The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-19 00:00:00

scheme. They can ill conceal their joy at the oppor tunities of which they now see the prospect of wreak ing their malice, in the name of charity, upon the ancient dependents of all charitable establishments, and of using all the revenues to increase their power of doing mischief. The Town Councils petition the Chancellor without delay. (At whose expense are these worthies going to law ?) By a singular coin cidence their petitions are referred to Master Brougham, who is not the Master in turn (we wonder upon what pretext). We shall be agreeably disappointed, if this shuffle does not end as it began and was continued. We promise the public to keep a watchful eye upon the tricks. The recommendation of one Town Coun- cil has already been disregarded, but it was a Conser vative one. The Radical councils may have a better chance. All our consolation is, that if M as t ers i n . _ Chancery make political decisions upon matters so important, there is a tribunal of appeal, which is too noble and high-minded to allow the paltry motives of party to interfere with the claims of justice.— Times. `We have received from Mr. Leslie a Postscript to his pamphlet on The Poor Laws and the Proposed Extension of that System to Ireland; and although the importance of the subject and the coincidence of our views with Mr. Leslie's, have induced us to give that pamphlet four separate notices, we yet return to a subject so pregnant with interest to the industrious classes of this kingdom. The unpopular view of the Poor Law system which Mr. Leslie joins us in taking, naturally exposes him to much hostility from those who see in that system a panacea for the woes of Ire land ; and to superficial readers, the ad captandum statement of taxing the rich to support the poor, car ries them away, without a moment's time for reflection as to the possibility of executing that object. Mr. Leslie at once lays the axe upon the root of this delu sion, and severs it from the ground : he demonstrates from the evidences which centuries of the English his tory have affOrded, that the tax known as a fund " to relieve the poor," has been the engine of destruction to millions, whose lot it has been to have been affected by the pernicious influences which this tax (he clearly shews) has upon the industry of the country. All the theoretic notions of the vast improvement which the Poor Laws occasion in the condition of the work ing classes, Mr. Leslie at once annihilates, by one short sentence in the postscript to his pamphlet, taken, not from the writings ofmny modern traveller, but from the Statute Book of England, an authority unim peachably important. Mr. Leslie says : " It may, however, be supposed . that butcher's meat formed no part of the sustentation of the industrious classes during those early periods. This is a great mistake, which the following preamble to the 24th of Henry VIII., c. 3, (1532)wi1l at once make evident. That Act of Parliament commences by showing the complaint of the poor—the cause of the statute :—' Complaineth to your most excellent High ness, your poor subjects of this your realm, that when all manner of victuals before this time bath been sold to your said subjects at prices convenient, so that all your subjects, and in especial the poor persons, ?night, with their craft or bodily labour, buy sufficient for the necessity and sustenta lion of them, their wives, and children. But now, gracious Lord, all victual, and in especial beef, mutton, pork, and veal, which is the common feeding of the mean and poor persons, are sold at so excessive price, that your said needy subjects cannot gain with their labour and salary sufficient to pay for their convenient victual and sustenance." It then enacts the regulations under which meat shall be sold, and limits the price of beef and pork to one halfpenny a pound, veal and mutton to three-farthings a pound avoir dupois, and determines that a calf above eight weeks old shall be sold at the price of beef ; it is further declared, that wherever the price of these articles (of the com mon feeding of the poor and mean persons') is less than the above, this act is not to extend thereto." At what period did the generation of industrious labourers flourish since the introduction of "the Poor law" delusion, who could with truth make such a de claration " that beef, mutton, pink, and veal, is the common feeding 9f the mean and poor persons?" It appears, from the postscript to Mr. Leslie's pamphlet, that the public are indebted for. the extremely valuable additional facts which it contains, to the comments of our Contemporary the Morning Chronicle, who, not being prepared to overturn the arguments which Mr. Leslie had set forth in his pamphlet, wished to make the readers of the Chronicle believe that Mr. Leslie's range of observation has evidently been too limited to enable him to he a competent judge of the question upon which he has entered : " If," says the Chronicle, " Mr. Leslie had made himself acquainted with the actual state of Europe, he would have been struck with the fact, that in all those countries in which the cultivators are not slaves, the lower orders are uniformly found in a state of extreme destitution and demo ralization where there are no poor laws, and that wherever poor laws exist, the population is orderly. In Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Eng land, Scotland., there is a legal provision for the poor." `Mr. Leslie replies— " I take the rebuke, coming from the respected quarter it does, with the most kindly feeling, and, I trust, with a desire to profit by it ; but I owe it to myself—to my argu ment—and to my readers, to slim that I am not so ignorant of the condition of Europe, or even of America, connected with the operation of the legal provision for the poor, as is thus imputed to me. " I shall take the countries of Europe in the order in which the worthy writer in the CYlsonic/c has placed them, and from the most authentic documents, published by the authority of Parliament—from the valuable statistical works of G. R. Porter, Esq. (the most recent of which, just published, The Progress of the Nation : Population and Production,' should be in the hands of every one who is anxious to promote the best interests of his country), from these authentic sources I present facts to maintain all the positions I have taken in the preceding pages, and to demonstrate that whenever a poor-law system is a part of the domestic policy of the country, no matter what may be its political constitution, whether it be monarchical or re publican—whether the religion be Catholic or Protestant— whether labour abounds and is well remunerated, or the very reverse be its condition, one uniform and unvarying result attends that fatal principle ; creating misery, which it afterwards can neither control nor mitigate. Mr. Leslie then submits from the various countries (of the condition of which the Chronicle imagined he was ignorant) such overwhelming statements of facts as to the workings of all the various modifications of the Poor Law system, as firmly to establish his posi tion, that " wherever a Poor Law system is part of the domestic policy of the country, no matter what may he its political constitution, whether it be monar chical or republican—whether the religion be Catholic or Protestant, whether labour abounds, and is well remunerated, or the very reverse be its condition, one uniform unvarying result attends that fatal principle ; creating misery, which it afterwards can neither controul nor mitigate." The extraordinary facts which Mr. Leslie has collected from such authentic sources, pour in a flood of light upon this importantquestion, and our Contempo rary, the Chronicle, vainly attempts to rid himself of the uneasiness which Mr. Leslie's facts have thus occa sioned him. Any one who knows with what tenacity our Contemporary adheres to preconceived opinions, will not be surprised that these facts do not alter his notions ; but to the readers of the Chronicle, we have no doubt that they will carry conviction. Our Con temporary says, " that when Mr. Leslie tells us that the number of poor is great in a country, he tells us nothing which bears upon the question." But we submit that, when Mr. Leslie demonstrates that (i n those very countries which the Chronicle selected to triumph over Mr. Leslie's ignorance of the state of Europe), the number of the poor is not only great, but rapidly increasing, he submits evidence which does bear upon the question ; for, whatever the Chronicle may think, the fact is, that pauperism is a barometer which better indicates the moral and social c ondition of the l a b our i ng c l asses o f a coun t r y than the mise rable evasion which the Chronicle is resorting to dis tort this astounding evidence. We have not space to go more at large upon this question to-day; and we shall, in consequence, conclude this notice by extract ing the following extraordinary statistical information as to Ireland, which is one portion of the valuable ad ditional matter Mr. Leslie has appended to his pamphlet : " IRELAND.