The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-09 00:00:00

The Post announced on Thursday that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL is li&cely to succeed Lord £24,178,010 762,770,000 f That is, the nation owes aboubton7t63ovmeinllti7ur millions four for which the public creditors receive a and a quarter of interest per annum, Would those lc yield to the creditors be damnified, in the smallest degree, if f e all in th to e light stocks, as they are termed, were s sto p e e k r h c o e l n d t e . r, st a o t ek th , e in tim su e c o h f ratioa a e a precseldyual q amount of divid en d t o th a t w hi c h he receive before conversion, would precisely convers i on? Certainly not. Wou ld t h e public creditor be in any way injured if the quantum of a Five per Cent. Stock; given in exchange for his 100/. Consols, should be vendible in the market for precisely as much as his 1001. Consols would have commanded ? Cer- ' tainly not. As the security would be the same for the i Five per Cent. Stock as for the Three per Cents., can , there be a .loubt that the rate of interest being increased from three to five per cent., the value of the Five per I Cent. Stock would augment in exact proportion to the increase of interest ? Certainly not. Whilst, 1 The news from Spain is highly important. The Madrid Gazette of the 31st ult., publishes a Royal decree accepting the resignation of the War Minis ter, General ALAIX, on the plea of ill health, and appointing as his successor, ad interim, General FRANCISCO NARVAEZ, Captain-General of New Castile, and one of the most inveterate babblers in the Chambers. Previous to the resignation of ALAIX, old PEREZ DE CASTRO and his colleagues also sent in their resignations, so that the REGENT found herself on the 31st with only the Bobadil NARVAEZ to direct her councils. The casual reader of Spanish intelligence must not confound this NARVAEZ with the Brigadier-General of the same name, who so gallantly signalized himself in the pursuit of GOMEZ, and was afterwards exiled at the instance of ESPARTERO for conduct far from equalling in rashness the first official act of the new Minister. The REGENT wished to dis solve the Cortes, but though the members of the late Cabinet would have rejoiced at the accomplish ment of such a measure, as securing to them the enjoyment of power without responsibility, they shrunk from the odium, no less than the clanger of advising it. Not so the long-sworded and longer winded NARVAEZ. He at once advised a proro gation as a preliminary step to a dissolution, and first appeared in the Chambers in his new charac ter, with the Royal decree for proroguing them in his pocket. Accordingly at the sitting of the Chambers on the 31st ult. General NARVAEZ, after taking great credit to himself for all the vir tues usually laid claim to by Ministers of the Crown in every part of the world, produced the decree, which he read, proroguing those bodies to the 20th of November. While the new Minister was read ing his decree in the Senate, the Deputies, in anticipation of a dissolution, adopted by a ma jority of 90 votes to 3, the very significant resolu tion—" That Spaniards are not bound to pay taxes, nor any kind of loan, or subsidy of any description, unless such shall have been previously voted and authorised by the Cortes, agreeably to the 73d article of the Constitution." What e first fruit im portance the new Minister may attach to this resolution we know not, but it was certainly no pleasantoffering to make to hi s R oya l m i stress as thof his councils. Out of doors the prorogation of the Chambers excited general dis content. The funds declined, and the political DEAL, Nov. S.—Wind S. S. E., fresh.—Arrived th e Vernon, Milner, from Madeira. Sailed the Alert,. Lewis, for St. Michael';. LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Wind S. S. E. _Arrived the Hes perus, Jackson, from the River Bonny ; Aurora, Gordon, Denia ; Montagu, Catania ; Diana, from Mediterranean. Sailed the Margaret Elizabeth, Joer, for Port-au-Prince ; Monongahela, Johnson, Philadelphia ; Columbus, Crop per, New York ; Killermont, Africa. Off port—The Leone, Palermo ; Margaret, Sophia, Wakefield, and Re solution, from Quebec • Albion, Alexandria. RAMSGATE, Nov. B. ' Off port, the Eliza, Kallery, Ri ga . PORTSMOUT H , Nov. 8. Wind S. W. to S. S. E.—Arrived the Peace, Blornfield, from Vostizza. FALMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Wind N. W. to W. S. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Star packet from Halifax—sailed 20th ult. ;IWilliam Hutt, Fleming, for Taganrog. PENZANCE, Nov. 7.—Arrired Wave, Edwards, Malaga. SCILLY, Nor. 7.—Off port the David, Tucker, from Demerara ; Elizabeth Mary, Malaga. BRISTOL, Nov. B.—Arrived and s ailed the William Thompson, Roberts, from Jamaica ; Juvenna, Block, from the Canaries. APPREHENSION OF PICKPOCKETS.—This day a number of notorious pickpockets and juvenile offenders were brought before Mr. Gregory, the sitting Magis trate, charged by several police constables belonging to the A and B divisions of police, with being suspicious and notorious depredltors, and others with picking pockets and attempting so to do. A number of them were cuminitteu, utid,r the l'unce Act, us rogues and vagabonds, for three months, and ethers for trial. - EVENING EDITION. THE MONEY CRISIS. This Day, price Sixpence, METALLIC CURRENCY THE CAUSE OF THE MONEY CRISIS in ENGLAND and AMERICA. Second Edition, with a Postscript. Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. CAPTAIN CHANIIER'S NEW NAVAL NO VEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo. , T H SPITF I R E. A TALE OF THE SEA. By CAPT. FREDERICK CHAMIER, Author of " The Life of a Sailor," " Ben Brace," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries. ITS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, and Shares clearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE will soon occur. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. INDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. TRIM EVENING, SATURDAY, N ov. 9, 1839, repeated the New Original Play , i n Five Acts, tenwrit by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper ; Sir Rupert of Lerch, Mr. J. Vining ; Huon, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen stela, Mies Ellen Treel ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. !After which will be produced, a New Original Farce, called DON'T BE FRIGHTEN'D. Sir Timothy Flinch, Mr. Bartley; Major Rocket, Mr. C. Mathews ; Augustus J ohn Brown, Mr. Harley ; Humphrey, Mr. Meadows ; Maria Marsham, Miss Lee ; 111 rs. Dainty, Mrs. Humby. On Monday, Love, and Don't be Frigqhten'd! Dress Boxes , 7. ; second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second !firers, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; ganary, Is. Doers to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to eirrnmentoe at Seven o'Clock. Tiskets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Nottcr, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be lad upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 1 W, New Bend-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's "Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be Wed every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 9, WM be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. (Ammeters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Nevin' ; Mrs. Viniag, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grsat Mrs. Laws, &c. To eonclado with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled TYE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS ; OR, HELL'S BELLES Astareth, Mr. Neville ; Cerberus, Mr. Cullen ; Diavoline, Aliss Martin ! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Polycarpe, Mr. W. Cmith; Tambour, Mr. Ross. ... L _______ MISR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.IMORROW. Morning II minutes after 4. I Evening ... 