lady Mayoress for the amiable, hospitable, and digni fied manner in which she performed the duties of hostess at the Mansion-house. Sir Francis Ommaney was unanimously called to the Chair. Mr. THOMAS JONES, the Hon. Secretary, havieg detailed the proceedings of the last meeting on the subject, Mr. frussEuroN rose. amidst great applause, to propose the first resolution. The state of his health prevented him, he said, attempting to do justice to the subject for which they had assembled, but happily the knowledge which the community at large had attained of the excellent and vigorous conduct of the late Lord Mayor in the performance of his magisterial duties was such as to render description quite un necessary.—(Cheers.) The exertions of the late Lord Mayor were of such a nature as to extend the sphere of their operation infinitely beyond the limits of the City, and he (Mr. Thisselton) felt high gratifi• cation in proposing what he was convinced would be unanimously approved of by the meeting.—(Cheers.) It was the intention subsequently to form a Sub- Committee to make the necessary arrangements, and to receive subscriptions. He then proposed the fol lowing resolution :—" That in order to testify the high sense of approbation of the citizens of London, and other friends of the Right Hon. Samuel Wilson, late Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the able and digni fied manner in which he sustained the distinguished character of this ancient city by the exemplary dis charge of his various arduous and responsible duties of Chief Magistrate ; for the firmness, impartiality, and humanity, which he evinced in the performance of his magisterial functions ; for his support of the charitable institutions by which this metropolis is pre-eminently distinguished above all other cities in the world ; for the hospitality which he so signally dis played in support of the dignity of the high office ; for his disinterested motives and the bleat labour he has undergone in regard to various important matters which deeply affected te interests of the public, both rich a, .d poor ; and for his readiness of access to all classes of the community, irrespective of wealth or rank ; and that, inasmuch, as the late Lady Mayoress is also justly entitled to be regarded with high esteem for her amiable conduct as Lady Mayoress, and for her dignified and courteous attentions towards the guests at the Mansion-house during the late Mayoralty, we, the undersigned, cheerfully contribute the sums set opposite our respective names for the purchase of a suitable me morial to record our feelings of esteem and approbation of the conduct and character of the late Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress during their residence at the Man sion-house of this great city." Dr. CONQUEST seconded the resolution. Carried unanimously. Mr. WIRE moved that such of the gentlemen now present; and who were not at the last meeting which then formed itself into a Committee, be added thereto, and that such Committee do carry iuto effect the reso lutions of this meeting and the object in view, with power to add to their number. . . Mr. GALLOWAY seconded the resolution. He thought that the thanks of the public were justly due to the late Lord Mayor for the excellent manner in which his Lordship performed the duties of his high station, and, above all, for the independent spirit by which the whole of his conduct was marked.—(Cheers.) The quality to which he (Mr. Galloway) made particular allusion had been noticed by all who were in the habit of observing his Lordship in his public capacity. Mr. Galloway con cluded amidst much cheering. _ The resolution was unanimously agreed to. - - Mr. SAUNDERS moved that a Sub-committee, con sisting of eighteen gentlemen, be appointed to superin tend the carrying into effect the object in view, and that such Sub-committee do consist of the following gen tlemen :—Lord Dudley Stuart, No. 16, Wilton-cres cent ; Sir Francis Ommaney, No. 22, Norfolk-street, Strand ; Mr_ W. M. Thisselton, N 0.59, Great Russell street ; Alderman John Johnson, Scott's-yard, Bush lane,Cannon-street ; Mr. Charles Pritchett Bousfield, No. 50, Cheapside ; Mr. James Anderton, No. 20, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; Mr. Nathaniel Clifton, Cross street, Islington ; Dr. Conquest, M.D., No. 13, Fins bury-square ; Mr. Charles Elliott, No. 47, Portland place ; Mr. Alexander Galloway, No. 19, West - stre et, West Smithfield ; Mr. Richard Hicks, No. 11, New gate-market ; Mr. Thomas Jones, No. 20, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street ; Mr. William S. North house, No. 2, Storey's-gate, St. James's-park ; Mr. Thomas Pewtress, No. 30, Gracechurch-street ; Mr. Frederick Salmon, No. 12, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Thomas Saunders, No. 1, Queen-street-place, South wark-bridge ; Mr. Benjamin Shaw, Kiburn-priory ; Mr. David Williams Wire, No. 9, St. Swithin's-lane, Lom bard-street. Mr. GALLOWAY seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. THOMAS SAUNDERS moved that " the proceed ings of the day be advertised in the public papers, and be circulated, under the superintendence of, and in such form, as the Sub-Committee shall see fit." Mr. F. SALMON seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. WIRE said that the value of a public testimonial was enhanced by the publicity given to the proceedings of those who were its advocates. The question was one of twofold operation —as regarded the individual, and as regarded others in whose minds the permanent reward was calculated to excite",a spirit of emulation. — (Cheers.) He rose to supply an omission, which be thought the gallantry of the meeting would long since have noticed.—(Cheers and laughter.) The citizens of London, and a vast body of visitors had witnessed .the great affability and kindness with which the late Lady Mayoress had acted, during Alderman Wilson's year of office ; they could bear testimony to those traits in the public character of her late Ladyship, and he and many others, who were witnesses of her private virtues, bore zealous evidence to her private virtues.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIRE moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. NORTHHOUSE :—" That their cordial and unanimous thanks be given to Sir Francis Omma ney, for his kindness in taking the chair, his ability in presiding over this meeting, and for his great desire to promote the object for which it was assembled:'— (Cheers) Sir FRANCIS OMMANEY returned thanks, and the meeting broke up. Upwards of 1501. were subscribed in the room. THE DESPERATE SIEGE OF AcRE —ln no military effort upon record did the French display greater perseverance or more desperate bravery. In every one of their attacks they seemed to understand beforehand that destruction was to be the rule, and escape the exception. With this predestination strong pon them, they went up to the breach c oo lly an d re gularly, 1 rly a nd with as much nonchalance as if death . were an un i mportant part of their milit ar y evo l ut i ons . u Indeed, repe ated attempts were made t o m oun t th e breach under su ch circumstances of desperation as to excite the pity of their British foes to see such vain and bloody sacrifices of energy and courage. Though hostilities were carried on with such vigour and ap parent rancour in the trenches and on the breach, yet there were frequent suspensions of operations, and the distinguished French Generals, on such occasions, derived much pleasure from visiting Sir Sidney on board the Tigre. On one of these occa sions, and after the besieging party had made some progress, Generals Kleber and Junot were with Sir Sidney Smith, w a lki ng the quarter - dec k of the Tigre in a very amiabl e mo d e o f am i ca bility, one on each side of the English Commander-in-chief. After a few turns in silence, Junot, regarding the battered fortifications that lay before before him, and they being dwindled by distance into much insignificancy, thus broke out in the spirit of false prophecy—" Commodore, mark m y words ! three days hence, by this very hour, the French tricolour shall b e fl y i ng on the rema i ns o f that miserable town." Sir Sidney very quickly replied, 44 My good General, before you shall have that town, I will blow it and you to Jericho." ~ Bien oblige ! very much obliged," Kleber observed ; ,, much obliged indeed — it will be all in our way t o India." “ With all my heart," rejoined Sir Sidney, " I shall be most happy to assist you, Bonaparte, and your whole army, forward in that style ; and we will commence as l soon as you please." The offer, though very kindly of Sir Sidney Sniith. made, was neither accep t ed nor replied to.