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

EVENING EDITION. Al NEY AN DCO 33. 311IRC lALIN f; WS. , __......,____ (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) 1 POS T . —Everytbiug has borne a tranquil! appear ante ia this p irt of th;.! town to-day but thc same nt,- ceity is felt to exist for a perseverance on the part of tb4 Bank and banking interests generally in their re strictive policy with regard to discounts that has been heretofore pursued. Various reports have been in cir culation respecting the arrangements of the agent of the i United States Bank, Mr. Jaudon. It has been con& oA entay stated, among other matters, that something in the shape of a loan to the institution had been proposed, and the list of subscriptions actually completed. This, however, does not turn out to be the case. Negoeia tions are in progress for furnishing Mr. Jaudon with a sum of money on the transfer of Pennsylvania State stock. The stock will, we believe, be payable at par in about three years, and the rate of transfer, as offered by Mr. Jaudon, is understood to be 94 ; so that, for that period, it would yield the holders an interest equal to 8 iper cent. premium. We think we may safely add that the affairs of the agency are in a s a ti s f ac t o ry t ra i n o f adjustment. TIMES.—In the present state of the Exchequer lull market this singular anomaly exists—that there are three distinct classes of them afloat, bearing different rates of interest ; that .he bills of the lowest rate are at par ; that the next best are at a discount ; and that the highest are at a greater discount still. The diffe rent descriptions are-1, those at lid. per cent. per diem, issued in aid of public works, saleable at par ; 2, those at 1 ad. per diem, which form the great mass of the unfunded debt, at 2s. discount ; and those at 2d. per diem, called commercial bills, which are at Bs. dis count. To arrive at the explanation of all this , can only be accomplished by those conversant with the tortuous ways and practices of the late Chancellor of the Exche quer. With respect to the first class, they are supported le; an arrangement made with the Bank, under which they are to be taken at par if required, and then quietly converted into stock, with the spare funds belonging to the savings banks. The commercial bills are left, to their fate, while the ordinary circulation is kept up by the convenient means they afford for trust investments, damaged as they are by the clause which protects them for twelve months after date against pre sentation at the Custenis and Excise for dotiez. Never before has such an artificial state of things pre sented itself in the Money Market of this country, inverting, as it were, by a manifest species of jug glery, all the ordin ar y ca l cu l at i ons o f va l ue. Thi s i s a piecious trust handed over to the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will have to restore order and consistency, if he can, into the management of the public finances. With respect to Mr. Jaudon, the current rumour of the , d'ay is, that the original arrangement with Messrs. Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, which was interrupted by the dishonour of the hills of the United States Bank in Paris, is to be carried into effect, with the additional support of several London Banks of eminence, who are to make advances to the Bank by instalments at stated periods, amount ing in the whole to 800,0001. For these advances they are to receive bonds bearing interest at 6 per cent., payable at par in London and Amsterdam in three years, for which bonds the Bank is to receive 94 per cent., and will pay interest, consequently, for the ac commodation at the rate of about 8 per cent. As collateral security for the payment of these bonds large deposits are to be made of State Stocks of different descriptions. In consequence of this arrangement, Mr. Jaudon, it is supposed, will return almost immediately to Philadelphia, where his presence may probably be of some service to the Board of Directors. This report would appear, after some inquiry, to be substantially true. Other rumours, by which the future agency of this Bank is fixed upon a particular London house, are somewhat doubtful, and that is indeed a responsibility which no mercantile firm, however strong, would venture to incur, until some further information is obtained of the prospects of the United States Bank on the spot, as well as in this country. CHRONICLE.—We have much pleasure in stat ing that arrangements have been completed by Mr. Jaudon of a most satisfactory nature, and it will be imme diately announced that the agency of the Bank of the United States is placed on a footing of independence. We may also state that Mr. Jaudon has for some time past been anxious to retire from business, which he has been prevented hitherto from doing, solely by a deter mination to sacrifice his personal views to the interests of his principal; while under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. The result which we have here communi cated corroborates the view which we have always taken of the ability of the agency of the United Stat e s B an k to meet all its liabiliti es . The conduct of Mr. Jaudon merits the fullest approbation. He has struggled with success through obstacles of the most trying nature, and in spite of enemies who were not scrupulous in the na ture of the means which they used to gratify personal animosity. The Money Market continues easier to-day; gold is beginning to come in from the Continent, and further importations are looked for from America. The Corn Market is dull to-day, but last Monday's r:ces are still maintained. The accounts as to the state of the harvest are contradictory, and it must be some weeks before the true state of the crops are ascer tained. The general opinion, however, is that mat ters will tarn out better on the whole than the public have been for some time past led to anticipate. We believe that-the bulk in England will be fully an average, although from the wet weather the colour, and indeed the quality, may be inferior; and we cannot look for same extent of supplies from Ireland as last year. In the eastern counties of Scotland the crops were ex tremely rich ; and the late fine weather must have en abled the farmers, except in very late districts, to secure a considerable part of the harvest in good condition. Still the opinion is, that fresh importations of foreign corn will be required, and we hope that means of payin g f or any which may be wanted may be provided for without adding to the derangement of the currency. The ex -1 nerience of the last twelve months has shown the fal lan, of the argument used by the advocates of the pro hibitory duties, that a high price of food is always ac companied with a proportionate rise in the price of la bour. The rates of wages in this country continue low, while corn is at a very high price. The proper remedy would be to relax the laws affecting the impor tation of foreign grain, and thus pave the way for such a reciprocation of 'national intercourse as would make it air object - for fcerbigni merchants to send us corn in exchange for orir goods. If the markets of this country were at all times` free, the foreign cora ..'rowers would soon see their advantage in raising stea dily for their supply ; and in place of attempting to struggle against British capital and industry in the field of manufactures, would find their profit and inte rest in cultivating the natural advantages of their soil. HERALD.—It has been generally understood throughout the day that important negociations have heen,,,pending between Mr. Jaudon, the agent of the United States Bank, and one of the first commercial firms in this city, with a view to provide fur the pay ment of the outstanding obligations of the United States Bank. Indeed, it has been confidently asserted that Messrs. Baring will undertake the future agency for this purpose, and that the liquidation is to be effected in the following manner :—Messrs Baring are to supply the necessary funds for this liquidation, at the tate of 94/. for every 100/. Post-note Bond, for three years, which will give a rate of interest of 8 per cent. per annum. This is considered to be about the outline of the case, but we are not disposed to enter into any parti• culars until the presumed negotiations are fully com pleted ; and this is somewhat more necessary, as several garbled statements have appeared respecting the im portant affairs alluded to. Our own information, upon which we can rely, goes only so far as enables us to state that the negotiations for the arrangement of this great difficulty arc proceed- icq, satisfactorily, and with every prospect of a stisfac tory termination ; but we have not the presumption to explain yet upon what terms. We have not, however, in all the above advanced anything that would corn- Promise our previously expressed opinions of the clan g°'^us tendency of the post-bill system of the United States' Bank. Yet we are glad that the late danger of a commercial crisis for the present is nearly certai❑ of being averted. B _ ,oRoucti .....,.......wiwnmhxerxc=inzm= ' OF ROCIIDALE.