22 minutes after 4 . ear. er;tlr 4• • i 4 A f g ) • .;74sItu+ LONDON: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1839. The agriculturists of Worcester, we see by the IVorceiter Chronicle, had a grand field-day on the Ist instant. The Earl of COVENTRY was in the Chair ; and, apart from grumbling a little that he had not been made Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Nobl• Earl seems to have made a passable chairman. We know not why the agricultural associations should all take a strong Tory character, but they ge nerally do, as if agriculture were a servile and de graded art, which flourished only under tyranny. If it be because they are generally composed of country gentlemen, or thick-headed Peers, the fact is explicable by the general ignorance and awkwardness of these classes of men. Whatever may be its origin, the fact is that the bulk of the agricultural associations are Tories, and that of Worcester showed its spirit by drinking the QUEEN, and wishing her experience, almost in silence, while the health of the DOWAGER QUEEN was drunk with three times three, and prolonged applause ; and, to her praise, the Chairman said that a better woman did not exist. We admit that Queen ADE LAIDE behaved herself well, as the consort of WIL- L/All IV. She restrained him, and guided him prudently on many occasions ; but a Lady less de serving of popular approbation from the exhibition of generosity, or any of the kindly virtues, consi dering her great income, can scarcely exist. She is a prudent, care-taking woman, who is recommended to her personal friends by their knowledge that she may have something to leave them. Passing from the loyalty of the Worcester agri culturists to their patriotism—from their respect for Queens to their love for the people, General LYGON stated that their great aim was the amelio ration of the social and moral condition of the rural population, which they are to effect by establishing a rural police. At least they will keep the people honest. They give rewards also to labourers who bring up their children without receiving parochial relief. If that be creditable in the peasantry, how disreputable it must be in the nobility to quarter their offspring on the public purse, and make state paupers of their children. Another mode, too, the squires have of ameliorating the moral condition of the peasantry, is to set them the example of robbery. At the meeting every speaker was in favour of the Corn-law. They tax the bread of the poor to make the poor strong and fat, and plunder them to make them honest. The landlords afterwards reward them, when they abstain from following their example. That the effects of this system of combined plunder and star vation are most disastrous, is proved by Mr. PA ICINGTON, M.P. for Droitwich, one of the speakers 1 at the meeting, and Chairman of the Quarter Ses sions. He has just recommended the county of Worcester to adopt the new system of rural police, by observing " that the increase of crime was in an enormously greater proportion than the increase of population." Corn-law prosperity and crime, then, go together. As the landlords flourish the labour ers are driven to despair, and neither life nor pro perty are safe. All the landowners at the Worcester meeting declared and protested that they would not support the agricultural interest at the expense of any other, that agriculture and commerce must flourish to gether, and both ought to be equally protected, 1 Poor innocents ! they would not for the world injure their neighbours ; they only require to tax them. What the landowners mean is, that both should be allowed to enrich themselves at the expense of the consumer, and that they will help the merchant or manufacturer to enrich himself by levying black mail if he help the landlord. But the commercial and manufacturing classes find that they have played this game too lon g ; an d that the protection demanded for agriculture is their ruin. When the landowners say that com merce and agriculture are sisters, they mean that t he former is to b e t h e Cinderella of the latter, and d o all thedirtyVCs ai rk w , that her elders may enjoy themselves at balls, 1 wo o the smiles and hand s of Pri nces. A the landlords are full of p ride, from a futilpresent b and lout commerce and manufactu res dr oop Purse ; pine. It is certainly true that commerce cannot fl our i sh but agriculture will profit by it ; at the same tim e it is not true that landlords may be enriched by a Corn-law and commerce be benefited by i t. W e recommend Mr. PAKINGTON and the Worcester squires to enjoy their plunder in silence, for so sure as they open their mouths to defend it, so sure will their words rise up in judgment against them. The present difficulties of commerce, on their own principles, are the condemnation of the Corn-laws. PLUNKETT as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. All ' the genteel wrath which could possibly be exhi bited in such a superfinical journal was expressed at the announcement. Like the dram -drinking woman, so well described by Captain MARRYAT in " Jacob Faithful," the Post seemed quite con sumed by a process of self-combustion. Yesterday the Times took up the theme and ran an accom paniment after its own boisterous fashion. It was loud and wrathful. If the event which these jour nals announce should take place it will cause them great grief. To see a Whig get anything, particu larly a deserving Whig, not a quasi Tory, fills them with vexation. We know no man, for his varied talents, long services, and great legal ac quirements, more deserving of promotion to the highest honours of the law than the present AT TORNEY-GENERAL• The Tories may be impa- tient to place Mr. DEVONSHER JACKSON at the head of the Irish Chancery ; but we agree with the Scotsman that the rccent exhibitions of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S followers h ave w idened the gulf which separat es hi m f rom p ower . As the head of the ROBYS, the BRADSHAWS and the ESCOTTS, as the chief of the firebrand parsons, as the political leader of those who would shut the Catholics out from the Constitution, he seems to us to have no more chance of the Premiership than Mr. WAKLEY. It would be a personal insult to her MAJESTY, it would be tantamount to placing her in confinement, or at least under the surveillance of her declared enemies ; would be giving her a vile faction for a master, to form a Ministry from that party which has been denouncing her for the last three months as unworthy of her high station. We do not know that the appointment mentioned by the Post and the Times is to take place, but that they condemn it is a proof that it would be a good one. Lord MEL BOURNE can do nothing that he ought to do which the Tories will not condemn, and therefore it is his policy, as well as his duty, to consult only what is right, and bestow the highest rewards on the most meritorious of his followers. The plain sensible letter of X. Y. Z. on the Penny Postage is worthy of perusal. It obviates several objections which have been made to Mr HILL'S plan, and, proceeding from a person well versed in Post-office business, may serve to steady the public mind to pre-payment, to simplicity, and plainness. At present there is some danger that it may be confused and diverted from a single object by the multiplicity of schemes whichare presented to it. Some difficulties every plan will encounter, and they may be lessened or removed as they are fou►►d out by experience. The certain and immeasurable advantages to be obtained by a uniform penny postage should make us resolutely trample down the futile objections—the bugbears, which it is at pre sent the delight of Tory reviewers, journalists, and scribblers to place before the public, in all the hor rors of ruined finances and Post-office decay. A small pamphlet, the object of which is to develope a plan for the extinction of the public debt, has been sent to us. The author sets out by anticipating the objection which will be made to his proposal, namely, that it involves a breach of contract with the fundholders, and this objection he answers by appealing to the experience of the past for proof that a breach of faith, has often been committed before now with the public credi tor, for instance, in the reduction of the 4 per Cents. to 3, and the discontinuing of the Sinking Fund. We are not sure that this is sound financial morality. All must depend upon the particular circumstances of the breaches, nothing upon the mere fact that a breach has taken place. It will, we think, puzzle the cleverest financier in the world to show what injury the fundholder has sustained by the abandonment of a system which professed to pay debts with borrowed money. A greater piece of humbug was never hatched in the brain of a char