—The Parliamentary returns exhibit the following facts, as to the lands, the landowners, and the agricultural labourers and their families : " First, as to the land.—A Parliamentary return of 1827 shows the number of acres in that country to be 19,441,944 ; of these 12,125,280 were cultivated, 4,900,000 were uncultivated, and 2,416,644 were unprofitable. Ano ther Parliamentary document shows that the cultivation in 1836 has extended to 14,600,000 acres, the average rent of which is 12s. 6d. per Irish acre, equal to 14s. 2cl. per English acre. " Second. as to the landowners.—The gross rental of land in Ireland (exclusive of the towns), is not quite ten THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER l9, 1836. quorum. The Chronicle suggested, that if Mr. Les- 1 lie were to ask a rich farmer in those Eastern districts if he wished Poor Laws abolished, the rich farmer would laugh at him. This evidence of the increase of pauperism in that quarter, induces us to think that instead of laughing at Mr. Leslie, the rich farmers will be very much more inclined, as we are, to laugh at the author of such a treatise in the Morning Chro nicle. So far for the present, but we have not done with the subject. There is an argument in the Chronicle to which we have not time to advert, which must be overturned ; and asserted, but not proven, facts, in the columns of the same journal, respecting the state of pauperism and the condition of the labouring classes in Scotland, which we have it in our power to contradict from our knowledge and ex perience, and which are an essential part of this great national question, must not be passed over in silence. —Morning Advertiser. In the defence which General Cordova makes to his friends at Paris of his military conduct in Spain there is one assertion which is most remarkable. If it be true, a still further light is thrown upon the secret workings of the Quadruple Treaty, and the weakness of Lord Palmerston in originating it is more than ever exposed. He states that one reason of his inaction was that he knew that the Portuguese Auxiliary Legion had orders from its Government not to engage with the Carlist enemy—that he had contrived to see the original orders—and that no remonstrance of his could ever induce the General to act. We have reason to believe this statement to be true ; at least there are circumstances within our knowledge which give a corroboration to it. In the month of October, 1835, a well-known agent of the Duke of Palmella arrived at Bayonne, and applied to persons con nected with the Carlists for a license to pene trate as far as Onate, for the purpose ,of person ally delivering letters to Don Carlos. In conse quence of an attempt at assassination of the King having been made a short time previously, and the character of the individual being suspected, the pass demanded was refused; and instructions were given from Onate not to forward any letters from him, un less they were examined at Bayonne. On this, the agent gave up the papers, expecting that his frank ness Is ould create confidence, and that by the openness of his disclosures he would secure an intervie N with Don Carlos. The papers proved to be au offer from the Portuguese Cabinet, either to keep back altogether the Portuguese Legion : or, if it did enter Spain in consequence of the English and French remonstrances, to insure its not taking any active part, on condi tion that Don Carlos would neither receive the Portuguese emigrants at his Court, nor encourage a Miguelite insurrection in Portugal. M. Cruz Mayor, then Minister of Don Carlos, on receiving the letters, limited himself in reply to a simple acknowledg ment of them, and the agent, tired of some days fruitless waiting at Bayonne, went on to Italy to do some more work for his employers. Since that period Don Carlos has given no encouragement to the Mi guelite refugees. He has not assisted a Miguelite movement in Portugal, and. the Portuguese Legion in Spain has confined itself to the harmless operation of marching from place to place, and of doing garrison duty. The assertions of General Cordova tally in a remarkable manner with these facts. What a felici tous commentary do they present to the Quadruple Treaty, and how gloriously do they throw into bold relief the gullibility of Lord Palmerston I As he claims the credit of inventing the alliance, so let him have the honour of being the only party to fulfil it.— Morning Post. We think we are doing no more than justice to the intelligent classes, of this country when we avow our belief that they will not be turned away by• the fri volity of the Ministerial Press, from a serious consi deration of the positicn and designs of Russia with reference to the interests of Great Britain. In drawing attention to this subject, we disclaim any wish to en courage a European quarrel, or to see revived those dreadful scenes of warfare which filled Europe with mi sery and bloodshed during the first 15 years of the pre sent century ; but because we deprecate war, while it is possible, without a sacrifice of justice or of honour, to avoid it, we are not on that account to be deterred from noticing or investigating important facts which concern our political or commercial prosperity. There are perhaps a good many whose politics never go be yond the bounds Of party, and who never think of the nation while their party is in power—that suppose nothing can be amiss with regard to Russia while Lord Durham is Ambassador at St. Pctersburgh. With these persons we can by no means agree. We must take the liberty of judging from the facts which come before us, let who will be the official guardian of the interests of our Government at the Court of Russia; and we will add that, while we admit the talent of the Earl of Durham for making sharp and personally offensive remarks in Parliamentary debate, we doubt very much that he is the best possible Minister that we could have at St. Pctersburgh. While no man is more easily made angry, or more disagreeably capable of showing his anger than Lord Durham, no man, on the other hand, is more easily blinded by those who will con descend to flatter his prejudices, and feed his vanity. The Ministers of the Emperor of Russia would, per haps, have gladly been spared this task, and there are British diplomatists who probably would have been preferred by them :—but Russian statesmen, more than any other statesmen of the modern world, adapt their subtle policy to the circumstances and the individuals that they are obliged to deal with, and they make little difficulty of condensing to humour any man whom it is their design to use for their own purposes. We believe that they have, with even more than their ac customed success, played upon the foibles of the Earl of Durham, and by giving way to him in trifles which are obvious, secure his inattention to far more weighty matters, which do not lie exactly upon the surface of events. But let Lord Durham be what he