—The list of voters for the borough of Rochdale, which is just pub lished, contains 970 names, being an increase of 61 over the list of last y ear. CAUTION TO TIIE FRIEND S OF SPORTSMEN. —We beg to remind person s arn n r o e t an. liable to shoot game themselves, that they are to prosecution under the game-laws, if friends when in pursuit of garne.P ay, their sporting At the last meeting of the Ben: .t o t f ee m Meecury. at Croydon, a man, named Edward Saund Magistrates a contractor for carting dirt to the Bric.htotn.s' who is Company, was charged with cruelly ill-treatingn Railway It appeared, from the evidence of John Ha a t horse. , stable employed on the railway, that he obsyer,veadcohne defendant driving three horses in a cart, loaded witht earth, and the horses apparently were not able to drag, the load to which they were attached. T he defendant commenced whipping one of the horses in a most brutal manner, and finding this did not havethe desired effect, he beat the poor animal on the nose with the butt -end until the blood poured from it. Hoyt added that the horses were cruelly treated by many of the drivers, and Saunders, the defendant, would think nothing of striking a horse with a pick-axe or shovel, or, in fact, the first thing he laid his hand.' upon. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that the horse would not draw, anti he certainly whipped him to compel him to do so. He admitted also that he struck the horse on the nose with the butt-end of the whip, but said he did not think there was any cruelty in it. The constable stated that i fl ,,- tracked the blood that had flowed from the poor ani :ll4,l fora considerable distance, and in one place there .., , ,c,l a pool of blood as large as the crown of a hat. The 1 N it4 o. fined the defendant ten shillings and costs, an. , cunting to sixteen and sixpence. THE NEW f- 3 _IROCHI AsSESs-1 MENT ACT. Yesterday an adjourned MeetAig of Magistrates ?mil: place at• the Town-Mali, .Croydon, for the purp ,, e of nearing and determining appeals under the New Paro chial Asgessinent Act. Au appeal was entered on behalf of Mr. Pews , rho proprietor of the Beulah Spa, Norwood, against the amount of the assessment upon that property. The pre mises, under the new valuation, were assessed at the sum of 300/. A geatleman named Atkinson, who is the manager of Beulah Spa estate, attended in support of the appeal, and stated tbat he should be prepared to prove to the Bench that the amount at which the property was as sessed was excessive, and far beyond its real value. That portio❑ of the estate forming the Beulah Spa and plea sure grounds had all along been a losing concern, and if the premises were to be let they would not produce any thing like the amount at which they were assessed. Mr. John Cannon, a clerk employed at the Beulah Spa, proved that in 1836, the receipts were 9001.. and the expenditure exceeded that amount. In 1837 the receipts 1,6581., and the expenditure 1,346/., leaving a small balance in favour of the proprietor. Mr. Charles Pent°ld, a surveyor, was then called, and he deposed that he bad gone over the premises of the Beulah Spa, a. .d without reference to the purpose to which they were at present applied as a place of amusement, he should say that 601. a-year was not a fair rent for them. The BENCH, after a brief deliberation, decided upon reducing the rate from 300/. to 1001. UNIVERSITY REFORM IN SCOT LAND. " We are glad to find our own University (St. An drew's) beginning to bestir itself, and to shake off the lethargy so fatal to its own constitution, as well as to the public interest. " And, first, as regards the improvement in the course of instruction. Hereto we are glad to find the Senatus acceding, by the introduction of civil engineering, che mistry as applied to the arts, the practical application of political economy, the philosophy of the senses, and the modern languages, as a part of the college curricu lum. The first of these branches is so iodisp,nsable to the engineer and machinist, so much in demand tor ca nals, railways, tunnels, bridges, harbours, deepening of rivers, &c., that its profession has within the last twelve years become one of the most lucrative and ho nourable. Taught by such accurate and experienced practitioners as Mr. Duncan, Doctors Anderson and Briggs, the course will be, as engineering requires, one of utility, and cannot fail to be an acquisition to the United College. The second department is one on which bleaching, dying, tanning, extracting, metal lurgy, and a thousand other arts so intimately de pend, that it will recommend itself—and taught by one whose early life was spent in its practice, it comes doubly recommended to the student. The third course is now so necessary to the commerce of our country, the banker, the diplomatist, and trader, that we only wonder why it has not long ere now been introduced. The fourth, offered gratuitously by the learned Principal, will have a salutary influence on the previous metaphysical education of the senior students, and must have a powerful tendency to direct their minds to deep and correct reflection. The fifth is now so tho roughly necessary to men of all ranks, trades, and pro fessions, that no seminary would be complete without it. The works of the continental countries, equally learned and scientific with our own, are so requisite.to the scho lar and gentleman, that without a knowledge of the modern languages no man can lay claim to the title of either. " Secondly—The abolition of the fees for the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts will have a powerful influence in stimulating the student to such honourable distinctions. He will now see that it is a point of know ledge and.industry, and not, as heretofore, conditionally depending on pecuniary ability. There will be no ex cuse for his not obtaining the distinction but one, and that one will not be much to his credit. " We are especially pleased with the third innova •ation—viz., the bringing back of the bursary gifts to the original terms of the endowments. It is just, and honourable as just. Merit will now more frequently be assisted, while the presentations to wealthy friends, and other injudicious applications, will be prevented. The Senatus deserves unqualified thanks for this move, for, under the old regime, the abuses on this score were truly disgraceful. . " Such are the changes already announced in the 'direction and course of instruction, and we are assured that further improvements are about to be adopted. We do not allude to Rectoral Courts or matters of mere academical discipline ; these are all very well, and must come in their turn. In the judicious admi nistration more than in the enactment must lie the merit of the Senatus, and we are happy to learn that the library, one of the most essential portions of the Univer sity, is about to undergo a broad and liberal reform. The introduction of a chair for Natural History is like ' wise talked of, Fife Herald. GOOD FORTUNE BY MISTAKE.-LadyFrances Wilson was a lady of very plain personal appearance ; yet one gentleman, for several seasons, perseveringly gazed at her from the pit in the Opera House, so as to cause her considerable annoyance, until at length she was informed that Mr. had left her all his fortune ; and prompted by curiosity to ascertain if it was the same person who had admired her at the theatre, she requested to see the deceased, and identified the corpse as being that of Mr. --. It was said Lady Frances owed this piece of good fortune to a mistake, as it was a very beautiful woman who occupied the next box to hers, to whom the gentleman had intended to leave his property, and that he was misinformed as to the name of the object of his belle passion. —Th e Churchman. We understand that the attention of some Lon don capitalists is at this moment occupied with the pro ject of a railway from Plymouth to Exeter, in connexion with a harbour of refuge at the former place. They are of opinion that the Peninsular mail packets will be removed from Falmouth to that port. Be this as it may, the execution of such a work must prove highly advantageous to Plymouth, and to the country lying between the proposed termini. There would thus be an unbroken line of railway communication with Lon don. We hope to Ee able to give further particulars in an early num ber.—Railway Times. Ott Tuesday, the boa constrictor at the Surrey Gardens made another of those enormous meals which almost rival those of the Oriental Dandos mentioned by Mr. Lane, to whom a whole sheep is but a mo derate repast. He devoured, within the space of about an hour, three fine rabbits, a large cock, and a goat. He is now lying in a torpid state, distended to about four times his usual size, and the horns of the goat ap pear ready to protrude through the skin. The weighs of solid flesh swallowed is 'computed at nearly 501bs. ; and this is the second gorge of similar extent within a week. ROBIN Hoon's BAY.