latan. If Mr. PITT had stuck to the plan laid down for him by Dr. PRICE, of reserving a cer , tain annual surplus out of the produce of the taxes, to be nursed as a nest egg for liquidating the National Debt, the case would have been different ; but this he neither did nor ever meant to do. His business was to raise money for the exigencies of the moment, and provided he could gain this point by throwing out a lure to those who had more money than wit, he cared for nothing more. As to the reduction of the rate of interest on the Funds, that was no breach of faith. The creditors were offered their principal in full, which some of them accepted. Others preferred accepting the lower rate of interest offered by the Government to the withdrawing of their money ; that is to say, they cancelled the old bargain and made a new one, which they would not have doge had it not been for their advantage. Where is the cause of complaint here ? The main argument which the author advances for placing the National Debt on a new footing, and for reconciling the public creditor to the change, is the danger attending the continuance of the pre sent system. A future war, he argues, is inevitable, and cannot in the ordinary course of events be far off ; war brings an increased national expenditure ; this must add greatly, incalculably, to the amount of the debt, and, as a consequence, to that of annual taxation. But increased taxation adds to the cost of production, and if our manufactures are already so dear that they are excluded from many markets which we used to 'ommand, we must cease to manufacture for foreign countries, if the cost is to be enhanced by additional taxation. This being the case, taking these things and their inevi table consequences into consideration, is it nit better, he asks, to take a composition, as in the case of a private creditor, than to " wait a few years, and then, in all probability, lose the whole ?" There can be no question as to which of the two courses is the best; the great difficulty is to per suade the fundholder that the alternative offered to him is the only possible or probable one. The author, having thus prepared the way for a favourable reception of his plan, proceeds to its details; premising the observation that the Legisla ture should allow the dissentient creditors no voice in the way of objection, inasmuch as there is no breach of faith in a measure which gives him in ex change for his present doubtful security, another as productive for the present, and less doubtful for the future : The plan of convers;on to be proposed would, in its effect, be prospective only with regard to the amount of interest payable on the debt ; but immediate with re spect to the amount of the debt itself. The same in terest would for the next fifty years be paid to the fund holders, but the debt of the nation would be greatly and immediately reduced. The burthens of the people would for a limited period remain as they are, but they would gradually lessen, and in a century and a half at most, possibly within a century, be altogether removed. The unredeemed debt of Great Britain and Ireland consists, in round numbers, of 509,750,000 3 per Cents. and interest thereon X 15,292,500 249,956,000 3i 1,615,000 4 72,450 1,449,000 5 THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1839. then, the fundholder would not suffer, the nation aspect of the capital was gloomier than at any would benefit by the measure ; for the effect of con- ! time since the events which preceded the procla- Terting the Three per Cents., and all other denominations Constitution of 1837. o f permanent stock into a new 5 per cent. stock in the rnation of the ratio above mentioned, would be, as the following table The latest accounts from the army are from the shows, to leave the amount of interest precisely as it Eco del zlrragon of the 31st of October. On the now is, but to reduce the bulk or corpus of the debt 29th a division marched from Arcoriza to Berge from 762,770,0001. t o 483,560,2001., thus diminishing it by the enormous sum of 279,209,800/. ___ another advanced from Caland a to Mas•de-ios . Bearing Bearing Interest. New Fives. Interest. 5'09,750,000 Cons. 15,292,500 into 305,850,000...15,292,500 249,936,000 31 pr ets. 8,748,460 ... 174,969,200... 8,748,460 1,615,000 4 per ets. 64,600 ... 1,292,000... 64,600 1,449,000 5 per ets. 72,450 ... 1,449,000... 72,450 Matos. The heavy artillery was conveyed at the same time towards Alcanez. The Carlists were on the 29th at Malinos, and before retreating from Berge carried off all the cattle they found in the neighbourhood. At Airvillen the Christinos seized 200 measures of barley provided by the Carlists. CAB RERA is described as greatly alarmed lest the Chiefs should betray him into the hands of ESPARTERO, and punishes with in stant death all who mention the word capitulate. His terror is attributed to the silence with which the army heard the following appeal to it, made by himself in person, on the first approach of ESPARTERO :—" Swear never to abandon me, and I will never abandon you." The above intelligence is from the Madrid Papers. What follows is not less important, and is copied from the Bordeaux Journals of the sth instant : 762,770,000 24,178,010 483,560,200 24,178,010 There is no doubt that the result of such a scheme would be a reduction of the debt to the amount above-stated ; but it is as certain that were it to go no farther, the only benefit we should de rive from it would be the satisfaction of knowing that the figures representing the principal and the interest of the debt were arranged in a manner dif ferent from what they used to be ; the amount of annual payment, and the difficulty of redemption would be as great as ever. Our four hundred and eighty-three millions would just be as heavy a mill stone about our neck, as the seven hundred and sixty-two millions were. To produce a real, and not a merely nominal advantage, it is proposed, far ther, that the new security acquired by the fund holder should be made a terminable annuity, divided into three distinct portions or series—" the first two irredeemable, but determined as to duration and rate of interest ; the last determined also as to duration and rate of interest, but redeemable, and to redeem which all surplus revenue should be applied —each series to be for the term of fifty years." That we may do full justice to the author's views, we quote, without abridgement, the following expla nation of this, the really important part of his plan : . . "TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " NARBONNE, NOV. 3, SEVEN P.M. " PERPIGNAN, Two P.M.—On the 28th the com munication from Valencia with O'Donnel was difficult. General Aspiroz was in the vicinity of Xerica. Gene ral Hoyoss occupied Lina. The Chartist chief Arevallo was still at Chilon. Letters from Barcelona of the 31st, state that Valdez was still at Manresa. M. de la Goudie having had his two horses poisoned had been unable to rejoin him. Four Carlist battalion s were on the 29th in the environs of Manresa, and eight others in the neighbour hood of San Juan de los Aldesas." • The Emancipation of Toulouse, of the 4th, contains the following : " We have received Barcelona papers under date of Oct. 31. They contain the following official communi cation : In computing the price of a terminable annuity, the first requisite is the value of money. The price of Con sols is usually taken for this purpose, the interest which Consols will yield if purchased at the period when the value of the annuity is to be ascertained. The present price of Consols being 92, the value of money invested in Government securities may be estimated at 31 per cent. ; and at that value the terminable annuity will be calculated. Were a conversion of Consols into a new 5 per cent. stock to take place upon a scale by which the stockholder would not be injured in the present value of the new security, he must obtain for his 1001. Consols such an amount of the new stock as would produce, when sold, at least 92/. As in comparison with 100/. 3 per cents. 100/. 5 per cent. stock would be more valuable by two-fifths, it would produce (ac cording to the present price of Consols) 153/. 6s. Bd., so three-fifths of 1001. 