—illemoirs THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1P39. lu...i.Yrs AT NEWFORT NEWPORT, TUESDAY NIGHT.—A startling fact is here communicated, namely, that the soldiers at the Westgate were so short of ammunition that they were obliged to search the dead bodies of the rioters for supply, and on one of them twenty-five rounds of ball cartridge were found. This was after the mob had began to fly ; but still it is another proof the providen tial escape the inhabitants of this town experienced, for I have heard from good authority that at this time the soldiers had but one round of ball cartridge left. The following is a copy of a letter received by the Magistrates this morning : " TO THE NEWPORT MAGISTATES. " Ye serpents and generations of vipers, why seek ye the life of Frost ? You may succeed, but what think ye of the mighty millions ? if ye can escape the bullet, who can escape the match ? There are Samsons in Cambria and foxes in the street. It is true ye may escape, but where are your children ? Remember Lm met—he was hung, and Norbury was shot. Consider this, 0 ye Philistines ! and he wise in time. Welshpool, N.W.—Llais-y-goyled." CORONER'S INQUEST. This morning the adjourned inquest was held at the Westgate Inn, in this borough, before William Brewer, Esq., Coroner of Newport, and a highly respectable jury, on the body of John Shell, one of the men killed at the riots. The following evidence was adduced : Edward Hopkins sworn and examined—l am super intendant of police. At nearly ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the 3d of November, I met our late Mayor in High-street, and he told me he should want to see me in the afternoon. Early in the afternoon the Mayor came to the station-house. He told me, from informa tion he received, he had reason to believe the Chartists in the hills were rising and arming themselves, and in tended to make an attack on the town that night, and requested that I would send round and call out 150 special constables, to be in attendance at the Westgate Inn, at nine o'clock. As soon as I had done that, 1 was to meet him at his own house. After summoning the special constables, I went to the Mayor's house. About five o'clock the elayor gave me instructions to call out the whole of the special constables, being 600. I sent the police constables round to summon them, and then waited on the Mayor again. We thought it ex pedient to send some parties out to watch the move ments of the Chartists on the different roads ; one was sent as far as Risca, and onother person was sent to Bristol by express for some military. The person whom I procured to go to Risca was Thomas Walker. I sent him to the Mayor. The person who went to Bristol was William Williams. I was also requested by the Mayor to get some persons so as to keep up a communication with the Westgate and the military at the barracks on the top of Stow. I got Mr. Partridge, a captain of nine special constables and his company ; the L division took upon themselves that office ; I also received orders to have a certain number of special constables to patrol the town, to watch all par ties who might be suspected, and who were walking about, and to gather all the information they could, and in case they should see any movement to make it known to the Magistrates at the Westgate. I was then in structed to be in attendance on the Magistrates during the night. The first notice we received was Thomas Walker's return from Risca, about half-past eleven o'clock at night. He was carried into the Magistrates' room, in the Westgate, and he had a severe wound in the groin. He stated that he went out near Risca, and that a great body of men were there assembled ; and that as he was returning to inform the Magistrates, near the Cefn, he received a wound in the groin, by an instrument that he supposed was a scythe. Soon after that the special constables, who were out on duty, brought in several persons who were taken up by the turnpike, on Stow-hill, supposed to belong to the Chartists. Some of them had arms and am munition in their possession, and some had not. They were continually bringing in, up to six or seven o'clock in the morning. The Mayor sent an express to the barracks for some of the soldiers to be sent down, we having previously received information that the Chartists were in Tredegar-park. Shortly after, Lieutenant Gray and a body of the 45th came down. They were marched into the long room of the Westgate. Shortly after we received information that the mob was coming down Stow-hill, supposed to be between 5,000 and 6,000 in number. I gave instructions to the spe cial constables, who were in possession of the prisoners, to shut the window-shutters of the room they were in, and for the constables to sit with their backs to the door. I then came to the entrance ball, where the spe- cial constables were on duty.' The constables were armed with staves, about 20 inches long. Some of the consta bles were standing at the door as the mob came round at the bottom of Stow-hill. The door was open. They came to the front of the Westgate, where they halted. I heard a voice from behind me say " Shut the door." I think it was Mr. Phillips' (the late Mayor's) voice. There were as many as eight or ten between me and the door. The mob immediately made a charge on the constables, at the front door, with spears, guns, &c. They fired immediately, and drove the constables back. The West gate-hall was filled immediately. The constables retired into the yard, and I amongst the rest. As soon as the fir ing ceased I came into the house, and saw five persons ; three of them were dead. Two were outside the back door, two in the passage, and one in the pantry. I was then informed the soldiers were short of a mmunition, and I west to the body of the one in the pantry, and I found twenty-five rounds of ball cartridge in his trouserspocket, which I handed over to Lieut. Gray, and he immedi ately divided them among the soldiers. I also found some powder and ball on others ; the powder was coarse. There was a report then that the Chartists were return- ing after their first flight. The nine bodies were then taken out into the yard, and placed under the shed from the back door to the kitchen. We afterwards found two wounded men in the house, who were taken off, and are now alive. There had been no firing in the house at the time the mob began to fire. The mob commenced firing. Ido not know whether any of the bodies were killed by their own party. Very severe and brisk firing became general for some time after the mob first attacked. The lower window sashes and glass of the Westgate were broken, both inside and out. There were no soldiers at the outside door when the mob came up. After the evidence of David Neck and Wm. Henry Brewer had been heard, The Jury delivered in a verdict, in the case of Shell, of " Justifiable homicide by some person or persons un known." There being no other evidence to offer in the remain ,ng eight cases, the same verdict was returned in each. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENT BILL.—A very numerous meeting of the inhabitant householders and ratepayers of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-gar den, took place last evening, for the purpose of memo rialising the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Works, to the effect of its being desirable and expe dient for the public benefit to afford a more convenient access to Covent-garden Market, and to open an auxi liary street in communication with that which is stated to have been determined upon by a Committee of the House of Commons, and which extends from Coventry street to Long Acre. Mr. Churchwarden Moseley was in the chair. A memorial was submitted, which, although not inimical to a line devised by a portion of St. Martin's parish, yet conceived the line through Rose-street, connecting Long Acre with King-street, to be preferable under all the circumstances of the case. The motion of Mr. Cribb " That this memorial be adopted," was seconded by Mr. 'Walker, who observed that Covent-garden was centrally situated, and should have more easy access afforded to it from the east and west, and a more particular reasen for the improvement arose from the continual communication with the patent theatres. The Chairman observed that a clause in the memorial provided for the objection made by Mr. Walker, upon which the memorial was unanimously adopted by the meeting. THE KNIIPE.—Last week there was committed to Winchester gaol a notorious poacher, from the vici nity of Highcliff, on a charge of poaching, for a despe rate resistance, and for the using of a knife against the r H e s o t n i n . Grantley gh im virtueß e Berkeley, l o e f y , a -1‘ rr r a i t n . d his Then men, while ar by n is to be tried at Winchester, in January next, for his res ist a nce w i a .P. a ' to the special constable, and the Hon. Grantley Berke ley is bound over to prosecute. The resistance which the man made was useless, and he was overpowered, handcuffed, and secured. LANCASTERIAN SCHOOLS IN LONDON. — From a statistical report, lately presented by Mr. Henry Althans to the Committee of the British and Foreign School Society, it appears that the total number of day schools in the metropolis and its immediate environs, conducted on the system of Joseph Lancaster, is one hundred and thirty-one, in which no fewer than twenty thousand children of the working classes, of both sexes, are educated. In some of these schools the education is free ; in others, the charge varies from Id. to 3d. per week for eacj pupil. Each of these schools is under the management and control of an independent local Committee ; and the whole have been visited and " inspected" once during the past year by the gentle man who drew up the above summary. CHILD DROPPING.—On Tuesday morning an inquest was held at the sign of the Peacock, Holland street, Blackfriars-road, on the body a new-born male infant. Mr. Kimpson, 47, Ewer-street, St. Saviour's, deposed that on Saturday morning last, about seven o'clock, he was opening his shutters, when he saw a bundle lying on the pavement opposite his door. He took it inside and opened it, when he saw a very fine male child wrapped up in a piece of dirty linen. He gave notice at the police station, when a policeman took the child to Christchurch workhouse. Mr. Doubleday, surgeon, 249, Blackfriars-road. deposed that he had examined the body of the child. No as sistance had been had at the birth. He observed a 'bruise on the right side of the head, and one near the throat, but considered they arose from the mother deli vering h e rself, and the child being very lame. He found no air in the lun g s, b y which he concluded b the child was still-born. A verdict was given accordingly. THE WAR IN AFRICti (From the French Journals of Tuesday.) ALGIERS, Nov. 24.—Disastrous events have just oc curred in Algeria—the blood of a hundred men, victims of the Emir, calls for vengeance, and it is for France to inflict punishment. An order of the day, dated yester day, the 23d, orders the captains of ail the ships in the port to hold a company, with officers, surgeons, &c., in readiness to land at a moment's notice. The following are some hasty details of these sad events :—The Marshal wished to make a French column pass the celebrated Portes de Fer (iron gates) ; he succeeded, but was obliged to carefully to conceal his project. He feigned an attack on the rebel tribes near Bougia. Abd-el-Kader, deceived by this ruse of the Marshal, who also had another project in view, marched all his forces on Bougia, and the column from Constan tine was not troubled on its march. The Portes de Fer were passed by the Prince and his escort. At this the asto nishment and rage of the Moors knew no bounds. Abd el-Kader is furious, and will never forgive having been duped. The religious zeal of the Arabs begins to be excited by what they consider as their holy land being desecrated by the French, and we caa no longer hope to see the French standard waving over this celebrated passage. It is not generally known that in this memorable march a part of the rear-guard was pursued and had their heads cut off by the Arabs. The environs of Algiers are no longer safe. Four thousand Arabs are scouring the plains, and four days since they seized upon a convoy, took all the provisions, horses, &c., and cut off the heads of all the escort, con sisting of 38 men, three of whom were officers. The enemy has just attacked a newly built village in the plains, and all has fallen before the sword and the flames. All the doubtful tribes are incorporated in Abd-el-Kader's army, and those which have joined our ranks have been murdered and pillaged. We hear that all our friendly tribes have been frightfully mas tacred. Forty-two farmers inhabitinc , the plains have been decapitated, and their l an d s h ave been laid waste. Two regiments have just started for the plains, but their operations will be paralysed by the horrible wea ther, and a torrent of French blood is now rushing down the fine road from Constantine to Algiers. It is fear ful to think that, if the enemy had happened to have guessed Marshal Valee's project, the whole division commanded by the Duke of Orleans would have been attacked and decapitated in the defiles. France will now bitterly repent her policy in allowing a Bedouin to remain in Algeria more powerful than herself. Whilst our convoy was being plundered two other masses of Arabian cavalry were scouring the plains, but they were fortunately repulsed. To-morrow and for some time the town can only be guarded by its citizens. The National Guards are obliged to perform all the duty, &c., as all our troops have left for the plains. Yesterday afternoon General Duvivier's corps were revenged on some hostile Arabs. A number of heads were cut off by way of reprisals, and Razzias recom pensed the French for their losses. TOULON, Nov. 29.