—A lifeboat has long been wanted at Robin Hood's . Bay, on the coast of Yorkshire, as ships in strong easterly and south-easterly winds are frequently seen off that coast in great dis tress, without any means of rendering them relief, not withstanding there are plenty of fishermen and seamen in the village ready to give their assistance. We are, therefore, gratified to learn, that this inconvenience is speedily to be removed, by the building of a new sub scription life-boat for the above place ; to the funds of which the Master and Brethren of the Trinity House of Newcastle, with their usual liberality, have given a donation of 20/., and it is anticipated their example will be followed by the shipping and insurance in terests on the coast, so that the necessary funds for this humane undertaking may be speedily furnished.— Hull Observer. TIIE FARMER'S REAL FRlENDS.—Meetings like those at Richmond and Guisborough are, of all the plans that could be devised, the best fur securing that " protection" for the English farmer, which aristocratic cupidity and poverty-striken indolence vainly expect to derive from the Corn-laws. In Associations such as do honour to the North Riding of Yorkshire, the English farmer stands upon his own defence, boldly competing with his foreign neighbour in the common field of en terprise and ingenuity, and looking for profits and pros perity, not in monopolies and excessive prices, but in the increased production, consequent upon talent, and the increased consumption, which cheap production in variably commands. What a contrast is afforded by the speeches of the Duke of Buckingham at Brill, and the Earl of Zaland at Richmond, during the last few days—what an instructive illustration of the difference between the real and the pretended friends of the British farmer.—Gateshead Observer. Ott Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Plough, 3,Juseum street, before Mr. Wakley , M.Y. ; on the bodies at a female, aged 37, and hor still-born child. The cause of the death of the mother was proved to be hrotnorrhage, and site was delivered by a midwife who is in connection with several lying-in establishments From the evidence of two medical gentlemen who were called in after the deceased had been delivered it ap peared that the midwife bad treated her patient pro perly, hut they thought she would have acted better if she had seat earlier for medical aid. The Coroner and Mr. North, Lecturer on Midwifery at Middlesex Hos pital, said the great failing of . mid-vives was their dilato riness let sending for regular sccoucheurs, though those Connected with hospitals had instructions to kip so when cases of difficulty carne before them. Verdict—" DiP4 in childbirth, and that the child was still- born." " I saw our witty friend Dub4is in London, who told me an anecdote in which ' (the late Charles Mathews, fromoneoof w the concluding gvolumes of whose Memoirs by his widow h e y d i o ; o benefit s acd yo i n o w t. which you aet fi fo g r u r vv ( we take the passage)—" in to h s o o eu Raidld after-pie willingly el w 6 a at ) y Covent were engaged that night. b G u a t r t d h e a n t , y w o h u ieh st i o ng pe y rf h o a rm ve f d n o t n h e e , after-piece at the English Oper a it , re e p ri l r i l e( c f could not cut yourself in half. I don't kn ow Lby for I have often seen you act in two pieces.' Is this true 7 or it it one of Dubois's own children?" THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 1f439. TRADE WITH CHINA. It is. no doubt, kno;;:n to mane of our readeis, that memorial from p irties interested in the trade to Chinn and resident in Manchester and the neighbourhood, we, recently prepared, and presented to Lord Palmerstot, praymg that her Majesty's Government. would adopi such m asures as might be n ee y s , ar y f or p ro t ec ti ng our existing interests in, and regulating our future intercourse with, that country. We now learn, that the Deputa i tion entrusted eith that memorial—namely, Mr. Mac vicar, of this town, and Mr. Garnett, of Clitheroe—had an important interview with Lord Palmerston on the sub ject on Monday last, when his Lordship received the Depu tation with great courtesy, and desired them to assure tha memorialists, that her Majesty's Government were fult aware of the deep importance of the subject, and that it was commanding their most earnest attention. When the Deputation stated to Lord Palmerston how important it was to the numerous parties interested, directly and indirectly, in the various branches of trade with China. to be made acquainted, at the earliest period, with the course which her Majesty's Government might deem it advisable to take for the future government of British intercourse with China, in order that they might be enabled to regulate their own proceedings thereby—hi. Lordship replied, that of course the ileputation did not expect him prematurely to disclose the steps which her Majesty's Government might think proper to take ; but it was unnecessary for him to say to prudent mer dent merchants, that " in the present position of af fairs, it must be very unadvisable to make shipments to that quarter." Our own impression from what we have learned of the particulars of this interview, (and, we believe, also the impression of the deputation) is, that Government are disposed to take up the question, which the conduct of the Chinese authorities has forced upon them, in that vigorous and decided manner which alone can place our future relations with China on a satisfactory footing. and give security and permanency to a commerce which is of great importance to the country. Any thing like a tame and spiritless submission to the gross outrage in flicted upon the English Resident, and the insult offered through him to the whole English nation, would have no other effect than that of encouraging future aggres sions ; and therefore, although the course which we pre sume her Majesty's Ministers are prepared to adopt. may, and most probably will, be attended with a pro tracted interruption of the direct trade with China, it is better to submit to that evil in the first instance, than to invite a succession of insults, which must end in a breach of intercourse, under circumstances far less fa vourable for the assertion of national rights and national honour than those which now exist,—Manchester Guardian. THE ZEAL AND BLESSINGS OF AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH. The following is part of a correspondence which has been published by a member of the Society of Friends in Lancashire, who was charged 4id. of Eas ter dues by his parish Rector, and who on refusing to pay the same, has had goods to the amount of twenty shillings, seized to pay the principal and costs : " Gorst and Birchell, solicitors. " Respected Friends,--A notice having been left at my place of residence in Litherland, informing me that the Rector of Sefton had directed you to take pro ceedings against me forthwith for the recovery of four pence-halfpenny, being what you call " Easter Dues," with three shillings and sixpence costs, if the said sums be not paid either to the bearer or to you on the Ist of next month at Sefton—in reply to which I may inform you, as a member of the Society of Friends, I object to pay the above demand on conscientious grounds. You surely cannot, for a moment, suppose my refusing to pay so small a sum could possibly arise from any other mo tive than a firm conviction on my mind that such de mands are altogether at variance with the true spirit of Christianity. We, as a religious body, have always believed ourselves called upon to bear a faithful and Christian testimony against this and other similar claims that may be made upon us ; and whatever may be the result of my thus acting, I hope, through divine assist ance, nothing will cause me to swerve from doing what I believe to be my duty.—With sincere desires for your present and future well-being, I remain, your friend, " WILLIAM CARSON. " Litherland, 6th Month, 28th, 1839." The following are the particulars of the charge, as handed the defendant in the court which granted the warrant ; Man and wife £0 0 3 Smoke 0 0 1 Garden £0 0 4 THE BOROUGH POLICE AND THE WATCH ROUSES AND Lock-uPs.—Sir Charles Sbaw, Chief Commissioner of Police for the borough of Manchester, has issued notices (which were in front of the Town Hall, King-street, and at the doors of the various churches and chapels within the borough, on Sunday last), that the police to be appointed by him, under the recent Manchester Police Act (2cl and 3d Victoria, cap. 87), " will be ready to undertake the charge of the several townships and places of Manchester, Chorlton upon-Medlock, Hulme, Ardwick, Cheetham, and Bes wick, all within the said borough of Manchester, and will begin to act in and for the said borough on Thursday the 17th day of October in this present year ; and all and every persons and person having the charge, con trol, or possession of any watch-houses or watch-boxes in any such townships or places within the said borough of Manchester, or of any arms, accoutrements, or other necessaries provided at the public expense, for any watchmen, constables, patrol, or police therein, are here by required, ordered, and directed to give and deliver up the said watch-houses, watch-boxes, arms, accoutre ments, and other necessaries, unto Mr. Adderley Will cocks Sleigh, and Mr. Richard Beswick, being persons, by Sir Charles Shaw, named and appointed to receive the same, on the said 17th day of October,in this pre sent year. And herein the said several persons are not to fail at their peril."—Manchester Guardian. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. CHAIR Op Muslc.