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EVENING- EDITION. NATIONAL EDUCATION. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND LORD J. RUSSELL. [The following documents are so important, and will excite so deep an interest in the present state of the public mind with relation to the great work of National Education, that we cannot persuade ourselves to omit or abridge any part of them. They will be prefixed to the Tenth Edition of the pamphlet entitled Recent Measures for the Pro motion of Education in England, published under the authority of the Committee of Privy Council for Education ; and the " Correspondence" will also appear as an Appendix to the Charge recently delivered by the Bishop of Exeter to his Clergy. The " Preface" contains some explanatory matter respecting certain passages in the Pamphlet, to which the Right Rev. Prelate had taken some ex ceptions, and which have therefore been altered or expunged.] In preceding editions of this pamphlet the fol lowing passage occurred immediately after the words " by constant superintendence," p. 55 : I " In the. House of Lords the Marquis of Lans downe observed, ' I said the State should pro vide for the education ; I did not say for the I spiritual and religious education, but for the secular education of the people.' The Bishop of Exeter ' was glad the Noble Marquis had given that explanation.—(Hear, hear.) He assented to the principle.' All tha t remains, therefore, is, in providing for the secular educa tion of the people, to render the provision such that they shall not be excluded from its benefits by religious tests. For this purpose it may be ne cessary, in particular cases, National Society and British and Foreign School Society. Upon the principle thus elucidated by the discussion s i n Par liament, we trust that ail parties are now agreed." This passage, together with the words, " which has been more fully illustrated in the debates," which occurred in page 55, after the words " one principle,' are now omitted, in consequence of the c ocrespondence between Lord John Russell and the Bishop of Exeter, published in these pages. The passage quoted from the debate is confir med by the report in the Times of July 6th, and in 1 the Mirror of Parliament, July 27th, with the exception of one word, " instruction" for " edu cation." But in the speech of the Bishop of Exeter sub sequently published for circulation, as corrected by his Lordship, and which had not been examined until attention was drawn to it by the Right Rev. Prelate, the conversation assumes a different form. In the speech thus published, the conversation is thus reported :—" The Marquis of Lansdowne—l said the State should provide foi the education of those who dissent from the Church ; I did not say for their spiritual and religious education, but for their secular. The Bishop of Exeter—l rejoi ce t o hear this ; I rejoice to have given the Noble Mar quis an opportunity of making this important expla nation ; the more important, because it is explana tion. My Lords, the Noble Marquis disclaims the pernicious principle, that the State may lawfully assist in teaching religious doctrines which it be lieves to be false." This Parliamentary conversation being now omit ted in the pages of this pamphlet, and the context brought together without any other alteration than those stated above, the sense in which the passage omitted was understood, and the reason why it was quoted, may be more apparent. We request the reader's attention to the following exposition of what was intended to be conveyed. The Committee of Council proposed by their re port of the 3d of June, to apportion the Parlia mentary grant, chiefly 1. In aid of schools connected with the National Society ; in which, besides biblical instruction, the doctrines of the Church of England are taught from the catechism and formularies, and in which the ritual of the Church is used. 2. In aid of schools of the British and Foreign School Society, in which religious instruction is confined to biblical reading. S. To admit certain exceptional cases of schools not belonging either to the National Society, or to the British and Foreign School Society. The whole passage was intended to relate only to these exceptional cases ; and was quoted as elu cidating the view supposed to be taken by the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Bishop of Exeter in relation to such exceptional cases. The fact that the Committee of Council in vended a large portion of the Parliamentary grant to be appropriated to schools in connection with the National Society, is evidence that the Com mittee recognised the paramount importance of providing for the direct inculcation of the doctrine, and use of the ritual of the Established Church, as respects children of Churchmen. The question under discussion in this particular passage, how ever, was not the duty of the State to those within the pale of the Church, nor to the entire body of those without the pale of the Church, but to a frac tional part of those without the pale of the Church. Exeter, Oct. 10, 1839. MT LORD,—On my return to Exeter, I have the honour of receiving your Lordship's letter of the 7th instant, and I thank you for the early an swer which you have given to the questions I felt it my duty to propose. I assent to your Lordship's suggestion, that this question would be more properly addressed to the President of the Council. But the notoriety of his absence from England made it necessary that I should address it to your Lordship, whose name stands in the list of the " Committee on Educa tion" next to that of the Lord President. Your Lordship having now informed me that you believe the Committee gave a general direction for the circulation of the pamphlet entitled " Recent Measures for the Promotion of Education in Eng land," and the cover of a copy of it now before me bearing on its margin a printed notice of its having been sent from the " Committee of Council on , Education," as well as being superscribed " On her Majesty's service," and sealed with the impress of " Privy Council," I cannot but regard the Com mittee as adopting, and therefore responsible for the contents of the pamphlet. In consequence, I re quest your Lordship's attention to a most extraordi nary misrepresentation made in it of words spoken by ale in the House of Lords on the sth of July last. The passage to which I refer is in pp. 55-6, and I quote it at length to prevent all misapprehension. " One principle which has been more fully illus trated in the debates, is especially applicable to these cases, viz., that while the Government is most anxious that religious instruction should be united to secular, and will grant all proper facili ties for that purpose, the State is peculiarly charged with the duty of rendering secular instruction ac cessible to all, and with the improvement of the quality of such seeular instruction by assistance from the public funds, and by constant superin tendence, In the House of Lords the Marquis of Lansdowne observed, ' I said the State should pro vide for the education ; I did not say for the spiri tual and religious education, but for the secular education of the people.' The Bishop of Exeter gas glad th e N o bl e M arqu i s h a d g iven that expla nation. H e assented to the principle.' " Pre sently afterwards it was said, " Upon principles thtiis elucidated by the discussion in Parliament, we trust that all ti parties are now agreed." Now the pl a i n and o import of this is, that the in the discussion ofquestion in the House of Lords, I assented t o the principle, that the duty of the State, in respect t o the eucation of the people is limited to " secularrendering instruction acces sible to all , " and to "the improvement of the quality of such secular instruct ion by assistance ' from the public funds, and by constantin7 , superinten dence." But so far is this from b whole t a correct the s t a t e ment, that it is contrary toe nor of the speech delivered by me on th at oc casion. So manifest , inde ed , isthe per version of my very plai n meanin g , that if it d occurred in an anonymous publication, I roust have considered it as wilfully fraudulent. Bear ing, however, as it does, the formal and official sanction of the " Committee on Education," I cannot ascribe it to any dishonourable motive ; and I willingly impute it to some most stran ge and utterly unaccountable misconception. That this is the gentlest description applicable to it, I proceed to satisfy your Lordship by citing a passage from the report of my speech, which I have the ho nour of enclosing, and which was corrected by myself, immediately after it had been delivered. )At pp. 5,6, I was dealing with a question pro posed to the Bench of Bishops by the Lord Prc sident—" Do they think that the Church has a THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1839. right