—The telegraph has never ceased its fantastic motions since yesterday. The news brought by the Chimere was instantly transmitted to the Gene rals commanding the divisions at Marseilles and Paris. A fresh movement of troops is expected ; to effect which two ships, the Neptune and Alger, are now in the roads, four steamers, a transport, and a great num ber of small craft. These ships could easily transport 4,000 men ; but Marshal Valee, unfortunately wants 10,000. _ . Extract of a letter from Africa :—" Not, a single soldier remains in Algiers. All are sent off to the plains to fight the Arabs. The town is guarded by the Na- Ilona' Guards. The Tura hove in sight yesterday. She has on board 600 men, who will be invaluable. The Ramier, on arriving, fired signals of distress. Alarm spread through the town. A report was spread that the English, in conjunction with Abd-el-Kader, had effected a landing on the coast. The weather has lately been terrific. All the ships in the harbour here dragged their anchors, and several of them have been wrecked. One hundred and four Arab prisoners have just been brought in. The 2lloniteur announces that " war has broken out in Algiers. The Government has taken the measures re quired by the dignity of France. Reinforcements have been ordered to Algiers in men, horses, and materiel, and 25,000 men will be immediately called under arms." Other journals add, " The 28th and 3d Regiments are ordered to Toulon, • and to Africa, with 20 squadrons, picked from the different regiments. The Dukes of Orleans, Nemours, and Aumale have asked permission to go to Algiers." The illessager says, "An embassy is immediately to be sent to the Emperor of Morocco, to intimate to him to take one side or the other, and either break with Abd-el-Kader, and prevent his getting arms and ammunition from Morocco, or else prepare for a war with Frarc-2." The National seems to approve of the determination of the Government to prosecute the war with vigour, but strongly objects to the idea of sending out one or more of the Princes to Algeria. It says— ' Considerable armaments are talked of, but unfor tunately people also talk of the warlike pretensions of the Dukes of Orleans, Nemours, and Aumale, whose presence among our army in Africa would be sufficient to cause the failure of the finest plans of campaign. Question the experience of Marshal Clausel and of Marshal Vallee himself on this subject, and, if we are not very much deceived, they wil! reply, that wherever there was a Prince the first obligation of a General in-Chief is to give him an opportunity of covering him self with eclat, or of saving him at any price. The glory or the safety of a single head plaeed in the balance overpowers the public interest, and commands the fate of 20,000 soldiers. The building is crushed by the weight of a gilt capital:' The Presse asserts that on the arrival of Marshal, Vallee's despatches, Marshal Soult made an offer to the King to resign his post as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and take the command of the troops to be sent against Abd-el-Kader. The Temps, in corroborating this statement, adds, that Marshal Soult proposed to go to Africa with the Duke of Orleans, but that the King, anxious to avoid every pretence for breaking up the present Ministry, would not accept the Marshal's offer. This journal adds :—" It appears that it was a question in the Council whether a manifesto of some considerable length should not be published in the Monileur, but it was finally resolved to confine the insertion to the de claration which has appeared, and which, though con cise, seems to say quite enough. Already we are in formed 3,000 men have sailed for Africa, and 9,000 more, including 20 squadrons of light cavalry, will be immediately embarked. The remainder of the troops, wli will be preparedichmayberequir required to t m to o maintain veatany th m e o h m o e n n o t ur ): of our arms, The Toulonnais of the 29th ult. thus sums up the situation of affairs in Algiers : " The blood of our countrymen has everywhere flowed under the yataghan ; fire has devoured the pro perty of the friendly tribes and of the colonists, and our soldiers, being inferior in numbers to the enemy, are obliged to maintain an unequal contest. Hostilities are general : they have broken out at Blida, Koleab, Mael ma, Foudouck, Arba, and all the neighbouring camps. Several villages have been reduced to ashes, and amongst others, that of Noirlous, whose inhabitants have been carried off by the Arabs ; a convoy escorted by 48 men was never heard of, and a detachment of 148 men entirely put to the sword." THE TREATY OF TAFNA. The Treaty of the Taina was concluded in May 1837. By this document Abd-el-Kader recognises the sovereignty of France in Africa. She reserves for her self, in the province of Oran, Mostaganem, Mazafran, and their territories. Oran, Arzew, besides a territory source, oh i uo t h r re t iev h : e ra fo iAll a o o win gl d on naa tohd i e m t i h t s s—viz. ooumtharsbiylwa bounded hleionoe on the running tunnin e gas derivesftr from that marsh, passing by the south bank of Lake Sebgha, and extending as far as the Oued Malha (Rio Salada) in the direction of Sidisaid, and again from this river to the sea, all the land included in this circumference being French territory. France re serves to herself, in the province of Algiers, Algiers, the Sahel, the Metidja plain, extending on the east to the Oued Khadra, and, further, on the south as far as the Chills by the first eminence of the first chain of the lesser Atlas, thus including Blidah and its ter ritory ; and on the west extending by the Chiffa to its junction with the Masafran, and thence by a straight line as far as the sea, thus comprising western boundary spe cified and its territory, all the land included Y Emir r d is th t a o t in this circumference being declared French govern the above. The Emir is to deliver to the French territory. By article three the fanegas of wheat, 30,000 of barley, and 30,000 army Algiers provinces not o comprised p r O i s r e a d n b a y n and the T i t w e r i n three instalments. He is to buy in 5,000 oxen France all the powder, sulphur, and arms he may re quire. France yields to the Emir Rachgoud, Tlemsen, the Machouar, and the cannon, which were formerly in the last named citadel. Commerce is to be f ree b e t ween the French and Arabs, either of whom may settle on either territory. Criminals are to be reciprocally deli vered up. The Emir engages not to con ce d e any point of the s h o re to any Pow er whatever without the consent of France. The commerce of the dominions shall only be carried on in the ports belonging to France, and France may have her agents near the Emir and in the cities gove rned by him , who :nay act as mediators be tween him and the Arabs, and the Emir may have si milar agents in the French ports and cities. FIRE IN HOLBORN. — About a quarter before nine o'clock last night a fire broke out in the chemical establishment of Mr. Dymond, wholesale druggist and chemist, No. 146, Holborn, near Gray's Inn-lane, and did considerable damage by the bursting of a small che mical a pparatus. Mr. D y mond is insured. A DWELLING FO R INNOCENCE.--A writer of a love t a l e , in describing h is he roine, - says, " innocence dwells in the rich curls of her dark hair." We think it would stand a pretty smart chance of being combcd out. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—Mr. Jaudon, the agent in London for the " United States" Bank, has issued circular, with the monthly returns annexed, for the Ist of November, of "assets and liabilities." The following are the particu lars of this latter document : REPORT OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES FOE NOVEM BER., 1839. ASSETS. DOLLARS. DOLLARS. Bills discounted on personal security ... .. Bills discounted on Bank 20,773,945 93 Stock ... Bills discounted on other se curity 1 Bills of Exchange ... Loan to Commonwealth Pennsylvania 5 per Cents. 