The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-23 00:00:00

lAIPORT AN T TRIAL. MIIB. ANN PLUNKETT V. CHARLES HEATO'N-MRS. ANNE PLUNKETT V. THE EARL OF BURLINGTON'. These actions, to recover property in Low Furness, in the possession of the .. Earl of Burlington, or of his t r ustee, Charles Heaton, Esq., have been pending many years ; and, after having been tossed about from Court to Court, and experiencing all the glorious uncertainty of the law, were agreed upon by all parties to be brought to a conclusion before a Jury of the tenants of his Grace the Duke of Buccicuch, of the manors of Plain Furness and Dalton, on Tuesday week ; and the fact being generally known, many visitor: arrived to be pre sent at a trial unprecedented in the town of Dalton. At the hour of nine, John Cranke, Esq., steward of the j manors, empanelled the Jury in the Castle, and imme diately adjourned to a large room in the Cavendish 1 Arms, where Mr. Wightman sat as the steward's assessor, Mr. Watson appearing as Counsel for the Earl of Burlington, and Mr. Martin for Mrs. Plunkett. The room was densely crowded. { Mrs. Plunkett's pedigree was then gone into, and, though met by many objections , she was at las t clearl y proved to be the legal heir and descendant of Sir James Lowther. The certificates of marriages, baptisms, and deaths of a long line of noble ancestry were multi tudinous, and the reading of such, and of monumental linscriptions, extracts from the Heralds' Office, &c., took up a long time. Such were not strictly evidence, but it was given out that the Earl's solicitor had admitted such as facts upon being paid 100/. for such admission. An objection was raised as to Mr. Curry's affidavit concerning a former trial, and was eventually left to the decision of the Learned Assessor. Mr. Butler was then called to prove Mr C . urry's p . re- Be nce at such trial, but did not know an ything relative t to it ; nor could he remember Lord Frederick Caven dish, though he could re member the funeral of the elder brother, Lord George. Mrs. Clarke, the plaintiff's daughter, proved the de , Inise of her aunt, Mrs. Buchanan, childless. Mr. Turner, of Dalton, aged seventy-three years, who gave his evidence in the most clear and decided manner, proved the visits of Lord Frederick to his estates in Low Furness, and that his brothers were accustomed to come and sport over the ground. Mr. W atson then, on his Lordship's behalf, made several objections. That Lord Frederick did never receive the esplus from the estate—that he did not die s eised of such estate—that the present proceedings were wrong, and that if there was any right, it was to be recovered by a writ formedon in remainder. These and some other objections were argued at length by both the Learned Counsel, and the decision left for the Assessor for consideration. A verdict, by consent, was ultimately entered for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of Mr. Wightman on the points raised during the trial. Three more Juries were then empannelled, as a mat ter of form, the proceedings being exactly alike. The Court rose at four o'clock.—Westmoreland I Gazette. ONE POUND NOTES. The following are extracts from the evidence taken before the Committee of Secrecy on the Bank of Eng land Charter, in May, 1832, relative to the panic of 1825, and the issue of 1/. notes : J. Horsley Palmer, Esq., late_ Governor of the Bank, examined. 99. Was not the difficulty of which you have been speaking, in the year 1825, when there was such a run upon the Bank, unconnected with any foreign demand, in fact met by the re-issuing of the H. notes?—At Norwich it was, and I believe at one or two other places. 110. You stated that in 1825 the supply of 1/. notes from the Bank was serviceable in checking the alarm of that period ; was not the Bank in the habit of issuing 11. notes prior to December 1825?—N0, not subsequent to their having been called in. 111. But they happened to have a supply of 1/. notes ?—Yes ; they were printed before the notes had been withdrawn. 112. Have the Bank now any provision of 11. notes ? —They have the remainder of the stock of 1825. I believe there was an additional amount of 11. notes printed at that time. 113. Have they a considerable amount now in readi ness for circulation ?—I shall be very glad to furnish any return the Committee may please to order upon that subject. 114. Has the Bank considered that it might, under circumstances of commercial or political alarm, be an useful provision to have I/. notes ready for issuing ? I believe I can safely state, that of late years they have made no provision whatever with regard to such con- tingencies. 115. Were not the Bank restricted from signing 11 notes after October in 1826 ?—I believe they were. 116. Did the Bank issue any 1/. notes between 182 and 1825 ?—They did not issue any small notes from' the time of their being called in, which I believe was in 1821 or 1822, until the year 1825. 117. Can there be any doubt that that issue of 1/. notes made in 1825 had a most beneficial effect upon the transactions of this metropolis ?—I believe it proved beneficial in stopping the run upon the country banks. 615. But still was there not such a drain of specie from the Bank, that even that return of money from abroad was hardly sufficient to meet the demand from the country !—From the difficulty of getting the necessary supply of coin from the Mint. 616. So that at that time, when the Bank was drained so low, still the specie had not gone out of the country, but was in the coffers of the country bankers ? —Certainly, or in the possession of the public. 617. Was not the danger to a great degree ulti mately averted by the Bank issuing, at that extreme period, its 11. notes ?—I believe it was ; I think I al luded in my former evidence to one or two places in which that had taken place. The 1/, notes were cer tainly a very material aid at the period when the Bank found it difficult to get from the Mint coin sufficient to meet the demand. 663. Has it been the custom of the Government to give opinions respecting . the management of the Bank, or to interfere with Its internal management ? Not to interfere with it. 664. Or to advise with respect to the quantity of gold to be held ?—Not that I am aware of. 665. Or to call for information occasionally upon the subject ?—I believe that has been done ; but it has been more frequently volunteered by the Bank. There has never been any concealment whatever of the principle during my time. 666. During the time you have been at the head of the Bank have the Government ever called upon you for information as to what you consider the secret and confidential part of their business ?—They have not called for it, because it has been tendered. 667. Including the amount of bullion ?—lncluding the amount of bullion. 668. But the Government does not possess any con trol over the management of the Bank ?—None. 670. If the Bank were conducted upon a fixed prin ciple do you think there would be any danger of a cala mity, such as the crisis of 1823, from an unfavourable exchange?-1 should think not. 673. Do you think the foreign exchanges could always be rectified without a crisis ?—I think they would. 674. You have stated that you think the crisis did not arise from an over-issue of Bank of England notes ; was it not preceded by a great reduction of Bank of England notes between February and December, 1825? —Certainly prior to October, 1825. 67.5. A reduction having taken place, as was stated by Lord Liverpool, of three millions and a-half, between February and December 1823, can you conceive any state of commercial affairs in this country when you would not anticipate great calamities, as the probable result of such a reduction of the circulation of the Bank as that ?—Such a 'eduction has taken place between August 1830 and February 1832. 676. Had the Bank any apprehension of great cala mities during that time ?—None. 677. Do you conceive that that has had any effect upo n th e commercial and manufacturing state of the country'?—lt probably has limited commercial opera- Yi-iicent Stuckey, Esq., Country Banker, examined. 1 ° 66 . You have said that in certain cases the Bank of England notes should be made a legal tender ; under what c i rcumstances ?—ln cases of alarm, an d w h en th e Bank of England should be authorized to pay in un coined bullion. 1200. But if the exchanges had been otherwise, in that emergency would they have done right to refuse you assistance ?—When people want gold at a period of alarm, or bank notes in lieu of country bank notes, they must be supplied, or all banks must fail. It might have been right to do what I recommended to Ministers at the time, viz., to pay i n uneoined Jeremiah Harman, Esq., late Governor of the Bank, examined. in j e n ny great danger 4 2214. Were the Bank placed in the month of December, 182 5, that short supply of bullion ?—N o so much so, tha e tif the 2215. Did Exchequer bills fall in the it. month of December, 182,5 ?—Yes, qi:reesattilcoyonn:bequence o f Bank had not lent its aid in a most uncommon an ner, there would have been a com p lete sta gnation of everything. 