may, and granting that he were twenty times a more efficient Am bassador than we believe him to be, that is no reason why the British public should not be made well aware of the circumstances of Russia, and the facts which render it expedient that we should watch her advances with jealousy and caution. Let the Ministerialists divert themselves as they may with such a mirthful subject as it seems to them, the fact ' cannot be disputed of the enormous advances of Russia, in respect of territory ; and we can not think that any but the very ignorant will pretend that when Russia acquires territory, she gains no more by it than so much extent of land. Her Ministers are not the men to neglect any description of po litical advantages which territory can possibly bring along with it. With regard to these territorial acqui sitions, a pamphlet now before us, " On the Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East," furnishes details which no man who pretends to concern himself in European politics can look upon with indifference. The simple statement with which the pamphlet opens is well calculated to ensure attention to the subsequent details. " Peter the Great," it says, " eleven years after the battle of Pultava, established a line of posts from the Volga to the Don to protect his country from the incursions of the unsubdued tribes to the south. The Russian frontier posts are now on the banks of the Araxes, and beyond it, 700 miles in advance of the positions they then occupied." This is the exten sion, in only one direction, and in other directions it is no less astounding and formidable. But why " for midable ?" it may be said ; and on what account should we be anxious regarding the territorial progress of Russia ? We shall again quote from the pamphlet we have already mentioned. After some very acute observations upon the silent and almost stealthy march of Russian acquisition, the writer proceeds to say-- " Whether it be then from the character of her Govern ment, or from the force of circumstances, or from the pur suit of an understood and definite object, the fact un doubtedly is, that Russia has been, and continues to be, progressively advancing towards the subjugation of Persia and Turkey, and that those countries, if left to themselves, have neither the physical strength to repel her aggressions, nor, from a want of that strength, the moral courage to re sist her influence." " The interest whieh Great Britain has in the preserva tion of Persia is more immediately with reference to her Indian empire, and her interest in Turkey is more im mediately connected with the state of Europe ; but the in fluence of each on the other is such, that the sacrifice of either would almost necessarily involve the fall of both. The resources of Persia, in the hands of Russia, would suffice to neutralise the whole remaining power of the Sul tan in Asia ; and the controul of the resources of Turkey, by Russia, would lay Persia prostrate without a blow. The whole interest we have in both is therefore ultimately at stake in each ; and that double interest, taken in all its bearings, political and commercial, in Europe and in Asia, is, perhaps, as important as any we have to defend beyond the limits of these islands." " We have a commercial interest of large and increasing importance at stake in Persia, where Russia is our rival, for the supply of the market. For the last two years the annual amount of British manufactures imported into Persia has exceeded the value of a million and a half sterling ; and during the last year it has approached very nearly two millions. This trade has grown up without even the pro tection of a treaty, because it was free from all burden some restrictions ; but, as it has increased, the trade of Russia has declined ; and if Russia should acquire the power to control it, our commerce with Persia could not long be maintained." The writer then proceeds to treat of the probable danger to our Indian empire from Russian encroach ment ; but this part of his subject, as well as others of much interest, we must postpone to other opportu nities. In the mean time we have, we think, said enough to show the serious importance of the whole subject to the British public.—Morning Herald. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 18. Price Number Dividend CANALS. Per of per Shares. Annum. Pahl. Share. 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 162 1,182 61. Ashby.de_le.Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknocie and Abergavenny 150. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91.25. Birmingham, 1.16 th share B/1. & 711. 206 4,000 ..... .... Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 30/ 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....1011/. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Cheliner and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 471. Coventry 1001. sh. 725 4,543 Croydon 100/. sh. 78 2,060: 41. On. Dudley 64i0 71. Derby 1001. sh. 120 20,000 3,575: 231 401. Erewash lOW. sh. 400 1,297 9.8/. Forth and Clyde Average 400/.165. sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand Junct :- 2,849/ 11. Grand Union 100/. sh. 25 1,500 Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 120,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 75 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. 12s. 6d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 101. Grantham .... l5Ol. sh. 202 6,238 1/. 10s. Huddersfield .......... Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 32 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 11. 2s. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. Eh. 211 2,5971 20/. Leeds and Liverpo ol 100/. sh. 510} 545,1 101. Leicester llO/. sh. 149 1,897 11. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 831. 10s. 20078 2,400 9/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 50 10/, Melton Mowb ra y 100/. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 589 3,000 I/. 18s. Macclesfi eld 100/. sh. all p d. 32 d. 5 54 247 17/. Neath 100/. 1,786 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 5811 2,400 4/. Peak Forest . .... . ..... Average about 781. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. les. Bd. sh. 17 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 117 500 Si. Shropshire i'2s/. sh. 140 SOO 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 160 45,000/. 5 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 111 700 361. Stafibrd and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 11/, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 -8/. Stourbridgel4s,l. sh. 263 3,647 21. Os. Stratford.on.Avon ...Average 791. 9s. bd. sh. 53 533 13/. Swansea lOU/. sh. 215 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 171 2,61)e eh, 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 574 8,119 Thames said Medway...Aver. 191. ss. id. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 151. Warwick amt. Bi rm i ng h a m 100/. sh 276 1,00015h.3 9SO BS, Warwick and Napton lOO /. sh. 216 6,000 4/. Os. Worcester and Birmingham...A v.78/.Bs. sh. 8! 5,000 Ds. Wilts 1104 Berke .. Average 67/. 10s. S d . sh sh. 181 800 3/. Wyrley anti Essingt on 125/73 1 26 Wisbeach . ..1031. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600& s 13 n. C. Commerc i a l 100/. sh. 57 1,06545 h 198,6671/. 51 per ct. East Ind ia 3,236,3101/. 50s. p. et. Londo n Ditto Bonds 1,980,000/. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 1081 2.20.1 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 4 per cent. St. Kat harine Stock 871 500,001) 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years IOII Shoreham Harbour 2.500 .... .... 'Deptford I' i c r °W. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. • 1,600 I/. Hammersmai • 5O/. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 9.5. Bd. sh. 41 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7, 3 , per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo lOO/. sh. 41 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 18 5,000 Ill s . 