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Evening 0 minutes after 7. :=7,.= 2,---:=X:- -!,C."'" .- 1," - ='":; , .: - _ _ _ , r.. 7 - 1,. : 4", e ---- ,3,,,. / ..‘'.' 7 7 ..e . ;;;,. - i;:i3 - •,, * 4 ---...7) ~, r, ~~i~ t.~~~~ G 7 ~ I r/t7O .award„s`.~+.~-~c.~+¢~. - ::~'~.. = i 1:' , ; SATURDAY, SEP'7EMBER 28 1839. The Times, not content with making its form able charge against Lord MONTEAGLE and the ;Ministers, in its Wednesday's paper, which we copietl, followed it up by a reiteration of the prin cipal points on Thursday, and by assuming on Friday that its case was so complete that it ad mitted of no answer. Remembering, however, some of the circumstances of the passing of the Exchequer Receipt Bill in 1834, we suspected that the Times might, in its strong representations, calculate on a want of memory in the public ; but we did not suppose, till we referred to the debates of that year, that it had ventured to set at defiance those public records. As we have now refreshed our own memory, and as we copied the fist article of the Times, we owe it to our readers and the public generally to describe the transaction in 1834 correctly, leaving it to them to decide whether party spirit ever begot a more flagrant misrepresentation than that of our Contemporary. We shall confine ourselves entirely to the alteration made in the ExChequer in 1834. On Wednesday the Times said —.... " The office of Comptroller of the Exchequ^r was made for Sir John Newport—for Sir John in the first instance. "Mr. Ellis did the whole work of the office for 1,400/ o'r 1,5001. per annum." " Since no particle of reason was or could be assigned for this ungenerous and offensive job, it was necessary to bestow a retired allowance on the out going Clerk of the Pells. His whole salary for life was, therefore, Mr. Ellis's compensation." " So the non-patro nage, Whig economists:raised from the country, for his (Sir Jolln!-Newport's) immediate benefit, an income not of 1 1 4 eittest.of 2,0001. a-year." 9 4b.4ltursdav the Times again stated— of ~74tiftrst, let us impress, and fix indelib l y on the minds ca i e ' l _4, l " l . enir the fundamental facts of this atrocious and bla i that the Right Hon. Henry Ellis —a ca p able work, mfoe_ r a tess . public officer—did the work, and the w hole fair and liberal, though not immoderate, remuneration of 1 , 4001. per annum. .. 2. That t o serve mercenary and venal purpose, these boast Whigs, the g ra n d whose system of civil go . vernment was to be aPasrt of Ellis:isinious economy of the public revenue, turned out Mr.from th e p os t which he had held so long , and of which he had discharged the functions so actively and irreproachably, superseding him by Sir John Newport , a man between seventy a n d e i g hty years of age. who pos a ses r s e e t d i his office by "i. That to oust Mr. Ellis, enrgedsalaiy— patent, it was necesiary to give him a compensation fa- the robbery he Buff ' ,4001. per that is,; but a salary at the same time for doing nothing, of 1 annum during life. "4, That whereas 1,4001. a year bad been eonsidere quite enough by Mr. Ellis, a gentleman ill the vigour of d life, for an efficient discharge of the duties imposed on hire—a fortiori, it was quite beneath the acceptance of Sir John Newport, an old gentleman, overwhelmed with age and infirmity. " 5, That to reward Sir John Newport for his utter unfit ness to exercise any duty w hatsoever, the Whig Cabinet assigned to him a salary of 2 0001 per annum, w hi c h ' being added to Mr. Ellis's retired allowance, raised p er soltum the burden to be provided for by the public from 1,4001, a year to 3.400/. a year, being an increase at one slap, of 2,000/. per annum." We will now lay before our readers, from HAN SARD'S Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 22, third series, the account which the several speakers gave of the Bill, when it was nr;oposed to the House of Com mons. Let us first state that this " ungenerous, offensive, Whig job," was carried through the House of Commons by that pure paragon of all that is now excellent in Conservatism, Sir JAMES GRA MAM• On explaining the measure to the House, Sir JAMES spoke of the honour he had had to serve on tl a Commission on Public Accounts, by which the measure was recommended, and which induced his Majesty's Ministers to select I Shim to bring it forward, although he " deeply felt his own unworthiness." He said, too, that this " offen sive, ungenerous, Whig job " " had been contem plated, in its principles at least, by the predecessors of the present Government, and recommended in its details by the Commission to inquire into Public Accounts, over which Sir HENRY PARNELL had presided." But the proposed measure was not then a novelty, for Mr. HUME said that " ten years had then elapsed since the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER of that day had pledged him self to effect the alteration the present Bill was in tended to accomplish." We establish by this tes timony the facts that the Bill of 1834 was not the conception of the moment, that it was not the off spring of the Whig Ministers,but the recommen dation of a Commission " which had given the subject the most mature consideration," as Sir JAMES GRAHAM said ; and instead of being con cocted by Lord MONTEAGLE, it was framed and carried through the House of Commons by Sir JAMES GRAHAM. On March 14th: he gave an explanation of the Bill, and thus spoke of it : " It appeared to the Commission, and also to the Govern ment acting in conformity with the view of the Commission, that it was expedient to introduce so extensive a change into the whole frame of the Exchequer as to abolish abso lutely all the existing offices and the mode of conducting the public business in that great department. The Bill, therefore, would abolish the offices of Auditor of the Ex chequer, of the Clerk of the Pells, and of each of the four Tellers of the Exchequer." " It was proposed to es tablish a Comptroller-General of the Exchequer, and inasmuch as be was to exercise the duties now per formed by the Auditor of the Exchequer and the Clerk of the Pells (not merely the latter, as the Times says), and to see that all payments were sanctioned by Acts of that House, it was of vast importance that be should be alto gether independent of the Executive Government, and with this view it was proposed that he should bold his office by letters patent under the Great Seal for life," &c. " In conformity with the recommendation of the Com , mission, the Bill provided that there should be an As sistant Comptroller." The present establishment of the Exchequer amounted to sixty-five individuals, the cost being 41,9001. The effect of the change would be, speaking in round numbers, that instead of 41,9001. the cost would be 11,000/., thus saving effectually 30,900/. to the public; and instead of sixty-five, only twenty-nine subordinate offi- cers would he required." Thus this " ungenerous and offensive Whig job," instead of augmenting the expense of the country, saved 32,0001. per annum. Instead of being concocted . by Mr. RICE it was recommended by a Commission. It is not surprising, therefore, that such a measure should have passed through both Houses of Parliament without any opposition, though, as it made a havoc of the pabulum of Toryism, if it had been possible to prevent such an extinction of extravagance it would have been opposed. This " ungenerous job" was thus spoken of by Lord G. SOMERSET, as honest a Tory as there is in the House of Commons : " He was happy to find that his Majesty's Government had at last brought before the House this very useful mea sure, on the recommendation of the Commissioners ap pointed to report upon the Exchequer. He regretted that so much time had been allowed to elapse since the Com mission to which he had had the honour to belong had ceased to act, and since the Commission which had succeeded it had made its Report, without any practical measure being introduced into the House as the result of their anxious sad laborious in-. vestigation." " He fully agreed with his Right Honour able Friend that nothing but a sweeping abolition of the system at present adopted would be either useful or effi cient. He did not think his Right Honourable Friend bad swept away one bit too much." On March the 21st Mr. HERRIES, another Tory, said " that to the general