2217. Will you describe the manner in which the Bank lent its assistance at that time ?—We lent it by every possible means, and in modes we never had adopted before ; we took in stock as security, we pur chased Exchequer bills, we made advances on Exchequer bills, we not only discounted outright, but we made ad vances on deposit of bills of exchange to an immense amount ; in short by every possible means consistent with th e sa f e t y o f t h e B an k . ; and we were not on song occasions o ver n i ce ; see i ng th e dreadful state in which the public were, we rendered every assistance in our power. 2220. Did the Government recommend to the Bank an increased issue of bank-notes at that _period ? Whnther they recommended it or not may admit of a question, but that they encouraged it is most certain. 2221. Did the Bank state to the Government the low amount of its bullion at that time ?—The Minister knew everything;; there was no concealment. 2224. Did any communication take place between the Bank and the Government, respecting an Order in Council to restrain payment in gold at that period? — Yes, it was suggested by the Bank. 2225. What answer did his Majesty's Government give to that ?—They resisted it from first to last. 2227. Was there a period in December, 1825, dur ing which the Bank contemplated the great p robability of being entirely exhausted of gold ?—At the latter end of 1825, decidedly. 2228. Do you recollect the lowest qua ntity of gold which the Bank possessed during any period of De cember, 1825 ?—No, I do not remember immediately ; but it was miserably low. 2230. It was stated by the late Mr. Huskissun, to a Member of the House of Commons, that he, as a ' Member of the Administration at that time, sug gested to the Bank, that if their gold was exhausted, they should place a paper against their doors, stating that they had not gold to pay with, but might expect to have gold to recommence payment in a short period ; do you recollect such a suggestion ?—There was such a suggestion. 2232. The Bank of England issued 11. notes at that period ; was that done to protect its remaining treasure? —Decidedly, and it worked wonders ; and it was by great good luck that we had the means of doing it, because one box, containing a quantity of 1/. notes, End been overlooked, and they were forthcoming at the lucky moment. 2223. Had there been no foresight in the prepara tion of those 1/. notes ?—None whatever, I solemnly declare. .2234. Do you think that issuing of the 11. notes did avert a complete drain ?—As far as my judgment goes, it saved the credit of the country. 2261. In the month of December 1825 the Bank made very great advances to the public, and you are of opinion that by those advances they saved the public credit of the country and the private credit of the whole commercial community ; at that period you have stated that your balances of bullion and coin were very low ; arc you not generally of opinion that in all cases of panic, though your coin may be very low, it may be judicious in the Bank to advance bank notes, to prevent the increase and mischief of the kind described ?—I have no doubt of it. 2263. You think, therefore, that it is not on every possible occasion strictly true, as a general maxim, that it is wrong in the Bank to advance bank notes, even when the bullion may be exceedingly low ?—That has always been my opinion ; but I know that it is one that has been extremely criticised and objected to ; but I am glad that I am out of the way of the exer cise of so painful and anxious a responsibility. 2264. As every general rule has an exception, do you not think that such an exception to the rule re ferred to existed in the month of December, 1825 ?—I am sure it did. 2269. Is it not true that after the Bank of England had on a particular day determined to issue their 11. notes instead of gold, within a week of that date, or thereabouts, the panic vanished like a dream ?—Yes, whether that was the cause or not, the fact is perfectly right ; the 11, notes were received with acclamation, almost. 2270. Had you any doubt it was the cause ?—I have none upon the face of the earth. G. W. Norman, Esq., late Governor of the Bank, examined. 248]. Do you suppose that the 1/. notes of the Bank at that time stopped the panic ?—To a certain degree. 2482. Are you aware that the drain by the public for gold at Norwich was stopped by the Bank at Nor wich refusing to give anything but Bank of England notes in exchange for gold?-1 have heard something of the kind. 2483. Did you hear that when the people of Nor which found that they could receive no other exchange for notes of the Norwich Bank than notes of the Bank of England, they then ceased to demand payment of the paper of the Norwich Bank ?—I have heard some thing to that effect, but am not aware that the fact was so. . . N. M. Rothschild, Esq., examined. 4582. Supposing the bullion is drawn from the Bank by paving in an amount of bank notes, do you thir.k that the Bank ought to make any extra ordinary steps to issue those notss again to the public ?—lt depends upon how the Bank feels it ; if the Bank feels itself strong enough it may do it ; but they must act according to their means. 4896. Was the Bank liberal in its discounts at the period of the panic, or did it at that time reject good bills tendered for discount ?—Before the panic bgan there was an immense number of bills drawn for corn, wool, spelter, &c. ; and when the Bank found so many of those bills coming they refused to discount ; but about ten or twelve days after the Bank found it would do no good not to discount, and they then discounted any bills that were sent in, drawn on good houses, to any extent. 4901. Do you think that discounting largely with an adverse exchange, and contracting the discounts with a favourable exchange, and a panic rising, was prudent management ?—I think the Bank managed at that time very well indeed ; there was a great demand for spe cie, and a great demand for discounts, and very great speculation, and a great many bankers failing ; and I think the Bank at that time acted in as honest and con scientious a manner as could be. 4947. You think the best principle the Bank can adopt is to issue largely, and to make the currency abundant ?—Yes ; if this country has money in abun dance, it will have all the trade from the whole world ; and if you make money very scarce, the trade will go to other countries. THE NEW:JUDGE.—A Correspondent, usuall . well informed, communicates to us the startling intel ligcnce that Mr. Turtoi, whose appointment in Canada procured for him so unenviable a notoriety, is destined to be the new Judge in the room of the late Mr. Justice Vaughan. Notwithstanding the confidence we feel in our informant, we cannot bring ourselves to believe that such an outrage on the best feelings of the community can be seriously intended.—Morning Post. GRAND FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY.—This morning at nine o'clock the mortal remains of the late Marchioness of Salisbury were removed from the town residence, in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, for interment in the family vault, at Hatfield, is Hertfordshire. The funeral pro cession consisted of four porters on horseback, state horse, carrying a gentleman, with the coronet, on a silk crimson velvet cushion ; the hearse, drawn by six horses, was followed by the carriages of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Glouce , -ter, the Princess Matilda Sophia, the Dukes of Wellington, Portland, Buccleugb, Beaufort, Cleveland, and Northumberland, Marquis of Exe ter, Lords Cowley, Brownlow, and numerous others. The procession moved from Arlington-street, along Albemarle-street, Bond-street, on to St. John's Wood, when the carriages quitted, and the funeral procession moved on along the New North-road to Hatfield, where tl'e funeral will take place by torch light, at seven o'clock. An old Whig, contrasting the mode of political warfare in his time with the Tory tactics of the present opposition, observes, that " much might have been said of the extreme proligacy of the Court of George the Fourth ; but it was passed over in silence. How dif ferent is the conduct of the present Opposition ! The Morning Post has subsisted for seven months on the case of Lady Flora Hastings. THE PLEASURES OF CONVERSATION I—lt - - - would appear, by the subjoined advertisement published in Belgium, that conversation is much valued in King Leopold's dominions :—" Advertisement.—To Persons wishing for Instructive and Amusi❑g Conversation.— BAron --, well acquainted with all the languages of Europe, which he has visited during fifteen yeas, as well as the other parts of the world, in order to study their manners, customs, and commerce, has the honour to apprize people of the 'world desirous of enjoying an instructive and amusing conversation, that he receives visitors from six in the evening to twelve, in his draw- ing-room at the Hotel de l'Etoile d'Or, at the rate of five francs per person and the hour. He waits on such as wish for his company at ten francs the hour, and accepts but three dinners a week at the rate of twenty francs." DEATII BY MACHINERY.