—We have great pleasure in announcing that John Thomson, Esq., the eldest son of the late distin guished Andrew Thompson, D.D., has been appointed to this Chair by the Trustees of the late General Reid, who bequeathed funds for the endowment of this Pro fessorship. As the situation was naturally an object •t considerable ambition, several candidates were in the field, including men of great musical reputation. After an anxious examination of their various claims, the Trus tees in whom the patron?ge was, vested by the deed of the testator, were unanimous in deciding in favour of Mr. Thompson ; nor do we think that either these gen. tleman or the University of Edinburgh will have reason to regret the result.—Edinburgh Advertiser. ADMIRAL FL EM I NG.-The Standard and some other Conservative journals are vehement in their denunciations of Admiral Fleming's appointment, for which they contend that the gallant Admiral is more indebted to his political than to his professional services. It is no doubt pleasing to witness the display of so much virtuous indignation at the very idea of allowing political predilections to have any weight in the disposal of Go- vernment patronage ; still, if men "have writ our an nals true," when the party whose views the Standard professes to represent were in power they were occa sionally guilty of the very delinquency which looks so un pardonable in the present dispensers of place and patron age. If men believe their own views of Government to be correct, they must wish those situations which give their holders political influence to be filled by men of kindred sentiment. Even in non-political offices, such as that which Admiral Fleming has received, ceteris paribus, a supporter is to be preferred to an opponent or a neutral. The Gallant Admiral has strong claims upon the party in power. He held their principles during many a year when their profession was a bar to advancement, and when the exclusive system which the Standard now repudiates so strongly, met with the unhesitating approval of its friends.—Greenock Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Tuesday an in quest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Georga and Vulture, Ratcliffe-Highway, on the body of a male child, the offspring of a woman named Mary Feather stone, now in the workhouse of St. George's-in the-last, who was delivered in the street on Sunday evening last. It appeared from the evidence that about seven o'clock on Sunday night a police constable named Jarvis, No. 193 R, was on duty in Old Gravel-lane, when he was met by a woman, who told him a female was in labour i - var the London Dock gates. Shortly afterwards he was informed that the woman had been delivered of a still-born child. Jarvis gave information to the parish authorities, and a conveyance was sent to fetch the woman and child to the workhouse, where every attention was paid her by Mr. Garrett, the pari h suit geon, and she is now doing well. It was stated by the surgeon that the child had not arrived at its full growth. It was a six or seven months' child, and he w as qu i te sure was not born alive. On questioning the mother she appeared very anxious to conceal everything relating to herself, but at last she said her name was Mary Fed therstone,and that she had recently resided in the King's road, Chelsea. She was 3G years of age, but would not state whether she was married or not. He had every reason to suppose she intended to conceal the birth of her child, and was proceeding to some unfrequented spot for die purpose of delivering herself, when she was taken ill. She had a change of linen for herself, but no baby linen w ith her, The Coroner said the evidence of the medi cal gentleman set the charge of murder aside entirely, he distinctly proving that the child did not come into the world alive, but she could be proceeded against for concea ling the birth, and he supposed she would be de tained in the workhouse until she was sulfieiently reco vered, when she would be taken before a M igistrate and the alleged concealment be investigated. A j uro r said the woman gave birth to the child a very s h ort dis tance from the workhous e, and it was possible that she was on her way there. After some further discussion, the Jury returned a verdict, " That the child was still born." PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE. CONVENTION AGREED UPON AT ANGOLA BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR AND W. TUCKER, ESQ., COMMANDER OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP WOLVERINE. (From the Lisbon paper Athlete..) For the more easy and effectual suppression of the Slave Trade, by the orders that the Government of her , aithful Majesty has given to his Excellency Antonio vlanoel de Noronha, the Governor-General of Angola and its dependencies (notwithstanding that they are by hemselves sufficient to arrive at the desired object), his Excellency accepts the co-operation offered by William Tucker, Esq., Commander of her Majesty's sloop Wol verine, and senior officer of her Majesty's ships and ves sels employed for the suppression of the Slave Trade 'n the western coast of Africa. They therefore agree . o the following provisional convention, depending upon the approbation of their respective Governments : 1. That the coast from Molembo to the 18th degree of south latitude will be respected as the dominions of her faithful Majesty. 2. The Portuguese and English ships and vessels of .var (when in sight) shall mutually co - operate to capture my vessel or vessels with slaves on board, which shall he sent to St. Paul de Loanda to b e a dj u d ge d, an d the captai ns and others interested punished with all the rigour of the Portuguese laws, especially according to the Portuguese decree of the 10th of December, 1836. 3. If any English man-of-war under the order of the senior officer commanding her Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels of war on the western coast of Africa, meets, in any part of the ocean south of the equator, any vessel with a Portuguese passport having a cargo of slaves on board, he shall be empowered to take heron(' send her to St. Paul de Loanda, to be adjudged ac cording to the preceding article. 4. Neither the senior officer commanding her Bri tannic Majesty's ships or vessels of war on the western coast of Africa. nor any officer under his orders, shall oe responsible for any damage or expense for the ves sels captured in that manner with slaves on board, and sent to St. Paul de Loanda to be adjudged. 5. The Portuguese decree of the 10th of December, 1836, not expressing if the val ue o f th e s hi p or vesse l taken for th e contravention of the same decree shall be or not divided between the captors according to the Portuguese laws relating to the condemnation and divi zion of prizes made during the war, it has been agreed that the value of the ships and vessels taken by the English men-of-war, agreeably to the above articles, with a cargo of slaves on hoard, and sent by the captors to St. Paul de Loanda to be adjudged, in case of con demnation, shall be deposited in the coffers of the Junta da Fazenda of the Province of Angola to await the de cision of the two Governments. In affirmation of which his Excellency the Governor- General of Angola and its dependencies has ordered me, Vincente Pires da Gama, Secretary (ad interim), to write this convention on the 29th day of May, 1839 ; which is also written in English by William Henry Bateman, Clerk of her Britannic Majesty's sloop Wol verine. WILLIAM TUCKER (B), Commander of her Britannic Majesty's sloop Wolverine, and senior officer of her Britannic Majesty's ships and ves sels on the Western Coast of Africa. ANTONIO MANOEL DE NORONHA, Go ♦ernor-General of Angola and its dependencies. Signed and sealed at the Palace of the Governor- Gene ral of Angola and its dependencies, at St. Paul de Loanda, this 29th day of May, 1839. WILLIAM HENRY BATEMAN, Clerk of her Britannic Majesty's sloop Wolverine. ( A true copy.) VICENTE PIRES DE GAMA, Captain of Engineer-, and Secretary of the Government ad interim. MIDDLESEX ADJOURN ED SESSIONS Yesterday being the day appointed for hearing al: peals, the Adjourned Sessions for the county of Middle sex were held at the Sessions' House, in Clerkenwell Mr. Sergeant Adams presiding. The only case of interest on the paper was the appeal of David Edward Williams, against an order of Mr. Hall, at the Hatton Garden police court, for an allow ance to the wife of the appellant. This case, however. it appeared. had been settled out of Court, for when it was called on Mr. BODKIN said, that himself and his Learned Friend on the other side (Mr. Prendergast), had agreed that the recognizances in this case should be discharged, and the order quashed. The case, consequently, was not gone into. The Court rose at four o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two fishermen were charged by the Assistant Water Bailiff with having poked for fish in the new preserves at Hampton. It was proved that the defendants were seen with poles poking the fish out of the preserves into the stream, where they were prepared with nets to catch them. The practice was stated to be most destructive to the young fish, and