1-3 Stock Account Bond and Mortgage ... Real Estate ... Banking Houses ... Miles King, late Navy Agent, Norfolk ... Due by the United States Balance due by State Banks Notes of State Banks ... Specie ... 149,076 0 13,568,948 93 4,521,669 90- 39,013,640 81 491,000 0 3,072,050 52 13,422,074 34 313,627 13 907,812 56 592,090 36 40,144 17 b,‘267 82 4,619,947 74 2,350,838 17 1,748,282 44 66,576,776 26 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock 35,000,000 0 Dividends unclaimed . Agency, Loudon, &c. Bond to the United States Interest on bond to the United States 134,094 76 Depositors Treasurer of the United States Circulation State Bank Circulation Bank of the United States andbranches 4,832,383 56 Circulation post-notes Resulting balance due to Bank of the United States and branches Surplus 498,130 56 4,869,009 67 D. 66,576,776 26 The circular itself is in these terms :-- "TO THE SHAREHOLDEkd IN THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. " London, December 4, 1839. " Gentlemen_ Herewith I hand you a copy of a con densed statement, which I have received from the Bank of the United States, of its assets and liabilities on the 4th ultimo : " A Special Committee, consisting of five members of the Board of Directors, was appointed on the 12th of November to examine into the situation of the bank. On the 15th of November, the .day before the sailing of the Great Western steamer, they made a report, that the limited time allowed them precluded an investigation of all the items of the account, and that they therefore directed their attention to the least perspicuous items, viz. :,- 4' The bills discounted on other than per- Dollars. sonal security (A), amounting to The Steck accounts (B), amounting to 13,422,074 34 ;' And the balance due by State banks (C) 4,619,947 74 4 ' The Committee estimated the probable loss on these items as follows : A " B, including 375,000 dollars subscribed under the charter, the loss on which forms a part of the bonus ,paid to the State " C, considered good. " The other items had, however, been investigated by the ' Committee on the State of the Bank,' a Standing Committee of Five Directors, who estimated the probable loss on the remainder of the bills discounted to be less than 1,000,000 dollars,' and upon the real estate and bank ing houses 3,000,000 dollars. All the remaining assets were considered good. " The following is given as the result Dollars. ‘' ' A surplus, as shown by the statement.. 4,86909 67 " ' Probable gain on the circulation of the late bank, estimated at 600,000 dollars in the Re port of the Commissioners of the United States 300,000 0 " Interest accrued on debts considered good, but not charged on the books 5,679,613 6 “ I Deduct losses estimated A Dol. 475,077 62 Ditto ditto B 2,833,531 10 Ditto Bills discounted 1,000,000 00 Ditto Real estate 300,000 00 4,608,608 72 " ' Probable surplus beyond the capital of 35,000,000 dollars D. 1,071,004 34 " It should be recollected, that the bonus of 2,500,000 dollars paid in cash for the charter has already being charged to the surplus fund, and that if this sum had been distributed in annual payments over the whole period of the charter, as was done by the late Bank of the United States, this fund would stand 2,000,000 dollars higher than it now does. " It may not be unimportant to the shareholders to know, that it is the practice of the bank to send all its monthly statements to the Government at the end of the year, in time to be laid before the Legislature, and that this practice has never been objected to by the State au thorities. " I am. very respectfully, " Your obedient humble servant, ' S. JAUDON, " Agent of the Bank of the United States.' " Commercial men, who are perfectly aware what value is to be attached to " balance-sheets" put in by parties who have an interest in making the account appear as good as possible, will need no warning on the subject of these documents ; but the public at large require protection, and cannot be too much on their guard on this occasoin. Nothing could be more absurd on their part than the x ? ectation of an approach even to a realization of the views of the Philadelphia Committee, whose integrity it Is not necessary to call in question, but who may pos sibly deceive themselves as much as they certainly do the shareholders in this very flattering statement. Some other " balance-sheets," rendered in 1837, also in a case where the result was dependent on an American realization, might be made use of as a guide upon. this occasion, but it has happened unfortunately, somehow or other, that it has never been thought expedient to let the public know the subsequent working of those accounts. But the silence maintained is itself condemnatory, and after the vigilance used, by sending out on that occasion a special mission from the Bank of England, it is idle to expect that more can be done by Mr. Jaudon and his masters of the Philadelphia institution. The particu lar items of the account arc hardly worth remark until an inquisition has been made into it of a more indepen dent character. The accounts from Jamaica by the Alert packet, with the West India mail, are to the 29th of October. The new Governor's speech on opening the Session of the House of Assembly had produced a favourable im pression. The island had latterly been in a less agi tated state, and it may be hoped that the absence of exasperating causes in consequence may lead to better feelings amongst the different classes towards each other. Many of the labouring class had been purchasing land on their own account, as was natural when they had or could procure the means, and it is stated that gene rally the proper quantity of labour had not been be stowed upon the sugar plaptations, so as to insure fair crops for the next year, but, on the contrary, the coffee estates had been well attended to, and were likely to turn out well. CHRONICLE.—AIthough this was the shutting day for Consols and Three-and-a-Half per Cents., there were no sales of importance, or pressure for money ex hibited, and the market was steady, but was not quite so firm as yesterday. The bills which fell due to-day, this being the 4th of the month, were understood to have been well met, and the amount, owing to the great curtailment of business, was not considerable. Consols for the opening closed at 9 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89j to 90 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98* to ; Bank Stock, 178 to 179 ; Exchequer Bills, 43. to 2s. dis. In the Foreign Market the Spanish Active have re ceded a shade, it being generally believed, in well informed quarters, that the rumours of a convention be tween Cabrera and Espartero are without foundation ; on the other hand, a slight advance took place in Por tuguese securities in consequence of the report gaining ground of a change of Ministry in that country. Business is still languid in the Share Market ; but in some few instances an advance has been obtained. The Manchester Guardian of yesterday, in alluding to the accounts brought by the Great Western, observes that the news is uninteresting, except upon one point, which certainly is of great importance to the people of Lancashire. It appears by all the accounts, public and private, that the crop of cotton will be exceedingly abundant, and, to all appearances, of excellent quality. The estimates of its probable amount are so various and altogether so uncertain, that wo shall not trouble our readers with them ; merely observing that the prospect of the crops is understood to have caused the holders of cotton on American account in this country to offer their stocks freely in the market, and we believe that all hopes of an extravagant and speculative advance have now been abandoned by the Americans themselves. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Monday amounted to 5,000 bags at a decline of * pee lb., while yesterday it appears only 2,500 bags were sold at the same rates ; showing that the expected importations have had the effect of lowering the demand, which must procuce a further decrease in the price of manufactured goods. POST.—The business transacted at the Royal Ex change was of very little importance. Indeed, if it h a d not been for the shutting of the books in several of the markets, the day would have proved almost a total blank. Money is comparatively easy, and the English Funds left off at what were considered by speculators satisfactory prices. We trust that the continued impudence of the Por tuguese Government in buying up and cancelling their bankrupt stock under the very eyes of the plundered bondholders, instead of appropriating whatever money they ma y have to spare to the liq u id a ti on of the divi dends, is duly noticed. Senh or A. d e P a i ra P ere i r a da Silva, the Portuguese financial agent, publishes in the journals the disgraceful fact, that on the 2d instant Three per Cent. Portuguese Stock of 1835, to the . extent of 5,5001. f urt h er , was cancelled and deposited in the Bank of England, in the presence of Baron Moncorvo, by virtue of the law of the 11th of July last. The contract price of these bonds was 72 per cent., but the rate given for them in the market was at one time, if we recollect rightly, upwards of 80, and to this is to be added three years' arrear of interest, so that the actual cost to many may be estimated at, or about, 90 per cent. The value of the same mock se curity to-day was 231 to 234. The Government at Lisbon, therefore, while they pay the home creditor in full, and quarrel with and caricature Lord Palmerston about a bagatelle of three or four thousand pounds which his Lordship has taken the liberty to distribute out of a small slave-trade fund balance to Sir John Milley Doyle and others who fought their battles for them, take advan tage of the necessities of the poor foreign creditor, whose securities have been depreciated by their own abo minable bad faith and treachery to the tune of little short of 70 per cent. W/ hat are the Goldsmids and the Thorntons, who are bespattered with the praises of Donna Maria's Ministry about, that they should suffer a crying injustice like this to proceed ? As parties who were instrumental in letting the British public into the ruinous losses they have sustained by Spain and Portu gal, surely it behoves these gentlemen, as well as Messrs. Rothschild and others interested, to demonstrate, and, if possible, to put a stop to the depredations of those countries on British property. A hue and cry has been raised against the Americans, but, while those who are absolutely raving about the United States Bank, which will apparently settle honestly with everybody, we cannot but be struck at the uniform tactiturnity that is observed with regard to common robbers. This one-sided, or rather wrong-sided acri mony , cannot b ut fa i l i n its effect on the minds of reasonable people. We quite agree with one of our correspondents, that it is unworthy of the Bank Directors to suffer acts like those to which we have now called attention over and over again to be perpetrated on their premises. To afford facilities for the commission of dishonesty is, in a manner, to countenance and encourage it. HERALD.—The general advices which have been received from Jamaica and our other possessions in the West Indies this day, by her Majesty's packet Alert, have caused more than the usual interest. From Jamaica the intelligence is considered to be decidedly more favourable, and so with the Leeward Islands and British Guiana. The inaugural address of Sir Charles Metcalfe, on the meeting of the House of Assembly, appears, from the private letters, to have given much satisfaction throughout the island;where, in fact, they have long looked up to the new Governor, whoever he might be, for a reform or amelioration of the stipendiary system. Here, at home, also, his Excellency's opening address has created much interest and consi derable approbation. He is considered to promise a great deal, of which, if one half is achieved, much good will most probably follow, but all parties well informed upon the social condition of the Island of Jamaica, maintain that Sir Charles Metcalfe has a most difficult course to pursue, in consequence of the number less errors which have for several years crept into the administration of the government of that important settlement. The letters, however, state that in a great many instances the negroes had improved in their conduct ; but from the north side of the island the reports are not so favourable, and the stipendiary magistrates are much blamed for perverting the law, and giving the negroes bad advice. The seasons on the north side have been generally fine, and if the labourers would give continuous labour, it is said the crops ought not to be so lamentably deficient as was expected, though it is admitted that the quantity of cane plants holed on the sugar estates has been very limited as compared with former years. A large public meeting had been held at George Town, Demerara, for the purpose of expressing the opinion of the resident merchants and planters, in favour of an extensive plan of emigration into that colony, when great promises were made if the Govern ment would but accede to the projectors' scheme for a system of emigration from all parts of the world to the swamps of Guiana. It seems that in Jamaica and the smaller islands agents continued to distribute printed statements to the free negroes of the most enticing character, which were calculated to mislead them, and are said, in many instances, to cause discontent among the negroes. There has been a little more pressure for money to day upon the commercial discount maket, in conse quence of this being the fourth day of the month, and in the early part of the morning it threw some little dampness over the Consol market, some parties beio. desirous to make money sales before the Bank books shut ; but towards the close a slight improvement took place. SUN.—The Commercial Markets were in an active state to-day in consequence of the large amount of pro duce (East Indies, China, and West Indies) which was offered for competition, the greater proportion of which found buyers. Of Tea the quantity now passed is about 30,000 packages. Prices rose again to-day Id. and lid. per lb. The appearance of commercial affairs is improving. The Funds left off at very nearly the same prices as in the middle of the day. Consols for Account at 911 Exchequer Bills at 2s. discount, India Bonds at 7s. discount, and Bank Stock at 1781. Spanish Stock was flat at 25 this afternoon, and Portuguese Five per Cents., after rising to 34, left off at 334. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have ad vanced to 52i, but Colombian fell from 3q- to 30, and Mexican to 29-4 1 1. London and Brighton Railway Shares have improved to 1.5 i discount, but most of the other Shares have fallen in value. Greenwich are at 7i discount. Manchester and Leeds at 7i premium. Manchester and Birming ham at 114 discount, and the North Midland at 8 dis count. For Joint Stock Bank Shares there was an im proved demand this afternoon. THE VICAR OF PRESTON AND AND HIS TITHES. A few weeks ago, Mr. Woodhouse, clerk, agent to the Vicar, sent in a bill, demanding from Mr. Livesey the sum of six shillings and a penny, for potatoes and other small tithes. Mr. Livesey objected to this demand in money, and wrote to the Vicar, stating, that if he had any legal demand, he might send, and he should be paid in kind. The following is a copy of the note : Sir,—Understanding that you arc making claim for tithe upon :potatoes, this is to state that we are now get ting them up; and if you have any legal demand upon the same, you may send for them, and they will be ready for you. Yours, itc. J. LIVE SEY. The following day, Mr. Woodhouse presented him self in Mr. Livesey's garden, and asked where the potatoes were, as he was come for them. One part was " hogged," and others were loose in different places. He was shown the whole, when he observed, " How shall I know how many there are ?" Mr. Livesey an swered, " You can consult the gardener—he will state the quantity, and if you are not satisfied with his state ment, you can make your own calculation ; and if you take even more than your due, I shall not complain : I am not within a few potatoes." The clerk then began to demur, and said, that the law required that all the potatoes should be put into - ten heaps, and the Vicar would take the tenth ; and unless this was complied with, he would not take them. Mr. Livesey replied, that he saw no reason why he (the clerk) should stickle about a matter of form ; if he got the quantity legally due, he ought to be satisfied ; and as there were plenty of potatoes loose, Mr. Livesey refused to break open the " hogg," to comply with so vexatious a demand. Mr. Woodhouse then left the premises. He, however, took the liberty of calling again the next day, not for the purpose of taking away his share of the potatoes, but to present a new bill, considerably augmented in amount. The first demand, as stated, was 6s. Id. ; but on the second day, the sum had increased to 155.! The following is a copy of the bill, signed by the Vicar's own hand. It was clear, therefore, that his Reverence had been consulted, and that he had signed and sanctioned an advance of 150 per cent.: — Mr. Joseph Livesey. Dr. to the Vicar of Preston For the undermentioned tithes : A. R. P. £ 9. d. o 10 0 0 3 0 __ __ -- 0 1 6 -- __ -- 0 0 6 Potatoes.. — Apples Cabbage Gooseberries and currants £0 15 0 You are hereby required to pay the above sum to my agent, Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, No. 6, St. John's-place. And you will take notice, that, unless the same be paid upon this demand, you will be proceeded against according to the statutes " for the more easy recovering of small tithes." (Signed) ROGER CARUS WILSON. Preston, September 2, 1839. Among other extraordinary items, it will be seen, that a charge is made for currants ; while the fact is, that Mr. Livesey had not a pint of currants in the whole of his garden. It may here be remarked, that there is no g rea t a pp earance o f j us ti ce i n a demand which admits of being Gs. Id. or 15s. If the latter sum were correct, would any person who had given an equi valent reduce it to the former ; and if 6s. Id. consti tuted the just claim, by what rule of right could 15s. be demanded ? The payment not being made, shortly after Mr. Live- SOY was served with a summons to appear on the Sa turdav,- the day usually chosen for this business. proba bly on account of the paucity of spectators. Next fol lowed au order made by the Magistrates, with an addi tional 10s. for expenses ; and next an execution, under which two constables entered Mr. Livesey's shop and took three cheeses and forty volumes of the Moral Reformer. These will be sold in a day or two, by public auction, along with other articles taken from another pe rson under a similar process.—Preston Observer. No GENTLEMAN.—" You mustn't smoke here, sir," said a Captain of a north river-steam-boat, to a man who was smoking among th 3 ladies on the quar ter-deck. " Mustn't—he !—why not ?" replied he, opening his capacious mouth, and allowing the smoke lazily to escape. Didn't you see the sign—' all gen tlemen are requested not to smoke abaft the epginer " Bless your soul that don't mean me—l'm flat 4 gen tleinan—nct a bit of it. You can't make a gentleman of me any how you fix it." So saying, he smoked away, and took the responsibility.—. American Paper. EVENING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. rum THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. From the Globe.) We have had Church and close Corporations, Church and Cumberland, and are now to have Church and Corn-laws! Well, if the name of the Church is to be coupled with every abuse and nuisance, it is no fault of o urs . Th e Ch urch has to thank, her soi disant sole friends for the compliment. " Let any one," says the Evening organ of the Church carnally and Corn-law militant, " compare the latest declarations of Lords Lansdowne and Melbourne upon the subject of the Church and the Corn Laws, with the writin of all their newspapers upon these topics, and then doubt, if he can, that these declarations are a d v i se dl y d es i gned to deceive and to betray." W e shall not follow the example of conpling the Church and the Corn-laws. Leaving the former, therefore, out of question at pre sent, we shall confine ourselves to a few remarks on the imputation regarding the latter. If we were to'd that Sir Robert Peel's and Sir James Graham's declarations on the Corn-laws were " ad visedly designed to deceive and betray" we should not be surprised to hear it. Those declarations were most studiously put in a shape merely negative of the opportuneness of entering on the question in the manner proposed. Let not the advocates of re striction for a moment flatter themselves they have sure friends in the Right Hon. Baronets of 'l'amworth and Netherby. The opinions which the Sir James Graham of ten years back published on Corn and Currency remain unretracted by the Sir James Graham of the present day ; and we defy the latter much heavier Baronet to answer the sound arguments of his Netherby predecessor on the former subject. Every yeai of sub sequent experience has only confirmed them. The Sir James Graham of 18.29 assured the farmers that no Legislation could screw up the price of corn above the naluralavera:;e which would befixed by home production, as it had been throughoutthe last century. The author of " Influences of the Corn-laws" has completed the /af.e Sir J. Graham's work by showing that, while Corn-laws are quite powerles s t o ra i se our average p r i ces , they P.re fitally powerful to create the most ruinous fluctua'..ions —at one period encouraging, by high prices prf.duced by scarcity, an extended breadth of cultivVtion—at another plunging the farming interest in all Ode distress consequent upon over production, and 'ruinously low prices. Those who suffer perhaps mcst from these vicissitudes are precisely the agriculturists for whose imaginary benefit they are incurred. They suffer all the depreciation in their capital—all the waste and embar rassment—which enormous fluctuations and ill-calcu lated production create. But fluctuations must be enormous—production must be ill calculated—soasons of (much exaggerated) profits from scarcity prices Mai be followed by seasons of loss and waste from over