to the education of the people at large, includ SIR LIONEL SMITH, AND THE ing that portion of the people, millions nunber, BAPTIST MINISTERS. who do not belong to the Church ?" My answer was as follows :—" The Church has no right to claim the enforcement of any system of education on the people, or any part of the people, least o f all on that part which does not belong to the Ch.irch. But, my Lords, the Church has a right to de mand of the State—and if the State, as well as the Church, is prepared to do its duty, that de mand will be answered—the Church, I say, has a right to demand of the State the means of offer ing education to all, whether t he y are members of the Church, or not. God forbid that the Church should have either the power, or the will, to compel any person, or class of persons, to accept its system of education ! But we have a right, my Lords, to demand that the State, acknow ledging the Church to be the true Church, ac knowledging it to profess and teach the true reli gion, and thereby implying the duty of the Church to inculcate—aye, and not only to inculcate, but to spread that blessed truth which it professes ; we have a right to demand that the State shall supply the necessary means to enable the Church to discharge its high functions. I ask, then, the Noble Marquis to call on that Govern ment, in which he bears so high a place, to pro pose to Parliament such a grant as will enable the Church to educate all within its pale, who need public aid ; and to offer to educate all without its pale who will accept the offer, in that holy religion which the Noble Marquis and his colleagues, and which the State itself, acknowledge to be true ; and if true, of course to be alone true. Will the Noble Marquis do this his duty ?" I am not aware that I could have used words more directly contrary to the sentiment ascribed to me in the Committee's pamphlet, even if I had an ticipated, and laboured to prevent, the possibility of such a mis-statement. " ADDRESS ,‘ To his Excellency Sir Lionel Smith, Baronet, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Mili tary Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Order, a Lieutenant-General of her Majesty's Land Forces, and Colonel of the Fortieth Regiment of Foot, Captain-Gene ral, Governor-in-Chief, and Commander of the Forces in and over the Island of Jamaica and the Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor and Vice-Admiral of the same. " May it please your Excellency, We, the mi nisters of the " Baptist Western Union" on our own part, and on behalf of the churches and con gregations over which we preside, beg leave to ap proach your Excellency, to express the unfeigned and deep regret we feel at your retirement from the government of this island, an event which we can not but deplore, as inimical to the prosperity of the colony, and as jeopardizing the welfare of those around whom you have thrown the shield of your protection. " W e beg leave to assure your Excellency, that in offering to you our heartfelt thanks for the many benefits resulting from your administration, we are impelled solely by the honest conviction, that you are justly entitled, not only to the gratitude, but to the fervent prayers of those whom you have defended whenever unjustly accused. " Now that your Excellency is about to leave us, we can, without exposing ourselves to the im putation of flattery, with a view of obtaining your favour, fearlessly, and unequivocally express our admiration of the wisdom and equity which have characterized your administration. The admirable tact displayed by your Excellency in effecting the termination of the apprenticeship system, in your treatment of the contumacious members of the House of Assembly, and in preserving the peace of the colony, during a period of unusual excite ment, without the aid of a police force, must excite in the mind of every loyal subject feelings of ad miration and gratitude, and will lead us ever to as sociate the name of Sir Lionel Smith with the li berty and happiness of our people. " It is not for the purpose of securing any poli tical ascendancy that we have employed our influ ence for the extension of the civil and religious rights of our emancipated fellow-subjects, but from a firm conviction that to act otherwise would be to sacrifice the noble principles of Christianity to po litical expediency, and thus ingloriously to purchase the commendations of a faction inimical to the welfare of man. " 'We feel confident, notwithstanding the senseless clamour by which we have been assailed, that, in our efforts for the public weal, your Excellency has recognised an earnest desire to employ our influence to maintain the dignity of the British Crown, and uphold the majesty of the law. " At any period we should have deplored the loss which the colony in general, and ourselves in par ticular, would sustain by the removal of your Ex cellency ; but we peculiarly feel it at this juncture, when we are convinced we are entirely defenceless, without the least protection from the law, that por tion of the community from whom our juries are selected being, for the most part, our relentless enemies ; many of whom have violated the solemn sanction of an oath to gratify their feelings of hos tility towards us. " We most earnestly implore your Excellency to use the influence you possess, on your arrival in England, to secure for us that protection to which we are entitled, and to obtain the repeal of those cruel and oppressive laws which still disgrace the statute-books of Jamaica. At pp. 10, 11, of the enclosed, your Lordship will find the interlocutory remarks between the Lord President and myself, which are more imme diately referred to in the pamplet ; and on reading them you will observe that they relate not to the point stated in the pamphlet, but to one of a very different kind, viz,—whether the State may assist in teaching religious doctrines which it believes to be false. _ Vv Your Lordship will also perceive that I did not assent to the Lord President's principle ; but the Lord President assented to mine, and joined me in disclaiming the pernicious principle that the State may lawfully assist in teaching such doctrines. It is true that he qualified this declaimer by limiting its operation to England ; but this very limitation marks the more strongly the principle of which we were speaking, and which, as your Lordship per ceives, is very different from that which is put into our mouths by the Committee's pamphlet. I regret the absence of the Lord President ; for he, I am confident, if he were in England, would confirm the accuracy of my statement ; but I ven ture to refer your Lordship to any Noble Lord who attended to the debate. Should your Lordship do me the honour of reading the whole of the reported speech, which I now enclose, you will not find a single sentence which affords any shadow of justification of the passage of which I complain—but very much which,' if I mistake not, your Lordship will think directly contrary to it. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, H. EXETER. The Right Hon. the Lord John Russell, &c. Buckhurst, Oct. 15, 1839. My Lord—l have had the honour of receiving your Lordship's letter of the 10th inst. It certainly appears to me that the writer of the pamphlet has mistaken your Lordship's meaning. He was pro bably misled by some incorrect report in the news papers of what took place in the House of Lords. I will take care to suspend for the present any dis tribution of the pamphlet by the Committee of Privy Council. I am much obliged to your Lordship for the copy of your Lordship's speech, delivered in the House of Lords on the sth of July of the present year—a speech marked by the ability which distinguishes all that proceeds from your Lord .ehlp. That I ca.nnnot but observe that there are some misconceptions of the design of the members of the Committee quite as extraordinary as that which your Lordship has pointed out in the pamphlet. But I will not occupy your Lordship's time upon this subject, engaged as you now are in the labours of your diocese. I will therefore con tent myself with saying that it has been the main object of the Committee to extend and encourage the religious instruction of the people, but that while they have endeavoured to insist on the in struction of the children of Churchmen in the doc trines of the Church of England, they have not con ceived themselves justified in withholding all public aid for the instruction of those children of the poor whose parents conscientiously object to allow their children to be taught the Church Catechism, or to be compelled, as the price of their instruction, to attend Divine service in any other than their own places of worship. I have the honour, &c. " Your Excellency may regard our past, as a specimen of our future conduct, and