-On Sunday morn _ ing a fine youth, twelve years of age, named George Taylor, lost his life in the following manner :—The de ceased, who was in the employment of Mr. Marshal, a tripe-dresser, in Osborn-street, Whitechapel, was sent to the back premises to pump some water from a deep well, and which is done by a machine worked by a horse In the course of the business it was necessary that the lad should place a cork in one of the pipes to direct the water into other vessels, and in doing this, he leaned over a square shaft, through which there passed a bolt and lathe. Hav;rig caught hold of this, he became entan: Bled, and was rolled round several times on the crowded machinery, a-id was crushed to death. His entanglement in the machinery caused the horse to stop, and by this means he was discovered. MENDICITY AND MISFORTUNE. —Ellen Carr and her three sisters deny the truth of the Mendicity's managers' statement. They have received in dona tions 501. Mr. Corpe, who interested himself in their behalf, very properly says, " whatever faults the family may have, they ought not to be starved to death. The landlady (he adds) gave a most excellent.account of the girls, as also the neighbours. There is nothing what ever,i in thei r appearance or deportment to found even a shadow o f suspicion against them. Their manne r is artlessl ' and simpl e , and btrays nothing but misfortun e. After buyi ng t h em selves necessaries, they placed a 5 1. s n t o a t t e eo inf destitution, m y hands voluntarily, t o t a k e ca re of. From a theyarenovv, thanks to a generous public, in comparative eldest,m comfort. th Three he r o p f 0 o t r h them t h a e r r e , e with going to service, and thebeing i n a weak state of heath, will remain at home who o isisill'" It said to be the determinatio n of the Shah I 7of Persia to send an arm of 23,000 men against Bagdad. SUICIDE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—While reading an account of the inquest held on the remains of that silly lad Hawes, and I speak of him and feel towards him as one of the public, the following ideas occurred to me : The number of suicides seems to have increased lately, I will not say alarmingly, because there is nothing to fear for from such a circumstance, ex cept the character of this nation for common sense. Suicide being only a method of quitting this state of being it says nothing in favour of human nature, that what has been repeated momentarily, ever since the world began, should, at this time, be looked upon with horror, surprise, or regret, ex cept it be attended Vtith some criminality, some exhibition of human weakness, or some loss to the public. I confess, mankind never appeared to me so nearly on a par with their less privileged fellow-creatures, than to-day, when reading an account of a conversation at the inquest, concerning the inclosure of the gallery of the Monument with a wire cage—ornamented, too ! As much as to say, Now, do keep down, little animal, or you'll spoil these pretty things over your head ! So far, however, as suicide is peculiar as a mode of terminating existence, I think it should excite ridicule, nay contempt. I would wage my existence that there exists not one individual possessing a human soul, who would not suffer the most thorough pain, the most lasting misery, rather than subject himself to the contempt of all men. And is not suicide contemptible ? In those who commit it upon what may be called principle, to avoid some trouble or misery, it is cowardly, in the last degree. A man knows what he has to suffer, generally ; but no one can die certain of his fate ; and it is in the shape of doubt only that fear can exist in a generous mind, or be at all rational in any—be cause in that case it is a fear of no object, in par ticular. Now, when, from very fear of an object which lie can appreciate, a man rushes to a condi tion of which he can have no certain knowledge, to insanity alono can his mind resort from the im putation of being the most utterly contemptible thing that could be in the form of intelligence. As to those who commit suicide in a frame of mind like that of Hawes, who seems to have been de lirious only in so far as not to be unable to desire notoriety, the motive will be contemned by all who can deplore the aberration of reason which produces it. It does not appear that Hawes had any cause to destroy him self; but that he was always of a hypochondriacal, half-delirious turn of mind. Nor do lin the least doubt but that he looked forward with a degree of pleasure to the notoriety which his singular death would give him, though it should be after his be coming unable to enjoy it. Many, greater than he, have fallen into a similar error. _ _ But this mania for self-destruction being certainly an evil, how are we to check it? Why, when you see a man fall to the ground from an elevation of two or three hundred feet, hold an inquest to as certain how he died ? The fact itself is not enough to inflame the curiosity of mankind ; feed that same curiosity with a long investigation •f what every body knows, and surprise all men by returning a verdict of " temporary insanity ;" that is the way. There is no danger whatever, that, among the crowd who may resort to the said inquest, some half a dozen, perchance, may think what a glorious thing it would be to have an inquest held on the body of one who had had the courage to shoot. his brains out, or had had the magnanimity to jump a few feet, in order to be in eternity. Far be it from me, Sir, to deprecate such an in quiry, in cases of suicide, as may answer the ends of justice, when there is a possibility of the murder turning out to be a homicide. But lam convinced that, in the majority of cases, where inquests are held on suicides, they do no manner of good, and they often do harm. What on earth was the use of holding an inquest on the body of Hawes ? If such a feeling as that of contempt for the folly of the lad, could be infused into the public mind— would it not be the best preservative against a re petition of such scenes ? Would it not do good to consign such candidates for fame into oblivion ? Nothing could have a better effect, than for a man to believe that, if he committed suicide, he should be treated with entire neglect by the sympathies of the public. But the inquest in question was sug gested by curiosity in conjunction with custom; it tended to diffuse curiosity and to excite pity; two passions that will induce plenty of fools to desire the exercise of them in their own behalf. I am, your obedient Servant, Oct. 21, 1839. J. J. FRENCH NOBILITY. The King can make as many Nobles as he pleases : this is a privilege which he shares with the whole world, since now-a-days any man may assume any title he chooses without compromising, himself with the penal code. Thus we are ac quainted with several persons who, for the sake of variety, to-day are noble, to-morrow plebs, and have various shades of visiting cards, according to the part they wish to play. There at present exists a Deputy who is Marquis at the Chamber and at Court, but on arriving at his department repudiates his nobility, which was notoriously usurped. The charter incontestably conferred the same right on royalty. The Legitimists laugh at this noblesse of revolutienary fabric, which does not pos sess, like that of the Empire, the eclat of personal illustration. They are right in laughing, although nobles are made at Goritz (Duke of residence), who live in France like good homely citizens. Every one is exposed to the danger of treading on the toes of a Marquis, Baron, or Count, without being aware of his title. Moreover, a slight indiscretion may betray the incognito of a man of quality whose title was unknown save to himself and the donor. This latter abuse is the most crying of all. No bility being intended to excite the respect of the people cannot be too manifest or authentic. Of what use are arms or crests save to strike the ima gination ? Letters of nobility are essentially pa tent : under the Restoration they were solemnly confirmed. We shall never forget seeing M. Decazes when made Due Decazes. He came in the costume of a Minister, wearing hi s orders, and was present at the publication of his letters, and took the oath before the Royal Court in red robes. And thus publicly ought every new noble to take his place amongst the body to which he henceforth belongs. Even a corporal is presented to his com pany. The authenticity of nobility has now become the more necessary as the nobles of Royal creation have to struggle against unlimited opposition. The only method of putting down the license of usurpa tion is by a publicity which would render them ridi culous. Several nobles have recently been created without the knowledge of the public, as their titles have not been officially registered, nor even noticed in the Moniteur ; so that the nation is not aware that she possesses a noblesse which has issued from behind the Barricades. The pavers will have to discover and reveal to the world the existence of some of those extempore gentlemen. Even these revelations are liable to be refuted. More than one title-holder has denied his just qua lifications as an offensive or ridiculous impu tation. We have, then, a noblesse which dares not be named save in whispers—which hides its armo rial bearings from the people, and shows them only to adepts, as freemasonry. What ! you make no bles and are then ashamed of them ! You wish to be surrounded by an aristocracy, and you have created only anonymous aristocrats ! You grant them armorial bearings which they are compelled to hide I This is a deplorable and humiliating state of things. It cannot continue, for the honour of the new noblesse in which we are deeply interested. The confirmation of letters patent is one of the in dispensable ceremonies of its institution. The Court will think seriously over the matter, and we hope the next dukemaking will be solem nized with the same ceremony which afforded us so much amusement at the reception of M. Decazes.