principle of the Bill he was as ardent a friend as the Right Hon. Baronet." Never was there a public measure more generally, and more deservedly, approved of than the alteration of the Exchequer in 1834, which the Times has so unjustly described in the lan guage we have quoted. The Times says that the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer was made for Sir JOHN NEWPORT. From the debates we learn that Lord AUCKLAND was destined to fill it, and a clause was expressly introduced into the Bill, though subsequently with drawn, to enable him to hold the office in conjunc tion with the office of Treasurer of Greenwich Hos pital. That assertion of the Times, therefore, is a pure fiction. It further says, that Mr. ELLIS, an efficient offi cer, was turned out to make room for Sir JOIIN NEWPORT. But the new Comptroller was to per form the duties both of Mr. Ews, the Clerk of the Pells, and the Auditor, and his being a place o great responsibility, he was to be paid higher than the Clerk of the Pells, but lower than the Au ditor. The salary was fixed at 2,000/. a-year, on the recommendation no doubt of the Coinmis• sioners, and there was no particle of obligation on the Ministers to appoint Mr. ELLIS to the new office and higher salary in preference to one of . their own friends. Not that the then Ministers were the opponents of Mr. ELLIS, for he was spoken of in the debate in the most respectful manner, and Lord GODERICH was not in opposi tion. His appointment and his retiring, pension were both discussed, and while Lord ALTHORP contended that the Government had a right to make a choice of its officers, free and unincumbered, there was but one opinion that Mr. ELLIS was entitled, from the nature of the office he had pre. viously held and his length of services, to his full salary as a retiring pension. We conclude by asserting that it is utterly false that the office of Comptroller was made fnr Sir JOHN NEWPORT. It is utterly false that Mr. ELLIS did the whole work for 1,4001. a-)ear, which the Comptroller does for 2,000/. It is utterly false that Mr. ELLIS was turned out to make way for Sir JOHN NEW PORT, or any other person. And it is utterly false that the arrangement made in 1834 burdened the country with 3,4001. instead of 1,400/. The plain truth is that the measure was a sweeping one of reform ; that it put an end to a great number of useless-offices, and saved the public a considerable sum, though it involved a pension to Mr. ELLIS ; and that, instead of being a Whig job, it was the offspring of a Commission composed partly of Tories and approved of by them. The object of the Times in making the daring misrepresentation is palpable, but the public will deserve to be deceived to the end of time if it do not condemn the brazen, wilful, repeated, and profligate lie. We copy the following account of what is called the " Revival of Kilsyth," from the Glasgow Chronicle of Wednesday. The scene surpasses any thing that ever occurred in England, even dur ing the days of JOHANNA SOUTHCOTE, and it is lamentable to think that the chief actors should belong to a class that was once so respectable—the Clergy of the Church of Scotland. A great change appears to have taken place in that body lately. Some years ago a similar mania prevailed in that quarter, raised, ,too, by a Clergyman. In General Assembly last May, they rebelled against the laws of the country, and numbers of them now are exhibiting symptoms of insanity, certainly not equalled in any madhouse in the kingdom. Why are these disgraceful and mischievous proceedings not taken up by the Presbyteries and Synods of the Established Church ? Are we to infer that a uni versal mania has seized the teachers of religion in that country ? " Most extraordinary scenes have been enacted at Kilsyth since Sunday morning last. It appears to have been un derstood among the Revivalists throughout the whole of Scotland, that there was to be on Sunday '° a great mani festation of the power of the Lord" at Kilsyth, aril, in consequence, there were assembled in the village on that day people from the most distant quarters—from the far thest north to the English borders. Beds had been be.. spoken for weeks previous; we have heard of one party o f 20 females from Greenock having engaged beds to at least a fortnight before. Bnt the accommodation be forded in such a place as Kilsyth was quite inadequate for the multitudes that poured in, and thus hundreds had to bi vouac in the open air, or travel to the neighbouring village of Kirkintilloch. Every kind of conveyance from Glas gow was soon taken up, and fares were inordinately raised. The greater number of the clergymen present belonged to the Est a blished Church ; but there were also Dissenters of different nenominations—Baptists, Methodists, &c. " The services began in the parish church at ten o'clock in the morning, and in an open field soon after, where they were persevered in till six o'clock on Monday morning. They 3t‘thhtl‘ieesimmgu c r aih o lll und, and cryin na ds were te rsta r n esumed on Monday at ten, and were continued t t h h r e ough the whole day and ensuing night. A third time mill-dam, rite administered congregation hmaenednotn hproceedings assembled.are not forenoon, and we euv nature exhihite a d s not yet at a close. prevailed, and scenes of a most de plorablei oibnnaOn one hand was to be seen the . to great numbers, by immersion a g n nd o n t tt h of e n r r , n o r m n y e 1 . 1 throwing orwast h t e h l e a m n g s themselves , o cr f et t , h tl e e p in r a e n ac t h o i. d rs a c p a n l r e t u i l n a n te nfhis onaeulzwe storm. h t n h ;ehth at,,b e O 5 a n w e thereverend Devil looking out of their eyes,"the women fell down insensible, and were taken which Session House. At another time the preacher, in speaking ladder, as a typ e of the Saviour, called () of Jacob's ahis hearers to come to it, and to make use of it ; n • ut finding the THE sUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPThIiBER 28, 1639. impression he procjaced, not so strong as be wished, he cried out that there: was rottenness at the foot, and they must come quickly ; and, suiting the action to the word, he sprang up in the pulpit as if to catch bold of the ladder by a high spar, ere it was snatched away from him. There was an old French minister among the preachers. Altogether the scene has been one of a most melancholy and humiliating nature. We think less of the effects pro duced on hysteric females, than of the conduct of the clergy. We can scarcely believe these gentlemen are mad ; but if they are not mad, what is to be thought of them ? On this, as on previous occasions, the chief actors in the scene were the clergy and the women. The male mino rity of the hearers appeared to be chiefly onlookers. We forgot to mention that though not the regular time fur the dispen sation of the Lord's Supper, in Kilsyth, this Sacrament was dispensed on Sunday, and such was the demand for tokens for admission to the table that the parish could not supply them, and a message bad to be sent to Kirkintil loch for an additional supply. The physical wants of the assembled thousands bore also hard on the villagers; as on Sunday evening scarcely a loaf was to be had for love or money." It is lamentable to learn that at the very mo ment when Christian interference is absolutely necessary to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish authorities are actively en gaged in reviving customs and regulations, which must alienate from the Porte the affections of its Christian subjects. In proportion as the weak ness of the Ottoman power is felt in the Divan, its fanaticism is displayed in decrees or firmans which can be easily traced to influence within the walls of the Seraglio. By the latest arrivals from Constan tinople we are informed that the Sultan, acting under the auspices of the Sultana Mother and the Ulemah, has issued firmans commanding the Greeks and Armenians to resume their distinctive dress, the badge of their former slavery, and also for the Armenian women to wear the khashmak or thick veil, which, in imitation of the women of Western Europe, they had discarded altogether. A stranger to the manners of the Mussulmans in Turkey will be able to form but a very inadequate idea of the humiliations, the insults, and the male dictions to which these changes in