vre beg to as sure you that, by a continued obedience to the laws, combined with a determination to use every consti- tutional means to obtain equal and impartial justice, we will endeavour to carry out those firm princi ples of liberty which your Excellency has so nobly maintained during your eventful and glorious ad ministration. " We naturally feel that, in your Excellency, we lose a friend, who has defended us, not on account of any obtrusiveness on our part, or from any desire to obtain your applause. Your Excellency has, we think, been convinced that we were using our efforts for the temporal and eternal welfare of oqr fellow men, and that we ought not to be sacrificed to a faction, either on account of our peculiar views of divine truth, or our advocacy of the cause of the oppressed. We have, therefore, to tender our thanks that your Excellency has had magnanimity to share the reproach, and to defend the reputation of men, whose only crime is, that they have been determined to protect their fellow-men in the enjoy ment of that liberty which has been purchased for them by the inhabitants of Great Britain. " In conclusion, we assure your Excellency that, in leaving our shores, you will carry with you the fervent prayers of ourselves and people, for your present and eternal happiness, that you may be conducted to the bosom of your family, and be long spared to promote the happiness of mankind in whatever part of the world the Providence of God may call you. " We have the honour to remain, " Your Excellency's most obedient humble servants, (Signed) " THOS. BURCHELL. " JOHN CLARK. KNIBB. DAVID DAY. J. RUSSELL, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Exeter, 16th October, 1839. THOS. F. ABBOTT. WALTER DUNDY. BENJ. B. DEXTER. JOHN HUTCHINS. E. J. FRANCIES. GEORGE WEBI3. THOS. E. WARD, My Lord—l request your Lordship to accept my thanks for the letter of the 15th, which I have this day had the honour of receiving. The conclu sion of that letter gives me peculiar gratification, as it shows that no practical difficulties need any longer exist in combining due regard for the duties of the State to the Church, with full security to the rights of conscience in those who dissent from her doctrines, and do not join in her worship. For myself, I have no hesitation in avowing, that, in my judgment, it would be wrong to " with hold all public aid for the instruction of those children of the poor, whose parents consci entiously object to allow their children to be taught the Church Catechism, or to be compelled, as the price of their instruction, to attend Divine' service in other than their own places of worship." I should rejoice to see instituted a conference be tween the " Committee of the Privy Council on Education" and the Bishops, for the purpose of devising measures to carry into effect your Lord ship's very just and moderate principle, and at the same time to give to the Church that public recog nition of her being the fit guardian and adminis tratrix of National Education, with which your Loidship's principle can so well be reconciled. The charge which I have delivered to my clergy, and NS hich has been announced for publication, has noticed the pamphlet sent forth by the Committee, entitled, " Recent Measures for the Promotion of Public Education in England," and has dealt with its contents as authorised by the Committee. Not only the passages read by me to my clergy, but also a longer one prepared by me, in which I com ment on that pamphlet, will make part of the charge when published. In truth, your Lordship will perceive that the mere suspension of the cir culation of a document which has already been dispersed so widely and so authoritatively, will not remove the necessity of such comments, as I other wise have thought it my duty to make. It will give me, however, great pleasure to pub lish the correspondence which I have had the honour to hold with your Lordship, in my Ap pendix. It will, lam confident , be read (espe ciallv that part of your Lordship's letter of the 15th, to which I have already referred) with the highest satisfaction by others, whose suffrages are more valuable than mine. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, H. EXETER. The Right Hon. the Lord John Russell, &c. &c. " Jamaica, King's House, August 28, 1839. " Reverend Gentlemen,—l receive this address with mixed sensations of pleasure and pain ; first, I am gratified by the acknowledgment which it con veys, that under my administration you have been protected in your duties towards the followers of your faith, though I have all along regretted that even my best means of encouragement amounted to little more than the just defence of your truly righteous labours. On the other hand, I feel pain you should be under apprehensions that in consequence of my re moval from this Government your efforts in support of the civil and religious rights of your community can never want the countenance of those in autho rity, or indeed of any class of society where you are known, whose minds have not been tainted with the love of slavery. " On my assuming the government of this co lony, I strongly expressed my reliance on the whole body of missionaries—in their high integrity of purpose, and in their loyal principles. You more than realised all the benefits I expected; from your ministry, by raising the negroes from the mental degradations of slavery to the cheering ob ligations of Christianity : and they were thus taught that patient endurance of evil, which has so materially contributed to the general tranquillity. Even with the aid of a vicious and well paid press, both in England and Jamaica, and, it may be pre sumed, some habitual confidence in Jamaica Juries, the enemies of your religion have never dared to go to the proof of their audacious accusations against you. " Gentlemen, the first year of general freedom has passed away. What were the forebodings of its enemies ? Where are the vagrants—where the squatters—N./here the injuries against properties, or the persons of white men ? Out of the 300,000 oppressed slaves, let loose in one day, to equal rights and liberty, not a human being of that mass has committed himself in any of those dreaded offences. _ ST. JAMES'S PARK.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests arc proceeding with the improve ment of the paths in this park. But the principal thoroughfare, that along which lies the way of nineteen twentieths of passengers, is in a sad state. Something more should be done than putting down a little g ravel. A paved, or a t a ll even t s a dry pathway, from Buck ingham -gate to Spring-gardens, should be set about immediately. In winter the paths in this line are all but impassable. The Dundee Courier, of the 22d instant, states last t t there had b een an i ncreased deman d t h ere f or linens week ; and a small advance had been paid on Os naburgs and coarse sheetings,stocks the of which had become light. Th e d eman d for fl ax an d yarns was li mited. Advices received to the sth instant from St. Petersburg mentioned that the export of flax up to that date was only '2,000 tons against 10,000 at the same date last year. " The admirable conduct of the peasantry in such a crisis has constituted a proud triumph to the cause of religion ; and those who contributed to enlighten them in their moral duties, through persecutions, insults, and dangers, have deserved the regard and esteem of the good and the just in all Christian countries. " The people of England have a right to de mand, and will still insist, that the liberty of the negroes, purchased by them at such a heavy cost, should be perfectly secured to them, and much re mains to be done for them. You may feel assured, ' however, that the same power which achieved such a glorious national honour as the destruction of slavery in all its dependencies, will ultimately put down the bad laws a nd p e tt y ty rann i es by which the ' peasantry are still harassed and oppressed. gr eat change is, indeed, in progress, by which unprejudiced men are coming into the management of properties, and it cannot be long before absen tees will extricate themselves from their present un lucky delusion, and discover that the salvation of their estates must depend on the employment of agents who will not defraud the labourers of their' wag es, or impose exorbitant rents. Men, elated with the recent possession of freedom, are not likely to work cheerfully under such injurious treatment. " For myself, gentlemen, I thank you for all the regret you express at my removal f rom this govern ment. I have staid here, however, longer than my duty to my own family warranted. Neither scur rilous abuse from the pulpit, or from the press, or repeated threats of assassination, have deterred me from doing my duty to the emancipated population. I have been more than rewarded by witnessing