The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Operations on this railway are now proceeding at all parts with great vigour and activity. In our own city the changes caused by this great work are not among the least striking. At the Calton-hill, where the line pierces the hill, the face of the declivity is cut into so as to make it steeper than ever, while the workmen plying their vocation at various heights on the hill, give the whole a singular appearance. Here also the wall is considerably raised on the north side of the North Back of Canongate, whence a bridge is to be thrown across the street on the progress of' the line to its terminus at the North-bridge. Preparations are also making for the bridge that crosses the Abbey-hill at Simpson's coach-work ; and the retaining wall there has already attained a considerable elevation. The houses facing the street here still stand ; but several that stood behind them have been removed to make room for the em bankment that is to carry on the line in its progress. From this point to the Meadow-bank Brewery, there is little trace of the works; but near this latter point, and just where the line enters the low grounds at Craigentinny, the surface of the ground has been removed, and workmen are busily employed driving piles to give a foundation for the extensive works that are intended to carry the line over to thehigh grounds east of Piershill. Here we believe a viaduct is to cross the post-road, but nothing has yet been done with that view ; and the next trace of the railway is to be found in a field adjoining the old Roman road to Portobello, now generally known as the Fishwives' Causeway. Here the portion of ground intended for railway purposes has been staked out, and workmen are employed to remove the sod. From this point the line proceeds to the southward of Portobello, and on the high ground above that town a considerable number of men are employed. The ground has not only been marked out, but the surface has been removed for a consider able length of road, preparatory to a deeper levelling, while iron rails and waggons are also collected in the immediate neighbourhood, with a view, we presume, to the formation of a temporary railroad for removing the soil. Near the easternmost part of Portobello the railroad crosses the road from that town to the vil lage of Easter Duddingstone, which it will do at a lower level ; and a good deal of progress has already been made here, in building the walls of a bridge which is to span the line, while the forma tion of the ordinary road, slightly altered in its course, and considerably heightened in its inclination, is pretty far advanced already. Further on the line crosses the road to a quarry in the neighbourhood, from which the greater part of the stones for the bridge are being procured. Here the railway goes above the road, and a viaduct is to be thrown over the road. Here the side walls of the bridge are up to the level of the road, and a number of workmen are busily employed rearing it further. A little onward the line encounters the small stream that falls into the sea near the Magdalen Foundry ; but operations do not seem to have yet commenced here. From the ra idity with which all these works are prosecuted, however, and the course adopted of commencing the more difficult parts of the line first, we cannot doubt that two years, or little more, will see this extensive line in full operation.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. SCOTCH BANKING. At the general meeting of the Edinburgh Mer chant Company, held in their Hall on Monday, J. P. MITCHELL, the Chairman, said he need harrik advert to the great interest which this subject v. as exciting among all classes in Scotland, especiad among the mercantile and trading classes, further than to say, that that interest and excitement had inductai him, along with deputations representative other public bodies, to call upon their representative, Mr. B. Macau lay, when recently in Edinburgh, and lay before him all the information in their power with respect to the working of the present banking system, its perfect safety, the satisfaction of all classes of society with it, and their alarm at the prospect of its being in a.ny way interfered with. Mr. Macaulay certainly heard the deputation with willingness and attention, but the feeling which seemed to be uppermost with him was just this—it seems to be the impression in the minds of all Englishmen, that gold in the shape of sovereign , is a good thing to circulate south of the Tweed, and they cannot understand why in that cas, they should not be an equally good medium of cir culation to the north of the Tweed. This statement would show them what was in the minds ofpublic men ; it was an index of the general state of feeling antont: the leading statesmen ; and Scotchmen—especia!ly all the Scotch traders and merchants, must make up their minds to use strong exertions if they wouL: preserve a continuance of the present system of bank ing, which had wrought so well for all classes and in itrest in the country, and without any injury what ever. They must join the noblemen and gentleiner' of the counties, and other public bodies who were now moving to preserve the present system of bank ing. It may be all true that the sovereign currency did well in England, but it could never do in Scot land, where they were so far removed from London. and where their transactions were generally of a. much smaller kind than in England. lie could easily show that the system would be most expensive, for the trading part of the community would have ti bear the expense Gf the heavy exchanges betweer town and town, and they would be continually in volved in a scarcity of the circulating medium. It was the duty of Scotland to stand up and decide this question, before anything was done at all in the was of preparing an Act of Parliament. If they did so. the Prime Minister would not run in the face of the united feelings and sentiments of the whole people. It was agreed to remit the matter to the Master and Assistants with the addition of Mr. Cadell. Mr. JAMES M`LauEN wondered that Sir Robert Peel should have such an extraordinary anxiety abou . the stability of Scotch banks—it would be more wortl his attention to look after the banking system of Eng land, which had never been in so safe a state that should be put forward as an example to this part re the empire. But what was the evidence that an Scottish banking system was unsafe ? Could any thing be safer? The paper circulation throughout the whole country by all the banks did not exceed three or four millions of money. To back that papal circulation. which was absolutely necessary for thr purposes of ct;nunerce, there was a proprietary capita' of twelve millions sterling, which was at all times liable to make good any deficiencies that could pos sibly occur. They were t 0,, .; notwithstanding tin perfect security and convenience C. the present sys tem, that Mr. Macaulay seemed to justify :interferencr with it on the ground, that if a gold currency laa , done well in England, it would also do well in scot land. lie (Mr. M•Laren) would reverse that senti anent, and maintain that England's currency had never been so safe as Scotland's, and he would draw from that fact the conclusion, that a gold current} having always worked ill in Ingland—he meant a , compared with the small note currency of Scotland it would undoubtedly, if introduced into Scotland. work as ill there as it had done in the south. Mr. CADELL said, that the country would b , roused from one end to the other to tell Sir Robert Peel that they would not allow their banking systen to b e trifle,! sth. Where was there a shadow of evi dence or of reason for meddling with a system will& all agreed had worked to the satisfaction of all inte rests throughout the country ? A Parliamentary Committee in 182.6, in consequence of the strone opinion then expressed, declared that the system having worked so well, it ought not to be meddled with. They had had eighteen years fertile; practical experience of the working of tin system, and what had occurred since then tr make an alteration necessary in 1844, which. in 1826, was found to be impolitic and un reasonable? If they had learned anything in tha . time, it was to value more and more their bankin.. , system, which had stood safe when that of England had frequently brought the country into jeopardy. lie hoped that the company, and all the other public bodies, would take up firmer ground on this great question, anti adopt the most decided steps to crust , the project at its outset. After some remarks by Mr. M`Faanaat, power was iven to the Master and Assistants to watch the pro g gress of matters, and to co-operate with other bodies. ,HURRAH FOR HIGH-lIANDED JUSTICE ! —We are glad to see that the wisdom of our ancestors, as evinced in Cie punishment of °ff.