apparel will expose the unfortunate Rayahs, or Christian subjects of the Porte. As the Ulemah affect to discover in the liberties of late years granted to the Christians the great cause of the decline of the Mahommedan power, by withdrawing from it the protection of the Prophet, the abuse of the Chris tians will be inculcated in the mosques as a good work ; and the ignorant, who are always the most active votaries at the shrine of superstition, will be sure to heap upon them every species of scurrilous obloquy. Revivals, in fact, are as rife just now in Turkey as they are in Scotland, nor are they a jot more opposed to common sense and the spirit of the Gospel in one country than the other. In both a religious frenzy has seized upon the minds of the priests who dread the sudden extinction of their power, unless some new juggle is attempted, to mystify the weak, and frighten the nervous. But there is reason to fear that unless the Great Powers stretch forth a protecting hand to the Christians in Turkey the effects of the new-born zeal of the Ulemah will be more terrible than the womeri-slaying eloquence of our Northern JONAH& And this is really what justice, humanity, and sound policy equally dictate to the Five Powers during the pre sent crisis in Turkey. Had the Porte but the courage to give freedom to its Christian subjects, and the wisdom to place them on an equal level with Mohammedans, Turkey, from being the most dependent, would become once more one of the most powerful empires in the world. But if she will not do this, let those Christian Powers to whom she looks for existence exact from her some amelioration of the hard fate which she is preparing for the Christians. We devote no inconsiderable portion of our space to a report of the proceedings yesterday in respect to Mr. CHAMBERS' bankruptcy. Though they concern an individual they are of the highest public importance. As a specimen of the manner in which crafty men wield the law to crush the unfortunate and enrich themselves, they are most instructive. We see a daughter begging for a father's release, while those who in honour and rectitude should have arranged his affairs years ago, are fattening on his spils and dooming him to destruction. As an illus tration of the practical working of our boasted laws, the ease is worthy of the most attentive study. . We are compelled by press of rairtitcr to defer the insertion of Mr. O'COYNELL'S answer to the Address of the Trades' 'Union till Monday. The public mind in France is almost wholly ab sorbed by the fear of the approaching famine, and the Government is not without apprehensions of serious disturbances, should the rumours of an ab solute scarcity of grain come to be generally cre dited. The Moniteur of Thursday proves, by official tables, that, during the moi - ith of August the ,imports of grain exceeded the exports by 80,600 quintals ; and adds that a similar result may be looked forward to by the people during the autum nal season. Still, as there was but 8 ; 000 sacks of flour in the depot in Paris on Thursday, and as the corn-dealers in the vicinity of the capital were doing all in their power to keep up the price of bread, the poor derived very little consolation from the assurances of the Moniteur. The Govern ment, it is said, looks to America for relief, as there the harvest has been good ; and the French will find it more profitable to encourage the im portation of flour than to cram their warehouses with cotton, for which there is at present no de mand in the French market. To increase the popular alarm the bakers ate not only spreading the most frightful rumours about scarcity, but endeavouring, by every contrivance, to cheat their customers both in the weight and quality of their bread. At the last Session of the Tribunal of simple Police no fewer than 149 bakers were convicted of the crime of selling bread under weight. On Wednesday Marshal SOULT signed the commercial Treaty between France and the Re public of Texas, so that the independence of the New State is now acknowledged by the French Government. It will be sent to the Senate and President of Texas, and when formally ratified, will be made public. Having successfully negotiated this Treaty, M. PONTOIS, the newly appointed Ambassador to the Porte, will set out this day or to-morrow for Constantinople. Admiral ROUSSIN is said to have demanded his recall, but this fact does not prove that the Cabinet had not resolved upon his removal. It is stated in a letter from Buenos Ayres, that a privateer of that republic seized the French mer chant vessel Beranger, and shot the Captain. The Perle corvette shortly afterwards fell in with the privateer and her prize, which she at once boarded after a short conflict. The privateer having no let ters of marque, and two-thirds of the crew not being natives of Buenos Ayres, they were led out and shot as pirates. The Galignani's Messenger of Thursday contains ac counts from New York to the sth instant, received by way of Havre, two days later than our last arrivals, but the in telligence thus published has already been given by us. We subjoin the state of the money market at New York on the 4th September The sales at the Stock Exchange have been again limited, at still receding prices ; United States Bank de clined per cent., being 105 to 104 i-. A keg, contain ing gold to the value of 128,000 dollars, arrived at Balti more a few days since, and passed on eastward, probably for the United States Bank. The State Bank of Indiana has rescinded a former resolution of the Board, establish ing a branch of that institution at Crawfordville. The same Board has also refused the offer of the Secretary of the Treasury, to receive Government funds on deposit. This movement is a proof of returning sound judgment on the part of the western banks, and is an evidence that they will, at least for the present, set their faces against a re newal of speculation in produce." The Sentinelle of Bayonne relates an anecdote, which shows the extreme insubordination of the Carlist troops before Don Carlos crossed the frontier :—" Don Carlos, when at Lecumberri," it says, " received a letter from the Cure Echevarria, requesting permission to come to head. quarters with his two battalions ; but one of the Carlist Ministers having represented that the appearance of such a band of assassins and plunderers around the Prince would produce an unfavourable impression, the application was refused. Upon this Echevarria wrote to Don Carlos, declaring that henceforth he should consider sacred the persons of only two individuals—Don Carlos and the Prince of the Asturias. On this becoming known the Princess da Beira, who was very indignant, exclaimed, Let the monster come ; and if I find that I am not sur rounded by men I will take a pistol and make him and his murderers pay dearly for my life.' Those who were in attend ance endeavoured in vain to pacify the Princess, and it became necessary to call in Don Carlos, who satisfied her that she had nothing to fear. It has been remarked that on all occasions Don Carlos has paid the utmost attention to his consort." [Poor Carlos I The loss of Spain would be a blessing to him if with it he could lose his wife. But Carlos was born to be henpecked. His first wife did not suffer him to look but as she directed, and on her demise her sister, the Princess of Beira compelled him to resume a yoke from which the poor man shrunk with instinctive horror. His lot is indeed pitiable.] The Journal du Havre says the question of the foal& cat ons of Havre at this time engages the attention of the I Government, in consequence of the numerous petitions addressed to the Minister of War. The ramparts having been broken through in many places in order to open com munications with the environs, are now entirely useless as a means of defence. The population continually increas ing is obliged to spread beyond the ramparts. If the ram parts were levelled, a great deal of ground would be gained for new buildings, and other fortifications might be erected if necessary. France wants a Liverpool, and Havre is the only port that might attain such a degree of prosperity. —Le Com merce. COMMON HALL.