— Commerce. Mr. Lansdown Moore, the poet's son, is now senior ensign of the 221.—Limerick Chronicle. [The young gentleman was gazetted last week as having pur chased his lieutenancy, and is consequently now the ju nior lieutenant of the regiment. Sub-Constable Tucker, of the Mount Bellew station, succeeded on Monday in arresting a man named Patrick Power, who on the 29th ult., attempted the lives of his wife and another woman, named Bridget Lyons, the former of w hom was se verely wounded in the side by a knife.—Galtvay Patriot. THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND THE VETO ACT. At several of the synods held lately the question of repealing the Veto Act (an Act of the General Assembly in the year 1835, for vesting church pa tronage in the heads of families), has been discussed with great ardour and ability. In the Synod of Aberdeen a motion was carried by a majority of 19 to overture or move the next General Assembly for its repeal, and in the Synod of Dumfries, on the 15th instant, a similar motion was carried by a majority of 24 to 8. The following extracts from speeches made on the occasion will give our readers a fair specimen of the way in which this important ques tion is discussed in the Church Courts in the north. The Rev. GEORGE GREIG, on introducing the mo tion, said, that after the decision of the Court of Ses sion in the Auchterarder case, an overture, somewhat similar to the one he had now the honour of proposing, had been moved in the Synod in April last, and that one of the principal objections then lodged against its adop tion, though ineffectually, was that the matter had been carried before the Supreme Court of Appeal, where it would be fully and finally settled. The decision of the House of Lords had been given, but the Church persisted in setting it at defiance. They had heard a great deal more about the power and independence and Intrinsic authority of the Church since than before. lt was no interest of his, he was sure, nor of any of the profession, to detract even in the slightest degree, from the honour and ex altation of the Church ; but somehow or other it had always struck him as not a little unfortunate that the great radical duty of proclaiming their own consequence had invariably devolved upon some of themselves. Their consequence and independence lay within the limits of the Confession of Faith ; its length and breadth were there. This was their standard both in sacred and in civil things ; and they had not the power of altering or amending a single syllable of its contents, either in re gard to doctrine or to duty, and remain the Established Church- It was by Acts of Parliament, and not by Acts of the Church, that their Establishment held its ex istence ; and it was to those, and not to Acts of the Church, they must appeal for the adjustment of their powers, and the settlement of their differences. By the State, he presumed, they were to understand the laws of the State ; and it required but very little depth of research to enable them to know that the Lords were the legal interpreters of these laws—an office which de volved upon them by an original and fundamental arrangement of the British Constitution. To talk about the General Assembly being co-ordinate with the House of Lords in the interpretation of the Acts of Parliament is surely, to say the least of it, to trifle with the Queen's English. The Church, it had been said, had alone the power to decide what things are sacred and what civil. This was precisely the doctrine of the Church of Rome, and the very foundation of all her intolerant usurpation. They knew to what purposes she had applied it ; and were it not for the superior intelli Bence of the age in which they lived, and that the Popish tenet was confined to the mere office bearers of the Church, they might well be alarmed for their liberties. Devotion to the cause of reli gion was, no doubt, the alleged vindication. But had the interests of religion been invaded ; had an attempt been made to oppose them in the teaching of the people righteousness ; had they been interfered with in their endeavours to acquaint them with the great and saving truths of the New Testament ; had they been interrupted by the civil authorities in their progress from house to house, in administering in. struction to the ignorant, reproof to the wayward, con solation to the afflicted, and comfort and encourage ment to the dying? Nay, in all these things, they had not only not been opposed, but fully and expressly sup ported. But because they had taken it into their heads to contend for something they were pleased to call spiritual independence, they were to despise all the distinguished benefits and blessings they were permitted uninterrupt edly to enjoy—they were to set at nought the oaths of allegiance, and to peril the very existence of the Church ? This spiritual independence, in so far as they had been favoured with its illustration, consisted in a power of rejection by the people without cause assigned. It was not enough that a Presentee was found by the Church grave, sober, pious, sound in the faith, apt to teach, and in every respect the fittest person possible to be entrusted with the spiritual charge of a parish—he must be subjected to a more fiery ordeal still—the causeless rejection of the people should they choose to exercise it. This might be all very fair and just in a Voluntary Church, where the people pay for their ministers, and where, by the laws of this free and happy country of ours, they have a right to dispose of their money upon the clergy as upon any other commodity in the market, according to the prevailing bias of their taste, however much or how ever little to their profit. But an Established Church is a very different thing. That a minister should be acceptable to the people is a matter 'of very great im portance ; but it is a matter of yet greater importance, that the people should be provided with a minister who can fearlessly attack their irreligious prejudices, ex pose their prevailing vices, and faithfully inculcate upon them the humbling truths of the Gospel, however disagreeable to their taste, or offensive to the natural pride of their corrupt and degenerate hearts. A religious establishment was an entire piece o civil machinery throughout ; necessarily so constructed, according to the wisdom of the State, as an instru ment for carrying forth the glad tidings of salvation among the people ; having all its powers and its privi leges, its doctrines and its duties, distinctly marked out, limited and defined by the statute law of the land ; and how the causeless rejection of the Patron's presentee should be termed a spiritual act more than any other disregard of the conditions of the Establishment it may not be very easy to dis cover. It was for the rights of the people, it had been alleged, that the Church had been induced to make this unseemly opposition to the law. The most in tolerable tyrants had risen to the throne of their despotism upon the shoulders of the people ; and if they would examine the history of the world they would find that the clergy had never been destitute of plausible pretexts for usurpation. It was the clergy, and not the people who were the actors in this outrage ; and to allege that they were backed by the people was to allege a scandalous and notorious untruth. Nine tenths of the people (he spoke of the districts with which they were connected) most deeply deplored the late proceedings of the Church ; they had had a speci men of the working of the Veto Act ; they had seen with their own eyes its pernicious effects upon the in terests of morality and religion, and they had not the slightest ambition to be blessed with any more of its fa vours. Was it not most lamentable that while the king dom was convulsed with internal disorder, and threatened from without with external disorganization, the minis ters of religion, instead of soothing and enlightening the troubled minds of the people, should be otherwise engaged in fanning the flame of discontent, and in en couraging the reckless disregard of constituted autho rity ? Is it not lamentable, is it not most humiliating, to see so many eminent men, nay, good men he sin cerely believed many of them to be, so actively engaged in fostering a spirit of rebellion against the purest ad ministration of the best laws of the most enlightened, liberal, and free nation upon the face of the earth ? The Reverend ROBERT CRAWFURD, of Irongray, thought that the question before them, in so far as dis cussion in the inferior Courts was concerned, had been set for ever at rest ; but it would appear he was mis taken. He knew that the supporters of the overture were really of opinion that the Veto Act was inconsis tent with the constitution of the Church—that our Ec clesiastical Establishment was in danger—and that the procedings of the last Assembly had, to use the words of a distinguished speaker on their side, rung the knell of the Church of Scotland. The charge of rebel lion was once more advanced against those who sup ported the Church in her present position. They, he hoped it would be borne in mind, had never spoken of their civil superiors as those on the other side had done of their ecclesiastical superiors. If the former were rebels in a civil point of view, the latter were rebels in an ecclesiastical point of view. But who were they against whom this awful charge was preferred ?