-milers, which, we feared, had fallen into general contempt, continues, in some favoured nooks of these dominions, to govern the pro ceedings of the magistracy. A glorious case occurred at the Banbury Petty Sessions. One John Coggins. labourer, was charged with an otrcnce against 0, game law , . Ho had been seen, on the morning of the Ist of September. walking about in a stubble field with a gnn. William Cowling, one of the Earl ofJersey's linkers-out, saw him, the rascal ! Coggins, to be sure, had no dog, nor did any game get up, neither did he fi*e ; but witness took his gun away. A stupid jury might have doubted whether he was sparrow shooting or not, or have believed his story, that be was going t. , ;guard his potato crop. But he had a true English ma gistrate to deal with, who was too deep for the rogue. fir. Matthews said it was painful to him to address the prisoner. Of course. Mr. Matthews, says the a l a a Thi Tines reporter, is a clergyman, as well p9rtfiman ; and we may excuse the weak ness, part , cula.rlv as Mr. Matthews, smothering his son *ibilities, inflicted on t he offender a penalty of ten pounds, and said a dist r e ss c a w r :rant should be levied for the amount. Coggins d e "Then," a goods would not feleh that mone that hi s said the just Matthews (how well 6 malediction in "you mouth t w ou ld h aw , coattin a s a a ntommitted for soundt4 after the " Then !") will a p n robably be two months' hard labour." This ruined, with his wife and family, if he h je way to keep fellows in order. Thie is the to teach people what they are at. Would that met our 'squirearehy had still the making of LEA laws. Rogues . would soon see what was what. Oh, for the [4 - ' ' 1 Old adays of the stocks , t he p illor y , an d the gallows lAlas I they scarcely ever b an g anybody now !—Punch. . MESMERISM IN EDINBURGH The most prominent topic of discussion at present in the northern metropolis is Mesmerism, demonstra tions of which so-called science have been repeatedly attended by nearly all the University professors now in the city, as well as by Professor Liebig, Mr. George Combe, and a considerable number of other gentlemen distinguished in the world of science and letters. The following, which appears in the supple ment of the last North British Advertiser, is, we un derstand, from the pen of Bon Gaultier : " The recent lectures and experiments of Mr. Spencer Hall in this city have revived the interest in Mes merism, which had been in a great measure shaken by the somewhat suspicious demonstrations of the lecturers on the same sub:ect who had previously visited us. The facts of Mesmerism are of a nature so startling, and many of the demonstrations so clearly of a kind which it is possible, though perhaps only just possible, to imitate, that we must be satisfied not merely of the integrity, but also of the sagacity of the operator, before we can yield them our belief. Both these qualities Mr. Hall obviously possesses in a re markable degree. A mind that has from childhood taken nothing upon trust, that has always kept a free open eye and heart to the impressions and impuls-s of nature, and accustomed itself to build its know ledge, wherever it was possible to do so, upon facts and individual experience, seems to render him pe culiarly fitted for investigating the subject to which he has for some years devoted his whole energies, while the combination of these qualities with a can dour, simplicity, and frankness, which at once inspire confidence in his sincerity, and a modest caution in drawing his deductions, entitle him to a fair and full hearing for whatever he may have to adduce. "The phenomena which he elicits are of so singular a kind—not only so unlike, but so contrary to, or dinary experience—that they must be seen to be believed. The story of the enchanter in the Arabian Nights, who held the Prince spellbound in a chair for years, has ceased to be a fable. He did no more than we have seen Mr. Hall do, in a less degree, again and again. But had we not seen this with our own eyes we must have regarded both cases as equally fabulous. " It will not do to maintain, as we have heard some do, that such phenomena are produced by collusion. Mr. Hall is above suspicion, and the inducements to the parties operated upon to act contrary to his will were too powerful to leave a doubt that they would have done so if they could. The strongest instance of this which we have seen occured at a demonstra tion, a few evenings ago, at a private house in the New Town of Edinburgh, in presence of a party of gentlemen met for the purpose of testing some of Mr. Hall's experiments. The patients were four in num her—three of them lads earning from 3s. 6d. to 5s per week, and the fourth a person to whom twenty pounds must have been an important sum. Mr. Hall, first, by what appeared a mere effort of will, made one of the lads unable to move from the place where he stood ; another was rendered unable either to walk or to drop a walking-stick which was put into his hand ; the third found himself incapable of rising from the chair in which he sat; while the fourth, who was told to rest his right knee upon a chair, could neither withdraw it nor move his other leg, While thus riveted, the operator offered twenty pounds to the boy who was then rooted to the ground, if he would abstain from sitting down in a chair which was placed at the distance of a few feet from him, and he likewise offered the same sum to each of the other parties who should not go out of the room. In a few seconds, the boy who was stand ing threw himself into the chair—the lad who was sitting sprang up and darted out of the room—the fingers of the boy who held the stick forced them selves open, and he shuffled, by working his heels and toes alternately, out of the room also. He could not walk, his legs having been previously made rigid by Mr. Hall. The fourth patient withdrew his knee from the chair, and after resisting the influence for three minutes and a half (the time fixed by Mr. Hall for accomplishing the experiment being five minutes), sprang forward into the adjoining room, to which Mr. Hall had withdrawn. Here collusion was out of the question. The patients were strangers to Mr. Hall,—twenty pounds a-piece was a bribe too tempting to be slighted,—and to suppose that they had either been promised, or had hopes of a larger sum for co-operating with Mr. Hall, would have been simply ridiculous. It was plain, that the parties would have won the money if they could. Their will was opposed to the operator's, but their limbs were entirely subservient to his control. Here, then, was an undeniable fact, directly at variance with all our previous experience. How is scepticism to ex plain it away ? Admit it, and what limits are to be set to the operations of the mysterious influence by which it is produced ? " The power of producing a rigidity and intensified muscular force, which shall make a delicate girl's arm oppose an easy resistance to a power that would bend a strong man's like a reed,—of twisting limbs into unnatural contortions without discomfort to the patient,—of producing entire insensibility to pain in the most sensitive parts of the body, are all facts demonstrated by Mr. Hall beyond the shadow of doubt. There is no sagacity in the scepticism which looks profound, and shakes its unbelieving head, and asks for explanation, of why and wherefore, when these phenomena are exhibited. The results are there,—there as unquestionable facts,—and it is nothing against their reality that no unequivocal rationale why they are so can be given. Principles may he guessed at, but they can be proved only by an aggregate of facts ; and a vast variety of observa tion and experience is required before a science can be framed out of phenomena so new and so fluctuating as those of Mesmerism. But surely enough has already been demonstrated to make it the duty of all lovers of truth, of all students of physiology, of all medical men worthy of their profession, to inquire earnestly into the subject. If there be no truth in this thing let it be put down as a troublesome lie ; but if there be truth in it, then its results should be, without loss of time, converted, as they appear most capable of being, to the benefit of mankind. The apathy of the medical profession on this subject is not very creditable to them. We rarely meet one of its mem bers who does not admit the existence of some such influence or agency as that contended for by the mes merists ; and yet, admitting this much, they are con tented to let their