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15 60,0001. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 4 6,000 1/. Vauxhall lOs. 3d. sh. 22 AS URANCk' COAIPA ag N lES. 2,000 31 lOs Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd SO 50,0 n,, s 5 per cent./ Alliance,Britishte Foreign 100/. sh. log pd 13 1 and ss. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. p d 131 5: 24,000 1/. per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 5/. p 1,200 ;sh. 5/. Birmingham Fire 250/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 45 12, per cent. Brit:sh Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd Gi 5, 000 000 V. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, 160/. sh. 12/10s pd 31 4,000 21 10s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 40,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 6 2 00 31 5 an p d er 30 c l e b n s L . 1 Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 3 75 2,271 51/. per cent. European Li. • 0 01. sh. all pd 25 50,000 Os. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 2 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Steck 155 20,000 5/. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2711 pd 311 Fire 5 pct. 50/. sh. Si. pd 6 , [Ln4OOOO - se o a. p cr. H 0... ] pe 2,400 Si. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 125/ 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,458 12s. per sh. Indemnity Marine 110/. sh. 8/. pd 17 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/, Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 29 3,900 London, Fira 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 31,000 London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 15 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium late 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 8s Od 250,000 Protector Fite 2 O/. sh. 2 /. pd 19s 68 2,500 1/. Provident laie lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 191 100,000 Rock Life 0 01. sh. 2/. pd 7 680,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 226 6,000 5 per cent. University I.ife lOO/. sh. 51. p 4 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,1)00 Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 14 5,000 Australaia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 59 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14 30,000 4 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh, 201. pd 22 3,000 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 2' 50,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/. sh. 15/ pd 2 Discount 20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251. pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland 100/. sh. 25/. pd : 20, co 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 5O/. sh. 121/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 251. pd :9,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. 50/. sh. 10/ 5/. . pd 6,000 71 per cent. Hampshire sh. p 8 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ 7s Bath 5,000 British lO/. sh. 16/. pd ,000 [s a / n .p d ef i c s e . nst..3 Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. oh. 4,250 210 s Bristol 90'. sh. 1,500 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 Ditto, New 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. all pd 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,1)00. 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable .. 10,1'00 5/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol/. sh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 61. per cont. Independent 3Ol. sh. all pd 9,000 3/. per cent. Phernix 50/. ah. 391. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Itatcliff - 100!. sh. 801. pd 4,000 South Metropo'itan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd • 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 Si. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l/. oh. 10/. pd 84:0 Yarmouth. 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 4,433 6/. East London 4,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction ....Averageril/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 388 101. Liverpool [tootle 2201. oh. 1,500 2/ 108 Now sliver London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford IOW. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 6,300 31. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 1.360 I/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON I,IAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sh. 11. pd. 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/ pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15, 1 00 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 5 pd 660 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. qt. 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 12,000 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean . . .._ 501. pd .... Grand Junction 100/. sh. 404 jai Great North of England 2/. pd 25,000 Great Western lOO/. sh. 20/. pd 2,000 llartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 2,100 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1004 sh. 5/. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.504 sh. all pd 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. lOU pd Ditto Quarter Shares 0 5 1 . p d 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibb s ') -20/. sh. IL pd 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh. 21. pd 8,0,0 ... ...... Ditto ditto (Cundy)...lool. sh. 21. pd 12 000 ..... .... London and Blackwall 501. sh. 3/. pd e 30,000 London and Gravesend .20/ sh 11. pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .0/. sk. 20/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham lOOl. sh. 601. pd 20,000 London and Southampton-401. sh. 25/. pd 7,000 12,000 111,010 Manchester South Union 100/. sh. Si. pd North Midland lOO/. sh. Si. pd Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 31. pd 2,6013 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. Si. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover .21. pd 1,000 04 per cent. Stockton and Darlington 100/. sh. 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 11. pd MINES. . 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 121. lOs pd 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription .251. pd 2,000 Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 20/. pd 6,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 141. pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 2u/. pd 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 8 /. pd 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 311. pd Cata Branca ( IL Pd Candonga 7al. pd 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2O/. sh 12i/ pd 0,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 31. English 12/ Its. pd 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 53'i. Pd 3,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30,000 ...... ... United !lexicon, iss. 2 pm..... 40/. sh. all pd Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork 501. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 1,500 ......... London University 100/. sh. all pd 700 King' College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. Vil. pd 6,000 British American Land Company lB/. pd 10,000 6/. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 23/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 15,000 114 General Steam Navigation -.151 sh. 131. pd ' 1 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. New Brunswick Land Company 9 8/ pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 4,000 10,000 Van Die.ner,'s Land 100/. sh. 171. pd LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, -- - - - - -- OCT. 11, 1836. BANKS. 4500,008/. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 83/. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,0)(1. 54 p. ct. Royal of Scotland all pd 24141.14 500,000/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 3,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd PM/ 5,000,000/. sp. ct, National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 1511. 