--Why, the more influential among them were labouring night and day for the good of the Church and the coun try—continuing to fight the battle against the Volun taries—warding off the attacks of the infidel--pleading the cause of the prople—and using every effort to me liorate both their spiritual and temporal condition. They had again and again stated that they had been compelled to take up their present position—that they had no alternative:left—and had shown the broad ground, scriptural and ecclesiastical, on which they rested their apparent resistance. To come forward, then, and with such a charge, required a greater degree of hardihood than he could have anticipated. He objected in lobo to the overture before them. In the first place, it in volved the highest disrespect to the Supreme Ecclesias tical Court. They had come to two solemn resolutions on the subject. In the last, they had declared that they do not conceive that, in passing the Veto Act into a law, they were guilty of an illegitimate exer cise of the intrinsic power vested in them by the Great Head of the Church —that they d ee pl y regretted anything like collision with the State --and that, in the disputed cases, they would guard against all interference with the civil rights of the patron, and surrender all claim to the temporalities connected with the case ; but that they neither would nor could aban don the great principle of non-intrusion. In all this the member who has brought forward the overture sees nothing but priestly usurpation. Strange to say, the Rev. Father (Dr. Wightman) who succeeded him sees the very reverse. He thinks the Church has surren; dered her powers into the hands of the people. He mourns over the degradation to which she has volunta rily submitted. One thing is clear, her priestly influ ence is not increased • and, consequently, she is en titled to credit when she says, that her simple and sole motive for acting as she has done is the spiritual good of her people. And while the supporter of the overture is alarmed with imaginary dangers, on the one hand he overlooks all real dangers on the other. In the se cond place, the overture before them might be charac terised as a desperate and dangerous attempt to accom plish a favourite object. He would entreat them to pause before proceeding farther. In fine, the overture was peculiarly uncalled for, and calculated to be very injudicious in present circumstances. The majority of last Assembly had shown a most conciliatory spirit. They had made every concession short of a dereliction of principle. They were labouring, and with every prospect of success, to heal the differences that unhap pily existed. The overture was calculated to widen the breach, to perpetuate divisions, and to weaken the hands of the Church, when union was most needed, and all her efforts should be concentrated on objects of great and eternal interest. He should, therefore, move—" That the overture be rejected, as it involves the highest disrespect to the Supreme Ecclesiastical Court, and is calculated to mar the progress now being made by the Church towards a satisfactory and final settlement of the question." The Rev. Mr. GILLIES said, two assertions had been made, first, that this cause was advocated by all the wise, the zealous, and the able of the Church ; and, secondly, that it was the cause of the people. As to the first of these, he readily admitted that the Veto Act was supported by many zealous and able men ; but he could not admit their prudence. And the whole zeal and talent of the Church were by no means embarked in the cause. As to►the second proposition, he must meet it with a direct and unqualified denial. The Veto Act had never been very popular ; and it was less so now than ever. There was a most decided re action in the country. He said this from his own ac quaintance with the sentiments of the people, many of whom had been satisfied with the law as it was ; and of those who had approved of the Veto Act at first, the majority were now, from its working, convinced of their error, while the few who still thought a change desirable, were decidedly of opinion that the Veto Act was not the measure that would lead to the attainment of their object. On a division, 20 ministers and 4 elders voted for the motion, and 7 ministers and 1 elder for the amend ment, giving a majority of 16 for the Repeal of the Act. SIR ROBERT PEEL. (From the llforTitng Advertiser.) Much as we were surprised at. the indignant tone in which Sir Robert Peel denied the statement of the Observer, to the effect, that though it was expedient to " keep up and enforce the No Popery feeling in Eng land," there " was no design of pushing the extermi nating principle in Ireland so far as actually to excite rebellion," we were yet more astonished, notwithstand ing all our experience of Tory truculence, to find the forbearance attributed to the Right Hon. Baronet, and which by all but the most sanguinary Tories would be esteemed a laudable forbearance, denounced by the Tory press as being of a most inculpatory charac ter, and the statement that Sir Robert Peel did not, in case of succeeding to the Government, mean to force Ireland into civil war, contradicted in all shapes and forms, from the retort-courteous to the lie-direct, from the demi•classical " fabrication" or gentle " Ministerial lie" of the Standard to the broad blackguard Billingsgate " LIE" of the Times. The al legation of Sir Robert Peel's innocence of a design to provoke civil war in Ireland, has been met by himself and his partisans with a contradiction as emphatic and unmeasured as if the charge implied some heinous in tention. The Standard defends the No Popery feeling as necessary to " resist the murderous conspiracy for the extermination of Protestantism" now existing in Ire land ; and by way of preparing a palliative for the me ditated horrors of civil commotion, it argues that as Sir Robert Peel has no communication with the ribbon conspirators, he has not the means of exciting a civil war. Our Contemporary's vaunted discernment and logical acumen are a little at fault, or he would not need to be informed that Government always possesses a variety of ways to excite rebellion without being in collusion with the disaffected. If a people be aggrieved and oppressed, it needs no collusion to excite them to resistance. Whenever such a direful calamity as civil war occurs, each party is anxious to transfer the blame from itself. And the laboured ingenuity with which the Tory press endeavours to prove that if a rebellion break out in Ireland in consequence of a Tory Ministry coming into office, that Messrs. O'Connell and Sheil, and those who oppose Orang" ascendancy, will be responsible for the infliction, implies a cool determination of purpose more indicative of an intent to resort to extreme mea sures, than even the blustering and barbarous threats with which, in discussing Irish policy, they are accus tomed to supply their lack of argument. In its excess of zeal the Standard asks, " Is the No Popery feel ing so much less natural than the Popery feeling to which it responds, that the first must be im puted to sordid motives, while the second may be regarded as perfectly legitimate? Our Contemporary was, we believe, an admirer of the French revolution of 1830 that movement was provoked by Jesuit propagandism. Now Popish propagandism in England is to the full as offensive and dangerous as Jesuit propa gandism could be in France ; and yet Englishmen are blamed for entertaining feelings, while Frenchmen are applauded for overturning a dynasty in the same cause." For the information of our Contemporary we may ob serve, that it is not Popery or No Popery, but intolerance and exclusion united with either, or any feeling against which the national conviction revolts. If the Papists were to raise a cry of No Protestantism, we might ex pect no very lenient vengeance invoked against them by their adversaries, who are now so anxious to organise a system of extermination. Between the cases of France and England, referred to by our Contemporary, there is no parallel, unless the propagandism of the Established Church in this country be regarded, as indeed it may be, as furnishing an accurate representation of the progand ism of the Jesuits in France. And in whatever guise, or whatever country, such system be attempted, all honest men will rejoice in its downfall and annihilation. ANOTHER VERSION !