-(THIS DAY.) INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SHERIFFS. A meeting of the Livery took place to-day at eleven o'clock in the Guildhall, for the purpose of swearing in the new Sheriffs, Messrs Evans and Wheelton, and also for the election of the Lord Mayor for the ensuirs , year. The Lord Mayor presided, and was attended by se veral Alderman. The business commenced by swearing in the new Sheriffs, after which the late Sheriffs, Messrs. Wood and Johnson, invested them with the chains of office, when they received the congratulations of their friends. The Under Sheriffs, Messrs. France and Jackson, were also sworn in, and the usual forms having been gone through, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs and Alder men proceeZed to the Church of St. Laurence Jury, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, from the 21st chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, and part of the 39th verse, " A Citizen of no mean City." On their return at half-past one o'clock, they pro ceeded to the election of Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor, Ald r nun, Sheriffs, and other functionaries having taken their respective places on the - platform, The RECORDER said the citizens of London had met in Common Hall, for the purpose of exercising one of their highest privileges, the election of him who should protect the peace and the privileges of the c,ty. He instanced the late attempt to in terfere with the self government of thei City, and the manner in which it had been met. He trusted they would elect two, who would in similar cir cumstances act as firmly as the present Lord Mayor, to be returned to the Court of Aldermen, for them to 5-- beet one who would preserve those privileges so long enjoyed by the City. As usual, the Court of Aldermen retired, when the Sheriffs presided, and the Common Sergeant put up the names of those Aldermen qualified to fill the office of Lord Mayor, when Sir Chapman Marshall was almost unanimously elected. The Sheriffs declared that the second choice had fallen upon Alderman Harmer, who were accordingly returned to the Com t of Aldermen. After an absence of three-quarters of an hour, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen returned to the Common Hall, and the Recorder announced that the choice of the COurt of Aldermen had fallen upon Sir Chapman Marshall, Alderman and innholder, who was then invested with the chain of office. The LORD MAYOR Elect then returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him, and promised that he would do all in his power to uphold the privileges and hospitality of the City. Thanks were then voted to the late Sheriffs, who re turned thanks, and the Hall was dissolved. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN f•ORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. SEPT. 22, 6 30 A.m—Harriet schooner, John Beard more, Esq., from Guernsey ; Ruby cutter, Rowland Mitchell, Esq., from Shoreham. Light breeze, S.W. 23D, 11 A.M.—Arundel yawl, Win. Hanham, Esq., from Harwich and Baltic. Light breeze, N.W. 26TH, 8 P.M.—Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., from Cherbourg. SAILING S. SEPT. 20.—Antelope cutter, George Bentinck, Esq for Lisbon. 220, 2 P.M.—Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Eqq. for the Western ports and the coast of France. Ligh breeze, S.S.E. 23n, 4 P.M.—Arundel yawl, Wm. Hanham, Esq., for Portsmouth and Arundel ; left for the season. 24TH, 2 P.M.—Reindeer cutter, John Moore, Esq., for Southampton and Lymington ; left for the season. 27TH.—Harriet schooner, John Beardmore, Esq., for Dover. Wind W. by N., fresh breeze and fine weather. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. SCHOONERS.—Brilliant, Mischief, Miranda, Wan. derer, Menai, Brigantine. CUTTERS.—Ann, Lord of the Isles, Elizabeth, Earl St. Vincent, Mary, Phebe, Amulet, Amazon, Ruby, Matilda, Zephyr, Witch, Fanny. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES.—Lady Augusta Somerset and Lady Georgiana Codrington, from Claremont House. The Earl and Countess of Durham and family, from Lo-d 13,1f:1st's house, for Lambton Castle. The Earl and Countess of Cadogan and Lay for London. His Lordship's faintly will leave England in shout a month for Paris, for the winter. The Earl of Shannon was so seriously indisposed on Wednesday that an express was sent off to,town for his Physician ; we are happy to say his Lordship is now much better. Excepting the large houses, Cos is nearly as fuli aovv as it has been through this season, but the rents are very much reduced—nearly two-thirds. The num ber of comers and goers is very great sicce the weather nas ,et. in so fine, and the inns round the Island have been full of company. NORRTS.—The vast improvements contemplated o this beautiful spot commence on the Ist of November we have seen a plan of some of the buildings whie: surpass any thing of the kind in this part of the world. THE HARVEST.—The work of destruction in the corn and clover continued till Monday, which was tht finest day for a month ; yin Tuesday afternoon the rain came on again, and lasted till Wednesday morning, since which it has been beautifully fine, and the farmers have been at work night and day to secure their corn : some of it is in a very bad state, but upon the whole it is not so seriously injured as we expected it would have been. Great fears have been expressed for the potatoes, but we hope the present fine weather will save them. THE EXCHEQUER. 7 EMENT of the ES TA te OLD and NEW LX COMPARATIVE STA BLISIIMENTS of ilk CHEQUERS. OLD EXCHEQUER. According to the Report of the, Commissioners of Public Ac counts, 1831. Otheers. Salaries. Auditor (Lord Gren ville) 4,0001. Clerk to Auditor 1,200 26 other ( lerks, vary ing from 9001. to 100/. 9,207 Four Tellers 2,700/. per annum each 10,800' Four Deputies 1,000/. do. 4,000 16 Clerks, varying from 800/. to 1001. Clerk of the Pells (H Ellis) First Clerk ....... Clerk of the Exitus 9OO 11 others, varying from 7501. to 70/ 3,507 Total Salaries Old Exchequer 44,489 Deduct 14,08{, Decreased Annual Charge in favour of the Pub lic £30,409 N.B. A considerable further arisen, by the decreased Charg sengcrs. BOURSE.-PARIS, THURSDAY, SRPT. 26. -- -- . first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price French 5 per Cents llO 85 ... 110 85 ... 110 75 ... 1 0 75 4% per Cents lO4 75 ... 101 75 ... 104 75 ... 104 75 4 per tents lOl 40 ... It.'l 40 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 3 per Cents • 81 0 ... 81 2; ... 81 15 ... 81 15 Latfitte Bank I,ooof. 5h.... 1060 —.1060 _loco _lO6O 5,000 f. 5h.... 5210 ...5210 ...5210 ...5210 Belgian 3 per Cents 72 ... 72 ... 72 ... 72 Bank 7BO ... 780 ... 780 ... 780 Spanish Ac ive Passive B% ••• BN, ... flyi ... 8% New Deferred Old Deferred 9 ... 9 ... E% ... 84{ Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan Roman lo 27's 1023 ~.1023 , 4 ... 102% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germai , . Versailles, R. B 530 •• LB. ........... 312 50 Havr. Orleans .. Striaburg to Bale ... 312 50 ... Mulhausen to lhann 555 555 555 530 530 5 , 40 3;5 ... 311 25 311 25 99 0 ... 990 990 435 432 50 ... 4:15 313 75 ... 310 ... 310 39, ... 3 5 ... 395 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, SECT. 27.—Wind S W.—Arrived the Hastings, Bradford, Quebec ; and Rolla, North America. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.--Wind S. to W. 6. W. fresh.— Arrived the Caledonia, Smith, Bahia; Charles Humbers ton, Marshall. St. Andre w's, New Brunswick, sailed 7th inst. ; Red Rover, Surey, Narva ; Gustav, Rudman, Dantzie ; Amity, Frazer, St. Petersburg ; and Atalante, Malson, Stettin. Sailed Jas. Mathieson, Millward, Sin gapore ; Byker. Christie, Rio Janeiro; Isis, Graham, Ja maica; Ann, Hariet, Newfoundland; and Clapper, Dou glas, St. Übes. • PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27. —Wind W. to S. S. W. Sailed . Florence, Davis, Madeira. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind W. S. W. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 26. —Wind W. to N. N. W.—Ar rived the Sairy Bairy, Spencer, from Taganrog. BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the New Volunteer, Danvel, from Demerara. SWANSEA, SEPT. 26.--Arrived the Louise Marie, from Val paraiso. KINGSTOWN, SEPT. 25. —Arrived the Invajio, St. Übes. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS CIT}, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARYET, FRIDAY. The gloom which we noticed hanging over the market last week is not yet dispersed, consequently the effects then produced continue in operation. American descriptions are still heavy of sale, the lowerr qualities may be had at a further decline of id. per lb., whilst Surat goes off readily at the full prices of last week, and Brazil at an advance of id. to Id. per lb. No change in Egyp tian, but sellers at the current rates. Speculators have taken 550 bales of American and 300 Surat ; exporters, 2,600 bales of American and 50 Surat. The market is very flat to-day. Sales about 2,500 bales of all kinds. The accounts from Manchester state that there was a considerable demand for yarn, but it did not produce an adequate extent of business. The sales, though tolerably numerous, were by no means heavy, and some descriptions of yarn were a shade lower than on the preceding Tuesday ; other sorts remained unaltered. In goods of all kinds the market was exceedingly flat. We have received Halifax Papers two days later to the sth of September. " ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK—THE LATE FIRE. —Already are the enterprise and industry of our citi zens being manifested in the erection of buildings in the burnt districts. The edifices, however, are only tempo rary, their owners merely wishing to take advantage of the time which must necessarily elapse before any regu lations that may be adopted by the Provincial Legisla ture for the future construction of buildings in the city could be complied-with. A number of building lots in the burnt district have been cleared since the fire at high rents, which is the surest evidence that nothing like despondency exists among the mass of our citizens. NVr understand that a very severe storm of thunder and lightning was experienced 'at Amherst, Nova Scotia, last week." _ . yr YARMOUTH (NOVA SCOTIA), AUG. 23.--The sale of the American fishing craft, condemned by the Admi ralty, took place yesterday : 'Filo vessels, with the greater part of their materials and cargoes, were Ltd for by the American Consul, for the former owners. We understand the whole amount of safe tvasobout 3601. We have scarce any arrivals this morning, conse quently are without any intelligence worth commu nicating. We understand that a great quantity of flour tn..y soon be expected from the United States in this CD1.1:.• country, and for which the exporters will draw hills fcr the amount. This will be of great service to both parties. The arrival of the Great Western steamer will be most anxiously looked for, particularly in respect to the affairs of the United States Bank, as well as bringing the needful for the payment of . the protested bills of the above Bank ; and until the arrival of the Great Western little more can be said on this subject. THE FUNDS. Both the British and Foreign Markets have a heat y appearance this morning. Consols, which left off yesterday at 9011 -1. for Ac count ; Money, 908, opened this morning at 898 90 Money, and for Account 90 7 1 -; 8 1 . Money continues exceedingly scarce, particularly i n the Foreign Market, at various rates of discount, from 10 to 20 per cent. Exchequer Bills 3 1 discount ; Bank Stock shut, for the opening 186 187 ; India Bonds nothing done ; India Stock 247 249 ; Spanish Active heavy, receded from the leaving-off price 804 31 to 301 ; Portuguese closed 351- 36, at present 354 i ; Brazilian, 751 761 ; Mexi can 304 i. ; Colombian 31-1 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 53;1 54 ; Five per Cents. 1004 I. P/LIUF.:S OF 5T0(....16 THIS DAY AT i.t.... , .% cyci........K. Bank Stunk 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 9O 119 i 110, South Sea Stock 3.y per' Cent Annuities I , Old Anues • ' l /1'..t0 Red. _ . , New Ditto New 5 per Cent 97%V, ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 -- New 5 per Cent. - I , ..xch. Rills, £l,floo _ 13ei .. Bank Long Annuities to axpire Ditto 300... 2 (Uri Jan. 5, 1880 ........... ...... Ditto Small 5 dis Oct. 10, 18511 Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ... —1 . ,". Jan. 5, 1885 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 3, iSSO -- India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 - Conscs for Acc0unt........ 1 10 !. _ _ _. --•- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — l'eruvion Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Baazilian Bends Ditto .Accottr . Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Dtto Ace., t — Russian Bonds, i 82•2......... Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbia. Bonds, lAi24. ... 30% Spanish Bonds __SO% 29% 30 1 44 Ditto Account — Ditto Account. 30% 29 3O Danish Bonds Ditto Account — • Defarred 14 WA 1S 14 lireek bends — French, 5 per cent. —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —: ---- 4 per cent. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Exchange. —f. —c Ditto Accoun t ; Dutch, 9% per cent. 53% Ditto, 6 Per Cent. —: Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account.......s ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. .. Paid. Per Share. ',7;:xichestor and Birmingham Railway l9 Aazam Company 5 -- -7-- - - COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. A rzsterclan. C.f. 12 e% ~nr:+icar 4S Ditto, at sight GotterciAm •?. U l'l 7 Genoa 25 80 A tit;vup..• HalriSiurg. . M B. 13 13% Venice Altonac.... Pari,, .3 d a ys' flight. ..... ... 25 sa [ Pe. ienno ~...... • per oz. 10% Dit 10 ....... ......... ..3 Ms. 25 75 1;:ioon . 53 , ,, Mir . seillet.. Sourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, ELM. 151 1 4 IBahia 27 I ,.'etersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 38 1 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, eifeetiys d... 3 M 10 7 Philadelphia 4ti rritste......ditto . lO 6 pillt4.: OF BULLION, per OZ. Madrid 361 Portugal Gold, c0in........-:0 u 0 Cadiz.... B,lboa .... ... 36 New Doubloons .......... 0 0 0 f3.tree10112 Seville 36 Silver in Bare ... ..... .... 0 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 26. 1 per cent. Consols 3ai per Cell , . Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ... 2% per Cent. Debentures... --- 1 National Insurance Company Bank Stock ISO City Debentures, 4 per cent. -- Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock .... - pe r cent -- - HALF--PAST ONE. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were flat, with little alteration in their rates. Monday is settling-day in the Foreign Market, i n consequ ence of which a very great scarcity of money is experienced in the above Market ; 20 per cent, per annum has been given on Spanish, and 12 per cent, on Portuguese Stock. It is expected that there will b e great difficulty in carrying over some of the accounts ; for the first-rate speculators there is no fear, but the middling ones will be much pushed to obtain the cash. Consols ar e at present 8 9i 90 Money ; for Account, 901 ; Exchequer Bills, 1 3 discount ; India Bonds par, 2 discount. Spanish Acti ve , 30/ t ; Portuguese , 35 i ; Three per Cents., 23i ; Brazilian, 75 ; Colombian, ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53} ; Five per Cents., 103. - - This morning, a b out " half-past three o'clock, a fire was discovered by police constables Brooks, Burn, and Husted, of the L division, who were on duty near the Marsh-gate, Lambeth, in the house of Mr. Price, hair-dresser, No. 7, Mount-row. The officers succeeded in alarming the inmates to their perilous situation, who escrped by dropping from the first floor balcony into the street, and some bystanders gave timely information to the West of England and Waterloo-road stations, and in a few minutes three engines and several firemen were on the spot, but the fire had taken so firm a hold of the shop and its contents that the house was soon completely gutted, and every article of stock and furni ture consumed. Easton, belonging to the West of England Office, saved one of the children, who was found on the landing nearly suffocated. Mr. Price is, fortunately, insured in the Sun Fire Office. NEW EXCHEQUER At the Present Time. Officers. Salaries. Comptroller... 