5 per cents., or 601., as it would yield a dividend of 31., would doubtless produce (at the present value of public securities) 92/. If, therefore, a new 5 per cent. were to be created whilst the value of the public securities remains as at present, and that new stock were in the shape of a terminable annuity, that annuity must be given on such terms as would make its value in the market 153/. Gs. Bd. If this be done, is it not all that the strictest equity can demand of the Government, so to arrange with the fund holder in the proposed conversion that he shall obtain in national securities or in money, or in both, precisely 153/. 6s. 8d.,0r in other words, the value of 1661. 13s. 4d., 3 per cents. ? The plan proposed proceeds by creating for the first series a terminable annuity at such a rate of interest as shall not diminish in any degree the fundholder's income for fifty years to come, but, on the contrary, the whole arrangement shall augment it nearly k per cent. on every 1001. Consols. So far every consideration is given to "DEPOSITION OF THE COUNT D'ESPAGNE. " On the night of the 26th ult. Count d'Espagne was removed from the command of the Carlist troops. The Junta had sent to him to preside at its meeting, and he was there arrested and disarmed, to be sent into France, as well as three more of its members, Orten, Ferrer, and Sarpons. The command was given to Segarra. The Secretary Adell was also arrested, and Labandero was charged to examine the Count d'Espagne's papers. It appears that the most profound secrecy was kept as to this revolution, after the Turkish fashion, and nothing was reported about it at Bergs on the 28th. " A letter from Bourg Madame, Eastern Pyrenees," says the Paris Courrier, " dated the 2d instant, gives a different version of the Count d'Espagne's deposition. It says that it was at a review of the troops at Berge, on the 28th, when cries were heard of Death to the tyrant !' Muerte a Carlos!' (the Count d'Espagne's name is Carlos), and that he, seeing his critical posi tion, fled, it is not known where. Segarra, says this letter, is disposed to come to terms with the Queen's Generals, and that great rejoicings had taken place among the Carlists, who had set free the Christino prisoners taken at Campredon and other places. This news had been officially transmitted to the Sub-Prefect of Prades, to be sent to the French Government." (From the Memorial Bordelais.) " ALCORIZA, OCT. 28.—The divisions of the Queen's army which occupy Calanda, Los Olmos, Alcoriza, Gargollo, Calbra, Valdejacque, and Caruarillas, are to morrow to commence their general movement against the enemy. Llangostera is at Castellon with a battalion and 200 horse, and Cabrera holds the heights of Villar luengo and Las Cuevas, with five battalions of infantry and three squadrons of cavalry. The latter chief orders all who speak of a transaction to be put to death, and, as his camp is surrounded by a cordon of sentries, the soldiers are kept in ignorance of the truth. It is ac cordingly probable that our movement will occasion great dissensions in the Carlist ranks, where symptoms of disorder have already manifested themselves. Ge neral Aspiroz left yesterday for Catalonia, with six bat talions:' the public creditor ; but after that comes the nation's turn to be benefited, which it would be at the end of fifty years by reducing the annuity to the second series, or from 5 to 4 per cent., and so effecting an annual saving of 4,835,602/. per annum. And again, at the expiration of a second half century, by reducing the in terest on the third series to 3 per cent. and so diminish ing the national burthen another 4,835,6021. per annum. At the conclusion of the third and last series of fifty years the debt would be extinguished, and the annual interest of 14,306,806/. payable on the last series vt ould cease. An armistice had, it was said, been concluded be• tween the Captain-General of Galicia and the Carlisi Chiefs of that province. Taking money at 31 per cent. and assuming that it is improvable at half yearly interest, the present value of an annuity of 5/. for fifty years (first series) is £l23 3 1 4/. do. (second series) is 3/. do. (third series) is There is very little domestic news in the French Journals of Thursday. The Government officers were busy in the development of a new conspiracy of a more formidable character than any by which the Monarchy of July has hitherto been assailed. The details will be made public as soon as the , exa mination of the leading members (eight of whom are in custody) is concluded. The correspondent of a Morning Contemporary gives the following ac count of this new plot, which appears not to have been of police manufacture : The conspiracy was truly formidable. It comprised the remains of the Societe des Saisons, in which originated the insurrection of the 12th of May last, with new ad herents, and other parties hitherto distinct from them in principle and views. Their organization was perfect, a circumstance which, with the all-grasping ramifica tions of the police system that obtains in France, consti tuted the protection of the Government, who it appears were informed of every movement of the disaffected. The numbers of the persons affiliated in this new revolutionary party, which assumed the title of ' Societe Nationale,' have not been accurately ascertained, but are said to be considerable, not of distinguished, but of real fight ing men. Their means had accumu l a t e d so rap idl y , that they calculated on being sufficiently prepared for an outbreak before the opening of the session of the Chambers. Of muskets the stock was deficient, but their places were to be supplied with hand-grenades and missiles of that class (most of which were formed of glass globes or bottles filled with gunpowder, covered over with a thick paste of earth, in which were im bedded grape shot ; the whole bound over with canvas). A five-second fusee communicating with the gunpow der rendered this weapon complete. In the hands of cool, desperate men, no projectile could be more deadly." Prince METTERNJCH returned to Vienna on the 28th ult. greatly improved in health. Accounts from Russia state that conspiracies are rife in every part of the empire, and that in many of them the civil authorities are deeply implicated. BOURSE.—Pams, THURSDAY, Nov. 7. ...£145 15 0 7 11 8 Making together And leaving a deficit unprovided for of To make up the aggregate of 100/. new Five per Cent. Stock created by the conversion into it of 1661. 13s. 4d. Three per Cents, £153 6 8 But this deficit of 7/. 1 Is. Bd. per cent. on Consols would, on the entire conversion, amount to about 30 millions of money, and to overcome this difficulty some concessions must be made by the Crown, and all par ties interested must unite to carry an object so greatly to be desired. The fundholder especially ought to be the last to offer any difficulty. Indeed it would appear, that, if by any scheme he were guaranteed to be a loser of no more than 41. II s. per cent. on his Consols, which this deficiency of 71. 11 s. Bd. on 1661. 13s. 4d. Consols amounts to, he would have to congratulate him self ; for, as assuredly as two and two make four, and as palpable as that axiom is the certainty, that unless ef fectual measures be taken to secure the fundholder by some plan which shall also include the prospect of re lief to the nation, bis at present fragile security must sooner or later fail him. Means, however, can be de vised to accomplish both desiderata. We have not room for more. Suffice it to say, that it is proposed to raise the thirty millions re quired to pay the deficit to the stockholder by loan on New Five per Cent. Stock, redeemable at 1531. 6s. Bd., and, by instalments of 151. per cent. at a time, to make the process gradual. Provision, it is observed, might be made for the repayment of the principal and interest of the loan from the follow ing sources—the Crown Lands, the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, Colonial Lands, a tax in the shape of a stamp on contracts for the sale of the new stock, and a reduction of 600,0001. on the collection of the Revenue. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents llO 80 ... 110 90 ... 110 80 ... 110 85 3 per Cents Bl 90 ... 81 90 ... 81 85 ••• 81 85 Bank of France 2950 —.2950 —.2949 .. . 2'J4O Lattitte Bank 5,000 f. Sh 5215 ...5215 ...5215 ...5215 I,ooof. Sli lO7O ...IWO ~.1070 ...1070 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl4 ... 102 ... MIN ... 102 3 per Cents....., 7l 40 ... 