their sober joys in freedom. I fully forgive the violent men who, smarting under the loss of power, have heedlessly imputed to the Executive those galling, changes ordained by Providence, against the inte rests of the selfish few, for the happiness of the many. " I entreat you also to forgive your enemies, and I feel confident you will continue to use your in fluence, in encouraging the industry of the labour ers, remembering how essential employment is in all countries for the prevention of crime, and how much the spread of universal liberty to the slave must depend on the result of remunerated labour. Gentlemen, I take my leave of you, with sentiments of the most sincere respect and esteem. I beg you to receive my best wishes for the peace and happi ness of vourselves, your families, and your commu nity ; and so long as my name may be recollected by the members of your church, implore them, for my sake, to persevere in the character which they have earned, as good Christians and loyal subjects. " LIONEL SMITH. " To the Ministers of the Baptist Western Union, &c. &c." PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO THE LORD MAYOR. A meeting of a Committee cons tit ute d f or th e pur pose of determining upon voting a testimonial to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, took place on Wed nesday last, at the London Coffee-house. It consisted of a number of those who admire his Lordship's zeal, energy, and ability in the general discharge of his offi cial duties. Sir FRANCIS OMMANEY in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN having called on Mr. Jones, the Honorary Secretary, to read the circular convening the meeting, said that it was with much surprise he found himself called upon in such an assembly to take the Chair. He most heartily concurred in the object of the meeting, and felt convinced that no Chief Magis trate was ever better entitled to the approbation of his fellow-citizens than the Lord %layor. He felt highly honoured at being placed in the Chair on such an oc casion, and would be most happy to hear any observa tions or suggestions calculated to accomplish the views they all had in the most becoming manner.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIRE said that the Chairman was entitled to the thanks of the meeting for the prompt manner in which he had taken the Chair at a minute's notice. He was most desirous that an honourable tribute should be paid to the Lord Mayor by the citizens in the very best manner, but he thought that the present meeting was premature under existing circumstances. The meeting ought to adjourn, and the objects contemplated ought to be postponed until the expiration of the present Mayoralty. —(Cheers.) He therefore proposed that the present meeting should form themselves into a committee, and ' that the public meeting should not be held until the present Mayoralty should be at an end. Mr. SAUNDERS rose with high gratification, to second a motion which was calculated to pro mote so worthy an object as the presentation of a splendid testimonial to the Lord Mayor. The desire to contribute would, he was convinced, not be confined to the citizens of London, but would be extended to all classes.—( Cheers.) Mr. CLIFTON, although he concurred in the sug gestion of Mr. Wire, still thought that there was some explanation due to the meeting, to accou n t f or t h e c ircumstance that the original intention was departed from. There were two committees, one of them a sub committee, and no report had yet been m a d e b y e i t h er , and he thought it would be satisfactory for the meet ing to be informed why there had been any deviation. Mr. SAUNDERS was happy to hear that Mr. Clifton agreed as to the policy of the . suggestion o f p os t pon i ng the general meeting. It would ' he was sure be the most advisable course, and a moments reflection 'would show that it justified the departure from the first inten tion, which sprung from impulse.—( Hear, hear.) The following motion was then proposed :—" That the present meeting should form itself into a Committee for the purpose of presenting the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress with a testimonial of the high opinion which they entertain of the ability and zeal with which his Lordship discharged his official duties, and of her Ladyship's dignified and amiable con duct while she presided over the hospitable festivities of the Mansion House, and that this meeting stand ad journed for the purpose, until the Lord Mayor should have vacated the Chair." Mr. FREDIERICX SALMON thought that the day of meeting should be mentioned in the resolution. Mr. WIRE said he thought that the meeting ought to to take place a week after the first day of meeting of the Common Council in the new Mayoralty. The Rev. Mr. BAXHAM said that he• was not con- nected with the Corporation, but presiding, as he did, over a large parish in the metropolis, he could bear tes timony to the valuable exertions of the present Chief Magistrate, and he was convinced that the expression of public opinion would not be confined to the city of London.—(Cheers.) He therefore suggested that the resolution as regarded subscriptions should specify that they should be received from the citizens of London and others.—( Cheers.) The suggestion was cordially approved of. The SECRETARY then read numerous letters from persons of the first respectability, expressive of their cordial co-operation in the objects of the meeting, and requesting that their names should be put down upon the committee, and for liberal subscriptions. The resolution having been unanimously agreed to, Mr. HENRY POWNALL, of Spring-grove, Middlesex, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which having been passed amidst acclamations, the meeting separated. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (FRIDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The favourable symptoms which we noticed yesterday have not disappeared. Money could be had today at four per cent. on Consols, and at about five per cent. in the foreign House, being two per cent. easier than the rates which were current two weeks ago. The Consol Market continues firm, and has advanced on the prices of yesterday. To prevent misconception on the subject of the loan of ten millions of florins on behalf of the Bank of the United States, for which Mr. Jaudon has opened nego tiations at Amsterdam, under the authorization of the King of Holland, we deem it but justice to state that the above transaction is totally distinct and separate from the loan which Mr. Jaudon previously raised for an equal amount (800,0001.) a short time since in Lon don, and which we noticed had been taken on bonds. payable in two series, at eighteen and thirty months (April, 1841, and April, 1842), and secured by the deposit of Pennsylvania stock in the hands of Messrs. Denison and Co., as trustees. The loan which is now in progress at Amsterdam is an additional loan, and a perfectly different operation from the London loan. We have further to mention, that the Bank of the United States have no post notes or bonds over due, circulating on the Continent, and that the whole amount of the loan now in progress, if carried into effect, will be remitted to this country in aid of the United States Bank ; and as it will be raised upon a permanent advance of five years certain, with ten half yearly coupons, it must give important assistance in pro ducing a favourable turn to our exchanges with Holland. The post notes that were over due in London were provided for out of the London loan ; and we have only to add, that they required, in the mean time, but a comparatively small portion of the amount whi c h was placed at Mr. Jaudon's disposal by the completion of the London arrangement. As to the mixing up of the announcement auth or i s i ng the proposals with the subjects contained in the speech of his Majesty at the opening of the States-General, the answer is, that the only inference between the two was the accidental circumstance that both appeared in sepa rate parts of the same number of a Dutch newspaper ; and it was quite unnecessary to make the authorization public on a 'former occasion, because the affair was broken off before it had assumed such an appearance of ultimate completion as rendered that step requisite or proper. It is possible enough that the present one may not come t o ma t u rity, yet it bids fair to do so, and therefore the usual preliminary announcement has been made public. Complaints have been made to us from time t o time th at t h e affairs of the United States Bank were kept too much in mystery ; but we cannot admit that there was much ground for thi s , be cause the p ar ti es w ho made the objection proved, by their remarks, that they were pretty well con versant with the subject ; and as the public knew the gross amount