2,000 Deputy 1,000 Chief Clerk 900 Accountant 5 other Clerks, varying from 2501. to 1001 l,OOO , 15 other Officers Total Salaries New Exchequer 7,000 But in order to make a fair comparison, the Office of " Paymaster of Civil Services" must be added, that Office springing up on the abolition of the Old Exchequer, viz.:— Paymaster 1,500 Chief Clerk BOO 2 Cashiers 1,200 Accountant 12 Clerks, varying from 4001. to 90/ 2,980 ------7,080 Total Salaries of the New Etchequer, & Paymaster of Civil Services £14,080 saving to the Public has also ;e for Contingencies and THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. COVENT-GARDEN. Supplies were very good, and so was the demand. Foreign Walnuts and fruit of various kinds were very plentiful. Ve getables, particulary Greens, were also abundant. Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines are now on the decline and prices higher. Plants, ls. per dozen; Celery, ls. to ls. 6d. per bundle • Onions, Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. per sieve ; Currants, 4s. to 4s. dd. per dozen; Brocoli, 9d. to Is. per bundle ; Turnips, 9 d. per bundle ; Oranges, 30s. per 100 ; Lemons, 6s. to 10s. : Apples, 4s. to 7s. per bushel ; Pine Apples, 10s. 6d. to 15s. each ; Hot-house Grapes, 3s. 6d. per lb. ; Cucumbers, 4d. per brace : Cabbages, 9d. to Is. per dozen; Spinach, 2d. per sieve ; Peas, 4s. per sieve ; French Beaus, 2s. 6d. per 100 ; New Potatoes, Ilb. per lb. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. All kinds of Butcher's Meat were in good supply, but the demand was dull on account of the weather, and prices rather lower. Beef, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Mutton, 33. Bd. to 4s. Lamb, 4s. 4d. to ss. Veal, 3s. 10d. to 4s. Bd. Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. Michaelmas Geese were very abundant, but the de mand was dull, at ss. to Bs. each. Leverets, 2s. to 3s. Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 4s. Chickens, Is. 6d. te2s; Grouse, 2s 6d. to 4s. Quails, 6d. to ls. 6d. Rabbits, 9d. to Is. ld. Ducks, ls. 9d. to 2s. 3d. Turkey Poults, 4s. to 6s. 6d. P ar t r id ges, I s. 6d . to 2s. Pigeons, 3d. to 6d. Eggs ' Ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. p er 120. lIUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, and so was the demand--prices steady. Tur bot, Os. to 20s. ; Cod, Is. 6d. to Bs. ; good Salmon, ls. 6d. to 2s.per lb; Soles, 10d. tops. 6d. per pair.Beef,:7d. to BP. ; Mutton, 7d. to Sid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb. Vegetables, particularly the cabbage tribe, were in good supply, and prices were much the same as those of Covent garden. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies were tolerably good, and prices much as last quoted. The demand was good. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. ; Good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel ; Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. each ; Grey Mullets, 2s. 6d. ; Whitings, Bd. to Is. ; Haddocks, Is. to 25.6 d. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were not large, but the demand was brisk. Prices steady. Hay, 60s. to 955. ; Clover, 80s. to I lbs. ; Straw, 325. to 445. per load. There are now only fifty sailors remaining who served under the late distinguished veteran, Sir Thomas M. Hardy—viz., twenty-two who were with him in the Victory, and twenty-eight who served with him in other vessels.—Court Journal. The Conservatives are regular gluttons. Other men eat to live —they are eating to get political power. Amongst the other festivals they have lately held there was one at Shaftesbury on Friday, where about 150 of them sat down and tried who should do most to achieve their success. We have not room for the trash they spouted, and if we had we should disgust our readers by publishing it. EVENIN ED TS AT BIRMINGHAM. I S I ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. "D The examination of witnesses, by the Committee of i THE FUN.OS.—( CLOSIN G PRIC 42.00 the Town Council was resumed this morning. Mr. narrisi 4so i Li'UNDS Alderman Sturge in the chair. rank Stock lndia 5t0ck.............. Thomas Bedtern, of Birmingham, merchant, examired lied•—• ; Ditto Bonds ......... 5401;,, Ditto Old Annuitie5............ —1 was in New -street, on Monday, the Bth of July.„ Gen C( l . ;.e is a , Ditto Sew Annuities ...... about nine o'clock in the evening, when I saw the London /4 ' i.tr - 3y;, per Cent 1Ex.1,0001...... . pm. police beating people, in my opinion, in a perfectly un- • Ncw 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire justifiable manner, who were passing peaceably along Jan. IS6ii India `4tock for the street. saw no acts of violence on the part Oct. I;e9 Consols for Act ...... 90% of the persons so beaten. I did not even see a single J an 160 1731tEll'i N FUN DS l':),•tagacse :ends, Spec cent, SSA act of violence on the part of the people. My observe- Austrian;,sg;ecnetni IDitto N,w Ditto I tion in passing to and fro, would occupy a space of half bonds' i l'rus.:ian, 5 per cent an hour. The street was more than usually busy, , Du ,lo, AYri per e"••••• r_uitiailipto:lidi;,. per cent —l7_ll 3034 but there was no disorder. I.* saw two men walking `, ( i'' , ,l li ni an e ; e 6 e 7 i cc e •r n e ....... D i t t o h, 5 per cent . 3l!,lDitto, Deferred quickly along, close together, though not in company. 1ett0,1823 . FrencC,s per cent. ...... —f. C. One had the appearance o f a respectable mechanic, the i rir l e n i i,.s c. h i3 3 or r ig, e Zs, 5 pe; ct. Exchango —c Fiend), :3per cent —r. —c. other seemed to be a very respectable man, wearing a ;3 Vff per cent. good broadcloth coat. I saw the mechanic struck by 1 I g ex t ic rl 5 P c c e r nt. cen l Pe lt ri o iliar, r lSs,6 . per Ditto, 5 per cent. ....... one of the policemen with his staff upon the shoulder ; SHARES Eastern Counties Railway the blow evidently hurt him very much. The other ~real Western Railway person of whom I have spoken, I saw rubbing his London and Brighillm Railray London and Birmingham Railway shoulder, and writhing from pain. I spoke to them , Ditto New Stares and asked them if' they had offered any provocation , as London and Southampton liailway Lo n don and Ciooon Railway (Trull ) it appeared to me that they had not done so. They Ditto Scrip most positively said they had done nothing to Manchester and Birmingham hallway .......... provoke the police, but were quietly walking home. The better dressed one said he had been but a few days before sworn in a special constable ; that he was well known to Mr. Alston and Mr. Clark, the Magistrates, and that he should certainly lay a complaint before them on the following day. The other man I recommended to complaia to the Ma gistrates on the subject. I asked for their names and addresses, which they immediately gave me, but which I have since forgotten. I saw nothing like disorderly conduct on the part of these individuals, and was strongly impressed with the opinion that they were most. abominably treated. I wrote to the Mayor the next day, to acquaint him with what I had observed, and to express my disgust at the conduct of the police. I received for reply, that he had received similar com plaints from other quarters, and that measures had been taken to put a stop to such proceedings for the future, and I have seen nothing of the kind since. John Rathbone, of 4 court, 3 house, Sherlock-street, coach harness plater, examined :—On the evening of the Bth of July, about a quarter past ten, I was going along Allison -street, anti when near to the end of Co ventry-street, I was knocked down by several blows from the staffs of three or four of the London police, and when down, was much beaten upon my, left side, and was disabled from work for five or six weeks. I was not attended by a surgeon. There was no crowd in the street at the -time I was struck, and but very few people about, and these were generally standing at their doors. I said nothing to the police, nor did I even see them, before I xas struck ; they came behind me. After beating me they left me on the ground, and im mediately after a party of dragoons passed me. 1 said to one, " This is pretty usage," to which he replied, " Make the best of your road home, my man." I told him, " That was my direct road home," which was the truth. I had been into Nova Scotia-street, and on my return came along by the new burial-ground, down Bordesley-street, and so into Allison-street. I had been guilty of no breach of the peace. The police made no charge against me ; had they done so, and required me to surrender, I would have done so. I believe there was a meeting at Holloway Head on the Bth inst., but