2,000,000/. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 674/. 4,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 371 . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. P. ct. Scottish Union 201 . sh. 1 /. pd 275 61 • ,500 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 141 Os. 10p,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 171 155. 5 0 , 000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 13!. 1 , 000 sp. ct. Caled o nian Fire 100/. pd 16/0s 5 , 000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1610 s 100,000 • West of Scotland lOl. pd 10/ Os MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. - Jolnt Steck Water 95/. sh. all pd 384 Carron . lron Company , ...... sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ...••••^501.. sh. 3` 4 1. pd 4114 10,000 3 per rent. Fdinhurcrh & Loith Mass 9 0 1. sh. 1 6 1. pd 711. , 1,51,1 10i,, rout. I,hitlgirgh 0:41. u,. 4,451.1 per cent. Glasgow liar 254 sh. all Pd 611 . 20/. sh. all pd 40/. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol.sb. 554 3,000 31 per coat. Equitable Loan Company.,4sl. oh. 91, pd 104 millions per annum, from which is to be deducted ten per cent. for defalcation and collecting the rents. A return from the masters in Chancery shows the incumbrances on that rental to be 3,000,000 per annum, leaving the net . _ rental at 6,000,000 per annum. " THIRD.—The labourers and their families in Ireland who look to agriculture, and to it only for support,' are nearly two-thirds of the whole population—say five millions. What is the popular outcry to remedy these alarming evils, which are evident on this simple statement of well-au thenticated facts ?—Pass a poor law—tax the land. " If the net rental of the land in Ireland were taxed by means of a Poor-law Act at five shillings in the pound, ust _ by way of commencing the poor-law system, without any deduction for the expense of collecting that tax, or any de falcation in the payment of it, it would produce 1,500,0001. which being divided among the five millions of the Irish po pulation, comprised in the class agricultural labourers and their families, it would just give each of them six shillings a year, or not quite three-halfpence a week. " But I say that if the legislature were even to pass a Poor-law Act which would have the effect to send all the proprietors of land and their families into exile, and to give the whole net rental of the land in Ireland to the agricul tural labourers and their families, that whole net rental would then give only each of these poor persons twenty four shillings per annum, or not quite sixpence each per week. " It was upon the knowledge of such facts as these, that I fnunded the argument and the suggestion in the preceding pages, to relieve and improve the condition of Ireland. From the common revenue, I am of opinion, she must re ceive the first means of relief ; the longer that is delayed the more will be required, and the less effective will be its application ; and until the facts I have produced, are over turned, I shall continue to agree in opinion with Dr. Adam Clarke, that ' when Ireland gets the poor-laws with which she is now threatened, the present rising sun of its prospe rity will sink below the horizon to rise no more."—Morn ing Advertiser of yesterday. We felt perfectly confident, from the first mornen we perused Mr. Leslie's pamphlet on Poor Laws and Ireland, that it would make a deep impression on the public mind, and lead many to change their opinion on a subject of such surpassing interest to the welfare of Great Britain and Ireland. We stated in a former article on this subject that we hailed with satisfaction the: different tone assumed by our Contemporary, the Morning Chronicle, in noticing the pamphlet of Mr. Hughes, to that exhibited by that journal in the first notice it gave of Mr. Leslie's pamphlet ; but we had no idea that the approaching conversion of the Chro nicle was so near at hand. How has the miracle been effected ? We stated yesterday that the Chronicle, wishing to expose Mr. Leslie's ignorance of the ac tual condition of Europe, had instanced a variety of countries from whence evidence might be drawn of the advantages of the Poor Law system. Mr. Leslie at once accepted the challenge, and appended to his pamphlet a postscript, containing the most au thentic and valuable information, proving that in all those countries which the Chronicle had chosen for its anticipated triumph—pauperism was increasing I Our Cotemporary did not like the rough handlingwhich his opinions received from Mr. Leslie's facts ; and the following appears from yesterday morning's Chro nicle to be the progress of the conversion :—On Sa turday the Chronicle gave a lengthened notice of the additional matter in Mr. Leslie's pamphlet, and set out by saying, " We shall allow Mr. Leslie to state his case in his own way," and then follows a long, and to its extent a most interesting quotation from Mr. Les lie's postscript ; and of course leaving the readers to believe that Mr. Leslie had stated his case in the Chronicle in his own way. It appears from the cor respondence in the Chronicle, that Mr. Leslie consi dered the Chronicle had not acted up to its profession, and charges that journal with having omitted the most important parts of the section—America and the whole cf the section Ireland. Our readers would natu rally consider this a very Irish way of proceedin, ' ( , in discussing a question of vital importance to Ireland, to omit all that the writer says on Ireland. In yesterday's Advertiser we gave the quotation from Mr. Leslie's pamphlet, section " Ireland," and therefore we need not again insert it ; but it proves to .demonstration, that Poor Laws are quite out of the question as a re medy for the afflictions of the Irish population, and that quotation must have been purposely omitted by the Chronicle, because it annihilates a favourite theory of our Contemporary, that Poor Laws will lower rents. Mr. Leslie's evidence proves that the average rent of land iii Ireland is only 12s. 6d. the Irish acre, equal to 14s. 2(1. the English acre, and, therefore, it is absurd to suppose that with the advan tages which steam communication opens for the sale of Irish produce in the English markets, that 14s. 2d. per acre is an exorbitant rental. But Mr. Leslie goes farther, and spews that if the whole rental of the land in Ireland were, by a Poor Law system, given to the agricultural population, it would not give each of them sixpence a week. What a farce, what an appeal to public credulity, is the outcry of Poor Laws for Ire land, which Mr. Leslie thus exposes them to be. And are we have the time of the Legislature during the next Session diverted from objects of real advantage to both countries, in pursuing the phantom which the Chronicle wishes to impose upon its consideration ? But Mr. Leslie's correspondence charges the Chronicle with having omitted the section of his pamphlet— America. As we have not had the opportunity to quote that passage ourselves, we have great pleasure in doing so now. Mr. Leslie says of " AlslEßlCA.—There can be no doubt of the fact, that labour exists to an almost unlimited extent in the United States, nor can there be any doubt that the remuneration for it is good. Now, notwithstanding these advantages, that immense continent has, in some of her States, the plague-spot of a poor-law system rapidly interfering with industry, and extending itself over the surface of society. " In Massachusetts, where a first-rate artisan can re ceive for his labour from 9s. to 12s. 6d., and an inferior workman Gs. 9d. a day ! where the commonest labourer receives per annum from 561. ss. to 671. 