—The Bolton Free Press states that Colonel Angelo resigned his situation as Commissioner of the Bolton Police, on account of its being intimated to him by Government that his half-pay would be withheld so long as he continued to hold that office. " That there cloud," said a Yankee, pointing to one, the shadow of which was passing rapidly over the gr e p . ore l . guess lve it'llo u be n d , b e " h i i s n trying e t o n n g d o t a w - e h n e taydof minutesthe e n t g o i n s can get a-head of the fastest cloud going now, and give it time to take in water. THE WEAsLE.—This animal, diminutive as it is, appears to be the only wild one in this country which ever dares to attack the human species. This weazles only do when there is a number of them together ; singly, they run off at the approach of a man, but it is a serious thing to encounter a body of them, their activity rendering it impossible to watch and frustrate the motions of all. A young woman, on one occasion, very narrowly escaped from their fangs. She was walking from the town ofKirkcudbright to her father's house,a few miles distant, and after travelling for some time she struck off the public road, and took a " near cut ;" and while crossing a boggy piece of low-lying land, at a distance from any house, her attention was attracted to certain shrill shrieks proceeding from the bottom of a dyke over which she was climbing ; being a little alarmed at this, she hastened a few steps forward, and upon look ing back she observed two weazles running after her, while immediately afterwards upwards of a dozen more issued from the bottom of the dike, joining the others in the pursuit. Being greatly agitated, she set off at full speed to reach another dike, over which she jumped, hoping thereby to place a barrier between herself and pursuers, but to her great surprise they came bolting through the holes of the second dike also, chasing her apparently with the most determined fury. Upon this the poor girl ran on until, to use her own words, " her heart was like to burst, and her legs to fall under her." For upwards of a quarter of a mile the furious creatures continued close behind, and it was not until she reached a piece of rising ground on the other side of the bog that she fairly outstripped them. There can be no doubt that had she fallen or fainted from fright the consequences might have been of the most serious nature. The young woman reached home safely, deeply thankful for her escape. Several years ago, in another district, a farmer, while riding on horseback through boggy land, over which he could make but little speed, roused by accident upwards of twenty weazles, also from an old dyke, in which they had burrowed. They sprung upon the horse's legs and the boots of the rider, and, though he defended himself, dexterously with his whip, what with the jumping about of the terrified animal he rode, and the agility of his assailants, he declared he fought for his life to beat. them off.—Scotch Paper. NEW DISCOVERY IN THE ARTS.—The French papers speak of a discovery by which books and en gravings, once printed, may be produced ad injinitum, without requiring the aid of new plates er types. A Paris periodical says " This new process is ap plicable not only to fresh printed sheets, but like wise to the oldest engravings, to the oldest books, and which is of far more interest, to Greek, Chinese, and Hebrew books. It consists in two operations : —Over the page or engraving of which you want a copy, you lay a particular composition. It is placed upon the lithographic stone and pressed, and the stone reproduces, with scrupulous precision, the original engraving or book. This impression should not, however, serve, such as it is. It is itself covered with the same preparation, and it may then print thousands of copies by the ordinary process of every sort of lithography. Five minutes suffice for both operations. The original engravings may be re stored to the portfolio which has supplied it, for it has not been in the slightest degree injured ; the book, thus wholly reprinted, may undergo another binding, and honourably resume a place in your library. This new process admits of a reduction of 75 per cent. upon the expense of printing ; and as for engraving, that which on copper would have cost 100 francs, will now cost but 20 francs! What consequences will not this dis covery yield? It threatens the graphic art, engraving and printing, with a complete revolution.—lnventor's Advocate and Patentee's Recorder. DESTRUCTIVE TORRENTS IN THE ALPS. BRIEG, OCT. 3.—The site of Martigny, whence I dated my last letter, is, like all the principal towns of Switzerland, happily chosen. Serenely seated in a rich angle of the valley of the Rhone, with a grand and highly cultivated table land rising loftily above it, and that elevated platform, which in any other country would be itself deemed a splendid mountain, over topped by a superb sugar-loaf peak, hiding its head in the clouds and frosted over with snow ; and surrounded with many other giant hills, some clothed with verdure and plantations, others naked in primeval fierceness ; and with the boiling torrent of the Drance, fresh from the inexhaustible caldrons of the great St. Bernard, dancing at its feet, and uniting at a little distance with the imperious Rhone, this handsomely-built town may well boast of charms neither vulgar nor monotonous. But it is not alone to its lovely situa tion, nor to the splendid scenery which the eye takes in from its every point, that Martigny is indebted for the number of its visitors. It is on account of its being the great resting-place on the routes to and from St. Bernard, Blanc, and Chamounix, and to its position on the road to the Simplon. Chamounix is about eight leagues distant, and the great St. Bernard much about the same ; but as both these excursions are as well known as those to Greenwich and Hackney, and, to say the truth, as I feel it would be rather presumptuous in me to attempt to " describe the indescribable," I shall merely remark of them that either excursion can I be made from Martigny and back, seeing everything and seeing it well, in three days. Proceeding from Martigny, and travelling eastwards, you find yourself imbedded between two vast ridges of rocks, which rise sulkily into the heavens on the north and south, and leave you scarce sufficient way to pursue your weary and monotonous course through the narrow valley at their base, your only companion being the un gentle and angry Rhone which rushes by you with the roar of an enraged despot. At length the little village of St. Pierre is reached, and with it a new and agreeable change of scene. Pasturage, corn fields, vine plantations, and orchards succeed to the wild wood or desert waste, and continue extending and increasing in fertility to Sion. Here it is that, as in a museum, the traveller may view at once all the opera tions and productions of nature collected together. All that is to be found from the torrid to the frigid zone, everything that comes to maturity in vegetation from January to December, is in this valley, and on the mountains that bound it, to be seen flourishing at the same moment ; from the vine and Indian corn to the mountain fir and willow, the latter of which is discovered growing at a height of 9,000 feet above the level of the sea. The singular situation of Sion, the chief town of the Haut Valais, cradled between two rocks, and com manding an exquisite view to the east and west, attracts the attention of the traveller, although its old useless walls and decayed towers will not strike him as per fect models of fortification, being more for ornament tkan use, and, in sooth, not much for either. Coming hither I encountered various parties of the soldiers of the Confederation, who have been withdrawn from it by order of the Diet, and lost more than one night's sleep by the uproarious singing and patriotic carousing of these worthies and the boys of the Haut Valais,who consider themselves as having gained a grand victory over the detested enemies of the Low Valais. No- thing could be more pleasing than my journey from Sion to Sierre. Everywhere the happy work of har vest was going on. The gathering of the grapes, the making of hay, the knocking down of walnuts, the cutting of corn and maise,—all life and activity in the fields—the roads crowded with carts drawn by oxen, and laden with the ripened produce of in dustry and the varied soil—contributed to form a tableau vivant such as perhaps no other country could show at one and the same time. But