the penalty for each offence extends to 51. The defendant submitted to the Loan MAYOR that they were daily losing their privileges, that new places it, the river were staked every Mayoralty, and that poor fishermen were doomed to see fine fish playing about in the preserves as if they wanted to be caught. They be lieved that since the world began the fishermen had had the privilege of poking for fish in the spot where they were men at work. The LORD MAYOR said that if the Deeps were not staked there would be no fish to be found in consequence of the innumerable modes adopted for making illegal fishing successful. The defendant said that the gentlemen got more fish by angling in the preserves than the poor man could get by the pole and the net, but the former could do as they• liked. the LORD MAYOR said the defendants knew they were stating what was false when they intimated that he favoured the rich. He drew no distinction between the rich and the poor man in favour of the former, and that they perfectly understood. If the defendants thought the anglers did so well in the preserves, wby did they not angle themselves? The defendants declared that the place in which they had been poking was not at all staked. The Assistant Water-Bailiff swore that he aided in staking the place himself. His Lordship then fined each of the defendants 60s. Another fisherman was fined Si. for having fished at night. His Lordship gave directions that in every case of refusal to pay, distress warrants should be issued. The LORD MAYOR said that it would be serviceable to mention the different places which were staked out for the preservation and increase of the fishing, viz. : Staines, from the Bridge Eastward ; Fenton Hook, from the Guard Poles, Westward ; Chertsey, from the River Eastward ; Chertsey, from 60 yards Westward to 80 yards Eastward of the Bridge ; Weybridge, from the Weir, Shepperton Lock, Shepperton the Upper Deep, Shepperton the Old Deep and Eastward of the Creek Rails ; Shepperton the Lower Deep and East ware of the Drain ; Walton at the East, Lockervilles and Westward of the Horse Bridge, called Walton Vale ; Sunbury, from the Weir Eastward , Sunbury, from opposite the Church Eastward ; Hampton, from the West End of Garrick's Lawn towards the Banking Bay ; Hampton Court, from the Weir ; Wenstay Lock to the Lower Head Pole ; Thames Ditton, at Lord Henry Eitzgerald's ; Thames Ditton, from Kean's Wharf Westward ; Kingston, 30 yards Westward to 70 yards Westward the Bridge ; Twickenham, from the West End of the lawn at Pope's Villa, to the East ; Richmond Westward of the Bridge to the Duke of Buccieuch's ; Fulham, from 30 yards Westward to 20 yards Eastward of the Bridge ; Battersea, from 10 yards Westward to 10 yards Eastward of the Bridge. THE ROYAL GEORGE.—The operations on the wreck have been continued during last week, but with only one small discharge of gunpowder. The divers have been down at every slack water, and have made fast chains to whatever projecting substance they could find, when a strain has been hove on it by the derrick erected in one of the lighters, and in this way a large vessel has been fully loaded. One brass and three iron guns, the latter with their carriages, have been reco vered, and a be am , 37 f ee t long, tog e th er w i th sundry BOW-STREET knees, riders, and sl ee p ers ; among oth er matters were a Mr. James Bronterre O'Brien, the Chartist dele length of junk, and two large copper fi s h-k ett l es, usually gate, was yesterday brought up by Sergeant Kerr, and Sergeant Bagnall, of the F division, upon a Bench war put away in the boatswain's store-room, several s i lver shoe-buckles, a shoemaker's last, and p art o f a German rant, signed by Mr. Justice Coltman, i n w hi c h h e was chared w seditious conspiracy, unul assemng, flute. In the case of one of the i ron guns, only the g and seditious ith speeches at Manchester,law f to which he bli had muzzle ring of it could be felt abov e th e mu d , b ut Hi ram London, one of the divers, managed to pass a chain not appeared or pleaded. round it, and by dint of a heavy pu rc h ase , w hi ch b rought The defendant, after admitti ng th a t h e was t h e per the lighter three or four streaks d own i n t h e water, it son named in the w a rr an t, i nqu i re d if i t spec ifi e d t h e was hove, with its carriage, out o f th e mu d . T o-day day on which th e a ll ege d o ff ence was comm i tte d . Mr. JARDINE said it might be given in the indictment, the diver Hall succeeded in bringing up a twelve but it was merely formal. pounder brass gun. and London, the other diver, slung The defendant wished to know if he could be fur and brought up a brass 24-pounder. The value of the .guns and copper alre a dy recovere d excee d s 1 , 000/ . nished with a c o py o f th e i n di ctment. It appears that w h en C o l one l P as l ey un d ertook Mr. JARDINE t h oug h t not , as h e h a d not plea d e d, to clear Spithead o f th e nu i sance o f t hi s wrec k , and it only rema i ne d f or hi m to or d er b a i l to b e put in, it was presumed, from o ffi c i a l d a t a , t h at 31 i ron and which would b e th e d e f en d ant i n 2 001., and two suret i es 32 brass guns were still r ema i n i ng i n h er , an d t h at t h e in 1001. each. recovery of these, togeth e r w ith th e copper s h eat hi ng, The defendant considered th e amount o f b a il exces sive, as he had a l rea dy b een str i ppe d o f a ll hi s property, would go far towards p a yi ng th e expense o f restor i ng to public use a la rge p ort i on o f S p i t h ea d ; an d even i f to the amount of a b ou t 1,0001. a - year b y t h e institu the expense exceeded the p os iti ve amount o f t h e pro tions of the country, and h e was consequent l y a very perty recovered, it would be a grea t d es id eratum t h at poor man. In the c ase o f M r . O'C onnor, t h e amount o the anchorage should be cleared of th e p resent i neum- of bail was considerabl e , as h e was k nown to b e a man brance. The divers have ascert a i ne d th at t h e stem i s of property, an d t wo sure ti es in 501. eac h wou ld b e more proportionat e ; b es id es , h e was at present un d er standing erect 30 feet high, with th e b ows comp l ete ; and therefore, during the ensuing w ee k, a cy li n d er, ma d e bail in 1501. t o answer a c h arge o f a s i m il ar nature, and in the yard, of wrought iron, and h o ldi ng 2 , 00 0 1 b. o f Mr. Stephens w as h e ld t o b a il f or on l y one i n di ctment, although th e r e were severa l aga i nst hi m. H e repeated powder, will be placed against th e l ar b oar d b ow an d exploded ; of this notice will be gi ven b y a ll t h e vesse l s that the amount w a s excess i ve , an d h e b egge d to ap. hoisting red flags some time bef ore t h e exp l os i on takes prize the M ag i s t ra t e th at a t t h at moment an execut i on place ; but if any one has the c ur i os i ty to w i tness the was in his house. In the subsequent p ar t o f th e d ay t h e requ i re d sure proceedings, we can inform him, t h at at very s l ac k water, if the weather is tolerably mo d erate , e i t h er the ties were put in, and th e d e f en d ant was lib erate d. divers are going down, or th e vesse l s are h eav i ng up Dr. Frederi c k H owe ll P a i ne appeare d to pre f er a portions of the wreck, or both con j o i nt l y. The divers complaint against hi s b ro th er J o h n D av i s P a i ne, f or unlawfully detai n i ng a wa t c h an d s il ver snu ff-b ox, hi s are exceedingly adroit in th e i r b us i ness, and show a great deal of resolution and discretion.—Hampshire property. Telegraph. Mr. Moseley, the solicitor, appeared for the defendant. BOULOGNE, OCT. B.—The Earl of Munster, the The complainant, who described himself as a physi- Countess,and four children,landed yesterday at noon from ci an resi di ng time Vauxhall-place, brotheris -plaee, had carriedLambeth, stated na wan tonthathat the Duke of W e lli ng t o n s t eam pac k et , C apta i n Bushell, f ora and consi d erable that systematic per from D o v er . Hi s L or d s hi p em b ar k ed on Satu rday last n against h he w was taken . last at Bri g ht on f or Di e pp e , b ut soon a f ter l eav i ng the pier, be recollected Itup might. and convicted of stealing spoons in a tavern in Holborn, and in Marchsecut persecution the captain of the steam packet, not liking the appear- during his confinement his brother never came near to ante of the weather, steered for Newhaven, where his him, for it he had a conviction would never have taken Lordship and family landed, and proceeded to Dover. place. He was then concerned in an action against an This morning his Lordship and f am il y procee d e d to atrocious publication, called the Paul Pry, and he sent Paris. We have a strong contest going on for the the box by a friend to the defendant, in order that it Chaplaincy to the English chapel. There are eleven might be delivered to his wife, who ner,er got it. candidates, but the struggle lies between two of them, Mr. Moseley observed that the complainant was en tire Rev. Mr. Irvine, the son of Colonel Irvine, who e uoavouring to convince the public, by the statement he resides here, and the Rev. Mr. Tuffnell ; both parties was making,. that he ought not to have been convicted. are confident of success. Th e e l ec ti on ta k es pl ace to - The complainant said he was o bli ge d to ment i on f acts morrow. , in order to show that his property w as Mt gaily det a i ne d, OUR FANATICISM.