of liabilities in Europe, so th ey h a d received pr e tt y accura te information of the funds which had been provided to meet those engagements. The present transaction will throw still further light up on the subject, and on Mr. Jaudon's return we trust he will be able to give a satisfactory account . of his j ourney. That the L on d on ag ency of the Bank in questi on was under emb arrassment , every person knew well, and it would scarcely have been expected that their repre sentative in this country would have then explained to the public what he was doing, and . how be ex p ecte d to extricate it. B u t the results of his various measures have been fully explained from time to time, a n d eac h step hitherto has only tended to increase the gene ral opinion of Mr. Jaudon's skill and judicio us manage ment of th ose ex t ens i ve and complicated concerns. His task bas been an arduous one, and the manner in which he fulfilled it entitles him at any rate to fair play. He has still probably much to grapple with ; but on this point we shall know more on the arrival of the Liverpool steamer, which is looked for about the 4th of November. Should he succeed in obtaining the loan which he seeks for in Holland, it is plain that the transaction will be attended with benefit to this country, as it will be a fund to draw upon ; and it has this supe rior feature to that which the Bank of England made with the Bank of Paris, that, being fixed for five years, it does not require re-drawing, which, we suspect, must be the case as regards the last-mentioned arrangement, unless bullion should previously flow into their coffers from other quarters, to enable them to repay the large amount of assistance which they have received from France. HERALD.—The exchanges with the Continent appear to have fully turned against this country. It is true there are exceptions against certain bills drawn, but on 'Change this afternoon we have had proof that the general rates of Tuesday last have been but barely maintained, whilst on the Northern parts of Europe they are rather lower. On Paris the quotations are 25f. 60c. a 62c. a ;on Amsterdam 12 4; on Rotterdam 12 4 a 1; on Antwerp 13 31 a ;on Hamburg it is un derstood that Messrs. Barings have been drawing largely, which has reduced the rate to 13 9/. The ob ject motive of this transaction has not yet been revealed, but it is evident that the Money Market here and on the Continent bears evidence of a rottenness which has not come directly or indirectly to light. POST.—The funds have left off this evening much the same as they did yesterday in both markets. There was no news in circulation during the day of a nature to affect the quotations from any quarter. From Ham burgh we learn that money had again become so easy that the rate of interest had been reduced to 4 per cent. per annum by the bankers in that city. Gold was, however, certainly not lower than last advised, but rather the contrary, so that, although the Bank of France is full, and no longer purchases specie, it will still find a good market in the North of Europe. The reduction in the price of wheat in Mark-lane, and the consequent rise in the duty, which now is at 16s. Bd. the quarter, is a favourable symptom, as it may be taken for granted that no such alteration would have occurred had it not been pretty fully ascertained that our native crops are less deficient in point of quantity, whatever may be the case with regard to quality, than has been so generally apprehended. At this high rate it is not to be expected that any quantity will be cleared for consumption. Some cargoes are, we understand, on their way from Spain, as well as others from the Baltic ; but when it comes to be known abroad that the duty is so mate rially higher, and the price proportionably less, the ex portation of the article to British ports will no longer be persevered in. The late fine weather has enabled the farmers in the northern counties, and likewise in Scot land and Ireland, to get in the remainder of their crops in excellent order. The effect of this has been most sensibly felt at the Corn Exchange, and, high as the duty is at present, a further advance in the course of a week or two, is confidently calculated upon. The fac tors are slow to give way, but the supply of secondary qualities will, it is believed, in the course of a few weeks, be very large, if not absolutely overwhelming ; and hence the expectation of a further rise in the duty. The Bank of England will be much relieved by this state of things in Mark-lane, and it is to be hoped that we shall, before long, hear that a corresponding reduction takes place in the price of bread and other articles of food. The Share Market is kept exceedingly flat by the operations of the Lancashire and other country deal ers, who, at a time of pressure like the present, are al ways found to be among the principal sellers. All the joint-stock interests are brought forward just now in very considerable quantities for the purpose of being realised, as a means of raising temporary supplies of money. The Railway Shares, however, greatly pre dominate. Great Western are quoted 4/ to 3/ dis., ditto New / dis. to par, London and Brighton 13 to 12 dis., London and Blackwell 2/ to 1-1, dis., London and Birmingham (new shares) 15 to / prem., and Lon don and Croydon 9to -,J 2 - per share. Danube and Maine Canal were done to-day, after a long cessation of busi ness, at 24/, the paid-up price being 411. 13s. 4d. per share. The speculators in this concern have apparently to thank the late Mr. Rothschild for a very valuable le gacy. A discount of 171. per share on 20,000 shares leaves the gaping greenhorns an aggregate loss of 340,0001., exclusive of premium, which was at one tim• as high as three to four pounds per share. But this is not all. Were sales to be made, or rather attempted, to any extent, the depreciation could not fail to be ma terially greater. TIMES.—The tendency to improvement in the Funds has been rather more decidedly manifested to day. The Foreign Exchanges are further receding, but the rate on Paris is rather better maintained than the others, thus reversing the position of them, when the credit of the Bank of England with the Bank of France l i was first opened, at which time the northern exchanges were higher in proportion. With all the aid of that credit, which is now supposed to have run out to nearly its full extent, the course of exchange is scarcely at all altered for the better. According to the statement given in 4. l 6rn's Commer cial Glance, recently issued in Manchester, it results that the imports of cotton for the nine months of this year amount to 979,329 bales, against 1,297,125 for the same period last year, so that the decreased im portation is 317,796 bales, or nearly one-fourth. Add ing to the imports this year the stocks on hand at the opening, the whole supply this year, after deduction of exports, appears to have been 1,399,760 bales, and consumption taken at 20,000 weekly for 39 weeks, being 780,000, would leave the stock at the close of the quarter just ended 619,760 bales, which at the same rate of consumption was equal to the consumption of about 32 weeks. The total exports of yarn during the same time this year have been 72,695,7841 b. against 85,231,9891 b. for 1838, which shows a decrease for this year, as compared with last, of 12,536,2051 b. In the export of plain calicoes an increase appears of 2,710,000 yards, and of printed and dyed calicoes of 24,622,388 yards, as compared with last year. From the decreased export of yarns it may be inferred that the Continental cotton manufactures have not been in so prosperous a state this year as last, although upon the whole the depression has, perhaps, not been so general as here. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. (From the Times.) We regret to say that the columns of the papers published in the agricultural districts afford but too many proofs of the alarming prevalence of crime in them. In one single number of the Wiltshire Indepen dent (of Thursday last), we see a fearful catalogue of robberies, to which, no doubt, the privations of the la bouring classes, from the inadequacy of their wages to supply them with food, have in many instances led. IH one case, a robbery of Mr. Dean, a farmer, by four men, assistance having been obtained, a pursuit took place, when one of the robbers, after an hour's chase, dropped down dead, but the ethers run over twenty miles of ground, and two only were captured. It was necessary at the Devizes fair to order out a number of special constables to assist the ordinary police officers in pre serving the peace and protecting the farmers and others attending the fair ; " but notwithstanding this precau tion," says the Journal in question, " a great many rob beries took place ;" and from the report of the pro ceedings at the Borough Magistrates' office, this asser tion is borne out. The Wiltshire Independent very sensibly observes, with reference to these alarming signs of the times : The moral evil indicated by an internal need of pro tcctive force is most melancholy. The causes of crime are the most fruitful topic which the Legislature of a coun try can have to consider, and most peculiarly incumbent is it just now on ours to consider it. It is necessary to re press violence, but it is doubly incumbent on us to trace out and eradicate its causes ; for all popular crimes and grievances are in a great measure necessarily the offspring of misgovernment, whether by laws which restrict the amount of provisions, and tend to panaerise the popula tion—or laws which aggravate and excite the poor, by rendering justice dear and inaccessible." (From the lifornzng Advertiser.) A paragraph, copied from a local Paper, is now going the round of the Journals, to the effect, that Mr. Thu rogood is still confined in Chelmsford gaol for contempt of the Ecclesiastical Court. Mr. Thorogood, whose private character is, we understand, in perfect accor dance with his name, was, as our readers may remember, incarcerated in Chelmsford gaol six or seven months ago, for refusing to pay a few shillings demanded from him in the shape of Church-rates. Posterity will scarcely credit the fact, that a man could, in the year 1839,hai e suffered six months' imp r i sonment —h ow much longer he is destined to suffer no one can tell—for daring to be courageous enough to withhold a few shillings from the support of an E s t a bli s h e d Ch urc h , an d an eccle siastical system, of which he .conscientiously dis approves. Nor do we won d er a t t h e pro b a b !e incredulity of posterity, when such a fact shall be brought under its knowledge ; for we cannot at times help feeling ourselves, though the fact stares us in the face, that we must be labouring under some unaccountable misconception. Talk of the persecuting spirit of the Church of Rome ! Why, it would be diffi cult to instance a case of greater oppression in the most Popish country under the sun. If we would search for a pre-eminently persecuting Church among the various communities into which the Christian world is cantoned, we shall succeed in our inquiries without stirring a foot from home. The National Church of England, as the established religion delights to be called, has as much of the persecuting spirit within her as her sister of the Church of of Rome. The only diff erence b e t ween " the sisters' that in some Popish countries her ladyship of Rome is allowed greater l a tit u d e to h er persecu ting propensities than she of En g l an d i s a ll owe d i n this country. The Church of England has always gone to as g reat . lengths in the persecuti on o f those who differ from her as the law of the land would permit. Who has for gotten the virulence with which she persecuted the Dis senters previous to the repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts? or the harshness with which she treated the Roman Catholics before the passing of the Relief Bill ? TEA.—Yesterday the merchants submitted to rather lower prices for common descriptions of black and green ; com mon Congou sold at is to Is 10d, Twankay l s 100, Hyson 2s 7d, Young Hyson 2s 8d to 2s 9d r Company's Congou Is 10id for cash, and Is Ild with a prompt : is the finer kinds of Tea little variation in quotations has taken place, but the demand has bean limited. Accounts have come to h and from Canton up to the 15th of June, stating that all English residents had left, and that trade was still at a stand, This afternoon the operations were on a small scale in all kinds of Tea, but in prices there is no further variation. Oms.—The operations in common descriptions of Fish Oils have been to a less extent this than last week ; Cod and Southern are held for the advanced rates previously quoted, but the demand has been limited. Pale Seal 331. sperm is held for previous rates. Linseed Oil 24s 3d a 24s 6d. Rape oft easier terms. Palm of good quality 37s Gd to 38s per cwt. This aftenoon 110 tuns southern Whale, and 75 tuns Sperm were submitted to public competition ; the former partly found buyers at 261 lOs to 281 lOs for middling to fine quality, the latter was taken in at 931 to 941 for fine quality. Ruts, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—A fair demand has prevailed for Jamaica Rum, principally for home use; strong sorts most in request, and full prices obtained . Leewards. have secure d a fair sale at previous quotation, of the former 250 puns have been disposed of, 26 to 28 Nor is there anything uncharitable in the supposition that, but for the salutary restraints of the law, she would practically show, both in the case of the Ca tholics and Dissenters, that she is still actuated by the same persecuting spirit. But why thus deal in generalities ? Why thus talk hypothetically as to what the Church of England would do in the way of oppressing those who differ from her, provided she were left to her own impulses in the matter, when the circumstance to which we have already re ferred—the circumstance, namely, of Mr. Thorogood having suffered so lengthened an incarceration, and being still in gaol, for refusing to pay a few shillings in the shape of Church-rates—stares us in the face? That circumstance proves beyond all controversy what manner of spirit the Church of England is of—how, if she only had the power, she would consign the Dis aenters to dungeons, with the same alacrity as some of her clergy are in the habit of consigning men to a still worse place. We have no patience with those who can be guilty of such miserable trifling as to se parate the Church from the Ecclesiastical Courts, and tells us that it is the law, and ant the Church, that has incarcerated Mr. Thorogood in Chelms ford gaol. Who were the first movers in the un holy prosecution of this injured man ? Were they not the members, aye, and even the officers, of the Church ? Did not they institute the prosecu tion ? The law is an abstraction, and consequently could take no steps in the matter, until it was brought before it. The law did not come to the Church autho rities ; the Church authorities went to the law. But the guilt and discredit of consigning Mr. Thorogood to a dungeon, and keeping him there for a series of months, merely because he is honest enough not to act contrary to the dictates of his conscience, may be brought home to the Church in another- way. The ministers and members of that Church know that such a law as that under which Mr. Thorogood is now suffering imprisonment has existed for a long time ; why then, if they are opposed to persecution for conscience sake, have they never taken any steps to get such an odious law expunged from the statute book ? They know that if they were to make a proposition to that effect, it would at once receive the sanction of the Legislature, though coming from the Dissenters it would not be listened to. Have they ever done this ? Never. Will they ever do it ? That remains to be seen. At any rate, so long as the dignitaries and the other clergy of the Church silently suffer this most tyrannical law to remain in force, they must submit to the odium, as they certainly do share the guilt, of the oppression of which Mr. Thorogood is the victim. But on this point a few words more in a day or two. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The four men who were on Thursday found guilty of the manslaughter of the police constable Aldridge, were yesterday placed at the bar to receive sentence. Mr. Baron GURNEY, after a suitable address to the prisoners, sentenced John Pine to be transported for life ; William Calvert to be transported for fifteen years ; and the prisoners William Pine and John Burke to two years' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. William Mer•relt was indicted for cutting and wound ing Elizabeth Merrett, with intent to maim and disable her, or to do her some grievous bodily harm. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix was the wife of the prisoner, and they lived together in a place called Honest Lawyer-court, Stepney. They had been living on bad terms in consequence of the prisoner being jealous of the prosecutrix, and on the night of the Bth of October a quarrel took place between them, and the prisoner stabbed his wife in the arm. The wound was of a severe, but not of adangerous character. The police. man who apprehended the prisoner said that when he did so he told him that he knew very well what he had done, and that he had good cause for it, and he did not care if he was hung for it the next day. He then said that he had stabbed her by a back-handed blow, and that she deserved it, and he should also like to " stick" her man. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was drink ing on the night in question, and when he went home he was eating some bread and cheese when his wife, in attempting to force her way past him, ran upon the knife, and she was thus accidentally wounded. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of an assault. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour, one fort night of the period to be passed in solitary confinement. DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury in the course of the day came into Court and presented a number of bills, and stated that there were no more bills for them to take into conside ration. The Foreman said that the Grand Jury could not separate without expressing their opinion that many of the cases that had come before them ought to have been sent to the Sessions ; and also to express their opinion of the great efficiency of the new police, and of the excellent manner in which they gave their evidence. The Grand Jury were then discharged. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of October 25.) SUGAR.—British Plantation of brown and low yellow quality have been taken sparingly by the grocers, and the merchants have been compelled to submit to a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt to dispose of small qnanti tics : for good and fine yellow descriptions there has been less demand, arid the operations hare been on a limited scale; soft qualities been sold on lower terms, but strong grey kinds have maintained their former value ; low and middling yellow Barbadoes fetched 62s 6d to 64s 6d, good middling 65s to 66s 6d, good and fine 66s to 67s 6d; Jamaica, of strong dry dark brown quality has been disposed of in the market at 565, with more colour 59s 6d to 60s, fine yellow 665, and,Antigua at the same figure. This afternoon former rates are barely supported, ex• cepting for the better sorts of yellow, which command previous rates ; mid yellow Grenada at 61s, and mid Ja maica 61s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—LOVVer prices have again been submitted to ; for standard lumps 77s 6d to 78s, and for brown lumps 75s 6d to 76s 6d have been accepted. Bastards of common quality are heavy of sale, but the better sorts at and above 565, have sold to a fair extent, at previous rates. Pieces command former prices. In crushed large purchases have been made at 34s to 34s 3d for immediate delivery. In loaves some sales have been made at 37s to 38s for 14, and 38s to 39s for 101bs. Dutch crushed Sugar at previous rates; 33; 6d deliverable at Amsterdam. This afternoon prices have undergone no further change. Foreign Crushed, 34s 6d per cwt. MAURITI us. —Prices have undergone no change since we last wrote. This afternoon 2,260 bags at auction sold heavily, the better kinds of yellow fetched former rates, but brown sorts went Is, and low yellow 6d cheaper; good strong bright yellow fetched 65s 6d, good middling 63s to 63s 6d, middling 61s to 623 6d, low middling 595 to 60s 6d, low greyish brown 53s 6d to 545, good do. 56s 6d to 58s 6d, low brown rather damp 52s 6d to 53s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—At a public sale of 1,561 bags of Bengal, good middling to fine white went at 67s to 68s 6d, damps and washed 648 6d to 675. For Manilla lower prices have been refused. In Siam and Java prices remain firm. FOREIGN.—There has been an increased disinclination to buy Brazil, and previous rates have not been supported by Is per cwt for all qualities; at auction 394 chests Bahia, 40 chests 190 brls Pernambuco and Rio have been offered ; of the former half found buyers at and after the sale, low to good mid brown at IBs a 21s 6d, low soft grey at 22s 6d a 235, good middling greyish white 265, good mid white 27slvery low soft white, 23s ; yellow 21 s 6d a 23s ; the iatter was taken in, very low to good brown at 193 a 21s, yellow 22s a 245, good and fine white 28s a 30s, inferior and soft 23s a 26s per cwt. This afternoon 33 cases 74 boxes Pernambuco and 46 cases Bahia were offered at auction, a part only of which found buyers at a further reduction of Is. MOLASSES.—West India are not offered at any further reduction ; at auction 210 puns Mauritius partly found buyers at 21s 6d to 25s Gd per cwt. COFFEE.—The large arrivals near at hand from the Cape have produced an increased disinclination on the part of the trade to buy unclean descriptions of British Plantation Coffee, and even at a reduction on previous rates of 2s 6d a 3s the purchases have been very limited; clean qualities have maintained their former cur rency, but the demand has been limited ; mid Jamaica went at 115 s 6d a 118 s, low mid 112 s a 114 s, fine and fine fine ord 104 s a 109 s, good ord 95s a 103 s, one lot pea berry fetched 1445. Ceylon 101 s a 101 s 6d for good ord, aid fine ord 102 s 6d ; at public sale 15 bags fetched 104 s Gd a 109 s for fine to fine fine ord. Manilla at 79s a 79s 6d for fine ordinary bold. Java of good and fine quality is held firmly for 80a a 843. Brazil of clean quality from the Cape command previous rates. This afternoon there was no improvement in the demand for Coffee for consumption ; 223 casks 37 brls British Plantation, and 2,147 bags St. Domingo, from the Cape, were offered at auction ; the principal part of the former were of mixed and unclean quality, these sold heavily at lower and irregular prices—elean kinds, however, fetched steady prices, low middling and middling Berbice went at 112 s to 114 s per cwt--..th e latter was taken in at 67s 6cl to 68s for fine pale but of rather indifferent flavour, being above its value. EVENING EDITIO:N. per cent. over proof at 5s 2d to 5s 4d, 29 to 33 • over 5s 5d to 5s Bd, and 35 to 38 over 5s 9d to 5s Ild ; in the lat ter the purchases have been 230 puns, proofs at 'ls 3d, sto 12 over 3s 5d to 3s Bd, 15 to 18 over 3s 9d to.4s, 20 to 25 over 4s 3d to 4s 6d, 30 to 35 over 4s 1, Od to 5s 2d, and 36 to 38 over 5s 3d to 55 5d per gallon; a parcel of fine Tobago 13 to 2 0 p e r c e nt over has fetched 3s 9d to 4s 3d. Brandy of good quality has been in fair request for home consumpti4on, and prices are firm, but common kinds have been take 'a spar ingly by the shippers. Geneva at 2s to 2s ld for th a best' British Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon. COCOA.—British Plantation has been in fair reques for home consumption; and full prices have been obtait,,ed. Trinidad, low middling greyish at 495, middling 51s to 525, low and middling dark red 51s to 545, and good 5t. 13 per cwt. Foreign 40s. per cwt. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea good ordinary coarse at 61s 6d to 625, good middling thin but false packed 64s 6d to 655. One lot 65s 6d. Black Pepper has been less in request, but holders have refused to submit to lower rates. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 1,026 bags Malabar Pepper, and 39 casks Nutmegs ; the former was taken in at 4id for fair heavy, being its full value—the latter sort at 4s 2d a 4s 4d. TALLOW. —For immediate delivery prices have declined since our last report is 3d to is 6d. For Petersburg Yellow Candle of first quality 47s 6d has been accepted from the ship-side, and 47s 9d to 48s for small parcels from the warehouse. For the next two months 47s to 47s 3d, which is Is 6d under the rates of this day week; for the spring months 47s 9d. PRICE OF The highest price of Bread in th, 149 M. Good Bread may be had at 9 PRICES OF fer Cwt. New English Red C10ver...555. 90s Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto —s. 16s. 30s. Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover sos. 655. 70s. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. S. New Trefoil —a. ISS. 30s. Old DIM —s. 12s. 225. Trefolium —s 28s 3ns English Carraway —s. s;s. 565. Foreign Ditto —s. SOs. 56s Coriander —s 20s 25s Rapeseed, Engiuh tine ;per La PRICES OF Per lb. d, to d Crop Hides,3 ,, to 401 b, each 11 138 --V 50 12 16 ---50 60 13 18 Bull Hides ... Butts, V triol English l5 24 - Foreign ...... 18 oreign Hides Dressing Hides ... ... 11 14 —Shaved... 13 17 Best Saddlers' Hides... .„ 13 It; Horse Hides, English It Is BREAD. le Metropolis is 105 id. for the 41b, ?d, F SEEDS. Per quarter. St. Foin —s. 40i 66 • Rye Grass —s. 405. 440 Le3ey Grass —s. —s. - 8 Linseed, for feeding —s. 4,is Ditto, for sewing Ditto, for crushing —s 423. 465. Canary —s 7 0 5. 80 . Hemp —s. 33s 404. Per Bushel. White Mustard...lls. 1 . 14s' 11c1. Brown Ditto ...... I ss. Od. 19. 441 Tares M. 61 7,6 J• Ist) 231. 311. LEATHER. d Per lb. . to ( 1 . Horse Hides, cerman 12 , 22 , Spanish 1 3 Calf Skins,3o to 414 b. (doz) 15 ' ---40 50 ......... IS 24 —5O 60.......21 98 —7O 100 ......... 13 2' 2 15 . Seal Skins, large... ....•11 , 5ma11..... ....... 20 9 '. 4 Kips , Basils..„ Bellies .. .• Shoal ers ...... •• 9 12 ~. uilt Skins, if rounded . 2d. to 4d. por lb. more. PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) 0 Os. 0/. Os. to 0/. W• East Kent Pockets. 