71 40 ... 71 40 ... 71 40 Bank 750 ... 760 ... 750 ... 760 C3upons ...... Spanish Active ... . .. 28% ... 28% Passive 7% 28% ... 7% ... 7% ... 7%, Roman, ex. div RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 430 ... 430 ... 475 ... 477 59 LB Orleans .. 445 ... 443 ... 445 ... 445 - - -- - HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Nor. '5. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents, Bank Shares 1575 1580 Al4lO-Russian Loan 116% lON Russian 5 per Cent. let series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series Russian 5 per Cent. Hop? and Co. 3d and 4th Series 97% 97% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 25j pee Cent 50% 50!.4 Ditto 5 per Cent 9B,i Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l 70% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent. lOl% Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 25 . , EXCHANGES OK LONDON. H•MBURH, Non. 5._13. 13__Two months, 13. 3%. STOCKHOLM, OCT. '.:9.—Seventy-five days, 11. 30. CHRIHTIANIA, OCT. 26.-1 hree months, 4 100.. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viastna, Oar. 57.1073 Five per Cents. Metalliques 108 Fear per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares ..../fltzemeiae Zeitufsz. Nov- 1. PRUSSIAN FUNDS. —BERLIN, Nov. 4." Bills. Money. St, Schuld. Sch., 4 t 4; per cent. .............10314 Prussian English Loan, 1530, 4 per cent. 102% l02!i lOcetiange on London, three months ... 6 21% _ —Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 4. __------• THE NEW Junrix.—The illorning Post asserts this morning that Mr. Turton will be th• new Judge. This is a fabrication which the least inquiry might have convinced the Post would not obtain any credence. Mr. Turton is gone back to India, where he has about this time arrived, and the country could not wait, four months, at least till he could be brought back, for a Judge. LLOYD'S SHIPPING•_(THIS DAY, THE MAR HIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. There were good supplies of all kinds, and a very fair trade. Dutch Grapes were plentiful; Vegetables of all kinds were good and fresh, and prices much the same as last week ; Mush rooms continue very abundant ; French Beans, 55. per 100 ; Peas 4s. per sieve ; Spinach Is. 6d. per sieve; Cabbages 94. per dozen; Cucumbers 2s. 64. per sieve ; Apples 4s. to Bs. 6d. per bushel ; Lemons is. to las. per 100 ' • Turnips ld. per bunch ; Brocoli, 6d. to ls. per bundle ; Carrots 3s. to 4s. 6d. per dozen ; Onions Is. 3d. per sieve ; Celery 6d, to ts. 94. per bundle. LETS.-(T NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of :11 - kinds;ere very large. The demand was dull, but prices did not vary. Beef, 25. 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mut ton, 3s. to 35. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Gd. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 6d. Geese, 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Rab bits, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Ducks, Is. 6d. to 2s. 3d. ; Turkeys, 45. to 10s. ; Chickens, ls. to is. 9d. ; Fowls, Is. 6d. to 25. 6d. ; Teal, 4d. to Gd. ; Pheasants, 3s. to 4s. ; Grouse, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Black Game, 3s. to 4s. ; Hares, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each. Pigeons, 3d. to Gd. Eggs, Gs. 6d. to Bs. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were fair supplies of all kinds, and prices were much as last quoted. Turbot, Ss. to 20s. Cod, 2s. 6d. to 13s. Good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. Lobster's, 10d. to 3s. Beef, 71d. to Bd. Mutton, 71d. to 81d Veal, Bd. to 9d. Pork, 7d. to ad. Vegetables very fresh and plentiful, and prices much as at Covent Garden. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies of all kinds good, and prices lower for some sorts ; the demand moderate. Turbot 6s. to 20s. ; Cod 2s. 6d. to 12s. ; Lobsters 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Soles 6d. to 3s. per pair; Oysters 12s. to 40s. per bushel; good Salmon Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Whitings sd. to 10d. ; and Haddocks 10d. to 2s. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were but moderate, and the demand not brisk. Hay, 50s. to 955. ; Clover, 86s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—nere was a decided improvement of id. to }d. per lb. in the prices of American descriptions from the close of our last report up to Wednesday, with less inclination to sell, consequently the supply for the first three days of the week was by no means liberal, and buyers had to I encounter an up-hill market, On Wednesday morning' the Liverpool arrived from New York, with accounts of the 19th as gloomy as could be anticipated. Not withstanding this, though there is some check to business our market does not appear to be in iuenced in any degree of moment. There is a par tial desire to realize, and necessarily a greater choice for buyers, but although in these instances prices are not so steady, and there does not appear any inclination in the bulk of our holders to give way, par ticularly as the balance of opinion inclines to the belief that the coming import will be much retarded, prices closed about id. per lb. higher for American than Friday last. No change in Surat, Brazil, and Egyptian ; rather easier, and little doing in them. Speculators have taken 1,800 bales of American, 100 Surat ; and Exporters 1,000 bales of American. The sales to-day are about 3,000 bales of all kinds. We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the sth September. PORT NATAL.—By the Mary we have some recent intelligence from Port Natal : The troops were in good health. Nothing definite had transpired respecting the present condition of the Boers. Dingaan, it is said, has withdrawn himself (it is not known exactly where), taking with him the cattle he had promised to restore to the Boers. The Mazeppa had brought from De la Cot Turhard's party, and landed them at Natal. The Eleanora bad been driven on shore and wrecked ; ship and cargo said to be insured. The Cape of Good Hope Marine Company, with their usual good luck, lose nothing by the accident. The emigrants have been visited by the measles, and it is reported that 60 chil dren had died of the disease. We have received Halifax papers to the 18th of October : " On the evening of the sth instant her Majesty's ship Andromache struck on an unknown rock off Entry Island, one of the Magdalen Islands, and it being tLe top of high water she remained ten hours on shore, but got off without any material damage, after throwing a few shot overboard. " The crops of grain throughout Prince Edward's Island, which were uncut previous to the gale of the 13th inst., we regret to learn, have been nearly all prostrated?' DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PicTou.—(From the Hali fax .Journal.)—" It is our painful duty to record this morning the commencement of another fire in the coal pits, apparently of much greater extent than any that have preceded it. At an early hour last evening, 19th of October, this community was thrown into great ex citement by the appearance of a brilliant illumination of the atmosphere in the direction of the Cart river. The general impression appeared to be that New Glas gow was in flames, but on the arrival of a young man at nine o'clock, it was ascertained that a fire had broke out in pit No. 4. A violent explosion took place and two houses were raised from their foundations, one of them shattered to pieces ; some of the inmates had been found at a late hour in the evening. When the despatch left the Pits, they were removing the goods from the stores adjoining. After day-light, two im mense columns of dense black smoke rose in the air, showin g that the fire had extended to another pit." We have received New Brunswick Papers to the 13th October " The Bermudas were visited, on the 11th Septem ber, with a tremendous hurricane, which raged with little intermission from the evening of that day, until noon the day following, and caused considerable damage to the houses of St. George's and Hamilton." The foreign exchanges yesterday were much the same as the last post day with exception of that of Paris, on which capital a good deal was done. Consols opened this morning with an improvement on the leaving off prices of yesterday, which were 90i Money ; Account 90i ; and at present may be quoted 90-1- for Money ; for Account, 901 I. Exchequer Bills, 12 10 discount ; Bank Stock, 179 180; India Stock 250 251. _ _ .........