I was not there. John Wild, of No. 10, Thomas -street, grocer, exa mined. On the evening of the 15th July, I went to the meeting at Holloway Head. I got there about half-past seven. The last speaker had almost done. When the meeting was about to break up, a man ad dressed them, and said that they must walk in procession on to the Warwick road, to meet Col lins and another man, whose name I forget, who were coming from Warwick that night. I followed them down Holloway Head. They were linked arm in arm, and walked in ranks. They were not armed, and had no sticks. They went along Edg baston-street, and all that I saw went along St. Mar tin's-lane, and turned into Digbeth. I followed all the way, as far as Trinity Chapel. When near the chapel, two men came up from the direction of the Bud-ring. One of them said, " I could wish you to turn back, for Collins will not be home before eleven o'clock, ,nd the police, when they found the mob had left the Bull-ring, had been cutting and slaughtering all before item." The people then turnvd round, and several of hem shook down some wooden palisades near. Some, also, broke up some light iron hurdles, and the mob generally armed themselves with these weapons. One anung them, a man with only one leg, and who walked . a a crutch and stick, picked up a piece of the wooden rails, and held it iii the same ,band as his walking stick. I said to him, " Now, my good man, be persuaded by a fool, and throw that doWn." He , laid," , No, I will not ; if any one touches me I will put it in their guts." He walked by the side of the mob, which returned in the direction of the Bull-ring. I went by the side of this man, and several times tried to persuade him to throw away his weapon, but to no purpose. Many of the weapons were thrown away in the course of the progress. When they got to the corner of Moor-street, the mob turned up towards the Public-office, and I went up High street, and along Dale-end, home. As I went along Dale-end I heard St. Martin's clock strike nine. I saw nothing of the riot or the fires. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. - Mr. Alderman Sturge in the chair. James Gill, of 10 court, 2 house, Holloway Head, brush maker, examined—l have not been in the habit of attending the Chartist meetings, but I was in the Buil-ring on the right of the 4th of July. I was going to Mr. Arnold's, pork butcher, to make a purchase ; it wanted ten minutes to nine by St. Martin's clock. There were about 300 or 400 people assembled at the usual meeting round the monument. Having made my pur chase at Mr. Arnold's, I crossed from his shop to the monument, as a matter of curiosity, to hear what they had to say, not having been present at any of these meetings previously. A man had just done reading a speech of Mr. Francis Lloyd's, at the Commissioners' meeting. When he had done, another man addressed the meeting, saying, If there is a horse, gig, or any vehicle comes this way, come close together ; don't let them say we obstruct the road." They were perfectly peaceable. I then turned to go away home down Spiceal-strcet, saying to a man near me " If this is the way they conduct business, I don't see much the matter." It now wanted five mi nutes to nine. I came away conversing with the man to whom I had made this observation, and saw and heard nothing more. Thomas Powers, of 3 court, Thorp-street, bricklayer, examined—l am 73 years of age, and am very asth. matic, and have not been in regular employment for some time. On Monday, the Bth of July, I had been a walk with my wife and daughter, and was quietly returning home along Edgbaston-street, about half-past eight in the evening, arm in arm with my wife. Several London policemen ran after us, and, on overtaking us, struck me several blows upon the head, and knocked me down. I got up, and they knocked me down again. I got up a second time, and again they knocked me down, and as I lay on the ground, they said they'd take me to the dungeon. They then took me to the dungeon, and my person was examined by Mr. •Redfern. They found nothing upon me but my tobacco box. I was put into the prison yard, my head bleeding all night. The following morning I was taken before the Magistrates. One of the policemen, who had been beating me, said I had drawn his dagger half way out. This was all he said, and I said it was a lie. He did not state whether the alleged attempt to draw his dagger was before or after he struck me, or under what circumstance it took place. The Magistrate, in one minute, said I was released. I was under medical advice at the time I was ill-treated, and have been ever since. I had said nothing to the police nor to any one else, before they struck me, nor had my wife or daughter. I bad not. even seen the police. 'There was no crowd in the street, and scarcely anybody about. [The witness's appearance was that of a very feeble old man, evidently labouring under a bad asthma, and utterly incapable of offering any resistance.] The Committee adjourned until Friday next. ..... 5% METROPOLITAN PO a.ITICAL SUMMARY. HAMBURG, SEPT. 24.—NOTICE TO THOSE WHO NAVIGATE THE ELSE. —In order to give to Captains of ships sailing up and down the Elbe, at those places where the navigation is the most difficult, a more accurate direction than can be done by the ordinary buoys, it is re solved that from and after the Ist of October next, a vessel with a light shall be anchored at the Schulauer Sand, to the North of the White Buoy, No. 4, and as near to it as possible. This vessel will display a red light twenty-four feet abov the surface of the water, so long as the ice shall :not make it impracticable, every night, without interruption, till the end of March ; and in foggy weather, when the light may not be distinguishable, the crew will likewise ring a bell. Should this vessel be obliged, by the breaking up of the ice, to leave its station, the crew is to renew its post as speedily as possible. —Hamburg, 24th Sept., 1839.—The Navigation and Harbour COmmittec. Mr. Newman, the City solicitor, has resigned his situation, being rendered unable from over work to continue the discharge of his duties. Mr. Charles Pear son is named as a probable candidate. If he d oes come forward his success may be considered almost certain ; as few persons can be better acquainted with the rights and privileges of the citizens of London, or have done more for the great interests entrusted to the eontroul of the Com mon Council. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—We under stand that their Iklajcsties the Queen and the Queen-Dow ager have each taken a box at Covent Garden for the en suing season. This is as it should be; and with such patronage to commence with Madame Vestris will no doubt have a successful season at her new house. Her theatrichl career has hitherto been eminently prosperous, and we hope that the same good fortune will cheer her present spirited enterprise. AT LUCKY THIFF.—On Tuesday, in an assault case, at the Thames Police-office, the complainant was a prostitute, who has been committed seven times from that office for trial at the Old Bailey Sessions for dari❑g rob beries, but by extraordinary good luck has always managed to escape conviction. The Courier of this evening mikes the following comment on the Duke of Buckingham's speech at the late Nerth Bucks Conservative Dinner :—" The powerful speech of the Duke of Buckingham at the Bucks Conservative Dinner' on Thursday, which appears in another column, will be perused by our readers, we do not doubt, with particular satisfaction. It is evident from the whole complexion of this speech that his Grace telt he was on strong ground. His theme was Cons rvatisre. His audience were the staple strength of the country, the cultivators of the soil ; those on whose welfare the strength of the coun try chiefly depends ; from whom and through whom its wealth takes rise ; in whose bold and honest natures the character of the English people is to be sought ; the manly yeomanry of England. With such hearers and such a theme, the Duke felt at home." The Globe gives the following character of the Tory faction :—" But though the Tories yielded the Reform Bill, they never forgave it. To this hour they are as bitterly opposed to the principles it embodies as they were when they first denounced its introduction es fraught with destruction to the