inquiries stop here. They will let iuch men as Mr. Hall go on investigating the science through abuse, insult, and calumny, and the diffi culty arising from imperfect scientific knowledge ; and - when the science is established, if established it shall be, and there is nothing to be feared in reputa tion or in purse from giving countenance to it, they will embrace it and convert it to their profit. Is it a fact, or is it not, that persons are cured by Mes merism of catalepsy, epilepsy, and all that monstrous train of nervous disorders which create much more than half the ailments of civilised life ? Is it a fact, that by it even organic disease of the most fearful kind, as in the case of Miss Martineau, is alleviated, and r - ssibly removed ? If these be facts—and they seem to be demonstrated by evidence as powerful as ,hat upon which any other facts are admitted—then s it indeed time, to say the very least, that the medical faculty should devote the whole energy of Their intellect and knowledge to this important subject. " That Mr. Hall has established a great variety of facts in Phreno-Mesmerism we think there can be no loubt. We have seen as little reason to suspect col lusion in his demonstrations of this class of phenomena .s in those to which we have already alluded. In fact, it would tax our belief more to conclude that the parties operated upon were able to feign the mani festations which they exhibited than to suppose that they were influenced by some agency to which we were strangers. Actors, with a natural capability or expressing emotion, and who have made grace and fitness of gesture and expression the study of t lifetime, have not been able to do what we have seen Illiterate boys do. Nothing in sculpture surpasses the beauty of their attitudes, nothing in features irradiated by the habitual emotions of a noble and cultivated nature, is more exquisite than the expression which we have seen light up their features, when the organs of the higher moral faculties have been excited. They speak, and their stumbling grammar, halting sense, and vulgar dialect become fluent and forcible lan guage, delivered in the tones and with the manner of a superior class. How comes it, if all this he acting, that this marvellous faculty is not turned to account, when it would be the certain source of wealth ? People who ask us to believe it to be acting forget that they are taxing our credulity quite as much as Mr. Hall. " Much more will require to be known and esta blished in regard to Mesmerism in all its branches, before its uses, both as regards mental and physical science, can be ascertained. But in the meantime, enough has been established in our opinion to entitle it to the thoughtful and patient scrutiny of all lovers of truth." BRUTALITY. —Mr. Higgs on Thursday resumed the inTiest on the body of a woman named Parker, whose husband was in custody, awaiting the result, it being alleged that his brutal violence towards her had caused her death. On a post um tem examinatian, the surgeons gave it as their opinion that this violence, though it had undoubtedly accelerated, had not directly caused, he. death. The coroner deeply regretted that on this ell dence it would be useless to commit the prisoner, even for manslaughter. The jury declared he was one of the greatest ruffians they had ever heard of, and returned a verdict in accordance with the medical eridence, but also expressed very strongly their feeling of the brutal treatment the poor woman had received from her husband BLANDFORD, OCTOBER 22.—A meeting was held at the Town Hall, at a very short notice, relative to a line of railroa4 proposed to be adopted by the South -Western Railwai * Company, to bring a branch from_ their li ne to S a li s b ury , C ran b our n e , Wi m b orne , M nilfoyd, Dor c h es t er , an d W e y mon th. Th e ' m e e tin g was s well attended, 44(1 the subject appeared to excite mii4 . s ortly be issued, and narac muT2fiterest. Prarospectweswill e sfierlierne joyqzql. furtu,. , rilE SUN, LONDON : TUESDAY _EVENING., OCTOBER 29, 1844. r.i btrb Mbition SUN OFFICE, Semi o'clock, PRICES OF SHARES L 24 CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCB AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 29. Dividend per Amount Annum. Names of Com panies. of Share. Paid. !Price. bi per cent. 41. 41. 10s. 4 per cent. 41. 4W. .153. 11. ss. sr 126. Bd. .51. . 1. 10s. 841. 104 Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke eckn eck & Abergay. Birmingham, 1-16th sh. Do. and Liverp. Juuc. Chelrner & Blackwator Coventry ..... Crom ford ...... Dudley Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and Clyde Grand Junction ..... Grand Union ..... Grand Surrey Grand We5tern...,...,, Glarnorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield .....av Rennet .mad Avon ...av Lancaster .av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester ......... Leicester & Northarnp. Loughborough ...., av Monmouthshire ..... Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell. Macclesfield Neath ..... Oxford .....„...»..« Peak Forest.. ... .......av Regent's (or London) Rochdale.. ........ Shropshire ......... Somerset Coal. Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury ...... Stourbridge. ....... 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Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land taper cent. per cent. Ales. andl bs. Eper cent. iper cent. 11% per cent t♦per cent LIST OF SCOTTISH COM OCT. 2, Bank of Scotland Royal hank British Linen Compny Comt;aercial Bank glisgow [WWI JUNE Western Bank Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance. North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of b'cotl. Edinburgh Life Incur. Scottish union Insur... Standard Life Incur Dalkeith trial/far ' Edin. and Gras. Railwy I:Lund Green. Rail. and Aria Rail. 6 per cent. 4 per cent. 8 Or sent. 6 per Oa 7 per cent. 6 per cent. Bper cent. 6 per cent. iper cent. a per cent. tper cent. 6per cent. tper cent. 6 per cent. r cent. er cent percent X s. d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 Zs. d. oo b o 41 13 4 ;leo - 7) 0 ' - 100 0 0 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—A system is extensively acted upon by the Newgate authorities, under the sanction of the Prison Committee, which, if not firmly re sisted by the attorneys and barristers of the Cen tral Criminal Court, will tend to create a mono poly of practice, at once injurious to the profes sion and to the administration of public justice. The poorer class of prisoners are especially sufferers from the practice alluded to. At the moment of their trial, these unfortunate creatures find them selves destitute of counsel, who, they supposed, had been entrusted with their defence, but who neither appear in person or by proxy. Their absence is not even accounted for or supplied—for this best of all reasons, there is no responsible person, in the character of at torney or agent, to attend to the case, or to see that some gentleman of the bar holds a brief for the prisoner. This has long been a crying evil in the Court alluded to. Judges have frowned, and Aldermen on the rota, with others of the grave and reverend Seigniors of the Civic Bench, have promised to interfere, to see that the case of the unfortunate prisoners, if conducted by counsel, should be properly prepared, and their defence arranged with regard to the grounds on which they proposed to rest their proof of exculpation, or their appeal for the merciful consideration of the court. The cause of the inconvenience and injuries to the prisoners so frequently complained of, on being inquired into, were found to originate in the reception of briefs by counsel from hands that are not strictly professional. Barristers had not been sufficiently tenacious of etiquette. They had not strictly inquired, before accepting it, whe ther a brief for a prisoner's defence was indorsed by an attorney of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. Hence, disreputable persons had found access to prisoners or their friends ; had taken their money, scraped together with difficulty, and at the expense of many sacrifices, and had then, either wholly or par tially, neglected the necessary arrangements for the defence. When their trial came on, the wretched pri soners found that their witnesses had not been got to gether ; and often that counsel had not been instructed. The attorney or agent was either not in court, or some false excuse was trumped up to meet the occa sion. Well, how have these wise and virtuous re • formers of abuses in the Court of which they are permitted by the Legislature to be the controllers and directors, proposed to cure these evils ? The obvious course would have been