—It is no t a t Kilsyth for the restoration of which he had written four letters to the defendant, but without effect ; and, cons id er i ng and Liverpool only th a t a t present f anat i c i sm may b e that nothing but a person a l i nterv i ew would be the detected. Som et hi n g o f th e ki n d perva d es our li tera l ture. :Th e m y s ti c i sm o f D r . P usey and hi s sect at Ox ford is k ept i n countenance b y no inconsiderable qua means of recovering them, h e ca ll e d upon his brother he who, after hearing what "he want e d, sa id , " Y ou are no; thy of my s ti c i sm i n our p hil osop h y. It has been impos sifile, at least f or us , to rea d t h e fi rst art i cle in the Lon- cold from Brixto n gao l, and up on hi s press i ng for his property, he h was called a convicted felon, :id it was don arid Westminster Review, on Mr. Carlyle and his writings, without forming the conclusion that the Re- r, i‘ u ir. N t i o os e i restored. said it might be necessary. for the Ma ,vivals at Kilsyth and th e mysticism of Coleridge and , at . e to know e .).' hee complainant hivi„he by a Society to which he Carlyle, are the results of a Kindred genius. It is sin- seated to the that the box in question had been pre- Ruler enough that our writers borrow the mystical, belonged, in having a Deistical philosophy of the Germans ; by that they Maeistrate dismissentl'll". i nstrumental from . his office. animate their religious fervour ; and yet they deny A l cessary upon the subject ; but the complainant had i r. JARDINE did not wish to hear more than was ne the Germans any religion. Mr. Carlyle, Coleridge, admitted in his own statement that he had been con and Dr. Pusey, all imbibed their mysticism from the victed of felony. writings of Kant and his followers, who though generalls derided as an irreligious sect, appear to be the parents of The coeiplainant i n q u i re d if h e ever b a d b een, was the revivals in our literature, aid at Oxford a n d Kilsyth. lie not entitled to have his property restored t o him 0 FREE PARDON TO A CON vic T.—At the Mr. JA RDINE sa id, t h at un d er such circumstances,he • Sessions . o f th e l as t C rim i na l Co ur t a person name d would refuse to make such an order, an d th e summ ons Palmer Palmer was convicted of pot stealing, when it cans r was dismissed. out that he had been the means of entrapping others Mr. Moseley demanded of the complainant, as he had into the commission of similar crimes, and then ap described himself to be a physician, to produce his peered in evidence against them, for the purpose of diploma. obtaining the reward offered by the Society of Licensed The complainant said his brother had detained it ; Victuallers for the detection o f offenders. One of his and when he called for it he used threatening language victims was a p oor l a d name d Thomas Keats, who was to him, for which he requested that a warrant might be convicted three sessions since on Palmer's evidence, granted to him. and being sentenced to ten years' transportation, was The defendant said that an officer was in att en d ance on board a transp or t at P or tsmouth, now on the eve ready to serve a warrant upon the complaina n t f or of sailing. During the time of Palmer's trial the father threatening his iife. of Keats was in Court, a nd stated to the Learned Mr. John Paine, as complainant, then stated that he Judge the circumstances under which his son was trans- was a surveyor residing in Lincoln's-inn-fields, and on ported. The Judge immediately communicated with the previous day the defendant came to his chambers the Secretary of State-for the Home Department, and demanding the snuff-box and watch produced, but he obtained her Majesty's free pardon for Keats, and the was informed that they were detained for liabilities at lad h as returned to his parents, who reside in Mon- tending the expenses of the prosecution. He then be. mouth-street, Soho, and are honest and industrious in- came very much excited, upon which witness said, "It dividuals. appears you have not yet cooled yourself from Brixton STATE OF TRADE. —Although there was a before you come to me." The defendant then threat considerable appearance of inquiry for yarn yesterday ened to knock witness's brains out, at the same time mornin g , the business done was to a very limited 4 ex- fl ourishing a stick over hi s h ea d . H e also threatened tent, and at prices generally below those of the preced- his father. ing week, especially in 40's mule, which were much:de- Mr. Moseley—And in consequence you go in terror pressed. For goods of all descriptions the demand was of your life. very limited, and prices of almost all descriptions, par- Complainant—l consider from such threats that Ido titularly skirtings, showed a decided tendency down- go in dange r o f my lif e. wards. From the general absence of demand, and the Mr. Rawlins, a clerk, proved that on entering the want of remunerating p r i ces , many spinners and menu- comp l a i nant ' s chamber he saw a person whom at first he facturers are again talking o f working short time ; and did not recognize, flourishing two sticks, one of which t h e probability is, that unless some unforeseen improve. was loaded. The defendant was very much excitcoa, ment should arise, a lar ge n umber of the mills in the and the complainant was very collected, but he heard neighbourhood will be worked only during the hours of no threats. daylight for a considerable part of the coming winter.— Th e defendant said his brother raised the loaded Manchester Guardian. stick to strike him, unless he left the chambers. NATIONAL CONV EN TION FUNERAL SER- Th e complainant said he had only threatened to send etore.—Mr. Job Plant, schoolmaster, Baptist minister, for a constable to remove him. and formerly a gre a t a g it a t o r amongst the Charti sts Constable Thompson, 39 F, on entering the room, at Heywood, has given notice that he will deliver in his i saw t h e defendant much excited, and refusing to go chapel at Heywood, 00 F r id a y , t h e 11th instant, a f u - away, upon which witness advised a summons to be ap neral sermon over the National C o nvention, the plun- pli e d f or , and, after much persuasion, the defendant left dering system of the delegates, the Chartists and war- the roo m, leaving the large stick behind him, and taking shippers of the portraits of Feargus O'Connor, Lucifer the other. Stephens, Oastler, and company. Considerable interest 1 Mr. JARDINE considered that he was justified in is excited at Heywood, Bury, and Rochdale, respecting calling upon the defendant to put in bail. th e funeral oration, and M r . Plant's exposure of the The defendant said t h at w h a t was charged against delegates. hi m respecting his father was false, for he had written a letter to him, which, if it was produced, would show that he entertained no unkind feeling towards him. Mr. JARDINE said that the bail he should require vould be the defendant in 50/.. and two sureties i 1. !ach, to keep the peace for the next twelve moot The defendant, before he was locked up, asked what was to become of his property ? Mr. JARDINE — It is not yours, and I shall make no irder about it. MARLBORO UGH. STREET. MILITARY OUTRAGE.—John Hewett and Thomas Rosselton, privates in the 7th company of the Grenadmr Guards, were placed at the bar, before Mr. LONG, the sitting Magistrate, on the following charge : Mr. James Pearson, a respectable tradesman, residing in East-street, Golden-square, stated that about half past nine on Tuesday night he was proceeding along Regent-street, when he observed the defendants walk ing arm-in-arm on the footway pavement, with swagger ing gait, and evidently intoxicated. The prisoner Hewett was flourishing a heavy baton (or turned walk ing-stick of solid chesnut), and rushing from his com panion, commenced an indiscriminate attack upon per sons he met with. Men, women, and children were prostrated with dangerous contusions by the prisoner in his drunken furor, and witness was about being attacked when he sprang forward, and, seizing the prisoner by the throat, secured him. The other prisoner was also given in charge to the police, after which he behaved in riotous and disorderly manner, and attempted to rescue himself and his companion. Mr. LONG said he should fine the prisoners 40s. each, or one month's imprisonment. The Sergeant of the company to which the prisoners belonged said that no means would be afforded them from the Regimental Fund to pay their fine. The prisoners were removed, chap-fallen, to the lock up cells, to await the arrival of the prison van. QUEEN-SQUARE. IMPOSITION OF WATERME N.