4l Ws. 5/. 15s. to 61 °,'' Ditto Bags 3!. lo s . 01 Os. to 4! .' Mid Kent Pockets 3/. 10 s , 4/. 10s. to 5 ll e ' • Ditto Bags it . 10 s . 0/ Os to 4.. O s. Sussex 11. Os . Os.. 31 01 . S O: : t o o Si 1 5 0 1 Yearlings . Old //ids Old Duty estimated at 225,000/. POF OIL. US RapeOil,brown, per ton, 36/.l R os. lCE —Refined, 3•?1.0s —Lin see °I" 7/. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (10V0), 13/. Os.—Rape t ake, Per tong PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, tic. per 1121 b. Town Tallow sss. 6d. Yellow 50ap.............. mss. od, Yellow Russia sls. 6d. Mottled Oi White —s. Od. Curd Od Melting Stuff Soap Ditto 41s. Od. mood Dregs .... s s• '— Ditto Rough PRICE ()F RAW FAT, per stone of SR% 134 d. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ......... 0 .• R PICE nd OF . o The price of good Store cales in e R CANDLE th et S foll ai l Shops is as 6d. ws Candles, per dozen, Ss. Od. ; inferior, 7s. od. ; Moulds, 95 ' Sixpence per dozen discount for cash, COAL MARKET. s, 0 Adair's Carr's Hartley 2O € Pontop Windsor 2J Smith's Pontop l9 3 Townley l9 0 Wylam. 2O Walls End Brown's l9 6 Walls End Clarke and Co 2O t , Walls End Grace Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch 2l 9 Walls End Northumberland 21 9 Walls End Perkins 2l 6 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 24 l; Walls End Haswell Walls End Helton Ships arrived sin 2. d; .. 24 ‘, Walls End Lambton ........ 4f2 Walls End Russell's Helton . 6 Walls End Stewart's ........ : 2 ', 4 3 6 Wails End Whitwell ......... 6 Walls End Hartlepool....•••• 24 0 Walls End Adelaide: ........ 23 Walls End Barrett ... ......... . 0 22 Walls End Brown's Deanery 9 W ills End Gordon ............ 3 Walls End South Durham... ‘ 4 ,l' 0 Walls End Tees Hetton 6 Walls End Tees ................ I Walls End Wendleston ...... 0 Cowpen ...................... Hartley ........................... 6 Llangennech Coal ........ ec last market-day, 61. Y CORN MARKETS COUNT] Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pea s. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 5 . 46 Abingdon.„..... 56 80 38 46 29 35 48 be 44 And0ver„,........ 55 80 34 39 27 29 -- Banbury 37 44 28 34 Basingstoke.. 66 86 32 37 24 29 42 46 40 Cirencester 58 79 38 40 40 42 .-- Covenrry--- 67 45 27 37 50 30 Daventry........ 68 72 38 44 28 34 30 44 -- 67 78 38 49 28 33 48 52 -- H wden 71. 24 40 42 40 Hungerford— 57 E 2 32 42 25 30 36 43 37 Malton --... 68 •76 35 33 22 33 Maidenhead— 63 84 35 40 25 32 37 42 -•-• Nottingham 60 77 35 43 27 33 4/ 51 -- Wantage t 8 80 30 46 22 28 36 46 Warwick— 37 47 31 38 d 3 __ 4 0 Wor ;ester 72 36 29 -- -- -- York 72 82 32 38 22 30 s ' d , 6 5 1 . Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. sd. s.d. 5. d• o,t d 7 3 ' l 0 Birmingham 80 96 50 60 46 56 SCOTCH MARKETS. EDRGH COR—Oet. 23. The supply of Whe lNßU at to-day was N Iarge, MARKET. that of other sorts 0 f Gruen less than last Wednesday. Sales heavy for all kinds. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. PL -n od. First B9s. Od. 44a Od. 28s 43. sns. Od 0 " . 0 Second '76 0 36 0 24 0 47 0 47 Third Average price of Wheat 31 15s. Od. PRICES OF PROVISIONS &C. Bcef, per lb. Os. Od. to 03.7 d. Freshßutter, lb. 8.103. to s i Alutton----. 0 0 0 7 Salt Ditto--- 010 g 0 Veal 0 7 010 Ditto, per el% o t..-80 0 i 0 0 5 0 6 Eggs, per dos... 0 ° 14 0 Lamo, per qr. 2 0 3 0 OatStraw(kp!.).. 0 14 0 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto.... 9 6 10 6 9uartern Loaf 9 09i Barley Ditto 8 Y., 1 4 Potatoes, 141 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per 1 " EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—Oct. 2 2 . o tßark) ; We had a small supply of all sorts of Meal, Flour, and Sales h avy. - Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 0 0 Second di ttn Bdrleymeal... ..... 114 0 Peaseraaal 1 10 0 Pot Barley from 3: GLASGOW CORN Wheat, leer 2401 b. s. d. s. d British, old 320 to 40 Per Stone of 14I1N MP' 2 9 First Oatmeal .............. 0 g Second ditto . ............ 1 10 Barleyineal ......... 1 $ Peasemeal ................ . •• Is. to 555. per sack. new 0 0 Canada, free 0 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b English 3O 0 33 0 S3ottish 27 0 32 6 Irish MA RKET.—Oct. 25. A Oats, per 2641 b. a. 2 4 0 Irish 220te,„0 British 2l C 7-7 Beans, per 21301 b. 210 English Scottish 22 0 94 0 Pease, Scottish .. 24 0 !I 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b , 10 0 `0 Flour, per 2 601 b st 0 6° CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. 0att...4: s. d. to r. d. s. d. to s. d. 5. d. to % 4 Truro... ......... — 0 8 1 0 4 7 0 0 Helstone - 0 St. Austell 0 9 4 0 46 0 : 6 Bodmin 0 1 0 4 0 50— 0 9 0 Liskeard 9 0 10 0 3 9 4 C 0 5 5 Launceston Camelthrd 8 4 qo 0 st• 28 . g 0 Penzance 8 0 9 0— 0 5 4 21.: • rb MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. 1 or t.g 0 Quantity of Copper ores sold at Itedruth last week... 8 ,7 ' Average Produce nr. B IN ~, 0 ... .._ . MINING INT Quantity of Copper ores sold at Average Produce Quantity of tine Copper Amount of Sate,2o,o6S .17 , . 0 t To s•cw"t 21 5 Average Standard.:lo2l 7'• ° 4l f e °- to THE PENITENTIARY—A correspondent bso Times, in animadverting o n the mortality and clis e o f here, observes :—" It appears to me that the neYlechat Penitentiary' ought after this to be given up , an U ' t hji; of pest-house' substituted. From whatever eausem. to frightful catalogue of dise as e ar i ses , no time oug " - If be lost in instituting a rigid and searching incl uir Y . if the locality be pestilential, it oug ht to be abandoned ; to the discipline is fatal to life and reason, it ou;tai be relaxed ; if the length o f i m p r i s onment is so 'That ous, it . ought to be curtailed What a mock er Y. v ios a perversion of terms is it, to call that a corou ' e ''' or y of punishment which to ni ne persons out of o r hundred, is a sentence either of death, insanity, disease !" $ " Arrests are increasing in Hanover," sa)vir letter from Bremen of tha 12th inst. " The fi,rstp,tisl tim has been Captain Cose, one of the most 4 10 % - r of men in the marches of Bremen, who , in the w" e 1813 and 1814, raised a corps at his own expeose..o of it was safe at Hamburg, but returned home io 5„ .. .P the all the warnings he received from his friend s a g aw ' - risk he would run." c 8 o PATENT LEVER WA T 4.1 With silver 01.)We-bottom cases ........................ 111 With silver hunting cases ................................ ; o bio This celebrated construction (the most f °l i e : a watch can be made) is now offered, with the latot merits e. the detached escaperant, jewelled in -° a 03 1 - accurate ! e ave capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, an d capsed, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dia the above taining power to continue going while winding UP, at price, at Watchmaker, Silver and X Go S Id A sni Vir,47,SC ernhill, odoof (Seven doors from Grac7church-street). aye' N. B .._second-hand Watches purchased in excl_ Y', B IR TE S. On the 18th inst., 'at Ampthill, Beds, the lady of J ti ' dreig Ham Oniltheton, 22 d Esq. inst. a at Camden-row, Cam berwell, ,of son and heir. the la dy Of , R. R. Robinson, Es.surgeon, Volta On the 22d inst., at e Bognor, the wife of th e Bev ' Miller, of a son. fhe 104 On the 23d inst., at Strathallan Castle , Perth s hire, • of the Hon. W. Drummond, of a son and heir. free li° On the 23d inst., at Ilfracombe, the la d y of Rivers Esq, of a son. MA R RIED. Georg e On the 24th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster , g hter o f Bogle, Esq., of Rosemount, Ayrshire , to Janet, dau Archibald Buchanan, Esq., of Catrine Bank. n soat li ' On the 22d inst., at the parish church of 13ishopWear_,.,,,00, Sunderland, Joseph Seaton, Esq., of Burton-crescent, sui,:ffry, third son of the Rev. eV. Seaton, Rector of Lagire, t ' er soenc e ' Pembrokeshire, to Sarah Ellen, third daughter of Jea n t Esq., of Sunderland. Law re l On the 23d inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Williain . so, Browne, Esq., son of the Rev. W. R. Browne, Alx•r*riebal grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Browne, principal ° sa Geerg 6 College, Aberdeen, to Harriet Mary, eldest daughter of Blyth, Esq., of Chelsea. DIED. 000111 On the 22 d i nst., W. Henr y Stannard, of the Y o r k b Ch ar les -street, Cove nt Gar den , aged 36 . al 9 Sir On the 16 th inst., at Portland place, 111.ajor-Gener . William Blackbur ne, o f the East India Company's Maar° tablishment, aged 76. $ . „ of On the 2 1 st inst ., at Southampton, Joshua Batyte, ' r ' s. ' Ely-place, London, solicitor, aged 39.. ,„,.......,... / ____---- --- ,,, -- 1,1114 0 ~,,, London : Printed and Published by MURDO ic "" d ' '0 -- No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, s „,„t r r - ' 1° county of Middlesex.—Saturday, October 26, 140''''