to take effective mea sures for excluding unauthorised practitioners from the Court ; to have kept a properly authenticated list of the practitioners; copies of which list should be exhibited in some conspicuous place in the pri son of the Court, and instructions given that none but such, or their recognised clerks—except on the special application of a prisoner—should be allowed access to him, to receive instructions for preparing his defence. The same, or somewhat similar, checks, might be provided in the Court. Let a similar list be made out, and supplied to each gentleman of the Bar, among whom an understanding should exist that no brief, except passing from one of these accredited practitioners, shall be received by them. A breach of this understanding should be regarded ' as an offence against the rules of the Bar, and subjecting the individual to censure, and, on repeti tion, to be dis-barred. But how have the City func tionaries sought to reform the evils which have existed ? By a plan at once invidious in design, and inefficient in operation. A plan injurious and unjust towards the practitioners of the Court, the majority of whom it excludes from a fair competition, by creating a monopoly; while it frequently leaves the prisoners, for whose pro tection it professes to provide, positively without the professional aid it promised to secure, and for which they had paid their money to the prison autho rities, for the special purpose of procuring it. We have received complaints from various quarters of the strange interposition of the Newgate authorities, in the way of advice and recommendation to prisoners as to the attorney and counsel they should employ. We were also assured that touting for business—of which so much complaint was made from the civic function aries, as derogatory from the dignity of the profession, and injurious to the interests of the prisoners —was only transferred from the outside to the inside of the prison. We were slow of belief that such practices were permitted, much less sanctioned to any extent, and refused to commit ourselves to statements that were obviously incompatible with the perfect freedom of choice which even a prisoner accused of felony should be allowed to exercise in his choice of an advocate. Under duress, the accused may be supposed to b e in fluenced by hope that, if he comply with the sugges tion of his gaoler—in his circumstances possessing the force of a request, if not of a command—some specific or undefined advantage will accrue to him by com pliance, either before trial, or after conviction, if he be found guilty. STANDARD.—We presented, yesterday, to our readers, a pretty full report of the proceedings at the opening of the New, and now " Royal" Exchange, up to the time of our going to press. We add, to day, such particulars as we were yesterday compelled to omit, or as-had not reached us in time. Nothing of the kind could pass over in a manner more gratifying than did yesterday's ceremonial. The day was auspi cious—a splendid day for the season. The arrange ments made by the military and police were perfect, and observed, we would say, rather than en forced, with the utmost urbanity and good temper ; and the people were, as they always are when the subordinate functionaries of power will let them, in a high degree of good humour, determined to be pleased, and to welcome their beloved Queen with that hearty welcome which Englishmen know how to offer. The universal enjoyment was heightened by the un equivocal proofs afforded by her Majesty's gracious smiles, that she fully participated in it ; an d if poli tical feeling, i which so often " mar s th e f a i r f ace o f a festal day, was not altogether laid aside, we must count all the hundreds of thousands who witnessed the ceremony as stanch Conservatives, for nothing could be more complimentary than the reception every where of the Queen's Ministers, more particu larly the reception of Sir Robert Peel. Th e cere mony of description—that there was no expressi on o f p o liti ca l f y ro e m ster e d v a e y ry is, indeed, di s ti ngu i s h e d i n t hi s form or cere mon y o f th e sentiment breathed through the day. Much of this no doubt was due to the calming influence of the Queen's presence; but we question whether that influence, sweet and powerful as it must be, would have produced the effect, had there been any bitter political feelings to agitate any portion of the multitude : for the rest, we are not aware that a single serious accident or the slightest scuffle interrupted the general happiness of the day. Whoever rightly considers the ceremony of yester day will see in it abundant reasons to be grate ful to the Divine Giver of all good, who has so signally favoured this country ; and, in humble submission to that gratitude, ample cause for pride to the progress and prospects of Eng land. The occasion of the fete which has just passed, has reference to commerce; but while we honour commerce as it merits, we must not deify it, as we see in some a disposition to do. England owes much of her wealth, and power, and intelligence to commerce ; but to what does she owe her commerce ? In the first place, to the favourable position for defence, and for universal communication, in which she has been placed by the Divine ruler ; next, to the hardy courage and indomitable energy of her people, their high moral instinct, exalted and strengthened by the blessed Reformation; lastly to that wise system of government called "the constitution ;" which, protecting the liberty of all, maintains im partially the balance among all. It is with these ad vantages, and under shelter of this system, that com merce has grown out of agriculture ; and if the course of progress is to be continued, agriculture must in turn be repaid the debt from the accumulations ofcom merce. The prosperity of a merely commercial country never has been, and never will be, permanent. When, 270 years ago, Elizabeth opened the first Royal Exchange, commerce stood in need of the royal countenance and protection. The aristocracy looked down upon the richest citizen with about the same sense of superiority that a rich citizen would now look down upon a farmer, a curate, a young lawyer, or an humble professor of literature. These wide and insulting distinctions, however, always tend to enmity and opposition ; and by such oppo sition the resources of a people are dissipated, and their opportunities of wealth and happiness lost. Elizabeth was too wise not to see this, and she, there fore, took every opportunity of conferring dignity upon trade. In our age there is no danger of trade being treated with contempt, as we think yester day's exhibition abundantly testifies ; and, there fore, it is absurd to suppose that the compliment of the Queen's visit was like Elizabeth 5, ad dressed prin3ipally to the interests of commerce, to the Lord Mayor of London, or to the re spectable gentlemen of the Gresham Committee. It was an occasion for the Queen to meet all her people —an occasion doubtless deriving much of its interest from the consideration that Elizabeth had been a pro minent actor on a former occasion of the same kintl ; but to meet her people—all her people, and to gratify them by her presence, was the true motive of the Queen's visit. MARKET INTELLIGENCE, (From the London New Price Current, Oct. 29.) SUGAR. —To-day buyers of West India Sugar came forward with more freedom, and for bright 3 ellow sorts there was a good demand; indeed, the quantity on show is not ample for the wants of the trade, and very full rates were paid; irk inferior kinds a fair business wa4 transacted, and • generally upOli royni9r terms ; but there is still a large supply. The total purchases are 400 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 144 hhds 6 tres of Barbadoes Sugar, which went upon former terms, excepting for the low sorts, which are rather cheaper, the whole found purchasers, fine selling at 62s 6d, good 59s to 60s 9; good 6d, Middll4 - 56i tdrs6s and low middling m mid i dl cid i l n i g 4 s s si 7l to tbss 5556 d per cwt. ThO Sugar oh shoW • is that principally worth from 53s to 57s 6d. Raw Sugar is cheaper than at Liverpool, Bristol, or Glasgow, by 2s to 5s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day there was a good business tran sac ed in Refined Sugar for home consumption; brown grocery lumps fetehsd 725, and standard lumps 73s per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar was much sought after, and buyers were compelled to pay 28s 6d per cwt for delivery. For Loaves an extensive demand has sprung up, and the market has been nearly cleared, 400 hhds have been sold, 101 b at 29s 6d per cwt. MAURlTlUS.