-Dr. Bowring, late M.P., applied yesterday morning to Mr. Burrell, for a summons against a waterman, against whom he had to prefer a gross case of overcharge. The Learned Gentleman stated that on Monday last he arrived off the Custom-house in a Rotterdam steamer. He hired a boat, belonging to a man named Hubbard, to convey him to Hungerford Market, and when he got there the man demanded ss. as his fare. The applicant was willing to give the man 35., which was exactly double his legal fare, and offered it to him, but he re fused to take it, and insisted upon the payment of the original demand, 55., which applicant paid to him to avoid further dispute. He (applicant) would not have made this application, but a few days since he was on board of a foreign steam vessel lying off the Custom house, and a sailor was rowed alongside. Tne fare de manded was 2s. 6d., and the sailor having first gained the deck of the steamer, handed the waterman a sove reign to take his fare out of, when the latter put it in his pocket, and, laughing at the sailor, rowed away. This circumstance alone showed the character of the watermen plying below bridge, and he (complainant), if only on behalf of the public, was most anxious to punish such offenders. Mr. BURRELL concurred in the sentiments expressed by the applicant, and granted the summons. IMPIETY OF DESPOTISM. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 11.—The Emperor ar rived on the afternoon of the 3d instant at Moscow. His Imperial Majesty, accompanied by the hereditary Grand Duke, alighted at the chapel of the miraculou• image of our Lady of here, and thence repaired to the little palace of the Kremlin, about which a vast crowd collected and remained to a late hour. Next day, at an early hour, the Kremlin was thronged, and the bells majestically announced the Emperor's arrival in the church. At 11 his Imperial Majesty, followed by the hereditary Grand Duke, Grand Duke Michael, Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenburg, the Archduke of Austria. the Princes of Prussia and the Netherlands, Prince Eu gene of Wurtemburg, Field Marshal Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskevitch of Erivan, and a numerous staff of Generals, was received at the gate of the Assumption Cathedral by the Metropolitan of Moscow, who ad dressed him as follows : " Most pious Sovereign—Thy ancient capital has learnt with veneration bow, in rendering homage to the deeds of the past generations, thou hast inspired present and future generations with an ardour for fresh achievments, and how, by setting the example, thou bast mitigated the fatigues of life in the camp. This ancient capital at length beholds thy features, and its joyful eyes seek above all in thine the reflection of the happi ness which has just shone in thy house, whom our bles sings accompany. Thy first-born has returned to thy arms, after captivating the hearts of foreign nations by the virtues he received from thee when he came into the world, and which thou bast developed in him by education. Thanks to thy paternal solicitude, the af fection of thy eldest daughter for her native land has kept her for ever to her country by rendering her hus band a son of Russia. Come into this sanctuary of the Lord, and unite thy thanksgivings to ours ; and may the blessings of Heaven never cease to shower upon thee, whose heart teems with gratitude towards the Almighty." After doing homage to the images and relics, the Em peror repaired to the palace called Granovitaia Palata, and thence to the new palace built after the ancient style of Russian architecture, and therefore called Te remny. On the same day the Emperor dined at Prince Galitzin's, the Military Governor-General of Moscow. DONCASTER CORPORATION DEBT.—The Corporation having received the large amount of tho sale of the Rossington estate, on Thursday paid off 50,0001. of their debts, and will again sit on Monday for the purpose of paying off further sums.—Doneasic) Gazette. SCARCITY AND DROUGHT AT SYDNEY. — The following extract from a letter just received by Mr. George Graham, of Windsor, from his son, who is residinwat Sydney, gives a lamentable account of the state Orthe crops, and the high price of water, as well as provisions, occasioned by. the late drought. The letter is dated April 16 :—" The weather for the last two months has been intensely hot, and we have not had a singto shower of rain. To decribe the state this country is in would be impossible. The torn crops of all kinds, as well as fruit, are completely parched up. The settlers, to save their flocks of cattle, drove them on the young corn before it had got a foot high. The crass is completely parched. The farmers have pulled up even the roots to feed cattle ; and so great hai bee - 1 the scarcity of fodder, that the leaves and branches have been torn off the trees for miles. All the ponds are quite dry, and the rivers are lower than ever they were known to be before. The cattle of all kinds are dying by hundreds in all parts of the colony for want of water. As you travel the country you see dead cows, sheep, and oxen by the road side in every mile ; and as to ve getables there are none left. I saw cabbages of inferior quality a fortnight back, sell for from id. to 12d. each, and now none are to be got even at that price. Dement potatoes, in Sydney, are selling at 2d. per lb. I expect they w,il be dearer soon. Flour at Sydney is selling at 40s. per 100 lbs., and next week I expect it will be 50s. In the country places it is much dearer. From good authority I hear there are not three months' consumption for Sydney of flour in the whole colony. Ido not know what will be done. The Governor, I dare say, will charter a few ships to fetch corn and flour ; but when it arrives I do not know how the emigrants will be able to pay for it. You can form no opinion of the state of the whole co lony ; every person complaining of the want of water. Water is selling at Sydney at 3d. per pail of two gal lons ; and even at that price it is hard to be Lot. As tor meat, it is as you may expect. As the cattle are dying from thirst, the whole is poor stuff. Of late I have seen no good meat in Sydney. The heat of the weather during the last ten days has been intense, having blown hot winds, which really are suffocating. The only things which th.ive are the mosquitoes, and they torment us terribly." DESTRUCTIVE AND ALARMING FIRE.-011 Sabbath morning, just after the people had assembled in church, a sudden and altogether unexpected blaze of flame burst fo.th le the tan work of Mr. John Mitchell, St. Ninian's, Stirling. It was distinctly observed from the windows of the Rev. Mr. Frew's church, imme diately contiguous. Information of the cause having been communicated, the people instantly left the church, and applied themselves heartily to the business of stop ping the conflagration. In the other church in the vil lage, which is at some distance, the alarming fact was intimated more quietly ; and the people whisper ing to each other the cause for leaving the church, the rumour spread until something approaching to a panic ensued, every one hastening to the spot. As these two churches are large, and generally well filled, certainly not fewer than from two to three thousand people were assembled within a few minutes. The alarm was very quickly communicated to Stirling ; and in little more than half an hour the fire engines from the town and the castle were upon the spot. Notwithstanding all the zeal and activity displayed. no assistance was of any avail in saving the house in which the fire originated, nor other two commu nicating with it, and together forming three sides of a square. As it was early seen that the atteymeepatsetdo save these houses would be totally usele ss , the loin cared for, and every exertion was directed to the safety of another range of buildings, consisting o f house two stories high, containing leather ; Mr.. Mita chell's house (out of which the f urn i ture was twice be. gun to be removed), also two stories ; and a currying shop of the same elevation, Af ter the untiring perse . verance of hours, the property was saved. The actual loss consists of three h ouses, such as ar e . used by tan ners : about two hundred tons of bark, an engine for crushing bark, and a quantity of leather.—. Edinburgh Courant. AN ExQuisiTz.