abund ance—so long as artificial lees counteract the natur a l laws of commerce, which tend to equalise the suppl y o f commodities in constant demand. It is this compP.rative equality and stability, not lowness of price ---that is equally desirable for the farming interest ur, for every other. (From the Courier.) Although far from concurring in the tenour of the ani madversions directed against the East India Company, with its usual ability, by the 2 1 1o;.iiing Herald, we need not at present overlay the Cb;.nese question with the consideration of what is entirely extraneous, so far as the point really at issue, 1;or it is not an affair of spo liation committed upon 'che India Company, but upon British merchants ; and assuming even that the whole of the opium seized was the produce of lands held direct from the Company, and sold by them to the exporters, which, however, does not appear, it no more follows that the subsequent loss, by seizure abroad, can be fairly pleaded for compensation against the vendors, than, to put at. extreme but analogous case, the dealer in French brandy at Calais or Dunkirk could he called upon for indemnity by . the smuggler—his customer—because of seizure and confiscation, in the Channel or oa shore, by revenue officers. The Com pany have no power to interfere with the free action of the exporter, and to bind him down against carrying the drug, either to Turkey, where it is tolerated, or to China, where its use is interdicted. They are not in the capacity of custodes either for the morals or the fiscal laws of the Chinese. Opium itself is not necessarily more noxious than alcohol or prussic acid, and not more immediately destructive than either, even when used in excess. Yet we do not see fitting to forbid the wholesale exhibition of the one in drain shops, and the sale of the other for manufacturing purposes, because wretched people are found to commit suicide with the acid, or shorten life with the spirit. Opium is not th.s.' exclusive product of the Indies, nor of tie lands heft in immediate proprietorship by th e C om p an y ; an d it would be just as arbitrary and unjust, as really unavailing, to prohibit it's cultivation in their own territorial hoiding, and in their Sovereign charac ter to denounce. it. in the whole of the immense realms subject, directly and indirectly, to their do minion, as it would be to abolish distillation here, because corn and sugar were abused by the ex ' traction and rectification of gin and rum. As the Company are invested with no control over the opera tions of the trader, so neither can they be held responsible for acts beyond their jurisdiction. (From the Standard.) Some months have passed since we presented, in an extract from the British and Foreign - Review, the history of the expulsion of the Protestant inhabitants of the Zillerthal, and of the reception of the emigrants by the good King of Prussia. A cor respondent, whose letter appears in the Standard of this day, offers a suggestion which we humbly re commend to our readers for their adoption ; namely, an address to the pious and benevolent Sovereigns, who has hospitably taken our persecuted brethren under his protection, thanking hint ter this mani festation of his zeal for the Protestant religion. Such an address, if the opportunity shall be afforded, will receive the signature of millions in the United Kingdom ; and its example will, questionless, be followed through the whole of Protestant Europe. The King of Prussia is now in the very front of the battle for the Protestant faith. And, alas! that we must say it, he stands almost alone among the Princes of Christendom. He is fighting the good fight nobly, and he is entitled to every tribute of gratitude —every voice of encouragement in the power of Protestants to give. Next to the satisfaction of his own generous heart, and the approbation of his own conscience, he must receive the testimony of the Protestants of the United Kingdom as the most precious meed of his services—more eminently preci'aus, be cause its effect must be to give encourager.ae n t to the Protestants of Europe generally, and in the same proportion to deter the Romanist Status from a repe tition of their persecutions. The King will remember, Inca eem to forg e t, th at what some of our country there is " a universal Protestant cause," the antagonist of the universal Romanist conspiracy, and that Great Britain and Prussia have before now vindicated that cause in glorious alliance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE HEAL Y. 15 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael—offered 100 to 6 agst Brother to Euclid—no layers 18 to 1 agst Wardan—offered 20 to 1 agst Launcelot—offered 20 to 1 agst Bokhara—offered 20 to 1 agst Angelica colt—offered 33 to 1 agst Maroon—taken and then offered 30 to 1 agst Lucetta colt—taken 35 to 1 agst Lady Sarah colt 50 to 1 any other of Lord Exeter's—offered 35 to 1 agst Prince Albert—offered 45 to 1 agst Fitzroy—offered 50 to 1 agst May Boy 50 to 1 Janus—offered 35 to 1 agst St. Andrew—'..sffered freely. THE NEW POSI,OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS. —Conformably with the New Postage Rate, commenc ing this day, Mr. Bull, Public Librarian, has nosw, published his Gratis List of New Publications, and the particulars of his New System of Supplying Fatr.ilies, Reading Societies, and Book Clubs regularly with ed by p ost i n works for perusal th r ou g hout England, Sce,and, and Ireland, upon the most advantageous terms, so t h at t h e every Particulars part ofand th ListeK Kingdom m now t t h b e e onbuttla,, charg e o f four pence.i Very extensive arrangements of th e b oo k sup plies of the new year being also colupleted, all subscrip tions entered at the library during the present month (December) will entitle to immediate supplies, and be dated as commencing from January, 1840. All orders should be addressed to Mr. Bull, librarian, 19, Holies vrcet, Cavendien-square ,London. A VETERAN SPORTSMAN.—I cannot leave this part of the country w i t h out mentioning the name of one of the oldest s p or t smen now living either in this or any other part of the kingdom—l allude to Mr. Hicks man, of Westwood, who is now in his 93d year. He is a gentleman of independent property, and has been a large agriculturist. Pew men attain his age under any compromise : unfortunately be is deprived of one of the greatest blessings of mortality, by the loss of his sight, but he appears to bear it with that degree of fortitude and resignation which arise only from a courageous and noble mind. Independently of this malady he appears to be in excellent health, still retaining the most un bounded hospitality : he expresses the greatest pleasure in the society of his friends, the oldest of whom are but boys compared to him. Until he lost his eye sight, he invariably joined the hounds when within a moderate distance : within the last ten years he was bale and vigorous enough to get to the end of a run in a better place than many of his companions, ',and he still records with great glee innumerable anecdotes of w h a t was done by Lord Stamford's hounds, and oth ers w ith gwahziitie chh f e or w p as er a e 2 n c j u b s e t r o . med to hunt.— Old sporting ilia- HIRING MARKET.—The hiring was dull, par ticularly for women, and many likely enough females found difficulty in engaging for the winter half year, at. wages rather below than above 2/. sterling. Men ser vants were more in request, at the old figure —say from 4/. to 61.105. Hafilins found masters pretty generally from 3/. to 3/. 10s.—Dumfries Courier. .