—lmporters have shown firmness, and the market has been sparingly supplied with all descrip tions : by private contract some parcels have been dis posed of upon former terms : at public sale 89 bags were disposed of, middling yellow at 545, low 51s 6d, mid brown 465, and very low black brown 39s per cwt. The :quantity remaining in first hands is reduced to 12,000 bags, there has been one small arrival since this day week. The stock is rather less than it was last year at this period. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 2,296 bags of Bengal Sugar were offered, th e p r i nc i pa l por t on consisted of grey brown and inferior yellow, they went off with heaviness, and a part only sold at rather lower rates, brown at 40s to 435, low and middling yel low 50s to 53s 6d, good middling 57s 6d, good grey 57s Gd to 58s Gd, low and mid 52s to 565, but the better kinds fetched full rates, middling white 59s 6d to 60s, good mid and good 61s to 63s 6d, fine yel Dobah 66s to 675, mid to good 61s to 61s. Madras, 773 bags, duty paid, and 1,344 bags. in bond, were offered at auction, the former nearly all taken in, low brown 42s to 42s 6d, washed 41s to 4ls 6d, damp low to middling 42s to 445, and good 47s to 51s ; the latter sold at lower rates, very common damaged dark brown at 13s 6d to 14s 6d, mid 17s to 19s, better quality 22s 6d to 30s, and good sound bright yellow 30s per cwt. For public sale on Friday 8,100 bags of Bengal Sugar were declared, 1,500 of which consist of fine yellow chrystalised. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and little business was transacted privately, but holders would not submit to lower rates. On 'Change a floating cargo of 700 chests of white Bahia was sold, deliverable here, at 22s 6d per cwt, being a full price. MOLASSES.—This afternoon, at public sale, 27 hhds of Bengal Molasses, duty paid, were taken in at 21s, being above the value, and 2 casks of Madras in bond at 7s 6d per cwt. Cocoa.—This afternoon, 21 bags of Grenada Cocoa, at public sale, fetched 42s 6d per cwt, for middling Red, being the full value. COFFEE.—The lower descriptions of West India Cof fee are abundant, and further reduced rates have been accepted, still the trade purchased with caution ; for the better kinds there are few orders, and prices are still going down. To-day there was little inclination to purchase Ceylon Coffee, and 50s 6d to 51s per cwt is the value of good ordinary. Mocha was in dull demand, and 167 bales 10 cases at auction were only partly sold at low rates—bold rather dull greenish Mysore went at 38s to 40s 6d. yel lowish mixed 395, low broken 18s to 225, and sea damaged 31s to 58s, middling small sound greenish mixed with Mocha was taken in at 655, and good mid greenish Mocha at 75s per cwt. The stock of West India Coffee at this port is 147 casks less, but of barrels and bags 3,143 more than last year at this time. Of Mocha it is 890 bales, and of Ceylon 21,696 bags greater than in 1843 at this period, but of other East India sorts it is 15,576 bags less than at that time. TEA.—There has been more activity in the market since this day week. Importers are less inclined to realise, and none has been brought to public sale ; Con ) you has been in good request but hollers are unable to obtain any advance in prices; the rates previously established are, however, sustained, large parcels have been sold at 10d to 104 d for common, and 10Id to Ild per lb for good common. Of fine sorts the supply at market is small, and they are held for stiff rates. To-day several parcels of Tea were disposed of, and at stiffer rates for the lower qualities. Common sound Congou cash is with difficulty to be purchased at 10d per lb ; common yellow leaf Twankay is fetching lsldtols2dperlb. FRUIT.—To-day Currants met with increased atten tion and prices are firmer for Old, Zante and Cephalonia fetching 41s to 42, Patras 42s to 44s—New Patras are 47s to 50s, and Zante 46s to 47s per cwt. Valentia Raisins are much wanted but there are at present none in the market. Of Turkey Pulled Figs none are left in first hands. RUM, BRANDY, AND Hoir.LANDs.—There has been a much better demand for Leeward Island Rum, and the rates paid are rather above those formerly quoted—the market for Jamaica has been quiet and only a limited business has been transacted by shippers or the home trade ; 100 puns have been sold at 4s to 4s 2d for fair quality 30 to 32 per cent overproof. Demerara quality selling at 3s 3d to 3s 6d. For Calcutta Rum 2s 3d proof has been refused for a large parcel. Prices are fully supported for Brandy, and a good demand exists at the following rates, viz.:—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1839, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1340, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1841, hhds 43 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1842, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, low 3s to 3s 3d, and middling 3s 4d to 3s 10d. Geneva has been taken sparingly; export sort at Is 9d to is 10d, and fine for duty at 2s 6d to 3s 6d. Prices are still sup portee for English Corn Spirits. To-day an increased dksire was shown to purchase Brandy, and large parcels were disposed of at firm rates, 4s 4d and 4s 6d paid for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1842. Rica.—To-day East India Rice was sought after, and some parcels were disposed of privately at full rates ; 600 bags of Madras at auction were however only partly sold, in consequence of rather higher prices being asked— mid rather dusty and broken went at 9s 6d to 10s, low ditto 9s to 9s 6d, and sea damaged 5s to 8s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 80 bags of Bourbon Cloves were sold at lower rates, and went at 9d to 9id for middling, 8d to 84d for low, and 63-d to 7d for sea damaged ; 958 bags of Malabar Ginger were taken in at 30s per cwt for common, being above the value ; 18 boxes of Cassia Lignea were taken in of 503 for broken large quill, being more than it was worth ; 18 bags of White Pepper at 5d per lb for middling dingy, being above the value. SAGO.—The demand is on the increase, and prices are looking up. The stock is reduced to a small ebb : common pearl has been selling at 14s to 15s, middling 16s to 18s, good 193 to 21s, and fine 22s to 24s per cwt. Sago Flour has been taken sparingly, at 18s to 19s per cwt. For Arrowroot prices are kept low by the large stock. TALLOW.—Although the market has been well sup plied with American Tallow still prices are supported, 252 pipes 22 hhds 5 brls of South American at public sale fetched 34s to 39s 6d : 224 casks North American melted 39s to 40s 9d : of 127 casks New Wales were disposed of at 38s to 41s 3d per cwt. There has been a good business transacted in Rus sian on the spot, and prices rule firm, new P. Y. Candle at 41s to 41s 6d, and old 40s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt ; but for delivery there are few purchasers, and there are sellers of new to the end of the year at 40s 9d to 41s ; Town Tallow is much in request at 42s to 42s 6d per cwt net cash, and the market is still moderately sup plied. There have been large arrivals of Russian. Oats.—The market has been better supplied with Sperm Oil, and a decline in prices has taken place ; at public sale 80 tuns went at 851 to 891 for Oil, and 94115 s per tun for hca,dmatter. For common Fish Oil the demand has been limited, and prices have de clined 20s to 30s per tun for Southern, 100 tuns at auction selling at 261 103 to 331 for low to fine quality ; for all other sorts prices are drooping, 351 to 3515 s accepted for pale Seal, and 331 per tun for Cud ; there is, however, not a large quantity offering for sale, and stocks are by no means heavy ; Linseed Oil at 23s 9d to 24s per cwt. Rape Oil Pale selling at 35s 6d to 365, and brown 34s 6d to 45s per cwt ; few purchasers have been made. Cocoa Nut Oil at 26s 3d per cwt. Palm at 26s to 275. In the value of Olive Oil no varia tion has taken place. INDIGO.—There has been a good home and export demand for East India since this day week, and 300 chests have been disposed of at prices fully equal to those of the last quarterly sales prices ; there is nothing pressing upon the market. P rices are Is to Is 5d per lb. lower than they were last year at this time. Spanish is held for the former currency. COCHINEAL—This afternoon 157 bags of Honduras were offered at public, and two-thirds sold at a decline on former rates of Id per lb. ; low to good bold silvers went at 4s 2d to 4s 6d per. lb. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 25 90 flamburgh M.B. 13 13 Alton:" l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona 36 Seville — ANGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan — Venice Naples 3 9.1 Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 93 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres --. NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars.. .i 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons- - - 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 1 Silver in Bars . 0 4 11$ THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, OCT. 28, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. William Magnay, of Post ford-house, in the oounty of Surrey, Lord Mayor of the city of London, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George William Featherstonhaugh, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Havre-de-Grace. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN HARLING, farmer, Gisburn, Yorkshire. TI4NIfitUF.CB. BERNARD BENJAMIN OWEN and BERNARD GEORGE OWEN, tailors, Pall-mall, Nov. 7, at one, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-ehambefs ; Ed wards and Pea e, New -Flilapo-yard. • - • THqMAS BENSON, stationer, North-place, Gray's Inn-road, Nov. 7, at half-past one, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Badhata and HooE,,htons Gray's Inn. JAMES MITCTELL, livery-sAable-keeper, Monta gue-street, Montague-Squaie, Nov. 7, at eleven, and Dec. 10, at litilf-past 'eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Mel ton, Gray's-inn. RALPH ELLIOTT, draper, Durham, Nov. 8, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Ashurst, Cheapside. JOSEPH CLARK ROSS, merchant, Savage-gar dens, City, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dee. 11, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, Coleman-street buildings, official assignee; Millar and Carr, East Cheap. ROWLAND bIORGAN, carpenter, Ampton-street, Gray's Inn-road, Nov. 12, and Dec. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Allen and Nicoll, Queen-street, Cheapside. PETER FRENCH, carpenter, Worthing, Sussex, Nov. 19, at eleven, and Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee; Hicks and Marris, Gray's .inn. MORRIS MARTIN, upholsterer, Bristol, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Gillard and Flook, Bristol. THOMAS PRETTY, grocer, Bilston, Staffordshire, Nov. 7, and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Willim, Bils tun. JOHN JOHNSON, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 8 and 10, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze- Rove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Laces, Myers, Rigge, and Roscoe, Liverpool ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SPRING CIRCUITS, 1845. HOME CIRCUIT. HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Sussex—Horsham, Monday, Feb. 24. Kent—Maidstone, Thursday, March 6. At the City and County of the City of Canterbury, Sa turday, March 8. Kent—Dover, Monday, March 10. Hertfordshire—Hertford, Friday, April 4. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. JOHN GREATHED HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire—Wakefield, Friday, February 21. At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston upon-Hull, Tuesday, February 25. Yorkshire—York, Tuesday, February 27. Yorkshire—Richmond, Saturday, March 1. Durham—Durham, Monday, March 3. Northumberland—the Moot-hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Wednesday, March 5. At the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon-Tyne, on the same day. Cumberland—Carlisle, Friday, March 7. Westmoreland—Appleby, Monday, March 10. Lancashire—Lahcaster, Tuesday, March 11. Lancashire—Liverpool, Monday, March 17. Cheshire—Chester, Wednesday, March 19. City and County of the City of Chester—Same day. Flintshire—Mold, Saturday, March 22. Denbighshire—Ruthin, Tuesday, March 25. Anglesey—Beaumaris, Friday, March 28. Carnarvonshire—Carnarvon, Monday, March Merionethshire—Dolgelly, Wednesday, April 2. Montgomeryshire—Welsh Pool, Friday, April 4. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOHN LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Essex-Chelmsford, Saturday, March 1. Essex-Colchester, Monday, March 3. Suffolk-Ipswich, Tuesday, March 4. Norfolk-Yarmouth, Thursday, March 6. Norfolk-Norwich Castle, Friday, March 7. At the City and County of the City of Norwich-The same day. Norfolk-Lynn, Monday, March 10. Suffolk-Bury St. Edmunds, Tuesday, March 11. Cambridgeshire-Cambridge, Wednesday, March 12. Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon, Thursday, March 13. Northamptonshire-Northampton, Friday, March 14. Warwickshire-Warwick, Saturday, March 15. Warwickshire-Coventry, Monday, March 17. Warwickshire-Birmingham, on the same day. At the City and County of the City of Lichfield, Tues day, March 18. Shropshire-Shrewsbury, Thursday, March 20. Staffordshire-Stafford, Saturday, March 22. Derbyshire-Derby, Tuesday, March 25. Nottinghamshire-Nottingham, Wednesday, March 26. At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham- The same day. Lincolnshire-Lincoln, Friday, March 28. Northamptonshire-Peterborough, Monday, March 31. Rutlandshire-Oakhatn, Tuesday, April 1. Leicestershire-Leicester, Wednesday, April 2. Bedfordshire-Bedford, Friday, April 4. Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, Saturday, April 5. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. DAVID POLLOCK, Esq., Commissioner. Berkshire-Reading, Friday, Feb. 7. Oxfordshire--Oxford, Monday, Feb. 10. Worcestershire-Worcester, Thursday, Feb. 13. Herefordshire-Hereford, Saturday, Feb. 15. Radnorshire-Presteigne, Monday, Feb. 17. Brecknockshire-Brecon, Tuesday, Feb. 18. Cartnarthenshire-Carmarthen, Thursday, Feb. 20. Cardiganshire -Cardigan, Saturday, Feb. 22. Pembrokeshire-HaverfoFdwest, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Glamorganshire-Swansea, Thursday, Feb. 27. Glamorganshire-Cardiff, Saturday, March 1. Monmouthshire-Monmouth, Monday, March 3. Gloucestershire-Gloucester, Friday, March 7. At the City and County of the City of Bristol-Mon day, March 10. Somersetshire-Bath, Wednesday, March 12. Somersetshire-Taunton, Friday, March 14. Cornwall-Bodrnin, Tuesday, March 18. Devonshire-Plymouth, Thursday, March 20. Devonshire-Castle of Exeter, Saturday, March 22. At the City and County of the City of Exeter-The same day. Dorsetshire-Dorchester, Tuesday, March 25. Wiltshire-Salisbury, Friday, March 28. At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton -Monday, March 31. Southampton-Winchester, Wednesday, April 2. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Tin POLICE AT THE PROCESSION.—Yesterday three gentlemen, named Phillips, Hodgkin, and Smith, were charged with having obstructed the police in the execution of their duty. The defendants, with some friends, being desirous of seeing the procession to the City, took up their position in Trafalgar-square. The police stationed to keep the line at that place requested the party to stand further back on the pavement. In making a retrograde movement an elderly gentleman was dis placed, and this gave rise to a few words, but the affair was soon adjusted. The defendants and their friends, mostly very young men, began laughing and joking among themselves, and with the police. Their merriment was not very well relished by the police, and a trifling altercation with the inspector resulted. The inspector laid the case before his superintendent, and the superintendent directed the police to remove the party. The police promptly obeyed orders, and as some of the party refused to be roughly handled without remonstrating, the three defendants were ul timately laid hold of and lodged in the station-house. Two P division police-constables said that when they proceeded to put in force their superintendent's directions Hodgkin struck them and used some offen sive language. A police-constable of the C division said he took Smith into custody in consequence of seeing him try ing to rescue Hodgkin from custody. Inspector Campbell, P division, said the defendants were linked together on the pavement, pushing against persons, and applying the'epithet of Peelers to the police. Believing that a disturbance would take place at last, he consulted with his superintendent, and, acting on that officer's order, the police proceeded to disperse the party. Phillips would not go away; on the contrary, he not only tried to excite the mob to interfere, and the defendant Hod g ki n t o resist, but he struck witness on the body. In defence, Hodgkin said there was no real occa sion for the interference of the police. The fact was that the inspector, an elderly man, felt affronted at the term " grandpapa" which one of the party applied to him, and he retorted by calling them "puppies." A little " chaffing," but in a good-natured way, oc curred, which, however, did not tend to soothe