__ In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active has also im proved ; closed at 27+, at present 271 i ; Portuguese, same as the leaving off price, 314 32 ; Three per Cents. 213 22 ; Colombian, 30, 1 , ; Mexican, 29i i ; Brazilian, 724 73 ; Spanish Passive, 6i 7* ; Deferred, 124. Money continues in demand, from 8 to 10 per cent. in' Exchequer Bills. PRICEs OF STOCKS TRIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. no Bank Stock l7t4i 9 lndia Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 8 per Cent. C0n5........ ..... 9C% 1 / 4 l South Sea Stock — 3Y4 per Cent. — Old Annuitie ' Ditto Red. 97 1 / 4 7 New Ditto New 3% per Cent ~5 %%, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per C~at. Bank Long Annuities to expi re Ditto 510 ... 910 dis. Jan. 5, 1860 13% ~', % Ditto Small .. 9 12 8 dis, Oct. 10, 1859 _13% i Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 1860 I3T i Ditto Advertised ..... Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 1. 1870 — Consos for Account 90%14% RICES OF FOREIGN F" NDS THIS D AI: AT ONE O'CLOCti. Austrian Bonds ION Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Accsunt.....3l% 2 1 / 4 15 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent ... '2 y 2 i Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds Ditto Accou t Columbian Bonds —. Ditto Account Ditt o Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1821 30% f Spanish Bonds ' 7 V:2 Ditto Account Danish Bonds ........... F feliatv, Deferred e e r r c c e e n n t t ...... — l ; 2 . 1 / 4 J. Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 18'25 —.---- 4 per cent —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent - ' ---- Exchange. — f f. -:;': Ditto Account — ' Dutch, 2% per cent. — Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account 99 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 65 _ Ditto New , 1) 7 Brighton Railway '5O 16% 4anchestar and Leeds Railway Company 6O 67 _._ - . . General Steam Navigation Company .......,..... 14 24% COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 ' i4lbraitar 4B Cittl, at sight Rotterdam " U l2 6% Genoa.. Antwerp... Hamburg.. M.B. 13 13 l V en i ce Altona . l3 l3%lNaples Paris, 3 days' sight '2s 45 Palermo per oz. 120% Ditt0....... ........ ...3 Ms. 25 70 Lisbon 54 Nlarseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 151 IA Bahia 27 P e tershutgh,ruble...3 Us. 38 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective f1...3 M 10 '7 Philadelphia 46 Trieste......ditto lO 8 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Madrid 36% Portugal Gold, coin.... .a:0 0 0 Cadiz.... ......... ......... Gilboa ..... Barcelona 96 New Dollars 0 4 10° Seville 3O Silver in Bars HALF-PAST OIVE. The Hamburg mail of the sth November has ar rived, which brings the exchange on London at the last quotation, 13.34 ; gold also the same, 431 ; silver one schilling higher: The accounts from Dantzic state that a good deal of wheat has been bought on speculation there; and some cargoes of wheat have been shipped for London and Newcastle. The above papers of the sth Nov. do not bring any fresh intelligence from the East. Consols for the Account are not quite so good as in the morning, when they reached 901, at present 90i, for Money also lower, 90i, have been 90i. Exche quer Bills rather improved, 10 12 8 discount ; India Bonds, 12 dis. ; Bank Stock 179 ; India Stock 250. In the Foreign Market little doing except in Spanish, which are lower ; they reached 271, at present 27i ; Portuguese 31-;-', ; Three per Cents. 22 ; Spanish Pas sive 7 ; Deferred, 124 ; Five per Cents. 99. This being Lord Mayor's Day, it occasions a great crowd in the City, and puts a stop to commercial affairs. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) _~:~,._. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FISHMONGER'S COMPANY. JUDGMENT. The MASTER of the ROLLS this morning gave judg ment upon the two informations filed against the Fish mongers' Company, relating to the ehilrities of Sir T. Kneseworth and of I-I , nry Preston. The arguments were heard in Hilary Term last. - • His LORDSHIP delivered judgment first on the in formation in regard to Sir Thomas Kneseworth's cha rity. The object f this information was, to have it declnred that certair: lands devised to the Fishmongers' Company by the will of Sir T. Kneseworth, were vested in the defendants for the charitable trusts and purposes expressed by the will, and that such trusts and purposes might be carried into effect under the direction of the Court. Tile lands in question belonged to Sir Thomas Kneseworth, whose will wag - dated the - - - 13th of April, 1513, in the fourth year of the reign of 1-lenry the Eighth. By that will, after describing the property of which he was seized, he bequeathed the same to the Fishmongers' Company end the;r sue- cessors, to the intent that they should keep and perform every article in the will in the manner therein specified. His fi:st direction was, that part of the rents and reve nues of his estates should be applied in repairing and in rebuilding the premises in such manner that the rent should amount to the payment and contentation of his legacies. Ile then directed various payments as to vthich it was alleged by the relators that all but one were for charitable uses, which ought to be carried into effect by the Court in pursuance of the will, or as neailv as might be, having regard to the circumstances that have since taken place. On the other hand, the defendants alleged that of all the payments directed by the will, one only was for a purpose that could be considered a good and charitable purpose ; that all the other payments were for superstitious uses, and that the only charitable purpose had_ been fully performed. The defendants further contended that the sums directed to be applied to superstitious us. s had become vested in the Crown under the statute of QUEEN-SQUARE-(THIS DAY.) Edward the 6th, which passed in the year 1547 ; that by certain letters patent, dated the 4th July, 1550, in the 4th year of the reign of Edward VI., the various sums directed to be so applied, and which were vested in the Crown, were for valuable consideration, granted by the King to the Fishmongers' Company. But doubts having arisen on the subject, an Act of Parliament was passed in the 4th year of the reign of James the First, by which those doubts were removed, and the lands became vested in the Company ire- their own use and benefit, subject only to the chari table uses which they alleged ware created by the will of Kneseworth, and which they had performed. The defendants admitted that since those grants were made they lied applied a considerable part of the income to charitable purposes, more or less, arising out of the purposes expressed in the will, but that they had done so only out of a pious regard to the memory of Knese worth, and not from any obligation to which they were subjected. After the passing of the Statute of Edward the Sixth questions arose as to the effect of it. When gifts were made to superstitious uses it was doubtful whether the Statute vested the laml itself, or only par ticular rents or proceeds thereof in the crown. It ap ' peered to his Lordship, however, that the Fishmongers' Company had had vested in them, for their own use, such lands, or the interest of such lands, men tioned in the letters patent of Edward the Sixth, as the Crown was entitled to under the Statute of Edward VI. One of the purposes for which Sir Thomas Kenesworth directed the rents of his estate to be ap plied, was the founding and maintaining two Anni versaries or Obits, for ever. It was admitted that that was a superstitious use within the statute, and supposing that any part of the rents were to be applied to purposes not superstitious, the Crown, though it might not he entitled to the land, was under the statute entitled, in,the nature of rent charges, to such sums of money as in any one year during the preceding five years were applied to purposes deemed superstitious by the statute. Other companies of the City were in similar circumstances, and an arrangement took place between the Crown and the companies, for the purchase by the latter of rent charges, to which the Crown was supposed to be entitled, for the sum of 18,444/. 