this pleasurable scene of plenty is but of short continuance, and to it succeeds one of the most extreme contrast. Soon after quitting Sierre all traces of cultivation vanish, and a path so dreary, so lifeless, so strewed with ruin above, below, on every side, it is impossible to conceive without having seen it. Passing through this horrid waste, and walled in on every side by misshapen and impending rocks, burning with the feverish heat of a torrid sun, whose rays are reflected and concentrated by the flinty surfaces around you, and parching with thirst caused by the fine sand with which the atmosphere is impregnated, without a single breath of air to cool your temples, or a single fountain of pure water to allay your drought, and seeing nothing before you of move ment but the terrible Rhone, which here rages in all the extravagance of uncontrolled power, spreading ruin and destruction on every side, you might fancy yourself as treading the unexplored wilds of Africa, or the sandy deserts of Arabia. Here, during the late inundation, the overwhelming torrent swept all before it, and of the celebrated military road of Napoleon, a portion of at least a hundred yards have entirely disappeared in its vortex. And can human life endure in this wilderness ? Look up. Behold in the very centre of this ravage the town of Leuk, where it is seated on the mountain side, overlooking the surrounding calamity, and apps-. .. rently unconscious of danger. This uninviting aspect of scenery continues w ith but little variation or modifica tion to within a few miles within Brieg. And yet it is not without its beauties! It is nature still, in her most untamed, unsociable, unloveable appearance, but won derful and dazzling with her barbaric mien and fearful scowl. As you approach Brieg the vale for a moment widens and gives promise of beauty and fertility, but the mountains that enclose it, far from softening in their tone. take a gloomier aspect and a more formidable size. Here, in this little town, you see on every side mountains o'er mountains hurled, and rock o'er rock, crags that seem to be the pillars whereon the gteat dome of heaven itself is set, and snow-covered peaks and hoary glaciers undistinguishable from the clouds which float around them. Here, too, you see the devastating Rhone and roaring Saltine mixing their troubled waters, and dashing onward with a might irresistible and merciless, while a hundred pretty vil lages and innumerable cottages sit perched in situations apparently inaccessible to human tread, like wild birds' nests, overhanging the furious whirlpool, and reposing in the midst of desolation. Brieg, the town which com mences the ascent of the Simplon on the northern side of the Alps, bears frightful marks of the late sudden melting of the ice,: and consequent overflowing of the Rhone and its tributaries. The great road leading to the town has, for a quarter of a mile, been completely carried away by the flood which, during the 15th, 16th, and 17th of September, covered almost the entire valley, bearing away in its furious rage every thing that stood in its way. Trees have been uptorn and borne down the torrent, houses have been swept from their foun dations, gardens and plantations and fields have been overspread, and, instead of the ripened crop or the abundant pasturage, nothing but a wide desert of sand remains for the ruined husbandman, in many places three feet deep and upwards. This frightful debacle, caused by the excessive heat melting the snow and glaciers, and which far exceeded in its devastating effects that of 1834, has done an irreparable injury to all this part of the country, not only in thus destroying all vegetation, but in the far greater injury of putting a stop to the passage of travellers, which was the princi pal means of support of the greater number of the in habitants of Brieg and the towns along the Simplon route. With respect to the insurrectionary movements here, of which so much has been rumoured, I believe they were little more than they " air-drawn dag gers of the brain," as wherever I passed all was as cam as a moonbeam. The commissioners of the Diet are sitting at Sion, examining into the causes of com plaint of these priest-driven people, and that seems to soothe them for a time. MARISCHAL COLLEGE.—We learn that the Crown has instituted a Professorship of Anatomy and one of Surgery. in Marischal College and University, and has presented Allen Thomson, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy in Edinburgh, to the former Professorship, and William Pirrie, M.D., formerly Lecturer on Ana tomy to King's and Marischal Colleges, to the latter. —Aberdeen Herald. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday John Johnson, Esq., citizen and spectacle maker, was intro duced to the Court, and sworn in as Alderman of Dow gate Ward. A long discussion then took place upon the subject of the most proper place in which to keep the City Seal, which, since the unfortunate fire at the Royal Exchange, has had no certain local habitation, and which some people contend ought not to have even a name. It was finally resolved to refer the subject to a Committee, for their decision. Mr, Torrens, son of Colonel Torrens, attended a meeting at Loughrea to promote e migration to South Australia, when Mr. Birmingham a dvised a purchase of 4,000 acres there, and Sir John Burke subscribed "00/., the Dowager Lady Clanricarde, 1001. Mr. Torrens goes out as a settler next December.—Limerick Chronicle. VESSEL ON FIRE IN SHIELDS HARBOUR.— The Betsy, of London, was discovered to be on fire yesterday afternoon, in Shields harbour, whilst lying in tier near the ferry-boat landing-place, on the south side of the water. She was immediately towed clear of the other vessels, and her masts cut away, at which time the flames were rushing up the hatches, and it was feared she would be burnt to the water's edge.—New castle Chronicle. A VETERAN.—At the inspection of Chelsea pensioners in Aberdeen district, on Tuesday se'nnight, there appeared a venerable figure wrapped in a camlet cloak. From deafness, he allowed his name to be called without returning an answer, and when some one told him of the circumstance, the old man, having gruffly thanked him, rose to leave the Court. " You have seen service in your day," remarked the pensioner who had aroused him ;"it is not to-day nor yesterday that you passed your first inspection ?" " No, indeed," answered the old soldier ; " I was not able to serve my King in forty-five, but I mind well on it. I was ten years old at Culloden !" " But it was not long after till you did serve him ?" " No, indeed," replied old one hundred and three, as he made his way, with a firm step, out of the Court-house, once more to " pass muster," I have been fifty years a pensioner." — Edin bur g h Couran t AIALRKET IGENCE. (From this London New Price Current of October 22.) SUGAR-.The refiners have purchased sparingly of West Indian M uscovadoes Sugar since our last report, and I rather low er prices have been submitted to for soft de scriptions ; strong grey qualities have however maintained their forme .r currency ; for mid and fine yellow kinds pre vious rates have been fully supported, in brown and low yellow sorts: former rates not maintained by is for the former, and. 6d for the latter at public sale 140 hhds Bar badoes sold rather cheaper for common qualities ; the bet ter kinds, ho wever, fetched their former value, low mid dling went at 61s 6d to 635, middling to good middling 649 to 65s 60', good and fine 66s to 67s 6d per cwt. This afters oon the better descriptions suitable for the scale brought p revious rates, but brown and low yellow kinds barely suppsrtesd former prices ; at auction 100 hhds Bar badocs so'd at the rates previously established, low mid and mid fetched 62s 6d to 64s 6d, good mid 65s to 6556 d, good 66s to 675, and fine 67s 6d per cwt. The total sales arc 600 hhds an d trs. REFINED.-F. )r Refined goods reduced rates have again been submitted t o ; standard lumps have been sold at 785 6d a 795, and brown Lumps 76s to 77s per cwt. For Bastards quotations are rather lower ; Crushed has fetched 34s 3d to 34; 6d, 101 b Loaves 38s 6d to 393, and 141 b Loaves 38s. In Dutch Crushed no change has taken place ; 33s 6d is asked, deliverable at Amsterdam. Today the operations in Refined goods for home use were on a small sea le ; standard Lumps have been sold at 78s, and brown ones . at 76s per cwt. Treacle sells steadily at 3ls Gd to 353 Gd iser cwt. Foreign Crushed at 34s to 34s 3d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-For lx - own andinferior yellow kinds there are few buyers, but prices have suffered no further depres sion 57s to 62; for middling low and yellow. This after noon there was no change in prices, but the demand pri vately was limited, and there was no public sale. 1,400 bags are declared for Thursday. EAST INDIA.