10s. ; and the subsistence of the working classes is such, that there are very few who do not eat meat, poultry, or fish, twice or three times a day,'—there is, or was, a poor-law system. "So early as 1639, the 43d of Elizabeth was trans planted to that State ; and in a very recent State docu ment, the Commissioners appointed by the House of Re presentatives trace to that Act THE PAUPER SYSTEM un der which we are now living.' In this valuable document the rapid increase of pauperism is declared to be nearly equal to the increase in England ; and further, that the radical evil of tin Act of the 43d of Elizabeth, which provided for a compulsory support of the poor, and of the order by the Court of the Colony and Province of Mas sachusetts Bay in 1639, was on the very principle of the substitution of such a provision for them, for that which thid has himself made alike in the very constitution of human nature, and throughout the records of his re vealed will. The provision for the enzployment of the idle became therefore, as a matter of course, a direct bounty upon idleness; and idleness and vagrancy, in a large part of the parent country, have grown in a fearful proportion to the poor-rates of that country.' And these American legis lators declare that the system of poor laws creates an in definite amount of artificial property, and through the increase of this poverty, they lead to an indefinite increase of abjectness, misery, and crime.' " The State of New York, and others of the United States concur in accounting for the moral leprosy with which the poor-law system is covering the land of America. Our readers will see that this is an important omis sion of Mr. Leslie's case, and what says the Chronicle in reply ? "As for the United States, it would be beside our purpose to enter into any discussion with reference to a country so differently circumstanced as Europe." No doubt it would beside the Chronicle's purpose, but our Contemporary professed to " let Mr. Leslie state his case in his own way," and the omitted part in the Chronicle of Mr. Leslie's case proved a s our readers will see from the quotation, that in a count ry like America, where labour is abundant, that the poo r l aw system is working the same evils to that community fro m which we in England are just emerging. Foiled as our Contemporary, the Morning Mr. Leslie's facts, that Jour- Chronicle, has been by . jour nal tried as a last resort to tak e re f ug e i n the eastern districts of Scotland, Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, and East Lothian. Mr. Leslie pursues our unfor tunate Contemporary even to this other point of his own selection, and shews that in Berwickshire the horrors of pauperism are so alarmingly on the in crease that 'on the 4th of the p resent month of October, the following influential gentlemen w ere appointed a Committee to devise a remedy;,Sir H. P. H. Campbell, 1v1.1 3 .; Sir David Milne ; M r . Spottiswoode, of Spottiswoode ; Mr. Dickson, o f Belchester ; Mr. Home, of Gunsereen ; Mr. Milne, Advocate ; Mr. Greig, of Eccles ; Mr. Roy, of Nen thorne ; the Hon. General Maitland ; and Mr. Turn bull. Mr. Turnbull, Convener ;—and three to be a AEROSTATION. The ascent of the Vauxhall balloon, which was adver tised to be " positively the last this season" took place on Monday. The day, though by no means a fine one, was much more favourable than that on which the expedition of aeronauts previous to this was entered upon. In conse quence, then, of the comparative fineness of the day, and no doubt on the reliance of the public (which we believe to be well founded) on the reluctance of the proprietors of the gardens to seek for another superlative to the adverb " positively" at this advanced period of the year, a large number of persons of distinction and fashion congregated within the walls, and the roads outside were thronged with more humble but not less anxious spectators. A consider able time having elapsed after the hour (half-past two o'clock) specified in the bills before the signal for starting was given, nine persons entered the car, whose names are as follow : Messrs. Williams, Holland, Holloway, Spencer, Adams, F. Gye, jun., C. Gye, Green, and Mason. The balloon ascended with great rapidity, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the assembled crowd. Nothing could be more lively or animating than the scene presented at this moment. The band played a beautiful air ; the eyes of all were fixed upon the balloon and those who filled the car ; the specta tors cheered and waved their hats and handker chiefs, their applause was responded to by the aeronauts, and the immense machine itself shot aloft with the celerity of an arrow. On a sudden, however, it disappeared, and was completely hidden from the view of those who seemed to take such an interest in its passage. The fact was, that in about a minute the balloon ascended into a dense cloud, and from that time was invisible. It was very ludricous to observe the blank and disappointed looks which the circumstance produced on the countenances of those who, but a moment before, gazed with such apparent joy on the interesting sight displayed in the progress of the balloon. The direction taken on this occasion was towards Henley. MR. GREEN'S ACCOUNT. The clouds upon this occasion were nearer to the earth than I ever remember to have seen them, with one excep tion, and consequently we lost the view of it in less than twenty seconds after leaving the gardens. After arriving at the upper surface of a layer of clouds, which, from the fall of the barometer, must have been about 800 feet in thickness, we perceived a halo around the equator of the balloon gradually becoming brighter, and in about four minutes from the time of starting were in a brilliant sun shine, covered by a clear blue sky, with a sea of clouds be neath us extending to the horizon on every side. The atmosphere above was perfectly clear, not even the slightest particle of cloud floating in it. The sun's rays striking on the surface of the clouds produced a dazzling whiteness, aad an imperceptible change was constantly taking place in their forms—here a ridge of small hills, then a deep valley extending some miles, while, in the distance, reared their heads tall masses of clouds, which several of my companions insisted were mountains of earth, and not of vapour, until I convinced them, from the transparency of their edges (the sun being behind them), they could not be so. We now appeared to be perfectly isolated from every living creature, the view of the earth being completely obscured, and a solemn stillness reigning around. At intervals we distinctly heard the tinkling of sheep-bells, the barking of the dogs, and sometimes the gun-shot of a sportsman. From being unable to see the earth, and, consequently, having no objects to assist us in judging of the speed at which we were advancing, my companions amused them selves by giving their opinions as to the spot and probable distance from the metropolis we were likely to descend, some stating ten miles, others twenty-five ; and indeed it was very difficult for the most experienced person to deter mine the question with any accuracy. The currents vary considerably at different altitudes. The clouds moved so much faster than the balloon, that, on ascertaining their direction by the compass, we appeared to be going towards the spposite point, and although this was not the case, still it was difficult to persuade any person to the contrary who had never before witnessed the same effect. I took up with me a copper vessel, containing seventy pounds weight of water, for the purpose of using it as ballast, the outlet being regulated by a valve ; the great uniformity of the dis charge rendered it very serviceable, and far superior to sand, which often becoming damp in wet weather forms itself into large lumps, and issues from the bags in greater quan tities than is sometimes intended. This vessel, which is air-tight when the valve is closed, showed very beautifully the variations of the density of the atmosphere at the dif ferent altitudes, for the whole of the water being discharged on first ascending, and the valve being then closed, the vessel, of course, became filled with the atmosphere of that altitude ; and on the valve being partially opened, at the greatest elevation we