11s. 2d. Three persons were appointed to carry the arrangement into effect, and by letters patent, dated the 4th of July, in the fourth year of the reign of Edward VI., in consideration of that sum paid to the Treasurer of the Court of Augmentation, the King granted to them various rents, annuities, and yearly sums, issuing out of the lands belonging to the Companies of the City of London, and among other Companies was the Fishmongers' Company. Among the rents issuing out of the lands of the Fishmongers' Company was the yearly sum of 535. 4d. out of the two estates in the parish of St. Dunstan, bequeathed by the will of Kneseworth, which yearly sum the Com pany had paid towards the perpetual support of the anniversary in the chapel of London, for the soul of Sir Thomas Kneseworth ; and then the letters patent described three rents of 125., 10s., and 10s., which three sums mentioned in this grant, were particularly men tioned in tho will of Kneseworth as quit rents, and con sequently the 21. 13s. 4d., which the Company had paid for anniversaries, was all that in this testament was described as the King's rent or annuity in respect of such application. There was no evidence to show what was the revenue arising from the estates in question, though, from the disposition made by the will, it would seem probable that the income greatly exceeded the quit rents. On the whole, it appeared to him (the Master of the Rolls) that any rent or payment to which the King was entitled, under the statute of Edward VI., was assured to the Company by the sta tute of James ; and taking into consideration the effect of that Act, and having regard to the nature of the present suit, which sought to esta blish the trusts of Sir Thomas Kueseworth's will, and not any other, his Lordship thought the question to be determined was, whether the trusts of Knete North's will, or any of them were good and charitable trusts, which have been violated by the de fendants, and the execution of which was required to la , enforced by the decree of the Court. The Testator after devising the estates to the Company, to the intent that they should perform his will, and after giving direc tions for obits and anniversaries, and the various super stitious ceremonies attending the same, gave this three tion,ftat the Company should provide four honest lies's to sing and pr ly tile:e for ever, especially for his soul, thte soul of his wife, the soul of his father and mother, and benefactors, and all Christian souls, paying yearly to every one of the said priests for their salaries, 4/. sterling, in equal quarterly payments ; and he gave directions for maintaining a perpetual succession of such priests, and for securing the payment of these ' salaries. He next directed the Company to provide " thirteen honest men and women, being in 1 o 'erty and misery, not able to live of their own goods," to pray for the befor. nentioned souls ; he provided for tie perpe• tual succesiien of such poor persons, and directed the Company to pay them eightpence weekly, and to deliver them a certain quantity of Welsh cloth. The poor persons IA ere required to pray daily, and to attend the anniversaries and obits. After having thus provided prayers for the souls thus mentioned he directed the Company to pay to the Prior and Convent of Roseton, in Hertfurdshire, 4/. yearly in equally quarterly payments, on condition that the Prior and Convent would find a priest to say mass every day, " from Easter to Michaelmas, the said ma's to be done before six of the clock in the forenoon, ' and one bell to begin to ringi thereto at five of the clock in the forenoon ; and from Michaelmas to Easter to begin to ring at six of the clock in the forenoon or before, and the mass Co be done before seven of the clock in the forenoon." The priest was to have 31., part of the 41., and was to pray for the soul of Kneseworth at the altar, and to say de profundis for all. In the arguments for the relators and in support of the infor mation, it was urged that the directions last mentioned were only directions to pray for the souls of the dead ; that such directions were not unlawful, and were not and never had been prohibited by the Church of &g -land ; and were not deemed superstitious at the tinar the Statute of Edward the Sixth was passed. It did not appear to his Lordship necessary fur the purpose of deciding this case to enter into a minute investigation of the doctrines of the Church of England respecting prayers for the souls of the dead. The question was, whether the uses to which the testator had directed his property to be applied in perpetuity, were such as to vest the land in the Crown, according to the intent and true effect of the statute of King Edward VI., and although prayers for the souls of deceased persons might not, according to the doctrines of the Church of England, be necessarily con nected with the doctrine of purgatory, and although it might notibe considered an ecclesiastical offence to pray for the souls of deceased persons or to request others to do so (on which points he did not think it necessary to express any opinion), yet it might be deemed superstitious to create an establishment, or endow a foundation to be continued in perpetuity, with certain ceremonies, supposed to be religious, to secure prayers for the dead, either alone, or in connection with other observances, within the express terms of the Statute. It appeared to his Lordship that question had been decided by authority, for he thought the cases of Adam v. Lambert, as reported by Cooke and Moore ; Pitt v. Farmer, as reported by Rowe ; and other cases cited by Duke, could not be read without coming to the conclusion that establishments or foundations for prayers for the dead were deemed superstitious within the statute of Edward the Sixth ; and upon those autho rities his Lordship was of opinion that the directions of the will were such that the payments made in respect thereof became vested in the Crown. The next direc tion in the will was that the company should pay to the prisoners of Newgate and Ludgate 40s. yearly, at the discretion of the Wardens, in such things as the prisoners there should be most in need of. To this gift no objection was made. The defendants alleged they had performed the trust, and there was no charge to the contrary. The testator next directed the Corn- tinny to npp o i n t a reccitTr of the rents, who Isas.l LJ pa, ne ;, ul tau ~,; gild other charges, and the Chamberlain of London was to • EV E IN . ING Et) IPTION _ .., attend the taking of the recount, and to reC,eive 3 s, 4d.1 and the warden and chamberlain on s uch oce.4sfon were to have 13s. 4d. for a breakfast. H e then dtri:cteti executors should pay to the W4rdeas of ColVa" h Y 100 marks, to be kept in the Treasury house , to te intent that every honest man of the Company who 1 , borrow 20 marks, or 101. of the said 100 marks, and of the money remaining of the said issues and profits for half-a•year's space, and lays a sufficient pledge for the sure repayment thereof, and also say five paternosters , five roes, and a credo for his soul, and the souls above-mcniioned, should have de livered unto him by the wardens, 20 marks, or 101, la case the Company of Fishmongers made defauit n perforating the trusts, the testator declare d the gift void. There was no evidence to show whether 100 marks were ever paid, but the gift of that sum • for the better performance of the trusts led to 40 inference that at that time the rents were not more than sufficient to answer he purposes of the testator. Even in the direction for making and renewing loans out of the fund, the testator ha,l mixed up religious obser vances, and the only charitable gift unmixed with super stition was to the prisoners of Newgate and Ludgate. That might be sufficient to save the land from vesting in the Crown, but all the other gifts appeared to his Lordship to be either oils for superstitious uses, or so connected with superstition, or for continuing super stitious uses, that the rents payable in that respect became the property of the Crown, under the statute of Edward VI.; and under all circumstance of the case, his Lordship was of ~pinion that the estatesdevised by Sir T. Kneseworth became the property of the Crown, j sub ect only to the performance of the trusts for the pri soners of Newgatc and Ludgate, which trusts had been performed. He was therefore of opinion the informa -1 tion must be dismissed with costs. QUEEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied this morning with case from the Crown paper, none of which Fosassed any public interest. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY•) The Court gave judgments. The only one of inte e" . ' rest was a case in which the main point had been, the- Cher in an action by assignees to recover goods delivered by a bankrupt to a creditor, prior to and in conternPl3- tion of his bankruptcy, it could be given in evidence that other creditors, under the same circumstances. bad returned the goods after the fiat had issued. The Court held that it could not. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY v. A SHA:IEHOLDER.—IMPORTANT. In this case tile Court granted a rule to show causewhy an order of Mr. Justice Erskine should not be se ci t aside, disallowing a plea of the defendant , who was sue for two calls, that the Company had departed front t is he line laid down by Parliament. Mr. sergeant. Wilde to argue the point (which is une of vital importance, es it will be at once perceived) on l'he part of the COMP an Y . MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES— SILVER V. BARNES: Mr. B. ANDREWS applied to the :.:ourttoheallowe.to. argue this case (which was a new tvial) under the 1 ... lowing curious mistake :—He had made in the Court of Queen's Bench—his brief having bee n he discovered so endorsed—and not till just cow had - that the endorsement was erroneous, and t bats the AP' where , plication should be made in the Common 1 3 ,`Ca' %iouslY for some days past his client had been an pecting his appearance.—(Laughter.) of the application Lord Chief Justice TYND AL--Did the (2,ourt Queen's Bench decide ? Mr. B. ANDREWS—NO ; they take time to consider. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE Perha ti We w e ha d begb tter, ask their opinion—it will save troubit It is quite a mistake. the c ave, n Mr. B. ANDREws proceeded to arga.' e which was one in which a question of usury bad been raised, under these circumstances :—A mutuJl 131 n society hail been formed—with c)5O shares of 40/. e ac i. . —on each 10s. per month to be paid, the money' for lected to be put up to auction, those who paid ,most it to have of it an amount equal to the share Ire he", The defendant was to have 801., for which he ga ve b' , note of hand, and promised to pay 151. 17s. 6d. ie stalment , , and five per cent. interest. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—The point is whether there is contingency. M. B. ANDREWS—Yes, and we contend there is none. The COURT took time to consider ; and we shall take care to report their decision. f : EXCHEQUER COURT—THIS DAY- The Court was occupied the whole morning v" ti l cases in the New Trial Paper, none of whic h p os6es ' e° any feature of public interest. At two o'clock firing of guns gave noti ce of the, an proach of the civic procession. Shortly after the the Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, accompanied by Sheriffs, Recorder, Aldermen Harmer, Gi bbs, and„Tolr took their son, and the usual city officers entered, and lll respective. places, when the Learned Recorde r, in c°,_. phmentary language, presented the Lord Mayor to. we t C . ourt ; also the late Lord Mayor, upon his reti ree ' ell from office, for the purpose of rendering his accounts. The LORD CHIEF BARON replied in the same " rii plimentary strain—their Lordships were invited to dinner, and the procession returned as it arrived. The COURT did not resume its sittings afterwards. THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW. (THIS DAY.) This morning, in accordance with the annual cust°ll; the newly-elected Lord Mayor (the Rigbt lion. bl Chapman Marshall) set out fro m the Guildhall at ha.f past eleven o'clock, in grand procession, for Wes' niinster. His Lordship was preceded by the member s of the different City Companies , with their banner°, a ttended by bands of music and by anc ient knight in armour, looking as chivalrous to the full, as the Knights of Eglintoun, and by the new Sheriffs, whose splendid equipages and new liveries attracted general admi ration ; and the Aldermen and officers of the Corporation. Tne band of the Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards was in attendance, and performed several popular airs in excellent style. The procession started from the Guildhall at half-past eleven o'clock precisely, and proceeded up the Poultry and Cornhill through Gracechurch-street, and King William-street to London Bridge, where his Lordship and the Aldermen ah,d Slieriffs, together with the members of the dir ferent Companies, embarked for Westminster it ter their State Barges. They returned by wa to Blackfriars, where they disembarked, and entering their carriages returned in procession to Guildhall ie At the Obelisk the procession was joined by d carriages of her Majesty's Ministers and the othe r g ues t! invited to join the banquet. Both the presen t and the late Lord Mayor were frequently cheered. Tbe (111 was remarkably fine. bemoan. COURT CIRCULAR. WIND F H• son, FRID AY: is Royal Highness the Du ke of Cambridge left the Castle at an early hour this rtorcf: kg for towa. His Royal Highness returned in the ternoon from London. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening° is expected to include their Royal H i g hnesses d the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambrige' f c , m bridge , and the Princesses Augusta and Mary their Serene Highnesses Princc Ernest a nd Prince Al' s terhi_t?Y bert of Saxe Coburg Gotha, Count Albe rt v. Earl of March, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Errol, E , count Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston , Dowager La d y lgis Lytleton, Lady C. Dundas, Miss Kerr, Hon. Cocks, Hon. Miss Murray, Lady Caroline Barringegton• ' Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torr in gton, Baron e, I.;: ii e : beck, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleb Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and the Hon. C. Murray. Yesterday was the birth day of the Princess Avigu'tlio. The Duke of Cambridge paid a c on gra tulatory vast s her Royal Highness in the mo r n in g , at Clarence 11°.,t",,"' St. James's, on his arrival in town from Windsor tle. His Serene Highness Prince Ed ward of 53,,.%- Weimar also visited her Royal Highness Cls'et.a: 1-louse. The Princess Augusta visited the Du clle-s of Gloucester in the afternoon, at Gloucester Hous e " it Her Royal Highness's tradesmen illumina ted the houses in the ev e ni ng , one o • c lock The Duke of C am b r idge left town at yesterday afternoo n , on his return to Windsor Castle. The Duchess o f Gl o ucester had a dinner p arty Yet' terday evening, at Gloucester House. The comPl included th e P r i ncess Augusta, and Prin ce Edwir of Saxe Weimar. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at 1110 1 b5 rough House, on Thursday afternoon, from the Rc i) Military College, at nean Sdhurst. • p er Viscount Melbour will give the first Cabinet dm _ this season on Monday, the 18 th inst ., at his resideoce in South-street. uoho Mr. Sturgeon, Mr. Duncombe , and Mr. 'Shi, nessy had an interview with the Ma r q uis of Normow yesterday, at the Home Office. The Portuguese Minister transacted business )esttr day, at the Foreign Office. DETENTION OF THE WESTERN MAIL.---- This morning the Exeter and Devonport mails did nclt ci arrive for nearly three hours after their usual time, fL, several of the W estern stages have not arrived• 'l."' Vivid and Emerald, four-horse stage-coacbcs, °on; Exeter, which should have arrived at one p.m., arrive last evening until eight o'clock. The del 3 Y s wes tern were occasioned by the extensive floods in the districts. did no TWELVE LIVES LOST.—Early this mornings twelve men and boys lost their lives, by being preeiPr tated to the bottom of the Huish coal pit, near Ilsu stock, owing to the breaking of the rope, which is Or posed to 'nave been wilfully ...Ind maliciously cut througlli on Thur.s.(Lay civo,il4, io L'W -1 zrao, Owe' Bryant, cnip",,, ,'3. in lilnliTl, ,, .1 . , ,_..1',,,;:.,,d hi t , inoliwrr. near 200 and was preoipitated to the bottom of the pit, yards, and dashed to p ieces.—Bath Herald of Saturdsl• 4411 L