--In the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Monday an attorney's clerk appeared to ob tain bail on a debt, with costs, of 781. The debt was due to a perfumer, and Mr. C omm i ss i oner B owen as ked the clerk whether he dealt in the perfumery. He said, " Oh, no, Sir; it is for various articles supplied to me." He was discharged on bail. F.DITi()N". I CORONER'S INQUEST. REFUSAL OF A JURY TO ALLOIA OF A 'POST MORTEN! ERAMINATION. On Monday evening an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, at the Swan Tavern, Old lirompton, on view of the body of Miss Charlotte Goring, a maiden lady, 39 years of age. The jury having been sworn, and Mr. Samuel Carter Hail (the author) chosen as foreman, the evidence teas proceeded with, from which it appeared that deceased was to have 'ken married in a fortnight to a gentleman who had on Saturday taken a house in Wilton-place. The servant of deceased said the last time she saw the deceased alive was about half-past two o'clock on Saturday morning, when she called her, saying she wanted a little hot brandy and water, as she felt very poorly. She wade her a small glassful of brandy and water, which she took up to her in bed. She then left her, and did not again see her alive. About ten o'clock, or half-past, the same morn ing she knocked at the door of deceased's bedroom► which was locked on the inside, but received no answer. Conceiving she was asleep she did not continue her ap plication for admittance, but afterwards repeated it dur ing the day up to about half-past three o'clock, when she became alarmed, and forced open the door ; when, on entering the room, she found the deceased sitting on a chair by the side of the fireplace in a lolling posi tion, with her bead over the back of the chair. She was quite dead. About a spoonful of blood had oozed out of the deceased's mouth ; and a glass, which witness believes to have been the same in which the brandy and water was given to the deceased, was lying on the floor broken to pieces by the side of the chair. Dr. Elliott was then sent for, who immediately attended, and pronounced that deceased had been dead some hours. Deceased had not been out of the house for a fortnight. The gentleman to whom the deceased was to have been married resides in London. She, however, had not seen him for the last fortnight. She did not think the deceased had taken anything deleterious, nor had she found anything wrong in the room. Deceased had left no will to her knowledge. Her property was. to witness's belief, at her own disposal. Believes de ceased died a natural death. The CORONER then, at considerable length, ad dressed the jury on the propriety of a post morton ex amination of the body being made before they could ar rive at a just conclusion as to the cause of the deceased's death, but the jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of " Natural death." Mr. WAKLEY (while signing the inquisition) said -- I sign this gentlemen, because it is my duty to do so. It is your verdict and not mine. You will hereafter see the great benefits to society at large to be derived from post nzortenz examinations in such cases as this. CORN AVERAGES. kihNERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Oct.:4, 1839. made up from the Returns a the Inspectors in the different Cities and fawns in England a nd Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 'l s. id. I Oats Barley.... Os. Is. Sd. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE !:IC NVICSKS PRECEDING. 4 ' ' Wheat 74:ii 'd. Oats Barley 314 (td. Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORM. Wheat 114. gd. Oats I Barley 3s. 4d. Rye THE MARKETS. COAL I* s, d Adair's Original Windsor's Pontop 21 0 Pontop Windsor ...... South Hartley lB 0 Tan fied Moor Butes.... 2l t Wylam. Wdls End Brown's .. l9 6 Walls End Clarke and Co 19 9 Walls it'nd Heaton 2J 9 Walk End Hilda 4 ,9 6 Walls End Perkins 2l 9 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'sHctton 24 0 Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton . Ships arrived since :ARKET. 5 . d. Walls End Lambton 24 3 Walls End Stewart's .... 24 6 Walls End Whitwell Walls End Hartlepool 24 3 Walls End Ailel.ide' 23 9 Walls End Farrington Tees 21 9 W Its End Gordon 22 6 Walls End Nevin's Tanfield 18 0 Walls End Tees 23 S Walls End WestHetton 22 9 Hartle . . Stavely Main 1 ( 0) 0 Preston:Grange l6 9 Leazes I%fain l7 6 last market-day, 10. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-00t. 8, WHEAT, English, White, per 701 h. lls, 7d. to 121.06. -- Red 10 9 11 0 -- Sc arch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 0 6 10 • Red it I 9 6 Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b. ...... Irish ... 4 2 4 4 Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 44 0 48 11 Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs. Feeding 5 1 5 9 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 52 • Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 46 Foreign FLOUR, English, per 25016. Irish 51 0 89 6 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 36 I ft 0 tNiiIAN Coax, per 4801 b. ....„. 44 0 -4 n RYE, per Imperial quarter 33 0 40 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter ..... .. 64 I 76 . HULL CORN MARKET. Wheau White (per Quarter) 62s. 61s, 725. Red .. fr3s. 6es. eris. Foreign Grinding 10s. 325. 345. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans.. -4 42,, 445. Pease, Grey Blue and White s. Linseed . ... Flour (per sack) . R ipeseed (per 10 quarters) 22 1. 241. 2.51. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. _ _. _.. . . Per Bushel. a, d. to 6.d. Fez lb, d. to d. Wheat afarley 4 9 6 6 Mutton Oats 3 3 5 • Veal Beans Pease Hay 2'.10.4. to 51. N. Od. per ton. LEEDS CORN MARKET. Oct. S. .... .. _ .. . . _ .. ___ -- Wheat, Norfolk and Sialtilk, 601 b. 868. to 78s. w a = York. and Lincoln. tiOlb. Barley, Norfolk and Sulthlk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Jats, Potatoe —Alealing, For. —d. to—d Eng. 14d. to 154 d. per s t o n e Shelling las. to 41s. per laip,s THE COURT.—We repeat, on the best autho rity, that it is quite decided that the Court will not visit Brighton before the re-assembling of Parliarnent.— Brighton Guardian. Yesterday afternoon a boy of the name of Fletcher, fell into the ditch separating Jesus College from the common, and was nearly suffocated. A charge was immediately preferred against Diver, the porter of Jesus College, of having thrown the boy into the ditch ; and as he was considered to be in consi derable danger, Diver was taken into custody and de tained for several hours, when he was discharged, giving security to appear this morning to answer the charge. There is, however, reason to believe, that the charge was entirely unfounded, or at all events that Diver we's not even present, or near the place when the accidr at occurred —Cambridge Chronicle. CUPAR-ANGUS. " A GAB;;R.LUNZIE•"--- Last week this town was , visited 'ay a performer on the " hurdy-gurdy and reeds." lie was dressed in a frock coat, and wore a brass helmet with flowing plumes. He performed admirably, and was followed in the streets by great crowds. The boys, in particular, were anxious to get near a performer who, when he was a " a bAwbee," generally handed to the giver a sixpence. It was evident the whole was a trick—the " gaberluuzie mail" was in disguise —and there is reason to belirve he was one of the " gallant knights" vibe attended the tournament, and had there received his mead of praise from the " Queen of Beauty." After he had played his "freak" here he was received into a carriage, which was kept in waiting for him, on the Blairgowrie-road, and drove towards an ancient city is the north.—Edinburgh Evening Post. GOLD SIGNET RINGS.—A grea t Variet y o 1 these Useful and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selec tion, with Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other 1 1681 Stones, suitable for eng rav i ng . Armorial bearitigs may be referred to, or found, gratis, and can be engraved b an Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Gold smith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, (Seven Doors from Gracechu rc h- s t ree t . 47 1 C orn hill, London . B TriTHS . On the 27th ult., at V en i ce, t h e lady of the Baron Hec t o r Testaferrata Abele, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at the Lodge, Carmarthen, the l ad y 0f Henry It. Downman, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., in Chester -street, Grosvenor-place, 311 ' 4 ' John Allnutt, jun,, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Enfield, the lady of John Jameson,'Esclq of a son, who survived his birth but a few hours. On the tith inst., at Spring -gardens, the lady of I*Ar. George Gilbert Scott, of a son. On the sth in s t • at MARRIED. Marylebone Churen, Captain Croasdaile, to Margaret, eldest daughter of James Henderson, Esq., late her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for Colombia. On the 3d inst., at Buttsbury Church, Mr. William 'Alen of Battles -brid e Essex, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late Reginald all,H Esq., of Fristling-hall, Essex. George On the sth inst., at St. Olave's Church, Southwark, Regi nald Fred er i c k H al l . Esq., to Janet, only daughter o f t h e late William Morrison Walker Wallace, of Penang, Prince of Wales's Island. D. On the l e t i ns t . , at Ostend lED Margaret, third and only sur viving daughter of William Harvey, Esq., and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, K. 8., of Widmer , Kent. On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's, near Windsor, Harry Charles Lambton. third son of Colonel the Hon. Henry F. C. Cavendish, aged 18. On the 6th inst., at Weymouth, Elizabeth, relict of the, late Captain Thomas Story, of the 20th Regiment of Foot. On the 4th inst. G eorge Scholey, Esq., of ClaVaam-core mon and Hutton-I:all, 34 years Alderman of the ward of Dew gate, aged 82. On the 6th inst., at Park-square west, Regent's-park, Robert Bree, M. D., F. R. S. On the Ist inst., Richard Edleston, q of Na,ntvrich , Cheshire. On the Ist inst., at Canon Frome Court, Herefordshire , Grace Ann, wife of the Rev. John Hopton, aged 53. On the 3d - inst., at Clifton, Anna Maria Atchison, d a ughter of the late Rev. John Atchison, formerl y Minister o f Pres byterian Congregation at Gorton, Lancashire, aged 47. On the sth inst., at Chelsea, Samuel Browne, Esq., aged 60. On the 7th inst., Mr. John Udall, ofWinchmore-hill, aged B°' London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, 01 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Thursdav, October 10, 1839. i --' I