country. It supplied a principle of popular control over the Administration, and thus checked, if it did not wholly destroy, the operation of corruption. This constituted its excellency. To de feat its design, by crippling its operation, is the deter mined effort of every Tory. Hence the evil practices employed to corrupt and intimidate the exercise of the franchise at home ; and hence the bitterness of disap pointment with which the progress of constitutional government in other countries is regarded by them. England under a Reform Administration has aided in consolidating and establishing a constitutional govern ment in Spain. The Tories united with the despots of the Continent to prevent the accomplishment of an object so injurious to their common cause ; but without success." The Standard makes the following allusions to Mr. O'Connell's late Letter on the subject of Repeal : " The admission of the Irish mendicant, that all parties in England are alike opposed to repeal; whether Whig, Tory, or Chartist,' would lead to the inference that there is something more meant than meets the ear in his late frantic howl in its behalf ; and we should certainly have conceived, but for the cunningly qualified clause of his address which we quoted yesterday, that ail hopes of his eleven and accom plices being able to retain office were dying within him, and that his sole motive now was to make hot work for their successors." The Times of this morning thus speaks of Lord Abinger's address to the Grand Jury at the late Lei cester Assizes :—" This opportune discourse which his Lordship addressed to the Leicestershire Grand Jury is in no sense a party one. Indeed, the known discre tion and good taste of that eminent Judge are a suffi cient guarantee for his perfect impartiality in the dis charge of his high functions : and although there is scarcely anything which the hirelings of the Whig Press will scruple to misrepresent in order to gratify their masters, we confidently expect that the greater proPeT" tion, even of the Liberal party, will not merely acquit Lord Abinger of any political biasses in what he has advanced, but concur with us in thinking that his Lor ship has rendered an essential service to the common interests of the country." The Morning Chronicle, in the course of a leading article on the subject of the Duke of Buckingham's speech at a late Conservative and Agricultural dinner in North Bucks, remarks as follows :—" As his Grace is a burning and a shining light among the Tories, the people of England may see from this exhibition, t h a t if the present Ministers are not all that they could wish, they might go further and fare worse. The Whigs may not have done all the good that they expected from them ; but how much mischief might the Tories do, if in power, before they should be overwhelmed by the outbreaking of popular indignation. His Grace's arguments for the continuance of the Corn-laws were addressed chiefly to the agricultural labourers. He seems to have his misgivings that they are not altogether, etzamoured of the small loaf, and we ll he may. It would, hot'ielit.,lreettn insult to o ur reade rs to waste arguments on the assumptitYnk- of his The millions of starving - manufacturers welt kno w how to deal with the facts or.the reasonings of the Noble Duke. There may be wisdom in his concludi n g endea yours to excite in the Protestants a hatred t owards Ro man Catholics ; but we cannot discover it, and w e doubt if Sir Robert Peel can." Grace v; The Morning Herald, commenting on the political character of the Melbourne Cabinet, says—" All the recent appointments have indicated a tendency on the, part of Ministers to farther " organic changes. The appointment of Mr. Poulett Thontson, to the Governor ship of Canaclii,iriclicates approval of principles, which, if brought fairlY into operation, must involve the severance of all our colonies from the mother country. The appointment of Mr. Sheil is fitted to encourage the enemies of the Church ; and to lend fresh zeal to the faction, which is plotting the dismembrrment of the British empire. The appoint ment of Mr. Macaulay is a compliment to the cham pions of extended Suffrage and the Billet, as well as to religious Dissenter t* all their varieties. The country has witnesied withisgust, during the last Session of Parliament, that miserable arrangement as to open questions,' to which the weakness of the Whigs drove them. That weakness has, however, increased now, in a ten-fold ratio ; and, henceforward,—so long, that is to say, as the Melbourne Cabinet shall be permitted to exist—all questions of moment must be open' ones to its members." The Morning Post draws the following complimen tary portrait of O'Connell. The painting is a sad daub, substituting mere coarse exaggeration for vigour of colouring :—" Mr. O'Connell's fresh edict of sedition, which we yesterday published, awakens 'in us little sur prise, because unmitigated atrocity coming from that quarter has long ceased to be a subject of astonishmen t. The language of invective would fail to paint the Agi tator half so bad as he really is, and no common defi nition of crime and infamy can be expected to reach the measure of his iniquity, who always seems to make. his wickedness the most revolting precisely at the p eriod when a show of gratitude, for a given favour, might be reasonably looked for from one who was less a despe rade „ in guilt. But O'Connell always out-darkens darkness. Died, on Thursday evening last, the 26th jost" in tEe 76th year of his age, at his resi,lence, on Rich mond-hill, after a short iline.ss, the Right Hon. Richard Earl of Mount Edgeurnbe, Lord Li uteriant of th e county of Cornwall, and one of her Majesty's Mo st Honourable Privy Council. He is suceeoded in his titles and estates by his eldest son Ernet Augn3 tus Viscount Valletort. We feel great pleasure in recording, in our co' !twins of this week, the re-appointment of our excellent fellow-townsman, Mr. Thu:toil, to active service, as Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship San Josef. This 51 3 " ,ointment we regard as nothing more than a tardy act of justice to one of the most highly meritorious offie ers of the British Navy, who, in our opinion ( an opirne n founded on facts), ou g ht t o h ave received his promotion andeighteen which not so T e h x e te f n ac si t y s el t y o deserve to be, even among the members of his own profession, relate to several very important and effiei t services, which he rendered to our ally, the 1 ,' 1" of Naples in the year 1890,in d of the when comma') Racer. facilitating . These services, which b reatly fact an accommodation between the two hostile factious known,whieli we refer, a s they the Neapolitan States, very materially aided the pre vention o f t umu lt an d massacre , were so highly justly appreciated by the Sovereign of those States as to indu ce hi m t o a pply to the British Government fc". Mr. T.'s promotion. But not only did this gentlemans conduct, on the occcasion referred to, entitle him t° the di s ti ngu i s hed gratitude and esteem of a monarch in alliance with Great Britain , b ut to those of the British residents at Palermo ; to whose Pl 7 a ert .e o l. ; sons and properties he secured protections at when both were exposed to the most immin ent risk ao.icli peril. A letter from these gentle men lies before us, 2 which they express their deep sense of obligation fo r the promptitude, exertions, and zeal which he display ed on their behalf, in language equally honourable to writers, and to the party to whom it is addressed. have only to add the expressions of our confident hope' that the Admiralty will speedily raise Lieutenant to a higher grade in his p rofession, an act which, We 01 . . p er suaded, would at once do honour to themselve s, ` d s timulate the jun i o r officers of her M a j est y's Na aspire vy 1 ", to promotion , as the reward of able , sk ilful, and highly meritorious services.—Devonport Independent. Count Pozzo di Borgo will nor, it is said, re' turn to England in a diplomatic charact, , ,.. the The Dutch steamers are again allowed by Prussian Giwverinnent to navig a t e th e Riiiire. LATE RI This diay was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., price 11. I Is. 6d., CAPTAIN INIARRYAT'S DIARY IN AMERICA. 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