-For Manilla former rates were supported, 21; 6d paid for 200 casks Manilla Muscovado; there has been no public sale Siam has supported its former cur rency. For Bengal of strong white quality advanced rates have been fully supported ; 1,300 bags at public sale sold at 66; 6d to 67s 6d for middling and good mid dling, 68; 6d to 69s 6d for good and fine white, and 63s to 685 6d for damps and washed. This afternoon there was no a'xction of any kind, and the private sales were on a small scale, but in prices we make no alteration. 1,500 bags Bengal are declared for public sale to-morrow, and 1,000 baskets Java, 3,000 bags Manilla, and 300 bags Siam for next Tuesday. FOREIGN.-This afternoon there was an increased disin clination manifested to purchase Brazil, and 443 chests and 207 brls, &c. at public sale were only partly sold on rather easier terms; Bahia low and mid white went at 24s 6d to 275, low and mid brown 183 to 21s, mid and good yellow 22; to 24s ; Pernams were taken in, low and good mid white at 24s to 28s, and brown and yellow 19s to 23s per cwt. MOLAssEs.-West India at lower prices ; fine Antigua at 335, fair St. Vincents 31s, and Nevis 30s. Trinidad at 29s for good fair dark but thin quality; better quality was taken in at 30; a 31s per cwt. COFFEE. -The importers have refrained from offer in g any British Plantation at public sale, at the same time there has not appeared much inclination on the part of the trade to purchase privately : for the clean mid descriptions, however, there has been some inquiry, and the purchases by private contract have been upon the terms of this day week. This afternoon there was no public sale of East or West India, and by private contract there was little passirig' the trade generally waiting for the auctions declared for this week; some small sales are made in good ord. c s ylon at 104 s 6d. The demand for Foreign limited ; 720 bags imported direct, 3,274 do. from the Cape, offered a t auc tion (bankrupt's effects), the whole of which were taken in, the former at 45s a 47s for ord to good ord, being 2s under the general valuations, and the latter at 46s 6d a 4 75 for low good ord mixed, which is also lower. Some cargoes Brest from the Cape are daily expected, consisting of Brazil, St. Domingo, Cuba, &c. TALLOW.-On the spot the purchases have be en on small scale in P. Y. C., and prices have declined to 483 sa to 49s for first quality. For delivery up to the end of the year there has been little passing, at 47s 6d to 47s 9d; for the spring months there are sellers at 48s, but few buyers. This afternoon there was only a limited business doing in P. Y. Candle on the spot or to arrive, 48s 6d is the quotation for the former, and 47s 3d to 47s 6d for the latter purpose; 47s 9d is asked for Spring months, but there arc few buyers at present. OILS.-Advanced rates required for all descriptions of common fish oils. Cod in small quantities have bee° disposed of by private treaty at 331, Southern at 281 to 301 and Pale Seal, at 341 to 341 10s, but it is now obtainable at 331 to 331 10s. ; at auction on Friday 56 tuns Newfoundland Cod taken in 331. 100 tuns Seal went at 331 to 33155 for Pale, 291 to 31t 5s for straw, and 271 15s to 29/for yellow and brown. Sperm of good quality at 951; 20 tuns of rather inferior quality at auction fetched 931 to 9315 s per tun. Linseed Oil last week 25s 3d to 25s 6d, but during the last few days prices ha fallen to 24s 3d to 24s 6d. Rape at prices those of this ve day week. Palm at 37s to 38; per cwt. East India Cocoa Nut at 43s to 44s per cwt. SPICES,-Black Pepper of common quality has sold to a fair extent by private contract at 3id to 30 for t , which rathees are on a par with those of this day week; but better kinds there are few orders. This afternoon Cassia Lignea was in improved request ; 440 chests were offered at auction and sold rather higher, good middling thin but false packed fetched 64s 6d to 65s 6d, and good ordinary coarse 61s 6d to 62s per cwt ; one parcel of 300 chests of fair -mid was sold at 64s for cash. RUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDS.-The Rum market has presented a more lively appearance, and in Jamaica a fair business has been done at previous rates; the purchases to yesterday afternoon amounted to 400 puns, 20 to 22 per cent overproof at 5s a 5s 2d, 24 to 26 over 5s 3d a 5; 4d, 28 to 30 over 5s 5d a 5s 6d, 31 to 34 over 5s 7d a 5s Bd, 35 to 37 over 53 9d a bs lid, and favourite marks 6s Id to 6s 3d. Leewards of strong quality have been taken more freely, and prices are firm, but in ce disc there has not been much passing ; 200 puns have been dis: posed of, proofs to 6 per cent. over - proof at 3s 3d a 35 "0 5 to 8 over 3s ad a 3s 6d, 10 to 12 ever 33 8d a 3s 9d, 15 to 20 over 3s 10d a 4s 2d, and 2b to 23 over 4s 6d a4s 10d, some parcels of St. Kitts 35 over have fetched 5s 2d, and 24 over 4s 6d. To-day there was a fair business doing, chiefly in the better sorts, at the rates quoted above. Geneva in good demand. British Corn Spirits at lOs to lOs 2d. Inrnoo.-The quarterly sales of East India have con cluded; the quantity declared was 6,844 chests. Since the sales a fair business has been transacted in East India, and 200 chests have been disposed of. For Spanish a good demand has prevailed ; and 290 serons Guatemala at public sale sold with spirit, at 3s to 7s 3d, which is an advance on the rates of the last auction of 3d to 5d per lb. 50 serons Carraccas have been offered which sold at 5s 2d to 5s lid, which is rather lower. This afternoon there is less life in the market; 209 scrolls Guatemala were submitted to public competition. only two-thirds found buyers, at rather lower rates for the better kinds, but ordinary sorts maintained their former currency ; low Cortes to fine Sobres fetched 3s lld to 6s 9d per lb. TEA. -In the market there has been less activity during the last few days. Common Twankay has comman ded is lld ; Congou, of the same quality, is 10d • Hyson, 23 7d to 2s 8c1; Young Hysurf, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; dompanYn Congou is held, for is lld for cash, and is llid with prompt. At auction 2,500 packages have been offered, 2,000 of which were sold at and after the sales at prices equal to these established at the Monthly Sale, expecting for You n g Hyson, which brought lid a 2d per lb advance ; Cong, , preferable to but mid rather strong sold at 2s Old a 2s but mid rather strong blackish leaf 2s 3d. Souchong b?" mid little Souchong flavour Is 8111 a is 10d, Byron Skni e Is 61d to Is 7-d, i Young Hyson but mid rather coars 3s 2d a 3s 3V, Ponchong but mid little coarse is 71 . d 6 is B.'7d, and Caper but mid 2s Oid, Canton Bohe a (for _ex': port only), is 24d a is 34d; 500 chests Fokien Behes subject to the is 6d duty were taken in at 25 4d. FRUIT.-The demand continues to improve • vforiernnceisat kinds of fruit. The market was hare of Ne *. Raisins last week, the importers having cleared co ut pr vately at 425, and the trade were buyers at that pr;6s. Zante and Cephalonia Currants have been r educed to _ To-day there was a good demand for Valentia R aisins at 4fe COCOA.-British Plantation has been take n rather 0 1 r freely by the home trade. This afternoon 60 bags 21 barrels Trinidad at 1;1 1 . 0 t, i n n 0 . 51 sold slowly, but former rates were supp orted ; rnidc . ll s ' t 7, dark red fetched 53; to 54s : middling greyish, 51 52s ; and low middlin p cwt. PRomioNs.-Dutchg, 0f 49; fi ne er quality has sold at 1003at3n. 1023, and Irish is quoted from 85; up to 94s landed. 625 con is still held firmly for high prices. Lard a t 60s t°,, I " a n per cwt. Beef and Pork landed are somewhat e asier before. ss-s. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE C 00,5 A. B. 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Table Snuff Boxes—Silver Epergnes—Silver Bread Baske And ma n y o th er a rticles of Plate adapted for Presentation Testimonials, &c., may be selected fr om, in the Show Rooms a' T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith , and Watchmaker, 47, Corn' hill, London ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B. By addressing a paid letter stating the amount fstrct:l_, testimonial r equired, drawings and particulars of various sr r of suited for the price and object can be forwarded to any Pa r he country. BIRTHS. On the 18th inst. , at Raglan Rectory, the lady of W. J * /3. Hall, Esq., of Bryntirion, near Cardigan, of a her Grace t son. h e On the 20th inst., at Whitehall-gardes, Duchess of Buccleueh, of a sen. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at St. Marylebone Church. the Be; r : Richard Croft, youngest son of the late Sir Richard Co' Bart., to Charlotte Leollora, elder daughter of the late Lieute nontColonel Russell, of the Madras Cavalry. DIE D. On the 15th instant, at Vallis Cotta Frome, Sower" ge, near set, after a long illness, in his Slat year, George hood George, Esq., d ee ply lamented by numerous friends. , °,in4 On the 7th i T,. nst., at Naples, the Right Ho*. John 7. 9 Lord Trim lestown, the 19th Baron 'Fin ri lestovn, of Trinu c-- tow n Castle, M eath, a g ed 66. • ---....n.....-x.r. of London Printed M the No. 1 12, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, , county of Middlesex.—Wednesclay, October '23, 1836' EVENING EDITION THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1839. EVENING EDITION.