the ruffled temper of the inspector, who laid his case 1 „ e , fore the superintendent, and the result attack on the whole party by th e - n ir s a violent ejnee. More than n with his staff, and h a d h e one constable struck a t not warded off the Viows he must have been seriously injured. lie was then seized by the collar and taken to the stittioih.house. He positively denied having struck or menaced any constable. Ihe defendant Smith also denied having used any insulting expressions. On the contrary, his advice to Hodgkin, when in custody, was to go peaceably with the police, The defendant Phillips said, when the police began their rough work, the inspector seized him by the breast, and tore his shirt. He followed him to the station-house, and when at the station-house door he was laid hold of by the inspector, and charged with an assault. A number of witnesses came forward and declared that no assault on the police took place, and that in fact the police acted with more than necessary violence. My. MALTAT was at first disposed to inflict a fine of 50s. on all the defendants; but on a representation from the defendant, Phillips, that really no obstruc tion or insult to the police had been for a moment contemplated, and that all parties were sorry for what occurred, and were willing to apologise ; and from the inspector himself handsomely pleading for a miti gated fine, the magistrate reduced the amount to 20s. each, which was immediately paid. WORS FHP-S TREE T. THE LATE SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT AT BETHNAL GREEN WORKHOUSE.—Mary Todd, the wife of a porter in a City warehouse, who stood charged with having been concerned in concealing the birth of a male infant, the body of which she had surreptitiously troduced into the Bethnal-green Workhouse, on the admission of its mother, a young woman named Martha Goffee, who is now an inmate of that house, was put to the bar, before Mr. l 3rotighten, for final examination. Rowland, the pacer, intimated to the Magistrate ti l g a caroller's inquest had been held on the body. of ihe child, at which the jury had returned a verdict of " Found dead," and that the pari4h officers had no further evidence tp, offe.e, in support of the charge S tr! t; Bitoeuprisone r. nder these circumstances QX ci erect the prisoner to he dischartiecil , 334 17E 6d. 101. 6 percent. 28 -51. 201. 1/. 10e. 151. 321.105. 104 10s. /. 46. cent. 4 per cent. 41 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cewt. L per cent. 44 per cent. 4 per cent. i per cent. % per cent. 11. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. 3s, 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 3s. 6d. pr sh 51. ss. per share percent. Si. per cent. 30s. tos.3 4% per cent. 5% per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. S per cent. 22. 6d. per cent. 'l9a 12 ih. & bs. 14 5a 10a 10a. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. sa. 5 per cent. th per cent. 11. 48. 5 per cent. 10 3 4 per cent 51 R per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 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KM per sh. 105 31 63 450 110 162 25 C 2O 220 10% 89 640 All7aid 240 30 495 10 167 122 138 1 115 101% 21% 16 3 26 24 723 1934 1834 16 ON 51,4 400 IL ifsg. 49% 6.1 169 15% 27 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 - 5 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 - 70 10 8 60 0 0 4000 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 i 10 0 10 0 0 S 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 $5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 6 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 7 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 00 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 7 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 5 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 1 00 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 u 5 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 Is 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 31 0 14 10 0 100 0 V 25 0 f 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 'l5O e 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 TO 0 'loo 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 e 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 'ANIES' PRICES. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 210 0 W 0 0 W 0 0 25 0 0 95 • 0 40s. 121 s. 23)( t 5 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 ti 50 0 0 [OO 0 0 [OO 0 0 [OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 [OO 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 [OO 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 29 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 WO 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 [OO 0 0 100 0 0 [OO 0 0 be 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 92 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 WO 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 50 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 [OO 0 0 1.50 7 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 `:. 0 0 0 55 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6000 25 0 0 50 8 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 O 0 O ) O 0 O 0 15 0 e 5 9 0 5 0 0 [0 0 0 [0 0 c ao - i 0 43% 10 1634 3414 9 25 26% 1234 76% 103 27, 4 u r n 4 5 31 4 ' 3l ll 23 13% 22 8 i 18 21a. 50 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING• - - - MONDAY EVENING, FIVE o'CLoca.—Nothing occurred to alter our opinion of the prospect of the week—on the contrary, everything tends to encourage! belief that it will be the most successful on record. a l e, arrivals have been incessant—a determination to Ina," sport is show n i n a ll quar t ers , an d t h e weat h er is u!: lightfully mild and clear. Business commenced tu l l' morning in the town with the Ratan which, after a further examination of witnesses, vig s t adjourned until Tue s d a y. Th e C omm i ttee from nine o'clock until nearly twelve. The 9w • jection made by Mr. Payne to Cabin Boy 01 engaged the attention of the Stewards, by whose dire' Lion the horse's mouth wa s exam i ne d by Messrs. Barton , Barlow, and Stevens, veterinary surgeons, residing if the town : they have certified that his age is correct. ' retaliatory objection of Sir Francis had a similar result* The racing, which came off in the presence of an mense assemblage, commenced at half-past 12 o'clock and, allowing twice the customary interval betwee n Garry Owen's match and th e C am b r id ges hi re, wa s nu . ', finished until aft e r f our . It was precede d , as usual, 131„ come betting on the principal event, at the fullowieb prices :-6 to 4 on Foig-a-ballagh ; 7 to I. agst 'fb ° Cure ; 12 to 1 against the Altered One; 14 to 1 agst Ne court ; 33 to 1 agst Glossy ; and 40 to 1 agst Sir Alf strupus. The race began with a match, 3251. to 3O 150 ft. D. I. Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware, Bst 41b OM" beat Lord Glasgow's Give-him•a-name, Bst 71b (11,obir son). 5 to 2 on I-am-not-aware, who won easy by $ length. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b, ► four yrs, Bst 31b ; five years and upwards, Bst 81b i Criterion Course. The winner to be sold for 3 5 u (7 Subs.) Sir G. Heathcote's Khor assan , 4 yrs Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs... The following also s t ar t e d b ut were n(oCthipPlaPcieed):"..,! Mr. H. T. Worley's Ex am pl e , 3 yrs —M r. Ramsbottorn. Pine Apple, 4 yrs—and Captain Colquitt's Pickpock e " 4 yrs. Betting 7 to 4 agst Philip, 7 to 2 agst Pine APO' 4 to 1 agst Khorassan, and 5 to 1 agst Example. Khorasso: Philip, and Example ran i n company f rom en d to ell the first two finishing with a d ea d h eat, and b eat i ng the mare by a head only; Pine Apple was an indifferent fouru 4 Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for three Y old and upwards. D. M. (5 Subs., two of whom Ps 10 sous. each.) I Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs Bst 71b ...(Whitehouse) Mr. Drinkald's Vol au-Vent, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Even batting. Vol-au-Vent made all the play, was caught a few strides from home, and beaten on t`'" post by a heat. Match, 200, h ft, T.M.M.—Lord George Bentinelt:: Clumsy, a feather (Kit c h ener ), b eat Sir J. flowlef o Vibration, Bst 91b (F. B u tl er ), b y a l engt h eas il y ; sto 2 on Clumsy. Match, 100, h ft, T.Y.C.—C3I. Peel's Garry OWe Of Bst llb (Nat), beat Lord E. Russell's Nat, 7st 51b (SIP ' 5 to 2 on Garry Owen, who won easy by two lengths. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, e n 5 only if declared, with 100 a dd e d b y the town, 86& i Last mile and a dist a n ce s t ra i g h t . ( 123 Su b s, 48 of whom declared.) Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Nat) Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst Mr. Payne's Walpole, 3 yrs, sst 71b Thu following also started but were not placed; p Captain Ilarcourt's Si r Ab s t rupus, 4 yrs, 7st f 41 b- Combo's Fakeaway, 4 y rs , 7 st 4 1b—M r. Sha ftee s Porto Bello, 4 yrs, 6st 121b--Mr. Newton' s M a yrs, Bst 121b—Mr. Griffith's Newcourt, 4 vrs, Bst 816 Mr. Salvin's The Cure, 3 yr s , 7st 1316—air. Beresfor e4 c , The Altered One, 5 yrs, 7 s t 101b—M r. W esley ' s seller, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Sir G. Ifeathcote's Akbar, 3 li;; 6st 81b—Dale of Rutland's f by B e i rarn, out of Meurs, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 3 ,1 4 4 Est 51b—Lord Exeter's Al gernon , 3 yrs, sst 121b—nig G. Bentinek's Emma, 3 yrs, s s t 101b—Mr. PitYl3st Walpole, 3 yrs, sst 71b —C o l one l P ee l' s c b y Slane, vb-i of Jason's dam, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mr. S. Scott's b g ,4 Defence, out of Negr ess , 3 yrs, sst—SirC. MolleP Glossy, 4 yrs, sst 121 b. Betting--5 to 4on Foig-a-ballagh, Bto 1 a gst Cure, 12 to 1 agst Akbar, 14 to 1 agst Newcourt, 20 te i , agst Emma, 30 to 1 ags t E venus, 33 to 1 at Cones% lor, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Won very easy by ;,8 lengths, Walpole a bad third, Counsellor fourth, Cure fifth, and Algernon sixth. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft ; for 2 old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b ; from the turn the Lands in. (40 Subs.) Lord Londsdale's c by J erry, out of Turquoise g Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton —Miss Whip The following also started, but were not placed id Lord G. Bentincles Miss Elis—Mr. Wreford's b Camel, out of Montraia, 2lb extra Lord El t k e lf Timbria—Mr. Bristow's Carissima—Mr. Booth's 6ir Year's Day— Mr. H oo k' s B ast i on Mr. Payne's Francis Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy and Mr. Ford Fusbos. 5 to 2 agst Elis, 4 to 1 agst the winner, 6 to 11 , 1 . Wreford's colt, 6 t o 1 agstCa.rissima, 7 to 1 a gst Bushe hr Bto 1 agst Sir F ranc i s . W on cleverly by a length,ro Miss Whip colt beating Miss Elis by a head, Bass o fourth. Deciding heat for the 10 sovs. Sweepstakes. I Philip (Templeman) g Khorassan 6 to 5 on Khorassan, who lost a fine race by half length. r g Lord Exeter's Merope received from Lord Glaeg fill Sister to Pathfinder, 6st 81b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella, lOst 71b, received from D of Bedford's Minotaur, Ilst bulb, A.F. 200, h ft. „„so Duke of Beaufo r t' s C a p ta i n P he b us receive d Lord Eglinton's Britannia, Bst 21b, T.Y.C., 200 h ft" By the death of the nominator (Mr. Dyke). 1 !„, ( 1/ 01 took place at N ewmar k et yester d ay morning, the w•kits of Orleans is di squa lifi e d f or the Great Yotts° Stakes. THE MARBLE BLOCK FOR THE SCOTT STATtlwea On Saturday' the huge block of marble :comrare 9 ilor by our eminent sculptor, Mr. Steel!, for his stato ot e Sir Walter S co tt, to b e p l aced in :the beautiful nreitli ment now on the eve of completion, arrived in .v be harbour from Italy. Thi s enormous mass of Thall $lO Chiaro marble, a s it i s d escr ib ed, weighs upwards fries tons, having b een cut from the celebrated e"fisad of Carrara. It was expected, we understand, some ' re st ago, but, owin g t o i ts a l most unprecedented size, g 4 , 9, difficulty was found at Leghorn for some time to rito cure a vessel for its conveyance to this count* It accident, also, which nearly proved fatal to in li f o ol occurred on the fi rs t attempt to place it on ',ire ship. Whil e it was b e i ng lowered into a vessel Nitre for the occasion, the shears gave way with °' oetr mendous crash, an d t h e bl ock went through the Yeve, fourteen persons b e i ng employee. about it at the ° D e The noise, h owever , caused by the breaking of the JO chine fortunately warned them of their danger, o ti t ber escaped with the exception of an old man, who was seriously hurt. The vessel being thus rendered u ps so viceable, the use of the Government pontoon . 10( 1, then applied f or , an d, a f ter some negotiation, dettier and by this conveyance the marble was brought to horn. The block was shipped at Leghorn, on boar', „eil Gem, of L e ith, C apta i n Hannah, who kindly eir several of the planks to be cut away, in o rder W j ot large the hatchway, and admit the " monster" j c lia# below. We understand it will be removed to a.t co burgh in the course of the week. It is rig' °r ie add that no inconsiderable portion of the beta)" 1: be necessary in " rough hewing," or shaping the blec. tir e' fore it is fit for the sculptor, was done from m e , 9 11 , 00 merits furnished by the artist before its remov 3 i d , the quarry, and accordingly Mr. Steell will n ° 4 o o l enabled to proceed with his int?resting labours farther interruption. —Edinburgh paper. BIRTHS. :eh ill On the 25th inst., at Portland House, Haronierstr." - ;, °' lady of Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, Esq., bar-Aster-at -1g " a son. , a 10 * On the 25th inst., at Thornes H07,- se , Milnes Gaskell, of a son. ,_,, if° . ai On the 25th inst., at l l .anger-lane, Stamford-hill, t'''' of John Jerram, ESni, of a daughter. near Wakehe l "' M• Ssl°l On the 26 t /. . inst , at Euston-square, Mrs. M. —' 111° ,1 18, °.. a daughter. ' ../11 the 26th inst., at St. Germain's-place, Blackheath, Sutherland, of a daught er . 0 (1 On the 26th inst., at Hyde-park -gate, Kensing ton' wife of Captain Charles Fores, of a so. r a h of b On the 26th inst., in Heref b ord- street Mrs. Rushwe daughter. , n On the 27th inst., Mrs. Frederick Lawrence, of a a °l3 ,: o ly O f ' On the 22d inst., at F e lth am -hill , M i ddlesex, the W. Sheffield, Esq., of a son. 0' On the 22d inst., the lady of Charles Metcalfe, Jun'' Mayor of Wisbe c h, C am b r id gesh i re, of a fourteenth elisat/ On the 23d inst., at South-grove, Peckham, Ws' IP Edward Swift, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Ely-place, Holborn, the wife ° fl4_ ,.. "- r. H. Newstead, of a son. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at Ampthill, the Rev. Frederic C. , h ttir of Vicar of Wilstead, B e d s , to H elen Louisa, on ly daub i p the late Philip D eare , E sq. bpd 's4clei On the 22d in s t., a t St . S av i our ' s Church, Bath, the Whitaker, Vicar of Oakington, near Cambridge, t.„" Charlotte, only dau g ht er o f t h e l ate Rer. Richard 1 -1 ,11 joh e l i b y On the 24th i ns t., at S t. M ary Magdelene, Pecl,3o' c id eldest son of J. Beatson, Esq., of Peckham, t', Emm a ' daughter of J. H. Spurling, Esq., of the sante place. On the 26th i nst., at St. Martin's-Ili-the-14'10u" SO Barclay, jun., Esq., of Buc kingham-street, Adelphi, to,st 17 0 daughter of the late D. Smith, Ftiq., of the Coran3iss all partment. W I " On the 26th i nst., at Watford, George Cornerial l - Esq., to Lady Theresa Lister. th e ' ' DIED. A i n tit M On the 27th i nst., at the Recto ry, Overham, -& —t ill Rev. Tho mas M anners Sutton, Subdean of Lincoln, 55th year of his age. On the 24th inst., in Oxford-street, Mr. J. M. Lillisl it i. " °l On the 24th inst., at Epeom, Mrs. Mary Plui st l e 'd 1°3 i.0 of the late G. Plutston, Fsq., of Sevenoaks, Kent , r ab - 0100" On the 24th inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight , 31r. ch ill e e Anthony Palraer, aged 41. owes, rh° On ...le 24th inst., Thomas Ffooks, Esq., °' ''' e T , On aged 70. FPO Forsa of t?' On the 24th inst., Mr. John Smyth i l .b,• til s treet - place, Stepney. , r ess , On the 25th i ns t., a t G rove -lane, Camlr ell, •L -.,rw ,",,, youngest child of Ch ar l es H arden, Esq. ign et 13e r On the 25th inst., Mr. Joseph Weston, titia of Long"'..- 1' Yi. rnondsey. of ' daughter On the 25th inst., at Exeter, L ' • Reid, of H am p s t ea d . Tau aff" ;re. On the 26th i ns t., Elizabetb, 'wife of Mr. Thom ° giv of the Army M e di ca l Board-ofilce, an d Charterhouse'o, t he On the 27th inst., at the Vicarage, Mayfield , S uss Rev. John Kirb,y, Incumbent of that parish. tlon ; Pripted oi f a and Published by MURDO T v- o . ;I°. I a , Strand, Printer, at The Sum Offic e ' r writf S',:rand, in the Precinct of the Sa v oy, in the '- Middlesex, Tuesday, October 29, 1844. 0 Cal II Th e( da ring Worc eo t''"nere f "ne ro tiles in' tho alaw e 4 ertt. turtb er b eTood Rail*: Inter e tent. Per roepaipt 14fi rta )( 4‘ .1. 7ir17 1 : 11 aj e , t, t Peciai coo N ix) th t ett th e e Z e i 0 1 to,, ei nci Of 1, t eat 38.7 4. bi c i t t s we T -4 'hie s ee .maea "err' . h _ u ke rcr ee th e f to ti 1 , 144 Yrna t 4 1144 ff, ! s vo nti t ot , ' kill l th e' 914 N r P r i n 40r, Ali c e Of 4 4t 4 :P re Ot 4)121 ~. i j`~ .