attained (about 5,000 feet, or nearly a mile), the air in the interior of the vessel immediately expanded (being surrounded by an atmosphere of dirni nished density); and rushed out with a hissing noise. The valve was again closed, the vessel being now filled with the rarefied air, and on being opened after our descent the atmosphere entered the vessel in order to restore the equili brium. We witnessed a splendid sunset, and immediately com menced the descent, and, after passing through the layer of clouds which now almost rested on the earth, the grappling iron took hold in a ploughed field, and was there securely held by a gentleman named Cumberlege and his friend, who with some ladies were on horseback in the adjoining field, and most kindly rendered all the assistance in their power. We were somewhat astonished after the apparent calm of the atmosphere to find ourselves in the parish Leighton Buzzard, in Bedfordshire, forty-five miles from Vauxhall. There was considerable more wind at the surface of the earth than above, which gave us another proof of the com plete efficacy of the elastic grappling rope, for not the slightest jerk was perceptible on landing. We were in the air exactly one hour and three quarters. Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, Oct. 18. C. GREEN LONDON COLLIER WHARFS.—The evils of un loading colliers in the pool, and the expenses attending the present mode of delivery, are about to be remedied by the adoption of wharfs in the Isle of Dogs, connected with a railway to join the Blackwell Railway, which will commu nicate with the Eastern, he Great Northern, the Birming ham, and Great Western Railways, and thus supply the metropolis and inland counties with coal at a very reduced price. By the plan proposed, which has the sanc tion and support of the ship and coal owners, it is intended to unload the colliers alongside of wharfs afloat by means of machinery with ton boxes, which may be t ransm itt e d e ith er in barges or on the railway to any part of the metropolis. In adopting this method the coals will only be once moved instead of five times, and the ships det a i ne d a fifth o f th e time at present occupied in its delivery, independent of the very reduced charges.—(Abstract from the Sunderland Herald. A young lady happened accidently to slip down in the street—a gentleman hastened to her assistance, and on her rising inquired if she had received any injury. " Quite the contrary," was the reply of the trembling fair. During the terrific gale of Thursday last, as a gen tleman, accompanied by a little girl, both on horseback, was proceeding round the Junction-road, a gust of wind caught the little equestrian and threw her to the ground. Fortunately she sustained no serious injury. A RESIDENCE IN' FRANCE, &C:BY THE AUTHOR or " THE Puoz."—The literary fame which Mr. Cooper has so justly derived from his previously-published works w ill " moult no feather" by the appearance of the one before us. It is what a book of the kind should be— a plain, unvarnished, and undistorted account of whatever the author thought worthy of observatimin the countries through which he travelled, or in which he tarried. If a writer professes to give us a description of the habits, manners, laws, and customs of a country, we like to fancy, as it were, that we had been companions of his journey. It is the freshness and originality of note-book sketches that constitute their great charm ; and such is the cha racteristic of the work before us.—Sunday Times. A season morc unpropitious than the present for the operations of the husbandman is fortunately of rare cm:cam:lice ; and the causes of complaint which was last year connected with a superabundant crop aro likely to be reversed.—Berwick Advertiser. ..... __ ........." FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZE' DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 15, 1836. The a - has been pleased to appoint INlajor-General Sir Lionel Smith,Captain-General and Governor in the Island of Jamaica and the territories depending thereon Chief of . DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 17. The King has beeii pleased to appoint C olonel Sir E. J. Mur ray 31‘Gregor, Bart. to be Governor and Commander-in -Chief of the Islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent , Grenad a. Tobago, and their dependencies. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 18. The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir Fler.gY Frederick Bouverie, K.C.8. , to be Go vernor and Cornuaander-ln- Chief of the Island of Malta and its dependencies. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 18. • The King has been pleased to appoint the Lieutenant-Governor of British Guiana, Major-General Sir James Carmicha el Smyth, Bart., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of that colony and its dependencies. WHITEHALL, OCT. 17. The King has been pleased to order a Commission to pass the l Great Seal appointing Charles Shaw Lefevre, Esq. , Lieut.-Co. Charles Rowan, and Edwin Chadwick, Esq., his Majesty's Com missioners for enquiring as to the best means of estab lishin g an " Com missioners cient constabulary force in the several counties of E n g land an Wales. WHITEHALL, Om 15. The King has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean em and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Ripon , empowering th to elect a Bishop of that See ; and his Majesty has also been pleas ed to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rever end Charles Thomas Longley, Doctor in Divinity, to be by them electal Bishop of the said See. WHITEHALL, OCT. 17. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. William Bruere Otter, B. A. to the vicarage of [(inlet, in the county of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, void by the promotion of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor William Otter to the See of Chichester. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. RICHARD WEBSTER, watchmaker, Cornhill. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES BUTLER, Tunbridge-ware-manufacturer, Tun bridge Wells, to surrender Oct. 26 and Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peile, Old Broad-street ; Graben , ' official assignee, Basinghall-street. JOHN WILKES, builder, Cheltenham, Oct. 21, at three, an d Nov. 29, at ten, at the Star Hotel, Cheltenham. Dax and Bick nell, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Packwood and Leeds, Cheltenham. , BARNET WALKER, cabinet maker, Sheffield, Oct. 29, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Town-hall. Sheffield. Preston, Token" house-yard, London ; Sorby and Foottitt, Sheffield. WILLIAM NEWSTEAD, grocer, Thetford, Norfolk, Oct 27, and Nov. 29, at ten, at the Castle Inn , Norwich. Staff, Nor.wich ; Storey, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London. London , THOMAS SCOTT, wine-merchant, Watling-street , Oct. 26, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Col lins, Doctors'-Commons ; Johnson, official assignee , Basinghall-• street. SAMUEL HOLT, coal-merchant, Norbury, Chester , O ct. 213, and Nov. 29, at ten, at th 3 Commissioners' - roo ms, Mancheste r. Dean, Essex-street, Strand, London; Boothroyd and Hudso Stockport. JOHN CATT, smith, Tunbridge-wells, Kent , Oct . 24, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Goldsmid, Ir e ,0 " monger-lane, official assignee ; Coe and Tippets, Pancras-lai Cheapside. JOHN ABLITT, haberdasher, Silver-street, Woed-street, Loci" don, Oct. 27, at one, and Nov. 29 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Ashttrst and Gainsford, Cheapside. JOHN IIPGREGOR, calico printer, Over Darwen, Lancastxr, Oct. 28, at eleven, and Nov. 29, at three, at the Commissioner?" rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Abbott and ArneYs Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London; Bennett, Princess' street, Manchester. JOHN EDMER, hop merchant, Preston, Nov. 3 and 29, a t twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston. Stanley , Preston; Swain, Stevens, and Co. Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. DANIEL DAVIS, oilman, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, Oct. 28, at two, and Nov. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fisher and De Jersey, Aldersgate-street ; Goldsmid, Ironmonger lane, official assignee. W. MANSELL, bill-broker, Birchin-lane, Oct. 27, at t wo, and Nov. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Alder" manbury, official assignee ; Hodgson and Burton, Salisbury-stre et, Strand. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Sayer, cheesemonger, Highstreet, Shadwell, Nov. 9, at eleven -J. Robson, shipowner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 9, at twelve -S. Godson, wine merchant, Devonshire-street, Bishopsga te ' Nov. 9, at one-G. Haywood, chemist , St. Martin's-lane, Nov 10, at twelve-E. Fowler, silkman, China-hall-place, Retherhithe, Nov. 9, at two-T. Lever Manchester, warehouseman, Eling" street, Nov. 10, at one-G. J. Christ, merchant, Tower-hill, Na" 10, at two-J. Evans, warehouseman, Bargeyard, Bucklersbury, Nov. 10, at one-J. Yeoland, straw hat maker, Oxford-stre et, Nov. 10, at half-past eleven-J. Dudderidge, woollen draper , Whitechapel, Nov. 10, at twelve - T. Dood , jun. , plu mber, Fine",' ingfield, Essex, Nov. 10, at two-J. and E. Sims, common brewers, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Nov. 8, at half-past eleven-W. B o oseY • miller, Chatham, Nor. 8, at half-past twelve - J. P. BirleP plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, Nov. 8, at one-S. and J. AllandY' clothiers, Bradford, Nov. 9, at eleven-C. Orrah, draper, Hader*" field, Nov. 10, at twelve-W. Pissey, draper, Rayleigh, Nov. 10, at two-T. Patterson, tailor, Lower John-street, Golnow square, Nov. 10, at one-F. Glass, Blackwell-hall-factor, Catex,too street, Nov. 8, at eleven-G. Garratt, victualler, High-ste e : Marylebone, Nov. 10, at eleven-D. A. Lindo, merchant , Greg' Winchester-street, Nov. 8, at half-pest twelve. In the Country. T. Buckley and R. Kenman, merchants. Liverpool, Nov. 8, one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool-T. H. Downing, groctwt Longford, Coventry, Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Craven Arme Tru f Coventry-T. Chadwick, cotton spinner, Crab Eye within Hear' Lancashire, Nov. 23, at eleven at the Commissioners' Roo ms !' Manchester-W. Soulsby, tailor, 'Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 1 " at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle -0 1 Tyne-S. Hilton, iron founder, Farnworth, Lancashire, Nov. eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, Nov. 8. J. Addison, watchmaker, Guildford, Surrey-T. J. Spence, line:. factor, Manchester-W. Thurtell, miller, Wighton, Norfo lk, W. Coster, colourman, Holloway, Middlesex -E. Mumford, " victualler, French Horn public-house, Ware, Hertfordshir e-- Thorogood, victualler, New Church-street, Lisson-grove. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Mellor and -T. Bird, surgeons, Pendleton, Lancashire-Jr; Brown and W. Beard, barge owners, Gravesend, Kent-J. G°,_ f f e and T. White, tanners, Evesham, Worcestershire-T. W. At';'7: son and A. B. Clayton, architects, Manchester-H. Smith ancl Ratcliff, rag merchants, Preston, Lancashire-W. Benson anu Leeming, plasterers, Manchester-R. Lloyd and R. Mower, lin", drapers Shoreditch-G. J. Fielding and S. D. Swarbreck, attt„ neys, Richmond, Yorkshire-D. Kennedy and T. M‘Guire,nl, faeturing chemists, Weston, Cheshire-R. Griffiths and I L so i Davies, porter dealers, Llangollen, Denbighshire - R. R oberts B. W. Davies, common brewers, Llangollen,' Denbighshire - 1. Hamilton and S. Pell, slaters, Manchester-G. Lowe and W. _, Farmer, share brokers, Manchster-R. Aldred and T. licensed victuallers, Liverpool-G. Dean, jun., and A. Dean , P a . o , tern card makers, Manchester-W. Deakin and E. S. G„r e a T t b. wholesale spirit dealers, Manchester-G. Smith and J. joiners, Camborne, Cornwall-G. and T. and J. Hudson , !ii, drapers, Felton, Northumberland.-W. S. Orr and W. S.T.' booksellers, Amen-corner, Paternoster-row-L. Cooke, J. 1%,"' - i.", and J. Robinson, mercers, Richmond, Yorkshire-J. C. and Duff, wine merchants, Lisbon. Watsont, • 11=1111.1MINOW=MMIMMEWIN•MININIMMI N PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-hand SII- 3 t PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and se lecti _ t may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and Patterns's; T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watch 47, Cornhill, London. st A Sheet of Drawings of Cups will be forwarded by Pc)st' a single letter, in answer to a post paid application. . _ MARRIED. Bar on d i/ On the 26th ult., at Frankfort-sur-Maine , Theodore t•se., Dietfurt, to Annabella Jane, third daughter of J. Langley, '-' late of Cardiff. as,. Vie, On the 15th inst., at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordsbire, ,•-'„Are, chard Doggett, to Elizabeth Mary Wulbier , lat e of Vincent-s 4 A te w— Westminster. „.. u s On the 18th inst., at Brixton Church, the Rev. Wre• ofThVin• Salter, of Claremont-square, to Emma , secon d daughter B. Gurney, Esq., of Denmark-hill. 7 ,r,„ feat A Londres, Mr. Nash, de Londres fils de M. R. '' — iis b ' rie D ° Bishop's Registry, et petit never de Sir Nash le Gros, e oi l , pa- Lacy, leniece du feu son Excellence le Marechal De L ac y' lais de Grodno, et cousin du General De Lacy Evans. nn, n, f,sq., On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Ch urch, G. / - 1. r n Fr iyeolt of the General Post Office, to Julia, daughter of Dame' Esq., late of Lisbon. T. Be' On the 18th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, the A „rts , H. Mules, Vicar of Ilminster, Somersetshire, to Eleanor!,iti: Begs' daughter of T. Mathison, Esq., late of his Majesty's *"* of ment of Foot. Alfred DaviS, 13- On the 17th inst. , at Ne nfield, Sussex, MCuvirtu. Deptford, to Mary Elizabeth , onl y dau g hter of the late Newberry, Esq., of Froxfield, Wilts. DIED. wife °f ana Francespoog On the 3d inst. , at Pisa , aged 26, and ) Georgi est W. M. Tolner, Esq. , of Stanley House, Chelee 2l •l Benga l daughter of Count Mazzinghi. fail the 14th inst., JohnAchmuty, Esq ., late of the Service. f l k as° o, E On the 16th inst., aged 74, Dinah, relic t of Mr. E. I L of Greenhithe, Kent. a ged 7 8 A . r a On the 16th inst., in Sloane-street, Mrs. Harper, ~li od 0.-- e* On the 13th inst., at Harwell, Berks, aged 89, ll' e Esq., many years oSt. James's-street. . a wi niano , • On the 13th inst., at Ryde, aged 87, the Rey. Day , 6O yes o 41 years perpetual urate of He tesbur , and upwards 0, Y Y in the ministeril oce W , ilhire. On the 2d of a Au ffi gust in last on board the " Claudine,"lloooserescl.s : sage to England, Maika Anna Rose , wife of W. 1-1. and (laught er o f th e late Vice-Admiral Baron Capellen; 46, io n On the 15th inst., in Pulteney-street, Bath, ege ° , , 13edfa°- Slade, Esq., late of Devizes, and formerl y of John- s treet ph ce row, London. wife of Jo i e the 13th inst., at Bridgewater, Ruscombe Poole, Esq „,„..,.......---,..""- • • _„,o London: Printed and Published by murtuo X 1; . t h e Hannah, the . 112 Strand, at The Sue Office, No. 112, Strallu ,S " of Middlesex. —Wednesday, October 19, 1836. i IRTHS. ~ On the 14th inst., at Galloway House Scotland, the Coull A of Ga On the llow, of a son. S if 15th inst., at Duke-street, Westminster, the lady of Wm. Follett, M.P., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Temple-grove, East Sheen, Mrs. Tli °atr son, of a son. Woo d- On the 14th inst., the lady of E. R. Northey , Esq., Of cote-house, Epsom, of a son. On the 16th inst., in Burton-crescent, Mrs. John Scare ll ' of a son. On the 17th inst., at Highbury, Mrs. W. L. Hanley, aron% On the 11th inst., Mrs. Sam. Smith , of Wa ter-lane, 'y r of a son. o. Lieu On the 17th inst., at Nea House, Christchurc h, the lady tenant-Colonel Cameron, C. IL, of a son. Skinn ers On the 18th inst., the wife of T. G. Kensit, Esq., hall, of a daughter. 39 13 24t 20 9 6 42 4 71 81